Despite being named for the Ebola River in Congo the virus was first isolated some distance away; where?

EBOLA 9 Districts Put On Ebola Alert , The Monitor, May 10, 2003 Ebola Outreak Spreads Fear Source & Date are Unknown WHEN Rose Akello, 38, fell horribly ill last month, her high fever and strange bleeding attracted little attention among the squalid mud and wattle huts of Gulu, a town in northern Uganda where people are resigned to disease and accustomed to premature death. Akello's family nursed her as the blood seeped from every orifice. When she died, they washed her body in preparation for her burial. Other relatives routinely inherited her clothes. The next day, however, her two-week-old daughter succumbed to the same symptoms. Two days later, it was the turn of the baby's 13-year-old sister. Three days after that, Akello's husband, Alfred Okoya, 42, died, too. Even in a country ravaged by Aids, the family's sudden demise became a focus of acute concern. When the cause was identified, panic followed. Ebola, one of the deadliest viruses known to man, had struck, and by the time doctors had realised that the Kasubi district of Gulu was at the centre of an outbreak, the disease was already spreading fast. By this weekend at least 51 people had died and 139 were reported to have been infected by the virus, which produces flu-like symptoms, then attacks the liver and other vital organs, partly dissolving them, and leaving most of those afflicted to bleed to death. Officials in Gulu insisted the worst of the epidemic was be-hind them. But as an international team of experts - including Dr Simon Mardel, a British doctor from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria - fought to contain the virus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) gave a less optimistic prognosis. Valary Abramov, a WHO spokesman, said it was much too early to predict when the outbreak would reach its peak. "We are now only through the first wave," he said. Alarmingly, cases of ebola have been reported in Kitgum, the district next to Kasubi. It is believed to have been spread by a nurse who was taken there for burial after she died in Gulu's Lacor hospital, where most of the victims have been treated. The virus was named after the Ebola River in Congo after its first 280 recorded victims died in the town of Yambuku in 1976. Jungle bats are one suspected source, but scientists have yet to confirm where the virus came from. A second Congo outbreak in 1995 killed 244 people in Kikwit. Ebola's return has spread terror through Gulu, which is at the centre of a 12-year rebellion by the so-called Lord's Resistance Army and home to nearly 500,000 refugees, many of whom are crowded into camps in conditions ideal for the spread of disease. Health officials toured last week dispensing advice on how to prevent ebola - passed on by contact with an infected person's body fluids - from running out of control. "We are trying to educate the populace to keep a distance," said Josephine Odongo, a Kasubi councillor. "The response is good. They are getting vigilant." In Gulu, the traditional handshake has been virtually forsaken. Day schools have been closed, and visitors banned from boarding schools. Only medical staff and soldiers in protective gear are allowed to bury victims in body bags, and funerals must take place immediately. At one recent funeral, mourners are said to have undressed and abandoned their clothes at the graveside, thinking they might be infected. Health investigators claim to have identified the first victim of the outbreak as Esther Aweko, who complained of feeling hot, started bleeding from the nose and mouth and was taken to hospital, where she died on September 17. How she contracted the virus remains unknown. Initial reports suggested that it might been brought into the area by Ugandan soldiers who had fought with rebels in neighbouring Congo. The army claimed the returning soldiers had been sent away immediately for training and had not been in contact with civilians. Gulu people are less concerned with how the horror began than with who will be the next to die. Sergeant Galdino Obwoma, a health worker with the army's 4th Division based in Gulu, has lost h


What musical has the characters Christian, Satine, Harold Zidler, The Duke of Monroth, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, The Narcoleptic Argentinean, The Doctor, China Doll, Audrey, Nini Legs-in-the-Air and La Petite Princesse?

Moulin Rouge! - Wikiquote Moulin Rouge! Jump to: navigation , search Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 film set in turn of the century Paris in the Bohemian yet derelict district of Montmartre. Centered on the Bohemian ideals of truth, beauty, freedom, and love, Moulin Rouge! follows the story of two lovers, Christian and Satine, who above all, believe in preserving their secret love in the midst of an environment hostile to such an affair. Directed by Baz Luhrmann . Written by Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann . No laws. No limits. One rule. Never fall in love. taglines Contents Christian[ edit ] The Moulin Rouge. A night club, a dance hall, and a bordello. Ruled over by Harold Zidler. A kingdom of night time pleasures, where the rich and powerful came to play with the young and beautiful creatures of the underworld. The most beautiful of all these was the woman I loved. Satine. A courtesan, she sold her love to men. They called her the 'Sparkling Diamond', and she was the star of the Moulin Rouge. The woman I loved is…dead. I first came to Paris one year ago. It was 1899, the summer of love. I knew nothing of the Moulin Rouge, Harold Zidler or Satine. The world had been swept up in the Bohemian revolution and I had traveled from London to be a part of it. On a hill near Paris, was the village of Montmartre. It was not what my father had said. But the center of the Bohemian world. Musicians, painters, writers. They were known as the children of the revolution. Yes! I had come to live a penniless existence. I had come to write about truth, beauty, freedom and at which I believed above all things, love. But there was only one problem.....I've never been in love! Fortunately, at that moment, an unconscious Argentinian fell through my roof. He was quickly joined by a dwarf dressed as a nun. Silly of me, to think y-you could fall in love with someone like me. Can't fall in love? But a life without love, that-that-that's terrible! Above all things I believe in love. Love is like oxygen- love is a many splendored thing- love lifts us up where we belong! All you need is love! [singing] Come what may... come what may. I will love you, until my dying day! It's a little bit funny this feeling inside, I'm not one of those who can easily hide... The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. [singing] Why does my heart cry? Feelings I can't fight. You're free to leave me, but just don't deceive me. And please, believe me when I say I love you. This woman is yours now. I've paid my whore. I owe you nothing. And you're nothing to me. (scuffles to hold back tears) Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with love. Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months. And then, one not-so-very special day, I went to my typewriter, I sat down, and I wrote our story. A story about a time, a story about a place, a story about the people. But above all things, a story about love. A love that will live forever. The End. Satine[ edit ] Please tell me you're not another one of Toulouse's oh-so-talented, charmingly bohemian, tragically impoverished protégés! I don't need you anymore! All my life you made believe I was only worth what someone would pay for me! But Christian loves me! He loves me, Harold. He loves me and that is worth everything! We're going away from you, away from the Duke, away from the Moulin Rouge! Good-bye Harold. Tell our story, Christian. Promise me. Yes. That way I'll... I'll always be with you. [Before kissing Christian] You're going to be bad for business, I can tell. The difference between you and I is that you can leave anytime you choose. But this is my home. The Moulin Rouge is my home. Christian, I'm a courtesan. I'm paid to make men believe what they want to believe. [singing] Love is just a game. I couldn't. I saw you there and I felt differently and the Duke he saw... Christian I love you. I don't want to pretend anymore. I didn't want to lie and he knows, he knows. Duke! Don’t you toy with my emotions! [fake sobs] You must know the effect you have on women. [singing] If I should die... t


"Which Roman poet wrote ""The Aeneid"" and ""The Eclogues""?"

Virgil - Poet | Academy of American Poets Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization. browse poems & poets poet Virgil On October 15, 70 B.C.E. Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was born in the farming village of Andes, near Mantua, in northern Italy. Not considered citizens of Rome until 49 B.C.E., when Julius Caesar expanded citizenship to include men living north of the Po River, Virgil and his father were nearly displaced from their land after Caesar's assassination in 44 B.C.E., when Octavian, Caesar's adopted son and sole heir, confiscated much of the land in the territory in order to reward army veterans. Influenced by the greek poet Theocritus, Virgil composed his first major work, the Eclogues (also called the Bucolics), using Homeric hexameter lines to explore pastoral rather than epic themes. The poem reflected the sorrows of the times, and exhibited rhythmic control and elegance superior to that of Virgil's successors. Published in 39 to 38 B.C.E., the Eclogues were an immediate success, and received the attention of Asinius Pollio, who introduced the poet to Octavian and secured for him an education in Milan, Rome, and Naples. Continuing in the pastoral tradition, Virgil spent seven years writing his next great work, the Georgics—a poem John Dryden called "the best Poem by the best Poet." More than two thousand lines long, and divided into four books, the Georgics were modeled after Hesiod's Works and Days, and praise the experiences of farm life. The poem was written at the request of Maecenas, another patron of the arts, and was first read to Octavian in 29 B.C.E., less than a year after the suicides of Antony and Cleopatra which left Octavian the sole ruler of the Roman world. In the third book of the Georgics, Virgil foreshadows his next and greatest work, the Aeneid: "Yet soon I will gird myself to celebrate / The fiery fights of Caesar, make his name / Live in the future . . ." Virgil spent the next several years working on what became the national epic of the Roman Empire, borrowing both characters and narrative elements from the Homeric epics in his telling of how the Trojan hero Aeneas became the ancestor of the Romans. Before the work was finished, however, Virgil decided to travel to Greece in 19 B.C.E. During his travels, he met with Octavian (who had since been given the title Augustus) who convinced Virgil to return with him to Italy. On their way from Athens to Corinth, Virgil caught a fever which grew increasingly severe during their voyage. Virgil died on September 21 and was buried near Naples. Before his death, Virgil reportedly commanded his literary executors to destroy the unfinished manuscript of his masterwork, but Augustus used his power to ensure the epic's safety, and the Aeneid went on to become a popular textbook in Roman and later medieval schools. After the collapse of the Roman empire, scholars continued to see the value of Virgil's talents, and the Aeneid lasted as the central Latin literary text. He also found an increasing audience of Christian readers drawn both to his depiction of the founding of the Holy City and to a passage in the fourth Eclogue which was interpreted to be a prophecy of Christ. Much later, Virgil's epic was one of the bases for Dante Alighieri 's own masterwork, The Divine Comedy, documenting a journey through hell, during which the character of Virgil acts as a guide. In addition to his poetry, the sequence of Virgil's career also influenced countless poets who p


What is an alcoholic apritif, a type of bitters, obtained from the infusion of bitter herbs, aromatic plants and fruit in alcohol and water?

Blushing Italian Recipe - Food.com Cook 0 mins Campari is an alcoholic aperitif obtained from the infusion of bitter herbs, aromatic plants and fruit in alcohol and water. It is a type of bitters. Regular Campari has an astringent, bittersweet flavor, but a sweet Campari is also available. Ingredients 1 1⁄2 ounces gin 1⁄2 ounce campari


Uruguay :: Rivers and Lakes --�    Kids Encyclopedia | Children's Homework Help | Kids Online Dictionary | Britannica   The Web's Best Sites Uruguay is surrounded by rivers on three sides. In the north the Cuareim River forms the border with Brazil for more than 175 miles (280 kilometers). On Uruguay's southern border is the Río de la Plata, the large estuary formed by the union of the Uruguay and Paraná rivers. The Uruguay, from which the country took its name, forms the western boundary and is by far the largest and most picturesque of the country's rivers. The Uruguay is navigable as far north as Salto, more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) past its union with the Paraná River . Large ships, however, cannot travel beyond Paysandú. The largest river system within the country is the Negro, which is navigable for only about the lower tenth of its course. With headwaters in southernmost Brazil, it crosses Uruguay from northeast to southwest. The damming of the Negro provides a source of hydroelectric energy as well as a huge artificial lake, the Embalse del Río Negro, which also is called the Rincón del Bonete Lago. It is the nation's only large standing body of fresh water. Several small tidal lakes fringe the coastline. Uruguay's largest natural lake is Merín Lagoon, which forms part of the country's eastern border. Most of the lagoon lies within Brazil, where it is called the Lagoa Mirim. "Uruguay." Compton's by Britannica. Britannica Online for Kids. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., , from http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-275710/Uruguay While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Close Enable free complete viewings of premium articles from Britannica Online for Kids when linked from your website or blog-post. Now readers of your website, blog-post, or any other web content can enjoy full access to this article on Uruguay , or any other Britannica Online for Kids premium article for free, even if they do not have a membership. Just copy the HTML code fragment provided below to create the link and then paste it within your web content. For more details about this feature, visit our Webmaster and Blogger Tools page. . Copy and paste this code into your page


"Which Italian opera singer, considered to be one of the finest tenors in the recorded history of music rose to international prominence after the death of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso in 1921, and was often called ""Caruso Secondo""?"

History of Vocal art in quotes part 7 Rosati Gigli Lanza (To cover or not to cover?) - YouTube Close History of Vocal art in quotes part 7 Rosati Gigli Lanza (To cover or not to cover?) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 6, 2011 History of Vocal art in quotes and ideas by Franco Tenelli. Beniamino Gigli (March 20, 1890 - November 30, 1957)[1] was an Italian opera singer. The most famous tenor of his generation, he was renowned internationally for the great beauty of his voice and the soundness of his vocal technique. Music critics sometimes took him to task, however, for what was perceived to be the over-emotionalism of his interpretations. Nevertheless, such was Gigli's talent, he is considered to be one of the very finest tenors in the recorded history of music. Biography Gigli was born in Recanati, in the Marche, the son of a shoe-maker who loved opera. His brother Lorenzo became a famous Italian painter. In 1914, he won first prize in an international singing competition in Parma. His operatic debut came on October 15, 1914 when he played Enzo in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda in Rovigo, following which he was in great demand. Gigli made many important debuts in quick succession, and always in Mefistofele: Teatro Massimo di Palermo (March 31, 1915), Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (December 26, 1915), Teatro Costanzi di Roma (December 26, 1916), La Scala (November 19, 1918), and finally the Metropolitan (November 26, 1920). Two other great Italian tenors present on the roster of Met singers during the 1920s also happened to be Gigli's chief contemporary rivals for tenor supremacy in the Italian repertory—namely, Giovanni Martinelli and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi. Some of the roles with which Gigli became particularly associated during this period included Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème and the title role in Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier, both of which he would later record in full. Gigli rose to true international prominence after the death of the great Italian tenor Enrico Caruso in 1921. Such was his popularity with audiences he was often called "Caruso Secondo", though he much preferred to be known as "Gigli Primo." In fact, the comparison was not valid as Caruso had a bigger, darker, more heroic voice than Gigli's honey-toned lyric instrument. Gigli left the Met in 1932, ostensibly after refusing to take a pay cut. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the Met's then general manager, was furious at his company's most popular male singer; he told the press that Gigli was the only singer not to accept the pay cut. There were in fact several others, Lily Pons and Rosa Ponselle among them; and it is well-documented that Gatti-Casazza gave himself a large pay increase in 1931, so that after the pay cut in 1932 his salary remained the same as it had been originally. Furthermore, Gatti was careful to hide Gigli's counter offer to the press, in which the singer offered to sing five or six concerts gratis, which in dollars saved was worth more than Gatti's imposed pay cut. After leaving the Met, Gigli returned again to Italy, and sang in houses there, elsewhere in Europe, and in South America. He was criticized for being a favorite singer of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, and toward the end of World War II was able to give few performances. However he immediately returned to the stage when the war ended in 1945, and the audience acclaim was greater and more clamorous than ever. In the last few years of his life, Gigli gave concert performances more often than he appeared on stage. Before his retirement in 1955, Gigli undertook an exhausting world tour of Farewell Concerts. This impaired his health in the two years that remained to him, during which time he helped prepare his Memoirs (based primarily on an earlier Memoir, fleshed out by a series of in


In India, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Transcaucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia, Burma and Bangladesh, what is a tandoor (also known as a tonir and a tone) used for?

IndiansinKuwait.com - What is a Tandoor and where does Tandoori originate from? Published on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 What is a Tandoor and where does Tandoori originate from? Source: Wikipedia My Experience at Bhavans Model United Nations Have you wondered, "Where does the word tandoori come from"? or have you tried making Tandoori chicken or Naan at home and wondered, "Why does it not taste like it does in the restaurant?. The reason is because the restaurants would prepare the tandoori items and various breads in a tandoor. The tandoor is currently a very important fixture in many Indian restaurants around the world. The word tandoori is the adjective meaning "pertaining to the tandoor" and is used to describe a dish cooked in a tandoor. A tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven used in cooking and baking. The tandoor is used for cooking in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Transcaucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia as well as India and Bangladesh. The heat for a tandoor was traditionally generated by a charcoal fire or wood fire, burning within the tandoor itself, thus exposing the food to both live-fire, radiant heat cooking, and hot-air, convection cooking. Temperatures in a tandoor can approach 480°C (900°F), and it is common for tandoor ovens to remain lit for long periods of time to maintain the high cooking temperature. Some modern day tandoors use electricity or gas instead of charcoal. The tandoor is used for cooking certain types of Afghan, Pakistani and Indian, foods such as tandoori chicken,chicken tikka and bread varieties like tandoori roti and naan. The tandoor is basically used to cook meat while Hindus and Sikhs of India are mostly vegetarian so it was popularized during Muslim reign in South Asia. It is thought to have traveled to Central Asia and the Middle East along with the Roma people, who originated amongst the Thar Desert tribes. The tandoor is also known by other names - * In India, the tandoor is also known by the name of bhatti. The Bhatti tribe of the Thar Desert of northwestern India and eastern Pakistan developed the Bhatti in their desert abode, and thus it gained the name. * In Armenia, It is known as a tonir which is a widely used method of cooking barbecue and lavash bread. * In Georgia it is called a tone and is used for bread and kebab. div>   Express your comment on this article


Who was given a personalised iPod by Barack Obama when he visited in April 2009?

Barack Obama gives the Queen an iPod - Technology - theage.com.au Barack Obama gives the Queen an iPod Nice to meet you ... US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, pose with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Photo: AP April 2, 2009 - 10:38AM President Barack Obama has given Queen Elizabeth II a personalised iPod. Obama's motorcade snaked up the Mall to Buckingham Palace, and the new US president had tea with Her Majesty, who made her first visit as monarch to America in 1957, four years before Obama was born. The iPod player was loaded with pictures of the Queen's visit to Washington and Virginia in 2007 and 40 songs from popular Broadway productions, including The King and I, West Side Story and Dreamgirls. The Queen reportedly already owns an iPod, the sovereign apparently buying a six-gigabyte silver model for $400 in June 2005. Her second son Prince Andrew, fourth in line to the throne, was reported to be behind the move, having bought his mother a mobile phone and taught her how to use it in 2001. "The Queen loves music and was impressed by how small and handy the iPod is," a royal insider told The Sun at the time. "Obviously it is quite complicated to download songs, but I'm sure one of the courtiers will do it for her. "Prince Andrew will probably also help out because he's a real dab hand with gadgets." Rare gift Obama also gave the Queen a rare coffee table book of songs by composers Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. In return, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh gave the Obamas signed portraits of themselves. As he and wife Michelle left Buckingham Palace after the reception, Obama said: "Her Majesty is delightful." Foreign policy The US president, freed for the moment from the depressing economic news back home, also got his first real taste of applying US power abroad - and lined up a globe-trotting schedule for later this year. He won rave reviews from the Russians, largely avoided issues of deep division with China, and blamed the media for fanning differences between G20 nations on the eve of their crisis summit. Obama's talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wrought a joint commitment to make big cuts in nuclear weapons stocks. Iran may also be feeling a little more diplomatic pressure after the two called on Tehran to throw open its nuclear program to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) negotiators. "I am very encouraged by the leadership of the president," Obama said. "I am especially excited about the fact that the president extended an invitation for me to visit Moscow to build on some of the areas that we discussed today," he said, promising to travel to the Russian capital in July. If anything, Medvedev was more upbeat. "July is the warmest time in Russia and in Moscow, and I believe that will be exactly the feature of the talks and relations we are going to enjoy during that period in Moscow." Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took a swipe at former president George W. Bush, who famously peered into former president Vladimir Putin's soul but eventually saw US-Russia relations decline. "There are grounds to believe that this time the good relations will not be limited to personal ones," said Lavrov, adding that ties won't be "an illusion of good relations thanks to their development (only) on a personal level." The two leaders also discussed Russian anxiety over US plans for missile defense and candid disagreements over issues like Georgia and Russia's claim to a sphere of influence over former Soviet states. Obama's next guest at the ornate US ambassador's residence in Regent's Park was China's President Hu Jintao. This time, the exchanges seemed less warm: "businesslike" said one US official on condition of anonymity. But Obama accepted "with pleasure" Hu's invitation to discover China in the second half of the year. The leaders agreed to "strengthen ties at all levels" ranging from the economy to fighting terrorism, and pledged to expand consultations on "non-proliferation and other international security topics." Ties between China and the United States got


The Kalandula Falls, one of the largest waterfalls by volume in Africa, are in which country?

Kalandula Falls | World Waterfall Database Also Known as: Calandula Falls, Duque de Bragança Falls, Dianzundu Falls Kalandula Falls is the Official name of this waterfall The falls were known as Duque du Bragança Falls during the Angolan civil war between 1975 and 2002. The name was changed back to its original title once the conflict subsided. The falls have also been known as Dianzundu Falls, though less frequently. The spelling of Kalandula (or Calandula) appears to be preferential and either seems to be appropriate since the pronunciation is the same. Our thoughts Kalandula Falls is not a widely known or recognized waterfall, but it is undeniably a major waterfall and very well may end up being the second most powerful waterfall of the African continent.


Where would the phenomenon reported by locals as Naga Fireballs be found?

The Naga Fireballs   The Naga Fireballs The "Queen of the Nagas" photograph, as sold throughout Nong Khai (Photo credit: U.S. Navy) During the full moon every October along the Mekong river between Thailand and Laos, an extraordinary spectacle takes place. A great river serpent winds its way through the darkness, spitting glowing fireballs hundreds of feet into the air. The display is greeted with loud cheers from tens of thousands of spectators cramming the riverbanks. This is the Phayanak festival: The welcoming of Lord Buddha as he returns to Earth at the end of the Buddhist Lent, by the great river serpent, the Naga. According to mythology, the Naga is a gigantic hooded snake. It's prominent throughout Indian and southeastern Asian cultures. It's often believed to be an actual physical animal, but with a supernatural spirit, and many people in the region honestly believe that the animal does live in the local waters. One Naga stands out: The Phayanak, or King of the Nagas. Its role varies somewhat among the different cultures, but generally, the Nagas are benevolent servants of Buddha. On the 15th day of the 11th Lunar month, which is a full moon that usually falls in October, the Phayanak festival is held. Its center is the Nong Khai province of Thailand, and ground zero, where the fireballs ascend from the river, is the district of Phon Phisai, a small village on the bank of the Mekong river. Evidence for the existence of the Naga is frequently put forward. There's a photograph widely sold throughout Nong Khai purporting to show a group of about 30 American soldiers holding what appears to be some sort of giant sea serpent. The photograph is titled Nang Phayanak, and the caption reads: The Queen of the Nagas seized by American Army at Mekong River, Laos Military Base on June 27, 1973, with the length of 7.30 meters. In addition, a Buddhist temple in Nong Khai city, Wat Pho Luang Phra Sai, exhibits some objects that it says are fossilized bones from a Naga, such as a tooth and an egg. But it is the fireballs themselves that have attracted all the attention, both skeptical and believing. You can see YouTube videos of the fireballs taken during the festival. They are orange specks that streak skyward from way out over the water, rising to a height that's hard to judge but appears to be at least several hundred feet over the course of about three seconds before fading out. As each appears, the crowd reacts like crowds everywhere watching a fireworks show, with appropriate "oohs" and "aahs". There is both good news and bad news for those who wish to attend the Phayanak festival to witness the fireballs. The good news is you are absolutely guaranteed to actually see them with your own eyes. The bad news is that what you'll see are simple fireworks, shot skyward as a tourist attraction. But even though today's fireballs are a harmless festival show, there is no basis for establishing that this is the source of all such fireballs throughout history. Anecdotes persist that the fireballs are still visible at other times of the year and at other locations along the river, and many people say that reports of sightings date back centuries. However this belief that the Naga Fireballs are ancient seems to be merely a locally held understanding; it does not appear to be reliably documented prior to the middle of the 20th century. In 2002, a television network called iTV sent a crew of investigative journalists to find the source of the fireballs during the festival. On the program titled Code Cracking, the team took a boat and snuck quietly up the Laotian side of the river, directly across from Phon Phisai, during the festival. They filmed Laotian soldiers firing tracer rounds into the air, and every time they did, the crowds on the Thailand side of the river reacted with their "oohs" and "aahs". The broadcast was widely perceived as an attack on a sacred belief. Lawsuits and boycotts were threatened against iTV. But, as the saying goes, there's no such thing as bad publicity. In 2001, an estimated 150,000 people attended the fes


What instrument is played by blues artists Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite and Junior Wells?

Charlie Musselwhite | New Music And Songs | Charlie Musselwhite About Charlie Musselwhite Harmonica wizard Norton Buffalo can recollect a leaner time when his record collection had been whittled down to only the bare essentials: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band. Butterfield and Musselwhite will probably be forever linked as the two most interesting, and arguably the most important, products of the "white blues movement" of the mid- to late '60s -- not only because they were near the forefront chronologically, but because they both stand out as being especially faithful to the style. Each certainly earned the respect of his legendary mentors. No less than the late Big Joe Williams said, "Charlie Musselwhite is one of the greatest living harp players of country blues. He is right up there with Sonny Boy Williamson, and he's been my harp player ever since Sonny Boy got killed." It's interesting that Williams specifies "country" blues, because, even though he made his mark leading electric bands in Chicago and San Francisco, Musselwhite began playing blues with people he'd read about in Samuel Charters' Country Blues -- Memphis greats like Furry Lewis, Will Shade, and Gus Cannon. It was these rural roots that set him apart from Butterfield, and decades later Musselwhite began incorporating his first instrument, guitar. Musselwhite was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi in 1944, and his family moved north to Memphis, where he went to high school. Musselwhite migrated to Chicago in search of the near-mythical $3.00-an-hour job (the same lure that set innumerable youngsters on the same route), and became a familiar face at blues haunts like Pepper's, Turner's, and Theresa's, sitting in with and sometimes playing alongside harmonica lords such as Little Walter, Shakey Horton, Good Rockin' Charles, Carey Bell, Big John Wrencher, and even Sonny Boy Williamson. Before recording his first album, Musselwhite appeared on LPs by Tracy Nelson and John Hammond and duetted (as Memphis Charlie) with Shakey Horton on Vanguard's Chicago/The Blues/Today series. When his aforementioned debut LP became a standard on San Francisco's underground radio, Musselwhite played the Fillmore Auditorium and never returned to the Windy City. Leading bands that featured greats like guitarists Harvey Mandel, Freddie Roulette, Luther Tucker, Louis Myers, Robben Ford, Fenton Robinson, and Junior Watson, Musselwhite played steadily in Bay Area bars and mounted somewhat low-profile national tours. It wasn't until the late '80s, when he conquered a career-long drinking problem, that Musselwhite began touring worldwide to rave notices. He became busier than ever and continued releasing records to critical acclaim. His two releases on Virgin, Rough News in 1997 and Continental Drifter in 2000, found Musselwhite mixing elements of jazz, gospel, Tex-Mex, and acoustic Delta blues. After signing with Telarc Blues in 2002, he continued exploring his musical roots by releasing One Night in America. The disc exposed Musselwhite's interest in country music with a cover version of the Johnny Cash classic "Big River," and featured guest appearances by Kelly Willis and Marty Stuart. Sanctuary, released in 2004, was Musselwhite's first record for Real World. After extensive touring globally, he returned to the studio for its follow-up, the back-to-basics Delta Hardware, recorded in Mississippi. The set was hard-edged and raw blues and featured one live track, the hip-shaking "Clarksdale Boogie," recorded in front of a small but enthusiastic audience at Red's Juke Joint in that very town. Musselwhite returned to Alligator in 2009 and got down to business and cut The Well in Chicago, an all-original program that featured a guest duet appearance from Mavis Staples on the track "Sad Beautiful World." The song references the murder of his 93-year-old mother during a burglary in her home. ~ Dan Forte & Al Campbell, Rovi Hear more of


What was the musical work by Mike Oldfield released as an album, containing only one track on each side, in 1973?

MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells reviews Poor. Only for completionists (1%) MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells reviews Showing all collaborators reviews and last reviews preview | Show all reviews/ratings Collaborators/Experts Reviews Review by Sean Trane SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk One of the most over-rated album in history but was and still is a fave with the public. In the soft aerial genre you might want to try his following two albums (Ommadawn and Herdgest Ridge) and JM Jarre's Oxyg�ne or some Vangellis. Actually maybe the main merit of this poor album is that it sold in such great amounts that it allowed the Virgin label such financial freedom that they dared taking chances on unlikely and uncommercial acts like Gong or even more daringly Henry Cow. I suppose one of the reason why I rate this album poorly is the over-exposition of such a musical idea-poor album: a few good ideas but greatly overly-extended and an incredibly cheesy instrument announcement part around the close of the side 1 of the album. As if we b-needed him to know what a grand piano or a slightly distorted guitar is.... Let's face it: very few albums managed such a great commercial success on so few ambient ideas. As the little old lady once said about her hamburger: Where's the beef?????? Oh, yeah, although there are some slight folk influences (Mike was in a folk-rock band Sallyangie with his sister Sally at the start of the 70's) throughout the whole album, they become insufferable in the semi-jig-like finale Of course, the fact that he has redone the Tubullar Bells thing about 20 zillion version to fill up his bank account, it has not helped my views on the original work. SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Richard and Mike strike (bells of) gold "Tubular Bells" is where it all began both for Mike Oldfield, and for Richard Branson with his fledgling Virgin Records. Had it not been for this one album, the whole history of what is now the Virgin empire would have been radically different. In brief, Oldfield recorded this album entirely by himself, and without a recording contract. After unsuccessfully pedalling it around the major record companies in search of a deal, he eventually persuade a young budding entrepreneur with a few record shops, to release the album on his newly formed record label. The album become one of the most successful releases of all time and, as they say, the rest is history. While for many of a certain age "Tubular Bells" is as familiar as an old pair of slippers, it remains even now an excellent piece of work. Those listening to it for the first time now may well wonder what all the fuss was about, as others have trodden the same road many times since, and a whole genre (new age music) has developed as a result. Note however that this is not itself new age music, it is far more complex and dynamic that that. When it was released "Tubular Bells" was a real breath of fresh air, totally original, and bursting with energy. Others may been down a similar path before (Bo Hansson for example) but their efforts remained obscure (in Hansson's case outwith Scandinavia at least). The first part (side 1 of the LP) contains the stronger material, something Oldfield would rectify on "Tubular Bells 2". This is a case though where the migration to CD has improved the package by offering it as a complete piece without interruption. The music, which was composed and performed throughout by Oldfield, is entirely instrumental. He uses a wide array of instruments, multi-layered with frequent changes of pace and melody. A selection of the instruments is introduced during the famous closing section to side one. The performance is remarkably mature for someone at the time so young, and while music critics and Oldfield himself will now point to many flaws in the product, to the casual listener these are either transparent, or now form an integral part of the piece. Oldfield appears to be at his most comfortable and proficient when using guitar, resulting in many different types of guitar being used, and a wide diversity of styl


In 2015 palaeontologists from Edinburgh and Beijing announced the discovery of the fossil of an almost complete feathered and winged, although almost certainly flightless, theropod which is an ancestor of what?

Bbcknowledge201202 by Rewel Acosta Rivera - issuu issuu Dirt is good for you: Curbing our hygiene obsession p61 www.knowledgemagazine.in Volume 2 Issue 2 February 2012 ` 100 SCIENCE • HISTORY • NATURE • FOR THE CURIOUS MIND A history of the in natural objects Surprising objects that illustrate the human journey p24 Plus: How the Homo sapiens beat other hominids to become the only surviving species p66 UP, CLOSE & personal WITH PANAMA BATS p36 DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES LED BY LUCK p46 Q&A: If our body cells are replaced, why do we age? p80 SECRETS OF THE STONEHENGE REVEALED p56 On the cover Portfolio February 2012 FEATURE PORTFOLIO IN HERE Panama Bats Panama’s forests are home to a vast array of bats, each uniquely adapted to exploit the habitat. Photographs by Christian Ziegler XXX February Jan/Feb 2012 2011 XXX REFLECTED GLORY The skies above Barro Colorado Island teem with thousands of bats. This 1600-hectare rainforest oasis in Lake Gatún in the Panama Canal offers such an abundance and variety of food and roosts that 74 different species of bat live here. Each species has evolved unique physical adaptations, roost preferences, flight zones and foraging strategies that enable it to avoid competition with its neighbours. Some, such as this greater bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus), specialise in hunting fish. Flying low over a pool at night, the bat skillfully plucks its quarry from just beneath the water’s surface. Using echolocation, it can detect tiny ripples as the fish move through the water. 43 SCIENCE 46 Blast from the Past Digging for dinosaur bones has a lot to do with luck, as Cavan Scott discovers SECRETS OF STONEHENGE science The secrets of STONEHENGE After the recent discovery of a second henge, Robert Matthews investigates how cutting-edge tech looks set to uncover even more archaeological sites 62 this new view are revelations provided by the seemingly miraculous powers of 21st-century science, from groundpenetrating radar and magnetometry to GPS technology. The power of these techniques was demonstrated in July last year, when an international team of archaeologists made headlines worldwide with an astonishing discovery near Stonehenge. After just nine days of searching, the team uncovered 3 evidence for an entire new structure on Salisbury Plain: a 25-metre wide walled ditch or ‘henge’, containing a circle of pits. Situated less than a kilometre from Stonehenge, the structure is believed to be as old, and to have had a similar appearance, its ditches aligned with the more famous structure. The discovery has been hailed as the fi rst major ceremonial site to be discovered near Stonehenge for half a century. Yet anyone visiting the site would fail to see anything, as the newly discovered henge lies buried several metres beneath the surface. Its presence was revealed to the world by the techniques being pioneered during the three-year project that began  last summer. February 2012 56 The Secrets of Stonehenge Avant-garde technology has made the discovery of the second henge possible Science A history of world in 100 Natural Objects A history of the 100 NATURAL OBJECTS 100 in 02 ARTHROPOD EXOSKELETO N Arthropods (insects, spiders, crustaceans and their relatives) have become highly successful. Some are very numerous, but none are very big. often depict giant creepy-crawliesYet science-fiction films conquering our world. impossible! Arthropods It’s have an external skeleton and must moult it to grow, so are weak and immobilised until a larger one forms and hardens. In other words, they cannot get bigger than the maximum survivable size without a skeleton, and, as a result, the largest spiders and insects weigh less than a small rat. 03 BALEEN PLATE NATURAL OBJECTS Whales in the suborder Mysticeti have 100 or so of these tough but flexible structures hanging from their upper jaws. They scoop up massive mouthfuls of seawater, then use their tongues to force it out through the baleen plates, trapping plankton. Thus, the world’s largest animals have no need for the teeth so characteristic of most other mammals. Bale


"In Western films, what is a ""saloon""?"

Westerns Films Westerns Films Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Examples Westerns are      the major defining genre of the American film industry, a nostalgic      eulogy to the early days of the expansive, untamed American frontier      (the borderline between civilization and the wilderness). They are      one of the oldest, most enduring and flexible genres and one of the      most characteristically American genres in their mythic origins. [The     popularity of westerns has waxed and waned over the years. Their most     prolific era was in the 1930s to the 1960s, and most recently in the     90s, there was a resurgence of the genre. They appear to be making      an invigorating comeback (both on the TV screen and in theatres). Modern      movie remakes, such as 3:10 To Yuma (2007) and the Coen Brothers' True      Grit (2010) have also paid homage to their mid-20th century      predecessors.] See all Greatest Westerns     Title Screens This indigenous American art form focuses on the frontier West that     existed in North America. Westerns are often set on the American frontier during the     last part of the 19th century (1865-1900) following the Civil War, in a geographically     western (trans-Mississippi) setting with romantic, sweeping frontier landscapes     or rugged rural terrain. However, Westerns may extend back to the time of     America's colonial period or forward to the mid-20th century, or as far geographically     as Mexico. A number of westerns use the Civil War, the Battle of the Alamo (1836) or the Mexican Revolution (1910) as a backdrop. The western film genre often portrays the conquest of the     wilderness and the subordination of nature, in the name of civilization, or     the confiscation of the territorial rights of the original inhabitants of     the frontier. Specific settings include lonely isolated forts, ranch houses,     the isolated homestead, the saloon, the jail, the livery stable, the small-town main street,     or small frontier towns that are forming at the edges of civilization. They may even include Native American sites or villages. Other     iconic elements in westerns include the hanging tree, stetsons and spurs,     saddles, lassos and Colt .45's, bandannas and buckskins, canteens, stagecoaches, gamblers, long-horned cattle and cattle     drives, prostitutes (or madams) with a heart of gold, and more. Very often, the cowboy has a favored horse (or 'faithful steed'), for example, Roy Rogers' Trigger, Gene Autry's Champion, William Boyd's (Hopalong Cassidy) Topper, the Lone Ranger's Silver and Tonto's Scout. Western films have also been called the horse opera, the oater     (quickly-made, short western films which became as commonplace as oats for     horses), or the cowboy picture. The western film genre has portrayed much     about America's past, glorifying the past-fading values and aspirations of     the mythical by-gone age of the West. Over time, westerns have been re-defined,     re-invented and expanded, dismissed, re-discovered, and spoofed. In the late 60s and early 70s (and in subsequent years), 'revisionistic' Westerns that questioned the themes and elements of traditional/classic westerns appeared (such as Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) , Arthur Penn's Little Big Man (1970), Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), and later Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992) ). Westerns Film Plots: Usually, the central plot of the western film is the classic,     simple goal of maintaining law and order on the frontier in a fast-paced action     story. It is normally rooted in archetypal conflict - good vs. bad, virtue     vs. evil, white hat vs. black hat, man vs. man, new arrivals vs. Native Americans     (inhumanely portrayed as savage Indians), settlers vs. Indians, humanity vs.     nature, civilization vs. wilderness or lawlessness, schoolteachers vs. saloon     dan


"On 15 December 1940, whose remains (except for his heart, intestines and viscera) were transferred from Vienna to the dome of Les Invalides in Paris as a ""gift"" to France by Adolf Hitler?"

"Putting On Heirs!" Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte, Duke of Reichstadt | The Esoteric Curiosa "Putting On Heirs!" Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte, Duke of Reichstadt Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte 20.III. 1811 – 22.VII.1832 Emperor Napoléon II Of France King Of Rome Prince Imperial Duke Of Reichstadt Throughout the centuries, with the birth of most children, there always seems to exist all the immeasurable exciting possibilities and great expectations of what kind of person this new life will grow up to become. Sometimes a child comes into this world with high expectations not only upon the part of his parents and others, perhaps even the very country of its birth, which would make it seem like the weight of the world rested in the hands of a babe. Such, was the birth of the only legitimate son of Napoléon Bonaparte. Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte was born when it seemed to the world, that his father was at the apogee of his spectacular rise to power. Everyone thought that his baby son was assured of a great destiny and sure to succeed him on the throne of France. Yet, in the end he grew up without a mother's love or a father's care. Sadly his short life was pitifully lonely and his early death was a relief to most people. There are few who thought of his existence at all, and his name is scarcely mentioned in history to this day. At birth the expectation was that he was to be the next ruler of France, and reign just as gloriously as his father as Emperor Napoléon II.  That being said, no higher expectations were perhaps heaped upon one child than this little boy upon his much heralded arrival. Almost two hundred years ago, he was born in the Palace of the Tuileries. The boy's birth on the twentieth of March, 1811, was announced by the roaring salute of many cannons positioned throughout the capital. At the time, his birth was a great joy to the French nation, as well as his parents.  His mother, the Empress Marie-Louise, a former Archduchess of Austria and a daughter of Emperor Franz I of Austria was Napoléon’s second wife, after he had divorced the beautiful Empress Joséphine. On March 11, 1810, the 18-year-old archduchess married Napoléon I by proxy, with a subsequent ceremony taking place in the chapel of the Louvre on April 1, 1810. The bride's father intended the marriage to strengthen links between the Austrian Empire and the First French Empire. Napoléon sought the validation and legitimation of his Empire by marrying a member of the House of Habsburg, one of the oldest ruling families of Europe. He also hoped to cement his position by fathering a legitimate heir. Napoléon had previously tried to marry Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of the House of Romanov, younger sister of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, but his proposal had been refused. Following in the tradition of the heirs of Emperor’s of the Holy Roman Empire, Napoléon gave his son the style "His Majesty the King of Rome" which he declared was the new courtesy title of the heir-apparent to his large freshly built Empire, additionally he was also bestowed with the title, Prince Imperial. The young king’s christening was a stately ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. It seemed as though he had a great future before him. During his first years in Paris, the King of Rome was surrounded by the many military trappings of his parent’s Imperial Household. According to one account, his “favorite toys were flags, trumpets, drums, a great horse which he used so much that it had to be repaired innumerable times.”   History records that his father adored him, and the King of Rome often spent time with his father in the study, playing with his wooden blocks with military unit markings, with Napoléon talking to his infant son as he worked on governing his empire.  The doting father also included his son while receiving dignitaries during official audiences. When the boy was only two and a half years old, his education was begun. Given lessons almost before his baby lips could repeat the words that were taught him. It's been cl


What is the closest description of the interior of South Africa?

South Africa's geography Tweet on Twitter South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its long coastline stretching more than 2 500km from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast, southwards around the tip of Africa, then north to the border with subtropical Mozambique on the Indian Ocean. The low-lying coastal zone is narrow for much of that distance, soon giving way to a mountainous escarpment that separates it from the high inland plateau. In some places, notably the province of KwaZulu-Natal in the east, a greater distance separates the coast from the escarpment. Size and provinces South Africa is a medium-sized country, with a total land area of slightly more than 1.2-million square kilometres, making it roughly the same size as Niger, Angola, Mali, and Colombia. It is one-eighth the size of the US, twice the size of France, and over three times the size of Germany. South Africa measures about 1 600km from north to south, and roughly the same from east to west. The country has nine provinces, which vary considerably in size. The smallest is tiny and crowded Gauteng, a highly urbanised region, and the largest the vast, arid and empty Northern Cape, which takes up almost a third of South Africa’s total land area. See The nine provinces of South Africa Borders Going from west to east, South Africa shares long northern borders with Namibia and Botswana, touches Zimbabwe, has a strip of border with Mozambique, and finally curves in around Swaziland before rejoining Mozambique’s southern border. In the interior, nestled in the curve of the bean-shaped Free State, is the small mountainous country of Lesotho, completely surrounded by South African territory. Cities South Africa has three capitals: Cape Town , in the Western Cape, is the legislative capital and is where the country’s Parliament is found. Bloemfontein , in the Free State, is the judicial capital, and home to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Pretoria , in Gauteng, is the administrative capital, and the ultimate capital of the country. It is home to the Union Buildings and a large proportion of the public service.   The largest and most important city is Johannesburg, the economic heartland of the country. Other important centres include Durban and Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu- Natal, and Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Climate and topography Although the country is classified as semi-arid, South Africa has considerable variation in climate as well as topography. The great inland Karoo plateau, where rocky hills and mountains rise from sparsely populated scrubland, is very dry, and gets more so as it shades in the north-west towards the Kalahari desert. Extremely hot in summer, it can be icy in winter. In contrast, the eastern coastline is lush and well watered, a stranger to frost. The southern coast, part of which is known as the Garden Route, is rather less tropical but also green, as is the Cape of Good Hope – the latter especially in winter. This south-western corner of the country has a Mediterranean climate, with wet winters and hot, dry summers. Its most famous climatic characteristic is its wind, which blows intermittently virtually all year round, either from the south-east or the north- west. The eastern section of the Karoo does not extend as far north as the western part, giving way to the flat landscape of the Free State, which though still semi-arid receives somewhat more rain. North of the Vaal River, the Highveld is better watered, and saved by its altitude (Johannesburg lies at 1 740m; its average annual rainfall is 760mm) from subtropical extremes of heat. Winters are cold, though snow is rare. Further north and to the east, especially where a drop in altitude beyond the escarpment gives the Lowveld its name, temperatures rise: the Tropic of Capricorn slices through the extreme north. This is also where one finds the typical South African bushveld. Those looking for an opportunity to ski in winter head for the high Drakensberg mountains that form South Africa’s eastern escarpment. But one of the coldest places in the country


"How did Shakespeare in his play ""Cymbeline"" end the line, ""Golden lads and girls all must as chimneysweepers come to...""?"

Shakespeare's Unconventional Conventions by Dictionary.com Iambic pentameter When the love-struck Romeo first sees Juliet emerge on her balcony, what poetic form could mirror his pounding heart? Iambic pentameter of course. "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter because it was believed to imitate the human heart beat. The word comes from the French iambique meaning "a foot of verse," referring to the form's basic two-syllable verse unit: unstressed, stressed (e.g., dum DUM). Pentameter comes from the Greek meaning "five" (five feet per line). Zeugma [zoog-muh] Are your verbs slacking off? Take a tip from the Bard and try a zeugma. From the Greek zeugnynai meaning "to yoke or join," zeugma is the clever use of a single verb in two different idiomatic senses within one sentence: "Golden lads and girls all must / As chimney-sweepers, come to dust." In this funeral song in Shakespeare's Cymbeline chimney-sweepers encounter literal "dust" in their work, whereas "Golden lads and girls" become figurative "dust" in death. Groucho Marx also used zeugma in the film Duck Soup: "Leave in a minute," he said, "and a huff." Enjambment [en-jam-muhnt, -jamb-] Queen Hermione stands trial in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale after being falsely accused of adultery by her husband. But could any literary device give voice to her frantic plea? Enjambment can try. "I am not prone to weeping," Hermione says, "but I have / that honourable grief lodged here which burns / Worse than tears drown." From the French word enjamb meaning "to encroach," enjambment is the running on of a thought from one line of text onto the next without a syntactical break. Here, Hermione's words spill over the way her tears would if she could cry. Litotes [lahy-tuh-teez, lit-uh-, lahy-toh-teez] In the third act of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony enters the Roman forum holding Caesar's body. How will he convince the crowd that their emperor was murdered wrongly? Litotes! "You all did love him once," Antony explains, "not without cause." From the Greek litos meaning "plain, small, meager," litotes is an understatement, usually illustrated using a double negative. Antony tells the assembled Romans that they loved their murdered emperor "not without cause," using the double negative "not without" to imply that they had great cause to love Caesar. Slant rhyme Shakespeare's King Lear is about to end, and with his last lines, the young Edgar looks toward his future as his whole family lies dead around him. "The oldest have borne most;" he says, "we that are young / Shall never see so much, nor live so long." This desperately sad slant rhyme on "young" and "long" recalls the fatal miscommunications between young and old that set the tragic events of the play in motion. Slant rhymes typically share at least one identical stressed phoneme, but like the ambitions of this ill-fated family, not all their syllables align. Isocolon [ahy-suh-koh-luhn] Hamlet has just begun; Claudius just married Gertrude after killing her husband his brother. How can he show his happiness while publicly respecting his secret victim? Isocolon. Claudius says, "With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage." From the Greek isokolos meaning "of equal members," isocolon unites two clauses using parallel structure and similarly distributed syllables. Claudius uses "With __ in __" as a template to compare opposing concepts of equal syllable length: "mirth" vs. "dirge" and "funeral" (pronounced with two syllables) vs. "marriage." Antanaclasis [ant-an-uh-klas-is] In the final act of Henry V, Pistol, a drunkard and braggart turned soldier, decides to return to England to become a pickpocket after winning the Battle of Agincourt in France, but how can he explain his plan with finesse? Antanaclasis! "To England will I steal, and there I'll steal." Pistol plans to flee or steal from France to England and once there, to steal people's wallets, thus using the same word in two different senses in the same sentence. Derived from the combination of three Greek roots, an


"Who is the lawyer in Charles Dickens's ""Great Expectations""?"

SparkNotes: Great Expectations: Plot Overview Great Expectations Context Character List Pip, a young orphan living with his sister and her husband in the marshes of Kent, sits in a cemetery one evening looking at his parents’ tombstones. Suddenly, an escaped convict springs up from behind a tombstone, grabs Pip, and orders him to bring him food and a file for his leg irons. Pip obeys, but the fearsome convict is soon captured anyway. The convict protects Pip by claiming to have stolen the items himself. One day Pip is taken by his Uncle Pumblechook to play at Satis House, the home of the wealthy dowager Miss Havisham, who is extremely eccentric: she wears an old wedding dress everywhere she goes and keeps all the clocks in her house stopped at the same time. During his visit, he meets a beautiful young girl named Estella, who treats him coldly and contemptuously. Nevertheless, he falls in love with her and dreams of becoming a wealthy gentleman so that he might be worthy of her. He even hopes that Miss Havisham intends to make him a gentleman and marry him to Estella, but his hopes are dashed when, after months of regular visits to Satis House, Miss Havisham decides to help him become a common laborer in his family’s business. With Miss Havisham’s guidance, Pip is apprenticed to his brother-in-law, Joe, who is the village blacksmith. Pip works in the forge unhappily, struggling to better his education with the help of the plain, kind Biddy and encountering Joe’s malicious day laborer, Orlick. One night, after an altercation with Orlick, Pip’s sister, known as Mrs. Joe, is viciously attacked and becomes a mute invalid. From her signals, Pip suspects that Orlick was responsible for the attack. One day a lawyer named Jaggers appears with strange news: a secret benefactor has given Pip a large fortune, and Pip must come to London immediately to begin his education as a gentleman. Pip happily assumes that his previous hopes have come true—that Miss Havisham is his secret benefactor and that the old woman intends for him to marry Estella. In London, Pip befriends a young gentleman named Herbert Pocket and Jaggers’s law clerk, Wemmick. He expresses disdain for his former friends and loved ones, especially Joe, but he continues to pine after Estella. He furthers his education by studying with the tutor Matthew Pocket, Herbert’s father. Herbert himself helps Pip learn how to act like a gentleman. When Pip turns twenty-one and begins to receive an income from his fortune, he will secretly help Herbert buy his way into the business he has chosen for himself. But for now, Herbert and Pip lead a fairly undisciplined life in London, enjoying themselves and running up debts. Orlick reappears in Pip’s life, employed as Miss Havisham’s porter, but is promptly fired by Jaggers after Pip reveals Orlick’s unsavory past. Mrs. Joe dies, and Pip goes home for the funeral, feeling tremendous grief and remorse. Several years go by, until one night a familiar figure barges into Pip’s room—the convict, Magwitch, who stuns Pip by announcing that he, not Miss Havisham, is the source of Pip’s fortune. He tells Pip that he was so moved by Pip’s boyhood kindness that he dedicated his life to making Pip a gentleman, and he made a fortune in Australia for that very purpose. Pip is appalled, but he feels morally bound to help Magwitch escape London, as the convict is pursued both by the police and by Compeyson, his former partner in crime. A complicated mystery begins to fall into place when Pip discovers that Compeyson was the man who abandoned Miss Havisham at the altar and that Estella is Magwitch’s daughter. Miss Havisham has raised her to break men’s hearts, as revenge for the pain her own broken heart caused her. Pip was merely a boy for the young Estella to practice on; Miss Havisham delighted in Estella’s ability to toy with his affections. As the weeks pass, Pip sees the good in Magwitch and begins to care for him deeply. Before Magwitch’s escape attempt, Estella marries an upper-class lout named Bentley Drummle. Pip makes a visit to Satis House,


"Whose theme song was ""Thanks For The Memory""?"

Bob Hope & Shirley Ross Sing "Thanks For The Memory" (1938) - YouTube Bob Hope & Shirley Ross Sing "Thanks For The Memory" (1938) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 4, 2013 Here's the Academy Award winner of 1938, "Thanks For The Memory". It was featured in the film "The Big Broadcast of 1938" and won the Oscar for Best Original Song. It became Bob Hope's theme; he used it for the rest of his career.  The song has had dozens of lyric changes over the years; this is the movie version, sung by Hope and Shirley Ross. The song is about a separated married couple who are beginning to think they've made a big mistake. Pretty, wistful, and a little sad--it's a great song. As always, I don't own the music or the images, and make no profit. "Fair Use" Please check out my channel--I have one video that can only be viewed there. Category


How is a door that is slightly open described?

to open the door slightly synonym | English synonyms dictionary | Reverso          adj   1    agape, ajar, expanded, extended, gaping, revealed, spread out, unbarred, unclosed, uncovered, unfastened, unfolded, unfurled, unlocked, unobstructed, unsealed, yawning   2    airy, bare, clear, exposed, extensive, free, navigable, not built-up, passable, rolling, spacious, sweeping, uncluttered, uncrowded, unenclosed, unfenced, unsheltered, wide, wide-open   3    accessible, available, free, free to all, general, nondiscriminatory, public, unconditional, unengaged, unoccupied, unqualified, unrestricted, up for grabs     (informal)   vacant   4    apparent, avowed, barefaced, blatant, bold, clear, conspicuous, downright, evident, flagrant, frank, manifest, noticeable, obvious, overt, plain, unconcealed, undisguised, visible   5    arguable, debatable, moot, undecided, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air, yet to be decided   6    disinterested, free, impartial, objective, receptive, unbiased, uncommitted, unprejudiced   7      (with)       to   an easy target for, at the mercy of, defenceless against, disposed, exposed, liable, susceptible, vulnerable   8    above board, artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, natural, sincere, transparent, unreserved   9    filigree, fretted, holey, honeycombed, lacy, loose, openwork, porous, spongy   10    bounteous, bountiful, generous, liberal, munificent, prodigal   11    exposed, undefended, unfortified, unprotected         vb   12    begin, begin business, commence, get or start the ball rolling, inaugurate, initiate, kick off     (informal)   launch, put up one's plate, set in motion, set up shop, start   13    clear, crack, throw wide, unbar, unblock, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, unfasten, unlock, unseal, untie, unwrap   14    expand, spread (out), unfold, unfurl, unroll   15    come apart, crack, rupture, separate, split   16    disclose, divulge, exhibit, explain, lay bare, pour out, show, uncover


"Who wrote the 1998 novel ""About A Boy""?"

About a Boy: Nick Hornby: 9780965593892: Amazon.com: Books Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review Will Lightman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s. At 36, the terminally hip North Londoner is unmarried, hyper-concerned with his coolness quotient, and blithely living off his father's novelty-song royalties. Will sees himself as entirely lacking in hidden depths--and he's proud of it! The only trouble is, his friends are succumbing to responsibilities and children, and he's increasingly left out in the cold. How can someone brilliantly equipped for meaningless relationships ensure that he'll continue to meet beautiful Julie Christie-like women and ensure that they'll throw him over before things get too profound? A brief encounter with a single mother sets Will off on his new career, that of "serial nice guy." As far as he's concerned--and remember, concern isn't his strong suit--he's the perfect catch for the young mother on the go. After an interlude of sexual bliss, she'll realize that her child isn't ready for a man in their life and Will can ride off into the Highgate sunset, where more damsels apparently await. The only catch is that the best way to meet these women is at single-parent get-togethers. In one of Nick Hornby's many hilarious (and embarrassing) scenes, Will falls into some serious misrepresentation at SPAT ("Single Parents--Alone Together"), passing himself off as a bereft single dad: "There was, he thought, an emotional truth here somewhere, and he could see now that his role-playing had a previously unsuspected artistic element to it. He was acting, yes, but in the noblest, most profound sense of the word." What interferes with Will's career arc, of course, is reality--in the shape of a 12-year-old boy who is in many ways his polar opposite. For Marcus, cool isn't even a possibility, let alone an issue. For starters, he's a victim at his new school. Things at home are pretty awful, too, since his musical therapist mother seems increasingly in need of therapy herself. All Marcus can do is cobble together information with a mixture of incomprehension, innocence, self-blame, and unfettered clear sight. As fans of Fever Pitch and High Fidelity already know, Hornby's insight into laddishness magically combines the serious and the hilarious. About a Boy continues his singular examination of masculine wish-fulfillment and fear. This time, though, the author lets women and children onto the playing field, forcing his feckless hero to leap over an entirely new--and entirely welcome--set of emotional hurdles.              --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


Its capital city is Chiinu, and it is surrounded by the Ukraine and Romania; which country is it?

Political Map of Ukraine - Nations Online Project ___ Political Map of Ukraine About Ukraine Map is showing Ukraine, the country in eastern Europe, north of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, at the crossroads between Europe and Asia.  This fertile country is known as the breadbasket of Europe. With an area of 600,000 km² it is the second largest country in Europe after Russia, twice the size of Italy or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Texas . Ukraine is bordered by Belarus , Hungary , Moldova , Poland , Romania , Russia , and Slovakia , its capital is Kiev . Topographically, Ukraine consists mainly of plains and plateaus, but the Carpathian mountains in the west reach 2,061 m (6,760 ft.) at Mount Hoverla (Hora Hoverla), which is the highest mountain in Ukraine. Ukraine's major rivers are: Dniester, The Western and the Southern Bug (Pivdennyi Buh), Desna, Seversky Donets and the Dnieper (Dnipro) an important waterway and the longest river in Ukraine with its large water reservoirs the Kremenchuk Reservoir and the Kakhovka Reservoir. Depicted on the map are Ukraine with surrounding countries, international borders, main rivers, major cities, main roads, railroads, and major airports, as well as the Russian occupied Crimean peninsula and the region in eastern Ukraine under the control of pro-Russian activists. You are free to use this map for educational, or informational purposes, please refer to Nations Online Project.   Cities and towns in Ukraine: The map shows the location of following Ukrainian cities: Largest cities (with a population of over 1 million): Kyiv (Kiev), Kharkiv (Kharkov), Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa (Odessa), and Donetsk (not to be confused with the Russian town of Donets'k at the Ukrainian border near Luhansk). Other Cities and towns: Alchevsk, Berdyansk, Berdychiv, Bila Tserkva, Brovary, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Chornobyl (Chernobyl), Dniprodzerzhynsk, Drohobych, Dzhankoy, Feodosiya, HorlivkaIzmayil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kalush, Kerch, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Kolomyya, Konotop, Korosten, Kostyantynivka, Kovel, Kramatorsk, Krasnyi Luch, Kremenchuk, Kryvyi Rih, LozovaIzyum, Lubny, Luhansk, Lutsk, Lviv, Makiyivka, Marhanets, Mariupol, Melitopol, Mukacheve, Mykolayiv, Nikopol, Nizhyn, Nova Kakhovka, Novohrad-Kamianets-Podilskyi, Pavlohrad, Pervomaysk, Poltava, Pryluky, Reni, Rivne, Romny, Sevastopol , Shostka, Simferopol, Sloviansk, Smila, Stakhanov, Starobilsk, Stryi, Sumy, Ternopil, Uman, Uzhhorod, Vinnytsia, Volynskyi, Yalta, Yenakiieve, Yevpatoriya, Zaporizhzhia, Zhovti Vody, Zhytomyr.


Who were the winning team at the first World Aerobatic Championships in 1960?

www.snap-and-roll.com - The Modern World Aerobatic Championships www.snap-and-roll.com Tuesday, 30 July 2013 07:59 The Modern World Aerobatic Championships Written by  Gordon Penner & Lorrie Penner 5 (3 votes) In the movie ‘Top Gun’ fighter pilot ‘Iceman’ asked Maverick’ “Who’s the best pilot?”  In October of 2013 the World Aerobatic Championship, or WAC, will be coming to America.  Sherman/Dennison, Texas will host up to 100 of the world’s best pilots.  Let’s look into the modern World Aerobatic Championship and see how it has developed through the years, going through two world wars in the process, to become what it is today. On 14 October, 1905 the FAI, or Federation Aeronautique Internationale, was formed.  Its job is to verify and catalog all aviation records, and set standards for those records.  Modern World Aerobatic Championships, under the FAI, are considered to be those that have been held since 1960. Even though flight started in America it was the Europeans who really developed and expanded aerobatic flying in the years between 1906 and World War I.  In 1913 Adolphe Pégoud didthe first inverted flight, and Russian Army pilot Petr Nesterov did the first loop.  Nesterov was first arrested for risking Army property, but was later promoted to Captain and became an international hero.  By the end of World War I in 1918 the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, along with his friends and his enemies, were doing a full suite of aerobatic maneuvers in much improved airplanes.  The winner of a dogfight got a higher score of kills and was allowed to continue living.  Thankfully, a less lethal measure of pilot excellence came about after the war. In America aerobatics were normally performed as a spectacle along with air races in the 1920’s and 1930’s.  Army pilots Jimmy Doolittle, along with Flying Tigers founder Claire Chennault and his “Three Men of the Flying Trapeze,” became quite famous for aerobatics in that era.  It was in Europe that aerobatics were set up as a competitive Olympic-style competition.  Both Germany and France developed mathematical judging systems in 1928.  1934 saw the first real world competition, with 2 pilots losing their lives in the contest.  World aerobatic competitions were held throughout the 1930’s, most famously in Berlin together with the 1936 Olympics, until World War II intervened in 1939. After World War II aerobatics in America suffered a serious body blow.  A pilot who had a tenuous connection to the airshow crashed into the crowd in Flagler, Colorado in 1951 while performing an aerobatic maneuver.  20 people were killed, some of them children, with another 50 injured.  This event stopped US national competitions and limited most non-military airshows until the early 1960’s. The opposite occurred in Europe, where many competitions started up in the 1950’s, the most prestigious of which was the Lockheed Trophy competition in Britain.  The Lockheed Trophy contest, along with similar competitions in the 1950’s, were judged more on artistic impression than on precision.  Modern aerobatic contests are more like the pre-World War II European contests, where the precision flying of standard maneuvers is the judging standard.  Since airplanes were becoming more and more capable a standard “language” had to be created.  The first post-war system used internationally was that from Francois d’Huc Dressler.  Dressler died in 1957.  His system was used from 1955 to 1962.  Starting in 1964, and continuing to this day, the FAI adapted the “Sistema Aresti” for judging world competitions.  It is now just called the Aresti system and it was developed by Spanish Air Force Col. Jose Luis Aresti.  It is very precise mathematically as well as geometrically.  The unofficial 2-track aerobatic system, where competition is judged by very rigid mathematical standards and airshow-type flying is judged more on artistry, is now in place worldwide.  The bridge between the two is the 4 minute Freestyle, otherwise known as the Final Freestyle.  The regular Known, Free Program, and Unknown sequences are judged by t


"Which US president was re-elected with the slogan ""Don't change horses in mid-stream""?"

Learn and talk about United States presidential election, 1864, Andrew Johnson, History of the United States (1849–65), Political history of the American Civil War, Presidency of Abraham Lincoln National Union The United States presidential election of 1864 was the 20th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864. In this match, incumbent president Republican Abraham Lincoln ran for re-election against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan , who tried to portray himself to the voters as the "peace candidate" who wanted to bring the American Civil War to a speedy end. Lincoln was re-elected president by a landslide in the Electoral College . Since the election of 1860 , the Electoral College had expanded with the admission of Kansas , West Virginia , and Nevada as free-soil states. As the Civil War was still raging, no electoral votes were counted from any of the eleven southern states that had joined the Confederate States of America . [2] Lincoln won by more than 400,000 popular votes, partly as a result of the recent Union victory at the Battle of Atlanta [3] and was the first president to be re-elected since Democrat Andrew Jackson in 1832 . The second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln took place on March 4, 1865, but he was assassinated on April 15, 1865 , only 42 days later. Lincoln's second term is the second shortest term served by any U.S. president, next to the 31-day presidency of William Henry Harrison . Contents Background[ edit ] The Presidential election of 1864 took place during the American Civil War . According to the Miller Center for the study of the presidency , the election was noteworthy for occurring at all, an unprecedented democratic exercise in the midst of a civil war. [4] A group of Republican dissidents who called themselves Radical Republicans formed a party named the Radical Democracy Party and nominated John C. Frémont as their candidate for president. Frémont later withdrew and endorsed Lincoln. In the Border States , War Democrats joined with Republicans as the National Union Party , with Lincoln at the head of the ticket. [5] The National Union Party was a temporary name used to attract War Democrats and Border State Unionists who would not vote for the Republican Party. It faced off against the regular Democratic Party, including Peace Democrats . Nominations[ edit ] The 1864 presidential election conventions of the parties are considered below in order of the party's popular vote. National Union Party nomination[ edit ] Lincoln and Johnson campaign poster Further information: 1864 Republican National Convention As the Civil War progressed, political opinions within the Republican Party began to diverge. Senators Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson from Massachusetts wanted the Republican Party to advocate constitutional amendments to prohibit slavery and guarantee racial equality before the law. Initially, not all northern Republicans supported such measures. Democratic leaders hoped that the radical Republicans would put forth their own ticket in the election. The New York World , particularly interested in undermining the National Union Party, ran a series of articles predicting a delay for the National Union Convention until late in 1864 to allow Frémont time to collect delegates to win the nomination. Frémont supporters in New York City established a newspaper called the New Nation, which declared in one of its initial issues that the National Union Convention would be a "nonentity". National Union Party[ edit ] Before the election, some War Democrats joined the Republicans to form the National Union Party. [6] With the outcome of the Civil War still in doubt, some political leaders, including Salmon P. Chase , Benjamin Wade , and Horace Greeley , opposed Lincoln's re-nomination on the grounds that he could not win. Chase himself became the only candidate to contest Lincoln's re-nomination actively, but he withdrew in March when a slew of Republican officials, including some within the state of Ohio upon whom Chase's campaign depended, endorsed Lincoln for r


Which club won UEFA's inaugural European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1956?

UEFA Champions League - History – UEFA.com UEFA Champions League 2010/11 Group stage, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Internazionale 2012/13 Group stage, Estádio do Dragão, Porto Porto 2014/15 Group stage, Stadio Olimpico, Rome Roma   Featured video Barcelona’s 2011 Wembley masterclass Watch superb goals by Pedro, Lionel Messi and David Villa in a mesmerising display from Barcelona as they became kings of Europe for the fourth time with a 3-1 win against Manchester United at Wembley. Watch Zidane’s ‘once in a lifetime’ volley from 2002 Watch Real Madrid head coach Zinédine Zidane’s amazing volley in the 2001 UEFA Champions League final and hear what the man himself remembers about that goal. Watch Bayern’s 2013 Wembley glory See the goals from the all-German showpiece as Arjen Robben’s late strike sealed a dramatic victory for Bayern against Dortmund at Wembley. Highlights: Watch Roma beat Real Madrid in 2008 As Roma prepare to meet Real Madrid in the round of 16, see how they knocked out their opponents at the same stage of the competition eight seasons ago. 2010 final highlights: Inter 2-0 Bayern See how a double from Diego Milito helped José Mourinho’s Internazionale overcome Bayern 2-0 in Madrid for their first success in the competition for 45 years. 1966/67: McNeill recalls Lisbon Lions Billy McNeill tells UEFA.com about the night in 1967 when Celtic became champions of Europe against Internazionale. Historic Hampden final remembered Eintracht Frankfurt club historian Matthias Thoma looks back on the 1959/60 European Champion Clubs' Cup final and reveals the German club's pride at being involved in the game despite their 7-3 defeat to Real Madrid CF. 1967/68: Man. United 4-1 Benfica Manchester United FC became European champions at Wembley in 1968, ten years on from the Munich air disaster. Goalkeeper Alex Stepney and defender David Sadler recall beating SL Benfica. Cruyff on ‘impossible final to lose’ Dutch legend Johan Cruyff looks back on the 1971/72 European Champion Clubs’ Cup final when AFC Ajax won the second of three successive titles against FC Internazionale Milano in Rotterdam. Capello on Milan's 1994 glory Fabio Capello recalls his "most important success", when AC Milan poured scorn on their underdog status to dispatch FC Barcelona 4-0 in the 1994 UEFA Champions League final. Madrid heroes look back on 1957 glory Real Madrid CF legends Alfredo di Stéfano and Francisco Gento recall the club’s success in the 1957 European Champion Clubs’ Cup final at their own Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Francis reflects on Forest triumph Scorer of a goal he describes as “the most important” of his career, Trevor Francis looks back on his winning strike for Nottingham Forest FC in the 1979 European Champion Clubs’ Cup final against Malmö FF. Duckadam on Steaua success The 1986 UEFA European Champion Clubs’ Cup final marked a first success for Romania as FC Steaua Bucureşti upset the might of FC Barcelona – a victory goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam looks back on fondly. Hitzfeld’s Dortmund masterstroke Ottmar Hitzfeld looks back on Borussia Dortmund’s 1997 UEFA Champions League victory against Juventus and reveals how his words helped Lars Ricken “achieve the impossible”. 1992/93: Marseille 1-0 Milan As the UEFA Champions League final returns to Munich, we look back at Olympique de Marseille's 1993 triumph in the city with captain Didier Deschamps and striker Rudi Völler.   1969/70 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1975/76 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1988/89 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1991/92 European Champion Clubs' Cup 2000/01 UEFA Champions League 1968/69 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1967/68 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1966/67 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1965/66 European Champion Clubs' Cup 2015/16 UEFA Champions League


"The period known as ""The Time of Troubles"" 1598-1613 refers to which country?"

Eurasian Studies 201 Handouts: The Time of Troubles (1598-1613) The Time of Troubles (1598-1613) Causes: Ivan the Terrible(1533-1584) kills off most of the house of Rurik and most  ancient boyar families. When he murders his only healthy adult son and heir  during a fit of rage in 1582, two years before his own death, he can be succeeded  as tsar by the sole remaining royal candidate: his retarded son Fedor I,  who rules until 1598. The vacuum caused by the destruction of the old aristocracy  cannot be filled quickly with any native Russian authority. Also, the peasantry  has been left destitute by Ivan's murderous oprichnina (1565-72), constantpillaging  and slaving traids from the unguarded south by the Crimean Tatars, and  heavy taxes needed to pay for Ivan's disastrous Livonian war (1558-82)  with Sweden and Poland, which he loses, along with Russia's outlet to the Baltic  Sea. The stage was set for a complete social breakdown. Chronology: 1584 - Death of Ivan the Terrible from natural causes. 1584 - The retarded Fedor I becomes tsar, with Boris Godunov as Regent. During Fedor's reign, the peasants' rights to move from place  to place are severely restricted to prevent total depopulation of areas in central  Russia severely affected by Ivan's terror. 1591 - Mysterious knifing to death of Ivan's youngest (nine-year old)  son, Dmitry, in the town of Uglich. Later, Boris gets the blame, but  nothing is ever proven. 1598 - Fedor dies of natural causes. The House of Rurik goes extinct.  Godunov elected tsar. 1601-03 - Terrible famine (due to bad weather), epidemics of bubonic plague and a new virulent type of smallpox. Peasant rebellions in  the south under Khlopko. 1603 - Defrocked monk Gregory Otrepyev declares himself to be  Tsarevich (heir to the tsar) Dmitry. He is supported by Dmitry's mother, Martha,  as well as by many Cossacks, peasants and Poles. This First False Dmitry marches on Moscow. 1605 - Godunov suddenly dies (of natural causes). His wife, as well  as his son and heir Fedor II, are brutally murdered by a Moscow crowed  within six months. 1606 - Fiasco reign of False Dmitry I in Moscow. He marries a Polish  Catholic woman, Marina Mniszek, flaunts all Russian Orthodox traditions, and  is soon deposed and murdered by the Moscow boyars. 1606-10 - Reign in Moscow of Vasily Shuisky, the "Boyar  Tsar" elected by the Boyar Duma to prevent total anarchy. Shuisky's  reign is marred by almost every catastrophe imaginable. Famines, plagues and  foreign invasions continue, plus several major challenges to Shuisky's royal  authority. 1606-07 - Peasant rebellion in the south by Ivan Bolotnikov,  who advocates slaughtering all the upper classes and redistributing their land  to the peasants. He is captured, exiled, then assassinated. 1607- Rebellion by a peasant claiming to be Peter, the son of  Fedor I (who died childless). This imposter (a "False Peter"?), whoever  he was, was soon captured and hanged. 1608- The Second False Dmitry, a Polish imposter nickamed "The  Brigand," declares himself and invades Russia supported by many Polish  soldiers. He sets up "court" in a town near Moscow called Tushino.  Although everyone knows he is a phony, the real Dmitry's mother declares him  too to be her son; and Maria Mniszek, the wife of ill-fated False Dmitry I,  marries him and bears him a son, known as "The Little Brigand". False  Dmitry II is eventually murdered by a disgruntled follower. 1610 -Shuisky is deposed by the Poles, who occupy Moscow and much of  the country, attempting to place the son of the Polish king on the Russian throne. 1610-12 - Spontaneous war of national resistance agains t the Poles.  Two commoners, Minin and Pozharsky, organize an army that drives the Poles from  the Kremlin. 1613 - The Zemsky Sobor (rural council) elects Mikhail Romanov as tsar. Everything reverts to the way it had been before all of the turmoil.  The Romanov dynasty endures until 1917. Winners and losers: Russian nationalism wins out over Polish nationa


Sacrum Anatomy, Area & Definition | Body Maps Your message has been sent. OK We're sorry, an error occurred. We are unable to collect your feedback at this time. However, your feedback is important to us. Please try again later. Close Sacrum The sacrum is the name of the bone located at the base of the spine that consists of five fused vertebrae. These vertebrae are unfused in children, but by the early to mid twenties, they will be fused together. It is triangular in shape and connects the final lumbar vertebra with the coccyx, which is commonly referred to as the tailbone. The sacrum is curved, which allows more room in the pelvic cavity for various organs. The sacrum is a little unusual in that it is differently shaped in males and females, which is known as sexual dimorphism. In males, it is narrower and longer. The lower half is at a smaller angle than in females. As a result, the male pelvic cavity is generally narrower. Females have a wider pelvic cavity in order to allow for pregnancy and childbirth, as well as to house the reproductive organs. Occasionally, the sacrum may consist of four pieces, rather than the usual five. This is due to the lack of fusion of the first and second sacral vertebrae. In addition, the angle at which the sacrum curves can vary widely from person to person (even of the same sex).


"Which classic poem contains the line ""Far from the madding crowd""?"

Thomas Gray: Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Gray: Far From the Madding Crowd Home  /  Authors, Artists and Vagrants  / Thomas Gray: Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Gray: Far From the Madding Crowd Posted on by Laura Boyle Thomas Gray: Far From the Madding Crowd Categories: Authors, Artists and Vagrants Tags: church yard , elegy , far from the madding crowd , James Austen , poetry , thomas gray Share this: With the new film adaptation of “Far from the Madding Crowd”, Thomas Hardy’s novel gets a new look and a new audience, but where did this Victorian author get his inspiration, and what does this have to do with Jane Austen? First page of Dodsley’s illustrated edition of Gray’s Elegy with illustration by Richard Bentley Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. This poem includes the line that inspired Hardy, “Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray;” Hardy, however, was far from the first to be impressed by the work, and many imitations of this poem both serious and parody were published during Jane’s lifetime alone. Jane Austen’s brother James, was often considered the “author” of the family and while at Oxford penned several (unpublished) poems “in the style of” Thomas Gray. What was it about this poet that appealed to so many and gave rise to “probably still today the best-known and best-loved poem in English.”* Portrait by John Giles Eccardt, 1747–1748 Thomas Gray was born in Cornhill, London. His father, Philip Gray, was a scrivener and his mother, Dorothy Antrobus, was a milliner He was the fifth of 12 children, and the only child of Philip and Dorothy Gray to survive infancy. He lived with his mother after she left Want to read the full article? Sign up for free Jane Austen Membership or if you are an existing user please login Existing Users Log In


"In Raymond Chandler's comment in the book Farewell My Lovely ""I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was ..."" what figure of speech was he using?"

Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe and rhetoric Raymond Chandler's use of rhetoric Sign up for our Email Newsletter FREE weekly         newsletter with public speaking tips,         techniques, humor, quotes & anecdotes you can use in your         very next speech or presentation. Simply place your email address in the box on the left and press 'GO'. "It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass  window." Raymond Chandler is rightly celebrated as one of the USA's most famous and successful authors. In 1940s America, his character Philip Marlowe - the protagonist of such novels and movies as The Big Sleep and Farewell My Lovely - was the guy all men wanted to be and all women wanted to be with. In fact, the very name 'Marlowe' is almost synonymous with 'private detective'. Robert Mitchum as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe He only published seven full novels during his life, all of which - except Playback - were made into movies, some several times. Many people consider Humphrey Bogart to be the quintessential Marlowe, but personally I prefer Robert Mitchum; Marlowe was a big guy and Bogart just doesn't cut it with me - somehow I don't ever imagine Bogart being able to knock me out. You just know Mitchum could, whatever your size. The poet W H Auden once wrote that Chandler's âpowerful but extremely depressing books should be   read and judged, not as escape literature, but as works of artâ and I couldn't agree more. I've known his movies for decades but only read my first Chandler novel last year, after which I immediately downloaded and read his entire repertoire. He could have written the telephone directory or a grocery list and I'd have devoured it. He's renowned as the master of the snappy one-liner, but many people don't realize just how many rhetorical devices and figures of speech he used in his books. If you've never read Chandler I almost envy you, for you've a treat ahead. But in case you don't want to, I've trawled through his books (and it was a pleasure not a penance to do so) and identified some of my favorite rhetorical examples below. ANALOGY is a kind of extended metaphor or long simile in which a comparison is made between two things in order to develop a line of reasoning. While it is similar to simile, similes are generally more artistic and brief, while an analogy is longer and explains a thought process. "It seemed to me for an instant that there was no sound in the bar, that the sharpies had stopped sharping and the drunk on the stool stopped burbling away and it was just like after the conductor taps on his music stand and raises his arms and holds them poised" (The Long Goodbye) ANADIPLOSIS repeats one or several words that end one clause or sentence and begin another. "It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass  window." (Farewell My Lovely) ANAPHORA repeats the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, or sentences: "Her eyes went down to the paper very, very slowly. Her eyes held on to it. Her hand moved to take it, but his was quicker" (Playback) "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I  needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun." (Farewell MY Lovely) "Common sense says go home and forget it, no money coming in. Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you you ought to have your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But never is. He's high up in the stands with a hip flask. Common sense is the little man in a grey suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always someone else's money he's adding up." (Playback) "There was something Mongolian about his face, something south-of-the-border, something Indian, and something darker than that" (Playback) "I was a blank man. I had no face, no meaning, no personality, hardly a name" (The Little S


The Open 2015: The 'baffing spoon', 'niblick' and other weird names for golf clubs | The Independent The Open 2015: The 'baffing spoon', 'niblick' and other weird names for golf clubs Caddies used to carry some peculiarly-named clubs in the sport's early days Friday 17 July 2015 06:30 BST Click to follow The Independent Online This year’s Open Championship is under way and to the uninitiated or the casual viewer, golf may seem like a confusing sport. It is not always immediately clear why a player has played a particular stroke, selected a particular club or worn a particularly garish outfit. Then there’s the terminology, which often only makes things even more baffling. This is, after all, the only sport in which you can score an albatross on a dogleg in a game of scotch foursomes. Spare a thought, however, for those trying to familiarise themselves with the sport a century ago who, when preparing to play their first shot, would be told to reach for a ‘baffing spoon’ or a ‘niblick’. In the sport’s early days, each club had a name worthy of a J.K. Rowling creation. Caddies would lug around a number of strangely-named items, including a ‘cleek’, a ‘brassie’ and a wide variety of ‘mashies’. Obsolete golf clubs


"Which Irish-born novelist wrote the satire ""Gulliver's Travels""?"

Jonathan Swift (Author of Gulliver's Travels) edit data Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. Swift published all of his works under pseudonyms — such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier — or anonymously. He is also known for being a master of two styles of satire; the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.