Who wrote the music for the 1993 film The Piano?

The Piano (1993) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A mute woman is sent to 1850s New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 27 titles created 05 Sep 2011 a list of 27 titles created 03 Mar 2013 a list of 47 titles created 18 Nov 2014 a list of 24 titles created 09 Apr 2015 a list of 23 titles created 18 Sep 2015 Search for " The Piano " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     3     Oscars. Another    57 wins & 42 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline It is the mid-nineteenth century. Ada is a mute who has a young daughter, Flora. In an arranged marriage she leaves her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano. Life in the rugged forests of New Zealand's North Island is not all she may have imagined and nor is her relationship with her new husband Stewart. She suffers torment and loss when Stewart sells her piano to a neighbour, George. Ada learns from George that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons, but only with certain other conditions attached. At first Ada despises George but slowly their relationship is transformed and this propels them into a dire situation. Written by Patrick Dominick <ptd@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au> Rated R for moments of extremely graphic sexuality | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 11 February 1994 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: £2,301,338        (UK) (10 December 1993) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Jane Campion became the first woman to win the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with this film, though she was unable to receive the award in person as she was due to give birth. See more » Goofs Pianos of the period portrayed in the film were made almost entirely of wood, no metal framing at all, and the piano would therefore float, not sink. See more » Quotes [first lines] Ada : The voice you hear is not my speaking voice - -but my mind's voice. I have not spoken since I was six years old. No one knows why - -not even me. My father says it is a dark talent, and the day I take it into my head to stop breathing will be my last. Today he married me to a man I have not yet met. Soon my daughter and I shall join him in his own country. My husband writes that my muteness does not bother him - and hark this! He says, "God loves dumb creatures, so why not I?" '... Referenced in D4G  (2001) See more » Soundtracks the heart asks pleasure first... 21 September 2006 | by Covousier (France,Paris) – See all my reviews Can someone explain to me why "The Piano" ain't in the IMDb top 250 and, for example, movies like "Sin City" or "Crash" (!!!!!!!!!!) are????????????? This movie,is,by far, one of the most delicate and intelligent ever; it softly touches you, emotionally AND physically, for the filming and the photography are exceptional. Actors in it are troubling, beautiful and so... beautiful(again,i know)! Holly Hunter, who plays a mute piano goddess and manages with her not enough known acting skills to express more with her eyes,her grace and her tiny hands than 100 Gwyneth paltrows put together!!!(no offense,i much enjoyed Shakespeare in love,but,come on...)Harvey Keitel in this broken-hearted warrior/peasant role is more than touching;love embraces him as it embraces us,viewers. Still, Jane Campion avoids the unfortunately fashionable arrogant and tutorial directors touch (oscar for best movie, Crash?????? where the hell are we??????) and lets the viewer flow on his own in this huge ocean of naked and oh so true feelings and respects the pain and/or the anger (Sam Neil,pro


In which year did men first walk on the moon?

Armstrong walks on moon - Jul 20, 1969 - HISTORY.com Armstrong walks on moon Publisher A+E Networks At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. The American effort to send astronauts to the moon has its origins in a famous appeal President John F. Kennedy made to a special joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” At the time, the United States was still trailing the Soviet Union in space developments, and Cold War-era America welcomed Kennedy’s bold proposal. In 1966, after five years of work by an international team of scientists and engineers, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) conducted the first unmanned Apollo mission, testing the structural integrity of the proposed launch vehicle and spacecraft combination. Then, on January 27, 1967, tragedy struck at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, when a fire broke out during a manned launch-pad test of the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn rocket. Three astronauts were killed in the fire. Despite the setback, NASA and its thousands of employees forged ahead, and in October 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, orbited Earth and successfully tested many of the sophisticated systems needed to conduct a moon journey and landing. In December of the same year, Apollo 8 took three astronauts to the dark side of the moon and back, and in March 1969 Apollo 9 tested the lunar module for the first time while in Earth orbit. Then in May, the three astronauts of Apollo 10 took the first complete Apollo spacecraft around the moon in a dry run for the scheduled July landing mission. At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, with the world watching, Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins aboard. Armstrong, a 38-year-old civilian research pilot, was the commander of the mission. After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July 19. The next day, at 1:46 p.m., the lunar module Eagle, manned by Armstrong and Aldrin, separated from the command module, where Collins remained. Two hours later, the Eagle began its descent to the lunar surface, and at 4:18 p.m. the craft touched down on the southwestern edge of the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong immediately radioed to Mission Control in Houston, Texas, a famous message: “The Eagle has landed.” At 10:39 p.m., five hours ahead of the original schedule, Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar module. As he made his way down the lunar module’s ladder, a television camera attached to the craft recorded his progress and beamed the signal back to Earth, where hundreds of millions watched in great anticipation. At 10:56 p.m., Armstrong spoke his famous quote, which he later contended was slightly garbled by his microphone and meant to be “that’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” He then planted his left foot on the gray, powdery surface, took a cautious step forward, and humanity had walked on the moon. “Buzz” Aldrin joined him on the moon’s surface at 11:11 p.m., and together they took photographs of the terrain, planted a U.S. flag, ran a few simple scientific tests, and spoke with President Richard M. Nixon via Houston. By 1:11 a.m. on July 21, both astronauts were back in the lunar module and the hatch was closed. The two men slept that night on the surface of the moon, and at 1:54 p.m. the Eagle began its ascent back to the command module. Among the items left on the surface of the moon was a plaque that read: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the moon–July 1969 A.D–We came in peace for all mankind.” At 5:35 p.m., Armstrong and Aldrin successfully


Which year was National Service abolished in the UK?

British parliament to discuss bringing back national service — RT News Tags Children , Military , UK , Human rights , Education The bill was brought to parliament by Conservative MP Philip  Hollobone, who has championed the legislation as a way to inspire  young people in Britain with “self-respect, personal reliance,  discipline and behavior.” “I believe that the introduction of a modern form of national  service would prove popular with the public and be of immense  benefit to the young people who take part,” Hollobone said. The year of charitable or military service could range from care  for the elderly or disabled to work with the emergency services  or the armed forces. Those who do not participate would be guilty  of a criminal offense. Hollobone brought the bill to parliament to be debated last  Friday, but discussion was postponed until February next year. “Unfortunately, the arcane nature of parliamentary procedures  surrounding private member’s bills and the lack of time they have  for debate will mean that the merits and demerits of the bill are  unlikely to be debated and voted upon,” Hollobone said in  response to the decision. A petition has been started opposing the proposed bill, however,  branding it “unacceptable.” “We do not want our children and grandchildren to fight and  die in wars, or in training that they or we have no control  over,” wrote activist Debbie Sayers, who launched the  petition. Hollobone has earned a name for himself as a controversial MP,  having previously suggested legislation that would ban the public  wearing of facial coverings in public, and the UK’s withdrawal  from the European Union. National Citizenship Service The idea of reinstating UK national service, which was abolished  in 1960, is not a new one. Upon assuming office as Prime Minister  in 2010, David Cameron put forward a pilot scheme called the “National Citizenship Service” that would address the "tragic waste of potential in this country.” The initial proposal called for 16-year-olds finishing school to  take part in community projects that would instill young people  with a sense of “civic responsibility.” Cameron described the initiative as “a kind of non-military  national service” designed to encourage people from different  backgrounds to interact with one other. “But too many teenagers appear lost and feel their lives lack  shape and direction. National Citizen Service will help change  that,” Cameron said at the time. However, with the onset of the financial crisis and rising  unemployment, the initiative has done little to improve young  people’s prospects. According to figures from the National Office  of Statistics unemployment among those aged between 16 and 24 has  grown over the past few months by 15,000, reaching a total of  973,000. The number of people out of work in the UK for over two years has  grown by 10,000 to 474,000 which is the highest number in 16  years.


Which politician faked his own death in Florida in 1974?

How MP John Stonehouse's Reggie Perrin-style faked death stunned British politics 40 years ago - Mirror Online News How MP John Stonehouse's Reggie Perrin-style faked death stunned British politics 40 years ago It's 40 years this week since John Stonehouse stunned the nation by faking his death, leaving Miami detectives probing his Reggie Perrin-style disappearance  Share Bizarre disappearance: John Stonehouse faked his death and fled to Australia (Photo: Mirrorpix)  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email An MP stunned British politics when he left a pile of clothes on a Miami beach leaving authorities to believe he'd either drowned or been eaten by sharks. So convinced were police and peers of his death that a minute's silence was held in Parliament. It's 40 years this week since John Stonehouse's Reggie Perrin-style faked death, reports the Birmingham Mail . On November 20, 1974, the Member of Parliament for Walsall North took drastic action to free himself from the millstone of debt and spectre of prosecution that weighed heavier with each day But while Florida detectives investigated his demise in Miami, Stonehouse was 10,000 miles away in Australia starting a new life with a new identity. The shamed politician was now Joseph Markham, the deceased husband of a constituent. Stonehouse’s story, peppered with political intrigue and espionage, would grace the pages of any John le Carre novel. It’s even intertwined with the disappearance of Lord Lucan . It was not, however, the inspiration for popular comedy series, The Rise and Fall of Reggie Perrin, starring Leonard Rossite r. Author David Nobbs’ tale of a Sunshine Desserts salesman who faked his demise was written five months before the Stonehouse saga began. Stonehouse, who died in 1988 aged 62, may have been lacking in moral fibre, but there’s no doubting his old-fashioned front. Back in Blighty: John Stonehouse, left, is accompanied by Scotland Yard's DCS Ken Etheridge on his return to England after faking his death (Photo: Mirrorpix) When police Down Under arrested him on Christmas Eve, 1974, and discovered that news of his 'death' were somewhat premature, he penned a letter of explanation to the Foreign Office . “My wish was to be released from the incredible pressures being put on me, particularly in my business activities and various attempts at blackmail,” Stonehouse wrote. “I considered, clearly wrongly, that the best action I could take was to create a new identity and attempt to live a new life away from these pressures. I suppose this can be summed up as a brainstorm or a mental breakdown.” More than anything else, Stonehouse’s story is a lesson in the perils of unbridled ambition: a man destroyed by his thirst to become rich. Loyalty to Queen and country certainly didn’t stand in his way. In 1980, a Czech defector alleged the rogue former MP had been a spy, but Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher decided against action. The son of a former Southampton mayoress, he first sprung to political prominence in 1957 when elected as Labour Co-operative MP for Wednesbury. Stonehouse’s rise through the political ranks was rapid and in 1968 he joined the cabinet as Postmaster General. But storm clouds were gathering. Labour lost the 1970 general election and Stonehouse was not picked for Harold Wilson’s shadow cabinet. In an attempt to boost his dwindling income, he set-up a network of 24 companies that withered as the economy dried up. He borrowed, lied to accountants and deceived business partners. The deceit wasn’t confined to Stonehouse’s business life. He had also began an affair with secretary Sheila Buckley behind wife Barbara’s back. Interest: The Birmingham Post reports on a John Stonehouse-inspired exhibition in 2002 (Photo: Birmingham Post) It is believed Stonehouse, who was at the centre of a Department of Trade and Industry probe into dodgy dealings – decided to fake his death in 1973. By the time he took the plunge, Stonehouse had accrued debts of £800,000 – al


In which year did Elvis Presley get married?

The Marriage of Priscilla and Elvis Presley Share By Sheri Stritof The 8-year courtship of Priscilla Beaulieu and Elvis Presley lasted longer than their marriage. Priscilla now tells women not to lose themselves in marriage. Here is information about when Elvis and Priscilla met, their wedding, marriage, and divorce. Born: Elvis Aaron Presley: January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Priscilla Ann Beaulieu: May 24, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York. Her birth name is Priscilla Ann Wagner. Died: Elvis: August 16, 1977 at his home at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 42. The official cause of Elvis' death was recorded as cardiac arrhythmia but he apparently had an overdose of prescription drugs. How Elvis and Priscilla Met: Priscilla and Elvis met in November 1959 at a party at Elvis' off-base residence in Bad Nauheim in Germany. She was 14 1/2 years old. Priscilla moved to Graceland in early 1963. Elvis formally proposed marriage to Priscilla in December 1966 and gave her an engagement ring with a three-and-a-half-carat diamond that was surrounded by a detachable row of smaller diamonds. continue reading below our video 9 Signs He or She Might be Cheating on You? Wedding Date and Information: Elvis and Priscilla were married on May 1, 1967 in Milton Prell's suite at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas , Nevada. Their civil ceremony was performed by Nevada Supreme Court Justice David Zenoff. The maid of honor was Michelle Beaulieu and best men were Marty Lacker and Joe Esposito. According to a Las Vegas SUN news report about their wedding, "Presley wore a black brocade silk tuxedo and Western boots, while Priscilla wore a floor-length wedding gown of her own design: white silk chiffon, with beaded yoke, trimmed in seed pearls and topped with a three-foot tulle veil secured by a rhinestone crown." Their 8-minute morning wedding ceremony was attended by a small number of family and friends and was followed by a press conference and a breakfast reception for 100 guests. Their wedding cake had six-tiers. Elvis and Priscilla reportedly danced to "Love Me Tender" at their wedding reception . They honeymooned in Palm Springs, California for a few days. Elvis was thirty-two years old and Priscilla was twenty-one years old when they married. Priscilla and Elvis had a second wedding reception at Graceland on May 29, 1967 for family and friends who could not make it to Las Vegas for their wedding. Children: Elvis and Priscilla had one daughter.  Lisa Marie Presley: Born February 1, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa's marriages: Danny Keough: Married on October 3, 1988 and divorced in 1994. Lisa and Danny had two children (daughter Riley and son Benjamin) together. Michael Jackson : Married on May 18, 1994 and divorced on January 18, 1996. Nicolas Cage : Married on August 10, 2002 and divorced on May 16, 2004. Michael Lockwood: Michael, a guitarist and music producer, were married on January 22, 2006 in Japan. Their twin daughters, Finley and Harper, were born in early October 2008.


In which hospital was the first heart and lung transplant performed by Sir Magdi Yacoub?

Sir Magdi Yacoub honoured with lifetime achievement award - Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust Sir Magdi Yacoub honoured with lifetime achievement award       Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub scooped the top prize at this week’s star-studded Pride of Britain awards. Sir Magdi, who was a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Harefield Hospital for more than 20 years, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the celebrity-packed event that was broadcast on ITV yesterday evening.   The Pride of Britain awards honour members of the public for truly outstanding achievements. Sir Magdi was singled out for his unending commitment to heart and lung transplantation and for advancing the boundaries of scientific research.   In their coverage of the glittering awards, the Daily Mirror said, “…If there was one man capable of providing a finale to such riches of the human spirit, it was heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub…It [is] impossible to imagine the sheer numbers of people who owe their lives to this one man. Few of us will wake up tomorrow capable of being a Magdi Yacoub, a man legendary even amongst his peers.”   Sir Magdi, 71, has performed more transplants than anybody else in the world - saving thousands of lives across the globe. In total, he has performed approximately 20,000 life saving heart operations. The professor, originally from Egypt, moved to Britain in 1962 and took up his first consultant position at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex. The hospital soon became renowned as the world’s leading transplant centre performing more than 200 transplants per year.    In 1983, Sir Magdi became the first person in the UK to perform a double heart and lung transplant. In 1987, he went on to pioneer and perform the UK's first domino heart transplant - where a patient receiving heart and lungs donates their own heart to someone else. Sir Magdi is also credited with performing an operation on the UK's youngest heart transplant patient at just 10 days old.   Dr Gavin Wright, consultant anaesthetist at Harefield Hospital, outlined why he has been privileged to work closely with him. Dr Wright said, “Sir Magdi is an incredibly skilled 'thinking' surgeon with vast experience in all spheres of cardiac surgery, ranging from babies to the elderly. He operates on extremely complex heart lesions that many other surgeons would not even attempt. This is what makes him so special."   Sir Magdi is also professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and founder and director of research at The Magdi Yacoub Institute at the Harefield Heart Science Centre which is dedicated to research into heart disease. In 1995, he founded the Chain of Hope charity which provides children suffering from life-threatening diseases in the developing world with corrective surgery and treatment. The charity estimates that the lives of 1,000 children have been saved so far thanks to their work.    To view highlights from the awards, visit the Pride of Britain’s website at www.prideofbritain.com or ITV’s website at www.itv.com  More about the Chain of Hope can be found at www.chainofhope.org


What is the name of the Chilean mine in Copiapo, Chile, where 33 miners were trapped in 2010?

Chile's 33 miners still haunted by their past - BBC News BBC News Chile's 33 miners still haunted by their past By Gideon Long BBC News, Copiapo 22 January 2014 Image caption Alex Vega (right) says he cannot remember the birth of his children Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The miners spent 69 days underground before a drill reached them and they could be rescued Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The 10th miner to be rescued, Alex Vega still has nightmares about being trapped underground Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Omar Reygadas says big mining companies are reluctant to hire him Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Carlos Barrios says he was fine for the first two years after the rockfall, but then suffered a relapse Alex Vega was present at the birth of his three children but cannot remember being there. He forgets things, cannot concentrate and suffers mood swings. He is seeing a psychiatrist and is on medication. More than three years after he and 32 other miners were rescued from the San Jose mine underneath Chile's Atacama Desert in a story that captured the imagination of the world, Alex still has nightmares. "I'd wake up thinking I was inside a mine," he told the BBC. "I'd wake up shouting. I said to myself 'I have to deal with this' so for a week I went back down a mine owned by my brother-in-law. Each day I'd go a little bit further inside, to overcome the fear. These days I have far fewer nightmares." 'We are all OK' The tale of Chile's 33 miners was one of the most momentous news stories of 2010. Image caption The note is now in a museum in Copiapo In August of that year, the San Jose mine collapsed, trapping the men 700m (2,300ft) below ground. Nothing was heard from them for 17 days and most people assumed they were dead. Image caption The 33 were pulled to safety in this narrow capsule Then, a rescuers' drill broke through to an underground tunnel. When the rescue team pulled the drill out of the ground, there was a note attached to it. "We are all OK in the refuge, the 33," it read. The miners survived for a further seven weeks on food and water sent from above until they were finally hauled to the surface one by one in scenes watched by millions of TV viewers around the world. At the time, great things were promised for Los 33 but the reality is starkly different. Most are still seeing psychiatrists. Many are out of work or are cobbling together a living from part-time or temporary jobs. One has been sectioned in a psychiatric clinic in the Chilean capital, Santiago, and at least two have had serious problems with drink and drugs. And they have yet to receive any compensation from the mine owners. Fear of the dark I have dreams and start thrashing about and lashing out Carlos Barrios, One of the 33 trapped miners "For the first two years after the accident I was fine," says Carlos Barrios, who was 27 at the time of the mine collapse. "I wasn't in any pain, I was playing football, I had a job and then: boom!" Mr Barrios suffered a relapse. He had to quit his job at one of Chile's biggest copper mines and has been on sick leave for a year. "I saw a psychiatrist but she just gave me pills. I became addicted and I'm still taking them," he told the BBC in Copiapo, the city closest to the mine. "I have nightmares, a fear of the dark. I have a young daughter, and I can't sleep in the same bed as her and my wife because I have dreams and start thrashing about and lashing out at my own daughter. Omar Reygadas, one of the oldest of the miners, has been without full-time mining work for nearly a year. Image caption Omar Reygadas says it has been difficult to find jobs Now 59, he says the miners' fame has counted against them: "Because of the accident we became well known. We've got contacts with the press, contacts with people in government. "So if we're working for a company and we see that they're not doing things properly, they think we'll start knocking on doors. That's why companies are scared to give us work." No compensation In August 2013, a prosecutor closed an inve


Who was the first host of the TV show Pets Win Prizes?

Pets Win Prizes (TV Series 1994–1996) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Quiz in which people enter their pets in a series of "wacky" competitions to reach the final where their prize is decided by a cat called "The Professor". Stars: a list of 1911 titles created 10 months ago Title: Pets Win Prizes (1994–1996) 5.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Storyline Owners would bring in their pets to play pointless games of pet skill and agility. Snail racing, Dog snooker etc. For each game won, the owner got a choice of two envelopes. Inside one of them was a consumer durable for themselves and inside the other would be a present for their pet. The choice was random. In the final, all the winning owners took part in an animal related trivia quick-fire quiz. It was first on the buzzers and for every one they got right, their little cardboard cut out animal would move forward one square on the makeshift race track. The first one to the end or the person furthest along it when the three minutes ran up was declared the winner. Their big prize was decided by The Professor, a cute ickle pussy cat. There was a board with six sections on it, some really good (£1000, an exotic holiday), others not so good (some animal encyclopedias, and the infamous pet portrait). The Professor would be put on a board and wherever her front paws were at the end of the ... Written by Bob the Moo (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Before I start let me just say that this was part of the usual Saturday night drivel that gets put out on TV to pass as light entertainment - however at some points it rose above this to be genuinely funny. Whenever this became a programme in the UK Danny Baker was the natural host. On his radio shows he would always get people to call in with weird stories or to do strange things over the phone. Many of these involve animals (i.e. "call in if your dog hangs by his mouth from branches of tall trees" etc). He was always able to bring a sense of child-like amazement to the fact that these animals would do these things. He's not everyone's cup of tea but he carried out proceedings with his tongue firmly in his cheek. This was the programme's strength - yes it was stupid, almost insulting as a game show. But Baker knew this and let us in on the fact that he knew it but had decided to have a bit of fun anyway. Unfortunately he was replaced by the horribly camp Dale Winton. Gone was the touch-in-cheek / wink at the camera style of presentation and in came Winton's camp game show. This killed the show in my opinion - it made it a terrible game show and nothing more. Just another bit of cheap unintelligent Saturday night schedule filler. Baker told us "yes, it's silly but lets just have a bit of fun", Winton treated it like a proper game show and it was at this point that I think a lot of people realised what they were watching and switched off. 3 of 3 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


In which TV soap is there a garage called the Arches?

Neighbours Hotel Death Trap week: if in doubt, blow up Lassiter's | Television & radio | The Guardian Neighbours Neighbours Hotel Death Trap week: if in doubt, blow up Lassiter's Neighbours is having a week-long misery fest to try to win back the audience of its late-80s glory days. Childhood fans heading back to Erinsborough will find Karl Kennedy, Doug Willis – and much to despair over More than your average GP … Dr Karl Kennedy always appears at the merest whiff of death. Photograph: Channel 5 Monday 4 April 2016 08.36 EDT Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 12.50 EDT Share on Messenger Close In a bid to increase flagging viewing figures, Neighbours has deferred to the soap opera manual with a week-long misery fest called Hotel Death Trap. If in doubt, destroy the set – and there are many different ways to do it. Last week on EastEnders, Phil Mitchell took to the car lot with a digger , while both the Queen Vic and Phil’s Arches garage have been blown up with reassuring regularity over the years. This isn’t even the first time Neighbours’ Lassiter’s complex has been blown up. Luckless Toadie’s wedding was interrupted by a gas explosion there in 2013, while the Waterhole pub was turned into a fireball in 1993. And in 2004, the whole complex burned to the ground to mark the season finale . Sleazy Paul Robinson was the guilty party that time, so this time round he’s the obvious culprit, but would he be so stupid to try the trick again? More pressing is the question: who dies? So pressing, in fact, that the show is devoting an hour-long special called Neighbours: Who Dies? to answer it. But watching as an old fan who hasn’t seen it in years, it’s more a case of Neighbours: Who’s That? Pinterest Is Paul Robinson the culprit? … Erinsborough says goodbye to Lassiter’s (and not for the first time). Photograph: Channel 5 The childhood viewer returning from the exile of adulthood will find much of interest, and an equal amount to despair over. Did I waste my childhood, you ponder as you peer into the gentle, dampening eyes of Doug Willis, or Toadie, crushed by a bed of rubble, screaming into the void. I’m part of the generation that spent hours upon accumulating hours hooked to Neighbours as if it was some nourishing drip, feeding me the fictional lives of these most sunny of all soap characters. My wife used to write Neighbours plot lines into her diary with greater frequency than relaying her own life on the page. “Paul Robinson’s had a nervous breakdown,” her entry reads in the squashy bubble writing of a 90s 10-year-old, before a week later assuring the future reader: “Paul Robinson’s OK now.” The appeal of Neighbours was its warmth and familiarity. It looked like the TV company had taken the people who live down your cracked and damp street and whisked them away to live in happier climes. But we’re a long way from the show’s late-80s near 20 million viewer peak, with Channel 5’s average ratings clocking in at less than one million at lunch and 700,000 at tea time. In 2013, Neighbours: The Explosion (a strikingly similar late-night spin-off) added hundreds of thousands of viewers for the rest of the year, so it’s not hard to see the thinking this time. But Neighbours always had potential disaster waiting in the wings. It was Ramsay Street’s perceived serenity that made the show’s moments of absurd tragedy all the more ludicrous. Harold’s spectacles washing up on the rocks when he “died” (returning years later with amnesia). Toadie and Dee driving off a cliff after getting married, in a scene so shonkily edited my friend recorded the repeat so we could watch it again in slow motion. Julie’s mysterious death on the lawn. Cheryl’s tumble in the road, the least spectacular but somehow the least plausible. Pinterest Neighbours: Who Dies? … Steph looks after Paige and a mystery man from the explosion at Lassiter’s. Photograph: Channel 5 Dr Karl Kennedy always appears at the merest whiff of death. More than your average GP, when disaster strikes he doubles up as Australia’s surgeon general, who all healthcare professionals and ev


Ben Lomond and Baldwin are varieties of which fruit?

The Best Blackcurrant Varieties for the UK - GardenFocused.co.uk By David Marks Up until 1975 almost all commercial blackcurrants were the variety "Baldwin". Although tasty this variety was prone to late frosts and mildew. Then in 1975 the variety Ben Lomond was introduced. With late flowering and  (initially) resistance to mildew it was far better for commercial growers  and amateur gardeners. One of its failings though is that it needs a hard  winter to flourish and in many Southern areas of the UK this does not occur.  Other "Ben" varieties have been introduced over the years. Some varieties  are aimed principally at the commercial whilst others are intended for  amateur gardeners. BEN CONNAN This is normally the heaviest cropper of all the blackcurrant varieties, even so the plants are compact and not sprawling. The berries are larger than normal and disease resistance is excellent. Click here for our page solely devoted to the characteristics of the excellent variety.    BEN HOPE The most commonly grown blackcurrant variety by UK gardeners and with very good reasons. It was first released for sale in 1988 making it a relatively new variety. It has top class resistance to big bud mite (gall mite) which affects many other types. The resistance comes from the fact that this is a cross between several other blackcurrants and a gooseberry plant!  Ben Hope is a very strong grower and even if the odd pest or disease does affect it the strength of the plant is sufficient to grow out of the problem. Tolerant of a large variety of soil conditions. Keep the roots of this variety well mulched and you have a bullet-proof grower. The bushes grow larger than average, to a height and spread of 2m / 6ft so allow slightly more space compared to other varieties. As far as pests and diseases are concerned Ben Hope is also resistant to mildew and leaf spot. This makes it an ideal choice for those who hate spraying their fruits with pesticides and other chemicals. The fruits are medium sized and the yields are on the high side, the flavour is highly rated for pies, jams and other uses, delicious when sprinkled over a breakfast cereal. The plant is an upright grower which makes picking the berries a pleasure. BEN LOMOND The first of the Ben varieties to be introduced in the UK. The key benefit of Ben Lomond is that it produces its blossom relatively late in the spring which reduces the effect of late frosts. It also does well in cooler areas, benefiting from a hard winter. So this variety will do well in the Midlands and cooler areas in the UK. When first introduced Ben Lomond had good resistance to mildew however over the years this resistance has significantly reduced. Good pruning will go a long way to reducing the risk of mildew. The fully grown bush (after four or five years) will be about 1.5m (4½ft) and is compact and well formed. The fruit are very high in vitamin C with top quality flavour for pies and juices. The fruit lasts longer than most when left on the bush and they are largish and firm berries. Yields are high. Living in the Midlands, this this our favourite variety. To solve the mildew problem we prune annually and keep the centre of the bush open to allow good air circulation. This variety is widely available in shops and online. One supplier we recommend is Victoriana Nursery based on our own personal experiences. We have negotiated a 10% discount for you with Victoriana Nursery on all fruit bushes you buy from them. They are a family run business with a horticultural history dating back to the 1700's. They currently stock Ben Lomond if you want to buy one with the 10% discount. If you click the picture below   your 10% discount will automatically be deducted from your shopping basket when you buy anything from them - no need to enter a code, it all happens automatically! BEN SAREK Introduced specifically for the amateur gardener and Pick Your Own" growers, Ben Sarek has very large berries which are sweeter than most. The large berries can sometimes be a problem because they


Which vegetable has the Latin name brassica oleracea gemmifera?

medicinal herbs: BRUSSELS SPROUTS - Brassica oleracea gemmifera Brassica oleracea gemmifera Latin name: Brassica oleracea gemmifera Synonyms: Brassica oleracea bullata gemmifera Family: Cruciferae Edible parts of Brussels Sprouts: Leaf buds - raw or cooked. Well-grown plants produce an abundance of leaf-buds (looking rather like miniature cabbage heads) along the main stem at the leaf axils. These can be shredded and eaten raw in salads, though many people find them indigestible when eaten this way. They have a very nice cabbage flavour when cooked and are a very popular winter vegetable. By careful selection of varieties, it is possible to harvest the buds from early September until late spring. Description of the plant: Not known in the wild. Propagation of Brussels Sprouts: Seed - sow in a seedbed outdoors in early spring. Plant out in early summer. In order to produce a larger or earlier crop, the seed can also be sown under glass in February and planted out in May. Do not let the seedlings get overcrowded or they will soon become leggy and will not make such good plants. If your seedlings do get leggy, it is possible to plant them rather deeper into the soil - the buried stems will soon form roots and the plant will be better supported. Cultivation of the herb: Not known in the wild. Medicinal use of Brussels Sprouts: None known Known hazards of Brassica oleracea gemmifera: None known


Westminster Abbey » Charles Darwin Burial Date: 26 Apr, 1882 Field: Scientist; writer Location in the Abbey: Nave, north choir aisle Type of memorial: Grave; bust Type of material: Bronze Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, not far from Sir Isaac Newton . He was born in Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809, son of Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848) and Susannah, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood. He studied with his brother Erasmus at Edinburgh University but disliked the idea of following in his father's footsteps as a doctor. At Cambridge University he became very much interested in natural history and sailed on the ship HMS Beagle in 1831 to South America and the Galapagos islands. In 1839 he married his cousin Emma Wedgwood and they went to live at Downe, a small village in Kent. His famous work "The Origin of Species by natural selection" was published in 1859 and he continued working although his health was often poor. He died at Down House on 19 April 1882. Burial The Dean of Westminster, George Granville Bradley, was away in France when he received a telegram forwarded from the President of the Royal Society in London saying "…it would be acceptable to a very large number of our fellow-countrymen of all classes and opinions that our illustrious countryman, Mr Darwin, should be buried in Westminster Abbey". The Dean recalled " I did not hesitate as to my answer and telegraphed direct…that my assent would be cheerfully given". The body lay overnight in the Abbey, in the small chapel of St Faith, and on the morning of 26 April the coffin was escorted by the family and eminent mourners into the Abbey. The pall-bearers included Sir Joseph Hooker, Alfred Russel Wallace , James Russell Lowell (U.S. Ambassador), and William Spottiswoode (President of the Royal Society). The burial service was held in the Lantern, conducted by Canon Prothero, with anthems sung by the choir. The chief mourners then followed the coffin into the north aisle of the Nave where Darwin was buried next to the eminent scientist Sir John Herschel, and a few feet away from Sir Isaac Newton. The simple inscription on his gravestone, which is of pale Carrara marble, reads "CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN BORN 12 FEBRUARY 1809. DIED 19 APRIL 1882". Although an agnostic, Darwin was greatly respected by his contemporaries and the Bishop of Carlisle, Harvey Goodwin, in a memorial sermon preached in the Abbey on the Sunday following the funeral, said "I think that the interment of the remains of Mr Darwin in Westminster Abbey is in accordance with the judgment of the wisest of his countrymen…It would have been unfortunate if anything had occurred to give weight and currency to the foolish notion which some have diligently propagated, but for which Mr Darwin was not responsible, that there is a necessary conflict between a knowledge of Nature and a belief in God…". A later, widely believed, rumour of a "deathbed conversion" to Christianity was denied by his daughter, who was actually present at his death. Memorial bust A bronze memorial, with a life-sized relief bust, was erected by his family in the north choir aisle, near to the grave, in 1888. The sculptor was Sir J.E. Boehm. The inscription just says simply DARWIN. Photos of the grave and memorial can be purchased from Westminster Abbey Library Further reading:


Where were the Bee Gees twins Maurice and Robin Gibb born?

BIOGRAPHY: The Bee Gees Lifetime twitter BIOGRAPHY The three Gibb brothers were very close as children and spent most of their time together. Barry Gibb, born 1946, and his twin brothers Maurice and Robin, who were born in 1949, went on to become one of the most popular bands of the 1970s. All three siblings were born on the Isle of Man but moved to their father Hugh's home town - Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester - to attend school. They attended Oswald Road Primary School where they began to sing in harmony in the early 1950s. It is believed that, as with other children their age, they had to lip sync to a record at their local theatre but the record broke. The boys had to sing live and received such a positive response that they decided to pursue a music career. In 1958, the family moved to Australia, along with their youngest brother Andy and, once there, they began performing regularly and were soon performing on radio with two friends, Bill Goode and Bill Gates. The group had a new name for themselves, The BGs – made up from the common initials of Barry Gibb, Bill Goode, Bill Gates. A few years later, the name evolved into The Bee Gees, which came to mean the Brothers Gibb. Recognition was slow in coming, and the Bee Gees decided to move to England to try their luck there. With Robert Stigwood as their manager, the Bee Gees had their first international hit in 1967 with ‘New York Mining Disaster’. With two new band members, Colin Peterson (drums) and Vince Melouney (guitar), the Bee Gees first album ‘Bee Gees 1st’ was a success. Within just over a year, the Bee Gees had clocked up 24 number 1 hits in 15 different countries. Their fourth album 'Horizontal' was released in 1968 and became a huge hit spawning the international hit singles 'Massachusetts' and 'World'. This was followed by 'Idea' later the same year, which included the single 'I've Gotta Get A Message To You'. By 1969 though, cracks were beginning to show, as the group was racked with arguments and tension. Colin Peterson left the band and brought a lawsuit to prevent the name Bee Gees being used in his absence. Briefly they went their separate ways, but reunited in 1971 to record ‘Two Years On’. While this was well received, they had a series of flops between 1972 and 1975. However, they stayed together as a band and did not split again. In 1975, with the help of producer Arif Mardin, the Bee Gees moved from a ballad band to an R&B influenced style and released ‘Main Course’. They then released ‘Jive Talkin’ which went to number 1. Their album ‘Children of the World’ went platinum, with three hit singles and, when touring the album, all proceeds went to children’s charities. The Bee Gees' next project, recording the soundtrack to ‘Saturday Night Fever’ (1977), was another huge success and resulted in some of their best known songs, including ‘Stayin’ Alive’, ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ and ‘Night Fever’. The album was unsurprisingly another number 1, but it set a record of being so for 24 consecutive weeks. By the end of the decade, the Bee Gees had five albums which had all gone platinum. In 1988, tragedy struck the family as Andy Gibb, their youngest brother, died, closely followed by their father. The Bee Gees continued to release well received singles and albums and, in 1997, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Music Awards, a Legend Award at the World Music Awards and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, in 2003, Maurice Gibb died at the age of 53, following complications during an operation. Initially, his surviving brothers announced that they intended to carry on the name 'Bee Gees' in his memory. But as time passed they decided to retire the group name, leaving it to represent the three brothers together. The same week Maurice died, Robin's solo album 'Magnet' was released. Although there was talk of a memorial concert featuring both surviving brothers and invited guests, nothing materialised. Barry and Robin continued to work independently and both released recordings with other artists. In November 2


Great Barrier Reef | reef, Australia | Britannica.com Great Barrier Reef Coral Sea Great Barrier Reef, complex of coral reefs , shoals, and islets in the Pacific Ocean off the northeastern coast of Australia and the longest and largest reef complex in the world. The Great Barrier Reef extends in roughly a northwest-southeast direction for more than 1,250 miles (2,000 km), at an offshore distance ranging from 10 to 100 miles (16 to 160 km), and has an area of some 135,000 square miles (350,000 square km). It has been characterized, somewhat inaccurately, as the largest structure ever built by living creatures. Aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef, off the northeastern coast of Australia. © cool chap/Fotolia Great Barrier Reef, off the northeastern coast of Australia, designated a World Heritage site in … Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The reef actually consists of some 2,100 individual reefs and some 800 fringing reefs (formed around islands or bordering coastlines). Many are dry or barely awash at low tide; some have islands of coral sand , or cays; others fringe high islands or the mainland coast. In spite of this variety, the reefs share a common origin: each has been formed, over millions of years, from the skeletons and skeletal waste of a mass of living marine organisms. The “bricks” in the reef framework are formed by the calcareous remains of the tiny creatures known as coral polyps and hydrocorals, while the “cement” that binds these remains together is formed in large part by coralline algae and bryozoans . The interstices of this framework have been filled in by vast quantities of skeletal waste produced by the pounding of the waves and the depredations of boring organisms. Coral exposed at low tide on the Great Barrier Reef, off the northeastern coast of Australia. William J. Hebert—Stone/Getty Images Similar Topics Uluru/Ayers Rock European exploration of the reef began in 1770, when the British explorer Captain James Cook ran his ship aground on it. The work of charting channels and passages through the maze of reefs, begun by Cook, continued during the 19th century. The Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928–29 contributed important knowledge about coral physiology and the ecology of coral reefs. A modern laboratory on Heron Island continues scientific investigations, and several studies have been undertaken in other areas. A trip to Heron Island, a cay at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of … © Fun Travel TV (A Britannica Publishing Partner) The reef has risen on the shallow shelf fringing the Australian continent, in warm waters that have enabled the corals to flourish (they cannot exist where average temperatures fall below 70 °F [21 °C]). Borings have established that reefs were growing on the continental shelf as early as the Miocene Epoch (23.7 to 5.3 million years ago). Subsidence of the continental shelf has proceeded, with some reversals, since the early Miocene. Buildup of coral on the Great Barrier Reef, off the northeastern coast of Australia. © tororo reaction/Shutterstock.com The water environment of the Great Barrier Reef is formed by the surface water layer of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The reef waters show little seasonal variation: surface-water temperature is high, ranging from 70 to 100 °F (21 to 38 °C). The waters are generally crystal-clear, with submarine features clearly visible at depths of 100 feet (30 metres). Forms of life include at least 300 species of hard coral as well as anemones , sponges , worms , gastropods , lobsters , crayfish , prawns , crabs , and a great variety of fishes and birds. The most destructive reef animal is the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), which has reduced the colour and attraction of many of the central reefs by eating much of the living coral. Encrusting red algae Lithothamnion and Porolithon form the fortifying purplish red algal rim that is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s most characteristic features, while the green alga Halimeda flourishes almost everywhere. Above the surface, the plant life of the cays


The Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean - Overview The Warm Ocean Current Flows from The Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean The Gulf Stream results in beaches with warm water.  Stockbyte/ Stockbyte/ Getty Images By  Amanda Briney, Contributing Writer The Gulf Stream is a strong, fast moving, warm ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows into the Atlantic Ocean . It makes up a portion of the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. The majority of the Gulf Stream is classified as a western boundary current. This means that it is a current with behavior determined by the presence of a coastline - in this case the eastern United States and Canada - and is found on the western edge of an oceanic basin. Western boundary currents are normally very warm, deep, and narrow currents that carry water from the tropics to the poles. The Gulf Stream was first discovered in 1513 by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon and was then used extensively by Spanish ships as they travelled from the Caribbean to Spain. In 1786, Benjamin Franklin mapped the current, further increasing its usage. Path of the Gulf Stream Today, it is understood that the waters feeding into the Gulf Stream begin flowing off the west coast of Northern Africa (map) . continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World There, the Atlantic North Equatorial Current flows from that continent across the Atlantic Ocean. Once the current reaches eastern South America, it splits into two currents, one of which is the Antilles Current. These currents are then funneled through the islands of the Caribbean and through the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba. Because these areas are often very narrow, the current is able to compress and gather strength. As it does so, it begins circulating in the Gulf of Mexico’s warm waters. It is here that the Gulf Stream becomes officially visible on satellite images so it is said that the current originates in this area. Once it gains enough strength after circulating in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Stream then moves east, rejoins the Antilles Current, and exits the area through the Straits of Florida. Here, the Gulf Stream is a powerful underwater river that transports water at a rate of 30 million cubic meters per second (or 30 Sverdrups). It then flows parallel to the east coast of the United States and later flows into the open ocean near Cape Hatteras but continues moving north. While flowing in this deeper ocean water, the Gulf Stream is its most powerful (at about 150 Sverdrups), forms large meanders, and splits into several currents, the largest of which is the North Atlantic Current. The North Atlantic Current then flows further north and feeds the Norwegian Current and moves the relatively warm water along the west coast of Europe. The rest of the Gulf Stream flows into the Canary Current which moves along the eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean and back south to the equator. Causes of the Gulf Stream The Gulf Stream, like all other ocean currents is mainly caused by wind as it creates friction when moving over the water. This friction then forces the water to move in the same direction. Because it is a western boundary current, the presence of land along the Gulf Stream’s edges also aids in its movement. The northern branch of the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, is deeper and is caused by thermohaline circulation resulting from density differences in the water. Impacts of the Gulf Stream Because ocean currents circulate water of different temperatures all over the globe, they often have a significant impact on the world’s climate and weather patterns. The Gulf Stream is one of the most important currents in this regard since it gathers all of its water from the warm tropical waters of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. As such, it keeps sea surface temperatures warm, causing the areas around it to be warm and more hospitable. Florida and much of the Southeastern United States for instance is mild all year round. The greatest impact the Gulf Stream has on climate is found in Eur


Which fictional girls' school did Ronald Searle create?

St Trinian's cartoonist Ronald Searle dies - BBC News BBC News St Trinian's cartoonist Ronald Searle dies 3 January 2012 From the section Entertainment & Arts comments Read more about sharing. Close share panel Media captionDavid Sillito looks back at Ronald Searle's career. Courtesy of the estate of the artist and the Sayle Literary Agency. British cartoonist Ronald Searle, best known for creating the fictional girls' school St Trinian's, has died aged 91. His daughter Kate Searle said in a statement that he "passed away peacefully in his sleep" in a hospital in France. Searle's spindly cartoons of the naughty schoolgirls first appeared in 1941, before the idea was adapted for film. The first movie version, The Belles of St Trinian's, was released in 1954. Joyce Grenfell and George Cole starred in the film, along with Alastair Sim, who appeared in drag as headmistress Millicent Fritton. Searle also provided illustrations the Molesworth series, written by Geoffrey Willans. The gothic, line-drawn cartoons breathed life into the gruesome pupils of St Custard's school, in particular the outspoken, but functionally-illiterate Nigel Molesworth "the goriller of 3B". Searle's work regularly appeared in magazines and newspapers, including Punch and The New Yorker. 'Unabashed ambition' Aside from his schoolday stories, he was a savage satirist, and some of his darker material was informed by his time as a prisoner of war during World War II. Image caption The St Trinian's girls first appeared in 1941 There, he worked on the infamous "Railway of Death" - a Japanese project to create a rail link between Thailand and Burma, the construction of which led to the death of more than 100,000 labourers, including 16,000 Allied prisoners. Some of the work he created whilst being held captive is displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London. Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe paid tribute to Searle, whom he described as his "hero". He said: "He was clever and he was funny and he could draw. A lot of cartoonists come up with an idea first but Ronald could really draw." However, he added that Searle's most famous creations were a "millstone around his neck". He told the BBC: "He created St Trinian's, which we all loved, and he despised it because he couldn't get away from it and of course he did many, many other things." Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell said Searle's work stood out for its "genuine wit, intelligence and unabashed ambition". Anita O'Brien, curator at the Cartoon Museum, said Searle was "absolutely unique". She added: "He really was one of the most important cartoonists, not just in Britain, but in the rest of the world. "Many people were influenced by his work. He did so many things, he was so versatile, so talented, so prolific. He will be incredibly missed and there was no one else like him." Chris Beetles, who held several exhibitions of Searle's work at his gallery, said: "He had become the yardstick by which all those professionals in his trade judged themselves, and his witty draughtsmanship was the standard to which they aspired. "Over my 40-year collecting and art dealing lifetime, I have never encountered a cartoonist with his consistency of drawing ability, and such an inventive range of humour from burlesque to surrealism." 'Comic anarchism' Across his career, Searle won a number of awards, including prizes from America's National Cartoonists' Society and France's prestigious Legion d'Honneur in 2007. Image caption Ronald Searle continued to draw during his time as a prisoner of war But St Trinian's was his most enduring work - spawning five films between 1954 and 1980. After a 27-year hiatus, the series was revived in 2007, with Rupert Everett in the headmistress role. The movie also starred Talulah Riley, Jodie Whittaker and Gemma Arterton, making her film debut. A sequel, St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, was released two years later. Simon Winder, from Penguin the company that published St Trinian's said: "We are all extremely sad to hear of Ronald's death. He was a marvellous, remarkable man and a great artis


What is the name of The Vicar of Dibley?

The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series 1994–2007) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church. Stars: Geraldine forms a book club at which Alice deciphers the Da Vinci Code and works out that she is the last living descendant of Jesus Christ. Geraldine,however,is depressed. She has conducted a ... 9.1 Geraldine is so popular that everybody wants her round for Christmas dinner so she won't be alone - Jim and Frank, Alice and her family,who are even more bizarre than Alice herself and the Hortons. ... 8.9 Hugo and Alice are finally married,with two bridesmaids dressed up as Teletubbies. There is a nasty moment when a woman bursts in and accuses the groom of being already married but,not to worry,she's... 8.6 Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. Watch the video Related News a list of 49 titles created 15 Jul 2012 a list of 22 titles created 20 Jan 2013 a list of 44 titles created 16 Jan 2014 a list of 45 titles created 09 Apr 2014 a list of 41 titles created 16 Aug 2015 Title: The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2007) 8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 6 wins & 17 nominations. See more awards  » Photos Comedy about Ben, a dentist, and his family. They don't exactly get along well. Stars: Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Gabriel Thomson A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband. Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes French and Saunders (TV Series 1987) Comedy This BBC comedy skit show is the brainchild of longtime comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Each episode would feature satire on British life, television, and parodies on big box ... See full summary  » Stars: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Simon Brint Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain. Stars: Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Tom Baker The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store. Stars: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton Gavin & Stacey (TV Series 2007) Comedy | Romance Gavin and Stacey have been continuing their romance on-line and by telephone for the last six months. Now they want to be together but will their friends and family let them? Stars: Joanna Page, Mathew Horne, Alison Steadman Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margeret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbors. Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle A part-improvised comedy about a couple bringing up their three young children. Stars: Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner, Tyger Drew-Honey Not Going Out (TV Series 2006) Comedy The mishaps of slacker Lee, Lee's best mate Tim, Lee's long-suffering landlady and the love of Lee's life, Lucy, and Tim's well-meaning but dim-witted girlfriend Daisy. Stars: Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Katy Wix The Little Britain team parodies the various types of characters associated with life in a major British airport. That includes flight and ground staff from regular - and low budget ... See full summary  » Stars: Matt Lucas,


What is the name of the heroine in Steig Larsson's Millennium Trilogy?

Stieg Larsson - Biography - IMDb Stieg Larsson Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Trivia  (5) | Personal Quotes  (1) Overview (3) Karl Stig-Erland Larsson Mini Bio (1) Stieg Larsson was born on August 15, 1954 in Umeå, Västerbottens län, Sweden as Karl Stig-Erland Larsson. He was a writer, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009). He died on November 9, 2004 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. Trivia (5) Finished his so-called Millennium Trilogy shortly before his death in 2004. All three novels were published posthumously. He had finished three-quarters of a fourth book before his death and had notes for two more and had planned a series of ten. Witnessed a rape when he was 15, and was helpless to stop it. This event haunted him for the rest of his life. The girl being raped was named Lisbeth, which he later used as the name of the heroine on his Millenium trilogy. Sexual violence against women is also a recurring theme in his work. Once remarked to a colleague that he would like to see stories about famous children's literature characters when they had grown up. His novels appear to have put this into practice. His hero, Mikael Blomkvist, is named for Kalle Blomkvist (AKA Bill Bergson in English translations), a child detective appearing in novels by Astrid Lindgren . The heroine, Lisbeth Salander, sounds as if she was named, at least in part, after Blomkvist's companion Eva-Lotta Lisander. She was also named for a real-life rape victim Larsson knew. She is modeled in most other respects after another Lindgren character, Pippi Longstocking. Both girls are natural redheads who frequently outsmart authority figures who underestimate them. Salander also puts the name "V. Kulla" on her second apartment, a reference to Longstocking's home Villa Killekulla. In May 2008, it was announced that a 1977 will, found soon after Larsson's death, declared his wish to leave his assets to the Umeå branch of the Communist Workers League. As the will was unwitnessed, it was not valid under Swedish law, with the result that all of Larsson's estate, including future royalties from book sales, went to his father and brother. Spent part of 1977 in Eritrea, training a squad of female Eritrean People's Liberation Front guerrillas in the use of grenade launchers. Personal Quotes (1) To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty. See also


What do the cities of Turku in Finland and Tallinn in Estonia have in common in 2011?

European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - European Capitals of Culture 2011 : Turku and Tallinn approved by the selection panel Brussels, 13 June 2007 European Capitals of Culture 2011 : Turku and Tallinn approved by the selection panel After hearing the presentations made by the two cities applying to be designated European Capitals of Culture for 2011 on 4 June, the European selection panel [1] today publishes its report, recommending that Turku (Finland) and Tallinn (Estonia) be approved. The decision will be taken by the Council for Culture, probably in the second half of 2007, under the Portuguese Presidency. Ján Figel’, the Member of the European Commission for Education, Culture and Youth declared : « I am delighted that Turku and Tallinn have already started preparations to become successful European Capitals of Culture in 2011 ". Sir Robert Scott, the chairman of the panel, stressed that preparing an application triggered a phase of intensive work which had to continue until the start of the year concerned and had to involve all levels of political responsibility in the Member States in question. The city of Turku has built its programme for 2011 around the theme "Turku on fire". This refers to the many fires which ravaged the city over the course of its history and, most importantly, to its intensive creative and artistic activity. The Estonian capital, Tallinn, highlighted its desire to create cultural centres to drive urban development. It is keen to show that a fairly small city can, with a vibrant cultural life, take up the challenge of being designated a European Capital of Culture. The two cities have now announced that they will cooperate actively in preparing and conducting their programmes, especially as they are so close geographically.. In 2012, the European Capitals of Culture will be from Portugal and Slovenia. For more detailed information and the full report of the selection panel, please consult:


What was the first full-length animated film?

Timeline of Animated Film History Timeline of Animated Film History Timeline of Animated Film History The Evolution of Animated Film By David Nusair Updated July 04, 2016. Though one could be forgiven for assuming that the animation revolution began in 1937 with the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , the genre has actually existed almost as long as its live-action counterpart. This timeline charts animation's humble beginnings all the way through to its pervasive use within the realm of special effects: 1906 J. Stuart Blackton's Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is released. It is a three-minute short in which Blackton creates animating drawings of faces and people against a plain blackboard. 1908 The first short comprised solely of animated images, Emile Cohl's Fantasmagorie, receives its premiere in Paris.   1908 Humpty Dumpty Circus marks the first use of stop-motion animation on film.   1914 Earl Hurd invents the process of cel animation, which would revolutionize and dominate the industry for much of the 20th century.   1914 Gertie the Dinosaur is widely considered the first animated short to feature a distinguishable character, as cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay brings a walking, dancing dinosaur to life.   continue reading below our video Great Singers Gone too Soon 1917 The first feature-length animated film, Quirino Cristiani's El apostol, is released. Unfortunately, he only known copy was destroyed in a fire.   1919 Felix the Cat makes his debut and becomes the first famous animated cartoon character.   1920 The first color cartoon, John Randolph Bray's The Debut of Thomas Cat, is released.   1922 Walt Disney animates his first animated short, Little Red Riding Hood. Though initially thought lost, a copy was found and restored in 1998.   1928 Mickey Mouse makes his debut. Though the first Mickey Mouse cartoon is technically the six-minute short Plane Crazy, the first Mickey Mouse short to be distributed is Steamboat Willie, which is also the first Disney cartoon with synchronized sound. 1929 Disney's iconic line of animated shorts, Silly Symphonies, kicks off its prolific run with The Skeleton Dance. 1930 Betty Boop debuts as a woman/dog hybrid in the short Dizzy Dishes.   1930 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes makes its debut with Sinkin' in the Bathtub.   1931 Quirino Cristiani's Peludopolis, which tells the story of a military coup against a corrupt president, boasts the first instance of sound within a feature-length animated film. There are no surviving copies of the movie in existence.   1932 The first full-color, three-strip Technicolor animated short, Flowers and Trees, is released. The film wins Disney the first-everAcademy Award for Animated Short Film 1933 King Kong, which features several stop-motion animated characters, is released.   1933 After starring in an extremely successful comic strip, Popeye makes his cartoon debut alongside Betty Boop in the seven-minute short Popeye the Sailor.   1933 Ub Iwerks invents the multiplane camera, which allows animators to create a three-dimensional effect within two-dimensional cartoons.   1935 The Russian film The New Gulliver becomes the first full-length feature to employ stop-motion animation for the bulk of its running time.   1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature and the first such production to emerge out of the United States, is released. It becomes a huge box office success and Disney was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for the achievement.   1938 Bugs Bunny makes his debut in Porky's Hare Hunt, though the character wasn't named until 1941.   1940 Tom the cat launches his unending pursuit of Jerry the mouse in the Oscar-nominated short Puss Gets the Boot.   1940 Woody Woodpecker arrives on the scene with a small role in the Andy Panda cartoon Knock, Knock.   1941 The first full-length animated musical, Mr. Bug Goes to Town, is released.   1946 Disney's first live-action film, Song of the South, is released and boasts several animated interludes. Because of its depiction of the African-American ch


How many points are scored when you kick a goal in Gaelic football?

Scoring and Goals the GAA Scoring System - Costa Gaels - GAA Spain Home › GAA Rules › Scoring and Goals the GAA Scoring System Scoring and Goals the GAA Scoring System Posted on Yep, the scoring in GAA is as odd as hell, but it makes sense. I swear to god it does. Points In Gaelic football and hurling there are two types of score, a goal or a point. A point is scored by playing the ball over your opponents’ end line, between their goalposts, and over the crossbar. Heres some examples: A goal is scored by playing the ball over your opponents’ end line, between the goalposts, and under the crossbar. A goal is worth three points. Goals Players may score from either the hand or the foot in football, or the hurl and foot in hurling. A goal cannot be scored using the hand pass method, although points can be scored this way. A goal scored by hand will count if the referee deems it not to have been by the hand pass method e.g. if a player is in possession of the ball, drops it, and punches the ball into the goal this will count. A set of goals in Gaelic football/hurling are similar to those of rugby. The two vertical posts (goalposts) are placed 14 yards apart, with a horizontal bar (crossbar) between them, 8 feet from the ground. If a defender plays the ball through his own goalposts, whether by foot or by hand, the appropriate score is awarded to the attacking team. A defending player may score an own goal with a hand pass. Some cracking goals here:


Which castle guards the main route through Purbeck Hills?

The Castle – Corfe Castle The Castle Corfe Castle | National Trust The dramatic ruins of Corfe Castle stand on a natural hill guarding the principal route through the Purbeck Hills. As you can see it guards the gap between the south of Purbeck, where Purbeck marble was once quarried, and the rest of England. Nothing could pass in or out without going past the Castle. It may have been a defensive site even in Roman times and Corfe Castle certainly has had a colourful history. The first castle buildings would have been built of wood. In 979 King Edward was reputedly murdered by his step-mother so that her own son Ethelred the Unready could become King of England. In the latter half of the 11th Century the Castle was rebuilt in stone by William the Conqueror and for the next six hundred years was a royal fortress used by the monarchs of England and latterly their constables. By 1572 warfare had changed and Corfe Castle was sold by Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Christopher Hatton, her dancing master and favourite. In 1635 the Castle was bought by Sir John Bankes, who was Lord Chief Justice, as an occasional private residence. As trouble brewed for Charles I, the Bankes family took up permanent residence. By 1643 most of Dorset was occupied by the Parliamentarians, and Lady Bankes and her supporters successfully withstood a six week long siege. Sir John Bankes died in 1644 and the family endured a series of half-hearted blockades by Parliamentary forces. Late in 1645 Colonel Bingham Governor of Poole started a second siege, and treachery by one of the garrison allowed a Parliamentary force into the castle in February 1646. The Roundheads allowed the family to leave the Castle and then it was systematically destroyed by Parliamentary sappers. Sir Ralph Bankes, son of Sir John, built a new home, Kingston Lacy House, to the west of Wimborne and managed to gather together many of the plundered possessions to furnish the new house. The Castle remained in the ownership of the Bankes family until 1982 when it was bequeathed as part of the Kingston Lacy and Corfe Castle Estate to the National Trust by Mr.H J R Bankes. Opening Times January – March: 10am to 4pm April – September: 10am to 6pm October: 10am – 5pm November – December: 10am to 4pm Last entry to the castle is 30 minutes before closing. Castle, shop and tea-rooms closed 3 March and 25 to 26 December. Further information on the Castle can be found on the National Trust website . Share: 28 Jan 2017 | Corfe Castle Follow us on Twitter


The Pyg and the Miners' tracks and the Watkin Path are routes up which mountain?

Walking up Mount Snowdon - a brief description of the most popular routes Routes Up Mount Snowdon Climbing Snowdon If you are moderately fit, climbing Snowdon is definitely within your reach.  Out of the three highest peaks in the UK, Mount Snowdon is probably the friendliest for the Novice Walker to ascend.  Apart from anything else, in the summer months there is a cafe at the top where you can get a welcome cup of tea - or a mug of soup if the weather is cold.  And if you're feeling tired after the strenuous climb up you can always get the train back down.  (Note:  cafe is only open when the trains are running - trains run from mid May to the end of October all the way to the summit but don't run in very bad weather). Other pages you might like: Crib Goch There are six main routes to the summit of Snowdon - Watkin Path, Llanberis Path, Pyg Track, Miners' Track, Snowdon Ranger Path, Beddegelert Path/Rhyd Ddu. Each path is briefly described below, as well as how to get to the starting points and car park charges.   The routes are fairly easy to follow particularly now that route markers have been erected.  Most are fairly easy underfoot allowing many thousands of people reach the summit each year but please be aware that proper walking boots are required - you will soon start to feel every stone underfoot in trainers, and have no grip in wet weather.   One route which should be avoided except by experienced mountain walkers is Crib Goch - particularly when the weather is wet or in winter.    Pyg Track 3 1/4 miles - good route The Pyg and the Miners Tracks start at the same point.  The car park here gets very full, and an early start is essential.  It is not known how the Pyg Track got its name - it could be as it passes over the Pigs's Pass (Bwlch y Mocl), because it is close to the Pen y Gwryd Hotel, or because pyg, in welsh, also means pitch, and part of the surface of the path looks like black pitch.  Whatever the origin, this path starts 1,170 feet above sea level which gives you a helpful start on the way.  Much of this walk is rugged, and very challenging, but the scenery is interesting.  You can read a description of the walk up the Miners Track and back down the Pyg Track here . Miners' Track 3 3/4 miles - easy first part This is a good walk to try if you want to walk on Snowdon but don't want to try to reach the summit as the first part is fairly gentle.  The track was built during the 1800's to serve Britannia Copper Mines which were abandoned in 1917.  Mine Manager Arthur Lockwood drove his car to Llyn Glaslyn, and the track to this point at the lake still resembles a road so is a good walking surface.  The track does get considerably steeper towards the summit. Information for the Miners Track and Pyg Track.  Both these tracks start at the Pen-y-Pass Car Park, postcode LL55 4NY.    This is the most expensive car park at ï¿½10 per day, and the busiest.  Arrive first thing in the morning to get a place.  Information about the Brittania Copper Mine - the remains of which you will see on your walk, can be found here. This is a hot spot for accidents on the Snowdon Massif, some of which have been fatal.  At best it can be described as a scramble - at some point everyone will need to use both hands and feet to continue (there are three pinnacles to get around), and some people are so scared they need to crawl most of the way.     The route starts at Pen-y-Pass, and follows the Pyg Track to a fork.  The left path continues on the Pyg Track, the right path goes up to Crib Goch.  Once Crib Goch is conquered the path continues to the summit of Snowdon joining the Pyg Track once again.    On busy days there can be a queue of people waiting to cross Crib Goch, but don't let this fool you - it really is a dangerous route, not for the faint hearted or inexperienced.  Information:  The Crib Goch path starts at the Pen-y-Pass Car Park along with the Pyg and Miners Tracks - postcode LL55 4NY  An introduction to this route can be found here . As you near the Summit On most of the paths as you get close to the summit the going


How are Bob Ferris and Terry Collier known collectively?

BBC Inside Out - Likely Lads RODNEY BEWES Q&A It's 40 years since The Likely Lads first hit our TV screens. Inside Out pays tribute to this comedy classic which is as fresh and funny today as it was when it was first screened. The Likely Lads is one of the most enduring shows in television history. Frequently repeated and often hailed as a classic, it gave the North East a voice for the first time when it was originally screened in 1964. Over the course of 20 episodes, our folk heroes and Geordie partners in crime, Bob Ferris and Terry Collier, extolled the rights and wrongs of everything from beer and birds to Newcastle United and nightlife. Bob and Terry became Geordie icons, as well known as Andy Capp and as revered as football heroes like Malcolm McDonald and Bobby Moncur. Goodbye to all that The enduring success of The Likely Lads owes much to its timeless humour, its nostalgia for the past, and the camaraderie between its two Geordie characters. The Likely Lads compare the price of a pint "The only thing to look forward to is the past", goes the lyric of the title song of the TV series. The song and the sitcom spoke volumes about the social and economic revolution of the Sixties and Seventies when Tyneside was undergoing a huge transformation. Tyneside was grappling with massive slum clearance, the loss of its manufacturing industries, and a cultural revolution. The times they are a' changing In Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads Terry returns from a stint in the army and tries to find work in a North East that has changed dramatically since he's been away. The Facts There were three series of The Likely Lads between 1964 and 1966 A Likely Lads film was made in 1976 with the story focusing on a disastrous camping holiday Two series of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads were made between 1970 and 1973 plus a Christmas Special Many of the show's master recordings were 'lost' when the master recordings were wiped at the end of the 1960s There were 16 radio episodes of The Likely Lads in the late 1960s His attempts to find a new role is a tale of the times, and is as powerful a piece of social commentary as a groundbreaking drama like The Boys from the Blackstuff. In the film of The Likely Lads Terry and Bob visit a demolition site - it's where their favourite pub used to stand, and they moan about the changing times. The theme of nostalgia for the past recurs throughout the TV series. In the follow-up Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads we revisit Bob and Terry seven years on, and the social references become more marked. Newcastle has become a symbol of the times and a backdrop against which the likely lads live their lives. "The area became important. It became a character," says writer Dick Clement. Geordie stereotypes? Bob and Terry are sometimes accused of being Geordie stereotypes, but there is a warmth and restless edge to the characters which cuts through the stereotypical image of the macho male. The lads chat up a couple of girls. A young Wendy Richard is pictured to the left Terry is renowned for his bigoted views and old-fashioned attitudes, but he's also a moaner and a cynic, criticising all and everything around him. Bob is struggling to shake off the shackles of the Geordie macho image and is trying to become a 'new man' with middle class aspirations, always trying to better himself. They both have one foot in the past, but they are constantly battling to makes sense of the changing world around them. Friends and neighbours The Likely Lads struck a chord with audiences around the country, with 27 million viewers at its peak. Bob and Terry were like real people, the sort of lads you might meet down the pub on a night out in Newcastle. Inside Out Quiz Are you a likely lad or lass? Take our quiz and test your knowledge of the Likely Lads... TAKE THE TEST Geordie heroes Ant and Dec are big fans and they can remember watching the programme when they were kids. They were inspired by watching the first 'Geordie' actors to make it big on TV. Ant explains, "When Dec and I first moved to London and


Who wrote The Iceman Cometh, and disowned his daughter for marrying Charlie Chaplin?

American Experience | Eugene O'Neill | People & Events | PBS People & Events Eugene O'Neill 1 of 9 Eugene O'Neill drew on the tragic events of his dysfunctional family's life to produce some of the most powerful dramas of the American theater. Born in a Hotel Room O'Neill's difficulties began almost from the time of his birth on October 16, 1888 in a New York hotel in what later became known as Times Square. Soon after the delivery, his mother, Ella O'Neill , became addicted to morphine. (Decades later, Eugene would dramatize her tragedy through the character Mary Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night.) Throughout Eugene's childhood, his stage-actor father, James O'Neill , toured in the lucrative but ultimately disappointing lead role in The Count of Monte Cristo. Eugene traveled with his father for his first seven years, an experience that would influence the future playwright's work. "As a boy, I saw so much of the old, ranting, artificial romantic stuff that I always had a sort of contempt for the theater," he would later recall. School and Religion Entering a strict Catholic boarding school, St. Aloysius Academy for Boys, in September 1895, O'Neill would rebel against the demands of school and religion. After learning as a teenager of his mother's drug addiction, O'Neill defied his father by refusing to go to church. His struggles with God and religion would later prove to be a frequent theme of his plays. He enrolled in Princeton University in September 1906 but was kicked out after his first year, owing to poor academics and heavy drinking. Aside from a course in playwriting that O'Neill later took at Harvard, he would have no other formal education. At Sea O'Neill married just before turning 21, but he did not settle down. In fact, soon after he wed Kathleen Jenkins against his father's wishes, he set sail for Honduras and then South America aboard a ship called the Charles Racine. His wife gave birth in May 1910 to a son, Eugene O'Neill Jr., whom his father did not see until the boy was 11. O'Neill preferred the simple life of sailors and the sea to family life, but heavy drinking drove him to despair. After returning to New York and living the life of a derelict, O'Neill in 1912 attempted suicide in his room at Jimmy-the-Priest's boarding house and saloon, which -- together with the Hell Hole -- would one day become the setting for his play The Iceman Cometh. That same year, he and Kathleen divorced, and he contracted tuberculosis. It was during his recovery at a sanatorium -- which he came to regard as his "rebirth" -- that he determined he would become a playwright. "I want to be an artist or nothing," he said. Success as a Playwright After Eugene O'Neill attended a playwriting course at Harvard in 1914, followed by a frustrating and mostly drunken year in New York's Greenwich Village attempting unsuccessfully to have his one-act plays produced, he joined an experimental theater group in Provincetown, Massachusetts, which produced his one-act sea play Bound East for Cardiff. The group formed the Playwrights' Theatre in Greenwich Village and staged several O'Neill productions in the following years. During this period, O'Neill married his second wife, writer Agnes Boulton, in 1918, with whom he had two children , Shane and Oona. O'Neill's first full-length play, Beyond the Horizon, premiered on Broadway on February 3, 1920, at the Morosco Theater. The play, which features two brothers who love the same woman, won O'Neill the first of four Pulitzer Prizes in drama. Family Losses A week after Beyond the Horizon opened, James O'Neill suffered a stroke. Before he died in August 1920, he shared with his son Eugene the bitterness he felt over his lost potential as an actor. Two years later, O'Neill's mother died; the next year his brother, Jamie, an alcoholic, died at the age of 45. O'Neill would dramatize the lives of his family members in his plays, most vividly in Long Day's Journey Into Night. Fruitful Period After the debut of his first play on Broadway, O'Neill wrote prolifically , completing 20 long plays an


Which protein is a major component of hair, skin, nails and tooth enamel?

MSM - Methylsulphonylmethane - Health MSM What is MSM ? MSM (Methylsulphonylmethane) is a naturally occurring organic sulphur     compound found in all living plant and animal tissues. It is essential     for all bodily systems and normal organ functions. Since naturally     occurring MSM is easily destroyed by food processing and constant     utilization and excretion by the body, supplementation may be necessary     to meet bodily requirements. Sulphur is found in every cell in the body. It is structurally   and functionally important to 150 compounds within the body, including   tissues, enzymes, hormones, antibodies and antioxidants. Organic sulphur   is known for its anti-inflammatory and circulation enhancing properties.   The link between MSM and organic sulphur may explain the positive health   benefits one receives after incorporating MSM into the diet. Robert J. Herschler, an American chemist, began his study   of MSM in 1955. His investigations subsequently leading to his securing   a total of nine United States and several additional foreign patents   governing the biological and cosmetic use of MSM. Most health experts are familiar with dimethylsulphoxide,   commonly known as DMSO. Thousands of studies have documented DMSO's   anti-inflammatory and circulation enhancing properties in treating   a wide variety of medical conditions. MSM, methylsulphonylmethane,   is a close chemical relative and the simplest organic dialkylsulphone   which is emerging as one of the safest and most effective compounds   in the support and maintenance of good health and vitality. Where   DMSO was noted for bad breath and dry itchy skin (often experienced   from ingesting too much yellow sulphur), MSM seems to provide all   the benefits and advantages without the troublesome side effects of   its predecessor. MSM is a snow white, crystalline, water soluble, odorless   and almost tasteless powder. It is neither a drug or food additive   but what could be termed 'a nutritional mineral', such as sodium or   sulphur required by the body for life processes. MSM is an essential nutrient that has often been overlooked.   According to Mr. Herschler, it is 'shy, evasive, and escape-prone'.   While not a problem within the marine life food chain, there is a   problem within the terrestrial environment where it can be driven   out of any food, plant, fish, meat, fruit or milk by even moderate   processing including heating or drying. MSM is the stable end-product of the methyl-S-methane   series of compounds that provide all life with a dominant amount of   bio-available sulphur. Together with its precursors, MSM is abundant   in both the food chains of land and sea. Sulphur is one of the essential minerals, ranked as   a macronutrient in the vertebrate diet. Earlier methionine work and   ongoing MSM research indicates that it is the structure of the sulphur   donor molecule, not the amount of sulphur assayed in the diet of an   animal or plant that is critical. The body must receive sulphur in   the form of a sulphur donor molecule since it cannot assimilate elemental,   yellow sulphur into the body. The list of sulphur uses in the body is extensive. It   includes hair, nails and skin, connective tissue and enzymes, hormones   and immunoglobins. Without adequate and properly delivered sulphur   , life functions as we know them would cease or be greatly inhibited.   Without adequate sulphur tie-bars (-S-S- or disulphide bonds) of connective   tissue, the body would be reduced to a pool of liquid protoplasm.   Experimental findings suggest that MSM has a biological role as a   cell wall stabilizing factor. MSM has been chemically present on Earth for a very   long time. During the development of all higher life-form genetic   codes (and in-vivo synthesis so directed), three nutrients were always   present; water, sodium chloride and MSM. MSM was a factor in the diets   of our ancestors as far back as the middle ages. Since most mo


What type of creature is the Australian currawong?

currawong | bird | Britannica.com Currawong Alternative Titles: crow-shrike, piping-crow, Strepera Similar Topics songshrike Currawong, also called piping-crow, or crow-shrike, any of several songbirds of the Australian family Cracticidae (order Passeriformes). They are large, up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) long, with black, gray, or black-and-white plumage and yellow eyes. All have resounding, metallic voices. Found in woodlands and occasionally flocking into suburban areas, currawongs live on fruit, insects, small animals, and other birds’ eggs and young: they may be a nuisance in orchards and hen yards. The pied currawong, or chillawong (Strepera graculina) makes rolling sounds; the gray currawong (S. versicolor), also called squeaker, or rainbird, makes clanking noises. Pied currawong (Strepera graculina) John R. Brownlie—Bruce Coleman Ltd. Learn More in these related articles: Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: July 20, 1998 URL: https://www.britannica.com/animal/currawong Access Date: January 13, 2017 Share


Running for 46 miles, which line of the London Underground has the longest track?

Running the TubeThe Next Challenge | The Next Challenge Circle Line – January 10th – 15 miles, 3 hours Hammersmith & City – January 24th – 22 miles, 4 hours Victoria Line – January 31st – 15 miles – 3.5 hours East London Line – February 10th – 7 miles – 1.5 hours Northern Line – February 28th – 29 miles – 5.5 hours Bakerloo Line – March 28th – 18 miles – 5 hours Jubilee Line – June 7th – 38 miles – 9 hours District Line – June 26th – 35 miles – 7.5 hours Central Line – July 10th – 45 miles – 12 hours Piccadilly Line – August 22nd – 36 miles – 9 hours Metropolitan Line – August 28th – 24 miles – 6 hours Waterloo & City Line – September 9th – 4 miles – 45 minutes Read More Tube Stations visited: 223 out of 270 Miles of track covered: 221 out of ~250 Actual miles run overland: 288 Boroughs visited: 27 out of 32 How? Let’s use the Victoria Line as our example. We “touched-in” with our Oyster cards at Brixton then turned around and ran back up the steps to the street. Then we ran to every Victoria Line Tube stop on our way overland to Walthamstow Central where we leant over the barriers and “touched-out” so we’ve got a record of the journey. That one was around 15 miles. There are 12 Tube lines and we spread them out over the year, starting with the Circle Line in January and finishing with a group of runners in fancy dress on the Waterloo & City Line in September. Why?   To explore London – The Tube’s a fantastic method of transport but by travelling underground you miss out on all of the wonderful places that the tunnels connect. Running overland combined a great bit of exercise with the opportunity to explore some unknown areas and build new memories for the familiar places. For an adventure – It’s easy to get stuck into the routines of daily life, especially in a big city like London. We used one of it’s great icons as an excuse to embrace our surroundings, do something new, exciting and challenging and live life as a bit of an adventure. (This is part of my campaign to get people having an adventure everyday ) To raise money for the British Lung Foundation – Laura lost her granddad to asbestosis in May 2009 and so the British Lung Foundation is a natural choice for us to support. Has anyone else done this? Mark Moxon: Tube Walker Prior to our run, Mark Moxon walked the length of all the Tube lines. His website – TubeWalker.com – is a great resource for anyone considering a walk/run along these lines. Another chap walked the Underground routes in 2007-2008 and captured his trip in photographs. Stephen Wright: Running the Tube Lines Shortly after our run, Stephen Wright started a similar challenge. He broke the lines into smaller chunks than us but, where we just ran the longest branch of each line, he methodically ticked off every single station. His website no longer appears to be online but you can find him on Google. In 2011, Steven Whyley ran between every Tube station in much the same style as Stephen Wright to raise money for Cancer Research. Mark Mason: Walk the Lines Finally, a separate Mark with a very similar name to Mark Moxon, also walked between all the London Underground train stations and wrote a book about it called Walk the Lines: The London Underground, Overground .