Ralph Boston won gold at the 1960 Olympics, silver at the 1964 Olympics and bronze at the 1968 Olympics, in which athletics event?

Ralph Boston Inducted     to Hall of Fame: 1975 Profile Mt. SAC     Relays Highlights Career     Highlights It's a pretty impressive set     of bookends on a career to say that you were the person who broke Jesse     Owens' long jump world record (which had stood for 25 years), and Bob Beamon was the person who broke your world record with his prodigious     jump in Mexico City (a record which stood for 23 years). Only Ralph Boston     can claim this distinction. After winning the NCAA championship     in 1960, Ralph set the first of his six world records (26-11 1/4) on the     Mt. SAC track just two weeks before the Olympics. In Rome, he edged teammate     Bo Roberson by one centimeter to win the gold medal. Finishing third in Rome was     Igor Ter-Ovanesya of the Soviet Union. Ralph and Igor would engage in     a game of leapfrog the next seven years, repeatedly beating or tying each     other's world record. Fittingly, they retired with identical PRs of 27-4     3/4 (8.35m), although Igor's was set at altitude in Mexico City. In 1961, Ralph began a run     of six consecutive national championships. He also captured three consecutive     Mt. SAC Relays' titles. At the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, he won a silver     medal. And Ralph got an up-close view of Beamon's record-breaking jump     at the 1968 Olympics, as he was on hand to win a bronze medal. (It's interesting     to note that Beamon's world record leap was the only jump in his career     which exceeded Boston's previous world record.) Born: 1939 1964: 1st, 25-10 1/4 (7.88m) 1965: 1st, 26-5w (8.05m) 1966: 1st, 26-4 1/4 (8.03m) 1967: 2nd, 25-11 Broke World Record 6      times: 1960: 26-11 1/4 (8.21m) 1964: 27-3 1/4 (8.31m)        - tied WR 1964: 27-4 1/4 (8.34m)


In which Swiss resort does the World Economic Forum hold its annual meeting?

The evolution of Davos | World Economic Forum The evolution of Davos Simon Zadek, Co-Director, UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System Tuesday 20 January 2015 Simon Zadek Co-Director, UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System Published More on the agenda Davos is with us again. Thousands of people will scale the magic mountain and debate the world’s most gripping challenges, protected by an equal if not greater number of Swiss military and police. Disrupting Davos used to be an annual sport, with protesters playing cat and mouse with the event’s attentive security. Today, disruption has waned as leaders of major campaigning organizations have joined Davos for canapés and conversation. For a while, the Occupy movement reawakened the urge to protests. Like the Occupy movement, however, the urge has largely dissipated. Disrupting Davos made more sense when it focused on doing business in a troubled world. Less so today with the focus now more on how the trouble itself can be overcome. Davos’ program reads like the accumulated agendas of Greenpeace, Oxfam, Transparency International and the United Nations, with a dab of the daily routines of Avaaz, Alibaba and Angelina Jolie. Davos has changed over the decade that I have scaled the mountain. The World Economic Forum has evolved from a Swiss non-profit institution staging a series of annual events headlined by Davos to an on-going international process involving thousands of individuals and institutions and hundreds of pop-up initiatives on topics from women’s rights to corruption, and from education to climate. Davos and the Forum has become an embedded part of the way we manage our global affairs. Presidents, CEOs and rock stars come and go, and Davos has outlived them all. Such survival is not just about the glitz, but because the Forum provides the world’s most sophisticated market place for forging disruptive collaborative initiatives designed to overcome toxic, embedded challenges. My Davos this year fits this picture. I am co-leading a two-year inquiry established by the United Nations Environment Program into how to change financial and capital markets in ways that align the behavior of lenders and investors with our need to live inclusively within our planetary boundaries. Today, their behavior is far from what is needed, as they continue to channel money into environmentally destructive enterprises and demand short-term financial returns that drive businesses to cut costs and jobs rather than invest in skills and future economic rewards. Our job is not just to think of interesting solutions, but to catalyze ambitious action by the central banks, financial regulators, finance ministries, international organizations and standard setters which set the rules. Exemplary practice shows the way. Dr Atiur Rahmen, the governor of the central bank of Bangladesh, has been recognized as Asia’s leading governor for 2014 for his leadership in shaping inclusive and green central bank practices. Mark Carney, the Bank of England’s governor, has initiated a review of the impact of climate change on the UK financial sector. Brazil and South Africa’s stock exchanges have tough sustainability reporting requirements, and the Peoples Bank of China is driving green into the development of China’s financial systems. Despite such leadership, customary norms and practices, particularly in major financial centers, still marginalize sustainability. Guardians of the financial system don’t see the pursuit of sustainability as their job, and incumbent interests resist challenges their business models. In such situations, Davos comes into its own. Most leading central bankers, financial regulators, ministers of finance will be there, along with leaders of the world`s most powerful financial institutions. Unusually, they will mix with disruptors they normally try to avoid, including new financial players powered by new technology drivers, and campaigners on transparency, governance and the environment. Davos will blend these actors over several 18-hour sti


Who wrote the series of novels featuring the adventurer 'Dirk Pitt'?

Dirk Pitt - Book Series In Order Hardcover    Paperback    Kindle About Dirk Pitt: Dirk Pitt, while being a fictional character from the mind of Clive Cussler, through his complex and realistic personality he has become a character that many readers have come to know as if he were a real human being. Dirk Eric Pitt, his full name, is perhaps best known as a wild and unstoppable renegade adventurer who will stop at nothing to save the day. One of the character traits of Dirk Pitt that has made him a memorable character for so many fans is that he pushes the envelope, he’s a loose canon, and he does what he needs to do to get things done. Physically, Dirk Pitt is a tall man – approximately 6 feet and three inches, with dark, thick hair, and a medium build. In the books by Clive Cussler, it is frequently described that the most recognizable of all of Dirk Pitt’s physical features is that he has deep green eyes which are viewed as alluring by his friends, and intimidating by anyone that stands in his way. One of the most common themes in Dirk Pitt novels is a love of the sea. Dirk is known to love its mysterious allure, which is an interest and obsession that he clearly shares with the author of the novels, Clive Cussler. One of the greatest aspects of Dirk Pitt novels is his fast paced style, something that resonates through the writing style of his novels as well. Dirk Pitt stories frequently follow a fairly predictable storyline, but the quality that makes every Dirk Pitt story so unique is the delivery of it. Dirk loves adventure, and loves the unpredictable, his embracing of his circumstances makes him a character who always delivers exciting new events. While Dirk Pitt is typically out traveling and living a life of utmost wild adventure, he occasionally retires to his crazy home which is a refurbished hangar on the grounds of Washington National Airport. His home is part house, part maze of inventions with his eccentric car collection (Dirk Pitt is a serious car fanatic, and this is a part of his personality that surfaces in some form in every single one of his books), several different aircraft, a Pullman railroad dining car, and even a totem pole. Dirk Pitt, being a fairly eccentric and adventurous soul, keeps a home that is equally wild and exciting. Dirk Pitt’s Backstory Dirk Pitt is the child of Senator George Pitt. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, along with his lifetime best friend Al Giordino. Many people consider Dirk Pitt to be the star, and Al Giordino to be his side kick – but truly everything that Dirk Pitt does is with the help of his trusty pal, Al Giordino. They work as a team and need each other quite a lot through out the series. Pacific Vortex! This is the very first of all of the Dirk Pitt stories, however this frequently leads to some confusion, because it was not the first story to be published. It is the sixth book in the series according to publication dates, but Clive Cussler wrote this story about Pitt before any of the other ones. Not only has Clive Cussler confirmed that he wrote this story first, but he has stated that it is sort of an exception to the series. He had not fully found his style of writing yet and so this one, he believes, is published more as a piece of history than as a part of the series. He feels that Dirk Pitt really finds his feet in the future stories of the series. In this first story, Dirk is sitting around enjoying himself on Oahu beach when he sees something floating in the water; swimming out to discover what it might be, he discovers it is a communication device used to send messages back and forth between ships and submarines. The message inside: word from the The Starbuck, a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine that had disappeared unexplainably into the Pacific Vortex more than 30 years ago. The Mediterranean Caper This book, sometimes published as just Mayday, is more traditionally considered the very first Dirk Pitt novel. It certainly is the first published Dirk Pitt novel, and the beginning of the series as most of Dirk’s fans know of it. In


The film '24 Hour Party People' follows the development of which Manchester record label in the '70's and '80's?

24 Hour Party People Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 127 reviews in total  65 out of 70 people found the following review useful: From punk to rave in northern England - a pulsating, highly original, thoroughly entertaining mess of a film. from London 17 April 2002 24 Hour Party People is the story of Factory Records, a defiantly eccentric independent record label based in Manchester, England, which discovered acts as influential and diverse as Joy Division and the Happy Mondays. The film is shot in mock-documentary style and narrated by Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan), the founder of Factory. Coogan portrays Wilson's double life as music svengali and cheesy local TV reporter to brilliant comic effect. Although Brits will draw the inevitable parallels between Coogan's Wilson and his ultra-naff TV persona, Alan Partridge, Coogan actually has Wilson off to a tee. Arrogant and pompous, Cambridge-educated Wilson is master of the pseudish sound bite (when he realises they have no tickets for a concert in his nightclub, he retorts `Did they have tickets for the Sermon on the Mount? Of course they didn't, people just turned up because they knew it would be a great gig'). But he also has a perceptive eye for the zeitgeist and his vision to create the Hacienda club transformed Manchester into Madchester, for a brief time the music capital of the world. The story really starts with an early Sex Pistols gig in Manchester, attended by only 42 people, most of whom went on to have an influence on the Manchester music scene of the next 10 years. Wilson was in the audience, together with members of the band who went on to form the brilliant post-punk pioneers Joy Division. The first part of the film is really focussed on them and their manager, the aggressive and cantankerous Rob Gretton ( played by Paddy Considine), and their producer, the irascible acid-casualty Martin Hannett (another superb cameo by Andy Serkis) - both of whom are no longer alive. Joy Division's lead singer, Ian Curtis, is portrayed so accurately by Sean Harris that it's positively eerie, and the scenes of the band playing in rundown venues seem remarkably true to life and capture effectively the rawness and intensity of their live performances. The film also deals, rather insensitively, with the death of Curtis, who's feet we see swinging after he has strung himself up on a rope in his house. This segues uncomfortably into a town crier announcing his death to the world, and ends with scenes showing Curtis's body in a coffin at the crematorium. From then on, the story continues with Joy Division's reincarnation as New Order and the building of the Hacienda nightclub, and the sometimes disastrous business decisions made by Wilson and Factory. When New Order released Blue Monday, the record sleeve was so expensive to produce they lost money on every copy sold. The single went on to become the biggest-selling 12' of all time, paradoxically crippling Factory in the process. The first nights at the Hacienda were also calamitous, with bands playing in front of single-figure audiences. Eventually however, the druggy indie dance kings Happy Mondays arrived on the scene, and acid house was born. Suddenly the Hacienda was the place to be and the Madchester rave scene became famous all over the world. The scenes of drugs-and-sex-excess on the Monday's tour bus and the re-creation of the Hacienda club nights are superbly portrayed. The final part of the film tells how gang violence led to the closure of the club and the drug-riddled misadventures of the Mondays, especially their singer Shaun Ryder, led to their downfall and had severe financial implications for Factory Records (Wilson had inexplicably sent them to Barbados to record their last Factory album). Eventually, Factory was sold, lock, stock and barrel, to another label (who were perturbed to find Wilson had not signed any contracts with any of the Factory bands, effectively giving the artists total creative freedom). 24 Hour Party People is a real rollercoaster ride. There are some brilliant acting performances, punctua


What was the name of the nurse played by Lynda Barron in 'Open All Hours'?

Open All Hours (TV Series 1973–1985) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Arkwright is a tight-fisted shop owner in Doncaster, who will stop at nothing to keep his profits high and his overheads low, even if this means harassing his nephew Granville. Arkwright's ... See full summary  » Stars: Arkwright decides to take Nurse Gladys away to a hotel. This leaves Granville in a position to make his play for the milk round lady, but Arkwright, hands on as ever and never keen to be too far away... 8.2 To the envy of Granville who has never attended one,Arkwright is taking Nurse Gladys to a wedding and has taken his old suit out of moth-balls, but it still reeks of camphor. Nurse Gladys makes him ... 8.1 When Arkwright finds himself with a surplus of Jamaican Ginger cakes he tries various marketing ploys in order to sell them off, but hits the jackpot when he claims that the cakes contain drugs, ... 8.1 a list of 47 titles created 08 Nov 2013 a list of 38 titles created 01 Jan 2014 a list of 46 titles created 31 Aug 2014 a list of 34 titles created 13 Apr 2015 a list of 34 titles created 10 Aug 2015 Title: Open All Hours (1973–1985) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system. Stars: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay Long running BBC comedy show consisting of sketches and humourous musical routines involving the large Ronnie Barker and the small Ronnie Corbett. Most sketches involved both men, but ... See full summary  » Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers Having inherited the shop from his uncle, it's business as usual for Granville at Arkwright's corner shop. Stars: David Jason, James Baxter, Stephanie Cole This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the ... See full summary  » Director: Dick Clement Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margeret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbors. Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle Classic 1960s British comedy series about a middle aged man and his elderly father who run an unsuccessful 'rag and bone' business (collecting and selling junk). Harold (the son) wants to ... See full summary  » Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Frank Thornton Going Straight (TV Series 1978) Comedy Following his release from Slade prison, Fletcher tries to stick to the straight and narrow, but it isn't easy! Stars: Ronnie Barker, Patricia Brake, Richard Beckinsale Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby. Stars: Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice, Jessica Forte Terry and Bob from The Likely Lads (1964) continue their life after Terry arrives home from serving in the Army to discover that Bob is about to marry his girlfriend Thelma. Can Thelma lead... See full summary  » Stars: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion. Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long suffering tenants. Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington, Frances de la Tour The misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of


In area measures, how many acres make up a square mile?

Square Miles to Acres - How many acres in a sq. mile ? Square Miles To Acres Conversion How many acres in a square mile? Square miles to acres area units conversion factor is 640. To find out how many acres in square miles, multiply by the factor or instead, use the converter below. 1 Square Mile = 640 Acres Square mile and acre are imperial and US customary area units and commonly used for land measurements. In many countries, acre (43560 sq feet) is mostly replaced by hectare (10,000 sq meters) which is a metric area unit. Acre is not officially in use anymore in UK since 2010, but still commonly used in united states. The abbreviations are "mi2", "sq mi" and for acre, "ac". For acre to sq mile conversion, please go to acre to sq mile For other units of area conversion, please go to Area Conversion Converter


The German navy only built two 'Bismark Class' battleships. One was 'Bismark'. What was the name of the other?

German battleship Bismarck | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Main article: Bismarck-class battleship Bismarck was ordered under the name Ersatz Hannover ("Hannover replacement"), a replacement for the old pre-dreadnought SMS Hannover , under contract "F". [1] The contract was awarded to the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, where the keel was laid on 1 July 1936 at Helgen IX. [2] [3] The ship was launched on 14 February 1939 and during the elaborate ceremonies was christened by Dorothee von Löwenfeld, granddaughter of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck , the ship's namesake. Adolf Hitler made the christening speech. [3] Fitting-out work followed the launch, during which time the original straight stem was replaced with a raked "Atlantic bow" similar to the Scharnhorst-class battleships . [4] Bismarck was commissioned into the fleet on 24 August 1940 for sea trials, [5] which were conducted in the Baltic. Kapitän zur See Ernst Lindemann took command of the ship at the time of commissioning. [6] 3D rendering of Bismarck during Operation Rheinübung Bismarck displaced Script error as built and Script error fully loaded, with an overall length of Script error, a beam of Script error and a maximum draft of Script error. [1] The battleship was Germany's largest warship, [2] and displaced more than any other European battleship, with the exception of HMS Vanguard , commissioned after the end of the war. [3] Bismarck was powered by three Blohm & Voss geared steam turbines and twelve oil-fired Wagner superheated boilers, which developed a total of Script error and yielded a maximum speed of Script error on speed trials. The ship had a cruising range of Script error at Script error. [1] Bismarck was equipped with three FuMO 23 search radar sets, mounted on the forward and stern range-finders and foretop. [2] The standard crew numbered 103 officers and 1,962 enlisted men. [3] The crew was divided into twelve divisions of between 180 and 220 men. The first six divisions were assigned to the ship's armaments, divisions one through four for the main and secondary batteries and five and six manning anti-aircraft guns . The seventh division consisted of specialists, including cooks and carpenters, and the eighth division consisted of ammunition handlers. The radio operators , signalmen, and quartermasters were assigned to the ninth division. The last three divisions were the engine room personnel. When Bismarck left port, fleet staff, prize crews , and war correspondents increased the crew complement to over 2,200 men. [4] Roughly 200 of the engine room personnel came from the light cruiser Karlsruhe , which had been lost during Operation Weserübung , the German invasion of Norway. [5] Bismarck's crew published a ship's newspaper titled Die Schiffsglocke (The Ship's Bell); [6] this paper was only published once, on 23 April 1941, by the commander of the engineering department, Gerhard Junack. [7] Bismarck was armed with eight 38 cm SK C/34 guns arranged in four twin gun turrets : two super-firing turrets forward—"Anton" and "Bruno"—and two aft—"Caesar" and "Dora". [lower-alpha 1] Secondary armament consisted of twelve Script error L/55 guns, sixteen Script error L/65 and sixteen Script error L/83 , and twelve Script error anti-aircraft guns. Bismarck also carried four Arado Ar 196 reconnaissance floatplanes , with a single large hangar and a double-ended catapult . [1] The ship's main belt was Script error thick and was covered by a pair of upper and main armoured decks that were Script error and Script error thick, respectively. The Script error turrets were protected by Script error thick faces and Script error thick sides. [1] Service history Edit Bismarck in port in Hamburg On 15 September 1940, three weeks after her commissioning, Bismarck left Hamburg to begin sea trials in Kiel Bay . [2] Sperrbrecher 13 escorted the ship to Arcona on 28 September, and then on to Gotenhafen for trials in the Gulf of Danzig . [3] The ship's power-plant was given a thorough workout; Bismarck made measured-mile and high speed runs. While her stabili


National Flower Of India, Indian National Flower, Indian Lotus, Indian National Symbols, National Symbols Of India. Home : National Symbols : National Flower of India Search National Flower of India Lotus, botanically known as the Nelumbo Nucifera is     the national flower of India. The Lotus plant is basically an aquatic     plant with wide floating leaves and bright aromatic flowers which grow     only in shallow waters. The Lotus plant has floating leaves and flowers.     It has long aerated stems. The lotus flowers are extremely beautiful     with an overlapping proportional motif of petals. It is considered to be     a sacred flower and occupies unique position in the art and mythology of     ancient India. This flower has been an auspicious symbol of Indian     culture since time immemorial. Choice of Lotus As National Flower The Lotus Flower symbolizes divinity, fertility, wealth, knowledge and     enlightenment. It is also regarded as a symbol of triumph as it can     survive to regerminate for thousands of years. Lotus represents long     life, honor, and good fortune. Untouched by the impurity despite growing     in mud, the flower is also meant to symbolize the purity of heart and     mind. It holds additional significance for Hindus, as it is regarded as     the symbol of many Gods and Goddesses and is often used in religious     practices. It was because of these noble meanings and cultural     significance that made the founding fathers of modern India enshrine the     lotus in the Constitution as the National Flower. Cultural Significance of Lotus From ancient times the lotus has been considered to be a sacred symbol     in Asian traditions representing sexual purity. It is also regarded as     the symbol of purity and divinity by several religions. Hindus relate it     to their Almighty, Vishnu, Brahma, Lakshmi and Sarasvati who are often     depicted sitting upon this pious flower. As Lotus also stands as the     symbol of divine beauty, it is used as a symbol to describe the beauty     of Lord Vishnu by referring him as the 'Lotus-Eyed One'. In the Hindu     Mythology, the unfolding petals of Lotus signify the expansion of the     soul. As the Lotus carries piousness despite growing from the mud, it is     said to represent a caring spiritual promise. The Buddhists consider the     Lotus Flower to be sacred and auspicious as the flower stands for     faithfulness in their religion. The lotus plant has also been cited as a     sacred flower extensively in the ancient Puranic and Vedic literature. Lotus Trivia Apart from India, Lotus is also the national flower of Vietnam. In Egypt the Lotus Flowers are considered to auspicious because they are regarded as the symbol of Sun God. Lotus seeds are medicinal in nature and are used for the treatment of kidney, spleen, and heart ailments. They are also considered beneficial in the treatment of Leucorrhea, palpitation and insomnia. Lotus seeds are also used as antidotes in mushroom poisoning. The seeds, leaves and tubers of the Lotus Flower are edible.


There are six types or flavours of Quark. Which one is missing: up, down, bottom, top, strange and ........?

Quarks Quarks Quarks and Leptons are the building blocks which build up matter, i.e., they are seen as the "elementary particles". In the present standard model, there are six "flavors" of quarks. They can successfully account for all known mesons and baryons (over 200). The most familiar baryons are the proton and neutron , which are each constructed from up and down quarks. Quarks are observed to occur only in combinations of two quarks (mesons), three quarks (baryons). There was a recent claim of observation of particles with five quarks ( pentaquark ), but further experimentation has not borne it out. Quark 4.19 GeV(MS) 4.67 GeV(1S) *The masses should not be taken too seriously, because the confinement of quarks implies that we cannot isolate them to measure their masses in a direct way. The masses must be implied indirectly from scattering experiments. The numbers in the table are very different from numbers previously quoted and are based on the July 2010 summary in Journal of Physics G, Review of Particle Physics, Particle Data Group. A summary can be found on the LBL site . These masses represent a strong departure from earlier approaches which treated the masses for the U and D as about 1/3 the mass of a proton , since in the quark model the proton has three quarks. The masses quoted are model dependent, and the mass of the bottom quark is quoted for two different models. But in other combinations they contribute different masses. In the pion , an up and an anti-down quark yield a particle of only 139.6 MeV of mass energy, while in the rho vector meson the same combination of quarks has a mass of 770 MeV! The masses of C and S are from Serway, and the T and B masses are from descriptions of the experiments in which they were discovered. Each of the six "flavors" of quarks can have three different " colors ". The quark forces are attractive only in "colorless" combinations of three quarks (baryons), quark-antiquark pairs (mesons) and possibly larger combinations such as the pentaquark that could also meet the colorless condition. Quarks undergo transformations by the exchange of W bosons, and those transformations determine the rate and nature of the decay of hadrons by the weak interaction. Go Back The Strange Quark In 1947 during a study of cosmic ray interactions, a product of a proton collision with a nucleus was found to live for a much longer time than expected: 10-10 seconds instead of the expected 10-23 seconds! This particle was named the lambda particle (Λ0) and the property which caused it to live so long was dubbed "strangeness" and that name stuck to be the name of one of the quarks from which the lambda particle is constructed. The lambda is a baryon which is made up of three quarks: an up, a down and a strange quark. The shorter lifetime of 10-23 seconds was expected because the lambda as a baryon participates in the strong interaction, and that usually leads to such very short lifetimes. The long observed lifetime helped develop a new conservation law for such decays called the "conservation of strangeness". The presence of a strange quark in a particle is denoted by a quantum number S=-1. Particle decay by the strong or electromagnetic interactions preserve the strangeness quantum number. The decay process for the lambda particle must violate that rule, since there is no lighter particle which contains a strange quark - so the strange quark must be transformed to another quark in the process. That can only occur by the weak interaction , and that leads to a much longer lifetime. The decay processes show that strangeness is not conserved: The quark transformations necessary to accomplish these decay processes can be visualized with the help of Feynmann diagrams . The omega-minus , a baryon composed of three strange quarks, is a classic example of the need for the property called " color " in describing particles. Since quarks are fermions with spin 1/2, they must obey the Pauli exclusion principle and cannot exist in identical states. So with three strange quarks, the property which distinguish


In physics, what is defined as mass per unit volume?

Mass, Weight, Density Density Density is defined as mass per unit volume. Data can be entered into any of the boxes below. Specifying any two of the quantities determines the third. After you have entered values for two, click on the text representing to third to calculate its value. gm/cm3 =


Which musical, based on a children's novel, won seven Olivier Awards earlier this year, the most ever?

Tim Minchin · THE MATILDA THE MUSICAL STORY Stratford-Upon-Avon | West End, London | Broadway, New York | US Tour | Australia | Toronto, Canada The RSC’s Matilda The Musical website has tickets available for the West End , Broadway , Sydney and the US Tour . It also has slightly less Minchin-centric information, than this page, in the form of videos, cast and production information, clips of the cast recordings, all their social media accounts and more. But as a head-start here they are on Twitter: @MatildaMusical , @MatildaBroadway and @MatildainOz . Teachers and children will find many creative writing resources on the RSC Education Department’s interactive website MatildaSchoolResources.com . If you still want more then Angry (Feet), Tim’s official fansite, has a Matilda sub-forum . Information regarding the performance rights for Matilda The Musical can be found here . Matilda the Musical (in 20 minutes) will be released for schools and amateur youth groups (i.e. performers aged 16 years or younger) in the UK and Ireland ONLY from 4th March, 2014. This version will be available for a limited time prior to the official release by MTI of Matilda the Musical Junior Version (currently in development). Tim with the Stratford-upon-Avon Matildas: Kerry Ingram, Adrianna Bertola and Josie Griffiths (Original production cast from Stratford-upon-Avon November 2010) Matilda Roald Dahl ’s children’s novel Matilda was first published in 1988 with illustrations by Quentin Blake . It is the story of a very bright and rebellious little girl, with special powers. Matilda’s parents, Mr and Mrs Wormwood, have no time for her and treat her as a nuisance. She spends most of her time reading books from the library astonishingly quickly, whilst they watch the telly and Mr Wormwood sells dodgy used cars. At school things are no better as despite the care and support of her teacher, the lovely Miss Honey, Matilda has to contend with the terrifying headmistress Miss Trunchbull who rules the school with cruelty and fear. Matilda fights against the injustices at home and at school. Eventually she decides the grown-ups should be taught a lesson and in the process discovers her supernatural powers Chapter One: Stratford-Upon-Avon In December 2008, director Matthew Warchus approached Tim about writing the music and lyrics for a stage musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s famous book, to be produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company. Tim had little hesitation: not only was the chance to write for the RSC impossible to resist, but as a life long fan of Dahl, he had – coincidentally – attempted to secure the stage rights to Matilda ten years earlier, when he was writing for theatre in Perth, WA. Working from Kelly’s script adaptation, Tim wrote his first draft in the middle of 2009, with the first workshop production taking place in London in September. A significant restructuring and a short period of rewriting was undertaken in the autumn, and – with Tim on tour in Australia – a second workshop took place in November. Over the new year big changes took place, characters were discarded, songs were binned, scenes were conflated, and inevitable crisis talks ensued, but not until Tim returned from Australia in March did the final push begin. Warchus, Kelly, Minchin, RSC dramaturge Jeanie O’Hare, and legendary musical supervisor Chris Nightingale spent an intense two months renovating the script. The final workshop production took place at the end of June, further adjustments were made, and rehearsals started in September 2010. The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon. Photo by Kathryn Sinnott Following the dress rehearsal on the 6th November 2010 the show was performed to its first public audience, three days later, on the 9th at the Courtyard theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon and was extremely well received. The previews continued for a month, with everyone working hard to tighten it up and tweak it into perfection. Finally Matilda, A Musical opened on the 9th December with the industry press in heavy attendance. The audience rose delightedly to their feet


Which military force, formed in 1485 to guard Henry VII, was the title of an opera that premiered i London on October 3rd. 1888?

OCTOBER October 1 OCTOBER The Feast Day of Agnes of Lisieux, patron saint of florists. The National Day of China marking the formation in 1949 of the Peoples Republic with Mao Tse-tung as chairman. The National Day of Nigeria which became independent within the Commonwealth in 1960, and became a republic this day in 1963. 1207: Birth of Henry III, King of England, born at Winchester, son of King John. He reigned from 1216 to 1272 and, by all accounts, was totally incompetent. 1792: Money orders were first issued in Britain. 1843: The News of the World, Britains biggest circulation Sunday newspaper, began publication. 1868: St Pancras railway station in London was formally opened as a terminus of the Midland Railway. 1880: The Edison Lamp Works began operations in New Jersey to manufacture the first electric light bulbs. 1903: From this day it was possible to take a train from London to Dover, pick up the connection at Ostend and travel via Berlin as far as St Petersburg as European railways linked with Russian. 1906: The first hot-air balloon race was staged at Whitley, Yorkshire and was won by US Army Lieutenant Frank Lahm. 1908: Henry Ford introduced the Model T, the worlds most popular low-priced car until the arrival of the Volkswagen Beetle. It was also the first left-hand drive vehicle. 1918: The Arab forces of Emir Faisal with British officer T E Lawrence captured Damascus from the Turks. An Australian Mounted division followed them in. 1924: Birth of Jimmy (James Earl) Carter, 39th US President (1977-81) and peanut farmer who managed to get Egypt and Israel to sign the Camp David agreement ending hostilities between their countries. 1936: General Franco took over as the head of the Nationalist Government in Spain. 1938: German forces entered Sudetenland, once part of Czechoslovakia which Hitler claimed he had liberated. 1938: The first edition of Picture Post, an 80-page photonews magazine, went on sale for just 3d (less than 2p) and became a legend in British journalism. 1963: The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed by Britain, USSR and the US came into force. 1969: Olaf Palme became Prime Minister of Sweden. 1969: Concorde 001 broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight in France. 1971: Disney World opened in Florida. 1974: The Watergate Trial began. John Erlichman, H R Haldeman and John Mitchell, charged with obstructing the course of justice, were found guilty the following year. 1974: The first McDonalds opened in London to speed up the fast food revolution. 1985: Liverpool youths went on the rampage in Toxteth, a decaying inner city area. The riots were some of the most serious experienced in Britain this century. 2 OCTOBER 1187: Saladin, the Muslim sultan, captured Jerusalem this day after an 88-year occupation by the Franks. 1452: Birth of Richard III, King of England from 1483 who proved a skilful ruler despite being suspected of the murder of Edward V and his brother. 1608: Dutch lens maker Hans Lippershey demonstrated the first telescope. 1847: Birth of Paul Ludwig Hans von Benckendorff und Hindenburg, German field marshal and president of the Republic from 1925 who was forced to invite Hitler to accept the Chancellorship in 1933. 1851: Birth of Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France who was in command of the Allied armies in 1918 when the final advance to end the war was launched. 1869: Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian leader who campaigned for Indian independence using the techniques of civil disobedience. 1870: Rome was declared the capital of Italy. 1871: Brigham Young, Mormon leader, was arrested for bigamy. 1871: Birth of Cordell Hull, US statesman and diplomat, Roosevelts secretary of state who has been called the father of the United Nations and for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. 1901: The first Royal Navy submarine was launched at Barrow, built by Vickers. There were five of these experimental six-man crew submarine boats on order. 1904: Birth of Shri Lal Banadur Shastri, Indian prime minister who campaigned with Gandhi, with whom he shares a


Who played 'Emma Peel' in the 1998 film 'The Avengers'?

The Avengers (1998) - 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 Two British agents team up to stop Sir August de Wynter from destroying the world with a weather-changing machine. Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik (as Jeremiah Chechik) Writers: Sydney Newman (television series The Avengers), Don MacPherson Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Hdtgm: A Conversation with Jeremiah Chechik, Director of The Avengers 27 May 2016 9:30 AM, -08:00 | Slash Film a list of 45 titles created 15 Sep 2013 a list of 31 titles created 24 Feb 2015 a list of 29 titles created 7 months ago a list of 25 titles created 4 months ago a list of 42 titles created 3 months ago Search for " The Avengers " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 3 wins & 16 nominations. See more awards  » Videos An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief. Director: Jon Amiel When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in LA, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham. Director: Philip Kaufman A quirky spy show of the adventures of an eccentricly suave British agent and his predominately female partners. Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman Lancelot falls in love with Guinevere, who is due to be married to King Arthur. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Director: Jerry Zucker In the future, Highlander Connor MacLeod must prevent the destruction of Earth under an anti-ozone shield. Director: Russell Mulcahy In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, SF and adventure characters team up on a secret mission. Director: Stephen Norrington Edit Storyline British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August. Written by John Hawkinson <jhawk@mit.edu> When evil reigns, only one team can weather the storm. See more  » Genres: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 14 August 1998 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: £937,166        (UK) (14 August 1998) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia As well as Mrs Peel, scriptwriter Don MacPherson intentionally drew on elements of Cathy Gale, her predecessor on the original series, for his updating. See more » Goofs At the Start of the film when steed drops the box of macaroons on the desk in the first shot the bakery name is at the front and the box is square on, the following cut the box has turned the text on the side of box is now at the front and the box is slightly angled See more » Quotes Alice : [holding a submachine gun, to Steed and Emma Peel] Would you please be so kind as to hit the ground, if it's not too much trouble? [Fires submachine gun, kills the bad guy] Alice : I hope he was a baddie. Waltz Op. 64 No. 2 (Medium) by Frédéric Chopin Not great, but not the horror everyone else describes 6 July 1999 | by possum-3 – See all my reviews Frankly, when THE AVENGERS was released, I wanted it to bomb--I wanted Hollywood to finally get the idea that ripping off old TV shows is IMBECILIC and almost never successful. Thus, I was happy that the movie did poorly and closed quickly. (I also took a trip to London just as the movie was released, and if you think it was ill-received here, the British took it times TEN.) Ironically, though, it isn't that bad a movie. Not great, but certainly not the despicable mess that most others seem to think. It's been


"""Send me postcard, drop me a line, Stating point of view"" is a line from which 'Beatles' song?"

THE BEATLES LYRICS - When I'm Sixty Four "When I'm Sixty Four" lyrics THE BEATLES LYRICS When I get older losing my hair Many years from now Will you still be sending me a valentine Birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I'd been out till quarter to three Would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me When I'm sixty-four? And if you say the word I could stay with you I could be handy, mending a fuse When your lights have gone You can knit a sweater by the fireside Sunday mornings go for a ride Doing the garden, digging the weeds Who could ask for more? Will you still need me, will you still feed me When I'm sixty-four? Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight If it's not too dear We shall scrimp and save Grandchildren on your knee Send me a postcard, drop me a line Stating point of view Indicate precisely what you mean to say Yours sincerely, wasting away Give me your answer, fill in a form Mine for evermore Will you still need me, will you still feed me When I'm sixty-four?


Which religious t.v. programme, first broadcast in 1969, was created and presented by Jess Yates?

Stars on Sunday (TV Series 1969–1979) - 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 Title: Stars on Sunday (1969–1979) 4.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? (Ambrosia) – See all my reviews In the early 1990's, I.T.V. abolished the 'God slot', meaning that religious programmes could no longer be broadcast in the early part of Sunday evening, instead viewers would have to make do with family movies and game shows of the 'Family Fortunes' variety. It was quite a jump from Sir Cliff Richard singing 'Abide With Me' to 'Honey I Shrunk The Kids'. 'Stars On Sunday', made by Yorkshire Television, was a religiously themed variety show, a sort of 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium' with hymn books. Internationally famous stars of the calibre of Kenneth McKellar, Moira Anderson, Eartha Kitt, James Mason, Harry Secombe and Christopher Lee ( yes, you read that correctly! Old Count Dracula himself used to read extracts from The Bible on this show ) appeared. Normally such talent did not come cheap, but producer and presenter Jess Yates had a knack for persuading stars to work for next to nothing. Perhaps they thought it a worthy cause, like the bands who went on Live Aid in 1985. Perhaps they thought that by going on the show it would greatly increase their chances of reaching Heaven. We shall never know. Millions tuned in each week to see Sir Harry and co. performing spiritually uplifting songs against a background of cardboard cut-out sheep and tinsel. It was the complete opposite of his later show 'Highway' ( how I miss that! ) which took him around the country. Not all the 'turns' were stars. There was The Poole Family, Britain's answer to The Osmonds, who grinned their way through the hymn back catalogue. I forget how many there were ( it seemed like a new member joined each week ). The youngest member was chirpy Glyn, whom a T.V. Times reader likened to actor Kenneth Haigh, star of I.T.V.'s sleazy drama 'Man At The Top'. I never found out whether that was intended as a complement or not. Linking the acts was, of course, Jess Yates, seated before an organ ( a musical one, so don't worry ) which he would then play a la Terry Jones in 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' ( only fully clothed ). Yates was known as 'The Bishop' on account of his oh-so solemn delivery. Watching him you would think you had tuned into a funeral service by mistake. Viewers used to send in requests for hymns. One night, he introduced 'When The Saints Go Marching In' and made it sound as though Judgement Day had arrived. Stanley Baxter did a splendid spoof on his 'Picture Show' called 'Scars On Sunday' in which he caught to a tee Yates' sepulchral manner. 'Stars On Sunday' used to go out ahead of sitcoms such as 'On The Buses' and 'Doctor In Charge' which meant that one minute you were watching David Frost reciting the parable of The Good Samaritan, the next Reg Varney and Bob Grant were insulting Stephen Lewis. Alas, it came to pass that Yates had been having it off with a woman half his age, and Yorkshire T.V. did thus cast him out into the wilderness forevermore, much to the amusement no doubt of his long-term rival Hughie Green. The show carried on without The Bishop for a good few years, finally ending in 1979. Other shows moved into the 'God slot', thankfully none quite as stuffy or pretentious. This show did more to promote atheism in Britain than any other, before or since. 7 of 7 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


Which sauce is used in a dish of 'Eggs Benedict'?

Eggs Benedict Recipe - Allrecipes.com CHEF2CHEF 1/25/2003 I use a much easier recipe for hollandaisse at our restaurant. We add the egg yolks, pepper (cayenne) and lemon juice in the blender. Heat the butter in the microwave until bubbly, then add sl... HZERESKI 3/16/2005 I wanted to share a time saving hint that I saw on a cooking show. You can poach your eggs in advance then remove them from the boiling water and place them in a large bowl of ice water, make s... chellebelle 3/11/2006 Just delicious. Toast your muffins just golden, not too crispy or it makes the Eggs Benedict hard to eat in my opinion. An easier way to make Hollandaise is in the blender. Place egg yolks in bl... rmbpearson 2/24/2008 Excellent! And I tried all the various versions suggested by other reviewers. The blender method makes it easier and faster, but the double boiler method tastes less eggy and the heat blends all... LUNCH*LADY 1/8/2002 This recipe's hollandaise sauce was just way too lemony for our tastes. My kid's couldn't even eat it!!! Cut the lemon juice down to about 2 teaspoons and it will probably be fine. MakeItBlog 7/30/2006 My boyfriend considers himself an "eggs benedict connoisseur" - he always orders it when we eat out for breakfast and will send it back if it isn't to his liking (he always feels bad about it th... Andrea McEvoy 11/11/2001 Perfect recipe. Although I've made Eggs Benedict before, I'd never used a recipe for the Hollandaise sauce- I just used an old method my mom used. This had just the perfect amount of lemon (we... LINDA MCLEAN 12/26/2002 One of my favorite yearly treats is eggs benedict which I reserve for our Sunday before Christmas brunch with our friends. This year I felt a little ripped off, being that for the first time, th... HDEDEAST 11/17/2005 Hubby requested this for supper. I came to this site and was not disappointed. Followed the recipe exactly. Unlike others, I did not find the sauce to "lemony". This is a super recipe. Than...


What was the first Christian name of Harold Wilson?

History of Harold Wilson - GOV.UK GOV.UK Harold Wilson Labour 1974 to 1976, 1964 to 1970 Born 11 March 1916, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Died 1974 to 1976, 1964 to 1970 Political party Labour Major acts Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965: suspended the death penalty in England, Wales and Scotland. Sexual Offences Act 1967: decriminalisation of certain homosexual offences. Interesting facts In 1969 he was struck in the eye by a stink bomb thrown by a schoolboy. Wilson’s response was "with an arm like that he ought to be in the English cricket XI″ As Prime Minister Harold Wilson enacted social reforms in education, health, housing, gender equality, price controls, pensions, provisions for disabled people and child poverty. Harold Wilson, the son of a chemist and teacher, was born in Yorkshire during the First World War. In 1924, aged 8, he visited 10 Downing Street, which would eventually become his home. He studied Modern History for a year before transferring to Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, graduating with a first class BA. The Labour politician entered Parliament in 1945 as MP for Ormskirk and later becoming MP for Huyton. In 1947, then Prime Minister Clement Attlee made Wilson President of the Board of Trade. Aged 31, he had become the youngest member of the Cabinet in the 20th century. Under Hugh Gaitskell’s leadership of the Labour party, Wilson served as Shadow Chancellor from 1955 to 1961, then as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1961 to 1963. After Gaitskell passed away suddenly, Wilson fought and won a leadership contest against George Brown and James Callaghan. As Labour leader, he won 4 of the 5 General Elections he contested, although this includes a minority government. His first election victory on 15 October 1964 saw him win with a small majority of 4, which increased significantly to 98 after a second General Election on 31 March 1966. As Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970, his main plan was to modernise. He believed that he would be aided by the “white heat of the technological revolution”. His government supported backbench MPs in liberalising laws on censorship, divorce, abortion, and homosexuality, and he abolished capital punishment. Crucial steps were taken towards stopping discrimination against women and ethnic minorities, and Wilson’s government also created the Open University. In comparison, his outlook on foreign affairs was less modernising. He wanted to maintain Britain’s world role by keeping the Commonwealth united and nurturing the Anglo-American alliance. For example, his approach to the Vietnam War saw him skilfully balance modernist ambitions with Anglo-American interests when, despite repeated American requests, he kept British troops out while still maintaining good relations. Wilson biographer Philip Ziegler characterises his role as “honest broker”. However, he had to fundamentally reshape Britain’s world role after inheriting an overstretched military and a £400 million balance of payments deficit, which caused successive sterling crises. To resolve these 2 interlinked problems, Wilson launched a Defence Review (1964 to 1965) and created the Department for Economic Affairs, which sought to implement an ambitious National Plan. When sterling crises continued, Wilson was forced to devalue the pound in November 1967. Two months later, his government reluctantly announced Britain’s gradual withdrawal from the strategically important East of Suez. Despite his initial hesitation, Wilson recognised the value of membership of the European Economic Community ( EEC ), but his 1967 application was unsuccessful. Believing his popularity had increased, Wilson called a general election on 18 June 1970, but suffered defeat by the Conservative Party under Edward Heath . Wilson held onto the Labour leadership. The next General Election on 28 February 1974 resulted in a hung parliament, and he formed a minority government. He called another election on 10 October 1974 at which he secured a small majority of 3. His next 2 years as Prime Minister saw him concentrate heavi


In which country are the headquarters of the electronics company NOKIA?

Nokia on the Forbes Global 2000 List #72 World's Most Valuable Brands (2013) Nokia Oyj provides network infrastructure, technology and software services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Broadband, Global Services, and Nokia Technologies. The Mobile Broadband segment engages in the provision of flexible network solutions for mobile voice and data services through its Radio and Core business lines. The Global Services segment provides mobile operators with services to create and maintain effective networks. The Nokia Technologies segment focuses on advanced technology development and licensing. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. More »


At 21 square kilometers, which is the world's smallest island nation?

Smallest Island Nation | Dimensions Info Smallest Island Nation The smallest island nation is Nauru (official title is Republic of Nauru). The total area is 21 square kilometers (8.1 sq mi). The December 2 to 6 census puts the population at 9,275. The 2009 estimate is 14,019. The density is 476.2/km2. The island can be found at the South Pacific. General Information Nauru is the tiniest independent republic on the planet. It also holds the distinction of being the only republic that doesn’t have a capital. Based on archaeological findings, the island was first inhabited by Polynesians and Micronesians over 3,000 years ago. A dozen tribes were on the island. This can be seen by the 12 points on its flag. Early History The smallest island nation in the world had its first European visitor in 1798. It was a whaler named Captain John Fearn. Other Europeans would get wind of it. European criminals and deserters would often escape to the island. The local inhabitants began trading food for firearms. This practice would lead to a tribal war. The Nauruan Tribal War lasted for ten years. It devastated the island and reduced the population by 1/3. The 1800s and World War I The war ended in 1888 when the nation fell under German rule. The war ended when the Germans forbade firearms and alcohol. The island nation became part of the German Marshall Islands Protectorate. Christian missionaries began arriving that year as well. The Germans lost Nauru to the UK during World War I. The island nation would become part of the UK, Australia and New Zealand. These countries took control of the phosphate mining in Nauru. World War II and Independence The country fell to the Japanese in World War II. Over a thousand native inhabitants were sent to the Chuuk Islands for slave work. It was liberated by the Allies in 1945. The UN designated administrative rights to the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Nauru was granted independence in 1966. Operation and ownership of the phosphate deposits were given to the country. Population Indigenous peoples make up most of the country’s population. 58% are native to the island while 26% are Pacific Islanders. Europeans and some Chinese constitute the remaining eight percent. The dominant religion is Christianity. The smallest island nation also has numerous minority religions. The most prominent is Baha'i. The per capita income is $2,500 (2006 estimates). It still doesn’t have a capital, but Yaren is the seat of government. It is also the most populated area. Follow Us!


Which 'Oscar' winning actress was, in 1986, the first African-American entrant in the 'Miss World' contest?

#TBT: Halle Berry at the Miss World Pageant in 1986 #TBT: Halle Berry at the Miss World Pageant in 1986 Alexandra Perron Share Halle Berry competing in the Miss World Pageant in 1986/Getty Images. In honor of our Editor-in-Chief Bobbi Brown’s interview with Oscar winning actress Halle Berry , we decided to take a look back at the star before she made her on-screen debut—going all the way back to her pageant days. In 1986 she became the first African-American entrant in the Miss World competition, where she finished sixth. Her breakthrough film role came six years later when she starred alongside Eddie Murphy in Boomerang .  Whether sashaying across the stage or kicking butt as a Bond girl on screen, Berry will forever remain an icon in our eyes.


In which area of the city is H.M. Prison Birmingham?

Birmingham prison visiting information Birmingham prison visiting information Mon: 09:00 - 11:30 & 13:30 - 15:45 Tue: 09:00 - 11:30, 13:30 - 15:45 & 18:00 - 19:00 Wed: 09:00 - 11:30, 13:30 - 15:45 & 18:00 - 19:00 Thu: 09:00 - 11:30, 13:30 - 15:45 & 18:00 - 19:00 Fri: 09:00 - 11:30 & 14:00 - 16:00 Sat: 09:30 - 11:30 & 13:30 - 16:00 Sun: 10:15 - 11:30 & 13:30 - 16:00 Booking information Bookings can be made by direct line telephone on 0121 598 8170, available Mon - Fri between 09:00 - 12:00 & 13:15 - 17:00. Alternatively, email legalvisits.birmingham@uk.g4s.com Official visits Mon-Fri: 08:15 - 09:15, 09:15 - 10:00, 10:00 - 10:45, 10:45 - 11:30, 13:30 - 14:15, 14:15 - 15:00 & 15:00 - 15:45. Booking information: Booking line - 0121 345 2565 - available from 09.00 - 12.00 and 13.30 -16.30 hours. email: hmpbirminghamlegalvisits@hmps.gsi.gov.uk Additional information Additional time can be booked on request. Official identification will be required. Special requests, in writing, must be received to bring in tape recorders, lap-top computers, cameras, etc. 48-hours notice of any cancellation would be appreciated. Letter of authority required for all Police visits. Alternate Monday mornings additional legal/special visits take place in the main visits room (as well as the cubicles). General information Escort Area/Contractor: South Wales and West / Reliance Local Authority: County: West Midlands, District: Birmingham Constabulary: West Midlands Probation Service: West Midlands How to get there Birmingham Prison is located within 2 miles of the city centre. Train: take a train to Birmingham New Street Station NOT Birmingham International. The prison is approximately five miles from Birmingham New Street Station. From there the journey can be completed either by taxi or by bus. The prison can also be reached by the metro that runs between Wolverhampton and Snow Hill, Birmingham. Alight at Winson Green, and it’s a five-minute walk. Car: From the north and north west: M6 to Junction 8. Join the M5 southbound. Leave M5 at Junction 1. Turn left onto the A41 towards Birmingham. At the seventh set of traffic lights turn right onto the A4040 (Boulton Road). The prison is approximately one mile away on the left-hand side of the road. From the north east: To the A38 and continue down the ‘Aston Expressway’ – A38 (M). Turn off second left, up the slip road to Dartmouth Circus (a large roundabout). Turn right taking the third exit (signposted A41 West Bromwich). Continue through 2 sets of road traffic lights along New John Street West. At the roundabout take the third exit down to Hockley Circus. At the flyover turn right onto the A41 towards West Bromwich. Continue through several sets of traffic lights and turn left onto the A4040 (Boulton Road). The prison is approximately one mile away on the left-hand side of the road. From the south east: to Junction 8. Onto M6 southbound to Junction 1. Turn left onto the A41 towards Birmingham. At the seventh set of road traffic lights turn right onto the A4040 (Boulton Road). The prison is approximately one mile away on the left-hand side of the road. From the south west: M5 to Junction 1. Turn right onto the A41 towards Birmingham. At the seventh set of road traffic lights turn right onto the A4040 (Boulton Road). The prison is approximately one mile away on the left-hand side of the road. Parking: There is a car park for visitors with provision for disabled drivers Updated: Thursday, 2 August 2012 Contact


What is the title of the extended version of 'QI'?

Watch QI Season 6 Full Episodes Season 0 (9) Watch QI Season 6 Full Episodes The sixth series of QI , the BBC comedy panel game television program hosted by Stephen Fry , contains episodes themed around the letter "f". Series F was the first series to broadcast originally on BBC One, starting on 9 January 2009, with the exception of two episodes: one made for Children in Need, which was broadcast on BBC Two on 14 November 2008, and a Christmas special, transmitted on 22...  MORE The sixth series of QI , the BBC comedy panel game television program hosted by Stephen Fry , contains episodes themed around the letter "f". Series F was the first series to broadcast originally on BBC One, starting on 9 January 2009, with the exception of two episodes: one made for Children in Need, which was broadcast on BBC Two on 14 November 2008, and a Christmas special, transmitted on 22 December 2008 on BBC One. The rest of the series began on 9 January 2009 on BBC One, with an extended version of the show shown on BBC Two the following day.  LESS See All Loading Video... SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/SubscribeFTV http://www.FTV.com/videos MACAU - FashionTV is at Glam Slam 2011, at City of Dreams, an entertainment resort in Macau. The resort is hosting a 3-day fashion spectacle where 7 designers from Asia showcase their latest collections. Qi Gang is a designer from China who presents his Asia Haute Couture collection--a mix of loud zebra prints, bold shoulders, and big bellbottoms with sparkles, thick fabrics, and fringed glam. Glorious gowns and serious beading do the trick.  Appearance: Qi Gang  SHOP http://shop.ftv.com CHANNEL http://youtube.com/FashionTV FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/FTV TWITTER http://twitter.com/FashionTV FashionTV's YouTube network features coverage of fashion shows, fashion week, runway highlights, front row celebs, backstage, hair and makeup, models, designers, photo shoots, red carpets at the biggest events in Hollywood, and much more. The total source for worldwide fashion coverage, FashionTV has new uploads EVERY DAY - See it on YouTube first....  Show More SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/SubscribeFTV http://www.FTV.com/videos MACAU - FashionTV is at Glam Slam 2011, at City of Dreams, an entertainment resort in Macau. The resort is hosting a 3-day fashion spectacle where 7 designers from Asia showcase their latest collections. Qi Gang is a designer from China who presents his Asia Haute Couture collection--a mix of loud zebra prints, bold shoulders, and big bellbottoms with sparkles, thick fabrics, and fringed glam. Glorious gowns and serious beading do the trick.  Appearance: Qi Gang  SHOP http://shop.ftv.com CHANNEL http://youtube.com/FashionTV FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/FTV TWITTER http://twitter.com/FashionTV FashionTV's YouTube network features coverage of fashion shows, fashion week, runway highlights, front row celebs, backstage, hair and makeup, models, designers, photo shoots, red carpets at the biggest events in Hollywood, and much more. The total source for worldwide fashion coverage, FashionTV has new uploads EVERY DAY - See it on YouTube first. http://FTV.com    FashionTV "Qi Gang" Glorious Gowns Runway Show "Glam Slam" "City of Dreams" Macau Models Asia "Haute Couture" Qi Gang Glam Slam City Dreams Collection fashiontvASIA "Fashion Videos" "Fashion Show" FTV "Fashion TV" Fashion-TV "FTV Models" Fashion TV FTV.COM  Show Less


Which Durham new town is named after a miner's leader?

Peterlee Peterlee The Tyne Valley Peterlee Peterlee is a small new town, which was founded in 1948. The town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families, and was named after the celebrated Durham miners' leader Peter Lee. Today the new town boasts a strong sense of community and is noted for its large open green spaces and in recent year many of the town's public buildings have been replaced to accommodate the £24 million redevelopment of the town centre. Being situated close to the North East coast, Peterlee is within easy access of nearby beaches and Castle Eden Dene National Nature Reserve, which is the largest area of natural woodland in the North East, both excellent for keen dog walkers and those who enjoy an outdoor lifestyle. Peterlee has its own bus station and is served by Arriva North East and Go North East, who provide services to the local area and nearby towns and cities, including: Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, South Shields, Houghton-le-Spring, Stockton and Middlesbrough. There is also a bus to the Metro Centre which is the largest shopping and leisure centre in the European Union. Castle Dene Shopping Centre in Peterlee is the main retail area in the town and to surrounding villages. It provides a variety of well-known shops and restaurant. A popular market is held in the shopping centre each bank holiday. Peterlee also benefits from having a state of the art Leisure Centre, Bingo Hall, Hotel, local Golf Course, an annual show and Shotton Hall Banqueting Suite, which is very popular for weddings. As Peterlee's centrepiece, architectural designer Victor Passmore created the abstract Apollo Pavillion which was completed in 1970 and is named after the Apollo moon missions. In 2011 English Heritage gave the pavillion a Grade II listing. Peterlee offers a wide range of education, having seven primary schools, three secondary schools, two sixth forms and a recently redeveloped college. The college provides education for all ages has its own gym and is home to the training ground of Hartlepool Football club. Our Peterlee branch looks after a wide area of properties from south Co. Durham to north Teeside including Hartlepool, Blackhall, Horden, Elswick, Shotton Colliery and Easington to name just a small selection.


Which type of bridge takes its name from the French for see-saw?

10 Most Famous Bridges In The World - 10 Most Today 10 Most Famous Bridges In The World 10 Comments The world’s most famous bridges may not be the longest bridges , tallest bridges or highest bridges , but they are the most recognizable bridges in the world by far. Here are the top 10 most famous bridges: 1. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, United States – This world famous symbol of the West Coast of the United States and the most popular attraction of San Francisco has a main span of 1,280 meters (4,199 ft) which makes it around the 11th longest span in the world . The 11th place may not sound much, but taking into consideration that the bridge opened in 1937 makes it quite remarkable as the other top 10 were built during the last 10-20 years. The Golden Gate bridge is located in San Francisco and is perhaps the city’s most famous attraction. With the view of the bay around it, it is truly a sight to see Most Famous Bridges In The World: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco   2. Tower Bridge, London, England – Built from 1886 till 1894, this symbol of London is a combined  bascule  and suspension bridge in London, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name. Both the bridge and the castle next to it are one of the most visited monuments not only in London or England, but in Europe and even the entire world Most Famous Bridges In The World: Tower Bridge, London   3. Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia – A steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour. The bridge carries roads for vehicles and railroads as well as bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the North Shore and the central business district of the city. The beautiful view of the bridge with the harbour and the Sydney Opera House form the so familiar and wonderful skyline of the city. It is a symbol of Sydney and Australia. The bridge is nicknamed “The Coathanger” by the local residents because of its arch-based design Most Famous Bridges In The World: Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney   4. Brooklyn Bridge, New York, United States – Completed in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. It connects Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m) which made it longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903. It has become one of the icons on New York from its opening day and it’s still one of the city’s major attractions . All day long you can spot tourists crossing the 5,989 feet (1825 m) bridge by foot while taking pictures of the beautiful bridge with the skyline of Manhattan Most Famous Bridges In The World: Brooklyn Bridge, New York 5. Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy – The “old bridge” is a medieval  stone arch bridge , famous for still having shops built along it as was once common. It is the only bridge in Florence to survive the second world war. In the past, the shops were owned by butchers, but today the shops are mostly owned by souvenir sellers as well as art dealers and jewelers. The bridge is one of the most famous attractions in Florence Most Famous Bridges In The World: Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy   6. Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy – The oldest of four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice. It was completed in 1591, replacing a wooden bridge that collapsed in 1524. The beautiful old bridge is one of the icons of Venice and one of its best attractions and is always packed with excited tourists Most Famous Bridges In The World: Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy (source: Chene Beck)   7. Millau Viaduct, Millau, France – With a structure height of 343 meters (1,125 ft) the Millau Viaduct Bridge i s the tallest bridge in the world !  Opened in 2004, this four lanes bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. The bridge has seven piers of different heights. The second one is the tallest with a height of 244.96 m (803 ft 8 in) – making it the tallest structure in France, taller than the Eiffel Tower! Most Famous Bridges In The World: Mil


Which Culture Secretary resigned earlier this year over an ongoing dispute about her expenses?

Michael Fabricant sacked after tweeting relief at Maria Miller resignation | Daily Mail Online 'Well, about time' Tory vice-chairman Michael Fabricant sacked after tweeting his relief at resignation of Maria Miller over expenses row Former whip Michael Fabricant was outspoken in his criticism of rail link Lichfield MP is set to lead a Tory revolt against the £50 billion scheme Asked to resign but refused, so was ousted by chairman Grant Shapps Prolific Tweeter updated followers with a message following sacking Added on his page: 'Note to self: If ever a minister again... resign quickly'


Which horse won the 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup?

Lord Windermere wins the 2014 Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival - Telegraph Cheltenham Festival Lord Windermere wins the 2014 Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival Ten years after trainer Jim Culloty won the Gold Cup for the third time on  board Best Mate, 20-1 shot Lord Windermere takes jump racing's most coveted  prize Giving thanks: Jockey Davy Russell reacts with disbelief after winning the 2014 Gold Cup at Cheltenham on board Lord Windermere Photo: GETTY IMAGES Follow Lord Windermere survived a stewards enquiry to secure a shock 20-1 win the Gold Cup for trainer Jim Cullotty, who rode the great Best Mate to three victories in steeplechasing’s premiere race. Punters were left reeling as the first three came home at 20-1, 16-1 and 14-1, with On His Own appearing to be pushed across the course as Lord Windermere drifted towards the stands. The winner held on by a short-head with The Giant Bolster three-quarters of a length back in third. Bobs Worth, last year’s winner, was fifth, with the second-favourite Silviniaco Conti fourth. Last Instalment, whose trainer Philip Fenton is in court accused of possessing steroids, unseated his rider Brian O’Connell. On the 50th anniversary of Arkle’s first Gold Cup win the Festival ’s showpiece was fought out by comparative journeymen chasers. Lord Windermere had finished eighth, seventh and sixth in his previous three outings. Punters looked on bemused as the stewards reviewed the race to see whether On His Own had been unfailrly deprived of victory, but the stewards ruled in Lord Windermere's favour. Related Articles


Which American car company made the Firebird and Phoenix models?

Pontiac Firebird For Sale - Carsforsale.com Pontiac Firebird For Sale 2002 Pontiac Firebird Review The 2002 Pontiac Firebird is, sadly, the last Firebird to be produced. This is the end of the line, and it goes out with a bit of a fizzle, and not much of a bang. There's very little new for this year. Power comes to the mirrors and the antennae as standard across the models and trims. We also lose Blue-Green Chameleon and gain Bright Silver Metallic as a color choice.On the subject of color, the only real bang in Pontiac's final version of the Firebird is the Collector Yellow, a special edition featuring ... Read More Spotlight Listings


What name is given to the traditional Malay dagger with a wavy blade?

Kris dictionary definition | kris defined On it was one soul, that of his brother Kris, who had given up his life to get Katie out of Death's underworld. I don't suppose you will find a need to raise him or Kris as you did me. Andre, Kris and Sasha.


What colour is the outermost ring of an archery target?

What are archery target rings called? | Reference.com What are archery target rings called? A: Quick Answer The rings on an archery target are called scoring rings. Standard archery boards feature a face of 10 evenly spaced scoring rings. The rings carry values of one through 10 points, with five colors representing two rings each. Full Answer The smallest rings in the center of the target are gold, featuring values of 10 and nine points. Extending outward and increasing in size are a red ring for eight or seven points, a blue ring for six and five points, a black ring for four and three points, and a white ring for two points and one point. An arrow resting on the border of two rings is known as a line breaker or line cutter, and it is always awarded the higher of the two values.


Britt Ekland played Mary Goodnight in which James Bond film?

Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) Last The Man with the Golden Gun (film) Mary Goodnight first appeared as 00-Section secretary in the Ian Fleming novels On Her Majesty's Secret Service , You Only Live Twice and The Man with the Golden Gun . In 1974 the character appeared in the film adaptation of The Man with the Golden Gun as an inexperienced field operative. She was portrayed by Britt Ekland . Film biography Miss Goodnight is a Secret Service staffer, more ditzy than in the novels, who assists Bond when he is following Andrea Anders in Hong Kong . Very quickly it is established that she has as-yet unfulfilled desires toward Bond. Bond: "Now, Goodnight, would I do that to you? [Speaking of cheating on her.]" Goodnight: "Yes, James, you bloody well would!"


According to The Beeges’ first British hit single, which fictitious catastrophe occurred in 1941?

Aberfan - SourceWatch Aberfan Jump to: navigation , search This article is part of the Coal Issues portal on SourceWatch, a project of CoalSwarm and the Center for Media and Democracy . See here for help on adding material to CoalSwarm. Aberfan is a village four miles south of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, England. The village is chiefly known because of the catastrophic collapse of a coal mining sludge spill that occurred there in 1966, known as the Aberfan Disaster, which killed 144 people, including 116 children. [1] Contents 3.2 Related SourceWatch articles Aberfan disaster For approximately 50 years up to 1966, millions of cubic metres of excavated mining debris from the National Coal Board's Merthyr Vale Colliery was deposited on the side of Merthyr Mountain, directly above the village of Aberfan. Huge piles of loose rock and mining slag, known as tips, had been built up over a layer of highly porous sandstone that contained numerous underground springs, and several tips had been built up directly over these springs. Although local authorities had raised specific concerns in 1963 about slag being tipped on the mountain above the village primary school, these were largely ignored by the NCB's area management. [1] Early on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, after several days of heavy rain, a subsidence of about 3-6 metres occurred on the upper flank of coal waste tip No. 7. At 9:15am more than 150,000 cubic metres of water-saturated debris broke away and flowed downhill at high speed. It was sunny on the mountain but still foggy in the village, with visibility only about fifty metres. The tipping gang working on the mountain saw the landslide start, but were unable to raise the alarm because their telephone cable had been repeatedly stolen – although the official inquiry into the disaster later established that the slip happened so fast that a telephone warning would not have saved any lives. [1] The front part of the mass became liquefied and moved down the slope at high speed as a series of viscous surges. 120,000 cubic metres of debris were deposited on the lower slopes of the mountain, but a mass of over 40,000 cubic metres of debris smashed into the village in a slurry 12 metres (40 feet) deep. [2] The slide destroyed a farm and twenty terraced houses along Moy Road and slammed into the northern side of the Pantglas Junior School and part of the separate senior school, demolishing most of the structures and filling the classrooms with thick mud and rubble up to 10 metres (30 feet) deep. Mud and water from the slide flooded many other houses in the vicinity, forcing many villagers to evacuate their homes. [2] The pupils of Pantglas Junior School had arrived only minutes earlier for the last day before the half-term holiday. They had just left the assembly hall, where they had been singing "All Things Bright and Beautiful", when a great noise was heard outside. Had they left for their classrooms a few minutes later from the assembly, the loss of life would have been significantly reduced, as the children would not have reached their classrooms when the landslide hit: the classrooms were on the side of the building nearest the landslide. [1] Nobody in the village was able to see it, but everyone could hear the roar of the approaching landslide. Some at the school thought it was a jet about to crash and one teacher ordered his class to hide under their desks. Gaynor Minett, then an eight-year-old at the school, later recalled: "It was a tremendous rumbling sound and all the school went dead. You could hear a pin drop. Everyone just froze in their seats. I just managed to get up and I reached the end of my desk when the sound got louder and nearer, until I could see the black out of the window. I can't remember any more but I woke up to find that a horrible nightmare had just begun in front of my eyes." [3] After the landslide there was total silence. George Williams, who was trapped in the wreckage, remembered: "In that silence you couldn't hear a bird or a child." [3] Rescue efforts After the main landslide stopped


What temperature is boiling point on the Reamur scale?

What is the Réaumur temperature scale? Réaumur temperature scale In 1730 René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, a distinguished French scientist, proposed a scale that depended on only one endpoint, the freezing point of water, which was taken as zero. The thermometer was filled to the zero mark with a solution of alcohol and water at the temperature of the freezing point of water. The proportion of alcohol to water in the solution was chosen such that if its volume at the freezing point of water was 1000, its volume at the solution's boiling point was 1080. This temperature, the boiling point of the solution, was 80 degrees on Réaumur's scale. As a practical matter, Réaumur's method of calibration was unworkable, and in practice by 1770 the instrument makers were making mercury thermometers using two end points (0 as the freezing point of water and 80 degrees the boiling point of water), dividing the space between them into 80 intervals, and calling them Réaumur degrees. Thus one Réaumur degree is 1¼th of a degree centigrade, and a temperature in degrees Réaumur is 80% of the temperature in degrees centigrade. This scale was adopted in France and most of Europe, excluding only Britain and Scandinavia, prior to the metric system. On 12 Germinal an II (1 April 1794) the revolutionary French government instituted the centigrade scale as part of the new, decimal, metric system, thus doing away with the Réaumur scale. sources Réaumur, ayant placé dans un matras de verre une certaine quantité d’alcool mélange d’eau, observa qu’il se dilatait de 80 milliémes de son volume lorsque, après l’avoir mis dans de l’eau commençant a se congeler, on le portait dans l’eau bouillante; il marqua zéro le premier point, et 80 le second : les degrés de Reaumur sont donc des millièmes de la dilatation de l’alcool hydraté, entre le point 0° et son point d'ébullition qu’il confondait avec celui de l’eau. Micheli Ducrest fit déjà observer que l’ébullition de l’eau se produisait au-dessus du point 100 du thermomètre de Réaumur, ce qu’il montra avec des thermomètres remplis d’air et fermés à la température ordinaire (¹). Lui-même adopta, comme 0, la température des caves profondes et marqua 100 à la température d’ébullilion de l’eau. La définition du système de Réaumur n’en est pas moins demeurée telle qu’il l’avait donnee, la température vraie d’ebullition de l’eau étant plus tard marquée 80°. En réalité, les thermométres que Reaumur construisit donnaient à peu près des degrés centigrades. (¹) La dilatation de l’alcool éthylique pur entre 0° et son point d’ébullition (78°,5), est de 0,0935; donc d’après la graduation de Réaumur, les thermomètres à alcool pur marquent 93°,5 à 78°,5 C. Réaumur, having placed in a glass flask a certain amount of alcohol mixed with water, observed that it was expanding by 80 parts per thousand when, after putting in water starting to freeze, he it wore in boiling water. He called the first point zero, and the second 80. Réaumur degrees are therefore thousandths of expansion of hydrated alcohol, between 0° point and its boiling point mixed with that of water. Micheli Ducrest was already observed that the boil water occurred above paragraph 100 of Réaumur's thermometer, which he showed with thermometers filled with air and closed at room temperature (¹). He himself adopted, as 0, the temperature of the deep caves, and fixed 100 as the temperature of boiling water. The definition of Réaumur system does not remain as he had given it; the true temperature of boiling water is latterly marked 80°. In reality, the thermometers that Réaumur made read in nearly centigrade degrees. 1. The expansion of pure ethyl alcohol from 0° to its boiling point (78.5°), is 0.0935; therefore following the graduation of Réaumur, therometers containing pure alcohol read 93.5° at 78.5° C. Ch.-Ed. Guillame. Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, [1873]. Pages 130-131.


St Luke’s Summer is a name given to exceptionally warm weather in which month?

| What is an Indian Summer? « Woolly Green What is an Indian Summer? Sunday, September 15, 2013 @ 07:09 AM It has been a great summer, so when a little chat came about with Woolly friend @stretchHose wondering whether last week’s warm weather constituted an ‘Indian’ summer, or whether we should look forward to one, we didn’t actually really know. A little Woolly rummaging required. First of all, when is it? The Meteorological Glossary  defines it thus: “A warm, calm spell of weather occurring in autumn, especially in October and November.” But that doesn’t necessarily preclude September. It so happens, that the origin of term ‘Indian Summer’ is actually American, referring to a spell of warm weather coming after the first damaging frost of autumn , known as the ‘Squaw Winter’. As a matter of fact, the term ‘Indian Summer’ has only become commonly used in the UK since the 1950s, but, before that, we had a few names for a late spell of warm weather all of our own. Shakespeare referred to the “All Halloween Summer” in Henry IV part I, describing warm weather at the end of October and the dawn of November. (Of course you remembered that didn’t you?!) Later, there were a variety of names given to a late summer, all related to whatever the feast day of the church was at the time. For example, it would have been called ‘St Luke’s Little Summer’ as the feast day of St Luke falls on 18 October, while in mid-November it would be ‘St Martin’s Summer’ as St Martin’s feast day is 11 November. I like this idea, so instead of wondering whether we’re going to have an ‘Indian Summer’ and what it is anyway, we could be looking forward to ‘St Martin’s Summer’ as late as mid-November And it’s great to know that the squaw’s definitely the boss! Image from http://www.pinterest.com/pin/192740059026143928/ wallpaperus.com This entry was posted          on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 at 07:15     and is filed under Archive , Useful Info .     You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.          You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply


What name is given to the individual prongs on a fork?

Place Forks The largest of the individual eating forks with four equal tines. Dessert Fork  (5" to 6") Similar to a salad fork, but a bit smaller and usually more decorative.  Tines sometimes barred.  Today, manufacturers offer a combination "salad fork/dessert fork" - one utensil serving a dual role. Crab Fork  (See Shellfish Fork) Corn Pick Corn Fork (5 1/2" to 6 1/2")   Similar to a salad fork, but the center tines are longer and sharp.  The tines are to facilitate removal of corn from the cob which then can be eaten with the same utensil. Fruit Fork Pre-dating but very similar to today's salad fork, the fish fork is used in conjunction with a fish knife for the fish course.  Classic examples have three or four tines, the outer tines are frequently seen curved inward.   Escargot Fork  (4 1/2") A small fork made with two long, pointed tines.  For eating snail meat, whether the diner is extracting the meat from the shells (the shells being held with escargot tongs) or whether the meat is being served in an escargot dish. Lettuce Fork, Individual  (6" to 6 1/2") Unusual and extremely hard to find fork with four thin, partially splayed tines; a bit along the same lines as a lettuce serving fork but with a much shorter handle.  For eating lettuce based salads. Ice Cream Fork  (5 1/2" to 6") A combination spoon and fork. Viande Fork  (7" to 8") Originally produced by International Silver, in conjunction with the viande knife, as an answer to what type of flatware should be set out at a buffet.   A viande fork consists of a handle which is longer and tines which are shorter than a regular luncheon or place fork.  Oneida copied the same style and marketed it as a grille fork. Place Fork  (7 1/4" to 8") This is the second largest individual fork.  Thanks to numerous requests from buyers looking for something a bit more substantial than a luncheon fork and something not so massive as a dinner fork, silver manufacturers responded with the place fork shortly after World War II.  Also see Luncheon Fork. Pie Fork  (5" to 6 1/2") Very similar to a pastry fork.  Many manufacturers made one style of fork, calling it a pastry fork one year, a pie fork the next.  Some manufacturers made three tined pastry forks and four tined pie forks. Pastry Fork  (5" to 6 1/2") Three or four tined fork with one wide cutting tine.  The wider cutting tine is for cutting through pastry and desserts without damaging the fork. Oyster Fork  (5 1/4" to 6") A thin handled fork with three short, usually sharp tines.  Originally strictly for eating oysters or clams on the half shell, the oyster fork is now used for a variety of shellfish dishes served in a compote or a shell, such as shrimp cocktail or coquille St. Jacques.  Also called a cocktail fork or seafood fork. Melon Fork Short three tined fork with an elongated center tine which is used to aid in removing the mango pit. Luncheon Fork   (7" to 7 1/2") A bit smaller than a place fork, these forks were originally called dessert forks.  As manufacturers began producing a wider array of pieces, the smaller dessert fork was developed and the luncheon fork took on its name.   See also Place Fork. Lobster Fork  (6" to 7") See also Oyster Fork or Lobster Pick Ramekin Fork  (5" ' 5 1/4")   Short fork with short, wide tines.  Foods served in ramekins were traditionally seafoods or meats served in rich cream sauces, being so rich that only a small serving was sufficient.  Ramekin forks allow only a small portion of food to be taken up, thus allowing the food being served to be eaten slowly and delicately. Salad Fork  (6" to 7") A medium sized fork, often with a wider cutting tine, for eating green leafy salads.  Tines are occasionally seen barred as in the lower photo to the right. Shellfish Fork  (6" to 6 1/2") Similar to an oyster fork, but with a flat handle. Smelt Fork Snail Fork  (See Escargot Fork) Seafood Fork  (See Oyster Fork) Terrapin Fork  (4 1/2" to 5 1/2") Small delicate fork that usually has short tines to allow the picking up of terrapin meat (turtle) while allowing the accompanying sauce to remain


The national flower of Sweden is Convollaria. What is its common name?

Muguet | Article about Muguet by The Free Dictionary Muguet | Article about Muguet by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Muguet Related to Muguet: lily of the valley lily of the valley, common name for either of the two species of Convallaria, spring-blooming perennials of the family Liliaceae ( lily lily, common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particularly abundant in warm temperate and tropical regions. ..... Click the link for more information.  family). C. majalis, the species usually in cultivation, is native to Eurasia; C. montana, a slightly larger plant, grows in the Appalachian Mts. Lilies of the valley live in shady places and have delicate bell-shaped, fragrant white flowers growing on a stalk between two shiny leaves. The plant was long used medicinally for cardiac disorders and contains poisonous substances. It is a symbol of humility in religious painting. Lily of the valley is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem). ..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Liliaceae. Lily of the Valley   (Convallaria), a genus of plants of the family Liliaceae. There is one species, C. majalis, with several varieties or subspecies, which are sometimes classified as independent species. The lily of the valley is an herbaceous perennial with a horizontal rootstock and two or three oblong-oval, pointed leaves with long petioles. The flower stalk, up to 20 cm tall, has a secund loose raceme of white, fragrant, bell-shaped, drooping flowers; the perianth has six lobes. The fruit is a spherical red berry. Lilies of the valley are widely found in the European USSR, the Caucasus, Eastern Siberia, and the Far East, as well as in Western Europe and North America. They grow profusely in light forests, on forest edges, and in shrub thickets. The species C. majalis is used as a medicinal plant. Its above-ground parts contain cardiac glycosides (chiefly convallatoxin and convallarin), which intensify the contractile activity of the heart. An infusion of the plant is used, as well as the crystalline glycoside convallotoxin and corglykon, an extract containing all the glycosides of the lily of the valley. It is cultivated as an ornamental, chiefly for forcing, but also in gardens and parks. Cultivated forms of C. majalis are large and multiflowered. Some varieties have pinkish or double flowers, and some have mottled leaves. O. M. P


In Gustav Holst’s “Planet Suite”, which planet is the bringer of peace?

Holst- Venus, the Bringer of Peace- The Planets Suite - YouTube Holst- Venus, the Bringer of Peace- The Planets Suite 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 Feb 22, 2008 English composer Gustav Holst composed The Planets between 1914 and 1916. The Birmingham premiere of the suite took place in 1918, fifteen years before Pluto was discovered. Though the Planets became by far the most popular work of Holst's and one of the most known pieces by an English-born composer, Holst did not consider the piece one of his finest. Partially because of this, he never wrote an eighth movement, though unexpectedly the IAU relegated Pluto from its status as planet proper in 2006. Category


Former international football manager Mick McCarthy now manages which Football League team?

Ipswich Town unveil Mick McCarthy as new manager - Daily Record Sport Ipswich Town unveil Mick McCarthy as new manager McCARTHY'S appointment will ease worries of Inverness Caledonian Thistle fans who feared Terry Butcher may have been tempted away from the Highlands by his former club.  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email MICK McCARTHY has been named the new manager of struggling Ipswich Town. The former Celtic defender and Republic of Ireland manager has signed a contract to keep him at Portman Road until the summer of 2015, the club confirmed on their official website. His appointment will ease worries of Inverness Caledonian Thistle fans who feared Terry Butcher may have been tempted away from the Highlands by his former club. Terry Connor has been named as McCarthy's assistant after the pair worked together at Wolves. McCarthy, 53, who parted company with the Molineux side in February after six years in charge, told Ipswich's official website: "I'm obviously delighted to have been given the job as Ipswich Town manager and I'm looking forward to the challenge ahead. "It's a fantastic football club with a proud tradition and history and a terrific fanbase. While the long-term ambition is to take the club back into the Premier League, it's clear that the first priority is to get some confidence back into the team and start climbing the table." Town chief executive Simon Clegg said: "I am delighted to welcome Mick and Terry to Portman Road. "We are under no illusions of the challenge ahead for this club given our position in the table but we feel we have the right manager to lead that challenge. "Mick has a wealth of knowledge in the game and has shown that he knows how to compete successfully in the Championship in his time at both Sunderland and Wolves. "While the first task is to guide the club away from our current position, we believe Mick has all the credentials and drive to eventually bring success back to Ipswich Town." Having played for Barnsley, Manchester City, Celtic and French club Lyon, it was at Millwall where McCarthy's managerial career began. He was appointed Republic of Ireland boss in 1996, leading them to the World Cup finals in 2002. McCarthy has a wealth of experience in the Championship having won the title with Sunderland and then Wolves, although Wanderers were firmly lodged in the Barclays Premier League relegation zone when he left earlier this year. Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent