The mandible and maxilla make up which part of the body?

Maxilla Anatomy, Diagram & Function | Body Maps Your message has been sent. OK We're sorry, an error occurred. We are unable to collect your feedback at this time. However, your feedback is important to us. Please try again later. Close Maxilla The maxilla forms the upper jaw by fusing together two irregularly-shaped bones along the median palatine suture, located at the midline of the roof of the mouth. The maxillary bones on each side join in the middle at the intermaxillary suture, a fused line that is created by the union of the right and left ‘halves’ of the maxilla bone, thus running down the middle of the upper jaw. The bones help to form the upper jaw, sub-segments of the eye sockets, and the lower sections and sides of the nasal cavity. Additionally, they reduce the heaviness of the skull, help support the back teeth, and help to allow the voice to resonate. Each half of the fused bones contains four processes. These include the zygomatic, frontal, palatine, and alveolar processes of the maxilla. They also contain the infraorbital foramen, an opening in the bone just below the eye sockets, and the maxillary sinus, which helps to protect important facial structures during an accidental trauma, like the crumple zone of a car. A severe blow to the face can fracture the maxilla, causing the displacement of teeth, loss of feeling in the lips or cheeks, and a retraction of the eyeball. Surgery is required to repair the break, as well as reset the bone and surrounding bones.


Which standard unit of energy can be defined as the work required to continuously produce one watt of power for one second?

Power Work, Energy, and Power - Lesson 1 - Basic Terminology and Concepts Power Mechanical Energy Power The quantity work has to do with a force causing a displacement. Work has nothing to do with the amount of time that this force acts to cause the displacement. Sometimes, the work is done very quickly and other times the work is done rather slowly. For example, a rock climber takes an abnormally long time to elevate her body up a few meters along the side of a cliff. On the other hand, a trail hiker (who selects the easier path up the mountain) might elevate her body a few meters in a short amount of time. The two people might do the same amount of work, yet the hiker does the work in considerably less time than the rock climber. The quantity that has to do with the rate at which a certain amount of work is done is known as the power. The hiker has a greater power rating than the rock climber. Power is the rate at which work is done. It is the work/time ratio. Mathematically, it is computed using the following equation. Power = Work / time P = W / t   The standard metric unit of power is the Watt. As is implied by the equation for power, a unit of power is equivalent to a unit of work divided by a unit of time. Thus, a Watt is equivalent to a Joule/second. For historical reasons, the horsepower is occasionally used to describe the power delivered by a machine. One horsepower is equivalent to approximately 750 Watts.   Most machines are designed and built to do work on objects. All machines are typically described by a power rating. The power rating indicates the rate at which that machine can do work upon other objects. Thus, the power of a machine is the work/time ratio for that particular machine. A car engine is an example of a machine that is given a power rating. The power rating relates to how rapidly the car can accelerate the car. Suppose that a 40-horsepower engine could accelerate the car from 0 mi/hr to 60 mi/hr in 16 seconds. If this were the case, then a car with four times the horsepower could do the same amount of work in one-fourth the time. That is, a 160-horsepower engine could accelerate the same car from 0 mi/hr to 60 mi/hr in 4 seconds. The point is that for the same amount of work, power and time are inversely proportional. The power equation suggests that a more powerful engine can do the same amount of work in less time. A person is also a machine that has a power rating. Some people are more power-full than others. That is, some people are capable of doing the same amount of work in less time or more work in the same amount of time. A common physics lab involves quickly climbing a flight of stairs and using mass, height and time information to determine a student's personal power. Despite the diagonal motion along the staircase, it is often assumed that the horizontal motion is constant and all the force from the steps is used to elevate the student upward at a constant speed. Thus, the weight of the student is equal to the force that does the work on the student and the height of the staircase is the upward displacement. Suppose that Ben Pumpiniron elevates his 80-kg body up the 2.0-meter stairwell in 1.8 seconds. If this were the case, then we could calculate Ben's power rating. It can be assumed that Ben must apply an 800-Newton downward force upon the stairs to elevate his body. By so doing, the stairs would push upward on Ben's body with just enough force to lift his body up the stairs. It can also be assumed that the angle between the force of the stairs on Ben and Ben's displacement is 0 degrees. With these two approximations, Ben's power rating could be determined as shown below. Ben's power rating is 871 Watts. He is quite a horse.   Another Formula for Power The expression for power is work/time. And since the expression for work is force*displacement, the expression for power can be rewritten as (force*displacement)/time. Since the expression for velocity is displacement/time, the expression for power can be rewritten once more as force*velocity. This is shown below.   This new equat


Which romantic film directed by David Lean is set in World War 2 and based in and around Milford railway station?

69 Must-See British Films 69 Must-See British Films   69 British Films you must see before you die! Compiling any film related list is never an exact science and no doubt to some we’ve left out some real stonkers! But as always it’s all about opinions and we’d love to hear yours. If you want to tell us your best British drama films email us at  contacts@britflicks.com Out of the 69 British drama films the top director with four entries is David Lean and if we had been able to include Dr Zhivago as a British film production he would have had five entries. Runners-up with 3 entries a piece are Ken Loach and the legendry Stanley Kubrick, followed by Steve McQueen, Shane Meadows, Neil Jordan, Mike Leigh, Michael Powell, Lynne Ramsay, Danny Boyle, Carol Reed, Anthony Minghella, John Boorman and Andrea Arnold all with two entries respectively. All 69 British drama films add up to a total of 8148 minutes or 5 days, 15 Hours and 47 minutes of footage, giving an average film length of 118 minutes. The longest being Lawrence of Arabia at a whopping 216 minutes, leaving David Lean’s 86 minute romance a real ‘Brief Encounter’.  69) Red Road (2006) dr. Andrea Arnold 113mins Cert 18 Jackie (Katie Dickie) works as a CCTV operator in Glasgow. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, whom she thought she would never see again, whom she never wanted to see again. Now that she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him. A deeply heartfelt British film that deservedly garnered Arnold the Prix du Jury prize at Cannes, Red Road is a raw but beautifully observed account of tragedy, grief and atonement.     68) The Flying Scotsman (2006) dr. Douglas Mackinnon 96mins Cert PG Based on a remarkable true story, THE FLYING SCOTSMAN is an out-and-out inspirational, against-all-odds, crowd pleasing British film, which follows the turbulent life of cyclist Graeme Obree, who broke the World One Hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, constructed out of scrap metal...   Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.     66) Ratcatcher (1999) dr. Lynne Ramsay 94mins Cert 15 Set in Glasgow during the mid 70s, Ratcatcher is seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie), a young boy haunted by a secret. Feeling increasingly distant from his family, his only escape comes with the discovery of a new housing development on the outskirts of town where he has the freedom to lose himself in his own world.     65) Tryannosaur (2011) dr. Paddy Considine 92mins Cert 18 It follows the story of two lonely, damaged people brought together by circumstance. Joseph (Peter Mullan, WAR HORSE, NEDS) is an unemployed widower, drinker, and a man crippled by his own volatile temperament and furious anger. Hannah (Olivia Colman, HOT FUZZ, PEEP SHOW) is a Christian worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy. When the pair are brought together, Hannah appears as Joseph’s potential saviour, someone who can temper his fury and offer him warmth, kindness and acceptance.As their story develops Hannah’s own secrets are revealed — her relationship with husband James (Eddie Marsan, HAPPY GO LUCKY, SHERLOCK HOLMES) is violent and abusive — and as events spiral out of control, Joseph becomes her source of succour and comfort.    64) Fish Tank (2009) dr. Andrea Arnold 123mins Cert 15 A powerful and contemporary coming of age British film, from the director of Red Road. Fish Tank is the story of Mia (Katie Jarvis), a volatile 15-year-old, who is always in trouble and who has become excluded from school and ostracised by her friends. One hot summer's day her mother (Keirston Wareing) brings home a mysterious stranger called Connor (Michael Fassbender) who promises to change everything and bring love into all their lives. Touching on the themes of her Academy Award® winning short Wasp, Fish Tank is


In which year was the German battleship The Bismarck sunk by the Royal Navy?

Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy - May 27, 1941 - HISTORY.com This Day in History: 05/27/1941 - Bismarck Sunk In This Day in History video clip: On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic near France. The German death toll was more than 2,000. On February 14, 1939, the 823-foot Bismarck was launched at Hamburg. Lead Story Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy Share this: Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy Author Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy URL Publisher A+E Networks On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic near France. The German death toll was more than 2,000. On February 14, 1939, the 823-foot Bismarck was launched at Hamburg. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler hoped that the state-of-the-art battleship would herald the rebirth of the German surface battle fleet. However, after the outbreak of war, Britain closely guarded ocean routes from Germany to the Atlantic Ocean, and only U-boats moved freely through the war zone. In May 1941, the order was given for the Bismarck to break out into the Atlantic. Once in the safety of the open ocean, the battleship would be almost impossible to track down, all the while wreaking havoc on Allied convoys to Britain. Learning of its movement, Britain sent almost the entire British Home Fleet in pursuit. On May 24, the British battle cruiser Hood and battleship Prince of Wales intercepted it near Iceland. In a ferocious battle, the Hood exploded and sank, and all but three of the 1,421 crewmen were killed. The Bismarck escaped, but because it was leaking fuel it fled for occupied France. On May 26, it was sighted and crippled by British aircraft, and on May 27 three British warships descended on the Bismarck and finished it off. Related Videos


Springfield is the home of the Simpsons, and is also the real-life capital of which US State?

Springfield's State | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia In The Simpsons Movie , Russ Cargill goes to see "President Schwarzenegger". Arnold Schwarzenegger was the former governor of California. In the episode " Itchy & Scratchy Land ", The Simpsons family briefly has to stop at a Fruits and Vegetables Checkpoint, causing Homer to panic (as he was apparently smuggling Fruits and Vegetables as a side job). Fruits and Vegetables Checkpoints are a very common place in California. In the episode "C.E. D'oh", Smithers mentions that Mr. Burns is going to face trouble as the U.S. Government discovered evidence that Mr. Burns dumped nuclear waste into Legoland. The only Legoland that exists in the United States is in California, and most of the attractions seen were from the Legoland section Mini-USA, and it is also unlikely that Mr. Burns would travel a long distance just to dump nuclear waste. According to the episode "The Seven-Beer Snitch", there's a gas chamber in the Springfield prison. Only five states have a gas chamber as an option for capital punishment in their prisons: California, Arizona, Wyoming, Missouri and Maryland. This coupled with the fact that Springfield is located on an ocean and the sun sets on it seems to leave California as the only possibility. Although, in the Simpsons Jumbo Rain-Or-Shine Fun Book, there is a fill-in-the-blank story in which Lisa says, "There's a car with ____ strapped to its roof!" to which Marge responds to by saying, "They must be from California." Also there is a Waverly Hill which is a parody on Beverly Hill, in California. When Skinner drives Willie's car 2653 miles from Springfield to Orlando, if he uses conventional roads, it could put him in California, Oregon or Idaho. In "The Canine Mutiny", it is implied that medicinal marijuana is legal.  At the time (the episode first aired in 1997), only California had legalized marijuana for medical use. The town square is based on the plaza in Arcata, California. Massachusetts In the episode "'Tis the Fifteenth Season", Homer buys an electronic astrolabe at Springfield Heights Mall. One of the astrolabe's screens displays what appear to be its current latitude and longitude. These coordinates (42° N, 71° W) point to Bridgewater, MA. Also there is a Springfield, Massachusetts and a West Springfield, Massachusetts. In the episode "Behind the Laughter" the Simpsons are explicitly referred to by the narrator as "this Western Massachusetts family." Also there was a contest for The Simpsons Movie to find out what the state the Simpsons were located in based on sates with had a town called Springfield, and that state would get to have the premier of The Simpsons Movie. The city that was picked was Springfield Vermont. Chelmsford MA is also referenced several times throughout the years. Springsfields' town hall is based on the town hall there and Zesty's Pizza which has been a landmark in the small Mass town for decades appears in the opening credits in a couple of episodes. Michigan In the episode " Duffless ", Homer's driver's license shows an address of "Springfield NT 49007". ZIP code 49007 belongs to Kalamazoo, Michigan. ("NT" is the postal abbreviation for the Northwest Territories of Canada, however.) From S4E16 "Duffless". Homer's license shows Springfield's state In the episode "3 Men and a Comic Book", Bart attempts to redeem a bottle deposit. The refund is a dime; only Michigan has a 10-cent deposit on bottles. However, in the episode Take My Wife, Sleaze , Chief Wiggum remarks to Homer "Well, uh, be that as it may, ah, the gang is wanted in eight other states and we have a little saying around here, let Michigan handle it." This dismisses the Michigan theory, as Wiggum is considered an expert on slacking off on his duties and leaving his work to be completed by others. In the Simpsons comics story "A Tale of 2 Pen Pals," Homer tells Bart he had a "foreign" pen pal when he was a boy, who was from Michigan. Nebraska In Burns, Baby Burns , Montgomery Burns's long lost son recognizes his father on a train but is unable to board i


Which World Champion darts player has the nickname Darth Maple

1000+ images about Dart Players on Pinterest | Legends, Ontario and Bad puns Forward John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple. Part is a three-times World Champion, having triumphed in the BDO World Championship in 1994 and the PDC World Championship in 2003 and 2008. His 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic title and a host of other tournament wins make him statistically North America's greatest darts player ever See More


When the musical Chicago won the Best Picture Oscar in 2002 it was the 1st musical to do so since which 1968 film?

2002 Academy Awards® Winners Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) Treasure Planet (2002) Actor: ADRIEN BRODY in "The Pianist," Nicolas Cage in "Adaptation.," Michael Caine in "The Quiet American," Daniel Day-Lewis         in "Gangs of New York," Jack Nicholson in "About         Schmidt" Actress: NICOLE KIDMAN in "The Hours," Salma Hayek in "Frida," Diane Lane in "Unfaithful," Julianne Moore in "Far         from Heaven," Renee Zellweger in "Chicago" Supporting Actor: CHRIS COOPER in "Adaptation.," Ed Harris in "The         Hours," Paul Newman in "Road to Perdition," John C. Reilly         in "Chicago," Christopher Walken in "Catch Me If You Can" Supporting Actress: CATHERINE ZETA-JONES in "Chicago," "Kathy Bates         in "About Schmidt," Julianne Moore in "The Hours," Queen         Latifah for "Chicago," Meryl Streep in "Adaptation." Director: ROMAN POLANSKI for "The Pianist," Rob Marshall for "Chicago," Martin Scorsese for "Gangs of New York," Stephen Daldry         for "The Hours," Pedro Almodovar for "Talk to         Her" This          was the first year that the Academy Awards ceremony          was broadcast in high-definition television. All five of the Best Picture nominees were released          in the last two weeks of 2002 (December 18 or after). All of          them were also set in the past. The most-nominated film of this year's Best Picture          competitors, Chicago, with thirteen nominations, was          also the Best Picture Oscar winner - and the film debut of          choreographer and first-time feature director Rob Marshall. Chicago became          the first musical to win the top honor since Oliver!           (1968) - 34 years earlier. It marked the second-consecutive year          that a live-action musical received a Best Picture nomination          (last year's nominee was Moulin Rouge (2001)) - after a long spell of non-recognition for the genre - since Fiddler           on the Roof (1971) and Cabaret (1972) were          nominated back-to-back. Chicago won six Oscars from its          thirteen nominations, mostly in minor categories: Best Picture,          Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Best Sound,          Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, and Best Costume Design.          Its seven other nominations included three additional acting          nominations (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best          Supporting Actor), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (Bill          Condon), Best Cinematography, and Best Original Song ("I          Move On"). [Chicago tied the record set by Mary           Poppins (1964) of 13 nominations for a musical. Chicago's           impressive nominations-total tied with seven other           films having the same honor: All            About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997) each           had 14 nominations.] Chicago was a musical drama and a screen          adaptation of the hit, mid-70s Broadway musical Chicago from          John Kander and Fred Ebb, originally directed and choreographed          by Bob Fosse, and revived on Broadway in 1996. The sexy musical          extravaganza, based on a 1926 play by Chicago Tribune reporter          Maurine Dallas Watkins, told a tale of mid-1920s murderous          passion involving two cold-blooded, cell-block chorus girls          (Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones) who became rivals          for tabloid celebrity status and fame. The other four Best Picture nominees included: Roman Polanski's harrowing, semi-autobiographical,           dark WWII non-documentary tale, The Pianist (with           seven nominations and three wins including Best Director,           Best Acto


Which Canadian province consists of an island and a length of coastline, both of which have a breed of dog named after them?

Newfoundland and Labrador - The Canadian Encyclopedia Provinces & Territories Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland, the youngest of the Canadian provinces, joined Confederation in 1949. Some portion of its coast was undoubtedly one of the first parts of the continent seen by Europeans. Its total area is 405, 720 km2, of which Labrador makes up almost three-quarters (294,330 km2). Newfoundland, the youngest of the Canadian provinces, joined Confederation in 1949. Some portion of its coast was undoubtedly one of the first parts of the continent seen by Europeans. Its total area is 405, 720 km2, of which Labrador makes up almost three-quarters (294,330 km2). The island of Newfoundland is the easternmost region of Canada, while Labrador is located on the mainland to the northwest. Since John Cabot 's arrival on the “new isle” the island has been referred to as Terra Nova, or in English, Newfoundland. Labrador probably received its name from the Portuguese designation, "Terra del Lavradors." Land and Resources The province is physically divided into two major units of unequal area: the much larger mainland territory of Labrador to the north; and the smaller island of Newfoundland to the south. Within each there are distinct variations in the physical characteristics of the environment, in the occurrence and availability of natural resources, and corresponding variations in the pattern of human settlement. In Labrador there are three such sub-regions: a northern coastal region, which is ruggedly mountainous, deeply fjorded , grows only ground-level subarctic vegetation and has very little settlement; a southern coastal region that has a rugged, barren foreshore and a forested hinterland, with light to moderate settlement; and the bulk of the vast interior, which comprises a well-forested, dissected plateau, and where settlement is concentrated in a few large towns. On the island of Newfoundland there are four distinct regions: the west coast, the interior, the northeast coast and the south coast. The west coast is dominated by the table-topped Long Range Mountains , which rise to 814 m. They are bordered in places by narrow, well-forested coastal plains and are frequently penetrated by glacially-deepened valleys and by several large fjord-like bays, the largest of which are the Bay of Islands and Bonne Bay. There is almost continuous settlement in the bays and coves along the west coast. There is also some interior settlement in the Codroy Valley to the south and around Deer Lake , which lies on a small plain within the mountain range. The interior is a plateau-like region with frequent undulations in the terrain representing the ridges and slopes of the watersheds carved out by the major stream systems. Four large rivers — Exploits , Gander , Humber and Terra Nova — drain most of the area. The west coast supports extensive forest stands, particularly on the gentle slopes of the major watersheds. Settlements are widely separated and most of the population is concentrated in a few large towns associated with forest or mineral resource use and with transportation services. The northeast coast, with its numerous bays, islands and headlands, fronts on the Atlantic Ocean from the Great Northern Peninsula to the Avalon Peninsula . Inland sections of this region are generally well forested, but exposed headlands and offshore islands have low, scrubby vegetation. The region has a shoreline typical of land that was submerged by glaciation and, in places, rebounded after the ice caps melted. Thus, there are innumerable bays, coves, islands and fjords which often provide excellent harbours. It is also an area that can annually expect to be blocked by arctic drift ice throughout the winter and early spring. Settlement has developed along the shores of most of the bays and on some offshore islands. The south coast region coincides with the whole southern portion of the Island of Newfoundland. This coast also has the deeply embayed characteristics of a submerged shoreline. It is not blocked by arctic drift ice, although in some years par


Which Mexican dish which translates as little donkey is based around folded soft tortillas and is now a favourite breakfast dish in the USA?

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David Day and Thereze Bazar had hits in the 1980s under what name?

I NEED YOUR LOVE - DOLLAR - (1979) - YouTube I NEED YOUR LOVE - DOLLAR - (1979) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 13, 2013 DOLLAR are a pop vocal duo from the UK, consisting of David Van Day and Thereza Bazar. The duo were successful in the late 1970s and 1980s. Formation Thereza Bazar and David Van Day met at 17 when they successfully auditioned for the cabaret act Guys 'n' Dolls. The group enjoyed a number of hit singles in the mid-1970s and during this time Van Day became romantically involved with Bazar. By 1977 the group was in decline and the pair complained about the choice of material and musical direction. Van Day decided to quit the band to embark on a solo career while Bazar would continue with Guys n' Dolls to earn a living for them both. The group's management were unhappy with the situation and sacked Bazar with the reasoning that a six-piece group consisting of three couples would now look odd with five members. With the change in circumstances, the pair decided to begin a career as a duo. They were picked up by French label Carrere Records, going under the name Dollar. Career 1970s and 1980s Dollar's first single, "Shooting Star", was released in late 1978 and, after a slow climb, reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart. The follow-up, "Who Were You With In The Moonlight?", was released in early 1979 and also reached number 14. After two hit singles featuring Van Day on lead vocals their third, the ballad "Love's Gotta Hold On Me" was sung by Bazar. It became Dollar's first self-penned hit as it entered the Top Ten and was one of their biggest, climbing to number 4 in the UK chart. Encouraged by this steady run of success, the group released their debut album, Shooting Stars, which made the top 40. In a change of pace, the band released a cover of The Beatles' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand", which reached number 9. At the same time, Dollar had their first (and only) US hit with "Shooting Star", which made No.74. By February 1980, the group had scored four UK Top 20 hits, but this was not to last. In 1980 Dollar moved to WEA Records. Buoyed by the success of "Love's Gotta Hold On Me", the pair decided to write and produce all the songs for their second album. Attempting a move towards a rockier sound, the album, along with its singles, failed to sell well. In a bid to generate sales, Van Day and Bazar announced their engagement, but this was later revealed to be a publicity stunt. In 1981, Bazar approached record producer, Trevor Horn, whom she had met during her days in Guys n' Dolls, and asked if he would work with them. He agreed, and produced their 1981 and 1982 material. Horn's production work gave Dollar a more distinctive sound, and their four Horn-produced singles represented the high point in the band's career. It gave them another two Top Ten singles ("Mirror Mirror" and "Give Me Back My Heart") and two more Top Twenty hits ("Videotheque" and "Hand Held in Black and White"). The production on these four hit singles had brought Horn to the attention of other bands, notably ABC, and it was not long before he was too busy to continue working with the duo. "Give Me Some Kinda Magic", a Top 40 hit Dollar had written and produced themselves was the lead-in single to their final studio album, The Dollar Album, which was a mixture of Horn's and the duo's own efforts. It became the biggest of their three albums, peaking at No. 18 in the UK and was certified Silver by the BPI. Split and reformation During a promotional trip to Japan in February 1983, relations between the duo had become increasingly tempestuous and Van Day quit the band. Their latest single ("Two Hearts") went unreleased in the UK and Dollar split. Van Day had ambitions to be a solo artist after he and Bazar split. He released the single "Young Americans Talking", which was written and produce


Which word was introduced on coins in 1971 before being dropped in 1982?

Decimal Coins of the UK - The Change to Decimal Coinage The Change to Decimal Coinage Pictures of Decimal Coins Decimalisation Day D-Day was February 15th 1971. On that day the United Kingdom changed from the centuries old tradition of using 12 pence to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound to a new decimal 100 new pence to the pound. Options considered There had been much debate as to the best way of implementing the switch. Australia used a dollar valued at ten old shillings, making the new cent equal to 1.2 old pence, a small change in value. An alternative was to go to a pound-mil system, with a mil equal to 0.24 old pence, a latter-day successor to the farthing. Another was to keep the penny and have a new unit at 100 pence (eight shillings and fourpence). However, in the UK the pound was considered to be particularly important because of the UK's international trading status. In addition, having a new penny worth 2.4 old pence was less of a problem as inflation had made its purchasing power insignificant. As a temporary measure a half new penny was introduced, but as will be seen this had a short life. There was even a pattern quarter penny made in aluminium, but this was not proceeded with. It was realised at the time that the decision was made that the life of the halfpenny would be very short, but it was felt necessary despite the considerable extra cost of having to mint the coin. Banks never accepted transactions involving an odd halfpenny. The Timetable for the Change The change was made gradually over three years, in a number of stages. In 1968 new shillings and florins were issued as 5 new pence and 10 new pence coins. The older shillings and florins continued to  circulate long after decimalisation until the size of the coins was reduced. Theoretically  silver coins from 1816 could still have been found in change, but the active  withdrawal of silver in the years following the change in 1947, followed  by the combination of a dramatic rise in the price of silver with devaluation  in 1967 meant that silver coins rapidly vanished from circulation. Blue plastic wallets containing the new 5p and 10p coins dated 1968, along with 1/2p, 1p and 2p  coins dated 1971 were put on sale. These wallets are still very common. In October 1969 the 50 new pence piece replaced the 10 shilling note, which ceased to be legal tender on 22nd November 1970. The old halfpenny was demonetised on 1st August 1969. The half-crown was demonetised on 1st January 1970. The remaining decimal coins became legal tender on 15th February 1971.  Maundy coins (and silver threepenny pieces of Maundy design, i.e. with  a crowned three on the reverse) were revalued as being in new pence at the same time. The changeover was so rapid that the old penny and nickel brass threepence pieces  had been removed from circulation by the end of 1971, although I know  of one shop in the Yorkshire Dales which continued to use the old currency  for a long time on the basis that 'this new-fangled stuff will never catch on'. The old penny and threepence coins ceased to be legal tender on 31st August 1971, just over six months after D-day. It is no longer possible to exchange them for current coins at a bank. Later Developments The sixpence , which was allowed to continue circulating at 2½ new pence, was eventually withdrawn at the end of June 1980. I am indebted to Brian Dominic for the following quote from John Glover's book "London's Underground": "The adoption of decimal currency on 15 February 1971 posed a few problems for London Transport, which had favoured the £ Sterling being halved in value and divided into 100 pence - what today might be termed a '50p pound'. With their extensive use of coin operated machines, the Board took strong exception to the proposed introduction of ½p coins, the lack of any coin between 2p and 5p, and the lack of a close relationship of old values and coins with the new. It was all too difficult for them, and it was indeed at London Transport's behest that the 2½p (sixpence) was retained in the coinag


In the world of 80's soap operas which street had the postcode L43 6TZ?

Brookside guide-65 BROOKSIDE - SEASON SIXTY-FIVE (50 episodes) [Episodes 2660-2709] The episodes: Episode 2660 (W 20-03-02 "Taking The Plunge") Written by Maurice   Bessman - Jacqui plans to introduce a creche in the health club. Mike plans   to tell Ron that he has taken in lodgers. Imelda plans to bully and humiliate   Anthony again - but this time he fights back. Episode 2661 (Th 21-03-02 "Abreaction") Written by Maurice Bessman   - Jacqui tries to persuade Max that "Bev's Bar" is worth buying.   Rachel gives Mike a night to remember. Leanne can't interest Gary in a photograph   of her buttock, and Anthony is having trouble sleeping. Episode 2662 (F 22-03-02 "Back To Reality") Written by Peter   Cox - Mike feels that he and Rachel deserve better. Max is not convinced that   Jacqui is doing the right thing by buying "Bev's Bar" - but she   has some even more unexpected news for him. Jessie agrees to pay Nikki's tuition   fees for her. Episode 2663 (W 27-03-02 "Coming To Terms") Written by Heather   Robson - Jimmy realises that he has to fend for himself. Jacqui wants no-one   to know her news yet - but Katie already does. Emily breaks a nail while putting   up her course certificate, and goes to the walk-in centre for treatment. Jerome   wants nothing more to do with Jessie, and Bev has a suggestion for Max. Episode 2664 (Th 28-03-02 "This Can Work") Written by Tom Higgins   - Nikki volunteers to take care of Jimmy, no matter what Jerome thinks. Nisha   is frustrated that Sammy is turning into "Goldilocks". Max tries   to reassure Jacqui. Marty has good reason to be annoyed by the results of   Tim's DIY work next door. Episode 2665 (F 29-03-02 "Stressed Out") Written by David Young   - Sammy, Nisha and Katie enjoy a girls' night in. Anthony goes to church to   confess to his worst sin. Max forces Jacqui to tell him the truth. Emily isn't   convinced that Nikki is doing the right thing - but neither is Jimmy. Marty   and Steve repair Tim's repairs. Episode 2666 (W 03-04-02 "Weepy") Written by Barry Woodward   - Jacqui thinks she will fail as a mother, and Rachel thinks she may be planning   to get rid of her baby, although Mike thinks she'd be more likely to sell   it. Anthony has a panic attack in church, Max interviews Lance, and Sammy   continues to use Katie. Episode 2667 (Th 04-04-02 "Too Preoccupied") Written by Barry   Woodward - Katie is sent home from work drunk. Rachel becomes jealous of Mike's   offer to help Bev. Emily's plans are frustrated, and Jacqui admits that she   doesn't want to be pregnant, as she has so much else in her life. Episode 2668 (F 05-04-02 "Coming Home") Written by Peter Cox   - Nisha gets Katie off the hook, but she isn't particularly grateful. Steve   becomes concerned about something he finds in Anthony's room. Ron is released   from prison, and Jimmy is released from hospital - but are they both ready   to face the outside world again? Episode 2669 (W 10-04-02 "Older And Wiser") Written by Carmel   Morgan - Anthony fights back when bullies attack him again. Jacqui feels that   her life isn't her own any more - and Sammy, Sol and Leanne are all getting   on her nerves. Tim has trouble disposing of builders' waste, and Ron admits   that he felt suicidal in prison. Episode 2670 (Th 11-04-02 "Trauma Therapy") Written by Neil   Jones - Nikki invites Jimmy to the opening night of the bar, but becomes worried   when he starts drinking. Gary asks Katie to come and talk to him if things   are getting too much for her. Max fears that history is repeating itself when   he receives a telephone call about Jacqui....... Episode 2671 (F 12-04-02 "Second Fiddle") Written by Neil Jones   - Bad news about Jacqui is received at the bar - she has been in a car crash,   but is still coming to the opening. Bev tries to reassure Ron with a cuddle,   but he loses control and wants more. Imelda's mother makes a television appeal,   and another angry visit to the Murrays'. Epi


What nationality was the inventor of the Rubik's Cube?

The History of Rubiks Cube - Erno Rubik Model, Emily Dixon playing wth the classic Rubiks Cube at the Toy Fair 2011 at Olympia Exhibition Centre on January 25, 2011 in London, England.  Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images Updated February 03, 2016. There is only 1 correct answer and 43 quintillion wrong ones for Rubiks Cube. God's algorithm is the answer that solves the puzzle in the least number of moves. One eighth of the world's population has laid hands on 'The Cube', the most popular puzzle in history and the colorful brainchild of Erno Rubik. Enter Erno Rubik Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. His mother was a poet, his father an aircraft engineer who started a company to build gliders.     Rubik studied sculpture in college, but after graduating, he went back to learn architecture at a small college called the Academy of Applied Arts and Design. He remained there after his studies to teach interior design. The Cube Rubik's initial attraction to inventing the Cube was not in producing the best selling toy puzzle in history. continue reading below our video 5 Steps to Starting Your Own Business The structural design problem interested Rubik; he asked, "How could the blocks move independently without falling apart?" In Rubik's Cube, twenty-six individual little cubes or cubies make up the big Cube. Each layer of nine cubies can twist and the layers can overlap. Any three squares in a row, except diagonally, can join a new layer. Rubik's initial attempt to use elastic bands failed, his solution was to have the blocks hold themselves together by their shape. Rubik hand carved and assembled the little cubies together. He marked each side of the big Cube with adhesive paper of a different color, and started twisting. An Inventor Dreams "It was wonderful, to see how, after only a few turns, the colors became mixed, apparently in random fashion.     It was tremendously satisfying to watch this color parade. Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it was time to go home, let us put the cubes back in order. And it was at that moment that I came face to face with the Big Challenge: What is the way home?" - Erno Rubik See - More Erno Rubik Quotes That was how the Cube as a puzzle, was invented in the spring of 1974, when the twenty-nine year old Rubik discovered it was not so easy to realign the colors to match on all six sides. He was not sure he would ever be able to return his invention to its original position. He theorized that by randomly twisting the Cube he would never be able to fix it in a lifetime, which later turns out to be more than correct. He began working out a solution, starting with aligning the eight corner cubies. He discovered certain sequences of moves for rearranging just a few cubies at a time. Within a month, he had the puzzle solved and an amazing journey lay ahead.. First Patent Rubik applied for his Hungarian patent in January 1975 and left his invention with a small toy making cooperative in Budapest. The patent approval finally came in early 1977 and the first Cubes appeared at the end of 1977. By this time, Erno Rubik was married. Two other people applied for similar patents at about the same time as Rubik. Terutoshi Ishige applied a year after Rubik, for a Japanese patent on a very similar cube. An American, Larry Nichols, patented a cube before Rubik, held together with magnets. Nichols' toy was rejected by all toy companies, including the Ideal Toy Corporation, which later bought the rights to Rubik's Cube.


Which General became the 18th US President after leading the Union Army to victory in the Civil War?

Three Ohio Civil War Veterans Who Became President Three Ohio Civil War    Veterans Who Became President By Dennis Keating The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable Copyright ï¿½ 2007, All Rights Reserved Introduction Five Ohio-born Civil War veterans       later became President of the United States. William Tecumseh       Sherman might have been a sixth, but he famously refused to be       nominated. The first was Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious hero       general-in-chief who captured three Confederate armies and who       served two terms as the 18th President succeeding Andrew Johnson,       the assassinated Abraham Lincolnï¿½s second Vice President. Grant, of       course, deserves separate treatment by himself and also began his       Civil War career in Illinois, not Ohio. Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd       President, was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison       (ï¿½Old Tippecanoeï¿½), the first president to die in office. Benjamin       Harrison, son of a U.S. Congressman, moved to Indianapolis to       practice law with the brother of General Lew Wallace (of 'Ben Hur'       fame) and was more associated with Indiana than Ohio. He commanded       the 70th Indiana Volunteers and distinguished himself at the battle       of Peach Tree Creek outside Atlanta in 1864 against Hood. He won the       Republication nomination in 1888 over the U.S. Senator from Ohio,       John Sherman, the generalï¿½s brother. He defeated incumbent Grover       Cleveland, who had been the first Democratic president elected since       the Civil War, even though he had received fewer popular votes. He       was defeated in his re-election bid in 1892 by his predecessor       Grover Cleveland. Curiously, Harrisonï¿½s granddaughter by his second       wife would marry the great grandson of President James Garfield. This article will recount the Civil       War experiences of the remaining three Ohioans and also add some       information about their presidencies, two of which were cut short by       assassination. Rutherford B. Hayes A       graduate of Kenyon College and Harvard Law School, Hayes was a       Cincinnati lawyer in 1861. He and his home guard company, mostly       comprised of members of the cityï¿½s Literary Club, enlisted, with       Hayes becoming a captain, in the 23rd OVI, commanded by William       Rosecrans. Hayes would later succeed him as colonel of the regiment       (with two companies from Cleveland). A diarist, he wrote almost       daily about his experience. The 23rd saw its first action in       September, 1861 in West Virginia. On May 10, 1862, serving under       Jacob Cox in West Virginia, Hayes suffered the first of four wounds       that he received during the war. James Monroe is the only other       American president who was wounded in battle. Transferred to the Army of the       Potomac under George McClellan, Coxï¿½s Kanawha Division led the       attack at Foxï¿½s Gap at South Mountain on September 14, 1862, where       Hayes was again wounded leading the 23rd. Hayes was subsequently       promoted to brigade commander in the Kanawha Division.  His       next action was to pursue John Hunt Morgan in his July, 1863 cavalry       raid in Ohio, engaging him shortly before his capture at       Buffingtonï¿½s Island. Back in West Virginia and now       serving under fellow Ohioan George Crook, Hayesï¿½ brigade took part       in the 1864 campaigns in West Virginia and then in the Shenandoah       Valley under generals David Hunter and Phil Sheridan. At Kernstown       in July, Hayes was credited with enabling Crookï¿½s force to escape       from Jubal Early. During the course of this battle, Hayes received       his third wound. He also was a hero at Opequo


The 1927 movie The General starred which actor?

Film History Milestones - 1927 Event and Significance 1927 Fox released They're Coming to Get Me (1927), a five-minute black and white short that was the first 'talkie' using the Movietone system. The first feature film released using the Fox Movietone system was Sunrise (1927) , directed by F. W. Murnau -- the first professionally-produced feature film with an actual soundtrack. 1927 The effective end of the silent era of films came when    Warner Brothers produced and debuted The Jazz Singer (1927) ,    the first widely-screened feature-length talkie or movie with dialogue. The musical, starring    popular vaudevillian Al Jolson, had accompanying audio (with a sound-on-disc    technology) which consisted of a few songs by Jolson and a few lines of    synchronized dialogue. In his nightclub act in the film, Jolson presented    the movie's first spoken ad-libbed words: "Wait a minute, wait a    minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet." The film had about 350 spontaneously    ad-libbed words. 1927 Fox's Movietone newsreel, the first    sound news film, was produced. The first recording of a news event was the takeoff of Charles Lindbergh's plane from New York on May 20, 1927 on his historic flight across the Atlantic to Paris, the inspiration to create Movietone News. 1927 At the height of his career during the decade of the 20s,    comedian Buster Keaton (known as "The Great Stone Face" who equally rivaled silent comic director/star Charlie    Chaplin), made many short films    and twelve feature films, including his timeless masterpiece The     General (1927) . It is regarded as one of the greatest of all silent    comedies (and Keaton's own favorite) - and undoubtedly the best train film    ever made. The chase comedy based on a true Civil War incident received both poor   reviews by critics (it was considered tedious and disappointing) and weak   box-office results (about a half million dollars) when initially released   in the late 1920s, and it led to Keaton's loss of independence as a film-maker   and a restrictive deal with MGM. It would take many decades for the film to   be hailed as one of the best ever made. His distinctive films were noted for their trademark wit,     satire, acrobatic agility and stunt-work, and fantasy. Other well-known     works at this time included Our Hospitality (1923), The Navigator      (1924), Sherlock, Jr. (1924), and Steamboat   Bill, Jr. (1928) . 1927 Director Abel Gance's celebrated epic silent film Napoleon (1927, Fr.) premiered in Paris, France, over 100 years after the military leader's death in 1821. It experimented with wide-screen and multi-screen effects, used rapid-fire    editing (influenced by Eisenstein's Potemkin (1925)), free-wheeling camera movement (influenced    by Murnau), and a unique multi-projector system. The final sequence was to be screened via triple projection as a triptych. It was the precursor to    the wide-screen Cinerama process that debuted in 1952. 1927 Director Fritz Lang's classic dystopian vision    of the future, the expressionistic Metropolis (1927, Germ) set in the year of 2000, exploited massive sets    and lavish set design, clever special effects, stylistic shadowing, oblique    camera angles and labryinths, and physical effects like realistic miniatures (one of their first uses)    and hydraulically-produced flooding. It was considered a costly box-office    disaster at the time and its notorious German producer, the UFA (Universumfilm    Aktiengesellschaft) had to be bailed out by U.S. interests. Brigitte Helm    served as the film's real Maria (an oppressed working girl) and as the evil    robotic doppelganger of herself - cinematic history's first android or robot. 1927 The Academy of Motion    Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) was founded, with 36 members (composed of actors, directors, writers, technicians, and producers). The organization's first president was Douglas    Fairbanks, Sr., a


Which US General, nicknamed "Stormin'" was commander of the coalition forces in the Gulf War of 1991?

H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Gulf War Commander, Dies at 78 - ABC News ABC News Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Gulf War Commander, Dies at 78 By MICHAEL S. JAMES WATCH Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Dead at 78 0 Shares Email H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired general credited with leading U.S.-allied forces to a victory in the first Gulf War, died today at age 78. The man who Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today called "one of the great military giants of the 20th century" died in Tampa, Fla., where he lived in retirement, the Associated Press reported. "The men and women of the Department of Defense join me in mourning the loss of General Norman Schwarzkopf, whose 35 years of service in uniform left an indelible imprint on the United States military and on the country," Panetta said in a statement. "My thoughts and prayers are with the Schwarzkopf family in this time of sadness and grief." Schwarzkopf, called "Stormin' Norman" because of his reportedly explosive temper, led America to two military victories: a small one in Grenada in the 1980s and a big one as de facto commander of allied forces in the Gulf War in 1991. "'Stormin' Norman' led the coalition forces to victory, ejecting the Iraqi Army from Kuwait and restoring the rightful government," read a statement by former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War. "His leadership not only inspired his troops, but also inspired the nation." WATCH: Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf to Saddam Hussein: 'Get Outta Town' Schwarzkopf's success during that fight, also known as Operation Desert Storm, came under President George H.W. Bush, who through his office today mourned "the loss of a true American patriot and one of the great military leaders of his generation." "Gen. Norm Schwarzkopf, to me, epitomized the 'duty, service, country' creed that has defended our freedom and seen this great nation through our most trying international crises," Bush said. "More than that, he was a good and decent man -- and a dear friend." Bush's office released the statement though the former president, himself, was ill, hospitalized in Texas with a stubborn fever and on a liquids-only diet. The current White House occupant, President Obama, also memorialized Schwarzkopf, declaring him "an American original" who "stood tall for the country and Army he loved." The future four-star general was born Aug. 24, 1934, in Trenton, N.J. Schwarzkopf's father, who shared his name, directed the investigation of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping as head of the New Jersey State Police, later becoming a brigadier general in the U.S. Army. Schwarzkopf was raised as an army brat in Iran, Switzerland, Germany and Italy, following in his father's footsteps to West Point, earning an engineering degree and being commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1956. WATCH: Gen. Schwarzkopf's '5 Minutes of Unimportant Questions' He earned three Silver Stars for bravery during two tours in Vietnam, gaining a reputation as an opinionated, plain-spoken commander with a sharp temper who would risk his own life for his soldiers. "He had volunteered to go to Vietnam early just so he could get there before the war ended," said former Army Col. William McKinney, who knew Schwarzkopf from their days at West Point, according to ABC News Radio. In 1983, as a newly-minted general, Schwarzkopf once again led troops into battle in President Reagan's invasion of Granada, a tiny Caribbean island where the White House saw American influence threatened by a Cuban-backed coup. But he gained most of his fame in Iraq, where he used his 6-foot-3, 240-pound frame and fearsome temper to drive his forces to victory. "He was known as a soldier's general," said retired Maj. Gen. Donald Shepperd, as he explained the "Stormin' Norman" nickname to ABC News Radio. "In other words, he really liked the troops and was soft on the troops. But boy, on his general officers, his officers, his NCO's, he was very, very tough and he had a real quick temper." PHOTOS: In Memoriam: People We Lost in 2012 Gruff and direct


Which British submarine sunk the General Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 2 | 1982: British sub sinks Argentine cruiser About This Site | Text Only 1982: British sub sinks Argentine cruiser Argentina's only cruiser, the General Belgrano, has been sunk by a British nuclear submarine in the South Atlantic. It is the first serious attack on the Argentine navy by the British since the conflict over the disputed Falkland Islands began last month. The second largest ship in the Argentine navy was struck by two Tigerfish torpedoes from HMS Conqueror. It is thought there were about 1,000 men on board. British helicopters also sank a patrol boat and damaged another using Seaskua air-to-surface missiles. According to sources in Buenos Aires, at least five Argentine warships have been taking part in the search for survivors throughout the day. I sincerely hope it will not be a long and bloody conflict John Nott, Defence Secretary Chances of anyone being found are limited with reports of 30-foot high waves and icy conditions. The Belgrano, an old World War II ship, was reported to have been severely damaged this morning. News that she had actually sunk came as the Defence Secretary, John Nott, was answering questions from journalists this afternoon. The Belgrano was outside the 200-mile total exclusion zone at the time of the attack and Mr Nott was asked whether the bombing was therefore justified. He replied: "The General Belgrano was a threat to our men and therefore it is quite correct that she was attacked by our submarines." Mr Nott said the past week had been a successful one for British armed forces, but that the overriding aim was a peaceful and lasting settlement. "I sincerely hope it will not be a long and bloody conflict," he added. Earlier today, the government announced the next stage in the military build-up. The QE2 has been called into service - she is due back at Southampton at midnight tonight - as well as two ferries and a container ship. They will be used to carry 3,000 infantrymen.


Who was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a British trade union?

Transport and General Workers' Union Transport and General Workers' Union Transport and General Workers' Union The Transport and General Workers' Union came into being on 1 January 1922 with the amalgamation of fourteen trade unions involved in the transport industry. During the next eighty-six years it absorbed nearly one hundred further unions, becoming the largest trade union in British history and possibly the largest in the free world. It expanded its interests from the transport industry to encompass members in almost every industry in the country. Such was its influence that its first General Secretary, Ernest Bevin, who held office for twenty-three years, was invited by Winston Churchill to serve as Minister of Labour throughout the Second World War, and went on to serve as Foreign Secretary in Clement Attlee's Labour Government. The fourth General Secretary, Frank Cousins, followed in Bevin's political footsteps by serving as Minister of Technology in Harold Wilson's first government. Cousin's successor, Jack Jones, who headed the union at the height of its power in the 1970s, was often described as the most powerful man in Britain. Bill Morris, who headed the union from 1992 to 2003, was the first black General Secretary in British trade union history and was succeeded by Tony Woodley. On 1 May 2007, eighty-five years after its creation, the T&G amalgamated with Amicus to form a new union - Unite. The Transport and General Workers' Union archive comprises over 1,100 boxes of material, of which over 500 boxes comprises the archive of T&G Central Office, nearly 400 boxes comprise the archive of the T&G Research Department, and the remainder comprise the archives of three former General Secretaries (Ernest Bevin, Jack Jones and Bill Morris) and some eighty predecessor unions, although some are only represented by a handful of documents. The full catalogue of the T&G archive is available online . All researchers must obtain prior permission from the Transport and General Workers' Union section of Unite in order to examine unpublished material within the T&G archive. Personal permission from Lord Morris is required to examine his papers during his lifetime. Please contact the Modern Records Centre for details.     United Kingdom Society of Coach Makers: Transfer or travelling card in the name of James Carr, coach painter, Dublin, 1847 These documents could confirm the status and record the travels of and benefits paid to members "on the tramp". The United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers was formed in 1834 by the Liverpool and Manchester Coachmakers' Societies after they had co-operated during a strike. In 1919 it amalgamated with three other trade unions to form the National Union of Vehicle Builders. The union transferred engagements to the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1972. [Document reference: MSS.126/VB/7/2/1]


The General Synod is the legislative body of the Church of England, instituted in 1970. By what name was this body known prior to 1970?

Map of General Synod of the Church of England - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki General Synod of the Church of England: Map       Wikipedia article: Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article: The General Synod is the deliberative and legislative body of the Church of England . The Synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church Assembly, and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had started in the 1850s. The Church Assembly: 1919 to 1970 Prior to 1919, any change to the Church's worship or governance had to be by Act of Parliament , which resulted in little being done. In 1919, the Convocations of the Provinces of Canterbury and York proposed that a National Assembly of the Church of England be established and be given power to legislate for the Church. This proposal was given effect through the Church of England Assembly Act 1919 . The Act gave the assembly power to pass Measures - laws which were to "have the force and effect of an Act of Parliament" on "any matter concerning the Church of England", and included the power to repeal or amend Acts of Parliament concerning the Church. The Act required that, after being passed by the Assembly, the Measure had to be examined by a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament and then approved by a vote of each House before being submitted to the Queen for Royal Assent . If MP or members of the House of Lords are not content with a Measure then they can vote to reject it, but cannot amend it. Once a measure has been agreed ("deemed expedient") by both Houses of Parliament, and received Royal Assent, it is printed with the Acts of Parliament for the year in question. The General Synod: from 1970 Establishment By the Synodical Government Measure 1969, the Church Assembly renamed and reconstituted itself as the General Synod of the Church of England. It also took over the powers formerly exercised by the Convocations of Canterbury and York. Membership The Synod is tricameral , consisting of the House of Bishops , the House of Clergy and the House of Laity . There are currently 467 members in total. The House of Bishops is made up the 30 diocesan bishops in the Province of Canterbury (plus the Bishop of Dover ), the 14 bishops of the Province of York, seven suffragan bishops (four from Canterbury and three from York) elected by all suffragan bishops, and the Bishop to the Forces . The House of Clergy comprises clergy elected by the following: 128 elected from the Province of Canterbury, 54 elected from the Province of York, 1 elected by each of the Universities of Oxford


In Worzel Gummidge, who played the character of Aunty Sally?

Worzel Gummidge - Classic Aunt Sally Scene - YouTube Worzel Gummidge - Classic Aunt Sally Scene Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 5, 2012 From "The Return Of Dolly Clothes Peg" ; this is one of my favourite Aunt Sally scenes. Superb acting from Una Stubbs in this wonderful piece, with the Crowman (Geoffrey Bayldon) interrogating Aunt Sally about a missing cake and missing Dolly Clothes Peg (Lorraine Chase). Category


Who created and wrote the TV series Maid Marian And Her Merry Men?

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com Maid Marian and Her Merry Men Follow EDIT Robin Hood wasn't the heroic, lovable bandit history led us to believe. Instead he was a self-centered, yellow-bellied chicken. The brains and courage actuality came from Maid Marian! Marian was in fact the real leader of the Merry Men, who fought to protect the pennyless people of Worksop against the deceitfully worm-like Sheriff of Nottingham and the big nasty ogre called 'King John.' With a lighthearted song and a twist of zaniness, Maid Marian and her Merry Men (for the most part at least!) saved the day. But unintentionally dropped all the credit into Robin's lap. Created by 'Black Adders' Tony Robinson and shown on Children's BBC 1. Fresh Off the Boat How to Be An American NEW The Real O'Neals The Real Sin NEW NCIS: New Orleans Follow the Money NEW NEW NBC Important: You must only upload images which you have created yourself or that you are expressly authorised or licensed to upload. By clicking "Publish", you are confirming that the image fully complies with TV.com’s Terms of Use and that you own all rights to the image or have authorization to upload it. Please read the following before uploading Do not upload anything which you do not own or are fully licensed to upload. The images should not contain any sexually explicit content, race hatred material or other offensive symbols or images. Remember: Abuse of the TV.com image system may result in you being banned from uploading images or from the entire site – so, play nice and respect the rules! Choose background:


The cartoon series Dogtanian And The Three Muskehounds was based on a book by which author?

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (Western Animation) - TV Tropes Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share Western Animation / Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds × From left to right: Pip, Porthos, Dogtanian, Athos and Aramis. "One for all and all for one, Muskehounds are always ready. One for all and all for one, Helping everybody. One for all and all for one, It's a pretty story. That's the way to be." —First verse of the opening theme Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds is a 1981 cartoon based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas . The cartoon was created by Spanish animation studio BRB Internacional and co-produced in Japan by Nippon Animation . This was a remarkably faithful 26-part adaptation (with some inevitable bowdlerisation ; for instance, Dogtanian's love interest Juliette, is M. Bonacieux's niece rather than his wife), with one major difference: the principal characters are all dogs, as is most of the supporting cast, with the occasional cat, pig, bear or rabbit. Young Dogtanian is a child of poor but honest parents, living in a small village in Gascony, scrapping with his puppy pals and dreaming of becoming a Musketeer (the title notwithstanding, they're called "Musketeers" throughout - at least in the English dub). When a messenger arrives from his father's old friend Monsieur de Treville , head of the Musketeers, asking that Dogtanian be sent to Paris to train under him, our hero sets off armed with a sword , a decrepit old horse and an ointment that can heal any wound . On his journey he falls foul of a mysterious cavalier , the Man with the Black Moustache , and ends up walking to Paris with no money and a broken sword. He arrives at last and falls in with the trio of friends known as the Three Musketeers: The Leader Porthos , portly Athos and romantic Aramis (the book roles of Athos and Porthos are swapped). Dogtanian's spirit and swordsmanship soon make him an indispensible part of the team, and he settles down to a life of duelling with the Cardinal's Guards, wooing the lovely Juliette and foiling villainous plots against nice-but-weak King Louis and his wife Anne of Austria. His ultimate aim is to prove himself and be accepted into the ranks of the Musketeers. Anyone who grew up in the UK and Spain in the 1980s will almost certainly remember this show, as it seemed to be on permanent loop along with The Mysterious Cities of Gold and Around the World with Willy Fog . A sequel series was made in 1990 that continued with a new story based on The Vicomte de Bragelonne, although changing "the man in the iron mask" for "the man in the golden muzzle". Tropes: Absurdly Sharp Blade / Artistic License ï¿½ Physics / Implausible Fencing Powers : In the intro Dogtanian tosses an apple into the air with the point of his sword and cuts through it eight times while it inexplicably hovers in the air unaffected by gravity and catches it on the point of his sword seemingly intact. He then blows on it and it becomes a shower of over fifty wafer thin slices that float down to the floor. So somehow Dogtanian is able to use a rapier (a type of sword that doesn't even have an edge!) to slice through an apple, while it hovers in the air for no legitmate reason, using a number of cuts insufficient to make that many slices, to a degree of accuracy that permits each slice to be light and thin enough to float down in the air rather than falling to the ground normally, in such a way that the apple retains it's overall structure until he blows on it. Right... Animal Stereotypes : The Three Musketeers' strong loyalty is highlighted by them being dogs. Meanwhile, Milady, a villainous cat, showcases classic feline cunning. Animesque : It was co-produced in Japan after all. It definitely shows in the characters facial expressions. Anthropomorphic Animal Adaptation : Dogtanian is, of course, a dog, as are the Musketeers. Most of the other characters are also dogs, though some are other animals like pigs. Art Evolution : The 1990 sequel series swit


In the TV show The Flumps, how many Flumps where there?

The Flumps (TV Series 1976– ) - IMDb IMDb 4 January 2017 1:18 AM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The adventures of a family of cute, furry creatures - The Flumps. Grandpa Flump, Ma and Pa Flump, their eldest son Perkin, daughter Posie and youngest son Pootle. Each episode contains fun songs and a story from the 'Big Book'. Creator: 74th Golden Globe Awards Jimmy Fallon may be hosting, but let IMDb be your guide to the 2017 Golden Globes with galleries, videos, lists, and more. Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 4 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. a list of 238 titles created 08 Feb 2012 a list of 981 titles created 24 Sep 2012 a list of 699 titles created 09 Aug 2014 a list of 811 titles created 19 Apr 2015 a list of 83 titles created 10 May 2015 Search for " The Flumps " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Popular British children's animation series, repeated almost constantly since 1971. Mr Benn is the ordinary, bowler-hatted office worker who lives in the ordinary suburban street of Festive... See full summary  » Stars: Ray Brooks A melancholic children's animation from the 'Smallfilms' team of Postgate and Firmin. Bagpuss and his friends are toys in a turn of the century shop for 'found things'. When young Emily ... See full summary  » Stars: Oliver Postgate, Sandra Kerr, John Faulkner Button Moon (TV Series 1980) Family Mr Spoon and his family live on Junk Planet. He travels in his baked bean tin spaceship across blanket sky to Button Moon. There he meets many strange characters and watches stories unfold on other planets using his telescope. Stars: Robin Parkinson     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X   A sequel, of sorts, to Camberwick Green but set in the larger, nearby town of Trumpton. Each episode opens with the town hall clock and ends with the fire brigade band playing. Every show tells the story of one of the townsfolk. Stars: Brian Cant Children's animation from the 'Smallfilms' team of Postgate and Firmin. In the 'top, left hand corner of Wales' runs an archaic railway line staffed by such characters as Jones the Steam ... See full summary  » Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate When Jamie shines his Magic Torch on the floor of his bedroom a hole appears, leading Jamie and Wordsworth the sheepdog to the psychedelic fantasy world of Cuckooland. Stars: Brian Trueman, Kate Murray-Henderson Children's puppet programme featuring music and stories. Stars: Geoffrey Hayes, Roy Skelton, Stanley Bates The long running television series of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, and the children's everyday lives. Stars: Stuart Organ, Gwyneth Powell, Lee Cornes Charming finger puppet series with Yoffy (Jones) telling stories featuring Fingermouse, Scampi, Gulliver the Seagull, and other animal characters. Stars: Rick Jones The Wombles (TV Series 1973) Animation | Family The misadventures of a fantasy folk community dedicated to cleaning up litter and put it to their own use. Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Dieter Hallervorden In 17th century France, young Dogtanian travels to Paris to fulfill his ambition to become one of the King's Musketeers. He befriends Athos, Porthos and Aramis and falls in love with Juliette. A doggy version of the tale. Stars: Eduardo Jover, Gloria Cámara, Manuel Peiró The adventures of a little boy called Bod, who lives in a town with his friends Aunt Flo, P.C. Copper, Frank the Postman and Farmer Barleymow. Each episode also featured Alberto Frog and his Amazing Animal Band. Stars: John Le Mesurier, Maggie Henderson Edit Storyline The adventures of a family of cute, furry creatures - The Flumps. Grandpa Flump, Ma and Pa Flump, their eldest son Perkin, daughter Posie and youngest son Pootle. Each episode contains


New York Giants Football - Giants News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More - ESPN Giants NFL's most improved defense share All that spending in free agency last offseason paid off. By Football Outsiders' metrics, the Giants' defense went from being one of the league's worst in 2015 to one of the best this season. Most improved units (Insider) share The time for JPP to cash in has arrived share Jason Pierre-Paul settled for a one-year deal last offseason because of uncertainty over his hand after his fireworks accident. Now that he proved he can still play, a big deal should follow. Due for paydays (Insider) share Will Giants return to playoffs in 2017? share The defense should again be stout, especially with a rising star in Landon Collins. That said, the offense must get better, and the schedule will be tougher, John Clayton writes. Best set up for '17 (Insider) share Trade Odell Beckham Jr.? The Giants have some decisions to make, but it's foolish to even entertain moving their star receiver. More in the mailbag. Mike Sando ESPN Senior Writer  Eric Weddle, DeShawn Shead and AJ Bouye: the only players to pick off Tom Brady this season (Trevin Wade got one during the preseason). share Dan Graziano ESPN Staff Writer  Pat Flaherty, Tom Coughlin's longtime offensive line coach in NY, is joining the Jaguars in the same role. share Giants need to solve 'black hole' at TE share A dangerous seam threat could take attention away from Odell Beckham Jr., but the Giants have struggled to find an answer there. Luckily for them, this draft should offer some solutions. Biggest draft need share Jordan Raanan ESPN Staff Writer  Leon Hall was not fined for his hit that injured Jordy Nelson's ribs. No penalty was called on the play but it looked as if he led with his helmet. share


What is the most popular cheese to be produced and consumed in Greece?

Greek Feta Cheese [ ? ]Subscribe To This Site FETA CHEESE Feta cheese is the most famous of Greek cheeses and the most popular. It has been and still is an important part of the Greek diet. It is used in all types of meals, used as a stuffing, fried as in Saganaki, as a table cheese - drizzled with olive oil and oregano and served as a meze with drinks. It is famously known for being crumbled over a Greek salad, and as a filling for cheese pies - Tiropita, and many other pies. It is used for sweets, sweet pastries, as well as cheesecake. It is the most versatile of all cheeses. Over the last couple of decades, the rest of the world has fallen under the spell of feta, and understood what a fantastic cheese this really is. You will now find almost every cafe will be using feta in one of their meals. It is ideal for light, healthy dishes has a good strong taste, and contrasts well with colourful salads and other foods. Feta is made either completely from sheep's milk or can be mixed with up to 30% of goat's milk. It is a soft white cheese, with a salty, tangy taste and a unique, crumbly texture. It can range from mild to sharp. The milk fat content of feta ranges from 45 to 60 percent. In Greece, 12kg of feta is consumed per person per year! You can see the Greeks love their feta cheese! With much of the Greek landscape being mountainous and hilly, it was not suited for cows. Sheep and goats fared better in this countryside, were ideal as they could clamber over the mountains, produced milk as well as their meat. Sheep would travel over good distances every day to feed, and on the way would munch on a variety of plants, mountain grasses and herbs. In these regions, harmful substances such as pesticides and fertilisers were very scarce, so the milk these sheep produced was organically superior. With the sheep always on the move to get their food, they would never get fat and so consequently the milk produced was low in fat. It is these factors which give the feta cheese the characteristically pure, white colour. Feta which is not produced in Greece and in these conditions need to be chemically treated to obtain that sparkling white colour. Greece has been running a long legal battle in the European Courts to recognise that feta is a Greek cheese. This is due to other countries such as Denmark and France producing white cheeses, mostly from cow's milk and calling it Feta. In 2005, Greece won the battle and Feta is now a PDO which stands for Protected Designation of Origin. This means that in the European Union, no other country can call their cheese "Feta". It now comes under strict production guidelines, and can only be called feta if it is made exclusively with sheep's milk, with the addition of up to 30% goat's milk from and in Greece using traditional methods. Other countries within Europe either have to have their own name for this cheese or can call it "Greek Style Cheese". Of course, countries bordering Greece, were probably making this cheese before governments started putting up borders.  This will help to maintain the standard and quality of Greek Feta Cheese. The history of the Greek word "feta" comes from the Italian word "fetta", which means "slice". Although feta has been made since ancient Greece, it may have been the cheese Homer described with the Cycops, it became known as feta in the 17th century, whilst under Venetian influence. The slice refers either to the method of making it when they slice the curd or to the way it is served, in thick slices. Feta can dry out easily and sour quickly, so always keep in the refrigerator and store it in brine. Put it in a deep container and immerse it in water. Pour a good quantity of salt over the feta and ensure the feta is submerged in the liquid and it will keep for longer. Rinse the brine off the feta before using. If the feta you have bought is too salty, you can soak it in milk to dilute the salt. This will not likely be necessary with imported varieties, however I have had local made feta in Crete which could have done


Which country produces Leerdammer cheese?

Leerdammer® – Bel Group Leerdammer® A unique taste and personality Originating in the Netherlands, Leerdammer® is the second brand worldwide for sliced cheese (in volume terms). The famous cheese with holes has two great features, including an unmistakable hazelnut taste and a resolutely offbeat personality. Share HISTORY Leerdammer®’s story begins in Holland. In 1974, two Dutch cheese makers developed a new cheese with holes by combining Gouda and Emmental cheeses. From the start, Leerdammer® blended the best Dutch cheese traditions with a novel hazelnut taste that has won over European consumers. In 2002, Leerdammer® joined the Bel family of brands. Innovation and fun became strong attributes of the brand, which was already as well known for its distinctive taste as for its offbeat commercials. LEERDAMMER® TODAY One of the first brands available in pre-packaged slices so ideal for sandwiches, golden rind Leerdammer® comes in many formats and flavors to satisfy current eating trends. These include cheese blocks and deli cuts for traditionalists, the strong tasting “Caractère” range for enthusiasts, diced and grated versions to enliven any dish, and slices notably to accompany raclette fans. Highly appreciated in France, Leerdammer® is also very popular in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. KEY FIGURES 2nd brand worldwide for sliced cheese* Leerdammer® is currently available in 27 countries in Europe. N°1 cheese brand in Germany Twelve kilograms, the weight of a Leerdammer® cheese wheel 4 production units around the world ( 3 in the Netherlands and 1 in France) 53, 000 metric tonnes of Leerdammer produced in 2013 * in volume terms anecdote Leerdammer® was almost called Schoonrewoerd, in honor of the village where it was first made. But faced with the obvious difficulties of pronouncing this typically Dutch name, its creators decided to name the cheese after the nearby city of Leerdam. Smart move. Leerdammer® travels easier, particularly for a cheese that from the outset was already looking to go well beyond the borders of its homeland. learn about all our brands Say, “Limiano®” to a Portuguese person, and he will know exactly what you are talking about. Say, “Picon®” to a Lebanese national, and she can recite the brand’s slogan effortlessly. Bel’s international and local brands have won a special place in their consumers’ lives as well.


"Caravane" is the brand name of a cheese produced in Mauritania. From which animal is the milk taken?

Caravane cheese | WikiCheese | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Caravane is the brand name of a camel milk cheese produced in Mauritania by Tiviski, a company founded by Nancy Abeiderrhamane in 1987. The milk used to make the cheese is collected from the local animals of a thousand nomadic herdsmen, and is very difficult to produce, but yields a product that is low in lactose. As Mauritanians do not generally eat cheese, and the European Commission has not yet fully implemented policies designed for dromedary milk products, Caravane is difficult to find in Europe. Its availability is largely limited to Nouakchott shops and restaurants, and as an export to neighboring Senegal. It can now be purchased in select stores in New York . Caravane cheese


Which writer and comedian had a family name Cheese, but his father changed it in 1915?

John Marwood Cleese (Cheese) - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Ex-husband of Connie Booth ; Barbara Trentham and <private> Eichelberger (McBride) Father of <private> Cleese and <private> Cleese Managed by: Oct 27 1939 - Number 6 Ellesmere road, Weston-super-Mare, England, UK Parents: Reginald Francis Cleese (Cheese), Muriel Cleese (Cheese) (born Cross) Ex-wife: Oct 27 1939 - Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England Parents: Connie Booth, Alyce Cleese, Barbara Trentham, Jennifer Wade Children: Oct 1939 - Weston- Super-Mare, Somerset, England Parents: mother About John Cleese He is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. In the mid 1970s, Cleese co-wrote and starred in, with first wife Connie Booth, the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films, two Harry Potter films, and three Shrek films. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded the production company Video Arts, responsible for making entertaining training films. Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, the only child of Muriel (née Cross), an acrobat, and Reginald Francis Cleese (b. 1894), who worked in insurance sales. His family's surname was previously "Cheese", but his father changed it to "Cleese" in 1915, upon joining the Army. Cleese was educated at St Peter's Preparatory School where he was a star pupil, receiving a prize for English studies and doing well at sport including cricket and boxing. At 13 he received an exhibition to Clifton College, an English public school in Bristol. He was tall as a child and was well over 6 ft when he arrived there. While at the school he is said to have defaced the school grounds for a prank by painting footsteps to suggest that the school's statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig had got down from his plinth and gone to the toilet. Cleese played cricket for the first team and after initial indifference he did well academically, passing 8 O levels and 3 A-Levels in mathematics, physics and chemistry. After leaving school he went back to his prep school to teach science before taking up a place he had won at Downing College, Cambridge where he studied law and joined the Cambridge Footlights Revue. There he met his future writing partner Graham Chapman. Cleese wrote extra material for the 1961 Footlights Revue I Thought I Saw It Move, and was Registrar for the Footlights Club during 1962, as well as being one of the cast members for the 1962 Footlights Revue Double Take! He graduated from Cambridge in 1963 with a 2:1 classification in his degree. Despite his successes on The Frost Report, his father would send him cuttings from the Daily Telegraph offering management jobs in places like Marks and Spencer. Personal life: 1960s to 1980s - Cleese met Connie Booth in America during the late 1960s and the couple married in 1968. In 1971, Booth gave birth to Cynthia Cleese, their only child. With Booth, Cleese wrote the scripts for and co-starred in both series of the TV series Fawlty Towers, even though the two were actually divorced before the second series was finished and aired. Cleese and Booth are said to have remained close friends since. Cleese remarried in 1981, to American actress Barbara Trentham. Their daughter Camilla, Cleese's second child, was born in 1984. He and Trentham divorced in 1990. It was also during this time that Cleese moved from the United Kingdom to Califor


Peter was the first Pope but who was the second?

The First 10 Popes of the Catholic Church Contact The First 10 Popes of the Catholic Church Listers, we’ve catalogued the first ten Vicars of Christ for the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Save the information on our first pope – St. Peter – all the information presented is taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia and links for further reading are provided.   Painting of Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the saint as Pope (1611-1612) – Wikipedia 1. Pope St. Peter (32-67) St. Peter held a primacy amongst the twelve disciples that earned him the title “Prince of the Apostles.” This primacy of St. Peter was solidified when he was appointed by Jesus to the Office of the Vicar – demonstrated by Christ giving St. Peter the Keys to the Kingdom. To understand St. Peter, one must first understand Christ and the Church Christ came to establish. Jesus is the “Son of David” and his life and ministry fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of the New Davidic Kingdom and New Jerusalem; hence, we look to the historic kingdom of King David as a guide to the New Davidic Kingdom. King David had a vicar that ruled his kingdom when David was absent  and the sign of authority for this vicar was the keys of the kingdom. In the New Davidic Kingdom, Christ the Son of David gave the keys to his Vicar to guide the Kingdom until the return of Christ – we now refer to this vicar as “the pope.”  SPL has written extensively on these issue in 10 Biblical Reasons Christ Founded the Papacy and 13 Reasons St. Peter Was the Prince of the Apostles . 2. Pope St. Linus (67-76) All the ancient records of the Roman bishops which have been handed down to us by St. Irenaeus, Julius Africanus, St. Hippolytus, Eusebius, also the Liberian catalogue of 354, place the name of Linus directly after that of the Prince of the Apostles, St. Peter. These records are traced back to a list of the Roman bishops which existed in the time of Pope Eleutherus (about 174-189), when Irenaeus wrote his book “Adversus haereses”. As opposed to this testimony, we cannot accept as more reliable Tertullian’s assertion, which unquestionably places St. Clement (De praescriptione, xxii) after the Apostle Peter, as was also done later by other Latin scholars (Jerome, Illustrious Men 15). The Roman list in Irenaeus has undoubtedly greater claims to historical authority. This author claims that Pope Linus is the Linus mentioned by St. Paul in his 2 Timothy 4:21. The passage by Irenaeus (Against Heresies III.3.3) reads: After the Holy Apostles (Peter and Paul) had founded and set the Church in order (in Rome) they gave over the exercise of the episcopal office to Linus. The same Linus is mentioned by St. Paul in his Epistle to Timothy. His successor was Anacletus. We cannot be positive whether this identification of the pope as being the Linus mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21 goes back to an ancient and reliable source, or originated later on account of the similarity of the name. [ Read More ] 3. Pope St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) The second successor of St. Peter. Whether he was the same as Cletus, who is also called Anencletus as well as Anacletus, has been the subject of endless discussion. Irenaeus, Eusebius, Augustine, Optatus, use both names indifferently as of one person. Tertullian omits him altogether. To add to the confusion, the order is different. Thus Irenaeus has Linus, Anacletus, Clement; whereas Augustine and Optatus put Clement before Anacletus. On the other hand, the “Catalogus Liberianus”, the “Carmen contra Marcionem” and the “Liber Pontificalis”, all most respectable for their antiquity, make Cletus and Anacletus distinct from each other; while the “Catalogus Felicianus” even sets the latter down as a Greek, the former as a Roman. [ Read More ] 4. Pope St. Clement I (88-97) Pope Clement I (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian), is the first of the successors of St. Peter of whom anything definite is known, and he is the first of the “Apostolic Fathers”. His feast is celebrated 23 November. He has left one genuine writing, a letter to th


CBBC Newsround | World | Benedict XVI - what's in a name? Benedict XVI - what's in a name? The Catholic church's 265th pope, Joseph Ratzinger, has decided he wants to be known as Benedict XVI. The previous pope was known as John Paul II, but his real name was Karol Wojtyla. Why do popes choose names for themselves? Popes generally kept their own names until John II was elected to the role in 533. His real name was Mercury - the name of a Roman god. He decided it was not appropriate to lead the church with a pagan name. What does "benedict" mean? It comes from the Latin word for blessing and is among a number of pope names of holy origin, such as Clement (meaning "mercy"), Innocent ("hopeful") and Pius ("pious"). Why is the name important? The choice is often seen as the first signal to the world's 1.1bn Catholics about the kind of leadership they can expect. What is the significance of "Benedict"? St Benedict, a monk who died in the 6th Century, was a patron saint of Europe and a founder of the monastery system. An 18th Century saint of the same name was a wandering pilgrim. His feast day is 16 April - Joseph Ratzinger's birthday. Who was the previous Benedict? Benedict XV was pope from 1914 to 1922. He had the difficult task of leading Catholics on opposing sides through World War I. He refused to take sides and protested against the use of weapons, including poison gas. He was also known as a peacemaker and for reaching out to other religions.


In which area of Germany was he born and raised?

26 signs you were born and raised in Germany 26 signs you were born and raised in Germany View Single Page 1. Your mother ironed your bed linen, underwear, and towels. What would the neighbors think if she allowed you to leave the house with unironed underwear?! There must be order! 2. You’ve never watched The Sound of Music. The only reason you even know it exists is because your American friends keep referring to it, or even worse, sing the songs to you with the expectation that you’ll join in. 3. Döner kebab is your life-saving 3am hangover-prevention food. And you are completely convinced that it is a purely German invention. Like heck the integration of immigrants in German culture isn’t working! 4. Efficiency is your middle name. Working abroad in an international company? Almost certainly you’re the colleague everybody hates. The bloody German, who finishes all of his tasks in no time and leaves his boss desperate to find some new work for him. You’ve seriously tried to work more slowly, to deliver less quality results…but you just can’t help it — German efficiency is in your genes. 5. Elevators are a place of silence. There is an unwritten rule in Germany: You don’t look at other people in the elevator, and you definitely don’t talk to them. Even if you’re in an elevator with your friends, there’s usually an awkward silence nobody dares break. 6. You never, ever step on lawns. Even if you’re in one of the few parks where there is no sign prohibiting stepping on the lawn, you still feel like a criminal just for going near the grass. 7. There’s just one kind of proper bread. Real bread is dark and has a crispy crust and a soft inside, obviously. White bread, whether it’s a baguette or ciabatta, just isn’t the real deal. When you travel the world or move abroad, there is nothing you long for more than the sight of a traditional German bakery. 8. You’re the worst nightmare of every party host. When you’re invited to a party at 7pm in — let’s say — Spain, like a good German you’ll probably show up at 6.50pm, walk around the block once because you don’t want to be too early, and then ring the bell at 6.55pm. Don’t expect your host to open the door anytime soon — he’s still in the shower and hasn’t even started preparing the house for the party yet. On the other hand, when you invite people for a party at 7 pm, you expect them to show up at 7pm. Not at 7.30pm, not at 8pm, and god beware if one of them dares to arrive at 8.30pm without having a really good excuse (like saving a kitten out of a burning house). 9. The expression “7-ish” makes you cringe. There is either 7:00 or 7:05 or 7:10. For you, 7-ish is just an excuse for people who can’t manage their time effectively to be punctual. Mainly, you’re just pissed that you’ll never manage to be somewhere around 7-ish. You’ll always be there at 6:55. Even when you’ve sent a text with your sincere apologies that you’ll probably be late, you’ll still be there at 6:55. 10. You have a very strong opinion about beer. This opinion strongly varies depending on your birthplace though. It is a little bit like religion. While people from Cologne prefer their Kölsch in tiny 0,2l glasses, and people from Bremen drink their Pils out of 0,33l glasses, Bavarians wouldn’t trade their Helles in 1l beer mugs for anything in the world. This can lead to serious inner German conflicts: When someone from Cologne tries to order a Kölsch in Munich, he’ll probably be kicked out of the bar faster than a Bavarian can say “Lederhosen.” 11. Three beers are an escalope. Beer in Germany is widely considered as a food and not as an alcoholic beverage. This Bavarian proverb suggests that the nutritional value of 3 beers equates to having a proper lunch — drinking a beer or two during your lunch break and then returning to work is completely natural for you. 12. You constantly complain about the Servicewüste Deutschland. In fact, you’re convinced that there’s no worse customer service than in Germany. Then you go abroad to Hungary or France, and when you return, you want to kiss every single cashier who s