Bullfrog Life Cycle - Guide to Bullfrogs | Bullfrogs.com Bullfrog Life Cycle Pet Bullfrogs Bullfrog Life Cycle Bullfrogs pass through several stages of development during their relatively brief life cycles. As most people already know, Bullfrogs are amphibians so they begin as eggs. How Many Bullfrog Eggs? In fact, an adult female frog will lay 20,000, even up to 25,000 eggs at one time – on water. This huge egg mass appears to be a kind of “floating white sheet” as it moves lazily on top of the water. It is also a target for predators and, in fact, many eggs are eaten before they get a chance to hatch. The Surviving Bullfrog Eggs After a period of a few days, the surviving eggs all hatch and release newly-born tadpoles (also known as polliwogs) to the world. The tadpoles which have long, narrow bodies and a tail, will spend their first winter, and often much longer, as tadpoles. During this period, they’ll live exclusively in water and eat only water plants. They will also begin to grow, store fat in their tails and breathe through newly-formed gills. Young Tadpoles It can take as long as 2 to 3 years of growth and metamorphosis before a tadpole becomes a mature frog. However, after about one year, a young tadpole will grow legs and then, after the passage of a little more time, it will also grow arms. This is the beginning of the transformation that will turn the tadpole into a frog. The tadpole’s tail begins to shorten, it develops lungs and its gills disappear. However, it continues to live in water. Tadpole to Froglet During its next stage, the tadpole turns into a froglet -- an almost fully mature frog. By this time, the soon-to-be mature frog breathes oxygen and can hop around on land. However, it still has a tail which is now very small. Transformation Complete After a period of 2-3 years, the transformation of egg to frog is complete. The adult Bullfrog now lives on land and no longer in water. As a newly-mature frog it has grown to about two-and-a-half inches long (older mature frogs may be as long as 6 ½ inches) and weighs as much as four pounds or more. The Adult Bullfrog The adult Bullfrog is carnivorous and aggressive. It eats just about anything it can fit into its mouth – insects, small mammals, birds, fish, other frog species, even smaller Bullfrogs. It rests during the day, usually at the water’s edge and it hunts after dark. And the tail that has been a part of its body since it hatched has disappeared (it actually has been absorbed by the frog’s body). Bullfrog Maturation The life of the adult, mature Bullfrog will continue this way until it dies. Rest by day, hunt for prey at night. Mating will take place when the male’s “bellow” attracts a female. And, after a period of 7 to 9 years, the adult Bullfrog’s life cycle will end. Bullfrog Lifecycle However, while the average life cycle is in the range of 7 to 9 years, the record for longevity goes to a Bullfrog in captivity – an amazing thirteen years. Of course, frogs, in the wild or in captivity , tend to live longer in warmer climates than when the weather is cold.


Who set a water speed record of 225.6 m.p.h. at Coniston Water in September 1956?

Sir Donald Campbell - Australian Land Speed Racing - Past and Present At Lake Eyre Birth: 23 March 1921 in Horley, Surrey, England Death: 4th January 1967, Died in accident during a speed record attempt in Bluebird on Coniston Water, Cumbria, England whilst exceeding 300 mph Age at Death 45. Site of Grave:  Bluebird boat and body found and retrieved in May 2001. Remains finally buried in St. Andrew’s Church, Coniston, Cumbria, 12th September 2001. Memorial in Coniston, Cumbria, England. Religious Influence: Occupation: Donald Malcolm Campbell was born on March 23, 1921 in Horley, Surrey. He was a British car and motorboat driver who broke many speed records. Campbell was the son of Sir Malcolm Campbell. Following his father's career, he strove to set speed records on land and water. Donald inherited Sir Malcolm's taste for adventure, plus of course a Bluebird boat to start him on the trail to a LSR and WSR career, purchased for a nominal fee, after Sir Malcolm passed away in 1948. The K4 was converted from propeller drive to jet engine, but Major Halford from de Havilland was disinclined to to see Donald use it because of his inexperience. Accordingly, he asked for it to be returned. Hence Vospers were asked to convert it back to propeller drive, which pleased Leo Villa. All that remained was to fit the Rolls Royce engine, then on 10th August, Donald made four runs and later in the week experienced a scary moment or two but nevertheless did not let up. Reid Railton brought it to the attention of the team that Stanley Sayers boat used a special propeller that enabled the boat to lift out of the water - a prop rider. Reid Railton had seen K4 in action and noticed it rise a the rear, causing the nose to point down into the water. After this Donald wanted to convert the boat to a full-blown prop rider. Lewis and Ken Norris were commissioned to do the design work. The engine was moved forward to alter the centre of gravity, and the seat was relocated on the port side. A new propeller was also specified. During this conversion Donald was invited to enter the Oltranza Cup, an Italian event. The race took part on Lake Garda. This was four laps over a 5-mile triangular course; with the winner winning the Grand Prix for the fastest overall speed and the Oltranza cup going to the boat that set the fastest time over two consecutive laps.  The race took place on the 10th of June after being delayed due to bad weather. After failing to start the engine, they were forced to change all 24 spark plugs. Because of this they had no chance of winning the Grand Prix. They could however still win the Oltranza cup. Leo Villa accompanied Donald for a rather exciting ride. The K4 took a bit of a pounding smashing many instruments. The ride was sufficient to draw a few choice words from Leo as to Donald's performance. However they won the Oltranza cup by a convincing margin. This win did wonders for Donald's recognition for his skills as a driver. So began Donald's career in fast boats.  Donald suffered a 156Mph (250 kmh) crash in 1951 in the process destroying the K4. As a result of this crash he developed a completely new boat, the Bluebird K7 . This was a jet-propelled hydroplane type with a Metropolitan-Vickers Beryl jet engine producing 4000 lbf (18 kN) of thrust. Campbell set seven world water-speed records between 1955 and 1964. The first was at Lake Ullswater on July 23, 1955, where he set a record of 203 mph (325 km/h). The series of increases peaked in December 31, 1964 at Lake Dumbleyung , Western Australia when he reached 276.33 mph. This was to prove a formidable steed that saw him set 7 World Water-Speed records between 1955 and 1964. The first was at Lake Ullswater where he set a record of 202Mph. This was raised to 216mph at Lake Mead in 1955. Then began a sequence of record raising runs at Coniston where he attained 248mph in 1958. But to really push out the boat record wise he went to Lake Dumbleyung , Australia, where the K7 set a new world records of 276mph in 1964. On land, following a heavy crash at Bonneville with the Blueb


"Who released the album ""Rockferry"" in 2008, that contained the singles ""Mercy"", ""Warwick Avenue"" and ""Rain on Your Parade""?"

Dimple Records - Duffy : Rockferry Notes / Reviews Artist/Band Information AimÃ©e Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984), known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 6 million copies worldwide, spawning the hits "Mercy" and "Warwick Avenue". With "Mercy", Duffy became the first Welsh female in 25 years to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart. In 2009, she won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry, and she was nominated for two other Grammys at the 51st Grammy Awards. Daily Mail Retrieved 23 February 2011 In 2009 she won three Brit Awards: British Breakthrough, Best Female Solo and Best British Album. The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 23 February 2011 In 2010 Duffy completed recording of her second album Endlessly that was released on 29 November and made her acting debut in the film Patagonia.http In February 2011 it was announced that Duffy would take an extended hiatus from music before beginning work on her third album. WalesOnline, 22 February 2011 Early life Duffy was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, and brought up in Nefyn on the LlÅ·n Peninsula, in Gwynedd, Wales, with her twin sister, Katy Ann, and older sister Kelly. She grew up speaking Welsh as her mother tongue.Radio Times interview, 22 November 2008 Duffy's parents divorced when she was 10 and she moved to Pembrokeshire with her mother and sisters. In September 1998, at the age of 13, Duffy was briefly put in a police safe house when authorities uncovered a plot by her stepfather's ex-wife to pay an assassin Â£3000 to kill her stepfather, identified as Philip Smith. Smith's ex-wife, Dawn Watson, was sentenced to a 3Â½-year jail term for soliciting to murder. "I was so terrified. I felt so ill," Duffy recounted in 2008, as reported by the NME and The Sun. A 1998 article in the Daily Mirror, another British tabloid, quotes a man identified as Philip Smith describing similar circumstances, though the stepdaughter's name is spelled Aimy â not AimÃ©e â and the surname Duffy is not mentioned., NME 31 March 2008Duffy in teen 'kill plot' hell. The Sun (London); 31 March 2008; p. 3 (subscription or library card required,) retrieved on 8 September 2008.. Guardian Unlimited 31 March 2008Ward, Sharon "The woman I'd loved paid a hitman Â£3,000 to blast my head off; Husband tells of death-threat terror." Daily Mirror 3 October 1998, p.8. and , retrieved on 8 September 2008. Duffy describes living in the safe house as a dog-eat-dog, claustrophobic and isolating experience. At age 15, she ran away back to her father's home in Nefyn. Duffy said in retrospect, "It was a horrendous thing to do." Her mother and her sisters did not speak to her for about a year afterward. In reaction to her parents breakup the following three years were a rebellious period that included binge drinking and stealing a rowboat. Duffy's early introduction to soul music and inspiration to get into the music industry occurred while watching Whoopi Goldberg's performance in the movie Sister Act. It is known that Duffy did not hold a large record collection in her youth, instead being inspired by her father's videotapes of the 1960s television rock show, Ready Steady Go! Duffy was interested in music from an early age, beginning to sing at age 6, carrying a notebook which she filled with scribbled lyrics. Despite this, she was later asked to leave her school choir because her voice was "too big" and she "didn't fit in." Music career 2003â06: Musical beginnings After finishing her GCSEs in Pembrokeshire, Duffy returned to Nefyn when she was fifteen, and started singing in various local bands. Duffy then spent a year in Switzerland, collaborating with the writer-producer Soren Mounir, under the name Soulego. She was advised by a lecturer at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor to "Go on the dole, love, and become a singer". She also built up a following at Alexande


Which city, rebuilt in the Art Deco style after being largely razed by an earthquake in 1931, has become recognized as architecturally unique, and in 2007 was nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site status?

John Tuohy's Art for the Blog of It: Art Deco John Tuohy's Art for the Blog of It Art Deco Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1925 until the 1940s, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, glamorous, functional, and modern. The movement was a mixture of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. Art Deco experienced a decline in popularity during the late 30s and early 40s, and soon fell out of public favor. It experienced a resurgence with the popularization of graphic design in the 1980s. Art Deco had a profound influence on many later artistic movements, such as Memphis and Pop art. Surviving examples may still be seen in many different locations worldwide, in countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, Spain, Cuba, Indonesia, the Philippines, Argentina, Romania, Australia, New Zealand, India and Brazil. Many classic examples still exist in the form of architecture in many major cities. The Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, both in New York City, are two of the largest and best-known examples of the style. After the Universal Exposition of 1900, various French artists formed an informal collective known as, La Société des artistes décorateurs (the society of the decorator artists). Founders included Hector Guimard, Eugène Grasset, Raoul Lachenal, Paul Follot, Maurice Dufrêne, and Emile Decour. These artists heavily influenced the principles of Art Deco as a whole. This society's purpose was to demonstrate French decorative art's leading position and evolution internationally. They organized the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Art) in Paris, which would feature French art and business interests. The terms Style Moderne and Art Deco both derive from the exposition's title, though Art Deco was not widely used until popularized by art historian Bevis Hillier's 1968 book Art Deco of the 20s and 30s. In the summer of 1969, Hillier conceived organizing an exhibition called Art Deco at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, which took place from July to September 1971. After this event, interest in Art Deco peaked with the publication of his 1971 book The World of Art Deco, a record of the exhibition. The structure of Art Deco is based on mathematical geometric shapes. It was widely considered to be an eclectic form of elegant and stylish modernism, being influenced by a variety of sources. Among them were the so-called "primitive" arts of Africa, as well as historical styles such as Greco-Roman Classicism, and the art of Babylon, Assyria, Ancient Egypt, and Aztec Mexico. Much of this could be attributed to the popular interest in archeology in the 1920's (e.g. Tomb of King Tutankhamun, Pompeii, the Lost City of Troy, etc). Art Deco also drew on Machine Age or streamline technology, such as modern aviation, electric lighting, the radio, the ocean liner and the skyscraper for inspiration.It is in streamline modern styles that this technology fully manifests itself and, although it is not antithetical to Art Deco, it is now considered to be a separate architectural style Art Deco design influences were expressed in the crystalline and faceted forms of decorative Cubism and Futurism. Other popular themes in Art Deco were trapezoidal, zigzagged, geometric, and jumbled shapes, which can be seen in many early pieces. Two great examples of these themes and styles are in Detroit, Michigan: the Fisher Building and the Guardian Building. Art Deco was an opulent style, and its lavishness


What is the name of the celebration held for a man shortly before his wedding?

Wedding Traditions & Their Origins   Wedding Traditions & Folklore Many of today's   popular wedding ceremony and reception traditions can be traced to ancient   Egyptian and European customs. These were often based on symbolism,   superstition, folklore, religion, and even the belief that evil spirits   could bring disease and death to newlyweds and crops, which was very   important in many farm-based early cultures. Although the exact origin and   usefulness of many of these early wedding traditions are not always clear,   popular acceptance has allowed them to flourish. Besides, many of these   wedding traditions are just plain fun! According to   various sources, some of the early marriages were literally carried out by   the Groom and his "Bridesmen" (or "Bridesknights") who would kidnap a woman   (the origin of "carrying a Bride over the threshold") from another tribe!   The Groom and his fellow conspirators would then fight off the female's   family of tribesmen with swords held in their right hand while the Groom   would hold the captured Bride in his left hand, which is the origin of why a   Bride stands on the left side of the Groom at a wedding. After a successful   capture, another politically correct practice was for the Groom to hide his   new Bride for one month for mating purposes. It is said that the word "honeymoon" was created to describe this one month cycle of the moon when   they would drink mead, which was a honey sweetened alcoholic brew that   effects both sobriety and the acidity of the womb, thus increasing   fertility. Beginning around   1000 A.D., marriages were often nothing more than trading chips used in   bartering land, social status, political alliances, or money (no checks or   credit cards were accepted) between families! The word, "Wedding" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "wedd" that meant a man would   marry a woman and pay the Bride's father. Bouquet Wedding bouquets   were originally made of such strong herbs as thyme and garlic, which were   meant to frighten away evil spirits, and to cover the stench emitting from   people who had not bathed recently! Bouquet Toss In ancient times,   it was believed that a Bride was especially lucky on her wedding day. Guests   would sometimes tear at her dress for a souvenir piece of good luck to take   home. The Bride's tossing of her bouquet grew from her desire to offer a   good luck souvenir, and prevent guests from bothering her (and her dress!)   during her reception. Bridesmaids Early Brides and   Bridesmaids wore similar dresses in order to confuse evil spirits. Bridal Shower Back in the days   when weddings were arranged by family members, it is said that a poor   Dutchman fell in love with a girl whose father refused her a dowry. Their   friends showered her with enough gifts to help them start a household.   According to another story, the first "Bridal Shower" occurred at the end of   the 19th century. At a party, the Bride's friends placed small gifts inside   a parasol and opened it over the Bride's head. When she opened the parasol,   she was "showered" with presents! Bridal Veil When marriages were   arranged by family members, the newlyweds very rarely were allowed to see   one another. Family members exchanging a dowry were afraid that if the Groom   didn't like the appearance of the Bride's face, he might refuse to marry   her. This is why the Father of the Bride "gave the Bride away" to the Groom   at the actual wedding ceremony. Only after lifting her veil just prior to   the ceremony did the Groom see the Bride's face for the first time! Early   Greek and Roman Brides wore red or yellow veils to represent fire, and to   ward off demons. Carrying The   Bride Over The Threshold When a Groom used   to steal his Bride from her tribe, he was forced to carry her kicking and   screaming. This act of thievery has evolved into a more romantic gesture,  welcoming the Bride into her


The London market at Smithfield deals in what?

Welcome to London Central Markets - Smithfield Market Smithfield Market Smithfield or, to give it its official name, London Central Markets, is the largest wholesale meat market in the UK and one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Located within the Square Mile of the City of London it is housed in three listed buildings. It is a place packed with history there has been a livestock market on the site for over 800 years and yet is as modern as tomorrow with its state of the art facilities for the receiving, storing and despatching of meat and poultry. WHERE WE ARE…


Where was the 2008 Ryder Cup competition held?

LeRoy Neiman to Sign Official 2008 Ryder Cup Artwork at Valhalla Golf Club, Sept. 19 & 20 LeRoy Neiman to Sign Official 2008 Ryder Cup Artwork at Valhalla Golf Club, Sept. 19 & 20 Share Article Famed Sports Artist, LeRoy Neiman, Will Attend the 2008 Ryder Cup in Louisville, Kentucky and Will be Available for a Public Signing in the Main Golf Shop of the Valhalla Golf Club to Sign Official Ryder Cup Artwork. At Valhalla in 2008, the Ryder Cup players are the premier thoroughbreds of the golf world Louisville, KY (PRWEB) September 10, 2008 One of the most prolific and well-known living artists, LeRoy Neiman, who created the 2008 Official Ryder Cup Artwork , will be signing official Ryder Cup posters in the Main Golf Shop at Valhalla on Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20 from noon until 1:30pm. The artwork commemorates the 37th Ryder Cup, which will be held September 16-21, 2008 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, KY. The original painting by Neiman will also be on display during the Ryder Cup at Cobalt Artworks in Louisville, KY as part of the Leroy Neiman-Five Decades retrospective exhibit highlighting Neiman's remarkable career. Neiman, best known for his brilliantly colored, stunningly energetic paintings of sporting events and leisure activities, has created an image that captures the international flavor of the 2008 renewal of golf's most exciting competition. "At Valhalla in 2008, the Ryder Cup players are the premier thoroughbreds of the golf world," says Neiman. The legendary artist, who resides in New York City, is well-known for his creation of Official Imagery for such diverse events as the 1997 Kentucky Derby, 1998 Breeders' Cup Championship, and the 2000 PGA Championship.         How to Obtain Official Ryder Cup Artwork Cobalt Artworks has worked closely with Knoedler Publishing, the prestigious New York firm that has been Mr. Neiman's exclusive art publisher for over 30 years, in the creation and production of the Official Ryder Cup Artwork. Official Ryder Cup posters are offered in two versions and are available for $50 each, a Commemorative hand-signed edition is available for $250 and a special 450-piece signed and numbered limited edition Serigraph is available for $4200. The Ryder Cup collection is complemented with postcard editions that are available for $3.50 each and boxed note card/invitation sets available for $20 each. A wide variety of framing options are also offered. For more information, call (888) 450-2008 or visit http://www.cobaltartworks.com . Neiman's Ryder Cup artwork is available online at http://www.cobaltartworks.com , at the Cobalt Artworks gallery in Louisville, Kentucky and at the Ryder Cup in the Merchandise Tent. Cobalt Artworks will offer extended gallery hours of 10am-8pm during Ryder Cup week. The gallery will showcase the Official Ryder Cup Artwork as well as other unique golf prints from Neiman's personal collection. Also exclusively available through Cobalt Artworks are the extremely limited, triple-signed Ryder Cup prints containing the signatures of U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Paul Azinger, European Ryder Cup Captain Nick Faldo, as well as the artist, LeRoy Neiman. These triple-signed prints will be available for a limited time only. For more information, please contact Cobalt Artworks by calling (888) 450-2008. Captain's Paintings Silent Auction To commemorate the 2008 Ryder Cup and its legendary captains, Paul Azinger and Nick Faldo, LeRoy Neiman has committed his time and talent to immortalize the international golf greats in one-of-a-kind paintings. The original, colorful images of each Ryder Cup Captain are being auctioned off to the highest bidder at http://www.rydercup.com . In partnership with the PGA of America, the proceeds from the two captain's paintings will benefit non-profit organizations including the First Tee of Louisville and the Muhammad Ali Center. Bids on the original Neiman paintings are open to the public and will be accepted through 6pm on Sunday, September 21, 2008. For more information, visit http://www.cobaltartworks.com or call (8


In 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed when a IRA bomb exploded where?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 27 | 1979: IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten About This Site | Text Only 1979: IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten The Queen's cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten, has been killed by a bomb blast on his boat in Ireland. One of the earl's twin grandsons, Nicholas, 14, and Paul Maxwell, 15, a local employed as a boat boy, also died in the explosion. The attack was followed only hours later by the massacre of 18 soldiers, killed in two booby-trap bomb explosions near Warrenpoint close to the border with the Irish Republic. The IRA has already admitted carrying out the attack on Lord Mountbatten. A statement from the organisation said: "This operation is one of the discriminate ways we can bring to the attention of the English people the continuing occupation of our country." Lord Mountbatten, aged 79, and his family had traditionally spent their summer holiday at their castle in County Sligo, north west of Ireland. They were aboard his boat, Shadow V, which had just set off from the fishing village of Mullaghmore, when the bomb detonated around 1130 BST. A witness said the blast blew the boat "to smithereens" and hurled all seven occupants into the water. Nearby fishermen raced to the rescue and pulled Lord Mountbatten out of the water. Security arrangements


"What does the Russian word ""Sputnik"" mean?"

Sputnik - definition of sputnik by The Free Dictionary Sputnik - definition of sputnik by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sputnik Related to sputnik: Yuri Gagarin Sput·nik  (spo͝ot′nĭk, spŭt′-, spo͞ot′nyĭk) n. Any of a series of Soviet satellites sent into Earth orbit, especially the first, launched October 4, 1957. [Russian sputnik (zemli), fellow traveler (of Earth) : so-, s-, together; see ksun in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + put', path, way; see pent- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -nik, n. suff.] Sputnik (ˈspʊtnɪk; ˈspʌt-) n (Astronautics) any of a series of unmanned Soviet satellites, Sputnik 1 (launched in 1957) being the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth [C20: from Russian, literally: fellow traveller, from s- with + put path + -nik suffix indicating agent] sput•nik


"Who recorded the duet ""Especially For You"" in 1988?"

Kylie and Jason Especially For You Kylie And Jason Especially For You Passes One Million Sales In UK by Paul Cashmere on December 15, 2014 in News Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan’s 80s pop classic ‘Especially For You’ has just sold over one million copies in the UK, 26 years after its release. The 1988 saccharine=coated hit came right at that time when Minogue and Donovan were massive television stars in England via Australian teen soap Neighbours although both had left the show by the time of its release. Kylie Monogue told officialcharts.com “I’m thrilled to hear ‘Especially For You’ has become a million seller! Although so much time has passed since Jason and I recorded it in Sydney with Mike Stock, it has the ability to transport us all back to that time. It’s so touching to have a song which has a place in so many peoples’ hearts and one which remains a huge fan favourite.” Despite being one of the biggest pop stars of all-time in the UK, ‘Especially For You’ is only Kylie’s second million seller. ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ is her biggest hit. ‘Especially For You’ is the 154th million seller in the UK. The song originally featured on Kylie’s ‘Enjoy Yourself’ album and Jason’s ‘Ten Good Reasons’, both released in 1989. In 2001 Kylie performed the song as a duet with Kermit The Frog. Both Kylie and Jason had left Neighbours by the time the single was released. Kylie’s last Neighbours appearance as Charlene Robinson was on July 28, 1988. Donovan’s was last seen as Scott Robinson on May 18, 1989. Jason had just released his debut single ‘Nothing Can Divide Us’ just prior to the release of ‘Especially For You’. It reached no 3 in Australia and no 5 in the UK. ‘Especially For You’ reached no 2 in Australia and no 1 in the UK in 1989. Jason went on to have 16 Top 14 hits in the UK. His ‘Ten Good Reasons’ album reached no 1 in England and has been certified 5x Platinum for sales of 1.5 million. ‘Especially For You’ was Kylie’s 5th UK hit. To date she has had 45 Top 40 hits in the UK. ——————————————————————————————————————————————


Which 1957 film directed by David Lean was the story of the construction and demolition of a civil engineering work in Burma?

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - IMDb IMDb ‘Generation KKK’: Why A&E is Considering Rebranding Their Show After Backlash 22 December 2016 4:51 PM, UTC There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ) PG | From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. Director: a list of 40 titles created 10 Nov 2011 a list of 25 titles created 12 Dec 2011 a list of 39 titles created 01 Apr 2012 a list of 35 titles created 07 Apr 2012 a list of 36 titles created 21 Jun 2012 Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 8.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     7     Oscars. Another    23 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. Director: John Sturges The story of T.E. Lawrence , the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks. Director: David Lean An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Director: William Wyler Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close. Director: George Roy Hill A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Director: Oliver Stone Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, and 1 more credit  » Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell In Chicago in September 1936, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker. Director: George Roy Hill The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror. Director: Wolfgang Petersen Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Director: John Huston A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison. Director: Stuart Rosenberg A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel. Director: J. Lee Thompson Edit Storyline The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson, they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito. He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden and an American, Shears, to blow up the bridge. Written by alfiehitchie It spans a whole new world of entertainment! Genres: Rated PG for mild war violence | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 14 December 1957 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: El puente sobre el río Kwa


What is the name of the reverse image on film, from which a photograph is printed?

Early Photographs Early Photographs 1850 Encased Daguerreotype of brother and sister Introduction: Baseball cards as we know them can be traced not only to the rising popularity of baseball in the mid-1800s, but to the early development of photography and commercial printing processes. The earliest memorabilia does not resemble baseball cards but by the 1870's the public sentiment and commercial forces were ready for the first baseball cards. This chapter shows the solid-type photographs and early mounted paper photographs. I will start with a brief explanation of modern photography. In modern photography the photographic image is first captured as a negative image on film within the camera. The negative image is then used in the photographic laboratory to make multiple prints on chemically treated paper. Thus for each photograph there is a single negative and multiple prints. The single negative is a negative image of the photograph in which dark-is-light and right-is-left. The printing process restores to normal the positive image on the photographic paper.   Solid-type Photography (1839-1890s): Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and Tintypes The first practical photographs were not paper like today's, but on a sheet of metal or glass. In 1839 a French artist named Louis Daguerre perfected the Daguerreotype, a photograph made on a silver covered copper sheet. A primitive photograph on paper, called a Callotype, was introduced a year later but the Daguerreotype proved more popular. The exquisite detail along with the silver-mirror quality gave these Daguerreotype an almost magical appearance. Some considered it impolite to stare too long at those people in the photograph. The Daguerreotype images are stoic. It took several minutes to expose the negative, meaning that the subjects had to sit or stand completely motionless for the duration or ruin the photograph. No doubt quite a challenge for the brother and sister in the above photograph. You will find many subjects conveniently propped by a chair, table or special stand. It was not until just before 1900 that film exposure time was reduced so that snap shots or action shots could be taken. Unlike today's photography where one can make many photographic prints from a single negative, the Daguerreotype was the negative. There were no duplicates. If you own a daguerreotype it is a '1-of-1.' These photographs were delicate and held in special cases. These cases vary in design and are often stylish and colorful. As a negative shows lights as darks and darks as lights, a black backing was put behind the image to correct the contrast. The negative's mirror image could not be corrected, so all images including writing are in reverse. The public was enamored with these images. The prices however was prohibitive, and subjects and owners were usually middle-class to rich. Luckily for baseball collectors, the New York Knickerbockers and other pioneer team were made up of middle-class businessmen (doctors, store-owners, etc), and some Daguerreotypes of these pioneers can be found. An attractive and clear Daguerreotype of an early team or significant player would be a centerpiece of even an advanced collection. For most of us, the soon-described tintypes are the most attainable of solid-types. Not only were Daguerreotype expensive, they were dangerous to make. Toxic chemicals including mercury were used ('Mad as a Daguerretoypist,' was a saying). Cheaper and safer solid-types were introduced. The Ambrotype was made on a piece of glass, while the Tintype (aka ferrotype) was made on a piece of iron. As with the Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and Tintypes have a black backing to correct the contrast, and the images are in mirror reverse. While the Ambrotype was short-lived, the tintype was an especially cheap way to make photography and lasted until the early 20th Century. Many people collected Tintypes and housed them in special albums. You could call them the first family albums. As baseball was becoming a popular sport, there are many tintypes of men and boys posing in their baseball uniforms.


What was the main form of transport used by the Japanese army in their invasion of Singapore in World War II?

Invasion of Malaya and Singapore | World War II Database World War II Database » Invasion of Malaya and Singapore Invasion of Malaya and Singapore 8 Dec 1941 - 15 Feb 1942 Contributor: C. Peter Chen ww2dbaseMalaya was known for its rich natural resources, and that very aspect was eyed by the Japanese militarists and industrialists. In 1939, Malaya was the resource of 40% of the world's rubber and 60% of the world's tin; that fact alone interested Japanese expansionists, but two additional reasons sealed the approval on the invasion planning that started in early 1941. The first was that most of this rubber and tin supply went to Japan's potential cross-ocean rival, the United States. Secondly, Japan needed oil. Every drop of oil consumed by Japan's military and industrial capacities had to be imported. The Japanese Navy alone needed 400 tons of oil an hour to maintain its war readiness. While Malaya only had a limited amount of oil production, the peninsula was a perfect staging point to launch and support further invasion for the oil rich islands of Borneo, Java, and Sumatra. In Jun 1941 Japan was refused supplies of iron and oil from United States, Britain, and Netherlands, therefore further reinforced Japanese thought that Southeast Asia must be taken. In addition to the natural resources, Malaya was also part of Japan's "Outline Plan for the Execution of the Empire's National Policy", a plan to expand the outer perimeters so wide that her enemies would not be able to attack by air against the home islands. This perimeter extends from the Kurile islands down to Wake, Guam, the East Indies, Borneo, Malaya, and up to Burma. ww2dbaseIn general, the Japanese troops knew very little of jungle warfare. The Japanese Army did not embark on conducting research with jungle warfare until Dec 1940, and even then the effort was not fruitful, as the responsibility of the research was given to the Taiwan Army, and the island of Taiwan lacked any jungle for this purpose. Furthermore, Japanese intelligence only detected 30,000 to 50,000 British and Commonwealth troops in Malaya, when in fact there were about 88,600 men; this under-estimation could have easily caused serious harm in the Japanese invasion, but General Tomoyuki Yamashita would later admit that "our battle in Malaya was successful because we took the enemy lightly". Yamashita was given the overall responsibility of the invasion. On paper, he commanded a force 70,000-strong, organized into three divisions; in reality, the Japanese strength was less than that, as the 5th Division left behind a whole regiment in Shanghai, China as late as 26 Dec 1941, while the 18th Division left two headquarters regiments in Canton, China. Meanwhile, the Imperial Guard Division, elite academically, had no combat experience. ww2dbaseThe defenses in Malaya and Singapore were equally unprepared for war. Coordination between the ground troops and the small Royal Air Force contingent in the region was poor, while the ground troops, particularly conscripts from India, lacked training and were not properly equipped. High ranking British officers, too, lacked training in jungle warfare. In fact, some of them were not even considering that they needed to know how to conduct a war in the Malayan jungles, as indicated by some of their frustrated complaints that there was no room for them to conduct training maneuvers because the jungle was in the way. While Singapore was boasted to be a fortress that could resist an amphibious invasion, defense against a convention invasion down the Malayan peninsula was inadequate. Finally, another hint of Singapore's unpreparedness was the lack of food rationing despite its mother country had been in war since 1939 and the Japanese invasion seemed inescapable by late 1941. The only major attempt that the British had committed in building the defense of Malaya and Singapore seemed to be a request for the United States to station capital ships of the US Pacific Fleet in Singapore, but that request was denied. ww2dbaseThe Start of the Invasion 8 Dec


The oldest woman Olympic gold medalist is Queenie Newall, at London in 1908, when 53 years old. In which sport did she compete?

Oldest and Youngest Olympians Home > Events > Olympics > Summer > Trivia > Oldest and Youngest Oldest and Youngest Olympians (Summer Games) Here are some of the 'Oldest and Youngest' competitors at the Summer Olympic Games. See also our list of the oldest living Olympians , and much more Olympic Trivia . Oldest Male Competitor The oldest ever Olympian is Oscar Swahn of Sweden. He was 72 years, 281 days old when he competed at the 1920 Olympics in shooting. He also qualified for the 1924 Olympics but withdrew without competing. other old competitors Arthur von Pongracz of Austria also competed at age 72 in  Dressage in 1936, becoming one of the oldest ever competitors at the Olympics. Arthur von Pongracz was born June 25, 1864 and competed on August 12 and 13, 1936, so he was 72 years and 49 days old. Equestrian rider Hiroshi Hoketsu is the oldest Japanese Olympic representative, competing in 2012 at age 71. In 2012 he finished 40th in the individual dressage event. Hoketsu first took part in the Olympics in 1964, qualified in 1988 (but did not compete as his horse was quarantined), and also competed in 2008. Louis, Count du Douet de Graville (69 years, 95 days) competed in Equestrian at the 1900 Olympics. He was born February 27, 1831, and competed on June 2, 1900. If you include the art competitions (and some people do) and deceased people, then the oldest Olympic participant may be USA artist Winslow Homer who was a participant in the painting category at the 1932 Summer Games. He actually died in 1910, but if he was still alive he would have been 96 years, 157 days old when he competed. He was listed as "hors concours", by one definition means engaged in a contest but not competing for a prize. Oldest Male Gold Medalist Oscar Swahn won a gold medal for shooting at the 1912 Olympics, when he was 64 years and 280 days old. At the time of his win, Swahn was 9 months older than Galen Spencer had been when he won his gold medal in 1904. Other old gold medalists Galen Carter Spencer was an American who competed in archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the team competition. He was born September 19, 1840, and competed on  September 19, 1904, which means he competed on his 64th birthday. Jerry Millner (born July 5, 1847) was a British shooter who represented Great Britain and Ireland at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the Free rifle at 1000 yards. At the time he was 61 years and 4 days old. Oldest Male Medalist The oldest male Olympic medalist is genarally considered to be Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn. He won a silver medal in 1920 when he was 72 years, 281 days old. Overall Swahn won 6 medals in a shooting sport called "running deer." in appearances at the  1908, 1912, and 1920 Games. However, there is an older medalist from the little known art competitions that ran from 1912 to 1948. In the final year that these events were held, British graphic artist John Copley was awarded the silver medal for his design "Polo Player" just about a month before his 74th birthday. This makes him officially the oldest Olympic medalists ever. Oldest Female Competitor The oldest woman to compete in the Olympics was British rider Lorna Johnstone, who participated in Equestrian at the 1972 Olympic Games at 70 years and 5 days old. Oldest Female Medalist Lida Peyton "Eliza" Pollock from the USA competed in the 1904 Olympic Games archery competition. She won bronze in the Women's Double Columbia and National Rounds and as part of the women's Team Round she won a gold medal. She was aged 63 years and 333 days when she won gold. Oldest Female Gold Medalist Lida Peyton "Eliza" Pollock won gold aged 63 years and 333 days, though as part of a team event. The oldest woman ever to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event was British archery winner Sybil “Queenie” Newall who won gold in the Double National Round in 1908, aged 53 years, 275 days. Youngest Male Medalists If you discount the young coxain who won gold in 1900, the youngest confirmed Olympic medalist is Greek gymnast D


Ellen DeGeneres - Biography - IMDb Ellen DeGeneres Biography Showing all 74 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (5) | Trivia  (38) | Personal Quotes  (24) | Salary  (2) Overview (3) 5' 7½" (1.71 m) Mini Bio (1) Emmy-winning talk show host Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. She is the daughter of Betty DeGeneres (née Elizabeth Jane Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, an insurance agent. Her brother is musician and producer Vance DeGeneres . Her parents divorced when she was sixteen years old. Her mother remarried, and her new husband, salesman Roy Gruessendorf, moved the family to Atlanta, Texas. After graduating from Atlanta High School in 1976, Ellen attended the University of New Orleans as a communication major, but she dropped out after one semester. She held a wide variety of jobs until she turned to stand-up comedy, making her bones at small clubs and coffeehouses before working her way up to emcee Clyde's Comedy Club by 1981. Her comedy was described as a distaff version of Bob Newhart . Beginning in the early 1980s, she toured nationally and was named the funniest person in America after winning a competition sponsored by the cable network Showtime. This led to better gigs, including her first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in 1986. Though DeGeneres's early forays into series television were not successful (she appeared as a supporting player in two short-lived TV situation comedies in the period 1989-92, Open House (1989) and Laurie Hill (1992)), she scored a hit headlining her own 1994 sitcom on ABC "These Friends of Mine" (later renamed Ellen (1994) after its first season). She made TV history in April 1997 when her character, and DeGeneres herself personally, revealed that she was a lesbian. However, the show was canceled the following season due to declining ratings, after which DeGeneres returned to the stand-up circuit. In 2001, DeGeneres launched a new series, The Ellen Show (2001), on CBS, but it suffered from poor ratings and was canceled. Redemption as a television artiste came in 2003, when DeGeneres's daytime talk show, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) proved to be both a critical hit and a commercial success. Along with good ratings, the show has won unprecedented kudos from the industry, winning 15 Emmy Awards in its first three seasons on the air and becoming the first talk show in TV history to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show in its first three seasons. DeGeneres has also made a name for herself as a host of awards shows. She hosted the Grammy Awards in 1996 and 1997, as well as the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2001 and 2005. In February 2007, she had the ultimate TV awards show gig, hosting the Oscars, which she hosted again in 2014. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood Spouse (1) Voted "Funniest Person In America" in 1982. "Best Female Club Standup", Comedy Awards 1991. Named "Entertainer of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly 26 December 1997/2 January 1998, issues 411/412. Spoke at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Pointed out that many film plots and images in Hollywood are "heterosexist," meaning that the filmmakers allow heterosexual characters to dominate the screen. She would like to see actors and actresses portray more gay and lesbian couples. [1999] Worked as a paralegal before becoming a comedienne. Has two dogs named Bootsie and Muffin. When Ellen came out as a lesbian on her show in April 1997, ABC's affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama, refused to air the landmark episode. Some of the show's sponsors, including Chrysler, withdrew their advertisements. Was initially reluctant to do a love scene with Sharon Stone in If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000), but Ellen's then-girlfriend Anne Heche , who was directing this particular segment of the film, encouraged her to do it. Ellen eventually gave in. Split with girlfriend Anne Heche after being together for 3 years. [August 2000] Her last name is pronounced "duh-generous". Used to sell


Which was the first of these four to be an Olympic 100 metres winner?

100 Meter Men's Olympic Medalists (1896 - 2012) 100 Meter Men's Olympic Medalists Olympic Sprints and Relays 100 Meter Men's Olympic Medalists Usain Bolt flies across the finish line to win the 2012 Olympic 100-meter gold medal.  Ian MacNicol/Getty Images By Mike Rosenbaum Updated August 23, 2016. The men's 100-meter race has been a part of every modern Olympic program, beginning with the Athens Games of 1896. During that time, three men have won consecutive Olympic 100-meter gold medals: American Archie Hahn in 1904 and then in the Intercalated Games of 1906; American Carl Lewis in 1984-88; and Jamaica's Usain Bolt, in 2008-12. Six men have tied or set the 100-meter world record during the Olympics. Oddly, the first man to do so, American Donald Lippincott, didn't earn a gold medal. In 1912 he established the first IAAF-recognized world mark by winning a preliminary heat in 10.6 seconds, but later had to settle for a bronze medal in the final. The other record-setters all won gold medals, beginning with American Bob Hayes, who tied the world mark in 1964, and followed by Jim Hines of the U.S. (1968), Lewis (1988), Canada's Donovan Bailey (1996) and Bolt (2008). 1896 GOLD Thomas Burke, USA 12.0 SILVER Fritz Hofmann, GER 12.2 BRONZE Francis Lane, USA 12.6 BRONZE Alojz Sokol, HUN 12.6 continue reading below our video Understanding Baseball GOLD Frank Jarvis, USA 11.0 SILVER Walter Tewksbury, USA 11.1 BRONZE Stan Rowley, AUS 11.2 1904 GOLD Archie Hahn, USA 11.0 SILVER Nate Cartmell, USA 11.2 BRONZE William Hogenson, USA 11.2 1906 GOLD Archie Hahn, USA 11.2 SILVER Fay Foulton, USA 11.3 BRONZE Nigel Barker, AUS 11.3 1908 GOLD Reggie Walker, SAF 10.8 SILVER James Rector, USA 11.0 BRONZE Robert Kerr, CAN 11.0 1912 GOLD Ralph Craig, USA 10.8 SILVER Alvah Meyer, USA 10.9 BRONZE Donald Lippincott, USA 10.9 1920 GOLD Charles Paddock, USA 10.8 SILVER Morris Kirksey, USA 10.9 BRONZE Harry Edward, GBR 10.9 1924 GOLD Harold Abrahams, GBR 10.6 SILVER Jackson Scholz, USA 10.8 BRONZE Arthur Porritt, NZL 10.9 1928 GOLD Percy Williams, CAN 10.8 SILVER Jack London, GBR 10.9 BRONZE Georg Lammers, GER 10.9 1932 GOLD Eddie Tolan, USA 10.3 SILVER Ralph Metcalfe, USA 10.3 BRONZE Arthur Jonath, GER 10.4 1936 GOLD Jesse Owens , USA 10.3 SILVER Ralph Metcalfe, USA 10.4 BRONZE Martinus Osendarp, HOL 10.5 1948 GOLD Harrison Dillard, USA 10.3 SILVER Barney Ewell, USA 10.4 BRONZE Lloyd LaBeach, PAN 10.4 1952 GOLD Lindy Remigino, USA 10.79 SILVER Herbert McKenley, JAM 10.80 BRONZE Emmanuel Bailey, GBR 10.83 1956 GOLD Bobby Morrow, USA 10.62 SILVER Thane Baker, USA 10.77 BRONZE Hector Hogan, AUS 10.77 1960 GOLD Armin Hary, GER 10.32 SILVER David Sime, USA 10.35 BRONZE Peter Radford, GBR 10.42 1964 GOLD Bob Hayes, USA 10.06 SILVER Enrique Figuerola, CUB 10.25 BRONZE Harry Jerome, CAN 10.27 1968 GOLD James Hines, USA 9.95 SILVER Lennox Miller, JAM 10.04 BRONZE Charlie Greene, USA 10.07 1972 GOLD Valeriy Borzov, URS 10.14 SILVER Robert Taylor, USA 10.24 BRONZE Lennox Miller, JAM 10.33 1976 GOLD Hasely Crawford, TRI 10.06 SILVER Don Quarrie, JAM 10.07 BRONZE Valeriy Borzov, URS 10.14 1980 GOLD Allan Wells, GBR 10.25 SILVER Silvio Tartabull, CUB 10.25 BRONZE Petur Petrov, BUL 10.39 1984 GOLD Carl Lewis , USA 9.99 SILVER Sam Graddy, USA 10.19 BRONZE Ben Johnson, CAN 10.22 1988 GOLD Carl Lewis, USA 9.92 SILVER Linford Christie, GBR 9.97 BRONZE Calvin Smith, USA 9.99 1992 GOLD Linford Christie, GBR 9.96 SILVER Frank Fredericks, NAM 10.02 BRONZE Dennis Mitchell, USA 10.04 1996 GOLD Donovan Bailey, CAN 9.84 SILVER Frank Fredericks, NAM 9.89 BRONZE Ato Boldon, TRI 9.90 2000 GOLD Maurice Greene, USA 9.87 SILVER Ato Boldon, TRI 9.99 BRONZE Obadele Thompson, BAR 10.04 2004 GOLD Justin Gatlin, USA 9.85 SILVER Francis Obikwelu, POR 9.86 BRONZE Maurice Greene, USA 9.87 2008 GOLD Usain Bolt , JAM 9.69 SILVER Richard Thompson, TRI 9.89 BRONZE Walter Dix , USA 9.91 2012 GOLD Usain Bolt, JAM 9.63 SILVER Johan Blake, JAM 9.75


Which British journalist has written biographies of Princess Diana, Monica Lewinsky, David and Victoria Beckham, Madonna, and Tom Cruise?

Andrew Morton: Diana biographer injured in fatal crash in South Africa | Daily Mail Online comments Princess Diana biographer Andrew Morton has been injured while on his honeymoon in a fatal car crash that killed a woman and baby. The 58-year-old biographer and journalist suffered broken ribs and his new wife Carolyn, 51, a broken sternum, during the collision on a remote road near Kruger National Park in South Africa. The couple were on their way to the airport to fly back to Britain after their two-week honeymoon when they collided with another car, 40 miles from the city of Nelspruit in the north east of the country yesterday. Would be dead: Andrew Morton, pictured on his wedding day to Caroyln, suffered broken ribs while Carolyn broke her sternum, in the collision near Kruger National Park in South Africa yesterday Hurt on honeymoon: Mr Morton and wife Carolyn were being driven in this car to the airport to return home to Britain after their two-week trip when the collision occurred A woman and two-month-old baby in the other car were killed, and another occupant suffered serious injuries and was taken to Matikwane Hospital in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Mr Morton has written a biography on Princess Diana that was revised after her death in a horrific car accident, and others on William and Catherine, Monica Lewinsky and Victoria and David Beckham. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share He was in a vehicle being driven by local driver Johan Scholtz of Tamboti Tours when they collided with a Honda car. From his hospital bed in South Africa, Mr Morton was quoted by the Evening Standard saying: ‘I am well under the circumstances. The other people are dead. A woman and two-month-old baby in the silver Honda, pictured left, were killed and another person was seriously injured Horrible hit: Driver Johan Scholtz who was driving Mr Morton said the other car drove toward them at high speed as he was driving up a steep hill ‘Had my wife and I not been wearing safety belts, we would have been dead. ‘It was a marvellous holiday. We were watching lions and a female leopard shortly before hitting the road and that horrible accident happened.’ The couple were taken to a medical centre at Nelspruit nearby and Mrs Morton has since been discharged. Mr Morton remains in hospital for observation. Driver Mr Scholtz said that he was driving up a steep hill when the Honda drove toward them at high speed. International success: Mr Morton's biography on Princess Diana was a bestseller after she responded on tape to his questions including her battle with bulimia and heartache over her husband's affair Secret tapes: Mr Morton wrote a biography on Diana in 1992 based on taped responses Diana gave to his written questions about her life before marrying Prince Charles in 1981 (pictured) Mr Morton wrote international bestseller Diana: Her True Story in 1992 and a revised edition after her death based on taped responses from Diana to his written questions. Those recordings, about seven hours of taped responses, were secretly made in Kensington Palace in 1991 during a series of interviews conducted through an intermediary. In the tapes, the princess talks openly about her life before marrying Prince Charles, her long battle with bulimia, her suicide attempts, the heartache over her husband's long affair with Camilla Parker Bowles and her strained relationships with other members of the Royal family. Bestselling biographer: Mr Morton (left) has written biographies about other Royals including William and Catherine as well as celebrities such as Victoria and David Beckham (right) and Tom Cruise


Thomas Beckett was murdered in which Cathedral?

The Death of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral By  Ben Johnson   |   Comments Murder in the cathedral. Thomas Becket, a London merchant’s son, was a complex person – in his youth he was a normal ebullient young man, stormy and proud, selfish and arrogant, vain, and anxious to please, but in later life, became one of the most pious and devout Archbishops of the 12th century. Despite differences in their status Thomas’s greatest friend was Henry, who was later to become King Henry II of England. They hunted and played chess together, people said the two men ‘had but one heart and one mind’. When at the age of 21 Henry became king, Becket became his Chancellor. Both furious workers, they laboured tirelessly to bring law and order to Henry’s realm. It was during Henry’s reign those legal terms such as ‘trial by jury’ and ‘assizes’ (sittings) became so familiar in the English language. The king’s judges travelled the country administering the common law – the law of all free men. The exception to this was the Church, which had its own courts and own laws. Priests who murdered or raped could avoid common-law justice by claiming ‘benefit of clergy’, the right to be tried in the bishop’s court. The worst that could happen here was to be issued with a severe penance or exceptionally, expulsion (defrocking) from the priesthood. Much of the power in the country at that time was enjoyed and exploited by the rich bishops and abbots of the Church. And, whilst the Church swore loyalty to the king, they also insisted that their true allegiance was to God and his earthly representative, the Pope in Rome. On the death of his Archbishop of Canterbury in May 1161, Henry saw his chance of bringing the Church to heel, by promoting his best friend Thomas to the newly vacated post. With the donning of his archbishop’s robes however, Becket’s whole demeanour seems to have changed, as he appeared to have experienced a religious conversion. ‘Born again’ Thomas changed completely – from then on he wore a sackcloth shirt which reached to his knees, and swarmed with all forms of wildlife. He had a very sparse diet, and his accustomed drink was water. King Henry and Becket remained good friends until they clashed over clerical privilege. Henry stated that the church was subject to the law of the land, but Becket insisted that the Church was above the law. Their confrontation came to a head at Northampton Castle in October 1164, when supporters of Henry questioned Thomas’s loyalty to his king by accusing him of being a ‘Traitor’. Some harsh words were exchanged …‘Whoremonger!’, ‘Bastard!’, and other such choice expressions, before Thomas made a strategic withdrawal …to France! Thomas spent some six years in exile before things calmed down sufficient for him to return to Canterbury. Preaching from the cathedral on Christmas Day 1170, Thomas again displayed his stormy temperament when he excommunicated some of his fellow bishops with the words …’May they all be damned by Jesus Christ!’ Henry became incensed when he heard of this outburst and is said to have uttered the fateful words “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest!” Four of Henry’s knights, probably not the brightest of men, took this as a summons to action, and left for Canterbury immediately. They reached Canterbury Cathedral on December 29th, where they found Becket before the High Altar, as he had gone there to hear Vespers. One of the knights approached him, and struck Becket on the shoulder with the flat of his sword. It seems that the knights did not at first intend to kill Becket, but as he stood firm after the first blow, the four attacked and butchered him. It is recorded that they cracked open his skull spilling his brains onto the cathedral floor! Henry was horrified when he heard the news as he believed that it was his words that had been the cause of Becket’s death. As an act of penitence he donned sackcloth and ashes, and starved himself for three days. Becket was immediately hailed as a martyr and canonised in 1173, and his shrine in Canterbury Cathedral became famous thr


"In the ""Harry Potter"" books, students board the train to Hogwarts at Platform 9+34. Which London railway station has erected a sign at a wall between tracks 9 and 10 to commemorate this?"

Harry Potter fandom - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki       Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Ron Weasley Did you know ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Because students in the novels board the train to Hogwarts at Platform 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 at King's Cross railway station in London , the real King's Cross has erected a sign at a wall between tracks 9 and 10 to commemorate this. The Harry Potter fandom is a large international and informal community drawn together by J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series. The fandom works through the use of many different forms of media, including web sites , fan fiction , podcasts , fan art and songvids . Harry Potter fan fiction , stories based on the series but written by fans and distributed online, is the most searched-for subject of all fan fiction on the web, surpassing even those in the Star Trek fandom, or Trekdom . [1] However, the fandom not only interacts online in Internet forums , but also gathers at scholarly fan conventions , tours of iconic landmarks relevant to the books and production of the films , and parties held for the midnight release of each book and film. By the fourth Harry Potter book, the legions of Harry Potter fans had grown so large that considerable security measures were taken to ensure that no book was purchased before the official release date [2] Studies on the fandom have shown that both children and adults are fans, [3] [4] despite Rowling's original marketing of the books towards children aged nine to twelve. [5] Contents 13 See also Pottermania Potter fans wait in lines outside a Borders bookstore for their copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince . Pottermania is an informal term first used around 1999 describing the craze Harry Potter fans have had over the series. [6] Fans held midnight parties to celebrate the release of the final four books at bookstores which stayed open on the night leading into the date of the release. [7] In 2005, Entertainment Weekly listed the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as one of "Entertainment's Top Moments" of the previous 25 years. [8] The craze over the series was parodied in Lauren Weisberger 's 2003 novel The Devil Wears Prada as well as its 2006 film adaptation . In the story, the protagonist Andrea Sachs is ordered to retrieve two copies of the next installment in the series for her boss's twins before they are published so that they can be privately flown to France, where the twins and their mother are on holiday. [9] The series has come with its share of criticism as well. Allegations of witchcraft and the Occult found in the text, and legal disputes , one doctor coined the term "Hogwarts headache" in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine shortly after the release of Order of the Phoenix , the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the UK edition, 870 pages in the US edition, and over 250,000 words. [10] [11] He described it as a mild condition, a tension headache possibly accompanied by neck or wrist pains, caused by unhealthily long reading sessions of Harry Potter. The "symptoms" resolve themselves within days of finishing the book. His prescription of taking reading breaks was rejected by two of the patients on which he discovered this headache. [12] On a similar note, researchers in Oxford found that the admission rate of children with traumatic injuries to the city's ERs plummeted on the publication weekends of both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince . [13] Fan sites There are many fan web sites about Harry Potter on the Internet, the oldest ones dating to about 1997 or 1998. [14] [15] [16] J. K. Rowling has an open relationship with her fan base, and since 2004 periodically hands out a "fan site award" on her official web site. [17] The first site to receive the award was Immeritus, a fan site mostly devoted to Sirius Black , and about which Rowling wrote, "I am so p


France's third longest border, after Spain and Switzerland, is with which country?

Political Map of France - Nations Online Project Political Map of France ___ Political Map of France About France France is a country located on the western edge of Europe, bordered by the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic Ocean) in west, by the English Channel in north west, by the North Sea in north, by Belgium and Luxembourg in north east, by Germany , Switzerland and Italy in east, by the Mediterranean Sea, Monaco , Spain and Andorra in south. France shares also maritime borders with the United Kingdom . Since 1994 France and the UK are connected by the Channel Tunnel, a 50.5 km (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone in Kent, UK with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France. With an area of 551,500 km²    Metropolitan France is more than twice the size of the United Kingdom or more than twice the size of the U.S. state Colorado . France has a population of 66.6 million people (est. 2016); 64.5 million people in Metropolitan France and 2.1 million in its overseas regions. Largest city and capital is Paris . Spoken language is French (official). Map is showing Metropolitan France, that is the French mainland and the island of Corsica. Depicted on the map is the country with international borders, the national      capital Paris, region capitals, major cities, main roads, and major airports. Geography of France [show]   Metropolitan France has two shorelines, one at the North Atlantic Ocean, the other at the Mediterranean Sea, it sums up to a total of 3,427 km of coastline. About two-thirds of the county's interior (in north and west) consists of  plains or gently rolling hills, within there are two major basins: the Paris basin in the northwest, drained by the river Seine, and the Aquitaine basin in the southwest, drained by the Garonne river. The plains are interspersed with highlands here and there. To the south of the country are the rugged Pyrenees, two parallel mountain ranges that creates a natural border between France and Spain, its highest mountains rise up to more than 3,000 m. In south east the Massif Central, a formerly volcanic region with a large concentration of extinct volcanoes, like the Chaine des Puys, a chain of cinder cones, lava domes, and maars within the Massif Central. East of the Massif, separated by a deep north-south cleft created by the Rhone River are the French Alps, part of the Alps, the great mountain range system of Europe. Within the Alps is the highest mountain of France, Mont Blanc with 4,807 m. It is also Italy's highest peak because the "White Mountain" sits on the border which separtes both nations. French Rivers: The longest rivers within France are Loire, Seine, Garonne, and Rhone, the Rhine river in east forms the border with Germany for about 160 km (100 mi). Seine, and Garonne are the main rivers for transportation in France. Airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, also known as Rossy Airport ( IATA code : CDG), located in the vicinity of Paris is the largest and busiest airport in France. Paris-Orly Airport ( IATA code : ORY) located south of Paris is the busiest French airport for domestic traffic. Major Seaports: France has several major seaports, largest port is Marseille , followed by Le Havre, Dunkirk, and Nantes/Saint-Nazaire.   all countries of the world   You are free to   use this map for educational purposes, please refer to the Nations Online Project. Political Map of France Cities and Towns in France: The Map shows the location of following French cities: Agen, Aix-en-Provence, Ajaccio, Alençon, Alès, Amiens, Angers, Angoulême, Annecy, Arcachon, Arles, Arras, Auch, Aurillac, Auxerre, Avallon, Avignon, Bastia, Bayonne, Beaune, Beauvais, Belfort, Besançon, Biarritz, Bonifacio, Bordeaux, Bourg-, Bourges, Bressuire, Brest, Brive-la-, Béziers, Caen, Calais, Calvi, Cannes, Carcassone, Castres, Chambéry, Cherbourg, Châlons-en-Champagne, Clermont-Ferrand, Colmar, Corte, Dieppe, Dijon, Douarnenez, Dunkirk, Gaillarde, Gap, Grenoble, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Le Mans, Le Puy, Lille, Limoges, Lorient, Lourdes, Lyon (capital of Rhô


In the US presidential election, 2000, in which US state was there a controversy over requests for hand recounts of votes that went as far as the U.S. Supreme Court?

The Election of 2000 - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net The Election of 2000 History in the making - that's what they called the election of 2000, but not until after the election should have been over. A month after Election Day, the United States was still unsure about who its next President would be. Table of Contents The Candidates Vice President Al Gore and Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman headed the Democratic ticket. Texas Governor George Bush and former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney headed the Republican ticket. For weeks before the election, polls showed Gore and Bush running neck and neck, too close to call nationally and in many states. Add to the mix the popularity of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader and a handful of other third-party candidates, such as the Reform Party's Pat Buchanan, the results from election night promised to be very interesting. And they were. The Dates In 2000, Election Day fell on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Electors must have been appointed by December 12, 2000. Electoral College Day was Monday, December 18. The deadline for receipt of the electoral votes by the President of the Senate was Wednesday, December 27, 2000. Congress convened on Wednesday, January 3, 2001. The electoral votes were counted in a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2001. Inauguration Day was Saturday, January 20, 2001. Election Night The networks were chomping at the bit to be the first out of the starting gate, and when 7 pm Eastern time rolled by, they were ready to start making predictions. Vermont was an easy pick, with exit polls showing the state firmly in Gore's camp. Other states quickly fall into one camp or the other, including Florida into Gore's column. The networks had vowed, as in the past, not to call an election until all of the polls in a certain state had all closed - one problem in Florida is that part of the panhandle is in the Central time zone, and when Florida was called, some polls were still open. Bush pulled out with an early lead, but with just a handful of states accounted for even a 40 point deficit was nothing for Gore to be worried about. As the night wore on, the networks began to hedge on Florida - though polling data showed Gore with the lead there, actual returns were starting to look to be more in Bush's favor. By 10 o'clock, most of the networks had taken Florida out of Gore's column and placed it back into the undecided column. For several hours, as more and more states came in and more and more projections were made, Bush and Gore swapped the lead, finally settling on a 242-242 electoral vote tie. This projection was made in the late hours of the evening ... and in the wee hours of the morning, returns from now-crucial Florida, with its 25 votes, began to swing in Bush's favor. Many networks call Florida for Bush and are able to declare him the winner at 2:15 a.m. Ready to concede to Bush, Gore placed a call. In the later words of Barbara Bush, "I was the mother of a President for about 30 minutes." Before Gore could give his concession speech, his advisors watched the web site for the Florida Board of Elections and watched as Bush's lead waned, at one point down to only 200 votes. His advisors told him that it was too close, and Gore had to call Bush to retract his concession. The networks flip-flopped again, taking Florida out of Bush's column and placing it back into the undecided group. Bush had a lead of about 1700 votes in Florida, out of almost 6 million cast. Florida law demands a recount in such a close count, and as if the week decided it could not be outdone by the night, the wheels are set in motion for an electoral horse race. The Day After With a recount triggered, the nation waited. With a margin of victory of only 1700 votes, anything could happen. Things that usually are not relevant to victory suddenly became so. Overseas absentee ballots are a perfect example. Florida, by law, did not finish counting them until November 17. With several thousand ballots sent out, and more coming back all the time, they could make for a decisive


Presidents of the USA Richard Nixon and Herbert Hoover had what religious upbringing?

Quakers and the Political Process - Presidents Two Presidents, both Republicans, were lifelong members of the Religious Society of Friends. Their Quakerism clearly influenced some of their policies and actions, tying in with the principles of peace, religious freedom and true justice for all. Herbert Clark Hoover(1874-1964) 31st President of the United States (1929-1933) BOTH Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, came from strong Iowa Quaker roots. His father was a blacksmith and sold farm machinery. Hoover was an orphan by the age of ten and was sent to live with a Quaker uncle in Oregon, where he attended Friends schools. He met Lou while they were both working towards geology degrees from Stanford University. Hoover became an expert on mining and engineering and traveled extensively around the world while working for a British firm. These assignments resulted in his being present during the Australian Gold Rush and the Chinese Boxer Rebellion where he learned to deal with crisis situations as well as with scientific problems. As an Iowan Quaker, he had been, one might say, born a Republican. And it was only the Republicanism of Iowa Quakers - at bottom populist, liberal, grass-roots in quality - that meant anything to him. He enrolled as a Republican the first time he was old enough to do so, in Berkeley, though he was off on his life's work before he could vote.   - Eugene Lyons, Hoover Biographer While organizing food relief for Belgians at the outbreak of the war, Hoover decided to give up his engineering career and devote the rest of his life to public service. In 1918, based on Hoover's demonstration of compassion and efficiency, President Woodrow Wilson asked him to head the American Relief Administration - a privately run organization which fed more than 350 million starving people in 21 nations in Europe and the Middle East from 1919 to 1921. Herbert Hoover is certainly a wonder and I wish we could make him President of the United States. There could not be a better one.   - Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served with Hoover in the Wilson administration, writing to Josephus Daniels, 1920 Germany, 1920 - AFSC As Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, Hoover created the Child Health Association (1923), organized the Street and Highway Safety Commission (1924), developed new foreign markets for American goods, and advocated bureaucratic efficiency. He aided manufacturing by pioneering standardization of parts and materials for paper, automobiles, plumbing, carpentry and other industries. His engineering background helped him become a brilliant organizer, but his shyness and squeaky voice hampered him in public life. Hoover had barely launched his presidency when the stock market crashed in 1929; both the nation and the world faced a depression of unprecedented severity. Although he was bitterly criticized for inaction, Hoover started many of the programs which put America on the road to recovery: the Reconstruction Finance Corp., the Federal Farm Board, the Agricultural Marketing Act (stabilized prices) and the Federal Home Loan Bank. Hoover also initiated massive public works projects such as the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Boulder (Hoover) and Grand Coulee Dams, and Mississippi flood control projects. It was not Roosevelt but Hoover who first accepted defeating the depression as a governmental responsibility. But it took time before these initiatives could affect the economic situation. The Presidency is a supreme obligation. I conceived of the Presidency as more than an administrative office: it is a power for leadership bringing coordination of the forces of business and cultural life in every city, town and countryside. The Presidency is more than executive responsibility. It is the symbol of America's highest purpose. The President must represent the nation's ideals and he must also represent them to the nations of the world.   - Herbert Hoover, 1932 From that day forward [1914] Hoover never accepted for his private use a dollar in payment for any of his manifold public services. He p


What describes a bathroom connected to a bedroom?

master bathroom connecting to master bedroom master bathroom connecting to master bedroom rozi_0 April 9, 2012 what is the best way to connect the master bedroom to master bath and walking closets? Any good ideas on how to connect them? im looking for contemporary style of a house. Email Thank you for reporting this comment. Undo Emily H Do you mean how to transition between them with flooring or doorways or something else?  Like    Bookmark     April 12, 2012 at 1:23PM Thank you for reporting this comment. Undo rozi_0 I mean door ways. I guess one option is have one door to master bath and one to the walk in closet from the master bedroom....  Like    Bookmark     April 16, 2012 at 6:04PM Thank you for reporting this comment. Undo goodeiam Have just an entrance with no doors from bedroom to bath, then a door to your closet  Like    Bookmark     July 12, 2012 at 11:48AM Thank you for reporting this comment. Undo TanCalGal The 2 master closets in my house are in the (off of the) master bath with doors to close off. Have not had a problem with humidity but we live in CA & it's very dry here. The bathroom door to the M. bedroom is a pocket door, that we seldom close. The toilet is in the M bathroom, yet, can be closed off from the sinks, shower, tub with a door.  Like    Bookmark


Sacr-Cur Basilica is in which European city?

The 79 Most Beautiful European Churches - Europeish.com Europe Travel Blog - Capturing the Beauty of a Continent The 79 Most Beautiful European Churches Written by: europeish | (53) comments Although religion is playing a less prominent role in European civilization nowadays, churches, mosques, synagogues, cathedrals and basilicas still play a very important role in the city landscapes of most European cities, and tourism as a result of that. Erik, the Europeish editor with the most spare time, got the assignment to select the most beautiful religious buildings in Europe. As Erik also has a difficult time making choices, the result is a list with 79 impressive ( Wieskirche ), unusually located ( Santuario di San Besso , Meteora ), or uniquely designed ( Hallgrimur , Chiesa di Dio Padre Misericordioso ) churches. 1. St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow (Russia) 2. Sagrada Familia, Barcelona (Spain) 3. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (Turkey) 4. Kölner Dom, Cologne (Germany) 5. Catedral de Santa Maria de la Sede, Sevilla (Spain) 6. Borgund stavkirke, Borgund (Norway) 7. Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (Italy) 8. St. Sava Cathedral, Belgrade (Serbia) 9. Winchester Cathedral, Winchester (England) 10. Notre Dame, Paris (France) 11. Duomo, Milan (Italy) 12. Pechersk Lavra, Kiev (Ukraine) 13. Basilica di San Marco, Venice (Italy) 14. St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna (Austria) 15. Chartres Cathedral, Chartres (France) 16. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn (Estonia) 17. Notre-Dame of Amiens, Amiens (France) 18. Cadiz Cathedral, Cadiz (Spain) 19. St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest (Hungary) 20. Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp (Belgium) 21. Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Padova (Italy) 22. Bruges Cathedral, Bruges (Belgium) 23. Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik (Iceland) 24. Notre-Dame de l’Immaculée-Conception, Lourdes (France) 25. Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City 26. St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral, Brussels (Belgium) 27. Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi, Assisi (Italy) 28. Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent (Belgium) 29. Duomo Santa Maria, Pisa (Italy) 30. Münster Unserer Lieben Frau, Freiburg (Germany) 31. Nagy Zsinagóga, Budapest (Hungary) 32. Speyer Dom, Speyer (Germany) 33. Catedral de Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona (Spain) 34. Santa María la Real de La Almudena, Madrid (Spain) 35. St Paul’s Cathedral, London (England) 36. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow (Russia) 37. St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague (Czech Republic) 38. Echmiatsin Cathedral, Echmiatsin (Armenia) 39. Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Mtscheta (Georgia) 40. Cathédrale Notre-Dame-Immaculée, Monaco (Monaco) 41. Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, Saint Petersburg (Russia) 42. Oudenbosch Basilica, Oudenbosch (The Netherlands) 43. Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (France) 44. Saint John’s Cathedral, Den Bosch (The Netherlands) 45. Beauvais Cathedral, Beauvais (France) 46. Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz, Metz (France) 47. St. Andrew’s Church, Kiev (Ukraine) 48. Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire (England) 49. Ulm Cathedral, Ulm (Germany) 50. Temppeliaukion Kirkko, Helsinki (Finland) 51. Utrecht Cathedral, Utrecht (The Netherlands) 52. Riga Cathedral, Riga (Latvia) 53. Santuario di San Besso, Ronco Canavese (Italy) 54. Basilica of Sts. Stanisław and Vaclav, Kraków (Poland) 55. Westminster Abbey, London (England) 56. Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre, Paris (France) 57. Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Lisbon (Portugal) 58. Aglona Basilica, Aglona (Latvia) 59. Meteora, Kalambaka (Greece) 60. Le Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy (France) 61. Chiesa di Dio Padre Misericordioso, Rome (Italy) 62. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool (England) 63. Catedral de León, León (Spain) 64. Taidekappeli, Turku (Finland) 66. Durham Cathedral, Durham (England) 67. St. Stephan’s Church, Istanbul (Turkey) 68. St. Mark’s Church, Belgrade (Serbia) 69. Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim (Norway) 70. Burgos Cathedral, Burgos (Spain) 71. St. Bavochurch, Haarlem (The Netherlands) 72. Bremilham church, Malmesbury (England) 73. Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev (Ukraine) 74. Sveti Jovan Kaneo, Ohrid (Macedonia) 75. Stavanger domkirke, Stavanger (No


Which play by John Osborne features a character called Archie Rice, a part written for Laurence Olivier, who played it on stage and in a 1960 film version?

The Entertainer (1960) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business. Director: a list of 36 titles created 13 Jul 2011 a list of 44 titles created 13 Jan 2013 a list of 38 titles created 04 Jan 2015 a list of 41 titles created 08 May 2015 a list of 24 titles created 5 months ago Search for " The Entertainer " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Oscar. Another    1 win & 4 nominations. See more awards  » Photos A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values. Director: Tony Richardson The moving story of a plain young girl who becomes pregnant by a black sailor, befriends a homosexual, and gradually becomes a woman. Director: Tony Richardson A juvenile offender impresses the reform school Governor with running abilities. He is in turn given special privileges to encourage him to win a race against the local public school, but he is therefore teased his fellow rebellious peers. Director: Tony Richardson A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child. Director: Karel Reisz Jane, a young French woman, pregnant and unmarried, takes a room in a seedy London boarding house, which is inhabited by an assortment of misfits. She considers getting an abortion, but is ... See full summary  » Director: Bryan Forbes Major Jock Sinclair has been in this Highland regiment since he joined as a boy piper. During the Second World War, as Second-in-Command, he was made acting Commanding Officer. Now the ... See full summary  » Director: Ronald Neame An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. Director: Jack Clayton A general's marriage is destroyed when a vengeful lieutenant convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful. Director: Stuart Burge     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X   Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live. Director: Lindsay Anderson The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th century England. Director: Tony Richardson A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic beauty. Director: Henry Koster A cheap party entertainer spirals out of control at a young girls Bat Mitzvah. Director: Jonathan Schey Edit Storyline On the far side of middle age, Archie Rice lives in a British seaside resort with his father, retired successful vaudevillian Billy Rice, second wife Phoebe Rice, and doting son Frank Rice. Following in retired Billy's footsteps, Archie is a song-and-dance music hall headliner, with Frank supporting his dad as his shows' stage manager. The waning popularity of Archie's type of shows, a dying form of entertainment, is not helped by Archie's stale second rate material, which brings in small unappreciative crowds. Archie clings to his long held lifestyle, including heavy drinking and chronic infidelity, of which Phoebe is aware. What Archie has not told his offspring is that Phoebe was his mistress while he was still married to their now deceased mother. His want to be a music hall headliner is despite his financial problems, he an undischarged bankrupt who now signs Phoebe's name to everything. Phoebe wants them to escape this life to something more stable, such as the offer from her ... Written b


Amelia Earhart is famous for what area of activity?

The Flight of Amelia Earhart Teaching Guide | Scholastic The Flight of Amelia Earhart Teaching Guide Grades Overview Project Description Set against the backdrop of fascinating but volatile world events, "The Flight of Amelia Earhart" provides a unique opportunity for students to study the enduring legacy of an American hero. An interactive timeline combines important events from her life with major world events of the time to provide a historical context for young readers. The story of Sylvia Barter, a female trailblazer and contemporary of Amelia's, informs students further on the challenges women faced in the early part of the twentieth century. Finally, a news writing activity allows students to demonstrate their grasp of the historical content. Assessment and Rubrics Several assessment components are embedded in this lesson plan. A Writing Checklist and  Activity Assessment Rubric  assess student proficiency with the writing activity. An end-of-project Assessment Checklist provides a quick guide to evaluate students' grasp of key ideas. Learning Objectives Scholastic's Online Activities are designed to support the teaching of standards-based skills. While participating in "The Flight of Amelia Earhart" project, students become proficient with several of these skills. Each skill below is linked to its point of use in the Teacher's Guide. Quick links to lesson materials: In the course of participating in this project, students will: Identify character traits that fulfill personal goals Use technology to research the life and accomplishments of an important American figure Use technology to tour Web sites about significant global events from early 20th-century history Compare and contrast the accomplishments of two notable women Write a news account of an American hero based on biographical information During Instruction Meet a Pioneer Pilot Through various text structures, students learn about Sylvia Barter, a female pilot whose strength of character helped blaze the trail for other women. Barter was a contemporary of Earhart's and this biography and interview depict the challenges she faced as a woman in the age of Earhart. Using a step-by-step news writing process, students construct a newspaper article or radio announcement using an important event from Amelia Earhart's life that illustrates her strength of character. Lesson Planning Suggestions Project Introduction (1 Day) Discuss biographies students have already read, and ask them to identify what the subject's goal was, what inspired the subject to pursue that goal, what obstacles stood in the way, and what the subject eventually accomplished. If desired, make a classroom chart as students contribute their information. Remind the class that they are the famous people of tomorrow! What goals do they have? What challenges have they faced so far in life? How have courage, determination, and strength helped them to overcome challenges and prepare for meeting future goals? Ask students to record one or more of their personal challenges in their notebooks or journals. The World of Amelia Earhart Timeline (2-3 Days) Have small groups of students tour the timeline of Amelia Earhart's life. After reviewing the timeline, encourage groups to talk about the major world events and how they may have affected Earhart's own life. Have students discuss which of Amelia's character traits played a role in the events of her own life. Meet a Pioneer Pilot (2 Days) Encourage students to talk about what it must have been like to be a woman with Earhart's aspirations during the time period in which she lived. Have them take notes on character traits and goal fulfillment. Then print out the story of Sylvia Barter . When they are finished reading, challenge students to create a cause and effect chart using the events from Barter's life and the timeline , or a Venn Diagram, comparing Barter's life and goals with Earhart's. You may wish to have students read the archive of the interview with Barter. Write a News Story (3-4 Days) Explain to students that they are to assume the role of a ne


Frank Langella and Anthony Hopkins have both played which historical character?

Anthony Hopkins - Biography - IMDb Anthony Hopkins Biography Showing all 175 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (3) | Trade Mark  (7) | Trivia  (86) | Personal Quotes  (70) | Salary  (4) Overview (4) 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Mini Bio (1) Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. Influenced by Richard Burton , he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, he moved to London and joined the National Theatre, invited by Laurence Olivier , who could see the talent in Hopkins. In 1967, he made his first film for television, A Flea in Her Ear (1967). From this moment on, he enjoyed a successful career in cinema and television. In 1968, he worked on The Lion in Winter (1968) with Timothy Dalton . Many successes came later, and Hopkins' remarkable acting style reached the four corners of the world. In 1977, he appeared in two major films: A Bridge Too Far (1977) with James Caan , Gene Hackman , Sean Connery , Michael Caine , Elliott Gould and Laurence Olivier , and Maximilian Schell . In 1980, he worked on The Elephant Man (1980). Two good television literature adaptations followed: Othello (1981) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982). In 1987 he was awarded with the Commander of the order of the British Empire. This year was also important in his cinematic life, with 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), acclaimed by specialists. In 1993, he was knighted. In the 1990s, Hopkins acted in movies like Desperate Hours (1990) and Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993) (nominee for the Oscar), Legends of the Fall (1994), Nixon (1995) (nominee for the Oscar), Surviving Picasso (1996), Amistad (1997) (nominee for the Oscar), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Meet Joe Black (1998) and Instinct (1999). His most remarkable film, however, was The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor. He also got a B.A.F.T.A. for this role. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Emerenciano Spouse (3) Trade Mark (7) Hair greased back and bold blue eyes Often plays very proper and restrained British characters, as in The Remains of the Day (1993) and Shadowlands (1993). Often plays controversial, real life characters: William Bligh in The Bounty (1984), Adolf Hitler in The Bunker (1981), Richard Bruno Hauptman in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), and Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995) Often works with Richard Attenborough . Deep smooth voice Quiet, reserved performances with an occasional and very vocal outburst Trivia (86) Is proud of his improvisational touches as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) such as: the unnerving effect on Jodie Foster when he mocked her character's West Virginia accent; the distorion of the word "chianti" and the vile slurping sound he makes after he describes eating the "census-taker." Hopkins also notes that Hannibal never blinked his eyes when he spoke. 10/97: Ranked #57 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. Often compared with fellow Welshman Richard Burton . He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. 7/16/88: Received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Wales. He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1992 New Year Honours List for his services to drama. 1975: Conquered his alcoholic addiction. Piano virtuoso. Father of Abigail Hopkins Into the 1991 restoration of Spartacus (1960), scenes were reintroduced which had been cut from the picture's 1967 reissue. One such segment has Laurence Olivier , in the role of Marcus Crassus, attempting to seduce the slave Antoninus (played by Tony Curtis ). But the original soundtrack for this segment had become lost. And so, Olivier having died in 1989, Anthony Hopkins imitated the voice of Olivier (whom Hopkins had understudied at the Old Vic) for the scene's re-created soundtrack. (T