Who resigned as CEO of Barclay's after the LIBOR tax rate scandal?

Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns amid Libor scandal - BBC News BBC News Barclays boss Bob Diamond resigns amid Libor scandal 3 July 2012 Close share panel Image caption Bob Diamond's severance package has not yet been decided, Barclays says Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has resigned a week after the bank was fined a record amount for trying to manipulate inter-bank lending rates. BBC business editor Robert Peston said he was encouraged to go by the heads of the Bank of England and the FSA. Mr Diamond said he was stepping down because the external pressure on the bank risked "damaging the franchise". Chief operating officer Jerry del Missier has also resigned, the third top executive in two days to do so. Barclays chairman Marcus Agius, who had announced his own resignation on Monday, will now take over the running of Barclays until a new chief executive is appointed. 'Cynical greed' BBC business editor Robert Peston said the heads of the City's two main regulators had been unable to force Mr Diamond out "because the recent FSA investigation into how Barclays attempted to rig the important Libor interest rates did not find him personally culpable". It is a soap opera like no other I can remember in my 30 years of reporting on the City By Robert PestonBusiness editor FSA boss slams 'greed' at banks "However, as a regulated institution, it was impossible for Barclays' board to ignore the revealed wishes of the two most powerful regulators in the City." Earlier, Lord Turner, the chairman of the Financial Services Authority, described the outrage that has built up over the bank's actions. "The cynical greed of traders asking their colleagues to falsify their Libor submissions so that they could make bigger profits - has justifiably shocked and angered people, in particular when we are facing hard economic times provoked by the financial crisis," he told the Financial Services Authority's annual meeting. Committee appearance How Libor scandal developed Criminal charges: The problems Mr Diamond will still appear before MPs on the Treasury Committee on Wednesday to answer questions about the Libor affair. "I look forward to fulfilling my obligation to contribute to the Treasury Committee's enquiries related to the settlements that Barclays announced last week without my leadership in question," Mr Diamond said in a statement. He is expected to be questioned about a conversation he had with the deputy governor of the Bank of England, Paul Tucker, about Barclays' Libor submissions at the height of the credit crunch in 2008. Barclays' managers came to believe, after the conversation between Mr Diamond and Mr Tucker, that the Bank of England had sanctioned them to lie about what they were paying to borrow when providing data to the committees that set the Libor rate. Inquiry row Chancellor George Osborne welcomed Mr Diamond's departure and said he hoped it was the "first step towards a new culture of responsibility" in banking. "It is the right decision for the country," Mr Osborne said, saying the UK needed a strong Barclays concentrating on lending and contributing to economic recovery. Labour leader Ed Miliband said it was "necessary and right" that Bob Diamond stepped down. "But this is about much more than one individual, it's about the culture and practices of the banking industry," he said. "That's why we need a full, judge-led, independent inquiry, to get to the bottom of those practices and make recommendations for change in the future. We've had missed opportunities before, we've got to seize this moment." Labour is critical of the government's decision to call a parliamentary inquiry, chaired by the head of the Treasury Committee, Andrew Tyrie MP, rather than a full Leveson-style inquiry, independent of politicians. Big pay-off? Last week, regulators in the US and UK fined Barclays £290m ($450m) for attempting to rig Libor and Euribor, the interest rates at which banks lend to each other, which underpin trillions of pounds worth of financial transactions. Libor is to banking what the Millie Dowler case was to phon


Who is the former Formula 1 racing driver who won a Paralympics Cycling Gold Medal at London 2012?

Paralympics 2012: former Formula One driver Alessandro Zanardi wins bunch sprint to claim second gold - Telegraph Advertisement Paralympics 2012: former Formula One driver Alessandro Zanardi wins bunch sprint to claim second gold Italy's Alessandro Zanardi, showing great skill in picking the best racing  line around the final turn, claimed his second gold medal of the Paralympics  when he emerged victorious from a sprint finish in the H4 men's road race at  his old stomping ground of Brands Hatch. Gold again: the former racing driver has enjoyed a brilliant debut Paralympics Photo: REUTERS Follow The former F1 star, who once held the Formula 3000 track record at the Kent circuit, positioned himself on reigning champion Ernt Van Dyk's shoulder going into the final corner as a peloton of eight riders fought for the best position. The Italian seemed to be cutting an impossible tight line but as they emerged onto the Jack Brabham straight it was clear he had judged the corner perfectly and, using the slingshot of the corner, he dived out from behind the big South African, hit the turbo, and sprinted his way impressively to the line. Zanardi's turn of speed after over two hours hand pedalling in the hot evening sun on the 64km course was remarkable as Van Dyk trailed home in second place with Wim Decleir from Belgium taking bronze. Zanardi, who won the men's time-trial, has a chance to claim a third gold medal tomorrow in the team relay event. "To win this race in this way, in such a dramatic way and sprinting makes me really proud," said Zanardi. Related Articles


Who, now an Honorary Professor of Media Studies at Liverpool John Moores University, wrote the autobiography 'Mid Term Report'?

Honorary book 2015 by Liverpool John Moores University - issuu issuu The Fellowship of Liverpool John Moores University Designed and produced by LJMU Corporate Communications ÂŠ LJMU2015 The Fellowship of the University Matthew Kelly (2011) Aung San Suu Kyi (2009) Yoong Lai Thye (2008) Roy Morris (2006) Francisco Sánchez Martínez (2013) The Fellowship of Liverpool John Moores University This is a truly civic university, firmly rooted in this extraordinary city, and its defining ethos comprises three deceptively simple yet very powerful words: Dream. Plan. Achieve. Each year at Graduation, the University’s highest honour – an Honorary Fellowship - is bestowed on a select band of individuals outside the University, in recognition of their outstanding achievement in a given field or profession, and who personify and inspire others to ‘dream, plan, and achieve.’ The Fellowship of the University is an association of individuals who are closely connected with the work of the University and our Fellows play an active role in the life of the University by delivering guest lectures, hosting events, helping with projects and in some cases mentoring and supporting individual or groups of students. This volume has been compiled to celebrate the last decade of the fellowship using original photographs and text from each ceremony. 2014 SERIES 1 Sir Jon Murphy QPM In recognition of his exceptional services to policing and community relations Sir Jon Murphy QPM receives his Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his exceptional services to policing and community relations. Jon is the present Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, playing a key role in the continued delivery of local policing and meeting the needs of the community. He has been commended on fourteen occasions and was awarded the Queenâ€™s Police Medal in 2007 and knighted in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to policing. He has a LLB (Hons) in Law from the University of Liverpool and a diploma in Applied Criminology from the University of Cambridge. He has worked with the University to develop the annual LJMU Chief Constable Lecture series, providing a fly-on-the-wall account of life as a Chief Constable running one of the UKâ€™s largest and most diverse police forces. Sir Jon Murphy QPM Ian Meadows OBE DL In recognition of his outstanding contribution to business and the civic life of the city Ian Meadows OBE DL receives his Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding contribution to business and the civic life of the city. Ian is the Chairman and Chief Executive of R S Clare and Co Ltd, Liverpoolâ€™s oldest manufacturer, founded in 1748. Over a career of 40 years in Liverpool, Ian has been involved in crime prevention, regeneration, trade associations and community affairs. He has received a number of accolades including an OBE for services to industry and a Queenâ€™s Award for Enterprise. He was Deputy Lieutenant for Merseyside in 2003 and Honorary Colonel in 2006. He has also been awarded for setting up a facility for would-be entrepreneurs in deprived areas of Liverpool. Ian was the High Sheriff of Merseyside for the year 2013-2014. Ian Meadows OBE DL Darren Henley OBE In recognition of his outstanding contribution to arts and culture Darren Henley OBE receives his Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding contribution to arts and culture. Darren is the Managing Director of Classic FM. His two independent government reviews into music and cultural education resulted in the creation of Englandâ€™s first National Plan for Music Education, new networks of Music Education Hubs and Heritage Schools, the BFI Film Academy and the new National Youth Dance Company. He is currently the chair of the governmentâ€™s Cultural Education Board. His 27 books about classical music and musicians include the first official history of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Darren has worked with LJMU through its partnership with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to broadcast Classic FM


Which explorer discovered the Victoria falls on the River Zambezi?

To the Victoria Falls - Discovery of the Upper Zambezi Discovery of the Upper Zambezi Discovery of the Victoria Falls Discovery of Lake Ngami Livingstone had met a wealthy English hunter and explorer, William Cotton Oswell and as early as 1847 he suggested they go in search of Sechele's mysterious lake. Oswell had earned his reputation, and money, in India as a renowned elephant hunter and ivory trader, and was now looking for new hunting fields. Livingstone was looking to establish another mission station in the region. In June 1849 Oswell, Livingstone and another Scotsman, Mungo Murray, set off acorss the trackless Kalahari Desert, ‘the great thirstland’, which at that time was believed to stretch as far as the Sahara, in search of the unknown 'great lake'. They were supported by an accompanying group of Bakwena, who acted as guides, passing through what is now Lephepe and Serowe, then northwest to Letlhakane and the Botete River. Five months later, after crossing three hundred miles of desert and nearly dying from lack of water, they became the first Europeans to discover Lake Ngami. Livingstone received a Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his discovery, although Ngami, which is fed by rivers debouching from the Okavango Delta, was already known to European traders and hunters, not to mention the Batawana people who lived on its shores. Livingstone describing it as a "shimmering lake, some 80 miles [130 km] long and 20 wide". During the 19th century it was a substantial waterbody, and it took them several days to circumnavigate its perimeter. It is one of the fragmented remnants of the ancient Lake Makgadikgadi which once was fed by the Upper Zambezi and covered a huge area of modern-day Botswana. Beyond Ngami, Livingstone was told, in the land of the Makololo, were mightier waterways. Oswell, as the expedition organiser and financial backer, was awarded the medal of the Paris Geographical Society for the discovery. When, in later years, his more famous companion began to receive total credit for their joint exploits, Oswell accepted the fact philosophically. Lake Ngami Discovered by Oswell, Murray & Livingstone (from Livingstone's Missionary Travels) A year after his first visit, however, Livingstone returned to Lake Ngami, determined to continue to the Makololo country to the north. Mary refused to be left behind, and their children, Robert, Agnes and Thomas, aged (respectively) four, three and one years old, travelled with them. Mary was also pregnant again. He would pass off the hardships it entailed. "Wagon-travelling in Africa is a prolonged system of picnicking... Excellent for the health and agreeable to those who are not over fastidious about trifles, and who delight in the open air". It took them four months and 10 days and nearly ended in disater. "In some parts we had to travel both day and night continuously for want of water, and then tie up the oxen to prevent them running away ’till we had dug wells. I lost four in pitfalls made for game, two from drought, one by a lion..." When they reached the mature woodland of the Boteti River and then the shores of Ngami, the atmosphere became almost festive as the children splashed in the shallows. However two of the children, Agnes and Thomas, went down with malaria, and soon all his men were sick. The mosquito was not yet suspected as the vector for malaria, with Livingstone recording he "could not touch a square half inch of the bodies of the children unbitten after a single night’s exposure." Using a mixture of jalap resin, calomel, rhubarb and quinine – a remedy he hit on by trial and error he cured them. His medicinal remedy became know as the 'Livingstone Pill' or 'Livingstone's Rousers', and was manufactured in tabloid form by the firm of Burroughs Wellcome until the 1920s. A remedy composed of from six to eight grains of resin of jalap, the same of rhubarb, and three each of calomel and quinine, made up into four pills, with tincture of cardamoms, usually relieved all the symptoms in five or six hours. Four pills are a full dose for a ma


In which country is the wine growing region, Bekaa Valley?

Bekaa Valley Wine - A Guide to the Wines of Bekaa Valley Bekaa Valley Wine for this region?   Bekaa Valley is the center of the Lebanese wine industry, with the majority of the country’s vineyards. Most of Lebanon is too hot and dry for quality viticulture, however the cooling effects from the Mediterranean and elevated slopes with water runoff from Mount Lebanon create a microclimate in which grapes can thrive and ripen with good balance.    Lebanon itself has a long history of wine production dating back 5000 years to the ancient Phoenicians who successfully traded wine with other countries in exchange for gold and other precious commodities. Through the centuries, other empires occupied the land. In the 16th century, when the Ottomans arrived, alcohol production and consumption was limited to only the residual Christians who stayed after the Crusades and were allowed to produce sacramental wines.    In 1857, with this loophole in place, Jesuit missionaries created Ksara, the country’s first commercial winery and now its largest wine producer Read more »   Bekaa Valley is the center of the Lebanese wine industry, with the majority of the country’s vineyards. Most of Lebanon is too hot and dry for quality viticulture, however the cooling effects from the Mediterranean and elevated slopes with water runoff from Mount Lebanon create a microclimate in which grapes can thrive and ripen with good balance.    Lebanon itself has a long history of wine production dating back 5000 years to the ancient Phoenicians who successfully traded wine with other countries in exchange for gold and other precious commodities. Through the centuries, other empires occupied the land. In the 16th century, when the Ottomans arrived, alcohol production and consumption was limited to only the residual Christians who stayed after the Crusades and were allowed to produce sacramental wines.    In 1857, with this loophole in place, Jesuit missionaries created Ksara, the country’s first commercial winery and now its largest wine producer. They also produce Arak, a popular Middle Eastern fruit-based distillate with added anise seed. This success paved the way for others that have continued into the modern era such as Chateau Kefraya, and Massaya. Lebanon has a significant French influence from occupation after World War I, Algerian immigration, and French Christians who settled during the Crusades. The descendants of one such family, the Hochars, established Chateau Musar in Ghazir in 1930. Aside from the above mentioned commercial wineries that have found success overseas, boutique operations continue to crop up.    The French varietal Cinsault was the first grape planted in the Christian era. Others followed such as Carignan, Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay, Ugni Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Chasselas, Clairette, and Muscat, and native Lebanese grapes such as Merwah and Obaideh. Styles range from red, white, pink, sparkling, and sweet. Many of the dry wines are produced as blends.    Lebanese vignerons need a tough skin. Not only do they have to deal with the usual calamities that befall viticulture, such as vine diseases, drought, and frost, but also frequent periods of political instability and violent clashes with neighboring countries. However, many have learned to just go with the flow and persevere under these tough conditions.


Which Wigan and GB rugby league player played for the Barbarians against Australian Wallabies in late 2011?

Barbarians v Australia Rugby Betting Odds & Preview – 26.11.11 - Online Betting News Barbarians v Australia Rugby Betting Odds & Preview – 26.11.11 League star Tomkins starts on wing 23rd November 2011 / Lee A Jackson We should get to see some high class entertaining rugby for once at Twickenham on Saturday, as we take a look at Barbarians v Australia rugby betting . It is always an interesting affair watching the Baa Baas trying to put on a rugby spectacle, as their collective skills pulled in from all over the world of rugby union, come together for an all star team. Former New Zealand coach Graham Henry, who stepped down from the Kiwis after winning the World Cup recently, gets the honour of coaching the side. Henry, who has been linked with the vacant England Head Coach job with the RFU, hasn’t been playing up to the media much, be he has made the selection of England Rugby League star Sam Tomkins. Tomkins is a Rugby League star with Wigan, but his Rugby League duties are over for the summer, so he can go and play Union with the Barbarians. Tomkins has a contract that prevents him talking to Rugby Union clubs for the next three years, so he is committed to his League code. But it is great credit to him, that the young full back has made it onto the wing with the Barbarians. It shows just what high regard he is held in, especially after some great performances for England in the Four Nations recently. So Tomkins is just one of three English players in the Barbarians squad. He joins Danny Cipriani and Simon Shaw in the all star squad to face Australian on Saturday, November 26th at Twickenham. Ireland’s Peter Stringer makes the team, along with other high profile names like South Africa’s flyer Brian Habana and Australia’s respected Stirling Mortlock. Springboks lock Victor Matfield takes the honour as Captain in what will be his final international. Australia couldn’t find their way past their old rivals New Zealand in the final of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, but they are good side which are growing all the time. They will get better and better and are such an exciting, young running team, that there should be tries galore in Barbarians v Australia rugby betting. Australia are putting out quite a strong squad to face the Baa Baas and so entertainment is very much going to be the order of the day. You will see the ball getting thrown around more often than you would in a regular Test Match. That is why it is going to be a great spectacle for rugby fans taking the day out to Twickenham. As for a winner, would simply pick the Australians here. They will be the more cohesive unit and have a better understanding on the pitch between players. It is hard for a team to be pulled together so quickly as the Barbarians are and expected to go out and play highly efficient and effective defence. It is not going to stand up against the likes of the sharp Australia attack, and for all the experience which Graham Henry has called upon for the Barbarians, we should see the Wallabies take the lead for your Barbarians v Australia rugby betting. Check out online betting exchange Betfair for your Barbarians v Australia Rugby Betting . You’ll be able to negotiate your price a little bit on there for some extra value for this match, as the two sides are trading pretty evenly at the moment. The highly popular betting exchange offers a great welcome promotion, where new customers can get a free £25 bet when registering a new account. Read the latest news:


Who currently presents the Radio 1 Breakfast Show?

BBC Radio 1 - The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw, With Alicia Keys, Grimmy presents... The Nickstape BBC Radio 1 Sorry, this clip is not currently available Grimmy presents... The Nickstape Listen again to the full hour of the first ever Nickstape from the Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw. Some seriously good music in your ears. SIDE A 50 Cent - In Da Club Nsync & Nelly - Girlfriend (Neptunes Remix) Tinie Tempah - Pass Out Shy Fx, T-Power & Di - Shake Ur Body Missy Elliott - Work It Britney Spears - Slave 4 U Rihanna - We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) SIDE B Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm Foo Fighters - Times Like These Gyptian - Hold You


The first space satellite 'Sputnik' was launched in which year?

Sputnik NASA Main Page Multimedia Interactive Feature on 50th Anniversary of the Space Age Sputnik and The Dawn of the Space Age History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched     Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of     a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit     the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political,     military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik     launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the     U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.  The story begins in 1952, when the International Council of Scientific  Unions decided to establish July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958, as the International  Geophysical Year (IGY) because the scientists knew that the cycles  of solar activity would be at a high point then. In October 1954, the council  adopted a resolution calling for artificial satellites to be launched during  the IGY to map the Earth's surface.  In July 1955, the White House announced plans to launch an Earth-orbiting satellite for the IGY and solicited proposals  from various Government research agencies to undertake development. In  September 1955, the Naval Research Laboratory's Vanguard proposal was chosen to represent the U.S. during the IGY.  The Sputnik launch changed everything. As a technical achievement, Sputnik  caught the world's attention and the American public off-guard. Its size  was more impressive than Vanguard's intended 3.5-pound payload. In addition,  the public feared that the Soviets' ability to launch satellites also translated  into the capability to launch ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons from Europe to the U.S. Then the Soviets struck again; on November  3, Sputnik II was launched, carrying a much heavier payload, including  a dog named Laika.  Immediately after the Sputnik I launch in October, the U.S. Defense  Department responded to the political furor by approving funding for another  U.S. satellite project. As a simultaneous alternative to Vanguard, Wernher  von Braun and his Army Redstone Arsenal team began work on the Explorer project.  On January 31, 1958, the tide changed, when the United States successfully  launched Explorer I. This satellite carried a small scientific payload  that eventually discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth,  named after principal investigator James Van Allen. The Explorer program  continued as a successful ongoing series of lightweight, scientifically  useful spacecraft.  The Sputnik launch also led directly to the creation of National  Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In July 1958, Congress passed  the National  Aeronautics and Space Act (commonly called the "Space Act") , which  created NASA as of October 1, 1958 from the National Advisory Committee  for Aeronautics (NACA) and other government agencies.  Updated October 10, 2007


"How is the term ""If anything can go wrong, it will"" commonly known?"

Murphy's law - Wikiquote Murphy's law Jump to: navigation , search Murphy's law is a popular adage that states that "things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance," or more commonly, "whatever can go wrong, will go wrong." A number of variants on the rule have been formulated, as have several corollaries. Original phrasing by Edward A. Murphy according to George E. Nichols [ citation needed ] If it can happen, it will happen. Precedent condensed by team members according to George E. Nichols [ citation needed ] If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it. Version attributed to Edward A. Murphy in "Murphy Lives!" by Robert L. Forward, in Science 83 (January-February 1983), p. 78 If there's more than one way to do a job and one of those ways will end in disaster, then somebody will do it that way. Version attributed to Edward A. Murphy in People Magazine (31 January 1983), p. 82 Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Phrasing attributed to Major John Paul Stapp [ citation needed ] If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way. According to Robert Murphy (son of Edward A. Murphy, Jr.) his father's statement was along these lines; reported in People (31 January 1983), p. 82; alternately reported as "If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it", in "Murphy Lives!" by Robert L. Forward, Science 83 (January-February 1983), p. 78; also commonly reported as, "If anything can go wrong, it will", in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (1982) edited by J. A. Simpson, p. 4. Anything That Can Possibly Go Wrong, Does Epigraph of The Butcher: The Ascent of Yerupaja (1952) by John Sack Colonel Stapp's favorite takeoff on sober scientific laws — Murphy's Law, Stapp calls it — 'Everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong' Lloyd Mallan, in Men, Rockets and Space Rats (1955), possibly the earliest printed use of Murphy's name in connection with the law. Murphy's Quantum Law: Anything that can, could have, or will go wrong, is going wrong, all at once. Paul Dickson, in The Official Rules (1982)


In the nursery rhyme, who saw the sparrow kill Cock Robin?

Who killed Cock Robin - YouTube Who killed Cock Robin 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 Apr 15, 2015 Poem in the public domain, rearranged and performed by the Happy Ape. Illustrations also in the public domain (published in 1865) Who killed Cock Robin poem "Who killed Cock Robin?" "I," said the Sparrow, "With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin." "Who saw him die?" "I," said the Fly, "With my little eye, I saw him die." "Who caught his blood?" "I," said the Fish, "With my little dish, I caught his blood." "Who'll make the shroud?" "I," said the Beetle, "With my thread and needle, I'll make the shroud." "Who'll dig his grave?" "I," said the Owl, "With my pick and shovel, I'll dig his grave." "Who'll be the parson?" "I," said the Rook, "With my little book, I'll be the parson." "Who'll be the clerk?" "I," said the Lark, "If it's not in the dark, I'll be the clerk." "Who'll carry the link?" "I," said the Linnet, "I'll fetch it in a minute, I'll carry the link." "Who'll be chief mourner?" "I," said the Dove, "I mourn for my love, I'll be chief mourner." "Who'll carry the coffin?" "I," said the Kite, "If it's not through the night, I'll carry the coffin." "Who'll bear the pall? "We," said the Wren, "Both the cock and the hen, we'll bear the pall." "Who'll sing a psalm?" "I," said the Thrush, "As she sat on a bush, I'll sing a psalm." "Who'll toll the bell?" "I," said the bull, "Because I can pull, I'll toll the bell." All the birds of the air fell a-sighing and a-sobbing, When they heard the bell toll for poor Cock Robin. Category


What nickname was given to Margaret Thatcher during her time as Prime Minister?

Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister 1979 - 1990 first woman prime minister of the United Kingdom dismantling nationalized industries and social services, weakening union power first woman prime minister in Europe first in-office prime minister in the UK removed on a vote of their own party ally of US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush Dates:  October 13 , 1925 - April 8, 2013  Also known as: Maggie Thatcher, the Iron Lady, Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Occupation: politician, research chemist Learn more: Margaret Thatcher Quotes Roots Born Margaret Hilda Roberts to a solidly middle class family—neither rich nor poor—in the small town of Grantham, noted for manufacturing railroad equipment. Margaret's father Alfred Roberts was a grocer and her mother Beatrice a homemaker and dressmaker. Alfred Roberts had left school to support his family. Margaret had one sibling, an older sister Muriel, born in 1921. The family lived in a 3-story brick building, with the grocery on the first floor. continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know The girls worked in the store, and the parents took separate vacations so that the store could always be open. Alfred Roberts was also a local leader: a lay Methodist preacher, a member of the Rotary Club, an alderman and the town's mayor. Margaret's parents had been liberals who, between the two world wars, voted conservative. Grantham, an industrial city, experienced heavy bombing during World War II. Margaret attended Grantham Girls' School, where she focused on science and math. By age 13, she already had expressed her goal of becoming a member of Parliament. From 1943 to 1947, Margaret attended Somerville College, Oxford, where she received her degree in chemistry . She taught during summers to supplement her partial scholarship. She was also active in conservative political circles at Oxford; from 1946 to 1947, she was the president of the University Conservative Association. Winston Churchill was her hero. Early Political and Personal Life After college, she went to work as a research chemist, working for two different companies in the developing plastics industry. She stayed involved in politics, going to the Conservative Party Conference in 1948 representing Oxford graduates. In 1950 and 1951, she unsuccessfully stood for election to represent Dartford in North Kent, running as a Tory for a safe Labour seat. As a very young woman running for office, she received media attention for these campaigns. During this time, she met Denis Thatcher, a director of his family's paint company. Denis came from more wealth and power than Margaret had; he had also been briefly married during World War II before divorcing. Margaret and Denis were married on December 13, 1951. Margaret studied law from 1951 to 1954, specializing in tax law. She later wrote that she was inspired by a 1952 article, "Wake Up, Women," to pursue a full life with both family and a career. In 1953, she took the Bar Finals, and gave birth to twins, Mark and Carol, six weeks prematurely, in August. From 1954 to 1961, Margaret Thatcher was in private law practice as a barrister, specializing in tax and patent law. From 1955 to 1958, she tried, unsuccessfully, several times to be selected as a Tory candidate for MP. Member of Parliament In 1959, Margaret Thatcher was elected to a rather safe seat in Parliament , becoming the Conservative MP for Finchley, a suburb north of London. With Finchley's large Jewish population, Margaret Thatcher developed a long-term association with conservative Jews and support for Israel. She was one of 25 women in the House of Commons, but she received more attention than most because she was the youngest. Her childhood dream of becoming an MP was achieved. Margaret put her children in boarding school. From 1961 to 1964, having left her private law practice, Margaret took the minor office in Harold Macmillan's government of Joint Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. In 1965, her husband Denis became the director


Which British warship was sent to patrol the Falkland Islands in 2012?

Military of the Falkland Islands | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Military of the Falkland Islands 204,344pages on Military of the Falkland Islands The British Joint Forces flag flown in the Falklands [1] Branch Air Commodore Russell La Forte CBE Insignia The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory and, as such, rely on the UK for guarantee of their security. The other UK territories in the South Atlantic, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , fall under the protection of the British forces on the Falklands (also known as British Forces Falkland Islands or British Forces South Atlantic Islands), which includes commitments from the British Army , Royal Air Force and Royal Navy . [2] They are headed by the Commander of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (CBFSAI). [3] The maintenance of only a token military force before the Falklands War , and the suggestion that HMS Endurance was to be withdrawn, persuaded Argentina to start that conflict, assuming that Britain would not respond or be easily able to recapture the islands. [4] Following the reclamation of the territory in 1982, the UK invested heavily in the defence of the islands, the centrepiece of which is the new airfield at RAF Mount Pleasant , 27 miles (43 km) west of Stanley. [5] The base was opened in 1985, and became fully operational in 1986. [6] Contents Main article: Falkland Islands Defence Force The Falkland Islands maintains its own part-time volunteer force, the Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF), previously known as the Falkland Islands Volunteer Corps. Although this unit existed in 1982 as a reinforcement for the Governor's detachment of Royal Marines, it did not play any part in the main conflict during the war of 1982, its members having spent the duration of the hostilities under house arrest by the Argentines after their surrender on Argentine capture of the islands. [7] [8] [9] The FIDF is now a company-strength light infantry force with a permanent training Warrant Officer seconded from the Royal Marines . They operate in a number of roles and are fully integrated into the defence scheme for the islands. The FIDF have been trained by the Royal Navy to operate Oerlikon 20 mm cannon and to board vessels suspected of fishery poaching. [10] Royal Navy HMS Dauntless , a Type 45 Guided Missile Destroyer . RAF Mount Pleasant has its own port facility [11] called Mare Harbour , and the Royal Navy maintains a presence in the area with a frigate or guided missile destroyer accompanied by an RFA vessel in the South Atlantic and a patrol ship, currently HMS Clyde permanently close to the islands.[ citation needed ] In addition, an Ice Patrol Ship, HMS Protector , is on station close to Antarctica for six months of the year. [12] The warship and RFA vessel carry out the Atlantic Patrol Task (South) mission which "provides a maritime presence to protect the UK's interests in the region". The Type 42 destroyer HMS Edinburgh took over the South Atlantic Patrol Task in October 2006, [13] replacing HMS Southampton . Prior to Southampton's deployment in August 2005 the role was filled by HMS Cardiff , which was decommissioned on return to the UK. As of February 2010, the on-station warship was the Type 42 destroyer HMS York . In late April 2010, HMS York was relieved by the Type 23 frigate HMS Portland . In August 2010, HMS Portland was relieved by the Type 42 destroyer HMS Gloucester . On 21 April 2011, HMS York arrived at the East Cove Military Port in the Falkland Islands, beginning patrol duties for the islands. [14] October 2011 saw the arrival of Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose , generating a statement from UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) . Type 45 Guided Missile Destroyer HMS Dauntless will replace HMS Montrose as of April 2012. [15] The Falkland Islands Patrol ship is a River class patrol vessel , which replaced the previous Castle class patrol vessel . In 2007 HMS Clyde relieved HMS Dumbarton Castle and HMS Leeds Castle . It is planned that she will stay permanently in the South Atlantic until 2018.[ citation neede


Who became President of Egypt in June 2012?

Presidents of Egypt Presidents of Egypt Egypt's new President, Mohammed Morsi   Flag of Egypt  Presidents of Egypt President Muhammad Naguib (in office June 18,1953 to November 14, 1954)--Assumed office after leading the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, in which King Farouk was overthown by then-Lieutenant General Muhammad Naguib and Gamel Abdel Nasser. Naguib becomes Egypt's first President. President Gamal Abdel Nasser (in office November 14, 1954 to September 28, 1970)--Nasser became president after forcing President Naguib from office. Nasser served as president until his death. Nasser was succeeded by his vice-president, Anwar Sadat. President Anwar el-Sadat (in office September 28, 1970 to October 6, 1981 )--Sadat became president upon the death of his predecessor, Gamel Nasser. Sadat waged war against Israel in 1973, and made peace with Israel in 1979. In October, 1981 Sadat was assassinated by Muslim militants who were unhappy with his peace treaty with Israel. He was succeeded by his vice-president, Hosni Mubarak. President Hosni Mubarak (in office October 6, 1981 to February 11, 2011 )--Mubarak became president upon the assassination of his predecessor, Anwar Sadat. Mubarak imposed Emergency Rule upon the death of Sadat, and maintained his rule as an autocratic dictator until resignining the presidency in February, 2011 in the face of massive unrest . As of February 11, 2011, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, led by Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman, became the ruling authority upon the resignation of President Mubarak. President Mohammed Morsi--(elected in June, 2012)--Morsi, running as the candidate of the once-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, won Egypt's first free election with nearly 52% of the vote.


Joel Tomkins was transferred from Wigan to which rugby union club in 2011?

Joel Tomkins switches codes from Wigan to Saracens - BBC Sport BBC Sport Joel Tomkins switches codes from Wigan to Saracens 7 Nov 2011 From the section Rugby Union Share this page Tomkins scored a try in Wigan's 28-18 Challenge Cup final win over Leeds Wigan centre Joel Tomkins has completed his switch from league to union by joining Premiership champions Saracens. Warriors will be due compensation for the 24-year-old, who is contracted until 2015 , with the move costing Saracens a reported £250,000 . "I will always be a proud Wiganer," said Tomkins. "But everybody in rugby union and rugby league can see there is something very special happening at Saracens, and I can't wait to be part of it." Tomkins, who can also operate at second row, was omitted from England's Four Nations squad at his own request. He played 149 times for his hometown club following his debut in 2005. Media playback is not supported on this device Stunning Tomkins try leads Wigan to Cup glory The move was hinted at in September when he and his brother, Wigan team-mate Sam, joined former league player Chris Ashton in signing up for a sports management company associated with rugby union clients . Full-back Sam, 22, has remained in the England rugby league fold, despite his brother's desire not to be included in the squad this autumn for "personal reasons". Wigan chairman Ian Lenagan said: "Joel wished to move to the south of England and take his chance at rugby union. "Wigan would not step in the way of a player with such clear ideas to leave. He is joining an excellent club in Saracens." Winger Ashton left Wigan to become a union player, signing for Northampton Saints four years ago , and has since been capped 18 times by England. Kyle Eastmond was the most recent high-profile rugby league player to swap codes when the England and St Helens scrum-half joined Bath, but the 21-year-old is yet to make his first appearance. Tomkins is not the first player to cross the code divide between Wigan and Saracens. Andy Farrell, who is now Saracens first-team coach, left Warriors in 2005 for north London and went on to feature for England in the 2007 World Cup. The two clubs have also announced a new partnership with the aim of playing a cross-code game in the future and sharing coaching resources and players. For the latest updates and reaction to this story read Sportsday Live . Have your say on Twitter via the hashtag #bbcsportsday . Share this page


Since leaving his radio show, Chris Moyles has taken on which part in the musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar'?

Chris Moyles - chrismoyles.net Wiki Chris Moyles Christopher Moyles is an English broadcaster, best known for his work on BBC Radio 1 . Family and Personal Life Chris and his parents Chris Moyles was born in Leeds on February 22nd 1974, the youngest member of the Moyles family. He has one older brother, Kieron, who works as a promotions executive in London and was born on June 8th. His dad Chris used to work for the post office, and is now retired. His mum Hannah Veronica (aka "VIP Vera"), is also retired, and used to work as a school assistant. Chris' parents still live together in Leeds. Chris is currently dating an unnamed lady as of September 2015. He split up with his long-term girlfriend Sophie Waite in 2010. Before Sophie, Chris dated ex-children's TV presenter Ana Boulter. The pair met in March 1999, and eventually split up in December 2001, to much publicity. Prior to that Chris had a long relationship with Helen Legh, who he met while working for the GWR network. Helen is now the breakfast DJ on Sundays for BBC Three Counties Radio . In February 2014, it was reported that a court found that Chris tried to avoid paying up to £1 million of income tax in a scheme where he claimed to be a second-hand car dealer. He said on Twitter that he took "full responsibility" and "learned a valuable lesson". Career As well as presenting various radio shows, Moyles has worked on a number of television projects, including Chris Moyles' Quiz Night for Channel 4, Live With Chris Moyles on Channel 5 and The Chris Moyles Show for UK Play. He has also released two parody albums; The Parody Album in 2009 and The Difficult Second Album , released in 2012. On 30 June 2014, it was reported that Chris had announced that he has retired from showbusiness after a 20 year career in radio and TV. The following day, Chris took to Twitter to deny that he had retired and accused the journalist who broke the 'story' of making it up. The Early Days A young Moyles Chris began his radio career at an early age, working for a hospital radio station in Wakefield - located in the top of a very large building in a mental unit! He also worked at the weekends on Radio Top Shop , a fact that has been mentioned lots on the show throughout the years. After leaving school with five GCSEs at the age of 16, Chris joined Aire FM in Leeds (now Radio Aire), initially making cups of tea for Carol Vorderman. He then moved abroad at the age of 18 to present on the world famous Radio Luxembourg (where he used the name Chris Holmes, Holmes being his mothers maiden name). After he had worked there for nine months the station was shut down, so Chris went back to Yorkshire and worked for The Pulse in Bradford, until he was fired eleven months later. Work at other radio stations up and down the country followed - including Signal Radio in Stoke, GWR Radio in Bristol, Northants FM , Chiltern Radio in Dunstable and Horizon FM in Milton Keynes. In 1996 Chris secured a move to London station Capital FM , where he presented his show The Late Bit each weekend. Without any co-presenters or sidekicks, Chris’ unique style was more obviously seen, and he gained a cult following for his late night antics. He would regularly impersonate his fellow DJs, cut off and abuse any dull callers, and invite women listeners into the studio. (Including the time he painted a naked listeners breasts, live on air). His catalogue of features included Throwing CDs at the Studio Clock, I don’t want to go to work tomorrow and (the amazing) True or False. Chris was also credited with bringing Britpop music to Capital, in particular Oasis, which he claims Alan McGee still loves him for. Audio clips from Chris’s local radio career can be found in the Antique Moyles section of our Sound Vault . By the beginning of 1997, people were beginning to talk - and Chris was voted as one of the “Faces for '97” by Sky Magazine. After a year at Capital, the opposition came calling. Kiss 100, London's dance station, wanted him to present their breakfast show, but Chris declined the offer. Radio One (1997 - 2012) Chris'


The first commercial Concorde flight from Paris to Rio de Janeiro took place in which year?

Concorde takes off - Jan 21, 1976 - HISTORY.com Concorde takes off Publisher A+E Networks From London’s Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport outside Paris, the first Concordes with commercial passengers simultaneously take flight on January 21, 1976. The London flight was headed to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and the Paris to Rio de Janeiro via Senegal in West Africa. At their cruising speeds, the innovative Concordes flew well over the sound barrier at 1,350 miles an hour, cutting air travel time by more than half. The flights were the culmination of a 12-year effort that pitted English and French engineers against their counterparts in the USSR. In 1962, 15 years after U.S. pilot Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, Britain and France signed a treaty to develop the world’s first supersonic passenger airline. The next year, President John F. Kennedy proposed a similar U.S. project. Meanwhile, in the USSR, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev ordered his top aviation engineers to beat the West to the achievement. There were immense technical challenges in building a supersonic airliner. Engines would need to be twice as powerful as those built for normal jets, and the aircraft’s frame would have to withstand immense pressure from shock waves and endure high temperatures caused by air friction. In the United States, Boeing tackled the supersonic project but soon ran into trouble with its swing-wing design. In England and France, however, early results were much more promising, and Khrushchev ordered Soviet intelligence to find out as much as possible about the Anglo-French prototypes. In 1965, the French arrested Sergei Pavlov, head of the Paris office of the Soviet airliner Aeroflot, for illegally obtaining classified information about France’s supersonic project. Another high-level Soviet spy remained unknown, however, and continued to feed the Soviets information about the Concorde until his arrest in 1977. On December 31, 1968, just three months before the first scheduled flight of the Concorde prototype, the fruits of Soviet industrial espionage were revealed when the Soviet’s TU-144 became the world’s first supersonic airliner to fly. The aircraft looked so much like the Concorde that the Western press dubbed it “Konkordski.” In 1969, the Concorde began its test flights. Two years later, the United States abandoned its supersonic program, citing budget and environmental concerns. It was now up to Western Europe to make supersonic airline service viable before the Soviets. Tests continued, and in 1973 the TU-144 came to the West to appear alongside the Concorde at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport. On June 3, in front of 200,000 spectators, the Concorde flew a flawless demonstration. Then it was the TU-144’s turn. The aircraft made a successful 360-degree turn and then began a steep ascent. Abruptly, it leveled off and began a sharp descent. Some 1,500 feet above the ground, it broke up from overstress and came crashing into the ground, killing all six Soviet crew members and eight French civilians. Soviet and French investigators ruled that pilot error was the cause of the accident. However, in recent years, several of the Russian investigators have disclosed that a French Mirage intelligence aircraft was photographing the TU-144 from above during the flight. A French investigator confirmed that the Soviet pilot was not told that the Mirage was there, a breach of air regulations. After beginning his ascent, the pilot may have abruptly leveled off the TU-144 for fear of crashing into this aircraft. In the sudden evasive maneuver, the thrust probably failed, and the pilot then tried to restart the engines by entering a dive. He was too close to the ground, however, and tried to pull up too soon, thus overstressing the aircraft. In exchange for Soviet cooperation in the cover-up, the French investigators agreed not to criticize the TU-144’s design or engineering. Nevertheless, further problems with the TU-144, which was designed hastily in its bid to beat the Concorde into the air, delayed the beginning of Sovie


In German politics who was known as the Iron Chancellor?

Otto von Bismarck - The Iron Chancellor of Germany Otto von Bismarck – The Iron Chancellor of Germany November 15, 2015 share Under the “Iron Chancellor”, Otto von Bismarck, Germany grew from a loose confederation of weak states to a unified powerful empire. His smart and dashing way of making politics (winning three wars in eight years!) led to the extension of German borders and the rapid growth of German industry. Bismarck was born on April 1, 1815, in the aristocratic family of estate owners at Schoenhausen in Prussia. He went to the prestige school in Berlin, and then studied law in Hanover. Bismarck was not an outstanding student, and spent much of his time drinking with his fellows in an aristocratic fraternity. After the university he enrolled into the Prussian civil service where he did not stay long because of the boredom inevitably cast by the bureaucracy. He didn’t appear in the politics till 1847. Meanwhile, he spent 8 comfortable years helping his father manage the estate. He also married Johanna von Puttkamer in these years. His wife came from a conservative aristocratic family, which was greatly to Bismarck’s liking, who later entered German politics as an archconservative. The marriage was a very happy one. Bismarck’s political views in the beginning of his career were those of a typical country squire. He soon joined the conservative Gerlach group who stood for the noble estate and defended it from the bureaucratic centralization. When the democratic revolutions swept across Europe and reached Berlin in 1848, his first impulse was to arm the peasants of his estate in defense of King and the country. However in a very short time he realized that being principled and tradition-bound like the reactionary Gerlach group was not enough. At that time Bismarck’s ideas became very pragmatic, and concrete interests plus the power to defend them were his chief care. In 1849 he was elected to the Prussian Chamber of Deputies. When the democratic revolution in the central Europe was defeated, Bismarck, despite his archconservative ideas, was not willing to maintain the status quo according to which Austria preserved its hegemony in the German Confederation. Bismarck’s goal was to make Prussia the dominating power in Germany and the northern Europe. To achieve this, he was ready to start a war with Austria. After having served as a Prussian ambassador in Russia and France for 11 years, Bismarck was appointed the prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Prussia in 1862. During next 4 years in the office Bismarck implemented serious military reforms and announced that Prussia could use its military force for achieving national unification. In 1865 a quick and successful war between Prussia and Denmark solved the old conflict over the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. According to the Convention of Gastein, Schleswig from then on was to be administered by Prussia, and Holstein – by Austria. Next half the year Bismarck dedicated to the negotiations with Austria about giving up the dominance in Germany. As before, Bismarck’s main goal was to make Prussia dominate in Germany. His peaceful efforts to solve the problem failed, and there was the last way remaining: not by speeches and resolutions, but by blood and iron. In the middle of 1866 Prussian army entered Holstein, Austria sent its own troops to fight with the Prussians, and within a few weeks Austria was defeated. The whole Europe kept wondering how Prussia managed to put Austria off the German throne in such a short time! As a result, according to the Peace of Nikolsburg, Hanover, Hesse-Kassel, Nassau, and Frankfurt were annexed to German confederation. Related articles:


Which British warship was sent up the Thames to provide security cover for the 2012 Olympic Games?

High alert before London Olympics: a warship on the Thames, arrests - The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail Thursday, Jul. 05, 2012 1:10PM EDT Last updated Print License article A massive police and military operation is on standby just three weeks before the London Olympics with fighter jets, combat helicopters, thousands of police and the Royal Navy’s largest warship stationed on the Thames in the capital during the games. That heightened security – and nervousness around a high-profile attack in Britain – has resulted in three separate security incidents in the span of 24 hours as authorities leave nothing to chance. Equestrian athletes, left to right, Ian Millar, from Perth, Ont., Tiffany Foster, from Schomberg, Ont., Eric Lamaze, from Schomberg, Ont., Jill Henselwood, from Oxford Mills, Ont., and Yann Candele, from Caledon, Ont., were named to the Canadian Olympic equestrian team in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, July 5, 2012. The Canadian Press London 2012 Canada's Tara Whitten competes during the 2009 Elite Track Pan American Championship cycling event in Mexico City. Associated Press London 2012 Video: Homeless sing at London's Royal Opera House On Friday, police announced the arrests of seven men on suspicion of terrorism offences after weapons were found in their vehicle when it was pulled over in a routine stop in northern England. In early morning raids on residences in London on Thursday, anti-terrorism police arrested six people suspected of being involved in a plot against British targets. Security officials said the plot was not linked to the Olympics. In the second incident, which proved to be a false alarm, dramatic TV scenes showed armed police investigating bus passengers one-by-one in an early morning incident that blocked traffic in both directions on a major British highway 187 kilometres north of London. British ministry of defence personnel provided police support. The incident was later described as not being terror-related. The current security budget estimate of $870-million has already been doubled and is expected to climb significantly by the time the Olympics and Paralympics are finished. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics security ballooned to $900-million. The total Olympics budget is set at $14.7-billion – nearly four times the 2005 estimate given by organizers when London won the 2012 bid. Concern over a terror attack tops the list of threats, but authorities are also concerned about organized crime and protests similar to those that took place over three days last August in London and other major cities. To stop a terror attack, a significant military operation is in place. Fighter jets and helicopters will protect the airspace over the London Olympics, surface-to-air-missiles will be stationed on top of residential buildings, and 12,500 police will be on the ground during the games with 23,000 part-time security guards at sporting venues. A security exercise in May saw the Royal Navy's largest warship HMS Ocean , which is a landing platform for six helicopters, moored on the Thames River at Greenwich. It will be overseeing marine security during the games. This video filmed in May shows the warship, which resembles an aircraft carrier, squeezing through the central gate of the Thames Barrier, a flood barrier meant to protect London from flooding, on its way to take part in security preparations. Thirty-two kilometres west of the Olympic Stadium in east London, Royal Air Force Typhoon jets will be on stand by at RAF Northolt in the event of a 9/11-type air threat to London. Puma combat helicopters will be stationed at an army facility six kilometers to the east of stadium and other Olympics venues. Most controversially, a decision to station surface-to-air-missile batteries on the rooftops of apartment blocks in east London will go ahead. Residents have criticized the decision over a lack of consultation and anxiety over the prospect of missiles being placed on ‘top of their heads.’ A high court challenge by residents may yet quash the missile plan. Missiles would be used if an air threat was not


Tony Abbott to be new Australian prime minister after 'landslide win' - Telegraph Australia Tony Abbott to be new Australian prime minister after 'landslide win' Conservative leader Tony Abbott has celebrated a landslide victory in  Australia's general election, after reducing the Labour Party to its worst  result in a century with promises of tough action against immigrants and  scrapping a tax on carbon emissions. By Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney Comments The 55-year-old British-born former student boxer was long regarded as unelectable even by some of his own ranks and struggled to connect with voters, particularly women, thanks to sometimes abrasive style. But he steered the Liberal-National coalition back to power after six years in opposition amid widespread disillusion with years of infighting in the ruling party. The outgoing prime minister Kevin Rudd resigned the Labour leadership as he conceded defeat before even before votes had been fully counted on Saturday night. Mr Abbott, an Oxford-educated father of three, delivered a solemn and restrained victory speech to a cheering crowd in Sydney, declaring that "Australia is under new management and once again open for business." Related Articles Andrew Mueller: Tony Abbott wins, but does Australia care? 07 Sep 2013 "I thank you, the people of Australia, who have just given me the greatest honour and the heaviest responsibility," he said. A fitness fanatic, before he voted on Saturday, he expressed regret that he had not been able to surf – and he says he will start his first day as prime minister by bike-riding with "mates". "You will be pleased to know I am in a suit not in budgie smugglers [swimming costumes]," he told Channel Nine. "I wish I was out in the waves. It is a nice swell for an elderly long boarder." His Liberal-National coalition is set to win a huge parliamentary majority, with an estimated win 91 lower house seats to Labour's 55, plus a Green and four independents, including - somewhat implausibly - Clive Palmer, the mining tycoon who is planning to build a replica of the Titanic. Mr Palmer, who set up his own party and hoped to be prime minister, said last night he "can win the entire country over the next three years". Mr Rudd, a Mandarin-speaking former diplomat, sought to appear buoyant, saying he "gave it my all" and insisting he had helped to limit Labour's loss. He made no mention of Julia Gillard, Australia's first female prime minister, whom he was accused of undermining for three years until he finally took revenge and deposed her in a challenge in June. "Labour hearts are heavy across Australia," Mr Rudd said in a speech in his home city of Brisbane. "I gave it my all but it was not enough for us to win." A Labour frontbencher, Ms Tanya Plibersek, told ABC television: "I would give us nine out of ten for governing the country. I would give us zero out of ten for governing ourselves." Bob Hawke, Labour's former popular prime minister, said the party had suffered "a devastating result". Polls show that the incoming prime minister, who once trained to be a priest and was long derided as the "Mad Monk" is still not a popular figure. But as his opponents conceded, he ran a tight campaign, avoiding any dramatic slip-ups that would have derailed his lifelong ambition to be prime minister. An outgoing Labour minister, Stephen Smith, admitted: "Tony has been very disciplined. He will now have members of the Liberal party who will want to see an ideological approach. He will have to be careful." In opposition, Mr Abbott led four years of blistering attacks on Labour, deploying effective three-word slogans such as "great big tax" and "stop the boats" to target the government's carbon tax, mining tax and its softer stance on asylum seekers. He has pledged to reduce foreign aid, to pay rewards to young unemployed people who find work and plans to travel to an Aboriginal community for a week each year to govern from the outback. With the economy beginning to slow after a minerals boom that defied the global recession, he has pledged to lower the def


Which scientist formulated the law of elasticity in 1660?

Hooke's law | physics | Britannica.com matter Hooke’s law, law of elasticity discovered by the English scientist Robert Hooke in 1660, which states that, for relatively small deformations of an object, the displacement or size of the deformation is directly proportional to the deforming force or load. Under these conditions the object returns to its original shape and size upon removal of the load. Elastic behaviour of solids according to Hooke’s law can be explained by the fact that small displacements of their constituent molecules , atoms , or ions from normal positions is also proportional to the force that causes the displacement. Hooke’s law, F = kx, where the applied force F equals a constant … Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The deforming force may be applied to a solid by stretching, compressing, squeezing, bending, or twisting. Thus, a metal wire exhibits elastic behaviour according to Hooke’s law because the small increase in its length when stretched by an applied force doubles each time the force is doubled. Mathematically, Hooke’s law states that the applied force F equals a constant k times the displacement or change in length x, or F = kx. The value of k depends not only on the kind of elastic material under consideration but also on its dimensions and shape. At relatively large values of applied force, the deformation of the elastic material is often larger than expected on the basis of Hooke’s law, even though the material remains elastic and returns to its original shape and size after removal of the force. Hooke’s law describes the elastic properties of materials only in the range in which the force and displacement are proportional. (See deformation and flow .) Sometimes Hooke’s law is formulated as F = −kx. In this expression F no longer means the applied force but rather means the equal and oppositely directed restoring force that causes elastic materials to return to their original dimensions. Hooke’s law may also be expressed in terms of stress and strain . Stress is the force on unit areas within a material that develops as a result of the externally applied force. Strain is the relative deformation produced by stress. For relatively small stresses, stress is proportional to strain. For particular expressions of Hooke’s law in this form, see bulk modulus ; shear modulus ; Young’s modulus . Learn More in these related articles:


The Analects, or Lunyu, dating back to approximately 450 BC is a collection of sayings and ideas of which philosopher?

A person or object on stage when the curtain is raised. multiconductor cable An electrical cable that generally has more than three conductors. preset To have something on a control console set up in advance of need. catwalk A narrow walkway suspended above the stage and/or house from which lights and scenery can be hung and accessed. lullaby A lullaby is a soothing song, usually sung to young children before they go to sleep, with the intention of speeding that process tropological Not to be confused with either typology or the rhetorical device of the trope, the term tropological refers to the interpretation of literature in which the interpreter focuses on the ethical lesson presented in the text, i.e., "the moral of the story." See more discussion under fourfold interpretation. censorship ordinance of 1559 This law under Queen Elizabeth required the political censorship of public plays and all printed materials in matters of religion and the government register dialect A dialectal variation used only for a particular circumstance or for a specific purpose distanciation in Brechtian performance, when actors maintain distance from their character by reminding the audience through often stylized gestures or behavior that they are simply people pretending, instead of trying to identify with their "character". antagonist a character who seems to be the major force in opposition to the protagonist or main character octave The opening eight-line section of a sonnet. paronym A word derived from or related to another word; also, the form in one language for a word in another, as in the English canal for the Latin canalis. action The series of events that make up the plot. resolution Also called denouement, the portion of a play or story where the problem is solved foil a character that serves as a contrast to another. eclipsis Where parts of words are omitted. ionic A Classical Greek and Latin double foot consisting of two unstressed syllables and two stressed syllables, either ionic a majore / ' ' ~ ~ / or ionic a minore / ~ ~ ' ' /. narration A speeches that describes the dramatic action, especially off-stage action. kafkaesque "Kafkaesque" is an eponym used to describe concepts, situations, and ideas which are reminiscent of the literary work of the Austro-Hungarian writer Franz Kafka, particularly his novels The Trial and The Castle, and the novella The Metamorphosis. efficacy A measure of the luminous efficiency of a radiant flux, expressed in lumens per watt as the quotient of the total luminous flux by the total radiant flux frame narrative This is a narrative technique where there is a principal story, around which there are other narratives to set the scene or interest the audience/reader courtly love A type of idealised love portrayed in literature of the Middle Ages going dark Warning to people on stage that the lights are about to be switched off. soft edge A beam pattern edge that is not very distinguishable. prequel A movie that presents the characters and events before the time of a previously filmed movie. flashforward a plot-structuring device whereby a scene from the fictional future is inserted into the fictional present or is dramatized out of order. cleat An iron or wooden fixture to which a cord can be tied for making scenery firm modulation In poetry, the harmonious use of language relative to the variations of stress and pitch. anti-naturalism an acting style in which the audience is kept aware that they are watching a performance rather than reality joryû bungaku – JOE-REW BUN-GAH-COO (J: literature by women) Though much of Japan's greatest literature was (and is) written by women, the term is still sometime used as dismissive or pejorative. narrated monologue a technique for the representation of a character's consciousness: the character's thoughts are reproduced in a way one would imagine the character to think, though the narrator continues to talk of the character in the third person satire Literary device that crticizes beliefs, human failures, and social foibles in a light-hearted vein. style T


"Which TV character had the catchphrase ""Listen very carefully; I shall say zis only once""?"

"Listen Very Carefully; Recording Says 'Allo 'Allo Once More" - The Journal (Newcastle, England), April 9, 2010 | Online Research Library: Questia Byline: Alastair Craig LISTEN very carefully - he may play this only once. When songwriter George Cochrane met the star of TV comedy series 'Allo 'Allo at a Scottish theatre in 1986, he stumbled upon his latest project. The pair became close friends and over a whiskey or two they hatched a plan to release a single based on Jack Haig's popular character, Monsieur LeClerc. The French so-called master-of-disguise - famous for the catchphrase "It is I, LeClerc" - was set to become a British popstar. But the song penned by George with the help of 'Allo 'Allo writers David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd was never to reach the airwaves after Jack became ill and the release was shelved. Now, after 20 years, the rare recording has been unearthed and is set for its belated release as a tribute to the actor who passed away in 1989 without ever reaching the charts. George, who lives in Spittal, Berwick, explained: "I met Jack Haig when he was performing at the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh and we became friends. "I obviously knew of him as Monsieur LeClerc in the 'Allo 'Allo series. I decided to have a go writing a fun song based on his master of disguise TV character because it was different to anything I'd done before. "I produced a rough demo and Jack really liked it and suggested he'd like to record it and possibly release it as a single. Jack introduced me to the show's writers David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. They helped to get actress Kirsten Cooke, who played Michelle of The Resistance, involved as well. "When she agreed to be on the recording the song seemed complete because I was able to use her famous catchphrase 'listen very carefully, I shall say zis only once' in the lyrics." BBC Enterprises liked the content of the song and granted the then named Gala Record company the licence to release it. … Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books


Who had a hit in 2012 with the song and video 'Gangnam Style'?

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Which cricketer was killed by a Tube train in Wimbledon in June 2012?

Cricketer Tom Maynard killed in tube collision | London - ITV News 18 June 2012 at 12:27pm Cricketer Tom Maynard killed in tube collision Tom Maynard pictured warming up for Surrey Lions in May. Photo: PA Surrey county cricketer Tom Maynard has died after he was hit by a train in the early hours of this morning. The 23-year-old, who was widely tipped as a future England international, was struck near Wimbledon Park station on the London Underground District Line shortly after 5am. The Cardiff-born cricketer was the son of former England and Glamorgan batsman Matthew Maynard. It is thought he may have been trying to escape police shortly before his death. Favourite Officers tried to pull over a black Mercedes, which was being driven "erratically", an hour before Maynard's body was found on the tracks. At approx 4.15am on Monday, 18 June, officers stopped a vehicle after it was seen being driven erratically in Arthur Road, SW19. The male driver of the vehicle - a black Mercedes C250 - made off on foot. Officers were unable to locate the man. At approx 5.10am the body of a man fitting the same description was found on tracks near Wimbledon Park station. – Metropolitan Police spokesman The force added that it was still trying to identify the deceased man and that the Directorate of Professional Standards and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) have been informed. The incident was reported to BTP at 5.03am and is currently being treated as non-suspicious. A file will be prepared for the Coroner. – British Transport Police Tom Maynard pictured playing for Surrey against Somerset at the Kia Oval in 2012. Credit: PA Surrey and England Cricketer Kevin Pietersen also paid tribute to the 23-year-old. Watch his interview in the video below: London Ambulance Service medics were called but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Surrey County Cricket Club described the batsman as "incredibly talented". He had impressed in all forms of the game, scoring a maiden first-class hundred in Cardiff last year, playing a key role in Surrey's victory in the Clydesdale Bank 40 and earning selection for the England Lions. His future potential was unlimited, with experts both inside and outside the club predicting he would soon follow in the footsteps of his father Matthew by graduating to full England honours. As a mark of respect to Tom, Surrey's Friends Life t20 game against the Hampshire Royals at the Kia Oval that was scheduled for this Wednesday has been postponed. – Surrey County Cricket Club Maynard came through the ranks at Glamorgan before moving to Surrey last summer. The big-hitting batsman was considered a rising star in the game and earned himself a place on the England Lions tour to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the start of this year. Our thoughts at this awful time are with Tom's family and friends and all those that were close to him. Tom Maynard was a prodigiously talented young batsman who had made an incredible start to his career and was clearly destined for far greater things. The impact Tom made in such a short period of time for Surrey CCC spoke for itself. There is a profound sense of loss at the passing of Tom. To lose anybody at such a young age is an utterly senseless tragedy. – Surrey chairman Richard Thompson Former England international and current Glamorgan seamer Simon Jones said: "Don't know what to say or do, bruiser you'll be sorely missed, you were a special, special person and talent! Love you bro." England fast bowler Steven Finn tweeted: "So sad to hear the news of Tom Maynard. Thought with family and friends. Very talented and a top guy. #tooyoung" England bowler Stuart Broad said: "Absolutely gutted this morning to hear the news about Tom Maynard. A lovely guy and great talent. #RIPTom" :England all-rounder Tim Bresnan said: "Was gutted to hear the news of Tom Maynard here at the oval this morning A talented player is lost so young Thoughts with his family #RIPTom England wicket-keeper Matt Prior said: "In shock at the news of Tom Maynard! Such a waste of a very talented and much loved


Which word can be a fruit, a language, a country's one-time ruler or a type of duck?

Countries with the Best Food - Top Ten List - TheTopTens® Countries with the Best Food The Top Ten 1 Italy Italy, in italian Repubblica Italiana, is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2. With almost 62 million inhabitants, it is the 3rd most populous EU member state . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, ... read more . I'm in love with Italian food! I can also say that it has variety from 10.000 kinds of spaghetti and pizza also sea food. I've eaten there a pizza and it only had tomatoes and mozzarella it was the best I could ever imagine it's awesome! And also let's face it everyone like Italian food! Most of the negative comments were written by one mentally disturbed idiot who posts the SAME comments to any list where Italy is at the top or close to it: most beautiful countries, best countries, etc... Sometimes he pretends being swiss, sometimes African, sometimes Asian, etc... Then he always votes his own posts tens of times to give them visibility, he can do it because no registration is required to this website. You can easily spot him by looking at the hilarious grammar mistakes, he can barely speak English. He clearly has some sort of mental issues, or maybe he's angry because he was beaten by some Italians (who should be thanked for that). That's how sad, meaningless and completely failed his life is. A total failure for someone who should have never been born. And yet Italy tops the rank anyways... Everyone is complaining about the fact that Italy doesn't have enough "cultural restaurants" or even fast-food restaurants although I have to agree with that, this list is about the foods that are famous and from that country. You may not have to agree with me because of course we have different taste preferences but I am currently living in Italy (I'm form Canada) and find myself easily finishing a whole fairly large size pizza to myself and still able to eat some amazing gelato. While as in Canada I can barley finish a few slices. It's the quality, freshness and overall culture that's put into the Italian food which makes it so amazing, it's never greasy and everything is made to perfection with care. Italians take so much pride in their own culture and food although sometimes a bit too much which is why you may see a lack of diversity when it comes to cuisine in Italy. In Italy every region is different with it's specialties. For example, the original ... more I can't count how many types of food I love 2 Mexico TACOS, QUESADILLAS, TORTAS AND OF COURSE A MARGARITA TO ENJOY. MEXICAN FOOD IS TRULY THE BEST FOOD. Mexican food has every thing, from very spicy, to sour, sweet, all kind of eatable meat and all variety of seafood, the desserts are also tasty. The food can be eaten in a very fancy restaurant as in a food stall on the street and it taste just awesome. The ingredients are very common now and can be found in any where in the planet and can still taste just as it is eaten in Mexico, obviously if is well prepared. In some countries, you need to go and explore the street to definitely find the real flavor of the local food, and if you eat it out side the country it is very difficult to meet the right flavor as in the original. Undoubtedly the best food in the world. The only problem is that real authentic food with real authentic ingredients can only be found in Mexico. What you get outside the country is a poor rendering of what Mexicans really eat at home: meat, poultry, vegetables, sea food. You have to remember that Mexico has given to the world many of the ingredients of the other cuisines: tomato, chillies (most chillies come originally from Mexico), beans, vanilla, Turkey, cucumber, avocado, and a long etc. What would be Italian food without the Mexican tomato? Or the Indian without our chillies? Tacos, nachos, quesadillas, and burritos! V 404 Comments 3 India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous


Whistler painted 'Arrangement in Grey and Black', version no.1 was of his mother, which philosopher and historian was the subject of version no.2?

James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler /ˈdʒeɪmz ˈæbət məkˈniːl ˈwɪslɚ/ (July 10, 1834[1][2][3][4][5] – July 17, 1903) was an American -born, British-based artist active during the American Gilded Age. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail.[6] The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality—his art was characterized by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler entitled many of his paintings "arrangements", "harmonies", and "nocturnes", emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony.[7] His most famous painting is "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1" (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait of motherhood. Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his artistic theories and his friendships with leading artists and writers.[8] James Abbott McNeill Whistler Teacher of: Clifford Isaac Addams (1876-1942), Blendon Reed Campbell (1872-1969), Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949), Earl Stetson Crawford (1877-1934), Rinaldo Cuneo (1877-1939), Jozef Czajkowski (Józef Czajkowski) (1872-1947), David Ericson (1869-1946), Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939), Lillian Matilde Genth (1876-1953), Walter Greaves (1846-1930), Gwen John (1876-1939), Xavier Martinez (1869-1943), Mortimer Menpes (1855-1939), Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871-1955), Lawton Silas Parker (1868-1954), Harper Pennington (1853-1920), Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942), Konstantin Somov (1869-1955), Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill (1874-1929) Early life James Abbott Whistler was born in Lowell , Massachusetts . He was the first child born to Anna Matilda McNeill and George Washington Whistler, a prominent engineer. She was his father's second wife. At the Ruskin trial (see below), Whistler claimed the more exotic St. Petersburg, Russia as his birthplace: "I shall be born when and where I want, and I do not choose to be born in Lowell", he declared.[9] In later years, he would play up his mother's connection to the American South and its roots, and present himself as an impoverished Southern aristocrat (although to what extent he truly sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War remains unclear). After her death, he would adopt her maiden name, using it as an additional middle name. Young Whistler was a moody child prone to fits of temper and insolence, who—after bouts of ill-health—often drifted into periods of laziness. His parents discovered in his early youth that drawing often settled him down and helped focus his attention.[10] Russia and England Whistler circa 1847–49 Beginning in 1842, his father was employed to work on a railroad in Russia. After moving to St. Petersburg to join his father a year later, the young Whistler took private art lessons, then enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts at age eleven.[9] The young artist followed the traditional curriculum of drawing from plaster casts and occasional live models, reveled in the atmosphere of art talk with older peers, and pleased his parents with a first-class mark in anatomy.[11] In 1844, he met the noted artist Sir William Allan, who came to Russia with a commission to paint a history of the life of Peter the Great. Whistler's mother noted in her diary, "the great artist remarked to me ‘Your little boy has uncommon genius, but do not urge him beyond his inclination.’"[12] In 1847-48, his family spent some time in London with relatives, while his father stayed in Russia. Whistler's brother-in-law Francis Haden, a physician who was also an artist, spurred his interest in art and photography. Haden took Whistler to visit collectors and to lectures, and gave him a watercolor set with instruction. Whistler already was imagining an art career. He began to


Which substance forms the explosive component of dynamite?

How dynamite is made - material, manufacture, history, used, procedure, product, History, Process Design and Facilities Dynamite Background and Raw Materials Dynamite is a commercial explosive used mainly for demolition and mining.    Invented in 1866 by Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896), it is more    accurately described as the packaging of nitroglycerin, a highly poisonous    explosive liquid, or other volatile compounds such as sensitized ammonium    nitrate. Dynamites can be packed in measured charges, transported easily,    and, with the proper detonator, exploded safely. Because a dynamite    explosion creates a "cool flame," which is less likely to    ignite methane and coal dust mixtures present in mines, dynamites are    frequently used in coal mining operations. History Alfred Nobel, his father Immanuel, and younger brother Emil began    experimenting with nitroglycerin near Stockholm in 1862. Discovered by    Italian chemist Ascario Sobrero in 1846, nitroglycerin was highly unstable    and difficult to handle, and accidental explosions were not uncommon. One    such accident killed Emil, among others, at a plant in 1864. Despite the    personal tragedy, Alfred continued his work with this dangerous liquid,    working on a boat in the middle of a lake before conducting his    experiments in a factory. In 1866 he discovered that mixing nitroglycerin    with kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth) stabilized and reduced the volatility of the    explosive. Diatomaceous earth is formed by the fossil remains of a    single-celled plankton called diatoms, and the result is an absorbent    material which "soaks up" the nitroglycerin. Alfred named    the product "dynamite"—derived from the Greek "dynamis" meaning "power"-—and received    a patent for the process in 1867. Nobel went on to develop several other    explosives and propellants, including smokeless powder ballistite. He held    over 355 patents and his considerable fortune provided the financial basis    for the Nobel Prize, which is awarded "to those who, during the    preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on    mankind." Dynamite is classified as a Secondary High Explosive, which means a    detonator of Primary or Initiating High Explosive (mercury fulminate, for    example) is utilized to set off the main charge. Dynamite is considered a    commercial explosive, as opposed to TNT (trinitrotoluene) explosives,    which are considered military munitions explosives. The first large scale    use of dynamite for construction purposes was in the creation of the    Hoosac Tunnel, completed in 1876. Process Design and Facilities Dynamite manufacture is highly regulated and the process strictly    controlled to prevent accidental detonations. The equipment used is    specially designed to reduce the exposure of the mixture to heat,    compaction forces, or ignition sources. Bearings in the product mixers,    for example, are mounted outside of the apparatus frame to prevent contact    with the explosive mixture. Buildings and storage areas (called magazines)    are constructed at great distances from other structures and with    specialized heating, ventilation, and electrical systems. These buildings    are "hardened" with bullet-resistant Dynamite manufacturing can be described as the safe packaging of      nitroglycerin, a highly poisonous explosive liquid. roofs and walls and extensive security systems. Other important    precautions include thorough inspection systems which insure correct    mixing, grading, packaging, and inventory control. Employees are also    highly trained to work with the explosives, and special health precautions    are required. Exposure to nitroglycerin commonly produces throbbing    headaches, although an immunity to the toxic effects can develop.    Interestingly, nitroglycerin is also used in medicine to treat some forms    of angina and other ailments. In the body, it acts


Pakistan: Life in Swat Valley | Pulitzer Center Subscribe Life in Mingora (Swat): Coconut for sale. Image by Shaheen Buneri. Pakistan, 2011. Add this image to a lesson Life in Mingora (Swat).People walking along the main bazaar. Image by Shaheen Buneri. Pakistan, 2011. Add this image to a lesson Life in Mingora (Swat). Floods in 2010 washed away bridges and roads. Image by Shaheen Buneri. Pakistan, 2011. Add this image to a lesson Life in Mingora (Swat). A laborer with his cart. Image by Shaheen Buneri. Pakistan, 2011. Add this image to a lesson Life in Mingora (Swat). The security situation is still fragile. Image by Shaheen Buneri. Pakistan, 2011. Add this image to a lesson Print Published August 5, 2011 Mingora is not only the administrative capital of Swat Valley; it is also the main center of social, cultural and economic activities in the Malakand region. It’s a beautiful city with moderate weather and tourist attractions. Since the time of the Swat State (1915-1969) tourists from inside and outside the country stayed in Mingora before moving to the upper valleys of Swat. The city is also home to rare Buddhist ruins and stupas. According to 1998 census 175,000 people reside in Mingora. Apart from the local Yousafzai tribe of the Pashtuns (predominantly Muslim), Hindu and Sikh families also live in the city—giving diversity to its cultural life. The rise of the Taliban insurgency in 2007 changed the traditional pattern of life in Mingora. Fazlullah, a former lift operator turned militant commander, launched a pirated FM channel in Mamdheri village, at a distance of barely 5 KM from Mingora. In 2008 his campaign against girls’ education, anti-polio treatments and liberal expressions of life left the city and its residents with serious challenges for their survival. The Green Square of the city, once the hub of social and cultural activities, turned into a ‘’bloody square’’ where the dead bodies of Taliban opponents, police and civil society workers were hung from electricity poles. The Taliban also killed Shabana, a female dancer from the city’s Banr Street; they threw her body in the main square so that others could learn a lesson. After immense international pressure, Pakistan launched a military offensive against the Taliban in 2009. The conflict between the security forces and the Taliban displaced 2.5 million people from Malakand, of which Swat is a district. The city became a battleground and, by the end of the year, a number of buildings were destroyed. The power supply center had been bombed by the Taliban. The military operation pushed the Taliban to the mountainous area along the Pak-Afghan border close to the upper Dir district and Bajaur tribal agency. The displaced people returned to their homes and complained that in their absence their houses were looted and their properties damaged. (After two years of conflict and instability, Shaheen Buneri visits this area under a fellowship from the Pulitzer Center to report on the post-Taliban social, political, economic and security situation. These photos, focusing mainly on activities of the residents of Mingora city, were taken during his month-long stay in Swat valley.) Transcript


In 2012, who became the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound without vehicular power when he jumped from a helium balloon at a height of approximately 24 miles?

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Who has written the novels 'A Tiny Bit Marvellous' and 'Oh Dear, Silvia'?

Dawn French Dawn French Victoria Coren Mitchell (and others) Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Dawn French, Olivia Colman, Sarah Millican and Germaine Greer in this new four-part BBC Radio 4 series. Using cars as a 'vehicle' for sharing memories, Victoria and guests take a comic look at life, love, sex, work, childhood, adulthood and adventure. At the heart of the show is an exploration of what cars symbolise to women today, including freedom, power, refuge, novelty and familiarity. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre, Women Talking About Cars offers a fresh and funny new perspective on the lives of four amazing women. Duration: 2 hours approx. Dawn French Dawn French, number one bestselling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous and Oh Dear Silvia, returns with her joyously funny new novel, According To YES. The Foreign Land of the Very Wealthy - otherwise known as Manhattan's Upper East Side - has its own rigid code of behaviour. It's a code strictly adhered to by the Wilder-Bingham family. Emotional displays - unacceptable. Unruly behaviour - definitely not welcome. Fun - no thanks. This is Glenn Wilder-Bingham's kingdom. A beautifully displayed impeccably edited fortress of restraint. So when Rosie Kitto, an eccentric thirty-eight-year-old primary school teacher from England, bounces into their lives with a secret sorrow and a heart as big as the city, nobody realises that she hasn't read the rule book. For the Wilder-Bingham family, whose lives begin to unravel thread by thread, the consequences are explosive. Because after a lifetime of saying no, what happens when everyone starts saying . . . yes? 'I adored According to YES. It's so different to anything I've read in forever, so charming, wise, brilliantly written. I loved it all' Marian Keyes 'There is lots of fun to be had reading this book. It's impossible not to warm to Rosie, a funny and open-hearted woman who acts as a salve and comfort blanket for this unhappy, inhibited family. There's something quite joyous about the way she unashamedly romps her way through the novel, changing the lives of those around her for the better' Express 'French can spin a yarn . . . which sets According to YES apart from the usual chick-lit template. Think the vicar of Dibley, without the dog collar. YES YES YES indeed' Independent Further praise for Dawn French: 'A fantastic slam-dunk pageturner. Funny, enriching . . . page after page I laughed out loud' Mail on Sunday 'A hilarious snapshot of family life in the twenty-first century' Sunday Express 'Extremely funny' Sunday Times 'Dawn tackles the big ones - love, death, grief, childhood, motherhood, parenthood - head on' Guardian 'Makes you laugh on every page' The Times 'A brilliantly observed, very funny novel of family life' Woman and Home 'Funny, really enjoyable, highly recommended. A wonderful writer - witty, wise, poignant' Daily Mail Dawn French, number one bestelling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous and one of Britain's best loved comic writers, returns with Oh Dear Silvia, a darkly comic pageturner that will have you hanging on her every word. Who is in Coma Suite Number 5? A matchless lover? A supreme egotist? A selfless martyr? A bad mother? A cherished sister? A selfish wife? All of these. For this is Silvia Shute who has always done exactly what she wants. Until now, when her life suddenly, shockingly stops. Her past holds a dark and terrible secret, and now that she is unconscious in a hospital bed, her constant stream of visitors are set to uncover the mystery of her broken life. And she must lie there, victim of the beloveds, the borings, the babblings and the plain bonkers. Like it or not, the truth is about to pay Silvia a visit. Again, and again and again... Oh Dear Silvia is the brand new novel from one of Britain's most loved comic writers and the number one bestselling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous. Praise for Dawn French: A Tiny Bit Marvellous is comedian Dawn French's hilarious pageturner. Everyone hates the perfect family. So you'll love the Battles. Meet Mo Battle, about to tu