Who ordered the execution of Catherine Howard in 1542?

Confessions of a Ci-Devant: February 13th, 1542: The Execution of Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn Musings on history, life, literature, movies, art and merriment by Gareth Russell, author of "Popular" Sunday, 13 February 2011 February 13th, 1542: The Execution of Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn A thin layer of frost lay across the ground on the morning of Monday February 13th 1542. The day ahead promised to be overcast and dull. The sun had barely risen when, at seven o'clock, every single member of the Privy Council, bar two, entered the confines of the Tower of London. The two absentees were also the only two dukes left in the realm - the King's former brother-in-law, the Duke of Suffolk, had been excused on grounds of ill-health and not even Henry VIII had insisted upon sending the Duke of Norfolk to witness the execution of his two nieces - one by birth, the other by marriage. It was a wasted piece of polite sentiment given how Norfolk had treated Catherine in the past few months. In the months since her disgrace, the duke had publicly likened his brother's daughter to a prostitute. However, his son and heir, the 25 year-old earl of Surrey, who had enjoyed fairly amicable relations with his cousin-queen, was in attendance that morning. In the years after 1542, Surrey's contempt for Henry VIII's government would grow more and more indiscreet. His hatred for the Tudors soon came to match the icy disdain he had shown to the Seymour clan, ever since their unexpected political ascendancy had begun with their late sister's marriage to the King in 1536. Surrey, too, was later executed for alleged treason. A relatively large crowd had gathered around the black-clad scaffold, which stood on exactly the same spot as that used for Anne Boleyn and the countess of Salisbury. The number of spectators was probably seven or eight thousand, which means substantially more than those who had been allowed to witness Anne Boleyn's murder five and a half years earlier. Then, the government had been worried about what Anne might say in her own defence; they had no such worries with Catherine. Sir John Gage led the two condemned women towards the scaffold. The disgraced queen looked so pale with fright that some in the crowd feared she might faint, but she held her nerve.  Dressed in a discreet and conservative gown of dark velvet, Catherine made her way up onto the scaffold where she gave a short speech "for her offences against God heinously from her youth in breaking all of His commandments and also against the King's royal Majesty." Her final speech was apparently entirely conventional and no-one bothered to record it in its entirety, but it contained the token praise of the King and call for universal obedience to the monarchy. She had never been particularly devout, but Catherine died a Catholic (although not a Roman one) in confirming her belief in the Divinity and Mercy of Jesus Christ and by leaving a request that the crowd pray for her soul in Purgatory. Then, she was blindfolded by Gage and knelt at the block. The executioner did his job well and a single blow from the axe was all it took to end Catherine Howard's life. There is no truth in the old fable that she proclaimed that although she was dying the wife of a king, she would much rather be dying the wife of a Culpepper.  Next, her thirty-six year-old lady-in-waiting, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, widow of George Boleyn and one-time sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn, was brought up to the block which was now soaked in her teenage mistress's blood. Jane Boleyn's historical reputation has not been kind. It is she who is traditionally blamed for having provided the evidence needed to condemn her husband to death on a charge of incest with his royal sister. The black legend of Lady Rochford says that she was driven mad with jealousy at being married to the bed-hopping George Boleyn, who in his prime was universally acknowledged to be the best-looking man at the Tudor court, and that she turned this jealousy with particular venom on her more glamorous and confident sister-in-law, Anne


What were the people who were part of Elvis Presley's entourage known as?

Elvis Presley and the Memphis Mafia Home › Elvis Presley.News › Articles › Reviews › Interviews › FTD › Sitemap › Elvis Presley and the Memphis Mafia The group of friends around Elvis became known as the Memphis Mafia. A newspaper reporter tagged the group with this name during the time Elvis required them to wear dark, Mohair suits to give a respectable appearance. The guys never objected to the name, Elvis thought it was quite funny, because among themselves they referred to the group as the Guys. New men would become part of the operation, and through the years some of those who had been around would leave and do something else. It was a changing group, but the group would remain loyal to Elvis all his life. For a brief description of those who spent a portion of their lives as employees and friends of Elvis Presley :- (Click links for interviews and/or more infomation). Marty Lacker went to the last year of high school at Humes High with Elvis and Red West. He was the co-best man at Elvis' wedding. He was also the Foreman of the Memphis Mafia for a number of years, (Elvis' right hand man). He was solely responsible for the Memphis City Council to rename Highway 51, that runs in front of Graceland, Elvis Presley Boulevard in late1971. He was responsible for Elvis recording at American Studios in 1969 that basically brought Elvis back to the top of the charts. He was close to Elvis from 1957 until he died in 1977. Gene Smith - was Elvis' cousin, they grew up together and had a close friendship. In the early days, Elvis would turn to Gene for a traveling companion, Gene went everywhere with Elvis. Gene was probably the closest to Elvis for the first few years. In 1962, Elvis and Gene had a misunderstanding and parted company, but in later years, Gene would visit Elvis at Graceland . Junior Smith - Also Elvis' cousin who was disabled during the Korean War, one morning Elvis got a call that Junior had died. Elvis who was extremely fond of Junior took the news quite badly. Billy Smith - Another cousin, Bill was the youngest of the boys. Billy was Elvis' favorite. Elvis would often say he wanted to be sure Billy grew up to be a good man. Elvis was not disappointed, Billy was Elvis' constant companion and his affection and loyalty was obviously right to the end of Elvis' life. George Klein - Elvis and George graduated at Humes High School in 1953. George was always nice to Elvis and Elvis never forgot a friend, very early in Elvis' career he asked George to travel with him. Later George went into radio and became one of Memphis' most popular Disc Jockeys. George remained very close to Elvis until the end. Elvis once said, 'George will be my friend forever'. Bobby 'Red' West - he was a School mate at Humes where he was a All-Memphis football player. Red helped Elvis out of a few situations with the so-called tough guys in high school. Elvis never forgetting Reds kindness, he asked Red to travel with him. Red not only went along as a friend, but a driver and Elvis' security man. Red also worked as a stuntman and actor in Elvis' pictures. Red developed a talent for songwriting and wrote songs which Elvis and other artists recorded. Lamar Fike - 1957 left Texas and showed up at Elvis' home Graceland. He followed Elvis and the guys to Los Angeles and has been with them ever since. Elvis and Lamar got along with one another, they had their jokes and got mad at one another a lot, but the madness would last at most a day-and-a-half and then they would be back to the jokes. Lamar left Elvis in 1962 and become road manager for Brenda Lee for awhile, later he became manager of the Nashville office of Hill and Range music, then he returned to work for Elvis and at the same time he became manager of two country singers. Lamar was with Elvis until the end. George Klein introduced Alan Fortas to Elvis in 1957. Alan Fortas began working for Elvis just before he went into the army and continued with Elvis after his discharge. Alan was in charge of transportation before becoming foreman of the ranch in Mississippi, he remained there until the


The Summer Olympics are held how many years apart?

The Olympic Games - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com The Olympic Games A+E Networks Introduction The Olympic Games, which originated in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, were revived in the late 19th century and have become the world’s preeminent sporting competition. From the 8th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D., the Games were held every four years in Olympia, located in the western Peloponnese peninsula, in honor of the god Zeus. The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens, and featured 280 participants from 13 nations, competing in 43 events. Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately and have alternated every two years. Google The Olympics in Ancient Greece The first written records of the ancient Olympic Games date to 776 B.C., when a cook named Coroebus won the only event–a 192-meter footrace called the stade (the origin of the modern “stadium”)–to become the first Olympic champion. However, it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years by that time. Legend has it that Heracles (the Roman Hercules ), son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene, founded the Games, which by the end of the 6th century B.C had become the most famous of all Greek sporting festivals. The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a religious festival honoring Zeus. The Games were named for their location at Olympia, a sacred site located near the western coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. Their influence was so great that ancient historians began to measure time by the four-year increments in between Olympic Games, which were known as Olympiads. Did You Know? The 1896 Games featured the first Olympic marathon, which followed the 25-mile route run by the Greek soldier who brought news of a victory over the Persians from Marathon to Athens in 490 B.C. Fittingly, Greece's Spyridon Louis won the first gold medal in the event. In 1924, the distance would be standardized to 26 miles and 385 yards. After 13 Olympiads, two more races joined the stade as Olympic events: the diaulos (roughly equal to today’s 400-meter race), and the dolichos (a longer-distance race, possibly comparable to the 1,500-meter or 5,000-meter event). The pentathlon (consisting of five events: a foot race, a long jump, discus and javelin throws and a wrestling match) was introduced in 708 B.C., boxing in 688 B.C. and chariot racing in 680 B.C. In 648 B.C., pankration, a combination of boxing and wrestling with virtually no rules, debuted as an Olympic event. Participation in the ancient Olympic Games was initially limited to freeborn male citizens of Greece; there were no women’s events, and married women were prohibited from attending the competition. Decline and Revival of the Olympic Tradition After the Roman Empire conquered Greece in the mid-2nd century B.C., the Games continued, but their standards and quality declined. In one notorious example from A.D. 67, the decadent Emperor Nero entered an Olympic chariot race, only to disgrace himself by declaring himself the winner even after he fell off his chariot during the event. In A.D. 393, Emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, called for a ban on all “pagan” festivals, ending the ancient Olympic tradition after nearly 12 centuries. It would be another 1,500 years before the Games would rise again, largely thanks to the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) of France. Dedicated to the promotion of physical education, the young baron became inspired by the idea of creating a modern Olympic Games after visiting the ancient Olympic site. In November 1892, at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris, Coubertin proposed the idea of reviving the Olympics as an international athletic competition held every four years. Two years later, he got the approval he needed to found the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which would become the governing body of the modern Olympic Games. The Olympics Through the Years The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in


What wood, a member of the walnut family, is often used in making tool handles, wheel spokes, drumsticks, lacrosse stick handles and skis?

Species Of Wood Conventional Types of Wood Used In Modern Home Building Just to Name a Few Hard Maple Is a species of maple native to the hardwood forests of northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west through Quebec and Southern Ontario to south eastern Manitoba around Lake of the Woods and across the border from Minnesota south to Georgia and Texas. Sugar maple is best known for its bright fall foliage and for being the primary source of maple syrup. Characteristics Sugar Maple is a deciduous tree normally reaching heights of 82–115 ft. tall, and exceptionally up to 148 ft. A 10-year-old tree is typically about 16 ft. tall. The sugar maple is an extremely important species to the ecology of many forests in North America. Pure stands are common, and it is a major component of the northern and central U.S. hardwood forests. Uses The sugar maple is one of the most important Canadian trees, being, with the black maple, the major source of sap for making maple syrup. Other maple species can be used as a sap source for maple syrup, but some have lower sugar contents and/or produce more cloudy syrup than these two. The wood is one of the hardest and densest of the maples, and is prized for furniture and flooring. The sapwood can be white in color, and smaller logs may have a higher proportion of this desirable wood. Bowling alleys and bowling pins are both commonly manufactured from sugar maple. Trees with wavy wood grain, which can occur in curly, quilted, and "Birdseye maple" forms, are especially valued. Maple is also the wood used for basketball courts, including the floors used by the NBA, and it is a popular wood for baseball bats, along with white ash. It is also widely used in the manufacture of musical instruments, such as the members of the violin family (sides and back), guitars (neck), and drum shells. It is also quite flexible and makes excellent archery bows Bird's eye Maple Bird's eye is a type of figure that occurs within several kinds of wood, most notably in hard maple. It has a distinctive pattern that resembles tiny, swirling eyes disrupting the smooth lines of grain. It is somewhat reminiscent of a burl, but it is quite different: the small knots that make the burl are missing. Bird's eye maple is most often found in sugar maple, but millers also find bird’s eye figure in red maple, white ash, Cuban mahogany, American beech, black walnut, and yellow birch. Trees that grow in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States yield the greatest supply, along with some varieties in the Rocky Mountains. It is not uncommon in Huon Pine, which grows only in Tasmania. Although there are a few clues in a tree's bark that indicate the lumber might have bird's eye figure, it is usually necessary to fell the tree and cut it apart to know for sure. Characteristics In most characteristics, wood with bird's eye figure is no different from the rest of the wood from the same tree. Depending on the frequency of the Birdseye swirls, each ⅛" to ⅜" wide (0.3–1 cm), the wood may be extremely valuable. While woodworkers prize the timber primarily for its use in veneers, it also turns well on a lathe, allowing it to be shaped into decorative canes, chair legs, and handles. Uses Bird's eye maple may be expensive, up to several times the cost of ordinary hardwood. It is used in refined specialty products, such as in automobile trim, both in solid form and veneer, boxes and bowls for jewelry, thin veneer, humidors, canes, furniture inlays, handles, guitars, bowed instruments and pool cues are popular uses. Items made with this wood tend to be more expensive not only because the wood is more costly but because it is harder to work Cherry Cherry is probably one of the most well know woods. It has been used for many different purposes including some outside of woodworking. Its bark has been used for medicinal purposes, and occasionally for making tonic. The heartwood of cherry trees is the most popular area used as it has the reddish color that cherry is associated with. The s


Who was the chief deity of the Romans, the equivalent to the Greek's Zeus?

Difference Between Jupiter and Zeus, Jupiter vs Zeus Home / People / History / Difference Between Jupiter and Zeus Difference Between Jupiter and Zeus Posted on Jupiter vs Zeus   Jupiter and Zeus are mythological characters in Roman and Greek mythology and are believed to be the same Gods in two different cultures. In fact, most people treat Jupiter as a Roman equivalent of Greek god Zeus. Is Jupiter only the Roman name of the same god labeled Zeus by the Greeks or is there any difference between the two? Let us find out in this article. Zeus Zeus is believed in Greek mythology as the king of gods and the most powerful deity on Mount Olympus. His orders have to be followed by all mortals and even gods, and it is his job to see that the good are rewarded just as he has to ensure punishment is meted out to the evil. Zeus was born to Rhea and Cronus and was married to Hera. He is believed to have produced many offspring through his liaisons with goddesses and princesses. All gods refer to Zeus as father and show respect by rising and standing in his presence. As the chief of all gods, it is his duty to assign tasks to other gods and to oversee that heavens and the universe continue to function smoothly. Eagle is his sacred animal and thunderbolt his main weapon. He is often shown by the artists as a standing god with a thunderbolt in his raised right hand. It is said that Zeus’s father swallowed all his previous siblings as he feared that he would be overcome by his own offspring. To save Zeus when he was born, his mother Rhea gave Cronus a rock wrapped in a cloth that he swallowed thinking that to be his own son. Cronus ruled the earth, the skies and the seas. To save Zeus, the nymph who raised her dangled him with a rope from a tree so that Cronus could not see him. Zeus made Cronus disgorge his siblings in reverse order of swallowing and then defeated him in a duel. He later became the king of the gods. Jupiter Jupiter is believed to be the king of gods in Roman mythology. He granted supremacy to the Romans over other human being in return for all the respect he got from them. In Roman Empire, the kings and other ministers swore in his name when they took the oath of office. Saturn is believed to be the father of Jupiter, and upon his death, Jupiter shared the world with his brothers Neptune and Pluto. While Jupiter took the heavens, Neptune got the seas and Pluto had to remain content with the underworld. Jupiter married Juno and fathered many children whom he loved very much. He gave magical powers to all his children. The main weapon of Jupiter is thunderbolt, and he is associated with thunder and lightning. Eagle is his sacred animal and he is depicted holding a thunderbolt in his right hand along with an eagle and globe by the artists. What is the difference between Jupiter and Zeus? • Zeus and Jupiter are believed to be the same gods having different names in Greek and Roman mythology. • Many historians believe Greeks and Romans to have Indo European ancestry, and the day-father identity of Zeus and Jupiter is believed to have originated from the Indo European god who was in charge of the weather. • Zeus was the chief god, the king of gods of the Greeks, whereas Jupiter was the king of gods of the Romans. Related posts: the info is good, but i don’t see a difference Latest Posts


Who had their first cooking series on UK television in the 1970s?

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | How celebrity chefs change the way we eat How celebrity chefs change the way we eat By Finlo Rohrer BBC News Magazine Delia baked the cake on the cover of the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed It is 40 years since Delia Smith published her first recipe and in that time the British public's diet has changed radically under the auspices of a wave of celebrity chefs. In 2001, the phrase "Delia effect" was included in a mainstream British dictionary. It described the phenomenon by which supermarket shelves were suddenly emptied of particular items featured on Delia Smith's TV programmes. Whether it was cranberries, vegetable bouillon powder or pestles and mortars, the phenomenon suggested that celebrity chefs could have a powerful influence on our eating habits. It was not just restricted to Smith. Jamie Oliver managed to create a surge in demand for goose fat after he used it to get crispy roast potatoes. So too did Nigella Lawson, advocating it as a Christmas essential. Marguerite Patten, left, in 1950 Marguerite Patten, 93, having done radio programmes on food during World War II and her first television cookery programme in 1947, has a unique perspective on how we are persuaded to try new food. Travelling around the UK, outside the big cities, she is amazed at the diversity of what we eat when we are out. "I've always been fascinated that when you travel through the smallest towns and villages you can eat Thai, Japanese and French." And at home, the changes in our eating habits are illustrated by what is considered a "staple" dish to cook at home. Thai green and red curries and stir fries are considered utterly unremarkable. And this is at least in part due to celebrity chefs. ... and with Gary Rhodes "Chinese and Indian meals had been around since the 1960s but people tended to go out for those. "It wasn't until we had shows with Ken Hom and Madhur Jaffrey [in the 1980s] that people realised what they had been eating wasn't the genuine thing at all." There have been TV chefs almost as long as there was television. As well as Patten's debut in 1947, a year after the post-war return of television, there was also Philip Harben, showing people how to make chips or flip pancakes in the 1940s. And of course, Fanny Cradock with her notions of continental sophistication, and Elizabeth David, who introduced French and Italian cooking into the national culinary consciousness. Advertisement Delia has tried to teach us - so can you boil the pefect egg? But the 1980s saw a new wave of celebrity chefs. One of the benchmarks was a 1985 BBC Food and Drink special called Anton Goes to Sheffield. Swiss-born Anton Mosimann first came to prominence as chef de cuisine at London's Dorchester Hotel in 1975. The idea of sending him to an "ordinary" family living in a council house - to help make Sunday lunch for under £10 - sounds rather similar to Jamie Oliver's current modus operandi. Lamb went in the oven at five o'clock in the morning - by the evening it was an unhappy-looking lamb Anton Mosimann In the years since his first public appearance, Mosimann has sensed a radical shift in the way the British eat. "The turnaround has been fantastic over the past 20 years. London is now one of the best places to eat [in the world]." The rapid increase in leisure air travel has meant "people travelling to Europe and the Far East demanding better food", says Mosimann. And what the modern gourmand may fail to understand is that if you go back to the 1970s, to the early years of Delia, even the standard of meals outside the home could be very limited. In Jonathan Coe's nostalgic novel, The Rotters' Club, there is a delightful scene where a meeting between shop steward and car plant manager takes place in what is viewed as the nearly insane luxury and sophistication of a Berni Inn. Prepared much earlier And the limitations in cuisine could go all the way to the top. When Mosimann took over at the Dorchester, not all was well. The late Clement Freud - a noted food writer - cooking at home "Food was often cooked the day before. It wa


"What is ""A"" in the International Radio Alphabet?"

International Radio Operators Phoenetic Alphabet Contact The        International Radio Operators Phonetic Alphabet Here's a useful link that has this sort of info for many languages         and standards, tho it's arranged a little oddly: http://www.columbia.edu/~fuat/cuarc/phonetic.html Alpha


Who was physician to James I and Charles I, and whose chief discovery was to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart, which he published in 1628?

William Harvey - iSnare Free Encyclopedia William Harvey For other people named William Harvey, see William Harvey (disambiguation) . William Harvey De Motu Cordis (on Circulation of the blood ) Signature William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made seminal contributions in anatomy and physiology . He was the first known to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart , though earlier writers, such as Realdo Colombo , Michael Servetus , and Jacques Dubois , had provided precursors of the theory. [1] [2] In 1973 the William Harvey Hospital was constructed in the town of Ashford , several miles from his birthplace of Folkestone. Contents 14 External links Family William's father, Thomas Harvey, was a jurat of Folkestone where he served the office of mayor in 1600. Records and personal descriptions delineate him as an overall calm, diligent, and intelligent man whose "sons... revered, consulted and implicitly trusted in him... (they) made their father the treasurer of their wealth when they acquired great estates...(He) kept, employed, and improved their gainings to their great advantage." [3] Thomas Harvey's portrait can still be seen in the central panel of a wall of the dining-room at Rolls Park, Chigwell , in Essex . William was the eldest of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, of Thomas and his wife Joan Halke. Notable family connections include Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham , who married William's niece Elizabeth Harvey, and the diplomat Sir Daniel Harvey .[ citation needed ] Biography Early life and the University of Padua Harvey's initial education was carried out in Folkestone, where he learned Latin . He then entered the King's School ( Canterbury ). Harvey stayed at the King's School for five years, after which he matriculated at Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge in 1593. Harvey graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from Caius in 1597. [4] He then travelled through France and Germany to Italy , where he entered the University of Padua , in 1599. During Harvey's years of study there, he developed a relationship with Fabricius and read Fabricius's De Venarum Ostiolis. Harvey graduated as a Doctor of Medicine at the age of 24 from the University of Padua on 25 April 1602. It reports that Harvey had "conducted himself so wonderfully well in the examination and had shown such skill, memory and learning that he had far surpassed even the great hopes which his examiners had formed of him." [5] The College of Physicians, Marriage and Saint Bartholomew's Hospital After graduating from Padua, Harvey immediately returned to England where he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cambridge that same year, and became a fellow of Gonville and Caius College . Following this, Harvey established himself in London , joining the Royal College of Physicians on 5 October 1604. A few weeks after his admission, Harvey married Elizabeth Browne, "daughter of Lancelot Browne Dr. Physic". [6] They had no children. Harvey was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians on 5 June 1607, which earned him the Post-nominal letters FRCP, and he then accepted a position at St Bartholomew's Hospital that he was to occupy for almost all the rest of his life. Succeeding a Dr Wilkinson on 14 October 1609, he became the Physician in charge at St Bartholomew's Hospital , which enjoined him, "in God 's most holy name" to "endeavor yourself to do the best of your knowledge in the profession of physic to the poor then present, or any other of the poor at any time of the week which shall be sent home unto you by the Hospitaller... You shall not, for favor, lucre or gain, appoint or write anything for the poor but such good and wholesome things as you shall think with your best advice will do the poor good, without any affection or respect to be had to the apothecary. And you shall take no gift or reward... for your counsel... This you will promise to do as you shall answer before God... " [


Where did Sherlock Holmes lose his struggle with Moriarty but did not die after all?

Sherlock: How Detective Holmes returned from the dead and fooled us all over again | Daily Mail Online comments When the Christmas edition of The Strand Magazine appeared in December 1893, it created a literary sensation the like of which had not been seen before,  nor has it since. ‘It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen,’ are the words with which The Final Problem opened — the words with which Doctor Watson announced that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had killed off his greatest creation. Sherlock Holmes was dead — having tumbled to his death from the Reichenbach Falls, locked in a death-struggle with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. The reaction to the great detective’s death was extreme. The Strand Magazine lost 20,000 subscribers — and fans of Holmes took to the streets wearing black armbands. Legend: Sherlock Holmes, played here by Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC series, has always evoked intense feeling from fans of the fictional detective Conan Doyle was less sentimental about Holmes than his admirers: the wild success of Holmes was starting to overshadow the rest of his literary output, and, as he put it: ‘I must save my mind for better things, even if it means I must bury my pocketbook with him.’ But there was international rejoicing when the needs of his pocketbook (in other words bank account), caused him to think again. Eight years later, in 1901, came The Hound Of The Baskervilles, a story set before Holmes’s death. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Conan Doyle then caved in entirely with The Adventure Of The Empty House in 1903. The escapade at the Reichenbach Falls did not, Watson revealed, kill the detective after all. The stage was set for Holmes to appear in as many more stories as Conan Doyle chose to write. This was one of the earliest instances of a narrative device — a cheat, really — known as ‘retconning’: retrospectively altering the continuity. Anyone who watched those old Saturday morning cartoon serials will recognise it. At the end of one episode, we see Rocket Man crash into a cliff. In the ‘previously’ section at the beginning of the next, the same footage appears, doctored to show Rocket Man strapped into a parachute and bouncing merrily down to safety. Retconning is a staple of science fiction and comic-book writing, so it’s fitting that when Sherlock Holmes ‘died’ again in the BBC series on Sunday, he did so under the auspices of a team of brilliant writers familiar with the device — the show was co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, though Steve Thompson wrote Sunday’s episode — all of whom have worked on the BBC’s Doctor Who. Dramatic: The writing team have used incredible ingenuity to ramp up the tension in reworked plotlines So could they convince a telly-savvy, internet-age audience that Holmes was really deceased? They certainly created a magnificent teaser. We saw, or thought we saw, Sherlock fall to his death from the roof of St Bart’s hospital. Watson rushed towards him, hindered only by a coincidental — or was it? — collision with a cyclist. We saw a pulse taken, blood on the pavement and a body being carted off in an ambulance. Later, we saw Watson and housekeeper Mrs Hudson: sole mourners at a gravestone marked Sherlock Holmes. Finally, Watson delivered an affecting soliloquy, adapting the lines The Final Problem about ‘the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known’, before turning to walk from the grave. The camera cut away... and there was the lugubrious face of Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch, looking secretly on. Holmes is alive! But how? Instead of breaking out the black armbands this time, the online world and the water coolers of offices are fizzing with elaborate and ingenious theories as to how he survived. Popular hero: Writer Arthur Conan Doyle said he had never been as sentimental over his much-loved characters as the readers Did Holmes’s friend Molly, the pathologist, supply a Sherlock-sized corpse to be tossed off the building? Did Sherlock drug himself to stop his own heart? Did brother Mycroft co-ordinate it from his position at the hea


What is the maximum number of individual players for Ludo?

World championships | Ludo Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia ILU The World Ludo Championships are played every four years to determine the world champions of ludo. The championships currently consist of six events. In addition to the team event (the "Riber Cup") and the pairs event, four individual titles are contested: the open event (usually referred to simply as the "world championship"), open to players of all genders and ages, as well as separate events for women, juniors (Under 22), and veterans (50+). The first world championships were held in 1919 with 16 players from 4 countries, competing in two events (individual and team). The latest championships were held in 2011; the next will take place in December 2015. Contents Edit Originally, countries were divided into two tiers. The so-called test nations or "full members" of the ILU automatically qualified for the team event, while all other countries had to go through a qualification tournament (before World War II) or qualify via the continental championships. Today all countries have to qualify. Similarly, each test nation originally had a certain number of fixed places in the individual event. Furthermore, until 2003 the reigning individual world champion qualified directly for the final and only had to defend their title in that one match against three challengers. Since 2007, the reigning champion "only" qualifies directly for the tournament, but has to play through all four rounds to retain the title. Team matches are played in the standard format with four-man teams and 8-game matches. Each team is allowed a maximum of two alternates - for a total of six players - which can be used at will. The individual open event is played over four rounds with matches of 8, 8, 12, and 16 games, respectively - the world championship final is the only match in tournament ludo to be played over 16 games. In the women's, junior, and veteran events the finals are played over 12 games. History Edit The idea of a tournament to determine the strongest player in the world dates back to the earliest years of ludo. The two inventors of the modern game, K. H. Olsson and James Preston , were also the brains behind this concept, and in the years leading up to World War I they discussed it with their counterparts overseas. Plans were in the works to stage a tournament in 1914 or 15, but the war put an end end to that. It wasn't until 1919, when international ludo activities resumed, that the plans were fully realized and the first world ludo championships became a reality, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December of that year. Pre-World War II (1919-35) Edit Four countries were arranging their own ludo events - both open tournaments and national championships - at the time: Denmark , Great Britain , the United States , and Australia . Representatives of these four met in Copenhagen in December 1919 to with two purposes. One was to create an international ludo federation - thus the ILLU was born. The governing body of ludo worldwide still holds its congress every fours years in conjunction with the world championships. The other purpose of the meeting in Copenhagen was the staging of a tournament to determine the best ludo player and the best team in the world. 16 players took part in the individual tournament, which was won by the host nation's Einar Jensen , who also captained the Danish team to victory in the team tournament. The trophy awarded to the winners was a sight to behold: made in pure gold and already valued at £ 10,000 at the time, it is considered priceless today. The name of the trophy was decided by James Preston , one of the two creators of the tournament. According to his own version of the story, he was struggling to come up with an appropriate name when his wife's cat jumped unto his desk, causing papers and documents to fly all over the place.The name of the cat was Riber (pronounced REE-ber) - and so the Riber Cup became the name of the most prestigious trophy in ludo. ...


The Union Jack, the British flag, is a combination of flags of different saints. Where does the blue come from?

The Union Jack Flag - Flag of the United Kingdom The Union Jack Is a Combination of the Flags of England, Scotland, and Ireland The Union Jack Flag.  Share By Matt Rosenberg The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Jack has been in existence since 1606, when England and Scotland merged, but changed to its current form in 1801 when Ireland joined the United Kingdom Why the Three Crosses? In 1606, when England and Scotland were both ruled by one monarch (James I), the first Union Jack flag was created by merging the English flag (the red cross of Saint George on a white background) with the Scottish flag (the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew on a blue background). Then, in 1801, the addition of Ireland to the United Kingdom added the Irish flag (the red Saint Patrick's cross) to the Union Jack. The crosses on the flags relate to the patron saints of each entity - St. George is the patron saint of England, St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Why Is It Called the Union Jack? While no one is quite certain where the term "Union Jack" originated, there are many theories. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World "Union" is thought to come from the union of the three flags into one.  As for "Jack," one explanation states that for many centuries a "jack" referred to a small flag flown from a boat or ship and perhaps the Union Jack was used there first.  Others believe that "Jack" could come from the name of James I or from a soldier's "jack-et." There are plenty of theories, but, in truth, the answer is that no one knows for sure where "Jack" came from. Also Called the Union Flag The Union Jack, which is most properly called the Union Flag, is the official flag of the United Kingdom and has been in its current form since 1801. The Union Jack on Other Flags The Union Jack is also incorporated into the flags of four independent countries of the British Commonwealth - Australia , Fiji , Tuvalu , and New Zealand .


Babe Ruth played for which Major League Baseball team in 1936?

Babe Ruth Biography - ESPN Babe Ruth Biography Personal Babe Ruth is a former Major League Baseball player, widely considered to be the greatest baseball player of all-time, starting his career as a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. In a controversial deal with the New York Yankees, Ruth was sold for $100,00 in a trade that would later be known as "The Curse of the Bambino." With the Yankees, Ruth moved to the outfield and transformed into one of the greatest hitters of all time. He was the first player to hit 60 home runs in a season. Ruth ended his career with a .342 batting average and 714 home runs, which was a record until Hank Aaron surpassed him in 1974. Ruth was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Early Years George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on Feb. 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Md., to Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr. Only two of their eight children survived past infancy: Ruth, and his sister, Mamie. At age seven, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a reformatory and orphanage. Ruth spent 12 years at the school, rarely seeing his family. It was at St. Mary's that Ruth started playing baseball. He played a variety of positions but played catcher mostly until the age of 15. Ruth started pitching and switched between pitcher and catcher on the St. Mary's varsity baseball team. Professional Career Minor league career During a game in 1913 between St. Mary's and Mount St. Mary's University, Ruth's pitching skills caught the attention of Washington Senators pitcher Joe Engel. Engel told Jack Dunn, owner of the then-minor league Baltimore Orioles, about the prospect, and Dunn signed Ruth to a contract on Feb. 14, 1914. Ruth earned the nickname of "Babe" after teammates referred to him as Jack Dunn's newest babe. The nickname stuck with Ruth for the rest of his career. On July 7, 1914, Ruth was nearly sold to the Philadelphia Athletics along with Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000. Athletics owner and manager Connie Mack refused to spend $10,000 on the trio. Ruth was eventually sold to the Boston Red Sox. Boston Red Sox (1914-19) Babe Ruth made his major league debut on July 11, 1914, for the Boston Red Sox. Ruth appeared in five games during the 1914 season, pitching in four of them. On the mound, Ruth went 2-1 with a 3.91 ERA, and he went just 2-for-10 with two RBI at the plate. Ruth spent a majority of the season with the Providence Grays in the minor leagues. Ruth landed a spot in the Red Sox pitching rotation during the 1915 season. In his first full season as a starter, Ruth went 18-18 with a 2.44 ERA in 28 starts. Ruth showed his first glimpse of power at the plate, slugging four home runs and driving in 21 runs. Ruth made his postseason debut in the 1915 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, grounding out in his only at-bat. In 1916, Ruth led the American League in earned run average (1.75), games started (41) and shutouts (9). He went 23-12, including four victories over Washington Senators great Walter Johnson. The Red Sox won their second-straight World Series championship in 1916. Ruth pitched a 14-inning complete game in Game 2 against the Brooklyn Robins. Ruth had his best season as a pitcher in 1917, going 24-13 with a 2.01 ERA and 35 complete games. On June 23, 1917, against the Senators, Ruth threw a punch at an umpire after walking the leadoff hitter. He received a 10-game suspension for his actions. In 1918, Ruth started to shift his playing time from the mound to the outfield. At the plate, Ruth led the league in home runs with 11 and batted .300 with 66 RBI. On the mound, Ruth started Game 1 of the 1918 World Series, throwing a 1-0 shutout over the Chicago Cubs. In Game 4, Ruth pitched eight innings, allowing just two earned runs and striking out six in a 3-2 victory. The Red Sox won the World Series in six games. Ruth hit .322 with 29 home runs and 114 RBI in 1919, which turned out to be his final season with the Red Sox. The 29 home runs was a single-season record at the time. In his last season as a starting pitcher, Ruth went 9-5 with a 2.97 E


Lake Huron is connected by the Sault Ste. Marie Canal to which other lake?

The Soo Locks, Sault Ste Marie Soo Locks – a Wonder of Engineering and Human Ingenuity A Day on Soo Locks Get a glimpse of maritime history at the Soo Locks, where freighters , barges, tugboats and more traverse the 21-foot drop between Lake Superior and Lake Huron every day and night. See how the Soo Locks work HERE . They are legendary in the maritime world – a group of mighty Locks that have provided safe passage and a vital shipping connection within the Great Lakes for nearly 160 years. But they are so much more. They are a wonder of engineering and a living, breathing history lesson. They provide a flight of fantasy as one imagines the highs and lows of a life spent on the seas. They are the destination for nearly 1 million visitors annually – each taking something different and fresh away from the experience. How can something so old feel so new? Visit and see for yourself! Whether tracing the path of a 1,000-foot freighter aboard a tour boat or watching the action from the observation platform located within Soo Locks park, first-timers and old-timers alike flock to the Soo Locks to see vessels haul vital cargo and share a wave and a smile with the merchant mariners aboard these massive ships. The first State Lock was built in 1855. Up until then, explorers, fur traders, and Native Americans portaged their canoes and cargoes around the rapids. Everything would change when a 21-foot drop in water levels was rendered less important with the construction of a Lock. Much has been written about the history of this impressive facility. During its first year of operation, the canal was navigated by 27 vessels. In recent years, nearly 7,000 vessels pass through the Locks annually hauling 86 million tons of cargo.  The four Locks operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers – the Davis, Sabin, MacArthur, and Poe locks – continue to provide the much-needed connection between Superior and Huron. Currently, all ships utilize the larger Poe (1,200 feet) and MacArthur (800 feet) locks. The Soo Locks Visitors Center is open from Mid-May through Mid-October from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Year round Soo Locks Park hours here . Wondering when the next ship is anticipated? Call the Vessel Recording: (906) 253-9290 For information off-season please call the Sault Ste. Marie Convention and Visitors Bureau: (906)632-3366 See the Ships & Explore the Park Observation Platform, as seen from Portage Avenue From a brand-new observation platform situated at the Lock’s edge enjoy an up-close-and-personal glimpse of life aboard freshwater and ocean-going freighters some of which can carry as much as 72,000 tons of cargo in a single pass. Unique vessels are occasionally sighted including tall ships, sailboats, cruise ships, and military crafts. The observation platform features both enclosed and open air areas and is handicap accessible. The park, observation platform and visitors center are all open to the public and free of charge. A few steps from the water’s edge a serene park of shady grass, defined walkways, manicured gardens and a democracy of trees representing those found throughout the Upper Peninsula are found. Whether walking the park or relaxing on a bench visitors enjoy a peaceful day in Soo Locks Park. Also on the grounds the historic 1899 U.S. Weather Bureau Building houses the administrative office home of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. Open year-round, the building offers a public exhibit, museum store sales area, and access to the Shipwreck Society’s noted Great Lakes Images and Papers Collection. Friends and Facts at the Soo Locks Visitors Center Ready to Welcome Visitors The story of the Soo Locks is a fascinating history lesson that comes alive in the Soo Locks Visitors Center. Illustrative displays and scheduled films tell the story of Native Americans, French explorers, fur traders and others who portaged canoes and cargo around the impassable rapids until the discovery of iron ore and copper in the Lake Superior basin led to the push for a more cost-efficient means of bypassing the rapids. This fre


"What is known in poker as ""dead man's hand"""

Dead Man's Hand - Cursed Poker Hand History Revealed Dead Man's Hand What was the fifth card of the dead man's hand? Queen of Clubs The card had not been dealt The question is moot Are you interested to bet on  slots then I think you will like this page.   The History of the Dead Man's Hand James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-1876) Despite the suggestive title, dead man's hand is an idiom and does not refer to the stiff and lifeless hand of a dead man. Dead man's hand refers to the poker hand that James Butler Hickok, aka Wild Bill Hickok, was holding when he was shot dead from behind on the 2nd of August in the year of 1876. The location was saloon no. 10 in one of the wildest cities in the old wild west; namely Deadwood in South Dakota. It is established that it was a game of five-card-draw poker but the exact hand that Wild Bill Hickok was holding remains elusive for there are no citations of the hand that are contemporary with his murder. Things are further complicated by the fact that dead man's hand was an established poker idiom associated with a number of different hands well before Hickok was murdered. Apparantly a considerable number of people met their maker when playing poker in the old wild west. What we can learn from this is that alcohol, gambling, knives and guns are a bad mix.       Dead Man's Hand The earliest known reference to a dead man's poker hand is from 1886 and it is there described as three jacks and a pair of tens. It was, however, not a reference to Wild Bill Hickok's hand. Although the evidence is lacking, it is generally "accepted" that Hickok's hand was ace of spades, ace of clubs, eight of spades and eight of clubs. There are many claims as to what the fifth card was and there is even reason to believe that it had been discarded and that Bill was drawing his final card when he was shot dead. Whether the fifth card was queen of diamonds, jack of diamonds, five of diamonds, nine of diamonds or queen of clubs, all of which have been suggested in various contexts, it is likely that Hickok was already holding the winning hand and that the fifth card would not have changed anything. Whether the hand in question is cursed and a foreboding of death remains unknown, just like the actual cards of the hand. But this is only fitting for when you are gambling you are dealing with the unknown; you have the devil breathing at your neck and the abyss in front of you and the future is beyond your control. Any hand you receive could be a dead man's hand. Bear this in mind the next time you inspect the poker hand you have been dealt. Now don't go all superstitious over the whole thing. We are just speaking figuratively. To increase your chances of surviving in poker, don't stake all your poker money at once and don't play against criminals. That way the dead man's hand will remain a fable.


For a constant sound wave, what is the distance between successive crests called?

Wave-notes Wavelength  The distance to where the wave    repeats, (crest to crest or trough to trough).  l meters (m) Amplitude The height of a wave measured from    the center of the undisturbed material to the highest or lowest    point of the wave (crest or trough). A meters (m) Crest The high point of a wave.   Trough The low point of a wave     Frequency The number of to and fro vibrations in a given    time. For waves: The number of waves that pass in a given interval    of time. f 1/s or Hertz (Hz) Period The time for a particular motion to repeat. For    waves: The time for one complete wave to pass. T Wave speed The distance a wave travels divided by the time    the wave travels. v Frequency and period are reciprocals of each other. f = 1/T or T = 1/f Period: The time for one complete wave to pass. symbol: T units: seconds (s) Frequency: The number of waves produced per unit of time. symbol: f units: 1/seconds or (Hz), (1/s) Frequency and period are reciprocals of each other. f = 1/T and T = 1/f Same equation just rearranged. Wavelength: The distance from crest to crest. symbol: l units: meters (m) Wave speed: How fast a wave travels. The distance the wave travels divided by the time the wave travels. symbol: v units: meters/second (m/s) v = f*l Check the difference between wave speed and frequency!   Types of Waves There are two types of waves that we will consider in this course, transverse and longitudinal. Transverse waves have the material that makes up the wave move at right angles to the direction of travel of the wave. Examples would be a guitar string or phone cord vibrating, or the crowd wave in a stadium (people stand then sit back down). Notice in the diagram below how the particle move up and down as the wave moves to the right.   Longitudinal waves are those which move the particles that make up the wave parallel to the direction of travel of the wave. Examples would be sound waves and water waves under the surface. In the diagram below, you can see how the particles move right and left as the wave moves to the right (particles move parallel to wave travel direction): Click here to see the differences between these two waves - along with examples of standing waves for each type. Water waves are a bit complicated, but generally the waves at the surface are thought of as transverse and the waves deeper down are longitudinal. They actaully are a combination of the two as particles move in ellipses. The deeper you go, the more longitudinal they become. Check out the diagram below:   The Doppler Effect The Doppler Effect was first described by Christian Doppler (1803 - 1853) of Austria. The motion of a source of a wave or the motion of the receiver of the wave can affect the frequency of the wave. The best definition is as follows. The Doppler Effect is the apparent change in frequency of a wave due to the relative motion of the source or the receiver of the wave. All types of waves, sound, light, water, can exhibit the Doppler Effect. Example: A motorcycle moving toward you, the pitch is increased compared to when it is moving away from you. Why? The speed of a wave in a material is constant. As you can see in this example, a source of waves which is stationary emits circular wavefronts in all directions. An observer to the right and left would observe the same wavelength and frequency. If the source moves to the right, you see the following: As the source or receiver moves toward each other the waves in front appear to squish together. A shorter wavelength means a higher frequency (bigger number). The product of wavelength and the wave frequency must equal the wave speed at all times. As the source or receiver move away from each other the opposite happens. The wavelength is longer which means the frequency must be lower (smaller number) in order for the wave speed to remain the same. In the picture above, you can see an observer to the right would observe a shorter wavelength, higher frequency. An observer to the left of this source would observe a longer wavelength, lower freque


"Which character in ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" appears frequently in drag?"

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Connections - IMDb The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Connections Showing all 374 items Based on the same source material. Remade as  Rope  (1948) In the dinner scene, Frank and the guests are eating off a table with Eddie's dead body underneath. Tarantula  (1955) From "Science Fiction Double Feature": "Leo G. Carroll was over a barrel when Tarantula took to the hills" From "Science Fiction Double Feature": "And I really got hot when I saw Jeanette Scott fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills" Underdog  (1964) (TV Series) Jubilee  (1978) The phrase "Don't dream it, be it" is used, referencing Jubilee actor Richard O'Brien's previous cult hit. The Incredible Hulk: The First: Part 1  (1981) (TV Episode) In the scene where the kids car breaks down and they notice a light on at the old house the dialogue, lighting, and camera angles are almost identicle to the scene where Brad and Janets car breaks down near the Frank-N-Furter mansion. Blue Money  (1985) (TV Movie) A guest at a costume party is dressed as Dr. Frank N Furter. Clue  (1985) Tim Curry in both movies owns a mansion in the middle of nowhere, and in both movies someone goes to the house while it's raining to use their phone. Doctor Who: Ghost Light: Part Three  (1989) (TV Episode) A trend of "borrowing" throughout the serial comes to a head in this episode, most notably at the dinner scene, where the remains of a previous "guest" are served. The plot itself is also highly indebted: the victorian mansion conceals an alien ship, the lead alien has deviated from his mission objectives to fulfil his own selfish goals, and he ends up being usurped by his inferiors, as the ship takes off again. Also, numerous aesthetic similarities, including the bizarre manservant, evil maids, people turning to statues, cross-dressing, and the gothic / steampunk ambience. Les secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelgluck  (1991) In the first sketch, the scene when Villeret seeks shelter from the pouring rain at the hotel is a direct reference to the scene where Riff Raff opens the door to Brad & Janet. Later in the sketch, Charlotte de Turckheim's character looks a lot like Magenta. Daria: Monster  (1998) (TV Episode) Brittany says, "Didn't you see the Rocky Horror Picture Show last month? Kevin and I wore each other's underwear." Jawbreaker  (1999) Refererences to Courtney's creation, and her line, "I made you, and I can break you just as easily." Spaced: Gatherings  (1999) (TV Episode) Tim complains about when the Time Warp comes on a mix tape and then says how the movie is "boil in the bag perversion for sexually repressed accountants and 1st year drama students with too many posters of Betty Blue, The Blues Brothers and Big Blue and Blue Velvet on their blue bloody walls!" Shower of Blood  (2004) (Video) Dinner scene in which the main antagonist serves the remains of a deceased minor character to his unsuspecting guests. Additionally, the plot and structure are similar (A depraved genius traps naive youngsters in his mansion where he attempts, variously, to seduce, corrupt, and destroy them). Shaun of the Dead  (2004) In one scene, Pete comments "look, I've done a lot of stupid things..." and one of the stupid things he mentions doing is "dressing up as Frank-N-Furter." Frank-N-Furter is the mad scientist character portrayed by Tim Curry in the 1975 film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." City of Heroes  (2004) (Video Game) In the "Rescue Dr. Frank N. Scott" mission, in which the Carnival of Shadows has captured a specialist with knowledge of magical rituals, the hostage's name is a combination of the movie's two doctors, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and Dr. Everett Von Scott. As you approach the group of enemies from which you rescue Dr. Scott, his captors will claim they "already know that the ritual begins with a jump to the left... and then a step to the right." Finally, after rescuing Dr. Scott, he explains that "if they'd pried that ritual from me, it could have opened a time warp, or worse!"


About Helen of Troy About Helen of Troy Robert E. Bell H elen of Sparta was perhaps the most inspired character in all literature, ancient or modern. A whole war, one which lasted for ten years, was fought over her. Not only that, nearly all the myths of the heroic age were threaded together in such a way that this most idealized of all wars was the culmination of various exploits, including the Argonaut, the Theban wars, and the Calydonian boar hunt. It is as though this event was in the destiny of every dynasty formed from the beginning of things. Helen, the face that launched a thousand ships, was a tantalizing enigma from the very first. She was flesh and blood certainly, but she was also immortal, since her father was none other than Zeus. Her mother was the beautiful Leda, queen of Sparta, who was ravished by the father of the gods in the form of a swan. Leda's husband was Tyndarecus, who later the same night, unaware of his feathered predecessor, also impregnated his wife. She produced two eggs, one of which yielded Helen and Polydeuces and the other of which contained Castor and Clytemnestra. While a swan's egg can be accepted for the sake of myth, it has never made much sense that the part of her pregnancy initiated by Tyndareus should produce an egg as well. This most curious of births has been subjected to all manner of combinations over the years. As delicious as the story of Leda was, some commentators even went so far as to suggest that Helen and the Dioscuri were conceived at Rhamnus in Attica by Zeus and Nemesis, the usually rather stern and sexless goddess whose job it was to curb excesses. Nemesis, not happy with being raped by a swan, laid an egg and left it. Leda found it, and when the egg hatched it produced Helen and the Dioscuri. In that case, Clytemnestra was not even a sister of Helen. It is difficult to imagine the childhood of the famous egg-born quartet. Two of them could be injured, perhaps, but not fatally; two had special gifts that made them physically and mentally superior. Apparently there was no jealousy among them. Castor and Polydeuces were so closely attached they swore to die together, even if Polydeuces could not hope to fulfill this resolve. The relationship between Helen and Clytemnestra was not so simple. Helen was stunningly beautiful, and this must have caused Clytemnestra some wistful moments when inevitable comparisons were made. When the sisters reached puberty, Helen was kidnapped. Both the aging Theseus, king of Athens, and his friend Peirithous, king of Larissa, wanted to have sex with one of Zeus' daughters before they died. Theseus chose Helen, whose remarkable beauty was already talked of far and wide. The abductors took her to Aphidna, a small city north of Athens, and left her in the safekeeping of one of Theseus' vassals. He put his mother, Aethra, with her as a guardian and companion. Inevitably, stories arose that Theseus took her into safekeeping to do Tyndarcus a favor. One of Tyndarcus' nephews was persistently pursuing her as a suitor, even at her very young age. Another story said the sons of Apharcus, Idas and Lynceus, stole her, which caused the famous fatal battle between them and the Dioscuri. There can be little question that Theseus took Helens virginity. After all, that was the object of the kidnapping. Some suppose that he planned to keep her intact until she reached marriageable age. But the more realistic writers even gave the couple a child. Interestingly, but improbably, the child was Iphigeneia. We cannot know how long Helen was at Aphidna. Theseus had accomplished his goal, so he left her and went with Peirithous to Hades to steal Persephone. This was foolhardy as it turned out, for both were imprisoned, Peirithous forever. The Dioscuri meanwhile raised an army and marched on Athens. The Athenians knew nothing of the outrage to their sister, but one Academus had knowledge of the facts and revealed the hiding place. The brothers razed Aphidna and delivered Helen, whom they carried home to Sparta, along with Aethra and Peirithous' sister as pers


"What appeared in a newspaper for the first time on 22 March 1904 in the USA's ""Daily Illustrated Mirror""?"

Sunday Mirror Newspaper Archive - Historic Newspapers Historic Newspapers Free Delivery when buying 3 or more items 03300 669700 Call for Assistance Sunday Mirror Newspaper Archive Commemorate a Special Date with a Sunday Mirror Newspaper Gift An old archive edition of the Sunday Mirror newspaper is a very memorable birthday or anniversary gift. Recipients love to read what was happening in the news on their date of birth or on the day of their wedding. It creates a fascinating connection with their past, which make these old issues of the Sunday Mirror newspaper stand out as such a special gift. Choose your Date View Available Newspapers from the Archive Choose your Gift Pack option Personalise your Certificate of Authenticity The Perfect Gift for Any Occasion The Sunday Mirror Newspaper Your newspaper gift can be further personalised by adding the recipient’s name, the occasion, and a personal greeting on the Certificate of Authenticity, which acts as a guarantee that your copy of the Sunday Mirror is a genuine original newspaper . Historic Newspapers have the UK’s largest archive of the Sunday Mirror, stretching back over one hundred years. To see the newspaper titles we have for your chosen special day, simply select the date in the box below. A Brief History of the Sunday Mirror The Sunday Mirror newspaper is part of Mirror Group Newspapers, which is a subsidiary of Trinity Mirror plc. It is printed in tabloid format and as of December 2008, it has an average weekly circulation of 1,315,188 copies. The newspaper takes a centre-left political stance and has supported the Labour Party since 1945. The Sunday Mirror was founded as “The Sunday Pictorial” by Harold Harmsworth (later Lord Rothermere) on 14th March 1915. The newspaper was originally launched as a photographic journal and Harmsworth declared that it would be the sister paper of The Daily Mirror, carrying the motto “The Great Sunday Picture Newspaper”. Although printed in tabloid format since formation, the Sunday Pictorial was aimed at the conservative middle classes and thus contained features on fashion and society. It was an immediate success, reaching a stunning circulation of over one million copies within six months. Lord Rothermere sold his shares in Mirror Newspapers between 1931 and 1935, but this did not mark the end of the Harmsworth dynasty’s influence on the Sunday Pictorial. In 1935, Lord Rothermere appointed his nephew, Cecil Harmsworth King, as a director of the newspaper. Cecil King took charge of political coverage and he appointed Hugh Cudlipp as editor of the paper in 1937. Together, they transformed the Sunday Pictorial into a left wing newspaper for the working classes and it supported the Labour Party for the first time at the 1945 General Election. By the end of the 1940s, circulation rose to an average daily sale of five million copies, outselling its sister paper, the Daily Mirror. Circulation peaked at around 5.5 million copies during the 1950s. In 1951, Cecil King was promoted to Chairman of Daily Mirror Newspapers Limited. King added the Scottish Daily Record and the Sunday Mail to the company in 1955. He subsequently acquired Amalgamated Press (later renamed Fleetway) in 1958 and Odhams - publisher of the Daily Herald and Sunday People - in 1961. He then formed the International Publishing Corporation (IPC) on 31st December 1962. IPC quickly became the world’s largest publishing enterprise and Cecil King presided as Chairman of the company between 1963 and 1968. The Sunday Pictorial was renamed “The Sunday Mirror” on 7th April 1963, forty-eight years after its foundation as the sister paper of the Daily Mirror . The first edition of the Sunday Mirror was published as issue number one, rather than carrying on from the last edition of the Sunday Pictorial. Although IPC had part-owned Reed, a reverse take-over took place in 1970, meaning that Reed International took charge of IPC. In 1974, Reed separated the company into two sub-groups; IPC published the magazine titles and Mirror Group Newspapers organised the newspaper holdings,


What is the next in the series: Innsbruck, Austria; Grenoble, France; Sapporo, Japan; Innsbruck, Austria?

Olympic Games: Years and Location Olympic Games: Years and Location 1896 Lake Placid, United States (W) 1932 Los Angeles, United States (S) 1936 Squaw Valley, United States (W) 1960 Lake Placid, United States (W) 1980 Los Angeles, United States (S) 1988 Salt Lake City, United States (W) 2004 2010 Vancouver, Canada (W) (W)—Site of Winter Games. (S)—Site of Summer Games. The nine cities bidding for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games are: Paris, London, Moscow, Madrid, New York, Istanbul, Leipzig, Rio de Janeiro and Havana. The IOC will select the host city for the 2012 games on July 6, 2005.


"Which Latin poet wrote ""Satires"", ""Epodes"", ""Epistles"" and ""Carmen Seculare""?"

The odes, epodes, and carmen seculare of Horace. In Latin and English. With Critical Notes collected from his best latin and French Commentators. ... Vol. II. The second edition. Volume 2 of 4: Amazon.es: Horace: Libros en idiomas extranjeros DescripciÃ³n del producto Reseña del editor The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ <sourceLibrary>British Library <ESTCID>T042740 <Notes>Vols.2-4 have different titlepages: vol.2: 'The odes, epodes, and carmen seculare of Horace. .. '; vol.3: 'The satires of Horace. .. '; vol.4: 'The epistles and art of poetry of Horace. .. '. The first edition was published as 'The odes, epodes, and carm <imprintFull>London : printed for A. Millar, 1747. <collation>4v.,plate ; 12° Biografía del autor Horace was born in 65 bc. No es necesario ningÃºn dispositivo Kindle. DescÃ¡rgate una de las apps de Kindle gratuitas para comenzar a leer libros Kindle en tu smartphone, tablet u ordenador. Apple


What name is given to an ambassador to Great Britain who is representing a country that is a member of the British Commonwealth?

COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS Click on this link for a detailed survey of the current Realms of Queen Elizabeth II around the world Prime Ministers of the sixteen Commonwealth nations of whom Her Majesty the Queen is Head of State have agreed during their meeting in Perth to work together towards a common approach to amending the rules on the succession to their respective Crowns. They will wish unanimously to advise The Queen of their views and seek her agreement. All countries wish to see change in two areas. First, they wish to end the system of male preference primogeniture under which a younger son can displace an elder daughter in the line of succession. Second, they wish to remove the legal provision that anyone who marries a Roman Catholic shall be ineligible to succeed to the Crown. There are no other restrictions in the rules about the religion of the spouse of a person in the line of succession and the Prime Ministers felt that this unique barrier could no longer be justified. The Prime Ministers have agreed in principle that they will each work within their respective administrations to bring forward the necessary measures to enable all the realms to give effect to these changes simultaneously. Perth, Australia 28 October 2011  Click on the image below to view the front covers of passports currently issued in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories Decolonisation of the British Empire has meant that Commonwealth membership has grown from 10 members in 1957 (above) to 53 members today (below). Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II used in Commonwealth countries of which she is not Sovereign (e.g. India, Pakistan, Nigeria) or Realms which do not have a distinctive personal standard for her (e.g. Bahamas, Papua New Guinea. Grenada). Outside the Commonwealth, the Queen has visited countries on every continent, mostly represeting the United Kingdom, but sometimes representing her other Realms. She has visited the United States of America 6 times during her reign - 4 times as Queen of the United Kingdom, once as Queen of Canada and twice as Queen of all of her Realms. The Queen as visited France 8 times - 6 times as Queen of the United Kingdom, once as Queen of the United Kingdom and Canada and once as Queen of Canada. Commonly, in Realms of the Queen other than the United Kingdom, the Governors General, as the Queen's representatives, make visits on behalf of those countries. When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, The title of the British Monarch was changed from one imperial title covering the whole Commonwealth to individual titles in each realm giving each country some individuality. Examples of this are: Queen Elizabeth II coronation oath 1953: Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon, and of your Possessions and other Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs? 1952 title: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith Changed in 1953 to: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith  Also adopted distinctive titles in all other Commonwealth Realms. Some examples are: Canada: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith Australia: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Australia and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith Changed in 1973 to: Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth New Zealand: Her Majesty Elizabeth II


By what name is Gordon Sumner better known?

Gordon Sumner Discography at Discogs Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE Profile: Born: 2 October 1951 in Wallsend, UK. Better known as Sting , thanks to a striped jersey. One of the early bands Sumner played with was the Phoenix Jazzmen. He once performed wearing a black and yellow jersey with hooped stripes that bandleader Gordon Solomon had noted made him look like a bumblebee; thus Sumner became "Sting". He uses Sting almost exclusively, except on official documents. In a press conference, he once jokingly stated that even his children call him Sting. In June 2002, Sumner was awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), an honorary title that ranks just below knight. Sites:


Which species of llama from Peru and Chile is known for its soft, fine hair?

Camelidae - camels, llamas, alpacas, vicugnas | Wildlife Journal Junior Home       |       Wild Files       |       N.H. Animals       |       Animals A-Z       |       Watch Online Camelidae - camels, llamas, alpacas, vicugnas The six species in this family are found in two groups. Camels are found in Asia and Africa. Llamas, alpacas, and vicugnas are found in South America. The species in this family are large and most of them have been domesticated. They are herbivores and have three-chambered stomachs. Their top lip is split into two and they can move each part separately! They have long necks and a small head and long legs with padded feet with two large toes. They live in small groups made up of females and their young and one adult male. Although there are no living species of camelidae family in North America                                   today, the fossil record shows that the family started and evolved there. Scientists have found preserved remains in the La Brea Tar Pits near Los Angeles. The members of the camelidae family that were in North America probably resembled llamas. Members of this family migrated to South America and Asia over land bridges. By the end of the last glacial age, they had become extinct in North America. The bactrian camel is found in the                                   Gobi desert in Mongolia and China. The Gobi desert is a cold desert and the bactrian camel has many adaptations that help is survive in a cold desert habitat. It has two humps on its back. The hump is not filled with water; it is filled with fat. The camel uses this stored fat when water and food are scarce. While the bactrian camel doesn't store water in its humps, it does have special sack in its stomach that can hold over a gallon of water, and it can go a few days without drinking. In the winter, it has a thick, shaggy coat that helps keep it warm. Its bushy eyebrows; long double rows of eyelashes; and nostrils and lips that close tightly help  keep sand out of its eyes, nose, and mouth. The bactrian camel stands as tall as seven feet from its shoulder to its feet and can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. The bactrian camel is an herbivore and eats                                   grass, leaves, thorns, and bark. It prefers salty plants. It has tough lips that let it eat very hard vegetation. Most bactrian camels are now domesticated and there are only a few hundred in the wild. The dromedarian camel is found in the deserts in Africa and the Middle East. It has one hump that stores fat, not water. It stands 6-7 feet from its shoulder to its feet. It has long legs and padded feet with two toes. It has a long, curved neck and a small head with a long snout with nostrils that can close. Its upper lip is split into two sections, and it can pull its lips in tightly to keep out sand. It is light brown in color and has a shorter coat than the bactrian camel. It eats a wide variety of plants and can eat tough and hard plant parts that other animals can't chew or digest. It prefers salty plants. The llama, the guanaco, and the alpaca. They are all native to the Andes Mountains in South America and they are all herbivores. The only wild species is the guanaco. The llama and the alpaca are domesticated. The guanaco is found in the grasslands of the Andes Mountains. It has a small head, long legs, and a long neck. It is about 3.5 feet tall from shoulder to feet. It has a shaggy, reddish-brown coat and is white on its undersides.  Like the camels, it has a split upper lip. It eats grasses and shrubs. The guanaco lives in groups of females and their young and one adult male. It can run at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. The guanaco is a protected species in Chile and Peru. The llama and the alpaca are descended from the guanaco. The llama was domesticated from the guanaco 4,000-5,000 years ago. Llama were used as pack animals. The llama is                                   5.


What was the name of the hurricane that badly damaged New Orleans in 2005?

CNN.com - Katrina hits Louisiana schools hard - Sep 10, 2005 Katrina hits Louisiana schools hard Teachers told to apply for jobs in other districts RELATED Manage Alerts | What Is This? BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (CNN) -- Hurricane Katrina displaced one-quarter of the teachers in the New Orleans area and several districts will have to rebuild, Louisiana's education chief said. State schools Superintendent Cecil J. Picard posted the results of a parish-by-parish survey of hurricane damage on the state Department of Education's Web site. "It's clear from these damage reports that several of our districts will have to completely rebuild the majority of their schools and I will help them in any way I can," Picard said. He urged parents with children who had attended schools in Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes to enroll them in schools where they found shelter from the hurricane. He advised displaced teachers to seek jobs in areas where they are staying as well. The Department of Education placed a full page ad in Louisiana newspapers on Friday instructing teachers how to apply for jobs elsewhere in the state. The state estimates 12,000 teachers have been displaced -- nearly 4,500 of them in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes. The ad, titled "Katrina's kids need teachers," said jobs are available in districts that are enrolling displaced students. The Department of Education gave a parish-by-parish breakdown of hurricane damaged schools: Orleans Parish: Only eight schools out of 126 have been inspected. They have been damaged but are usable. The eight are in the West Bank area. Plaquemines Parish: Six of the nine schools have been "completely flooded" and Katrina blew the roof off a wing at one school. St. Bernard Parish: Officials believe all 15 schools are under water and have suffered extensive damage. Authorities in St. Bernard and Plaquemines can't say when they will be able to open schools. Jefferson Parish: Nine schools were severely damaged and can't be used, 11 will need repairs and 37 have little or no damage. Of the 84 schools, 57 have been inspected. Officials hope to reopen some schools on October 3. St. Charles Parish: One school had minor roof damage over the cafeteria and auditorium but can be used safely. No date has been set to reopen the 19 schools. St. Tammany Parish: Five schools have been badly damaged and can't be used. The district said 2,600 students who attend those schools will be taken in by others in the district when it reopens on October 3. Washington Parish: All nine of schools were damaged and three need major repairs. Schools reopen on September 19. City of Bogalusa: The central office was destroyed and the 10 schools received "some damage." Officials hope to reopen school by October 3. Story Tools


What is the smallest country in land area on the South American continent?

South America Facts South America Facts Natives of South America South America is the fourth largest continent in the world. There are a total of seven recognized continents (large land mass): Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.   Map of South America Note: Some geologists group North and South America into one continent – America – making the list six in total. Other scientists combine Europe and Asia into one continent – Eurasia. Flags of South America           Fun Quiz For Kids How Many Countries in South America? There are 12 independent countries in South America: Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Ecuador , Guyana, Paraguay, Peru , Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. In addition, there are 3 dependencies i.e. claimed by an independent country: Falkland Islands – also called the Malvinas (British territory but Argentina still trying to claim it), French Guiana (territory of France), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (British territory). For a list of capital cities in South America with an online travel guide to each click here: Capital Cities in South America Population of South America Depending on the source, the population of South America is between 371,000,000 and 382,000,000 inhabitants. How Large is South America? South America encompasses an area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890,000 square miles). What Borders the Continent of South America? South America is bordered by the Pacific ocean to the West and Atlantic ocean to the North and East. The Caribbean sea is in the Northwest. North and South America are connected by the isthmus of Panama. What Languages are Spoken in South America? Primarily Spanish and Portuguese – official language of Brazil, the largest country in South America. Indigenous languages include Aymara (2.2 million speakers in Bolivia and Peru) Guarani (in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay) and Quechua (10-13 million speakers in Argentina, Northern Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru). Others as well such as French (in French Guiana) but in much smaller numbers. English is spoken by many as a second language, and is the primary language in Guyana. Dutch is the offical language of Suriname. What is the Primary Religion in South America? The primary religion is Roman Catholicism (over 90% of the population). Also practised is Protestantism, Judaism (Argentina has the largest Jewish community), Islam, Animism (belief that all animals, plants and inanimate objects possess a soul) and shamanism. What is the largest country in South America? Brazil is the largest country and also has the most people – 203,429,773. What is the smallest country in South America? Suriname is the smallest country with a population of 490,000. It was formerly a Dutch and British and colony and named ‘Dutch Guiana’ until it achieved independence in 1975. Where is the highest waterfall in South America? The highest waterfall is Angel Falls (Santo del Angel in Spanish) located in Venezuela. It is 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) high! More Articles You May Like:


"In the ""Lord of the Rings"" trilogy, who did Gandalf fight at the Bridge of Khazad-dum before he fell into the abyss?"

Gandalf | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom powered by Wikia The Fellowship of the Ring , " A Long-expected Party " Gandalf (Norse; IPA : [gand:alf] - "Elf of the Wand" or "Wand-elf") the Grey, later known as Gandalf the White, also named originally Olórin ( Quenya ; IPA : [oˈloːrin] - "Dreamer" or "Of Dreams"), Tharkûn ( Khuzdul - "Gray-Man" or "Staff-Man"), and Mithrandir ( Sindarin IPA: [miˈθrandir] - "White Pilgrim" or "Gray Wanderer"), was a wizard , or Istar , sent by the West in the Third Age to combat the threat of Sauron . He joined Thorin and his company to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug , convoked the Fellowship of the Ring to destroy the One Ring , and led the Free Peoples in the final campaign of the War of the Ring . Contents Origin Gandalf was a Maia named Olórin before leaving the Undying Lands Accounted the wisest of the Maiar , Gandalf was originally a Maia of Manwë the Wind-King, Varda the Star-Queen, Irmo the Dream-Master and Nienna the Weeper named Olórin. When the Valar decided to send the order of the Istari (also known as Wizards ) to Middle-earth, to counsel and assist all those in Middle-earth who opposed the Dark Lord Sauron , Manwë and Varda decided to include Olórin among the five who were sent. At first, Olórin was nervous and described himself as too weak and too afraid of Sauron. Manwë understood, and told him that that was one main reason why he should go, to overcome that fear. Thus, he insisted that Olórin should go as the third, but Varda convinced him not to include Olórin as the third, but as the second. Olórin agreed, and prepared for his departure from the Undying Lands with the other four wizards. Arrival in Middle-Earth When he arrived to Middle Earth, he received Narya , the ring of fire, from Círdan the Shipwright . Olórin, renamed Gandalf (name "translated" from Westron to Norse by Tolkien), spent many centuries walking among the elves as a stranger, learning from them and teaching them. He later revealed himself as one of the Istari, and eventually became known as the wisest of and most powerful of that order. He joined the White Council , which was formed to investigate a dark power in Dol Guldur , of which Galadriel wanted him to become the leader, yet Saruman came to lead the Council instead of him. [1] Although Saruman was at first more powerful, was more knowledgeable about many matters regarding Sauron and the Rings of Power , and was head of the White Council before the War of the Ring, he later grew jealous and afraid of Gandalf, [2] which was the reason of his betrayal. Quest to Erebor Gandalf invites Bilbo on an adventure Gandalf wandered for many years amongst the Free People of Middle-earth, but spent most of that time amongst the Elves, where he learned much and taught much. He also continued to gather such information about Sauron and his ilk as he could, and to that end, he began to suspect that the Necromancer of Dol Guldur was in fact Sauron taking shape once again. He entered Dol Guldur, but Sauron, still greatly weakened, fled from him and for a short time, the evil of Mirkwood was greatly reduced. However, Sauron quickly returned to Dol Guldur, and by 2850 of the Third Age, had rebuilt his forces there. In that year, Gandalf again entered the fortress and encountered Thráin II , father of Thorin Oakenshield, who was dying after having been horribly tormented. Before his death, the old Dwarf king entrusted Gandalf with a map and key to the Lonely Mountain . In the year 2941, Gandalf became troubled by his knowledge of Sauron's resurgent strength. He knew that Sauron was already plotting war from Dol Guldur, and that as soon as he felt strong enough, he would attack Rivendell. Unfortunately, the only power left besides Rivendell to resist an attempt from Mirkwood to regain the lands of Angmar was the Dwarves of the Iron Hills. Even worse, Gandalf knew that Smaug to Golden resided still in the Lonely Mountain, and that Sauron could and would use the dragon to devastating effect once he became strong enough to influence Smaug. However, Saruman see


Which Indycar racing driver married American actress Ashley Judd in 2001 at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland?

Franchitti back to the single life after divorce (From HeraldScotland) Franchitti back to the single life after divorce NO LONGER TOGETHER: Dario has revealed he is now divorced from Hollywood star Ashley Judd. Picture: Getty RETIRED racing driver Dario Franchitti has told how he is adjusting to a single lifestyle since returning home to Scotland. The four-time IndyCar championship revealed he is now officially divorced from actress wife Ashley Judd after they separated last year. He has moved back to his £4 million country mansion in Port Of Menteith, near Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, from the US after being forced to retire from racing through injury. Loading article content Franchitti, 40, suffered two broken vertebrae, a fractured right ankle and severe concussion in a 200mph smash when his car went airborne into a fence on the last lap and landed back on the track in Houston, Texas, last October. He said shortly afterwards head and spinal injuries suffered forced him to stop racing. The Bathgate-born driver has now told how being single again was a big change and said he spent a lot of time decorating his mansion to fill his time. Asked what it is like being single again, he said: "It's different. I tend to rattle about the house a little bit. It's all part of change I guess. "Ashley and I are great friends. We got divorced last year, it was not an easy decision for either of us. But we are still great friends and she is a very, very important person in my life." He added: "I got to live my dream. What I dreamed of as a kid I got to do for 20-plus years, it was really great, but I was always homesick. "Scotland is the most wonderful place, the scenery, the people, but I think more than anything just being home is the big thing for me. "When I am not working I like to live as normal a life as I can. One of the great things about being in Scotland is I really can get that. "There is no greater place to be in the world. It's perfect." Franchitti, who won the Indy 500 race three times, gave a US TV crew a tour of his stately home and showed them how he is busy decorating it with mementoes from his racing career. He told how he felt lucky to be alive after his accident last year, which caused him to suffer five weeks of memory loss. He added: "At first, I was looking for a way around it (retirement). It became apparent very quickly that I couldn't. I was pretty sad about it but then I would say, 'What the hell you going on about here? You got out in almost one piece, you had a career you never dreamed of'. "The alternative would have been a lot worse." His mother Marina saw the crash on television and believes divine intervention saved her son's life. She said: "We are so, so lucky he is still here. It wasn't his time to go. I believe in the safety of that car, I believe in divine intervention, probably in the way it hit." Franchitti wed Hollywood star Judd, 45, in December, 2001, at Skibo Castle, near Dornoch, but the pair announced they had separated in January last year. She rushed to his side after his crash, raising hopes of a reconciliation but that has been ruled out. Franchitti is now working as a IndyCar racing consultant and will be a pundit for US television at this year's 500 race.


"In cockney rhyming slang, what are ""Apples and Pears""?"

Apples and Pears is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Stairs! Apples and Pears         is Cockney slang for         Stairs. "Up the Apples and Pears to Bedfordshire" Apples and Pears In all of Cockney Rhyming Slang, Apples and Pears is by far the by the best known and most widely understood, even outside the UK. But in fact Apples and Pears is almost never used in real Cockney speech today. It's simply the slang's most famous example. Perhaps because it is the archetype of the genre, it has become cliché and passed out of real usage. If it is used it is usually shortened to "Apples" The first recorded usage of Apples and Pears came in the 1850's but it had fallen out of favour in print by the 1960's. There are several alternatives for the word "stairs", including Fred Astaires, troubles and cares, and stocks and shares, but none have gained much traction or are in common usage today.


The only original member, Ian Paice, still plays drums for which band?

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What makes it necessary to drive through Alabama to take the shortest route from Miami, Florida to Houston, Texas?

Florida travel guide - Wikitravel UTC -6/-5, UTC -5/-4 Fort Lauderdale Florida is the most south-eastern state in the United States of America . Known as "The Sunshine State", it became a popular winter destination for the well-to-do from colder climates over a century ago, and has gained ever greater popularity since. Its roots in agriculture are still present, with tropical fruits being a chief export. The capital of Florida is Tallahassee , located in the eastern portion of the Florida Panhandle . The beaches are among the most popular attractions, along with some of the world's best known theme parks, including Disney World , Universal Studios, Busch Gardens and SeaWorld. However some of Florida's best-kept secrets are in secluded locations away from tourist areas, but well worth seeing. Florida has something to offer for any kind of traveller. Culture[ edit ] Florida is the most southern of all U.S. states other than Hawaii and is a unique blend of societies. The northern part of the state is part of the cultural region of The South , where you will find traditional southern cooking, entertainment, dialect, and lifestyles, much as you would expect to find just north in Georgia , Alabama , and the Carolinas. Generally, the more south you go in the state, the more unlike the South it seems; you should not expect to experience 'southern' culture everywhere, although southern culture can be found in every region of the state, it is not always the most prominent. Cities such as Tampa and Orlando offer the feel of many different cultures. There are a lot of southerners in these areas, as well as people who are not from the state (midwest, northeast), whereas Miami is unique in seeming like a cross between an American metropolis and a major Latin American city (like Caracas, Rio, or Sao Paulo). There are some Seminole Indian reserves and villages throughout southern Florida (namely in the Everglades) and their indigenous culture can be experienced by visiting a gift shop and browsing arts and crafts. The southernmost Florida Keys offer yet another flavor, full of the slow paced and casual atmosphere of true beach life. All in all, Florida is its own region of the United States in its own right. The Florida State Fair held every February near Tampa is the best event to attend to sense the varying cultures. The fairgrounds are host to a "cracker" village similar to the villages that were found in rural Florida in the 19th century. It hosts an exposition of counties, where each Florida county has a display and a representative to answer questions. In addition, the fair has animal displays and shows, an exhibition dedicated to citrus, various dance & cheerleading competitions, and a large selection of rides and games. A few weeks later, nearby Plant City host the Strawberry Festival, usually the last few days of February and first week of March. Plant City is the "Strawberry Capital of the US" and almost every food vendor at the festival offers several dishes featuring strawberries. Driving near Plant City in February and March, one can find many roadside vendors offering flats(~$10-12) and half-flats(~$5-8) of strawberries. Another common dish found at roadside vendors in north and central Florida is boiled peanuts-a southern dish usually found in "regular" and "cajun" flavors, which taste nothing like roasted peanut. Florida's Natural, a company that sells fruit juice, has a great roadside "welcome center" along US 27 in Lake Wales that includes a display and video on the history of citrus growing in Florida and offers samples of several flavors of juice. Landscape[ edit ] Florida's coastline is world class, with several gorgeous beaches, bays, and estuaries lying on the coast. The Floridian landscape is flat, with many lakes and wetlands throughout most parts of the state. The only exception is parts of the center in Highlands, Polk, Lake, and a few other counties where rolling hills are common. The highest point in the state is 345ft (105m) and Sugarloaf Mountain in Lake County is the highest point on the peninsula at 312f