What is the southernmost point of India?

Southernmost Point of Indian Mainland - South Most Point of Mainland   of India - Southern Extreme of Indian Mainland Colors of India : Interesting Facts : Geography :       Southernmost Point of Indian Mainland Southernmost Point of Indian Mainland Kanyakumari is the southernmost Point of Indian     Mainland. Kanyakumari, also known as Cape Comorin, is located in the     state of Tamil Nadu. Kanyakumari has great geographical significance as     it is the confluence of the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of     Bengal meet. The place is famous for its spectacular sunrises and     sunsets. Kanyakumari has been associated with great men such as Swami     Vivekanada and Mahatma Gandhi. Swamy Vivekananda visited Kanyakumari     during 24th, 25th and 26th December 1892 for deep meditation and     enlightenment. To commemorate the visit, a monument known as Vivekananda     Rock Memorial, has been built which attracts a large number of tourists.     Mahatma Gandhi visited Kanyakumari twice in 1925 and 1937.


Which British author wrote the novel 'The Antiquary' in 1816?

The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott | LibraryThing The best of the Waverly novels in my opinion. I loved the Latin throughout. ( )   skieper | Nov 26, 2012 | This is said to be one of Scott's less popular works, but most people find the Scots dialect and abundant humor very pleasing. Mr Jonathan Oldbuck is the Antiquary, endowed with a gift for quaint sayings and "garrulous knowledge". The Antiquary's friend, Sir Anthony Warden has a beautiful daughter, Isabella, who is as wise as she is virtuous. Her honor is beset by the conniving Herman Douster-Swivel who pretends to be an adept in the black arts. As in all of Scott's masterly novels, the plot is complex and the characters are colorful and memorable.   TrysB | May 28, 2012 | Sir Walter Scott really is one of my favorite authors, but the Scottish dialog can be a little off putting sometimes. This Oxford edition of "The ANtiquary" has a nice glossary in the back and while looking up the different words slowed me down, it alos made the conversations easier to follow. Eventually I learned some of the words and did not have to take the time to look them up. Also the notes included can be helpfull but are not necessarily mandatory tot he understanding of the story. The description of this book states that it is Sir Walter Scott's favorite novel that he wrote. If that is ture than I can say he did not make a bad choice. Unlike many of his historical novels, this one takes place within the last 30 years from the time of writing. The background is a french invasion of Scotland. Scott takes time to develop several characters and it could alomost be difficult in determining which one is the main character. However, since the name of the book is "The Antiquary" it is somewhat safe to assume the antiquary is the main character. Really we get to see a little of Sir Walter Scott's humerous side in this book. The dialog between the antiquary and his neighbor, nephew and the women in his life is very entertaining. The villian with his strong german accent and his con and the way he is conned is quite entertaining as well. As for the Antiquary himself, along with his humer, he tries to portray a very gruff exterior, but as the story proceeds, a very tender hearted and kind character is revealed. This may not be so novel now, but perhaps in the early 1800's it was. This is a novel that I would certainly recommend, but I belive it is becoming harder to find, and maybe out of print at tis time. Fortunatly I was able to find a copy at half-price books. ( )   morryb | Apr 11, 2011 | Scott started out as a poet, a very popular one. He wrote long narrative poems, a form which was soon taken up by the English poet Byron, who became more successful than Scott. Scott saw the handwriting on the wall, and turned to writing novels. The rest is history. Scott's novels are referred to as The Waverley Novels, because the first one was called Waverley. He did not at first sign his novels: Waverley was anonymous, and the subsequent ones were published as being "by the author of Waverley." They are not a series or sequence, but independent novels each with its own plot, setting, and characters. But they are all, or almost all, historical novels. Scott was one of the originators of the historical novel genre. He is known best today for his novels about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, such as Ivanhoe and Kenilworth. But many of the Waverley Novels are set in seventeenth and eighteenth-century Scotland. Waverley itself is one of these, as is Scott's second novel, Guy Mannering, and this, the third, The Antiquary. The Antiquary is said to have been Scott's favorite of his own novels. I am not sure why (personally, I would vote for Old Mortality.) Some reviewers speculate that it is because he modeled the principal character, Jonathan Oldbuck, on himself, a kind of humorous self-caricature. Oldbuck is the antiquary of the title, a small but comfortable landowner in a coastal region of northeast Scotland, with a passion for relics of Roman, Scottish, and Pictish antiquity, and a habit of uninterrupted pedantry,


Who became the drummer of The Who after the death of Keith Moon in 1978?

Remembering The Who's Keith Moon : NPR Remembering The Who's Keith Moon Embed Embed Remembering The Who's Keith Moon A Look Back at the Legendary Drummer 25 Years After His Death Remembering The Who's Keith Moon Embed Embed Listen to Liane Hansen's extended interview with The Who's Roger Daltrey. Only Available in Archive Formats. Keith Moon, in an undated photo. Courtesy Tony Fletcher hide caption toggle caption Hear Hansen's extended interview with Keith Moon biographer Tony Fletcher. Only Available in Archive Formats. The Who Sings My Generation, released in the U.S. in 1966, was the band's first album. From left, John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and Keith Moon. hide caption toggle caption Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend. hide caption toggle caption This was somebody without whom we might still be listening to drummers going 'boom-cha, boom-cha.' Biographer Tony Fletcher A quarter-century after his death, it's still difficult to think of Keith Moon as more than just a hard-drinking rock star who would smash his drum set on stage or destroy a hotel room. But his biographer, Tony Fletcher, says The Who's legendary drummer should be remembered as the man who forever changed the sound of rock 'n' roll. On Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR's Liane Hansen looks back at Moon's legacy. Fletcher, author of Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend, says Moon "did nothing short of revolutionizing the drums." Moon influenced the drummers for Cream (Ginger Baker), Jimi Hendrix (Mitch Mitchell) and Led Zeppelin (John Bonham), and countless others that followed. Before Moon, drums would just keep a beat in the background. But with songs like "I Can See for Miles" — in which Moon's accelerating drum rolls and cymbal smashes seemed to compete with, but perfectly complemented, guitarist Pete Townshend's power chords — The Who set a new role for the drummer. Roger Daltrey, The Who's lead singer, says the energy in that song "is just unbelievable... He sounds like a steam locomotive at full pelt. His speed is incredible." Moon combined a variety of styles "and made very much his own thing out of the drums," Daltrey says. Article continues after sponsorship "Keith was the first to treat the drums as though they were a lead instrument..." Fletcher says. "He really made the drums an instrument that spoke very much in the same way that a lead guitar does." Though Moon was known for his boisterous, over-the-top behavior, Fletcher debunks one myth about him: That he drove a Rolls Royce into a Michigan hotel swimming pool during his 21st birthday party. But Daltrey begs to differ. "I saw it. We paid the bill (for the damages). It was $50,000. It's vague now, but I just remember the car in the pool. And the chaos. And Keith being rushed off to the dentist after being arrested because he knocked his front tooth out... But then I read in the biography that never happened, so maybe I've been living someone else's life, I don't know." Daltrey says he and Moon didn't get along during their earlier years together. The band members' relationship was "a clash of egos," Daltrey says. Moon thought he should be at front of the stage. Daltrey says Moon did everything to excess. "He was the most generous, the most mean, he was the funniest... he could be the most unfunny, everything — the most loving, the most hateful... Everything about him was extreme," Daltrey says. Moon's life was a short one. He died in 1978 at the age of 32, ironically of an overdose of pills that were meant to combat his alcoholism. Unlike Led Zeppelin, which disbanded after the death of drummer John Bonham, The Who kept going, initially replacing Moon with Kenny Jones. But, of course, Jones couldn't hope to fill Moon's shoes — and Fletcher says Who fans agree he never did. How does Fletcher want Moon to be remembered? "I would hope... that he is better respected as a musician and as a drummer... and that people look back on Keith not just as 'Moon the loon' and this incredibly extravagant comedic character who really was one in a million in terms of personalities,


What was the first novel in the Inspector Morse series of novels, published in 1975?

Colin Dexter (Author of Last Bus to Woodstock) edit data Norman Colin Dexter, OBE (born 29 September 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire) is an English crime writer, known for his Inspector Morse novels. He started writing mysteries in 1972 during a family holiday: "We were in a little guest house halfway between Caernarfon and Pwllheli. It was a Saturday and it was raining - it's not unknown for it to rain in North Wales. The children were moaning ... I was sitting at the kitchen table with nothing else to do, and I wrote the first few paragraphs of a potential detective novel." Last Bus to Woodstock was published in 1975 and introduced the world to the character of Inspector Morse, the irascible detective whose penchants for cryptic crosswords, English literature, cask ale and Wagner reflect Dexter's Norman Colin Dexter, OBE (born 29 September 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire) is an English crime writer, known for his Inspector Morse novels. He started writing mysteries in 1972 during a family holiday: "We were in a little guest house halfway between Caernarfon and Pwllheli. It was a Saturday and it was raining - it's not unknown for it to rain in North Wales. The children were moaning ... I was sitting at the kitchen table with nothing else to do, and I wrote the first few paragraphs of a potential detective novel." Last Bus to Woodstock was published in 1975 and introduced the world to the character of Inspector Morse, the irascible detective whose penchants for cryptic crosswords, English literature, cask ale and Wagner reflect Dexter's own enthusiasms. Dexter's plots are notable for his use of false leads and other red herrings. The success of the 33 episodes of the TV series Inspector Morse, produced between 1987 and 2001, brought further acclaim for Dexter. In the manner of Alfred Hitchcock, he also makes a cameo appearance in almost all episodes. More recently, his character from the Morse series, the stalwart Sgt (now Inspector) Lewis features in 12 episodes of the new ITV series Lewis. As with Morse, Dexter makes a cameo appearance in several episodes. Dexter suggested the English poet A. E. Housman as his "great life" on the BBC Radio 4 programme of that name in May 2008. Dexter and Housman were both classicists who found a popular audience for another genre of writing. Dexter has been the recipient of several Crime Writers' Association awards: two Silver Daggers for Service of All the Dead in 1979 and The Dead of Jericho in 1981; two Gold Daggers for The Wench is Dead in 1989 and The Way Through the Woods in 1992; and a Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 1997. In 1996 Dexter received a Macavity Award for his short story Evans Tries an O-Level. In 1980, he was elected a member of the by-invitation-only Detection Club. In 2000 Dexter was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature.


'Life is like a box of chocolates' is a quote from which 1994 film?

Forrest Gump (1/10) Best Movie Quote - Life is Like a Box of Chocolates (1994) - YouTube Forrest Gump (1/10) Best Movie Quote - Life is Like a Box of Chocolates (1994) 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 Jul 28, 2014 Mama said these was muh magic shoes...mama said they'd take me anywhere.


Which famous playwright used the pseudonym 'Como di Bassetto' when he worked as a music critic?

Bernard Shaw: a Brief Biography Bernard Shaw: a Brief Biography Cary M. Mazer, University of Pennsylvania Guest Dramaturg G. Bernard Shaw (he hated the "George" and never used it, either personally or professionally) was born in 1856 in Dublin, in a lower-middle class family of Scottish-Protestant ancestry. His father was a failed corn-merchant, with a drinking problem and a squint (which Oscar Wilde's father, a leading Dublin surgeon, tried unsuccessfully to correct); his mother was a professional singer, the sole disciple of Vandeleur Lee, a voice teacher claiming to have a unique and original approach to singing. When Shaw was just short of his sixteenth birthday, his mother left her husband and son and moved with Vandeleur Lee to London, where the two set up a household, along with Shaw's older sister Lucy (who later became a successful music hall singer). Shaw remained in Dublin with his father, completing his schooling (which he hated passionately), and working as a clerk for an estate office (which he hated just as much as school). It may not be a accidental, then, that Shaw's plays, including Misalliance, are filled with problematic parent-child relationships: with children who are brought up in isolation from their parents; with foundlings, orphans, and adopted heirs; and with parents who wrongly presume that they are entitled to their children's obedience and affection. In 1876, Shaw left Dublin and his father and moved to London, moving in with his mother's menage. There he lived off of his mother and sister while pursuing a career in journalism and writing. The first medium he tried as a creative writer was prose, completing five novels (the first one appropriately titled Immaturity) before any of them were published. He read voraciously, in public libraries and in the British Museum reading room. And he became involved in progressive politics. Standing on soapboxes, at Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park and at socialist rallies, he learned to overcome his stagefright and his stammer. And, to hold the attention of the crowd, he developed an energetic and aggressive speaking style that is evident in all of his writing. With Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Shaw founded the Fabian Society, a socialist political organization dedicated to transforming Britain into a socialist state, not by revolution but by systematic progressive legislation, bolstered by persuasion and mass education. The Fabian society would later be instrumental in founding the London School of Economics and the Labour Party. Shaw lectured for the Fabian Society, and wrote pamphlets on the progressive arts, including The Perfect Wagnerite, an interpretation of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle, and The Quintessence of Ibsenism, based on a series of lectures about the progressive Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen. Meanwhile, as a journalist, Shaw worked as an art critic, then as a music critic (writing under the pseudonym "Corno di Bassetto"), and finally, from 1895 to 1898, as Theatre Critic for the Saturday Review, where his reviews appeared over the infamous initials "GBS." In 1891, at the invitation of J.T. Grein, a merchant, theatre critic, and director of a progressive private new-play society, The Independent Theatre, Shaw wrote his first play, Widower's Houses.  For the next twelve years, he wrote close to a dozen plays, though he generally failed to persuade the managers of the London Theatres to produce them. A few were produced abroad; one (Arms and the Man) was produced under the auspices of an experimental management; one (Mrs Warren's Profession) was censored by the Lord Chamberlain's Examiner of Plays (the civil servant who, from 1737 until 1967, was empowered with the prior censorship of all spoken drama in England); and several were presented in single performances by private societies. In 1898, after a serious illness, Shaw resigned as theatre critic, and moved out of his mother's house (where he was still living) to marry Charlotte Payne-Townsend, an Irish woman of independent


In the Simpsons cartoon series what is the first name of Principal Skinner'?

Seymour Skinner | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Biography Principal Skinner with Groundskeeper Willie and children, trapped in school Seymour is ethnically Armenian, the name "Armin Tamzarian" would suggest he is from Eastern Armenian heritage. Out of genuine concern for the quality of education of his students, most of Skinner's actions revolve around ensuring the school has adequate funding. His constant desperate, and usually ineffective attempts at maintaining discipline are an effort to receive good reviews from the frequent inspections of his capricious, temperamental, and whimsical superior, Superintendent Chalmers - who makes no effort to hide his disapproval of Skinner. These inspections usually turn awry due to Bart Simpson's elaborate pranks—which play off Skinner's desperation for order. Over the years of pranks and inspections, though, Skinner has developed a love-hate relationship with each of them; when Skinner was fired and replaced by Ned Flanders , Bart found pranks less meaningful, due to Flanders' lax approach to discipline. [5] In an accident involving both Skinner and Chalmers, Chalmers showed grief over Skinner before he realized he was still alive. Although he likes to maintain the image of a strict disciplinarian, he is often weak-willed and nervous and has a very unhealthy dependence on his mother who constantly makes demands from him. She addresses him by the nickname "Spanky." Also, it was heavily implied that Seymour Skinner suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from his days in Vietnam, where he spent eighteen months as a prisoner of war. [6] Seeing his entire platoon devoured by an Elephant was one of the many things that led to the development of his post-traumatic stress disorder. Once, his PTSD kicked in in the middle of trying to alert Students of a prank that Bart pulled involving Heart message candies with crude statements on the PA where he remembered his war buddy Johnny being killed while he was writing a Valentine's Day card for his girlfriend back at home, causing Bart to think he "broke his mind". [7] However, one PTSD related episode didn't deal with the war itself, but rather his experiences after the war, where he was apparently spat upon by people who were presumably anti-Vietnam when he was earlier promised with a parade. [8] Skinner's unhealthy relationship with his mother began early: it is revealed that Agnes's pregnancy resulted in her failing to win a medal at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952. [9] He originally was quite laid back as a principal, even going as far as to do a jumpflip to catch a Frisbee while telling a student to keep up with his studies, but it all changed when one of his students ( Andy Hamilton ) managed to fill the pool with worms and locked Skinner in the pool for the whole weekend (plus a Monday), causing him to become serious and almost merciless in his approach on rules, even going as far as to shut down the pool and demoting Willie, the swim teacher, to groundskeeper. When Bart attempted to stop Krusty from diving into a worm-filled pool out of fear of Krusty becoming like Skinner, he accidentally blurted what happened to Skinner on the air, causing Skinner to angrily mutter sarcastically that his mother told him that Krusty the Clown was supposed to be a good influence, indicating that he was attempting to repress the traumatic memory. Bart also claimed that Skinner likes dog food when preparing something for Principal Skinner, although it is unclear whether he was being serious about this. Besides his job as Principal for Springfield Elementary School, he also worked as a member of MENSA, and was also the acting referee and a major organizer of the annual Civil War reenactment of the Battle of Springfield. Seymour Skinner's mother At one point, when the Vice President's Assessment Test was coming up, Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers came up with a plan to lure all of the underachievers away from the test day by faking a perfect score on the pretest and then tricking them into going for a Chopper ride to a Pizza Party in Capita


Whose right to the English throne did Lady Jane Grey challenge in 1553?

Lady Jane Grey - Facts, Biography, Information & Portraits Contact Lady Jane Grey – Facts, Biography, Information & Portraits Jane Grey remains one of the most compelling and tragic figures in Tudor history. She possessed royal blood through her grandmother, Princess Mary Tudor, and this heritage brought her to the scaffold in 1554. Jane had been named heiress to the English throne in her great-uncle Henry VIII’s will, but only if his son Edward and daughters Mary and Elizabeth died without issue. But Edward ruled for just six years and his ambitious advisor, John Dudley, was determined to remain in power. To that end, he persuaded Edward to write his own will and leave the throne to his pious cousin, Jane Grey. Though just fifteen at the time, she was known for her Protestant piety and learning; it was this religious devotion which persuaded Edward to alter the succession. Deeply pious himself, he could not leave the throne to his Catholic sister, Mary. Jane was quickly wed to Dudley’s son and crowned queen of England in July 1553. But she ruled for just nine days, trapped and unhappy. Mary Tudor claimed the throne with great popular support and Jane was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Her subsequent execution was a political necessity for Mary Tudor. Despite her youth, Jane met her end with great dignity and courage. ‘I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross. …I ground my faith upon God’s word, and not upon the church… The faith of the church must be tried by God’s word, and not God’s word by the church; neither yet my faith.’ Jane Grey to John Feckenham, 1554 Biography & Ancestry Lady Jane Grey was the eldest child of Lord Henry and Lady Frances Grey, the duke and duchess of Suffolk. She was a viable heir to the English throne because of her maternal grandmother, Princess Mary Tudor. After the death of her first husband, King Louis XII of France in 1515, Mary secretly wed her true love, Charles Brandon. Brandon was her brother Henry VIII’s best friend; the king’s friendship and Brandon’s service to the Crown led to his creation as duke of Suffolk in 1514. He and Mary had a son, Henry, who died as teenager. Their next eldest child was a daughter, Frances. Under the terms of the Third Act of Succession (1544) and Henry VIII’s last will and testament (1547), the Suffolk line would inherit the throne after Henry VIII’s children died childless. In other words, the throne would pass to Henry’s son Edward; if Edward died childless, it passed to Henry’s eldest daughter Mary; if she died childless, it passed to Henry’s youngest daughter Elizabeth. If Elizabeth died childless, the throne passed to Lady Frances. This plan completely disregarded the children of Henry’s elder sister Margaret, the former queen of Scots. Henry did not care for Margaret and, more importantly, did not want the English throne in Scottish hands. So it was through Princess Mary that Jane Grey was bequeathed her deadly heritage. Still, no one in the 1540s expected the Suffolk line to rule. After all, Henry VIII had left three heirs and it was unlikely all three would die childless. Of course, we know that this did occur and the Tudor dynasty died with Elizabeth I in 1603. It was only in 1552, with Edward VI’s health rapidly failing, that people realized there would be a succession crisis. According to parliament and Henry VIII’s will, Mary was Edward’s heir – but she was Catholic, in her late thirties, and never robust. More importantly, Edward was a devout Protestant and did not want Roman Catholicism restored in England. Urged on by self-interested advisors, he removed Mary from the succession on the grounds of her illegitimacy (she was declared so by parliament in 1532.) But if he removed Mary, he also had to remove Elizabeth even though she was a Protestant; Elizabeth had also been declared a bastard by parliament in 1536. In his Device for


What word meaning doorway in Punjabi is the name of a Sikh place of worship?

Sikh Gurudwara, Gurudwara, Sikh Temple, Guru Granth Sahib, Sikh Holy Book, Sikh Holy Place, Sikh Place of Worship, Sikh Prayer Place, Doorway to Guru +91-9910007940, 9810007940        Sikh     Gurudwara     A     Gurdwara meaning "the doorway to the Guru", is the Sikh place of worship and may be referred to as a Sikh temple.     People of all religious backgrounds or of no religious faith are welcomed into a Sikh Gurdwara. However, it is necessary that any visitors remove their shoes and cover their head with a     Hankerchief/Scarf/rumal before entering a gurudwara. Visitors are also forbidden to go into the gurdwara while they are inebriated or possess alcohol, cigarettes or any intoxicating substance. Customs and etiquette : Devotees will sit cross-legged on the floor and must never point their feet towards the holy Guru granth Sahib. All those who enter the hall must remove their shoes and cover their heads before entering. On entering the hall, devotees walk slowly and respectfully to the main throne on which the Guru Granth Sahib rests. Devotees then stand before the Holy Scriptures, often say a silent prayer, offer a donation (if able), then bow humbly. These manners and practices, though seemingly ritualistic in modern times are actually a well preserved extension of the ancient Punjabi practice of respect (for elders, ruling or religious persons). On first entering the large prayer room (called the Darbar Sahib), a small bow to the Guru Granth Sahib (the holy book) shows respect to the 'Guru'. It is normal to sit cross-legged in a yoga style.     Visitors will be offered Kara Parshad (sweet flour and oil based food offered as prashad) in the worship hall, which is usually given into the cupped hands of a visitor.     You may be offered Langar (vegetarian food from the communal kitchen). When in the Langar Hall, it is better to ask for less rather than take too much and waste the food.     If you require more later, just wait for the Sewadar to come around, also remember all food in the Langar is vegetarian, so don't ask for meat!  Pursuing salvation     : Guru Nanak's teachings are founded not on a final destination of heaven or hell, but on a spiritual union with God which results in salvation. The chief obstacles to the attainment of salvation are social conflicts and an attachment to worldly pursuits, which commit men and women to an endless cycle of birth ï¿½ a concept known as reincarnation. Mayaï¿½defined as illusion or "unreality"ï¿½is one of the core deviations from the pursuit of God and salvation: people are distracted from devotion by worldly attractions which give only illusive satisfaction. However, Nanak emphasised maya as not a reference to the unreality of the world, but of its values. In Sikhism, the influences of ego, anger, greed, attachment and lustï¿½known as the Five Evilsï¿½are believed to be particularly pernicious. The fate of people vulnerable to the Five Evils is separation from God, and the situation may be remedied only after intensive and relentless devotion. Nanak described God's revelationï¿½the path to salvationï¿½with terms such as nam (the divine Name) and sabad (the divine Word) to emphasise the totality of the revelation. Nanak designated the word guru (meaning teacher) as the voice of God and the source and guide for knowledge and     salvation. Salvation can be reached only through rigorous and disciplined devotion to God. Nanak distinctly emphasised the irrelevance of outwardly observations such as rites, pilgrimages or asceticism. He stressed that devotion must take place through the heart, with the spirit and the soul. A key practice to be pursued is nam simran: remembrance of the divine Name. The verbal repetition of the name of God or a sacred syllable is an established practice in religious traditions in India, but Nanak's interpretation emphasised inward, personal observance. Nanak's ideal is the total exposure of one's being to the divine Name and a total conforming to Dharma or the "Divine Order". Nanak described the result of th


Easter Island (Rapa Nui) belongs to which country?

Easter Island - Ten Geographic Facts By Amanda Briney Updated November 30, 2016. Easter Island , also called Rapa Nui, is a small island located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean that is considered a special territory of Chile . Easter Island is most famous for its large moai statues that were carved by native peoples between 1250 and 1500. The island is also considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site and much of the island's land belongs to the Rapa Nui National Park. Easter Island has recently been in the news because many scientists and writers have used it as a metaphor for our planet. Easter Island's native population is believed to have overused its natural resources and collapsed. Some scientists and writers claim that global climate change and resource exploitation may lead to the planet collapsing as did the population on Easter Island. These claims, however, are highly disputed. The following is a list of the ten most important geographic facts to know about Easter Island: 1) Although scientists do not know for sure, many claim that human habitation of Easter Island began around 700-1100 C.E. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge Almost immediately upon its initial settlement the population of Easter Island began to grow and the island's inhabitants (Rapanui) began to build houses and moai statues. The moai are believed to represent status symbols of the different Easter Island tribes. 2) Because of Easter Island's small size of only 63 square miles (164 sq km), it quickly became overpopulated and its resources were rapidly depleted. When Europeans arrived on Easter Island between the late 1700s and early 1800s, it was reported that the moai were knocked down and the island seemed to have been a recent war-site. 3) Constant warfare between tribes, a lack of supplies and resources, disease, invasive species and the opening of the island to foreign slave trade eventually led to Easter Island's collapse by the 1860s. 4) In 1888, Easter Island was annexed by Chile. Use of the island by Chile varied but during the 1900s it was a sheep farm and was managed by the Chilean Navy. In 1966, the entire island was opened to the public and the remaining Rapanui people became citizens of Chile. 5) As of 2009, Easter Island had a population of 4,781. The official languages of the island are Spanish and Rapa Nui, while the main ethnic groups are Rapanui, European and Amerindian. 6) Because of its archaeological remains and its ability to help scientists study early human societies, Easter Island became a UNESCO World Heritage Site 1995. 7) Although it is still inhabited by humans, Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated islands. It is approximately 2,180 miles (3,510 km) west of Chile. Easter Island is also relatively small and has a maximum altitude of only 1,663 feet (507 meters). Easter Island also has no permanent source of freshwater. 8) Easter Island's climate is considered subtropical maritime. It has mild winters and year-round cool temperatures and abundant precipitation. The lowest average July temperature on Easter Island is around 64°F (18°C) while its highest temperatures are in February and average about 82°F (28°C). 9) Like many Pacific Islands, the physical landscape of Easter Island is dominated by volcanic topography and it was formed geologically by three extinct volcanoes. 10) Easter Island is considered a distinct eco-region by ecologists. At the time of its initial colonization, the island is believed to have been dominated by large broadleaf forests and palm. Today, however, Easter Island has very few trees and is mainly covered with grasses and shrubs. To learn more about Easter Island visit Easter Island at Archaeology at About.com. References: Diamond, Jared. 2005. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Penguin Books: New York, New York . "Easter Island." (March 13, 2010). Wikipedia. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island "Rapa Nui National Park." (March 14, 2010). UNESCO World Heritage . Retrieved from: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list


Macaroni, Chinstrap and Rockhopper are all species of which bird?

Penguin Facts: Species & Habitat Penguin Facts: Species & Habitat By Alina Bradford, Live Science Contributor | September 22, 2014 04:30pm ET MORE Credit: Dr. Robert Ricker, NOAA/NOS/ORR Penguins are torpedo-shaped, flightless birds that live in the southern regions of the Earth. Though many people imagine a small, black-and-white animal when they think of penguins, these birds actually come in a variety of sizes, and some are very colorful. For example, crested penguins sport a crown of yellow feathers. Blushes of orange and yellow mark the necks of emperor and king penguins. What look like bright yellow, bushy eyebrows adorn the heads of some species, such as the Fiordland, royal, Snares and rockhopper penguins. The macaroni penguin's name comes from the crest of yellow feathers on its head, which looks like the 18th-century hats of the same name. A light yellow mask covers the face of the yellow-eyed penguin around the eyes. An Adélie penguin on Penguin Island, which forms part of the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. Credit: Gemma Clucas According to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), there are 19 species of penguin. (Some experts, however, say the eastern rockhopper is a subspecies of the southern rockhopper.) [ Gallery: Photos of 18 Penguin Species ] The smallest penguin species is the little (also called little blue) penguin. These birds grow to 10 to 12 inches (25.4 to 30.48 centimeters) tall and weigh only 2 to 3 lbs. (0.90 to 1.36 kilograms). The largest penguin is the emperor penguin. It grows to 36 to 44 inches (91.44 to 111.76 cm) tall and weighs 60 to 90 lbs (27.21 to 40.82 kg). Where do penguins live? Considered marine birds, penguins live up to 80 percent of their lives in the ocean, according to the New England Aquarium . All penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, though it is a common myth that they all live in Antarctica. In fact, penguins can be found on every continent in the Southern Hemisphere. It is also a myth that penguins can only live in cold climates. The Galapagos penguin, for example, lives on tropical islands at the equator. What do penguins eat? Penguins are carnivores; they eat only meat. Their diet includes krill (tiny crustaceans), squid and fish. Some species of penguin can make a large dent in an area's food supply. For example, the breeding population of Adélie penguins (about 2,370,000 pairs) can consume up to 1.5 million metric tons (1.5 billion kg) of krill, 115,000 metric tons (115 million kg) of fish and 3,500 metric tons (3.5 million kg) of squid each year, according to Sea World . The yellow-eyed penguin is very tenacious when foraging for food. It will dive as deep as 120 meters (393.70 feet) up to 200 times a day looking for fish, according to the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust . Mating & baby penguins A group of penguins is called a colony, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. During breeding season, penguins come ashore to form huge colonies called rookeries, according to Sea World. Most penguins are monogamous. This means that male and female pairs will mate exclusively with each other for the duration of mating season. In many cases, the male and female will continue to mate with each other for most of their lives. For example, research has found that chinstrap penguins re-paired with the same partner 82 percent of the time and gentoo penguins re-paired 90 percent of the time. At around three to eight years old, a penguin is mature enough to mate. Most species breed during the spring and summer. The male usually starts the mating ritual and will pick out a nice nesting site before he approaches a female. After mating, the female emperor or king penguin will lay a single egg. All other species of penguins lay two eggs. The two parents will take turns holding the eggs between their legs for warmth in a nest. The one exception is the emperor penguin . The female of this species will place the egg on the male's feet to keep warm in his fat folds while she goes out and hunts for several weeks. When penguin chicks are ready to hatch, they use their beak


Which Prime Minister was once the MP for Bootle from 1911 until 1918?

Andrew Bonar Law | History Today Andrew Bonar Law Britain Andrew Bonar Law Political Robert Pearce argues that we should get better acquainted with the 'unknown prime minister'. At the funeral of Andrew Bonar Law, in Westminster Abbey on 5 November 1923, Herbert Asquith stated, with a certain satisfaction, that 'the unknown Prime Minister' was being buried by the side of the Unknown Soldier. The phrase has served as epitaph to the man who was prime minister for only 211 days, the shortest tenure in the twentieth century. Yet this dismissive remark should not lead us to underestimate the political importance of Bonar Law or to misunderstand the man. There were some who believed him to be entirely colourless. Lloyd George once relayed a conversation he had with Law, while the two men motored along the Mediterranean coast. When the Welshman praised Mozart, he replied, 'I don't care for music'. When he extolled the beauty of the sea on one side of them and the snow-capped Alpine mountains on the other, the reply came: 'I don't care for scenery'. When he pointed to a group of beautiful women, Law responded that he did not care for women. Finally, when the exasperated Lloyd George asked, 'Then what the hell do you care for?', Bonar Law replied, 'I like bridge'. Yet this conversation is an example not of Law's dullness but of his dry sense of humour. Certainly he cared for many other things besides bridge. There was chess, and he was also inordinately fond of smoking. In addition, he was a devoted family man. If he often seemed pessimistic, this was an entirely appropriate response to the vicissitudes of life. Born in New Brunswick, in Canada, in September 1858, his mother died when he was only two. At the age of 12, his father remarried and he was taken to live with an aunt in Glasgow. He had escaped the influence of a depressive father, an Ulsterman who was employed as a Presbyterian minister in Canada, and he became happily married in 1891, to Annie Robley. But his wife died in 1909 and during the Great War two of his sons died, within six months of each other. The losses hit him hard. He soon admitted to being at the end of his tether, and it was probably only a hard regime of work and more work that enabled him to survive. 'Melancholy' became the adjective universally applied to him, but even so he was capable of winning friends, influencing people and even giving witty after-dinner speeches. No one found Bonar Law charismatic - he was too reserved for that - but he was anything but dull. A junior minister, Lord Winterton, soon decided that he was 'a most lovable man in whom one could place complete trust'. A civil servant, J.C.C. Davidson, who was amazed by his powers of industry, judged that he 'misled many people into the belief that he was weak because his manner and voice were so gentle, and his heart so kind'. Conservative colleague Stanley Baldwin described him, publicly, as 'a most lovable, elusive and wistful personality', while privately declaring 'I loved the man'. Clearly Bonar Law had more impressive personal qualities than his political enemies were prepared to admit. But what of his achievements? Tory Leader Bonar Law succeeded Arthur Balfour as leader of the Conservative party in November 1911. He was not just a new leader but a new type of leader, and his election at the Carlton Club marks a new chapter in the history of the Conservatives. Balfour, the aristocratic representative of 'Hotel Cecil', who had succeeded his uncle, Lord Salisbury, back in 1903, was replaced by a member of the middle classes (a man, noted a disgruntled Tory grandee, who would not even recognise a pheasant, let alone know how to shoot one). It was remarkable, as Robert Blake has written, that such a man - a 'Presbyterian of Canadian origin, who had spent most of his life in business in Glasgow' - was to lead 'the Party of Old England, the Party of the Anglican Church and the country squire, the party of broad acres and hereditary titles'. Bonar Law had attended neither public school nor ancient university. He left Glasgow high sch


Which English king founded Eton College in 1440?

Eton College | school, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom | Britannica.com school, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Written By: Charterhouse Eton College, near Windsor , Berkshire , one of England’s largest independent secondary schools and one of the highest in prestige . It was founded by Henry VI in 1440–41 for 70 highly qualified boys who received scholarships from a fund endowed by the king. Simultaneously, Henry founded King’s College , Cambridge, to which scholars from Eton were to proceed. That connection is no longer in place. Eton College from the playing fields Popperfoto Today, as throughout the school’s history, Eton names about 14 King’s Scholars, or Collegers, each year, for a schoolwide total of 70. The selection is based on the results of a competitive examination open to boys between 12 and 14 years of age. King’s Scholars are awarded scholarships ranging from 10 to 100 percent of fees and are boarded in special quarters in the college. The other students, called Oppidans, now number more than 1,200 and are housed in boardinghouses under the care of house masters. The Oppidans have traditionally come from England’s wealthiest and most prestigious families, many of them aristocratic. Boys enter Eton about age 13 and continue there until they are ready to enter university. Learn More in these related articles: Henry VI (king of England) Dec. 6, 1421 Windsor, Berkshire, Eng. May 21/22, 1471 London king of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, a pious and studious recluse whose incapacity for government was one of the causes of the Wars of the Roses. in United Kingdom: England in the 15th century ...century, however, was an important age in the foundation of schools and colleges. Some schools were set up as adjuncts to chantries, some by guilds, and some by collegiate churches. Henry VI founded Eton College in 1440 and King’s College, Cambridge, in 1441. Other colleges at Oxford and Cambridge were also founded in this period. The Inns of Court expanded their membership and systematized... in library: Ancient materials ...other scholarly libraries collect and preserve them as part of their responsibility to the preservation of history and the advancement of learning. Most universities have collections of rare books. Eton College, for example, has a fine collection of incunabula, some of which were purchased when they were first printed. A Gutenberg Bible is one of its finest examples. Some, such as the Duke... 3 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted References founding  (in United Kingdom: England in the 15th century ) External Links Official Site of Eton College Overview of this UK-based educational institution. Provides news, pictures, and details on available courses and facilities. Article History Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode School, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Tips for Editing Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling


Who replaced Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones in 1969?

Brian Jones 1942-1969 A Rollin' Stone Brian Jones This   brilliant, multi-talented musician who attempted - albeit   unsuccessfully - to juggle heavy drug use with his musical output,   died under questionable circumstances on the 3rd of July,   1969. Instead of a chronological setting with the   inevitable ending, I have collected images and information   which sway freely to and from the early moments of his career   and the end of his physical life. Born on February the 28th,   1942 to Lewis and Louisa in a small town some 120 miles out of London, Brian Jones   would live all but 27 years. He met his end at the bottom of   a swimming pool at his Cotchford Farm home (once owned by famed "Winnie   the Pooh" author A.   A. Milne.) Allegations of   murder have surfaced since that fateful day, among them unfounded   accusations towards any one of three or more laborers whom   were working on Brian's home at the time; rumors that we will   not dignify by naming the individuals involved. Despite a   report years later of a 'death-bed confession', it   will not be discussed here in detail. A great talent in the   midst of recovery from drug and alcohol dependency was lost,   and though it is easy to jump to conclusions about the   circumstances surrounding his demise, we respectfully decline   to do so. It is of course also important to discover the   truth. And if it is other than what is known, we hope it   will be revealed. Sad Day The unflattering photo featured in NYC papers following his death. Erected in his birth place of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, memorials of Brian (Lewis Hopkin) Jones now stand. On 3 July, 2005, A bust of his likeness was unveiled much to the dismay of many residents whom remember him more for his troubles than his accomplishments. Funds for this memorial were raised by The Brian Jones Fan Club from sales of original pool tiles removed during renovations in 2000 and donated by the owners of Cotchford Farm. Local papers ran headlines criticizing the memorial. It can be found at the Beechwood Shopping Centre, Cheltenham. It may still serve as a token of some pride as he is gazed upon as one of their own who made a name for himself to the world abroad. The legacy he left behind, including an unknown number of offspring to either underage or married women, have for the most part been forgiven since his life came to an unfortunate end. There could be no doubt of his place in the annals of popular music history - something the residents of Cheltenham clearly recognized. Though most commonly regarded as the founder of the Rolling Stones, it does Brian no justice to imprison his talent to such a singular event. Among select others, he was a representative of the sixties musical output as a whole. 1942-66: The Rise of a Musical Visionary... words from a proud father, Lewis Jones. "Up to a certain   point, Brian was a perfectly normal, conventional boy who was   well behaved and well liked. He did his studies. He was quite   a model school boy. Then came this peculiar change in his   early teens. He began to have some resentment of authority.   He seemed to have first a mild rebellion which unfortunately   became stronger as he grew older." "For many years from   the formation of the Stones, up to the end of 1966, Brian was   extremely happy. What I firmly believe was the turning point   in Brian's life was when he lost the only girl he ever truly   loved. He changed suddenly and alarmingly from a bright   enthusiastic young man to a quiet, morose, and inward-looking   young man. His mother and I were quite shocked by the change   in his appearance. And in our opinion, he was never the same   boy again. It was at that time I think that he got mixed up   with drugs perhaps. If indeed he was." 1966-69: The Decline and Fall of a Rollin' Stone. "There were signs   towards the end of his life when I would come down and see   him that he was beginning to settle and he appeared calmer   and he was becoming more outward looking.


'I'll have what she's having' is a quote from which 1989 film?

Billy Crystal reveals secret behind 'I'll have what she's   having' scene - TODAY.com Today.com Billy Crystal reveals secret behind 'I'll have what she's    having' scene 2013-09-09T13:59:36.000Z comment             () It's the most memorable scene from 1989's "When Harry Met Sally" — heck, it's one of the most memorable scenes to ever hit the big screen — but few fans knew what was really behind the "I'll have what she's having" moment that saw Meg Ryan deliver a very public and very fake orgasm — until now. On Monday morning, actor-comedian Billy Crystal visited TODAY and revealed just how it all came about. Closed Captioning Billy Crystal: I feel great at 65 years old Play Video           - 7:10 Billy Crystal: I feel great at 65 years old Play Video           - 7:10 "It started in rehearsal, where Nora Ephron, who was so great, said to Rob (Reiner), 'You know, women fake orgasms,'" Crystal recalled. "He was, like, shocked — 'Well, they haven't faked one with me!'" But Reiner's incredulous response didn't deter the film's leads. "In the rehearsal, Meg said, 'I should fake one. I should fake it in a public place,' And I said, 'Yeah, like a restaurant with a lot of people," Crystal explained. "And she said, 'I'll give a huge one.' And I said, 'And then there should be an older woman who says, 'Waiter, I'll have what she's having.'" And that, of course, is exactly how it happened. Well, eventually. "Meg was a little nervous, so the first orgasm … so so," he said. "The second one was like you're married 12 years. And then Rob said, 'I want you to do it this way. Like this.' And he sat down opposite me — so now it looks like I'm on a date with him or Sebastian Cabot — he has an orgasm that King Kong would be jealous of." Reiner had it right in front of the stars and the extras on the set, which included the woman who uttered the now-famous "I'll have" response. "So he finishes this huge thing, the extras applaud, and he pulls me aside and goes, 'I shouldn't have done that.'" Crystal remembered. "I said, 'No, Meg is fine.'" But the director wasn't worried about Ryan. He was far more concerned about that unforgettable extra, otherwise known as his mom. "I just had an orgasm in front of my mother," Reiner complained. Crystal shares more on-screen and off-screen tidbits in his new memoir, "Still Foolin' 'Em," which hits shelves Sept. 10.


What was the last novel in the Inspector Rebus series of novels, published in 2007?

Ian Rankin's journey from songs via poetry to 21 published novels - ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler Ian Rankin's journey from songs via poetry to 21 published novels Monday 3 December 2007 Download audio Scottish-born author Ian Rankin started out as a child writing songs for his imaginary band. This turned into poetry which he won awards for, and he eventually started writing novels while he should have been studying for his PhD in English literature. Scottish-born author Ian Rankin started out as a child writing songs for his imaginary band. This turned into poetry which he won awards for, and he eventually started writing novels while he should have been studying for his PhD in English literature. Since then he has written upwards of 21 books, but is best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. His latest novel, possibly the last in the Inspector Rebus series, is called Exit Music. Success did not happen quickly for Ian and he says it has not changed him. "The early Rebus novels disappeared into a vacuum when they were published. Until fairly recently I was writing two books a year just to survive. I was really struggling, having panic attacks and all sorts thinking I was never going to be able to support a family. It was a long apprenticeship and I think that's great, because that keeps you grounded. If I'd had overnight success I'd have gold-plated helicopters flying me around and stuff, whereas you're looking at me now - I'm wearing the same clothes I would have worn as a student and I spend my money on the same things. Basically beer and CDs!" Ian says his books and his close neighbour J K Rowling's Harry Potter books are written in a similar style. "The Harry Potter books are structured as old-fashioned mysteries, with lots of red herrings and people pretending to be what they're not, and a big revelation scene at the end. The culprit is revealed, and everything, full of clues all the way along. She's a huge fan of crime fiction and I think that's how she has chosen to structure her books." He could not bring himself to kill Rebus off in the latest book and hints that his famous character could still be back. "I couldn't be that cruel to him, and also I don't feel that this is the end. The only reason I've kept using Rebus as a character, two reasons I guess - one is I think a detective is a very good way of looking at the world, because no doors are closed to him. He can look at every layer of society, and the types of crime you get in society, tell you a lot about that society. And also he keeps holding stuff back from me. There's still stuff inside his head that I don't know, and so every novel is another little layer of the onion being peeled away. So the end of Rebus, he retires, but maybe not the end For Ian, Rebus is much more than just a character in a book, he is a part of him. "He is my Mr Hyde in a way you know - he's got a much more pessimistic and cynical view of human nature than I do, just because of the job that he does and the things that have happened to him during his life have made him very cynical. He's a different generation from me as well, so I'm always having this argument with him - he sees the world in terms of black and white, bad guys and good guys. And my job is to say yeah, but there are shades of grey. He's ink on a page, but he's not, he's sitting there in a little compartment inside my head and he keeps burrowing away. I think he can live quite nicely without me. He's on shelves, in bookstores, people can always pick him up and discover him. He's on TV, he can live without me, but can I live without him? And I think that's a much bigger question. Is he too much a part of my personality now?"


Which English king used the pseudonym Ralph Robinson when writing to gardening magazines?

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Whose right to the English throne did the Duke of Monmouth challenge in 1685?

Lucy Walters wales "duke of monmouth" LUCY WALTER (est 1630 - 1658) and her son the DUKE OF MONMOUTH (1649-1685) Mistress of King Charles and 3rd cousin of our ?Margaretta Prichard Leigh wife of Oakley Leigh Lucy Walter was a distant cousin of our Leigh family, and probably our most famous or (in many eyes) most notorious relative. It is rare to have so much detail on a female in our Leigh lines, as women were usually neglected and often not even named in our early pedigrees. It's no accident that Lucy was a famous royal mistress, not an ordinary wife or daughter. Lucy is related to us through the wife of the first Oakley Leigh in Carmarthen. On the maternal side, ?Margaretta Prichard's line is unknown (and even her own first name is uncertain), but her father's grandmother (?Margaretta's paternal great-grandmother) belonged to a very well-documented, ancient and noble family in south west Wales. This great-grandmother was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas ap Rhys of Ravensdale (Keven y dale or Cwmgigfran only a few miles east of Carmarthen) and sister of Griffith ap Thomas ap Rhys, who was Lucy Walter's great-grandfather on her fatherï¿½s side. For details see the ANCESTRY CHART . Thus, Lucy and ?Margaretta were third cousins, because they had the same great-great-grandparents, Thomas ap Rhys and Elen Vaughan. Elen was one of the eight daughters of Hugh Vaughan, founder of the Vaughan family at Golden Grove in Carmarthenshire, and her only brother John was grandfather of the first Earl of Carbery. The Vaughan family at that time became the premier family of Carmarthenshire. Through her mother, Lucy had another line from Hugh Vaughan through his grandson Walter Vaughan, whose wife descended from Katherine Howard, daughter of the second Duke of Norfolk and ultimately a descendant of Edward I. Lucy Walter also figures in the ancestry of the famous Spencer family of Althorp. Therefore all modern descendants of Oakley I Leigh's wife are very distant cousins of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and her son Prince William, heir-to-be to the British throne. Diana had the same 12x-great-grandparents Thomas ap Rhys and Elen Vaughan. This makes us all cousins though very distant indeedï¿½no closer than thirteenth cousins. To keep this connection in perspective, when one goes back in time fifteen or sixteen generations to those common x-great-grandparents, one has twenty to fifty thousand other ancestors too. So Diana and William are two among many, many distant cousins in our family tree. For us now, nevertheless, it is still interesting to learn that we have blood relatives who were and are close to the British throne, and who participated in the great historical events surrounding the monarchy. No matter how distant they may be, they still personalize the history that otherwise seems long past and abstract, like the English Civil War and the continuing struggle between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the 17th century. These political events affected the fates of everyone living at the time including our Leighs, Lloyds, and Hugheses as seen in the biographies of Bridgett Leigh , Stephen Hughes , and Oakley Leigh (III) . But they totally determined the two lives to be sketched here. Lucy and her son were engulfed in political currents far stronger than their ability to swim against them, and their lives became deep personal tragedies. This portrait, which is claimed to be of Lucy Walter, is owned by her descendant the Duke of Buccleuch.   Lucy Walter Lucy Walter, an extraordinary dark-haired, blue-eyed Celtic beauty called "brown, beautiful, and bold" even by one of her enemies, is usually considered the earliest love of King Charles II, while he was the eighteen-year-old Prince of Wales in exile on the Continent after his father King Charles I was imprisoned and then beheaded in 1649 by the Parliamentary army that defeated the Royalist forces and created the Commonwealth to rule Britain in place of the monarchy. It is unclear when Lucy traveled to the continent, and possib


In the Simpsons cartoon series what is the name of Police Chief Wiggum's son?

Clancy Wiggum | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Biography Clancy Wiggum was possibly born in Ireland . [7] However, he also seemed to spend at least some part of his early childhood in Maryland, as he mentioned he used to sell ribbons there with his father, Iggy Wiggum . Iggy was a WWII veteran who died in a parade float accident in 1979, along with Arnie Gumble , Sheldon Skinner , Etch Westgrin , and Griff McDonald , all members of Abe Simpson 's Flying Hellfish . [8] He did, however, grow up in Springfield and was among the same class and age group as Homer Simpson , Lenny Leonard , Carl Carlson , Barney Gumble , and possibly Marge Simpson . At an early age, Wiggum played cops and robbers with Homer and other kids his age, showing a clear ambition to become a police officer. As student security monitor at Springfield University , at the age of 16. At the age of 16, he was a hall monitor at high school, and possibly had a part-time security guard job at Springfield State University. Wiggum was present at the University's germ research labs (of which Prof. C. Montgomery Burns was chairman at the time) when Mona Simpson and the hippie activist group she was part of sabotaged the germ experiments. Wiggum, who had suffered from asthma prior to that, was cured by antibiotics that the group released to kill the germs, and helped Mona Simpson escape the police when she was on the run twenty-five years later to return the favor. Near the beginning of the school year in 1978, Commissioner Wiggum, then a drug officer, was investigating Lenny, Carl, and Homer for taking marijuana, and had his sniffer dog, Sergeant Scraps, sniff Homer to see if he had weed: Sergeant Scraps succeeded in sniffing drugs on Homer, and, to even Wiggum's shock, attacked Homer by biting him in the crotch (as he placed his joint in that area) and started throwing him around like a throw-rug. Wiggum in the late 1970s. In 1985, Commissioner Wiggum was involved in the barbershop quartet called the " Be Sharps ". Wiggum was a member with Homer Simpson , Seymour Skinner , and Apu . However, a talent scout, who showed interest in the Be Sharps, didn't like Wiggum as a performer. Consequently, he was thrown out of the group. When auditions were held to find a replacement for Wiggum, he attempted to be reselected for the quartet. He wore a disguise under the name Dr. Doolittle, but was found out. [9] Early attempts to get into the Police Force when he was a teenager were unsuccessful on account of his asthma, so when it had been cured he could then pursue his ambition to become a professional police officer. Having entered the Police Academy by age 24, Wiggum managed to work around his many shortcomings and finally become a full fledged officer. By the age of 34, he had managed to work his way up to the position of Police Chief of Springfield. He eventually was promoted to Commissioner after Bart's hoax kidnapping case. It is implied that Wiggum managed to overcome his shortcomings with coaxing methods such as great skills with back massages and charm to get the position of Chief. But he actually received the job when the frustrated former Chief resolved to give it to the next person he met, which was Wiggum. Another explanation is when mayor Quimby said that he made Wiggum the police chief so that the law would not be enforced to the letter, and he could get away with all his corrupt activities. This may also explain why Commissioner Wiggum has somewhat of a feud with Mayor Quimby, such as getting into a serious argument about Mayor Quimby in regards to Marge's arrest, [10] blackmailing Mayor Quimby with incriminating photos, [11] and even trying to arrest Mayor Quimby for corruption charges. [12] Regardless, Wiggum had accomplished his childhood ambition. Wiggum weighs about 350 pounds and is 5'9" tall. Wiggum and his family today. Other than his job as Police Commissioner, he is also the coach for the Mighty Pigs Hockey team. He is also implied to have a gambling problem, with a tendency to bet on the other team even when his team won. [13] He


2009 NFL Football Superbowl Odds - 2009-10 NFL Team Odds to Win the Superbowl, NFL Futures St Louis Rams    +20000 In the table below, you will find all the latest NFL & NCAA Football futures & 2010 NFL Super Bowl Odds and other sports futures odds from Bodog Sportsbook ! Credit Cards Are Accepted @ JustBet Sportsbook & Casino ! The 2009 Super Bowl may be over, but that does not stop bettors from thinking ahead to 2010. That's right you can already get the 2009-10 opening betting odds to win the 2009 Superbowl for betting on next year's Super Bowl Champion. Now may be a great time to start getting a look at the early 2010 Superbowl odds. You can even start predicting and even start betting on how some of the teams will perform next year by finding some good value plays. As always, it would be safe move to not make any wagers on the biggest payout odds that lie with the Detroit Lions considering they did not win a single game last year and there is no way they have what it takes to make a turnaround so big to make it to the Super Bowl. The 2010 Super Bowl gives 9/1 odds for the recent 2009 Superbowl Champions the Pittsburgh Steelers. Strangely enough the Dallas Cowboys are getting the exact same odds despite not winning a playoff game in a decade and missing the post season in 2009. Credit Cards Are Accepted @ JustBet Sportsbook & Casino ! There are a ton of teams that are receiving high odds that bettors could make a killing on if they were to be correct. However, those teams have had extremely poor seasons and there does not look like enough change for the future for teams like Kansas City, Cleveland, and St. Louis. The good thing about making a bet this early for 2010 is the high payouts. Even if you were to place 100 on the New England Patriots you would win almost a grand not to mention New England will be getting star QB Tom Brady back as they attempt to return to the undefeated season form as they were in 2007. There are many different ways to look at these early odds. One is to simply pick out the best bet and lay your money on the line. More risky gamblers may try and pick out a breakout team for next year to place a wager with the possibility of a high payout as well. Now is the time to try and pick out teams that could have a breakout year and which teams will have the overall best shot to at least make a Super Bowl appearance. One thing is sure that there will be a wide open race with teams like Baltimore, Pittsburgh and New England from the AFC. While the NFC has no clear favorite for next year, there are a cast of teams with legitimate opportunities. Here are some teams with good value odds to consider and some advice on who to stay away from when looking through the odds to win the Superbowl next year (2009-10) . ** Click Here For The List of Odds To Win The Superbowl** NFC Conference NFC Teams to consider & their respective odds to win the Superbowl: Dallas Cowboys (16/1 odds) - I am sure the vast majority of the people are sick of hearing the Cowboy hype as they consistently tumble in the latter part of the year. However, Dallas is making huge strides to return to Championship form and they are so close to being there. The Cowboys have spent a lot of money loading the offensive side of the ball with franchise players, but it is the defense that wins games late in the season and that is one reason they have not won a playoff game since 1997. The Cowboys should return another strong offense while Coach Wade Phillips has already started focusing hard on the defense. If the big D can stand for defense next year, then the Cowboys will have a good shot. Atlanta Falcons (25/1 odds) - The Atlanta Falcons are getting very reasonable payout opportunities among teams to have a real good chance to breakout next year. The Falcons had a good season this year while making the playoffs in QB Matt Ryan rookie season. Atlanta is a young team in general, but have some veterans at key positions. The Falcons are a team that will be poised to make a late season surge similar to the Arizona Cardinals did last season as long as


On which racecourse does the British flat racing season begin and end?

Flat Racing Calendar | Horse Racing Flat Fixtures | Horseracing Season Events Cheltenham Results Flat Racing Fixtures and Main Events While we regard the Cheltenham festival as the greatest horse racing in the World, we have to accept that Flat racing has its place and in fact some of the best National Hunt winners at the Cheltenham Festival started life racing on the Flat. This is why we would like to acknowledge the best of the Flat Horse Racing fixtures from around the World including the 5 English Classics, the very best of the Irish Classics and of course the best from other parts of the globe including the L'Arc De Triomphe from France and the Melbourne Cup from Melbourne Australia. The English Flat season starts in early April just after the Aintree Grand National and the first two classics of the season the 2000 Guineas and the 1000 Guineas in early May at the home of flat racing Newmarket. These great races are then quickly followed by the English Derby Betting and the Oaks at the beautiful Epsom racecourse Later in the flat season comes the St Ledger at Doncaster and this is for the real stayers. In between all of these great races there is the Royal Ascot Races meeting and the Glorious Goodwood meeting with top class group races to be won. After the St Ledger the big flat races move overseas to France and the L'Arc De Triomphe and Australia for the Melbourne Cup. There is the Japan Cup where some really big prize money can be won and of course the Dubai Festival where there are raiders from all over the World. The great coverage on TV allows us to see all these great events live and also all the big Irish Classics including the Irish Derby on attheraces TV. All of these big race days are covered very well by the leading online bookmakers listed on this site and all feature all the Flat racing ante post betting markets and Flat horse racing free bets for new customers placing bets on their sites.


Bute House is the official residence of which politician?

Bute House - First Minister of Scotland Home » About » Bute House Bute House Bute House in Charlotte Square in Edinburgh’s New Town serves as the First Minister’s official residence while working in the capital, including during the Parliamentary week. The Office of the First Minister features the distinctive Georgian doorway of Bute House. The category A-listed building sits on the north side of the grand square created in the late 18th century as part of James Craig’s First New Town plan unveiled in 1767. It would be more than two decades before neoclassical architect Robert Adam was commissioned in 1791 to design unified frontages for Charlotte Square. In 1999, following devolution and the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament, Bute House became the official residence for the First Minister of Scotland. While the living quarters include a small office, the First Minister has two other larger working offices in Edinburgh , one at nearby St Andrew’s House on Regent Road, which is the main headquarter building for the Scottish Government ,and the other in the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood. Drawing Room chandelier A report from the Simon Wiesenthal Center , published in 2008, raised questions about the origin of the decorative chandelier that hangs in the Bute House drawing room. The current origin of the chandelier is believed to be based on a written account that had been held by the Bute family and displayed in the drawing room along with the chandelier. This describes how interior decorator Felix Harbord, while serving in the military during WWII, recovered the damaged chandelier from Germany in 1945 after finding it “abandoned in the streets of Cleves”. He delivered it to Lady Bute, who arranged for its repair and installation at Bute House. Following the emergence of the Wiesenthal Centre report, the National Trust for Scotland undertook a preliminary investigation within its archives of the provenance of the chandelier and could find no conclusive evidence that the chandelier had been looted from Germany. The National Trust for Scotland said: “Unfortunately, back in the 1960s, when Bute House and its fixtures and fittings were acquired by the Treasury, it was not common for the detailed histories of objects to be investigated.  They would simply be acquired, catalogued and put on display. “Nowadays there is a much more rigorous approach and all museums and galleries in the UK are particularly mindful of the issues surrounding items acquired in the 1930s and 1940s. “With this particular chandelier, all we have to go on is the written account passed on by the Marquess of Bute’s estate.  The scenario painted by the Simon Wiesenthal Center is concerning but we still have no conclusive evidence to confirm that the chandelier was indeed looted. “Nevertheless, as responsible custodians, we will lodge details of the chandelier on the central spoliation database.  This contains a list of artefacts held in the UK of uncertain provenance and enables anyone who may have further information to come forward.“ Following this confirmation from the National Trust, the Scottish Government set out its position on stolen artwork from WWII. A government spokesman said: “The Scottish Government deplores the illegal looting of artwork that took place during World War II and other conflicts and is supportive of global efforts to increase awareness of the problem and establish the rightful provenance of items that may have been stolen. We support the aims of the UK-wide National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC), which has set out a statement of principles and actions for member organisations on the spoliation of works of art during the Holocaust and WWII. “Following the claims made in the Simon Wiesenthal Centre report about the Bute House drawing room chandelier, the National Trust has established that it has no further information in its archives about the chandelier’s provenance beyond the information already made public.  We will now establish whether there are any further sources of information that may offer further insight into t


What did the Romans call the River Severn?

Even the Romans, who settled at various locations along the River Severn had to cross the river.  CROSSING THE RIVER The Romans settled at various locations along the Severn, or as they named it, Sabrina. They were not bridge builders, but preferred to cross the river by using fords. The Severn name for ford is lode, as for example, Upper Lode, Saxon Lode and Wainlode. The early bridges that crossed the Severn have not survived the ravages of war, floods and time. Records show that during the 13th century many fine bridges were built. One of the first Severn bridge builders' was William Fitz-Anketill, who in the year 1200 built a bridge at Maisemore, Gloucester. There has been a bridge at Montford, Salop since the 13th century, when even in those days, a toll had to be paid to cross it! Not all bridges were built for transport. The Birmingham Aqueduct, crossing the river at Bewdley, water runs from the Elan Valley to Birmingham with no pumps on the route! The head of water is great enough to send the water to the Midlands. The other water carrying bridge is at Hampton Loade and is in use by South Staffs Water. How many people have lost their lives involving the bridges? Certainly during the 1960's seven men were killed were killed as a result of accidents involving shipping and the bridges. One on the Severn Suspension Bridge, five at the Severn Railway Bridge and one at Haw Bridge. Bewdley has had several bridges on the present site. One built in 1447 was replaced in 1459, which was replaced by a stone one built in 1483. This was damaged by a flood in 1574 and finally swept away by the flood of 1795. Telford replaced it with the present bridge at a cost of £9,000 It was the great floods of 1795 that destroyed most of the Severn bridges. This at a time when the Industrial Revolution was changing the way of life in Britain. It gave the great constructors of that time the opportunity to build iron bridges across the river. Each area had its bridge builder, Thomas Penson at Montgomeryshire, John Gwynne at Shropshire and Thomas Telford being involved with most of the others. Ironically the first iron bridge in the world was not built by any of these men. Bewdley Bridge


In which TV 'soap' did the character Charlene Mitchell appear?

Kylie Minogue reveals why she passed on reviving her Neighbours role Email a friend KYLIE Minogue has revealed why she passed on reviving her role as Charlene for the Neighbours’ 30th anniversary. The iconic soap approached Minogue to return to Ramsay Street to update the role of tomboy mechanic Charlene Mitchell that made her famous. Charlene and husband Scott’s son Daniel was written into the cast of Neighbours last year and Minogue’s return would have been a guaranteed ratings drawcard. Nice jumper, Kyles ... the Harold Bishop chinwobble originated in 1988.Source:AFP However while a string of Neighbours graduates have been rewritten into the soap for the occasion Minogue declined the offer to meet her on-screen son . “I thought about it, but I don’t know that it would do Charlene any favours,” Minogue said. “She’s so from another time and so much time has passed that it wouldn’t feel very genuine to me. It was something to think about, but in actuality I don’t know if it would have worked.” Minogue was in Neighbours for two years, first seen on Australian screens in April 1986 and leaving in July 1988. Kylie meets her son from Neighbours1:54 Watch as Kylie Minogue gets to meet her son from Neighbours. Courtesy: The One Show May 13th 2014 3 years ago /video/video.news.com.au/Entertainment/ After marrying Scott Robinson (seen by over 20 million Brits) Charlene’s grandfather Dan bought her a house in Brisbane for her and her new husband. Minogue’s last scene in Neighbours saw her drive out of Ramsay Street in a green mini. Her TV popularity launched her musical career, first in Australia in 1987 with the No. 1 hit Locomotion, then in the UK with I Should Be So Lucky topping the charts in 1988. Iconic role ... Kylie graces the cover of Royal Auto magazine in 1988, for the first and last time.Source:News Limited She met her first major boyfriend, Jason Donovan, on the program, with the pair keeping their relationship hidden, even when their musical careers collided on hit duet Especially For You. Minogue broke up with Donovan to date INXS frontman Michael Hutchence. Minogue has shared her Neighbours memories for the documentary The Stars Reunite, which airs on Channel 10 next Monday. Young and secretly in love ... it’s Jase and Kyles.Source:News Corp Australia The program has unearthed Minogue’s initial audition video. “There’s a lot of excitement about the anniversary,” Minogue said. “I took part in the documentary, I did that before one of my shows so I’m semi-stage ready and I’m a bit over the top but I could have just kept talking and talking about Neighbours. There’s so many happy memories. ``I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone else has had to say. Even the ad (on TV) is exciting, you’re reminded at how many people have come through that show. And it’s still going, which is incredible. For a show that had a pretty dodgy start, getting axed from one channel, it’s amazing.” Since arriving in Erinsborough, the character Daniel has spoken to his mother Charlene on the phone. Charlene’s daughter, Madison has been mentioned but is yet to be seen on screen.


What name is given to the Japanese dish in which fish or vegetables are deep fried in butter?

Vegetable Tempura 野菜の天ぷら • Just One Cookbook Print Recipe Jump To Recipe If you wonder which recipes are most popular on Just One Cookbook, I’d tell you.  As of today, my Japanese Cheesecake recipe gets the most visits, then Shrimp Tempura over the past 2 years.  I have received a lot (really quite a bit) of requests for Vegetable Tempura recipe, so let’s talk about it today! By the way, if you are curious which recipes make up the rest of my Top 5, they are   Green Tea Ice Cream , Chicken Teriyaki and Green Tea & White Chocolate Cookies .  What are your favorite recipes on Just One Cookbook? Tempura is a really popular dish in Japanese restaurants.  Just in case you never had it before, it’s a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetables that have dipped in batter and deep fried. Before I start talking abut how to make Tempura, please understand that even for the Japanese, making perfect Tempura is not easy.  It requires a lot of skills and practice so don’t be discouraged if your first tempura does not look like ones from restaurants.  But how do you get that crispy texture without the food being too oily? The key for perfect tempura is batter and the temperature of oil.  I created a few steps below to go over tips for making tempura. Tempura Batter Most of Tempura chefs recommend that flour to water ratio should be 1:1.  Some recipe requires an egg (or two depending on the amount of flour and water), and some don’t.  It’s up to you.  When the batter is too thin, the ingredients won’t have much of batter around it and there is no fluffy and crisp texture to it.  When the batter is too thick, you feel like you are eating the chewy exterior. Please remember few tips about batter.  Always mix the batter using chopsticks for only a few seconds to at most 1 minute, leaving lumps in the mixture on purpose.  Overmixing the batter will result in activation of wheat gluten, which causes the flour mixture to become chewy and dough-like when fried. Cold batter is absolutely necessary for the unique fluffy and crisp tempura.  All the ingredients (water, egg, and flour) must be cold prior to making batter, and batter has to be made RIGHT BEFORE you deep fry and has to be kept cold at all times to avoid activation of wheat gluten. The Oil The Tempura specialty restaurant uses a special blend of oil that is a combination of many kinds of oil.  Each restaurant has their own secret recipe and blend that they perfected over years.  At home, you can simply enhance the flavor by adding sesame oil into the vegetable oil. The temperature has to be between 320-356°F (160°C – 180°C) depending on how long it takes to cook through the ingredients.  If it takes a long time to cook, then deep fry at lower temperature because high temperature will cook the batter too fast and inside won’t be cooked thoroughly.  And remember, cold battered ingredients will lower the oil temperature quickly; therefore, if you need to deep fry vegetables at 338°F (170°C), you need to bring the oil to 356-365°F (180-185°C) first. How to Deep Fry If you ask me what’s the most difficult part of making Tempura, I’d say it’s to keep the right temperature at all times while deep frying.  It cannot be too high or too low.  Most of the time I do not require thermometer,  but if you are not used to deep frying, I highly recommend you to get a thermometer to precisely know at what temperature you are deep frying.  The right sound of tempura being deep fried is like a light sound.  Like cider just being opened.  That kind of light bubbly sound. In order to maintain the correct temperature, do not over crowd with ingredients when deep frying.  As a guidance remember just half of oil surface should be covered with ingredients.  When you put too many ingredients in at once, the oil temperature will drop too quickly. What if the oil gets too hot?  The quick solution to this is to add a bit of extra oil or add more cold battered ingredients.  Like I said, it is all about temperature control when deep frying. Lastly, please pick up crumbs in the oil between batches.  The burnt crumb will a


In the book 'Tom Brown's Schooldays', what is the name of the bully?

Tom Brown's School Days - Wikiquote Tom Brown's School Days Jump to: navigation , search Map of Rugby School with portrait of the school's headmaster, Dr. Arnold. Tom Brown's School Days is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes set at Rugby School, an English public school for boys. Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842, and the novel is set in the period of the 1830s. Contents Part I[ edit ] Ch. 1 - The Brown Family[ edit ] But the world goes on its way, and the wheel turns, and the wrongs of the Browns, like other wrongs, seem in a fair way to get righted. They can't let anything alone which they think going wrong. They must speak their mind about it, annoying all easy-going folk; and spend their time and money in having a tinker at it, however hopeless the job. It is an impossibility to a Brown to leave the most disreputable lame dog on the other side of a stile. Failures slide off them like July rain off a duck's back feathers. I pity people who weren't born in a vale. I don't mean a flat country, but a vale—that is, a flat country bounded by hills. The having your hill always in view, if you choose to turn toward him, that's the essence of a vale. There he is forever in the distance, your friend and companion; you never lose him as you do in hilly districts. I have been credibly informed, and am inclined to believe, that the various boards of directors of railway companies, those gigantic jobbers and bribers, while quarrelling about everything else, agreed together some ten years back to buy up the learned profession of medicine , body and soul. To this end they set apart several millions of money, which they continually distribute judiciously among the doctors, stipulating only this one thing, that they shall prescribe change of air to every patient who can pay, or borrow money to pay, a railway fare, and see their prescription carried out. If it be not for this, why is it that none of us can be well at home for a year together? It wasn't so twenty years ago—not a bit of it. Ch. 2 - The Veast[ edit ] As that venerable and learned poet (whose voluminous works we all think it the correct thing to admire and talk about, but don't read often) most truly says, "the child is father to the man"; a fortiori, therefore, he must be father to the boy. Tom's nurse was one who took in her instruction very slowly—she seemed to have two left hands and no head; and so Mrs. Brown kept her on longer than usual, that she might expend her awkwardness and forgetfulness upon those who would not judge and punish her too strictly for them. Class amusements , be they for dukes or plough-boys, always become nuisances and curses to a country. The true charm of cricket and hunting is that they are still more or less sociable and universal—there's a place for every man who will come and take his part. Only I have just got this to say before I quit the text. Don't let reformers of any sort think that they are going really to lay hold of the working boys and young men of England by any educational grapnel whatever which hasn't some bona-fide equivalent for the games of the old country "veast" in it; something to put in the place of the back-swording and wrestling and racing; something to try the muscles of men's bodies and the endurance of their hearts, and to make them rejoice in their strength . In all the new-fangled, comprehensive plans which I see, this is all left out; and the consequence is that your great Mechanics' Institutes end in intellectual priggism, and your Christian Young Men's Societies in religious Pharisaism . Life isn't all beer and skittles—but beer and skittles , or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education. Ch. 3 - Sundry Wars and Alliances[ edit ] The object of all schools is not to ram Latin and Greek into boys, but to make them good English boys, good future citizens ; and by far the most important part of that work must be done, or not done, out of school hours. Ch. 4 - The Stage-coach[ edit ] Tom departs for Rugby school aboard the Tally-ho coach. "...If schools are wh


Which city has sports teams known as the 'Maple Leafs' and the 'Blue Jays'?

Toronto Sports - Maple Leafs, Blue Jays, Raptors, Argonauts, Rogers Cup, Honda Indy Toronto Sports Toronto Sports Enjoy Fast-moving, High-drama Sports Action in a Sports Passionate City If you love sports, you cannot ignore Toronto sports events. The city has a long and illustrious history in various sports events. Toronto is a huge sports city and is a home to top-notch professional hockey, baseball, basketball, football and soccer teams. Toronto sports teams provide year-round nail-biting action. You can enjoy fast-moving hockey games of the Maple Leafs and action-packed basketball matches of the Raptors between October and April. While the Blue Jays, Argonauts and Toronto FC play their games in summer. These Toronto sports teams have brought laurels to Toronto by winning championship titles and have a strong fan base in and around the city. Toronto sports fan are passionate about the game and they support their team vocally. On the game day, the atmosphere in Toronto is absolutely electrifying with fanatic fans flooding the streets of the city wearing their team clothing - cap, jerseys and hoodies. Pubs and restaurants across the city fill up on game days as the local team take on their opponents. Top picks for cheap Toronto Sports Tickets   Venues For Toronto Sports Teams' Home Games Air Canada Centre The Air Canada Centre is an ultra-modern sports-cum-entertainment arena located in the heart of Toronto. Considered as the 'sacred' place by many Torontonians, it is a battlefield where Maple Leafs fans come together to root for their beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. The Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors and Toronto Rocks call the Air Canada Centre their 'home' as it changes from hockey rink to basketball court to lacrosse field. Equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities for both the spectators and entertainers, it is also a great venue for live concerts, shows and other community events. Rogers Centre Home to the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Argonauts, the Rogers Centre is a versatile sports and entertainment complex. Previously known as the SkyDome, it's an engineering marvel renowned for its fully retractable roof. It has one of the largest video boards anywhere in the world, presenting live action as it happens on the field along with interesting statistics of the game. It's also a first baseball stadium in the world to feature full-fledged hotel built into it. The Rogers Centre is the only stadium outside the US to host the World Series in 1992 and 1993, eventually won by the Blue Jays. So Toronto Sports fans have some unforgettable memories associated with the Rogers Centre. When not used for sports activities, the Centre hosts live concerts, events, auto shows, political and religious speeches and even circuses. BMO Field With a capacity of 22,000, BMO field is an open-air stadium primarily built for soccer games. It is home of the Toronto FC and Canadian national soccer team. Watching a Toronto FC game at the BMO Field is one of the most amazing experiences in Toronto. Remember to wear some red! Its small size is actually a great bonus for the spectators. Every seat in the stadium guarantees you a mind-blowing view of the game. From its west stands, you will also get breathtaking view of Toronto skyline. Located on the grounds of Exhibition Place near Lake Ontario, the stadium is easily accessible by Go Transit and TTC. Ample parking is also available near the stadium at cheap rates. Other Top-notch Toronto Sports Events Honda Indy Toronto The Honda Indy Toronto is a spellbinding racing event held annually in every July at the makeshift racing circuit near the Exhibition Place and stunning Lake Ontario. You get a chance to see some of the fastest cars on planet competing in several fierce races over a period of 3 days. Undoubtedly, the IZOD IndyCar series is the most thrilling and popular among the crowd. With a wide array of off-track exhibits, live entertainment and interactive games, the Honda Indy Toronto is one of the best summer events to enjoy with family and friends. And the good news is that admiss


In Greek mythology, what sort of creature was Polyphemus?

Polyphemus Polyphemus See More Polyphemus Pictures > Polyphemus was the giant son of the god Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology. He was one of the Cyclopes , having a single eye. According to the Odyssey, Odysseus arrived at the island of the Cyclops (Sicily), while trying to go back to his homeland, Ithaca . There, he and his men went into a cave that was full of food. Polyphemus , who dwelled in the cave, returned and sealed the entrance, so that none would escape; then he grabbed two of Odysseus ' men and ate them. The next morning, he left to attend to his sheep, but not without eating two more of the men. Upon his return, Odysseus offered him some strong wine he had with him, intoxicating him. Polyphemus , drunk, asked what the kind man's name was, and Odysseus replied "No one". Polyphemus said that he would eat "No one" last for gratitude, and fell into a deep sleep. Odysseus , having planned this, took a wooden stake and blinded Polyphemus ' single eye. The giant started screaming for help, but when the other giants arrived, they told them "No one" had blinded him; his friends thought that a god had attacked him and told him to pray. The next morning, Polyphemus took the sheep out of their pen to graze, and unable to see, felt each sheep's back in case the men were trying to escape. However, Odysseus had told his men to tie themselves under the animals. The men reached the ship, and when they set sail, Odysseus boasted to Polyphemus by revealing his name. Polyphemus then asked his father to punish Odysseus , causing him to deviate from his planned route even further.