The Ipcress File, published in 1962 was the very first novel for which British Author ?

Len Deighton (Author of The Ipcress File) edit data Deighton was born in Marylebone, London, in 1929. His father was a chauffeur and mechanic, and his mother was a part-time cook.After leaving school, Deighton worked as a railway clerk before performing his National Service, which he spent as a photographer for the Royal Air Force's Special Investigation Branch. After discharge from the RAF, he studied at St Martin's School of Art in London in 1949, and in 1952 won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1955. Deighton worked as an airline steward with BOAC. Before he began his writing career he worked as an illustrator in New York and, in 1960, as an art director in a London advertising agency. He is credited with creating the first British cover for Jack Kerouac's On the Ro Deighton was born in Marylebone, London, in 1929. His father was a chauffeur and mechanic, and his mother was a part-time cook.After leaving school, Deighton worked as a railway clerk before performing his National Service, which he spent as a photographer for the Royal Air Force's Special Investigation Branch. After discharge from the RAF, he studied at St Martin's School of Art in London in 1949, and in 1952 won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1955. Deighton worked as an airline steward with BOAC. Before he began his writing career he worked as an illustrator in New York and, in 1960, as an art director in a London advertising agency. He is credited with creating the first British cover for Jack Kerouac's On the Road. He has since used his drawing skills to illustrate a number of his own military history books. Following the success of his first novels, Deighton became The Observer's cookery writer and produced illustrated cookbooks. In September 1967 he wrote an article in the Sunday Times Magazine about Operation Snowdrop - an SAS attack on Benghazi during World War II. The following year David Stirling would be awarded substantial damages in libel from the article. He also wrote travel guides and became travel editor of Playboy, before becoming a film producer. After producing a film adaption of his 1968 novel Only When I Larf, Deighton and photographer Brian Duffy bought the film rights to Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop's stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! He had his name removed from the credits of the film, however, which was a move that he later described as "stupid and infantile." That was his last involvement with the cinema. Deighton left England in 1969. He briefly resided in Blackrock, County Louth in Ireland. He has not returned to England apart from some personal visits and very few media appearances, his last one since 1985 being a 2006 interview which formed part of a "Len Deighton Night" on BBC Four. He and his wife Ysabele divide their time between homes in Portugal and Guernsey.


Which football club have appeared in 13 FA Cup finals, winning five and losing eight their first final appearance was in 1893 ?

FA Cup Opta Stats: Tottenham v Cheltenham (and all S-Z ties) : Opta : UK & Ireland Football UK & Ireland Football Free Bet The FA Cup is the only major trophy that Harry Redknapp has lifted Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Swindon, Tottenham, Watford and West Brom are the hosts scrutinised by Opta in their final instalment of FA Cup facts... Sheffield United v Salisbury The sides have never met in any competition. The Blades have reached six FA Cup finals, winning four of them. Sheffield United have only lost one of their last 13 FA Cup games against non-league opponents, losing 0-3 in a replay at Altrincham in November 1981. Salisbury are making their first appearance in the FA Cup third round. Sheffield United have only lost one of their last eight FA Cup games at Bramall Lane. Sheffield Wednesday v West Ham The Owls have been knocked out in the third round on seven of the last eight occasions that they have reached this stage. Sheffield Wednesday have progressed on all three occasions that they have met the Hammers in the FA Cup. The Owls have won their last three FA Cup matches at home. West Ham have won their last 10 FA Cup games against sides from a lower division, firing in 29 goals in the process. West Ham have made it to the fourth round on nine of the last 11 occasions that they have reached the FA Cup third round. Swindon v Wigan Swindon have twice reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, losing one step before the final in both 1910 and 1912. The Robins have already overcome higher ranked opposition twice (Huddersfield and Colchester) to reach the third round this season. Wigan have only lost two of their last 12 FA Cup games against lower ranked sides, though one of them was an embarrassing 0-1 defeat to non-league Canvey Island. Wigan have never won at the County Ground in five attempts, losing two and drawing three. Five of the Latics' last seven goals against Swindon have occurred in the second half. Tottenham v Cheltenham Tottenham have never played Cheltenham. Spurs have appeared in nine FA Cup finals, triumphing on eight occasions. Tottenham have only suffered defeat to lower league opposition once in twenty matches - against Leicester (2-3) in 2006. Spurs have lost once in their last 13 FA Cup ties at White Hart Lane. Cheltenham progressed past the third round twice before, making it to the fifth round in 2002 and the fourth round in 2006. Cheltenham have faced higher league opposition nine times in the last ten years, progressing on three occasions. Cheltenham have already scored five goals in this year's competition, conceding two. Watford v Bradford The Bantams have failed to win at Vicarage Road in 11 attempts (in all competitions). Bradford will hope to take the game to a replay secure in the knowledge they have beaten Watford seven consecutive times on home soil. Watford's fourth round defeat to Brighton last season was their first to lower league opposition since Birmingham in 1999. Watford have scored four or more goals in two of their last five FA Cup ties, although they have also shipped three or more in three of those five matches. Bradford's most successful FA Cup run came in 1911 when they won the competition, beating Newcastle 1-0 in a replay. The Bantams have tasted defeat in eight of their last 11 FA Cup matches away from home. Bradford have met higher league opposition six times in the last 10 years, winning two and losing four. West Brom v Cardiff West Brom have won the FA Cup five times, with their most recent win coming in 1968, beating Everton 1-0 after extra-time. West Brom have exited the competition to lower league opposition twice in the last three years. Cardiff are unbeaten in their previous three visits to the Hawthorns in all competitions, winning twice and netting a total of nine goals. City midfielder Peter Whittingham has scored in consecutive games against the Baggies. Cardiff have forced higher league opposition to a replay in six of their last eleven FA Cup matches against them.


Which football club have appeared in 14 FA Cup finals, winning seven and losing seven. Their first final appearance was in 1914 ?

FA Cup: Clubs with most appearances in finals - Yahoo Sport FA Cup: Clubs with most appearances in finals By deevyamulani 19 May 2016 21:54    Arsenal are the defending champions, having won the FA Cup for two consecutive years in 2014 and 2015 First held in 1871, the FA Cup is the oldest formally organised and recognised football competition in the world. It is also the premier knockout club competition in English football. The FA Cup is notorious for its upsets and gives the chance to clubs from lower leagues to compete for major honours with the big guns of English football. In the past 10 years, clubs like Cardiff City , Everton , Stoke, Portsmouth, Wigan, Hull and Aston Villa have rubbed shoudlers with the ‘big dogs’ in the finals. Each of these clubs have so far had a tryst with relegation apart from Everton and Stoke. The finals of the FA Cup, held each year at Wembley marks the end of the domestic football season. Winning the FA Cup is a prestigious moment in a clubs history and most clubs, inspite of the riches of the League competitions still treat it like a once in lifetime chance to be at the top of English football. The importance of the FA Cup has increased now that the winner of the cup also gives a chance to play in the Europa League, UEFA’s second-tier European competition. We list the clubs to have appeared in the most cup finals, giving them a chance at glory. #5 Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion (10) Manchester City endured a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Chelsea in the 5th round of the FA Cup this season Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion have competed in 10 FA Cup finals each with both clubs winning the FA Cup twice each as well. Almost fifty years have passed since West Brom last played in a cup final while it’s been 81 years since the Baggies last won the trophy. Manchester City first appeared in the final in 1904 and have reached the finals intermittently till 1981. After the 1981 finals, City did not appear in the finals till 2011 which they went on to win. They have enjoyed success in the FA Cup since the influx of money made from the East, making them a powerful club in the domestic football scenario. City last reached the final in 2013 under Roberto Mancini which they lost to Roberto Martinez ’s Wigan Athletic . #4 Chelsea and Aston Villa (11) Chelsea last won the FA Cup in 2012 Chelsea and Aston Villa are clubs who have been through bad seasons in the Premier League but have had contrasting fortunes in the FA Cup. Chelsea and Villa have both won seven of the eleven finals they have appeared in. While Aston Villa were the latest of the pair to have appeared in a final, it’s been nearly 60 years since they last won it. They lost out to Arsenal in 2015’s FA Cup final and have not lifted it since 1957. Chelsea on the other hand, have recently found a relatively higher success rate in the FA Cup, winning all four of the finals they have appeared in the last ten years. The Blues won their first FA Cup in 1970 and last won it against Liverpool in 2012. #3 Everton and Newcastle (13) Newcastle lost their last FA Cup final in 1999 to Manchester United Everton and Newcastle hold the record for the third most appearances in the FA Cup finals each appearing 13 times. The Magpies have been a tad bit more successful than Everton in England ’s premier knockout competition winning it six times to Everton’s five. Newcastle, appeared in two consecutive finals in 1998 and 1999 during their late 1990’s glory days only to lose it to Arsenal and Manchester United respectively. The toon have not made the finals since. Everton last made the FA Cup finals in 2009 under Scottish manager David Moyes who later went on to become Sir Alex Fergusson’s ill-fated successor at Manchester United. The Toffees went on to lose the finals 2-1 to Carlo Ancelloti’s Chelsea. #2 Liverpool (14) Michael Owen scored the winning goal against Arsenal in the 2001 FA Cup finals The fallen giants of English football, Liverpool have a glittering history in the FA Cup as well,  Liverpool won their first FA Cup back in 1965, 40 y


Who was British Prime Minister on the day the Great Train Robbery took place ?

Harold McMillian | ZoomInfo.com Harold McMillian + Get 10 Free Contacts a Month Please agree to the terms and conditions I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I understand that I will receive a subscription to ZoomInfo Grow at no charge in exchange for downloading and installing the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor utility which, among other features, involves sharing my business contacts as well as headers and signature blocks from emails that I receive. Web References (6 Total References) Letters - Tabloid, Broadsheet, Showbiz and Sports Reviews. www.anorak.co.uk [cached] The wife of Harold Mcmillian, the English Prime Minister in the 60's was having a passionate affair with Lord Boothby, and Harold, apparently knew about it. Employee Performance | RLS Focused Solutions plangoals.com [cached] Former UK Prime Minister Harold McMillian is quoted as saying, "A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the man nobody trusts. Cashel House Hotel - Country House Hotel Connemara Ireland www.cashel-house-hotel.com [cached] During their time at Cashel House the Browne Clayton's had Harold McMillian, the late British Prime Minister, stay as their guest. In 1963 Man Utd won the ... www.westlancsmark.co.uk [cached] In 1963 Man Utd won the cup final, Everton won the league, the Beatles recorded the album Please Please Me in a single day, the first James Bond film, Dr No, was released, President John F Kennedy was assassinated, the great train robbery took place, the Profumo scandal caused the resignation of Prime Minister Harold McMillian and on the 17th of May 1963 Imperial Lodge of MMM was Consecrated. When I first arrived Hugh Gaitskill ... spectator.org [cached] When I first arrived Hugh Gaitskill was the Labor Party leader and Harold McMillian was the Tory Prime Minister. Similar Profiles


"Which American TV director and producer who died in 1991 was responsible for 1960's TV shows such as ""Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea"", ""Lost In Space"" and ""Land Of The Giants"" ?"

Irwin Allen - Biography - IMDb Irwin Allen Biography Showing all 19 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (3) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (2) | Trivia  (4) | Personal Quotes  (6) Overview (3) The Master of Disaster Mini Bio (3) A graduate of New York's Columbia School of Journalism, Irwin Allen was a magazine editor, the producer/director of a radio show and the owner of an advertising agency before entering film production in the 1950s. His documentary, The Sea Around Us (1953), won an Academy Award. A successful TV series producer ( The Time Tunnel (1966), Lost in Space (1965)), Allen was nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" in the 1970s due to the tremendous success of his two special effects-laden epics, The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974). - IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob2@yahoo.com Although originally a journalist by trade, Allen had always loved the movies and had wished to be a part of them. In the process, he became one of the biggest names in show business during the 1970s, producing and directing some of its most popular films. After working in magazines and advertising, he produced the documentary, The Sea Around Us (1953). This excellent film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary, and he decided to branch out into commercial film. His spoof of history, The Story of Mankind (1957), was a critical and commercial disaster, but he scored box office success with The Big Circus (1959) and The Lost World (1960), a remake of a silent classic, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961). As the 1960s emerged, he became interested in science fiction, and scored considerable success. The TV takeoff of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) struck a cord with TV audiences, and so did Lost in Space (1965), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Land of the Giants (1968). However, it was during the 1970s that Allen became became a household name. Noting the massive box office success of Airport (1970), he immediately branched out into disaster movies and was able to obtain star-studded casts. The Poseidon Adventure (1972), about passengers abroad a capsized cruise liner, was one of the biggest box office hits of the year, and its theme song, "The Morning After", by Maureen McGovern , won an Academy Award for Best Song. He followed up that triumph by producing and co-directing the smash, The Towering Inferno (1974), about a group of people trapped in a burning skyscraper, which also drew huge audiences and profits. In his personal life, at that time, he fell in love with actress Sheila Allen (Sheila Matthews), whom he married in 1974. He returned briefly to television with the series, Swiss Family Robinson (1975), but the familiar story only lasted two seasons. It was then that his popularity was at its peak, and he had become known as "The Master of Disaster". He then produced and directed the killer bee film, The Swarm (1978). In spite of a big budget and star-studded cast, the poor special effects and dialog made it a complete flop. The following year, he made produced and co-directed, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), which audiences found dull and implausible. In 1980, he attempted a comeback with When Time Ran Out... (1980), about tourists and natives struggling to escape a volcano eruption. The film drew attention when Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted during its release, but the lavishly financed film was a box office disaster. After three expensive films lost vast sums of money, Allen was never able again to make films on such a grand scale. He remained active in the entertainment industry during the 1980s, however. He designed a special effects ride at the Universal Studios Theme Park, and also produced some TV mini-series. He passed away in 1991. His widow helps run a website dedicated to his memory. - IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous Irwin Allen started in journalism before thrilling two generations as, firstly, the king of 1960s science fiction tv, then secondly, as "The Master Of 1970s Disaster" movies. His tv work is less talked about so this Biography will centre more on


"Which American TV producer who died in 1987 was responsible for 1960'S TV shows such as ""The Untouchables"", ""The Fugitive"" and ""The Invaders"" ?"

Quinn Martin - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I am a simple man trying to live a simple life !!!!!! Quinn Martin Full Name  Irwin Martin Cohen Born  May 22, 1922 (1922-05-22) New York City Died  September 5, 1987, Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States Spouse  Marianne "Muffet" Webb (m. 1961–1987), Madelyn Pugh (m. 1955–1960) Children  Jill Martin, Cliff Martin, Michael Quinn Martin Parents  Anna Messing, Martin G. Cohn Movies  The Mephisto Waltz, Code Name: Diamond, Attack on Terror: The FBI vs th Similar People  Madelyn Pugh, Roy Huggins, Paul Wendkos, Desi Arnaz, Marvin J Chomsky Tribute to quinn martin 1137 tv shows and movies for all three networks Sponsored Links Quinn Martin (May 22, 1922 – September 5, 1987) was an American television producer. He had at least one television series running in prime time every year for 21 straight years (from 1959 to 1980), an industry record. Martin is a member of the Television Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1997. Kojak opening Early life He was born on May 22, 1922 in New York City as Irwin Martin Cohn, the second of two children. His father Martin Goodman Cohn was a film editor and producer at MGM; his mother was Anna Messing Cohn. From age four he was raised in Los Angeles. He graduated from Fairfax High School. He served five years in the United States Army during World War II, enlisting in the Signal Corps at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California on September 10, 1940. He achieved the rank of sergeant. He changed his name to Quinn Martin (the Quinn came from the pronunciation his friends gave of Cohn, as "Co-Inn"). Sponsored Links While attending the University of California, Berkeley, Martin majored in English, but did not graduate. Martin started his career in television as a film editor at MGM and also worked as manager of post production for various organizations, including Universal Studios (1950–1954), but by the mid-1950s had become an executive producer for Desilu Studios. His first wife, Madelyn Pugh Davis, was one half of the writing team behind Desilu's classic I Love Lucy. In 1959 he produced for Desilu Productions a two part special that appeared in season 1 of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse that became a weekly television show: The Untouchables, which would go on to win Emmy Awards. In 1960, Martin established his own production company, QM Productions. He sold it in 1978 and worked as an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego's Warren College, where he also endowed a chair in drama. He also established a scholarship for theater arts and communications students at Santa Clara University QM Productions QM Productions produced a string of successful television series during the 1960s and 1970s, including The Fugitive, Twelve O'Clock High, The F.B.I., The Invaders, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, and Barnaby Jones. Besides producing sixteen one-hour television network series, he also produced twenty TV movies, including Attack on Terror, Brinks: The Great Robbery, Face of Fear, House on Greenapple Road, and Murder or Mercy. His only feature for the big screen was The Mephisto Waltz, released by Twentieth Century-Fox. In 1979, a group of investors purchased his wholly self-owned QM Productions and subsequently sold it to Taft Broadcasting. Later in that year, the company was reincorporated into Taft Entertainment Television, though the QM name and logo continued to be used on-screen and for copyright purposes until the last official production was broadcast in 1983. After selling QM Productions he moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California where he became president of the La Jolla Playhouse and the Del Mar Fair Board. He was also involved with business activities developing motion pictures for Warner Bros. with a new company, QM Communications. Typical format of a QM program Series produced by the company were usually introduced with announcer Dick Wesson or Hank Sims announcing the title of the show and then saying, "A Quinn Martin Production". Images of the stars of the show, followed by the guest stars for that week, w


Which five words appeared as front page headline on the front of the Sun Newspaper on March 13th 1986, it was in connection to a famous British comedian who is now aged 70 ?

Freddie Starr - Who is talking about Freddie Starr on FLICKR Freddie Starr Recent Updated: 2 months ago - Created by Dano-Photography - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - Dano-Photography Recent Updated: 2 months ago - Created by storiesfromscarborough - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - storiesfromscarborough Recent Updated: 6 months ago - Created by The Downstairs Lounge - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - The Downstairs Lounge David Craig - Pan paperback 1978 film tie-in Recent Updated: 7 months ago - Created by 54mge - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - 54mge David Craig - Pan paperback 1978 film tie-in Recent Updated: 7 months ago - Created by 54mge - View Copyright and permission to use should be sought to the author - 54mge Pavilion Theatre Glasgow, Scotland. Designed by Bertie Crewe for Thomas Barrasford, the Pavilion Theatre opened at the corner of Renfield Street and Renfrew Street, Glasgow on the 29 February, 1904. It was regarded as luxurious for its time with its decor being described by the owners as “pure Louis XV”. An electrically operated sliding roof ensured good ventilation. Performances in the early days were mainly variety, melodrama and pantomime. Many of the leading music hall artistes of the period appeared at the Pavilion, including Marie Lloyd, Little Tich, Harry Lauder, Florrie Forde, Will Fyffe, Sarah Bernhardt and a then unknown Charlie Chaplin. Since the 1930s, the Pavilion began to host pantomimes with top name stars of the Scottish variety scene, such as Harry Gordon and Dave Willis. In more recent times it has produced plays, such as ‘The Sash’ and ‘The Steamie’. The Pavilion Theatre is now the only privately run theatre in Scotland and one of a few unsubsidised independent theatres left in Britain. “Defying all the odds, Glasgow’s Pavilion regularly purveys variety to this day. All the more remarkable as it is completely unsubsidised and receives no funding from the Scottish Arts Council and kindred bodies whose thoughts and cash are directed at higher cultural activities. It remains the last stronghold of a long music hall tradition in Europe’s City of Culture owing everything to a dedicated staff and patrons and nothing to the public purse. With its imposing terra cotta facade, the Pavilion Theatre of Varieties was designed by Bertie Crewe in the grand manner for Thomas Barrasford. The domed ceiling was surmounted by an electrically controlled sliding roof for ventilation. Fine Rococo plasterwork on the circle, balcony and box fronts; decoration executed in pure Louis XV; handsome mahogany woodwork and the marble mosaic floor all lent the 1800 seat theatre an aura of splendour. No less amusing than the dentist advertising in the Pavilion programme “painless extractions with nitrous oxide for 4/- (20p) or cocaine for 1/- (5p)”, were the press observations on the “fashionable company” which attended the Pavilion’s first house on 29th February,1904. We learn that “among the elite there was quite a preponderance of ladies and gentlemen of quality in evening dress”. Alas, class consciousness and respectability were all in Edwardian Britain! All the eminent music hall worthies turned up at the Pavilion at some time or other, none more so than FLORRIE FORDE. A strong pantomime tradition was established in the ‘thirties with HARRY GORDON and DAVE WILLIS alternately playing eight weeks at the Pavilion before moving east to the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh. The ‘forties and ‘fifties saw pantomime runs of sixteen weeks for JACK ANTHONY (with BERTHA RICARDO and BOND ROWELL) and lengthy summer shows for TOMMY MORGAN (with ‘TOMMY YORKE; JIMMY HILL and MARGARET MILNE). These happy and hilarious summer seasons were emulated during the 1960s and early 1970s by LEX McLEAN (with JIMMY CARR & VONNIE; RON DALE, and MARGO BENTLEY). Plentiful belly laughs were assured when the master of timing with his clever one liners and asides was the central figure. Another regular


Which prominent English architect now aged 74 was responsible for designing The Eden Project and the National Space Centre in Leicester ?

Academic Experience by Grimshaw - issuu issuu GRIMSHAW Introductory Letter It is my pleasure to offer you this introduction to Grimshaw and our broad portfolio of performative, engaging architecture and industrial design. Since our establishment by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw in 1980, the practice has strived to achieve bespoke, carefully crafted design solutions utilizing cutting edge building technologies and materials across nearly all building sectors and spanning the globe. This is an exciting time for educational institutions, which are transforming more into centers of research, collaboration and interaction. This changing landscape requires learning, student life, as well as faculty and administrative spaces to be radically more agile and responsive than the traditional classrooms of prior generations. This is a sector Grimshaw is very familiar with, and one we are excited to continue to apply our skills and expertise in. With each new commission, we use the knowledge gained from previous projects to inform strategies for the new ones, and in that way we are continuously updating our process. Grimshaw buildings have consistently challenged the status quo and dissected concepts down to their individual elements. Our structures are intelligent and legible, innovative and elegant. I look forward to the opportunity to share more of our work with you and further convey our collaborative approach to design. Sincerely, Andrew Whalley Deputy Chairman GRIMSHAW 3 Grimshaw Profile Founded in 1980, Grimshaw has grown steadily over the last decade, with major offices in New York, London, Melbourne and Sydney. We have succeeded internationally because our approach is based on the continuation of a common design language, rigor and culture established by the founder of the practice—Sir Nicholas Grimshaw—as well as a strong commitment to exploration and a belief in the transformative nature of architecture. Grimshaw is a trading name of Grimshaw Architects LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales. Grimshaw Architects Pty. Ltd. is a limited partnership registered in Australia. Grimshaw Industrial Design LLC is a trading name of Grimshaw Architects LLP and is registered in the United States. Grimshaw Architect P.C. is registered as a Professional Corporation in the State of New York. Grimshaw’s New York office will be the primary location performing services on this project The firm is dedicated to the deepest level of involvement in the design of buildings. Put simply, our employees choose to be a part of the places in which they live and work. In part, this commitment stems from a desire to gain familiarity with local manufacturing and building processes and to develop relationships with the best consultants, in order to deliver buildings that meet the highest possible standards; and in part, it is based on a desire to be truly engaged in the evolution of a place – to contribute to its development on a meaningful and logical level. The majority of the active projects in the New York office is local, and runs the gamut from art museum to bus shelter to affordable housing. It is our aim to be wholeheartedly engaged in the urban and natural environments, and from this awareness generate truly functional, inspiring and transformative design. In New York, Andrew Whalley, William Horgan, Vincent Chang, and Mark Husser lead a talented team of international designers. The studio is a place of innovation, invention and imagination—a place where the atmosphere is more that of a laboratory or think-tank than of a typical architecture office. 340 207 23 42 33 18 TOTAL GLOBAL STAFF AWARDS FOR OUR WORK GRIMSHAW 5 Grimshaw Philosophy The Grimshaw studio is founded on analysis and exploration rather than applying a purely aesthetic solution. This method allows us to explore design in a much more organic way, and to produce designs that are informed by both the natural and the built environment. Our work is a response to the needs and resources of the contemporary world, with a sensitivity towards future developments. The b


William Shakespeare gave his only son a name that was only one letter different from the name of one of his plays, what was that son's name ?

The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet | by Stephen Greenblatt | The New York Review of Books The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet October 21, 2004 Issue 1. Shakespeare was in the business, all of his life, of probing the passions of his characters and arousing the passions of his audiences. His skill in doing so is almost universally acknowledged to have been unrivaled, but the inner sources of this skill remain largely unknown. Scholarship has tirelessly reconstructed at least something of his wide-ranging, eclectic reading, but his own passionate life—his access through personal experience and observation to the intense emotions he represents—is almost completely mysterious. None of his letters, working notes, diaries, or manuscripts (with the possible exception of “Hand D” in Sir Thomas More) survives. His sonnets have been ransacked for autobiographical evidence, but, though written in the first person, they are baffling, elusive, and probably deliberately opaque. Over centuries of feverish speculation, the most compelling reflections on the presence of Shakespeare’s emotional life in his plays—preeminently, James Joyce’s brilliant pages in Ulysses, but there are many others—have focused on Hamlet. This biographical attention to a work deriving from recycled materials and written for the public stage would seem inherently implausible, were it not for the overwhelming impression on readers and spectators alike that the play must have emerged in an unusually direct way from the playwright’s inner life, indeed that at moments the playwright was barely in control of his materials. I will attempt in what follows to trace Hamlet back to a personal experience of grief and to sketch a long-term aesthetic strategy that seems to have emerged from this experience. Sometime in the spring or summer of 1596 Shakespeare must have received word that his only son Hamnet, eleven years old, was ill. Whether in London or on tour with his company he would at best have only been able to receive news intermittently from his family in Stratford, but at some point in the summer he presumably learned that Hamnet’s condition had worsened and that it was necessary to drop everything and hurry home. By the time the father reached Stratford the boy—whom, apart from brief visits, Shakespeare had in effect abandoned in his infancy—may already have died. On August 11, 1596, Hamnet was buried at Holy Trinity Church: the clerk duly noted in the burial register, “Hamnet filius William Shakspere.” Unlike Ben Jonson and others who wrote grief-stricken poems about the loss of beloved children, Shakespeare published no elegies and left no direct record of his paternal feelings. It is sometimes said that parents in Shakespeare’s time could not afford to invest too much love and hope in any one child. One out of three children died by the age of ten, and overall mortality rates were by our standards exceedingly high. Death was a familiar spectacle; it took place at home, not out of sight. When Shakespeare was fourteen, his seven-year-old sister Anne died, and there must have been many other occasions for him to witness the death of children. In the four years following Hamnet’s death, the playwright, as many have pointed out, wrote some of his sunniest comedies: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It. This fact is, for some, decisive evidence that the father’s grief must at most have been brief. But the plays of these years were by no means uniformly cheerful, and at moments they seem to reflect an experience of deep personal loss. In King John, probably written in 1596 just after the boy was laid to rest, Shakespeare depicted a mother so frantic at the loss of her son that she is driven to thoughts of suicide. Observing her, a clerical bystander remarks that she is mad, but she insists that she is perfectly sane: “I am not mad; I would to God I were!” Reason, she says, and not madness, has put the thoughts of suicide in her head, for it is her reason that tenaciously keeps hold of the image of her child. When she i


What was the name of the twin sister of the only son of William Shakespeare, the first two letters of her name are the same as one of his works most famous characters ?

William Shakespeare Biography - eNotes.com William Shakespeare Biography Trivia William Shakespeare Biography William Shakespeare left school at age fifteen, and his contemporary Ben Jonson said Shakespeare had “little Latin and less Greek”—so it wasn't his training. It wasn't where he was born, either: Stratford is still a pretty small town even today. It wasn't a long career: Shakespeare wrote all of his great works in about a twenty-five-year span and died relatively young at fifty-two. It wasn't even his story ideas: the Bard adapted almost all his plots from known sources. No, what's impressive about Shakespeare is that his genius seems to have come from nowhere except himself. He penned comedies, tragedies, and lyric poems; and his mastery of language, character psychology, and emotion combined to make him one of the greatest writers in the English language. Facts and Trivia Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was eighteen. She was eight years older and gave birth six months after the wedding—suggesting why they may have married due to a pregnancy. Shakespeare’s will leaves his “second best bed” to his wife. Who got the best bed—and why? In 1890, Eugene Schieffelin released eighty starlings into New York’s Central Park because they were mentioned in Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part I. There are now hundreds of millions of starlings in America. Actors try to avoid saying “Macbeth” in a theater. Tradition (superstition?) says that it brings bad luck, so actors call it the “Scottish play” instead. Some say that Shakespeare didn’t write any of the works staged under his name. This theory became popular in the nineteenth century, and some say you can find clues to the real author (Francis Bacon?) all through the works... if you read closely enough. link Link William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, descended from tenant farmers and landed gentry. His traditional birth date, April 23, 1564, is conjectural. Baptism was on April 26, so April 23 is a good guess—and a tidy one, since that date is also St. George’s Day as well as the date of Shakespeare’s own death. One of Shakespeare’s grandfathers, Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield, rented land from the other, Robert Arden of Wilmcote. Shakespeare’s father, John, moved to nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, became a prosperous shop owner (dealing in leather goods) and municipal officeholder, and married his former landlord’s youngest daughter, Mary Arden. Thus Shakespeare—the third of eight children but the first to survive infancy—was born into a solidly middle-class family in a provincial market town. During Shakespeare’s infancy, his father was one of the town’s leading citizens. In 1557, John Shakespeare had become a member of the town council and subsequently held such offices as constable, affeeror (a kind of assessor), and chamberlain (treasurer). In 1568, he became bailiff (mayor) and justice of the peace. As the son of a municipal officer, the young Shakespeare was entitled to a free education in the town’s grammar school, which he probably entered around the age of seven. The school’s main subject was Latin studies—grammar and readings drilled into the schoolboys year after year. The Avon River, the surrounding farmlands, and the nearby Forest of Arden offered plenty of opportunities for childhood adventures. When Shakespeare was a teenager, his family fell on hard times. His father stopped attending town council meetings in 1577, and the family’s fortunes began to decline. Matters were not improved in 1582 when Shakespeare, at the age of eighteen, hastily married Anne Hathaway, the twenty-six-year-old daughter of a farmer from the nearby village of Shottery. She presented him with a daughter, named Susanna, approximately five months later. In 1585, the couple also became the parents of twins, Hamnet and Judith. As was then customary, the young couple probably lived in his parents’ home, which must have seemed increasingly crowded. The next mention of Shakespeare is in 1592, when he was an actor and playwright in London. His actions d


Which unit of measurement is defined as being exactly 1,852 metres ?

Units: I symbol for international einheit, the German name for  the international unit (IU). IGPM abbreviation for Imperial gallons per minute. immi a traditional Swiss unit of liquid volume. The immi has been brought into   the metric system and now equals exactly 1.5 liters (about 3.17 U.S. liquid   pints). imperial a large wine bottle holding about 6 liters, 8 times the volume  of a regular bottle . Also called a methuselah. Imperial gallon (gal or IG) a traditional unit of volume equal to about 1.201 U.S. liquid gallon or   4.546 liters. See gallon [3]. In Canada,   the term "Imperial" is used frequently to distinguish the British Imperial   units from the corresponding U.S. units. Imperial units the units of the British Imperial system, adopted by Parliament in 1824.   The basic units of the system are the foot ,    the avoirdupois pound , and the Imperial pint .    The Weights and Measures Acts of 1963 and 1985 have redefined the Imperial    units in term of the SI units. The Imperial units    remain in varying degrees of use in Britain, Canada, Australia, and other    areas of British heritage despite the introduction of metric units there.    Americans should note that the Imperial foot and pound are essentially    the same as the units used in the U.S., but the Imperial pint is significantly    larger than the U.S. liquid and dry pints. inch (in or ") [1] a traditional unit of distance equal to 1/12 foot or exactly 2.54 centimeters. The Old English word ynce is  derived from the Latin uncia, meaning a 1/12 part; thus  "inch" and "ounce" actually have the same root. The inch was  originally defined in England in two ways: as the length of three  barleycorns laid end to end, or as the width of a man's thumb at  the base of the nail. The barleycorn definition is peculiarly  English, but the thumb-width definition is generic. In fact, in  many European languages the word for inch also means thumb:  examples include the Dutch duim, Swedish tum, French pouce, and  Spanish pulgada. In the history of English units the inch seems to  come before the foot: after the Norman conquest of 1066 the foot  was defined to equal 12 inches, rather than the inch being defined  as 1/12 foot. inch (in or ") [2] one of several traditional units of pressure. Air pressure is  measured traditionally in inches of mercury (next entry) and water  pressure in inches of water column (following entry). inch of mercury (in Hg) a traditional unit of atmospheric pressure. In the United  States, atmospheric pressure is customarily expressed as the  height of a column of mercury exerting the same pressure as the  atmosphere. When a traditional mercury barometer is used, this  height is read directly as the height of the mercury column. These  readings must be corrected for temperature since mercury, like  most liquids, tends to expand as it warms. The conventional  equivalent of one inch of mercury is 0.491 153 pounds per square  inch or 3.386 38 kilopascals (33.8638 millibars ). In the  symbol for the unit, Hg is the chemical symbol for mercury; it  comes from the Latin word hydrargyrum ("water-silver") for  the liquid metal. inch of water column (in  WC) a traditional unit of pressure, used in plumbing to describe  both water and gas pressures. The conventional equivalent of one  inch of water is 249.0889 pascals ,  which is 2.490 889 millibars ,  about 0.036 127 pounds per square inch (psi) or about 0.073 556  inches (1.868 32 millimeters) of mercury. inch of water gauge (in wg or "wg) another common name for the inch of water column. The word  "gauge" (or "gage") after a pressure reading indicates that the  pressure stated is actually the difference between the absolute,  or total, pressure and the air pressure at the time of the  reading. inch pound (in·lbf or in lb) a traditional unit of work or energy, equal to 1/12 foot  pound, about 0.112 985 joule or  1.0709 x 10-4 Btu . in d. abbreviation for the Latin in die, dai


Which was the first English football club to be beaten in a European Cup Final ?

The History Of English Clubs In European Cup Finals - Goal.com The History Of English Clubs In European Cup Finals Featured 0 May 19, 2008 11:32:11 Graham Lister looks back at the previous occasions on which English teams have contested the final of Europe's leading competition.... 1 - Busby's Mission Wednesday will see the first Champions League final between two English clubs, but one of them was also the first English club to appear in the final of Europe's premier club competition, then known as the European Champions' Cup. Indeed, Manchester United were England's pioneers in Europe, the first club to represent the country on that prestigious stage, and the ones who, in their second campaign, were decimated at Munich on their way home from a tie in Belgrade.    United had entered the European Cup in defiance of their own short-sighted Football League. Ironically, their opponents this week in Moscow, Chelsea, had been the first English team to qualify for the European Cup when they won the League title in 1954-55. But the insular Football League asked the Blues to "reconsider" their participation because it claimed the extra fixtures might be difficult to fulfil. Chelsea bowed to the unsubtle pressure and withdrew.   When Manchester United won the domestic title in 1955-56 and 1956-57, their manager, Matt Busby, had no intention of missing out on the new continental adventure. The League continued to whinge that United's participation in the fledgling competition was "not in the best interests of the League," but the Red Devils would not be bullied. Busby declared:  "Prestige alone demanded that the continental challenge should be met, not avoided." United initially reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by all-conquering Real Madrid; but the following season the Busby Babes were destroyed in their prime on 6th February, 1958, having just reached the semi-finals again. Busby, who miraculously survived the air crash at Munich, would not rest until the new side that he built had won the European Cup and honoured the memory of those who had died trying. It would take exactly ten years for the dream to be realised... 1968: MANCHESTER UNITED 4-1 Benfica (aet, London) Celtic had stolen a march on all their English rivals by becoming the first British club to reach the final, in 1967 - when they made it count by defeating mighty Inter Milan in Lisbon. But the following season United laid the ghosts of Munich to rest - and they did so at Wembley, England's national stadium.       They had to come from behind against Real at the Bernabeu in the semis to get there, but after Bobby Charlton gave them the lead against Benfica in the final with a rare headed goal, Graca's equaliser nine minutes from the end transformed the Portuguese champions, who looked set to win when Eusebio burst through in the final minute one-on-one with Alex Stepney. Yet the United keeper made a reflex save to keep out the great man's thunderbolt and force the final into extra-time. George Best scored a stunning individual goal three minutes into the extra period after a mazy dribble, and a minute later Brian Kidd, on his 19th birthday, added United's third. Kidd passed to skipper Charlton - a Munich survivor - who lashed home the fourth, and United were champions of Europe at last. An emotional Busby said: "The moment when Bobby took the Cup it cleansed me. It eased the guilt of going into Europe. It was my justification." 2 - The Era Of English Domination United's victory was a one-off: Busby's team seemed to lose some of their drive and break up soon afterwards, while the Dutch took over at Europe's top table, one of their big clubs appearing in each of the next five finals. Then there was a hat-trick of German triumphs from Bayern Munich, the second of which saw them beat English champions Leeds United on an infamous night in Paris. 1975: Bayern Munich 2-0 LEEDS UNITED (Paris) Under Don Revie, Leeds United had become England's most formidable side, if hardly the best loved. Revie had left to take over the England team after guiding Leeds to


An arm of the Mediterranean Sea In the Eastern part of which sea can you find the Greek island of Corfu ?

Aegean Sea | Mediterranean Sea | Britannica.com Mediterranean Sea Alternative Titles: Aigaíon Pélagos, Ege Deniz Related Topics Battle of Artemisium Aegean Sea, Greek Aigaíon Pélagos, Turkish Ege Deniz , an arm of the Mediterranean Sea , located between the Greek peninsula on the west and Asia Minor on the east. About 380 miles (612 km) long and 186 miles (299 km) wide, it has a total area of some 83,000 square miles (215,000 square km). The Aegean is connected through the straits of the Dardanelles , the Sea of Marmara , and the Bosporus to the Black Sea, while the island of Crete can be taken as marking its boundary on the south. The cradle of two of the great early civilizations, those of Crete and Greece , from which much of modern Western culture is derived, the Aegean Sea is also an important natural feature of the Mediterranean region, possessing several unique characteristics that make it of considerable scientific interest. The Aegean has an intricate configuration and could well be considered as a bay within the eastern Mediterranean basin, to which it is connected by the straits to the west and east of Crete. It also has a good connection to the Ionian Sea to the west, through the strait lying between the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece and Crete. Virtually throughout the Aegean area, numerous islands large and small emerge from the clear blue waters. These are the mountain peaks of Aegeis, the name given to a now-submerged landmass. At the dawn of European history, these islands facilitated contacts between the people of the area and of three continents. Throughout the entire Aegean shoreline—that is, both the continental shores surrounding the Aegean Sea and those of the islands—bays, ports, and shelter creeks are also abundant. These also facilitated the task of seamen traveling in the Aegean Sea, making longer voyages possible at a time when shipbuilding was in its infancy. For its size, no other maritime area of the Mediterranean has comparable shoreline development. Coastal islands and bays along the Aegean Sea, Greece. Josef Muench Black Sea The maximum depth of the Aegean is to be found east of Crete, where it reaches 11,627 feet (3,544 metres). The rocks making up the floor of the Aegean are mainly limestone, though often greatly altered by volcanic activity that has convulsed the region in relatively recent geologic times. The richly coloured sediments in the region of the islands of Thera (Santoríni, or Thíra) and Melos (Mílos), in the south Aegean, are particularly interesting. During the 1970s, Thera in particular became a topic of major international scientific importance, analysis of its surrounding sediments having been linked with a possible explanation of the ancient legend of the lost island of Atlantis. North winds prevail in the Aegean Sea, although from the end of September to the end of May, during the mild winter season, these winds alternate with southwesterlies. The tides of the Aegean basin seem to follow the movements of those in the eastern Mediterranean generally. The tide of Euripus (Evrípos)—a strait lying between continental Greece and the island of Euboea (Évvoia) in the Aegean—is, however, extremely important, because it displays a tidal phenomenon of international significance, to which it has, in fact, lent its name. The euripus phenomenon—characterized by violent and uncertain currents—has been studied since the time of Aristotle , who first provided an interpretation of the term. Aegean currents generally are not smooth, whether considered from the viewpoint of either speed or direction. They are chiefly influenced by blowing winds. Water temperatures in the Aegean are influenced by the cold-water masses of low temperature that flow in from the Black Sea to the northeast. The sea surface temperature in the Aegean ranges from about 60 to 77 °F (16 to 25 °C), varying with location and time of year. Earth’s Seas The Aegean Sea, like the Mediterranean in general, is the most impoverished large body of water known to science. The nutrient content, as indicated by the amount o


What is the name of the 'Beauty' in the famous story Beauty And The Beast ?

Beast | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Beast in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas. In the midquel, which takes place not long after the Beast rescued Belle from the wolves, much to the Beast's frustration, Belle wants to celebrate Christmas and throw a real Christmas party. The Beast hates the idea of Christmas, for it was the very day when the Enchantress cast the spell on him and the entire castle ten years ago; he also was ungrateful for his gift that day, a storybook. While the Beast sits most of the preparations out, a treacherous servant plots to have Belle thrown out of the castle: Forte the Pipe Organ, since he is far more appreciated by the Beast while under the spell. Unknown to the Beast, Belle writes him a special book which he doesn't see until later on. She also meets Forte later on in a chance meeting. Forte tells her that the Beast's favorite Christmas tradition when he was a child was the Christmas tree. Belle becomes frustrated, for no tree she has seen on the grounds has been tall enough to hang ornaments. He then lies to Belle, saying that a perfect tree can be found in the woods beyond the castle. Reluctant to go against the Beast's orders that she never leave the castle, Belle leaves nonetheless in order to find the perfect tree. When Belle does not arrive to see the Beast's Christmas present to her, he begins to suspect that she is not there at all. When Mrs. Potts explains that the household cannot find her, the Beast becomes enraged. He goes to Forte to ask for advice, and Forte lies to him that Belle has abandoned him. The Beast finds Belle in the woods and saves her in time from drowning, since she fell through thin ice. Still believing that Belle disobeyed him by leaving the grounds, the Beast ruthlessly throws her into the dungeon. But when Forte goads him into destroying the rose to end his suffering, the Beast finds Belle's book in the West Wing and reads it, coming to his senses and realizing that all Belle wants is for him to be happy. Releasing Belle from the dungeon, the Beast prepares to join in the Christmas festivities. But Forte does not give up and even goes as far as to attempt to destroy the entire castle with Beethoven's 5th. Fortunately, the Beast finds him in time and destroys his keyboard with Franz Schubert's Symphony No 8. Losing his balance (and his pipes), Forte falls from the wall he is leaned up against and is silenced forever. Despite his intentions, the Beast mourns Forte's death with Belle comforting him. When he and the other servants are returned to normal, the Prince and Belle give Chip, Mrs. Potts' son, a book to read, which he loves. As the Prince and Belle come out to the balcony, he gives her something too: a rose. Belle's Magical World Beast in Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World. In the final entry of the franchise, made up of four segments from a presumably failed television series, Belle teaches the Beast a thing or two about life itself, consideration and manners. He appears only in the first and fourth segments, and in a cameo in the third. In the first part, The Perfect Word, the Beast and Belle have a bitter falling out at dinner when the Beast demands that Cogsworth opens the windows to cool him down, despite the fact that he is the only one hot and there is a cold wind, and angrily strikes his servant, Webster, a long-tongued dictionary. Despite Lumière and Cogsworth's please, the Beast refuses to apologize for his behavior, until Webster, Crane, and LePlume forge a letter of apology from the Beast to Belle. All is settled until the Beast realizes that it was a forgery. He furiously banishes Webster, Crane, and LePlume from the castle, but Belle brings them back from the woods, and the Beast soon learns to forgive them, as their intentions were good. In the fourth (and final) part, The Broken Wing, the Beast loses his temper with Belle again when she brings an injured bird into the castle, as he dislikes birds. As he tries to chase the bird out, however, he falls over on the sta


Which material that is used for insulation is described as being two incombustible, chemical resistant fibrous mineral forms of impure magnesium silicate, used mainly for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings and chemical filters ?

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If you were served food in a French restaurant 'En Brochette' how exactly would it be presented ?

"brochette" in allen Sprachen/in all languages/dans toutes les langues... - Google Groups "brochette" in allen Sprachen/in all languages/dans toutes les langues... Showing 1-41 of 41 messages I need to translate "brochette" in as many languages as possible (for homeworks). I know the word in german (Spiesschen), but I need much more translations. The word "brochette" is french and it's a long thin metal pin which is pushed through small pieces of meat or vegetables to hold them in place while they are cooked, or a dish of food cooked this way: Can you help me? "Bettina Price" < bettina...@pappnase.demon.co.uk > wrote in message news:3qg3e9FeqiaiU1@individual.net... OK. But not when it refers to "a dish of food cooked this way.". Then it would be "kebab", "kebob" "shish kebab" or any variation thereof. In other words (for Beate Bartčs), not all languages have a one word equivalent to the French "brochette" meaning both the skewer and the meat and/or vegetables threaded on it. J. Italian: spiedino both for the tool and the dish. The plural form is spiedini. Italian: spiedino for both the tool and the dish. The plural form is spiedini. "Bettina Price" < bettina...@pappnase.demon.co.uk > wrote in message news:3qg3e9FeqiaiU1@individual.net... I have seen Zigeunerspiess translated on an Austrian menu as "gypsy spit" ... Spanish varies. 'brocheta' is fairly common, but I think that in Argentina and Uruguay they use the French 'brochette'. In Chile and Peru, where I have lived, 'anticucho' is used (though this has a more general meaning in Argentina!) As for the pointy bit, 'espeto' or 'espetón' for the larger ones... I know that in Portuguese, the word for the metal stake is also 'espeto' (and in souther Brazil 'um assador') but I am not sure of an authentic word for the meat pieces so cooked as my inclination would be to use either 'kebab' or 'brochette' in Portuguese! But I am sure there must be some specific term for this version of carne assada. -- > OK. But not when it refers to "a dish of food cooked this > way.". Then it would be "kebab", "kebob" "shish kebab" or any > variation thereof. In other words (for Beate Bartès), not all > languages have a one word equivalent to the French "brochette" > meaning both the skewer and the meat and/or vegetables threaded > on it. After thinking about it further, I realize that one can speak of "skewer" as a dish but it needs to be defined -- e.g. "lamb skewer". The French would not hesitate to say "On va manger des brochettes" or "Ce restaurant sert d'excellentes brochettes", but in the English speaking word, statements like  "We're going to eat skewers" or "This restaurant has great skewers" would not really fly. Kinda borderline, thus... J. In Danish that would be "grillspyd". I have never come across any dish of that sort where it hasn't been grilled - and they are pretty close to the brochettes we buy during our holidays in France. Grillspyd are both the 'instrument' and the dish. Spyd in Danish is the same as spear in English. "Ken Berry" < ken....@gmail.com > schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:434307f4$0$48283$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net... > >> I need to translate "brochette" in as many languages as possible (for > >> homeworks). > >> I know the word in german (Spiesschen), but I need much more > >> translations. > >> The word "brochette" is french and it's a long thin metal pin which is > >> pushed through small pieces of meat or vegetables to hold them in > >> place while they are cooked, or a dish of food cooked this way: > Spanish varies. 'brocheta' is fairly common, but I think that in > Argentina and Uruguay they use the French 'brochette'. In Chile and > Peru, where I have lived, 'anticucho' is used (though this has a more > general meaning in Argentina!) As for the pointy bit, 'espeto' or > 'espetón' for the larger ones... > > I know that in Portuguese, the word for the metal stake is also 'espeto' Yes, that's correct. > (and in souther Brazil 'um assador') but I am not sure of an authentic > word for the meat pieces so cooked as my inclination would be to use > eith


What is the name of the 'Phantom' in the famous story Phantom Of The Opera?

Where the Phantom was born: the Palais Garnier - Telegraph Culture Where the Phantom was born: the Palais Garnier The underground lake; the deadly chandelier; the buried corpse...where do myth  and reality overlap at the Garnier Opera House? The interior of the Paris Opera: a worker died in 1896 when a counterweight fell from the chandelier Photo: MacDuff Everton/Corbis Follow It began with the water. In 1861, Parisian workers attempting to lay the concrete foundations for a grand, 2,200-seat opera house in the centre of the city were baffled. The theatre had been commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III as part of his sweeping reconstruction of Paris, and 12,000 square metres of ground had been cleared. Yet a seemingly endless flow of water bubbled up from the swampy, newly cleared ground – and no one could do anything to stem it. The grand facade of Le Palais Garnier Thirteen years later, in 1874, architect Charles Garnier’s neo-baroque masterpiece, Le Palais Garnier, was finally complete. But rumours of a vast, fish-filled lake swirling beneath the building endured. One Parisian who grew up with the rumour was the detective writer Gaston Leroux and in 1910 he would use it as the inspiration for his gothic love story The Phantom of The Opera. In fact, historical and fictional events are so blurred in Leroux’s story that he was able to claim in his prologue (and on his death bed) that ‘the Opera ghost really existed’ – a claim that has left the Paris Opera, as it is now known, shrouded in mystery ever since. Pierre Vidal, curator of the Palais Garnier’s museum and library, is more familiar than most with the myth of the Phantom’s watery lair but admits that the reality is rather less exciting. Related Articles The Phantom returns: poor show, Andrew? 04 Mar 2010 He says the ‘lake’ is actually a huge, stone water tank created by the construction team after numerous failed attempts to pump the site dry. ‘The pressure of the water in the tank stops any more rising up the through the foundations, and the weight of the tank stabilises the building,’ he explains. Today, the tank (which is covered, except for a small grate) is used by Paris’s fire fighters to practise swimming in the dark. And while Vidal concedes that the cellars are large enough to contain a makeshift home, they actually house the building’s technical rooms. Olivia Temple, who looks after the archive of Maria Bjornson (the late designer of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s original West End stage production), visited the Palais Garnier’s cellars in 2005 and understood immediately how they could have inspired Leroux. ‘It was completely convincing that somebody could have lived down there,’ she recalls. ‘There were alcoves and arches that I’m sure had passageways that very few people would have bothered to explore. And it’s bound to stretch out under the streets of Paris and join up with other watery cellars. Somebody like the Phantom could have had the run of it.’ But Temple admits they have lost a lot of their eeriness. ‘Because of health and safety rules, there are rather horrid bright lights down there now,’ she explains. ‘It has definitely washed away the gloom of those netherworld regions and you don’t get the feeling of what it must have been like when it was just lit with candles.’ Further inspiration for Leroux’s story came in 1896, when the counterweight from the building’s grand chandelier fell, killing a construction worker. Leroux wove the incident into the novel’s climactic moment, during which Erik (the Phantom) kills an audience member by causing a chandelier to fall during a performance and, in the furore that follows, kidnaps Christine, dragging her down to his underground home. However, perhaps the most ingenious blending of fact and fiction in The Phantom of the Opera is in the prologue, when Leroux mentions the burying of phonographic recordings in the cellars of the opera house. He explains that, while the cellar is being prepared to house the recordings, a corpse is uncovered that is identified as Erik’s. There may not have been a body, but the burying


Which material, invented by Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes and used to protect damage Was originally used as a textured wallpaper and celebrated 50 years of popular use in 2010 ?

How was bubble wrap invented? the unlikely stories of the brainwaves we all take for granted | Daily Mail Online How was bubble wrap invented? The unlikely stories of the brainwaves we all take for granted By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 21:04 EST, 9 November 2011 comments Forget the spaceship, the satnav or the iPad. The best inventions are so seamlessly absorbed into our lives that we forget how clever they are. Yesterday, the Science Museum launched a new exhibition devoted to the everyday innovations we couldn't live without. Here's a selection ... BUBBLE WRAP Engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes came up the idea for bubble wrap while working on a new type of textured wallpaper in 1957. By sealing two shower curtains together, they trapped a layer of bubbles. It didn't work as wallpaper, but Chavannes had something of a eureka moment during a flight when it seemed to him for a moment as though his plane's descent was being cushioned by clouds. It planted a seed of an idea that his bubbly wallpaper could actually be used for something very different. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share So it was that his shower curtain prototype was refined and marketed instead as protective packaging. The appealing popping sound made by bursting the air pockets has led to a worldwide Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, which falls on the last Monday in January. The event celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. Pop! STICKING PLASTER The plaster was invented in 1920 by Earle Dickson, who worked for the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey. Dickson was inspired by his wife, Josephine, who often burnt or cut herself in the kitchen. An invention of love? Earle Dickson invented the plaster as a solution for his wife, Josephine, who often burnt or cut herself in the kitchen There had been bandages before, but none with the same adhesive, and easy to apply, qualities - meaning they usually had to be put on by someone else. With the sticking plaster, Mrs Dickson could treat herself. In 1938, a completely sterile plaster was patented and by 1942, Johnson & Johnson were shipping millions of their Band-Aids to the medics treating wounded soldiers. TIN CAN We have the war-mongering Napoleon Bonaparte to thank for events which led to the invention of the tin can. In 1809, Napoleon's troops were embroiled in the Peninsular War in Spain. Anxious about how to feed his army on long campaigns, Napoleon launched a competition to find a solution. War food: We have Napoleon Bonaparte to thank for the humble tin can, it is now used for soft drinks and food French chef Nicolas Appert devised a means of preserving food in glass jars sterilised with boiling water (and won himself 12,000 francs). A year later, Britsh manufacturer Peter Durand dreamt up an improved design. He replaced the breakable glass with thin sheets of iron coated with tin. The early cans, however, were soldered airtight with lead, which caused lead poisoning. The most famous example of this came in an 1845 when members of the Arctic expedition team headed by explorer Sir John Franklin suffered fatal lead poisoning after three years of eating canned food. ELASTIC BAND London businessman Stephen Perry patented the elastic band in 1845, to hold letters together. London businessman Stephen Perry patented the elastic band in 1845, to hold letters together. His company, Messrs Perry and Co Rubber Manufacturers of London, produced all sorts of goods, but the elastic band was their real moneyspinner, formed by slicing a long rubber tube into thousands of wafer-thin loops. The Royal Mail is now the biggest consumer of rubber bands in the UK, using up to 342 million of them every year. In 2004, the colour was changed to red to encourage postmen to pick them up. TEA BAG Convenient: Thomas Sullivan, from New York, became the first commercial tea salesman to have the bright idea of putting tea in bags, initially as samples but customers soon caught onto the idea Until the first teabags were introduced in 1903, tea was always sold loose and had to be strained during pourin


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American Rifleman | Winchester's 'New' Model 1873 Winchester's 'New' Model 1873 SUBSCRIBE The well-established reputation of the Winchester Rifle has induced certain parties to offer for sale other makes of guns as ‘Improved Winchester.’ We desire to caution buyers that all guns made by us are stamped on the barrel or on the lower tang … ‘Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.’ … All Guns bearing these stamps are guaranteed by us, if used with Ammunition of our manufacture.” So read, in part, the “Caution to Purchasers” on page 2 of the March 1891 Winchester Repeating Arms Co. catalog, right under a sectional drawing of the Model 1873’s action. The Winchester Model of 1873 has been called “The Gun that Won the West” for generations-and with good reason. Nearly a quarter-million of the iconic lever-actions were produced between 1873 and 1919. Today, for the first time since the signing of the Versailles Treaty, the Winchester 1873 is back on the market with the venerable Winchester name “stamped” (really roll-marked) on the barrel. A Brief History Of The Model 1873 Recently at Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction the only known photograph of “Billy the Kid” extant sold to William Koch, of Palm Beach, Fla., for $2.3 million, making it the most expensive historic photograph ever sold. Taken on the front porch of a building in Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory during the fall of 1880, the image shows a confident William Henry McCarty, Jr., holding a Winchester Model 1873. Books on the Old West are full of photographs of cowboys and the like posing with their favorite rifles, more often than not, Model 1873s. It has been often referred to as the “Gun that Won the West,” while some historians might dispute the title, more than 720,000 Model 1873s were produced, and its presence and role in opening the American West is most assuredly not in question. Oliver F. Winchester was born in Boston, Mass., and was a prosperous clothing manufacturer in New Haven, Conn., when he invested heavily in the Volcanic Repeating Arms Co. founded by Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson in 1855. By 1857, the Volcanic had failed to find its niche in the American firearm market, due largely in part to the unique self-contained Volcanic cartridge and the problems inherent with a cartridge that had exposed powder in the base of the projectile. Winchester bought out Smith’s and Wesson’s interests in the company and reorganized it as the New Haven Repeating Arms Co. Along with the company he acquired the skills and knowledge of the chief foreman, Benjamin Tyler Henry. By 1860 Henry was able to work out some of the bugs in the Volcanic design, and using the newly introduced .44 rimfire self-contained copper cartridge, introduced the famous lever-action that bears his name, the Henry Rifle. More than 14,000 were produced during the Civil War. The year 1866 brought about a new model with a side loading gate (King’s Improvement) and a wooden fore-end, as well as a new name, Winchester. Still available only in .44 rimfire, about 170,000 were produced between 1866 and 1898. The Model 1866 also had an added feature, a two pronged firing pin that struck the rimfire cartridge in two spots, ensuring positive ignition. With the popularity, increased performance and reliability of center-fire cartridges, Winchester introduced the Model 1873 in .44-40 Win. (also known as .44 Winchester Center Fire or .44 WCF) to a very receptive marketplace. Also chambered in .32-20 Win. and .38-40 Win., this model outlasted and outsold all other Winchester lever-actions until the introduction of the John Moses Browning-designed Model 1894. With the capability of having one cartridge for both rifle and revolver, the Model 1873 chambered in .44-40 Win. was a frontier favorite. Available in a dizzying array of variations, today’s collector can easily spend the rest of his or her life-and a considerable fortune-collecting the various types and variations of the Model 1873. Rifles, carbines, muskets, deluxe and even one of 100 (eight made) and one of 1,000 (136 made) special-order deluxe


Which now 85 year old American author wrote the 1971 book The Exorcist ?

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What eight letter word is the name of the test performed to discover colour blindness ?

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Living from 1814 to 1862, what was the Christian name of the American inventor famous for the Colt Revolver ?

Samuel Colt (1814 - 1862) - Genealogy Samuel Colt Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States Death: in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Place of Burial: Sailor /Inventor-Colt Brand Firearms, arms mfg., Inventor, industrialist, businessman & founded Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company Managed by: July 19 1814 - Hartford, Conn Death: July 19 1814 - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Death: Jan 10 1862 - Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Parents: Christopher Colt, Sarah Colt (born Caldwell) Siblings: Margaret Collier Colt, Sarah Ann Colt, John C. Caldwell Colt, Christopher Colt, James Benjamin Colt, Mary Lucretia Colt, Norman Knox Colt Wife: July 19 1814 - Hartford, Hartford Co., CT Death: Jan 10 1862 - Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Parents: Christopher Colt, Sarah Colt (born Cladwell) Brother: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: "...Washington. Col. Samuel Colt, the well known inventor and maker of firearms at Hartford, Ct., died there on the 10th insL In the Unit... Publication: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: "...Company will continue to operate the vast establishment. At the time of his death Col Colt was about 48 years of age. Health of Camp ... Publication: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: ... past five mouths than during tho entire "war of 1812." Col. Colt. Co!. Samuel Colt, who died at Hartford Ct., recently, was born Iu that... Publication: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: ... cents; whiskey, 23 cents; sugar, 8 cents; coffee, 20 cents. Col. Samuel Colt died at Hartford, Ct , on the 1 0th inst. His fire-arms fac... Publication: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Date: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: ... Federal loss was 3 killed, 17 severly and 46 slightly Col. Samuel Colt, the inventor of the rovolver, died at Hartford, Conn., Jan. 10th... Publication: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: ... Some Colonel reports, that he is able liU tUta Charleston, S. C, with his single regiment! Col. Samuel Colt, of Hartford, Con,ofcMtisaft... Publication: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: ... and fled from the Union soldiers under Col. Garfield. Col. Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver, died at Hartford, Conn., Jan. 10th... Publication: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: ... soldiers eager to take part tn the adventure. Death or Colonel Samuel Colt at Hart ford ... Hartford. Conk.. January 10 Cni. onel Samuel... Publication: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: ... bourne Irom which no traveller returns." Personal, Colonel Samuel Colt, the well known inventor of improvements In fire urms, died in Ha... Publication: Washington, District of Columbia, USA Date: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as Colt's Manufacturing Company), and is widely credited with popularizing the revolver. Colt's innovative contributions to the weapons industry have been described by arms historian James E. Serven as "events which shaped the destiny of American Firearms." In 2006, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Early years Samuel Colt was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Christopher Colt, a farmer who had moved his family to Hartford when he changed professions and became a businessman, and Sarah Colt née Caldwell, who died before Samuel was seven years old. Christopher Colt was remarried two years later to Olive Sargeant. The Colt family included eight siblings: five boys and three girls. Two of the sisters died in childhood and the other committed suicide later in life, but Samuel's brothers were a huge part of his professional life. Colt was indentured to a farm in Glastonbury at age 11, where he did chore


What seven letter word is the name of the chart containing letters of various sizes commonly found in doctor's surgeries for eye sight tests ?

Glossary of Ophthalmology Terms Mesa Az | East Valley Ophthalmology AK: Astigmatic Keratotomy , modified       form of Radial Keratotomy (RK). Amblyopia: Dullness or obscurity of       sight for no apparent organic reason, therefore not correctable with       glasses or surgery. Sometimes called       a lazy eye, wherein one eye becomes dependent on the other eye to       focus, usually developed in early childhood. Often associated with strabismus . Amsler grid: Hand held chart featuring       horizontal and vertical lines, usually white on black background,       used to test for central visual       field defects. Angle: Drainage area of the eye formed       between the cornea and the iris , named for its angular shape, which       is why you see the word "angle" in       the different glaucoma names. Anisometropia: Condition of the eyes       in which they have unequal refractive power . Anterior ocular segment: Part of the       eye anterior to the crystalline lens , including the cornea , anterior chamber , iris and ciliary body . Antioxidants: Micronutrients that destroy       or neutralize free radicals, molecules that have been implicated as one causative factor in the stimulation of abnormal cellular reproduction (cancer) and cellular       destruction (aging). Antireflective coating: Coating on the       front or back of glasses lenses, which minimizes the glare for patients       who are extremely bothered by glare. Aphakia: Absence of the lens of the       eye. Aqueous humor: Transparent fluid occupying       the anterior chamber and maintains eye pressure. Argon laser: device used to treat glaucoma       (usually open angle) and diabetic retinopathy using a thermal beam. ARMD: age related macular degeneration:       Destruction and loss of the photoreceptors in the macula region of       the retina resulting in decreased       central vision and, in advanced cases, blindness. Asthenopia: Eyestrain. Astigmatic Keratotomy (AK): Treats astigmatism       by flattening the cornea with arc-shaped incisions in its periphery,       similar to RK. Astigmatism: Structural defects of the eye in which the light rays from a viewed object do not meet in a single focal point, resulting in blurred images being sent to the brain. An astigmatic cornea is not perfectly rounded like a basketball but has an irregular shape more like the side of a football. Astigmatism is most often combined with myopia or hyperopia . Automated Lamellar Keratoplasy (ALK): Procedure       that predates LASIK eye surgery and is not generally used any more. Automated perimeter: Computer-driven       device used to plot defects in the visual field (peripheral vision       or side vision). Usually, this is       a large hemisphere shell into which the patient's head is placed.       Various points of lights, sometimes of different sizes, intensities       and colors       are projected onto the screen. The patient then indicates whether       the light is seen and the response is recorded. The computer then       plots       the effective visual thresholds within the targeted visual field. Axis: Optical - a straight line through       the centers of both surfaces of a lens. Visual - a straight line       from the object of vision to the fovea of the eye. BCVA: Best corrected visual acuity . Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA): Best       possible vision a person can achieve with corrective lenses, measured       in terms of Snellen lines on an eye chart . Beta-carotene: Member of the carotinoid       family of vitamins, a precursor to vitamin A, thought to be beneficial       to the eyes, helpful in treating       diseases such as glaucoma. Bifocals: Lenses containing two focal       lengths, usually arranged with the focus for distance above and near       focus below. Binocular vision: Sim


What was the name of the famous jazz music nightclub situated in Harlem in New York City, seen as a white only establishment between 1923 and 1940 it attracted names such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole amongst many others ?

1000+ images about The Cotton Club on Pinterest | Jazz, Harlem nights and Betty boop Forward Adelaide Hall Born in the US she recorded "Creole Love Call" in 1927 with Duke Ellington, appeared with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, at the Cotton Club, in the "Stormy Weather Review" and at the Apollo. Part of the Harlem Renaissance; she moved to Paris and then London in 1935. She made 70 records for Decca. She is in the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the WORLD'S MOST ENDURING ARTIST. She performed at Carnegie hall at the age of 91. Her career ended in 1993 when she passed at the age of… See More


Built in 1889, what is the name of the cabaret club in Paris, famous for being the venue where the modern form of the dance the Can Can originate ?

Paris | Modern Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The name Paris derives from that of its inhabitants, the Gaulish tribe known as the Parisii. The city was called Lutetia (/lutetja/) (more fully, Lutetia Parisiorum, "Lutetia of the Parisii"), during the first- to sixth-century Roman occupation, but during the reign of Julian the Apostate (360–363) the city was renamed Paris.[14] Others consider that the name of the Parisii tribe comes from the Celtic Gallic word parisio meaning "the working people" or "the craftsmen."[15] Since the early 20th century, Paris has been known as Paname ([panam]) in French slang (Moi j'suis d'Paname, i.e. "I'm from Paname"), a slang name that has been regaining favor with young people in recent years.[citation needed] Paris has many nicknames, but its most famous is "La Ville-Lumière" (most often translated as "The City of Light"),[16] a name it owes first to its fame as a centre of education and ideas during the Age of Enlightenment, and later to its early adoption of street lighting.[17] Paris' inhabitants are known in English as "Parisians" (/pəˈrɪzɪənz/ or /pəˈriːʒənz/) and in French as Parisiens ([paʁizjɛ̃] ( listen)). Parisians are often pejoratively called Parigots ([paʁiɡo] ( listen)), a term first used in 1900[18] by those living outside the Paris region, but now the term may be considered endearing by Parisians themselves. See Wiktionary for the name of Paris in various languages other than English and French. History Edit Roman bath beneath the Latin QuarterThe earliest archaeological signs of permanent habitation in the Paris area date from around 4200 BC.[19] The Parisii, a sub-tribe of the Celtic Senones, inhabited the area near the river Seine from around 250 BC[20]. The Romans conquered the Paris basin in 52 BC,[19] with a permanent settlement by the end of the same century on the Left Bank Sainte Geneviève Hill and the Île de la Cité. The Gallo-Roman town was originally called Lutetia, but later Gallicised to Lutèce. It expanded greatly over the following centuries, becoming a prosperous city with a forum, palaces, baths, temples, theatres, and an amphitheatre.[21] The collapse of the Roman empire and the fifth-century Germanic invasions sent the city into a period of decline. By 400 AD, Lutèce, by then largely abandoned by its inhabitants, was little more than a garrison town entrenched into the hastily fortified central island.[19] The city reclaimed its original appellation of "Paris" towards the end of the Roman occupation. The Frankish king Clovis I established Paris as his capital in 508. Middle ages to 19th century Edit The Louvre fortress from the early 15th century illuminated manuscript Book of Hours, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, month of October.Paris' population was around 200,000[22] when the Black Death arrived in 1348, killing as many as 800 people a day, and 40,000 died from the plague in 1466.[23] Paris lost its position as seat of the French realm during occupation of the English-allied Burgundians during the Hundred Years' War, but regained its title when Charles VII of France reclaimed the city from English rule in 1436. Paris from then became France's capital once again in title, but France's real centre of power would remain in the Loire Valley[24] until King François I returned France's crown residences to Paris in 1528. During the French Wars of Religion, Paris was a stronghold of the Catholic party. In August 1572, under the reign of Charles IX, while many noble Protestants were in Paris on the occasion of the marriage of Henry of Navarre, the future Henry IV, to Marguerite de Valois, sister of Charles IX, the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre occurred; begun on 24 August, it lasted several days and spread throughout the country.[25][26] During the Fronde, Parisians rose in rebellion and the royal family fled the city (1648). King Louis XIV then moved the royal court permanently to Versailles in 1682. A century later, Paris was the centre stage for the French Revolution, with the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 and the overthrow of the m