Maidstone United FC » River Medway River Medway The Gallagher Stadium is on the banks of the River Medway. The river flows for 70 miles from the High Weald in Sussex, through Kent, to the point where it enters the Thames Estuary. It is one of the jewels in Maidstone’s crown. During the Anglo Saxon period the river not only provided a means of transport and trade, but represented a physical and symbolic boundary. It has been suggested that the social division of Men of Kent and Kentish Men could go back as far as that time. Much of Maidstone’s commercial success was due to the river. The upper Medway was not navigable until the mid-18th century, but the lower reaches were always accessible. It was a transport lifeline to towns of North Kent, London, East Anglia and the continent. In Roman and medieval times there were shipments of stone and in later centuries the river played its part in transporting timber, paper and beer. The river trade at Maidstone became much more important in the 17th century. A charter allowed the Corporation to levy tolls for wharfage, anchorage and groundage on all ships coming to the town, and to charge fees for the loading and unloading of vessels. In those days navigation was a tricky undertaking. The banks of the river were broken and irregular. There were no locks, and movements of shipping were governed by tides. An Act of Parliament gave power to deepen the river and to construct locks and towpaths, which facilitated the carriage of iron, timber, wood, corn, stone, hay, wool and leather. The upper reaches of the Medway were made navigable as far as Forest Row in Sussex and barges of 40 tons could go as far as Tonbridge. This was a great advantage for Maidstone’s manufacturers and traders. In 1807, a company advertised that they “have fitted up a barge to carry shop goods, ironmongery and goods in general from Maidstone to Tonbridge and places in between, which will load at Maidstone every Monday.” Until the railway came to Maidstone, the river was the chief means of trade but when the steam locomotive did arrive on the scene, the Medway was still very busy. It was recorded that about 60 working barges belonged to Maidstone wharfingers. Transport wasn’t the only great asset provided by the Medway: Its water gave power for wheels which were needed in the flourishing industries in the area. It also provided food. The Domesday Book mentions that Maidstone had two eel fisheries. By the 18th century a successful fish market had developed and the river was a link with the north Kent coast. The Medway could never be described as crystal clear, but that didn’t stop people from swimming in it. A favourite spot was near to All Saints Church. Nowadays, swans and geese are more likely to be seen gliding by. Maidstone has owed much of its river for its prosperity and today it is a source for enjoyment. Contact the club


Sana’a is the constitutionally stated capital of which country?

Yemen - Country Profile - Republic of Yemen - Middle East The 11th-century village of Al Hajjarah on Haraz Mountains.   Flag of Yemen Location map of Yemen Yemen is a desert country in the Middle East on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered in west by the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, in north by Saudi Arabia and in north east by Oman . Yemen has maritime borders with Djibouti , Eritrea , and Somalia . With an area of 527,970 sq km (including the islands of Perim and Socotra), the country is about the size of Sweden or about twice the size of Wyoming . 26 million people live in the country. Largest city and the national capital is Sana'a , situated in a mountain valley at an altitude of 2,200 m, the Old City of Sana'a is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yemen's primary seaport and economic center is Aden . Official language is Arabic.   Capital City: Sana'a (Sanaa, pop, 1.6 million) Other Cities: Aden, al Hodeidah, al Rayan, Taiz (Ta'izz), al Mokha, and al Mukala. Government: Unification of former south and north Yemen: 22 May 1990. Independency: 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) 1967 (South Yemen from the UK) Constitution: Adopted 21 May 1990 and ratified in May 1991. Geography: Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. Area : 527,970 km² (203,796 sq. mi.) Terrain: Mountainous interior bordered by desert with a flat and sandy coastal plain. Climate: Temperate in the mountainous regions in the western part of the country, extremely hot with minimal rainfall in the remainder of the country. Humid on the coast. People: Ethnic group: Predominantly Arabs, minor Afro-Arabs, South Asians, and Europeans. Religions: Islam including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jews, Christians, and Hindus. Languages : Arabic. Literacy: about 50% overall, including 30% of females. Natural resources: Oil, natural gas, fish and seafood, rock salt, minor deposits of coal and copper. Agriculture products: Coffee, cotton, fruits, vegetables, cereals, livestock and poultry; Qat (a shrub containing a natural amphetamine). Industries: Crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair. Exports - commodities: crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish, liquefied natural gas. Exports - partners: China 24.5%, UAE 16.5%, South Korea 10%, Saudi Arabia 10%, Kuwait 9.1%, India 8.5% (2015) Imports - commodities: food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals Imports - partners: UAE 20.9%, China 14.3%, Saudi Arabia 9.9%, Kuwait 7.4%, India 4.6% (2015) Currency: Yemeni Rial (YER)


Which character was played on film by Robert Taylor and on TV by Roger Moore?

Roger Moore - Biography - IMDb Roger Moore Biography Showing all 212 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (4) | Trade Mark  (6) | Trivia  (111) | Personal Quotes  (76) | Salary  (10) Overview (3) 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Bio (2) Roger Moore will perhaps always be remembered as the man who replaced Sean Connery in the James Bond series, arguably something he never lived down. Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, the son of Lillian (Pope) and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. He first wanted to be an artist, but got into films full time after becoming an extra in the late 1940s. Moore also served in the British military during the Second World War. He came to America in 1953. Suave, extremely handsome, and an excellent actor, he got a contract with MGM . His initial foray met with mixed success, with movies like Diane (1956) and Interrupted Melody (1955), as well as The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954). Moore went into television in the 1950s in shows like Ivanhoe (1958) and The Alaskans (1959), but probably got the most recognition from Maverick (1957), as cousin Beau. In 1962, he got his big breakthrough, at least internationally, as The Saint (1962). The show made him a superstar and he became very successful thereafter. Moore ended his run as the Saint, and was one of the premier stars of the world, but he was not catching on in America. In an effort to change this, he agreed to star with Tony Curtis in ITC's The Persuaders! (1971), but although hugely popular in Europe, it did not catch on in the United States and was canceled. Just prior to making the series, he starred in the dark The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970), which proved there was far more to Moore than the light-hearted roles he had previously accepted. Next, he was offered and accepted the role of James Bond, and once audiences got used to the change of style from Connery's portrayal, they also accepted him. Live and Let Die (1973), his first Bond movie, grossed more outside of America than Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Connery's last outing as James Bond. He went on to star in another six Bond films, before bowing out after A View to a Kill (1985) in 1985. He was 57 at the time the film was made and was looking a little too old for Bond - it was possibly one film too many. In between times, there had been more success with appearances in films such as That Lucky Touch (1975), Shout at the Devil (1976), The Wild Geese (1978), Escape to Athena (1979) and ffolkes (1980). Despite his fame from the Bond films and many others, the United States never completely took to him until he starred in The Cannonball Run (1981) alongside Burt Reynolds , a big hit there. After relinquishing his role as Bond, his work load tended to diminish a little, though he did star in the American box office flop Fire, Ice & Dynamite (1990), as well as the comedy Bullseye! (1990), with Michael Caine . He did the overlooked comedy Bed & Breakfast (1991), as well as the television movie The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994), and then the major Jean-Claude Van Damme flop The Quest (1996). Moore then took second rate roles such as Spice World (1997), and the American television series The Dream Team (1999). Although his film work may have slowed down, he is still very much in the public eye, be it appearing on television chat shows or hosting documentaries. Roger Moore was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 31 December 1998 in the New Year Honours list for services to UNICEF and on 14 June 2003, in the Queen's Birthdays honors, was promoted to Knight Commander of the same order his services to the charities UNICEF and Kiwanis International. Tinted gold-rimmed spectacles (worn in later years) Trivia (111) During the early stages of his career, Roger collected towels from the hotels he stayed in. However, he stopped when a British newspaper printed a story entitled "Roger Moore is a towel thief". He revealed on So Graham Norton (1998) that he still has the collection in his Swiss home. He succeeded Audrey Hepburn as goodwill


Mount Kinabalu is the highest peak in which Asian country'?

Is Mount Kinabalu the Highest Mountain in South East Asia? | JOM MagazineJOM Magazine Is Mount Kinabalu the Highest Mountain in South East Asia? Dec 18 By Danesh Chacko Mt Kinabalu (by Oscark for Wikipedia) In 2004, I got the opportunity to travel Sabah (in Borneo) for the first time and part of the trip was to hike Mt Kinabalu. Prior to my incomplete ascent of the mountain, the guide stated the fact that Mt Kinabalu is the highest mountain in South East Asia. My dad said to the guide that he disagreed with the fact, so the guide changed his mind and said that in terms of accessibility in SE Asia, it would be the highest. For Malaysians, it is stated in our geography textbook that, at a height of 4101 metres, Mt Kinabalu is the highest mountain in South East Asia. It was initially taken as a fact but soon, some of us began to dispute this “fact”. Let’s dissect this argument into two categories: Mt Kinabalu The highest Mountain in South East Asia It’s height is 4101 metres In 1997, using satellite technology, Mt Kinabalu lost 6 metres of its height (revised height is 4095.2 metres). This is nearly the same height as Mount Cameroon (subject to change), the highest mountain in Cameroon. FELLOW READERS, THE HEIGHT OF MOUNT KINABALU IS 4095.2 M, NOT 4101M This leaves the first statement in dispute. I decided to set up a poll to see my friends’ views on this matter, with 23 people participating. The question posed: ‘Is Mt Kinabalu the Highest Mountain in South East Asia?’ The responses as below: Survey Results: I don’t know: 4% I am going to present reasons for both sides of the argument. Yes Those who argue on this premise may believe in what the Malaysian Geography Syllabus stated a long time ago. Some might have said yes based on their research on websites. Argument 1 The whole issue of this dispute stems from the way one defines South East Asia. To nominate Mt Kinabalu as the highest peak in SE Asia, Burma and New Guinea should be defined as being outside of SE Asia. Burma used to be part of British India, so it should be included in the South Asia category. New Guinea is claimed to be the largest island in Oceania. In Burma, there is Hkakabo Razi (5881 m) and the Indonesian Side of New Guinea has four to five mountains higher than Mt Kinabalu. By excluding Burma and New Guinea, however, the claim is correct. Argument 2 Some of you might argue that Burma is part of SE Asia and New Guinea (including Papua, formerly Irian Jaya) is part of Oceania. On this premise however, you might argue that Hkakabo Razi is part of the Himalayas and it is very close or on the borders with China/India. Since it is part of the Himalayas and bordering on other countries, Hkakabo Razi cannot compete with Mt Kinabalu for the title of the highest mountain in SE Asia – in short, its claim is disputed. You might also point out that the language used by ethnic groups residing around the mountain is more closely related to Chinese, than to South-East Asian languages. No Upon further research, most findings prove that Mt Kinabalu is not the highest mountain in SE Asia. Argument 1 South East Asia is defined as the area from Myanmar (Burma) to Indonesia (Papua Region). ASEAN includes Burma and because of this, Hkakabo Razi is the highest mountain South East Asia. The United Nations for statistical reasons puts Myanmar in South East Asia, not in South Asia. In Papua alone, there are also four to five mountains exceeding 4100 metres. Puncak Jaya (4884 m – not the old figure of 5030 m) is the highest peak in Papua, and the highest island mountain in the world. Definitely, these two peaks are much higher than Mt Kinabalu. On this premise, Mt Kinabalu can get the consolation prize of being the highest mountain between the Himalayas and New Guinea or the Malay Archipelago (excluding New Guinea). Argument 2 This argument is a subset of the first argument. Assuming the Google Maps border is correct, I found that Hkakabo Razi lies wholly within Burma (it is close to the border with China). Even if it shares the border with China, it wouldn’t matter. For example,


After having a sex change what Christian name did Frank Maloney use?

Frank Maloney sex change: Boxing legend now living as a woman - Mirror Online Watch Next   For three decades, hard-nosed Frank Maloney ruled as one of the kings of the macho world of boxing . The tough-talking promoter and manager guided Lennox Lewis to become Britain’s first undisputed World Heavyweight Champ for nearly a century. Millions watched as he celebrated in the ring with the boxer after his 1992 triumph. He became a household name. But outside the ropes, Frank was embroiled in a secret, agonising fight of his own – one he feared he could never win, let alone share with the world. Until now. Because today, through the Sunday Mirror, Frank, 61, reveals he is preparing to change sex and is living as a woman called Kellie. For live reaction to this story, click here . New look: She says changing to Kellie was the right move (Photo: Sunday Mirror)   In an astonishing emotional interview, she tells how she has felt trapped in the wrong body since she was a child and how she finally made her courageous decision to become a woman. The twice-married dad of three also reveals the anguish of breaking the bombshell news to his second wife – and the fears of a backlash from the testosterone-fuelled boxing world Frank left behind when he retired last year. But in the end, for Kellie, living as a woman has become a matter of life or death. “I was born in the wrong body and I have always known I was a woman,” she says, her voice cracking with emotion. “I can’t keep living in the shadows, that is why I am doing what I am today. Living with the burden any longer would have killed me.” JEALOUS “What was wrong at birth is now being medically corrected. I have a female brain. I knew I was different from the minute I could compare myself to other children. I wasn’t in the right body. I was jealous of girls.” Londoner Kellie is now over a year into the transition period as she learns to cope living as a woman – a life she has kept under wraps because of the macho world she moved in. In the past two years she has secretly undergone hormone therapy, hundreds of hours of hair removal electrolysis, voice coaching and specialist counselling. NHS guidelines state a transsexual must spend two years as a female before they are permitted to undergo corrective surgery. “The feeling of wanting to be like and dress like a woman has always been there,” she says. “I consciously made the decision that I wouldn’t dress like a woman but it was a constant urge. “But I have never been able to tell anyone in boxing,” adds the person who made the careers of British,Commonwealth and European boxing champs, including former world cruiserweight title holder David Haye. “Can you imagine me walking into a boxing hall dressed as a woman and putting an event on? “I can imagine what they would scream at me. But if I had been in the theatre or arts world nobody would blink an eye about this transition.” Fame: Frank with world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (Photo: Action Images)   Today Kellie has become the highest profile figure ever from the world of sport to go public about having gender reassignment therapy. But for more than a year as her desire to become a woman overwhelmed her, she lived as a virtual recluse, wrestling with her emotions on a daily basis. During her darkest hours she would phone helplines in America for counselling. Her harrowing ordeal also sparked crippling bouts of depression and heavy drinking. She says: “My life was spiralling out of control. I was finding it harder to contain my desire. I was now doing the boxing business through instinct and memory. I used to shut myself away in the office. Thankfully, I had some good staff around me. “But I was very unhappy. My temper was getting worse. I was determined it wouldn’t beat me, but I knew it would always be there. “I remember having a row with a counsellor I was secretly talking to. All that I wanted him to say was that I wasn’t transsexual. He said ‘I can’t tell you that.’ I said ‘well how do you know I’m transsexual?’ and he said ‘because you keep ringing’. I checked myself int


Who wrote the book Saturday and Sunday Morning?

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) - 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 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1960 ) 1h 29min A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child. Director: Alan Sillitoe (screenplay), Alan Sillitoe (adapted from his novel by) Stars: 2017 Golden Globes Embraces New Faces Find out which newcomers will make a splash at the 2017 Golden Globes and which of your favorites didn't make the cut. Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 4 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. a list of 30 titles created 07 Oct 2010 a list of 36 titles created 07 Apr 2012 a list of 25 titles created 02 Jan 2013 a list of 44 titles created 27 Jan 2014 a list of 22 titles created 10 months ago Title: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) 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. Won     3     BAFTA Film Awards. Another    7 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards  » Photos A juvenile offender impresses the reform school Governor with running abilities. He is in turn given special privileges to encourage him to win a race against the local public school, but he is therefore teased his fellow rebellious peers. Director: Tony Richardson The moving story of a plain young girl who becomes pregnant by a black sailor, befriends a homosexual, and gradually becomes a woman. Director: Tony Richardson     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X   Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live. Director: Lindsay Anderson A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values. Director: Tony Richardson An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. Director: Jack Clayton A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family. Director: John Schlesinger Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business. Director: Tony Richardson After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law. Director: John Schlesinger Jane, a young French woman, pregnant and unmarried, takes a room in a seedy London boarding house, which is inhabited by an assortment of misfits. She considers getting an abortion, but is ... See full summary  » Director: Bryan Forbes After his wife leaves him for his former best friend, a failed London artist begins his descent into madness into trying to win her back. Director: Karel Reisz The aristocratic Tony moves to London and hires the servant Hugo Barrett for all services at home. Barrett seems to be a loyal and competent employee, but Tony's girlfriend Susan does not ... See full summary  » Director: Joseph Losey In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England. Director: Lindsay Anderson Edit Storyline Arthur, one of Britain's angry young men of the 1960s, is a hardworking factory worker who slaves all week at his mindless job for his modest wages. Come Saturday night, he's off to the pub for a loud and rowdy beer session. With him is Brenda, his girlfriend of the moment. Married to a fellow worker, she is nonetheless captivated by his rugged good looks and his devil-may-care attitude. Soon a new love interest Doreen enters and a week l


Which Shakespearian tragedy was turned into a 2011 film starring Ralph Fiennes in the title role?

Coriolanus (2011) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 8:05 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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 41 titles created 01 Sep 2011 a list of 26 titles created 22 Dec 2012 a list of 39 titles created 03 Jan 2013 a list of 26 titles created 17 Jul 2015 a list of 25 titles created 08 Sep 2015 Search for " Coriolanus " 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. Nominated for     1     BAFTA Film Award. Another    10 wins & 16 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody. Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius. Written by Icon Entertainment Nature Teaches Beasts to Know Their Friends Genres: Rated R for some bloody violence | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 20 January 2012 (UK) See more  » Also Known As: $61,136        (USA) (20 January 2012) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Director Kathryn Bigelow decided to offer Jessica Chastain the lead role in Zero Dark Thirty (2012) after Ralph Fiennes showed her a rough cut of this film. See more » Goofs In the Senate, while General Cominius praises Coriolanus, in a close-up of Menenius on his right hand side a coat-of-arms of Republic of Serbia (doubleheaded eagle with crown) can be seen. The Senate scenes were filmed in the Serbian parliament building. See more » Quotes [first lines] Second Citizen : Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? Gathered Citizens: [in unison] Resolved. Second Citizen : First, you know Caius Martius is chief enemy to the people. Gathered Citizens: We know it. First Citizen : Let us kill him. And we'll have corn at our own price. Second Citizen : We are accounted poor citizens, the patricians of good. The leanness that afflicts us, the object of our misery, our suffering, is a gain to them. Gathered Citizens: Aye. Second Citizen : Let us revenge this with our sticks, ere we become rakes. First Citizen : No more talking on it. Come! (Stephanie Ekwalla/Vincent Guilbert/Florent Gouriou/Sebastien Herve/Guillaume Rolland) Performed by Sheer K Courtesy of Last Exit Records By Arrangement with Riptide Music, Inc. (Serbia) – See all my reviews This is my first review on IMDb so bare with me. Coriolanus has the right ingredients for a good movie, great story(can you top Shakespeare?) and a strong cast.Only thing that was unknown so far is the director.IMO Mr. Fiennes did very well in his debut, his camera moves around at eyes height and often lingers close up to actors faces(it keeps the film from being stagy and lets you see all the nuances they convey).Locations are interesting and there are couple of nice fight scenes.The language is Shakespirian but i had no problems understanding it( not my native lang.), musical score is kinda tribal and quite appropriate for the theme of the film. It's a very dark movie and it gets a bit bloody sometime so if you're not into that be warned. My vote is 8/10 i recommend it to everyone and hope to see more of Mr. Fiennes work behind the camera. P.S. Look out Ken Branagh you've got som


Theakstons brewery is based in which Yorkshire town ?

Theakston Legendary Ales - Company Company More info about Meet the Team Our History Follow our time line to discover some of the history of the family, the brewery, Masham and North Yorkshire. More info about Our History Advertising Gallery A snapshot of some of the images we have used over the years to promote and advertise our famous ales! More info about Advertising Gallery   T&R Theakston Ltd is an independent, family brewing company founded in 1827 located in the Yorkshire Dales market town of Masham, North Yorkshire. The company is controlled and run by direct descendents of the founder Robert Theakston, great-great grandsons, Simon, Nick, Tim and Edward Theakston. Theakstons is one of Britain’s few remaining traditional family brewing companies. The company is a member of the British Beer and Pub Association , the Independent Family Brewers of Britain and a supporter of the Government’s Drinkaware campaign, CAMRA and Pub is the Hub. The company takes pride in its track record as craft brewing innovators; brewing a wide range of cask, brewery conditioned and bottled ales for the UK domestic and several overseas markets. Among the beers produced is Theakston Old Peculier, a beer for which the company is renowned.  The 19th century brewery is of a traditional ‘tower’ construction, containing many of the original features, thus upholding the great traditions of the English top-fermented brewing method. The Company supports customers and consumers through specific branded activity and also the community through sponsorship of environmental, cultural and sports related activities. The principal community projects are the Ure Salmon Trust, a programme aimed at the restoration of the River Ure (that runs through Masham) as one of the finest wild salmon rivers in England; The Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, the biggest of its genre and sponsorship of the Theakston Nidderdale Cricket League, the biggest village cricket league in the World. The Masham brewery site is home to the Theakston Visitor Centre which is open all year round to members of the public. Guided tours of the brewery occur daily.


Which major sportswear manufacturer was found in 1964 and has its headquarters in Oregon USA?

Careers at Nike | Locations You are leaving this Nike website and going to a site operated by a third party. You will be redirected in 5 seconds. Locations NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA Step onto the NIKE, Inc. World Headquarters campus in Beaverton, Ore., and the brand’s energy and innovative drive are palpable. A diverse assembling of more than 8,500 employees push the limits in areas such as management, research, design, development, marketing, finance and other administrative functions. From a leading-edge sport research lab and design facilities to renowned onsite childcare centers, Nike campus life reflects the company’s focus on employee growth and balance of work and play. Just minutes from downtown Portland, the lush, meticulously manicured grounds of the campus stretch across 270 acres and encompass more than 35 buildings — most displaying the names of legendary athletes such as John McEnroe, Mia Hamm and Nolan Ryan. The Nike campus circles the tranquil Lake Nike and features world-class amenities such as fitness centers, NIKE, Inc. retail stores, cafeterias and restaurants, dry-cleaning services, running trails, soccer fields, beach volleyball courts and much more. Historical displays and athlete memorabilia remind employees, athletes and guests of Nike’s rich history and heritage — as well as its potential. While Nike World Headquarters boasts the largest concentration of Nike employees in North America, the company has other corporate locations in cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the Toronto area and Fort Worth, Texas (home of Nike Golf’s research facility, The Oven ). Several of Nike’s high-tech distribution centers operate in the U.S., with the majority of the facilities in Memphis, Tenn. Nike distribution employees ensure that millions of units of footwear, apparel and equipment arrive at the right destinations on time. And Nike In-House Manufacturing (IHM) manufactures and engineers plastics — including the iconic Nike Air bags — for NIKE, Inc. and other customers from their locations in Beaverton, Ore., and St. Louis, Mo. North America is also one of Nike’s hottest markets for retail, with more than 200 Nike Stores and Nike Factory Stores in the U.S. and Canada. Central & South America Central & South America From the heart of the fashionable Ipanema Beach district in Brasil to the Rambla of Montevideo in Uruguay, Nike retail, distribution center and corporate employees help fuel the passion of sports across Central and South America. Nike’s presence in the region spans decades: What was once a small Nike do Brasil subsidiary in 1990 is now one of the company’s most important markets, and Nike’s first operations in Argentina opened more than two decades ago. Today, more than 3,000 employees work in Brasil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Mexico. EUROPE EUROPE NIKE, Inc.’s European Headquarters is located in Hilversum, just 16 miles southeast of Amsterdam, one of Europe’s most diverse and exciting capitals. With nearly 2,000 employees, from more than 70 countries, the campus is a dynamic, energizing place to work that reflects the values and spirit of our brand. Our European Headquarters support Nike’s operations across the Western Europe and Central & Eastern Europe geographies. Departments include Marketing & Communications, Design, Digital & Technology, Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Merchandising, Product Development, Retail and Sales. Nike also has country headquarters in major European hubs such as London, Moscow, Paris, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Istanbul, Prague, Milan and Stockholm, a European Distribution Center based in Belgium, innovation centers in locations such as Montebelluna Italy, and retail stores across the entire European region. Check out our locations below: Greater china Greater china The Nike Greater China Campus, located in Shanghai, confirms Nike’s commitment to the Greater China market and is home to almost 2000 employees. Together, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan continue to elevate both the Nike business and brand creating the fasting growing global mar


What was the original name of Manchester Airport?

The Airport Pub & Grill (Manchester, England): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor The Airport Pub & Grill Does this activity require advanced planning, ticketing or reservations? Yes Is this activity accessible without advanced planning or reservations? Yes Does this attraction provide visitors with a taste of the local culture? Yes Is this attraction exciting, unusual, or risky to visit? Yes No Unsure Does this attraction require above average amounts of physical activity (long walks, climbs, stairs or hikes)? Yes Does this attraction have good scenic or skyline views? Yes Is this location a solemn or serious place like a memorial, cemetary, etc.? Yes Is this attraction good for couples? Yes Is this attraction suitable for adults only? Yes Is this attraction suitable for all ages? Yes Map updates are paused. Zoom in to see updated info. Reset zoom Address: Ringway Road | Manchester Airport, Manchester M22 5WH, England Phone Number: This attraction is at Manchester Intl Airport Today Description: Welcome to The Airport Pub & Grill. We are located right at the end of... Welcome to The Airport Pub & Grill. We are located right at the end of the runway at Manchester Airport, not far from T3. We are the only public house in the UK that is situated right next to an airport runway. Come and visit us for a fun day out for all ages. We serve a wide selection of beers and spirits and we serve food from 9:00am to evening time, from a wide selection of snacks to main courses. If you're looking to keep the kids entertained then come and visit us. Car parking charges start from £1.50 for 1 hour of parking. We look forward to seeing you. The Airport Pub read more Terrible “Family visit Saturday lunchtime” Nice food and the option to take drinks outside in plastic glasses. Lovely hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows. Pub done up in retro aviation style. Large beer garden with... read more Reviewed 2 days ago 587 Reviews from our TripAdvisor Community Which Manchester hotels are on sale? dd/mm/yyyy dd/mm/yyyy See all travel guides Read reviews that mention: All reviews beer garden the pub plane spotting manchester airport planes take off and land planes coming aviation theme activity pack watching planes jet engine outside area viewing area onion rings car parking food was lovely pay and display couldn't do enough two hours table service visited today Review tags are currently only available for English language reviews. Start your review of The Airport Pub & Grill   Click to rate Reviewed yesterday NEW via mobile Good food & decent craft beer. Handy for a meal before you drop your car rental off across the road. A major improvement on the over- priced food available at the airport (T3). Don't expect fine dining just honest pub food at prices half that in the airport. Nice atmosphere too. Helpful? “Family visit Saturday lunchtime” Reviewed 2 days ago NEW Nice food and the option to take drinks outside in plastic glasses. Lovely hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows. Pub done up in retro aviation style. Large beer garden with covered area with patio heaters. Play area for children as well. Great view of the planes for take off and landing. Served by a great bloke, not sure of his... More  Helpful? Report airport p, Manager at The Airport Pub & Grill, responded to this review Thank you for taking the time to give feedback on your visit here at The Airport. We are glad to hear that you have an enjoyable visit & we will make sure that your comments are passed on to our staff & chefs. We hope that you will share your experience with friends & family. Don't forget to keep an... More  A TripAdvisor Member “Great time” Reviewed 3 days ago NEW via mobile The service was very good which made all the difference. Thanks ro Nicole,well done andd thanks for a great day. Good food and planes. Will call again Steve and Kath Helpful? Report airport p, Manager at The Airport Pub & Grill, responded to this review Thank you for taking the time to review our venue. Your 5* review is fantastic! Our team work hard to ensure that our customer's have


In the books by W.E. Johns what is the full surname of the character known as Biggles?

Biggles - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki       Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The dust jacket of an early 1970s edition of Johns ' Biggles, Pioneer Air Fighter For other uses, see Biggles (disambiguation) . "Biggles" ( nickname for James Bigglesworth), a pilot and adventurer , is the title character and main hero of the Biggles series of youth-oriented adventure books written by W. E. Johns . He first appeared in the story "The White Fokker ", published in the first issue of Popular Flying magazine, in 1932. The first collection of Biggles stories, The Camels are Coming, was published that same year. The series was continued until the author's death in 1968, eventually spanning nearly a hundred volumes - including novels and short story collections - most, but not all, of the latter with a common setting and time frame. Contents 9 External links Biggles and his creator Biggles first appears as a teenaged scout and fighter pilot in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during World War I . He has joined the RFC in 1916 at the young age of 17, having conveniently "lost" his birth certificate . Biggles represents a particularly English hero, combining professionalism with a gentlemanly air. Under the stress of combat he develops from a "slightly hysterical" youth prone to practical jokes to a calm, confident, competent leader. [1] He is given missions by the shadowy figure of Colonel Raymond (Wing Commander or Air Commodore in later books) who also congratulates him after they are successfully completed. Biggles is accompanied by his cousin Algernon ('Algy') Lacey and his mechanic Flight Sergeant Smyth, who are to accompany Biggles on his adventures after the war; added to the team in 1935 is the teenager Ginger Hebblethwaite . W.E. Johns was himself a First World War pilot, although his own career did not parallel that of Biggles particularly closely. The author's initial war service was with the infantry – fighting at Gallipoli and on the Macedonian front . He was commissioned, and seconded into the RFC in September 1917 and posted back to England for flight training, serving in England as a flying instructor until August 1918 when he transferred to the Western Front . On 16 September 1918 his De Havilland DH4 was shot down on a bombing raid. His observer, Lieutenant Amey, was killed (as, in two of the stories in Biggles Learns to Fly are observers flying with Biggles) but Johns survived to be taken prisoner of war. [1] Johns remained with the RAF until 1927, although his final rank was only Flying Officer (equivalent to Lieutenant in the the RFC) rather than the " Captain " of his pen name. While the purpose of the Biggles stories was to entertain adolescent boys, in the First World War Biggles stories Johns paid attention to historical detail and helped recreate the primitive days of early air combat — when pilots often died in their first combat and before devices such as respirators and parachutes had become practical. Various models on which the Biggles character might have been based have been suggested - including Cyril Lowe and Albert Ball - in fact Johns himself stated that the character was a composite of many individuals in the RFC (including himself) but does not represent a single person. [1] The bulk of the Biggles books are however set post-WWI and after Johns' own flying career was over. Biggles has an unusually lengthy career, flying a number of aircraft representative of the history of British military aviation, from Sopwith Camels during World War I, Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires in World War II , right up to the Hawker Hunter jet fighter in a postwar adventure (Biggles in the Terai). In these later books geographic and historical accuracy is rather less evident, and the sometimes rather grim detail of the first stories is moderated, in deference to the increasing popularity of


From which country did drug baron Pablo Escobar come?

Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem - BBC News BBC News Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem By William Kremer BBC World Service 26 June 2014 Close share panel Image copyright Carlos Valderrama A herd of hippopotamuses once owned by the late Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar has been taking over the countryside near his former ranch - and no-one quite knows what to do with them. It was in 2007, 14 years after Escobar's death, that people in rural Antioquia, 200 miles north-west of Bogota, began phoning the Ministry of Environment to report sightings of a peculiar animal. "They found a creature in a river that they had never seen before, with small ears and a really big mouth," recalls Carlos Valderrama, from the charity Webconserva. He went to look, and found himself faced with the task of explaining to startled villagers that this was an animal from Africa. A hippopotamus. "The fishermen, they were all saying, 'How come there's a hippo here?'" he recalls. "We started asking around and of course they were all coming from Hacienda Napoles. Everything happened because of the whim of a villain." It's just like this crazy wildlife experiment that we're left with Rebecca Lewison, San Diego University Situated halfway between the city of Medellin and Bogota, the Colombian capital, Hacienda Napoles was the vast ranch owned by the drugs baron Pablo Escobar. In the early 1980s, after Escobar had become rich but before he had started the campaign of assassinations and bombings that was to almost tear Colombia apart, he built himself a zoo. He smuggled in elephants, giraffes and other exotic animals, among them four hippos - three females and one male. And with a typically grand gesture, he allowed the public to wander freely around the zoo. Buses filled with schoolchildren passed under a replica of the propeller plane that carried Escobar's first US-bound shipments of cocaine. While Don Pablo masterminded the operations of the Medellin Cartel from his villa on the hill, the locals gazed at the strange animals and even stranger concrete dinosaurs that Escobar built for his son. Image copyright Getty Images When Hacienda Napoles was confiscated in the early 1990s, Escobar's menagerie was dispersed to zoos around the country. But not the hippos. For about two decades, they have wallowed in their soupy lake, watching the 20sq km (8 sq mile) park around them become neglected and overgrown - and then transformed back into a zoo and theme park, complete with water slides. All the while, the hippos themselves thrived, and multiplied. There are people saying, 'Oh why do you have to castrate them? Just let them be - castrate the politicians' Carlos Valderrama Nobody knows how many there are. The local environmental authority, which bears responsibility for them, estimates between 50 and 60, with most living in the lake at the park. But 12 are known to have paddled past the flimsy fence and into the nearby Magdalena River - and maybe many more. Here, conditions for hippos are idyllic. The river is slow moving and has plenty of shallows, perfect for larger animals which don't actually swim but push themselves off banks, gliding through the water. Moreover, the region never experiences drought, which tends to act as a natural brake on the size of herds in Africa. How much the hippos like Colombia can be judged from how much sex they are having. In Africa they usually become sexually active between the ages of seven and nine for males, and nine and 11 for females, but Pablo Escobar's hippos are becoming sexually active as young as three. All the fertile females are reported to be giving birth to a calf every year. Image copyright Carlos Valderrama Image caption Carlos Valderrama may be the only vet to have castrated a hippo in the wild "It's just like this crazy wildlife experiment that we're left with," says San Diego University ecologist Rebecca Lewison. "Gosh! I hope this goes well." Valderrama, whose job until recently included watching over the hippos in the Magdalena, has seen animals up to 250km (155 miles) away from Hacienda


In which country was the fashion designer Yves St Laurent brn?

Yves Saint Laurent Blog Yves Saint Laurent The King of Fashion, Yves Saint Laurent was born in 1936 in Oran, Algeria. Saint Laurent went to work for Christian Dior in 1954 after winning the first prize in International Wool Secretariat contest for his asymmetrical cocktail dress. All On Fashion Central About Designer Gallery Articles Fashion Shows (9) Saint Laurent Collection for Paris Fashion Week Spring 2016 All Collections & Reviews Victoria's Secret angle Adriana Lima outshines in new Yves Saint Laurent Sale Summer 2011 campaign. read full › About Designer He became Haute Couture designer after the death of Dior in 1960 and introduced trapeze dress in his first collection for Dior in 1958. more › Photos Posted under Festivals “To be totally honest with you, I didn’t know about fashion and I didn’t really care about fashion,” said Pierre Niney last night at the premiere of the Weinstein Company’s Yves Saint Laurent hosted by the Cinema Society and Yves Saint Laurent C read full story ›


In which southern French city is the Malson Carree, one of the best preserved temples from the Roman era?

The Maison Carree, Nimes, France Royalty Free Stock Photography - Image: 34607127 The Maison Carree, one of the best preserved Roman ancient temples, located in Nimes, southern France. MR: NO


Which of the Wombles was named after a European Country?

Great Uncle Bulgaria | Wombles Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Womble known as Great Uncle Bulgaria to the young wombles. He is very old indeed, no one really knows exactly for sure, but it's safe to guess he's anywhere between 300 years and eternity. His age and status have brought about some eccentricities. Great Uncle Bulgaria's one weakness is his daily copy of The Womble Times, from which he gets information about the outside world and which he's often heard to insist "never lies". He has a particular obsession for the crosswords. Great Uncle Bulgaria often rejects modern technology, not because he doesn't see its potential, but because he understands the value in tradition. ("Computers? Pshaw! A quill and paper is all anyone really needs to write with..."). To Great Uncle Bulgaria, the new technology is to be viewed with suspicion. He supports Tobermory 's grand unconventional inventions, but remains firmly grounded in doing things the way he's always done them. You'd never see him going for a ride in the womcopter (although he's been known to take an unintentional spin in the buggy!) or sending a message on the womfax. He is still fazed by the wellicom and the speaking tube system in the burrow. A master storyteller, he has an anecdote for any occasion, a fantastic tale for every situation, and words of wisdom for anyone within earshot. Venerated for his wisdom and experience, Great Uncle Bulgaria indulgently supervises the younger wombles, who think he knows everything. He can be gruff and strict, but he has a kind heart. When he can, he likes to sit in his office on his rocking chair and think (which normally turns into a sleep). He used to be a good footballer when he was a young womble. So when they found a football (it took him a while to remember how to use it), he decided that the wombles should get fit and that they should form a football team - Womble United. In both the  1970s TV series  and the 1990s TV series  (and currently), he wears a tartan hat, a tartan shawl, tartan slippers and gold spectacles. He is named after the country in Eastern Europe.


Which car company patented the 3-point seatbelt system but lets every car company use it?

Three-point seatbelt inventor Nils Bohlin born - Jul 17, 1920 - HISTORY.com Three-point seatbelt inventor Nils Bohlin born Share this: Three-point seatbelt inventor Nils Bohlin born Author Three-point seatbelt inventor Nils Bohlin born URL Publisher A+E Networks Nils Bohlin, the Swedish engineer and inventor responsible for the three-point lap and shoulder seatbelt–considered one of the most important innovations in automobile safety–is born on July 17, 1920 in Härnösand, Sweden. Before 1959, only two-point lap belts were available in automobiles; for the most part, the only people who regularly buckled up were race car drivers. The two-point belts strapped across the body, with a buckle placed over the abdomen, and in high-speed crashes had been known to cause serious internal injuries. In 1958, Volvo Car Corporation hired Bohlin, who had designed ejector seats for Saab fighter airplanes in the 1950s, to be the company’s first chief safety engineer. (A relative of Volvo CEO Gunnar Engelau had died in a car crash, which helped motivate the company to increase its safety measures.) Bohlin had worked with the more elaborate four-point harnesses in airplanes, and knew that system would be untenable in an automobile. In designing the new seat belt, he concentrated on providing a more effective method of protecting driver and passenger against the impact of the swift deceleration that occurred when a car crashed. Within a year, Bohlin had developed the three-point seat belt, introduced in Volvo cars in 1959. The new belts secured both the upper and lower body; its straps joined at hip level and buckled into what Bohlin called “an immovable anchorage point” below the hip, so that they could hold the body safely in the event of a crash. According to Bohlin (as quoted by The New York Times in his 2002 obituary): “It was just a matter of finding a solution that was simple, effective and could be put on conveniently with one hand.” In the interests of safety, Volvo made the new seat belt design available to other car manufacturers for free; it was required on all new American vehicles from 1968 onward. Since 1959, engineers have worked to enhance the three-point belt, but the basic design remains Bohlin’s. At the time of Bohlin’s death in September 2002, Volvo estimated that the seat belt had saved more than one million lives in the four decades since it was introduced. In the United States alone, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, seat belts save more than 11,000 lives each year. Related Videos


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» Kit Williams’s Golden Hare, Part 1: The Contest The Digital Antiquarian Kit Williams with a hare — but not the famous golden one. Fair warning: there is an image below that may be Not Safe For Work! On a gray Saturday morning in March of 1976, two nattily dressed London sophisticates left the city, driving west toward the decidedly unfashionable environs of rural Gloucestershire. One of the two was Eric Lister, owner of a quirky art gallery called the Portal . The other had a much higher profile. At age 42, Tom Maschler was already something of a living legend in the world of publishing. He had become the chief editor of the storied but musty publishing firm of Jonathan Cape back in 1960, whereupon he promptly made his name by purchasing the British rights to Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 for all of £250 and turning the book into a literary sensation in Britain well before it struck a nerve in Heller’s own homeland of the United States. The list of authors he proceeded to published in the next 27 years reads like a who’s who of late-twentieth-century literary fiction: Thomas Pynchon, Roald Dahl, John Fowles, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel García Márquez, Bruce Chatwin, Ian McEwan. In the late 1960s, he played an instrumental role in establishing the Man Booker Prize, the most prestigious award in modern British literature. Coincidentally or not, a disproportionate percentage of Maschler’s writers won the award in the years that followed. But it wasn’t all high-toned literature for Tom Maschler. He first demonstrated his knack for the populist as well as the prestigious early on, when at the height of Beatlemania he procured for Jonathan Cape two books of John Lennon’s prose, poetry, and drawings. They both become bestsellers, cementing Lennon’s popular reputation as “the smart Beatle.” A pattern had been established, of Maschler as not just a curator of fine literature but a curator of books that sold. He possessed a gift for identifying just the right book to suit the popular zeitgeist of any given instant — or, alternately, for bending the zeitgeist to suit whatever he happened to have on offer. It was more his role as a publisher of popular books than of fine literature that sent Maschler out to Gloucestershire in March of 1976. During the years immediately previous to the trip, he had sniffed out a market for lavishly illustrated children’s books — both classics and originals — which could find a home on the coffee tables of adults as well. Books like The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast had done very well for Jonathan Cape; indeed, The Butterfly Ball had been turned into a double-album rock opera by Roger Glover of Deep Purple fame. After visiting the Portal Gallery for a show by an artist named Kit Williams, Maschler had either suggested to Lister or had suggested to him — the two men’s memories would forever diverge on this question — the idea of a children’s book featuring Williams’s fantastic paintings. Thus this trip to visit the artist, who lived like the hermit he was in a moss-covered cottage in the middle of nowhere. Kit Williams outside the Gloucestershire cottage where Masquerade was proposed, conceived, and executed. For most of its duration, the lunch-time meeting, conducted around Williams’s kitchen table whilst munching on the homespun country fare he served up, wasn’t especially productive. Williams was polite, but was fundamentally uninterested in the idea of a children’s book. He’d taken the meeting at all only as a favor to Lister. He was a painter, not a writer, he patiently explained. Fair enough, came the reply from Maschler; we can partner you with a writer. But no, no, that wasn’t how Williams worked; he worked alone on his art, doing absolutely everything himself. Knowingly or accidentally, Maschler finally said the words that would make the book a reality just as he and Lister were walking out the door: “I still think you could do something that no one has ever done before.” The parting shot was perfectly pitched to strike its target just where it counted. Kit Williams, who could come acros


Who, after the 2015 General Election is the 'Father of the House’?

Labour’s Dennis Skinner at 83: ‘Father of the House? You must be joking’ | Politics | The Guardian Dennis Skinner Labour’s Dennis Skinner at 83: ‘Father of the House? You must be joking’ If re-elected, the Derbyshire MP will join a small group who have been in the Commons since 1970. So how does he keep going – and why? ‘I’ve never bothered what people say about me’ … Dennis Skinner is fighting his 12th general election in Derbyshire. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Saturday 2 May 2015 06.30 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 20 September 2016 10.05 EDT Share on Messenger Close Dennis Skinner is a little suspicious when we speak on the phone. “Why do you want to talk to me? I don’t trust the papers.” I protest my innocence. “Well, there’s the fact that you’re standing again, and if you complete another five years, you’ll have been in parliament for half a century. Oh, and the paperback of your memoir is about to come out.” “Is it?” he says “Nobody tells me anything.” Eventually he relents. “All right. You’d better come tomorrow. The weather looks better than the day after. If it’s raining, we’ll just be talking to people through their windows. Bolsover library at 12 o’clock. We can talk there and then go out campaigning. I just hope it isn’t raining. It was terrible today.” I expect Bolsover, in north-east Derbyshire, to be a tough little industrial town, but it’s actually more a large, sleepy village. Skinner’s constituency, which he has represented for Labour since 1970, is a collection of 20-odd former pit villages strung across 30 miles of rural Derbyshire. This is now a green and pleasant land, gentrifying in parts. Neighbouring seats, undergoing similar transformations, are no longer Labour bankers, but Skinner’s still is. His election agent, Gary Ransford, expects the 11,000 majority at the last election to rise to 15,000-plus at this one. Skinner is waiting for me in the little library when I arrive, and we talk at a small table in the fiction section. At 83 – and having survived a heart bypass and bladder cancer in the past decade – he is in remarkably good nick. He has carefully groomed, shoulder-length grey hair, a rheumy right eye that weeps later when he stands speechifying in the cold wind, and sports a natty jacket and red tie. He is, you sense, a man who cares about his appearance. Pinterest ‘I’ve been very lucky’ … Skinner earlier in his career. Photograph: Daily Mail/Rex Shutterstock But why on earth is he standing again at 83? He’ll be close to 90 if the next parliament runs its course – only Gerald Kaufman, standing again for Labour in Manchester Gorton at 84, is older. “Mainly because Cameron told me to retire,” Skinner says. “People seem to forget. He told me three times in parliament. If I’d have finished, it would have looked as if he’d scored a victory. He would have talked about it. The moment he said that, I knew I’d have to run.” But in any case, he doubts whether the parliament will last a full five years. “It looks a lot like 1974,” he says. “I would guess either Miliband or Cameron would consider doing what Harold Wilson did and having a second election.” Skinner says he is standing up well to the rigours of his 12th campaign in Bolsover. “I’ve been very lucky. I used to be very athletic when I was a young man. I don’t know whether that’s got anything to do with it. I worked in the pit for more than 20 years and never had a serious injury. I was playing tennis way into my 50s, until my knees began to give me trouble, and I still ride a bike, although my last one was stolen from the House of Commons.” Everyone is shaped by their upbringing, but Skinner is defined by his. His memoir, Sailing Close to the Wind, recounts growing up as one of nine children in a poor but loving mining family in Clay Cross, a few miles south of Chesterfield. Bright and articulate, he passed the 11-plus and went to a grammar school, but rather than try for university, chose to leave school at 16 and follow his father down the pit. When he started work at Parkhouse colliery, one of 10 mines close to Clay


The Dwarf Lantern and Spined Pygmy are the smallest types of which sort of fish?

20 Smallest Sharks | Shark Week | Discovery 20 Smallest Sharks 20. Longfin Catshark (Apristurus herklotsi)12.2 inches 19. Peppered Catshark (Galeus piperatus) 11.8 inches 18. Arabian Catshark (Halaelurus alcocki) 11.8 inches 17. Dwarf Sawtail Catshark (Galeus schultzi) 11.8 inches 16. Fringefin Lanternshark (Etmopterus schultzi) 11.8 inches 15. Ornate Dogfish (Centroscyllium ornatum) 11.8 inches 14. Bristly Catshark (Halaelurus hispidus) 11.4 inches 13. Combtoothed Lanternshark (Etmopterus decacuspidatus) 11.4 inches 12. Lollipop Catshark (Cephalurus cephalus) 11 inches 11. Longnose Pygmy Shark (Heteroscymnoides marleyi) 11 inches 10. Granular Dogfish (Centroscyllium granulatum) 11 inches 9. Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus) 10.6 inches 8. Broadnose Catshark (Apristurus investigatoris) 10.2 inches 7. Atlantic Ghost Catshark (Apristurus atlanticus) 9.8 inches 6. Spined Pygmy Shark (Squaliolus laticaudus) 9.8 inches 5. African Lanternshark (Etmopterus polli) 9.4 inches 4. Shorttail Lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus) 9.4 inches 3. Green Lanternshark (Etmopterus virens) 9 inches 2. Panama Ghost Catshark (Apristurus stenseni) 9 inches 1. Pale Catshark (Apristurus sibogae) 8.27 inches


Named after the Maori word for ‘shark’ which Is the fastest swimmer among the sharks - it can reach speeds of over So mph?

Animals Animals and Nature People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) founded 1980 from Jeopardy TV show KINGDOM, Animal, Plant, Mineral PHYLLUM  Chordata Class: Mammal (Order: primate Family: hominadae Genus: homo; Species: sapiens). Amphibian, Bird, Reptile, Pisces, Cartilaginous fish. About 180 million years ago, mammals evolved from reptile class, named from Latin for "creeping" by Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Arthropod Class: arachnid, crustacean, insect, centipede,  Only arhtropods and vertebrates have sense of hearing  Echinoderm is sea urchin,  Mollusk Class: snail, clam, octopus. Animals commonly mentioned   CHORDATA Phylum MAMMALS Class: 3500 species, backbone, lungs, warm blooded, live born young, hair, milk, diaphragm, brain more developed. Artiodactyla Order (even-toed ungulates: antelope, deer, camels, pigs, cows, sheep, hippos,) Bovid is any of almost 140 species of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals with characteristic unbranching horns covered in a permanent sheath of keratin in at least the males. Antelope  Addax also known as the white antelope and the screwhorn antelope, lives in the Sahara desert.  Bongo, is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate and among the largest of the African forest antelope species.  Dik Dik Named for the sound it makes, the dik-dik is the smallest member of this group in the bovid family, This African antelope was named for the sound it makes when alarmed  Eland is largest of all antelopes,  Gerenuk To reach really high foliage the gerenuk, an antelope, stands on hind legs  Gnu 2 of the varieties of this African wildebeest are the brindled & white-tailed  Hartebeest, a large antelope, is native to Africa, Both male & female hartebeests have lyre-shaped horns  Impala  Rhebok The South African rhebok is not an athletic shoe but a species of this Bison also called a "cattalo", Beefalo animal is the result of breeding domestic cattle and bison Buffalo, Farmers in southeast Asia use them to work in rice paddies; it's lucky they like to wallow in mud Camel is an even-toed ungulate (has 2 toes) within the genus Camelus, bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. The two surviving species of camel are the dromedary, or one-humped camel, which is native to the Middle East and the Horn of Africa; and the Bactrian, or two-humped camel, which inhabits Central Asia. Dromedary or Arabian camel is a large, even-toed ungulate with one hump on its back. The 2 species of camel are the Arabian, also called the dromedary & Bactrian two humped. Camel or elephant animals you could be riding if you were sitting on a "howdah" Cow, young is Heiffer. Because Sam Maverick didn't brand his cattle, he lost them to rustlers. Round up Cattleman's term for gathering the herd, Texas trail named in honor of a Scottish Cherokee trader whose tracks were followed, Chisholm. Bull, male cattle, Originally bred in India, Brahma is the type of bull most often seen in bull riding contests   Angus for beef, scotland, marbling of fat in meat   Hereford, england, white face red body   Holstein black and white most common, Largest-sized breed of dairy cattle, there are more of them in the U.S. than any other dairy breed   Jersey Though they're the smallest-sized major dairy breed, their milk contains the most butterfat   Longhorn Because it grew slowly & produced less meat, this famous Texas breed almost vanished by the 1920s, Famed Texas cattle breed that was brought over by the Spanish explorers   Scottish breeds of cattle include the Galloway, the Ayrshire, and the Aberdeen-Angus. Deer, stag is male, doe is female, fawn is young. The highly vascular fine-haired skin on a deer's antlers is called Velvet   Caribou reindeer in north america   Moose largest deer, Europeans know this largest member of the deer family as the elk; we call it this   Musk deer secretes the musk used in perfume   Red deer, Wapiti or Elk, The second-largest deer in the world, it's also called the wapiti American Elk   Reindeer, both sexes have antlers The only fema


Rachel Verinder and Gabriel Betteredge are characters in which novel of 1868?

SparkNotes: The Moonstone: Character List Character List Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Rachel Verinder  -  Rachel Verinder, only daughter to Lady Verinder, receives the Moonstone on her eighteenth birthday, only to have it stolen that night. Rachel is a straightforward and impassioned heroine. She is in love with Franklin Blake. Read an in-depth analysis of Rachel Verinder. Lady Verinder  -  Lady Verinder is an honest and just mistress to her household in Yorkshire. She suffers from heart disease and dies a third of the way through the novel Franklin Blake  -  Franklin Blake, Lady Verinder's nephew, is the editorial force behind the collected narratives of the novel—he has asked everyone to write what they know about the disappearance of the diamond, in the interests of clearing his own name. Franklin is good-natured and somewhat indecisive, perhaps because of his training in various foreign countries. Franklin is in love with Rachel Verinder. Read an in-depth analysis of Franklin Blake. Godfrey Ablewhite  -  Godfrey Ablewhite is a renowned philanthropist and leader of several Ladies' Charity Groups in London. He is a cousin of Rachel Verinder's and proposes marriage to Rachel twice. Godfrey begins to look suspicious and hypocritical during Miss Clack's narrative. Read an in-depth analysis of Godfrey Ablewhite. Gabriel Betteredge  -  Gabriel Betteredge is the trusted house steward of Lady Verinder. He has been in service to the Lady and her family his entire life and feels a strong attachment to the family and household servants. Betteredge has a provincial, earthy sense of humor. He enjoys the novelty of both detective work and the writing of a narrative. Ezra Jennings  -  Ezra Jennings is the assistant to Mr. Candy. Jennings has a strange appearance—he is tall and thin, with a face wrinkled beyond his years and hair that is half white and half black—that causes him to be shunned from social interaction. Jennings is intelligent and science-minded. He seems to harbor secrets from his past and is capable of womanly depths of feeling for others. Read an in-depth analysis of Ezra Jennings. Sergeant Cuff  -  Sergeant Cuff is a renowned detective from London. Tall and gaunt, he does not look like a member of the police force, yet his perceptive intelligence is striking. Cuff is idiosyncractic—his favorite pastime when not working is to breed roses. Cuff also exhibits a quiet sympathy for some others. Miss Drusilla Clack  -  Miss Clack, niece to Lady Verinder, is an overly-pious and falsely humble Christian—a member of many of Godfrey Ablewhite's Ladies' charities. Miss Clack's main interest is in the evilness of others, whom she attempts to save with the Christian pamphlets she carries with her. Miss Clack is capable of real venom toward those she doesn't like, such as Rachel Verinder. She holds strictly traditional views on gender roles, yet would and does swoon in the presence of her "Christian Hero," Godfrey Ablewhite. Mr. Mathew Bruff  -  Mr. Bruff has long been the family lawyer to the Verinders—he holds Rachel Verinder, Lady Verinder, and Franklin Blake all in high esteem. Mr. Bruff has a lawyer's mind for thinking logically through the facts of the case. He is resistant to any imaginative or mystical thinking. He respects the Indians for their efficiency and tenacity. Mr. Candy  -  Mr. Candy is the local doctor to Lady Verinder. He has a boyish sense of humor and a lively pride in his profession. Mr. Candy falls ill the night of Rachel's birthday from exposure to the rain and is incoherent or forgetful forever after. Superintendent Seegrave  -  Seegrave is the overconfident but not-too-meticulous local police superintendent in Frizinghall, the nearest town to Lady Verinder's estate. Seegrave's methods of detection are unperceptive and unsurprising—he suspects the servants first and bullies them into cooperation with the case. Colonel John Herncastle  -  John Herncastle, we learn in the preface, fought for the English army in India and stole the Moonstone diamond while he was there in 1799. A reclusive and


The 'Dead Undead’ was the original title of which novel of 1897?

Dracula Study Guide | GradeSaver Dracula Study Guide Buy Study Guide The first edition of Dracula was published in June 1897. As late as May of that year, Stoker was still using his original working title for the novel, The Un-Dead. "Undead," a word now commonly used in horror novels and movies, was a term invented by Stoker. Dracula was his most famous novel, instantly a bestseller and perhaps the most famous horror novel ever. It has been made and re-made in film adaptations, been reprinted numerous times, and has continued to sell copies for a hundred years. Although earlier novels about vampires had been published in England, Stoker's depiction of the vampire has had perhaps the strongest hold on the popular imagination. Stories of vampires or vampire-like creatures exist in all cultures: from China to India to the Incan Empire, variations of the vampire have populated diverse peoples' nightmares and folklore. Stoker researched Eastern European legends, which offer widely varied tales about supernatural monsters. In Eastern European lore, there is not one kind of vampire but many, and "vampire" is not so distinct a category from "demon" or even "witch" as it has become in modern horror movies. Stoker chose freely from among the legends about various Eastern European demons, some of them bloodsucking, and came up with a suitable interpretation of the vampire for his novel. He also studied Eastern European history. In the prince of Wallachia, Vlad Tepes, or Dracula ("Son of Dracul"), Bram Stoker found inspiration for his tale of an undead nobleman. Vlad Tepes ("Vlad the Impaler") was a fifteenth Christian nobleman who fought against the Turks. He was a defender of his country and his religion, winning the Pope's praise for his campaigns against the Moslems. The times were full of fear for Christendom?Constantinople, the Rome of the East, had just fallen to the ever-expanding Turks. Vlad was also legendary for his cruelty, to Moslem and Christian enemies alike. He was famous for his love of impaling his victims, a method of execution in which it often took days for the condemned to die. After one battle, thousands of Turkish soldiers were impaled at Vlad's command. After Vlad's death, legends about him continued to multiply. Stoker drew on Vlad's legend for the creation of the vampire Dracula. Stoker was deeply concerned with sexual morality. Although his novel is full of racy subtext?possibly far more subtext than the author intended?his own views regarding sex and morality were in many ways quite conservative. He favored censoring novels for their sexual content?he considered racy literature dangerous for the ways that it nurtured man's darker sexual tendencies. Although Dracula has many scenes that seem to revel in sexual language and sensual description, these pleasures are sublimated to a Victorian and Christian sense of morality. Sexual energy, in Stoker's view, has great potential for evil, but part of the novel's trick is that Stoker is allowed to have his cake and eat it, too. In writing a novel that implicitly conflates sin with sexuality in a moralizing way, Stoker is also given free reign to write incredibly lurid and sensual scenes. The themes of Christian redemption and the triumph of purity carry the day, but the sexually loaded scenes?that of the three female vampires closing in seductively on a powerless but desiring Jonathan Harker , for example?tend to linger longest in the reader's mind.


On which motorway would you find the Norton Canes service area?

Norton Canes services - Motorway Services Online, Norton Canes | service stations Motorway Services Online Norton Canes M S A Bettys Lane Single site located between junctions with access to both sides. Ratings 6 Visitor Feedback Facilities Catering: Chozen Noodle , Costa , Fresh Food Café , McDonald's , Costa Express , Krispy Kreme Shops: Fone Bitz , WHSmith , Leaf Main Amenities: Ecotricity electric vehicle charging point, Jackpot £500 , Picnic Tables, Regus Express , Showers Motel: Days Inn book Forecourt: BP  (with: LPG), BP Connect , Wild Bean Café , AdBlue Containers Parking Prices First two hours free for all vehicles, after which cars must pay £12 and HGVs, caravans and coaches £27, or £29 to include a £10 food voucher and free toll travel. Prices are paid using PayByPhone - more details or in the shop or restaurant. The location code is 5263. The fees are strictly enforced by CP Plus . Trivia Inside the services. One of Roadchef's most profitable sites, it is operated under an old-style 25-year contract to Midlands Expressway Limited, owners of the M6 Toll, expiring in 2029. When it opened it had a separate car park for local traffic, with a barrier separating the two (without that cars would be able to escape the toll by changing car parks). This meant it technically functioned as a local service area as well as a major MSA , even if it was never really used as such. By 2010 the local car park had been gated off with only authorised traffic able to access it. Facilities The food is served in a new 'cook to order' and 'proper' style, taking 10 minutes to cook and pleasing the BBC's 'The Money Programme', but it costed nearly £50 to feed a family of four! It also featured in their 'Top Gear' in 2004. During late May/early June 2015, the WHSmith store underwent a refurbishment. The final The Burger Company outlet at any Roadchef site closed here on 4 January 2016. This was replaced shortly after by McDonalds in March 2016. Planning The site occupies 68 acres, and it opened on the 9th March 2004, a few months after the motorway itself. When it opened it was described as "a new era in services". The parking areas can accommodate 350 cars, 52 lorries, 25 coaches and 6 caravans, in addition to a 110-space overflow car park (which is used much more than you'd think, see the photos). The services were first proposed in 1993 as part of the toll road project and were initially rejected by the council on environmental grounds and because the plans were put forward before the M6 Toll had been finalised. The eventual plan was designed by Roadchef, built by Midlands Expressway Limited's contractors and fitted by Roadchef. Proposed Extension After deciding not to go ahead with an entrance extension in 2010, Roadchef are now proposing the first significant changes since the services opened. The site will be extended in all directions, adding a Spar shop, toilets, a much larger seating area and an enclosed outdoor garden. Survey Results In May 2012 and August 2011, Visit England rated the services as 4 stars. The services were inspected by the AA on the 24th and 25th of March 2007. These are their results: Category:


For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did Patricia Arquette win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?

2015 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress | IndieWire 2015 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress 2015 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress Feb 17, 2015 10:00 am Share This Article Indiewire will provide updates of our predictions for the 87th Academy Awards through February 22nd, when the winners are announced. Patricia Arquette has basically won every award out there for her work in "Boyhood," and she’s the film’s only certain win on Oscar night (though Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing are certainly still on on the table). Emma Stone is likely her closest competition, but that just isn’t happening. Our prediction below. Check out our predictions in other categories here . The Nominees:


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For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did J K Simmons win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?

J.K. Simmons Wins Best Supporting Actor At The 2015 Oscars, Wants You To Call Your Mom | The Huffington Post J.K. Simmons Wins Best Supporting Actor At The 2015 Oscars, Wants You To Call Your Mom 02/22/2015 08:42 pm ET | Updated Feb 26, 2015 320 Leigh Blickley Senior News Editor of Entertainment, The Huffington Post J.K. Simmons won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars on Sunday for his performance in "Whiplash." In the film, Simmons plays fearsome band teacher Terence Fletcher, who continuously abuses young jazz drummer Andrew (Miles Teller) as the student tries to prove his worth. This is the 60-year-old actor's first Oscar nomination and win. He beat out Ethan Hawke ("Boyhood"), Robert Duvall ("The Judge"), Edward Norton ("Birdman") and Mark Ruffalo ("Foxcatcher") for the honor. Simmons thanked his wife and children in his acceptance speech, before making a plea to everyone to call their parents. "If you’re lucky enough to have a parent alive on this planet -- call them, don’t text them!" Simmons said. Simmons, known for his roles on television shows "Oz" and "Law & Order," has been sweeping the Best Supporting Actor category throughout the 2015 awards show season. He was previously named Best Supporting Actor by the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics' Choice Awards and BAFTA Awards. "So much of my career as a screen actor has been in smaller and supporting roles and this is certainly a supporting role as well, but people refer to this as a two-hander even though there are wonderful characters in it. It's a very meaningful part that's a bigger part of the script than a lot of my characters tend to be," Simmons told Interview magazine of landing the part in "Whiplash." "I still go in and read for directors and meet directors, but it's nice to have somebody just offer me a part like this out of the blue. In that way it's sort of another level of accomplishment/luck." For a full list of Oscar winners, head here . Also on HuffPost:


Who wrote the 1902 children’s story ‘5 Children and It’?

Classic Children's Books From The 1900s Tweet2 Now that we have covered a few must read kid books from the 19th Century , let’s move on to classic books from the 20th Century and start off with children’s books from the early 1900s. I am showing my age a bit because I keep wanting to refer to the 20th century as “this century”. It’s still hard to get used to. Sigh. A note on my book selections: It is not my intention to create a “Top Ten” or “Best Books of the Century” list. If that were so, these lists would have different books on them. You can find a million of those lists all over the internet. My objective is to bring to your attention 10 books in each decade that I think are worth reading even if they are not “a top book of all time.”  In each list I try to highlight books that may be less familiar to the general public (this was the most difficult with the period 1900-1910, see my note below). After all, you already know about Alice in Wonderland. Note on my 1900s List: Of all the decades I will be covering, I found 1900-09 to be the trickiest. Primarily because books that do not stand the test of time are not exactly books I want to recommend. Of course limiting my lists to 10 books also leaves off some worthy books and maybe even your favorites, so be sure to leave a comment and get your favorite title heard. For tips on reading classic books see my first post in the series: Classic Children’s Books: 19th Century . As with all books published before 1923, these books are free for you to read online. I’ve included a link for each title to Project Gutenberg , where you will find each book in various digital formats and occasionally there is a free audio book as well. (Note: book titles and covers are affiliate links.) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . (1900) L. Frank Baum’s classic is considered by many to be the Great American Fairy Tale. Do not confine yourself to the movie version! After Dorothy reached the Emerald City she didn’t go home right away, she had another fantastic journey to meet Glinda in the Land of the Quadlings. This book has been re-illustrated many times over the years, but I highly recommend seeking out a text with the original illustrations by W.W. Denslow. At Project Gutenberg (but without illustrations). Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm . (1903) Rebecca can be a bit cloying, but fans of Anne of Green Gables will most likely enjoy this story of an imaginative young girl who leaves her beloved farm to live with her two unmarried aunts. At Project Gutenberg . Five Children and It . (1902) I could have chosen any number of E. Nesbit’s books for this list, they are all wonderful.  In this story, five siblings find a Sand Fairy who grants them a wish a day. It’s a wonderful prospect, but it causes loads of trouble. For those of you unfamiilar with Nesbit, you will be interested to know that J. K. Rowling cites her as one of her favorite authors. At Project Gutenberg (some formats with images). The Wonderful Adventures Of Nils And The Further Adventures Of Nils Holgersson (1907). Selma Lagerlöf is a household name in her native Sweden, as famous as Astrid Lindgren. She was also the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature (1909). Nils is a naughty little boy who takes off on an aerial journey around Sweden when he climbs on the back of a goose. On his voyage Nils learns about the geography and natural landscape of Sweden and his encounters with wildlife and people teach him a few valuable lessons about humanity.   Project Gutenberg has the text in several formats but without images . However, you can find an HTML version with lovely color images here . Anne of Green Gables . (1908) It’s impossible to find fault with Anne, she is charming, imaginative and utterly beguiling. I probably don’t need to introduce her to you, but make sure you introduce her to your child. I also wholeheartedly recommend the wonderful 1985 screen adaptation . At Project Gutenberg . The Story of King Arthur and His Knights . (1902) I read Howard Pyle for the first time just recently to make sure I wanted to include him on t


Who was the female designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress for her marriage to Prince William?

Kate Middleton's dress - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News Kate Middleton's dress The royal wedding in photos Credit: Photo by Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images "Miss Middleton wished for her dress to combine tradition and modernity with the artistic vision that characterizes Alexander McQueen's work. Miss Middleton worked closely with Sarah Burton in formulating the design of her dress," the palace said in a statement regarding Kate Middleton's wedding dress. Here she arrives for her royal wedding to Prince William of Wales at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London. Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images "Miss Middleton chose British brand Alexander McQueen for the beauty of its craftsmanship and its respect for traditional workmanship and the technical construction of clothing," the palace said in a statement regarding Kate Middleton's wedding dress. More royal wedding photographs Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Kate Middleton's dress is made from ivory and white satin gazar, and the bodice and skirt feature hand-cut English lace and French Chantilly lace. The train measures almost nine feet long. Here she arrives for her royal wedding to Prince William of Wales at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London. More royal wedding photographs Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Catherine Middleton arrives with her father Michael Middleton to attend the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. More royal wedding photographs Credit: Getty Kate Middleton's veil is made of layers of soft ivory silk tulle with a trim of hand-embroidered flowers. It is held in place by a Cartier "halo" tiara, lent to Middleton by Queen Elizabeth II. The tiara was presented to Princess Elizabeth (now the Queen) by her mother on her 18th birthday. More royal wedding photographs Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The lace applique for the bodice and skirt was hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework. Individual flowers were hand-cut from lace and hand-engineered onto ivory silk tulle to create the dress' unique design, which incorporates the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock. More royal wedding photographs Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The bride's earrings, diamond-set stylized oak leaves with a pear-shaped diamond set drop and a pave set diamond acorn suspended from the center, are by Robinson Pelham and were inspired by the Middleton family's new coat of arms. The earrings, which were made to match the tiara, were a personal gift to Middleton from her parents for her wedding day. More royal wedding photographs Credit: YouTube Catherine Middleton arrives with her father Michael Middleton to attend the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey. More royal wedding photographs Credit: WPA Pool Prince William takes the hand of his bride Catherine Middleton, now to be known as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, followed by Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton as they walk down the aisle inside Westminster Abbey. More royal wedding photographs Credit: Getty Images/AP Kate Middleton has her dress adjusted as she arrives with her father Michael at Westminster Abbey before her marriage to Britain's Prince William in central London April 29, 2011. More royal wedding photographs Credit: Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images Catherine Middleton arrives to attend the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England. More royal wedding photographs Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, turns back as she leaves the balcony of Buckingham Palace London after after her wedding to Britain's Prince William, on April 29, 2011. More royal wedding photographs Credit: LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Kate Middleton arrives with her father Michael (unseen) at the Westminster Abbey prior to her wedding with Prince William in London on April 29, 2011. More royal wedding photographs Credit: DAVID JONES/AFP/Getty Kate Middleton arrives for her royal wedding to Prince William of Wales at Westmins


Which modern children’s author, a former Children’s Laureate, wrote ‘4 Children and It’ in 2012?

Stand up for the arts in schools, say children’s laureates | Books | The Guardian Stand up for the arts in schools, say children’s laureates Observer cartoonist explains the need for action by writers and illustrators for children Primary school children reading in a classroom. Photograph: Andrew Fox/Alamy Saturday 25 June 2016 19.07 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 19 July 2016 07.56 EDT Close This article is 7 months old Children’s fiction sections of bookshelves are stalked by imaginary giants and superheroes. But these books have also given Britain a succession of real-life literary giants, from Lewis Carroll to Roald Dahl. Now a group of leading modern-day titans of the field, the eight former children’s laureates, have joined forces with the current holder of the post, Chris Riddell , to create one formidable force. At an initial war council held earlier this month, these award-winning writers and illustrators – including Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman and Quentin Blake – prepared to battle to ensure the future of creativity in British schools. “[There was] the film Marvel Avengers Assemble. Well, this could be described as Laureates Assemble,” said Riddell, who won the Greenaway prize for children’s literature for a record third time last week for his work on The Sleeper and the Spindle with Neil Gaiman. “I wanted to talk to my predecessors about what they had done as laureates and to make it an inclusive thing,” said Riddell, who is the political cartoonist of the Observer .“I felt that since I was appointed last year, I have relied heavily on the credit of the people who have gone before mebut I wondered if I could now make it a collective thing. Could we all get together and tackle some of the issues?” The role of children’s laureate was created in 1999 after conversations between Morpurgo, the author of War Horse, and the then poet laureate, the late Ted Hughes. Renowned illustrator Quentin Blake was the first, chosen for his outstanding contribution to children’s literature. Next came Anne Fine and then Morpurgo himself, followed in 2005 by Jacqueline Wilson, author of the Tracy Beaker books. In 2007, poet Michael Rosen took over. Illustrator and writer Anthony Browne took up the challenge next and was followed in 2011 by Julia Donaldson, who wrote The Gruffalo. Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts and Crosses, preceded Riddell. The role is now supported by the BookTrust with a bursary of £15,000 a year. During their tenures, each one has promoted a variety of causes, including visual literacy, readers with disabilities and writing for young adults. Now they are all homing in on the need to preserve creativity in UK schools. “When you have someone like Jacqueline Wilson involved, or Michael Rosen, who has never stopped campaigning, I feel we could get somewhere. People have asked what the collective noun for children’s laureates might be and I have suggested an ‘enthusiasm’,” said Riddell. He added that he is not expecting the laureates to agree on everything, “but when we do, that is quite powerful. The falling value of creativity is a big problem.” Last week, the results of a survey suggested a major drop in the take-up of arts subjects at GCSE level. The survey, compiled by the magazine Arts Professional and based on official statistics published by the exam watchdog, Ofqual, revealed a fivefold decline in the number of children taking subjects including art and design, media, music, drama and design and technology, over the past year. Entry numbers fell by 46,000 this year, compared with a decline of 9,000 in 2015. The fall coincides with a rise in young people studying English baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects, the exam which provides a “more traditional” curriculum and is being encouraged by the government. While the total number of GCSE entries in all subjects this year has grown by 0.3%, over the same period exam entries for arts subjects have fallen by 8%. A parliamentary petition opposing the exclusion of art, drama, music and other creative subjects from the EBacc has been signed by more than 100,000 p


To within a year either side, in which year was the congestion charge introduced in London?

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