Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery was named after its founding benefactor, who made his fortune in what industry?

The Scouserati - the 366 most influential Scousers on the planet - Liverpool Echo The Scouserati - the 366 most influential Scousers on the planet THEY are the most influential Scousers on the planet . .  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email THEY are the most influential Scousers on the planet . . . or they are movers and shakers whose lives and work are inextricably link ed with Merseyside and its fortunes. They're the Scouserati As part of the Open Culture Project, we mark the dawn of our year as European Capital of Culture by publishing the list in full, 366 influencers - one for each day of this very special Leap Year. Open Culture is a collaboration between the Culture Company, the ECHO, The Liverpool Daily Post, Radio Merseyside and Radio City and the International Centre for Digital Content. The ECHO's panel, led by CLAUDIA TANNER, has taken a brave stab at compiling a list that will provoke debate and argument. . . plus tears in the beer of the thousands who missed the cut. But we need YOU to make this list your own for 2009. We aim to update this Scouse Who's Who every year. So if you see any notable omissions or take grave exception to some choices, then drop an email to news@liverpoolecho.co.uk . We'll take all your thoughts into account when we update. Each day throughout 08 we'll be speaking to one of the Scouserati and getting their 'Thought for the Day' which we'll publish in the ECHO and online at www.liverpoolecho.co.uk . It will also be featured on the Roger Phillips phone-in on Radio Merseyside and on the Open Culture website at www.culture.org.uk . So read on and form your own view. And by the way, if your name is missing and you're feeling snubbed, outraged, hurt . . . . . . Get over it. There's always next year. James Barton, club promoter FORMER market trader Barton launched the hugely successful Cream club night at Nation. When the superclub idea tired he opened bar-cum-restaurant Babycream at the Albert Dock in 2003. The brand today hosts worldwide events, including Cream at Amnesia in Ibiza and the hugely successful Creamfields festivals. This year Everton fan Barton plans a second Knowsley Hall music festival and will team up again with Mike Deane to promote Liverpool Music Week. Tom Bloxham, property developer THE chairman and co-founder of the acclaimed Urban Splash development and construction company has been central to the city's regeneration. The company transform redundant city-centre buildings into affordable loft space and has won more than 100 awards for design, architecture and urban renewal. Bloxham, who has a property portfolio worth more than £200m, was awarded an MBE in 1999. Mark Featherstone-Witty, LIPA principal THE Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (Lipa) was started by Mark Featherstone-Witty and Sir Paul McCartney. It was a meeting of the minds. McCartney wanted to save his old school – the Liverpool Institute for Boys – from ruin. Featherstone-Witty set up the British Record Industry Trust School in London and wanted to try his ideas on a bigger scale. It was Beatles producer Sir George Martin who introduced them. Alan Bleasdale, writer THE former teacher was brought up in Huyton and started writing for radio and theatre in the early 1970s. But it was Boys From the Black Stuff which brought him widespread acclaim. He also penned Scully, The Monocled Mutineer, GBH, Jake’s Progress and the musical Are You Lonesome Tonight? As part of the Royal Court’s Capital of Culture programme Bleasdale will present his 1993 play On The Ledge from April 25 until May 24. Kenny and Marina Dalglish, sports personality and charity founders WIDELY regarded as one of Liverpool’s greatest ever players the Scottish striker later went on to manage the club and immediately led his team a League and Cup double, with two more league titles and an FA Cup to follow. He quit in 1991 but after a lengthy break returned to management and won the league title again with Blackburn. He and his wife Marina s


Which former Labour cabinet minister headed the Better Together group campaigning for a No vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum?

Scottish independence: clan chiefs to declare neutral stance - Telegraph Scottish Independence Scottish independence: clan chiefs to declare neutral stance Scottish clan chiefs are releasing a message which makes "clear" it  will not pick a side ahead of the September 18 independence vote T-shirts with slogans for and against Scottish independence on sale in Glasgow Photo: JEFFREY J MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES By Ben Riley-Smith , Scottish Political Reporter 3:20PM BST 15 Jun 2014 Follow The body which represents some of Scotland's most influential clan chiefs will declare its neutrality over independence this week, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs (SCSC) is to release a message on Tuesday which makes "clear" it will not pick a side ahead of the September 18 vote. Its decision to remain neutral is significant given its link to Scotland's national identity and the central role patriotism has played in the independence debate. It is understood the message will form part of a lengthy note welcoming the commemoration events for the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. Scottish clans from across the globe will gather at Stirling, central Scotland, in late June for the two-day Bannockburn Live event, a major part of Alex Salmond's so-called "Homecoming" drive. Related Articles SNP's 'smoke and mirrors' over shipbuilding after independence 11 Jun 2014 In a message that will be distributed worldwide, SCSC will specifically mention the independence debate and explain why it will not be taking a stance. A source close to the Standing Council said there would be a "clear statement" of impartiality because it is a non-political body, adding that individual chiefs will be allowed to make their own personal positions clear. SCSC, which is currently headed by Sir Malcolm MacGregor, the 24th chief of the MacGregor clan, represents the majority of the country's clans including influential names such as the Camerons, Campbells, MacGregors, Moncreiffes and Wallaces. This month the pro-UK campaign has attempted to address concerns that Scots could perceive a vote against independence as a vote against Scotland. John Reid, the former Labour cabinet minister, said it was "insulting" too suggest voting No to independence was anti-patriotic in his most significant intervention in the debate so far. Alistair Darling, the former chancellor and leader of the pro-UK Better Together campaign, used a major speech marking 100 days to go before the referendum to put patriotism at the heart of his pitch. “Let us never yield one inch to the suggestion that this is somehow an auction of patriotism in which the Nationalists are the highest bidders," Mr Darling said. “No is not a negative when the proposition you are rejecting is one that would damage the country you love. There is nothing more negative than saying you want to break up your country, divide yourself from your neighbours.” The move by clan chiefs comes as more details emerged about the Queen's plans to visit Scotland between now and the September 18 referendum. A Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed that the Queen will appear at a Scottish Highland Games just days before the country heads to the polling booths. She will stick with tradition and attend the Braemar Highland Gathering, which this year falls on September 6 - less than a fortnight before the vote, In past years the Queen has been pictured at Braemar using a tartan rug while watching events such as caber tossing, Highland dancing, pipe band playing and tug of war. A repeat of such Scottish symbolism from Britain's head of state at the height of campaigning over Scotland's future in the Union would likely raise some eyebrows. But a Buckingham Palace spokesman defended the decision. "I think people will recognise that this is something the Queen has always done over many decades," he said. "It is absolutely right that the Queen should carry on as she always has in terms of her time in Scotland." The Queen is also expected to give a speech at the opening of the Commonwealth Games in Glasg


Six islands of 10 000 km2 or greater are “divided” between two or more nations. Which country has a share of three of these six islands?

Portgual | Article about Portgual by The Free Dictionary Portgual | Article about Portgual by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Portgual Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Wikipedia . Portugal (pôr`chəgəl), officially Portuguese Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,566,000), 35,553 sq mi (92,082 sq km), SW Europe, on the western side of the Iberian Peninsula and including the Madeira Islands Madeira Islands , archipelago (1991 pop. 257,692), 308 sq mi (798 sq km), autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean c.350 mi (560 km) off Morocco. Madeira, the largest island (35 mi/56 km long and 13 mi/21 km wide), and Porto Santo are inhabited. ..... Click the link for more information.  and the Azores Azores , Port. Açores [Port.,=hawks], islands (1991 pop. 241,592), 905 sq mi (2,344 sq km), and autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean, c.900 mi (1,448 km) W of mainland Portugal. ..... Click the link for more information.  in the Atlantic Ocean. Portugal is bordered by Spain on the east and north and by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and south. The capital and by far the largest city is Lisbon Lisbon , Port. Lisboa, ancient Olisipo, city (1991 pop. 677,790), W Portugal, capital of Portugal and of Lisboa dist., on the Tagus River where it broadens to enter the Atlantic Ocean. ..... Click the link for more information. . Land and People The country is crossed by rivers rising in Spain and flowing to the Atlantic; among them are the Douro, the Tagus, the Sado, and the Guadiana. The river valleys support agriculture, and vineyards are maintained in the Douro and Tagus valleys. On the lower hillslopes there are olive groves; grains are grown and livestock are raised on the flatter uplands as well as on the plains near the coast. There are great variations in terrain and climate among the six historic provinces. Trás-os-Montes Trás-os-Montes , former province of NE Portugal, comprising the districts of Bragança and Vila Real. The capital was Bragança. It is now included with other territory in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro prov. (4,162 sq mi/10,780 sq km). ..... Click the link for more information.  in the extreme northeast has a rigorous mountain climate, as have parts of Entre-Minho-e-Douro (officially Douro). Beira Beira , region and former province, N central Portugal, S of the Douro River. The old capital was Coimbra. The province extended to the Atlantic coast between the Douro and the Mondego and SE of the Mondego to the upper Tagus. ..... Click the link for more information.  has the highest mountains of the country, the scenic Serra de Estrela, dotted with resorts. Estremadura Estremadura , region, W Portugal, formerly a province, now divided between the provinces of Estremadura and Ribatejo, with a small part in Beira Litoral. Estremadura province consists of S Leira, N Setúbal, and most of Lisboa districts. ..... Click the link for more information. , in W Portugal, has broad, alluvial plains, rising to cool and rocky uplands; along the Atlantic coast is a celebrated resort region, reaching to the town of Estoril, near Lisbon. Most of Alentejo Alentejo , historic province, SE Portugal, now divided into Altro (Upper) Alentejo (4,888 sq mi/12,660 sq km) and Baixo (Lower) Alentejo (5,318 sq mi/13,774 sq km). The capital of Altro Alentejo is Évora, and the capital of Baixo Alentejo is Beja. ..... Click the link for more information.  has a Mediterranean climate; although much of its soil is poor, together with Estremadura it is the granary of Portugal. The southernmost of the old provinces, Algarve Algarve , historic province, 1,958 sq mi (5,070 sq km), extreme S Portugal, coextensive with Faro dist. The capital is Faro, and other important cities are Silves, Portimão, and Lagos. ..... Click the link for more information. , resembles the northern shores of Africa; mountains curve across the north of the province down to Cape St. Vincent, the southwestern tip of Europe; citrus and almond groves and off-season vegetables thrive in the mild climate. In addition to the capital,


Which Italian TV chef was jailed for two years in the 1990s for burgling singer Paul Young’s house?

I'm A Celebrity star Gino D¿Acampo spent two years in prison for burgling Paul Young's house | Daily Mail Online comments Jungle chef Gino D’Acampo spent two years in prison after being convicted of burgling 1980s singer Paul Young’s home. The TV personality, 32, best known for appearing on BBC show Ready Steady Cook, has a starring role on the new series of ITV reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! But he was a 21-year-old waiter when he stole Mr Young’s £4,000 guitar collection, alongside a prized platinum disc, the Mail has learnt. Troubled past: TV chef Gino D'Acampo spent two years in jail for theft when he was 21, it has emerged Italian-born D'Acampo stood before a judge in 1998, and was sentenced under his real name, Gennaro. He was caught after his DNA matched tests on cigarette butts he had dropped in the now 53-year-old star's bedroom in Mill Hill, North London. Following his prison stint, he found television fame on UK TV Food and has regularly appeared on air alongside TV cooks including Ainsley Harriott and Tony Tobin. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share He is also the owner of a supplier of Italian ingredients to the UK food industry, called Bontà Italia Ltd and also designs ready-made meals for major supermarkets. D’Acampo, now happily married to wife Jessica, with whom he has two sons, Luciano and Rocco, left his native hometown of Naples for England in 1995 and went to work in restaurant kitchens in north London. Favourite to win: Gino takes part in an I'm A Celebrity task But he refers to his past crime on his website, admitting: “It was while in England that an involvement with the 'wrong people' landed him a spell at Her Majesty's Pleasure but the sojourn resolved his mind and set him on a new course to succeed.” An ITV source said that I’m A Celebrity…!  Chiefs were aware of D’Acampo’s past. The source said: 'This is a crime committed 11 years ago when Gino was a young man. He has paid for the crime and done his time. 'Everybody deserves a second chance and Gino has worked hard to turn his life around.' A spokesperson for ITV said: 'Gino D’Acampo is a  regular favourite on ITV and we are aware of his spent conviction.' A TV source added: 'This happened 11 years ago. We’re all completely happy Gino’s turned his life around.' Ladbrokes have today made Gino D’Acampo is the new favourite to win I’m A Celebrity, with odds of 7/2.


The Count di Luna, and his brother Manrico, vie for the love of Leonora in which Verdi opera, first performed in 1853?

Verdi's 'Il Trovatore' : NPR Email May 18, 200712:00 PM ET Bruno Caproni is the Count, with Marcello Giordani as Manrico and Sondra Radvanovsky as Leonora, in Houston Grand Opera's production of Il Trovatore. Photo: Brett Coomer/Houston Grand Opera hide caption toggle caption Photo: Brett Coomer/Houston Grand Opera In the early 1850's Giuseppe Verdi had consecutive hits with the sensational Rigoletto and the even more lurid Il Trovatore. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images Leonora knows she can save Manrico, whom she loves, but only by giving herself to a tyrant she despises. Photo: Brett Coomer/Houston Grand Opera hide caption toggle caption Photo: Brett Coomer/Houston Grand Opera BACKGROUND: For five years, starting in about 1850, Verdi was on a roll. He wrote three consecutive operas that have been drawing enthusiastic crowds ever since: Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata. Trovatore actually started life with a completely different title.  Verdi got the idea for the opera from a Spanish play with that same name. But Verdi didn't think of the title character, the Troubadour, as the star. Instead, Verdi started out calling his new opera La Zingara — The Gypsy — in honor of the unconventional character of Azucena. She's so powerful and compelling that it's easy to understand why Verdi was taken with her. Trovatore was first performed in Rome, in 1853. It followed up on the enormous success Verdi had with Rigoletto, an opera about a half-mad hunchback who inadvertently has his own daughter murdered and unsuspectingly discovers her corpse when he cuts open a burlap sack. Trovatore was a bigger hit and, if anything, it's even more sensational, with its story of kidnapping, beheading, burning babies and bloody revenge. Part One, The Duel: The story takes place in the Spanish kingdom of Aragon, early in the 15th century. Spain is embroiled in a civil war. The opera opens as an old soldier named Ferrando tells his troops about the sad family history of their commander, Count di Luna. The count had an infant brother. One night, the baby's nurse woke up to find a gypsy lurking over the cradle. When the child became sick soon afterwards, the gypsy was blamed, and the Count had her burned at the stake. As she was dying, she urged her daughter to take revenge. So the daughter kidnapped the infant and, according to Ferrando, burned him at the very stake where her mother died. That's the story, anyway. But the Count, Ferrando says, hopes his brother might still be alive. The following scene is in a palace garden. The aristocrat Leonora tells her lady-in-waiting, Inez, that she's in love. Leonora says she went to a tournament, and fell for a brave young knight whose face remained hidden behind his armor. His name is Manrico. She hasn't seen him since, but sometimes she hears him singing serenades beneath her window. The Count di Luna arrives to court Leonora. At the same time, Manrico begins another serenade. The Count is jealous, and challenges Manrico to a duel. Part Two, The Gypsy: In a gypsy camp, everyone is at work, singing the famous "Anvil Chorus." Azucena nurses her son, Manrico, who is wounded. She tells the story of her mother, who was blamed for a young boy's death and burned at the stake. Azucena says she then kidnapped the boy's infant brother, intending to burn him in revenge. Manrico is horrified when Azucena goes on to say that, in her delirium, she mistakenly grabbed her own baby and flung him into the fire. Distraught by this gruesome memory, Azucena makes Manrico swear to take revenge on Count di Luna. He says that he was once in a position to kill the Count in battle, but something — a voice — made him stop. His story is interrupted by a messenger, bringing news that Leonora has been told that Manrico is dead. In despair, she has decided to enter a convent. Manrico rushes off to stop her. Meanwhile, Count di Luna has also learned of Leonora's plans. He's waiting outside the convent, planning to kidnap her, when Manrico arrives and intervenes. His men overpower C


As well as being a Radio 2 newsreader, who provides the voiceovers for Strictly Come Dancing and, due to his work on various lottery shows, is known as “The Voice of the Balls”?

Awards Hosts & Presenters speakers, Awards & Entertainment speakers from Atlantic Speaker Bureau Adam Kay is a British comedy writer and performer. Adam Kay is well known for his television writing credits including Mongrels and Crims. Adam Richman Self-educated food expert, Adam is known as being the host of the hit food travel show ‘Man Vs. Food’. Adam Richman grew up in the food Mecca of New York City and began his love affair with food early on, sampling all of the diverse culinary specialties The Big Apple had to offer. From samosas to sushi, even at a young age, Adam had a desire to taste it all. A self-educated food expert and trained sushi chef, since 1995 he has kept a travel journal including each of the restaurants he visited and what he learned from the trip. Adam has subsequently worked in nearly every echelon of the restaurant world coast-to-coast. The nature of his work allowed him to feed his appetite for discovering the best local dishes across America, all of which found their way into his ever-expanding food journal. Although described as a bit on the husky side, to maintain his health while indulging for his show on The Travel Channel’s Man v. Food (which he began hosting in 2008), Richman exercises twice a day while he is on the road. Adam Savage Adam Savage is best known for his work in Sci-Fi movies and his role in MythBusters. Adam Savage has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what’s in his mind and make it real. Adam is a maker, a dreamer, a cinephile, a craftsman and a tireless advocate for getting one’s hands dirty. He has multiple hobbies and is passionate about restoring his vintage four-wheel drive vehicle, and researching and accruing new pieces for his movie prop collection. But his true love is his family. He lives with his wife, twin boys, and their two amazing dogs. Ade Adepitan Ade is a nationally loved paralympic basketball champion and TV presenter. Ade Adepitan MBE is a successful and respected Paralympic athlete who has won medals with the Great Britain wheelchair basketball team. He was an Ambassador for London's 2012 Olympic bid and now sits on the advisory board of LOCOG. He is also a consultant for Channel 4's Paralympic coverage. He has featured on many television programmes and series as an actor, presenter or guest, particularly for the BBC. Adil Ray Adil Ray is the creator and star of BBC1’s primetime sitcom Citizen Khan. He is also a versatile broadcaster and presenter. Adil Ray is a British actor and radio and television presenter. He stars in the BBC One comedy Citizen Khan, which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various BBC radio stations. Adrian Chiles Adrian is a popular British television and radio presenter particularly in current affairs and politics. He is also working for ITV Sport covering top football matches. Adrian initially started working for the BBC by carrying out work experience on the Business Breakfast show. He was successful and soon switched to working for the BBC’s radio channels, working on Radio 4’s Financial World Tonight. He soon moved to Radio 5 Live and had his own show – Chiles on Saturday – which was awarded a Sony Radio Academy Gold Award in 2002. In 2010, Adrian left the BBC and began working as a sports presenter for ITV. He was a presenter on Daybreak (a breakfast show) for about a year. He also presents That Saturday Night Show. Alain de Botton "Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance." Alain is known as the peoples' philosopher and best known for his aim to bring philosophy to the masses in a non-threatening or intimidating manner. Also a best-selling author. Described as the "peoples' philosopher", Alain has written a panoply of successful books, ranging in topics from love, architecture, travel, literature, and religion. His books have gone on to be best-sellers in 30 different countries. When Alain is not writing, he can be found at 'the School of Life', a book store and workshop dedicated to a new vision of education, which aims to expand on his mantra that our


Only three people served continuously in the Labour cabinet from 1997 to 2010; Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown were two, who was the third?

Alistair Darling News | Quotes | Wiki - UPI.com Alistair Darling News Next Wiki Alistair Maclean Darling (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He has been the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since May 2010, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010. Darling was one of only three people to have served in the Cabinet continuously from Labour's victory in 1997 until its defeat in 2010 (the others being Gordon Brown and Jack Straw). Darling was initially appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1997, moving to become Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 1998. Spending four years at the department, he spent another four years as Secretary of State for Transport, also becoming Secretary of State for Scotland in 2003. Prime Minister Tony Blair moved Darling for a final time, to Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in 2006, before Gordon Brown promoted Darling to Chancellor in 2007. Alistair Darling was born in London the son of a civil engineer, Thomas, and his wife, Anna. He is the great-nephew of Sir William Darling, who was Conservative MP for Edinburgh South (1945–1957). He was educated in Kirkcaldy, and the private Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, then attended the University of Aberdeen where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B). He became the head of Aberdeen University Students Union. Before joining the Labour Party at the age of 23 in 1977, Darling was a supporter of the International Marxist Group, the British section of the Trotskyist Fourth International. He became a solicitor in 1978, then changed course for the Scots bar and was admitted as an advocate in 1984. He was elected as a councillor to the Lothian Regional Council in 1982 where he supported large rates rises in defiance of Margaret Thatcher's rate-capping laws and even threatened not to set a rate at all. He served on the council until he was elected to Parliament. He was also a board member for the Lothian and Borders Police and became a governor of Napier College in 1985 for two years. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article   " Alistair Darling ." Quotes


New Guinea and Borneo are the two largest “divided” islands in the world. What is the third largest island which is divided between two or more nations?

Politically Divided Islands Of The World - worldfactsinc worldfactsinc Politically Divided Islands Of The World                                                                                Shown below are fifteen islands around the world which are divided by one or more international borders.    BORNEO   Borneo is the world's third largest island after Greenland and New Guinea. The island is situated in the South China Sea and covers an overall area of 748,168 sq km.The island is politically divided into three areas; 73% of the southern part of the island is occupied by the North, South, Central and West districts of the region of Kalimantan, all of which are provinces of Indonesia, which between them have an overall population of 13.6 million people. 26% of the northern part of the island is occupied by part of the Malaysian regions of Sabah and Sarawak which have a combined population of 5.5 million people. 1% of the island, situated on the north west coast, is occupied by the Sultanate of Brunei with a population of 409,000 people.    CYPRUS The island of Cyprus is situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and covers an overall area of 9,234 sq km. The island is politically divided into four areas; 60% of the south of the island is occupied by the Republic of Cyprus and has a population of 1.1 million people. 35% of the north of the island is occupied by the Republic of Northern Cyprus and has a population of 300,000 people. 3% of the island is occupied by the United Kingdom Overseas Territory of Akrotiri, which is situated on the east coast of the island and the British Overseas Territory of Dhekelia, which is located on the south coast of the island. Between them the two territories have an overall population of 15,000 people. 1% of the island is occupied by an uninhabited United Nations Buffer Zone, which is located just north of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri on the island’s east coast.  EMBANKMENT 4                                        Embankment 4 is an island which makes up part of the King Fahd Causeway, a twenty five kilometer long highway which links the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the United Arab Emirate of Bahrain across the Gulf of Bahrain. The island covers an area of 0.66 sq km and is the site of the Border Control between the two countries. The island is divided equally between the two countries and has no permanent population, although Saudi Arabia does have several commercial enterprises located on it’s side of the island.  HANS ISLAND                                                     Hans Island is an uninhabited, rocky outcrop measuring 1.3 sq km which lies in the Kennedy Strait of the Arctic Ocean. Ownership of the island has been disputed by both Canada and Denmark, on behalf of Greenland, since the 1800’s, with neither country, as yet, being able to lay claim to sovereignty of the island. Therefore this island can be found on maps showing either Canada or Denmark (Greenland).   HISPANIOLA   Hispaniola is an island situated in the Caribbean Sea which covers an overall area of 76,480 sq km. The island is politically divided into two areas; 65% of the eastern side of the island is occupied by the Dominican Republic which has a population of 9.4 million people. 35% of the western side of the island is occupied by the Republic of Haiti, which has a population of 9.7 million people.   IRELAND The island of Ireland is situated in the Atlantic Ocean and covers an overall area of 84,421 sq km. The island is politically divided into two areas; 83% of the southern part of the island is occupied by the Republic of Ireland which has a population of 4.5 million people. 17% of the northern part of the island is occupied by the United Kingdom province of Northern Ireland which has a population of 1.8 million people.   ISLA GRANDE   Isla Grande is the largest island of the Tierra Del Fuego Archipelago situated in the Straits of  Magellen, which are situated on the southern most point of the South American continent. The island covers an over


Who was the architect of the Thiepval War Memorial to the Missing of the Somme?

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme Battlefields, France The GreatWar 1914-1918 Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme Battlefields, France Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, viewed from the west side, with French graves of the Anglo-French cemetery in the foreground. The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme battlefields bears the names of 72,194 officers and men of the United Kingdom and     South African forces. These men died in the Somme battle sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave.  The date of 20 March was the day before the German Army launched a large-scale offensive,  codenamed “Operation Michael”, against the British Army Front in the sector  of the Somme. Over 90 percent of those commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial died in the 1916 Battles   of the Somme between July and November 1916. Location of the Thiepval Memorial An Anglo-French Memorial The French Tricolore on the southern side and the British Union Jack on the northern side fly on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. The Thiepval memorial serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial. It was designed as an arch   representing the alliance of Britain and France in the Somme 1916 offensive against the   German defensive Front. British and French National Flags The the British Union Jack and the French Tricolore are flown on the Thiepval Memorial   to the Missing. On the uppermost part of the memorial building the British flag flies on the   northern side and the French flag flies on the southern side. This is representative of the   British Army being in action on the northern area of the 1916 Somme battlefield, north of the River   Somme, and the French Army being in action on the southern area of the 1916 Somme battlefield,   south of the River Somme. Anglo-French Cemetery Looking westwards to the Anglo-French Cemetery from the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. A cemetery with equal numbers of French and Commonwealth graves has been laid out at the   foot of the Thiepval Memorial. The cemetery represents the shared sacrifice of these two nations   in the Great War of 1914-1918. 1916 Somme Battles Commemorated View of the east side of the Thiepval Memorial when approaching it from the D73 Pozières-Thiepval road. On the early morning of 1 July 1916, thirteen divisions     of British forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt     to Maricourt at the River Somme. South of the river the attack was made by the French Army. The attack  was preceded by a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days from 24 June. Although the  German Front Line and rear positions were damaged by the Allied artillery during this time, and the  Germans' nerves were severely tested by the end of the seven days, the German barbed wire defences  were not as badly damaged as had been intended. In the southern sector of the British attack, from Mametz village to Montauban village, the German  defence did crumble and the British reached their objective there by the end of 1 July.  However, in most other parts of the line the German defence held out and the British met with unexpected      resistance from well-placed machine guns. In the far north of the sector from Gommecourt to Thiepval,  numerous large bunkers dug deep underneath the chalk downs had provided enough protection in key  strongpoint locations, such as Gommecourt, Serre, Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval, for those German  troops to survive the preliminary bombardment with few casualties. The losses to the British on the  first day of the attack were unprecedented for the British Army, with approximately 58,000 casualties  for that day alone including 19,000 of them being killed. View of the south side of the Thiepval Memorial. In the following weeks, the British continued to attack the German line in smaller-scale attacks  with limited objectives. The German Army put up a stubborn resistance for every inch of ground. The  battles of the Somme 1916 carried on over a period of several months from the first day


With its capital at Dusseldorf and its largest city of Cologne, what is the most populous state of Germany?

North Rhine-Westphalia travel guide - Wikitravel Other destinations[ edit ] Stolberg - historic town with medieval castle near Aachen Monschau - Another historic town in a valley in the Eifel reagion near Aachen with many original half-timbered houses Understand[ edit ] North Rhine-Westphalia (short version NRW) is a German state. It was created in 1946 by the British military administration, who combined the former province of Westphalia and the norther parts of the Rhine province into a new state. In 1947 the former state of Lippe was added as well. This move was driven by the desire to have the industrially important Ruhr area located within a single state. This created a state with pronounced cultural differences. The down-to-earth, somewhat tight-lipped Westphalians contrast with the cheerful and outgoing Rhinelanders; and the Ruhr Area has a working-class identity of its own. Knowing this makes it easier for a visitor to understand some attitudes, furthermore handle it like the locals: take it lightly. North Rhine-Westphalia has about 18 million inhabitants, which makes it the most populous state in Germany and the fourth largest in area. 34 of the 100 largest companies in Germany and 9 of the 100 largest European companies have their headquarter in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Rhine-Ruhr area, ranging from Köln and Bonn to Duisburg and Dortmund, is one of Europe's largest metropolian regions, with over 11 million inhabitants. It contains the state capital Dusseldorf , as well as Cologne , the most populated city. Towards the north, the state has a more rural character, with flat farmland and an expertise in horse breeding. The southern part is mountainous, up to 1000 m above sea level. Its numerous brooks turned the wheels of numerous handicrafts before the steam engine was invented. The mountainous areas towards the south, such as the Sauerland, are also know for their scenic nature and are a popular weekend retreat. The Ruhr area (Ruhrgebiet), which ranges from Dortmund to Duisburg, has been the center of Germany's heavy industry since the early 20th century. Even today, the region has a distinct no-nonsense working class identity. Due to the industry's need for workers, immigrants have always been attracted to the Ruhrgebiet - first coming from Poland and then, after the war, from southern Europe and Turkey. Towards the end of the 20th century, coal mining gradually ended and heavy industry declined. The economic turmoil and need to refocus can still be felt today, with the region moving from heavy industry to high tech. Talk[ edit ] The main language understood and spoken by nearly everybody is of course German. In some places, e.g. in Cologne, people may speak their local dialect but will switch to standard German when they realise someone does not understand them. Immigrants who usually live in bigger cities may speak their native tongue (or the native tongue of their parents), especially Arabic and Turkish. Most people do at least have basic English skills. Near the borders to France and Belgium a lot of people speak French. Get in[ edit ] The most important airports are Düsseldorf ( IATA : DUS), Germany's 3rd largest airport, and Cologne ( IATA : CGN). Budget flights are also available to Dortmund ( IATA : DTM). Frankfurt ( IATA : FRA) is connected via a high-speed rail and can be reached in less than an hour from cologne. Also, there are buses that connect the budget airport Frankfurt-Hahn ( IATA : FFH) with Cologne, but these will take longer. The major cities have high-speed train links with the rest of Germany and Europe, and it is a major connection point for the motorways (Autobahn). Since the liberation of the bus market, there are also long-distance buses to other parts of Germany. Get around[ edit ] Public transport is excellent in the Rhine-Rhur metropolitan area, with buses and trains taking you virtually everywhere. Thanks to a unified ticketing system you can go door-to-door anywhere in the state with a single ticket: You need only one ticket for local, regional and express trains (no high-spee


Periodic Table of Elements: Los Alamos National Laboratory 3, 2, 0 History Fermium, element 100, is the eighth transuranium element of the actinide series and is named after the Italian physicist and Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi. Element 100 was first discovered in 1952 in the fallout from the 10-megaton "Ivy Mike" nuclear test in the south Pacific the first successful test of a hydrogen fusion bomb. Researchers identified a new Pu-244 isotope found on filter papers on drone aircraft flown through the fallout. They determined that it could only have formed by the unexpected absorption of six neutrons by uranium-238 followed by successive beta-decays. At the time, the absorption of neutrons by a heavy nucleus was thought to be a rare process, but the identification of Pu-244 raised the possibility that still more neutrons could have been absorbed by the uranium nuclei leading to additional new elements. Element 99, einsteinium was discovered almost immediately on other filter papers by Albert Ghiorso and co-workers at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in collaboration with Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories, demonstrating that 15 neutrons were captured by U-238! The subsequent discovery of fermium required more material, as the yield of element 100 was expected to be at least an order of magnitude lower than that of einsteinium. So, contaminated coral from ground zero on Eniwetok atoll was shipped to Berkeley for processing and analysis. About two months after the Ivy-Mike test, a new activity was isolated emitting high-energy α-particles (7.1 MeV) with a half-life of about 1 day. It was the β− decay daughter of an isotope of einsteinium, and it had to be an isotope of element 100. : It was identified as 255Fm (half-life 20.07 hours). The discovery of the new elements, and the new data on neutron capture, was kept secret on the orders of the U.S. Military until 1955 due to Cold War tensions. Later the Berkeley team was able to prepare elements 99 and 100 in the lab by neutron bombardment of Pu-239 in a cyclotron. They published this work in 1954, with the disclaimer that these were not the first studies that had been carried out on the element. The 'Ivy Mike' studies were later declassified and published in 1955. Meanwhile, a group at the Nobel Institute for Physics in Stockholm independently claimed discovery of element 100 by producing an isotope with a 30-minute half-life and published their work in May 1954. Nevertheless, the historical precedence of the Berkeley team was generally recognized, and with it the prerogative to name the new element in honor of the recently deceased Enrico Fermi , the developer of the first artificial self-sustained nuclear reactor. Isotopes A total of 21 known isotopes of fermium exist with atomic weights from 242 to 260, including 2 that are metastable. Fermium-257 is the longest-lived with a half-life of 100.5 days. Other relatively long-lived isotopes include Fm-253 (3 days), Fm-252 (25.4 hours) and Fm-255 (~20 hours). Fm-250, with a half-life of 30 minutes, was shown to be a decay product of nobelium, element 102 and the chemical identification of the isotope 250Fm confirmed the production and discovery of element 102. All the remaining isotopes of fermium have half-lives ranging from 30 minutes to less than a millisecond. The neutron-capture product of fermium-257, 258Fm, undergoes spontaneous fission with a half-life of just 370 microseconds; 259Fm and 260Fm are also unstable with respect to spontaneous fission (t½ = 1.5 s and 4 ms respectively). This means that the neutron capture production chain essentially terminates at mass number 257 because of the very short spontaneous fission half-lives of the heavier isotopes. Production Because of the short half-life of all fermium isotopes, all that may have been present on the Earth during its formation has long since decayed away. Einsteinium and fermium did occur in the natural nuclear fission reactor at Oklo, but no longer exist. Fermium is produced as the result of multiple neutron captures in lighter elements, such as urani


Handbags named in honour of Alexa Chung, Lana Del Rey and Cara Delevigne are all made by what manufacturer?

Cara Delevingne gets a kiss from sister Poppy at Mulberry bag launch | Daily Mail Online comments There was only one way that Cara Delevingne was going to celebrate her hotly-anticipated collection of Mulberry namesake handbags and that was with a party filled with suitably cool fashion types, right in the middle of New York Fashion Week. Top of the guest list though, was her supportive sister Poppy, who looked chic a Mulberry pinstripe silk dress and ankle boots, carrying her own burgundy Mulberry bag. Cara slipped into a pair of Mulberry leather trousers for the occasion, which saw her launch a capsule collection of backpacks in her honour, the 'Cara Delevingne'. Scroll down for video Sweet sister: Big sister Poppy Delevingne supports Cara as she launches her first Cara Delevingne Mulberry handbag collection at New York Fashion Week  The stylish crowd inside New York's Mulberry Spring Street store included Chelsea Leyland, Atlanta de Cadenet and Bip Ling, with Amber Le Bon DJing for the exclusive Fashion Week party. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Cara's range features 18 variations on an original backpack design, each with a heart-shaped patch inside -inspired by the model's heart tattoo. Other fashion faces to been honoured with their own eponymous handbag are Alexa Chung and Lana Del Rey. The 'Cara': Cara launches a range of 18 namesake backpacks with Mulberry this September Mulberry loves Cara! Other celebrities to have been honoured with their own eponymous handbag are Alexa Chung and Lana Del Rey Sisterly love: Poppy and Cara pose inside Mulberry's Spring Street store on Monday night in New York Sister sister: Poppy and Cara share a sibling likeness with long golden locks and wide smiles for the cameras Playful: Cara unleashed her kooky side early on in the night as she got playful with the gold balloons   Naturally, Cara's handbag range features plenty of her kooky character with some of the styles featuring camouflage prints and studs. On the brand's website, she talks about her vision, saying: 'I wanted there to be hidden gems inside, based on things that are personal to me, which my tattoos definitely are.' Cara was the centre of attention on the night, stopping traffic in a pair of skintight leather trousers and peep toe heels, both by Mulberry. Bold: Cara wore dark eye make-up with her hair long and toussled around her shoulders on Monday Face of an angel: Cara was back on familiar territory on Monday night, having just returned from the Toronto Film Festival where she debuted her first film role Poser: Cara got playful with the cameras inside the fashion event, which fell right in the middle of New York Fashion Week Hell for leather: Cara stopped traffic in a pair of tight-fitting leather trousers and elegant peep toe heels Catwalk companion: The model posed alongside one of Mulberry's cute bulldogs outside the store Clothes horse: The British model was showing off one of her Cara Delevingne handbags in camoflage Puppy love: Cara cuddled up to a little black pooch, which was brave in a soft white blouse on Monday She wore her hair long and loose with dark eye make-up as she shot smouldering looks at the cameras outside the store with one of the brand's catwalk canines and wearing one of her black and white camouflage designs.  Cara was back on familiar territory on Monday, having just flown in from the Toronto Film Festival where she debuted her first leading acting role. The 21-year-old Brit model landed a lead role in The Face of an Angel, Michael Winterbottom's movie which is based on the murder of student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007.  Fashion friends: Blogger Bip Ling joined Cara in New York for the fashion party at the Spring Street store Glamorous: Irina Lazareanu attends Cara Delevingne's Collection Launch Celebration at Mulberry Following rave reviews of her debut lead acting performance this week, Cara revealed that it wasn't until she undertook the challenge that she 'found out' she could act. The blonde beauty plays Daniel Brühl's love interest Melanie in the psychological thrill


Helleborus niger is the scientific name for what evergreen flowering plant?

Evergreen Hellebores | Mike's Garden Top 5 Plants Mike's Garden Top 5 Plants Posted on February 13, 2012 by soulofagardener Helleborus niger ‘Double Fashion’ – A rare new Dutch introduction with semi-double blooms of pure white with a smaller inner row of petals surrounding contrasting yellow stamens. This form of Christmas Rose flowers mid-winter through to early spring. ‘Double Fashion’ grows 12 to 16″ high and is tissue cultured. Hardy to zone 4. Helleborus x ballardiae ‘Pink Frost’ – A pink companion to ‘Ivory Prince’ which bears rosy buds that open to pale pink flowers, which fade to a gorgeous burgundy-red. These are nicely contrasted by evergreen foliage with some silver highlights. This heavy bloomer flowers from January to March and grows up to 15″ high. ‘Pink Frost’ is part of the HGC collection. Zone 5. Helleborus ‘Ivory Prince’ (syn. ‘Walhelivor’) – A vigorous cultivar with ivory-green flowers that eventually fade with rose highlights. It has an upright habit with outward facing blooms and is also sterile, so self-seeding won’t be a problem. ‘Ivory Prince’ blooms from January to April and features compact bluish-green foliage. Grows 12-18″ high and is hardy to zone 4. Helleborus x ericsmithii ‘Winter Sunshine’ – This niger x sternii cross tolerates more sun than most Hellebores with upright flowers that emerge white (with a pink reverse). The outward facing blooms fade with rich pink tones, with the flower season usually beginning in February. ‘Winter Sunshine’ grows 18-22″ high and is hardy to zone 4. Helleborus niger ‘Jacob’ – This improved Christmas Rose is part of the HGC or Helleborus Gold Collection. It features early blooming (late November to February) single white flowers that are slightly fragrant and fade to green as they age. These are held over attractive deep green leathery foliage which prefers good air circulation. Grows 12 to 14″ tall and is hardy to zone 4. Share this:


How many digits make up a bank’s sort code?

Find Sort Code and Account Number | Barclays close Updated cookies policy - you'll see this message only once. Barclays uses cookies on this website. They help us to know a little bit about you and how you use our website, which improves the browsing experience and marketing - both for you and for others. They are stored locally on your computer or mobile device. To accept cookies continue browsing as normal. Or go to the  cookies policy  for more information and preferences. How do I find my sort code and account number? You can find your sort code and account number in one of the following places: On your Barclays debit card – they’re usually on the front under your name (see the graphic below). (1) is where you’ll find the 6-digit sort code, (2) is your account number.  On your Barclays Mobile Banking accounts homepage, just below your account name. On your Online Banking accounts homepage, just below your account name. On your bank statements. Printed as the computer-type figures on your cheques or paying-in book. Related


What is the English translation of the Italian opera La Gazza Ladra?

Translation of La gazza ladra in English Free Download Now! La gazza ladra in English La gazza ladra (, The Thieving Magpie) is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on La pie voleuse by Jean-Marie-Theodor Badouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez. See more at Wikipedia.org...


Which player won the Gentlemen’s Singles at Wimbledon four times in the 1960s?

Tennis – ‘the golden age’ of the 1960s–70s and beyond | australia.gov.au Tennis – ‘the golden age’ of the 1960s–70s and beyond Tennis – ‘the golden age’ of the 1960s–70s and beyond Mark Woodforde, Doubles Champion 1989–2000 Australians dominated world tennis in the 1950s and 1960s in major events known as Grand Slam tournaments: the Australian, French and United States Open, and Wimbledon in the UK. This period was known as the ‘golden age’ of Australian tennis. In the 1960s, men's tennis open titles were dominated by six Australian men: Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, John Newcombe, Tony Roche, Ken Rosewall, and Fred Stolle. Between 1961 and 1970, Australian men's tennis champions won at least one Open Singles title every year at either Wimbledon or the French or US Opens, as well as the Australian Open titles. In men's tennis, the golden age culminated in 1969 with Rod Laver's second Grand Slam win, as well as four major titles in the same year. Margaret Court, courtesy of Australian Open In 1970, Margaret Court also completed the Grand Slam. Court is one of only three women ever to win four international tennis open titles in one year. Indigenous player Evonne Goolagong Cawley was also a strong force in women's tennis in Australia in the 1970s with wins at Wimbledon, the French and the Australian Opens. The ‘golden age’ for Australian tennis players declined from 1969 when amateur players were joined by professionals. Also by the 1980s, the Australian Open synchronised its dates to begin in January in line with the European, UK and USA players events schedule, which greatly widened the pool of players. Yet even following the decline of Australia's dominance in the Grand Slam tournaments, tennis remained popular in urban areas and the Australian Open grows in popularity as a spectator sport. Early tennis development 1900s–1950s The golden age of Australian tennis was built on the early successes of both men's and women's tennis with Grand Slam tournament winners: Norman Brookes in the 1900s to 1919, Jack Crawford in the early 1930s, and Harry Hopman from 1929–39. This was in tandem with the consistent wins and popularity of women's tennis from the 1920s to the 1950s. Daphne Akhurst reached the Wimbledon final in 1925 and won the Doubles in 1928. From the1930s to the 1950s, Nancy Bolton got to the USA Singles Open and won other titles with her doubles partner, Thelma Long. Bolton was ranked No.4 in 1947 and stayed in that position until 1949. This series of wins in the amateur Grand Slam tournament titles of the 1940s and 1950s was made possible by extensive community and industry support, and investment in the development and administration of amateur tennis players. Harry Hopman, courtesy of Australian Open Harry Hopman was a captain turned coach of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams between 1939 and 1967. As coach Hopman guided Australian male tennis players to 15 Davis Cup victories in 20 years. Ken Rosewall, Frank Sedgeman, John Bromwich, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Lew Hoad and Margaret Smith Court were all either trained by Harry Hopman or managed by Nell Hopman. ( The Hopman Era: Australia on the Rise) Amateurs, tennis community and industry in the 1960s By 1969 the game started to change. Professional players were invited to join the amateurs at the Grand Slam tournaments and prize money was offered for the first time, different tennis court surfaces and different game strategies emerged, and metal racquets were introduced. Professional versus amateur In 1969, the Australian Open Championships became 'open' to amateurs and professionals. This followed in the footsteps of the French Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, UK, and the USA Open. Rod Laver returned to win his second grand slam in 1969. The advantages to amateur Australian champions who had enjoyed the riches of the Davis Cup endorsements soon disappeared with the advent of ‘open’ tennis. The end of the golden age was seen in the average age of the Davis Cup team, which was 35 years. It was another 18 years until Pat Cash, another Australian man, won the men's singles titl


Which Monty Python member’s autobiography is entitled So, Anyway?

It's 'So, Anyway' by John Cleese, not 'Monty Python' by John Cleese - LA Times It's 'So, Anyway' by John Cleese, not 'Monty Python' by John Cleese John Cleese Joel Ryan / Invision/AP John Cleese has two events in Los Angeles this week. He will be appearing at the Alex Theatre in Glendale on Tuesday and at Barnes & Noble at the Grove on Friday. John Cleese has two events in Los Angeles this week. He will be appearing at the Alex Theatre in Glendale on Tuesday and at Barnes & Noble at the Grove on Friday. (Joel Ryan / Invision/AP) Susan King John Cleese of Monty Python revisits a difficult childhood in 'So, Anyway...' John Cleese recently fell under the spell of singer Taylor Swift when they appeared together on the popular British chat series "The Graham Norton Show," which airs here on BBC America. "I am more ignorant about music than anyone you have ever spoken to in your life," confessed Cleese. "I didn't know her name. I heard she was from Nashville and was a country-western singer. I thought this could be hard work, and suddenly I found myself sitting next to this extraordinary, extremely smart and funny woman. I told her at the end, 'You really ought to do comedy.'" He should know: Cleese has been a major force in the comedy world since he co-founded the irreverent British troupe Monty Python in 1969. He and his first wife, Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the classic British comedy series "Fawlty Towers." He also earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for the 1988 comedy hit "A Fish Called Wanda." He's now on a long book tour for his entertaining autobiography, "So, Anyway …." And he's calling from his latest stop in Naperville, Ill., just before a quick nap prior to an event that night. "It's as flat as a pancake with a slate gray sky," said the 75-year-old Cleese, describing the view outside his window. He is looking forward to visiting the Los Angeles area this week, where he'll be appearing in a sold-out conversation with fellow Python Eric Idle at the Alex Theatre in Glendale on Tuesday and then chatting with "Saturday Night Live" alum Tim Meadows at Barnes & Noble at the Grove on Friday evening. It's the book I wanted to write. — John Cleese Ironically, there isn't a lot about Monty Python in his autobiography. "It's the book I wanted to write," said Cleese. "If I had wanted to write a book about Monty Python, it would have been 'Monty Python' by John Cleese. But if you want to write an autobiography, there is going to be a certain amount about your childhood." Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England, the only child of insurance salesman Reginald Cleese — his original surname was Cheese — and housewife Muriel. His father was "wonderfully kind." His mother wasn't. She was an anxious woman who was frightened of everything, Cleese said, including very loud snoring, megaphones, sheep, shouting, large cars, cows in general, things being dropped, parrot houses and chiming doorbells. John Cleese John Cleese holds his book "So, Anyway..." John Cleese holds his book "So, Anyway..." (Anthony Harvey / Getty Images) And she was in a constant state of rage. "She would get very upset," Cleese said. "She became so filled with rage that there wasn't any room for the rest of her. She was quite alarming when she got like that. Dad, who was a very peaceful man, spent so much of his life kind of keeping the little lady on a even keel — that was a phrase he always used." The book wasn't cathartic to write. "I have done so much therapy," said Cleese. "The main emotion I felt writing it was a kind of wry amusement that I could have wasted so much of my time experiencing a kind of angst or another because I had been dumped by the latest girlfriend or a sketch I had done was not as good as it could have been. Once you get older, you get a better perspective on life and realize very few things matter." Cleese originally wanted to end the book with "Monty Python's Flying Circus" taking flight in 1969 on the BBC — "that was the first thing that turned out to be a huge success, so it seemed to be a good time


Matt (surname Pritchett) provides a front-page cartoon in which daily newspaper?

The Daily Telegraph | sans serif 16 July 2013 In The Telegraph, Calcutta , Amit Roy reports on the funeral for the Bombay-born cricket and squash writer Dicky Rutnagur who passed away last month at the age of 82. After the funeral, Rutnagur’s friends, colleagues and relatives proceeded to the Writing Room at the Lord’s, where John Woodcock , the legendary cricket correspondent of The Times, London, paid tribute to his former press box colleague. Amit Roy writes that turning to the casket, Woodcock, 86, “who had made the effort to come up from his country residence in Hampshire, struck an informal, conversational tone as though he was chatting with Rutnagur,” his colleague from The Daily Telegraph, in the press box. “Well, Dicky, I hope you know the affection in which you are held — and I use the present tense intentionally — not only by all of us here today, but by so many who are already with you in the great pavilion in the sky, and others who would be here now but for the Test match at Trent Bridge. It is a great privilege for me to have the chance to say so.  “To have covered over 300 Test matches in the days when there were many fewer of them was a remarkable tally, and when it fitted, you were in the top flight of writers on squash and badminton. “Thank you, Dicky, from all of us, for many years of warmth and humour, for becoming one of us as naturally as you did and for keeping our friendship in repair. “It is a very considerable thing to be able to say, without any exaggeration, that of all those brought to this country through cricket, many great players among them, you, a journalist, has been as well-loved and respected as any. What an achievement! Our gratitude to you for many fond memories. Peace be with you, Dicky.” 25 June 2013 SHARANYA KANVILKAR writes from Bombay: After three days of parsimonious one-paragraph obituaries, the tributes have started coming in for Dicky Rutnagar , the Bombay-born cricket and squash correspondent of The Daily Telegraph , London, who passed away on Friday, 20 June 2013, at the age of 82. Rutnagur, who covered 300 Test matches before he retired in 2005, belonged to the “old school” of cricket writers who believed in reporting what took place on the field. Nicknamed “Kores” for the number of carbon copies he took of his reports to file for various newspapers Rutnagur’s favourite two words were “bloody” and “bastard”. *** In The Hindu , where Rutnagur’s pieces often appeared, the veteran cricket and music writer Raju Bharatan of the now-defunct The Illustrated Weekly of India , calls Rutnagar the Zubin Mehta of cricket writing. “Dicky’s breakthrough in journalism came as the illustrious Hindustan Times editor, S. Mulgaonkar , handpicked him to report Test cricket, at home and abroad, replacing Berry Sarbadhikary…. “His roaming spirit made him the exemplary freelance. No one enlivened the pressbox more with his puckish presence. As one Palsule from a vernacular paper kept importuning Dicky for return of a sum, his response was vintage Rutnagur: “If you ask for your money one more time, I will never borrow from you again!” In The Telegraph , Calcutta, Amit Roy writes of how Rutnagur made the jump to the British press. “In 1966, Dicky arrived in England with an agreement to work every day during the summer covering county games for The Daily Telegraph and then disappear abroad for the winter for Test matches.” As if to live to up to C.L.R. James‘ famous line “What do they know of cricket who only cricket know,” Rutnagur, like his compatriot K.N. Prabhu of The Times of India, had an ear for classical music. “I would say that cricket has been almost – almost – all consuming. But I am very fond of classical music – and jazz. Mozart and Rachmaninov, Tsaichovsky, and latterly in the last few weeks I have been listening to a lot of Beethoven.” Like a good Parsi, Rutnagur believed in telling it like it is, sans political correctness. He said cricket writing had come a long way: From Cardus to Kotnis. In Mid-Day , the former Hindu cricket writer, R. Mohan, reminisced: “Walking into the Indi


Which title character in a Shakespeare play is a king of ancient Britain and has a daughter called Imogen?

38 Facts About Shakespeare’s 38 Plays | Mental Floss 38 Facts About Shakespeare’s 38 Plays Getty Images Like us on Facebook William Shakespeare died 400 years ago this month, on April 23, 1616. His complete works—at least 38 surviving plays ( including several collaborations ), 154 sonnets, and five narrative poems, totaling a staggering 884,000 words—are a cornerstone of English literature, and have remained (albeit intermittently) popular ever since his death. So to commemorate the quadricentenary of Shakespeare’s death, here are 38 facts, stats, anecdotes and origins about his 38 plays.  1. ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Everyone knows Macbeth is supposed to be unlucky, but if you’re superstitious, you might be best off avoiding All’s Well That Ends Well, too. According to A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 , during rehearsals for a revival of the play in London in 1741, one of its stars, William Milward, turned up wearing “too light and airy [a] suit of clothes,” caught “a Spotted Fever,” and fell gravely ill. The premiere was postponed until the following January, but during the opening performance, the female lead, Peg Woffington , fainted, and her part had to be read by another actress. They postponed the next performance so that Woffington could recover, but Milward fell sick again, causing more postponements. Milward died several days later after completing only one performance. The entire debacle was enough to put producers off staging Shakespeare’s tragi-comic romance for another decade . 2. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA In 1759, David Garrick staged a performance of Antony and Cleopatra in London starring himself and 30-year-old actress Mary Ann Yates in the title roles. Although the production failed to impress the critics (and closed after just six performances) it nevertheless made theatrical history: It marked the first time in the play’s 150-year history that Cleopatra had been played by a woman. Before then, performances had only ever been staged by all-male acting companies—including Shakespeare’s own King’s Men, who staged the first performance in London in 1606. 3. AS YOU LIKE IT Any actress tackling the smart-talking Rosalind in As You Like It is faced with learning 685 lines , making it Shakespeare’s longest female role and a bigger part than the likes of Prospero (656 lines), Romeo (617 lines), and Falstaff in Henry IV: Part 1 (602 lines). Nevertheless, Shakespeare’s roles are still weighted towards the men: Antony (839 lines) is a much larger role than Cleopatra (678 lines); Macbeth (715) has almost three times more lines than his wife (259); and Hamlet, the longest role of all, is more than twice as long as Rosalind (1506 lines). 4. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS On December 28, 1594, Shakespeare’s theatrical troupe The Lord Chamberlain’s Men were booked to give a seasonal performance before an audience of lawyers at London’s Gray’s Inn , celebrating what was essentially their Christmas party. The play they performed was The Comedy of Errors (which Shakespeare likely wrote especially for that night ), but things didn’t go quite to plan—The Lord Chamberlain’s Men arrived late, by which time their audience was drunk and the stage had all but been dismantled. They still gave the best performance they could, but the night nevertheless went down in history as “ The Night of Errors .” So what happened? Well, a recent discovery at the British National Archives suggests that something came up at the very last minute—and by “something,” we’re talking about a personally requested performance in front of Queen Elizabeth I. According to the queen’s treasury records, Shakespeare’s company received payment for a royal command performance on the same night that they were booked to play Gray’s Inn. Shakespeare had presumably already committed to the Gray’s Inn performance when word came from the palace that the queen herself wanted some post-Christmas entertainment, but by then it was too late to cancel. So he and his men turned up at Greenwich, p


The national anthem of which European country has the same tune as that of the UK?

Why does Liechtenstein use "God Save the Queen" as its national anthem? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk Why does Liechtenstein use "God Save the Queen" as its national anthem? Tom Chilton, Kismaros, Hungary Lots of countries do, or did. It's a very old tune, that only became popular as 'God Save the Queen' after about 1745. Its origins are unknown, but various composers - including Purcell and Dowland - have been fingered as the creator. 'God Save the Queen' has never been officially adopted as the UK national anthem (the nearest it has come has been a 1934 Army order, laying down rules on interpretation and tempo). It's a catchy, bombastic, easy-to-follow, unadventurous tune, with a flexible and innately 'vocal' structure, and these factors have made it consistently ideal for anthemic purposes. GSTQ is the ultimate off-the-peg national anthem. Garrick Alder, London The simple answer is that Liechtenstein doesn''t use God Save the Queen, it does however use the same melody. The first line of the text is "Oben am jungen Rhein lehnet sich Liechtenstein An AlpenhÃ¶h''n." which roughly translates as "On the upper reaches of the young Rhine Liechtenstein leans agains the Alpine heights". The text was changed in 1963 from "German Rhine" to "young Rhine". The "German" was a reference to the fact that Liechtenstein is the last of the 343 states which once made up the Holy Roman Empire, as it is known in English, or "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" as it is known in German. Liechtenstein is however not the only state to have used this melody. Bismarck chose a song - "Heil dir im Siegerkranz" - to the same melody which was used by The German Empire until the end of the First World War. The text is similar in tone to God Save the Queen, praising the virtues of the Kaiser and wishing him immortality etc. The present German melody (composed by Haydn) was previously used by Austria (with different words). Though never having the status of national anthem, the US also uses the melody of God Save the Queen in a patriotic song. It all goes goes to show that melodies are interchangeable the world over. Andy Shackleton, Sheffield England I have heard that several countries use the tune of "God Save the Queen" for national anthems or other patriotic music, for example it is used in the USA for "My Country 'tis of Thee/Sweet Land of Liberty". Hugh, London, UK The Sex Pistols have always been popular there. William Barrett, London, UK It is also used as a royal anthem in Norway, and known as Kongesangen. The melody was also used in France, Sweden and Russia as a national anthem at one time or another. WS, Canterbury, UK Switzerland also used the same melody until about 40 years ago! I have also heard that the melody was French in origin and originally used for a hymn in the honor of Louis XIV. Martin Ricketts, Monaco Monaco


In which sport is Tracey Neville the coach of the England team?

Tracey Neville: The netball coach who is just as busy as her brothers, Gary and Phil | The Independent Others Tracey Neville: The netball coach who is just as busy as her brothers, Gary and Phil The former player on how she is finding time to coach both Manchester Thunder in the Superleague and England in this year's World Cup, why Gary will definitely become a manager one day and that Phil still cannot make a cup of tea Wednesday 1 April 2015 18:55 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Tracey Neville learnt from Sir Alex that you can win things with kids. 'Young players bring fire and life to your squad,' she says Jon Super “Did I think twice about taking the job of England head coach?” says Tracey Neville. “No. It was ‘do I fancy it?’ Yeeesssss!” The fact she was already in charge of England’s leading netball team, Manchester Thunder, did not seem to be a problem. At Manchester United her brothers, Gary and Phil, were known, for not entirely flattering reasons, as Busy One and Busy Two. Gary is combining the role of an analyst for Sky with coaching England to the European Championship. Since retiring as captain of Everton, Phil has been a constant fixture on both radio and television. As a family, work is something the Nevilles have never shirked. “England were offering me an interim role to take the team to the World Cup in Australia in August,” says Neville as she sips a decaf latte while we chat in the cafe of the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. “It would last for no more than four or five months. It was do-able. I would like to make it full-time but that depends on others. I do think I’ll do a good job, though.” The bar English Netball, who fired Anna Mayes as head coach last month, has set Neville does not seem unreasonable. England are ranked third in the world and Neville’s brief is to reach the final in Sydney. And yet England almost never perform well when it matters. In the Commonwealth Games last summer in Glasgow, which probably did for Mayes, they were beaten in the semi-finals by New Zealand and lost the bronze-medal match to Jamaica. The first netball World Cup was staged in 1963 in the suitably genteel surroundings of Eastbourne. It has been won every four years by either Australia or New Zealand, though Trinidad tied for first in 1979. England once finished second, but that was 40 years ago. England has double the population of Australia and New Zealand combined. It cannot possibly have fewer people playing netball. “On paper, this is probably the best England team we have ever had,” says Neville. “But we have not performed in major tournaments and that is not just true of netball, it is the same for a lot of English sports. “A lot of kids drop out for financial reasons. I used to earn £742 a month from netball when I was a player, a figure I’ll always remember. It was funded by UK Sport so it all had to be accounted for. I had to demonstrate it was being used to pay petrol, gym membership and training costs, so it didn’t amount to much. You had tours that sometimes lasted five weeks when you were unable to earn, so that put a strain on the finances.” Tracey Neville in action for England during the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester (Getty) Tracey Neville played 81 times for England, mainly as goal attack. It is one of netball’s glamour positions, one of the two players out of seven who can score. “So you could have the best five on the court but if the other two can’t shoot, then you are wasting your time,” she says. “The pressure is huge. There was a stage in my life when I lost a lot of confidence because, if you are not scoring, you become a liability to the team. As a coach you have to know how to protect them.” As someone whose brothers played more than 900 times for Manchester United – not to mention the England caps – she has spent a fair amount of hours around Sir Alex Ferguson. Has she ever been tempted to pick up the phone? “I haven’t called him but I watched him manage almost all my life,” she adds. “I do work on the same basis when it comes to trusting in youth. Young player


The 1961 western One-Eyed Jacks was the only feature film to be directed by which actor?

One Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando, Karl Malden - YouTube One Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando, Karl Malden Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Sep 18, 2015 One-Eyed Jacks, a 1961 Western, is the only film directed by actor Marlon Brando. The picture was originally planned to be directed by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay by Sam Peckinpah, but studio disputes led to their replacement by Brando and Guy Trosper. Brando portrays the lead character Rio, and Karl Malden plays his partner "Dad" Longworth. The supporting cast features Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, and Slim Pickens. Category


William Boyd’s 2013 novel Solo is the latest outing for which character?

‘Solo,’ a New James Bond Novel, by William Boyd - The New York Times The New York Times Books |When We Next See Our Hero ... Search When We Next See Our Hero ... ‘Solo,’ a New James Bond Novel, by William Boyd Continue reading the main story Fans of James Bond movies aren’t likely to recognize the hero of this new James Bond novel. Fans of the original Ian Fleming books may have less trouble seeing aspects of their man here, if only dim resemblances. Which doesn’t mean that “Solo,” by William Boyd, isn’t a perfectly well-carpentered and, at times, suspenseful novel. (He was tapped by the Ian Fleming estate to write the latest installment of 007’s adventures.) It just doesn’t feature a hero, who — aside from some pretty generic traits like an eye for the ladies, an ability to kill and an appreciation for expensive cars and a good meal — really feels like the Bond we have come to know over the last five decades. Of course, Mr. Boyd is working without the tools that filmmakers have at the ready: that atmospheric, instantly recognizable theme music; the razzle-dazzle car chases and explosions; and, most important, the talents of Daniel Craig or Sean Connery, the two actors who have come to embody James Bond so thoroughly on screen. Mr. Boyd’s hero lacks the psychological detail and taut existentialism of Mr. Craig’s Bond, and he lacks the tough savoir-faire of Mr. Connery’s. Photo Credit Patricia Wall/The New York Times He also seems oddly deficient in irony, style and dangerous competence — those essential Bond traits. Often, he comes across as more of a weary civil servant than one of Her Majesty’s licensed-to-kill agents. When we first meet Mr. Boyd’s 007, he could be almost any ordinary, upper-middle class Londoner on the verge of a midlife crisis: worried that he’s coming down with a cold, thinking about changing his hairstyle and fretting about the renovations to his flat. His 45th birthday has summoned memories of his experiences during World War II, and he finds his mind repeatedly drifting back to the past. Though “Solo” is set in 1969, Bond’s assignment has little to do with the cold war, which powered so many of Fleming’s books. Instead, it involves an African civil war (which seems loosely based on the Nigerian-Biafran war that began in 1967) and a struggle over access to newly discovered oil reserves. Mr. Boyd has wisely divested his Bond of the casual racism that occasionally percolated to the surface in Fleming’s novels, but he seems to have made other nips and tucks to 007 for no discernible reason. Continue reading the main story Mr. Boyd’s Bond drinks whiskey and soda, beer, bourbon, brandy and wine more often than his famous martinis. The car he covets is not the famous Aston Martin, but something called a Jensen Interceptor. And he sets off on his mission without his trusty Beretta or Walther PPK, armed only with some knockout drugs disguised as after-shave and talcum powder. There is little of the original novels’ pulpy energy or the movies’ inventive fantasies here — not to mention less humor, and no glamour whatsoever. Photo William Boyd Credit Trevor Leighton After being told by M to go to the small West African country called Zanzarim and intercede in its devastating civil war, Mr. Boyd’s Bond starts reading Graham Greene’s “Heart of the Matter” in hopes that it might furnish some insights into the region. Once there, he starts having a crisis of confidence: “As his surroundings had grown more primitive and elemental, so, it seemed, whatever strength, capability and powers he possessed appeared more insubstantial and weak. What was it about Africa that unmanned you so? he wondered, turning over and punching the hard kapok pillow into a more amenable shape for his head — why did the continent so effortlessly remind you of your human frailties?” Advertisement Continue reading the main story Mr. Boyd grew up in Ghana and Nigeria and has written brilliantly about the continent before — in the hilarious 1982 novel, “A Good Man in Africa” , and his more expansive and affecting 1983 book, “An Ice-Cream War”


The National Gallery of British Art was renamed the Tate Gallery in 1932, to honour a major benefactor who made his fortune with what commodity?

'Chapter 2: Rose Quong: Appropriating Orientalism' in Race and the Modern Exotic: Three ‘Australian’ Women on Global Display by Angela Woollacott | EPress Rose Quong Appropriating Orientalism Rose Quong, an Australian actor, lecturer and writer, was born and brought up in Melbourne but left in 1924, at the age of 44, with an ambition to make it on the London stage. Quong’s career, which would span Britain, the United States and even China itself, was the result of her marketing of her mixed cultural heritage. She became a skilled purveyor of cultural mixing and cultural difference, casting herself as an essentially qualified interpreter of Chinese culture to the Western world. Yet Quong’s measurable success creating a theatrical and lecturing career as a professional Chinese woman must be seen as a compromise. When Quong arrived in London, she brought with her a successful reputation from repertory theatre in Melbourne, as an actress well versed in Shakespeare and the theatrical canon of the day. Shakespeare was her lifelong first love as a poet and playwright, but her desire to perform on the metropolitan stage as a Shakespearean or mainstream actress ran up against racial stereotyping. Partly from her own choice and interest, and partly through the repeated suggestions and encouragement of Australian and English friends, Quong carved out instead a niche for herself as a lecturer on Chinese culture and philosophy, an ‘Oriental’ actress and a reciter of Chinese poetry. Her successes – such as acting alongside Laurence Olivier and Anna May Wong, reciting on BBC radio, appearing on a BBC television program as early as 1935, publishing two books with a major American publisher, and being cast as herself in a 1971 film – testify to her talent, hard work, energy and determination. But they need to be juxtaposed with Quong’s separation from her home and family, the marginality of her material standard of living, and the cultural stereotyping that precluded a career in Shakespeare and pushed her instead towards her own careful appropriation of Orientalism. Quong’s story leads us to consider how Orientalism – that edifice of Western representations of ‘the East’ as exotic, mysterious, barbaric and sensuous, among other characteristics – could be appropriated by ‘Orientals’ to their own ends. It also compels us to think about how Quong juggled her mixed Australian, British and Chinese identities – stressing each in particular ways and at different times. A generation ago Edward Said drew attention to the discursive structures of ‘Orientalism’, which he saw fundamentally as ‘a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient’. Further, Said contended that Orientalism was the mechanism by which European culture ‘manage[d]’ and ‘produce[d]’ ‘the Orient politically, sociologically, militarily, ideologically, scientifically, and imaginatively during the post-Enlightenment period’. 1 Although Said focused mostly on the Middle East, an ensuing generation of scholarship has applied his insights further afield, including to the relationship between ‘the West’ and East Asia. Orientalism continues to engage scholarly attention despite critiques of Said’s original thesis, and challenges such as David Cannadine’s controversial counter-proposition of ‘ornamentalism’ as a better descriptor of dominant British imperial attitudes. 2 Yet we still do not fully understand the historical evolution of Orientalism as a constellation of assumptions and attitudes, its efflorescence globally, its intersections with European colonialism in different sites, nor its twists and turns in the twentieth century. As Ann Curthoys has noted, the history of attitudes towards the Chinese in Australia must be linked to the evolution of British and other European Orientalisms, notably the shift from an eighteenth-century ‘Orientalist wonderment and fascination with Chinese art and learning’ to a mid- to late-nineteenth century rising belief in European superiority and perception of mobile Chinese labourers as a threat. 3 As practices


Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s consecutive singles record was broken in 1996-1997 by which group?

UK Singles Chart records - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on UK Singles Chart records   Wikis UK Singles Chart records: Wikis Advertisements    Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Caribbean  • England  • Ireland  • Scotland  • Wales Traditional music Singles Chart • Classical Chart • Albums Chart • R&B Chart • Indie Chart • Dance Chart • Rock Chart Music festivals Anguilla • Bermuda • Cayman Islands • Gibraltar • Montserrat • Turks and Caicos • Virgin Islands Since the inception of the UK Singles Chart in 1952 there have been various records to break, including most chart toppers, longest run at number one, biggest selling single etc. All the records have changed hands over the years, some more than others and many have certain reasons as to why the records have been held by a certain act. Here are some of the most important records held by acts in the UK at the moment: Contents 12.7 First to... Most number ones One of the most important records over the years has been which act could obtain the most UK Chart toppers. Here is a list of all the acts to gain 5 or more UK chart toppers: See also List of artists by total number of UK number one singles The record has changed hands a few times, although after the massive success of Elvis, it was mainly him and the Beatles in the race for this chart record. Al Martino was the first act to have one number one single, with "Here In My Heart". In June 1953, Eddie Fisher became the first act to have two number one singles, with "Outside Of Heaven" and "I'm Walking Behind You" both reaching the top spot. However, the record was quickly beaten in November, when Frankie Laine scored a third number one single with "Answer Me" after "I Believe" and "Hey Joe" had reached the top. He broke his own record when "A Woman In Love" hit the top in October 1956. Elvis finally scored his first UK number one single in 1957 with "All Shook Up", and quickly became a phenomenon. It was in 1960 when the million selling "It's Now or Never" hit the top giving Elvis his fifth number-one single after "Jailhouse Rock", "One Night/I Got Stung" and "A Fool Such As I" had all hit the top. He kept breaking his own record another ten times by June 1965 with "Are You Lonesome Tonight", "Wooden Heart", "Surrender", "His Latest Flame", "Can't Help Falling In Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby", "Good Luck Charm", "She's Not You", "Return To Sender", "Devil In Disguise" & "Crying In The Chapel". He had now achieved 15 #1 singles, a record that seemed very difficult to beat. However, in 1963, the biggest phenomenon to sweep the UK began when the Beatles started recording. Ever since "From Me To You" hit #1 in 1963, they accumulated a total of 17 chart toppers by 1969. These consisted of "She Loves You", "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "Can't Buy Me Love", "A Hard Day's Night", "I Feel Fine", "Ticket To Ride", "Help!", "Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out", "Paperback Writer", "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby", "All You Need Is Love", "Hello Goodbye", "Lady Madonna", "Hey Jude", "Get Back" & "The Ballad Of John & Yoko". Elvis fought back when he revived his career in Las Vegas. "The Wonder Of You" became his 16th #1 single in August 1970 and was a live recording taken from one of his shows. Upon his death in August 1977, Elvis scored a 17th chart topper with a single made shortly before his death, "Way Down". The two greatest acts in UK chart history were now neck and neck. Hundreds of re-issues happened over the next few decades including a massive anthology project of Beatles re-issues during the 1980s. However, it wasn't until 2002, 25 years after Elvis equalled the Beatles' record that he went one step forward. Having been used in a Nike World Cup advertisement, an old Elvis song "A Little Less Conversation" was remixed as Elvis vs JXL and went straight to the top for 4 weeks, giving Elvis his 18th #1 single. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of h


Who won the 2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix?

Great Britain 2015 FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX Great Britain Unfortunately, we are unable to play the video at this time. Error Code: UNKNOWN 1:33.401 by Mark Webber (2013) Fri 03 – Sun 05 Jul 2015 Practice 1 Next Previous 1 / 5 Race winner Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren celebrates on the podium. Formula One World Championship, Rd 9, British Grand Prix, Race, Silverstone, England, Sunday 6 July 2008. Damon Hill (GBR) Williams FW16 celebrates his win. British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 10 July 1994. Race winner Nigel Mansell (GBR) Williams FW11B caught and overtook his second placed team mate Nelson Piquet (BRA) in thrilling fashion. Formula One World Championship, Rd7, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, 12 July 1987. Jackie Stewart (GBR), Matra Cosworth MS80, and Jochen Rindt (AUT), Lotus Cosworth 49B, traded places for the lead throughout the race until Rindt's wing endplate worked loose. British Grand Prix, Rd6, Silverstone, England. 19 July 1969. Bruce Mclaren (NZL) Cooper Climax T53 leads eventual race winner Jack Brabham (AUS) Cooper Climax T53. British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, 16 July 1960. Like so many of England's racing circuits, Silverstone started life as an aerodrome. When the Second World War ended in 1945, England's other two circuits, Donington Park and the legendary Brooklands, had fallen into disrepair. And so it was that the outer taxiways and interconnecting runways of Silverstone became adopted by the Royal Automobile Club as the home for the British Grand Prix in 1948. The circuit was fast and challenging and in 1949 the shape was formed that remains the basis of the track to this day.  When the Formula One World Championship was incepted in 1950, Silverstone held the very first round, won by Guiseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo. In 1951 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) was handed the lease by the RAC, and huge modifications were made. The pits were moved to the straight between Woodcote and Copse, from the Farm straight where they had originally been, and a short circuit was built within the larger circuit, cutting from Becketts corner to Woodcote. From 1955 the British Grand Prix swapped venues between Aintree and Silverstone, but with the advent of the 1960s, Aintree fell out of favour and the race was switched between Silverstone and Brands Hatch. In 1971 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) bought the entire 720 acre plot on which Silverstone sits and went about redeveloping the track. New pits were built and a chicane was erected at Woodcote which provided close finishes and great overtaking opportunities.  In 1987, with speeds reaching astounding levels, a corner was built before Woodcote, and in 1992 a new complex of corners was created between Farm and Woodcote. And in recent years various upgrades have been made to the track's facilities. A racing school now exists at the circuit and with government funding a new bypass has been built, greatly improving access to the once notoriously out-of-the-way venue. In 2010 came another major change to the circuit's Formula One layout, designed to further improve the venue for spectators and provide an even greater driver challenge. The new infield layout juts right at the reworked Abbey bend before heading into the new Arena complex of turns. This takes drivers on to the main straight of Silverstone’s National circuit, before rejoining the previous Grand Prix layout at Brooklands.


Who is the director of the 2015 film Cinderella?

Cinderella (2015 film) | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Plot Ella (Eloise Webb) lives with her wealthy parents on a beautiful estate in a peaceful kingdom. From a young age, she is taught by her mother ( Hayley Atwell ) to believe in the existence of magic, allowing her to befriend many animals on the estate, particularly the mice . Everything is perfect until her mother contracts an illness and dies. On her deathbed, she makes Ella promise that she will always have courage and show kindness to others. Years later, when Ella ( Lily James ) is a teenager, her father ( Ben Chaplin ) marries Lady Tremaine ( Cate Blanchett ), the widow of an old acquaintance , who has two daughters of her own, Drisella ( Sophie McShera ) and Anastasia ( Holliday Grainger ). Ella welcomes her stepfamily warmly, despite the stepsisters' unpleasant attitudes and her needing to protect her mouse friends from her stepmother's cat, Lucifer . Soon after, Ella's father goes abroad on business, promising his stepdaughters gifts of luxury. His own daughter merely asks for the first branch that brushes against his shoulder on the way. Sadly, he becomes ill and also dies. This new loss results in Lady Tremaine revealing her true cold, cruel and jealous nature. Taking advantage of Ella's hospitality, she persuades her to give up her room for Drisella and Anastasia, presumably temporarily, while Ella retires to the attic with only her mouse friends to keep her company. Not long after her father's death, Lady Tremaine dismisses the servants, leaving only Ella to do their work. Relegated to nothing more than a servant, she is subjected to cruel mistreatment by her stepmother and stepsisters. She is forbidden to eat with them, and spitefully renamed "Cinderella" after waking covered with soot from the fireplace. Crushed by their cruelty, Ella goes for a ride into the woods, where she encounters a hunting party. She meets one of the hunters ( Richard Madden ), who claims to be an apprentice named Kit who lives in the palace. Unknown to her, he is actually the only son of the land's dying king ( Derek Jacobi ). Despite never learning her name, Kit (a nickname given to him by his father) is enchanted by Ella's charm, kindness, and unique outlook on life and becomes infatuated with her. Upon learning that he has little time left, the King insists that Kit finds a bride at an upcoming ball. Despite the law saying that he must marry a princess, Kit can't get over the mystery girl, and deals with his father into letting every eligible maiden in the land attend. When the ball is announced, the Tremaine family is ecstatic at the prospect of marrying into royalty. However, when Lady Tremaine refuses to buy Ella a new dress, Ella fixes up an old dress of her mother's with help from the mice. On the night of the ball, Ella tries to join her stepfamily on the way out. But Lady Tremaine, claiming that her mere presence will disgrace them, leads her daughters into ripping up the dress before leaving without her. This seemingly breaks Ella's spirit, and she runs into the garden in tears. She encounters an old beggar woman, who reveals herself to be her Fairy Godmother ( Helena Bonham Carter ). She subsequently turns a pumpkin into a magnificent carriage, four mice into horses, two lizards into footmen, and a goose into a coachman. She then transforms Ella's dress into a gorgeous blue gown, complete with a delicate pair of glass slippers before sending her on her way with the warning that the spell only lasts until midnight. At the ball, the entire court is entranced by Ella, especially Kit. She wins the coveted first dance with him, whose true identity she's pleasantly surprised to learn. This irritates the Grand Duke ( Stellan Skarsgård ), who secretly promised Kit to a princess — a fact that Lady Tremaine overhears. After dancing, Ella and Kit tour the palace and grounds together, slowly falling in love. But before he can learn her name, the clock strikes 11:59, forcing her to flee and accidentally dropping one of her glass slippers at the palace stairs in


Currently held by John Kerry, what American governmental role is equivalent to that of Foreign Secretary in the UK?

American Foreign Policy | SAIS American Foreign Policy MICHAEL MANDELBAUM APR. 14, 2016 KT MacFarland Interviews Michael Mandelbaum Reviews New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist Johns Hopkins SAIS scholar of Cuban FP Piero Gleijeses winner of Friedrich Katz Prize APSA Congressional Fellowship Program │Capitol Hill Trek 2016 │ Rayburn HOB B369 HSBC: The World's Local Bank Wells Fargo Says It Will Grow ‘Quickly’ in China Greenpeace Beijing Wu Qing, Civil Rights Activist Case Studies in American Foreign Policy Concentration Profile: American Foreign Policy The American Interest  Aug. 1, 2015 Michael Mandelbaum on Iran and the Euromess Lecture: Sailors', Soldiers', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club - Professor Emeritus, Michael Mandelbaum - "American Foreign Policy After the Cold War" American Foreign Policy After the Cold War Acting Associate Director, American Foreign Policy The Peace Process Is an Obstacle to Peace And it always has been, because its premises are false Conversation with Thomas L. Friedman (10/15/2015) Conversation with Thomas L. Friedman (10/15/2015) Offers perspective on historic shift in U.S.-Cuba relations   T he American presidency has accumulated a number of traditions that anyone holding the office is expected to perpetuate. Examples include delivering the State of the Union address to Congress, lighting the national Christmas tree, and presiding over the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. The next president will no doubt continue all three. If he or she follows the pattern established by the most recent incumbents, however, the result of the peace process will be failure. Indeed, the continuation of the peace process as it has been practiced will not simply be futile: It will be positively harmful. The conduct of the peace process has made peace less likely. If it is to continue at all, a fundamental change in the American approach is needed Successive administrations have failed at the peace process because they have not understood—or not admitted to themselves—the nature of the conflict they have been trying to resolve. In the eyes of the American officials engaged in this long-running endeavor, making peace has been akin to a labor negotiation. Each side, they have believed, has desired a resolution, and the task of the United States has been to find a happy medium, a set of arrangements that both sides could accept. In fact, each side has wanted the conflict to end, but in radically different and indeed incompatible ways that have made a settlement impossible: The Israelis have wanted peace; the Palestinians have wanted the destruction of Israel. At the core of the conflict, standing out like a skyscraper in a desert to anyone who cared to notice, is the Palestinian refusal to accept Jewish sovereignty in the Middle East. This attitude has existed for at least a century, since the Arab rejection of the Balfour Declaration in 1917. While much has changed in the region over those 10 decades, the conflict’s fundamental cause has not. The Palestinians’ position is expressed in their devotion to what has come to be called incitement: incessant derogatory propaganda about Jews and Israel, the denial of any historical Jewish connection to Jerusalem and its environs, and the insistence that all the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea belongs to the Arabs, making the Jews living there, in the Palestinian view, contemptible interlopers to be killed or evicted. The Palestinians’ attitude has expressed itself, as well, in their negotiators’ refusal either to accept any proposal for terminating the conflict or to offer any counterproposals of their own. The goal of eliminating Israel also lies behind Palestinian officials’ glorification as “martyrs” of those who murder Israeli civilians, giving their families financial rewards to encourage such killings. American officials have either ignored or downplayed all of this. They have never emphasized its centrality to the conflict, instead focusing on Israeli control of the West Bank of