What is the relationship between Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist Christy Moore and Irish folk-rock singer-songwriter Luka Bloom?

Luka Bloom | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography               by Mark Deming A singer and songwriter whose music is defined by passion, lyricism, and a respect of tradition coupled with a willingness to defy expectations, Luka Bloom is one of Ireland's best-respected contemporary folk artists. Bloom was born Kevin Barry Moore in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland on May 23, 1955. The youngest of six children, he grew up in a musical household; his oldest sibling is the celebrated folk musician Christy Moore , while his parents and siblings all play instruments. As a youngster, Moore (who usually went by his middle name Barry ) took up the guitar, and became an accomplished fingerpicker by the time he entered his teens. Barry 's talents impressed his brother Christy enough that in 1969, he took his 14-year-old sibling to England as his opening act for a club tour, and in 1976, Christy included two songs written by Barry , "Wave Up to the Shore" and "Jenny of the Sun," on his self-titled 1976 album. After completing primary school, Barry attended Newbridge College, where he and his brother Andy formed a group called Aes Triplex, and Barry later transferred to a school in Limerick. By this time, Barry was playing regularly on the Irish folk circuit, and quit school to pursue music full-time. In 1977, he joined the trio Inchiquin for a tour of Germany and the U.K., and a year later, he released his first album, The Treaty Stone . Barry toured extensively in support, but his music underwent a major creative overhaul in 1979, when he was diagnosed with severe tendonitis in his right hand. Unable to fingerpick as he once had, Barry began using a conventional plectrum and used a sharp, aggressive style that give his songs a tougher, more physical sound. In 1979, Barry relocated to Holland, and his second album, In Groningen, was recorded in the titular city with Eamon Murray and a handful of Dutch musicians. In 1982, Barry returned to Ireland and cut his third album, No Heroes , his first set featuring all-original material. In 1983, he joined the Dublin-based rock band Red Square, and while he's called it a valuable experience that made him a more powerful performer, the group broke up in 1986 with little to show for their efforts. In 1987, Barry decided to very literally reinvent himself; he left Ireland for New York City, and adopted the stage name Luka Bloom , "Luka" from the Suzanne Vega song of the same name, "Bloom" from Leopold Bloom, the principal character in James Joyce 's Ulysses. As Luka Bloom , he set out to create a more powerful and commanding performing style that would give him the power of a rock band while armed with just an acoustic guitar, and as he became a regular at a handful of New York venues, he developed a following who responded eagerly to his new style. After recording a self-titled "debut" album in 1988 for a small Irish label that quickly went out of print, Bloom was signed to Reprise Records, which released the album Riverside in 1990. Riverside earned enthusiastic reviews and featured a number of songs that went on to be fan favorites, including "The Man Is Alive," "An Irishman in Chinatown," and "Hudson Lady." Bloom 's second album for Reprise, 1992's The Acoustic Motorbike , included Bloom 's celebrated cover of LL Cool J 's "I Need Love," and Turf followed in 1994. Despite positive reviews and a growing audience in Australia, Europe, and the Netherlands, Bloom didn't enjoy the breakthrough success in America that Reprise was hoping for, and he found himself without a record label. Between 1994 and 1997, Bloom devoted himself to extensive international touring, taking some time off in 1995 to rest and regroup in Birr, a village in County Offaly, Ireland. The visit proved inspiring, and Bloom began writing a fresh batch of songs that he would eventually record in 1998. Salty Heaven , his first album in five years, was released by Sony in the U.K. and Shanachie in the United States, and predictably it was followed by more touring, after which Bloom relocated t


Who founded the London Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops in 1985 and served as Pops Musical Director of the San Francisco Symphony and Rochester (NY) Philharmonic in the USA?

BBC News - Sir John Dankworth's life of jazz Sir John Dankworth's life of jazz Advertisement Sir John maintained his affection for the older, traditional style of jazz Sir John Dankworth, who has died aged 82, was one of the British jazz scene's leading lights. Born in Woodford, Essex, in 1927, the young Dankworth had violin and piano lessons before taking up the clarinet and alto saxophone. By the age of 17 he had won a place at the Royal Academy of Music. After years of studying, interrupted by a short spell in the Army, he was voted British Musician of the Year in 1949. The same year he attended the Paris Jazz Festival, where he played with the legendary Charlie Parker - the man who had inspired him to take up the saxophone. In 1950 he formed the Dankworth Seven, meeting his future wife, Dame Cleo Laine, while auditioning for singers. The couple married in 1958, by which time he had swapped his seven-piece for a big band orchestra. John Dankworth (right) was a film score composer as well as a performer On a trip that included an appearance at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival, it went on a bill at New York's Birdland jazz club with the celebrated Duke Ellington Orchestra. Louis Armstrong also joined them for a set at New York's Lewisohn stadium. The ensemble had two top 10 hits - Experiments with Mice in 1956 and African Waltz in 1961 - and played numerous engagements in the US. A 1959 visit saw them sharing the bill with jazz giant Duke Ellington. In the 1960s Dankworth composed the scores for films such as Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Servant and Modesty Blaise. He also wrote the theme tune for TV show The Avengers and served as musical director for Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald. In 1969 he and Laine founded their charity, the Wavendon Allmusic Plan, which led to the establishment of the Stables arts centre in the grounds of their Buckinghamshire home. Sir John was knighted for services to music A sign of their continuing popularity came when he and his wife were spoofed by the Two Ronnies in 1983. He was made a CBE in 1974 and founded the London Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops in 1985. He also served as Pops Musical Director of the San Francisco Symphony and Rochester (NY) Philharmonic in the United States. In 1993 he formed another large orchestra, the Dankworth Generation Band, with his son Alec. Sir John was a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and received the Freedom of the City of London in 1994. He was awarded honorary Doctorates by the University of Cambridge, the University of York and the Open University, as well as by Boston's Berklee College of Music. As recently as November 2009, he played his saxophone from a wheelchair at the London Jazz Festival. When he earned his knighthood in the 2006 New Year's Honours, he said: "It's so nice for jazz to get something like this." "As far as I know I'm the first from the jazz world to get a knighthood. "I've played jazz for 65 years, with the great jazz men," he continued. "For some reason I've been in the right place at the right time." Bookmark with:


Which country became independent from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, and became a republic in 1956?

Country independence dates Home » countries » Country independence dates Country independence dates Afghanistan: 19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs) Albania: 28 November 1912 (from Ottoman Empire) Algeria: 5 July 1962 (from France) American Samoa: none (territory of the US) Andorra: 1278 (was formed under the joint suzerainty of France and the Bishop of Urgell) Angola: 11 November 1975 (from Portugal) Anguilla: none (overseas territory of the UK) Antigua and Barbuda: 1 November 1981 (from UK) Argentina: 9 July 1816 (from Spain) Armenia: 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) Aruba: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Australia: 1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies) Austria: 1156 (from Bavaria) Azerbaijan: 30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) Bahamas: 10 July 1973 (from UK) Bahrain: 15 August 1971 (from UK) Bangladesh: 16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note – 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh Barbados: 30 November 1966 (from UK) Belarus: 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) Belgium: 21 July 1831 (from the Netherlands) Belize: 21 September 1981 (from UK) Benin: 1 August 1960 (from France) Bermuda: none (overseas territory of the UK) Bhutan: 8 August 1949 (from India) Bolivia: 6 August 1825 (from Spain) Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1 March 1992 (from Yugoslavia) Botswana: 30 September 1966 (from UK) Brazil: 7 September 1822 (from Portugal) British Virgin Islands: none (overseas territory of the UK) Brunei: 1 January 1984 (from UK) Bulgaria: 3 March 1878 (from Ottoman Empire) Burkina Faso: 5 August 1960 (from France) Burma: 4 January 1948 (from UK) Burundi: 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration) Cambodia: 9 November 1953 (from France) Cameroon: 1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship) Canada: 1 July 1867 (from UK) Cape Verde: 5 July 1975 (from Portugal) Cayman Islands: none (overseas territory of the UK) Central African Republic: 13 August 1960 (from France) Chad: 11 August 1960 (from France) Chile: 18 September 1810 (from Spain) China: 221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch’in Dynasty 221 BC; Qing or Ch’ing Dynasty replaced by the Republic on 12 February 1912; People’s Republic established 1 October 1949) Christmas Island: none (territory of Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Islands: none (territory of Australia) Colombia: 20 July 1810 (from Spain) Comoros: 6 July 1975 (from France) Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 30 June 1960 (from Belgium) Congo, Republic of the: 15 August 1960 (from France) Cook Islands: none (became self-governing in free association with New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action) Costa Rica: 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Cote d’Ivoire: 7 August (1960) (from France) Croatia: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia) Cuba: 20 May 1902 (from US) Cyprus: 16 August 1960 (from UK); note – Turkish Cypriot area proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975 Czech Republic: 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) Denmark: first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy Djibouti: 27 June 1977 (from France) Dominica: 3 November 1978 (from UK) Dominican Republic: 27 February 1844 (from Haiti) East Timor: 20 May 2002 (from Indonesia) Ecuador: 24 May 1822 (from Spain) Egypt: 28 February 1922 (from UK) El Salvador: 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Equatorial Guinea: 12 October 1968 (from Spain) Eritrea: 24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia) Estonia: 6 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) Ethiopia: oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world – at least 2,000 years Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): none (overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina) Faroe Islands: none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark) Fiji: 10 October 1970 (from UK) Finland: 6 December 1917 (from Russia) France: 486 (unified by Clovis)


What was the favourite vegetable of Catherine de Medici, who, when she left Florence to marry the king of France, brought her own cooks, who could prepare it in the ways that she especially liked?

• Excellent source of vitamin K. • Great source of Vitamin A • Good source of manganese, folate, and vitamin C • Source of Iron, Magnesium and Potassium In animal studies, researchers have found that spinach may help protect the brain from oxidative stress and may reduce the effects of age-related related declines in brain function. Research indicates that eating a spinach rich diet significantly improved learning capacity and motor skills in adults. Choosing & Storing: Choose spinach that has vibrant deep green leaves and stems with no signs of yellowing. The leaves should look fresh and tender, and not be wilted or bruised. Store fresh spinach loosely packed in a plastic bag in the refrigerator crisper where it will keep fresh for about five days. Do not wash it before storing as the moisture will cause it to spoil. Avoid storing cooked spinach as it will not keep very well.   Tips for Preparing Spinach:  Spinach should be washed very well since the leaves and stems tend to collect sand and soil. Before washing, trim off the roots and separate the leaves. Cut away any overly thick stems to ensure for more even cooking. Spinach can be quick boiled for one minute. Boiling will help to reduce the amount of oxalic acids found in spinach, resulting in a sweeter taste. Add layers of steamed spinach to your next lasagna recipe. Toss steamed spinach with pressed garlic, fresh lemon juice and olive oil. Sprinkle with a little Parmesan cheese. Replace spinach for basil in pesto recipes and make spinach pesto. Spinach salads are a classic easy and delicious meal or side dish. footer.php Quality and Variety At Produce Depot we take pride in providing our           customers with the freshest fruit and vegetables available. We're           in the market every day buying only the best produce to make sure           our customers get the best quality and variety. Store Hours


Olympic gold medallists Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington, Bradley Wiggins and Kelly Holmes represented which country?

British Olympic Heroes: The Best of British Gold Medallists 2012 by Kitty Carruthers - The Arabian Magazine Shop British Olympic Heroes: The Best of British Gold Medallists 2012 by Kitty Carruthers British Olympic Heroes: The Best of British Gold Medallists 2012 by Kitty Carruthers British Olympic Heroes: The Best of British Gold Medallists 2012 by Kitty Carruthers Product Description British Olympic Heroes: The Best of British Gold Medallists by Kitty Carruthers Prominently  featured are Jane Holderness-Roddam and Our Nobby (gold Team Event 1968) and Col Harry Llewellyn and Foxhunter (gold Team Jumping 1952) Foreword by Sir Chris Hoy, MBE Here is the perfect guide to Britain’s greatest athletes of the modern Olympics – eminently readable, fun, fact-filled and fully illustrated, reprinted and updated for London 2012, to include the lighting of the 2012 Olympic torch, as Olympic fever grips the country. THe book covers medallists from both the summer and winter Olympics. British Olympic Heroes features 70 outstanding athletes from Great Britain’s 116-year record (unbroken) of  attendance at the Olympic Games. Those included are not necessarily the most famous. They are, rather, the most arresting, whose sporting and private lives have been inspiring and impressive or sometimes downright incredible. All key statistics as well as many little-known facts are included. Many of Britain’s gold medallists have left a lasting legacy, while some made barely a ripple. In this book you will find those like Seb Coe, Chris Hoy, Kelly Holmes and Steve Redgrave – household names who have inspired countless others. There are also those like Tommy Green and the Doherty brothers who overcame adversity and emerged victorious, and others like Max Woosnam whose truly amazing prowess is all but forgotten today (and who once beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis, playing with a butter knife!). And in spite of the title, the book would be the poorer without at least a passing mention of our spectacular failures and unlucky losers, like Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards and Philip Plater. Our favourite partnerships are here – Torvill & Dean, the Three Blondes in a Boat, Harry Llewellyn & Foxhunter, Nash & Dixon, along with the heroes of old – Eric Liddell, Viv Woodward, ‘Leaping’ Lord Burghley, Harold Abrahams, Kitty Godfree and many more. Also of note is equestrian medallists Harry Llewellyn and Jane Bullen (Holderness-Roddam). Every entry is illustrated, and sections include: Olympic Timeline featuring key facts and interesting asides (eg the introduction of the Olympic anthem, boycotts and the disqualification of a rider for ‘clicking’ to his horse) Table of All British Gold Medallists from 1896 to 2008 Glorious Failures and Unlucky Losers and Other Oddities Table of all British Gold Medallists Bibliography and Index Full list of medallists: Launceston Elliot, John Boland, Laurie and Reggie Doherty, Charlotte (Chattie) Cooper, Henry Taylor, John Hacob Astor - 1st Baron Astor of Hever, Wyndham Halswelle, Paulo Radmilovic, Madge Syers, Vivian Woodward, Emil Voight, Arnold Jackson, Kitty Godfree, Henry Mallin, Max Woosnam, Harold Abrahams, Jack Beresford, Eric Liddell, David George Burghley - Marquess of Exeter, Hugh (Jumbo) Edwards, Tommy Green, Dickie Burnell and Bertie Bushnell, Harry Llewellyn, Chris Brasher, Anita Lonsbrough, Robin Dixon and Tony Nash, Mary Rand, Lynn Davies, Jane Bullen (Holderness-Roddam), Chris Finneganm, David Hemery, Rodney Pattisson, Mary Peters, John Curry, Sebastian Coe (Baron Coe of Ranmore), Robin Cousins, Duncan Goodhew, Steve Ovett, Daley Thompson, Allan Wells, Steve Redgrave, Tessa Sanderson, Malcolm Cooper, Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill, Sean Kerly, Linford Christie, Chris Boardman, Jonny and Greg Searle, Sally Gunnell, Matthew Pinsent, Ben Ainslie, Stephanie Cook, Three Blondes in a Boat and the Yngling Girls, James Cracknell, Jonathan Edwards, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Chris Hoy, Kelly Holmes, Bradley Wiggins, Rebecca Adlington, Victoria Pendleton, Tim Brabants, Christine Ohuruogu.


"To what does the term ""radiology"" refer?"

What does Radiology mean? Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Radiology Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualised within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose or treat diseases. Interventional radiology is the performance of (usually minimally invasive) medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies. The acquisition of medical imaging is usually carried out by the radiographer or radiologic technologist. The radiologist then interprets or "reads" the images and produces a report of their findings and impression or diagnosis. This report is then transmitted to the ordering physician, either routinely or emergently. U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Radiology A specialty concerned with the use of x-ray and other forms of radiant energy in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Numerology The numerical value of Radiology in Chaldean Numerology is: 2 Pythagorean Numerology


Who was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, later Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei, one of his many mistresses?

Vannozza dei Cattanei Vannozza dei Cattanei Vannozza dei Cattanei Mother of Borgias Lucrezia Borgia with her father Pope Alexander VI. Painting by Giuseppe Boschetto (1841-1918).  De Agostini Picture Library / DEA / L. PEDICINI /Getty Images By Jone Johnson Lewis Updated December 23, 2016. Known for: mother of Lucrezia Borgia , Cesare Borgia and two (or maybe one) other child of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, who later became Pope Alexander VI Occupation: mistress, innkeeper Dates: July 13, 1442 - November 24, 1518 Also known as: Vanozza dei Cattenei, Giovanna de Candia, Countess of Cattenei Vannozza dei Cattanei Biography: Vannozza dei Cattanei, as she was called, was born Giovanna de Candia, daughter of two nobles of the house of Candia. (Vannozza is a diminutive of Giovanna.) We know nothing of her early life, other than that she was born in Mantua. She may have been an innkeeper with several establishments in Rome when she became mistress of Rodrigo Borgia , then a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church (or the inns may have been property obtained with his support). He had many other mistresses before, during and after their relationship, but his with Vannozza was his longest relationship. He honored his children by her above his other illegitimate offspring. continue reading below our video 10 Best Universities in the United States Rodrigo Borgia had been appointed a cardinal by Pope Callixtus III in 1456 -- his uncle, born Alfonso de Borja, who died in 1458. Rodrigo Borgia did not take Holy Orders and become a priest until 1468 -- but that did include a vow of ceibacy. Borgia was not the only cardinal to have mistresses; one rumor at the time had Vanozza being the mistress first of another cardinal, Giulio della Rovere. Rovere was a rival of Borgia in his papal election in 1492, and later was elected pope, taking office in 1503 as Julius II, known among other things in his papacy for his opposition to the Borgias. Vannozza bore four children during her relationship with Cardinal Borgia. The first, Giovanni or Juan, was born in Rome in 1474. In September 1475, Cesare Borgia was born. Lucrezia Borgia was born in April of 1480 in Subiaco. In 1481 or 1482, a fourth child, Gioffre, was born. Rodrigo publicly acknowledged paternity of all four children, but more privately expressed doubts about whether he fathered the fourth, Gioffre. As was common, Borgia saw that his mistress was married to men who would not object to the relationship. He officiated at her marriage in 1474 to Domenico d'Arignano -- the same year her first Borgia child was born. d'Arignano died after a few years, and Vannozza then was married to Giorgio di Croce about 1475 -- the dates are given differently in different sources. There may have been another husband, Antonio de Brescia, between d'Arignano and Croce (or, according to some histories, after Croce). Croce died in 1486. Sometime around or after 1482, with Vannozza turning forty years old, the relationship of Vannozza and Borgia cooled. That was around the time that Borgia expressed his belief that Croce was the father of Gioffre. Borgia no longer lived with Vannozza, but he continued to take care that she was comfortable financially. Her property, much acquired during her relationship with Borgia, speaks to that. She, in turn, kept his confidences. Her children were raised apart from her after the relationship ended. Lucrezia was given into the care of Adriana de Mila, a third cousin of Borgia. Giulia Farnese, as Borgia's newest mistress, moved into the household with Lucrezia and Adriana no later than 1489, the year Giulia was married to the stepson of Adriana. That relationship continued until after Alexander was selected Pope in 1492. Giulia was the same age as Lucrezia's eldest brother; Lucrezia and Giulia became friends. Vannozza had one more child, Ottaviano, by her husband Croce. After Croce died in 1486, Vannozza remarried, this time to Carlo Canale. In 1488, Vannozza's son Giovanni became the heir of the Duke of Gandia, inheriting the title and holdings from an older half-brother, one of Bor


Who were Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty?

' I created Scary, Sporty, Ginger, Baby and Posh' says betrayed journo | Daily Mail Online ' I created Scary, Sporty, Ginger, Baby and Posh' says betrayed journo By SONIA POULTON Last updated at 00:23 28 October 2007 In the foyer of a West London recording studio, a flame-haired twentysomething extends her tiny hand. Her voluptuous yet petite frame is bound in a dress that looks as though it's been sprayed on. I've seen bigger cushion covers. "Hello Sonia," she pouts. "I'm Geri." I follow Geri up the staircase, her tiny dress riding up to reveal strong thighs and Bridget Jones-type knickers. It's mid-April 1996 and I am a freelance music journalist. I have come at the behest of a friend, head of Virgin Records' Press department, who has a problem - well, five of them, to be precise: "No one has a clue what to do with these girls. People don't get them. They think pop bands need to be dressed in matching outfits, but these girls are all over the place." Scroll down for more... Enlarge   My friend was in despair. Would I talk with them about a media image and how to hold interviews? I hadn't yet heard any of the girls' songs but they sounded like a manufactured band - everything I despised. So here I am. Geri and I enter the recording studio and I am surrounded by four other girls talking at once. Except, that is, for the brunette in her pencil skirt, tailored jacket and heels. They embody what now might be known as chav couture, but their collective energy is formidable. Melanie Brown informs me that she is 'one of the Mels' and is dressed in the 'street look'. Emma, the 'girliest' girl, wears an above-the-knee blue, gingham dress with clumpy platform shoes. 'The other Mel' is tomboyish in her shell-type tracksuit. She proudly informs me that she 'plays football' and 'does back flips'. MelB asks me if I "mind smoke". I don't. She hands a cigarette to Victoria and Geri. "Don't tell anyone," says Mel B. "It's bad for our image, apparently." Their differences are not, after all, their weakness, but their strength. I focus first on Mel B. "You're the hip-hop girl. You're feisty." Scroll down for more... "Yes, people find me scary," she says. Then I turn to Geri. "You're a vamp. Seaside saucy meets exotic dancer." Geri giggles nervously. I ask if they have done anything in their careers they now regret? Silence. Shifty eye exchanges all around. (Later it transpires Geri had posed for some nude pictures.) "I see you as the baby doll," I tell Emma. "Obviously, you're the sporty one," I say to Mel C. "And you," I nod to Victoria, "have a posh, snobbish quality about you." All the girls laugh. Victoria is very pretty despite suffering from bad skin - something that clearly bothers her because she habitually pulls her hair forward to cover it. I talk the girls through interview scenarios, then Geri suggests we go into the main studio. Mel B asks the sound engineer to "put on the backing track for Wannabe". Music blares out and Mel B steps towards me, jabbing her finger at my nose and yelling: "I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want ..." Each girl takes it in turns to sing, after a fashion, while leaping around like ferrets in a bag. Except Victoria. She lacks dance rhythm, but makes up for it with lots of pouting. I hate the racket, but I know these girls are going to be, in the words of Mel B, 'massive'. They sing 2 Become 1. I can see the future: it features six-year-olds impersonating their favourite Spice Girl. I meet the publicist for lunch and scribble out the character outlines I gave the girls. The publicist loves them and says she will use them. Eventually, Top Of The Pops magazine features Sporty, Baby, Scary, Ginger and Posh Spice. The magazine's editor has been credited with creating the nicknames. As the Spice Girls' fame soared, I was upset that my contribution wasn't acknowledged - particularly when the publicist was my friend. Today we no longer talk. Shortly after the Spice Girls hit No 1 with Wannabe, Virgin Records and the publicist parted company. Within months 'Girl Power' had conquered the world


What was the last battle where a British monarch led troops into battle?

Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? - Historum - History Forums Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? User Name Need help with the website? Contact Us anytime. War and Military History War and Military History Forum - Warfare, Tactics, and Military Technology over the centuries Page 1 of 3 Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? Members who was the last British king to go for a battle?,,   Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? George II at Dettingen, 1743.   Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? Did he actually fight? Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? Quote: Originally Posted by Belisarius Did he actually fight? Well he was the last one to actually be there on the battlefield. Kings fighting their own battles is something that died alongside chivalry, probably somewhere on the fields of Pavia... . But it was the last battle a British king was actually present at the site itself, if I'm not mistaken, he also led the troops (to some extend).   Posts: 8,570 Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? The king was there and in overall command, not only of the English but also of the Hanoverians as Elector of hanover. The operational commander was Field Marshal John Dalrymple, Lord Stair. But the king was the boss; they won the battle, and he gets the credit.   Posts: 70 Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? The last British monarch to see action was actually George V1 who was a serving naval officer at Jutland, though not actually King at the time or even first in line to the throne.   Posts: 275 Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? I read an interesting aside on George II the other day; apparently gambling was wildly popular in England during this time, and there were many wagers laid on the king's survival of his campaign. It seems that the odds were 4:1 against George's death   Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? Quote: Originally Posted by Ivor Badger The last British monarch to see action was actually George V1 who was a serving naval officer at Jutland, though not actually King at the time or even first in line to the throne. Monarch = king. So the guy is disqualified. The question isn't which royal family member, hell wasn't that prince Harry in Afghanistan or whatever somewhere to?   Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? Was Richard III the last king to actually do some fighting? But yes, it is my understanding that George II was the last king to lead on the battlefield.   Posts: 19,933 Re: Who was the last British King to fight in a battle? For the record George II was also the last British monarch born outside Britain (Hannover, Germany) King George II at Dettingen, as his Horse Guards charge the French Maison du Roi. James II seemimgly was the last British monarch born in Britain to led an army in Boyne (1690). Charles Vyner Brooke 3rd Rajah of Sarawak was presumably the last monarch born in Britain to led an army in the early XX century. Last edited by sylla1; May 19th, 2010 at 12:13 AM.


Of the 6 Winter Olympics held between 1988 and 2006, how many were outside of Europe?

Olympic Games Summer and Winter Locations and History of the Games Olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games Olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games Olympic History The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and though there were important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in ancient times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the most prestigious. The games were held every four years during August and September and the word "Olympiad", which referred to the four year intervals between competitions, was commonly used to measure time. The first documented Olympic champion was a man named Coroebus, a cook from Elis who won the sprint race in 776 BC. Historians believe that the games had already existed for at least 500 years prior to that date. The Olympic Games originally featured only one event: a race called the "stade", equal to a distance of about 210 yards. By 728 BC two additional races had been added, comparable to the 400 meter and 1,500 meter races of the modern games. The Olympics came to include wrestling, boxing and the pentathlon, as well as specialized events for soldiers and heralds. It was only in 472 BC that the events were spread out over a period of four to five days, previously they had all taken place on a single day. Participation in the Olympic Games was originally limited to free born Greeks, but as Greek civilization was spread by the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Games drew entrants from as far away as Antioch, Sidon and Alexandria. While the only official prize was a wreath or garland, successful athletes were supported by the governments of their cities and devoted much time to training. Most of the competitors were, in fact, professionals. After the Roman conquest of Greece in the second century BC, the Olympic Games suffered a decline in popularity and importance, but the Games persisted until AD 393, when the Roman emperor Theodosius I ordered their abolition. The idea of reviving the Olympic Games originated with Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a 29 year old French aristocrat who first publicly raised the issue in 1892. At a conference on international sport held in Paris in 1894, Coubertin managed to convince delegates from 49 organizations representing nine countries to vote in favor of an Olympic revival. His chief allies in this effort were Dimitrios Vikelas of Greece and Professor William M. Sloane of the United States. The organizers had planned the first modern Olympics for 1900 in Paris, but later decided to move the date forward to 1896 and to change the venue to Athens, though the local government of the Greek capital was initially hostile to the idea. Coubertin and his colleagues of the newly formed International Olympic Committee eventually prevailed, and the first Olympic Games of the modern era were inaugurated by the King of Greece in the first week of April 1896. The Games of 1896, 1900 and 1904 were loosely organized and did not feature national teams produced by rigorous selection. The 1908 Games, held in London in a newly built 66,000 seat stadium, were the first where the events were organized by the relevant authorities in each athletic discipline. More than 2,000 athletes from 22 nations competed in 100 events. The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm drew more then 2,500 competitors from 28countries and featured the first women's swimming events. No Games were held in 1916 due to World War I, but the Games enjoyed strong growth after the war, with 44 nations participating in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. At the1928 Games in Amsterdam there were more than 290 women among the 3,000athletes, more than double the number that took part in 1924. The Olympic Games were suspended again for 12 years because of World War II, resuming in 1948 in London. The post-war era saw steady growth in the number of countries and athletes competing and a dramatic increase in women's events. Politics began to intrude on the Games in a serious way at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, where Palestinian terrorists att


The Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (Op. 55) by Ludwig van Beethoven is known as what?

Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" - I. Allegro con Brio - YouTube Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" - I. Allegro con Brio Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 31, 2011 Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (Op. 55), also known as the Eroica (Italian for "heroic"), is a landmark musical work marking the full arrival of the composer's "middle-period", a series of unprecedented large scale works of emotional depth and structural rigor. The Third was begun immediately after the Second, completed in August 1804, and first performed April 7, 1805. Beethoven had originally conceived of dedicating the symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte, but when Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in May 1804, Beethoven became disgusted and dedicated the symphony to Prince Franz Joseph Maximillian Lobkowitz. Conductor: Walter Attanasi


"Who originated the ""Mr Men"" series of books?"

Mr. Men 40th Anniversary Box Set: Roger Hargreaves: 0078814026004: Amazon.com: Books Mr. Men 40th Anniversary Box Set Add all three to Cart Add all three to List Buy the selected items together This item:Mr. Men 40th Anniversary Box Set by Roger Hargreaves Hardcover $16.21 In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Page 1 of 1 Start over Sponsored Products are advertisements for products sold by merchants on Amazon.com. When you click on a Sponsored Product ad, you will be taken to an Amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it. To learn more about Amazon Sponsored Products, click here . The Knight the Moon and the Stars Got Stuck (Knight the Moon & the Stars Got Stuck) Nancy L. Mills The Knight the Moon and the Stars Got Stuck is a strikingly original work of children's literature that stands with many of our best-loved classics! Code of Rainbow: Soaring Flame and the Dragon-transcending Magimal Weiqi Wang Are dragons really the most powerful creatures in the world? Surely not! There are magimals who can overstep them! Oh, never judge them on their size! The Star Bright Factory Nancy Libbey Mills The Star Bright Factory is a perfect bedtime story for the longer nights of the year. You don't want to miss this title for the holidays! Children's Books : Ernie the Elephant and Martin Learns to Share (Books for Kids, Bedtime Stories, Free Stories, Adventure Books, baby book) Leela Hope This Children books is relatable for kids of any ages. This story shows that friends need to share their feelings and their toys. Stealing Christmas Matthew Sullivan Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid will love this hilarious heist about a motley crew of cousins forced to work together to retrieve their pilfered presents Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Editorial Reviews About the Author The late Roger Hargreaves created the Mr. Men series for his son, Adam, who currently oversees the estate and creates illustrations for new Mr. Men books. Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Ignite your imagination with these editor's picks from Kindle books. See more Product Details Age Range: 3 - 7 years Grade Level: Preschool - 2 Publisher: Price Stern Sloan; Box Anv edition (October 27, 2011) Language: English Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds ( View shipping rates and policies ) Average Customer Review: By Jon D. on July 17, 2012 Format: Hardcover Since the listing doesn't say which books are included in this set, I thought I'd mention that they are the original ten titles, as listed on the back of every Mr. Men book: Mr. Tickle By CJ on December 2, 2011 Format: Hardcover|Verified Purchase Roger Hargreaves' Mr. Men are a classic series of little children's books from England. This set contains some of the best - Mr. Tickle, Mr. Bump, Mr. Greedy, Mr. Messy etc. - and they're nicely packaged as hardbacks making them much more durable than the more common thin paperbacks. These are a great read. Wonderful bedtime stories (each is a short book, read in just a few minutes) and the illustrations are adorable and entertaining. The stories themselves are well paced, include good use of repetitive phrases (these are great to read aloud) that kids love, and are often amusing (Mr. Greedy being forced to eat a literally giant-sized plate of food is nicely twisted). Overall, this is a great set of books. The hardback covers really add to the durability and given that the paperbacks go for $3 to $4 each, a set of 10 for around $20 is an excellent deal. These would make an excellent gift for a baby shower or for any young child. By Lane on Oc


Which fermented liquid condiment used for flavouring, especially of grilled meats (and also used as an ingredient in cocktails and drinks) was first made by two dispensing chemists, John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins?

Worcestershire sauce | Healthy Recipes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Worcestershire sauce is a fermented liquid condiment flavouring used especially with grilled or barbecued meats. It is also used in cocktails and drinks. Worcester (or 'Worcestershire') sauce derives from a form of piquant fish-and-vinegar sauce developed in the 16th Century as an accompaniment for the lamprey fish famously caught at Worcester. The most noted bottled brand was first made at 68 Broad Street, Worcester, England, by two dispensing chemists, John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, the Lea & Perrins brand was commercialised in 1837 and has been produced in the current Midlands Road factory in Worcester since 16 October 1897. It was purchased by H.J. Heinz Company in 2005 who continue to manufacture and market "The Original Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce", under the name Lea & Perrins, Inc., as well as Worcestershire Sauce under their own name and labelling. Other companies manufacture similar products, often also called Worcester Sauce, and marketed under different brands. Additionally, in recent years recipes have begun appearing for homemade variations of the British version. The sauce does contain anchovies, so it is not considered vegetarian. Vegetarian alternatives which omit the anchovies are available but not technically considered a variety of Worcestershire sauce.


"Where was the 1997 film ""The Full Monty"" based?"

The Full Monty (1997) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Check out India Spotlight Related News a list of 26 titles created 21 Aug 2011 a list of 25 titles created 26 Mar 2014 a list of 28 titles created 09 Oct 2014 a list of 21 titles created 6 months ago a list of 46 titles created 3 months ago Title: The Full Monty (1997) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Oscar. Another    35 wins & 31 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family. Director: Stephen Daldry In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot. Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love. Director: Mike Newell The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism and joins a football team. Director: Gurinder Chadha A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster. Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly Stars: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy. Directors: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz Stars: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette Edit Storyline Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. Written by Jon Reeves (from press kit) <jreeves@imdb.com> Six men. With nothing to lose. Who dare to go.... See more  » Genres: Rated R for language and some nudity | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 19 September 1997 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Todo o nada See more  » Filming Locations: $244,375        (USA) (15 August 1997) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia In November 1998, Prince Charles re-enacted the unemployment office scene on national television with some young members of the Prince's Trust. See more » Goofs Reflection of boom mic visible in the car window as Dave throws Lomper back into the car. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits The film shown behind the opening credits is "Sheffield...City on the move", made in 1971 for the Sheffield Publicity Department. See more » Connections © Budde Music Inc./WB Music Corp. Courtesy of Mercury records Inc. Licensed by kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Limited and from the PolyGram Commercial Marketing Division (Brooklyn, NY) – See all my reviews When this got praised all over the place, I avoided seeing it at first because I was afraid it would be a letdown. But it's not, not in any way. This continues a tradition of sorts; while back in the 50's and early 60's, the British were known for their kitchen-sink, angry young man dramas (like "Room at the Top" or "Look Back in Anger"), now they seem to be putting comic spins on them, and it's working. Not only do you laugh (especially when Horse is at the Unemployment Office after the videotape of them dancing has been released to the public, and when he says he hasn't been up to anything, the clerk says, "That's not what I heard"), but the characters and where they come from are taken seriously and are three dimensional, so you care about them. The humor comes from real situations, not sitcom humor. A real winner! 36 of 42 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


Which athlete was criticised for whistling during his national anthem at the ceremony where he was awarded a gold medal in 1984 at Los Angeles?

Ovi Magazine : Daley Thompson: Olympic Champion by Clint Wayne Print - Comment - Send to a Friend - More from this Author When British decathlete Daley Thompson showed up at his 1984 Los Angeles news conference following his Olympic gold winning performance he was wearing a T-shirt that posed the question “Is the World’s Second Greatest Athlete Gay?” In that one classic moment before the world’s media Daley merely poking fun at a certain Carl Lewis was displaying his two dominant characteristics that had led to a love affair between him and his adoring British public. Firstly, he was indeed the ultimate self-confident ultra-competitive athlete and secondly he was the ‘cheeky chappy’ of track and field. Of course at the time he had every right to claim to be the world’s greatest athlete having been the first athlete to simultaneously hold Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles in a single event and over a period of then eight years. His rivalry with West German decathlete Jurgen Hingsen could have been reason enough to drive him forward as the pair consistently traded world records, but it was Daley who always took the winner's rostrum and gold in the major events remaining undefeated in all competitions for nine seasons. Daley’s full competitiveness was revealed during the discus event in Los Angeles against Hingsen. Under immense pressure following two awful throws and a near lifetime best by Hingsen, Daley stepped up to the mark for his final throw and hurled it over 46 metres regaining the overall lead which he never relinquished. He remarked afterwards, “It was like I went to the cliff and looked over the edge”. In the euphoria following his triumph he also announced that “he’d like to have Princess Anne’s babies”. Francis Morgan Thompson was born on this day in 1958. Called Adodele by his Nigerian father the name was soon shortened to ‘Dele’ and then by his friends to the now familiar Daley. Back in the 1980s he single-handedly transformed one of the least popular track and field events with his natural exuberance and flamboyance into one of the most colourful contests making each of the ten events a drama in itself and in doing so increased the events worldwide popularity.  Daley once described that being a decathlete “is like having ten girlfriends, you have to love them all and can’t afford losing one” and when he lost his decathlon world record he remarked “I took it like a man and only cried for ten hours”. Daley was the natural showman, who the British public loved as he mischievously poked fun at ‘the establishment’ by first cheekily whistling the National Anthem after receiving his gold medal in Moscow in 1984 and then sending a triumphant message back home during his television interview beaming “I’ve got the big G boys, the big G”. Daley also caused offence to the athletic hierarchy spurning the chance to carry the Union Jack at the opening ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games claiming the lengthy ceremony would harm his chances of winning gold. Make no mistake though, Daley loved his country, but he loved to win more. He was awarded an OBE in 1982 and also won the BBC Sports Personality the same year causing a storm by using an expletive during his acceptance speech. He was awarded a CBE in 2000. Daley Thompson was the perfect all-round athlete with a combination of power, speed and agility. He was committed to being the best but with a magnetic personality always being relaxed in front of the demanding media. He made the toughest Olympic event of track and field look like fun and like all true champions he had talent and drive in abundance but he also possessed that indefinable winning combination of unbridled desire, ability and absolute dedication but always with that glint of mischief in his eye.


When did homosexuality between consenting adults cease to be illegal in England and Wales?

Male Homosexuality in Britain the Hidden History Male Homosexuality in Britain the Hidden History View More Male homosexuality in Britain: The hidden history This paper investigates the coverage of male homo¬sexuality by the British press. It concentrates on three periods of significance to homosexuals: the Wolfenden Committee on pros¬titution and homosexuality of 1954-7, the Sexual Offences Act of 1967, and the separate emergence of gay civil rights and the Aids crisis in the 1970s and 1980s. A survey of the press across six decades con¬cludes that all newspapers had the tendency to ig¬nore homosexuals. Such coverage as there was iden¬tifies homosexuals as either inverts or perverts. This not only taught non-homosexuals to view homosexu¬als as a social menace, but also had the potential to teach homosexuals themselves of their own worthlessness. The paper demonstrates that newspapers as¬sume that everyone is heterosexual and this is the only natural, normal, decent way to be. Throughout the six decades there is an almost total lack of recog¬nition of the gay viewpoint and experience. News¬papers discourage homosexuality as a political move¬ment and frame all discussion in terms of morality rather than politics. Paper delivered at Association of Journalism Education, Journalism the First Draft of History conference, London, UK, May2000. At the time of writing Richard Rooney was Principal Lecturer and Head of the Journalism Department, Liverpool, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. Copyright: Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC) Male homosexuality in Britain: The hiddenhistory    Richard Rooney, Liverpool John Moores University   This paper investigates the coverage of male homo-sexuality by the British press.   It concentrates on three periods of significance   to homosexuals: the Wolfenden Committee on pros-titution and homosexuality of 1954-7, the SexualOffences Act of 1967, and the separate emergence   of gay civil rights and the Aids crisis in the 1970sand 1980s.   A survey of the press across six decades con-cludes that all newspapers had the tendency to ig-nore homosexuals. Such coverage as there was iden-tifies homosexuals as either inverts or perverts. Thisnot only taught non-homosexuals to view homosexualsas a social menace, but also had the potential toteach homosexuals themselves of their own worth-lessness.   The paper demonstrates that newspapers as-sume that everyone is heterosexual and this is theonly natural, normal, decent way to be. Throughoutthe six decades there is an almost total lack of recog-   nition of the gay viewpoint and experience. News-   papers discourage homosexuality as a political move-   ment and frame all discussion in terms of moralityrather than politics.   Introduction   The history of the homosexual is a hidden history.The documentary evidence that exists about the livesof homosexuals tends to centre on scandals or thememoirs and biographies of literary homosexuals.   This is no surprise since ordinary homosexuals, in aperiod when homosexuality was illegal, were adept   at keeping separate their public and private lives.   Understandable though this is it does mean that   our understanding of how ordinary homosexuals lived isflawed (it is also debatable whether the situation haschanged significantly as we enter the twenty-firstcentury). Male homosexuals have been forced to buildtheir lives surrounded by prejudice, ignorance andsocial hostility. (Porter and Weeks, 1991. Weeks,1977).   For most of the time most news media (and thisis not just the situation with print news media) ig-nores homosexuals and homosexuality. Indeed, at alltimes in the past 50 years the Press's concern has been   less with homosexuality as such, or with homosexuals,than the shockability of its readers. Interest isgenerally expressed only when events forced the subjecton newspapers. (Weeks, 1977, p.162).   This paper explores the Press coverage of ho-   mosexuality from the 1950s until the late 1980s. Itlooks at three distinct periods of importance in ho-mosexual history: the 1950s and the first stirri


What ship is commanded by the fictional pirate Jack Sparrow?

Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean) | Neo Encyclopedia Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean) 3,465pages on No Title No information The Flying Dutchman, or simply referred to as the Dutchman, is a powerful ship of the Caribbean seas in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean . The ship made its first appearance in Dead Man's Chest under the command of the fictional captain, Davy Jones . The story and attributes of the ship were inspired by the actual Flying Dutchman of nautical lore. During filming, Johnny Depp referred to it as "the Davy Jones Crocodile Machine" after forgetting its actual name. [1] Contents [ show ] Background As explained in the movie, the character of Davy Jones was given the Flying Dutchman by Calypso, his lover, to ferry souls lost at sea to the afterlife. [2] When she neglected to meet him after his first ten years of duty, he was both heartbroken and enraged. [3] He abandoned his duties and chose to wander the seas, doing as he pleased. This violation of his duty placed a curse on Jones and his crew, slowly transforming them into monsters. Apparently, the Dutchman is also believed to be nautical lore in the Pirates universe, as character James Norrington mockingly remarks, "[Davy Jones]...captain of the Flying Dutchman?." The fictional Dutchman is also known as a fearful ship to those who are superstitious, and able to destroy any vessel (using the Kraken ). Appearances Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest , the Dutchman makes its first appearance when it rises from the sea to claim its victims' souls following a Kraken attack (instigated by Davy Jones ). The Dutchman, able to sail on the sea and underwater, emits terror and potency to those unfortunate enough to cross its path. Davy Jones captures Will Turner from the ship wreckage and demands that Jack Sparrow settle his overdue debt. Sparrow bargains for his life, and Jones finally agrees to accept 100 souls in exchange for Sparrow's, keeping Turner as "a good faith payment". Will is reunited with his father, "Bootstrap Bill" Turner , who is an indentured sailor aboard the Flying Dutchman. Shipboard life is harsh, and the crew is often whipped by the cruel boatswain , Jimmylegs . Will is also flogged, although it is his father who delivers the lash to spare his son from the boatswain's sadistic hand. With his father's help, Will escapes the Dutchman, but when the ship he reaches is attacked by the Kraken, he sneaks back aboard as a stowaway, making his way to Isla Cruces where Jones' heart is buried in the Dead Man's Chest. Will finds Elizabeth and Sparrow on Isla Cruces. The three escape the island on the Black Pearl , pursued by the Dutchman (who loses the Pearl in a less than a minute). Jones unleashes the Kraken, which attacks the Pearl and drags Sparrow to Davy Jones' Locker. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End , the Flying Dutchman is first seen rising from the sea, mercilessly destroying pirate ships with its powerful guns. Captain Davy Jones now serves Lord Cutler Beckett, who possesses Jones' heart and forcibly controls him. The Dutchman accompanies Beckett's flagship , Endeavour in its mission to eradicate piracy. When the Dutchman attacks Sao Feng's ship, the Empress, it takes its crew captive (including Elizabeth Swann who is made captain by the dying Sao Feng). Elizabeth and her crew escape the Dutchman with Admiral Norrington's help, although he is killed by a deranged Bootstrap Bill Turner . Jones and his crew attempt a mutiny against the Royal Navy marines stationed on board, but Mr. Mercer, Beckett's henchman, proclaims the ship is under his command, temporarily subduing the uprising. The Dutchman leads the East India Trading Co. armada in battle against the Brethren Court. The Dutchman and the Black Pearl engage in battle while entering a monstrous maelstrom (caused by Calypso, Jones' ex-lover). Jones is killed when, aided


What is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message?

The Easiest Way to Send Secret Messages Within Pictures The Easiest Way to Send Secret Messages Within Pictures Email Advertisement Have you ever heard of Steganography?  Wikipedia defines it as “the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message…” This method of hiding secret messages in pictures has been around for many years but these days with computers and all that, the methods have become more attainable for the every day person. One method of putting this art to use is to hide a message within an image. You can send messages to anyone you’d like to without anyone else being the wiser. This could also be used to put together games and puzzles for website visitors or blog readers by hiding messages in specific images allowing people to hunt for the messages. This isn’t the first time the art of steganography has debuted on MakeUseOf – Tina showcased a desktop client for Windows Become a Secret Steganographer: Hide and Encrypt your Files Become a Secret Steganographer: Hide and Encrypt your Files Read More and Jackson wrote about iSteg for Mac Hide Text in Photos and Send Secret Messages [Mac only] Hide Text in Photos and Send Secret Messages [Mac only] Read More ; both of these apps can be used for the exact same purpose. Whatever your reason for hiding secret messages in pictures, you can now do so regardless of your operating system — thanks to a web-based tool offered to us by mozaiq . While being a site dedicating to helping people turn images into mosaics, if you head to a subdirectory on the site you will see they offer the ability to encrypt messages in images also. Advertisement The process is simple: upload an image, type a message, enter a password, click a button and download the image with the message encrypted in it. Sounds easy enough but let’s take a closer look. Go to mozaiq.org/encrypt . When you do, you are immediately given the fields to begin the process. Off to the left there is an introduction to the art/science of steganography and mozaiq’s encrypting tool. To the left is where all of the action takes. Choose a picture to upload.  Make sure it us under 128KB or it won’t work. Once you have chosen the image, enter the message you would like to share. Before you go and hit the “Hide Your Message!” button, you can enter a password to further protect the privacy of the message.  This is optional and totally up to you. Once you hit the magic button, you are able to download the image file. Notice that the image will only be available for download for 5 minutes making it imperative that you download it immediately. Also realize that you can’t change the file in any way other than renaming it. This includes cropping, resizing or even converting it to another file extension.  Once you download it, you are able to send it or post it anywhere you please.  When you do, make sure the recipient knows to go to mozaiq.org/decrypt in order to see the message. Try out this image for size: Right-click and save the image of the cell phone and go to the decryption page. I gave it the password “hello” so you can see how it works. See if you can find out the encrypted message. I think you will find it to be both incredibly enlightening and not that surprising (seeing as though it’s also in one of the screenshots above). So now that we have a way to hide secret messages in pictures, in a way that will not provoke attention, what ways can you think of to put it to use?


Peter Phillips, the only son of The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, and the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, married Autumn Kelly in 2008. Where did they meet?

Queen's first great grandchild as Peter Phillips' wife Autumn Kelly has baby girl | Daily Mail Online comments They sparked controversy when they sold the pictures of their wedding to Hello! magazine. But will Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn be appearing in a celebrity glossy again - with their new daughter? Autumn gave birth to the 8lbs 8oz baby on Wednesday with her husband - the son of Princess Anne - by her side. New arrival: Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn Kelly have had a baby girl - and speculation is mounting that they will sell the pictures of the newborn to a celebrity magazine And there was immediate speculation that Mr Phillips and his Canadian-born wife would sell the rights to pictures of their newborn. Their decision to accept £500,000 from Hello! magazine for exclusive use of photographs of their wedding ceremony - featuring the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince Harry and royal girlfriends Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy - caused controversy two years ago. Several senior members of the Royal Family expressed their displeasure and Buckingham Palace later made clear that it regarded the sale as a serious error of judgment. Delighted: Peter and Autumn with their parents and grandparents on their wedding day in 2008. But their decision to sell the pictures to Hello! magazine caused controversy 12th in line to the throne: The baby is the first child for Mr and Mrs Phillips - pictured here in Scotland last year - the first grandchild for Princess Anne and the first great-grandchild for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh The Queen had allowed the couple to use Frogmore House at Windsor for the reception free of charge. The couple have since made amends, however, and have been invited to join the Royal Family for their recent Christmas gatherings at Sandringham. Controversial: Several senior members of the Royal Family expressed their displeasure that the pictures were sold to Hello! magazine Their daughter, whose name is yet to be confirmed, was born at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. She moves ahead of Mr Phillips' sister, Zara, to become 12th in line to the throne. The baby is the first child for Mr and Mrs Phillips, the first grandchild for Princess Anne and the first great-grandchild for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. A statement from Buckingham Palace said: 'The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Autumn's family have been informed and are delighted with the news.' Mr Phillips married his Canadian-born wife at a glittering ceremony at Windsor Castle in May 2008. The couple met in 2003 at the Montreal Grand Prix, where they were both working. Initially, he did not tell her that he was the Queen’s grandson and she only found out when she spotted him in a programme about Prince William. Although he is 11th in line to the throne, Mr Phillips does not have a royal title as his mother declined to give her children the HRH title at birth. Mrs Phillips, a management consultant who worked as a barmaid to fund herself through university, was brought up a Roman Catholic but renounced her faith shortly before their wedding so her husband-to-be did not have to give up his claim to the throne. The couple lived until recently in Hong Kong, where he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland. He now works for the bank in London. Joy: Peter Phillips was at his wife's side for the birth in Gloucestershire Delivery: The maternity unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital where the Phillips' first child was born A great-grandmother: A beaming Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day The Queen and the Duke have welcomed the births of eight grandchildren since Mr Phillips was born in June 1977. Each of their four children have two of their own, the most recent being the son of Edward and the Countess of Wessex, Viscount Severn, who was born in December 2007. The birth of Peter and Autumn's daughter could well be the first of a number of great-grandchildren for the Queen and Duke, following the recent engagements of Prince William to Kate Middleton and Zara Phillips to Mike Ti


"Which world welterweight boxing champion was reported in April 2010 to be standing for the Philippine Congress, for the political party called ""the People's Champ Movement""?"

Boxing News World: Monday, 10 May 2010 Boxing News World Features the world's hottest boxing news and blogs... Monday, 10 May 2010 By NORMAN CHAD, The Washington Post Like the rest of the planet, I am fervently awaiting the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. match. It could be the sport's last great gift to the huddled masses. Beyond Dempsey-Tunney, Louis-Schmeling, Robinson-La Motta, Ali-Frazier and Hearns-Leonard, Pacquiao- Mayweather will embrace the new multicultural world order and return boxing -- if only for a single night -- to the brightest lights on the biggest stage. That's assuming they ever fight and assuming folks are willing to pay $64.95 to view it. (That price might sound steep, but look at it this way -- the next time you fly, if you forgo checking two bags, right there you've saved enough money to afford Pacquiao-Mayweather!) The two have fought outside the ring in trying to set up a fight inside the ring. Mayweather implied Pacquiao had used performance-enhancing drugs and insisted on blood testing just before they fight. Pacquiao would not agree and sued Mayweather for defamation of character. Pacquiao says giving blood just before a fight would weaken him. (My own anecdotal evidence supports Pacquiao. In 1998, I gave blood and, less than 72 hours later, foolishly proposed to my second wife. Then last year I gave blood just before writing a column on statistical debris in sports, and dozens of readers e-mailed to tell me it was the worst article they had ever read.) Unable to come to terms on a fight, Pacquiao proceeded to dominate Joshua Clottey on March 13 and Mayweather proceeded to dominate Shane Mosley on May 1, reviving debate on which champion is the world's best pound-for-pound boxer. (I am often asked why the term "best pound-for-pound boxer" is used. Indeed, was G. Gordon Liddy referred to as the best pound-for-pound plumber in the business? Is Bobby Flay the best pound-for-pound chef? Is Yo-Yo Ma the best pound-for-pound cellist? The pound-for-pound expression essentially acknowledges the fact that a bantamweight, say, cannot beat a middleweight, but pound-for-pound, the bantamweight might be a better fighter. Of course, outside of the United States, they talk about the best "kilogram-for-kilogram" boxer.) Whenever Pacquiao- Mayweather happens, it likely will attract one of the biggest pay-per-view audiences ever; in 2007, Mayweather's fight against Oscar De La Hoya drew a record-breaking 2.45 million buys. (In the 20th century, the heavyweights carried boxing's biggest paydays. Of late, if the WBA, WBC, WBO or IBF heavyweight champion walked into the room, you'd just assume he was one of Ben Roethlisberger's bodyguards. For anyone seeking a new life of anonymity, the heavyweight division is on par with the witness protection program, minus the government perks.) (Okay, let's play the "World Heavyweight Champions or World Leaders Game." I'm going to list 16 names -- half are 21st-century heavyweight champs, half are presidents or prime ministers. You determine who belongs to which category: Traian Basescu, Lamon Brewster, Heinz Fischer, David Haye, Horst Kohler, Sergei Liakhovich, Oleg Maskaev, Dmitry Medvedev, Samuel Peter, Hasim Rahman, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Kevin Rudd, Corrie Sanders, Nicolas Sarkozy, Alvaro Uribe and Nikolai Valuev. Good luck!) Other than their boxing skills, the two have little in common. Mayweather runs his mouth, Pacquiao runs for office. Pacquiao has his own political party, the People's Champ Movement, making him sort of a younger Ron Paul with a better left hook. Pacquiao has been running for a seat in the Philippine Congress. In the final days of his campaign, he was joined by his fight promoter, Bob Arum, which might indicate the 31-year-old is less astute in politics than pugilism. (I'm certainly no expert in the electoral process, but do you really want to be side-by-side with Bob Arum -- maybe the most nefarious pound-for-pound promoter around -- when you're trying to earn the voters' trust?) As for the likelihood of Pacquiao-Mayweather becoming a reality, it'


In 1867, William George Beers, a Canadian dentist, codified which sport (shortening the game and reducing the number of players to 12 per team), with the first game played under these rules at Upper Canada College between Upper Canada College and the Toronto Cricket Club?

History of Lacrosse | Issaquah Lacrosse Club   History of Lacrosse Lacrosse originated in the Indian nations of mid-America. In many Native American societies/tribes, the ball sport was often part of religious ritual, played to resolve conflicts, heal the sick, develop strong, virile men and prepare for war. Legend tells of games with more than 100 players from different tribes taking turns to play.It could be played on a field many miles in length and width; sometimes the game could last for days. Early lacrosse balls were made of deerskin, clay, stone, and sometimes wood. Lacrosse played a significant role in the community and religious life of tribes across the continent for many years. Early lacrosse was characterized by deep spiritual involvement,befitting the spirit of combat in which it was undertaken. Those who took part did so in the role of warriors, with the goal of bringing glory and honor to themselves and their tribes. The game was said to be played "for the Creator" or was referred to as "The Creator's Game". Lacrosse, one of the oldest team sports in the Americas, may have developed as early as the 12th century, but since then has undergone many modifications. In the traditional Native American version, each team consisted of about 100 to 1,000 men on a field that stretched from about 500 yards to a couple of miles long. These lacrosse games lasted from sunup to sundown for two to three days straight. These games were played as part of ceremonial ritual to give thanks to the Creator. The modern Ojibway verb 'to play Lacrosse' is baaga'adowe (Baggataway [sic]). The French Jesuit missionary, Jean de Brébeuf, saw Iroquois tribesmen play it in 1637 and was the first European to write about the game. He called it lacrosse. Some say the name originated from the French term for field hockey, le jeu de la crosse. Others suggest that it was named after the crosier, a staff carried by bishops.   Richmond Hill "Young Canadians" lacrosse team, 1885. In 1856, Dr. William George Beers, a Canadian dentist, founded the Montreal Lacrosse Club. In 1867 he codified the game, shortening the length of each game and reducing the number of players to twelve per team. The first game played under Beers' rules was at Upper Canada College in 1867, with Upper Canada College losing to the Toronto Cricket Club by a score of 3–1. By the 1900s, high schools, colleges, and universities began playing the game. Lacrosse was contested as a demonstration sport in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. On each occasion, a playoff was held to determine the American representative to the Olympics and on each occasion the playoffs were won by the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays. In the United States, lacrosse had primarily been a regional sport centered in and around Maryland, New England, upstate New York, Long Island, and mid-Atlantic states. In recent years, its popularity has started to spread nationwide. The sport has gained increasing visibility in the media, with a growth of college, high school, and youth programs throughout the country. The NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship has the highest attendance of any NCAA Championship, outdrawing the Final Four of men's basketball. The growth of lacrosse was also facilitated by the introduction of plastic stick heads in the 1970s by Baltimore-based STX. This innovation reduced the weight and cost of the lacrosse stick. It also allowed for faster passes and game play than traditional wooden sticks. Up until the 1930s, all lacrosse was played on large fields outdoors. The owners of Canadian hockey arenas invented a reduced version of the game, called box lacrosse , as a means to make more profit from their arena investments. In a relatively short period of time, box lacrosse became the dominant form of the sport in Canada, in part due to the severe winter weather that limited outdoor play. More recently, field lacrosse has witnessed a revival in Canada as the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) began operating a collegiate men's league in 1985. It now includes 12 varsity teams. In 1994 Canada declar


What is the tallest known volcano and mountain in the Solar System?

The Tallest Mountains in the Solar System   |   Science | Smithsonian The Tallest Mountains in the Solar System Mount Everest is a just a peewee when compared with such giants as Olympus Mons on Mars smithsonian.com January 9, 2012 Mauna Loa (as seen from nearby Mauna Kea) is tall enough to have snow, at least when the volcano isn't erupting (courtesy of flickr user superfluity) If asked to name the tallest mountain on Earth, most people would answer Mount Everest. They’d be wrong–Everest is the highest peak on the planet, but mountains are measured from their base to their peak, and Everest’s base sits far above sea level on the Tibetan Plateau. And when you start looking at the tallest (known) mountains in the solar system, Mount Everest, at only 2.3 to 2.9 miles tall (depending on where you decide the mountain’s base is located), doesn’t even make the list: (1) Olympus Mons - 15.5 miles The largest volcano on Mars is also the solar system’s tallest mountain. Measuring 374 miles in diameter, it covers about the same amount of land as the state of Arizona. Olympus Mons is located near three other volcanoes known as the Tharsis Montes. The volcanoes in this area are all 10 to 100 times bigger than Earth’s largest volcanoes. They can get this big because, unlike on Earth, there are no plate tectonics on Mars that can drag a volcano away from its hotspot–they just sit in one volcanically active place and grow bigger and bigger. (2) Rheasilvea Mons – 13.2 miles Rheasilvea, on the asteroid Vesta, sits at the center of a 300-mile wide crater. The asteroid is currently the subject of a close study by the spacecraft Dawn , which will continue to circle it through the first half of 2012 before moving on for a rendezvous with the asteroid Ceres in 2015. Rheasilvea Mons sometimes gets named the tallest peak in the solar system, but even with satellites and spacecraft monitoring faraway planets, moons and asteroids, measuring these things is rather difficult (which should explain why the numbers for heights given here may differ from what you’ve seen elsewhere–sources often disagree). (3) Equatorial Ridge of Iapetus – 12.4 miles Saturn’s moon of Iapetus has a couple of weird features. The first is a huge crater that gives the moon the appearance of the Death Star from Star Wars. The second is an equatorial ridge, with some peaks reaching over 12 miles high, that makes Iapetus look like a walnut . Scientists aren’t quite sure how the ridge formed, but they have hypothesized that it was either the remnant of the moon’s earlier oblate shape, icy material pushed up from beneath the moon’s surface or even the remainder of a collapsed ring. (4) Ascreaus Mons – 11.3 miles This volcano on Mars is the tallest of the three volcanoes known as the Tharsis Montes, which appear in a straight line near Olympus Mons. Ascreaus Mons has a central caldera that is 2.1 miles deep. It was first spotted by the Mariner 9 spacecraft in 1971 and then named the North Spot , as it appeared as a spot in a dust storm photographed by the spacecraft. Later images revealed it was a volcano and the spot was remaned. (5) Boösaule Montes – 10.9 miles Boösaule Montes is a collection of three mountains on Io, a moon of Jupiter, all connected by a raised plain. The mountain termed “South” is the tallest of the three. One side of the mountain has such a steep slope, 40 degrees, that scientists think that it was the site of a huge landslide. (6) Arsia Mons – 9.9 miles This is second tallest volcano from the Tharsis Montes on Mars. Based on the discovery of certain geological features on the volcano, scientists think that Arsia Mons may be home to glaciers . (7) Pavonis Mons – 8.7 miles Pavonis Mons is the shortest of the three volcanoes that make up the Tharsis Montes, and it has also been suggested to be home to glaciers. (8) Elysium Mons - 7.8 miles This Martian volcano is a big fish in a little pond, metaphorically speaking. It is the tallest volcano in the Elysium Planitia , a region in Mars’ Eastern Hemisphere that is the second largest volcanic system on the pl


"Complete the title of this James Bond film: ""Quantum of ... """

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What country was forced to withdraw from the British Commonwealth in 1961 and was reinstated in 1994?

Apartheid You are here: Home / Legacies / Apartheid menu item Apartheid Policies of racial segregation and the legal enforcement of White supremacy had been fundamental to the social and political landscape of southern Africa since the arrival of Europeans in the 17th century. The concept of apartheid ('separateness' in Afrikaans) was developed in the 1930s as a rallying cry of the National Party. Later known as 'separate development', it became a central tool of White minority rule in South Africa after the 1948 electoral victory of the Afrikaner Nationalists, and was actively enforced by successive White minority governments in the Republic of South Africa until 1994. Under apartheid, the 75% of the population who were Black Africans were to be separated from the White and (people of mixed black, Malayan, White, Indian and/or East Asian backgrounds) as well as from each other in terms of their ethnic groups. Forcible relocation White South Africans were granted rights over 86% of the country. Black, Asian and people of colour populations were forced to relocate either outside city limits or, for Black Africans, to one of the ten Bantustans (homelands) allotted to the major African ethnic groups. The state-created homelands had no natural resources, industry or workable farmland. They were the only areas where Black political rights were recognised by the state. Outside of them, Black people could neither vote nor own land, regardless of how long they or their ancestors had inhabited a given area. Between 1950 and 1986, more than 1.5 million Africans of colour were forcibly relocated from urban centres, major mineral areas and the most fertile farmland either to Bantustans or to the growing townships outside the large cities. Draconian penalties The movement of Black African labour and patterns of Black African settlement were regulated by labour permits, curfews and travel permits. Outside the Bantustans, they were liable to be arrested if they could not produce the correct documentation. The Public Safety Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1953 enabled the government to declare states of emergency and introduced draconian penalties (including fines, imprisonment and whippings) for demonstrating against the state in any form. In 1960, 69 people were killed and 187 wounded after large numbers of Black workers refused to carry their passes in Sharpeville, a further 600 were killed during a later uprising in 1976. South Africa was forced to withdraw from the British Commonwealth in 1961 by member states critical of the apartheid system. In the same year, the Dutch Reformed Church accepted expulsion from the World Council of Churches rather than abandon apartheid. The anti-apartheid movement Despite the risk of severe government reprisals, Black political groups mounted strikes, demonstrations and sabotage. An armed struggle was launched that drew on the political, economic and military resources of the independent countries of sub-Saharan Africa. In 1962, Nelson Mandela, an anti-aparteid activist, joined theAfrican National Congress (ANC) and later became the president of the ANC Youth League. Later that year, he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges. After a succession of charges and imprisonment, Mandela was convicted of high treason and sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island. He served his sentence there for 18 years before being transferred to Pollsmoor Prison on the mainland in 1982. International sanctions eventually forced the South African government to lift limits on African wages and grant Africans the right to strike and organise their labour to a greater degree. Under sanctions, foreign investment was cut considerably, which encouraged trade unions, student groups and churches to continue organising protests throughout the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1990s, a number of apartheid laws – such as those banning interracial marriage and segregating facilities – had been repealed or had fallen into disuse. In 1991, President F W de Klerk began to dismantle the apartheid system and called


Where was the industrial accident on 2-3 December 1984 that caused the deaths of 3,000 to 16,000 people, for which 7 ex-employees were convicted in June 2010 and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment & a fine of about US$2,000 each?

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What is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire, a county of South West England, that arose from a folk tale?

wealhtheow: Folklore of the South West Folklore of the South West South -West This is the Area of England these Folklore come from As you Meander through this list of folklore you will see that this part of the country is full of high cliffs and death defying drops. Of brilliant light and the deepest dark. The lush green rolling hills and the stark moors. Of Magic and Marvels.You will find in your journey that many tales are linked by character nd places in other Tales, especially Arthur. Tintagel With its spectacular location on Cornwall’s dramatic and windswept Atlantic coastline, Tintagel is a place of magic and myth where the legend of King Arthur was born. This historic spot is rich in flora and fauna and provides a breeding ground for sea birds, lizards and butterflies. Tintagel Castle is Cornwall’s most iconic site. A strong hold of the Earls of Cornwall, the castle was built in the 13th century. Now in ruins, it still has the power to inspireAccording to one legend the infant Arthur was thrown by the waves on the beach by Merlin's cave. King Arthur's time in history was in the fifth century. He is identified with the known history of a Celtic chieftain of the period who led his countrymen in the West in their resistance against Saxon invaders. Many believe that Arthur was of a mixed Roman and British parentage. It is always difficult to prove if Arthur did exist but certainly there was a great warrior in the West of England who had some kind of fortress where Tintagel Castle, (King Arthur's Castle) is today. The original fortress has gone but archaeologists have found proof in their diggings on the Tintagel Castle, that fifth century citizens lived on the site. The replacement Castle was built between 1230-1236 & is now nearly 800 years old. Within two hundred years the Castle was in ruins & remains so to this day. Earl Richard of Cornwall paid for the construction of the Castle & it is owned by the Duke of Cornwall. Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival is an annual free festival held in Dorset, England, which celebrates the memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. The event is a celebration of trade unionism and labour politics organised by the Dorset Committee of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers now section of the TGWU and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and featuring a parade of banners from many trade unions, a memorial service, speeches and music. The festival is usually held in the third week of July. Each year a wreath is laid at the grave of James Hammett, one of the martyrs. The main festival events are held outside the Martyrs' Museum on the western edge of the village. The main speeches and performances take place on a small stage in front of the Tolpuddle cottages and museum, with audience space on the green. The adjacent field, as well as having camping space, has a marquee, Workers Beer Company bar and merchandise stalls. Recent festivals have featured speakers including politicians Tony Benn, Dennis Skinner, Jim Knight and Estelle Morris, British trade union leaders and many union organisers from around the world, especially countries where organising unions is difficult, such as Iraq and Colombia. Abbotsbury Garland Day May each year, the Abbotsbury Garland Day celebrations have taken place in the Dorset village of Abbotsbury since about the early 19th century. They were first described in Hutchins' History of Dorset published in 1867. The custom involves the making of garlands by the children of the village. Originally only the children of local fishermen took part. The garlands were blessed in a church service and some were then rowed out to sea to be tossed into the water. The children would then spend the rest of the day playing on the beach. From around the time of the First World War the custom changed somewhat in that children of non-fishermen started to take part. This was probably due to the decline of the local fishing industry. The village school gave the children a day's holiday and they would set about constructing two garlands, one of wild flowers and the other of garden flowers.


What is a French word meaning false or fake?

Faux | Define Faux at Dictionary.com faux a brooch with faux pearls. Origin of faux 1670-80; < French; Old French fals < Latin falsus false Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for faux Expand Against Odds Lawrence L. Lynch A stirring modern drama in which the evil effects of a faux pas on the part of the heroine lead to dramatic developments. Word Origin and History for faux Expand adj. from French faux "false" (12c., see false ). Used with English words at least since 1676 (Etheredge, faux-prude). Used by itself, with French pronunciation, from 1980s to mean "fake." Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Slang definitions & phrases for faux Expand faux adjective False; fake , phony : A British conglomerate told Ms Tabb to shelve her plans to sell the faux burger/ The facade drops, revealing them as the faux funsters they really are/ She had a faux art clock that ran on a battery [1980s+; fr French] The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D. Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.


A substance that attracts water molecules from the environment through either absorption or adsorption is called what?

Hygroscopy Hygroscopy Hygroscopy Hygroscopy is the ability of a substance to attract water molecules from the surrounding environment through either absorption or adsorption . Hygroscopic substances include honey, glycerin , ethanol , methanol , concentrated sulfuric acid , methamphetamine, and concentrated sodium hydroxide (lye). Calcium chloride is so hygroscopic that it eventually dissolves in the water it absorbs: this property is called deliquescence (see below). Because of their affinity for atmospheric moisture, hygroscopic materials may need to be stored in sealed containers. When added to foods or other materials for the express purpose of maintaining moisture content , such substances are known as humectants. Materials and compounds exhibit different hygroscopic properties, and this difference can lead to detrimental effects, such as stress concentration in composite materials. The amount a particular material or compound is affected by ambient moisture may be considered its coefficient of hygroscopic expansion (CHE) or coefficient of hygroscopic contraction (CHC)—the difference between the two terms being a difference in sign convention and a difference in point of view as to whether the difference in moisture leads to contraction or expansion. A common example where difference in this hygroscopic property can be seen is in a paperback book cover. Often in a relatively moist environment the book cover will curl away from the rest of the book. The unlaminated side of the cover absorbs more moisture than the laminated side and increases in area, causing a stress that curls the cover toward the laminated side. This is similar to the function of a bi-metallic strip . The similar sounding but unrelated word hydroscopic is sometimes used in error for hygroscopic. A hydroscope is an optical device used for making observations deep under water. Biology The seeds of some grasses have hygroscopic extensions which bend with changes in humidity, enabling them to disperse over the ground. An example is Needle-and-Thread, Hesperostipa comata. Each seed has an awn that twists several turns when the seed is released. Increased moisture causes it to untwist, and upon drying to twist again; the seed is drilled into the ground. Deliquescence Deliquescent materials are substances (mostly salts ) which have a strong affinity for moisture and will absorb relatively large amounts of water from the atmosphere if exposed to it, forming a liquid solution . Deliquescent salts include calcium chloride , magnesium chloride , zinc chloride , Carnallite (KCl*MgCl2*6H2O,) and the strong base sodium hydroxide . They are often used as desiccants . See also


"Following the publication of a story in the ""News of the World"" on 2 May 2010, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association announced the immediate suspension of 3 time World Champion John Higgins. What was Higgins accused of?"

Match Fixing | Aussie Criminals and Crooks Aussie Criminals and Crooks Australian criminals and their Crimes. Con artists, scum bags, murderers, corrupt cops, pollies, rapists and paedophiles will find themselves in this blog. It was expanded to also cover those that ought to be charged for their idiotic disgusting behaviour. Usually high-profile people who think they are above the law Search Following an investigation by The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches into football match-fixing , we show how our undercover fixers proposed to appoint corruptible match officials in order to rig international games By Chris Stone, Ben Bryant and Jon Laurence 2:30PM BST 23 Jun 2014 Ghana has been exposed for agreeing to take part in international football matches organised by match fixers. An undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel Four’s Dispatches programme found that the President of Ghana’s Football Association agreed for the team to take part in international matches that others were prepared to rig. This video shows how fixers working for the Telegraph/Dispatches proposed to appoint corruptible match officials in order to rig international games. Football players are often seen as the most reliable way to fix a game. However, the corruption of officials, especially referees, has also been used to guarantee scores and can offer a more reliable outcome of pushing the odds in the favour of gambling syndicates. The officials can add extra time, award penalties or favour a particular side throughout the match. When they were confronted about their operation, Christopher Forsythe and Obed Nketiah denied any involvement in a plot to fix matches. Mr Nketiah said: “These are false allegations and I will never in my life do such a thing.” As part of a statement, Mr Forsythe, said: “To be frank everything I told you about the match fixing was a figment of my own imagination because I am so naive that I don’t even know how matches are done. They were promises just to be able to get something off you.” Mr Nyantakyi said that he had not read the contract and he did not know about the deal to fix games. He said that the proposed match would have been handled by a licensed Fifa match agent and that he was unaware that Mr Forsythe had demanded £30,000 for the football association. The Ghanaian FA announced last night it has asked the Ghana Police Service to investigate Mr Forsythe and Mr Nketiah for “misrepresenting the GFA with an attempt to defraud”. The football body has also reported the matter to FIFA and CAF. In a statement, it said: “We wish to assure the public that we will not tolerate such misrepresentations and we will seek strong sanctions against such individuals if such claims are found to be true.”   Football match-fixing: on the trail of the Ghana FA President Kwesi Nyantakyi Following an investigation by the Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches into football match-fixing, The Telegraph goes in search of the President of the Ghana Football Association , Kwesi Nyantakyi Gordon Rayner, Lewis Whyld, Holly Watt, Olivia Bolton 12:29PM BST 23 Jun 2014 The Telegraph’s chief reporter Gordon Rayner and photographer Lewis Whyld travelled 1,000 miles from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió on the Brazilian coast to try to interview Kwesi Nyantakyi at his hotel. When they attempted to call Mr Nyantakyi in his hotel room, they were stopped by members of the Ghanaian FA in the hotel lobby and told to cease filming the encounter. The Ghanaian FA press officer, Ibrahim Sannie Daara said that Mr Nyantakyi was unvailable for an interview. The Telegraph wanted to speak to Mr Nyantakyi following the publication of video footage filmed in June showing him meeting undercover reporters at the St Regis Bal Harbour hotel in Miami. The meeting was the culmination of a six month investigation by the Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches into football match-fixing, in which representatives of “Diamond Capital” said they wanted to arrange football matches while appointing the referees. Appointing referees is a common way of fixing the result of a foot