"What is the main ingredient of ""tarte tatin""?"

Tarte Tatin Recipe : Food Network Apple Cobbler Recipes 4.4 10 If you use a cast iron pan be very careful to take it off the heat as soon as the carmelization starts (light brown Sure wish the recipe writer had explained. Use tart apples like Jonathan or Jazz. Use another whole cup of sugar. Bake at 350. Unmold as soon as you can handle pan and serving dish with gloves. Guest 2012-12-06T16:16:26Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This pie looks phenomenal and tastes even better! annabf36 2012-10-06T16:43:11Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This is the only recipe that tells you to do what is obvious after you know - baste the apples with the caramel while they are cooking so you get even colouration and well caramelized apples [and will some of you, including some professionals, PLEASE stop calling caramel "carmel".] She also is the only one on here who includes the addition of lemon zest - another obvious improvement. I thought of it, why couldn't they. MIKE H. 2012-07-26T01:40:26Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This is a truly a beautiful and elegant dessert. However, it’s not especially decadent or luxurious-tasting. I expected something more flavorful from a somewhat advanced recipe. The cake was light and the lemon zest gave it a very fresh flavor, but it wasn’t at all sweet. The apples cook perfectly with the caramel syrup, but again, not very sweet. If you’re an apple purist, this might be perfect for you. I just like something a little sweeter, a true dessert, after a meal. Baker's Man 2011-08-21T15:34:48Z item not reviewed by moderator and published followed all the directions and used another commentor's baking instructions. i dont have an oven proof skillet so i just transferred the apples and its juices to my baking dish and it worked out just fine! i just came back from paris and really didnt find a tarte tatin that was as good as mine using this recipe!! Isabelle R. 2010-08-01T14:15:36Z item not reviewed by moderator and published In making this recipe, the type of apples you use are important.  if you watch the French Chef episode where Julia makes Tarte Tatin, you will note she tells you to use an apple that will not turn to mush. In this recipe she suggests Golden Delicious apples, which she also suggests on the show, since some of the other varieties she recommends are more obscure.  Last I checked, you could watch the Tarte Tatin episode online at the PBS website. L. S. 2010-07-06T14:46:38Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This was quite delicious. The apples have a wonderful flavor after simmering in the butter and sugar. My first attempt turned out pretty good. I have to admit, I was on a tight time schedule and used a pre-made pie crust. Next time I'll try the real thing. My friends at the dinner party were very impressed, and it was all gone at the end of the night. Marcia S. 2010-01-27T10:39:33Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This is a great recipe, very similar to a tarte tatin that I order at French restaurant I love. Use apples that are very similar in size, and slice them all consistently. The apples were a little mushy; next time I'll reduce their cooking time from 25 to 15 minutes. Also, I believe that baking information was left out of this recipe. I referenced my Julia Child book, and baked the tart for 25 or 30 minutes in a 375-degree oven. Was it assumed that it was to be baked at 350? Surely she didn't mean to "bake" it by covering it and leaving it on the stove? Anyway, it was great after 25 minutes in the oven. The caramel flavor was fantastic, as was the pastry. Elizabeth S. 2009-04-05T23:23:45Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This was a clear, easy to use recipe. However, I used 6 very large granny smith apples and it was not even enough to pack the apples in tightly let alone more to put on top. The apples became a bit mushy well before the time given in the recipe so I cut it short. Those issues I can live with, no big deal. But when we went to eat it the lemon flavor from the juice a


"Who, in the 19th century, was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria to complete his ""Ring Cycle""?"

Chapter 19: Opera and Music Drama in the Nineteenth Century | Concise History of Western Music, 4: W. W. Norton StudySpace Chapter 19: Opera and Music Drama in the Nineteenth Century Chapter Outline Prelude. (CHWM 442–43) Opera was popular with audiences of all classes and professions. Librettists addressed issues that spoke to a broad audience and used a variety of subjects and settings. The music itself now became the most important element of an opera’s success, and a permanent repertory of operas began to emerge. Paris became the operatic capital of Europe and French grand opera was designed to appeal to middle-class audiences. In Italy, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and Verdi created a new Italian tradition in opera, and their works have been performed ever since. Singspiel was at the root of German opera, and composers intensified its national features while absorbing Romantic elements from French opera. I. French Grand (and Not So Grand) Opera (CHWM 443–48, NAWM 139, 144, and 146) Meyerbeer Librettist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861) and composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), the leaders of French grand opera, created works with exciting historical plots and spectacular stage effects. Les Huguenots Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots (1836) is typical of French grand opera in combining glorious singing and entertaining spectacle (including an enormous cast, a ballet, dramatic scenery, and lighting effects) with a serious artistic statement. The closing scene of Act II illustrates Meyerbeer’s ability to integrate the expression of deep personal feelings into crowd scenes by using a variety of styles and gestures. Music: NAWM 139 Other grand operas The most famous lyric opera is Faust by Charles Gounod (1818–1893). Bizet’s Carmen Georges Bizet (1838–1875) combined exoticism and realism in Carmen, which is set in Spain. It provoked outrage among some at its premiere, but has become one of the most popular operas of all time. Music: NAWM 144 In Context: The Musical Attraction of "the Other" Many composers used timbres, rhythms, and melodic gestures they associated with other nations or simply used unusual sounds to evoke a distant land or foreign culture. This was called exoticism, and its history extends back into the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, exotic settings and plots were often used in opera. II. Italian Opera (CHWM 448–60, NAWM 137–38 and 142) Rossini Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868), the most popular and influential opera composer of his generation, blended aspects of opera buffa and opera seria in his operas and established new conventions for Italian opera. Bel canto Rossini helped establish bel canto, an elegant singing style that contrasted with the heavier dramatic style that dominated by midcentury. Biography: Gioachino Rossini Rossini trained at the Bologna Conservatory and was commissioned to write his first opera at age eighteen. Because he had to compose quickly, he often reworked music from his previous compositions to create new operas. Later, he moved to Paris and became director of the Thé‰tre Italien. Rossini stopped writing operas when he was barely forty and lived the last forty years of his life in financial comfort, composing in other genres. Patter arias Some of the most amusing moments in Rossini’s comic operas are in patter arias, in which clever lines are sung with great speed. Rosina’s aria Rosina’s aria Una voce poco fa (her cavatina, or entrance aria), from Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), conveys her character through changes of style, including both bel canto and patter segments. It consists of two main sections, a slow, lyrical cantabile and a fast, brilliant cabaletta. Music: NAWM 137 Rossini’s style Rossini’s operas are known for their tunefulness, snappy rhythms, clear phrases, spare orchestration, and simple harmonic schemes. Bellini In Otello (1887), Verdi completely realized a sense of continuity in music and action. Falstaff Verdi’s last opera, Falstaff (1893), took comic opera to a new level, particularly in the ensembles. A Closer Look: Verdi’s Otello, Act IV


Kazakhstan was the home country of which fictional eponymous film character?

Borat (character) - Quora Quora No Stories Yet About Borat Sagdiyev is a fictional Kazakhstani journalist and the mainprotagonist of the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen. Borat Sagdiyev is a fictional Kazakhstani journalist and the mainprotagonist of the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen. Borat Sagdiyev is a fictional Kazakhstani journalist and the mainprotagonist of the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen.


Which country became independent from imperial China in 938 AD in the Battle of Bch ng River?

Vietnam Country - Vietnam Net Worth Largest City: Ho Chi Minh City Government Type: Marxism–Leninism People's democracy single-party state Leader Title 1: President of Vietnam Leader Name 1: {{lang/vi/Truong Tan Sang Leader Title 2: Prime Minister of Vietnam Leader Name 2: vi/Nguyen Tan Dung Leader Title 3: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam Leader Name 3: vi/Nguyen Sinh Hung Leader Title 4: Supreme People's Court of Vietnam Leader Name 4: vi/Truong Hoa Binh Leader Title 5: General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Net Worth is 3,100 GDP/Capital ($). Vietnam (i/E?viE?E?tE?nE?E?m/, /viE?E?t-/, /-E?nA?m/, /E?vjE?t-/), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Ca>>?ng hA?a XA? ha>>?i cha>>? nghA(C)a Via. Vietnam (i/E?viE?E?tE?nE?E?m/, /viE?E?t-/, /-E?nA?m/, /E?vjE?t-/), officially ... Vietnam Net Worth is 3,100 GDP/Capital . Vietnam Net Worth is 3,100 GDP/Capital . Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam a Via Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam a Via>>?t Nam ), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With an estimated 87.8 million inhabitants as of 2011, it is the world's 13th-most-populous country, and the eighth-most-populous Asian country. The name Vietnam translates as "South Viet", and was officially adopted in 1945. The country is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976. The Vietnamese became independent from Imperial China in 938 AD, following the Battle of Ba??ch A?a??ng River. Successive Vietnamese royal dynasties flourished as the nation expanded geographically and politically into Southeast Asia, until the Indochina Peninsula was colonized by the French in...


Twins of the name of Evers-Swindell are associated with what sport?

Olympic countdown – women’s double sculls - worldrowing.com Olympic countdown – women’s double sculls 08 July 2016 The women's double sculls has seen some of the biggest names in rowing in its time since this boat class joined  the Olympic programme at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games.  SHARE Donata Vistartaite (b), Milda Valciukaite (s), Lithuania, gold, Women's Double Sculls, 2016 World Rowing Cup II, Lucerne, Switzerland © Detlev Seyb/MyRowingPhoto.com World Rowing continues its Olympic countdown series, highlighting the most remarkable Olympic accomplishments in each of the 14 Olympic boat classes. Today, we look at the women’s double sculls in all of its glory and Olympic medallists and World Rowing commentator Martin Cross reveals his all time dream crew in this boat class. There are a number of stand-out moments in the women's double and one came at the Beijing 2008 Olympics when three boats crossed the finish line in a photo finish separated by just 0.23 of a second. All three boats - Germany, Great Britain and New Zealand - sat on the finish line waiting to hear the outcome. By a whisker, New Zealand's identical twins, Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell had won. Not only did this give the Evers-Swindells an Olympic gold medal, they also became the only rowers to have won the women's double twice in a row. The New Zealand duo had successfully defended their Athens 2004 Olympic title. New Zealand's rise in this boat class came in the early 2000s when the Evers-Swindell twins began racing consistently in the double. This earned them a World Championship title in both 2002 and 2003 and again in 2005. Meanwhile the British were coming up through the ranks. Elise Laverick was part of the boat that took bronze at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. Then in 2010 Olympic medallist Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins joined together. Watkins had taken bronze with Laverick in Beijing and now with Grainger the duo formed a partnership that was unbeatable. From 2010 through to winning the London 2012 Olympic Games, Grainger and Watkins did not lose a race. Gold in London earned Grainger her fourth Olympic medal and her first Olympic gold. Grainger took a break after the London Olympics then came back to rowing in 2015 in time to help qualify the double for Rio. Teamed up with Victoria Thornley, the duo has had an inconsistent 2016 season, but they have high expectations for the coming Olympics. For Rio, New Zealand is back in the picture. They are the 2014 and 2015 World Champions with Zoe Stevenson and Eve MacFarlane in the boat this year. The duo, however, have been beaten this season with the stand-out crews leading into Rio looking to be Poland, Lithuania and Australia. Germany and Belarus are also showing good form. Rio will not be a clear-cut decision. Going back to early Olympic racing, Romania was the mainstay of medal winning. This came along with the great Elisabeta Lipa earning  three Olympic medals in the double. Lipa was first at the 1984 Olympics, second in Seoul in 1988 and second again in Barcelona in 1992. Lipa sits at the top all time women Olympic medallists. In position number four on the all-time Olympic medallist list is Germany's Kathrin Boron. Boron won gold in the double at both the 1992 and 2000 Olympic Games. As a rower she was the linchpin of the German women's sculling squad for nearly two decades. Boron also won Olympic medals in the women's quadruple sculls. Germany tops the all-time Olympic medals table in this event so far, having medalled at four Games between 1992 and 2008. All-time dream crew in the women’s double sculls By Martin Cross Using more than a century of modern rowing, Martin Cross looks at the sport’s legendary performers and plays selector. This is his pick. Georgina Evers-Swindell NZL (stroke) Caroline Evers-Swindell NZL (bow) For almost eight years, the kiwi twins dominated their event. Their first Olympic gold in Athens was expected. But their second in Beijing, ahead of the German and British doubles, was won on the final stroke of the race. It was a result that epitomi


A major canal link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was named what?

What Is the Purpose of the Panama Canal? | USA Today What Is the Purpose of the Panama Canal? Ships pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at the Panama Canal. (Photo: Paul Katz/Photodisc/Getty Images ) About the Yukon Quest Dog Race The Panama Canal is an international waterway that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. After France unsuccessfully attempted to build a canal through the Isthmus of Panama in the 1800s, the United States began building the canal in 1904. At the height of the canal's construction, more than one million cubic yards of earth was moved by approximately 25,000 workers each day. (Reference 2) The canal was completed in 1914. Commercial Importance The Panama Canal was built to shorten the distance that ships had to travel to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The canal permits shippers of commercial goods, ranging from automobiles to grain, to save time and money by transporting cargo more quickly. Prior to the completion of the canal, a ship sailing between ports in New York and San Francisco had to sail around Cape Horn, the southernmost point of South America. This 12,000-mile trip took 67 days. After the canal was completed, approximately 8,000 miles were eliminated from the trip. Nearly 14,000 ships and other watercraft, some as long as three football fields, carry 280 million tons of cargo through the canal every day, states Popular Mechanics magazine. Military Importance Theodore Roosevelt was interested in building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans before the Spanish-American war in 1898. He became more interested in the canal after the U.S. won the war and acquired Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam. He wanted a shorter route for naval ships needing to pass between the two oceans. Failed negotiations with Colombia, which owned Panama, led to the U.S. providing funds and a naval blockade in support of Panama's revolution. In 1903, the newly-independent Panama sold the rights to the canal to the U.S. for $10 million. The U.S. military had a strong presence in the Panama Canal Zone until 1999, when all U.S. military bases were closed. The canal is still used for the transportation of military water vessels. Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco hosted the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, along with the city's recovery from a devastating earthquake in 1906. While not the purpose of the canal, there was hope that its completion would lead to improved international relations. The expo drew from symbolism created by the canal, including the joining of the East and the West and the potential opportunities that existed for countries that stood to benefit from the increase in commerce. The Future of the Canal Panamax ships are cargo ships built to fit through the 110-foot-wide locks of the Panama Canal. Shippers are now building larger vessels to carry larger loads of cargo and these post-Panamax ships are too big to go through the canal. This, combined with traffic jams at the canal that can delay ships for up to a week, have led to the need for expanding the canal. Expansion, expected to be completed in 2015, will double the canal's capacity, allowing for free flow of traffic while also accommodating larger cargo vessels. References


Iraq lies between Syria to the west and what country to the east?

Political Map of Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen - Atlapedia® Online Iran Iran is located in South West               Asia. It is bound by Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan               and the Caspian Sea to the north, Afghanistan and               Pakistan to the east, Iraq to the west, Turkey to               the northwest, the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf               and the Arabian Sea to the south.... Iraq Iraq is located in the Middle               East. It is bound by Iran to the east, Turkey to the               north, Syria to the northwest, Jordan to the west,               Saudi Arabia to the southwest and south as well as               Kuwait and the Persian Gulf to the southeast.... Israel Israel is located in the Middle               East along the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bound by the Mediterranean Sea to the west,               Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan               to the east and Egypt to the southwest.... Oman Oman is located in the extreme               southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is               bound by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest,               Saudi Arabia to the north and west, Yemen to the southwest,               the Gulf of Oman to the northeast and the Arabian               Sea to the southeast and east.... Qatar Qatar is located on the east coast               of the Arabian Peninsula. The territory includes the               mainland and a number of small islands. It is bound               by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the               south and the Persian Gulf to the north, east and               west.... Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is located on the               Arabia Peninsula and comprises around 80% of it. It               is bound by the Red Sea to the west, Egypt and Jordan               to the northeast, Iraq and Kuwait to the north, the               Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to               the east, Oman to the southeast and south as well               as Yemen to the south and southwest....


Harry Webb, who performs under the name of Cliff Richard, was born where?

BIOGRAPHY: Cliff Richard Lifetime twitter BIOGRAPHY He started life as Harry Webb and spent some of his childhood years in India. Cliff Richard was inspired by the music of Elvis Presley and at age 16, formed a band, 'The Quintones', with school friends and performed at their local Youth Club. From there, Cliff Richard went from strength to strength and became a global star. Having moved to India to help build a system of railways, Rodger Webb married Dorothy Dazely in 1939 and the following year the couple had a baby boy - Harry Rodger Webb. Born in The King's English Hospital in Lucknow, Harry was educated in Howrah, until his family moved to England in 1948, following Home Rule in India. After a privileged life in India, the Webbs faced poverty, and were forced to sleep on mattresses at the houses of various relatives. In 1951, they were given a council house in Chesthunt, and after just failing the eleven-plus exam, Harry was enrolled in the newly built Cheshunt County Secondary School. After being inspired by the music of Elvis, Harry and a group of school friends formed a group, 'The Quintones', and performed at their local Youth Club. For his 16th birthday, Harry got his first guitar, going on to form ‘The Drifters’ in 1958, with Terry Smart and Norman Mitham. After a number of low-key London gigs, Ian Samwell joined the band and they recorded their first demo, covers of Elvis' ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’ and Jerry Lee Lewis' ‘Breathless’. After recording their first hit single, ‘Schoolboy Crush/Move It’, they were quickly signed by Columbia. The song hit No.2 in the British charts, and went on to sell over a million copies. Now going under the name Cliff Richard, an appearance on the TV show ‘Oh Boy!’ catapulted Cliff to sex symbol status. In 1958, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch joined 'The Drifters', and by 1959 the band changed their name to ‘The Shadows’. It was also around this time that Cliff made his film debut in ‘Serious Charge’. The film produced the hit ‘Living Doll’, Cliff’s first number one hit. Cliff's second movie, ‘Expresso Bongo’, was more successful and critically acclaimed. As the albums and hit singles rolled out, Cliff Richard was building a devoted fan base that would secure his chart success some 40 years later. In 1961, Cliff starred in ‘The Young Ones’, and the accompanying single shot straight into number one in the charts. The second film with Cliff in the leading role was another musical, ‘Summer Holiday’, which saw him star alongside Una Stubbs. 1968 saw the last album recorded by Cliff with 'The Shadows', and Cliff went on to tour with his own gospel album. In 1970, Cliff launched his first television show, featuring a mix of music and comedy. In the same year, he made his stage debut in Peter Shaffer's ‘Five Finger Exercise’, a play focusing on a 'deep friendship' between a student and his tutor. The play was originally considered controversial for its veiled homosexual themes but despite this, reviews were favourable.   One of the most talked about aspects of Cliff's life is his relationships. A much publicised relationship with tennis star Sue Barker in 1981 ended within a year. Cliff has also been linked with actress Una Stubbs. In 1986, Cliff and The Young Ones re-recorded ‘Living Doll’ and made it to the top of the charts. In the same year he appeared in the West End musical ‘Time’, and by the end of the decade he had released his highest selling album of all time, 'Private Collection', which went on to be certified four-times platinum in the UK alone! ‘Mistletoe & Wine’ become Cliff's first Christmas-themed No.1 in 1988 and by 1989, Cliff became the first British artist to release 100 singles. Cliff continued to tour and break records throughout the 1990s, and in 1995 he became Sir Cliff Richard - the first pop star to be honoured with a full Knighthood. Despite selling records by the lorry load, Cliff ran into trouble getting airplay from various radio stations, including a ban by the BBC for his track ‘Misunderstood Man’, which was deemed “too raucous” for listeners. Perhaps the most si


"Who released the album ""The Transformed Man"" in 1968?"

William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968) (Full Album) - YouTube William Shatner - The Transformed Man (1968) (Full Album) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 5, 2015 Since I recently posted Nimoy's debut album the other day, I may as well post this madness to go with it. TRACKLIST: ( 00:00 ) 01. King Henry The Fifth ( 03:00 ) 02. Elegy For The Brave ( 06:18 ) 03. Cyrano De Bregerac ( 09:49 ) 04. Mr. Tambourine Man ( 13:09 ) 05. The Tragedy Of Prince Hamlet ( 16:58 ) 06. It Was A Very Good Year ( 20:57 ) 07. Romeo And Juliet ( 24:00 ) 08. How Insensitive (Insensatez) ( 30:36 ) 10. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ( 33:41 ) 11. The Transformed Man Category


If you suffered from androphobia what would you be afraid of?

Androphobia – Symptoms and Causes of Androphobia – Treatment Genetics Treatment of Androphobia As with most phobias, studies are still being conducted in order to pinpoint exact causes. Though studies are still in their infancy, psychiatrists do their best to tailor treatments to each specific case through trial and error. One of the most important aspects when treating Androphobia is being comfortable and at ease with what the counselor is doing. As many times phobias can lead to full-blown panic attacks , discomfort can be detrimental to the healing process. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is one form of treatment for Androphobia, which has shown positive and effective results. NLP is based around the idea that all behaviors are structured. By helping Androphobic patients to reprogram these behaviors, psychiatrists say it is possible to help patients manage, if not dissipate, their phobia through reprogramming the way the brain reacts to men. Hypnotherapy has also shown positive results in treating Androphobia. Hypnotherapy takes place with a therapist first putting their patient into a trance-like state. By relaxing the patient, the therapist attempts to bypass the “logical” part of the brain in order to reprogram the subconscious mind. Androphobia can be crippling, but there is always help. Any number of counselors can help in controlling or even overcoming phobias, giving suffers a new way to leave their lives. With the number of treatment methods available almost every case can be helped, all anyone has to do is ask. View Resources


Snooker - Mark Selby wins World Championship Final 2014 + interviews (BBC2, 5.5.14) - YouTube Snooker - Mark Selby wins World Championship Final 2014 + interviews (BBC2, 5.5.14) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 5, 2014 Mark Selby takes charge & then wins the final frame of the World Championship Final 2014, plus interviews with both Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Selby. (C) BBC 2014 When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Up next The best 5 breaks in all snooker history - Duration: 57:33. Olexandr Shkolnyi 1,206,312 views 57:33 Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Mark Selby - 2014 World Snooker Championship Final - Session 4 of 4 - Duration: 3:29:02. Snookered Mark 45,499 views 3:29:02 1080p ● Neil Robertson - Mark Selby. Semi-Final. 5/5. 2014 World Snooker Championship - Duration: 2:21:19. Snooker Planet 137,701 views 2:21:19 DING Junhui 丁俊晖 vs Mark SELBY [BBC] ᴴᴰ FINAL 2016 World Snooker Championship Session 4 - Duration: 2:54:14. Snooker Planet 155,818 views 2:54:14 ● Ronnie O'Sullivan - Mark Selby. Final. Session 1 ● 1080p ● 2014 World Snooker Championship - Duration: 2:23:50. Snooker Planet 394,500 views 2:23:50 Mark Selby v Ronnie O'Sullivan final frame of 2016 Dafabet Masters quarter final - Duration: 14:12. World Snooker Official 1,002,182 views 14:12 Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Mark Selby - 2014 World Snooker Championship Final - Session 3 of 4 - Duration: 3:34:04. Snookered Mark 20,643 views 3:34:04 Snooker - The most unfortunate way to lose a match EVER! (World Championship 2012 - 22.4.12) - Duration: 10:27. TopTellyFan 1,634,267 views 10:27


What is another name for a wild hyacinth?

Wild hyacinth - definition of wild hyacinth by The Free Dictionary Wild hyacinth - definition of wild hyacinth by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wild+hyacinth wild hyacinth n. 1. A bulbous plant (Camassia scilloides) in the lily family native to eastern North America, having a spike of white, blue, or violet flowers with bright yellow anthers. 2. Any of several plants having flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, especially of the genus Brodiaea. wild hyacinth (Plants) another name for bluebell 1 wild′ hy′acinth n. any of several plants having flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as the camass, Camassiascilloides, of the central U.S. [1840–50, Amer.] bluebell , harebell , Hyacinthoides nonscripta , Scilla nonscripta , wood hyacinth liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber genus Hyacinthoides , Hyacinthoides - small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae 2. Camassia , genus Camassia , genus Quamassia , Quamassia - genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs camas , camash , camass , camosh , quamash - any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Quamassia References in classic literature ? The hillside was covered with Mariposa lilies and wild hyacinth, down through which his horse dropped slowly, with circumspect feet and reluctant gait. View in context But now it had the charm for her which any broken ground, any mimic rock and ravine, have for the eyes that rest habitually on the level; especially in summer, when she could sit on a grassy hollow under the shadow of a branching ash, stooping aslant from the steep above her, and listen to the hum of insects, like tiniest bells on the garment of Silence, or see the sunlight piercing the distant boughs, as if to chase and drive home the truant heavenly blue of the wild hyacinths. View in context While park rangers won't point fingers, they say some hikers are damaging pristine chaparral, native grasses, wild hyacinth that is now in purple bloom, and other flowers.


Machair - Outer Hebrides You are here: See & Do > Nature > Wildlife > Machair Machair Machair is a Gaelic word meaning fertile low lying grassy plain. This is the name given to one of the rarest habitats in Europe which only occurs on exposed western coasts of Scotland and Ireland. Machair habitats in the Outer Hebrides run up the western shores of Uist, Harris and Lewis. Here sand, largely made up of crushed shells, is regularly blown ashore by Atlantic gales. Over time the calcium rich shell sand and traditional Outer Hebrides crofting land practices have led to the development of a mosaic of fertile Scottish grassland habitats renowned for its Outer Hebrides wildflowers, Western Isles birds and insect life. The most extensive areas of Outer Hebrides machair can be found on the West Coast of the Uists. Here you’ll see the succession from dunes to grassland and traditional arable cultivation worked in rotation. On the fallow areas that have recently been cultivated you’ll find the greatest diversity of flowers where up to 40 Western Isles plant species can be found within a square metre. Many of these are quite common Outer Hebrides flowers but it’s the sheer abundance of blooms that makes the machair so special. The colours change through the season with yellows dominating at first and then fading into reds, whites and blues. However, the Western Isles flora on display on each machair is different depending on the history of land use and the local environment so it’s worth visiting several areas. Flowers of the Outer Hebrides are at their best between mid June and mid August. The diverse plant community supports a rich insect life. The rare  Great Yellow Bumble Bee  and the unusual Belted Beauty Moth with its flightless female form are two of the most characteristic machair insects found in the Outer Hebrides. The machair are bustling with Western Isles bird life at all times year. Corncrakes and breeding waders are the most distinctive spring arrivals. Large flocks of geese,  lapwing  and  golden plover  make this their home in winter. Number of results: , currently showing 1 to 20. 1 Flora and Fauna - Machair South Uist Colourful fallow or crops full of Corn Marigold can be seen from the main track across the machair. Flora and Fauna - Machair South Uist More abundant to the west of the main road. You can access the area easily as it is unfenced although plants can be seen from the main road in fenced fields further north too. When to See Flora and Fauna - Machair Isle Of Lewis A low growing plant with small white 2 lobed flowers. Found on improved agricultural land and coastal grassland. Flora and Fauna - Machair Isle of Benbecula The Great Yellow Bumblebee is a large bee with a yellow or brownish yellow body with a single black band (between the wings). Flora and Fauna - Machair Harris Frog orchid, northern marsh orchid, early marsh orchid, greater twayblade, and lesser butterfly orchid are typical machair orchid species. Flora and Fauna - Machair Isle of Barra The Field Gentian (Gentianella Campestris) on Vatersay is home to the largest display on Barra and Vatersay. Flora and Fauna - Machair Isle of Lewis A low growing plant with small white 2 lobed flowers. Found on improved agricultural land and coastal grasslands. 1 Area: Name / Keyword: Use the Itinerary Planner to plan your perfect holiday, then either book it yourself or send it to our local holiday operator partner for a complete quotation. Itinerary Planner Build your own itineraries by clicking the button to add an item to your Itinerary basket. If you already have an itinerary saved, you can access it below. Our holiday operator partner, Hebridean Hopscotch Holidays , is a fully bonded operator with many years experience in providing individually arranged holidays in the Outer Hebrides. Their holiday advisers live locally and they can discuss your plans, offer advice, submit a firm holiday quotation and, if acceptable, arrange all your sea or air travel, accommodation and activities to suit your requirements. Use our expertise to get the most out of y


Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko were political figures in which country?

Leonid Kravchuk - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Leonid Kravchuk   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 Leonid Kravchuk July 23, 1990 – December 5, 1991 Preceded by May 15, 1990 – December 5, 1991 October 18, 1994 – May 25, 2006 Born Official inauguration was on August 22, 1992. 2 Mykola Plaviuk , the 4th President of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile terminated his authority on August 22, 1992 when he formally ceded his authority to Kravchuk. 3 From July 23, 1990 to August 24, 1991, the office was known as the "Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR." Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk ( Ukrainian : Леонід Макарович Кравчук) (born January 10, 1934) is a Ukrainian politician, the first President of Ukraine serving from December 5, 1991 until his resignation on July 19, 1994, a former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and People's Deputy of Ukraine serving in the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) faction. After a political crisis involving the President and the Prime Minister, Kravchuk resigned from the Presidency, but ran for a second term as President in 1994 . He was defeated by his former Prime Minister , Leonid Kuchma , who served as President for two terms. After his presidency, he was active in Ukrainian politics, serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada and the leader of Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) 's parliamentary group (from 2002 to 2006). He is currently politically inactive. [4] Leonid Kravchuk is the author of books dealing with his career and Politics of Ukraine (some of them were translated into English ). Kravchuk is married to Antonina Mykhailivna, has a son Alexander and three grandchildren – Andrey, Maria and Ylena Kravchuk, Andrey's daughter. Biography Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was born in 1934 in the village of Velykyi Zhytyn (Żytyń Wielki) at the time Aleksandrija gmina, Rowno powiat in Poland. The village became part of Rivne Oblast in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic after World War II when he was a child. He joined the Communist Party of Ukraine in 1958 and rose through the ranks of the party and its agitprop department. He became a member of the Ukrainian Politburo in 1989 and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada in 1990. With the weakening of the central power in the USSR, Kravchuk became the effective leader of the republic. He left the Soviet Communist Party ( CPSU ) in August 1991 and began to support the Ukrainian independence movement. He officially declared his support for Ukrainian independence after the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt . Later that year, he was elected the first President of Ukraine after Ukraine's first presidential elections . Political portrait Leonid Kravchuk's political creed is avoiding conflicts and straightforward declaration of his position. He is widely considered to be cunning, diplomatic, and cautious. He describes himself as a man who refuses to take an umbrella because he hopes to "slip between the raindrops." Such diplomacy helped Kravchuk to retain and strengthen his power over Ukraine during the transition from Soviet rule to independence. He was third in command in Ukraine's CPSU leadership before the fall of Soviet Union even though he didn't belong to the ruling Dnipropetrovsk group. He avoided inflexible positions towards democratic changes and was a compromise figure for both party conservatives and reformists . After becoming president of independent Ukraine, Kravchuk successfully attempted to achieve and strengthen formal sovereignty of the country and develop its relations with the West. He withstood the enormous pressure from Russia and refused to retain the common armed forces and currency inside the Commonwealth of Independent States . Another of his stands has been refusal of nuclear weapons based on Ukrainian territory. Kravchuk's economic policy


"What was the setting for the novel ""Anne of Green Gables"" by Lucy Maud Montgomery?"

14 Facts About 'Anne of Green Gables' Author L.M. Montgomery | Mental Floss 14 Facts About 'Anne of Green Gables' Author L.M. Montgomery filed under: literature Like us on Facebook L.M. Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables, was born 140 years ago on November 30. The Canadian writer published 20 novels, many of which are still read around the world. But while her most popular creation, Anne (with an 'e') Shirley, finds love and happiness, Montgomery herself wasn’t so lucky. Her life was full of loneliness, suffering, and disappointment.  1. She felt like an orphan.  When Lucy Maud Montgomery was a baby, her mother died of tuberculosis. Her father, Hugh John Montgomery, left her with her maternal grandparents , the Macneills, on a farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. The elderly couple was strict and formal with Montgomery and didn’t understand her sensitive personality. She often felt unwanted, and sought comfort in reading books, writing, and her imagination.  2. She insisted on being Maud without an E. Like Anne, Montgomery was particular about the spelling of names. She was named Lucy after her grandmother and Maud after Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Alice Maud Mary. She wrote in her journal , “I never liked Lucy as a name. I always liked Maud—spelled not ‘with an e’ if you please.” 3. She loved Prince Edward Island. Montgomery spent her childhood outside picking berries, fishing, and going to the beach. As a child, she named everything she saw—even apple trees had names like Little Syrup, Gavin, and Spider . Later, Montgomery named these places all over again in her books. Cavendish became Avonlea. Her uncle’s pond became The Lake of Shining Waters. The forest near the farm became the Haunted Woods and a cowpath behind the pasture was Lover’s Lane.  4. She gave up her newspaper job to care for her grandmother. In 1901, Montgomery got a job at The Daily Echo in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was the only woman on staff, earning a meager $5/week. She proofread articles, edited the society page, and wrote a column about fads and gossip under the pen name Cynthia. She loved every minute of it. But nine months into the job, her grandfather suddenly died. Montgomery was forced to return to Cavendish and live with her ailing grandmother. 5. She was a flirt. As a young woman, Montgomery had many romances. She turned down two proposals before getting engaged to her second cousin, Edwin Simpson. Soon, however, she realized she didn't love Simpson and couldn’t marry him. Instead of rejecting him, she strung him along. Meanwhile, she fell in love with Herman Leard, a farmer’s son. Though Montgomery felt strongly about Leard, he didn’t have the intelligence she wanted in a mate. It all came to a head when both men visited her at the same time. She wrote in her journal: “There I was under the same roof with two men, one of whom I loved and could never marry, the other whom I had promised to marry, but could never love!” Needless to say, neither affair lasted.  6. She wrote despite a lack of support from her relatives. Montgomery’s family considered writing to be a waste of time, especially for a woman. So she worked in secret, even going so far as to smuggle candles to her room so she could write at night. As she said in The Alpine Path : “I struggled on alone, in secrecy and silence. I never told my ambitions and efforts and failures to any one. Down, deep down, under all discouragement and rebuff, I knew I would 'arrive' some day.” 7. She was able to submit in secret because she ran the post office. The Macneill homestead was also the district post office. When Montgomery returned to Cavendish, she took over the duties as assistant postmistress . That way, she could send out submissions and receive responses from publishers without anyone knowing. In 1902, she had 30 pieces accepted. In 1904, she earned $600 from writings. In 1906, she earned $700, when the average woman made $300.  8. She got the idea for Anne from an old journal. One day, Montgomery was leafing through a journal and found an entry written a decad


Hiccup Synonyms, Hiccup Antonyms | Thesaurus.com Pray have something to (hiccup) after it; you must be (hiccup).' He acknowledged Don's look with a broad smile that vanished in a hiccup. By the (hiccup) way (hiccup), gentlemen, what's got Mr. Orlando (hiccup) Bugles?' "Well, I'd like to hear it again," said the drunken one (hiccup). Some time after, he had a severe attack of hiccup, and said to Dr. Galloway, 'I hope you are now convinced.' "Cool and deliciously impudent that same, (hiccup,)" quoth the skipper. What the deuce does the (hiccup) cook mean by not (hiccuping) things as he ought? This is old (hiccup) Peastraw's, a (hiccup) tenant of mine, and he'll be most (hiccup) to see you.' The Confederacy raised himself up on an elbow and hiccup'd gloomily. He didn't know what they were, and the hiccup came very opportunely.


"Who directed the pilot episode of the award-winning US TV series ""Boardwalk Empire""?"

Official Site for Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City Plexus BOARDWALK EMPIRE, A BOOK BY NELSON JOHNSON, IS THE TRUE STORY INSPIRING AN HBO SERIES FROM TERENCE WINTER AND MARTIN SCORSESE. Through most of the 20th century, Atlantic City was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars, and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch “Nucky” Johnson — the second of three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society. Boardwalk Empire is the true story that inspired the epic HBO series starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, and Kelly Macdonald, with a pilot episode written by Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and directed by Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island). New to the HBO Series Tie-in Edition Foreword by Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of The Sopranos and Executive Producer of Boardwalk Empire on HBO 16-page photo insert featuring 34 full-color photos of actors, producers, and sets from the HBO archive New Afterword by author Nelson Johnson BOARDWALK EMPIRE | HBO SERIES TIE-IN EDITION 2010 | 304 pp/softbound | ISBN 978-0-9666748-6-6 | $16.95


With what country was the game of Senet first associated?

Senet - An Egyptian Board Game   Abstracts: ï¿½Senet was a popular    board game in ancient Egypt and may possibly be one of the ancestors of    Backgammon. People of all levels of ancient Egyptian society played it and    some believe it had religious meaning. Senet was the favorite pastime of    king tut and in fact his mother in-laws name "Nefertiti" can be traced to    one of the symbols on the gameboardï¿½. The popularity of this game is evident from the number of sets  that have been found in Egyptian tombs, from those of commoners to those of  the Pharaohs. So far, almost fifty sets have been discovered, many of them in  perfect condition with the pieces and "dice" (either knucklebones or sticks)  still intact. The oldest known reference to Senet is in a wall painting in the tomb of the Third Dynasty Pharaoh Hesy (c. 2650 BC), which shows the game being played with seven pawns per player (sets and paintings have been found with as many as ten pawns per player). These first paintings show Senet being played between two players, but later paintings show a single player playing against an invisible opponent. From these two different depictions, it is very possible that Senet began as a game, but later acquired a magical or holy quality and became something of a ritual in and of itself. This situation does have parallels in our era; witness the mystic aura Chess has developed in movies such as The Seventh Seal and works of literature where the hero plays Chess (or a similar game) against Death, the Devil, a god, etc.   Oddly enough, no rules for Senet have ever been found, either written on papyrus or painted on a tomb wall. It appears as though the game may have been so popular that it was taught entirely by word of mouth from one player to another, because almost everyone knew how to play it anyway. Still, a number of people have created what they believe are the closest reconstructions of the rules of Senet, based on tomb paintings of the game, references to it in Egyptian writing, and by looking at its descendants: games such as Dublets, Tables, and our modern Backgammon. The Senet board is made up of 30 squares in three rows of ten squares apiece, like so:   The squares are numbered on the first row 1-10 from left to right, on the second row 11-20 right to left, and on the third row 21-30 left to right. The pieces, or Pawns, follow the path of the numbers, left to right on the top row, then right to left on the middle row, and left to right on the bottom row (or in some versions, the reverse of that). Squares 26 through 30 have symbols on them, as does square 15, which in some variations is the starting point for the pieces. In some sets, square 30 does not have a symbol, but is rather painted a different color. Each player has between 5 and 10 pawns, depending on the variation and desired difficulty of the game. The movement of the pawns was decided by the throw of four two-sided casting sticks (as shown in the Hesy painting) with a mark on one side and blank on the other, or by the casting of knucklebone dice. What follow are two reconstructions of the rules. Which one is closer to the original (if either) is impossible to say, but both sets of rules are fun to play, and the player is invited to create his own variants of Senet. The Bell Variant (created by R. C.  Bell) Each player has 10 pawns. At the beginning of the game there are no pawns on the board. Throw the four casting sticks to determine the move: each marked side up counts as one point. If all blank sides come up, it counts as five points. Each player in turn throws the sticks and puts his pawns on the board in squares 30, 29, 28, 27, and 26 according to the number of points thrown (1 point means put a pawn in Square 30, 2 points, Square 29, etc.). Only one pawn may be placed in each square; if there is already a pawn in that square, the turn is wasted. After the five squares are filled, the game begins. In turn, each player throws the sticks and can either move one of his pawns tha


Who is the only 20th century US president carved into Mount Rushmore?

Mount Rushmore--Presidents: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Amy Bracewell for National Park Service Every year, the many visitors to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota draw inspiration from the colossal portraits of four outstanding presidents of the United  States:  George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.  Gutzon Borglum carved his gigantic Shrine of Democracy Sculpture into ancient granite high on the southeast face of Mount Rushmore “in commemoration of the foundation, preservation, and continental expansion of the United States.”  The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt are about 60 feet high, and the grouping extends approximately 185 feet along the crest of Mount  Rushmore.  Dark ponderosa pines and other evergreens set off the stark white sculpture.  Added at the time of the Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence in 1976, a flag-lined formal Avenue of Flags creates an impressive approach. In 1923, South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson came up with an idea for attracting tourists to the State.  Robinson envisioned shaping a cluster of tall thin granite peaks called the Needles into statues of explorers and Indian leaders.  The Needles stand where the Black Hills rise from the plains as a gateway to the Rocky Mountains and the West.  In 1924, Robinson wrote sculptor Gutzon Borglum about his idea.  Borglum telegraphed back his enthusiastic support. Avenue of Flags at Mount Rushmore National Memorial Amy Bracewell for National Park Service Born to a Danish American family on a homestead in Idaho in 1867, Gutzon Borglum made his name celebrating things American in a big way.  In 1908, he created a large, 40 inches-high head of Abraham Lincoln.  Representatives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy soon contacted him about creating a portrait head of Robert E. Lee on the side of Stone Mountain in Georgia.  Convinced that the scale of the mountain would dwarf a single head, he convinced them to create a huge group portrait of General Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis.  Borglum completed the head of Lee in 1924, but a dispute with the backers of the project soon led to his dismissal and the eventual removal of his work.  His departure from Georgia made it possible for him to concentrate on Mount Rushmore.  Borglum scouted out a location far better than the fragile Needles: 5,725-foot Mount Rushmore.  Its broad wall of exposed granite was more suitable for sculpture and received direct sunlight for most of the day.  Borglum himself selected the presidents for the memorial, to reflect the nation’s first 150 years of history and to make the project a national, rather than regional one.  Original plans included only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.  Borglum picked George Washington the father of the new country because he was a leader in the American Revolution, the first president of the United States, and the man who laid the foundation of American democracy.  Abraham Lincoln was selected for preserving the Union during the Civil War and abolishment of slavery.  As the project progressed, Borglum added Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.  Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, began America’s westward expansion by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, which doubled the size of the country, adding all or part of 15 present-day States. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States and extremely popular in the early 20th century, linked the east and the west through the construction of the Panama Canal and was famous as a “trust buster,” fighting large corporate monopolies and championing the working man. Initial planning and fund-raising began in August 1925.  The project was almost out of money in 1927 before carving even began. Borglum and the planners succeeded in getting the support of President Coolidge when he was vacationing in the Black  Hills


Which Nobel prize-winning British playwright died in December 2008?

Nobel Prize-Winning Playwright Harold Pinter Dead at 78 | Fox News Nobel Prize-Winning Playwright Harold Pinter Dead at 78 Published        December 25, 2008 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Email Print LONDON –  Harold Pinter, praised as the most influential British playwright of his generation and a longtime voice of political protest, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 78. Pinter, whose distinctive contribution to the stage was recognized with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, died on Wednesday, according to his second wife, Lady Antonia Fraser. "Pinter restored theater to its basic elements: an enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue, where people are at the mercy of each other and pretense crumbles," the Nobel Academy said when it announced Pinter's award. "With a minimum of plot, drama emerges from the power struggle and hide-and-seek of interlocution." The Nobel Prize gave Pinter a global platform which he seized enthusiastically to denounce U.S. President George W. Bush and then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law," Pinter said in his Nobel lecture, which he recorded rather than traveling to Stockholm. "How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal? One hundred thousand?" he asked, in a hoarse voice. Weakened by cancer and bandaged from a fall on a slippery pavement, Pinter seemed a vulnerable old man when he emerged from his London home to speak about the Nobel Award. Though he had been looking forward to giving a Nobel lecture — "the longest speech I will ever have made" — he first canceled plans to attend the awards, then announced he would skip the lecture as well on his doctor's advice. Pinter wrote 32 plays; one novel, "The Dwarfs," in 1990; and put his hand to 22 screenplays including "The Quiller Memorandum" (1965) and "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1980). He admitted, and said he deeply regretted, voting for Margaret Thatcher in 1979 and Tony Blair in 1997. Pinter fulminated against what he saw as the overweening arrogance of American power, and belittled Blair as seeming like a "deluded idiot" in support of Bush's war in Iraq. In his Nobel lecture, Pinter accused the United States of supporting "every right-wing military dictatorship in the world" after World War II. "The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them," he said. The United States, he added, "also has its own bleating little lamb tagging behind it on a lead, the pathetic and supine Great Britain." Most prolific between 1957 and 1965, Pinter relished the juxtaposition of brutality and the banal and turned the conversational pause into an emotional minefield. His characters' internal fears and longings, their guilt and difficult sexual drives are set against the neat lives they have constructed in order to try to survive. Usually enclosed in one room, they organize their lives as a sort of grim game and their actions often contradict their words. Gradually, the layers are peeled back to reveal the characters' nakedness. The protection promised by the room usually disappears and the language begins to disintegrate. Pinter once said of language, "The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its true place. When true silence falls we are left with echo but are nearer nakedness. One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness." Pinter's influence was felt in the United States in the plays of Sam Shepard and David Mamet and throughout British literature. "With his earliest work, he stood alone in British theater up against the bewilderment and incomprehension of critics, the audience and writers too," British playwright Tom Stoppard said when the Nobel Prize was announced


What 1973 film, based on a novel by French ex-convict Henri Charrire, starred Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman?

Papillon - Movie Main Theme~Jerry Goldsmith - YouTube Papillon - Movie Main Theme~Jerry Goldsmith Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Feb 21, 2012 Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 -- July 21, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. Papillon is a 1973 film based on the best selling novel by French ex-convict Henri Charrière. The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred Steve McQueen as Henri Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. Due to the exotic locations, the film was considered as very expensive at the time of shooting ($12M), but earned more than double that in its first year of release. Category


The Victoria Falls are on the border of Zimbabwe and which other country?

Victoria Falls – Largest waterfall in the world Hotels Victoria Falls One of the greatest attractions in Africa and one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, Victoria Falls is located on the Zambezi River, the fourth largest river in Africa, which is also defining the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is the only waterfall in the world with a length of more than a kilometer and a height of more than hundred meters. It is also considered to be the largest fall in the world. The noise of Victoria Falls can be heard from a distance of 40 kilometers, while the spray and mist from the falling water is rising to a height of over 400 meters and can be seen from a distance of 50 kilometers. No wonder that the local tribes used to call the waterfall Mosi-o-Tunya “The smoke that thunders”. Scottish missionary and famous explorer of Africa David Livingstone (1813-1873) named it after Queen Victoria. Livingstone who was the first European to cross Africa from south to north discovered this awe-inspiring waterfall in 1855, while preaching Christianity in Africa. That is why Livingstone wasn’t very pleased with his discovery: it was just an obstacle on his way. Despite the inconveniences, he was fascinated by the beauty of the falls. In 1857 Livingstone wrote that no one in England can even imagine the beauty of this scene. Religious Livingstone also wrote that most probably angels are admiring the scenery while flying nearby. He was accompanied by soldiers but only two of them took the risk of approaching the waterfalls with Livingstone. For centuries local African tribes had a sacral fear from the waterfall. The waterfall was hardly visited by people up until 1905, when a railway to Bulawayo was constructed. Since then Victoria Falls quickly gained popularity until the end of the British colonial rule. At the end of the 1960s the number of tourists started to decrease due to the guerrilla struggle in Zimbabwe. After Zimbabwe gained independence the region has been in relative peace and Victoria Falls started to attract a new wave of tourism. By the end of 1990 nearly 300,000 people were visiting the falls each year. Victoria Falls is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the citizens of both Zambia and Zimbabwe no longer have fear of the “the smoke that thunders”, and are successfully developing the tourism on both sides of the river. The falls were formed in a zone of crustal faults. On the crest of the fall numerous islands divide the main flow into several branches. During floods, the water flow capacity reaches half a million liters of water per minute. The water level varies throughout the year; it is at its peak in April, at the end of the rainy season when on average 500,000,000 liters of water flow and it is at its lowest level in October and early November. Interestingly, during the dry season the water level in the Zambezi River drops sharply, and it becomes possible to walk through some parts of the waterfall. However, during the rest of the year Victoria Falls is a roaring machine that strikes anyone with its power.


What genre best describes the 1967-72 UK TV series Callan?

It's So Last Century - Callan - Novels by James Mitchell Novels By James Mitchell There have been 5 novels based on the TV series. A Magnum for Schneider The book was reprinted under a variety of of titles, includng A Red file for Callan and Callan. Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London (1969) Corgi Books, London (1971) Dell Publishing, New York (March 1974) Ostara Publishing, UK (2013) Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, Anstey (Dec 2014) In 2014 Magna Story Sound are set to release an unabridged audiobook of the novel, read by Daniel Coonan. Audio (unabridged) - 1 MP3-CD Audio Download - Only available to subscribers ISBN: 9780857148476 Price - £31.50   Callan is washed up. The most efficient killer in Europe is working as a book-keeper for a small, dusty merchant. But Circumstances force Hunter to employ him for one last operation. Schneider. Cheerful, friendly, affluent Schneider with his innocent passion for model soldiers. Callan hunts again And again his tool is Lonely, the most frightened little man in the underworld.It is Lonely who gets him the gun, a Noguchi Magnum 38 calibre. A magnum for Schneider.The operation is studded with leathal booby-traps, but Callan's own inhibitions are the most dangerous. James Mitchell, otherwise known as James Munro, shows in this book what a thriller can become in the hands of a master. The tension is almost unbearable, but a humane cocern for people lift the story abov the normal run of If it moves, shoot it thrillers. Russian Roulette Dell, New York (Dec 1975) Corgi Books, UK (1975) Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan (22 Settembre 1977) Ostara Publishing, UK (2013) Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, Anstey (Dec 2014) In 2014 Magna Story Sound are set to release an unabridged audiobook of the novel, read by Daniel Coonan. Audio Download - Only available to subscribers ISBN: 9780857148483 Published - 01-09-2014 Price - £ 39.50 'I've done a deal,' said Callan's Boss, Hunter. 'Perhaps the nastiest deal in my career. I'm giving you to the Russians.'' The KGB had picked up the Section's top man in Russia. So far he was still alive and well. He would continue to be so now that negotiations were concluded. 'Your tading me for hi?' It was like weighting two diamonds', said Hunter, ' Each perfectly cut, each virtually flawless. Our man in Russia weighted just one carat more. I'm very sorry.' 'You realise what they'll do to me?' 'They want you dead. They want you so badly they're prepared to give me my top man back unharmed in exchange for you.' 'For my corpse.' For once Callan was shocked. he knew Hunter was hard, he knew he was cold-blooded. But to sell one of his own men to the Russians... So the word went round, No gun for Callan. Not even Lonely-faithful, frightened, knowledgeable Lonely-could get him one. And three men from the KGB had arrived in London... with orders to kill Callan... from the US paerback: Admittedly, he was a killer... the best the British had. It had something to do with the survival instinct, the patience of a hunting animal, the single, destroying blow. His name was David Callan and the KGB lusted for his corpse - badly enough to ante up the top British spy held captive in the Kremlin. Callan was alone out there, in the alleys and squares and parks of London, unarmed and half-blind, fair prey for three deadly Ivans. But Callan was still the best the British had, and even without a gun he was a walking bloody arsenal... Death and Bright Water G. K. Hall & Company, ? (1977) Ostara Publishing, UK (2014) There's no easy retirement for a man like Callan... Callan's days with the Section were over, he'd had enough. But just when he'd found an escape from the killing an the violence, the mysterious Dr. Blythe appeared with a proposition - and Callan found he couldn't refuse. It looked like a simple kidnapping job - getting the beautiful Sophie Kollonaki's daughter out of Crete - but Sophie was involved with the KGB, and where they were, death was never far away. Callan and the faithful Lonely found themselves on the way to Crete before they be


"What would audiences watching the play ""The Comedy of Errors"" by William Shakespeare expect their main response to be?"

A Midsummer Night's Dream Maximize this page Introduction This study guide is intended for GCE Advanced level students in the UK, but is suitable for university students and the general reader who is interested in Shakespeare's plays. Please use the hyperlinks in the table above to navigate this page. If you have any comments or suggestions to make about this page, please contact me by clicking on this link. Preparing to study This guide is written to support your study of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The guide indicates the terms in which GCE examiners will expect you to understand the play. It should be used in conjunction with study of A Midsummer Night's Dream in performance, as far as possible, and of the text in one or more editions designed for study at your level. If you find this guide too hard, then you should perhaps look at the more elementary guide to this play on this site. Click on the link below to open this guide. What other resources should you use? This depends on your own aptitude and readiness for study. But any serious student should expect to use at least some of the following: Editions of the text The most authoritative version is the Arden (University Paperbacks) edition, edited by Harold F. Brooks (ISBN 0174436068). Most students will find this challenging, although the introduction is well worth reading. Sound editions are published by Longman and Heinemann. For critical writing about the play, you should use the Casebook anthology. At a more basic level the Brodie's Notes and York Notes (Longman) may help you. For general background information about Shakespeare, Ms. Marchette Chute's Shakespeare and his Stage (University of London, 1953) is hard to beat. Use the links below to purchase these books online. Back to top Handbooks for literature Useful handbooks for the general study of English literature include The Cambridge Guide to Literature, The Oxford Guide to Literature, J.A. Cuddon's Dictionary of Literary Terms (Penguin, 1982) and Richard Gill's Mastering English Literature (Macmillan, 1985). Use these books effectively: do not try to read them for extended periods like a story (unless you have unusual intellectual powers!) Study for short periods, then write down simple statements of what you want to remember, or questions to raise in class discussion. Back to top Recordings of the play in performance There are many feature film and TV versions of the play which you can find on VHS. One of the best of these, Elijah Moshinsky's 1980 BBC TV version is currently unavailable. Of the rest, the best version for students is probably Michael Hoffman's 1999 feature film. Click on the link below to purchase this on VHS. Back to top Using the Web Use other Web sites to study Shakespeare. Much the best of these is Daphne Palomar's huge portal: Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet . Michael Cummings' Shake Sphere , Reading University's Globe Theatre Research Database and Ken Taylor's Drama in Education portal site are also worth a visit. Click on the links below to visit these sites: Back to top Making and customizing study guides Other people's study guides (like this one) are never as effective as your own. You may wish to use any or all of the following ways of owning your study of this play: Customise books/guides with pencil markings, icons, inserts or highlighting. If you have access to suitable computer software, ask for copies of files, and adapt them for your learning. Make audio tapes of parts of the play and your comments on them, as well as recording spoken essays. Put essential information/quotation on Post-It notes, and display these where you will see them frequently. Back to top Introduction to the play A Midsummer Night's Dream is more or less contemporary with Romeo and Juliet, and dates from the mid 1590s. In it, Shakespeare is painstaking in his attention to details of language (as in the early Love's Labours Lost), but the play also shows the maturity of his best later work in its stagecraft. It is one of a group of plays known sometimes as festive comedies - the other


Famous in NBA Basketball, Michael Jordan first retired in 1993 to develop a career in what?

NBA.com: Michael Jordan Bio Complete Bio | Summary | Complete Stats By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. Although, a summary of his basketball career and influence on the game inevitably fails to do it justice, as a phenomenal athlete with a unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, improvisational ability and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar. Even contemporaneous superstars recognized the unparalleled position of Jordan. Magic Johnson said, "There's Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us." Larry Bird , following a playoff game where Jordan dropped 63 points on the Boston Celtics in just his second season, appraisal of the young player was: "God disguised as Michael Jordan. A brief listing of his top accomplishments would include the following: Rookie of the Year; Five-time NBA MVP; Six-time NBA champion; Six-time NBA Finals MVP; Ten-time All-NBA First Team; Nine time NBA All-Defensive First Team; Defensive Player of the Year; 14-time NBA All-Star; Three-time NBA All-Star MVP; 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; Ten scoring titles -- an NBA record and seven consecutive matching Wilt Chamberlain ; Retired with the NBA's highest scoring average of 30.1ppg. Michael Jordan makes the jump shot that catapults the Bulls over the Utah Jazz in the 1998 Finals. Fernando Medina/NBAE/Getty Images However, his impact is far greater than awards and championships. He burst into the league as a rookie sensation scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and concluded his career as a cultural icon. Along the way, he became a true champion who spearheaded the globalization of the NBA with his dynamic on court abilities and personal sense of style that was marketed to the masses. He was an accessible star who managed to maintain an air of mystique. He was visible as "Air Jordan," as part of a sneaker advertising campaign and endorsing other products as well as the star of the movie, Space Jam. However, he would vanish into retirement twice only to return until hanging up the sneakers for the last time after the 2002-03 season. Although Brooklyn born, Jordan was bred in the more tranquil North Carolina. The son of Delores and James Jordan, he shared a special bond with his father, which included baseball being both of their first love. However, following his older brother, Larry, whom he idolized and was a spectacular athlete in his own right, Jordan began to play basketball. He attended Laney High school in Wilmington, North Carolina, but as a 5-11 skinny sophomore, he was cut from the varsity basketball team. The summer before his junior year, he grew to 6-3 and began his path to super-stardom. A Tar Heel at heart, the high school All-American attended the University of North Carolina. As a freshman, he played somewhat in the shadows of upperclassmen James Worthy and Sam Perkins. However, he shone in the spotlight of the NCAA Championship game against Georgetown and another great freshman Patrick Ewing , whom he would foil future NBA championships for as well. Jordan scored 16 points, grabbed nine rebounds and made the winning basket on a 16-foot jumper with 18 seconds in the game for the 63-62 victory. As a sophomore, he was named College Player of the Year by The Sporting News. As a junior, he received that award again as well as the Naismith and Wooden Awards. After his junior year he was chosen with the third overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. The Houston Rockets selected 7-0 center Hakeem Olajuwon form the University of Houston with the No.1 pick, which most expected. The Portland Trail Blazers, however, with the No. 2 pick chose 7-1 center Sam Bowie from Kentucky, which was not as anticipated. Bowie had suffered several injuries while in college but the Blazers bypassed Jordan because just the year before the team selected another exciting shooting guard in Clyde Drexler . Although Drexler went onto to be a star, Bowie was an in


Sextant | Define Sextant at Dictionary.com sextant noun 1. an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring angular distances, especially the altitudes of sun, moon, and stars. 2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Sextans. Origin of sextant 1590-1600; < Latin sextant- (stem of sextāns) sixth part of a unit. See sext , -ant Can be confused Examples from the Web for sextant Expand Historical Examples About five minutes before local noon the sea captain goes to the bridge with sextant in hand. Lectures in Navigation Ernest Gallaudet Draper The flat bar which carries the nonius scale and index-glass of a quadrant, octant, quintant, or sextant. The Sailor's Word-Book William Henry Smyth Now read the angle of the height of that light by using your sextant. Lectures in Navigation Ernest Gallaudet Draper Without an English sextant you cannot take an altitude at all. Newton Forster Captain Frederick Marryat Prof. had forgotten his sextant and rode back to our main camp for it. A Canyon Voyage Frederick S. Dellenbaugh It would be like chucking the sextant and the compass overboard. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Burt L. Standish The sun reached its height, and Lund busied himself with his sextant. British Dictionary definitions for sextant Expand noun 1. an optical instrument used in navigation and consisting of a telescope through which a sighting of a heavenly body is taken, with protractors for determining its angular distance above the horizon or from another heavenly body 2. a sixth part of a circle having an arc which subtends an angle of 60° Word Origin C17: from Latin sextāns one sixth of a unit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for sextant Expand n. instrument for determining latitude, 1620s, from Modern Latin sextans, said to have been coined c.1600 by Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, from Latin sextans "a sixth," from sex "six" (see six ). So called because the sextans has a graduated arc equal to a sixth part of a circle. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper sextant   (sěk'stənt)     An instrument containing a graduated 60° arc and a movable pivoted arm corresponding to the radius of the arc's circle, used in celestial navigation to measure the altitude of a celestial body in order to determine the observer's latitude and longitude. A horizontally mounted telescope and two small mirrors are arranged so that the observer can, by moving the pivoted arm, sight the horizon and the reflected image of the celestial body in the same line, giving a reading along the arc that is used to look up the observer's position in a published table. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.


What light-sensitive tissue lines the inner surface of the eye?

Eye Health: Anatomy of the Eye - VisionAware Eye Health: Anatomy of the Eye Eye Health: Anatomy of the Eye About the Eye and How It Works Diagram of the eye, viewed from the side. National Eye Institute To understand this diagram of the eye, try to picture it as being split in two, like an apple that's been cut in half. Imagine yourself looking into the eye from the cut side. The Cornea The cornea is a transparent dome-shaped tissue that forms the front part of your eye. It functions as a window and allows light to enter your eye. It also begins the process of focusing light rays that allow you to see words and images clearly. The cornea does not contain any blood vessels, but instead contains many nerve endings that make it extremely sensitive. That is why a scratch or a loose eyelash is so painful. Jake Whalen: Living and Coping with Keratoconus Jake Whalen is a freelance copywriter who has struggled for most of his life with keratoconus . Keratoconus is a degenerative condition of the cornea , a transparent dome-shaped tissue that forms the front part of the eye. Keratoconus gradually causes the cornea to thin, bulge/protrude outward, and become cone-shaped. This creates an abnormal curvature of the eye that can cause blurred vision, glare problems, light sensitivity, and even extreme pain. Learn more about the basics of effective eye care, including: Questions to ask when you see an eye care specialist. Check out our Getting Started Kit for more ideas to help you live well with low vision. Sign up with VisionAware to receive free weekly email alerts for more helpful information and tips for everyday living with vision loss. Aqueous Humor Aqueous humor is a clear, watery fluid contained in a chamber behind the cornea that helps bring nutrients to the eye tissue. It is made behind the lens and flows to the front of the eye, where it is drained by a tissue called the trabecular meshwork. Problems with the flow of the aqueous fluid can lead to problems with the pressure inside the eye, such as glaucoma . The Sclera The sclera is a tough white outer coating of fibrous tissue that covers your entire eyeball (all the way around) except for the cornea. The muscles that move the eye are attached to the sclera. The name sclera comes from the Greek word "skleros," which means "hard." The Iris and the Pupil The iris is a tissue inside the eye that has a hole in the center called the pupil. The iris contains muscles that allow the pupil to become larger (open up or dilate) and smaller (close up or constrict). The iris regulates the amount of light that enters your eye by adjusting the size of the pupil opening. In bright light, the iris closes (or constricts) and makes the pupil opening smaller to restrict the amount of light that enters your eye. The iris in bright light In dim light, the iris opens (or dilates) and makes the pupil opening larger to increase the amount of light that enters your eye: The iris in dim light In addition, it is the iris that determines your eye color. People with brown eyes have heavily pigmented irises, while people with blue or lighter-colored eyes have irises with less pigment. The Lens The lens is composed of transparent, flexible tissue and is located directly behind the iris and the pupil. It is the second part of your eye, after the cornea, that helps to focus light and images on your retina. Because the lens is flexible and elastic, it can change its curved shape to focus on objects and people that are either nearby or at a distance. The ciliary muscles, which are part of the ciliary body, are attached to the lens and contract or release to change the lens shape and curvature. The lens becomes more rounded to focus on near objects (see Figure 1): Fig. 1: A more rounded lens can focus on near objects. The lens becomes more elongated (or stretched) to focus on objects that are far away (see Figure 2): Fig. 2: A more elongated/stretched lens can focus on far objects Over time, the lens loses some of its elasticity and therefore loses some of its ability to focus on near objects. This is called p


What pollinates the tubular, bright red flowers of the Salvia coccinea (known as Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage, or Blood Sage), a species of flowering plant native to the south of North America, the Caribbean, and the north of South America?

Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red' - Lady in Red Tropical Sage Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red'  Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red' Details Learn more Spring Limited Availability Plant At Flowers by the Sea, we grow a broad range of Salvias and companion plants to meet your needs. If a plant is in this program, its description page will include the clock-like Spring Limited Availability icon on its description page along with a reminder that it is only available for delivery early April to about June 15th. When a plant is out of stock during its limited-availability season, we may grow more if it is early enough in the availability period. In that case, you may easily request notification concerning its return to stock. Just add your name to the notification list by clicking on the "Email me when back in stock" button in the Options box on the plant description page. The minute the plant is ready for sale, we will send you an email. Spring Limited Availability is a win-win-win policy for you, the environment and our business. It keeps us from wasting resources -- such as water, soil amendments and staff time -- by helping us to avoid over-production of annuals and tender perennials late in their growing season. Degree of Difficulty This plant is easy to grow in a variety of conditions. Degree of Difficulty This icon indicates that the plant you are considering is reliably easy to grow if you meet its limited needs. The plants that we identify as easy are particularly adaptable to a broad range of growing conditions. Perhaps you live in a region where temperatures swing from from frigid winters to scorching summers. We have no-fuss Salvias and companion plants to meet your climate. Possibly, the moisture level in your area can only be described as "not!" Or maybe you live where summers are predictably dry and winters are wet, or vice versa. We have undemanding beauties for you. Whether you are looking for plants that can handle exposure from full sun to partial shade or that adjust from weak to rich soils, our no-fuss Salvias and companion plants are ready to perform reliably. For more information about easy-to-grow Salvias and companion plants, please email or call us at Flowers by the Sea. We are glad to answer your questions. You can rely on a quality experience with Flowers by the Sea Nursery, because we: Ship only large, healthy plants Carefully package your purchase Contract with UPS for rapid, safe delivery direct to your door and Don't raise plant prices to artificially subsidize low shipping fees. UPS rate structure makes it possible for us to decrease the shipping price per plant as order size increases. Also our advance order process lets you select delayed shipment based on available shipping dates. Remember, FBTS guarantees satisfaction. Description (Lady in Red Tropical Sage) Lady in Red is a variety of Salvia coccinea Juss. ex Murr., which is often called Texas Sage. It is the best red-flowering Tropical Sage that we grow and a 1992 winner of an All American Selections award. The lush flower spikes of Lady in Red draw butterflies, honeybees and hummingbirds to the rich nectar of this Southern species and American native. Unlike the dwarf variety of Lady in Red, which was bred by the Japanese company Takii Seed/Sahin, this is a full-sized Tropical Sage that the Japanese breeder developed in conjunction with the Netherlands firm of Zaden B.V. Fuzzy and shaped like elongated hearts, the dark-green leaves of Lady in Red are heavily veined and have serrated edges. The fragrant foliage contrasts dramatically with the long-blooming flowers. If you have persistently damp spots in your yard, Tropical Sages are good solutions due to their water-loving nature. However, they do just fine with an average amount of watering based on local rainfall. Similar to other Tropical Sages, Lady in Red thrives in full-sun to partial shade and requires rich garden soil. It is a tender perennial in areas with moderate winters and a lovely annual bedding plant elsewhere. Tropical Sage (Salvia coccinea) existed in the American Southeast, Central A


In 2012 which was the city, second only to Paris, with the most populous metropolitan area in the world?

Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities Around the World - YouTube Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities Around the World Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 16, 2014 Title : Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities Around the World 1. Tokyo (Capital of Japan, Asia) : Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Population: 13.35 million. Area: 2,188 km². Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo 2. Canton - Guangzhou (City in China, Asia) : Guangzhou is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Located on the Pearl River, about 120 km north-northwest of Hong Kong and north-northeast of Macau, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port. One of the five National Central Cities. Area: 7,434 km². Population: 8.525 million. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou 3. Jakarta (Capital of Indonesia, Asia) : Jakarta, officially known as the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. Area: 740.3 km². Population: 9.608 million (2010). Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta 4. Shanghai (City in China, Asia) : Shanghai is the largest Chinese city by population and the largest city proper by population in the world. It is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities, with a population of more than 24 million as of 2013. It is a global financial center, and a transport hub with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China. Area: 6,340 km². Founded: 1291. Population: 14.35 million. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai 5. Seoul (Capital of South Korea, Asia) : Seoul — officially the Seoul Special City — is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. The Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, is the world's second largest metropolitan area with over 25.6 million people, home to over half of South Koreans along with 632,000 international residents. Area: 605.2 km². Population: 9.82 million. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul 6. Mexico City (Capital of Mexico, North America) : Mexico City is the federal district, capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole. Mexico City is the country's largest city as well as its most important political, cultural, educational and financial center. Area: 1,485 km². Population: 8.851 million (2010). Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City 7. New Delhi (Capital of India, Asia) : New Delhi is the capital of India and seat of the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India. It is also the centre of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and is one of the eleven districts of Delhi National Capital Territory. Area: 42.7 km². Population: 302,363 (2001). Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi 8. Karachi (City in Pakistan, Asia) : Karachi is the largest and most populous metropolitan city of Pakistan and its main seaport and financial centre, as well as the capital of Sindh province. The city is a hub of higher education in South Asia and the Muslim world. The city has an estimated population of over 23.5 million people as of 2013. Area: 3,527 km². Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi 9. Manila (Capital of Philippines, Asia) : Manila is the capital and second largest city of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities which, along with the municipality of Pateros, make up Metro Manila


What is used in paper or textile making, and to form a protective coating on a canvas or other surface to be used for some art techniques?

Understanding the difference between Canvas and Linen Understanding the difference between Canvas and Linen I like this 1 Canvas can mean different things to different people. In the context of painting, the word ‘canvas’ means a fabric used as a painting surface. The difference is that sometimes the canvas is made from cotton fibres and other times from linen fibres. Each material is worth looking at in more detail. Cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy fibre that grows in a boll or protective capsule around the seeds of cotton plants. The plant is native to the Americas, Africa and India and is most often spun into yarn or thread to create a soft, breathable textile - the chances are you are wearing some cotton right now. The advantage of cotton to you as an artist is that it is affordable and it stretches very easily. A properly prepared cotton canvas will last a long time and is the most popular surface for oil and acrylic painting, especially for students, although it is considered too flexible for very large paintings. It is classified according to its weight and surface texture. When it comes to tightness, cotton comes out on top. It is possible to stretch cotton tighter than linen without straining the wooden support around the canvas, and a heavy-grade cotton can make up for its lack of strength and weight. Linen Linen is strong and durable, and remains the preferred surface for many artists but it is expensive. It is made from the fibres of the flax plant and top quality flax is harvested mainly in Western Europe. If you want your painting to last then a linen canvas is a sound investment. The threads that make up linen, known as the warp and weft threads, weigh the same, which means they are less prone to expansion or contraction due to moisture. Linen retains its natural oils, which helps to preserve the fibre’s flexibility and stops the canvas from going brittle. It is also regarded as having a more ‘natural’ weaved finish than cotton – a variety of textures and weights are available in both rough and smooth finishes. Because of its strength linen holds up to a heavy painting hand and does not become slack as easily as cotton canvas. Priming & Sizing Priming your canvas by applying a layer or two of gesso to the surface, whether cotton or linen, will help in a number of ways. The white layer of gesso – one of the most popular primers - beneath the visible surface of a painting has the effect of making all the colors in the painting a little brighter. An unprimed canvas can also soak up all the paint, causing some of it to disappear into the canvas or clot up on the surface of it. If you are going to prime a cotton canvas and want to use either oil or acrylic colour then an acrylic gesso primer is generally used. Linen can be difficult to prime and stretch properly, but once you have mastered this it offers the smoothest and stiffest painting surface. When priming a linen canvas you can use an acrylic primer or an oil primer. If you use an acrylic primer this is less expensive than an oil primer and you can use both acrylic or oil colour on the (acrylic) primed surface. Sizing If you are using an oil primer on either cotton or linen then the surface must first be ‘sized’ with rabbit skin glue or poly vinyl acetate (PVA) size. ‘Sizing’ is the process that fills the pores in the surface with glutinous material (rabbit skin glue or PVA) and helps to stop fluid leaking through, and it also helps stiffen the fabric. If oil is applied to an ‘un-sized’ canvas the oil will eventually weaken the fibres and the image on the surface may fade. It is important to remember that if rabbit skin glue or neutral ph PVA size is to be applied to either cotton or linen the canvas must not be stretched too tightly.  Because both sizes are very fluid they will cause the fabric to contract to such a degree that the stretcher bars may warp. Primed Canvases You do not have to size and prime a canvas yourself. Winsor & Newton offers acrylic primed cotton and linen pre-stretched canvases in both regular and depth stretcher bars (13/16”) and d


What play does the character Blanche Dubois appear in?

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