"Which Belgian novelist wrote the ""Maigret"" stories between 1930 and 1935?"

Georges Simenon: The Belgian Writer’s 10 Best Maigret Books Georges Simenon: The Belgian Writer’s 10 Best Maigret Books Sarine Arslanian Georges Simenon (1903-1989), one of Belgium ’s most famous writers, published hundreds of novels and short stories and wrote 60 to 80 pages a day. What made Simenon stand out, however, was his ‘Maigret’ collection. The character of Inspector Jules Maigret, a French detective, appears in 75 full length novels and 28 short stories, and is one of Belgium’s most successful exports. We explore 10 must-reads from the ‘Maigret’ collection. Maigret et le Corps sans Tete | © Presses de la Cité ‘Maigret et le Corps sans Tête’ (Maigret and the Headless Corpse) – 1955 A man’s dismembered body is found In the Saint-Martin Canal. Close to the scene, Maigret meets the taciturn owner of a cafe, Aline Calas, and wonders if the body in the canal was that of her husband. As usual, Maigret’s instincts are correct. Compelled to run the investigation further but with time on his hands as he’s already solved the case, Maigret starts digging into the past of everyone who is concerned. Unlike most detective fictions where finding the solution is central to the story, this novel explores the different motives that can lead to committing a crime. Here lies a rationale of self-hatred behind the actions whereby you can hurt and mortify those who are closest to you. Simenon, through Maigret, desperately attempts to figure out real meanings and ambitions, believing that understanding can lead to forgiveness and forgiveness will reduce the drive to commit a crime. Maigret et le Corps sans Tete | © Courtesy of Presses de la Cité   ‘Les Scrupules de Maigret’ (Maigret Has Scruples) – 1957 Xavier Marton, the head of the toy department at the Grands Magasins du Louvre,, pays a visit to Inspector Maigret as he believes his wife has intentions of poisoning him. A couple of hours later, it is the wife, Gisèle, who comes to see Maigret to clarify her point of view, as she believes her husband to be suffering from delusions. But then Maigret finds out that Xavier is in love with his wife’s sister, Jenny, who lives with them. Over tea, Xavier accidentally drank the cup that was meant to be for his wife, costing him his life. The novel’s story reveals a strange relationship between the wife, the sister and the husband and is a penetrating account of a marital union gone bad. It builds up on the mental worlds and illusions of both husband and wife that led to the point of extreme destruction. Pietr-le-Letton (Maigret and the Enigmatic Latvian) – 1930 This 1930 novel marks the transition point for Simenon from writing popular novels under pseudonyms to becoming a recognised writer. His main publisher, Fayard, was unsure about this book at first, doubting it would be appealing to the general public. Eventually, they succeeded in reaching a compromise that required Simenon to publish more of these ‘different’ novels at the rhythm of one per month. In this first ‘Maigret’ novel, the detective pursues his adversary, Pietr the Latvian, a villain who, following Interpol, was spotted several times on a train heading from Gare du Nord to Bremen. At the train’s arrival, however, a dead body, similar to Pietr’s, was found in the toilets with a bullet hole in the chest. But a couple of hours later, a very classy Pietr wearing a suit was spotted in the luxurious hotel ‘Majestic’. This novel makes you travel back to pre-war Paris and reveals its darkness in a profound and disturbing manner.   ‘Maigret Se Défend’ (Maigret On The Defensive) – 1964 In Maigret Se Défend,Inspector Maigret is accused for the first time since the start of his career. The charge against him was of compromising a young girl by getting her drunk in a bar, taking her back to his hotel room, undressing her, but ultimately not doing anything, or being ‘unable’ to. Maigret is then advised to resign and is forbidden to conduct any interviews. However, understanding that someone is out to get him, Maigret decides to take on the case to prove the world that he is innocent. The


Who was the last President of the Fourth Republic of France, and the first President of the Fifth Republic?

Fifth Republic, modern France France History - Fifth Republic   The Fifth Republic is the period of the fifth and current republican constitution of France, which was introduced on October 5, 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the ashes of the French Fourth Republic, replacing a weak and factional parliamentary government with a stronger, more centralized democracy. The impetus behind the creation of the Fifth Republic was the Algerian Crisis. Although France had since parted with many of its colonies, such as many of those in West Africa and Southeast Asia, it still retained Algeria, which had a large French population. Algeria eventually became independent on July 5, 1962. The former general Charles de Gaulle used the crisis as an opportunity to create a new French government with the stronger office of President. French Presidents were given a very long term (7 years, now reduced to 5 years) and currently still have more internal power than most of their European counterparts. On September 28, 1958, a referendum took place and 79.2% of those who voted supported the new constitution.


"What event brings a group of old friends together in the 1983 film ""The Big Chill""?"

The Big Chill (1983) - 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 A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 27 titles created 19 Feb 2012 a list of 26 titles created 28 Aug 2012 a list of 25 titles created 23 Jul 2014 a list of 36 titles created 13 Nov 2015 a list of 25 titles created 13 Dec 2015 Title: The Big Chill (1983) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     3     Oscars. Another    3 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards  » Videos An emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles. Director: Lawrence Kasdan In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. Director: Lawrence Kasdan Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from ... See full summary  » Director: Lawrence Kasdan Take two rival TV reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well and watch the sparks fly. Director: James L. Brooks Edit Storyline A seminal Thirty-Something movie in which a group of old college friends who are now all grown up and hardened by the big wide world come together for the funeral of Alex, a barely glimpsed corpse, who was at one time the brightest and the best of them, and yet who never managed to achieve half as much as any of the others. The friends use the occasion to reacquaint themselves with each other and to speculate as to what happened to their idealism which had been abundant when they were younger. Written by Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk> In a cold world, you need your friends to keep you warm! See more  » Genres: 30 September 1983 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: $56,968        (USA) (6 November 1998) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider . See more » Goofs The fog completely disappears after Harold's brief close-up shot when he and Nick are jogging through town. See more » Quotes Nick : [in a high-pitched voice] Hey. everyone, it's J.T. Lancer! Let's all go watch this incredible show! [everyone runs into the living room] Karen : Come on, Sam. Ok, I've seen it at last. Now what? 31 October 2001 | by (nts78rpm@hotmail.com) (Florida) – See all my reviews When I said I had never seen this film, people gasped and told me they couldn't belive it. They said it was a ground-breaking film, a cinematic landmark etc etc. Worth seeing for the soundtrack alone. So I rented it and watched it. What I saw was a group of unpleasant, self-obsessed, angst-ridden yuppies whom I liked not at all and cared about even less. We get a little light-relief once or twice with the Tom Beringer character but apart from that we are expected to spend a weekend with these people as they mull over the fact that one of the college friends has killed himself. A little sex thrown in for variety and Glenn Close chooses to have her hissy-fit in the shower so while we watch her acting we can also see her breasts. The piece ends suddenly, with little changed, nothing concluded and the audience thinking "So what?" We never find out why Alex killed himself but my theory is he realized that these people were the best he could do for friends so he threw in the towel. As for the soundtrack, a selection of fifteen or so different numbers of roughly the same period, well K-Tel have been doing that sort of thing for years. No need to put yourself through a movie like this to hear


Which volcano buried the Italian city of Pompeii?

Pompeii - Ancient History - HISTORY.com Google Life in Pompeii Ever since the ancient Greeks settled in the area in the 8th century B.C., the region around Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples attracted wealthy vacationers who wanted to soak up the sun and the scenery. By the turn of the first century A.D., the town of Pompeii, located about five miles from the mountain, was a flourishing resort for Rome’s most distinguished citizens. Elegant houses and elaborate villas lined the paved streets. Tourists, townspeople and slaves bustled in and out of small factories and artisans’ shops, taverns and cafes, and brothels and bathhouses. People gathered in the 20,000-seat arena and lounged in the open-air squares and marketplaces. On the eve of that fateful eruption in 79 A.D., scholars estimate that there were about 20,000 people living in Pompeii and the surrounding region. Did You Know? Mount Vesuvius has not erupted since 1944, but it is still one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Experts believe that another Plinean eruption is due any day--an almost unfathomable catastrophe, since almost 3 million people live within 20 miles of the volcano’s crater. Mount Vesuvius The Vesuvius volcano did not form overnight, of course. In fact, scholars say that the mountain is hundreds of thousands of years old and had been erupting for generations. In about 1780 B.C., for example, an unusually violent eruption (known today as the “Avellino eruption”) shot millions of tons of superheated lava, ash and rocks about 22 miles into the sky. That prehistoric catastrophe destroyed almost every village, house and farm within 15 miles of the mountain. But it was easy to overlook the mountain’s bad temper in such a pleasant, sunny spot. Even after a massive earthquake struck the Campania region in 63 A.D.–a quake that, scientists now understand, offered a warning rumble of the disaster to come–people still flocked to the shores of the Bay of Naples. Pompeii grew more crowded every year. 79 A.D. Sixteen years after that telltale earthquake, in August 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted again. The blast sent a plume of ashes, pumice and other rocks, and scorching-hot volcanic gases so high into the sky that people could see it for hundreds of miles around. (The writer Pliny the Younger, who watched the eruption from across the bay, compared this “cloud of unusual size and appearance” to a pine tree that “rose to a great height on a sort of trunk and then split off into branches”; today, geologists refer to this type of volcano as a “Plinean eruption.”) As it cooled, this tower of debris drifted to earth: first the fine-grained ash, then the lightweight chunks of pumice and other rocks. It was terrifying–“I believed I was perishing with the world,” Pliny wrote, “and the world with me”–but not yet lethal: Most Pompeiians had plenty of time to flee. For those who stayed behind, however, conditions soon grew worse. As more and more ash fell, it clogged the air, making it difficult to breathe. Buildings collapsed. Then, a “pyroclastic surge”–a 100-miles-per-hour surge of superheated poison gas and pulverized rock–poured down the side of the mountain and swallowed everything and everyone in its path. By the time the Vesuvius eruption sputtered to an end the next day, Pompeii was buried under millions of tons of volcanic ash. About 2,000 people were dead. Some people drifted back to town in search of lost relatives or belongings, but there was not much left to find. Pompeii, along with the smaller neighboring towns of Stabiae and Herculaneum, was abandoned for centuries. Rediscovering Pompeii Pompeii remained mostly untouched until 1748, when a group of explorers looking for ancient artifacts arrived in Campania and began to dig. They found that the ashes had acted as a marvelous preservative: Underneath all that dust, Pompeii was almost exactly as it had been 2,000 years before. Its buildings were intact. Skeletons were frozen right where they’d fallen. Everyday objects and household goods littered the streets. Later archaeologists even uncovered


Since women's water polo was introduced for the 2000 Olympics, which country has won more gold medals than the next two highest countries combined?

BBC Sport - London 2012 Olympics - Timeline Olympic Powers Information on this page will not be updated. Facts were accurate as of August 13, 2012. Timeline: Olympic Powers All-time Summer Olympic Gold Medals Country US athletes LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville and Jeremy Wariner celebrate victory in the 4x400m relay final at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games * Combines medals won by East and West Germany 2008 Beijing, China XXIX Olympiad 204 Nations 2008 Olympics Gold medals by nation Country Total 302 China climbs to the top, winning fewer medals overall, but taking more gold medals than the US. A total of 37 venues are used to host the events, including 12 built for use at the Games. The Games enjoy their largest audience in history, with an estimated 3.6 billion viewers. American Michael Phelps breaks the records for most gold medals in one Olympiad and for most career gold medals for an Olympian. He wins eight swimming events. South African swimmer Natalie du Toit, whose left leg was amputated following a crash, becomes the first amputee to qualify for the Olympic Games since Olivér Halassy in 1936. Left: He Kexin with her gymnastics gold medal in the 2008 Olympics Right: US swimmer Michael Phelps gets the gold in the Men's 400m Individual Medley event 2004 Athens, Greece XXVIII Olympiad 201 Nations 2004 Olympics Gold medals by nation Country Total 302 USA is victorious again, but China overtakes Russia. Australia also makes a leap to fourth spot. Chile and China earn their first medals in tennis. The archery competitions in Athens in 2004 are staged in the same Panathenaic Stadium that was used for the 1896 Olympics. Left: Joanne Hayes of USA crosses the finish line and wins gold in the women's 100 metre hurdle final Right: Jun Zhang, of China, dominates the mixed double badminton events 2000 Sydney, Australia XXVII Olympiad 199 Nations 2000 Olympics Gold medals by nation Country US and Russia finish top, with China breathing down their neck. North Korea and South Korea enter the stadium under one flag. British rower Steve Redgrave wins gold in his fifth consecutive Olympics. A swimmer from Equatorial Guinea, Eric "the Eel" Moussambani, completes the 100m freestyle swim in 112.72 seconds - more than twice as long as the winner. First tests to detect performance-enhancing drug erythropoetin (EPO) are performed. Left: Andrew Hoy of Australia (Silver), David O''Connor of the USA (Gold) and Mark Todd of New Zealand (Bronze) take the podium after the Individual Three Day Event Show Jumping Right: Russian Tatyana Lebedeva, silver medal winner in the women's triple jump final 1996 Atlanta, Georgia XXVI Olympiad 197 Nations 1996 Olympics Gold medals by nation Country 271 USA, Russia and Germany are the top three, with China continuing its rise to prominence. Tragic opening as terrorist bomb explodes in the Centennial Olympic Park killing 2 and injuring over 100 people. All 197 recognised National Olympic Committees are represented at the Games. Beach volleyball and mountain biking are the newest additions to the Olympic Games. Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl becomes the first person ever to compete in nine Olympiads. Left: US swimmer Beth Botsford celebrates her gold medal win in the women's 100 metre backstroke with compatriot Whitney Hedgepeth Right: Russia win the men's team gymnastics event at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia 1992 Barcelona, Spain XXV Olympiad 169 Nations 1992 Olympics Gold medals by nation Country Total 260 The unified team of former Soviet Union states takes the largest number of medals, followed by the USA and Germany. A total of 64 nations win at least a medal - the highest number yet. The split of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall make the 1992 Olympics boycott-free. Basketball professionals are also accepted. The US Dream Team dominates and takes the gold. In the last lap of the 10,000m final, Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia darts into the lead and goes on to win. At the finishing line, she waits for her opponent Elana Meyer, a white South African. They set off


The Serbian Empire came under Turkish domination after which battle in 1389?

Kosovo Battle painted by Petar Radicevic 1987 Saint        Lazar the Great Martyr of Kosovo Prince Lazar was born in 1329 in Prilepac to the aristocrat family       Hrebeljanovic. His father Pribac was a Logotet-secretary doing very       confidential work for King Dusan the Powerful in the royal palace.       Young Lazar was raised in the palace, and was respected by the King       who entrusted him with the rule of two parts of his kingdom: Srem       and Macva. Lazar married Milica the daughter of an important aristocrat       named Vratko also known as Yug Bogdan - a very wise and honorable       man from the Nemanjic family. Lazar had three sons: Stevan, Vuk and       Lazar and five daughters: Jelena, Mara, Despa, Vukosava and Mileva. King Dusan the Powerful died unexpectantly in 1355 at the age of 48.       This led to a weakening of Serbia's central government. Many dukes used this opportunity to secede from the Kingdom with the land that       had been entrusted to them. The young son of Dusan Uros took over       the throne and soon was killed. Vukasin Mrnjacevic proclaimed himself       the King of Serbia. At this time, Turks were advancing toward the       Kingdom of Serbia. In a battle on the river Marica in 1371, Vukasin       was killed leaving behind him a weakened, poor and torn Serbia. Serbia       was in desperate need of a gifted statesman, rich in virtue and deserving       of God's Grace: a man similar to St.Sava and his father St. Stefan       Nemanja who had founded the Serbian state. The Church recognized just       such a man in Prince Lazar. His talent for leadership, wisdom and       experience lifted him above those who would seize the throne by force       and sought their own glory and importance. Prince Lazar, first sought to consolidate and strengthen the Kingdom.       As was the custom of that day and age, he married his daughters to       the rebellious Serbian aristocrats. This enlarged and stabilized Serbia.       Having thus secured the loyalty of dissident aristocrats, Prince Lazar       turned to those countries which bordered his own, seeking to deepen       Serbia's relationship with them. At this time, the Serbian Orthodox Church was in a dispute with the       Patriarch of Constantinople. King Dusan the Powerful wanted Serbia       to have an independent Church. He single-handedly sought to elevate       the Serbian archbishop to the level of a patriarch. The Patriarch       of Constantinople utterly rejected this act and broke relations with       the Church in Serbia. This was a very serious problem and one which       King Lazar managed to solve by reconciling the Serbian Church and that of Constantinople. It was a result of this reconciliation that       gave the Serbian Church its first canonical Patriarch. The expansion of that Ottoman state, and increasingly frequent Turkish       raids into his land, warned Prince Lazar that the time for a decisive       battle was drawing near. Lengthy preparation on both sides preceded       this confrontation. The fact that the armies were led by the Turkish       ruler Murad 1 and by King Lazar of Serbia illustrates the importance       of this battle. It was decided that the site of the battle would be       a field in Kosovo (Kosovo Polje). Prince Lazar knew that his chances against the Turkish aggressor were       small and on the eve of the Battle of Kosovo he gathered his upper       aristocracy and asked if they should fight for the Holy cross and       Golden Freedom or surrender to their adversaries and live as slaves       of the Muslims. They had to chose between the Heavenly Kingdom and       earthly one. In the true spirit of Christianity they preferred to       place their hope in Christ and Eternal Life. The


With which country do you associate the sitar?

Sitar | Indian music instruments used by Ravi Shankar | Information on the sitar | Sitars.net April 1920 – December 2012 Welcome to Sitars.net Sitars are plucked stringed musical instruments, originating from the lute family. The sitar originated in the Middle East originally. In fact, the word "sitar" is Iranian in origin and means 'three strings' (seh means 'three' and tar means 'string') although it is a multi stringed instrument. The History of the Sitar traces its origins to an instrument first built under Medieval Muslim influence from the tanbur, a Middle Eastern lute with a distinctive long neck as well as from the vina, a narrow, intricately crafted Indian Zither. Although images similar to the sitar date back to 1800. Delhi, the more well-known form of the sitar had become prominent by the mid nineteenth century. The long hollow neck and gourd body produce a rich resonance and harmony, and is the dominant instrument used in Hindustani classical music and is played as an accompaniment to dance throughout India and Pakistan. Sitar Music is ubiquitous in these and other Middle Eastern countries.   Additional design innovations made during the mid-twentieth century have given form to the standard sitar made popular by musicians such as Ravi Shankar , one of the most Famous Sitar Players , and rock acts such as The Beatles looking to infuse their music with the exotic sound that eminates from the intricately crafted instrument. Beatles guitarist George Harrison learned to play the sitar with help from Ravi Shankar, and it is featured in Beatles songs such as 'Norwegian Wood', 'Love You Too', and 'Within You Without You'. The sitar also made its way into 1960's pop culture when Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones famously played it as an accompaniment to Keith Richard's guitar in their hit 'Paint It, Black'. Although there are different Types of Sitars , the construction of a quality sitar is a complex process. These instruments are often crafted by sitar 'makers' or 'fitters'. The neck, faceplate, and gourd (the main resonating chamber) of the finely-crafted sitar are typically constructed of a combination of mahogany and teak wood, which is known as toon wood, and its bridges are made from various materials such as deer horn, ebony, or even camel bone, although synthetic materials are also used, often to lesser effect. Expert sitar builders string the instrument with a bridge through jawari (the process of optimizing the sitar's tonal quality), and then let the instrument sit for a week or so to allow the neck to bend slightly. This is done so it settles in before the sympathetic peg holes are drilled, which ensures that the fret setting is correct. Proper selection of wood and other materials, as well as many years of knowledge, patience, and craftsmanship that have been passed on from generation to generation of sitar builders, is said to be necessary to build a quality sitar. However, even this instrument, the sound and appearance of which often brings to mind far-off lands, is not without contemporary touches, perhaps best demonstrated with the advent of the Electric Sitar . Simply put, the sitar is as unique and fascinating an instrument as the music it creates.


The Russo Japanese War of 1904-1905 ended when the Russian Fleet under Rozhdestvensky was defeated at the Battle of Tsushima by a fleet led by whom?

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 size(px) Japanese Sea Power - A maritime nation.s struggle for identity. by ozzaib A short history of the development of Japan's naval tradition Download Japanese Sea Power - A maritime nation.s struggle for identity. Transcript F OU NDAT I ONS OF I NT E RNAT I ONA L T H I NK ING ON SEA POWER No. 2 A MARITIME NATION’S STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY JAPANESE S EA P OW ER NAO K O S A J I M A A N D K YO I C H I TAC H I K AWA  JAPANESE SEA POWER A M A R I T I M E N ATI O N ’ S S T RU G G L E F O R I D E N T I T Y  © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2009 This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, and with standard source credit included, no part may be reproduced without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to the Director, Sea Power Centre — Australia, Department of Defence, Canberra ACT 2600. National Library of Australian Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Japanese Sea Power: A Maritime Nation’s Struggle for Identity Sajima, N (Naoko), 1959 -. Tachikawa, K (Kyoichi), 1966 -. ISSN 1835-7679 ISBN 978-0-642-29705-1  JAPANESE SEA POWER A M A R I T I M E N ATI O N ’ S S T RU G G L E F O R I D E N T I T Y by Naoko Sajima and Kyochi Tachikawa Sea Power Centre – Australia  Disclaimer The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Government of Australia, the Department of Defence and the Royal Australian Navy. In addition, the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Government of Japan, the Ministry of Defense, or the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The Commonwealth of Australia will not be legally responsible in contract, tort or otherwise for any statement made in this publication. Sea Power Centre – Australia The Sea Power Centre — Australia (SPC-A), was established to undertake activities to promote the study, discussion and awareness of maritime issues and strategy within the RAN and the Defence and civil communities at large. The mission of the SPC-A is: • to promote understanding of sea power and its application to the security of Australia’s national interests • to manage the development of RAN doctrine and facilitate its incorporation into ADF joint doctrine • to contribute to regional engagement • within the higher Defence organisation, contribute to the development of maritime strategic concepts and strategic and operational level doctrine, and facilitate informed force structure decisions • to preserve, develop, and promote Australian naval history. Comment on this Paper or any enquiry related to the activities of the Sea Power Centre – Australia should be directed to: Director Sea Power Centre – Australia Department of Defence Canberra ACT 2600 Australia    Telephone: Facsimile: Email:  Internet:  +61 2 6127 6512 +61 2 6127 6519 seapower.centre@defence.gov.au www.navy.gov.au/spc iv  Foundations of I nternational Th inking ON Sea P ower The Foundations of International Thinking on Sea Power series is a refereed publication that reflects original research, both historical and contemporary, on how various States perceive the necessity for, and the


The clove hitch, the reef and the granny are types of what?

Knots-Pg-4 This simple cross is tied with the two ends of a single length of rope.  Scaffold Hitch This hitch is useful for hanging a length of wood (such as for making scaffolding, or a wooden swing, etc.). Scaffold Knot This is a much simpler variant. In all likelihood, this Grant's Uni-Knot. I have used it for more than fifty years and it has never failed me, whether tied in 1kg or 50kg monofilament. It was taught to me by the late Wally Kerr, a top flathead fisherman. Sheer Lashing A Sheer lashing is used two lash two spars together.  It is also an effective way of adding reinforcing timber to the side of the weak or broken pole.  The frapping turns, used to tighten the lashing may be left out and replaced with wedges inserted between the poles.  A loose Sheer Lashing made around the ends of two poles will allow the poles to be opened out and used as an A-Frame. Sheepshank The sheepshank is a type of knot that is used to shorten a rope or take up slack. This knot is not stable. It will fall apart under too much load or too little load. The knot has several features which allow a rope to be shortened: It provides two loops, one at each end of the knot which can be used to pass another rope through The knot remains somewhat secure under tension; the coarser the rope the more secure it is (see Disadvantages, below) The knot falls apart easily when tension is removed Tying An A-Frame Lashing Also known as "Sheer Legs," An A-Frame Lashing is made in the same way as a Sheer Lashing, with the lashing and frapping turns made slightly loose so that the poles can be opened out.  It is often used to raise a boat mast or to form the legs of a rope bridge, although care must be taken that the feet of the frame do not slip. Sheet Bend Quick and easy to tie, the Sheet Bend is one of the most commonly used knots for joining two ropes.  If the ropes are of unequal diameter, it is preferable to tie a Double Sheet Bend Short Splice Also a splice used to join the ends of two ropes, but the short splice is more similar to the technique used in other splices and results in the spliced part being about twice as thick as the non spliced part, and has greater strength than the long splice. The short splice retains more of the rope strength than any knots that join rope ends. Shrould Knot The common shroud knot is made by opening up the strands of a rope's end as for a short splice and placing the two ends together in the same way. Then single "wall" the strands of one rope around the standing part of another against the lay, taper the ends, and tuck and serve all with yarn or marline. Slipped Square Knot A Slipped Square Knot can be quickly untied by tugging on the short end of the bight.  Start with a long working end in the left hand so that there is enough rope to make into a bight. A slippery hitch is a knot used to attach a line to a rod or bar. It does not provide great strength compared to some other knots, but it can be tied relatively quickly and released very easily. These characteristics mean that it is used on square-rigged ships for securing the gaskets that bind stowed sails to the yards. The slippery hitch is effectively a clove hitch finished with a slipped loop. To tie one, begin as for a clove hitch, but instead of passing the end of the line through the loop in the final step, pass a bight instead, leaving the end on the original side. Pulling on this end will release the hitch. If tied in a gasket, this will quickly release the sail. Snell Knot The snell knot is the strongest of all saltwater fishing hook knots. Quick and simple method of attaching line to a hook with an up or down turned eye. Of course when you snell a hook you need to have both ends of the line available. In other words the free end or the trace end has to pass back through the eye . Spanish Bowline A double loop knot that can be used to lift a person. For a conscious person, each loop is placed around a leg and the person holds onto the standing part of the rope. This knot can serve as a makeshift Bosun's chair. For an unconscious person one loop is pl


Which Norse god is a giant who personifies destructive fire?

Urban Dictionary: Loki Loki Loki is the Norse God of trickery, mischief, and change; a major character in Norse Mythology. Blood-brother of Odin and traveling companion and friend of Thor ; his wife’s name is Sigyn , his children’s names are Hel , Fenris , Jormungandr , Vali , Narfi and Sleipnir . Loki is pleasing and handsome in appearance according to the Eddas. He is renown for his cleverness and for helping the Gods out after he has gotten them into trouble as well as his great ability to make them laugh and cheer them up. He has domain over fire, and is a master magician, conjurer as well as shape-shifter (In some cases changing gender). Loki is bisexual , having sexual relations with both male and female in mythology. Bearing in mind Loki’s dark side as well as his good one, he is most valuable as a witty, entertaining friend, and a God to call upon. Loki is not an evil malevolent being or the Norse version of Satan or some fallen angel. The later influence of Christianity on Norse culture resulted in changing the mythology portraying Loki as evil incarnate. This is not uncommon, Christianity often demonizes other religions gods. Loki represents both our divine intelligence and also free will whereby we can choose for good or ill, and if we make a mistake to correct it. He typifies the human mind: on one hand clever, foolish, immature; on the other hand, he personifies the elevating, aspiring traits in human intelligence. Loki is still worshiped today and one who worships or is dedicated to Loki as their primary God is called a Lokean . Compare to Odinist . In pop culture: Loki is a supervillian in Marvel comics. Loki is a hero in Valhalla comic books. Loki is a character on Mario and Luigi video games. Loki is a character in the movie Domga Loki is the spirit who inhabits the mask in the movie, “The Mask”. Loki is a main character in the novel “American Gods”. In Star Gate SG-1 Loki is a renegade Asgard who is responsible of many alien abductions in which he genetically experiments with human DNA in order to try and solve his races genetic degradation that is caused by excessive cloning. The dog star, Sirius, is referred to as "Lokabrenna." Times change, Gods change - why not honor Loki? Loki Loki is the Norse Trickster god (originally a Jotun till he became Odin Allfather's blood-brother). He plays some part in Ragnarok , the end of the world in Viking myth. For this reason he is often interpreted as a Satan figure. Also, the only reason anyone knows any Norse myths is because of the Eddas, two writings on them. One was by Snorri Sturulson, and that writing is deeply influenced by Christianity . In Pagan beliefs, the end of the world is often seen as one being followed by renewal; it was seen differently by the pagans, and so Christian interpretation is, alas, inherently wrong. Most Wiccans and other modern-day Pagans choose not to pray to Loki. He is the god of change, often change that is very necessary, hard to get through, and unwelcome at the time. Usually Loki's lessons are full of mischief, but the overall meaning is good-natured and helpful. Loki is also, from a different perspective, a distinctly fey god. While the other Norse gods were all unchanging and fixed, as pagan gods usually are, Loki is the exact opposite, and it is well known that he did not come from Asgard as the Aesir did. Faeries , or fairies , are both destructive and constructive, being nature spirits, and Loki is very much the same. He both can and cannot be trusted. It depends very much on how anyone who prays to him interprets him, for he will appeal to that nature. "Watch what you wish for" applies to him in this case, for you will get what you want and find later that you shouldn't have wanted it. Loki should not be confused with Satan; Satan represents destruction without cease. While Loki too is associated with fire, Loki's representation of it is the sort of fire that ravages a landscape and then allows many plants to grow there; the sort of destruction that makes way for a new beginning. The true Norse Satan figure is


Gary, Indiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gary, Indiana This article is about the city. For the person, see Gary Indiana . “Gary” redirects here. For other uses, see Gary (disambiguation) . City of Gary, Indiana Flag Seal Nickname : City in Motion, City of the Century, GI, Magic city of Steel, The Steel City Location in the state of Indiana , USA Coordinates: 41°34′51″N 87°20′44″W / 41.58083, -87.34556 Country United States State Indiana County Lake Founded 1906 Government  -  Mayor Rudolph Clay Area  -  City  57.26  sq mi (148.3 km² )  - Land  50.23 sq mi (130.1 km²)  - Water  7.03 sq mi (18.2 km²) Elevation  577 ft – 600+  ft  (175.87  m – 180+  m ) Population (2000)  - City 102,746  - Density 2,045.6/sq mi (789.8/km²) Time zone CST ( UTC-6 )  - Summer ( DST ) CDT ( UTC-5 ) ZIP codes 46401-46411 Area code(s) 219 FIPS code 18-27000 GR2 GNIS feature ID 0434979 GR3 Website: http://www.gary.in.us/ Gary is the largest city in Lake County , Indiana , USA . The city is located in the southeastern portion of Chicago metropolitan area and is approximately 25 miles from downtown Chicago . As of the 2000 census , the city had a total population of 102,746 and is the largest Indiana city that is not a county seat. It borders Lake Michigan and is known for its large steel mills . Contents [ edit ] History The city was founded in 1906 by the United States Steel Corporation as the home for its new plant. The city was named after the chairman of U.S. Steel, Elbert H. Gary . Among U.S. cities with a population of 100,000 or more, Gary has the highest percentage of African-American residents (as of the 2000 U.S. census). Gary had one of the nation's first African-American mayors, Richard G. Hatcher , and hosted the ground-breaking 1972 National Black Political Convention. At the same time, Gary suffered from many affluent and middle-class residents leaving Gary and relocating to the surrounding towns and cities. Gary's fortunes have risen and fallen with those of the steel industry. In the 1960s, like many other American urban centers, Gary entered a downward spiral of decline. Gary's decline was brought on by the growing competitiveness in the steel industry, which had caused US Steel to lay off workers from the Gary area. This had the effect of increasing crime, including use and trade in illegal drugs. US Steel continues to be a major steel producer, but with only a fraction of its former level of employment. While Gary has failed to re-establish its manufacturing base since its population peak, two casinos opened along the Gary lakeshore in the 1990s. Today, Gary faces numerous difficulties, including unemployment, major economic problems, and a high rate of crime , though the city has made some progress in addressing these issues since the 1990s. Meredith Willson 's 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man featured the song, "Gary, Indiana," describing the alleged alma mater of lead character Professor Harold Hill ("Gary Music Conservatory, Class of '05!"). The joke in Hill's claim, of course, is that the city of Gary wasn't founded until '06. Wilson's musical, set in 1912, was later made into two movies. [ edit ] Recent events Three-term Democratic mayor Scott King resigned from office in March, 2006, citing a desire to return to private law practice, and the financial rewards involved therein. [1] Then-deputy mayor and former Calumet Township Trustee Dozier T. Allen Jr. became acting mayor, pending a formal election by local Democratic party officials. On April 4, 2006, local officials chose former Lake County Commissioner and King rival Rudolph Clay to fill the remaining 21 months of King's term. After celebrating its 100th year in 2006, the city of Gary finally shows evidence of rebound from years of economic depression. Many buildings that have been left vacant for years are now finally slated for demolition and development. [2] Many new homes have been built through the HOPE VI grant from HUD . The Gary/Chicago International Airport has recently secured nearly 100 million dollars in grants and private donations. The FAA


Who has been called His Purple Majesty, His Royal Badness, TAFKAP, The Artist, Symbol, Love Symbol and The Purple One?

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"What ""Commonwealth"" was formed on 1 January 1901, with Lord Hopetoun as Governor-General and Edmund Barton as Prime Minister?"

Edmund Barton | National Museum of Australia Prime Minister from 1 January 1901 to 24 September 1903 Edmund Barton. Photo: National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an22942278. Edmund Barton became Australia's first Prime Minister on New Year's Day 1901 at a huge public ceremony in Centennial Park in Sydney. Barton was certainly qualified for his new job. He'd been a member of the New South Wales parliament for 20 years, and had served terms as Speaker of its Legislative Assembly, Attorney-General and Leader of the Opposition. Barton had worked on Federation for 10 years, and became Australia's first Prime Minister because the supporters of Federation trusted him. Beginnings Edmund Barton was born in Glebe, New South Wales, on 18 January 1849. He was one of nine children of William Barton and Mary Louise Whydah, English immigrants who arrived in Australia in 1824. William was a secretary and accountant for an agricultural company, and later became a stockbroker. Mary ran a school for girls. Barton attended Fort Street school from 1856 to 1858 and then went to Sydney Grammar. He went on to the University of Sydney, from which he graduated with a BA in 1868 and an MA in 1870. He became a barrister in 1871 and set up a successful legal practice. He joined the Sydney Mechanics Institute to learn the art of debating. He married Jane (Jeanie) Mason Ross in 1877, and they had six children. Barton entered New South Wales colonial politics in 1877, standing unsuccessfully as a candidate for the University seat in the Legislative Assembly, but winning the seat in 1879. He switched to the Wellington seat in 1880, then in 1882 to East Sydney, which he held until 1887. He was an appointed member of the Legislative Council from 1887 to 1891, then regained East Sydney in 1891, held it until 1894 and then lost it again. He became a member of the Legislative Council again from 1897 to 1898, and was then re-elected to the Legislative Assembly for Hastings-Macleay, which he represented from 1897 to 1899. He held various positions while a member of colonial parliament, including Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 1883-87, Attorney-General 1889 and 1891-93, and Leader of the Opposition from 1898 to 1899. Barton attended the Federal Convention in Sydney in March 1891 as a delegate for New South Wales and was a member of the constitution committee. The idea for a convention had sprung from a speech given at Tenterfield, New South Wales, on 24 October 1889 by Henry Parkes, the 'Father of Federation'. Parkes had called for a strong central federal parliament. The premiers' meeting in Melbourne in February 1890 discussed Parkes' proposals, and agreed to call a Federal Convention the following year. At the first Federal Convention in March 1891, 46 delegates from all six Australian colonies and New Zealand met in Sydney and produced a draft Constitution Bill. When Parkes lost government in October 1891 he asked Barton, by now a convinced federalist, to take over the leadership of the federal movement. Barton worked tirelessly to promote Federation through the formation of local branches of the Australasian Federal Leagues. From 1893 to 1897 he addressed 300 meetings in New South Wales. In January 1895 the premiers met in Hobart. They agreed that enabling Acts should be passed in colonial parliaments to allow for popular election of delegates, and for a referendum to approve a draft Constitution. Barton topped the New South Wales poll to elect delegates to the second Federal Convention, gaining 75 per cent of the total votes. When the second Federal Convention began meeting in March 1897, it appointed Barton 'Leader of the Convention', chairman of the constitutional committee and chairman of the drafting sub-committee. Barton and his supporters conducted a vigorous pro-Federation campaign preceding the June 1898 referendum on Federation. The Constitution was accepted by the required majority in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, but not in New South Wales. At the New South Wales election in July 1898, dominated by the Federation issue, Barton wo


Which play by Alan Ayckbourn calls for a set with three double beds on stage simultaneously?

Bedroom Farce London theatre tickets and information Previewed 24 March 2010, Opened 30 March 2010, Closed 19 June 2010 at the Duke of York's Theatre in London A major revival of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy Bedroom Farce in London directed by Sir Peter Hall. Four couples, three bedrooms, two celebrations, one blazing row and an illicit kiss (or two). Alan Ayckbourn's ingenious comedy shines a brilliant spotlight onto the trials and tribulations of suburban marriage. Trevor and Susannah have a problem relationship which requires urgent attention. What better solution than to talk it over with family and friends? Preferably in their respective bedrooms and ideally in the middle of the night. Inevitably, one problem relationship tends to spark off another. When you have friends like Trevor and Susannah, nobody gets much sleep. The cast for Bedroom Farce in London features Jenny Seagrove and David Horovitch along with Daniel Betts, Sara Crowe, Tony Gardner, Rachel Pickup, Olando Seale and Finty Williams. The production is directed by Sir Peter Hall with set designs by Simon Higlett, costumes by Mark Bouman and Mia Flodquist, lighting by Peter Mumford and sound by Gregory Clarke. This revival was originally seen from October to November 2008 at the Rose Theatre in Kingston where Peter Hall is the theatre's Founding Director. Interestingly it was Hall who co-directed, with Alan Ayckbourn, the original production of Bedroom Farce at the National Theatre in 1977. Jenny Seagrove's recent West End stage credts include Clifford Odets' The Country Girl (Apollo Theatre 2010), Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular (Garrick Theatre 2007), Somerset Maugham's The Letter (Wyndham's Theatre 2007), Tennessee Williams' The Night Of The Iguana (Lyric Theatre 2005) and David Hare's Secret Rapture (Lyric Theatre 2003). David Horovitch recent London theatre credits include Ronald Harwood's double-bill Collaboration and Taking Sides (Duchess Theatre 2009), Mary Stuart (Apollo Theatre 2005) and The Queen and I (Vaudeville Theatre 1994). "Painful, tender, deliciously funny, Alan Ayckbourn's ingenious comedy of marriage and manners looks simultaneously quaint and spot-on in this revival by Peter Hall, 32 years after Hall co-directed the play's London premiere with its author at the National Theatre. Unfolding over one night in three suburban bedrooms, the action remains unmistakably set in the Seventies: the trousers are flared, the wallpaper florid and in a world innocent of today's technology, flirtations can't be pursued or misunderstandings set straight by a swift text. But the piece's emotional core remains poignantly, hilariously true... Peter Hall's deft production is beautifully performed... Lovely stuff." The Times "Bedroom Farce examines the knots into which people tie themselves in the name of love. Few dramatists chart this territory quite so well as Alan Ayckbourn, and Peter Hall's fine revival of Bedroom Farce reminds us just what a canny writer he is. The title and three beds on stage promise hanky-panky but Ayckbourn gives us everything but. The plays' four couples eat, fight, sleep and sulk in the beds but never get round to anything else... The staging is beautifully pitched.... each couple is sharply defined... The farce arises not just from clever stagecraft but also from painful revelations - that is what makes it so irresistibly funny." The Financial Times Bedroom Farce in London at the Duke of York's Theatre previews from 24 March 2010, opened on 30 March 2010 and closed on 10 July 2010. Bedroom Farce at the Aldwych Theatre 2002 Previewed 5 April 2002, Opened 8 April 2002, Closed 29 June 2002 at the Aldwych Theatre in London A major revival of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy Bedroom Farce in London starring June Whitfield and Richard Briers and directed by Loveday Ingram. The cast for this revival of Bedrooom Farce in London features Richard Briers and June Whitfield as 'Ernest' and 'Delia'; Nigel Lindsay and Samantha Spiro as 'Nick' and 'Jan'; Jasper Britton and Suzy Aitchison as 'Malcolm' and 'Kate'; and Jason Watkins and Rose Keegan


The Yucatan Channel is between which two countries?

Yucatán Channel Yucatán Channel geographical name channel between Yucatán & W end of Cuba New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001. Yucca House National Monument Look at other dictionaries: Yucatán Channel — strait between the Yucatán Peninsula & Cuba, joining the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean: 135 mi (217 km) wide * * * ▪ strait, Caribbean Sea       strait connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, extending for 135 miles (217 km) between …   Universalium Yucatán Channel — strait between the Yucatán Peninsula & Cuba, joining the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean: 135 mi (217 km) wide …   English World dictionary Yucatán Channel — The Yucatán Channel is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico.ee also*List of straits …   Wikipedia Yucatan Channel — ocean passage between Cuba and Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico; connects Caribbean Sea with Gulf of Mexico …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games Yucatán Channel — /ˌjukətæn ˈtʃænəl/ (say .yoohkuhtan chanuhl) noun the body of water between the Yucatán Peninsula and western Cuba …   Australian English dictionary Yucatán (disambiguation) — Yucatán may refer to:* Yucatán, a Mexican state * Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico * Republic of Yucatán, an independent country that existed briefly in the 1840s * Yucatán Channel, a strait between Mexico and Cuba connecting the Caribbean Sea with… …   Wikipedia Yucatán Peninsula — The Yucatán Peninsula, in Southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. It also has a costline on the Yucatán Channel. The peninsula lies east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a northwestern geographic partition… …   Wikipedia Yucatán Current — ▪ ocean current       oceanic surface current, the western limb of a clockwise gyre in the eastern Gulf of Mexico flowing from northern Honduras, through the Yucatán Channel, to the central eastern portion of the Gulf. The Yucatán Current is… …   Universalium Channel (Chinese medicine) — Channel (zh stp|p=jīngluò|s=经络|t=經絡), also known as meridian, in traditional Chinese medicine, is the common name of vessel (zh stp|s=经脉|t=經脈|p=jīngmài, also known as channel) and collaterals (zh stp|s=络脉|t=絡脈|p=luòmài). It is the path of running …   Wikipedia Canal de Yucatán — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Canal de Yucatán (Yucatán Channel) Vista de satélite de la isla de Cuba. El estrecho de Yucatán está a la izq …   Wikipedia Español 16+


"Who was the great great great grand uncle of the singer/composer known as ""Moby""?"

Moby | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography               by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Moby was one of the most controversial figures in techno music, alternately praised for bringing a face to the notoriously anonymous electronic genre and scorned by hordes of techno artists and fans for diluting and trivializing the form. In either case, Moby was one of the most important dance music figures of the early '90s, helping bring the music to a mainstream audience both in England and in America. Moby fused rapid disco beats with heavy distorted guitars, punk rhythms, and detailed productions that drew equally from pop, dance, and movie soundtracks. Not only did his music differ from both the cool surface textures of ambient music and the hedonistic world of house music, but so did his lifestyle; Moby was famous for his devout radical Christian beliefs, as well as his environmental and vegan activism. "Go" became a British Top Ten hit in 1991, establishing him as one of the premier techno producers. By the time he came to the attention of American record critics with 1995's Everything Is Wrong , his following from the early '90s had begun to erode, particularly in Britain. Nevertheless, he remained one of the most recognizable figures within techno; after he abandoned the music for guitar rock with 1996's Animal Rights , he returned to a heavy electronic base with 1997's I Like to Score and 1999's Play , the latter of which made him a genuine breakout pop star. Born Richard Melville Hall , Moby received his nickname as a child; it derives from the fact that Herman Melville , the author of Moby Dick, is his great-great grand uncle. Moby was raised in Darien, Connecticut, where he played in a hardcore punk band called the Vatican Commandos as a teenager. Later, he briefly sang with Flipper while their singer was serving time in jail. He briefly attended college before he moved to New York City, where he began DJ'ing in dance clubs. During the late '80s and 1990, he released a number of singles and EPs for the independent label Instinct. In 1991, he set the theme from David Lynch 's television series Twin Peaks to an insistent house-derived rhythm while remixing his track "Go," the B-side to his debut single "Mobility." The updated "Go" became a surprise British hit single, climbing into the Top Ten. Following its success, Moby was invited to remix a number of mainstream and underground acts, including Michael Jackson , Pet Shop Boys , Brian Eno , Depeche Mode , Erasure , the B-52s , and Orbital . Moby continued performing at dances and raves throughout 1991 and 1992, culminating in a set at 1992's Mixmag awards, where he broke his keyboards at the end of his concert. Moby , his first full-length album, appeared in 1992, although it was released without Moby 's involvement and contained tracks that were at least a year old at the time. In 1993, he released the double A-sided single "I Feel It"/"Thousand," which became a moderate U.K. hit. According to The Guinness Book of Records, "Thousand" is the fastest single ever, appropriately clocking in at 1,000 beats a minute. That same year, Moby signed a record contract with Mute in the U.K. and a major-label contract with Elektra in the U.S. His first release for both labels was the 6-song EP Move . His previous American label, Instinct, continued releasing CD collections of his work against his wishes. These included Ambient , which compiled unissued material recorded between 1988 and 1991, and Early Underground , which collected tracks from several of his singles and EPs under different pseudonyms, including the original version of "Go." The Story So Far , a U.K. version of Moby with a different track listing, also appeared. In 1994, the single "Hymn" -- one of the first fusions of gospel, techno, and ambient music -- was released. The song re-appeared as the lead track to Everything Is Wrong , his first album released under his new record deals. The full-length appeared in the spring of 1995 to uniformly positive reviews, especially in the American p


Which political party won victories in the Canadian governments of Alberta in 1935 and British Columbia in 1952?

Political Parties of Canada » J.J.'s Complete Guide to Canada Search Political Parties of Canada A colour-coded map produced by the CBC shows Canadians' party preferences by province and riding. Blue equals Conservative, orange NDP, red Liberal, and light blue Bloc Quebecois. Click for full version. Canadians have no shortage of political opinions, and the country’s partisan system reflects this. With at least four national political parties and many more at the provincial level, it can sometimes be a bit of a headache to keep track of them all. How Do the Parties Work? Once every three or four years, party members will gather in a big Canadian city to hold what's known as a "party convention." During these boisterous events, members vote to elect or re-elect their party leader as well as pass various policy resolutions. Seen here, the 2011 NDP convention in Vancouver. Political parties hold a great deal of power in the Canadian system of government. Indeed, the entire Canadian parliamentary system presumes the existence of parties and would not be able to function without them. As we learned in the Parliamentary System  chapter, it’s the party with the most seats in the Canadian  House of Commons that forms the Government of Canada and gets to pick the prime minister  and his cabinet. The party with the second-largest number of seats forms the Official Opposition. Political parties in Canada are all organized the same fashion, which is to say, very hierarchically. There’s always a single “leader” at the top who is basically boss of the party. The leader formulates party policy and determines where his party stands on the issues of the day, and all party members below are expected to respectfully support him. In federal elections , party leaders run as candidates for prime minister. Being a party “member” in Canada refers to someone who holds an active, fee-paying, card-carrying membership in a political party. These are the people who get to elect the party leaders and vote on various other internal matters, like amendments to the party constitution. Though being a party member can bring a number of perks, only about two per cent of Canadians actually hold membership in a political party. It’s mostly the politicians themselves, and their staff and family, who are willing to pay the costs and go through the trouble. The Party System Today Canada has what is sometimes called the “two party-plus” system. This means that while the country is usually dominated by two large parties — one of the left (broadly favouring reform and activist government), and one of the right (broadly favouring tradition and limited government) — there is almost always a strong third-place party as well, either of the further-left or further-right, that threatens to bump off one of the “big two” if they don’t watch it. Historically, the Canadian two-party plus system has featured the centre-left Liberal Party and the centre-right Conservative Party as the two dominant parties, with more ideological parties existing on the further right or further left. Here’s the basic spectrum of the main Canadian political parties of the last decade: Let’s look at them one by one. The Liberals The Liberal Party of Canada is the longest-running political party in the country, and the most historically successful. When Liberals are feeling particularly braggy, they even like to call themselves “Canada’s Natural Governing Party” in recognition of the fact that they’ve held power for such long periods of Canadian history. A career academic before entering politics, Trudeau was dubbed a "philosopher king." To this day, a lot of Liberals take very seriously the idea that their leaders should be big-idea intellectuals. Originally the party of disenfranchised French-Canadians and Catholics in the early colonial period , during the late 19th and early 20th  centuries the Liberals evolved into a more generic, centrist party favouring traditional British liberal values of free markets and personal responsibility, as well as tolerant relations between French and English Can


What phrase appeared on screen at the end of Warner Brothers cartoons?

WARNER BROS. TITLES CARTOON RESEARCH THE SECRET ORIGIN OF FOGHORN LEGHORN: Read Keith Scott's article on the origin of Robert McKimson's beloved rooster. Click Here ! TEX AVERY ORIGINAL TITLES: Recently auctioned off on ebay was a collection of 36 original title frames from Tex Avery Warner Bros. cartoons. This lot, saved by Avery himself, contains many rare original titles lost due to Blue Ribbon reissuing. We are hoping Tim C. (aka Sogturtle) will make these beauties available to Warner Bros. for display on upcoming LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION dvds. BLUE RIBBON titles: A nuisance to Looney Tunes historians and fans, these reissue titles not only removed the attractive original title art and credits, but sometimes changed the original Looney Tunes designation to a Merrie Melodies and elimiated the original on-screen production number. Warner Bros. has begun a limited restoration project, but it will take years to complete. On this page we will try to gather as many original title sequences as we can -- contributions are always welcome. (Thanks to Mark Kausler and Thad Komorowski for certain frames depicted below) A click here for a complete title list of Blue Ribbon Reissues (on Jon Cooke's Unofficial Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies website). = = New old Bugs Bunny Animation found: The publication of my book LOONEY TUNES AND MERRIE MELODIES: A COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE WARNER BROS. CARTOONS in 1989 did not stop my research into the history of Warner Bros. cartoons. Since 1989, I've been fortunate to discover additional pieces of pre-1988 Warner Bros. animation not already listed in the book. Hopefully a future updated edition will contain all of my (and my colleagues) incredible later finds. None of these new findings are actual Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, but bits of special animation that have been previously undocumented. The three HOOK cartoons, a 1982 Public Service film AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION, numerous commercials produced for THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW (Heck, the entire Bugs Bunny Show itself needs further study) and commercials produced by the Warner cartoon studio in the late 1950s. Just this past month, a new piece of "Lost" animation has surfaced - Special Bugs Bunny animation produced for the trailer of LAD: A DOG (1962). As we already know, the 1962 Memorial Day Weekend release of LAD: A DOG featured, on the same bill, the Chuck Jones pilot turned half-hour featurette THE ADVENTURES OF THE ROAD RUNNER. I've had the movie pressbook for years but just recently read the fine print: There were four different Technicolor theatrical trailers for LAD: A DOG - two of them featuring special animation of Bugs Bunny! Trailer 1-A containd Bugs introducing the LAD stars. Trailer 1-C is a special ADVENTURES OF THE ROAD RUNNER trailer introduced by Bugs Bunny! There were two b/w TV spots which were shortened versions of the two theatrical trailers. I've just obtained one of the TV spots (I will researching the theatrical trailers soon), and as you can see below, they were well produced, probably by Jones' unit (The layout looks like Maurice Noble, no?). Mel Blanc provides the enthusiastic voice characterization. LOST END SEQUENCE #1: THE DUCKTATORS (1942): Most old TV prints of Norm McCabe's World War 2 classic end after a Jerry Colona jack rabbit bops himself out with a mallet. The film continues on, showing the sillouettes of the three dictators running for their lives. The Minuteman from the War Bond poster comes to life, jumps off the poster and shoots the trio dead. The Dove of peace shows his nephews his prize - their heads mounted on his wall. A plug for victory bonds ends the film. LOST END SEQUENCE #2: HAVE YOU GOT ANY CASTLES? (1938): Cut from all reissue prints is the original opening and closing featuring a town crier as caricature of writer and radio personality Alexander Wolcott (top row). Also cut is final gag (bottom row) of the cuckoo clock silenced so Rip Van Winkle can finally get some sleep. BOSKO COMIC STRIP: Here are some rare examples of Harman & Ising's 1934 Bosko syndicated new


Where is the highest point in the British Isles?

United Kingdom United Kingdom Official name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Area: 244,820 square kilometers (94,526 square miles) Highest point on mainland: Ben Nevis (1,343 meters/4,406 feet); on South Georgia Island, Mount Paget    (2,934 meters/9,626 feet) Lowest point on land: Fenland (4 meters/13 feet below sea level) Hemispheres: Northern Hemisphere; divided between Eastern and Western Hemispheres Time zone: Noon = noon GMT Longest distances: 965 kilometers (600 miles) from north to south; 485 kilometers (300    miles) from east to west (Great Britain only) Land boundaries: 360 kilometers (224 miles), all with Ireland Coastline: 12,429 kilometers (7,723 miles) Territorial sea limits: 22 kilometers (12 nautical miles) 1 LOCATION AND SIZE The United Kingdom (U.K.) is located on the British Isles, an     archipelago off the northwestern coast of Europe. The major islands in     the British Isles are Great Britain (often simply called Britain) and     Ireland; numerous smaller islands are found nearby. Only the northern     part of Ireland belongs to the United Kingdom, with the rest of the     island comprising the Republic of Ireland. At 244,820 square kilometers     (94,526 square miles), the United Kingdom occupies a slightly smaller     area than the state of Oregon. 2 TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES The United Kingdom has numerous overseas territories and dependencies     scattered around the world. Dependencies in the Caribbean Sea include     the British Virgin Islands (the eastern half of the Virgin Islands),     Anguilla, Montserrat, and the Cayman Islands. The Turks and Caicos     Islands, which also belong to the U.K., are located in the Atlantic     Ocean at the southeastern end of the Bahamas. Other territories situated     in the Atlantic are the archipelagos of Bermuda and Saint Helena.     Further south in the Atlantic are the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas),     the largest of the United Kingdom's dependencies, as well as     South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Other dependencies include     the Chagos Archipelago in the northern Indian Ocean; the Pitcairn     Islands in the south central Pacific Ocean; and Gibraltar, south of     Spain's Mediterranean coastline. Several islands near Great Britain are crown dependencies; they belong     to the country's royal family but are not technically part of the     United Kingdom. They include the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea and the     Channel Islands in the English Channel. 3 CLIMATE Warmed by the North Atlantic Drift, the United Kingdom enjoys a     temperate climate, with the temperature rarely exceeding 32°C     (90°F) in the summer months or dropping below -10°C     (14°F) in the winter. During the winter, mean monthly temperatures     range from 3°C (37°F) to 5°C (41°F). Mean summertime     temperatures range from 12°C to 16°C (54°F to 61°F).     Rainfall is lightest along the eastern          and southeastern coasts, and heaviest on the western and northern     heights, where annual precipitation can exceed 380 centimeters (150     inches). Average annual rainfall across the country is just over 100     centimeters (40 inches), with rain distributed evenly throughout the     year. 4 TOPOGRAPHIC REGIONS The United Kingdom has four primary regions: England (130,373 square     kilometers/ 50,337 square miles), Wales (20,767 square kilometers/8,018     square miles), and Scotland (78,775 square kilometers/30,415 square     miles), all on the island of Great Britain; and Northern Ireland (14,120     square kilometers/ 5,452 square miles), on the island of Ireland. Each     has a distinctive topography. England and Wales occupy the southern half of Great Britain. England is     composed mostly of rolling hills. The highest elevations are found in     the north. In the northwest, a region known as the Lake District     includes a number of small lakes, and


For what were medals competed for at Olympic Games from 1912 until discontinued after the competition in 1948?

The Evolution of the Early Olympics | International Society of Olympic Historians – ISOH The Evolution of the Early Olympics 1900 Paris Exposition, Palace of Electricity The Evolution of the Early Olympics By Robin Voigt   Baron Pierre de Coubertin, an influential French aristocrat and historian, proposed a revival of the Ancient Olympic Games at a congress that he organised in Paris in 1894. The congress resulted in the formation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Athens was chosen to stage the first of the Modern Olympics in 1896. Pierre de Coubertin had been keen for the inaugural Games to be held in Paris but as Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympics, Athens was perceived to be the more appropriate choice to stage the first Games of the modern era. They became known as the Games of the First Olympiad and were declared a success. However the subsequent two Games after this were fraught with controversy and confusion. Both the Games of the Second Olympiad in Paris in 1900 and the Games of the Third Olympiad in St Louis, Missouri in 1904 were held in conjunction with the World’s Fair, and the sporting events were simply treated as a side-show to the main fair. They were disorganised, the venues were poor and there were no officially agreed rules and regulations. In fact the 1900 and 1904 Games almost caused the downfall of the Modern Olympic movement and it took the interim Games of 1906 held in Athens and the London Games of 1908 to get them back on track. After the success of the inaugural Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 there were calls for the Games to be staged there permanently. However Pierre de Coubertin rejected this believing that they should be organised in different countries every four years in order to raise awareness of the Olympic movement and to ensure that they were truly international and more nations could compete. It was finally agreed to hold the second of the Modern Olympic Games in de Coubertin’s home city of Paris but the staging of the 1900 Games became embroiled in political controversy. The French Government took control, a new committee was formed to take over from the IOC to oversee all sporting events connected to the Exposition and de Coubertin ended up playing only a minor administrative role. The 1900 Summer Games in Paris took place from 14th May to 28th October and were held alongside the Exposition Universelle International which was staged to celebrate the achievements of the past century – the diesel engine (running on peanut oil), escalators, talking films and the telegraphone (the first magnetic audio recorder) were first displayed there. The fair was spread over 216 hectares and an estimated 50 million people visited during the seven months that it ran. Countries from around the world were invited by France to take part to showcase their culture and achievements. The buildings were huge and ornate; many featured the newly emerging style of Art Nouveau in their architecture. After the fair was over, many of the buildings were demolished and everything that could be salvaged and recycled was sold. One of the most impressive exhibits was the Palais de l’Optique which housed the world’s largest refracting telescope at that time. Designed to follow the movement of the stars, it was 120 metres long, with a movable 2-metre mirror which projected onto a 144 m² screen. Grouped around the main gallery were rooms which showed all that was known in the field of optics. One room contained a diorama of the underwater world; another featured truly amazing paintings which depicted the terrestrial arrival of man on earth. There was also a ‘moon’-themed restaurant. But the centerpiece of the fair was the Palais de l`Électricité which supplied the energy for the entire exhibition using machinery driven by steam-driven pumps. It was the most spectacular building at the fair and quickly became the most popular for visitors to see. The building was massive and opulent, with archways and staircases. Dubbed the Temple of Fire it was fitted with five thousand multicoloure


Where was the decisive battle on 24 June 1314 where Robert Bruce defeated Edward II's army and secured the independence of Scotland at that time?

Bannockburn, Battle of Interpretation Translation Bannockburn, Battle of (June 23–24, 1314) Decisive battle in Scottish history, at which the Scots under Robert the Bruce ( later Robert I) defeated the English under Edward II . The Scots were outnumbered three to one by the English soldiers, but they triumphed through masterly use of terrain, forcing the English onto a cramped, marshy battlefield with little room to maneuver. The English forces were put to flight, and many were slaughtered by the pursuing Scots. The victory cleared the last English troops from Scotland and secured Scottish independence, confirming Robert as king of the Scots. * * * ▪ England-Scotland       (June 23–24, 1314), decisive battle in Scottish history, whereby the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English ( England ) under Edward II , regained their independence, and established Bruce on his throne as Robert I.       By the time of the battle, all Scotland had been cleared of English troops with the exception of Stirling Castle, which the governor had promised to surrender if not relieved by June 24. To meet the large army that Edward II had collected for this purpose, Bruce assembled his smaller force first at Torwood and then at the new park, a mile or two south of Stirling, where the trees would hamper attack by the superior English cavalry. He had taken up his position there when the English vanguard appeared on June 23.       The Scottish army, consisting almost entirely of pikemen, was outnumbered by at least three to one by the English foot soldiers and cavalry; but, by masterly use of the terrain, the Scots were able to overcome the superior numbers of the enemy. The English army, confined in a small, marsh-bordered area between the Bannock Burn ( stream ) and the River Forth, had insufficient room for their cavalry and men to maneuver effectively. Bruce took advantage of the enemy's confusion and attacked. The defeated English army was finally put to flight by a charge of about 2,000 Scots—whether light armed troops or camp followers is uncertain—who swept down from Gillies Hill, which overlooked the battlefield to the west. The subsequent slaughter was immense, and many of those who survived the wrath of the Scots perished in the Bannock Burn and the morasses beyond. Edward II escaped by a circuitous route to Dunbar and thence to England.       Exact estimates of the numbers engaged are impossible, but the English had probably about 3,000 horse and 20,000 foot, the Scots perhaps 10,000 altogether or even as few as 5,000. English losses in killed and prisoners included the earls of Gloucester and Hereford, more than 60 barons and bannerets, and many scores of knights. The Scots claimed to have lost only two knights but numerous pikemen. The Scots regard the battle as the culmination of their War of Independence. Shocked by their defeat, the English began to adopt the Scots' tactic of fighting on foot. Bannockburn, like the Battle of the Golden Spurs, initiated a new form of warfare in Europe in which the infantry dominated the battlefield. * * *


What name was given to the original owner of the skull found in Sussex in 1911 that was believed at the time to be from one of the oldest human race in Europe?

The Genesis Chronicles, Chapter 5 Go to Page Navigator With mammals we have the same problem that we have shown with other animals; no credible transitional life forms. There are eighteen different orders of mammals, from rodents and carnivores to whales and primates, but not one fossil has been found to show us how one group evolved into another.  Rodents are the most common mammals today, so why are there so few specimens of them in the fossil record? Paleontologists have dated the oldest known bat fossil at 50 million years, but it looks so much like a modern bat that nobody will call it anything but 100% bat. Most anthropology books will explain human evolution by showing a progression of apes, ape-men ("hominids"), and true men, like this: Is the fossil record really so clear for humans? Not at all. The rarest fossils are human ones; what is proudly claimed as evidence for our antiquity is a fragmentary collection, mostly teeth and jawbones (the hardest bones). In 1982 Dr. Lyall Watson stated: "The fossils that decorate our family tree are so scarce that there are still more scientists than specimens. The remarkable fact is that all of the physical evidence we have for human evolution can still be placed, with room to spare, inside a single coffin!" (1) Likewise, a 1994 article in Time Magazine admitted that: "Yet despite more than a century of digging, the fossil record remains maddeningly sparse. With so few clues, even a single bone that doesn't fit into the picture can upset everything. Virtually every major discovery has put deep cracks in the conventional wisdom and forced scientists to concoct new theories, amid furious debate." Anthropologists have to make assumptions to answer the questions the bone fragments cannot explain, and since many of these have proven faulty in the past, who can be certain the same won't happen to the theories evolutionists follow today? Let us look at the true story behind each of the "cave men" discovered so far. Ramapithecus This ape is described as the oldest hominid, but no complete skeleton exists. All we have to go on are some teeth and jaw fragments that look a lot like our own, but this is enough to give Ramapithecus whole chapters in some books, where Ramapithecus is portrayed as a hairy ape walking on the ground instead of swinging from the trees. Anthropologists don't talk much about this, but Ramapithecus is a fine example of the errors that can come about when evidence is in short supply. When Ramapithecus was first found, there was another ape with a manlike mouth in the museums; his name was Bramapithecus and he was identified by a single lower jaw. The first Ramapithecus jawbone was an upper one, so it was not apparent that the lower and upper jawbones came from the same creature until somebody fitted them together and got a perfect match in 1963. Thus, two species of hominid instantly became one. Only ten years after that, a new discovery took Ramapithecus out of our family tree. In 1973 a complete upper jaw of Ramapithecus was found with some facial bones attached. It turned out that previous reconstructions had been incorrect--the mouth of Ramapithecus was not manlike at all, but identical to that of the modern orangutan. The supposed missing link turned out to be nothing more than an ordinary ape! Australopithecus This African ape was hailed as the missing link when discovered by Raymond Dart in 1924, and because of that, many evolutionists have called Africa the cradle of the human race. Since then other specimens have turned up; the most famous, a 40% complete skeleton named "Lucy," was found in Ethiopia by Donald Johanson in 1973. They come in various sizes and physical builds, though, so they are classified under several names; for example, the one called Paranthropus before 1970 is now known as Australopithecus robustus, and Dart's original Australopithecus had its scientific name extended to Australopithecus africanus, to distinguish it from the others. Dr. Louis Leakey found the largest of these apes in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge in 1


By which name was boxer Walter Smith better known?

Irish American Boxers BORN : Jan. 16, 1891; County Roscommon, Ireland DIED : Dec. 20, 1959; Dublin, Eire HEIGHT : 6-1 WEIGHT : 210 lbs MANAGER : Billy Gibson For Coffey's record - http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/coffey-j.htm Steve Collins (Born July 21, 1964, in Dublin, Ireland), nicknamed 'The Celtic Warrior', is a former world boxing Champion. He is considered to be one of the toughest boxers of the past century, never having been stopped in a high profile career. The Irishman was part of a golden age of European Supermiddleweight boxing, along with Chris Eubank, Joe Calzaghe and Nigel Benn. He was trained by Freddie Roach throughout his career. Collins started boxing profesionally in 1986. However he was long considered the nearly man of boxing, after losing 3 World Title fights on points. It was not until Collins reached his 30's that he fulfilled his potential, becoming the WBO Middleweight champion and later the WBO Supermiddleweight champion. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Collins William David Conn (October 8, 1917 in Pittsburgh-May 29, 1993), better known in the boxing world as Billy Conn, was a boxer who was world's Light-Heavyweight champion. Conn debuted as a professional boxer on June 28, 1934, losing to Dick Woodard by a decision in four rounds. His first win came almost a month later, on July 20, against Johnny Lewis, by a knockout in three rounds. Conn is now a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with 14 wins by knockout. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Conn" For Conn's record - http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/conn.htm   Jack Doyle "The Gorgeous Gael" Irish boxer, known as "The Gorgeous Gael." Born at 12 Queen's Street in Queenstown (now Connolly Street in Cobh), he joined the Irish Guards at the age of 17 and boxed for the British Army, winning all 28 of his bouts, 27 of them by knockouts. He was brought out of the Army by a promoter named Dan Sullivan. In his first professional fight, he K.O.'d Chris Goulding, and won nine further bouts that year, all within the first two minutes. In July 1933 at the White City Stadium (now demolished) in London, he fought Jack Petersen of Wales for the British Heavyweight title, but was disqualified in the second round for punching below the belt and was suspended for six months. In his comeback fight, he knocked out Frank Borrington within 83 seconds. He then went to America, where he fought four times but was knocked out by Buddy Baer in the first round, and abandoned boxing for a while. He appeared in two Hollywood B-movies: "Navy Spy" (1934) and, three years later, in the title role of "McGlusky the Sea Rover" (a.k.a. "Hell's Cargo.") On his return to the British Isles, in his second comeback fight, against Alf Robinson, he was, again, disqualified. However, he beat Harry Staels in the sixth round and King Levinsky on points (the picture shows him after the Levinsky fight), only to be knocked out twice (1938 and 1939) by Eddie Phillips. His last fight was in 1942, in Dublin's Dalymount Park, against Chris Cole, who knocked him out in the first round; it is said that Doyle had spent far too much time in the hotel bar before the fight. Doyle was married twice: firstly, to the Hollywood actress Judith Allen, who divorced him, citing one Delphine Dodge as the "other woman"; and, in 1939, to Movita, who played Tehanni in the 1935 version of "Mutiny on the Bounty." That, too, ended in divorce in 1944, and she went on to marry Marlon Brando. Although Doyle had won 17 of his 23 professional bouts, he became an alcoholic, was declared bankrupt on two occasions, and spent a fortnight in Mountjoy Prison for assaulting a detective. It is said that, during his final years, his only sources of income were the ï¿½25 per month he received from Movita as part of their divorce settlement, and a remittance of ï¿½100 per month from the Dodge family, which was paid on the understanding that he had no further contact with their daughter. (b


Which 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer showed, by using geometric construction and the law of refraction, that the angular radius of a rainbow is 42 degrees?

Ren� Descartes > By Individual Philosopher > Philosophy (Portrait by Frans Hals, 1649) Introduction Ren� Descartes (1596 - 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist and writer of the Age of Reason . He has been called the "Father of Modern Philosophy", and much of subsequent Western philosophy can be seen as a response to his writings. He is responsible for one of the best-known quotations in philosophy: "Cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). He was a pioneer and major figure in 17th Century Continental Rationalism (often known as Cartesianism) later advocated by Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Leibniz , and opposed by the British Empiricist school of thought of Hobbes , Locke , Berkeley and Hume . He represents a major break with the Aristotelianism and Scholasticism of the Medieval period. His contribution to mathematics was also of the first order, as the inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system and the founder of analytic geometry, crucial to the invention of calculus and mathematical analysis. He was also one of the key figures in the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Life Descartes (pronounced day-CART) was born in the town of La Haye en Touraine (since renamed Descartes) in the Loire Valley in central France on 31 March 1596. His father, Joachim Descartes, was a busy lawyer and magistrate in the High Court of Justice, and his mother, Jeanne (n�e Brochard), died of tuberculosis when Ren� was just one year old. Ren� and his brother and sister, Pierre and Jeanne, were therefore mainly raised by their grandmother. From 1604 until 1612, he attended the Jesuit Coll�ge Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Fl�che, Anjou, studying classics, logic and traditional Aristotelianism philosophy. His health was poor and he was granted permission to remain in bed until 11 o'clock in the morning, a custom he maintained for the rest of his life. He then spent some time in Paris studying mathematics, before studing law at the University of Poitiers, in accordance with his father's wishes that he should become a lawyer, obtaining his law degree in 1616. However, he then abandoned his education and spent several years travelling and experiencing the world (he later claimed that his formal education provided little of substance). It was during this time (in 1618) that he met the Dutch philosopher and scientist Isaac Beeckman (1588 - 1637) while walking through Breda in Holland, who sparked his interest in mathematics and the new physics. In 1622, he returned to France, and soon afterwards sold all his property at La Haye, investing the proceeds in bonds which provided him with a comfortable income for the rest of his life. He returned to settle in Holland in 1628. The next year, he joined the University of Franeker; the year after that, Leiden University; and, in 1635, he is recorded as attending Utrecht University. He had a daughter, Francine, after a relationship in Amsterdam with a servant girl, Hel�ne Jans, although Francine died at the age of fve. In fact, in the years between 1828 and 1649, he lived at 14 separate addresses in 10 different Dutch cities. It was during this 20 year period of frequent moves that he wrote almost all of his major works on philosophy, mathematics and science. He shrewdly held off publication of his first work, "Le Monde" ("The World"), written between 1629 and 1633, due to the condemnation of the works of Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) and Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543) by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633. The most famous of his works include: the "Discours de la m�thode pour bien conduire sa Raison et chercher la V�rit� dans les Sciences" ("Discourse on the Method") of 1637, his first rationalist vision of the progress of human knowledge; the "Meditationes de Prima Philosophia" ("Meditations on First Philosophy") of 1641, a more formal exposition of his central tenets, in Latin; and the "Principia Philosophiae" ("Principles of Philosophy") of 1644, an even more systematic and comprehensive exposition of his views. For a time, in 1643, Cartesian philosophy was conde


In which book of the Christian Bible is the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead?

Jesus Raises Lazarus Bible Story: Summary, Lessons and Study Jesus Raises Lazarus Bible Story: Summary, Lessons and Study May 5, 2014 by Jack Wellman 2 Comments What can we learn from Jesus’ raising Lazarus from the dead?  What hope does this give the believer? Lazarus Lazarus’ name is Hebrew in origin and interestingly means “God is my help.”   The account of Jesus’ raising Lazarus from the dead is not just symbolic of Jesus being God and having within Himself the power to resurrect the dead…it is a story that we will all be raised someday.  Some will be raised to eternal life while others will be raised to eternal judgment (Rev 20:11-15).  The example of Lazarus’ being raised from the dead has important truths that the believer can learn about the plan of salvation but also has applications for the unbeliever. Lazarus’ Illness John 11:4-6 “But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.  So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.” The interesting fact is that Jesus said that “This illness does not lead to death” but Lazarus would die and Jesus knew this.  Why did He say this?  He answers this in the next statement, “It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”  Martha and Mary must have wondered why Jesus didn’t come immediately to heal Lazarus but instead Jesus stayed “two days longer in the place where he was.”  To find out why He waited we read on in John’s gospel. Lazarus’ Death John 11:11-15 “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”  The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”  Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.  Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” Jesus says that Lazarus has fallen asleep, a frequent use of the Jewish vernacular meaning death.  The disciples didn’t understand because they said that if Lazarus is sleeping, he’ll get better but Jesus plainly said that Lazarus is dead.  Why then does Jesus say that “for your sake I am glad that I was not there?”  It is so “that [they] may believe.”  Believe what? Dead for four Days John 11:17-27 “Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.  Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.  So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.  Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.  But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”  Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”  Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,  and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”  She said to him, “Yes Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.” Lazarus was not only dead but dead for four days which means that his body had begun to undergo deterioration or decay.  Being dead for four days makes the possibility of Lazarus living again humanly impossible. Martha seems to rebuke Jesus by saying “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”  Jesus tells Martha that “Your brother will rise again” and Martha replies “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”  The “last day” is a reference to the day when all will be raised from their graves; some to eternal life and some to everlasting destruction.  Martha believed in the resurrection and so she knew that he would live again indicating that she believe that L


"In June 2009, who was found dead in his room at the Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel in Bangkok, where he had gone to begin work on his role in the film ""Stretch""?"

Kill Bill star's death 'certainly not natural' Email a friend David Carradine found hanged in hotel room May have been sex act gone wrong Pictures: Life of a Kung Fu star THAI coroners have completed an autopsy on the body of actor David Carradine, a day after the star of the TV show Kung Fu was found naked and hanging dead in his luxury Bangkok hotel room. Coroners at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn hospital said they had not yet determined the cause of the 72-year-old's death and were waiting for the results of a toxicology screen but police have said he may have died from a sex act gone wrong. "This certainly was not a natural cause of death," the hospital's chief coroner, Nantana Sirisap, said. A maid found Carradine hanging naked by a rope in the closet of his hotel suite at the plush Swissotel Nai Lert Park hotel yesterday, police said. "There was a rope tied around his neck and another rope tied at his sex organ, and the two ropes were tied together and hung in the closet," Lieutenant General Worapong Siewpreecha said. "Under these circumstances we cannot be sure that he committed suicide but he may have died from masturbation," he said. . Police said there was no indication other people had been in the room, where Carradine had stayed during the shooting of a film called Stretch. They would neither confirm nor deny suggestions that Carradine was attempting auto-erotic asphyxiation, a practice designed to boost sexual pleasure. Carradine, from a family of performers and the eldest son of character actor John Carradine, enjoyed a long career on Broadway, television and in movies such as director Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill and Kill Bill 2. While some media reports speculated his death may have been a suicide, a spokeswoman said neither they nor his family believed Carradine was capable of killing himself. "His family is in shock," Tiffany Smith of Carradine's management firm, said. "They have the same belief we have. There was no way David did this to himself." Carradine wrote in his 1995 autobiography Endless Highway that he had tried to kill himself when he was five years old. The book also documented his alcoholism and extensive use of drugs, from LSD to cocaine. He was made most famous by his role in the US series Kung Fu where he played Kwai Chang Caine, a half-Asian martial arts specialist, which earned him an Emmy nomination. The role of Caine led to parts in more than 200 productions and his turn as the villainous Bill in Tarantino's Kill Bill movies led to his fourth Golden Globe nomination. Carradine was married five times and had two daughters from previous marriages. Carradine's death has similarities to the death of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence. Hutchence died at Sydney's Ritz-Carlton hotel in November 1997, with the NSW coroner ruling he had committed suicide. But some of those closest to him, including his brother, believe he accidentally strangled himself during a sex act . -with Reuters