Half the island of Timor belongs to East Timor. Which country owns the other half?

EAST TIMOR: general data population according to the latest census (1990): 747,750 total population according to the estimate of midyear 2000: 750,000 // - ; 2002: 949,000 population density: 51 per sq.km = 133 per sq.mi population growth: 1,7% //; - doubling time: ca 40 years birth rate: 32 - 36 per 1000 death rate: 15 - 17 per 1000 fertility rate: ? children per female maternal mortality: per 100,000 infant mortality (1-4 years): per 1000 life expectancy: 45 years (male: 44; female: 46) age breakdown: 0-14 years: % //; - 15-59 years: % //; - 60+ years: % urbanisation: % //; - urbanisation growth: % percentage of urban population in the greatest city: % Ethnic composition, language, religion languages: Portuguese, Tetum, Bahasa Indonesia, English religious affiliation: Roman Catholic 86%; Muslim and other 14% Health daily food intake: calories per capita population with access to safe water: % people per physician: Economic activities in agriculture, fisheries, industry, mining, services, energy land use: arable land: % //; - grass land: % //; - wooded area: % //; - arid land and desert: % agriculture: labour force: % //; - part of agriculture in GDP: % agricultural products: rice, maize, cassava, (sweet) potatoes, soybeans, cabbages, mangoes, bananas livestock (1000's): buffaloes: 69 / cattle: 137 / ducks: 28 / goats: 187 / horses: 32 / pigs: 378 / poultry: 1021 / sheep: 32 fish catch: 513 metric tonnes industry: labour force: % //; - part of industry in GDP: % industrial products: food processing, construction materials, petroleum products mining products: of no importance CO2 emission per capita: services: labour force: % //; - part of services in GDP: % energy use (kg per capita): electricity use (per capita): annual water use (per capita): Traffic, communication road network: km //; - of which paved: % //; - of which are motorways: km vehicles: per 1000 railways: 0 km //; - railways passenger/km: - navigable inland waterways: km ownership radio receivers: per 1000 ownership tv-sets: per 1000


What was the name of the half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology?

24 Awesome greek mythology creatures with pictures | 10Steps.SG Tweet 24 Awesome greek mythology creatures with pictures I have always been fascinated by Greek mythical creatures. The only downside is that there was a lack of pictures to depict how they really look.  Thankfully, the design community has stepped in to re-imagine how these fantasy creatures look like. Most of the pictures are really awesome so I want to showcase my favorite Greek mythology creatures with pictures. Centaurs picture Source: mi9.com Centaurs are a well known race of mythology creatures who had the upper body of a man and the lower body of a horse. They were featured in the story of Theseus during their battle with Lapiths. In this story, the centaurs were invited to the wedding of Hippodamia, who was part of the Lapiths clan. In their drunken state, the centaurs took a liking to Hippodamia and attempted to steal her from the wedding. The Lapiths fought back, and with the help of Theseus, manged to drive the centaurs from the wedding. Cerberus picture Source: wall.alphacoders.com Cerberus is the famous three headed hell dog that guarded the entrance of the underworld. Appearing in both Greek and Roman mythology, Cerberus has also been depicted numerous times in various game titles. According to the Greek legend, Cerberus was was given birth by Echidna, a hybrid half-woman and half-serpent, and Typhon, which we will will cover later in the article.  Cerberus was featured in the stories of Hercules as the last labor in which the hero must captured the monster alive with no tools. There are currently some disagreement over the representation of the three heads. Some said that they represent past, present and future while others have argued that they represent birth, youth and old age. Charybdis picture Source: cghub.com Charybdis was interpreted as either a sea monster or as a large whirlpool in the Greek mythology. In the former, she was portrayed as the daughter of the sea god Poseidon and goddess of Earth, Gaia. In this interpretation, she had a mouth for a face and had to swollen huge amounts of water each day. When Charybdis belch the water back, it lead to the formation of large whirlpools. Charybdis was featured in the story of Odysseus, who had to cross a narrow channel in the Strait of Messina. On one side of the channel lies Charybdis while the other side lays a hydra monster by the name of Scylla. To cross the channel successfully, Odysseus had to balance the ship’s navigation well. This give arise to the modern saying of “‘between Scylla and Charybdis'”, which means that choosing between 2 dangers. Chimera picture Source: abstract.desktopnexus.com Chimera is a Greek mythology creature that comprise a lion, a goat and a snake.  Similar to Cerberus, Chimera parents were Typhon and Echidna. In the literature, Chimera is often depicted as a female creature, that is capable of breathing fire. Chimera was eventually killed by the Greek hero Bellerophon, with the help of another Greek mythology creature. the Pegasus. Due to Pegasus’s ability to fly, it kept Bellerophon away from the fire breath of the Chimera. The killing blow is said to be a spear that was thrown by Bellerophon. The spear contained a lump of lead that was melted by Chimera’s fire breath and killed the creature. Cyclops picture Source: God of War The name taken by the leader of the famous X Men comics, Cyclops is a Greek mythology monster that is well known for their one eye. In most Greek stories, cyclops were often depicted as giants.  According to the Greek story, cyclops were the weapon makers for Zeus to help him overthrow the rule of Cronus.  In fact, they were also the makers of many God’s weapons including Poseidon’s trident, Artemis’s bow and arrow of moonlight and Hades’s helmet of darkness. Empusa picture Souce: yahoo-trendz.blogspot.sg Empusa is a less well known Greek mythology creature. She was first introduced as a demi goddess who was birthed by the goddess Hecate and the spirit Mormo. Her physical characteristic is her beautiful flaming hair and her bronze f


In nuclear science, what word used to follow ‘half-life’, before the term was shortened in the early 1950s?

Half-life Half-life 1/2n 100/(2n) Half-life (abbreviated t1⁄2) is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value. The term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly unstable atoms undergo, or how long stable atoms survive, radioactive decay . The term is also used more generally to characterize any type of exponential or non-exponential decay. For example, the medical sciences refer to the biological half-life of drugs and other chemicals in the body. The converse of half-life is doubling time . The original term, half-life period, dating to Ernest Rutherford ‘s discovery of the principle in 1907, was shortened to half-life in the early 1950s. [1] Rutherford applied the principle of a radioactive element’s half-life to studies of age determination of rocks by measuring the decay period of radium to lead-206 . Half-life is constant over the lifetime of an exponentially decaying quantity, and it is a characteristic unit for the exponential decay equation. The accompanying table shows the reduction of a quantity as a function of the number of half-lives elapsed. Contents 7 External links Probabilistic nature of half-life Simulation of many identical atoms undergoing radioactive decay, starting with either 4 atoms per box (left) or 400 (right). The number at the top is how many half-lives have elapsed. Note the consequence of the law of large numbers : with more atoms, the overall decay is more regular and more predictable. A half-life usually describes the decay of discrete entities, such as radioactive atoms. In that case, it does not work to use the definition that states “half-life is the time required for exactly half of the entities to decay”. For example, if there are 3 radioactive atoms with a half-life of one second, there will not be “1.5 atoms” left after one second. Instead, the half-life is defined in terms of probability : “Half-life is the time required for exactly half of the entities to decay on average “. In other words, the probability of a radioactive atom decaying within its half-life is 50%. For example, the image on the right is a simulation of many identical atoms undergoing radioactive decay. Note that after one half-life there are not exactly one-half of the atoms remaining, only approximately, because of the random variation in the process. Nevertheless, when there are many identical atoms decaying (right boxes), the law of large numbers suggests that it is a very good approximation to say that half of the atoms remain after one half-life. There are various simple exercises that demonstrate probabilistic decay, for example involving flipping coins or running a statistical computer program . [2] [3] [4] Formulas for half-life in exponential decay An exponential decay can be described by any of the following three equivalent formulas: N λ t {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}N(t)&=N_{0}\left({\frac {1}{2}}\right)^{\frac {t}{t_{1/2}}}\\N(t)&=N_{0}e^{-{\frac {t}{\tau }}}\\N(t)&=N_{0}e^{-\lambda t}\end{aligned}}} where N0 is the initial quantity of the substance that will decay (this quantity may be measured in grams, moles, number of atoms, etc.), N(t) is the quantity that still remains and has not yet decayed after a time t, t1⁄2 is the half-life of the decaying quantity, τ is a positive number called the mean lifetime of the decaying quantity, λ is a positive number called the decay constant of the decaying quantity. The three parameters t1⁄2, τ, and λ are all directly related in the following way: t For a proof of these formulas, see Exponential decay § Decay by two or more processes . Examples Half life demonstrated using dice in a classroom experiment There is a half-life describing any exponential-decay process. For example: The current flowing through an RC circuit or RL circuit decays with a half-life of RCln(2) or ln(2)L/R, respectively. For this example, the term half time might be used instead of “half life”, but they mean the same thing. In a first-order chemical reaction , the half-life of the reactant is ln(2)/λ, where λ is the reaction rate constant .


“ .. he'll grow to be an angry young man some day” comes from the lyrics of which 1969 no.2 hit?

Fun:Greatest songs, liberal and conservative - RationalWiki Fun:Greatest songs, liberal and conservative From RationalWiki also see wp:Category:Songs against racism and xenophobia Alabama John Coltrane. About the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. And Sadness Will Sear Trivium. About the killing of Matthew Shepard (Specifically this is about homophobia, but it fits this category well) Biko Peter Gabriel. A protest song about the death of anti-apartheid protester Steve Biko while in police custody. Black or White Michael Jackson . "It don't matter if you're black or white." Bruises Skindred. About fighting drunken racists: "I never trusted you lot, and why don't you go back to Africa ". Born in East L.A. Cheech & Chong. Chocolate Rain Tay Zonday. Some stay dry while others feel the pain. Colorado Kool-Aid Johnny Paycheck (also recorded by Red Sovine). Don't pick racist bar fights. Damn Right I Am Somebody Fred Wesley & the JB's (1974) Don't Call me Nigger , Whitey Sly and the Family Stone. Embarrassment Madness. The song itself is a bit oblique unless you know the story behind it: Lee Thompson wrote it about his parents' response to his sister (white) becoming pregnant by her boyfriend (black). Hence "seems they don't want to know you no more... you're an embarrassment". I'm a Man Bo Diddley. Recorded in 1955, at a time when adult black men were routinely called "boy" in the South. (The beat of the song is more reminiscent of Aboriginal beats.) Melting Pot By Blue Mink - although the idea that we all ought to end up the same colour is a bit weird. Proud To Be Black Run-DMC. Racist Friend The Special AKA. If you have a racist friend, now is the time for that friendship to end. Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Parts 1 & 2) James Brown (1969) Society's Child Janis Ian Strange Fruit Billie Holiday (1939) Sun City Artists United Against Apartheid. Title track from a 1985 benefit album featuring several popular acts of that time. [1] We Don't Need No Colour Code Steve Taylor . A Christian musician no less, smacking Bob Jones University upside the head for their no-interracial-dating policy. Pocahontas Neil Young cover by Crash Vegas. "They killed us in our teepees, and they cut our women down. They might have left some babies, lying on the ground...,Marlon Brando, Pocahontas, and me." Run to the Hills Iron Maiden 16 Military Wives The Decemberists. Takes shots at both conservative war hawks and ineffectual, liberal Hollywood celebrities, but mainly focuses on the human cost of war. 99 Luftballons Nena. Cautionary tale about the end of the world being caused by a simple misunderstanding. 1916 Motorhead. Anti- WWI song. American Woman The Guess Who. Another Canadian band. Also covered by Lenny Kravitz (not a Canadian). Anti- Vietnam War song. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos Public Enemy. Sung from the point of view of a black man drafted by the government during the Vietnam War and refusing to serve. "They wanted me for their army or whatever/Picture me givin' a damn - I said never... They could not understand that I’m a black man/And I could never be a veteran." (Tricky does a good cover of this song.) Bombs Not Food The US Bombs. Discusses how the United States would rather spend money on "national security" than food for the poor . Border Lord Kris Kristofferson. "Darkness had us covered as we split from Minnesota in the morning, in the rain...when you're headed for the border, Lord, you're bound to cross the line." Unpatriotic draft dodgers! Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen. A song with a patriotic chorus that Ronald Reagan called a "message of hope" until someone on his staff actually listened to the verses and realized it was an anti-war song. [1] "Down in the shadow of penitentiary/Out by the gas fires of the refinery/I'm ten years burning down the road/Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go/Born in the U.S.A." Bring Em Home Pete Seeger. A call to get American troops the hell out of Vietnam. Brothers Brand New. Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine. "Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes/Not need, j


What nationality is tennis star Novak Djokovic?

Novak Djokovic Biography (Tennis Player) Birthplace: Belgrade, Yugoslavia(now Serbia) Best known as: The Serbian tennis star who has won the Australian Open five times Novak Djokovic is the Serbian tennis pro whose brilliant undefeated streak to start the 2011 season propelled him into a years-long run at the top of the men's professional game. He has won 12 major singles titles. Novak Djokovic was born in Belgrade just a few years before the breakup of Yugoslavia and the tumult of the Bosnian War. At age eight he began training with Jelena Gencic, the celebrated Yugoslavian coach. From 2001 to 2003 he tore his way through the junior circuits, and he played his first professional match, in Belgrade, in 2003. He won his first pro title at the 2006 Dutch Open. That year he reached the quarterfinals of the French Open and then finished the year ranked #16 in the world. Novak Djokovic won his first major, the Australian Open, in 2008. Still, he had a reputation as a jovial goof (his funny impersonations of other competitors earned him the nickname "Djoker") and as a streaky player who was easily injured. That all changed in 2011, when he began the season by winning 40 straight matches and the Australian Open before losing to Roger Federer in the semifinals of the French Open. Counting his last two matches in 2010, his total winning streak was 42 straight match wins -- just shy of the modern record of 46 set by Guillermo Vilas in 1977. He then won Wimbledon 2011 (beating rival Rafael Nadal ), which made him the #1 ranked player in the world. Djokovic won an impressive three majors in 2011 -- the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open -- and then continued the string by winning the Australian Open in 2012 (defeating Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 in an epic match that lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes) and in 2013 (defeating Andy Murray 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2). The latter victory made him the first man in the Open era to win three straight Australian Open singles titles. He completed a career Grand Slam in 2016, winning the French Open by defeating Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. At that moment he was also the reigning holder of the four major titles, having won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2015 and the Australian and French Opens in 2016. Overall, Novak Djokovic's major tournament singles championships are: the Australian Open (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016); Wimbledon (2011, 2014 and 2015); the U.S. Open (2011 and 2015); and the French Open (2016). Extra credit: Novak Djokovic is 187 centimeters (6′ 1.5″) tall, according to his official site. The site also notes that his idol growing up was 1990s tennis star Pete Sampras … His nickname is “Nole”… He is the oldest of three sons; his brothers Marko Djokovic (b. 1991) and Djordje Djokovic (b. 1995) both play tennis as well… Novak Djokovic began dating Jelena Ristic in 2005. The couple married in July of 2014. Their first child, a son named Stefan, was born in October of that year… Novak Djokovic discovered in 2010 that he was allergic to gluten, and attributed his improved form in 2011 to eliminating it from his diet… Other men who have won all four Grand Slam titles: Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Andre Agassi , Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Copyright © 1998-2017  by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved.


In the 90s, who starred in the tv series ‘The Manageress’ and several Kenco adverts? (She

LeftLion - Nottingham TV Timeline Nottingham TV Timeline 22 May 14 words: Harry Wilding "We flashback to watch Nottingham's role in local and national TV through the years" Features illustration: Tom Heather It’s been just over ten years since Carlton Studios on Lenton Lane was shut down, with more than 350 jobs going to the wall with it. Since then, we’ve had our Central news broadcast to us from Birmingham, which as anyone with a vague sense of direction and geography can tell you, is not near enough to us to be called local.   The launch of Notts TV is full of hope and promise - a bit like Notts County and Forest fans at the start of every season, but with less naivety. Could it mark a return to the glory days of us having local telly that actually means something to the people of this city? Let’s press the rewind button on our HD ready flatscreens and look dreamily into the distance as the screen goes all wibbly and we flashback to watch Nottingham’s role in local and national TV through the years…   1953 The BBC show Robin Hood is the legend’s first representation on television. It stars Patrick Troughton as the man in tights and runs for six episodes. There will be much more of our outlaw on the box over the next sixty years, and not just from the UK - the likes of Germany, France, USA, Japan, and Russia all have a crack at the legend in their own various, often wacky, ways. 1956 Following the creation of Independent Television (ITV) in 1954, Associated Television (ATV) - after messing about providing London with telly for a year - are awarded the franchise to provide the weekday independent television service for the Midlands, which began on 17 February. This was all beamed to TV viewers from Birmingham. illustration: Tom Heather 1963 Pioneer of gay rights and self-proclaimed anarchist, Ray Gosling has his first TV documentary, Two Town Mad, shown on the BBC. The film is a comparison between Leicester - where he attended uni - and Nottingham – where he moved in the early sixties and stayed. He would go on to make over a hundred documentaries up until his death in 2013, including an Inside Out in 2004 in which he revisited the same Leicester and Notts people and places he had filmed over forty years earlier. 1967 ATV extend their Midlands service to seven days a week. So, yeah, now covering, like, 100% of time. 1972 Cult children’s TV series Rainbow gets its first airing on the ITV network. The voice of George, and later Zippy, are both done by Nottingham-born actor and voiceover artist Roy Skelton. His previous work was mainly on Doctor Who, voicing villains such as Daleks, Cybermen and Krotons. Born in Nottingham in 1925, actor Ivor Roberts - after a lot of theatre work - starts his TV acting career in his mid-forties with several episodes of Coronation Street. He would go on to star in episodes of The Sweeney, Doctor Who, Porridge, Z Cars, Crossroads, Two Up Two Down, You Rang, M’Lord?… the list goes on. His most recurring role was as Arnold, an engine driver, in Oh Doctor Beeching, from 1995 to 1997. 1974 Brian Clough makes TV history by carping on about how much he dislikes Leeds and Don Revie in a very candid interview with David Frost. This comes days after his forty four day stint as manager at Leeds United, just prior to him joining Nottingham Forest for a trophy-ridden eighteen years. illustration: Tom Heather 1977 Alan Sillitoe makes his TV writing debut with an adaptation of his 1972 short story Pit Strike, written in response to the 1972 miners’ strikes. It is shown as a part of BBC2’s Premiere, a series of standalone dramas, and stars a young Bernard Hill. Ilkeston-born Robert Lindsay becomes the archetypal ragtag radical in a three-year run of the BBC comedy series Citizen Smith. 1980-1988 A year after making her telleh debut in Two Up, Two Down, the fictional English holiday camp Maplins opens its doors to Su Pollard, and us, with its friendly greeting, Hi-de-Hi! The sitcom, and Su’s part in it, lasts for nine series and firmly installs her and her character of Peggy into the hearts of Nottingham an


On the original 1939 posters, what were the two last words?

History - Keep Calm and Carry On Poster HISTORY HISTORY So what is this Keep Calm and Carry On thing all about then? The Ministry of Information was formed by the British Government as the department responsible for publicity and propaganda during the Second World War. In late 1939 after the outbreak of the war, the MOI was appointed by the British Government to design a number of morale boosting posters that would be displayed across the British Isles during the testing times that lay ahead. With a bold coloured background, the posters were required to be similar in style and feature the symbolic crown of King George VI along with a simple yet effective font. The first two posters , ‘Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution will Bring Us Victory’ and ‘Freedom is in Peril’ were produced by His Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO). These two were posted on public transport, in shop windows, upon notice boards and hoardings across Britain. The third and final poster of the set was again very straightforward and to the point - it simply read ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’. The plan in place for this poster was to issue it only upon the invasion of Britain by Germany. As this never happened, the poster was never officially seen by the public. It is believed that most of the Keep Calm posters were destroyed and reduced to a pulp at the end of the war in 1945. However, nearly 60 years later, a bookseller from Barter Books stumbled across a copy hidden amongst a pile of dusty old books bought from an auction. A small number also remain in the National Archives and the Imperial War Museum in London, and a further 15 were discovered in the BBC's Antiques Roadshow to have been given to Moragh Turnbull, from Cupar, Fife, by her father William, who served as a member of the Royal Observer Corps. We too own one of a handful of the original posters that remains in existence. It was purchased at an auction of wartime memorabilia and which our products are a replication of.  You can read more about the auction by clicking here. Sadly no record remains of the unknown Civil Servant who originally came up with the simple and quintessential Britishness of the Keep Calm and Carry On message. However, it is wonderful to think that all these years later people still find it so appealing and reassuring in our modern times.


In 2012, which London pop-rock band took part in ‘The Keep Calm and Play Louder Tour’?

McFly at The Hammersmith Apollo - Keep Calm and PLay Louder Tour - Fans Review - YouTube McFly at The Hammersmith Apollo - Keep Calm and PLay Louder Tour - Fans Review Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 26, 2012 http://www.winkball.com/walls/MWIdHwc... 'Keep Calm and Play Louder': is that really what you want, McFly? Calm fans are boring fans in pop and pop-punk circles, surely? So when the foursome are rocking out the Hammersmith Apollo for their latest gig of their 26-date UK tour, they're gonna forget their latest 2012 tour title and make fans dance like crazy as they play louder. They may have been around since 2003 -- that's nearly a decade, math-fans. But as they work on their sixth studio album, their fan base is still going strong. Okay, so The Girl With Five Colours In Her Hair no longer has five colours in her hair -- but she's still there. She's just dyed her hair a more demure shade of Chocolate Truffle Brown. They were originally like a cooler version of Busted -- because they evaded the super-cheesy pop route in favour of something only mildly pop rock. McFly, made-up of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd, went straight to number one with their debut 'Five Colours in Her Hair' single, and have pretty much never looked back. With many Smash Hits Awards, Brit Awards, UK Festival Awards and Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards -- not to mention several album and single number one's -- to their Back To The Future inspired name. (That's Marty McFly, aka Michael J. Fox, from the very awesome comedy sci-fi trilogy). The band have matured -- well, as much as guys in their mid-twenties can do -- and their most recent album, 'Above The Noise' from 2010, somewhat reflects that. This March/April 2012 UK tour promotes this fifth studio album, which included their biggest single to date: 'Shine A Light', which sold over 300,000 copies in the UK. The guys are working on their sixth album as you read these very words. Category


Who starred as Dan Matthews in ‘Highway Patrol’?

Classic TV: Highway Patrol | Nostalgia and Now Nostalgia and Now Broderick Crawford as seen on Highway Patrol.   Highway Patrol was a syndicated television program produced by Ziv TV. It starred Broderick Crawford as Dan Matthews the commander of a highway patrol unit in an unidentified state. I can still remember Matthews saying 10-4 into his radio-telephone. One show I have in a collection of classic television videos shows a criminal takings a school bus driver and some kids as hostages. The excitement builds as the story culminates in an exciting conclusion. I haven’t seen the show on any channel for many years. Crawford was perfect in the role of Matthews since he looked the part of a gruff  plainclothes policeman who was all business and totally focused on his job of getting criminals off the streets and highways. The show debuted on October 3, 1955 and the last episode was shown on September 1, 1959. 156 shows were shown during its four-year run on television. Back in those days 39 shows were produced for a years run on television but nowadays 24 or fewer new shows are made of a series Highway Patrol may not compare well with the police shows of today but for me it was the kind of  show that I always looked forward to the next episode as soon as that night’s episode had ended. Crawford may have been better known for his role as Willie Stark in All The King’s Men which was released in 1949. However I remember him better for Highway Patrol since I watched this show regularly week after week. This is the opening of Highway Patrol which will bring back memories to those that watched it till it went off the air 50 years ago. Broderick Crawford was born December 9, 1911 and died April 26, 1986 at the age of 74. Rate this: Posted by Andrew Godfrey on September 15, 2009 in Classic TV   Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. (  Log Out  /  Change  ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. (  Log Out  /  Change  ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. (  Log Out  /  Change  ) You are commenting using your Google+ account. (  Log Out  /  Change  ) Notify me of new comments via email. September 2009 Fox Network Has American Idol Final Season on Fast Track February 22, 2016 Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban   The Fox Network is ending the 15 season run of American Idol, and they seem to be in a rush to get the show off the air, since the last show will be April 7. The season finale was on May 13 for Season […] Andrew Godfrey Nancy Wilson – 59 Years of Singing Easy Listening Music December 4, 2015 Nancy Wilson   Nancy Wilson was born on February 20, 1937 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She is now 78, and knew she would be a singer at the age of four. Wilson recorded Like in Love in 1959, which was her first album. She recorded her last album Turned to Blue in 2006. That album won […] Andrew Godfrey What We Didn’t Have in 1950 September 1, 2015 1954 Admiral Television I was 10 years old in 1954, when we bought our first television. We didn’t even buy the television to watch television. If I remember correctly my sister had a lazy eye, and prescribed a television (talk about an expensive prescription) so she would use her lazy eye more. We fixed a […] Andrew Godfrey One Million Hits July 15, 2015 I want to thank the readers of Nostalgia Now for reaching the 1,000,000 hits mark. The blog started in April of 2009 and was not active, when internet was out for long periods of time plus was out for several months, when I had cancer surgery and chemotherapy in late 2012 and early 2013.  Thank […] Andrew Godfrey Five Innocent People Convicted of Murder July 15, 2015 Eric Glisson released after 17 years in prison for crime he didn’t commit. We all have heard prisoners say they didn’t do the crime, that they are imprisoned for, but in the case of Eric Glisson he was telling the truth. It took 17 years before his innocence was proved, but he is a free […] Andrew Godfrey Jim


What was the name of the cow in ‘The Woodentops’?

The Woodentops 1958 - YouTube The Woodentops 1958 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jun 20, 2009 Idyllic life down on the farm with Mummy, Daddy, Jenny, Willy and Baby Woodentop. Buttercup the cow and Spotty Dog also made appearances Category


What was the original, slightly controversial title of the Monkees’ hit ‘Alternate Title’?

The Monkees: Music Downloads, Album Info & More – artistxite.com The Monkees Show me Biography The Monkees are an American pop rock band originally active between 1965 and 1971, with subsequent reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed. They were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968. The musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz , Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork and British actor and singer Davy Jones. The band's music was initially supervised by producer Don Kirshner. Dolenz described the Monkees as initially being "a TV show about an imaginary band ... that wanted to be The Beatles , that was never successful". The actor-musicians, however, soon became a real band. For the first few months of their initial five-year career as "The Monkees", the four actor-musicians were allowed only limited roles in the recording studio. This was due in part to the amount of time required to film the television series. Nonetheless, Nesmith did compose and produce some songs from the beginning, and Peter Tork contributed limited guitar work on the sessions produced by Nesmith. They eventually fought for and earned the right to collectively supervise all musical output under the band's name. The sitcom was canceled in 1968, but the band continued to record music through 1971. A revival of interest in the television show came in 1986, which led to a series of reunion tours and new records. Up until 2011 the group had reunited and toured several times, with varying degrees of success. Despite the sudden death of Davy Jones on February 29, 2012, the surviving members reunited for a tour in November–December 2012 and again in 2013 for a 24-date tour. The Monkees have sold more than 75 million records worldwide and had international hits, including "Last Train to Clarksville", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Daydream Believer" and "I'm a Believer". At their peak in 1967, the band outsold The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined. Aspiring filmmaker Bob Rafelson developed the initial idea for The Monkees in 1962, but was unsuccessful in selling the series. He had tried selling it to Revue, the television division of Universal Pictures. In May 1964, while working at Screen Gems, Rafelson teamed up with Bert Schneider, whose father, Abraham Schneider, headed the Colpix Television and Screen Gems Television units of Columbia Pictures. Rafelson and Schneider ultimately formed Raybert Productions. The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night inspired Rafelson and Schneider to revive Rafelson's idea for The Monkees. As "The Raybert Producers", they sold the show to Screen Gems Television on April 16, 1965. Rafelson and Schneider's original idea was to cast an existing New York folk rock group, The Lovin' Spoonful , who were not widely known at the time. However, John Sebastian had already signed the band to a record contract, which would have denied Screen Gems the right to market music from the show. On July 14, 1965, The Hollywood Reporter stated that future band member Davy Jones was expected to return to the United States in September 1965 after a trip to England "to prepare for TV pilot for Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson". Jones had previously starred as the Artful Dodger in the Broadway show Oliver!, which debuted on December 17, 1962, and his performance was later seen on The Ed Sullivan Show the same night as the Beatles' first appearance on that show, February 9, 1964. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical in 1963. In September 1964 he was signed to a long-term contract to appear in TV programs for Screen Gems, make feature films for Columbia Pictures and to record music for the Colpix label. Rafelson and Schneider already had him in mind for their project after their plans for The Lovin' Spoonful fell through; when they chose him, he was essentially a proto-star looking for his lucky break. On September 8–10, 1965, Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter ran an ad to cast the r


Mythology. Who was said to be the husband of Helen of Troy?

Helen - Greek Mythology Link About • Copyright © 1997 Carlos Parada and Maicar Förlag. Helen 7804: John Gibson 1790-1866: Helen of Troy. Marble. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. "Many a life beside      Scamander's streams perished for me." (Helen. Euripides, Helen 52). "You daughter of Tyndareus , you are no child of Zeus , but I say you were born of many a        father, first of some evil demon, next of Envy , then of Murder and of Death , and every horror that the earth        breeds." ( Andromache .         Euripides, Daughters          of Troy 765). Helen was abducted by the seducer Paris and held in Troy , and for her sake a    large army sailed against that city in order to    have her restored to her husband Menelaus , king of Sparta . Cause of war (I) Helen was famous in the whole world for her      beauty; and beauty being a precious thing, many      contended in order to possess her. Therefore, she      was also hated by many others on account of the      woes her beauty caused. For the Trojan War , some      believe, was caused by her, and since many died in      that huge conflict, she was surnamed "Lady of      Sorrows". Cause of war (II) But some consider Paris to be the cause of that war; for it was he, who      breaking all laws of hospitality, persuaded her to      follow him to Troy . And      others blame both: "… For very grief I fainted, cursing Helen the sister of the Dioscuri , and Paris the baleful shepherd of Ida; for       it was their marriage, which was no marriage but       misery sent by some demon, that robbed me of my       country and drove me from my home." (Trojan captives. Euripides, Hecabe 945). Cause of war (III) Yet, some believe that Paris cannot be held      responsible either; for he was guided by the      goddess Aphrodite ,      whom he favored in the judgement of Mount Ida.      Therefore, they think, he who wishes to find the      cause of the Trojan       War should look up at heaven, and stop blaming      mortals. Otherwise Hecabe 1 could also be blamed for having given birth      to Paris ; or Priam 1 could be held responsible for not having slain his child when he was advised to do so. Following this line of thought, some imagine     that Zeus sent the three     goddesses to Mount Ida in order to be judged by the     shepherd Paris , having in     mind the destruction of mankind. For the ruler of     heaven, they say, purposed to make his daughter     Helen famous, along with the race of the demigods,     by letting her cause a war between Europe and Asia.     Otherwise, they believe, Eris had not thrown her     infamous apple at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, which     caused Hera , Athena and Aphrodite to contend     against each other. Chain of events Yet the chain of events "Apple of Eris - The Goddesses'      Dispute - Judgement of Paris - Abduction of      Helen" has been regarded by some as utterly      ridiculous, since the goddessesthey      arguedid not need that prize: "For why      should goddess Hera set her heart so much on such a       prize? Was it to win a nobler lord than Zeus ? or was Athena hunting down among the gods a        husband, she who in her dislike of marriage won        from her father the gift of remaining        unwed?" ( Hecabe 1 to Helen. Euripides, Daughters         of Troy 979). As for Aphrodite ,     they say, she did not need to follow Paris to Sparta , since she could,     had she wished, bring Helen to Troy instead. And as no     mortal can ever know what in reality is inside the     minds of the gods, men end blaming either one or     another, depending on where each stands. For what     they themselves call "scapegoats" must, in any     case, be always appointed. Aphrodite , some      say, was in Helen's imagination and nowhere else.


The Bible. Who was the royal person who questioned the wisdom of Solomon?

Solomon | king of Israel | Britannica.com king of Israel c. 975 BCE - c. 926 BCE Related Biographies Solomon, Hebrew Shlomo , biblical Israelite king who built the first Temple of Jerusalem and who is revered in Judaism and Christianity for his wisdom and in Islam as a prophet. The judgement of Solomon, engraving by Gustave Doré, 19th century. Photos.com/Jupiterimages Background and sources Nearly all evidence for Solomon’s life and reign comes from the Bible (especially the first 11 chapters of the First Book of Kings and the first nine chapters of the Second Book of Chronicles ). According to those sources, his father was David (flourished c. 1000 bce), the poet and king who, against great odds, founded the Judaean dynasty and united all the tribes of Israel under one monarch. Solomon’s mother was Bathsheba , formerly the wife of David’s Hittite general, Uriah. She proved to be adept at court intrigue, and through her efforts, in concert with the prophet Nathan, Solomon was anointed king while David was still alive, despite the fact that he was younger than his brothers. Material evidence for Solomon’s reign, as for that of his father, is scant. Although some scholars claim to have discovered artifacts that corroborate the biblical account of his reign in the early 10th century bce, others claim that the archaeological record strongly suggests that the fortified cities and even the Temple of Jerusalem actually emerged more than a century later. In the latter view, the kingdom of Solomon was far from the vast empire that the biblical narrative describes. Reign The Bible says that Solomon consolidated his position by liquidating his opponents ruthlessly as soon as he acceded to the throne. Once rid of his foes, he established his friends in the key posts of the military, governmental, and religious institutions. Solomon also reinforced his position through military strength. In addition to infantry, he had at his disposal impressive chariotry and cavalry. The eighth chapter of 2 Chronicles recounts Solomon’s successful military operations in Syria . His aim was the control of a great overland trading route. To consolidate his interests in the province, he planted Israelite colonies to look after military, administrative, and commercial matters. Such colonies, often including cities in which chariots and provisions were kept, were in the long tradition of combining mercantile and military personnel to take care of their sovereign’s trading interests far from home. Megiddo , a town located at the pass through the Carmel range connecting the coastal plain with the Plain of Esdraelon , is the best-preserved example of one of the cities that Solomon is said to have established. Britannica Stories Cheetahs Face Extinction Risk Palestine was destined to be an important centre because of its strategic location for trade by land and sea. It alone connects Asia and Africa by land, and, along with Egypt , it is the only area with ports on the Atlantic-Mediterranean and Red Sea–Indian Ocean waterways. Solomon is said to have fulfilled the commercial destiny of Palestine and brought it to its greatest heights. The nature of his empire was predominantly commercial, and it served him and friendly rulers to increase trade by land and sea. One particularly celebrated episode in the reign of Solomon is the visit of the Queen of Sheba , whose wealthy southern Arabian kingdom lay along the Red Sea route into the Indian Ocean . Solomon needed her products and her trade routes for maintaining his commercial network, and she needed Solomon’s cooperation for marketing her goods in the Mediterranean via his Palestinian ports. Biblical legend makes much of a romance between the Queen and Solomon, and his granting her “all that she desired, whatever she asked” (1 Kings 10:13) has been interpreted to include a child. Tradition recognizes Solomon as an ambitious builder of public works. The demand for fortresses and garrison cities throughout his homeland and empire made it necessary for Solomon to embark on a vast building program, and the prosper


What name is shared by a violet-coloured flower and a gastropod mollusc?

Lesson: Molluscs: Snails, Bivalves and Octopus Lesson:  Molluscs: General Lesson Plan BY: Avril  Bourquin and Robynn Honeychurch First  things first! Printout and use the lesson  plan checklist to assist you in making the most out of your lesson plan   Length of Lesson: Approximately 3 hours for the general lesson plan.  This however, can be any length depending on the plan you choose to use or make  up from the materials presented here. Their is more than enough information  and additional resources presented here, that it can quite easily be split into  many different lesson plans formats. *Please note that this is  an extensive lesson plan containing a lot of information and ideas. You, as  the teacher should take the time to read through the following pages and determine  which format and which activities will work best for you and your students. TEACHERS:By no means try to present  all the information in one lesson plan. Scan this lesson plan, then decide which  lesson plan format and materials you wish to use for your class. Lesson     Plans presented in this package Lesson     Plan Format 2 hours plus   Suggested     lesson plans that can be created from the information found in this general     lesson plan Snails, Bivalves      and Octopus: decide which grade level and materials are most appropriate      for you. A lot of information and activities have been placed here so      that you may easily personalize a lesson plan best suited for you and      your class and time available for this subject. Gastropods (Marine      Gastropods lesson plan information is coded brown) Bivalves      (Bivalve lesson plan information is Coded Green) Cephalopods      (Cephalopod information is coded Navy Blue)   Instructional  Goal To provide students with an introduction to the invertebrate phylum, mollusca  and to help them gain a basic understanding of molluscs in general. In most of these lesson plans, three main classes will be discussed in general.  Those classes are; the gastropods, bivalves and cephalopods. The main emphasis  in the K to 8 lesson plans will be on the terrestrial (land snail) gastropods  mainly. The 8 - 12 lesson plan will also include a discussion on the other classes.  Those of the Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Monoplacophora and Aplacophora. Discussions and materials  presented will cover such things as anatomy of the mollusc, needs of the mollusc  and procreation of the molluscs. Your students will also learn how and why molluscs  are important to humans and the environment. They will also be presented with  the habitat and environmental problems involved around and with molllusc. Performance Objective Students will create a report, including drawings and notes based on the information  presented to them and the observations they make of their molluscs, shells,  habitats and work sheets presented in this lesson plan. Students should be encouraged  to participate in discussions about molluscs, their value to humans and the  environment and a bit on "Molluscs: Friend or foes?". Students should also help  out in making a molluscan habitat and other classroom projects (e.g. posters)  based on molluscs. Rationale Molluscs are an integral part of our environment. In studying this life form,  students will observe the way these animals are a very important member of our  world today. The mollusc's reliance upon the environment in which they live,  and the way in which we humans rely on them, exemplifies the interconnectedness  of all the ecosystems of the earth.   Lesson Content Students will be presented   information, visual, and written plus worksheet projects on the main classes   of molluscs: gastropods (ex.: snails), bivalves (ex.: oysters and clams),   and cephalopods (ex.: octopuses). Senior levels will also include the the   other four classes of molluscs. Students will: discuss what molluscs     require to live and stay healthy hear (younger students)


According to the proverb, ‘None but the brave deserve …’ what?

None but the brave deserve the fair - Idioms by The Free Dictionary None but the brave deserve the fair - Idioms by The Free Dictionary http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/None+but+the+brave+deserve+the+fair None but the brave deserve the fair None but the brave deserve the fair. Prov. Only a courageous and gallant man deserves a beautiful woman.; Only the best deserves the best. Stop making excuses and just call Gina. None but the brave deserve the fair. 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: None but the brave deserve the fair


Whose painting, ‘Benefits Supervisor Resting’, sold for £35.8million at auction?

In New York auctions $2bn already spent but no one is that surprised Art market news In New York auctions $2bn already spent but no one is that surprised Most works at Christie’s auction on Wednesday were guaranteed to sell including Lucian Freud's reclining nude, which fetched an ample price by Charlotte Burns , Gareth Harris  |  14 May 2015 Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Resting (1994) sold for $56.2m Reddit Last night’s bumper sale of postwar and contemporary art at Christie’s means that more than $2bn has been spent so far this fortnight in the New York auctions of Impressionist and Modern and postwar and contemporary art. More than $1bn of this sum has been spent at Christie’s this week—a record spree in such a short amount of time. Wednesday’s 82-lot sale was an exercise in stamina and spending, with $658.5m spent in two-and-a-half hours during which 88% of the works sold. It followed Monday evening’s standalone sale, Looking Forward to the Past, which totaled $705.9m for 35 lots. Fifty of the lots were guaranteed—a whopping 61%—either by Christie’s, third parties or a combination of the two, and their combined pre-sale high estimate was almost $500m. (On Monday, 69% were guaranteed to sell.) There was lively bidding for the auction’s cover lot, Mark Rothko’s No. 10 (1958), which came with an estimate in excess of $45m and was guaranteed by the house. The work was consigned by a private US collector who had bought the painting from Pace Gallery in 1985, and loaned it to an exhibition at Tate London the following year. There were at least six bidders for the canvas, including the dealer Jose Mugrabi and Christie’s staffers such as Amin Jaffer, the international director of Asian art; Ana-Maria Celis, a postwar and contemporary art specialist, and Lisa Layfer, the director of business development for the same department. The work eventually hammered at $73m to Layfer. Its $81.9m total, when fees were added, came close to the $86.9m record set in 2012 for Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow (1961). There was a world record set for Lucian Freud at $56.2m (with fees) when the private dealer Pilar Ordovas bought his painting Benefits Supervisor Resting (1994), in which the amply proportioned British government worker Sue Tilley reclines resplendently. The work—which was guaranteed by the house—had been estimated to sell for between $30m and $50m. “I’d call that an ample price,” said David Nash, the co-founder of Mitchell-Innes and Nash gallery. Demonstrating the vertical recalibration of the market over the past decade, another work in Freud’s four-painting series, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995), had briefly held the title of the most expensive work by a living artist when the collector Roman Abramovich bought it for $33.6m in 2008. (Freud died in 2011. The record for a living artist now belongs to Jeff Koons, whose orange Balloon Dog (1994-2000) sold for $58.4m at Christie’s in 2013.) A large and unusual work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Field Next to the Other Road (1981), which features a stick figure man leading a cow, was the sixth highest lot, selling for $37.1m (with fees, est $25m-$35m). The private dealer Christophe Van de Weghe underbid the work, which had been consigned by the dealer Tony Shafrazi. “I was sorry not to get it,” Van de Weghe said. “I tried to buy the work once before in the 1990s at the start of my career. It was on offer then between $125,000 and $175,000 and was bought in, which meant I could have bought it the next day for $75,000—but I didn’t have the money then.” Meanwhile, bidding stalled quickly for Francis Bacon’s Portrait of Henrietta Moraes (1963). It made $47.8m—a significant return for the consignor who had bought it just three years ago at Christie’s London for $33.4m, though its swift return to market contributed to its falling a little short of the pre-sale hype, dealers said. “It was a strong sale—you’re almost not surprised anymore,” said the European dealer Thaddaeus Ropac as he left the saleroom. “It’s an unreal world—we had a great opening at Frieze, and now these auctions.


Which politician was described as “a snarling, thin-skinned, obsessive man”?

Nigel Farage is a 'snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive' man, says campaign chief | Politics | The Guardian Nigel Farage Nigel Farage is a 'snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive' man, says campaign chief MEP Patrick O’Flynn says re-elected leader is turning Ukip into a personality cult hours after sole MP told Farage party should refuse £650,000 from public purse Owen Bennett, the author of Following Farage, says Patrick O’Flynn had the support of Ukip members Nigel Farage Nigel Farage is a 'snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive' man, says campaign chief MEP Patrick O’Flynn says re-elected leader is turning Ukip into a personality cult hours after sole MP told Farage party should refuse £650,000 from public purse Thursday 14 May 2015 02.58 EDT First published on Wednesday 13 May 2015 19.38 EDT Close This article is 1 year old Nigel Farage has been described by his own general election campaign director as a “snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive” man who is turning Ukip into a personality cult. Patrick O’Flynn, Ukip MEP for the East of England, made his devastating comments in an interview with the Times. The blunt statements appear to be the latest sign of Ukip’s descent into civil war following Farage’s failure to win the parliamentary seat of South Thanet, and his U-turn on standing down as party leader. Pinterest Nigel Farage’s resignation as Ukip leader was rejected and he remains in the post. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP O’Flynn also hit out at Farage’s “inexperienced” aides, who he said needed to be cleared out. He called for a more consultative and consensual style of leadership to avoid the appearance of the party being an “absolute monarchy”. But late on Wednesday night, a senior Ukip source questioned whether O’Flynn was “behaving in a manner befitting a professional political party”. O’Flynn is not the only senior Ukip figure to reveal tensions at the heart of the party in recent days following its failure to win more than a single seat. Farage has clashed with the party’s only remaining MP, Douglas Carswell , over whether to accept £650,000 in public funding as a party of opposition. Carswell, the MP for Clacton – who defected from the Tories last year – had dismissed suggestions from Ukip aides that he used the money to hire 15 members of staff for his parliamentary office, calling the idea “completely inappropriate”. Farage and Carswell failed to resolve their standoff at a meeting on Wednesday. Amid speculation that Carswell could leave the party over the issue, a Ukip spokesman said: “Nigel Farage met with Douglas Carswell this afternoon and there’s ongoing discussion about how best to represent four million Ukip voters in a way that is sensible and correct.” Carswell has denied suggestions that he could attempt to rejoin the Conservatives; the bookmaker William Hill now has him at evens not to be a Ukip MP by the next election. Should Carswell resign from Ukip, the party would lose the £650,000 a year in so-called “short money” to which it is entitled after getting 3.9m votes overall. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Wednesday, Carswell said: “There are one or two rather excitable staffers in Ukip who came up with a proposal that involved hiring 15 extra people. “I mean, I’m not an American senator. I doubt that even Ed Miliband when he was leader of the opposition would have had 15 staff in his office. “Ukip is meant to be different and Ukip is going to be different. And I think we need to make it absolutely clear that when we spend money, we are doing it because it is the right thing to do, not just simply because the money’s there.” A senior party staffer told the BBC that it was up to the party how it spent the money, which would go to Ukip regardless of Carswell’s views. “This is him throwing his toys out of the pram because he thought Nigel wouldn’t be leader any more,” the staffer said. This week Carswell declined to comment to reporters about Farage’s decision to withdraw his resignation as leader of Ukip four days after standing down. However, on Wednesday he said he was “very pl


The Fitzroy shipping area, named after him, was previously known as what?

ROBERT FITZROY TAKES HIS OWN LIFE · The HMS BEAGLE PROJECT Donate Now ROBERT FITZROY TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy took his own life in Norwood, Surrey on 30 April 1865. Aged almost 60, he had been given leave of absence from his meteorological work due to ill-health a few months earlier. On the day of his death he rose early, walked to his dressing room, kissing his daughter on the way, and slit his throat with a razor. He died penniless, after spending his personal fortune on public meteorological projects. FitzRoy has been commemorated around the world, with Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia, southern South America, the FitzRoy River in Australia, Fitzroy Island in the Falkland Islands and Port FitzRoy in New Zealand all named after him. In 2002, the Met Office chose the name of their first leader, FitzRoy, for the shipping-forecast sea region formerly known as Finisterre.


In 1831 he was re-appointed commander of which famous vessel?

HMS BEAGLE AND CHARLES DARWIN     HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig of the Royal     Navy , named after the beagle, a breed of dog. She was launched on 11     May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River     Thames , at a cost of ï¿½7,803. In July of that year she took part in     a fleet review celebrating the coronation of King George IV of the     United Kingdom in which she was the first ship to sail under the new London     Bridge . After that there was no immediate need for Beagle so     she was kept in reserve for five years and "lay in ordinary",     moored afloat but unmanned. She was then adapted as a survey barque and     took part in three expeditions. On the second survey voyage the young     naturalist Charles     Darwin was on board, and his work would eventually make the Beagle one of the most famous ships in history.   First     Voyage   On     27 September 1825 Beagle docked at Woolwich for repairs and     fitted out for her new duties at a total cost of ï¿½5,913. Her guns were     reduced from ten cannons to six and a mizzenmast was added to improve     her maneuverability, thereby changing her from a brig to a bark (or     barque).   Beagle set sail on 22 May 1826 for her first voyage, under the command of     Captain Pringle Stokes. The mission was to accompany the larger ship HMS Adventure (380 tons) on a hydrographic survey of Patagonia and     Tierra del Fuego, under the overall command of the Australian Captain     Philip Parker King.   Faced     with the more difficult part of the survey in the desolate waters of     Tierra del Fuego, Captain Pringle Stokes fell into a deep depression. At     Port Famine on the Strait of Magellan he locked himself in his cabin for     14 days, then on 2 August 1828 shot himself and died in delirium 12 days     later. Captain Parker King then replaced Stokes with the Executive     Officer of the Beagle, Lieutenant W.G. Skyring. They sailed to     Rio de Janeiro where on 15 December 1828 Rear Admiral Sir Robert Otway,     commander in chief of the South American station aboard HMS Ganges,     named as (temporary) Captain of the Beagle his aide, Flag     Lieutenant Robert FitzRoy.   The     23 year old aristocrat FitzRoy proved an able commander and meticulous     surveyor. In one incident a group of Fuegians stole a ships boat, and     FitzRoy took their families on board as hostages. Eventually he held two     men, a girl and a boy who was given the name of Jemmy Button, and these     four native Fuegians were taken back with them when the Beagle returned to Plymouth, England on 14 October 1830.   Second     voyage   It     was originally intended that Chanticleer would make the second     South American Survey, but due to her poor condition Beagle was     substituted for the voyage. FitzRoy had been considering how to return     the Fuegians who had trained as missionaries, and on 25 June 1831 he was     re-appointed as commander. The Beagle was commissioned on 4 July     1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy.   She     was immediately taken into dock for extensive rebuilding and refitting.     As she required a new deck, FitzRoy had the upper-deck raised     considerably, by 8 inches (200 mm) aft and 12 inches (300 mm) forward.     The Cherokee class ships had the reputation of being "coffin     brigs", which handled badly and were prone to sinking. By helping     the decks to drain more quickly with less water collecting in the     gunnels, the raised deck gave the Beagle better handling and made her     less liable to become top-heavy and capsize. Additional sheathing added     to the hull added about 7 tons to her displacement. FitzRoy spared no     expense in her fitting out, which included 22 chronometers and five     examples of the Sympiesometer, a kind of mercury-free barometer     patented by Alexander Adie and favo


What is the name of SpongeBob SquarePants’ (sic) pet snail?

SpongeBob SquarePants Snail Care Role Playing Game Game Art Game Description Get ready to spend some quality time with Gary the Snail from SpongeBob SquarePants. In this free online nurture game, SpongeBob SquarePants: Snail Care, you are taking care of and nurturing your own snail. Choose your snail's shell color, name him or her, and come home to the pineapple under the sea in Bikini Bottom. Once in SpongeBob SquarePants' house, you can spend hours entertaining your snail. Throw a ball of string for him or point a laser around the room! Make sure you give your snail baths when she gets dirty, and feed her when she gets hungry. Nurture your snail and watch him grow. Play SpongeBob SquarePants: Snail Care and other free online games on nick.com. How to Play:


What name did Manuel give to his pet rat in ‘Fawlty Towers’?

"Fawlty Towers" Basil the Rat (TV Episode 1979) - Quotes - IMDb Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options Mr. Carnegie : I think these premises do not come up to the standard required by this authority. Unless appropriate steps are taken instantly, I shall have no alternative but to prosecute or recommend closure to the appropriate committee of the council, uh, specifically: The lack of proper cleaning routines, dirty and greasy filters, greasy and encrusted deep fat fryer, dirty, cracked and stained food preparation surfaces, dirty, cracked and missing wall and floor tiles, dirty, marked and stained utensils, dirty and greasy interior surfaces of the ventilator hood... Basil Fawlty : Yes, about the deep fat fryer... Mr. Carnegie : ...inadequate temperature control and storage of dangerous foodstuffs, storage of cooked and raw meat in same trays, storage of raw meat above confectionery with consequent dripping of meat juices onto cream products, refrigerator seals loose and cracked, ice box undefrosted, and refrigerator overstocked...


Who wrote the play ‘Barefoot in the Park’, which premiered on Broadway in 1963?

Barefoot in the Park | Story | Broadway.com Barefoot in the Park Browse more shows you may also be interested in. Duration Overview Story Story Young newlyweds Corine and Paul Bratter are back on Broadway for the first time since Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park premiered in 1963! Up-and-coming stars Amanda Peet (best known for the films The Whole Nine Yards and Something's Gotta Give and recently seen at the Public Theater in Neil LaBute's This Is How It Goes) and Patrick Wilson (a Tony nominee for The Full Monty and Oklahoma! who also starred in the big screen The Phantom of the Opera) will step into the roles played by Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in the well-loved film version of the comedy. Rounding out the leading cast are Jill Clayburgh as Corie's mother and Tony Roberts as the eccentric upstairs neighbor, Victor Velasco. Acclaimed director Scott Elliott (The Women, Hurlyburly) will stage this highly-anticipated revival, which starts previews in late January on Broadway.


What was the first name of the English painter Gainsborough, 1727-1788?

Thomas Gainsborough, the painter (1727 - 1788) - Genealogy Thomas Gainsborough, the painter Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos in London, Greater London, UK Place of Burial: May 14 1727 - Suffolk, England Death: July 15 1746 - Saint George Mayfair, Westminster, London, England Wife: Cause of death: Cancer - Aug 2 1788 - London Brother: John Gainsborough, Mary Gainsborough (born Burrough) Wife: John Gainsborough, Mary Gainsborough (born Burrough) Wife: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gainsborough Thomas Gainsborough (christened 14 May 1727 – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter. He was born the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver in Suffolk, and, in 1740, left home to study art in London with Hubert Gravelot, Francis Hayman, and William Hogarth. In 1746, he married Margaret Burr, and the couple became the parents of two daughters. He moved to Bath in 1759 where fashionable society patronised him, and he began exhibiting in London. In 1769, he became a founding member of the Royal Academy, but his relationship with the organization was thorny and he sometimes withdrew his work from exhibition. Gainsborough moved to London in 1774, and painted portraits of the King and Queen, but the King was obliged to name as royal painter Gainsborough's rival Joshua Reynolds. In his last years, Gainsborough painted relatively simple landscapes and is credited (with Richard Wilson) as the originator of the 18th century British landscape school. Gainsborough died of cancer in 1788 and is interred at St. Anne's Church, Kew, Surrey. He painted quickly and his later pictures are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes. He preferred landscapes to portraits. Cecil Kellaway portrayed Gainsborough in the 1945 film Kitty.


Which musical features the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?

Jersey Beat: The Music of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Jersey Beat: The Music of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons AllMusic Rating google+ AllMusic Review               by Richie Unterberger In the wake of the success of Jersey Boys, the theatrical production based on the Four Seasons ' lives, Rhino issued this impressive three-CD, 76-track box set, which also includes a DVD of a dozen film clips from 1962-1975. It's never been hard to find a Four Seasons best-of that includes all their big hits (which are all here as well), but for those who want a bigger collection of the group's material, this fills the bill well. The usual intelligence Rhino brings to such large career retrospectives is in force here, the songs including numerous low-charting singles that usually don't make the cut for best-of anthologies; various LP-only tracks, and B-sides; Frankie Valli solo efforts; singles they released under the pseudonym of the Wonder Who? ; and much more material from their post-1967 era than is found on most compilations. In fact, most of the really popular stuff is on disc one and the first half of disc two, though the box runs all the way through their comeback hits in the mid-'70s and a few stray releases from subsequent decades. With so much more bulk on this release than you hear on standard Four Seasons collections, two things are evident: that there are quite a few interesting songs by the group that rarely get played these days, and that nonetheless most of those songs, especially the ones postdating their early- to mid-'60s prime, aren't nearly as good as the familiar classics for which the group's most famous. Still, there are plenty of worthwhile lesser hits and obscurities here, like -- to name just a few -- the mid-'60s not-quite-hits "Toy Soldier" and "Girl Come Running"; the early Valli solo 45s "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" (covered for a hit by the Walker Brothers ) and "(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself"; the B-sides "Betrayed" and "Huggin' My Pillow," which sound like hits we all somehow missed; some erratic yet rather interesting attempts to move with the psychedelic times, like "Saturday's Father" and "Watch the Flowers Grow"; and a 1969 revival of "And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me)" that should have been a bigger single than the mild hit it was. The DVD disc is very solid, highlighted by a live 1962 performance of "Big Girls Don't Cry," a live 1964 medley of hits, and a strange 1968 clip of "Saturday's Father" mixing performance and video. The DVD, in fact, can only be criticized on the grounds that it leaves you hungry for more, particularly since there must be a lot more Four Seasons clips in existence considering the group's popularity. It's true that for all its size, some aficionados might find some of their favorite obscurities missing, like the early B-side "Connie-O" (a substantial regional hit in some areas), "No Surfin' Today," the early Phil Ochs cover "New Town," and the Wonder Who? 's version of "On the Good Ship Lollipop." It's also true that the energy flags on the final disc, which (despite the inclusion of the mid-'70s smashes "My Eyes Adored You," "Swearin' to God," and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)") might start to wear on the patience of the average fan. But then, like many box sets, this isn't geared toward the average fan. It's for the big fan, who will treasure the breadth of this collection, and the non-fanatic who takes a chance on it will be surprised by how much more diverse the group's records were than is usually realized. And the Four Seasons certainly have a lot of big fans, including numerous celebrities who contributed comments on individual tracks to the 84-page liner note booklet. Track Listing                           - Disc 1


One of John Lennon’s sons is named Julian. What is the other son’s name?

John Lennon's son Julian fears Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney are trying to obliterate him from history | Daily Mail Online comments Julian Lennon has fought to be part of the Beatles story since his birth in 1963 Peace was said to have broken out in the extended Lennon family last year. After a lifetime scarred by a bitter feud with his stepmother Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon arranged a most unlikely reunion. Not only was his mother, Cynthia Lennon, in attendance at Julian’s first photographic show at a New York gallery, but he was also publicly reconciled with Yoko and her son — his half-brother — Sean Lennon. In an accompanying television interview, he insisted that, while he still believed Yoko to be ‘manipulative’, he was determined to be friends with her for the sake of her son. ‘The key point is Sean,’ he said. ‘I don’t want to hurt him.’ It had taken Julian a lifetime of therapy to get to this point. And yet, earlier this week, his calm attitude appeared to come crashing down. After a series of perceived snubs, Julian wrote on his Facebook page: ‘Wow . . . Snubbed at Macca’s Wedding, Snubbed at the Anniversary of ‘LOVE’ in Vegas! (A Beatles Cirque de Soleil-themed show) Snubbed at Macca’s wedding reception in NYC, last night Snubbed at George Harrison’s Film Premiere . . . What have I done to be ignored in such a way? I was not invited to ANY of these events . . . I thought WE had a relationship . . . Obviously not . . . Gimme some truth . . . Maybe now it’s time to tell the Truth . . . I & My Mother will NOT be eradicated from History . . . How dare they.’ Yoko was present at almost all the events while Sean, 36, was at two of them; Sir Paul’s New York wedding reception and the Love anniversary. George Harrison’s widow, Olivia, and their son Dhani attended the London premiere of the documentary about Harrison’s life and the London wedding reception; as did Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara Bach. Sources close to Paul McCartney claim Julian's lack of invitation to his two wedding parties was an 'oversight' Sources close to Paul McCartney claim Julian’s lack of invitation to his two wedding parties was an ‘oversight’ — for, certainly, McCartney has always been closer to Julian than his own father was. ‘Julian is regarded as part of the family, but everyone just assumed he was in Italy (where Julian lives),’ insisted a McCartney source. As for Beatles activities, such as the Love anniversary in Vegas, they were organised by the Beatles’ holding company Apple — and Yoko, who Julian once accused of wanting to ‘deny Dad’s English family’, serves as the sole Lennon representative for it. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share But it is little wonder that John’s Lennon’s 48-year-old oldest son sees darker forces behind the snub. The truth is, Julian has fought to be part of the Beatles story since his birth in 1963. He and his mother were the band’s dirty little secret; manager Brian Epstein was so determined to make the foursome appear single and available that — even as reporters knocked on the door of Liverpool home where Julian was being nursed by Cynthia — he ordered flunkies to deny their existence. Julian's mother, Cynthia Lennon, was in attendance at his first photographic show - and so was Yoko Ono and her son - his half-brother - Sean Lennon Once the story was out, Julian remained out of sight; his father was either on tour or carousing with other women. And when Yoko Ono came onto the scene in 1967, precipitating the break-up of his parents’ marriage when Julian was just five, he was firmly ousted from his father’s life. They didn’t see one another for months, even years, at a time. Ever since, Julian has been fighting to be acknowledged. He is asked about his father wherever he goes and his own musical talent — he is a songwriter, guitarist and singer — has been overshadowed by the awe in which John is held. Little wonder he occasionally struggles to maintain his composure: ‘I have a short temper. However, getting angry, negative and aggressive; it does no good. Dad used to shout in your face and scream. I recogni


In what decade were driving tests first introduced into Britain?

History of the UK Driving Test The first car and driving licences were introduced in Britain in 1903. The Driving Test was first started on British roads on 1st June 1935. Because of the casualties on the roads, early Examiners were recruited from the services and Police. In 1935 there were only 1.4m cars on the road – today there are over 38 million in the UK. The video below, made by FORD, was shown to reassure would-be drivers that the test was not something to fear. The commentary is witty and the video shows some of the hazards a new motorist might expect to encounter on the roads of the 1930s. Driving tests were suspended during the war (1939-46). The car boom of the mid-fifties resulted in more new examiners recruited to fill the many vacancies. In 1975, candidates still had to demonstrate hand signals (your Dad/Grandad remembers it well). Hazard test was added to the theory test on 14th November 2002. 1st September 2003 Show me/Tell me vehicle safety questions added to the beginning of the driving test. Since 24 Oct 2003 you have been able to book the practical driving test on-line . In November 1995 The Pass Plus scheme is introduced to help newly qualified young drivers gain valuable driving experience and hopeful a discount on their car insurance. Tuesday 6 April 2010 driving examiners start to ask if you would like your 4th October 2010 Independent driving become part of the Driving Test. 23rd January 2012 the multiple choice part of the UK driving Theory Test has been made up of questions that are no longer available in training materials. Revision materials will still be available but in the form of Revision Question Bank. Practice makes perfect, so get plenty of practice from a


Who became the deputy leader of the Labour party in September 2015?

Labour leadership: At-a-glance guide to the contenders - BBC News Labour leadership: At-a-glance guide to the contenders 12 September 2015 Image copyright Getty Images The candidates: Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Kendall Key dates: Ballot papers will be sent out on 14 August; voting can take place by post or online. They must be returned by 10 September. The result is on 12 September Who can vote? All party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters - including those joining via a union The voting system? The Alternative Vote system is being used so voters are asked to rank candidates in order of preference How does it work? If no candidate gets 50% of all votes cast, the candidate in fourth place is eliminated. Their second preference votes are then redistributed among the remaining three. If there is still no winner, the third place candidate is eliminated with their preferences redistributed. It is then a head-to-head between the last two candidates Andy Burnham Image copyright Getty Images The Labour MP for Leigh since 2001, Andy Burnham has plenty of government experience. He served as health secretary under Gordon Brown and previously as culture secretary and chief secretary to the Treasury. He stood for the leadership in 2010 but lost out to Ed Miliband, going on to hold the shadow health brief under Mr Miliband's leadership. Declaring his intention to stand, he said Labour must support the "aspirations of everyone". Mr Burnham says he'll widen Labour's appeal by taking the party out of the "Westminster bubble", with a vision to helping "everyone get on in life". Media captionAndy Burnham: Modern Labour 'couldn't have created NHS' He has also pledged to take a tougher line on opposition to the government's welfare reforms, following a split within the party over its stance not to oppose the welfare bill. Mr Burnham is married with three children. Before he entered politics he worked for a newspaper and a publishing company. Yvette Cooper Image copyright HoP Another former chief secretary to the Treasury - as well as a work and pensions minister under Gordon Brown - Yvette Cooper has been shadow home secretary for the past four years. A strong Commons performer, she has given Home Secretary Theresa May a hard time over matters including passport delays, border controls and extremism. She did not stand to succeed Mr Brown in 2010 - her husband Ed Balls did. Announcing her bid this time around, she said: "Our promise of hope wasn't strong enough to drown out the Tory and UKIP voices of fear. That's what we need to change." She says she has the "strength, experience and progressive ideas" that Labour needs to win again, promising a "stronger" economy and "fairer, less divided society". Media captionYvette Cooper rejects claims her campaign is "boring" She says she wants to combat child poverty, has pledged to campaign against government plans to limit future child tax credit to two children and to bring about a childcare and digital "revolution". Ms Cooper is married to former Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls, and the couple have three children. She worked as a journalist prior to her political career. Jeremy Corbyn Image copyright Labour The veteran left-wing MP for Islington North entered the contest to get an "anti-austerity" voice into the debate on Labour's future. The 66-year-old told his local newspaper, the Islington Gazette, he had decided to stand in response to an "overwhelming" desire among Labour members for a "broader" range of candidates. After a last-minute scramble for nominations, he made it on to the ballot paper just before the deadline thanks to a number of MPs who did not want him to be leader "lending" him their nominations "to broaden the debate". Mr Corbyn, who is promising to protect public services and increase taxes on the wealthy, was seen as a rank outsider, but support for his candidacy has risen significantly - with one poll putting him in the lead. His campaign has received trade union backing, with Unite and Unison - Britain's two biggest unions -


Umnak, Unimak and Unalaska are islands in which group, belonging to the USA?

Aleutian Islands Encyclopedia  >  Places  >  United States, Canada, and Greenland  >  U.S. Physical Geography Aleutian Islands Aleutian Islands (əlōˈshən) [ key ], chain of rugged, volcanic islands curving c.1,200 mi (1,900 km) west from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula and approaching Russia's Komandorski Islands. A partially submerged continuation of the Aleutian Range , they separate the Bering Sea from the Pacific Ocean. The Aleutians comprise four main groups: Fox Islands, nearest to the mainland, including Unimak , Unalaska , Umnak , and Akutan; Andreanof Islands, including Amlia, Atka, Adak, Kanaga, and Tanaga; Rat Islands, including Amchitka and Kiska; and Near Islands, the smallest and westernmost group, including Agattu and Attu . The Semichi Islands, of which Shemya is the largest, are nearby. The Aleutians have few good harbors, and numerous reefs make navigation treacherous. Among active volcanoes is Mt. Shishaldin, on Unimak. Relatively moderate temperatures lead to heavy rains and constant fog. Almost treeless, the islands have a luxuriant growth of grasses, bushes, and sedges. Most of the islands are within the Aleutian National Wildlife Reserve. Sheep and reindeer are raised. Hunting and fishing are the main occupations of the Aleut population. Research stations and military bases are located on the islands; Amchitka has been used for underground nuclear tests. The Aleutians were visited in 1741 by Vitus Bering , a Danish explorer employed by Russia. The indigenous Aleuts were exploited by the Russian trappers and traders who, in search of sea otter, seal, and fox fur, established settlements on the islands in the late 18th and early 19th cent. The islands were included in the Alaska purchase in 1867; after the purchase, the U.S. government forbade seal trapping except by Aleuts. Fishing and fur hunting are now controlled by the federal government. Dutch Harbor, on Unalaska, became a transshipping point for the gold boomtown of Nome in 1900. The Aleutians were important during World War II; in 1940, a U.S. naval base was established at Dutch Harbor. In 1942 the Japanese bombed the base and later occupied Attu, Kiska, and Agattu islands; a U.S. counterattack from bases on Adak and Amchitka regained them in 1943. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


In the news in Somerset in April, what is a Hudsonian Godwit?

Twitchers gather for rare sighting: Hudsonian Godwit is spotted in the UK for only the third time after making a 4,000 mile detour to Somerset | Daily Mail Online Twitchers gather for rare sighting: Hudsonian Godwit is spotted in the UK for only the third time after making a 4,000 mile detour to Somerset Rare bird was heading from South America to breeding grounds in Alaska Large shorebird - with long beak and spindly legs -  last seen in UK in 1988 Over the weekend, more than 1,000 twitchers had lined the water's edge  comments More than a thousand twitchers travelled to Somerset this weekend after a rare bird was spotted for only the third time in the UK.  They descended on the West Country when a Hudsonian Godwit made a 4,000 mile detour from South America. It is believed the large shorebird - that was heading to its breeding grounds in Canada and Alaska - was last seen in the UK in 1988.   The Hudsonian Godwit was spotted at the Shapwick Heath in Somerset and drew scores of bird watchers More than a thousand bird watchers and photographers lined the water's edge to catch a glimpse of the bird The wader - with a long beak and spindly legs - is now inhabiting the same space as its English counterparts, the Black Tailed Godwit at the Shapwick Heath, in Somerset. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The commotion started when a birdwatcher identified one of the rare birds on the Somerset Levels and word got around.  Over the weekend, more than 1,000 twitchers had lined the water's edge. The wader is now inhabiting the same space as its English counterparts, the Black Tailed Godwit Photographers line the water's shore to take the perfect shot of the rare bird, only in the UK for the third time BIRD LAST SEEN IN THE UK IN 1988 Each spring the Hudsonian Godwit heads from South America to its breeding grounds in Canada and Alaska.  In good weather, many birds make the trip south without stopping. A small number migrate in the wrong direction. These birds forage by probing in shallow water. They mainly eat insects and crustaceans. Both parents look after the young birds, who find their own food and are able to fly within a month of hatching. Their numbers were reduced by hunting at the end of the 19th century.  One birdwatcher Michael Trew, 70, said word spread about the bird via an online forum at 7.30am yesterday. The retired quantity surveyor said: 'By the time I got there at about 9.30am there was the best part of 200 people there, but about 1,000 had turned up by the time I left. 'I think the last time anyone saw one of these it was about 30 years ago. 'It's not a migrating bird - it's not supposed to be here at all - and we can only assume it is one that has got lost.  'We only think that it has got mixed up in a flock of migrating birds and made its way here. It is quite a strange affair. We don't know how long it has even been here. 'It was spotted by someone who thought 'that one looks a bit different' but these things have to be verified before you get people driving from all over the place to see it. 'Someone came and checked and the word went out about 7.30am.  'I have only been bird watching for five years so it is quite good to have seen one - some people will have waited 30 years. 'They have just built a new car park down there which is just as well because it was filled and then double parked. 'It was a really nice day with everyone down there.'


A mendacious person is prone to doing what?

Mendacious | Define Mendacious at Dictionary.com mendacious telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person. 1610-20; < Latin mendāci- (see mendacity ) + -ous Related forms Examples from the Web for mendacious Expand A Democrat's Guide to Bush's Book Bryan Curtis November 9, 2010 Historical Examples As long as we have that state of things, we shall have wars and secret and mendacious diplomacy. The President Alfred Henry Lewis Bein' a woman, you're too feeble-witted for reason, too mendacious for trooth.' Word Origin and History for mendacious Expand adj. 1610s, from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendacium "a lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction," from mendax (genitive mendacis) "lying, deceitful," from menda "fault, defect, carelessness in writing," from PIE root *mend- "physical defect, fault" (see amend (v.)). The sense evolution of Latin mendax was influenced by mentiri "to speak falsely, lie, deceive." Related: Mendaciously; mendaciousness. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


What nationality was Trygve Lie, the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?

Trygve Lie | Norwegian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations | Britannica.com Norwegian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations Written By: Alternative Title: Trygve Halvdan Lie Trygve Lie Norwegian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations Also known as Harald III Sigurdsson Trygve Lie, in full Trygve Halvdan Lie (born July 16, 1896, Kristiania , Nor.—died Dec. 30, 1968, Geilo), Norwegian politician and diplomat, the first secretary-general of the United Nations (1946–52), who resigned largely because of the Soviet Union’s resentment of his support of UN military intervention in the Korean War . Trygve Lie H. Roger-Viollet Educated at the University of Kristiania (Oslo), Lie practiced law and became a leading member of the Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet). After the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, he was appointed foreign minister of the Norwegian government-in-exile in London . On Feb. 1, 1946, Lie was elected UN secretary-general for a term of five years. He first was nominated (by Andrey A. Gromyko of the Soviet Union) for president of the General Assembly, a less important office, but was defeated by Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium. One of Lie’s first tasks was helping to secure the evacuation of Soviet troops from northern Iran . From May 1947 he had to deal with the war in Palestine that followed the proclamation of the state of Israel and throughout 1948 with the Indian-Pakistani conflict over Kashmir . Only temporary solutions were found to these problems. Trygve Lie becoming the first secretary-general of the United Nations, 1946. Stock footage courtesy The WPA Film Library In 1950 Lie undertook a “peace mission” to the capitals of the great powers, promoting a “20-Year Peace Program” and trying to resist the Soviet attempt to expel Taiwan from the UN. Also in 1950 he urged that the UN admit the People’s Republic of China . After UN armed forces had been authorized to aid the Republic of Korea (South Korea; June 27, 1950), Lie was subjected to official hindrance and personal insult by the Soviet Union. When it became certain that the Soviet Union would veto his reelection in the Security Council, his term was extended for three years (without formal reelection) by the General Assembly. The Soviet Union thereupon ceased to recognize him as secretary-general. He also encountered opposition in the United States as a result of the investigations led by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy against suspected communists in the UN. Lie’s secretariat was accused of giving jobs to disloyal U.S. citizens, but no charge of subversion of the United States within the UN could be proved. His mediatory work having become nearly impossible, Lie resigned his office on Nov. 10, 1952. His book In the Cause of Peace was published in 1954. Lie subsequently served as county governor (fylkesmann) of Oslo and Akershus (1955–63), as minister of industry (1963–64), and as minister of commerce (1963–65). Learn More in these related articles:


Weddell, Ross and Baikal are among the varieties of which mammal?

seal | mammal | Britannica.com mammal Bering Sea Dispute Seal, any of 32 species of web-footed aquatic mammal s that live chiefly in cold seas and whose body shape, round at the middle and tapered at the ends, is adapted to swift and graceful swimming. There are two types of seals: the earless, or true, seals (family Phocidae); and the eared seals (family Otariidae), which comprise the sea lion s and fur seal s. In addition to the presence of external ears, eared seals have longer flippers than do earless seals. Also, the fur of eared seals is more apparent, especially in sea lions. Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus). Carleton Ray/Photo Researchers Seals are carnivore s, eating mainly fish, though some also consume squid , other mollusk s, and crustacean s. Unlike other seals, the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) of the Antarctic feeds largely on penguins, seabirds, and other seals, in addition to fish and krill . The main predators of seals are killer whales, polar bears, leopard seals, large sharks, and human beings. Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup on the coast of … Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Seal diversity The Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica) of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, is the smallest at 1.1–1.4 metres (3.6–4.6 feet) long and 50–130 kg (110–290 pounds), but some female fur seals weigh less. The largest is the male elephant seal (genus Mirounga leonina) of coastal California (including Baja California , Mexico) and South America , which can reach a length of 6.5 metres (21 feet) and a weight of 3,700 kg (8,150 pounds). The upper portions of seals’ limbs are within the body, but the long feet and digits remain, having evolved into flippers. Seals possess a thick layer of fat (blubber) below the skin, which provides insulation, acts as a food reserve, and contributes to buoyancy. Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica), endemic to Lake Baikal, southeastern … © Doug Allan/Oxford Scientific Films Ltd. A Baikal seal pup waiting for its mother to return. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Similar Topics cetacean True seals of the genus Phoca are the most abundant in the Northern Hemisphere. They are fairly small, with little difference in size between the sexes. Ringed seal s (P. hispida) have blotches over their entire bodies, harp seal s (P. groenlandica) have a large blotch of black on otherwise mostly silver-gray fur, harbour seal s (P. vitulina) have a marbled coat, and ribbon seal s (P. fasciata) have dark fur with ribbons of paler fur around the neck, front limbs, and posterior part of their body. Gray seal (Halichoerus grypus). Learn about harbour seals. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Though especially abundant in polar seas, seals are found throughout the world, with some species favouring the open ocean and others inhabiting coastal waters or spending time on islands, shores, or ice floes. The coastal species are generally sedentary, but the oceangoing species make extended, regular migrations. All are excellent swimmers and divers—especially the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) of the Antarctic. Various species are able to reach depths of 150–250 metres or more and can remain underwater for 20–30 minutes, with the Weddell seal diving for up to 73 minutes and up to 600 metres. Seals cannot swim as fast as dolphin s or whale s but are more agile in the water. When swimming, a true seal uses its forelimbs to maneuver in the water, propelling its body forward with side-to-side strokes of its hind limbs. Because the hind flippers cannot be moved forward, these seals propel themselves on land by wriggling on their bellies or pulling themselves forward with their front limbs. Eared seals, on the other hand, rely mainly on a rowing motion of their front flippers for propulsion. Because they are able to turn their hind flippers forward, they can use all four limbs when moving on land. Mammals Quiz All seals must come ashore once a year to breed. Nearly all are gregarious , at least when breeding, with some assembling in enormous herds on beaches or floating ice. Most form pairs during the


In 1599, in which market town was Oliver Cromwell born?

The Birth of Oliver Cromwell | History Today The Birth of Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell was born on April 25th, 1599. Richard Cavendish charts his early life. Oliver Cromwell c. 1649 by Robert Walker A baby boy was christened in the church of St John the Baptist in Huntingdon on April 29th, 1599. Years later someone added to the Latin entry in the birth register, 'England's plague for five years'. Later still, someone else took heavy black ink and crossed out this partisan gloss. The child, the future Lord Protector of England, had been born on April 25th, probably in the early hours of the morning, in a house in the town's high street which was rebuilt in about 1830 and is now called Cromwell House. The only son of Robert and Elizabeth Cromwell to survive, though he would grow up among a flock of sisters, he was named Oliver after his uncle, the richest member of the family, Sir Oliver Cromwell, who lived in hospitable grandeur at Hinchingbrooke House, outside Huntingdon. The boy should really have been Oliver Williams. His great-grandfather was Richard Williams, who in Henry VIII's time rose so far in the world under the wing of his maternal uncle Thomas Cromwell that he gratefully changed his surname to Cromwell. Richard's father was Morgan Williams from Glamorgan, who owned property in England and married Thomas Cromwell's elder sister Katherine. Richard himself remained a favourite with Henry VIII after Thomas Cromwell's fall. The spoils of his service to the state included land taken from Ramsey Abbey and the nunnery at Hinchingbrooke. They were inherited by his son Sir Henry Cromwell, known as 'the golden knight' for his lavish spending. He entertained Elizabeth I in style at Hinchingbrooke in 1564, while his eldest son, Sir Oliver, entertained James I several times and finished the job of throwing the family wealth away. The Cromwells were now well connected in England's eastern counties. Sir Henry's second son, Robert Cromwell, who inherited the house in Huntingdon, was a gentleman farmer, justice of the peace, member of parliament, and the town's joint mayor. Two Cromwell sisters, Elizabeth and Frances, were respectively the mothers of John Hampden, a leading Parliamentarian against Charles I, and Edward Whalley, a future Roundhead general and regicide. Oliver Cromwell's own mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of William Steward, of a comfortably-off Norfolk family who farmed Ely's abbey and cathedral lands. The idea that the Stewards were connected with the royal Stuarts and descended from a Scottish prince shipwrecked on the Norfolk coast in 1406 is a non-starter. The Lord Protector himself never took it seriously, though he did once joke that his mother was a Stuart at a drinking party in Edinburgh in 1651. Little is known about Oliver's childhood, despite fanciful tales about him being stolen from his cradle by a pet monkey, dreaming that he would be king one day, or on a visit to his uncle at Hinchingbrooke during one of James I's visits, punching on the nose another small boy who would grow up to be Charles I. He went to Huntingdon grammar school, now the Cromwell Museum. The master was Thomas Beard, a Cromwell family friend and a zealous Puritan who regarded the Pope as Antichrist and believed in the Almighty's keen eye for sin and promptness to punish it. In 1616, Oliver went up to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, but left without a degree when his father died the following year. Reports that Oliver preferred cheerful company and football, cudgels and other boisterous sports to academic study are probably true. He grew up as a gentleman farmer and all his life he loved horses and dogs and country pursuits. There were many stories of him drinking and sowing his wild oats as a young man, but in 1620, when he was twenty-one and she was twenty-three, he married Elizabeth Bourchier, the daughter of a well-to-do London fur and leather merchant, at St Giles', Cripplegate. The groom was described in the marriage settlement as 'Oliver Cromwell alias Williams'. He took his bride back to Huntingdon, where he ma