Which TV series starred Richard Dean Anderson as a secret agent for the fictional Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles, who is able to solve a wide range of problems with his Swiss army knife?

Stargate Actor non SG TV/Movie News & Appearances [Archive] - Page 2 - GateWorld Forum Ripple in Space March 13th, 2007, 11:43 AM I agree with all ya'll that he'll likely end up dead (...) as we all know everyone dies on 24. That wouldn't be a problem for him, he'd just ascend and retake human form shortly there after :P. But seriously, I'm glad to see his career growing. I made a thread a few months ago regarding this subject. I didn't understand why he wasn't in higher demand as an actor. He's tall, good-looking, young, and talented (in drama and comedy); you'd think this guy would be a household name by now, but it looks like he's on his way. RDA's already there, SG fan or not, everyone knows Richard Dean Anderson, heck a few weeks back SNL did a series of MacGyver sketches, and the show's been off the air for over a decade. After finding out that Chris directed "The Changeling," I think he has the talent to at least direct a TV series (which can be more lucrative than film). And Amanda's locked into SG-related stuff for the next year or so, so..... I just hope these guys remember their roots, and give us a few weeks of their time per year for a pair of SG-1 movies :D . Callista March 13th, 2007, 11:53 AM That wouldn't be a problem for him, he'd just ascend and retake human form shortly there after :P. Maybe he'll be playing the mysterious being who is apparently lurking in CTU miraculously healing all the people sent there from seemingly mortal wounds within an hour and a half. If so, he'd be the most important character on the show!!! All the other people who've been on SG-1 and then on 24 have been bad guys. A couple have been major bad guys. I think only one of them didn't get killed off. Of course, they were all just guest actors on SG-1, so who knows. Landers March 13th, 2007, 11:57 AM Most of the people on 24 end up dead anyway, but I'm hoping Michael will do a good job. Who knows, if his character works out, maybe he'll come back next year. :D chocdoc March 13th, 2007, 12:07 PM Not sure I would call muscling in on Atlantis 'moving on', but there you go. Fantastic news, both Shanks and Siddiq in 24. Not to mention Kiefer. 24 is already a must-watch for me but now I'm seriously risking death by exposure to extreme male hotness. What a way to go I think the poster is referring also to Sanctuary for Amanda. And I don't see AT muscling her way on to Atlantis. They wanted her on the show as a regular for season 4. This is really good news for MS!! I think it would be really cool in the future if MS and CB did do a comedy together. I don't care for the interaction between Daniel and Vala as they have been written in SG-1 for the past two seasons, but I think the actors would be good in a comedy together. Suki March 13th, 2007, 12:16 PM Wonder what sort of role it is - helpful (yet alive... for now) geek, or Jack's next torturee? Oh, heck, let's shoot for the moon: Let it be both. :D This is such a great break for Michael. Well done and well earned. brains12 March 13th, 2007, 12:19 PM Jack Bauer should actually get injured and be replaced by Shanks :D poundpuppy29 March 13th, 2007, 12:21 PM Good news for him, but would this rule out a role in a third series... I thought that too but I am optimistic I hope he will still do SG-1 DVDs if they go past the first 2. We don't know anything about his role on 24 so let's not assume but I am happy for MS he's an awesome actor I hope the main stream sees it. flynn1959 March 13th, 2007, 12:24 PM I thought that too but I am optimistic I hope he will still do SG-1 DVDs if they go past the first 2. We don't know anything about his role on 24 so let's not assume but I am happy for MS he's an awesome actor I hope the main stream sees it. I'm sure MS wouldn't turn his back on the Stargate franchise, then again, not sure they will still be able to afford him. It's one thing to star on a minority show like Stargate, but it's a whole different ball game once you hit the big time. DangerIsGo March 13th, 2007, 12:25 PM Stargate SG-1 co-star Michael Shanks ("Daniel Jackson") ha


What is the name of the holy book of te Sikh faith?

What is the name of the Sikh's holy book? | Reference.com What is the name of the Sikh's holy book? A: Quick Answer The holy book of the Sikh religion is the Guru Granth Sahib. Originally, the religion relied on the teaching of living gurus. The 10th guru, Gobind Singh, declared that he would have no living successor, and this collection of teachings would become the ultimate guru for the Sikh. Full Answer As the Guru is considered a holy teacher, the book is shown reverence in Sikh services. It is typically placed on a throne, and the congregation cover their heads and remove their shoes while in its presence. It is carried upon the head and never by those with unwashed hands. It is also considered a transgression for a Sikh to turn his back on the book.


What country would you travel through in going from Honduras to Costa Rica? What country would you travel through in going from Honduras to Costa Rica? 0 votes posted Jun 20, 2016 by Mishthy Mukherjee Share this question   Your comment on this question: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 1 Answer 0 votes Overall Budget Breakdown. We spent exactly six months traveling through all Central American countries – Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama – spending a total of $10,685.65 for both of us. answer Jun 20, 2016 by Shivaranjini Your comment on this answer: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . Your answer Thanks for contributing at QueryHome GK Please be sure to answer the question, share your working and research. If you are not sure about answer, use commenting option instead. Use ctrl+k to highlight, ctrl+b to make the text as bold. Preview Email me at this address if my answer is selected or commented on:Email me if my answer is selected or commented on Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification:


Who, aged 54, married 18 year old Oona O'Neill, the daughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill, in June 1943?

Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill - Jun 16, 1943 - HISTORY.com Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill Share this: Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill Author Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill URL Publisher A+E Networks Oona O’Neill, the daughter of the famed playwright Eugene O’Neill, is an 18-year-old freshly minted high-school graduate and fledgling actress when she marries 54-year-old Charles Chaplin, the internationally renowned actor, filmmaker and Hollywood legend, on this day in 1943, in Santa Barbara, California. Her famous father (already a Pulitzer Prize-winner for Beyond the Horizon and Anna Christie by the time she was born) left her mother, the writer Agnes Boulton, when Oona was only two years old, and she saw him only sporadically after that. As a student at Brearley, the prestigious all-girls private school in Manhattan, Oona was friends with Gloria Vanderbilt and became a prominent young socialite, dating J.D. Salinger and Orson Welles. After graduation, she decided to head west to Hollywood, where she made a brief attempt at an acting career. Oona O’Neill met Chaplin when she was recommended for a part in one of his films; the marriage was his fourth, and the third to a woman still in her teens. Eugene O’Neill, who was the same age as Chaplin, was so angry about the marriage that he disinherited his daughter. Though naysayers questioned the motives of both parties, and predicted a quick demise for the unlikely match, their bond proved to be exceptionally strong, and the marriage would endure for the rest of Chaplin’s life. In 1952, after Chaplin’s visa was revoked due to his involvement with leftist political causes, he went into self-imposed exile with Oona and their three children. Oona later renounced her U.S. citizenship and became an English subject like her husband. Ensconced in an 18th-century mansion overlooking Lake Geneva, in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, the Chaplins had five more children. The eldest, Geraldine, became an acclaimed actress. The couple would return to the United States together only once, when Chaplin accepted an honorary Academy Award in 1972. After her husband’s death in 1977, at the age of 88, Oona O’Neill Chaplin became famously reclusive. She reportedly never recovered from her grief, and died from pancreatic cancer in 1991, at the age of 66. Related Videos


"""Ted"" Kaczynski, an American anarchist and mathematical prodigy, became known as what?"

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According to the World Resources Institute which country has the longest coastline?

Which country has the longest coastline? Which country has the longest coastline?   Or try Advanced Search Which country has the longest coastline? I'm a coastal person and enjoy living along the coast. If there was a country with a very long coastline I would love to live there. Which country has the longest coastline in the world if we measured it in km? Posted in Geography , asked by Philo, 4 years ago. 1271 hits. Like it on Facebook, +1 on Google, Tweet it or share this question on other bookmarking websites. 1 Answer Accepted Answer 0 The country with the longest combined coastline in the world is Canada with 202,080 kilometers of coastline. On the contrary Monaco only has a coastline of 4.1 kilometers. According to the World Resources Institute, Canada has a coastline of 265,523 kilometers. Measurements are tricky because of the so called “coastline paradox” which says that coastlines not well defined in terms of length. Regardless, it’s somewhat relative and Canada is by far the country with the longest coastline. If you’re talking about a single stretch of coastline, then it would be a different result. There are other countries such as Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil which claim to have the longest beaches and the longest single stretch of coastline in the world. The longest beach in the world will most likely be in Australia with having some beaches like Eighty mile beach in WA and Coorong beach in SA, that stretch over 220 kilometers uninterrupted. Most of Australia’s beaches are inaccessible and the longest beach in Australia is debatable. Many claim Coorong to be the longest, but Eighty mile beach in WA is actually longer. Regardless of its name, Eighty mile beach is around 140 – 155 miles long. Countries like Bangladesh and Brazil also have a beach roughly the same length. However we don’t know yet for sure which is exactly the longest because of geographical difficulties. Australia also has more beaches that stretch over 100 km than any other nation. Interestingly Stockton beach in Australia is also one of the widest in the world. Although Canada has the longest coastline, Australia will have by far more beaches than any other place on Earth. Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia (WA) admin


"Who created the character of Harold C. ""Rabbit"" Angstrom who appears in the stories ""Rabbit, Run"", ""Rabbit Redux"", ""Rabbit Is Rich"", ""Rabbit at Rest"" and ""Rabbit Remembered""?"

Philosophy of Science Portal: Rabbit Angstrom's creator has died--John Updike Rabbit Angstrom's creator has died--John Updike Rabbit Angstrom's creator has died--John Updike John Updike March 18th, 1932 to January 27th, 2009 Ah, fond memories of Rabbit Angstrom and adolescent, literary eroticism. Updike wrote the following on Mars... Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister or violent by the ancients: The Greeks identified it with Ares, the god of war; the Babylonians named it after Nergal, god of the underworld. To the ancient Chinese, it was Ying-huo, the fire planet. Even after Copernicus proposed, in 1543, that the sun and not the Earth was the center of the local cosmos, the eccentricity of Mars's celestial motions continued as a puzzle until, in 1609, Johannes Kepler analyzed all the planetary orbits as ellipses, with the sun at one focus. All the fanciful Martian megafauna—Wells's leathery amalgams of tentacles and hugely evolved heads; American journalist Garrett Serviss's 15-foot-tall quasi red men; Burroughs's 10-foot, 4-armed, olive-skinned Tharks; Lewis's beaver-like hrossa and technically skilled pfifltriggi; and the "polar bear-sized creatures" that Carl Sagan imagined to be possibly roaming the brutally cold Martian surface—were swept into oblivion by the flyby photographs taken by Mariner 4 on July 14, 1965, from 6,000 miles away. The portion of Mars caught on an early digital camera showed no canals, no cities, no water, and no erosion or weathering. Mars more resembled the moon than the Earth. The pristine craters suggested that surface conditions had not changed in more than three billion years. The dying planet had been long dead. The triumphant deployment of the little Sojourner rover in 1997 was followed in 2004 by the even more spectacular success of two more durable rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. In four years of solar-powered travels on the red planet, the twin robots have relayed unprecedentedly detailed images, including many clearly of sedimentary rocks, suggesting the existence of ancient seas. The stark, russet-tinged photographs plant the viewer right on the surface; the ladderlike tracks of Spirit and Opportunity snake and gouge their way across rocks and dust that for eons have rested scarcely disturbed under salmon pink skies and a pearlescent sun. In this tranquil desolation, the irruption of our live curiosity and systematic purpose feels heroic. Now the Phoenix mission, with its surpassingly intricate arm, scoop, imagers, and analyzers, takes us inches below the surface of dust, sand, and ice in Mars's north polar region. Spoonfuls of another planet's substance, their chemical ingredients volatilized, sorted, and identified, become indexes to cosmic history. The dead planet is not so dead after all: Avalanches and dust storms are caught on camera, and at the poles a seasonal sublimation of dry ice produces erosion and movement. Dunes shift; dust devils trace dark scribbles on the delicate surface. Whether or not evidence of microbial or lichenous life emerges amid this far-off flux, Mars has become an ever nearer neighbor, a province of human knowledge. Dim and fanciful visions of the twinkling fire planet have led to panoramic close-ups beautiful beyond imagining. "John Updike, Pulitzer-winning author, dies" by January 27th, 2008 Los Angeles Times John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction whose novels and short stories exposed an undercurrent of ambivalence and disappointment in small-town, middle-class America, died Tuesday. He was 76. Updike's death from lung cancer was announced by Nicholas Latimer, vice president and director of publicity for publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Updike was a resident of Beverly Farms, Mass., but the announcement did not indicate where he died. In a career spanning half a century, Updike published more than 50 books, more than 20 of them novels, and countless short stories, as well as collections of poetry. In recent years, he was best known for his art criticis


In what sport could male competitors, from 1968 to 1985, be awarded the Air Canada Silver Broom trophy?

A SASKATCHEWAN SPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum 2205 Victoria Avenue S4P OS4 Introduction This bibliography is a general survey of published and manuscript sources of Saskatchewan's sport history. Included are provincial sports recognized by Sask Sport. It contains archival and primary materials found in libraries and archives across the province, as well as published works. Main headings are by sport, sub-headed by archival then secondary materials. There are special headings such as Games/Competitions, Native Sports, Halls of Fame, Special Olympics, Physical Education and MiscellaneousSport. Miscellaneous-Sport contains general sport references which cannot fit under one particular sport. Direct references to the sport or particular athletes are mentioned where possible and are listed alphabetically in the annotation. Many of the works however, contain non-specific references or background information relating to the sport. Works are listed under each sport to which reference has been made. The library research was conducted through a search of the Saskatchewan Union List of Manuscripts. This list contains all published works available at specific libraries province wide. Published works can be acquired through interlibrary loan. Many libraries also house vertical or archival files. Their locations are listed in the annotations. Several newspaper and periodical articles were acquired through the Canadian Business & Current Affairs Index. This CD Rom database has listings from 1981 to 1993. Sport Diskus, the CD Rom database published by the Ottawa Sports Research Centre could be used as an appendix to this bibliography although there may be some duplication. Most of the archival materials listed are in written form. The Saskatchewan Archives in Regina contains a large film and video collection with considerable athletic references. They are not listed due to their length, however, this location provides a Film/Video Subject Index. All archival annotations provide the name of the institution and in some instances the location or reference number of the material. These listings vary due to dissimilarity in the organization of archival collections. Main titles are underlined, sub-titles may be found within them. The Saskatchewan Museums Appendix is by no means comprehensive. It contains the results of over two hundred surveys sent to community museums requesting written or published information. The Local History Books Appendix can be used in conjunction with the Museums Appendix since many of their sources are the same. This appendix lists specific sports in order of appearance in each local history book with corresponding page numbers. It should be noted these history books may also contain other biographical and community events information (not listed in this Appendix). This information may relate to a specific sport or athlete and would therefore require further research. Most of these published local history books are accessible through the Regina Public Library's Prairie History Room. It is hoped that this bibliography will be valuable in researching the rich history of Saskatchewan sport! ARCHERY Archival Materials "Archery." Vertical Files. Moose Jaw Archives. Contains newspaper clippings from the "Moose Jaw Times Herald" relating to the sport of archery in Moose Jaw and area. "Research Exhibit Files." Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. The file contains research materials that were gathered for specific sport exhibits. These materials include: research notes, copies of articles, correspondence, newsletters etc. "Sports." Clippings File. Saskatchewan Archives, Regina. Contains numerous newspaper clippings from the Regina "Leader Post", the I'Moosomin Courier", the "Moose Jaw Times Herald" and the "Prince Albert Times" concerning the following sports: archery, basketball, boxing, curling, cycling, football, hockey, lacrosse, skating, tennis, volleyball. Wood, Kerry. "History of Archery." Pamphlet. Alberta History Pamphlet File. 1974. Saskatchewan Archives, Regina. Article fou


Which actor won the 2012 Golden Raspberry Award for both the worst actor and the worst actress in a 2011 film?

Adam Sandler film sets Razzie record - Telegraph Film news Adam Sandler film sets Razzie record Adam Sandler sweeps board for worst acting and film awards at Golden Raspberry  awards for his cross-dressing romp Jack and Jill.   Image 1 of 2 Adam Sandler and his cross-dressing romp Jack and Jill set a Razzies record by sweeping 10 Golden Raspberry awards    Adam Sandler in Jack and Jill  10:10AM BST 02 Apr 2012 Adam Sandler and his cross-dressing romp Jack and Jill set a Razzies record by sweeping 10 Golden Raspberry awards, for the worst that Hollywood had to offer in 2011. For the first time in its 32-year history the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation dishonored the same film in every category, either as a film or for its performances, direction, and writing. Sandler himself, who had been nominated for a record 11 categories for the Hollywood anti-awards, won Worst Actor and Worst Actress - for playing both the male and female leads in "Jack and Jill." The 45-year-old also won for Worst Screen Couple - either with Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, or himself in drag - and Worst Screenplay in the Razzies, billed as an "antidote to Tinseltown's annual glut of self-congratulatory awards." Veteran Pacino - who played himself in the movie - won Worst Supporting Actor, while David Spade won Worst Supporting Actress, as "Monica." Related Articles Razzie nominations announced 26 Feb 2012 The "winners" of the awards, nominees for which are chosen by 657 voters in 46 US states and 17 foreign countries, are usually announced on the Saturday before the Oscars. But this year organizers changed the timetable, announcing the nominees on the eve of the Oscars, while saving the prize-giving show to April 1 - April Fools' Day. Nominees for the Razzies rarely turn up to claim their awards up at the spoof event. Actress Halle Berry turned up in 2005, and Sanda Bullock gamely appeared last year, handing out DVD copies of her offending performance in box office flop "All About Steve." Unlike the prestigious gold-plated Oscar statuettes, the Razzie trophy is in the form of a raspberry, roughly the size of a golf ball, sprayed with gold paint and nestled on a reel of old Super 8 film. It has an estimated value of about five dollars. Last year's big Razzie winner was martial arts fantasy flick "The Last Airbender," for worst movie, worst director, worst screenplay and worst supporting actor, while "Sex and the City 2" won one of the dubious honors. Razzies winners:


The lights were turned off in the Empire State Building for 15 minutes in August 2004 to mark the death of whom?

Historical Timeline | Empire State Building Audio Tour Historical Timeline 1799: The City of New York sells a virgin tract (now bounded by Broadway and Sixth Avenue on the west, Madison Avenue on the east, 33rd Street on the south and 36th Street on the north) for $2,600 to John Thompson for farming. 1825: Thompson sells the farm to Charles Lawton for $10,000. 1827: William Backhouse Astor, the second son of John Jacob Astor, buys the farm for $20,500 as an investment. 1859: John Jacob Astor, Jr. erects a mansion on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street. 1862: William Backhouse Astor builds his mansion next door at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. 1893: William Waldorf Astor, son of John Jacob Astor, Jr., razes his inherited mansion and erects the Waldorf Hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street. 1897: Mrs. William Backhouse Astor razes her mansion at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street and the Astoria Hotel is erected on the site. The new complex is known as the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 1928: The Waldorf Astoria Hotel is sold to Bethlehem Engineering Corporation for an estimated $20 million. 1929: John Jakob Raskob (former General Motors executive), Coleman du Pont, Pierre S. du Pont, Louis G. Kaufman and Ellis P. Earle, form Empire State, Inc. and name Alfred E. Smith, former Governor of New York to head the corporation. 1930: On March 17, construction of the Empire State Building begins. Under the direction of architects Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates, the framework rises 4 ½ stories per week. 1931: On May 1, President Hoover presses a button in Washington, D.C. officially opening and turning on the Empire State Building’s lights. 1933: The movie King Kong is released in New York City on March 2. 1945: A B-25 Bomber crashes into the 79th floor of ESB during heavy fog on a Saturday morning. The building’s construction limits the spread of fire and despite a 20-foot gash, the Empire State Building is open for business-as-usual on Monday. 1950: ESB gets an antenna tower that is over 200 feet tall. 1951: The John J. Raskob estate sells the building for $34 million to a syndicate including Roger I. Stevens and the Chicago Crown family who immediately sell the building to Prudential Insurance Company of America for $17 million, which then enters into a long-term ground lease with the Stevens syndicate. 1955: The American Society of Civil Engineers selects ESB as one of the seven greatest engineering achievements in America’s history. 1956: As a symbol of welcome and freedom to visitors, four large beacon lights are installed at the foot of the tower known as “The Freedom Lights.” 1961: August 23, Lawrence A. Wien, Peter L. Malkin, and Harry B. Helmsley buy the building for $65 million. The price, which does not include the land, is the highest ever paid for a single building. 1962: A crew of 30 men clean the exterior of ESB for the first time since its opening. It takes about six months to complete the job. 1964: Floodlights replace the beacons, and are installed to illuminate ESB in honor of the New York World’s Fair. 1966: The manually operated high-speed elevators on the first 80 floors of the building are refit for automatic operation. 1973: The tower lights are “shut off” temporarily in November in response to the energy crisis. The tower lights are not turned on again until July 3, 1974. 1976: The Empire State Building Observatory welcomes its 50 millionth visitor. 1976: To honor the United States Bicentennial, ESB installs colored floodlights to illuminate the building at night, lighting up in red, white and blue, leading to today’s very popular Lighting Partners program. 1978: February 15 marks the inaugural Empire State Building Annual Run-Up. 1980: The Empire State Building gets its own zip code: 10118. 1981: On May 18, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission declares the building a Landmark. 1982: On December 20, the Empire State Building is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. 1986: The Empire State Building is recognized as a National


"What year were the films ""Eyes Wide Shut"", ""Sixth Sense"", ""Toy Story 2"", and ""Fight Club"" released?"

Why 1999 was the best year in movie history Why 1999 was the best year in movie history EMAIL All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century? Check here for a complete list of our essays. The end of the 1990s was the end of an era on the big screen. The independent filmmaking movement that started the decade had taken full bloom and infiltrated the business. Major studios had begun to jump headlong into the “dependent” game, amping up prestige product and utilizing the awards season as a marketing tool. The blockbuster landscape at the summer multiplex had been interesting, full of original concepts (good and bad), but something else was on the way – a new overlord in the business of film, and one that would more or less make the age of the movie star (at least as we had come to know it) a thing of the past. For those reasons and a slew of others, I consider 1999 to be the greatest film year the cinema has seen. And that's not necessarily “greatest” as in value judgment. For as many exciting things that were happening creatively, equally alarming things were happening to shift the landscape of this industry. Whether you consider them for good or bad is up to you, but their impact is unmistakable, and any year that can lay some claim to that kind of a shift cannot be denied. So let's start there… We're in the midst of “Star Wars” madness right now as director J.J. Abrams and producer Kathleen Kennedy prepare to unleash “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” onto the world in December. Back in May of 1999, “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” proved the insatiable appetite for this franchise, which had been starved throughout most of the 1980s, was still very much alive. It was more or less tested and confirmed through the expanded universe materials of the 1990s, books, comics and video games stoking the flames. In 1993, filmmaker George Lucas announced his intention to revisit the world he created with a new trilogy, and a packaged re-release of the original trilogy in 1997 further established that the audience was ready and willing. It was an exciting time, and it may well have signaled the beginning of a new bedrock philosophy in Hollywood: brand appeal. EMAIL Before 1999, when you looked at box office results, they were dominated by movie stars. Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, these were the draws. Slowly thereafter, particularly as the industry turned to the world of comic books for fodder (“Blade” was a bit of a testing ground in 1998 with 2000's “X-Men” and 2002's “Spider-Man” soon to follow), intellectual properties and preexisting material began to drown out those big names. In 2011, finally, every film on the list of top 10 domestic grossers was either a sequel or, in the case of “Thor,” part of an interlinking cinematic universe spread across multiple properties. You can probably trace a lot of that back to “The Phantom Menace.” It was a huge part of changing the boardroom thinking of this business and morphing it into what we have today. With all that in mind, I also find it sort of fascinating that my own favorite entry from the year, Michael Mann's “The Insider,” dealt so heavily in corporate synergy at the expense of all else. This was three years after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed for the streamlined, everything-is-owned-by-six-companies world we live in today (which led to movie studios being gobbled up by conglomerates and, not to oversimplify, fertilize a current environment that has entities like Disney aiming for multimedia brand extension on a staggering scale). Of course, over-conglomeration is nothing new in Hollywood. After all, Mel Brooks sent up Paramount corporate parent Gulf + Western as “Engulf and Devour” in 1976's “Silent Movie,” a full year before anything called “Star Wars” entered the public consciousness. But there's no mistaking the sense of liftoff that occurred at the end of the millennium. Beyond all that, 1999 was just so rich. Going back to the independent filmmaking movement, those rebels were fully


Who was Grigori Rasputin popularly linked with?

Grigori Rasputin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Grigori Rasputin This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding reliable references (ideally, using inline citations ). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2009) "Rasputin" redirects here. For other uses, see Rasputin (disambiguation) . Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin [ O.S. 16 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic who is perceived as having influenced the later days of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II , his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra , and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei . Rasputin had often been called the "Mad Monk", [1] while others considered him a "strannik" (or religious pilgrim ) and even a starets (ста́рец, "elder", a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believing him to be a psychic and faith healer . [1] It has been argued[ who? ][ citation needed ] that Rasputin helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall of the Romanov dynasty, in 1917. Contemporary opinions saw Rasputin variously as a saintly mystic , visionary, healer and prophet and, on the other side of the coin, as a debauched religious charlatan. There has been much uncertainty over Rasputin's life and influence, for accounts of his life have often been based on dubious memoirs, hearsay, and legend. [1] Contents 12 External links Early life Rasputin was born a peasant in the small village of Pokrovskoye , along the Tura River in the Tobolsk guberniya (now Tyumen Oblast ) in Siberia . [2] The date of his birth remained in doubt for some time and was estimated sometime between 1863 and 1873. [3] Recently, new documents surfaced revealing Rasputin's birth date as 10 January 1869 O.S. (equivalent to 22 January 1869 N.S.) [4] Not much is known about his childhood, and what is known was most likely passed down through his family members. He had two known siblings, a sister called Maria and an older brother named Dmitri. His sister Maria, said to have been epileptic , drowned in a river. [2] One day, when Rasputin was playing with his brother, Dmitri fell into a pond and Rasputin jumped in to save him. They were both pulled out of the water by a passerby, but Dmitri eventually died of pneumonia . Both fatalities affected Rasputin, so he subsequently named two of his children Maria and Dmitri. The myths surrounding Rasputin portray him as showing indications of supernatural powers throughout his childhood. Efim Rasputin, Grigori's father, raised horses, and one ostensible example of these powers was when he mysteriously identified the man who had stolen one of the horses. [2] When he was around the age of eighteen, he spent three months in the Verkhoturye Monastery, possibly a penance for theft. His experience there, combined with a reported vision of the Mother of God on his return, turned him towards the life of a religious mystic and wanderer. It also appears that he came into contact with the banned Christian sect known as the khlysty ( flagellants ), whose impassioned services, ending in physical exhaustion, led to rumors that religious and sexual ecstasy were combined in these rituals. Suspicions (which have not generally been accepted by historians) that Rasputin was one of the Khlysts threatened his reputation right to the end of his life. Indeed, Alexander Guchkov charged him with being a member of this illegal and orgiastic sect. The Tsar perceived the very real threat of a scandal and ordered his own investigations, but he did not, in the end, remove Rasputin from his position of influence; quite the contrary, he fired his minister of the interior for a "lack of control over the press" (censorship being a top priority for Nicholas then). He pronounced the affair to be a private one closed to debate. [5] Shortly after leaving the monastery , Rasputin visited a holy man named Makariy, whose hut was nearby. Makariy had an enormous influence on Rasputin, who would model himself after him. Rasputin married Praskovia Fyodorovna Dubrovina in 1889, and they had three children, named Dmitri, Varvara, and M


A two-wheeled self-powered and self-balancing vehilce unveiled in 2001 is called what?

Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall - BBC News BBC News Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in scooter cliff fall 27 September 2010 Image caption Mr Heselden was said to have donated more than £23m to charity Mr Heselden was said to have donated more than £23m to charity Tribute to Segway boss after fall The millionaire owner of the Segway company has died after falling from cliffs while riding one of his firm's motorised scooters. Jimi Heselden, 62, crashed into the River Wharfe while riding the vehicle round his estate in Thorp Arch, Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, on Sunday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The scooter was found in the water. Mr Heselden, who founded Leeds-based company Hesco Bastion, acquired the Segway operation in December 2009. The devices are electric, two-wheeled, self-balancing machines. They were invented by Dean Kamen and unveiled in 2001. A family spokesman said Mr Heselden was a "much-loved father and husband". A spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Police said: "Police were called at 1140 yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above." 'Tragic accident' Mr Heselden grew up in the Halton Moor area of Leeds, leaving school at 15 and working down local pits. He worked as a miner until losing his job in a wave of redundancies in the 1980s. His engineering business, which produces military and flood protection equipment, went from strength-to-strength and he had a fortune reported to be £166m, making him one of the top 400 richest people in the UK. Image caption Segways were unveiled in 2001 and first produced the following year The tycoon was well known for his donations to charity, giving more than £20m to good causes. In 2009 Mr Heselden, who leaves a wife and children, led a British team which bought the United States-based Segway firm. A family spokesman said: "Our family has been left devastated by the sudden and tragic loss of a much-loved father and husband." A spokesman for Hesco Bastion said: "It is with great sadness that we have to confirm that Jimi Heselden OBE has died in a tragic accident near his home in West Yorkshire." The spokesman added: "Jimi is perhaps best known for his charity work with Help for Heroes and the Leeds Community Foundation. 'Selfless and generous' "A £10m gift to the foundation earlier this month saw his lifetime charitable donations top £23m. "Our thoughts go out to his family and many friends." Tom Riordan, chief executive of Leeds City Council, said: "Jimi was an amazing man who, apart from being a wonderful success story for Leeds due to his business acumen, was also remarkably selfless and generous, giving millions to local charities to help people in his home city." He added that Mr Heselden would be remembered for his "quiet manner, good nature and tremendous pride in being from Leeds".


By what name is Vincent Damon Furnier better known?

Alice Cooper - Biography - IMDb Alice Cooper Biography Showing all 77 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (4) | Trivia  (34) | Personal Quotes  (34) Overview (3) 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Mini Bio (1) Alice Cooper was born Vincent Damon Furnier, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of a minister. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona, at a young age and still lives in the state today. At age 17, he formed a rock band called the Earwigs, who changed their name to The Spiders and then The Nazz, before finally settling on Alice Cooper. The line-up included himself, Dennis Dunaway , Michael Bruce , Glen Buxton and Neal Smith . Rumors (which the band did not necessarily make efforts to deny) to the contrary, the name was not chosen from a Ouija board reading nor was it named after a woman once burned at the stake for witchcraft -- it was picked because the random name had a twisted sense of originality and misleading innocence, complementing the band's bizarre and macabre stage theatrics and lyric themes. The band got their first big break playing at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles one night in 1969 when Frank Zappa discovered them and signed them to his record label. After two albums-and relocating to Detroit -- they were signed by Warner Bros., hooked up with famous producer Robert Ezrin and came out with their third album, the breakthrough "Love It to Death" in 1971. Several albums followed, including "Killer", the highly successful "School's Out", "Billion Dollar Babies" and "Muscle of Love". The band made an appearance in the movie Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) and their own theatrically released documentary Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper (1974). Alice himself also starred in an episode of The Snoop Sisters: The Female Instinct (1972). The original Alice Cooper band broke up in 1975, with the lead singer getting his name legally changed to Alice Cooper -- and performing under the name ever since -- while some of the other members formed a band called the Billion Dollar Babies. That same year saw the release of a Greatest Hits album, while Alice as a solo artist completed the album "Welcome to My Nightmare" and his incredibly theatrical tour. It was on this tour that he met his future wife Sheryl Cooper , who had been hired as a dancer. ( 3 March  1976      - present) (3 children) Trade Mark (4) Wears black greasepaint around the eyes and usually sides of mouth. Pioneered the use of wild/macabre stage theatrics in rock concerts. Jet black hair and bold blue eyes Leather pants and leather jacket Gruff singing voice Trivia (34) Alice and his original band made the song "The Man with the Golden Gun" intended for the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), but the movie producers deemed Alice "too controversial" and went with another song of the same title sung by Lulu for the movie. The Alice version of "The Man with the Golden Gun" appears on the band's 1974 album "Muscle of Love". Once belonged to the exclusive Hollywood club the "Hollywood Vampires" in the mid to late 1970s. Born at 10:33pm - EST. Attended and graduated from Cortez High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Lived with Cynthia Lang from 1968-1976. She sued for community property. In 1998, he opened up his own restaurant right in downtown Phoenix called "Cooperstown". Also planning to open another one in Ohio in 2000. Is an avid golfer, and has participated in several celebrity tournaments. Is the subject of the songs "Why Must I Be Sad?" by They Might Be Giants , "Scared" by Dangerous Toys, and the b-side "The Ballad of Alice Cooper" by Bon Jovi . Received an honorary Ph.D (Doctor of Performing Arts) degree from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona in May 2004. When the giant letters of the famous "HOLLYWOOD" sign had to be replaced with new letters in 1978, a fundraising party was held, with the old letters being auctioned off at around $28,000 each. Hugh M. Hefner hosted the event and bought the "H", while Warner Brothers bought the "W". Alice bought an "O" in memory of the late Groucho Marx , with whom he had been ve


"Who was the first person to win a Tony Award, an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year, and the only person to have won all 3 awards in the category of ""Best Director""?"

List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards   Wikis List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards: Wikis    Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Contents 14 External links This is a list of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. These are considered the four major entertainment awards in American show business . [1] Presented annually, the awards honor outstanding achievements, respectively, in film, television, music, and theater. [2] Winning all four awards has been called the Showbiz Award Grand Slam [3] [4] or EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) [5] . It is also referred to as being one of the "Greatest Entertainers." Four awards To date, only ten artists have won an Academy Award , an Emmy Award , a Grammy Award , and a Tony Award in competitive categories. They are: actors John Gielgud , Whoopi Goldberg , Helen Hayes , Audrey Hepburn , Rita Moreno ; composers Marvin Hamlisch , Richard Rodgers , and Jonathan Tunick ; and directors Mel Brooks and Mike Nichols . [2] (Two of these artists, Rodgers and Hamlisch, have each won the Pulitzer Prize as well.) Two more artists, Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand , have also won all of the four major entertainment awards, although their awards were not exclusively competitive. [2] Below, the ten artists who have won competitive Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards are listed first in chronological order by the date on which they achieved this milestone. They are followed, also chronologically, by the two additional artists whose awards were not exclusively competitive, but also included special or honorary awards. Artist 1990 : Special Grammy Award, Grammy Legend Award Superlatives Of the twelve artists who have each won all four of the major entertainment awards (including non-competitive categories) the following superlatives emerge. First Artist to Win — Richard Rodgers in 1962 Oldest Artist to Win — John Gielgud at age 87 Artist with Longest Amount of Time to Win — Helen Hayes at 44 years Artist with Most Awards in Total — Barbra Streisand with 17 awards Artist with Most Academy Awards — Marvin Hamlisch with 3 awards Artist with Most Grammy Awards — Barbra Streisand with 9 awards Most Recent Artist to Win — Whoopi Goldberg in 2002 Youngest Artist to Win — Barbra Streisand at 28 Artist with Shortest Amount of Time to Win — Barbra Streisand at 7 years Artist with Most Special Awards — Richard Rodgers with 3 awards Artist with Most Emmy Awards — Marvin Hamlisch, Barbra Streisand and Mike Nichols with 4 awards each Artist with Most Tony Awards — Mike Nichols with 8 awards James Whitmore Notes: 1. In addition to both an Academy Award and a Grammy Award in 1961, Ramin won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1982. 2. Barbra Streisand also won a Special Tony Award in 1970. 3. Winning an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award in their respective acting categories is known as winning the " Triple Crown " of acting awards. 4. Bob Fosse won all three awards in the same year, 1973 . 5. Liza Minnelli also won a Grammy Legends Award in 1990. 6. In 1953, Thomas Mitchell became the first actor ever to win the Triple Crown of Acting . 7. Tony Walton is the only costume/set designer to win all 3 of these awards. 8. In 1996, Julie Andrews refused a Tony Award nomination for her role in Victor/Victoria in protest of the fact that the production received no other nominations. [13] Three awards In addition to the above winners, the following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in either competitive categories or noncompetitive special and honorary categories. Judy Garland won an Academy Juvenile Award , a competitive Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award . Eileen Heckart w


On what continent are the following found: Mt Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater (the worlds largest unbroken caldera), Nile River, Okavango Delta, Red Sea Reef, Sahara Desert, and the Serengeti Migration?

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What is the title of the unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson?

Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance eBook by Robert Louis Stevenson - 1230000275377 | Kobo View all Synopsis Weir of Hermiston (1896) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Many have considered it his masterpiece. It was cut short by Stevenson's sudden death in 1894 from a cerebral hemorrhage. The novel is set in Edinburgh and the Lothians at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The novel tells the story of Archie Weir, a youth born into an upper-class Edinburgh family. Because of his Romantic sensibilities and sensitivity, Archie is estranged from his father, who is depicted as the coarse and cruel judge of a criminal court. By mutual consent, Archie is banished from his family of origin and sent to live as the local laird on a family property in the vicinity of Hermiston (now on Edinburgh's outskirts, and occupied by Heriot-Watt University, but then out in the countryside). While serving as the laird, Archie meets and falls in love with Kirstie (Christina). As the two are deepening their relationship, the book breaks off. Ratings and Reviews


When Warren Hastings, returning from a term as Governor-General in 1786, was impeached (and acquitted) where had he been in office?

Warren Hastings | British colonial administrator | Britannica.com British colonial administrator Robert Clive Warren Hastings, (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England —died August 22, 1818, Daylesford), the first and most famous of the British governors-general of India , who dominated Indian affairs from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached (though acquitted) on his return to England. Warren Hastings, oil painting by Tilly Kettle; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London Early life The son of a clergyman of the Church of England, Hastings was abandoned by his father at an early age. He was brought up by an uncle, who gave him what was probably the best education then available for a boy of his inclinations, at Westminster School in London. Hastings showed great promise as a schoolboy and seems at Westminster to have acquired the literary and scholarly tastes that were later to give him a serious interest in Indian culture and civilization. His school days were, however, cut short by his uncle’s death in 1749. He was then taken away from school and granted a writership (as the junior appointments in the East India Company were called), and in 1750, at age 17, he sailed for Bengal. In 1750 British contact with India was still the monopoly of the East India Company, which was engaged in buying and selling goods at small settlements in Indian ports. As one of the company’s servants, for the early part of his career Hastings was employed in the company’s commercial business. But after 1756 the outlook for both the company and its servants was radically altered. The company became involved in hostilities in India both with the French and with Indian rulers, and under Robert Clive its army was able to depose the nawab, or Indian governor, of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. Although the company did not at this stage intend to set itself up as the actual ruler of the province, it was now so powerful that the new nawabs became its satellites. Thus, the servants, including Hastings, began to be drawn more and more into Indian politics. Hastings served as the company’s representative at the court of the nawabs of Bengal from 1758 to 1761 and then on the company’s Council, the controlling body for its affairs in Bengal, from 1761 to 1764. His career was cut short, however, by bitter disputes within the Council. Finding himself in a minority, Hastings resigned from the company’s service and returned to England in 1765. Governorship of Bengal Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent Short of money, Hastings sought service in India again. In 1769 he was appointed second in Council in Madras. Two years later he received his great opportunity when he was sent back to Bengal as governor in charge of the company’s affairs there. Since he had last been in Bengal, the disintegration and demoralization of the normal Indian government of the province, begun after Plassey, had gathered speed; yet the company had been reluctant to create a new system in its place. In practical terms Bengal was in the power of the British, who were also virtually its legal rulers after being granted in 1765 the powers called the dewanee by the Mughal emperor. But the business of government was still conducted by Indian officials, with very limited European participation. Hastings recognized that this situation could not go on and that the British must accept full responsibility, make their power effective, and involve themselves more closely in the work of government, even if he shared his contemporaries’ objections to excessive involvement. His view of the role of the British in India was later to be regarded as a very conservative one. He saw no “civilizing” or modernizing mission for them. Bengal was to be governed in strictly traditional ways, and the life of its people was not to be disturbed by innovation . To ensure good government, however, he felt that the British must actively intervene. In what was to be the most constructive period of his administration, from 1772 to 1774, Has


What phrase is frequently heard in London Underground stations?

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A form of invasive toxic freshwater algal bloom known as blue-green is caused by what?

Blue-green Algae Frequently Asked Questions Are there web sites for more information about blue-green algae? What is blue-green algae? Blue-green algae, or “cyanobacteria,” are natural to the environment’s food chain and are found all over the world. They are actually a type of bacteria but, like plants, they can use sunlight to grow. Many live with other types of algae and microscopic animals, collectively termed “plankton.” Blue-green algae are a group of organisms that are among the oldest on the planet. They are ubiquitous - found in marine waters as well as freshwater and brackish habitats. Blue-green algae are also common in other states, including Georgia, Texas, Alabama and Michigan. Some – not all – blue-green algae can produce toxins that can contribute to environmental problems and affect public health. Those blue-green algae that are known to produce toxins do not always do so. Little is known about exactly what environmental conditions trigger toxin production. Blooms can float on the surface and be several inches thick or they can lie below the surface of the water. Blooms can disappear from view or move to different parts of a pond or lake. top What causes blue-green algae blooms? Blue-green algae multiply quickly in water bodies with    high nutrient levels such as phosphorous or nitrogen, and    particularly when the water is warm and the weather is calm.    That's why blue-green algae are most common in Florida in    the summer and early fall, with its high temperatures and    abundant sunlight, although they can occur at any time. Waters that flow slowly with low turbulence – such as impounded rivers, dams, or water storages – are at particularly high risk of algal blooms. Blue-green algae growth can become seemingly explosive    when lots of nutrients are present, providing a rich feast    that can then cause “blooms” that may look like floating    carpets of blue-green algae turning the water green. Many    other states, and countries for that matter, are    experiencing problems with algal blooms. top Are the blue-green algae blooms a new problem? Algal blooms are not a new phenomenon. Algal    blooms were documented in Florida’s coastal waters as early    as the 19th century. However, increased nutrient loading in    our waterways has likely contributed to increased    frequencies of blooms in our freshwater systems. In 1998, recognizing the need to assess the status of    toxic microalgae in Florida, the state legislature approved    funds to the Florida Harmful Algal Bloom Task Force    (FLHABTF) to address any potential concerns regarding    microalgae, including blue-green algae. Collaborative    studies funded by the FLHABTF were initiated between the St.    Johns River Water Management District, the Florida Fish and    Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife    Research Institute, Florida Department of Health (DOH),    private laboratories, and Wright State University to    investigate the distribution of toxic blue-green algaeand    their toxins (cyanotoxins) in Florida waters.  For more information on this topic, please visit HAB    Task Force Blue-Green Algae Studies . top How long do the blooms last? Blooms can last days, weeks or months, depending on conditions. Scientists cannot predict when or where blooms will occur or how long they will last; the blooms run their course and dissipate naturally. Can blue-green algae blooms be treated? No. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation    Commission does not recommend treatment because it may    release the toxins. The Bureau of Invasive Plant Management does not favor, and does not issue permits for, the application of algaecides to treat blue-green algal blooms in surface waters of the state. Such treatments are generally not very effective and would need to be repeated frequently, potentially resulting in unacceptable levels of algaecide in surface water bodies. Surface water bodies used as drinking water reservoirs may be treated on occa


"The mural-size canvas painted in oils, known as ""Guernica"", was painted by whom?"

Guernica by Pablo Picasso – Facts & History of the Painting 137.4 in × 305.5 in 349 cm × 776 cm Guernica is a painting by famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It was painted as a reaction to the aerial bombing of Guernica, Spain by German and Italian forces during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. The Spanish Republic, government of Spain, appointed Picasso to paint a large mural about the bombing to display at the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris. Guernica shows the cataclysms of war as well as the anguish and destruction it inflicts upon people, especially innocent civilians. This painting has attained an enormous reputation over the years, and has become an everlasting reminder of the devastation of war, in addition to becoming an anti-war icon. After it was completed, Guernica was exhibited worldwide during a limited tour, receiving wide acclaim and becoming quite famous. The exposure assisted in bringing the Spanish Civil War to the world’s awareness. The Painting – Summary Of Individual Components The colors of Guernica are black, white, and grey. It is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 11 feet tall by 25.6 feet wide, and is on display at the Museo Reina Sofía (Spain’s national museum) in Madrid. The work of art was completed by Picasso in June, 1937 and depicts turmoil, people and animals suffering, with buildings in disarray – torn apart by violence and mayhem. Guernica can be summarized by its individual components as follows: The encompassing scenario is set within a room where, in an empty part on the left, a wide-eyed bull looms above a woman grieving for a dead child she is holding. The middle of the painting shows a horse falling over in pain, having been pierced by a spear or lance. It is essential to bear in mind that the gaping wound in the side of the horse is the primary focus of the artwork. Two obscured visuals formed by the horse can be found in Guernica: first is human skull is superimposed on the body of the horse. Secondly, it appears that a bull is goring the horse from below. The head of the bull is formed largely by the front leg of the horse, which has its knee on the ground. The knee cap of the horse makes up the bull’s nose, and the bull’s horn jabs at the horse’s breast. The tail of the bull is formed in the shape of flame and smoke appearing in the window at far left, produced by a lighter shade of grey bordering it. Underneath the horse lies a dead mutilated soldier, the hand of his severed arm still grasping a broken sword, from which a flower springs up. In the open palm of the dead soldier is a stigmata, symbolic of the sacrifices of Jesus Christ. Above the head of the impaled horse is a light bulb which glares outward like an evil eye, it can also be likened to the single bulb hanging in a prison cell. Picasso may have also intended the symbolism of the bulb to be associated with the Spanish word for light bulb which is “bombilla”. This brings to mind the word “bomb”, which could symbolize the detrimental impact which technology can have on humanity. Towards the upper right of the horse is a fearful female figure that appears to be watching the actions in front of her. She seems to have floated through a window into the room. Her floating arm is holding a flaming lamp and the lamp is very close to the bulb, symbolizing hope – and is in opposition to the light bulb. Staggering in from the right, below the floating female figure, is a horror-struck woman who looks up vacantly into the glaring light bulb. The tongues of the grieving woman, the bull, and the horse are shaped like daggers, which suggest screaming. A bird, probably a dove, is perched on a shelf behind the bull and seems to be in panic. On the far right of the painting, a person with arms extended in sheer terror is trapped by fire from below and above. A shadowy wall that has an open door becomes the right end of the painting. Interpretations Interpretations of the symbolism of Guernica fluctuate extensively and contradict each other depending on the viewer. The list below echoes the most common interpretations and opinions of


"What usually completes the phrase ""to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of ...""?"

Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth of tar. | word histories Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth of tar. MEANING   Don’t risk the failure of a large project by trying to economise on trivial things.   ORIGIN   Ship is a dialectal pronunciation of sheep, and this proverb was originally to lose the sheep (often the hog) for a halfpennyworth of tar, that is to say, for want of spending a trivial sum on tar, the allusion being to the use of tar either in marking sheep or to protect sores and wounds on sheep from flies (the expression tarred with the same brush also originally alluded to the use of tar by shepherds). In The Countryman’s Instructor (1636), John Crawshey, who described himself as a “plaine Yorkshire man”, wrote: To conclude with the old proverbe, hee that will loose a sheepe (or a hogge) for a pennyworth of tarre, cannot deserve the name of a good husband [= farmer]: you may guesse at my meaning. The noun hog was used to denote a young sheep from the time it is weaned until its first shearing (it was also applied to any of various other farm animals of a year old). In A Collection of English Words not generally used, with their Significations and Original, in two Alphabetical Catalogues, the one of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties (1691), John Ray (1627-1705) recorded, in North Country Words: A Hog; a Sheep of a year old; used also in Northampton and Leicester shires, where they also call it a Hoggrel. And, in South and East Country Words, he wrote: Hogs; Young Sheep, Northamptonshire. Used also in the same sense in Yorkshire. John Ray, however, understood hog as meaning domestic pig in A Collection of English Proverbs (1678): Ne’re lose a hog for an half-penny-worth of tarr. A man may spare in an ill time: as some who will rather die, then [= than] spend ten groats in Physick. Some have it, lose not a sheep, &c. Indeed tarr is more used about sheep then swine. The current form of the proverb is first recorded in English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases (1869), by William Carew Hazlitt (1834-1913): To spoil the ship for a half-pennyworth of tar. However, the author adds: But, in Cornwall, I heard a different version, which appeared to me to be more consistent with probability: “Don’t spoil the sheep for a ha’porth of tar;” and this agrees with a third variation: “Don’t spoil the hog for, &c.,” a hog in some counties (Lincolnshire, for instance,) standing for a sheep of a year old. But, as Mr. Dyce (A General Glossary to Shakespeare’s Works, article ship*) observes, the two words, sheep and ship, seem formerly to have been pronounced very much alike. (* In fact, this observation appears under sheep: “sheep formerly often pronounced (as it still is in certain counties) ship, and even so written: hence the quibbles”) In A Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1993), B. A. Phythian explains that, because of this similarity in pronunciation, non-countryfolk obviously assumed that the expression referred to a ship, the assumption being reinforced by the reference to tar, which was widely used on wooden ships to coat and preserve the timbers. To complete this transformation of a rustic expression into a nautical-sounding one, the rather extravagant and unconvincing idea of ‘losing’ an entire ship for the sake of a small economy was changed to ‘spoiling’.


Which naval battle took place in December 1939, the second naval battle in the events for the Second World War?

The Battle of the River Plate - History Learning Site The Battle of the River Plate Citation: C N Trueman "The Battle of the River Plate" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 18 May 2015. 16 Aug 2016. The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939 . The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of World War Two . Ships from the Royal Navy’s South American Division took on the might of Germany’s Graf Spee which was successfully attacking merchant shipping in the South Atlantic.     The crew of the Graf Spee watch as another victim sinks Great Britain’s South American Naval Division was made up of four cruisers. On Saturday, December 2nd, 1939 , HMS Ajax, commanded by Captain Woodhouse, was harboured at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. Also at Port Stanley was HMS Exeter, commanded by Captain Bell. Two other ships made up the South American Division – HMS Cumberland, commanded by Captain Fallowfield, and HMNZS Achilles, commanded by Captain Parry. The commander of the South American Division was Commodore Harwood. Harwood knew that the Graf Spee was in the South Atlantic somewhere but he had received no intelligence since November 15th as to her exact position. Harwood came to two conclusions: The Graf Spee would be tempted to attack the shipping using the route from                Argentina/Brazil to Britain The 25th anniversary of the German defeat at the Battle of the Falkland Islands would be an appropriate date for the Graf Spee to seek revenge by attacking the British South American Division. There were three neutral countries in South America that allowed ships to use their harbour facilities – Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Under international law, a naval ship could only use a harbour once every three months. However, Harwood had built up a number of contacts in each country and this ‘law’ was given a liberal interpretation by both parties. On December 2nd, 1939 , Harwood received a message that a merchant ship, the ‘Doric Star’ had been attacked by a large German naval vessel just off St. Helena. The next day, Harwood was informed that another ship, the ‘Tairoa’, had also been attacked 170 miles to the south-west of where the ‘Doric Star’ had been attacked. Harwood assumed that it was the ‘Graf Spee’. By using the distance covered over 24 hours, Harwood estimated where this German naval ship could be. He worked off of an average speed of 15 knots an hour – in fact, the Graf Spee cruised at 22 knots; 50% faster than that estimated by the British. However, luck also assisted Harwood’s skill. The Graf Spee’s average speed was 22 knots – but it had been reduced as a result of the Graf Spee’s attacks on merchant shipping……to 15 knots, exactly what Harwood had calculated. Harwood could not split his force of four cruisers so he decided that out of his two obvious choices, the River Plate in Argentina and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, he would place his force at the mouth of the River Plate and wait. Even so, Harwood had to assume that the Graf Spee would go to South America – what if it turned to the West Indies? On paper, four British cruisers against one German pocket-battleship would have been no contest. In fact, the Graf Spee was potentially an awesome opponent. The Treaty of Versailles had forbidden Germany from making what would have been considered to be classic battleships. To get round the restrictions of Versailles, Germany produced pocket battleships. The Graf Spee was commissioned in 1936. The Graf Spee was fast enough to outrun any battleship but was also armed with sufficient weapons to be a potent enemy. The Graf Spee had six 11 inch guns, numerous anti-aircraft guns and six 21 inch torpedo tubes at her stern. Her broadside range was 30,000 yards. She carried two Arado aircraft that could be launched by catapult. Her weaponry was superior to any carried by a British heavy cruiser and her armour, at 5.5 inches, was sufficient to resist shells up to 8 inches. Her eight diesel engines gave the ship 56,000 horsepower and a top speed of 26 knots. The engi


"Which 19th century French novelist wrote books about ""The Three Musketeers""?"

Alexandre Dumas Knowledge Base > Literature > Writers Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.   Graduate of Fordham Gabelli School of Business. Splitting time between New York and Russia. Interested in economic forecasting and 19th century Romanticism. Curated Facts Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask, is the most famous French writer of the nineteenth century. × Amazon Results Alexandre Dumas (1824-1895), was a French playwright and novelist, who wrote plays about the problems of the middle class. He was the son of the writer Alexandre Dumas père. His first work was a volume of poetry, Péchés de jeunesse (Sins of Youth). The following year his first novel, Camille, appeared, and the subsequent dramatization of this work established him as a success. Article:                     Alexandre Dumas: Views on...     Devotees of Dumas, one of the stars of 19th-century French literature, whose remains were transferred amid great pomp to the hallowed tomb of the Panthéon in 2002, insist Maquet was merely a dogsbody whose capacity for hard work was his greatest talent. They claim his only role as one of the great man's many assistants was to provide the basics on which Dumas could then build his masterpieces. Article:                     Film reignites literary d...     a leading academic has cast doubt on how much of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo he actually penned. A new film will also suggest they were largely written by an unsung assistant... He claims that Auguste Jules Maquet was the real "fourth musketeer", the man who actually came up with the plot for the trilogy featuring Porthos, Athos, Aramis. and d'Artagnan. Article:                     Alexandre Dumas novels pe...     All this even though the novels are clearly books of their time. Consider the best known of them, The Three Musketeers. Long, theatrical, at times preposterous, its pages are filled with improbable coincidence and dialogue worthy of a modern-day bodice-ripper: "Buckingham seized her hand and kissed it passionately. Then he got to his feet and said: If I escape alive I shall see you again before six months have passed, even if I have to set the world ablaze to reach you." But the book, awash with derring-do and sly comedy, is also great fun to read. The Musketeers twirl their mustaches, clank their swords, and dispatch with aplomb the minions of the villainous Cardinal Richelieu.     For a long time Dumas was treated with condescension by academia as a mere plebeian entertainer. More recently his reputation has been hampered by the 20th-century credo that endorses spare, analytical writing and minute psychological revelation. Dumas's skills run in quite the opposite direction: instinctive heroes, voluptuous atmosphere, a galloping narrative and breakneck dialogue. But in the past few years academic scholars have shown a renewed interest in the writer. They point out that before he was 35, Dumas contributed to French literature by laying the foundations of bourgeois drama, and helping to popularize history and create a new kind of Romantic novel.


"Who had hit records with ""Long Tall Sally"" and ""Good Golly Miss Molly""?"

All About Little Richard Movie Lists All About Little Richard Little Richard was the most exciting and dynamic musical figure that the world had ever seen up to that point. Article by: Bruce LITTLE RICHARD - BRIEF OVERVIEW: Richard Wayne Penniman, born on December 5th, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, and still going strong now at the age of 75 in 2008. One of the pivotal figures in the explosion of rock and roll onto the scene in the 1950s. In November of 1955 his first single for Specialty Records entered the R&B charts, a song called "Tutti-Frutti," and it sounded like nothing that anybody had ever heard before. Little Richard was the most exciting and dynamic musical figure that the world had ever seen up to that point. Compared to most of the other records of the day, "Tutti-Frutti" was like an atomic bomb exploding. Over the course of the next three years Richard released several of the greatest rock and roll records ever made, and established himself as the most radical of all of the rock and roll superstars of the day. Most adults in those days thought that his music was absolutely barbaric, and to top it off, he regularly wore makeup on stage, had a wild hairdo, and led a fairly open bisexual lifestyle for those days. After two wild years of sold out concerts, big hit records, movies, and incredible fame, in late 1957 Richard decided that he was quitting the rock and roll business and going into the ministry. Legend has it that he had been scared sick on a rough flight during an Australian tour. He supposedly tossed his expensive jewelry into the Sydney Harbor, and he quit the tour with a bunch of dates still left, reportedly missing out on about half a million dollars worth of receipts from the cancelled shows. For the next three years or so Specialty Records continued to release material that he had already recorded before his "retirement" from show business. A few years later he was back on the scene with a tour of England that brought out all of the English rock groups of the day to see one of their heroes. He has been making live appearances on and off over the past 40 years or so, and in recent times he has reportedly sounded as good in his late 60s and early 70s as he did when he was in his 30s. LITTLE RICHARD'S PRIMARY INFLUENCES Louis Jordan. Billy Wright, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Fats Domino, Cab Calloway, Hot Lips Page, Cootie Williams, Piano Red, Lloyd Price, Percy Mayfield, Lucky Millinder, Larry Darnell, Esquerita. ROCK AND ROLL ARTISTS INFLUENCED BY LITTLE RICHARD: Nearly every rock and roll artist who came after him was influenced by him, but here's a short list of artists who have recorded his songs - Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Kinks, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Bill Haley, Sam Cooke, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Mitch Ryder, Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans, Chambers Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Isley Brothers, MC5, Queen, etc., etc., etc., ....Jimi Hendrix's first live appearances of note came as a guitarist in Little Richard's band, the Upsetters. ARTISTS WHO STARTED AS LITTLE RICHARD IMITATORS: James Brown, Otis Redding, Don Covay, Joe Tex, Larry Williams. All of these artists made records early in their careers where they were trying to sound like Little Richard. QUOTES ABOUT LITTLE RICHARD FROM OTHER ROCK AND ROLL ARTISTS: Paul McCartney - "The first song I ever sang in public was "Long Tall Sally." I love his voice and I always wanted to sing like him. When the Beatles were first starting we performed with Richard in Liverpool and Hamburg, and we became close friends. Richard is one of the greatest kings of rock 'n' roll. Smokey Robinson - "Little Richard is the beginning of rock 'n' roll." Keith Richards - "The first time we realized we were on the same stage with LITTLE RICHARD in 1963, that seemed like the top of the world for us. That's as big a thrill as I've ever had. The most exciting moment of my life was appearing on the same stage as Little Richard." Mick Jagger - "I had heard so much about the audience reaction that I thought there must be


The Scandinavian drink, Lillehammer Berry Liqueur, is made from what berries?

The Liquor Collection New Jersey Comments: A Scandinavian berry liqueur from Denmark, and produced from overripe red lingon berries, yet more sweet than tart. ©2013 The Liquor Collection. All Rights Reserved


Three Americans, artist Samuel F. B. Morse, physicist Joseph Henry, and machinist and inventor Alfred Vail, developed what in the 1830s?

Broadcasting - WikiVisually FEATURED ARTICLES · CHANGE LANGUAGE · hover over links in text for more info click links in text for more info Broadcasting Jump to: navigation , search "Broadcast" redirects here. For other uses, see Broadcast (disambiguation) . This article includes a list of references , but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (November 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Broadcasting antenna in Stuttgart Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video content or other messages to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium , but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves ), in a one-to-many model. [1] Broadcasting began with AM radio , which came into popular use around 1920 with the spread of vacuum tube radio transmitters and receivers . Before this, all forms of electronic communication (early radio , telephone , and telegraph ) were one-to-one , with the message intended for a single recipient. The term broadcasting, borrowed from the agricultural method of sowing seeds in a field by casting them broadly about, [2] was coined by either KDKA manager Frank Conrad or RCA historian George Clark [3] around 1920 to distinguish this new activity of "one-to-many" communication; a single radio station transmitting to multiple listeners. Over the air broadcasting is usually associated with radio and television , though in recent years both radio and television transmissions have begun to be distributed by cable ( cable television ). The receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively small subset; the point is that anyone with the appropriate receiving technology and equipment (e.g., a radio or television set) can receive the signal. The field of broadcasting includes both government-managed services such as public radio , community radio and public television , and private commercial radio and commercial television . The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, part 97 defines "broadcasting" as "transmissions intended for reception by the general public, either direct or relayed". [4] Private or two-way telecommunications transmissions do not qualify under this definition. For example, amateur ("ham") and citizens band (CB) radio operators are not allowed to broadcast. As defined, "transmitting" and "broadcasting" are not the same. Transmission of radio and television programs from a radio or television station to home receivers by radio waves is referred to as "over the air" (OTA) or terrestrial broadcasting and in most countries requires a broadcasting license . Transmissions using a wire or cable, like cable television (which also retransmits OTA stations with their consent ), are also considered broadcasts, but do not necessarily require a license (though in some countries, a license is required). In the 2000s, transmissions of television and radio programs via streaming digital technology have increasingly been referred to as broadcasting as well, though strictly speaking this is incorrect.[ citation needed ] Contents Main article: History of broadcasting The earliest broadcasting consisted of sending telegraph signals over the airwaves, using Morse code , a system developed in the 1830s by Samuel F. B. Morse , physicist Joseph Henry and Alfred Vail . They developed an electrical telegraph system which sent pulses of electric current along wires which controlled an electromagnet that was located at the receiving end of the telegraph system. A code was needed to transmit natural language using only these pulses, and the silence between them. Morse therefore developed the forerunner to modern International Morse code . This was particularly important for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communication, but it became increasingly important for business and general news reporting, and as an arena for personal communication by radio amateurs (Douglas, op. cit.). Audio broadcasting began experimentally in the f


What would you be expected to do with aspic?

haverchuk: Retro food: Eggs in aspic cooking drinking eating exploring kvetching listening looking photographing reading sharing shopping thinking watching writing Tuesday, November 22, 2005 Retro food: Eggs in aspic In the beginning I said I would never cook anything just for the blog. It doesn't really work that way, though. When you write about food just about every day, every morsel that you eat or cook could be a topic and every decision about what to buy at the store and what to make for dinner becomes a choice not only of what to eat but also of what to write. So when I decided to make calzones the other day, it occurred to me that I had not yet blogged about calzones and this made me all the more eager to make them. (I suppose now I should tell you that I made them with a recipe of pizza dough , a pound of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained well, two beaten eggs, half a pound of ricotta, about a quarter cup of grated parmesan, a half cup of grated mozzarella. a few strokes of grated nutmeg, salt, and pepper. This makes two calzones. I brush the outside with an eggwash made with one beaten egg, a little cold water, and a pinch each of salt and sugar. They bake at 375 for half an hour and are nice with some homemade tomato sauce on the side.) Until now, I don't think I have made anything I would have been really unlikely to make without a blog in which to discuss it. Part of my interest in making aspic is that I think it's an odd food and I want to explore it, get to know it, uncover its mystery. This is more interesting, I think, if I have someone with whom to share my discoveries. Thanks for being that someone. I approach retro food in good faith. I don't see outmoded cuisine as a product of horrendous taste which has been cast off after decades of progress. Our food is not naturally better than the foods of the past. It's easy to see today's über-fresh, hyper-multiculti food ethic as an advance past the atrocious jello mold salads and béchamel-rich casseroles of yesteryear. And of course there have been plenty of embarrassments over the years that no one should try to recreate. But the trendy foods of today sometimes seem odd and nasty to me now and who knows what people will think in a few decades? (Here are some foods of today that I think are all wrong: sandwich wraps, fat-free and artificially-sweetened yogurt, instant individual-serving packages of soup, veggie burgers, supermarket sushi, energy elixers, Starbucks 900-calorie drinks, meatnormous omelette sandwiches, and of course the ubiquitous boneless-skinless chicken breasts.) I see retro food as dishes worth getting to know in spite of their status as fashion victims. A few weeks ago I made and wrote about Chicken a la King and said, "It tasted like cafeteria food. I loved it." I was hoping to love it and I did. I'm not going to make anything that I expect to taste like crap just because it might look cool or sound funny. I don't think it's clever to poke fun at the taste of old times without also appreciating what was good and interesting about it. Eggs in aspic, oeufs en gelée, are a bygone first course or buffet food. I chose to make them before I noticed that they're the dish Julie Powell considers the lowest moment in her year with Mastering the Art. (She notes that her "cats like aspic just fine.") I sense that when people peruse decades-old illustrated cookbooks, it's the photos of aspics and jellies that most make them wince. Clearly the point of aspic is to look impressive but it can also look ridiculous and it's always worse to look ridiculous when you're trying to impress. The fish on the cover of this book , where I got my eggs in aspic recipe, looks appetizing to me but I fear to many today the idea of making a fish-shaped mold containing fish is the stuff of parody. Did someone actually eat that? Aspic is savory jello. It's not hard to make but it does time time. Some stocks are high enough in gelatin to be solid at room temp. A stock made with veal knuckles is naturally gelatinous. (That's how JP did it


According to a book by former British foreign secretary Lord Owen, which world leader collapsed while sitting on a sofa watching a football game in 2002?

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