Frank Beard was the only beardless member of which three man rock band?

Best 3 Man Rock Bands - Top Ten List - TheTopTens® Best 3 Man Rock Bands c0mf0rta61ynum6 Most bands have a total of four of five members. However, there is that rare instance where only 3 people get together and are able to create some amazing tunes. These are what I consider to be some of the best bands that only had three members. The Top Ten 1 Rush Rush is a Canadian progressive rock band that was formed in 1968. Even though the only founding member still in the band is Alex Lifeson (Guitar), the band is most well-known for their current members Neil Peart (Drums) and Geddy Lee (Bass, Vocals). ... read more . Alex, full of life and what a writer, arranger, manager. Geddy Lee, so much talent, such energy and personality... A front man adored by all. Neil, unmatched with the sticks and his words are the missing element other bands long for... Please come down from the razor's edge and know that they are waiting for you where the streets have no name. It was obvious that Rush would be on this list. Geddy Lee's ability to play bass, keyboards, AND sing is widely recognized. Neil Peart's drumming is widely recognized amongst the greatest styles of drumming, and Alex Lifeson takes his hard style of guitar playing and contributes to the prog rock sound of this Canadian trio. - c0mf0rta61ynum6 When Geddy and Alex first met in school I bet they never thought they would create something almost like a religion. Each member of this group feeds off of each other, that's why if someone left the band, it would end because no other person could step into that role, Most kids can't believe it's only three people doing all that music and they perform live so well with Geddy singing, playing bass and foot pedals. Alex is a superb guitarist and of course Neil on drums is fantastic! So glad I saw them in Philly in 1984...Amazing! V 23 Comments 2 Nirvana Nirvana was an American grunge band that was formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. Nirvana disbanded after Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994. The drummer of the band, David Grohl, went on to start the Foo-Fighters, an alternative rock band. ... read more . Nirvana is one! None of these bands are really my generation but Green Day isn't that good so top 3 obviously nirvana rush and Jimi Hendrix experience. I feel compelled to look up these other bands ahead of nirvana but chevelle should be on this list as well above police and Green Day because there music sounds so similar to each other meaning all police songs sound the same and all Green Day songs sound the same. The Nevermind album is widely considered to be a gem by many music fans and critics. They followed it up with In Utero, which challenged poser Nirvana fans with true supporters. It's a shame Cobain had to kill himself, or who knows what kind of music Nirvana would be releasing nowadays. - c0mf0rta61ynum6 COME ON PEOPLE! I guarantee you that most have not heard of any of the above aside from rush and Jimi Hendrix. Like rush and Hendrix they created a whole new genre and yet they are still underneath triumph! VOTE NOW! Love Kurt Cobain! We lost something very special. :( V 3 Comments 3 The Police The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. One of New Wave's most iconic groups, Sting is an example of singers who also play the bass. Stewart Copeland doesn't get enough credit as a drummer. All 5 of their albums produced hit singles (Roxanne, Message in a Bottle, Don't Stand So Close to Me, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Every Breath You Take), and they recently did a reunion tour a few years ago. - c0mf0rta61ynum6 All Police songs do not sound the same and if you dig deeper and take the time to listen to their stuff that is not heard on radio then you would have to give them more credit than you do. My definition of a classic album is one that you play the entire side then flip it over and listen to the other side also, very rare indeed, but I think all the police albums qualify. IF STEWART WASN'T ALWAYS


Britain?s first Muslim MP, Mohammad Sawar was elected in which city in 1997?

Britain's first Muslim MP to stand down after death threats | London Evening Standard Britain's first Muslim MP to stand down after death threats Friday 22 June 2007 11:37 BST Click to follow The Evening Standard Fears: Mohammad Sarwar A Labour MP is stepping down after receiving death threats over his role in bringing three racist killers to justice. Mohammad Sarwar, who became Britain's first Muslim MP in 1997, said he feared the lives of his family were also in jeopardy. He was instrumental in arranging the extradition of Imran Shahid, Zeeshan Shahid and Mohammed Faisal Mushtaq after they fled to Pakistan. The three were jailed for life last year for the abduction and racially aggravated murder of teenager Kriss Donald, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in Glasgow in 2004. Mr Sarwar, 54, told the Daily Record: "Life is not the same, to be honest with you, since I brought them back. I was subjected to threats. "I was told they wanted to punish my family and make a horrible example of my son - they would do to him what they did to Kriss Donald. I received threats to my life, to murder my sons, to murder my grandchildren." Mr Sarwar used his high-level connections in Pakistan to arrange the extradition of the Shahids and Mushtaq. The trio fled to Pakistan shortly after Kriss's murder in February 2004, and were brought back after 18 months of negotiations involving the MP and British and Pakistani authorities. The killers were the main players in a violent gang that terrorised the Pollokshields area of Glasgow. Mr Sarwar said he recognised the risks of trying to bring them to justice but knew that "it was the right thing to do". The judge in the case, Lord Uist, said Kriss, 15, had been selected as a victim "only because he was white" and because he was walking in the district where the three men were seeking a victim. Mr Sarwar, a multimillionaire businessman, was elected as MP for Glasgow Govan in 1997 and re-elected in 2001 with an increased majority. Following electoral boundary changes he stood for Glasgow Central in 2005 and won by 8,531 votes. His eldest son Athif, 28, is awaiting sentence after being convicted in April of an £840,000 money laundering scam. Mr Sarwar said his decision to step down had nothing to do with his son's conviction, which is the subject of an appeal. The MP said he wanted to spend more time with his family and concentrate on his charity work. He is involved in Pakistan-Foundation International-which helps build hospitals and schools in his native country. He is also chairman of the UK-wide Muslim Friends of Labour organisation. Mr Sarwar told BBC Radio Scotland he had been very proud to represent his constituents and said they had shown him great support. But he added: "The time is now right to move on. "I am involved in charitable work in Glasgow and Britain. "I want to spend more time now helping those who are in desperate need of health and education." His political career has been marked by considerable controversy. The former Glasgow city councillor was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party over allegations of bribing political opponents, and stood trial for fraud. However, he was acquitted in March 1999 and restored to the party. Mr Sarwar says he will stand down at the next election. More about:


Adam Afriyie is the conservative MP for which Berkshire constituency?

Adam Afriyie MP | Working hard for you On Tuesday 13th December Adam asked the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department for an update on the progress at the recent European Space Agency ( ESA ) summit ( 4:53 to 6:21 ):   Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Questions, 13th December: Adam Afriyie (Windsor, Conservative): What steps his Department is taking to promote science and innovation. Jo Johnson (Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation): This Government are strongly committed to science and innovation. We protected the science budget at the spending review in 2015. In the last autumn statement, a few days ago, we committed to spending a further £2 billion a year by 2020/21. The creation of UK Research and Innovation, through the passage of the Higher Education and Research Bill, will increase the value and impact of our investments in science and innovation in the years ahead. [Official Report, 16 December 2016, Vol. 618, c. 7-8MC.] Continue reading Subjects: Health , Windsor When I was first elected to Parliament 11 years ago, mental health remained largely a taboo subject. One of my first acts was to contribute to a book called ‘The Forgotten’, a collection of policy ideas by Conservative MPs first elected in 2005. I chose to write about mental health, specifically the need to tear down the stigma around depression what deters so many sufferers from seeking treatment. One of the most heartening trends of the last decade has been a greater awareness of the need to put mental health on parity with physical health alongside greater efforts to break down the stigma that still exists. Mental health remains a subject I am passionate about. That is why I am so pleased to see that Bracknell & Wokingham College in my constituency has recently gained government funding for a free adult community learning course named: Wellbeing in mind. The courses are aimed at adults experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues and will run from now until the end of June 2017. For more information about eligibility and the details of the course please click here . I hope that those affected with mental health challenges across the constituency will find this information useful and I would encourage anyone interested in taking part in the learning course to contact Bracknell and Wokingham College on 01344 868600 or email wellbeing@bracknell.ac.uk . Continue reading Subjects: Heathrow , Windsor On Tuesday this week Windsor’s MP, Adam Afriyie, co-sponsored a Bill in Parliament highlighting the issue of aircraft noise. Adam Afriyie, who has campaigned against a 3rd Runway at Heathrow since he became MP for Windsor 11 years ago, was one of 11 MPs co-sponsoring a Ten Minute Rule Bill brought forward by Dr Tania Mathias MP calling on the Government to amend the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The proposed bill will reclassify noise from aircraft as a ‘statutory nuisance’ giving those under the flightpaths a formal means of redress. It was passed and will receive its Second Reading on 20th January 2017. The Conservative MP said: “I was proud to co-sponsor this Bill today. Noise pollution from aircraft is a blight on many local communities, especially in Windsor, and has been ignored for too long. Continue reading Subjects: Education , Social Mobility , Windsor Adam Afriyie, the MP for Windsor, has welcomed the news from Ofsted that the number of schools graded as good or outstanding in England has reached a new record high. In Windsor and Maidenhead the number of good or outstanding schools has increased from 47 to 53, a 13% increase on last year. This increase is greater than across the South East of England, in which the number of schools graded by Ofsted as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ has increased to 2,843, an increase of 234 schools, or 9%, compared to 2015. Across England as a whole the number of good or outstanding schools increased from 17,256 to 18,607. This amounts to 89% of all English schools – the highest proportion ever recorded. Continue reading Subjects: Business , National Insurance


How old were Cass Elliott, Karen Carpenter and Keith Moon when they died?

What would the world's greatest music legends have looked like if they lived to fade away? | Daily Mail Online comments Some of the greatest talents in modern music were cut down in their prime, leaving fans to guess what sort of heart-stopping guitar riffs Jimi Hendrix may have come up with had he lived past 27, or how John Lennon would have continued to shape rock & roll as we know it had he not been gunned down at age 40. While there's no way to know the genius rock anthems that could have been, thanks to these 12 age-progressed portraits commissioned by Sachs Media we can at least see what our idols might look like today. John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Keith Moon, Elvis Presley, Mama Cass Elliot, Kurt Cobain, Dennis Wilson, Bobby Darin, and Karen Carpenter have all gotten the treatment and the results make for a fascinating trip into a future denied by fate. The project was made possible by Michigan-based group Phojoe using state-of-the-art specialized technology, the same that is used to create the age-progressed photos used in the search for missing persons. 'Through this series of images, we hope to honor them and evoke some of the magic they brought to millions of their fans,' said Sachs Media's CEO Ron Sachs, who commissioned the project, 'even as we ponder what wonderful new contributions they still could have made.' Break on through FROM the other side: No, Jon Voight hasn't given up shaving. This is the Lizard King himself - The Doors frontman Jim Morrison - if he'd lived to see the new millennium. Jim would surely be sporting that full head of hair and intense gaze had he not died of heart failure in a Paris bathtub in 1971 at the age of 27, after years of hard living and drug and alcohol abuse. If Morrison were alive today, he would be preparing to turn 70 years old on December 8 Aging in Vain: The man who brought the Caribbean musical genre of reggae to the world, Bob Marley, would today be 68 had he not died tragically from cancer in 1981 at the age of 36. Marley sold an astounding 20 million albums over the course of his career, an unheard of feat for a musician who came from a nation as impoverished as Jamaica. Marley was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 Born Naomi Cohen in Baltimore in 1941, Cass Elliot - AKA Mama Cass - became an overnight success when she formed the Mamas And The Papas in 1965. Cass's soulful crooning was as much a part of the band's recipe for success as their signature harmonies. Cass embarked on a solo career after the group split in 1971 and in 1974 she was found dead at 32 from a heart attack in a London flat owned by singer Harry Nilsson. Cass would have celebrated her 72nd birthday in September Smells like 40-something spirit: : Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain joined a dubious club when he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1994. Dead at the age of 27, he'll forever be listed alongside legends Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix who also died tragically at that same age (Amy Winehouse recently joined the 27 Club). Today, Cobain would be 46 and apparently still sporting plaid flannel shirts Bobby Darin found international success after his goofy song Splish Splash became a worldwide hit. The New York native was hugely popular in the 1960s and even starred in feature films alongside Rock Hudson, Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis and Pat Boone. He even helped catapult another singer, Wayne Newton, to stardom. After years of heart problems, Darin died of heart failure at just 37 years old. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. Today, Darin would be a ripe old 77 Yesterday once more: Karen Carpenter's hypnotic voice and drumming skills helped catapult her to stardom alongside her brother Richard as the group The Carpenters in the 1970s. Behind the fame, Richard battled a pill addiction and Karen was starving herself and taking laxatives in an attempt to stay thin. The years of starvation eventually caught up to Carpenter in 1983 when she succumbed to heart failure at the age of 32. Today, she would be 6


"""This was the most unkindest cut of ail"" is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?"

The most unkindest cut of all - eNotes Shakespeare Quotes The most unkindest cut of all Marcus Antonius: For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel. Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar lov'd him! This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty heart. . . . Read on Owl Eyes This eText is now on Owl Eyes. Clicking this link will open a new window. Marc Antony is in the middle of his great speech on the assassination of Julius Caeser [see FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN, LEND ME YOUR EARS ]—which has very quickly turned into a character assassination of Brutus, a prominent republican, Caesar's friend and one of Caesar's murderers. When Antony calls Brutus's stabbing of Caesar "the most unkindest cut of all," he is playing on two senses of "unkind"—"inhumane" and "unnatural." According to Antony, when Brutus literally "cut" the loving Caesar, a bloody deed was compounded with ingratitude. It wasn't the wound that killed Caesar, says Antony, but Brutus's treachery. Time has softened Antony's language: all that remain are a weaker sense of "unkind" and a less literal use of "cut." "Most unkindest," by the way, wasn't as ungrammatical in Shakespeare's day as it is in ours.


The paramilitary group Alpha 66 was formed in Florida to oppose whom?

An Era of Exiles Slips Away An Era of Exiles Slips Away                    For many in the aging first generation of expatriates, a return to their               homeland is unlikely. They greet the bitter truth that Castro might outlive them               with defiance and surrender.               By HECTOR TOBAR, Times Staff Writer                       MIAMI--In a closet-sized studio lined with egg cartons, Dr.                       Diego Medina, 67 years old and a warrior in the struggle                       against Fidel Castro, leaned forward to speak into a                       microphone.                       Medina had recorded his shortwave radio broadcasts in the                       headquarters of the paramilitary group Alpha 66 for decades,                       promising the Cuban people again and again that the hour of their                       liberation was near. But on this sweltering day in July, he faltered.                       "You close the show, I can't," he whispered to his longtime                       collaborator, Andres Nazario Sargen, 78. A few hours later, after                       driving home with suffocating chest pains, Medina was dead.                       News of the passing of the No. 2 man in Alpha 66 was greeted with                       a weary sense of resignation among the first generation of Cuban                       exiles, now elderly men and women who first arrived in South Florida                       in the waning days of the Eisenhower administration. In recent years,                       they've gotten used to going to funerals.                       "It's very hard of us to say goodbye to a comrade in arms while we                       are still in exile and to know that they died without seeing Cuban soil,"                       says Dr. Armando Fleites, 69, a former Alpha militant. "We are a                       frustrated generation that might not have a future . . . but we also                       know that we have kept up a spirit of struggle for 40 years."                       Four decades ago, exiles like Medina and Fleites first came to South                       Florida to launch the fight against Castro's Communist regime. In                       their prime, they transformed Miami into a city of Latin intrigue, a                       hotbed of counter-revolution, dark conspiracies and terrorist                       bombings. Most thought their stay would be a short one--after all, the                       most powerful government on the planet was on their side.                       Today, thanks to a few cruel twists of history, their grandchildren are                       being born and raised on U.S. soil. And every month, it seems, they                       hear of another comrade who has abandoned the fight for what one                       euphemistically calls "reasons of biology."                       "Here in Miami, we have two mortuaries called Rivero and                       Caballero," Tomas Garcia Fuste, 69, explains. "So we say that Rivero                       and Caballero are the ones who are finally doing away with the                       Cuban resistance."                       Medina is buried in Miami's Woodland Park Cemetery, as is Jorge                       Mas Canosa, the founder of the powerful Cuban American National                       Foundation. For years, Mas Canosa was touted as the                       president-in-waiting of a future, free Cuba. Now he rests in a grave                       just a few paces away from his country's last democratically elected                       president, Carlos Prio Socarras, who died in exile in 1977.                       Garcia Fuste remembers his last conversation with Mas Canosa. "He                       was dying, but he didn't talk about that. It was always, 'Adelante                       [forward], adelante.' "                       The surviving exiles have reached old age only to find their life's                       mission incomplete. C


Acid is derived from the Latin word meaning what?

derive - definition of derive in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of derive in English: derive [WITH OBJECT]derive something from 1 Obtain something from (a specified source): ‘they derived great comfort from this assurance’ More example sentences ‘These data suggest that the bulk of the detritus was derived from local sources.’ ‘Healthy rivers and lakes are vital not only because we derive our drinking water from these sources but they are also a means where we and our children pass the time through walks, fishing, swimming, canoeing etc.’ ‘She claims her knowledge is derived from visionary sources.’ ‘The Africanized sources were derived from colonies obtained locally.’ ‘In my view help in answering that question can be derived from two sources.’ ‘The idea that a democratic government derives its power from the consent of the people it governs is rooted in the belief that this grant of authority comes from an informed people.’ ‘He did repeatedly make clear that his story was derived from what his source said.’ ‘Fish oil supplements are derived from a variety of sources, including mackerel, herring, tuna, salmon, cod liver, halibut, whale blubber and seal blubber.’ ‘Stem cells can be derived from sources other than embryos - from adult cells, from umbilical cords that are discarded after babies are born, from human placentas.’ ‘This organization can derive its power from a number of sources, both economic and non-economic.’ ‘Further, the research reveals that half of the genetic components were derived from African sources and that African cotton farmers ‘actively experimented’ with new cotton varieties.’ ‘Manufacturers have derived some comfort from the fact that sales of canned beer to the off-licence sector have risen by around 7% so far this year.’ ‘Herbal medicines are derived from natural sources.’ ‘Indeed, scientists who reject the evolutionary approach are free to derive hypotheses from whatever other sources they wish, including intuition, observation, or psychic cats.’ ‘We tell ourselves that we live in the world's greatest democracy, one whose government derives its powers from the consent of the governed.’ ‘Most of the budget is derived from other sources such as publication revenue.’ ‘Recent years have seen considerable criticism and hostility regarding efforts of both courts and commentators to derive constitutional rights from sources other than explicit constitutional language.’ ‘Accounts of imagined events are derived from an internal source and are therefore likely to contain cognitive operations, such as thoughts and reasonings.’ ‘Apart from its importance as a home for a wide variety of organisms, a large proportion of the world's human population lives close to or derives its food from estuarine or marine sources.’ ‘However, the practitioners of this art were not medical, and there is little evidence that the doctors of those times derived any knowledge from this potentially rich source of anatomical material.’ Synonyms 1.1derive something from Base a concept on an extension or modification of (another concept): ‘some maintain that he derived the idea of civil disobedience from Thoreau’ More example sentences ‘Learner-centered practices are derived from the knowledge base and ongoing research on both learners and learning.’ ‘Epistemologically speaking, all of these concepts are derived from, or associated with, systems theories in general and, more specifically, with theories of self-organizing ecological systems.’ ‘To give one example, should geological theories be factual or should they merely connect concepts that derive their meaning from the theory?’ ‘Even when his conclusions are unsound he often attempts to derive them from Scriptural based premises.’ ‘For a new system the problem statement would be derived from a revolutionary new concept or technology, mission needs statement, operational requirements document, and stakeholder issues.’ ‘The author strongly suggests to any critics that before responding to this item, they first download the work cited in footnote 16 and ensure that th


Author Henry Fielding introduced a forerunner of which modern service in the18th century?

18th century – Page 4 – Here Begynneth A Lytell Geste of Robin Hood… Stephen Basdeo 1 Comment The History and Real Adventures of Robin Hood, and his Merry Companions. Written by Capt. Charles Johnson (1800) [attr. Daniel Defoe]. I recently came across an obscure little book entitled The History and Real Adventures of Robin Hood and his Merry Companions. Written by Captain Charles Johnson. To Which are added, some of the most favourite ballads from an old book, entitled Robin Hood’s Garland (1800). The archival entry lists the author as Daniel Defoe (c.1660-1731), which had me puzzled. I knew Captain Charles Johnson was a pseudonym for a writer whose real identity is now lost to us, but I never thought that he and Defoe were one and the same person. Captain Charles Johnson wrote many of the criminal biographies I have written about on this website numerous times before. His major works are A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates (1724), A History of the Most Highwaymen, Street Robbers, Pirates, &c. (1734), and Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals (1735). Robin Hood features in his history of the highwaymen, and receives a bad reputation. He is of ‘a licentious and wicked inclination’, and, in true eighteenth-century style, only turns to crime because he followed not his trade (just as Hogarth’s Idle ‘Prentice), and associates himself with several robbers and outlaws. Much of the text is directly plagiarised from an earlier compendium of criminal lives by Captain Alexander Smith entitled A History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Footpads, Shoplifts, and Cheats, published in three volumes between 1714 and 1719. But was Johnson really Daniel Defoe writing under a pseudonym? Defoe’s novels do seem to have centred upon criminals; Captain Singleton (1720) is based on the life of the pirate Henry Avery, and Moll Flanders (1722) is the story of a prostitute. Yet it would be difficult to attribute Johnson’s works to Defoe. For one thing, even while Defoe lived, he acknowledged that some of the works which were attributed to him were not actually his: And this is to have every Libel, every Pamphlet, be it ever so foolish, so malicious, so unmannerly, or so dangerous, be laid at my Door, and be call’d publickly by my Name. It has been in vain for me to struggle with this Injury; It has been in vain for me to protest, to declare solemnly, nay, if I would have sworn that I had no hand in such a Book or Paper, never saw it, never read it, and the like, it was the same thing. My Name has been hackney’d about the Street by the hawkers, and about the Coffee-Houses by the Politicians, at such a rate, as no Patience could bear. One Man will swear to the Style; another to this or that Expression; another to the Way of Printing; and all so positive, that it is to no purpose to oppose it. Evidently, the literary attributions suited Defoe, as well as the hawkers, who probably thought they could make more money out of people if the name of a famous author such as Defoe was attached to the piece of low literary hack work which they were selling. Daniel Defoe (c.1660-1731). It was in 1934 that an American scholar J. R. Moore announced that Captain Charles Johnson was actually Daniel Defoe writing under a pseudonym. He had no documentary evidence to make such a claim, and instead pointed to the style and subject matter. His main line of reasoning was that the frequent moralism throughout Johnson’s works is similar to the didacticism in Defoe’s novels. Thus Moore was, as Defoe himself put it ‘swearing to the style, or this or that expression’. Moore went further, and compiled a checklist of over 500 works that had been attributed to Daniel Defoe. It is a checklist that is still quite influential to this day, including works such as The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard (1724) , The Life of Jonathan Wild (1725), and The True and Genuine Account…of the Late Jonathan Wild (1725). These are works which I have used repeatedly in my own research, and in the latest edited edition


Blaise Pascal introduced which public service to Paris in the 17th century?

Pascal, Blaise | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Z Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) Blaise Pascal was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, inventor, and theologian. In mathematics, he was an early pioneer in the fields of game theory and probability theory. In philosophy he was an early pioneer in existentialism. As a writer on theology and religion he was a defender of Christianity. Despite chronic ill health, Pascal made historic contributions to mathematics and to physical science, including both experimental and theoretical work on hydraulics, atmospheric pressure, and the existence and nature of the vacuum. As a scientist and philosopher of science, Pascal championed strict empirical observation and the use of controlled experiments; he opposed the rationalism and logico-deductive method of the Cartesians; and he opposed the metaphysical speculations and reverence for authority of the theologians of the Middle Ages. Although he never fully abandoned his scientific and mathematical interests, after his uncanny “Night of Fire” (the intense mystical illumination and midnight conversion that he experienced on the evening of November 23, 1654), Pascal turned his talents almost exclusively to religious writing.  It was during the period from 1656 until his death in 1662 that he wrote the Lettres Provinciales and the Pensées. The Lettres Provinciales is a satirical attack on Jesuit casuistry and a polemical defense of Jansenism. The Pensées is a posthumously published collection of unfinished notes for what was intended to be a systematic apologia for the Christian religion. Along with his scientific writings, these two great literary works have attracted the admiration and critical interest of philosophers and serious readers of every generation. Table of Contents 1. Biography  “Pascal’s life is inseparable from his work.”—A. J. Krailsheimer Pascal’s life has stirred the same fascination and generated as much lively discussion and learned commentary as his writings. This is largely attributable to his intriguing, enigmatic personality. To read him is to come into direct contact with both his strangeness and his charm. It is also to encounter a tangle of incongruities and seeming contradictions. For Pascal himself – humble yet forceful; fanatical as well as skeptical; mild and empathetic, yet also capable of withering scorn – personified the very “chimera” he famously declared man to be (Pensées, 131/164).  [Note: Throughout this article, fragments of the Pensées are identified first (that is, before the slash) by the numeration system of Lafuma and second (after the slash) by that of Sellier – L/S.] Interest in his life is also due to our natural desire to learn more about this “scary genius” , or effrayant génie – Chateaubriand’s memorable phrase, whose unique combination of talents enabled him to make revolutionary contributions not only to mathematics and  physical science but also to the theology and literature of his age. Merely to list his achievements is once again to encounter Pascal the “chimera,”— the human riddle who was both an avant-garde crusader for empirical science as well as an avid supporter of ancient prophecy, mysticism, miracles, and Biblical hermeneutics. Modern readers are usually shocked to discover that the father of gambling odds and the mechanical computer wore a spiked girdle to chastise himself and further mortify a body already tormented by recurrent illness and chronic pain. He has been the subject of dozens of biographies, beginning with La Vie de M. Pascal, the brief hagiographic sketch composed by his sister Gilberte Périer shortly after his death in 1662 and first published in 1684.  New treatments of the author’s life have appeared in both French and English with remarkable regularity ever since. Périer’s memoir established a precedent by applying an underlying pattern and symmetry to her brother’s life. The implied form is that of a well-made play with classic five-act structure. In Périer’s treatment this life-drama is a divine comedy show


In 1901 who became the first Prime Minister of Australia?

Timeline - Australia's Prime Ministers AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTERS 01 Jan 1901 1st Prime Minister and 1st Governor-General Lord Hopetoun became the first Governor-General and Edmund Barton the first Prime Minister. Both were sworn in at the ceremony inaugurating the Commonwealth of Australia. Edmund Barton 29 Mar 1901 1st federal elections Voters elected 75 members to the House of Representatives. Voters in the six states elected 36 representatives to the first Senate. This was the only federal election to take place on two days, 29 and 30 March. Edmund Barton 09 May 1901 Parliament House for a day The grand opening of parliament in Melbourne's Exhibition Building in the morning, was followed by the first sitting of the House of Representatives and the Senate in their borrowed home, Victoria's Parliament House. Edmund Barton 10 May 1901 Parliament sits in Melbourne Parliament House The first meeting of the Australian parliament took place in the Melbourne Exhibition Building on 9 May 1901. By the next day, parliament had moved to its new home for the next 26 years, the Melbourne Parliament House. Edmund Barton 03 Sep 1901 An Australian flag chosen A huge flag showing the winning design of Union Jack and Southern Cross on a blue background was unfurled over the Exhibition Building, Melbourne. The same design on a red background was used for merchant ships. It was many years before the blue flag officially replaced the British Union Jack for all other uses. Edmund Barton 23 Dec 1901 Dictating a 'White Australia' The enactment of the Immigration Restriction Act meant a dictation test became an effective way of excluding people from Australia. It enabled the government to create a predominantly European population. The 'White Australia' policy was finally dismantled in 1966 by the Holt government. Edmund Barton 31 May 1902 Boer War ends From 1899 when the war in South Africa broke out, troops from the Australian colonies had been sent to fight for Britain against the Afrikaners (former Dutch colonists). Despite the passionate arguments of Leader of the Opposition GH Reid, parliament agreed to send Commonwealth troops. They arrived shortly before the surrender of the Boer army. Edmund Barton 09 Aug 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra When Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901, her son Edward acceded to the throne. Prime Minister Edmund Barton led the Australian representation at the coronation in Westminster Abbey the following year. Edmund Barton 03 Nov 1902 The empire cable Postmaster-General James Drake opened the submarine telegraph cable from Vancouver, Canada to Southport, Queensland. This completed an all-British link thirty years after a London to Darwin cable was connected to South Australia’s overland telegraph line. The telegraph cable circling the globe enabled information to be sent by Morse code in ‘dot-dash’ electrical signals. Edmund Barton 09 Jan 1903 2nd Governor-General Lord Tennyson, a former South Australian Governor, was confirmed as Australia’s second Governor-General. He had been acting since 17 July 1902 when Lord Hopetoun left Australia. Lord Tennyson remained in office until 21 January 1904. Alfred Deakin 24 Sep 1903 2nd Prime Minister When Edmund Barton resigned to become a judge of the High Court, his friend and deputy Prime Minister Alfred Deakin succeeded him. Alfred Deakin 06 Oct 1903 High Court established Sir Samuel Griffith, Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O’Connor met for the first sitting of the High Court of Australia. In 1906 HB Higgins and Sir Isaac Isaacs joined them when the Deakin government increased the bench to five. In 1913 the Fisher government gave the Court its present size of seven judges. Alfred Deakin Lord Northcote served as Governor-General until 9 September 1908. Alfred Deakin 02 Mar 1904 Opening of 2nd parliament The second parliament opened and closed with the same Prime Minister, but there were four changes of government and three different Prime Ministers between the 1903 and 1906 federal elections. This was the most unstable of Australia's 40 parli


In 1867 who became the first Prime Minister of Canada?

Canadahistory.com           Fathers of    Confederation | Maritime Union | George Brown | Pan Federalism | US Civil War | Canada's Proposals | St Lawrence Cruise | Charlottetown | The Quebec Conference | The London Conference | July 1st 1867 July 1, 1867 was a sunny day right   across the country. At midnight of June 30th, the order was given to   let the bells loose and the church towers across Nova Scotia,   Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick rang out. In all of the major   centres the Queen's proclamation was read out followed by parades   and celebrations. An 101 gun salute also shook the area around   Ottawa in honour of the occasion. July 1st, 1867 - Canada Ottawa was the site which   witnessed the birth of a new country as the ceremonies were   initiated in the new capital of Canada, an old logging operation   along the Ottawa River which took the name of the River as it's own.   The location was a compromise choice which signalled a new beginning   for the four provinces which now formed Canada. The location which   was in the Northwest part of the four provinces may have indicated   the immense expansion which was to take place over the next 10 years   to the Pacific Coast.   The New Parliament Buildings Lord Monck became the first   Governor General of Canada and as his first official duty he swore   in John A Macdonald as the first Prime Minister, William McDougall,   E.P. Howland, Tilley, Cartier and Galt as Finance Minister.   Macdonald was made a Knight Commander of Bath by order of Queen   Victoria and the other were made Companions of the Bath. By noon the   official part of Canada on the day of its birth. The celebrations   went on well into the evening with lights, lamps, bonfires and   fireworks lighting the parties and the sky. The great deal had been   done and the colonies had been brought together as one state with   responsible government in the form of the Canadian Parliament. George Cartier John A Macdonald The new country consisted of approximately   3,300,00 million citizens. mainly in Ontario,  with about 42%   being of the Catholic faith. (Mainly of French and Irish descent)   Most of the others were of English Protestant descent. About 81% of   the people lived on farms or in the countryside with industry being   only a minor part of the overall economy.  Montreal was the   largest city with about 100,000 people and then came Toronto and   Quebec City with about 60,000 each and Ottawa at about 17,000. Ottawa 1867 John A. Macdonald became the first Prime Minister   of Canada due to his tireless efforts in uniting the former British   Colonies and his unerring ability to glean a compromised solution   from the process of creating Canada as he pushed the union along. He   was also Knighted by Queen Victoria and took his seat in Parliament   as the leader of the party with the majority of members. This was   the beginning of Canada and the jumping off point in what was to   become known as the Macdonald era in Canadian politics. A time to Celebrate Actual elections were held on   September 18th, 1867 and on November 7th, 1867 Parliament convened   with John A Macdonald as the victorious Prime Minister.


Who plays Citizen Khan in the eponymous TV sitcom?

Citizen Khan gets third series - News - British Comedy Guide Citizen Khan gets third series Citizen Khan gets third series Monday 2nd December 2013, 4:57pm The BBC has commissioned a new series of popular comedy Citizen Khan . The mainstream studio sitcom hit, created by and starring Muslim comic actor Adil Ray , recently finished its second series on BBC One , and has a Christmas special lined up for broadcast later this month. Ths channel has now confirmed that it has ordered a 7-part third series, expected to be shown in autumn 2014. The programme is set in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham and follows the British-Asian Khan family and the ups and downs of their life. The third series will see creator Adil return to the title role alongside Shobu Kapoor , who plays Mrs Khan; Maya Sondhi and Bhavna Limbachia , who play daughters Shazia and Alia; and Abdullah Afzal , who plays Shazia's fiancé, Amjad. In a statement, Adil Ray said today: "It's testament to the whole team that we have got this far. I just can't wait to get back in the studio with the entire Citizen Khan family. As the great British public get even more familiar with Mr Khan, it really excites me when I think about the places we can go. The Bahamas?" Charlotte Moore , Controller of BBC One, says: " Adil Ray 's finely written family sitcom has grown up on BBC One and established itself as a modern mainstream comedy hit." Moore and Controller of Comedy Commissioning, Shane Allen , ordered the third series. Written by Richard Pinto and Anil Gupta with additional input from Adil Ray , the series is produced in-house by the BBC comedy department. The series had featured popular West Indies-born comedian Felix Dexter as local mosque regular Omar. The actor died during the broadcast of the second series after a long battle with cancer. It is not yet known if or how his character will be replaced. Here's a clip from the recent second series of the sitcom: Can't see a video here? Watch this clip on bbc.co.uk Share this page


Upper Volta is the former name of which country?

Historical Country Names - Nations Online Project Historical Country Names keywords: geography, historical country names, former country names, history, place name changes, historical maps List of formerly used country names and names of countries which have ceased to exist. Name changes of countries, dependencies, geographical and other regions of particular geopolitical interest.   Today Abyssinia The Ethiopian Empire spans a geographical area of today Ethiopia, Eritrea , and Djibouti ,and included parts of Northern Somalia , Southern Egypt , Eastern Sudan , Yemen and Western Saudi Arabia . Abyssinia was an empire that existed for more than 800 years, from circa 1137 (beginning of Zagwe Dynasty) until 1974 when the Ethiopian monarchy was overthrown in a coup d'etat.     Afars and Issas Territory formerly known as French Somaliland, the French colony was renamed to the French Territory of Afars and Issas (1967 - 1977),the territory became independent in 1977, known today as Djibouti. formerly a British protectorate became independent in 1966 as the Kingdom of Lesotho.   formerly a British protectorate became independent in 1966 as Republic of Botswana.   Democratic Republic of the Congo Benadir a coastal region of Somalia; covering most of the Indian Ocean coast of the country, from the Gulf of Aden to the Juba River, formerly part of Italian Somaliland.   Biafra, Republic of (named after the Bight of Biafra) today part of   Bophuthatswana - nominal republic and homeland for Tswana-speaking people, 1949 reincorporated into   British Bechuanaland (region) incorporated into the Cape Colony (1895)   British East Africa or East Africa Protectorate British protectorate from 1890 until 1920   Kenya , Tanzania , Uganda , and parts of Somalia (Jubaland) Cape Colony, 1795-1797 British colony, 1803-1806 colony of the Batavian Republic (Netherlands), since 1910 part of   Central African Republic Kenya Colony The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the British Empire in Africa. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British crown colony in 1920.   Ciskei (Republic of Ciskei)- homeland for Xhosa-speaking people, 1994 reincorporated into   Dahomey ; (the Republic of Dahomey; in French: République du Dahomey), was a former French colony andpart of French West Africa until independence in 1960, in 1975 the Republic of Dahomeychanged its name in Benin. Dan Ho Me was an ancient Kingdom located in the south of today Benin.   French Guinea was a French protectorate in West Africa, after independence from France in 1958 it became today   Mali French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia and Niger, French Sudan , French Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire, Upper Volta and Dahomey .   Mauritania , The Gambia , Senegal , Niger , Mali , Guinea , Côte d'Ivoire , Burkina Faso and Benin. German East Africa (German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) a German colony from 1885 until 1919 which included Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika (the mainland part of present Tanzania), an area almost three times the size of Germany today. German East Africa colony ended with the defeat of Imperial Germany in World War I. With the Treaty of Versailles the territory was divided between Britain (Tanganyika.), Belgium (Ruanda-Urundi), and Portugal (to become part of Mozambique).   Hausaland, consisted of seven independent city-states: Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, and Zaria.   Italian East Africa (former name for Italian possessions in eastern Africa)   Kaffraria, former name for Transkei   Katanga - 1960, Belgium granted independence to the Congolese province of the   Mali Federation, was a country in West Africa 1959-1960, formed by a union between   Malawi Portuguese East Africa (Província Ultramarina de Moçambique) Mozambique or Portuguese East Africa (officially the State of East Africa) for almost 500 years a Portuguese Colony, 1498–1975. See also: Portugal   Sahara Occidental, Spanish name for   Senegambia (region; former name of the confederation of Senegal and


British Honduras is now known by what name?

Belize - British Honduras - Central America - Nations Online Project Location map of Belize   Destination Belize, a country on the eastern coast of northern Central America , bordering the Caribbean Sea in east. It was known   as British Honduras until 1973. Belize was granted independence on 21 September 1981, it is since then a Commonwealth realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. Border countries are Guatemala and Mexico , and it shares maritime borders with Honduras . The country occupies an area of 22,966 km², it is about twice the size of Estonia , or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Massachusetts . Belize has a population of just 361,000 (census 2015), making it the least populated nation in Central America. Capital city is Belmopan , largest city is Belize City. Spoken languages are English (official), Kriol, Spanish, Garifuna, and Maya. On this page   you will find comprehensive information about   Belize in its diversity: geography, economy, science, people, culture, environment,   government, and history.   Ethnic groups: Mestizo, Creole, Ketchi, Yucatec and Mopan Mayas, Garifuna and East Indian. Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, other Protestant, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist. Languages : English (official), Creole, Spanish, Garifuna, Mayan. Literacy: 76%. Natural resources: Arable land, timber, seafood, minerals. Agriculture Products: Sugar, citrus fruits and juices, bananas, mangoes, papayas, honey, corn, beans, rice, cattle (12.7% of GDP). Industries: Garment production, food processing, tourism, construction. Imports partners: US 26.6%, Mexico 11.7%, Cuba 10.2%, Guatemala 9%, China 7.5%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.6% (2015) Currency: Belizean Dollar (BZD) Note: External links will open in a new browser window.    Official Sites of Belize


Lionel was the first name of which trade union leader of the 1970s?

TUC | History Online PART 6 Trade Unions and the Conservatives After several decades of influence with both Labour and Conservative administrations, trade unions and the TUC faced hostility from Conservative governments between 1979 and 1997 and an 'arms-length' relationship with Labour governments since. Popular revulsion against the first (1979) government of Margaret Thatcher was fragmented with the 1981 right-wing breakaway (led by Roy Jenkins and David Owen) from the Labour Party to form the Social Democratic Party (later merged into the Liberal Democrats). Large Conservative majorities followed at the 1983 and 1987 general elections. Thatcher herself was deposed in 1990, partly as a result of the mass disaffection generated by the poll tax, but the Conservatives under John Major won the 1992 election. The Conservatives eased unions out of many institutions that were based on 'tripartism' (an earlier form of 'social partnership'). The most important were the various Industrial Training Boards, which were generally abolished. The most symbolic move was the downgrading and eventual termination (in 1992) of the National Economic Development Council, where six TUC leaders had met leading employers and government ministers monthly since 1962. The TUC also lost its monopoly on nominating trade unionists to public bodies (such as employment tribunals). In 1984 the government banned trade union membership among its employees at the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) at Cheltenham. There was such a reaction by unions to this policy that, although it was not reversed until Labour came into office, the Conservatives did not repeat it elsewhere. More potently, Conservative governments passed a series of laws - in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990 and 1993 - which, cumulatively, greatly restricted and controlled trade union activity. This process reversed the historic role of most governments since the 1870s: to protect unions, by legislation, from court judgments that seriously interfered with their functioning in peacetime. In the early 1980s, a policy of active opposition to the anti-union laws was won at the TUC, with activists hoping to repeat the successful (though often unofficial) movement against the Industrial Relations Act of 1971. But they faced a very different economic situation, a much more determined government and employers emboldened to exploit the changed balance of power. At critical moments some unions, in a weak position, looked to the TUC General Council to organise support action but this was never going to happen. TUC General Secretaries (Len Murray, 1973-84, and Norman Willis, 1984-93) were not going to risk the TUC directly breaking the law (however distasteful that law was). Trade Unions and Labour Trade unions' relationship with the Labour Party also changed. After 1979 an electoral college gave unions (with their large affiliated membership to the party) a direct vote for the first time in the election of the Labour Party leader and deputy. The Labour leadership's quest for electability in a period of Conservative dominance saw it shift from a left-wing programme at the beginning of the 1980s to gradually accept many of the Conservative changes. From Labour's link with unions having been seen as an electoral asset in the mid-1970s, the Conservatives had turned it into an electoral liability by skilfully exploiting and exaggerating the so-called 'Winter of Discontent' under the Labour government in 1978-79. Opposition leaders came and went: Michael Foot (1981-83), Neil Kinnock (1983-92), and John Smith (1992-94) who died in office. When Tony Blair became leader in 1994, he campaigned to drop the longstanding Clause 4 of the Labour Party constitution (of 1918), with its emphasis on 'common ownership' - part of his 'New Labour' project. It was replaced by a weaker formulation that also embraced 'the enterprise of the market and the rigour of competition'. With the collapse of the Eastern European states and the Soviet Union in 1989-91 (precipitating the effective disintegration of the Communist P


In which year did the Queen marry the Duke of Edinburgh?

How the Queen and Prince Philip reached a marital milestone... | Daily Mail Online comments Few of those gathered in the auction room were paying much attention to the fate of Lot 105. Here was a pretty little study of the Queen by the late Edward Seago but it was hardly the star of the £6 million show. Most of the assembled collectors and art dealers who had turned up for the Christie’s sale of British Impressionists in June 2010 had come to follow the big-ticket items by Sir Alfred Munnings and others. With an estimated price of between £4,000 and £6,000, Seago’s piece — a preliminary sketch for a larger portrait of the Queen at the 1953 Birthday Parade — was of passing interest. The happy couple: Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Elizabeth on their honeymoon in 1947 Enduring love: Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh appear still very much in love at Broadlands earlier this year But someone was clearly determined to pay whatever it took to acquire a painting somewhat smaller than the size of a newspaper page. It soon went over its upper estimate and kept going up as an anonymous buyer fought off all-comers before the gavel came down just shy of £10,000. Today, the work hangs at Buckingham Palace alongside Seago’s full portrait of the Queen. For that mystery bidder was none other than the Duke of Edinburgh himself. And he proudly keeps both pieces side-by-side in his study. The man who designed an enchanting  ‘E & P’ diamond and ruby bracelet as a present for the Queen on their fifth wedding anniversary remains the same incurable romantic six decades later. The big day: Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten photographed at Buckingham Palace after their wedding ceremony in 1947 Newlyweds: In May of the first year of their marriage, the couple pay a State visit to to France. Princess Elizabeth waves to the crowds as she and Prince Philip attend the Paris opera as a guest of the President of France This is one of the greatest love stories in the history of the British Monarchy. No Sovereign has been married as long as the Queen — and nor, for that matter, have many other people. Yesterday, the Queen and the Duke celebrated their 65th — or blue sapphire — wedding anniversary. This is, by anyone’s standards, a very great milestone, which is why the Queen despatches a message of congratulation to all those who reach it (conjuring up the glorious idea of her sending a celebratory message to herself). RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The Buckingham Palace anniversaries office issues these for several landmarks — 100th birthdays and every birthday over 105; 60th, 65th and 70th wedding anniversaries and every year thereafter — and its figures show that, last year, it sent out just 1,937 messages for blue sapphire anniversaries. The Queen and the Duke are, thus, members of an increasingly exclusive club. Delight: Newlywed Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh hold their first child Prince Charles, aged six months, in April 1949 Time abroad: When Philip was posted to Malta as a naval officer from 1949 to 1951, the Queen spent several months by his side, staying at the Villa Guardamangia pictured here in 1950 Today, they remain as inseparable as they were on that bleak November day in 1947 when bomb-scarred Britain finally had a national event to cheer about. Winston Churchill described their wedding as ‘a splash of colour on the hard road we have to travel’. Over the years, like every couple since the dawn of time, they have had their tiffs. As the Queen’s former Private Secretary, the late Lord Charteris, once observed, the Duke is the only person who can tell the Queen to ‘shut up’ and vice versa. On one occasion, the Duke told the Queen that he would ‘put her out’ of the car during an altercation over his driving style (there cannot be many husbands and wives for whom that does not ring a bell). Here was a traditional marriage in which traditional roles were reversed — the dashing naval man of action suddenly cast in a supporting role behind a shy Princess. Shoulder to shoulder: Tro


"""Being and Nothingness"" was a 1946 work by which French philosopher?"

Being and Nothingness | work by Sartre | Britannica.com Being and Nothingness THIS IS A DIRECTORY PAGE. Britannica does not currently have an article on this topic. Alternative Title: “L’Être et le néant” Learn about this topic in these articles:   in Jean-Paul Sartre: Early life and writings ...Psychologie phénoménologique de l’imagination (1940; The Psychology of Imagination). But it was above all in L’Être et le néant (1943; Being and Nothingness) that Sartre revealed himself as a master of outstanding talent. Sartre places human consciousness, or no-thingness ( néant), in opposition to being, or... in ethics: Existentialism ...a philosophical movement. Its leading figure, the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–80), propounded his ideas in novels and plays as well as in his major philosophical treatise, Being and Nothingness (1943). Sartre held that there is no God, and therefore human beings were not designed for any particular purpose. The existentialists expressed this by stating that... in existentialism: Emergence as a movement ...that all that exists in society beyond the individual is “expressible by a minus sign,” and Sartre affirmed, in his major work L’Être et le néant (1943; Being and Nothingness), that “the Other is the hidden death of my possibilities.” For other forms of existentialism, however, a coexistence that is not anonymous (as that of a mob)... in continental philosophy: Sartre ... The Emotions: Outline of a Theory (1939), and The Psychology of Imagination (1940). In 1943 Sartre published his first major philosophical work, Being and Nothingness, which immediately established his reputation as the leading representative of existential phenomenology, or existentialism, in France.


"""The Concept of Irony"" was a 1820s philosophical work by which Dane?"

Ralph Dumain: "The Autodidact Project": Bibliography: Irony Irony In Philosophy, Romanticism, and Criticism: Selected Bibliography Compiled by Ralph Dumain Alford, Steven E. Irony and the Logic of the Romantic Imagination. New York: Peter Lang, 1984. (American University Studies: Ser. 3, Comparative Literature; Vol. 13) Behler, Ernst. Irony and the Discourse of Modernity. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1990. Bennett, Benjamin. Beyond Theory: Eighteenth-Century German Literature and the Poetics of Irony. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. Booth, Wayne C. A Rhetoric of Irony. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1974. Brooks, Cleanth. " The Language of Paradox ," in The Well-Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry (1947) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1975), pp. 3-21. Colebrook, Claire. Irony in the Work of Philosophy. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Dane, Joseph A. The Critical Mythology of Irony. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1991. Fernandez, James W.; Huber, Mary Taylor; eds. Irony in Action: Anthropology, Practice, and the Moral Imagination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Flay, Joseph C. "The Dialectic of Irony and the Irony of Dialectic", The Owl of Minerva, vol. 25, no. 2, Spring 1994, 209-214. Flay, Joseph C. "Hegel's Science of Logic: Ironies of the Understanding", in: Essays on Hegel's Logic [Papers & replies delivered at 10th biennial meeting of the Hegel Society of America, Loyola University of Chicago, Oct. 7-9, 1988], ed. by George di Giovanni (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990), pp. 153-169. Furst, Lilian R. Fictions of Romantic Irony. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. Garber, Frederick. Romantic Irony . Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1988. (Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages; v. 8) Grimwood, Tom. " Irony, Authority, Interpretation ," Skepsi, vol. 2, no. 2 (2009), pp. 86-97. Haiman, John. Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Handwerk, Gary J. Irony and Ethics in Narrative: From Schlegel to Lacan. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. Hegel, G.W.F.; Behler, Diana I., trans. "Solger's Posthumous Writings and Correspondence", in: Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline and Critical Writings, ed. By Ernst Behler (New York: Continuum, 1990 [The German Library; no. 24]), pp. 265-319. Hutcheon, Linda. Irony's Edge: The Theory and Politics of Irony. London; New York: Routledge, 1995. Hutcheon, Linda. A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction. New York; London: Routledge, 1988. See diagram The Functions of Irony . Hutcheon, Linda. A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of Twentieth-Century  Art Forms. New York; London: Methuen, 1985. Irony in Language and Thought: A Cognitive Science Reader, edited by  Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. and Herbert L. Colston. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007. Routledge : contents,  sample text, etc. Google  books . LOC :  Table of contents, references, et al. Kaufman, Will. The Comedian as Confidence Man: Studies in Irony Fatigue.  Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1997. (Humor in Life and Letters) Kierkegaard, Soren; Capel, Lee M., trans. The Concept of Irony. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1968. Kierkegaard, S�ren. The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates: Together with Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lectures; edited and translated with introduction and notes by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989. Knox, Dilwyn. Ironia: Medieval and Renaissance Ideas on Irony. Leiden;  New York: Brill, 1989. (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition, 0166-1302;  v. 16) Knox, Norman D. " Irony ", in Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas,  ed. Philip P. Wiener (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973), Vol. II, pp.  626-634. Lang, Candace. Irony/Humor: Critical Paradigms. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Universi


"Which poet guided Dante through Hell in ""The Divine Comedy""?"

Dante Alighieri - Poet | Academy of American Poets Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization. browse poems & poets poet Dante Alighieri The author of La Commedia (The Divine Comedy), considered a masterwork of world literature, Dante Alighieri was born Durante Alighieri in Florence, Italy, in 1265, to a notable family of modest means. His mother died when he was seven years old, and his father remarried, having two more children. At twelve years old, Dante was betrothed to Gemma di Manetto Donati, though he had already fallen in love with another girl, Beatrice Portinari, who he continued to write about throughout his life, though his interaction with her was limited. The love poems to Beatrice are collected in Dante's La Vita Nuova, or The New Life. In his youth, Dante studied many subjects, including Tuscan poetry, painting, and music. He encountered both the Occitan poetry of the troubadours and the Latin poetry of classical antiquity, including Homer and Virgil . He read Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae and Cicero's De amicitia. By the age of eighteen, Dante had met the poets Guido Cavalcanti, Lapo Gianni, Cino da Pistoia, and others. Along with Brunetto Latini, these poets became the leaders of Dolce Stil Novo ("The Sweet New Style"), in which personal and political passions were the purpose of poetry. He later turned his attention to philosophy, which the character of Beatrice criticizes in Purgatorio. He also became a pharmacist, and in his twenties and thirties took an active part in local public affairs. Like most Florentines during his lifetime, Dante was affected by the Guelph-Ghibelline conflict, a political division of loyalty between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Papacy. On June 11, 1289, he fought in the ranks at the battle of Campaldino on the side of the Guelphs, helping to bring forth a reformation of the Florentine constitution. After defeating the Ghibellines, the Guelphs themselves divided into two factions: the White Guelphs, Dante's party, who were wary of the Pope's political influence; and the Black Guelphs, who remained loyal to Rome. Initially the Whites were in power and kicked the Blacks out of Florence, but Pope Boniface VIII planned a military occupation of the city. A delegation of Florentines, with Dante among them, was sent to Rome to ascertain the Pope's intentions. While he was in Rome, the Black Guelphs destroyed much of the city, and established a new government. Dante received word that his assets had been seized and that he was considered an absconder, having left the city. Condemned to perpetual exile, Dante never returned to his beloved Florence. An outcast, Dante wandered Italy for several years, beginning to outline La Commedia, his great work. In 1315, the military officer controlling Florence granted an amnesty to Florentines in exile, but the government of the city insisted that returning expatriots were required to pay a large fine and do public penance. Dante refused, preferring to remain in exile. Six years later, Dante died on September 13, 1321 in Ravenna, Italy, most likely of malarial fever. Unlike the epic poems of Homer and Virgil, which told the great stories of their people's history, Dante's The Divine Comedy is a somewhat autobiographical work, set at the time in which he lived and peopled with contemporary figures. It follow's Dante's own allegorical journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso). Guided at first by the character of Virgil, and later by his b


Which great Assyrian city is named in the opening line of the poem Cargoes by John Masefield?

Cargoes Poem by John Masefield - Poem Hunter Cargoes Poem by John Masefield - Poem Hunter Cargoes - Poem by John Masefield Autoplay next video Terence George Craddock (5/31/2010 2:14:00 PM) Cargoes by John Masefield is a wonderful romantic view of ancient cargo in stanza one and two, described as being exotic exciting treasure contrasted with the modern cargo of stanza three, which is practical industrial dirty cheap and boring. Leonard Wilson is correct, a Spanish cargo containing all these jewels at once and gold moidores is extremely unlikely. The moidore is a Portuguese gold coin minted from 1640 to 1732. A Spanish cargo of mostly silver and far less gold ingots or cob coinage would be realistic. The first minted Spanish Gold Doubloons in the new world was in Mexico from 1732 but gold cobs were produced until 1750. The lines ‘QUINQUIREME of Nineveh from distant Ophir, /Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, ’ is historically impossible. Nineveh is an ancient Assyrian city and capital from 705 to 612 BCE. Roman Palestine is a term used from around the time of the birth of Jesus, but Palestine first appears as ‘Syria Palaestina’ on Roman maps in 132 CE when the ‘Emperor Hadrian changed the name of the province from Iudaea, Judea as it was called in Herod’s reign. The quinquereme is not a trading ship but a Hellenistic-era warship used extenively by the Carthaginians and Romans from 399 BCE but invented by Dionysius of Syracuse. John Masefield’s description of the cargo of Ophir, is from the earliest time period, in the reign of King Soloman 971-931BCE. Soloman received a cargo of gold, silver, sandalwood, precious stones, ivory, apes and peacocks from Ophir, every three years. At1 Kings 10: 22, it reads ‘The king had a fleet of trading ships at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years it returned carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.’ The translation of 'baboons' is rare, older translations have 'peacocks' instead. Therefore Masefield uses a mixture of historical periods to create a romantic cargo in stanza one. Soloman’s real trading ships may have included designs like Hatshepsut's Naval Vessels from the 15th Century BCE or may have been modeled after an Egyptian Naval Vessel of 1250 BCE. The early Phoenician trading ships of Soloman’s collaboration with Hiram of Tyre had ‘a keel, not ill shaped, a rounded hull, bulwarks, a beak, and a high seat for the steersman. The oars, apparently, must have been passed through interstices in the bulwark.’ The exports of Phoenicia are more romantic than any description Masefield describes, but it is the contrast of ships and cargoes which is Masefield’s purpose. Yet Phoenician smelting' or 'refining ships', hauling smelted ores from the mining towns in Sardinia and Spain shares a similar purpose to the ‘Dirty British coaster’. (Report) Reply (4/5/2010 8:35:00 PM) First stanza: Nineveh was the capital of the ancient Assyrian Empire, on the Tigris River, actually not in Palestine, although Palestine was included in the empire. Ophir was a land rich in gold, probably in Africa. 'Haven' is a word rich in connotation, suggesting shelter and security and peace, and adding this to 'home, ' another word with highly favorable connotations, multiplies the effect. The last line, 'Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine, ' is, in my opinion, one of the most pleasant sounding lines in English poetry. Second stanza: The 'stately Spanish galleon' creates the image of a tall sailing vessel with billowing white sails. It is coming from the central American region, carrying a rich cargo of gold and jewels. Actually it is highly unlikely that it would have had all the different types of jewels, but the Spanish did ship a huge fortune in gold from South America. The line 'dipping through the tropics by the palm-green shores, ' like the use of the word 'sunny' in the first stanza, indicates very favorable sailing weather and gives a picture of serenity. Third stanza: Unlike the other ships, this one is a coaster, that is just sailing from one port to another on


Which Chuck Berry song is performed by Marty McFly at the end of the film Back to the Future?

Johnny B. Goode - Back to the Future (9/10) Movie CLIP (1985) HD - YouTube Johnny B. Goode - Back to the Future (9/10) Movie CLIP (1985) HD Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 27, 2011 Back to the Future movie clips: http://j.mp/1BcYInh BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/veXQMg Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Marty (Michael J. Fox) introduces rock and roll to the young people of 1955. FILM DESCRIPTION: Contemporary high schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) doesn't have the most pleasant of lives. Browbeaten by his principal at school, Marty must also endure the acrimonious relationship between his nerdy father (Crispin Glover) and his lovely mother (Lea Thompson), who in turn suffer the bullying of middle-aged jerk Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), Marty's dad's supervisor. The one balm in Marty's life is his friendship with eccentric scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd), who at present is working on a time machine. Accidentally zapped back into the 1950s, Marty inadvertently interferes with the budding romance of his now-teenaged parents. Our hero must now reunite his parents-to-be, lest he cease to exist in the 1980s. It won't be easy, especially with the loutish Biff, now also a teenager, complicating matters. Beyond its dazzling special effects, the best element of Back to the Future is the performance of Michael J. Fox, who finds himself in the quagmire of surviving the white-bread 1950s with a hip 1980s mindset. Back to the Future cemented the box-office bankability of both Fox and the film's director, Robert Zemeckis, who went on to helm two equally exhilarating sequels. CREDITS: TM & © Universal (1985) Cast: Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Harry Waters Jr., David Harold Brown, Lloyd L. Tolbert, Granville 'Danny' Young Director: Robert Zemeckis Producers: Neil Canton, Bob Gale, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale WHO ARE WE? The MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Made by movie fans, for movie fans. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MOVIE CHANNELS:


To which Tom Jones song is the final striptease performed in the film The Full Monty?

Original Soundtrack, Various Artists, Anne Dudley - The Full Monty: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack - Amazon.com Music By It's Just Me Again on February 19, 2013 Format: Audio CD Verified Purchase The movie was released over 15 years ago, but for some reason I only got around to watching it a couple of weeks ago. Thus began my desperate search for Tom Jones' version of "You Can Leave Your Hat On." I looked everywhere, and could only find dozens of cheesy karaoke versions, the Joe Cocker version (pretty good, but he's no TJ) and even songwriter Randy Newman's original version (solid evidence of why he should stick to writing catchy pop songs instead of singing them.) At last, I found the soundtrack album here. Even though I couldn't download just the one song -- I could take or leave the rest of the album -- at least it was available on Amazon Prime, and it even arrived the next day instead of two. I've had YCLYHO on continuous loop for about five days now. The best six bucks I've spent in a while.


What is the name coined by Arthur Cayley to a group of numbers displayed in rows and columns to form a rectangular array?

Matrix (Mathematics) Matrix (Mathematics) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lexicographic order Copyright: © All Rights Reserved Matrix (mathematics) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Matrix.“Matrix theory” redirects here. For the physics topic, see Matrix string theory.Inmathematics, a matrix  . . .  . . . Each element of a matrix is often denoted by a variable with two subscripts . For instance, a2,1 represents the element at the second row and ﬁrst column of a matrix  A  columns  [2][3] —that is interpreted and manipulated in certain prescribed ways. One such way is to statethe dimensions of the matrix. For example, the dimensions of the matrix below are  2  (read “two by three”),because there are two rows and three columns. 󰁛 . [4] Providedthattheyarethesamesize(havethesamenumber of rows and the same number of columns), two matrices can be added or subtracted element by element. The1   2  2 NOTATION  ruleformatrixmultiplication,however, isthattwomatricescanbemultipliedonlywhenthenumberofcolumnsintheﬁrst equals the number of rows in the second. A major application of matrices is to represent linear transformations,that is, generalizations of linear functions such as  f  ) = 4  x  . For example, the rotation of vectors in three dimensional space is a linear transformation which can be represented by a rotation matrix  R : if  v  is a column vector (a matrixwith only one column) describing the position of a point in space, the product  Rv  is a column vector describing theposition of that point after a rotation. The product of two transformation matrices is a matrix that represents thecomposition of two linear transformations. Another application of matrices is in the solution of systems of linearequations. If the matrix is square, it is possible to deduce some of its properties by computing its determinant. For example, a square matrix has an inverse if and only if its determinant is not zero. Insight into the geometry of a linear transformation is obtainable (along with other information) from the matrix’s eigenvalues and eigenvectors.Applications of matrices are found in most scientiﬁc ﬁelds. In every branch of physics, including classical mechanics, optics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and quantum electrodynamics, they are used to study physical phe- nomena, such as the motion of rigid bodies. In computer graphics, they are used to project a 3-dimensional image onto a 2-dimensional screen. In probability theory and statistics, stochastic matrices are used to describe sets of probabilities; for instance, they are used within the PageRank algorithm that ranks the pages in a Google search. [5] Matrix calculus generalizes classical analytical notions such as derivatives and exponentials to higher dimensions. A major branch of numerical analysis is devoted to the development of eﬃcient algorithms for matrix computations,a subject that is centuries old and is today an expanding area of research. Matrix decomposition methods simplifycomputations, both theoretically and practically. Algorithms that are tailored to particular matrix structures, such assparse matrices and near-diagonal matrices, expedite computations in ﬁnite element method and other computations. Inﬁnite matrices occur in planetary theory and in atomic theory. A simple example of an inﬁnite matrix is the matrixrepresenting the derivative operator, which acts on the Taylor series of a function. 1 Deﬁnition A  matrix   is a rectangular array of numbers or other mathematical objects for which operations such as addition and multiplication are deﬁned. [6] Most commonly, a matrix over a ﬁeld  F   is a rectangular array of scalars each of which isa member of  F


Give a year in the life of German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural philosopher is best known for his two-part poetic drama Faust, (1808-1832) which he started around the age of twenty three and didn't finish till shortly before his death sixty years later. He is considered one of the greatest contributors of the German Romantic period. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt, Germany; his father the Imperial Councillor Johann Kaspar Goethe (1710-1782) and his mother Katharina Elisabeth neï¿½ Textor (1731-1808). Goethe's early years of education were inconsistent; informally from his father and then with tutors. However, he managed a grasp of Greek, Latin, French, and Italian by the age of eight, and his mother taught him well in the art of story-telling. At the age of sixteen, in 1765, Goethe went to Leipzig University to study law as his father wished, though he also gained much recognition from the Rococo poems and lyric he wrote during this period. In 1766 he fell in love with Anne Catharina Schoenkopf (1746-1810) and wrote his joyfully exuberant collection of poems Annette. In 1768 Goethe wrote his Leipzig Songbook (1768)--ten poems to melodies composed by Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf--while he was convalescing from a severe lung infection. Nurse Susanne Katharina von Klettenberg, a relative of his mother's, introduced him to protestant piety and pansophic-alchemistic works in the neo-platonic tradition. In 1770 Goethe continued his law studies in Strasbourg as well as attending lectures in history, political science, anatomy, surgery, and chemistry. He met daily with philosopher, poet, and theologian Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) avant-gardist of the Sturm und Drang movement. Sesenheimer (1770-1771) was published, followed by Neue Lieder in Melodien gesetzt von B.T.Breitkopf (1770), Goethe's first printed anthology of poems. Goethe earned his degree and was promoted to licentitatus juris in 1771. He returned to Frankfurt where he began to practice law, though he was much more absorbed with writing Gï¿½tz von Berlichingen (1773), a story of a 16th century robber baron, representing Goethe's youthful protest against the established order and his desire for intellectual freedom. It would become his first dramatic success. Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) a novel written in monologue, inspired by his unrequited love for Charlotte Buff, the fiancï¿½ of a friend, became a worldwide success for him at the age of 25. It attained cult status and is a good example of the Sturm und Drang literary movement's intense respect for human emotion. Goethe received many admirers from Europe's nobility, Princes Karl August and Konstantin von Sachsen-Weimar among them. In 1775 Goethe's engagement with Lili Schï¿½nemann (1758-1817) dissolved. That same year he was invited to the court of Duke Karl August at Weimar, where he remained for the majority of the rest of his life producing melodramas, operettas, and plays including Erwin und Elmire. Ein Schauspiel mit Gesang, for entertaining the court. In 1776 Goethe was granted Weimar citizenship and appointed Geheimer Legationsrat with a seat and vote in the state's highest office, thus with a secured income. In 1777 Goethe's sister Cornelia died. After being appointed Head of the Commission for War and Road Construction he took a second trip to Switzerland in the company of Duke Karl August. Goethe wrote his first version of Iphigenie, a play published later in 1787 as Ipigenie auf Tauris which is based on Greek mythology. In 1781 Goethe was conducting mineralogical studies and lectures about human anatomy at the Liberal School of Drawing in Weimar. A year later he was conferred a title of nobility, "von Goethe", by Emperor Joseph II. Around this time he moved to a house at the "Frauenplan" in Weimar which remained his home until his demise. As part of his on-going studies in a


Which is the 6th book of the New Testament following the four gospels and Acts of The Apostles?

Jesus, Church, Gospels, Acts, Letters, Revelation Book   1 of 27 - GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Writer: The apostle Matthew (also called     Levi); Date: Traditionally the first Gospel to     be written, perhaps c AD40-50 in Aramaic, with the Greek     translation sometime before AD70; Where     written: Probably     Palestine; Readers: To appeal to Jews, and especially     Jewish Christians. There are frequent references to     Jewish prophecy, and many Old Testament quotations; Why     written: To show that     the man Jesus of Nazareth, was the kingly Messiah or     Christ prophesied as the saviour of Israel throughout much of Jewish history. According       to Some Modern Scholarship: There was no Aramaic       original. Instead the Gospel was written by an       unknown Jewish Christian, using Mark's Gospel and       other collections among his sources. These might have       included sayings compiled by the apostle Matthew.       Suggested date is c AD85-90; place of writing       possibly Syrian Antioch. to Contents List Book   2 of 27 - GOSPEL OF MARK Writer: John Mark, son of Mary of     Jerusalem and cousin of Barnabas. Mark accompanied Paul     and Barnabas at the start of the First Missionary     Journey. He was traditionally a companion and the "interpreter of Peter", and the apostle Peter     probably provided Mark with much of the material for this     Gospel; Date: Traditionally the second Gospel to     be written; perhaps c AD53-63, the year 53 being the     earliest date Mark could have joined Peter in Rome; Where     written: Rome; Readers: To appeal to the Roman world, and     particularly Gentile Christians. The Gospel has few     references to Old Testament prophecy, and explains Jewish     words and customs; Why     written: To show Jesus     Christ is not only the active and powerful Son of God,     but also the servant, saviour and redeemer (or ransomer)     of sinful man. According       to Some Modern Scholarship: The first Gospel to be       written using material provided to John Mark by       Peter, but at a later date - perhaps AD65-75. This       would have been around the time of the destruction of       Jerusalem. It was then used by Matthew and Luke in       writing their Gospels. Book   3 of 27 - GOSPEL OF LUKE Writer:     Luke, a Gentile and the "beloved physician", a     friend and travelling companion of the apostle Paul; Date: Traditionally the third Gospel,     written in c AD62, before the Acts of the Apostles which     finishes around the time of Paul's first Roman captivity.     Some commentators propose c AD58-60 in Caesarea when Paul     was in prison. Perhaps some of the material for the     Gospel and for Acts was collected at this time; Where     written: Possibly     Achaia in southern Greece, or drafted in Caesarea; Readers: The unknown Theophilus, but more     generally aimed at the Greek world and Gentile     Christians. Jewish customs are explained, and sometimes     Greek words substituted for the Hebrew; Why     written: To give an     orderly account of the life of Jesus using eye-witness     accounts. According       to Some Modern Scholarship: Written by Luke as late       as c AD80-85 using the Gospel of Mark, and other       collections amongst his main sources. Book   4 of 27 - GOSPEL OF JOHN Writer: The apostle John, son of Zebedee; Date: c AD90-100. Note that the ancient     Ryland's papyrus with its short extract from John's     Gospel is dated to the first half of the 2nd century; Where     written: Ephesus in     the west of Asia Minor, before or after John's banishment     to the island of Patmos which lay off the coast in the     Aegean Sea; Readers: The whole Christian Church - Jew,     Greek and Roman; Why     written: To convince     his readers that Jesus Christ is


What is the penultimate book of the New Testament?

The Books in the New Testament The Books in the New Testament The Books in the New Testament Flash is required to run the interactive player; however, iOS devices will still be able to play the audio recording. In general, devices that don't support Flash will still be able to view the lyrics and other important data related to the song from this interactive player page. Lyrics Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the Acts and Romans, First and Second Corinthians, Timothy, Timothy, Titus, Philemon (fie-lee-mawn), Then to the Hebrews, Epistle of James, Peter, Peter, John, John, John, Jude, Revelation- These are the books of the New Testament. Words: Anon.


"The song ""I Could Have Danced All Night"" comes from which musical?"

I Could Have Danced All Night,… | Details | AllMusic google+ Description               by Adrian Corleonis Though he worked in American musical theater for forty years and provided books and lyrics for such still remembered musicals as Brigadoon, Gigi, and Camelot -- collaborating with composers as diverse as Kurt Weill , Leonard Bernstein , and Burton Lane -- Alan Jay Lerner 's single undisputed masterpiece remains the book for My Fair Lady. Frederick Loewe 's music has assured that Lerner will always be primarily recalled as the wordsmith half of Lerner and Loewe , just as William S. Gilbert is remembered as the librettist of Gilbert and Sullivan . In large part the consummate perfection of My Fair Lady owes to its appropriation of George Bernard Shaw 's 1916 play, Pygmalion -- and to Gabriel Pascal's 1938 screen adaptation -- providing Lerner with characters, mise en scène, and dramatic pacing for which he lacked the instinct. Pygmalion embodies a tension between Shaw 's narrow view of his characters and the fact that they have been so vividly realized that they lead lives of their own. Friction attending the transformation of the cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a proper English lady by her tyrannical speech coach Henry Higgins so palpably metamorphoses into romantic attraction -- despite its vehement denial by Shaw -- that audiences invariably sense its inevitability even as the play ends with Eliza declaring her independence. It played to Lerner 's strengths that he could resolve the tension -- that is, articulate the inevitable attraction percolating just beneath class consciousness and teacher/pupil hostilities -- in lyrics of fastidious craft, verbal felicity, and rare perception. "I Could Have Danced All Night" is a particularly happy instance. Having made a major breakthrough in the previous scene by suddenly coming right with her pronunciation -- graphically rendered by "The Rain in Spain" -- thereby prompting an impromptu gala in which Higgins takes her hand and dances with her, Eliza, in her bedroom, relives the exhilaration of that moment ("I only know when he began to dance with me...I could have danced, danced, danced all night"). Lerner knocked the lyric off on the spur -- it was done in one 24-hour period -- and until rehearsals swept all other considerations aside he delved for a substitute for the line "All at once my heart took flight," though it conveys succinctly the dynamic, submerged in brilliant repartee, driving both play and musical. Loewe 's music, which would not have been out of place in operettas by Lehár , Kálmán, or Oscar Straus , captures moment's giddiness with a suave lift and ingratiating lilt that are the quintessence of Old World charm. Appears On


The word poodle for the breed of dog originated from which language?

Poodle | Define Poodle at Dictionary.com poodle noun 1. one of a breed of very active dogs, probably originating in Germany but regarded as the national dog of France, having long, thick, frizzy or curly hair usually trimmed in standard patterns, occurring in three varieties (standard, miniature, and toy) differing only in size, and originally used as a water retriever. Origin of poodle 1815-25; < German Pudel, short for Pudelhund, equivalent to pudel(n) to splash (see puddle ) + Hund hound 1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for poodle Expand Contemporary Examples He insisted that far from being America's poodle on this, he was an enthusiastic collaborator with Mr. Bush. The ‘Real Housewives’ Land in London Tim Teeman May 14, 2014 Darren Criss of Glee guest stars in the video as the angry bulldog boyfriend of the poodle. Archie Comics: Corporate Brawl Over-Sexual Harassment Charges Nancy Hass February 1, 2012 Historical Examples He shook a dirty finger in the poodle's face, and it obediently stretched its mouth, to show all its little gold-filled teeth. British Dictionary definitions for poodle Expand noun 1. a breed of dog, with varieties of different sizes, having curly hair, which is often clipped from ribs to tail for showing: originally bred to hunt waterfowl 2. a person who is servile; lackey Word Origin C19: from German Pudel, short for Pudelhund, from pudeln to splash + Hund dog; the dogs were formerly trained as water dogs; see puddle, hound1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for poodle Expand n. 1808, from German Pudel, shortened form of Pudelhund "water dog," from Low German Pudel "puddle" (cf. pudeln "to splash;" see puddle (n.)) + German Hund "hound" (see hound (n.)). Probably so called because the dog was used to hunt water fowl. Figurative sense of "lackey" (chiefly British) is attested from 1907. Poodle-faker, British army slang for "ingratiating male," is from 1902, likely euphemistic. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


Which breed of dog originated in Germany, and is known in that country as the German Mastiff?

Top 5 Dog Breeds Originated In Germany - YouTube Top 5 Dog Breeds Originated In Germany Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Sep 15, 2014 5. Boxer: Other Names: German Boxer ,Deutscher Boxer Country of Origin: Germany Weight: Male  66–70 lb | Female  55–60 lb Height: Male  23-25 ins. | Female  21.5-23.5 ins. Coat: Short, Shiny, Smooth, Close-Lying Color: Fawn or Brindle, Black Mask,   With or Without White Markings,   And White Litter size: Average 6–8 Life span: Average 9–10 years 4. Great Dane: Other Names: Deutsche Dogge   German Mastiff Nicknames: Gentle Giant Weight: Male  120–200 lb | Female  100–130 lb Height: Male  30–34 in | Female  28–32 in Life span: 6–8 years 3. German Shepherd Dog: Other Names: Alsatian (UK)   Alsation Wolf Dog (UK)   Berger Allemand   Deutscher Schäferhund   German Shepherd ,Schäferhund Nicknames: GSD Weight: Male  30–40 kg | Female  22–32 kg Height: Male  60–65 cm | Female  55–60 cm Coat: Double coat Colour: Most commonly tan   with black saddle Litter size: 4–9 Life span: 9–13 years 2. Doberman Pinscher:


"Who plays Sheldon Cooper in ""The Big Bang Theory""?"

Jim Parsons "Sheldon Cooper" is Gay and in 10-Year Relationship : Celebrities : Enstarz Sign up for our weekly news updates by entering your email: Advertisement Jim Parsons "Sheldon Cooper" is Gay and in 10-Year Relationship The actor who plays Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory" has come out of the closet. Jim Parsons, 39, who is best known for his role in the geek comedy, has come out and revealed that he is in a long-term relationship. By Heather Ericson , EnStars on May 24, 2012 10:32 AM EDT Tag :   jim parson , big bang theory Sign Up for Newsletter "Big Bang Theory" actor Jim Parsons is no.9 on Forbes' Highest Paid Actor In TV. He earned $8 million. (Photo : Wikimedia Commons) Advertisement The actor who plays Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory" has come out of the closet. Jim Parsons, 39, who is best known for his role in the geek comedy, has come out and revealed that he is in a long-term relationship.  There has been speculation about his sexuality in the past and for the first time, Parsons confirmed publicly about his status. Although he didn't directly quote his sexuality, he was mentioned in The New York Times profile in a very subtle way that he has been in a long term relationship for over ten years.  The NYT piece discussed Parson's role in last year's play "The Normal Heart", in which he played a young gay activist. NYT wrote: "'The Normal Heart' resonated with him on a few levels: Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment, he said." In 2009, Parsons won the Television Critics Association award for individual achievement in comedy. He was nominated for Emmy awards in 2009 and 2010 and won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2010. During his acceptance speech for the award, he thanked his rumored partner Todd Spiewak.   He stars alongside Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco in the hit Big Bang series, created by Chuck Lorre. He reportedly earns an average of $200,000 per episode. In 2011, Parsons also won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Series.  Parsons currently appears on Broadway in "Harvey" as Elwood P. Dowd.