In the Bible, who was the blind beggar that Jesus cured in Jericho?

Jesus Heals Blind Bartimeus (Mark 10:46-52) - Analysis By Austin Cline Updated September 11, 2016. 46 And they came to Jericho : and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth , he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. 50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. 52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. Compare: Matthew 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43 Jesus, Son of David? Jericho is on the way to Jerusalem for Jesus, but apparently nothing of interest happened while he was there. Upon leaving, however, Jesus encountered another blind man who had faith that he would be able to cure his blindness. This isnt the first time Jesus cured a blind man and its unlikely that this incident was meant to be read any more literally than previous ones. I wonder why, at the beginning, people tried to stop the blind man from calling out to Jesus. Im sure that he must have had quite a reputation as a healer by this point  enough of one that the blind man himself was obviously well aware of who he was and what he might be able to do. If that is the case, then why would people try to stop him? Could it have anything to do with him being in Judea  is it possible that the people here are not happy about Jesus? It should be noted that this is one of the few times so far that Jesus has been identified with Nazareth. In fact, the only other two times so far came during the first chapter. In verse nine we can read  Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee  and then later when Jesus is casting out unclean spirits in Capernaum , one of the spirits identifies him as thou Jesus of Nazareth. This blind man, then, is only the second to ever identify Jesus as such  and hes not exactly in good company. This is also the first time that Jesus is identified as a son of David. It was foretold that the Messiah would come from the House of David, but so far Jesus lineage has not been mentioned at all (Mark is the gospel without any information about Jesus family and birth). It seems reasonable to conclude that Mark had to introduce that bit of information at some point and this is as good as any. The reference may also harken back to David returning to Jerusalem to claim his kingdom as described in 2 Samuel 19-20. Isnt it odd that Jesus asks him what he wants? Even if Jesus werent God (and, therefore, omniscient ), but simply a miracle worker wandering around curing peoples ailments, it has to be obvious to him what a blind man rushing up to him might want. Isnt it rather demeaning to force the man to say it? Does he just want people in the crowd to hear what is said? Its worth noting here that while Luke agrees that there was a single blind man (Luke 18:35), Matthew recorded the presence of two blind men (Matthew 20:30). I think its important to understand that it probably wasnt meant to be read literally in the first place. Making the blind see again appears to be a way of talking about getting Israel to see again in a spiritual sense. Jesus is coming to awaken Israel and cure them of their inability to properly see what God wants of them. The blind mans faith in Jesus is what allowed him to be healed. Similarly, Israel will be healed so long as they have faith in Jesus and God. Unfortunately, it is also a consistent theme in Mark and the other gospels that the Jews lack faith in Jesus  and that lack of faith is what prevents t


Which actress took the role originally played by Margaret Lockwood in the 1979 remake of the film The Lady Vanishes?

The Lady Vanishes (1979) The Lady Vanishes (1979) Teaser Trailer-(1:16) Excellent quality 2.35:1 and 16x9 enhanced. Theatrical Trailer-(2:27) Excellent quality 2.35:1 and 16x9 enhanced. Theatrical Trailer-(2:34) Same as above, without narration. Gallery-Photo-60 b&w and colour stills and publicity shots. Gallery-Photo-24 behind the scenes b&w photos. Rating English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (224Kb/s) Widescreen Aspect Ratio Action In or After Credits Yes, Angela Lansbury and musical theme established. NOTE: The Profanity Filter is ON. Turn it off here . Plot Synopsis ���� This is a release I have been waiting for since the introduction of DVD. In 1938 Alfred Hitchcock directed one of his great British classics, The Lady Vanishes, with Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Paul Lukas and Dame Mae Whitty. Just over forty years later, in 1979, there was a remake which met considerable critical panning. Madman has just released this Rank / Hammer remake in a quite beautiful anamorphic widescreen presentation which confirms what I have always thought. This remake of the Hitchcock original is a witty, beautiful and exciting version of a classic tale which deserves more acclaim than it has ever received. ���� Much of the contemporary criticism of the remake focussed on the casting of two Americans in the leads. Elliott Gould was a popular leading man in the seventies, with his reputation founded on the original M*A*S*H movie. Here he dresses and behaves in quite a "British" manner, wearing tweeds and smoking a pipe. A genuine Brit would have added more chemistry to this pairing with the leading lady, Cybill Shepherd. By the end of the seventies there had already been considerable highs and lows in this actress's career. As well as scoring in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), her relationship both on and off screen with wonderboy director Peter Bogdanovich had her starring in The Last Picture Show, Daisy Miller and that unappreciated musical At Long Last Love. After their breakup there was a brief rebirth for the actress in Taxi Driver (1976) but after that roles dried up until The Lady Vanishes came along. Sadly there were few other offers, and it was left to the small screen to re-establish Shepherd as a bona fide star in the series Moonlighting and then Cybill. Two prized albums in my vinyl collection are the double gatefold soundtrack of At Long Last Love and Miss Shepherd�s solo 1974 album Cybill Does It to Cole Porter. The actress today works constantly in television, performs in cabaret, is an author (Cybill Disobedience) and remains a feisty, glamorous star. ���� There would be few moviegoers who are not familiar with the basics of this tale. The time is August 1939 and a train is leaving Bavaria with an assortment of interesting passengers, all under the eyes of the threatening Nazis. A "much married madcap heiress" (Cybill Shepherd) becomes acquainted with an older English woman, a kindly nanny named Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury), who mysteriously vanishes. The baffled young woman can find no other passenger who will admit to seeing the now vanished Miss Froy and with the sceptical assistance of an American photographer for Life Magazine (Elliott Gould) she attempts to unravel the web of intrigue woven around the disappearance. Other intriguing and entertaining passengers include Herbert Lom as a doctor escorting a heavily bandaged nun to medical attention, and Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael as two cricket-worshipping Brits attempting to get home in time for the test. Under director Anthony Page (Inadmissible Evidence), the plot moves quickly, the dialogue sparkles with the humour of George Axelrod (The Seven Year Itch), in his screenplay based on the original by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, and performances are uniformly excellent, with the climactic sequence on and around the train truly exhilarating. It should be said that Cybill Shepherd throws herself into the physicality of her role with an energy and abandon rarely seen on the screen - and no CGI! Throughout the entire film she has one costume, a loosely clinging satin


Where is the administrative centre of Hampshire?

The English Administrative County of Hampshire The English Administrative County of Hampshire Hampshire Arms The Armorial Bearings (Arms) of the County of Hampshire   Adjust the Hampshire map using    controls or drag with mouse Map Centre Position: Lat , Long . Map Zoom Level: - Icon Help   (The external website above will open in a    new window)   Population and area summary of the County of Hampshire   The County of Hampshire is    located in The Southern Counties of England, it    covers an administrative area of 3,679Km² and in    2001 was home to a population of    1,240,103 persons, that represents 2.52%    of that of England and 0.02% of the    population of the entire United Kingdom.   More detailed information including visitor    attractions and event venues in Hampshire is    available on this site by following the links below to the    Boroughs and/or Districts or follow this link to select a different County .   Boroughs/Districts of the County of Hampshire Unitary Authorities and Metropolitan Areas may be displayed here as they are    locations are historically associated with this county/region. Unitary    Authorities and Metropolitan Areas are however self-governing and are no    longer responsible to the County/Regional Administration. Unitary Authorities Historical notes about The English Administrative County of Hampshire HAMPSHIRE in 1950 In size the seventh of the English counties, Hampshire, is packed with history. Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans landed there. Winchester was the first capital of a united England , and for a short period the capital too, of a Scandinavian Empire. Many battles have been fought within its borders, and in the Puritan victory in Cheriton Wood which, so Clarendon recorded, "broke all the measures and altered the whole scheme of the king's counsels," the Civil War came to its end. Hampshire to-day is a county of many characters. In particular, the Services have marked it for their own. Portsmouth , for centuries the first of British naval ports, gives the county a naval flavour, especially as retired naval officers solace their leisure by taking part in its local government. What Portsmouth is to the navy in south Hampshire, Aldershot, a modern and particularly ugly town, is to the army in north Hampshire. Southampton is the most important of England 's Atlantic ports, and it was from here in 1944 that the Mulberries were towed across the Channel for the invasion of Normandy, and from here that many American and British soldiers embarked. At Eastleigh , near Southampton , the Southern Railway has one of its major maintenance centuries, and in this area also are aerodromes and aeroplane factories. At Basingstoke are engineering works. At Laverstocke , the paper for Bank of England banknotes is manufactured by Portals, the descendants of a Huguenot who escaped from France to Southampton after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In Bournemouth , Hampshire has an exclusive and formerly "select" English sea-side town, a favourite refuge of the aged well-to-do with, in consequence, a larger proportion of church-goers than any other English town. The Isle of Wight and the ugly Hayling Island are among Londoners' popular playgrounds, but the greater part of Hampshire is, mercifully, neither naval, military or industrial. It remains one of the most rural of the counties near London . Its distinctive charms are found in the little market towns, each full of distinctive character; in its villages, where there are still to be met people who never been to London ; and in the fascinating variety of its natural beauty; parts of the county reveal England at her loveliest. Though the scene of her book Our Village is set in Berkshire, Mary Russell Mitford was born in Hampshire at Alresford, and she wrote that Hampshire's "prevailing and pervading charm is not the woods or streams or villages or even the sparkling ocean, but the exquisite arrangement and combination of the whole." The east of Hampshire


Which English painter was born in Bury St, Edmonds, Suffolk in 1727?

Suffolk - Famous People Suffolk - Famous People Suffolk - Main Page Top Surnames Edward FitzGerald (1809 - 1883) Edward FitzGerald (poet)  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   Edward FitzGerald  Born 31 March 1809  Bredfield House, Bredfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom  Died 14 June 188... George Orwell (1903 - 1950) On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BR... Famous People Connected to Suffolk Image right - Dr. Elizabeth Garret Anderson Those people of note with connections to the county are listed below. Some of these connections are a little tenuous - counties like to lay claim to people of renown! Please add information about people of renown connected to Suffolk, England. If the person has a profile on Geni please add their profile to the project and add the link in bold. Getting Involved Feel free to follow, request to collaborate To join the project use the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit See the discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going! A Dr Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , LSA, MD (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) - was a physician and feminist. She was the second of nine children of Newson Garrett, a grain merchant and maltster from Aldeburgh. After studying medicine in London, her name was entered on the medical register and she was the first woman qualified in Britain to do so. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected president of the East Anglian branch of the British Medical Association. On 9 November 1908 she was elected mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor in England. She died in 1927 and is buried in Aldeburgh. B Benjamin Britten - (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) - the composer, conductor, and pianist, Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft, to a dentist father and an amateur musician mother. He was educated at Old Buckenham Hall School in Suffolk, and in 1927 he began private lessons in music that would be the beginning of his now world-famous musical career. C Beryl Cook , OBE - (10 September 1926 – 28 May 2008) - born in Surrey, best known for her comical paintings of people. John Constable (1776-1837) English Romantic painter, was born in East Bergholt, a village on the River Stour in Suffolk, to Golding and Ann (Watts) Constable. His father was a wealthy corn merchant, owner of Flatford Mill in East Bergholt and, later, Dedham Mill in Essex. George Crabbe (24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) - the English poet and artist, was born in Aldeburgh where he first developed his love of poetry. In 1768 he was apprenticed to a local doctor. The field of medicine taught and interested him little, and in 1771 he changed masters and moved to Woodbridge. There he met his future wife, Sarah Elmy. His first major work, a poem entitled Inebriety, was self-published in 1775. He became most well known for The Village (1783) and The Borough (1810). He was ordained as a priest in 1872. At one time, Crabbe was also an active and notable coleopterist and recorder of beetles, and is credited for taking the first specimen of Calosoma sycophanta L. to be recorded from Suffolk. D Jimmy Doherty (born 1975) - the Suffolk-based farmer and television presenter was born in Ilford, Essex and trained as a farmer in Cumbria. It was here that he met Michaela Furney, his future wife, and the two of them set up The Essex Pig Company utilising free–range meat production practices. Jimmy went on buy his own farm in Wherstead near Ipswich, which became the base for his BBC TV series, Jimmy's Farm. E F Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929). - the sister of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, was born to a progressive family who supported the education of women. Mrs Fawcett was a suffragist. In contrast to the militant suffragettes, she believed in using law-abiding, non-violent means to gain the vote for women, including petitions, lobbying and spectacular marches. Mrs Fawcett became pres


Which singer was nicknamed The Velvet Fog'?

Mel Tormé - Biography - IMDb Mel Tormé Biography Showing all 30 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (4) | Trade Mark  (2) | Trivia  (17) | Personal Quotes  (2) Overview (4) The Kid With the Gauze In His Jaws The Velvet Fog The Blue Fox Mini Bio (1) A professional singer at the age of three, Mel Torme was a genuine musical prodigy. As a teenager, he played the drums in Chico Marx 's band and earned the nickname "The Velvet Fog" because of his smooth, mellow tenor voice. In the 1940s, he formed his own group, the Mel-Tones, one of the first jazz-influenced vocal groups. As a solo musician, he had a number one hit in 1949 called "Careless Hands" and several lesser hits. He also acted in films and wrote several books, including biographies of Judy Garland and Buddy Rich . Torme's career included some songwriting, too. One of his most well-known compositions, "The Christmas Song", was written in midsummer as Torme relaxed by the pool. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Sujit R. Varma Spouse (4) Suffered a stroke on August 8, 1996. Jazz singer Nicknamed The Velvet Fog, a nickname he was not particularly fond of. Composed the music and words to "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire") with songwriting partner Robert Wells (Bob Wells). Singer of "Lili Marlene" in USA. Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1990. Known for "scatting" during a song. He was drafted into the army in 1944, but soon after when he went on bivouac, cuts were discovered in the soles of his feet and it was determined that he was so flat-footed he should never have been drafted in the first place. He was sent home from the army in 1945. Interred in a grave close to Heather O'Rourke and Truman Capote . He won Best Jazz Vocalist Grammy Awards in 1982 and 1983. Frustrated by his experiences as the music director of Judy Garland 's short-lived CBS variety series, he wrote a vicious tell-all book about his talented but challenging former boss. "The Other Side of the Rainbow: With Judy Garland on the Dawn Patrol" portrayed Garland as hopelessly drug-addicted, unprofessional and a horror to work with. At age eight he was a snare drummer in the Shakespeare Grammar School drum and bugle corps on Chicago's south side. Is often referred to by Harry Anderson 's character "Judge Harry Stone" in the NBC TV series Night Court (1984). Anderson--both as "Judge Stone' and in real life--is a big fan of Torme.


Who was the first woman to ride in the Grand National?

BBC SPORT | Other Sport | Horse Racing | Women in the Grand National Women in the Grand National WOMEN RIDERS IN G NATIONAL 1977 Charlotte Brew (R) (R- Refused, P - Pulled Up, F - Fell) When Carrie Ford rides Forest Gunner the Grand National on Saturday, she will join an elite group of females to have competed in the world-famous race. Just 12 women have ridden in the Grand National - and none since 1994 - with only two completing the race. Jenny Pitman remains the only woman to have trained a Grand National winner. She saddled Corbiere to win in 1983 and repeated the feat in 1995 with Royal Athlete - her Esha Ness also 'won' the void National in 1993. Here we look at some of the leading ladies who have ridden in the Aintree marathon. CHARLOTTE BREW The 21-year-old became the first woman to ride in the Grand National, in a year when the winning horse, Red Rum, was trained by Ginger McCain. Brew and 200-1 shot Barony Fort were tailed off by the halfway stage but kept going until the horse eventually refused four fences from home. True to form, McCain broke off from celebrating Red Rum's third victory in the race to declare that the Grand National was no place for female riders. JENNY HEMBROW Hembrow is one of just two women to have two cracks at the race. Her first attempt on Sandwilan in 1979 proved short-lived when the pair parted company at the first fence. Undaunted, she tried again on the same horse the following year and got to the 19th before pulling up. GERALDINE REES Rees became the first woman to complete the course when Cheers came eighth (and last) in 1982. And Rees' second attempt the following year was soon over when 500-1 shot Midday Welcome fell at the first. VENETIA WILLIAMS Venetia Williams fell at Becher's Williams rode 200-1 chance Marcolo in the 1989 Grand National and negotiated five fences before falling at Becher's. Less than a fortnight later her career as a amateur jockey was brought to an end when she broke her neck in a fall at Worcester. Williams is now one of the leading jumps trainers in the country but has found little success in the Grand National - of her 10 runners in the race, just two have finished with her best achievement coming when General Wolfe was 12th in 1999. ROSEMARY HENDERSON At the age of 51 and dubbed "the galloping granny" by the tabloid press, Henderson rode on Fiddlers Pike in 1994. Fiddlers Pike was her own horse and by her own admission, he was "a touch on the wild side" and was sent off a 100-1 shot. But the 13-year-old did her proud in a race in which just six horses finished, completing the course in fifth place, 55 lengths behind winner Miinehoma. CARRIE FORD Ford and Forest Gunner have won over National fences Ford caused a stir at Aintree last year when she won the Foxhunters' Chase (ridden over National fences) on Forest Gunner just 10 weeks after giving birth. She has come out of retirement to ride this year but has several factors in her favour in her quest to become the first female jockey to win the race. Firstly, no horse ridden by a woman has started at shorter than 28-1 but Forest Gunner looks set to start as one of the favourites. And Ford will be the first woman to ride in the famous steeplechase having already won over National fences - on Forest Gunner.


What is the name of the whaleship in Melville's novel Moby Dick?

The True-Life Horror That Inspired Moby-Dick   |   History | Smithsonian The True-Life Horror That Inspired Moby-Dick The whaler Essex was indeed sunk by a whale—and that's only the beginning smithsonian.com March 1, 2013 In July of 1852, a 32-year-old novelist named Herman Melville had high hopes for his new novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, despite the book’s mixed reviews and tepid sales. That month he took a steamer to Nantucket for his first visit to the Massachusetts island, home port of his novel’s mythic protagonist, Captain Ahab, and his ship, the Pequod. Like a tourist, Melville met local dignitaries, dined out and took in the sights of the village he had previously only imagined. From This Story How Nantucket Came to Be the Whaling Capital of the World And on his last day on Nantucket he met the broken-down 60-year-old man who had captained the Essex, the ship that had been attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in an 1820 incident that had inspired Melville’s novel. Captain George Pollard Jr. was just 29 years old when the Essex went down, and he survived and returned to Nantucket to captain a second whaling ship, Two Brothers. But when that ship wrecked on a coral reef two years later, the captain was marked as unlucky at sea—a “Jonah”—and no owner would trust a ship to him again. Pollard lived out his remaining years on land, as the village night watchman. Melville had written about Pollard briefly in Moby-Dick, and only with regard to the whale sinking his ship. During his visit, Melville later wrote, the two merely “exchanged some words.” But Melville knew Pollard’s ordeal at sea did not end with the sinking of the Essex, and he was not about to evoke the horrific memories that the captain surely carried with him. “To the islanders he was a nobody,” Melville wrote, “to me, the most impressive man, tho’ wholly unassuming, even humble—that I ever encountered.” Pollard had told the full story to fellow captains over a dinner shortly after his rescue from the Essex ordeal, and to a missionary named George Bennet. To Bennet, the tale was like a confession. Certainly, it was grim: 92 days and sleepless nights at sea in a leaking boat with no food, his surviving crew going mad beneath the unforgiving sun, eventual cannibalism and the harrowing fate of two teenage boys, including Pollard’s first cousin, Owen Coffin. “But I can tell you no more—my head is on fire at the recollection,” Pollard told the missionary. “I hardly know what I say.” The trouble for Essex began, as Melville knew, on August 14, 1819, just two days after it left Nantucket on a whaling voyage that was supposed to last two and a half years. The 87-foot-long ship was hit by a squall that destroyed its topgallant sail and nearly sank it. Still, Pollard continued, making it to Cape Horn five weeks later. But the 20-man crew found the waters off South America nearly fished out, so they decided to sail for distant whaling grounds in the South Pacific, far from any shores. To restock, the Essex anchored at Charles Island in the Galapagos, where the crew collected sixty 100-pound tortoises. As a prank, one of the crew set a fire, which, in the dry season, quickly spread. Pollard’s men barely escaped, having to run through flames, and a day after they set sail, they could still see smoke from the burning island. Pollard was furious, and swore vengeance on whoever set the fire. Many years later Charles Island was still a blackened wasteland, and the fire was believed to have caused the extinction of both the Floreana Tortoise and the Floreana Mockingbird. Essex First Mate Owen Chase, later in life. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By November of 1820, after months of a prosperous voyage and a thousand miles from the nearest land, whaleboats from the Essex had harpooned whales that dragged them out toward the horizon in what the crew called “Nantucket sleigh rides.” Owen Chase, the 23-year-old first mate, had stayed aboard the Essex to make repairs while Pollard went whaling. It was Chase who spotted a very big whale—85 feet in length, he estimated—lying quietly


Which former head of NKVD (The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) in USSR was executed in 1953 for treason after the death of Stalin?

History of the Cheka - OGPU - NKVD - MGB - KGB - FSB USP (Secret-Political Directorate) UKMK (Directorate of the Kommendant of the Moscow Kremlin) 1941 The NKGB’s independence was short lived. In late June 1941, after the German invasion, the NKGB was resubordinated into the NKVD as the GUGB to ensure closer control of the nation’s security apparatus during this chaotic time. 1943 In April 1943, after the military situation had changed in favour of the USSR, the GUGB was again removed from the NKVD and became the NKGB. This time the change lasted until the birth of the MGB in 1946. 1946 In March 1946 the Soviet government was restructured and all People’s Commissariats (NK) were redesignated Ministries (M). Thus the NKVD became the MVD and the NKGB became the MGB. Merkulov was replaced as head of the new MGB by V.S. Abakumov, S.N. Kruglov replaced Beria as head of the MVD, and Beria became a full member of the Soviet Politburo and a deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers exercising full control over the MVD and MGB. 1953 On 6 March 1953, the day after Stalin died, Beria succeeded in uniting the MVD and MGB into one body, the MVD. 1954 On 13 March 1954, after Beria’s fall, ” secret trial”, and execution, the monster unified MVD was again split up. The reformed MVD retained its traditional policing and internal security functions while the new KGB took on the state security functions of the MGB.  The KGB  was subordinated to the USSR Council of Ministers, the Soviet Cabinet. There always was a state security service within the Soviet Union. From the very birth of the Soviet state. In December of 1917 the Cheka, an acronym for the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage, was established. By 1918 under the rule of die-hard Polish Bolshevik Felix Derzhinsky the Cheka became the most feared institution in the whole corse of the Russian Civil War. The Cheka executed men women and children under any suspicions whatsoever. Most estimates say that around three hundred thousand people perished under the Cheka, which was known as the avenging angel of the Revolution; however, it is quiet possible the actual number of deaths was over one million. The Cheka was made up of minorities a large number of Latvia’s, Jews, and Finns. Ethnic tensions of minorities that had suffered under conservative czarist russification made the tasks all the easier.The Cheka was also head of large numbers of concentration camps in which thousands perished. In 1922, The Cheka was reorganized under the apporatis of the GPU, soon to be known as the OGPU. The founding father Felix Derzhinsky died in 1926 of supposed natural causes. His statue was a common sight in Red Square until 1991. As the Soviet Union fell under the rule of Stalin the secret police gained unprecedented control. By 1929 Stalin had decided to liquidate the kulak as a class and to once and for all destroy Ukrainian Nationalist feeling. Thus, collectivization and forced famine began. Million were deported by OGPU agents, hundreds of thousands executed for even the slightest resistance. In 1933, Stalin caused a forced famine that killed millions. It is said that 14.5 million died from 1929-1933 as a result of the collectivization polices. In 1934, the OGPU was reorganized under the acronym NKVD (People’s Commissariat For Internal Affairs). Stalin gave it unrestricted control the organization was to be responsible only to himself. At its head was Genrik Yagoda a spiteful and evil man. In December 1934 the Terror that was unknown to the masses till then began. Sergei Kirov, Stalin confidant and Leningrad part chief was assassinated, probably by Stalin. Stalin used Kirov death as a pretext to launch a reign of Terror in The Soviet Union that was to last until 1939. In the last month of 1934 nearly a thousand people who were thought to have a connection with the Kirov plot were shot by the NKVD thousands more were deported to the GULAG camps of Siberia also run by  the NKVD . By 1936, the full horror of the Terror began. Party comrades Zinovev, and K


In which film of the 1930's did child star Shirley Temple sing On the Good Ship Lollipop?

Shirley Temple - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack | Writer Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in her films and they ultimately bought millions of ... See full bio » Born: a list of 49 people created 06 Dec 2011 a list of 31 people created 14 Apr 2012 a list of 32 people created 28 Oct 2013 a list of 29 people created 28 Dec 2014 a list of 25 people created 10 Jul 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Shirley Temple's work have you seen? User Polls Heidi Heidi (1937) Shirley Temple's Storybook Herself - Narrator / Herself - Hostess / Christopher Robin's Mother / Emily Winters / Floretta / Gerande / Gillian / Herself / Herself - Host / Herself - Storyteller / Jo March Bhaer / Katrina Van Tassel / Narrator / Phoebe Pyncheon / Polly Baker / Princess Irene / Princess Ozma / The Little Mermaid / Tip (1958-1961)  2015 Ray Donovan (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - The Kalamazoo (2015) ... (performer: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited)  2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Wot Cher!" - uncredited)  1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "At the Codfish Ball" (uncredited), "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (uncredited), "Animal Crackers in My Soup" (uncredited), "Hop, Skip, Jump and Slide")  1995 The Crossing Guard (performer: "Good Ship Lollipop")  1986 Living Seas (TV Movie) (performer: "At the Codfish Ball")  1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary) (performer: "Organ Grinder's Swing")  1970 Myra Breckinridge (performer: "You Gotta S-M-I-L-E to Be H-A-Double-P-Y", "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited) - Babes in Toyland (1960) ... (performer: "Toyland", "Floretta")  1947 Honeymoon (performer: "Ven Aqui", "I Love Geraniums")  1944 Since You Went Away (performer: "Happy Birthday to You" (1893) - uncredited)  1941 Kathleen (performer: "Around the Corner" (1941), "Row, Row, Your Boat" or "The Old Log Hut" (1852) (uncredited))  1940 Young People ("I Wouldn't Take A Million" (1940), uncredited) / (performer: "Fifth Avenue" (1940), "Tra-La-La-La" (1940), "Young People" (1940), "On the Beach at Waikiki" (1915), "Baby Take a Bow" (1934) - uncredited)  1939 Susannah of the Mounties (performer: "I'll Teach You to Waltz")  1939 The Little Princess (performer: "The Fantasy", "Wot Cher!" (1891) - uncredited)  1938 Just Around the Corner (performer: "This Is a Happy Little Ditty" (1938), "I Love to Walk in the Rain" (1938) - uncredited)  1938 Little Miss Broadway (performer: "Be Optimistic" (1938), "How Can I Thank You?" (1938), "We Should Be Together" (1938), "If All the World Were Paper" (1938), "Swing Me an Old Fashioned Song" (1938) - uncredited)  1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (performer: "An Old Straw Hat", "Come and Get Your Happiness", "On the Good Ship Lollipop", "Animal Crackers in My Soup", "When I'm with You", "Oh My Goodness", "Goodnight, My Love", "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers")  1937 Stand-In (performer: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (1934) - uncredited)  1937 Heidi (performer: "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" (1937), "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" (1774), "Silent Night" (1818) - uncredited)  1937 Wee Willie Winkie (performer: "Auld Lang Syne" (1788) - uncredited)  1936 Stowaway (performer: "Goodnight, My Love" (1936), "You Gotta S-M-I-L-E To Be H-A-Double-P-Y" (1936), "That's What I Want for Christmas" (1935) (uncredited))  1936 Dimples (performer: "The Gospel Train", "Hey, What Did the Blue Jay Say?" (1936), "He Was a Dandy" (1936), "Picture Me Without You" (1936), "Dixie-anna" (1936) - uncredited)  1936 Poor Little Rich Girl (performer: "When I'm with You" (1936), "Oh My Goodness" (1936), "You've Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby" (1936), "But Definitely" (1936), "Buy a Bar of Barry's" (1936), "Military Man" (1936), "Peck's Theme"


Looking like a large grapefruit, which citrus fruit was once known as a shaddock?

Pomelo, Pummelo, Chinese Grapefruit, Shaddock, Pumelo, Pommelo, And Pompelmous 0 Also called Chinese grapefruit, shaddock, pumelo, pommelo, and pompelmous. The pomelo is an exotic large citrus fruit that is an ancient ancestor of the common grapefruit.  It is the largest of the citrus fruits with a shape that can be fairly round or slightly pointed at one end (the fruit ranges from nearly round to oblate or pear-shaped).  The pummelo can range from cantaloupe-size to as large as a 25-pound watermelon and have very thick, soft rind.  The skin is green to yellow and slightly bumpy; flesh color ranges from pink to rose.     Like grapefruits, pomelo can range from almost seedless to very seedy, from juicy to dry, from sweet to sour.  It is sweeter than a grapefruit and can be eaten fresh, although membranes around the segments should be peeled.  Pumelos commonly have 16 to 18 segments, compared to most grapefruit that have about 12 segments.  Be sure to refrigerate and use quickly.  Use as you would grapefruit sections.  They are also good for jams, jellies, marmalades and syrups. It is grown in many eastern countries including China, Japan, India, Fiji, Malaysia, and Thailand.  It is also now grown in the Caribbean and in the United States, in California and Florida.  In season November through March, Pummelos are especially popular for Chinese New Year.  The Chinese believe the delectable Pummelo is a sign of prosperity and good fortune – good things will happen if they eat it.  The peel is also used in Chinese cooking or candied. In general citrus peel is often used in southern Chinese cuisine for flavoring, especially in sweet soup desserts. One-fourth of a Pummelo (152 grams) has 60 calories and provides 130% of the Vitamin C recommended for the day.  It is sodium, fat and cholesterol free and is a source of potassium.   History of Pomelo: The pomelo is native to southeastern Asia and all of Malaysia; grows wild on river banks in the Fiji and Friendly Islands.  It may have been introduced into China around 100 B.C.  It is much cultivated in southern China (Kwang-tung, Kwangsi and Fukien Provinces) and especially in southern Thailand on the banks to the Tha Chine River; also in Taiwan and southernmost Japan, southern India, Malaya, Indonesia, New Guinea and Tahiti. The pomelo is also called shaddock after an English sea captain, Captain Shaddock, who introduced the seed to the West Indies in the 17th Century from the Malay Archipelago.  The seeds produced fruit somewhat smaller than the current grapefruit, more like an orange.  The size of the fruit and the fact that it grew in bunches or clusters like grapes prompted a 19th century naturalist to liken the new fruit to grapes, with which it has no botanical relationship whatsoever.


Who is the actress mother of Melanie Griffith?

Melanie Griffith - Biography - IMDb Melanie Griffith Biography Showing all 74 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (4) | Trade Mark  (4) | Trivia  (47) | Personal Quotes  (12) | Salary  (3) Overview (3) 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Mini Bio (1) Melanie Griffith was born on August 9, 1957 in New York City, to then model/future actress Tippi Hedren and former child actor turned advertising executive Peter Griffith . Her parents' marriage ended in 1961 and Tippi brought Melanie to Los Angeles to get a new start. Tippi caught the eye of the great director Alfred Hitchcock , who gave her starring roles in The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964). She married her then-agent, Noel Marshall , in 1964 (they divorced in 1982), and Melanie grew up with three stepbrothers. Meanwhile, her father married Nanita Greene Samuels and had two more children: Tracy Griffith and Clay A. Griffith . Melanie also grew up with tigers and lions, as Tippi and Noel were raising them for the movie Roar (1981), in which the family later starred. Melanie's acting career, however, began as a model at just nine months old in a commercial and she later appeared as an extra in Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973), where she fell in love with her mother's co-star, Don Johnson . She was only 14 years old, while he was a twice-divorced 22-year-old. Tippi took a very liberal approach and allowed Melanie to move in with Don at a tender age. Even though Melanie didn't like modeling, she continued to do it to pay the bills. One day she went to meet with director Arthur Penn for what she thought was a modeling assignment. It was actually an audition for his film Night Moves (1975), and Penn gave her the role of a runaway nymphet. She was hesitant, but Johnson encouraged her to take the role. She agreed but was terrified of performing in front of the camera. Penn took a paternal interest in her, and she felt confident and gave a riveting performance, doing racy nude scenes. It immediately typecast her and led to more nymphet roles, with her beautiful nude body a permanent fixture in movies like Ha-Gan (1977) and Joyride (1977). She also married Johnson, in Las Vegas in 1976, but the union ended within six months, possibly because her early movie success outshone his. Unfortunately, as her career progressed, she became increasingly dependent on drugs and alcohol, a fact well-known to studio executives, who stopped considering her for feature film roles. She started doing television work, where she met her second husband, Steven Bauer , on the set of the TV movie She's in the Army Now (1981). He helped her to overcome her drug and alcohol problems and got her to take acting classes with Stella Adler in New York. The classes paid off, as director Brian De Palma cast her as a porno actress in his murder mystery Body Double (1984) and her sexy, funny performance won her rave reviews and the Best Supporting Actress Award by the National Society of Film Critics and a Golden Globe nomination. Jonathan Demme was so impressed with her performance that he gave her the female lead in Something Wild (1986) without even auditioning her. The film became a cult favorite, with Melanie again getting critical plaudits and a Golden Globe nomination. The birth of her first child, Alexander, in 1985, didn't help to save her struggling marriage, and she and Bauer divorced shortly thereafter. She was given starring roles in Cherry 2000 (1987) and Stormy Monday (1988), but the films were barely released. Soon writers were asking when the public at large was going to take notice of this talented and unique actress. Melanie's career skyrocketed when Mike Nichols cast her as a spunky secretary named Tess McGill in Working Girl (1988), a box-office hit for which she received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Comedy. Behind the scenes, however, her ongoing substance abuse had become problematic, and Nichols pushed her into a rehabilitation clinic after production wrapped. En route to the clinic she called ex-husband Johnson for supp


Which English king was the father of Queen Anne?

Queen Anne Stuart of England Queen Anne of England Anne Stuart was an unlikely person to become queen of England. She was born on February 6, 1665 to the Duke and Duchess of York and was their second daughter out of three children. Shortly before her birth, her uncle, King Charles II,  had married and seemed destined to have a large family after fathering several illegitimate children.  But he had no more children. As Anne grew older she would be plagued by numerous health problems, but she survived to adulthood. She only received a limited education, yet Anne would reign during a critically important period in her nation's history. During her reign she would oversee two major events in English history, one domestic and one foreign. The first being the Act of Union that united England and Scotland. The second was a major international war, the War of Spanish Succession. Best remembered as the last of the Stuart dynasty Anne had no heirs. The events of her reign would pave the way for Britain to become an international world power. Although born into royalty, her education was similar to that of other aristocratic girls:  languages and music. Her knowledge of history was limited and she received no instruction in civil law or military matters that most male monarchs were expected to have. She was also a sickly child, and may have suffered from the blood disease porphyria, as well as having poor vision and  a serious case of smallpox at the age of twelve. Poor health would plague Anne her entire life, probably contributing to her many miscarriages. Anne grew up in an atmosphere of controversy. Her father James, the Duke of York, and both her mother and later her stepmother were Roman Catholic. They would have preferred to raise Anne and Mary (their only children to survive early childhood)  as Roman Catholics. Nevertheless, prominent Protestants, such as Henry Compton, later bishop of London, interceded and ensured the girls would not only be required to attend Protestant services but that they also receive Protestant religious instruction. Anne's life dramatically changed when the Lord Treasurer and Earl of Danby, in an attempt to strengthen his influence with King Charles II, arranged the marriage of Anne's sister, Mary, to William of Orange. Their father, the Duke of York, had wanted to wed Mary to the heir to the French throne, a Roman Catholic. Danby persuaded by the King to allow the marriage to William, a Dutch Protestant and an enemy of France, thus straining the close relationship between Anne and Mary. Anne married Prince George of Denmark. This was an arrangement Anne's father negotiated in secret with sponsorship by King Louis XIV of France, who hoped for a Anglo-Danish alliance against William of Orange and the Dutch. No such alliance would ever materialize.   Her husband did not affect Anne's position as he remained politically weak and inactive, suffering from a drinking problem. Prince George's influence in matters of state would remain small throughout their marriage. The relationship he had with Anne was a close one and she loved him deeply, however, their marriage was saddened by Anne's twelve miscarriages and the fact that none of their other five children reached adulthood. When King Charles II died in 1686, Anne's father became King James II. His Roman Catholicism and his desire to rule without Parliament's input caused Parliament to call on William of Orange and Mary to take the throne, in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. This revolution created a constitutional, limited monarchy in England, where elected representatives, not a dynastic monarch, truly ruled.  Interestingly, later Queen Anne became the last British monarch to veto an act of Parliament.  Anne supported the revolution and opposed her father.  Mary allowed her husband to rule, and neither got along with Anne during their reign.  But since they never had children, after Mary died, followed by William, in 1702, the throne then passed to Anne. The Settlement Act of 1701 paved the way for Anne's reign. It stated that if Anne died without chi


In November 2014, a European Space consortium succeeded in landing a vehicle on a comet after a 10 year journey. What was the name of the mission?

Philae comet probe may have bounced after landing - CNN.com 1 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Philae is wedged in a dark corner of Rosetta – "We are so happy to have finally imaged Philae, and to see it in such amazing detail," says Cecilia Tubiana of the OSIRIS camera team. She was the first person to see the images when they were downlinked from the Rosetta probe, according to the European Space Agency. Hide Caption 2 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Philae found using images from Rosetta – The image is detailed enough that viewers can pick out features of Philae's 3-foot-wide (1 meter) body. Even two of its three legs can be seen. Hide Caption 3 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser One of the primary objectives of the Rosetta mission was to drop the Philae lander onto the comet. The probe was successfully deployed in November 2014, becoming the first probe to land on a comet. But Philae failed to grab onto the comet and bounced around. It fell silent a few days later. Then on June 13, 2015, Philae came out of hibernation and "spoke" to mission managers at the European Space Agency for 85 seconds. This photo above was taken by the lander's mothership, the Rosetta orbiter, after the lander started its descent to the comet. Hide Caption 4 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser The Rosetta spacecraft captured this image of a jet of white debris spraying from Comet 67P/Churyumov--Gerasimenko on July 29, 2015. Mission scientists said this was the brightest jet seen to date in the mission. The debris is mostly of ice coated with dark organic material. Hide Caption 5 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser This image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta on July 8, 2015 as the spacecraft and comet headed toward their closest approach to the sun. Rosetta was about 125 miles (201 kilometers) from the comet when it took this image. Hide Caption 6 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Philae wakes up! Mission managers posted this cartoon of the lander yawning after it came out of hibernation on June 13, 2015. They also sent a series of tweets between the lander and its mothership, Rosetta. Hide Caption 7 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is a Jupiter-family comet. Its 6.5 year journey around the Sun takes it from just beyond the orbit of Jupiter at its most distant, to between the orbits of Earth and Mars at its closest. The comet hails from the Kuiper Belt, but gravitational perturbations knocked it towards the Sun where interactions with Jupiter's gravity set it on its present-day orbit. Hide Caption 8 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser This image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta on June 5, 2015, while the spacecraft was about 129 miles (208 kilometers) from the comet's center. Hide Caption Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Rosetta's navigation camera took this image of the comet on June 1, 2015. Hide Caption 10 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser The Rosetta Mission is tracking Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on its orbit around the sun. This image was taken on May 3, 2015 at a distance of about 84 miles (135 km) from the comet's center. Hide Caption Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser This image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on April 15, 2015. Hide Caption 12 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Rosetta snapped this wide-angle view of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in September 2014. Rosetta was about 107 million miles (172 million kilometers) from Earth and about 92 million miles (148 million kilometers) from the sun when the photo was released. Hide Caption 13 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser A camera on Rosetta took this picture of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 22, 2014, from a distance of about 19 miles (31 kilometers). The nucleus is deliberately overexposed to reveal jets of material spewing from the comet. The 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer) comet has shown a big increase in the amount of water its releasing, according to NASA. The space agency says about 40 ounces (1.2 liters)


Kendal stands on a river that shares its name with which English county?

Kendal | Wiki | 📖 Everipedia Everipedia Kendal /ˈkɛndəl/ , anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria , England. Historically in Westmorland , it is situated about 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Windermere , 19 miles (31 km) north of Lancaster , 23 miles (37 km) north-east of Barrow-in-Furness and 38 miles (61 km) north-west of Skipton . The town lies in the valley or "dale" of the River Kent , from which it derives its name, and has a total resident population of 28,586, [2] making it the third largest settlement in Cumbria behind Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. Kendal today is known largely as a centre for tourism, as the home of Kendal mint cake , and as a producer of pipe tobacco and tobacco snuff . Its buildings, mostly constructed with the local grey limestone , have earned it the nickname Grey Auld Town. History Kendal is listed in the Domesday Book as part of Yorkshire with the name Cherchebi. For many centuries it was called Kirkbie Kendal, meaning "village with a church in the valley of the River Kent". The earliest castle was a Norman motte and bailey (now located on the west side of the town) when the settlement went under the name of Kirkbie Strickland. A chartered market town , the centre of Kendal is structured around a high street with fortified alleyways, known locally as yards, off to either side which allowed the local population to seek shelter from the Anglo-Scottish raiding parties known as the Border Reivers . The main industry in these times was the manufacture of woollen goods, the importance of which is reflected in the town's coat of arms and in its Latin motto "Pannus mihi panis", meaning wool (literally 'cloth') is my bread. "Kendal Green" was hard-wearing wool-based fabric specific to the local manufacturing process, and was supposedly sported by the Kendalian archers who were instrumental in the English victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt . Kendal Green was also worn by slaves in the Americas, and is mentioned in songs and literature from that time. Kendal Green was traditionally the colour of clothing worn by foresters and as such was mentioned by Shakespeare in Henry IV, Part 1 . The site of several ( ruined ) castles, the most recent one constructed in the late-12th century, Kendal Castle , has a long history as a stronghold of one kind or another. It was the castle of the Barony of Kendal , the part of Westmorland ruled from here. The castle is best known for being the home of the Parr family, who represent one of the lines of heirs of these barons. The Parrs inherited the castle through marriage during the reign of Edward III of England . Rumours still circulate that King Henry VIII 's sixth wife Catherine Parr was born at Kendal Castle, but based on the evidence available this is very unlikely. By the time Catherine was born the castle was beyond repair and her father was already based in Blackfriars, London, as a member of the court of King Henry VIII . Roman fort A Roman fort existed about 2 miles south of the present day town centre, at a site known as Watercrook. [3] It was built in about AD 90, originally as a timber structure, and then rebuilt with stone in about 130 during the reign of Hadrian . The fort was abandoned for about 20 years during the Antonine re-occupation of Scotland . It was then rebuilt during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and occupied until roughly 270. That was probably the last time it was held for military purposes. [4] What remains of the stone structure is now buried under a field. Many of the Roman artefacts from this site may be found in the Kendal museum . Transport Early travellers to Kendal complained of eight miles of "nothing but a confused mixture of Rockes and Boggs." Riding horseback was the fastest form of travelling for the road was "no better than the roughest fell tracks on high ground and spongy, miry tracks in the vallies." It became evident that it was unjust and beyond the power of the thinly scattered rural population thereabouts be c


Which Simon & Garfunkel song was used as the theme for the 1967 film The Graduate?

The Graduate - Simon & Garfunkel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Simon & Garfunkel google+ AllMusic Review               by Bruce Eder The soundtrack to Mike Nichols' The Graduate remains a key musical document of the late '60s, although truth be told, its impact was much less artistic than commercial (and, for that matter, more negative than positive). With the exception of its centerpiece track, the elegiac and oft-quoted "Mrs. Robinson" -- which only appears here as a pair of fragments -- the Simon & Garfunkel songs that comprise much of the record (a series of Dave Grusin instrumentals round it out) appeared on the duo's two preceding LPs; Nichols' masterstroke was to transplant those songs into his film, where they not only meshed perfectly with the story's themes of youthful rebellion and alienation (and the inner life of the central character, Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock) but also heralded a new era in movie music centered around the appropriation of past pop hits, a marketing gimmick that grew exponentially in the years to follow. The Graduate soundtrack, then, merits the dubious honor of being the earliest and one of the most successful Hollywood repackagings of "found" pop songs, a formula essentially based around coercing fans to purchase soundtrack albums filled with material they already own in order to acquire the occasional new track or two. The album began its life because of Nichols' enthusiasm for the duo's music, and Columbia Records chief Clive Davis' ability to persuade the pair of the importance of a soundtrack LP. Davis turned the actual making of the album over to producer Teo Macero , who approached it with skepticism -- Paul Simon and Mike Nichols had discovered that they really weren't on the same page, with Nichols rejecting "Overs" and "Punky's Dilemma," songs that ended up as highlights of the Bookends album, issued two months after The Graduate soundtrack. Thus, there wasn't enough Simon & Garfunkel material to fill even one LP side, and only about eight minutes of that were "new" recordings, and barely a quarter of that (the "Mrs. Robinson" fragments) new song material. And there also wasn't enough of David Grusin' s instrumental music (none of which meshed with the duo's work) for an album. Macero combined this material into a musically awkward LP that somehow did its job -- which, in Davis' eyes, was to introduce Simon & Garfunkel' s music to the parents of their existing audience (topping the charts in the bargain, and turning Grusin' s "Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha" into a favorite of easy listening stations). Fans of Simon & Garfunkel likely felt cheated by the presence of the "Mrs. Robinson" fragments, as well as repeats of the 1966-vintage "The Sound of Silence" and "April Come She Will," and an edited extension of "Scarborough Fair/Canticle." But there were two curiosities for the completist -- a high-wattage, edited rendition of "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" (in a style seemingly parodying the sound of Bob Dylan' s Highway 61 Revisited ); and a gentle, subdued acoustic reprise of "The Sound of Silence," which was possibly the best studio rendition the duo ever gave of the song. Track Listing


What was the occupation of Jack Russell, after whom a breed of dog is named?

Jack Russell Terrier - 必应 Sign in Jack Russell Terrier The Jack Russell Terrier is a small terrier that has its origins in fox hunting. It is principally white-bodied and smooth, rough or broken-coated. The Jack Russell is frequently confused with the Parson Russell terrier (see the American Kennel Club) and the Russell terrier, which is a shorter-legged, stockier variety. (Within the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, the "Russell terrier" is also known as "Jack Russell terrier".) The term "Jack Russell" is also commonly misapplied to other small white terriers. The Jack Russell is a broad type, with a size range of 10–15 inches (25–38 cm). The Parson Russell is limited only to a middle range with a standard size of 12–14 inches (30–36 cm ... (展开) ), while the Russell terrier is smaller at 8–12 inches (20–30 cm). Each breed has different physical proportions according to the standards of their breed clubs. Jack Russells are an energetic breed that rely on a high level of exercise and stimulation, and are relatively free from serious health complaints. Originating from dogs bred and used by Reverend John Russell in the early 19th century, from whom the breed takes its name, the Jack Russell has similar origins to the modern Fox terrier. It has gone through several changes over the years, corresponding to different use and breed standards set by kennel clubs. Recognition by kennel clubs for the Jack Russell breed has been opposed by the breed's parent societies – which resulted in the breeding and recognition of the Parson Russell terrier. Jack Russells have appeared many times in film, television and print - with several historical dogs of note. Sporting parson The small white-fox working terriers we know today were first bred by the Reverend John Russell, a parson and hunting enthusiast born in 1795, and they can trace their origin to the now extinct English White terrier. Difficulty in differentiating the dog from the creature it was pursuing brought about the need for a mostly white dog, and so in 1819 during his last year of university at Exeter College, Oxford, he purchased a small white and tan terrier female named Trump from a milkman in the nearby small hamlet of Elsfield. Trump epitomised his ideal Fox terrier, which, at the time, was a term used for any terrier which was used to bolt foxes out of their burrows. Her colouring was described as "...white, with just a patch of dark tan over each eye and ear; whilst a similar dot, not larger than a penny piece, marks the root of the tail." Davies, a friend of Russell's, wrote "Trump was such an animal as Russell had only seen in his dreams". She was the basis for a breeding program to develop a terrier with high stamina for the hunt as well as the courage and formation to chase out foxes that had gone to ground. By the 1850s, these dogs were recognised as a distinct breed. An important attribute in this dog was a tempered aggressiveness that would provide the necessary drive to pursue and bolt the fox, without resulting in physical harm to the quarry and effectively ending the chase, which was considered unsporting. Russell was said to have prided himself that his terriers never tasted blood. This line of terriers developed by John Russell was well respected for those qualities, and his dogs were often taken on by hunt enthusiasts. It is unlikely, however, that any dogs alive today can be proven to be descendants from Trump, as Russell was forced to sell all his dogs on more than one occasion because of financial difficulty, and had only four aged (and non-breeding) terriers left when he died in 1883. The Fox terrier and Jack Russell terrier type dogs of today are all descended from dogs of that period, although documented pedigrees earlier than 1862 have not been found, although several records remain of documented breeding by John Russell between the 1860s and 1880s. The Fox Terrier Club was formed in 1875 with Russell as one of the founder members; its breed standard was aspiration, and not a description of how the breed appeared then. By the start of the 2


Established in April 1951, which was the first National Park in England?

Peak District National Park, England -- National Geographic Peak District National Park, England View Images Sunrise bathes Higger Tor, a rock outcropping in the Peak District, in warm light. Photograph by Chris Herring, Photolibrary Name: Peak District Size: 555 square miles (1,438 square kilometers) Did You Know? • Britain's First National Park The Peak District was the first national park to be established in Great Britain. As late as the early 20th century most British countryside lay in the hands of wealthy landowners who restricted or banned public access. But the 1932 Kinder Mass Trespass, held in what is now the park, was a milestone event in the campaign that led to increased public land access and the eventual establishment of national parks. • Peac Park The park’s name derives from peac, an Old English word meaning hill. Peak District’s high point is on Kinder Scout, a moorland plateau some 2,088 feet (636 meters) above sea level. • Private Owners Over 90 percent of Peak District is privately owned land. The National Trust owns 12 percent, and three water companies own another 11 percent. The Peak District National Park Authority owns only 5 percent. About 86 percent of the total is farmland, which is used mostly for grazing sheep or cattle. • Within Reach About 38,000 people live inside the national park—an area about the size of Greater London. Some 16 million more people live within an hour’s drive of its boundaries. Peak District lies between Sheffield and Manchester, surrounded by industrial cities in the geographic heart of England. • Mixed Bag The park can be divided into three sections. The Dark Peak features high moors covered with thick, dark peat. The White Peak, so named for its 300-million-year-old limestone filled with fossilized corals and other seafloor creatures, is a lower region of rolling farmlands. The South West Peak is a patchwork landscape of moors, woods, and pastoral valleys. • Millstones Peak District National Park’s symbol is a millstone. Quarries have been operated here since prehistoric times and the local gritstone was once a popular choice for millstones. Hundreds of them still lie scattered across parts of the park. • Caves to Explore The Castleton Caves are a popular sightseeing spot. “All this country is hollow,” Arthur Conan Doyle once said, “could you strike it with some gigantic hammer it would boom like a drum.” Four former lead mines offer access to this subterranean realm, which in Speedwell Cavern is accessed by an underground boat ride. • Chatsworth House Peak District is home to Chatsworth, premier among all the stately country homes that dot this part of England’s countryside. The house, home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, is a historic showplace of architecture, art, and lush landscape gardens. How to Get There Regular train services run from Manchester, Sheffield, Derby, Matlock, Buxton, Glossop, and many other communities. Bus services are regular and include even more stops. Check out the park’s Peak Connections guides for itineraries to top attractions. When to Visit As expected in a region with so many diverse attractions, from hill walks to stately homes, festivals, feasting, and concerts—there is always something happening. Check out What’s On in the Peak District. How to Visit Why not travel to the park by train and then stretch your legs on the free, guided Transpeak Walks ? This voluntary group organizes walks of all types that begin and end at train stations in Peak District. Buses also travel the length and breadth of the park, and a historic steam train runs between Matlock and Rowsley. Cyclists can enjoy several traffic-free cycle routes set up in the park, and bikes can be hired from three different. Visit Pedal Peak District for details. Comment on This Story


Which actress took the role originally played by Janet Leigh in the 1998 re-make of Psycho?

Psycho Re-Make Yes, some very un-practical people are actually thinking of re-making the classic film, Psycho. Why? I dont know! Every re-make turns out to be crap! And some very talented people have actually attached their name to this project too! Who? Glad ya asked! First of all, planning to produce the film, I assume, is Brian Grazer who has produced a number of great flims including: Backdraft (1991); Far and Away (1992); Apollo 13 (1995); Fear (1996); The Nutty Professor (1996); Ransom (1996) and the upcoming Nutty Professor 2. And Gus Van Sant is planning to direct and he just did the oscar winnning Good Will Hunting (1997). I guess they aren't as smart as we thought they were..... But maybe it might actually be good. I know some might say I'm being a traitor to the horror genere, but think about it. In color...young fresh on the rise 90's actors. Maybe it'll be better than all the other re-makes it preceeds...you never know. It has been known to happen....I'll at least check it out in theaters to see what it was like-I sugest you do too! Daily Variety's Dish column reports that Gus Van Sant and Brian Grazer have a summer start date for their planned Universal remake of Psycho. They also report that several offers have been made to leading actors to play the roles. Vince Vaughn (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Swingers) has been offered the role of Norman Bates. Nicole Kidman (Malice, The Peacemaker, To Die For) is in talks to fill the Janet Leigh role, though she may have scheduling problems. Julianne Moore (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Tale from the Darkside: The Movie, Boogie Nights) is in talks to play Lila Crane, who investigates her sister's disappearance. Finally, William H. Macy (ER, Boogie Nights, Fargo) is considering the role of the police investigator, who uncovers the secrets at the Bates Motel. All parties are still tenative and no one has signed to date. Though Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures are staying tight-lipped about Gus Van Sant's upcoming remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, sources tell Daily Variety that Anne Heche and Julianne Moore have already committed. Anne Heche (I Know What You Did Last Summer) is said to have taken the role of Marion Crane (made famous by actress Janet Leigh in the original 1960 version), after Nicole Kidman had to turn it down due to scheduling problems. Word is that Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights) will play Heche's sister, Lila Crane (originally played by Vera Miles), who investigates her sister's death. The studio had no comment on the casting. Other casting news is that Vince Vaughn is still the name getting the most mentions about playing the new Norman Bates, however a new player has just entered the field - it's the X-Filer himself David Duchovny. Is this rumour going to pan out? Possibly though I doubt it. More likely is if Duchovny is in it, then he would be playing Marion's boyfriend. Cameras start rolling this summer on Gus Van Sant's remake of the Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic PSYCHO. Release date said to be: December 4, 1998. Universal is putting a hold on all prints of the original and the first two sequels. Joe Stefano's original '60 script is supposed to be the one Van Sant is using. I've also heard everything's proceeding apace for filming to begin this month. Actor Vince Vaughn (Swingers, The Lost World) who had been rumored as to be thinking over the idea of being in the Psycho Re-Make has finally signed on to play the role that made Anthony Perkins famous and scared hundreds years ago. Vaughn will play the role of Norman Bates, the killer "possesed by his mother" in the upcoming remake being directed by Gus Van Sant. Rumored to have a release date of December 1999 (up against SCREAM 3? I dont think so! Especially with all the bad press its already getting!) The last bit of casting on this horror remake has been officially wrapped up with Daily Variety Dish reporting that Viggo Mortensen (G.I. Jane) and William H. Macy (Boogie Nights, Fargo) have signed onboard. Macy to play the Sheriff Chambers role and Mortensen to play Sam Lomi


Who, in January 2013, became the General Secretary of the TUC?

Trades Union Congress - Frances O'Grady: TUC General Secretary Home › Frances O'Grady: TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady: TUC General Secretary Share this page Biographical details Frances has been an active trade unionist and campaigner all her working life. She has been employed in a range of jobs from shop work to the voluntary sector. Before the TUC, Frances worked for the Transport and General Workers Union where she worked on successful campaigns to stop the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board and for the introduction of a national minimum wage, equal pay for women, and on a range of industrial wage claims. In 1994, Frances was appointed as TUC Campaigns Officer and ran campaigns for equal rights for part-timers and against low pay. In 1997, she was appointed to head up the New Unionism campaign and launched the TUC's Organising Academy. As well as driving new recruitment campaigns in call centres, supermarkets and new media, the Academy set out to attract a generation of new 'young guns' into the trade union movement and shift the 'male, pale and stale' stereotype to a profile that better fits a six million plus membership that is now 50:50 men and women. Frances went on to head up the TUC's organisation department in 1999 and reorganised local bargaining for skills projects into the unified national brand of unionlearn, which has grown to help a quarter of a million workers into learning every year – a track record of success that continues to attract the support of hundreds of employers and public funding from the government. As Deputy General Secretary since 2003, Frances led on winning the 2012 Principles of Co-operation Agreement with the Olympic Authorities, guaranteeing on-site minimum standards for local jobs, health and safety and the London living wage. Frances has also led on industrial policy arguing the case for a strategic approach to rebalancing the economy in the wake of the financial crash. In January 2013, Frances became the General Secretary of the TUC, the first woman ever to hold this post. Fair pay remains a core ambition – she was on the Resolution Foundation's Commission on Living Standards, and has been a member of the Low Pay and the High Pay Commissions. Frances is a strong believer in protecting the public service ethos, opposes privatisation and leads the TUC campaign to save the NHS. Frances was born in Oxford, has two adult children and lives in North London.


Which English painter was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk in 1776?

John Constable was born on June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk John Constable was born on June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk. As a young man he worked for his father in the family business at a flour mill. In 1799, Constable decided to leave the flour mill so that he could study at the Royal Academy School. His first landscape painting was in 1802 and after that he studied painting and English Rural life on his own. Constable developed a distinctly individual style. His paintings were "executed in the open air rather than in a studio, as was customary, was an innovation in English art. Constable departed from the traditions of Dutch and English painting by discarding the usual brown under painting and achieving more luminous lighting effects through the use of broken bits of color applied with a palette knife. The Dedham Vale, The Cornfield, The Leaping Horse, and The Hay Wain are great examples of Constable's individual style and how he was a Romantic Painter. One of Constable's first important paintings was Dedham Vale of 1802 and the Dedham Vale of 1828. These paintings "repeat intrinsically the composition of that compact gem - like scene" (Reynolds,21). The Dedham Vale of 1828 was painted from a topographical point of view. "The painting shows a view from the hill bordering the Stour Valley. Constable loved the view from the Stour Valley so much, that he drew from almost the same spot in several sketches and painted at least three versions in oil." Constable described the Dedham Vale as, "perhaps my best." Because Constable painted in the open air rather than in a studio, his attention to detail is almost unmatched. The way "he catches the sunlight in blobs of pure white and yellow." Maybe Constable sums it up well when he says; "I should paint my own places best - painting is but another word for feeling. I associate my "careless boyhood" to all that lies on the banks of Stour. They made me a painter and I am grateful" (Reynolds, 31). Constable's next painting is a good example of his Romantic style. The Cornfield, painted in 1826, shows his Romantic vision of the countryside. The landscape is of the Suffolk countryside with "lovely valleys and peaceful farmhouses." As a young boy Constable would travel down that lane from East Bergholt to the Vale at Dedham on his way to school. There are a number of elements in the Cornfield that Constable focused on. One is the dead tree, "For Constable a tree was not merely a tree; it was at the moment when he painted it something individual and unique." Another example is the drinking boy in the painting, this "may of recalled occasions when Constable slaked his own thirst from the wayside stream" (Reynolds, 76). This quote sums up why Constable attention to detail was so accurate in his painting, In the coach yesterday coming from Suffolk were two gentlemen and myself, all strangers to each other. In passing through the valley about Dedham, one of them remarked to me - on my saying it was beautiful - "Yes Sir - this is Constable's country!" I then told him who I was lest he should spoil it" (Reynolds, 31). While Constable was gaining fame in Paris, he started working on the most dramatic and impressive of all his Stour paintings, The Leaping Horse. Painted in 1825, "The Leaping Horse illuminates the ambiguity of Constable's vision, it also shows how difficult it was to be a "natural painter" (Kroeber, 109). The painting represents a feature of the working day of Stour, "where a horse leaps over a barrier set across the path to prevent cattle from straying." This is probably his most famous painting next to the Hay Wain. "The angle of vision is not frontal, the main focus of are attention in the painting is the tall trees to our left, the boat, the canal, the gnarled tree, the leaping horse, and the spillway, all form a rectangular cell running diagonally to our view point" (Kroeber, 112). That is what makes this painting enjoyable to look at, there is no one point on the painting that draws more attention to it the another point. Perhaps "the transposition of the L


Which singer was known as 'Little Miss Dynamite'?

Important Names and Brief Bios Important Names and Brief Bios Important Names and Brief Bios Alan Freed (1922â65): DJ and concert promoter dubbed the "Pied Piper" of rock 'n' roll. Played an important role in broadening the audience for R&B among white teenagers during the early 1950s. Big Joe Turner (1911â85): "Blues shouter" born in Kansas City. From 1945 to 1951, made recordings with many labels before signing with Atlantic in 1951. "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" (1954) was his biggest rock 'n' roll record for Atlantic. The Chords: R&B black male vocal group; performed the original version of "Sh-Boom." The Crew Cuts: White male vocal group whose cover version of "Sh-Boom" was one of the two biggest pop hits of 1954. Bill Haley (1925â81): Former DJ and western swing bandleader from Pennsylvania who moved toward the R&B jump band in the 1950s. Along with his band, the Comets, Haley recorded commercially successful cover versions of R&B hits. Herman ("Little Junior") Parker (1927â71): Singer, songwriter, and harmonica player who achieved some success with his R&B band, Little Junior's Blue Flames; recorded "Mystery Train" for Sam Phillips's Sun label. Charlie Christian (1916â42): African American guitarist from Texas who introduced the guitar into Benny Goodman's band and helped pioneer the modern jazz style bebop. Charles Edward Anderson ("Chuck") Berry (b. 1926): Brilliantly clever and articulate lyricist and songwriter, fine rock 'n' roll vocal stylist, and pioneering electric guitarist. One of the first black musicians to consciously forge his own R&B styles for appeal to the mass market. Also known for his "duck walk." Aaron "T-Bone" Walker (1910â75): R&B electric guitarist. Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley) (1936â59): Early rock 'n' roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter from the country/rockabilly side of rock 'n' roll. Killed tragically at the age of twenty-two in a plane crash. Jerry Lee Lewis: White rockabilly singer and pianist. Richard Wayne Penniman "Little Richard" (b. 1932): Flamboyant early rock 'n' roll singer and pianist. Known for his uninhibited shouting style; his hit records include "Tutti-Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally." Antoine "Fats" Domino (b. 1928): Born in New Orleans, established as an R&B singer and pianist before becoming a rock 'n' roll star. Known for his R&B-tinged hits "Ain't It a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill." Elvis Presley (1935â77): Known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll," the biggest star to come from the country side of the music world. Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, made his first recordings in Memphis at Sun Records, and later recorded for RCA and became a Hollywood film star. Colonel Thomas Parker: Elvis Presley's manager. Milt Gabler: A&R man for Decca Records. Produced a series of hit records with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, and Bill Haley and the Comets. Kingston Trio: One of the most popular folk groups of the rock 'n' roll era. Responsible for keeping public interest in folk music alive through the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their recording of "Tom Dooley," an adaptation of an old ballad song, was a huge hit. Wanda Jackson (b. 1937): Multitalented singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter, known as the "Queen of Rockabilly." Janis Martin (b. 1940): Promoted as the "female Elvis" by RCA in 1956. Jo-Ann Campbell (b. 1938): Showcased by disc jockey Alan Freed as "the blonde bombshell" on radio, in his "rock 'n' roll revues," and in his movie Go, Johnny, Go! (1959). Lorrie (Lawrencine) Collins (b. 1942): Performed with her younger brother Larry as the "Collins Kids" duo, an act that became well known through television in the mid-1950s, and also cut some scintillating rockabilly records for Columbia between 1956 and 1958. Connie Francis (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero) (b. 1938): Italian American vocalist whose string of hits began in 1958 with her revival of a Tin Pan Alley tune from 1923, "Who's Sorry Now." Brenda Lee ( Brenda Mae Tarpley) (b. 1944): Known as "Little Miss Dynamite," recorded engaging rock 'n' roll songs like "Sweet Nothin's" (Number Four pop, 1960)


The name of which type of wine glass is also the name of a musical instrument?

The Glass Armonica - Benjamin Franklin's Magical Musical Invention We've known about the 'wet-finger-around-the-wine-glass' idea since Renaissance times—one of the first people to write about that phenomenon was Galileo. Sets of water-tuned glasses on which you can play tunes were popularized in England by Pockridge and Gluck in the early 1700's. In 1761 Benjamin Franklin was in London representing the Pennsylvania Legislature to Parliament. Franklin was very interested in music: he was a capable amateur musician, attended concerts regularly, and even wrote a string quartet! One of the concerts Franklin attended was by Deleval, a colleague of his in the Royal Academy, who performed on a set of water tuned wineglasses patterned after Pockridge's instrument. Franklin was enchanted, and determined to invent and build 'a more convenient' arrangement. Franklin's new invention premiered in early 1762, played by Marianne Davies—a well known musician in London who learned to play Franklin's new invention. Initially Franklin named it the 'glassychord', but soon settled on 'armonica' as the name for his new invention—after the Italian word for harmony "armonia". Apparently Franklin built a second instrument for Ms. Davies, as she toured Europe with hers, while Franklin returned to Philadelphia with his own. The armonica made quite a hit, particularly in Germany. Mozart was introduced to it by Franz Mesmer, who used his to 'mesmerize' his patients, and later Mozart wrote two works for it (a solo armonica piece, and a larger quintet for armonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello). Beethoven also wrote a little piece for amonica and narrator (!), and many of their colleagues of the day composed for it as well—some 200 pieces for armonica (solo, or with other instruments) survive from that era. But musical fashions changed. Music was moving out of the relatively small aristocratic halls of Mozart's day into the large public concert halls of the 19th century, and without amplification it simply couldn't be heard. During this period, musical instruments in general were significantly redesigned to make them louder to be heard in the larger public concert halls—the piano went through a major transformation from a "quiet little harpsichord with hammers" of Mozart's day to the massive instrument we know today, and instruments of the orchestra—strings, winds, brass—were all modified to increase their volume. But there really wasn't any way to make the armonica louder. Concert reviews from the period bemoan the fact that the armonica sounded wonderful—when it could be heard. So, alas, Franklin's marvelous invention was ultimately abandoned. Amplification is of course no longer a problem, but even today there are only a dozen or so glass armonica performers worldwide.


Brazilian Wandering Spiders: Bites & Other Facts Brazilian Wandering Spiders: Bites & Other Facts By Jessie Szalay, Live Science Contributor | November 19, 2014 08:26pm ET MORE Credit: Nashepard | Shutterstock Brazilian wandering spiders, also called armed spiders or banana spiders, belong to the genus Phoneutria, which means "murderess" in Greek. And it's no wonder why — it's one of the most venomous spiders on Earth. Its bite can be deadly to humans, especially children, although antivenin makes death unlikely. The Guinness Book of World Records has named the Brazilian wandering spider the world's most venomous spider  in multiple years, though, as Jo-Anne Nina Sewlal , an arachnologist at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, pointed out, "Classifying an animal as deadly is controversial," as the amount of damage depends on the amount of venom injected. Also, a "well-publicized study that an intravenous injection of 0.006 mg of venom from these spiders caused death in mice could be regarded of little concern to humans, since we are many times larger than a mouse," she said. Classification/taxonomy There are eight species of Brazilian wandering spider, all of which can be found in Brazil. Some of the species also can be found throughout Latin America, from Costa Rica to Argentina, according to an article in the journal American Entomologist . Author Richard S. Vetter, a research associate in the department of entomology at the University of California, Riverside, wrote that specimens of these powerful arachnids have been exported to North American and Europe in banana shipments. However, Vetter noted, in many cases of cargo infestation, the spider in question is a harmless Cupiennius species that is misidentified as a Phoneutria species. The two types of spiders look similar. The taxonomy of Brazilian wandering spiders , according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), is: Kingdom: Animalia Phoneutria reidyi Size & characteristics Brazilian wandering spiders are large, with bodies reaching up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) and leg spans reaching about 6 inches (15 cm), according to the Conservation Institute . The species vary in color, though all are hairy, mostly brown and may have a black spot on their bellies. Behavior According to Sewlal, these arachnids "are called wandering spiders because they do not build webs but wander on the forest floor at night, actively hunting prey." They kill by both ambush and direct attack. They spend most of their day hiding under logs or in crevices, and come out to hunt at night. They eat insects, other spiders and sometimes, small amphibians, reptiles and mice. Because of the toxicity of their bite and their alarming-looking posture, these spiders have a reputation for being aggressive. But these behaviors are actually defense mechanisms. "When threatened, they will raise their first two pairs of legs," said Sewlal. This dramatic and intimidating posture exposes the scarlet hair surrounding the fangs on some species. Their threatened stance serves as a warning, indicating to predators that the poisonous spider is ready to attack. "Their bites are a means of self-defense and only done if they are provoked intentionally or by accident," Sewlal said. A Brazilian wandering spider guards her egg sac. Credit: Dr. Morley Read Shutterstock Mating In almost all spider species, the female is larger than the male. This dimorphism is no different in the Brazilian wandering spider. Males approach females cautiously when attempting to mate, according to the biology department at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Males perform a dance to get females' attention, and males often fight each other over the female. The female can be picky, and she often turns down many males before choosing the one she will mate with. Once she does pick one, the male needs to watch out; females often attack the males once copulation is finished. The female then can store the sperm in a separate chamber from the eggs until she is ready to fertilize them. She will lay up to 1,000 eggs, which


Who was the chief harpooner on Captain Ahab's whaleship?

Moby Dick Characters | GradeSaver Buy Study Guide Captain Ahab Ahab is the Captain of the Pequod, a grave older man reaching his sixties who has spent nearly forty years as a sailor, only three of which he has spent on dry land (Melville alludes to Ahab as having a wife and son, but their existence seems of little significance to Ahab). The novel is essentially the story of Ahab and his quest to defeat the legendary Sperm Whale Moby Dick, for this whale took Ahab's leg, causing him to use an ivory leg to walk and stand. Ahab is a dour, imposing man who frightens his crew through his unwavering obsession with defeating Moby Dick and his grand hubris. In many respects Melville portrays Ahab as barely human, barely governed by human mores and conventions and nearly entirely subject to his own obsession with Moby Dick. Melville describes him in mostly alien terms: Ahab is a spectral figure haunting Stubb's dreams and existing in a place away from the living. He is in some ways a machine, unaffected by human appetites and without recognizable emotion. And most importantly, he claims himself a God over the Pequod, but instead he may be a Satanic figure through his somewhat blasphemous quest against the white whale. Ishmael Ishmael is the narrator of the novel, a simple sailor on the Pequod who undertakes the journey because of his affection for the ocean and his need to go sea whenever he feels "hazy about the eyes." As the narrator Ishmael establishes him as somewhat of a cipher and an everyman, and in fact his role in the plot of the novel is inconsequential; his primary task is to observe the conflicts around him. Nevertheless, Melville does give his narrator several significant character traits, the most important of which is his idealization of the Sperm Whale and his belief in its majesty. Also, it is Ishmael who has the only significant personal relationship in the novel; he becomes a close friend with the pagan harpooner Queequeg and comes to cherish and adore Queequeg to a somewhat improbable level open to great interpretation; Melville even describes their relationship in terms of a marriage. Ishmael is the only survivor of the Pequod's voyage, living to tell the tale of Moby Dick only because he is by chance on a whaling boat when Moby Dick sinks the Pequod and is rescued by a nearby ship. Starbuck Starbuck is the chief mate of the Pequod, a Nantucket native and a Quaker with a thin build and a pragmatic manner. In appearance, Starbuck is quite thin and seems condensed into his most essential characteristics, and his streamlined appearance well suits his attitudes and behavior. Melville portrays Starbuck as both a strong believer in human fallibility and an idealist who believes that these failings may be contained. Among the characters in Moby Dick, it is only Starbuck who openly opposes Captain Ahab, believing his quest against the great whale to be an impulsive and suicidal folly. However, despite his open misgivings about Ahab and the open hostility between these two characters that culminates when Ahab points his musket at Starbuck, the conflicted Starbuck remains loyal to his captain even when he has the possibility of vanquishing Ahab. If Ahab serves as the protagonist of the novel and Ahab the narrator, Ishmael is the character whom Melville intends as the proxy for the reader: the only character given a gamut of emotions ranging from pity and fear to contempt, Starbuck is Melville's surrogate for an emotional response from his audience. Queequeg Queequeg is a harpooner from New Zealand, the son of a king who renounces the throne in order to travel the world on whaling ships and learn about Christian society. Ishmael meets Queequeg when the two must share a bed at the Spouter Inn in New Bedford before journeying to Nantucket to undertake the journey on the Pequod. Melville portrays Queequeg as a blend of civilized behavior and savagery. Certainly in his appearance and upbringing he is uncivilized by the standards of the main characters of the novel, yet Melville (through his narrator Ishmael) finds Queequeg


The assassination of which Soviet politician in 1934 triggered Stalin's purge of the Communist Party?

The Great Purge of Stalinist Russia | Guided History The Great Purge of Stalinist Russia Compiled by Laura Hill HI102 The Emergence of Modern Europe Spring ’13   Introduction The Great Purge, also known as the Great Terror, marks a period of extreme persecution and oppression in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s.  While previous purges under Stalin involved the persecutions of kulaks (wealthy peasants), Nepmen (people who engaged in private enterprise during the New Economic Policy of the 1920s), clergymen, and former oppositionists, the Great Purge is characterized by imprisonments and executions not only of these usual suspects but of Communists leaders and party members, members of the Red Army, and the Intelligentsia in great numbers.  The Great Purge instituted a new type of terror in which the boundaries of those oppressed were practically nonexistent – any stain on the record, including mere association with a perceived enemy, brought one under suspicion of the NKVD, the Soviet secret police.  So-called enemies of the people were charged with treason, wrecking, espionage and more.  There were strong anti-elitist attitudes and persecution against those who practiced favoritism, bullied subordinates, developed their own “cults of personality,” and inappropriately used state funds. The Great Purge began with the assassination of Sergei Kirov, whose 1935 murder by Leonid Nikolayev is suspected to have been ordered by Stalin.  Kirov, though a faithful Communist, had a certain popularity in the party that threatened Stalin’s consolidation of power.  Kirov’s death triggered three important, widely publicized show trials of prominent former  Bolsheviks in Moscow and ultimately fostered the climate of terror during the Great Purge.  The party began purging itself of undesirables as tension and suspicion mounted rapidly.  It has since been determined that Denunciation of enemies was encouraged and surveillance was tightened.  Hundreds of thousands were executed or died in Gulag during this period of oppression.  In the summer of 1938 Nikoli Yezhov was released as head of the NKVD as the excesses of the Purge were being realized and coming to an end, but many in Gulag were not released until the end of Stalin’s leadership. Historical Context Robert, Conquest. The Great Terror: A Reassessment. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2007. This book updates the information supplied by Conquest’s previous The Great Terror: Stalin’s Purge of the Thirties, which first made comprehensive information about the  Purge accessible to the public due, to new information being provided Glasnost policy in the 1980s which allowed greater freedom of information and the opening of  the Soviet archives. There exists some discrepancy among historians as to the exact death toll (Conquest puts it at 20 million, which some claim is much higher than the actual number), but his work remains the most comprehensive assessment of the Great Purge to date. Hiroaki, Kuromiya. The Voices of the Dead: Stalin’s Great Terror in the 1930s. New Haven: Tale University Press, 2007. This book reconstructs the lives of some of the hundreds of thousands who were killed during Stalin’s Purge through information provided by the declassified Soviet archives. It details the lives of Vera Emel’ianovna Goroshko, who was executed for her romantic involvement with a Polish diplomat; Sigizmund Karlovich Kvasnevskii, who despite his efforts to elude arrest by cooperating as a police informant, was tried for espionage and executed; Marina Vladislvovna Al’bova who was shot without any evidence presented against her; and many more haunting tales. Kuromiya gives faces and names to statistics, humanizing those who were tragically affected by the Purge.  She opens her work with “The dead cannot speak. Can one retrieve their voices?” Fitzpatrick, Sheila. Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s. New York City: Oxford University Press, 2000. Fitzpatrick’s book outlines the impact that Stalinism imposed on everyday life throughout the


Who wrote the sketch The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town for The Two Ronnies TV show?

"The Two Ronnies" Episode #5.1 (TV Episode 1976) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Sketches include a visit to the eccentric Dr E. J. Death for a medical appointment, a short word by the Rev. McFarlane Lang about rhyming slang, the weekly serial is "The Phantom Raspberry ... See full summary  » Writers: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. Search for " Episode #5.1 " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Episode #5.1 (04 Sep 1976) 8.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Storyline Sketches include a visit to the eccentric Dr E. J. Death for a medical appointment, a short word by the Rev. McFarlane Lang about rhyming slang, the weekly serial is "The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town", there is the impudent butler, Ronnie talks about going to America and the musical is by the Colarado Falls Red Indian Dance Troupe. The performance in this episode is by Barbara Dickson. Written by jem 4 September 1976 (UK) See more  » Company Credits (Swansea, United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Series five of the Two Ronnies is arguably one of the best runs in the show's history. The main reason I am such a fan of Series five is because of the Spike Milligan penned series 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town,' for my money the funniest of the sketch serials the pair did. A madcap funny horror comedy, think Carry on Hammer horror. In the initial episode the Phantom strikes at Ten Downing Street, attacking Mr Butler, the Butler to The Prime Minister. Investigating the case is Inspector Corner of the Yard, assisted by his Sergeant Balls. It is just magical, as a kid I used to hide behind the Sofa, it's not surprising really. The Corbett monologue is a little tiresome, and Barbara Dickson's makeup is straight out of a 1970's edition of Hello. Highlights include the Doctor Death sketch and the rude Butler. Just brilliant. 9/10 0 of 0 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes