The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco on which day?

History of the United Nations | United Nations History of the United Nations History of the United Nations 1 January 1942 || The name "United Nations" is coined The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.   UN Radio Classics | British actor Sir Laurence Olivier reads the Preamble to the Charter of the UN 24 October 1945 || The United Nations officially comes into existence In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter . Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks , United States in August-October 1944. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States. The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year. Preparatory Years - History of the United Nations Charter 12 June 1941


Brogue | Define Brogue at Dictionary.com C16: from Irish Gaelic bróg boot, shoe, probably from Old Norse brōk leg covering Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for brogue Expand n. type of Celtic accent, 1705, perhaps from the meaning "rough, stout shoe" worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders (1580s), via Gaelic or Irish, from Old Irish broce "shoe," thus originally meaning something like "speech of those who call a shoe a brogue." Or perhaps it is from Old Irish barrog "a hold" (on the tongue). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


In what board game do players compete to acquire wealth through buying, renting, and trading properties, with the object of bankrupting the other players?

Monopoly | Monopoly Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] History The history of Monopoly can be traced back to the early 1900s. In 1904, a Quaker woman named Elizabeth (Lizzie) J. Magie Phillips created a game through which she hoped to be able to explain the single tax theory of Henry George (it was supposed to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private monopolies). Her game, The Landlord's Game, was commercially published a few years later. Other interested game players redeveloped the game and some made their own sets. Lizzie herself patented a revised edition of the game in 1904, and similar games were published commercially. By the early 1930s, a board game named Monopoly was created much like the version of Monopoly sold by Parker Brothers and its parent companies throughout the rest of the 20th century and into the 21st. The Parker Brothers' version was created by Charles Darrow . Several people, mostly in the U.S. Midwest and near the U.S. East Coast, contributed to the game's design and evolution. In 1941 the British Secret Service had John Waddington Ltd., the licensed manufacturer of the game outside the U.S., create a special edition for World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis. Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, real money, and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by the International Red Cross. By the 1970s, the game's early history had been lost (and at least one historian has argued that it was purposely suppressed - see below), and the idea that it had been created solely by Charles Darrow had become popular folklore. This was stated in the 1974 book The Monopoly Book: Strategy and Tactics of the World's Most Popular Game, by Maxine Brady, and even in the instructions of the game itself. As Professor Ralph Anspach fought Parker Brothers and its then parent company, General Mills, over the trademarks of the Monopoly board game, much of the early history of the game was "rediscovered." Because of the lengthy court process, and appeals, the legal status of Parker Brothers' trademarks on the game was not settled until the mid-1980s. The game's name remains a registered trademark of Parker Brothers, as do its specific design elements. Parker Brothers' current corporate parent, Hasbro, again acknowledges only the role of Charles Darrow in the creation of the game. Anspach published a book about his research, called The Billion Dollar Monopoly Swindle (and republished as Monopolygate), in which he makes his case about the purposeful suppression of the game's early history and development. Board This is the original version produced by Charles Darrow, and later by Parker Brothers. The board consists of forty spaces containing twenty-eight properties, three Chance spaces, three Community Chest spaces, a Luxury Tax space, an Income Tax space, and the four corner squares: GO, Jail, Free Parking , and Go to Jail. In the U.S. versions shown below, the properties are named after locations in (or near) Atlantic City, New Jersey. However, as of September 2008, the layout of the board has been modified to more closely match the foreign-released versions, as shown in the two board layouts below. The notable changes are the colors of Mediterranean and Baltic Avenues changing from purple to brown, the colors of the GO square from red to black, and the adaptation of the flat $200 Income Tax (formerly the player's choice of 10% of their total holdings OR $200; players had to make a decision before calculating their total holdings) and increased $100 Luxury Tax (upped from $75) amounts. Similar color/amount changes are used in the U.S. Edition of the "Here And Now: World Edition" game , and are also used in the most recent version of the McDonald's Monopoly promotion. US Board ($60) US Info A player who reaches the Jail space by a direct roll of the dice is said to be "just visiting", and continues normal play on the next turn. Marvin Gardens , a yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Garde


William Crapo Durant merged Oldsmobile and what other car company to form General Motors?

General Motors History Country: William Crapo Durant General Motors may never have happened had David Dunbar Buick stuck to making bathtubs and U-bends for a living, instead of trying to make money out of the horseless carriage. For, in less than a year, the Buick company, founded in 1903, had become an utter financial failure, and the worried investors were seeking a miracle man who could pull the seemingly doomed company back on to a profitable basis. Their choice was a 44-year-old Michigan carriage builder, who had little idea of how a car was built and even less of what made it run; it was an inspired decision. The man they selected, William Crapo Durant, was one of that select group of natural entrepreneurs who were to transform America from an agricultural to an industrial nation. Durant, who was born in 1860, came from a family whose fortunes were large enough for him to have lived a life of idleness had he so wished, but young Billy had all the right 'go-getting' instincts and started out to make his own career when he was sixteen years old. By the turn of the century, Billy Durant had become the head of the biggest cart and carriage makers in Flint, Michigan, America's carriage capital, in partnership with one J. Dallas Dort. He was a natural salesman, and proved it when he took over Buick by selling US$500,000 of company stock in a day. Within three years, the Buick company had an annual production of over 8000 cars in its new home in Flint, and was one of the big four of the infant American motor industry. Durant, however, had bigger ideas still. He felt that the individual motor company offering a single model line was at the mercy of the buying public and, if they failed to buy sufficient of its products in a given year, that could spell disaster. He reasoned that a consortium of major producers could support each other in times of crisis, as well as organising their own parts-manufacturing companies to ensure that they always had an adequate supply of the right components in the right place at the right time, and at the right price. So Billy called a meeting of the four leading manufacturers - himself, Benjamin Briscoe of Maxwell-Briscoe, Ransome Eli Olds of Reo, and Henry Ford. It looked as though Durant's proposals for a merger between the four companies was well on the way to fruition when Henry Ford suddenly scuppered the scheme by asking for the $3 million agreed value of the Ford Motor Company in cash; this triggered Olds to ask for payments in gold, too. Of course, Durant, who had envisaged the merger as a gentlemanly exchange of share certificates, could not raise $6 million in real money, and the deal was off. There was, apparently, a second attempt to buy Ford in 1909 but, by then, the price had risen to $8 million cash, even further out of Durant's reach. However, Billy had already decided that he could achieve his dream of dominating the American motor industry without the help of the other big four companies, and by 1908 he had floated the General Motors Corporation of New Jersey, which absorbed Buick by an exchange of stock. It was the first step in a breathtaking essay at empire-building. Oldsmobile Next, Durant took over the ailing Oldsmobile company, once the biggest of America's car makers, ' whose sales had plummeted from 6500 in 1905 to 1055 in 1908; then he acquired the Oakland Motor Company, founded less than two years previously. There followed, with bewildering rapidity, the takeover of a further twenty companies, including Elmore, Rainier, Rapid Cartercar, Welch, Reliance, Randolph, Welch-Detroit and Cadillac. That bearded patriarch, Walter Leland, of Cadillac had no intention of trading his company for a mass of share certificates and, like Ford, insisted on cash. The price was $3.5 million, and Durant was given ten days to raise it. When he returned, six months later, the price was up to $4,125,000; by the time the sale had gone through, Cadillac cost $4.5 million. Durant's madcap spending spree, acquiring companies for their availability rather than their earning potential, could


In a popular children's story, what is the name of the young tugboat that saves an ocean liner?

Children's Corner: Big anniversaries for some lesser-known children's books | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Children's Corner: Big anniversaries for some lesser-known children's books November 13, 2007 5:00 AM The cover of "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency." The Cover of "Little Toot." The cover of "Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen. The book is illustrated by John Schoenherr. "Owl Moon" won The Caldecott Medal in 1988. By Karen MacPherson Scripps Howard News Service Big anniversaries for some lesser-known children's books It's a big year for significant book anniversaries. "Goodnight Moon" is 60 years old, "The Poky Little Puppy" is 65, "The Cat in the Hat" is 40, and the "Harry Potter" series was first published in the United States a decade ago. Several lesser-known books also have major anniversaries this year. Here's a look at some of those: In the 1960s and 1970s, John Schoenherr had a busy career as an illustrator of such children's books as "Julie of the Wolves," the Newbery Medal-winning novel by Jean Craighead George. By the early 1980s, however, Schoenherr decided to focus his energy on wildlife painting. When a children's book editor came to his farm a few years later with the manuscript for a picture book titled "Owl Moon," however, Schoenherr was hooked. Written by the prolific Jane Yolen, the manuscript featured a crisp but lyrical text detailing a child's journey into the woods one night to go "owling" with her father. Schoenherr matched Yolen's text with evocative watercolors that capture the magic of the nighttime woods as well as the strong bond between parent and child. Published in 1987, "Owl Moon" (Philomel, $16.99) won the 1988 Caldecott Medal for best picture book. Often forgotten, "Owl Moon" is a book well worth discovering, especially this time of year. The special relationship between the father and child as well as Schoenherr's exquisite watercolors make this a perfect book to read on a winter's evening. (Ages 4-7.) Daniel Pinkwater has jokingly been called the "Oprah" of the children's-book world. When Pinkwater spotlights a children's book on his National Public Radio show, sales of that book jump -- mirroring what happens when Oprah Winfrey announces her new choice for her book club. But Pinkwater also is an accomplished children's book author and illustrator in his own right. And one of his best-known novels, "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency" (Atheneum, $16.99), is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a spiffy revised edition, featuring the comical illustrations of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Tony Auth. Auth's illustrations are a great match for the zaniness of Pinkwater's story, which focuses on what happens when a boy named Arthur Bobowicz goes out one Thanksgiving morning to buy a turkey and returns instead with a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. Of course, things don't go smoothly, especially after Arthur is forced by his parents to return Henrietta and she then goes on the lam, terrorizing Hoboken. It's a wacky plot, written with Pinkwater's trademark dry wit. Those who enjoy "Hoboken Chicken" will want to read some of Pinkwater's other 50 or so humorous books for kids. (Ages 6-9.) From his studio at the tip of Manhattan, artist Hardie Gramatky enjoyed watching boats plying the East River. He was particularly taken with a tugboat that seemed to have its own personality and was never quite in the right place at the right time. That tugboat became the star of Gramatky's book, "Little Toot." Published in 1939, the picture book about the seemingly useless little tugboat that ends up saving an ocean liner struck a chord with young readers. Now, in honor of what would have been Gramatky's 100th birthday, Putnam has published a new edition of "Little Toot" ($17.99) featuring newly restored illustrations. The result is a book whose color is much richer and more vibrant than in editions published over the past 70 years. Gramatky, who was called one of the "20 all-time great American watercolorists" by Andrew Wyeth, believed strongly that illustrations were the key to a successful children's book. And youn


"To whom did a crowd ouside the White House chant ""Na, na, na, na - hey, hey - goodbye"" in January 2009?"

Oliver Burkeman's Inauguration Diary: Liveblogging the inauguration ceremony | US news | The Guardian Close Photograph: AFP/Getty 10am (all times eastern): So much has been said and written about the significance of this moment. But now, finally -- hard though it is to believe -- here it is. At around 11.30am today, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, and the first African-American to hold the office. (A little after 12.30, he'll escort George Bush to a waiting helicopter; might we assume there will be cheering?) The atmosphere in Washington DC this morning, where millions of people are gathering to share the moment, is electric: inaugurations are always quasi-religious affairs, but never in living memory has one been as freighted with meaning as this. The day's full schedule is here ; the Obamas have just arrived at the White House, where they're joining the Bushes and the achy-backed Dick Cheney and his wife for coffee, before proceeding to the capitol. Join me here imminently for history in the making, plus wisecracks. 10.05am: Here's how big the crowd is: the entire stretch of the Mall between the Washington Monument and the Capitol has now reportedly been closed. See the satellite image here for what a vast stretch of space that is: it's fourteen long city blocks, or more than a mile. Barack and Michelle Obama arrive at St John's Episcopal Church before today's swearing-in ceremony. Photograph: Reuters 10.11am: Bringing an official start to proceedings, we're now listening to the US Marine Band. I feel sorry for the flautists and the clarinettists, who have to wear fingerless gloves so that they can use their instruments. The bass drum guy has it so easy by comparison. 10.18am: Senior diplomatic and military types arrive to take their VIP seats on the Capitol steps. Nope, I've no idea who most of them are. Magic Johnson did arrive a little earlier, though. Everyone already looks very, very cold, and they've got plenty of time left to sit there getting colder. (Smugly, I've come back into the warmth -- it's the only way to follow the proceedings up close and to liveblog this thing -- but I was there just before and let me tell you it was freezing.) 10.26am: Ben Smith notes the audacity of French socialist politician Segolene Royal, who this morning claims credit for having inspired Obama. His team copied hers, she explains (except for the bit about winning). 10.33am: While we're waiting... an amusing inaugural fact from 1829, when another "people's president", Andrew Jackson, tried to hold an "open" inauguration, albeit on a different scale to today's. "About 20,000 people trample mud and horse manure into the White House, destroy rugs, break satin-covered chairs, smash crystal and china, and spill liquor. Fights break out, women faint and Jackson has to escape through a window. Order is restored when barrels of whiskey are placed on the South Lawn, drawing the crowd outside." Back in 2009, senior congressional leaders are arriving on the steps. 10.37am: At the White House, the Obamas and the Bushes are finishing up their coffee -- what wouldn't you give to be a fly on the wall at that particular meeting? -- and any moment they'll enter two limousines, the men in one and the women in another, the departing president sitting on the right, the president-elect on the left. It's not a long journey from the White House to the Capitol, even when the roads aren't cleared and empty for you, so we'll expect to see them arrive minutes later. 10.40am: Many great comments below -- do read them. Ted Kennedy arrives, thereby answering the question of whether he'd be well enough to attend. John Kerry and George HW Bush follow on; it's a dignitary bonanza up there! 10.43am: Jill Biden and Lynn Cheney leave the White House and step into a waiting limo, followed by Michelle Obama and Laura Bush. ... And Joe Biden and, in a wheelchair, Dick Cheney, who injured his back yesterday moving into his new home. 10.48am: Two significant moments, almost simultaneous: at one end of the city, at the Capitol,


What was the last engineering work completed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) [ Victorian Web Home —> Science —> Technology —> Great Victorian Engineers —> Victorian Bridges and Aqueducts ] The following comes from the Internet Archive web version of a copy of The Dictionary of National Biography in the University of Toronto Library. — George P. Landow ] Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59), civil engineer, the only son of Sir Marc I. Brunel, was born on 9 April 1806 at Portsmouth. He was educated first  at private schools, and later in the college of  Henri Quatre at Paris, then celebrated for  its staff of mathematical teachers. At a  very early age he evinced decided talent for  drawing, and when only fourteen employed himself in making an accurate plan of Hove, near Brighton, where he was then at school. After two years spent at Paris he returned to England for his practical training. In 1823 he entered his father's office, and at the age of seventeen took part in his operations at the Thames Tunnel, where he was afterwards appointed resident engineer, and there gained personal experience of all kinds of work. Left: View of the western archway of the Tunnel, lighted by gas. Middle: Plan of the Tunnel with reference to the main roads and objects on the eastern part of London. Right: The tunneling process. Left: Men in the shield.  Right: A side view of the tunneling. Advertisement for the Thames Rotherhithe-Wapping Tunnel. From An explanation of the works of the tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping (1836), Right: The shaft, from whence the Tunnel works are carried on. Brunel rendered his father great assistance in meeting the various disasters which occurred in the course of the tunnelling operations. At an anxious time, in September 1826, he was actively engaged on the works for ninety-six consecutive hours, with a few snatches of sleep in the tunnel. On the occasion of the first great irruption of the river, Brunel, to save the life of a workman in danger of drowning, lowered himself into the shaft, then half full of water, and succeeded in bringing the man to the surface. One of Brunel's first great independent designs, executed in 1829, was for a suspension bridge across the river Avon, from Durdham Downs, Clifton, to the Leigh "Woods. His first plan was, on the advice of Telford, rejected; but a second design, sent in in 1831, was pronounced to be the most mathematically exact of all those tendered (among which was one by Telford himself), and was accepted. Brunel was appointed engineer, and the works were begun in 1836, but owing to lack of funds were not completed in his lifetime. After his death the bridge was erected nearly in accordance with his original designs, with chains taken from the old Hungerford suspension bridge, constructed by himself between the years 1841 and 1845, and removed in 1862 to make room for the Charing Cross railway bridge. Brunel was appointed engineer to the Bristol Docks, in which he afterwards carried out extensive improvements. In 1831 he designed the Monkwearmouth Docks, and in later years similar works at Plymouth, Briton Ferry, Brentford, and Milford Haven. In March 1833 Brunel was appointed engineer to the Great Western railway, and in that capacity carried into effect his plans for the broad-gauge railway, a system which became the subject of much controversy among the engineers of the day. His work on this line established for him a high reputation in his profession. The viaducts at Hanwell and Chippenham, the Maidenhead and other masonry bridges, the Box tunnel, and the iron structures of the Chepstow and Saltash bridges on the Great Western line and its extensions, all exhibit boldness of conception, taste in design, and great skill in the use of material. The Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. He obtained a high reputation for his evidence given before the parliamentary committees on schemes of which he was engineer. He was employed to construct two railways in Italy, and to advise upon the Victorian lines in Australia and the Easte


In which country was the Althing, a legislative and judiciary parliament, founded in 930?

Iceland | CIA World Factbook - The best country factbook available online CIA World Factbook - The best country factbook available online Iceland Introduction Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland was subsequently ruled by Norway and Denmark. Fallout from the Askja volcano of 1875 devastated the Icelandic economy and caused widespread famine. Over the next quarter century, 20% of the island's population emigrated, mostly to Canada and the US. Limited home rule from Denmark was granted in 1874 and complete independence attained in 1944. Literacy, longevity, income, and social cohesion are first-rate by world standards. History Age of settlement The first people thought to have inhabited Iceland were Irish monks or hermits who came in the eighth century, but left with the arrival of Norsemen, who systematically settled Iceland in the period circa AD 870-930. The first known permanent Norse settler was Ingólfur Arnarson, who built his homestead in Reykjavík in 874. Ingólfur was followed by many other emigrant settlers, largely Norsemen and their Irish slaves. By 930, most arable land had been claimed and the Althing, a legislative and judiciary parliament, was founded as the political hub of the Icelandic Commonwealth. Christianity was adopted in 1000. The Commonwealth lasted until 1262, when the political system devised by the original settlers proved unable to cope with the increasing power of Icelandic chieftains. Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era The internal struggles and civil strife of the Sturlung Era led to the signing of the Old Covenant, which brought Iceland under the Norwegian crown. Possession of Iceland passed to Denmark-Norway in the late 14th century when the kingdoms of Norway and Denmark were united in the Kalmar Union. In the ensuing centuries, Iceland became one of the poorest countries in Europe. Infertile soil, volcanic eruptions, and an unforgiving climate made for harsh life in a society whose subsistence depended almost entirely on agriculture. The Black Death swept Iceland in 1402–1404 and 1494–1495, each time killing approximately half the population. Around the middle of the 16th century, King Christian III of Denmark began to impose Lutheranism on all his subjects. The last Catholic bishop in Iceland was beheaded in 1550, and the country subsequently became fully Lutheran. Lutheranism has since remained the dominant religion. In the 1600s and 1700s, Denmark imposed harsh trade restrictions on Iceland, while pirates from England, Spain and Algeria raided its coasts. A great smallpox epidemic in the 18th century killed around one-third of the population.[14][15] In 1783 the Laki volcano erupted, with devastating effects. The years following the eruption, known as the Mist Hardships (Icelandic: Móðuharðindin), saw the death of over half of all livestock in the country, with ensuing famine in which around a quarter of the population died. Independence and recent history In 1814, following the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark-Norway was broken up into two separate kingdoms via the Treaty of Kiel. Iceland remained a Danish dependency. A new independence movement arose under the leadership of Jón Sigurðsson, inspired by the romantic and nationalist ideologies of mainland Europe. In 1874, Denmark granted Iceland home rule, which was expanded in 1904. The Act of Union, an agreement with Denmark signed on December 1, 1918, recognized Iceland as a fully sovereign state under the Danish king. During the last quarter of the 19th century many Icelanders emigrated to North America, largely Canada, in search of better living conditions. During World War II, the German occupation of Denmark on April 9, 1940 severed communications between Iceland and Denmark. At that point Iceland's parliament declared that the Icelandic government should exercise the authority that hitherto had been that of the King and take


"Which film from 1942 contains the lines ""Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine"" and ""Here's looking at you, kid""?"

Casablanca (1942) - Quotes - IMDb Casablanca (1942) Quotes Showing all 100 items Rick : Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. Major Strasser : What is your nationality? Rick : I'm a drunkard. Captain Renault : That makes Rick a citizen of the world. [all laugh] Yvonne : Where were you last night? Rick : That's so long ago, I don't remember. Yvonne : Will I see you tonight? Rick : I never make plans that far ahead. Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options Rick : Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: you're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong. Ilsa : But, Richard, no, I... I... Rick : Now, you've got to listen to me! You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louie? Captain Renault : I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist. Ilsa : You're saying this only to make me go. Rick : I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life. Ilsa : But what about us? Rick : We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night. Ilsa : When I said I would never leave you. Rick : And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. [Ilsa lowers her head and begins to cry] [Rick gently places his hand under her chin and raises it so their eyes meet] Rick : Here's looking at you kid. Ilsa : Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake. Sam : [lying] I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa. Ilsa : Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By." Sam : [lying] Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it. Ilsa : I'll hum it for you. Da-dy-da-dy-da-dum, da-dy-da-dee-da-dum... [Sam begins playing] Ilsa : Sing it, Sam. Sam : [singing] You must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss / A sigh is just a sigh / The fundamental things apply / As time goes by. / And when two lovers woo, / They still say, "I love you" / On that you can rely / No matter what the future brings-... Rick : [rushing up] Sam, I thought I told you never to play-... [Sees Ilsa. Sam closes the piano and rolls it away] Captain Renault : Ask Mr. Rick. Rick : [sees Strasser begin to move toward the telephone, and draws a gun] Get away from that phone! Major Strasser : I would advise you not to interfere. Rick : I was willing to shoot Captain Renault and I'm willing to shoot you. Major Strasser : [picks up the telephone] Hello? Rick : Put that phone down! Major Strasser : Get me the radio tower. Rick : PUT IT DOWN! [Strasser draws a gun, he and Rick both fire simultaneously, Strasser falls mortally wounded, shortly afterward, some police arrive on the scene] Captain Renault : Major Strasser's been shot. [Renault looks at Rick, Rick gives him a look] Captain Renault : Round up the usual suspects. [the police pick up Major Strasser's body and leave, Renault looks over at Rick, who is smiling] [he pours a drink] Rick : Why did you have to come to Casablanca? There are other places. Ilsa : I wouldn't have come if I'd known that you were here. Believe me Rick, it's true I didn't know... Rick : It's funny about your voice, how it hasn't changed. I can still hear it. "Richard, dear, I'll go with you anyplace. We'll get on a train together and never stop - " Ilsa : Don't, Rick! I can understand how you feel. Rick : [scoffs] You understand how I feel. How long was it we had, honey? Ilsa : [on the verge of tears] I didn't coun


Which US film actress married and divorced both Orson Welles and Prince Aly Khan?

Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan Author Topic: Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan  (Read 82772 times) 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan « on: January 10, 2012, 07:16:11 AM » Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 ï¿½ May 14, 1987) was an American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars. In 1948 she left her film career to marry Prince Aly Khan, a son of Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, the leader of the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. They were married on May 27, 1949. The couple have a daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. Rita ad Alï¿½: « Reply #1 on: January 11, 2012, 04:38:39 AM » Aly Khan Child: Prince Aly Khan First Wedding: Aly Khan - Chateau d'Horizon: Aly, Rita and the wedding cake: Logged « Reply #2 on: January 11, 2012, 04:49:02 AM » Hollywood Star Rita Hayworth at Iranian Embassy in Paris (1950): As newly Wed spouse to Prince Ali Khan ( Of Iranian Nationality) Rita Hayworth is greeted by journalists at the Iranian Embassy in Paris. The Hollywood Goddess came to help out at the wedding of Princess Fatima Pahlavi, and Californian Vincent Lee Hillyer. (circa 1950)  Rita Hayworth Speaking to Reporters Caption: Star Attraction. Paris: Rita Hayworth, the Princess Ali Khan, who came to help out at the wedding of Princess Fatima Pahlavi, sister of the Shah of Iran, and Californian Vincent Lee Hillyer, finds herself the center of attraction for newspapermen at the Iranian Embassy in Paris, May 10, 1950. The ceremony was performed by the Aga Khan, Miss Hayworth's father-in-law, after Moslem church leaders in France had refused to officiate. The Playboy Prince Aly Khan Cover of Sports Illustrated (1959): Prince Aly Khan (1911-1960) on Cover of Sports Illustrated March Issue 1959.  Logged Rita with her first husband Edward C. Judson: Married 29 May, 1937, Divorced 22 May 1942: Rita with her second husband Orson Welles: Married 7 September 1943, Divorced 1 December 1948: Rita with her third husband Prince Aly Khan: Married 27 May 1949, Divorced 26 January 1953: Rita with the fourth husband Dick Haymes: Married 24 September 1953, Divorced 12 December 1955 (shown here with her daughters, Rebecca Welles and Yasmin Khan): Rita with her fifth husband James Hill: Married 2 February 1958, Divorced September 1961: Rita, Aly and friends: Aly Khan with his two sons Prince Amyn and Prince Karim in the 1940s; Princess Tajudowlah with Amyn and Karim in the 1930s: Rita and Aly in the wedding day: Rita Hayworth with her daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, c1949: Rita Hayworth (1918 - 1987) sitting on a sofa with her young daughters, Rebecca Welles (left) and Yasmin Khan, in her lap. Hayworth is wearing a green sweater and a white blouse. The girls are daughters of Orson Welles and Prince Ali Khan respectively: « Last Edit: January 13, 2012, 12:43:04 PM by veu-1 » Logged Re: Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan « Reply #7 on: June 05, 2012, 08:00:31 AM » Rita Hayworth and her daughters, Princess Yasmin Khan (Left) and Rebecca Welles (Daughter of Orson Welles, Right), are all smiles as they are reunited at London airport. Both girls had spent 6 months with Ritaï¿½s ex-husband, Prince Aly Khan - July 12th, 1956: Rita with her daughter Princess Yasmin Khan in 1970ï¿½s: Rita with Gary Merrill and her daughter Princess Yasmin Khan: Rita Hayworthï¿½s daughter Prince Yasmin Aga Khan with her son ( Ritaï¿½s Grandson) Aly Andree Embricos. The son of Greek Shipping Tycoon Basil Embricos: Actress Rita Hayworth cuddles new daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, shortly after her birth in 1949: Logged


What artificial international language invented by Dr Zamenhof was published in 1887?

Esperanto | Define Esperanto at Dictionary.com Esperanto [es-puh-rahn-toh, -ran-] /ˌɛs pəˈrɑn toʊ, -ˈræn-/ Spell noun 1. an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages. Origin of Esperanto 1890-95; orig. pseudonym of inventor; literally, the hoping one. See esperance Related forms Examples from the Web for Esperanto Expand International Language Walter J. Clark True, individuals have invented Esperanto and other artificial languages. Darkness and Dawn George Allan England British Dictionary definitions for Esperanto Expand noun 1. an international artificial language based on words common to the chief European languages, invented in 1887 Derived Forms C19: literally: the one who hopes, pseudonym of Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, who invented it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for Esperanto Expand n. 1892, from Doktoro Esperanto, whose name means in Esperanto, "one who hopes," pen name used on the title page of a book about the artificial would-be universal language published 1887 by its inventor, Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof (1859-1917). Cf. Spanish esperanza "hope," from esperar, from Latin sperare (see speed (n.)). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


Einstein Factor: Gibbons Q. All gibbons are native to the south-eastern part of which continent? A. Asia Q. As opposed to the larger great apes such as chimpanzees and gorillas, gibbons are also known as the what apes? A. Lesser Q. Like their fellow apes, gibbons belong to which mammalian order? A. Primates Q. The family comprising the various species of gibbon is commonly divided into how many genera? A. Four Q. Reaching about a metre in height, what is the largest of the dozen or so species of gibbon? A. Siamang Q. When swinging through the trees, gibbons use how many fingers per hand as a hook? A. Four Q. The silvery gibbon lives exclusively on which heavily populated island? A. Java Q. A mature and healthy gibbon has a total of how many teeth? A. 32 Q. Having a distinctive white ring of hair around its black face is which ape also known as the white-handed gibbon? A. Lar / common [gibbon] Q. Used for amplifying their calls, some gibbons have an enlarged throat what? A. Sac/Pouch Q. Gibbons typically give birth to how many offspring at a time? A. One Q. While also including leaves, insects and bird eggs in its diet, the gibbonï¿½s main source of food is what? A. Fruit[s] Q. Like the various lar gibbons, the Muellerï¿½s Bornean gibbon belongs to which genus? A. Hylobates Q. Gibbons can be found in the wild as far west as which country? A. India Q. The scientific name of the black-crested gibbon is ï¿½Nomascus whatï¿½? A. Concolor Q. One species of ape is the bulbous-nosed gibbon. A. FALSE


What mechanical device allows the wheels of a vehicle to turn at different speeds when cornering?

How It Works | Locking Differential | Aussie Locker By Torq Masters Aussie Locker By Torq Masters How It Works General Information The Aussie Locker is a fully automatic and precision manufactured automatic differential locking device that does not require any manual operation to activate. It does not require any switches, external compressors, electrical cables, air lines, or pneumatic controls. The Aussie Locker relies on a simple and highly innovative mechanical design which makes use of two distinct sets of forces, "ground driven" forces acting on a wheel when cornering (forces the outside of the wheel to turn faster) and the engine driven forces through the drivetrain. The combination of these two sets of opposing forces and the unique Aussie Locker design allow the automatic locking and unlocking of the driving gears when a vehicle turns or requires differential action.  How the Aussie Locker is different from a standard differential A standard differential is designed to perform two main traction related operations; Transmit engine power via the drive line to the wheels, Allow "differential action", i.e. allow the wheels to travel at different speeds to allow cornering without drive train damage or tire damage.The traditional differential design allows for an infinitely variable rate of differentiation ranging from 50:50 where both wheels turn at the same speed (straight line driving) and a ratio of 100:0 where one wheel spins freely and the other is not driven at all (not what you want to face when off roading). The traditional differential also allows for all power to be transmitted to the "path of least resistance" which is fine on highways because both wheels have some degree of traction but off road you often require substantial power and in this case even a small difference in traction can result in wheel spin and the subsequent loss of traction. A limited slip (LSD) differential is simply a standard differential (also called open) with either a fixed bias or dynamic biasing mechanism which serves to only "partially" lock up" the two axles by way of clutch plates or special gear design. However, most require that both wheels still have some traction on the ground to operate and even when new will cause a wheel in the air to spin uncontrollably so as to be completely ineffective where off road traction is required. The Aussie Locker overcomes the traction deficiency of the standard differential and a limited slip differential so as to ensure that 50:50 power split is achieved when driving irrespective of ground conditions, yet still allowing differential action when required. Simple explanation of the Aussie Locker operation The Aussie Locker mechanism allows a wheel to turn faster than the speed of the differential that is driving it (differentiation), but never allows a wheel to turn slower than the speed the differential and engine is turning it (traction). Therefore, a wheel cannot ever stop turning if the engine is driving it, but in a corner it can be forced to actually turn faster. Unlike a standard differential, the engine can never drive one wheel faster than the other. 100% positive locking The Aussie Locker is positive locking, meaning there is no slippage when locked. There is a mechanically solid engagement of all parts. In contrast a limited slip differential is not positive locking and does allow slippage and one wheel "spin up" i.e. the spinning of one wheel at twice the differential speed while the other wheel having traction remains motionless. With the "Aussie Locker" you get 100% of drive and traction to both wheels at all times. Dynamic Locking Principle Unlike some other types of lockers, the Aussie Locker has a locking and unlocking principal that is dynamic. Dynamic in that the more power that is applied, the harder it locks so it doesn't need large bias forces operating on it to keep it locked. The bias spring forces are minuscule and can easily be compressed with two fingers. This results in a locker that is able to lock and unlock easily even when driving on extremely slippery surfa


Which Greek physician born in 460 BC to a family of priests and doctors lived most of his life on Cos and Cnidus and is generally considered to be the father of modern medicine?

ASCLEPIUS (Asklepios) - Greek God of Medicine & Doctors Asclepius, Greco-Roman marble statue C1st-2nd A.D., State Hermitage Museum ASKLEPIOS (Asclepius) was the god of medicine. He was also the patron god, and reputed ancestor, of the Asklepiades (Asclepiades), the ancient guild of doctors. Asklepios was the son of Apollon and the Trikkaian (Triccaean) princess Koronis (Coronis). His mother died in labour and when she was laid out on the pyre, Apollon cut the unborn child from her womb. From this Asklepios received his name which means "to cut open." Asklepios was raised by the centaur Kheiron (Chiron) who instructed him in the art of medicine. He grew so skilled in the craft that he was able to restore the dead to life. This was a crime against the natural order and so Zeus destroyed him with a thunderbolt. After his death Asklepios was placed amongst the stars as the constellation Ophiochus ("the Serpent Holder"). Some say his mother was also set in the heavens as Corvus, the crow (korônê in Greek). Asklepios' apotheosis into godhood occurred at the same time. He was sometimes identified with Homer's Paion (Paeon) , the physician of the gods. Asklepios was depicted as a kindly, bearded man holding a serpent-entwined staff. Although he is largely absent from ancient Greek vase painting, statues of the god are quite common. FAMILY OF ASCLEPIUS PARENTS [1.1] APOLLON (Hesiod Catalogues Frag 90, Plato Republic 408b, Orphic Hymn 67) [1.2] APOLLON & KORONIS (Homeric Hymn 16, Pindar Pythian Ode 3.5, Isyllus Hymn, Apollonius Rhodius 4.616, Apollodorus 3.118, Diodorus Siculus 4.71.1 & 5.64.6, Pausanias 2.26.1, Hyginus Fabulae 202 & Astronomica 2.40, Ovid Metamorphoses 2.596, Ovid Fasti 1.292) [1.3] APOLLON & ARSINOE (Apollodorus 3.118, Pausanias 2.26.1 & 3.26.4) [1.4] APOLLON or ARSIPPOS & ARSINOE (Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.21) OFFSPRING [1.1] MAKHAON, PODALEIRIOS (Homer Iliad 2.730, Quintus Smyrnaeus 9.462, Pausanias 2.26.1 & 3.24.10 & 3.24.10, Diodorus Siculus 4.71.3) [1.2] MAKHAON (Hyginus Fabulae 97) [2.1] IASO , PANAKEIA (Aristophanes Plutus 620) [2.2] HYGEIA (Pausanias 5.20.2) [2.4] IASO , AIGLE , HYGEIA , PANAKEIA , AKESO (by Epione ) (Suidas s.v. Epione) [3.1] ARATOS (by Aristodama) (Pausanias 2.10.2) ENCYCLOPEDIA AESCULA′PIUS (Asklêpios), the god of the medical art. In the Homeric poems Aesculapius does not appear to be considered as a divinity, but merely as a human being, which is indicated by the adjective amumôn, which is never given to a god. No allusion is made to his descent, and he is merely mentioned as the iêtêr amumôn, and the father of Machaon and Podaleirius. (Il. ii. 731, iv. 194, xi. 518.) From the fact that Homer (Od. iv. 232) calls all those who practise the healing art descendants of Paeëon, and that Podaleirius and Machaon are called the sons of Aesculapius, it has been inferred, that Aesculapius and Paeëon are the same being, and consequently a divinity. But wherever Homer mentions the healing god, it is always Paeëon, and never Aesculapius; and as in the poet's opinion all physicians were descended from Paeëon, he probably considered Aesculapius in the same light. This supposition is corroborated by the fact, that in later times Paeëon was identified with Apollo, and that Aesculapius is universally described as a descendant of Apollo. The two sons of Aesculapius in the Iliad, were the physicians in the Greek army, and are described as ruling over Tricca, Ithome, and Oechalia. (Il. ii. 729.) According to Eustathius (ad Hom. p. 330), Lapithes was a son of Apollo and Stilbe, and Aesculapius was a descendant of Lapithes. This tradition seems to be based on the same groundwork as the more common one, that Aesculapius was a son of Apollo and Coronis, the daughter of Phlegyas, who is a descendant of Lapithes. (Apollod. iii. 10. § 3; Pind. Pyth. iii. 14, with the Schol.) The common story then goes on as follows. When Coronis was with child by Apollo, she became enamoured with Ischys, an Arcadian, and Apollo informed of this by a raven, which he had set to watch her, or, according to Pindar, by his own prop


Where is the headquarters of the International Red Cross?

Contact | International Committee of the Red Cross International Committee of the Red Cross International Committee of the Red Cross 19 Avenue de la paix 1202 Geneva Fax: +41 22 733 20 57 Contact us How do I get there? Appia bus stop: Bus 8, F, V or Z Deputy Head of Public Relations Anastasia Isyuk Western Africa, North Africa / Sahel, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, CAR Elodie Schindler Horn of Africa, Southern Africa, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon Elodie Schindler Near and Middle East (Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq) Krista Armstrong Near and Middle East (Egypt, IL/OT, Iran, Yemen), HCiD Louise Taylor North America, Latin America & the Caribbean Yuriy Shafarenko Audiovisual news producer / AV News Audiovisual news producer / AV News Contact Frequently Asked Questions Find the answers to frequently asked questions about donating to the ICRC, including where your money goes, earmarking, online donations, tax and privacy. How can I be sure my payment has been accepted? If you entered a valid email address, you will receive a message confirming your donation. If you don't receive an email within about 15 minutes, please contact us to request a confirmation of your donation. I have a "No advertising" sticker on my mailbox. Why am I still getting your mailings? The Swiss postal service allows many non-profit organizations to distribute non-commercial post, even to mailboxes with the "No advertising" sticker. This is the case for the ICRC. Mailings are an important way for us to raise awareness of our work. We usually receive a positive response from recipients. But if you've made a donation to the ICRC and would prefer not to receive post from us, that is not a problem. Please contact our supporter care team and they'll take care of it. How can I volunteer for the ICRC? The ICRC does not take on volunteers, but we encourage you to contact your country's National Society for opportunities to volunteer for them. You may also be interested in volunteering for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies . Please visit our jobs page for information about current vacancies. Does the ICRC accept donations in kind (clothing, food, water, etc.)? Unfortunately, we cannot accept donations in kind, be they medicines or any other items. Assistance programmes are highly complex operations. All products must meet very precise quality standards and be suitable for the location and environment where they'll be used. Moreover, it would require substantial resources to sort, store and transport items received in kind. We suggest you contact your country's National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society instead. They often have a system for collecting donated items and distributing them locally.


"Who plays Mrs. Smith opposite Brad Pitt in the movie ""Mr. and Mrs. Smith""?"

'Mr. & Mrs. Smith': The Movie That Launched America's Obsession With Brangelina 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith': The Movie That Launched America's Obsession With Brangelina Share By Gwynne Watkins, Yahoo Movies UPDATE: In August 2014, when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt announced their marriage , Yahoo Movies posted the article below on the making of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith,’ the movie that brought them together. Now, as news breaks in Sept. 2016 that Jolie has filed for divorce , it’s a timely read once again. ORIGINAL POST (AUG. 28, 2014): It could have been a different couple entirely. Before Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were cast in 2005’s sexy action flick Mr. & Mrs. Smith, director Doug Liman contemplated a number of devastatingly attractive pairings: Will Smith and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Johnny Depp and Cate Blanchett. Briefly, Liman contemplated casting Brad Pitt opposite his ex-fiancee Gwyneth Paltrow, but decided it would be unfair to put Pitt in “a situation where he’s going to have to relive the demons of a relationship.” Little did Liman know what kinds of demons he’d be summoning when he cast Hollywood’s wild child Angelina Jolie (his second pick, after Nicole Kidman dropped out) opposite Tinseltown golden boy Brad Pitt. An already-troubled production was soon swarmed by paparazzi, with the movie itself dwarfed by the scandal of a rumored love affair. And yet, Mr. & Mrs. Smith proved to be a huge hit — it grossed nearly $200 million in the U.S. alone — and the combustible pairing of Pitt and Jolie settled into a stable, long-term relationship. Upon the announcement of Brad and Angelina’s long-awaited marriage, let us look back on the film that created Brangelina, Mr. and Mrs Smith. [Ed. note: Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt on Sept. 20, 2016. ]  Screenwriter Simon Kinberg once described Mr. & Mrs. Smith as “a romantic comedy pretending to be an action film.” Films that defy easy genre classification can be a tough sell, and the fact that this one was made owes some credit to Pitt himself. It was Nicole Kidman who sent it to Pitt, and Pitt who sent it to Liman. The film was greenlit with those two stars and director in place, but Kidman dropped out when her film Stepford Wives went over schedule. Pitt followed, leaving Liman to frantically brainstorm other couples. When Jolie was cast, his original leading man returned. Both Pitt and Jolie were big stars —an Oscar nominee and an Oscar winner, respectively. But Jolie was not the glamorous, humanitarian Earth mother she’s perceived as today. She was known for giving deliberately shocking interviews about her bisexuality and love of knives; for kissing her brother on the lips at the Academy Awards; for wearing a vial of Billy Bob Thornton’s blood around her neck; and for impulsively (as the press would have it) adopting a Cambodian child in 2002. Her previous roles had included dark dramas (Girl, Interrupted), dark thrillers (The Bone Collector) and a darker-than-the-norm action franchise (the Lara Croft films). Mr. & Mrs. Smith was the closest she’d come to being cast in a normal romantic comedy. Pitt, on the other hand, was as idealized as a Ken doll. A Midwestern boy who worked his way up the Hollywood ladder (unlike second-generation star Jolie), he was a reliable box office draw, a heartthrob with enough raw talent to sell odd movies like Fight Club and Twelve Monkeys, and the husband of America’s sweetheart. He and Jennifer Aniston were the world’s most popular celebrity couple; at the time Mr. and Mrs. Smith began shooting, Friends had just wrapped, and magazine readers eagerly awaited the perfect Brad-and-Jen offspring. The scandalous narrative of Pitt and Jolie’s romance, which would come to define Mr. & Mrs. Smith, was already falling into place. But that wasn’t the biggest challenge on the Mr. and Mrs. Smith set – at least, not at first. Doug Liman, having followed his indie hits Swingers and Go with the blockbuster The Bourne Identity, was already gaining a reputation as a difficult, mercurial director. The production was plagued with his expensive do-overs. Liman sh


When Lieut Thomas E Selfridge became the first death in a crash of a powered airplane in 1908, who was the pilot?

Thomas Etholen Selfridge (1882 - 1908) - Genealogy Thomas Etholen Selfridge San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Death: in Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA Cause of death: 1st person to die in a powered plane crash, the plane piloted by Orville Wright Place of Burial: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922 Text: ... action. A try for a longer flight will be made today. "Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge. who was killed at Ft. Myer was to have charge of ... Publication: Compilation of Published Sources Text: "...officer Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge, and inflicting shocking injuries on the talented inventor, Orville Wright. That the disaster sho... Date: Feb 8 1882 - San Francisco Death: Sep 17 1908 - Fort Myer, Virginia Burial: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/thomaset.htm Thomas Etholen Selfridge (February 8, 1882 – September 17, 1908) was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in a crash of a powered airplane. He was a passenger while Orville Wright was piloting the aircraft.[1] Selfridge was born on February 8, 1882 in San Francisco, California. He was the grandson of Rear Admiral Thomas Oliver Selfridge Sr. He graduated from West Point in 1903 and received his commission in the United States Army Field Artillery Corps. He was 31st in a class of 96; Douglas MacArthur was first. In 1906 Selfridge, a native San Franciscan, was stationed at the Presidio during the great earthquake in April. His unit participated in search and rescue as well as clean up. In 1907 he was assigned to the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps at Fort Myer, Virginia. There, he was one of three pilots trained to fly the Army Dirigible Number One, purchased in July, 1908 from Thomas Scott Baldwin. He was also the United States government representative to the Aerial Experiment Association, which was chaired by Alexander Graham Bell, and became its first secretary. Selfridge took his first flight on December 6, 1907, on Alexander Graham Bell's tetrahedral kite, the Cygnet, made of 3,393 winged cells. It took him 168 feet (51 m) in the air above Bras d'Or Lake in Nova Scotia, Canada, and flew for seven minutes. This was the first recorded flight carrying a passenger of any heavier-than-air craft in Canada. He also flew a craft built by a Canadian engineer, Frederick W. Baldwin, that flew three feet off the ground for about 100 feet. Selfridge designed Red Wing, the Aerial Experiment Association's first powered aircraft. On March 12, 1908, the Red Wing, piloted by Frederick W. Baldwin, raced over the frozen surface of Keuka Lake near Hammondsport, New York, on runners and actually flew 318 feet, 11 inches (97.2 m), before crashing. Red Wing was destroyed in a crash on its second flight on March 17, 1908, and only the engine could be salvaged. In August 1908, Selfridge, along with Lieutenants Frank P. Lahm and Benjamin Foulois, was instructed in flying a dirigible purchased by the US Army in July. The dirigible was scheduled to fly from Fort Omaha, Nebraska, to exhibitions at the Missouri State Fair in St. Joseph, Missouri, with Foulois and Selfridge as the pilots. However, the Army had also tentatively agreed to purchase an airplane from the Wright Brothers and had scheduled the acceptance trials in September. Selfridge, with an interest in both heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air ships, obtained an appointment and traveled to Fort Myer, Virginia. When Orville Wright came to Fort Myer to demonstrate the Wright Flyer for the US Army Signal Corps division, Selfridge arranged to be a passenger while Orville piloted the craft. On September 17, 1908, the Wright Flyer circled Fort Myer 4½ times at 150 feet (46 m). Halfway through the fifth circuit, the right propeller broke, losing thrust. This set up a vibration, causing the split propeller to hit a guy wire bracing the rear vertical rudder. The wire tore out of its fastening and shattered the propeller; the rudder swiveled to the horizontal and sent the Flyer into a nose-dive. Orville shut off the engine and managed to glide to about 75 feet (


"In 1988, what was marketed as ""the game for your whole brain""?"

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The natural habitat of penguins is centred where?

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Dick Francis wrote novels based in what environment?

Dick Francis obituary | Sport | The Guardian Dick Francis obituary Champion jockey who became a bestselling thriller writer Dick Francis with Fard Du Moulin Mas, in Lambourn, Berkshire, 2004 Photograph: Rex Features Sunday 14 February 2010 11.53 EST First published on Sunday 14 February 2010 11.53 EST Share on Messenger Close Dick Francis, who has died aged 89, was a unique figure, a champion steeplechase jockey who, without any previous apparent literary bent, became an international bestselling writer, the author of 42 crime novels, selling more than 60m copies in 35 languages. Right from the start, with Dead Cert in 1962, the Dick Francis thriller showed a mastery of lean, witty genre prose reminiscent – sometimes to the point of comic parody – of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It was an American style that many clever people in England had attempted to reproduce without much success, and it was a wonder how a barely educated former jump jockey was able to do the trick with such effortless ease. People said his highly educated wife wrote the books for him. It was a mystery that was never satisfactorily solved. The most dramatic incident in his racing career was also a mystery. In the Grand National at Aintree in 1956, his mount Devon Loch, the Queen Mother's horse trained by Peter Cazalet, had jumped all the fences and, well ahead, only 50 yards from the finish, without another horse near him, suddenly collapsed and was unable to continue. Some said the horse had attempted to jump an imaginary fence; another theory, put up years later by Bill Braddon, Cazalet's head lad, was that the girth was too tight and the horse suddenly let loose an enormous fart. Braddon said he had tightened the girth just before the off, "one notch up and another for luck", without realising that Cazalet had already done it in the saddling enclosure. There was no question of Francis, like a crooked jockey out of one of his own books, having pulled the horse. It had been his great dream since he was a lad of eight in 1928 and listened to the Grand National on the radio as Tipperary Tim won at 100-1, to be a steeplechase jockey and win that ultimate prize. Ironically, Devon Loch's melodramatic collapse in front of a roaring crowd cheering him to the finish has ensured Francis a place in the history of the race he would not have had if he had been merely another winner. Francis was champion jockey in the 1953-54 season. He rode the Queen's horses for Cazalet, the royal trainer, from 1953 until 1957. Some said he always rode like an amateur, and failed to have a really strong finish. He had indeed started as an amateur, going professional in 1948, but he was a masterful rider and a perfect size for a jump jockey, 5ft 8in and 10 stone. Only the great Fred Winter was a better chase jockey. In 1957 the Queen Mother sacked him. The Marquess of Abergavenny, racing administrator and friend of the Queen Mother, summoned Francis to his flat near Hyde Park and told him it was time to stop racing. He suggested that Francis had suffered too many injuries in falls – he had dislocated his shoulder so many times that he had to be permanently strapped for the rest of his life – and should quit while he was ahead. Francis was shattered by this oblique dismissal by the Queen Mother, for whom he had a rather old-fashioned reverence. He asked what he was to do for a living. The Marquess said something always turned up. Francis had wept when Devon Loch fell and he wept again, walking away through Hyde Park. "I nearly flung myself into the Serpentine, I was so depressed," he said, years later. He wrote a racing column for the Sunday Express, but it paid only £20 a week, not bad for newspapers at the time but far less than he was used to earning. He said his wife, Mary, always read the copy before he delivered it on a Friday, and there was a story at the Express that once when she was ill he was unable to write the column and had to have it ghosted. Other Express men said this was untrue. Francis was not a particularly good tipster, but he was rather brave in


bell-tower - definition and meaning bell-tower Definitions from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia n. A tower of any kind built to contain one or more bells. See cut under campanile. Etymologies Sorry, no etymologies found. Examples While Art Of Noise celebrates the Midlands' cultural heritage of heavy metal, reggae, punk and bhangra, Easterby adapts the numinous aura of the bell-tower carillon to the enchanting possibilities activated by hi-tech electronic sensors set within the primal spookiness of a darkened room. This week's new exhibitions When she finished praying, she found money on the altar and was able to commence building again. 50 Adelhausen's Sister-Book indicates that the choir walls were painted. 51 In addition to the church with its choir, the cloister had a bell-tower, a dormitory, cells, corn buildings, cellars, and other buildings, all of which were damaged in the fire of 1410.


L. Ron Hubbard is known as the founder of what movement?

An Introduction to L. Ron Hubbard There are only two tests of a life well lived, L. Ron Hubbard once remarked: Did one do as one intended? And were people glad one lived? In testament to the first stands the full body of his life’s work, including the more than ten thousand authored works and three thousand tape-recorded lectures of Dianetics and Scientology. In evidence of the second are the hundreds of millions whose lives have been demonstrably bettered because he lived. They are the generations of students now reading superlatively, owing to L. Ron Hubbard’s educational discoveries ; they are the millions more freed from the lure of substance abuse through L. Ron Hubbard’s breakthroughs in drug rehabilitation ; still more touched by his common sense moral code; and many millions more again who hold his work as the spiritual cornerstone of their lives. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF L. RON HUBBARD The following chronology presents the milestone events along the many avenues L. Ron Hubbard walked—as an adventurer, explorer, author, philosopher and all else that led him to truthfully declare: “I have lived no cloistered life and hold in contempt the wise man who has not lived and the scholar who will not share.” “I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.” HUMANITARIAN Notwithstanding this century’s array of technological wonders—in medicine, transportation, nuclear energy and electronic communications—we live in a seriously troubled society. Under the triple onslaught of drug abuse, criminality and declining morals much of this world has truly become a wasteland...


Who was the sister of film actress Joan Fontaine?

Joan Fontaine - Biography - IMDb Joan Fontaine Biography Showing all 81 items Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (4) | Trade Mark  (1) | Trivia  (53) | Personal Quotes  (18) Overview (4) Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Mini Bio (1) Born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland on October 22, 1917, in Tokyo, Japan, in what was known as the International Settlement. Her father was a British patent attorney with a lucrative practice in Japan, but due to Joan and older sister Olivia de Havilland 's recurring ailments the family moved to California in the hopes of improving their health. Mrs. de Havilland and the two girls settled in Saratoga while their father went back to his practice in Japan. Joan's parents did not get along well and divorced soon afterward. Mrs. de Havilland had a desire to be an actress but her dreams were curtailed when she married, but now she hoped to pass on her dream to Olivia and Joan. While Olivia pursued a stage career, Joan went back to Tokyo, where she attended the American School. In 1934 she came back to California, where her sister was already making a name for herself on the stage. Joan likewise joined a theater group in San Jose and then Los Angeles to try her luck there. After moving to L.A., Joan adopted the name of Joan Burfield because she didn't want to infringe upon Olivia, who was using the family surname. She tested at MGM and gained a small role in No More Ladies (1935), but she was scarcely noticed and Joan was idle for a year and a half. During this time she roomed with Olivia, who was having much more success in films. In 1937, this time calling herself Joan Fontaine, she landed a better role as Trudy Olson in You Can't Beat Love (1937) and then an uncredited part in Quality Street (1937). Although the next two years saw her in better roles, she still yearned for something better. In 1940 she garnered her first Academy Award nomination for Rebecca (1940). Although she thought she should have won, (she lost out to Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle (1940)), she was now an established member of the Hollywood set. She would again be Oscar-nominated for her role as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth in Suspicion (1941), and this time she won. Joan was making one film a year but choosing her roles well. In 1942 she starred in the well-received This Above All (1942). The following year she appeared in The Constant Nymph (1943). Once again she was nominated for the Oscar, she lost out to Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette (1943). By now it was safe to say she was more famous than her older sister and more fine films followed. In 1948, she accepted second billing to Bing Crosby in The Emperor Waltz (1948). Joan took the year of 1949 off before coming back in 1950 with September Affair (1950) and Born to Be Bad (1950). In 1951 she starred in Paramount's Darling, How Could You! (1951), which turned out badly for both her and the studio and more weak productions followed. Absent from the big screen for a while, she took parts in television and dinner theaters. She also starred in many well-produced Broadway plays such as Forty Carats and The Lion in Winter. Her last appearance on the big screen was The Witches (1966) and her final appearance before the cameras was Good King Wenceslas (1994). She is, without a doubt, a lasting movie icon. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Denny Jackson Spouse (4) Often played delicate women put through emotional turmoil Trivia (53) Younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland Daughter of film and stage actress Lilian Fontaine . Joked that the musical comedy A Damsel in Distress (1937) set her career back four years. At the premiere, a woman sitting behind her loudly exclaimed, "Isn't she awful!" during Fontaine's onscreen attempt at dancing. Attended Oak Street School in Saratoga, California. Gave birth to her only child at age 31, a daughter Deborah Leslie Dozier (aka Debbie Dozier ) on November 5, 1948. Child's father is her 2nd ex-husband, William Dozier . She was a licensed pilot, champion balloonist, expert rider, prize-winning tuna fisherman,


What is the highest national capital city?

Highest Cities in the World Highest Cities in the World Highest Cities in the World These Cities Are Located at Extreme Elevations The shantytown mining camp of La Rinconada, Peru - the world's highest city has a population of more than 30,000.  Johnny Haglund/Getty Images Share By Matt Rosenberg It has been estimated that about 400 million people live at elevations above 4900 feet (1500 meters) and that 140 million people live at elevations above 8200 feet (2500 meters). Physical Adaptations to Live That High At these high altitudes, the human body must adapt to the decreased levels of oxygen. Native populations living at the highest altitudes in the Himalaya and Andes mountain ranges tend to have larger lung capacity than lowlanders. There are physiological adaptations from birth that higher elevation cultures experience that tends to lead to longer, healthier lives. Some of the world's oldest people live at high altitudes and scientists have determined that high-altitude life results in better cardiovascular health and a lower incidence of stroke and cancers. Interestingly, a 12,400 year-old settlement in the Andes was discovered  at an elevation of 14,700 feet (4500 meters), demonstrating that humans settled at high elevations within about 2000 years of arriving on the South American continent. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World Scientists will certainly continue to study the impacts of high elevations on the human body and how humans have adapted to elevation extremes on our planet. The World's Highest City The highest, most notable true "city" is the mining town of La Rinconada , Peru. The community sits high in the Andes at an elevation of 16,700 feet (5100 meters) above sea level and is home to a gold rush population of somewhere around 30,000 to 50,000 people. The elevation of La Rinconada is higher than the highest peak  in the lower 48 states of the United States (Mt. Whitney). National Geographic published an article in 2009 about La Rinconada and the challenges of life at such a high elevation and in such squalor.  The World's Highest Capital and Large Urban Area La Paz is the capital of Bolivia and sits at a very high elevation - about 11,975 feet (3650 meters) above sea level. La Paz is the highest capital city on the planet, beating Quito, Ecuador for the honor by 2000 feet (800 meters). The greater La Paz metropolitan area is home to more than 2.3 million people who live at a very high altitude. To the west of La Paz is the city of El Alto ("the heights" in Spanish), which is truly the world's highest large city.  El Alto is home to about 1.2 million people and is the home of the El Alto International Airport, which serves the greater La Paz metropolitan area.  Five Highest Settlements on Earth Wikipedia provides a  listing  of what are believed to be the five highest settlements on the planet... 1. La Rinconada, Peru - 16,700 feet (5100 meters) - gold rush town in the Andes 2. Wenquan, Tibet, China - 15,980 feet (4870 meters) - a very small settlement on a mountain pass in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.  3. Lungring, Tibet, China - 15,535 feet (4735 meters) - a hamlet among pastoral plains and rugged terrain 4. Yanshiping, Tibet, China - 15,490 feet (4720 meters) - a very small town 5. Amdo, Tibet, China - 15,450 feet (4710 meters) - another small town Highest Cities in the United States By contract, the highest incorporated city in the United States is Leadville , Colorado at a mere altitude of 3,094 meters (10,152 feet). Colorado's capital city of Denver is known as the "Mile High City" because it officially sits at an elevation of 5280 feet (1610 meters); however, compared to La Paz or La Rinconada, Denver is in the lowlands.


Sirius is Dog Star and brightest star | Brightest Stars | EarthSky Sirius is Dog Star and brightest star By Deborah Byrd in Brightest Stars | Science Wire | February 10, 2016 Sirius – in the constellation Canis Major the Greater Dog – is the sky’s brightest star.  It’s very easy to spot on winter and spring evenings. The star Sirius and the nearby star cluster M41 caught on January 2, 2016 in Weatherly, Pennsylvania. Photo by Tom Wildoner at LeisurelyScientist.com The brightest star visible from any part of Earth is Sirius in the constellation Canis Major the Greater Dog. Sirius is sometimes called the Dog Star. Follow the links below to learn more about Sirius, the Dog Star and brightest star. The Greater Dog looking super cute in this photo Tom Wildoner ! Brightest star is Sirius. Orion’s Belt points to Sirius How to see Sirius. Most people in the Northern Hemisphere notice Sirius in the southeast – south – or southwest on evenings from winter to mid-spring. February evenings are a grand time to see it. It’s also fun to spot Sirius as it ascends in the east before dawn on late summer mornings. Whenever you see Sirius, you’ll recognize it easily because it is our sky’s brightest star. Although white to blue white in color, Sirius might be called a rainbow star, as it often flickers with many colors. The brightness, twinkling and color changes sometimes prompt first-time observers to report Sirius as a UFO. But these changes have nothing to do with Sirius. Rather, they are what happens when such a bright star as Sirius shines through the blanket of Earth’s atmosphere. The light from Sirius, which often appears fairly low in the sky from the mid-north latitudes, passes through a long column of air before it reaches our eyes. Changes in density and temperature of this air affect the light and cause the flickering and shimmering we see when we gaze at this star. This happens for other stars, too, but it is more noticeable for Sirius because it is so bright, and because it appears low in the sky. From the mid-northern latitudes such as most of the U.S., Sirius rises in the southeast, arcs across the southern sky, and sets in the southwest. In December, you’ll find Sirius rising in mid-evening. By mid-April, Sirius is setting in the southwest in mid-evening. Sirius is always easy to find. It’s the sky’s brightest star! Plus, anyone familiar with the constellation Orion can simply draw a line through Orion’s Belt, to the left. This line will point to Sirius, which is roughly 8 times as far from the Belt as the Belt is wide. The Egyptian god Osiris History and mythology of Sirius. Sirius is also well known as the Dog Star, because it is the chief star in the constellation Canis Major, the Big Dog. Have you ever heard anyone speak of the dog days of summer? Sirius is behind the sun as seen from Earth in Northern Hemisphere summer. In late summer, it appears in the east before sunrise – near the sun in our sky. The early stargazers might have imagined that the double-whammy of Sirius and the sun caused the hot weather, or dog days. Sirius has been known since ancient times, and its name signified its nature as “scorching” or “sparkling.” It was associated with the Egyptian god Osiris and other gods. Ancient Egyptians noted that Sirius rose just before the sun each year immediately prior to the annual flooding of the Nile River. Although the floods could bring destruction, they also brought new soil and new life. Fittingly, Osiris, whom Sirius may have represented, was a god of life, death, fertility and rebirth of plant life along the Nile. In India, Sirius is sometimes known as Svana, the dog of Prince Yudhistira. The prince and his four brothers, along with Svana, set out on a long and arduous journey to find the kingdom of heaven. However, one by one the brothers all abandoned the search until only Yudhistira and Svana were left. At long last they came to the gates of heaven. The gatekeeper, Lord Indra, welcomed the prince but denied Svana entrance. Yudhistira was aghast and told Lord Indra that he could not forsake his good


Which book by Sir Thomas More, his view of an ideal society with community ownership, was written in Latin in 1516 and translated into English in 1551?

About Utopia and Utopian Literature About Utopia and Utopian Literature    Bookmark this page    Manage My Reading List Historical Background Utopia has a quality of universality, as revealed by the fact that it has fascinated readers of five centuries, has influenced countless writers, and has invited imitation by scores of "Utopianists." Still, however, an examination of the period of which it was the product is necessary in order to view the work in depth. Remembering that Utopia was published in 1516, we need to recall what some of the major events associated with that era were, who More's great contemporaries were, and what were the principal ideas and drives that framed the cultural patterns of that brilliant era, the Renaissance. The publication of Utopia followed Columbus's first voyage to America by only 24 years. Utopia preceded by just one year Luther's publication of the Ninety-five Theses that fomented the Protestant Reformation. Michelangelo had completed his four years' labor on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512. Henry VIII had recently come to the throne of England (1509), was still married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and was being guided in his government by Cardinal Wolsey as his Lord Chancellor. Some of the principal literary figures of More's generation were Erasmus, Ariosto, Machiavelli, and Castiglione, along with More himself. One of the great periods in Western art was in full swing with Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian heading a long list. The chief explorers in the first decades after Columbus were Vasco da Gama, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci, and Balboa. The Renaissance age has been styled "this brave new world" by many historians, viewing it as a radically new and brilliant development in Western civilization. That view, however, is not universal, some scholars quarreling with the claim that it was new, representing a great change from the late Middle Ages, and other scholars doubting its brilliance. Debate seems perpetual over the nature and the importance of the Renaissance; nevertheless, it can scarcely be denied that the outlook and the life style of Western people were greatly affected by certain achievements of the period; namely, the invention of printing, the development of gunpowder, and the improvement of navigational instruments and ship designs. Somewhat later than those developments, but still important contributions of the Renaissance, were the Copernican revolution in astronomy and the development of the telescope by Galileo. All of these factors not only produced substantial changes in people's lives, but they also generated a charged atmosphere of excitement and curiosity throughout Europe. The "classical revival" was at the center of the intellectual and artistic agitation of the age. It involved a realization — or rediscovery — that a very great civilization had flourished in ancient Greece and Rome and a conviction that conscientious study and imitation of that civilization offered the key to new greatness. The Renaissance artists studied ancient works of architecture and sculpture, not only for their form and technique but also for their spirit. Renaissance scholars came to appreciate the literature of the ancients as a storehouse of wisdom and eloquence, and through their study they acquired attitudes and developed tastes of enormous value: to challenge dogma, to recognize the authority of nature, and to regard living a full life in "this world" as an opportunity and an obligation. They came to believe in their right to accept and enjoy physical beauty and the whole sensory world. Finally they acquired a sense of the worth of the individual and of the dignity of man. Growing gradually out of these concepts came the philosophy of "humanism" and the magnificent achievements in the fine arts. The religious history of the period is a dramatic one. Christianity, which for more than a thousand years had been represented throughout all of Western Europe by one church, the Roman Catholic Church, experienced a tremendous upheaval during the 1


Near what French town did Marie-Bernarde (Bernadette) Soubirous reportedly see visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858?

Virgin Mary appears to St. Bernadette - Feb 11, 1858 - HISTORY.com Virgin Mary appears to St. Bernadette Share this: Virgin Mary appears to St. Bernadette Author Virgin Mary appears to St. Bernadette URL Publisher A+E Networks In southern France, Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, a 14-year-old French peasant girl, first claims to have seen the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ and a central figure in the Roman Catholic religion. The apparitions, which totaled 18 before the end of the year, occurred in a grotto of a rock promontory near Lourdes, France. Marie explained that the Virgin Mary revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, asked that a chapel be built on the site of the vision, and told the girl to drink from a fountain in the grotto, which Marie subsequently discovered by digging into the earth. The concept of the Immaculate Conception, in which the Virgin Mary is regarded free from original sin from the moment of her conception, had been accepted just four years previous by Pope Pius IX. Marie’s claims garnered widespread attention, but skeptical church authorities subjected her to severe examinations and refused to accept her visions. After years of mistreatment at the hands of the authorities and the curious public, she was finally allowed to enter the convent of Notre-Dame de Nevers, where she spent her remaining years in prayer and seclusion. She died of ill heath at the age of 35. The sight of her manifestations subsequently became the most famous modern shrine of the Virgin Mary, and in 1933 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous was canonized as St. Bernadette by the Roman Catholic Church. Today, millions travel to Lourdes every year to visit St. Bernadette’s grotto, whose waters supposedly have curative powers. Related Videos


Who designed the wedding dress for the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer to Charles, Prince of Wales?

Princess Diana's Wedding Dress Handed Down To William And Harry | The Huffington Post Princess Diana's Wedding Dress Handed Down To William And Harry 09/03/2014 01:22 pm ET | Updated Sep 03, 2014 460 Emily Thomas Associate Editor, Huffington Post Weird News AFP via Getty Images Princess Diana had a big present in store for her son Prince Harry’s 30th birthday: her wedding dress. As stipulated in the late princess' will, the iconic gown will officially be inherited by both of Diana's sons -- Prince William gets to share -- on Harry's big day, Sept. 15, TODAY reports. Then-Lady Diana Spencer wore the stunning ivory silk and taffeta lace gown , designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, during her 1981 nuptials to Prince Charles. The royal couple recited their vows at St. Paul's Cathedral in London in front of hundreds of millions who tuned in to watch on TV. The Victorian style dress, which was hand-embroidered with over 10,000 tiny mother-of-pearl sequins and pearls, boasted a 25-foot-long train -- the longest in royal history, according to the National Constitution Center. Needless to say, the dress became an instant legend. It has recently been on a tour around the world and was regularly displayed at her family's estate, Althorp, in Northampton, while in Diana's brother's possession. Women's Day reports there's a hope the princes will put it back on display at Kensington Palace in London, where Diana lived. Both Prince William and Prince Harry will also inherit other items from the estate of their mother, who died in a car crash in 1997, including personal photos, letters, and jewels. The score and lyrics to Elton John’s adapted version of “Candle in the Wind,” which was performed at her funeral, will also be handed down. Keep in touch! Check out HuffPost Weddings on Facebook , Twitter and Pinterest . Related on HuffPost: Getty Images Prince Charles (L) and his brother Prince Andrew, who is the best-man, arrive at St. Paul's Cathedral. Getty Images Nancy Reagan, wife of the American President, leaves Winfield House (residence of the Ambassador) for St Paul's Cathedral for Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding. Getty Images Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip ride in the semi-state coach to St Paul's Cathedral. Getty Images The Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie blesses Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana during the marriage service in St Paul's Cathedral. Getty Images Getty Images Getty Images Charles, Prince of Wales, bows and his bride, Lady Diana, curtsies to Queen Elizabeth as they leave St Paul's Cathedral. Getty Images Charles, Prince of Wales, and bride, Lady Diana, wave the crowd in coach as they pass through Fleet Street. Getty Images Getty Images Charles, Prince of Wales, and bride, Lady Diana, wave the crowd in coach as they pass through Fleet Street after their wedding. Getty Images A group of American's from North Carolina's have a front row position in Fleet Street. Getty Images An official family photo taken on 29 July 1981, the wedding day of Prince Charles (C-R) and Lady Diana (C-L), the Princess of Wales. Back Row, from L - R: Mark Phillips, Prince Andrew, Viscount Linley, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, the Princely Couple, Ruth, Lady Fermoy (the bride's grandmother), Lady Jane Fellowes (the bride's sister), Viscount Althorp (Diana's brother) and Robert Fellowes. Center row, from L - R: Princess Anne, Princess Margaret, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, India Hicks, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Mrs. Shand Kydd (Diana's mother) Count Spencer, Lady Sarah McCorquedale (Diana's sister), Neil McCorquedale. Front row: ushers and bridesmaids. Getty Images


"From which sport do we get the expression ""Thrown a curve ball""?"

Throw a curve - Idioms by The Free Dictionary Throw a curve - Idioms by The Free Dictionary http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/throw+a+curve throw someone a curve   1. Lit. to pitch a curveball to someone in baseball. (See pitch someone a curve(ball).) The pitcher threw John a curve, and John swung wildly against thin air. During that game, the pitcher threw everyone a curve at least once. 2. Fig. to confuse someone by doing something tricky or unexpected. When you said "house" you threw me a curve. The password was supposed to be "home." John threw me a curve when we were making our presentation, and I forgot my speech. throw somebody a curve also throw a curve at somebody to surprise someone with a problem or something unexpected Bill threw me a curve by asking me to go to the theater with him instead of a hockey game. Usage notes: also used in the form throw someone a curveball Etymology: from the curve in baseball (a type of throw to the person at bat that does not travel in a direct route ) throw (somebody) a curve (ball)   (American & Australian informal) to surprise someone with something that is difficult or unpleasant to deal with The weather threw a curve at their barbecue and they had to eat indoors.


As of 2009, who is the only winner of a Formula One Drivers' championship to do so in a car bearing his own name?

stumbleupon Email Comment Many of us like to think we have some sort of driving skill or capability similar to a race car driver. Swerving to avoid obstacles, holding a perfect turn on the on-ramp or accelerating past traffic can make us feel like an Formula One racer. The unfortunate news is that despite those paddle-shifters, the after-market spoiler on the car and the fact you finished first around the Nürburgring on Gran Turismo 5 last night, the vast majority of us do not have and never will have the driving abilities of someone like Lewis Hamilton , Felipe Massa or Fernando Alonso . Formula One drivers must laugh in the face of the statistic that says you are more likely to be seriously injured or killed in a car crash than a plane crash. For around an hour and half, they handle speeds in excess of 200 mph, multiple g-forces straining their limbs and necks and have cat-like reflexes to maneuver around other cars. To add a further challenge, all of this is done in a variety of weather, including extreme heat and rain. This is definitely not like your usual 60 mph commute to work. Over the years, 32 drivers have been killed during the Formula One World Championship. This figure excludes deaths during test drives and non-championship races. If those are included, the figure rises to 49. If it’s so dangerous, why do people do this? The money is good. Formula One drivers can make millions and the yearly salary of the top drivers can easily get into the tens of millions. Yet, money doesn’t seem to be the prime motivation. Drivers appear to be fueled not by money, but by a desire to push the limits of themselves and their cars even if it means death or disfigurement. This characteristic has created memorable moments and legendary figures. These are ten of the most successful drivers in Formula One history – with race wins used as the tie-breaker. 10. Fernando Alonso, 2 Drivers’ Championships Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports Images Currently a driver for Scuderia Ferrari, Alonso made his mark in Formula One with Renault F1. It was with the French constructor that Alonso claimed his two Drivers’ Championships in 2005 and 2006, snapping the five consecutive win streak of Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher . At the time, the wins made him the youngest Formula One Champion and double Champion. In addition to his two titles, the Spaniard has claimed 32 race wins, 95 podiums, 22 pole positions and 1,606 career points. His career points tally stands as a Formula One record. Following his success with Renault, Alonso moved to McLaren in 2007 before returning to Renault for the next two seasons. Since 2010, Alonso has driven for Scuderia Ferrari. 9. Jack Brabham, 3 Drivers’ Championships Brabham started his racing career in 1948 in Australia and New Zealand. It was not until he joined the Cooper Car Company’s racing team that his Formula One career took off. The Australian won his first two Drivers’ Championships in 1959 and 1960. Taking what he learned about building and racing cars at Cooper, Brabham created his own company, named after himself, in 1962. He won the 1966 Drivers’ Championship which remains the only time a driver has won the title while driving a car bearing their name. Over his career he claimed 14 wins, 31 podiums and 13 pole positions from 128 races. At 87, he remains the oldest surviving Formula One Champion. 8. Nelson Piquet, 3 Drivers’ Championships Piquet started his career in Formula One in 1978. After racing for Ensign and McLaren, Piquet joined Niki Lauda at the Brabham team. With Brabham, the Brazilian claimed the Drivers’ Championship in 1981 and 1983. After finishing 5th and 8th over the 1984 and 1985 seasons, he moved to Williams in 1986. Piquet claimed his 3rd and final Driver’s Championship the following year. Stints at Lotus and Benetton were less successful, with a 3rd place finish in 1990 being the best result achieved. Over his career, Piquet recorded 23 wins, 60 podiums and 24 pole positions. Apart from Formula One, Piquet also took part in the Indy 500 and numerous endurance races including the 24 Hour