Which German fashion house, still trading today, allegedly supplied uniforms for the Hitler Youth and the National Socialist Party from 1928 until 1939?

National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement - Page 67 - Stormfront National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement User Name Ideology and Philosophy Foundations for White Nationalism Listen live to Stormfront Radio with Don Black & Friends Followed by Dr. David Duke. Weekdays 9:00-11:00am ET | Archives Re: National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement Quote: Originally Posted by Celtic Welsh Warrior The nation of England was founded at 927 AD at it was up to 1850 AD, a very nationalistic and racialist nation. Illiteracy pertains to language. History pertains to documents. You aren't using the English language correctly. Not to join whether it was actually nationalist or not...The English nobles and monarchies were concerned with furthering their own wealth and power. Not the nation. About the only one that came close was the Lord protector Oliver Cromwell and his was mixed with trying to create a semi theocratic type state. The other question I have for the leftist here... is do you think if you win the argument that NS was really a left leaning form of government all the N.S. here on the board are going to join some other leftist ideology? I still don't see the point of having this discussion. N.S. that I see here on the board know how they want to operate and their perception is what it is. Attempting to correct someone who has a perception is a labor of futility. They got the perception from their own thought process by reading. Rarely do you change anyone's perception. My perception of most leftist is they lean towards communism. Right or wrong, that is my perception. My perception might change, but it will not be because of some argument on a forum, but experience and personal study. To me...without Nationalism...socialism is just another communist tool bent on world domination and unification into some one world garbage.  I don't want to be part of any global world governing body. White or otherwise. Nationalism and protectionism keeps the focus where it belongs in your own back yard. __________________ Never take counsel of your fears...Stonewall Jackson   Re: National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement Let us not pervert the meaning of Nation. England is the oldest Nation. Geography, Language, Flag, National Political policy in a Parliament. dating from 927 AD with Parliament well established as a measure against the monarchy. The Witenagemot The whole world is in common agreement that England [not the UK] was a nation state in the 9th century. Quote: Originally Posted by We Will Survive It was not nationalistic. Allow me to repeat myself: Nationalism is an ideology directed towards the welfare of the nation, not the interests of the crown. You're describing feudalism, not nationalism. Actually it's been Parliament. The Witenagemot or the Witena gemot (IPA: [ˈwɪtənəgɪˌməʊt]), also known as the Witan (more properly the title of its members) was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon England which operated from before the seventh century until the eleventh century. The whole World knows England was the first Nation on earth. You really should be refuting this in Revisionism. I'd love to see how long you last. Nation, and Nationalism is defined as geography, language, political stability. The Strassers were not National Socialists. They were more Communist-Marxists.   Re: National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement Quote: Originally Posted by ultravox Not to join whether it was actually nationalist or not...The English nobles and monarchies were concerned with furthering their own wealth and power. Not the nation. Nation and Nationalism is defined by the poltiical stability and integrity of the geographic area. Parliament was a stabilising force which made England a nation, rather than another European monarchy. That's a critical point to understand. Quote: Originally Posted by ultravox I still don't see the point of having this discussion. My perception of most leftist is they lean towards communism. The true National Socialists, the non-Bolshevik ones agree with part of what you say. On February 14, 1926 Hitler asserted


Published in 2013, Saints of the Shadow Bible is the latest novel to feature which detective?

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Who directed the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave?

12 Years a Slave (2013) - 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 12 Years a Slave ( 2013 ) R | Watch Now From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup , a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Director: John Ridley (screenplay), Solomon Northup (based on "Twelve Years a Slave" by) Stars: Take the quiz Related News a list of 43 titles created 10 Nov 2013 a list of 33 titles created 13 Jan 2015 a list of 31 titles created 25 May 2015 a list of 31 titles created 04 Jun 2015 a list of 49 titles created 15 Oct 2015 Title: 12 Years a Slave (2013) 8.1/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     3     Oscars. Another    234 wins & 312 nominations. See more awards  » Videos The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. Director: Wes Anderson A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. Director: Clint Eastwood After John Nash , a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish. Director: Ron Howard Illustrated upon the progress of his latest Broadway play, a former popular actor's struggle to cope with his current life as a wasted actor is shown. Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. Director: Tom Hooper A Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort , from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. Director: Martin Scorsese With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Director: Quentin Tarantino In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians. Director: Morten Tyldum Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980. Director: Ben Affleck The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. Director: Tom McCarthy Edit Storyline Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup , a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty personified by a malevolent slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life. Written by Fox Searchlight The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup Genres: Rated R for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality | See all certifications  » Parents Gui


After featuring in the Wallace and Gromit film The Curse of the Were Rabbit the sales of which cheese increased by 500%?

8 Cracking Facts About Wallace & Gromit (and an exhibit you have to check out!) | Mental Floss 8 Cracking Facts About Wallace & Gromit (and an exhibit you have to check out!) Image credit:  Like us on Facebook Wallace and Gromit are national heroes in the U.K. The cheery, if absent-minded inventor/baker/pest control expert and his faithful Dostoyevsky-reading canine companion have starred in some of the most fun and inventive adventures in stop-motion ever committed to film. And now, British fans of the Plasticine pair will get the chance to wander around a life-size version of their 62 West Wallaby Street home, at the London Science Museum's latest exhibition, Wallace & Gromit present A World of Cracking Ideas. Drawing its inspiration from Wallace's amusing inventions, the exhibit is designed to introduce kids (and kid-like adults) to the creative process around inventions and ideas. It's the result of a partnership between Aardman Animation, the studios behind Wallace and Gromit, and Britain's Intellectual Property Office, so in addition such Wallace-inspired inventions as the karaoke shower, it also includes somewhat heady information on intellectual property rights. The exhibit opens on March 28 and runs through November 1 (the link contains one of the most time-consuming games to cross my desktop since TextTwist). In the spirit of inspiration, we decided to compile a list of a few facts about Britain's favorite stop-motion adventurers. Here a few things you might not know about Wallace and Gromit: 1. Wallace and Gromit Save Dairy Wallace's influence over Britain is significant "“ at least when it comes to cheese. As a tastemaker, his preferences have been credited with saving several kinds of cheese of extinction. The makers of Wallace's particular favorite, Wensleydale cheese, were struggling throughout the 1990s, but when Wallace and Gromit's popularity skyrocketed, so did sales of the cheese . Wensleydale now offers a cheese in a Wallace and Gromit packaging, further cementing the relationship between the characters and the cheese. The Daily Mail reports that when Curse of the Were-Rabbit featured Stinking Bishop cheese, sales of the famously smelly cheese rose 500 percent. 2. The Truth about Cats and Dogs Nick Park has said that neither character was exactly based on anyone he knew, although the ever-cheerful Wallace had often been compared to his father and the much put-upon Gromit compared to Park himself. Park has also said that Wallace and Gromit's adventures are a bit of a pastiche, inspired by other films and genres, including Hitchcock and Laurel and Hardy films, as well as a real-life Lancashire, Britain 1950s, "˜60s, and "˜70s aesthetic. And one more thing: Gromit was originally going to be a cat. 3. Honing his skills with a Sledgehammer One thing few people know is that when Park was a newcomer to Aardman Animation, he worked on Peter Gabriel's memorable "Sledgehammer" video. 4. They're Animated like Kong All of the Wallace and Gromit movies use the same technique that brought King Kong to life in the 1933 film "“ stop-motion models made of Plasticine. Animators at Aardman Animations, however, use a special blend of the modeling clay nicknamed "Aard-mix" that's slightly more resilient. Liquid and fur are the hardest to animate, say animators at Aardman. 5. The Queen Likes It! The Queen and Prince Charles are fans of Wallace and Gromit, awarding creator Nick Park a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 1997 for his contributions to the film industry. At a dinner celebrating the nomination, the Queen reportedly asked to be sat next to Park. And although Park is very honored by the CBE, he may be more proud of his gold Blue Peter badge, an award given out by the long-running British children's show and an honor he actually shares with Queen Elizabeth II and JK Rowling. 6. Tail Wagging Takes a Very Long Time Each character moves 12 times a second to achieve that life-like animation. Animator Merlin Crossingham, talking to the Daily Mail, explained, "If Gromit is wagging his tail enthusiastically for 3


In Irish legend, what name is given to the Otherworld or Land of Promise, inhabited by fairies?

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries: The Recorded Fairy-Faith: Chapter VI. Celtic Otherworld CELTIC OTHERWORLD  1 In Ireland this world and the world we go to after death are not far apart.'--W. B. YEATS. 'Many go to the Tir-na-nog in sleep, and some are said to have remained there, and only a vacant form is left behind without the light in the eyes which marks the presence of a soul.'--A. E. General ideas of the Otherworld: its location; its subjectivity; its names; its extent; Tethra one of its kings--The Silver Branch and the Golden Bough; and Initiations--The Otherworld the Heaven. World of all religions--Voyage of Bran--Cormac in the Land of Promise--Magic Wands--Cuchulainn's Sick-Bed--Ossian's return from Fairyland--Lanval's going to Avalon--Voyage of Mael-Duin--Voyage of Teigue--Adventures of Art--Cuchulainn's and Arthur's Otherworld Quests--Literary Evolution of idea of Happy Other-world. GENERAL DESCRIPTION THE Heaven-World of the ancient Celts, unlike that of the Christians, was not situated in some distant, unknown region of planetary space, but here on our own earth. As it was necessarily a subjective world, poets could only describe it in terms more or less vague; and its exact geographical location, accordingly, differed widely in the minds of scribes from century to century. Sometimes, as is usual to-day in fairy-lore, it was a subterranean world entered through caverns, or hills, or mountains, and inhabited by many races and orders of invisible beings, such as demons, shades, fairies, or even gods. And the underground world p. 333 of the Sidhe-folk, which cannot be separated from it, was divided into districts or kingdoms under different fairy kings and queens, just as the upper world of mortals. We already know how the Tuatha De Danann or Sidhe-folk, after their defeat by the Sons of Mil at the Battle of Tailte, retired to this underground world and took possession of its palaces beneath the green hills and vales of Ireland; and how from there, as gods of the harvest, they still continued to exercise authority over their conquerors, or marshalled their own invisible spirit-hosts in fairy warfare, and sometimes interfered in the wars of men. More frequently, in the old Irish manuscripts, the Celtic Otherworld was located in the midst of the Western Ocean, as though it were the 'double' of the lost Atlantis;  1 and Manannan Mac Lir, the Son of the Sea--perhaps himself the 'double' of an ancient Atlantean king--was one of the divine rulers of its fairy inhabitants, and his palace, for he was one of the Tuatha De Danann, was there rather than in Ireland; and when he travelled between the two countries it was in a magic chariot drawn by horses who moved over the sea-waves as on land. And fairy women came from that mid-Atlantic world in magic boats like spirit boats, to charm away such mortal men as in their love they chose, or else to take great Arthur wounded unto death. And in that island world there was neither death nor pain nor p. 334 scandal, nought save immortal and unfading youth, and endless joy and feasting. Even yet at rare intervals, like a phantom, Hy Brasil appears far out on the Atlantic. No later than the summer of 1908 it is said to have been seen from West Ireland, just as that strange invisible island near Innishmurray, inhabited by the invisible 'gentry', is seen--once in seven years. And too many men of intelligence testify to having seen Hy Brasil at the same moment, when they have been together, or separated, as during the summer of 1908, for it to be explained away as an ordinary illusion of the senses. Nor can it be due to a mirage such as we know, because neither its shape nor position seems to conform to any known island or land mass. The Celtic Otherworld is like that hidden realm of subjectivity lying just beyond the horizon of mortal existence, which we cannot behold when we would, save with the mystic vision of the Irish seer. Thus in the legend of Bran's friends, who sat over dinner at Harlech with the Head of Bran for seven years, three curious birds acted as musicians, the Th


Which hero of the 1956 F A Cup Final played for non-league side St. Helen's Town before joining Manchester City?

Bert Trautmann Bert Trautmann References Bernhard (Bert) Trautmann, the eldest son of Carl Trautmann, a chemical loader at the docks, was born in Bremen , Germany , on 22nd October, 1923. (1) In 1923 Germany was enduring an economic crisis. It was a time of rapid inflation and German currency was virtually worthless: "The purchasing power of wages had been reduced to nothingness and anyone with money in the bank had seen their savings wiped out." (2) In an attempt to defend living standards, the workers were involved in a series of strikes. (3) In March 1926 Frieda Trautmann gave birth to another son, Karl-Heinz. Although Carl remained in work life was a constant struggle. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) but most of his workmates were supporters of the growing Nazi Party . As a boy Bert observed fights between different political groups. During one demonstration in May 1931, three people were killed in Bremen and over a hundred seriously wounded. (4) Bert Trautmann developed a reputation as an outstanding athlete. He was a talented footballer and was especially good at Völkerball . A game only played in Germany, it involved two teams of 10 on a small pitch divided into two halves. Each participant would throw the ball at the opposition; each player hit was removed from the game until one player was left. The game helped Trautmann's throwing ability and helped him when he played as a goalkeeper. (5) Trautmann was an agressive young boy and was often involved in fights. In 1931 he so badly beat a boy that his head teacher considered the possibility of having him expelled and sent to a school of correction. Trautmann was encouraged to spend his energies on sport and he joined the Tura football team. (6) Nazi Germany Carl Trautmann was an active trade unionist and was concerned when the Nazi Party took power. Adolf Hitler proclaimed May Day, 1933, as a national holiday and arranged to celebrate it as it had never been celebrated before. Trade union leaders were flown to Berlin from all parts of Germany. Joseph Goebbels staged the greatest mass demonstration Germany had ever seen. Hitler told the workers' delegates: "You will see how untrue and unjust is the statement that the revolution is directed against the German workers." Later that day Hitler told a meeting of more than 100,000 workers that "reestablishing social peace in the world of labour" would soon begin. (7) The next day, Hitler ordered the Sturm Abteilung (SA) to destroy the trade union movement. Their headquarters throughout the country were occupied, union funds confiscated, the unions dissolved and the leaders arrested. Large numbers were sent to concentration camps. Within a few days 169 different trade unions were under Nazi control. (8) Frieda, Karl Heinz, Bernhard and Carl Trautmann (1931) Carl Trautmann's fellow workers who were activists in the German Communist Party (KPD) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) were soon arrested and sent to concentration camps . Bert remembers that it became common to call unpopular boys "commies" in school. (9) Strikes were now illegal and Carl was forced to make donations to the Nazi Party and the German Labour Front . In the Bremen docks, swastika flags were flown from every official building. Each time someone entered an office or a warehouse they had to give the Nazi salute. If it was not done with enough zeal you would be called into the local Gestapo headquarters. (10) Bert Trautmann and the Hitler Youth Before the Nazi government was formed the Hitler Youth only had 20,000 members. Non-Nazi youth organizations were far more popular. Hitler solved this problem by dissolving almost all the rival organizations (only Catholic youth organizations survived this measure). All boys and girls in Nazi Germany came under great pressure to join the Hitler Youth. By the end of 1933 there were 2.3 million boys and girls between the ages of ten and eighteen in the Hitler Youth organization. (11) Bert Trautmann joined the junior branch of the organization on his tenth birthday. (12) "Bert Trautmann couldn


Normally presented by the Queen, who presented the Ascot Gold Cup to the Queen when her horse won, in 2013?

Queen celebrates as Estimate wins Gold Cup at Royal Ascot | Daily Mail Online Watch more on Channel 4 racing Out in front: Ryan Moore rides Estimate to victory ahead of Simenon in the Gold Cup Tense finish: Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie get caught up in the moment on Ladies' Day It was little different, at least in  emotion, to the member of a syndicate with a 100th share in a leg of a thoroughbred urging on his nag in the 2.30 at Lingfield. When later her watching subjects were shown a recording of her  reaction squeals of delight echoed around the racecourse. They loved her passion; they loved her joy; most of all, one suspects, they loved her ability to lose just a smidgeon of self-control. At her side was racing manager John Warren who, frankly, lost it completely in the way he animatedly shouted on the four-year-old filly to its prominent place in racing history. THE RACING ROYALS: WINNING HORSES After Estimate became the first royally owned horse to win the Gold Cup at Ascot, here are some more Royal racing moments... 1900 THE PRINCE OF WALES The future Edward VII had two notable horses this year. Ambush II won the Grand National and Diamond Jubilee won the St Leger, the 2,000 Guineas and the Derby. 1942 KING GEORGE VI Big Game won the 2,000 Guineas, and Sun Chariot the 1,000 Guineas, the Oaks and the St Leger - the Fillies Triple Crown. 1956 THE QUEEN MOTHER Devon Loch’s good form looked to be continuing as he entered the final 40 yards of the Grand National with a five-length lead, only to jump and collapse. The Queen Mother said: ‘Oh, that’s racing!’ 1977 QUEEN ELIZABETH II The Queen has had several winners but perhaps the most famous is Dunfermline — the mare won the Oaks and St Leger as The Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee. All smiles: Queen Elizabeth II looks overjoyed as she watches Estimate surge to victory Outside the tinted bullet-proof glass, from the privileged occupants of the Royal Enclosure to the more raucous inhabitants of the Silver Ring and to the picnickers on the Heath, the tens of thousands went pretty much bonkers in their delight. If ever the collective will of a crowd can push a horse over the line then it did so yesterday. Jockey supreme Ryan Moore played his part, of course, in holding off the challenge of Johnny  Murtagh aboard the Irish trained Simenon and, in the process, probably guaranteeing a future gong. Willie Mullins, the trainer of the second, said ‘I would loved to have won but it is a fantastic result for racing.’ Party time: Members of the Royal family cheer after the Queen's horse crosses the line Thumbs up: Moore and Estimate are led away after securing the win at Royal Ascot on Ladies' Day Frenchman Francois Doumen, who trained the third home, Top Trip, added: ‘It would have been a diplomatic incident if Top Trip had won!’ Victory secured, Her Majesty could be seen standing at the  window waving, it appeared, to Moore below. Meanwhile, as many as could negotiate the logistics rushed from trackside to the back of the stands to welcome the winning horse but, more significantly, greet the winning owner. Less than an hour earlier, warm, genuine and prolonged applause accompanied Lady Cecil as she mounted the podium after Riposte took the Ribblesdale Stakes, as Sir Henry had planned in the months before his death. THE QUEEN'S DREAM TEAM SIR MICHAEL STOUTE The 10-time champion trainer has won 66 races at Royal Ascot as well as 15 British Classics. He was born in Barbados and awarded his knighthood in 1998 for services to tourism in his homeland. JOCKEY: RYAN MOORE The 29-year-old son of trainer Gary Moore whose two brothers are both jump jockeys. Single-minded and technically the outstanding Flat jockey currently riding. Would have won more than three championships had injury not intervened. RACING ADVISER: JOHN WARREN Self-made son of a greengrocer who has become a hugely respected bloodstock agent and took on the royal role after death of predecessor the Earl of Carnarvon in 2001. Married to the Earl’s daughter Carolyn with whom he runs Highclere St


In Downton Abbey, who plays the Earl of Grantham?

'Downton Abbey,' season five: The earl offers an early look - NY Daily News 'Downton Abbey,' season five: The earl offers an early look 'Downton Abbey,' season five: The earl offers an early look BY MARIANNE GARVEY, BRIAN NIEMIETZ AND OLI COLEMAN Saturday, December 13, 2014, 2:00 AM "Downton Abbey's" Hugh Bonneville with Joanna David (c.) and Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary (Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television) BY MARIANNE GARVEY, BRIAN NIEMIETZ AND OLI COLEMAN Saturday, December 13, 2014, 2:00 AM Until the massive success of “Downton Abbey,” Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert Crawley, was best known to American audiences as the bumbling Bernie in “Notting Hill” or Iris Murdoch’s young husband in “Iris.” But now he’s the earl of Grantham in the hit Brit series on PBS. Asked to explain the show’s massive global success, the 51-year-old actor said: “I think it’s one of those very rare things where writing, casting, production values and timing all arrive at the same moment. Also, no one can quite define (the show). It’s not a soap, but it is a soap. It’s not a social historical document, yet it does touch into history.” He also gave Confidenti@l a sneak preview of the fifth season, which premieres on Jan. 4. “We’re in 1924 now,” he said. “The embers of romance from Violet’s past emerge, which I think will touch the hearts of a lot of people. As Lady Mary says, ‘So Granny does have a past.’ For Robert and Cora, there are tensions over the horizon in the form of a dashing art historian played by Richard E. Grant. When a dashing artist comes to Downton, you need to lock up your etchings.” Bonneville said that Lady Mary (his character’s daughter) has suitors “circling like vultures,” and she’s deciding which one is she going to throw bits of flesh to. “There’s the usual skulduggery from Thomas and a very touching and painful storyline for him, and the fallout from what happened with Anna from the last season continues. So more of the same, with plenty of laughs and sobs along the way,” he said. Bonneville will also be popping up on the big screen in the new year. He stars with Nicole Kidman in “Paddington,” due in theaters in January.


Who was the US Attorney General to J F Kennedy?

Attorney Generals Office - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum Attorney General's Office Attorney General's Office Attorney Generals Office "We know that it is law which enables men to live together, that creates order out of chaos. We know that law is the glue that holds civilization together. And we know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all others are endangered"— Robert F. Kennedy, 1961 About the Exhibit The close working relationship of John and Robert Kennedy was one of the most unusual and successful in the history of American public life. In 1952, Robert directed his older brother’s upset victory over Henry Cabot Lodge in the Massachusetts senatorial contest. They challenged labor racketeering together when Robert Kennedy became chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor and Management Field. After the election, the President-elect appointed his 35-year old brother attorney general of the United States. Robert Kennedy’s influence in the administration extended well beyond law enforcement. Though different in temperament and outlook, the President came to rely heavily on his brother’s judgment and effectiveness as political adviser, foreign affairs counselor, and most trusted confidant. After the Bay of Pigs debacle, Robert Kennedy became an intimate adviser in intelligence matters and major international negotiations. His efforts during the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962 were crucial in shaping a peaceful outcome. Equality Before The Law When Robert Kennedy became attorney general, the civil rights struggle was entering a new phase of activism. In February 1960, four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina sat in at the "whites only" section of a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter and launched a national wave of similar protests. Fifteen months later, in May 1961, a small group of Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C. by Greyhound bus aiming to integrate interstate bus terminals throughout the South. The mob violence they encountered, and local police indifference to it, precipitated Justice Department involvement in protecting them and upholding their rights. Relations between the Justice Department and the growing civil rights movement were both close and heated. Challenged by the courageous actions of movement activists, the attorney general and his staff helped to desegregate schools and public facilities, integrate the public universities of Alabama and Mississippi, shape new civil rights legislation, and support the registration of black voters throughout the South. Although many civil rights workers questioned the Justice Department’s depth of commitment, the two groups shared common goals and worked closely together. Fighting Organized Crime "To meet the challenge of our times, so that we can later look back upon this era not as one of which we need be ashamed but as a turning point on the way to a better America, we must first defeat the enemy within."—Robert F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy brought to the Justice Department a reputation as a relentless fighter against crime and corruption. As Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate’s “Rackets” Committee he had direct experience of the influence of organized crime on America’s economy and government. Upon entering office he was determined to change the department’s previous neglect of these issues and assigned a high priority to an aggressive campaign against mobsters. Through speeches and writing, such as his book The Enemy Within, he alerted the country to the existence of a “private government of organized crime with an annual income of billions, resting on a base of human suffering and moral corrosion.” He established the first coordinated program involving all twenty-six federal law enforcement agencies to investigate organized crime, overcoming FBI indifference to the pursuit of racketeers. He significantly increased funds and manpower for the department’s Organized Crime Section, assigned a special team of prosecutors to handle the entire process of investigating and pros


Bill de Blasio took which office on 1st January 2014?

Bill de Blasio sworn in as New York City's 109th mayor - CNNPolitics.com "We will succeed as one city," Bill de Blasio says in his inaugural speech Former President Bill Clinton administers the oath of office outside City Hall De Blasio was ceremoniously sworn in shortly after midnight outside his Brooklyn home He replaces billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who led New York for 12 years Bill de Blasio, who campaigned on a progressive agenda that he said would narrow the widening gap between the rich and poor in the nation's largest city, was sworn in Wednesday as New York's 109th mayor. On a chilly first day of 2014, former President Bill Clinton administered the oath of office at a ceremony outside City Hall using a Bible once owned by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Clinton's wife, Hillary, a former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential candidate, also attended. De Blasio and the Clintons: The ties that bind? De Blasio took the oath with his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the couple's children, Chiara and Dante, at his side. His November electoral victory ended a long losing streak for Democrats that began when former Mayor David Dinkins, de Blasio's former boss, lost to Republican Rudy Giuliani in 1993. In his inaugural speech, de Blasio touched on the key themes of a campaign that portrayed itself as the progressive alternative to the long reign of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose policies de Blasio said favored the rich. He repeatedly used the Dickensian phrase "tale of two cities." "When I said we would take dead aim at the tale of two cities, I meant it," he said Wednesday. "And we will do it. I will honor the faith and trust you have placed in me. And we will give life to the hope of so many in our city. We will succeed as one city. We know this won't be easy. It will require all that we can muster." JUST WATCHED Clinton swears in new NYC mayor 02:14 Before the oath, Clinton also talked about the growing wealth gap. "This inequality problem bedevils the entire country," the former president said. "But it is not just a moral outrage, it is a horrible constraint on economic growth and on giving people the security they need to tackle problems like climate change." Mostly ignored, shifts emerge in the politics of poverty In his speech, de Blasio took a moment to praise Bloomberg, who led New York for 12 years, shepherded the city through the recession, and is credited with making New York safer and more livable. "To say the least, you led our city through some extremely difficult times," de Blasio said. "And for that, we are all grateful. Your passion on issues such as environmental protection and public health has built a noble legacy." A virtual unknown nationally, despite 25 years in New York politics, de Blasio defied critics who questioned whether his experience as a city councilman from Brooklyn and, most recently, as a public advocate -- a sort of civic watchdog -- sufficiently prepared him to run the Big Apple. He also ran Hillary Clinton's first U.S. Senate campaign. His biracial family's visibility in the campaign resonated with residents of a city coping with a 21% poverty rate and increasing racial divisiveness brought on by the controversial stop-and-frisk policy allowing police to search people in high-crime areas. Stop-and-frisk -- in which police stop, question and frisk people they deem suspicious, even if they've committed no crime -- was one of the most controversial policing techniques in recent time. Law enforcement and other proponents said the practice helped reduce crime. To critics, it's racial profiling. "We will reform a broken stop-and-frisk policy, both to protect the dignity and rights of young men of color, and to give our brave police officers the partnership they need to continue their success in driving down crime," de Blasio said Wednesday. And de Blasio inherits a city with the highest level of homelessness since the Great Depression, according to advocates. More than 52,000 people, including 22,000 children, spend each night in city shelters. "We are called t


Name the probe launched from Rosetta which landed on the comet 67P/C-G in November 2014.

Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet Rosetta Spacecraft: To Catch a Comet By Tim Sharp, Reference Editor | November 17, 2014 11:20am ET MORE An artist's impression of the Rosetta orbiter deploying the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in 2014. Credit: ESA–C. Carreau/ATG medialab Rosetta is a spacecraft on a 10-year mission to catch a comet and land a probe on it. Launched in 2004, the spacecraft arrived at its target, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, on Aug. 6, 2014. The lander, named Philae, made contact on Nov. 12, 2014. Scientists at the European Space Agency said Philae unexpectedly bounced twice before landing on the comet when the probe's anchor-like harpoon system failed to fire. Philae ended up in shadow near a cliff face on the head of the 2.5-mile-wide (4 kilometers) comet, which scientists say is shaped like giant rubber duck. The probe fell silent on Nov. 14, possibly forever, as its solar batteries ran out of power. For complete coverage on the mission, read more here:  Rosetta Mission's Historic Comet Landing: Full Coverage . Rosetta  is the first spacecraft to accompany a comet as it enters the inner solar system. After meeting up with the comet, it began a two-year study of the comet's nucleus and environment, observing how a frozen comet changes as it approaches the heat of the sun.  [ Photos: Europe's Rosetta Comet Mission in Pictures ] Rosetta is named for the Rosetta Stone, a block of black basalt that was inscribed with a royal decree in three languages — Egyptian hieroglyphics, Egyptian Demotic and Greek. The spacecraft's robotic lander, Philae, is named after a similarly inscribed obelisk found on an island in the Nile River. Both the stone and the obelisk were key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Scientists hope the mission will provide a key to many questions about the origins of the solar system and, perhaps, life on Earth. Rosetta is an aluminum box with two solar panels that extend out like wings. The box, which weighs about 6,600 lbs. (3,000 kilograms), measures about 9 by 6.8 by 6.5 feet (2.8 by 2.1 by 2 meters). The solar panels have a total span of about 105 feet (32 m). Rosetta is the first spacecraft to rely solely on solar cells to generate power. Rosetta's payload includes 11 instruments that will provide information about how the comet develops its coma and tails, and how its chemicals interact with one another and with radiation and the solar wind. Other instruments will analyze the comet's composition and atmosphere. Philae lander Philae, the 220-lb. (100 kg) lander, about the size of a washing machine, touched down at 1600 GMT (11 a.m. EST, Nov. 11). Philae carries 10 instruments, including a drill to take samples of subsurface material. The planned landing site, called Agilkia after an island in the Nile River in Egypt, is located on the "head" of the comet, the smaller of the two lobes that make up Comet 67P/C-G. Mission controllers at the European Space Agency also chose a secondary landing site for Philae. Site J is a sunny area, but it is also rocky, potentially making it a dangerous place to land. Side missions Rosetta was set to launch in 2003 to rendezvous with Comet 46P/Wirtanen. However, due to rocket failure, the mission was postponed, and the target was changed to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. [ Best Close Encounters of the Comet Kind ] Rosetta launched on March 2, 2004, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. It made four slingshot flybys to boost its speed — one around Mars and three around Earth. On its journey, it passed and photographed asteroids , studied other comets and provided information about the atmospheres of Venus and Mars. Scientists at the European Space Agency put Rosetta into hibernation mode in June 2011 for its 373-million-mile (600 million kilometers) journey. After awakening in January 2014, the spacecraft still had four more months to travel until it reaches its target just inside Jupiter's orbit. An artist's illustration of the European Space Agency's comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft. Rosetta will explore Comet 67-P/Churyumov-Ge


Which town is the administrative centre of Buckinghamshire?

Things to do in Buckinghamshire | Days Out | Places to Visit You are here:  Counties -> Things to do in Buckinghamshire Things to do in Buckinghamshire Page Contents Buckinghamshire, one of the loveliest of the Home Counties, contains the Chiltern Hills, the River Thames and the rolling acres of Aylesbury Vale. A county of fascinating contrasts, with tranquil country walks, unspoiled villages, country parks and vibrant market towns. Visitors find a vast choice of attractions, from a Home of Rest for Horses to Bletchley Park, home of the famous 'Enigma' encryption machine and one of the largest collections of Churchillian memorabilia. The new town of Milton Keynes, in the north of the county has tree-lined boulevards, litter-free, uncongested roads, clean-cut modern buildings, and is famous for its shopping facilities. The nearby historic towns of Stony Stratford, Bletchley, Wolverton and Newport Pagnall, offer fascinating insights into the long and colourful history of the area that predate this unique new City. The Vale of Aylesbury is the ideal destination whether you enjoy walking, cycling, shopping or discovering England's heritage. A good place to begin is at the County town of Aylesbury , just north of the Chiltern Hills. Outdoor markets are held in the historic cobbled square. Children will enjoy visiting the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery at Buckinghamshire County Museum. The ancient town of Buckingham dates back to the 7th century and contains some fine Georgian buildings as well as the imposing town hall and the distinctive Old Gaol. Nearby is Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit and Stowe Landscape Gardens , one of the finest Georgian landscape gardens in Britain. Picturesque Wendover, renowned for fine eating places and antique shops, nestles into the edge of the Chiltern Hills - the focal point is the clock tower, built in 1842. The Ridgeway National trail leads through Wendover Woods up to Coombe Hill, and 33 miles of footpaths surround the town. In the south west of Buckinghamshire, Princes Risborough on the Icknield Way is worth a visit, to see the many 16th century houses and its brick Market House with open arcades. This is the ideal base for exploring the Chiltern Hills and Whiteleaf Hill. High Wycombe , one of the county's largest towns, is world-renowned for its furniture industry. The Museum at Castle Hill shows many examples of craftsmanship of the 17th and 18th centuries. For more information visit the Buckinghamshire Tourist Information office at Pauls Row, High Wycombe. . With the River Thames running through the town, Marlow is associated with water based activities - in particular rowing. Fine Georgian buildings and the famous Suspension Bridge built in 1831, are distinctive features. Albion House in West Street, was the home of the poet Shelly and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein. The south east of Buckinghamshire has many interesting attractions and pretty market towns. Amersham is divided into top Amersham, a thriving commercial centre and Old Amersham, worth visiting to see the half-timbered buildings and period cottages. The town holds outdoor markets and has a good selection of shops. Chesham is an attractive town situated in the Chess Valley, amid the Chiltern Hills. St. Mary's Church in the old town has a fine collection of exhibitions and artefacts. Pretty cottages dating from the 16th to 18th century and Lowndes Park, 28 acres of grassy slopes and Skottowes Pond where wildfowl have made their home. The picturesque Old Town of Beaconsfield has traditional old-world inns, period buildings and a fine church. G.K. Chesterton who wrote the Father Brown stories and children's author Enid Blyton both lived in Beaconsfield. Children love to visit Bekonscot Model Village , the world's first model village. For further information on Buckinghamshire visit http://www.visitbuckinghamshire.org/ Days out in Buckinghamshire


Which Liverpool born writer penned the comedy series Butterflies?

Carla Lane funeral to take place in liverpool | Daily Mail Online Next 'You didn't know whether to laugh or cry': Stars pay tribute to the work of Carla Lane who wrote Bread and The Liver Birds as they join family at her funeral  Liverpool television comedy writer Carla Lane died at a nursing home aged 87, at the end of last month Her sitcoms, including Butterflies, Bread and The Liver Birds, established Lane as one of the best-loved writers  Today, her funeral service took place at 2pm at Liverpool Cathedral. She leaves two sons, Nigel and Colin


In a standard game of draughts with how many playing pieces does each player start the game?

The Rules of Draughts Game Categories The Rules of Draughts The game of Draughts goes by a variety of different names and has several     different variations.  The game given first is English Draughts which     is known as Checkers in North America.  Also given is Polish Draughts,     which is played all over Western Europe and which is the most commonly     played version of the game in International competition.   Draughts or Checkers Equipment The game of Draughts is played on a standard Chess board 64 black and     white chequered squares.  Each player has 12 pieces normally in the     form of fat round counters.   The real shades of the pieces and the     board do not necessarily need to be black and white but they are normally     referred to as black and white, regardless.  The board is placed     between the two opponents so that the near right-hand corner square is     white for both players (in the same way as for Chess).   Preparation and Objective Black always plays first.  A coin is tossed to decide which player     will be black.   Each player's pieces are placed on the 12 black     squares nearest to that player.   The white squares are not used     at all in the game - the pieces only move diagonally and so stay on the     black squares throughout. The objective of the game is to take all of the opponent's pieces or     to produce a position such that the opponent is unable to move.   Play Players take turns to move a piece of their own colour.  Any piece     that reaches the far edge of the board is immediately crowned and is thereafter     known as a "King".  The act of crowning is a physical one     - another piece of the same shade is placed on top of the piece in order     to distinguish it from an ordinary piece.  Until a piece is "crowned", it can only move and capture in     a diagonally forwards direction.   Kings are allowed to move and     capture diagonally forwards and backwards and are consequently more powerful     and valuable than ordinary pieces.  However, ordinary pieces can     capture Kings. Whenever a piece has an opponent's piece adjacent to it and the square     immediately beyond the opponent's piece is vacant, the opponent's piece     can be captured.  If the player has the opportunity to capture one     or more of the opponent's pieces, then the player must do so.  A     piece is taken by simply hopping over it into the vacant square beyond     and removing it from the board.  Unlike an ordinary move, a capturing     move can consist of several such hops - if a piece takes an opponent's     piece and the new position allows it to take another piece, then it must     do so straight away.  The move finishes only when the position of     the capturing piece no longer allows it to taken any more pieces or when     an uncrowned piece arrives at the far edge of the board and is crowned. If more than one piece can capture, then the player is entirely free     to choose which of those pieces to move.  Likewise, if a capturing     piece is able to capture in more than one direction, the player is free     to choose which direction to move in.  i.e. it is not compulsory     to move the piece or take the route that will result in the maximum number     of captures.   If no capturing moves are available, then an ordinary move is made by     moving a piece one square diagonally.  In the past, the "huffing" rule was used.  For this, if     a player noticed that the opponent had failed to capture when the option     was open (even if the offending piece had already captured one or more     pieces that turn), the player can huff the offending piece before the     next move is made and it is removed from the board.  Nowadays, this     rule is rarely used.  Instead a player just points out the error     and the opponent is forced to make the correct move.   Finishing The gam


Which then twice a season cricket fixture was last contested in Scarborough in September 1962?

A thriller at The Oval | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo September 4 down the years A thriller at The Oval Gavaskar takes India agonisingly close Sunil Gavaskar made a then-record 221 at The Oval Adrian Murrell / © Getty Images 1979 Needing a record 438 to win the Oval Test , India came frustratingly close. Sunil Gavaskar batted superbly for 221 - then the highest by an Indian against England - and added 153 with Dilip Vengsarkar at more than a run a minute. but Gavaskar fell when India needed 49 off 7.4 overs. Ian Botham, who dismissed Gavaskar, took two more and ran out a third, so that India needed 15 off the last over. They finished on 429 for 8, just nine runs short. The draw gave England the series 1-0. 1947 Playing for Middlesex at Lord's, Denis Compton took yet another century off the touring South Africans in his golden summer. This latest ton was statistically the most significant: his 17th of the season, breaking the record set by Jack Hobbs in 1925. Compton finished the year with 18, a mark that still stands. 1925 Talking of Jack Hobbs in 1925, the 15th of the great man's centuries that year was scored as captain of the Players at Scarborough. He carried his bat in making 266, which remained the highest score in the Gentlemen v Players fixture, which ran from 1806 to 1962. 2000 When Courtney Walsh walked to the wicket at The Oval to play his last Test innings in England, Nasser Hussain's team formed a guard of honour for him. Not long afterwards, they took part in a rather less formal celebration. Walsh's last Test duck, lbw to Dominic Cork, gave England the match by 158 runs. It was their first series victory against West Indies since 1969. 1971 One of the most punishing allrounders in modern cricket was born. Lance Klusener had made his mark at Test level, especially in 1996-97, when he hit an unbeaten 102 against India at Newlands, and took 8 for 64 in Calcutta. But he'll probably be best remembered for his performances in the 1999 World Cup, when he won four Man-of-the-Match awards. Only an excruciating defeat by Australia kept South Africa out of the final - and big Lance almost won that semi-final , hitting consecutive boundaries to level the score. Dismissed only twice in the tournament, he ended it with a batting average of 140.50 as well as taking 5 for 21 against Kenya. Four years later, though, in the World Cup at home, Klusener had a rather less successful time. His eight-ball 1 against Sri Lanka was largely blamed for the tie that dumped South Africa out of the Super Six. 1939 One of the great wicketkeeper-batsmen was born. Denis Lindsay was a vital member of South Africa's strong Test teams in the second half of the 1960s. He had a tremendous time against Australia in 1966-67 , taking 24 catches and hitting 606 runs, the most by a wicketkeeper in any Test series. He started as he went on, scoring 69 and 182 to win the opening Test in Johannesburg, following that with 137 and 131 in the third and fourth Tests. Recalled against the same opponents in 1969-70, he scored 43 and 60 in a 323-run win in Port Elizabeth, South Africa's last match before their worldwide ban. 1962 Birth of another class act behind the stumps. Talented and talkative, Kiran More made 130 dismissals in his 49 Tests for India. Against West Indies in Madras in 1987-88 , he made five stumpings in an innings and six in the match, Test records that still stand. His highest Test score was 73 against New Zealand in Napier in 1989-90. He served as the BCCI's chairman of selectors from 2003 to 2006 and joined the ICL as an executive director in 2007. 1965 Those who didn't believe Geoff Boycott could cut it as a one-day batsman had to contend with his 146 against Surrey at Lord's . Yorkshire won this Gillette Cup decider by the superfluous margin of 175 runs. Brian Close claimed some credit for upping Sir Geoffrey's run rate in the match, but try telling Boycott that. 1976 Lancashire made their sixth appearance in seven Gillette Cup finals, losing for only the second time (they won in 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1975). Clive Lloyd , who appeared in


In 1969, who took over from Dick Hills and Sid Green as a script?writer for Morecambe and Wise?

Morecambe and Wise - iSnare Free Encyclopedia Morecambe and Wise This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2008) Morecambe & Wise in their classic "skip dance" pose, performed to "Bring Me Sunshine" Born Film, television, stand-up, music, books Years active Marriage , everyday life , current events , pop culture Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholomew, 14 May 1926 – 28 May 1984) and Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman, 27 November 1925 – 21 March 1999), known as Morecambe and Wise (also Eric and Ernie), were an iconic British comic double act , working in variety, radio, film and most successfully in television. Their partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984. The show was a significant part of British popular culture , and they have been described as "the most illustrious, and the best-loved, double-act that Britain has ever produced". [1] In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, The Morecambe and Wise Show was placed 14th. In September 2006, they were voted by the general public as number 2 in a poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars and in 2011 their early career was the subject of the television biopic Eric and Ernie . In 2013, the two were honoured with a blue plaque at Teddington Studios where their last four series were recorded. [2] Contents 9 External links History Morecambe and Wise's partnership began in 1941 when they were each booked separately to appear in Jack Hylton 's revue, Youth Takes a Bow at the Nottingham Empire Theatre. War service broke up the act but they reunited by chance at the Swansea Empire Theatre in 1946 when they joined forces again. They made their name in variety, appearing in a variety circus, the Windmill Theatre , the Glasgow Empire and many venues around Britain. [3] After this they also made their name in radio, transferring to television in 1954. Their show, Running Wild, was not well received and led to a damning newspaper review: "Definition of the week: TV set—the box in which they buried Morecambe and Wise." Eric apparently carried this review around with him ever after and from then on Eric and Ernie kept a tight control over their material. In 1956 they were offered a spot in the Winifred Atwell show with material written by Johnny Speight and this was a success. In 1959 they topped the bill in BBC TV's long running variety show The Good Old Days in a Boxing Day edition of the programme. In later years the pair would become a Christmas TV Institution in their own right. They had a series of shows that spanned over twenty years, during which time they developed and honed their act, most notably after moving to the BBC in 1968, where they were to be teamed with their long-term writer Eddie Braben . It is this period of their careers that is widely regarded as their "glory days". Their shows were: Running Wild (BBC, 1954. Writer Leonard Fincham, Lawrie Wyman). The pair starred in three feature films during the 1960s— The Intelligence Men (1965), That Riviera Touch (1966), and The Magnificent Two (1967). In 1983 they made their last film, Night Train To Murder . In 1976, they were both awarded the OBE . Collaborators In the later and most successful part of their career, which spanned the 1970s, they were joined behind the scenes by Eddie Braben , a script writer who generated almost all their material (Morecambe and Wise were also sometimes credited as supplying "additional material") and defined what is now thought of as typical Morecambe and Wise humour. Together Morecambe, Wise and Braben were known as "The Golden Triangle". Morecambe and Wise are considered by many to be one of the UK's all-time favourite comedy acts. John Ammonds was also central to the duo's most successful period in the 1970s. As the producer of the BBC TV shows, it was his idea to involve celebrity guests. He also perfected the duo's familiar dance, w


The Mersey ferries Iris and Daffodil were both given Royal status after which World War I action?

100 Interesting Facts 100 Interesting facts Page Content 100 Interesting Facts The Benedictine Monks ran the first regular ferry from Birkenhead to Liverpool. The Monks would row over to the fishing village in Liverpool on market days, and offer the service to travellers. The service was granted a Royal Charter by Edward III in 1330. Edward III also granted the right to the Earl of Chester to run the ferry service from Seacombe to Birkenhead, establishing the Wallasey ferry. These two operations merged as Mersey Ferries in 1968. Rowing across the Mersey would take 90 minutes in calm weather; however much longer in rough conditions. In one day, the ferry had over 100 arrivals and departures on the Liverpool – Wirral service. The ferry used to run all night before the opening of the Mersey tunnels. The Mersey Ferries were the only way of getting across the river until the opening of the railway tunnel in 1886. In 1863 when the Channel fleet visited, 55,000 people took the ferry out to see the Navy ships. Before radar was installed in 1947, ferry captains had to rely on fog bells to give them an audible target to aim for The Mersey Ferries were the first in the world to install a radar system for safe navigation in fog, in 1947. In 1357, the charge for a foot passenger was a halfpenny. The opening of the first underwater railway in 1886 and the lines electrification in 1903 was predicted to be the end of the Mersey Ferries, but in 1919 the Seacombe ferry alone carried 22 million passengers. After the opening of the road tunnel in 1934, there was a huge decline in numbers using the Mersey Ferries. The opening of the second Mersey tunnel in 1971 brought the closure of the New Brighton ferry. The Birkenhead and Wallasey ferry operations merged into Mersey Ferries in 1968. The Mersey Ferries were under threat in 1977, when a bill was put before Parliament to discontinue ferry services. The bill failed to receive support and the Mersey Ferries survived. After a decline in commuter traffic using the ferries, in 1990 Merseytravel re-launched the ferries as a heritage and visitor attraction. Mersey Ferries won Visitor Attraction of the Year award in 1996, by the Merseyside Tourism Board. The Mersey Ferries took a technological leap in 1815 with the introduction of the first steam ferry, Etna. For the first time, the ferry service could operate a timetable. Soon after Etna, came Vesuvius, the second paddlesteamer. By 1840, all ten ferry services across the Mersey were using paddlesteamers. Crocus, the first coal-fired screw steamer was introduced in 1884, closely followed by Snowdrop the following year. The first diesel-powered ferry came in 1949 The last steam ferry on the Mersey was the Wallasey, which sailed for the last time at Whitsun in 1963. The template for the 20th century Mersey Ferries was the Wallasey ship Rose, in 1900. Cammell Laird built all five ferries that made up the Birkenhead post-war fleet; Upton, Hinderton, Thurstaston, Claughton and Bidston. Birkenhead and Wallasey followed different trends in naming their ferries; Birkenhead used local place names such as Woodchurch and Claughton, and Wallasey used flowers, such as Daffodil and Primrose. In 1906 Wallasey took ownership of Iris and Daffodil, which become their most famous ferries. In 1918, Daffodil and Iris were requisitioned by the Admiralty to take part in a raid on Zeebrugge on St Georges Day, 23 April. A commemorative service for the Zeebrugge raid is held every year on a Mersey ferry, on the Sunday nearest to St Goerge’s Day. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded for bravery in the Zeebrugge raid. In recognition of their courageous part in the raid, King George V granted Wallasey Corporation permission to add the ‘Royal’ prefix to both names. Royal Iris’s nicknames were ‘the fish and chip boat’, ‘the booze boat’ and ‘the love boat’ In November 1998, Overchurch went into dry dock in Manchester, where she was refurbished and given new engines. She later emerged as the Mersey Ferries new flagship, Royal Daffodil. Mountwood went into dry dock for refurbishmen


Name the German manufacturer of the Smart Automobile?

Who Makes The Smart Car? Who Makes The Smart Car? What's New? If this is your first visit, be sure to  check out the FAQ by clicking the  link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,  select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Who Makes The Smart Car? Who is the maker of Smart Car? Is it GM? I heard someone say it is BMW or MINI? hard to believe. 0 They have them at the They have them at the Mercedes dealership here in San Diego, so I am going to agree with the poster above and say that Daimler Chrysler is the manufacturer. The Smart Fortwo is manufactured by Daimler (Mercedes) at a plant in France. (And so far, Daimler has lost billions on this venture.) Guest Smart cars were born from a Smart cars were born from a joint venture between Swatch and Mercedes: we have hundreds of them in Rome, Italy. They're everywhere! Guest Mercedes manufactures the Mercedes manufactures the smart at a dedicated plant in Hambach, France called Smartville. The origional concept was a joint venture between Swatch and Mercedes hence the name smart which is an initialism for Swatch Mercedes Art. However, Swatch pulled out early, even before production I think. To add to the confusion Mercedes also had another mini car project called MCC which I believe stood for Mercedes City Coupe or Compact Car. None of the components are US made. My own smart says that it is 44% German, 20% odd percent Japanese (engine), and the remaining parts are sourced from France and Italy. Swatch origionated the idea for a small city car with interchangeable body panels and a high level of custimization. They approached many auto makers to get the project off the ground and initially Volkswagen took them up on their offer but later pulled out. This is where Mercedes stepped in.


The cast of which Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine film also included footballers Bobby Moore, John Wark and Ossie Ardilles?

Classic Film: Escape to Victory Classic Film: Escape to Victory Monday 9th June 2014 Let’s not beat about the bush. The football scenes were rubbish. Tough tackle – the match reaches fever pitch for Pelé, Sly Stallone (in blue) and Michael Caine And in a football movie, that ain’t good.  But somehow, that didn’t matter. After all, any movie that features Michael Caine, Bobby Moore and Pelé wins extra points for cool. And the 1981 movie Escape To Victory featured that unique hat-trick of talents. But those bloomin' football scenes. . . When Pelé was dribbling in front of the Nazis, one hand clutched to his chest to protect an injury, you had to wonder why on earth the opposing defender didn’t just floor him, Norman Hunter-style.  See also: Classic Film: Ben Hur After all, the ref was on their side: Pelé didn’t stand a chance. You could almost imagine the German commandants screaming: “Ihn aus.” That’s ‘take him out’, for those of you without GCSE German. Time seemed to stand still as the Allies made their second half comeback against Germany, in Nazi-occupied Paris. And Pelé’s artful dribble ended, inevitably, with a wunder-goal; a delightfully balletic overhead kick that smashed straight into the back of the net. Escape To Victory featured a mix of actors and footballers.  The premise was simple: Allied prisoners of war were to play a football match against the Germans.  And no, it didn’t go to penalties. And no, the Germans didn’t win. The Germans did actually secure a late penalty – and missed it. The screenwriters were clearly no students of The Beautiful Game.  Since you ask, the Allies staged a remarkable comeback of Liverpool v/s AC Milan proportions. They overcame a 4-1 half time deficit to win 5-4. The movie featured Michael as Captain John Colby and Sly as Captain Robert Hatch, while the pro footballers included World Cup winners Bobby Moore, Ossie Ardiles and, of course, Pelé.  The supporting cast wasn’t all bad: John Wark, Russell Osman, Kevin O’Callaghan and Mike Summerbee were among the players.  Ipswich Town players were featured elsewhere; Kevin Beattie standing in for Michael and Paul Cooper for Sly. Michael was the Allied team’s coach. He played an upstanding, principled Brit who refused to pull a fast one over the Germans, when the opportunity presented itself.  The film didn’t measure up against other movies of the genre. Sly and Michael were decent, but they were no match for Steve McQueen’s role in the 1963 epic The Great Escape. See also: Classic Film: Cool Runnings The Germans were typecast as evil, low-rent deviants; a team of Razor Ruddock-meets-Julian Dicks hard-knocks who probably had former Millwall defender Kevin Muscat tucked away on the bench; as well as Nigel De Jong and the Italian duo of Marco Materazzi and Gennaro Gattuso. In the final analysis, the movie was hokey and implausible. A stereotyped and clichéd film; the outcome was obvious from the moment it kicked off.  But it remains a British favourite.  The patriotic fervour and celebrity cameos from Moore, Pelé and others have earned it enduring popularity.  It’s a film that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Michael took a moral stance against the Allies’ secret plans to escape, though they tried it anyway.  As the film ends, thousands of football fans invade the pitch, running towards armed Nazi guards before storming the gates and attempting to make a run for it.  And what did the gun-toting war-mongering Nazi gate-keepers do? Pull the trigger and let them have it? Pump them full of lead? Well, possibly not quite what you’d expect.  Did the guards just stand to one side and let them through, like stewards at a Race For Life?  Or did they fight until the end to keep them prisoners?  Watch and see. . .  None. CLASSIC SCENE: When Captain Robert Hatch (Sylvester Stallone) saves the penalty and there is pitch invasion by the French crowd who attacks the Germans. CLASSIC QUOTE: Just before the football match when Hatch (Sylvester Stallone) says: “Where do I stand for a corner kick?” Captain John Colby (Michael Caine) replies: “At the far


In the 2014 English Counties Twenty/20 cricket competition, which is the only side named after a city rather than a county?

Warwickshire test rebrand loyalty | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo The news that Warwickshire will be known as Birmingham Bears in next season's T20 is another example of the muddled thinking that surrounds the format in England 18 Packed crowds for the T20 - just what every county chief executive is after © Getty Images Counties have tried a lot of things over the years to try and get more support. None have been quite as desperate as Warwickshire's latest attempt : airbrush out the county name completely. In 2014, Warwickshire's Twenty20 side won't be known as Warwickshire. Instead, they will be the Birmingham Bears. The idea was suggested by Birmingham council, who helped Warwickshire's development of Edgbaston with a £20m loan. Chief executive, Colin Povey, stressed that the club don't want to "walk away from our heritage and history" and said they hoped it would engage new fans. The existing ones will need placating first, however. "The main response from fellow members was that they were being alienated by the club. Their feeling was that it's a county club and should still have the name of the county that we fondly support. I agree, and I'm dead against the decision to change the name." So says lifelong Warwickshire fan Adam Veysey. Outraged, he created a Facebook group protesting against the decision. It has already got almost 1500 members - proof that the social media generation isn't immune to county cricket's charms. To his credit, Povey has since met with the disgruntled fan. Veysey says: "The one thing I wanted to come out of the meeting was that I didn't want the whole club to be rebranded. He couldn't definitely guarantee this but he did go as far as saying that in the future he could not see this happening. Colin and I will have to agree to disagree." County cricket has problems getting media coverage at the best of times; in winter, it can be easy to forget it exists at all. At least this is a novel way of attracting some attention: the Birmingham Mail reported outrage for several days, with its cricket correspondent Brian Halford denouncing the name change as "naff and rather insecure attention-grabbing". The outcry has been such that the wheeze could be abandoned after a year. Warwickshire do have the ECB's consent, though. A name change requires board approval and in this case was "granted subject to no change in ownership or governance". Nicknames are a common feature in limited-overs cricket and the ECB has never turned down a request by a county to make a change - though this seems like a fundamentally different example. The counties that get the best crowds in T20 are often the ones with the least time for stunts - Somerset and Surrey don't even bother with nicknames It also appears to have been overlooked that the idea could undermine the integrity of the Natwest Blast, as county T20 will be called from 2014, creating incoherence and the sense of a competition not at ease with itself. The hugely successful IPL and BBL have a corporate consistency to their branding (even if new franchises do come and go in India). "Warwickshire are keen to engage more closely with the vast ethnically diverse communities in the city itself - and they believe the name change will assist with this process," the ECB says. There is no denying that this is a real problem but it is not one that can be solved by such a cosmetic change. Even T20 crowds want to feel like they are watching a game that has a history and rivalry. In London, where T20 fans supposedly wanted summer sun, free-flowing booze and little else, the sell-out games were Surrey against Middlesex. Even for very casual followers of the game, this fixture resonates in a way that 'North London' v 'South London' never could. Warwickshire v Worcestershire is a game with history and local resonance. Birmingham v Worcestershire - a city incongruously against a county - is not. Warwickshire's plan is seen as being, whatever its faults, impressively ambitious. Actually, the opposite is true. It seems to concede that the public are put off by the name Warwickshire and m


Who played Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film A Long Walk to Freedom?

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Movie Review (2013) | Roger Ebert Tweet In a key scene of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," a new biopic about South African leader Nelson Mandela, a judge tells Mandela ( Idris Elba ) that he's being sentenced to life imprisonment so that he can't become a martyr. Mandela says he's willing to die for his cause, and the judge replies, "I will not give you that satisfaction."  Advertisement The makers of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" did what that judge refused to, though for very different reasons: they let their admiration for Mandela's suffering define their drama.  The film reduces Mandela's ideas to impassioned sloganeering, and the repercussions of his ideas to unmoving montage sequences. It emphasizes his 27-year imprisonment as the foundation of his credibility, making the dense layers of make-up that are used to make a typically captivating Idris Elba the proof of his character's struggle. The makers of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" have good intentions, but they don't effectively dramatize what they think makes their subject great. Mandela's life in "Long Walk to Freedom" is defined by pained optimism. As a young lawyer, Mandela petitions for equality from a government that he soon discovers is only selectively fair. But that changes after a friend is beaten mercilessly just because he's drunk, feels queasy and lacks proper documentation. This incident is poorly dramatized, happening in a flash. But it's supposed to have a profound effect on Mandela. It leads him to agitate with like-minded individuals for the formation of an African National Congress (ANC). With these peers, he moves crowds to protest with his speeches. His oration is that much more powerful because of Elba's delivery; if I could vote to put Elba in office, I would stuff the ballot boxes. Advertisement Up until his trial and imprisonment, Mandela is treated as a hallowed figure. This is in spite of the filmmakers' half-hearted attempts to make him appear human. He is shown having an affair with a woman, but that subplot is only important in that it adds pathos to his story; it suggests that Mandela has skeletons in his closet that the movie isn't inclined to examine. Still, Mandela is a romantic icon, and the makers of "Long Walk to Freedom" understandably treat him as such. His voice cuts through the garbled voices of white radio announcers, the ones who make major events like the Sharpeville Massacre sound distant and unreal. The ANC's protests are filmed with context-free awe. So when a political office is blown up, you can enjoy the spectacle while effectively ignoring Mandela when he says that he is "not a violent man" but will use violence as a means to an end. That disjointed characterization persists throughout the stretch of "Long Walk to Freedom" that covers Mandela's imprisonment. This is especially true of the film's depiction of Nelson's rocky relationship with wife Winnie (an equally impressive Naomie Harris ). She's repeatedly arrested under suspicion of being involved with the ANC, and her resulting frustration grows throughout her brief visits to the prison. The prison guard insists that Nelson and his wife should not talk about poltiics, and "Long Walk to Freedom"'s creators honor that request. Instead, they talk about how they feel about politics. So the raised tone of Winnie's voice is more important than the content of her words. Nelson and Winnie are supposed to have a complicated relationship, but it's really only a muddled one. When the hero laments that he hasn't touched his wife in 21 years, his face is obscured by a chain-link fence. It's obvious what viewers are supposed to feel in this moment, but the scene itself just isn't very moving. Advertisement The one aspect of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" that almost saves the film is Elba and Harris's extraordinary charisma. She's good enough to bring complexity to the scene where Winnie, drink in hand, gazes admiringly at Nelson as he delivers a televised address. And he's just as impressive, especially when he has to make soundbite-fri


Name the British scientist who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Belgian, British scientists share 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics[1]|chinadaily.com.cn Belgian, British scientists share 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics 2013-10-09 16:14 (Xinhua) Staffan Normark (C), permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces the laureates of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics during a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct 8, 2013. The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Francois Englert from Belgium and British scientist Peter Higgs, announced the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday. [Photo / Xinhua]  STOCKHOLM -- The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Francois Englert from Belgium and British scientist Peter Higgs, announced the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday. The prize were awarded to the two scientists "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider," said Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. "In 1964, they proposed the theory independently of each other (Englert together with his now deceased colleague Robert Brout). In 2012, their ideas were confirmed by the discovery of a so-called Higgs particle at the CERN laboratory outside Geneva in Switzerland," said a statement from the academy. The awarded theory is a central part of the Standard Model of particle physics that describes how the world is constructed, it added. This was the second of this year's crop of Nobel prizes, and each prize consists of a medal, a personal diploma and a cash award of 8 million Swedish kronor ($1.2 million). On Monday, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Sudhof. The annual Nobel Prizes are usually announced in October and are handed out on Dec 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist and the inventor of dynamite. All but one of the prizes were established in the will of 19th century dynamite millionaire Nobel. The economics award was established by Sweden's central bank in 1968.


Who captained the English XI on the 1987 rebel cricket tour of South Africa?

1981-2 English XI | The Rebel Tours The Rebel Tours Articles & extras on cricket's crisis of conscience Feeds: October 9, 2009 by Peter May An unofficial tour to South Africa, thought Geoffrey Boycott, was ‘a business proposition of the type that might be considered in any walk of life’. Oops. Off the field the first rebel tour proved an unprecedented spectacle, drawing frenzied condemnation around the world. The players were denounced as ‘the Dirty Dozen’ in the Houses of Parliament. The future of Test cricket itself was thrown into doubt and most tourists saw their international careers terminated. The cricket itself stood in stark contrast to the domestic hype and overseas rancour, initial excitement subsiding into dismal parody. The tour stands as one of the most remarkable episodes in sporting history. Squad: Graham Gooch (captain), Dennis Amiss, Geoffrey Boycott, John Emburey, Mike Hendrick, Geoff Humpage, Alan Knott, Wayne Larkins, John Lever, Chris Old, Arnold Sidebottom, Les Taylor, Derek Underwood, Peter Willey, Bob Woolmer. Schedule and results 3-4 Mar Tour match at Berea Park, Pretoria. SAB XI (152/7d & 32/2) drew with South African Under-25s (170/8d). 6 Mar First ‘ODI’ at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth. SAB XI (240/5) lost to South Africa (244/3) by seven wickets. 8-10 Mar Tour match at Newlands, Cape Town. Western Province (263/8d & 204/7d) drew with SAB XI (219 & 225/8). 12-15 Mar First ‘Test’ at Wanderers, Johannesburg. South Africa (400/7d & 37/2) beat SAB XI (150 & 283) by eight wickets. 17 Mar Second ‘ODI’ at Kingsmead, Durban. South Africa (231/6) beat SAB XI (152) by 79 runs. 19-22 Mar Second ‘Test’ at Newlands, Cape Town. SAB XI (223 & 249/3d) drew with South Africa (235 & 38/0). 24 Mar Third ‘ODI’ at Wanderers, Johannesburg. South Africa (243/5) beat SAB XI (111/7 from 23 overs) on faster scoring rate. 26-29 Mar Third ‘Test’ at Kingsmead, Durban. South Africa (181/9d & 143/2) drew with SAB XI (311/8d). Notes: South Africa won the three-match ‘one-day international’ series 3-0. South Africa won the three-match ‘Test’ series 1-0.


Who wrote the 1989 novel A Clear and Present Danger?

Clear and Present Danger | Tom Clancy Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Clear and Present Danger For the film see Clear and Present Danger (Film) . Clear and Present Danger ISBN #: 0-399-13440-9 Clear and Present Danger is a novel by Tom Clancy , written in 1989, and is a canonical part of the Ryanverse . In the novel, Jack Ryan is thrown into the position of CIA Acting Deputy Director of Intelligence and discovers that he is being kept in the dark by his colleagues who are conducting a covert war against the Medellín Cartel based in Colombia. The title of the book is based on the legal phrase "clear and present danger". Contents Edit The United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Panache intercepted a yacht in the Caribbean Sea, discovering two Hispanic males cleaning up after executing a man and his family. Through a mock execution, the Coast Guardsmen coerced the executioners to confess to the grisly murders. However, it was later learned that the murdered man was part of a money laundering scheme within the Medellín Cartel ; upon further investigation, it was discovered he had laundered and embezzled approximately $650 million. The details of the expedition percolated up to the office of the President , who calls for a change of direction in the War on Drugs. The incumbent president feelt compelled to take drastic measures against the drug trade in the United States because election-year mudslinging had revealed his failure to generate returns on campaign promises regarding drug-trafficking in the United States. The President's challenger, allied the public behind the administration's failure to curb the drug trade, and forces the administration to take a more active stance against drug imports. To combat the source of drugs, the President initiated covert operations within Colombia. The CIA concocted a plan involving a step-up of airborne-interdiction operations against aircraft believed to be entering U.S. airspace with the intent to distribute narcotics. In order to verify targets, the CIA dispatched soldiers to infiltrate Colombian territory and stake-out airstrips dispatching and receiving drug-trafficking aircraft. The airstrips were destroyed after the aircraft was shot down or captured. Three major players help the plan reach fruition: The plan consisted of five operations: Operation: CAPER: Electronic-intelligence gathering Operation: EAGLE EYE: Aircraft interdiction. Operation: SHOWBOAT - I: Airstrip reconnaissance. Operation: SHOWBOAT - II: Destruction of coca processing sites. Operation: RECIPROCITY: Surgical air-strike on Cartel management. Operation: CAPER was the covert-dispatching of SIGINT -gathering units to Colombia to intercept communications between Cartel management. The primary mode of communication was cellular phones, which at the time of the book's authoring were new devices that many felt were impossible to intercept because of their ability to be moved and reprogrammed. It was also the communications arm for Operation: SHOWBOAT and the light-fighters' only means of contact with the outside world. John Clark was dispatched with CAPER to coordinate the effort. EAGLE EYE involved dispatching F-15s to intercept drug flights verified as originating from Colombia and identified as carrying narcotics. These drug flights were scouted by a completely Hispanic light infantry force which had been drawn from the various units that the U.S. Army has at the time of the novel. These include the 7th Infantry Division and 25th Infantry Division and the 10th Mountain Division . The interdiction flights are primarily executed by United States Air Force Captain Jeff "Bronco" Winters . His primary craft was an F-15C Eagle . He destroyed at least four aircraft and forced others to land, where the pilots were met by members of the Marine Corps Force Recon and interrogated for more information regarding the cartel. These soldiers were the bulk of Operation: SHOWBOAT. The soldiers were seconded from American-based infantry battalions, and were all Hispanic in order to blend in with the local population. The infantrymen w


Who directed the film The Hurt Locker, winner of the Oscar for Best Director in 2010?

Oscars 2010: Kathryn Bigelow becomes first woman to win best director as Hurt Locker blasts ex-husband's Avatar with six gongs | Daily Mail Online Oscars 2010: Kathryn Bigelow becomes first woman to win best director as Hurt Locker blasts ex-husband's Avatar with six gongs By BAZ BAMIGBOYE Bad night for James Cameron's $300m Avatar as it wins three low-key awards Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges win Best Actress and Best Actor Brits Helen Mirren, Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan miss out on big prizes Mo'Nique takes gong for Best Supporting Actress in Precious Kathryn Bigelow made history last night after becoming the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director - and trounced her ex-husband in the process. Her Iraq war thriller The Hurt Locker scooped six Oscars, including Best Picture, while Avatar, directed by James Cameron, won only three minor gongs. Avatar - the highest grossing film ever having already taken $2billion worldwide at the box office - won only for art direction, cinematography and visual effects. Trophies also went to runaway favourites Sandra Bullock, Best Actress for American football drama The Blind Side and Jeff Bridges, who collected the Best Actor award for his part in the country musical Crazy Heart. Scroll down to watch MailOnline video reports Making history: Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama film The Hurt Locker won six Oscars. She is the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, seen on stage last night at the 82nd Academy Awards Delighted: Screenwriter Mark Boal (left) and producer Greg Shapiro backstage with five of the six awards the movie raked in As she opened the envelope Barbra Streisand declared: 'It's about time', and then read Kathryn Bigelow's name for best director. Avatar had been widely expected to follow in the footsteps of Cameron's epic, Titanic, which won 11 Oscars in 1998.. As the Best Director award was announced, Cameron patted Bigelow on the back - she was sitting directly in front of him in the auditorium - and broke out into wild applause. She said on receiving the directing award: 'This really is, there’s no way to describe it. It’s the moment of a lifetime.' The director paid tribute to the work of members of the audience she had admired for decades. And praised the screenplay as 'courageous'. No hard feelings: James Cameron reacts to his ex-wife Kathryn's film winning one of six Oscars Applause: Cameron, sat behind his ex-wife, looked pleased as Avatar wins the Oscar for Cinematography Congratulations: But Bigelow beat her former husband hands down, with Cameron seen left jokingly moving his hands towards her neck and, right, the pair embrace She said: 'I would not be standing here if it wasn’t for Mark Boal, who risked his life for the words on the page.' And she dedicated the award to 'the people who risk their lives on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan....may they come home safe.' Backstage she spoke about becoming the first female director to win: 'First of all, I hope I'm the first of many. 'And, of course, I'd love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I long for the day when a modifier can be a moot point. 'But I'm ever grateful if I can inspire some young, intrepid, tenacious male or female filmmaker and have them feel that the impossible is possible and never give up on your dream,' Bigelow said. Bigelow was the third of Cameron's five wives between 1989-1991 but the situation between them is very amicable and they have traded pleasantries at every stage of this year's award season. Sandra Bullock collects her award for best actress for the American football drama The Blind Side while Jeff Bridges makes his acceptance speech after being named best actor for musical film Crazy Heart As the victory turned into a procession of awards, Cameron joked as if to strangle his ex-wife before giving her a generous hug. It had become clear when The Hurt Locker, which had a budget of just $11million, clinched Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing  that it was in with a shout of the top prize. The drama about a U.S. bomb disposal unit i


The Grade 1 listed Pulteney Bridge spans which river?

Pulteney Bridge Pulteney Bridge Pulteney Bridge is a bridge that crosses the River Avon, in Bath, England. It was completed in 1773 and is designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. Pulteney Bridge Beginning date of construction    1769 Completion date                           1773 The bridge was designed by Robert Adam, whose working drawings are preserved in the Sir John Soane's Museum, and is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across the full span on both sides. Shops on the bridge include a flower shop, antique map shop, and juice bar. It is named after Frances Pulteney, heiress in 1767 of the Bathwick estate across the river from Bath. Bathwick was a simple village in a rural setting, but Frances's husband William could see its potential. He made plans to create a new town, which would become a suburb to the historic city of Bath. First he needed a better river crossing than the existing ferry, hence the bridge. Pulteney approached the brothers Robert and James Adam with his new town in mind, but Robert Adam then became involved in the design of the bridge. In his hands the simple construction envisaged by Pulteney became an elegant structure lined with shops. Adam had visited both Florence and Venice, where he would have seen the Ponte Vecchio and the Ponte di Rialto. But Adam's design more closely followed Andrea Palladio's rejected design for the Rialto. Pulteney Bridge stood for less than 20 years in the form that Adam created. In 1792 alterations to enlarge the shops marred the elegance of the façades. Floods in 1799 and 1800 wrecked the north side of the bridge, which had been constructed with inadequate support. It was rebuilt by John Pinch senior, surveyor to the Pulteney estate, in a less ambitious version of Adam's design. 19th-century shopkeepers altered windows, or cantilevered out over the river as the fancy took them. The western end pavilion on the south side was demolished in 1903 for road widening and its replacement was not an exact match. Shop frontages on the Pulteney Bridge In 1936 the bridge became scheduled as a national monument, with plans being made for the restoration of the original facade. The restoration was completed in time for the Festival of Britain in 1951, with further work being carried out in 1975. It is now one of the best-known buildings in a city famed for its Georgian architecture. пїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅ пїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅ «Pulteney Bridge»


Who was the President of France immediately before Jacques Chirac?

Jacques Chirac | president of France | Britannica.com president of France Alternative Title: Jacques René Chirac Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac, in full Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932, Paris , France ), French politician, who served as the country’s president (1995–2007) and prime minister (1974–76, 1986–88). Jacques Chirac, 2006. Marcello Casal Jr/ABr Education and early career Chirac, the son of a bank employee, graduated from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris in 1954, served as an officer in the French army in Algeria (1956–57), and earned a graduate degree from the École Nationale d’Administration in 1959. He then became a civil servant and rose rapidly through the ranks, serving as a department head and a secretary of state before becoming minister for parliamentary relations in 1971–72 under President Georges Pompidou . He was first elected to the National Assembly as a Gaullist in 1967. Rise to national prominence After serving as minister for agriculture (1972–74) and of the interior (1974), Chirac was appointed prime minister by newly elected President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing in 1974. Citing personal and professional differences with Giscard, Chirac resigned from that office in 1976 and set about reconstituting the Gaullist Union of Democrats for the Republic into a neo-Gaullist group, the Rally for the Republic (RPR). With the party firmly under his control, he was elected mayor of Paris in 1977 and continued to build his political base among the several conservative parties of France. Chirac’s first campaign for the presidency in 1981 split the conservative vote with Giscard and thereby allowed the Socialist Party candidate, François Mitterrand , to win. In parliamentary elections held in 1986, the coalition of right-wing parties won a slim majority of seats in the National Assembly, and Chirac was appointed prime minister by Mitterrand. This power-sharing arrangement between the two posts was the first of its kind in the history of the Fifth Republic , in which previously the president and the prime minister had always belonged to the same party or the same electoral coalition. In this arrangement, known as cohabitation , Chirac, as prime minister, was responsible for domestic affairs, while Mitterrand retained responsibility for foreign policy. Chirac’s most important achievement during his second term was his administration’s privatization of many major corporations that had been nationalized under Mitterrand. He also reduced payroll and other taxes in an effort to stimulate job creation in the private sector. As the candidate of the centre-right RPR, Chirac ran for the presidency against Mitterrand and was defeated in runoff elections in May 1988, whereupon he resigned the post of prime minister. Remaining mayor of Paris, he made his third run for the presidency in May 1995 and this time defeated the Socialist candidate, Lionel Jospin . Presidency Jacques René Chirac - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) (born 1932). After two terms as prime minister, from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, French politician Jacques Chirac began his first term as president of France in May 1995. His center-right nationalist, populist, and free-market policies built on the legacy of former president Charles de Gaulle. A practicing Roman Catholic with a taste for food, chess, cards, and Chinese archaeology, Chirac developed his political base from both rural and urban roots. His ancestral home in rural Correze, France, elected him to the National Assembly continuously from 1967, and he served as the elected mayor of his native Paris, France, from 1977 to 1995. In 2002 he was elected to a second consecutive term as president with the largest margin of victory in any French presidential election. His term ended in 2007. Article History