Which brewery produces the beer 'Spitfire'?

Spitfire (Premium Ale Export) | Shepherd Neame Ltd | BeerAdvocate 3.49/5  rDev -3.9% look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5 Enjoyed this on the ferry from Calais to Dover. Nice and tart , like a bitter should be. Nut brown color with thin head, bitterness nips the tongue right from the get-go. Liked this a lot....  191 characters 3.13/5  rDev -13.8% look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3 Purchased at the LCBO for just over $2.00 for a 500ml can. Served at 4deg C in a draught glass A- Opens well and pours a 1" high white head that films out within 2mins. Very dark gold almost brown colour and filtered clear S- Has that malty character you expect from an English ale. T- Not so good. Bitternes abounds. Light and malty without much hops at all. Pretty simple brew that does not excite me at all M- Dry and uninspired O- Not so good. Will not buy again. Lucky if this one doesn't go back to LCBO. Food Pairing This not so good brew went ok with...... chips, pretzels or anything salty that will help this one go down. Enjoy 3.75/5  rDev +3.3% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75 From bottle, This beer has a dark amber appearance, with toffee and dried fruit aromatics. A full and textual mouth-feel leave a lasting spicy bitter after taste.  162 characters 4.28/5  rDev +17.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25 Nice malty sweet flavor. Not too heavy on the carbonation and caramel hints not as strong. Mellow hops at just the right balance so as not to be the dominant flavor profile the way I like it. Very drinkable. One of my go-to beers when I'm indecisive.  250 characters 4.45/5  rDev +22.6% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 This was once a favourite of mine, I still drink it but there is a heck of a lot of quality beers and ales competing for top spot. Spitfire is in the top 10 English beers in my opinion. Problem with Shepherd and Neame is they produce so many excellent beers the drinker is spoilt for choice. So its Spitfire for the session, Early Bird and Late Red to match the seasons.  375 characters 3.55/5  rDev -2.2% look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5 L: crystal-clear, burnished tawny liquid... fairly tall, downy head that slowly slinks away... might as well be no lace S: fairly typical for these bottled imports from the UK - bread crust, grassy earth, mildly nutty yeast, dull dried apple, and a touch of black peppercorns T: almost like whole wheat bread and a little drier than expected... in the middle, some soft notes of an unripe pear covered in field dust... toasty with browning dried hop cones on the outer edges, moderately bitter for the origin, with perhaps a tiny nip of dusty dried yeast... touch of sweetness and hop left in the aftertaste F: clean, about medium-bodied, with a smooth, dry finish... quite easy to put back, and hardly filling with its quite mellow carbonation O: though the taste may be ever so slightly off here (no bottle date), this has an assertive, pleasant-enough English hop flavor with arguably a slight edge over the clean yet depth-y malt foundation... you're still not gonna find many American breweries making a pale like this  1,027 characters look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5 Bro' got this and gave me one. Here goes: A: Light, clear brown with sufficient carbonation. Some lacing and an OK head that readily dissipates. Nothing special - generic EPA. S: Generic pale ale. Very grainy but toasty malt (some caramel). Lots of baker's yeast; in fact, the baker's yeast is probably the more prominent flavor. Yeast imparts some fruity, phenolic scents, like in Bass's pale ale. In sum, grainy malt and fruity baker's yeast. T: Follows the nose. Grainy malt followed by bready baker's yeast. Good, but I think Bass is better. F: Toasty, good carbonation. O: Good beer. Nice to kick back with and drink with the folks.  658 characters look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5 Served in two


Which brewery produces 'Lancaster Bomber'?

Lancaster Bomber | Daniel Thwaites Brewery PLC | BeerAdvocate Daniel Thwaites Brewery PLC Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.40% Availability: Year-round No notes at this time. Added by BeerAdvocate on 12-24-2003 BEER STATS 3.39/5  rDev -1.5% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5 A: poured from a 500 mL bottle into a pint glass, copper colored with a foamy off white head that dissipates leaving wispy lacing, clear S: English hops, light sweet grain, Burton water T: sweet and bready up front with an earthy hop profile M: thinner with lower carbonation O: sweet for a bitter ★ 301 characters look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75 Thwaites' "Lancaster Bomber" cask via handpump @ Fly In The Loaf, Liverpool, UK on 1 May 2015 Notes: 4.4% ABV. Clear copper body beneath a short head of white. Slightly better than average head retention, decent lacing. Aroma: fruity, floral, leafy/spicy over a distinctly caramelish malt base. The flavor is caramelish, bready/grainy, and threaded through with the same floral, leafy and gently spicy hops found in the nose. Also perhaps a touch nutty and tea-like. Stiffly bitter, it finishes dry with some residual malt and leafiness. Medium-light in body, soft and smooth across the palate. ★ 595 characters look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5 500 ml can served cold into a pint glass. Purchased for $3.65 CDN from LCBO. Appearance - clear copper color with minimal visible carbonation. A half finger of white head has modest retention. Smell - a lagers bread smell with big caramel malt. A little metallic too, but works here somehow. Some grape and plum aroma in there too. Taste - similar to the nose with a caramel and molasses flavor, mild bitterness seeping through with a slight grape and plum concoction. Pretty good especially if it gets a chance to warm up a bit. Mouthfeel - smooth, reasonably well carbonated, a bit of a dry finish, but a it too thin. Overall - not a bad bitter, but certainly not one I'd go out of my way to have again. Worth a shot for the price. ★ 738 characters 3.12/5  rDev -9.3% look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25 Purchased at the LCBO for just under $3.00 for a 473ml can. Served at 4deg C in a draught glass A- Opens well and pours a bit of head that lasts. Dark amber S- Not much 3.45/5  rDev +0.3% look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5 Clear, deep amber with a dense, beige cap. Decent head retention with some soapy lacing. English malt nose with Fuggles/Kent Goldings sort of hop aroma. Balanced flavour, some nutty malt with earthy and slightly citrusy hops, fruity yeast character. Slightly mineral finish, medium/light bodied, lowish carbonation, a bit soapy. Overall, a decent beer when presented in a can. I'd prefer to try it in a fresh cask to see how it fares in that format. ★ 449 characters 3.37/5  rDev -2% look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25 500ml bottle. Shaker glass. Intense caramelized hues as cap is removed. Pours orangish amber in color with chill haze appearance, discrete off-white crown & some left lacing. Floral, caramel, mild toasted & very subtle fudge chocolate aromas. Gentle herbal, sweet malty & slight earthy at first sip. Medium body. Medium carbonation. Oily to watery texture. Low bitterness, hints of chocolate an acidic notes in the middle rounded by tea-like hints & subtle wood. Dry bitter finish. Slightly dried aftertaste. Nice, gentle drinkable & delicious session beer. ★ 557 characters 3.21/5  rDev -6.7% look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25 Very clear amber colour and unsubstantial yet long-lasting light white head. A surprising taste. Strong aroma of hops. Taste begins crisp and clean with fine bitter hop notes but finishes with very sharply metallic maltiness that lingers only briefly. Mouthfeel is quite watery and weak. Well balanced but lacks substantial flavour notes. ★ 338 characters look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25 500ml single can. Very subtle,


Which performer's signature tune was 'Mary From The Dairy'?

Mary From The Dairy by Max Miller Songfacts Mary From The Dairy by Max Miller Songfacts Songfacts A correspondent of The Max Miller Appreciation Society told this website the Cheeky Chappie recorded this song on November 4, 1936; it was released on HMV backed by "The Woman Improver". Not as risqué as some of his recordings, "Mary From The Dairy" became Miller's signature tune, and he performed it in the film Hoots Mon, which according to the Internet Movie Database, was released April 27, 1940. The music was composed by Sam Kern, and the words were supplied by Kern, James Walsh and Miller himself. In January 2009, one on-line music store priced a copy of the 1950 sheet music at £22.00. >> Suggestion credit:


Who is Alexander Armstrong's seated assistant on the quiz show 'Pointless'?

Pointless? It's turned our lives upside down! Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman on what it's like being catapulted to stardom | Daily Mail Online Pointless? It's turned our lives upside down! Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman on what it's like being catapulted to stardom Richard and Alexander found unlikely fame in Pointless Richard joined by chance after starting as a producer The show regularly fetches 4 million viewers The two claim that the show isn't 'nasty' like the Weakest Link comments Gosh but these Pointless boys are so nice. You could take them home to your grandmother for afternoon tea. Even when they're venturing into blokey territory, they scamper back pretty quickly. Alexander Armstrong, one half of the duo who host the BBC1 teatime game show that's become a surprise TV hit, covers his head with his hands as he recalls swearing in front of the blessed Mary Berry. He says he's never quite recovered. She was on the show, filming one of the celebrity specials, and he lost his head for a moment and 'dropped an F bomb. She wasn't impressed. I wanted to die. I still wake up in a cold sweat thinking about it now. Every time I watch Bake Off I'm consumed with shame. It's like swearing in front of the Queen.' Richard Osman (left) and Alexander Armstrong (right) have rocketed to fame after appearing in the hit game show Pointless His Pointless co-star (or 'Pointless friend' for those in the know) Richard Osman, an old mate from Cambridge University, nods and ribs him about other times he's mucked things up. 'It's because you're not a proper game show host,' he says, and they have a bit of a laugh about how you'd never get Vernon Kay dropping the sort of clangers they do. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share 'The thing is, we're pretty rubbish game show hosts,' says Alexander. 'We don't even look like game show hosts.' They're right. Traditionally, game show hosts are of the shiny, Saturday night, cheesy-smiley variety. Alexander is smiley, sure, but it's an apologetic sort of smileyness rather than a smarmy one. He says he's no oil painting, which is a bit harsh, but it's true that he has ears almost as big as his head. Richard Osman, meanwhile, is a giant of a man – he's 6ft 7in – which is odd in TV-land where people tend to have pixie proportions. He has thick glasses and a condition called nystagmus that makes it difficult to make eye contact and read an autocue. None of that mattered for most of his professional life, where he was a major backstage player in the game show world, devising and working on shows like Deal Or No Deal, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Alexander is still mortified by the fact that he used the 'f-word' in front of Mary Berry on the show It was quite by chance that he ended up with a starring role in Pointless, a show he devised in 2009. The format revolves around members of the public being polled on their general knowledge, before contestants try to guess what their responses will have been. The brilliant twist though is that the aim is to score as few points as possible (the clue's in the name!), so the contestants must try to choose the most obscure answers they can, answers the general public will have given least in the poll. The show, which first aired on BBC2 but soon moved to BBC1 with regular audiences of 4 million, now goes out every weekday, and the regular celebrity series (six so far) on Saturday evenings have pulled in a staggering 7.7 million viewers. With each series up to 70 episodes long, it's no wonder they film four in a day. Richard played the part of the assistant presenter when it was first pitched to BBC bosses – and was so good he was asked to go on camera for the first time. Pointless fetches a regular audience of 4 million viewers since moving to BBC1 Now he's batting off the TV offers, revelling in his status as TV's most unlikely sex symbol (he's single since splitting from the mother of his two children), and seems bemused by the idea that he's been plucked from the backroom because he's something special. 'I think you'll find a l


Who composed the opera 'The Cunning Little Vixen'?

OPERA NEWS - The Cunning Little Vixen The Cunning Little Vixen Animal magnetism: Vuong and Bullock in Juilliard's Vixen © Nan Melville 2013 The recent Juilliard production of Janáček's ravishing opera The Cunning Little Vixen (seen Apr. 28) didn't try to compete with the elaborate woodland costumes and pastoral backdrops featured in the New York Philharmonic's concert staging of the same work just two years ago, across the street at Avery Fisher Hall. Juilliard's version, under the direction of Emma Griffin, took place entirely inside one large room of a sleek contemporary house (designed by Laura Jellinek), with splotches of color seen through the windows indicating the changing of the seasons. The denizens of the forest were clearly exuberant young people, not animals, playing games; they wore only animal ears, or, in some cases, masks on the backs of their heads. Thus freed from the constraints of depicting wildlife, the cast was liberated to emphasize the humanistic qualities of the relationships in Janáček's opera (the composer wrote his own libretto), as well as his resonant themes of unity and renewal. Also helpful in emphasizing this realism was the English translation, by Yveta Synek Graff (a pioneer in bringing Czech opera to English-speaking audiences) and Robert T. Jones. Janáček famously tried to capture the distinctive contours and rhythms of the Czech language in his music, making credible singing translations even harder to create than usual, but these English phrases seemed perfectly natural and well set. This authentic quality was enhanced by generally excellent diction from the exceptionally talented student cast. Julia Bullock, as Sharp-Ears, the titular vixen, led the way in terms of clarity of delivery and beauty of sound. Her broad range of expression allowed her to be impetuous and demonstrative in her early scenes, then appealingly self-dramatizing later when relating the story of her life to the Fox. In this beautiful courtship scene, Bullock's sound was especially opulent and glorious in her upper register. Later, when she sang "Can it be that I am beautiful?" her voice and face both lit up vibrantly. Her bold, seemingly invulnerable defiance of Harasta, the menacing poacher, was such that her death by gunfire came as a complete shock, even to those who already knew the plot. Soprano Karen Vuong, as the Fox, deployed a slightly weightier voice than Bullock's but sang with similar beauty of tone, if slightly less precise consonants. Aubrey Allicock, as the Forester who attempts to domesticate the Vixen, was a welcome presence both vocally and dramatically. The steel-edged confidence of his bass-baritone was perfect for delivering the message of rejuvenation in the Forester's big aria near the end. Martin Bakari was vocally charismatic as the Schoolmaster, who mistakes the Vixen for Terynka, the local girl he is in love with (and who is engaged to Harasta); the same could be said for Önay Köse as the Priest, whose booming baritone gave way to tenderness when he sang of a lost childhood love. As Harasta, John Brancy brought to bear a strong baritone and a bad-boy swagger, projecting his sound effortlessly even in a quiet, reflective section. Mezzo Laura Mixter sang with appealing immediacy as the Poacher's captive dog. The decidedly non-feminst chorus of Hens, in blonde wigs and white nightgowns, proved amusingly uninterested in being liberated from subjugation by the Rooster (a domineering Raquel Gonzáles), much to the progressive-minded Vixen's annoyance.  Anne Manson led the Juilliard Orchestra with firm, decisive command. The strings sounded a tad scrappy at the start, but they achieved much better integration of sound as the afternoon progressed. Jeanne Slater provided the joyful choreography, which verged on the balletic during the Act I dream sequence. Some adorable young members of the Juilliard Pre-College Division struck a very moving tableau after the death of Sharp-Ears, more wonderstruck at the falling snow than grief-ridden over their mother's demise. This, as much as anything, cryst


Who composed the opera 'The Love For Three Oranges'?

The Love for Three Oranges – Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges – Prokofiev Philippe Calvario, Tugan Sokhiev          Embed this video
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 A fairytale-like production of Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev and directed by Philippe Calvario, at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2004. After his successful visit in the United States in 1918, Prokofiev received a commission to compose an opera from the director of the Chicago Opera Association, Cleofonte Campanini. The result of this commission was The Love for Three Oranges, a satirical opera drawing its inspiration from Carlo Gozzi's play published in 1761. It is thanks to the avant-garde stage director, Vsevolod Meyerhold, that Prokofiev discovered Gozzi's work. Inspired by this play in which many plots are intertwined, several fairy characters appear, having all the 'Commedia dell'Arte's' features, Prokofiev composed a spirited musical accompaniment on a libretto written by himself in Russian. The premiere took place at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois, on the 30th of December 1921, in French. With this production of The Love for Three Oranges at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2004, Philippe Calvario made his début as a stage director. As this video bears witness, the set designs, the costumes and the actors' playing – and especially Andrei Iliouchnikov's performance, give a perfect rendition of this burlesque opera filled with slapstick comedic moments. The young Tugan Sokhiev, a former pupil of Valery Gergiev, conducts here the musicians throughout this frenzied performance. Summary: The King of Clubs has asked Truffaldino, the jester, to heal his son the Prince with laughter, a young man who became sad after an excessive reading of tragic poetry. But this is a hard task, especially since Clarice, the King's niece, Leandro, and the witch Fata Morgana plot against the Prince to take his place after his death. Yet, the Prince eventually laughs, seeing the witch knocked over by Truffaldino and falling down. Furious, the witch curses the Prince: henceforth, he will be obsessed by a love for three oranges kept by a giant female cook. Thanks to Truffaldino and a few magic objects, the Prince succeeds in seducing the three oranges, transformed into three beautiful princesses. Two of them die, yet the last one survives, and eventually gets married with the Prince. © Picture: Elizabeth Carecchio


On which Scottish island is the former Labour Party leader John Smith buried?

Labour politicians remember John Smith | Politics | The Guardian Labour politicians remember John Smith Sunday 9 May 2004 20.54 EDT First published on Sunday 9 May 2004 20.54 EDT Share on Messenger Close Politicians yesterday joined the friends and family of the former Labour leader, John Smith, at a memorial service on the island of Iona to mark the 10th anniversary of his death. The chancellor, Gordon Brown, and the deputy prime minister, John Prescott, were among the politicians who attended the service at Iona abbey, just a few yards from where Mr Smith is buried. They joined Mr Smith's widow, Elizabeth, and his children, Sarah, Jane and Catherine, on the Hebridean island to pay their respects to the man often referred to as "the greatest prime minister Britain never had". Mr Smith died from a heart attack in his London flat on May 12 1994. He was 55. Many of his former colleagues in the Labour party attended the service, including the health secretary, John Reid, the transport secretary, Alistair Darling, Lord Irvine, the former lord chancellor, and the former Scottish secre tary, Helen Liddell. The 45-minute service was led by the Rev Douglas Alexander, a close friend of Mr Smith. He spoke of the warmth and sincerity of the former Labour leader. "John was genuine. He did not fake it and he fought to the end, though he was never to see the completion of his work," he said." Tony Blair was not at the service but the prime minister paid tribute to his predecessor. He said: "John's sudden, unexpected death sparked a remarkable sense of loss right across the country, not just among those fortunate to know him." Mr Brown recalled that on the eve of his death Mr Smith gave a speech beseeching the public to allow him to serve the country. "None of us who heard that final speech the night before his death will ever forget that appeal," said Mr Brown. "It serves as a fitting political testimony because public service was, for John, the purpose of politics, with justice and fairness its goals." John Major, the former Conservative prime minister, paid tribute to his political rival. "John was a man of conviction and ability, with standards appropriate to high office, and his loss to parliament was personal as well as political," he said. Mr Smith succeeded Neil Kinnock as Labour party leader in 1992, after Labour lost the election to the Tories. A crowd of 3,000 lined the streets in Edinburgh for his funeral service, before his body was taken to Iona for a private family burial.


Who played the title role in the 2012 ITV drama series 'Mrs Biggs'?

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Which British comedian had a top 40 novelty hit in 1961 with 'Don't Jump off the Roof Dad'?

Popular UK Seventies TV Programmes  Popular UK Seventies TV Programmes UK (BBC) Drama. BBC 1 1978-80; 1983; 1985; 1988-90 Based on the celebrated autobiographical novels of James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small proved to be an enormous success as a TV series, inspired by a 1974 cinema version featuring Simon Ward, and its 1976 sequel, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet starring John Alderton. With Christopher Timothy now pulling on the vet's wellies, the TV adaptation (with its echoes of Dr. Findlay's Casebook ) took viewers back to the 1930s as Herriot arrives at Skeldale House, home of the veterinary practice in the North Riding town of Darroby (the real-life Askrigg). There he joins senior partner Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy), his easy-going brother, Tristan (Peter Davidson), and housekeeper Mrs. Hall (Mary Hignett), helps to build up the practice and deals with all manner of agricultural and domestic animal ailments. If James is not preventing foot and mouth or groping around up a cow's posterior, he is treating the likes of Tricki-Woo, the pampered Pekinese owned by villager Mrs. Pumphrey (Margaretta Scott). James meets and marries Helen Anderson (Carol Drinkwater, later played by Lynda Bellingham) who later bears him a son, Jimmy (Oliver Watson), and a daughter, Rosie (Rebecca Smith). The series "ends" after three years when James and Tristan head off to join the war effort (Herriot's original novels had run out). A couple of Christmas specials kept the concept alive during the early 1980s, before public clamor was answered with a new series in 1988. The series ran for three more seasons, plus another Christmas special. The programme's sweeping theme music was composed by Johnny Pearson. Buy this series on DVD at Amazon.com UK (BBC) Antiques. BBC 1 1979- A Sunday afternoon favourite, Antiques Roadshow has travelled the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, inviting viewers to drop in and have their family heirlooms valued. Since the first broadcast in 1979, there has been much raiding of attics and basements across the land, in the hope of discovering something of value. Punters have queued up, cherished items in hand, awaiting the verdict of one of the experts, who have all been drawn from leading auction houses and dealerships. Participants have explained how the items came into their family's possession, and the specialists have then provided more background information, explaining where, when and by whom it was probably made, and winding up with a financial valuation. One piece a week has usually proved to be a real find -- a magnificent specimen of furniture, a long-lost work by a distinguished artist, etc. -- much to the delight of both the excited connoisseur and the gasping proprietor. Among the longest-serving experts are David Battie and Hugh Morley-Fletcher (both porcelain), Simon Bull (timepieces), Roy Butler (militaria), and David Collins and Philip Hook (both paintings). Some have become celebrities in their own right -- "potaholic" Henry Sandon, his son, John Sandon, furniture specialist John Bly, and ceramics man Eric Knowles, for instance. Hugh Scully hosted the proceedings for many years until his departure in 2000. A young person's special, entitled Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation, has been screened occasionally. The main series also inspired a similarly successful American version of the same name, closely following the same format, that airs on the PBS network. ARE YOU BEING SERVED? UK (BBC) Situation Comedy. BBC 1 1973-9; 1981; 1983; 1985 Chock-full of nudge-nudge, wink wink innuendo, this long-running farce centers on the members of staff in the clothing department on the first floor of Grace Brothers. Clearly divided into male and female sections, supervised by department manager Mr. Rumbold (Nicholas Smith) and floor walker Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton), the clothing section employs some well-defined comedy stereotypes. On the men's side there is swishy homosexual Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), declaring "I'm free" whenever a customer needs attention and


In which country was BBC newsreader George Alagiah born?

BBC newsreader George Alagiah 'clear of cancer' and back to work - BBC News BBC News BBC newsreader George Alagiah 'clear of cancer' and back to work 9 November 2015 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Newsreader George Alagiah has said he is clear of cancer and ready to "get back on air" after his chemotherapy treatment was a success. The presenter of BBC One's News at Six and GMT on BBC World News was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which had spread to his liver and lymph nodes, last April. Alagiah, 58, told the Daily Mail , "I'm feeling really good. I have more energy every day, and feel stronger." He will return to the News at Six on Tuesday, the BBC confirmed. The Sri Lanka-born journalist said it was "wonderful" to be getting back to work, but added that he would "take it easy at first". "All I can say is right now I don't have cancer, but my life from now on will be punctuated by scans every three months," he said. "And if somebody tells me I'm finally cured, it's likely to be years away." 'Hammer blow' Alagiah said the support from viewers had been "incredible" and that he wanted to get back on air "for my audience". "I received hundreds of letters from viewers while I was ill, in which they talked as if we knew each other," he said. Bowel cancer is the third most common type of cancer in men, behind prostate and lung and Alagiah had been diagnosed as 'Stage Four' - the most advanced. His treatment involved two rounds of chemotherapy and several operations. "When the oncologist was looking at my scan, he kept gently shaking his head, and every time he did it was like a hammer blow," revealed Alagiah. "They described my condition as 'serious', and I knew it was as bad as it gets." Alagiah first joined the BBC in 1989 after working as a print journalist and spent many years as one of the BBC's leading foreign correspondents before moving to presenting. He reported on events such as the genocide in Rwanda and the conflict in Kosovo and was made an OBE in 2008's New Year Honours.


Which Welsh group, fronted by Dave Edmunds, had a hit single in 1968 with a version of Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance'?

Madcap Music Review #61-Song- IN THE TIME OF OUR LIVES     Album- Ball IRON BUTTERFLY Iron Butterfly’s 17 minutes of fame resulted from the epic title track on the ambitious album, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Iron Butterfly rode this wave of success to #5 in the nation with their third album, Ball. The record’s opening song, “In the Time of Our Lives,” was a well-written and perfectly played haunting psychedelic/metal piece. It certainly was the best song from Ball. Eerie background vocals, a morose sounding organ and dark lyrics make this a perfect mix of goth rock, psychedelia and heavy metal. Unfortunately, the album was, for all intensive purposes, the band’s swan song as Iron Butterfly's appeal was limited to the acid rock scene of the 60s. Iron Butterfly's heyday was brief and included touring with some of the era's top rock acts like the Doors and Jefferson Airplane.    #62- Song-  ASTRONOMY DOMINE     Album- The Piper at the Gates of Dawn      PINK FLOYD The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was Pink Floyd's debut album. It was released just two months after the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper during the Summer of Love in August 1967. Try and imagine the Who dipped in acid, and you get a pretty good idea of why The Piper at the Gates of Dawn has been called the greatest psychedelic rock album ever made. “Astronomy Domine” is the opening track from the only Pink Floyd album fronted by Syd Barrett and serves as our introduction to space rock. The song starts off with the voice of an astronaut coming in over the intercom to replicate the feeling of outer space. In the background, Syd can be heard mentioning various planets and their moons in keeping with the theme of the song. Sadly, just as Pink Floyd was getting ready to tour behind the album, Syd’s mental health began to rapidly deteriorate, most likely due to his insane acid consumption. Barrett would eventually be replaced by David Gilmore and was kicked out of the band in early 1968. This is something that haunted Roger Waters for decades as Syd was his childhood friend. Waters’ guilt over the way Syd was ousted from the band would appear on songs from The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall, but the reality was that Syd was an acid casualty of the 60s and could no longer function on a normal scale. He appeared on one song, “Jugband Blues” off of Pink Floyd’s second album, A Saucerful of Secrets, in 1968 and recorded two solo albums in 1970 that would further document his decent into madness.  Just think; the love generation thought this was a good Pink Floyd album. Little did they know the best was yet to come. #63- Song-   CELLOPHANE SYMPHONY      Album- Cellophane Symphony       TOMMY JAMES & The SHONDELLS After the success of their song, “Crimson and Clover,” Tommy James and the Shondells were having the time of their lives by playing concerts, making personal appearances and experimenting with new sounds in the studio. Their fans loved the music and things seemed to only be getting better. With plenty of time on their hands, the group plunged into a progressive/psychedelic musical period with a vengeance. “Crimson and Clover” was riding a 35-week stay on the Top 40 list so there was no need for a quick follow-up song. In the studio, the group came up with the totally psychedelic song called, “Cellophane Symphony,” a Moog-dominated track that sounded closer to Pink Floyd than anyone had ever imagined. The only mistake the band made was declining an invitation to perform at Woodstock, a move that would have enhanced their credibility with the love and peace generation. #64- Song-  SKY PILOT     Album- The Twain Shall Meet         ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS Many protest songs came out of the later half of the 60s due to the division of our nation by the Vietnam War. “Sky Pilot” is not believed to be about Vietnam because the word “bayonets” is used in the lyrics and implies the song is from an earlier era, perhaps World War I. The song looks at war from quite a different perspective. The song is divided into three


Which golfer sank the crucial putt in the 2012 Ryder Cup to ensure that Europe retained the trophy?

Ryder Cup 2014: It’s a week like no other - caddie Craig Connelly - BBC Sport Ryder Cup 2014: It’s a week like no other - caddie Craig Connelly By Iain Carter Read more about sharing. Craig Connelly caddied for Ryder Cup winner Martin Kaymer in 2012 Team Europe erupted in tumultuous celebration, but one of their number still had a simple task to perform before he could join in. Caddie Craig Connelly had been leaning on the flagstick on Medinah's 18th green watching his boss sink the putt that retained the Ryder Cup. Then his task was to return the pin to the hole and, while Martin Kaymer leapt into the arms of Sergio Garcia and was mobbed by his team-mates, Connelly turned to offer his hand to a disconsolate Steve Stricker of the US. This was the moment, two years ago, that Europe completed their comeback from the dead to maintain their grip on the famous trophy, which became known as the 'miracle of Medinah'. They'd trailed by four points going into the final day singles. "I think it was the ultimate," Connelly says of that magical moment in the Chicago suburbs. And now the man from Clydebank is looking forward to more of the same as a Scotsman at a Scottish Ryder Cup. "That was by far the most amazing experience I've ever had," said Connelly The caddies perform vital roles for both teams. The players face unique pressures over the three days of competition and their faithful lieutenants provide crucial input to help them cope. "For us, it starts Monday when we get together - and then Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, it's the practice rounds," Connolly told BBC Sport. "It's very different. You do things that you don't normally do, like playing fourballs in practice; 18 holes as well. We caddies eat together and pretty much everybody goes off to bed at the same time." On tour, the caddies are at the constant beck and call of their players. The job is far more than shouldering their heavy bags. Caddies advise on tactics and club selection, provide psychological support, come up with travel plans and ensure everything is where it needs to be for their boss to compete without concern. At the Ryder Cup, the bagman's lot is made much easier. "There're 12 of us; we have a caddie captain and we have Julian (Phillips), 'the Ferret', who is a great help to us," Connelly said. "He is very much the backbone of our support. We have Julian at the hotel and in the locker room, and he makes sure that we don't want for anything. Whatever we need, he's there for us." Lugging the player's bag for 36 holes isn't as arduous as you might think either. Connelly added: "You can dump the umbrella and the waterproofs and whatever else you have in the bag, because during the fourballs and foursomes you've always got somebody with you. "There's a vice-captain and a driver, so you can offload every thing in the bag and so it's always pretty light. "It's a week like no other and the camaraderie is unique; you forge friendships for life. It really is something to savour." And that's even more the case this time for the Scot, whose fondness for team golf extends beyond the Ryder Cup. Connelly has worked extensively with Paul Casey "I was very fortunate to caddie at the Solheim Cup at Loch Lomond on a course where I grew up caddying," said Connelly, who was working for Trish Johnson in 2000 when Europe beat the United States 14½-11½ to win the trophy for the second time. "That was a huge achievement for me - one I'll never forget. Great memories, especially the way the girls won it." Such experiences undoubtedly helped Connelly cope with the drama that unfolded on the final day at Medinah in 2012. "Martin's play going into it wasn't the best," his caddie admitted. "He didn't have all that much confidence in his game. He didn't play particularly well on the Friday and he said that he felt he let Justin Rose down. "And then to get dropped on Saturday was very disappointing. You're just cheerleading the whole day and it's very difficult." With Europe trailing heavily, Connelly admitted there was a slight feeling of 'what's the point' heading out in the 11


What is the title of the BBC drama series starring Dominic West which centres on a current-affairs TV show in the 1950s?

Starring in BBC drama The Hour was hard to resist - it's beautifully written, says Dominic West - Daily Record Entertainment Starring in BBC drama The Hour was hard to resist - it's beautifully written, says Dominic West WE'VE had Sanjeev Kohli, Joe McGann, Tony Roper, Colin and Justin, Colin Kelly, John Amabile...but the next new man on The Hour is major Hollywood star Dominic West.  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email WE'VE had Sanjeev Kohli, Joe McGann, Tony Roper, Colin and Justin, Colin Kelly, John Amabile...but the next new man on The Hour is major Hollywood star Dominic West. Do not reach for stronger glasses. Don't ask someone to check if you've just read these words properly. Check our listings section. It's true. Dominic West, star of The Wire - which many people consider to be one of the finest TV shows ever made - is on The Hour this week. No sign of Michelle McManus or any of the show's other familiar faces, though. Unbelievably, when chiefs at the BBC's drama department in London came up with the title for their new media drama set in the London offices of a BBC news programme in the 1950s, they didn't bother to check if there was a show of the same name already being broadcast in Scotland. The Record visited the set of the drama in London earlier this year. No disrespect to STV, but let's just say having been on both sets, the budget differences are quite clear. Before being given a tour of the set in the stunning, but sadly disused, art deco building, we met producer Ruth Kenley-Letts and asked her about The 'other' Hour. Ironically, given that the show she and her team were working on was about a team of hot-shot journalists, she'd never heard of it. "Nobody has mentioned it to me," said Kenley-Letts when Saturday Plus enquired about the possible cross-over. "It's been on for how long?" Over two years. "Well, it's too late for us to do anything about it now. There can be no going back for us at this stage. We have a set with 'The Hour' written all over it." STV, naturally, are delighted with the accidental cross-promotion of their brand. "They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so we're delighted with the plug," said an insider. Some big names have sat on the STV show's sofa over the years, and who's to say Dominic West might not in the future. But the only Hour he'll be on this week is on BBC1. He stars alongside Romola Garai and Ben Whishaw in Abi Morgan's new BBC2 drama which takes viewers behind the scenes of a broadcast news room. It follows BBC reporters who've have had their fill of covering dull and predictable stories in the newsreels. When one is approached to run a new weekly current affairs show called The Hour, she spots an opportunity to make the kind of ground-breaking news show she and her colleagues have always yearned for. Knowing that she is to be made producer, she'll have a tricky time convincing her headstrong friends that a role on the home desk is a prize worth having. Dominic West is the drama's leading light. Best known for playing Detective Jimmy McNulty in American cop drama The Wire, he's relishing his new role as a BBC journo in period costume - there are more than a few similarities with US advertising show Mad Men on this set. He said: "I play Hector Madden who is the face of the new show, the front man. He is a war veteran, an old school survivor who has found himself through nepotism and family connections on a really groovy show which he's slightly out of step with. "My character's boss and I have a passionate affair which starts a love triangle between us two and Ben Whishaw, who is the brains of the show. "I don't think the writer Abi had me in mind, but I suppose I'd been avoiding television - episodic television, anyway. Well, not really avoiding it, but I just hadn't really read a lot of scripts for it. "But this is a beautifully-written show and was really hard to resist." Does the 41-year-old feel the pressure of forever being associated with The Wire?


Which ITV newsreader moderated the first ever UK leaders debate in April 2010 between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg?

Pass notes No 2,763: Alastair Stewart | Politics | The Guardian Pass notes No 2,763: Alastair Stewart The ITV newsreader will chair the forthcoming leaders' debate Alistair Stewart: substantially more than a newsreader. Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images Europe Wednesday 14 April 2010 14.30 EDT First published on Wednesday 14 April 2010 14.30 EDT Age: 57. Appearance: The definitive middle-aged newsreader. He's a newsreader? I've never heard of him. That's because not having heard of things is what you do for a living. Yes, he's a newsreader. For ITV, no less. ITV has news? Indeed, but with the difficulty turned down a notch. You'd like it. So what's he doing now? He's hosting tonight's historic television debate between the three main party leaders, the first of its kind in British electoral history. For an entire hour, Clegg, Cameron and Brown will go head-to-head answering the nation's questions. Ah, the leaders' debates. I've heard of them. Aren't there a million different rules? Just 76 actually, including a maximum answer length of one minute and the requirement that the audience stay completely silent. It's not so much a debate, really, as a joint press conference to which only one journalist has been invited. And that one journalist is a newsreader called Alastair Stewart? Alastair Stewart OBE, yes. But he's substantially more than a newsreader. He has been a broadcaster for nearly 40 years, was the first journalist to report from Kuwait City in the original Gulf war and reported live from the fall of the Berlin wall. He has covered so many elections, wars, disasters, royal weddings, scandals and discoveries that he's probably the closest any human being has ever come to knowing what it feels like to be a time lord. Fair enough, I suppose he's qualified. But is he neutral enough? Earlier this week he blogged: "I have the luxury of being a truly, deeply impartial observer of fair play so I can't and won't be swayed." He sounds pretty confident. He also blogged: "I muse, constantly, about having been asked to play a part and, the more I muse, the more I am filled with a mixture of pride and pure panic." A mixture of pride and pure panic? That's ITV news. Do say: "He's the best man for the job." Don't say: "At least Nick Clegg won't be the only person no one recognises."


'A Bigger Splash', David Hockney, 1967 | Tate A Bigger Splash Support: 2425 x 2439 x 30 mm Collection Catalogue entry Summary This painting depicts a splash in a Californian swimming pool. Hockney first visited Los Angeles in 1963, a year after graduating from the Royal College of Art, London. He returned there in 1964 and remained, with only intermittent trips to Europe, until 1968 when he came back to London. In 1976 he made a final trip back to Los Angeles and set up permanent home there. He was drawn to California by the relaxed and sensual way of life. He commented: ‘the climate is sunny, the people are less tense than in New York ... When I arrived I had no idea if there was any kind of artistic life there and that was the least of my worries.’ (Quoted in Kinley, [p.4].) In California, Hockney discovered, everybody had a swimming pool. Because of the climate, they could be used all year round and were not considered a luxury, unlike in Britain where it is too cold for most of the year. Between 1964 and 1971 he made numerous paintings of swimming pools. In each of the paintings he attempted a different solution to the representation of the constantly changing surface of water. His first painted reference to a swimming pool is in the painting California Art Collector 1964 (private collection). Picture of a Hollywood Swimming Pool 1964 (private collection) was completed in England from a drawing . While his later swimming pools were based on photographs , in the mid 1960s Hockney’s depiction of water in swimming pools was consciously derived from the influences of his contemporary, the British painter Bernard Cohen (born 1933), and the later abstract paintings by French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-85). At this time he also began to leave wide borders around the paintings unpainted, a practice developed from his earlier style of keeping large areas of the canvas raw. At the same time, he discovered fast-drying acrylic paint to be more suited to portraying the sun-lit, clean-contoured suburban landscapes of California than slow drying oil paint. A Bigger Splash was painted between April and June 1967 when Hockney was teaching at the University of California at Berkeley. The image is derived in part from a photograph Hockney discovered in a book on the subject of building swimming pools. The background is taken from a drawing he had made of Californian buildings. A Bigger Splash is the largest and most striking of three ‘splash’ paintings. The Splash (private collection) and A Little Splash (private collection) were both completed in 1966. They share compositional characteristics with the later version. All represent a view over a swimming pool towards a section of low-slung, 1960s modernist architecture in the background. A diving board juts out of the margin into the paintings’ foreground, beneath which the splash is represented by areas of lighter blue combined with fine white lines on the monotone turquoise water. The positioning of the diving board – coming at a diagonal out of the corner – gives perspective as well as cutting across the predominant horizontals. The colours used in A Larger Splash are deliberately brighter and bolder than in the two smaller paintings in order to emphasise the strong Californian light. The yellow diving board stands out dramatically against the turquoise water of the pool, which is echoed in the intense turquoise of the sky. Between sky and water, a strip of flesh-coloured land denotes the horizon and the space between the pool and the building. This is a rectangular block with two plate glass windows, in front of which a folding chair is sharply delineated. Two palms on long, spindly trunks ornament the painting’s background while others are reflected in the building’s windows. A frond-like row of greenery decorates its front. The blocks of colour were rollered onto the canvas and the detail, such as the splash, the chair and the vegetation, painted on later using small brushes. The painting took about two weeks to complete, providing an interesting contrast with his subject matter


From which language does the word 'ghetto' originate?

Segregated From Its History, How 'Ghetto' Lost Its Meaning : Code Switch : NPR Segregated From Its History, How 'Ghetto' Lost Its Meaning The pushcart market in the East Side Ghetto of New York's Jewish Quarter was a hive of activity in the early 1900s. Ewing Galloway/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ewing Galloway/Getty Images The pushcart market in the East Side Ghetto of New York's Jewish Quarter was a hive of activity in the early 1900s. Ewing Galloway/Getty Images As you might have gathered from our blog's title, the Code Switch team is kind of obsessed with the ways we speak to each other. Each week in "Word Watch," we'll dig into language that tells us something about the way race is lived in America today. (Interested in contributing? Holler at this form .) The word "ghetto" is an etymological mystery. Is it from the Hebrew get, or bill of divorce? From the Venetian ghèto, or foundry? From the Yiddish gehektes, "enclosed"? From Latin Giudaicetum, for "Jewish"? From the Italian borghetto, "little town"? From the Old French guect, "guard"? In his etymology column for the Oxford University Press, Anatoly Liberman took a look at each of these possibilities. He considered ever more improbable origins — Latin for "ribbon"? German for "street"? Latin for "to throw"? — before declaring the word a stubborn mystery. But whatever the root language, the word's original meaning was clear: "the quarter in a city, chiefly in Italy, to which the Jews were restricted," as the OED puts it. In the 16th and 17th centuries, cities like Venice, Frankfurt, Prague and Rome forcibly segregated their Jewish populations, often walling them off and submitting them to onerous restrictions. Article continues after sponsorship By the late 19th century, these ghettos had been steadily dismantled. But instead of vanishing from history, ghettos reappeared — with a purpose more ominous than segregation — under Nazi Germany. German forces established ghettos in over a thousand cities across Europe. They were isolated, strictly controlled and resource-deprived — but unlike the ghettos of history, they weren't meant to last. Maxwell Street, a teeming marketplace of Chicago's ghetto, on July 22, 1939. AP Reviving the Jewish ghetto made genocide a much simpler project. As the Holocaust proceeded, ghettos were emptied by the trainload. The prisoners of the enormous Warsaw ghetto , which at one point held 400,000 Jews, famously fought their deportation to death camps. They were outnumbered and undersupplied, but some managed to die on their own terms; thousands of Jews were killed within the walls of the ghetto, rather than in the camps. Jews line up in front of a well in a ghetto at Lublin, Poland, Feb. 1, 1941. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Jews line up in front of a well in a ghetto at Lublin, Poland, Feb. 1, 1941. AP Jewish ghettos were finally abolished after the end of World War II. But the word lived on, redefined as a poor, urban black community. From Anti-Semitism To Race And Poverty As early as 1908, "ghetto" was sometimes used metaphorically to describe slum areas that weren't mandated by law but that were limited to a single group of people because of other constraints. That year, Jack London wrote of "the working-class ghetto." Immigrant groups and American Jews were also identified as living in these unofficial "ghettos." Even as those areas were identified, they were already transforming. A 1928 study of American Jewish ghettos explained why such communities were being "invaded" by people of color: "the Negro, like the immigrant, is segregated in the city into a racial colony. Economic considerations, race prejudice and cultural differences combine to set him apart." "Race prejudice" included laws and lending practices, from redlining to restrictive covenants , explicitly design to separate white and nonwhite city dwellers. After World War II, "white flight" from inner cities further exacerbated racial segregation. By the '60s and '70s, so-called "negro ghettos" in cities like Chicago, New York and Detroit were central to the c


Which Scottish group took its name from the lead character in the film Paris, Texas?

Paris, Texas: On the Road Again - From the Current - The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection On the Road Again By Nick Roddick I have been going to press screenings at the Cannes Film Festival for more than twenty-five years, but only twice have I been absolutely sure—blindingly, heart-racingly certain—that I have just seen the future winner of the Palme d’Or. Cannes is a distorting lens that can give an undeserved boost to an ambitious but flawed film, just as it can smother a smaller or more conservative one. But on those occasions, there was no room for doubt; it was like falling in love. My first such love affair was with Paris, Texas, shown in 1984 (the second was with Emir Kusturica’s Underground, a decade later). The festival jury, which that year included the veteran cinematographer Henri Alekan, who would go on to shoot Wings of Desire for Wim Wenders, duly awarded it the Palme d’Or; it even garnered the affection of a far more persnickety group, winning the International Critics Prize. The awards were all the more surprising in that the film is an unabashed love letter to America, coming halfway through the Reagan era, when Europe in general, and filmmakers in particular, were anything but pro-American. Of course, one might argue that Paris, Texas is in love with a certain idea of America. But in truth, Wenders would probably not have concerned himself with that distinction: the personal always trumps the political in his films. The plot of Paris, Texas is disarmingly simple, focusing on the dramatic after-effects of a marriage’s breakdown on young Hunter (played by Hunter Carson, son of writer L. M. Kit Carson and actress Karen Black); his father, Travis (a name that still had sinister resonance eight years after Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, and played with shell-shocked intensity by Harry Dean Stanton); and his mother, Jane, a plain name almost willfully ill suited to the fragile, feral character embodied in the film by Nastassja Kinski. Travis is found wandering in the desert by his brother, Walt (Dean Stockwell), is reunited with Hunter, sets off with Hunter to find Jane, finds her, and disappears again. That’s about it. What turns this fairly ordinary-sounding family drama into something on the edge of epic is its use of landscape and setting—the desert Southwest, California’s San Fernando Valley (also the setting for Wenders’s 1997 The End of Violence), and the concrete canyons of Houston—reinforced by the stunning cinematography of regular early collaborator Robby Müller and a plangent slide-guitar score by Ry Cooder (with whom Wenders would later make the Oscar-nominated documentary Buena Vista Social Club). A lot of the action takes place on the road, long a staple of American culture, as much in the novel as on the screen. Think of Rabbit Angstrom’s overnight drive south as he “runs” in the first of Updike’s Rabbit novels; or, earlier, of Kerouac’s generation-defining classic On the Road; or, earlier still, of the Joad family’s doomed westward odyssey in The Grapes of Wrath. But the road is a theme that, for obvious reasons, works better in cinema than in literature, and came into its own in such iconic works of the 1960s and 1970s as Easy Rider, Two-Lane Blacktop, and Five Easy Pieces. The American road is as much a state of mind as a highway: an almost infinite strip of possibilities that helps the traveler reach—or (as in Easy Rider) fail to reach—the heart of America. Highways have been central to Wenders’s films almost from the start. He christened his first production company Road Movies, and nearly all his films are about movement: most of them are on the road to somewhere; not all of them arrive—by which I mean that the characters’ journeys are incomplete rather than that the films fail. In 1975, a decade before Paris, Texas, Wenders made Falsche Bewegung, about whose English title no one seems able to agree. Released in the UK as The Wrong Move and in the U.S. as The Wrong Movement, it translates literally as “False Movement”—a much better rendering and a title that could apply to most


Which Shakespearean character said 'Screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail'?

Screw your courage to the sticking place - eNotes Shakespeare Quotes Screw your courage to the sticking place Macbeth: But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. Read on Owl Eyes This eText is now on Owl Eyes. Clicking this link will open a new window. This is one time when you don't have to feel ignorant because you don't understand what Shakespeare really meant. Although he invented "sticking place," and though our usage derives directly from this scene, Shakespeare never explains what the phrase means. Macbeth still has cold feet; he and his wife have agreed to kill King Duncan of Scotland, but he can't stop thinking of all the consequences the deed might not trammel up [see THE BE-ALL AND THE END-ALL ]. Lady Macbeth, after impugning her husband's manliness, urges him, as we might say, to "screw up his courage." The OED suggests that Lady Macbeth's original words refer to the twisting of a tuning peg until it becomes set in its hole. The editor of The Riverside Shakespeare, on the other hand, suggests that a "sticking place" is "the mark to which a soldier screwed up the cord of a crossbow." Whether the metaphor is musical, martial, or otherwise, Lady Macbeth's meaning is obvious though her words are obscure: "tighten up your courage until it is fixed in the place necessary for the murder of Duncan."


Who was the US team captain at the 2012 Ryder Cup?

Ryder Cup 2012: USA team profiles | Sport | The Guardian Ryder Cup 2012 Ryder Cup 2012: USA team profiles USA Ryder Cup captain omits Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan from his four wildcard picks in the team to face Europe at Medinah at the last weekend of the month Dustin Johnson, one of Davis Love III's four wildcard picks for his USA team to play in the 2012 Ryder Cup Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA Tuesday 4 September 2012 10.39 EDT First published on Tuesday 4 September 2012 10.39 EDT This article is 4 years old Tiger Woods 36 W13 H2 L14 Often criticised for not embracing the Ryder Cup format and has finished on the winning side only once in six attempts. Recent record of six wins in nine matches shows the former world No1's attitude towards the event may have softened. Bubba Watson 33 W1 L3 Will be making only his second Ryder Cup appearance at Medinah, where his big-hitting should prove beneficial. The colourful left-hander claimed this year's Masters in spectacular fashion, defeating Louis Oosthuizen in a playoff. Jason Dufner 35 Debut Was criticised as being a journeyman after finishing second in last year's US PGA Championship. Yet Dufner has won twice since and featured prominently elsewhere, highlighting him as a late developer. Keegan Bradley 26 Debut Became the first player to win a major when using a long putter, at last year's US PGA. Won the WGC event at Bridgestone last month and is rightly regarded as world golf's brightest young stars. Webb Simpson 27 Debut The current US Open champion. Also came a very close second to Luke Donald in the PGA Tour's money list of 2011. Zach Johnson 36 W3 H1 L3 Disappeared from view slightly after winning the Masters five years ago but has bounced back to form recently. Two wins and two runner-up finishes already this season. Matt Kuchar 34 W1 H2 L1 If there is a criticism to be made of the Georgia Tech graduate, it is that he fails to convert a number of winning opportunities. This year, though, Kuchar has claimed the Players Championship and was just a shot away from a Masters playoff. Phil Mickelson 42 W11 H6 L17 Will be making his ninth Ryder Cup appearance, making him the most experienced member of the American team. Has struggled with arthritis but retains a magical short game and won earlier this year at Pebble Beach. Wildcards Steve Stricker 45 W3 H1 L3 A close friend of Davis Love III , who surprisingly has only featured in two Ryder Cups to date. A superb putter, who successfully partnered Tiger Woods both at the 2010 Ryder Cup and in Presidents Cup matches. Jim Furyk 42 W7 H4 L15 Retains key Ryder Cup experience, having played seven times before, albeit not always successfully. Hasn't won since 2010 and blew a glorious chance to break that run at the US Open, where he endured a catastrophic finish. Dustin Johnson 28 W1 L3 One of the most laid back players in golf is unlikely to be fazed by the Ryder Cup surroundings. Would surely have claimed an automatic place in the team but for an injury which caused him to miss three months of the season. Famed for distance. Brandt Snedeker 31 Debut Shot to wider prominence with a fine performance at the Open, which he began with rounds of 64 and 66. Known for superb putting touch and an impressive attitude, was also runner-up at the Barclays event.


Formed in 1932 which is the youngest club in the Premier League?

Wigan Athletic   Premier League 2012/13 -        Wigan Athletic Wigan was promoted from the        Championship        in 2005 and        their current spell in the       Pr.League        is the only        top flight run in the club's        history.       They have played at        the       DW Stadium since 1999,  which they now own, sharing        the stadium with        rugby        leagueclub Wigan Warriors. They        previously        played at        Springfield Park for 67        years.       As of the        2011–12 season,        Wigan are the youngest club        in        the Premier League,       having only been formed in        1932. (source: Wikipedia).         Wigan where         relegated after the         2012/13 sesason. PREMIERSHIP 14/15 - Choose club:


Cassowary - Animals Town Cassowary Size: 1.5 to 1.8 metres (59–71 in) tall Weight: 58.5 kilograms (129 lb) Cassowaries are a large flightless bird. The cassowary is a large flightless bird. There are three kinds of cassowary, two found in New Guinea and one, the southern cassowary, found in northern Queensland. Their habitat is tropical rainforest. Cassowary video. What does a Cassowary look like? The cassowary has a horny helmet, called a casque, on its head. This helps it crash its way through the thick forest. The skin on the cassowary's head and neck is blue. There also is a little red skin on the neck. Two long red free-swinging 'wattles' hang down from the neck, with an orange patch on the back of the neck. The feathers on the body are black and look more like hair than feathers. The legs are thick and greyish, with three toes. The inner toe has a 12 centimetre claw-like spike, which is used in defence. Cassowaries can be dangerous when cornered. Though unable to fly, the Cassowary is a good swimmer. Where do Cassowary live? Cassowaries are native to the humid rainforests of New Guinea and nearby smaller islands, and northeastern Australia. They will, however, venture out into palm scrub, grassland, savanna, and swamp forest. It is unclear if some islands' populations are natural or the result of trade in young birds by natives. What does a Cassowary eat? Cassowaries eat fruit and seeds. The seeds pass through their bodies, and so the cassowary plays an important part in spreading seeds of rainforest plants. Cassowaries are predominantly frugivorous, but they will take flowers, fungi, snails , insects, frogs , birds, fish, rats, mice, and carrion. The cassowary plum takes its name from the bird. Where trees are dropping fruit, cassowaries will come in and feed, with each bird defending a tree from others for a few days. They move on when the fruit is depleted. Fruit is swallowed whole, even items as large as bananas and apples. Why does a Cassowary have a helmet? Grey in colour and slightly directed forward this vertical bony helmet protects the birds head as it makes its swift way through the thick undergrowth of the rainforest. The Cassowary is the only bird in the world to have any type of protective armour. The helmet also helps the Cassowary crash its way through the thick forest. What kind of sound does a Cassowary make? The sound range from the noise of thunder in the distance. The lowing of a cow to its calf (when calling to its young). And a throaty call like a truck being started. Cassowary images Download free Cassowary wallpapers, click on the image to open the large version. Cassowary wallpaper 1 Print free Cassowary coloring pages, click on the image to open the large version. Cassowary coloring page 1


In 1961, which British spy was sentenced to 42 years in prison, one of the longest sentences ever handed down by a British court?

'Life should mean life' for prison sentences despite what Europe decides, says David Cameron | The Independent 'Life should mean life' for prison sentences despite what Europe decides, says David Cameron Worst offenders should be given 100-year sentences to get round ban on life terms by European judges Thursday 2 January 2014 16:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online David Cameron has insisted that British courts must retain the right to sentence the worst offenders to stay in prison until they die Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images David Cameron has insisted that British courts must retain the right to sentence the worst offenders to stay in prison until they die, despite a ruling by European judges. Last year, the European Court of Human Rights upheld an appeal by three British prisoners against the ‘whole life’ sentences imposed on them for a combined total of 11 murders. The judges ruled that a prisoner who was denied any prospect of release was also being denied any opportunity to atone for his crimes and achieve rehabilitation. But Mr Cameron said on Thursday: "There are some people who commit such dreadful crimes that they should be sent to prison, life should mean life and whatever the European Court has said we must put in place arrangements to make sure that can continue." One option the Government is now considering is giving judges the power to pass prison sentences of 100 years or more, which would comply with the letter of the judges’ ruling because the person sentenced would qualify to have his case reviewed eventually. The ruling by the European Court has angered people in Britain partly because it is seen as interfering in domestic affairs, and also because of the possibility that some people who commit horrific crimes will get off too lightly. In October, a judge complained that the European court ruling prevented him from imposing a whole life tariff on Ian McLoughlin, who killed on his first day out on day release after spending 21 years in prison for a previous murder. Instead, McLoughlin, aged 55, was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years. The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, described the sentence as ‘unduly lenient.’ But Juliet Lyon, of the Prison Reform Trust, accused the Government of trying to "dodge complying with the Human Rights Act". She added: "What it risks is further inflation in sentencing. People serving life sentences are serving three years longer than they did 10 years ago." There are currently 49 prisoners in England and Wales sentenced to ‘whole life’ terms. The longest sentence ever imposed in a British court, other than a life sentence, was 42 years, handed to the soviet spy, George Blake, in 1961. Much longer sentences are frequently passed in US courts. Last August, Ariel Castor, the bus driver who held three women prisoner in his home for a decade, was sentenced to 1,000 years. More about: Close We've noticed that you are using an ad blocker. Advertising helps fund our journalism and keep it truly independent. It helps to build our international editorial team, from war correspondents to investigative reporters, commentators to critics. Click here to view instructions on how to disable your ad blocker, and help us to keep providing you with free-thinking journalism - for free. Thank you for your support. How to disable your ad blocker for independent.co.uk Adblock / Adblock Plus Click the Adblock/Adblock Plus icon, which is to the right of your address bar. On Adblock click "Don't run on pages on this domain". On Adblock Plus click "Enabled on this site" to disable ad blocking for the current website you are on. If you are in Firefox click "disable on independent.co.uk". Firefox Tracking Protection If you are Private Browsing in Firefox, "Tracking Protection" may cause the adblock notice to show. It can be temporarily disabled by clicking the "shield" icon in the address bar. Ghostery In versions before 6.0 click "whitelist site". In version 6.0 click "trust site" or add independent.co.uk to your Trusted Site list. In versions before 6.0 you will see the message "Site is whi


To which order of monks do Trappists belong?

Peek Inside the Trappist Monks' Ascetic Life By  Jack Zavada Updated January 11, 2016. Trappist monks and nuns fascinate many Christians because of their isolated and ascetic lifestyle, and at first glance seem a carryover from medieval times. The Cistercian order, parent group of the Trappists, was founded in 1098 in France, but life inside the monasteries has changed much over the centuries. The most obvious development was a split in the 16th century into two branches: the Cistercian Order, or common observance, and the Cistercians of the Strict Observance, or Trappists. Trappists take their name from the Abbey of La Trappe, about 85 miles from Paris, France. The order includes both monks and nuns, who are called Trappistines. Today more than 2,100 monks and about 1,800 nuns live at 170 Trappist monasteries scattered throughout the world. Quiet But Not Silent Trappists closely follow the Rule of Benedict , a set of instructions laid down in the sixth century to govern monasteries and individual behavior. It's widely believed these monks and nuns take a vow of silence, but that has never been the case. While talking is strongly discouraged in monasteries, it is not forbidden. In some areas, such as the church or hallways, conversation may be prohibited, but in other spaces, monks or nuns may converse with each other or family members who visit. Centuries ago, when quiet was more strictly enforced, the monks came up with a simple sign language to express common words or questions. Monks' sign language is rarely used in monasteries today. The three vows in the Rule of Benedict cover obedience, poverty, and chastity. Since the monks or nuns live in community, no one actually owns anything, except their shoes, eyeglasses, and personal toiletry items. Supplies are kept in common. Food is simple, consisting of grains, beans, and vegetables, with occasional fish, but no meat. Daily Life for Trappist Monks and Nuns Trappist monks and nuns live a routine of prayer and silent contemplation . They rise very early, gather every day for mass , and meet six or seven times a day for organized prayer. Although these religious men and women may worship, eat, and work together, each has their own cell, or small individual room. Cells are very simple, with a bed, small table or writing desk, and perhaps a kneeling bench for prayer. In many abbeys, air conditioning is restricted to the infirmary and visitors' rooms, but the entire structure has heat, to maintain good health. Benedict's Rule demands that each monastery be self-supporting, so Trappist monks have become inventive in making products popular with the public. Trappist beer is regarded by connoisseurs as one of the best beers in the world. Brewed by monks in seven Trappist abbeys in Belgium and the Netherlands, it ages in the bottle unlike other beers, and becomes better with time. Trappist monasteries also sell such things as cheese , eggs, mushrooms, fudge, chocolate truffles, fruitcakes, cookies, fruit preserves, and caskets. Isolated for Prayer Benedict taught that monks and cloistered nuns could do much good praying for others. Heavy emphasis is put on discovering one's true self and on experiencing God through centering prayer. While Protestants may see monastic life as unbiblical and violating the Great Commission , Catholic Trappists say the world is sorely in need of prayer and repentance . Many monasteries take prayer requests and habitually pray for the church and God's people. Two Trappist monks made the order famous in the 20th century: Thomas Merton and Thomas Keating . Merton (1915-1968), a monk at Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, wrote an autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, which sold over one million copies. Royalties from his 70 books help finance Trappists today. Merton was a supporter of the civil rights movement and opened a dialogue with Buddhists on shared ideas in contemplation. However, today's abbot at Gethsemani is quick to point out that Merton's celebrity was hardly typical of Trappist monks. Keating, now 89, a monk in Snowmass, Colorado, is one o


Which author created the detective Harry Hole?

Home - Jo Nesbo Home The new Harry Hole thriller, coming May 2017 Harry Hole returns in the eleventh installment of the author’s best-selling, electrifying crime fiction series. UK Cover Reveal – THE THIRST Here’s a first look at the UK cover for Jo Nesbo’s new Harry Hole thriller, THE THIRST, which marks the return of the Oslo detective as he is drawn back into the police force when a serial killer begins targeting internet daters. THE THIRST will be available to buy worldwide in English on 20 April 2017 and you can pre-order your copy now http://hyperurl.co/JoNesboTheThirst More exciting news about THE THIRST will be revealed in the New Year with exclusive chapter previews, behind the scenes videos from Jo, competitions to win the book and lots more on Jo’s Facebook page . Watch this space! From The Hollywood Reporter: Big Number: 30 million books sold worldwide. Harry Hole, the best-known creation of Norway’s most popular novelist, is getting a high-profile film debut, with Michael Fassbender playing the detective in October 2017’s The Snowman. If the movie is a hit, it could launch a franchise (Nesbo, 56, has 11 Harry Hole novels in the series). Also in development is The Son, a stand-alone novel, with Jake Gyllenhaal attached. And earlier this year, the Nesbo-created TV seriesOccupied, imagining if the Russians invaded Norway, debuted in that country (where it was the most expensive series in history) and on Netflix to strong reviews. Read more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywoods-25-powerful-authors-2016-931979/item/jo-nesbo-25-powerful-authors-931964


The song 'People' appears in which 1964 Broadway musical?

The Broadway Musicals of 1964 - TheaterMania.com The Broadway Musicals of 1964 From Channing to Lansbury to Streisand, the Broadway musicals of 1964 positively glittered with stars. Jun 7, 2002 Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl It was truly the last star-studded year of Broadway musicals. The Great White Way saw, in alphabetical order, Carol Burnett, Jack Cassidy, Carol Channing, Barbara Cook, Sammy Davis, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Richard Kiley, Bert Lahr, Angela Lansbury, Steve Lawrence, Beatrice Lillie, Zero Mostel, Robert Preston, Lee Remick, Chita Rivera, and, oh yes--Barbra Streisand. In less prominent roles, we had such soon-to-be-familiar names as John Davidson, Eileen Brennan, David Hartman, Julia Migenes, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Jean Stapleton. It was 1964, and Broadway was doing its part to assuage the nation's grief. A much-beloved president had been assassinated just 39 days before the new year began. (Who knew that that tragic event would later be brilliantly examined in a musical?) Broadway answered the challenge in pretty high gear, for of the 16 musicals that opened that year, five would run over 500 performances. And yet, one show that opened and closed on successive Saturdays, Anyone Can Whistle, has proved to have more staying power than two of the long-runners, Golden Boy and What Makes Sammy Run? When producer-host Scott Siegel and director Robert Armin debut Broadway Musicals of 1964 Monday, June 10 at Town Hall, none of the above-named stars will be there, of course. But songs by Adams and Strouse, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Bock and Harnick, Comden and Green, Jerry Herman, Bob Merrill, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne sure will be. But which ones? Part of the fun of attending this Broadway Musicals series at Town Hall is guessing what will be part of the program. Here's what I anticipate that Siegel and Armin will choose: The title song to end all title songs: Carol Channing and waiters in Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly! (opened January 16, 1964). Well, of course we'll hear the title tune that swept the country for the first six months of 1964. But given that Carol Channing impersonator extraordinaire Richard Skipper will be on hand, I expect we'll hear "So Long, Dearie"--one of musical theater's great 11 o'clock numbers--too. This female impersonator is, to quote a song from a Broadway musical of 1936, "A Little Skipper from Heaven Above." Rugantino (February 6). Here was a musical written by Italians and performed by Italians--in Italian. Thus, the show sported an innovation that has now become commonplace in opera: supratitles. (They, by the way, were translated into English by Alfred Drake--yes, that Alfred Drake.) A listen to the Warner Brothers cast album shows that the two Italian songsmiths must have come over to America in the late '50s, saw West Side Story and My Fair Lady, and said, "Oh, so that's how it's done"--for their show contains plenty of influences from those hits. I'm sure that Siegel and Armin will choose "Roma Nun Fa La Stupida Stasera," a pretty song indeed--but not the blockbuster that the authors thought it was. Listen to it on the Original Cast Album, and see if you can keep a straight face. First everyone sings it. Then the men's chorus sings it. Then the women's chorus. Then they sing it together again. Think we're done? No, for then the young male lover sings it. Then the young female lover. Then the male comic. Then the female comic. It's gotta be over now, right? No, for then everyone joins in to sing it a capella. The first time I heard this on the cast album, I fell out of my chair. I know people say that all the time, but this was only once of two times in my life that I really did fall out of my chair while listening to a record, for I started to believe that this song might never, ever end. Foxy (February 16). The name on everybody's lips is gonna be Foxy, at least for one song: "Talk to Me, Baby," which composer Robert Emmett Dolan and lyricist Johnny Mercer thought would be their big hit. They did get two singers to record singles of it before the show


"In chemistry, what is the term for a water-soluble base? It derives its name from the Arabic word for ""ashes."""

14.3: Bases: Properties and Examples - Chemistry LibreTexts 14.3: Bases: Properties and Examples Last updated Skills to Develop Explain the following laws within the Ideal Gas Law Perhaps you have eaten too much pizza and felt very uncomfortable hours later. This feeling is due to excess stomach acid being produced. The discomfort can be dealt with by taking an antacid. The base in the antacid will react with the \(\ce{HCl}\) in the stomach and neutralize it, taking care of that unpleasant feeling. Bases Bases have properties that mostly contrast with those of acids. Aqueous solutions of bases are also electrolytes. Bases can be either strong or weak, just as acids can. Bases often have a bitter taste and are found in foods less frequently than acids. Many bases, like soaps, are slippery to the touch. Bases also change the color of indicators. Litmus turns blue in the presence of a base while phenolphthalein turns pink. Bases do not react with metals in the way that acids do. Bases react with acids to produce a salt and water. Figure 21.2.1: Phenolphthalein indicator in presence of base. Please note that tasting chemicals and touching them are NOT good lab practices and should be avoided - in other words, don't do this at home. Bases are less common as foods, but they are nonetheless present in many household products. Many cleaners contain ammonia, a base. Sodium hydroxide is found in drain cleaner. Antacids, which combat excess stomach acid, are comprised of bases such as magnesium hydroxide or sodium hydrogen carbonate. Summary The properties of bases are listed. Contributors CK-12 Foundation by Sharon Bewick, Richard Parsons, Therese Forsythe, Shonna Robinson, and Jean Dupon. Except as otherwise noted, all CK-12 Content (including CK-12 Curriculum Material) is made available to Users in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) License ( http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/3.0/), as amended and updated by Creative Commons from time to time (the "CC License"), which is incorporated herein by this reference.   A base is thought of as a substance which can accept protons or any chemical compound that yields hydroxide ions (OH-) in solution. It is also commonly referred to as any substance that can react with an acid to decrease or neutralize its acidic properties, change the color of indicators (e.g. turn red litmus paper blue), feel slippery to the touch when in solution, taste bitter, react with acids to form salts, and promote certain chemical reactions (e.g. base catalysis). Example of simple bases are sodium hydroxide and ammonia . Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as caustic soda or lye, dissociates in water to form hydroxide ions (OH-) and sodium ions (Na+). Bases have many practical uses, and several of them are commonly found in the home. Household ammonia is a familiar cleaning agent. Lye is used for cleaning clogs and sink drains. Potassium hydroxide, also called caustic potash, is used to make soft soap that dissolves in water with ease. Magnesium hydroxide in water (also called milk of magnesia) is used as an antacid or laxative. The term "alkali" is derived from the Arabic word al qalīy, meaning "the calcined ashes." These plant ashes were regarded as having properties such as the ability to reverse the action of acids and having detergent power. Thus, an alkali was initially thought of as the antithesis of an acid. The formation of salts from the acid and alkali reaction led to the view that salts can be derived from two constituents of opposite natures. Yet, not all non-acidic constituents possessed alkaline properties. Examples are oxides and hydroxides of heavy metals. Hence, the concept of "base" was born. This concept was first introduced by the French chemist Guillaume François Rouelle in 1754. He noted that acids—which in those days were mostly volatile liquids, such as acetic acid —turned into solid salts only when combined with specific substances. These substances formed a concrete base for the salt, [1] and hence the name. Base vs. Alka


What was the name of the owl in the children's BBC TV show 'he Herbs'?

The Herbs (TV Series 1968–1972) - 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 Animated adventures of characters in a herb garden, such as Sir Basil and Lady Rosemary, Bayleaf the gardener, Sage the owl, Dill the dog and Parsley the lion. Creator: a list of 172 titles created 02 Mar 2012 a list of 307 titles created 05 Jan 2013 a list of 39 titles created 29 Apr 2014 a list of 699 titles created 09 Aug 2014 a list of 180 titles created 8 months ago Search for " The Herbs " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: The Herbs (1968–1972) 8.1/10 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. Edit Storyline Animated adventures of characters in a herb garden, such as Sir Basil and Lady Rosemary, Bayleaf the gardener, Sage the owl, Dill the dog and Parsley the lion. 12 February 1968 (UK) See more  » Company Credits (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews I love the herbs so much I got the video for my 18th birthday!!!! Parsley the lion was great. He used to sing this cute song, 'I'm a very friendly Lion called Parsley', and he was always getting tired and having a nap. He had a friend called Dill the dog who was really hyperactive. There were other characters too. Mr & Mrs Onion and their little chives. There was a lady too, but I can't remember her name. Also BellaDonna the witch. I remember that to enter the garden, you had to say the magic word, which was always some Latin gardening word. This was a great programme for children. It taught you a bit about the herbs and vegetables in the garden, like the onion were always crying! I wish there was better stuff on TV for kids today. 7 of 7 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


Unst, Yell and Fetlar are part of which island group?

Metamorphic rocks of Shetland: Yell, Unst and Fetlar - Earthwise Metamorphic rocks of Shetland: Yell, Unst and Fetlar From Earthwise From: Mykura, W. 1976. British regional geology: Orkney and Shetland . Edinburgh, Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Contents Geological sketch-map of Shetland. P915566. Geological sketch-map of Unst and Fetlar . P915571. Funzie Conglomerate, south-east coast of Fetlar (W. Mykura). P535973. Structural map of Unst and Fetlar. P915572. File:P915601.jpg Nappe Pile, Unst. Major tectonic blocks. P915601. The northern isles of Shetland contain two major geological units. The western unit ( P915566 ) comprises the whole of Yell, the western half of Unst and the most westerly peninsula of Fetlar. It consists of highly metamorphosed and, to a large extent, intensely migmatised metasedimentary gneisses which have some characteristics in common with the migmatised lower divisions of the East Mainland Succession. The eastern unit comprises the eastern half of Unst and most of Fetlar and is separated from the rocks to the west by a major thrust zone. It consists of a number of shear-bounded blocks of serpentinite, metagabbro and phyllite which are part of two major nappes that were emplaced at a high structural level. The tectonised phyllites between and below the nappes consist of slices or ‘schuppen’ of rock cut from the basement and from the nappes, and of newly-formed sediments derived by erosion from the nappes and the basement. These rocks were converted to their present phyllitic state at the time of nappe emplacement by retrogressive metamorphism of the slices of gneiss, hornblende-schist and metagabbro and by prograde metamorphism of the newly deposited sediments. The western metasediments of the northern isles are collectively termed the Basement and the eastern nappes are called the Nappe Pile (Flinn 1958) [1] . Basement (and Saxa Vord Block of Unst) Yell The greater part of Yell consists of garnetiferous mica-plagioclase-gneiss which has been tentatively correlated with the Yell Sound Division of Shetland Mainland. Its foliation trends north–north–west in the north of the island, roughly north—south in the centre and north-north-east in the south. The clip of the foliation is generally steep and its overall inclination is to the west, but in the south-east corner of the island it is vertical or steeply inclined to the east. The north-eastern coastal strip of Yell, the island of Hascosay ( P915571 , P915572 ) and the south-eastern corner of Yell are underlain by striped granulitic oligoclase-gneiss which contains large masses of hornblende-gneiss, some bands of calc-silicate rock and a band of gneiss with augen of microcline. These outcrops form part of a strip of rock which seems to be separated from the main mass of Yell by a major dislocation which could be a branch of the Nesting Fault. It may well form part of the structural unit which includes the western (foreland) blocks of Unst and Fetlar . West of the eastern coastal strip of Yell a sequence of six poorly defined lithological units can be recognised, but none of these form continuous belts throughout the length of the island. The most easterly belt exposed on the east coast between Basta Voe (HU 53 95) and Mid Yell Voe (HU 52 91) consists of mica-schist with small lenticular masses of siliceous granulite. This is followed westwards by a more massive gneissose rock with many veins of pegmatite, which is in turn succeeded by ﬂaggy siliceous and semipelitic schists which form the Hills of Lussetter (HU 52 90) and Vatsie (HU 52 88) south of Mid Yell Voe. The centre of the island is traversed by silvery garnetiferous mica-schists (semipelites) which contain a thick lenticular quartzite. The latter gives rise to the highest ground in Yell, which includes the Hill of Arisdale (HU 50 85) and the Ward of Reafirth (HU 51 88). West of this horizon there is a wide belt of garnetiferous oligoclase-mica-gneiss (semipelite) which is in places intensely migmatised and contains many coarse red granite and oligoclase-pegmatite veins. This migmatised be


In Greek mythology who was the husband of Helen?

Helen | Greek mythology | Britannica.com Greek mythology Alternative Titles: Helen of Troy, Helene Related Topics Aphrodite Helen, Greek Helene, in Greek legend , the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War . She was daughter of Zeus , either by Leda or by Nemesis , and sister of the Dioscuri . As a young girl she was carried off by Theseus , but she was rescued by her brothers. She was also the sister of Clytemnestra , who married Agamemnon . Her suitors came from all parts of Greece, and from among them she chose Menelaus , Agamemnon’s younger brother. During an absence of Menelaus, however, Helen fled to Troy with Paris , son of the Trojan king Priam ; when Paris was slain, she married his brother Deiphobus, whom she betrayed to Menelaus when Troy was subsequently captured. Menelaus and she then returned to Sparta , where they lived happily until their deaths. The abduction of Helen, bas-relief; in the Lateran Museum, Rome. Alinari/Art Resource, New York According to a variant of the story, Helen, in widowhood, was driven out by her stepsons and fled to Rhodes , where she was hanged by the Rhodian queen Polyxo in revenge for the death of her husband, Tlepolemus, in the Trojan War. The poet Stesichorus , however, related in his second version of her story that she and Paris were driven ashore on the coast of Egypt and that Helen was detained there by King Proteus . The Helen carried on to Troy was thus a phantom, and the real one was recovered by her husband from Egypt after the war. This version of the story was used by Euripides in his play Helen. Helen Brought to Paris, oil on canvas by Benjamin West, 1776; in the Smithsonian American … Photograph by pohick2. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Museum purchase, 1969.33 Helen was worshipped and had a festival at Therapnae in Laconia ; she also had a temple at Rhodes, where she was worshipped as Dendritis (the tree goddess). Like her brothers, the Dioscuri, she was a patron deity of sailors. Her name is pre-Hellenic and in cult may go back to the pre-Greek periods. Learn More in these related articles:


Which is the first book of the Bible named after a man?

4. The Historical Books | Bible.org 4. The Historical Books Introduction As previously mentioned, the Old Testament can be divided into four basic sections with each providing a specific focus with regard to the person to Christ. With Joshua through Esther, we come to the second group of twelve books that deals with the history of the nation of Israel. These books cover the life of the nation from their possession of the land down to the two deportations and loss of the land because of unbelief and disobedience. Covering about 800 years of Israel’s history, these twelve books tell about the conquering and possession of Canaan, the reigns of the judges, the establishment of kings, the division of Israel into the northern and Southern Kingdoms, the fall of the Northern Kingdom to Assyria, the exile of the Southern Kingdom into Babylon, and the return to Jerusalem under the leadership of men like Nehemiah and Ezra. As these books prepare us for the coming of Christ, the Messiah, they can be seen as follows:   Historical Books: The Preparation for Christ 4 Joshua the possession of the land by the nation the oppression of the nation The Theocracy: These books cover the period when Israel was ruled by God (1405-1043 B.C.). 1 Samuel the stabilization of the nation the expansion of the nation the glorification of the nation the division of the nation the deterioration of the Northern Kingdom the deportation of the Southern Kingdom the preparation of the Temple the destruction of the Temple The Monarchy: These books trace the history of Israel’s monarchy from its establishment to its destruction in 586 B.C. Ezra the restoration of the Temple the reconstruction of the city the protection of the nation’s people The Restoration: These books describe the return of a remnant to the land after 70 years of captivity (605-536 B.C.). JOSHUA (Possession and Conquest) 1400-1370 B.C. Title of the Book: Unlike the first five books of the Old Testament, this book appropriately takes its name from the chief human personality of the book, Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses’ servant. Joshua’s original name was Hoshea (Num. 13:8; Deut. 32:44) which means “salvation.” But during the wilderness wanderings Moses changed his name to Yehoshua, meaning “Yahweh is salvation” or “Save, Yahweh” (Num. 13:16). Joshua is a contracted form of Yehoshua. This amounted to a prophetic anticipation and reminder to Joshua, to the spies, and the people that victory over the enemies and possession of the land would be by the power of the Lord rather than by human skill or wisdom or power. This book is given the name Joshua because, though Joshua was one of the world’s greatest military strategist of history, his wisdom and military achievements came from the Lord who alone is our Salvation. It was the Lord Himself who brought about victory for Israel and vanquished Israel’s enemies giving them possession of the land. Theme and Purpose: Possessing, conquering, and dividing of the promised land is the theme and purpose of Joshua. The book of Joshua is designed to show God’s faithfulness to His promises, doing for Israel exactly as He had promised (cf. Gen. 15:18 with Josh. 1:2-6 and 21:43-45). The events recorded in Joshua are selective to set forth God’s special intervention on behalf of His people against all kinds of tremendous odds. The fulfillment of God’s promises, as so evident in the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah and in possessing the land with its fortified cities, is the work of God and that which man could never do no matter how hard he might try (see Rom. 4). Key Words: Possession, conquest, victory, dividing the land. Key Verses: 1:3 Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses. [In this regard, Joshua compares to Ephesians 1:3 in the New Testament, “… blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies.”] 1:8-9 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will