The drama critic Kenneth Tynan devised which controversial 1969 musical revue?

Kenneth Tynan - Biography - IMDb Kenneth Tynan Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trivia  (6) | Personal Quotes  (5) Overview (4) Ken Mini Bio (1) Kenneth Tynan was one of the most famous theatrical critics of the 20th Century. He earned his own permanent place in the history of the English theater when he became the first dramaturg of Laurence Olivier , when the great actor finally realized his dream and became the director of the new National Theatre. Tynan's tenure at the National proved controversial, and he was forced to resign after championing Rolf Hochuth's play "Soldaten" ("Soldiers"), which essentially accused Winston Churchill , the wartime Prime Minister, of complicity in the murder of Free Poland's head of state, General Sikorsky. (After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening of the secret files of Soviet intelligence agencies, it generally is assumed that Skiorsky was assassinated by the Soviets.) Born Kenneth Peacock Tynan in Birmingham, England on April 2, 1927, the illegitimate son of Sir Peter Peacock, the former mayor of Warrington, who was leading a double life with his mistress and assumed the name of Tynan. (His son did not find out the truth until his father's death in 1948). While at Oxford, he acted and produced play and won a reputation as a brilliant pubic speaker at the Oxford Union. He also edited and contributed to college magazines. In 1952, The London Evening Standard newspaper hired the 25-year old Tynan as a theater critic. He wasted no time in establishing a reputation for himself of recklessness, boldness, and iconoclasm. He moved over to The Observer in 1954, and it there that he played a key role in the revolution of the London theater that began in the 1955-1956 theater season, with the debut of John Osborne 's watershed play Look Back in Anger (1959). He also championed Franco-Irish absurdist Samuel Beckett 's masterpiece "Waiting for Godot". But it was Osbourne's play that, overnight, made the English theater that immediately preceded it old-fashioned and out-of- date, making such popular playwrights Terence Rattigan seem almost obsolete. From his pulpit at The Observer, Tynan espoused the theatrical realism of the group of playwrights that became known as The Angry Young Men (and whose works were derided by the proponents of a more genteel theater as "kitchen sink drama"). Laurence Olivier, keen to not let fashion slip by him and become a living relic himself, became a convert to The Angry Young Man school, partly through Tynan's criticism and partly through the praise of Arthur Miller , with whom he had seen "Look Back in Anger" at the theater. Olivier approached Osbourne, who wrote "The Entertainer" -- one of Olivier's greatest roles -- for the theatrical knight. In 1963, when Olivier was named artistic director at the state-subsidized National Theatre, he appointed Tynan dramaturg, or literary adviser. Tynan had recommended himself for the job. After the appointment, Tynan left The Observer for the National Theatre, where he established an international reputation for himself. He had been contributing pieces to The New Yorker since 1958, but during the '60s, he became one of the most influential people working in the English-language theater, welcomed on both sides of The Pond. In many ways, Tynan was at the right place at the right time. He wanted to overturn censorship and extend the boundaries of speech, and the 1960s were a propitious time for iconoclasts. He has the distinction of being the first person to use the "f"-word on English television, on a November 13, 1965, BBC broadcast of a live TV debate. The incident caused a public outcry and condemnation in Parliament. One biographer said that his use of the word was "his masterpiece of calculated self-publicity". The BBC had to issue a formal apology, and the fallout from the notoriety eventually hurt Tynan's career as he was banned from British TV. Tynan had gotten The Observer to publish an "obscene" word in 1960, and by 1969, he was prepared to branch out into pornography, in the spirit


Dakar is the capital city of which African country?

Dakar, Capital City of Senegal Dakar, Capital City of Senegal Use Updated February 16, 2016. Basic Facts about Dakar Dakar is the capital city of Senegal in West Africa . Over 1 million people live in Dakar (double that for the whole metropolitan area) making it Senegal's largest city. Dakar is located on the Cape Verde peninsula that juts into the Atlantic Ocean. It was first settled in the early 15th Century and the Portuguese arrived just a few decades later to set up slaving forts on Goree Island (Ile de Goree) . Dutch, French, British and Portuguese colonialists vied with each other over the next 250 years for control over the slave-trade until it was permanently abolished by the French in 1815. Today, Dakar is a sprawling, lively cosmopolitan city. Modern buildings stand side by side with impressive colonial architecture. Bustling markets selling everything from second hand clothes to livestock are scattered throughout. The nightclubs are legendary. It's a big African city so it's chaotic, crowded, dusty and hustlers abound especially around the beaches and markets. The central Place d’Independence is a good place to orientate yourself from. If you speak French, you'll have no problem conversing with anyone in Dakar. Travel to Dakar Getting There: Direct flights from the US can be found on Delta and SAA. Fly direct from Paris (AF), Brussels (SN), and Amsterdam (KLM). Dakar is a regional hub and you can get to most West African capitals. Air Senegal is the national airline. Getting Around: The best way to get around is by taxi, or try a scooter tour .


Suzuki is the maid of which operatic heroine?

Oft-Overlooked Diva Ana Maria Martinez Shines in ‘Madama Butterfly’ | | Observer Oft-Overlooked Diva Ana Maria Martinez Shines in ‘Madama Butterfly’ By James Jorden • 02/25/16 2:22pm Madama Butterfly. Photo: Ken Howard One of the lesser-noted attractions of opera is the art form’s appeal to the gambling impulse. Just as in a casino, at the opera house you put down a small fortune and then hope for the best. What seems a sure thing—for instance the Metropolitan Opera’s recent gala Manon Lescaut—can totally crap out. But a long shot—like a revival of Madama Butterfly starring nobody in particular—can turn out not only a winner but also one of the most satisfying evenings at the Met so far this season. The trick, of course, is exactly who the “nobody in particular” is. The singer of the title role in Butterfly, Ana María Martínez, is “nobody,” only at the Met, and that status may well change on the basis of her understated but heartbreaking performance as Puccini’s tragic heroine. What stacked the odds further was that Ms. Martínez was not even the first soprano cast as Butterfly for this revival. The uninspiring first choice was the veteran diva Patricia Racette, who last summer decided to “retire” the opera from her repertory. Taking her place was to be the even more veteran Hei-Kyung Hong, who in turn two weeks ago called in sick. The Met turned to Ms. Martínez, whose scant resume with the company until now has included only a handful of performances of Carmen and La Bohème in 2005 and 2015, respectively.  Friday night’s triumph may well leave the Met’s management wondering how it let such a gem slip through its fingers. She sang the music with sensitivity and poise, never forcing her slender instrument. In a role that tempts many sopranos to attempt exaggerated effects—such as a singsong voice in the first act to indicate Butterfly’s child-bride status—she always remained true to her natural timbre. Within this naturally dark, complex sound, Ms. Martínez accomplished numerous feats of breathtaking virtuosity, as, for instance, in Butterfly’s entrance when she soared up to a delicate pianissimo high D-flat. Most sopranos belt that note or simply omit it; Ms. Martínez made it into a whispered expression of sheer enchantment. What impressed most perhaps was the seamless nature of her singing. There was no sense of “here comes the big aria” or “now, having sung the big aria, I’m going to relax for a while,” which you get in so many performances. The celebrated second-act solo, “Un bel di vedremo,” began so subtly that it took one by surprise, and even after the last note, a firm and bright high B-flat, she continued enacting the character’s ecstatic sense of determination, gradually “coming back to earth” as she slowly left the room and shut the screen behind her. Madama Butterfly. Photo: Ken Howard Visually this was also a Butterfly to treasure. Ms. Martínez moves with an easy, confident grace and chooses her gestures most sparingly, as befits the character—a Japanese woman of noble birth. So dignified was she that when Anthony Minghella’s exquisite production called for a violent moment—as when the heartbroken Butterfly flings a tea tray across the room—the movement seemed as shocking as an act of murder. So distinctive was the soprano’s take that it exposed as a canard the conservative opera fan’s worry that high-concept “Regie” productions force performers into a strict mold and quash individuality. What Ms. Martínez gave was her own Butterfly, focused through the prism of Minghella’s stylized vision, simultaneously on-message and utterly unique. Enhancing the soprano’s dominance of the opera was mediocre casting in other roles. Roberto De Biasio, a perfect Arrow Collar ad of a Pinkerton visually, struggled all night with a muffled tenor. Artur Rucinski contributed a big, healthy baritone as the consoling Sharpless but seemed unconnected dramatically. Mezzo Maria Zifchak’s “reliability” as the faithful maid Suzuki has now, after dozens of performances, so slipped into the routine it may be time for her to emulate Ms. R


Which English batsman holds the record for the highest score in an Ashes Test Match (364)?

Highest score by a batsman in Australia vs England 'Ashes' test match. - Fast Cricket. Highest score by a batsman in Australia vs England 'Ashes' test match. Tag Ashes-Records When we talk Australia vs England test cricket, we rarely miss one name = Don Bradman, specially when our topic is related to batting. Over 60 years since this great right hander quit the game, with an average of 99.96 from 52 tests, his achievements continue to challenge modern day batters. But highest individual score by a batsman in Ashes test match is one important list of record Sir Donald Bradman comes second in.. behind Len Hutton who scored 364 from 847 balls at the Oval back in 1938, beating Bradman's 334 which was made 8 years and a month earlier. Bradman continued to play for over a decade since Len Hutton's record breaking innings, but got past double century only once. Sir Leonard Hutton, a right handed batsman from Yorkshire, was just 21 year and few months old (and only a year old in International cricket) when he batted for over 13 hours to break the record for highest test score by a England batsman. 364 was the highest test match score by any batsman then, which was later broken by Sir Garfield Sobers of West Indies who went on to make 365. During his marathon innings, Hutton collected 382 runs with Maurice Leyland for the second wicket which still stands as the highest partnership for England against Australia. Len Hutton played 79 tests, made 6971 runs at an average of 56.67 with 19 century plus 33 fifties and also took 3 wickets with his leg spin bowling. Interestingly, Hutton wanted to be a footballer as a child but his father threw away his boot in fire and got him a cricket bat! Who are the other top scorers in Australia vs England test cricket? following is a list of batsmen who have gone past double century in Ashes test matches over the years :- Highest scores Ashes test matches Batsman


Who has been Israel's only female Prime Minister?

Female world leaders currently in power   FEMALE WORLD LEADERS CURRENTLY IN POWER The following is a list of female presidents, prime ministers, and other heads of state who are presently in power as of January 22, 2015. All data comes care of Rulers.org , WorldStatesmen.org , or Regnal Chronologies . CURRENT TOTAL: 22 We are currently living under a record-high number of simultanious female world leaders. For several years now, the stable status quo has been around 20 female world leaders at any given time. For much of 2014, the number was 22 — a record high. # President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Dec. 10, 2007 - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed Jan. 6, 2009 - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Jan. 5, 2012 - Feb. 18, 2015 - elected "Elected" refers to women leaders who were elected in democratic elections, including both direct election and parliamentary election. "Succeeded" refers to leaders who automatically assumed their position following the resignation or impeachment of a predecessor, and were thus not specifically elected to their post. "Appointed" refers to leaders who were appointed to office by a ruling party or executive, and were thus not specifically elected to their post. "Coup" refers to a leader who staged a coup or revolution to take office through force. Sometimes leaders who were originally appointed to office managed to win election. In such cases both dates are noted. NOTE: the "head of state" issue In colloquial speech, a "head of state" is simply a world leader; be she a president, a prime minister, a ruling monarch, or in rare cases, some other office entirely. However, political scientists — and indeed, many national constitutions — define this term in a more narrow sense, with the "head of state" being the person who symbolically "embodies" the nation as its highest legal authority and highest-ranking ceremonial representative. A person who actually "runs" the government, in contrast, is called the "head of government." In many countries, the head of state and head of government is the same person, but in many other countries, the "head of state" is a symbolic president or monarch while the prime minister is the "head of government." Identifying "heads of state" in this sense is a complicated matter I am not interested in here. Let it merely be noted that the women listed below consist simply of people who could be accurately described as "world leaders" of one sort or another, but some might regard it as technically incorrect to describe them as all "heads of state." Queens or Vice-Regal Females in power A few countries have reining female queens, or, if they are a member of the British Commonwealth, a female governor general representing Queen Elizabeth as head of state. As they are merely symbolic figureheads chosen to represent the actual head of state, they are not usually counted as "full" world leaders. # Sep. 5, 2008 - All countries with female presidents, past and present A president is either the executive leader of a country, or a ceremonial figurehead chosen to "represent the nation" but not exercise any real political power. Country Jul. 1, 1974 - Mar. 24, 1976 succeeded, wife Aug. 1, 1980 - Jul. 31, 1996 elected Feb. 15, 1982 - Feb. 15, 1987 elected Feb. 25, 1986 - Jun. 30, 1992 elected, wife* Apr. 25, 1990 - Jan. 10, 1997 elected Dec, 3, 1990 - Sep. 12, 1997 elected Nov. 12, 1994 - Nov. 19, 2005 elected, daughter Nov. 11, 1997 - Nov. 11, 2011 elected Dec. 19, 1997 - Aug. 11, 1999 elected, wife Jan. 1, 1999 - Dec. 31, 1999 appointed Jul. 8, 1999 - Jul. 8, 2007 elected Sep. 1, 1999 - Sep. 1, 2004 elected, wife Jan. 20, 2001 - June 30, 2010 succeeded 2001, elected 2004, daughter Indonesia Jul. 23, 2001 - Oct. 20, 2004 succeeded, daughter Dec. 30, 2002 - Jan. 27, 2004 appointed Mar. 11, 2006 - Mar. 11, 2010 elected Jan. 1, 2007 - Dec. 31, 2007 appointed Feb. 22, 2007 - Mar. 17, 2011 elected Jul. 25, 2007 - Jul. 25, 2012 elected President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Dec. 10, 2007 - Jan. 1, 2010 - Dec. 31, 2011 appointed Apr. 7, 2010 - Dec. 1, 2011 coup May 8, 2010 - May 8


Who lived under the name of Private Thomas Shaw at Clouds Hill, Dorset, where he eventually died following a motorcycle accident in 1935?

Clouds Hill (Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage) - 1120423| Historic England Clouds Hill (Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage) List Entry Summary This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. Name: Clouds Hill (Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage) List entry Number: 1120423 Clouds Hill Cottage, Clouds Hill, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 7NQ The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. County: Dorset National Park: Not applicable to this List entry. Grade: II* Date of most recent amendment: 14-Dec-2015 Legacy System Information The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System: LBS UID: 108706 Asset Groupings This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information. List entry Description Summary of Building A cottage built in 1808, formerly a forester’s or labourer's cottage, largely reconstructed by T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935) for himself, 1922-33; together with Lawrence’s garage, built in 1930. Reasons for Designation Clouds Hill, a small cottage of 1808, largely reconstructed 1922-34 by T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) for himself, is listed at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * Historic association: the cottage was the only adult home of T E Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, one of the most significant and influential leaders and strategists of the First World War and its aftermath, and also an important writer, who worked on his books at Clouds Hill; * Architectural interest: Lawrence reconstructed the cottage, an early C19 building which was largely derelict in 1922, to suit his own purposes and to his precise specifications, designing and in some cases even constructing the fittings and fixed furnishings himself, creating an intimate, restful place redolent of his personality and interests; * Historic interest: the cottage acted as something of a salon in the 1920s and early 1930s, with Lawrence entertaining fellow writers and artists including Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Gilbert Spencer and Augustus John. History The cottage known as Clouds Hill was built in 1808 as a forester’s or labourer’s cottage on the Moreton estate, which had been in the Frampton family since the C14. The cottage, on Cloud’s Hill, had been derelict for some years by 1922, in which year Sgt Arthur Knowles of the Royal Tank Corps, stationed at nearby Bovington Camp, rented a parcel of land which included the cottage. He built a bungalow for his family on the adjacent plot, and under the terms of the lease, was required to make the cottage habitable.  Knowles had just begun the job of restoring the cottage, stripping the derelict elements out to leave the walls and central stack, when Private T E Shaw, also stationed at Bovington, came across it whilst walking in the woods, and arranged to rent it from Knowles for 2/6 a week and take on responsibility for its repair, in order to create a space away from the ranks where he could read, write and listen to music. Shaw was one of the pseudonyms of T E Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, one of the most significant figures to emerge from the First World War, with an international reputation. Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935) was famed for his role in the Middle East, shaping the region in the period, as well as a soldier, author and intelligence officer. His parents’ circumstances meant that the family lead a peripatetic life in his youth – his father, Thomas Chapman, had left his first wife and four daughters to live with his children’s governess, Sarah Jenner. The couple lived together as Mr and Mrs Lawrence, though they never married, and raised their own family of five sons, including Thomas Edward, known as Ned. After the young Ned discovered the family secret, there were tensions between the boy and his parents. By the time he was 20, and reading modern history at Jesus College


Which Asian Country is an archipelago of 17,504 islands?

Malay Archipelago | islands, southeast Asia | Britannica.com Malay Archipelago Fay-Cooper Cole Malay Archipelago, largest group of islands in the world, consisting of the more than 17,000 islands of Indonesia and the approximately 7,000 islands of the Philippines . The regional name “East Indies” is sometimes used as a synonym for the archipelago. New Guinea is usually arbitrarily included in the Malay Archipelago, though the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the northwest and the Bismarck Archipelago in the east are not. The principal islands and groups of the Republic of Indonesia include the Greater Sundas ( Sumatra , Java , Borneo , and Celebes ), the Lesser Sundas, the Moluccas , and western New Guinea. The main islands of the Philippines include Luzon (north), Mindanao (south), and the Visayas in between. Other political units in the archipelago are East Malaysia ( Sabah and Sarawak ), Brunei , and Papua New Guinea . The archipelago extends along the Equator for more than 3,800 miles (6,100 km) and extends for 2,200 miles (3,500 km) in its greatest north-south dimension. Situated between the Pacific and Indian oceans, the islands of the archipelago enclose the Sulu , Celebes , Banda , Molucca , Java , Flores , and Savu seas. They are separated from mainland Asia (west) by the Strait of Malacca and the South China Sea , from Taiwan (north) by the Bashi Channel, and from Australia (south) by the Torres Strait . Structurally, the archipelago divides into three parts: the Sunda Shelf , the Sahul Shelf , and the area of recent tectonic activity that lies between the two. The islands, with the exception of the northern Philippines, lie within 10 degrees of the Equator. Thus, they have high temperatures, averaging 80 °F (21 °C). The variable climatic element is rainfall, which ranges from more than 320 inches (8,100 mm) annually on slopes in Sumatra and Java to less than 20 inches (500 mm) in rain shadow areas of western Celebes and the Lesser Sundas. Most of the archipelago averages more than 80 inches (2,000 mm), well distributed throughout the year, but the total decreases and the length of the dry season increases from central Java eastward through the Lesser Sundas and from Mindanao northward. Most of the islands receive rainfall from both the northeast (northern winter) and southwest monsoons. Another climatic element is the tropical cyclone (typhoon), of which more than 20 arise each year in the southwestern Pacific (July to November) and then swing westward and northward, bringing violent winds and heavy rains to the Philippines. The flora and fauna of the archipelago are extremely rich and varied and reflect the character of the islands as a bridge between Asia and Australia. Similar Topics Nicobar Islands Malay peoples, who speak various Austronesian languages , are the dominant population of the Malay Archipelago. Although two of the world’s largest cities, Manila and Jakarta , are located there, the islands’ economy is overwhelmingly rural and agricultural. The majority of the rural populace are sedentary cultivators, usually growing irrigated rice but sometimes corn (maize), yams , or cassava as their principal food crop. These sedentary smallholders grow many commercial crops, such as rubber and tobacco , as well as most of the region’s sugar , copra , pepper , nutmeg , other spices, kapok , sago , and abaca fibre (Manila hemp). Plantations, introduced in the colonial period and located principally in Sumatra and Java, provide exports of rubber, palm oil, sisal , cinchona (quinine), and tea , as well as some coffee , tobacco, and copra. Shifting agriculturists still raise subsistence dry crops of rice and corn in more-isolated localities. Other important resources include the forests, which provide valuable timber, resins, rattans, and additional gathered products. Petroleum is the chief mineral resource, exploited in Sumatra, Borneo, Brunei, and Indonesian New Guinea. Tin mines on Singkep, Bangka , and Belitung islands, Indonesia, provide a significant portion of the world’s production. Deposits of bauxite are


In which pantomime does the character Maid Marian appear?

It's Behind You - Babes in the Wood HISTORY: Based on an old English Ballad (preserved in the British Museum) of 1595, it tells the story of two children, abandoned deep in the forest upon the orders of their Wicked Uncle. First presented on the stage in 1793 as �The Children In The Wood�, an Opera performed at the Haymarket Theatre. It was created by Dr. Samuel Arnold. In this version the children survived, and were restored to their parents, but other versions stuck to the more gloomy conclusion of the original ballad. It was the subject of an operatic �Burletta� in 1812 at the Surrey Theatre. They succumbed to the elements in �Harlequin and Cock Robin: or, The Babes In The Wood� at Drury Lane in 1827,in what was the first �pantomime� version, and again in 1856 at the Haymarket. In 1867 the character of Robin Hood was introduced to the story. He rescued the babes from their fate, but this was not always the case. Covent Garden�s pantomime in 1874 kept the unhappy ending, and  also saw their Wicked Uncle meeting his death. In modern versions the babes always survive their ordeal, and the evil uncle is unmasked. The parts of the children have been interpreted in different ways-from small children to comedians. Dan Leno and Herbert Campbell appeared as �The Babes� at Drury Lane in 1897. More often the roles are taken by Juveniles, or actors who comfortably pass as juveniles to play �Boy Babe and Girl Babe�. THE STORY: When their Father dies, two young children- their names vary from one version to another- are entrusted into the care of their Uncle (sometimes portrayed as a wicked Baron). The uncle is eager to acquire the fortune left to the children and knows that it will pass to him if the children should die. He persuades two cronies (often called Good & Bad Robbers) to take the children deep into the woods and murder them. One of the cronies relents at the last moment, and kills his companion. The children are left to their fate. In some versions they are looked after by a guardian Fairy. They eat wild berries to survive, and when they fall asleep the birds cover them over with leaves to keep them warm. In the original ballad this was the ending- the Babes did not survive. In pantomime it is traditionally the end of Act One. ROBIN HOOD and The Babes In The Wood In later versions of the pantomime the Babes were discovered by Robin Hood and Maid Marion. The children are taken into their encampment in the forest and Marion often becomes their nurse. The Merry Men are often part of this story. The Story ends when the evil deeds of their uncle are revealed, and the children are restored. The introduction of Robin Hood to the pantomime version became very popular- often the title became �Robin Hood and The Babes In The Wood�. How exactly Robin Hood came to be connected to the story of �The Babes� is uncertain. The character of Robin Hood had been the subject of his own pantomime since �Merry Sherwood� in the 1790�s. a very far fetched theory could be that, in the original ballad  the Babes were discovered by a Robin (Redbreast)- the feathered type, and that by word association the name of Robin (Hood) came into play. Unlikely, but then so is Robin Hood�s appearance in their story! He first appeared in the �Babes In The Wood� in 1867 at Covent Garden. Robin Hood and his Merry Men, all played by women, were joined by Maid Marion who became the Nurse to the babes. Robin historically had lived two hundred years before the Babes In The Wood were born, but soon he became associated with their story in the world of pantomime. Because the story-line of the babes themselves is quite thin, introducing a second story- one already known to children- was a sensible idea. Rather than wait until the beginning of Act Two for Robin to find the babes, the pantomime versions often started with part of the Robin Hood legend. As late as 1888 The Times could still express surprise at Robin Hood�s connection with the Babes In The Wood, claiming the babes were �mixed up with the proceedings of R


Vardon, overlapping and cross handed are grips used in which sport?

Quick Tip: What Is the Vardon Overlap Golf Grip? Quick Tip: What Is the Vardon Overlap Golf Grip? What are the advantages of using a Vardon Overlap golf grip? Watch this video from About.com to see the reasons it's helpful. Show transcript Hide transcript Transcript: Quick Tip: What Is the Vardon Overlap Golf Grip? I'm PGA Teaching Professional Todd Kolb with About.com. We're going to talk about the Overlap Grip. What's the Vardon Overlap Golf Grip? The Vardon Overlap Grip is one of the most popular grips in the game of golf, and the key to this grip is that the pinky of the bottom hand which—for me—is the right hand, is actually overlapping in between the index finger and the middle finger of my top hand, which is my left hand. The pinky just rests right in there in what we call the “Overlap Grip.” Who Benefits From a Vardon Overlap Golf Grip? Now, I like this grip, and I recommend it to my students who have bigger hands or longer fingers because it allows them to get their hands on the golf club in a comfortable position. So the Overlap Grip, or what might be called the Vardon Grip, is one of the most common grips in golf, and I would recommend it for anyone who has longer fingers or bigger hands. For more information, visit About.com. About videos are made available on an "as is" basis, subject to the Terms of Use .


Which TV show has been presented by Jeremy Beadle, Lisa Riley and Jonathan Wilkes?

You've Been Framed! - UKGameshows You've Been Framed! Announcer: Andrew Brittain Broadcast Granada in association with American Broadcasting Company, Vin Di Bona Productions, Tokyo Broadcasting System and Action Time for ITV, 14 April 1990 to present Synopsis The UK's gold standard in clip shows which, like America's Funniest Home Videos, occasionally had a game show segment. In You've Been Framed! (exclamation mark obligatory), contributors compete to get their funny home videos on TV - for every clip that makes it to the screen, contestants are awarded £250. During the first four series, the studio audience voted for the funniest clip in every show to go through to a season finale where £5000 and a shiny new camcorder were up for grabs. In Series 15 the weekly competition returned entitled Clip For A Trip, giving three finalists the chance to win a £1000 holiday if they could win over the studio audience with their funny moment caught on tape. Original host, Jeremy Beadle in the cosy house era (1994-7). Prankster Jeremy Beadle presented the show for eight years with Emmerdale's Lisa Riley taking over, with some controversy, for five further series from 1998. Jonathan Wilkes took the reins in 2003 for two series in studio (very much influenced by the 'zoo' formula of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - featuring kids talking about their favourite clips, surprises for audience members, holiday competitions & Naming and Shaming clip fakers) and one series on location for a daytime transmission. Comedian Harry Hill is the current host. Members of the public who have 87-year-old uncles likely to put up a rickety shed in the back garden, or grannies with a particularly high centre of gravity at weddings, can lob their VHS, Mini-DV's, CD-Roms, DVD's & Hi-8s to FREEPOST - YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED! Catchphrases Jeremy Beadle: "Next week, the star of our show could be you!", "Bundle it off to Beadle!" Lisa Riley: "Don't do anything stupid, unless you're being framed!" Jonathan Wilkes: "I don't have a catchphrase!" Harry Hill: "Is that the time already?", "Until next time, Cheerio! Theme music Trivia Up to 180 clips are used in each show. Little known fact - Richard Madeley presented the untransmitted pilot. Hmm, Richard Madeley. We can't see it - Can you? One 1992 episode managed to rake in 19.3 million viewers, making it the 13th most highest rated programme of the 1990s. Web links


What type of pastry derives its name from the Greek word for leaf?

Phyllo, Fillo, or Filo Pastry Dough | CraftyBaking | Formerly Baking911 Learn Baked Goods Pastry Types Phyllo, Fillo, or Filo Phyllo, Fillo, or Filo Pastry Dough Copyright © 2000 Sarah Phillips CraftyBaking.com All rights reserved. Phyllo, Fillo, or Filo, which means "leaf" in Greek, is tissue paper-thin like sheets of dough made from flour, water and a bit of oil. However, Phyllo dough was not born in Greece rather in Istanbul during the Ottoman reign. The name "Phyllo" is Greek but the dough technique itself is Turkish. Strudel dough is thought to be a variant, although made somehwhat differently. Of all Turkey's delicious sweet confections, the most famous is baklava. This exquisite flavored pastry has been made in Anatolia for many centuries, and its ancestor is widely believed to be a dish made by the Assyrians at around 8th century B.C. They were the first people who put together a few layers of thin bread dough, with chopped nuts, dried fruit in between those layers, added some honey and baked it in their wood burning ovens. This earliest known version of baklava was baked only on special occasions. In fact, historically, baklava was considered a food for the rich until mid-19th century. Phyllo has been incorporated into American cuisine with open arms. It is used here in traditional recipes, as well as in new and innovative desserts. It can also stand in for its difficult cousin’s strudel dough and puff pastry, although Phyllo is flour and water dough. In fact Strudel and Baklava dough making are very similar in technique. Like strudel dough, Phyllo sheets are layered and brushed lightly in between with melted butter or oil that result in a puffed-up height and are crisp, light and flavorful. Phyllo can enclose a huge variety of fillings, both savory and sweet. It can be assembled in a variety of shapes and sizes   such as cones, tubes, pie shells, pizza crusts, pouches, roles, strudels, or triangles. Phyllo can be twisted, folded, rolled and pressed into pie, tart and even muffin pans as a substitute for pie and pastry dough. It can be shredded and used for making "nests" filled with fresh fruit or ice cream. Phyllo can be cut easily to make bite-sized appetizers or left large to make a strudel. It can play a supporting role in Venetian Napoleons, separating layers of mascarpone cheese and sweetened strawberries that are laced with port and balsamic vinegar. Phyllo dough can be used in a lot of new recipes, such as chocolate phyllo. It is made by sprinkling sifted cocoa powder and confectioner's sugar (25:75) in between the buttered layers or on top. Because they contain little fat and can be brushed in between with small amounts of butter, low-fat dessert recipes, such as the Apple Phyllo Tart Recipe, are quite delicious. Sold in 1-pound packages containing about 20 sheets of dough, Phyllo is almost always frozen. It is found frozen in the freezer section of the grocery store. Grocery store brands such as Athens, Apollo, and Pepperidge Farms are all good. Sizes vary from brand to brand, and the sheets may need to be trimmed to fit the pan. Fresh phyllo is available in some Greek, Middle Eastern, upscale and international markets in large cities and through direct factory shipment. Fresh dough offers big advantages. Since the pliable sheets have been refrigerated but never frozen, they have a superior texture and are easier to handle while buttering and shaping. Fresh phyllo dough and prebaked phyllo shells are available. SARAH SAYS: You can also make you own phyllo dough, which I have done and it's truly an incredible experience. It's an enormous amount of work to make: a regular-sized ball of dough is stretched thinner and thinner by the backs of many hands into a thin sheet of dough as long and wide as a dining room table cloth. You won't believe how thin you make the sheets; like tissue paper, so thin and transparent that you wonder how it stays together without tearing. The tricky part is when you stretch the phyllo dough when you make your own -- you don't want to puncture it when it becomes paper thin. Re


Which former Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland was stripped of his knighthood, having been blamed for the collapse of the bank?

Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief stripped of knighthood Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief stripped of knighthood By Douglas Stanglin , USA TODAY Updated Fred Goodwin, the former chief of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has been stripped of his knighthood in the wake of widspread criticism over his role in the bank's near collapse in 2008, the BBC reports. The queen, on the advice of the government, canceled and annulled the title that was bestowed upon Goodwin by the Labor government in 2004. Goodwin, 53, led RBS to disaster with a takeover of the Dutch bank ABN Amro, paying a high price just as the credit crisis was starting to hit, the Associated Press reports. The British government spent the equivalent of around $70 billion bailing out and nationalizing the bank, which is now 82% owned by taxpayers, the AP says. A report last year by the Financial Services Authority blamed the debacle on bad decisions, rather than dishonesty or any violation of regulations. Prime Minister David Cameron calls the unusual move the "right decision." In the past, the BBC says, only convicted criminals or people struck off by professional bodies have had knighthoods taken away. Goodwin also stirred public outrage by resigning with $25 million in pension benefits, the AP says. The BBC quotes Goodwin's unofficial biographer, Nick Kochan, as saying he believes the former bank official would receive the news "really quite harshly." "I think he's a man who has enjoyed the status of being a knight," he tells the BBC. PREVIOUS


Who is the author of the best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey series?

EL James to Release New Version of 'Fifty Shades' From Christian Grey's Point of View | Hollywood Reporter EL James to Release New Version of 'Fifty Shades' From Christian Grey's Point of View 6:18 AM PDT 6/1/2015 by Hilary Lewis Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey in the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film The book, titled 'Grey,' will be released on June 18, Christian's birthday. Mr. Grey will tell you his story now. Fifty Shades author EL James announced Monday that she will release a new version of Fifty Shades of Grey, written from Christian's point of view. The book, titled Grey, will be published on June 18, Christian's birthday. The best-selling author says on the opening page of the new book that the work is a response to readers' requests for a tale told from his perspective. "This book is dedicated to those readers who asked...and asked... and asked... and asked for this," she writes. James broke the news on social media Monday morning, releasing the below cover image of the new book.   A photo posted by E L James (@erikaljames) on Jun 1, 2015 at 5:00am PDT James added of her decision to tell the story from Christian's perspective, "Christian is a complex character, and readers have always been fascinated by his desires and motivations and his troubled past. Also, as anyone who has ever been in a relationship knows, there are two sides to every story. It's been a great pleasure to return to my happy place — writing, being with Christian and Ana in their universe, and working with the fantastic team at Vintage." Grey will be published in paperback and as an eBook by Vintage Books, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House. Vintage Books publisher and James' editor Anne Messitte said, "Fifty Shades of Grey is a love story that has enthralled readers in a way that few books have, and when Erika mentioned to me that she wanted to explore Christian's viewpoint and re-open the story, I was incredibly excited for her and for her readers. This book has all the compelling attributes of its predecessors, and I can't wait for Fifty Shades fans to experience the work again from a perspective they have long desired." Knopf Doubleday president Tony Chirico added, "Given the secrecy and immediacy of the publication, we've worked hard to ensure that the book will be well represented in the retail marketplace on June 18." The Fifty Shades trilogy has sold more than 125 million copies worldwide and spawned a hit movie from Universal Pictures starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. The sequel, Fifty Shades Darker, is set to be released in 2017.


Which poet and author served in Oliver Cromwell's Government for Foreign tongues?

Cromwell Through the Media of His Day | Novelguide Home › History › Cromwell Through the Media of His Day Cromwell Through the Media of His Day   The years between 1640 and 1660 witnessed in England a greater outpouring of printed material than the country had seen since the first printing press had begun operating in the 1470s.1 The breakdown of government and Church censorship in the early 1640s was almost total until the mid-1650s when Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector reimposed some controls. Not until the return of the Stuarts and their royal censors did the flow of pamphlets cease. This tumultuous period of English history therefore became a crowded arena for free expression of radical religious, social, and political ideas. This fact, coupled with the euphoria surrounding the victories of the New Model Army, the uninhibited exchange of ideas, and the general millennial atmosphere, especially following Charles Is execution, led many Englishman to see their nation as the emerging leader of the Protestant world.  A recurring theme among these pamphlets, sermons, and broadsides was the idea that Oliver Cromwell was the man to lead England into this new age. Like the second coming of the Swedish soldier-king Gustavus Adolphus, Cromwell would champion the Protestant cause wherever it was in need. As a Civil War hero, conqueror of the Irish and Scots, and later as Lord Protector, the devoutly religious Cromwell certainly had the background to fit the role. Yet in practical terms, England of the 1640s and 1650s was not the military juggernaut that many writers pictured it to be. The nation was not capable of wiping out the Turkish menace, unseating the Pope, and defending persecuted Protestants on the Continent all in one fell swoop. Thefinancial difficulties of the Stuarts did not disappear with the execution of Charles, and though the navy was strong, it was not logistically feasible for the army to get involved in a large Continental war.  Despite this, even Cromwell himself had some occasional delusions of religious and military grandeur. A well known quote has him saying that, were he ten years younger, "there was not a king in Europe I would not make to tremble."2 In moments of religious fervor Cromwell might have seen himself and England in a millenial light, yet he was first and foremost a pragmatic politician. His genuine belief in the need to aid and protect his co-religionists took a secondary position to the day-to-day realities of English society and politics. His alliance with the Catholic French against the Spanish and his acquiescence to the war agaist the Protestant Dutch provide ample evidence of his heeding realpolitik considerations over any Pan-Protestant ideology.  Why then was Cromwell cast by the pamphleteers as a Protestant champion? The answer lies in the fact that the world view of the average Englishman was limited to either what he read or what was read to him, either at informal gatherings or in church. Thus, the power of the printed word is hard to exaggerate in this time of upheaval and millennial anticipation. How and why Oliver Cromwell was cast in the role of English savior is directly related to the outlook of his contemporaries as shaped by the literature of the era.  After distinguished service in the early years of the Civil War, Cromwell was firmly thrust into the limelight following his participation in the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645, the conflicts decisive engagement. Having only recently rejoined the army following his exemption from the Self Denying Ordinance, he was to play a major role in this Parliamentary victory. Despite an overwhelming numerical advantage (14,000 vs. 7,500), the Parliamentary forces were on the verge of collapse following a Royalist charge against one end of their line. Cromwell, however, led the better disciplined Parliamentary horse on a charge against the opposite flank and succeeded in getting behind the Royalist infantry and thus swinging the victory toward Parliament. Though the King held out for another year, Naseby effectively crushed the


Who was voted Times Magazine's man of the year in 1939 and 1942?

Joseph Stalin: 1939, 1942 - Person of the Year: A Photo History - TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History AP TIME named Joseph Stalin Man of the Year in 1939 and 1942 On the death of Lenin in 1924, Joseph Stalin took control of the Soviet Union, instituting policies of nationalization and agricultural collectivization that fomented civil war and famine as well as cultivating a cult of personality. TIME described this public worship: "Joseph Stalin has gone a long way toward deifying himself while alive. No flattery is too transparent, no compliment too broad for him. He became the fountain of all Socialist wisdom" (1/1/40). Stalin established a reign of terror that included mass arrests, executions and deportations. He also rallied his troops to beat back a German invasion in some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II. At his death on March 1, 1953, there was a mass outpouring of grief; at a 1956 Party Congress, successor Nikita Khrushchev denounced him as a murderer. Stalin was twice TIME's Man of the Year, for 1939 and 1942. Researched by Joan Levinstein, the Time Inc. Research Center


Four footballers have won the 'Balloon d'Or' three times, but only two have done so in consecutive years. Lionel Messi is one, who is the other?

Ballon d’Or Winners Ballon d’Or Winners Updated January 31, 2016. A full list of the Ballon d’Or winners and runners-up since 1956. The Ballon d’Or, meaning ‘the golden ball’ was conceived by France Football magazine chief editor Gabriel Hanot who asked his colleagues to vote for their best European player in 1956. Originally journalists could only vote for Europeans playing in Europe but a rule change in 1995 meant that players from other continents could win the award, as long as they played for a European club. The pool of journalists allowed to vote also increased to 96 around the world. Coaches and captains from around the world also vote. Lionel Messi has won the award a record five times, with four players each having claimed it on three occasions: Johan Cruyff , Michel Platini , Marco van Basten and Cristiano Ronaldo. In 2010 the Ballon d’Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year were merged, with the world’s best player awarded the FIFA Ballon d’Or. 1956 1st Stanley Matthews (English, Blackpool) 2nd Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid ) 3rd Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) 1957 1st Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid) 2nd Billy Wright (English, Wolverhampton Wanderers) 3rd= Duncan Edwards (English, Manchester United) 3rd= Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) 1958 1st Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) 2nd Helmut Rahn (West German, Rot-Weiss Essen) 3rd Just Fontaine (French, Stade Reims) 1959 1st Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid) 2nd Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) 3rd John Charles (Welsh, Juventus) 1960 2nd Ferenc Puskas (Hungarian, Real Madrid) 3rd Uwe Seeler (West German, Hamburg) 1961 2nd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Inter Milan ) 3rd Johnny Haynes (English, Fulham) 1962 1st Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakian, Dukla Prague) 2nd Eusebio (Portuguese, Benfica) 3rd Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (West German, Koln) 1963 1st Lev Yashin (Soviet Union, Dynamo Moscow) 2nd Gianni Rivera (Italian, AC Milan) 3rd Jimmy Greaves (English, Tottenham Hotspur) 1964 1st Denis Law (Scottish, Manchester United ) 2nd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Inter Milan) 3rd Amancio (Spanish, Real Madrid) 1965 2nd Giacinto Facchetti (Italian, Inter Milan) 3rd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Real Madrid) 1966 1st Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United) 2nd Eusebio (Portuguese, Benfica) 3rd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 1967 1st Florian Albert (Hungarian, Ferencváros) 2nd Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United) 3rd Jimmy Johnstone (Scottish, Celtic) 1968 1st George Best (Irish, Manchester United) 2nd Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United) 3rd Dragan Džaji? continue reading below our video 10 Best Basketball Players of All Time (Yugoslavian, Red Star Belgrade) 1st Gianni Rivera (Italian, AC Milan ) 2nd Luigi Riva (Italian, Cagliari) 3rd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich) 1970 1st Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich) 2nd Bobby Moore (English, West Ham United) 3rd Luigi Riva (Italian, Cagliari) 1971 1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Ajax) 2nd Sandro Mazzola (Italian, Inter Milan) 3rd George Best (Irish, Manchester United) 1972 1st Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 2nd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Gunter Netzer (West German, Borussia Monchengladbach) 1973 1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona) 2nd Dino Zoff (Italian, Juventus) 3rd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munic) 1974 1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona) 2nd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Kazimierz Deyna (Polish, Legia Warsaw) 1975 1st Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union, Dynamo Kiev) 2nd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona) 1976 1st Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 2nd Rob Rensenbrink (Dutch, Anderlecht) 3rd Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakian, Dukla Prague) 1977 1st Allan Simonsen (Danish, Borussia Monchengladbach) 2nd Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg) 3rd Michel Platini (French, Nancy) 1978 1st Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg) 2nd Hans Krankl (Austrian, Barcelona) 3rd Rob Rensenbrink (Dutch, Anderlecht) 1979 1st Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg) 2nd Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West G


The World Bank has its HQ in which city?

Americas | United Nations United Nations Americas Americas The centre of UN activity in North America is New York City, USA, host of the United Nations Headquarters.  The centre of UN activity in South America is Santiago, Chile, home to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean . UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe View of the Gray Lake Glacier in Torres del Paine, Chile. where Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited in 2007 to see first hand the effects of the climate change on melting glaciers. United Nations Headquarters UN Headquarters in New York City, USA, is home to the General Assembly , Security Council , Economic and Social Council , Trusteeship Council , and much of the UN Secretariat . New York City also hosts the headquarters of  UNDP , UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women . Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean , in Santiago, Chile contributes to the economic development of Latin America, coordinates actions directed towards this end, reinforces economic ties among countries and with other nations of the world, and promotes the region's social development. Secretary-General UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys  to the Americas. Department of Political Affairs (DPA) The UN’s Department of Political Affairs works in many countries, regions, and areas of concern in the Americas. Department of Public Information (DPI) The United Nations has 10 Information Centres  in the Americas. UN System Offices in the Americas United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) UNDP works with national and independent partners in countries and territories in the Americas region to promote its main goals, foster knowledge exchange and help countries achieve the MDGs. UNDP's Regional Centre in Panama serves countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.  It focuses on strengthening the capacities of the country offices, which in turn assist governments and communities in achieving sustainable development and the MDGs. UNDP Headquarters is in New York City. UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) UNCDF has country programmes in the Americas.  United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) UNICEF has country offices in Latin America and the Caribbean, and a regional office in  Panama City, Panama .  UNICEF Headquarters is in New York City. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) UNFPA has a regional office in Panama City, Panama and a sub-regional office (Caribbean) in Kingston, Jamaica . The UNFPA Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean serves countries and overseas territories in the English and Dutch-Speaking Caribbean.  UNFPA Headquarters is in New York City. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) UNHCR works in the Americas in Latin America , North America and the Caribbean . World Health Organization (WHO) WHO works in countries in the Americas  Its regional office for the Americas is located in Washington DC (United States) . Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) UNAIDS works in the Americas in the United States and Canada, and has country offices in Latin America  and in the Caribbean region . International Labour Organization (ILO) The ILO gives support to the Americas Region through its country offices in  Lima, Peru ,  San José,  Costa Rica , Santiago de Chile, Chile , Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago , Buenos Aires, Argentina , Brasilia, Brazil , Mexico City. Mexico , Montevideo, Uruguay  and the United States . UN Women UN Women operates in Latin America and the Caribbean through its regional office in Panama City. It has country offices in Bolivia, Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Mexico.  UN Women Headquarters is in New York City. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) UNIDO has a liaison office in New York and regional and country offices in Latin America and the Caribbean, and a Focal point in Cuba. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) UNESCO has offices in Latin America and the Caribbean and a lia


What is the minimum age for male golfers on the European Seniors tour?

Senior Tour - Qualifying Schools Senior Tour FAQS Q. How can I become a member of the European Senior Tour? A: For those that have not previously competed on the European Tour, the main way to become a member of the European Senior Tour is to go to Qualifying School which takes place in January/February. A Player can also request an invite to any event during the year by writing to the European Senior Tour. A player must be 50 years of age on or before the first day of the tournament. NB. There is a maximum of 3 invites granted per tournament.  Q.  How do I enter the European Senior Tour Qualifying School? A: You will need to complete and return the Qualifying School Application Form to the European Senior Tour by Monday 09 January for 2017. The Entry Form can be downloaded here (updated as of 07/12/2016). Q: Who can enter the European Senior Tour Qualifying School? A: All male professional golfers who are 50 years of age on or before 31 July 2017. All male amateur golfers who are 50 years of age on or before 31 July 2017, with a handicap of one (1) or lower.  Q: Do I lose my amateur status if I enter the Qualifying School? A: It is not a breach of the Rules of Amateur status to file an entry for and participate in any Stage of the Qualifying School, providing that you waive your right to prize money prior to each Stage by completing the appropriate forms available at each venue. Q: How much does it cost to go to Qualifying School? A: The entry fee for 2017 is £800 (€1,100) for all entrants – regardless of which Stage or Stages are played. The entry fee does not include travel and accommodation which are the responsibility of each participant. Any player that has played an event on the 2016 European Senior Tour schedule and subsequently taken up Affiliated Membership will be exempt from paying any entry fee as their Membership fee covers the cost of the Qualifying School. Q: Is it easy to withdraw and can the entry fee be reclaimed? A: All withdrawals must be notified to the European Senior Tour Entries Department. If a player withdraws prior to the closing date his entry fee will be refunded in full. If a player withdraws after the closing date, without competing, he will be refunded £700 (€960) only (NB: No exceptions). If a player is absent on the tee without notification, no refund will be given and he may face disciplinary action, subject to circumstances. Once an entrant has teed off, refund of entry is not possible under any circumstances. Q: Can I request a Stage 1 venue? A: A player can request a venue for Stage 1, but there is no guarantee any requests will be honoured. Q: When will I be notified of my allocated venue for Stage 1? A: Venue allocation lists will be available the day after the close of entries. Q: How many entrants get through from stage 1 to Finals?  A: The number of players to advance from Stage 1 to the Finals will be 16 places and ties. Full details are available on the Entry Form. The field size in the Finals will be a minimum of 72 players and ties (increased from 54 by decision of the European Senior Tour Committee on 29/11/2016). Q: How many players get a ‘Tour Card’ through the Qualifying School? A: Players finishing in positions 1-5 at the European Senior Tour Qualifying School Finals will be eligible for Ranked Membership of the European Senior Tour. Players 1-5 will be included in Category 7 for the 2017 season. These players will be exempt into all 54 man field events.  In the event of a tie there will be a hole by hole play-off to determine 5th position. Q: If I earn a ‘Tour Card’, how many tournaments will I be able to play on the European Seniors Tour? A: This will vary from year to year, however, in 2015 the number of opportunities for European Senior Tour School graduate in position 5 was 9. The total number of tournaments on the 2015 schedule was 12. Q: Does the European Senior Tour provide accommodation? A: No. However, the European Senior Tour can recommend official hotels for each tournament. Q: What are the rules of golf during Qualifying School? A: Rules governing play wil


A deficiency of which vitamin cause rickets?

Rickets, Vitamin D Deficiency Rickets, Vitamin D Deficiency Important It is possible that the main title of the report Rickets, Vitamin D Deficiency is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report. Synonyms None General Discussion Vitamin-D deficiency rickets, a disorder that becomes apparent during infancy or childhood, is the result of insufficient amounts of vitamin D in the body. The vitamin deficiency may be caused by poor nutrition , a lack of exposure to the sun, or malabsorption syndromes in which the intestines do not adequately absorb nutrients from foods. Vitamin D is needed for the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus in the body, which, in turn affects how calcium is deposited in the bones; thus it is considered essential for proper bone development and growth. Major symptoms of vitamin D deficiency rickets include bone disease, restlessness, and slow growth. This disorder is rare in the United States but is not uncommon in certain areas of the world. Resources NIH/National Institute of Diabetes , Digestive & Kidney Diseases Office of Communications & Public Liaison Bldg 31, Rm 9A06 31 Center Drive, MSC 2560 Bethesda, MD 20892-2560 Internet: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/ For a Complete Report This is an abstract of a report from the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). A copy of the complete report can be downloaded free from the NORD website for registered users. The complete report contains additional information including symptoms, causes, affected population, related disorders, standard and investigational therapies (if available), and references from medical literature. For a full-text version of this topic, go to www.rarediseases.org and click on Rare Disease Database under "Rare Disease Information". The information provided in this report is not intended for diagnostic purposes. It is provided for informational purposes only. NORD recommends that affected individuals seek the advice or counsel of their own personal physicians. It is possible that the title of this topic is not the name you selected. Please check the Synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and Disorder Subdivision(s) covered by this report This disease entry is based upon medical information available through the date at the end of the topic. Since NORD's resources are limited, it is not possible to keep every entry in the Rare Disease Database completely current and accurate. Please check with the agencies listed in the Resources section for the most current information about this disorder. For additional information and assistance about rare disorders, please contact the National Organization for Rare Disorders at P.O. Box 1968, Danbury, CT 06813-1968; phone (203) 744-0100; web site www.rarediseases.org or email orphan@rarediseases.org Last Updated: 4/25/2008


Which Surrey and England cricketer retired in 1934 after making 199 first class centuries?

Sir Jack Hobbs | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo Profile Wisden overview Jack Hobbs was cricket's most prolific batsman. He finished with 61,237 first-class runs and 197 centuries*, most of them stylishly made from the top of the Surrey or England batting orders. And he might have scored many more had the Great War not intervened, or if he hadn't been inclined to get out shortly after reaching 100 to let someone else have a go. Hobbs was known as "The Master", and scored consistently throughout a long career that didn't end till he was past 50. Half his hundreds came when he was over 40, and he remains, at 46 in 1928-29, the oldest man to score a Test century. His opening partnerships with Yorkshire's Herbert Sutcliffe are part of the game's rich folklore. Hobbs was also a charming man, and the world of cricket rejoiced in 1953 when he became the first professional cricketer to be knighted. Steven Lynch * Two further centuries made on a private tour to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) were subsequently deemed first-class by the Association of Cricket Statisticans Wisden obituary John Berry Hobbs, the great batsman whose first-class cricket career spanned 30 years and brought him fame everywhere as a player second to none, was born in humble surroundings at No. 4 Rivar Place, Cambridge, quite close to Fenner's, Parker's Piece and Jesus College. Christened John Berry Hobbs because his father's name was John and his mother's maiden name Berry, John -- or Jack as he was always known -- was the eldest of 12 children: six boys and six girls. His father was on the staff at Fenner's and also acted as a professional umpire. When Hobbs senior became groundsman and umpire to Jesus College, young Hobbs took immense delight in watching cricket there. During the school holidays he used to field at the nets and play his own version of cricket with the College servants, using a tennis ball, a cricket stump for a bat and a tennis post for a wicket on a gravel pitch. This primitive form of practice laid the foundations of his skill. Little more than 10 years old at the time, young Jack tried to produce the strokes which he had seen players employ in college matches. The narrow straight stump helped him to appreciate the importance of a straight bat, and with the natural assets of a keen eye and flexible wrists he learned to hit the ball surely and with widely varied strokes. Hobbs was self-taught and never coached, but he remembered all his life a piece of advice which his father gave him the only time the pair practised together, on Jesus College Close. Jack, facing spin bowling from his father, was inclined to stand clear of his stumps. "Don't draw away," his father told him. "Standing up to the wicket is all important. If you draw away, you cannot play with a straight bat and the movement may cause you to be bowled off your pads." When 12, Jack joined his first cricket team, the Church Choir XI at St. Matthew's, Cambridge, where he was in the choir, and the first match in which he ever batted was for the choir of Jesus College, who borrowed him, on their ground. He helped to form the Ivy Boys Club and they played both cricket and football on Parker's Piece. Ranjitsinhji practiced there, and Hobbs watched his beautiful wrist-play wonderingly, but the hero of Jack's boyhood was Tom Hayward, son of Dan Hayward who looked after the nets and marquees on Parker's Piece. Cricket became Jack's passion and his supreme ambition was to be good enough to play for one of the leading counties, preferably Surrey, the county of his idol, Tom Hayward. Hobbs practised morning, noon and night, and when he knew that he would be busy during the day he rose at six and practised before he went to work. Tom Hayward first saw him bat when the noted Surrey player took a team to Parker's Piece for the last match of the summer in 1901, the season in which Jack played a few times for Cambridgeshire as an amateur. In 1902, Hobbs obtained his first post as a professional -- second coach and second umpire to Bedford Grammar School -- and in the Augu


"Which actress played Hazel the Witch in the children's TV programme ""Rentaghost""?"

BBC - Beds Herts and Bucks - Entertainment    -    Rentaghost The Musical! The cast of Rentaghost Rentaghost The Musical! One of the best children's TV shows of all time has been transformed into a musical by Joe Pasquale. He told us how Rentaghost The Musical will be visiting St Albans and aims to follow on from the cult TV series and scare a whole new audience. Rentaghost Facts 15 April 2006 2.00pm & 5.00pm • Michael Staniforth (Timothy Claypole - “GADZOOKS!”) wrote and sang the theme tune. His original song had to be re-written as concern grew that it was too close to The Exorcist. • Lynda La Plante, the well-known crime writer, played Miss Novak the ‘nanny-ghost’ under her stage name Lynda Marchal • Miss Novak was replaced by Nadia Popov, the sneezing ghost, who was played by Sue Nicholls - she went on to play Audrey in Coronation Street • Ann Emery, who played ‘Mistress’ Ethel Meaker, is the sister of the late comedian Dick Emery. • The role of Hazel McWitch was especially written for the late Molly Weir who had become a family friend when she and Bob worked together on Life With The Lyons • The men inside Dobbin also played the Myrka in Doctor Who's Warriors Of The Deep. Regarded as one of the feeblest of monster costumes of all time, it is famous for electrocuting a karate-chopping Ingrid Pitt and savaging a mattress. As sitcoms go Rentaghost was always a bit different to your average 70s show, for starters it was targeted at children. The basis of the comedy revolved around a small group of ghosts who had got together to form an organisation where people could hire them to perform unique tasks. While this doesn't exactly smack of ideal musical fodder, for a generation of today's adults Rentaghost was amazingly popular and has a somewhat cult following.  Joe Pasquale helped create the show It was therefore with some delight to discover that comedian Joe Pasquale has written a musical version of the hit show which is due to appear live on stage at the Alban Arena in late February 2006. Joe has not only written Rentaghost: The Musical, based on the BBC TV series that he loved but he is also producing the show in association with Ghostly Productions.  Rentaghost: The Musical features Fred Mumford, the man who fell to his death from a cross-channel ferry; Hubert Davenport, the elegant Victorian ghost; jester Timothy Claypole and nutty Hazel McWitch, as they attempt to haunt Maudlin Manor. In 2001, Rentaghost came 12th in a Channel 4 poll of the 100 Greatest Kids’ TV shows, which demonstrates the influence and popularity of the show for a whole generation of children - and their parents!  Now grandparents, and mums and dads can take their children to this magical, mystical show to see if they can re-create their own childhood and introduce their own kids to some spooky Rentaghost magic. But why recreate a musical for children based on a programme they would never have seen? Joe was able to explain his decision: Q: Why did you want to do a musical of Rentaghost? Joe: It was one of my obsessions as a kid, as well as that of the show’s producer Shaun Cornell. I think a whole generation of kids my age in the Seventies were obsessed too, as there was no other TV show like it - it was the predecessor of all this Harry Potter and ghosty stuff that’s around these days, and I was really keen on magic and ghostly stuff when I was a kid. So it seems natural for me to write a show around it. "I think a whole generation of kids my age in the Seventies were obsessed too, as there was no other TV show like it!" Joe Pasquale on his love for Rentaghost. Shaun and I sat down and discussed it for a couple of hours, and neither of us could come up with a reason why a show of Rentaghost wouldn't work - we just sat there laughing about it and reminiscing about the great characters, and we thought that if we both loved it so much, there must be a big nostalgia element attached that meant most of the country would love it as well. It's been great fun to work on, and sometimes the meetings about it have descended into lunacy. It’s great


Which fashion designer created the uniforms for the 2012 Olympic Team GB?

2012 Olympic Uniform Designers - The Details of the 2012 Olympic Team Uniforms The details of the 2012 Olympic team uniforms view gallery 13 Photos With team collections by Stella McCartney, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Prada, Hermès, and others, there's a whole new competition in London. More Ralph Lauren (USA) Ralph Lauren (USA) Even before the Olympic torch was lit in London, there were calls for Team USA’s uniforms to be thrown onto a bonfire. It wasn’t just that Ralph Lauren , who created the outfits for the United States, had topped them off with a beret. Rather, it was that the all-American designer’s Olympic collection was made in China. “I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile, and burn them and start all over again,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told ABC News . “If they have to wear nothing but a singlet that says USA on it, painted by hand, that is what they should wear.” Thankfully, cooler beret-covered heads prevailed and Team USA was allowed to wear the yacht club–inspired uniforms. Ralph Lauren, meanwhile, has promised American-made uniforms for the 2014 Winter Games. Getty Images Stella McCartney (Great Britain) Stella McCartney (Great Britain) Her father may have performed at the opening ceremony, but Stella McCartney has had a much bigger presence throughout the London Games. That’s because the British designer collaborated with Adidas on Great Britain’s uniform, podium outfit, and Olympic Village wear. (Ironically, McCartney did not design Team GB’s clothes for the opening festivities; the white-and-gold tracksuits were made by Next.) And like Ralph Lauren’s Team USA uniforms, McCartney’s Olympic collection is not without controversy: Some critics felt her modern take on the Union Jack was “too blue.” But McCartney explained her vision to the BBC : "I wanted to start with the union flag, but I'm really aware the reds, whites, and blues are in other nations' flags, and sometimes you can feel quite confused when you are watching the Games. Is that American, is that French? It's very recognizable still; I've represented all the parts of Great Britain. There's a lot of red in there but in a nontraditional way." In other words, let it be. Getty Images 1 Of 13 Ralph Lauren (USA) Even before the Olympic torch was lit in London, there were calls for Team USA’s uniforms to be thrown onto a bonfire. It wasn’t just that Ralph Lauren , who created the outfits for the United States, had topped them off with a beret. Rather, it was that the all-American designer’s Olympic collection was made in China. “I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile, and burn them and start all over again,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told ABC News . “If they have to wear nothing but a singlet that says USA on it, painted by hand, that is what they should wear.” Thankfully, cooler beret-covered heads prevailed and Team USA was allowed to wear the yacht club–inspired uniforms. Ralph Lauren, meanwhile, has promised American-made uniforms for the 2014 Winter Games. Getty Images 2 Of 13 Stella McCartney (Great Britain) Her father may have performed at the opening ceremony, but Stella McCartney has had a much bigger presence throughout the London Games. That’s because the British designer collaborated with Adidas on Great Britain’s uniform, podium outfit, and Olympic Village wear. (Ironically, McCartney did not design Team GB’s clothes for the opening festivities; the white-and-gold tracksuits were made by Next.) And like Ralph Lauren’s Team USA uniforms, McCartney’s Olympic collection is not without controversy: Some critics felt her modern take on the Union Jack was “too blue.” But McCartney explained her vision to the BBC : "I wanted to start with the union flag, but I'm really aware the reds, whites, and blues are in other nations' flags, and sometimes you can feel quite confused when you are watching the Games. Is that American, is that French? It's very recognizable still; I've represented all the parts of Great Britain. There's a lot of red in there but in a nontraditional


"Shirley Bassey has sung three Bond themes: ""Goldfinger"", ""Diamonds are Forever"", and what other?"

Dame Shirley Bassey - James Bond Medley - YouTube Dame Shirley Bassey - James Bond Medley 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. Uploaded on Aug 10, 2006 Dame Shirley Bassey sings this fantastic medley of Bond theme tunes Goldfinger, Moonraker and Diamonds are Forever. A Fantastc way of combining the three theme tunes. Shirley gives her all singng these with power and charisma. This programme was on BBC1 a while ago. Category


Under current legislation, General Elections in the UK are held on Thursdays, but at what time do polling stations close?

House of Commons - Voter engagement in the UK - Political and Constitutional Reform ·  Electoral reform. Automatic registration 143. We have previously recommended that "it would be desirable to identify a system whereby those eligible to vote could be automatically registered",[ 320 ] and we have heard some further arguments that this would be desirable. Dr Maria Sobolewska told us: "Automatic enrolment would be the ideal-world scenario in my mind, but that would be a very costly and very big step in terms of reform."[ 321 ] Sheffield for Democracy's written evidence also called for automatic registration, stating that this could be linked to "something like the National Insurance number".[ 322 ] The Government's response to our suggestion that automatic registration would be desirable was: The Committee's proposal for automatic registration would represent a significant shift away from the present system of elector-led application and voluntary registration, to a system of automaticity with an opt out. Such a system would present a number of issues for the electors. As well as the cultural change this would entail, it would also present potential challenges in terms of ensuring the accuracy of the electoral register and its security against fraud, which would require very careful further consideration.[ 323 ] 144. We reaffirm our view that voters should ideally be registered to vote automatically. The fact that the latest parliamentary electoral registers were only 85.9% complete and 86% accurate makes a strong case for a system of automatic registration, which could include the use of the National Insurance number. We recommend that in its response to this Report the Government clearly set out its view on moving to a system of automatic registration. Such a system could operate alongside Individual Electoral Registration. Modernising electoral administration 145. There are several ways in which current electoral practices could be modernised to make voting more accessible to the electorate, and we have been told that "the more opportunities provided for individuals to vote, the more likely they are to do so".[ 324 ] Phil Thompson, Research and Evaluation Manager at the Electoral Commission, told us of some views the Electoral Commission had received from the public in a recent opinion survey. The results included: ·  70% of people said they would support weekend voting; ·  65% would support advance voting in some other way so voting would be stretched over a number of days, and ·  About 63% of people said they would support the introduction of online voting.[ 325 ] Between 2000 and 2007 several electoral modernisation pilot schemes were run across the UK, but none have been run since.[ 326 ] WEEKEND OR EXTENDED VOTING 146. Traditionally, elections in the UK are held on Thursdays; the last general election not to be held on a Thursday was on Tuesday 27 October 1931. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 provided for future parliamentary general elections to be held on first Thursday in May in the fifth calendar year following the previous general election. Elsewhere in Europe it is common for elections to be held on the weekendfor the recent elections to the European Parliament, the UK was one of only three countries, the others being the Netherlands and Ireland, out of the 28 involved to hold elections on a weekday. Other countries, including the United States of America, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and Ireland hold elections on various weekdays. Several witnesses and written submissions stated that moving elections to the weekend could have a positive impact on voter engagement.[ 327 ] Professor Patrick Dunleavy, Co-director of Democratic Audit, told us: I think if you look across Europe the general pattern is that elections that are held on the weekend have a 10% higher turnout than elections that are held on working days. We think that is a pretty easy win. It has costs in terms of higher overtime pay or something like that, but if you were interested in increasing turnout, that would be a useful thing.[ 328 ]


In what year of WW2 was the German battleship 'Bismarck' sunk?

The Bismarck - History Learning Site The Bismarck Citation: C N Trueman "The Bismarck" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 25 May 2015. 16 Aug 2016. The Bismarck, probably Germany’s most famous battleship in World War Two , was sunk on May 27th 1941 . The Bismarck had already sunk HMS Hood before being sunk herself. For many, the end of the Hood and Bismarck symbolised the end of the time when battleships were the dominant force in naval warfare, to be replaced by submarines and aircraft carriers and the advantages these ships gave to naval commanders. Survivors from the ‘Bismarck’  The Bismarck displaced over 50,000 tons and 40% of this displacement was armour. Such armour gave the Bismarck many advantages in protection but it did not inhibit her speed – she was capable of 29 knots. Launched in 1939, the Bismarck carried a formidable array of weaponry – 8 x 15 inch guns, 12 x 5.9 inch guns, 16 x 4.1 inch AA guns, 16 x 20mm AA guns and 2 x Arado 96 aircraft. The Bismarck had a crew of 2,200. In comparison, HMS Hood (built 20 years before Bismarck) was 44,600 tons, had a crew of 1,419 and was faster than the Bismarck with a maximum speed of 32 knots. The Hood had been launched in 1918 and was armed with 8 x 15 inch guns, 12 x 5.5 inch guns, 8 x 4 inch AA guns, 24 x 2 pounder guns and 4 x 21 inch torpedoes. However, the Hood suffered from one major flaw – she did not have the same amount of armour as the Bismarck. The fact that the Hood was faster than the Bismarck by 3 knots was as a result of her lack of sufficient armour. Within two minutes of being hit by the Bismarck, the Hood had broken her back and sunk. On May 18th, 1941 , the Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen slipped out of the Baltic port of Gdynia to attack Allied convoys in the Atlantic . Grand Admiral Raeder had already had experience of large warships attacking convoys at sea. Ships such as the Graf Spee , Admiral Scheer (both pocket battleships), Hipper (a cruiser) and Scharnhorst (a battle cruiser) had already been at sea but had found that their power was limited by the fact that they were so far from a dock/port that could carry out repairs if they were needed. Such a difficulty meant that mighty ships such as the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were loathed to take on a convoy if that convoy was protected by any naval ship. In 1940 , both the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau came across a convoy returning from the UK to Halifax, Canada. However, the convoy was protected by HMS Ramillies and neither German ship could risk being hit by a ship that in other circumstances would easily be outgunned by both German ships. To overcome the fear of damage at sea, Raeder’s plan was for the German Navy to concentrate a powerful naval force in the Atlantic so that there would not be a concern about convoys and their protection. He intended for the Bismarck, the Prinz Eugen, the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau to operate in the Atlantic fully supported with supply and reconnaissance ships – with such a force, no convoy would be safe regardless of how many naval protection ships they had. However, Raeder’s plan, code-named “Exercise Rhine”, was severely hampered from the start when the Gneisenau was hit by bombs while in Brest and the repairs needed for the Scharnhorst would take much longer than Raeder had anticipated. Regardless of this, Raeder ordered the Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen to sail as planned. The ships sailed on May 18th – but on May 20th, they were spotted by the Swedish cruiser ‘Gotland’ off the Swedish coast and the admiral in command of both ships – Lütjens – knew that such information would be received in London before the 20th was out. He was right. On May 21st, both ships docked at Kors Fjord, near Bergen. The Prinz Eugen needed to refuel. At night both ships left, and not long after this the area around Kors Fjord was bombed by the British. To get into the Atlantic, both ships had to pass north of Scapa Flow – one of Britain’s largest naval bases. At this base was the battleship ‘King George V’, the newly commissioned (but not battle r


Who is the mother of TV presenter and model Chloe Madeley?

CHLOE MADELEY on how she faced threats on Twitter | Daily Mail Online Violated in my own home by a coward on Twitter: CHLOE MADELEY on how she faced vile threats on site following her mother's comments  Chloe, daughter of TV presenter Judy Finnigan, has faced obscene threats One Twitter user told 27-year-old he had mother's 'blessing' to rape her   Her father said he's 'noted every sick troll', adding: 'prosecution awaits'    It followed outrage after TV presenter appeared to defend rapist Ched Evans She said his crime in 2012 was 'not violent' and did not cause 'bodily harm'


"In the US animated cartoon series ""Rocky and Bullwinkle"" what type of animal was Rocky?"

Rocky and Bullwinkle (Western Animation) - TV Tropes Rocky and Bullwinkle You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share Western Animation / Rocky and Bullwinkle × "Hey tropers, watch me pull a squirrel out of my hat!" "Again?? But that trick never works!" "A thunder of jets and an open sky, A streak of gray and a cheerful "Hi!" A loop, a whirl, a vertical climb And once again you know it's time For the adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends!" — The altered season two opening narration of Rocky and His Friends This cult cartoon series, produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, ran on ABC Saturday evenings as Rocky and His Friends from 1959 to 1961. It featured the serialized adventures of Rocky (voiced by June Foray ), a flying squirrel who wore flight goggles, and Bullwinkle (Bill Scott), a dimwitted moose. Their primary foes were Boris Badenov (Paul Frees) and Natasha Fatale ( June Foray again), a pair of Slavic spies from the imaginary Soviet satellite of Pottsylvania. In 1961, the series moved to NBC and became The Bullwinkle Show; it ran under that title until 1964. Both series have since been seen in syndication and on cable TV and the title changed to The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends. Bullwinkle also appeared in two other segments: Bullwinkle's Corner, in which he gave poetry readings that usually degenerated into chaos, and Mr. Know-It-All, in which his attempts to offer "how-to" advice on a variety of topics often met with similar disaster. Supporting segments were Dudley Do-Right , Peabody's Improbable History, Fractured Fairy Tales and Aesop and Son. William Conrad was the Narrator in the main Rocky and Bullwinkle segments, and Edward Everett Horton performed that function in Fractured Fairy Tales. It continued on with Rocky and Bullwinkle comics through the 80s. In 2000, Universal released The Film of the Series produced in live action, apart from a CGI moose and squirrel voiced by Keith Scott and June Foray, and hand-drawn opening and ending sequences mimicking the style of the 1950's cartoon. Jason Alexander and Rene Russo played Boris and Natasha. Robert De Niro , a fan of the show from his youth, not only played Fearless Leader, but was also one of the film's producers. In 1992, there was a made-for-cable movie Boris and Natasha about the bad guy couple . Rocky and Bullwinkle were human in this film ("Agents Moose and Squirrel, genetically altered once again"), with a post-Cold War theme. Sally Kellerman, like DeNiro in the later film, was a fan of the show and co-produced it, playing Natasha. A feature film adaptation of Peabody's Improbable History as Mr. Peabody & Sherman , was released on March 7, 2014 which then spunoff into a TV series The New Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show on October 9, 2015. A "making of" special, called Of Moose and Men: The Rocky and Bullwinkle Story was aired in 1991 on PBS . "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a trope out of my hat!": Absentee Actor : The Buried Treasure storyline is the only one in which Boris appears but Natasha doesn't. Additionally, neither Boris nor Natasha appear in the storylines "The Three Moosekateers", "Much Mud", and "The Ruby Yact of Omar Kayam". Mr. Peabody's entire outfit was Opaque Nerd Glasses and a bow tie . Accidental Athlete : Bullwinkle in the "Wossamotta U" arc. Affectionate Parody : The Fractured Fairy Tales segment parodies a book called "Famous Fairy Tales", which had a collection of fairy tales gathered together. Each segment took at least the title of one of these stories, then twisted it around. The All-American Boy : Rocky is an all-American boy in the form of a squirrel. Always Gets His Man : Dudley Do Right is an Affectionate Parody of this. As is the Peabody episode where the mountie can't take in his target because she's a woman. Anachronism Stew : The Peabody and Sherman segments are full of this. Mr. Peabody's modifications to the WABAC contaminate the past with anachronisms and cause the historical figures to become ignorant, now he and Sherman must undo their mistake and save the timeline.


At the beginning of the 2013-14 season, which former international player is manager of Championship team Blackpool FC?

Championship 2013-14: the fans' half-term report | Football | The Guardian Championship 2013-14: the fans' half-term report The people who really know their clubs give us the lowdown on the Championship season so far Friday 20 December 2013 08.40 EST First published on Friday 20 December 2013 08.40 EST Barnsley Season in one word Afterclap. How's it going? Like a jigsaw you might find amongst a bric-a-brac sale, we were chuffed with our lot but find ourselves unsure if we have all the correct pieces we need. Having tied down many of the characters that helped us secure our Championship survival last term, we ambitiously felt that we had added few more quality players to our number. Sadly mid-table mediocrity is a distant dream. The campaign so far has been bewildering, but the board has acted and now in Danny we trust! Who's been the star? Paddy McCourt – "The Derry Pele" might be regarded as a luxury at the moment, but he is the shining star who has brightened up many a dull afternoon or evening. Biggest disappointment? After his achievements last season, the board, the players and most of all the fans bought into "Flicker's Family" philosophy hook line and sinker. How this unravelled has hurt everybody. A well loved character, but an outcome that was a bitter disappointment. All we want for Christmas is … A brand-new terrace chant. No longer can we sing "Three Little Birds" – fortunately every little thing did turn out alright last season. And whilst "Walking in a Wilson Wonderland" and "Just Like Watching Brazil" will inevitably re-emerge, it's a new era, a new challenge and a massive scrap in 2014 for the Reds. Birmingham City Season in one word Apathetic. How's it going? It's about as good as we can expect. We've got no money; an owner on trial over alleged money laundering; and a team of kids, loanees, freebies and Nikola Zigic. The miracle really is that we haven't gone into adminstration, that we've managed a few decent results and we might have unearthed a rough diamond or two. The problem is the fans have slowly given up; until we start winning home games attendances will continue to drop and people are too apathetic even to moan now. Who's been the star? Tom Adeyemi for me. Signed on a free, started a bit slowly but he looks like he's got a real engine on him, can get from box to box and scores a few. First-team football has done him wonders and I think come the end of the season he could be snapped up if we're still in the toilet financially. Biggest disappointment? Controversial choice, but I'm going to go with Gianni Paladini. Continously fed the local rumour mill about how he's going to buy the club, goes on radio to say he wants to do it but somehow mysteriously he can't close the deal – and he seems unwilling to do anything about this contract he apparently had to do it. All we want for Christmas is … The club sold to a new owner who can at least put a little bit of money in. The club needs investment now and the longer the current situation drags on the worse it's going to get. Blackburn Rovers Season in one word Inconsistent. How's it going? Looking at the squad we reconstructed over the summer and the quite severe financial surgery that came with it, we are roughly in the spot on the league table I expected us to be occupying. Gary Bowyer has taken on a difficult job and so far he's been decent by my reckoning. But things are never easy on planet Venky's and for every good performance we've had (Bolton at Ewood in particular was superb), we've had to endure a pretty torrid one (say hello Charlton at home a few weeks later). The squad is younger and certainly more committed than the toothless shambles we had last season, but the overall financial picture at the club is bleaker than a rainy winter night. It's never dull, which I suppose is one thing. Who's been the star? The obvious answer is Jordan Rhodes. He's not often deployed in the role that suits him best, but his goal scoring record is excellent and as such he deserves the ultimate accolade. Special hat tip to on loan Tom Cairney as well, very h


Pieter van Musschenbroek received the first recorded electric shock in 1746 whilst inventing which electrical storage device?

ECG timeline - History of the electrocardiogram Otto Von Guericke builds the first static electricity generator. 1662 Descarte's reflex ©BIU The work of Rene Descartes, French Philosopher, is published (after his death) and explains human movement in terms of the complex mechanical interaction of threads, pores, passages and 'animal spirits'. He had worked on his ideas in the 1630s but had abandoned publication because of the persecution of other radical thinkers such as Galileo. William Harvey had developed similar ideas but they were never published. Descartes R. De Homine (Treatise of Man); 1662: Moyardum & leffen, Leiden. 1664 Jan Swammerdam, a Dutchman, disproves Descartes' mechanistic theory of animal motion by removing the heart of a living frog and showing that it was still able to swim. On removing the brain all movement stopped (which would be in keeping with Descarte's theory) but then, when the frog was dissected and a severed nerve end stimulated with a scalpel the muscles twitched. This proved that movement of a muscle could occur without any connection to the brain and therefore the transmission of 'animal spirits' was not necessary. Swammerdam's ideas were not widely known and his work was not published until after his death. However, he wrote many letters and his friend, Nicolaus Steno, did attack the Cartesian ideas in a lecture in Paris in 1665. Boerhaave published Swammerdam's 'Book of Nature' in the 1730s which was translated into English in 1758. 1668 electrical stimulation? ©BIU Swammerdam refines his experiments on muscle contraction and nerve conduction and demonstrated some to notable figures such as the Grand-Duke Cosimo of Tuscany who was visiting Swammerdam's father's house on the Oude Schans in Amsterdam. One experiment suspended the muscle on a brass hook inside a glass tube with a water droplet to detect movement and 'irritated' the nerve with a silver wire. This produced movement of the muscle and it may have been due to the induction of a small electrical charge - although Swammerdam would have been unaware of this. In the diagram opposite - a) glass tube, b) muscle, c) sliver wire, d) brass wire, e) drop of water, f) investigator's hand. 1729 Stephen Gray, English scientist, distinguishes between conductors and insulators of electricity. He demonstrates the transfer of static electrical charge to a cork ball across 150 metres of wet hemp thread. Later he found that the transfer could be achieved over greater distances by using brass wire. 1745 Leyden Jar Dutch physicist Pieter van Musschenbroek discovers that a partly filled jar with a nail projecting from a cork in its neck can store an electrical charge. The jar is named the 'Leyden Jar' after the place of its discovery. Ewald Georg von Kliest of Pomerania invented the same device independently. Using a Leyden jar in 1746, Jean-Antoine Nollet, French physicist and tutor to the Royal family of France sends an electrical current through 180 Royal Guards during a demonstration to King Louis XV. 1769 Edward Bancroft, an American Scientist, suggests that the 'shock' from the Torpedo Fish is electrical rather than mechanical in nature. He showed that the properties of the shock were similar to those from a Leyden jar in that it could be conducted or insulated with appropriate materials. The Torpedo fish and other species were widely known to deliver shocks and were often used in this way for therapeutic reasons. However, electrical theory at the time dictated that electricity would always flow through conductors and diffuse away from areas of high charge to low charge. Since living tissues were known to be conductors it was impossible to imagine how an imbalance of charge could exist within an animal and therefore animals could not use electricity for nerve conduction - or to deliver shocks. Furthermore, 'water and electricity do not mix' so the idea of an 'electric fish' was generally not accepted. Bancroft, E. An essay on the natural history of Guiana, London:T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1769. 1773 John Walsh John Walsh, fellow of the R