In the folk song 'All Around My Hat' what will the singer have arranged round the hat?

mudcat.org: Origins: All Around My Hat ALL AROUND MY HAT From: pavane Date: 09 Aug 01 - 04:56 AM In browsing the Bodleian Ballad library, I have noticed that the only version of 'All around my Hat' was apparently a Cockney parody All around my hat, I vears a green villow I was interested to see that the tune was given as The (poor) fisherman's boy. Searching for that, I found two songs, The Poor Fisherman's Boy and The Poor Fisherman's Girl, both of which could be fitted to the tune that I know (as done by Steeleye Span). Does anyone know of a link between the two songs, which don't really seem to have much else in common? Date: 09 Aug 01 - 05:33 AM Pavane It's very common for a broadside to use the song of an old song for a newer one (saves the buyer having to learn the tune from the street singer or make one up). See, for example, the earliest broadside versions Black Velvet Band where the tune is given as "Tars of The Blanch". I think that the simple answer to your question about the relationship between the two songs is that they were to the same tune. Period. If you're interested in looking at the wider issues associated with the origins of this song, there are quite a few earlier threads. However, I don't recall the Green Willow version as being at all popular until Steeleye recorded it. The version I used to know was an older version of this one In Her Hair She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and it might be worth looking for it under that name or a similar one. Cheers! From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 09 Aug 01 - 02:08 PM Though interesting and important, the broadside collection at the Bodleian is not the fount of all knowledge, and you will have to look further afield if you want to get anywhere with this kind of exercise.  Beware of becoming too carried away by any one particular resource! It has been considered that All Around My Hat was a derivative of The Nobleman's Wedding, from which it may indeed have borrowed a verse and a form of its melody; alternatively, the borrowing may have been in the opposite direction.  There are relevant references in numbers 31 and 34 of the Journal of the Folk Song Society (1927 and 1930) which I'll look up tomorrow if I have time. Peter Kennedy and others, however, would consider it to be a quite separate song. The set given in Sabine Baring Gould and H. Fleetwood Sheppard's A Garland of Country Song (1895) is from Fleetwood Sheppard himself; he noted: "This song is given from my own recollection of it sixty years ago, when it was more than popular; it was the delight -the ecstasy of the London street-boy.  I doubt if it ever penetrated far into the country, its vulgarity was too essentially metropolitan.  The hero was a costermonger, his fair love was a pick-pocket, transported for theft. I have modified two or three of the original verses.  There was no real humour in them, and the London dialect of that day is a thing of the past.  It was the charming air which gave popularity to the song.  Chappell supplies the original form, and says it is a Somersetshire tune.  No doubt he is right, but he has no name for it other than The original of All Around My Hat.  I think there is no doubt it was a dance-tune, but the first strain is omitted from the song." The tune given by Fleetwood Sheppard is the familiar one. In his notes to the set given in Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland (recorded from Harry Westaway of Belstone in Devonshire, 1951, again a variant of the familiar tune), Peter Kennedy refers to some other versions in print, and again mentions the tune given by Chappell.  Fleetwood Sheppard's reference was to Chappell's Collection of National Airs (1838-40), which I haven't seen; Kennedy however states that it re-appeared in Chappell's Ballad Literature and Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859), as The Budgeon is a Delicate Trade (1725).  Chappell also mentions the tune as having also been used for The Miller of Dee and a number of traditional harvest home songs; the reference to All Around My Hat is not, however, repeated, nor is the reference to Somerset. The DT file   THE MILL


In November 2008, Madelin Payne Dunham died aged 86. Who is her famous grandson?

Madelyn Lee Dunham (Payne) (1922 - 2008) - Genealogy Madelyn Lee Dunham Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Sister of <private> Payne; <private> Payne; <private> Payne and <private> Paine Occupation: Bank Vice President, Bank vice president Managed by: National Memorial Cemetery of The Pacific, 2177 Puowaina Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA Spouse: Oct 26 1922 - Peru, Kansas Death: Nov 2 2008 - Honolulu, Hawaii Husband: National Memorial Cemetery-Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Husband (implied): National Memorial Cemetery of The Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Husband (implied): Oct 23 1922 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States Death: Nov 2 2008 - Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States Husband: Oct 23 1922 - Peru, Chautauqua Co., Kansas Death: Nov 2 2008 - Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States Husband: Oct 26 1922 - Peru, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States Death: Nov 2 2008 - Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States Death: Nov 4 2008 - Montpelier-Barre, Vermont, United States Death: Nov 4 2008 - Trenton, New Jersey, United States Death: Nov 4 2008 - Illinois, United States Death: Nov 13 2008 - West Virginia, United States Parents: Rolla Charles Payne, Leona Belle Payne (born McCurry) Husband: Cause of death: Cancer - Nov 3 2008 - Hawaii Parents: Leona McCurry Payne, Rolla Charles Payne Brother: Oct 1922 - Peru, Kansas, USA Death: Nov 2 2008 - Honolulu, HI, USA Parents: Rolla Charles Payne, Leona Belle Payne Husband: sibling About Madelyn Lee Dunham Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham; October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008, and Stanley Armour Dunham (March 23, 1918 – February 8, 1992) were the maternal grandparents of Barack Obama, the junior United States Senator from Illinois and president-elect of the United States of America. They raised Obama from age 10 in their Honolulu, Hawaii apartment, where the widowed Mrs. Dunham died on November 2, 2008, only two days before her grandson was elected the 44th President of the United States. From Wikipedia Both Madelyn and Stanley Dunham descend from European ancestors, mostly from England, who settled in the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. Their most recent European ancestor was Stanley's great grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, a farmer who emigrated from Moneygall, County Offaly, Ireland during the Great Irish Famine and settled in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, Indiana. Kearney's youngest daughter, Mary Ann (Kearney) Dunham, was Stanley Dunham's paternal grandmother. Through a common ancestor, Mareen Duvall (a wealthy French Huguenot merchant who immigrated to Maryland in the 1650s), Stanley Dunham was related to President Harry S Truman (an eighth cousin twice removed) and the current Vice-President Dick Cheney (an eighth cousin once removed), among others. According to Obama, Madelyn Dunham's mother was of part Cherokee descent, in which Madelyn took great pride. To date, no concrete evidence has surfaced of Cherokee heritage. Obama's maternal heritage consists mostly of English ancestry, and smaller amounts of Irish and German ancestry. Madelyn Lee Payne was born in Peru, Kansas, the daughter of Rolla Charles and Leona (McCurry) Payne. She recalled them as "stern Methodist parents who did not believe in drinking, playing cards or dancing." She moved with her parents to Augusta, Kansas at the age of three. Madelyn was one of the best students in her high school graduating class in 1940. Despite her strict upbringing, she liked to go to Wichita, Kansas to see big band concerts. While in Wichita, she met Kansas-born Stanley Armour Dunham from the oil-town of El Dorado, Kansas and the "other side of the railroad tracks." Stanley attended El Dorado High School. The Dunhams were Baptists. Unlike the Paynes, Stanley Dunham did not come from a white-collar background. At age 8, Stanley discovered his mother's body after she had committed suicide. Following his mother's suicide, his father abandoned the family and Stanley and his brother, Ralph, were sent to live with h


Whose signature tune was 'One O'clock Jump'?

One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie | Song Info | AllMusic One O'Clock Jump google+ Song Review               by Bruce Eder If there was a single number that big band musicians and fans alike considered virtually an anthem for the swing era, it was "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie & His Orchestra. The composition, usually done as an instrumental, embodied everything that was striking about the big jazz-based orchestras that called the tune in popular music in the second half of the 1930s: Basie's spare yet deceptively complex introduction on the piano, accompanied by guitar and drums, is a lead-in for the tenor sax (Herschel Evans), trombone (George Hunt), another tenor (Lester Young), and a trumpet (Buck Clayton), which brings in the whole reed section backed by the trombones and their loping punctuation, to a finish that was supposed to have everyone off their feet. Basie's name ended up on the copyright, but alto saxophonist Buster Smith and arranger Eddie Durham likely wrote it (under the title "Blue Balls"). Whatever the origins, "One O'Clock Jump" was recorded by the Basie band for Decca Records on July 7, 1937, and on hearing it later that summer, audiences simply took it as an invitation to dance; and, as this was the era in which dancing was what one did when listening to jazz, "One O'Clock Jump" spread like wildfire. It became Basie's signature tune, which is one reason why it shows up on dozens of radio transcriptions and live Basie recordings from across Basie's career, but seldom appears complete -- usually only the first 30 or 40 seconds of the song are played, to introduce the band, because that was all that was needed. Benny Goodman also gave "One O'Clock Jump" a huge boost by adding it to his repertory, most visibly at the legendary January 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall concert where it was considered a highlight of a performance that was etched in history the moment it was played (Basie himself was standing in the wings that night, and played in the jam session that followed later in the program); and it was no accident that the number was depicted as being a key part of the Goodman repertory when Hollywood filmed The Benny Goodman Story. No less a figure than Glenn Miller, who was at no loss for solid repertory late in 1939, also featured "One O'Clock Jump" in a version with words, at his October 6, 1939, Carnegie Hall performance, and it entered the repertory of Harry James and dozens of other jazz notables. In 1942, it was still fresh enough that Basie felt compelled to re-cut it in a slightly smoother, breezier version, giving more play to the band and less to his piano, with his then-current band in January of 1942 for the OKeh label, with Don Byas and Buddy Tate featured on tenor saxes; a film clip of this version of the Basie band performing "One O'Clock Jump" also exists, and appears virtually complete on the Toby Byron/Matthew Seig documentary Swingin' the Blues: Count Basie (BMG Video). It was in the Basie repertory longer than almost any other number, right into the 1960s and 1970s, transformed somewhat with each change in the Basie band; he re-cut it for every label he ever recorded for except RCA-Victor, and it remains one of the most familiar and enduring of all swing era compositions. Appears On


In the play 'King Lear, what is the name of the youngest daughter of the king?

King Lear's Daughters: Names & Character Analysis - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com King Lear's Daughters: Names & Character Analysis Watch short & fun videos Start Your Free Trial Today An error occurred trying to load this video. Try refreshing the page, or contact customer support. You must create an account to continue watching Register for a free trial Are you a student or a teacher? I am a student Start Your Free Trial To Continue Watching As a member, you'll also get unlimited access to over lessons in math, English, science, history, and more. Plus, get practice tests, quizzes, and personalized coaching to help you             succeed. Coming up next: King Lear: Character Analysis & Sketch You're on a roll. Keep up the good work! Your next lesson will play in 10 seconds 0:02 Characters and Plot Add to Add to Add to Want to watch this again later? Log in or sign up to add this lesson to a Custom Course. Custom Courses are courses that you create from Study.com lessons. Use them just like other courses to    track progress, access quizzes and exams, and share content. Teachers Organize and share selected lessons with your class. Make planning easier by creating your own custom course. Students Create a new course from any lesson page or your dashboard. From any lesson page: Click "Add to" located below the video player and follow the prompts to name your course and save your lesson. From your dashboard: Click on the "Custom Courses" tab, then click "Create course". Next, go to any lesson page and begin     adding lessons. Edit your Custom Course directly from your dashboard. Personalize: Name your Custom Course and add an optional description or learning objective. Organize: Create chapters to group lesson within your course. Remove and reorder chapters and lessons at any time. Share your Custom Course or assign lessons and chapters. Teacher Edition: Share or assign lessons and chapters by clicking the "Teacher" tab on the lesson or chapter page you want to     assign.     Students' quiz scores and video views will be trackable in your "Teacher" tab. Premium Edition: You can share your Custom Course by copying and pasting the course URL. Only Study.com members will be able to access the     entire course. Create an account to start this course today Try it free for 5 days! Lesson Transcript Instructor: James Fleming In William Shakespeare's tragic play, 'King Lear,' Lear's daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia - serve as dramatic examples of good and evil, characteristics that lead them to either reject or redeem their father. In this lesson, you'll find a synopsis of the play and explore the familial relationships of some of the main characters. Characters and Plot In King Lear, the elderly king of England decides to retire and divide his kingdom evenly between his three daughters: Regan, Goneril and Cordelia. Before dividing his kingdom, Lear asks each of his daughters to demonstrate the extent of their love for him. Much to his delight, Lear's eldest daughters, Regan and Goneril, offer over-the-top assertions of their love. However, Lear's youngest and more beloved daughter, Cordelia, remains silent. Cordelia's response sends King Lear into a fit of rage, and he exiles her from his kingdom. Cordelia accepts an offer of marriage from the King of France and leaves. Not long afterwards, Regan and Goneril betray their father, depriving him of his right to knights and servants. Goneril even drives him out of her house. After fleeing his kingdom, a disheartened and increasingly mad Lear wanders the countryside during a violent thunderstorm with his loyal Fool. Meanwhile, Cordelia sends French forces to England to rescue her father. After English forces subdue the French, Cordelia and Lear, who regrets his previous treatment of her, are imprisoned. Towards the end of the play, the adulterous Goneril poisons Regan and then commits suicide after learning that the philandering Edmund, the man they both love, is dead. When, Cordelia, the daughter who truly loved her father, is ha


How is Laura Hollins better known in the world of modelling?

Agyness Deyn: 'Who am I?' | Fashion | The Guardian The Guardian The G2 interview Agyness Deyn: 'Who am I?' At the age of 29, the supermodel formerly known as Laura Hollins is starting a stage career and pondering some philosophical questions. And yes, she is 29 – she doesn't fib about her age any more either Portrait of Agyness Deyn by David Levene. Makeup by Celia Burton at Mandy Coakley using all makeup by Chanel S 2012 and Hydra Beauty Serum and hair by Neil Woolley at Percy and Reed Salon. Shot at the Corinthia Hotel, London. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian The G2 interview Agyness Deyn: 'Who am I?' At the age of 29, the supermodel formerly known as Laura Hollins is starting a stage career and pondering some philosophical questions. And yes, she is 29 – she doesn't fib about her age any more either Share on Messenger Close I don't know if this is a testament to the alchemy of fashion photography, or to the visual versatility of this particular supermodel, but my first thought when she walks in is, oh, here's the makeup artist. Or the personal assistant, perhaps. Whoever she is, she's bang on time – so in the tradition of supermodel folklore, maybe she's come to announce that her boss will be a gazillion hours late? Then the woman offers a smiley greeting in a soft Lancashire accent, and I realise she must be Agyness Deyn . She doesn't look anything like Deyn. She doesn't even really look like a model. Which is weird, because Deyn was the first British model since Kate Moss to break through from the catwalk into national consciousness, her trademark tousled blonde crop so recognisable that for a while young women in salons across the country were demanding an "Agy" . Named model of the year at the British fashion awards in 2007, and honoured by an entire issue of i-D devoted to herself, she has been the flagship face of Burberry, Vivienne Westwood and Giorgio Armani among many others, while subverting the luxury brand aesthetic with a look best described as army surplus meets jumble sale chic. Deyn has dated rock stars, sung on a Rihanna music video, and defined a version of cool that style magazines invariably like to describe as edgy and fierce. The woman I meet isn't fierce at all. But then, she's no longer a model either. She is incredibly polite and attentive, to the point where she can come across as almost meek, and talks slowly and carefully, the words punctuated by long pauses while she considers her thoughts. After modelling for 11 years, Deyn has decided to swap the catwalk for the stage , and this week will appear in her first play, a four-handed comedy called The Leisure Society. It is, she readily admits, quite a change. "For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way – or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry." She's been rehearsing for eight hours every day, and talks about it with a sort of awestruck reverence. "When I started doing little bits of acting I was like, this is what I'm supposed to be doing, you know? Going to this place where there's this fulfilment in kind of like letting go, and also that part of really getting in touch with yourself, to be able to understand a different character, and then portray that to whoever's watching it, and to be able to penetrate them in a way that touches them. And there's this unsaid kind of bond with us all [in the cast] which is so powerful, you know? It's like this family, there for each other; I feel held by the other people who are doing it, which is so great, cos like with modelling for so long it's a very solo project, and quite lonely. Being part of – well, it makes me feel emotional just talking about it – being part of this with these great people – it's just like so cool." Deyn plays Paula, the 21-year-old date of a thirtysomething divorcee who takes her to dinner to meet a well-heeled couple he has been friends with for years. The couple had planned on ending their friendship with him that night, but Paula's presence proves to b


Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan appears in the novels of which crime-writer?

Forensic crime writer Kathy Reichs pens episode of TV show ‘Bones’ | Toronto Star Television Forensic crime writer Kathy Reichs pens episode of TV show ‘Bones’ Forensic crime writer Kathy Reichs has written her first episode for the TV series Bones which is inspired by her novels. Author Kathy Reichs, seen here from the book jacket of her novel Cross Bones, has written her first episode for the hit TV series, Bones. The show was inspired by her forensic crime novels.  (EI Scan)   By Bill Brioux   Quick: Name the hit American TV show developed in a lab in Quebec. The show is Bones , and author Kathy Reichs based Temperance Brennan — the heroine of her crime novels which inspired the TV series — on her own experiences as a Montreal-based forensic anthropologist. Reichs’ 13th Temperance Brennan novel, Spider Bones, comes out in August but the first episode she’s ever written for the series, ``The Witch and the Wardrobe,’’ airs May 5 in Canada on Global and airs May 6 on Fox in the U.S. The show, which stars Emily Deschanel as forensic anthropologist Temperance (Bones) Brennan and David Boreanaz as FBI special agent Seeley Booth, is a Top 20 hit in Canada, ranking 12th overall the week of April 19-26 with close to 1.7 million viewers according to preliminary audience data from BBM Canada. Article Continued Below Many fans watch Bones for the opposites-attract chemistry between the two leads, but it was the forensic science setting that provided the initial, and unusual, spark. For 20 years, Reichs has been working as a forensic anthropologist at the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale for the province of Quebec. In a recent conference call, the Chicago native talked about how she first came to Montreal. A professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Reichs got word of a one-year exchange program offered by the Montreal universities of McGill and Concordia. Having just completed a French course, she jumped at the offer. While she was teaching in Quebec, the Laboratoire de sciences was seeking someone who was board-certified in forensic anthropology and could also speak French. “They had a pool of one candidate,” says Reichs, “and that was me.” When her exchange year was up, Reichs went back to North Carolina and worked out a deal with UNC where she would commute one week of every six to Montreal. “I’ve been doing that ever since 1990,” she says. Reichs is frequently called upon to be an expert witness in forensic evidence in cases on both sides of the border and beyond. She has testified before the UN Tribunal on Genocide in Rwanda and done forensic work at Ground Zero at the site of the World Trade Center in New York. When it comes to forensic evidence, there’s not much difference between Canada and the U.S., she says. “In Canada, when I give evidence, I have to stand up.” Reichs acknowledges that forensic teams were pretty much “deep background” on TV shows when she first started writing her Temperance Brennan books in the early’90s. There was Jack Klugman as Quincy, a gruff TV coroner in the ’80s, but even he operated mainly on footwork and intuition, says Reichs. “My colleagues, we don’t know how we all of a sudden became hot and sexy,” she says. Reichs submitted her first novel — based on her forensic crime lab experiences — in 1996 and figures it was the O.J. Simpson trial that really kick-started general interest in the gory details. “People listened to that stuff 24/7,” she says. “Blood spatter patterns and DNA angles, stab wounds and trajectory.” On television, it helped that the CSI crime lab franchise had already become a world-wide hit when Fox launched the more romantically driven Bones in 2005. Reichs’ episode, “The Witch in the Wardrobe,” finds Booth and Brennan investigating a cabin in the woods where two bodies — one a modern-day witch and one from the days of the Salem Witch Trials — send the investigative team into the world of Wicca in order to catch a killer. Reichs, who was born in 1950, says writing for television is a very different process than the solitary act


Which city, whose name means 'Southern Capital', was the capital of China before Beijing became the capital in 1949?

Beijing | national capital, China | Britannica.com national capital, China Alternative Titles: Beiping, Cambaluc, Chung-tu, Dadu, Khan-baliq, Khanbaliq, Pei Chih-li, Pei-ching, Pei-p’ing, Peking, Ta-tu, Yanjing, Yen-ching, Zhongdu Related Topics Charles Plunket Bourchier Taylor Beijing, Wade-Giles romanization Pei-ching, conventional Peking, city, province-level shi (municipality), and capital of the People’s Republic of China . Few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China. The city has been an integral part of China’s history over the past eight centuries, and nearly every major building of any age in Beijing has at least some national historical significance. The importance of Beijing thus makes it impossible to understand China without a knowledge of this city. Beijing city and municipality, China. More than 2,000 years ago, a site north of present-day Beijing was already an important military and trading centre for the northeastern frontier of China. In 1267, during the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368), a new city built northeast of the old—called Dadu—became the administrative capital of China. During the first five decades of the subsequent Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Nanjing (Nanking) was the capital, and the old Mongol capital was renamed Beiping (Pei-p’ing; “Northern Peace”); the third Ming emperor, however, restored it as the imperial seat of the dynasty and gave it a new name, Beijing (“Northern Capital”). Beijing has remained the capital of China except for a brief period (1928–49) when the Nationalist government again made Nanjing the capital (although the capital was removed to Chongqing [Chungking] during World War II); during that time Beijing once again resumed the old name Beiping. The city remained the most flourishing cultural centre in China despite the frequent political changes in the country throughout the early decades of the 20th century; Beijing’s importance was fully realized, however, only when the city was chosen as the capital of the People’s Republic in 1949, and this political status has added much vitality to it. Indeed, few cities have ever had such rapid growth in population and geographic area, as well as in industrial and other activities. Combining both historical relics of an ancient culture and new urban construction, ranging from fast-food franchises to plush hotels for foreign tourists and corporate travelers, it has become a showplace of modern China and one of the world’s great cities. Renewed international attention focused on Beijing after it was chosen to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games . Area city, 1,763 square miles (4,567 square km); Beijing municipality, 6,500 square miles (16,800 square km). Pop. (2006 est.) city, 8,580,376; (2009 est.) urban agglom., 12,214,000; (2010) Beijing municipality, 19,612,368. Character of the city Hangzhou Although much of Beijing’s older and more picturesque character has been destroyed in the drive since 1949 to modernize and industrialize, some parts of the city are still redolent of the past. Many fine monumental buildings, old restaurants , and centres of traditional Chinese arts and crafts remain, and the central government has taken measures to prevent the city core from being further industrialized. Broad new boulevards, replete with even newer commercial ventures, have displaced the colourful stalls and markets for which the city was once famous, but the neighbourhood life of old Beijing can still be glimpsed in the narrow hutongs (residential alleys), with their tiny potted-plant gardens, enclosed courtyards, and (decreasingly) coal -burning stoves —some of which are still guarded by carved stone lions at their gates. A hutong (residential alley) in Beijing, 2007. Guang Niu/Getty Images People in Beijing commute by subway , bus , automobile , or bicycle and on hot summer evenings sit outside their apartment blocks to catch cooling breezes and to chat. The citizenry has a wide range of leisure pursuits, particularly those considered good for healt


Give another name for halite, the mineral form of sodium chloride.

Salt/Halite | Minerals Education Coalition conchoidal Description Halite, commonly known as table salt or rock salt, is composed of sodium chloride (NaCl).  It is essential for life of humans and animals. Salt is used in food preparation across the globe. Relation to Mining Rock Salt Mining: Many rock salt mines use the room-and-pillar method of underground mining in which the resource is extracted, leaving ‘pillars’ of the material untouched, which creates ‘rooms.’ Solution Mining: Solution mining involves injecting a solvent to dissolve and recover underground soluble salt minerals. The saturated brine is pumped to the surface for recovery via solar evaporation and further processing. Seawater Evaporation: Seawater is collected and allowed to evaporate in specially constructed concentration and evaporation ponds. The initial step concentrates the brine to raise the salinity and to allow various calcium, magnesium, and iron compounds to precipitate from solution. The brine circulates among a network of interconnecting gravity-fed ponds, with salinity increasing with each transfer. It takes approximately 2 to 5 years from the time seawater is initially introduced before the first salt is ready for harvest. Inland Solar Evaporation: The principles of solar salt concentration and production are similar to those along coastal margins except that salinity of inland lakes usually is greater than that of seawater and a yearly crop of salt can be harvested. As water flows over or beneath the surface, it dissolves minerals from underlying soils and rocks. The salt lakes are topographically lower than most of the surrounding areas and, therefore, become excellent sumps for mineral accumulation. Uses Over 40% of salt is used in the chemical industry (mainly for the preparation of sodium hydroxide, soda ash, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and metallic sodium) and another 40% as a de-icer on roads in winter. The remaining is consumed in several sectors, including manufacture of rubber and other goods, agriculture, and food processing including table salt.


Fescue and Yorkshire fog are types of what?

Other Grasses - Specialty Seeds 2017 | NZ's Independent Seed Supplier - Christchurch - New ZealandSpecialty Seeds 2017 | NZ's Independent Seed Supplier – Christchurch – New Zealand Tall Fescue: (Sowing Rates: Alone: 22-25 kgs per ha) Tall Fescue is a perennial grass more tolerant of hot summer, poorly drained soils than perennial ryegrass. Although it will perform best on heavier soil types, provided there is some summer moisture (either rainfall or irrigation) of some sort it will also perform well on free draining soil types. Tall Fescue requires different pasture management than ryegrass and this has been its main limitation in NZ. Tall Fescue needs to be grazed at the correct time in spring, often more frequently than ryegrass or otherwise its palatability is lost. Newer cultivars mentioned here are softer leaf types with improved year round production and are quicker to establish than the older Roa type. Cultivars: Brutus: Brutus is a high yielding forage fescue with low endophyte levels. It is one of the latest generations of forage fescues selected for its palatability, cold tolerance and drought tolerance. Easton Max P: Easton is the latest tall fescue released from Agricom. Easton has been developed from Advance tall fescue for increased production, combined with superior persistence. Tower Tall Fescue: New release from DLF Seeds. Tower is a soft and palatable tall fescue, with excellent performance in New Zealand conditions. Note: Max P Endophyte: Max P is a novel endophyte for the use in modern tall fescue cultivars. Max P greatly increases tall fescues persistence and production by protecting it from insects. Click here for more information on Endophyte Options . Brome Grasses: (Sowing Rates: Alone: 25-30 kgs per ha) The Brome grass family are best suited to free draining soils with moderate to high fertility. They will not persist on poorly drained soil types. Very palatable with good average quality. Cultivars: Atom (Bromus willenowii) is best suited to Rotational Grazing systems, Bareno (Bromus valdivianus), Gala (Bromus stamineus) are better suited to Set Stocking. Matua (Bromus willdenowii) has been proven to have a large potential, particularly on the lighter dryland sheep farms where severe production decreases caused by poor survival of ryegrass during recent drought have occurred. Cocksfoot: (Sowing Rates: Alone: 5-8 kgs per ha. Mixed: 2-3 kgs per ha) Are best in well managed grazing systems. Recommended in summer dry situations where they can provide important dry matter during these periods. The newer cultivars are less aggressive and more disease resistant than the older types and are therefore easier to control in the very important spring period. Cultivars: Athos, Greenly, Kainui, Kara, Safin, Savvy, Tekapo, Wana, Vision. Phalaris: (Sowing Rates: Mixed: 1-2 kgs per ha) Grow with vigour during the Autumn, Winter and Spring but is semi – dormant during the summer. This helps increase persistence. They have a well developed rhizomatous root system which make it very tolerant of grass grub attack. Phalaris must be used as a component of a pasture seed mix to avoid risk of Phalaris staggers. Cultivar: Maru Timothy: (Sowing Rates: Alone: 6-8 kgs per ha. Mixed: 2-3 kgs per ha) Mainly used as an important part of any pasture seed mix where high spring / summer production is required is therefore better suited to areas where summer moisture is assured. Very palatable to all stock types care must be taken to avoid over grazing. Has very high herbage quality features. Cultivars: Dolina, Kahu, Imported types, Viking. Yorkshire Fog: (Sowing Rates: Alone: Alone: 6-8 kgs per ha. Mixed: 2-4 kgs per ha) Yorkshire Fog tolerates wet, infertile and acidic soil types and because of this has been used for forestry and erosion control and on high country sheep farms. Massey Basyn contains flavanoids and tannins both have been shown to improve stock health when used for stock grazing. Yorkshire Fog has a low dry matter yield but its young shoots are readily eaten and it is highly digestible. Cultivars: Imported types F


In USA, what do they call the silencer of a car?

Airgun Silencers ("Airgun Sound Moderators, Sound Dampers, etc.") (This includes Paintball Silencers!!) Reprinted, with permission, with updates and corrections, from Silencers on Airguns, by Robert Beeman 1999, Airgun Revue 5, p. 43, Updated 20 August 2008 See below for the latest update on an airgun silencer* case: THE OWNER IS GOING TO JAIL FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS!! See note below on new ruling by BATF (ATF) -somewhat good news. *(It really doesn't matter if the sound reducing device is built in or attached, nor does it matter whether it is called a silencer, moderator, muffler, sound dampener, or whatever - or even if it was built so that a single discharge on a firearm will destroy it..  An airgun with a silencer almost surely is another arrest or lawsuit waiting to happen!  At best, the owner of an airgun silencer may come out of court with only a few thousand dollars in legal costs and a felony record for a suspended sentence!  The fact that many have been sold on the open market will not excuse the violation nor reduce the fact that the silencer user has given airgunning a bad name and a further push toward onerous restrictions!)) See note below on the first criminal case in the USA regarding an airgun silencer!  Bad news! And see the author's note of 26 April 2006 for a possible, even probable, final solution to this problem! Also appearing as Airgun Silencers - A Hazard to Your Legal Health? by Robert D. Beeman, 2002, Airgun Illustrated October 2002: pg. 100-102. See notes added to the end of this article.   Preface First, off - let it be clear that I love silencers, on firearms or airguns.  My fascination with them began in the 1950s when the owners of the Krico firearms factory in Germany handed me a special Krico bolt action .22 caliber firearm rifle. It looked rather ordinary, with a barrel diameter a bit larger than typical, perhaps a target weight barrel.  We went to their test firing tunnel and they loaded the rifle and asked me to carefully aim it and fire at a fresh paper target about 50 feet away. When I pulled the trigger, I heard the action click, but felt that the gun must not have discharged. Upon checking the target through the spotting scope, I saw a bullet hole right about where I had been aiming!  A silencer arrangement, or "shroud" had been built right inside the barrel of this special model! In Germany, it is extremely difficult for an ordinary citizen to own this model. However, in England and France, silencers are considered as a way to prevent the public nuisance of firearm or even airgun noise.  What harm is there is not disturbing the neighbor when you are safely firing your gun in the backyard or basement? My brother, Gary, and I have desperately wanted one of those silenced  Krico rifles for years. Under the federal laws of the USA, in some states it is only necessary to pay $200 for a special silencer transfer tax in order to own a silencer. This tax was established by the National Firearms Act of 1934 with the intent to make the tax "cost prohibitive". The fee has not changed since 1934, but $200 is no longer very much money! However, under the laws of California and many other states, it is impossible for an ordinary citizen to have a silencer - built-in or as an attachment to the gun - even if he is eligible to apply for the federal transfer tax or state permit for a machine gun!  So, although it is legal, even recommended and courteous, to own a silencer in some parts of the world, they are highly restricted in the USA - and, fellows, this article basically is directed to those of us who live in the USA!  It doesn't matter what we think, what the always present "talking heads" at gun shows, etc. say, or how we wish things to be; what we are talking about is what the laws here actually say and what the American legislators, authorities, and the public (at large or in juries) think!     Silencers in the USA Gun silencers, or discharge sound moderators, as they are more correctly called, are designed to slow and dissipate the sudden expans


'Night of the Hunter'(1955),was the only film directed by which famous actor?

The Night of the Hunter (1955) Pages: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) Background The Night of the Hunter (1955) is a truly compelling, haunting, and   frightening classic masterpiece thriller-fantasy, and the only film ever directed   by the great British actor Charles Laughton. The American gothic, Biblical   tale of greed, innocence, seduction, sin and corruption was adapted for the   screen by famed writer-author James Agee (and Laughton, but without screen   credit). Although one of the greatest American films of all time, the imaginatively-chilling,   experimental, sophisticated work was idiosyncratic, film noirish, avante garde,   dream-like expressionistic and strange, and it was both ignored and misunderstood   at the time of its release. Originally, it was a critical and commercial failure. Robert Mitchum gave what some consider his finest performance   in a precedent-setting, unpopular, and truly terrifying role as the sleepy-eyed,   diabolical, dark-souled, self-appointed serial killer/Preacher with psychotic,   murderous tendencies while in pursuit of $10,000 in cash. Lillian Gish played   his opposite - a saintly good woman who provided refuge for the victimized   children. The disturbing, complex story was based on the popular, best-selling   1953 Depression-era novel of the same name by first-time writer Davis Grubb,   who set the location of his novel in the town of Moundsville, WV, where the   West Virginia Penitentiary (also mentioned in the film) was located. Grubb   lived in nearby Clarksburg as a young teenager. [Robert Mitchum's role was inspired by the real-life character     of Harry Powers, known nationally as "the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell" (outside of Clarksburg) and West Virginia's most famous mass murderer,    who was hanged on March 18, 1932, at the West Virginia Penitentiary. Powers    was convicted of killing Asta B. Eicher, a widow, along with her three    children, and another widow, Dorothy Lemke of Massachusetts in the early    1930s. He may also have killed a traveling salesman. The menacing figure    of The Preacher inspired such characters as The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm)    in Phantasm (1979) and (especially) Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce) in Something Wicked This Way    Comes (1983) who similarly stalk their young prey.] In addition, the visual-striking black-white photography of   Stanley Cortez (who also shot Welles' black and white The   Magnificent Ambersons (1942) ) and the evocative musical score of Walter   Schumann (mixing hymns, children's songs, and orchestral music) are exceptional.   However, the film was not nominated for a single Academy Award, in a year   when the short romantic drama Marty (1955) unaccountably won the Best Picture Oscar. The film's slogan on a major poster proclaimed: "The wedding   night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife. BUT ABOVE ALL...THE SUSPENSE!" The image showed actor Mitchum hugging a distressed Shelley Winters, with   the L-O-V-E tattooed hand embracing her back, and the H-A-T-E tattooed hand   grasping a knife. [Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) referenced the love/hate, left   and right hand theme, when Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn) explained the love/hate   dichotomy. In The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), LOVE and HATE were   tattooed on Eddie's (Meat Loaf) knuckles, and in The Blues Brothers (1980),   the two brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) have their names tattooed   on their knuckles. In The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare",   the menacing Sideshow Bob (voice of Kelsey Grammer) had similar tattoos on   each set of knuckles as well - but since the characters in the cartoon show   had only three fingers and a thumb, the tattoos were humorously "LUV" and "HAT" - (with a bar over the A).] The stylistic film, shot in only thirty-six days - an adult story with children   as major characters, was extremely unusual and unpopular for its time for   other reasons. It was black and white (when color was en vogue), shown   in


Which group won the Mercury Prize in 2008 for their album 'The Seldom Seen Kid'?

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Before Kabul, what was the capital city of Afghanistan?

Kabul Afghanistan - Kabul city is the Capital of Afghanistan Kabul Afghanistan Custom Search Kabul Afghanistan, Kabul is the largest city and the capital of Afghanistan with a estimated population of four million (4.000.000) people. There are several different ethnicities living in Kabul city from all over the country such as Tajiks, Pashtuns, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Turkmens, Pashaye, and Noristanies. It is mostly dominated by Tajiks and the spoken language of the capital is predominantly Dari (Persian). Kabul city is an economical and cultural center, situated around 5,900 feet (1,800 m) above sea level in a narrow valley, between the Hindu Kush Mountains along the Kabul River. Kabul city is linked with Ghazni, Kandahar , , Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif , cities through a long circular highway that stretches across the country. It is also linked by highways with Pakistan to the East and Southeast and Tajikistan to the north of the country. According to the historians, Kabul Province has a history of over 3,000 years. Many empires have long fought over the city for its strategic location along the trade routes of Southern and Central Asia. In 1504, Babur the founder of Mughul dynasty captured the city and used it as the headquarter until 1526, before his conquest of India. Later in 1776, Timur Shah Durrani announced the city as the capital of modern Afghanistan. Brief History of Kabul The city of Kabul is one of the 15 districts of the Kabul province, and it is divided into 18 sectors, which each sector covers several neighborhoods of the city. The numbers of sectors in the city were increased from 11 to 18 sectors in 2005 after the establishment of Afghan government. Kabul Afghanistan has two independent councils or administrations at once known as Prefecture and Municipality. The Prefect who is the governor of the province, is appointed by the Ministry of Interior, and is responsible for the administrative and formal issues of the entire province. The Mayor of kabol city is selected by the President of Afghanistan, who engages in the city's planning and environmental issues. Moreover, the police and security forces belong to the prefecture and ministry of Interior. The chief of police is selected by the ministry of Interior and is responsible for law enforcement and security of the city. The capital of Afghanistan kabul has a semi-arid climate weather with a hot summer which lasts from June to August. During the summer the temperature rise to 48C with very low humidity. The autumn months of September, October and November have moderate temperatures and low humidity with a little dusty wind. Winters are cold, harsh, snowy,starts from December to March. Spring in Kabul starts in late March and it is the rainy part of the year. Kabul Transportation, There are a number of post offices throughout Kabul Afghanistan including the city post office and the other private post office couriers such as: FedEx, TNT N.V., DHL and others. Communications After establishment of the new government in 2002, all public schools in the capital reopened. Now, both boys and girls go to school from first to twelfth grade(class) and then to Universities. The city's colleges and universities were also renovated in 2002. Some of them were recently developed while the others existed since the early 1900s. Kabul University (with several faculties and departments. Kabul Polytechnic (Engineering and Architecture) American University of Afghanistan National Military Academy of Afghanistan University of Afghanistan International School of Kabul And several other private schools and universities can be found in the city. The old part of the city is filled with bazaars nestled along its narrow and crooked streets. There are several cultural sites including: National Museum The Mausoleum of Emperor Babur Minar-i-Istiqlal (Column of Independence built in 1919 after the Third Afghan War) The mausoleum of Timor Shah Durrani, The ruined Darul Aman Palace EID Gah Mosque (founded 1893). Chehlstoon Park, Bala Hissaar (which is a fort destroyed by the British in 1879, in r


Which Summer Olympics host nation failed to win a gold medal?

Hosts shock the heavyweights to win women's hockey gold - Olympic News Hosts shock the heavyweights to win women's hockey gold twitter Share The group stage Host nation Spain caused one of the biggest upsets at the Barcelona Games in 1992, winning the Womens field hockey gold medal. Having qualified automatically, Spain was drawn against Germany, Canada and Australia in group A.  Spain scored five goals in total and finished second in the group behind Germany, its two wins and a draw from three matches good enough to knock reigning Olympic champions Australia out of the tournament and to qualify for the semi-final stage. Semi-final Spain met South Korea at the semi-final stage and team coach José Brasa could not have asked for a better performance. The Spanish won a tense match 2-1 in extra time to qualify for the final. . Final Spain’s opponents in the final were Germany, the only team it had failed to beat at the group stage . The Spanish scored first at the Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa through María Carmen Barea but the scores were levelled when Germany’s number 9 Franziska Hentschel equalised. Spanish victory The host nation secured a memorable 2-1 win three minutes into extra time when Elisabeth Maragall scored the winning goal in front of a jubilant crowd that included her uncle, Pasqual Maragall, President of the Barcelona Olympic Organizing Committee The winning team Anna Maiques, Celia Correa, Elisabeth Maragall, Maria Angeles Rodriguez, Maria Carmen Barea, Marivi González, Maider Telleria, Maria Isabel Martinez, Mercedes Coghen, Nagore Gabellanes, Natalia Dorado, Nuria Olivé, Silvia Manrique, Sonia Barrio, Teresa Motos, Virginia Ramirez.


Apart from being Groundhog Day in USA, what Christian festival is observed on.February 2nd?

Groundhog Day - Candlemass - February 2 - What does it mean? - Christian Teaching - thisischurch.com Groundhog Day - Candlemass - February 2   In modern life many people may not be aware that on      February 2 we celebrate an ancient feast, common to the Church of      both East and West, which is mentioned clearly in Leviticus and Luke. February 2 is "Candlemas" in many churches and is the      day for observing the ritual purification of Mary forty days after the      birth of Jesus as well as the presentation of Jesus in the Temple in      Jerusalem (see Luke 2:21-40).  The day has pagan roots and was a      Christian adaptation of the older practices for this midwinter      festivity from which we get our "Groundhog Day." Since the      presentation was also the purification of Mary (40 days after      childbirth), the church developed ritual practices known as the "Churching of Women" (see additional notes at bottom of page) or "Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth."  The following is an      explanation Seven days after Christmas, January 1, is the feast       of our Lord's circumcision Thirty three days after that, February 2 is the       feast of his being offered in the Temple, the purification of the       Virgin Mary. So Candlemass is fourty days after the birth of Jesus. This day also used to have great significance in the      rural calendar, because the date lies half way between the winter      solstice and the spring equinox, so it marks the day upon which winter      is half over! . It is a time of the year which naturally forms a      transition period in winter - there is a sense in which thank God we      are moving on into brighter and better days. Like many Christians festivals, including Christmas      itself, Candlemas has roots which lie deep in pagan roots and an      understanding of nature. Imbolc was an important day in the Celtic calendar. (pronounced 'im'olk'      also known as Oimelc) comes from an Irish word that was originally      thought to mean 'in the belly' although many people translate it as      'ewe's milk' (oi-melc). As winter stores of food were getting low      Imbolc rituals were performed to harness divine energy that would      ensure a steady supply of food until the harvest six months later. Like many Celtic festivals, the Imbolc celebrations centred around the      lighting of fires. Fire was perhaps more important for this festival      than others as it was also the holy day of Brigid (also known as      Bride, Brigit, Brid), the Goddess of fire, healing and fertility. The      lighting of fires celebrated the increasing power of the Sun over the      coming months. For the Christian calendar, this holiday was reformed      and renamed 'Candlemas' when candles are lit to remember the      purification of the Virgin Mary. As Candlemas traditions evolved, many people embraced the legend that      if the sun shone on the second day of February, an animal would see      its shadow and there would be at least six more weeks of winter. Bears      or badgers are watched in some European countries, but the German      immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania found an abundance of      groundhogs and late in the 19th century a few residents in      Punxsutawney began celebrating the groundhog as weather prophet. So we      have Groundhog Day. You may know the rhyme If Candlemas day be sunny and bright, Winter again will show its might. If Candlemas day be cloudy and grey, Winter soon will pass away. (Fox version) If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight. If Candlemas day be shower and rain, Winter is gone and will not come again. (Traditional) But this time of year should not be a pagan festival it is a Christian      feast which we celebrate and it can be traced to at least 543. The      Feast of Lighte


'Barwick Green' is the signature tune for which radio programme?

BBC Signature Tunes Home Page Signature Tunes Housewives' Choice was a record request programme broadcast   on the Light Programme every weekday morning from 1946 until the arrival of   Radios 1 and 2 in 1967. It had a different presenter each week, and the signature   tune was In Party Mood by Jack Strachey. A programme called Children's Choice ran from 1952,    following the Housewive's Choice format. Children's Favourites replaced it two years later. Until 1965 it was presented by Derek McCulloch,    known from Children's Hour as Uncle Mac. The Reithian spirit prevailed and    the programme included not just records made for children, or pop, but light    classical pieces and even hymns. The signature tune was Puffin' Billy.    The launch of Radios 1 & 2 saw the programme, now called Junior Choice,    broadcast on both channels with a new sig tune and more pop content. The    programme ran until 1982. Family Favourites was a record request programme which linked   families in the UK with members of the armed forces serving in Germany and   elsewhere. As Two-Way Family Favourites it brought together London   and Cologne but later it included more distant (and non-military) links including   Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Hong Kong. The signature tune was With   a Song in My Heart. Related page Trevor Hill     recalls the origins of Family Favourites and the choice of the signature     tune. Down Your Way ran from 1946 to 1992, introduced    by Horse Guards, Whitehall from the London Lankmarks Suite by Haydn Wood. The programme visited a different location each week, interviewing    residents and playing their choice of music. It was hosted by Stewart MacPherson    (1946-1950), Richard Dimbleby (1950-1955), Franklin Engelmann (1955-1972),    Brian Johnston (1955-1987) and then by a different host each week. The music of Eric Coates was often used. By the Sleepy Lagoon still   is, with added seagulls. Desert Island Discs began in 1942 and   can claim to be the longest running factual programme on radio. It was devised   by Roy Plomley, who presented the programme for 43 years. Michael Parkinson   took over in 1985 following Plomley's death. Sue Lawley followed in 1988 and   Kirsty Young in 2006. Plomley himself was the castaway on two occasions, the   interviewers being Leslie Perowne and Eamonn Andrews. Another Coates piece, Calling All Workers, introduced Music While You Work which began in June 1940. It was intended    to improve morale in wartime factories and thus increase productivity. It    continued after the war up until 1967 when the Light Programme ended. With    two editions a day, the programme was usually live, though some were recorded    in later years. It featured dance orchestras, brass and military bands,    light orchestras and small instumental groups. Music Magazine was co-edited by Julian Herbage and his wife   Anna Instone. Presented by him (from 1952) and produced by her, the programme   ran from 1944 to 1973. Julian had joined the BBC in 1927 and Anna became head   of gramophone programmes. The tune used was Schubert's An die musik ("To music"). Originally broadcast from the 1930s to the 1960s Paul    Temple was a detective series. The signature tune was Coronation    Scot by Vivian Ellis. Paul and his wife Steve were played by several    actors over the years but probably the best known voices were those of Peter    Coke and Marjorie Westbury. Some of the stories have been remade in the    21st century with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson in the lead roles. Devil's Galop by Charles Williams was the sig of Dick Barton   - Special Agent which began in 1946 at 1845 on the Light Programme.   The serial followed the adventures of ex-Commando Captain Richard Barton MC   and his sidekicks Jock Anderson and Snowy White. They solved various crimes,   escaped from all sorts of scrapes and often saved the nation from disaster,   each evening


Who was the landlord of 'The Spyglass Inn' at the beginning of 'Treasure Island'?

Treasure Island Setting Where It All Goes Down The Admiral Benbow Inn, Bristol, The Hispaniola, and Treasure Island Treasure Island is supposed to be set in the 18th century, but we don't see any signs of this historical disjunction from the time it was written, except maybe that pirates seem marginally more believable in ye olde days than in the staid, boring 19th century. The key settings of Treasure Island don't truly belong to any particular era: Jim's ordinary life in the Admiral Benbow Inn – and his extraordinary experiences on Treasure Island – feel timeless. The only sense we get of when this novel might be taking place is from references to real men like Admiral Edward Hawke (1705-1781) and Admiral John Benbow (1653-1702), the namesake of Jim's family inn. What's much more important to Treasure Island than time is place – which makes sense given that the title of the novel is one of its settings. The different settings of the novel reflect the different stages of its plot development. Obviously, the adventures Jim can have in the Admiral Benbow Inn are very different from those he will encounter on Treasure Island. The Admiral Benbow Inn is a homey space Jim shares with his mother and father. So long as his family life is intact, Jim is sheltered from adventure. Once his family life starts to change, however, adventure comes to find him in the form of Billy Bones, former first mate to pirate Captain Flint. Billy Bones is only capable of causing such a ruckus in the Admiral Benbow Inn because Jim's father is dying. The Admiral Benbow Inn is like a symbol of Jim's family life: it's only when Jim's family starts to break down with his father's illness that the inn become vulnerable to ruffians like Billy Bones. And once Jim's father has died and the Inn has been attacked by pirates, Jim's original family life has forever been broken. Even though Squire Trelawney repairs the inn for Jim's mother, Jim's place in it has been lost: his mother hires an assistant, and Jim realizes suddenly: I had thought up to that moment of the adventures before me, not at all of the home that I was leaving; and now at the sight of this clumsy stranger, who was to stay here in my place beside my mother, I had my first attack of tears. (7.14) So the Admiral Benbow Inn represents family, home, and Jim's origins all at once – and in leaving it, Jim is also symbolically leaving a part of his childhood behind. The first stop on Jim's voyage of adventure is the coastal city of Bristol, where he meets a range of people who are different from what he's used to. It's in Bristol that Jim sees Long John Silver's respectable public face as the owner of the "Spy-Glass," a kind of bar/restaurant. Seeing Long John Silver as a business owner and man about town, Jim is all the more likely to trust his gentlemanly exterior. By moving from the Admiral Benbow Inn to the schooner ship Hispaniola, Jim is going from established English order to a new, less hierarchical social space that has pirates and gentlemen rubbing shoulders. It's only when Jim is in the less socially rigid space of the Hispaniola that he starts to realize that a brutal, ambitious pirate lies beneath Long John Silver's polite facade. Let's consider the names of these settings: Admiral Benbow was a famous naval officer who died protecting English trading rights in the Caribbean. So he is on the side of rigid order and Englishness, where Jim starts out the novel. On the other hand, Hispaniola was Christopher Columbus's original name for the island that's home to today's Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Hispaniola has experienced wave after wave of European colonial fighting. Given multiple cultural influences from Native American, French, Spanish, and African cultures, Hispaniola symbolizes the violent, varied cultural history of the Caribbean. Once Jim leaves England, he is moving away from home and toward a more uncertain new world, symbolized by the name of his ship, the Hispaniola. We've covered the Admiral Benbow Inn and the Hispaniola – let's get to the destination everyone in the


Which film was the directorial debut of Clint Eastwood in 1971?

Play Misty for Me (1971) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Play Misty for Me ( 1971 ) R | A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 31 titles created 17 Dec 2011 a list of 24 titles created 20 Dec 2011 a list of 26 titles created 20 May 2012 a list of 30 titles created 16 Mar 2014 a list of 29 titles created 18 Sep 2015 Title: Play Misty for Me (1971) 7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Golden Globe. See more awards  » Photos A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend. Director: Clint Eastwood An Arizona deputy goes to New York City to escort a fugitive back into custody. Director: Don Siegel     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X   A hard but mediocre cop is assigned to escort a prostitute into custody from Las Vegas to Phoenix, so that she can testify in a mob trial. But a lot of people are literally betting that they won't make it into town alive. Director: Clint Eastwood While imprisoned in a Confederate girls' boarding school, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him. Director: Don Siegel A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way. Director: Clint Eastwood An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest. Director: Clint Eastwood Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women, that he rapes and murders. The killings are getting personal when the killer ... See full summary  » Director: Richard Tuggle As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red, the ... See full summary  » Director: Clint Eastwood A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land. Director: Clint Eastwood Breezy is a teen-aged hippy with a big heart. After taking a ride with a man who only wants her for sex, Breezy manages to escape. She runs to hide on a secluded property where stands the ... See full summary  » Director: Clint Eastwood A rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case. Director: Clint Eastwood The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde. Director: James Fargo Edit Storyline Disc jockey Dave Garver attracts the amorous attentions of a demented fan named Evelyn Draper. Evelyn lets Dave pick her up at a bar; later at her apartment Evelyn admits that she is the cooing caller who repeatedly asks Dave to play the Erroll Garner classic "Misty." From then on, the film is a lesson in how one casual date can turn your whole life around. Evelyn stalks Dave everywhere, ruins his business lunch, assaults his maid, mutilates his house and all of his belongings, and finally threatens to butcher his girlfriend Tobie Williams. You'll never be able to hear that song again without looking over your shoulder. Written by alfiehitchie ...an invitation to terror... See more  » Genres: 12 November 1971 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The rights to the song "Misty" were obtained after Clint Eas


Who wrote the Manfred Man hit 'The Mighty Quinn'?

Quinn The Eskimo by Manfred Mann Songfacts Quinn The Eskimo by Manfred Mann Songfacts Songfacts This was written by Bob Dylan, but Manfred Mann was the first to record it. Manfred Mann is a group named after their keyboard player. They had another hit in 1976 (as Manfred Mann's Earth Band) with " Blinded By The Light ," a song written by Bruce Springsteen. >> Suggestion credit: chet - saratoga springs, NY Dylan released his version in 1970 on his album Self Portrait. It also appears on his 1972 album More Greatest Hits. Ron Cornelius was Dylan's guitarist for the Self Portrait sessions, and told us about the experience: "There's everybody and his brother flying into Nashville to play on that thing. If you look at the credits, it's amazing how many people were delighted to come and play on it. Out of everybody I've worked with, I don't know of anyone who's been any nicer than Bob Dylan." This is also known as "The Mighty Quinn." It was featured in a 1989 movie with that name. The film starred Denzel Washington as a police officer named Xavier Quinn. The song was performed in the movie by Sheryl Lee Ralph. It is possible that Dylan came up with the idea for this after seeing the 1959 Nicholas Ray movie called The Savage Innocents. In that movie, Anthony Quinn played an Eskimo named Inuk. The film is also notable as the first screen appearance of Peter O'Toole, who demanded that his name be removed from the film as all of his dialog was dubbed by another actor. >> Suggestion credit: Bob - The Colony, TX This was also recorded by Leon Russell, The Hollies, and Gary Puckett and The Union Gap. The Grateful Dead occasionally played this at their shows. Here's one story that circulated about the song: The Grateful Dead years ago had a wild LSD party in a New York City hotel during a tour visit. Allegedly, one of the party guests was Bob Dylan. One of the other guests at the hotel didn't appreciate the noise and voiced several complaints. It was actor Anthony Quinn who'd played an Eskimo in The Savage Innocents. That could have inspired a partying Dylan to write a strange and funny song like this. >> Suggestion credit: Joe - Minneapolis, MN One theory is that "The Mighty Quinn" is Sheriff Larry Quinlan, who raided the Castillia Foundation land in Millbrook, New York and arrested Dr. Timothy Leary and his group of hippies. Quinlan confiscated all the LSD and other drugs at the scene. In this scenario, the "pigeons" are informers. >> Suggestion credit: Jerry - Poughkeepsie, NY Mike D'Abo of Manfred Mann: "We met in a publisher's house as Bob Dylan was making some new material available to other artists. We heard about 10 songs and I thought ' This Wheel's On Fire ' would be the one to do, but Manfred liked The Mighty Quinn, which was called 'Quinn The Eskimo' then. It was sung in a rambling monotone but Manfred had recognized its potential. He sold me on the idea of doing this song, but I had to make up some of the words as I couldn't make out everything he was saying. It was like learning a song phonetically in a foreign language. I have never had the first idea what the song is about except that it seems to be 'Hey, gang, gather round, something exciting is going to happen 'cause the big man's coming.' As to who the big man is and why he is an Eskimo, I don't know." - from 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh. >> Suggestion credit:


The phenomenon known as Baily's Beads occurs during which event?

Eclipse - Bailey's Beads ECLIPSE - BAILEY'S BEADS Near the beginning and end of total solar eclipse, the thin slice of the Sun visible appears broken up into beads of light. These lights are called 'Baily's Beads' after the British astronomer Francis Baily who discovered them. They occur because the edge of the Moon is not smooth but jagged with mountain peaks. When just one bead is visible, the effect is often likened to a diamond ring. ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS Ancient civilzations used the movement of the heavens as celestial calendars. They created great stone monuments called celestial observatories to this end.  To the ancients - an eclipse often represented the Eye of God! Ancient observations of solar eclipses from many different cultures and civilizations date back             to at least 2500 BC in the writings that have survived from ancient China and Babylon. To             establish an accurate luni-solar calendar, people in ancient civilizations observed the moon             regularly. Lunar eclipses were the first major celestial events that astrologers learned how to             predict based on local historical observation records. One of the first things civilizations must do to ensure a coherant society is to establish an             accurate calendar to organize planting and harvesting of crops. Most early calendars were             lunar calendars, because the monthly duration of the lunar cycle is 29.53 days, 12.37 months             during a solar seasonal year. Every year, the lunar "synodic" calendar of 29.53 days slips by             0.38 of a month or 11.2 days relative to the seasonal "planting" year. At the same time that ancient peoples kept track of how the lunar and solar calenders meshed             with each other, they also uncovered some of the factors that lead to lunar and solar eclipses             which also require specific timings of the solar and lunar positions across the sky and over the             years. In many ways, the ability to predict eclipses was an outgrowth of the pre-existing need             to keep track of lunar and solar calender relationships. Ancient China - By 2300 BC, ancient Chinese astrologers, already had sophisticated observatory buildings, and             as early as 2650 BC, Li Shu was writing about astronomy. Observing total solar eclipses was a             major element of forecasting the future health and successes of the Emperor, and astrologers             were left with the onerous task of trying to anticipate when these events might occur. Failure             to get the prediction right, in at least one recorded case in 2300 BC resulted in the beheading             of two astrologers. Because the pattern of total solar eclipses is erratic in any specific             geographic location, many astrologers no doubt lost their heads. By about 20 BC, surviving             documents show that Chinese astrologers understood what caused eclipses, and by 8 BC             some predictions of total solar eclipse were made using the 135-month recurrence period. By             AD 206 Chinese astrologers could predict solar eclipses by analyzing the Moon's motion. Ancient Chinese astronomy was primarily a government activity. It was the astronomer's role              to keep track of the solar, lunar, and planetary motions as well as divine what astronomical              phenomena may mean for the ruling emperor. Solar eclipses, infrequent and dramatic, were              important enough to be recorded in chronicles and on "oracle" bones. Below are a few              translated eclipse records found in the documents of ancient China from various dynasties. In              general, the translations give the Roman calendar dating of the event, the C


Element 94, first synthesized in 1940, was given what name?

Periodic Table of Elements: Los Alamos National Laboratory 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 0 History Plutonium is the second transuranium element of the actinide series. Element 93 was discovered in 1940/41 by Glenn T. Seaborg , Edwin M. McMillan , J. W. Kennedy , and A. C. Wahl by deuteron bombardment of uranium-238 in the 60-inch cyclotron at the University of California, Berkeley Lab. They first synthesized neptunium-238 (half-life 2.1 days) which subsequently beta-decayed to form a new heavier element with atomic number 94 and atomic weight 238 (half-life 87.7 years). It was fitting that element 94 be named after the next planetoid, Pluto following the precedence that uranium was named after the planet Uranus and neptunium after the planet Neptune. Seaborg submitted a paper to the journal Physical Review in March 1941 documenting the discovery, but the paper was quickly withdrawn when it was found that an isotope of plutonium, Pu-239 could undergo nuclear fission making it useful in developing an atomic bomb. Pu-239 had a fission cross-section 50% greater than that of 235U, the best fissioning element known at that time. Seaborg was called away from Berkeley to lead the Plutonium Production Lab or "Met Lab" at the University of Chicago. The Met Lab was to produce useful quantities of plutonium as part of the secret Manhattan Project during World War II to develop an atomic bomb. On August 18, 1942, a trace quantity of plutonium was isolated and measured at the Met Lab for the first time. About 50 micrograms of Pu-239 combined with uranium and fission products was produced and only about 1 microgram was isolated. This was enough material for chemists to determine the new element's atomic weight. In November 1943 a few milligrams of PuF3 was reduced to create the first sample of plutonium metal. Enough plutonium was produced to make it the first man-made element to be visible to the unaided eye. The nuclear properties of plutonium-239 were also being studied and researchers found that when hit with a neutron it fissions by releasing energy and more neutrons. These neutrons can hit neighboring atoms of Pu-239 and so on, in an exponentially fast chain-reaction, releasing a tremendous amount of energy. This energy could result in an explosion large enough to destroy a city or fuel a nuclear reactor. During WW II the three primary research and production sites of the Manhattan Project were the Plutonium Production Facility at what is now the Hanford Site , Washington, the Uranium Enrichment facilities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee , and the weapons research and design laboratory, now known as Los Alamos National Laboratory . In 1943, the first production reactor that made Pu-239 was the X-10 Graphite Reactor built at a facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that later became the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Manhattan Project produced the plutonium for the "Trinity Test" conducted in New Mexico by Los Alamos Laboratory Director Robert Oppenheimer and Army General Leslie Groves. The world’s first atomic bomb ("The Gadget") was exploded near Socorro, New Mexico on July 16, 1945, resulting in an explosion with an energy equivalent of approximately 20,000 tons of TNT . The first atomic bomb used in war had a uranium core and was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The second atomic bomb used had a plutonium core and was nicknamed " Fat Man " because of its round shape. It was used to destroy Nagasaki, Japan in August 9, 1945, which put an end to WW II. Publication of the discovery and the naming of the new element plutonium was delayed until a year after the end of World War II .  Seaborg originally considered the name "plutium", but later thought that it did not sound as good as "plutonium." Later, during the Cold-War era, large stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium were built up by both the Soviet Union and the United States. Each year about 20 tons of plutonium is still produced as a by-product of the nuclear power industry. As of 2007 it was estimated that the plutonium stockpile was about 500 tons, world-wide. Since the end of the Col


Pink - Biography - IMDb Biography Showing all 70 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (5) | Trivia  (47) | Personal Quotes  (13) Overview (3) 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mini Bio (1) Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Her parents, Judith Moore (née Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore , a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German, and English ancestry. As a child, all Pink wanted was to become a singer, and she was driven by the music of Madonna , Mary J. Blige , 4 Non Blondes , Janis Joplin , Billy Joel and Whitney Houston . Pink was a very unique teenager, and went through phases as a skateboarder, hip-hopper and gymnast. She spent several years as part of the club scene in Philadelphia, singing guest spots and performing for talent shows. At the age of 13, she was asked by a local DJ to sing back-up for his rap group, Schools of Thought. A short time later, she was discovered by a record executive and joined a female R&B group, Choice. When that didn't work out, she signed with LaFace Records and began her solo career. In spring 2000, she released her debut, "Can't Take Me Home". She co-wrote many songs and watched it go multi-platinum by the year's end. Her debut included the Top 10 hit, "There You Go", which was certified a gold single. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Michael Arreola Spouse (1) ( 7 January  2006      - present) (2 children) Trade Mark (5) Pink colors sometimes appear in her hair Her tattoos Spells her name with an exclamation mark instead of an 'i'. Short platinum blonde hair American singer-songwriter. Grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Her hit song "There You Go" was dubbed the "I Will Survive" for the new millennium by Teen People magazine. Remade the Patti LaBelle classic "Lady Marmalade" along with Mya , Lil' Kim and Christina Aguilera for the Moulin Rouge! (2001) soundtrack. Claims her name derives from the movie Reservoir Dogs (1992). while seeing the movie with friends, they all agreed that she resembled the character Mr. Pink, played by Steve Buscemi . They thought the name to be a great irony, as she was a tomboy. Was the lead singer of the rock band Middleground before getting a record deal. Attended Central Bucks West High, class of 1997. Sometimes writes her name: P!nk Her father is a Vietnam veteran. Met her boyfriend, motocross superstar Carey Hart , at the 2001 X Games in Philadelphia. She's a big supporter of the animal-rights organization PETA. She was voted one of Choice USA's "Top 30 Under 30" activists for reproductive freedom in 2004. Ranked #36 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). Is good friends with Avril Lavigne and Lisa Marie Presley . Engaged to Carey Hart on June 26, 2005. They got married January 7, 2006. She has a brother named Jason Moore. Parodied Paris Hilton , Lindsay Lohan , Mary-Kate Olsen , Jessica Simpson , Hilary Duff , Nicole Richie and several other Hollywood celebrities on the music video for her single "Stupid Girls", in which she deplored the lack of good role models for girls (February 2006). Follows a strict vegan lifestyle. Dislikes horror movies. Her first concert took place in Orlando, Florida. Ranked #57 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Announced that she and Carey Hart had separated, but remained good friends (19 February 2008). Born to James Jim Moore , a Vietnam veteran, and his then-wife, Judith Moore (aka Judy Kugel), a nurse. Her father has Irish, German, and English ancestry. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Bohemia, Russia, and Lithuania). Being a passionate campaigner for PETA, she once sent a letter to Prince William criticizing him for fox hunting and to Queen Elizabeth II protesting the use of real fur in bearskins of the Honourable Artillery Company and the Foot Guards. Has won two Grammy Awards for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals" in 2002 ("Lady Marmalade") and "Best Female Rock Performance" in 2004 ("Trouble"). As of 20


Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley appears in novels by whom?

Lynley and Havers return in ‘A Banquet of Consequences’ | The Seattle Times Lynley and Havers return in ‘A Banquet of Consequences’ Originally published October 25, 2015 at 6:00 am Updated October 27, 2015 at 2:21 pm In Elizabeth George’s new mystery, “A Banquet of Consequences,” a feminist writer and her editor are murdered, and the complex chemistry between Inspector Lynley and Detective Sergeant Havers continues to spark. George appears Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Third Place Books. Share story Special to The Seattle Times ‘A Banquet of Consequences’ by Elizabeth George Viking, 576 pp., $28.95 Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley is — says Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, in her forthright, blundering way — “a decent bloke, for all your fine ways and your family silver and ancestral portraits.” He continues as such in Elizabeth George’s 20th Lynley novel, “A Banquet of Consequences.” Set in London’s New Scotland Yard and featuring the patrician, reserved Lynley and the working-class, cigarette-smoke-ringed bulldog that is Havers, the series continues its familiar, comforting pattern: a crime to solve, and, increasingly, a group of beloved characters to visit. The mystery here, serviceable if not George’s most compelling, involves a pair of mysterious poisonings: Noted feminist writer Clare Abbott dies, suddenly and mystifyingly, in a Cambridge hotel; shortly afterward, her editor Rory Statham is found near death in her own London flat, having ingested the same deadly compound. Suspicion points to Caroline Goldacre, Clare’s overwrought assistant — or was Caroline, as she herself insists, the target of the crime? The villain, and some truly dark plot turns, get sorted out all in good time; along the way, we experience the true pleasure of George’s books — spending time with a group of likable (well, most of them) colleagues, about whom we’ve come to care. Unlike in many long-running mystery series, George’s characters grow and change; sometimes gradually, sometimes (as in “With No One As Witness,” in which Lynley’s beloved wife, Helen, was suddenly murdered mid-book) in an instant. Author appearance Elizabeth George The author of “A Banquet of Consequences” will appear at 7 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 27 at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park; free (206-366-3333 or thirdplacebooks.com ). In “A Banquet of Consequences,” 18 months since Helen’s death, Lynley is slowly making his way into a new relationship with Daidre, the veterinarian we met in “Careless in Red.” Havers, who aroused boss Isabelle Ardery’s fury after going rogue on an international case (“Just One Evil Act”), is on her best behavior in order to avoid the horrors — the reader must take this on faith — of being transferred to Berwick-upon-Tweed. It’s unlikely, of course, that Barbara can toe the line for long. Meanwhile, the impeccably dressed department secretary, Dorothea, has decided that Sergeant Havers (who kicks off the plot in a T-shirt that reads “On the eighth day God created bacon”) is in need of a makeover — and perhaps a tango class as well? Most Read Stories Unlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks. While George, a Seattle-area resident, doesn’t vary the rhythms of her books much — they’re all long, dialogue-heavy and pleasantly crowded — she excels at creating and developing her characters, revealing just enough to leave readers happy yet yearning for more. Among the highlights here: Havers and DS Winston Nkata becoming chummy temporary housemates in Dorset (she decides, fairly disastrously, to cook him dinner); the tricky, volatile chemistry between Lynley and his ex-lover Isabelle; a companionable cameo appearance from Lynley’s longtime friend Simon St. James; the presence of an undeniably charming dog; and a number of irresistible Britishisms, most of them uttered by Havers. And, as always, the relationship between Lynley and Havers takes central stage. Though no longer partners, and physically separated for much of the book, their complex, endearing relationship — he wants her to succeed but is infuriated by her stubbornness; she wants his respect but ch


What kind of creature is a 'sugar glider?

Sugar Glider - Tree Living Mammal - The Sugar Glider - Mammals Sugar Glider - Tree Living Mammal - The Sugar Glider - Mammals Popular Pages Follow It's Nature on Facebook Sugar Glider Sugar Gliders arboreal, which means it, is a tree dweller. It is actually a gliding possum, and a marsupial, which means that it carries its young in a pouch. Their name came from their interaction with the early bushman who watching them and taming them found out that they liked sweets like honey and sugar and they could glide between trees. They are silverfish blue grey in color ( with a dark stripe on back) very light in weight and their body length is about 6 or 7 inches with a tail about the same. Sugar Glider It is thought that Sugar gliders live for 9 years in their natural habitat, and a bit longer as pets. The sugar glider makes a variety of noises ranging from shrill yapping (predator is near), a sharp shriek (when fighting) to a “gurgling chatter” when in their nest. The gliding membrane, which is a very thin skin begins at the ankle and runs to about their fifth finger. By spreading out this membrane they can glide distances of 50 to 100 feet from tree to tree. They use their long bushy tail for stability and steering as well as “tilting” the left or right membrane, usually land on their feet successfully. Found where there is plenty of rainfall (both cool and tropical climate) in wet and dry forests and woodland, usually with acacia gum plants about Sugar Gliders are active at night and during the day sleep in a nest made of leaves in tree-hollows. Anywhere from 7 and 12 gliders will live together in these nests. Another way they can conserve heat, when food is scarce or temperatures plummet, is to go into a mild hibernation- where its body temperature drops down close to the air around them/ They are playful amongst their own living group but will attack any intruder whether it is another Glider or a totally different animal. Sugar Glider Dominant male sugar gliders will scent other clan members and the territory around the nest. The Sugar Glider eats the gum and sap from acacias and eucalyptus as well as eating a range of insects from the trees in which they live. This feeding and foraging takes place after dusk Sugar Gliders breed from July to November so the young are taken care of during spring and summer when there is plenty of food. Being Marsupials the young remain in a pouch usually for just over 2 months. The pouch is forward facing with two teats, and very often twins are born. After the first 2 months the young are then spend another month or so in the nest. They then leave the nest to forage for food with either their father or mother. Find out more about the Sugar Glider over at Wikipedia » See what you can find... pawscat wow its so cute I wish I had one! Nick [email protected] … I have a problem.. Im a new glider owner. And I have had my male for 4 months now… and I felt bad so I purchased a female glider to accompany him. And somewhere on the internet I read something about putting her into his pouch while he was sleeping.. But I was apprhensive… SO I layed Her pouch on my bed and let her sniff him first… all went well and they were cuddling that night and playing. Well now hes continually tryin to mate with her… and I found out she was WITH a mate up until the day My bf bought her for me. And as of last night (3 days later) he is crabbing at her then chasing her and nipping at her! And I only have one cage! SO my question is… is it normal for a little fighting to go on during the introduction? Ive read so many other ways of introducing after 2 weeks… so I dont know what to do at this point. Im just monitoring them.. and this morning he was asleep in his bag and she was running on the wheel as normal. Help me! Should I just find a new home for her? Or just give them some more time? Lady Macbeth Sugar Gliders are by nature colony dwelling animals so keeping them alone is really not in their best interests and is trying to make them something they aren’t.. which is loners.. That being said finding just the right


Who played Flash Gordon in the 1936 film of that title?

Flash Gordon (1936) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Three earthlings visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless. Directors: Alex Raymond (based on the comic strip by), Ella O'Neill (screenplay) | 3 more credits  » Stars: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 30 titles created 02 Oct 2011 a list of 30 titles created 29 Nov 2011 a list of 21 titles created 14 May 2013 a list of 35 titles created 11 Mar 2014 a list of 45 titles created 11 months ago Search for " Flash Gordon " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Flash and his friends return to planet Mongo for an antidote to the Purple Death. But Ming the Merciless has other plans for them... Directors: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor Stars: Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton Directors: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill, and 1 more credit  » Stars: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton (1936) Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton. The first screen version about Flash Gordon and his adventures on the planet Mongo. Still great fun... Directors: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill Stars: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. Director: Mike Hodges Space hero Flash Gordon and his crew of the Galaxy Bureau of Investigation patrol space, battling space monsters, power-mad alien dictators and other threats to the stability of the universe. Stars: Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, Joseph Nash The adventures of the comic strip space hero and his friends as they battle the tyranny of Ming the Merciless on the planet Mongo. Stars: Robert Ridgely, Alan Oppenheimer, Diane Pershing Hometown Celebrity Steven "Flash" Gordon discovers a secret his father tried desperately to keep hidden. He then embarks on a journey to another dimension in hopes of finding his father who... See full summary  » Stars: Eric Johnson, Gina Holden, Karen Cliche A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide. Directors: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor Stars: Gordon Jones, Wade Boteler, Keye Luke Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah. Director: John Cromwell The caped crusaders versus The Wizard, black-hooded mastermind. Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a boy is given the power to become an adult superhero with a single magic word. Directors: John English, William Witney Stars: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr., William 'Billy' Benedict Flash Gordon (TV Series 1996) Animation | Action | Adventure Edit Storyline A rogue planet is 'rushing madly toward the earth.' Impending doom creates worldwide pandemonium. But maverick scientist Dr. Zarkov hopes to stay disaster by travelling to the new planet in his experimental rocket. Two chance-met strangers, athletic Flash Gordon and damsel in distress Dale Arden, go with him. Arrived, the trio find Mongo to be a planet of wonders, warring factions, and deadly perils, its orbit controlled by Emperor Ming who has his own sinister plans for earth. Can our heroes, armed only with science and sex appeal, stop him? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu> THRILLING STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES!!! (original Chapter 1 one-sheet poster) See more  » Genres: 6 April 1936 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Flash Gordon: Sp