In a one-day cricket match on January 6th 2012 against Bangladesh A the first six batsmen for England Lions, Roy, Root, Vince, Taylor, Bairstow and Buttler all have first names that begin with which letter?

england-v-sri-lanka-liam-plunkett-hits-last-ball-for-six-to-tie-game | Chatter.lk 2016-Jul-28 | By Sihara Colombage Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis scored his maiden Test hundred in fine style a short while ago, clubbing Steven O'Keefe for a six over mid-wicket at Pallekale Stadium. Mendis's 101 came in 143 balls and with 14 fours and a six. At the time, Mendis had the bulk of Sri Lanka's 140 for 4 in 43 overs. Mendis arrived in the middle early this morning when Dimuth Karunaratne was sent back by Michel Starc. The score was at 6 for 2, from an overnight 6 for 1. Mendis saw two other partners also returning to the pavilion, Kaushal Siva for 7 and Angelo Mathews for 9. Dinesh Chandimal joined Mendis at the middle when the score was 86 for 4. Sri Lanka went for lunch at 116 for 4 with Mendis on 86 not out. Ranatunga Blames Murali For Accepting Australia Consultancy, Hits Out At Sports Minister, SLC 2016-Jul-27 | By Sihara Colombage Former Sri Lanka cricket captain and present Minister of Ports and Shipping Arjuna Ranatunga stated that he would not have let Muttiah Muralitharan take up the consultancy job with Australia if Muralitharan had asked for his opinion. Ranatunga made this observation taking part in a discussion in Colombo yesterday. However, Ranatunga also pointed out that the Australians have proved they were wrong in the 1990s on Muralitharan's action. Furthermore, Ranatunga had extremely harsh words to the Sri Lanka Cricket, echoing what Muralitharan had also said. "The SLC does not want the contribution of retired local cricketers. Sanath Jayasuriya was saced. Eric Upashantha was sacked, Pushpakumara was sacked. Vaas, Chandana were sacked," he pointed out. This leaves the retired players with no option but to seek jobs elsewhere, Ranatunga added. Meanwhile Ranatunga also had harsh words for Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara. "Sports Minister should focus on these issues. However, one gets the feeling that he is also under the influence of the SLC" he said. Mahela Jayawardene Joins In Attacking SLC: Murali Does Not Have To Defend Him Self 2016-Jul-26 | By Sihara Colombage Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene slammed the Sri Lanka Cricket authorities for their stance on former Test cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan, saying that Murali does not have to defend him self. Sri Lanka Cricket recently accused Muralitharan, who had accepted a 10 day consultancy job with Cricket Australia, of getting the pitch at P. Sara Oval doctored to suit Australian spinners. Muralitharan, in a rare show of anger, hit back at SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala, accusing him of doing not even one percent of what he does for the country. Furthermore, he accused SLC of not giving opportunities for local coaches to coach the Sri Lankan teams. "Even if they give an opportunity, they pay much less. They pay after checking our skin colour" Muralitharan said. Jayawardene came on Twitter a few hours ago and slammed the SLC for its stance, reminding that he was in the same boat several months ago. "Was very disappointed to hear about SLC comments on Murali. I was in the same boat few months ago. I can only say that people know the circumstance and situations. Murali don't have to defend him self. #legend #humanitarian" Muralitharan, who holds the record for the highest number of Test wickets in the history of the game, is also regarded as the best off spinner ever to grace international cricket. Sangakkara Supports Muralitharan In Clash With SLC 2016-Jul-26 | By Sihara Colombage Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara came out in support of former ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in his war of words with Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala. The SLC had been disturbed by Muralitharan's role as a consultant to Australian spinners. It was alleged that he influenced the curator of the P. Sara Stadium to prepare a wicket advantageous to the Australian spinners. Muralitharan, known in the cricketing world as 'Murali' was accused of verbally assaulting the Sri Lanan manager. Murali defended himself, hitting back at the


Which magazine was also known as the London Charivari?

Punch, or the London Charivari: An Introduction Victorian Web Home —> Periodicals —> Punch ] Titlepages of Punch. Left to right: (1) Punch as Dionysius worshipped by nymphs and at least one drum-playing satyr. (2) Triumphant Re-eection of Mr. Punch — Member for Everywhere. (3) Punch as St. George slaying the Dragon. The title of the famous magazine of Victorian humour, Punch, is probably short for Punchinello, adapted from the Neapolitan dialectal "polecenella," a young turkey cock, to the hooked bill of which the hooked nose of Punch's mask in the Commedia del Arte bears some resemblance. One evening at the beginning of June, 1841 Mark Lemon and Henry Mayhew , met at the Edinburgh Castle in the Strand, London, to discuss the possibility of starting a new comic journal. Lemon and Mayhew were both reforming liberals and the plan was to combine humour and political comment. Others invited to the original meeting included Douglas Jerrold, a journalist with the reputation for campaigning against poverty, and John Leech , a medical student whose drawings had impressed Lemon. During the meeting at the Edinburgh Castle, someone remarked that a humourous magazine, like good punch, needed lemon. Mayhew, remarked "A capital idea! Let's call the paper 'Punch'." Mark Lemon and Henry Mayhew found three other men to help finance the magazine, the printer, Joseph Last, the engraver, Ebenezer Landells and Stirling Coyne. Lemon and Mayhew recruited a team of young journalists and artists. Douglas Jerrold was probably the most important journalist on the magazine, but other writers who contributed included Shirley Brooks, William Wills and William Makepeace Thackeray . As well as John Leech, who was with the magazine from the start, Richard Doyle and Archibald Henning produced the drawings. (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jpunch.htm) Thus, Punch, or the London Charivari , the famous illustrated magazine of humour, was founded by journalists Henry Mayhew (1812-87), Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-68), and Mark Lemon (1809-7) in 1841 (first number published on 17 July). At first, a strongly radical journal, it gradually mellowed in outlook over the 1850s. One or two such comic papers had already appeared in London in the 1830s, notably Figaro in London (1831-9), edited first by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, and then by Henry Mayhew, and Punchinello (1832) illustrated by George Cruikshank . Early imitators of Figaro were Mark Lemon's Punch in London and Thomas Hood's annual Comic Offering . Meantime, in Paris, Philippon's Charivari was all the rage, so it occurred to Ebenezer Landells, a draughtsman and wood-engraver, that a similar illustrated paper might do well in London. He submitted the idea to the popular journalist Henry Mayhew, who in turn enlisted the support of Mark Lemon, the well-known humourist, journalist, and dramatist. In December 1842, owing to financial difficulties (although early numbers of Punch sold 6,000 copies a week, sales of at least 10,000 were needed to cover costs), the firm of Bradbury and Evans, both printers and publishers, acquired the magazine. The firm made the most of its capital investment in presses and types by printing both Punch and the novels of Dickens and Thackeray. Under its first editor, Lemon, Punch provided an outlet for comic writers such as Thackeray and such comic artists as John Leech, Richard Doyle, John Tenniel , Charles Keene (whose first drawing appeared in 1851, and who joined the staff in 1860), and George Du Maurier (who began contributing in 1860, and joined the staff in 1864), all of whom were also noted book illustrators. Other cartoonists who worked for Punch during this period included Harry Furniss, Linley Sambourne, Francis Carruthers Gould, and Phil May. This group usually referred to itself as "The Punch Brotherhood," although to outsiders they were "those Punch people." In the 1840s a number of them were closely associated with Charles Dickens, who abandoned Chapman and Hall for Bradbury and Evans, the publishers of Punch, after they failed to secure him ï¿½1,000 clear o


Which general interest magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace?

DEWITT WALLACE, FOUNDER OF READER'S DIGEST, IS DEAD - NYTimes.com DEWITT WALLACE, FOUNDER OF READER'S DIGEST, IS DEAD By ALDEN WHITMAN Published: April 1, 1981 DeWitt Wallace, who conceived and edited a pocket-sized magazine that as Reader's Digest became the most widely read magazine in the world, died of pneumonia at his home in Mount Kisco, N.Y., on Monday night at the age of 91. Founded in February 1922 amid predictions from editors that it would never last, Reader's Digest was an immediate success. Today its circulation is 30.5 million copies a month for more than 100 million readers in 163 countries. In February it came out with its first Hindi edition, bringing to 16 the number of languages in which the magazine is published. Its editorial formula of condensing significant articles from other publications that provide in each issue a pleasing mixture of inspiration, humor, sex, science and self-improvement was frequently criticized as culturally middle-brow and socially conservative. Far from disputing the assessment, Mr. Wallace found it just, and argued that it expressed the American mind. Uplifting Readers' Lives He also insisted that the magazine sought to uplift and ameliorate the lives of its readers and conditions in their countries. As examples, he cited its campaigns for safe automobile driving, for family planning, for a public attack on venereal diseases and against cigarette smoking. The admitted emphasis in articles on these subjects, as in most Digest articles, was on individual enterprise. On a less controversial plane was Mr. Wallace's conviction that most readers in the fast-paced society developing out of World War I had neither the time nor the inclination to pursue long and involved articles, no matter how important. The policy he pioneered in the Digest - brief articles, short sentences, simple words -was adopted by others in the United States and abroad. Neither Mr. Wallace nor his wife and co-founder, Lila Bell Acheson Wallace, imagined that their handiwork would make them millionaires. They formed the Reader's Digest Association, splitting the stock 51 percent for Mr. Wallace and the rest for his wife. Mrs. Wallace, who served as the magazine's co-chairman from 1922 until 1973, was at his bedside when he died. Spent Heavily on Magazine Over the years the association's two stockholders became millionaires many times over and spent vast sums on the magazine, its subsidiaries and its employees to hold down their tax liabilities. In addition, the Wallaces, who had no children, gave away, through the Reader's Digest Foundation, handfuls of money to charities and institutions that they deemed worthy. They also disposed of some of their association stock to key executives. The precise dimensions of the Wallace fortune were never made public, but it was sufficient to permit benefactions of $10 million here and there, plus a splendid home in Westchester County and a superb collection of modern art held in the Digest's name. Despite his eminence as an editor, publisher and shaper of opinion, Mr. Wallace shied away from fame. As a result, he was an almost shadowy figure outside the Digest. There, however, his presence was keenly felt, for the magazine was an extension of its proprietor and his curiosity about the commonplaces of life. This curiosity was the source of ''- And Sudden Death,'' one of the Digest's most widely read articles. Origin of Famous Article Driving about Westchester County one afternoon, Mr. Wallace stopped in an Armonk garage and asked its owner, in the course of conversation, whether he had seen any bad auto wrecks lately. ''He told me plenty,'' Mr. Wallace recalled of the garage man's gruesome tales. Fascinated, the editor got in touch with J. C. Furnas, already at work on a traffic article for the Digest, and ordered him to do a dramatic piece on the necessity of safe driving. The result was a grim and grisly article, published in the issue of August 1935. Proofs were sent to 5,000 publications, many of which reprinted it. The Digest circulated four million reprints. It did


Which town, later a city, was created to house the workers of the Hoover Dam project?

Building Boulder City .  Hoover Dam    . WGBH American Experience  | PBS Other General Articles For citizens shaken by the tumultuous effects of the  Great Depression , the Hoover Dam project provided two essentials that were in short supply: work and housing. At the project’s start, those who were lucky enough to be hired on as laborers were forced to hunker down, families and all, in a dry and barren spot called Ragtown. Ila Clements-Davey, the daughter of a dam worker, recalls the place: “There was just nothing. There was no facility. Nothing. There was nothing green around here. Everything was baked, hot, and brown.” By 1932, however, dam workers’ living conditions improved as Boulder City, located on a broad ridge above Hemenway Wash, neared completion. Boulder City was essentially a government reservation, constructed under the jurisdiction of the Reclamation Service. It had large dormitories for single men, and one-, two-, and three-room cottages for families. An enormous mess hall served 6000 meals a day. Every week, 12 tons of fruit and vegetables were shipped in along with five tons of meat and two-and-a-half tons of eggs. For $1.50 a day, a man received three square, all-you-can-eat meals. As the construction project wore on, Boulder City expanded. Its landscape was said to have changed so rapidly that it was common for a man to come home after his shift and walk into the wrong house. Despite providing the valued comforts of shelter and sustenance, there was no mistaking Boulder City for anything less than a fortified camp. The security gate at its entrance, erected during a period of labor unrest in 1931, was there to remind all who entered that there were rules to be followed. Banned was any hint of the gambling, drinking, or prostitution that flourished down the highway in Las Vegas. Overseeing the operation of this model town was a 69-year-old former newspaper editor and Justice Department employee named Sims Ely. Ely possessed all legal, moral, and judicial power in Boulder City. He was both known and feared as an “iron-fisted gentleman.” Boulder City resident Mary Ann Merrill remembered Ely as “a hard man.” “I guess he was fair in a lot of ways, but he had his own ideas and he put them into practice. And you had to go by his rules. He thought of it as his town,” Merrill went on to say. While Boulder City provided plenty of order, it lacked any formal education system or adequate health care. The U.S. government provided no funds to set up schools within the town, and the small amount of money donated by  Six Companies  was only enough to set up makeshift schoolhouses. Six Companies did underwrite a hospital, which opened in 1932, but it provided care only for dam workers. Their spouses and children were left to fend for themselves. Such exclusion was not unheard of in Boulder City. Despite the emergence of an interdependent civic life, complete with a library and church, Boulder City’s sense of community  excluded minorities . African American, Native American, and Hispanic dam workers were not allowed to live within the gates of this makeshift desert oasis.


The hedge sparrow is another common name for which bird?

BBC Nature - Dunnock videos, news and facts Dunnock Dunnock Dunnocks are common little garden and hedgerow birds. They have a rather more colourful domestic arrangement than most birds, since females will often court other males whilst already mated with another. This ensures that her chicks will receive an adequate supply of food from both males, no matter who the father is. In the south of England, dunnocks are the preferred host for cuckoos. Even though cuckoo eggs look very different to their own, dunnocks unwittingly rear giant cuckoo chicks. Scientific name: Prunella modularis


In the Queen song Killer Queen, where does she keep her Moet et Chandon?

KILLER QUEEN Lyrics - QUEEN | eLyrics.net Killer Queen Lyrics Total views: 4 times this week / Rating: 9.20/10 [211 votes] Album: Sheer Heart Attack / Original Release Date: 1974-11-01 Genre: Rock Song Duration: 2 min 59 sec Queen - Killer Queen She keeps her Moet et Chandon In her pretty cabinet 'Let them eat cake' she says Just like Marie Antoinette Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime She never kept the same address In conversation She spoke just like a baroness Met a man from China, Went down to Geishah Minah, Then again incidentally If you're that way inclined Perfume came naturally from Paris For cars she couldn't care less Fastidious and precise Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime Drop of a hat she's as willing as Playful as a pussy cat Then momentarily out of action Temporarily out of gas To absolutely drive you wild, wild She's all out to get you She's a Killer Queen Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime check amazon for Killer Queen mp3 download these lyrics are last corrected by nakary Record Label(s): 2011 Hollywood Records, Inc Official lyrics by Rate Killer Queen by Queen (current rating: 9.20) Meaning to "Killer Queen" song lyrics (34 meanings) 04/22/14,18:04 +3 Freddie is referencing oral s.e.x. when he says "geisha minah". It's a term that's been useful oral s.e.x. Also, watch what he does with his left index finger during the official music video for the song. He motions his left hand slowly down the microphone stand and points down to his crotch while singing the words 'geisha minah'....... trace 07/24/11,13:19 +1 'Insatiable IN appetite' is not only grammatically correct, it's what's sung! (And name-calling--moron, a-hole--is merely ineffectual ranting unless done even a little cleverly. Discretion, cretin!) anonymous 05/01/11,18:51 +1 I like the line where he mentions Khrushchev and Kennedy. Doing Cuban Missile Crisis for project in school so its funny to me. Sith lord 11/09/12,04:24 0 The song is about Cocain. just look the lyrics and think about all the subliminal messages H8ters gonna h8te 07/08/12,23:57 0 All of you are wrong! It's geppotine,so get over it.bob bupson, you need to shut up and enjoy the song! Anom. 02/22/12,21:09 0 It's OK if they spelled something something wrong. Get over it or use a different site it's not that hard Z 05/12/11,19:39 0 Queen's official website lists the lyric as gelatine all three times. Arguing about verifiable facts is quite lame. redjulep 04/23/11,10:52 0 Definitely 'turpentine'. If you LISTEN, you can hear 'gelatin' clearly the first time and 'turpentine' the next two times. lowkey 01/05/11,21:21 0 In the first iteration of the chorus, Freddie says, 'gunpowder, gelatine,' but listen closely in the 2nd and 3rd iteration he says 'garrote wire and turpentine.' mudcat 10/22/10,12:51 0 what exactly is so explosive about turpentine? it is GELATINE! you know, blasting caps, not a freakin paint thinner. lets all move on now Load More Song Meanings


In which household item would you find a magnetron?

Microwave ovens | How do they work? - Explain that Stuff Tweet by Chris Woodford . Last updated: May 26, 2016. How our ancestors would have loved microwave ovens! Instead of sitting around smoky wood fires for hours on end, boiling up buffalo stew for their Stone-Age friends, they could have just tossed everything in the microwave, pressed a few buttons, and had a meal ready in a minute or two. Of course, they had no electricity, which might have been something of a problem… When microwave ovens became popular in the 1970s, they lifted household convenience to a new level. A conventional oven heats food very slowly from the outside in, but a microwave oven uses tiny, high-powered radio waves to cook food more evenly (loosely speaking, we sometimes say it cooks from the "inside out"—although that isn't quite correct). This is why a microwave can cook a joint of meat roughly six times faster than a conventional oven. Microwave ovens also save energy , because you can cook immediately without waiting for the oven to heat up to a high temperature first. Let's take a closer look at how they work! What is heat? Microwave ovens are so quick and efficient because they channel heat energy directly to the molecules (tiny particles) inside food. Microwaves heat food like the sun heats your face—by radiation. A microwave is much like the electromagnetic waves that zap through the air from TV and radio transmitters. It's an invisible up-and-down pattern of electricity and magnetism that races through the air at the speed of light (300,000 km or 186,000 miles per second). While radio waves can be very long indeed (some measure tens of kilometers or miles between one wave crest and the next), they can also be tiny: microwaves are effectively the shortest radio waves—and the microwaves that cook food in your oven are just 12 cm (roughly 5 inches) long. (You can read more about electromagnetic waves in our article on the electromagnetic spectrum .) Despite their small size, microwaves carry a huge amount of energy. One drawback of microwaves is that they can damage living cells and tissue. This is why microwaves can be harmful to people—and why microwave ovens are surrounded by strong metal boxes that do not allow the waves to escape. In normal operation, microwave ovens are perfectly safe. Even so, microwaves can be very dangerous, so never fool around with a microwave oven. Microwaves are also used in cellphones (mobile phones), where they carry your voice back and forth through the air, and radar . Photo (above): The "cooking cavity" of a typical microwave oven. This strong metal box stops harmful microwaves from escaping. The microwaves are generated by a device called a magnetron , which is behind the perforated metal grid on the right hand side (just behind the lamp that illuminates the oven inside). If you peer through the grid, you might just be able to see the horizontal cooling fins on the magnetron (which look like a stack of parallel, horizontal metal plates). Note also the turntable, which rotates the food so the microwaves cook it evenly. The back of the door is covered with a protective metal gauze to stop microwaves escaping. How do microwaves cook food? How does a microwave turn electricity into heat? Like this! Inside the strong metal box, there is a microwave generator called a magnetron . When you start cooking, the magnetron takes electricity from the power outlet and converts it into high-powered, 12cm (4.7 inch) radio waves. The magnetron blasts these waves into the food compartment through a channel called a wave guide. The food sits on a turntable, spinning slowly round so the microwaves cook it evenly. The microwaves bounce back and forth off the reflective metal walls of the food compartment, just like light bounces off a mirror . When the microwaves reach the food itself, they don't simply bounce off. Just as radio waves can pass straight through the walls of your house, so microwaves penetrate inside the food. As they travel through it, they make the molecules inside it vibrate more quickly. Vibrating molecu


Which ITV crime drama series stars Brenda Blethyn as a Detective Chief Inspector in the fictional Northumberland and City Police?

Vera (TV Series 2011– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope and her trusted right-hand man DS Joe Ashworth face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape. Stars: Vera investigates the murder of a 56-year-old grandmother discovered by a young girl on the wild and desolate Northumberland moors. 8.7 Vera investigates the mysterious death of a fisherman found tangled in the nets of a North Sea trawler. 8.3 Vera investigates the death of a local lad whose body is found wrapped in plastic sheets at a rural teenage hang out. 8.2 a list of 38 titles created 30 Nov 2014 a list of 29 titles created 26 Feb 2015 a list of 30 titles created 11 months ago a list of 28 titles created 10 months ago a list of 58 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Vera " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 4 nominations. See more awards  » Videos DCI Banks (TV Series 2010) Crime | Drama | Mystery The tenacious and stubborn DCI Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton. Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Andrea Lowe Inspector George Gently (TV Series 2007) Crime | Drama | Mystery With the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases. Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Simon Hubbard Scott & Bailey (TV Series 2011) Crime | Drama Two female detectives, one motherly, the other emotionally immature, have varying levels of success applying their eccentric outlooks on life to their police cases and private lives. Stars: Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp, Tony Mooney DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland. Stars: Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison O'Donnell Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them. Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman Set in the 1960s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford. Stars: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester. Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie Inspector Morse has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. He sets out with Sergeant Lewis to solve each intriguing case. Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers. Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Lesley Vickerage A noir crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where troubled DCI Tom Mathias solves murders while searching for redemption. Stars: Richard Harrington, Mali Harries, Alex Harries Midsomer Murders (TV Series 1997) Crime | Drama | Mystery A veteran DCI and his young sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County. Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson Father Brown (TV Series 2013) Crime | Drama | Mystery Series inspired by the stories of GK Chesterton; a Catholic priest has a knack for solving mysteries in his English village. Stars: Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Nancy Carroll Edit Storyline The central character is Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lo


Who was Editor of the News of the World from 2003 to 2007?

Phone hacking: timeline of the scandal - Telegraph Phone Hacking Phone hacking: timeline of the scandal The key events in the phone hacking scandal, which has led to the closure of  the News of the World, halted Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB takeover bid, and  prompted the arrest of several key figures. 11:15AM BST 23 Jul 2012 Key events: 2000 Rebekah Brooks is appointed editor of the News of the World. Aged just 32 and the youngest national newspaper editor in the country, she begins a campaign to name and shame alleged paedophiles, leading to some alleged offenders being terrorised by angry mobs. She also campaigns for public access to the Sex Offenders Register, which eventually comes into law as "Sarah's Law." Phone Hacking: files for five journalists sent to CPS 11 Jun 2012 Schoolgirl Milly Dowler , 13, disappears in the London suburb of Walton-on-Thames in March. Her remains are found in September. Her murder is one of the most notorious of the decade and her killer is convicted in 2011. 2003 Rebekah Brooks becomes editor of daily tabloid The Sun, sister paper to the News of the World and Britain's biggest selling daily newspaper. Andy Coulson, her deputy editor since 2000, becomes editor of the Sunday paper. Wade tells a parliamentary committee her paper paid police for information. News International later says this is not company practice. 2007 January: The News of the World's royal affairs editor Clive Goodman is jailed for four months . Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire is given a six-month prison term. Goodman and Mulcaire admitted conspiring to intercept communications while Mulcaire also pleaded guilty to five other charges of intercepting voicemail messages. After the two were sentenced, News of the World editor Coulson resigns, saying he took "ultimate responsibility," though knew nothing of the offences in advance. May: Harbottle and Lewis, News International’s lawyers, review internal emails between Mr Coulson and executives, but find “no evidence” they were aware of Goodman’s actions. Later that month, Andy Coulson becomes the Conservative Party's director of communications under leader David Cameron. December: James Murdoch is made chief executive of News Corporation's European and Asian operations. 2009 June: Rebekah Brooks becomes CEO of News International. July: It emerges that News of the World reporters, with the knowledge of senior staff, illegally accessed messages from the mobile phones of celebrities and politicians while Coulson was editor from 2003 to 2007. It is also reported that News Group Newspapers, which publishes the News of the World, has paid out more than £1 million to settle cases that threatened to reveal evidence of its journalists' alleged involvement in phone hacking. Scotland Yard says it will not be carrying out a new investigation into the allegations, but the Crown Prosecution Service announces an urgent review of material provided by the police in 2006. News of the World editor Colin Myler tells the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee of an internal review in which more than 2,500 emails were read and that “no evidence” of wrongdoing had been uncovered . Later that month, Mr Coulson tells MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee things went ''badly wrong'' under his editorship of the News of the World, but insists he knew nothing about alleged phone tapping by his journalists. September: Les Hinton, chief executive of Dow Jones and former executive chairman of Murdoch's newspaper arm in Britain, tells a committee of legislators any problem with phone hacking was limited to the one, already well-publicised, case. He says they carried out a wide review and found no new evidence. At the start of the month, Rebekah Brooks leaves The Sun to become the chief executive of News International. November: The Press Complaints Commission says in a second report that it has seen no new evidence to suggest anyone at the News of the World other than Goodman and Mulcaire hacked phone messages, or that the paper's executives knew what the pair were doing. 2010 Februar


Who was the Chancellor during German reunification in 1990?

Reunification of Germany 3 October 1990 | ICV 3. 10. 2010 Reunification of Germany 3 October 1990 The reunification of Germany in 1990 is one of the most important historical milestones of the European history after 1945. However, it is not possible to narrow circumstances preceding this historical event only to the period between November 1989 and October 1990, it means to the time period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the act of the German reunification. The entire second half of 1980’ was an important political prologue to this process.   Political Situation in Europe before the Reunification Relations between both parts of Germany were very strained during the entire Cold War. However, since the half of 1980’ certain changes in communication between West German and East German politicians began to be apparent. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) Erich Honecker accepted, as the first Eastern Europe political representative, invitation to visit the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in 1984. The meeting was not held eventually because of deployment of intermediate range ballistic missiles in the FRG. He met Helmut Kohl as late as in 1987 during his visit to the FRG. Both leaders agreed on a "constructive cooperation in spite of different views on crucial issues". Nevertheless, a decisive factor for the German reunification was the arrival of a new Establishment in the Soviet Union after the appointment of Mikhail Gorbachev to the office of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In contrast to his predecessors, Gorbačov regarded as necessary to change radically not only the internal economic and political conditions but also the foreign policy of the Soviet Union including the attitude to the East European countries. On 25 October 1989, during his visit to Finland, Gorbachev officially repudiated the Brezhnev's doctrine and admitted that East European countries had right to make their own policies. The new approach to the existing East European satellites became common under the term Sinatra Doctrine, which was a reminiscence of the lyrics of the Sinatra's song "I do it my way". However, Gorbachev's attitude to the German reunification was radically negative both before 1989 and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first meeting of Mikhail Gorbachev and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Helmut Kohl was held on 24 October 1988. At that time Kohl did not believe that he would ever negotiate with Mikhail Gorbachev on the German reunification. When asked about a possibility of Gorbachev offer of reunification of Germany, Kohl replied: "I am not a writer of futuristic novels like Wells. What you ask me about, is rather something of the Empire of Fantasy". Events after the fall of the Berlin Wall The crucial role in the process of the German reunification was played by the West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl who, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, clearly declared his intention to reunify both parts of the divided German state. On 28 October he gave in Bundestag an important speech in which he emphasized necessity of a speedy reunification of both German republics. On 28 November 1989 he presented so-called ten-point plan for German reunification. The most important was the fifth point of the plan in which Helmut Kohl mentioned a possibility to "develop confederate structures between the two states in Germany with the objective of creating of a federal order in Germany". However the negotiations with East German political representatives were complicated by the fact that the West German side had not known for a long time whom to regard as the legitimate partner at the negotiating table. Officially it was Egon Krenz, the General Secretary of the SED, who was the highest representative of the GDR, but he was holding his post only from 24 October 1989 to 6 December 1989 and thus he was not able to guarantee continuity of the negotiating process. It was apparent that this issue could be solved only by gene


The zygomatic bone is the medical name for which bone of the human body?

Zygomatic bones | definition of zygomatic bones by Medical dictionary Zygomatic bones | definition of zygomatic bones by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/zygomatic+bones Related to zygomatic bones: malar bone , Os zygomaticus bone  [bōn] 1. the hard, rigid form of connective tissue constituting most of the skeleton of vertebrates, composed chiefly of calcium salts. 2. any distinct piece of the skeleton of the body. See anatomic Table of Bones in the Appendices for regional and alphabetical listings of bones, and see color plates 1 and 2. Called also os . adj., adj bo´ny. There are 206 separate bones in the human body. Collectively they form the skeletal system , a structure bound together by ligaments at the joints and set in motion by the muscles, which are secured to the bones by means of tendons. Bones, ligaments, muscles, and tendons are the tissues of the body responsible for supporting and moving the body. Some bones have a chiefly protective function. An example is the skull, which encloses the brain, the back of the eyeball, and the inner ear. Some, such as the pelvis, are mainly supporting structures. Other bones, such as the jaw and the bones of the fingers, are concerned chiefly with movement. The bone marrow in the center manufactures blood cells. The bones themselves act as a storehouse of calcium , which must be maintained at a certain level in the blood for the body's normal chemical functioning. Structure and Composition. Bone is not uniform in structure but is composed of several layers of different materials. The outermost layer, the periosteum, is a thin, tough membrane of fibrous tissue. It gives support to the tendons that secure the muscle to the bone and also serves as a protective sheath. This membrane encloses all bones completely except at the joints where there is a layer of cartilage. Beneath the periosteum lie the dense, hard layers of bone tissue called compact bone. Its composition is fibrous rather than solid and it gives bone its resiliency. Encased within these layers is the tissue that makes up most of the volume of bone, called cancellous or spongy bone because it contains little hollows like those of a sponge. The innermost portion of the bone is a hollow cavity containing marrow. Blood vessels course through every layer of bone, carrying nutritive elements, oxygen, and other products. Bone tissue also contains a large number of nerves. The basic chemical in bone, which gives bone its hardness and strength, is calcium phosphate. Development. Cartilage forms the major part of bone in the very young; this accounts for the great flexibility and resiliency of the infant skeleton. Gradually, calcium phosphate collects in the cartilage, and it becomes harder and more brittle. Some of the cartilage cells break loose, so that channels develop in the bone shaft. Blood vessels enter the channels, bearing with them small cells of connective tissue, some of which become osteoblasts, cells that form true bone. The osteoblasts enter the hardened cartilage, forming layers of hard, firm bone. Other cells, called osteoclasts, work to tear down old or excess bone structure, allowing the osteoblasts to rebuild with new bone. This renewal continues throughout life, although it slows down with age. Cartilage formation and the subsequent replacement of cartilage by hard material is the mechanism by which bones grow in size. During the period of bone growth, cartilage grows over the hardened portion of bone. In time, this layer of cartilage hardens as calcium phosphate is added, and a fresh layer grows over it, and it too hardens. The process continues until the body reaches full growth. Long bones grow in length because of special cross-sectional layers of cartilage located near the flared ends of the bone. These harden and new cartilage is produced by the same process as previously described. Bone Disorders. fracture , a break in the bone, is the most common injury to the bone; it may be closed, with no break in the skin, or open, with penetration of the skin and exposure


In which country did the 1989 Velvet Revolution take place?

Czechoslovakia - History - Year 1989 The Velvet Revolution, Prague, Wenceslas Square, 27 November 1989 (Fausto Giaccone/Anzenberger/FORUM) The Velvet Revolution, Prague, November 1989 (Fausto Giaccone/Anzenberger/FORUM) The Velvet Revolution, Prague, November 1989 (Fausto Giaccone/Anzenberger/FORUM) The Velvet Revolution, Prague, Wenceslas Square, November 1989 The Velvet Revolution, Prague, November 1989 (Fausto Giaccone/Anzenberger/FORUM) A slogan popular in autumn 1989 described how long it took to destroy communism in Eastern Europe: Poland – 10 years, Hungary – 10 months, GDR – 10 weeks, Czechoslovakia – 10 days (NAF Dementi/FORUM) Czechoslovakia in late 1980s was still overshadowed by the events of 1968. Great expectations of the Prague Spring were crushed by tanks of the Warsaw Pact. Initial common resistance broke down. The politics of “normalisation”, i.e. reinstituting the communist party’s control over all spheres of life, was growing increasingly successful. It meant mass purges and repression, as a result of which tens of thousands of people left the country. At the beginning of 1970s, the authorities offered the society a peculiar agreement: in exchange for relatively high living standard, abandon dreams about freedom. A relatively small group of oppositionists was attempting to break through the atmosphere of apathy and discouragement. However, the declaration of Charter 77 (Charta 77) announced in January 1977 was signed only by 242 people. In total, 1898 people signed it before the communist system collapsed. The society also remained indifferent towards increasing repression at the break of 1970s and 1980s. At that time many oppositionists were imprisoned and others illegally forced out of the country. Events in Poland and the establishment of the “Solidarity” (“Solidarność”) were met with great enthusiasm by Charter 77 and VONS (Výbor na obranu nespravedlivě stíhaných, Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Persecuted) activists. It was, inter alia, the result of close contacts between oppositionists from both countries. They managed to meet in 1978 on a mountain trail running along the border. These sentiments were not, however, shared by the majority of Czechs and Slovaks. Only a few people protested against the introduction of martial law in Poland. Opposition activities were revived only in 1988. Many new groups were established at that time, including: Czech Children (České děti), Democratic Initiative (Demokratická iniciativa), Czechoslovak Helsinki Committee (Československý helsinský výbor), Civic Freedom Movement (Hnutí za obcanskou svobodu), Club for Socialistic Reconstruction “Revival” (Klub za socialistickou prestavbu “Obroda”), Independent Peace Society – Initiative for the Demilitarisation of the Society (Nezávislé mírové sdružení – iniciativa za demilitarizaci spolecnosti), John Lennon’s Peace Club (Mírový klub Johna Lennona). They grouped people with different backgrounds and were unified by the will to break the apathy and to stimulate the society. They were encouraged by optimistic signals from Poland and Hungary. The majority of the initiatives were founded and operated in the Czech part of the country. In Slovakia the opposition was much weaker; however the underground Catholic Church organisation was very strong and active. Its activists summoned the people of Bratislava to the first silent demonstration for religious freedoms. On 25 March, 1988 a few thousand people with lit candles gathered in the city centre to pray. Following demonstrations, this time in Prague, took place on 21 August to mark the 20th anniversary of Warsaw Pact military invasion to Czechoslovakia, and on 28 October on the day of the pre-war Czechoslovak holiday. All the demonstrations were brutally dispersed, and hundreds of people were detained. January 1989 marked the 20th anniversary of self-immolation of Jan Palach, who protested against crushing of the Prague Spring and against the increasing apathy of the society. Thousands of Prague inhabitants, called upon by the opposition, went out to the streets


In which country did the Orange Revolution take place in 2004-2005?

Ukraine's two different revolutions - BBC News BBC News By Oleg Karpyak BBC Ukrainian 3 December 2013 Close share panel Image caption As temperatures continue to fall, demonstrating on the streets is becoming more challenging Ukrainians are back on the streets nine years after the Orange Revolution - voicing similar aims but with a hardened sense of reality. What a sense of deja vu! Hundreds of protesters lie on the floor in sleeping bags, eating and chatting in the opulent conference hall of Kiev city council - just as they did nine years ago. But things have changed, as this time people did not wait for the city administration to open its doors voluntarily. Instead, they stormed the building on Sunday, broke a few windows and occupied the ground floor. In 2004-2005 mass protests lasting for two months - the Orange Revolution - helped bring to power pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko, who defeated his rival Viktor Yanukovych in a repeat run-off election. Now Mr Yanukovych, who took his revenge and was elected president in 2010, faces a wave of protests against his rule - the biggest since the Orange Revolution. The mass demonstrations were triggered by his government's decision not to sign a wide-ranging association agreement with the European Union, because of pressure from Russia. Image caption Nationalist demonstrators are a conspicuous part of the protests in Kiev's Independence Square 'Horizontal' protesters Despite several clashes with police, which left dozens of people injured, the general mood of the protesters is rather peaceful. But you see almost no children on the streets of central Kiev, and many demonstrators wear plastic helmets and gas masks. That is miles away from the romantic feeling of the Orange Revolution. Yet some of the key anti-Yanukovych slogans are still there: "Out with the gang!" and "Out with the con!" The last refers to two alleged criminal convictions dating back to Mr Yanukovych's youth - convictions not documented in any official records. Something has changed, and in the right direction. It is not the president who must be replaced, but the whole system Yuriy Lutsenko, former interior minister Another major difference is the conspicuous presence of nationalist activists among the demonstrators. On the streets of Kiev, far-right youths in black balaclavas instruct volunteers to resist the riot police, and organise security shifts in the barricaded Independence Square. Some of them are dedicated supporters of the ultra-nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) party, which is one of three opposition forces in parliament. Another two parties involved in the protests are Fatherland, of the imprisoned former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, and Udar (Punch), led by heavyweight world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko. None of them seems to enjoy the full trust of the demonstrators - unlike 2004, when Mr Yushchenko's name became the main slogan of the Orange Revolution. That is why the new protests are sometimes described as "horizontal", rather than top-down, and truly social. "Today politics is conducted not in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) or in the cabinet, but here, on the square," said Yuriy Lutsenko, a former "Orange" interior minister. Image caption Some protesters were given refuge at Kiev's St Michael Cathedral A former ally of Mr Yushchenko, he spent more than a year in jail after Mr Yanukovych came to power. His trial was widely seen as political by the Western powers. "Something has changed, and in the right direction. You have understood one thing. It is not the president who must be replaced, but the whole system," Mr Lutsenko told the protesters in central Kiev. 'Eurorevolution' That raises a key issue for the opposition leaders: how exactly to change the system legitimately? Social networks are full of images and videos of riot police beating demonstrators and journalists. And there are no signs that the security forces are prepared to side with the protesters. The majority of MPs still back the president. In parliament, they defeated an opposition attempt to dismiss the governme


Whirligig and Longhorn are types of which creature?

Insects in Kansas This is called gradual metamorphosis .   What hatches from the egg is a small version of the adult, except it lacks wings.   The young live on the land (a few live in the water, but do not have gills) and molt as       they grow.  The final molt reveals a creature with fully-developed wings - the adult. Insects with gradual metamorphosis include: true bugs, roaches, cicadas, leafhoppers,       lice, termites, mantids, earwigs, crickets, grasshoppers and walking sticks. Dragonflies, damselflies, stoneflies and       mayflies have incomplete metamorphosis, which also has three stages - egg, naiad and adult. Naiads are aquatic and possess gills.  They look like an insect, but are different       from the adults.  When done growing, they emerge from the water and shed their skin       to become an adult. Mayflies also have the distinction of being the only type of insect that molts after       becoming an adult!  The first adult is called a subimago, which promptly molts again - wings and all - and becomes the imago, or true adult. The most primitive types of       insects - springtails, bristletails and silverfish - have no observable difference between       young and adults.  They are said to have no metamorphosis. Insects are the most successful type of creature on Earth.   Indeed, as many as 1 out of every 4 species of life on our planet is some type of   beetle!  There are ~900,000 named species of insects in the world.  More than   86,000 species live in North America and an estimated 15,000+ of those may be found in   Kansas. The following list is based on "Insects in Kansas, 3rd edition" by Stephan White and Glenn Salsbury of the Kansas Department of Agriculture.  It   is meant to be representative rather than comprehensive.  For a pdf version of this   list (68K), click here .  (On a Windows system, download the file by right clicking on the link and choose "Save Target As" to save it to your hard drive, then open it from there.   You will need Acrobat Reader to view this file.  If you don't have that software   already, you can get it for free from Adobe .) Species portrait web pages have been done for Field Cricket , Monarch Butterfly , Cicadas , Honeybee , Cottonwood Borer and Regal Fritillary .   (The Honeybee page also includes information     on several other types of bees.  Likewise, the Dog Day Cicada web page covers some of     the other cicadas.)


What is the nationality of singer Rihanna?

Rihanna — Ethnicity of Celebs | What Nationality Ancestry Race by ethnic on December 28, 2007 Birth Name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty Place of Birth: Saint Michael, Barbados Date of Birth: February 20, 1988 Ethnicity: *Scottish, English, Irish (paternal grandmother) *Afro-Guyanese (mother) Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion designer. She is the daughter of Ronald Fenty, who is from Barbados, and Monica (Brathwaite), who is from Guyana. Rihanna’s paternal grandfather was Afro-Barbadian. Rihanna’s paternal grandmother, who is caucasian, has Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry. Rihanna’s mother is of Afro-Guyanese descent. In an article for Allure magazine, Rihanna stated that she was bullied in school and called ‘white’ by the other kids while growing up in Barbados. Rihanna’s paternal grandfather was Reginald Leslie Forde (the son of Helen Forde). Helen was the daughter of Joe Forde. Rihanna’s paternal grandmother is Elizabeth “Betty” Fenty (the daughter of Stanley Fitzherbert Fenty and Hilda Olga Coppin). Elizabeth is white. Her parents were both born in Barbados. The surname “Fenty” is usually Scottish and the surname “Coppin” is usually English. Rihanna’s grandmother is also cited as having Irish ancestry. Elizabeth is from a family of “Red Legs”, descendants of slaves from the British Isles who were sent to Barbados. On her mother’s side, Rihanna is the granddaughter of Lionel Brathwaite and Clara “Dolly” Viola Venetta Johnson. Sources: Genealogy of Rihanna – https://www.geni.com Death record of Rihanna’s paternal great-grandparents, Stanley Fitzherbert Fenty and Hilda Olga Coppin – http://www.findagrave.com Obituary of Rihanna’s maternal grandmother, Clara Viola Venetta (Johnson) Brathwaite – http://downesandwilson.com BigMama February 14, 2016 at 2:34 pm Her mother, Monica Braithwaite, is a retired accountant of Afro-Guyanese background, and her father, Ronald Fenty, is a warehouse supervisor of Barbadian and Irish descent. Rihanna has two brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty, and two half-sisters and a half-brother from her father’s side, each born to different mothers from his previous relationships. Speaking to Allure in 2008, RiRi revealed that she was bullied at school because some of her fellow pupils thought she was too “white”. She said that she was cursed by her so-called friends, but had managed to overcome the bullies to become one of the biggest pop stars in the world. She said: “I didn’t understand. I just knew I saw people of all different shades and I was light. Now I’m in a much bigger world.” BigMama February 14, 2016 at 2:35 pm Her mother, Monica Braithwaite, is a retired accountant of Afro-Guyanese background, and her father, Ronald Fenty, is a warehouse supervisor of Barbadian and Irish descent. Rihanna has two brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty, and two half-sisters and a half-brother from her father’s side, each born to different mothers from his previous relationships. Speaking to Allure in 2008, RiRi revealed that she was bullied at school because some of her fellow pupils thought she was too “white”. She said that she was cursed by her so-called friends, but had managed to overcome the bullies to become one of the biggest pop stars in the world. She said: “I didn’t understand. I just knew I saw people of all different shades and I was light. Now I’m in a much bigger world.” midori29 July 27, 2015 at 3:43 pm Basically its true these days, female music stars are making more money being know as “exotic” so there is money to be made in making people think that you are a black mixed female. I am telling you the worldwide success of Halle Berry started this stuff. being just black is not interesting enough for the general public. It used to be with Janet Jackson and Dianna Ross, Tina Turner, even Vanessa Williams never played up her admixtures. She is making money on what is popular and racist people want to know, because 100% and beauty does not go together . cwm85 July 27, 2015 at 5:38 pm Rihan thagna is not just black. Her grandmother was white. Why should she say she is all af


Who was Editor of the Daily Mirror from 1996 to 2004?

DAILY MIRROR SUNDAY MIRROR                 The Daily Mirror (informally The Mirror) is a British national daily tabloid newspaper which was founded in 1903. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply The Mirror. It had an average daily circulation of 1,083,938 in March    2012. Its Sunday sister paper is the Sunday Mirror.       The Mirror has had a number of owners. It was founded by Alfred Harmsworth, who sold it to his brother Harold Harmsworth (from 1914 Lord Rothermere) in 1913. In 1963 a restructuring of the media interests of the Harmsworth family led to the Mirror becoming a part of International Publishing Corporation. The Mirror was owned by Robert Maxwell between 1984 and 1991. The paper went through a protracted period of crisis after his death before merging with the regional newspaper group Trinity in 1999 to form Trinity Mirror.   On 2 April 1996, the Daily Mirror was printed entirely on blue paper. This was done as a marketing exercise with Pepsi-Cola, who on the same day had decided to    re-launch their cans with a blue design instead of the traditional red and white logo. In May 2004, the Daily Mirror published what it claimed were photos of British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners at an unspecified location in Iraq. The decision to publish the photos, subsequently shown to be hoaxes, led to Morgan's sacking as editor on 14 May 2004. The Daily Mirror then stated that it was the subject of a "calculated and malicious    hoax".   The newspaper issued a statement apologising for the printing of the pictures. The paper's deputy editor, Des Kelly, took over as acting editor during the crisis. The tabloid's rival, The Sun, offered a ï¿½50,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those accused of faking the Mirror photographs. In February 2008 both the Daily and the Sunday Mirror implied that TV presenter Kate Garraway was having an affair. She sued for libel, receiving an apology and compensation payment in April    2008. On 18 September 2008, David Anderson, a British sports journalist writing for the Mirror, repeated a claim deriving from vandalism on Wikipedia's entry for Cypriot football team AC Omonia, which asserted that their fans were called "The Zany Ones" and liked to wear hats made from discarded shoes. The claim was part of Anderson's match preview ahead of AC Omonia's game with Manchester City, which appeared in the web and print versions of the Mirror, with the nickname also quoted in subsequent editions on 19    September. The episode was featured in Private Eye. On 12 May 2011, the High Court of England and Wales granted the Attorney General permission to bring a case for contempt against The Sun and the Daily Mirror for the way they had reported on the arrest of a person of interest in the Murder of Joanna    Yeates. On 29 July, the Court ruled that both newspapers had been in contempt of court, fining the Daily Mirror ï¿½50,000 and The Sun ï¿½18,000.     1995 to 2004  Front page of the Mirror 24 June 1996, with headline "ACHTUNG! SURRENDER For you Fritz, ze Euro 96 Championship is over", and accompanying contribution from the Editor "Mirror declares football war on Germany"Under the editorship of Piers Morgan (from October 1995 to May 2004) the paper saw a number of controversies. Morgan was widely criticised and forced to apologise for the headline "ACHTUNG! SURRENDER For you Fritz, ze Euro 96 Championship is over" a day before England met Germany in a semi-final of the Euro '96 football    championships. In 2000, Morgan was the subject of an investigation after Suzy Jagger wrote a story in The Daily Telegraph revealing that he had bought ï¿½20,000 worth of shares in the computer company Viglen soon before the Mirror 's 'City Slickers' column tipped Viglen as a good    buy. Morgan was found by the Press Complaints Commission to have breached the Code of Conduct on financial journalism, but kept his job. The 'City Slickers' columnists, Anil Bhoyrul and James Hipwell, were both found to have committed further breaches of the Code


John Bacchus played by Lee Ingleby is the sergeant to which TV police inspector?

BBC One - Inspector George Gently - John Bacchus Inspector George Gently John Bacchus Played by Lee Ingleby Bacchus was married to his Chief Constable’s daughter, Lisa, with a small daughter Leigh-Anne. He didn’t love Lisa but married her as she was pregnant, and because his father-in-law told him his career would be over if he didn’t. He was desperate to go to London and join the Met, but had snookered himself. He divorced Lisa – on her wishes – in series 4 and only occasionally sees his daughter. Bacchus is an intelligent and brilliant cop, but he doesn’t always play by the book. Lacking in patience he often wants to sprint through a case, leading him to cutting corners and sometimes breaking the law. Bacchus probably has a chip on both shoulders – he hates people cleverer and richer than him as well as hating people more stupid and poorer than him.


What is the medical name for the membrane that surrounds the heart?

Pericarditis | definition of pericarditis by Medical dictionary Pericarditis | definition of pericarditis by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/pericarditis   Definition Pericarditis is an inflammation of the two layers of the thin, sac-like membrane that surrounds the heart. This membrane is called the pericardium, so the term pericarditis means inflammation of the pericardium. Description Pericarditis is fairly common. It affects approximately one in 1,000 people. The most common form is caused by infection with a virus. People in their 20s and 30s who have had a recent upper respiratory infection are most likely to be affected, along with men aged 20-50. One out of every four people who have had pericarditis will get it again, but after two years these relapses are less likely. Causes and symptoms The viruses that cause pericarditis include those that cause influenza , polio, and rubella (German measles ). In children, the most common viruses that cause pericarditis are the adenovirus and the cocksackievirus (which is most likely to affect children during warmer weather). Although pericarditis is usually caused by a virus, it also can be caused by an injury to the heart or it can follow a heart attack . It may also be caused by certain inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus. Bacteria, fungi, parasites, tuberculosis , cancer or kidney failure may also affect the pericardium. Sometimes the cause is unknown. There are several forms of pericarditis, depending on the cause. Acute pericarditis This is caused by infection with a virus, bacteria, or fungus—usually in the lungs and upper respiratory tract. This form of the disease causes a sharp, severe pain that starts in the region of the breastbone. If the pericarditis is caused by a bacteria, it is called bacterial or purulent pericarditis. Cardiac tamponade Sometimes fluid collects between the heart and the pericardium. This is called pericardial effusion, and may lead to a condition called cardiac tamponade. When the fluid accumulates, it can squeeze the heart and prevent it from filling with blood. This keeps the rest of the body from getting the necessary supply of oxygen and can cause dangerously low blood pressure. A cardiac tamponade can happen when the chest is injured during surgery, radiation therapy, or an accident. Cardiac tamponade is a serious medical emergency and must be treated immediately. Constrictive pericarditis When the pericardium is scarred or thickened, the heart has difficulty contracting. This is because the pericardium has shrunken or tightened around the heart, constricting the muscle's heart movement. This usually occurs as a result of tuberculosis, which now is rarely found in the United States, except in immigrant, AIDS , and prison populations. Symptoms of pericarditis Symptoms likely to be associated with pericarditis include: rapid breathing fever and chills weakness broken blood vessels (hemorrhages) in the mucus membrane of the eyes, the back, the chest, fingers, and toes feelings of anxiety A sharp or dull pain that starts in the front of the chest under the breastbone and radiates to the left side of the neck, upper abdomen, and left shoulder the pain is less intense when the patient sits up or leans forward and worsens when lying down; it may worsen with a deep breath, like pleurisy, which may accompany pericarditis In cardiac tamponade, neck veins may be swollen and blood pressure may be very low. Diagnosis The heart of a person with pericarditis is likely to produce a grating sound (friction rub) when heard through a stethoscope. This sound occurs because the roughened pericardium surfaces are rubbing against each other. The following tests will also help diagnose pericarditis and what is causing it: electrocardiograph (ECG) and echocardiogram to distinguish between pericarditis and a heart attack. x ray to show the traditional "water bottle" shadow around the heart that is often seen in pericarditis where there is a sufficient fluid build up. computed tomo


Which former Prime Minister is a member of the Order of the Garter?

Queen Elizabeth II leads Order of the Garter with Prince William and Charles | Daily Mail Online British pomp at its best: The Queen leads the Order of the Garter through Windsor accompanied by Charles, William and Camilla The Queen led the annual Order of the Garter procession through Windsor this afternoon She was joined for the event by the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Also there were Prince Andrew, the Earl and Countess of Wessex and order member Princess Anne  The Order of the Garter is the UK's third-highest honour and was founded by King Edward III in 1384 Members include Sir John Major, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Denmark's Queen Margrethe II


Joe Orton, Sue Townsend and the Elephant Man were all born in which English city?

Famous People Famous People Famous People Leicester and Leicestershire proudly boast of many famous residents past and present… We are still adding to this list, so if there is anyone you think should be included, please get in touch. Leicester City Council is not responsible for the content or services on external websites. Laurel Aitken Born 1927. Died 2005 - Singer Lorenzo Aitken, born in 1927 and better  known as Laurel Aitken, was a singer and one of the originators of Jamaican Ska music. Often referred to as the ‘Godfather of Ska’, Aitken lived in Leicester from 1970. > Read more about Laurel Aitken on Wikipedia James Allen Born 1864. Died 1912 – Author James Allen was an author known for his inspirational books and poetry and was known as a pioneer of the self-help movement. He was born in Leicester, where his father worked as a factory knitter. > Read more about James Allen on Wikipedia Richard Armitage Born 1971 - Actor Famous for his roles in 'North & South', 'Robin Hood' and 'Spooks', Leicestershire born Armitage plays Thorin Oakenshield in the three-film adaptation of 'The Hobbit'.  > Read more about Richard Armitage on Wikipedia Sir David Attenborough, CBE  Born 1926 – Broadcaster & naturalist David Attenborough grew up on the campus of University College, Leicester, (now the city's university), where his father was principal. His career as the respected face and voice of British natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine "Life" series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all terrestrial life. He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Lord Richard Attenborough. > Read more about David Attenborough on Wikipedia Lord Richard Attenborough, CBE Born 1923. Died 2014 - Actor, director & producer Lord Attenborough was born in Cambridge but educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester. His acting career started on stage and he appeared in shows at Leicester's Little Theatre prior to going to RADA. Lord Attenborough, along with his brother Sir David Attenborough, spent a lot of their childhood exploring the collections held at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery. Lord Attenborough had been collecting Picasso ceramics since the 1950s and in 2007, a large part of his collection went on public display at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery for the first time. > Read more about Lord Attenborough on Wikipedia Tina Baker Born 1958 - TV critic Tina Baker is a leading British soap opera and TV critic. She was born in Leicester in 1958. She has featured on many TV programmes such as, Coronation Street Secrets, The Good Soap Guide, How Soaps Changed the World, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and The Top 100 TV Christmas Crackers. She is well known as the soap opera expert on the morning television programme GMTV and is member of the judging panel on the annual British Soap Awards. > Read more about Tina Baker on Wikipedia Sam Bailey Born 1977 - Singer - X Factor winner 2013 Bailey was born in Bexley, London. Prior to auditioning for The X Factor, Bailey worked as a prison officer in HM Prison Gartree. She lives in Leicester with her husband and two children. She is a Leicester City fan. She is known for winning the tenth series of The X Factor. Following her win, her debut cover single "Skyscraper" was released and achieved Christmas number 1 in December 2013. > Read more about Sam Bailey on Wikipedia George Percy Bankart Born 1866. Died 1929 - Specialist plaster and lead worker - Arts and Crafts Movement Bankart was born in Leicester and studied at the Wyggeston Boys' Grammar School and attended the Leicester School of Art. He trained as an architect but became a specialist in ornamental plaster and lead work. He wrote a number of books on the subject, two of which are still considered standard works on the craft. In 1883 he was articled to Isaac Barradale and would have worked alongside Ernest Gimson. His work can still be seen on buildings in Leicester and elsewhere.   > Read mo


In 1986, what was the name of the European data gathering spacecraft that intercepted the path of Halley's Comet?

Missions to Halley's comet in 1986 - Windows to the Universe This picture shows the spacecraft which flew past Halley's comet. Click on image for full size JPL Missions to Halley's comet in 1986 Six spacecraft flew by Halley's comet in 1986. There were two spacecraft launched from Japan, Suisei and Sakigake , and two from the Soviet Union, Vega 1 & 2 . One spacecraft, ICE, from the United States was re-directed to intercept the comet, and was the last to enter the comet environment. The main mission to Halley's comet , however, was the Giotto mission, a mission sponsored by the European Space Agengy. All of the missions sampled different regions of the comet environment, as shown in this drawing. The Giotto spacecraft flew closest to the nucleus and recovered several wonderful pictures of the nucleus.  Together these missions collected a wealth of data on the comet. Last modified December 5, 2000 by Jennifer Bergman . Shop Windows to the Universe Science Store! Learn about Earth and space science, and have fun while doing it! The games section of our online store includes a climate change card game and the Traveling Nitrogen game ! Windows to the Universe Community News


Which part of the human body do the French call 'la cheville'?

The Human Body Parts The Human Body: Body Parts The human body is the entire structure of a human organism, and consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs. By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 10 trillion cells, the basic unit of life. Groups of cells combine and work in tandem to form tissue, which combines to form organs, which work together to form organ systems. Superficial anatomy or surface anatomy is important in human anatomy being the study of anatomical landmarks that can be readily identified from the contours or other reference points on the surface of the body. With knowledge of superficial anatomy, physicians gauge the position and anatomy of the associated deeper structures. Common names of well known parts of the human body, from top to bottom: Head - Forehead - Jaw - Cheek - Chin Neck - Shoulders Arm - Elbow - Wrist - Hand - Fingers - Thumb Spine - Chest - Thorax Abdomen - Groin Hip - Buttocks - Leg - Thigh - Knee - Calf - Heel - Ankle - Foot - Toes The eye, ear, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, throat, adam's apple, breast, penis, scrotum, clitoris, vulva, navel are also superficial structures. The Human Body Organs : In biology and anatomy, an organ is a tissue that performs a specific function or group of functions within an organism.. more » Systems : The organ systems of the body include the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, digestive system... more » Skeleton : The average adult human skeleton has around 206 bones. These bones meet at joints, the majority of which are ... more » Muscles : Muscle is the contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic more » Bones : Bones are rigid organs that form part of the endoskeleton of human body. They function to move, support, and protect... more »


Which pop duo were originally called Tom and Jerry?

Simon & Garfunkel’s Biography —   Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm Listeners Biography Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel are popular American musicians and singer-songwriters known collectively as Simon & Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom and Jerry in 1957 in Queens, New York, and had their first taste of success with the minor hit "Hey Schoolgirl". As Simon and Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965 backed by the hit single "The Sound of Silence". Their music was featured in the landmark film The Graduate, propelling them further into the public consciousness. They are well known for their close harmonies and sometimes unstable relationship. Their last album, Bridge over Troubled Water, was marked with several delays caused by artistic differences. Simon and Garfunkel were among the most popular recording artists of the 1960s, and are perhaps best known for their songs "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer". They have received several Grammys and are inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2007). In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Simon and Garfunkel #40 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. They have reunited on several occasions since their 1970 break-up, most famously for 1981's The Concert in Central Park, which attracted more than 750,000 people. Early history Close friends through childhood, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up in the same Kew Gardens Hills (Queens, N.Y.) neighborhood just blocks away from one another. They met in elementary school, at Public School 164, in 1953, when they both appeared in the school play Alice in Wonderland (Simon as the White Rabbit, Garfunkel as the Cheshire Cat). They were classmates at Parsons Junior High School and Forest Hills High School in New York City, and began performing together in their junior year as Tom and Jerry, with Simon as Jerry Landis (whose last name he borrowed from a girl he had been dating) and Garfunkel as Tom Graph (so called because he was fond of tracking ("graphing") hits on the pop charts). They began writing their own songs in 1955, and made their first professional recording, "Hey, Schoolgirl", for Sid Prosen of Big Records in 1957. Released on 45 and 78 rpm records, the song—with B side "Dancin' Wild"—sold 100,000 copies, hitting #49 on the Billboard charts. Both Simon and Garfunkel have acknowledged the tremendous impact of The Everly Brothers on their style, and many of their early songs (including "Hey, Schoolgirl") bear the mark of this influence. They later performed their hit on American Bandstand, right after Jerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire". Subsequent efforts in 1958 did not reach near their initial success, and after high school the duo went to separate colleges, with Simon enrolling at Queens College (C.U.N.Y.) and Garfunkel at Columbia University. While enrolled in college, they both joined the same fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi. In 1963 they found prominence as part of the Greenwich Village folk music scene. Simon, who had finished college but dropped out of Brooklyn Law School, had—like Garfunkel—developed an interest in the folk scene. Simon showed Garfunkel a few songs that he had written in the folk style: "Sparrow", "Bleecker Street", and "He Was My Brother"—which was later dedicated to Andrew Goodman, a friend of both Simon and Garfunkel and a classmate of Simon's at Queens College, who was one of three civil rights workers murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, on June 21, 1964. These three efforts were among five original songs by Simon included on their first album for Columbia Records, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., which initially flopped upon its release on October 19, 1964. First breakup Shortly after finishing recording, the duo split and Simon moved to the United Kingdom, where he performed at Les Cousins and The Troubadour Club in London and toured provincial folk clubs. In these venues he was exposed to a wide range of musical influences and, while in England, recorded his solo Th


Which English Football League club was originally founded as Singers FC?

History of the English Premier League - SuperSport - Football History of the English Premier League William McGregor statue © Action Images What is now known as the English Premier League has its roots in an earlier league, called the Football League, which was originally founded in 1888. The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football. It was the top level football league in England from its foundation until 1992. Since 1995 it has had 72 clubs evenly divided into three divisions, which are currently known as The Championship, League One and League Two. Promotion and relegation between these divisions is a central feature of the League and is further extended to allow the top Championship clubs to exchange places with the lowest placed clubs in the Premier League. A director of Aston Villa, William McGregor, was the first to set out to bring some order to a chaotic world where clubs arranged their own fixtures. On March 2, 1888, he wrote to the committee of his own club, Aston Villa, as well as to those of Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End and West Bromwich Albion, suggesting the creation of a league competition that would provide a number of guaranteed fixtures for its member clubs each season. The first meeting was held at Anderson's Hotel in London on March 23, 1888, on the eve of the FA Cup Final. The Football League was formally created and named in Manchester at a further meeting on April 17 at the Royal Hotel. In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League to take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal and on May 27, 1992, the Premier League as we know it today was formed. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions; the Premier League would operate with a single division and the Football League with three. There was no change in competition format; the same number of teams competed in the top flight, and promotion and relegation between the Premier League and the new First Division remained on the same terms as between the old First and Second Divisions. The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon. A total of 43 clubs have played in the Premier League from its inception in 1992 until the end of the 2009/10 season. Two other clubs (Luton Town and Notts County) were signatories to the original agreement that created the Premier League, but were relegated prior to the inaugural Premier League season and have not subsequently returned to the top flight. Seven clubs have been members of the Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur. Due to insistence by Fifa that domestic leagues reduce the number of games clubs played, the number of clubs was reduced to 20 in 1995 when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams promoted. On June 8, 2006, Fifa requested that all major European leagues, including Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga be reduced to 18 teams by the start of the 2007/08 season. The Premier League responded by announcing their intention to resist such a reduction. Ultimately, the 2007/08 season kicked off again with 20 teams. The league changed its name from the FA Premier League to simply the Premier League in 2007. FOREIGN PLAYERS At the inception of the Premier League in 1992/93, just 11 players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches were 'foreign' (players hailing from outside of the


Which English dish consists of soaked and boiled split peas, usually served with ham or pork?

Peasepud - definition of Peasepud by The Free Dictionary Peasepud - definition of Peasepud by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Peasepud Also found in: Thesaurus , Wikipedia . pease pudding n (Cookery) (esp in Britain) a dish of split peas that have been soaked and boiled served with ham or pork ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: 1. pease pudding - a pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg pudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed Britain , Great Britain , U.K. , UK , United Kingdom , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom Translations


The Dandie Dinmont is a dog breed named after a character from which novel by Sir Walter Scott?

Dandie Dinmont Terriers - Burke's Backyard Dandie Dinmont Terriers Lifespan: 14 years Recommended for: Families The Dandie Dinmont is probably the only dog breed in the world named after a fictitious character. The original Dandie Dinmont was a farmer from the Scottish borderlands, who featured in an 1814 novel, ‘Guy Mannering’, by Sir Walter Scott. Scott wrote that the character, Mr Dinmont, had developed a particular style of terrier much admired by the local people for their fearlessness before weasels and stoats. Mr Dinmont had only two names, Pepper and Mustard, for his 20 dogs: “There’s auld Pepper and auld Mustard, and young Pepper and young Mustard, and little Pepper and little Mustard…”. The names referring to the individual’s coat colouring. The real Dandie Dinmont was probably farmer Jamie Davidson of Hindlee who bred a race of ‘mustard and pepper’ terriers. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1820) himself owned a matching pair of mustard and pepper terriers and was a great supporter of the line. Its popularity peaked during the 19th century but has since waned this century. It failed to impress well-known animal writer Gerald Durrell who, in his book ‘My Family and Other Animals’, wrote that his brother Larry Durrell proclaimed of the breed: “She looks as though she was bred to go down holes after sewage.” It is a rare breed, there are less than 100 dogs in Australia today. Appearance: The Dandie Dinmont is a dwarf, whiskery-faced dog with a lot of appeal.It has a large head, long, slightly arched body and short legs giving it a low-slung look similar to a Dachshund. It stands 20-28cm (8-10″) at the shoulder and has a double coat. The outer coat is harsh, often described as “crisp and weatherproof”. The undercoat is soft and downy. It has a soft topknot of fur, looking like fluffy Afro. Temperament: The Dandie Dinmont is said to be the most placid terrier. They are friendly, adaptable but with an independent streak. Individual dogs may bond strongly with their owner and not welcome other pets. Health: May be susceptible to back strain. Avoid stairs. Glaucoma is an eye disease causing blindness which may be corrected surgically. Cushings syndrome is a wasting disease characterised by extreme thirst and urination, due to excess cortisol produced by the adrenal gland. It can be controlled by drugs. Grooming: Exhibition dogs have their coats ‘stripped’, which means literally removing old long hair to expose the new, coloured coat. Only the first 2cm of the coat is coloured, either mustard or pepper. If the coat grows too long the dog can appear white and pet owners, who may prefer to clip the coat rather than strip it, may end up with a dog which looks similar to a well-trimmed West Highland White Terrier. A regular weekly brushing is required or the coat can matt because it doesn’t shed like most dogs. Breeders also suggest trimming the hair around the dog’s anus to minimise problems with faeces catching in the fur. Ideal owner & housepet potential: While owners say they are good family dogs, Dandie Dinmonts will often bond more closely with one person. They do not like being left alone so are best suited to an owner who is home for most of the day. Their small size and need for company makes them well suited to older people or those in flats. The coat requires a commitment to weekly brushing. Space & exercise: Dandie Dinmonts can take as much or as little regulated exercise as offered but a backyard romp each day is a recommended minimum. Longtime owners recommend sound fences as many Dandie Dinmonts are accomplished escapists. Training: Their typical independent terrier attitude means they are harder to train, requiring perseverance and patience. Basic leash training is recommended.   To find up-to-date contacts for breeders, contact the following organisations.   The Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) The Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC)


Opened in 1965, which is the oldest of Britain's long-distance footpaths?

Pennine Way - England's Famous Long Distance National Trail Pennine Way by bill September 9, 2013 Pennine Way – England’s Famous Long Distance National Trail The Pennine Way is one of the longest of the 18 National Trails in England and Wales. At a distance of 270 miles, the Pennine Way lost it’s claim to being the longest national trail when the South West Coastal Path, a distance of 630 miles, opened in 1978. The Pennine Way was the inspiration, in 1935, of Tom Stephenson, the future secretary of the Ramblers Association. Despite many difficulties and objections Parliament finally approved the recommendation of the National Parks Commission and in 1965, 30 years later, Britains first National Trail was opened on the 24th April. It is one of the best known and popular long distance footpaths in Britain, with an estimated 160,000 people, many from overseas, attempting it every year. It is not known how many complete it, but it is thought that 70% give up after the first two days due to the peat bogs and marshland that needs to be traversed. The traditional route is south to north from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders. In October 2009 three friends and myself decided to walk the Pennine Way in the opposite direction from north to south. The reason for this is that we live in the southern section and have already completed most of this part, so we thought we would walk home from Scotland. The Pennine Way is a tough, wet walk, not to be taken lightly. The majority of the paths, where they exist, are through desolate moorland, peat bogs and swamp land – this is the reason many people quit and never return. It can be a sole destroying effort at times, plodding through this environment, with only the banter from companions and the thought of a good meal and drink at the end of the day to keep you going. I will cover the first weeks walking from Kirk Yetholm to Garrigill in more detail in the next post. Related Content:


In which Dickens' novel do the characters Aunt Rose, Charley Bates and Toby Crackit appear?

SparkNotes: Oliver Twist: Character List Character List Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Oliver Twist -  The novel’s protagonist. Oliver is an orphan born in a workhouse, and Dickens uses his situation to criticize public policy toward the poor in 1830s England. Oliver is between nine and twelve years old when the main action of the novel occurs. Though treated with cruelty and surrounded by coarseness for most of his life, he is a pious, innocent child, and his charms draw the attention of several wealthy benefactors. His true identity is the central mystery of the novel. Read an in-depth analysis of Oliver Twist. Fagin -  A conniving career criminal. Fagin takes in homeless children and trains them to pick pockets for him. He is also a buyer of other people’s stolen goods. He rarely commits crimes himself, preferring to employ others to commit them—and often suffer legal retribution—in his place. Dickens’s portrait of Fagin displays the influence of anti-Semitic stereotypes. Read an in-depth analysis of Fagin. Nancy -  A young prostitute and one of Fagin’s former child pickpockets. Nancy is also Bill Sikes’s lover. Her love for Sikes and her sense of moral decency come into conflict when Sikes abuses Oliver. Despite her criminal lifestyle, she is among the noblest characters in the novel. In effect, she gives her life for Oliver when Sikes murders her for revealing Monks’s plots. Read an in-depth analysis of Nancy. Rose Maylie -  Agnes Fleming’s sister, raised by Mrs. Maylie after the death of Rose’s father. A beautiful, compassionate, and forgiving young woman, Rose is the novel’s model of female virtue. She establishes a loving relationship with Oliver even before it is revealed that the two are related. Mr. Brownlow -  A well-off, erudite gentleman who serves as Oliver’s first benefactor. Mr. Brownlow owns a portrait of Agnes Fleming and was engaged to Mr. Leeford’s sister when she died. Throughout the novel, he behaves with compassion and common sense and emerges as a natural leader. Monks -  A sickly, vicious young man, prone to violent fits and teeming with inexplicable hatred. With Fagin, he schemes to give Oliver a bad reputation. Bill Sikes  -  A brutal professional burglar brought up in Fagin’s gang. Sikes is Nancy's pimp and lover, and he treats both her and his dog Bull’s-eye with an odd combination of cruelty and grudging affection. His murder of Nancy is the most heinous of the many crimes that occur in the novel. Mr. Bumble  -  The pompous, self-important beadle—a minor church official—for the workhouse where Oliver is born. Though Mr. Bumble preaches Christian morality, he behaves without compassion toward the paupers under his care. Dickens mercilessly satirizes his self-righteousness, greed, hypocrisy, and folly, of which his name is an obvious symbol. Agnes Fleming -  Oliver’s mother. After falling in love with and becoming pregnant by Mr. Leeford, she chooses to die anonymously in a workhouse rather than stain her family’s reputation. A retired naval officer’s daughter, she was a beautiful, loving woman. Oliver’s face closely resembles hers. Mr. Leeford -  Oliver and Monks’s father, who dies long before the events of the novel. He was an intelligent, high-minded man whose family forced him into an unhappy marriage with a wealthy woman. He eventually separated from his wife and had an illicit love affair with Agnes Fleming. He intended to flee the country with Agnes but died before he could do so. Mr. Losberne -  Mrs. Maylie’s family physician. A hot-tempered but good-hearted old bachelor, Mr. Losberne is fiercely loyal to the Maylies and, eventually, to Oliver. Mrs. Maylie -  A kind, wealthy older woman, the mother of Harry Maylie and adoptive “aunt” of Rose. Harry Maylie -  Mrs. Maylie’s son. Harry is a dashing young man with grand political ambitions and career prospects, which he eventually gives up to marry Rose. The Artful Dodger -  The cleverest of Fagin’s pickpockets. The Dodger’s real name is Jack Dawkins. Though no older than Oliver, the Dodger talks and dresses like a grown man.


In World War II, what was the allies' code name for the Anzio Landings?

- Anzio -- The Allies' Greatest Blunder of World War II  Anzio -- The Allies' Greatest Blunder of       World War II - by Irwin J. Kappes Anzio           -- The Allies' Greatest Blunder of World War II by Irwin J. Kappes Much has been written by military analysts about the conceptually faulty          OPERATION SHINGLE—the Anzio beachhead in January, 1944. But the story that has          been overlooked is the naval aspect of the operation, which was a resounding          success. On the 50th anniversary of the Anzio landings, the office of the Chief of Naval          Operations released a statement reading, in part: "A half-century ago American,          British, Dutch and Greek naval forces landed soldiers of the American and          British armies on the Italian coast. German resistance was unexpectedly          powerful and rapidly increased in strength. For four months the invaders          battled foul winter weather, heavy bombing and artillery fire to sustain the          Anzio beachhead. Throughout this long struggle on the Italian littoral, our          troops were strongly supported by naval gunfire, airpower and a shuttle of          ships and craft that braved air and submarine attack to deliver reinforcements.          Late in May 1944 the main Allied advance linked up with Anzio's defenders, and          Rome was liberated a few days later. In what many consider a land battle, there          were a total of 17 ships lost: ten British and seven U.S. Navy. In this action,          166 American sailors were wounded and 160 made the ultimate sacrifice in the          cause of freedom. "Anzio was hard-fought and hard-won. By drawing off troops that could have          opposed the main Allied offensive in Italy, the Anzio operation helped tilt the          balance in our favor and contributed to the drive that led to the fall of          Rome." "Anzio beachhead," naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison later wrote,          "should endure in our memories as a symbol of heroic tenacity". Imagine the situation: In December 1943 Allied forces had taken the lower third          of Italy and were stalled almost midway between Naples and Rome. The          well-fortified Gustav Line of German Field Marshal Kesselring was holding          against continuous murderous assault from Gen. Mark Clark's 5th Army 60 miles          south of Rome. In Allied war rooms, pressure was building for an end run that          would draw enough German resources away from the Gustav Line to allow a          breakthrough. This would enable a link-up of the two forces for the final push          on the Eternal City. The principal advocate of this bold strategy was Prime          Minister Winston Churchill. General Eisenhower had strong misgivings, but as          the newly-appointed Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces he was now          preoccupied with preparations for OPERATION OVERLORD—the invasion of Normandy.          This left British General Sir Henry Wilson in command of the Mediterranean          Theater. Wilson did not possess the courage to challenge his headstrong Prime          Minister, so despite the doubts of Eisenhower, General Mark Clark and the          sacrificial lamb who was put in charge of SHINGLE, U.S. General John P. Lucas,          the plan moved into high gear. Actually, such a diversion behind the Gustav Line made a lot of sense from a          tactical standpoint. But to succeed, a massive force would be required—one that          could quickly overwhelm the Germans and prevent their reinforcement until          General Clark was able to break through the Gustav Line. But in January of 1944