Who is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web?

History of the Web – World Wide Web Foundation Image: © CERN Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist. He was born in London, and his parents were early computer scientists, working on one of the earliest computers. Growing up, Sir Tim was interested in trains and had a model railway in his bedroom. He recalls : “I made some electronic gadgets to control the trains. Then I ended up getting more interested in electronics than trains. Later on, when I was in college I made a computer out of an old television set.” After graduating from Oxford University, Berners-Lee became a software engineer at CERN , the large particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists come from all over the world to use its accelerators, but Sir Tim noticed that they were having difficulty sharing information. “In those days, there was different information on different computers, but you had to log on to different computers to get at it. Also, sometimes you had to learn a different program on each computer. Often it was just easier to go and ask people when they were having coffee…”, Tim says . Tim thought he saw a way to solve this problem – one that he could see could also have much broader applications. Already, millions of computers were being connected together through the fast-developing Internet and Berners-Lee realised they could share information by exploiting an emerging technology called hypertext. In March 1989, Tim laid out his vision for what would become the Web in a document called “ Information Management: A Proposal ”. Believe it or not, Tim’s initial proposal was not immediately accepted. In fact, his boss at the time, Mike Sendall , noted the words “Vague but exciting” on the cover. The Web was never an official CERN project, but Mike managed to give Tim time to work on it in September 1990. He began work using a NeXT computer, one of Steve Jobs’ early products. Tim’s original proposal. Image: CERN   By October of 1990, Tim had written the three fundamental technologies that remain the foundation of today’s Web (and which you may have seen appear on parts of your Web browser): HTML: HyperText Markup Language. The markup (formatting) language for the Web. URI: Uniform Resource Identifier. A kind of “address” that is unique and used to identify to each resource on the Web. It is also commonly called a URL. HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Allows for the retrieval of linked resources from across the Web. Tim also wrote the first Web page editor/browser (“WorldWideWeb.app”) and the first Web server (“httpd“). By the end of 1990, the first Web page was served on the open internet, and in 1991, people outside of CERN were invited to join this new Web community. As the Web began to grow, Tim realised that its true potential would only be unleashed if anyone, anywhere could use it without paying a fee or having to ask for permission. He explains : “Had the technology been proprietary, and in my total control, it would probably not have taken off. You can’t propose that something be a universal space and at the same time keep control of it.” So, Tim and others advocated to ensure that CERN would agree to make the underlying code available on a royalty-free basis, for ever. This decision was announced in April 1993 , and sparked a global wave of creativity, collaboration and innovation never seen before. In 2003, the companies developing new Web standards committed to a Royalty Free Policy for their work. In 2014, the year we celebrated the Web’s 25th birthday , almost two in five people around the world were using it. Tim moved from CERN to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994 to found the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international community devoted to developing open Web standards . He remains the Director of W3C to this day. The early Web community produced some revolutionary ideas that are now spreading far beyond the technology sector: Decentralisation: No permission is needed from a central authority to post anything on the We


What was the former name of Sellafield Nuclear Power Station?

Former name of Sellafield nuclear power station - Crossword clues & answers - Global Clue Useful website for every solver Former name of Sellafield nuclear power station Let's find possible answers to "Former name of Sellafield nuclear power station" crossword clue. First of all, we will look for a few extra hints for this entry: Former name of Sellafield nuclear power station. Finally, we will solve this crossword puzzle clue and get the correct word. We have 1 possible solution for this clue in our database. Related clues


Who played Niles in the TV series Frasier?

David Hyde Pierce - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS Actor | Soundtrack | Writer David Hyde Pierce was born on 3 April 1959 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. He is the youngest child of George and Laura Pierce (both deceased) and has two older sisters (Barbara and Nancy) and an older brother (Thomas). As a child, he was very interested in music (particularly piano) and regularly played the organ at his local church (Bethesda... See full bio » Born: Share this page: Related News a list of 30 people created 14 Mar 2012 a list of 39 people created 08 Oct 2014 a list of 30 people created 19 Jan 2015 a list of 21 people created 21 Feb 2015 a list of 21 people created 8 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of David Hyde Pierce's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for     5     Golden Globes. Another    28 wins & 41 nominations. See more awards  » Known For  1999 Jackie's Back! (TV Movie) Perry (The Deaf Rehearsal Pianist)  1998-1999 Hercules (TV Series)  1996 The Outer Limits (TV Series) Dr. Jack Henson  1992 Dream On (TV Series) Jerry Dorfer Union Soldier (as David Pierce)  1988 Knightwatch (TV Series)  1987 Crime Story (TV Series) NSA Agent Carruthers  1987 Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) O'Neill Immigration Officer (as David Pierce) Hide   2005 The 59th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Find Your Grail")  1995-2003 Frasier (TV Series) (performer - 10 episodes) - Fathers and Sons (2003) ... (performer: "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General", "On A Tree By A River" (Willow, Tit Willow)) - Daphne Returns (2001) ... (performer: "Heart And Soul" - uncredited) - They're Playing Our Song (2000) ... (performer: "We are Valient Men of Honor", "Claustrophobia, Nymphomania", "On Our Show" - uncredited) - RDWRER (2000) ... (performer: "Auld Lang Syne" - uncredited)


Which boxer was nicknamed the Orchid Man?

On This Day: 'The Orchid Man' Georges Carpentier passes away at the age of 81 - Boxing News Boxing News October 28, 2016 BN Staff On This Day: ‘The Orchid Man’ Georges Carpentier passes away at the age of 81 Daniel Herbert looks back on the magnificent life and career of Georges Carpentier On This Day: ‘The Orchid Man’ Georges Carpentier passes away at the age of 81 Daniel Herbert looks back on the magnificent life and career of Georges Carpentier Read more articles by Don’t miss any action. Sign up for the free BN newsletter(s) here GEORGES CARPENTIER, known as “The Orchid Man”, came from a different era. In order to take his first paid fight, aged just 13, he walked 100 miles to Paris and won a four-round decision. Even now, many years after his death at the age of 81, Carpentier remains France’s biggest boxing idol, jointly with the ill-fated Marcel Cerdan. His achievements fully justify that exalted status. He boxed in every division then extant, from flyweight up to heavy, and possessed a devastating right hand, which he landed with great speed. He also had what Boxing News called “debonair good looks and suave charm”, which contributed greatly to his popularity at a time when boxers were often considered brutes. He made boxing respectable and was actually the crowd favourite when he challenged the menacing Jack Dempsey for the world heavyweight title in 1921 . That was also due to their respective World War I records: while the Manassa Mauler avoided active service, Carpentier had served as a lieutenant in the French aviation corps and held the Croix de Guerre. The reigning world light-heavyweight king, Georges at 12st 4lbs conceded 16lbs – rumours had the difference much greater – but wobbled the champion with rights in round two before the bigger man reasserted himself and retained in the fourth. Interest in the Jersey City fight was so great that Tex Rickard built a huge wooden bowl, with some 80,000 spectators cramming into the cauldron-like structure under a blazing afternoon sun. Carpentier was not fazed, as befits one who had been contesting titles for many years, astutely managed by Francois Descamps. He was only 15 when he beat Charles Ledoux to become French bantamweight champion. In October 1911, still only 17, he came to London and knocked out Young Joseph for the European welterweight crown. He would notch many other big wins in the UK capital, becoming very popular with British fans. In February 1912, a month after his 18th birthday, Carpentier flattened Jim Sullivan in two rounds for the vacant European title up at middleweight. He kept growing and in 1913 became continental king at first light-heavy, then full heavyweight. He had not left his teenage years. War brought a five-year break but when Carpentier returned in 1919 the Frenchman was as good as ever, and in 1920 he became world champion by knocking out Battling Levinsky in four rounds in Jersey City. Following the unsuccessful Dempsey challenge, he scored two knockout wins in London, including a first-rounder over much smaller Ted Kid Lewis (just 11st 3lbs) in defence of his European heavyweight sceptre, before putting his world title at stake against Battling Siki in 1922. A raw but strong man from Senegal, Siki battered the over-confident champion into a shocking sixth-round KO defeat, and while Georges boxed on until 1926 his glory days were over. In retirement he ran a cocktail bar in Paris and was always a welcome, charismatic presence at major boxing shows.


MilitaryINSTALLATIONS - U.S. Department of Defense Lakenheath High School : DSN 314-226-3115/3117, COM 011-44-1638-52-3115/3117 Parents may pre-register their child/ren for DODDS at http://www.dodea.edu/Europe/enrollment/index.cfm . Parents, enrolling students are required to furnish the following: Proof of sponsor's overseas status (Orders, verification of employment etc.) Proof of sponsor/dependent connection (Child listed on orders, birth certificate, etc.) Proof of a new DEROS as applicable Tuition paid in advance if applicable Verification of minimal age requirement for Sure Start, Kindergarten and 1st-grade students (PCS Orders, Birth certificate or passport)  Note: Children entering Sure Start, Kindergarten, First Grade must be 4,5 and 6 years old respectively on/before September 1. Also required: (The below documents ARE required but will not keep students from starting school.) Immunization records  Copy of previous school records, including report cards and other academic records such as reading and math records (as applicable) Copy of standardized test scores if applicable Copy of Individual Education Plan (IEP) if applicable Transportation - Student transportation within DoDDS is provided based on pre-determined areas. When you register your child for school, you will be provided a school bus registration form. All students must be registered at the appropriate school bus office, as well as at the school, prior to being assigned a bus stop location. Since driving in the UK is very dangerous, we have initiated strict School Bus Misconduct Penalty Guidelines to better ensure the safety of our children. British Schooling -- If you are considering the option of sending your child to a British school, there is detailed information on the public service websit e which will help answer many of your questions. British school admissions are handled by the county in which you reside. The School Liaison Office works closely with Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire counties to offer families general information on the British school admissions process and ongoing support. The School Liaison Officer (SLO) acts as a community facilitator; connecting schools, families, and community services to address education issues impacting military children.  No matter where military service takes our families the SLO is there to help make a positive school transition.  For school questions relating to your inbound or outbound transition or issues that arise during your assignment, please contact the RAF Lakenheath/Mildenhall School Liaison Office.  School Liaison Office: DSN 314-226-5077/5078 or 01638 52-5077/5078.  Email: 48msg.ccl@lakenheath.af.mil Youth Programs:  Lakenheath Youth Center provides opportunities for youth to develop their physical, social, emotional and cognitive abilities and to experience achievement, leadership, enjoyment, friendship and recognition. Programs provide a wide variety of services, instructional classes and activities for children 5 to 18 years of age including before and after school programs, full day camps during summer vacation and school holidays, youth sports and youth transition and support services. Before and after School is designed for children in first to sixth grades. This program is offered in the morning before school starts and again in the afternoon when school is out. All activities are planned as an enhancement to the child's learning, with an emphasis on enhancing children's social and development skills. This program employs professionals trained in safety, nutrition, creativity, child guidance and other areas of self-esteem. The Youth Center also offers a variety of instructional classes available for all age groups to include: ballet and tap, wall climbing, guitar and piano lessons, gymnastics, Tae Kwon Do, jazz dance and cheerleading. For more information call 011-44-1638-523180 (DSN 314-226-3180). Airman and Family Readiness Center: The RAF Lakenheath Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC) conducts a 3 day Wing In-Processing workshop. Wing In-processing is a mandatory fu


In which city did the assassination of Martin Luther King take place?

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Archive Photos/Getty Images Updated January 15, 2016. At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. King was immediately taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. Violence and controversy followed. In outrage of the murder, many blacks took to the streets across the United States in a massive wave of riots. The FBI investigated the crime, but many believed them partially or fully responsible for the assassination. An escaped convict by the name of James Earl Ray was arrested, but many people, including some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s own family, believe he was innocent. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance What happened that evening?   Martin Luther King Jr: A Dedicated Leader When Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as the leader of the a Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, he began a long tenure as the spokesperson for nonviolent protest in the Civil Rights Movement . As a Baptist minister, he was a moral leader to the community. Plus, he was charismatic and had a powerful way of speaking. He was also a man of vision and determination. He never stopped dreaming of what could be. Yet he was a man, not a God. He was most often overworked and overtired. And he had a fondness for the private company of women. And though he was the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner , he did not have complete control over the Civil Rights Movement. By 1968, violence had edged its way into the movement. Black Panther Party members carried loaded weapons; riots had erupted across the country; and numerous civil rights organizations had taken up the mantra "Black Power!" Yet Martin Luther King held strong to his beliefs, even as he saw the Civil Rights Movement being torn in two. Violence is what brought King back to Memphis in April 1968.   Striking Sanitation Workers in Memphis On February 12, thirteen hundred African-American sanitation workers in Memphis went on strike. Though there had been a long history of grievances, the strike was begun as a response to a January 31 incident in which 22 black sanitation workers were sent home without pay during bad weather while all the white workers remained on the job. When the City of Memphis refused to negotiate with the 1,300 striking workers, King and other civil rights leaders were asked to visit Memphis in support. On Monday, March 18, King managed to fit in a quick stop in Memphis, where he spoke to over 15,000 who had gathered at Mason Temple. Ten days later, King arrived in Memphis to lead a march in support of the striking workers. Unfortunately, as King led the crowd, a few of the protesters got rowdy and smashed the windows of a storefront. The violence spread and soon countless others had taken up sticks and were breaking windows and looting stores. Police moved in to disperse the crowd. Some of the marchers threw stones at the police. The police responded with tear gas and nightsticks. At least one of the marchers was shot and killed. King was extremely distressed at the violence that had erupted in his own march and became determined not to let violence prevail. He scheduled another march in Memphis for April 8. On April 3, King arrived in Memphis a little later than planned because there had been a bomb threat for his flight before takeoff. That evening, King delivered his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech to a relatively small crowd that had braved the bad weather to hear King speak. King's thoughts were obviously on his mortality, for he discussed the plane threat as well as the time he had been stabbed. He concluded the speech with   Well, I don't know what will happen now; we've got some dif


Which American President sanctioned the use of atomic weapons against Japan?

The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb: Arguments Against The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb: Arguments Against Arguments Against The Bomb by Michael Barnes Note: This section is intended as an objective overview of the decision to use the atomic bomb for new students of the issue. For the other side of the issue, go here .   Argument 1: The Bomb Was Made For Defense Only The origins of the Manhattan Project go back to 1939, when Hungarian-born physicist Leo Szilard, who had moved to the U.S. in 1938 to conduct research at Columbia University, became convinced of the feasibility of using nuclear chain reactions to create new, powerful bombs. German scientists had just conducted a successful nuclear fission experiment, and based on those results, Szilard was able to demonstrate that uranium was capable of producing a nuclear chain reaction.  Szilard noted that Germany Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard had stopped the exportation of uranium from Czechoslovakian mines which they had taken over in 1938.  He feared that Germany was trying to build an atomic bomb, while the United States was sitting idle.  Although WWII had not yet started, Germany was clearly a threat, and if the Germans had a monopoly on the atomic bomb, it could be deployed against anyone, including the United States, without warning. Szilard worked with Albert Einstein, whose celebrity gave him access to the president, to produce a letter informing Roosevelt of the situation.  Their warning eventually resulted in the Manhattan Project.  Bomb opponents argue that the atomic bomb was built as a defensive weapon, not an offensive one.  It was intended to be a deterrent, to make Germany or any other enemy think twice before using such a weapon against the United States.  To bolster their argument, these critics point out that ever since WWII, the weapon has been used only as a deterrent.  From 1949-1991 the Cold War was waged under the shadow of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), and even though the United States fought major wars in Korea (while Truman was still in office), Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, nuclear weapons were never again deployed. In other words, not using them in those wars has been an admission that they should never have been used offensively in the first place.   Argument 2: Use of the Bomb was Illegal On September 39, 1938, the League of Nations, "under the recognized principles of international law," issued a unanimous resolution outlawing the intentional bombing of civilian populations, with special emphasis against bombing military objectives from the air.  The League warned, "Any attack on legitimate military objectives must be carried out in such a way that civilian populations in the neighborhood are not bombed through negligence."  Significantly, the resolution also reaffirmed that "the use of chemical or bacterial methods in the conduct of war is contrary to international law."  In other words, a special category of illegal weapons had been recognized, a category today called Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). However, bomb supporters point out that since the United States was not a member of the League of Nations; its laws did not apply.  And anyway, the League had been disbanded in 1939, long before the atomic bomb was used.  Additionally, the law did not specifically outlaw nuclear weapons.  To that counter-argument, bomb opponents reply that since America presents itself to the world as a model for human rights, the U.S. should aspire to at least meet the basic code of conduct agreed to by the rest of the civilized world. They also point out that nuclear weapons were not specifically outlawed because they did not exist, but as a weapon of mass destruction, they most certainly would have been. The League of Nations, dedicated to Wilson Argument 3: Use of the Atomic Bombs Was Racially Motivated Opponents of President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb argue that racism played an important role in the decision; that had the bomb been ready in time it never would have been used ag


Which team did Alan Ball manage and win promotion to the First Division in 1987?

Portsmouth FC History, Players, Team, Information   Portsmouth FC History Founded in 1898, Portsmouth   Football Club are an English association football club, based in   the south coast city port of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed   Pompey, and is currently playing in the Premier League. The club   is owned by Serbian-American businessman Milan Mandaric. The   best known chant from the Pompey supporters is the "Pompey   Chimes" ("Play up Pompey, Pompey play up" sung to the tune of a   striking clock). Former Olympique de Marseille coach Alain Perrin was appointed   team manager on April 7, 2005 with a two-year contract. Portsmouth enjoy a fierce rivalry with Southampton F.C.; despite   Southampton being in a superior division for much of the 1980s   and 90s, this derby was recently reignited by Portsmouth's   promotion to the Premiership in 2003. The club's biggest recent achievement came on 27 April 2003 when   Pompey beat Rotherham 3-2 to clinch the First Division   championship with a game in hand, giving the club promotion to   the Premier League for the first time in its history. The 2004/05 season sees Portsmouth playing in the Premier League   for the second successive season. The club was founded in 1898, with John Brickwood as chairman.   Frank Brettell was appointed as the club's first manager. The club's first league match was played at Chatham Town F.C. on   2nd September 1899 (a 1-0 victory), followed three days later by   the first match at Fratton Park against local rivals Southampton.   That first season was hugely successful, with the club winning   20 out of 28 league matches, earning them runners-up spot in the   Southern League. The league was won for the first time in the   1901/1902 season, by which time Brettell had been replaced by   club captain Bob Blyth as manager. The 1906/07 season was highlighted by the visit of giants   Manchester United F.C. to Fratton Park in the English Cup, which   generated a record attendance of 24,329. A 2-2 draw meant a   replay in Manchester, and Portsmouth recorded a famous 2-1 win.   However, this record attendance was surpassed two seasons later   when Sheffield Wednesday F.C. visited Fratton for the second   round of the new FA Cup. 1910/11 saw Portsmouth relegated, but with the recruitment of   Bob Brown as manager the team were promted the next season. Football was suspended during World War I, but following the   resumption of matches Portsmouth won the Southern League for the   second time. Continuing success saw them in the Third Division   for the 1920/21 season. They finished 12th that year, but won   the league in the 1923/24 season. The club continued to perform   well in the Second Division, winning promotion by finishing 2nd   in the 1926/27 season, gaining a record 9-1 win over Notts   County F.C. along the way. Portsmouth's debut season in the First Division was a struggle.   The next season they continued to falter, losing 10-0 to   Leicester City F.C., still a club record defeat. However,   despite their failings in the league that season also saw   Portsmouth reach the FA Cup final for the first time, which they   lost to Bolton Wanderers F.C.. Portsmouth managed to survive relegation, and their fortunes   began to change. In the 1930/31 season the club finished 4th.   The 1933/34 season saw Portsmouth again reach the FA Cup final,   beating Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers, Leicester and   Birmingham City F.C. on the way. Unfortunatly the club was again   defeated in the final, this time to Manchester City F.C. Having established themselves in the top flight, the 1938/39   season saw Portsmouth reach their third FA Cup final. This time   the club managed to defeat the favourites, Wolverhampton   Wanderers F.C., convincingly. Football was again suspended due to World War II, meaning Pompey   hold the dubious distinction of holding the FA Cup for the   longest period as the trophy wasn't


How many points are awarded to the driver for second place in a Formula One Grand Prix?

Points | The Formula 1 Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Currently, all points scored count towards the Championship; however, this has not always been the case. Originally, not all results counted towards the Championship, and until 1975 , only the team's best-placed car scored points towards the Constructors' Championship. Dropped scores Edit Originally, not every point scored by a team or a driver counted towards the World Championship. Some results would be "dropped" and not included in the final standings. In the first season, only four results counted out the seven races that were run. The number of results counted was between either four, five or six until 1966 . Between 1967 and 1980 the system was different, with the season split into two for counting purposes. Until 1978 , drivers and teams would drop their worst result from the first half of the season and their worst result from the second half of the season. In 1979 , this became four from each half, and in 1980, five from each half. The Constructors' Championship stopped dropping scores for the 1979 season, and has stayed the same since. From 1981 , the split was removed and a more simple counting system was introduced, where the eleven best results were counted. This lasted until 1990 . From 1991 , all points scored counted towards the Championship for both drivers and constructors. Best constructor result in a race Edit From the Constructors' Championship's inception in 1958 until 1978 , only the team's best-placed car scored points towards the Championship. This was done as it was not unusual for teams to enter three or four factory cars [1] and have private entries also driving their cars. If this were not in place, it would have given the team with the strongest car an extreme advantage in the Championship race. After 1979 , all points scored by a team at a race counted towards the Championship. Double points Edit Double points for the final race of the season was introduced for the 2014 season as a way of keeping the World Championship battle alive for longer. The new system has been poorly received by fans and drivers, and Sebastian Vettel called the rule "absurd". [2] Bernie Ecclestone attempted to extend the system to include the last three races, but this proposal was rejected. The teams agreed to remove the system for 2015 onwards, a move later verified and put into force by the World Motor Sport Council . Double points allocations Edit Originally, a point was awarded for the driver who set the fastest lap . This single point, however, meant that coming in fifth place earned the driver two points and the driver in sixth place got none. This gap in points was equivalent to the gap between winning and coming second, and hugely significant. Bob Gerard quite notably finished the first two Championship races in sixth place, and never managed to score any points in F1. The fastest lap point often allowed drivers to score points if they retired from the race. In 1958 and 1959 , the two years in which both the Constructors' Championship and fastest lap point were awarded, the constructors' were not awarded a point for the fastest lap. Additionally, as timekeeping technologies were not brilliantly developed, fastest laps could be shared if the times were not precise enough. The effect of this was felt the most at the 1954 British Grand Prix where no less than seven drivers set a lap time of 1 min 50 secs, each receiving 1⁄7 (0.143) of a point. No driver ever scored all his points through fastest lap points, but in 1954 , both Alberto Ascari (with 1 1⁄7 pts) and Jean Behra (with 1⁄7 pts) scored all their points that season with fastest laps. Behra's total of 1⁄7 points is the lowest total of points above zero that any driver has obtained as his season total. List of drivers who came sixth but scored no points Driver Maximum points Notes: "5/6, 4/5" means best five results from first six races, and best four results from last five races. Maximum Constructor points assumes a two-car entry. * The Indianapolis 500 was not included in Constructors' World Champions


What was opera singer Maria Callas' nickname?

Maria Callas - Biography - IMDb Maria Callas Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trivia  (23) | Personal Quotes  (3) Overview (5) Maria Anna Sophie Cecilia Kalogeropoulos Nickname 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Bio (1) This volatile opera diva was born in New York City to Greek émigrés in 1923. Her father set up a pharmacy and changed the family name from Kalogeropoulos to Callas. As a child Maria studied the piano. When her parents separated (she was 14 at the time), her mother returned to Athens with Maria and her sister. The budding singer was quickly accepted into the National Conservatoire where she was taught singing lessons by Maria Trivella. She performed her first recital within the year and in 1939 won a prize for her stage debut in the Conservatoire's production of "Cavalleria Rusticana." In 1941, the soprano dramatico d'agilita made her professional debut in "Boccaccio" with the Lyric Theatre Company. While there she made a semi-name for herself with performances of "Tosca" and "Fidelio." Impending war led her back to the United States in 1944 where she reclaimed the name of Maria Callas. She was offered a contract from the Met which she turned down because among the three roles she was offered to sing there was Butterfly and she believed that she was too obese to sing the fragile 14 year-old Butterfly, her friends considered her to be crazy turning down the Met while she was so unknown. Maria performed elsewhere (Chicago, etc.) before returning to Europe in the post-war years where she met Giovanni Battista Meneghini, a wealthy industrialist and avid opera fan. They married in 1949 and he immediately took control of her career. She reached her zenith at La Scala (1951-1958), also recording during that time. In 1956, she finally made her debut at the Met as "Norma" with performances of "Tosca" and "Lucia" following. Within a couple of years her temperamental outbursts and excessive demands began to rise full force, resulting in a number of dismissals and walkouts. After meeting Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis through her husband, a torrid affair erupted and her marriage ended. Maria gave up the stage in the early 1960s for the jet-set life with Onassis, but continued with occasional concerts. Despite experiencing vocal problems, she made one unforgettable comeback on stage in 1964-1965 when she toured with her personal favorites ("Norma" in Paris and "Tosca" at the Met). Weak and tired, her final curtain on stage rang down in July of 1965 in Covent Garden. With her career over, she renounced her American citizenship and expected to marry Onassis. But their relationship was a stormy one and it eventually tapered off with Onassis instead marrying Jacqueline Kennedy in 1968. Maria was completely devastated and those around her say she never recovered. The following year she filmed an unsuccessful production of Medea (1969) and eventually set up master classes at Juilliard. In one last comeback, she attempted a European tour of recitals but her voice completely failed her. Her last public performance was on November 11, 1975. Riddled by sadness and despair, and by now firmly addicted to sleeping pills, Maria turned reclusive in her last year and died of a heart attack in 1977 at age 53. Despite a career that flourished less than two decades, Callas must be respected as one of the more important and recognizable opera legends. She was certainly one of the most emotive and visually dramatic. What also carries her today is, of course, her grandly turbulent and tragic image -- an Édith Piaf of opera. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net Spouse (1) Legendary soprano of Greek origin, 'primadonna assoluta' of her generation. Opera star According to "Greek Fire: The Story Of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis" by Nicholas Gage, Callas's and Onassis's child, a boy, was born and died on 30 March 1960. From October 1971 to March 1972, Callas gave a series of master classes to 25 students at The Juilliard School in New York, who auditioned for the opportunity to be critiqued by her.


Which town in Greater Manchester has a railway station called Mumps?

Disused Stations: Oldham Mumps Station Date of visit: 26.9.2009, 1.10.2009 & 27.4.2010 Notes: Oldham Mumps opened on 1st November 1847 as a terminus station on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railways Middleton to Oldham branch. The branch had originally been opened as far as Oldham Werneth by the Manchester & Leeds Railway (M&LR) on 31st March 1842 to connect Oldham to the M&LRs Manchester to Leeds main line at Middleton. The Manchester to Leeds line had opened throughout on 1st March 1841. Oldham Werneth was on the edge of the town, and so the M&LR obtained an Act to extend the line a mile further on the 30th June 1845. A contract was let to George Thompson in October 1845, and work began straight away. On 8th July 1847 the M&LR changed its name to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR). By 1850 Oldham Mumps was served by ten trains per day. These connected Oldham to Manchester Victoria, but many trains in the Manchester direction terminated at Middleton where passengers could catch onward connections to Manchester. On 12th August 1863 a further extension of the Middleton to Oldham line opened to goods services. This six-mile extension was to Rochdale, which was on the same Manchester and Leeds line as Middleton, and it effectively created a loop from Middleton to Rochdale via Oldham. On 2nd November passenger services were introduced on the new line to Rochdale. By this time Oldham Mumps, now a through station, was being served by twenty-four trains in each direction running between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria. Again some of the services started or finished at Middleton. In March 1864 the Royton branch opened from the Rochdale line, diverging at a point a few miles to the north of Mumps station. From 21st March 1864 passenger services began between Oldham Mumps and Royton. The line from Middleton to Oldham Werneth had a very steep incline (the Werneth Incline) of 1 in 27. Until 1854 the incline had been cable-worked. Various proposals had been put forward to create a direct line from Werneth to Manchester that avoided the incline, but it was not until the LYR obtained an Act in 1873 that anything was done. The 1873 Act authorised the LYR to build a line from Thorpes Bridge Junction - which was on the Manchester to Leeds line, but closer to Manchester - to Oldham Werneth. A contract was let on 30th June 1875, and on 17th May 1880 the new line opened. In 1884 the LYR decided to rebuild Oldham Mumps station, probably because the original facilities were no longer large enough. They awarded a contract to Thomas Wrigley for £19,517 to build a new station, and at the same time to widen the line. The new facilities were ready by March 1887, with a single-storey entrance building on the west side of the line. It was constructed from yellow brick and had a canopy over its frontage. From the entrance building a subway connected through to a large island platform on which stood other single-storey buildings containing passenger and staff facilities. A large canopy provided protection from inclement weather. At each end of the island platform there was a single-track bay platform. Passengers accessed the station by means of a subway. On the south side of the passenger station there was a large goods station with numerous sidings, three goods sheds, gantry crane, stables, cattle pens etc. The entrance to the goods station was in Hamilton Street. With the opening of the new line a route had been created from Thorpes Bridge to Rochdale, via Werneth, that eventually became known as the ‘Oldham Loop Line’. Trains serving Mumps continued to run between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale, but most of them now travelled via the newly-opened line. There were fifteen in each direction. A few services continued to run via the Middleton line.   On 1st January 1922 Oldham Mumps station became part of the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) when that company took over the LYR. However on the 1st January 1923 the LNWR was in turn absorbed into the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). In


Who played Rooster Cogburn in the remake of the film 'True Grit'?

True Grit (the Remake) - Great Western Movies Great Western Movies An In-Depth Guide to Westerns Menu True Grit (the Remake) Nicholas Chennault ~ July 23, 2013 True Grit —Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Dakin Mathews (2010; Dir:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen) “You go for a man hard enough and fast enough, he don’t have time to think about how many’s with him.  He thinks about himself, and how he might get clear of that wrath that’s about to set down on him.”  This line of Rooster Cogburn philosophy wasn’t explicit in the original 1969 True Grit .  Many wondered if a remake was necessary, especially with westerns being so out-of-cinematic-fashion and all.  But the result has been the Coen brothers’ most profitable movie to date, even taking into account their Oscar winner No Country for Old Men.  The Coens’ attempt to return more closely to the original Charles Portis novel is successful on its own terms, even though much of the dialogue sounds familiar. The outlines of the story are very familiar by now:  14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) from near Dardanelles in Yell County, Arkansas, sets out for Fort Smith in search of her father’s killer, only to find he has headed off into the wild and lawless Indian Territory to the west.  She hires one-eyed Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), said to be the most ruthless of Judge Parker’s federal marshals, to pursue the killer, Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin).   They are joined by a dandified Texas ranger, La Boeuf (pronounced “La Beef” and played by Matt Damon), who wants Chaney for a Texas murder.  In the end, all three pursuers have demonstrated their own versions of True Grit in battling outlaws, snakes and the elements in their pursuit of Chaney and his new associates. There are various elements that are unchanged from Henry Hathaway’s original film version of the story.  If anything, the remake keeps even closer to Portis’ period language and does so quite successfully.  The interplay between the three protagonists will seem familiar, if more balanced with a better actor in the La Boeuf role.  The high point of the movie’s action, Cogburn’s one-on-four joust with Lucky Ned Pepper’s gang in a high mountain meadow, remains one of the most compelling sequences in any western.  But there are other elements that are even more rewarding in the Coen brothers’ version than they were in the Hathaway movie.  The conscientious use of period details and a somber palette of colors in the production design are very thorough and work well with the dialogue.  There are upgrades in several of the roles:  Hailee Steinfeld in her first film role is magnificent as young Mattie Ross, in a role that could easily just be strident and irritating in the wrong hands, and Matt Damon’s performance as La Boeuf is a marked improvement on non-actor Glenn Campbell’s version of the role.  Rather than being a John Wayne vehicle (the original won Wayne his only Best Actor Oscar), this version is much more an ensemble effort.  The ending is truer to Portis’ novel.  The music by Carter Burwell, with its theme based on a 19th-century hymn tune (“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” recognizable from 1955’s Night of the Hunter), feels not only authentic but haunting, and lends an elegiac tone to the entire film.  The cinematography often makes use of sepia tones to suggest old photographs and natural 19th-century lighting in the wintry setting. Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) and La Boeuf (Matt Damon) confer on the trail. If anything, making this movie might be harder now than it was in 1969.  The Coen brothers suggest that one reason is that rules for filmmaking with horses have become much more stringent in the intervening 40 years.  The Coens could throw their 14-year-old lead actress into a freezing river with impunity, but the water had to be at least a certain minimum temperature to do the same with a horse.  Among the less persuasive sequences are Rooster and Mattie’s desperate ride for medical help on the floundering Little Blackie.  One reason it’s less effective might be the inability


Scandium   - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table Chemistry in its element: scandium (Promo) You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. (End promo) This week, an element whose existence had been expected, Here's David Linsay. David Lindsay Scandium, atomic number 21. It is the first of the transition metals, and its discovery is entwined with that of vertical neighbours yttrium and lanthanum. The Swedish island of Resarö, near Stockholm, became a hotbed of elemental discovery in the late eighteenth, and early nineteenth, centuries. A quarry near the village of Ytterby yielded two different mineral ores, from which the seventeen so-called "rare earth" elements were eventually identified, those being scandium, yttrium and the fifteen lanthanide elements. In 1788, a Lieutenant Arrhenius found an unusual black rock near the town of Ytterby. He passed this on to the famous Finnish scientist Johan Gadolin, and the story of the discovery of the rare earths began. In 1879, Lars Nilson, isolated the oxide of a new metal element from the minerals gadolinite and euxenite. Nilson was a student of the legendary Jacob Berzelius, himself discoverer of many elements. Nilson named this oxide scandia, after Scandinavia. The discovery of this element was especially notable, as, seven years previously, Mendeleev had used his periodic table to predict the existence of ten as yet unknown elements, and for four of these, he predicted in great detail the properties they should have. One of these four, Mendeleev predicted, should have properties very similar to boron, and he named this element "ekaboron", meaning "like boron". The metal of this new oxide, scandia, was indeed found to have similar properties to this "ekaboron", thus demonstrating the power of Mendeleev's construction. For example, Mendeleev predicted the element's molecular weight would be 44 and that it would form one oxide with formula Eb2O3; scandium has molecular weight 45, and forms scandium oxide, Sc2O3. Some of Mendeleev's predictions were even more detailed. He predicted that the carbonate of ekaboron would not be soluble in water, which scandium carbonate is not. He even made a prediction related to the discovery of the element - that it would not be discovered spectroscopically. Indeed, scandium produces no spectroscopic lines, so could not be identified by this method of analysis. However, it was another Swedish chemist, Per Theodor Cleve, who was also working on the rare earths, who noticed the similarity between Nilson's new element, and the ekaboron predicted by Mendeleev. Despite the discovery of the oxide of this new element, it would take almost another sixty years until pure, elemental scandium was prepared, being made by electrolysis of scandium chloride in the presence of lithium and potassium, at high temperature. Scandium is the first of the transition metals. Many of the transition metals exhibit a very rich and varied chemistry, due to the fact that they can exist in a wide variety of oxidation states. Scandium, however, is limited to the plus three oxidation state, meaning its chemistry is not quite as diverse as some of its transition metal counterparts. Scandium is very much a late starter compared to many of the other elements, due to its relatively low occurrence and the difficulty in obtaining it from its ores. For example, it wasn't until the 1960s when the first pound, or 450 grams, of high purity scandium was obtained. Compounds of scandium find use in organic chemistry. Like many of the lanthanides, the trifluoromethansulfonate, or triflate, of scandium finds use as a so-called Lewis acid, accepting a pair of electrons from a suitable organic molecule, and activating the organic molecule to take part in highly efficient and selective chemical reactions. Scandium is also the source of artificial natural light. This might sound like a contradiction, but when scandium iodide is added in very small amounts to mercury vapour lamps, it produces l


Who was the last Leader of the Liberal Party?

Liberal Party of Great Britain | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Liberal Party of Great Britain From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The British Liberal Party was a former political party burped into existence in 1859 after an all night tea drinking binge . It lasted until 1988 when the Liberals merged with the Social Democratic Party to make one huge political joke out of two minor ones. It was also called the Pantsdown-Knickersdorf Merger in honour of Paddy Ashdown and his personal assistant Paddina Von Knickersdorf . Pantsdown became the leader of the Liberal Democrats a.k.a 'Funny-Haha' Party and kept his clothes on long enough to make a speech about the start of a new political yawn...er dawn..(yeah..fill out the rest of the cliches) Radicals , Peelites and Whigs combine to create the Liberal Party. The Radicals were too mean to buy their own bicycle. Contents edit Tea for Three A scene from the HBO/BBC TV film Formation of the Liberal Party. For those without comedic tastes, the "questionable parody" of this website called Wikipedia have an article about Liberal Party of Great Britain . The story goes that the Liberal Party was formed in the Willis Tea Rooms in the Piccadilly area of London in June 1859. The reason why they met there and not the Houses of Parliament was that it was essentially a well known 'knocking shop' with secret bedrooms. Whilst undressing for dinner (it was one of those parties ) , the leaders of the Whigs , Peelites and Radicals agreed to combine together to defeat the Conservative Party which was then in government. They decided to call themselves Liberals as it sounded bold and beautiful and emphasised their commonly held beliefs in Free Trade , Free Sex and Free Gifts For The Deserving Wealthy'. Once they put their Victorian clothing back on , the newly minted Liberals returned to the House of Commons , defeated the Tories and made Lord Palmerston Prime Minister again. Only William Gladstone wasn't happy as he had missed the meeting whilst out rescuing fallen women outside his home in London. They seemed to trip up everytime they passed his front door and would wait for him to come out and pick them up. The women were later known as Gladstone's Bags. edit So Who Was Really A Liberal ? At first it would be fair to say that the Whigs really expected to remain in control of the new fangled Liberal Party. They had the men - the wealthy ones - and the social and political expectation that they would always remain in charge. They liked the lazy part of laissez-faire capitalism and thought economic liberalism should keep government spending down to a bare minimum. Whigs were however a declining breed , probably too much prescribed Laudanum and the notorious addictive Earl Grey tea were perhaps also a factor. This political laxativism by the wimpy Whigs meant they left Gladstone to get on with it as he seemed to be keener to do things in government , As for the Radicals...well they were always banging on about a number of strange causes like banning drink for small people , saving sailors from licensed whore houses and preaching about sin which just wasn't to the Whig taste. The best known Radical leader was John Bright - except his wasn't and liked to wear suits two sizes too small for him. edit The Liberal Conspiracy..Oops Ascendancy edit William Gladstone Gladstone trying to think of a suitably insulting word to describe his political enemy Benjamin Disraeli in a letter to Queen Victoria . Known later as 'The People's Willy Warmer' , William Ewart Gladstone is the perhaps the best remembered Liberal leader. Originally a Rigid Conservative , Gladstone could stand erect in the same political position for hours which impressed other M.P.s and also his wife who went on to produce ten little liberal children. However Gladstone eventually left the Conservatives when he discovered that he wasn't getting enough opportunities to meet the opposite sex and embarked on a long secret career trawling the streets of London looking for 'Fallen' or 'Loos


Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?

Edmund (988 - 1016) - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Edmund II 'Ironside', King of England public profile Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Lithuanian: Edmundas Narsusis, Anglijos Karalius Also Known As: "Edmund II (died 30 November 1016)", "usually known as Edmund Ironside", "Edmund II 'Ironside'", "King of England" Birthdate: in London, Middlesex (now Greater London), England Place of Burial: King of England from 23 April to 30 November 1016, King of England Managed by: Between Jan 6 989 and Jan 5 990 Death: Ethelred II " the Unready" England, Alfgifu Aelflaed Queen Of England Wife: Between Jan 6 988 and Jan 5 989 Death: Between Jan 6 989 and Jan 5 990 - Of England Death: Alfgifu ( Aelflaed) Queen Of England Wife: Ealgyth King Of England (born Queen Of England) Son: Edward " The Atheling" Prince Of England Siblings: Between Jan 6 988 and Jan 5 989 Death: Between Jan 6 989 and Jan 5 990 - Wessex, England Death: Dec 6 1016 - Murdered at Oxford, England Parents: AETHELRED II 'THE UNREADY' King of England, Elfleda Alfgifu England of Thorad (born Gunnarsson) Wife: EDWARD ATHELING 'The Outlaw ' of England Siblings: ...hilda (born Ætheling), Ecgfrida deDurham, Edward, Ecbert Prince Of England, Aethelstan of Wessex Prince, Edgar, and names of 2 more sibl ... Between Jan 6 989 and Jan 5 990 Death: Between Jan 7 1016 and Jan 6 1017 Parents: Ethelred II King of England, Elfreda England Son: Edward The Exile Prince of England Brother: Between Jan 6 988 and Jan 5 991 - Wessex, England Death: Between Jan 6 988 and Jan 5 989 - Wessex. England Death: Dec 6 1016 - London, England Parents: Alfgifu Aelflaed Queen of England, Ethelred II " The Unready" King of England Wife: Nov 30 1016 - Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Parents: Æthelred II, Aelfgifu of York Wife: Edward Ætheling Siblings: ...fred Aetheling, Ingelric of Saxony, Godifu D'Angleterre Countess de Vexin Princess of England, Edward, Princess Aelfgifu / Elfgifu / Elgi... Between Jan 6 989 and Jan 5 990 - of,Normandy,Eng,FRA Death: Dec 6 1016 - Les Juifs,Chartres,FRA Parents: Aethelred II " the Unready" COUNT OF King of England Seigneur, Alfflaid ( Elgiva) Princess King of England Princess (born de Briquebec) Spouses: ...id ( Elgiva) Princess King of England Princess (born de Briquebec), Ealgyth ( Edith) Duceline de Crepon Countess, Margaret) ( Lucy) de Toeni Children: Edward ( the Atheling) The Exile Prince- England Earl- Warwick, Herbrard Count du Ponteaudemer Count Siblings: ...rchbishop de Vermandois Archbp.- Rheims, Ealgyth ( Edith) Duceline de Crepon Countess, Eadmund Ironside King England, Godgifu Princess Pr... Between Jan 6 989 and Jan 5 990 Death: Alfflaed, d. of of (born Thored), Aethelred_ II, _the Redeless, King of Wife: Between Jan 6 989 and Jan 5 990 - France Death: Between Jan 7 1016 and Jan 6 1017 - France Parents: Aetheired Of england, Aelgifu Of england (born Of Northumberland) Siblings: sister About Edmund II 'Ironside', King of England Edmund II "Ironside" Son of Æthelred Unræd and Ælfleth Married: Ealdgyth (NOT daughter of Morcar, she was Sigeferth's widow - Sigeferth being Morcar's brother) Sons: 1. Edward 2. Edmund EADMUND, son of ÆTHELRED II King of England & his first wife Ælflæd ([990]-30 Nov 1016, bur Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset[1871]). Florence of Worcester´s genealogies name "Ælfgiva, comitis Ægelberhti filia" as mother of King Æthelred´s three sons "Eadmundum, Eadwium et Æthelstanum" and his daughter "Eadgitham"[1872]. Roger of Wendover records the birth in 981 of "rex Ethelredus…filium…Eadmundum"[1873], but this date is probably inaccurate if it is correct (as shown above) that Eadmund was his father´s third son, given King Æthelred´s birth in [966]. "Eadmundus filius regis/clito/ætheling" subscribed charters of King Æthelred II dated between 993 and 1015, the last dated 1015 being signed "Eadmund regie indolis soboles"[1874]. His name was listed after his brother Ecgberht, before the latter's disappearance from


In which city was David Lloyd George born?

David Lloyd George David Lloyd George Student Activities David Lloyd George, the son of William George and Elizabeth Lloyd, was born in Manchester on 17th January, 1863. David's father, a schoolmaster, died a year after he was born and his mother took her two children to live with her brother, Richard Lloyd, a shoemaker in Llanystumdwy , Caernarvonshire . The Lloyd family were staunch Nonconformists and worshipped at the Disciples of Christ Chapel in Criccieth . Richard Lloyd was Welsh-speaking and deeply resented English dominance over Wales. Lloyd George was an intelligent boy and did very well at his local school. It was decided that he should become a solicitor and after passing the Law Society examination was articled in January 1879, to a firm of solicitors in Portmadog . After completing his training, David Lloyd George established his own law practice in Criccieth . He soon developed a reputation as a solicitor who was willing to defend people against those in authority. In 1888 Lloyd George married Margaret Owen , the daughter of a prosperous farmer. He remained an active member of the Disciples of Christ Chapel and it was during his church work that he gained his early training as an orator. Lloyd George developed a reputation as a fiery preacher and was often asked to speak at Temperance Society meetings in Wales . Political Influences Lloyd George joined the local Liberal Party and became an alderman on the Caernarvon County Council. He also took part in several political campaigns including one that attempted to bring an end to church tithes. Lloyd George was also a strong supporter of land reform. As a young man he had read books by Thomas Spence , John Stuart Mill and Henry George on the need to tackle this issue. He had also been impressed by pamphlets written by George Bernard Shaw and Sidney Webb of the Fabian Society on the need to tackle the issue of land ownership. In 1890 Lloyd George was selected as the Liberal candidate for the Caernarvon Borough constituency. A by-election took place later that year when the sitting Conservative MP died. Lloyd George fought the election on a programme which called for religious equality in Wales, land reform, the local veto in granting licenses for the sale of alcohol, graduated taxation and free trade. Lloyd George won the seat by 18 votes and at twenty-seven became the youngest member of the House of Commons . Opposition to Boer War Lloyd George's dramatic oratory soon brought him to the attention of the leaders of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons . However, it was felt he was too radical and they suspected that he would lose his seat in the 1900 General Election because of his opposition to the Boer War . However, in Caernarvon he was seen as the most important figure in Parliament defending Welsh rights and was re-elected. The leadership of the Liberal Party also disapproved of Lloyd George's role in the campaign against the 1902 Education Act . In his speeches on this issue he appeared to be encouraging people to break the law by supporting John Clifford and his National Passive Resistance Committee. As a result of Clifford's campaign, over 170 Nonconformists went to prison for refusing to pay their school taxes. Chancellor of the Exchequer After the 1906 General Election , the leader of the Liberal Party , Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman , became the new Prime-Minister. Lloyd George was given the post of President of the Board of Trade . In 1908 the new prime minister, Henry Asquith , promoted him to the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lloyd George now had the opportunity to introduce reforms that he had been campaigning for since he first arrived in the House of Commons . Lloyd George had been a long opponent of the Poor Law in Britain. He was determined to take action that in his words would "lift the shadow of the workhouse from the homes of the poor". He believed the best way of doing this was to guarantee an income to people who were to old to work. Based on the ideas of Tom Paine that first appeared in his book Rights of Man in 1791, Lloyd


In which of Charles Dickens' novels does Dick Swiveller appear?

Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Charles Dickens: Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness Literature Network » Charles Dickens » Stories About Children Every Child Can Read » Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness RICHARD SWIVELLER, a good-hearted, though somewhat queer young man, the clerk of Sampson Brass, a scheming lawyer, often found time hanging heavily on his hands; and for the better preservation of his cheerfulness therefore, and to prevent his faculties from rusting, he provided himself with a cribbage-board and pack of cards, and accustomed himself to play at cribbage with a dummy, for twenty, thirty, or sometimes even fifty thousand pounds a side, besides many hazardous bets to a considerable amount. As these games were very silently conducted, notwithstanding the greatness of the interests involved, Mr. Swiveller, began to think that on those evenings when Mr. and Miss Brass were out (and they often went out now) he heard a kind of snorting or hard-breathing sound in the direction of the door, which it occurred to him, after some thought, must proceed from the small servant, who always had a cold from damp living. Looking intently that way one night, he plainly distinguished an eye gleaming and glistening at the keyhole; and having now no doubt that his suspicions were correct, he stole softly to the door and pounced upon her before she was aware of his approach. "Oh! I didn't mean any harm indeed. Upon my word I didn't," cried the small servant, struggling like a much larger one. "It's so very dull down-stairs. Please don't you tell upon me; please don't." "Tell upon you!" said Dick. "Do you mean to say you were looking through the keyhole for company?" "Yes, upon my word I was," replied the small servant. "How long have you been cooling your eye there?" said Dick. "Oh, ever since you first began to play them cards, and long before." Vague recollections of several fantastic exercises such as dancing around the room, and bowing to imaginary people with which he had refreshed himself after the fatigues of business; all of which, no doubt, the small servant had seen through the keyhole, made Mr. Swiveller feel rather awkward; but he was not very sensitive on such points, and recovered himself speedily. "Well--come in," he said, after a little thought. "Here--sit down, and I'll teach you how to play." "Oh! I durstn't do it," rejoined the small servant. "Miss Sally 'ud kill me, if she know'd I came up here." "Have you got a fire down-stairs?" said Dick. "A very little one," replied the small servant. "Miss Sally couldn't kill me if she know'd I went down there, so I'll come," said Richard, putting the cards into his pocket. "Why, how thin you are! What do you mean by it?" "It ain't my fault." "Could you eat any bread and meat?" said Dick, taking down his hat. "Yes? Ah! I thought so. Did you ever taste beer?" "I had a sip of it once," said the small servant. "Here's a state of things!" cried Mr. Swiveller, raising his eyes to the ceiling. "She never tasted it--it can't be tasted in a sip! Why, how old are you?" "I don't know." Mr. Swiveller opened his eyes very wide and appeared thoughtful for a moment; then, bidding the child mind the door until he came back, vanished straightway. Presently he returned, followed by the boy from the public house, who bore in one hand a plate of bread and beef and in the other a great pot, filled with some very fragrant compound, which sent forth a grateful steam, and was indeed choice purl made after a particular rule which Mr. Swiveller had given to the landlord at a period when he was deep in his books and desirous to win his friendship. Relieving the boy of his burden at the door, and charging his little companion to fasten it to prevent surprise, Mr. Swiveller followed her into the kitchen. "There!" said Richard, putting the plate before her. "First of all, clear that off, and then you'll see what's next." The small servant needed no second bidding, and the plate was soon empty. "Next," said Dick, handing the purl, "take a pull at that;


What company was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998?

Company – Google Google Inc. Larry and Sergey named the search engine they built “Google,” a play on the word          “googol,” the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google Inc. was          born in 1998, when Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check for $100,000 to          that entity—which until then didn’t exist. Out of the office The first “Google doodle” in 1998 was intended to let visitors to the homepage          know that Google’s minders were offline at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada.          There’s now a team of “doodlers” and we’ve posted more than 2,000 different doodles on homepages          worldwide. Do-It-Yourself ads In 2000, we introduced AdWords, a self-service program for creating online ad          campaigns. Today our advertising solutions, which include display, mobile and          video ads as well as the simple text ads we introduced more than a decade ago,          help thousands of businesses grow and be successful.


Who directed Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2011 film 'J Edgar'?

J. Edgar (2011) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Watch Now From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly 50 years, looks back on his professional and personal life. Director: a list of 29 titles created 20 Jun 2011 a list of 32 titles created 16 May 2012 a list of 33 titles created 14 Aug 2012 a list of 46 titles created 11 Aug 2013 a list of 39 titles created 21 Feb 2014 Search for " J. Edgar " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Golden Globe. Another    5 wins & 16 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes ' career from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. Director: Martin Scorsese A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence. Director: Ridley Scott A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Director: Sam Mendes The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother who he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king? Director: Randall Wallace A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Director: Baz Luhrmann A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. Director: Edward Zwick Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it. Director: Danny Boyle In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer. Director: Martin Scorsese Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Director: Clint Eastwood After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentally disabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother, which is suddenly challenged when love walks into his life. Director: Lasse Hallström A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction. Director: Scott Kalvert Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. Director: Baz Luhrmann Edit Storyline Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hired and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. Written by garykmcd The Most Powerful Man in the World Genres: Rated R for brief strong language | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 11 November 2011 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: $11,217,324        (USA) (11 November 2011) Gross


Who is the third wife of Rod Stewart, they married in 2007?

Rod Stewart - Biography - IMDb Rod Stewart Biography Showing all 82 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (3) | Trade Mark  (2) | Trivia  (38) | Personal Quotes  (34) Overview (4) 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (1) Rod Stewart was born on January 10, 1945 in Highgate, London, England as Roderick David Stewart. He has been married to Penny Lancaster since June 16, 2007. They have two children. He was previously married to Rachel Hunter and Alana Stewart . Spouse (3) ( 6 April  1979      - 1984) (divorced) (2 children) Trade Mark (2) Fifth child of Robert and Elsie Stewart. His brothers and sisters are Mary, Peggy, Don and Bob. Has eight children: Sarah Thubron Streeter (born 1964) born to art student Susannah Boffey; Kimberly Stewart (born 21 August 1979) and Sean Stewart (born 1 September 1980) born to Alana Stewart (ex-wife of actor George Hamilton ; Ruby Stewart (born 17 June 1987), born to Kelly Emberg , his girlfriend at the time; Renee Stewart (born 1 June 1992), Liam McAlister Stewart (born 4 September 1994), born to ex-wife Rachel Hunter , a model, Alistair Wallace Stewart (born 27 November 2005) and Aiden Stewart (born 16 February 2011), born to wife Penny Lancaster . Contrary to popular belief, he was never a professional soccer player with Brentford Football Club before becoming a musician, this was one of many stories invented by his publicist when Rod was starting to hit the big time. Rod was successfully sued by Brazilian singer Jorge Ben Jor who claimed the tune to Rod's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" was too similar to his song "Taj Mahal". Ben won the lawsuit and asked Rod to donate all his profits from the song to UNICEF. His daughter, Kimberly Stewart , designs shoes. Lead singer for the 1970s rock group The Faces . Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Gave his friend Elton John the nickname "Sharon". Covered Elton John 's hit song "Your Song". Although he was born in England and has English blood on his mother's side, he has Scottish blood on his father's side and prefers to be considered a Scotsman. In 1998, he bought the Victorian mansion Stargroves in Hampshire, which had previously belonged to Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones . He put on the first concert at SkyDome in Toronto, Canada in 1989. Voted the sexiest male spectacles wearer in a 2004 poll by Specsavers opticians. (March 9, 2005) Proposed to girlfriend Penny Lancaster at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. They married according to their plan, on board his yacht "Lady Anne MaGee" in the Portofino harbor, Italy, after his divorce from Rachel Hunter was finalized. Contray to rumor, he did not play the harmonica on Millie Small 's 1964 #2 hit "My Boy Lollipop", her credited as Millie. Underwent successful surgery for thyroid cancer in July 2000, and announced he was completely recovered in January 2001. In an early stage of The Kinks , before future frontman Ray Davies was willing to be the lead singer, they recruited Stewart (who grew up in the same neighborhood as the Davies brothers) as a singer. After a couple of weeks of trying to be a band, Stewart and the future Kinks found that they did not get along that well, with their musical tastes being too different, and parted ways. First artist to record the Burt Bacharach / Carole Bayer Sager song "That's What Friends Are For" (for the movie Night Shift (1982)), four years before it became a number one hit for Dionne Warwick , Elton John , Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder . Was the original lead singer of the Jeff Beck Group. However, when the band was scheduled to appear at Woodstock he quit on the eve of the show due to the fact that his best friend Ronnie Wood , who was playing bass at the time, was kicked out. Is a supporter of Glasgow Celtic Football Club. Winner of the 1993 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to music. The story that Rod once worked as a gravedigger was another myth which he created with his publici


Which sporting event, first held in July 1903, was the idea of Geo Lefevre, a journalist on L'Auto newspaper?

The Birth of the Tour de France, 110 Years Ago - History in the Headlines The Birth of the Tour de France, 110 Years Ago June 28, 2013 By Christopher Klein 2012 Tour de France The Birth of the Tour de France, 110 Years Ago Author The Birth of the Tour de France, 110 Years Ago URL Google Launched as a newspaper publicity stunt in 1903, the Tour de France instantly proved itself an epic test of endurance, with competitors in the first race pedaling through the night on grueling stages that lasted upwards of 24 hours. Cheating was also endemic from the very start. As the Tour de France embarks on its 100th edition—world wars canceled 11 races—take a look back at the birth of the world’s most famous cycling race. On July 1, 1903, 60 men mounted their bicycles outside the Café au Reveil Matin in the Parisian suburb of Montgeron. The five-dozen riders were mostly French, with just a sprinkle of Belgians, Swiss, Germans and Italians. A third were professionals sponsored by bicycle manufacturers, the others simply devotees of the sport. All 60 wheelmen, however, were united by the challenge of embarking on an unprecedented test of endurance—not to mention the 20,000 francs in prize money—in the inaugural Tour de France. At 3:16 p.m., the cyclists turned the pedals of their bicycles and raced into the unknown. Nothing like the Tour de France had ever been attempted before. Journalist Geo Lefevre had dreamt up the fanciful race as a stunt to boost the circulation of his struggling daily sports newspaper, L’Auto. Henri Desgrange, the director-editor of L’Auto and a former champion cyclist himself, loved the idea of turning France into one giant velodrome. They developed a 1,500-mile clockwise loop of the country running from Paris to Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes before returning to the French capital. There were no Alpine climbs and only six stages—as opposed to the 21 stages in the 2013 Tour— but the distances covered in each of them were monstrous, an average of 250 miles. (No single stage in the 2013 Tour tops 150 miles.) Between one and three rest days were scheduled between stages for recovery. The inaugural Tour de France, July 1903. The first stage of the epic race was particularly dastardly. The route from Paris to Lyon stretched nearly 300 miles. No doubt several of the riders who wheeled away from Paris worried not about winning the race—but surviving it. Unlike today’s riders, the cyclists in 1903 rode over unpaved roads without helmets. They rode as individuals, not team members. Riders could receive no help. They could not glide in the slipstream of fellow riders or vehicles of any kind. They rode without support cars. Cyclists were responsible for making their own repairs. They even rode with spare tires and tubes wrapped around their torsos in case they developed flats. And unlike modern-day riders, the cyclists in the 1903 Tour de France, forced to cover enormous swathes of land, spent much of the race riding through the night with moonlight the only guide and stars the only spectators. During the early morning hours of the first stage, race officials came across many competitors “riding like sleepwalkers.” Hour after hour through the night, riders abandoned the race. One of the favorites, Hippolyte Aucouturier, quit after developing stomach cramps, perhaps from the swigs of red wine he took as an early 1900s version of a performance enhancer. Twenty-three riders abandoned the first stage of the race, but the one man who barreled through the night faster than anyone else was another pre-race favorite, 32-year-old professional Maurice Garin. The mustachioed French national worked as a chimney sweep as a teenager before becoming one of France’s leading cyclists. Caked in mud, the diminutive Garin crossed the finish line in Lyon a little more than 17 hours after the start outside Paris. In spite of the race’s length, he won by only one minute. “The Little Chimney Sweep” built his lead as the race progressed. By the fifth stage, Garin had a two-hour advantage. When his nearest competitor suffered two f


For what does the A stand in the acronym for the organisation UCAS?

UCAS Terms And Abbreviations Explained | UCAS View more videos Adjustment – in a UCAS Undergraduate application, one of the services you can use to look for alternative courses. This one’s in case you’ve met and exceeded your conditions and you’d like to see if you can get on a course with higher entry requirements – all while still holding your original confirmed place. Apply – in your application, the name of our online application system. (For postgraduate courses, Apply is combined with Track.) Bachelor’s degree – a three or four year course you can take in undergraduate higher education after you’ve finished further education – also known as a first or undergraduate degree. It’s either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science, depending what subject you choose. Buzzword – for UCAS Undergraduate applications, your school, college, or centre will give you a buzzword so you can link your application to them. It's a word you add to your application when you register to make a UCAS Undergraduate application (unless you're applying independently). Centre – a school, college, or organisation that can help students apply to higher education. Changed course offer – in your application, you might get one of these if you haven’t met your conditions, or if the university or college has made changes to the courses they run. It might involve a different start date or point of entry, or a different course altogether. Choice – a choice is a course you apply for on your application – many students make multiple choices to increase their chances of getting a place. Clearing – in a UCAS Undergraduate application, Clearing is another service you can use to look for alternative courses. If you didn’t get a place on a course – whether you didn’t receive offers, declined your offers, or didn’t get the grades you needed – Clearing allows you to apply for courses that still have vacancies. College – a provider of further and higher education. When we use the term 'uni' or 'university', this is often a generic reference that incorporates colleges too. For example, when we say 'applying to university', we mean 'applying to university or college', but in a more concise way. Conditional offer – in your application, an offer of a place on a course subject to conditions. To be accepted on the course, you’ll need to meet the conditions – usually related to your exam results. This is a common type of offer for students applying directly from further education. Confirmation – in your application, the outcome of a conditional offer you’ve accepted. If you meet the conditions, your place will be made unconditional (meaning you’ve got a place on the course) – if not, the offer will be declined. Conservatoire – a provider of performance-based music, dance, screen, and drama courses. Course – there are many different courses across different levels, subjects, and locations – from foundation degrees to PhDs. Course and training providers – a university, college, conservatoire, School Direct school, or other provider offering higher education courses. Deferral – in your application, this is what you do if you’d like to carry an offer over to start it in the following academic year.  Entry Profiles – these are in course listings in the search tool – they’re put together by uni and college staff, with information including entry requirements and course content. Entry requirements – this is what the course provider recommends you need to do/have to get on the course – from qualifications and specific subjects or grades, to interviews, admissions tests, and medical requirements. You aren't guaranteed an offer if you meet or already have these. Extra – in a UCAS Undergraduate application, Extra is a service you can use to apply for alternative places if you do not hold an offer from your first five choices. Firm choice – in your application, an offer you accept as your first choice. Further education (FE) – the level of education you complete at school or college before you start higher education. Graduate – a student who has completed and graduated from an


Which country established a new capital at Naypyidaw in 2005?

Naypyidaw – the city you haven’t heard about | TheGlobalWeather.com Blog Naypyidaw – the city you haven’t heard about By Editor | August 2, 2016 0 Comment The world is amazing and hides so many beautiful cities that you don’t even know about. Many people tend to think that Yangon is the capital of Myanmar by mistake. However, the information is a little bit outdated: in 2005 the local government has moved the capital to Naypyidaw which is 320 km away from Yangon . The true reason of such a decision remains unknown and thought all the important establishments like ministries and government building were moved to the deserted area people denied to leave their homes. Therefore, the city nowadays seems pretty deterrent. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is situated in Southeast Asia and is bordered with five countries. The military regime of the country is considered one of the most repressive in the world. After the capital was moved to Naypyidaw foreign journalists were prohibited to enter the city and, as a result, the world community knows a little about the city. The territory of Naypyidaw equals to 6 New York Cities! However, the population of the city does not reach a million. Therefore, it seems that you are walking in abandoned city with a wide variety of touristic attractions and public places that are not needed by anyone. There are multi-storey residential buildings, shrines, shops that were built specially for people but the buildings are not used for its intended purposes. Nevertheless, Naypyidaw is not considered entirely abandoned or empty  city: it is home to several hundred government officials and militaries and their families. From time to time tourists come to Naypyidaw but this happens very rarely as they have nothing to look at and nothing to do here. No entertainment, no people you could talk to, consult, no public transport can be found here. You will have to walk or hope for the local drivers to pick you up what they, by the way, do not like to do. Although some of the roads were designed for 6 or 10 traffic lines, in fact you will see 2 cars the most in 10 minutes! Media has got interested in the new Myanmar’s capital long ago but due to the governmental restrictions it is impossible to unveil the beauty of Naypyidaw. It is widely believed that the city reminds the scenes from the movies of David Lynch.


Of which State was Mitt Romney the governor from 2003-2007?

Mitt Romney Mitt Romney Countries United States of America Mitt Romney is the former governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007) and the 2012 Republican candidate for president. He is the author of No Apology: The Case for American Greatness (2010). Romney's failed 2008 campaign emphasized his success as a businessman and chief executive at Bain & Company and spin-off Bain Capital. His membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints played an important role in that campaign, as some leaders of the Religious Right hesitated in supporting his candidacy because of ongoing skepticism about Romney's Mormon faith. In 2008 Romney frequently spoke of his faith in general terms accessible to evangelical voters, and in 2012 he continued to resist more detailed discussion of Mormonism. The anti-Mormon sentiment in 2008 was frequently compared to the anti-Catholicism that faced both Al Smith in his failed 1928 presidential bid and John F. Kennedy in his 1960 victory. In early 2015 Romney announced he would not run in the 2016 presidential election.


Which Russian composer moved to France in 1920 and then to the USA in 1939 where he later became a naturalised citizen?

Stravinsky, Igor | Article about Stravinsky, Igor by The Free Dictionary Stravinsky, Igor | Article about Stravinsky, Igor by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Stravinsky%2c+Igor Stravinsky, Igor Stravinsky, Igor (Fyodorovich) (1882–1971) composer, conductor; born in Oranienbaum, near St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of an admired bass in the Imperial Opera, he studied piano and composition as a boy. Although he studied law at St. Petersburg University, he was far more interested in music; between 1903–06 he studied composition under Rimsky-Korsokov and became a member of that composer's circle. In 1909 the Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev invited him to compose for his company, the Ballets Russes; in 1910 the company danced Stravinsky's first major work, The Firebird, and for the next 20 years he was closely associated with Diaghilev's company; their premiere of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps ("the rite of spring") in 1913 caused a tremendous commotion. After 1910 Stravinsky essentially settled in Western Europe—first Switzerland, then Paris—where he toured as a conductor and pianist in performances of his own music; after the Russian Revolution in 1917, he regarded himself as an exile. In 1926 he rejoined the Russian Orthodox Church and his devout Christianity inspired many of his subsequent works. After three tours in the U.S.A. and several American commissions, he moved there in 1939, settled in Los Angeles, and became a naturalized citizen in 1945. Although he continued to be an international neoclassicist in his musical style, he did show some recognition of his American environment, writing his famous Circus Polka (1942) for the elephants of the Barnum and Bailey Circus and his Ebony Concerto (1945) for Woody Herman ; his various efforts at movie music ended up being used in other compositions. The climax of his neoclassical style was his opera, The Rake's Progress (1951). The young American conductor, Robert Craft, became Stravinsky's inseparable assistant from 1948 on; Craft not only aided Stravinsky in his various musical projects but helped him assemble several books; Craft also introduced Stravinsky to the serialist school of music and, from the early 1950s, Stravinsky composed in his own adaptation of this style. By this time, he was generally recognized as the leading composer of his era and he toured throughout the world conducting his own and others' works; in 1962 his 80th birthday was widely celebrated and he made a triumphant return to Russia. He settled in New York City in 1969 and died there, but was buried in Venice near Diaghilev's grave. Stravinsky, Igor Fedorovich   Born June 5 (17), 1882, in Oranienbaum (now the city of Lomonosov); died Apr. 6, 1971, in New York; buried in Venice. Russian composer and conductor. Son of the singer F. I. Stravinsky. At an early age Stravinsky became acquainted with Russian literature, painting, theater, and music. He began playing the piano at the age of nine, and at 18 he began his own study of the theory of composition while studying law at St. Petersburg University (1900–05). In 1902 he began musical studies with N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, whom he called his spiritual father. The Scherzo Fantastique and the fantasy Fireworks for orchestra (both 1908) were Stravinsky’s first works to attract attention. Stravinsky was greatly helped by S. P. Diaghilev, organizer of the Russian Seasons Abroad in Paris. It was for Diaghilev’s ballet that he composed The Firebird (1910), Petrouchka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre duprintemps; 1913), which gained the composer world fame. Beginning in 1910, Stravinsky lived alternately in Paris and Switzerland and at his wife’s estate in Russia. He settled in Switzerland in 1914 and in France in 1920. In 1939 he moved to the USA and became a US citizen in 1945. He conducted concert tours abroad, performing his own works and, occasionally, compositions by M. I. Glinka and P. I. Tchaikovsky. These tours became more frequent after World War II. In 1962, Stravinsky performed in composer’s concert


What name is given to the wire frame on a dartboard?

How to Make a Dart Board | DoItYourself.com Knife Ruler To play darts you need a dart board. As anyone who has shopped around for them will know, a dart board isn’t cheap to buy. For what is really just cork and wire, dart boards can be very expensive. Why not make your own? It’s not that difficult to do and you can save money over buying a factory-made dartboard. Step 1 - Cork A dart board is made of cork. It needs to have a thickness of at least 1 ½ inches. This will prevent the thrown dart penetrating through the cork to damage the wall. When selecting an appropriate piece of cork for your dart board, make certain it’s at least this thick and a minimum of 18 inches in diameter. Step 2 - Cutting A dart board is circular, so you need to mark a circle that’s 18 inches in diameter on the cork. To do this, put a pin in the center of the cork, attached to a string 18 inches long, with a marker at the other end. Trace the circle, and then use the saw to cut it, trimming the edge so it’s smooth. Step 3 - Marking The hardest part of making a dart board is marking the different sections. Make sure you have the appropriate colored markers for this. To begin you’ll need to mark a series of concentric circles on the dart board, going from the hole you’ve made at the very center. The inner bull’s eyes should be a 1/2 inch in diameter, and the outer bull’s eye 1 1/4 inches in diameter. After those two, make circles at 7 7/8 inches and 8 ½ inches. This will give you the triple score ring on the dart board. Finally, mark more circles at 12 7/8 inches and 13 1/2 inches to create the double score band. This gives you the basis of the dart board, although you still need to divide up the board into 20 different and equal sections, much like slices of piece. Be aware, however, that you don’t make divisions in the inner or outer bull’s eyes. The simplest way to do this is take a standard dart board as your template and copy the layout. Step 4 - Wire On a dart board all the sections are divided up with wire. To replicate this, buy some spider wire from a dart supply store. You’ll need to twist and attach it to the dart board yourself (staples are ideal for this) so that each of the sections on the dart board is delineated. You can also buy a pre-formed basket (as the completed spider wire frame is known) and just attach it to your dart board. Step 5 - Finishing Now you’re read to set up the dart board and enjoy playing darts. To hang it on the wall properly, the bull’s eye need to be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. Make sure this measurement is exact. Make a mark on the floor that’s 7 feet 9 inches from the board: this is your throwing line.


Who is the pop lyricist, and former husband of Carole King, who has been responsible for nearly sixty US Top 40 hits?

Leasing News - information, news, education and entertainment for the commercial bank, finance and leasing industry Leasing News Story Credit Lessors Updated To qualify for this list, the company must be a funder (as qualified by Leasing News and on the “Funder List” and not a "Broker/Lessor" or "Super Broker/Lessor"), along with an acceptable Better Business Bureau Rating and no history of complaints at Leasing News, as well as notifying lessees in advance when the lease will end and what the residual will be, specifically not automating extra lease payments, or insisting their discounter follow the same policy. We reserve the right to not list a company who does not meet these qualifications. These companies specialize in "C" and "D" credits, often new businesses, or businesses where the principal(s) have Beacon score around 600 or previous difficulties; meaning to become comfortable with the credit and financial situation you need to learn the "story" to make a positive decision, often requiring further security, shorter term, or additional guarantors. Many of these companies may also have programs for “A” and “B” rated companies, but their specialty is not being a “cookie cutter” and often require full financial statements and tax returns as well as a “story about the company, its history, goals, circumstances” to fully understand the full financial picture' Alphabetical list - click on company name to view more details Nearly half of all retailers plan to adopt Apple Pay by next year Business Insider (Note: Within 12 months) Apple Pay looks to upend the payments industry with its secure, easy-to-use system that lets you pay for goods with a simple fingerprint scan. And though it's not available at most retail stores, a new survey from Boston Retail Partners says nearly 40% of all large US retailers plan to support Apple Pay by the end of next year. Based on that survey data charted for us by BI Intelligence, just 8% of large US retailers currently accept Apple Pay — the same amount of retailers said they currently accept Bitcoin and CurrentC, the payments system that's still in beta from MCX, the merchant consortium that owns CVS, Rite Aid, Sam's Club, and Kmart, among others. PayPal is leading the way right now, but within the next 12 months, it looks like more US retailers say they plan on supporting Apple Pay. When you expand that time horizon to three years, however, PayPal looks like the dominant platform once again: 62% of retailers say they will accept PayPal by 2018, compared to 56% of retailers saying they'll accept Apple Pay by that time. That could change, however, if Apple expands Apple Pay to include other financial services like mobile banking, which would let people manage all of their accounts through Apple's app instead of apps made by the banks. Leasing News Advisor Bruce Lurie Bruce Lurie joined the Leasing News Advisory board September 12, 2007 and has been an active participant. Bruce Lurie, President, Douglas-Guardian Services Corporation, Houston, Texas, an equipment inspection and collateral management firm established in 1932. Douglas-Guardian Services Corporation 14800 St. Mary's Lane, Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77079 blurie@douglasguardian.com www.douglasguardian.com Since July 1995, Bruce Lurie has been president of Douglas-Guardian Services Corporation, the original equipment inspection and collateral management firm established in 1932. When not chasing down collateral to inspect throughout the US or Canada, Bruce enjoys spending time with his wife Martha and learning new and exciting things from his 13 year old daughter Danielle. Bruce is an avid jogger and former triathlon fanatic. Prior to Douglas Guardian, his experience includes fifteen years with Brown and Root, Inc., a multi-billion dollar engineering and construction company. Primary areas of responsibility have included project development, project finance, sales, marketing, strategic planning and executive management. Extensive training in quality deployment and team building techniques. BS, C