Which Russian-American is credited with inventing the helicopter?

History of the Helicopter and Igor Sikorsky Driendl Group/ Stone/ Getty Images Updated February 03, 2016. During the mid 1500's, Italian inventor Leonardo Da Vinci made drawings of an ornithopter flying machine that some experts say inspired the modern day helicopter. In 1784, French inventor, Launoy and Bienvenue created a toy with a rotary-wing that could lift and fly and proved the principle of helicopter flight. Origins of the Name In 1863, the French writer Ponton D'Amecourt was the first person to coin the term "helicopter" from the two words "helico" for spiral and "pter" for wings. The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu in 1907, however, this design was not successful. French inventor, Etienne Oehmichen built and flew a helicopter one kilometer in 1924. Another early helicopter that flew for a decent distance was the German Focke-Wulf Fw 61, invented by an unknown inventor. Igor Sikorsky Igor Sikorsky is considered to be the "father" of helicopters not because he invented the first. continue reading below our video Profile of Igor Sikorsky He is called that because he invented the first successful helicopter, upon which further designs were based. One of aviation's greatest designers, Russian born Igor Sikorsky began work on helicopters as early as 1910. By 1940, Igor Sikorsky's successful VS-300 had become the model for all modern single-rotor helicopters. He also designed and built the first military helicopter , XR-4, which he delivered to Colonel Franklin Gregory of the U.S. Army. Igor Sikorsky's helicopters had the control to fly safely forwards and backwards, up and down, and sideways. In 1958, Igor Sikorsky's rotorcraft company made the world's first helicopter that had a boat hull and could land and takeoff from water. It could also float on the water. Stanley Hiller In 1944, American inventor Stanley Hiller, Jr. made the first helicopter with all metal rotorblades that were very stiff. They allowed helicopter to fly at speeds much faster than before. In 1949, Stanley Hiller piloted the first helicopter flight across the United States, flying a helicopter that he invented called the Hiller 360. In 1946, Arthur Young of the Bell Aircraft company, designed the Bell Model 47 helicopter, the first helicopter to have a full bubble canopy.


"Which class of submarines is currently being built at Vickers to replace Britain's ""Trafalgar"" class of submarines?"

SSN Astute Class Nuclear Submarine - Naval Technology Nuclear power for the Astute is provided by the Rolls-Royce PWR 2 pressurised water reactor. SSN Astute Class Nuclear Submarine, United Kingdom The Royal Navy's Astute Class submarine is a nuclear-powered attack submarine which will replace the five Swiftsure Class submarines, launched between 1973 and 1977 and approaching the end of their operational life. The initial order quantity was three, but the UK MoD has ordered an additional four, meaning seven submarines will be built as part of the Astute Class. The performance specification of the Astute is an extension of the performance of the Trafalgar Class batch 1 fleet of the Royal Navy's Second Submarine Squadron, based at Devonport. The Trafalgar batch 1 submarines are to be decommissioned by 2022, beginning with HMS Trafalgar, which was decommissioned in December 2009. The Astute Class submarines will be based at Faslane in Scotland. Royal Navy's attack submarine development history "Trafalgar batch 1 submarines are to be decommissioned by 2022, beginning with HMS Trafalgar." BAE Systems Astute Class is the prime contractor for the project and the submarines are being built at the BAE Systems Marine Barrow shipyard. The first three Astute ships were named HMS Astute (S119), HMS Ambush (S120) and HMS Artful (S121). The fourth submarine was named HMS Audacious (S122). The fifth Astute Class submarine was named HMS Anson (S123) in September 2011. The sixth and seventh will be named as HMS Agamemnon (S124) and HMS Ajax (S125) respectively. The keel for the first-of-class HMS Astute was laid in January 2001 and it was launched on 8 June 2007. In October 2007, HMS Astute made her first dive, for an underwater systems test, at the 'dive hole' in Devonshire Dock, Barrow. Also, in October, the vessel successfully carried out first firing trials from its torpedo tubes. HMS Astute was commissioned in August 2010. The keel of HMS Ambush was laid in October 2003. It was launched in December 2010. Ambush made its first voyage in January 2011. The initial dive test of the Ambush was completed in September 2011. The Ambush was commissioned in March 2013. The HMS Astute and HMS Ambush submarines were handed over to the Royal Navy in July 2013. The keel of HMS Artful was laid in March 2005. The submarine was launched in May 2014 and performed maiden dive in October 2014. It is expected to be commissioned by 2015. In May 2007, the UK MoD awarded BAE Systems a contract to build a fourth Astute Class submarine, HMS Audacious (S122), to enter service in 2018. The keel of Audacious was laid in March 2009. In December 2012, BAE Systems received £1.2bn contract from the UK MoD for the design, construction, test and commissioning programme of Audacious. The fifth and sixth Astute Class submarines, HMS Anson (S123) and HMS Agamemnon (S124), were ordered in March 2010. The keel for Anson was laid in October 2011 while that of Agamemnon was laid in July 2013. These submarines are expected to be commissioned in 2020 and 2022 respectively. The seventh, HMS Ajax (S125), has been confirmed but the order is yet to be placed. Command and control systems on Astute Class submarines Astute combat management system (ACMS) is being supplied by BAE Systems Insyte (formerly Alenia Marconi Systems) and is a development of the submarine command system (SMCS) currently in service in all classes of UK submarines. ACMS receives data from the sonars and other sensors and, through advanced algorithms and data handling, displays real time images on the command consoles. Factory acceptance of the operational software was received from the Astute Prime Contract Office in July 2002. EADS Defence & Security Systems and EADS Hagenuk Marinekommunikation were awarded the contract to provide the external communications systems for the Astute in August 2005. Strachan and Henshaw are to provide the weapon handling and launch system (WHLS). Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine was selected in March 2008 to provide the platform management system for the fourth of class, HMS Audac


In which modern day country did the battles of the Kasserine Pass occur during World War 2 between the Allied and Axis forces?

Tunisia Introduction   World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars and historians, as well as its veterans, a generation of Americans has grown to maturity largely unaware of the political, social, and military implications of a war that, more than any other, united us as a people with a common purpose.   Highly relevant today, World War II has much to teach us, not only about the profession of arms, but also about military preparedness, global strategy, and combined operations in the coalition war against fascism. During the next several years, the U.S. Army will participate in the nation's 50th anniversary commemoration of World War II. The commemoration will include the publication of various materials to help educate Americans about that war. The works produced will provide great opportunities to learn about and renew pride in an Army that fought so magnificently in what has been called "the mighty endeavor."   World War II was waged on land, on sea, and in the air over several diverse theaters of operation for approximately six years. The following essay is one of a series of campaign studies highlighting those struggles that, with their accompanying suggestions for further reading, are designed to introduce you to one of the Army's significant military feats from that war.   This brochure was prepared in the U.S. Army Center of Military History by Charles R. Anderson. I hope this absorbing account of that period will enhance your appreciation of American achievements during World War II.   17 November 1942-13 May 1943   Victory at Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers gave the United States Army and its British ally solid toeholds in the western Mediterranean Theater of Operations. But it offered no guarantee of easy access to Italy or southern Europe, or even to the eastern end of the Mediterranean, where the British desperately needed assistance to secure Egypt and strategic resources in the Near East. The sudden entrance of American forces during 8-11 November 1942 created an awkward deployment in which two pairs of opposing armies fought in North Africa, one in Tunisia, the other in Libya. Neither Axis nor Allies found any satisfaction in the situation; much fighting remained before either adversary could consider North Africa secure.   Strategic Setting   Even before the fighting in northwest Africa ended, intense negotiations between American and French officials began. On the morning of 10 November in Algiers Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, deputy to Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander in Chief, Allied Force, met Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, commander in chief of the collaborationist Vichy government's military forces. The different motives and needs of the two sides made these sessions difficult for all. The Allies were in a hurry to gain French help in fighting the Germans and Italians before the Axis could reinforce its units in Africa. On the same day talks in Algiers opened, British Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. N. Anderson began moving his Eastern Task Force into position off Tunisia for the next series of landings. With Clark and Darlan still in the early stages of negotiations, the enemy acted. On 11-12 November German submarines fired several near-misses at the American aircraft carrier Ranger, scored hits against three ships, and sank three transports off Casablanca. Intelligence sources reported Axis aircraft and transports en route to Tunis. Meanwhile, across the negotiating table General Clark found a frustrating lack of urgency in his French counterparts.   Ever since France had surrendered to Adolf Hitler in June 1940, French officers had been struggling with Nazi demands that they fight the Allies on the one hand and with their need to retain a measure of   [3]   sovereignty on the other. When Operation TORCH began, German and Italian units crossed Vichy borders to complete the conq


Jean Claude Juncker resigned as prime minister of which country in July 2013, being at that point the longest currently elected serving Prime Minister in the world?

Luxembourg PM quits amid spying scandal - Telegraph Luxembourg Luxembourg PM quits amid spying scandal Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister of Luxembourg and the world's longest-serving elected leader, has resigned after a series of lurid scandals involving the tiny Grand Duchy's secret service. Jean-Claude Juncker is facing questions over his position from MEPs Photo: EPA Comments Following seven hours of debate in the Luxembourg parliament, Mr Juncker announced that he would step down after it became clear that his coalition partner would not support him in a vote of no confidence. “I’m not perspiring because I’m scared but because it’s hot,” he told Luxembourg MPs sardonically, but his characteristic humour was not enough to save his political skin. Mr Juncker has been forced to resign over his failure to control Luxembourg’s secret service, for which he is responsible as the country’s prime minister. “Le Service de renseignement de l’Etat luxembourgeois”, or SREL, is currently being investigated by the state prosecutor for illegal wiretapping, corruption and dealing in stolen cars. The most prominent victim of bugging was Mr Juncker himself, when the intelligence agency’s director, Marco Mille, used a recorder disguised as wristwatch to secretly record a meeting with the prime minister in January 2007. Related Articles Juncker: Europe's demons are only sleeping 11 Mar 2013 In the recorded conversation, Mr Mille claimed that his staff had also secretly taped a conversation with Luxembourg’s head of state and made the allegation that Grand Duke Henri was in regular contact with Britain’s MI6. This version of events is denied by Mr Juncker. A parliamentary inquiry discovered that the SREL carried out illegal wire-taps, kept 13,000 secret files on people and ran a fictional counter-terror operation that was really a front to help a Russian oligarch pay $10 million to a Spanish spy. “Are we responsible for something we did not know? I do not think so,” said Mr Juncker. A heavy smoker with a love of fine cognac, Mr Juncker, 58, has been in power as prime minister for 18 years, a world record. During eight years in office as the head of the eurozone, until January this year, his wily political skills were credited with holding the European Union’s single currency together during the debt crisis. “The intelligence service was not my top priority,” admitted Mr Juncker, before adding with customary aplomb, “moreover I hope Luxembourg will never have a prime minister for whom the SREL constitutes a priority.”


"Who played the title role in the 1997 film ""The Jackal"" a remake of ""The Day of the Jackal?"

The DVD Journal: The Jackal and The Day of the Jackal Back to Quick Reviews Frederick Forsythe, master storyteller and suspense-novelist, retired in 1997, and that was a damn shame. Since 1971, Forsythe has fabricated some of the best intrigue and espionage novels in the world, and many of his books have become films, among them The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, and The Fourth Protocol. Perhaps best-known of his novels is his first, The Day of the Jackal, a work that was so overwhelming in its craft and detail that he was immediately compared to John Le Carre, the preeminent spy novelist of the day. I first saw Fred Zinneman's The Day of the Jackal many years ago, and was so spellbound that I immediately bought the book. The book made such a further impression upon me that I have now read every one of Forsythe's novels, and most more than once. I was saddened when he announced his retirement, because his skill as a storyteller, his ability to describe locales around the world in the finest particulars, and his use of red herrings and plot twists, have given me hours and hours of pleasure. So when a studio decides to make another version of The Day of the Jackal, which to them always means "improving" the original work or "updating it for the '90s," there's no way I can let it go without a few comments. This particular tale of an enigmatic assassin who agrees to take one last job  the murder of Charles De Gaulle  is one of the best suspense novels ever written, and Fred Zinneman's 1973 film, with the screenplay by Kenneth Ross, is the most faithful adaptation of any novel that I know. The 1997 version? Well, I'm sure you know where I'm going with this. But you can read along anyway. *          *          * In the early 1960s, Charles De Gaulle  war hero, leader of the French Resistance, and then-president of France  did something a little controversial. He decided to give up Algeria. While this political decision was entirely in keeping with post-colonial Europe's desire to rid themselves of their costly African colonies, some members of the French military were outraged. After all, hadn't they fought for Algeria, occupied Algeria, paid with their own lives in Algeria? Why would they sacrifice so much if De Gaulle was simply going to give it up? One faction of the Army that was particularly opposed to the Algerian policy  and opposed to De Gaulle in general  went underground, calling themselves the OAS (Organisation Armee Secret). War heroes and patriots turned bank robbers and seditionists, they took great pains to conceal themselves while waging a low-grade terrorist campaign against the French government. However, they did not regard themselves as criminals. They saw themselves as the true moral voice of France. As is was, the conflict between the OAS and France's Action Service, the military wing of the French Secret Service (SDECE, or Service de Documentation Exterieure et de Contre-Espionage), wore on  quietly perhaps, but regularly. On the evening of 22 August 1962, one Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry led a cell of OAS operatives on a mission to assassinate De Gaulle as his motorcade passed through the streets of Paris. While many shots were fired, De Gaulle just missed being hit, and Bastien-Thiry was captured. Convinced that no member of the French Army would raise his rifle against him, he willingly stood before the firing squad. It was 6:40 a.m. on 11 March 1963, and he was wrong. After the execution of Lt. Col. Bastien-Thiry, pressure from the Action Service increased against the OAS, the organization became riddled with moles, and OAS leaders were forced into hiding outside of France. Frederick Forsythe's novel The Day of the Jackal, and the 1973 film adaptation, uses this non-fictional account of recent French history as a springboard into a fictional inquiry: What would the leaders of the OAS do, knowing that they could not come out from hiding, nor mount an operation for fear of leaks, if they were still committed to seizing control of France? Forsythe came up with an interesting premise


"Who wrote the 1997 novel ""The Bonfire of the Vanities""?"

Movie Review -  - Review/Film; A Master of the Universe Brought Down to Earth - NYTimes.com Review/Film; A Master of the Universe Brought Down to Earth By VINCENT CANBY Published: December 21, 1990 THE value (and fun) of Tom Wolfe's long, Dickensian-detailed, tirelessly satiric novel, "The Bonfire of the Vanities," is in its democratic approach to ridicule. All men are born trashy. Those few who aren't have trashiness thrust upon them. No one entirely escapes Mr. Wolfe's scorn in his withering, moralistic tale about opportunists running amok in New York City in the mid-1980's. They are all there, everyone you might have met at a Park Avenue dinner party or (if you aren't invited to Park Avenue dinner parties) read about in the gossip columns or on page 2 or 3 of the tabloids. The cast is big. It includes even those who are viewed as supporting players on the edge of the screen in the television coverage of a scandal. Wall Street wizards, ambitious politicians, their flunkies, Harlem punks, society women who are see-through thin, ministers with an eye for the main chance, interior decorators, fashionable poets, discarded wives, mistresses on the prowl, plus the cops, the stretch-limo drivers and the other faceless, functional people who service them. They are white, black, gentile, Jewish. Mr. Wolfe is an equal-opportunity chronicler of the absurd. His New York City is fictional, though it closely resembles the one over which Edward I. Koch presided as Mayor, when Ronald and Nancy Reagan were the pace setters in the White House. "The Bonfire of the Vanities" is a historical novel about a time and place in which everything and everybody had a price. This ecumenical approach is what gives "Bonfire" its tone. By being consistent, the novel transcends its own cynicism to become healthily skeptical. This is just what Brian De Palma's gross, unfunny movie adaptation does not do. The story is a good one. Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks), a well-born successful Wall Street bond salesman, sneaks off to meet his mistress, Maria Ruskin (Melanie Griffith), when she comes into Kennedy Airport from Italy. On the way back to town, they take the wrong exit from the Triborough Bridge, winding up in unknown reaches of the Bronx, fearful for their lives as well as for his very expensive, showy imported car. After many twists and turns, they come to a lonely dead end where, while they are stopped, they're threatened by two young black men. There's a scuffle. With Maria behind the wheel, they make a desperate getaway, leaving one man badly hit as they run. From this small beginning, and faster than an ailanthus tree in a vacant lot, a giant scandal grows. When the feckless Sherman, self-styled "master of the universe" for his wheeling and dealing on Wall Street, is arraigned on hit-and-run charges, he becomes everybody's ticket to fame, fortune, community influence or political office. The racist Jewish District Attorney Weiss (F. Murray Abraham), who wants to be Mayor, sees the case as his chance to convince black voters that he is no racist. The Reverend Bacon (John Hancock), a militant black clergyman, becomes the adviser to and spokesman for the injured man's family. While hospitalized, the injured man himself (Patrick Malone) is made over into a symbol of the city's oppressed, a dedicated scholar and victim of white Anglo-Saxon Protestant heedlessness. Orchestrating much of the hoopla is Peter Fallow (Bruce Willis), a reporter for a tabloid called The City Light, who uses the story to save his job and then blows it up into a series that wins him a Pulitzer Prize. This is the plot, or the bones of it, anyway. It's a touchy one, with something to offend everyone. The novel works, at least in part, because it is so comically rude and so minutely detailed. In adapting it to the screen, Mr. De Palma and Michael Cristofer, who wrote the screenplay, have made a series of wrong decisions that have the effect of both softening the satire and making it seem more uncomfortably racist than the Wolfe original. As if to echo the novel's overstatement, a


Which current BBC TV programme was first shown in 1977 with Angela Rippon and Tom Coyne as its original presenters?

TV programmes made in Birmingham: Fifth Gear - Birmingham Mail What's On TV programmes made in Birmingham: Fifth Gear Motoring programme was originally recorded in Birmingham, as was the original series of the BBC's rival show Top Gear  Share Fifth Gear, with presenter Tim Shaw, was at one time filmed partly in Birmingham studios  Share Get What's On updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email TV motoring programme Fifth Gear was made in Birmingham, as was the original series of the BBC's rival show Top Gear. Fifth Gear was shown on Channel 5 from 2002 to 2011 and moved to Discovery in 2012. It was launched a year after Top Gear had been cancelled by the BBC. It featured many former Top Gear presenters including Tiff Needell, Quentin Willson and Vicki Butler-Henderson and was produced by Top Gear’s Jon Bentley. Production company Chrysalis Television initially recorded Fifth Gear’s link segments in studios at Broad Street, Birmingham, where Heart FM was also based at the time. After Chrysalis sold its TV division, filming for Fifth Gear was done at Ace Cafe, London, followed by Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire and then various other locations. The current presenters are Tiff Needell, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jason Plato and Jonny Smith. The BBC’s rival show Top Gear was also originally made in Birmingham. Top Gear was produced at Pebble Mill as a monthly series broadcast only to Midlands viewers. The first edition of Top Gear aired on April 22, 1977, on BBC1 Midlands, with Angela Rippon and Midlands Today newsreader Tom Coyne as presenters. In that first programme, Angela Rippon drove from Shepherd Bush to the Pebble Mill studios, reporting on driving conditions en route and this developed into a regular feature called Rippon On The Road. Broadcast on BBC2, Top Gear was cancelled in 2001 and then revived in 2002 in a new format presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May. This version of the programme is recorded in a hangar at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Waverley, Surrey, with a racing circuit created on part of the aerodrome's land. Like us on Facebook


Which African mammal is also known as the ant bear?

Ant bear - definition of ant bear by The Free Dictionary Ant bear - definition of ant bear by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ant+bear (ˈɑrdˌvɑrk) n. a large burrowing African mammal, Orycteropus afer, having a piglike snout and long sticky tongue for feeding on ants and termites. [1825–35; < Afrikaans erdvark < Dutch aardvarken=aarde earth + varken pig; see farrow 1] ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: New World anteater , anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites genus Myrmecophaga , Myrmecophaga - type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear 2. ant bear - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata


"Which artist painted ""Bubbles"", which was used in the advertising for Pears soap?"

The Story of "Bubbles" : Tony Allen The story of "Bubbles"   Tony Allen   What was the connection between a respected pre-Raphaelite Victorian illustrator, an equally well-known 20th century comic cartoonist and a British prisoner of war? Well, the first did a painting that was to become world famous. The cartoonist and the World War 1 internee - created their own version of it almost 60 years later. The Victorian illustrator was John Everett Millais who, as a young man was one of the founder members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, whose aim was to “attack the complacency of the Royal Academy by painting in a new style with bright colours, wiry outlines and minute detail.“ However, by the time Millais came to paint the picture (which became famous when it was used over a long period in advertisements for Pears soap) he was in his 50s and “had abandoned the pre-Raphaelite style and adopted darker colours and looser brushwork.“  Miliais named his new painting “A Child’s World”.   The Painting Painted in 1885-86, this 'oil on canvas' portrays a young golden-haired boy looking up at a bubble "symbolising the beauty and fragility of life" On his left side is a young plant growing in a pot and on the other, a pot that has fallen and broke, representing death. The boy model was Willie James, aged five and the artist’s grandson. He later became an admiral. During the 'sitting', Millais suspended a specially manufactured glass globe above the child's head and moved it around as a guide - to determine the best position to place the Bubble on the canvas. In 1886, Sir William Ingram, proprietor of the London Illustrated News bought the painting and the copyright from Millais. It was reproduced as a colour plate and presented in the Christmas issue of the weekly magazine. The Pear's Soap Advert Thomas J. Barrett, Managing Director of Pears (and a pioneer of modern advertising methods) saw the colour plate and the potential of the picture. Barrett  purchased the original painting from Ingram for £2,500 - with exclusive copyright. Barrett also got permission from Millais, to add a bar of Pears soap so that the painting could be used for advertising purposes. Although Millais was one of the most popular artists in Britain at the time, initially he was apprehensive of "the prospect of his work and his grandson, being the subject of commercial exploitation." However, he soon grew to appreciate the idea, "which portrayed the soap as if the child had used it to make bubbles." In addition, Millais had to defend himself from attacks, when he was unfairly criticised by members of the art establishment who thought he had degraded his art.  Around the turn of the century, Pears produced a number of different designs of advertising postcards featuring “Bubbles”. On the reverse of the cards was text outlining the advantages of using Pears Soap.        While the picture on these postcards is the same - the captions are different The Great War and "Bubbles" Almost 60 years after Millias created his famous painting "A child's world", artists both professional and amateur were drawing inspiration from it for their own work. For example, a few weeks after the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, a comic postcard artist drew a cartoon lampooning the German Kaiser and based the drawing on ”Bubbles” and called it that name too. Kaiser Bill This cartoon, clearly based on Millias's "Bubbles", appeared early in the war. Postcard artists and publishers were quick to choose 'Kaiser Bill' as their target for satire and caricature and numerous cards lampooning him, and his son 'Little Willie', were soon on sale in the postcard racks. In 1914, Bamforth's produced over 80 cards – printed in black on a cream background – in their anti-Kaiser ‘War Cartoons’ series and "Bubbles" was number 5005. The artist did not sign the illustrations, which were dramatic and showed sharp political humour. Doug Tempest is thought to have been the artist.   In 1917, a prisoner in Ruhleben camp - which held British civilian internees - painted an illustration for a Christmas p


"The ""Pascal"" is the SI Unit of what?"

Pascal | Units of Measurement Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia = 14.696  psi . This definition is used for pneumatic fluid power (ISO R554), and in the aerospace (ISO 2533) and petroleum (ISO 5024) industries. In 1985 the IUPAC recommended that the standard for atmospheric pressure should be harmonized to 100,000 Pa = 1  bar = 750  Torr . The same definition is used in the compressor and the pneumatic tool industries (ISO 2787). The Unicode computer character set has dedicated symbols ㎩ ( Template:U+ ) for Pa and ㎪ ( Template:U+ ) for kPa, but these exist merely for backward-compatibility with some older ideographic character-sets and are therefore deprecated . Uses The pascal (Pa) or kilopascal (kPa) as a unit of pressure measurement is widely used throughout the world and has largely replaced the pounds per square inch (psi) unit, except in some countries that still use the Imperial measurement system . Tectonophysicists use the gigapascal (GPa) in measuring or calculating tectonic forces within the earth. In materials science , megapascals (MPa = N /mm2) or gigapascals (GPa = kN/mm2) are commonly used to measure stiffness or tensile strength of materials. Examples of (approximate) tensile modulus for several common substances include nylon at 2-4; hemp (fibre) at 58, aluminium at 69; tooth enamel at 83, copper at 117, steel at approximately 200 GPa, silkworm silk at 500, and diamond at 1220. The pascal is also equivalent to the SI unit of energy density , J/m3. This applies not only to the thermodynamics of pressurized gasses, but also to the energy density of electric , magnetic , and gravitational fields. Other, older units of measure occasionally used for pressure are millimeters of mercury ( Torr ) and millimeters of water (1.0 mmH2O = 9.80665 Pa). In the cgs system , the unit of pressure is the barye (symbol ba), which is equal to one decipascal . The older kilogram-force per square centimeter corresponds to 98.0665 kPa, [5] but is it often rounded off to 100 kPa in practice. In the former mts system , the unit of pressure is the pièze (symbol pz), which is equal to one kilopascal. Airtightness testing of buildings is measured at 50 Pa or 0.2 inches of water. [6] Hectopascal and millibar units Main article: Bar Meteorologists worldwide have for a long time measured atmospheric pressure in bars , which was originally equivalent to the average air pressure on Earth; the bar was divided into a thousand millibars to provide the precision meteorologists require. After the introduction of SI units , many preferred to preserve the customary pressure figures. Consequently, the bar was redefined as 100,000 pascals, which is only slightly lower than standard air pressure on Earth. Today many meteorologists prefer hectopascals (hPa) for air pressure, which are equivalent to millibars, while similar pressures are given in kilopascals in practically all other fields, since the hecto prefix is rarely used. Since official metrication , meteorologists in Canada use kilopascals (kPa), [7] [8] although in some other countries hectopascals are still in use. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] As of 17 November 2011 the hectopascal is used in aviation as the altimeter setting. 1  hectopascal (hPa) ≡ 100 Pa ≡ 1 mbar. 1  kilopascal (kPa) ≡ 1000 Pa ≡ 10 hPa ≡ 10 mbar.


"Which author wrote the classic novel ""Brideshead Revisited"" later made into a television series?"

Brideshead Revisited Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 98 out of 111 people found the following review useful: "Brideshead Revisited" revisited 23 July 2008 *** This review may contain spoilers *** Those who have not seen the 1981 Granada television miniseries about the aristocratic English Catholic Marchmain family, their spiritual torments, and their conflicted friend, Charles Ryder, may be at an advantage in watching this new adaptation. That series was superb and took the time to do more than justice to the satirical Evelyn Waugh's uncharacteristically solemn and lengthy 1945 novel. This film version, much briefer than the miniseries but not exactly short at 135 minutes, has one advantage: it shows off the plot in sharp outline. The miniseries may actually blur that basic element. It was hypnotic, rolling on from week to week for those who first saw it gathering an accumulation of nostalgia and melancholy, beautifully mounted and graced by the likes of John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, and Stéphane Audran. It also put Jeremy Irons on the map in the central role of Charles, and by his own admission made him "fall out of love with jeans" through wearing the elegant clothes of a well-turned-out young man of the 1920's. The miniseries can take the time to develop important minor characters. The book is an elaborate portrait of a generation and an era. Waugh wrote short witty novels mostly. But this time, writing about wealth and grandeur and Catholicism, he waxes poetic and goes into near-Proustian detail. Sebastian's grand family draws the awestruck middle-class Charles in and eventually spits him out, leaving him shattered, but lastingly impressed by the power of the Marchmains' Catholic faith. As the tale opens (in all versions), he's reminiscing about it all much later as an army officer at the end of World War II ironically posted at Brideshead, the glorious estate where Sebastian grew up--a place Charles came to know intimately even though it was never fully accessible to him. Maybe Waugh in his novel was more concerned with the nostalgia for a prewar life he imagined as splendid and carefree, for a class to which he aspired, and more self-consciously dwelling on his infatuation with Catholicism, to which he was a convert. But the story, as we see in this new film, turns on a kind of love triangle--one heavy-laden with sexual and spiritual conflict. Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) and Sebastian (Ben Whishaw) enter into an intense romantic and alcoholic friendship when Charles comes for his first year at Oxford. The film carries this a bit further than either the novel or the TV version, showing the two handsome young men not only often affectionately and playfully arm in arm but in an intimate bathroom scene and once, anyway, sharing a lingering drunken kiss. This despite the fact that a relative sternly warned Charles to avoid "sodomites" when he first arrived at university. Whishaw (of 'Perfume' and 'I'm Not There') has a touching, wispy, vulnerable quality that distinguishes him from the TV Anthony Andrews, whose Sebastian is more brassy, slick, confident and social. When Charles meets Sebastian's sister Julia (Hayley Atwall in the film; the impossibly elegant Diana Quick in the miniseries), and lights a cigarette for her in a car, he immediately hears, in the words of the novel, echoed in the TV narration, "a thin bat's squeak of sexuality," and the equation changes. He begins to desire Julia. Apart from her unmistakable allure she's a way for Charles to possess the Marchmain world more completely. This, especially in the film, immediately clouds the relationship with Sebastian, who grows cold, and simultaneously sinks deeper into dipsomania. In the miniseries there is more time for Charles's profound infatuation with his aristocratic young Catholic friend and his magnificent world to sink in and for Sebastian's decline into alcoholism to unwind with slow, horrible inevitability. The latter is memorably described in the book (repeated in the TV narration) as feeling like "a blow, expected, repeated, fall


"Who was the drummer with both ""Cream"" and ""Blind Faith""?"

Blind Faith - Born Under a Bad Sign Blind Faith 1968 - 1969 Blind Faith - Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Rick Grech - the second 'super-group' to be born after the break up of Cream. Blind Faith released their only album, Blind Faith, in August 1969. Born Under a Bad Sign Mojo Magasine - by Johnny Black IN THE EVENING COOL OF JUNE 6, 1969 , almost 7,000 people made their way to Hyde Park. where they slept under stars to be sure of the best places in the natural amphitheatre of The Cockpit for the public wetting of a baby’s head. The next morning dawned bright, and by lunchtime the weather was perfect for the 100,000 curious attendees of the christening. The baby had been born a shade prematurely but to proud parents. They’d named it Blind Faith. Mr Eric Clapton and Mr Steve Winwood had simply wanted to make something good together and their union had seemed a match made in heaven. The young couple, both recently divorced, got along famously, respected each other’s talents and, best of all, each supplied what the other had lacked in his previous relationship. Steve had the voice and keyboard talents while Eric had the guitar side pretty well taped. It should have been The Golden Child but, instead, it was Rosemary’s Baby. CLAPTON AND WINWOOD HAD KNOCKED AROUND together for years. While Clapton was still God, playing with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, he frequently turned out to jam with Winwood during The Spencer Davis Group’s Thursday night residency at London’s Marquee Club in 1966. The pair would also get together whenever possible at blues festivals and even appeared on record as Powerhouse, a short—lived studio—only combo which had contributed several tracks to What's Shakin', a blues-boom cash-in compilation. The possibility of working together in a full-time band, however, seemed remote. Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds and Cream kept Clapton busy and, after the demise of The Spencer Davis Group, Winwood was more than fully occupied with Traffic. By the middle of 1968, however, neither man was happy with his lot. “In Cream , there was a constant battle between Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce,” explained Clapton later. “They loved each other’s playing, but they couldn’t stand the sight of each other. I was the mediator and I was getting tired of that.” And, when Clapton conveyed these feelings to the band’s manager, Robert Stigwood,the response was comforting. If Cream split, Stigwood assured him, Clapton was the one he would stick by. Even so, Clapton was not yet ready to quit. Cream had one foot in the grave  but he felt the band might yet return to rude health if only Steve Winwood  could he brought in on keyboards. “I’d heard the tapes of Music From Big Pink  by The Band and I thought, this is what I want to play not extended solos and  maestro bullshit but just good funky songs.” Clapton reasoned that Winwood’s  presence might stabilise the group by adding an element of song composition  and a shift of emphasis towards vocals, rather than the endless instrumental  improvisation which Clapton now found so tiresome. But before Clapton could approach Winwood, the final nail was knocked into  Cream’s coffin. “Rolling Stone called me ‘the master of the cliché’ which just  about knocked me cold. At that point, I decided to leave Cream.” Destroying a  hand because of the opinion of a single journalist might seem drastic, but  Ginger Baker confirms that Rolling Stone was Clapton’s bible. "As soon as he  got it, he would read it from cover to cover. From the day he saw that review  he wanted to be in the background. He didn’t want to be the focus of attention  any more.” By the time Cream played its farewell concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on November25 and 26, 1968, Clapton and Winwood had begun their first tentative steps towards working together. Although still a member of Traffic, Winwood spent that Christmas with Clapton at his home, Hurtwood Edge, where they jammed long into the night. “When I left Traffic in January, I knew I was going to work with Eric,” says Winwood.


"The astronauts ""Dallas"", ""Ripley"", ""Kane"", ""Lambert"", ""Brett"" and ""Parker"", are characters in which 1979 science fiction film?"

Alien (1979) - Quotes - IMDb Alien (1979) Ripley : Ash, can you hear me? [slams her hands down on the table] Ash : [awakens and starts speaking in an electronic and distorted voice] Yes, I can hear you. Ripley : What was your special order? Ash : You read it. I thought it was clear. Ripley : What was it? Ash : Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded. Parker : The damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch? Ash : I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded. Ripley : How do we kill it, Ash? There's gotta be a way of killing it. How? How do we do it? Parker : That's bullshit. Ash : You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Lambert : You admire it. Ash : I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. Parker : Look, I am... I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug. [Ripley goes to disconnect Ash, who interrupts] Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options [last lines] Ripley : Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew - Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas - are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off. [to Jonesy the cat] Brett : Right. Ripley : Parker, what do you think? Your staff just follows you around and says "right". Just like a regular parrot. Parker : [laughs] Yeah, shape up. What are you, some kind of parrot? Dallas : Something has attached itself to him. We have to get him to the infirmary right away. Ripley : What kind of thing? I need a clear definition. Dallas : An organism. Open the hatch. Ripley : Wait a minute. If we let it in, the ship could be infected. You know the quarantine procedure. Twenty-four hours for decontamination. Dallas : He could die in twenty-four hours. Open the hatch. Ripley : Listen to me, if we break quarantine, we could all die. Lambert : Look, could you open the god-damned hatch? We have to get him inside. Ripley : No. I can't do that and if you were in my position, you'd do the same. Dallas : Ripley, this is an order. Open that hatch right now, do you hear me? Dallas : Ripley. This is an order. Do you hear me? Ripley : Yes. I read you. The answer is negative. [Ripley has tried to disengage the Nostromo's self-destruct sequence] Ripley : Mother! I've turned the cooling unit back on. Mother! Mother : The ship will automatically destruct in T minus five minutes. Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options Ripley : Did you ever ship out with Ash before? Dallas : I went out five times with another science officer. They replaced him two days before we left Thedus with Ash. Hm? Ripley : I don't trust him. Dallas : Well, I don't trust anybody. Brett : This is the worst shit I've ever seen, man. Parker : What you say? You got any biscuits over there? Ripley : Here's some cornbread. Kane : Oh, I feel dead. Parker : Anybody ever tell you you look dead, man? Ripley : Unless somebody has got a better idea... we'll proceed with Dallas' plan. Lambert : [hysterical] What? And end up like the others? Oh, no. You're out of your mind! Ripley : You got a better idea? Lambert : Yes! I say that we abandon this ship! We get the shuttle and just get the hell out of here! We take our chances and... just hope that somebody will pick us up! Ripley : Lambert, the shuttle won't take four. Lambert : Well, then why don't we draw straws and... Parker : I'm not drawing any straws. I'm for killing that goddamn thing right now. Ripley : Okay. Well, let's talk about killing it. We know it's using the air shafts... [Parker mumbles underneath] Ripley : Will you listen to me, Parker? Shut up! Parker : Let's hear it. Let's hear it. Ripley : It's using the air shafts. Parker : You don't know that. Ripley : That's the only way! We'll move in pairs. We'll go step by step


Ashton Agar scored a record number of runs in a test match innings as a number 11 batsman whilst playing against England in 2013. Which West Indian's record did he beat?

The Ashes: England v Australia: day two – as it happened | John Ashdown and Jacob Steinberg | Sport | The Guardian Ashes 2013 The Ashes: England v Australia: day two – as it happened England finished day two 15 runs ahead of Australia but the day belonged to Ashton Agar, whose 98 runs stole the show John Ashdown (morning and afternoon sessions) and Jacob Steinberg (evening session) Thursday 11 July 2013 10.47 EDT First published on Thursday 11 July 2013 04.54 EDT 6.35pm BST AND THAT'S STUMPS! England finish on 215 and 80-2. They lead by 15 runs after the second day. Once again, what a day it was. The star, undoubtedly, was young Ashton Agar, the 19-year-old No11 who made an astonishing 98 runs to put Australia back into the match after England's bowlers - led by Jimmy Anderson - had threatened to blow them away. England then had a dodgy start to their second innings, sitting unprettily at 11-2 after losing Joe Root and then Jonathan Trott in controversial circumstances, but Kevin Pietersen and Alastair Cook have steadied the ship. Thanks for reading. Night. 6.33pm BST 43rd over: England 80-2 (Cook 37, Pietersen 35) This should be the final over of the day. Pietersen celebrates by helping himself to a controlled single. So we end with Captain Cook on strike. He has four balls to face and he stares them all down to lead England to relative safety. Updated 42nd over: England 79-2 (Cook 37, Pietersen 34) Another maiden over. 6.23pm BST 41st over: England 79-2 (Cook 37, Pietersen 34) "Could I just squeeze in the most important piece of news today before the close," says Phil Sawyer. "Namely that Lancashire have gone top of the Division Two table thanks to a match winning performance by Simon 'Killer' Kerrigan with figures of 7 for 63? Well, it's important to me. And England should know where to turn if Swann gets injured." You may. This is merely a case of doing nothing stupid before the close of play now. 6.18pm BST 40th over: England 79-2 (Cook 37, Pietersen 34) It looks like we can claim Agar as our own. And it's another maiden over. kevin mitchell (@kevinmitchell50) 6.16pm BST 39th over: England 79-2 (Cook 37, Pietersen 34) We've got around 20 minutes left before the end and Michael Clarke has chucked the ball to Peter Siddle. The intent is clear. And it's a maiden over. 6.10pm BST 38th over: England 79-2 (Cook 37, Pietersen 34) England are just working Agar over for a few runs here and there. Siddle is getting ready to return to the attack. He's limbering up. "I just watched the Simpsons video and there was a link to this Chris Martin video," says Mark Knight. "Turns out he can bat – shades of Ashton Agar…" 6.07pm BST 37th over: England 77-2 (Cook 36, Pietersen 33) On Sky, Michael Holding is urging everyone not to get too carried away, even though that's our default position. "My point exactly!" says David Keech. "Also I have seen a number of incorrect calls go unchallenged because a player is wary of using up their last review. The umpires know what is close and what is not. Let them decide on whether to call on technology to help." In Sunday's final we saw how Djokovic was left vulnerable in the second set after using up his three challenges. Updated 6.04pm BST 36th over: England 76-2 (Cook 35, Pietersen 33) A short ball from Agar sits up invitingly for Cook to turn the shoulders and hook one away to fine leg for four. He then plunders a single with a flick away to third man, before Agar almost catches Pietersen out - he managed to get an inside edge on to his snaking delivery before it hit the pads though. "Despite being a Glorious Glasgow Rangers fan, even I'll concede that green socks are dapper and Wildean (and I'm typing this whilst rocking Jordans and a red glittery cowboy hat, so I obviously know style)," says Ryan Dunne. "Sir Ian surely deserves mad props for being bold rather than taking the Partridge route that his (commentator) reputation would suggest."  5.59pm BST 35th over: England 68-2 (Cook 30, Pietersen 30) A huge cry goes up for lbw goes up against Pietersen from Starc, but it was pitching too high an


"In which modern day country did the Axis forces construct the defensive ""Gustav Line"" in the second world war?"

Italy in the Second World War Italy in the Second World War ▼ Primary Sources ▼ Italy in the Second World War The independent state of Italy emerged from a long nationalist struggle for unification that started with the revolution of 1848. The southern kingdoms of Sardinia and Sicily joined in 1866 and by 1914 only the Vatican and San Marino retained independence within Italy. However, a large Italian population remained within Austria-Hungary in the Trentino and Trieste regions. By 1911 Italy had a population of 34.7 million. Although primarily an agricultural economy, there was considerable industry in the northern areas of the country. To feed its growing population, Italy needed to import some foods, notably grain from Russia and Germany . Italy was a constitutional monarchy. Victor Emmanuel III had been king since 1900. People were appointed to the upper house of the National Assembly but the lower house was elected by universal adult male suffrage. The prime minister was Giovanni Giolitti but after the 1913 elections when socialists and radicals did well, he had a greatly reduced majority in the National Assembly. Italy had been members of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary since 1882. However, this alliance was unpopular with large numbers of Italians and there was some doubt about Italy's military involvement in event of a war with members of the Triple Entente ( Britain , France and Russia ). The Italian Government introduced military conscription in 1907. However, only about 25 per cent of those eligible for conscription received training and by 1912 there were only 300,000 men in the Italian Army . Over 5.2 million men served in the Italian Army during the First World War . Italy's total wartime casualties was 420,000 killed and almost 955,000 wounded. After the war Benito Mussolini attacked Vittorio Orlando for failing to achieve Italy's objectives at the Versailles Peace Treaty and helped to organize the various right-wing groups in Italy into the Fascist Party . The next prime minister, Francesco Nitti , also came under attack and he was forced to resign in 1920. After a series of riots in 1922 King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Benito Mussolini in an attempt to prevent a communist revolution in Italy. Mussolini headed a coalition of fascists and nationalists and parliamentary government continued until the murder of the socialist leader, Giacomo Matteotti in 1924. Left-wing parties were suppressed and in 1929 Italy became a one-party state. Mussolini carried out an extensive public-works programme and the fall in unemployment made him a popular figure in Italy. Italy controlled Eritrea and Somalia in Africa but had failed several times to colonize neighbouring Ethiopia . When Benito Mussolini came to power he was determined to show the strength of his regime by occupying the country. In October 1935 Mussolini sent in General Pietro Badoglio and the Italian Army into Ethiopia. The League of Nations condemned Italy's aggression and in November imposed sanctions. This included an attempt to ban countries from selling arms, rubber and some metals to Italy. Some political leaders in France and Britain opposed sanctions arguing that it might persuade Mussolini to form an alliance with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany . Over 400,000 Italian troops fought in Ethiopia . The poorly armed Ethiopians were no match for Italy's modern tanks and aeroplanes. The Italians even used mustard gas on the home forces and were able to capture Addis Ababa, the capital of the country, in May 1936, forcing Emperor Haile Selassie to flee to England . Adolf Hitler had been inspired by Mussolini's achievements and once he gained power in Germany he sought a close relationship with Italy. In October 1936 the two men signed a non-military alliance. In 1939 Italy invaded Albania and soon afterwards Benito Mussolini signed a full defensive alliance with Nazi Germany (the Pact of Steel). However, Mussolini did not declare war on Britain and France until 10th June 1940. Mussolini already had over a million men in the Italian


"Which actress played the detective ""Alex Drake"" in the BBC drama ""Ashes to Ashes"""

Ashes to Ashes (TV Series 2008–2010) - 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 DCI Gene Hunt swaps the Ford Cortina for an Audi Quattro and joins the London Metropolitan Police to deal with the 'Southern Nancy' criminal scum. Creators: The question remains - did Gene hunt kill Sam Tyler? Alex needs to know and all is revealed in the final episode. Meanwhile the rest of the team are dealing with a Jewelry robbery and triple homicide... 9.0 The penultimate episode where the investigation of Gene Hunt is almost at an end, with Alex being pulled in two directions. Jim still wants to know whether Gene had anything to do with Sam Tyler's ... 8.6 A voice from the future tells Alex she must fight post-op infection, which she interprets as Summers. Hunt's grass 'Rock Salmon' Doyle is murdered after divulging an upcoming heist, which Alex ... 8.4 The 10 Best David Bowie Covers in the Year Since His Death 10 January 2017 5:30 AM, -08:00 | PEOPLE.com a list of 26 titles created 26 Nov 2010 a list of 45 titles created 13 Jul 2011 a list of 44 titles created 17 Jun 2013 a list of 30 titles created 01 Dec 2015 a list of 27 titles created 1 month ago Title: Ashes to Ashes (2008–2010) 8.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 6 wins & 23 nominations. See more awards  » Videos After being involved in a car accident in 2006, DCI Sam Tyler wakes up to find himself in 1973, the era of 'Sweeney' type policing, Mark III Cortinas, and flared trousers. Stars: John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White A present-day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s. An American remake of the BBC series. Stars: Jason O'Mara, Michael Imperioli, Gretchen Mol Mad Dogs (TV Series 2011) Comedy | Crime | Drama Follows the reunion of four old sixth form friends. They head to Mallorca to visit the fifth member of the gang, but things take a dark turn. Stars: Max Beesley, John Simm, Marc Warren A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings. Stars: Robert Glenister, Robert Vaughn, Rob Jarvis The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization. Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker On the run accused of a terrible crime, Manchester Detective Marcus Farrow tries to prove his innocence while being hunted by his former friends and colleagues. Stars: Rosie Cavaliero, Daniel Jillings, Darren Whitfield Red Dwarf (TV Series 1988) Comedy | Sci-Fi The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf. Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules Mock the Week (TV Series 2005) Comedy | Game-Show A comedic look at current events. Stars: Dara O'Briain, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons In the Tudor court of Elizabeth I, Lord Edmund Blackadder strives to win Her Majesty's favour while attempting to avoid a grisly fate should he offend her. Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny Gavin & Stacey (TV Series 2007) Comedy | Romance Gavin and Stacey have been continuing their romance on-line and by telephone for the last six months. Now they want to be together but will their friends and family let them? Stars: Joanna Page, Mathew Horne, Alison Steadman Stuck in the middle of World War I, Captain Edmund Blackadder does his best to escape the banality of the war. Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry State of Play (TV Mini-Series 2003) Crime | Drama | Mystery A thriller set in London, in which a politician's life becomes increasingly complex as his research assistant is found dead on the London Underground and, in a seemingly unrelated incident, a teenage pickpocket is shot dead. Stars: John Simm, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Nighy Edit Storyline DCI Gene Hunt is back, but he's no longer the self-styled "Sheriff of M


Which King of Belgium abdicated on July 21st 2013 in favour of his son Crown Prince Philippe?

Crown Prince Philippe. Biography, news, photos and videos Horoscope : Capricorn The son of King Albert II and Queen Paola, Prince Philippe Leopold Louis Marie was born in Brussels on April 15, 1960. His place in the line of succession meant he received an appropriately rigorous and diverse education at the College Saint-Michel in the Belgian capital and the Abdijschool van Zevenkerken in Sint-Andries-Brugge. This was followed by a four-year stint, from 1978 to 1981, at the Royal Military Academy, and training in the Belgian Armed Forces as both a pilot and paratrooper. He later studied constitutional history at Trinity College, Oxford, and went on to receive a graduate degree in political science from California's Stanford University. When Philippe entered his late 30s, seemingly a perennial bachelor, there were calls for him to step aside in the line of succession in favour of his younger sister, Princess Astrid. However, just before he turned 40, the Prince gave the Belgian people their longed-for Crown Princess. Prince Philippe met 23-year-old aristocrat Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz while playing tennis in 1996. After an extremely discreet three-year courtship, the heir to the throne and the pretty young speech therapist declared they were ready to tie the knot in an engagement announcement which came as a complete surprise to many. It was not long before she had won the hearts of the Belgian people. Beautiful and glamorous, she also bridged the country's difficult divisions having been raised in the French part of the country, but coming from a noble Flemish family. With his lovely wife at his side, Philippe enjoyed a boost in popularity following the couple's wedding, and enthusiasm for the pair further increased with the arrival of their first child, a daughter, in 2001. When she eventually ascends to the throne, Princess Elisabeth will become the only female Belgian monarch in 171 years, thanks to a law in 1991 ending exclusively male succession. "I hope that my daughter will be a great Queen," said Philippe not long after Elisabeth's arrival, "and more importantly, a great woman." More children followed, with Prince Gabriel arriving in 2003, Prince Emmanuel in October of 2005 and Princess Eleonore in 2008. In 2013, the couple took on the ultimate responsibility when King Albert abdicated in his son's favour on 21 July.


The Barisan National party has ruled which country since 1957, winning every election since then, winning its last election in 2013?

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"Which author has written the novels ""My Beautiful Launderette"" and the ""Buddha of Suburbia""?"

Hanif Kureishi (Author of The Buddha of Suburbia) edit data Hanif Kureishi is the author of novels (including The Buddha of Suburbia, The Black Album and Intimacy), story collections (Love in a Blue Time, Midnight All Day, The Body), plays (including Outskirts, Borderline and Sleep With Me), and screenplays (including My Beautiful Laundrette, My Son the Fanatic and Venus). Among his other publications are the collection of essays Dreaming and Scheming, The Word and the Bomb and the memoir My Ear at His Heart. Kureishi was born in London to a Pakistani father and an English mother. His father, Rafiushan, was from a wealthy Madras family, most of whose members moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. He came to Britain to study law but soon abandoned his studies. After meeting and marryi Hanif Kureishi is the author of novels (including The Buddha of Suburbia, The Black Album and Intimacy), story collections (Love in a Blue Time, Midnight All Day, The Body), plays (including Outskirts, Borderline and Sleep With Me), and screenplays (including My Beautiful Laundrette, My Son the Fanatic and Venus). Among his other publications are the collection of essays Dreaming and Scheming, The Word and the Bomb and the memoir My Ear at His Heart. Kureishi was born in London to a Pakistani father and an English mother. His father, Rafiushan, was from a wealthy Madras family, most of whose members moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. He came to Britain to study law but soon abandoned his studies. After meeting and marrying Kureishi’s mother Audrey, Rafiushan settled in Bromley, where Kureishi was born, and worked at the Pakistan Embassy. Kureishi attended Bromley Technical High School where David Bowie had also been a pupil and after taking his A levels at a local sixth form college, he spent a year studying philosophy at Lancaster University before dropping out. Later he attended King’s College London and took a degree in philosophy. In 1985 he wrote My Beautiful Laundrette, a screenplay about a gay Pakistani-British boy growing up in 1980’s London for a film directed by Stephen Frears. It won the New York Film Critics Best Screenplay Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay. His book The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) won the Whitbread Award for the best first novel, and was also made into a BBC television series with a soundtrack by David Bowie. The next year, 1991, saw the release of the feature film entitled London Kills Me; a film written and directed Kureishi. His novel Intimacy (1998) revolved around the story of a man leaving his wife and two young sons after feeling physically and emotionally rejected by his wife. This created certain controversy as Kureishi himself had recently left his wife and two young sons. It is assumed to be at least semi-autobiographical. In 2000/2001 the novel was loosely adapted to a movie Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau, which won two Bears at the Berlin Film Festival: a Golden Bear for Best Film, and a Silver Bear for Best Actress (Kerry Fox). It was controversial for its unreserved sex scenes. The book was translated into Persian by Niki Karimi in 2005. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours. Kureishi is married and has a pair of twins and a younger son. ...more


"The Quango, the CQC, reviews and audits hospitals and nursing homes in the UK. For what does the ""Q"" in CQC stand?"

Who we are | Care Quality Commission Challenging all providers, with the worst performers getting the most attention. Making fair and authoritative judgements, supported by the best information and evidence. Taking appropriate action if care services are failing to meet fundamental standards of quality and safety. Carrying out in-depth investigations to look at care across the system. Reporting on the quality of care services, publishing clear and comprehensive information, including performance ratings to help people choose care. Last updated: Our purpose, role and values Our purpose We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve. Our role We monitor, inspect and rate services. We take action to protect people who use services. We speak with our independent voice, publishing regional and national views of the major quality issues in health and social care. Our values Excellence – being a high-performing organisation Caring – treating everyone with dignity and respect Integrity – doing the right thing Teamwork – learning from each other to be the best we can Inspecting health and social care services Find out more about our inspections , including how we carry them out, how often they take place, working in partnership and more. Find out more


Which former Poet Laureate became the President for the Campaign to Protect Rural England in 2012?

Emma Bridgewater announced as new CPRE President - Campaign to Protect Rural England Emma Bridgewater announced as new CPRE President Emma Bridgewater announced as new CPRE President 24 May 2016 Print Pottery designer and businesswoman Emma Bridgewater is to be the new President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), succeeding former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion, who served four years in the role. Emma has become a household name for her popular pottery designs, with her business employing 270 craftsmen in Stoke-on-Trent. A former resident of rural Norfolk, now living in Oxfordshire, Emma has a clear perspective on the pressures our countryside faces and is passionate about the benefits of urban regeneration. She is keen to support CPRE’s campaign to prioritise investment in brownfield land over releasing further greenfield sites for development. On her appointment as CPRE President, Emma Bridgewater said: “I have a clear mission for my tenure as president of the CPRE: to encourage continuing development on suitable brownfield sites and so help drive the dynamism that development will bring to our towns and cities – and in doing so protect our countryside. “This will enable our inner cities not just to benefit from redevelopment but help them give rise to the creativity that flourishes when we invest in making our urban centres work for people. And by concentrating on that regeneration we will safeguard the countryside, that vital escape and sustaining hinterland that our urban centres especially need so much.” Former CPRE President Sir Andrew Motion said: “I’m delighted that Emma Bridgewater is to succeed me as the President of CPRE; she'll do a tremendous job in helping the organisation to protect our precious countryside at a time when it’s under graver threats than ever before. “I am also delighted to have been asked to stay on as Vice President, and will do whatever I can to help the cause in that role.” Sir Andrew served the charity with distinction between June 2012 and May 2016. He campaigned strongly against the Government’s 2012 planning reforms and sought to place visions of a beautiful but thriving countryside at the heart of planning policy. He also made several notable AGM speeches and questioned the main party leaders ahead of the General Election in 2015 [1]. Emma was formally unveiled as the charity’s new president yesterday, at an event to launch CPRE’s new book, ‘22 Ideas that saved the English countryside’ [2]. Published as part of CPRE’s 90th anniversary celebrations, and with its historic campaigns for Green Belts and National Parks at the heart of the story, the book explores the origins, personalities and achievements of the wider conservation movement in England [3]. ENDS   Notes for editors [1] ‘Larkin was right: we risk destroying England’, CPRE AGM, 2013 ; ‘The countryside and Englishness’, CPRE AGM, 2014 ; ‘Andrew Motion quizzes the leaders’, CPRE, 2015 . [2] The event, held at Hatchards bookshop, Piccadilly, was attended by CPRE members and supporters, as well as some of the former CPRE Presidents who contributed chapter introductions to the book. • David Puttnam, CPRE President between 1986 and 1992, remarked on the unique role of the CPRE in his contribution to the book: “CPRE’s founders had a unique vision for England: a future where new development would allow the economy to grow, and society to progress, without sacrificing the countryside. Ninety years on, it’s time to salute an organisation which remains as relevant as ever.” • Jonathan Dimbleby, CPRE President between 1992 and 1997, recalled CPRE’s first major success - against urban sprawl along main roads: “The campaign not only helped to arrest ‘ribbon development’ directly through an Act of Parliament in 1935 but also pioneered the values and principles which underpinned subsequent Town and Country Planning laws and the creation of Green Belts as national policy sixty years ago. Nothing could better illustrate CPRE’s potential to protect the present and to enhance the future character of our precious landscape. Neve


What name is given to the sash traditionally worn with a kimono?

Folding and Wearing Japanese Kimonos, Obis and Geta - Wafuku Kimono Information 5       NOTE A plain kimono or one with an all-over pattern can easily be hemmed, although the Japanese never hem them. Just fold it up the required amount and loosely stitch it; you don't need to fold in the top edge, cut it or do anything complicated. How to put on a yukata kimono and hanhaba (half breadth) obi. It is a Youtube video, in two parts below. If you only want the hanhaba obi instructions, they are in Part 2. It stops rather abruptly but the last bit would just show that she just pulls the entire obi round so the bow sits at the centre back, then makes sure the kimono is still lying smoothly Part 1 Putting on a yukata & hanhaba obi - Part 2 How to fold your kimono How the Japanese wear geta Tying obi: (see Kimono Info page 10, where I have an obi tying video on the page and useful obi tying links too) If the links below don't open, you may have pop-ups blocked on your PC. Try holding the Ctrl key down as you click the links Click here to see a video clip of how to tie a hanhaba or yukata obi in a butterfly bow knot(chou-chou musubi) Click here for a video of instructions (opens in a new window, leaving this page open too). There is lots of info on wearing and tying a variety of men's Japanese garments on that site, it's well worth a browse through. Although in Japanese, the pictures give clear instructions. There are also picture instructions here ; they are spread over several pages there. There are also more instructions on Kimono Info page 10 HOW TO TIE A WOMAN'S NAGOYA OBI IN A TAIKO KNOT Click here for instructions (opens in a new window, leaving this page open too) Here is a VIDEO OF HOW TO PRODUCE WOMAN'S NAGOYA OBI IN A TAIKO KNOT, without actually tying the knot, also showing obiage, obijime and koshi-himo holding it in place Click here for instructions (opens in a new window, leaving this page open too) How to tie a man's kaku obi and a woman's yukata/hanhaba obi in a clam knot. Click here for instructions (opens in a new window, leaving this page open too). There is lots of info on wearing and tying a variety of men's Japanese garments on that site, it's well worth a browse through. Although in Japanese, the pictures give clear instructions In the rear view picture below, you can see that the obijime (the narrow, braided, silk cord) goes through the rear knot and, once tied at the front, the ends are pulled towards the back again and tucked in at the side. You can also see a white obiage (the soft silk sash at the top of the obi) coming out of the top of the big, rear taiko knot and going round to the front, where it is tied at the centre and tucked partially under the top of the sash. The obiage goes through the rear knot, covering the makura (obi bustle pad, to give the rear knot a fuller shape at the top) In the front view picture below, you see the pink obiage at the top of the obi sash, partially tucked in, and the obijime cord around the centre, tied in a knot at the front, with the ends pulled towards the back. These items keep the obi's rear knot firmly in place. The younger one is, the more of the obiage is allowed to show at the top of the obi The aim is to create an overall tube-like shape, with no womanly curves More examples... The traditional way to wear a kimono is with it pulled low at the back of the neck. The younger one is, the lower it may be worn. The neck is thought to be the most sensuous part of the body, so is displayed with hair up and rear neckline low. The collar/neckband is folded in half, inwards, and the neckband of the juban kimono beneath also shows at the edges of the kimono's neckband Haori are kimono jackets, made to be worn on top of kimonos but are also excellent worn with western-world clothes, dressed down with jeans or dressed up with a skirt or dress. The picture below gives you an idea of the body length of the average haori. The sleeve length will be approximately wrist length, dependent on the length of your arms. Below you can see examples of Japanese haoris, some worn open


In Celtic mythology a kelpie is a water spirit in the form of which animal?

Celtic White Horse Meaning and Mythology - Astrology of the Ancients Astrology of the Ancients Ancient Astrology for the Modern World Sponsored Link You are here: Home / Celtic Astrology / Celtic Animal Signs / Celtic White Horse Meaning and Mythology Celtic White Horse Meaning and Mythology THIS ARTICLE MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS.   Affiliate Link A Guide to the Meaning and Mythology of the Celtic White Horse This guide on the Celtic White Horse expands on the information found in the Celtic Animal Zodiac Signs article. It goes beyond personality characteristics and provides information on the Celtic White Horse’s meaning and mythology. Celtic White Horse Meaning The Celts thought the white horse was a representation of deities, many of whom took the form of a white horse. This caused the Celts to place great meaning on the appearance of a white horse and to believe it had special powers. The Celts believed the appearance of a white horse meant purity and spirituality. It symbolized light and goodness, power and wealth, and freedom. However, the white horse was also an animal you did not want to cross because you did not want to incur the wrath of the deity who may have taken its shape. White Horse in Celtic Astrology The white horse is the Celtic Animal Sign for people born June 10 – July 7. The white horse is also the animal symbol for the Celtic Oak Tree Sign . Celtic White Horse Mythology The white horse is a central figure in many Celtic myths. Epona was a Celtic horse goddess, who may have originally been a fertility goddess. Her name comes from the Celtic word for horse. She was the only Celtic deity adopted by the Romans, and the only one with a temple in the Roman capital city. In Welsh mythology, Rhiannon (a prominent figure in the Mabinogion) rides a white horse. She is often associated with Epona. Some believe Rhiannon may have been the original Mother Goddess of the Celts. In Scottish mythology, the kelpie is a water spirit that takes the form of a pure white horse. The kelpie is a malicious creature that lures people onto its back, and then plunges into a lake and vanishes, drowning the person. The white horse is the most common hill figure in England. These figures may have represented the horse goddess or may have been shrines representing sacred areas. The Uffington white horse figure in England is thought to be 3,000 years old. If you want more information on the Celtic White Horse or Celtic Astrology, you might also like:


Which chemical company caused a chemical leak in the Indian city of Bopal?

What caused the Bhopal Gas tragedy? | Sankalp India Foundation What caused the Bhopal Gas tragedy? Submitted by aurora on Thu, 20/03/2008 - 08:13 On December 3rd, 1984, thousands of people in Bhopal, India, were gassed to death after a catastrophic chemical leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant. More than 150,000 people were left severely disabled of whom 22,000 or more have since died of their injuries - in a disaster now widely acknowledged as the world’s worst-ever industrial disasterMore than 27 tons of methylisocyanate & other deadly gases turned Bhopal into a gas chamber. None of the six safety systems at the plant were functional, and Union Carbide’s own documents prove the company designed the plant with “unproven” and “untested” technology, and cut corners on safety and maintenance in order to save money.Carbide is still killing in Bhopal. The chemicals that Carbide abandoned in and around their Bhopal factory have contaminated the drinking water of 20,000 people. Testing published in a 2002 report revealed poisons such as 1,3,5 trichlorobenzene, dichloromethane, chloroform, lead and mercury in the breast milk of nursing women living near the factory. Death came out of a clear sky. Midnight, a cold wind blowing, the stars brilliant as they are in central India, even through the thin pall of cooking-fire smoke that hung above the city. Here and there, braziers were burning to warm those who were obliged to be out late. From the factory which so many had learned to fear, a thin plume of white vapor began streaming from a high structure. Caught by the wind, it became a haze and blew downward to mix with smokes coming from somewhere nearer to the ground. A dense fog formed. Nudged by the wind, it rolled across the road and into the alleys on the other side. Here the houses were packed close, ill-built, with badly-fitting doors and windows. Those within were roused in darkness to the sound of screams with the gases already in their eyes, noses and throats. It burned terribly, it felt like fire. In those apocalyptic moments no one knew what was happening. People simply started dying in the most hideous ways. Some vomited uncontrollably, went into convulsions and fell dead. Others choked to death, drowning in their own body fluids. Many were crushed in the stampedes through narrow gullies where street lamps burned a dim brown through clouds of gas. When dawn broke over the city, thousands of bodies lay in heaps in the streets. Even far from the factory, near the lake, at Rani Hira Pati ka Mahal the ground was so thick with dead that you could not avoid treading on them. The army dumped hundreds of bodies in the surrounding forests and the Betwa river was so choked with corpses that they formed log-jams against the arches of bridges. Families and entire communities were wiped out, leaving no one to identify them. How many thousands died, no one knows.Carbide says 3,800. Municipal workers who picked up bodies with their own hands, loading them onto trucks for burial in mass graves or to be burned on mass pyres, reckon they shifted at least 15,000 bodies. Survivors, basing their estimates on the number of shrouds sold in the city, conservatively claim about 8,000 died in the first week. The official death to ll to date (local government figures) stands at more than 20,000 A 1990 study by the Bhopal Group for Information and Action found di-and trichlorobenzenes in water samples taken from wells being used by communities living near the factory fence lines, and phthalates, chlorinated benzenes and aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil samples taken from the SEPs. In 1996, the State Research Laboratory conducted its own tests on water and concluded that the chemical contamination found is “due to chemicals used in the Union Carbide factory that have proven to be extremely harmful for health. Therefore the use of this water for drinking must be stopped immediately.” Union Carbide Factory In 1999, Greenpeace and Bhopal community groups documented the presence of stockpiles of toxic pesticides (including Sevin and hex


"Who wrote the book ""The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists?"

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: Amazon.co.uk: Robert Tressell: 9781507662427: Books The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Buy the selected items together This item:The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell Paperback Â£13.99 In stock. Sent from and sold by Amazon. FREE Delivery in the UK. Details The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Wordsworth Classics) by Robert Tressell Paperback Â£1.99 In stock. Sent from and sold by Amazon. FREE Delivery on orders over Â£10. Details Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Apple To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. or Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Product details Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (22 Jan. 2015) Language: English Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 3.9 x 22.9 cm Average Customer Review: Review "Speaks with passion and eloquence"--"Guardian" "Sparkles with so much wit and integrity it is impossible not to warm to the ethos that lies at its very core"--"The Stage" "Wisely, Howard Brenton has shown confidence in Tressell's original story and has concentrated on creating a piece of theatre without compromising the impact of the original text...Brenton has produced the definitive stage version."--"Amateur Stage" "Speaks with passion and eloquence"--"Guardian" "Sparkles with so much wit and integrity it is impossible not to warm to the ethos that lies at its very core"--"The Stage" "Wisely, Howard Brenton has shown confidence in Tressell's original story and has concentrated on creating a piece of theatre without compromising the impact of the original text...Brenton has produced the definitive stage version."--"Amateur Stage" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. About the Author HOWARD BRENTON's early plays were produced at the Royal Court, RSC and National Theatre, where Romans in Britain (1980) was famously prosecuted by Mary Whitehouse. He wrote for TV's Spooks, before returning to the stage with Paul (2005) and Never So Good at the National and In Extremis at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. He lives in Camberwell, London.  ROBERT TRESSELL died in 1911 and was buried in a pauper's grave. His famous novel, based on his own life as a painter-decorator, was first published in 1914 in a shortened form; over the next 30 years it achieved cult status as more and more of the original became available.            --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Which non-test playing cricket nation bowled out the West Indies for 25 runs in 1969?

World Cup | Cricket Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. The tournament is the world's fourth-largest and fourth-most-viewed sporting event. According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport.The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973. The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies and India have won twice, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once. Before the first Cricket World Cup The first ever international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States, on the 24 and 25 September 1844.[6] However, the first credited Test match was played in 1877 between Australia and England, and the two teams competed regularly for The Ashes in subsequent years. South Africa was admitted to Test status in 1889.[7] Representative cricket teams were selected to tour each other, resulting in bilateral competition. Cricket was also included as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to win the gold medal.[8] This was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics. The first multilateral competition at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament, a Test cricket tournament played in England between all three Test-playing nations at the time: England, Australia and South Africa. The event was not a success: the summer was exceptionally wet, making play difficult on damp uncovered pitches, and attendances were poor, attributed to a "surfeit of cricket".[9] In subsequent years, international Test cricket has generally been organised as bilateral series: a multilateral Test tournament was not organised again until the quadrangular Asian Test Championship in 1999. The number of nations playing Test cricket increased gradually over the years, with the addition of West Indies in 1928, New Zealand in 1930, India in 1932, and Pakistan in 1952, but international cricket continued to be played as bilateral Test matches over three, four or five days. In the early 1960s, English county cricket teams began playing a shortened version of cricket which only lasted for one day. Starting in 1962 with a four-team knockout competition known as the Midlands Knock-Out Cup,[10] and continuing with the inaugural Gillette Cup in 1963, one-day cricket grew in popularity in England. A national Sunday League was formed in 1969. The first One-Day International event was played on the fifth day of a rain-aborted Test match between England and Australia at Melbourne in 1971, to fill the time available and as compensation for the frustrated crowd. It was a forty over match with eight balls per over.[11] In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket (WSC) competition, and it introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-screen graphics. The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979. The success and popularity of the domestic one-day competitions in England and other parts of the world, as well as the early One-Day Internationals, prompted the ICC t


On which Mediterranean Island did the Knights Templars have the Fort of St Johns?

THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM Living And Dying In The Service Of Others Malta Malta, often described as a rock in the middle of the Mediterranean, is, in fact, three rocks since it comprises three islands: Malta, Gozo and Comino. Malta & Its Capital Valetta From the air the islands appear but insignificant specks in the sea, however, their storied past reaches back 5000 years. Neolithic newcomers rafted over from Sicily and left a legacy older than the pyramids. Their circular temples of huge stones contain spiral designs symbolic of life cycles and reincarnation. Prehistoric Temple Hagar Qim - Ruins of Prehistoric Temples Of all the conquerors to come to Malta, the most famous were the Knights of St. John who arrived early in the 16th century. A Knight of the Order of St.John In 1048, the merchants of Amalfi, Italy, who were permanent residents of the Holy Lands, obtained Moslem permission to build a hospital at Jerusalem for poor, ailing pilgrims. The history of the Knights of St. John, whose patron saint was John The Baptist, began about 1120 in the Holy Land when the staff of this institution was organized by Raymond du Puy as a religious order. During the Crusades, these 'Hospitalers' gave care and comfort to sick and wounded. The organization grew in importance after the Crusaders captured the city and the number of pilgrims increased considerably. The Order gained strength and took on the character of a military body under the control and authority of the Church. The Hospitalers in order to protect the pilgrims had to fight the infidels and when this gradually became of greater importance than healing, it resulted in the Order's members becoming also Soldiers of Christ. The "Knights" themselves who had military duties never exceeded six hundred in number and had to be of noble birth from both parents and bound by the monastic vows of Charity, Obedience and Poverty. The "Chaplains," who were priests and performed religious duties, and the "Serving Brothers," who assisted the knights and served as nurses, did not have to be of noble birth. The members organized on the basis of nationality or Langues (Tongues) which in order of precedence were; Provence; Auverne; France; Spain; Italy; Great Britain; Germany and Castile/Portugal. Coats-of-arms of the various Langues Crests of Knights photo by G.Wilson The Knights were part the military forces of Guy de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, who made a supreme effort to defeat Saladin but was defeated. While Saladin treated Guy and other lay prisoners with courtesy and kindness, he slaughtered every Templar and Hospitaler who fell into his hands. A Fully-Armed Knight at Prayer [Relief Tombstone] The Knights became one of the noblest charitable groups in the Christian world. Grateful lords and princes who were healed in their hospitals made generous grants to the Order and they acquired extensive and valuable properties to support their activiities in the Holy Land. They became one of the chief mainstays of the Latin kingdom. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the chief instruments of foreign exchange were the two great miltiary orders, the Templars and the Hospitalers. They held large properties in every part of Western Europe and the fact that they combined religious sanctity with miltiary power made everything in their possession particularly safe. They accepted money in one country and paid it out in another. The Templars or the Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon as they were known when they were founded on the site of Solomon's temple by Godfroi du Bullion in 1118. At one time this distinquished organization, had by the beginning of the 14th century become little more than an enormous banking organization which even ran the royal treasury of France. The Templars had immense resources and power which placed them outside any regular channels of allegiance. They were not known for charitable works and unlike the Knights of St. John, they supported no hospitals. All this made them fair game for Phillipe the Bright (IV) of France. Phillipe had borrowed a good deal of ca


Which British beetle is recognised by its large mandibles?

Stag Beetle - Bug Scientific Name, Characteristics, Classification, Taxonomy, Territorial Reach and Size Stag Beetle - (Lucanus capreolus) Stag Beetle - (Lucanus capreolus) Looks can be deceiving. The Stag Beetle drinks sap and uses those intimidating mandibles for courting. Staff Writer (2/6/2014): Common east of the Mississippi, Stag Beetles are noted for their large size and ferocious appearance, complete with a durable exoskeleton and imposing, pincer-like mandibles. The mandibles on the female are much shorter than that of the male, whose mandibles can be about the size of their heads. Among males, younger males have shorter mandibles than older ones. This species is different from other Stag Beetles thanks in part to the orange or yellow coloring at the base of each leg. Its exoskeleton appears very smooth and glossy with a rich dark red or brown hue to it. They are primarily night dwellers and - like most nocturnal insects - are generally attracted to light sources at night. Despite having large, "menacing" mandibles, the Stag Beetle serves itself a steady diet of sap. The mandibles on the male are generally reserved for male-to-male combat when it comes time to woo a female Stag Beetle. The winning male gets the opportunity to mate. Females lay fertilized eggs on dead trees or stumps. The grubs hatch and mature in the rotting wood. ©2005-2017 www.InsectIdentification.org . All Rights Reserved. No Reproduction Permitted. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from www.InsectIdentification.org is strictly prohibited. Material presented throughout this website is for entertainment value and should not to be construed as usable for scientific research or medical advice (insect bites, etc...). Please consult licensed, degreed professionals for such information. Email corrections / Comments to InsectIdentification at Gmail dot com. Details of the:


Which Oscar winning director was at one time married to James Cameron?

Date of Birth: August 16th, 1954 Sign: Leo Place of Birth: Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada Education: Fullerton State College, Physics, switched to English, then dropped out. From the moment Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was introduced to the eyes of the young James Cameron, the director, screenwriter and producer hasn't been able to keep his mind off of filmmaking. The Hollywood filmmaker has written, directed and produced many successful feature films, including Terminator, Titanic, and Aliens, which show what dreams are made of. James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada in 1954 but grew up in Chippawa, a small town just outside of Niagara Falls, Ontario, where demanding, disciplinarian parents, with whom he developed the creative energy and tireless work ethic, raised him. His father Phillip Cameron, was an electrical engineer and his mother, Shirley Cameron was an artist. She encouraged her son to paint, and even helped arrange an exhibition for him at a local gallery. The young natural leader organized his playmates in such adventurous endeavors as building a functional catapult that pitched boulders large enough to make impact craters; on another occasion, he and his cohorts created a miniature diving vessel to send mice to the bottom of Niagara River. In high school he wrote sci-fi stories and fantasized a lot instead of doing his homework. An avid reader of science fiction since childhood, he was fifteen when he saw Stanley Kubrick's visionary film, 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time. He became fascinated with the whole motion picture process he subsequently watched the film ten times. "As soon as I saw that, I knew I wanted to be a filmmaker," explained Cameron, "It hit me on a lot of different levels. I just couldn't figure out how he did all that stuff, and I just had to learn." And learn he did, grabbing his father's Super-8 camera, attempting to direct his own movies. Not only did Cameron desperately try to understand how motion pictures were made but also he wrote sci-fi stories and fantasized a lot. It was actually during a biology class in high school that Cameron wrote a short story, which would later become the movie, The Abyss. Due to his father's job opportunities, the family moved to Orange County. The excited teen asked his father, "Los Angeles, isn't that somewhere near Hollywood?" However, the opportunities in Orange County were limited, especially since Cameron didn't have a driver's license. "From a pragmatic standpoint, I could have been in Montana. There is no film industry in Orange County, and since I didn't have a driver's license, it made Hollywood as far away as another state." "I couldn't see myself as a future film director... those people were somehow born into it. Little kids from a small town in Canada didn't get to direct movies." The dream of becoming a director seemed unrealistic, as the young Cameron didn't believe it was possible. "I couldn't see myself as a future film director. In fact, there was a definite feeling on my part that those people were somehow born into it, almost like a caste system. Little kids from a small town in Canada didn't get to direct movies." Enrolling at a nearby college California State University at Fullerton, Cameron decided to study physics, "I liked science and I thought I might want to be a marine biologist or physicist. But I also liked to write, so I was pulled in a lot of different directions. I liked the idea of an ocean, even though I'd never seen or been in one. I loved the idea of being in another world, and anything that could transport me to another world is what I was interested in." He made the grades, yet still realized that science was not a field of interest he wanted to pursue, he switched his major to English, and began studying literature for a while. Later making the decision that either way he would not be happy, he decided to drop out. Taking up several jobs, such as working in a machine shop, being a truck driver, a school bus driver, painting pictures, he


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