Tess Coleman, Jake and Pei Pei are all characters in which 2003 Disney film?

Freaky Friday (2003) DVD Review Freaky Friday (2003) DVD Review Freaky Friday Theatrical     Release: August 1, 2003 / Running Time:     97 Minutes / Rating: PG Director: Mark Waters Cast:     Jamie Lee Curtis (Tess Coleman), Lindsay Lohan (Anna Coleman), Mark Harmon (Ryan), Harold Gould (Grandpa), Chad Michael Murray (Jake), Stephen Tobolowsky (Mr. Bates), Ryan Malgarini (Harry Coleman), Christina Vidal (Maddie), Haley Hudson (Peg), Rosalind Chao (Pei-Pei), Lucille Soong (Pei-Pei's Mom), Willie Garson (Evan), Dina Waters (Dottie Robertson) In recent years, Disney has remade some popular films with mixed results. The '90s saw remakes of The Absent-Minded Professor and The Parent Trap, plus new spins on other studio films Angels in the Outfield and Mighty Joe Young. Disney's 1977 comedy Freaky Friday ( coming to DVD in June ) isn't as popular or as old as those other films, but nonetheless, the decision to remake the film did not seem like a bad idea. Having already tackled duplicating Hayley Mills (in her finest dual role, no less), Lindsay Lohan was quickly in place to play the role of the daughter who switches bodies with her mother, a role performed by a young Jodie Foster in the original film. The rest of the casting was less firm. With Foster declining to play the role of the mother this time, Annette Bening was hired. In a touch of Disney synergy, Kelly Osbourne of "The Osbournes" was slated to play Lohan's best friend. Tom Selleck was to play the husband-to-be. Nonetheless, when filming started in the fall of 2002, all three were gone. In their place were Jamie Lee Curtis as the mother, Christina Vidal (the young star of Life with Mikey) as the best friend, and Mark Harmon as fiance Ryan. When the film was released less than a year later, Curtis won rave reviews, and later was nominated for a Golden Globe Best Actress award. Curtis does deserve praise, as she both successfully brings her middle-aged character Tess Coleman to life and takes what could be a cartoonish body-switch gag and makes it convincing. Curtis almost calls to mind Tom Hanks' brilliant performance in the 1988 body-switching comedy Big. It's rare for such a substantial middle-aged adult performance to turn up in a live action Disney film. Certainly, Richard Farnsworth's leading role in The Straight Story was excellent, but that was neither middle-aged nor standard Disney family fare. The closest that comes to mind in recent history is Bruce Willis' able performance in The Kid, though even that could have undoubtedly used some refinement. But enough with the critical analysis, what's this movie about, you ask? Well, it's a pretty original concept, assuming you didn't see the original Freaky Friday, the 1995 TV remake, or Vice Versa or Like Father, Like Son. Nonetheless, like all those films, this Freaky Friday has a distinct appeal on premise alone. Anna Coleman (Lohan) is a 15-year-old high school student who appreciates sleeping in late, fashionable dressing, and punk rock. Her mother, Tess Coleman (Curtis), is a hard-working psychologist and writer, who gets by with a collection of portable electronic communication devices. While Tess is excited about her new book and her new wedding to Ryan (Harmon), Tess is more excited about her garage band, The Pink Slips, and an opportunity to rehearse in front of a real crowd. Of course, this opporunity conflicts with her mother's wedding rehearsal dinner, making just another topic for mother and daughter to argue over. This can be added to a list which includes wakeup time, sibling privacy, and body piercings. When dining at a Chinese restaurant, the Coleman family gets a shakeup, when some "strange Asian voodoo" works through a fortune cookie. The next morning, Anna and Tess have switched bodies. Now on this freaky Friday, mother and daughter will have to see what it's like to be daughter and mother. While the obvious physical humor ensues, so does some genuine perspective-shifting and a bit of witty interplay arising from the situations. For a film which so clearly telegraphs its message an


The seaport of Dar-es Salaam is in which African country?

Dar es Salaam Port Dawati la Malalamiko kwa Wananchi: Piga Simu za Bure namba: 0800 110072/0800 110073, Barua Pepe; maoni@tanzaniaports.com.Complaints Desk for the General Public. Call our Toll Free numbers 0800 110072 & 0800 110073; E-mail address; maoni@tanzaniaports.com Home PortsSea PortsMain Sea PortsDar Es Salaam Dar es Salaam Port Get Adobe Flash player Dar es Salaam port is the Tanzania principal port with a rated capacity of 4.1 million (dwt) dry cargo and 6.0 million (dwt) bulk liquid cargo. The Port has a total quay length of about 2,000 metres with eleven deep-water berths. Dar es Salaam port handles about 95% of the Tanzania international trade. The port serves the landlocked countries of Malawi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. The port is strategically placed to serve as a convenient freight linkage not only to and from East and Central Africa countries but also to middle and Far East, Europe, Australia and America. The Port of Dar es Salaam has the following marine crafts: Six (6) Berthing Tugs Sixteen (16) Lighter Towing Tugs Four (4) Lighters


The bouzouki is the traditional musical instrument of which European country?

bouzouki | Greek musical instrument | Britannica.com Greek musical instrument gittern Bouzouki, also spelled buzuki , long-necked plucked lute of Greece . Resembling a mandolin , the bouzouki has a round wooden body, with metal strings arranged in three or four double courses over a fretted fingerboard. The musician plucks the strings over the soundhole with a plectrum held in the right hand, while pressing on the strings on the fingerboard with the fingers of the left hand. Musician playing a bouzouki. Courtesy of Panagis Noussias Derived from the Turkish bozuk and closely related to the Turkish saz and the Asian tanbur , the bouzouki was traditionally used for dancing and entertainment at social gatherings. It became a featured instrument in rebetika, a type of improvised early 20th-century music associated with the Greek underworld. Since gaining a wider audience, the bouzouki has become the major popular-music instrument of Greece. It is also played in a variety of musical genres throughout the world, including jazz , bluegrass , rock , and folk music . Learn More in these related articles: ṭanbūr long-necked fretted lute played under various names from the Balkans to northwestern Asia. Resembling the long lutes of ancient Egypt and Babylon as well as the ancient Greek pandoura, it has a deep pear-shaped body, some 1 to 4 dozen adjustable frets, and 2 to 10 metal strings that are typically... Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: August 08, 2007 URL: https://www.britannica.com/art/bouzouki Access Date: January 17, 2017 Share


In the game of snooker, which colour ball should be pocketed after all the reds?

Snooker Rules      Rules of Snooker Type of Game: International or "English" snooker is the most widely played form of snooker around the world. It is generally played on 6'x12' English billiard tables, with cushions that are more narrow than on pocket billiard tables and which curve smoothly into the pocket openings. 5 x 10 and snooker tables of even smaller playing dimensions may be used for the game. On a 6 x 12 snooker (English billiard) table the playing area within the cushion faces shall measure 11' 8.5" x 5' 10" with a tolerance on both dimensions of +/-0.5". The height of the table is measured from the floor to the top of the cushion rail, and the height shall measure 34" with an allowable variance of +/-0.5". If you like playing snooker on  your computer, you can also try casino gaming online for free or real money.  Sites like www.realmoneyaction.com provide online casino games, guides and reviews of best online casinos. Players: 2 Balls Used: Set of Snooker balls: fifteen object balls that are not numbered and are solid red (called reds), six object balls of other colors that are not numbered (called colors) and a cue ball (called the white ball). Point values for object balls: red-1, yellow-2, green-3, brown-4, blue-5, pink-6, black-7. In International Snooker the balls used are 2-1/16" diameter. The Rack: Play begins with the balls placed as in the diagram above. The pink is spotted on the Pyramid Spot. The apex ball of the triangle of reds is racked as close as possible to the pink without touching it. Baulk-line and Baulk: A straight line drawn 29" from the face of the bottom cushion and parallel to it is called the Baulk-line and the intervening space termed the Baulk. The Half Circle: The Half Circle is a semi-circle described in Baulk with its center at the middle of the Baulk-line and with a radius of 11.5". When the striker has cue ball in hand within the Half Circle he may place the base of the cue ball anywhere on the line or within the Half Circle, and may use his hand or any part of his cue (including the tip) to position the cue ball--as long as it is judged he is not attempting to play a stroke. Object of the Game: To score a greater number of points than opponent. Scoring: Points are scored in two ways: players are awarded points for fouls by the opponent (see Penalties For Fouls below), and by legally potting reds or colors. Each legally potted red ball has a point value of one; each legally potted color ball has a point value as indicated (Balls Used above). A frame ends when all balls have been potted, following the Rules of Play; if, however, only the black (7) ball is left on the table, the frame ends with the first score or foul. If the players' scores are equal after that scoring, the black is spotted on its original position and the layers lag or draw lots for the choice of playing at, or assigning opponent to play at, the black ball with the cue ball in hand within the Half Circle, first score or foul then ends the frame. Opening Break: Players lag or draw lots for choice of break in the opening frame. In a match format the players alternate the break in subsequent frames. Starting player has cue ball in hand within the Half Circle. He must cause the cue ball to contact a red ball. It is not necessary to send a ball to a rail or into a pocket. Failure to meet this requirement is a foul (see Penalties For Fouls) A foul is scored and--with all fouls--the incoming player has a choice of (1) accepting the table and becoming the striker, or (2) requiring the offender to break again. Rules of Play 1. A legally potted ball entitles the striker to continue at the table until he fails to legally pot a ball. 2. On all shots, the striker must comply with the appropriate requirements of Rules of Play 5 and 6. It is not necessary to cause the cue ball or an object ball to contact a cushion or drop in a pocket after the cue ball has contacted a legal object ball (ball on). Failure to contact a legal object ball first is a foul. 3. As long as reds are on the table, the incoming striker (player tak


Who sang the theme song to the BBC television series ‘Dad’s Army’?

Dad's Army | Music from the television series on CD and download 1. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? Bud Flanagan 2. BLUE SKIES ARE 'ROUND THE CORNER Jack Hylton and his Orchestra 3. THE KING IS STILL IN LONDON Billy Cotton and his Band 4. TIGGERTY BOO Joe Loss and his Orchestra 5. KEEP YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL Harry Roy and his Orchestra 6. IT'S A HAP-HAP-HAPPY DAY Arthur Askey, with Orchestra 7. LET THE PEOPLE SING Geraldo and his Orchestra. Vocal by Evelyn Lane 8. CALLING ALL WORKERS Eric Coates and Orchestra 9. I'VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Jack Cooper 10. FOOLS RUSH IN Carroll Gibbons and his Orchestra. Vocal by Anne Lenner 11. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Sam Browne 12. RUN RABBIT RUN Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Jack Cooper 13. WISH ME LUCK (AS YOU WAVE ME GOODBYE) Gracie Fields 14. THE TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC Henry Hall and his Orchestra, with Chorus 15. THE DEVIL'S GALOP Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra 16. LORDS OF THE AIR Harold Williams and Orchestra 17. ADOLF Billy Cotton and his Band 18. I CAME, I SAW, I CONGA'D Nat Gonella and his New Georgians 19. FOLLOW THE WHITE LINE Arthur Riscoe and Orchestra 20. WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK Billy Cotton and his Band 21. HEY LITTLE HEN Bunny Doyle with Orchestra 22. WHEN THEY SOUND THE LAST 'ALL CLEAR' Vera Lynn with Mantovani's Orchestra 23. BLESS 'EM ALL Billy Cotton and his Band 24. THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND Jack Payne and his Orchestra. Vocal by Robert Ashley 25. FURIOSO No. 1 The Crawford Light Orchestra 26. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? (MARCH) Performed by the Grand Massed Bands Sleevenote: The immortal BBC television comedy series Dad's Army ran for over 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977, as well as spawning a feature film, a radio series and a West End musical. Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, it established Captain Mainwaring, Segeant Wilson, Corporal Jones and Privates Pike, Godfrey, Walker and Frazer as comedy legends, spawning half a dozen deathless catchphrases such as "Don't panic!" and "Stupid boy". In addition to drawing on his own experience as a youthful Home Guard in Barnes and Watford between 1940-1943 (reflected in the character of Pike), Jimmy Perry elected to use period music rather than library material, which is often somewhat sterile. This decision was also influenced by budgetary restrictions at the BBC - and thank goodness, since the use of nostalgic vintage recordings added immeasurably to the success and popularity of the show. A BBC survey as early as 1968 confirmed that "attention to detail and the inclusion of excerpts from wartime songs add greatly to the atmosphere of authenticity." On this popular CD you will hear many of the best songs featured in the nine series filmed, as well as rare incidental music, and the immortal theme written by Jimmy Perry, and sung by Bud Flanagan. Said Jimmy Perry: "It didn't take me long to write Mr Hitler. I often tell people that I just put together a lot of wartime songs. This isn't quite true, but once I had decided on my theme - the brave defiance of the British people against one of the most evil forces the world has known - the words seemed to come quite easily. I sorted out the melody and then I contacted Derek Taverner to put the whole thing together for me." The song (together with the end title version, performed by the Band of the Coldstream Guards) was recorded at BBC Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, in February 1968. Of Bud Flanagan, David Croft recalled: "We were very lucky to get him. It turned out he'd never recorded a song that he hadn't actually sung before. In the end that signature tune was an accumulation of about eight takes pieced together." Three months later Flanagan died, and a great music hall legend passed into the hall of fame. In 1970 the song won a richly deserved Ivor Novello award for best signature tune. Annotated tracklist: 1. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? Performed by Bud Flanagan. Written by Jimmy Perry and Derek Taverner. Published by Veronica Music Ltd. O


The A3 road crosses which bridge over the River Thames?

London Bridge A Historical Bridge On River Thames | Travel Featured London Bridge A Historical Bridge On River Thames 1384 Views October 03, 2013 No Comments Attractions , Europe Tiffany Weekes London Bridge refers to few historical bridges in the central London,England. These bridges have covered the distance from the River Thames. The current passage which was before made of concrete and iron supports was opened for the general traffic in 1973. Later it was out dated and has to be replaced with the new design before that it was made of timber wood bridges in fact the series of bridges. The first overpass on London was built by the Founder of London. The present London Bridge which lies at the west point of the river of the place, located about 30 meters in opposite direction of the water flow (upstream). It has been changed from the old location of the overpass which later replaced by the new design. Putney was opened in 1729 which was the set of series of bridges in the area before this the London Bridge was the only passing which was used to cross the river from the Thames.   The current shape of the overpass is being looked after by an organization called, Bridge House Estates. It is a individual aid which is being supervised by the London city corporation itself. The A3 road which is also being looked after by the local authority. The London Bridge and the adjacent towers are now being selected as the busiest business area. The total length of the over pass is 269 meters long; its total width is 32 meters wide. The long spam area is measured as 104 meters. It was open to the general transportation back in 1973 in the month of March. It is a fantastic place to visit. Tourist comes from all over the world to visit the great architecture which has the most historical places in the area. People can come and see the areas like, Tower, the Dungeon and Tower over pass Experience. The place is located on these coordinates if you see on the world equator, Coordinates : 51°30′29″N 0°05′16″W. Hope you like the article which has all the basic information about the place, keep us posted with your valuable feedbacks. Ships passing by London Bridge  London Bridge day view


Which English football club is nicknamed ‘The Baggies’?

Origins of Nicknames for 20 Premier League Clubs - World Soccer Talk Origins of Nicknames for 20 Premier League Clubs Origins of Nicknames for 20 Premier League Clubs James Beckett November 15, 2010 Leagues: EPL 33 Comments Supporters of Premier League clubs often pride themselves on their nicknames, but do you really know the origin of them? Do you know the origins of the Baggies, Gunners, Red Devils, Toffees, Trotters, Hammers, Lilywhites and Citizens? Let’s take a closer at look some of the interesting stories behind each of Premier League club’s nicknames. Arsenal – The Gunners Like many, Arsenal’s nickname goes right back to when the club was originally founded. Way back in 1886, workers at Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory decided to form a football club called Dial Square. The club would be renamed as Woolwich Arsenal before dropping the prefix in 1913, but their original connection with the armament industry would remain and the names Gunners is now synonymous with the club. Aston Villa – Villans Not the most fascinating story behind this one. Formed when a local cricket team Villa Cross needed something to occupy themselves during the winter months, the name Villa inevitably evolved to Villans. Blackburn Rovers – Rovers Again not the most imaginable nickname. Rovers is a common team name for a side which is willing to travel distances for victory. Logically fans shortened the clubs name to Rovers. Birmingham City – Blues When the club was formed as Small Heath Alliance they decided the club would play in a dark blue shirt. The club would stick with these colors and the nickname Blues was born. Blackpool – Seasiders/ Tangerines One of several clubs to have multiple nicknames. The term Seasiders relates to the popularity of the town as a tourist resort on the North West coast, while Tangerines relates to the color of the clubs home kit. The club picked up the colors after been impressed when a club official saw a Netherlands side play. Bolton Wanderers – Trotters There are a few reported explanations for this one. One explanation claims that like Rovers, the term Wanderers implies a side is willing to travel great distances for victory. The term Trotters is simply a variation. Another explanation claims that the Trotters nickname originates because people from Bolton have a reputation for being practical jokers. Pranksters are known locally as Trotters. The most bizarre explanation claims that an old ground was built next to a pig farm and stray balls would end up with the pigs. Chelsea – Pensioners The nickname comes from the well known Chelsea Pensioners – war veterans living in a nearby hospital. In 1905 the club adopted the crest of  the Chelsea pensioners, and the nickname followed on. Everton – The Toffees The famous nickname comes after a local sweet shop known as Mother Noblett’ sold and advertised the Everton mint. The sweet shop is located opposite Prince Rupert’s Tower, which forms the majority of the Everton crest. Fulham – Cottagers This nickname originates from the famous cottage which is an iconic part of Fulham’s Craven Cottage ground. Liverpool – The Reds Another nickname which doesn’t take two much explanation. When Liverpool adopted the city’s color of red as the color of their strip, the nickname of the Reds simply followed on. Manchester City – Citizens/ The Blues Again not the most fascinating story behind this nickname, the name Citizens has simply evolved from the term City, where as The Blues has obvious connections with the clubs home colors. Manchester United – The Red Devils A few conflicting stories describe the Red Devils nickname. One rumor suggests that during a tour of France in the 1960s the club were branded the Red Devils due to their red kit and Sir Matt Busby liked the name so much he asked for the club to incorporate a devil in the badge. Another story suggests it stems from local rugby Salford. The rugby club were nicknamed the Red Devils and with United formally training in Salford the nickname transferred over. Newcastle United – Magpies / The Toon The name Magpies origina


What is the name of the coffee bean, the most expensive in the world, which is eaten and excreted by the civet?

The World’s Most Expensive Coffee Is a Cruel Cynical Scam | TIME.com World The World’s Most Expensive Coffee Is a Cruel Cynical Scam For the most part, civet coffee is not harvested in the wild in limited quantities but mass produced by animals kept in appalling conditions — it's high time we stopped drinking it Send to Kindle Nicky Loh / Getty Images for WSPA A civet cat kept in a cage that belongs to a kopi luwak or civet-coffee farm and café in the Indonesian town of Tampaksiring, on Bali Island, on May 27, 2013 Follow @TIMEWorld The costliest coffee on earth has a humble proletarian beginning. As folklore has it, civet coffee, or kopi luwak in Indonesian, was discovered by plantation workers in colonized Indonesia . Forbidden from consuming coffee beans picked from the plants, they picked up, cleaned and then roasted the beans excreted by wild Asian palm civets that entered the plantations to eat the ripest coffee cherries. The civets’ digestive systems gave kopi luwak a uniquely rich aroma and smooth, rounded flavor — so much so that the Dutch plantation owners soon became die-hard fans. In the past 10 years, kopi luwak has won the hearts — and wallets — of global consumers . A cup sells for $30 to $100 in New York City and London, while 1 kg of roasted beans can fetch as much as $130 in Indonesia and five times more overseas. The ultimate in caffeine bling is civet coffee packed in a Britannia-silver and 24-carat gold-plated bag, sold at the British department store Harrods for over $10,000. The justification for these exorbitant prices? A claim that kopi luwak is sourced from wild animals and that only 500 kg of it is collected annually. The claim is largely nonsense. While there are some ethical suppliers of hand-gathered civet coffee, recent investigations, both by journalists and animal-rights activists, have revealed a cruel and avaricious industry. To satisfy global demand, many suppliers keep captured civets in cages and feed them almost exclusively on coffee cherries. Enduring appalling living conditions and an unhealthy diet, these nocturnal omnivores suffer mental distress — incessantly pacing and gnawing on their limbs — and succumb to illness and death. These grim farms are not confined to Indonesia. Farmers elsewhere in Asia have jumped on the bandwagon. By one estimate, 50 tons of mass-produced civet coffee from Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and China flood the market every year. (MORE: In Laos, a Campaign to Resurrect Great Coffee ) One of the most outspoken critics is former coffee trader Tony Wild , who imported a single kilogram of kopi luwak to the U.K. in 1991 and took pride in introducing it to the Western world. (The coffee gained wider notoriety after being featured in The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2003 and the myth of its all-natural origins was propagated in a Jack Nicholson–Morgan Freeman scene in the 2007 film The Bucket List.) Wild, who witnessed horrific animal abuse while helping a BBC team investigate civet-coffee farms in Sumatra, has launched a petition and social-media campaign, “ Kopi Luwak: Cut the Crap ,” urging customers and companies to shun the product. “The coffee trade has conspired to turn a blind eye to the wildlife suffering in order to get this business going,” says Wild, who is also the author of Coffee: A Dark History. “It is a bit of a racket.” Teguh Pribadi, founder of the Indonesian Civet Coffee Association, admits animal cruelty is rampant in the industry. “The luwaks aren’t treated well,” he tells TIME. “Many farmers don’t understand how to keep the animals properly.” The association recommends the civets be kept in cages that are at least 2 m by 1½ m wide and 2½ m high, and for no longer than six months. “We tell farmers to focus on the quality, not the quantity of the product,” Teguh says. “It’s better if they produce little but superior coffee, and don’t have dying civets.” Yet animal experts say Asian palm civets — solitary and territorial by nature — shouldn’t be kept in cages, nor in enclosures, because a single civet needs an average of 17 sq km of terri


On a cat, ‘Vibrissae’ are more commonly known by what name?

How do whiskers work? | Discover Wildlife How do whiskers work? Why do animals have whiskers? And how do they work? 27th June 2012 - Whiskers are much more widespread and important – in both functional and evolutionary terms – than you might imagine. These modified hairs – vibrissae – form specialised touch organs, found at some stage in the life of all mammals except monotremes (duck-billed platypus and echidnas) and humans, though we still have vestiges of the muscles once associated with vibrissae in our upper lips. Whiskers typically grow around the nostrils and above the lips and eyes, but also on the forelegs and feet of some mammals. Manatees have them all over the head and body, but in most mammals they form an ordered pattern. Rats – whose whiskers are the best-studied – have five rows on either side of the snout, each comprising five to nine vibrissae: shorter microvibrissae at the front, longer macrovibrissae at the rear, a little under 1mm in diameter at the base, tapering to an extremely narrow tip. In contrast, seals’ whiskers are much stiffer and do not taper. Vibrissae can be very long: up to 50mm in rats, and one-third of a chinchilla’s body length. The whiskers of many carnivores, particularly aquatic and nocturnal species, are also very prominent. Whisk assessment So, how do they work? In essence, they function like an old-fashioned gramophone stylus. As whiskers brush an object, irregularities in the surface are translated into movements of the vibrissae; those, in turn, are detected by hundreds of motion sensors inside a heavily innervated hair follicle – rats and cats have 100–200 nerve cells per whisker, seals up to 1,500. These nerves relay detailed information about the direction, velocity and duration of vibrissal movement, thereby allowing the animal to detect the precise location, size, texture and other details of the object. In some mammals, individual muscles allow macrovibrissae around the nose to be moved independently, whereas those elsewhere on the body cannot; neither can microvibrissae. Larger muscles move all of the whiskers together by changing the position or shape of the whisker pad. Small rodents exhibit rapid whisker movements – in fact, the ‘whisking’ motions of rats are the fastest of any mammal. By contrast, in larger rodents, lagomorphs and some carnivores, such ‘vibrations’ (the name derives from the Latin vibrare) are sporadic; bats, ungulates, primates and cetaceans make few whisker movements. Food finders Whiskers serve various purposes, but are most commonly used to locate food. Seals, for example, extend their whiskers forward to follow the hydrodynamic trails left by swimming fish. Indeed, the vibrissae of common seals are so sensitive that they can discriminate the species – or at least the size – of their prey, and the direction in which it fled, long after it swam away. The vibrissal sensory system of Etruscan shrews enables them to distinguish prey from non-prey in a single touch – an ability that scientists are attempting to replicate in robots.  Many terrestrial mammals can also detect air currents with their whiskers, which may warn them of approaching danger. The body vibrissae of manatees may help to detect the movements of other animals, water currents, tidal flows and changes in the contours of the seabed in their shallow-water environment. Whiskers are also important in indicating an animal’s state of mind, and play a role in various social behaviours. But though vibrissae have been the subject of some fascinating research, little is known about the function of cats’ whiskers. The making of mammals The role whiskers played in the early evolution of mammals is perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the topic. The first mammals coexisted with dinosaurs, and became adapted to the main ecological niches available: hunting insects at night, when predatory dinosaurs were least active, and living high up in trees. Facial whiskers would have endowed these early mammals with a sensory advantage, using the increased sensitivity of touch provided by vibrissae to help


What was the surname of British horticulturalist and garden designer Gertrude, who died in 1932?

Jekyll’s English Gardens still impress visitors in Woodbury Jekyll’s English Gardens still impress visitors in Woodbury By John Torsiello # Comments John Torsiello photo Volunteers Debbie Soresino and Priscilla Price get snacks and drinks ready. WOODBURY >> This town has a treasure that no other town or city in the United States can claim: a surviving garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll, an influential British horticulturalist, garden designer, artist and writer. Jekyll, who established a trend toward the classic English cottage garden, created more than 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States and wrote over 1,000 articles for magazines. While Jekyll, who died at the age of 89 in 1932, designed hundreds of gardens, only three apparently were in the United States, with the only surviving one being the Gertrude Jekyll Gardens that frame the outside of the Glebe House and Museum on Hollow Road. In 1926, the English horticultural designer and writer was commissioned to plan an old-fashioned garden to enhance a newly created museum. It’s a modest garden, especially by English standards. The Gertrude Jekyll Gardens in Woodbury include 600 feet of classic English-style mixed border and foundation plantings, a planted stone terrace and an intimate rose allee (lined walkway). The garden remains somewhat of a mystery, not for when it was commissioned or installed or who the designer was, but because it took over 50 years for the plans of Jekyll to bloom. For reasons unknown today, the garden was never fully installed in the 1920s and its existence was forgotten. After the rediscovery of the plans in the late 1970s, a project to finally install the gardens began in earnest and was completed in 1988, according to the original plans. “There was some discussions on whether it should be installed or not,” explained Debbie Soresino, a volunteer who helps maintain the gardens along with another 10 or so individuals on a regular basis and who was at the gardens to conduct tours Sunday — part of Connecticut Historic Gardens Day. Advertisement “The Glebe House was restored to replicate a home of the Revolutionary War period and some felt the Jekyll garden, the plans of which were drawn up 150 years later, would not fit with the property. But the idea eventually carried the day,” likely because Jekyll is such a historic figure and her Woodbury garden would be the only opportunity to view one of her creations in the U.S. Many of her gardens have been lost, although a small number have been restored, including her own garden at Unsteady Wood. She was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honor of the Royal Horticultural Society and the Vetch Memorial Medal of the Society. Also, in 1929, she was given the George Robert White Medal of Honor of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The Glebe House was built about 1750 and was saved by the Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House, which repaired the building, began collecting furniture and raised funds to ensure continued operations as a museum. The Glebe House was restored in 1923 under the direction of William Henry Kent, a pioneer of early American decorative arts, and opened its doors to the public in 1925. Both the Glebe House and the Gertrude Jekyll Gardens are included in the Connecticut Antiquarian & Landmarks Society, a statewide network of 12 significant historic properties that span three centuries of New England history. The organization was established in 1936 to acquire and preserve for the benefit of the people of Connecticut real and personal property “having scenic, artistic, historical, literary, educational, architectural and monumental ... interest to the public, and to aid in the preservation of such properties.” Great effort went into the Jekyll Gardens, including flipping (digging up and replanting) the east and west borders only a year after they were originally placed. It seems there was a large sycamore tree (since removed) that interfered with the “hot” and “cool” borders respectively. The hot border is full of red and yellow flowering pe


Which British singer released a 2003 album entitled ‘Life For Rent’?

Dido | New Music And Songs | Dido About Dido The electronic pop chanteuse Dido entered London's Guildhall School of Music at age six; by the time she reached her teens, the budding musician had already mastered piano, violin, and recorder. After touring with a British classical ensemble, she accepted a publishing job. Meanwhile, she sang with a series of local groups before joining the trip-hop outfit Faithless -- helmed by her older brother, the noted DJ and producer Rollo -- in 1995. The group released its debut album, Reverence, the following year. It went on to sell over five million copies worldwide, and Dido parlayed her newfound success into a solo deal with Arista Records. Dido's ethereal solo material combined elements of acoustic pop and electronica. She released her debut LP, No Angel, in mid-1999, and supported the release by joining the Lilith Fair tour that summer. However, her biggest break arrived in 2000, when rap superstar Eminem sampled one of her tracks, "Thank You," for the chorus of his hit single "Stan." The result was a surprisingly touching song, and demand for the Dido original quickly escalated. "Thank You" became a Top Five smash in early 2001, as did the accompanying No Angel, whose album sales topped 12 million copies worldwide by the time Dido returned to the spotlight two years later. In September 2003, she released her long-awaited follow-up, Life for Rent. This sophomore effort was layered with personal hardship and heartbreak, marking some of Dido's more honest material yet. An eagerly anticipated record, it became one of the fastest-selling albums in U.K. history, quickly going multi-platinum at home while also moving several million copies in America. Following a world tour, Dido once again retreated from the public eye in 2005 to work on her third solo release. Safe Trip Home arrived in 2008, featuring collaborations with Brian Eno, Mick Fleetwood, and Citizen Cope. Shortly after this, she recorded the single "Everything to Lose," which subsequently appeared on the Sex and the City 2 soundtrack. In 2011, she worked with producer A.R Rahman on the single "If I Rise" and began work on her fourth studio album, Girl Who Got Away, with producers Rollo Armstrong and Jeff Bhasker, as well as guest producer Brian Eno on the track "Day Before We Went to War." Described by herself as a "big, fun electronic extravaganza," the album was scheduled for release in early 2013 ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi


Bankstown Airport is in which Australian state?

Postcode for Bankstown Airport, New South Wales (near Sydney) - Postcodes Australia State: New South Wales (capital: Sydney - 21km away) Nearest Urban Centre: Sydney, NSW (21km away) Area Code: 02 (+61 2 from overseas) Time Zone: AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), AEDT - Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11) Current Time: 18/01/2017 11:10:52 am Nearest Train Station: Panania Station (3.5km away) Nearest Hotels:


Larry Lurex was the original stage name of which late singer?

Larry Lurex Story - Freddie Mercury Net Worth Larry Lurex Story Read more... Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury Net Worth is $100 Million. Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar and has an estimated net worth of $100 million dollars. As the lead singer and songwriter with the hugely successful British band, Queen, Freddie Mercury wrote many hit. Freddie Mercury (born Farrok... Freddie Mercury Net Worth is $100 Million. Freddie Mercury Net Worth is $100 Million. Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar and has an estimated net worth of $100 million dollars. As the lead singer and songwriter with the hugely successful British band, Queen, Freddie Mercury wrote many hit Freddie Mercury , 5 September 1946 - 24 November 1991) was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range. As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Are the Champions". In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, and also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease. Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. He has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star". In 2002, Mercury was placed ...


The, now extinct, dodo was native to which island in the Indian Ocean?

The Dodo Bird | History, Story and Resources for Dodobirds The Story of the Dodo Bird A Reference Site for The Dodo Bird and it's History The Dodo bird or Raphus Cucullatus was a flightless bird native to the island of Mauritius, near the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The closest relatives to the dodo bird are pigeons and doves, even though dodo birds were much larger in size. On average, dodo birds stood 3 feet tall and weighted about 40 lb. Unfortunately, due to aggressive human population, dodo birds became extinct in late 17th century. The Dodo Bird Location Dodo Birds, while now extinct, were found only on the small island of Mauritius, some 500 miles east of Madagascar, and 1200 miles east of Africa. The complete isolation of this island let the Dodo Birds grow and evolve without natural predators, unfortunately to a fault that led to their extinction.


How many gold rings, altogether, did ‘My True Love give to me’ over the Twelve Days of Christmas?

The Twelve Days of Christmas - How Many Presents? » The Twelve Days of Christmas - How Many Presents? The Twelve Days of Christmas - How Many Presents? By Murray Bourne , 16 Dec 2008 A partridge in a pear tree Most people wrongly believe that the '12 Days of Christmas' refers to the days before Christmas. However, it's really the period starting on Christmas day and finishing with the Epiphany (January 6th, when the 3 kings from 'the East' brought gifts). You may be familiar with the Christmas song, The 12 Days of Christmas. The first few lines go like this: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. The song continues, adding 4 calling birds on the 4th day, 5 golden rings on the 5th, and so on up to the 12th day, when 12 drummers add to the cacophony of assorted birds, pipers and lords leaping all over the place. Notice that on each day there is one partridge (so I will have 12 partridges by the 12th day), and each day from the second day onwards there are 2 doves (so I will have 22 doves), and from the 3rd there are 3 hens (total of 30 hens), and so on. So, how many presents are there altogether? Partridges: 1 × 12 = 12 Calling birds: 4 × 9 = 36 Golden rings: 5 × 8 = 40 Geese: 6 × 7 = 42 Drummers: 12 × 1 = 12 Total = 364 We observe that we have the same number of partridges as drummers (12 of each); doves and pipers (22 of each); hens and lords (30 of each) and so on. So the easiest way to count our presents is to add up to the middle of the list and then double the result: (12 + 22 + 30 + 36 + 40 + 42) × 2 = 364. Efficiently counting the presents What if we have more than 12 days? How many presents then? Let's now generalize the above result just in case out true love decides to be extraordinarily generous and keeps on giving us gifts - up to 100 days, say. (Multiplying and adding could get quite tedious.) Mathematically speaking, my true love is giving me 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n presents on the n-th day after Christmas. The number of presents each day is 1 on the 1st, then 3 on the 2nd, then 6 on the 3rd, then 10 on the 4th. We call this set of numbers the triangular numbers, because they can be drawn in a dot pattern that forms triangles: To get the total number of presents, we need to add those triangular numbers, like this: 1 (on the first day) + 3 (on the 2nd day) + 6 + 10 + ... Another way of writing this is: On the first day, 1 present. On the 2nd day, 1 + 3 = 4 presents On the 3rd day, 1 + 3 + 6 = 10 presents On the 4th day, 1 + 3 + 6 + 10 = 20 presents. These partial sums are called tetrahedral numbers, because they can be drawn as 3-dimensional triangular pyramids (tetrahedrons) like this: So how many dots (representing presents) will there be in the 12th tetrahedron? Of course, we could just start adding with our calculator, but what if my true love is very generous, and starts giving me presents for 30 days after Christmas? Or for 100 days? How would I calculate it then? Our aim is to produce a formula that will allow us to find any tetrahedral number. Here's one of the possible ways of doing this. Let's take (for example) the sum of the first 4 triangular numbers and represent it as a triangle. Each row in the triangle (on the left, below) adds to a triangular number and the sum of the whole triangle is the sum of the first 4 triangular numbers. Let's now re-arrange the first triangle in 2 different ways, then add the result, in respective positions. (My total is 3 times what I really need. I will divide by 3 later to cater for this). Notice that by doing this, I get a total of 6 in every position in the result triangle. The answer of "6" is 2 more than the 4 triangular numbers that we are adding. So if we were adding the first 7 triangular numbers, our result in the right triangle would be all 9's; if it was the first n triangular numbers, we


1960’s British singer Allan Smethurst was better known as ‘The Singing _ ‘what’?

The sublime Allan Smethurst | Malcolm Redfellow's Home Service The sublime Allan Smethurst We start with the station ident. of Anglia Television, in its original monochrome. Remember: all those sophisticated computer manipulations, of which the BBC and others are so fond, started here: with a silver hunting trophy on a roundtable, rotating to the sound of Handel (adapted by Malcolm Sargent). A quick trip down memory lane, showing how a decent piece of silverware, representative of sound local values, was corrupted and corroded into yet another of those meaningless corporate logos is available here. That previous post  earned response from Doubting Thomas, this blog’s other reader, reminding Malcolm of: the Singing Postman’s song about a nice loaf of bread. Sadly, that reference would go unrecognised and uncelebrated by the vast plurality of the world’s ignorance. The best resort is the Guardian‘s obituary , just after Christmas, 2000: The Singing Postman, Allan Smethurst, who has died aged 73, was well known in the late 1960s for his Norfolk dialect songs such as Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy? and Moind Yer Hid, Boy. Born in Lincolnshire, he moved with his mother and stepfather to Sheringham, in Norfolk, at the age of 11. A George Formby fan and self-taught guitarist, after joining the post office in 1953 he began to write comic, yet closely observed, songs about rural life, which he sang in a heavily accented Norfolk voice. The subject matter ranged from the village cricket match and the ladies darts team to mass-produced food (Oi Can’t Git A Noice Loaf). Superficially, these were quaint parodies, but they were popular in East Anglia itself, an indication that Smethurst’s compatriots identified with this affectionate portrait of their idiosyncrasies. The Guardian’s Dennis Barker called him “a bookishly melancholy folk-satirist”. Thet go arn a bit: Smethurst first found a regional audience through appearances on BBC Radio Norfolk’s Wednesday morning magazine show. The presenter, Ralph Tuck, the owner of a family firm of seed merchants, gave him the sobriquet “the Singing Postman”, and, when record companies showed no interest, financed the pressing of 100 copies of a four-song vinyl disc in 1964. It was distributed in East Anglia, and sold more than 10,000 in four months. The regional press breathlessly announced that the Singing Postman was outselling the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in Norfolk record shops. So click, and enjoy : That ought to have taken you to the UEA’s film archive, and a short Ralph Tuck feature on Smethurst. There are all sorts of ironies about Smethurst as “normal for Norfolk”. He was by birth a Yellow Belly from Lincolnshire, with roots in North Norfolk. He worked as that iconic rural postman around Lavenham, in Suffolk. None of the images in the film are of Norfolk: the baker is in Stowmarket, the pub in Stowupland — just to the east of Stowmarket, and the fairground up on the Lincolnshire coast. Smethurst’s accent is exaggerated, rather stage-y — but, when Malcolm’s ear was better, he reckoned he could hear the unconscious shifts around the linguistic map (and the East Anglian accent varies considerably: some count as many as eight Norfolk varieties). What is also of interest in that short film is listening to the narrator, Ralph Tuck. His is the middle-class, educated Norfolk voice. Tuck was a comfortably-off seed-merchant (better believe it!) who lived at Reydon, on the Halesworth Road out of Southwold. His house is now a B&B—cum—hotel . As a sideline Tuck had a radio spot on the Norwich local radio station. Tuck’s accent is what one heard much of the time, in banks, across the counter of shops, in ordinary discourse. When local television arrived, Tuck and several others with ‘polite’, even polished regional accents had a clear run. And took it. And thereby hangs a tale, much more important and enduring than the worthy Allan Smethurst. Not quite a Malcolmian aside: Anglia Television British commercial television arrived in London in 1955. The franchise for East Anglia was awarded to a consortiu


Sable is the heraldic term for which colour?

Colors of Heraldry - Knowledge Base, HouseofNames.com Colors of Heraldry Gules (Red) Red, with the former name of Belic, is the military colour for excellence and fortitude. Red corresponds to the metal copper and is denoted in engravings by numerous perpendicular lines. It also represents fire and summer. Ancient laws restricted its use to princes and their families. Red is symbolic of nobility, boldness and ferocity. Purpure (Purple) Purple is a rare colour in early rolls of arms. In heraldic terms it is referred to as ï¿½purpure.ï¿½ This is the traditional colour of kings and royalty, and therefore, signifies justice and majesty. In engravings, it is expressed by lines in bend sinister, or slanting to the left. Tawny (Orange) An orange is the name given to a tawny roundle, a roundle being any circular charge of colour or metal. It is supposed to represent a tennis ball. Tennis was once a game played strictly by royalty and nobles and the orange indicates that the bearer was a member of that class; however, the orange is seldom met in heraldry. Azure (blue) Blue was called "azure" by heralds, and represents the colour of an eastern sky on a clear day. It also corresponds to the metal tin. The word, "azure" was introduced from the east during the Crusades. It signifies piety and sincerity, and is equated with autumn. In engravings it is represented by horizontal lines. Sable (black) Black, the coldest of the colours, corresponds to lead. Black, or "sable," is symbolic of sadness. It also corresponds with winter and is a humble color, suitable for the deeply religious. It denotes the qualities of knowledge, piety, serenity and work. Engravers represent it with numerous horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other. Vert (green) Green, or in heraldic terms, "vert," signifies felicity and pleasure. It was symbolic of joy, youth and beauty. Green was also associated with the spring. The bearer of the green is obliged to defend the peasant and all who work on the land. It is expressed in engravings by lines in bend, or slanting to the right.


The Kodiak bear is native to which US state?

About the Kodiak Brown Bear Center About the Kodiak Brown Bear Center Welcome to our home. Welcome to Kodiak Island, home of the Kodiak Brown Bear Center.  Kodiak Island’s rich geologic history is evident in the dramatic peaks, deep blue fjords, and emerald valleys that characterize this stunning archipelago like none other on Earth. The island of Kodiak was sculpted for millennia by glaciers. As the crushing expanse of ice retreated 12,000 years ago, it left breathtaking expanses of land that exhibit the indelible mark of the last ice age. Kodiak Island is the second-largest island in the United States, and Karluk Lake is the largest lake on the island. At 12 miles (19 km) long, 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, and 457 feet deep (139.4 m), Karluk Lake is the vibrant cornerstone of southwest Kodiak’s ecosystem. Karluk Lake forms the headwaters of the Karluk River, which runs 22 river miles (35 km) through the lush foothills of the Karluk River Valley into Shelikof Straits. This watershed supports five species of Pacific salmon, abundant wildlife, multitude of birds, and generations of Native Alutiiq people dependent upon the salmon’s return. Karluk Lake has a rich history of teaching its people about Kodiak Island. The first inhabitants were the Alutiiq (Ah-LOO-tik) people, who initially settled here approximately 7,500 years ago. Karluk served as a classroom for the Alutiiq by teaching them how to survive, thrive, and coexist with the land while using it to sustain their families. Today, the small villages of Karluk and Larsen Bay are all that remain of the once thriving Karluk population of Alutiiq people, and these Native communities are still dependent upon this area’s natural resources and abundance of salmon for their livelihood and existence. The cultural heritage of the Alutiiq people lives on today through their Regional Native Corporation, Koniag, Incorporated , which is the owner and operator of the Kodiak Brown Bear Center. Koniag is one of the Native Corporations created by Congress through the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in 1971 to settle Alaskan Native aboriginal claims, and benefit Alaskan Native shareholders. The core values  of Koniag stem from its shareholders’ Alutiiq culture, and serves to guide the Corporation’s operations and financial endeavors.  The Corporation remains deeply rooted in the defining traditional core values of community strength, stewardship of natural resources, and importance of personal integrity and character. The Kodiak Brown Bear Center’s home is on Camp Island, located in the center of Karluk Lake, and is just a short boat ride away from some of the best brown bear habitats remaining on the planet. Our program represents Alaska bear viewing at its best including the fusion of thousands of years of traditional Alutiiq wisdom with modern scientific knowledge. We are building a collaborative program to continue the Alutiiq heritage of learning from the land in order to continue the stewardship of our resources so that future generations will have the same opportunities we enjoy today. Through sharing this experience with you, we hope to perpetuate Karluk Lake’s tradition of serving as a classroom, and your participation – whether as a bear viewer , a professional wildlife photographer or scientist – as you continue our quest to better understand and respect his great island. History of the Brown Bear Center Koniag’s lands in the Karluk Lake and River drainage represent the backbone and bedrock of our native Alutiiq culture and heritage. This is where our ancestors lived for millennia, until they were uprooted and relocated to 7 different villages around Kodiak Island that were created by the Russian’s during their colonization of Kodiak Island in late 1700’s. The villages were created to manage and control any Alutiiq opposition against the Russian colonization efforts and to create an island wide source of forced labor to harvest sea otters and other resources. It has been estimated that over 10,000 Alutiiqs lived on Kodiak when the Russians arrived, with s


The theme song to children’s television series ‘Fireball XL5’ was sung on karaoke by which actor in the 2000 London gangster film ‘Love, Honour and Obey’?

Fireball XL5 - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Fireball XL5   Wikis       Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fireball XL5 25 mins approx. per episode (excluding advertisements) Original run 28 October 1962 (1962-10-28) – October 27, 1963 (1963-10-27) Fireball XL5 is a science fiction-themed children's television show following the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol. The show was made in 1962 by the husband and wife team of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson through their company APF in association with ATV for ITC Entertainment . The show featured the Andersons' Supermarionation marionettes , a form of puppetry first introduced in Four Feather Falls (1960) and used again in their subsequent shows such as Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet . Thirty-nine black and white half-hour episodes were made on 35mm film : all future Anderson series would be produced in colour. A very similar programme often confused with Fireball XL5 is Space Patrol (known as Planet Patrol in the US) due to a number of similarities and settings. The complete series is available on DVD in the UK, Australia and the US. Contents 10 External links Setting Set between the years 2062 and 2063, the series features the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol. The crew includes the glamorous Doctor Venus, middle-aged navigator and engineer Professor Matthew Matic, and co-pilot Robert the Robot , notable for being transparent . Robert was also unique as the only character in an Anderson series that was actually voiced by Gerry Anderson himself, albeit with the aid of an artificial larynx . Fireball XL5 is based at Space City, located on an unnamed island in the South Pacific , headquarters of the World Space Patrol headed by Commander Zero. Zero is assisted by Lieutenant Ninety. For some unspecified reason the 25-storey T-shaped control tower at Space City rotates; in one episode the alien creature Zoonie the Lazoon inadvertently makes it rotate fast enough for those inside to suffer from vertigo. The patrol rocket Fireball XL5 takes off utilising a mile-long launch rail which culminates in a 40 degree incline, or sky ramp, which Anderson claims was inspired by an old Soviet design, a concept also used in the film When Worlds Collide . There is a fleet of at least 30 'Fireball XL' ships (an XL30 is referred to in The Firefighters episode), of which XL5 is the most famous. The ship itself is made up of two detachable sections. The winged nose cone, known as Fireball Junior contains the cockpit and separates from the main body to land on other worlds. The rest of the ship contains the navigation bay, laboratory, a huge lounge, workshops and separate crews quarters, along with the fuel and main nutomic rocket motors for interstellar travel. It would generally keep station in orbit after arriving at an alien planet. When Fireball XL5 returns to Space City the whole ship lands vertically (ie without separating). Fireball XL5 patrols Sector 25 of charted interstellar space (nb. There only appear to be three sectors marked on the space chart seen in the Space City Control Room) on missions of three months duration, but is also on call when at base. Semi regulars in the series were the villainous Space Spies Boris and Griselda, with their antiquated space ship S.S.Thor (S.S. stands for Space Spy) and the evil green alien Subterrains of Planet 46. Inasmuch as the series used many classic early 20th-century science fiction themes reminiscent of the space opera of E. E. "Doc" Smith and the like, and since it was a children's show, it was not intended to be realistic. Thus Fireball XL5 managed to travel handily around the galaxy to other solar systems without actually going faster than light (until the episode Faster than Light); indeed,


Which sport in Britain is regulated by the GBGB?

About GBGB About GBGB Annual Report 2015 About GBGB The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) is the body with responsibility for the governance, regulation and management of the sport of licensed greyhound racing in England, Scotland and Wales. Effective and operational from 1st January 2009, the GBGB is a single, unified body that has taken on the functions of both the British Greyhound Racing Board and the National Greyhound Racing Club. The GBGB is a centre for governance, regulation and welfare as well as a lead for commercial development and growth of the sport. It is committed to managing its functions to the highest standards achievable and being efficient, effective and accountable to those that it licenses, and the public. The Donoughue Report In 2007, Government gave the sport clear riding instructions with regard to self regulation. It made clear that it required radical and substantial reform and root and branch changes if the sport is to retain its self-regulatory framework. Greyhound racing took this instruction on board and the British Greyhound Racing Board and National Greyhound Racing Club jointly commissioned the eminent Labour peer, Lord Bernard Donoughue, to carry out an independent review of the greyhound racing industry in Britain. Lord Donoughue was assisted by Patrick Nixon, Secretary of the Bookmakers Committee at the Horserace Betting Levy Board, Clarissa Baldwin (Chief Executive of the Dogs Trust), Jim Cremin (former Greyhound Editor of the Racing Post) and Jim Donnelly (Head of Sport at PA Sport). Lord Donoughue’s report was published in November 2007. A full version can be read at greyhounds-donoughue-report . In summary, the comprehensive report recommended that the sport should remain self-regulated but should create a new single entity to conduct the governance, administration, finance and regulation of greyhound racing. Lord Donoughue also made thirty six other recommendations designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of regulation and raise welfare standards still further.


Who became the manager of (Glasgow) Rangers Football Club in May 2011?

American Businessman Bill Miller Swoops in to Save Glasgow Rangers | Bleacher Report American Businessman Bill Miller Swoops in to Save Glasgow Rangers By Will Tidey , Senior Manager, Global May 3, 2012 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories Ian Walton/Getty Images 10 Comments American businessman Bill Miller is poised to become the new owner of Scotland's most successful football club, Glasgow Rangers , after it was announced he was " the preferred bidder ." If Miller's takeover is successful, he'll have the task of saving Rangers from financial ruin and rescuing a 140-year-old football institution from the darkest days of its long and storied history—and potential oblivion. Rangers have been Scottish champions 54 times. They've won 33 Scottish Cups. They have an estimated worldwide fanbase of 5.5 million and a stadium that holds over 50,000. But despite their grand tradition and widespread affection, Rangers have struggled to balance the books in recent years. They've also fallen victim to spectacular financial mismanagement and now find themselves facing a 12-month transfer embargo , £160,000 fine and a 10-point deduction in the Scottish Premier League after falling into administration. Ian Walton/Getty Images The points deduction cost Rangers their shot at winning the title this season, leaving their great rivals Celtic clear to stroll home and heap further misery on the Gers' distraught fans. Much of the blame has been laid at the door of former owner Craig Whyte, who bought the club for £1 in May 2011 on the condition he paid off its outstanding £18 million debt. Whyte was good to his word, but it turns out he covertly used proceeds from future ticket sales to clear what was owed. He has subsequently been handed a life ban by the Scottish Football Association and fined £200,000. Taxes eventually caught up with Whyte and Rangers. In February the UK authority, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), demanded the club act to clear £9 million owing in unpaid taxes during Whyte's reign at Ibrox. Rangers appointed administrators Duff & Phelps to deal with the situation and they are now seeking to find a suitable bidder. Among the interested parties so far have been a consortium backed by fans called "The Blue Knights" and a Singaporean group fronted by businessman Bill Ng. But it appears Miller's bid is now in pole position. This from Rangers' official website : Bill Miller is on course to become the new owner of Rangers after being granted preferred bidder status today (Thursday) by administrators Duff & Phelps. After weeks of negotiations and discussions, the administrators have announced that the hugely successful American businessman now has the opportunity to complete a purchase for the club. Said Duff & Phelps representative Paul Clark: We would like to thank all parties for their efforts in seeking to submit bids which preserve the long history and success of the Club. We are delighted to announce that today we have received an unconditional bid for the business and assets of Rangers Football Club plc from Mr Bill Miller which has been accepted and he is now the preferred bidder. Mr Miller now proposes to complete his transaction by the end of the season. Not much seems to be known about Miller outside the fact he is chairman of Miller Industries , who bill themselves as "the world's largest manufacturer of towing and recovery equipment." Miller Industries are based in Tennessee. According to his profile at businessweek.com , the 64-year-old served as "Chief Executive Officer of Team Sports Entertainment, Inc., and its subsidiary, Team Racing Auto Circuit" for eight months in 2002, so he does have some sports industry experience. As for the reasons behind Miller's specific interest in acquiring Rangers, they've yet to be announced. I've found nothing to suggest he's a big football fan, though more details on that front are sure to come forward in next few days. Here's what we know about his bid so far. According to ESPN , Miller is offering $18.1 million for Rangers. The idea—according t


Which fictional villain has the real name Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot?

Penguin (comics) | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Supervillain, Archenemy, Mobster “ The world thinks I am dead, the richest spoils in Gotham await me, and you want to cut yourself a slice of the action? -- You must learn, my ghoulish friend, the Penguin flies ever alone!! „ ~ The Penguin. The Penguin is one of Batman's oldest foes. He relies heavily on gadgets, since he doesn't have any superpowers. His real name is Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot. He feels the need to prove himself, because of his somewhat eccentric appearance. Although the Penguin doesn't seem to have any real powers, he appears to be somewhat of a knowledgeable scientist, as his umbrella doubles as a small helicopter device that he uses to fly the skies of Gotham and a pistol concealed in his umbrella. He also uses his umbrella to take down Batman. He owns a nightclub called the Iceberg Lounge which often provides cover for criminals, which Batman can actually tolerate provided he gets information on the criminal underworld. Unlike most of Batman's foes, he is not insane. Also in the movie Batman Returns, He leads a gang of mischeivous criminals and circus performers called the Circus Gang and tried to take over Gotham City by officially becoming the town's new mayor. Contents A younger version of Penguin appears in the television series Gotham, where he appears as one of the series' antagonists. He is played by Robin Lord Taylor. Batman: Assault on Arkham Penguin appears in Batman: Assault on Arkham, voiced again by Nolan North. He is hired by Amanda Waller to give the Suicide Squad arms, equipment, and shelter in his Iceberg Lounge for the night prior to their mission to infiltrate Arkham Asylum and take out the Riddler. He appears to have worked with Deadshot before and respects him as the city's best assassin, as he chooses to only work with the best, and he holds a grudge against the Joker and Harley Quinn for their having sunk a truck of his cigarettes "just for a laugh." Batman: Bad Blood The Penguin briefly appears at the end of the film Batman: Bad Blood in a non-speaking role. Penguin is seen in a car escaping from the cops in a high speed chase. The Bat Family flies down to pursue him. Batman Telltale series Oswald Cobblepot appears in the Telltale video game series for Batman. This version is tall, thin and handsome (unlike his comic book counterpart) and is the same age as Bruce Wayne, with the pair of them being childhood friends. Statistics First Appearance: Detective Comics #58 (December, 1941) In other media The penguin has made appearances in the Cartoon Network show MAD. He gave a safety PSA in episode 11, was shopping in a villain warehouse in episode 20, and was seen at a restaurant in episode 32. Holy Musical Batman The Penguin was one of the rogues who worked with Sweet Tooth to destroy the Batman, and put nuclear Warheads into the city's water supply. At first he didn't like the homicidal candy themed criminal, when he interuppted the Rogues Councils' meeting in destroying the Bat, but after Sweet Tooth killed Chilly Willy with his lollipop to express his villainy, he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, put your flippers together for the NEW king of crime in Gotham." Which resulted in him having some humility. Quotes "Kiss my little flipper" "I tawt i taw a pussy cat i did! i did see a pussy cat!" (to Catwoman, obviously) "Who's the wise guy who thinks he's a Joker?" (to Sweet Tooth) "Sorry Batman but i'm no, Gusher" "Im Cock of the wok around here" (to Sweet Tooth) "As soon as the bird seed, fills the bottom of that bird cage I'm going to release my murderous Hummingbird-Ostrich hybrid birds, and their gonna peck your f****** brains out Batman!" Gallery


How high, in inches, are the hurdles in a men’s 110 metre Olympic hurdle race?

How high are the hurdles? How high are the hurdles? Hurdles | 0 comments Hurdles should have 5 different heights that they can be set at.  Each one of these heights is used for a different race or age group.  The easiest way to explain the hurdle height is in inches (if you are from the United States).  The hurdles can be adjusted anywhere from 42 inches down to 30 inches.  When you change a setting on the hurdle it will adjust the height of the hurdle by 3 inches either up or down. As you go throughout your coaching career you may hear the hurdle heights described in other ways besides simply saying the height in inches.  Many times you will hear the heights referred to using the terms Low (30 inches), Women’s (33 inches), Intermediate (36 inches), High School Highs (39 inches), and Open (42 inches). The low hurdle height is used for the women’s 300/400 meter hurdle race.  In my area it is also occasionally used for the women’s 100 meter hurdle races for the junior varsity level.  The women’s height is used for the 100 meter hurdles.  Women run this height in high school all the way through to the Olympic level.  The intermediate height is used for the men’s 300/400 hurdle races.  They use this height from high school to the Olympic level.  The high school highs are used for the boy’s 110 meter hurdle race at the high school level.  The last height is the open height which is used for the men’s 110 meter hurdle races at the college and Olympic levels. Teaching your athletes these heights and terminology is very important.  Doing so will allow you to get things set up a lot quicker.  If you tell them to set the hurdles up at the intermediate height then they should know exactly where to set the hurdles up and which height to set them on.  Having your athletes set the hurdles up allows them to get more work accomplished because multiple athletes can get them set up correctly faster than you can by yourself.  Teaching your hurdlers this terminology is something that I try to do in the first week of hurdling and I recommend you do the same. Search for:


Formerly called ‘Scrabulous’, what is the name of the online word game based on Scrabble?

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In which year was the Bank of France (Banque de France) established?

Banque de France | French national bank | Britannica.com French national bank Alternative Title: Bank of France Related Topics bank Banque de France, national bank of France , created in 1800 to restore confidence in the French banking system after the financial upheavals of the revolutionary period. Headquarters are in Paris . The bank listed among its founding shareholders Napoleon Bonaparte , members of his family, and several leading personalities of the time. Founded partly with state funds, but mainly with private capital, the bank was closely connected with the state from the beginning. The French government claimed a participation in the control of the bank through the appointment of the governor and two deputy governors, while the shareholders were represented by a board of 15 regents elected by the 200 largest shareholders. The bank was initially granted the exclusive privilege to issue bank notes in Paris for a period of 15 years; it was later authorized to establish discount offices in towns where commercial requirements made this necessary, and it was subsequently empowered to exercise its privileges, including the privilege of note issue, in the towns where discount offices were established. Its note-issue privilege was extended to cover the whole of France in 1848 as a result of the transformation of nine provincial banks with note-issuing powers into branches of the bank. In 1946 the bank was nationalized, and its note-issue privilege was extended for an indefinite period. Statutes approved in 1973 placed greater power with the bank’s general council and gave the French minister of finance control over Banque de France’s dividend payments and other uses of the bank’s profits. The bank was privatized in 1993, a step taken partly in preparation for France’s participation in the European Monetary System, whose member countries converted to a single currency, the euro, in 1999. Banque de France is a member of the European Central Bank . Learn More in these related articles:


What is the title of the 2004 film which stars Imelda Staunton as a back-street abortionist?

Vera Drake (2004) - IMDb IMDb 29 December 2016 2:33 AM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $3.99 (HD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family. Director: a list of 25 titles created 13 Mar 2014 a list of 41 titles created 16 Jan 2015 a list of 30 titles created 01 Aug 2015 a list of 25 titles created 11 months ago a list of 28 titles created 2 months ago Search for " Vera Drake " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     3     Oscars. Another    40 wins & 39 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends. Director: Mike Leigh A successful black woman discovers that her birth mother is a underprivileged white woman, but the woman denies it. As emotions run high, everyone's secrets are exposed. Director: Mike Leigh A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her. Director: Mike Leigh Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for ... See full summary  » Director: Mike Leigh 2 young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier. Director: Mike Leigh A waitress, her cook husband, & their twin daughters ponder their lives over a few weeks in a working-class suburb north of London. Director: Mike Leigh Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and ... See full summary  » Director: Mike Leigh After Gilbert and Sullivan's latest play is critically panned, the frustrated team threatens to disband until it is inspired to write the masterpiece "The Mikado". Director: Mike Leigh Parallel tales of two sexually obsessed men, one hurting and annoying women physically and mentally, one wandering around the city talking to strangers and experiencing dimensions of life. Director: Mike Leigh Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate. Director: Mike Leigh An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life. Director: Mike Leigh Edit Storyline Vera Drake is a selfless woman who is completely devoted to, and loved by, her working class family. She spends her days doting on them and caring for her sick neighbor and elderly mother. However, she also secretly visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for unwanted pregnancies. While the practice itself was illegal in 1950s England, Vera sees herself as simply helping women in need, and always does so with a smile and kind words of encouragement. When the authorities finally find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel. Written by Sujit R. Varma Rated R for depiction of strong thematic material | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 4 February 2005 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: El secreto de Vera Drake See more  » Filming Locations: $13,207        (USA) (8 October 2004) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia During filming, all actors were forbidden to even tell their families what the film was about. See more » Goofs Vera's sister-in-law Joyce says she wants a washing machine which costs "25 pounds." Until decimalization in 1971, most luxury goods, like washing machines and


Plutophobia is the irrational fear of what?

Plutophobia Treatment Options Treatment Symptoms of Plutophobia - Fear of wealth: breathlessness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying or becoming madl, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack. You are not the only one to suffer from this phobia. Most sufferers are surprised to learn that they are far from alone in this surprisingly common, although often unspoken, phobia. Plutophobia is an intense fear of something that poses no actual danger. While adults with Plutophobia realize that these fears are irrational, they often find that facing, or even thinking about facing, the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety. There is a Way Out Imagine what your life will be like when you know that you are not "defective". When you can be confident and at ease in situations where you used to feel your phobia. And when you can talk about your former fear symptoms as though you are describing a movie where the character is someone else, not you. Plutophobia Treatment Options Hypnotherapy Hypnotherapy helps to reprogram your subconscious "programs" that may be part of your fear. When these programs are "de-bugged" the symptoms of Plutophobia often are minimized. However, some people don't like the feeling of loss of control in allowing someone else to play with their personal "software". Hypnotherapy is save and works fast. Hypnotherapy Solutions Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) NLP is basically the study and practice of how we create our reality. From the NLP viewpoint, a phobia is the result of your programs or "constructs" that you have created that don't work very well. With NLP, these constructs are revealed and "re-programmed" so that the Plutophobia is minimized and often eliminated. Usually the interventions are quite rapid and effective. NLP Solutions Energy Psychology Energy Psychology is emerging as an excellent therapy for fears and phobias because in studies it is shown to be rapid, safe, effective and long-lasting. It is based on a theory and practice that has been around for a couple of thousand years. It has the same foundation or roots as acupuncture, except in this case there are no needles used. You could call it emotional acupuncture - without the needles. Recent scientific studies have shown it to be very effective. Energy Psychology combines the benefits of the above treatment therapies. You   quickly and easily change your behaviors. You   are active in your own recovery. Your   thought patterns change, often very quickly. You develop skills and techniques that are useful   for a lifetime in all situations. Plutophobia Disclaimer © Alive and Well Online 2004.


Who was said to have ridden naked through the streets of Coventry in the 11th Century?

Destruction and renewal in Coventry, the phoenix - latimes Destruction and renewal in Coventry, the phoenix May 01, 2005 |Susan Spano | Times Staff Writer Coventry, England — Lady GODIVA, the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, is said to have ridden naked through the streets of Coventry in the 11th century. Today, the city of 300,000 has little more than legend to divert tourists or suggest the quaintness of medieval England. It sits about 100 miles northwest of London, part of the sprawling, unlovely, industrial Midlands. Weaving and watchmaking once dominated its economy, then bicycle and automobile manufacturing. That yielded to munitions factories during World War II, making Coventry a prime target for the German Luftwaffe. On previous trips to the area, I'd gotten lost in the city's dispiriting, gray suburbs, discouraging me from visiting again. But last year while researching an article on the German city of Dresden, which was destroyed by Allied aerial bombardment in early 1945, I read about the German attack on Coventry. For about 11 hours beginning on the night of Nov. 14, 1940, German planes dropped a lethal load of conventional explosives and incendiary bombs that turned Coventry into an inferno, consuming 60,000 buildings and killing about 550 people. The death toll was modest compared with the hundreds of thousands thought to have died in Dresden a few years later. It was retaliation, some say, for Coventry. But the Coventry raid had several distinctions. It was early in the war, so it was the first English town to suffer massive aerial bombardment. It left the city without its landmark Gothic cathedral, though a handful of church members fought valiantly to save it. Finally, the Coventry blitz marked the debut of a horrible new weapon: the firestorm, generated when intensely hot flames started by incendiary bombs create an oxygen vacuum at ground level, into which great waves of fire rush. It proved so effective that the Germans coined the word "coventrated" for what happened that autumn night in the English Midlands. When I returned to Coventry last month, it was partly to do penance for having considered the city characterless and ugly, without understanding what had made it so. I also wanted to join two parts of a story I'd begun to learn in Dresden. I knew I would find the ocher stone shell of St. Michael's Cathedral, which was built as the parish church for a Benedictine community in the 14th century. But I never expected to be so moved by the new cathedral, which underscores the meaning of the World War II ruins adjacent to it. I stayed the night before at Coombe Abbey (in a double for about $250, with breakfast), a handsome edifice dating back to the 12th century, with a moat, gardens and 500 acres of parkland, a few miles northeast of Coventry. The hotel stages Elizabethan banquets and has all the trappings of "merry olde England" -- marble busts, swagged drapes, canopy beds, tasseled pulls for flushing the toilets -- that are great fun but about as authentic as a silver-plated souvenir spoon. A walk in the park to the morning music of birds put me more in tune with those things that seem to us intrinsically English. I then went to the center of Coventry, marked by two soaring Gothic spires and restricted to pedestrian use, helping to quiet and sanctify the square at the heart of the cathedral precincts. Around it are the boxy contemporary buildings of Coventry's university, a tourist office and St. Mary's Guildhall, a medieval survivor of World War II, with a restaurant in the cellar. There are several churches on the hilltop where Coventry was founded: Holy Trinity, founded in the early 12th century; the recently discovered foundations of the first cathedral, St. Mary's, built by the Benedictines but pulled down when King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and created the Church of England; the Anglican St. Michael's that replaced it, serving the diocese of Coventry until its destruction in 1940; and the St. Michael's consecrated in 1962. The modern cathedral, designed by British architect Basil S


Which country’s football team won the 1986 FIFA World Cup?

1986 FIFA World Cup | Football Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 1986 FIFA World Cup Share Cleanup To meet Football Wiki's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. Please help by improving the article. 1986 FIFA World Cup Copa Mundial de Fútbol México '86 1986 FIFA World Cup official logo Tournament details 1990 → The 1986 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Mexico in 1986. 24 national teams took part. Argentina won the trophy after beating Germany in the final. Diego Maradona was the best player of the tournament. Contents


Martedi is Italian for which day of the week?

Italian Vocabulary - Days of the Week Italian Vocabulary - Days of the Week Italian Vocabulary - Days of the Week Learn the words for Monday - Sunday Close up of pen and calendar.  Tetra Images By Cher Hale Updated September 13, 2016. What day is the market open? And what day does the post office close early? What day of the week do you want to go to Chianti ? Besides being able to tell the time , in order to figure out when to go to events and hang out with friends , you’ll need to know the days of the week in Italian. Whether you’re reviewing the vocabulary or you’re learning it for the first time, below you’ll find useful examples for everyday conversations along with cocktail party facts so you can better understand the culture. DAYS OF THE WEEK - I GIORNI DELLA SETTIMANA Monday - lunedì Saturday - sabato Sunday - domenica Cocktail party fact: Notice how the first letter of the day of the week isn’t capitalized. In Italian, days of the week, months and seasons are all lowercase. Weekend - il fine settimana Pronunciation Notice how there is a grave accent mark (`) on the vocabulary words for Monday through Friday. That accent mark lets you know where to put the stress in the word , so in this case, the stress falls on the last syllable “di.” Esempi: A: Che giorno è oggi? - What day is it today? B: Oggi è mercoledì. - Today is Wednesday. Ieri era (è stato) martedì. - Yesterday was Tuesday. Domani è giovedì. - Tomorrow is Thursday. Il lunedì la maggior parte dei ristoranti sono chiusi. - On Mondays the majority of restaurants are closed. Il weekend il mercato è aperto. - The market is open on the weekends. Frequento le lezioni da lunedì a venerdì. - I attend lessons from Monday to Friday. Parto per l’Italia sabato. - I’m leaving for Italy on Saturday. Perché non è ancora venerdì!? - Why isn’t it Friday yet!? Sono libero venerdì sera. Ti va di andare al cinema? - I’m free Friday. Want to go to the movies? Il giorno più bello della settimana è lunedì perché è l’inizio di una nuova settimana. - The greatest day of the week is Monday because it’s the start of a new week. A: Qual è il vostro giorno di riposo (di chiusura)? - When is your day off? B: Siamo chiusi tutte le domeniche mattina. -  Our day off is every Sunday morning. Cocktail party fact: Lunedì, martedì, mercoledì, giovedì e venerdì are INVARIABLE, so they don’t change in their plural form. Sabato e domenica, however, have a plural form when needed. (e.g.: ...i sabati; ...le domeniche.) Vado a danza tutti i lunedì. - I take my dance class every Monday. La mensa rimane aperta più a lungo le domeniche. - Dining hall stays open longer on Sundays. Ogni martedì raccolgono la carta. - Each Tuesday is paper garbage collection. Make Your Bridges for Tuesdays & Thursdays When a religious festival or holiday, like Festa della Repubblica or Ognissanti , falls on a Tuesday (martedì) or a Thursday (giovedì), Italians oftentimes fare il ponte, which literally means to make the bridge, and figuratively means to make a four-day holiday. That means they taken off the intervening Monday or Friday.


In the 1965 film ‘The Great Race’, starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, the race is from New York to which city?

The Great Race (1965) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error When a popular daredevil proposes an automobile race across three continents, his arch rival vows to beat him, while an ambitious female reporter has her own plans for victory. Director: From $2.00 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 48 titles created 16 Sep 2013 a list of 44 titles created 26 Dec 2014 a list of 37 titles created 23 Mar 2015 a list of 30 titles created 05 Oct 2015 a list of 27 titles created 4 months ago Title: The Great Race (1965) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Oscar. Another    1 win & 14 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight. Written by Jeanne Baker <jbaker@erim.org> The movie with 20,000-mile or one-million-laughs guarantee! See more  » Genres: 1 July 1965 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Blake Edwards' The Great Race See more  » Filming Locations: Stereo (RCA Sound System)| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia When Prof. Fate, Max and Maggie DuBois drive into the Russian town, Maggie repeats to the professor what she had already argued in her first interview with The Great Leslie, that she speaks French, Russian and Arabic. She then speaks a full sentence to the townspeople in Russian. Natalie Wood , who plays Maggie DuBois, was of Russian descent (her real name is Natasha Gurdin) and spoke fluent Russian. See more » Goofs The American flag displayed near the beginning of the race has 48 stars. In 1908, when this movie supposedly takes place, there were only 46 states (New Mexico and Arizona were admitted in 1912, and Alaska and Hawaii were admitted in 1959). See more » Quotes Max : Red sky. Gonna be a storm. Professor Fate : What are you babbling about? Max : Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning. Professor Fate : Why, you simple-headed gherkin, do you know the chances of a storm in this part of the world at this time of the year? Professor Fate : Hundred to one. [a great thunderclap; it begins to pour rain] Max : Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning! See more » Crazy Credits Starts with the dedication "For Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy". Opening credits are in the form of a turn of the century slide show, beginning with "Ladies kindly remove your hats". The WB logo is drawn on the hood of a car. When the main characters are introduced, Jack Lemmon is jeered (and sticks out his tongue in reply), Tony Curtis cheered and Natalie Wood gets dog whistles. There are various hiccups along the way: a fly is shooed off by a stick, the lights go out and a (real) hand with a match comes on. Other slides have to be adjusted by hand. When one of them starts to burn, "One moment please" is interjected. The producers' credit is upside down. The last slide turns into the opening shot of the movie. See more » Connections (Biloxi, Mississippi) – See all my reviews THE GREAT RACE may not be a masterpiece--but it is a perfect choice for a cold and rainy night: stylish, frothy, and often flatly hilarious, it makes for "comfort viewing" at its best. One of the movie's several charms


What was the name of the pet Shitzu/Bichon frise owned by English television presenter Paul O’Grady?

Paul O'Grady (Comedian) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Paul O'Grady Male Born Jun 14, 1955 Paul James Michael O'Grady MBE is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show and, more recently, Paul O'Grady Live, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as whom he performed in various television series including Blankety Blank (1997â1999) and Lily Live! (2000â2001).…  Read More related links Why Gladys Wonât Be Putting On The Ritz! Horncastle News - May 06, 2015 ' Sheâs raised thousands of pounds for charity and now Horncastleâs very own Gladys Tingle can count Paul OâGrady among her fans. ' Go Go Gladys Off To The Ritz After Paul Oâgrady Show Stardom Horncastle News - Apr 29, 2015 ' Lights, cameras and action! Horncastleâs very own âmarathon queenâ Gladys Tingle had a taste of TV stardom yesterday (Tuesday). ' If Homophobia Was A Winter Olympic Sport, Russia Would Be A Gold Medal Contender Huffington Post Sports - Feb 04, 2014 'This Friday, the Winter Olympics open in the Russian resort of Sochi amid great controversy over the Putin regime\'s homophobic policies, which clearly violate the anti-discrimination Principle 6 of the Olympic Charter.  \nFor me, queer freedom knows no borders. Over the last decade or so, amazing positive gains have been won by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in Britain. We\'ve gone from being the country with the largest number of homophobic laws in the world... Stokenchurch Rescue Dog To Feature On Tv Bucks Free Press - Nov 15, 2013 '\n A DOG waiting for a new home in Stokenchurch Dog Rescueâs kennels will have a big day in the national spotlight next Monday when he appears onÂ ITV1âs Paul OâGrady Show.\n' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Paul O'Grady. CHILDHOOD 1955 Birth O'Grady was their third child, born at 7:30 am on 14 June 1955 at St. Catherine's Hospital, Tranmere. … Read More His birth, over a decade after that of siblings Brendan (b. 1941) and Sheila (b. 1944), was not planned; his mother was 39 and discovered the pregnancy only when visiting the doctor complaining of indigestion. O'Grady spent his early life at the family's rented home of 23 Holly Grove, Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, a house built in a former quarry during the early 1930s; O'Grady remarked that the house was always damp and cold, suffering from "ominous cracks" which "would appear in the walls and ceilings overnight".

 Our family was loving and full of affection. I never knew what divorce was until I moved to London.

 Attending St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, O'Grady excelled in all subjects but maths. Hoping that he had a good future ahead of him, his parents budgeted to send him to a private school, the Catholic-run Redcourt, but his grades dropped. Failing the eleven plus exam, to his mother's dismay he was unable to enter a grammar school, instead attending the Blessed Edmund Campion R.C. Secondary Modern and the Corpus Christi High School, where O'Grady experienced his first homosexual encounter, enjoying a brief romance with another boy, although still assumed he was heterosexual. Read Less TEENAGE 1974 19 Years Old …  Leaving school aged sixteen, O'Grady obtained a job in the civil service, working as a clerical assistant for the DHSS at their Liverpool office; he commuted in from his parents' home. Supplementing this income, he worked part-time at the bar of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) club in Oxton. Called for a disciplinary hearing at the DHSS and accused of incompetent behaviour and tardiness, he resigned. Obtaining a job at the Wheatsheaf Hotel in Virginia Water, Surrey, aged seventeen, O'Grady moved there; appalled at the working conditions, the management accused him of stealing, which he denied. Promptly returning to Birkenhead, he worked at the RAFA club, increasingly socialising within the Liverpudlian gay scene, attending meetings of the Campaign for Homos