In the first series of the Esure Insurance TV adverts, Michael Winner's famous quote was Calm down dear, it's only a what?

Michael Winner: Film director, national treasure (and no mean restaurant critic) dies | Daily Mail Online comments Film director and national treasure Michael Winner has died aged 77, it was revealed today. His wife Geraldine confirmed that he had passed away at his home in Kensington, west London, after a long battle with liver disease. He made more than 30 films over a career which spanned seven decades, including the blockbuster Death Wish series. As well as his films, he was known for his witty restaurant reviews and larger-than-life personality. Scroll down for video Lia Williams with Winner in 1992 who played Bella in his film Dirty Weekend. The film was based on a novel by Helen Zahavi Prolific: Winner directed more than 30 films including the blockbuster Death Wish series Legend: Film director Michael Winner died aged 77 after a long battle with liver disease Most recently Winner, who was also a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, appeared in adverts for insurance company Esure. The adverts spawned the catchphrase, 'Calm Down dear, it's only a commercial'. Winner revealed in the summer that he was researching the possibility of assisted suicide after doctors told him he had less than two years to live. His health scares in the past included a bacterial infection he got from eating oyster in Barbados, and food poisoning brought on by eating steak tartare four days in a row. Paying tribute to her husband Mrs Winner, a former dancer, said in a statement: 'Michael was a wonderful man, brilliant, funny and generous. A light has gone out in my life.' The couple first met in 1957, when he was 21 and she was 16, but married only in 2011 after a decades-long relationship. In a film career which spanned more than 50 years, he worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including Marlon Brando, Robert Mitchum and Faye Dunaway. He later reinvented himself as a restaurant critic, writing about food in his typically flamboyant style in his Winner's Dinners column for the Sunday Times, which he gave up only last month. Winner, whose appearance in adverts for motor insurance coined the catchphrase 'Calm down dear, it's only a commercial', also founded and funded the Police Memorial Trust following the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984. RELATED ARTICLES Dirty Weekend (1993) Parting Shots (1999) The initiative led to a National Police Memorial being erected in the Mall in central London. Steve Lloyd, trust manager and vice-chairman of the Police Roll of Honour Trust, said: 'Michael had been ill for some time, but this is still a sad loss. 'Michael was a keen supporter of police charities and in particular was the founder of the project that let to the National Police Memorial being placed in the Mall in London. 'There is no doubt that Michael's work will be continued and we at the Trust pass on our sympathies to his family at this sad time. 'The work he did on behalf of the policing family brought a lot of comfort to those he recognised.' Winner had an early introduction to showbusiness - by the age of 14 he was writing a column for local newspapers interviewing stars from Louis Armstrong to Laurence Olivier. His time as editor of the Cambridge University newspaper, Varsity, saw him lead a team that included Michael Frayn and Jonathan Miller, before stints as a film critic on Fleet Street. He got his break in 1956 when he started making documentaries and short films and went on to make dozens of films including an early role for David Hemmings alongside Diana Dors in the 1963 film West 11. Other notable films included a remake of The Big Sleep, with Robert Mitchum as private eye Philip Marlowe, and Hannibal Brooks, which starred Oliver Reed as a prisoner-of-war who makes a bid for freedom with an elephant from a German zoo. But he is probably best known for the 1974 film Death Wish, which starred Charles Bronson as a mild-mannered architect who becomes a violent vigilante after his family is attacked in New York. Hundreds of stars and other well


Who had a hit in 1967 with The Last Waltz?

The Last Waltz REVIEWS Engelbert is long overdue a three disc box set to contain some of the fantastic songs from the first dozen or so years of his nearly four decade long career, those melodies that hold so many memories, sung to perfection by "The King of Romance"; for now they are scattered among dozens of CDs, and to get all one's favorites means purchasing multitudes of compilations. Though practically all will include "Release Me", there are lesser known beauties that are "must haves". This is a terrific grouping, and the rarity on it is "Ten Guitars", and to a lesser extent "Everybody Knows (We're Through)", which is sung from a woman's point of view, and from his first "Release Me" LP, the wonderful Herman's Hermits hit "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)", and "My World" (sometimes listed as "Il Mondo").  Also included is the song I could listen to for hours, "The Way it Used to Be", the exquisite "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize", and the waltz to end all waltzes, "The Last Waltz". These are all the original recordings, and the sound is O.K., though not as good when compared to "Ultimate Collection" or "Greatest Love Songs", which are two compilations that are on the top of the heap for excellence, and deserve to be in every Engelbert collection.  The booklet insert includes a mini bio and most appreciated, a U.K. and U.S. singles chart history from 1967 to 1970, and total playing time is 43'19.  Review From: Alejandra Vernon, Amazon on 2011-05-26 Born in Madras, India, in 1936, Arnold Dorsey, a.k.a. Englebert Humperdinck, became one of the best pop singers of the late 60's through the 70's, and even up to the present. This collection contains his greatest hits between the period of 1966 to 1969, plus 5 songs that weren't released as singles but were still very popular during that time...and of course, they still are. These are songs that will always be good to listen to. Booklet contains a 2 page essay about E.H, plus a U.K. & U.S. Singles Chart History, which is very informative. Review From: G. Sawaged, Amazon on 2011-05-26 Wonderful music, great listening Review From: a reviewer, cd Universe on 2011-05-26 USER REVIEWS Posted By Momsy158 "Have the CD version of this album. It's a little annoying that the American version has only 10 songs, while the UK version has 12. But regardless of how many songs, it's still a nice collection of some of his classic hits. Definitely well worth getting, having, and listening." Posted on: September, 13 2011 20:45 PM Posted By Billiej "Wow all these songs turned out to be so popular for this great man.Would love to ear IL MONDO more. I thought he would of on these early albums. Love it though! Billie" Posted on: June, 12 2011 20:43 PM If you would like to post a review, please register . If you have already registered, just login .


In 1958, King Faisal ll was murdered at 23 years old. He was the last King of which country?

Faisal II (1935 - 1958) - Find A Grave Memorial Death:  Jul. 14, 1958 King of Iraq.  He ascended to the throne at the age of three years upon the tragic death of his father, King Ghazi.  Faisal's uncle Abd al-llah served as regent until Faisal came of age in 1953.  As a child, he suffered from asthma.  In April of 1941, Abd al-llah was briefly deposed by a military coup which aimed to align Iraq with the Axis powers, but he was quickly restored.  As a teenager, Faisal attended Harrow School in England with his cousin King Hussein of Jordan. On May 2, 1953, he was able to fully assume the powers of his throne.  Faisal relied heavily on the advice of both his uncle and longtime prime minister Nuri al-Sa'id, who were both considered pro-Western.  There was growing opposition to his monarchy from the poor and middle class, who felt that the wealthy were the only ones who had any power in the country.  During Faisal's reign, Iraq signed the Baghdad Pact in 1955, which aligned the country with the West.  On February 14, 1958, Iraq and Jordan joined together as a federation to counter Syria and Egypt's formation of the United Arab Republic.  In the summer of that year, King Hussein of Jordan asked Iraq for military assistance during the growing crisis in Lebanon.  Iraqi troops under Abd al-Karim Qasim, who were supposed to be going to Jordan, marched on Baghdad instead and mounted a coup on July 14, 1958.  Faisal quickly surrendered to the rebels and he, his uncle Abd al-llah, and most of the royal family were executed in the palace courtyard.  Nuri al Sa'id, his longtime prime minister, was brutally murdered the next day.  Faisal's death brought an end to the 37 year old Iraqi monarchy. (bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye)


In May 2009, Millvina Dean died aged 97. She was the last survivor of which historic event?

Last Titanic survivor dies, aged 97 | Metro News Last Titanic survivor dies, aged 97 metrowebukmetro Sunday 31 May 2009 9:55 pm Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic disaster, has died at the age of 97. Miss Dean was just nine weeks old when the historic liner sank in 1912. Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the 1912 Titanic disaster, has died, aged 97 She died in the early hours of Saturday morning after being cared for at a Southampton nursing home. Elizabeth Gladys Dean, known to friends as Millvina, was born on February 2, 1912 and boarded the doomed ship with her parents Bertram Frank and Georgette Eva and her elder brother Bertram. Members of the family, all third class passengers, were emigrating to Wichita, Kansas, where her father had hoped to open a tobacconist shop. When the accident happened, her father felt the ship shudder and quickly told his family to get on deck. Miss Dean, her mother and brother were among the first steerage passengers to escape the sinking liner, but Mr Dean was unable to get onto a lifeboat and perished in the disaster. They returned to England aboard the Adriatic where “Millvina became quite a spectacle: that such a tiny baby could have came through the ordeal alive,” according to Encyclopedia-Titanica. Miss Dean’s family returned to Southampton and she did not find out that she had been on board the vessel until she was eight and her mother was planning to remarry. More


Who starred as Hawkeye in the 1992 film Last Of The Mohicans?

The Last of the Mohicans (1992) - 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 The Last of the Mohicans ( 1992 ) R | Three trappers protect a British Colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War. Director: a list of 44 titles created 05 Aug 2013 a list of 32 titles created 09 Dec 2013 a list of 43 titles created 10 Apr 2014 a list of 37 titles created 01 Feb 2015 a list of 23 titles created 8 months ago Title: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) 7.8/10 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. Won     1     Oscar. Another    6 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. Director: Jim Sheridan Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son. Director: Roland Emmerich An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle. Director: Edward Zwick A man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them. Director: Jim Sheridan Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. Director: Steven Spielberg During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America. Director: Peter Weir In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer. Director: Martin Scorsese A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad. Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Edit Storyline The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans -- Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye -- live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of which they wanted no part: the French and Indian War. Written by Jwelch5742 Rated R for violence | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 25 September 1992 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: El último de los mohicanos See more  » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Michael Mann has said watching The Last of the Mohicans (1936) when he was young was his inspiration for the film. See more » Goofs Gray rock-textured canvas, presumably covering modern trail signs or graffiti, is clearly visible in final scenes. Hawkeye bumps a canvas while running through underpass, and a larger portion is visible as he returns to embrace Cora after Magua's death. See more » Quotes [first lines] Title Card: 1757 / The American colonies. / It is the 3rd year of the war between England and France for the possession of the continent. / Three men, the last of a vanishing people, are on the frontier west of the Hudson River. Will make you forget that wimpy TV Hawkeye. 24 November 2003 | by jckruize (North Hemis) – See all my reviews Policier specialist Michael Mann steps way off his usual beaten path with this adaptation of that hoary old James Fenimore Cooper tale of frontiersmen, Indians, Redcoats and the French -- the latter back when they knew how to fight. Chameleonic actor Daniel Day Lewis is


Who was the last surviving member of the Rat Pack, who died October 2007?

Joey Bishop, Last of the 'Rat Pack,' Dies at 89 | Fox News Joey Bishop, Last of the 'Rat Pack,' Dies at 89 Published        October 18, 2007 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Email Print LOS ANGELES –  Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, has died at 89. He was the group's last surviving member. Peter Lawford died in 1984, Sammy Davis Jr. in 1990, Dean Martin in 1995, and Sinatra in 1998. Bishop died Wednesday night of multiple causes at his home in Newport Beach, publicist and longtime friend Warren Cowan said Thursday. The Rat Pack became a show business sensation in the early 1960s, appearing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in shows that combined music and comedy in a seemingly chaotic manner. Reviewers often claimed that Bishop played a minor role, but Sinatra knew otherwise. He termed the comedian "the Hub of the Big Wheel," with Bishop coming up with some of the best one-liners and beginning many jokes with his favorite phrase, "Son of a gun!" "He was the perfect match for the Rat Pack. He fit right in like an old shoe," Hollywood's honorary mayor, Johnny Grant, said Thursday. The quintet lived it up whenever members were free of their own commitments. They appeared together in such films as "Ocean's Eleven" and "Sergeants 3" and proudly gave honorary membership to a certain fun-loving politician from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, at whose inauguration gala Bishop served as master of ceremonies. The Rat Pack faded after Kennedy's assassination, but the late 1990s brought a renaissance, with the group depicted in an HBO movie and portrayed by imitators in Las Vegas and elsewhere. The movie "Ocean's Eleven" was even remade in 2003 with George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the lead roles. Bishop defended his fellow performers' rowdy reputations in a 1998 interview. "Are we remembered as being drunk and chasing broads?" he asked. "I never saw Frank, Dean, Sammy or Peter drunk during performances. That was only a gag. And do you believe these guys had to chase broads? They had to chase 'em away." Away from the Rat Pack, Bishop starred in two TV series, both called "The Joey Bishop Show." The first, an NBC sitcom, got off to a rocky start in 1961. Critical and audience response was generally negative, and the second season brought a change in format. The third season brought a change in network, with the show moving to ABC, but nothing seemed to help and it was canceled in 1965. In the first series, Bishop played a TV talk show host. Then, he really became a TV talk show host. His program was started by ABC in 1967 as a challenge to Johnny Carson's immensely popular "The Tonight Show." Like Carson, Bishop sat behind a desk and bantered with a sidekick, TV newcomer Regis Philbin. But despite an impressive guest list and outrageous stunts, Bishop couldn't dent Carson's ratings, and "The Joey Bishop Show" was canceled after two seasons. Bishop then became a familiar guest figure in TV variety shows and as sub for vacationing talk show hosts, filling in for Carson 205 times. He also played character roles in such movies as "The Naked and the Dead" ("I played both roles"), "Onion-head," "Johnny Cool," "Texas Across the River," "Who's Minding the Mint?" "Valley of the Dolls" and "The Delta Force." His comedic schooling came from vaudeville, burlesque and nightclubs. Skipping his last high school semester in Philadelphia, he formed a music and comedy act with two other boys, and they played clubs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. They called themselves the Bishop Brothers, borrowing the name from their driver, Glenn Bishop. Joseph Abraham Gottlieb would eventually adopt Joey Bishop as his stage name. When his partners got drafted, Bishop went to work as a single, playing his first solo date in Cleveland at the well-named El Dumpo. During these early years he developed his style: laid-back drollery, with surprise throwaway lines. After 3 1/2 years in the Army, Bishop resumed his career in 1945. Within five years he was ea


December 1991 saw the last commercial flight of which international airline?

"Jet National / Miami Go-Go" Boeing 727 National Airlines Commercial circa 1965 - YouTube "Jet National / Miami Go-Go" Boeing 727 National Airlines Commercial circa 1965 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Feb 9, 2016 Classic TV Commercials playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... more at: http://scitech.quickfound.net/aviatio... "Commercial for Jet National advertising their sale on trips to Florida." The winking stewardess is played by Andrea Dromm, who played "Yeoman Smith" in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966) the 2nd pilot of Star Trek (The Original Series). Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa... –1980) National Airlines was a United States airline that operated from 1934 to 1980. For most of its existence the company was headquartered at Miami International Airport, Florida. At its height, National Airlines had a network of "Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast" flights, linking Florida and the Gulf Coast with cities along the East Coast and large cities on the West Coast. From 1970 to 1978 National, Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) and Trans World Airlines (TWA) were the only U.S. airlines that operated scheduled passenger flights to Europe... 1930s National Airlines was founded by George T. Baker in 1934, originally being headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida and based at the city's Albert Whitted Airport. On October 15 of that year, revenue flights were launched, initially transporting passengers and mail from St. Petersburg to a few destinations within Florida using a fleet of two Ryan ST monoplanes. In 1935, the Stinson Trimotor was introduced with National Airlines, which were soon replaced by the Lockheed Model 10 Electra. In 1939, the company headquarters were moved to Jacksonville. By the end of the decade, the National Airlines network spanned from Miami to New Orleans, on what it called the Buccaneer Route. 1940s Revenue passenger miles for years ending June 30: -  1936: 249,799 -  1941: 7,264,322 -  1946: 108,760,267 In 1940 the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar became the backbone of National's fleet. National was awarded rights from Florida to New York City and other cities along the East Coast in 1944, with flights starting in 1945. In 1946 National got approval to fly to Havana, Cuba, which coincided with the introduction of the Douglas DC-4. The DC-4 allowed non-stop flights between Miami and New York that started on February 14, 1946. Later that year National relocated its headquarters to Miami International Airport; a maintenance base opened at Miami in 1950. The Douglas DC-6, National's first pressurized airliner, began flights on July 1, 1947 and reduced New York to Miami flight time from five to four hours. Flights on the DC-6 were marketed as Star Service. National ran the Piggy Bank Vacations campaign, promoting low-fare flights to Florida during the off-peak summer season. 1950s This decade saw the introduction of the Convair 340/440, the Douglas DC-7, and the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation. On December 10, 1958 National became the first airline to operate domestic jet flights, using a Boeing 707 leased from Pan American World Airways between Miami and New York. In 1959 the Lockheed L-188 Electra was introduced into the fleet as another new type for National and was the only turboprop aircraft type ever operated by the airline. At the end of the decade Houston and Boston were the ends of the network with heavy emphasis on servic


Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series 1973– ) - 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 Last of the Summer Wine  TV-PG | Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly. Creator: The village prepares for Compo's funeral; even Auntie Wainwright closes her shop (her mobile phone is on for emergency purchases). Compo's "Thursday Lady" arrives to pay her respects. 9.1 A depressed Howard tries to build himself up but, under Foggy's instruction, ends up breaking his leg. Auntie Wainwright has Smiler testing a Triumph Motorcycle, after she rents him the riding gear. ... 8.8 Nora Batty finally decides to give Compo a taste of what he's been asking for and it sends him to the hospital. Clegg, Nora, and friends need to deal with the loss of their friend. 8.8 a list of 30 titles created 27 Mar 2011 a list of 30 titles created 24 Jun 2012 a list of 45 titles created 30 Jan 2014 a list of 22 titles created 03 Jul 2014 a list of 33 titles created 15 Oct 2014 Title: Last of the Summer Wine (1973– ) 7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 8 nominations. See more awards  » Photos The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store. Stars: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton Arkwright is a tight-fisted shop owner in Doncaster, who will stop at nothing to keep his profits high and his overheads low, even if this means harassing his nephew Granville. Arkwright's ... See full summary  » Stars: Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Lynda Baron 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 When Tom Ballard moves to Bayview Retirement Vilage, he meets Diana Trent, a feisty old woman who complains about everything and wants nothing more than just to die. Much to the dislike of ... See full summary  » Stars: Graham Crowden, Stephanie Cole, Daniel Hill The perils of "escaping the rat race" and dropping out of society - to start a farm in Surbiton (and to drive Margo nuts). Stars: Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith 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 During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion. Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn The staff of the defunct Grace Brothers department store reunite to run a rural hotel. Stars: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton The Korean War and a long lost letter separate the lives of young lovers Jean and Lionel, whose paths cross again by happenstance. Stars: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker A rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff. Stars: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli The misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2. Director: Norman Cohen Long running BBC comedy show consisting of sketches and humourous musical routines involving the large Ronnie Barker and the small Ronnie Corbett. Most sketches involved both men, but ... See full summary  » Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers Edit Storyline Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up fac


Last Action Hero (1993) - 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 With the help of a magic ticket, a young film fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action film character. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 40 titles created 19 Jul 2013 a list of 32 titles created 23 May 2014 a list of 35 titles created 15 Nov 2015 a list of 33 titles created 16 Nov 2015 a list of 39 titles created 2 months ago Title: Last Action Hero (1993) 6.2/10 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. 1 win & 16 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars. Director: Ivan Reitman A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons. Director: Chuck Russell A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is a short small-time crook. Director: Ivan Reitman A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman. Director: James Cameron A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter . Director: Mark L. Lester Futuristic action about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world. Director: Roger Spottiswoode A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country. Director: Walter Hill A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show. Director: Paul Michael Glaser A barbarian warrior sets off to avenge his parents and his tribe whom were slain by an evil sorcerer and his henchmen when he was a boy. Director: John Milius At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him. Director: Peter Hyams Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess. Director: Richard Fleischer When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he? Director: Paul Verhoeven Edit Storyline Young Danny Madigan is a big fan of Jack Slater, a larger-than-life action hero played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. When his best friend, Nick the projectionist, gives him a magic ticket to the new Jack Slater film, Danny is transported into Slater's world, where the good guys always win. One of Slater's enemies, Benedict the hitman, gets hold of the ticket and ends up in Danny's world, where he realises that if he can kill Schwarzenegger, Slater will be no more. Slater and Danny must travel back and stop him. Written by Alexander Lum <aj_lum@postoffice.utas.edu.au> He's mean . . . And he'll blast through your screen! [DVD cover] See more  » Genres: Rated PG-13 for strong action sequences | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 18 June 1993 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| SDDS (8 channels) (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia When Jack and Danny are in the video store we see the boxes for Die Hard (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), and Medicine Man (1992), which were all directed by John McTiernan . See more » Goofs When in Benedicts house, as The Red-eye is lingering, a dark glass window reveals the camera man. See more » Quotes The only opening credits in this film are the ones for "Jack Slater IV". See more » Connections Arnie sends hi


What was his name of the last surviving British veteran of World War I, who died in July 2009 at the age of 111?

Harry Patch | First world war veteran | Obituary | World news | The Guardian Share on Messenger Close Nine decades ago, in 1917, Harry Patch, who has died aged 111, could have instantly joined the half a million German and Commonwealth soldiers ripped apart in the mud of the battle of Passchendaele. When the first world war was over and he was back in the West Country, running a plumbing business, he never mentioned those months. They were unspeakable. Only when he reached 100 could he look back. His book The Last Fighting Tommy (2007, written with Richard van Emden) found him, at 109, not only the last British soldier to have seen combat on the western front but the oldest first-time author. His longevity had prompted a remarkable perspective on working England across the 20th century, from a man who, in his youth, had known people born in the early 19th century. Patch grew up in Combe Down, Somerset, from whose quarries nearby Bath was built. His stonemason father, William, had met his future wife, Elizabeth, when she was head of the servant staff at the house of a doctor. From modest origins, William built houses for rent, while raising three sons and growing vegetables. Deputed to load a pig into a van, young Harry saw the animal escape, and knock into a beehive, whose occupants seared its hide. Coughs and colds were "treated with honey and vinegar, which tasted horrible, as well as goose grease which was smeared on your chest". At a local school, a visiting antiquarian, the Rev Alfred Richardson, helped him to relish archaeology with Roman remains as "hands-on history". Patch's childhood enthusiasm for John Meade Falkner's Moonfleet (1898), set in Dorset, came alive when an ancient quarry shifted and disturbed a neighbouring house. His father found a tunnnel entrance by their well, and they went 15 metres (50ft) below, beside a spring. "I was fascinated. I could see ... a great saw, teeth an inch long, two stones with a cut between, used to sharpen the saw, and the files stuck in a crevice. It appeared that the workmen had left a shift, never to return." This was more vivid than his recollection of the Titanic's sinking in April 1912. Eight months later he began a five-year building apprenticeship. Meanwhile his mother was shocked when his brother William joined the army: in peacetime only "scruffs and villains" did so. With war, Patch waited for October 1916 call-up and, by June 1917, was a lance corporal in France with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Two weeks after the third battle of Ypres, Passchendaele, had begun on 31 July 1917, Patch duly went over the top. "Others were just blown to pieces," he would write in the 21st century, "it wasn't a case of seeing them with a nice bullet hole in their tunic, far from it, and there I was, only 19 years old. I felt sick." Impassioned yet cool, he saw weeks of horror; a dying comrade called, "shoot me" but immediately died with the word, "mother". Haunted by that, and shielded by a dead German, Patch, a crack shot, fired mercifully at a German's shoulder, but the man stumbled on, bayonet ready; an easy kill, but still Patch "shot him above the ankle, and above the knee. I brought him down. He called out something in German, I don't suppose it was complimentary". Then, on 22 September, Patch was badly wounded in the chest. Recuperating back in the West Country, he combined recovery with plumbing studies and met his future first wife, Ada. Chest pains precluded a return to France, but he was not demobilised for another year, not until after Armistice Day. Indeed, after 11 November 1918 he was on a firing range with other Tommies when a jobs- worth officer so riled them that there was a stand-off between his revolver and their rifles: "Had he not backed down, he would have been shot, there's no doubt about it." A brigadier, alert to the officer's attitude, vindicated them, but for a moment it had looked a close call. Patch had always felt, he wrote in The Last Fighting Tommy, that "politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle the


In what year was the winter Olympics held for the first time so as not to coincide with the summer Olympics?

The Winter Olympics. | Calers's Blog The Winter Olympics. Standard The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 in Athens. These Games revived the Ancient Olympics which had been held in Greece many centuries before The Modern Olympics included some sports that had not existed in the Ancient Olympics. Several countries took part in the 1896  Olympic Games. These included Germany, France, Greece and the United Kingdom. However, these games took place in the summer and only included summer sports. After that the Olympics included winter and summer sports and these took place in the same city. This may seem strange but the Olympics back then took 6 months and not 3 weeks as they do today. So the Olympics would on on through winter and summer. It was not until 1928 that a separate Winter Olympics occurred. These took place at Chamonix in Switzerland. The Summer Olympics occurred that same years and was hosted by another country. Not many places are mountainous enough to host the Winter Olympics. Some cities have hosted the winter Olympics twice. Up to and including 1992 the Winter Olympics were held the same year as the SUmmer Olympics. Thereafter it was decided that the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics should not coincide. In 1994 Albertville in France hosted the Winter Olympics. This was the first time that the Winter Olympics did not take place in the same year as the SUmmer Olympics. The Winter Olympics are every four years so after 1994 it was 1998 then 2002 then 2006 and so on. The SUmmer Olympics also take place every four years. In 1992, then 1996, then 2000, then 2004 and so forth. The Winter Olympics included crossing country skiing, slalem skiing, mobile skiing, ski jumping, ice hockey, ski shooting and many other exilihirating sports. Those who come top in an event get the gold medal. The second place gets silver and the third place gets bronze. If it is a team event then all members get the medal but this counts as one medal on the medal table. There is no official overall winner. There are different ways people like to calculate which country won. Is it by the most medals in total? Does a gold count for more than the rest? If so how much more does it count for? Many cities have held the Winter Olympics and done it very successfully. In 2010 Vancouver in Canada held the Winter Olympics. Before that it was Turin in Italy back in 2006.  In 1988 Calgary, Canada held the Winter Olympic Games. In 2014 the Winter Olympics were held in the Russian city of Sochi. Undoubtedly Russia won. However, the games cost over $ 60 Billion. Many people said this was a waste. It was by far the most expensive Winter Olympics to date. The Winter Olympics usually costs less to host than the Summer Olympics. A city must apply to host the Winter Olympics.  This city must be supported by the government of that country.  A candidate host city must be able to show it can build a big enough stadium and enough venues for all the sports to be held. They must show that they have the money and know-how to do this. They need to prove they can handle the security situation. They need the police to be able to deal with large crowds and even riots without being too violent. Previous experience at hosting major sporting events will be an advantage. The city needs to have good transport links and enough hotels for all the tourists. A bid will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC will then consider bids and rule out some and rule in some. The IOC is made up of sporting officials from almost every country in the world. Bribing an IOC member is banned. Any city that does that is disqualified. It is quite expensive to launch a bid. The IOC will narrow it down to five candidate host cities that will be seriously considered. The IOC will visit these cities and ask all sorts of questions. The IOC will then have its members vote on the host cities. Of those five the city with the least votes will be excluded first.. Then there will be four cities remaining. The IOC members will be asked to vote again. They shall exclude one more


Which way do long track speed skaters skate round the rink, clockwise or anti clockwise?

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What was the title of the music used by Torvill & Dean for their free dance at the 1994 Lillehammer games?

Thirty years on, Torvill and Dean are bringing Bolero back to Sarajevo Thirty years on, Torvill and Dean are bringing Bolero back to Sarajevo Sunday, 9 February 2014 By Mike Rowbottom Unlike Jay Gatsby, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have made a habit of successfully repeating the past, and will do so again as they mark the 30th anniversary of their ice dance gold medal performance at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics by reprising their famed "Bolero" routine in the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital. The British pair will skate once more to the torrid, sinuous musical composition of Maurice Ravel's, to what Dean describes as "the rising beat that was taking us over", after accepting an invitation from the Mayors of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo. They will thus return to the arena renamed as the Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch following the death of the former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President in 2010, but which was known back in 1984 as the Olympic Hall Zetra. The venue, specially constructed for the Winter Olympics, was completely destroyed by Serbian shelling in 1992, during the Bosnian war. Its basements were used temporarily as a morgue, and wooden seats from the arena were made into coffins. But Olympic Hall Zetra rose again from its foundations, partly through a $11.5 million (£7 million/€8 million) donation from the IOC, in 1999, since when its construction has been thoroughly tested by acts including Simple Minds and Deep Purple. Torvill and Dean's latest celebration - which will take place not on Valentine's Day, as in 1984, but February 13 - is not likely to offer any significant challenge to the fabric of the venue, unless it be the thunder of applause which will follow the completion of an emotional and physical tour de force which can truly be described as iconic. Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, pictured in their triumphant free dance to the music of Ravel's Bolero at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games ©Getty Images Whether the deep purple of their original outfits will be replicated remains to be seen. But the pair - who have just completed nine years as creative directors and coaches for the ITV's Dancing on Ice - look likely to offer a characteristically assured performance of a piece to which they have returned regularly as part of their demonstration outings on the show. The old synchronicity was evident even as they went through some of the moves in the carpeted confines of the large room in which they were interviewed for the BBC documentary Torvill and Dean: The Perfect Day, which went out on February 8. In this, the pair recall how they were the first competitors in the arena on the day of the free dance final - the third and most valuable of the required disciplines after the compulsory and original set-pattern dances - getting up at 5am in order to practice on the ice at 6am. It was an opportunity only they of the leading contenders chose to take up, and for their pains they received an unexpected round of applause from cleaners in the stands who had set down their brushes to watch a piece of sports history in the making. At the other end of the day, the necessity of having to provide urine samples for doping provided a prosaic postscript for what had been the ultimate moment of success for a couple who met as young teenagers at their local Nottingham Arena and skated together competitively since 1976. In the documentary, Dean described how they had had to wait backstage in Sarajevo for 20 minutes before getting on to perform. "It was almost gladiatorial," he said, adding: "In the warm up I went out and scuffed the ice up a little bit. Because fresh, clean ice is slippy. I knew the spot where we would be and I skidded on it a few times." Torvill, skating apart from Dean in the warm-up, unlike all their competitors, noticed. "I saw him scuffing the ice in the middle," she said. "It was just a little ploy. It was quite clever, I thought." The routine began with both of them on their knees, swaying to a steady rhythm which is just starting an ever-rising progress towards the clim


What size is an Olympic sized ice rink used for figure skating and ice hockey? Is it 25x50 metres, 27.5x50 metres, or 30x60 metres?

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Which country will host the 2014 winter Olympics?

The 14 most fascinating facts about the final 2014 Winter Olympics medal count | For The Win The 14 most fascinating facts about the final 2014 Winter Olympics medal count The 14 most fascinating facts about the final 2014 Winter Olympics medal count By Chris Chase February 23, 2014 10:19 am Follow   @firechrischase 210k shares Follow @firechrischase (USA TODAY Sports Images) The competition ended Sunday at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Which nation ruled the medal count? How did the United States fare? Which athletes went home with the biggest haul? And just how dominant was the Dutch speedskating team? For The Win answers those questions, and many more, with the 14 most interesting facts about the final Winter Olympics medal count. 1. Russia ruled Russia (USA TODAY Sports Images) No matter the metric, the host nation won a decisive medal-count victory . Russia won 13 gold medals in Sochi, two more than runner-up Norway. Overall, Russian athletes won 33 medals, five more than the United States’ 28. It’s the first time the host nation swept both medal counts since Norway did it at the 1952 Winter Games in Oslo. 2. United States is king of the bronze USA TODAY Sports It didn’t look good for the United States. No medals in individual figure skating for the first time since 1936. No medals in speedskating for the first time since 1984. The four most identifiable Winter Olympians — Shaun White, Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn, Shani Davis — won a total of one bronze medal. (In Vonn’s defense, she wasn’t competing in Sochi due to injury.) The women’s hockey team blew a late 2-0 lead in the gold-medal game and the men’s team was outscored 6-0 in the medal rounds. Still, it wasn’t all bad. American athletes won 28 medals, good for second on the overall medal count. (That was nine fewer medals than the U.S. won in Vancouver, however.) Team USA’s 12 bronze medals were the most for any nation. It’s the third time in the past four Winter Olympics the Americans have won that tally. 3. Dutch (speedskating) masters (USA TODAY Sports Images) The speedskating team from The Netherlands won 23 medals (eight gold, seven silver, eight bronze). Among the remarkable aspects of that achievement: a. The Dutch speedskating team alone would have finished sixth on the overall medal count. b. While the Dutch won 23 medals on the oval, all other nations won 13 medals combined. c. Since 1998, no other country has won more golds in speedskating than the Dutch won in Sochi. (The U.S. and Germany had seven each.) d. They did this all with just 41 athletes in Sochi. Canada earned one more medal with 180 more athletes. e. The Netherlands only won one more medal in the Olympics. It came in short-track speedskating, of course.  4. The rise and fall of Germany (USA TODAY Sports Images) For the early days of the Winter Games, Germany led the gold-medal count, thanks to a dominating performance in luge. (German lugers won all four golds in the luge events.) But once luge ended, it was all downhill from there, as Germany ended up finishing sixth in both medal counts. That’s the worst performance for any post-Berlin Wall German team and the worst for a main German Olympic squad in 46 years. 5. The Dutch did the most with the least The Dutch team at the Opening Ceremony. (AP) We’ve listed the medal count by golds, total medals and per-capita rates . So how about medals per athlete in Sochi? Winning 10 medals with 100 athletes is more impressive than winning 12 medals with 200 athletes, right? It’s no surprise the Netherlands leads this total, with 24 medals from 41 athletes equaling one medal for every 1.7 competitors. Belarus was second (six medals for 24 competitors; 1 for 4), followed by Norway (every 5.15 athletes), France (7) and Russia (7.03). The worst medal-per-athlete rate was Slovakia, which won a single medal for its 62 athletes. Croatia was the smallest delegation to medal, winning one with just 11 athletes. The biggest delegations not to medal in Sochi? Romania and Estonia were shutout with 24 athletes each. 6. Belarus comes out of nowhere Belarus won more m


Who said Either this guy's dead or my watch has stopped?

A Day at the Races Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 29 out of 34 people found the following review useful: Longest Of The Marx Brothers Features from United States 8 April 2006 Well, here's one more zany uniquely-Marx Brothers film, one noted for being the longest feature movie they made at 111 minutes. Even with the longer running time, it's still not the story but all the gags and musical talent of the Marx Brothers that is on parade here and is the selling point of the film. That was normal procedure for them. In this edition, the gag scenes were longer and the amount of music was much greater. The major skits involve a race track tout (Chico conning Groucho) , a physical exam (Margaret Dumont, who else?), a delay of the big horse race and a bunch of other crazy skits. Some are good, some go on too long. Maureen O'Sullivan, of Tarzan fame among other films, gives the film some beauty and Dumont is treated with more respect here than in the other Marx Brothers films. Groucho takes it easy on her because her character has the money that will save the day, so to speak. This MB film has a ton of music, from Chico on piano, to Harpo with harp and flute solos plus a flute number with a group of black folks. Then there is Allan Jones crooning away to O'Sullivan with several ballads. Also, there are several group numbers featuring the aforementioned group of blacks . I liked their rousing gospel numbers best of all the music. The ending of this movie reminded me of Horse Feathers, in which the most outrageous football game was ever filmed. Here, it was a horse race, unlike any you would ever see. It is so ridiculous, you just laugh out loud....and that's the idea of the movie. Was the above review useful to you? 25 out of 30 people found the following review useful: hilarious; 9/10 from Saint Paul, MN 25 June 2001 I haven't seen enough of the Marx Brothers' films to say which is their best and which is their worst. I have seen Duck Soup, which I would say has to be at least one of their best, seeing that I believe it to be one of the funniest comedies ever. I have also seen A Night at the Opera, which is also often considered one of their best, often the best. I myself found it much less funny than Duck Soup. I wanted to kill myself during the musical numbers of that film. Now I've seen A Day at the Races, the Brothers' follow up to A Night at the Opera, a smash hit in theaters. Generally, Races is considered a weak follow-up to a great film. I disagree. I liked A Day at the Races much more than A Night at the Opera (but a bit less than Duck Soup). All three Brothers are firing bullseye after bullseye. Harpo could stand to do a little bit more. He may have had the funniest role in Duck Soup. He was an utter maniac with total disregard for human life. When the Marx Brothers left Paramount for MGM, their edge was dulled down a bit. Oh well, Races still succeeds. Also, except for the boring opera voice, even the musical numbers work here. I love to watch Chico play the piano. That's hilarious. Harpo's harp number is less good, but still not bad. The ballet sequence is also quite good. There's one more musical number that's just fantastic: the poor black folk singing "Who's that man?" as Harpo runs around playing the flute. It's somewhat shocking to see a scene like this. It does not exploit them (it may seem to now, but it was probably quite inclusive and progressive in its day), and it's a smash. Was the above review useful to you? 31 out of 47 people found the following review useful: "Either he's dead or my watch has stopped." from England 13 February 2001 Forty years after the release of A Night At The Opera the rock group Queen released an album with the same title. When, the following year, they released another called A Day at the Races, it was largely knocked for not matching the quality of its predecessor. The actual films follow this pattern, too, with Races, coming two years later, being held to be good but lacking in comparison. It's a fair assessment. Everyone knows the Marx brothers, of course. There's Groucho (The a


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Augusta is the state capital of which US state?

Augusta, cities, United States Encyclopedia  >  Places  >  United States, Canada, and Greenland  >  U.S. Political Geography Augusta Augusta (ôgŭsˈtə, əgŭsˈ–) [ key ]. 1 City (1990 pop. 44,639), seat of Richmond co., E Ga.; inc. 1798. At the head of navigation on the Savannah River and protected by levees, Augusta is the trade center for a broad band of counties in Georgia and South Carolina known as the Central Savannah River Area. It is also an important industrial center, manufacturing textiles, chemicals, building materials, medical supplies, tools, and wood, paper, metal, and plastic products. The city is the headquarters of the Augusta National Golf Club and sponsors the annual Masters Tournament. Augusta grew from an old river trading post existing as early as 1717 and was named by James Oglethorpe in 1735 after the mother of George III. In the American Revolution, Augusta changed hands several times and was finally taken by Continental forces under Andrew Pickens and Light-Horse Harry Lee in 1781. It was the capital of Georgia from 1785 to 1795. Augusta expanded rapidly with the tobacco and cotton industries. By 1820 the city was a trade terminus; manufacturing began in 1828, when Augusta's first textile plant began operation. During the Civil War, Augusta housed the largest Confederate powderworks. The city's historical attractions include a boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson, a U.S. arsenal (1815–1955), whose surviving buildings are part of Augusta State Univ., and old homes of Georgian and classic-revival styles. Paine College and Georgia Medical College are also in Augusta. Nearby is Fort Gordon, with training schools for military police, the signal corps, and the corps of engineers. The waterfront facing the Savannah River has been landscaped, creating a riverfront promenade along the levee with an amphitheater. The former Cotton Exchange building now serves as a visitor's center and museum. 2 City (1990 pop. 21,325), state capital and seat of Kennebec co., SW Maine, on the Kennebec River; inc. as a town 1797, as a city 1849. Government, health services, and education are now the important industries. Traders visited the site, long known as Cushnoc, even before 1628, when the Plymouth Company established a trading post. Fort Western was built in 1754, and Benedict Arnold 's expedition to Quebec assembled at the fort in 1775. (The garrison house was restored as a museum in 1921.) The settlement around the fort developed with shipping and shipbuilding on the Kennebec. Manufacturing began in 1837, when a dam was built across the river; the dam was removed in 1999. The capitol building (1829) was designed by Charles Bulfinch but has been considerably enlarged and remodeled. James G. Blaine 's early 19-century home is the governor's mansion. A branch of the Univ. of Maine is there. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


In the oringinal Star Trek what was Captain James Kirk's middle name?

Star Trek Kirk, James T. STARFLEET HISTORICAL FILE: Kirk, James T. Mid-level Biography Brief Mode Full Name: James Tiberius Kirk Date of birth: March 22, 2233 Place of birth: Riverside, Iowa, Earth Education: Starfleet Academy, 2250-2254 Children: One son, David Marcus (2261-2286) Date of death: 2293/2371* Place of death: Enterprise-B in Nexus/Veridian III* Serial number: SC937-0176 CEC Quarters: On original Enterprise, Deck 5; on refit/1701-A, Deck 5/Room 0195 Starfleet Career Summary 2250 — As a first-year Academy student with ensign rank, assigned to U.S.S. Republic NCC-1371 2254 — Upon graduation, promoted to lieutenant and posted to U.S.S. Farragut under Capt. Garrovick 2264 — Promoted to captain, in command of U.S.S. Enterprise for five-year mission 2266 — Exonerated in wrongful death charge of Ben Finney , first captain ever to stand trial 2269 — Returned from five-year mission; promoted to admiral in charge of fleet operations at Earth 2271 — Demanded to relieve Capt. Will Decker , his choice as successor for the refit Enterprise, and dealt with V'Ger crisis before beginning second five-year mission 2277 — Accepts appointment to Academy faculty, moves into San Francisco apartment 2286 — Charged, convicted and reduced permanently to captain's rank by the Federation Council for theft of Enterprise a year earlier, after saving Earth from alien onslaught by securing two extinct whales via time-traveling; given command of U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A 2287 — Explores center of the galaxy with Enterprise-A hijacked by Sybok 2293* — Spearheads initiatives leading to Khitomer Accords and exposes anti-peace conspiracy in Starfleet and Klingon Empire; dies while saving the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B from an energy anomaly just minutes after its commissioning ceremony 2371 — Reappears in Nexus long enough to help Captain Jean-Luc Picard save planet Veridian III from destruction in the Nexus As much as any other figure in Starfleet history, the tall tales about James T. Kirk's exploits over a 40-year career are as numerous as the official record — and probably closer to the truth in some instances. Kirk's renown began by becoming the youngest captain in Starfleet to date at 34 and the first captain to bring his starship back relatively intact after a five-year mission, having also gained a reputation as an independent whose success couldn't be argued even though he often bucked the system. He also has the distinction of being involved in 17 different temporal violations, a career record which still stands. Kirk's ancestors pioneered the American frontier, and his Midwest roots tied him closely to American history, a lifelong interest. He had an older brother, George Samuel Kirk , although "Sam" and his wife Aurelan died at Deneva in 2267; their one son and Kirk's nephew Peter survived them. As a child of 13, Kirk witnessed the massacre of 4,000 people during a famine by the governor of Tarsus IV, nicknamed Kodos the Executioner . A romantic at heart, Kirk never formed a lasting, romantic relationship due to his devotion to career — especially during his captaincy of the U.S.S. Enterprise. He did father a son with Dr. Carol Marcus , David, but was asked to avoid his upbringing and did not know he had matured into a scientific genius until 2285-86, when the young man was killed by Klingons on the Genesis planet he'd help to create. Kirk long grieved for the boy's death, and that he had only a few months to know his progeny. He also regretted not having married a woman named Antonia whom he dated for about two years, from 2282 to 2284. A family friend named Mallory helped gain Kirk entry to Starfleet Academy, and he soon had the rare treat of earning starship duty as a first-year cadet with the brevet rank of ensign while aboard the U.S.S. Republic. There Kirk was close friends with Benjamin Finney, for whose murder Kirk was later tried, but was tormented by an upperclassman, Finnegan . As an older cadet he served as an instructor, where Gary Mitchell was one of his students and later his best friend, saving his life on Dimoru


Who was Captain of the Titanic on her maiden voyage?

Titanic anniversary: Piecing together story of ship's captain - BBC News BBC News Titanic anniversary: Piecing together story of ship's captain By Kevin Leonard BBC News 15 April 2012 Close share panel Image caption Titanic captain Edward Smith died when the ship sank The actions of the Titanic's captain on its fateful voyage 100 years ago have inspired numerous colourful accounts, but for one man with a closer link to events than most, they will only ever tell part of the story. Depending on which version of events you believe, in the time leading up to the ship sinking, Captain Edward Smith may have been heroically rescuing a child, hiding away in his quarters, or just doing his job. There are also his celebrated, but possibly apocryphal, last words to his crew: "Be British". Regardless of fact and fiction, it is fair to say a number of colourful stories have attached themselves to his last hours. However, for 39-year-old Spencer Smith, who is related to the captain through his great-grandmother on his father's side, there is another story waiting to be told that may offer a different perspective. Mr Smith, who is from Wrexham and now lives in Newtown, Powys, says few details about the captain's life away from the oceans were passed through the family. But through family research, he now hopes to find out a different side to the experienced seaman. "It's very emotive for me and I've always felt the same sort of way," he said. Image caption More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage "The more you find out about the finer detail, the more you find out about him as a person. "What did he do all day? What was he like as a person?" He is working with his family, particularly his father, to help put more flesh on the bones. He hopes the real Captain Smith will emerge, one that may be different from the myths and hyperbole of the Titanic story. Mr Smith, an archaeologist with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, said his family had always told him about the link with Captain Smith. "I was told from a small child who he was - we've always known," he said. "All we were told was that we were related. "There was no fuss made about who he was or what he did. He did his job and died doing his job." Image caption Spencer Smith hopes to discover a different side to his famous relation Born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in 1850, Captain Smith joined the White Star Shipping Line in 1880 and served aboard the company's freight liners around the world. He was chosen to captain the Titanic, which had been labelled practically unsinkable, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Plenty has been written about his role on the voyage, but unravelling fact from fiction is not always easy. What is known is that he was awoken about 20 minutes before midnight on 14 April after the ship hit an iceberg. Some historians have said that Smith panicked, isolating himself on the bridge or locking himself away in his quarters while the crisis unfolded around him. He has also been criticised for allowing lifeboats to leave the ship only partially filled. But there are also tales of his behaviour during the evacuation which cast him in a more favourable light. 'Asleep at the time' Aside from tales of helping children into lifeboats, it is believed he was last seen in the bridge area having given the final order to abandon ship, before he died at the helm. He appears to have made no attempt to save himself. "There's been a lot of scholarship, particularly in America, about everything that happened, more documents becoming available," said Mr Smith. Image caption Captain Smith has been criticised for not ensuring all the Titanic's lifeboats were full "It's being reassessed so you are able to get a more balanced idea of what actually happened in the run up and the whole aftermath. "It's not just 'man hits iceberg with ship'. "He was asleep at the time and he was off duty. Then suddenly they crash and he's in charge." The Titanic sank in the Atlantic in the early hours of 15 April 1912, k


Name the two female characters in Scooby Doo?

Gender Stereotypes in Children's Television Cartoons Gender Stereotypes in Children's Television Cartoons Kelly Eick, May, 1998   Abstract This study is based on an analysis of four popular television cartoons in regard to their portrayals of gender stereotypes. One of the cartoons was created before 1985, and three after. Over a period of five days, five episodes of each show were recorded and coded for the numbers of male vs. female characters, physical characteristics of characters, and male/female roles in dilemma-solving and stereotyped jobs throughout each program. Results indicated notable discrepancies between the portrayals of males and females in all of the cartoons analyzed. Males outnumbered females considerably, and physical appearances as well as the jobs characters were awarded often conformed to traditional stereotypes. Females never played the part of the main hero or problem solver. In general, they were in supporting roles, even when the males seem to be unsuccessful at fulfilling a particular task. The majority of females shown were also dressed and drawn stereotypically, with tiny waists and short skirts. The males seemed even more confined than the females in regards to the roles they were allowed to play and the way they are dressed.   Introduction Former Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson once said "All television is educational; the only question is: what is it teaching?" (Thompson 1995: 415). Children start watching television from a very early age, about 18 months to two years (Thompson, 1979: 415 )1. Since very young children often have difficulty telling fantasy from reality, they are particularly susceptible to the portrayals of gender types on television, especially cartoons, which make up the majority of children's television viewing between the ages of two and eleven2. Witt found that in addition to the models of behavior provided by parents and peer groups, "a further reinforcement of acceptable and appropriate behavior is shown to children through the media, in particular, television"(Witt 1997: 254). Therefore, it can be assumed that children might use the portrayals of males and females in cartoon format as a model for performance of their own genders, in order to assimilate into the norms of their culture. If children do in fact do this, as many studies have shown, then it is important to study the content of those programs children seem to watch most frequently, namely cartoons. Thompson and Zebrinos (1995) coded and analyzed 175 episodes of 41 different cartoons, showing large discrepancies between prominence and portrayal of male and female characters. They noted that, compared to female characters, males were given much more prominence, appeared more frequently, and talked significantly more. My study was done in order to test the relevance of the findings of the Thompson and Zebrinos study, as well as to take a closer look at the characters themselves, in terms of physical appearance, physical presence in the cartoons, and gender relations, which was much of the focus of the Thompson and Zebrinos (1995) study. Findings indicate the accuracy of Thompson and Zebrinos (1995, 1997) in regards to a larger male presence in children's television cartoons, but casts some doubt on their conclusions about females being portrayed in easily-defined feminine and matriarchal roles. While males still seem to hold much of the floor in regards to physical appearance, stamina and a more "go-getter" attitude, my study also found that many female characters were involved in jobs once dominated by males and had a noticeable involvement in plot resolution. However, many underlying stereotypes still exist in terms of performing gender identity.   Method Twenty episodes of four different cartoons were recorded over a five day period. The cartoons chosen for analysis were The New Adventures of Captain Planet, Scooby Doo: Where are You, The Jetsons and Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures. The cartoons were chosen at random, with some consideration given to having a selection of shows rangi


Margarita Cansino is the real name of which actress, born in 1918?

Birthdays of famous people Birthdays of famous people Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA. Links : American dancer and actress Rita Hayworth was an American dancer and film actress who achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the eraï¿½s top stars. Appearing first as Rita Cansino, she agreed to change her name to Rita Hayworth and her natural dark brown hair color to dark red to attract a greater range of roles. Her appeal led to her being featured on the cover of Life magazine five times, beginning in 1940. Hayworth appeared in a total of 61 films over 37 years. She is one of six women who have the distinction of having danced on screen with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.] She is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 Greatest Stars of All Time. Quote: I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance.


In the film `Who Framed Roger Rabbit`, what is the first name of Roger`s wife?

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - 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 Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 ) PG | A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 47 titles created 08 Dec 2011 a list of 42 titles created 30 Apr 2013 a list of 40 titles created 21 Dec 2013 a list of 46 titles created 18 May 2014 a list of 48 titles created 6 days ago Title: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     3     Oscars. Another    20 wins & 21 nominations. See more awards  » Videos The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them. Director: Joe Johnston When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy. Director: Steven Spielberg A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager. Director: John G. Avildsen A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world. Director: Steven Spielberg In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure. Director: Richard Donner When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game. Director: Joe Johnston After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife. Director: Chris Columbus In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan. Director: Joe Pytka A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book. Director: Wolfgang Petersen Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything. Director: Mel Stuart A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton Stars: Kevin Spacey, Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus When a street urchin vies for the love of a beautiful princess, he uses a genie's magic power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her. Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker Stars: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin Edit Storyline 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com> It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble. Genres: 22 June 1988 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Dead Toons Don't Pay Bills See more  » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia First Disney Hybrid film with both Live Action and Traditional Animation to be Rated PG by the MPAA, for the amount of Violence, Profane Language and Sex. It wouldn't been PG-13 had it come out after the 1980s when the MPAA got a slight bit more stricter for it's adult based content. See more » Goofs Just before Eddie Valiant goes into the Terminal Bar, sunlight reappears on a wall behind him, even th


Who sung the theme tune for the film `Goldeneye`?

Tina Turner - Goldeneye Theme Song (James bond : Goldeneye) HD - YouTube Tina Turner - Goldeneye Theme Song (James bond : Goldeneye) HD Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 13, 2010 Official theme of the movie "James Bond : Goldeneye". performed by Tina Turner. High Definition.


Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?

Chancellor of Germany | Current Head of State Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor on November 22, 2005. She is the first woman and the first East German to hold this office. Her CV traces her rise from an academic to a political career. Born on 17 July 1954 in Hamburg; Protestant, married Since November 2005 Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 2002 – 2005 Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag Since 2000 Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union Germany (CDU) 1998 – 2000 General Secretary of the CDU Germany 1994 – 1998 Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 1991 – 1994 Federal Minister for Women and Youth 1993 – 2000 Chairwoman of the CDU Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1991 – 1998 Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU Since 1990 Member of the German Bundestag 1990 Deputy Government Spokeswoman of the de Maizière Government Since 1990 Joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) 1989 Member of “Demokratischer Aufbruch” (Democratic Awakening) 1986 Awarded a doctorate 1978 – 1990 Member of the academic staff at the Central Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Academy of Sciences 1973 – 1978 Studied Physics at Leipzig University 1973


Bill Clinton was in trouble for "not having sexual relations with that woman" - who was that woman?

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What is the title of the UK hit song originally by The Tokens & later by Tight Fit?

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens Songfacts The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens Songfacts Songfacts The original title was "Mbube," which means "lion." It was a hunting song originally sung in Zulu in what is now Swaziland. This was popularized in the 1930s by South African singer Solomon Linda, who recorded it in 1939 with his group, The Evening Birds. Apparently they were a bold bunch, and got the idea for this from when they used to chase lions who were going after the cattle owned by their families. This was recorded in South Africa, where it was a big hit. Around 1948, the South African record company sent a copy to Decca Records in the US, hoping to get it distributed there. Folk singer Pete Seeger got a hold of it and started working on an English version. In the 1950s, Miriam Makeba recorded this with the Zulu lyrics, and Pete Seeger recorded it with his band, The Weavers (who dominated the charts with "Goodnight Irene"). The Weavers recorded the refrain of the song (no verses) and called it "Wimoweh." Their version hit #15 on the US Best Sellers charts in 1952. In 1957, it was included on, The Weavers At Carnegie Hall, a very popular album in the world of folk music. Seeger thought they were saying "Wimoweh" on the original, and that's what he wrote down and how it was recorded in English. They were actually saying "Uyimbube," which means "You're a Lion." It was misheard for "Wimeoweh" because when pronounced, Uyimbube sounds like: oo-yim-bweh-beh. Hank Medress, Jay Siegel, and Phil and Mitch Margo, who made up The Tokens, had a Top 15 hit "Tonight I Fell in Love" in 1960, but didn't have a record label in 1961. They auditioned for producers Hugo and Luigi (Peretti and Creatore) by singing "Wimoweh" to them. Hugh and Luigi were impressed by the performance but decided that the song needed new lyrics. With help from George Weiss, Hugo and Luigi rewrote the song, giving it the title "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The Tokens thought this had been nothing more than an elaborate audition - "Who is gonna buy a song about a lion sleeping" was their general sentiment. They were so embarrassed with the new title and lyrics that they fought the release of the recording (it was scheduled to be the B-side of another "import," a Portuguese song that they recorded in the same May 1961 session, "Tina"). Influential disc jockey Murray the K pushed "Tina," but once a New England DJ started playing the B-side on the air, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" started its climb to the #1 position, hitting the top of the charts in the Christmas holidays of 1961-62. The run at #1 for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was interrupted by a unique event: the return to #1 by Chubby Checker's "The Twist" 17 months after it hit the top spot on the Hot 100 for the first time. The Kingston Trio recorded this in 1959 on their Live From The Hungry i LP. When introducing the song, singer Dave Guard stated that "Mbube" was a song about a sleeping lion (he doesn't refer to the song by name: he gives the background of the song before the Trio sings it). Part of the translated lyrics, as given by Guard: "Hush! Hush! If we all be quiet, there will be lion meat for dinner." The success of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" didn't ensure long-term recording security for The Tokens as a singing group. They didn't have a singing/recording contract, but they DID have a producing contract! After "Lion," members of the group had producing success with the Chiffons ("He's So Fine," "One Fine Day," "Sweet Talkin' Guy"), the Happenings ("See You in September," "My Mammy") and Dawn ("Knock Three Times," "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree"). In 1971, they produced a note-for-note remake of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by Robert John -- with Jay, Hank, and Mitch singing backgrounds and Ellie Greenwich singing bass. The new version peaked at #3. When Hank left the group in 1972, the Tokens renamed themselves Cross Country and recorded an album. Their version of the Wilson Pickett hit "In the Midnight Hour" hit the Top 30 in 1973; the group disbanded shortly afterwards. The original m


Which American golfer wore a red shirt during the final round of tournaments, a link to his college days at Stanford and a colour he believes symbolizes aggression and assertiveness?

Tiger Woods Tiger Woods 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 185  pounds (84  kg /13.2  st) Nationality Sam Alexis (age - &&&&&&&&&&&&035911 months 24 days) Residence 84 (PGA Tour: 61, Other individual: 21, 2-man team: 2) Major Championship Wins (13) (4) 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 Awards listed here Tiger Woods (born Eldrick Tiger Woods, December 30, 1975 ) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements. Golf Digest predicts Woods will become the world's first billionaire athlete in 2010. Woods has won 13 professional major golf championships, the second-most of any male player, and 61 PGA Tour events, the fifth-most of all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the Career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on Tour. Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record nine times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has tied Jack Nicklaus's record of leading the money list in eight different seasons. He has been named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year four times, a record he shares with Lance Armstrong . Woods, who is multiracial, is credited with prompting a major surge of interest in the game of golf. Woods doubled attendance and TV ratings, and generated interest among a multicultural audience in a game that used to be considered insular and elitist. Background and family Eldrick "Tiger" Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to Earl and Kultida Woods (from Thailand ). He is the only child of their marriage but has two half-brothers, Earl Jr. (born 1955) and Kevin (born 1957), and one half-sister, Royce (born 1958) from the 18-year marriage of Earl Woods (1932–2006) and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gray. Earl, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran was of mixed African American (50 percent), Chinese (25 percent) and Native American (25 percent) ancestry. Kultida ( nee Punsawad), originally from Thailand , is of mixed Thai (50 percent), Chinese (25 percent), and Dutch (25 percent) ancestry. This makes Woods himself one-quarter Chinese, one quarter Thai, one quarter African American, one-eighth Native American, and one-eighth Dutch. He refers to his ethnic make-up as “Cablinasian” (a portmanteau term he coined from Caucasian, Black, American-Indian, and Asian). Woods is a Buddhist . He has said that his faith was acquired from his mother and that it helps control both his stubbornness and impatience. Tiger got his nickname from a Vietnamese soldier friend of his father, Vuong Dang Phong, to whom his father had also given the Tiger nickname. Woods became generally known by that name and by the time he had achieved national prominence in junior and amateur golf was simply known as "Tiger Woods." On his twenty-first birthday, Woods legally changed his name from from Eldrick to Tiger. He grew up in Orange County, attending high school at Western High in Anaheim. Marriage In November 2003 , Woods became engaged to Elin Nordegren, a Swedish model. They were introduced during The Open Championship in 2001 by Swedish golf star Jesper Parnevik, who had employed her as a nanny. They married on October 5, 2004 at the Sandy Lane resort on the Caribbean island of Barbados and live at Isleworth, a community in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, Florida . They also have homes in Jackson, Wyoming, California, and Sweden . In January 2006, Woods and his wife purchased a US$39 million residential property in Jupiter Island, Florida , which they intend to make their primary residence. Woods' Jupiter Island neighbors will include fellow golfers Gary Player, Greg Norman and Nick Price, as