Late English actor Oliver Reed played Uncle Frank in which 1975 film?

Tommy (1975) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the object of a religious cult. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 46 titles created 22 Mar 2011 a list of 27 titles created 26 Oct 2012 a list of 37 titles created 31 Jan 2013 a list of 47 titles created 10 months ago a list of 35 images created 2 months ago Search for " Tommy " 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     2     Oscars. Another    2 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards  » Photos London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company's mailing division. Only when he's together with his friends, a 'Mod' ... See full summary  » Director: Franc Roddam From the early black and white days to their colourful hedonistic era, you will Rock! See them at their most creative, and destructive, and experience The Who: Here! Director: Jeff Stein Composer and pianist Franz Liszt attempts to overcome his hedonistic lifestyle while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner. Director: Ken Russell Composer Gustav Mahler's life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife discuss their failing marriage during a train journey. Director: Ken Russell In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun. Director: Ken Russell A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically. Director: Ken Russell Scottish archaeologist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent that he is excavating. Shortly thereafter, Lady Sylvia Marsh returns to Temple House, a nearby mansion,... See full summary  » Director: Ken Russell Biographical film of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Director: Ken Russell Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy. Director: Ken Russell The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story. Director: Ken Russell Two best friends fall in love with a pair of women, but the relationships soon go in very different directions. Director: Ken Russell Edit Storyline Nora Walker is told that her British fighter pilot husband is missing in action and presumed killed in World War II. On V.E. Day, Nora gives birth to their son, who she names Tommy. While Tommy is an adolescent, Nora marries Frank, a shifty camp counselor. Shortly thereafter, Tommy suffers an emotionally traumatic experience associated with his father and step-father, which, based on things told to him at that time, results in him becoming deaf, dumb and blind, a situation which several people exploit for their own pleasure. As Nora tries several things to bring Tommy out of his psychosomatic disabilities, Tommy, now a young man, happens upon pinball as a stimulus. Playing by intuition, Tommy becomes a pinball master, which in turn makes him, and by association Nora and Frank, rich and famous. Nora literally shatters Tommy to his awakening, which ultimately leads to both the family's rise and downfall as people


The Swiss pastry Carac is traditionally covered with which colour icing?

Feathery, fluffy, decadent: 6 iconic European cakes | CNN Travel Delectably crunchy-chewy. Roger and Eddy don't hesitate in choosing the macaron as the best French dessert.  These colorful meringue puffs that are filled with buttercream, jam or ganache date to the sixteenth century and were brought to international fame by Paris-based patisserie Laduree. “Making the perfect macaron is a very subtle art,” says Eddy. “They’re so delicate, so tricky to prepare and perfect, that they’re a challenge for even the most accomplished of pastry chefs.” The most difficult part? Not getting them to crack on top, says Roger. Black Forest cake, Germany While you argue about where it's from, we'll have another slice. In international pastry circles, there’s an ongoing argument over the provenance of the Black Forest cake. Was it really named for Germany’s Black Forest region and first created in those environs? Or can the French claim it as another of their own? While variations of this rich chocolate cake exist throughout Europe (even Sweden has its version), the German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is a standout, according to Eddy. Like all Black Forest cakes, the German variation is made of moist chocolate cake and whipped cream, with layers inlaid with cherries. What sets it apart is the addition of Kirsch Wasser, a liqueur made from tart cherries. It’s the perfect kicker to temper the sweetness of the whipped cream and chocolate, leading to “an explosion of tastes that together make the Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte a real classic,” says Eddy.  Limburg pie, Holland Is it a pie? Is it a bread? Who cares? Let's eat. These fruity cakes from the south of Holland are soft and simple, usually whipped up by mixing eggs and milk with bits and pieces lying around the kitchen, including spice-filled Speculoos cookies. “The Limburg Pie is not crispy, its more like bread,” says Roger, “but it still has a very expensive taste.”  On a cold day, thick fruity slabs of Limburg Pie -- bursting with apricots, apples or cherries -- pairs beautifully with a cup of steaming coffee.  Carac, Switzerland Tastes better than it looks. Swiss pastry chefs have traditionally made liberal use of almonds and hazelnuts in their creations, with rich results. “Nuts are the most expensive ingredients in baking, and they give a sense of luxury to cakes and pastries,” says Eddy. The Swiss carac pastry is particularly nutty and luxurious, a standout item in most pastry shops across Switzerland. The shell of the small tart is filled with a dense, dark chocolate ganache thickened with finely crushed almonds, while the top of the pastry is embellished with an eye-catching fluorescent green sugar icing.


The ‘Great Flag Debate’ took place in which country in 1964?

A Canadian Flag for Canada A CANADIAN FLAG FOR CANADA ... it would certainly seem that the Maple Leaf ... is pre-eminently the proper badge to appear on our flag. 1 Edward M. Chadwick, (1896)   Introduction The sole function of any flag is to send a message. A national flag sends the message of nationality. In doing so, it forms the nation's premier graphic symbol, second in importance only to the nation's premier linguistic symbol: its name. Yet, for nearly a century following Confederation, Canadians lacked a national flag. Although, there were various governmental flags which represented Canada as a state, there was no formal flag which represented Canadians themselves; none which individual Canadians could fly to proclaim their Canadianness: no flag of Canada as a nation. This omission did not result from indifference on the part of Canadians towards flags, quite the reverse. It resulted from the passion that these symbols aroused in Canadians. The difficulty did not arise from any inherent unwillingness of Canadians to proclaim their identity upon flags, but their factious inability to agree upon a common symbolic identity. In retrospect, the choice of such a symbol would seem to have been inevitable, for to see a maple leaf is to think of Canada. While the beaver had been pre-eminent in the eighteenth century, its symbolic value was tied to its economic value, and both plummeted in the early nineteenth century. Not only did the fur trade largely bypass Montréal after the amalgamation of the North West and the Hudson's Bay Companies, but what beaver trade there was declined with the advent of the silk hat. This left the maple leaf as the pre-eminent Canadian symbol. In 1836, Étienne Parent added maple leaves to the masthead of his newspaper, Le Canadien, and noted, what he surely thought was obvious to all: "Le principal, la feuille d'Erable, a été, comme on sait, adopté comme l'emblême du Bas-Canada..." A year later, the maple leaf made its first appearance upon a Canadian flag, albeit an informal flag: the patriotes of Saint-Eustache carried a banner with a design of striking similarity to masthead of the Le Canadien. Following Confederation, the country gained its first official and distinctively Canadian flag: the Governor General's flag, adopted in 1870, bore a wreath of maple leaves in the centre. Then, just prior to its centennial, the country gained its first official and exclusively Canadian flag: the National Flag, raised in 1965, bore a single maple leaf in the centre. In the intervening ninety-five years, the maple leaf was at the centre of every initiative to establish a distinctive national flag. Indeed after assessing the contenders in one of the earliest of the country's many flag flaps, Toronto lawyer, Edward M. Chadwick, concluded in 1896 that "it would certainly seem that the Maple Leaf ... is pre-eminently the proper badge to appear on our flag." Yet, until 1965, the maple leaf served only a secondary role upon the official flags of the country. The question of why it took the maple leaf so long to dominate the national flag is also the question of why it took so long to even acquire a national flag for Canada. The long-running controversy over the flag of Canada had its roots in two separate dichotomies: one internal to Canada, one external. The internal dichotomy was found in the ambiguous loyalty which Canadians divided between nation and empire. The external dichotomy was found in the disparate usage of flags in Britain and the United States. If either of these dichotomies had been absent, the controversy would have been muted; with them, confusion and acrimony ensued.   Canadian Nationalism versus Canadian Imperialism Along the way, the internal division between nationalism 2 and imperialism was the more apparent of the two dichotomies. The issue was one of emotional citizenship: Was the primary allegiance owed to Canada, and thus a national loyalty? Was the primary allegiance owed to the centre of the British Empire, and thus an imperial loyalty? Civilities were long strained as the tension


In January 1987, who became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts first woman - Jan 03, 1987 - HISTORY.com Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts first woman Share this: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts first woman Author Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts first woman URL Publisher A+E Networks In 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its first group of inductees: Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and the Everly Brothers. Since then, the Hall has added a new class of inductees each year, expanding by January 2008 to 209 honorees in four categories: Performers, Non-Performers, Sidemen and Lifetime Achievers. The category in which the Hall is most conspicuously lacking, however, is women. Of the 159 total inductions in the Performers category, 135 have been of solo male performers or male groups. Only 10 solo female performers and 13 groups containing at least one female performer have been added since the Hall admitted its first woman—Aretha Franklin—on January 3, 1987. A combination of history and Hall of Fame policy help explain the gender imbalance. To be considered for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, candidates must have released their first album at least 25 years earlier. This means that in its first ten years of existence, the Hall of Fame considered only female rock and roll figures from the 1960s and earlier, a period during which there were relatively few prominent women working in what would generally be considered rock and roll. There was Aretha, there were girl groups like the Supremes and Martha and the Vandellas (inducted in 1988 and 1995, respectively) and there was Tina Turner (inducted with Ike in 1991), but beyond those obvious choices, the Hall had to look to three women—LaVern Baker, Etta James and Ruth Brown—who were really more R&B than rock and roll. In its second 10 years, women fared better with the Hall of Fame as artists like the Jefferson Airplane (1996), Joni Mitchell (1997), Bonnie Raitt (2000) and the Pretenders (2005) became eligible for induction. Still, considering how few female artists and groups are likely to be given serious consideration in the coming years—Heart? Joan Jett? Chaka Khan?—the Hall’s roster of honorees is a striking reflection of how much rock and roll really has been, and continues to be, a man’s world. For the record, the solo women and groups containing women who have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as of 2008 are (in order of induction): Aretha Franklin


Ommetaphobia is the irrational fear of which part of the body?

Ommetaphobia - Ommatophobia, Fear of Eyes, Eye Fear, Eye Phobia, Phobia of Eyes Websites Welcome to my site for Ommetaphobia. In hopes of trying to provide some helpful information, I have searched the Internet looking for information on Ommetaphobia (Ommatophobia, Fear of Eyes, Eye Fear, Eye Phobia, Phobia of Eyes). Please note I am not a doctor and only provide this site for informational purposes. I hope you will find some benefit in the site. Best wishes! ~Edd~ What is Ommetaphobia? Ommetaphobia is also known as Ommatophobia and is the fear of eyes. Ommetaphobia develops when someone has a bad situation or traumatic event occur in their life involving eyes (i.e., seeing an eye pop out of the socket, getting hit in the eye, going blind in an eye, etc.). Ommetaphobia is considered a social phobia because it involves social situations (i.e., looking into someone’s eyes, touching your eyes, things getting into your eyes, etc.). However, I would imagine it could also be considered a specific phobia. For example, someone seeing eyes floating in a jar could send them into a panic. You can find more information about social and specific phobias on the home page. What are the symptoms of Ommetaphobia? As with any phobia, the symptoms vary by person depending on their level of fear. The symptoms of Ommetaphobia typically include extreme anxiety, dread and anything associated with panic such as shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, nausea, inability to articulate words or sentences, dry mouth and shaking. Can I take medicine for Ommetaphobia? Medicine can be prescribed for Ommetaphobia. Please note that these medications can have side effects and/or withdrawal systems that can be severe. It is also important to note that medicines do not cure Ommetaphobia, at best they only temporarily suppress the systems. However, there are treatments for Ommetaphobia, which include counseling, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, and Neuro-Linguistic programming. Please click on the link at the top of the page called “Treatment Information” to find out more information on these types of treatments.   Note: If you are going to do a search, some common Ommetaphobia search terms include Ommatophobia, Fear of Eyes, Eye Fear, Eye Phobia, Phobia of Eyes. DISCLAIMER: PLEASE READ - By printing, downloading, or using you this information, you agree to the following: 1) I am only providing this material for information and research purposes. 2) The information is "AS IS", "WITH ALL FAULTS". 3) You understand the information was gathered by doing a general search on Internet search engines for the following terms: Ommetaphobia,Ommatophobia, Fear of Eyes, Eye Fear, Eye Phobia, Phobia of Eyes. 4) User assumes all risk of use, damage, or injury. 5) Information may have errors or be outdated. 6) Some information is from historical sources or represents opinions of the author. 7) You agree that we have no liability for any damages. 8) I are not liable for any consequential, incidental, indirect, or special damages. Finally, if you do not agree to terms, do not use the information. It is for informational and research purposes only! If you have any questions please contact me edd@ebozman.com


Which US stadium was nicknamed the ‘House that Ruth Built’?

The House That Ruth Built Babe Ruth Central: Babe Ruth, Babe Ruth Photos, Babe Ruth Statistics, Babe Ruth Biography Home → Babe’s Impact → Babe Ruth’s Legacy → The House That Ruth Built The House That Ruth Built In 1913, the New York Highlanders baseball club moved to the Polo Grounds from their previous home of Hilltop Park, where they had played since their founding in 1903. As part of this move to the field on Coogan’s Bluff along the Harlem River in Manhattan, the team was renamed the New York Yankees. This new home of the newly-named Yankees was also the home field of the New York Giants, where the Giants had been playing since June 28, 1911. Both teams shared the Polo Grounds through the decade, but the Yankees started to out-draw the Giants in attendance after Babe’s arrival on the team in 1920. Shortly thereafter, this ballpark-sharing arrangement began to unravel as John McGraw, the owner of the Giants and the Polo Grounds itself, began to resent the Yankees’ ever-growing popularity. Mr. McGraw was not interested in being second dog on his own turf. In addition, the Giants management was looking to increase revenues by utilizing a larger, more flexible schedule for their games, which they could not do as long as they had another team that they needed to work around to determine their own game schedule. Thus, the Giants began to push the Yankees out of their Polo Grounds. In May of 1922, the Yankees responded by breaking ground on their own ballpark, on 10 acres just across the Harlem River and in view of the Polo Grounds. The new ballpark was built quickly, as construction took under 11 months. The end result was Yankee Stadium, considered by many to be an architectural work of art for its time, with an arched façade that decorated the third deck and became its primary architectural signature.. It was one of the first ballparks to be called a stadium and it was the first to feature three-tiered seating. On April 18th, 1923, the first day of the new baseball season, the gates of Yankee Stadium were opened and 74,200 people flooded through turnstiles, while another 25,000 were turned away – an amazing number, given that previous attendance record for a single game was 42,000 for the 1916 World Series in Boston. In an ironic twist, the first game was fittingly played against the Boston Red Sox, Babe’s former team. Even more fitting was that Babe Ruth hit the first homerun in the stadium on the opening day of the new ballpark – a three-run homerun, giving the Yankees the 4-1 win. As a response to Babe’s opening day homerun, sportswriter Fred Lieb referred to Yankee Stadium in his column as “The House That Ruth Built”. It was a nickname that quickly stuck. Given Babe’s great ability to draw a crowd, this reference to Yankee Stadium became a regular term and is still used as the great ballpark’s less-formal name. Marty Appel, a longtime Yankees publicist, had the opportunity to speak with ex-Yankee, Bob Shawkey, who had pitched on Opening Day. Not only was Bob the winning pitcher, but he also scored the first run. When Marty asked about the event, Bob responded: “Once the Babe homered, the fans cheered forever. Can you imagine anyone paying any attention to me that day? Babe owned the day. And that was just fine; he was born to be in the spotlight. It was his day from beginning to end.” Claire Ruth, Babe’s second wife, was asked about the event at one point and she said, “I think that was the proudest moment of his life, and I think he believed that it would never have been “The House that Ruth Built” if he hadn’t hit that homerun that day. He definitely talked about it more than any other homerun he ever hit, including his 60th, which, after all, only broke his own record of 59.” Babe’s granite memorial is one of the six free-standing granite edifices in Monument Park, an area inside the stadium of gardens and commemorative plaques to some of the Yankee’s baseball greats who played with the Babe or who followed him. Fans can visit the Memorial Park area every game day, as it is open before and after the game. Announc


In a standard game of chess, how many queens does each player start with?

How to Play Chess: Rules and Basics - Chess.com Chess.com Forums Learn to Play Chess It's never too late to learn how to play chess - the most popular game in the world! If you are totally new to the game or even want to learn all of the rules and strategies, read on! Getting Better at Chess History of Chess The origins of chess are not exactly clear, though most believe it evolved from earlier chess-like games played in India almost two thousand years ago.The game of chess we know today has been around since the 15th century where it became popular in Europe. The Goal of Chess Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king. Checkmate happens when the king is in a position to be captured (in check) and cannot escape from capture. Starting a Game At the beginning of the game the chessboard is laid out so that each player has the white (or light) color square in the bottom right-hand side. The chess pieces are then arranged the same way each time. The second row (or rank) is filled with pawns. The rooks go in the corners, then the knights next to them, followed by the bishops, and finally the queen, who always goes on her own matching color (white queen on white, black queen on black), and the king on the remaining square. The player with the white pieces always moves first. Therefore, players generally decide who will get to be white by chance or luck such as flipping a coin or having one player guess the color of the hidden pawn in the other player's hand. White then makes a move, followed by black, then white again, then black and so on until the end of the game. How the Pieces Move Each of the 6 different kinds of pieces moves differently. Pieces cannot move through other pieces (though the knight can jump over other pieces), and can never move onto a square with one of their own pieces. However, they can be moved to take the place of an opponent's piece which is then captured. Pieces are generally moved into positions where they can capture other pieces (by landing on their square and then replacing them), defend their own pieces in case of capture, or control important squares in the game. The King The king is the most important piece, but is one of the weakest. The king can only move one square in any direction - up, down, to the sides, and diagonally. Click on the '>' button in the diagram below to see how the king can move around the board. The king may never move himself into check (where he could be captured). The Queen The queen is the most powerful piece. She can move in any one straight direction - forward, backward, sideways, or diagonally - as far as possible as long as she does not move through any of her own pieces. And, like with all pieces, if the queen captures an opponent's piece her move is over. Click through the diagram below to see how the queens move. Notice how the white queen captures the black queen and then the black king is forced to move. The Rook The rook may move as far as it wants, but only forward, backward, and to the sides. The rooks are particularly powerful pieces when they are protecting each other and working together! The Bishop The bishop may move as far as it wants, but only diagonally. Each bishop starts on one color (light or dark) and must always stay on that color. Bishops work well together because they cover up each other’s weaknesses. The Knight Knights move in a very different way from the other pieces – going two squares in one direction, and then one more move at a 90 degree angle, just like the shape of an “L”. Knights are also the only pieces that can move over other pieces. The Pawn Pawns are unusual because they move and capture in different ways: they move forward, but capture diagonally. Pawns can only move forward one square at a time, except for their very first move where they can move forward two squares. Pawns can only capture one square diagonally


The songs ‘Shall We Dance’, ‘Getting to Know You’ and ‘I’ll Whistle a Happy Tune’ are all from which 1956 musical film?

SHALL WE DANCE? (Lyrics) - THE KING AND I - YouTube SHALL WE DANCE? (Lyrics) - THE KING AND I Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 15, 2012 For educational purposes only and no copyright infringement intended. About the movie: The King and I is a 1956 musical film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical The King and I, based in turn on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. The plot comes from the story written by Anna Leonowens, who became school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. Leonowens' story was autobiographical, although a recent biographer has uncovered substantial inaccuracies and fabrications. For additional text, please visit; The King and I


In the board game ‘Operation’, how many Doctor’s points are scored by successfully removing the Funny Bone (humerus)?

operation game : definition of operation game and synonyms of operation game (English) Dexterity Operation is a battery-operated game of physical skill that tests players' hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. Originally made by Milton Bradley , and currently made by Hasbro, [1] it has been in production since 1965, the year in which the game was invented by John Spinello . The game is a variant on the old-fashioned electrified wire loop game popular at funfairs and flammer stores around the United States. It consists of an "operating table", lithographed with a comic likeness of a patient (nicknamed "Cavity Sam") with a large red lightbulb for his nose . In the surface are a number of openings, which reveal fictional and humorously named ailments made of white plastic. Contents 4 External links   Gameplay "Operation" includes two sets of cards: Doctor and Specialist cards. The Specialist cards are dealt out evenly amongst the players at the beginning of the game. Players take turns picking Doctor cards, which offer a cash payment for removing each particular ailment, using a pair of tweezers connected with wire to the board. Successfully removing the ailment is rewarded according to the dollar amount shown on the card. However, if the tweezers touch the metal edge of the opening (i.e., closing the circuit) during the attempt, a buzzer sounds, Sam's nose lights up red, and the player loses the turn. The player holding the Specialist card for that piece then has a try, getting double the fee if he or she succeeds. Since there will be times when the player drawing a certain Doctor card also holds the matching Specialist card, that player can purposely botch the first attempt in order to succeed on the second try for double value. The winner is the player with the most money after all the pieces have been extracted. The game can be difficult, due to the shapes of the plastic ailments and the fact the openings are barely larger than the pieces themselves. Adam's Apple: in the throat; The Adam's apple is a colloquial term referring to the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx that becomes more visually prominent during puberty. (100 points) Broken Heart: a heart shape with a crack through it on the right side of the chest. The phrase "broken heart" refers to an emotional feeling in which someone is very sad for a reason such as a breakup with a romantic partner. (100 points) Wrenched Ankle: a wrench in the right ankle. (100 points) Butterflies in the Stomach: a large butterfly in the middle of the torso. The name comes from the feeling in the stomach when nervous, excited or afraid. (100 points) Spare Ribs: two ribs fused together as one piece. "Spare Ribs" are a cut of meat or a dish prepared from that cut. (150 points) Water on the Knee: a pail of water in the knee; colloquialism for fluid accumulation around the knee joint. (150 points) Funny Bone: a play on the anatomical name for the upper arm bone (the humerus ), and a reference to the colloquial name of the ulnar nerve . (200 points) Charley Horse: a small horse resting near the hip joint; a play on the real charley horse , which is a sudden cramp in the leg or foot that can be cured by massage or stretching. (200 points) Writer's Cramp: a pencil in the forearm; refers to the real writer's cramp , which is a soreness in the wrist that can be cured by resting it. (200 points) The Ankle Bone Connected to the Knee Bone: This is not a plastic piece, but rather a rubber band that must be stretched between two pegs at the left ankle and knee. The name is taken from the African American spiritual " Dem Bones ." (200 points) Wish Bone: located on the left side of the chest. A wish bone is a chicken bone traditionally used by two people for making a wish. (300 points) Bread Basket: a slang term for the solar plexus. It is a very small slice of bread, with only a small notch taken out of the top for grip. (1,000 points) Brain Freeze: an ice-cream cone located in the brain; refers to the experience of " brain freeze ", a headache felt after eating frozen desserts too qu


Who was Vice-President to US President Jimmy Carter?

James Carter | whitehouse.gov Air Force One James Carter Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. Jimmy Carter aspired to make Government "competent and compassionate," responsive to the American people and their expectations. His achievements were notable, but in an era of rising energy costs, mounting inflation, and continuing tensions, it was impossible for his administration to meet these high expectations. Carter, who has rarely used his full name--James Earl Carter, Jr.--was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Peanut farming, talk of politics, and devotion to the Baptist faith were mainstays of his upbringing. Upon graduation in 1946 from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Carter married Rosalynn Smith. The Carters have three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), and a daughter, Amy Lynn. After seven years' service as a naval officer, Carter returned to Plains. In 1962 he entered state politics, and eight years later he was elected Governor of Georgia. Among the new young southern governors, he attracted attention by emphasizing ecology, efficiency in government, and the removal of racial barriers. Carter announced his candidacy for President in December 1974 and began a two-year campaign that gradually gained momentum. At the Democratic Convention, he was nominated on the first ballot. He chose Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota as his running mate. Carter campaigned hard against President Gerald R. Ford, debating with him three times. Carter won by 297 electoral votes to 241 for Ford. Carter worked hard to combat the continuing economic woes of inflation and unemployment. By the end of his administration, he could claim an increase of nearly eight million jobs and a decrease in the budget deficit, measured in percentage of the gross national product. Unfortunately, inflation and interest rates were at near record highs, and efforts to reduce them caused a short recession. Carter could point to a number of achievements in domestic affairs. He dealt with the energy shortage by establishing a national energy policy and by decontrolling domestic petroleum prices to stimulate production. He prompted Government efficiency through civil service reform and proceeded with deregulation of the trucking and airline industries. He sought to improve the environment. His expansion of the national park system included protection of 103 million acres of Alaskan lands. To increase human and social services, he created the Department of Education, bolstered the Social Security system, and appointed record numbers of women, blacks, and Hispanics to Government jobs. In foreign affairs, Carter set his own style. His championing of human rights was coldly received by the Soviet Union and some other nations. In the Middle East, through the Camp David agreement of 1978, he helped bring amity between Egypt and Israel. He succeeded in obtaining ratification of the Panama Canal treaties. Building upon the work of predecessors, he established full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and completed negotiation of the SALT II nuclear limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. There were serious setbacks, however. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the suspension of plans for ratification of the SALT II pact. The seizure as hostages of the U. S. embassy staff in Iran dominated the news during the last 14 months of the administration. The consequences of Iran's holding Americans captive, together with continuing inflation at home, contributed to Carter's defeat in 1980. Even then, he continued the difficult negotiations over the hostages. Iran finally released the 52 Americans the same day Carter left office. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh S


Which river separates New York City from New Jersey?

Discover New York City’s Top 5 Bridges : New York Habitat Blog Top 5 Bridges in New York City One of the best ways to first see the magnificent skyline of Manhattan is from the window of a yellow taxicab as it crosses the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s remarkable to see how many bridges connect the island of Manhattan to other New York City boroughs. It is said there are over two thousand bridges in the city of New York alone, so you’re bound to see at least some of these while you’re visiting. In this article we’ll introduce you to some of the most famous and beautiful bridges of New York, and tell you something about the history and background of these bridges. We’ll also give you some practical visiting tips on these must-see bridges. So without further ado: here are our top 5 bridges in New York City! 1. Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge with the Lower Manhattan skyline The Brooklyn Bridge is probably the most famous bridge of New York City, and also one of its most popular landmarks. The Brooklyn Bridge was built in 1883, and was the first bridge to provide passage across the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan, back when Brooklyn was still an independent city. The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspending bridges in the US. At the time of its unveiling it was also the longest suspension bridge in the world. In fact, it was so long that people doubted its strength. In order to prove the bridge was safe, a circus promoter led a herd of 21 elephants across the Brooklyn Bridge! Nowadays, the Brooklyn Bridge is perceived as one of the great engineering accomplishments of the 19th century. Its beautiful brick towers and Gothic arches have been the subjects of many photographs and have even featured in such movies as The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and I Am Legend. While in New York, be sure to pay a visit to the Brooklyn Bridge. The best way to experience it is to take the subway to York Station (the F line) in Brooklyn. From here you can easily walk to the Brooklyn Bridge’s pedestrian walkway and stroll toward Manhattan for the best views. Be sure to bring a camera or smartphone, as you’ll want to take pictures of the magnificent Manhattan skyline (especially stunning just before sunset), the Hudson River, the Statue of Liberty and of course the Brooklyn Bridge itself. When you walk up to the bridge’s arches you’ll have a great photo op of the web-like pattern of the bridge’s many steel cables. You can also bring a love lock to attach to the bridge like many lovers have done before. Do watch out for the cyclists though: the pedestrian path and bicycle path are only marked by a white line, so be sure not to stray onto the wrong lane. To see what it’s like to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, have a look at our video tour of DUMBO . DUMBO is the Brooklyn neighborhood that is located right between the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge. 2. Manhattan Bridge The Manhattan Bridge seen from DUMBO in Brooklyn The Manhattan Bridge is a somewhat more modern suspension bridge, as it was constructed in 1909. It was the last of the three bridges built over the lower East River, the second one being the Williamsburg Bridge. The Manhattan entrance to the Manhattan Bridge lies in Chinatown, and is marked by a magnificent triumphal arch and colonnade. On the Brooklyn end, the Manhattan Bridge ends in the popular neighborhood DUMBO, which is an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. The Manhattan Bridge features a separate pedestrian walkway as well as a bikeway, making it convenient to walk or cycle across the bridge. You’ll get a great view of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline from here, and you can also see the Statue of Liberty in the distance. However, unlike the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge includes subway tracks. This means that crossing the bridge on foot or by bike can be rather noisy. You can also choose to cross the bridge by taking any of the following four subway lines: B, D, N or Q. If you take the B or Q train towards Manhattan, you’ll also get a chance to see the art installat


Lunes is Spanish for which day of the week?

Grammar Grammar Google Ads block to desktop version (300×600) Days of the Week The written lesson is below. Links to quizzes, tests, etc. are to the left. In Spanish-speaking countries, the week begins on Monday. lunes Notice that the days of the week are not capitalized. lunes The days of the week are all masculine. el lunes el sábado el domingo When used with the days of the week, the definite article has the special meaning “on.” No trabajo el lunes. I don’t work on Monday. No trabajo los martes. I don’t work on Tuesdays. Hay una fiesta el miércoles. There is a party on Wednesday. Hay muchas fiestas los viernes. There are many parties on Fridays. Days of the week ending in -s do not change form in the plural. Only the article changes. el lunes el domingo los domingos Use the verb ser to express the day. You will soon learn more about this verb. For now, simply realize that the word “es” is a conjugation of that verb, and is the correct verb in this use. ¿Qué día es hoy? Mañana es martes. Tomorrow is Tuesday. Notice that the following actions do not occur in the present, but rather in the near future. Salimos el lunes. Mañana es domingo. Tomorrow is Sunday. In Spanish, the present tense of the indicative is sometimes used to express the near future. English does this too. Salimos el lunes.


In January 1973, the pilot episode of which British television comedy series, the longest-running sitcom in the world, was broadcast?

Last of the Summer Wine | Bbc uk Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Last of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine 7pages on Last of the Summer Wine A typical intertitle The Last of the Summer Wine (Pilot episode) Genre Alan J. W. Bell (1981–1982, 1983–2010) Starring "The Last of the Summer Wine" Composer(s) James Gilbert (1973)Bernard Thompson (1975) Sydney Lotterby (1976–1979, 1982–1983) Alan J. W. Bell (1981–1982, 1983–2010) Location(s) 12 November 1973 (1973-11-12) – 29 August 2010 (2010-08-29) Status Comedy Playhouse First of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast on BBC One . Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, Alan J. W. Bell produced and directed all episodes of the show. The BBC confirmed on 2 June 2010 that Last of the Summer Wine would no longer be produced and the 31st series would be its last. Subsequently, the final episode was broadcast on 29 August 2010. Repeats of the show are broadcast in the UK on GOLD and it is also seen in more than twenty-five countries, including various PBS stations in the United States and in Canada on VisionTV. Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running comedy programme in Britain and the longest-running sitcom in the world. Last of the Summer Wine was set and filmed in and around Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England and centred around a trio of old men whose line-up changed several times over the years. The original trio consisted of Bill Owen as the scruffy and child-like Compo, Peter Sallis as deep-thinking, meek Norman Clegg and Michael Bates as authoritarian and snobbish Blamire. When Bates dropped out through illness in 1976 after two series, the role of the third man of the trio was filled in various years up to the 30th series by the quirky war veteran, Foggy (Brian Wilde), the eccentric inventor , Seymour ( Michael Aldridge ), and former police officer Truly ( Frank Thornton ). The men never seem to grow up and develop a unique perspective on their equally eccentric fellow townspeople through their youthful stunts. The cast grew to include a variety of supporting characters, each contributing their own subplots to the show and often becoming unwillingly involved in the schemes of the trio. After the death of Owen in 1999, Compo was replaced at various times by his real-life son, Tom Owen , as equally unkempt Tom, Keith Clifford as Billy Hardcastle, a man who fancied himself a descendant of Robin Hood , and Brian Murphy as the childish Alvin. Due to the age of the main cast, a new trio was formed during the 30th series featuring somewhat younger actors, and this format was used for the final two instalments of the show. This group consisted of Russ Abbot as a former milkman who fancied himself a secret agent , Hobbo, Burt Kwouk as the electrical repairman, Entwistle, and Murphy as Alvin. Sallis and Thornton, both past members of the trio, continued in supporting roles alongside the new actors. Although some feel the show's quality declined over the years, Last of the Summer Wine continued to receive large audiences for the BBC and was praised for its positive portrayal of older people and family-friendly humour. Many members of the British Royal Family enjoyed the show.The programme was nominated for numerous awards and won the National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Programme in 1999. There were many holiday specials , two television films and a documentary film about the series. Last of the Summer Wine inspired other adaptations, including a television prequel , several novelisations , and stage adaptations. Contents Edit Last of the Summer Wine History and development In 1972, Duncan Wood , at that time the BBC's Head of Comedy, watched a drama on television called The Misfit . Impressed by writer Roy Clarke 's ability to inject comedy into the drama, Wood offered Clarke the opportunity to write a sitcom. Clarke nearly turned the job down as he felt that the BBC's idea


What is the main ingredient of a Foo Young dish?

Egg Foo Yung Recipe - Chinese.Food.com ChrisMc June 20, 2002 This ranks among the best Egg Foo Young I've ever had. I made it with small thawed shrimp which I left whole. I didn't have water chestnuts so I used celery. The water chestnuts would have been great in this dish. The chicken brooth sauce was just delicious! Next time I'm going to make this vegetarian with sauteed mushrooms. I served this dish with rice and stir fry broccoli. I had some problems keeping it in round pattie shapes but think next time I'll use a small rd. frypan instead of my big electric one. Thank you Lorac. My family is still raving. Patric April 16, 2003 I have never liked Egg Foo Yung from restaurants, but my husband has started making this recipe, and I love it. He doesn't mix the meat and veggies into the eggs, but pours the eggs into the pan and drops the meat/veggie mixture into the top of the "pancake" before he flips it. It is always beautiful and delicious. Would you like to attach a photo to your submission? Browse The image has been attached to your submission. Close Are you sure you want to report this post for review? Yes, report it. You must be logged in to interact with the activity feed. Log in now


Which British writer coined the phrase ‘Youth is wasted on the young’?

George Bernard Shaw - Wikiquote George Bernard Shaw Jump to: navigation , search I hear you say "Why?" Always "Why?" You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?" My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity . See also: Quotes[ edit ] My specialty is being right when other people are wrong . The reasonable man adapts himself to the world ; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. All great truths begin as blasphemies . Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination ? One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't. Statue of Shaw in Niagara-on-the-Lake 1890s[ edit ] Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it… The World (15 November 1893) Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it… The World (18 July 1894), Music in London 1890-1894 being criticisms contributed week by week to The World (New York: Vienna House, 1973) But no public man in these islands ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means; and I have no reason to hope that Mr Coote may be an exception to the rule. "The Living Pictures", The Saturday Review, LXXIX (April 6, 1895), 443, reprinted in Our Theatres in the Nineties (1932). Vol. 1. London: Constable & Co. 79-86 My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity . Answers to Nine Questions (September 1896), answers to nine questions submitted by Clarence Rook, who had interviewed him in 1895 Socialists must be in favor of an aristocratic form of government. We must have the best men for the job . . . In the dictator you must have a man who has not only the power to govern but the force of character to impose himself as dictator whether you like him or not. “Socialism urged to find dictator,” Berkeley Daily Gazette (Nov. 30, 1927) We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. Candida , Act I (1898) The Devil's Disciple , Act II (1901) Martyrdom , sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. The Devil's Disciple, Act II I was a cannibal for twenty-five years. For the rest I have been a vegetarian . It was Shelley who first opened my eyes to the savagery of my diet. Interview "Who I Am, and What I Think", in Frank Harris 's periodical The Candid Friend (May 1901), reprinted in Sixteen Self Sketches, 1949, p. 53; quoted in Desmond King-Hele , Shelley: His Thought and Work, 1984, p. 42 You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living. The Irrational Knot, Preface (1905) [Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. The Irrational Knot (1905) To understand a saint , you must hear the devil 's advocate; and the same is true of the artist . The Sanity of Art: An Exposure of the Current Nonsense about Artists being Degenerate (1908) Assassination is the extreme form of censorship ; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles. The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet (1909): The Rejected Statement, Pt. I : The Limits to Toleration Love Among the Artists (1900)[ edit ] If you leave your art , the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize worth handling... The way to deal with worldly people is to frighten them by repeating their scandalous whisperings aloud. The p


St Andrew’s Day, the patron saint of Scotland, falls in which month of the year?

St Andrew's Day | VisitScotland St Andrew's Day St Andrew's Day Events Add to basket Remove from basket Plus Minus Add to trip planner Remove from trip planner St Andrew's Day Celebrating is what we do really well in Scotland, and if there is one day of the year where you’ll hear a lot of noise from us, it’s St Andrew’s Day (30 November) when Scots and Scots-at-heart celebrate the patron saint of Scotland and our national day with a holiday and fantastic events, which showcase the very best of Scottish culture. Enjoy a lively programme of events and festivals happening towards the end of November, featuring uniquely Scottish line-ups of music, dance, food and drink. Events So how do we get the party started, you might ask? Well, here's a rundown of some of the most exciting celebrations on the calendar: November in St Andrews Held in and around the Fife town that bears our patron saint's name, Savour St Andrews offers a range of innovative food and drink events throughout November. Get a flavour of what Fife has to offer at the Chefs Taster Lunch and enjoy chef demonstrations and drink tastings during the Demo and Dine weekend. On St Andrew's Day itself, six top chefs from around the area will join forces to offer you a St Andrew's Day dinner like no other. The Saltire Festival, East Lothian Costumed warriors © Rob McDougall Photography/The Saltire Festival The Saltire Festival takes place from 24 - 30 November and features a great selection of events throughout East Lothian. Have a day at the races and don your best gear (but be sure to include a Scottish twist and wrap up warm!), sample tasty treats at a range of food and drink events, listen to live music and delve into the past at historical experiences. Make sure to look out for key East Lothian landmarks and venues lit up blue for the #SaltireBlue Tour, including the maquettes of The Kelpies by Andy Scott at Musselburgh Racecourse. St Andrew's Day in Edinburgh Light in the Dark © Maria Falconer/Scottish Storytelling Centre Celebrate our national day in Scotland's capital, where you'll find storytelling events and traditional music, as well as food and drink markets offering street food, sweet treats and seasonal crafts from local makers. The Scottish Storytelling Centre will also host two fantastic Winter Warmer events to mark St Andrew's Day. Look out for the Café Ceilidh: St. Andrew's Day Celebration on 29 November, which will feature traditional songs, music, poems and stories, and Light In The Dark on 30 November, which will celebrate Scotland's multiculturalism through stories, music and dance. St Andrew's Day in Glasgow Night at the Museum © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow Delve into a vivid programme of events in the great city of Glasgow, including one-off film screenings and special events at The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Kelvingrove Park and the Riverside Museum, and sample delicious food and drink from some of the region's finest producers. See Scotland represented on the silver screen at the Mackintosh Queens Cross Church at Hollywood Dreams of Scotland , organised by the Glasgow Film Festival. Some of the great events to look forward to in Glasgow include Night at the Hunterian Museum on  25 November, which  commemorates the centenary of the famous Erskine Hospital and it's role during the First World War, and the St Andrew's Day Torchlight Parade in Glasgow's west end on 26 November. For plenty of family fun with a winter wonderland twist, take part in the Milngavie St Andrew's Festival on 3 December. St Andrew's Day Fusion Festival, Dundee On Saturday 26 November the St Andrew's Day Fusion Festival in Dundee will link Scotland's communities by fusing together different styles of music and dance. The packed programme will include a ceilidh band, piper, Bollywood dancing, sitar and African drumming and special workshops in the Marryat Hall, highlighting many of the different groups and cultures that make up modern day Scotland. illumination: Harbour Festival of Light, Irvine illumination Trail - sculpted blue boats created by international


Rambutan | 16 fruits you've probably never heard of | MNN - Mother Nature Network 16 fruits you've probably never heard of By: Bryan Nelson on Feb. 23, 2016, 8:59 a.m. 3 of 18 Rambutan Native to the Malay Archipelago, the name of this fruit is derived from the Malay word meaning "hairy," and you can see why. But once the hairy exterior of the rambutan is peeled away, the tender, fleshy, delicious fruit is revealed. Its taste is described as sweet and sour, much like a grape. Though it has its origin in Southeast Asia, rambutan has been imported around the world, and now is commonly cultivated as close to home as Mexico and Hawaii. Rambutans are generally eaten raw but are sometimes stewed with sugar and cloves and eaten as a dessert, reports Purdue University . 11 food rules you should ignore Rambutan Native to the Malay Archipelago, the name of this fruit is derived from the Malay word meaning "hairy," and you can see why. But once the hairy exterior of the rambutan is peeled away, the tender, fleshy, delicious fruit is revealed. Its taste is described as sweet and sour, much like a grape. Though it has its origin in Southeast Asia, rambutan has been imported around the world, and now is commonly cultivated as close to home as Mexico and Hawaii. Rambutans are generally eaten raw but are sometimes stewed with sugar and cloves and eaten as a dessert, reports Purdue University . SPONSORED


Buying Marabou | Global FlyFisher | In nature the marabou is a stork. In fly tying it's a very versatile and popular type of feathers from other birds than the marabou. Marabou Martin Joergensen Even though the marabou is a large African stork and the marabou feathers indeed used to come from this bird, the marabou feathers of today come almost exclusively from turkeys and chickens. The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) is actually on the CITES list of protected animals, and feathers from this bird should not be traded or used for fly-tying or anything else. What we're dealing with in fly-tying is mainly turkey feathers. Chicken feathers can be found, but are not nearly as often labeled marabou. The main characteristic of the marabou feather is it's fluffiness. The feather is very soft and mobile and has no willingness to"marry" and form a uniform surface like it's known from many other feathers such as body feathers, coverts and wing feathers. It's not spiky or stiff either like hackle, but is a very fluffy, downy and soft feather. Three basic types Martin Joergensen We usually divide marabou into different categories based on shape, size and use. Blood marabou or blood quill is a short and paintbrush like feather. It's very good for wings and tails but not suited for hackles. You tie in the whole feather and utilize the fact that the barbs end in a parallel bunch in the top of the feather, giving a nice and even edge to the wing or tail. You rarely us the stem, which is often thick. Marabou plumes are longer feathers with "normal" barbs sticking out perpendicular to the stem. These are not as long as the stem marabou, but longer than the blood feathers. They are mostly used for loose barbs, where you do not use the stem, which can be quite thick. You tie in the loose barbs in bunches or in a loop to form hackle, or use the barbs as dubbing. These are by far the most common marabou feathers. Stem marabou AKA Woolly Bugger marabou is the longest type of feather, which is well suited for hackling in the traditional manner, where the stem is wrapped around the hook shank. You want these feathers with a long and thin stem and even and uniform barbs of the length you need. Some of these feathers are much too large and coarse to be used on smaller flies, but can be perfect for Intruder style flies and larger saltwater flies while the medium and smaller feathers can be good for bass bugs, Woolly Buggers and many other wet flies. Bagged marabou Cat in the bag Martin Joergensen The far majority of marabou feathers are sold in bags, and a bag will typically consist of some 20-50 or maybe 100 feathers of varying shape, size and quality. A few manufacturers offer bags with fewer hand sorted feathers, where the feathers in a bag are all of the same type, shape and size. Unless you can clearly see that you have such a hand sorted bag in your hands, you will want to get the bag open and get the feathers out. This will sometimes reveal a nice selection of uniform feathers, but mostly show the opposite: an amazing array of different feathers from the perfect to pure scraps, only useful for dubbing or maybe cutting off the barbs to tie in in bunches. The bagged feathers might still be good, but just in need of some sorting, but if the selection is too inconsistent, simply leave it. The problem is that a bag with 50 feathers might contain only a few that are exactly suitable for your needs. You can also opt to buy several such bags and sort the feathers into categories. Marabou is cheap, and if the quality is good, it makes sense to buy a bunch of bags and sort them. Strung feathers Strung marabou Martin Joergensen You will often find marabou feathers in large paintbrush like bunches called strung marabou. The principle is that the feathers are sewn together at the base and rolled up to form fat bunches. You unroll the bunch and pick the feather you need. The shops will often have done this for you and cut the strips into smaller pieces, which are bagged. A whole roll is large and can contain hundreds if not thousands of feathers.


Albion is the oldest known name for which nation?

Historical Country Names - Nations Online Project Historical Country Names keywords: geography, historical country names, former country names, history, place name changes, historical maps List of formerly used country names and names of countries which have ceased to exist. Name changes of countries, dependencies, geographical and other regions of particular geopolitical interest.   Today Abyssinia The Ethiopian Empire spans a geographical area of today Ethiopia, Eritrea , and Djibouti ,and included parts of Northern Somalia , Southern Egypt , Eastern Sudan , Yemen and Western Saudi Arabia . Abyssinia was an empire that existed for more than 800 years, from circa 1137 (beginning of Zagwe Dynasty) until 1974 when the Ethiopian monarchy was overthrown in a coup d'etat.     Afars and Issas Territory formerly known as French Somaliland, the French colony was renamed to the French Territory of Afars and Issas (1967 - 1977),the territory became independent in 1977, known today as Djibouti. formerly a British protectorate became independent in 1966 as the Kingdom of Lesotho.   formerly a British protectorate became independent in 1966 as Republic of Botswana.   Democratic Republic of the Congo Benadir a coastal region of Somalia; covering most of the Indian Ocean coast of the country, from the Gulf of Aden to the Juba River, formerly part of Italian Somaliland.   Biafra, Republic of (named after the Bight of Biafra) today part of   Bophuthatswana - nominal republic and homeland for Tswana-speaking people, 1949 reincorporated into   British Bechuanaland (region) incorporated into the Cape Colony (1895)   British East Africa or East Africa Protectorate British protectorate from 1890 until 1920   Kenya , Tanzania , Uganda , and parts of Somalia (Jubaland) Cape Colony, 1795-1797 British colony, 1803-1806 colony of the Batavian Republic (Netherlands), since 1910 part of   Central African Republic Kenya Colony The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the British Empire in Africa. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British crown colony in 1920.   Ciskei (Republic of Ciskei)- homeland for Xhosa-speaking people, 1994 reincorporated into   Dahomey ; (the Republic of Dahomey; in French: République du Dahomey), was a former French colony andpart of French West Africa until independence in 1960, in 1975 the Republic of Dahomeychanged its name in Benin. Dan Ho Me was an ancient Kingdom located in the south of today Benin.   French Guinea was a French protectorate in West Africa, after independence from France in 1958 it became today   Mali French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia and Niger, French Sudan , French Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire, Upper Volta and Dahomey .   Mauritania , The Gambia , Senegal , Niger , Mali , Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Burkina Faso and Benin. German East Africa (German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) a German colony from 1885 until 1919 which included Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika (the mainland part of present Tanzania), an area almost three times the size of Germany today. German East Africa colony ended with the defeat of Imperial Germany in World War I. With the Treaty of Versailles the territory was divided between Britain (Tanganyika.), Belgium (Ruanda-Urundi), and Portugal (to become part of Mozambique).   Hausaland, consisted of seven independent city-states: Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, and Zaria.   Italian East Africa (former name for Italian possessions in eastern Africa)   Kaffraria, former name for Transkei   Katanga - 1960, Belgium granted independence to the Congolese province of the   Mali Federation, was a country in West Africa 1959-1960, formed by a union between   Malawi Portuguese East Africa (Província Ultramarina de Moçambique) Mozambique or Portuguese East Africa (officially the State of East Africa) for almost 500 years a Portuguese Colony, 1498–1975. See also: Portugal   Sahara Occidental, Spanish name for   Senegambia (region; former name of the confederation of Senegal and


The song ‘Fashion for His Love’ by Lady Gaga is a tribute to which late fashion designer?

Fashion Of His Love by Lady Gaga Songfacts Fashion Of His Love by Lady Gaga Songfacts Songfacts Gaga explained in a tweet that this track from her Born This Way Special Edition album is about the late Alexander McQueen. The fashion designer committed suicide by hanging on February 11, 2010 and Gaga was deeply affected by the tragic death of McQueen, who was a close personal friend. That same month, she performed at the 2010 Brit Awards wearing one of his couture creations and she also paid tribute to her late friend by setting the date on the prison security cameras in her Telephone video as the same day that McQueen's body was discovered in his London home.


What is the first name of fictional character ‘Smiley’, created by the author John Le Carre?

Which Is the Best John le Carré Novel? - The New Yorker Which Is the Best John le Carré Novel? By August 6, 2014 CreditPhotograph by Sang Tan/AP. “The best spy novel of all time.” That’s what Publishers Weekly called “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” in 2006, forty-three years after the book’s publication. John le Carré’s international best-seller is dynamite—fiendishly clever, as Arthur Conan Doyle might have said, and morally alert in a way that puts it way above the usual run of espionage fiction. Yet it’s not le Carré’s masterpiece. The author, born David Cornwell, wrote it at the peak of the Cold War, and he made the startling decision to portray the intelligence methods of both Western and Communist countries as vile and morally senseless. By this, his third book, he had found his great theme, betrayal, which he has dramatized with infinite variation ever since. The plot depends on a series of reversals—as you read, you have to revise your understanding of what’s going on, which is part of the fun—but, in the end, all mysteries solved, “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” seems as schematic as an architect’s drawing. The book reproduced the East–West conflict as a set of obscure, fascinating, and dubious strategies. Who gained from the complex role-playing? The double agents, the planted insinuations, and the endless treacheries? What was won? After reading le Carré, you may think that the struggle against Communism is still necessary, but only a fool would think of it as anything but sordid. For some of us, this bleak and witty thriller was an introduction to grownup reality. No pessimistic book ever gave as much pleasure. Yet the question of which is le Carré’s best book remains in play. Certainly, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” the first of the trilogy later known as “The Quest for Karla” (which includes “The Honourable Schoolboy” and “Smiley’s People”) is the most entertaining of le Carré’s books. It came out in 1974, when everyone still remembered how badly British intelligence had been compromised in the forties, fifties, and sixties by Soviet double agents like Kim Philby and Guy Burgess. The scandal was still alive. (Sir Anthony Blunt confessed in 1964 that he had worked for the Soviets, but he was at large in the seventies. Margaret Thatcher didn’t reveal the truth about him until 1979.) In “Tinker,” le Carré tells us very little about how treason begins, but he creates a fictional account of how it might be shut down. As all the world knows, the meek-mannered cuckold George Smiley, roused from retirement and disgrace, uncovers a mole in M.I.6. (the Circus) by setting traps so intricate that only a spy could fall into them (funny, in its way). Like Raymond Chandler, another so-called genre writer (in this magazine, Pauline Kael once described Chandler as a skilled creator of pulp), le Carré offers a specialized view of life, but one so persuasive that many readers begin to see things in his ripely jaundiced way. Chandler was a master of the sleaze and alluring amorality of Los Angeles. Le Carré recorded the club banter—suave, heartless, knife-edged—of educated Englishmen drawn to espionage. He created the cryptic jargon of tradecraft—lamplighters, scalphunters, babysitters, joes, mothers, burnboxes—some of which got taken up by actual spies. In his masterpiece “Kim,” Kipling did the same for the lingo of Russo-British rivalry (“the great game”), but Chandler and le Carré devised, as they say, an entire world, increasingly detailed and comprehensive, a joy for adepts and for the quickly initiated. By the mid-seventies, however, the author of “genre books” was obviously a major novelist who understood the complications of deceit and self-delusion as well any writer. Some time after “A Perfect Spy” came out, in 1986, Philip Roth remarked that it was “the best English novel since the war.” So that was le Carré’s greatest book. Yet many were puzzled. Since the war? That would cover at least forty-one years, and works by George Orwell, Kingsley Amis, Angus Wilson, Graham Greene, Muriel Spark, Anthony Burgess, and


Which bird is on the national flag of Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Papua New Guinea image by Željko Heimer, 29 March 2003 Flag adopted 1st July 1971 Pacific Community Description The flag of PNG was introduced with Papua New Guinea Government Gazette Extraordinary, Nr. 1, Port Moresby, 1st July 1971, pp. 3-4. The year of independence was 1975. Mark Sensen, 5 December 1995, Christopher Southworth, 29 March 2003 The national flag has two triangles of red over black. The local kumul bird of paradise flies across the red half, symbolizing Papua New Guinea's emergence into nationhood. The five five-pointed stars of the Southern Cross constellation appear in the black, reflecting ties with Australia and other nations of the South Pacific. Black, red and yellow are also traditional colors in Papua New Guinea. Nick Artimovich, 1 November 1996 According to Dorling Kindersley 1997 [ udk97 ], "The flag was designed by a local art teacher, Susan Karike. The five stars also refer to a local legend about five sisters." Ivan Sache, 31 December 1999 This flag was designed by Susan Karike Huhume, Hahome or Hareho (who was, according to my source, 18 at the time) but it was adopted for the then "Territory of Papua New Guinea' by National Identity Ordinance No. 41 of 1971 (dated 25 June 1971). The Ordinance contained full construction details and was published in "Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 1 of 1 July 1971. The date of "16 September 1975" is that upon which full independence was achieved. Although as may be seen from the above, the flag predates this by several years. Christopher Southworth, 20 January 2004 The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics ( Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 ) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC believed the flag to be. For Papua New Guinea: PMS 186 red, 116 yellow and black. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian Sumner, 11 October 2012 3:4 image by Željko Heimer, 21 January 2012 The flag construction details from Schedule 1 of the 1971 National Identity Ordinance, were provided to me as scanned PNG Government Gazette Extraordinary Nr. 1, 1971, by Chris Southworth. There the construction details are provided in units equal to 96th of the flag length. At the time I reported it in 2003 the same was (I believe) available at the link that I provided then at http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/nia1971197/ . This link now has the National Identity Act 1971 (as it has in the meantime been renamed) consolidated up to amendments by No. 97 of 2006, Sched. 1. The Wayback Machine at the web archives has the oldest copy of the page from 2005 with consolidated text as amended up to No 14 of 2000 ( http://web.archive.org/web/20050714042745/http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/nia1971197/ ) both including amended Schedule 1 which determines the flag details using 100th flag length unit. The otherwise meticulously annotated consolidated texts at the PACLII site do not include the annotation as when the change in this Schedule was made, possibly it was done by the National Identity (Amendment) Act 1996 (No. 20 of 1996) which made most of the changes in the Act (including the name change), but there were other amendments prior and after it. The currently valid PNG legislation determines the flag construction differently from the 1971 Ordinance. Here is the new text: SCHEDULE 1 � DESCRIPTION OF THE NATIONAL FLAG. Sec. 1. The Papua New Guinea National Flag is a rectangular flag, proportions four to three, divided diagonally from the top of the hoist to the bottom of the fly, the upper segment scarlet (Collies No. 305) overprinted on mid-yellow (Collies No. 537) charged with a mid-yellow (Collies No. 537) representation of a soaring Bird of P


The Isle of Man lies in which body of water?

Isle of Man travel guide - Wikitravel Time Zone UTC The Isle of Man [1] ( Manx : Ellan Vannin) is an island in the British Isles , located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland . It is a British Crown dependency (and therefore not part of the United Kingdom itself); the UK is responsible for defence and foreign affairs. The island has its own government (headed by a Chief Minister) and parliament - "Tynwald" (consisting of the democratically-elected "House of Keys" and the nominated "Legislative Council".) The Isle of Man is not a full member of the European Union, but an associate member. Cities[ edit ] Douglas - the capital city. A Victorian seaside resort, the business centre and ferry port. Peel - small Cathedral city on the west coast with a medieval castle and fishing port. Home to the "House of Manannan" museum. Other destinations[ edit ] Laxey - delightful village on the electric railway between Douglas and Ramsey. Noted for its water wheel (claimed to be the world's largest in operation). Its mines railway and an electric railway to the top of Snaefell. Calf of Man - Small island bird sanctuary, accessible by boat from Port Erin/Port St. Mary Port Erin - Victorian beach resort with a sheltered bay. Port St Mary - picturesque fishing port Ramsey - faded Victorian resort with a (closed) pier and niche shopping. Castletown - small town and port centred around a well-preserved medieval castle Climate[ edit ] Temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time. The Island typically enjoys 'British' weather tempered by the effects of the Gulf Stream that runs through the surrounding Irish Sea. Exposure to sea breezes keeps average summer temperatures in the early to mid twenties centigrade, while winters tend to hover around 9 degrees and snow sometimes strikes in late February/ early March. The thick sea fog that occasionally smothers the island's lowland areas is known locally as Manannan's Cloak, a reference to the Island's ancient Sea God swathing his kingdom in mist to protect it from unwanted visitors. Terrain[ edit ] A plain in the far north, with hills in north and south bisected by central valley. One small islet, the Calf of Man, lies to the southwest, and is a bird sanctuary. The highest point is Snaefell, at 621 meters above sea level. History[ edit ] The Isle of Man was part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland. After a period of alternating rule by the kings of Scotland and England, the island came under the feudal lordship of the English Crown in 1399. The Duke of Atholl sold the sovereignty of the isle to the British crown in 1765, henceforth the British monarch has also held the title "Lord of Mann". The island never became part of the United Kingdom, retaining its status as an internally self-governing Crown Dependency. After 1866, when the Isle of Man obtained a nominal measure of Home Rule, the Manx people have made remarkable progress, and currently form a prosperous community, with a thriving offshore financial centre, a tourist industry (albeit smaller than in the past) and a variety of other industries. Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Gaelic language. The 1990s and early 21st century have seen a greater recognition of indigenous Manx culture, including the opening of the first Manx language primary school, as well as a general re-evaluation of the island's economy. Get in[ edit ] The Isle of Man is not a full member of the European Union or the Schengen Area, however it is part of the Common Travel Area and maintains a full customs union with the United Kingdom. No passport control checks are in place for travellers from the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands, however the plane and ferry companies usually request some form of photo ID. By plane[ edit ] The Isle of Man Airport (IATA: IOM) is located at Ronaldsway, near Castletown, in the south of the island. There are regular bus - and during the summer season, steam train - services from the airport to Cast


Singer David Bowie teamed up with UK band Queen on which 1981 hit single?

About David Bowie - History, Biography, Songs and Facts   david “As was the case with Miles Davis in jazz, Bowie has come not just to represent his innovations but to symbolize modern rock as an idiom in which literacy, art, fashion, style, sexual exploration and social commentary can be rolled into one.” Rolling Stone magazine Bowie is the man who elevated his music to what can only be described as an art form. Driven by an entirely deeper dynamic than most pop artists, David Bowie inhabits a very special world of extraordinary sounds and endless vision. Unwilling to stay on the treadmill of rock legend and avoiding the descent into ever demeaning and decreasing circles of cliché, Bowie writes and performs what he wants, when he wants. His absence from the endless list of “important events” has just fuelled interest. Constant speculation about what the guy was up to has even led some to wonder if this is his greatest reinvention ever. David Jones! David Robert Jones was born in Brixton on January 8, 1947. At age thirteen, inspired by the jazz of the London West End, he picked up the saxophone and called up Ronnie Ross for lessons. Early bands he played with – The Kon-Rads, The King Bees, the Mannish Boys and the Lower Third –provided him with an introduction into the showy world of pop and mod, and by 1966 he was David Bowie, with long hair and aspirations of stardom rustling about his head. Kenneth Pitt signed on as his manager, and his career began with a handful of mostly forgotten singles but a head full of ideas. It was not until 1969 that the splash onto the charts would begin, with the legendary Space Oddity (which peaked at No. 5 in the UK). Amidst his musical wanderings in the late 60s, he experimented with mixed media, cinema, mime, Tibetan Buddhism, acting and love. The album, originally titled David Bowie then subsequently Man of Words, Man of Music, pays homage to all the influences of the London artistic scene. It shows the early song-writing talent that was yet to yield some of rock-n-roll’s finest work, even if it would take the rest of the world a few years to catch up with him. Early 70s Bowie’s first album, The Man Who Sold The World, was recorded as an entity in itself and marks the first definitive creative stretch for the listener. Mick Ronson’s guitars are often referred to as the birth point of heavy metal, and certainly the auspicious beginnings of glam rock can be traced here. The album was released by Mercury in April 1971 to minimal fanfare and Bowie took his first trip to the United States to promote it that spring. In May of the same year, Duncan Zowie Haywood Bowie was born to David and his then wife Angela. RCA was the next label to sign Bowie, and after a trip to America to complete the legalities, he returned to London to record two albums nearly back to back. Hunky Dory was built from a six-song demo that had enticed the label to sign him and features Changes and Life On Mars. Almost immediately, it was followed up by the instant classic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. 1972 was certainly the year that Bowie began to get a glimpse of the power of pop. GQ editor Dylan Jones said of the landmark 1972 Top of The Pops appearance on 6th July “This is the performance that turned Bowie into a star, embedding his Ziggy Stardust persona into the nations consciousness.” The sound of the suburbs suddenly got a whole lot louder. Previewed in London that spring, his rock-n-roll creation Ziggy Stardust staged one of the most spectacular and innovative live shows to date, and the craze that followed was the beginning of his superstar myth.   The summer of 1972 was also a busy one for him in the studio, as he produced albums for Lou Reed (Transformer) – a seminal record that to this day enthuses critics the world over and spawned the surprise leftfield hit, Walk on the Wild Side, a fairytale of the dark side of New York. The fact that David had also co-produced the terrifying and vastly influential Raw Power by Iggy and The Stooges that year, only added to his growing rep


How many mythical creatures represent years in the Chinese Zodiac?

Chinese Zodiac Story: Tales and Legends about 12 Animal Signs Home / Chinese Culture / Zodiac / Stories Chinese Zodiac Stories There are many legends and mythology related to Chinese zodiac and there are various versions and stories popular in different regions. Why were there twelve animals in the zodiac calendar and how did the scheme order come from? Here are the most well-know stories, as an important part of Chinese zodiacal culture.  Order of the Animals This is the most widespread legend about Chinese zodiac. The Jade Emperor (The Emperor in Heaven in Chinese folklore) ordered that animals would be designated as calendar signs and the twelve that arrived first would be selected. At that time, the cat and the rat were good friends and neighbors. When they heard of this news, the cat said to the rat: 'We should arrive early to sign up, but I usually get up late.' The rat then promised to awaken his friend and go together. However, on the morning when he got up, he was too excited to recall his promise, and went directly to the gathering place. On the way, he encountered the tiger, ox, horse, and other animals that ran much faster. In order not to fall behind them, he thought up a good idea. He made the straightforward ox carry him on condition that he sang for the ox. At last, the ox and him arrived first. The ox was happy thinking that he would be the first sign of the years, but the rat had already slid in front, and became the first lucky animal of the Chinese zodiac. Meanwhile his neighbor the cat was too late so when it finally arrived, the selection was over. That's why other animals appear behind the little rat and why the cat hates the rat so much that every time they meet, the cat will chase and kill it. About this simple story, there are different editions. Some say it was the Yellow Emperor who intended to select twelve guards. It is also said that cat hope rat could get there early and sign up on behalf, but rat completely forgot it or do that intentionally. Some say the animals were request to have a swimming race, or a simple race. Elephant was said to participate in the race too, but run away finally because rat got into it trunk.  Number of Zodiac Animals’ Toes Many famous scholars in history had their own interpretations about this interesting topic. There was a scholar in the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) called Hong Xun explained his thought based on Yin Yang Theory. Among the twelve animals - rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig - rat, tiger, dragon, monkey and dog have five toes. Five is an odd number which is thought to be in yang side (or positive). Horse has one toe, also an odd number. Others animals have toes of even numbers which are thought to be yin, negative. Snake has no toe but its tongue has two tips in even number. Ying and yang animal signs were interlaced. There were scholars of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) followed and developed this idea.   Why Did Rat Come in the First Place? Beside the tricks that rat played in the first story, there are other legends about its priority in those animals. In Chinese mythology about the origin of world, the universe was in dark without form like an egg before the earth and heaven was separated. It was the rat that bit a crack and let the air in. He was the hero to start the world. That was to say the importance of him. Another saying goes along with the toes story mentioned above. His forepaws have four toes and hindpaws have five toes, with both odd and even numbers. For such a special creature among the twelve animals, rat won the first place. Legends seem to be strained interpretations because the original intention had been lost over such a long history. Chinese zodiac was related to the Yin Yang, Five Elements theories and other traditional life concepts. Thus it promoted the development of Chinese zodiacal culture. After having fun of reading these stories, we still have to know some facts: it is reliable to believe the zodiac animals started for worship of animals in old times and twelve most imp


The asteroid belt lies roughly between which two planets in our solar system?

Between which two planets does the Asteroid Belt lie? | Reference.com Between which two planets does the Asteroid Belt lie? A: Quick Answer The asteroid belt is located between the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is populated by debris leftover after the planets formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Full Answer The debris ranges from the size of a dust particle to the size of a dwarf planet and is sparsely scattered, making collisions between asteroids rare and navigation of the belt easy. Occasionally, asteroids drift toward the sun and end up colliding with the inner planets. When an asteroid enters Earth's atmosphere, it becomes a meteoroid. If it remains intact after the collision, it becomes a meteorite. Of the tens of thousands of meteorites collected on earth, more than 99 percent originated in the asteroid belt. According to NASA, scientists believe that asteroids delivered water and organic compounds to a newly-formed Earth.


During which month in 1666 did the Great Fire of London rage for four days?

The Great Fire of London of 1666 - History Learning Site Home   »   Stuart England   »  The Great Fire of London of 1666 The Great Fire of London of 1666 Citation: C N Trueman "The Great Fire of London of 1666" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 16 Aug 2016. The Great Fire of London of September 1666 was one of the most famous incidents in Stuart England. It was the second tragedy to hit the city in the space of 12 months. Just as the city was recovering from the Great Plague, the inhabitants had to flee the city once again – this time not as a result of a disease, but the result of as human accident. The Great Fire of London, arguably, left a far greater mark on the city when compared to the plague. The facts about the fire are simple: The fire started in Pudding Lane The fire started in a baker’s shop owned by Thomas Farriner – who was the king’s baker His maid failed to put out the ovens at the end of the night. The heat created by the ovens caused sparks to ignite the wooden home of Farriner. In her panic, the maid tried to climb out of the building but failed. She was one of the few victims of the fire. Once it started, the fire spread quickly. The city was basically made out of wood and with September following on from the summer, the city was very dry. Strong winds fanned the flames Despite the evidence to the contrary, the Lord Mayor was not too concerned by what he was told. “A woman could piss it out” was his apparent comment when he was told that the fire was a cause for concern. Those who could get out of the city did so. Many gathered on nearby heaths such as Hampstead. Here they were safe but they also got a good view of the destruction of the fire. In 1665, during the plague, the king, Charles II, had fled London. Many would have liked to have done the same and few criticised the king when he did leave for the countryside. However, in September 1666, he stayed in London and took charge of the operation to save the city. His plan was to create fire- breaks. This required knocking down perfectly good buildings but starving the fire of the wood it needed to burn. Charles also ordered that navy rations stored in the docks in the East End should be given to those who had fled the city. The heat created by the fire was so great that the lead roof on the old St Paul’s Cathedral melted. Many saw the lead flowing down the streets. It is said that many pigeons lost their lives as they refused to leave their nests and their wing feathers got burned and they plummeted into the fire. But the actual human casualty rate was remarkably small with possibly only 5 people dying in this fire. The greatest fear the authorities had was that the flames might cross the River Thames and set fire to the south side of the city. If it could be kept north of the river, then the authorities could claim a victory. In this they were successful as the weather gave them help. The wind that had helped the fire spread, turned on itself and drove the flames back into what had already been burned. Therefore, the fire had nothing to ignite and the fire died out. The Great Fire had burned down 84 churches and the old St Paul’s. However, it had also destroyed the filthy streets associated the Great Plague. The Fleet, a ‘tributary’ that flowed into the Thames, was nothing more than an open sewer associated with disease and poverty. The fire effectively boiled the Fleet and sterilised it. Slums were simply burned away. In this sense, the fire did London a favour and it was now up to the city’s authority’s to re-build and re-plan the city. This task was given to Sir Christopher Wren. As with the Great Plague of 1665, a great deal of information we have about the Great Fire comes from Samuel Pepys who kept a diary of the event. For the September 2nd entry, he wrote: “September 2nd: Jane (his maid) comes and tells us that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down by the fire…..poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running into boats or clambering from one pa


Who was billed as ‘Undefeated’ in a boxing match in December 2007 against Floyd Mayweather Jr?

An Interview With Undefeated #1 Boxing Contender Ricky 'Hitman' Hatton! An Interview With Undefeated #1 Boxing Contender Ricky 'Hitman' Hatton! By Kris Gethin Last updated: Sep 01, 2011 The December 8 battle between the Hitman and Floyd Mayweather Jr. has sparked a wildfire of attention from media and fans. This became the fastest sold-out fight in boxing history. In this interview Ricky shares details about his prep! Undefeated The undefeated Ricky "Hitman" Hatton will be fighting one of the toughest tests of his boxing career next month when he will face the also undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. The December 8, 2007, battle has sparked a wildfire spread of attention from media and fans which have turned this event into the fastest selling sold out fight in world boxing history. Oscar De La Hoya publicly voiced that he has never seen Hatton in better shape, and so with this heard, Bodybuilding.com pounced on this announcement to find out from the "Hitman" himself how he got in such shape to attract the best opponents from around the world. Click Image To Enlarge. Ricky Hatton. An attempt to schedule an interview with a world class boxer leading into a sell out bout in Vegas can be as easy as Tyson removing one of Holyfield's ears, if you are lucky, very lucky. Zoning in on cardio , weight training , nutrition , supplementation , and the opponent are all things that would be of central focus at this vital time. The thought of allowing some stranger to call and possibly ask, "Do you think you might lose this time," would be like inviting a door-to-door religious recruiter and timeshare salesman over for a few beers on Super bowl day. So, when we wanted to interview the current light welterweight champion of the world, we expected ... well ... not much. RELATED ARTICLE Cleveland Corder Interview. Professional middleweight boxer Cleveland Corder faces his hardest test yet as he prepares to fight Jesse Brinkley for the third time. See how this preparation is going and what changes he has made. [ Click here to learn more. ] Kerry Kayes, a friend of mine and owner of CNP products , who also happens to be Hatton's strength and nutrition advisor, gave me all the details needed to contact the hard hitter from Manchester, England. And so, the games began. Ricky's manager (Paul) was positive on hearing that I knew Kerry and my request to interview Ricky for Bodybuilding.com, or maybe he felt sorry for me upon hearing my Welsh accent, nevertheless there was a possibility, but at the same time uncertainty. Click Image To Enlarge. Hatton Vs Castillo. "Without making promises, I'm sure he will do it for you Kris, it's just finding a time is the hard part," Paul explained to me from his Manchester base. Upon hanging up, I had a time scheduled to make my first call attempt. I made that call but the interview didn't happen. Ricky was busy training so the call was rescheduled. Again, the interview didn't happen. Paul returned my call several hours after our initial appointment to apologize and inform me that there was bad reception on his phone where they were that afternoon. RELATED ARTICLE Intensifying The Heavy Bag! The heavy bag is one of the oldest, most recognizable pieces of training equipment. Unfortunately, due to its commonality, the bag is often overlooked. [ Click here to learn more. ] The third attempt fell on a day that I was sure to be as equally ill-fated. Ricky was in Dublin supporting his boxing brother (Matthew) who was fighting an opponent from Finland who had never been stopped in his career. Paul answered the phone. "I'm so sorry Kris, I'm not sure if he can do the interview right now, he has just started eating and his family has just walked in, oh hold on, he said he will do it, here he is." Click Image To Enlarge. Ricky Hatton. Upon hearing the words "Hello, Ricky Hatton speaking," relief and joy introduced themselves to me knowing I could finally I could relay this world exclusive interview to you, the Bodybuilding.com readers. The wait for this interview was a little frustrating but it was so worth it. So, I won't


In the final Harry Potter novel, who becomes headmaster of Hogwarts School?

Headmaster | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia ↑ LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 ↑ 8.0 8.1 In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Chapter 18 (Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs), Remus Lupin says "I was a very small boy when I received the bite...But then Dumbledore became Headmaster, and he was sympathetic." Lupin was attacked shortly before his fifth birthday and visited by Headmaster Dumbledore shortly before his eleventh birthday. This makes the date Dippet left and Dumbledore became Headmaster between March 1965 - March 1971 ↑ 2007 Accio Quote! Bloomsbury Chat : Laura Trego: Was the absence of snapes portrait in the headmasters office in the last scene innocent or deliberate J.K. Rowling: It was deliberate. Snape had effectively abandoned his post before dying, so he had not merited inclusion in these august circles.. ↑ J.K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall Q: Is Severus Snape’s portrait in the headmaster’s office? JKR: Some have been asking why hasn’t the portrait appeared immediately. It doesn’t. The reason is that the perception in the castle itself and everyone who was in the castle, because Snape kept his secret so well was that he abandoned his post. So all the portraits you see in the headmaster’s study are all headmasters and mistresses who died, it’s like British royals. You only get good press if you die in office. Abdication is not acceptable, particularly if you marry and [sic] American. I’m kidding! [laughter] I digress. I know, because I thought this one through, because it was very important to me, I know Harry would have insisted that Snape’s portrait was on that wall, right beside Dumbledore’s. [Applause.]