Which species of bird has Andean and Californian varieties?

Andean Condor » Our Endangered World Andean Condor up close courtesy of Drriss Andean Condor portrait courtesy of Nathan Rupert Andean Condor looking straight courtesy of Nathan Rupert Andean Condor flying courtesy of Eric Miraglia Andean Condor courtesy of Anthony Status: Near threatened Estimated numbers left in wild: Several thousand; no accurate figures are available Description The Andean condor is classified as a raptor, a bird of prey, and as such, is the largest of this type in the world. This is a very large and heavy bird, with a wingspan up to 320 centimetres and a beak to tail length between 100 centimetres and 130 centimetres. These birds can weigh 15 kilograms. Not only are the male birds larger than the females, but they are also distinguished by their wattles and comb. Both sexes sport a fluffy white collar, while the predominant body colour is black with white secondary wing feathers. This condor has a long lifespan, 50 years or more. Diet: Andean condors are scavengers, meaning that they feed mostly on dead animals, although they have been known to take sea birds and eggs. Their beaks are not as strong as those of eagles and hawks, however, but are suited to tearing open carcasses. The lack of feathers on the head is an adaptation that keeps the bird cleaner when eating, and their digestive system has evolved to handle bacteria so that the condor will not become ill from eating rotten meat. Because the condor locates carcasses by sight, rather than by smell, it tends to avoid forested or brushy areas where spotting dead animals could be difficult or impossible. Areas such as these might also present problems with the bird getting airborne again, too. The Andean condor will sometimes fly 120 kilometres in a day in search of food. Yellow: Extant (resident) (Source IUCN Red List) Breeding: The Andean condor mates for life and nests at high elevations. It is thought that because of the heavy weight of the bird, it needs the altitude and strong air currents found in mountainous regions to get off the ground easily. The female lays one egg every other year right on the bare rock ledge and both parents participate in incubation and care of the chick. The chicks are not able to fly until they are 6 months old, and remain under their parent’s care for two years. Location: The Andean condor is found all along the western coast of South America, along the ridge of the Andes Mountains, although it is rare in the northern section of its range. Although mountains are its favourite locale, it is sometimes found in deserts, grasslands, or along the shore. Conservation Threats: Humans have moved into some of the areas formerly used by the condors, and it is now very rare in Colombia and Venezuela. The Andean condor is sometimes killed by farmers who believe that it is attacking their livestock. Another threat comes from the primitive belief that different body parts of the condor will treat certain ailments – it is thought that cancer can be cured by eating the condor’s stomach, and that a person will get sharper eyesight by eating the eyes. Poisons used to kill predatory animals are sometimes ingested by the condor, and pesticide residues could be affecting fertility and overall health. Conservation efforts: Although numbers of the Andean condor had dipped perilously, efforts to save this species have been successful so far. North and South American captive breeding, combined with release in the birds’ home range, has helped numbers of the condors to climb. The hand reared, released birds have bred in the wild. Organisations Do you know of or are you a part of an organisation that work to conserve the Andean Condor, then please contact us to have it featured on Our Endangered World. Condor Species


"""Gates of Hell"" and ""The Burghers of Calais"" are by which sculptor?"

Rodin, The Burghers of Calais (article) | Khan Academy Rodin, The Burghers of Calais Auguste Rodin, The Burghers of Calais, bronze, 1884-95 (Musée Rodin, Paris) Six Men, One Purpose Have you ever been at a gathering surrounded by people and yet, felt completely and utterly alone? If you are familiar with those emotions - abandonment, loneliness, devastation— remember what it feels like and then take another look at the above sculpture by Auguste Rodin. In 1885, Rodin was commissioned by the French city of Calais to create a sculpture that commemorated the heroism of Eustache de Saint-Pierre, a prominent citizen of Calais, during the dreadful Hundred Years’ War between England and France (begun in 1337). We see six men covered only in simple layers of tattered sackcloth; their bodies appearing thin and malnourished with bones and joints clearly visible. Each man is a burgher, or city councilmen, of Calais, and each has their own stance and identifiable features. However, while they may stand together with a sense of familiarity, none of them are making eye contact with the men beside them. Some figures have their heads bowed or their faces obscured by raised hands, while others try to stand tall with their eyes gazing into the distance. They are drawn together not through physical or verbal contact, but by their slumped shoulders, bare feet, and an expression of utter anguish. Auguste Rodin, detail of Eustache de Saint-Pierre, The Burghers of Calais, bronze, 1884-95 (Musée Rodin, Paris); (photo: Jeff Kubina CC BY-SA 2.0) Rodin followed the recounting of Jean Froissart, a fourteenth-century French chronicler, who wrote of the war. According to Froissart, King Edward III made a deal with the citizens of Calais: if they wished to save their lives and their beloved city, then not only must they surrender the keys to the city, but six prominent members of the city council must volunteer to give up their lives. The leader of the group was Eustache de Saint-Pierre, who Rodin depicted with a bowed head and bearded face towards the middle of the gathering. To Saint-Pierre’s left, with his mouth closed in a tight line and carrying a giant set of keys, is Jean d’Aire. The remaining men are identified as Andrieu d’Andres, Jean de Fiennes, and Pierre and Jacques de Wissant. Unbeknownst to the six burghers, at the time of their departure, their lives would eventually be spared. However, here Rodin made the decision to capture these men not when they were finally released, but in the moment that they gathered to leave the city to go to their deaths. Instead of depicting the elation of victory, the threat of death is very real. Furthermore, Rodin stretched his composition into a circle causing no one man to be the focal point which allows the sculpture to be viewed in-the-round from multiple perspectives with no clear leader. Auguste Rodin, detail of Jean d'Aire, The Burghers of Calais, bronze, 1884-95 (Musée Rodin, Paris); (photo: Jeremy Yoder CC BY-NC 2.0) The Commission Rodin spent most of his young life looking for approval and recognition. He was denied entry into the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris three times, and yet he continued to push forward until he could finally gain professional recognition. So, imagine his delight in 1885, when he was asked to create a monument for Calais. The only problem was he wanted to do it his own way. Auguste Rodin, Monument to Balzac, bronze, 1891-97 (Musée Rodin, Paris); (photo: Jeff Kubina CC BY-SA 2.0) It was common in the nineteenth-century to depict an event with a single heroic figure. For example, Rodin’s later sculpture Monument to Balzac (1891-97), where the French playwright and novelist, Honoré de Balzac, is shown standing tall and alone with his head held high. This is similar to what the city of Calais was inevitably expecting from Rodin. As a result, they were displeased with Rodin’s concept—they wanted only one statue; the one of Eustache de Saint-Pierre. Instead, Rodin included all six men from Froissart’s account. A Closer Look While these six men, at first glance, may l


Julia Gillard, elected Australian PM in 2010, was born in which country?

Julia Gillard | prime minister of Australia | Britannica.com prime minister of Australia Alternative Title: Julia Eileen Gillard Julia Gillard Mark Latham Julia Gillard, in full Julia Eileen Gillard (born September 29, 1961, Barry , Vale of Glamorgan , Wales ), Australian politician who served as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP; 2010–13) and as prime minister of Australia (2010–13). She was the first woman to hold either office. Julia Gillard, 2009. Alan Porritt—APP/AP Gillard was born in Wales, but her family joined the wave of post-World War II emigration from Britain to Australia in 1966. They settled in Adelaide , and she grew up in a middle-class environment . She attended the University of Adelaide, where she was an active member of the student government. In 1983 Gillard moved to Melbourne , where she served as president of the Australian Union of Students and continued her studies at the University of Melbourne . She earned degrees in law and arts from the University of Melbourne in 1986, and she joined a private law practice the following year. She was made a partner, specializing in industrial law, in 1990. Gillard’s political career began with the Victorian ALP in the late 1970s, and she aligned herself with the party’s Socialist Left faction. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Gillard steadily advanced through the ranks of the ALP. From 1985 to 1989 she served as president of the party’s Carlton branch, and from 1993 to 1997 she was a member of the administrative committee of the ALP in Victoria . In 1996 she was appointed chief of staff for Victorian ALP leader John Brumby. She held that post until 1998, when she was elected to serve Lalor, an industrial district west of Melbourne, in the federal House of Representatives. After the ALP’s disappointing showing in federal elections in 2001, Gillard was elevated to the front bench and given the shadow portfolio of population and immigration. She crafted the ALP’s policy on refugees and asylum seekers, deftly addressing an issue that had cost the party dearly in the 2001 election. Gillard served a short stint as shadow minister for reconciliation and indigenous affairs in 2003, before assuming the shadow health portfolio later that year. She easily won reelection in 2004, and two years later a party caucus elected her deputy to newly installed ALP leader Kevin Rudd . Public dissatisfaction with Liberal Party Prime Minister John Howard led to an overwhelming ALP victory in the 2007 federal elections, and Gillard became deputy to Prime Minister Rudd. In addition, she received the portfolios of employment and workplace relations, education, and social inclusion. As employment and workplace minister, she was instrumental in rolling back laws that had limited the power of labour unions under the Howard administration. Britannica Stories Scientists Ponder Menopause in Killer Whales Although Australia weathered the global economic crisis that peaked in 2007–08 far better than many other industrialized countries, the Rudd administration suffered a number of legislative setbacks that led to declining poll numbers for the prime minister. A carbon emissions trading scheme, regarded as a key plank in the Rudd platform, stalled in the legislature in 2009 and was later dropped, greatly damaging Rudd’s credibility, and a proposed “super tax” on mining company profits prompted a fierce backlash from the industrial sector in 2010. Faced with a leadership challenge by Gillard, Rudd conceded that he did not have his party’s support, and he stood down as ALP leader. Gillard was promptly elected ALP leader, and on June 24, 2010, she was sworn in as Australia’s first female prime minister. The following week she negotiated a compromise agreement with the mining companies that reduced the proposed tax from 40 percent to 30 percent. After less than a month in office, Gillard called for an election to be held on August 21 (see Australian federal election of 2010 ). The ALP’s easy victory of 2007 was not to be repeated, however. The race was the tightest in decades, and neither the AL


The original 'Old Guard' were part of whose army?

Napoleon's Use of His Imperial Guard Napoleon's Use of His Imperial Guard By George     Nafziger Editor's Note: The following is taken from an unpublished     doctorate dissertation. In the introduction it was postulated that the Imperial     Guard began like other guard formations and that it     developed a third political role unlike the political role     of other guard formations. Furthermore, it was postulated     that, unlike the Praetorian Guard, which became an     instrument of political repression and the engine of     political change, Napoleon made a different political use of     his guard. He used it not to oppress, but to woo elements of     French society. It was also postulated that Napoleon's use     of his Guard was not limited to these three uses, but that     he used it as a instrument of French Imperial policy in     several different ways. I have shown, by a review and analysis of the various     decrees relating to the organization of the Imperial Guard     and its antecedent formations, that the Guard actually had     six roles. Those roles were: A personal bodyguard The Imperial Guard as a Bodyguard The FIRST role, the role of the traditional bodyguard was     documented by both the formation of Napoleon's personal     guard and the function of the various elements of the     Imperial Guard as they existed prior to 1800. The Gardes de la prevote de l'hotel, formed on 20 June     1789, and its various successor formations through the     Gardes des Consuls, performed the duties of bodyguards for     the members of the National Assembly and the various ruling     bodies until Napoleon assumed the position of First Consul.     Napoleon ordered the formation of his personal bodyguard,     the Guides a cheval, on 11 Prairial An IV [30 May     1796], after nearly being captured by a force of raiding     Austrian hussars while engaged in a dalliance with some     Italian ladies in Valeggio. Once Napoleon became First     Consul these the Gardes des Consuls and the Guides a cheval     were merged into a single formation. The Imperial Guard as a Combat Formation and     Reserve It was on 14 June 1800, at the battle of Marengo, that     the Garde des Consuls transitioned to a battle formation,     thereby stepping into the SECOND historical role of a guard     formation. The Guard would fill this role through the 1812     campaign and, indeed, by 1814 had transitioned into the     principal combat force of the Grande Armee. In order to meet     the needs of a battlefield tactical reserve, in 1804 and     1806 Napoleon issued two decrees that directed major     expansions of the Imperial Guard. In order to be an effective battle formation, a few     hundred men were not enough. To meet this new function,     Napoleon began issuing a series of new arretes and decrees     that would eventually raise the Imperial Guard to a force     with an authorized strength of 112,482 officers and men. The Decree of 10 Thermidor An XII [29 July 1804] directed a massive expansion of the guard and formed a     general staff, the Regiment de grenadiers a pied, the     Grenadier velites, the Regiment de chasseurs a pied, the     Chasseur velites, a veteran company, the Marine Battalion,     the Regiment de grenadiers a cheval, the Regiment de     chasseurs a cheval, the Mamelukes, the Gendarmes d'elite, a     force of light artillery and artisans, and a medical staff.     By the end of 1804 the Guard had a authorized strength of     9,798 men. For the most part, the Guard was an elite     formation. The forming decrees mandated that the bulk of its     members be veterans of a specific number of campaigns and     that they meet other requirements that ensured they were the     best soldiers in the French army. By the end of 1807 the Guard had added the Re


The Straits Times Index is the stock market of which Asian republic?

Singapore stocks suffer biggest one-day fall this year on China yuan shock in morning trading, Companies & Markets News & Top Stories - The Straits Times http://str.sg/Znrw Copy SINGAPORE - China's shock move to sharply devalue the yuan for a second day running, overnight losses on Wall Street and the strengthening US dollar pushed all Asian bourses including Singapore's into the red. Singapore shares suffered the biggest one-day fall this year, crashing as much as 2.95 per cent or 93.3 points to 3,059.76 as trading opened on Wednesday (Aug 12). As at 1.17 pm, the Straits Times Index was down 79.91 points or 2.53 per cent to 3,073.15. "Given the volume sell-down, this could signal that funds are flowing out of Singapore," remisier Alvin Yong said. "The markets are down because of deflationary forces arising from yuan devaluation and the strengthening dollar." "The next technical support is 3,070, while psychological support is now at 3,000," he added. As at 1,14 pm, Japan is down 1.75 per cent, Hang Seng is down 2.06 per cent, Shanghai and Shenzhen are down 0.45 per cent and 0.36 per cent respectively. Malaysia slipped 1.42 per cent and Indonesia fell 2.66 per cent. The greenback's strength has also propelled the key three-month Sibor (Singapore interbank offered rate) to 0.9345 per cent today, from 0.87908 per cent on Tuesday. The three-month SOR (Swap Offer Rate) jumped to 1.07461 on Tuesday from 0.99679 per cent on Aug 6. DBS Group Holdings, OCBC Bank and United Overseas Bank, Singapore's three key lenders, each slumped at least 4.4 per cent and contributed the most to the benchmark 's decline. Singapore banks have been making inroads into China and the People's Bank of China's move to devalue its currency will hurt their earnings, Daiwa Securities Group told Bloomberg News. The yuan was headed for its biggest two-day drop in 21 years after the PBOC's reference rate was cut to the weakest level since 2012. The Straits Times Index has lost 8.7 per cent this year, the worst-performing stock gauge among developed countries after Greece. The Greater China region made up 30 per cent of pretax profit at DBS in the first half of this year, the most among the three Singapore lenders. The region accounted for about a fifth of OCBC's pretax profit and about 11 per cent of UOB's. "It's mainly a sentiment issue here from China," Mr Hans Goetti, the head of investment for Asia at Banque Internationale a Luxembourg SA, told Bloomberg News. The profitability of Singapore banks will probably be limited as "China has slowed down a a lot already," he added. Singapore cut the upper end of its growth forecast for 2015 on Tuesday after the economy shrank last quarter, citing China's slowing growth as one key risk to its export-dependent economy. The Republic is now seen growing 2-2.5 epr cent for the year from 2-4 per cent. Topics:


Which novel is set on one day - 16th June 1904?

Facts about Bloomsday and Joyce’s Ulysses | Interesting Literature Facts about Bloomsday and Joyce’s Ulysses Posted by interestingliterature Every year, 16 June marks Bloomsday, the day on which fans of James Joyce’s 1922 novel Ulysses celebrate this modernist masterpiece. June 16 was selected for this celebration because it is the day on which all of the events in the novel take place (June 16th 1904 to be precise). Here are some interesting facts, in honour of the event, and the novel it commemorates. Joyce’s novel is by no means the only novel to use the device of setting its happenings on just one day: Herman Melville had already done this in his 1857 novel The Confidence-Man, the first novel to be about the new phenomenon of the ‘con man’ (a term that had only recently been coined). Melville’s novel was published on April 1st 1857, and would appear to take place on this date too (April Fools’ Day – because of the link between con men and fooling people). Joyce’s fellow modernist, Virginia Woolf, also set one of her novels, Mrs Dalloway (1925), on one single day, also in June (though in her case the year was 1923). Other novels to adopt the ‘set over one day’ device are Ian McEwan’s Saturday (set on 15 February 2003, the day of an anti-Iraq invasion demonstration) and, perhaps most famously, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962). Joyce chose this date, 16 June 1904, for the events of Ulysses because it was the date on which he went on his first date with his future wife, Nora Barnacle. In fact, it could be argued that it was their second date, not their first: their first date had never happened, as Nora had failed to make it, and had left Joyce standing (aptly) outside the house of the father of Oscar Wilde, in Merrion Square. But on this second date, things progressed smoothly, with Nora … ahem, manually pleasuring Joyce to orgasm on a park bench in Dublin. As Joyce put it in a later letter, ‘you who slid your hand down inside my trousers and pulled my shirt softly aside and touched my prick with your long tickling fingers and gradually took it all, fat and stiff as it was, into your hand and frigged me slowly until I came off through your fingers, all the time bending over me and gazing at me out of your quiet saintlike eyes.’ Well…! This gives an insight into why masturbation plays such an important role in Ulysses: not only does the hero, Leopold Bloom, pleasure himself on a beach during a fireworks display, but the novel ends with a long stream-of-consciousness monologue from Leopold’s wife Molly, while she pleasures herself to orgasm, and to the final words of the novel: ‘and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.’ Such concerns seemed to be of great importance to Joyce, and he did not shy away from treating them in detail in Ulysses. A stranger in a cafe in Zurich once seized James Joyce by the mitt and said, ‘May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?’ Joyce replied, ‘No – it did lots of other things too.’ It was because of such content, among other things, that Ulysses was banned in Britain until the 1930s, more than a decade after it was published. (It was similarly banned in the US until 1934.) However, it was available across the Channel in Paris, where it was published in 1922 by Shakespeare and Company – and those in the know, particularly other writers, got a copy and read it. Some were unimpressed. Virginia Woolf, for instance, likened the novel to ‘a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples’, while Edith Wharton, author of The Age of Innocence, said that it was ‘a turgid welter of pornography (the rudest schoolboy kind) & unformed & unimportant drivel; & until the raw ingredients of a pudding make a pudding, I shall never believe that the raw material of sensation & thought can make a work of art without the cook’s intervening.’ But others have been decidedly more impressed: Samuel Beckett, who worked as Joyce’s secretary while Joyce completed his next (and last) novel, Finnegans Wake, was to be hugely influenced by Joyce and by this novel, and t


The girls' name Vanessa was invented by which 18th century Anglo-Irish writer?

Vanessa - Baby Girl Name Meaning and Origin | Oh Baby! Names Vanessa Perfection Etymology & Historical Origin - Vanessa Interestingly enough, the name Vanessa was invented by the Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift in the early 18th century for a young woman he tutored who would later become his longtime lover, Esther Vanhomrigh. Swift took the first part of Esther’s last name and added the suffix “essa” as a pet form of her first name. Swift also wrote a poem for her in 1713 called “Cadenus and Vanessa” wherein he writes “Each girl, when pleased with what is taught / Will have the teacher in her thought.” Vanessa is also the genus of a type of butterfly, having thought to be derived from Phanessa, an ancient Greek word for a mystic divinity. The name has been popular in English-speaking countries since the 20th century. Popularity of the Name Vanessa Vanessa made her first appearance on the U.S. popularity charts in 1950 at the lowly position of #942. What’s interesting about the name, though, is that between 1951 and 1953, Vanessa quickly jumped almost 800 spots on the charts. We’re not sure what may have influenced the name’s popularity. Perhaps it was actress Vanessa Brown who worked on some very popular films during this time; she would have given the American public some exposure to the pretty name. She played Jane in “Tarzan and the Slave Girl” (1950) followed by a role in Vincente Minnelli's much-admired “The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952). Whatever the reason, Vanessa gained a relatively high spot on the charts and hasn’t lost much position since then. The 1980’s was definitely the best decade for the name Vanessa, during which time it averaged within the Top 50 of most popular girls’ names. Today, it may be slipping out of the Top 100, but that just means fewer girls are given the name, which isn’t always a bad thing. Popularity of the Girl Name Vanessa You need Adobe Flash Player 6 (or above) to view the charts. It is a free and lightweight installation from Adobe.com. Please click here to install the same. Cultural References to the Baby Name - Vanessa Literary Characters of the Baby Name Vanessa Vanessa We cannot find any significant literary characters with the first name Vanessa. Popular Songs on Vanessa Vanessa - We cannot find any well-known or significantly popular songs featuring the name Vanessa. Children's Books on the Baby Name Vanessa Vanessa and Johnny: The Cabinets (Whitney Lauren) - Ten-year-old Vanessa is used to teachers at Book Smith Elementary being a little strange. Mrs. Charlston, the homeroom teacher, likes to pick her nose, while Mr. Pickle, the math teacher, has a serious drooling problem. But compared to the mysterious Ms. Gavin, her other teachers are pretty normal. Ms. Gavin has a thing about cabinets. Usually, Vanessa is free to get what she needs from teachers' cabinets-construction paper, crayons, anything-but not around Ms. Gavin. Vanessa has tested her before, lingering near Ms. Gavin's cabinets. Her teacher gets nervous even when someone just wanders in the area of her cabinets. So what is Ms. Gavin hiding? What on earth could be in those cabinets? Nothing can keep Vanessa's curiosity in check ... even possible detention. It's a grand mystery, but she can't solve it alone. She finds an unlikely ally in eight-year-old Johnny, who's a lot wiser than he lets on. Together, they can open the doors to Ms. Gavin's secret. But what if her secret is scary? And what if the adventure is dangerous? Recommended for ages 9-12. Vanessa and the Angel (Beatrice Rich) - This delightful book will transport the reader on a fanciful, magical journey. Imagine having your very own angel teach you how to create a garden with thoughts alone! What could be more fun than to travel with your favorite dog and cat--and your guardian angel? Recommended for ages 4-8. Vanessa and the Enchanted Painting (Beatrice Rich) - Imagine stepping into a painting and finding yourself in a landscape filled with strange and wonderful sights; or taking your seat in a theater and enjoying the spectacle of dogs dancing and cats


Which alcoholic spirit is made from the blue agave plant?

Beyond Tequila: Alternative Agave Spirits To Know - Eater Beyond Tequila: Alternative Agave Spirits To Know Raicilla, Bacanora, Sotol, and more! Shutterstock/Noradoa As tequila tries to recover from a reputation long-built as the spirit of bad choices and blacked-out college years, its sister mezcal has sashayed onto craft cocktail menus, opening the door for lesser-known agave-based spirits. And in addition to a growing spread of mezcal-devoted bars, more bartenders are expanding outside the usual suspects, stocking shelves with hard-to-find agave alternatives like pulque and bacanora. Bartender Alex Valencia of newbie New York Mexican restaurant La Contenta is one of the many, alongside Jeremiah Doherty at Bar Amá in Los Angeles and Rachel DelRocco at Qui in Austin. Dara Karac But, in reality there's a whole world of agave spirits that rarely make it to the US. Cocuy, which hails from the states of Lara and Falcón in Venezuela, is a clear liquor (first fermented then distilled) that's made from the agave cocui plant. Its aroma and alcohol proof are comparable to tequila and mezcal. Sikua is/was made only in the state of Michoacán and is essentially mezcal before Michoacán was approved as a Denomination of Origin for mezcal. Aguamiel (which translates to "honey water"), also known as agave nectar, is the sweet sap from the agave plant that, when cooked and crushed, becomes tequila and mezcal. But ferment aguamiel and the sap transforms into a milky, low alcohol (3 to 5 percent ABV) beverage popular in Central Mexico known a pulque, which can be consumed on its own or mixed into cocktails. Getting to know agave  Mezcal What is it: Unlike tequila, which is only distilled from one plant, blue agave, mezcal is a spirit that can be distilled from a slew of agave varietals like Espadin, Tobala and Madre Cuixtle. Mezcal gets its smokiness during production when the heart of the plant, known as the piña , is roasted in stone-lined pits, crushed, and then left to ferment with water in a barrel. Afterward, the liquid is distilled before being bottled or barrel-aged. Where is it from: Mezcal can be made only in a few states of Mexico such as Tamaulipas, Durango, Guerrero, and Oaxaca Guanajuato y Michoacan. But the spirit is mainly produced in Oaxaca.  Where you can find it in cocktails: Loló in San Francisco,  Guelaguetza's Mezcaleria and  Tacoteca in Los Angeles,  Mayahuel in New York,  Masa Azul in Chicago Facebook/Ilegal Mezcal Raicilla What it is: Made in a similar way as mezcal: the hearts of wild agave are harvested, fire-roasted, mashed, fermented and distilled. Originating in Jalisco, Raicilla pre-dates the arrival of conquistadors.  Where is it from: Only Jalisco makes Raicilla. Where you can find it in cocktails: La Contenta and  Gramercy Tavern in New York, Tacoteca in Los Angeles Dara Karac/La Contenta Bacanora What is it: Bacanora has been made and distilled the same way for hundreds of years. Workers harvest the agave's piña then roast it in volcanic rock-lined pits for two days, mash it up, then place in air-tight cement pits with fresh water to ferment for one to two weeks. Afterward it's distilled in a stainless-steel still several times. Bacanora production was legalized in 1992 and garnered its own Denomination of Origin in 2000. Where is it from: North of Mexico, Sonora. Where you can find it in cocktails: Bar Amá in Los Angeles,  Hecho in San Francisco,  La Puerta in San Diego Dara Karac/La Contenta Sotol What is it: A distilled spirit made from the Sotol plant (also known as Desert Spoon) that grows in the high altitudes of Chihuahua, Mexico, as well as New Mexico and Texas. The plant is actually a relative of the agave but still gets lumped in with other agave spirits.  Where is it from: Harvested from the wilds of Chihuahua, Mexico, and distilled there. It's made in a way similar to mezcal but the plant's piña is baked in a clay oven and then crushed. Its resulting juices are fermented and double-distilled in copper stills.   Where you can find it in cocktails: Bar Amá in Los Angeles,  Qui in Austin, La P


Which city is at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers?

CONFLUENCE OF ST LAWRENCE AND OTTAWA RIVERS,Antique Map�::�Antique Maps of United States�::�Antique Maps of North America�::�Antique Maps�::�Antique Prints and Antique Maps from Vintage-Views.com Approx       Image Size : 4 1/2 X 4 inches Approx      Overall Size: 7 X 10 1/2 inches Scale        : 1: 450,000 Two Mountains, Lake of the (63 sq mi/163 sq km), S Que., Canada,        expansion of the Ottawa R., extends 24 mi/39 km bet. Rigaud and Jesus        Isl.; 1 mi/2 km6 mi/10 km wide. Contains Île Bizard. Drains        NE into the St. Lawrence by Mille Îles and Prairies rivers.he        Lac des Deux Montagnes is part of the delta widening of the Ottawa        River in Quebec, Canada, where it feeds into the Saint Lawrence River,        around the many islands of the Hochelaga Archipelago through this        lake to the northeast, or neighbouring Lac Saint-Louis, which takes        the St Lawrence south of the Island of Montreal. The "Lake of        Two Mountains" flows into two key tributaries:  rivière        des Mille-Îles to the north, and the rivière des Prairies  to the south. The present city of Deux-Montagnes is located        on the north shore of the lake where it flows into the rivière        des Mille Îles, that forms the limits of the Île Jésus,        or the city of Laval. The Rivière des Prairies divides Laval        from Montreal. The name Deux-Montagnes dates to 1674. The exact origin        of this name is unclear, but it is thought to refer to the two highest        points of Mont Oka, or to the fact, when seen from a distance, Mont        Oka to the north and Mont Rigaud to the south appear to be neighbouring        the lake. Lac Saint-Louis is a lake in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada,        adjoining the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. One can actually see a line in the middle of the        lake where the two different-coloured waters meet. The lake is bounded        to the north and east by the Island of Montreal and the west by Île        Perrot. The town of Beauharnois and the Beauharnois power-dam and        canal lie to its south. The lake contains a shipping channel, part        of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, joining the South Shore and Beauharnois        canals. To the west, at the lock in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the lake        connects to Lac des Deux-Montagnes. (wikipedia) CONDITION: BOOKPLATE INTEXT MAP - Excellent Condition. Map Image is clean,      clear, sharp with beautiful detail. As scanned. There is TEXT      ON BACK SIDE. Printed on cream color coated      paper.   I prefer paypal or money orders. Checks accepted from USA or Canada buyers. Delivery time for items can be anywhere from 10-28 days depending on your location. Items will be shipped within 2 business days of payment received. Checks will need time to clear before items are sent. Details


Dili is the capital of which state that became independent on 20 May 2002?

Timor-Leste Send me a copy Subject: Email addresses provided here will be used solely to email the link indicated. They will not be saved, shared, or used again in any manner whatsoever. The CAPTCHA code you entered is not valid, please reenter the CAPTCHA code Timor-Leste Official Name: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Last Updated: April 13, 2016 Embassy Messages  One page required for entry stamp TOURIST VISA REQUIRED: Emergency After-Hours Telephone: +(670) 723-1328 Fax: +(670) 331-3206 ConsDili@state.gov Destination Description Occupying 5,743 square miles on the eastern half of an island in the Timor Sea between Indonesia and Australia, Timor-Leste has a population of approximately 1.1 million people. Timor-Leste became independent on May 20, 2002, and is a democratically-governed, independent nation with an elected President and Parliament. Following successful presidential and parliamentary elections and a peaceful change of government in 2012, UN and Australian-led peacekeepers departed Timor- Leste. Decades of occupation and periodic eruptions of post-independence violence have left Timor-Leste with extremely poor infrastructure and limited economic opportunities. Electricity, telephone and telecommunications, roads, and lodging remain unreliable, particularly outside of the capital. Timor-Leste's economy relies largely on revenues from offshore oil and gas production. Read the Department of State's Fact Sheet on U.S.-Timor-Leste relations. Entry, Exit & Visa Requirements You need a passport valid for six months beyond the date of arrival in Timor-Leste. Travelers arriving by air may obtain a 30-day tourist visa-on-arrival for a fee of 30 USD. If entering Timor-Leste by land, you will need a visa prior to entry as visas-on-arrival are no longer available at the land border with Indonesia. You must renew this visa and pay an additional fee if you plan to stay longer than 30-days. Please see the website of the Timor-Leste Immigration Department for additional information on visas and extensions. Visitors traveling via air must transit Singapore, Darwin in Australia or Bali in Indonesia en route to Timor-Leste. The U.S. Department of State is unaware of any HIV/AIDS entry restrictions for visitors to or foreign residents of Timor-Leste. Information about dual nationality or the prevention of international child abduction can be found on our website. For further information about customs regulations, please read our Customs Information page . Safety and Security If you are in Timor-Leste, you should exercise caution, avoid large gatherings, remain alert with regard to your personal security, and avoid travel after dark to the extent possible. Exercise caution in public places, including, but not limited to, clubs, restaurants, bars, schools, places of worship, outdoor recreational events, hotels, resorts and beaches, and other locations frequented by foreigners. You should review U.S. Embassy security messages and maintain a high level of security awareness while moving around the country. You should be alert to the potential for violence, and avoid demonstrations, large political gatherings, and areas where disturbances have occurred. Demonstrations can occur at or near symbols and institutions of the Government of Timor-Leste, including government buildings, police stations, and houses belonging to prominent politicians. Even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate into violence with little or no warning. Timor-Leste has experienced several episodes of violence since becoming independent in 2002. However, there have been no major country-wide civil disturbances since 2008, and international peacekeepers departed the country at the end of 2012. Timorese security forces occasionally establish official security checkpoints along roads.. You may be expected to show your passport at these checkpoints. There also are occasional illegal checkpoints not operated by the police or military in uniforms, which you should avoid, but which, to date, have been primarily targeted at Timores


What are female ferrets and polecats called?

AVON VALLEY FERRETS - Ferrets and Polecats Ferrets and Polecats     Ferrets (mustela furo) are members of a group of mammals known as Mustelids.  The Mustelid family is a very diverse group and comprises of animals such as Weasels, Stoats, Polecats, Mink, Otters, Martens and Badgers.  It is believed that ferrets are descendants from it's closest cousin the polecat.  There are two types of polecat of which the ferret is known to be related to and they are our native European polecat (mustela putorious) and the Steppe polecat (mustela eversmanni) from the Steppe plains of Eastern Europe/Russia bordering Asia.   History reveals that ferrets have been with us for many years and that it was the Ancient Egyptians who domesticated them.  They were most probably used as a tool for hunting just as some of us do nowadays, using them to control rabbits and to provide food.  Ferrets come in a variety of colours, this is mainly due to selective breeding through past years of domestication.  Their colours can range from dark browns to sandy beige, mixed colouration including silvers and silver mitts as well as a common throwback in it's genes when albino colouration occurs.  Males are known as Hobs and females Jills.   Ferrets (and polecats) are photoperiodic breeders which means their season is triggered by longer daylight hours.  Females have been known to produce up to two litters in any one year.  Hobs can come into season from as early as late December/early January and jills begin to show once the days begin to lengthen, late February/early March.  Once mated, the gestation period of ferrets is 6 weeks (42 days) and as many as nine kits can be born in a litter.  They are born deaf, blind and naked and after a day or so, they begin to grow a thin layer of fur and suckle continuously from the parent female.  After approximately 4-5 weeks, they have developed their fur and their eyes and ears begin to open as they start to suck on solid food.  At around 8-10 weeks they are fully weaned from the parent female and are eating solid food and drinking.  Ferrets can easily live as long as 10 years.    Polecats, as mentioned previously, are the closest related cousin to the ferret within the mustelid family.  The European polecat is native to these shores, however they suffered severe decline during the latter end of the last century.  It was once recorded that there were less than 50 polecats surviving in the wild throughout the whole of the UK at that time.  Their reduction in numbers was due to persecution by man by secondary poisoning from pesticides and rodenticides, trapping, mistaken identity to mink and an ever increasing road network.  The polecat's main stronghold in the UK is in Wales although since now being a protected species, their numbers are gradually on the increase and can be found in many counties of England from as far apart as Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset in the south, throughout the Midlands and as far north as Cheshire.  Polecats are very elusive creatures and have a tendancy to be nocturnal so their whereabouts are seldom noted.  Sometimes on the odd occasion, females can be seen during early summer hunting for food to feed their young but unfortunately, the majority of sightings are of corpses lead along the roadsides where they have inevitably become the casualties of road accidents.     Polecats are a similar size to ferrets albeit slightly broader in their stance and are only found with dark coloured fur which ranges from chestnut to deep brown although albinism cannot be ruled out as it has been recorded on very rare occassions.  An accurate way to tell them apart is to measure what is called the post-orbital width of the skull.  It has been noted that this measurement is wider in pure polecats.  They also have a very noticeable band across their face that touches a dark nose and they have a white muzzle with white tips to the ears.  In very rare circumstances, polecats can throw a colour mutation known as erythrism.  Erythistic polecats have been recorded only on a couple of occasions when their coat appe


What name, also given to the spacecraft used, was given to the American space program that ran from 1959 to 1963, with the aim of putting a man in earth orbit?

Space Program - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum Space Program Space Program In 1961, President John F. Kennedy began a dramatic expansion of the U.S. space program and committed the nation to the ambitious goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik, and the space race was on. The Soviets' triumph jarred the American people and sparked a vigorous response in the federal go vernment to make sure the United States did not fall behind its Communist rival. A new space program, Project Mercury, was initiated two years later, during President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration. Seven men were selected to take part in the program: Scott Carpenter, Leroy Gordon Cooper, John Glenn Jr., Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Walter Schirra Jr., Alan Shepard Jr., and Donald "Deke" Slayton. Project Mercury's goals were to orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth, investigate the ability of astronauts to function in space, and recover astronauts and spacecraft safely. Then, in 1961, the nation suffered another shock when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. The United States, it seemed, was still falling behind. President Kennedy's Challenge President Kennedy understood the need to restore America's confidence and intended not merely to match the Soviets, but surpass them. On May 25, 1961, he stood before Congress to deliver a special message on "urgent national needs." He asked for an additional $7 billion to $9 billion over the next five years for the space program, proclaiming that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." President Kennedy settled upon this dramatic goal as a means of focusing and mobilizing the nation's lagging space eff orts. Skeptics questioned the ability of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to meet the president's timetable. Within a year, however, Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom became the first two Americans to travel into space. An American in Orbit On February 20, 1962, John Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit Earth. Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Friendship 7 capsule carrying Glenn reached a maximum altitude of 162 miles and an orbital velocity of 17,500 miles per hour. After more than four hours in space, having circled the earth three times, Glenn piloted the Friendship 7 back into the atmosphere and landed in the Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda. Glenn's success helped inspire the great army of people working to reach the Moon. Medical researchers, engineers, test pilots, machinists, factory workers, businessmen, and industrialists from across the country worked together to achieve this goal. By May 1963, astronauts Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra Jr., and L. Gordon Cooper had also orbited Earth. Each mission lasted longer than the one before and gathered more data. To the Moon As space exploration continued through the 1960s, the United States was on its way to the Moon. Project Gemini was the second NASA spaceflight program. Its goals were to perfect the entry and re-entry maneuvers of a spacecraft and conduct further tests on how individuals are affected by long periods of space travel. The Apollo Program followed Project Gemini. Its goal was to land humans on the moon and assure their safe return to Earth. On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts—Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.—realized President Kennedy's dream.


Kansas State Capitol - Topeka, Kansas Capitol office complex map    Free Dome Tours The Kanza figure at the top is named Ad Astra (to the stars). It was added in 2002. Kansas State Capitol from the northeast - the visitor entrance is at the lower right and there is parking beneath that area. The best free attraction in the Kansas State Capital is the Kansas State Capitol Building in Topeka, Kansas. The Capitol is open to visitors from 8AM - 5PM, Monday through Friday and 8AM - 1PM on Saturday, with free tours conducted by the State Historical Society 4 - 6 times during the day on weekdays. The hours posted above are subject to change, so be sure to call (785) 296-3966 to confirm times in advance. The State Capital Building is closed Sundays and Kansas state holidays. Construction of the Kansas State Capitol Building began in 1866. Although the Capitol Building was in use by the legislature starting in 1869, it took 37 years and $3,200,000 to complete. The Capitol is 399 feet by 386 feet, and 304 feet to the top of the cupola. The stone is brown sandstone from the bluffs along Deer Creek, near Vinewood, in Shawnee County, Kansas. Major renovation of the Capitol Building began in 2002 and cost $330,000,000. That work was completed in early 2014 and the popular free tours to the top of the capitol dome (taking 45 minutes and climbing 296 steps from the 5th floor of the building to view both the interior and the surrounding community) have been restarted. The easiest way to visit the Capitol Building is to park in the free visitor parking in the underground garage at the north side of the building. An elevator will take you up to the north security entrance and after passing through a scanner, you are right next to the gift shop and the Capitol Visitors Center where you can get information and where the general tours depart. The Capitol Building from the south in 2005, after the start of renovation, but before the work on the dome and roof. John Steuart Curry's John Brown mural, "Tragic Prelude" - the capitol has many murals painted by Curry in 1938-1941  The governor's public, ceremonial office is across the hall from "Tragic Prelude." This office is where the governor holds public signings such as proclamations.  The Chamber of the House of Representatives in 2005 House of Representatives desks Senate Chamber viewed from the president's rostrum in 2005. There are 28 hand cast bronze columns decorated with morning glories and roses. "First Dawn of Liberty" is a mural on the ceiling of the House of Representatives in the Kansas State Capitol. It  is one of four murals which were painted in 1882 by E. S. Miragoli and Company of St. Louis. Senate Chamber after renovation - the classic looking phones are now gone. The gallery above the president's rostrum is no longer open to the public. Notice the glass floor in the Kansas State Library on the second level of the State Capitol to allow more light. The renovation removed a third level from the stacks in the State Library. Kansas State Flag which orbited the earth in the space shuttle Columbia (STS-2) on November 12 - 14, 1981. 1923 hand operated "cage" passenger elevator that is still in use. Interior of Kansas State Capitol Dome from the main floor An original 1903 dome window which was replaced during the 13 year renovation. The first floor of the Capitol Building is like a catacombs, with historic photos and treasures around every corner. The visitor's parking garage entrance is off 8th Street


In which English county are the National Space Centre and the Foxton canal locks?

There's lots to see and do in Leicester and Leicestershire Things to see and do in Leicester and Leicestershire Leicester and Leicestershire is a destination packed with things to see and do ... whatever the weather. Leicestershire cannot fail to inspire you. From great family attractions to top class restaurants, there's plenty to discover. You might prefer to visit a museum or gallery, or hire a boat on the Grand Union Canal or travel back in time on a steam train at the Great Central Railway . You could enjoy a local festival, or explore a Leicestershire stately home. Experience contemporary, inspirational shopping in Leicester or browse the markets in our market towns , and once you're all shopped out, why not relax in a stylish city bar or restaurant. Alternatively, take life at a more leisurely pace and relax with friends over a pub lunch, or jump on a bike and explore the countryside.


What is the name of Atticus Finch's daughter, the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird?

What is the narrator's name, gender, and age in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? | eNotes What is the narrator's name, gender, and age in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? dbrooks22 | High School Teacher | (Level 3) Assistant Educator Posted on January 21, 2009 at 3:11 AM The narrator is Jean Louise Finch, otherwise known as Scout in the story. She is Atticus's daughter. Scout is six years old when the novel begins and is eight when it ends. However, the narrator is a much older, mature Scout. She is an adult telling the story as she remembers it as a child. Since the narrator is an adult, the reader has a better understanding of the lessons and events that Scout went through as a child. This is a technique that Harper Lee uses to get an adult's viewpoint through a child's voice. like 2 dislike 1 readerofbooks | College Teacher | (Level 2) Educator Emeritus Posted on August 10, 2015 at 4:08 AM The narrator of the story is Scout. Her full name is Jean Louise Finch. The story takes place from 1933-1935 when Scout was six to eight years old. What is most important to note is that she is telling the story as an adult. So, even though she is writing from a first person account, she is recounting the events as an adult.  Scout is not an omniscient narrator, but she is reliable, because she is telling the story from retrospect. The time difference, unfortunately, is never given in the novel.  Another important point to keep in mind is that Scout is recounting first-hand events. Not only did the events of the book take place in her life, she was at the center of it. For example, Atticus, the one who defended Tom Robinson, was her father. From this perspective, what we have is a reliable narrator who lived through the events and who is speaking from the vantage point of maturity.  Sources:


What is the main unit of currency of Vietnam?

Vietnamese monetary unit - definition of Vietnamese monetary unit by The Free Dictionary Vietnamese monetary unit - definition of Vietnamese monetary unit by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Vietnamese+monetary+unit Related to Vietnamese monetary unit: Papuan monetary unit ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: monetary unit - a unit of money dong - the basic unit of money in Vietnam hao - 10 hao equal 1 dong in Vietnam Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.


Wyoming: Map, History, Population, Facts, Capitol, Flag, Tree, Geography, Symbols Nickname: Equality State Origin of name: From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”; the same as the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania 10 largest cities (2010): Cheyenne , 59,011; Casper , 55,316; Laramie , 30,816; Gillette, 29,087; Rock Springs, 23,036; Sheridan, 17,444; Green River, 12,515; Evanston, 12,359; Riverton, 10,615; Cody, 9,520 Land area: 97,100 sq mi. (251,501 sq km) Geographic center: In Fremont Co., 58 mi. ENE of Lander Number of counties: 23, plus Yellowstone National Park Largest county by population and area: Laramie, 91,738 (2010); Sweetwater, 10,426 sq mi. State parks and historic sites: 24 2015 resident population est.: 586,107 2010 resident census population (rank): 563,626 (50). Male: 287,437 (51.0%); Female: 276,189 (49.0%). White: 511,279 (90.7%); Black: 4,748 (0.8%); American Indian: 13,1336 (2.4%); Asian: 4,426 (0.8%); Other race: 17,049 (3.0%); Two or more races: 12,361 (2.2%); Hispanic/Latino: 50,231 (8.9%). 2010 percent population 18 and over: 76.0; 65 and over: 12.4; median age:36.8. Map of Wyoming The U.S. acquired the land comprising Wyoming from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. John Colter , a fur-trapper, is the first white man known to have entered the region. In 1807 he explored the Yellowstone area and brought back news of its geysers and hot springs. Robert Stuart pioneered the Oregon Trail across Wyoming in 1812–1813 and, in 1834, Fort Laramie , the first permanent trading post in Wyoming, was built. Western Wyoming was obtained by the U.S. in the 1846 Oregon Treaty with Great Britain and as a result of the treaty ending the Mexican War in 1848. When the Wyoming Territory was organized in 1869, Wyoming women became the first in the nation to obtain the right to vote. In 1925 Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor in the United States. Wyoming's towering mountains and vast plains provide spectacular scenery, grazing lands for sheep and cattle, and rich mineral deposits. Wyoming is the leading coal-producing state and a leader in the production of petroleum and natural gas. Wyoming has the world's largest sodium carbonate (natrona) deposits and has the nation's second largest uranium deposits. A leading producer of sheep and wool, Wyoming is also a major producer of beef cattle and hogs. Principal crops include wheat, oats, sugar beets, corn, barley, and alfalfa. Second in mean elevation to Colorado, Wyoming has many attractions for the tourist trade, notably Yellowstone National Park . Hikers, campers and skiers are attracted to Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole National Monument in the Teton Range of the Rockies. Cheyenne is famous for its annual “Frontier Days” celebration. Flaming Gorge, the Fort Laramie National Historic Site, and Devils Tower and Fossil Butte National Monuments are other points of interest. Wyoming was selected as an official state of the Free State Project, a political migration. The plan was to have all Libertarians relocate to one state so they could live free. The project was started in 2001. Members voted on select states for the migration. Wyoming received 498 votes, coming in second behind New Hampshire. See more on Wyoming:


Who wrote the plays Plaza Suite and The Odd Couple?

Neil Simon - Biography - IMDb Neil Simon Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (5) | Trivia  (23) | Personal Quotes  (7) Overview (4) 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Mini Bio (1) Neil Simon was born on July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA as Marvin Neil Simon. He is a writer and producer, known for The Odd Couple (1968), Your Show of Shows (1950) and The Odd Couple (1970). He has been married to Elaine Joyce since September 11, 1999. He was previously married to Diane Lander , Marsha Mason and Joan Baim. Spouse (5) ( 10 September  1953      - 17 July  1973) (her death) (2 children) Trivia (23) Almost every one of his 30-plus plays, mostly Broadway comedies, has also been adapted into a motion picture-- the greatest such achievement of any playwright/author, even surpassing William Shakespeare As a result, Simon has received more Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer in the history of show business. Received newly established 'Apple Award' from The Nederlander Company and Wayne State University. Named in honor of Sarah Applebaum Nederlander, who was known affectionately as 'Apple', the Apple Award will be presented annually to a nationally recognized theatre professional who has made significant contributions in his or her field. The Nederlander's and WSU established the award this year in celebration of the Fisher Theatre's 40th anniversary. [November 2001] Children: daughters Ellen, Nancy by Joan Baim; Bryn (adopted) with Diane Lander . He loves playing tennis. He has became so successful financially that he backs his own plays. His brother, Danny Simon , actually started writing the "The Odd Couple" but was not able to finish it. He asked Neil to take it over, and Neil did in exchange for sole author credit. However, he continued to pay Danny 10% of everything the property generated. The Alvin Theater at 250 W. 52nd Street on Broadway was renamed the Neil Simon Theater on June 23, 1983. 2004: Received kidney transplant donated by Bill Eveans, his publicist. His play, "Laughter on the 23rd Floor", was nominated for a 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Comedy of 1996. He won both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize for "Lost In Yonkers" in 1991. Has won two Tony Awards as author of Best Play winners: in 1985 for "Biloxi Blues" and in 1991 for "Lost in Yonkers." Additionally, he has been Tony-nominated an impressive 15 times: in 1963, as Best Author (Musical) and book for Best Musical nominee "Little Me," in 1964, as author of Best Play nominee "Barefoot in the Park;" in 1965, as Best Author (Dramatic) and author of Best Play nominee "The Odd Couple;" in 1966, for book of Best Musical nominee "Sweet Charity;" in 1968, as author of Best Play nominee "Plaza Suite;" in 1969, for book for Best Musical nominee "Promises, Promises;" in 1970, as author of Best Play nominee "Last of the Red Hot Lovers;" in 1972, as author of Best Play nominee "The Prisoner of Second Avenue;" in 1973, as author of Best Play nominee "The Sunshine Boys;" in 1974, as Best Score, his lyrics with Peter Link 's music, for "The Good Doctor;" in 1978, as author of Best Play nominee "Chapter Two;" in 1979, as Best Book (Musical) for "They're Playing Our Song;" and in 1987, as author of Best Play nominee "Broadway Bound." Received the 2006 Mark Twain prize on October 15, 2006 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Neil Simon was nominated for the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Broadway Bound" and the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Lost in Yonkers". Practiced Shaolin Qi Gong with Shaolin Warrior Monk Shi Yan Fan in Sherman Oaks before he moved to New York. Based his play 'The Odd Couple' on his brother Danny's divorce. He actually wrote two versions of it. The more famous version features Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar, and is written primarily for a male cast. The other one changes the leads to two women - Olive Madison and Florence Ungar. In 1966 Simon had four shows playing in Broadway theaters at the same time: 'Sweet Charity', 'The Star-Spangled Girl', 'The Odd Couple', and 'Barefoot


What is the main currency unit of Afghanistan?

Afghan monetary unit - definition of Afghan monetary unit by The Free Dictionary Afghan monetary unit - definition of Afghan monetary unit by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Afghan+monetary+unit monetary unit - a unit of money afghani - the basic unit of money in Afghanistan pul - 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.


Which cooking utensil is called a skillet in America?

How to Love Your Cast-Iron Skillet How to Love Your Cast-Iron Skillet by Patricia Mitchell I'm a big fan of cast-iron cooking utensils. I recommend cast iron for everything from cornbread to fried chicken to pineapple upside-down cake. I just don't think you can beat it for even heat, durability and reasonable price. Oh, I have other skillets in my kitchen -- a shiny stainless steel that only gets used for omelettes, and even a non-stick type that I pull out for quick jobs. But if you took away my cast-iron skillet, I would have a hard time preparing many of my favorite dishes, at least to my satisfaction. And I would feel very deprived. A good cast-iron skillet, properly cared for, can last for generations.  I have two in my kitchen: a 10-incher that I rescued from a junk shop about ten years ago and use almost daily, and a 12-inch heavy-duty monster that, with its lid, weighs a whopping 15 pounds, in which I fry chicken, smother steak and produce all manner of main dishes. Once during a conversation with a friend, also an avid cook, I mentioned my preference for cast-iron. My friend said she just never got the hang of cast-iron cooking -- said she'd tried it, and not only had everything stuck to the pan and burned, but she had a devil of a time getting it clean afterwards. My friend, you see, had never heard of the seasoning process that is essential for cast-iron cookware. And to make a bad situation worse, she was attempting to clean it by scrubbing with cleanser. Cast iron has a porous surface. The seasoning process serves to fill and smooth the surface of the pan. It's true that the more you use and season a cast-iron skillet, the more non-stick the surface becomes. Below I explain how to season a new or used cast-iron utensil. Cast Iron Skillet Cleaning If the pan is new, be sure any adhesive label is completely removed. Wash, rinse and dry the utensil. Grease the inside surface with Crisco or other solid shortening. A medium-light coating, as you would grease a cake pan, is sufficient. Put your greased utensil in a preheated 350°F oven for 1 hour. Remove, cool and store the pan. To eliminate any concerns about using too much shortening, you can put the pan in the oven upside down. Put a cookie sheet or aluminum foil on the rack below to catch any drips. I do believe my mother could have fried plutonium in her big skillet. A skillet or other utensil can be seasoned as often as necessary to maintain a good surface. Let's say you've just made tortillas (or fresh corn tortillas ) and, after all that heat, the surface of your skillet looks dry. Just season it again before you put it away. Until the pan is very well seasoned, either by many uses or repeated seasonings, do not attempt to cook foods with a high acid content (tomatoes, for instance). The corrosive nature of high-acid foods will not react well to unseasoned cast-iron. Once a pan is well-seasoned, however, you can use it for just about anything. I do believe my mother could have fried plutonium in her big skillet. Cast Iron Cooking Dutch Oven Cooking : Cast Your Irons in the Fire Biscuits : Biscuits All Day Long Perhaps the most difficult thing for a particularly fastidious cook to do is refrain from using soap or detergent in the cleaning process. Seasoned cast-iron utensils may be cleaned very nicely with boiling water and a stiff-bristled brush. (I have a short-handled brush with stiff nylon bristles that I use only for cleaning my cast-iron skillets.) And often, say after making cornbread, I merely brush the skillet vigorously, wipe it with a damp sponge, and dry it with a paper towel. It is important to dry cast-iron utensils well after use; they will rust unless thoroughly dried. Cast-iron utensils will darken with use, turning from a steely gray, when new, to dark gray or black. Over years of use, my cast-iron skillets have become old friends. Although I would never choose to replace them, if I had to (let's say an astute kitchen thief broke in and recognized my skillets for the treasure


What was the name of the 1990s TV series starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as flatmates Eddie and Richie?

Rik Mayall: TV Shows Starring Rik Mayall -10 Items- List Photo:  Freebase /Fair use Z G Options B Comments & Embed 1 A Kick Up the Eighties Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Rik Mayall A Kick Up the Eighties was a 1981-1984 BBC 2 sketch show starring Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Richard Stilgoe, Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Ron Bain and Roger Sloman. The series was created by ; All About George Rik Mayall 3 Blackadder Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray Blackadder is the name that encompasses four series of a BBC 1 period British sitcom, along with several one-off instalments. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund ; 4 Believe Nothing Rik Mayall, Michael Maloney, Emily Bruni Believe Nothing is a British sitcom starring Rik Mayall as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, the cleverest man in England and Oxford's leading moral philosopher. Starring alongside Mayall is Michael ; 5 Bottom Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Steven O'Donnell Bottom is a British sitcom television series that originally aired on BBC2 between 1991 and 1995. It was written by and starred comic duo Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall as Eddie and Richie, two ; 6 Filthy Rich & Catflap Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer Filthy Rich & Catflap is a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast in 1987. The series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title ; 7 Grim Tales Rik Mayall Grim Tales is a British children's television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as the storyteller dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown. The twenty-two ; It's Itsy Bitsy Time Richard Attenborough, Rik Mayall, Marc Donato 10 King Arthur's Disasters Rik Mayall, Matt Lucas, Morwenna Banks King Arthur's Disasters is a British animated series which first aired on CITV, a now defunct programming block on ITV1. The series was co-created by Paul Parkes and Will Ashurst, the series follows ; 11 Man Down Rik Mayall, Greg Davies Man Down is a British sitcom first broadcast on Friday 18 October 2013 on Channel 4 and starring Greg Davies as Dan, a man who hates his job as a teacher, and Rik Mayall as his father in the first ; Rik Mayall Presents Rik Mayall 13 Shoebox Zoo Alan Cumming, Rik Mayall, 피터 뮬란 Shoebox Zoo is a children's fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal ; 14 The Black Adder Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd. The series was originally aired ; 15 The Comic Strip Presents Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as a pioneering example ; 16 The New Statesman Hugh Laurie, Rik Mayall, Paul O'Grady The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. It was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the request of, and as ; 17 The Willows In Winter Rik Mayall The Willows In Winter is a 1996 TV animated program. 18 The Young Ones Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle, Ade Edmondson The Young Ones is a British sitcom, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1984 in two six-part series. Shown on BBC2, it featured anarchic, offbeat humour which helped bring alternative comedy ; 19 Watership Down John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Dawn French Watership Down is a British-Canadian animated television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and ; 20 Whoops Apocalypse John Cleese, Rik Mayall, Richard Griffiths Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 television sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television


Which author was born in Higher Brockhampton, near Dorchester, in 1840?

Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) - Find A Grave Memorial Dorchester Dorset, England Author. Thomas Hardy was born in Higher Brockhampton, Dorset, England, to Thomas and Jemima Hardy, the eldest of four children. His mother encouraged his love of knowledge and learning, and his father, a stonemason, passed on his love of architecture and music. As a result, the younger Thomas played the fiddle in the church choir. Hardy incorporated his village's scenery, local customs and traditions, as well as the liturgy of the Anglican Church, into his novels. (His village became the fictional Wessex.) Hardy was frail as a child, and did not attend the village school until he was 8 years old. The following year, he attended school in Dorchester. Although he was well-read, he was unable to attend university. At 16, he was apprenticed to architect James Hicks after Hicks saw architectural drawings he made with his father of his home, Woodsford Castle. They restored church windows in the English countryside. Hardy later worked with renowned London architect Arthur Blomfeld, but he continued to write and to informally study. He studied the sciences, philosophy, literature, Greek, and Latin. When he began writing poetry his work was rejected by numerous publishers. Racked by poor health, Hardy left London and returned to Dorset. In 1870, Hardy was set to do restorations on a church in St. Juliot, Cornwall, where he met his first wife, Emma Lavinia Gifford, who was the sister-in-law of the vicar of St. Juliot. They were married in 1874. Hardy's debut novel, "Desperate Remedies," published in 1871, was greeted with indifference by critics and readers alike. It was his second novel, published the following year, "Under the Greenwood Tree," that finally won Hardy notoriety. Due to the success of that novel, he wrote a serialized novel for Tinsley's Magazine entitled, "A Pair of Blue Eyes," that also ran in the New York Tribune. But it would not be until 1874, with the publication of "Far From the Madding Crowd" that Hardy would be able to quit his day job to focus solely on writing. Hardy authored "Return of the Native" in 1878 and "The Trumpet Major" in 1880. That year (1880) was not a good one for Hardy as he suffered from internal hemorrhaging and spent many months in bed. During that time, he dictated the novel "The Laodicean" to his wife. In 1885, Hardy and Emma moved to Max Gate, a home they designed and built near Dorchester. He would write some of his most famous works there. Among Hardy's other works includes the novels "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886), "Wessex Tales" (1888), "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891), and "Jude the Obscure" (1895). "Jude the Obscure" was the subject of much controversy. The book was considered a major affront to Victorian-era morality, and especially towards marriage. He suffered marital problems with Emma as a result (she was afraid the public would consider the novel a reflection of their marriage), and the book was banned. Yet the controversy helped put more copies into readers' hands (but, the downside being readers had to put brown covers over their copies to avoid being "caught" reading the book). Hardy was so disillusioned with the amount of criticism over "Jude the Obscure" that he never wrote another novel. He returned to poetry, publishing "Wessex Poems" in 1898, the very personal "Poems of 1912-13," inspired by the death of his wife, Emma, in 1912, and "Collected Poems" in 1919. In 1914, he married his secretary, Florence Dugdale, but the beginning of World War I both disillusioned and saddened him. Hardy influenced other famous writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and Ezra Pound, and continued to be celebrated in both his native England and around the world until his death in 1928. His ashes are at Westminster Abbey but his heart is buried in the churchyard of the parish church of his youth, together with his wives Florence and Emma, and next to the grave of his parents Thomas and Jemima. (bio by: Donna Di Giacomo)


Asmara is the capital of which state that became independent on 24 May 1993?

Asmara | national capital, Eritrea | Britannica.com national capital, Eritrea Verkhoyansk Asmara, also spelled Asmera, city, capital of Eritrea . It is located on the northern tip of the Ethiopian Plateau at an elevation of 7,628 feet (2,325 metres). Asmara lies on the Eritrean Railway and is a major road junction; its international airport, built in 1962, is 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast, and its port on the Red Sea , Massawa , is 40 miles (65 km) northeast. Ethiopian Orthodox churches (St. Mary’s in background), Asmara, Eritrea. Picturepoint, London Formerly a hamlet of the Tigre people, Asmara became the capital of the Italian colony of Eritrea in 1900 and remained a small colonial town until 1934. It was the main base for the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, and the town rapidly expanded as the leading city in Italian East Africa . Asmara was under British administration from 1941 until Eritrea’s federation with Ethiopia in 1952 and was the site of Kagnew, a U.S. telecommunications base from 1942 to 1977. It became the capital of independent Eritrea in 1993. The city is well planned and converges on the palm-lined main street on which are located the Roman Catholic cathedral (1922) and the Grand Mosque (1937). Other notable structures include the former palace (now a government residence), the legislative assembly and the municipal buildings, and St. Mary’s (the main Ethiopian Orthodox church). Also the seat of Asmara University (founded 1958, university status 1968), the city has a public library and numerous secondary schools. Asmara’s chief manufactures include textiles, footwear, and soft drinks. The city is also a busy agricultural marketplace and a major hide-tanning centre. The city’s population is approximately half Christian and half Muslim. Pop. (2002 est.) 500,600. Learn More in these related articles:


Which American playwright wrote The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey Into Night?

Eugene O'Neill | About Eugene O'Neill | American Masters | PBS Comments Eugene O’Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity. O’Neill’s disdain for the commercial realities of the theater world he was born into led him to produce works of importance and integrity. Born in a hotel on Broadway in 1888, Eugene O’Neill was the son of Ella Quinlan and the actor James O’Neill. Eugene spent the first seven years of his life touring with his father’s theater company. These years introduced O’Neill to the world of theater and the difficulties of maintaining artistic integrity. His father, once a well-known Shakespearean, had taken a role in a lesser play for its sizable salary. O’Neill spent the next seven years receiving a strict Catholic education before attending a private secular school in Connecticut. Though a bright student, he was already caught up in a world of alcohol and prostitutes by the time he entered college. He eventually dropped out before finishing his first year at Princeton University. Though he would later enroll in a short class in playwriting at Harvard, this was the end of his formal education. After leaving Princeton, O’Neill moved to New York, where he spent most of his time drinking and carousing with his older brother. In 1910 he fell in love with and married the first of three wives, Kathleen Jenkins. Soon after, however, O’Neill left his wife for the adventures of traveling. In Honduras he contracted Malaria, and returned to find Kathleen pregnant with his child. Without seeing the boy (Eugene O’Neill, Jr.), O’Neill shipped out again, this time for Buenos Aires, and later for England. In 1912, Kathleen filed for divorce and soon after, plagued by illness, O’Neill returned to his parents’ home. It was there among the turmoil of a despondent father and a morphine-addicted mother that he decided to become a playwright. O’Neill spent the next five years working primarily on one-act plays. In 1918 he married Agnes Boulton, and with her had two children, Shane and Oona. He continued to publish and produce his one-acts, but it was not until his play “Beyond the Horizon” (1920), that American audiences responded to his genius. The play won the first of three Pulitzer Prizes for O’Neill. Many saw in this early work a first step toward a more serious American theater. O’Neill’s poetic dialogue and insightful views into the lives of the characters held his work apart from the less sober playwriting of the day. Following the success of “Beyond the Horizon”, O’Neill went into an incredibly productive period, writing many of his greatest plays. “The Emperor Jones” (1920) and “The Hairy Ape” (1922) follow the lives of two men through personal struggles and their search for identity. Received well, these two established O’Neill as a master of the craft. The times, however, were fraught with turmoil—seeing the death of O’Neill’s father, mother, and brother, as well as the break-up of his marriage. Despite (or because) of these tragedies, he went on to create a number of penetrating and insightful views into family life and struggle. With plays such as “Desire Under the Elms” (1924) and “Mourning Becomes Electra” (1931), O’Neill uses the moral and physical entanglements similar to Greek drama to express the complexities of family life. Throughout much of the 1930s and 1940s, O’Neill continued in this vein working on a cycle of plays (nine) which would deal with lives of a New England family. Concerned that they might be altered after his death, O’Neill eventually destroyed the manuscripts, accidentally leaving behind only one, “A Touch of the Poet.” O’Neill’s final years were spent estranged from much of the literary community and his family. Though he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1936, most of his later works were not produced until after his death. His failing health did not prevent him, however, from writing two of the greatest works the American stage has


Which author was born in 1812 in Landport, which is now part of Portsmouth?

Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum Portsmouth Privacy Statement CHARLES DICKENS (1812 - 1870) Charles Dickens arguably one of the greatest and certainly the most enduring English novelist and writer, was born in Portsmouth on 7th February 1812, at 1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, now known as 393 Old Commercial Road, Portsmouth. Charles Dickens parents John and Elisabeth Dickens, were married at St. Mary le Strand, London, on June 13th 1809. His father John Dickens was employed as an 'extra clerk' in the Admiralty pay office based at nearby Portsmouth Dockyard , but was regularly in debt, causing the family to occasionally move house as a consequence. In addition to 393 Old Commercial Road, the Dickens birthplace museum, they also lived at 16 Hawke Street, Portsmouth in June 1812 before returning to London in 1814. John Dickens financial problems eventually caught up with him and the entire family, apart from Charles, were sent to Marshalsea Prison the debtors prison at Southwark, London, this is said to have inspired Dickens to write the character of Mr Micawber in 'David Copperfield'. Although he avoided going to prison with the rest of his family Charles was sent to work, at age 12, at Warren's Boot Blacking factory located at 30 Hungerford Stairs, the Strand. Here he experienced appalling working conditions labelling shoe-black bottles, earning money to support his imprisoned family. These experiences were later used and fictionalised in 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations'. Debtors often died in prison due to the poor conditions and as they were not able to work they could rarely repay their debts and escape, the Dickens family however were spared the misery of prison when one of John Dickens relatives died, leaving enough money for the family to resolve their debts and be freed. Charles was eventually able to return to school at Wellington House Academy, although strangely his mother wanted him to continue at the Warrens factory, subsequently working at Gray's Inn as a clerk, as a Parliamentary reporter and eventually as a Journalist at The Morning Chronicle in 1834. Dickens work was first published in Monthly Magazine in December 1833, he used the pen name of Boz, these articles were later published as a compilation called Sketches by Boz. The following are the major works published by Charles Dickens. Sketches by Boz 1836, Pickwick Papers 1837, Oliver Twist 1838, Nicholas Nickleby 1840, Old Curiosity Shop 1841, Barnaby Rudge 1842, American Notes 1843 Martin Chuzzlewit 1843, A Christmas Carol 1844, The Chimes 1845, The Cricket on the Hearth 1846, Dombey and Son 1849, David Copperfield 1852, Bleak House 1854, Hard Times 1855, Little Dorrit 1859, A Tale of Two Cities 1861, Great Expectations 1864 and Our Mutual Friend 1870. Charles Dickens draws on his memories of Portsmouth in Nicholas Nickleby, Nicholas and Smike tramped to Portsmouth and Mr. Crummles lived in St. Thomas's Street and there they lived 'off mutton and onion sauce'. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, daughter of George Hogarth his editor and although they had 10 children together, their marriage was troubled and they separated in 1858. He spent the last 13 years of his life with his mistress the Actress Ellen Ternan, she died in 1914 whilst living with her sister Fanny in Victoria Grove, Southsea, she is buried at Highland Road Cemetery, Southsea. Also buried in Highland Road Cemetery is Maria Beadnell, Charles Dickens first love, he was rejected by her family as being unsuitable, Dickens later used her as the character Dora in David Copperfield. The house at Old Commercial Road came up for sale in 1903 and Portsmouth Corporation bought it, opening it to the public on the 22nd July 1904, as a museum dedicated to the great author. The furniture and household objects at the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum, have been used to recreate the house as it would have been when the Dickens family lived there, unfortunately these objects are not their actual possessions. There are three furnished rooms in the house, the bedroom where Char


Male or female? Male or Female? One of the earliest decisions you will need to make when you decide to get some rats is what sex you want. Male rats are called bucks, females are called does, just as in deer and rabbits. There are differences between the sexes, but both can make great pets; it just depends on what you personally want from your rats. Be aware, the following descriptions are generalisations only. There are always exceptions to the rule, and you cannot ever guarantee how any rat will turn out. I've had females who acted more male, and vice versa. But the following will at least give you a starting point: Males Bucks are bigger than does, sometimes even twice the size, and their fur is generally a little rougher. Bucks tend to mark their territory by leaving tiny drops of urine on whatever they wish to claim as theirs, and this will sometimes include you! Some bucks mark more than others. Some don't mark at all. Male rats tend to be a bit soppier, more cuddly and more tolerant. A buck is the kind of rat that will want to sit on your lap and watch TV for hours. They can be thoroughly lazy, especially once they reach about 18 months old. Bucks are the ideal gender for people who want a pet to cuddle and relax with, a lap-pet if you like. In my personal experience, boys are more outwardly affectionate than females, and seem to be less independent, more reliant on their human. Females Does are smaller and sleeker than bucks and tend to be more active. They also have smoother, softer coats. They tend to be more agile and acrobatic than boys, meaning some toys are great for does but would be totally ignored by bucks (wheels are one such toy. While some boys will use them, you're more likely to get usage out of a wheel if you give it to a doe!). Does are quite independent, and like to do their own thing. They're on the go all the time, curious about everything, and generally more entertaining to observe than boys. Does come into heat every 4 days or so for around 12 hours when they may become more jumpy and skittish and harder to handle. Females are more prone to mammary tumours which are usually benign, but can get expensive to keep having removed. This is something to consider if you are keen on getting females, particularly if you are planning on getting pet shop or rescue girls, as incidences of tumours are higher in rats from these backgrounds. Diet also seems to play a part in this, and fat rats are more likey to develop tumours than lean rats. So if you go for girls, try not to let them get too fat. A doe will be the rat who sits on your shoulder or uses your body like a climbing frame and explores everything on your desk. They're the ideal gender for people who like to have a pet to watch and be entertained by. They also tend to be more responsive to things like clicker training, or agility, as they like to be busy and active. Which sex you chose is totally down to personal preference. If you want a big, laid back, squishy rat who will be content to sit on your lap then you're probably more likely to get this in a buck. If you want an interesting and active, busy pet that you can watch exploring and causing mischief, then go for a doe. It's extremely easy to tell the difference between the sexes. Females have nipples and males don't. This is something many people are unaware of, and they assume males also have nipples, as is the case with cats, dogs and many other species. But rats do not, and seeing nipples is a fail-safe way of ensuring you have a female. Male rats are also very well endowed, ie, they have enormous testicals, so theres no mistaking who is who when you put them beside each other! The testicals are also quite obvious from a young age. Some people can sex rats only a few days old, so you don't have to wait for anything to 'drop' as you tend to do with puppies and some other animals. If you have a 6 week old rat and you can't see any balls.....then its a girl. It always surprises me how frequently people mis-sex rats. I've seen no end of girls sold as boys in pet shops, and staff at certain l


In the TV programme '24', what is the name of the character played by Kiefer Sutherland?

Kiefer Sutherland | Wiki 24 | Fandom powered by Wikia For the character, see Kiefer Sutherland (character) . "This has been the role of a lifetime, and I will never be able to fully express my appreciation to everyone who made it possible, but when all is said and done, it is the loyal worldwide fan base that made it possible for me to have the experience of playing the role of Jack Bauer, and for that I am eternally grateful." — Kiefer Sutherland on the end of 24 Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland ( born December 21 , 1966 ; age 50) is a British-Canadian actor, producer, director, and musician, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on 24 from 2001 to 2014 . Additionally, Sutherland played the character in the 2008 television movie 24: Redemption , and voiced the character in 24: The Game , 24: Day Zero and 24: DVD Board Game . The only actor to appear in all 204 episodes of the series, Sutherland received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for his portrayal, including a Primetime Emmy Award (2006) and a Golden Globe Award (2001). Beginning in 2002, he assumed the role of producer on the series, rising to executive producer as of the fifth season. Contents Edit Sutherland on set during Season 2 Kiefer, along with his twin sister Rachel, was born in London, England, the son of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, on December 21 , 1966 . He has Scottish ancestry from both parents and is the grandson of Canadian politician Tommy Douglas, widely credited for bringing universal health care to Canada. Sutherland is both a British citizen (by jus soli) and a Canadian citizen (by jus sanguinis). Sutherland's given name derives from "Warren Kiefer," the oft-used alias of Italian film director Lorenzo Sabatini, who gave father Donald his first film role in the 1971 Castle of the Living Dead. The family moved to Corona, California, shortly before Donald and Shirley divorced in 1972. Sutherland moved to Toronto with his mother in 1975, attending Crescent Town Elementary School, St. Clair Junior High East York, and John G. Althouse Middle School. He attended five different high schools including St. Andrew's College, Martingrove Collegiate Institute, Harbord Collegiate Institute, Silverthorn Collegiate Institute, Malvern Collegiate Institute and Annex Village Campus. Sutherland also spent a semester at Regina Mundi Catholic College in London, Ontario and attended weekend acting lessons at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School. In 2009, Sutherland related on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that he and Robert Downey, Jr. were roommates for three years when he first moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in acting. In the same interview he revealed that his favorite television show of all time is Just the Ten of Us, starring Dennis Haysbert . Career Edit Kiefer often expressed the same amount of seriousness as his character while getting into character but would often smirk and guffaw in-between key takes. Kiefer Sutherland made his film debut alongside his father Donald in Neil Simon's Max Dugan Returns, a 1983 comedy-drama film starring Jason Robards and Matthew Broderick. His first lead role was in the 1984 The Bay Boy, a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's youth in Glace Bay on Cape Breton Island during the Great Depression. The film was a critical success, earning Genie Awards for both Sutherland and Petrie, and prompting the actor to move to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. Sutherland's first role in the United States was as town bully Ace Merrill in Rob Reiner's 1986 Stand by Me, a coming-of-age film based on Stephen King's short story "The Body." Following the film's success, Sutherland worked steadily as a leading actor well into the mid-1990s, frequently collaborating with writer and director Joel Schumacher. In 1992, he appeared as the eccentric FBI agent Sam Stanley in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, starring Ray Wise and featuring minor appearances by James Parks , Jurgen Prochnow , and Victor Rivers . Sutherland's other film roles include Th


Who won the 1968 US presidential election?

1968 Presidential General Election Results 1968 Presidential General Election Results Note: The Google advertisement links below may advocate political positions that this site does not endorse.   Results for an Individual State: Election Notes: In North Carolina, one Nixon Elector cast his vote for George Wallace (President) and Curtis LeMay (Vice President). Electoral Vote Map Note: there is no implied geographical significance as to the location of the shaded areas for North Carolina's split electoral votes. Share and Recommend:


Occurring on 21 July 1861, on what was the first major land battle of the American Civil War?

First Manassas - July 21, 1861 Maps of Bull Run, Virginia (1861) First Manassas - July 21, 1861 First Manassas July 21, 1861 This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia.  On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the equally green Confederate army, which was arrayed behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. On the 21st, McDowell crossed at Sudley Ford and attacked the Confederate left flank on Matthews Hill. Fighting raged throughout the day as Confederate forces were driven back to Henry Hill.  Late in the afternoon, Confederate reinforcements (one brigade arriving by rail from the Shenandoah Valley) extended and broke the Union right flank. The Federal retreat rapidly deteriorated into a rout. Although victorious, Confederate forces were too disorganized to pursue. Confederate Gen. Bee and Col. Bartow were killed. Thomas J. Jackson earned the nom de guerre “Stonewall.” By July 22, the shattered Union army reached the safety of Washington. This battle convinced the Lincoln administration that the war would be a long and costly affair. McDowell was relieved of command of the Union army and replaced by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, who set about reorganizing and training the troops. For more maps, history articles and additional information on this and other Civil War battles please visit our website:


In the book and film The Railway Children, who was the sister of Peter and Phyllis?

The Railway Children (1970) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance. Director: a list of 34 titles created 07 Jan 2014 a list of 26 titles created 11 Apr 2014 a list of 25 titles created 24 May 2015 a list of 37 titles created 9 months ago a list of 30 titles created 9 months ago Title: The Railway Children (1970) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     2     BAFTA Film Awards. Another    1 nomination. See more awards  » Photos A mysterious, very old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in her squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the ... See full summary  » Director: Lionel Jeffries On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise... See full summary  » Director: Claude Whatham Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a lion messiah. Director: Bill Melendez The Daleks' fiendish plot in 2150 against Earth and its people is foiled when Dr. Who and friends arrive from the 20th century and figure it out. Director: Gordon Flemyng A young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangaroo Director: Yoram Gross Young Oliver Twist runs away from an orphanage and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. Director: Carol Reed Edit Storyline The film opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Edwardian London. One night in 1905, the three children see their father usher two strangers into his study. After an argument he leaves with them and does not return. They and their mother fall on hard times and eventually move to a cottage in the country. Yet they keep their spirits up and find ways to help others. Fascinated by the nearby railway, they wave to the passengers faithfully every day, and their vigilance and courage prevent an accident. Their kindness makes friends of some important people who can help solve the mystery of their missing father. Written by Paul Emmons <pemmons@wcupa.edu> A film for adults to take their children, too! See more  » Genres: 26 December 1970 (UK) See more  » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The British Film Institute ranks this film as the 66th Best British Film of all time, the only children's film to make the list. See more » Goofs This movie is set in 1905, yet after Perks opens the crossing gates to let an express train through, it's hauled by an 0-6-2 N2 class locomotive, a type of locomotive not built until the early 1920s. See more » Quotes Bobbie Waterbury : It's Perks's birthday, he's 42, he says he got other things to keep than his birthday, not rabbits and secrets but the kids and the bloomin' missus. Bobbie Waterbury : Same thing isn't it? Phyllis Waterbury : Bloomin' missus is a sort of a germ of endearment isn't it? See more » Crazy Credits As the end credit captions are displayed the shot tracks towards a steam locomotive, in front of which are gathered the principal cast. They are surrounded by extras portraying local townspeople, who wave and say goodbye to the audience. All the while, Jenny Agutter is preoccupied with writing something on a slate. As the camera reaches her, she holds it up to display the words "The End". See more » Connections The Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo (uncredited) Romanticised nostalgia for the days of steam 7 December 2003 | by Filmtribute (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Such is the impact of Lionel Je