Within one year either way, in which year did the composer Rachmaninov and the actor Leslie Howard die?

British Film Composers complete listing: G-Z Make Mine Mink see also JOHN GREENWOOD Greenwood was born in London in 1889 and died in 1975. Educated at Royal  College of Music. Studied with Stanford. His works include two symphonies,  tone poems, chamber music, songs etc. He has a long list of film credits. He wrote music for some fifty films including To What Red Hell; Stranglehold;  The Sleeping Cardinal; At the Villa Rosa; Alibi; A Tale of Two Cities; Prison  Without Bars; Twenty One Days; (1939); The Drum (1937); Elephant Boy (1937);  Man of Aran (1933); East Meets West (1936); The Constant Nymph (1933, with  Goossens); Contraband (1940 with Addinsell); A1 at Lloyds (1940); Pimpernel  Smith (1941); Wavells 30,000 (1942); The Gentle Sex (1943); Painted  Boats (1945); Nine Men (1943); San Demetrio (1944); They Knew Mr Knight (1944);  Men of Rochdale (1945); Switchover (1945); Hungry Hill (1946); Frieda (1947);  The Last Days of Dolwyn (Venice Film Festival 1948) He also wrote music for  documentaries such as Berth 24 (1950) and The Lake District (1957) Berth  24 portrayed the life of the Hull docks in 1950. He was signed up at the  recommendation of Muir Mathieson. Greenwood returned to documentaries to  score a travel film, The Lake District with narration by Michael Redgrave. The march The Eighth Army (from the film The Nine Men) ascribed jointly to  Eric Coates and John Greenwood was recorded on 78. HM Grenadier Guards Band/Lieut  F Harris. Columbia DB2140. 78 - Hungry Hill: Waltz into Jig. Decca series Incidental Music from  British Films LSO/Mathieson. URSULA GREVILLE The Key to Scotland 1935 - Strand. BERNARD GRUN All That I Have - Peak Films 1947. BARRIE GUARD Has written some film music. INGLIS GUNDRY Gundry who is better known if at all for his operas, wrote The Daytime of  Christ in 1978. It declares itself as a full-length Dramatic Oratorio for  an operatic film and is scored for chorus and full orchestra in 7 scenes  and six interludes. It remains unperformed. If anyone is interested in mounting  a performance please contact me in first instance. Rob Barnett. CHRISTOPHER GUNNING Gunning was born in 1944. Has written music for film documentaries also for  Poirot and Middlemarch (with Stanley Myers).When the Whales Came is a fine  score evidently evocative of the open air music of Britten, Holst and Vaughan  Williams - Silva Screen FILMCD049. RONALD HANMER Born 1917. Has written some film music. RICHARD HARTLEY Born in 1944. Hartley wrote the score for the remake of The Lady Vanishes VICTOR HELY-HUTCHINSON Hely-Hutchinsons (1901-1947) most famous work is A Carol Symphony.  Born Cape Town, South Africa 1901. He did however write film music for a  sequence of documentaries: Battle of Supplies (Strand 1942), New Zealand  (Crown, 1945), Camouflage Airview (Verity 1945), Teeth of Steel (Technique),  The Gen (RAF newsreel), When We Build Again (Strand 1944), The Call of the  Sea, South Africa (Crown 1944).. VICTOR HERBERT This Dubliner made a great name in the USA as a composer of musical shows.  However we should not forget his score for the 1916 silent: The Fall of a  Nation. He was born in 1859 and died in New York in 1924.: LESLIE HEWARD Heward is better known as a conductor than as a composer. He was born in  Yorkshire in 1897 and died in Birmingham in 1943. A conductor with an adventurous  taste in music he premiered Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 1, The Exile (1936)  with the BBCSO in 1939. He also conducted the renowned pioneering recording  of E J Moerans symphony. He wrote the music for a single film: The  Loves of Robert Burns (1928). The film music was recorded at EMI studios  with the tenor, Joseph Hislop. JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH Hollingsworth (born Enfield - same area as Vernon Handley - on 20 March 1916)  is better known as a conductor than as film music writer. Joined RAF in 1940  and with R P ODonnell was associate conductor of RAFSO with whom he  toured widely. He even visited Hollywood with the orchestra during World  War II. He conducted the recording session


Who illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books?

Amazon.com: Books Books Books Advanced Search New Releases Best Sellers The New York Times® Best Sellers Children's Books Textbooks Textbook Rentals Sell Us Your Books Best Books of the Month Kindle eBooks Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to"a wonderful faraway place. In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939 he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years.The BFG is dedicated to the memory of Roald Dahls eldest daughter, Olivia, who died from measles when she was seven – the same age at which his sister had died (fron appendicitis) over forty years before. Quentin Blake, the first Children’s Laureate of the United Kingdom, has illustrated most of Roald Dahl’s children’s books.


What was the name of the Roman festivities in mid to late December, elements of which were incorporated into Christmas?

Did the Romans Invent Christmas? | History Today Did the Romans Invent Christmas? Roman Empire Religion Christmas Did the first Christian Roman emperor appropriate the pagan festival of Saturnalia to celebrate the birth of Christ? Matt Salusbury weighs the evidence. It was a public holiday celebrated around December 25th in the family home. A time for feasting, goodwill, generosity to the poor, the exchange of gifts and the decoration of trees. But it wasn’t Christmas. This was Saturnalia, the pagan Roman winter solstice festival. But was Christmas, Western Christianity’s most popular festival, derived from the pagan Saturnalia? The first-century AD poet Gaius Valerius Catullus described Saturnalia as ‘the best of times’: dress codes were relaxed, small gifts such as dolls, candles and caged birds were exchanged. Saturnalia saw the inversion of social roles. The wealthy were expected to pay the month’s rent for those who couldn’t afford it, masters and slaves to swap clothes. Family households threw dice to determine who would become the temporary Saturnalian monarch. The poet Lucian of Samosata (AD 120-180) has the god Cronos (Saturn) say in his poem, Saturnalia: ‘During my week the serious is barred: no business allowed. Drinking and being drunk, noise and games of dice, appointing of kings and feasting of slaves, singing naked, clapping … an occasional ducking of corked faces in icy water – such are the functions over which I preside.’ Saturnalia originated as a farmer’s festival to mark the end of the autumn planting season in honour of Saturn (satus means sowing). Numerous archaeological sites from the Roman coastal province of Constantine, now in Algeria, demonstrate that the cult of Saturn survived there until the early third century AD. Saturnalia grew in duration and moved to progressively later dates under the Roman period. During the reign of the Emperor Augustus (63 BC-AD 14), it was a two-day affair starting on December 17th. By the time Lucian described the festivities, it was a seven-day event. Changes to the Roman calendar moved the climax of Saturnalia to December 25th, around the time of the date of the winter solstice. From as early as 217 BC there were public Saturnalia banquets. The Roman state cancelled executions and refrained from declaring war during the festival. Pagan Roman authorities tried to curtail Saturnalia; Emperor Caligula (AD 12-41) sought to restrict it to five days, with little success. Emperor Domitian (AD 51-96) may have changed Saturnalia’s date to December 25th in an attempt to assert his authority. He curbed Saturnalia’s subversive tendencies by marking it with public events under his control. The poet Statius (AD 45- 95), in his poem Silvae, describes the lavish banquet and entertainments Domitian presided over, including games which opened with sweets, fruit and nuts showered on the crowd and featuring flights of flamingos released over Rome. Shows with fighting dwarves and female gladiators were illuminated, for the first time, into the night. The conversion of Emperor Constantine to Christianity in AD 312 ended Roman persecution of Christians and began imperial patronage of the Christian churches. But Christianity did not become the Roman Empire’s official religion overnight. Dr David Gwynn, lecturer in ancient and late antique history at Royal Holloway, University of London, says that, alongside Christian and other pagan festivals, ‘the Saturnalia continued to be celebrated in the century afterward’. The poet Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius wrote another Saturnalia, describing a banquet of pagan literary celebrities in Rome during the festival. Classicists date the work to between AD 383 and 430, so it describes a Saturnalia alive and well under Christian emperors. The Christian calendar of Polemius Silvus, written around AD 449, mentions Saturnalia, recording that ‘it used to honour the god Saturn’. This suggests it had by then become just another popular carnival. Christmas apparently started – like Saturnalia – in Rome, and spread to the eastern Mediterranean. The earlies


Which British landmark was climbed for the first time by Chris Bonnington, Rusty Baillie and Tom Patey over a three day period in 1966?

Biography | Bonington.com Biography scroll up/down for more CHRIS IN BRIEF Chris, the mountaineer, writer, photographer and lecturer, started climbing at the age of 16 in 1951. It has been his passion ever since. He made the first British ascent of the North Wall of the Eiger and led the expedition that made the first ascent of The South Face of Annapurna, the biggest and most difficult climb in the Himalaya at the time. He went on to lead the successful expedition making the first ascent of the South West Face of Everest in 1975 and then reached the summit of Everest himself in 1985 with a Norwegian expedition. He is still active in the mountains climbing with the same enthusiasm as he had at the beginning. He has written 17 books, fronted numerous television programmes and has lectured to the public and corporate audiences all over the world. He received a knighthood in 1996 for services to mountaineering, was president of the Council for National Parks for 8 years and is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Berghaus. LISTS  of climbs, honours, positions, books, etc. …click here   and first ascents …click here   After Everest 1986 onwards…read on 1934 Beginnings Born in Hampstead in 1934, Chris Bonington was educated at University College School, London. He started climbing in 1951, while still at school, hitch hiking to Snowdonia and Scotland in his holidays, climbing with anyone he could find. He left school before Christmas 1952 to start his National Service in the RAF. Having applied and entered the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell to train as a pilot, he failed to fly solo, and so transferred to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. During this time he climbed avidly in the British Isles and started putting up new routes particularly in the Avon Gorge. Here he was the first to open up the big Main Wall with Mercavity and Malbogies. He was commissioned in the Royal Tank Regiment in 1956, spent three years in North Germany in command of a troop of tanks and then two years at the Army Outward Bound School as a mountaineering instructor. 1958-1961 Spreading his wings into the Alps and the Himalaya It was during this period that he started climbing in the Alps, making the first British ascent of the South West Pillar of the Drus in 1958 and that of the Brandler Hasse Route on the North Wall of the Cima Grande in the Dolomites in 1959. In 1960, as a member of the Joint British-Indian-Nepalese Services Expedition he made the first ascent of Annapurna II (7937 metres.) with Captain Dick Grant MC of the Royal Marines and Corporal Ang Nyima Sherpa of the Brigade of Gurkhas. In 1961 he left the army to join a civilian expedition to Nuptse (7,861 metres), the third peak of Everest, making the first ascent by its huge South Face. At the time this was one of the most challenging climbs to be completed in the Himalaya. Chris travelled back overland to Chamonix to meet up with Don Whillans and they spent most of that summer sitting below the North Wall of the Eiger hoping to make an attempt but conditions were too bad. At the end of August they moved back to Chamonix to make the first ascent of the Central Pillar of Freney on the south side of Mont Blanc with Ian Clough and a Polish climber, Jan Djuglosz. Again it was one of the most difficult climbs in the Alps and even today is considered one of the great classics of the Mont Blanc region. He had already got a job as a Management Trainee with Unilever and joined them in September that year hoping to combine a conventional career with his love of mountaineering. 1962 A Year that changed his life In 1962, he met Wendy, his wife to be, at a Twelfth Night Party. This was to be the most important event of his life, and they married that May. When he was invited to join an expedition to the Central Tower of Paine in Southern Chile that Autumn his boss in Unilever told him he should decide what he should do with his life – get on with his career or go climbing. He chose the latter. He left his job in July to spend the rest of the summer in the Alps, making the first British ascent of


Which cyclist won GB's first Gold medal of the 2012 Paralympics, the first of her four?

Paralympics: Cyclist win GB’s first medal – Channel 4 News Share on Twitter The Welshman, the penultimate rider in the time-trial, raced the 1km in a factored time (see box, below) of 1:08:471. He was beaten into gold medal position by China’s Li Zhang Yu. ParaGB’s Darren Kenny, who won four gold medals at Beijing, narrowly missed out on a podium finish, coming in fourth. Kenny and Colbourne were strong medal hopefuls for ParaGB in the team’s first final of the competition. Kenny, who is classified as a C3 rider and suffers from cerebral palsy, won four gold medals and a silver at the Beijing games, two golds and a silver in Athens, and was the gold medallist in the 1km time trial at this year’s Para-Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles. Colbourne was also a gold medallist at the World Championship this year in the C1 classification time-trial – the category for the most severely physically disabled cyclists. Also racing today for ParalympicsGB was Richard Waddon (C3), who won a silver at Beijing in the time-trial. The race Darren Kenny was the first of the British team to race, and on entering the race the time to beat was from Russian Alexsey Obydennov who completed the 1km in a time of 1:10:995. Kenny raced the kilometre in eight-tenths of a second faster than the Russian to take top spot with seven cyclists left to race. Moments later Li Zhang Yu knocked Kenny from the top spot with a new world record for teh C3 competitors, and a factored time (see box below) of 1:05:021. Kenny was pushed further down the leader board by the next cyclist, German Tobias Graf, broke the world record for the C2 competitors and moved into silver medal position. Rik Waddon was the second cyclist for ParaGB, and moved into sixth position with a time of 1:11:394. Colbourne, the penultimate rider, then moved into the silver medal position with one rider, Argentinian Ricardo Lopez, left to race. Lopez then came in seventh. The individual time trial is a race with a simple format. Twenty eight cyclists were racing 1km around the track with the fastest time winning the gold. The difficulty comes because of the different classifications, with the more severely physically disabled C1 cyclists racing against the less physically disabled C3 competitors. A factor is applied to the finishing time of each cyclist based on previous average times from races in their classifications. The least disabled cyclists have no factor applied to their times. Kenny was 19 when, as a promising junior rider, he suffered head and neck injuries on the Tour of Ireland. The crash led to Kenny developing cerebral palsy – damage to the motor control centres in the brain affecting movement. Colbourne, 42, broke his back in a para-gliding accident and Waddon has cerebral palsy. Storey books her place Earlier today Sarah Storey , who was born without a left hand, got team GB off to a cracking start by breaking the world record in the Women’s C5 Pursuit by more than a second. It is the 72nd world record Storey has broken in her glittering career, having previously competed in swimming before changing to cycling at Beijing. Storey is now guaranteed either a silver or a gold medal when she races at 4:31pm. Crystal Lane will also compete for Great Britain & Northern Ireland, racing for bronze. Crystal Lane will compete to add a bronze to Para GB’s medal count.


What name, also given to the space capsules used, was given to the US space programme that ran from 1959 to 1963 with the aim of putting a man in orbit?

What Does NASA Stand For? - Technology Org Technology Org What Does NASA Stand For? Posted June 8, 2015 Chances are that if you have lived on this planet for the past half-century, you’ve heard of NASA. As the agency that is in charge of America’s space program, they put a man on the Moon, launched the Hubble Telescope, helped establish the International Space Station, and sent dozens of probes and shuttles into space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) logo. Credit: NASA But do you know what the acronym NASA actually stands for? Well, NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. As such, it oversees America’s spaceflight capabilities and conducts valuable research in space. However, NASA also has various programs on Earth dedicated to flight, hence why the term “Aeronautics” appears in the agency’s name. The process of forming NASA began in the early 1950’s with the development of rocket planes – like the Bell X-1 – and the desire to launch physical satellites. However, it was not until the launch of Sputnik 1 – the first artificial satellite into space that was deployed by the Soviets on October 4th, 1957 – that efforts to develop an American space program truly began. Fearing that Sputnik represented a threat to national security and America’s technological leadership, Congress urged then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower to take immediate action. This result in an agreement whereby a federal organization similar to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) – which was established in 1915 to oversee aeronautical research – would be created. Photograph of a Russian technician putting the finishing touches on Sputnik 1, humanity’s first artificial satellite. Credit: NASA/Asif A. Siddiqi On July 29th, 1958, Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act , which officially established NASA. When it began operations on October 1st, 1958, NASA absorbed NACA and its 8,000 employees. It was also given an annual budget of US $100 million, three major research laboratories (Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory) and two small test facilities. Elements of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and the United States Naval Research Laboratory were also incorporated into NASA. A significant contribution came from the work of the Army Ballistic Missie Agency (ABMA), which had been working closely with Wernher von Braun – the leader of Germany’s rocket program during WWII – at the time. In December 1958, NASA also gained control of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a contractor facility operated by the California Institute of Technology. By 1959, President Eisenhower officially approved of A NASA seal, which is affectionately referred to as the “meatball” logo because of the orbs included in the design. First designed in 1959, this NASA seal has commonly been known as the “meatball” logo. Credit: NASA NASA has since been responsible for the majority of the manned and unmanned American missions that have been sent into space. Their efforts began with the development of the X-15, a hypersonic jet plane that NASA had taken over from the NACA. As part of the program, twelve pilots were selected to fly the X-15, and achieve new records for both speed and maximum altitude reached. A total of 199 flights were made between 1959 and 1968, resulting in two official world records being made. The first was for the highest speed ever reached by a manned craft – Mach 6.72 or 7,273 km/h (4,519 mph) – while the second was for the highest altitude ever achieved, at 107.96 km (354,200 feet). The X-15 program also employed mechanical techniques used in the later manned spaceflight programs, including reaction control system jets, space suits, horizon definition for navigation, and crucial reentry and landing data. However, by the early 60’s, NASA’s primary concern was winning the newly-declared “Space Race” with the Soviets by putting a man into orbit. This began with the Project Mercury , a program that was taken over from the US Air


In the Bible how long was Jonah in the belly of the whale?

Jonah whale fish bible book of Jonah Scientifically Plausible? can a man fit in a whales stomach giant fish great fish A fish. Matthew 12:40 A whale Matthew 12:40 says that the creature is a whale, but the original Greek from which it was translated calls it a "sea monster". The alleged contradiction is nothing more than a different word chosen for the English translation. So which is it, a whale or a fish? Nothing in the biblical account demands that the creature be a whale. It could be an extinct marine reptile or any one of the thousands of species of marine life that has gone extinct in the last few thousand years. It may have even been a fish.. You may think to yourself: "but fish don't get that big". If you believe that, you should visit more museums. - I recall staring in amazement at the Ann Arbor Museum of Natural History as I stood next to a fossil skull of a fish named dunkleosteus. Dunkleosteus This skull was about three and a half feet tall. Its body length would be incredible. This huge fish would be a fright to anyone who saw it.  It's mouth  hung open and it was more than big enough to swallow me. The image of the skull above is from a Cleveland museum specimen. This is smaller than the one in Ann Arbor. The largest Dunkleosteus skull is about four feet high. I am not saying that this was for sure the fish that swallowed Jonah. I am merely saying that fish like this did exist. Comment from a reader: "All evidence for Dunkleosteus is that it lived during the Devonian period, which would then make humans over 300 million years old (if, as you claim they lived with this fish)." Dan Erickson, exhibit preparator, University of Michigan My response: I believe that God created the whole world only a few thousand years ago. I believe that the dating methods are flawed (see my page on Carbon dating). Dunkleosteus, I believe lived in this same time frame, but went extinct shortly after the flood. - I believe man lived with every creature we find fossilized. I will add background information on dunkleosteus soon. Including when and where it was discovered, and by who. Though it is often labeled as a "pre-historic" fish, in all honesty there is not much we know about this creature. Including how long ago it died. But from a biblical standpoint we can be assured this creature did live with man (the book of Genesis says that all animals were created to live with man). How did Jonah survive inside the creature? Question from a reader: "What happened to Jonah while he was in the belly of the whale (or fish)...??  How was he protected from the creatures natural digestive process?" Ginnie B. 8/19/01 Answer: We are not given enough details to know for sure what sea creature this was, so any ideas on how Jonah was not digested would be mere speculation. The Bible said that God "prepared" the creature, so in doing so I'm sure he protected Jonah. "Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights" This is a literal account of a man. It foreshadows the true account of Christ's 3 days and 3 nights in "the belly of the earth". "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Matthew 12:40 (NIV) Here is the same verse again in the King James version "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Matthew 12:40 (KJV) The historical accuracy of Jonah is important for it foreshadows Christ�s own death and resurrection. Christ would not associate the most important event in history (his being raised from the dead) with a mere fairy tale. The whale is not the hero of the story, nor is the cross victorious over the power of Christ. Our attention should be drawn to what happened next, the bodily resurrection from death to life. The book of Jonah is about God and Jonah, not the whale (or fish) and Jonah. Those who scoff at, doubt or


Whose only number 1 was in 1966 with 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me'?

Dusty Springfield You Don't Have To Say You Love - YouTube Dusty Springfield You Don't Have To Say You Love Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 29, 2008 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me When I said I needed you You said you would always stay It wasn't me who changed but you And now you've gone away Don't you see And I'm left here on my own That I have to follow you And beg you to come home? You don't have to say you love me Just be close at hand You don't have to stay forever I will understand I can't help but love you But believe me I'll never tie you down Left alone with just a memory Life seems dead and so unreal All that's left is loneliness There's nothing left to feel You don't have to say you love me Just be close at hand You don't have to stay forever I will understand You don't have to say you love me Just be close at hand You don't have to stay forever I will understand Believe me, believe me, believe me You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Category


Which letter in Morse Code is represented by a single dash?

International Morse Code International Morse Code For learning Morse code it is recommended that you do not try to remember dots and dashes, but remember the Morse code sounds instead. Letter CL, Going off the air ("clear") -.-..-.. DO, Change to wabun code -..--- KN, Invite a specific station to transmit -.--. SK, End of transmission (also VA) ...-.- I am ready to copy QRV? Are you ready to copy? QRL The frequency is in use QRL? Is the frequency in use? QTH What is your location? Notes If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is three units. The space between the components of one character is one unit, between characters is three units and between words seven units. To indicate that a mistake has been made         and for the receiver to delete the last word, send ........ (eight dots). The prosigns are combinations of two letters sent together with no space in between. The other abbreviations and Q codes are sent with the normal spacing. I am a father and foster carer a principal research engineer at the IT Innovation Centre a Woodcraft Folk district coordinator a salsa teacher and in my spare time I write and maintain this web site © Copyright Stephen C. Phillips, 2015


The followers of John Wycliffe were called what?

John Wycliffe English Bible History John Wycliffe The first hand-written    English language Bible manuscripts were produced in 1380's AD by John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor, scholar, and theologian. Wycliffe,    (also spelled “Wycliff” & “Wyclif”), was well-known    throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church,    which he believed to be contrary to the Bible. With the help of his followers,    called the Lollards, and his assistant Purvey, and many other faithful scribes,    Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures.    They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source    text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings    and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe    had died, he ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the    river! John Wycliffe (1320-1384) was a theologian and early proponent of reform    in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He initiated the first    translation of the Bible into the English language and is considered the    main precursor of the Protestant Reformation. Wycliffe was born at Ipreswell    (modern Hipswell), Yorkshire, England, between 1320 and 1330; and he died    at Lutterworth (near Leicester) December 31, 1384. The Early Life of John Wycliffe His family was of early Saxon origin, long settled in Yorkshire. In his    day the family was a large one, covering a considerable territory, and its    principal seat was Wycliffe-on-Tees, of which Ipreswell was an outlying    hamlet. 1324 is the year usually given for Wycliffe's birth. Wycliffe probably    received his early education close to home. It is not known when he first    went to Oxford, with which he was so closely connected till the end of his    life. He was at Oxford in about 1345, when a series of illustrious names    was adding glory to the fame of the university--such as those of Roger Bacon, Robert Grosseteste, Thomas Bradwardine, William of Occam, and Richard Fitzralph. Wycliffe owed much to Occam; he showed an interest in natural science and    mathematics, but applied himself to the study of theology, ecclesiastical    law, and philosophy. Even his opponents acknowledged the keenness of his    dialectic. His writings prove that he was well grounded in Roman and English    law, as well as in native history. A family whose seat was in the neighborhood    of Wycliffe's home-- Bernard Castle-- had founded Balliol College, Oxford    to which Wycliffe belonged, first as scholar, then as master. He attained    the headship no later than 1360. The Early Career of John Wycliffe When he was presented by the college (1361) with the parish of Fylingham    in Lincolnshire, he had to give up the leadership of Balliol, though he    could continue to live at Oxford. His university career followed the usual    course. While as baccalaureate he busied himself with natural science and    mathematics, as master he had the right to read in philosophy. More significant    was his interest in Bible study, which he pursued after becoming bachelor    in theology. His performance led Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury,    to place him at the head of Canterbury Hall in 1365. Between 1366 and 1372 he became a doctor of theology; as such he had the    right to lecture upon systematic divinity, which he did. In 1368 he gave    up his living at Fylingham and took over the rectory of Ludgershall in Buckinghamshire,    not far from Oxford, which enabled him to retain his connection with the    university. Roots of Wycliffe's Reformation Activities It was not as a teacher or preacher that Wycliffe gained his position in    history; this came from his activities in ecclesiastical politics, in which    he engaged about the mid-1370s, when his reformatory work also began. In 1374 he was among the Engli


Who was Harper Lee's childhood friend and neighbour, the inspiration for the character of Dill in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

NEA Big Read NEA Big Read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write. About the Author Harper Lee (1926-2016) If Nelle Harper Lee ever wanted proof that fame has its drawbacks, she didn't have to look farther than her childhood neighbor, Truman Capote. After her enormously successful first novel, she lived a life as private as Capote's was public. Nelle—her first name was her grandmother's spelled backward—was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama. Her mother, Frances Cunningham Finch Lee, was a homemaker. Her father, Amasa Coleman Lee, practiced law. Before A.C. Lee became a title lawyer, he once defended two black men accused of murdering a white storekeeper. Both clients, a father and son, were hanged. As a child, Harper Lee was an unruly tomboy. She fought on the playground. She talked back to teachers. She was bored with school and resisted any sort of conformity. The character of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird would have liked her. In high school Lee was fortunate to have a gifted English teacher, Gladys Watson Burkett, who introduced her to challenging literature and the rigors of writing well. Lee loved nineteenth-century British authors best, and once said that her ambition was to become "the Jane Austen of south Alabama." Unable to fit in with the sorority she joined at the University of Alabama, she found a second home on the campus newspaper. Eventually she became editor-in-chief of the Rammer Jammer, a quarterly humor magazine on campus. She entered the law school, but she "loathed" it. Despite her father's hopes that she would become a local attorney like her sister Alice, Lee went to New York to pursue her writing. She spent eight years working odd jobs before she finally showed a manuscript to Tay Hohoff, an editor at J.B. Lippincott. At this point, it still resembled a string of stories more than the novel that Lee had intended. Under Hohoff's guidance, the perspective was changed to Scout as a child, and two and a half years of rewriting followed. When the novel was finally ready for publication, the author opted for the name "Harper Lee" on the cover, because she didn't want to be misidentified as "Nellie." To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 to highly favorable reviews and quickly climbed the bestseller lists, where it remained for eighty-eight weeks. In 1961, the novel won the Pulitzer Prize. Lee later researched a book, similar to Capote's In Cold Blood (1966), about a part-time minister in Alexander City, Alabama, accused of killing five people for their insurance money and later himself murdered by a victim's relative. However, she dropped the project in the 1990s. It wasn't until February of 2015 that news of a second novel surfaced, when Lee's publisher announced a newly discovered manuscript for Go Set a Watchman, the novel Lee wrote before To Kill a Mockingbird. In the meantime, To Kill a Mockingbird has sold more than thirty million copies in forty languages. In 2011, President Obama awarded her the National Medal of Arts. According to biographer Charles J. Shields, Lee was unprepared for the amount of personal attention associated with writing a bestseller. She led a quiet and guardedly private life. As Sheriff Tate says of Boo Radley, "draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight—to me, that's a sin." So it would be with Harper Lee. The Friendship of Harper Lee and Truman Capote Nelle Harper Lee and Truman Capote became friends in the early 1930s as kindergarteners in Monroeville, Alabama. They lived next door to each other: Capote with aunts and uncles, Lee with her parents and three siblings. From the start they loved reading and recognized in each other "an apartness," as Capote later expressed it. When Lee's father gave them an old Underwood typewriter, they began writing original stories. Although Capote moved to New York City in the third grade to join his mother and stepfather, he retur


Bradley Wiggins won the 2012 Tour de France on which manufacturer's bicycles?

A brief history of the Tour de France winners' ... Sponsored by The bikes of the Tour de France have come a long way since Maurice Garin won the first edition back in 1903. Chris Froome triumphed in  the 2015 race aboard a Pinarello Dogma F8 – itself an upgrade on Team Sky’s previous Grand Tour winning Pinarello, the Dogma 65.1 Think 2 ridden to victory by both Froome and Bradley Wiggins. Chris Froome rides onto the Champs-Elysees on his yellow Pinarello Dogma F8 in 2015 (Pic: Sirotti) And there are plenty more machines on show in 2016 , with manufacturers using cycling’s biggest race to showcase their latest and greatest bikes. But how did we arrive at this point? We’ve taken a closer look at the evolution of the Tour de France winners’ bikes. Related Articles Boardman SLR Endurance Disc 9.4 road bike - review Early days Maurice Garin won the first ever Tour de France, in 1903, riding a steel La Francaise bike which weighed in the region of 18kg. Black, with a tricolore headtube, it had new-fangled toe clips but the wheel rims were made of wood. The bike – as all were at the time – was a fixed-gear single-speed machine. Multiple-geared freewheels arrived a few years later allowed for gear changes, but required the rider to get off the bike and reposition the chain and wheel in order to do so. Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France on this steel La Francaise bike (Pic: Wiki Commons) La Francaise had cornered the market at the turn of the century, with the top five riders at the inaugural Tour de France all riding one of their machines. Garin had also won the Paris-Brest-Paris in 1901 on a La Francaise Diamant. More-recognisable drop handlebars were introduced as the First World War approached, while it was not uncommon for riders to attach saddlebags and pumps to their bikes given at the time it was against Tour rules to receive external mechanical help – a far cry from today. Enter the derailleur It took until 1937 – a decade after the technology first came available – for Tour de France organisers to finally allow rod-actuated derailleur gears to be used. Frenchman Roger Lapebie, who won that year’s edition, used an Osgear Super Champion rear derailleur with a single chainwheel on his Mercier bike. Lapebie’s win was the first at the Tour de France for Mercier, while his bike was also equipped with Hutchinson tyres – still a familiar brand today. Embed from Getty Images Former Swiss pro Oscar Egg – a two-time Tour de France stage winner and former Hour Record holder – was the man behind Super Champion, whose components were also used by Sylvere Maes in his 1939 Tour victory. In between, Gino Bartali won the 1938 edition on a bike equipped with Vittoria Margherita components. Initial designs by both companies required back-pedalling to change gears, but the tech had advanced beyond this by the time it was permitted in the Tour. Incidentally, aluminium wheel rims had also become the standard in the pro peloton by 1937. Mavic’s 750g ‘Duralumin’ rims had actually been tested – and raced to victory – in 1934 by Antonin Magne. As they were against Tour rules, Magne painted his rims to look wooden in order to avoid detection. Related Articles Boardman SLR Endurance Disc 9.4 road bike - review The parallel years The post-war years saw big changes in frame geometry, with road surfaces gradually improving allowing for a more aggressive setup. That said, the frames themselves remained largely the same – steel-lugged frames, steel cranks and side-pull brakes. Embed from Getty Images Gearing also improved further with Simplex introducing their Tour de France rear and Competition front derailleurs. Jean Robic used Simplex components in 1947, as did Fausto Coppi in 1949 and Ferdi Kubler the following year. Significantly, Campagnolo also entered the stage with the Cambio Corsa rear derailleur deployed by Gino Bartali at the 1948 Tour. Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali were among the first winners to use cable-actuated derailleurs Ppic: Sirotti) Campagnolo’s innovation shone through at an early stage, with the Gran Sport cable-operated


Flash Gordon (1980) - 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 A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 44 titles created 10 Dec 2011 a list of 22 titles created 29 Jan 2014 a list of 35 titles created 5 months ago a list of 24 titles created 4 months ago a list of 24 titles created 2 months ago Search for " Flash Gordon " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     2     BAFTA Film Awards. Another    2 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards  » Photos Edit Storyline Flash Gordon is an American football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. Hans Zarkov's rocketship along with his beautiful girlfriend Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by Emperor Ming the Merciless. The evil Ming has been testing Earth with unnatural disasters, and deeming our world a threat to his rule. He also intends to take Dale as his concubine, attempts to execute Flash and intends to destroy Earth. Flash must avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter, and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo to rescue Dale and save our world. Written by David Thiel <d-thiel@uiuc.edu> Get ready to kick some Flash. See more  » Genres: 5 December 1980 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Dino De Laurentiis originally hoped that Federico Fellini would direct this film. The director had actually contributed to the original Flash strip cartoon during WWII. See more » Goofs When Flash holds out his hand to help Baron over the edge of the tilting combat platform, one of the spikes bends as Flash's leg pushes against it. See more » Quotes [first lines] The Emperor Ming : Klytus, I'm bored. What play thing can you offer me today? Klytus : An obscure body in the S-K System, Your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet Earth. The Emperor Ming : How peaceful it looks. [He activates a console, and watches as earthquakes, floods, etc. start to occur. They both get a good laugh out of it] Klytus : Most effective, Your Majesty. Will you destroy this Earth? The Emperor Ming : Later. I like to play with thing a while before annihilation. [laughs evilly] Closing credits: THE END ? See more » Connections See more » Frequently Asked Questions (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews I'm not even joking. It's quite possibly one of the worst films ever made, but that is what makes it so marvellous. Loud, cheesy, poorly acted and about as subtle as a pitchfork rammed up the bum. Based on the long- running strips originally written by Alex Raymond, it tells the story of all- American goodie Flash Gordon and his teleportation onto the planet Mongo, lorded over by the eviler- than- evil Ming the Merciless, who has eyes on Flash's lady friend, Dale Arden. If you are a fan of comic books, the sci-fi genre, Queen, or, like me, all three, then this is, simply put perfect entertainment. They should make more films like this- cheesy, camp and stupid. by the way, if you hate this because you think it is too stupid, you REALLY don't understand it!! LONG LIVE FLASH!!! 47 of 84 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


Which cricketer, known as The Wall, who retired from first-class cricket in 2012, is second to Sachin Tendulkar in test runs scored?

Picking an All-Conquering XI of Recently-Retired Cricketers | Bleacher Report Picking an All-Conquering XI of Recently-Retired Cricketers Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow Gallo Images/Getty Images 8 Comments Sachin Tendulkar, Graeme Swann and Ricky Ponting were just some of the top cricketers who called time on illustrious careers in 2013. They joined the likes of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Michael Hussey who said farewell to the international arena a year earlier. The list of recently retired players boasts thousands of runs and hundreds of wickets but who makes the cut in our All-Conquering Test XI? The only criteria for selection is that the player has retired from some form of cricket since 1 January 2012. Wickets: 39 @ 43.87 Retired from Test cricket in October 2013 How many players are inventive enough to have a shot named after them? Tillakaratne Dilshan is one of that select band courtesy of the outrageous " Dilscoop ". The Sri Lankan opener was much more than a one-trick pony though and was a prolific scorer in all formats of the game. His Test match strike rate of 65.54 runs per hundred balls is second only to India's Virender Sehwag in terms of opening batsman and he'd have a licence to attack in our stacked retired XI. Runs: 7,037 @ 40.91 Retired from all forms of cricket in August 2012 Strauss may not be the most naturally gifted stroke maker in our XI but what he lacked in flair he made up for with oodles of grit and determination. An excellent puller and cutter, Strauss was a dependable presence at the top of the England order and went on to become an accomplished skipper. The former Middlesex man has been tipped as a potential parliamentary candidate and like his politics, Strauss's captaincy was essentially conservative. It was highly successful though with England enjoying home and away Ashes victories and rising to top spot in the Test rankings with Strauss in charge. He'll be the skipper of the retirement XI. Wickets: 255 @ 29.96 Retired from all forms of cricket in December 2013 Graeme Swann was that rarest of creatures—an attacking English finger spinner who gave the ball a real rip. The Nottinghamshire offie was a late developer, not making his Test debut until he was 29. He seized his chance in the big time though, taking more Test wickets than any other bowler in 2010. Arguably no bowler benefited more from the Decision Review System and when facing left-handers he could be deadly. A clean striker of the ball, Swann boasts one of the best strike rates of any batsman with more than 1,000 Test runs. He will leave a huge gap in the England XI following his mid-Ashes departure. Wickets: 310 @ 30.81 Retired from One Day Internationals and T20s in July 2012 As Mitchell Johnson showed in the recent Ashes series, there's nothing like pure, unadulterated pace to terrify an opposition batting line up. Which is just what Brett Lee did at the height of his career. Regularly topping 90mph on the speed gun, Lee ended his Test career as Australia's fourth-highest wicket taker, needing just 76 matches to claim 310 victims. He was no mug with the bat either, notching up five half-centuries from the lower reaches of the order. Even at the age of 37, Lee can still send it down at a fair lick as Piers Morgan will testify . Wickets: 59 @ 28.23 Retired from First Class Cricket in September 2013 Ah, Simon Jones—the great if only of English cricket. By 2005, the muscular Welshman had developed into a truly threatening bowler, one blessed with genuine pace and the ability to bowl devastating reverse swing . The only England bowler to take two five-wicket hauls during that historic Ashes series, the Glamorgan man's international future seemed assured. Then within a blink of an eye it was all over. Serious injury followed serious injury and despite a number of attempted comebacks and a few tantalising cameos he could never stay fit for long. It was great while it lasted, though.


The Trout Quintet - A Cheerful Countryside Work The Trout Quintet A Cheerful Countryside Work Schubert's Trout Quintet is a light and lively chamber piece, which recycles one of the composer's most popular melodies... Schubert wrote it for a keen patron, who wanted the composer to include the popular melody from his song "The Trout". Origins of the Quintet In 1819, Schubert was touring the Austrian countryside on a kind of holiday. He met an enthusiastic amateur cello player called Sylvester Paumgartner, who also happened to be a wealthy mine owner. Paumgartner was extremely fond of Schubert's song "The Trout", a jolly little tune about fishing. He asked the composer to write a string quintet using the melody from the song. People think he asked for a quintet specifically so that his cello part would be more fun to play, instead of just plodding out the bass to support the melody in the other instruments (like in a regular string quartet). Schubert was eager to please (and perhaps in need of some patronage?), so he recycled his old song and sent Paumgartner the brand new Trout Quintet. But although Paumgartner was a really keen cello player, he wasn't a very good one! Schubert had accidentally made the cello part a bit too difficult for the poor patron, who struggled to perform it properly. Oh dear! Paumgartner got a group of musicians he had already hired to play it in his house, but the composer shelved the score after that. It was never performed publicly in Schubert's lifetime. It was only published a year after Schubert died. Schubert is actually more famous for his 600+ songs , which he wrote all throughout his life... The Lively Music The Trout Quintet has a bit a of a weird instrumentation setup. The normal layout of a string quintet is basically just a string quartet (two violins, one viola, one cello) with a piano stuck on. But the Trout Quintet has one violin, a viola, a cello, a piano, and a double bass as well. Highly odd! I suppose the double bass adds some balance to the high tinkling piano passages. The quintet is a very light and melodic piece, with not much drama or sadness. It's fun to listen to, but there's not very much to sink your teeth into! I think that the piece's bright sound is because Schubert was feeling cheerful and refreshed after his trip to the country. That, or he didn't want to upset his patron Paumgartner with too much drama! The 4th movement is where all the variations from the song are. Schubert basically passes the melody around all the instruments, slows it down, speeds it up, and generally plays around with it. The fun piano accompaniment part from the song isn't played until really close to the end. Maybe Schubert was teasing Paumgartner? I have an image of the patron on the edge of his seat, waiting for the piano part to come, and getting excited when it finally arrives... The quintet is in A Major, and is in 5 movements: Allegro Vivace (fast and lively) Andante (walking pace) Andantino (theme and variations) Allegro giusto (quick, strict) Schubert was also a bit creative in his harmonies. He basically used non-traditional harmonic techniques, which create a more relaxed and carefree sound. I reckon this is the influence of his holiday again! Here are some of my favorite variations from the 4th movement. First though, here's the original song: Ahhh, wonderful! And now my favorite variations... My favorite movement is definitely the 5th movement though. I find the melodies really catchy. It's a perfect finish to this fun quintet! Good Recordings One recording I like is by the Amadeus Quartet. They manage to keep the piece sounding happy and light, while balancing everything exquisitely. Bravo!


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TERPSICHORE (Terpsikhore) - Greek Goddess Muse of Choral Song & Dance Delighting in Dance Muse Terpsichore, Greco-Roman marble statue C2nd A.D., State Hermitage Museum TERPSIKHORE (Terpsichore) was one of the nine Mousai (Muses), the goddesses of music, song and dance. In the classical era, when the Mousai were assigned specific literary and artistic spheres, Terpsikhore was named Muse of choral song and dancing, and depicted with a lyre and plectrum. Her name means "Delighting in Dance" from the Greek words terpsis "to delight" and khoros "dance". FAMILY OF TERPSICHORE [1.1] ZEUS & MNEMOSYNE (Hesiod Theogony 75, Apollodorus 1.13, Diodorus Siculus 4.7.1, Orphic Hymn 76) OFFSPRING [1.1] THE SEIRENES (by Akheloios ) (Apollonius Rhodius 4.892, Nonnus Dionysiaca 13.313) [2.1] LINOS (Pindar Dirges Frag 139) [2.2] LINOS (by Apollon ) (Suidas s.v. Linos) CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES Hesiod, Theogony 75 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "The Mousai (Muses) sang who dwell on Olympos, nine daughters begotten by great Zeus, Kleio (Clio) and Euterpe, Thaleia (Thalia), Melpomene and Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), and Erato and Polymnia (Polyhymnia) and Ourania (Urania) and Kalliope (Calliope)." Pindar, Isthmian Ode 2. 6 ff (trans. Conway) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) : "Then the Mousa (Muse) [i.e. the poet] had not yet bowed to love of gain, or made herself a hireling journeyman; nor in the market clad in masks of silver did honey-tongues Terpsikhore (Terpsichore) barter her gentle-voiced and sweetly sun refrains. But now she bids us pander to that word the Argive spoke, to sadly near to truth : ‘Money, money makes man.’" Pindar, Dirges Fragment 139 (trans. Sandys) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) : "But in another song did three goddesses [Mousai (Muses)] lull to rest the bodies of their sons. The first of these [Terpsikhore (Terpsichore)] sang a dirge over the clear-voiced Linos (Linus) [personification of the lamentation song]." Corinna, Fragment 655 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) : "Terpsikhore (Terpsichore) summons me to sing." Plato, Phaedrus 259 (trans. Fowler) (Greek philosopher C4th B.C.) : "When they [the grasshoppers] die they go and inform the Mousai (Muses) in heaven who honours them on earth. They win the love of Terpsikhore (Terpsichore) for the dancers by their report of them." Muse Terpsichore, Athenian red-figure amphora C5th B.C., British Museum Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 13 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Mnemosyne [bore to Zeus] the Mousai (Muses), the eldest of whom was Kalliope (Calliope), followed by Kleio (Clio), Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), Ourania (Urania), Thaleia (Thalia), and Polymnia." Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4. 892 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) : "The clear-voiced Seirenes (Sirens), Akheloos' (Achelous') daughters, used to bewitch with their seductive melodies whatever sailors anchored there. Lovely Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), one of the Mousai (Muses), has borne them to Akheloos, and at one time they had been handmaids to Demeter's gallant Daughter [Persephone], before she was married, and sung to her in chorus." Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 7. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) : "Hesiod even gives their names [the Mousai's (Muses')] when he writes : ‘Kleio (Clio), Euterpe, and Thaleia (Thalia), Melpomene, Terpsikhore (Terpsichore) and Erato, and Polymnia, Ourania (Urania), Kalliope (Calliope) too, of them all the most comely.’ To each of the Mousai (Muses) men assign her special aptitude for one of the branches of the liberal arts, such as poetry, song, pantomimic dancing, the round dance with music, the study of the stars, and the other liberal arts . . . For the name of each Mousa (Muse), they say, men have found a reason appropriate to her . . . Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), because she delights (terpein) her disciples with the good things which come from education." Orphic Hymn 76 to the Muses (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) : "Daughters of Mnemosy


What relation was Louis XV of France to his predecessor Louis XIV?

Louis XV - AJU Log in Louis XV Louis XV was the King of France between 1715 and 1774. He was the great-grandson of his predecessor Louis XIV . The absolute reign of the French monarchs ended during his lifetime and he was subject in many anti-monarchial pamphlets, named libelles. His name is directly linked to the French rococo baroque style.


Which George Eliot character is a weaver in the village of Raveloe?

SparkNotes: Silas Marner: Plot Overview Plot Overview Context Character List Silas Marner is the weaver in the English countryside village of Raveloe in the early nineteenth century. Like many weavers of his time, he is an outsider—the object of suspicion because of his special skills and the fact that he has come to Raveloe from elsewhere. The villagers see Silas as especially odd because of the curious cataleptic fits he occasionally suffers. Silas has ended up in Raveloe because the members of his religious sect in Lantern Yard, an insular neighborhood in a larger town, falsely accused him of theft and excommunicated him. Much shaken after the accusation, Silas finds nothing familiar in Raveloe to reawaken his faith and falls into a numbing routine of solitary work. His one attempt at neighborliness backfires: when an herbal remedy he suggests for a neighbor’s illness works, he is rumored to be a sort of witch doctor. With little else to live for, Silas becomes infatuated with the money he earns for his work and hoards it, living off as little as possible. Every night he pulls his gold out from its hiding place beneath his floorboards to count it. He carries on in this way for fifteen years. Squire Cass is the wealthiest man in Raveloe, and his two eldest sons are Godfrey and Dunstan, or Dunsey. Dunsey is greedy and cruel, and enjoys tormenting Godfrey, the eldest son. Godfrey is good-natured but weak-willed, and, though secretly married to the opium addict Molly Farren, he is in love with Nancy Lammeter. Dunsey talked Godfrey into the marriage and repeatedly blackmails him with threats to reveal the marriage to their father. Godfrey gives Dunsey 100 pounds of the rent money paid to him by one of their father’s tenants. Godfrey then finds himself in a bind when Dunsey insists that Godfrey repay the sum himself. Dunsey once again threatens to reveal Godfrey’s marriage but, after some arguing, offers to sell Godfrey’s prize horse, Wildfire, to repay the loan. The next day, Dunsey meets with some friends who are hunting and negotiates the sale of the horse. Dunsey decides to participate in the hunt before finalizing the sale, and, in doing so, he has a riding accident that kills the horse. Knowing the rumors of Silas’s hoard, Dunsey makes plans to intimidate the weaver into lending him money. His walk home takes him by Silas’s cottage, and, finding the cottage empty, Dunsey steals the money instead. Silas returns from an errand to find his money gone. Overwhelmed by the loss, he runs to the local tavern for help and announces the theft to a sympathetic audience of tavern regulars. The theft becomes the talk of the village, and a theory arises that the thief might have been a peddler who came through the village some time before. Godfrey, meanwhile, is distracted by thoughts of Dunsey, who has not returned home. After hearing that Wildfire has been found dead, Godfrey decides to tell his father about the money, though not about his marriage. The Squire flies into a rage at the news, but does not do anything drastic to punish Godfrey. Silas is utterly disconsolate at the loss of his gold and numbly continues his weaving. Some of the townspeople stop by to offer their condolences and advice. Among these visitors, Dolly Winthrop stands out. Like many of the others, she encourages Silas to go to church—something he has not done since he was banished from Lantern Yard—but she is also gentler and more genuinely sympathetic. Nancy Lammeter arrives at Squire Cass’s famed New Year’s dance resolved to reject Godfrey’s advances because of his unsound character. However, Godfrey is more direct and insistent than he has been in a long time, and Nancy finds herself exhilarated by the evening in spite of her resolution. Meanwhile, Molly, Godfrey’s secret wife, is making her way to the Casses’ house to reveal the secret marriage. She has their daughter, a toddler, in her arms. Tiring after her long walk, Molly takes a draft of opium and passes out by the road. Seeing Silas’s cottage and drawn by the light of the fire, Molly’s little girl


Who trained Ballabriggs to Grand National victory in 2011, following a family trend?

Donald McCain defends Aintree following deaths in the Grand National | Sport | The Guardian Donald McCain defends Aintree following deaths in the Grand National • The trainer of Ballabriggs says the course got it right • 'Nobody cares more about the horses than we do' The Grand National winner, Ballabriggs, poses with his trainer Donald McCain, right, and Donald's father, Ginger. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Sunday 10 April 2011 15.44 EDT First published on Sunday 10 April 2011 15.44 EDT Close This article is 5 years old Donald McCain, whose family has been woven into the story of the Grand National since the days of Red Rum, launched a robust defence of the race as he reflected on the victory of his chaser Ballabriggs in Saturday's race, which also resulted in the death of two horses. At four-and-a-half miles the National has always been the longest and most demanding race of the season and the latest renewal also took place on a warm afternoon in Liverpool. Nineteen of the 40 starters managed to complete the course and all were liberally drenched with cold water afterwards to reduce their body temperature. Ballabriggs, meanwhile, was briefly given oxygen after the race, though only as a precaution to speed recovery from his exertions. McCain said yesterday that he had complete confidence in the safety measures in place at Aintree and that critics of the National failed to understand that racing can never be entirely without risk. "Ballabriggs was tired this morning but he's grand, he just had one small little cut on a hind leg and that's it," McCain said. "It's unfortunate that in sport, accidents and injuries happen. Horses get killed in hurdle races and on the Flat too but it's an awful lot better life for a horse than any other [animal]. They're treated like royalty and nobody's more upset when something happens than we are. "Every horse deserves a chance to be a great horse. There's no great joy for horses being stuck in fields and no great pleasure in it. If a horse doesn't want to jump around Aintree, it won't. "I don't know what they think of people involved in the job but it matters more to us than to anybody that things are done right with the horses. I don't think Aintree could ever be accused of not doing things right. They do a fantastic job with everything that they do. They have everybody there to do the right things at the right time." McCain's father, Ginger, trained Red Rum to win the National three times in the 1970s, and took it again in 2004 with Amberleigh House. Now his son, too, has won a National and the race will continue to be the most important target of the year at his yard near Malpas in Cheshire. "You can't do it without the horses and [the owner] Mr [Trevor] Hemmings sent me a horse that has always looked like an Aintree horse," McCain said. "Aintree has always been a big part of our lives, we've grown up with it. There was a party [at home] the night before the National every year and the whole year really revolved around it. You can become a bit obsessed with Cheltenham but, when you turn up at Aintree, there's no place like it. "We train a certain way. We try to get horses to keep improving and we're not overly hard on them. Maybe we've just been lucky but it's not rocket science, you've got to try to get a horse to peak on that one day and it's all about that one day. "You avoid places that will stop you get to that peak, like Cheltenham [in March]. The main rule [from my father] was always that you don't take an Aintree horse to Cheltenham, and that's one that I've always tried to go along with." Winning the National means that McCain has achieved his greatest ambition at a very early stage of his training career but he added that his list of remaining targets does not include the trainers' championship. "Not really, no," McCain said. "I'd love to stay where we are now, if that makes any sense. I don't want a lot more horses, we've got about 100 and I don't really want to go beyond that at the moment. "Paul [Nicholls, the current champion trainer] and Nicky Henderson have


Port of Dundee | Firth of Tay | Forth Ports Ro-Ro Port of Dundee The Port of Dundee is the most northerly port owned by Forth Ports and is one of the largest economic generators in the city of Dundee. The port is strategically located on the east coast of Scotland, midway between Aberdeen and the central belt, and lies on the north side of the sheltered Firth of Tay.  The port has the capacity to handle a wide range of bulk, agricultural and forest products. It is Scotland’s main agricultural hub with over 250,000 tonnes of agricultural products moving through the port annually. The port provides inspection, repair and maintenance of jackup and semisubmersible drilling rigs and support vessels for the North Sea oil and gas industry. It is also home to Swedish giant Nynas, the world-leading manufacturer of specialty oils and bitumen products. The port has an extensive range of facilities: Storage areas  150,000 tonnes of dedicated cereal shed storage capability  Deepwater berths  1600m of quayside  No beam or air draft restrictions The port has been identified as one of Scotland’s top locations for renewable manufacturing by Scottish Enterprise under the National Renewables Infrastructure Plan and is within the Scottish Government’s Low Carbon Renewables East Enterprise Area. In addition, a Memorandum of Understanding between the port and SSE plc, Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise was signed in 2011 with the goal of supporting SSE in establishing a competitive supply chain for its offshore wind development programme. 2016 will be a busy cruise season for Scotland and London Ports of Leith, Rosyth, Dundee and Tilbury London Container Terminal handles in excess of half a million containers per year Port of Tilbury Ideally located for high quality support facilities for the North Sea Oil & Gas industry Port of Leith Hyundai import all their UK 75k cars per annum via the Port of Tilbury Port of Tilbury Scotland's largest container port, Grangemouth handles around 9m tonnes of cargo per year Port of Grangemouth The Port of Rosyth's heavy lifting capability was underlined with the arrival of deck sections for the new Forth crossing Port of Rosyth Scotland's premier jack-up and deep sea servicing port Port of Dundee Forth Ports manages and operates an area of 280 square miles of navigable waters' River Forth and Tay Forth Bridges


What are Bruce, Danforth and Plough types of?

Anchor Selection Guide: How to Choose the Best Boat Anchor Type | Anchoring Articles and Tutorials Anchor Selection Guide: How to Choose the Best Boat Anchor Type × I accept the Terms and Coditions Register First name is not valid! Last name is not valid! This is not an email address! Email address is required! This email is already registered! Password is required! Please enter 6 or more characters! Please enter 16 or less characters! Passwords are not same! Terms and Conditions are required! Email or Password is wrong! Anchor Selection Guide: How to Choose the Best Boat Anchor Type This entry was posted on February 19, 2014 by Tommy C . There are a number of boat anchors available, constructed of different materials, and often with confusing names. This article will discuss the most popular types of boat anchors, the most common material types, and also give an overview of different naming conventions. Quick Anchor Style Summary Video: Choosing an Anchor Type Our video below introduces many of the anchor types discussed here, although the article discusses a few more anchor types and gives some useful links. Quick Summary Boat Anchor Recommendation For most boaters, a Bruce or Delta will be the most happy balance between price and performance. All three perform similarly and are similarly priced (Narrowly, the Bruce/Claw is our favorite of the three). If you've used a Danforth in the past, and you have had luck with it, choose a Danforth . If you've never used one before and if your setup allows it, choose a Bruce , CQR , or Delta instead. If you're a blue-water cruiser, and you have a big wallet, consider one of the new generation of anchors. Boat Anchor Names: Trademarked Names and Generic Names Trademarked Name = Wing A special note is needed on the naming of anchors. Many anchors have a trademarked name, such as a Bruce or CQR, and a generic name like Claw or Plow. This is the same as how Xerox is a trademarked name for photocopier and how aspirin is a trademarked name for pain killer. Trademarks effectively never expire whereas design patents expire after approximately 20-25 years. Therefore, manufacturers are free to clone an anchor design that has an expired patent but cannot use the trademarked name. Bruce™ Claw Anchor The Bruce , or Claw, remains one of the most popular anchors amongst recreational boaters in North America. The author is slightly biased, as this is my anchor of choice as well. The Bruce was developed in the 70s by the Bruce Anchor Group. Once their patent expired in the early 2000s, they stopped production of this anchor but many imitations have come along since. Claw Boat Anchor The Bruce is an excellent all-purpose anchor as it performs well in most sea bottoms including mud, sand, grass, rock, and coral. It sometimes has a hard time penetrating harder surfaces, such as clay. Due to the three-claw design, the Bruce often sets more easily than other anchors. It also resets easily if it is ever broken loose. On the downside, the Bruce has a lower holding power per pound than other anchors, meaning you’ll usually need a larger anchor than say the Delta/Wing . Pros: Performs well in most conditions. Sets easily. Cons: Awkward one piece design. Low holding power per pound. Bottoms: Performs well in most bottoms; Struggles in hard bottoms such as clay. CQR™/Plow & Delta™/Wing Anchor CQR/Plow & Delta/Wing Style Anchors Both the CQR/Plow and the Delta/Wing are a plow style anchor. The most significant difference between these anchors is the fact that the CQR has a hinged design whereas the Delta is a one piece design. The CQR is one of the oldest styles, dating back to the 30s and to this day, it remains one of the most popular anchors amongst blue water cruisers. Despite this, it has relatively low holding power and it consistently struggles in independent tests. It’s also rare to find a CQR under 25 lbs lending itself to the saying “There’s no such thing as a small CQR”. Despite these shortcomings, the hinged design makes it more responsive to wind and tide changes as compared to other anchors. T


The 1969 novel 'The Siege of Trencher's Farm', by Gordon Williams, was adapted into which controversial film?

The Siege of Trencher's Farm : Gordon Williams : 9780857681195 The Siege of Trencher's Farm Paperback US$9.95 US$12.95 You save US$3.00 Free delivery worldwide Add to basket Add to wishlist Description The original novel on which Sam Peckinpah's controversial movie "Straw Dogs" was based, and the inspiration behind a brand-new movie by Rod Lurie, starring Alexander Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth - due for release in September 2011. American professor George Magruder, his wife Louise and their daughter rent an old, isolated house known as Trencher's Farm in Cornwall, so George can finish writing his book. When George accidentally runs over a convicted child killer on the loose from a mental asylum, he confronts the brutal locals and sets in train a series of violent events that threaten his very survival and that of his family. show more Product details 132.08                   x 203.2                   x 20.32mm                                   | 136.08g Publication date Thrillers About Gordon Williams Gordon Williams is the author of over 20 novels, including "From Scenes Like These" which was nominated for the Booker prize in 1969. His most famous work "The Siege of Trencher's Farm" was adapted into Sam Peckinpath's controversial 1971 movie "Straw Dogs." show more Review quote "Williams' sparse, almost Spartan prose is littered with a handful of really great turns of the phrase and a strong sense of narrative timing that keeps you turning page after page. Far from your standard potboiler, THE SIEGE OF TRENCHER'S FARM is a classic of the genre and a perfect example of how to take a simple, violent encounter and stretch it for well over a hundred pages without ever feeling like it is simply spinning its wheels." - "Ain't It Cool" "Williams' carefully measured and page-turning plotting, and finely tuned attention to the undercurrents of this story, keep things compelling." - "The Playlist " "A prime example of modern storytelling infusing noir and other genres into an original concoction of fiction, "The Siege of Trencher's Farm" doesn't waste any time delivering a wise and well thought-out message." - "Review Fix" show more Follow us


What is the surname of Charlie, the Senior Charge Nurse played by Derek Thompson in 'Casualty'?

Botox transformed my life says Casualty's Charlie | Daily Mail Online Botox transformed my life says Casualty's Charlie Last updated at 15:10 17 October 2006 For years Derek Thompson, the Casualty star, tried to hide the fact he suffered from dystonia, a neurological disorder which caused his neck and head to spasm. Here, Derek, 58, who lives with his partner, Sue, and their son, Charlie, 17, in Bristol, talks for the first time about the disease - and how treatment saved his career: For 20 years I have played Charlie Fairhead, the much loved charge nurse in BBC1's Casualty, who is so good at getting his patients to open up to him. Yet when I found myself suffering baffling and painful symptoms, it was more than two years before I sought medical help. In the meantime I tormented myself with fears that, like my mother, I was suffering from Parkinson's disease. I was a sickly child, always ill with pneumonia and asthma, and grew into an adult obsessed with fitness. That stood me in good stead in my career, especially with the hectic filming schedule on Casualty. But about five years ago, I was on a short break in Spain when I woke up one morning feeling strange - my neck was twitching, which was causing my whole head to nod. What I didn't know then was that though the movement felt almost violent, it didn't appear like that to anyone else. I look back now and think how curious that I didn't find it scary. Eventually, it eased off and I went down to breakfast. Then, towards the end of the day, when I was tired, it started up again and carried on until I went to bed. I was ready for the twitching to present itself again the next morning, but it had gone. Back on the set a couple of weeks later, I noticed that whenever I was tired, I would get really vicious cramps in my neck, as if I'd wrenched a muscle. I'd suffered whiplash in a car accident 16 years ago and assumed the neck problem was linked to this, as well as to age and physical deterioration. Over the next year, I suffered the odd bout of head tremors, which were more annoying than painful. But what was much more tedious was the dull pain of frequent neck cramps - at the most inconvenient times and nearly always when I was working and under pressure. Though the tremors were hardly visible to the observer, things became much worse shortly after my mother died three years ago, at the age of 81, from pneumonia. It was a stressful time for me and I developed major tremors and sudden, uncontrollable movements of my head, as if I was nodding from side to side. They could last for several hours, but at other times they would be more transient. The spasms felt really dreadful because of my inability to do anything other than simply wait for the episode to pass. I thought I had Parkinson's, but rather than doing anything about it, I was in denial. I wouldn't face up to what was happening or let anyone know about it. I was good at disguising the movement and would pass it off, yet again, as the old whiplash injury. I thought I would tough it out until the day I found myself knocking on the Parkinson's specialist's door. The silly thing was that I was surrounded by the medical advisers to the show - I now know it wouldn't have taken them long to rule out Parkinson's. Then, and I don't know why, I suddenly told my father I was having severe tremors in my neck and head and it must be Parkinson's. He told me to seek a proper diagnosis, and so in 2003, I was referred to a neurologist. He put me through 15 minutes of tests, such as standing on one leg and waving my arms about, and hand and eye co-ordination tests. He announced I had dystonia, explaining that it is caused by a malfunction of messages from the basal ganglia, the area of the brain that controls movement. While it's not clear why it happens, it normally strikes in the 30s or 40s when it is localised. There are various forms, including laryngeal dystonia, which affects the vocal cords and makes the voice 'strangulated', and blepharospasm, which causes the eyelids to shut tight, effectively blinding sufferers. Focal dyston


A note from what instrument is used by an orchestra to tune up?

Why does the orchestra always tune to the oboe? | Jobs and Internships Why does the orchestra always tune to the oboe? Circumstances of history, mostly, but also acoustics. The first orchestras (in the late 1600s) were mainly string instruments. A pair of oboes was sometimes used to strengthen the first and second violin parts. Soon composers were writing separate parts for the oboe, exploiting its singing tone as a contrast to the violins. The bright, rather penetrating sound of the oboe was easy to hear, and its pitch was more stable than gut strings, so it was natural to rely on it for tuning (One can also imagine it settling, or preventing arguments. Twenty string players squabbling over a tuning note, then asking the oboist to intervene). Other instruments drifted in and out of the orchestra – flutes, bassoon, French horns, clarinets – before its instrumentation became relatively standardized as we know it today. But oboes were almost always present, so they became the standard instrument for tuning. There are exceptions. Sometimes a composer chooses to replace the oboes altogether with the mellower clarinets. In that case, the clarinet becomes the de facto tuning instrument. Then there are keyboard instruments like piano, harpsichord or organ. The entire orchestra must tune to them, but the oboe still plays a role. When a keyboard instrument joins the orchestra as either a featured instrument or just a section member, the oboist listens to the ‘A’ played by the keyboard, matches it, and plays it so the rest of the orchestra can hear. And what if there is no keyboard, no oboe, no clarinet – just strings? Then the concertmaster pre-tunes his or her A string to A=440 Hz and plays the note for everyone else to hear. Orchestras always tune to ‘A’, because every string instrument has an ‘A’ string. The standard pitch is A=440 Hertz (440 vibrations per second). Some orchestras favor a slightly higher pitch, like A=442 or higher, which some believe results in a brighter sound. If you ever played in concert band, you’ll remember that you always tuned to B flat. This is because most of the band instruments are actually pitched in B flat, and so this is their natural tuning note. Here’s a little secret you’ll never know as an audience member. Oboes can play sharp or flat, just like any other instrument. But every oboist uses a little electronic meter to ensure that their ‘A’ is exactly right. In fact, some orchestras – even major orchestras – have gone ‘modern’ and use an electronic device to sound the tuning note. Even then, tradition is respected: it’s the oboist who turns the device on for tuning, and off when the task is completed!


The Red Sea is a submerged section of what 4000 mile long geographical feature?

East African Rift System | geological feature, Africa-Asia | Britannica.com East African Rift System Alternative Title: Afro-Arabian Rift Valley Related Topics rift valley (landform) East African Rift System, also called Afro-Arabian Rift Valley, one of the most extensive rifts on the Earth’s surface, extending from Jordan in southwestern Asia southward through eastern Africa to Mozambique . The system is some 4,000 miles (6,400 km) long and averages 30–40 miles (48–64 km) wide. Lake Kivu, located in the western branch of the East African Rift System. Kay Honkanen/Ostman Agency The system consists of two branches. The main branch, the Eastern Rift Valley (often called the Great Rift Valley, or Rift Valley), extends along the entire length of the system. In the north the rift is occupied by the Jordan River , the Dead Sea , and the Gulf of Aqaba . It continues southward along the Red Sea and into the Ethiopian Denakil Plain to Lakes Rudolf (Turkana), Naivasha , and Magadi in Kenya . The rift is less obvious through Tanzania , because the eastern rim is much eroded, but it continues southward through the Shire River valley and Mozambique Plain to the coast of the Indian Ocean near Beira, Mozambique. The western branch of the system, the Western Rift Valley , extends northward from the northern end of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in a great arc that includes the Lakes Rukwa , Tanganyika , Kivu , Edward , and Albert . Most of the lakes in the rift system are deep and fjordlike, some with their floors well below sea level. Mountains and lakes of East Africa. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Lake Magadi, Great Rift Valley, southern Kenya. Bogoria/R. Renaut The plateaus adjacent to the rift generally slope upward toward the valley and provide an average drop of from 2,000 to 3,000 feet (600 to 900 m) to the valley floor. In some places, such as the Gikuyu and Mau escarpments, the drop averages more than 9,000 feet (2,700 m). The rift has been forming for some 30,000,000 years (as Africa and the Arabian Peninsula separated) and has been accompanied by extensive volcanism along parts of its length, producing such massifs as Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya . Crater rim of Kilimanjaro at dawn. Gerald Cubitt Great Rift Valley - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The longest rift on Earth’s surface, the Great Rift Valley is a long, deep depression with steep, wall-like cliffs, extending from Jordan in southwestern Asia southward through Africa to Mozambique. The rift has a total distance of approximately 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) and an average width of 30 to 40 miles (50 to 65 kilometers). It is a continental extension of the midoceanic ridge system, a generally submerged mountain range encircling the globe. The valley is least eroded, and therefore most conspicuous, in eastern Africa where it is also known as the East African Rift Valley. Article History


Which member of the tuba family is named after the American composer (1854-1932) who popularized its use in his band?

Brass Instruments   Brass Instruments A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also called labrosones, literally meaning "lip-vibrated instruments". The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones have a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch. Instead of a slide, the valve trombone has three valves like those on a trumpet. The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded oblong shape. The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide . Tuba is Latin for trumpet or horn. The horn referred to would most likely resemble what is known as a baroque trumpet. The flugelhorn is a brass instrument that resembles a trumpet but has a wider, conical bore. Some consider it a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax (who also developed the saxophone). Other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle (father) in Munich in 1832 (Royal Bavarian privilege for a "chromatic Flügelhorn" 1832), which predates Adolphe Sax's work. French horn is a brass instrument made of about 12–13 feet (3.7–4.0 m) of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player (or less frequently, a hornist). In informal use, "horn" can refer to nearly any wind instrument with a flared exit for the sound. The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B♭. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto. The sousaphone is a type of tuba that is widely employed in marching bands. Designed so that it fits around the body of the musician and is supported by the left shoulder, the sousaphone may be readily played while being carried. The instrument is named after American bandmaster and composer John Philip Sousa, who popularized its use in his band. The euphonium is a conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument. It resembles a tuba and has a range from B flat below the bass staff upward for three octaves. The euphonium derives its name from the Greek word euphonos,meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (eu means "well" or "good" and phonos means "of sound", so "of good sound"). The euphonium is a valved instrument; nearly all current models are piston valved, though rotary valved models do exist. Normally, a fanfare is a triumphal or heroic type of entrance music used to announce the arrival of a potentate or clergy or noble of some sort. Rather repetitious in form, the instruments used are easily portable and mostly of the horn category. The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments, having no valves or other pitch-altering devices. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure, since the bugle has no other mechanism for controlling pitch. Consequently, the bugle is limited to notes within the harmonic series. See bugle call for scores to standard bugle calls, which all consist of only five notes.


This game park is so big it is divided into Tsavo East and Tsavo West, but in which country are they situated?

Finch Hattons Camp Tsavo National Park in Kenya Thank you for your Subscription We will keep you updated with the latest Lamu deals Finch Hattons Camp Tsavo National Park, Kenya, Africa & Finch Hattons Tented Lodge, Chyullu Hills, Kenia Finch Hattons Camp is a luxury tented camp located at the heart of Tsavo West National park at the foot of Chyulu Hills, along with Tsavo East they form the largest game reserve in the world, Finch Hattons camp surrounds a natural freshwater spring, flowing through three crystal clear pools, with tents along the water’s edge. Finch Hattons Tented Camp is neatly tucked at the foot of the Chyulu Hills with the Mount Kilimanjaro standing tall at the background, The Finch Hattons Safari Camp is known world wide for its unique combination of classical style tented safari camp and modern, five star luxuries, Guests here are transported back to the days of the elegant and secluded Tsavo safaris, unsurpassed service and cuisine in a remote and wild setting, far from modern civilization, With the atmosphere of an elegant country house, guests at Finch Hattons Camp Tsavo enjoy the finest fresh foods in an imaginative and tasteful menu. The dining tables are set with silver tableware and fresh flowers, gleaming cutlery and crystal. Breakfast and lunch are served al fresco on the terrace overlooking the main hippo pool with Mt Kilimanjaro in the distance. Finch Hattons Tented Camp Tsavo tents are arranged around a permanent freshwater spring that's inhabited by hippos, turtles, crocodiles, and untold numbers of birds, this unfenced permanent Tsavo tented camp affords the best accommodation in Tsavo National Park. It's also the first choice if you want to avoid bumping into other safari vehicles during game drives. Named for the safari adventurer and lover (of Karen Blixen) who was immortalized in Hollywood's Out of Africa by Robert Redford, this professionally managed camp -- owned and personally run by Peter and Cornelia Frank -- exudes great style and character and, in many ways, pays tribute to a bygone era (especially in the formal dining room). The Finch Hattons Safari Camp Tsavo is a stand-out favorite not only for its excellent value, but for its enchanting setting and warm, gracious staff, not to mention some of Kenya's most carefully prepared meals -- dinner is a multicourse feast served on Bavarian china with all the trimmings you'd expect from a five-star hotel. Sheltered by large papyrus-thatch roofs, the canvas tents are set on raised wooden platforms with screen window flaps and attached bathrooms made of local lava rock -- they're mostly comfortable, with small, pleasing details such as antique-style brass lamps and framed portrait prints. Several of the tents have recently been upgraded to a far more luxurious and spacious design (reproduction antique furnishings, leather-and-wood beds, leather armchairs, and an overhead fan, making them well worth the additional rates charged compared to other Tsavo safari lodges. you're just inches from a tremendous flurry of activity that goes on in and around the spring -- recline on your daybed watching pied kingfishers dive-bombing for fish and try to make sense of the hippos' daily social rituals. For an extra charge you could be upgraded a superior tent, which are larger than the standard tents and enjoys a great view over the river, you'll spot crocodiles basking on the opposite shore from your tent, in any case quality safari holidays even in Kenya aren't cheap, although they are terrific value for money, if you want to have a have a truly memorable honeymoon safari, or any top end safari holiday in Kenya, then there really are very few Camps to choose from. One of the very best is Finch Hattons luxury Camp. In between game drives and nature walks, guests can cool off in the elevated swimming pool and deck. There is also an all day bar for refreshment, lounge and library cum reading room with plenty of books and music. There are no fences around Tsavo Finch Hattons Camp, and a wide variety of animals can be seen around the safari lodge. Tsa


BBC - Wales - Nature - surfing mini site - Surfing in Aberystwyth Surfing in Aberystwyth South East Aberystwyth A popular student and seaside town, Aberystwyth has been attracting surfers for decades all keen to experience the delights of the Harbour Trap on a big swell. The main problem with this beach is consistency as Aberystwyth lies quite far north in Cardigan Bay, so relies heavily on large south westerly swells pushing up the bay during winter time. There's a mixture of sandy bays and reefs here so something for everyone but the reefs tend to be the best option when the surf is firing. The Harbour Trap or Trap as it's known is probably the best break but becomes crowded quickly due to the short length of ride and growing student population/ surf club. Perfect A-frame peaks Image by Rob The locals here are understandably protective of this wave so don't paddle out if you're an inexperienced surfer. In big swells, it breaks in a perfect 'A-frame' shape with lefts and rights reeling off from an area to the right of the harbour wall. Most surfers use the harbour itself as their entry point but be careful as a strong rip runs along here. Apart from the Harbour Trap - Aberystwyth has another few surfing spots further up the bay towards the top end of North Beach, just under Constitution Hill. A boat has a lucky escape at the Harbour Trap Photo by Adam Costello The area around Queen's Rocks can also be good. There are two or three breaks along here and all break onto pebbly beach or reef. The breaks are easily found by walking along the promenade, past the hotels and student halls on the seafront. It takes a good sized swell to get these spots working but they can be a useful alternative if the Harbour Trap becomes too crowded. Bath Rocks is situated opposite the old bath house hence the name and lies to the south of the pier. It's a serious wave on big swells and works right through high tide. It's a fast, hollow wave breaking over shallow reef so is for experienced surfers only and does not hold a crowd. Article written by Martin Aaron Bookmark this page: