On Nov. 7th 2013, what landmark did A.P. McCoy reach, in terms of number of winners?

Tony McCoy celebrates 4,000th winner at Towcester on Mountain Tunes | Sport | The Guardian Tony McCoy celebrates 4,000th winner at Towcester on Mountain Tunes Thursday 7 November 2013 14.53 EST First published on Thursday 7 November 2013 14.53 EST Close This article is 3 years old Having kept the racing world waiting for days, Tony McCoy achieved his 4,000th winner with an astonishing ride here on Thursday, rallying a horse who was plainly destined for defeat to take the lead yards from the line. High on anticipation, the crowd responded with a thundering cheer which may have no precedent in rural Northamptonshire and the stands emptied as racegoers ran to the winner's enclosure to welcome back a jump jockey who has left the sport's previous records in smithereens. When McCoy took his first ride in September 1990, weighing out at 6st 4lb, the mark for most career wins by a jump jockey had been set by Peter Scudamore, who managed 1,678 before retiring two years later. Richard Dunwoody briefly set a new high of 1,699 but McCoy passed that 11 years ago and every winner he has ridden since then has been a record-breaker. No one in the sport appears to believe his new total can ever be matched. Retirement may not be far away but when the evil day arrives, McCoy could consider a second career as a director of thrillers, so deftly did he wind up the tension to this moment over the past week, riding a winner here and another there but accepting only a handful of rides on most days until he came here needing just one more victory. That allowed time for the gathering of a fine supporting cast, including JP McManus, the racehorse owner who retains his services, who had been abroad all week but flew into Britain in time to see this moment of triumph. Several members of McCoy's family had also made the journey over from Country Antrim. His wife, Chanelle, was the first to greet him as he returned aboard Mountain Tunes to an emotional welcome, his fellow riders streaming out of the weighing room to join scenes of jubilation. She cradled their 13-week-old child, Archie, and held the hand of their daughter, Eve, who turns six today and had the occasion marked for her by being soaked in the champagne sprayed at her father. "It was nearly too good to be true," Chanelle said as her husband made steady progress through the crowds towards her, "because his dad is here, his brother is here, everybody. It's just poetry that he's won today. The crowd here is phenomenal. All of us, our hearts were just absolutely in our mouths. I thought he'd nearly given up. It was a typical AP ride." Tony McCoy celebrates his 4,000th victory as he enters the winner's enclosure on Mountain Tunes at Towcester on Thursday. Photograph: Tom Jenkins "It's the greatest sense of relief," McCoy said, finally dismounted and at the centre of a hubbub that lasted all through the next race and up to the off-time of the one after that. He had, he admitted, taken fewer rides because he had been determined to reach this landmark on a horse owned by McManus and trained by Jonjo O'Neill, long-standing supporters who also shared in his 2010 Grand National win with Don't Push It and his Cheltenham Gold Cup success last year on Synchronised. "It means an awful lot to ride my 4,000th winner for both of them," the jockey said, though he dedicated the moment to the father of his agent, who had died on Wednesday. "Dave [Roberts] came today, he said his dad would have wanted him to be here and I believe he probably would have done. Dave's booked me on every single winner that I've ever ridden." Something about the jump jockeys' weighing room inhibits egos and, while speaking of the pride he took in the achievement, McCoy repeatedly stressed that he did not want to sound "arrogant". He provoked laughter with his assessment of Mountain Tunes' race: "To be honest, I didn't give him a particularly good ride. But anyway I can say that, now that I've won on him." He did not specify what exactly he had done wrong and no one was offering criticism. The horse was making his racecourse debut, ha


When formed in 1865, the Christian Mission was the original name of what organisation?

The Salvation Army - History of the Salvation Army Make a Donation History of the Salvation Army William Booth embarked upon his ministerial career in 1852, desiring to win the lost multitudes of England to Christ. He walked the streets of London to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor, the homeless, the hungry, and the destitute. Booth abandoned the conventional concept of a church and a pulpit, instead taking his message to the people. His fervor led to disagreement with church leaders in London, who preferred traditional methods. As a result, he withdrew from the church and traveled throughout England, conducting evangelistic meetings. His wife, Catherine, could accurately be called a cofounder of The Salvation Army. In 1865, William Booth was invited to hold a series of evangelistic meetings in the East End of London. He set up a tent in a Quaker graveyard, and his services became an instant success. This proved to be the end of his wanderings as an independent traveling evangelist. His renown as a religious leader spread throughout London, and he attracted followers who were dedicated to fight for the souls of men and women. Thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and drunkards were among Booth's first converts to Christianity. To congregations who were desperately poor, he preached hope and salvation. His aim was to lead people to Christ and link them to a church for further spiritual guidance. Many churches, however, did not accept Booth's followers because of their past. So Booth continued giving his new converts spiritual direction, challenging them to save others like themselves. Soon, they too were preaching and singing in the streets as a living testimony to the power of God. In 1867, Booth had only 10 full-time workers, but by 1874, the number had grown to 1,000 volunteers and 42 evangelists, all serving under the name "The Christian Mission." Booth assumed the title of general superintendent, with his followers calling him "General." Known as the "Hallelujah Army," the converts spread out of the East End of London into neighboring areas and then to other cities. Booth was reading a printer's proof of the 1878 annual report when he noticed the statement "The Christian Mission is a volunteer army." Crossing out the words "volunteer army," he penned in "Salvation Army." From those words came the basis of the foundation deed of The Salvation Army. From that point, converts became soldiers of Christ and were known then, as now, as Salvationists. They launched an offensive throughout the British Isles, in some cases facing real battles as organized gangs mocked and attacked them. In spite of violence and persecution, some 250,000 people were converted under the ministry of The Salvation Army between 1881 and 1885. Meanwhile, the Army was gaining a foothold in the United States. Lieutenant Eliza Shirley had left England to join her parents, who had migrated to America earlier in search for work. In 1879, she held the first meeting of The Salvation Army in America, in Philadelphia. The Salvationists were received enthusiastically. Shirley wrote to General Booth, begging for reinforcements. None were available at first. Glowing reports of the work in Philadelphia, however, eventually convinced Booth, in 1880, to send an official group to pioneer the work in America. On March 10, 1880, Commissioner George Scott Raiton and seven women officers knelt on the dockside at Battery Park in New York City to give thanks for their safe arrival. At their first official street meeting, these pioneers were met with unfriendly actions, as had happened in Great Britain. They were ridiculed, arrested, and attacked. Several officers and soldiers even gave their lives.Three years later, Railton and other Salvationists had expanded their operation into California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. President Grover Cleveland received a delegation of Salvation Army officers in 1886 and gave the organization a warm personal endorsement. This was the


Which popular sport was once known as ‘sphairistike’?

tennis: History History History Origins Unlike most other sports, lawn tennis has precise origins. An Englishman, Major Walter C. Wingfield, invented lawn tennis (1873) and first played it at a garden party in Wales. Called "Sphairistiké" [Gr., = ball playing] by its inventor, the early game was played on an hourglass-shaped court, widest at the baselines and narrowest at the net. In creating the new sport, Wingfield borrowed heavily from the older games of court tennis and squash racquets and probably even from the Indian game of badminton . Court tennis is also known as royal tennis. It originated in France during the Middle Ages and became a favorite of British royalty, including Henry VIII. The progression from court tennis, which used an unresilient sheepskin ball filled with sawdust, sand, or wool, to lawn tennis depended upon invention of a ball that would bounce. Lawn tennis caught on quickly in Great Britain, and soon the All England Croquet Club at Wimbledon held the first world tennis championship (1877). Restricted to male players, that event became the famous Wimbledon Tournament for the British National Championship, still the most prestigious event in tennis. In 1884 Wimbledon inaugurated a women's championship. Soon the game became popular in many parts of the British Empire, especially in Australia. Tennis spread to the United States by way of Bermuda. While vacationing there, Mary Ewing Outerbridge of New York was introduced (1874) to the game by a friend of Wingfield. She returned to the United States with a net, balls, and rackets, and with the help of her brother, set up a tennis court in Staten Island, N.Y. The first National Championship, for men only, was held (1881) at Newport, R.I. A women's championship was begun six years later, and in 1915 the National Championship moved to Forest Hills, N.Y. Since 1978 what is now the United States Tennis Association Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., has hosted the event (known as the U.S. Open). The Tennis Hall of Fame is in Newport, R.I. The Professionalization of Tournament Tennis In 1900 the international team competition known as the Davis Cup tournament began. Along with the Wightman Cup (begun 1923), an annual tournament between British and American women's teams, the Davis Cup helped to focus international attention on tennis. In 1963, a women's Davis Cup equivalent, the Federation Cup, usurped the prestige of the Wightman Cup. In the first decades of the 1900s tennis was primarily a sport of the country club set. The widespread construction of courts on school and community playgrounds in the 1930s (many built by the federal government's New Deal agencies) helped to make tennis more accessible to the public. When the professional game showed itself to be profitable in the late 1920s, a number of amateur players joined the tour. One of the first to do so was William Tilden , perhaps the greatest player in the history of tennis. Before Tilden turned pro (1931), he won a total of seven United States singles championships and three Wimbledon championships. The continued defection of amateur players into the professional ranks was one of the factors that led amateur tennis's world governing body, the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF, founded 1913), to open its tournaments to both professionals and amateurs in 1968. For many years the major ILTF-sponsored tournaments, including Wimbledon and the U.S. National Championship, had been restricted to amateurs. With the advent of open tennis, however, the great professionals were allowed to compete for the major titles. Eventually, the Davis Cup also allowed professionals. The four major annual tournaments in international tennis are Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the French Open, and the U.S. Open. Winning all four in the same year is called a grand slam. Only Don Budge (1938), Rod Laver (1962, 1969), Maureen Connolly (1953), Margaret Court (1970), and Steffi Graf (1988) have won grand slams. In 1971, the establishment of a women-only professional tour gave female pros finan


On February 7th, in which English town or city was a statue of Charles Dickens unveiled?

Why the Charles Dickens has it taken so long? - Telegraph Charles Dickens Why the Charles Dickens has it taken so long? As the first statue in Britain is unveiled and a new film about his love life  is released, we join the great writer’s descendants on a trail of his home  town 'The Invisible Woman’, starring Ralph Fiennes, above, as Charles Dickens  Comments Exactly 202 years after his arrival in the world, Charles Dickens is returning to the city of his birth. A bronze statue of the author is to be unveiled in Portsmouth’s Guildhall Square on February 7th, the date on which he was born in 1812 and the same day on which the film The Invisible Woman , starring Ralph Fiennes as Dickens, is released. It’s a double Dickensian curtain-up. Showbusiness royalty will be in attendance, in the shape of Edward Fox and his wife Joanna David, along with 45 members of the Dickens family, including nine-year-old Oliver Dickens, the writer’s great-great-great grandson. No surprise, of course, that a big crowd is expected. What comes as more of a revelation is the fact that this will be the first Dickens statue ever to be erected in the UK. There’s a rather soppy one in Philadelphia, with Little Nell hovering at the great man’s feet; and a solemn, white marble affair in Sydney, which was put into storage for 40 years after losing its head. But the Guildhall Square representation of Dickens will be the first public memorial in the British Isles to the creator of Oliver Twist, Mister Pickwick and the countless other colourful characters that flowed from his quill. Why? Because of the writer’s will, in which he adjured his friends “on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial, or testimonial whatever” . Then again, he also asked to be buried in Rochester Cathedral and got Westminster Abbey instead. On a more serious note, his descendants have always insisted that the veto applied only to his closest companions, not the broader, reading public. Related Articles Ralph Fiennes: 'Cinema reduces love to cliché' 23 Jan 2014 Hence the space put aside for him in Guildhall Square, where his likeness is in good hands. Sculptor Martin Jennings has plenty of form, having created both the statue of John Betjeman at London’s St Pancras Station and that of Philip Larkin at Hull Station. So what look has he gone for? Dickens poring over an unfinished manuscript? Speaking out for the downtrodden? Railing against the rich? “What I’ve aimed to capture is the manic energy that Dickens had,” says Jennings. “This is a man who would stride off out on 20-mile walks, criss-crossing through London, in the middle of the night. “He was a great speaker and passionate performer. I’ve portrayed him sitting, alert, in the green room, before one of his public appearances. He’s got a book in one hand and is poised at any second to leap to his feet and walk out to address his audience.” Note the word “sitting”. On the other side of Guildhall Square, the statue of Queen Victoria stands on a lofty 10ft-tall plinth, well out of the reach of her subjects; Dickens, though, will be at ground level. “The fact is, my great-great grandfather was very much a man of the people,” says Ian Dickens. “That’s why we wanted a statue that would be accessible.” He and his brother, Gerald, helped raise funds for the statue (total cost £120,000) by recreating the walk that Nicholas Nickleby made from London to Portsmouth with Smike, the crippled boy he had just rescued from Dotheboys Hall. “We hope that children will want to clamber up his knee and sit on his lap,” says Ian of the statue. While most sculptors prefer to keep the public at least a few respectful feet back from their work, Martin Jennings has been happy to go along with this brief. “I’m sure the statue will attract the attention of the youth of Portsmouth, emerging from clubs in the small hours of the morning,” he sighs. “But I console myself with the thought that, while it will be easy to put a traffic cone on the statue’s head, it will be just as easy to remove it.” As for the city council, it is trusting


Which of the presidents depicted on the Mt. Rushmore Memorial was the last to be born?

Mount Rushmore--Presidents: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Amy Bracewell for National Park Service Every year, the many visitors to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota draw inspiration from the colossal portraits of four outstanding presidents of the United  States:  George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.  Gutzon Borglum carved his gigantic Shrine of Democracy Sculpture into ancient granite high on the southeast face of Mount Rushmore “in commemoration of the foundation, preservation, and continental expansion of the United States.”  The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt are about 60 feet high, and the grouping extends approximately 185 feet along the crest of Mount  Rushmore.  Dark ponderosa pines and other evergreens set off the stark white sculpture.  Added at the time of the Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence in 1976, a flag-lined formal Avenue of Flags creates an impressive approach. In 1923, South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson came up with an idea for attracting tourists to the State.  Robinson envisioned shaping a cluster of tall thin granite peaks called the Needles into statues of explorers and Indian leaders.  The Needles stand where the Black Hills rise from the plains as a gateway to the Rocky Mountains and the West.  In 1924, Robinson wrote sculptor Gutzon Borglum about his idea.  Borglum telegraphed back his enthusiastic support. Avenue of Flags at Mount Rushmore National Memorial Amy Bracewell for National Park Service Born to a Danish American family on a homestead in Idaho in 1867, Gutzon Borglum made his name celebrating things American in a big way.  In 1908, he created a large, 40 inches-high head of Abraham Lincoln.  Representatives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy soon contacted him about creating a portrait head of Robert E. Lee on the side of Stone Mountain in Georgia.  Convinced that the scale of the mountain would dwarf a single head, he convinced them to create a huge group portrait of General Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis.  Borglum completed the head of Lee in 1924, but a dispute with the backers of the project soon led to his dismissal and the eventual removal of his work.  His departure from Georgia made it possible for him to concentrate on Mount Rushmore.  Borglum scouted out a location far better than the fragile Needles: 5,725-foot Mount Rushmore.  Its broad wall of exposed granite was more suitable for sculpture and received direct sunlight for most of the day.  Borglum himself selected the presidents for the memorial, to reflect the nation’s first 150 years of history and to make the project a national, rather than regional one.  Original plans included only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  Borglum picked George Washington the father of the new country because he was a leader in the American Revolution, the first president of the United States, and the man who laid the foundation of American democracy.  Abraham Lincoln was selected for preserving the Union during the Civil War and abolishment of slavery.  As the project progressed, Borglum added Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.  Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, began America’s westward expansion by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, which doubled the size of the country, adding all or part of 15 present-day States. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States and extremely popular in the early 20th century, linked the east and the west through the construction of the Panama Canal and was famous as a “trust buster,” fighting large corporate monopolies and championing the working man. Initial planning and fund-raising began in August 1925.  The project was almost out of money in 1927 before carving even began. Borglum and the planners succeeded in getting the support of President Coolidge when he was vacationing in the Black  Hills


Hoopoe: the butterfly bird | Discover Wildlife Local Patch Reporters Hoopoe: the butterfly bird The flamboyant hoopoe is dressed to impress and has a beguiling song to match. Rob Hume shares his lifelong love affair with one of Europe’s most beautiful birds. 3rd September 2010 a - The flamboyant hoopoe is dressed to impress and has a beguiling song to match. Rob Hume shares his lifelong love affair with one of Europe’s most beautiful birds.   “Look! it’s, er… it’s a woodpecker!” I knew the bird wasn’t really a woodpecker, but had to call it something. How else could this schoolboy point out such an unfamiliar black-and-white creature fluttering over a patch of waste ground in the coalfields of the English Midlands in November? It looked unlike anything else in my experience. This was an inexplicable time and place to see my first ever hoopoe, but it just goes to show: with birds, you should expect the unexpected. Even before they expanded their scope to cover mainland Europe, beginners’ books on British birds often featured the hoopoe. The species was included, I suppose, to spice up field guides with an exotic taste of sunnier climes. Like many an eager young birdwatcher, I singled it out as a must-see.   Spring surprises   About 100 hoopoes arrive in the UK each year, but trying to catch up with one that’s been reported on our shores is far from easy. They appear and then disappear as if by magic, and seldom hang around.   The majority of these hoopoes arrive in spring: those migrating north from Africa to Iberia and France have a tendency to overshoot, flying a little too far. Since most birds are precise in their migrations – the swallow in your shed is probably the same one that nested there last year – the hoopoes’ behaviour is more likely to have long-term value than to be a mere accident.   So, might pioneering individuals find conditions here to their liking and settle, thus extending the species’ range, as happened with little egrets?   A warm welcome   It is sometimes suggested that warmer summers may tempt hoopoes to become regular British nesters. I’m sure they would be welcomed here with open arms, but so far there’s little sign of colonisation, with fewer than 50 known instances of breeding in the past two centuries.   Hoopoes, after all, are partial to big, fat grubs. If birds such as cuckoos, which depend on large, nutritious caterpillars in spring, are going downhill fast in this country, then it hardly seems likely that hoopoes will find conditions here to their taste.   In truth, these are package-holiday birds, which can be glimpsed on beach holidays anywhere in the Mediterranean. They are also widespread from early spring to autumn across most of France, Spain and Portugal, and over much of eastern Europe.   Without doubt, they rank among the continent’s most stunning birds – a flash of dazzling black and white combined with a liberal dash of pale orange, offset by long, sabre-like bills and topped with extraordinary make-believe fans on their crowns.   Sunshine birds   What do hoopoes need for a good life? Firstly, some kind of hole in which to nest, in a tree, wall, cliff or even an old rabbit warren. Secondly, dry ground with sparse, low-growing vegetation or bare sandy soil, where they can run around unhindered on their short legs to find food, and, finally, a few trees to which they can retreat when danger threatens.   Olive groves and stands of cork oaks suit hoopoes fine, as do small meadows with tumbledown walls and outbuildings. Hotel lawns and flowerbeds are worth checking for grubs, but intensive farming is bad news.   As for most wild things, a stony, weedy, flowery field with an abundance of grubs and beetles is much better than a neatly planted, uniform crop. That’s why hoopoes, sadly, have a poor outlook in Britain, whatever the weather. Rising temperatures alone will not help these bobby-dazzlers to spread north.   Mood swings   As if their outlandish plumage were not enough, hoopoes also have a startling ability to show how they are feeling. Usually they hold their crests closed, li


By land area, what is the largest country in Central America?

Central America Landforms and Land Statistics - Central America Landforms, Land Statistics Size: 523,780 sq km, 202,000 sq miles Percent of Earth's Land: 0.1% Highest Point: Tajumulco Volcano, Guatemala, 13,845ft (4,220m) Lowest Point: Caribbean Sea, 0ft (0m) Geographic Center: The geographic center of Central America is 116 miles northeast of Lake Managua, Nicaragua Horizontal Width: From Guatemala's southwestern border with Mexico, directly east to the Caribbean Sea border of Honduras and Nicaragua: 595 miles (958 km) (see map) Vertical Length: From Belmopan, Belize directly southeast to Panama City, Panama: 880 miles (1,416 km) (see map) Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements and will vary some using other map projections. Central American Countries Costa Rica: 51,100 sq km Belize: 22,966 sq km


What was on the flipside of Jasper Carrott’s ‘Funky Moped’?

Bio | Jasper Carrott The Official Website List Select Page A career that has spanned five decades first started when Jasper became resident compére at the Boggery Folk Club in Birmingham in the mid-seventies. There he discovered his talent for comedy, and his inability to sing; the rest, as they say, is history. A hugely popular stalwart of the British folk club scene, his comedy single Funky Moped shot to the top of the British pop charts in 1975, establishing him as a household name overnight. The flipside was his take on the legendary Magic Roundabout, a record still sought out today by a whole new generation of fans. Highlights of his career have included: “An Audience with Jasper Carrott”, 1978, the original London Weekend Television show, (whose title was later purloined for a very different format); “The Unrecorded Jasper Carrott”, unique as a live-to-air one hour Saturday night comedy show; “Carrott’s Lib”, winner of a BAFTA Award (1983); “Carrott’s Commercial Breakdown”, in the 1990s, winner of Best Independent Prize at the prestigious Montreux Festival; “The Detectives”, (1993) the long-running BBC television series with Robert Powell; “Back to the Front” – a six part series which Bob Monkhouse called “the finest stand-up comedy on television” (1999); “The Mikado”, a guest season as Koko with the D’Oyly Carte Theatre at The Savoy Theatre, London, in 2002. “All About Me”, a family sit-com that ran for three series on BBC television from 2003; “24 CarrottGold”, recorded live in 2004 at the Birmingham Arena to 72,000 people and breaking box office records; “Golden Balls”, the hugely popular game-show which ran daily for an incredible five series on prime-time ITV1 from 2007. “The One Jasper Carrott”, a return to BBC TV for a one-off stand-up show broadcast on BBC One in January 2012. Awards and accolades have followed Jasper throughout his career, including BBC TV Personality of the Year, a Gold Medal at the New York TV and Film Awards, Midlander of the Year Award, his own ‘Star’ on Birmingham’s Walk of Stars and the British Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. In recognition of his outstanding work for charity, Jasper Carrott was awarded an OBE in Her Majesty’s New Year’s Honours List in 2003. However, with typical restraint, Jasper says that his notable achievements are: two gold albums, four silver discs, 1.5 million books and two T-shirts! Divi Theme Customised by Niche Media , eMail Niche-Media.co.uk , © Jasper Carrott.com 2016 Scroll Up


Which beast did Hera raise to kill Hercules, but ended up being slain by him?

Ford, Kristine / Hercules Hercules   More stories were told about him than any other hero. Zeus fell in love with a beautiful Greek woman named Alcmene [Alk-ME-ne]. When Alcmene's husband, Amphitryon, was away, Zeus made her pregnant. Hera tricked Zeus into promising great things for the next divine birth, then she had Eurystheus be born just hours before Hercules.  Alcmene was frightened to raise the boy, and Athena tricked Hera into nursing the baby, the name Herakles means "glorious gift of Hera" in Greek, and that got Hera angrier still. Then she tried to kill the baby by sending snakes into his crib that he shared with his brother Iphicles. But little Hercules was one strong baby, and he strangled the snakes, one in each hand, before they could bite him. Hera decided to pay Zeus back for his infidelity by making the rest of Hercules' life as miserable as she could. When Hercules grew up and had become a great warrior, he married Megara. They had two children. Hercules and Megara were very happy, but life didn't turn out for them the way it does in the movies. Hera sent a fit of madness to Hercules that put him into so great a rage, he murdered Megara and the children.  When Hercules regained his senses and saw the horrible thing that he had done, he asked the god Apollo to rid him of this pollution on his soul and conscience. Apollo commanded the hero to do certain tasks as a punishment for his wrongs, so that the evil might be cleansed from his spirit. Apollo declared that he had to go to the city of Tiryns. The king of Tiryns was Eurystheus [You-RISS-theus]. Eurystheus had a reputation for being mean, and Hercules knew that the king would give him a tough time. The hero had to serve Eurystheus for twelve years while he performed the Labors. There was some good news, though. When the tasks were completed, Apollo said, Hercules would become immortal. Unlike other men, instead of dying and going to the Underworld of Hades, he would become a god.   1-King Eurystheus decided Hercules' first task would be to bring him the skin of an invulnerable lion which terrorized the hills around Nemea. When Hercules got to Nemea and began tracking the terrible lion, he soon discovered his arrows were useless against the beast. Hercules picked up his club and went after the lion. Following it to a cave which had two entrances, Hercules blocked one of the doorways, then approached the fierce lion through the other. Grasping the lion in his mighty arms, and ignoring its powerful claws, he held it tightly until he'd choked it to death.  When Hercules made it back to Mycenae, Eurystheus was amazed that the hero had managed such an impossible task. The king became afraid of Hercules, and forbade him from entering through the gates of the city. Furthermore, Eurystheus had a large bronze jar made and buried partway in the earth, where he could hide from Hercules if need be. After that, Eurystheus sent his commands to Hercules through a herald, refusing to see the powerful hero face to face.   2-The second labor of Hercules was to kill the Lernean Hydra. From the murky waters of the swamps near a place called Lerna, the hydra would rise up and terrorize the countryside. A monstrous serpent with nine heads, the hydra attacked with poisonous venom. Nor was this beast easy prey, for one of the nine heads was immortal and therefore indestructible. Hercules set off to hunt the nine-headed menace, but he did not go alone. His trusty nephew, Iolaus, was by his side. So, the pair drove to Lerna and by the springs of Amymone, they discovered the lair of the loathsome hydra. First, Hercules lured the coily creature from the safety of its den by shooting flaming arrows at it. Once the hydra emerged, Hercules seized it. The monster was not so easily overcome, though, for it wound one of its coils around Hercules' foot and made it impossible for the hero to escape. With his club, Hercules attacked the many heads of the hydra, but as soon as he smashed one head, two more would burst forth in its place!  Each time Hercules bashed one of the hydra's heads,


What type of fruit was involved in his Twelve Labours?

Hercules - Ancient History Encyclopedia Hercules by Mark Cartwright published on 09 July 2012 The pan - Hellenic mythological hero Hercules (or Herakles ) was famed for his great strength and endurance and celebrated as an extraordinary mortal who, through success in seemingly impossible labours, won his immortal place amongst the Olympian gods. Being the greatest of Greek mythological heroes, he has been ascribed a multitude of adventures and heroic exploits over the centuries which were probably originally connected to lesser, more local figures. Early Life Hercules’ mortal father was Amphitryon (nephew of Elektryon, ruler of Mycenae ) and his mother was Alkmene; both were from Argos . However, following a violent quarrel between Amphitryon and his uncle, resulting in the accidental death of the latter, the family fled to Thebes where Hercules was born. In mythology , though, it was Zeus who lay with Alkmene and so fathered Hercules, explaining the origin of Hercules’ great strength. Hera , the wife of Zeus, was (understandably) always jealous of Hercules and made life difficult for him from an early age. The goddess delayed his birth so that his cousin Eurystheus would be born first and so become the ruler of Greece according to Zeus’ decree. Hera also sent two snakes to kill the new-born Hercules, but the baby easily strangled them. On the other hand, Hercules generally enjoyed divine favour from the Olympian gods - he did, after all, help them in their battle against the Giants - and he was particularly favoured by Athena . Remove Ads Advertisement Hercules’ youth was spent in the hands of the best teachers in Greece. His father taught him to ride chariots and tame horses. His music teacher was Linus, son of Apollo , although Hercules’ quick temper was demonstrated when he killed Linus with a blow from his stool (or lute). He was then sent to live with herdsmen in the mountains to toughen him up, and there he came into contact with the wise centaur Cheiron. Hercules' 12 Labours Hercules married Megara , the daughter of Kreo, King of Thebes, and together they had five children. Hera once more interfered and drove Hercules insane so that he killed his wife and children. In desperate remorse he sought the advice of Apollo via his oracle at Delphi . The advice was for Hercules to offer his services to his cousin Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae, Tiryns , and Argos. Hera once more influenced events by persuading Eurystheus to set the hero difficult and dangerous tasks - the famous twelve labours of Hercules: Hercules' greatest challenge was to descend into Hades and capture the ferocious three-headed dog Kerberos who guarded the gates. To kill the Nemean Lion. A lion with a hide impervious to weapons was terrorizing the region of Nemea , in some accounts because of a lack of piety from the inhabitants. Hercules strangled the lion with his bare hands and forever after wore its pelt as a protective cloak. To kill the Lernaian Hydra A fire-breathing monster with a lion’s head and a body of many snakes which dwelt in a swamp near Lerna, close to Argos, was sent by Hera to torment Hercules’ home town. Hercules fought the creature but was hampered by a giant crab which bit his foot and by the fact that every time he cut off one of the snake heads, another two grew in its place. Helped by his faithful companion and nephew Iolaos, who used fire to stop the heads re-growing, Hercules eventually killed the Hydra and dipped his arrows in its poisonous blood.  To capture the Keryneian Hind Sacred to Artemis and with golden horns, the hind took its name from the nearby Mount Kerynea close to Argos. Hercules, having to capture this famously swift-footed animal and present it alive to Eurystheus, was successful only after a lengthy, perhaps one-year, chase which exhausted the animal. To capture the Erymanthian Boar The area of Mount Erymanthos in Arcadia was plagued by a huge, ferocious boar and Hercules was set the task of capturing it and taking it to Mycenae. Goading the animal into a lengthy chase, Hercules again exhausted his prey,


What relation was George III to George II?

King George III King George III King George III King George III George, son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, and grandson of George II , was born in London in 1738. George was not very intelligent and could not read until he was eleven. However, his tutors praised him for the amount of effort he was willing to put into solving his academic problems. George was only twelve when his father died and his mother's friend, the Earl of Bute , became an important influence on his future development. In 1760 George succeeded his grandfather, George II, as king. The previous year George had fallen in love with Sarah Lennox, a descendent of Charles II, but the Earl of Bute persuaded him to bring the relationship to and end and instead arranged for him to marry the German princess, Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz. During their marriage Queen Charlotte gave birth to fifteen children. A year after becoming king, George III arranged for the Earl of Bute to become prime minister. This decision upset a large number of MPs who considered Bute to be incompetent. North's leading critic in the House of Commons was John Wilkes . In the newspaper that he established, The New Briton , Wilkes accused the king and his ministers of lying. Wilkes became a symbol of free speech and the king was blamed when he was imprisoned for 22 months for libel. Although Bute only stayed in office for a year, he remained an important influence on George's political opinions. Over the next four years the king appointed four different prime ministers, George Grenville, Marquis of Rockingham, Earl of Chatham and the Duke of Grafton. In 1770, George appointed Lord North as prime minster. The king had at last found a man who whom he liked and trusted and Lord North stayed in office for ten years. George III supported Lord North's policies that resulted in the American War of Independence (1775-1783). Some MPs, led by Charles Fox and William Pitt criticised the conflict as an "unjust war" and urged Lord North's government to bring it to an end. Fox and Pitt were also critical of the way that George III tried to influence and manipulate those in Parliament. They argued that parliamentary reform was necessary for the preservation of liberty. Lord Frederick North's government fell in March 1782. This was quickly followed by governments headed by the Marquess of Rockingham, Earl of Shelburne and the Duke of Portland. When the House of Commons passed the India Bill, the king warned members of the House of Lords that he would regard any one who voted for the bill as his enemy. Unwilling to upset the king, the Lords rejected the bill by 95 votes to 76. The Duke of Portland's administration resigned and on 19th December, 1783, the king invited his former critic, William Pitt , to form a new government. George now used all the powers at his disposal to help Pitt maintain control of Parliament. This made the king unpopular with the Whigs , a group who favoured a reduction in the powers of the monarchy. George III was also having trouble with his high-spirited eldest son, George, Prince of Wales . On 5th November, 1788, the king attacked the Prince of Wales and tried to smash his head against the wall. One observer claimed that foam was coming from the king's mouth and his eyes were so bloodshot that they looked like currant jelly. George was placed in a strait-jacket and eventually his doctors had a special iron chair made to restrain their patient. Other treatment included putting poultices of Spanish Fly and mustard all over the King's body; the idea was that the painful blisters which resulted would draw out the "evil humours". By April 1789, George's doctors came to the conclusion that he had recovered from his madness and he was allowed to carry on with his royal duties. Richard Newton produced a print in 1791 showing him painting the king and queen. In 1793 war broke out with France. Soon afterwards William Pitt brought in a bill suspending Habeas Corpus . Although denounced by Charles Fox and his supporters, the bill was passed by the House of Commons in twenty-four


A group of which type of birds is known as an exaltation?

Group Names for Birds Group Names for Birds: A Partial List By Terry Ross A bevy of quail A bouquet of pheasants [when flushed] A brood of hens A building of rooks A cast of hawks [or falcons] A charm of finches A colony of penguins A company of parrots A congregation of plovers A cover of coots A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans] A deceit of lapwings A descent of woodpeckers A dissimulation of birds A dole of doves An exaltation of larks A fall of woodcocks A flight of swallows [or doves, goshawks, or cormorants] A gaggle of geese [wild or domesticated] A host of sparrows A kettle of hawks [riding a thermal] A murmuration of starlings A murder of crows A muster of storks A nye of pheasants [on the ground] An ostentation of peacocks A paddling of ducks [on the water] A parliament of owls A party of jays A peep of chickens A pitying of turtledoves A raft of ducks A rafter of turkeys A siege of herons A skein of geese [in flight] A sord of mallards A spring of teal A tidings of magpies A trip of dotterel An unkindness of ravens A watch of nightingales A wedge of swans [or geese, flying in a "V"] A wisp of snipe Any of these group names may properly be used by birders who wish to display their erudition, although it is probably linguistically inaccurate (and it certainly is bad manners) to upbraid someone who refers to "a bunch of ravens" by saying, "Surely you mean `an unkindness of ravens,' my good fellow." Most of these terms date back at least 500 years. Some of them have been in continuous use since then; others have gone out of fashion and been resurrected in the last century or two; still others only exist on lists. Most of these terms are listed in James Lipton's An Exaltation of Larks. Lipton's list is substantially based on very old sources. There were manuscript lists of group names in the 15th century, and these lists appeared in some of the first books printed in England. Many of them make their first appearance in John Lydgate's Debate between the Horse, Goose, and Sheep (1440); and Lydgate's terms along with others appear in The Book of Hawking and Hunting (also known as The Book of St. Albans) by Dame Juliana Barnes (1486). Whether Lydgate and Barnes coined any of these terms, or whether they were setting down the terms that were considered proper in their day is not known. Many of the terms did catch on, and the lists they appeared on were frequently reprinted. The best source I know for investigating the histories of English words is the Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately, on the question whether these terms ever were or still are appropriate, the OED is not entirely helpful. To make sense of the matter, I have placed the group names into groups-- GROUP A--The following group names are standard: A bevy of quail A bouquet of pheasants  A brood of hens A cast of hawks A charm of finches A covey of partridges A flight of swallows A gaggle of geese A nye of pheasants A siege of herons A skein of geese A trip of dotterel A wisp of snipe GROUP B--These terms are not group names for a particular type of bird, but have been commonly used for many different types:  Colony Company Flock Parliament Party GROUP C--These terms are archaic; they were once obsolete, but they have been revived somewhat in the 19th or 20th centuries: A building of rooks A murmuration of starlings A muster of peacocks A peep of chickens A sord of mallards A spring of teal A watch of nightingales GROUP D--These terms are obsolete; they appeared on the old lists, but almost nobody has used them in centuries:  A congregation of plovers A dissimulation of birds A dole of doves A fall of woodcock A host of sparrows A paddling of ducks An unkindness of ravens GROUP E--These terms are not in the OED at all as group names for birds: A cover of coots A kettle of hawks A murder of crows An ostentation of peacocks A pitying of turtledoves A rafter of turkeys A tidings of magpies My categories are imprecise, but they provide some guidance about usage. Have no qualms about usin


Near which small town in Berkshire was the Royal Military Academy founded in 1799?

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Cap Badge of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Country 1802 (as Royal Military College) – Present Role Ten companies (subject to review) Part of Army Recruiting and Training Division Motto HM The Queen Major General Stuart Skeates CBE Insignia Royal Military Academy Sandhurst New Colours are presented to RMAS, June 2005. HRH Prince Harry of Wales (at attention, to left of horse) is on parade. New College buildings of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army officer initial training centre located adjacent to the village of Sandhurst, Berkshire , about 55 kilometres (34 mi) southwest of London. The Academy's stated aim is to be "the national centre of excellence for leadership." All British Army officers, including late entry officers who were previously Warrant Officers , as well as many from elsewhere in the world, are trained at Sandhurst. The Academy is the British Army equivalent of the Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth , Royal Air Force College Cranwell and the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines . Contents Edit Sandhurst straddles the counties of Berkshire and Surrey; the county border marked by a small stream known as the Wish Stream, after which the Academy journal is named. Primarily, the Academy is situated in College Town, a suburb of Sandhurst, and partly in the outer region of Camberley town. The nearest railway station is Blackwater, Hampshire . History Royal Military College cricket grounds, Sandhurst, ca. 1895 Old College Royal Military Academy Sandhurst UK The roots of the present Royal Military Academy Sandhurst lie in two separate institutions. Firstly a Military Academy was established at Woolwich (a district now absorbed into south-east London) in 1720 to train cadets for commissions in the Royal Artillery , moving to a permanent location at Woolwich Common in 1806 and being granted Royal status in 1841, subsequently known as the "Shop". In 1806, the Royal Military Academy also took on the training of Royal Engineers officer cadets and, later, Royal Signals cadets. Secondly, in 1799, a school for staff officers was established at High Wycombe and in 1801 it became the Senior Department of the Royal Military College (RMC). [1] The concept of the Royal Military College was the brainchild of John Le Marchant . [2] He opened the Junior Department of the College at West Street in Marlow [3] in 1802 [4] to train "Gentleman Cadets" for the infantry, cavalry and Indian Army . [1] (Coincidentally, this was the same year as both Saint-Cyr [5] and West Point were founded. [6] ) The Junior Department moved from Marlow in 1813, into the present buildings designed by James Wyatt at Sandhurst. [7] A few years later, the Junior Department was joined at Sandhurst from High Wycombe by the Senior Department, which in 1858 became a separate institution, the Staff College . [1] On the outbreak of the Second World War, Sandhurst became the home of 161 Infantry Officer Cadet Training Unit (RMC), which moved to Mons Barracks, Aldershot in 1942; for the rest of the war Sandhurst was used as a Royal Armoured Corps Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU). [8] The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst was formed in 1947 on the site of the former Royal Military College at Sandhurst from a merger between the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich (which trained officers for the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers from 1741 to 1939) and the Royal Military College (1802 to 1939). [9] Following the ending of National Service in the UK and the closing of the Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot (which had trained Short Service Commissioned Officers) in 1972, the RMAS became the sole establishment for male initial officer training in the British Army. [10] In 1984, the Women's Officer Training College Bagshot moved to Sandhurst and in 1992 a new Commissioning Course finally unified the training of male, female and foreign cadets. [1] Th


What word describes a triangle where all three sides are of different lengths?

Classifying Three Types of Triangles - dummies Classifying Three Types of Triangles Classifying Three Types of Triangles Classifying Three Types of Triangles By Mark Ryan Triangles are classified according to the length of their sides or the measure of their angles. These classifications come in threes, just like the sides and angles themselves. That is, a triangle has three sides, and three terms describe triangles based on their sides; a triangle also has three angles, and three classifications of triangles are based on their angles. The following are triangle classifications based on sides: Scalene triangle: A triangle with no congruent sides Isosceles triangle: A triangle with at least two congruent sides Equilateral triangle: A triangle with three congruent sides Because an equilateral triangle is also isosceles, all triangles are either scalene or isosceles. But when people call a triangle isosceles, they’re usually referring to a triangle with only two equal sides, because if the triangle had three equal sides, they’d call it equilateral. However, you can’t always assume this when you’re doing tricky geometry homework. Scalene triangles In addition to having three unequal sides, scalene triangles have three unequal angles. The shortest side is across from the smallest angle, the middle-length side is across from the mid-sized angle, and — surprise, surprise — the longest side is across from the largest angle. The ratio of sides doesn’t equal the ratio of angles. Don’t assume that if one side of a triangle is, say, twice as long as another side that the angles opposite those sides are also in a 2:1 ratio. The ratio of the sides may be close to the ratio of the angles, but, for a scalene triangle, these ratios are never exactly equal. Isosceles triangles An isosceles triangle has two equal sides and two equal angles. The equal sides are called legs, and the third side is the base. The two angles touching the base (which are congruent, or equal) are called base angles. The angle between the two legs is called the vertex angle. Equilateral triangles An equilateral triangle has three equal sides and three equal angles (which are each 60°). Its equal angles make it equiangular as well as equilateral. You don’t often hear the expression equiangular triangle, however, because the only triangle that’s equiangular is the equilateral triangle, and everyone calls this triangle equilateral. (With quadrilaterals and other polygons, however, you need both terms, because an equiangular figure, such as a rectangle, can have sides of different lengths, and an equilateral figure, such as a rhombus, can have angles of different sizes.) If you cut an equilateral triangle in half right down the middle, you get two 30°- 60°- 90° right triangles, which figure very heavily in geometry and trigonometry work.


What sort of animal was the invisible Harvey, in the 1950 film of that name?

Harvey (1950) - Quotes - IMDb Harvey (1950) Quotes Showing all 43 items Elwood P. Dowd : Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me. Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options Elwood P. Dowd : Harvey and I sit in the bars... have a drink or two... play the juke box. And soon the faces of all the other people they turn toward mine and they smile. And they're saying, "We don't know your name, mister, but you're a very nice fella." Harvey and I warm ourselves in all these golden moments. We've entered as strangers - soon we have friends. And they come over... and they sit with us... and they drink with us... and they talk to us. They tell about the big terrible things they've done and the big wonderful things they'll do. Their hopes, and their regrets, and their loves, and their hates. All very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. And then I introduce them to Harvey... and he's bigger and grander than anything they offer me. And when they leave, they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back; but that's envy, my dear. There's a little bit of envy in the best of us. Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options The Taxi Driver : ...I've been driving this route for 15 years. I've brought 'em out here to get that stuff, and I've drove 'em home after they had it. It changes them... On the way out here, they sit back and enjoy the ride. They talk to me; sometimes we stop and watch the sunsets, and look at the birds flyin'. Sometimes we stop and watch the birds when there ain't no birds. And look at the sunsets when its raining. We have a swell time. And I always get a big tip. But afterwards, oh oh... Veta Louise Simmons : "Afterwards, oh oh"? What do you mean, "afterwards, oh oh"? The Taxi Driver : They crab, crab, crab. They yell at me. Watch the lights. Watch the brakes, Watch the intersections. They scream at me to hurry. They got no faith in me, or my buggy. Yet, it's the same cab, the same driver. and we're going back over the very same road. It's no fun. And no tips... After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are! Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options Elwood P. Dowd : I'd just put Ed Hickey into a taxi. Ed had been mixing his rye with his gin, and I just felt that he needed conveying. Well, anyway, I was walking down along the street and I heard this voice saying, "Good evening, Mr. Dowd." Well, I turned around and here was this big six-foot rabbit leaning up against a lamp-post. Well, I thought nothing of that because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name. And naturally I went over to chat with him. And he said to me... he said, "Ed Hickey was a little spiffed this evening, or could I be mistaken?" Well, of course, he was not mistaken. I think the world and all of Ed, but he was spiffed. Well, we talked like that for awhile and then I said to him, I said, "You have the advantage on me. You know my name and I don't know yours." And, and right back at me he said, "What name do you like?" Well, I didn't even have to think twice about that. Harvey's always been my favorite name. So I said to him, I said, "Harvey." And, uh, this is the interesting thing about the whole thing: He said, "What a coincidence. My name happens to be Harvey."


What famous event took place on December 16th, 1773?

1773 - Historical Events - On This Day On This Day Jan 6 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom Jan 12 First public museum established in north American colonies (Charlestown, SC) Event of Interest Jan 17 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S) Captain/Explorer Feb 26 Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Philadelphia) (1st solitary) Mar 12 Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago Mar 18 Oliver Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer" premieres in London Apr 27 British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) Jun 17 Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar Jul 20 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) Jul 21 Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits Jul 29 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH Event of Interest Sep 11 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" United States Founding Father Oct 12 America's first asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia Oct 13 The Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered by Charles Messier Oct 14 The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland. Oct 14 American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland. Election of Interest Nov 5 John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting that resolves that anyone who supports the Tea Act is an "Enemy to America" Statesman John Hancock Dec 16 Boston tea party incident - Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbour in protest against British imposed Tea Act Dec 18 A skirmish at Grass Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound results in the deaths of two Māori and nine members of Cook's expedition, New Zealand Dec 26 Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia


King George IV | Britroyals Full Name: George Augustus Frederick Born: August 12, 1762 at St. James Palace Parents: George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Relation to Elizabeth II: 3rd great-granduncle House of: Hanover Ascended to the throne: January 29, 1820 aged 57 years Crowned: July 19, 1821 at Westminster Abbey Married: Caroline, daughter of Duke of Brunswick Children: One daughter,and at least two illegitimate children Died: June 26, 1830 at Windsor Castle, aged 67 years, 10 months, and 12 days Buried at: Windsor Reigned for: 10 years, 4 months, and 26 days Succeeded by: his brother William IV George IV as Prince of Wales was Regent from 1810 to 1820 during his father�s period of insanity. He had several mistresses and in 1785 had secretly married a Catholic widow Maria Fitzherbert in contravention of the Act of Settlement and the Royal Marriage Act. They had at least two illegitimate children. Unlike his father he was extravagant with money and became badly in debt. He loved the fine things in life and undertook rebuilding of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Architect John Nash and others created many fine buildings in London, Brighton, Bath and Cheltenham during the �Regency Period�. He was forced to deny his marriage with Mrs Fitzherbert and in return for paying off his debts officially marry Caroline of Brunswick whom he detested, so much so that when he became King George IV on the death of his father in 1820 he refused to let her attend his coronation. They had one child Princess Charlotte, but George refused to recognise Caroline as Queen and tried several times to annul his marriage to her. She died in 1821 claiming on her death bed that she had been poisoned. George IV paid a state visit to Ireland but initially refused to support Catholic emancipation until 1829 when encouraged by the Duke of Wellington the Catholic Relief Act was passed. He visited Scotland in 1822, the first monarch to do so since Charles II, and encouraged by Sir Walter Scott wore full Highland regalia leading to a revival of Scottish tartan dress that had been banned after the Jacobite Rebellions. His heavy drinking, indulgent lifestyle and taste for huge amounts of food made him obese, and he became an unpopular figure of ridicule when he appeared in public. He suffered from gout and towards the end of his life became mentally unstable. He died of a heart attack at Windsor Castle in 1830. His only legitimate daughter Charlotte had died in childbirth in 1817 and next eldest brother Frederick died in 1827 so he was succeeded by his younger brother William IV. King George IV's Signature Quotes: �If he ever had a friend, a devoted friend from any rank of life, we protest that the name of him or her never reached us� � Obituary published in the Times on King George IV reflecting the public mood on the death of their king. �Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away� - Satirical rhyme about King George IV Timeline for King George IV Year


In WW II, in what year did these battles take place: Luzon, Halbe, Trieste and Okinawa?

World War II Photos | National Archives Learn why Democracy Starts Here World War II Photos General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, P.I., October, 1944. Cropped from Select List number 150. National Archives Identifier: 531424 The Second World War was documented on a huge scale by  thousands of photographers and artists who created millions of  pictures. American military photographers representing all of the  armed services covered the battlefronts around the world. Every  activity of the war was depicted--training, combat, support  services, and much more. On the home front, the many federal war  agencies produced and collected pictures, posters, and cartoons  on such subjects as war production, rationing, and civilian  relocation. The pictures described in this list are from the holdings of  the Still Picture Branch (NNSP) of the National Archives and  Records Administration. Most are from the records of the Army  Signal Corps in Record Group (RG) 111, the Department of the Navy  in RG 80, the Coast Guard in RG 26, the Marine Corps in RG 127,  and the Office of War Information in RG 208. Others were selected  from the records of 12 additional agencies. Pictures are listed by subject and campaign. Original captions  are in quotation marks. Photographers, artists, locations, and  dates, when known, are also included. This information is  followed by identification numbers in italics. At the end of this leaflet there are instructions for ordering  complete sets of slides from this and other Select Audiovisual  Records lists. To order individual prints, negatives, or slides  from this list, write to the Still Picture Branch (NNSP) for a  current price list and ordering information. With the exception  of 11 pictures that are also in color (indicated by an asterisk  following the identification number), all pictures in this list  are available only in black and white. Inquiries about other  World War II pictures that may be part of the National Archives'  holdings should be made separately. Please list, as specifically  as possible, names, dates, places, subjects, events, and other  details. Please limit each request to three items. Jonathan Heller researched, selected, and arranged the items  for this list and wrote these introductory remarks. How to Order Leaders 1. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Declaration of War  against Japan , December 8, 1941. 79-AR-82. National Archives Identifier: 520053 2. " General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander , at  his headquarters in the European theater of operations. He wears  the five-star cluster of the newly-created rank of General of the  Army." T4c. Messerlin, February 1, 1945. 80-G-331330. National Archives Identifier: 520686 3. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, Germany , ca. June  1940. 242-EB-7-38. National Archives Identifier: 540151 4. " General MacArthur surveys the beachhead on Leyte Island , soon  after American forces swept ashore from a gigantic liberation  armada into the central Philippines, at the historic moment when  the General made good his promise `I shall return.'" 1944. 26-G-  3584. National Archives Identifier: 513210 5. " Conference of the Big Three at Yalta makes final plans for  the defeat of Germany. Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill,  President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Premier Josef Stalin."  February 1945. 111-SC-260486. National Archives Identifier: 531340 6. American generals: seated left to right are William H.  Simpson, George S. Patton, Jr., Carl Spaatz, Dwight D.  Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Courtney H. Hodges, and Leonard T.  Gerow; standing are Ralph F. Stearley, Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Walter  Bedell Smith, Otto P. Weyland, and Richard E. Nugent. Ca. 1945.  208-YE-182. National Archives Identifier: 535983 The Home Front 9. " I Want You for the U.S. Army . Enlist Now." Color poster by  James Montgomery Flagg. 44-PA-71.* National Archives Identifier: 513533 10. " Man the Guns . Join the Navy


What were the first names of the hugely wealthy J.P. Getty, 1932-2003?

Re: Atheism is the real force behind the mass murders of history - Google Groups Re: Atheism is the real force behind the mass murders of history Showing 1-54 of 54 messages >> Collectively these atheist tyrants murdered more than 100 million people. > > Stalin and Mao's crimes were committed > in the name of Communism, not atheism. Lenin was an atheist, Stalin was an atheist, Mao was an atheist, Pol Pot was an atheist, they were atheist leaders of totalitarian atheist states in which every member of the ruling Central Committee was an atheist, implementing the persecution of theists by terror, torture and mass murder with over 70,000,000 dead;   "Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism."       -Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)   "Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism."       - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) Looks like the 30,000,000 dead in the USSR were clearly IN THE NAME OF ATHEISM!  B^p all this talk about God is sheer nonsense"    - Stalin        E. Yaroslavsky, Landmarks in the Life of Stalin,        Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow 1940 But it was not just the Atheism of the leadership, but of the entire State apparatus; The Atheist leadership's policies were implemented under the Red Terror, via gulags and executions, the use of every arm of the state for anti-religious propaganda and the forced indoctrination of CHILDREN!   B^[ ï¿½We do not fight against believers and not even clergymen. WE FIGHT AGAINST GOD to snatch believers from Him.ï¿½       -Vechernaia Moskva, a Soviet newspaper ï¿½Let us drive out the Capitalists from the earth, and God from Heaven!ï¿½ (early Soviet slogan) "the state established atheism as the only scientific truth."      - Daniel Peris,      "Storming the Heavens: The Soviet League of the Militant Godless"       Cornell University Press 1998 ISBN 9780801434853 "Criticism of atheism was strictly forbidden" "Between 1917 and 1940, 130,000 Orthodox priests were arrested. In 1918, the Cheka under Felix Dzerzhinsky executed over 3000 Orthodox clergymen of all ranks. Some were drowned in ice-holes or poured over with cold water in winter until they turned to ice-pillars.   - John Shelton Curtis, The Russian Church and the Soviet State       (Boston: Little Brown, 1953)   "Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism."       -Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)   "Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism."       - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)   "How can you make a revolution without firing squads?"       - Lenin IT BURNS IT BURNS!! VADE SATAN RECTUM!!! On Nov 17, 7:48 pm, fasgnadh < fasgn...@yahoo.com.au > spurted: > raven1 wrote: > >> Collectively these atheist tyrants murdered more than 100 million people. > > > Stalin and Mao's crimes were committed > > in the name of Communism, not atheism. > Lenin was an atheist, Stalin was an atheist, Mao was an atheist, > Pol Pot was an atheist, they were atheist leaders of totalitarian > atheist states > Since by definition, atheism is an absence of belief, it can't be the real > force behind anything. Dawkins and Hitchins published books prosletysing atheism Atheists raised money to put their beliefs on the sides of buses.. they added the word "Probably.." to avoid being challenged to prove their beliefs for which they have NO PROOF!   *BELIEF* can be a cause of action: eg1  Lenin;   "Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism."       -Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)   "Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism."       - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) Ands the death of over 30,000,000 people eg2: # Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:46:34 -0700 # #  We kill theists and shit down their throats # Not satisfied with murder, Porn Queen Steve favours GENOCIDE # From: Steve Knight < skni...@cox.net > # Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:58:18 -0800 # # >Islam: the perfect religion and way of life for all # # It is the most foul, disgusting filth on Earth. # The sooner we nuke you fuckers, the better. # >  People are activists for their beliefs; Atheists sure are! # "


Which English author, 1707- 1754, was also a J.P. (Justice of the Peace)?

Henry Fielding, born 22-4-1707 at Glastonbury in Somerset, died - 8-10-1754, Biography - Read How You Want Born: 22-4-1707 at Glastonbury in Somerset Died: 8-10-1754 Summary of Biography In the beginning of his career, Henry Fielding wrote for the theatre. He was critical of Walpole's government in his plays, and his satire led directly to the Licensing Act of 1737. He was also a Justice of the Peace and only began writing novels to satirize the works of Samuel Richardson, but today he is best known for his novels, especially Tom Jones (1749), which is considered one of the greatest comic novels ever written in the English language. Biography In the beginning of his career, Henry Fielding wrote for the theatre.  He was critical of Walpole's government in his plays, and his satire led directly to the Licensing Act of 1737.  He was also a Justice of the Peace and only began writing novels to satirize the works of Samuel Richardson, but today he is best known for his novels, especially Tom Jones (1749), which is considered one of the greatest comic novels ever written in the English language. This section contains 7 books


Who wrote ‘The Solitary Reaper’ (1805) and ‘The World Is Too Much With Us’ (1802)?

SparkNotes: Wordsworth’s Poetry: Analysis Wordsworth’s Poetry Context Themes, Motifs & Symbols Wordsworth’s monumental poetic legacy rests on a large number of important poems, varying in length and weight from the short, simple lyrics of the 1790s to the vast expanses of The Prelude, thirteen books long in its 1808 edition. But the themes that run through Wordsworth’s poetry, and the language and imagery he uses to embody those themes, remain remarkably consistent throughout the Wordsworth canon, adhering largely to the tenets Wordsworth set out for himself in the 1802 preface to Lyrical Ballads. Here, Wordsworth argues that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, rather than in the lofty and elaborate dictions that were then considered “poetic.” He argues that poetry should offer access to the emotions contained in memory. And he argues that the first principle of poetry should be pleasure, that the chief duty of poetry is to provide pleasure through a rhythmic and beautiful expression of feeling—for all human sympathy, he claims, is based on a subtle pleasure principle that is “the naked and native dignity of man.” Recovering “the naked and native dignity of man” makes up a significant part of Wordsworth’s poetic project, and he follows his own advice from the 1802 preface. Wordsworth’s style remains plain-spoken and easy to understand even today, though the rhythms and idioms of common English have changed from those of the early nineteenth century. Many of Wordsworth’s poems (including masterpieces such as “Tintern Abbey” and the “Intimations of Immortality” ode) deal with the subjects of childhood and the memory of childhood in the mind of the adult in particular, childhood’s lost connection with nature, which can be preserved only in memory. Wordsworth’s images and metaphors mix natural scenery, religious symbolism (as in the sonnet “It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,” in which the evening is described as being “quiet as a nun”), and the relics of the poet’s rustic childhood—cottages, hedgerows, orchards, and other places where humanity intersects gently and easily with nature. Wordsworth’s poems initiated the Romantic era by emphasizing feeling, instinct, and pleasure above formality and mannerism. More than any poet before him, Wordsworth gave expression to inchoate human emotion; his lyric “Strange fits of passion have I known,” in which the speaker describes an inexplicable fantasy he once had that his lover was dead, could not have been written by any previous poet. Curiously for a poet whose work points so directly toward the future, many of Wordsworth’s important works are preoccupied with the lost glory of the past—not only of the lost dreams of childhood but also of the historical past, as in the powerful sonnet “London, 1802,” in which the speaker exhorts the spirit of the centuries-dead poet John Milton to teach the modern world a better way to live. More Help


In his poem ‘If’, what does Kipling describe as ‘those two impostors’?

Why does the poet say that triumph and disaster are two imposters in the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling? | eNotes Why does the poet say that triumph and disaster are two imposters in the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling? carol-davis | College Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Emeritus Posted on Over the Wimbledon Tennis court tunnel which takes the players back to the locker room  is this phrase: If you can meet with Triumph and disaster And treat those two impostors just the same. What a wonderful poem! It is one of the most beloved poems in literature, and its message is timeless. In the poem, “If,”  Rudyard Kipling gives advice to his son on how to become a man; yet his advice rings true for everyone. This poem is labeled a didactic poem because its purpose is to teach.  In each stanza, Kipling provides guidance in some aspect of life. The first stanza covers building self-confidence, never giving up, not judging other people too harshly, being patient, and loving not hating. In the second stanza, the poet’s instructions include always dreaming, using his  intelligence, and ignoring fools.  The two lines above the Wimbledon tunnel are found in stanza 2.What do the these lines mean? Triumph  signifies  winning, victory, success, and achievement.Those words are easy to live with.   However, as the adage states, Winning is not everything.  If a person does win a tennis match, the spelling bee, the beauty pageant--never boast  but show sportsmanship toward the fellow competitors.  Doing the best a person can do is winning no matter what the outcome. On the other hand, disaster brings a different set of circumstances: tragedy, adversity, loving, misfortune, and defeat.  Not situations that anyone finds comforting.  With this idea comes losing with grace, remembering that he did the best he could do--  then there is no loser. Kipling does personify these words.  Personification ascribes human qualities to something.  Here these two aspects of life are given the ability to be imposters.  They are pretenders because both situations  are fleeting [They do not last!] Winning is great, but it is only temporary.  Thankfully, disaster is momentary as well. Everyone wants to win,  and nobody wants to lose. It is the grace that one shows in either situation that makes these imposters ludicrous. Remember that the  tennis players know both triumph when they  win, and disaster when they  lose.  There is only one winner and many losers. Each year, the athletes keep coming back to play the game that they love. These people know that it is not whether you lose or win, it is how you play the game.  Kipling ends his poem with this  assurance: Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son! Sources:


Who co-starred with Eric Idle in the 1990 film ‘Nuns on the Run’?

Nuns on the Run (1990) - 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 Nuns on the Run ( 1990 ) PG-13 | Brian and Charlie (B & C) work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B... See full summary  » Director: a list of 49 titles created 25 Feb 2012 a list of 41 titles created 26 Aug 2012 a list of 30 titles created 28 Aug 2013 a list of 26 titles created 15 Jul 2014 a list of 37 titles created 11 months ago Title: Nuns on the Run (1990) 5.9/10 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. As the only relative to take over the Royal throne, a down on his luck American slob must learn the ways of the English. Director: David S. Ward A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover. Director: Peter Richardson An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference. Director: Christopher Morahan Sgt. Bilko is in charge of the Motor Pool at an Army base. He's also a good-natured con man, providing gambling facilities for the soldiers on base. When an old enemy from his past shows up... See full summary  » Director: Jonathan Lynn Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes... See full summary  » Director: Penny Marshall Messrs Lawton (a hit-man), Horton (expecting some middle-aged dating agency nooky) and Orton (checking out properties for his boss) converge on the Hotel Gabriella in Venice. Linguistic ... See full summary  » Director: Mark Herman Zookeepers struggle to deal with the policies of changing directors. Directors: Fred Schepisi, Robert Young Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline Henry Wilt is a more or less failure of a teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party Wilt is stuck to an inflatable doll and makes a complete ... See full summary  » Director: Michael Tuchner In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.... See full summary  » Director: Richard Loncraine As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic ... See full summary  » Director: Leonard Stern An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop. Director: Jonathan Lynn A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the ... See full summary  » Director: Jonathan Lynn Edit Storyline Brian and Charlie (B & C) work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B & C decide to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school. Disguised as nuns, B & C have to avoid their boss, Triads, police and Brian's girlfriend. There's also the problem of them being men disguised as nuns in an all women institution. Written by Rob Hartill The Story of an Immaculate Deception. Genres: 30 March 1990 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Freiras em Fuga See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia First and only ever British cinema movie written and/or directed by E


Who tripped as she went up to receive the Best Actress Oscar last year?

SEE IT: Jennifer Lawrence trips at Oscars... AGAIN! - NY Daily News Oscars 2014: Jennifer Lawrence trips on the red carpet when exiting her limo  SEE IT: Jennifer Lawrence trips at Oscars... AGAIN! Sunday, March 2, 2014, 8:27 PM Jennifer Lawrence is having trouble staying on her feet. For the second year in a row, the Oscar winner and Best Supporting Actress nominee tripped at the awards show — this time on the red carpet. Jennifer Lawrence trips on the red carpet at the 2014 Academy Awards. (E!) The “American Hustle” star was caught taking a tumble during an E! livestream of the event, which showed her stumble while exiting her limo. As the actress fell, she reached out her hand to the person in front of her, and nearly knocked the woman down, too. A policeman helped Jennifer Lawrence after tripping on the red carpet.  (E!) Lawrence, wearing a red Dior gown, didn’t seem too fazed by the fall, letting out a laugh after she stood up. Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) No doubt the moment reminded the actress of tripping on the steps while walking up to the stage to accept her Best Actress statuette at the 2013 Academy Awards for her turn in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Jennifer Lawrence fell as she walked up the steps to accept the award for best actress for her role in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ at the 85th Academy Awards last year. (MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS) This year, Lawrence is nominated for best supporting actress for “American Hustle,” and if the 23-year-old wins, she will be the first actor in Academy Award history to score back-to-back Oscar wins in different categories.


What is the name of Edina’s son in ‘Absolutely Fabulous’?

"Absolutely Fabulous" Gay (TV Episode 2002) - 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 Bubble is now Eddy's maid and Bo and Marshall are running a Christian television station. They inadvertently let Eddy know that her long-lost son Serge is gay and living in New York so,with... See full summary  » Director: From $1.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 1624 titles created 09 Jan 2012 a list of 312 titles created 15 Dec 2012 a list of 1447 titles created 22 Apr 2013 a list of 4169 titles created 01 Jun 2014 Search for " Gay " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Gay (27 Dec 2002) 8.4/10 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. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Storyline Bubble is now Eddy's maid and Bo and Marshall are running a Christian television station. They inadvertently let Eddy know that her long-lost son Serge is gay and living in New York so,with Patsy,who is heading there for the fashion week,she ends up in the Big Apple. After a visit to GUFF,a gay drop-in centre,they locate Serge but have to pretend to be Lesbians and undergo a civil wedding for their information. However Eddy is disappointed to find that,like Saffy,Serge is a shy,bookish type though she hits it off with his extrovert boyfriend Martin. The quartet 'do' fashion week and visit a bar,which Patsy burns down after dancing on the counter,leading to their arrest. Returning to London Eddy makes up with Saffy but tells her that she has disowned Serge and adopted Martin instead. Written by don @ minifie-1 27 December 2002 (UK) See more  » Company Credits First appearance of Serge Turtle. See more » Quotes Eddie : *My* son. What's he doing? [Marshall and Saffie at the same time] Marshall : Taking a blood sample from Eskimos... Saffie : Taking a sail boat to the Indian Ocean... Eddie : The blombleebleh to the bleebleebluhhh. It's lies isnt it? Thats all lies! [Awkward silence] Bo : [Clapping and singing] Jesus is our savior! Jesus is our holy - Marshall : Not now Bo! (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) – See all my reviews "Gay" is also known as "Absolutely Fabulous In New York," and was release under the latter title on region 1 DVD. The characters have had a few changes since the fourth season ended, and Edina now likes to wear thong underwear. Patsy's vision seems to be failing her, and she now wears glasses at times. She also works at a new concept fashion store named Jeremy's. Saffron has put extra locks on her bedroom door, and she's even installed a door alarm! Mrs. M. has a nifty mobility scooter, and there's been a lift installed so she can easily get to the downstairs kitchen. Bubble is still Edina's servant, but Edina has decided to use electric shock to keep Bubble in line. Edina, Patsy, Bubble, Catriona, and Fleur have just returned from London's Fashion Week, and they're still abuzz with excitement. The most cringing joke in the history of "Absolutely Fabulous" happens while they're all together, but I won't get into that here. Everyone leaves and Edina still feels chatty. However, Saffy is trying to write in her observations diary, and doesn't feel like conversation. Edina announces her son, Serge, would chat with her if he were there. Bo and Marshall come for a visit, and talk about their new television ministry. They're still following the road of spirituality, and this time they are Christians. We get to see a couple glimpses of their show, "The Epiphany," which they host with a girl named Lola (another character for Jane Horrocks!) Edina asks Marshall where Serge is, and gets a mix of answers from Marshall and Saffy. Edina then realizes all the far away places and excuses have been lies. Through a slip-up Edina learns her son is living in New York City, and she learns he is gay. This revelation brings Edina much joy. Saffy and Marshal


What is the name of Hyacinth and Richard’s son in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’?

Hyacinth Bucket | Keeping Up Appearances Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Keeping Up Appearances Wiki Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Hyacinth Bucket The Pageant Hyacinth Bucket, nee Walton, who insists her last name is pronounced as "Bouquet", is the main character in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, played by Patricia Routledge, and by Kerry Howard in the one-off episode Young Hyacinth which aired in September 2016. Contents Edit Hyacinth was born into a working-class family and married to Richard who is a civil servant and a solid middle-class man (in later episodes Richard retires from his job), is the epitome of a snob, perpetually but hopelessly trying to climb the social ladder and forever trying to impress her neighbours and friends. Hyacinth does her best to give the impression that she is of high social standing, while proving at all times that she is of working-class origins. Her continuous desperation to not let other people find out her true origins forms many of the plots and provides most of the humour of the show. Hyacinth looks down on others, believing she is incomparably superior to those around her, and is particularly ashamed of her rather slovenly relatives - her sisters Daisy and Rose, and especially her brother-in-law Onslow. Hyacinth's obsession with appearing socially advantaged and/or enhancing her social status clearly is intended to compensate for her own insecurities and the fact that she comes from a family she considers common. Hyacinth is obsessively houseproud, always polishing and perfecting her home and warning visitors to remove their shoes and not to brush up against the walls. She pretends that items such as statues, cups, and sofas are particularly expensive, so as to show off to the neighbours, a pretence that causes problems with her nervous neighbour, Elizabeth, who is constantly fearful of breaking the china. In an attempt to make everyone who calls her think she employs servants, she answers the phone with "The Bouquet Residence, the lady of the house speaking!" Yet despite Hyacinth’s snobbish persona, as husband Richard points out, she is a kind woman, never failing to cook, clean, and iron for her husband, kindnesses that keeps Richard at Hyacinth's side, despite his constant exasperation with her. And Hyacinth genuinely cares for her family, always rushing to the aid of her lower-class relatives - however reluctantly - when they are having problems, particularly her elderly father, who suffers from dementia and requires constant attention. Her polite, optimistic, and often cheerful attitude helps make her barely tolerable. Nevertheless, Hyacinth's snobbery provides much of the show’s humour. In the first series' second episode, she insisted her husband wear a tie to deadhead the roses. In later episodes, she asks the milkman to find out which cow her milk comes from and resorts to writing to the Postmaster General to demand that the local sorting office attach first-class stamps to all her post (not to mention her almost daily run-ins with her regular mailman). In addition, she is so afraid of being associated with the lower classes that she will do whatever it takes to avoid her poorer relatives in public, even if this means hiding behind fences or diving into bushes.[1] Another aspect of Hyacinth's snobishness is her elaborate choice of clothes.  For example, she has a favorite hat (like a sailor's cap) worn in three episodes (What To Wear When Yachting, Seaside Fun, and The Commodore). Writer Roy Clarke stated in an interview for the BBC series Comedy Connections that "to live with it must be murder, but to watch it is funny."[2] Development Edit Hyacinth's commitment to her social ascendancyEdit Hyacinth goes to great lengths to give the impression that she is of high social standing or a friend of people


Which A.B. won the Best Picture Oscar at the 2000 ceremony?

2000 Academy Awards® Winners and History Traffic (2000, Germ./US) Actor: RUSSELL CROWE in "Gladiator," Javier Bardem in "Before         Night Falls," Tom Hanks in "Cast Away," Ed Harris         in "Pollock," Geoffrey Rush in "Quills" Actress: JULIA ROBERTS in "Erin Brockovich," Joan Allen in "The         Contender," Juliette Binoche in "Chocolat," Ellen Burstyn in "Requiem         for a Dream," Laura Linney in "You Can Count On Me" Supporting Actor: BENICIO DEL TORO in "Traffic," Jeff Bridges in "The         Contender," Willem Dafoe in "Shadow of the Vampire," Albert Finney         in "Erin Brockovich," Joaquin Phoenix in "Gladiator" Supporting Actress: MARCIA GAY HARDEN in "Pollock," Judi Dench in "Chocolat," " Kate Hudson in "Almost Famous," Frances McDormand         in "Almost Famous," Julie Walters in "Billy Elliot" Director: STEVEN SODERBERGH for "Traffic," Stephen Daldry for "Billy         Elliot," Ang Lee for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Steven         Soderbergh for "Erin Brockovich," Ridley Scott for "Gladiator" This          year's Best Picture nominees were from an eclectic, diverse          and varied group of films: two fighting epics (one foreign,          one ancient), two dramas about battles (America's failed drug          war and a legal struggle against a power company), and a simple,          comic fable. Three of the five Best Picture nominees prominently          featured women. The Oscar awards were spread somewhat evenly          among the Best Picture nominees, except for Chocolat. The big winner in 2000 was director Ridley Scott's          spectacular, big budget (over $200 million) sword-and-sandal          Roman Empire epic set in 180 A.D., Gladiator - a basic          tale of good vs. evil, betrayal, and revenge - about an outcast          Roman general (and single-minded rebel-hero) seeking vengeance          for betrayal and his family's death. The spectacle of the Roman          Colosseum's gladiatorial battles and contests was balanced          with royal intrigue involving the resentful heir to the Roman          throne. (Although greatly enhanced with CGI-digital effects,          it revived the memory of dramatic historic-epic films and 'sword-and-sandal'          spectaculars of the 50s, such as Quo Vadis? (1951), Ben-Hur          (1959) and Spartacus (1960).) The film received twelve nominations and          won five awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Visual          Effects, Best Sound, and Best Costume Design. DreamWorks Studios          boasted back-to-back wins for Best Picture - it also won the          previous year with American Beauty (1999). Its nominations included the major and minor          categories of Best Director, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay,          Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Score, Best Visual          Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction,          Best Sound, and Best Costumes. This marked the first time          in 51 years -- since 1949 (the year that All           the King's Men (1949) had seven nominations and three          wins: Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress)          that the Best Picture winner didn't also win an additional          Oscar for Best Director or for Best Screenplay. The other Best Picture nominees included the          following: Ang Lee's Mandarin-language martial-arts film, Crouching           Tiger, Hidden Dragon (or Wo hu zang long) (with ten           nominations and four wins), was the biggest-earning foreign           film of all time (at $130 million), and the most-nominated           foreign language film ever. The film's four wins tied it


In which country are the Papal guards recruited?

Why the Swiss Protect the Pope - ABC News ABC News Why the Swiss Protect the Pope By ANN WISE Email Just as it did 500 years ago, the pope's Swiss Guard marched, with quite some fanfare, into Rome today. It was commemorating the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the Swiss Guard, the world's smallest army, by retracing the footsteps of the first 150 Swiss Guards who came to Rome in 1506 at the request of Pope Julius II. About 80 former Swiss Guards, ranging in age from 30 to 76, were met in Rome by city officials, military bands and active Swiss Guards in full uniform. They all marched from downtown Rome to the Vatican, where they received warm greetings and a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI. Today's festive march was just one of a series of celebrations that will culminate with a papal mass and the formal swearing in of new recruits in St. Peter's Square on May 6. Why the Swiss? How did the Swiss come to protect the pope? During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Switzerland earned a reputation for having Europe's most reliable mercenaries -- valorous soldiers who were virtually unbeatable and never switched sides. Various European royals used small corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers to protect themselves and their palaces. Pope Julius II had admired the Swiss soldiers, who defended the king of France, and he requested a contingent of 200 to serve as his personal bodyguards and to defend his palaces. Only 150 were available at the time, and they arrived in Rome on Jan. 21, 1506, after marching for three months. And they were soon put to the test. During the Sack of Rome on May 6, 1527, 147 Swiss Guards were killed defending Pope Clement VII, who managed to escape to the fortress of Castel Sant' Angelo escorted by the remaining 22 guards. It is in remembrance of this occasion that new recruits are sworn in every year on May 6. Today there are 110 Swiss Guards at the Vatican, recruited from a group of Swiss towns and villages that for centuries have provided soldiers for the popes. But don't let the history and the beautiful Renaissance uniforms fool you. The Swiss Guard today is a modern force, with important duties within the Vatican -- from forming elaborate ceremonial pickets on special occasions and for distinguished visitors to fulfilling simple desk guard duty at entrances to Vatican City to protecting the pope on foreign travels. And not just anyone can join: You must be Swiss, Catholic, male, tall (at least 5 feet, 9 inches), have an "irreproachable" reputation and have served at least two years in the Swiss army. It is not an occupation for a lifetime, either. Most guards serve from two to three years before returning home to Switzerland. 0 Shares