Who sold his wedding photos to Viz for a pound in 2002?

Johnny Vegas - Biography - IMDb Johnny Vegas Biography Showing all 18 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trade Mark  (1) | Trivia  (5) | Personal Quotes  (6) Overview (3) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (1) Johnny Vegas was born on September 11, 1971 in St. Helens, Merseyside, England as Michael Joseph Pennington. He is an actor and producer, known for Ideal (2005), The Libertine (2004) and The Brothers Grimsby (2016). He has been married to Maia Dunphy since March 2011. He was previously married to Catherine "Kitty" Donnelly. Spouse (2) Trivia (5) Studied ceramics at Middlesex University. Joined a seminary (training school for priests) at the age of eleven but left after eighteen months. In an interview he stated his five favourite places as being San Fransisco, Robin Hood's Bay, St Helens, The Brown Edge public house and his parents' refrigerator. Began his career as a stand-up comedian. Father of Michael Pennington Jr. . Personal Quotes (6) 'The glossies just aren't for me. Now I'll just invest Viz's quid and live off the interest.' (Referring to his wedding photos he sold to Viz magazine for £1.) You hear these stories, like people will say 'so-and-so doesn't like eye contact' - I have to walk up and look at them on purpose! Where did these idiots sever their links with sanity? You get people who come to London, sever links with where they come from and then when they need people, there's nobody there. To feel like you can't go back home would be a horribly sad place to be, as is mistaking fame for genuine love and affection. On being recognised: "This is a good job that gives us a good life, you can't expect to turn that off when it suits you." I got voted sexiest comic, but it was written up as 'isn't it weird how really ugly blokes can be strangely alluring?' Right - so I'm top of the poll of really ugly blokes that you want to sleep with but more out of curiousity than attraction. I struggle as a writer and I'm convinced that if I was at school now I'd be termed as having ADS. Two minutes and I'm drifting." See also


What are characterised by patterns such as loops, whorls and arches?

Fingerprints are composed of different patterns called whorls - CJE - 1640 View Full Document Fingerprints are composed of different patterns called whorls, arches, and loops. Whorl patterns are divided into four types: plain, central pocket whorl, double whorl, and accidental. Arches are characterized by ridge lines that enter the print from one side and exit the other side. Loops are characterized by ridge lines that enter from one side of the pattern, curve, and exit the pattern from the same side.  The moment we are born we are  born with friction ridges where they remain unchanged during our lifetime, unless they  are damaged through permanent scarring. Friction ridge patterns are unique and never  repeated.  There are many different methods for forensic scientists to enhance latent fingerprints so they are clearer and more defined. Methods used to enhance prints solely depended on the type of the surface that the print is left on. Hard and non-absorbent surfaces such as glass, and tables, are usually enhanced using powders and super-glue fuming. However, soft and porous surfaces, such as carpet, require some sort of chemical treatment. There are two main methods of developing latent prints: physical methods and chemical methods. The most common physical method for enhancing prints is by using aluminum power. This fine powder is applied with a brush, after it adheres to body oil deposits and perspiration the print will develop. The magnetic brush technique can be used to apply magnetic-sensitive powders; since the brush doesn’t have actual bristles it greatly reduces the chance of damaging the print. Spraying or dipping small particle reagent (SPR) to latent prints is another form to enhance the print. Particles adhere to the lipid components of the residue. SPR is typically used when evidence has been wet or was recovered from water. The most common chemical form for enhancing prints is by This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full                             Document Hernandez 6 using ninhydrin. Ninhydrin is used to enhance prints on porous surfaces such as paper. Ninhydrin is a compound that reacts with the amino acids in the print to produce a purple-blue print once developed. There are two different methods of fuming that forensic scientists can use to enhance latent fingerprints. The iodine fuming method uses iodine crystals that vaporize sublimation when they are heated. The vapors combine with components on the fingerprint, resulting in it becoming visible. Using this method has its precautions; the enhanced print will fade over time so it is critical that a photograph is taken as soon as possible. The super-glue fuming method uses ethyl or methyl cyanoacrylate which, when fumed, produces a white deposit on the latent print. It is extremely important when lifting the enhanced print using tape, that it the tape completely covers the print and thorough pressure is applied before carefully lifting the print. Using a physical developer to enhance a print involves using s silver-based solution that reacts with fatty components. Physical developer is sometimes used on prints that did not develop by ninhydrin. This makes sense because physical developer reacts to lipid This is the end of the preview. Sign up to                   access the rest of the document. TERM Laura Hernandez 7/14/15 CJE-1640 Module 10 Discussion Post Original Post: In this cen CJE-Module 10 Discussion.docx


Which novel tells the tragic story of displaced migrants George Milton and Lennie Small?

Of Mice and Men | Novelguide Of Mice and Men Total Votes: 37157 Introduction This is an Of Mice and Men study guide for the book Of Mice and Men which is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California, USA. Please click on the guide category you wish to be displayed. Back and Next buttons can guide you through all the sections of the study guide or you can choose to jump from section to section using the links below or the links at the left. Author: John Steinbeck


What is the subject of Hemingway’s Death in the Afternoon?

Hemingway Now Writes of Bull-Fighting as an Art Hemingway Now Writes of Bull-Fighting as an Art By R. L. DUFFUS DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON By Ernest Hemingway. he emergence of Mr. Hemingway as an authority on bull-fighting should not be a surprise to any one who has read the passages in "The Sun Also Rises" which touch upon that peculiarly Latin sport. That he is an authority may be conceded, even by those who have never seen a matador, not only from Mr. Hemingway's statement that he has seen fifteen hundred bulls killed on the field of honor and his acknowledgment of indebtedness to some 2,077 "books and pamphlets in Spanish dealing with or touching on tauromania," but from the internal evidence of the book itself. One would say that Mr. Hemingway knows bull-fighting at least as well as the specialized sports writer in our own country knows baseball, football, racing or fighting. He knows it so well that on occasion only the introduction of an extremely singular old lady as the author's interlocutor, a few digressions on death, modern literature and sex life, joined with Mr. Hemingway's extremely masculine style of writing, save the reader from drowning in a flood of technicalities. It may be asked why Mr. Hemingway should infer in American readers a sufficiently passionate interest in bull-fighting to induce them to buy and read a book of 517 pages on the subject. But this would be to put the cart before the horse--or letting the bull wave a red cloth at the matador instead of vice versa. Bull-fighting, one infers, became a hobby with Mr. Hemingway because of the light it throws on Spain, on human nature and on life and death. In a sense this book is Mr. Hemingway's book on "Virgin Spain." The reference is pertinent because, as he explains in an extremely candid bit of analysis, Mr. Hemingway does not particularly like that style of writing for which his most flattering epithet is "bedside mysticism." But the author's fundamental motive is perhaps this: "The only place where you could see life and death, i. e., violent death now that the wars were over, was in the bull ring and I wanted very much to go to Spain where I could study it. I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death." In another passage Mr. Hemingway points out that one of the essentials if a country is to love bull-fights is "that the people must have an interest in death." The people of Castile, he finds, have such an interest in death, "and when they can see it being given, avoided, refused and accepted in the afternoon for a nominal price of admission they pay their money and go to the bull-ring." The English and French, on the other hand, "live for life" and consequently don't especially care for bull-fights. Here Mr. Hemingway seems to be getting mystical on his own account, but at least it is not "bedside mysticism." Bull-fighting always means death for the bull, for if he is not killed in the arena during the allotted time he is killed outside. It means death for horses--a death in which Mr. Hemingway says there is sometimes an element of the comic--if they are not protected by mattresses. It sometimes means death for the matador, it means in almost every case that he will sooner other later be grievously wounded, and if he is a good matador it means that he must go to the very brink of death every time he puts on a performance.  Moreover, it means that a good matador must actually enjoy killing and that the spectators must be able to derive an emotional kick from the operation. As Mr. Hemingway puts it: "He [the matador] must have a spiritual enjoyment of the moment of killing. Killing cleanly and in a way which gives you esthetic pleasure and pride has always been one of the greatest enjoyments of a part of the human race. * * * Once you accept the rule of death thou shalt not kill is an easily and naturally obeyed commandment. But when a man is still in rebellion against death he has pleasu


Which part of a flower is responsible for the production of pollen grains?

Which part of a plant produces pollen? | Reference.com Which part of a plant produces pollen? A: Quick Answer The stamen is the part of a flower that produces pollen. The anther, which is supported by a filament, is the part of the stamen where the pollen is produced. Full Answer Ovules are produced in the ovary in the base of the female part of the flower, called the pistil. When the ovary is mature, it is called a fruit. Mature ovules are called seeds. For pollination to occur, pollen must move from the stamen to the stigma, which is the top of the pistil. Wind, hummingbirds, bees and butterflies help pollinate flowers. Plants that depend on wind pollination often have long stamens and pistils.


What kind of footwear did Jimmy Nail have in 1994?

Jimmy Nail - IMDb IMDb Jimmy Nail was born on March 16, 1954 in Benton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England as James Michael Aloysius Bradford. He is an actor and writer, known for Evita (1996), Still Crazy (1998) and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983). See full bio » Born: a list of 1189 people created 11 Oct 2012 a list of 600 people created 28 Jan 2015 a list of 26 images created 14 Aug 2015 a list of 49 people created 03 Sep 2015 a list of 1955 people created 4 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Jimmy Nail's work have you seen? User Polls - Episode #11.7 (2000) ... (writer: "Crocodile Shoes")  1998 Still Crazy (performer: "THE FLAME STILL BURNS", "WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN", "BIRD ON A WIRE")  1996 Evita (performer: "On This Night of a Thousand Stars", "Eva and Magaldi", "Eva Beware of the City", "Charity Concert" - uncredited)  1996 Brit Awards 1996 (TV Special) (performer: "Crocodile Shoes") / (writer: "Crocodile Shoes")   Top of the Pops (TV Series) (performer - 6 episodes, 1985 - 1995) (writer - 2 episodes, 1995)


Which film star began life as Michel Shalhoub?

Omar Sharif - Biography - IMDb Omar Sharif Biography Showing all 71 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (1) | Trivia  (34) | Personal Quotes  (25) | Salary  (5) Overview (4) 5' 11" (1.8 m) Mini Bio (2) Omar Sharif , the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised a Roman Catholic. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Afterward graduating from university, he entered the family lumber business. Before making his English-language film debut with "Lawrence of Arabia", for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination and international fame, Sharif became a star in Egyptian cinema. His first movie was the Egyptian film Siraa Fil-Wadi (1954) ("The Blazing Sun") in 1953, opposite the renowned Egyptian actress Faten Hamama whom he married in 1955. He converted to Islam to marry Hamama and took the name Omar al-Sharif. The couple had one child ( Tarek Sharif , who was born in 1957 and portrayed the young Zhivago in the eponymous picture) and divorced in 1974. Sharif never remarried. Beginning in the 1960s, Sharif earned a reputation as one of the world's best known contract bridge players. In the 1970s and '80s, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. Sharif also wrote several books on bridge and has licensed his name to a bridge computer game, "Omar Sharif Bridge", which has been marketed since 1992. Sharif told the press in 2006 that he no longer played bridge, explaining, "I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling. I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time." As an actor, Sharif had made a comeback in 2003 playing the title role of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper in the French film Monsieur Ibrahim (2003). For his performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actor César, France's equivalent of the Oscar, from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. Omar Sharif died of a heart attack on July 10, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges Spouse (1) ( 5 February  1955      - 1974) (divorced) (1 child) Trivia (34) World-class Bridge player, he has been known to anticipate or postpone shootings in order to be able to attend major bridge events. Fluent in English, Arabic, Spanish, Greek, Italian and French. Of Lebanese/Syrian descent, but lived in Egypt all his life 5 August 2003 - Received a one-month suspended sentence and a $1700 fine for head-butting a police officer in a French casino in July. He is both author and co-author of several books on Bridge and has licensed his name to a Bridge computer game. Also fluent in Italian (ex. appearance in main RAI show ''Domenica In'' 10/23/2005) Underwent triple bypass surgery in 1992, and suffered a mild heart attack in 1994. Until his bypass, Sharif smoked 100 cigarettes a day; after the operation he quit easily. Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1990. Ordered by a US court in Beverly Hills, California to take an anger management course for punching a parking attendant who refused to accept his European currency on 11 June 2005. Sharif was not present for the hearing. (13 February 2007). Writes a weekly syndicated column on Bridge. As of 2009, he is only one of six performers who won a Golden Globe Award as Best Lead Actor/Actress in a Motion Picture Drama without being nominated for an Oscar for that same role (his for Doctor Zhivago (1965)). The others are Spencer Tracy in The Actress (1953), Anthony Franciosa in Career (1959), Shirley MacLaine in Madame Sousatzka (1988), Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (1998) and K


Symphony No. 2 (“To October”) | LA Phil Symphony No. 2 (“To October”) Last Modified: May 14, 2012 Dmitri Shostakovich’s Second and Third Symphonies, composed in the late 1920’s when he was still a graduate student at the Leningrad Conservatory, were never among his better-known works. Both are, on the surface at least, pieces of orthodox patriotism, written for important Soviet holidays. With Shostakovich, of course, nothing is beyond debate, and there is a school of thought that he approached the Second and Third Symphonies with heavy doses of sarcasm and irony. You can find support for such a view in grotesque and humorous passages in both symphonies, but they hardly amount to proof: Shostakovich’s music was always full of grotesque and humorous elements. His composition professor at the Conservatory had complained: "What is this enthusiasm for the grotesque? … Probably there will be some critic in Leningrad who'll say this is brilliant, this is wonderful, and that will be the end of you!" Shostakovich has been seen as everything from a loyal party functionary to a closet dissident whose every utterance and every note of music was a protest against the Soviet state. There is not much question that his music sometimes contains a message in a bottle. For example, in the Fifth Symphony, written when he was the target of official attacks, he inserted a quotation from one of his own songs, then unpublished, that makes it clear that he thought history would consign his critics to oblivion. But ascribing similar intent to Shostakovich a decade earlier, in a happier time for both Shostakovich and the Soviet Union, is a dicey proposition. Even Mstislav Rostropovich, who regards Shostakovich’s life work as an anti-Soviet statement, concedes that the young Shostakovich was “taken in” by the promise of the Russian Revolution. The Second and Third Symphonies are very much works of their time, which was a period of great hope between enormous catastrophes. Shostakovich had already lived through a world war that killed millions of Russians, a revolution that caused complete social upheaval, and a long civil war. By 1927, it seemed that a bright future was finally arriving. This was particularly true for the composer, who was 21 years old and riding very high. He was hailed as a genius after the premiere of his First Symphony the previous year, and had fallen in with the Leningrad avant-garde literary and theater crowd. Soviet art in 1927 was a far cry from what it would be a decade later. Even as Stalin was gradually establishing himself as a dictator and the government was collectivizing land, artists were able to experiment with all kinds of modernist trends and engage in freewheeling debate about what sort of art was appropriate in a socialist state. Shostakovich was occasionally criticized for being bourgeois, decadent, modernist, or insufficiently in tune with proletarian sensibility, but he was still a national treasure, the first bona fide musical genius who was a child of the Revolution. (It is no accident 1936, when the government finally imposed complete control over the arts, it signaled the takeover with a withering attack on Shostakovich, letting everyone know that even the favored son of Soviet music had to conform.) In March 1927, the Propaganda Department of the State Publishing House asked Shostakovich for a symphonic work for that year’s tenth-anniversary celebrations of the “October Revolution” (which, by the Western calendar, happened in November), in which the Communists had finally seized power. Shostakovich responded with what he first called a “symphonic poem” to words by Alexander Bezymensky. There is ample evidence that Shostakovich disliked the poem and found it difficult to work with, but it isn’t clear whether he disagreed with its sentiments, had an intellectual’s distaste for displays of patriotism, or just found it literarily inept. The Second is, at different points, both a consciously “modernist” work, with newfangled sounds and compositional devices, and a harking back to the past.


Which character was once played by Peter Dean in Eastenders?

Peter Dean | EastEnders Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Peter Dean was born 2nd May , 1939 in Hoxton, London. He is an English actor who played Pete Beale in EastEnders . He also starred in Woodentop [1] which was part of the Storyboard [2] series which later became The Bill .


Which film star began life as Issur Danielovitch?

Kirk Douglas - Biography - IMDb Kirk Douglas Biography Showing all 139 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (2) | Trade Mark  (3) | Trivia  (84) | Personal Quotes  (39) | Salary  (6) Overview (3) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (2) Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born in Amsterdam, New York, in 1916. His parents, Bryna (Sanglel) and Herschel Danielovitch, were Jewish immigrants from Chavusy, Mahilyow Voblast (now in Belarus). Although growing up in a poor ghetto, Douglas was a fine student and a keen athlete and wrestled competitively during his time at St. Lawrence University. However, he soon identified an acting scholarship as a way out of his meager existence, and was sufficiently talented to gain entry into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He only appeared in a handful of minor Broadway productions before joining the US Navy in 1941, and then after the end of hostilities in 1945, returned to the theater and some radio work. On the insistence of ex-classmate Lauren Bacall movie producer Hal B. Wallis screen-tested Douglas and cast him in the lead role in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). His performance received rave reviews and further work quickly followed, including an appearance in the low-key drama I Walk Alone (1948), the first time he worked alongside fellow future screen legend Burt Lancaster . Such was the strong chemistry between the two that they appeared in seven films together, including the dynamic western Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), the John Frankenheimer political thriller Seven Days in May (1964) and their final pairing in the gangster comedy Tough Guys (1986). Douglas once said about his good friend: "I've finally gotten away from Burt Lancaster. My luck has changed for the better. I've got nice-looking girls in my films now". After appearing in "I Walk Alone", Douglas scored his first Oscar nomination playing the untrustworthy and opportunistic boxer Midge Kelly in the gripping Champion (1949). The quality of his work continued to garner the attention of critics and he was again nominated for Oscars for his role as a film producer in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and as tortured painter Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), both directed by Vincente Minnelli . In 1955 Douglas launched his own production company, Bryna Productions, the company behind two pivotal film roles in his career. The first was as French army officer Col. Dax in director Stanley Kubrick 's brilliant anti-war epic Paths of Glory (1957). Douglas reunited with Kubrick for yet another epic, the magnificent Spartacus (1960). The film also marked a key turning point in the life of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo , who had been blacklisted during the McCarthy "Red Scare" hysteria in the 1950s. At Douglas' insistence Trumbo was given on-screen credit for his contributions, which began the dissolution of the infamous blacklisting policies begun almost a decade previously that had destroyed so many careers and lives. Douglas remained busy throughout the 1960s, starring in many films,. He played a rebellious modern-day cowboy in Lonely Are the Brave (1962), acted alongside John Wayne in the World War II story In Harm's Way (1965), again with The Duke in a drama about the Israeli fight for independence, Cast a Giant Shadow (1966), and once more with Wayne in the tongue-in-cheek western The War Wagon (1967). Additionally, in 1963 he starred in an onstage production of Ken Kesey 's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", but despite his keen interest, no Hollywood studio could be convinced to bring the story to the screen. However, the rights remained with the Douglas clan, and Kirk's talented son Michael Douglas finally filmed the tale in 1975, starring Jack Nicholson . Into the 1970s Douglas wasn't as busy as previous years; however, he starred in some unusual vehicles, including alongside a young


Which character was once played by Ken Morley in Coronation Street?

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What was the name of the princess in The Sleeping Beauty?

Sleeping Beauty | Disney Princess Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Budget $8.5 million USD Sleeping Beauty is the 1959 full length animated feature production from Walt Disney Studios. It is the third film to feature and official Disney princess. Contents [ show ] Summary When Maleficent curses Princess Aurora at birth, the three good fairies hide her, but the faintest hops is that, "with true love's kiss, the spell shall break." Princess Aurora is named after the Roman goddess of the dawn "because she fills her father and mother's lives with sunshine." While still an infant, She is betrothed to the equally-young Prince Phillip (their parents want to unite their respective kingdoms under a marriage between Aurora and Phillip ). At her christening, the good fairies Flora (dressed in red), Fauna (in green) and Merryweather (in blue) arrive to bless her. Flora gives her the gift of beauty, which is described in a song as "gold of sunshine in her hair" and "lips that shame the red, red rose." Fauna gives her the gift of song. At this point, Maleficent, the film's villain and mistress of all evil, appears on the scene. Claiming to be upset at not being invited to Aurora's christening ceremony, she curses the princess to die when she pricks her finger on a spinning wheel's spindle before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. Fortunately, Merryweather has not yet blessed Aurora, so she uses her blessing to change Maleficent's curse, so Aurora will not die when she pricks her finger; instead, she will fall asleep until she is awakened by True Love's Kiss. Knowing Maleficent is extremely powerful and will stop at nothing to see her curse fulfilled, the three good fairies take Aurora to live with them in the woods, where they can keep her safe from any harm until she turns sixteen and the curse is made void. To fully protect her, they even change her name to Briar Rose to conceal her true identity. Rose grows into a very beautiful woman, with sunshine golden blonde hair, rose-red lips, violet eyes, and a beautiful singing voice. She is raised in a cottage in the forest by the three fairies, whom she believes are her aunts. One day, while out picking berries, she sings to entertain her animal friends; her angelic voice gains the attention of Prince Phillip, who had grown into a handsome young man and is out riding in the woods. When they meet, they instantly fall in love. Realizing that she has to return home, Aurora flees from Phillip without ever learning his name. Despite promising to meet him again, she is unable to return, as her "aunts" choose that time to reveal the truth of her birth to her and to tell her that she is betrothed to a prince named Phillip. They then take Rose to her parents. Meanwhile, Phillip returns home telling his father about a peasant girl he met and wishes to marry in spite of his prearranged marriage to Princess Aurora. King Hubert tries to convince Phillip to marry the princess instead of a peasant girl, but fails. The good fairies and Aurora return to the castle. Unfortunately, Maleficent uses her magic to lure Aurora away from her chambers and up into the tallest tower of the castle, where a spinning wheel awaits her. Fascinated by the wheel, she touches the spindle, pricking her finger. As had been foretold by the curse, Aurora is put under a sleeping spell. The good fairies place Aurora on her bed with a red rose in her hand, and cause a deep sleep to fall over the entire kingdom until they can find a way to break the curse. They realize the answer is Phillip, but he has been kidnapped by Maleficent to prevent him from kissing Aurora and waking her up. The three good fairies sneak into Maleficent's lair, aid the prince in escaping and explain to him the story of Maleficent's curse. Armed with a magic sword and shield, Phillip battles Maleficent when the sorceress turns herself into a gigantic fire-breathing dragon. He flings the sword, plunging it into the dragon's heart and killing her. Phillip climbs into Aurora's chamber, and removes the curse with a kiss. As the film ends, the two royals arri


Who was the compere for the first National Lottery draw in 1994?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 19 | 1994: Britain braced for first lottery draw 1994: Britain braced for first lottery draw An estimated jackpot of �7m may be won tonight in Britain's first ever lottery draw. A �1 ticket gives you a one-in-14-million chance of striking lucky and guessing correctly the winning six out of 49 numbers. The lottery operator Camelot says around 15 million players have already bought some 35 million tickets from licensed retailers. The money raised from ticket sales will help fund the arts, sports, charities, national heritage and millennium celebrations. 'Everyone wins' Prime Minister John Major launched the ticket sales just under a week ago. He said, "The country will be a lot richer because of the lottery. It is in every sense the people's lottery." The game has certainly gripped the public's imagination. Around seven million tickets were sold within 12 hours of the launch and it is expected that final sales could reach �45m. Twenty five million people are expected to tune into BBC One's live lottery draw show hosted by Noel Edmonds, Anthea Turner and Gordon Kennedy tonight. Forty nine contestants - one for each lottery number -have been chosen from thousands to participate in an "It's a Knockout" style competition as part of the show. The victor gets the chance to press the button on the prize machine, launching Britain's first lottery draw since 1826. A �10m computer will randomly select the winning numbers that will roll down one by one into a display rack. The machine will then check for a winning combination and calculate the size of the jackpot. The computer will reveal whether there is a top prize winner within half an hour but cross-checking could take as long as four hours. Telephone staff will be waiting to get a call from the winner as soon as the numbers are picked. Once officials have established that a claim is genuine, a team will drive the winner to the nearest Camelot office.


From which part of the pig are Bath Chaps made?

Bath chap - definition of Bath chap by The Free Dictionary Bath chap - definition of Bath chap by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Bath+chap n (Cookery) the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: meat References in periodicals archive ? A MEATA delicacy known as the Bath chap could become a thing of the past due to red tape. Red tape may kill off Bath chap bag But all Before you know it, this encyclopedia of British food, the result of a seven-month tour of Britain for Channel 4, has you desperate for a portion of Bath Chaps (made from pig's cheek), worried about certain foods not having Protected Designation of Origin status and desperate to visit Pete's Eats Cafe in Llanberis, Wales.


What are you doing if you open with a Ruy Lopez?

ChessPub Forum - Open Ruy Lopez CarriedbyGg wrote on 04/05/15 at 15:38:53: Any new opinions about how to play against Nbd2? I'm on 2100 Elo level and I'm searching for a combative choice. Mikhalevski has some pretty decent analysis in his book, but against a non-booked opponent there are too many drawish endgames as it seems. So I thought about playing this Bg4 stuff instead. Do you have any opinions on that? [edited a couple of numbers] I had the same problem. Mikhalevski clearly worked hard on the book, but the repertoire doesn't seem like a great choice of lines for ordinary players. I looked into Bg4 a bit, but mostly just succeeded in convincing myself that White is better there. It seems like against everything other than 9.c3 (which White is kind to keep playing OTB at all), Black either gives White a healthy advantage, or grovels for a draw. My way of dealing with this was to basically just give up on the Open Defense. In my opinion it is more trouble than it is worth. Honestly not sure why anyone plays it at this point. Heck, in 46 games with the Open in the last 10 years, Mikhalevski himself has a performance rating (I mean performance minus actual rating) of -98. By contrast, his performance rating after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 is -6! Probably as a result of this, his performance against 1.e4 on the whole is -73 whereas his performance against 1.d4 is -9. Maybe he would benefit from learning a new defense to 1.e4 himself.ï¿½    "The move is the idea." -John Watson   tony37 wrote on 11/17/14 at 13:55:11: seems like Mikhalevski has discovered 17.Na3 too now (see his last update) I'm not a subscriber here, and the Mikhalevski game is not in my database (yet?). I have seen Mickey's game though, and I never understood why he did not decide to take the c7 pawn at move 23- the ensuing ending is simply unpleasant for Black. It seems that Mikhalevski does not dig correspondence databases. And in any case, nothing to be proud of- 17.Na3 isn't my invention. EDIT: Just saw the Mikhalevski game from a recent TWIC which I had not inserted in my database. Pretty depressing for Black...    Print Post Chandra, I won't pretend to know anything about the Open Lopez, but my first thought is: is there anything wrong with 13...Rb8, which looks natural to me?ï¿½ That was played by Timman against Nunn back in the 80's and analyzed somewhere, though I don't remember where I saw it.ï¿½ Maybe Glen Flear's older book, maybe Secrets of Grandmaster Chess, I have no idea.ï¿½ By the way, it isn't clear to me at all what's wrong with your 13...Bc5 line.ï¿½ Black looks OK there to me, but maybe there's something I'm missing.ï¿½ I might not be the best person to help, but my point is that if you want help, you'd better explain what's wrong with your sidelines (and even main line), as I don't see much problem with Black's game after 17...Nxg5 in your 13...Bc5 line, among other confusions.    kylemeister wrote on 03/04/14 at 18:34:56: Incidentally some old book stuff by a certain Korchnoi had 16. Qe2 as leading to a slight advantage for White. A matter of taste, really. 16.Nbd2 just transposes to the line analysed by Mikhalevski after 16...Qxe3 17.fe3 Na5, I believe Black is OK. 16.Qe2 Rad8 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.Bc3 Rfe8!? (Viktor played the pseudo-active Qc5 against Huebner, and lost) has been played at CC just a couple of times, but looks OK- I could not find some meaningful advantage for white, but plus over equals seems fair. 16.Qxb6 ab6 17.Na3 is a very small, but also very safe white advantage- effectively only one and a half results are possible.    chandrashekharkoravi wrote on 03/03/14 at 13:20:56: Black has 15...Qb6 might be interesting instead of the move 15...Na5 and instead of 34...Re8 why didn't black tried 34...Bxc6 if 35 Rxc6 d4 36 Rxa6 then position is equal by d3 15...Qb6 isn't scoring terribly well in practice. The only trouble for white is choosing between three rather promising continuations, namely 16.Qxb6 cb6 17.Na3, 16.Nbd2 and 16.Qe2. Regarding 34...Bxc6 35.Rxc6 d4, white has to shut down the engine and apply common wisdom: 36.Rc2! which


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


What name do Salvation Army members give to their places of worship?

The Salvation Army International - Worship Worship Worship Worship The Salvation Army is an integral part of the universal Christian Church, although distinctive in government and practice. Salvation Army places of worship are sometimes called 'citadels' or 'temples', but, whatever their name, they are Christian churches open to the community they serve and offering a warm welcome to all. Most Salvation Army centres hold weekly worship services, usually on a Sunday. These meetings have a relaxed atmosphere, and can include hymn singing, Bible readings, testimonies (members of the congregation talking about their Christian experiences), and presentations by worship or drama groups. The hymns and songs may be accompanied by a traditional Salvation Army brass band or a more contemporary worship band with keyboard, guitars, drums and other instruments. The Songsters (choir) may provide a vocal lead or present a reflective musical item. As well as services on a Sunday, there are often weekday and evening activities, such as prayer groups, family events, lunch groups, youth clubs and meetings for seniors. Why not go along to your local Salvation Army centre and see for yourself all that it can offer?


What are formed by the process of ‘orogeny’?

Orogeny - definition of orogeny by The Free Dictionary Orogeny - definition of orogeny by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/orogeny  (ô-rŏj′ə-nē) also or·o·gen·e·sis (ôr′ə-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs) n. The process of mountain formation, especially by a folding and faulting of the earth's crust. or′o·gen′ic (ôr′ə-jĕn′ĭk) adj. or′o·gen′i·cal·ly adv. orogeny orogenesis n (Geological Science) the formation of mountain ranges by intense upward displacement of the earth's crust, usually associated with folding, thrust faulting, and other compressional processes orogenic, orogenetic adj the process of mountain formation or upheaval. [1885–90] or•o•gen•ic (ˌɔr əˈdʒɛn ɪk, ˌɒr ə-) adj. orogenesis , orogeny - Orogenesis is the formation of mountains (Greek oros) and orogeny is the process by which mountains are formed. See also related terms for mountains . orogeny A phase of mountain building. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: orogeny - the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) geologic process , geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified Translations Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: young References in periodicals archive ? 60 Ga magmatism in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania was in accord with one of the major stages of the Gothian orogeny at 1. Abu Dhabi - Geology This succession has been deformed into SW-NE trending folds during the Middle Devonian Neoacadian orogeny (van Staal 2007; White et al. Stratigraphy, provenance, and tectonic setting of the Lumsden Dam and Bluestone Quarry formations (Lower Ordovician), Halifax Group, Nova Scotia, Canada Orogeny started following Neo--tethyan subsidence [11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26] towards north and continental edges of these plates reaching the region. Flora of China, vols. 2-3, Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae The EMU is known to extend over the entire NW Borneo margin and is probably related to the Sabah Orogeny which marks the cessation of sea-floor spreading in the South China Sea and collision of Dangerous Grounds block with Sabah. Dedication: the life, career and major achievements of Brian Roy Stuckenberg (1930-2009) A total aeromagnetic intensity contour map, residual aeromagnetic intensity contour map and structural lineament map of the area being studied were obtained in this work Visual studies of total aeromagnetic intensity contour map and residual aeromagnetic intensity contour map depicted that the southern part of the area underlain by Cretaceous sedimentary rocks (Awgu shale and Lafia formation) had low and smooth magnetic intensity, whereas the northern part underlain by the Pre-Cambrian basement rocks (migmatites, gneisses, Older Granites) and Jurassic younger granites had high and complex magnetic intensity Structural lineament orientation suggested that they were products of Pan-African orogeny (NE-SW, NW-SE and NNE-SSW trends) and pre-Pan-African orogeny (NNW-SSE and E-W trend). Analysis of aeromagnetic data over Wamba and its adjoining areas in north- central Nigeria 2007); but had a main event during the Alpine Orogeny in the Late Miocence-Plieocene orogenic phase (Hessami et al.


What do we call the elongated hill in the shape of a half-buried egg formed by glacial ice?

DRUMLINS in Northern Ireland - YouTube DRUMLINS in Northern Ireland Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 23, 2015 I grew up in Co Down with drumlins all around. To get anywhere away from the main roads you had to go constantly go up and down these small hills for they where evrywhere. Drumlins and drumlin clusters are glacial landforms, composed primarily of glacial till. They are formed a short distance within the receding glacier ice and record the final direction of ice movement. A drumlin's long axis is parallel with the movement of the ice; it is roughly symmetrical around the long axis.[8] Drumlins are typically 1 to 2 km (0.62–1.24 mi) long, less than 50 m (160 ft) high and between 300 to 600 metres (980–1,970 ft) wide. Drumlins generally have a consistent ratio of 2:3.5 width to length dimensions. Drumlins are often in drumlin fields of similarly shaped, sized and oriented hills. Drumlins usually have layers indicating that the material was repeatedly added to a core, which may be of rock or glacial till. The composition of drumlins varies depending on the area in which they are found, and can consist of similar material to the till of the surrounding moraine or be composed almost entirely of bedrock, sand and gravel or various mixtures thereof. A drumlin, from the Irish word droimnín ("littlest ridge"), first recorded in 1833, is an elongated hill in the shape of an inverted spoon or half-buried egg formed by glacial ice acting on underlying unconsolidated till or ground moraine. Category


What do we call lava while it is still underground?

How is lava formed? | Volcano World | Oregon State University OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY     First, there is a definition we need to make. Just to keep things straight, geologists use the word " " for molten rock that is still underground, and the word "lava" once it has erupted onto the surface. Rocks in the formation of the Earth about 4.6 billion years ago. When the Earth formed, material collided at high speeds. These collisions generated heat (try clapping your hands together - they get hot) that heat became trapped in the Earth. There is also heat within the earth produced by radioactive decay of naturally-occurring radioactive elements. It is the same process that allows a nuclear reactor to generate heat, but in the earth, the radioactive material is much less concentrated. However, because the earth is so much bigger than a nuclear power plant it can produce a lot of heat. Rocks are good insulators so the heat has been slow to dissipate. This heat is enough to partially melt some rocks in the upper mantle, about 50-100 km below the surface. We say partially melt because the rocks don't completely melt. Most rocks are made up of more than one mineral, and these different minerals have different melting temperatures. This means that when the rock starts to melt, some of the minerals get melted to a much greater degree than others. The main reason this is important is that the liquid (magma) that is generated is not just the molten equivalent of the starting rock, but something different. You could think of making a "rock" out of sugar, butter, and shaved ice. Pretend that they are mixed equally so that your rock is 1/3 sugar, 1/3 butter, and 1/3 shave ice. If you start melting this "rock", however, the "magma" that is generated will be highly concentrated in the things that melt more easily, namely the ice (now water) and butter. There will be a little bit of molten sugar in your magma, but not much, most of it will still be crystalline. The most common type of magma produced is


What was the name of the local coffee shop in Friends?

Central Perk | Friends Central | Fandom powered by Wikia Central Perk is a coffee house in New York on NBC sitcom Friends . Contents [ show ] About The six main protagonists frequently visited Central Perk throughout the series. It is situated in New York City's Greenwich Village, near Monica's apartment . It was where they spent much of their free time conversing. Staff Rachel Green Rachel works as a waitress at Central Perk from autumn 1994 till winter 1996/1997 . Being pretty much a spoiled, self-centered individual throughout this period of her life, Rachel clearly shows ineptitude at work, mixing up orders, neglecting her waitressing duties, and showing little care about where everything goes and how it should be done. Ironically, in The One With The Flashback , it is revealed that prior to getting this job, while out with her friends one night, she had responded to a waiter getting their drinks mixed up by remarking: "how hard is it to get a couple of drinks?". When Joey starts working at Central Perk, Rachel mentions that she would sneeze on the food of any customers who were rude to her. It quickly becomes clear that Rachel does not care for her job at Central Perk, only for her financial income. However, she does try for other job opportunities in fashion (mostly during Season 1 ), with little success. In Season 3 , she decides to pursue the fashion business again after Gunther assigns her to re-training, quitting her waitressing job to work with Fortunata Fashions, then moving on to Bloomingdale's. Joey Tribbiani Jr. Joey becomes a waiter at the coffee shop half-way through Season 6 . His acting career being at a standstill, Joey is tight on money, so much that he can't afford paying for coffee. Gunther decides to let him work there. Like Rachel, Joey shows ineptitude at the job. Unlike Rachel, however, this is mostly due to his immaturity coinciding with the house's policies. However, later in the season, Joey's acting career takes a step forward when he gets the lead role in Mac & C.H.E.E.S.E. . This makes him quit his waitering job, which he does without mentioning anything to Gunther. Gunther, however, points this out to him in The One With The Ring , and that he was going to fire Joey anyway. Entertainment Phoebe Buffay was also a regular fixture in Central Perk, and played songs such as Smelly Cat to often bemused audiences. Phoebe was, at one point, replaced by Stephanie Schiffer , a professional who was hired by Terry. Layout The interior of the famous Central Perk Throughout the coffee shop are small tables with chairs that extras on the show usually occupy. These, from the main camera angle, are behind the large orange sofa in the middle of the shop. The green chair on the right, the coffee table and the table and chair on the left are nearly always used as the main setting for any scenes in Central Perk. In the earlier episodes, irrespective of how busy the coffee shop became, those seats were always available. The writers turned this into a joke and, in the first episode of season three , the six main characters arrive in the shop to find their seats taken, apparently by Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, the show's creators. They then look at each other, dejected, and walk out. The artwork in the back of Central Perk was changed every three episodes (including images of King Kong and Uncle Sam), but the layout of the furniture remained largely unchanged for the entire series. The Orange Couch The most prominent fixture of Central Perk is the large orange couch that the characters usually sit on. It usually seats four of the Friends at one time. One of the others then occupies the green chair on the right and, if all six are present, there is a table with one chair to the left that sits the last person. Rarely is anyone else ever seen on the couch and the guys consider it their own. In one instance, Chandler is seen sitting reading, when a young man comes in and goes to sit down on the green chair, only for Chandler to promptly usher him away. Another example is when Rachel complains abou


What is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region of France?

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Graz is the second-largest city in which country?

Graz | Austria | Britannica.com Austria Karl Böhm Graz, city, capital of Bundesland (federal state) Steiermark , southeastern Austria . The country’s second largest city, it lies on the Mur River between the Styrian Alps and a wide, fertile basin, the Grazerfeld, about 95 miles (155 km) south-southwest of Vienna . In the 9th century there was probably a fortress on the Schlossberg (“Castle Hill”), a rocky cone some 1,550 feet (470 metres) high that dominates the city. The name Graz is derived from gradec, a Slavic word meaning “small fortress.” First mentioned about 1128–29, it received town rights about 1240 and became the centre of Steiermark (Styria) during the Middle Ages and the residence of the Leopoldine Habsburgs after 1379. Its fortifications, built in the 15th–16th century, successfully withstood numerous sieges by the Hungarians and the Turks. Protestantism was established in Graz about 1530 and flourished until oppressive measures by the archduke Karl of Inner Austria (Styria, Carinthia, Carniola) restored the authority of Rome. During the Napoleonic Wars, Graz was held by the French in 1797, 1805, and 1809. A trade centre in the 17th and 18th centuries, it developed even more rapidly in the 19th century through the interest of the archduke Johann and was constituted a city in 1850. Kunsthaus (“Art Gallery”) Graz, Graz, Austria. Kunsthaus Graz / Zepp-Cam. 2004/Graz, Austria The Schlossberg fortifications were blown up by the French in 1809, in accord with the provisions of the Treaty of Schönbrunn , and the site was laid out with parks after 1839. The clock tower (1559) and the belfry (1588) survive as prominent landmarks. The most notable buildings are in the old section—designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999—and include the Renaissance Landhaus (the meetinghouse of the Styrian estates); the armoury (1643–45), with a unique historical collection of armour and weapons; the town hall (1888–93); the 11th-century castle with 15th-century additions, now used as government offices; St. Aegidius Cathedral (1438–64), with Baroque decorations and fine stained-glass windows; and the adjacent mausoleum (1614–1714) of Ferdinand II , a native of Graz and Holy Roman emperor (1619–37). Educational institutions include Graz University (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz; 1585), with a botanical garden; Graz Technical University (1811); and the University of Music and Dramatic Arts, founded in the city in 1963. Graz is home to numerous museums, including the Joanneum Provincial Museum (Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum), founded in 1811 by the archduke Johann and containing historical and art collections; Kunsthaus (“Art Gallery”) Graz (opened 2003), which features contemporary art; one devoted to bodybuilder, actor, and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger (a native of Graz); and a children’s museum. Other museums focus on locks and keys, toys, railways, tramways, aviation, and criminology. Each autumn Graz hosts a contemporary arts festival. The city was designated the European cultural capital for 2003. Similar Topics


Ian Gillan, Graham Bonnet and David Coverdale sang for which band?

Ian Gillan Band —   Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm jazz rock Ian Gillan Band was a jazz-rock fusion band formed by Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan in 1975 After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, Ian Gillan had retired from the music business to pursue other business ventures, including a motorbike manufacturing company and a hotel. These ventures all ended in failure. This fact, combined with a warm reception to his guest appearance at the Butterfly Ball in 1975 prompted him to resume a singing career and form a new band.


What is Ozzy Osbourne’s real first name?

Ozzy Osbourne - Biography - IMDb Ozzy Osbourne Biography Showing all 113 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trade Mark  (8) | Trivia  (54) | Personal Quotes  (43) | Salary  (1) Overview (4) The Godfather of Heavy Metal The Prince of Darkness 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (1) Born in Birmingham, England, after leaving school and having many odd jobs he ended up in a band with Geezer Butler . This group then split leading Ozzy and Geezer to join Tony Iommi and Bill Ward in a new band that went under several names (including Earth) that ended up being called Black Sabbath after a song of the same name that appeared on their first album (released 1969/70). He recorded several more albums with Sabbath despite the decline of his relationship with Tony Iommi, which after several break ups led to him leaving/being fired from the band in 1979. After a short time he launched a solo career with a line up behind him that varied immensely from album to album and tour to tour. During the 80's he was treated several times for alcoholism and was sued twice for the suicides of some of his young fans (cleared completely). Following his No More Tears album he declared he would tour for the last time. In 1991, on his last date he reformed briefly on stage with Black Sabbath for three songs. However a much talked about reformation tour fell through and Ozzy seemed to go into retirement, his bassist ( Mike Inez ) joined Alice in Chains and the guitarist ( Zakk Wylde ) formed his own band, Pride and Glory. Now however he is recording a new album and has said he intends to tour again. The album should be out in the summer of 1995 and the tour should be shortly after. Geezer Butler has now quit Sabbath (again) and rejoined Ozzy (he played bass for him on tour during the mid to late 80's) and should play on the new album. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Oliver Spouse (2) Slurred, mumbling voice Trivia (54) Wife Sharon Osbourne is the daughter of his original manager, Don Arden . Arden dropped Osbourne, Sharon took over as his manager, and later married him. Ozzy has long said that "Suicide Solution", a song about the dangers of alcoholism, was written as a tribute to former AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott (Bon Scott) who had died an alcohol-related death in 1980. However in 2002, the writer of "Suicide Solution (Ozzy's former bassist and main lyricist, Bob Daisley ), revealed that the song actually alluded to Ozzy himself. His song "Suicide Solution" created controversy when a fan committed suicide. The fan's parents alleged that Ozzy was responsible and sued him. The suit was cleared completely. Every single one of his solo albums (of original material) has gone multi-platinum. Was born the 4th of 6 children to Jack and Lillian Osbourne. His brothers are Paul and Tony, and his sisters are Jean, Iris, and Gillian. His father died in 1977. Daughter Aimee Osbourne opted out of appearing in the MTV reality show 'The Osbournes', but his and Sharon's two other children, Kelly and Jack, agreed to take part. Had two children from his first marriage (to Thelma Mayfair): Jessica Osbourne (born 1972) and Louis Osbourne (born 1975). He also adopted his first wife's son, Elliot Kingsley (born 1966), from a previous marriage. His children with second wife Sharon Osbourne are Aimee Osbourne (born 9-2-83), Kelly Osbourne (born 10-27-84), and Jack Osbourne (born 11-8-85). Formed a band called Law after leaving Black Sabbath in 1979. They played 2 gigs before he changed their name to the Blizzard of Oz. Claims he sleeps with a bayonet under his bed. With wife Sharon Osbourne , he announced that the family had agreed to a deal with MTV, worth a reported $20 million, to do two more seasons of The Osbournes (2002), the highest rated show in the history of the channel. [May 2002] (May 4, 2002) The Osbournes meet with US President George W. Bush while attending the annual Correspondents' Association dinner. The cover of his 1988 album "No Rest for the Wicked" created controversy; it seemingly depicts himself seated and young children gathered around a Sat


Who were the twin sons of Zeus and Leda?

LEDA - Spartan Queen of Greek Mythology Leda -- Leda and the Swan, Greco-Roman mosaic C3rd A.D., Cyprus Museum LEDA was a queen of Sparta, the wife of King Tyndareus, who was seduced by Zeus in the guise of the swan. There were several versions of the parentage of her children:- Some say she laid an egg from which were hatched the Dioskouroi (Dioscuri) twins, Kastor and Polydeukes, both sons of Zeus. Others say she laid two eggs each containing a child of Zeus and a child of Tyndareus--Polydeukes and Kastor in one, and Helene and Klytaimnestra (Clytemnestra) in the other. Yet others relate that the second egg, containing just Helene, was delivered to Leda by the goddess Nemesis who had lain it after coupling with Zeus in the guise of a goose. CHRONOLOGY OF MYTH In the chronology of myth Leda was a contemporary of Herakles who placed her husband Tyndareus on the throne of Sparta. Her Dioskouroi sons joined the expedition of the Argonauts and the Kalydonian Boar Hunt--albeit at a very young age--while her daughters Helene and Klytaimnestra were the wives of Trojan War heroes. In ancient Greek vase painting the generation gap between the sons and daughters of Leda was sometimes illustrated--with the full-grown DIoskouroi standing witness as Helene hatches from the egg. In myth the twins also led an army to Athens when Theseus kidnapped their ten year old sister. Leda was usually described as a daughter of Thestios, king of Pleuron. Her sister Althaia was the mother of the Kalydonian hero Meleagros (Meleager). Thestios himself was a grandson of Aitolos (Aetolus), son of the famed Endymion . FAMILY OF LEDA [1.1] THESTIOS & EURYTHEMIS (Apollodorus 1.7.10) [1.2] THESTIOS & LAOPHONTE (Pherecydes Frag, Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius 1.146) [1.3] THESTIOS (Asius of Samos Frag, Theocritus Idylls 22.1, Pausanias 3.13.8, Clement Recognitions 10.22, Hyginus Fabulae 78 & 155) [2.1] SISYPHOS & PANTEIDYIA (Eumelus Corinthiaca Frag, Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius 1.146) [3.1] GLAUKOS (Alcman Frag 4, Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius 1.146) OFFSPRING [1.1] KASTOR & POLYDEUKES (by Zeus *) (Homer Odyssey 11.298, Homeric Hymns 17 & 33, Terpander Frag 4, Apollodorus 1.8.2, Apollonius Rhodius 1.146, Theocritus Idylls 22.1 & 214, Pausanias 3.16.1, Hyginus Fabulae 14 & 155, Ovid Fasti 1.705) [1.3] KASTOR, POLYDEUKES, HELENE (by Zeus ) (Homer Iliad 3.237 & 426, Clement Recognitions 10.22, Hyginus Fabulae 224, Fulgentius 2.13) [1.3] KASTOR (by Tyndareus), KASTOR (by Zeus ) (Pindar Nemean Ode 10.79) [1.4] POLYDEUKES, HELENE (by Zeus ), KASTOR, KLYTAIMNESTRA (by Tyndareus) (Apollodorus 3.10.7, Hyginus Fabulae 77, Valerius Flaccus 1.426) [1.5] HELENE (Diodorus Siculus 4.63.2) [1.6] HELENE (by Zeus ) (Lucian Judgement of Paris, Hyginus Fabulae 240 & Astronomica 1.8, Ovid Heroides 16.1 & 17.43) [1.7] HELENE (by Tyndareus) (Dictys Cretensis 1.9) [1.8] HELENE, KLYTAIMNESTRA (by Tyndareus) (Hyginus Fabulae 77) [1.9] KLYTAIMNESTRA (Aeschylus Agamemnon 914, Seneca Agamemnon 125) [1.10] TIMANDRA, KLYTAIMNESTRA, PHYLONOE (by Tyndareus) (Apollodorus 3.10.6) * Kastor and Polydeukes were called sons of Zeus but also, in the majority of these passages, Tyndaridai (i.e. sons of Tyndareus). ENCYCLOPEDIA LEDA (Lêda), a daughter of Thestius, whence she is called Thestias (Apollod. iii. 10. § 5; Paus. iii. 13. § 8; Eurip. Iph. Aul. 49); but others call her a daughter of Thespius, Thyestes, or Glaucus, by Laophonte, Deidamia, Leucippe, Eurythemis, or Paneidyia. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. 146, 201 ; Serv. ad Aen. viii. 130; Hygin, Fab. 14; Apollod. i. 7. § 10.) She was the wife of Tyndareus, by whom she became the mother of Timandra, Clytaemnestra, and Philonoe. (Apollod. iii. 10. § 6; Hom. Od. xxiv. 199.) One night she was embraced both by her husband and by Zeus, and by the former she became the mother of Castor and Clytaemnestra, and by the latter of Polydeuces and Helena. (Hygin. Fab. 77.) According to Homer (Od. xi. 298, &c.) both Castor and Polydeuces were sons of Tyndareus and Leda, while Helena is described as a daughter of Zeus. (Il. iii. 426; comp. Ov. Fast.


Who compared television to a ‘penny Punch and Judy show’?

Mechanical Banks | Dr. Lori Ph.D. Antiques Appraiser Dr. Lori Ph.D. Antiques Appraiser Internationally Syndicated Columnist Dr. Lori Ph.D. Antiques Appraiser Award-winning TV personality Daily Show with Jon Stewart The Tonight Show Dr. Lori Ph.D. Antiques Appraiser Discovery channel's Auction Kings History's Curse of Oak Island Dr. Lori Ph.D. Antiques Appraiser Keynote Speaker & Event Headliner Appraises 20,000 objects a year 150 Events annually worldwide Mechanical Banks Mechanical banks were introduced in the late 19th Century in an effort to make the act of saving money fun. These banks were made to be like toys . Somewhat similar to wind-up toys and other playthings, some mechanical banks had moving parts, springs, levers, and colorful characters to entice saving money.  In 1869, the first American mechanical bank was in the form of a bureau. It was patented by its inventor, James Serrill. During the heyday of mechanical banks, circa 1870-1930, most banks were made of cast iron. Cast iron banks were introduced about the same time period as cast iron toys. Banks and American Culture The subjects or themes of mechanical banks referenced contemporary topics like the lifestyle of the wealthy in the Gilded Age, kickbacks taken by corrupt politicians, the role of monopolies in business, etc. Mechanical banks highlighted famous figures like President Teddy Roosevelt's expeditions hunting wild game. A famous bank featuring Roosevelt had the President shooting a coin at a tree and a bear popping out of the tree. The tree served as the bank. Various members of ethnic groups were characterized in mechanical banks such as Native Americans, African Americans, Asians, etc. Lastly, mechanical banks focused on popular comic strip characters like Punch and Judy or events of everyday life including dogs barking, girls dancing, etc. Condition and Value Condition is really important when it comes to mechanical banks. Repairs are common because these banks have moving parts that age and wear over time. Repairs impact the value of mechanical banks but collectors are not swayed just because your bank was reworked. If they are over painted with acrylic paint, then the mechanical bank is not worth as much as if it were left alone even with flaking original paint. Resist the temptation to repaint your mechanical bank. What to Look For Look for American-made mechanical banks produced by the Shepard Hardware Company, Kyser and Rex, or J & E Stevens Company since these firms produced the greatest number of cast iron mechanical banks during the early 1900s.  The surface of the cast iron is a tell tale sign of age and authenticity when assessing a mechanical bank. Cast iron from the turn of the century has a smooth surface and highly detailed forms cast in the iron. While mechanical banks are popular collectibles, there are many, oh so many, fakes and reproductions. There are some authentic, period mechanical banks that have sold for nearly $250,000. So it really pays off to know if you have a fake or the real thing. And, what's more interesting is that some of the reproductions are worth a pretty penny too. Yes, even the newer reproduced mechanical banks can command  very high prices in the antiques market. It is tricky to tell the difference between an authentic mechanical bank, a fake, and a later reproduction. Get an online appraisal of your mechanical bank from Dr. Lori Share this:


Which part of New York was named after the Dutch word for rabbit?

How did Coney Island get its Name and what does it Mean in Old English? How did Coney Island get its Name and what does it Mean in Old English? 2010.04.03 2014.07.18 | Filed Under: Animals Coney Island was formerly an island, in south Brooklyn, New York, with a beach facing the Atlantic Ocean. The neighborhood was a resort with amusement parks in the early 20th century, but it declined in popularity after World War II and had been in neglect for many years. More recently, KeySpan Park, home to the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team was opened. In Old English, the word coney meant “rabbit.” When the English came to the little island in New York, it was already heavily populated with bunnies, hence the name. It is now widely accepted that Coney Island is an English adaptation of the Dutch name, Konijnen Eiland. The English name “Conney Isle” was used on maps as early as 1690, and by 1733 the current spelling “Coney Island” was used. Some say that early English settlers named it Coney Island after its cone-like hills. J.F.W. des Barre’s chart of New York harbor in 1779 uses the modern “Coney Island” spelling. There’s yet another location that was named for rabbits, spania. This Carthaginian word gave us the name for Spain, which literally means “land of rabbits.” Read More According to Bill Bryson (in Mother Tongue) ‘coney’ is slang for pudenda. Also, any literature on baseball written in the 1800's does not credit Abner Doubleday with the invention either. But if my... 2016-12-28T23:28:08+00:00 I'm not saying that whoever wrote this did not research this at all but I am saying this explanation of the origins of baseball... 2016-12-28T23:19:30+00:00 IT TOOK ME OVER WINTER BREAK 12 DAYS 3 HOURS 5 MINUTES AND 36 SECONDS. 2016-12-28T02:49:36+00:00 The math here is false. The fundation of how this was worked out is how long it takes to count to 100 in seconds; which is fine... 2016-11-08T22:41:08+00:00


The Peppermint Lounge in New York was the launch pad for which 60’s dance craze?

ALL ACCESS: Book Review: "Peppermint Lounge: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s All Access Review: A- Peppermint Lounge - 2012 The mob had its hooks into the Peppermint Lounge and Johnny Biello. A high-ranking Mafioso, Biello was a silent – deathly silent – part-owner of the hottest nightclub in New York City in the early 1960s, thanks to a dance craze called “The Twist.”   At the height of the Peppermint Lounge’s popularity, there were nights when the police would cordon off the entire block in an attempt to manage the overflowing crowds that descended upon what was once a small unassuming little joint where shady, backroom dealings and criminal enterprises were conducted with the utmost secrecy. It was Biello’s son-in-law, Dick Cami, who suggested the place start playing rock and roll, and business took off. Biello and his cronies wanted none of the attention. The parallel universes of the thuggish, brutal world of the mob and star-studded, “Twist”-mad club-goers collide in the engrossing “Peppermint Lounge,” a book written by John Johnson, Jr. and Joel Selvin in collaboration with Cami for Thomas Dunne Books . Laced with danger and full of mob intrigue, “Peppermint Lounge” provides an insider’s look at mafia life, with a cast of colorful, if violent, characters running devious racketeering operations and committing daring robberies, bloody hits and failed executions, bruising beatings and treacherous acts – all of which Biello unsuccessfully sought to leave behind in attempting to become a respected businessman. Blissfully ignorant of the criminal underworld operating behind the scenes, the glamorous denizens of New York City’s Peppermint Lounge – another was established in Miami Beach – danced and partied into wee hours, as “The Twist” swept across the nation. The place was hopping, and Cami recounts how celebrities such as Greta Garbo and Shirley MacLaine mingled with sweaty youth and nubile, rail-dancing wait staff in writhing nightly orgies of twisting to house band Joey Dee and the Starlighters and Chubby Checker. Along with detailing historic Peppermint Lounge visits by the likes of Muhammed Ali, John Wayne, Tennessee Williams, and The Beatles – a whole chapter is devoted to the Fab Four and how Ringo Starr, unbeknownst to him, almost found himself in scalding hot water – Selvin and Johnson deftly chronicle the rise and fall of The Twist with heady writing, compellingly arguing for its importance as a force for cultural, sexual and societal change while gleefully delving into all the silly marketing schemes it birthed. Well-paced, often funny and occasionally heartbreaking, “Peppermint Lounge” seamlessly shuffles between the disparate worlds of the mafia – with Frank Sinatra caught in its orbit – and the glitzy Peppermint Lounge in a confident, conversational manner, using a wealth of anecdotes and insight from the likeable Cami, and others, as a means of pulling back the curtain. Not just a dance club, the Peppermint Lounge holds a special place in rock and roll history, as it helped propel The Twist into the national consciousness, while also helping to launch the careers of such greats as Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes, whose story gets special attention in the book. Selvin, Johnson and Cami have admirably preserved legacy of the place. - Peter Lindblad


With what is Cornish Yarg cheese usually wrapped?

Cornish Yarg Cheese Cornish Yarg Cheese Cornish Yarg Cheese is a semi-firm cheese made from pasteurized Holstein cow's milk with vegetarian Rennet. The curd is cut, then moulded, pressed, set in brine for 18 hours, then dried for 2 days, then wrapped in Stinging Nettle leaves and allowed to age about 6 weeks. The cheeses are sold still wrapped in the leaves, under which the crust of the cheese is green with grey, white or green mould. Inside, the pale yellow cheese is creamy under the crust, firm towards the middle, and slightly crumbly in the middle. The crust is edible. The cheese has a slightly lemony taste. There are also some flavoured varieties available. The cheese is made by Michael and Margaret Horrell of Lynher Dairies Cheese Co., Cornwall, England. A variety called Cornish Wild Garlic Yarg is wrapped in wild garlic leaves, and made in 4 pound (1.8 kg) wheels. You don't eat the leaves; you discard them. They are used to add a very mild hint of onion / garlic to the cheese. Storage Hints Whole Cornish Yarg Cheese, about 1 month; cut wedge of cheese, about 10 days. History Notes The cheese has been made at Netherton Farm in Cornwall, England by Lynher Dairies since 1981. Allan and Jenny Gray found the recipe for this cheese in an old book in an attic, and gave the recipe to Lynher Dairies. The "Yarg" in the name is their last name, "Gray", spelt backwards. Literature & Lore "...the Nettle Cheese is so called, because when the Cheese is new-made, Nettles are put upon it; which Nettles are to be renewed once in two days." -- Hannah Woolley. The Gentlewomans Companion. London. 1673. See also:


Which inlet of the Irish Sea separates Cumbria from Dumfries & Galloway?

Solway Firth - definition of Solway Firth in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of Solway Firth in English: Solway Firth proper noun An inlet of the Irish Sea, separating Cumbria (in England) from Dumfries and Galloway (in Scotland). Pronunciation Which is the correct spelling? antemalarial Which is the correct spelling? anteclimax Which is the correct spelling? antisocial Which is the correct spelling? anteterror Which is the correct spelling? ante-racism Which is the correct spelling? antepenultimate Which is the correct spelling? antethesis Which is the correct spelling? antiseptic Which is the correct spelling? antiperspirant Which is the correct spelling? antedepressant You scored /10 practise again? Retry


The Tay Bridge runs south from which city?

Images of Dundee, Scotland 7 . . . towers viewed from   Riverside Drive         PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Edinburgh and Glasgow lines   viewed from Tesco's Car Park New lamp - March 2005  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Riverside Drive  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow A sight which is scheduled to   disappear by 2009 with the demolition of Dundee City Council's Tayside House (left).    Observation mast on Marine Parade    (right).   PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow The Frigate UNICORN, formerly   HMS UNICORN which was the one time headquarters of Tay Division Royal Naval   Reserve.  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow UNICORN did not always boast a figurehead. It had to move berth before the   Tay Road Bridge was built . The photograph above right, and the following   two below show UNICORN being towed out.  PHOTOs (left) Malcolm McCrow (right) Scott W Gault Changing places.  PHOTOs   Scott W Gault An RAF Whirlwind flies over HMS   UNICORN as it is towed to its berth in Victoria Dock prior to the   construction of the Tay Road Bridge -  Photograph courtesy and ï¿½ D.C.Thomson & Co.,Ltd   reproduced with kind permission Tanks . . .  Flats . . .  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Victoria Dock, Apex Hotel and   Tayside House (above).  By 2010 the disused dockside cranes had   been demolished  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Camperdown Dock                                                City Quay,   February 2006  - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Restoration   work has begun on the roof of  the Frigate UNICORN (left).  City   Quay, February 2006  (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow NORTH CARR   light vessel (left) and the Apex Hotel (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm   McCrow NORTH CARR and   RRS DISCOVERY - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Foggy Day on the Tay Signs of the times Tay   Bridge Fog Warning                             PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Abandoned Customs House City   Quay and Apex Hotel                          PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Apex   Hotel Apex   Hotel and Tayside House Frigate UNICORN and harbour flats.            PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow NORTH CARR Lightship awaiting   preservation - W R Stewart's hackleworks (left) awaiting   redevelopment in 2006 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow City   Quay shops and Oasis Cafe                                                                 PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow SEAWAY DISCOVERY support vessel - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Fife   - nowhere to be seen                                                                 PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Old school . . . new houses.  Glebelands Primary School                                    Camperdown Junction                PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow The Changing   Waterfront September 2007   RSS DISCOVERY (above   left) in its dedicated berth at Dundee, contrasts with the Koninklijke   Marine's L801 HNLMS JOHAN DE WITT  (above right) which visited   Dundee during the weekend of September 22-23, 2007.  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow TSS   DUNCAN, appropriately  in Camperdown Street, (above left) is   Dundee Sea Cadet Corps' Headquarters at Camperdown Dock. SCC Cadets sailing in Camperdown Dock (right) overshadowed by the   mass of the Royal Netherlands Navy's  JOHAN DE WITT berthed in the Tay.  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Marine Parade with   fashionable flats leading up to Victoria Dock. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Marine   Parade - an old crane has been retained as a reminder, perhaps, to a once thriving dockside.  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Not all the flats are new   builds - the ones above leading down to the waterfront once formed part of   an industrial complex.  PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow While Victoria Dock looks   much the same, new office blocks have been constructed west of Discovery   Point and separate the walkway from the busy Riverside Drive. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Looking west (above) and   east (right) from Compass House in Riverside Drive, west of Discovery Point. PHOTOs Malcolm   McCrow Compass House reflexions - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow Hard to believe that this   building has been carefully demolished and moved from the foot of East Whale


What is Britain’s most southerly National Park?

National Parks Brecon Beacons 519 square miles (1,351 sq. km). The impressive ridge of old red sandstone, running from the border to Llandovery, dramatically separates rural mid-Wales from the industrial valleys of the southern coalfield. The set of ridges and valleys which is the Black Mountains in the east contrasts with the tall Beacons at the centre, and the heather-covered Black Mountain at the western end. Limestone ramparts provide a southern edge. Farming has shaped the landscape over the centuries and, today, Welsh cultural traditions are still strong. People have been living in the Brecon Beacons for more that 5,000 years and there is a powerful sense of history evident in the ancient standing stones, cairns and buildings found across the park. The Offa's Dyke Path runs up the eastern boundary. The Flat-topped mountains rising to close on 3000ft (923m). Largely unthreatened by development, the valley of the Usk divides the Black Mountains area in the east from the main massif of the Beacons in the middle of the park and the Black Mountain in the west. All three outcrops share the same precipitous sandstone scarps, their severity modified by the sweeping curves of ice-hewn amphitheatres. To the north there are fine views over the Wye Valley and the soft knuckles of the hills that lead down to it. Dartmoor 368 square miles (954 sq. km). The last wilderness of southern England. Tors, clitters, cleaves and combes - Dartmoor names for the granite outcrops, rock litter, gorges and river valleys - add drama to the park and underline its wild aspect, as do the quaking mires and high tussock boggy plateaus ringed by rocky tors. Many remains of ancient man, notably Bronze Age Grimspound. Modern man threatens. Almost the whole of the northern moor is a military training area. Reservoirs and afforestation are changing both uplands and valleys, though a major reservoir scheme at Swincombe was defeated. Farmers increasingly seek to enclose the moor. Tourist traffic clogs the lanes in summer. Heather and grass moorland, with valley woods, support a rich variety of wildlife, as well as the ponies, cattle and sheep of the hill farmers. Dartmoor boasts the densest collection of Bronze Age remains in north west Europe, rich remains of a metal mining industry and the youngest castle in England. There are 33,000 people living in the park in small towns, villages and remote farmsteads. The moor was used as the backdrop for Conan Doyle's thriller - 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' in 1902 and is home to Britain's most remote & secure prison. Places to visit include Castle Drogo, Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton Castle, Buckfast Abbey and Becky Falls. Exmoor 268 square miles (693 sq. km). The tallest sea cliffs in England form the northern boundary of this smallest moorland park. The grass moor of the erstwhile Royal Forest is surrounded by heather-covered hills and wooded combes. The Valley of the upper Exe separates Exmoor proper from the Brendon Hills at the eastern end of the park. Red deer and nightjar at the woodland edge, merlin and ring ousel out on the moor are representatives here of a rich diversity of wildlife. Bronze-Age burials, Roman fortlets, ironworks and medieval castles bear witness to the work of the predecessors of the present day hill farmers who care for this splendid landscape. The South West Coastal Path - a national trail - runs along the northern edge of the park. Bare moorland skylines, plunging combes, huge hogbacked hills tumbling into the Bristol Channel. A wild park of bog and bracken and brawling streams, but vulnerable to change. The superb heather moorland, for the sake of which the park was designated, has shrunk from 60,000 acres (24,240 hectares) just after the war to barely 40,000 acres (16,160 hectares) today, through conversion to more intensive agricultural use rather than traditional sheep grazing. Lake District 885 square miles (2,292 sq. km). The biggest park and one of the most famous landscapes in the British Isles, unique in its mingling of great fells and still waters. Here the Lake


Fulcrum - definition of fulcrum by The Free Dictionary Fulcrum - definition of fulcrum by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fulcrum Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Legal , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . fulcrum relative position of the fulcrum in three basic types of levers, with arrows indicating the direction of the effort and the downward force of the load ful·crum n. pl. ful·crums or ful·cra (-krə) 1. The point or support on which a lever pivots. 2. Zoology An anatomical structure that acts as a hinge or a point of support. 3. An agent through which vital powers are exercised. [Latin, bedpost, from fulcīre, to support.] fulcrum n, pl -crums or -cra (-krə) 1. (Mechanical Engineering) the pivot about which a lever turns 2. something that supports or sustains; prop 3. (Zoology) a spinelike scale occurring in rows along the anterior edge of the fins in primitive bony fishes such as the sturgeon [C17: from Latin: foot of a couch, bedpost, from fulcire to prop up] ful•crum (ˈfʊl krəm, ˈfʌl-) n., pl. -crums, -cra (-krə). 1. the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body. 2. any prop or support. 3. any of various structures in an animal serving as a hinge or support. [1665–75; < Latin: back-support of a couch] fulcrum This diagram shows the relative position of the fulcrum in the three basic types of levers, with arrows indicating the direction of the effort and the downward force of the load. top: The effort and load are on opposite sides of the fulcrum, as in a crowbar. middle: The load is between the fulcrum and effort, as in a wheelbarrow. bottom: The effort is between the fulcrum and load, as in a person's forearm, where the fulcrum is the elbow and the load is something held in the hand. ful·crum The point or support on which a lever turns. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:


Which iconic gangster film begins with a Tony Bennett rendition of Rags To Riches?

GoodFellas (1990) GoodFellas (1990) Pages: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) Background Warner Bros.' GoodFellas (1990) is director   Martin Scorsese's stylistic masterpiece - a follow-up film to his own Mean   Streets (1973), released in the year of Francis Ford Coppola's third installment   of his gangster epic - The Godfather, Part III (1990). It is a nitty-gritty,   unflinching treatment of a true mobster story about three violent "wiseguys" [Mafia slang for 'gangsters'], enhanced by the Italian-American director's   own experience of his upbringing in Little Italy. It again reteams Scorsese   with his favorite actor, Robert De Niro, who had appeared in Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976) , New York, New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980) , and The King of Comedy (1983). The film's factual, semi-documentary account was adapted from   both Nicholas Pileggi's and Martin Scorsese's screenplay - based upon Pileggi's   1985 non-fictional book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family. Film posters   were subtitled: "Three Decades of Life in the Mafia." The real-life story concerned a low-level, marginalized gangster (or 'foot-soldier') of   mixed ethnic roots (half-Irish, half-Sicilian) - Henry Hill, who ultimately   broke the gangster's code of 'never ratting on your friends', and turned   informant for the FBI and entered the Federal Witness Protection Program   to save his life by disappearing from view. The fast-moving, energizing, episodic story, with plentiful   profanity (the F-word is repeatedly spoken by Joe Pesci's character), forceful   editorial cuts and visuals, shifting points of view, and characters speaking   directly to the camera, is told with voice-over narrative commentary by Henry   Hill (Ray Liotta). It includes about thirty years in his life, from his teen   years as a Brooklyn Irish neighborhood kid to maturity as an adult gangster,   covering the years from the 1950s to the drug-saturated 1970s when married to wife Karen (Lorraine Bracco). The additional   voice-over of his wife's point-of-view provides even further insight into   the all-encompassing culture and lure of life within the 'family.' Freeze   frames sprinkled through the film accentuate the indelible, impressionable   moments in Henry's experiences. The film is     backed by a pop/rock oldies soundtrack spanning four decades, beginning     with crooner Tony Bennett's "Rags to Riches," proceeding   through rock 'n' roll, jukebox music and top 40 tunes, and ending in degeneration   with punk rocker Sid Vicious' version of Frank Sinatra's "My Way." The   score adds another layer of meaning, mood and information to the fact-based   tale. The violent, carefully-built film was given six Academy Award   nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Joe Pesci), Best   Supporting Actress (Lorraine Bracco), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay,   and Best Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker) - and only Pesci won the Oscar. [Pesci's   specialty was playing gangster-related roles, as in Death Collector (1976) (aka Family Enforcer), A Bronx Tale (1993), and in Scorsese's Casino (1995).] The Story The major film credits zoom from the right of the screen,    like speeding cars (heard on the soundtrack), and freeze for a moment.    The film, "based on a true story," begins with a pivotal night-time scene   that introduces the film's three major characters. It is a major turning   point for each of them. [The scene is repeated within its proper context   later in the film]. Three organized crime mobsters are in   a white-top car cruising down a freeway. An inter-title notes the location   and time: New York, 1970: Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) - the driver Jimmy Conway (Robert DeNiro) - in the passenger's seat Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) - in the back seat A thumping sound forces them to pull over into a grassy area and investigate   - they open the trunk. Inside is a bloodied mob member [identified later as   Billy Batts (Frank Vincent)] wrapped in white tableclot


Where did Gabriel Byrne pretend to execute John Turturro?

Best Fight Scenes - 10 Best Standoffs in Movie (and TV) History 1 Of 8 Why We'll Always Remember Adam Goldberg: The Fights The historian Shelby Steele made himself famous when he explained why the North has generally forgotten the Civil War and the South is still obsessed with it: You always remember the fight you lost. Steele was right. And for proof of his contention look no further than the film career of Adam Goldberg. He's a fine character actor who brings a self-questioning intensity to his portrayals of neurotic Jewish intellectuals. But his entire career is a footnote to the two fights he has had onscreen. They are both unforgettable, because he loses both. The first is from Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater's great and hauntingly accurate evocation of high-school life in the seventies. Goldberg plays Mike, a brainy boy seeking to become a man of action — "I wanna dance!" he tells his friends, on their way to the big end-of-year party under the Moon Tower. It's the kind of party he's never been invited to, and he goes as a kind of disinterested observer — "someone's tokin' some reefer" — until the someone toking the reefer turns out to be Clint, seen earlier challenging Matthew McConaughey to a drag race. Clint's a throwback, a greaser who would have been at home in American Graffiti but for his love of weed: "So I'm blazin' with my friends, I'm a fuckin' pothead. What's it to you?" The brainy boy who wants to be a man of action finally meets a man of action, and the man of action takes off his shirt and, with a shove, nearly puts the brainy boy on his ass, ending the confrontation with the classic kiss-off: "I only came here to do two things: kick ass and drink some beer... Looks like we're almost outta beer." If you've seen the movie, and I presume you have, I don't have to tell you that Mike spends the rest of the party deciding whether or not to take action against Clint — and that when he does, the fight doesn't go the way he figured it would go, which makes it the most realistic fistfight in cinematic history. Mike plans for the fight to end quickly — "Most fights in places like this never get past a punch or two before they're broken up, know what I'm saying?" But the jocks who enforce the boundaries of the battle have no interest in breaking it up; they want to see someone get his ass kicked, and that's what happens. Mike cold-cocks Clint; then Clint gets up, pins him down, and mercilessly beats the shit out of him. The fight ends with Mike helplessly calling Clint a fascist, and then weeping in his best friend's arms. The question, however, is not whether he loses the fight; the question is whether losing the fight makes him a loser. One of the things that has always surprised me when I talk to people about Dazed and Confused is the prevailing conviction that it does — that Mike gets what's coming to him when he takes on the "dominant male monkey motherfucker," and ends up what he fears turning into: humiliated, "a little ineffectual nothing." But that's not it, at all. Mike gets exactly what he wants out of the fight. He's triumphant because he triumphs over himself; he acts, and on the way home he even starts fashioning his loss into legend: "I mean, you wouldn't say that I got my ass kicked..." Five years later, Goldberg gets into another fight, and this time loses more comprehensively. In Saving Private Ryan, he plays Private Mellish, and goes hand-to-hand with a German soldier on the second floor of a bombed-out building. Both men's lives are on the line, but the scene doesn't even belong to Goldberg; it belongs to Jeremy Davies, who plays Upham, a translator cowering on the steps. Upham has a gun, and a belt of ammunition; he has the power to save Mellish. Instead, he is paralyzed by fear, and the scene becomes almost unbearable to watch and especially to listen to. Goldberg's fight in Private Ryan is to mortal combat what his fistfight in Dazed and Confused is to schoolyard brawls; it is utterly realistic, because of its horrible intimacy. Mellish is not unarmed; he has a bayonet, and the bay