The new musical 'Betty Blue Eyes' is based on the film 'A Private Function' which starred Michael Palin and Maggie Smith 'Betty' is stolen at the time of the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. What kind of animal is 'Betty'?

Musicalworld :: Forum » Betty Blue Eyes op West End :: Very Current indeed Betty Blue Eyes op West End   Totaal aantal posts  3553 Geregistreerd  2003-02-28 Dat wordt een druk eerste halfjaar op West End in 2011 met nieuwe musicals als ‘Shrek’, ‘Ghost’, ‘Million Dollar Quartet’, ‘Rebecca’, ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ en vandaag kwam ook de aankondiging van de nieuwe musical van George Stiles & Anthony Drewe : ‘Betty Blue Eyes’ die vanaf maart intrek neemt in het Novello Theatre. Ik ben erg benieuwd naar deze voorstelling. Een prachtig voorproefje is te horen op een CD die in 2008 verscheen ‘A Spoonful Of Stiles & Drewe’ waarop het nummer ‘Magic Fingers’ staat (door onder andere Joanna Riding en Claire Moore) uit de voorstelling die oorspronkelijk ‘A Private Function’ zou gaan heten. Cameron Mackintosh announced today that his NEW MUSICAL BETTY BLUE EYES, based on Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray’s hilarious comic film ‘A Private Function’ is hot to trot and will start previews at the Novello Theatre in the West End on 19 March 2011. Tickets go on sale 29 November 2010. Belts are being tightened and the country’s long suffering citizens are being told by the government that there will be fair shares for all in return for surviving Austerity Britain.  Meanwhile local officials feather their own nests by taking far more than their own fair share.  It is of course 1947 and having won the war Britain seems to have lost the peace and the country is staggering under the burden of acute rationing, unemployment, and the coldest winter for decades.  The only bright spark on the horizon is the impending Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Twenty six years ago Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray wove this story into an hilariously funny but sharply observed comic film called A Private Function, which centred around Betty, an adorable pig, who is being illegally reared to ensure the local dignitaries can celebrate the Royal Wedding with a lavish banquet while the local population make do with spam.  Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman have brilliantly adapted and expanded this story for the stage and George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have written a deliciously infectious, toe-tapping, retro contemporary score.  The result is an utterly British musical, full of eccentric characters, such as the strange odd couple, Gilbert – an evangelistic chiropodist, and Joyce – a nobody determined to be somebody; Inspector Wormold - an obsessive destroyer of illegal meat; Mother Dear –‘She’s seventy four and ravenous’!; a weird assortment of bullies, spivs, and snobs and of course, our star, Betty the pig. BETTY BLUE EYES is like no musical you will have ever seen! Cameron Mackintosh said “Even though my recent productions of Oliver!, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and the new Les Mis have all had great success, BETTY BLUE EYES is my first original musical in over 10 years. As a long time admirer of Alan Bennett’s wickedly funny screenplay for the film ‘A Private Function’, I immediately fell in love with this infectious and delicious musical treatment which has expanded on the original . It is an utterly British and suitably crackers musical and yet surprisingly was the idea of two American writers Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman – but you’d never know it! As we all face Austerity Britain and a Royal Wedding, BETTY BLUE EYES proves that British pluck will make sure good times are just around the corner”. Sarah Lancashire will star as ‘Joyce’. Since playing the loveable ‘Raquel’ in “Coronation Street”, Sarah has starred in many TV dramas. For the BBC she has appeared in “Clocking Off”, “Cherished”, “Five Daughters”, “Murder Most Horrid” and most recently “All The Small Things”. For ITV she has appeared in three series of “Where The Heart Is”, two series of “Rose and Maloney”, “Seeing Red”, and “The Cry”. For Channel 4 she played Mary Miles in “Skins”. Sarah last appeared in the West End as ‘Miss Adelaide’ in “Guys and Dolls”. Reece Shearsmith will star as ‘Gilbert’. Reece first came to prominence by co-writing and starring in “The League of Gentlemen” on TV,


Who was Prime Minister from June 1885 to January 1886, June 1886 to August 1892 and June 1895 to July 1902?

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903) Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903) Marjie Bloy , Ph. D., Senior Research Fellow, the Victorian Web [ Victorian Web Home —> Political History —> Prime Ministers ] Robert Gascoyne-Cecil served three times as Prime Minister: from 23 June 1885 to 28 January 1886; from 25 July 1886 to 11 August 1892; and from 25 June 1895 to 11 July 1902  The third son and fifth child of six of James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil  and his first wife Frances Mary Gascoyne, he was born on 3 February 1830 at Hatfield House. However, their second son died at  the age of two, leaving Salisbury effectively as the second son. The family  was descended from the first Lord Salisbury, the son of Lord Burghley who was  Elizabeth I's minister. Salisbury was educated by a private tutor and briefly attended a boarding school  near Hatfield; between 1840 and 1845 he was a student at Eton but he was removed  because of constant bullying and again had a private tutor at Hatfield. In 1847  he was admitted to Christ Church, Oxford, and was awarded his Degree in 1850;  in 1853 he obtained a fourth class Degree in maths and an MA in 1853. Between July 1851 and May 1853 he visited South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand,  and soon after his return was elected as MP for Stamford. He made his maiden  speech in April 1854. On 11 July 1857 Salisbury married Georgina Alderson, the  daughter of a judge, despite his father's opposition. Consequently, his father  refused to increase his son's allowance and Salisbury was obliged to become  a journalist to earn enough money to keep his family. He wrote articles on a  regular basis for Bentley's Review and the Tory periodical the Quarterly Review. In April 1850 he entered Lincoln's Inn,  but his financial situation did not become secure until the death of his elder brother  in 1865 at which point Salisbury took the courtesy title of Viscount Cranbourne and became heir to the wealth and estates of his family. Hatfield House in Hertfordshire: the home     of the Cecil family. In July 1866 he was appointed as Secretary of State for India in Lord  Derby 's third ministry and was also made a Privy Counsellor; however, he  resigned from the government in March 1867 because he opposed the extension  of the franchise proposed in Disraeli 's second Reform  Bill. In March 1868 he spoke against Gladstone 's proposal  for the disestablishment of the Irish Church; it proved to be his last speech  in the Commons because his father died the next month and Salisbury succeeded  to the title and a seat in the House of Lords. In the general election of 1874 the Tories won a majority, and Disraeli became  PM; Salisbury was appointed as Secretary of State for India once again although  relations between the two men were not always easy. In December 1876 Salisbury  was sent as Britain's representative to the Six Powers' conference on the Eastern  Question in Constantinople [Istanbul]. Although the conference ended in the  failure of the Powers to find a solution, it was clear that Salisbury had made  a good impression on other European leaders. On the resignation of Lord Derby  in April 1878, Salisbury was appointed as Britain's Foreign Secretary but before  he took up his post formally, he issued the 'Salisbury Circular' to other European  powers on why the treaty of San Stefano — agreed between the Ottoman Empire  and Russia — should not be accepted by Europe. Consequently, the Congress of  Berlin met between 13 June and 13 July 1878, hosted by Prussia under the auspices  of Count Otto von Bismarck. Salisbury and Disraeli, who attended on behalf of Britain, claimed to have returned with 'peace with honour' for Britain following  the signing of the treaty that supposedly settled the problems in the Balkans.  For his efforts, Salisbury was created a Knight of the Garter. On the death of Disraeli in 1880, Salisbury assumed leadership of the  parliame


Born in Oldham, who is the Chair of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester?

Brian Cox’s Star Lectures to teach children the wonders of space | The University of Manchester Brian Cox’s Star Lectures to teach children the wonders of space Brian Cox’s Star Lectures to teach children the wonders of space 21 Jun 2010 Hundreds of schoolchildren will have the chance to be enthralled by rock star scientist Professor Brian Cox OBE at an interactive lecture to launch a new teaching tool. Professor Brian Cox is sharing the wonders of space with schoolchildren The cult academic is holding the first in the ‘Star Lectures’ series at The University of Manchester, where he is a lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy, on Monday 28th June. It will also beamed into hundreds of classrooms by live webcast. The lecture will then be divided into ten-minute, bite-size clips broadcast on YouTube for teachers to incorporate into science lessons for GCSE students. The Oldham-born scientist will dazzle his young audience with stories about the wonders of our solar system. As well as being watched in schools, around 300 lucky local children will be at the lecture to see Professor Cox in person and some will even have the chance to ask him questions. The star of the acclaimed BBC TV series "Wonders of the Solar System" will base his talk around two key areas – the importance of studying science and his passion for it. Once transmitted, the lecture will be broken up into ten-minute slots and will be uploaded onto a YouTube channel, a resource teachers can use in their GCSE lessons. Earlier this month, Professor Cox was awarded an OBE for his services to science. One of the reasons for the honour was the recognition of his ability to make science and the universe so accessible and fascinating. Professor Cox wrote the lecture with Stuart Bond, a science teacher at Manchester Enterprise Academy, to make sure it fitted in with the curriculam. Professor Cox said: “The lecture will be based around the curriculum, but will focus on the big questions such as the big bang, the universe and cosmology. “This is such an effective way of passing on the message of why learning about science and the solar system is so important. Youngsters of this age are so impressionable and receptive to learning. “In fact this is how I first became interested in space – listening to people like Patrick Moore when I was a teenager really inspired me and gave me the drive to get where I am today. “To be able to not only have the lecture sent out live on the Internet but also put onto a You Tube channel is an effective and modern way of learning.  I have noticed that many of my documentaries are watched by youngsters on You Tube so it is obviously a means of learning they are interested in.” Julian Skyrme, Head of Student Recruitment, said: ''The University of Manchester already delivers one of the most extensive programme of outreach work in the UK to encourage youngsters to consider university study. “So there is no-one more fitting than Professor Cox to launch the exciting new 'Star Lectures' series on our new YouTube channel so that we can reach out to more pupils and teachers across the UK and beyond.'' For the five-part BBC series, Professor Cox told how Earth, of all the planets in the Solar System, is the only one to have a moon that completely obscures the face of the Sun. Professor Cox described how every molecule of every drop of water is moved around our planet by the Sun’s energy for the series  praised by BBC Radio Two DJ Chris Evans as one of the best he has ever seen. In Norway he witnessed the battle between the Sun’s wind and our planet, as the night sky displayed the beautiful Northern Lights. And in California he made contact with Voyager, a space probe that has been travelling since its launch 30 years ago. Now, 14 billion kilometres on, Voyager has just detected the solar wind is beginning to run out of puff. Professor Cox – along with thousands of other scientists – works on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the famous scientific research centre in Geneva. The team hope to recreate conditions in the Universe less than a bill


What was the occupation of the Ford workers who went on strike in 1968, the subject of the film 'Made In Dagenham'?

Workers' Liberty Workers' Liberty The real story of Made in Dagenham Submitted by cathy n on 14 July, 2008 - 15:13 Author:  Becky Crocker London Workers' Liberty is holding a meeting about the story and lessons of the strike on 21 October 2010. Details here . *** In June 1968 women sewing machinists in the Ford car plant in Dagenham took a stand for equal pay in a strike that stopped production for three weeks. They succeeded in getting abolished their lower “women’s rate” of pay and precipitated wider action: there were other equal pay strikes that year and the National Joint Action Campaign Committee for Women’s Equal Rights (NJACCWER) was formed by women trade unionists, who organised a demonstration for equal pay in 1969. Without the Ford women, there would have been no Equal Pay Act of 1970. Equal pay had been a confused aspiration for the trade union movement since the mid nineteenth century when women’s work was seen as a threat to male employment and bans on married women working were supported by trade unions. When unemployment rose during the 1930s, increased female employment (from 27% of the total workforce in 1923 to 30% in 1939) fuelled the fear of a female threat and unions renewed their call for marriage bans or a wider gap between male and female wages. The idea of a male breadwinner bringing in a “family wage” institutionalised women’s low pay and influenced the labour movement. The welfare state was established around a conception of society in family units. Beverage said, “The attitude of the housewife to gainful employment outside the home should not be the same as that of the single woman. She has other duties...” It was down to women’s organising to defy these attitudes and fight for a wage that would not allow women to be used as cheap labour to bring down wages as a whole. The demand of the Ford women in 1968 was originally to re-grade their jobs from unskilled B grade to semi-skilled grade C. This demand was not won until another strike in 1984. Ironically, the Ford women had not been able to use the Equal Pay Act that they precipitated to win their re-grading, as they could not compare themselves to a man in their role; they could only claim that their skill level matched some men. The real cause of the pay gap between men and women was and remains women’s segregation into underpaid and devalued jobs. Just as the Ford women had to fight to prove their worth, fights in low-paid industries such as cleaning are happening and are necessary today. This is the story of the Ford Sewing Machinists’ struggle for equal pay, with extracts from interviews (conducted by the TUC) with the women and trade unionists who took part. The job The sewing machinists at Ford made the car seat covers. It was a skilled job. Assessors inspected them on the job. Sheila Douglas, one of the women involved in the dispute said, “I had to do 30 seat covers an hour, we were watched over and timed”. At Ford there was a skilled male rate, a semi-skilled male rate, an unskilled male rate and a women’s rate, which was only 87% of the unskilled male rate. With the obvious injustice of the ‘women’s rate’ and the devaluation of the skill they brought to the job, there was a strong feeling, as expressed by Violet Dawson, from the dispute, that, “We wanted C grade, we wanted equal pay”. The women put up with harsh working conditions. The company expanded its premises at the River Plant in Dagenham into an asbestos air craft hanger with holes in the roof. Sheila Douglas recalled, “We used to stuff the seats with wadding. The building was two-thirds brick and above that asbestos. All these little holes used to get drafts in. We used to stuff holes in the ceiling with wadding to keep warm”. Machinists worked without guards on the needles and injuries were common. It was said that you weren’t accepted as a proper machinist until you’d been caught by the machine. The wage was small. On grade B, women earned eight or nine pounds. Sheila Douglas admitted it “seemed like a lot of money, because... I’d been on piece work... if I didn’t


In 'Macbeth' who is 'Duncan's' son and 'Malcolm's' younger brother?

SparkNotes: Macbeth: Character List Character List Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Macbeth -  Macbeth is a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis who is led to wicked thoughts by the prophecies of the three witches, especially after their prophecy that he will be made thane of Cawdor comes true. Macbeth is a brave soldier and a powerful man, but he is not a virtuous one. He is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne, and once he commits his first crime and is crowned King of Scotland, he embarks on further atrocities with increasing ease. Ultimately, Macbeth proves himself better suited to the battlefield than to political intrigue, because he lacks the skills necessary to rule without being a tyrant. His response to every problem is violence and murder. Unlike Shakespeare’s great villains, such as Iago in Othello and Richard III in Richard III, Macbeth is never comfortable in his role as a criminal. He is unable to bear the psychological consequences of his atrocities. Read an in-depth analysis of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth -  Macbeth’s wife, a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. Early in the play she seems to be the stronger and more ruthless of the two, as she urges her husband to kill Duncan and seize the crown. After the bloodshed begins, however, Lady Macbeth falls victim to guilt and madness to an even greater degree than her husband. Her conscience affects her to such an extent that she eventually commits suicide. Interestingly, she and Macbeth are presented as being deeply in love, and many of Lady Macbeth’s speeches imply that her influence over her husband is primarily sexual. Their joint alienation from the world, occasioned by their partnership in crime, seems to strengthen the attachment that they feel to each another. Read an in-depth analysis of Lady Macbeth. The Three Witches -  Three “black and midnight hags” who plot mischief against Macbeth using charms, spells, and prophecies. Their predictions prompt him to murder Duncan, to order the deaths of Banquo and his son, and to blindly believe in his own immortality. The play leaves the witches’ true identity unclear—aside from the fact that they are servants of Hecate, we know little about their place in the cosmos. In some ways they resemble the mythological Fates, who impersonally weave the threads of human destiny. They clearly take a perverse delight in using their knowledge of the future to toy with and destroy human beings. Read an in-depth analysis of The Three Witches. Banquo -  The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne. Like Macbeth, Banquo thinks ambitious thoughts, but he does not translate those thoughts into action. In a sense, Banquo’s character stands as a rebuke to Macbeth, since he represents the path Macbeth chose not to take: a path in which ambition need not lead to betrayal and murder. Appropriately, then, it is Banquo’s ghost—and not Duncan’s—that haunts Macbeth. In addition to embodying Macbeth’s guilt for killing Banquo, the ghost also reminds Macbeth that he did not emulate Banquo’s reaction to the witches’ prophecy. King Duncan -  The good King of Scotland whom Macbeth, in his ambition for the crown, murders. Duncan is the model of a virtuous, benevolent, and farsighted ruler. His death symbolizes the destruction of an order in Scotland that can be restored only when Duncan’s line, in the person of Malcolm, once more occupies the throne. Macduff -  A Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship from the start. He eventually becomes a leader of the crusade to unseat Macbeth. The crusade’s mission is to place the rightful king, Malcolm, on the throne, but Macduff also desires vengeance for Macbeth’s murder of Macduff’s wife and young son. Malcolm -  The son of Duncan, whose restoration to the throne signals Scotland’s return to order following Macbeth’s reign of terror. Malcolm becomes a serious challenge to Macbeth with Macduff’s aid (and the support of England). Prior to this, he appears weak and uncertain


In which country is the Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world?

10 Most Breathtaking Canyons In The World - 10 Most Today 10 Most Breathtaking Canyons In The World Nature A canyon or gorge is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Here’s a list of some of the most breathtaking and spectacular canyons in the world: 1. Grand Canyon, Arizona – The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s largest canyons, it is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 meters). It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World Most Breathtaking Canyons In The World: The Grand Canyon, Arizona   2. Fish River Canyon, Namibia – The Fish River Canyon is located in the south of Namibia. It is the second largest canyon in the world and the largest in Africa, as well as the second most visited tourist attraction in Namibia. It features a gigantic ravine, in total about 100 miles (160 km) long, up to 27 km wide and in places almost 550 metres deep Fish River Canyon, Namibia (source wiki) 3. Indus Gorge, Pakistan – Indus Gorge is the deepest canyon in the world. The Indus river, a major river in Asia, flows in this gorge. The Indus river passes the gigantic gorge 4,500–5,200 metres (15,000–17,000 feet) deep near the Nanga Parbat massif, where it passes the Nagan Parbat mountain – the 9th highest mountain in the world Indus Gorge with the Nanga Parbat mountains, Pakista (source: wiki)   4. Bicaz Canyon, Romania – The Bicaz Canyon is located in north-east of Romania. The canyon was dug by the waters of Bicaz River and it serves as a passageway between the Romanian provinces of Moldova and Transylvania. The road is around 8 kilometres long of ravines and curves with rocks on one side and a sheer drop on the other. It is famous for being one of the most spectacular drives in the Romania Most Breathtaking Canyons In The World: Bicaz Canyon, Romania (source: wiki) [put_links_units_468_15] 5. Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, Iceland – Fjaðrárgljúfur is a canyon in south east Iceland which is up to 100 m deep and about 2 kilometres long, with the Fjaðrá river flowing through it. The canyon was created by progressive erosion by flowing water from glaciers through the rocks Most Breathtaking Canyons: Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, Iceland (source: wiki)   6. Verdon Gorge, France – The Verdon Gorge (Gorges du Verdon) in south-eastern France is a river canyon that is often considered to be one of Europe’s most beautiful canyons. It is 25 kilometres long and up to 700 metres deep and was formed by the Verdon River. The canyon is very popular with tourists, who can drive around its rim, rent kayaks or hike, and even do rock climbing on the limestone walls, which are several hundreds of metres high Most Breathtaking Canyons: Verdon Gorge, France (source: wiki)   7. Antelope Canyon, Arizona – Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the Southwest America. It was formed by erosion of Navajo Sandstone, primarily due to flash flooding and secondarily due to other sub-aerial processes. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passageways. Over time the passageways are eroded away, making the corridors deeper and smoothing hard edges in such a way as to form characteristic ‘flowing’ shapes in the rock. Flooding in the canyon still occurs Most Breathtaking Canyons: Antelope Canyon, Arizona (source: wiki) 8. Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nepal – The Kali Gandaki Gorge or Andha Galchi is the gorge of the Kali Gandaki (or Gandaki River) in the Himalayas in Nepal. The gorge depth is difficult to define due to disagreement over rim height, but by some measures the Kali Gandaki is the deepest gorge in the world.  The gorge separates the major peaks of Dhaulagiri (8,167 m or 26,795 ft) on the west and Annapurna (8,091 m or 26,545 ft) on the east. The Kali Gandaki gorge has been used as a trade route between India and


"Which word is missing from this Eric Cantona quote: ""When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think ...... will be thrown into the sea""?"

Why did Shia LaBeouf copy Eric Cantona's 'seagulls' line? - BBC News BBC News Why did Shia LaBeouf copy Eric Cantona's 'seagulls' line? Magazine Monitor A collection of cultural artefacts 10 February 2014 LinkedIn Image copyright Getty Images Controversial US actor Shia LaBeouf stormed out of a news conference after quoting footballer Eric Cantona's comment about seagulls. Why is this baffling line about sardines so well remembered, asks Tanvi Misra. A gnomic utterance is defined, in one dictionary , as something that is "short, mysterious, and not easily understood, but often seems wise". That sounds appropriate for the line Manchester United striker Eric Cantona uttered in 1995. "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea." It's been endlessly dissected since. Nearly two decades later, troubled star Shia LaBeouf has pulled a Cantona . At a news conference for Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac on Sunday, he departed abruptly after answering just one question. With Cantona's seagulls line. When the French striker originally said it he was also at a news conference, being quizzed after his arrest for kung-fu kicking a fan. The line prompted mass scratching of heads. Type "Cantona seagulls" into Google and the search engine suggests "quote meaning". But it is a straightforward metaphor, if you think about it, says Jim White, sport columnist at the Daily Telegraph. It implies the "media were just parasites and he (Cantona) was the boat that they were following". Cantona's reputation as a complicated man and a thinker perhaps led to the significance of the phrase being overstated. After all, it had been constructed by Cantona and a handful of other people in a hotel room shortly before the news conference. The footballer paused in the middle of his delivery to take a sip of water, smiling, because "he knew what was saying would have a serious effect", says White. Then he said nothing else. Like LaBeouf, Cantona had a reputation as a maverick. And he was "unashamedly Gallic in every sense of the word", says Mark Perryman, co-founder of Philosophy Football, a range of clothing decorated with slogans. The blurry nature of the phrase perhaps added to its gnomic quality, says Julian Baggini, founding editor of the Philosophers' Magazine. "Sometimes when the water is muddy, you think it's deeper than it is," he says. Follow @BBCNewsMagazine on Twitter and on Facebook


Which Trinidad born actress and 'Play School' presenter became a Peer in 2010?

Famous people of Trinidad and Tobago Haddaway is a film score composer. V.S. Naipaul Novelist V. S. Naipaul, in full, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, is a British writer born and raised in Trinidad, to which his grandfathers had emigrated from India as indentured servants. Naipaul is known for the wistfully comic early novels of Trinidad, the bleaker novels of a wider world remade by the passage of peoples, and the vigilant chronicles of his life and travels, all written in characteristic, widely admired, prose. In 2001, V. S. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Patricia Ann Hale, whom Naipaul married in 1955, served until her death 41 years later as first reader, editor, and critic of his writings. To her, in 2011, Naipaul dedicated his breakthrough novel, A House for Mr. Biswas, of a half-century before. Stokely Carmichael Politician Stokely Carmichael was a Trinidadian-American black activist active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. Growing up in the United States from the age of eleven, he graduated from Howard University and rose to prominence in the civil rights and Black Power movements, first as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party. Ato Boldon Olympic athlete Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only three other men in history—Usain Bolt, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis—have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current Trinidad and Tobago national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events with times of 5.64, 6.49 and 19.77 seconds respectively. He also held the 100m national record at 9.86, having run it four times, until Richard Thompson ran 9.85 on 13 August 2011. He also holds the Commonwealth Games record in the 100 m. After retiring from his track career, he was an Opposition Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament, representing the United National Congress from 2006–2007. He is now a ESPN and NBC Sports television broadcast analyst for track and field. Kenwyne Jones Soccer Kenwyne Joel Jones is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He previously played for Sunderland, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday, W Connection and Joe Public. He began his football career with Joe Public in his native Trinidad and Tobago. He moved to W Connection in 2002, and he was a utility player in the Trinidad and Tobago team in 2003 against Finland. In 2004, he joined Southampton, where he was converted to a striker. He was later loaned to Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City during the 2004–05 season. In 2007 he joined Sunderland for £6 million where he spent three seasons before he signed for Stoke City in August 2010. Heather Headley Contemporary Christian Artist Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-American R and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress And Cordell Francis Made A Song Produced By Her Call Fare And Square. She has won one Tony Award and one Grammy Award. Headley was born in Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago, the daughter of Hannah and Eric Headley. At age four, Headley began playing the music of her native Trinidad, including calypso, reggae, and soca. In 1989 she moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana in the United States at the age of fifteen with her mother and brother Junior, when her father was offered a job as pastor of McKee Street Church of God(Fort Wayne,IN). Headley attended Northrop High School, and was a member of their resident show choir, Charisma, and starred as Fanny Brice in the school's production of Funny Girl. After graduating from Northrop High School, Headley attended Northwestern University to study communications and musical theatre until the last day of her junior year, when she made the difficult decision to become a part of the musical Ragtime... Gary Goodridge Martial Artist Gary Goodridge, nicknamed "Big Daddy", is a retired Canadian super heavyweight k


In which year on June 14th was the Battle of Naseby?

The Battle of Naseby The Battle of Naseby Rent a Castle Whether it's a folly for 2 or a fort for 20, try our castles for rent page. By  Ellen Castelow , Contributing Writer  |   Comments The battle of Naseby was fought on the foggy morning of 14th June 1645 and is considered one of the most important battles in the English Civil War. After almost three years of fighting, the 14,000 strong Parliamentarian New Model Army took on the Royalist army of King Charles I comprising less than 9,000 men, in what would to be the final key battle of the war. When the two forces finally found each other in the fog, the Royalist centre advanced first to meet the Parliamentarian infantry; soon both sides were involved in fierce hand-to-hand fighting. During a cavalry charge on the western flank Prince Rupert's Royalist forces swept aside the Parliamentarian horsemen, chasing them from the battlefield and on to attack the baggage train. Meanwhile on the main field of battle the Parliamentarian forces slowly gained the upper hand, so much so by the time Prince Rupert's cavalry returned, it was too late to save the Royalist infantry. The main Royalist military force had been decimated; the king had lost his best officers, seasoned troops and artillery. All that now remained was for the Parliamentarian armies to wipe out the last pockets of Royalist resistance, which it did within the year.


In the musical 'My Fair Lady', which song is performed by the character 'Freddy Eynsford-Hill'

(HD 720p) On The Street Where You Live - My Fair Lady - YouTube (HD 720p) On The Street Where You Live - My Fair Lady 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 Feb 19, 2010 Song from the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady" sung by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill. Presented in its theatrical form from a video clip from the 1964 movie version and its popular standard sung by Vic Damone. The character Freddy Eynsford-Hill was portrayed by the British actor Jeremy Brett. Although a singer in his own right, his singing voice for the film was dubbed by Bill Shirley, an American singer-actor. Category


'Jam and Jerusalem' is a traditional epithet for which organisation?

The Women's Institute – no longer about 'jam and Jerusalem' | UK news | The Guardian Women's Institute The Women's Institute – no longer about 'jam and Jerusalem' The Women's Institute is enjoying a resurgence among the UK's young city-dwellers. And no wonder: it's progressive ethos is perfectly compatible with modern ideals Members of Seven Hills WI learn DIY skills at the Women in Construction Arts and Technology Centre, Sheffield. Photograph: Lorne Campbell/Guzelian Saturday 17 August 2013 03.00 EDT First published on Saturday 17 August 2013 03.00 EDT Share on Messenger Close I have arrived in time for cake (lemon drizzle) but too late to hear this month's talk to the afternoon branch of the Oakham Women's Institute . "Shame," says Beth Denny, 78, the group's president, who wears sparkly glasses and a spotty dress and has a fantastic sense of humour. "It was on antiques – very apt." The average age of the group is somewhere in the late 70s, she thinks; their oldest member is 95. I don't really need to ask what the appeal of the monthly meeting is. "Look at it," says Denny, surveying the room, which is attached to the small castle (yes, really) in this market town in Rutland. It has big windows and french doors leading out on to the castle grounds, and is full of women sitting around tables, talking and laughing. She has to raise her voice over the noise. "Companionship. It gets you out, it makes you do things, it makes you talk to other people." Beryl Fenby-Taylor, 87, has been coming for the last 15 years, since she moved to the area around the same time this branch was set up. "There wasn't an afternoon WI in the vicinity," she says. "When you get older, you don't feel terribly much like going out at night. I asked around and one of the WI ladies was thinking of starting an afternoon one. We put an advert in the paper and a little gang of us got together." They started with 10, and there are now about 40 members. "It's meeting people. We get very interesting talks. We go out when we think of somewhere nice to go. It's supposed to be educational, and it is, but it's about friendship as much as anything else." This was the main reason my local branch in north London, Stroud Green WI , was started. A group of us – mainly in our 20s and 30s – met in a pub in 2011 and over several meetings, our branch was formed; we now have 38 members, of all ages, and who reflect the diversity of our area. Because of our slightly younger average age and city location, we were supposedly one of the "new wave" WIs that had started springing up in the years before – groups that rejected crochet and did more modern activities, often with more than a tinge of irony. But we decided we wanted our group to be traditional – absolutely no pole-dancing classes for us. We've done jam-making, and quilting, and there has been a lot of baking (our president, Yvette, made the best cake I've ever seen – a fruitcake in the shape of a corgi – for the Queen's jubilee last year, though as a republican I refused to join in). If it sounds like we're a group of mostly professional women pretending to be retrograde housewives – not that I've ever thought baking cakes and being a feminist were mutually exclusive – we've also had talks by scientists and historians. Vera Baird QC, now Northumbria's police commissioner, came to talk about the effect legal-aid cuts would have on women. Our members have created a garden at a local women's refuge, and picked up litter in our local park on a snowy day in March. WIs are among the most engaged volunteer forces in the country. Why, then, is the organisation – which is the largest women's group, with 212,000 members, more than any of the three main political parties – still seen as a bit of a joke? My feeling is it comes down to pure sexism – that any organisation made up purely of women can't be taken seriously. Add to that the ongoing dismissal in particular of older women, and it becomes easy to deride. The "jam and Jerusalem" stereotype became fixed in people's minds after the war, says Jane Robinson, the social histo


Emmanuel Leutze's most famous painting is of George Washington crossing which river, an event that took place in 1776?

Emanuel Leutze’s Symbolic Scene of Washington Crossing the Delaware | EDSITEment Emanuel Leutze’s Symbolic Scene of Washington Crossing the Delaware The Boat | The Hero & The Men | The Flag & The River | Weather & Background | Trenton & Composition | Picturing America & Student Interactive | Featured Lessons | About the Image NEW! Metropolitan Museum of Art Podcast This December, EDSITEment is enhancing this feature with Metropolitan Museum of Art, (New York) Curator Carrie Rebora Barratt's podcast narration of one of the great icons of American painting. Brrrrr!!! What a way to spend the holidays! On Christmas Night, December 25, 1776, George Washington led Continental army soldiers across the Delaware River to attack Britain’s Hessian army at Trenton, New Jersey. This successful surprise attack provided a much-needed victory for Britain’s former colonies as they struggled for freedom. At the mention of this event, most Americans picture a heroic George Washington standing in a small boat. That’s how Emanuel Leutze pictured it in his huge painting that has been reproduced in history textbooks and hung in American classrooms for the past 150 years. But there are a lot of surprises about this most famous icon of American history. First a German artist painted it in response to German politics. Emanuel Leutze, born in Germany in 1816, moved to America as a child, but returned to Germany to study art in 1840. With a strong belief in liberal democracy, he painted this American Revolution scene to inspire German reformers. When his first painting of Washington’s crossing became popular in Europe, he shipped this second huge version to the United States in 1851. It became an instant success with more than fifty thousand people coming to see it. Today it is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But is it accurate? Is this really how it happened? Yes, and no. Leutze got the spirit of ’76 right and that was his main purpose. He created an inspirational vision of brave and upright men from a variety of backgrounds standing up and fighting together against incredible odds for the common cause of liberty. However, the details of the scene are more symbolic than accurate. Leutze exercised his artistic license to create a powerful composition. The Boat The boat in the painting is much smaller than the Durham boats that Washington had requested to ferry his army back and forth across the Delaware. If he had stood in a boat this small, he probably would have tipped it over. Leutze made it small to emphasize the almost life-size figures. The boat represents the revolutionary cause, carrying and uniting the men towards a common goal of liberty. The Hero George Washington, the commanding general, seems much older in this painting than others of him that were painted from life not too long after the Revolution. (See Charles Wilson Peale’s portrait of Washington at Princeton .) Wearing his Continental army uniform, tricorne hat, boots, and a red-lined cape, he holds a brass telescope symbolizing his visionary leadership. His prominent saber suggests that he is a powerful warrior. Standing on one leg, he is one of the few objects in the painting that is not moving. He looks forward to the New Jersey shore and the upcoming battle. (There is a useful discussion of his strategy on the eve of the battle in section three “ George Washington as Military Leader ” from the PBS website Rediscovering George Washington .) The Men Twelve diverse, determined soldiers, including Washington, crowd the main boat. They wear clothing distinctive to their region. In addition to Washington, another Virginian and future president, who may represent Lieutenant James Monroe holds the flag. Western frontiersmen guide the boat, a man wearing a Scotch hat rows. Is he a recent immigrant? An African American man rows on the far side. He could represent one of the Massachusetts seamen who played an important role in ferrying the army back and forth across the river. Leutze was an ardent abolitionist. See the EDSITEment lesson plan African-American Communities in the N


Which word refers to people from Halifax?

Public Art | Halifax.ca Public Art Want to read our Public Art Policy Halifax Central Library - Public Art The Request for Proposals for Public  Art for the new Halifax Central Library (RFP No. P12-039) as awarded toWinnipeg-based artist Cliff  Eyland. Artwork His project involved the creation of 5,000 paintings specific  to this new building, the surrounding community, and the varied users  and user-groups of the Library and its institutional and social  function, etc. Each of these paintings were created specifically in  response to this opportunity and the physical parameters of the  building. Each painting measurex 3”x 5” in direct relation to the  size of a traditional library index card. Collectively, and from a  distance, the paintings will operate as a loose, abstract formal  pattern of colours and shapes. Individually, and up close, each  painting will embody a particular piece of the overall Library ‘narrative’, to be constructed in close collaboration with library  staff and community stakeholders. The collaborative nature of this  enterprise was a central focus of the library RFP process.     Artist Mr. Eyland was born and raised in Halifax and his proposal exhibited a great deal  of familiarity both with the particular history and community context  of Halifax, as well as with the Library as a public  institution. Mr. Eyland’s 30-year artistic career, beginning as a  student of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, has been  concerned with a contemplation of the connections between libraries and  artistic production. Halifax Central Library The Halifax Central Library will be regional resource, an active information place and a reflection  of the communities within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It will  enhance Halifax Public Libraries’ ability to design and redesign  services, and to reach out to and attract more people. Services will be  flexible and based on the needs of the community combined with the best  that technology has to offer. Artist Cliff Eyland gives you a personal tour of his public art installation at the Halifax Central Library. Halifax Transit Bridge Terminal- Public Art Halifax-based artist Sara Hartland  Rowe is currently working on a public art piece for the Halifax Transit  Bridge Terminal. Artwork Sara’s proposal for the transit  terminal project involves the creation of a large-scale, wall-mounted  installation of laser cut sheet metal elements drawn from the artist’s  sketches of transit users, the facility and the Common, amongst other  things. Together these ‘sketches’, derived from particular drawings,  will be brought together to form a bold and energetic image that will  reinforce the sense of movement of buses and people through the  terminal space, and more widely throughout HRM. The installation will  run the length of the large retaining wall beneath the terminal’s  pedestrian bridge and will combine elements of human figures and  landscape features. A  lifelong transit user herself, Sara is committed to creating an  artwork that enhances the user experience of the Halifax Transit system.  Sara says, “The intention is that this artwork be embedded in the  experience of travel, the images drawn from a real engagement with the  place and the mental space of those of us that travel through the  terminal… “ Sara continues, “In the wall-piece, I would  like to show that riding the bus can be sociable or mindful,  contemplative or relaxing. Although not documentary or literal, the  piece will show people talking, thinking, working, dreaming, reading,  resting, and playing, in the terminal or on the bus…it should be  beautiful, and pleasurable to engage with. It should enhance and support  the space, and be one more enjoyable aspect of our using the  terminal.” View "work in progress" photos. Artist Sara is a Halifax-based painter and  an instructor in the painting department at NSCADU since 2001. She has  exhibited her work throughout Canada, in the US, the Netherlands, and


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Which amateur jockey rode the winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup and the runner-up in the 2011 Grand National?

Grand National: Pinstickers' guide to the Aintree runners and riders - BBC Sport BBC Sport Grand National: Pinstickers' guide to the Aintree runners and riders By Frank Keogh From the section Horse Racing Share this page 16:15 BST Coverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 live, online and mobile devices. Live text commentary on BBC Sport website. Channel 4 TV Frank Keogh's verdict: 1 Imperial Commander 2 Cappa Bleu 3 Teaforthree 4 Always Waining 5 Treacle Imperial Commander would be an emotional winner for the team who lost Little Josh to a fatal fall on Friday. Cappa Bleu and Always Waining love the place, Teaforthree should see out trip and Treacle was my pick last year. Good luck to all. (Number, form, name, age, weight, trainer, jockey) 1 51U/1P/-2 IMPERIAL COMMANDER 12-11-10 Nigel Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies Trainer and son were devastated on Friday after their much-loved racehorse Little Josh died after a fall in a race over the National fences. They will regroup to prepare stable star Imperial Commander, who won the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup, in which Denman and Kauto Star were rivals. Returned from long injury lay-off when second at Cheltenham in January. Missed Gold Cup in March with infection but has been thriving at home since. Sam, 20, rides for his father, who won with Earth Summit (1998) and Bindaree (2002). Rating: 9/10 Odds: 14-1 2 P/33F0-0 WHAT A FRIEND 10-11-09 Paul Nicholls Sam Thomas A victory at Liverpool for Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson? He co-owns the horse who has won another race at the Aintree meeting previously. Unlike Fergie's title-bound team, What A Friend (one of two in the race for the Scot) has been out of form although should appreciate drying ground and was once fourth in a Cheltenham Gold Cup. Rating: 7/10 Odds: 50-1 3 3PF-4PP WEIRD AL 10-11-08 Donald McCain Timmy Murphy Another who has decent form in the book, albeit from a few seasons ago. Boasts a formidable trainer-jockey combination. Trainer won the 2011 National with Ballabriggs and is son of the late Ginger who guided the legendary Red Rum to three victories and landed the race with Amberleigh House in 2004. Jockey won on Comply Or Die for David Pipe five years ago. Rating: 6/10 Odds: 40-1 4 1113-04 QUEL ESPRIT 9-11-07 Willie Mullins IRE David Casey Irish champion trainer, whose current stable stars include champion hurdler Hurricane Fly and Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Sir Des Champs, won the National in 2005 with Hedgehunter. Quel Esprit's win in the 2012 Irish Hennessy reads well, but stablemate On His Own is clearly the number one candidate for Mullins, whose all-time sporting hero, just as an aside, is Brazilian football great Pele. Rating: 6/10 Odds: 50-1 5 40/-U312 BIG FELLA THANKS 11-11-06 Tom George Denis O'Regan Has finished fourth, sixth and seventh in previous Nationals. In decent form this season, and while weight is a concern, one of the more interesting bigger-priced runners. Named after a greyhound, and not as some think the racing broadcaster Derek Thompson, who is fond of the greeting 'All right Big Fella'. Formerly with Ferdy Murphy, now trained in Gloucestershire. Rating: 7/10 Odds: 40-1 6 1113-23 SEABASS 10-11-06 Ted Walsh IRE Katie Walsh Remember the film National Velvet where Elizabeth Taylor played a young female jockey who won the Grand National? Couldn't happen in real life, could it? Don't bet against it. Katie is an amateur in name only, a brilliant rider who achieved best finish by a lady rider in National when third on Seabass last year. Her trainer dad Ted won the race in 2000 with Papillon, ridden by her brother Ruby. Fairytale stuff. Rating: 8/10 Odds: 10-1 7 0-1U355 ROBERTO GOLDBACK 11-11-06 Nicky Henderson Barry Geraghty Brought to the UK from Ireland to be specifically trained for this race by the astute Henderson yard. Trainer has never won the race, but has a legion of top steeplechasers, including last month's Champion Chase winner Sprinter Sacre, who also won the Melling Chase at Aintree on Friday, and Cheltenham Gold Cup victor Bobs Worth. I don't think Roberto Goldback wi


In which English city are the Abbeydale Brewery and the Steel City Brewery?

Steel City Brewing - Our Beers Or, you can tell us your opinion! Where it got to : Brew 29 : Full Marx, 28/11/2011 Forged at The Bull ,   Highgate, London, in collaboration with Steve and Dan of London   Brewing ABV : 4.3% Colour : 6 EBC = Pale Style :   Mid-Atlantic Pale Ale   Gazza visited this new brewpub in leafy Highgate not long after they   had started brewing their own beers back in Autumn 2011 and   immediately hit it off with Dan, the owner, and Steve, head brewer,   after they let slip they'd been the team behing the "Sloaney Pony" which had ordered our beers!  So, ever one to piss about on   someone else's brewkit, Gazza soon blagged a brewday... With a base of low-colour Fawcett Maris Otter and   Herkules, Green Bullet and Columbus hops, this is a pale and   pungently hoppy brew with all the hemp notes you'd expect from CTZ   although the house yeast, Mauri, leaves in a little sweetness to   keep it all in balance. It's   only fair to say that I was fantastically looked after on brewday   and I'd recommend everyone to visit the Bull for the beers and   superb food on offer there, also there was a slight problem with the   beer which Steve managed to sort out... but everything was OK in the   end! Why "Full Marx" then?  Well, one of Gazza's heroes, Karl Marx, is buried in nearby Highgate   cemetery (and in a case of Capitalism gone mad you are supposed to   pay to see his grave!!!) so the name basically wrote itself.  Watch out for a future follow-up   brew with an even better name... !   Or, you can tell us your opinion! Brew 28 : The Grim North BIPA, 12/11/2011 Forged at Fortiverd , Barcelona, Catalunya in collaboration with Cervesas Marina of Blanes ABV : 7% Colour : 60? EBC = Black Style :   Black IPA   This was the return leg of our Collaboration with Pep   and Kevin from Cervesas Marina of Blanes, Catalunya, and for this brew   Gazza travelled to Barcelona to cook up what must be the first Black   IPA to be brewed in Iberia! With the hops and yeast delayed in transit, Gazza   helped out by packing 2.5kg of Galaxy, 600g of Super Alpha and a   pack of K-97 yeast in his suitcase (along with a suitable amount of   bottled beer to keep us entertained during brewing) so the planned   brew could go ahead... Fortiverd is based on an industrial estate to the   North of Barcelona and brews on a lovely plant installed by Ca l'Arenys of Barcelona, the sort of plant where everything works and makes me   wish we had one just like it... it's the kind of brewery that   wouldn't be out of place in a brewpub and looks (as well as   operates) beautifully making the brewday less of hard work and more   enjoyment with plenty of time to drink beer and discuss beer with   visiting brewers! Belgian pale ale and Cara50 malt, Weyermann Carared   and Carafa spezial 3 plus a dash of rolled oats gave the big malt   backbone for the brew and with Galaxy at first wort, Super Alpha for   bittering and yet more lusciously fruity Galaxy for flavour and   aroma this is going to be one monster of a beer and I can't wait to   try it!   Or, you can tell us your opinion! Brew 27 : DILLIGAF, 12/11/2011   Brew 25 : Escafeld, 24/09/2011 Forged at Little Ale Cart in   collaboration with David from Raw of Staveley ABV : 5.2% Colour : 16.6 EBC = Orange / Red Style :   American Red Ale   Brew 25 sees the return leg of our collaboration with   David of Raw Brewing, Staveley, and this time he has come to the   little brick shed to see how we roll with the Heath Robinson   contraptions contained therein! Using pale malt along with Vienna and a whole sack of   Weyermann Melanoidin for colour, we have brewed a complex   orangey-red brew with plenty of hop character as you'd expect from   three of the more enthusiastic users of the sticky green bracts!  US Warrior and German Herkules were used for bittering before bucketloads of Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Sorachi Ace were added for   flavour and aroma resulting in the deepest hopbed I've seen since   Mental Hop


In Rugby Union a high up-and-under kick is named after which Irish club?

Rugby - definition of Rugby by The Free Dictionary Rugby - definition of Rugby by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Rugby Rug·by 1  (rŭg′bē) A borough of central England east-southeast of Birmingham. It is the site of Rugby School (founded 1567), where the game of Rugby was developed in the 1800s. Rug·by 2 or rug·by  (rŭg′bē) n. A game played by two teams of 15 players each on a rectangular field 110 yards long with goal lines and goal posts at either end, the object being to run with an oval ball across the opponent's goal line or kick it through the upper portion of the goal posts, with forward passing and time-outs not permitted. [After Rugby School, England.] rugby football n 1. (Rugby) Also called: rugger a form of football played with an oval ball in which the handling and carrying of the ball is permitted 2. (Rugby) Canadian another name for Canadian football [C19: named after the public school at Rugby, where it was first played] Rugby (ˈrʌɡbɪ) n (Placename) a town in central England, in E Warwickshire: famous public school, founded in 1567. Pop: 61 988 (2001) Rug•by n. 1. a city in E Warwickshire, in central England: boys' school, founded 1567. 86,400. 2. (sometimes l.c.) Also called Rug′by foot′ball. a form of football, played between two teams of 15 members each, that differs from soccer in freedom to carry the ball, block with the hands and arms, and tackle; characterized by continuous action and prohibition against substitute players. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: throw-in - (rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play goal-kick - (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal scrum , scrummage - (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession football , football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal knock on - (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul) Britain , Great Britain , U.K. , UK , United Kingdom , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom hooker - (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot winger - (sports) player in wing position hook - secure with the foot; "hook the ball" hack - kick on the shins rugby Rugby terms back, back row, ball, centre, conversion, crossbar, drop goal, lock forward, loose forward, loose head, five-eighth (Austral. & N.Z.), flanker or wing forward (rugby union), forward, front row, full back, garryowen (rugby union), goalpost, half back, hooker, knock on, line-out (rugby union), mark (rugby union), maul (rugby union), number eight forward (rugby union), scrum or scrummage, stand-off half, fly half, or outside half, pack, pass, penalty, prop forward, punt, referee, ruck (rugby union), scrum half, second row, tackle, three-quarter, tight head, touch judge, try, up and under (rugby league), winger Translations


Complete the title of this South American country: 'The Bolivarian Republic of ......'?

Venezuela - Country Profile - Nations Online Project Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | República Bolivariana de Venezuela Country Profile Background: Venezuela was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran    Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally    benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some    social reforms. Democratically elected governments have held sway since 1959. Under Hugo CHAVEZ, president from 1999 to 2013, and his hand-picked successor, President Nicolas MADURO, the executive branch has exercised increasingly authoritarian control over other branches of government. At the same time, democratic institutions have deteriorated, threats to freedom of expression have increased, and political polarization has grown. Current concerns include: an increasingly politicized military, rampant violent crime, high inflation, and widespread shortages of basic consumer goods, medicine, and medical supplies, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price    fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering the rain    forest and indigenous peoples. Venezuela assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2015-16 term. (Source: CIA - The World Factbook)


In which year on June 14th was the Battle of Marengo?

RELATION OF THE BATTLE OF MARENGO, FOUGHT 14 JUNE 1800. Crevere vires, famaque, et Imperi Porrecta majestas HORAT. Od. 15, I. IV. All the campaigns of BONAPARTE are a particular combination of boldness and caution, which military men could not study too much. During the years 1796 to 1800, he conquered all of northern Italy. He opposed, with an army from thirty to forty thousand men, the greatest efforts of Austria, and in these three years he conducted six campaigns. FIRST CAMPAIGN. BONAPARTE draws General Beaulieu from Genoa, attacks his flanks, turns his right, beats him to Monte-Notte, moves alternately to Dégo and to Mondovi, pushes Beaulieu on Milan, Colli on Turin, subjugates the King of Sardinia, crosses the bridge of Lodi, becomes master of Lombardy, crosses the Mincio, invests Mantua, and within two months, from mountains of Genoa, he plants his flag on the Tyrol, crosses Italy and is on the borders of Germany. We still remember the surprise with which the brilliant successes struck all Europe. The suffering of the parties in France, and the fury of our enemies, everywhere this General of twenty six years was seen as a passionate young man who would not delay causing, in his boldness, their confusion and their loss. SECOND CAMPAIGN. The first effect of these brilliant successes was to oblige Wurmser to evacuate Alsace, to recross the Rhine, to run, with forty thousand men to the aid of the Tyrol; soon he appears on Adige with eighty thousand soldiers, occupies Monte-Baldo, penetrates the valley Sabia, and arrives at the same time at Verona and at Brescia. To this new and redoubtable enemy we could set no more than thirty thousand men: we had our conquests to be kept, and we besieged Mantua which was about to surrender, and which contained a garrison of more than eight thousand men. It is in this second campaign that BONAPARTE shows himself superior to Frederick, who had been in a similar position. He did not persist in the siege of Mantua, as did that prince in the siege of Prague; but his resolutions, his operations followed each other with the same speed. The enemy, amazed at this quickness of movement, never found the French army at daybreak where it had left it at the beginning of the night. With speed compensating for numbers, BONAPARTE made himself always almost everywhere superior to the enemy. The battles of Lonato and Castiglione crowned these great and bold plans and defeated Wurmser, in spite of his numerous cavalry and his immense strength in artillery, and went into the passes of the Tyrol, leaving in the hands of the French people a large part of his army. In all these movements, which will offer of useful lessons to those who follow a career of arms, BONAPARTE made known that the best means to defend oneself is often that to attack, and that the genius of his art of war is especially the art to regain the initiative, after it has beens lost by the first success of the enemy. His reputation was then established in all Europe; the French generals of all the armies proclaimed him their master, and the old companions of Frederick proclaimed him, from this moment, the hero who had picked up the scepter of the war, unclaimed since Frederick died. THIRD CAMPAIGN. BONAPARTE had won, but having been put to the hardest tests; he kept a deep resentment. He remembered that Wurmser several times had occupied his headquarters, and did not believe he had taken enough revenge, by making his projects fail, and by destroying part of his army. After six weeks of rest, he learns that this general received reinforcements and that he moves in the Tyrol towards the Brenta. Immediately BONAPARTE goes back up Adige, concentrates at Roveredo, beats, in this great day, half of the Austrian army, advances on Washing, feints at Innsbruck, and then speeds down the Brenta. All the attempts of the Austrians to oppose to this torrent are vain and unsuccessful. BONAPARTE attacks the enemy, undoes him, puts the sword to his back, and pushes him to the Adige, which he crosses at Ronco before Wurmser was to defend it, one of those


In 'Hamlet' who is the sister of 'Laertes'?

Hamlet vs. Laertes in the Play | Novelguide Home › Literature › Hamlet vs. Laertes in the Play Hamlet vs. Laertes in the Play   Laertes and Hamlet both display impulsive reactions when angered. Once Laertes discovers his father has been murdered Laertes immediately assumes the slayer is Claudius. As a result of Laertes's speculation he instinctively moves to avenge Polonius's death. "To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation: to this point I stand, that both worlds I give to negligence, let come what comes; only I'll be revenged most thoroughly for my father." Act 4 Scene 5 lines 128-134 provide insight into Laertes's mind displaying his desire for revenge at any cost. In contrast to Laertes speculation of his father's killer, Hamlet presumes the individual spying on his conversation with Gertrude is Claudius("Nay, I know not: is it the King?" Act 3, Scene 4 line 28). Consequently, Hamlet consumed with rage automatically thrusts out attempting to kill Claudius, but instead strikes Polonius. Hamlet's and Laertes's imprudent actions are incited by fury and frustration. Sudden anger prompts both Hamlet and Laertes to act spontaneously, giving little thought to the consequences of their actions.  Hamlet and Laertes share a different but deep love and concern for Ophelia. Before his departure for France Laertes provides lengthy advice to Ophelia pertaining to her relationship with Hamlet. Laertes voices his concern of Hamlet's true intentions towards Ophelia and advices her to be wary of Hamlet's love. Laertes impresses upon Ophelia, Hamlet is a prince who most likely will have an arranged marriage. Hamlet's strong love for Ophelia withers after she rejects his affinity. Hamlet's extensive love for Ophelia resulted in grave suffering for Hamlet once his affection was rejected. Hamlet's appearance decays due to the rejection of his love for Ophelia("Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other" Act 2, Scene 1, line 82). The loss of Ophelia's love for Hamlet instigates Polonius into believing it has caused Hamlet to revert to antic disposition. Once Laertes learns of the death of his sister he is afflicted with sadness. In the same way, Hamlet is shocked and enraged over Ophelia's demise. Both Hamlet and Laertes are so profoundly distressed at the death of Ophelia they jump into her grave and fight each other. Although Hamlet and Laertes despised one another, they both loved Ophelia. Hamlet was infatuated with Ophelia which was obvious during his constant anguish over her(in her rejection of Hamlet, and in her death Hamlet suffered greatly). Laertes shared a strong brotherly love for Ophelia which was evident in his advice to her. Laertes further displayed his love for Ophelia during her funeral were he fought with Hamlet.  Hamlet and Laertes are similar in the way they associate with their families. Laertes highly respects and loves his father Polonius. Similarly, Hamlet holds a great respect for his dead father(Hamlet compares his father to a sun god "Hyperion"). After the death of their fathers, Hamlet and Laertes strive to seek revenge on the assassins. Hamlet and Laertes exhibit domineering attitudes towards females. Laertes gives his sister Ophelia guidance on her relationship with Hamlet. In the same way, Hamlet is able to persuade Gertrude he is not mad and manipulate her to follow his instructions. Hamlet directs his mother to convince Claudius of Hamlet's madness. Hamlet is able to make his mother reflect upon her part in the death of his father and feel guilt("Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul, and there I see such black and grained spots as will not leave their tinct." Act 3, Scene 4 lines 90-93). Furthermore, Hamlet instructs his mother not to sleep with Claudius. The fathers of Laertes and Hamlet both attempted to use spies to gain information on their sons(although not his real father Claudius was his uncle as well as step-father). Claudius employed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern


The ICC 'Hall of Fame' was launched in 2009. Who is the only female cricketer to be inducted, captaining England to victory in the 1973 World Cup?

Learn and talk about ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, Cricket museums and halls of fame, Halls of fame in the United Arab Emirates, International Cricket Council Hall of Fame inductees, International Cricket Council awards and rankings "Sydney Barnes" . cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Ken Barrington" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Bishan Bedi" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Sir Alec Bedser" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Richie Benaud" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Allan Border" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Sir Ian Botham" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Geoff Boycott" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Sir Donald Bradman" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Greg Chappell" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Ian Chappell" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Belinda Clark" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 13 September 2011.   "Denis Compton" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Colin Cowdrey" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Martin Crowe" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 28 February 2015.   "Alan Davidson" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 13 September 2011.   "Kapil Dev" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Joel Garner" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Sunil Gavaskar" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Lance Gibbs" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Adam Gilchrist" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 9 December 2013.   "Graham Gooch" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "David Gower" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "W.G. Grace" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Tom Graveney" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Gordon Greenidge" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 26 October 2010.   "Clarrie Grimmett" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Sir Richard Hadlee" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Wes Hall" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 12 June 2015.   "Wally Hammond" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Neil Harvey" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "George Headley" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Rachael Heyhoe-Flint" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Jack Hobbs" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Michael Holding" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Sir Leonard Hutton" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Rohan Kanhai" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Imran Khan" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Alan Knott" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Anil Kumble" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 21 February 2015.   "Jim Laker" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Brian Lara" . cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 31 December 2012.   "Harold Larwood" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Dennis Lillee" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Ray Lindwall" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Clive Lloyd" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "George Lohmann" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 29 July 2016.   "Rod Marsh" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Malcolm Marshall" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Peter May (cricketer)" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Glenn McGrath" . cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 7 January 2013.   "Javed Miandad" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Keith Miller" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Hanif Mohammad" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Arthur Morris" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 29 July 2016.   "Muttiah Muralidaran – Hall Of Famers" . International Cricket Council (ICC). Retrieved 27 July 2016.   "Bill O'Reilly" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Graeme Pollock" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.   "Wilfred Rhodes" . Cricinfo . ESPN . Retrieved 27 October 2010.


Lizzie Siddall was the model for the painting of the drowning of Ophelia by which Pre-Raphaelite?

Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel: Lucinda Hawksley: 9780233002583: Amazon.com: Books Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly This book traces the life of Lizzie Siddal, who, from her humble beginnings as a shop girl, became a central figure of the Pre-Raphaelite movement by the time she died at 32 from a self-inflicted overdose of opiates. Today, readers are used to stories of small-town hopefuls using modeling as a springboard to wider artistic success (think Marilyn Monroe or Andie MacDowell), but Siddal, Hawksley claims, was the first. As a model and then an artist in her own right, this remarkable woman crossed paths with some of Victorian England's greatest artistic luminaries, appearing in masterworks by Walter Deverell, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and supported by Ford Madox Brown and John Ruskin. Hawksley recounts Siddal's life in exhilarating and painful detail, providing a glimpse of the internal and external forces that contributed to her self-destruction. Because direct evidence is scant-few of Siddal's letters or prose writings survive-scholars have inferred a great deal from the words of others and Siddal's own paintings. In doing so, Hawksley sometimes overreaches, coming across less like a biographer than a conjectural psycholoanalyst; on the whole, however, her work on this important figure is solid, lively and lucid. Scholars of the period will find the book of great interest, as will those wishing to learn more about women in the Victorian art world or about the Pre-Raphaelites in general. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.              --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


Who wrote the book 'From Here To Eternity'?

From Here to Eternity (1953) - 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 From Here to Eternity ( 1953 ) Not Rated | In Hawaii in 1941, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second-in-command are falling in love. Director: Daniel Taradash (screen play), James Jones (based upon the novel by) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 21 titles created 09 Feb 2013 a list of 41 titles created 26 May 2013 a list of 40 titles created 06 Mar 2014 a list of 49 titles created 30 Aug 2015 a list of 49 titles created 2 months ago Title: From Here to Eternity (1953) 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     8     Oscars. Another    14 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other. Director: Delbert Mann Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. Director: Vincente Minnelli A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women. Director: George Stevens The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout. Director: Billy Wilder Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Bligh proves to be a brutal tyrant and, after six pleasant months on Tahiti, ... See full summary  » Director: Frank Lloyd The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal. Director: Robert Rossen The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage. Director: Fred Zinnemann A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred. Director: Elia Kazan Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton . Director: Franklin J. Schaffner A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Director: Lewis Milestone A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. Director: Frank Capra Edit Storyline It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subordinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com> The Original Pearl Harbor Story (2002 DVD Release) See more  » Genres: De aquí a la eternidad See more  » Filming Locations: 3 Channel Stereo (Western Electric Recording) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Fred Zinnemann insisted on filming in black and white, as he felt that "color would have made it look trivial". He also eschewed the use of any of the popular new widescreen ratios. See more » Goofs After the bar fight, Warden kicks


Brian Cox was a keyboard player in the 1990's for the band 'D:Ream'. What is the title of the band's number one hit from 1994?

D:Ream - Music, Albums, Songs, News and Videos - FamousFix Photo Credit: lonepine D:Ream is a Northern Irish pop rock and dance group. They had a UK Number One hit with " Things Can Only Get Better " in 1994 as well as eight more top 40 hits. They released two albums, both of which reached the top five. The group had an all-male line-up which varied in number, but mainly centred on lead singer Peter Cunnah . The live band included keyboard player Brian Cox , who is now a professor of physics and a television presenter, though Cunnah normally played keyboards on studio recordings. Wikipedia Contents From this profile you will find 25 lists , 20 albums , 110 songs ,         and key facts about D:Ream! Related Lists


In which English town is the Spire Brewery and is in the CAMRA magazine called Inn Spire?

Wee Beefy's beer and pub blog: Hill Top Club beer festival October 2012 Hill Top Club beer festival October 2012 Afternoon,      yesterday I hopped on the bus out to Dronfield, the new real ale capital of, erm, North East Derbyshire, to visit the Hill Top Sports & Social Club in the same, sample their beer festival, and head to a few local pubs into the bargain. Having splashed out £5.50 on an explorer ticket I was duty bound to go as far as Chesterfield, but I was straying from my plan early on as the bus I caught doesn't really go near the club. Luckily, it passes the Three Tuns at Hallowes, so I popped in there. The Three Tuns is a pub I've only been to a few times but its growing on me. Regular visitors may find this surprising since its immediately obvious as you enter that its a shrine to real ale, but its not growing on me from a cold start, I just mean I seem to be liking it more and more. Initially I was only popping in for a couple of halves, although I could have had thirds since there was such a huge range to try, but I got talking to Dave the brewer at Spire and it seemed rude not to at least stop for another. So it was I tried halves of the Spire Dark Side Of The Moon, which had a nice berry edge to it in amongst the creamy roast malt, and was reminiscent of Black Isle Porter, as well as half of their Sovereign escort pale ale, which was a lovely fruity IPA style beer, with a nice balance of hop flavours in the mix. I finished on the ever reliable Burton Bridge Porter. It was well past 3 when I hopped on the 43 to Gosforth Lane, but luckily the Hill Top Club wasn't that difficult to find, and they had also gone mad and put a sign up at the top of Longacre Road. Being a small festival there was no need for an outside marquee or similar, they had simply hired and fitted a bank of handpumps from Barlow brewery, and all teh ales were served from the bar, which is on the right as you enter. On the advice of T_i_B I started on a pint of the Barlow Jolly Roger Porter at 5.2%. This was everything I expected, and whats more everything I could have asked from a porter - dark, smooth, rich, well balanced with roasted malt in abundance. A perfect moreish black beer to suit the weather, which had conveniently turned to rain on my walk up to the club. The Hill Top Club's has to be one of the smallest and simultaneously quietest beer festivals I've ever been to! There were just two groups of festival goers sat near the bar when I arrived, and although I'd like to think that I was in no way the catalyst for the exodus which followed, within 20 minutes everyone had left! So I had a quick chat with the lass behind the bar, and a much needed sandwich, before it started to get busy around 17.00. Now it started to resemble a more familiar festival scene with tasters and discussions and good atmosphere abounding. My next pint was the Ashover Liquorice Alesorts, one of the beers of the Three Valleys beer festival earlier in the year and still on good form here. I then had halves of Sheffield Brewing Co NZ IPA, Abbeydale wheat, which was a little too sweet for me, and the immense Full Monty IPA, a 6.5% monster of a beer from Barlow brewery. Perhaps I am becoming too accustomed to zesty citrus hop monsters with a light colour and quaffability, but I was surprised at just how big and sweet the Full Monty was. Having said that, it was a very enjoyable beer, although I would have struggled to get through a pint. I finished off on an ironically hoppier beer but at nearly half the strength - Raw Blonde was only 3.9% but more than stood up in terms of hoppiness, to its towering fruity bedfellow. Alas this was my last beer, as I had neglected to bring enough money, which is a bit stupid really. So I didn't get to try the Brampton Mild, the Barlow Three Valleys, the Muirhouse Lurch's Liqour Stout or the Ashover Poets Tipple, to name some of what was available. This was my first Hill Top Club beer festival (and indeed my first visit at all) and it was a very enjoyable way of spending a few hours - a good range of beers, all well kept, and a


In musical notation, how many semiquavers equal one semibreve?

Music Theory / Time / Sound and silence Total time is calculated by adding the notes and rests. Two quavers equal a crotchet. Four crotchets equal a semibreve. Eight quavers equal a semibreve. This music plays for 16 crotchets. How long is 16 crotchets in seconds? See Tempo later in this book of Time. Picture notes If you are learning to read music for the first time,        it might help to see the notes in pictures. Every note begins with a note-head. The notehead            is oval shaped. A semibreve is an empty notehead Notes shorter than a semibreve have a stem. A stem is           a vertical line jutting up from the right or down from the           left of the notehead A minim is a semibreve            with a stem. A crotchet is a minim with a coloured notehead A quaver is a crotchet with a tail. A semiquaver is a crotchet with two tails. A demisemiquaver is a crotchet with three tails. A hemidemisemiquaver is a crotchet with four tails.   Clap your hands to the beat. Tails are beamed to the        beat. Here are some examples. 2 quavers beamed to           a crotchet beat. 4 semiquavers beamed           to a crotchet beat. 8 demisemiquavers            beamed to a crotchet beat. In a crotchet beat two factors are important. Notes are            beamed in multiples of 4. You can slice the beam (beat)            in half. 16 hemidemisemiquavers            beamed to a crotchet beat.   Here are some more complex patterns. In these patterns the beat is equal to a crotchet, so        you can count up to the value of a crotchet under every beam. Remember,        we beam the beat. Beam (beat) 1. Quaver - Semiquaver - Semiquaver Beam (beat) 2. Semiquaver - Semiquaver - Quaver Beam (beat) 3. Semiquaver - Quaver - Semiquaver Music Theory


In which country is the Laerdal Tunnel, the longest road tunnel in the world?

Laerdal Tunnel: The World’s Longest Road Tunnel | Amusing Planet Laerdal Tunnel: The World’s Longest Road Tunnel Kaushik Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Leave a Comment Advertisement In Norway, it’s practically impossible to drive from one place to another without making a mountain crossing or riding on a ferry across a fjord. It’s a beautiful country but its intricate geography created by a maze of fjords, glaciers, and mountains meant that many Norwegian communities remain isolated from one each other during the long winter months. Neighbors may live less than a mile from one another, but on opposite sides of the fjord or mountain, and that’s a world apart. That was before Norway started building an extensive network of tunnels. If a mountain stands on the way, they will drill through it. A fjord is too long to build a bridge? Go under. Tunnels make driving through the country much more easier than taking circuitous routes along mountains or ferry hopping. There are over 900 road tunnels in Norway with total length exceeding 750 km, and at least 33 undersea tunnels. According to one source , the count is even higher – above one thousand. For a country the size of Norway, that’s an awfully lot of tunnels. The Laerdal Tunnel. Photo credit Wikipedia has a short list of some of the longest tunnels in the country. The longest of these engineering phenomena is the Lærdal Tunnel. The Laerdal Tunnel is a 24.51-kilometre long road tunnel, the longest in the world, connecting the villages of Lærdal and Aurland, but fundamentally linking the capital of Oslo to Bergen and the country’s second-largest city of Bergen. To set the records straight, Laerdal Tunnel is the longest “road” tunnel. The true longest tunnel is the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland at 57 km, but it’s used only by trains. The decision to build the Laerdal Tunnel was made in June 1992 when the government realized that a reliable all-weather snow-free, fjord-free land connection was needed between the two cities. The tunnel, which is one of many that lies along the European Route E16, allows uninhibited flow of traffic while preserving the alpine environment of the region. Photo credit One of the challenges faced by the engineers was how to keep drivers alert through the 20-minute-long monotonous drive. This was essential or the drivers could lose concentration leading to accidents. To break the monotony occasional slight curves were included between straight stretches of the road, and at every 6 km interval is a large cavern. The caves are meant to break the routine, providing a refreshing view and allowing drivers to take a short rest. The caverns are also used as turn around points and for break areas to help lift claustrophobia. Special attention has been paid to the lighting. Whereas white light is used in the tunnel itself, the mountain caves are equipped with blue and yellow light which gives one the illusion of driving into daylight every 6 km, and the golden light along the floor gives the illusion of sunrise. To keep the drivers from being inattentive or falling asleep, and thus causing head-on collisions, each lane is supplied with a loud rumble strip toward the center. Another concern is ventilation. High air quality in the tunnel is achieved in two ways, by ventilation and purification. Large fans draw air in from both entrances, and polluted air is expelled through a single ventilation tunnel located 18km from the Aurland end of the tunnel. The Lærdal Tunnel is the first in the world to be equipped with an air treatment plant, located in a 100-meter cavern 9.5 km from Aurland, that removes both dust and nitrogen dioxide from the tunnel air.


Who conducted the premiere of 'Turandot' at La Scala in 1926?

Performance Review Turandot | News Press | Opera Carolina Performance Review: Turandot Joseph Newsome, Voix des Arts article type Share This Performance Review: Turandot The première of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot at La Scala on 25 April 1926, seventeen months after the composer’s death, is one of the most famous occasions in opera. Conducted by Arturo Toscanini, whose association with the operas of Puccini from the podium began with his pacing of the première of La bohème in Torino in 1896, the first performance was an emotional homage to the composer. The performance ended with Liù’s death in Act Three, the last scene that Puccini left in complete form: Toscanini turned to the audience and said, depending upon which source one believes, something along the lines of, ‘We stop here because it was at this point that the composer laid down his pen.’ At the second performance, which—again, sources differ—may or may not have been conducted by Toscanini, the completion of the opera’s final scene by Franco Alfano was also sung. The composer of successful operas such as Cyrano de Bergerac, La Leggenda di Sakùntala, and Risurrezione, Alfano was himself an expert musical craftsman and not at all unworthy of being entrusted with the formidable task of completing Turandot except in the sense of no one but Puccini being fully able to realize the ultimate fruition of what was his most ambitious endeavor. As in the case of Süßmayr’s completion of Mozart’s Requiem, it is foolish to condemn Alfano’s work with the statement that Puccini would have done better. The fact is that he did not, and, unlike Hemingway’s ostensibly unfinished but bizarrely resolved The Garden of Eden, Turandot without the final scene is a wondrous body without its head. Furthermore, subsequent efforts at re-scoring the final scene have proved no more successful than Alfano’s, so fidelity to the work of an artist who knew and respected Puccini and his style is surely the most logical path. Directed by Tom Diamond, Opera Carolina’s production of Turandot employed the Alfano ending but made it seem an unusually organic part of the score. The seams that are all too apparent in the transition from Puccini to Alfano in many performances were here mitigated by the decision to take a brief pause at the end of Liù’s death scene, signaling the point at which the composer’s completion of the score was cut short. Nevertheless, the most brilliant staging of Turandot with poor singing is an unredeemable failure, and in this realm, too, Opera Carolina had a triumph. One no longer expects to hear Turandot without at least occasionally cringing at curdled tones and missed pitches, but this performance defied those expectations. Continuing the company’s trend in recent productions of other repertory, Opera Carolina could teach many of the world’s larger, more renowned opera companies quite a lot about casting, preparing, and performing Puccini’s Turandot. Scenically, Turandot is one of the most difficult operas in the Italian repertory to produce effectively. The grandeur of the music demands equal dramatic largesse, but there is a real danger of sacrificing the human depth of the opera to the extravagant pageantry of the monumental public scenes. With projections and lighting designs by Michael Baumgarten, Opera Carolina’s production shrank from none of the gargantuan spatial effects required by the score but also concentrated focus on the intimate interactions between Liù and Timur and, eventually, Turandot and Calàf. Martha Ruskai’s wig and make-up designs were particularly effective, and Anita Stewart’s sets and Anna Oliver ’s costumes placed the action in a visually stimulating, fancifully colorful Forbidden City. The costumes for Ping, Pang, and Pong were unusually inventive, mirroring the ‘elevated’ habits for the Nymphs in Elijah Moshinsky’s Metropolitan Opera production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos. The vocal challenges of Turandot render it an opera in which hoary stand-and-sing blocking is typical, but Opera Carolina’s production avoided the worst of the