Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Jerusalem - TripAdvisor Want the lowest hotel prices? You're in the right place. We check 200+ sites for you. Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Jerusalem Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center Write a Review Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center Would this be a good sunny day activity? Yes Is this attraction suitable for all ages? Yes Is this attraction a "must-see" location? Yes Does this attraction provide visitors with a taste of the local culture? Yes Is this attraction popular with tourists? Yes No Unsure Does this attraction require above average amounts of physical activity (long walks, climbs, stairs or hikes)? Yes Is this attraction good for couples? Yes Is this location a solemn or serious place like a memorial, cemetary, etc.? Yes Is this an outdoor attraction or activity? Yes Would this be a good hot day activity? Yes Map updates are paused. Zoom in to see updated info. Reset zoom Address: Mount of Remembrance | Mount Herzl, Jerusalem 91034, Israel Name/address in local language Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center Mount of Remembrance | Mount Herzl, Jerusalem 91034, Israel 5,605 Reviews   |   Ranked #2 of 298 To help you get around Jerusalem, here's the name and address of this business in the local language Local name יד ושם - המוסד להנצחת השואה Local address הר הזיכרון, הר הרצל, 91034 Directions Sun - Wed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Thu 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Fri 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Description: The world’s leading national Holocaust memorial and museum is a 45-acre... The world’s leading national Holocaust memorial and museum is a 45-acre campus comprising indoor museums, outdoor monuments, memorials, gardens, sculptures and world-class research and educational centres. read more Behind-the-Scenes Guided Tour of Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum More Info Jewish Heritage Private Tour to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv More Info Jerusalem Full Day Tour from Tel Aviv See More Tours & Experiences Terrible “Study group visit” Study group visit of educators from nz. Incredible speakers and well organised program. The grounds are extensive and there are so many things to see. The museum has a great... read more Reviewed yesterday 5,605 Reviews from our TripAdvisor Community Which Jerusalem hotels are on sale? mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy See all travel guides Read reviews that mention: All reviews children's memorial heart wrenching million jews million children main museum moving experience personal stories audio guide emotional experience human being light rail their lives take your time two hours visiting israel victims memorials horror evil auschwitz Review tags are currently only available for English language reviews. Start your review of Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center   Click to rate Reviewed yesterday NEW via mobile Study group visit of educators from nz. Incredible speakers and well organised program. The grounds are extensive and there are so many things to see. The museum has a great philosophy, amazing architecture and is very engaging in its presentation and information. Helpful? “An Important Place to Visit” Reviewed yesterday NEW Yad Vashem is not a fun visit but it's an important one. The main part of the museum is set up in chronological sequence so that you follow history from the time shortly before Hitler came to power until the end of World War 2. Many of the exhibits are extremely graphic and can be overwhelming. Be sure to go... More  Helpful? “Amazing” Reviewed yesterday NEW We unfortunately only had an hour to view (closed at 5pm the day we went and they are strict on that time), but I could have stayed there for hours as there are so many personal testimonials, stories, and much information. It is easy to get to as it is the last stop on the tram (Mount Herzl). Helpful? Reviewed yesterday NEW via mobile The Israeli's have done a great job with this museum! The exhibition is very well detailed on what happened to the Jews during Hit


Whose single 'Evergreen' was the best-selling record in the UK in the decade to December 31st 2009?

BBC News - The noughties in music Entertainment reporter, BBC News Clockwise from top left: Beyonce, Simon Cowell, Thom Yorke, Amy Winehouse The millennium bug didn't strike as predicted on 1 January, 2000, but the record industry probably wishes it had. Napster, the first file-sharing service to achieve mainstream success, launched in June 1999 and, by the time it was shut down in 2001, the genie was out of the bottle. MP3s could now be distributed widely and freely online and, armed with their iPods, a generation grew up thinking they could, and should, get music for free. Consequently, sales of recorded music fell steadily throughout the decade - not helped by the record labels' hesitance over the internet. Instead of embracing downloads, they spent years suing the likes of Kazaa, allofmp3.com and Pirate Bay; and slapping restrictive "digital locks" on music sold online. As the industry prevaricated, sales collapsed - with a knock-on effect on the likes of Smash Hits, Melody Maker, Top Of The Pops, Virgin Megastores, Tower Records and Woolworths - all of whom waved goodbye in the 2000s. Artistically, however, the noughties were a time of innovation. In 2000, Radiohead threw out the rulebook with the wilfully obtuse, musically accomplished Kid A and became the first UK-signed act to score a US number one for nearly three years. Jay-Z made history as the first rapper to headline Glastonbury in 2008 Eminem reinvigorated rap music (stalker fantasy Stan attracted praise from Irish poet Seamus Heaney) while inadvertently launching Dido's career. And Prince was in the papers - literally and figuratively - when he gave away an entire album of new recordings with the Mail on Sunday in 2007. Others to investigate new avenues of music distribution included Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead, who allowed fans to set their own price for the critically acclaimed In Rainbows album. Pop Idols Shows like American Idol and X Factor were the monolith against which "proper" musicians railed against throughout the noughties - but they also produced the sassy, intelligent hits of Girls Aloud, Will Young's sincere balladry, and Kelly Clarkson's immense pop/rock crossover Since U Been Gone. Interestingly, while top 10 singles of the decade are dominated by reality show winners in the UK, there is not one single American Idol graduate on the US list, which is populated by Mariah Carey, Usher and the Black Eyed Peas. Michael Jackson died in June, 2009 at the age of 51 R&B was undoubtedly the genre that defined the decade, with super-producers Timbaland and The Neptunes experiencing long-running hot streaks. It also produced two bona-fide superstars - Beyonce and Justin Timberlake - with a third, Rihanna, waiting in the wings. On the live circuit, Madonna and U2 continued to set the standards by which other shows would be judged. Meanwhile, The Police, The Specials, The Pixies, Take That and... er, Kajagoogoo all reformed in the name of music. Towering above them all were Led Zeppelin, who got back together for a ear-splitting, one-off charity gig in honour of Atlantic Records' founder Ahmet Ertegun. Meanwhile, Coldplay, Muse and Radiohead all graduated to stadium level, but Oasis faltered, splitting in August 2009 after an alleged backstage altercation in France. Others who stumbled on the rocky road of pop included Pete Doherty, Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse, whose tabloid misadventures overshadowed their songs. And the world of music mourned in June 2009 when, just two weeks before his 50-date comeback at London's O2 arena, the king of pop, Michael Jackson, died unexpectedly. BEST-SELLING SINGLES OF THE DECADE UK


Prior to World War 2, racing cars were painted in different colours according to which country they represented, what colour were cars representing Germany?

The Quarterly Bulletins - The Junior Military Historical Society The Junior Military Historical Society posted 28 Jan 2012, 07:18 by JHMS JMHS : February  Bulletin 2012 VOL 2.  “First Edition” February 2012 Chairman : Col Tim Wright Editor : Mrs Caroline J. Eddleston              Writer, Contributor & Member of the M.H.S JMHS e:mail  cas54edd@yahoo.co.uk 1. Letter from the editor - wishing members a Happy New Year     & introducing a new member. 2. 90th Anniversary of The Royal British Legion 3. Lady Haig’s poppies - Scotland 4. Rememberance Sunday 2011     Andrew Marr Show BBC, “Talking to Gen. Sir Peter Wall,     The Head of The British Army 5. War Horse!  The film. 6. Warrior - A real life War Horse, bred by General Jack Seely with interesting     commentary by Brough Scott, the General’s Grandson and famous author, writer &     contributor to newspaper columns about Horse Racing and the Comment Column              The Horse and Hound magazine. 8. Harold the Dog - a tale from 1914 told by our Chairman Col. Tim Wright 7. RHA Gunner, William F.Pressey, author of “All for a Shilling a Day”. 9. Ideas for the May Bulletin. 1. Letter from the Editor.   Dear Members!  Welcome to the JMHS February Bulletin for 2012. As you can see from the Contents list, we have much to interest you in our first Bulletin of VOL. 2 for the New Year.  We, at JMHS, hope you all had a great christmas and will start to send in your contributions for our May Bulletin! We are all delighted to welcome a new member of the JMHS who asked to join by the now ‘defunct’ Facebook Connection!  Please tell all your friends that all they have to do is e.mail me, Caroline Eddleston @ my e:mail address - cas54edd@yahoo.co.uk With their name and the magic letters, JMHS!  Anyway, Caselyn Eupymia Llavor joined up on 26th December 2011.  We are absolutely delighted and look forward to hearing form Caselyn  with a letter or a contribution for the May Bulletin. We hope you enjoy reading the Bulletin and look forward to receiving your comments. Caroline J. Eddleston Editor. 2. The  90th Anniversary of The Royal British Legion. The official opening of the Field of Remembrance in Westminster took place on Thursday 10th November at 11am 2011.  There was a service of of Remembrance at 11am within the grounds of Westminster Abbey but in 2011 it was for Regimental Associations only and was by special invitation.  In previous years members of the public were able to participate but it became very overcrowded so the Abbey authorities along with the Metropolitan Police decided to limit the numbers allowed.  Everybody was welcome to join in the 2mins silence at 11am outside the Queen Elizabeth 2nd Conference Centre opposite Westminster Abbey and afterwards those who attended had refreshments in the Central Hall Westminster from 11am-3pm.  The public were also invited to join the various invited personnel in the field from 12.30pm. On Friday 11the November the field was open to visitors daily from 9am 11.11.11  until 4pm Sunday 20th November. The Tale of the Unknown Warrior. A chaplain from the Front, named David Railton, had the amazing idea of honouring all those who died without identification during the First World War. Sometime in 1916 David came across a grave in a garden in Armentieres, in France.  The grave had a simple wooden cross marking it and the words “An Unknown British Soldier” had been drawn on it.  However, it was after the war around 1920 that he suggested Britain should officially honour all the unknown war dead. So some six bodies were dug up from the battlefields in France and the remains were covered with a Union Jack flag.  These unknown heroes were temporarily left overnight in a chapel in St.Pol.  Brigadier-General L.J.Wyatt, the commander of the British troops who served their country in France and Flanders was then invited to select just one.  This fellow who was known by nobody as he had no identification, was then placed in beautiful handmade oak coffin from Hampton Court, and he was transported to Dover on the Destroyer HMS Verdun to England. It was


What name is given to the small metal discs around the frame of a tambourine?

Tambourine - definition of tambourine by The Free Dictionary Tambourine - definition of tambourine by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tambourine  (tăm′bə-rēn′) n. 1. A percussion instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks fitted into the rim, usually played by shaking and striking with the hand. 2. A similar instrument without a drumhead. [French tambourin, small drum, from Old French; see tambourin.] tambourine (ˌtæmbəˈriːn) n (Instruments) music a percussion instrument consisting of a single drumhead of skin stretched over a circular wooden frame hung with pairs of metal discs that jingle when it is struck or shaken [C16: from Middle Flemish tamborijn a little drum, from Old French: tambourin] ˌtambouˈrinist n (ˌtæm bəˈrin) n. a small drum having a circular frame with several pairs of metal jingles attached, played by striking with the knuckles and shaking. [1570–80; earlier tamboryne < Middle Dutch tamborijn small drum < Middle French tambourin, diminutive of tambour tambour ] ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:


In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', in which English town was Dracula washed ashore?

Bram's View Stoker One of the most famous names associated with Whitby will always be ‘Dracula’, the central character of Bram Stoker’s novel that was published in 1897. Count Dracula is widely considered to be one of the most famous Gothic figures ever created. During his visits to Whitby whilst writing the book, Stoker was influenced by the local people and surroundings, and the town served as a backdrop for some of the best-known scenes. The neighbouring address to ‘Bram’s View’, 7 Royal Crescent appears in the novel as the address (slightly amended to ‘7 The Crescent, Whitby’) for Count Dracula's solicitor, "Samuel F Billington”, who arranges for fifty crates of earth from the ship to be transported by Great Northern Railway from Whitby to “ Carfax, near Purfleet.” The Whitby Gazette reported on 24 October 1885 that “the Russian schooner Dmitri of Navra, with silver sand, came in suddenly, in heavy weather, but going ashore in “Collier's Hope” became a total wreck.” (Silver sand is a soft mortar sand used in building.) In Stoker’s novel, Dracula arrived in Whitby aboard the Russian schooner, the Demeter, whose cargo consisted of crates of earth, or “mould”, needed for Dracula’s safe repose. Bram Stoker enjoyed his first Whitby holiday in 1890, staying at No 6 Royal Crescent, a guesthouse run by Mrs. Emma Veazey (commemorated with a plaque by the front door). The following week his wife, and their only child, the ten-year-old Noel, joined Bram and they stayed in the town for the next three weeks. It is probable that their bedroom was on the third floor and the sitting room would have been below, on the second floor. Whilst staying here and listening to stories told by the townsfolk, fact was easily woven into Stoker’s tale. His handwritten notes for Dracula, which survive at the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia, PA – include the pages he recorded in Whitby: Coast Guard reports of ship wrecks at Whitby; conversations with seamen about local legends; sketched maps of the town; descriptions of both day and night scenes; and a glossary of local dialect. The ship washed ashore in a storm, all hands aboard dead, and Dracula, in the form of a dog, bounded ashore and ran up the famous 199 steps to St Mary's church and the graveyard at the top. Local folklore tells of ‘Barghest’ or ‘Barguest’, the huge black phantom hound, said to prowl the Yorkshire Moors, with a particular preference for the Whitby area. And, interestingly, the myths of “Demeter” involve her daughter, Persephone, who was abducted by Hades, and became Queen of the Dead. Also staying at No 6 Royal Crescent were three ladies from Hertford, Isabel and Marjorie Smith and their friend Miss Stokes, and it has been suggested that Bram based the characters of Lucy, Mina, and Mrs Westenra on his fellow guests. Stoker carried out some of his research into East European folklore at Whitby library and it was probably here that he first came across the name Dracula, when he borrowed a book with the title ‘An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia’, written in 1820 by William Wilkinson. This book included in one of its paragraphs ‘Voivode Dracula’ whose history (largely fictional) is explained by Prof. Van Helsing and based on the historical truth that Dracula won in battle against the Turks and  ‘Dracula in the Wallachian dialect means ‘Devil’! Today, to recognize the part Bram Stoker and Dracula have played in the history of Whitby, a plaque on a bench overlooking the Whitby harbour marks the area that Bram reportedly sat to write his notes for Dracula. By day Whitby is a beautiful scenic town full of life and activity. But when the cool mist rolls in at nightfall and the idyllic town takes on a strangely sinister feel, it might be best to retreat to ‘Bram’s View’ The tombstones in the graveyard of St. Mary’s church provided a list of names for Stoker’s characters, not all of whom were included in the final draft of Dracula. Whitby residents Braithwaite Lowery, Andrew Woodhouse, John Paxton, and seaman Swale


Comedo is the medical term for which blemish?

Definition of Blackhead Definition of Blackhead Helping Your Teen With Acne Slideshow Pictures Blackhead: A familiar term for what is medically called an open comedo. A comedo, the primary sign of acne , consists of a widened hair follicle filled with skin debris, bacteria, and oil called sebum. A blackhead has a wide opening to the skin and is capped with a blackened mass of skin debris. In contrast, a closed comedo, commonly called a whitehead, has an obstructed opening to the skin and may rupture to cause a low-grade skin inflammatory reaction in the area. REFERENCE: Fauci, Anthony S., et al. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 17th ed. United States: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008. Last Editorial Review: 5/13/2016


At which battle of 1757 did Robert Clive defeat the Nawab of Bengal?

The Battle of Plassey | History Today The Battle of Plassey Early Modern (16th-18thC) India Empire Richard Cavendish describes the British victory at Plassey in Bengal, on June 23rd, 1757. Though it was more of a skirmish than a battle, the British victory under Robert Clive at Plassey in Bengal was a crucial event in the history of India. The young Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ad-daula, had taken Calcutta from the East India Company with a huge army in June 1756, when the notorious ‘Black Hole’ episode occurred. It was not until August that the news reached the Company in Madras and not until October that Clive, now 32 years-old, left for Calcutta at the head of a mixed European-Indian force of some 2,500 men. He drove Siraj’s army out early in January 1757. Clive decided that the best way to secure the Company’s interests in Bengal was to replace Siraj with a new and more pliant nawab. He found a candidate in a discontented elderly general named Mir Jafar. After complicated conspiratorial discussions and the promise of enormous bribes to all concerned, a secret agreement was smuggled into the women’s quarters of Mir Jafar’s house, which was being watched by Siraj’s spies, and Mir Jafar signed it. Siraj knew or suspected there was a conspiracy against him, despite Clive’s earnest protestations to the contrary, and moved south to Plassey. On June 13th, Clive moved north with some 2,000 Indian sepoys and 600 British infantry of the Thirty-Ninth of Foot plus close to 200 artillerymen with ten field pieces and two small howitzers. Ambiguous messages were coming in from Mir Jafar and Clive was moving into a dangerous situation against heavy odds. He seems to have had a crisis of confidence and summoned his officers to a council of war on June 21st. The majority, including Clive, voted against action. At that point, according to his friend Robert Orme, Clive retired into a grove of trees where he stayed for an hour in meditation. On his return he gave orders for the army to move on to Plassey. The confrontation came on a cloudy morning north of the village of Plassey on the bank of the Hughli river. Clive’s army was drawn up in three divisions, as was the Nawab’s army of perhaps 40,000 men with its war-elephants and more than 50 cannon. One division was commanded by Mir Jafar. After an opening cannonade, a crash of thunder at noon heralded a torrential downpour of rain that lasted half an hour. The British artillerymen quickly covered their cannon and ammunition with tarpaulins, but the enemy failed to do the same and their artillery was put out of action, so that when the Nawab’s army moved forward, assuming that Clive’s cannon were also out of action, it was met with a withering storm of fire. The enemy withdrew and Siraj, who distrusted his generals and had already been warned of impending defeat by his astrologer (who had possibly been bribed), lost his nerve when Mir Jafar advised retreat. When Clive’s army attacked again, Siraj fled on a fast camel. His demoralized army followed suit and when the British entered the enemy camp at about 5pm, they found it abandoned. According to Clive, he lost 18 men, while he estimated the nawab’s dead as around 500. Siraj-ad-daula was killed by his own people and Mir Jafar replaced him. Clive, who was now effectively master of Bengal, skilfully bolstered Mir Jafar’s apparent authority while keeping him on leading strings. The skirmish at Plassey was critical to the East India Company’s triumph over its French rivals and, in the longer term, to the establishment of British rule in India.


Which 19th century writer wrote a collection of stories for children which included 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant'?

Short Stories: The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince and Other Tales Beautifully written modern fairy tales intended for reading to children but with a message for adults, too. Wilde's first published collection containing the classics The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant.


Which British scientist, working at CERN in 1994, developed and launched the World Wide Web?

The birth of the web | CERN The birth of the web This content is archived on the CERN Document Server Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist at CERN, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989. The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automatic information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world. The first website at CERN - and in the world - was dedicated to the World Wide Web project itself and was hosted on Berners-Lee's NeXT computer. The website described the basic features of the web; how to access other people's documents and how to set up your own server. The NeXT machine - the original web server - is still at CERN. As part of the project to restore the first website , in 2013 CERN reinstated the world's first website to its original address. On 30 April 1993 CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain. CERN made the next release available with an open licence, as a more sure way to maximise its dissemination. Through these actions, making the software required to run a web server freely available, along with a basic browser and a library of code, the web was allowed to flourish.


What was the name of the car that featured in the TV programme `The Dukes of Hazzard'?

Warner Bros. Bans 'Dukes of Hazzard' Car With Confederate Flag - Rolling Stone Warner Bros. Bans 'Dukes of Hazzard' Car With Confederate Flag Warner Bros. Bans 'Dukes of Hazzard' Car With Confederate Flag Decision to halt production on symbol-bearing General Lee comes after online retailers ban Confederate flag merchandise A 1969 Dodge Charger, dubbed "The General Lee" from the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard", is displayed during the 37th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Cars auction in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 16th, 2008. Credit: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty All Stories Following South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's call to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol, some of the nation's biggest retailers have similarly promised to stop selling items bearing that symbol. Now, one of pop culture's most visible uses of the Confederate flag – the General Lee, an orange Dodge Charger from the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard – is about to get a makeover. According to Vulture , the lone company that was licensed to reproduce the Confederate flag-branded General Lee as a toy will no longer make that item. More News Charleston's History of Hellish Violence Dylann Roof fits into a long tradition of violent racism in South Carolina Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) is responsible for licensing the rights to Duke of Hazzard merchandise. "Warner Bros. Consumer Products has one licensee  producing die-cast replicas and vehicle model kits featuring the General Lee with the confederate flag on its roof — as it was seen in the TV series" a WBCP spokesman said. "We have elected to cease the licensing of these product categories." However, the General Lee – with its Confederate flag plastered atop its cabin – will continue to have a presence on television, as The Dukes of Hazzard is still popular in syndication, especially on cable network CMT. Warner Bros.' decision to stop the license on Confederate flag-bearing General Lee replicas comes just days after Walmart, Sears, eBay, Google Shopping and Etsy all announced they would stop selling items that featured the Confederate flag; soon after, Amazon stepped up their efforts to remove all items bearing that symbol on their online marketplace. However, the sudden purge of items branded with the Confederate Flag has also resulted in a sales surge as collectors stock up before that merchandise ultimately becomes unavailable, the New York Times reports . "We have decided to prohibit Confederate flags and many items containing this image because we believe it has become a contemporary symbol of divisiveness and racism," eBay said in a statement. In the case of Amazon, that company eventually agreed to remove Confederate merchandise after they were barraged social media by users promoting the hashtag #TakeItDown. Don’t Miss a Story Sign up for our newsletter to receive breaking news directly in your inbox. We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy How we use your email address Trending Ranked on a scale from 1 to 10, the trending score reflects the number of users reading a story in real time. What is this?


BBC - Hereford and Worcester - history - Elgar - Land of Hope and Glory You are in: Hereford and Worcester > history > Elgar > Elgar - Land of Hope and Glory Elgar Elgar - Land of Hope and Glory Elgar will be forever linked with the song "Land of Hope and Glory", though in fact the words were added to Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. Land of Hope and Glory was not written by Sir Edward Elgar. He wrote the tune that is sung so lustily at every Last Night of the Proms, and almost every occasion celebrating English, as opposed to British, patriotism. But his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 of 1902 originally had no words. These were added later by A. C. Benson (1862-1925), who had originally written a longer poem to sung over the finale of Elgar's Coronation Ode. The chorus of this poem makes up the familiar words to Land of Hope and Glory - though an extra note had to be added to Elgar's original Pomp and Circumstance theme to make the words fit. It is said he wasn't a big fan of having words added to his instrumental piece! Land Of Hope And Glory Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,


In which year was the General Strike in Britain?

What was the General Strike of 1926? - BBC News BBC News What was the General Strike of 1926? 19 June 2011 Close share panel Image caption London was transformed into a city of rolling tanks, traffic jams and unrest Trade unions opposed to public sector pension changes are threatening the biggest campaign of industrial action since the General Strike. But what happened during this benchmark strike in the 1920s, and just how big was it? The strike was called by the TUC for one minute to midnight on 3 May, 1926. For the previous two days, some one million coal miners had been locked out of their mines after a dispute with the owners who wanted them to work longer hours for less money. In solidarity, huge numbers from other industries stayed off work, including bus, rail and dock workers, as well as people with printing, gas, electricity, building, iron, steel and chemical jobs. The aim was to force the government to act to prevent mine owners reducing miners' wages by 13% and increasing their shifts from seven to eight hours. The industrial action came against a backdrop of tough economic times following the First World War and a growing fear of communism. Flying Scotsman derailed On the first full day of action, on 4 May, there were estimated to be between 1.5 and 1.75 million people out on strike. Image caption Strikers targeted volunteers The transport network was crippled without its bus and train drivers, and roads became choked with cars. The printing presses ground to a virtual halt and food deliveries were held up. However, the armed forces were quickly moved to escort and protect food lorries, while volunteers got some buses back on the roads and trains on the rails. Fights broke out between police and strikers in cities across the UK, from London to Glasgow. In some places, police charged rioting strikers with batons, while in Northumberland, the Flying Scotsman train was derailed by strikers. The government reacted aggressively, recruiting thousands of special policemen and sending a warship to Newcastle. Striking 'sinful' Stanley Baldwin, the prime minister at the time, appealed to people to trust him, in the first of a series of personal radio broadcasts to the nation during the strike. "I am a man of peace. I am longing, and looking and praying for peace. But I will not surrender the safety and the security of the British constitution. "Cannot you trust me to ensure a square deal and to ensure even justice between man and man?" Image caption Bus windows had to be barricaded to protect drivers from attack At the same time, the Conservative government was trying to exert greater control over the media, including the fledgling BBC, to get its message out. It even briefly turned publisher, producing its own newspaper, the British Gazette, edited by the then Chancellor Winston Churchill. The Roman Catholic Church also spoke out, declaring the strike "a sin" Meanwhile, a growing number of Britons were becoming volunteers, desperate to get the country back on its feet. And, nine days after it began, the TUC, which had been holding secret talks with the mine owners, called off the strike without a single concession made to the miners' case. The strikers were taken by surprise, but drifted back to work. The miners though struggled on alone and by the end of November most were back down the mines, working for less pay and longer hours. Others remained unemployed for many years. A year later, Mr Baldwin's government passed the 1927 Trades Disputes Act, which banned sympathy strikes and mass picketing. The act was repealed in 1946, but in the 1980s the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reintroduced the ban, which still applies today.


Whose song, Only Want To Be With You', was the first to be played on 'Top of the Pops'?

I Only Want to Be With You by Dusty Springfield Songfacts I Only Want to Be With You by Dusty Springfield Songfacts Songfacts This was Springfield's first single as a solo artist - she was previously a member of The Springfields with her brother Tom. That group had five Top 10 hits in the UK and one in the US (" Silver Threads and Golden Needles ") before Dusty's departure. "I Only Want to Be With You" launched Dusty's Hall of Fame career, and became the first hit by a British artist since The Beatles started their run. Springfield was 24 when the song was released. This song is about a girl who has finally found the guy of her dreams - or at least she thinks so. It's very much a teenage crush song in the same vein as many of the girl group songs Springfield loved. When she came to America and began her solo career, Dusty took more of a Pop/R&B direction inspired by groups like The Shirelles and The Crystals. Springfield performed this on the first ever episode of the British TV show Top Of The Pops on January 1, 1964. The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five and The Hollies also performed on that show. >> Suggestion credit: Bertrand - Paris, France A 1989 cover version of this was the last hit for British singer Samantha Fox, who rose to stardom after appearing topless in a British newspaper and scoring hits with "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)," "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)," and "I Wanna have Some Fun." Her version reached #35. The Bay City Rollers released a version in December 1976 that reached #12 in the US. The song was also a #4 hit in the UK for The Tourists, who were the group Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were in before they formed Eurythmics. This was written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde, who also wrote Springfield's song "Stay Awhile." Hawker also wrote "Walking Back to Happiness" for Helen Shapiro. Springfield performed this song on the first season of the British TV series Ready Steady Go! twice in 1963. She handled hosting duties on some early episodes of the show, and even interviewed The Beatles on the program. Vic Flick , who performed on many of the James Bond themes, played guitar on this track. He told us: "Dusty was always good to work with. She knew what she wanted, both from the musicians and from herself. I first met her in 1959 when she was part of a girl trio, the Lana Sisters. I did a couple of arrangements for them to use on the live show we were doing. I had just started with John Barry Seven and everything was happening at once. Good days."


'Dusty Bin' featured on which popular 1980s TV game show?

3-2-1 - UKGameshows 3-2-1 Ted Rogers Co-hosts Comedy regulars: Mike Newman, Chris Emmett, Duggie Brown, Felix Bowness, Debbie Arnold, Bernie Clifton, George Roper, David Ismay Hostesses: Mireille Allonville, Jenny Layland, Patsy Ann Scott, Annie St. John, Karen Palmer, Gail Playfair, Tula, Alison Temple-Savage, Libby Roberts, Fiona Curzon, Karan David, Caroline Munro, Lynda Lee Lewis Announcers: Anthony Schaeffer (1984-5), John Benson (1986-8) Broadcast Yorkshire Television for ITV, 29 July 1978 to 24 December 1988 (146 episodes in 10 series + 8 specials) Synopsis Three for the price of one Once entertaining (but in retrospect, truly cringeworthy) prime-time show, which was Yorkshire TV's greatest contribution to ITV game shows before Countdown hit the airwaves. Divided into three key parts - first, the rather jolly quiz where each of the three couples were given two rounds of 10 questions, their money being equal to 10 x first round score x second round score. Contestants were invariably middle-aged couples, and there was a curious affinity for contestants from the North-East and Midlands. Ted in the middle of his intricate "3-2-1" trademark. A glamorous audience looks on. In the very early series (such as the picture below), the quiz was actually in 3 rounds, with £1 paid for the first round questions. Anyway, the maximum was always £1000, which was a lot of money in those days. Also in those years, the winning couple actually sat out the rest of the show and came back to earn more money next week as reigning champions. Contestants play the "1000 to 1" quiz The quiz rules changed many times over the years. Originally the couples had to name up to ten things that belonged to a particular category, alternating answers and Ted letting the female have the example as their first answer. Partners could help but in mime only. Something the judges felt didn't fit or a repetition ended the round prematurely, which would cue in a quick joke from the resident comedians. Later the quiz changed so that whilst they were always given the example and they had to answer alternately, there were ten proper questions connected by a theme (complete the phrase or saying, name these celebrities whose surnames all begin with an F, that sort of thing). The round still ended there and then if a wrong answer was given, but they could at least pass and move on (but couldn't come back to it later). The third and final incarnation of the quiz for its very final series was a straight buzzer quiz - everyone was spotted £10 to begin and each correct answer meant another £10 was added. There were ten questions in round one. In round two (after a quick performance from an upcoming star, one of which was a pre-fame mulleted Shane Richie ), there were fifteen questions worth whatever you earnt in round one. This was a bit rubbish really, as it didn't lend itself to the shock results that sometimes happened when the leaders from round one mess-up early from previous series. The second round also changed over the years. In the early series, a physical game was played that fitted in with the show's theme. This was the version that made the most sense, but the low budgets at the time made the games extremely naff. As more money was available in later series, a computer game (a simple version of Breakout) was used. Ted Rogers falls at the knees of one of the hostesses. The most modern series used a second round that was essentially just 60% of round three, so let's explain round 3. Hostess Mireille Allonville. The two remaining couples were brought various cryptic clues by cabaret acts, including magicians and comedy routines. Also in every show was the obligatory dance routine by the in-house "Brian Rogers Connection", which we presume was not a literal title. Previous dance/hostess troupes include "Lipstick" and "The Gentle Secs". Ted and dancers with Dusty Bin in his Pearly King garb. After three clues, a tie-breaker question was read out (see "Key Moments") and the winning couple went on to receive two more objects to which famously impenetrable cryptic cl


How was the London hospital 'St Mary Bethlehem' better known?

From Bethlehem to Bedlam - England's First Mental Institution | Historic England From Bethlehem to Bedlam Women's History From Bethlehem to Bedlam - England's First Mental Institution This section explains the origins of the 'Bethlem', England's first hospital for the mentally ill. With its somewhat scandalous history it came to represent all institutions of its kind in the public imagination. Map showing location of Bethlem in Bishopgate – drawn by Anthonis van den Wyngerrade 1558 engraved by Franciscus Hogenberg 1559 © Museum of London The origins of Bethlem Hospital In the 13th century, Simon FitzMary rose from modest origins to become the Sheriff of London - twice. He was said to have had a veneration for the Virgin Mary and the Star of Bethlehem, which developed during his time in the crusades. When he became a wealthy political figure, FitzMary donated a piece of land in the Bishopsgate ward of the City of London to the Bishop of Bethlehem for the creation of a charitable hospital. In 1247 the Priory of St Mary of Bethlehem was founded, devoted to healing sick paupers . The small establishment became known as Bethlehem Hospital. Londoners later abbreviated this to 'Bethlem' and often pronounced it 'Bedlam'. Construction work in the extension to Liverpool Street Station by the Great Eastern Railway, 1894 on the foundations of the first Bethlem Hospital. © Historic England The layout of the hospital Built on the site that's now covered by Liverpool Street station in the City of London, the hospital consisted of a single storey and was compact, covering just two acres. Centred around a courtyard with a chapel in the middle, it had approximately 12 'cells' for patients, a kitchen, staff accommodation and an exercise yard. It was to remain on this site for over 400 years until 1676 when it moved to Moorfields, also in the City of London. The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground, one giving money to a cripple. Engraving by W. H. Toms. © Wellcome Library, London Specialising in mental illness At some point, the monks began to accept patients who had symptoms of mental illness rather than physical disability or disease. There is a claim that the residents of a building called the Stone House at Charing Cross were transferred to the Bethlem in the 1370s. It is certainly true that by 1403, 'lunatic' patients formed the majority of the Bethlem's clients - and so England's first, and perhaps most infamous, mental institution was born. In 1346, as the hospital struggled to survive, the City of London agreed to take it over. Its subsequent specialisation in 'madness' gave it a future, although we know that its patients also included people with learning disabilities, 'falling sickness' ( epilepsy ) and dementia. Plaque on the original site of Bethlem Royal Hospital with kind permission from The Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust The hospital regime Those who became patients were usually the poor and marginalised - sometimes believed to be dangerous - who lacked friends or family to support them. The hospital regime was a mixture of punishment and religious devotion - chains, manacles, locks and stocks appear in the hospital inventory from this time. The shock of corporal punishment was believed to cure some conditions, while isolation was thought to help a person 'come to their senses'. At the same time, it was a religious duty to care for and feel compassionate for people afflicted by madness. The image of 'Bedlam' The Bethlem has long been associated with scandal and abuse in the public mind - although this was in fact intermittent rather than a permanent feature. It began in 1403 when the hospital treasurer, Peter Taverner (known as Peter the Porter), was found guilty of embezzlement and theft of hospital property. While the vast majority of mentally ill people remained outside institutions in this period and for the next 400 years, the idea of the specialist long-term institution had been born. The image of what such an institutio


'Tucker's Luck' was a spin-off from which children's TV series?

Tucker's Luck Tucker'sLuck www.TuckersLuck.com Tucker's Luck series summary Peter "Tucker" Jenkins is a working-class youth living in a council estate in London in the mid-1980s. Tucker recently graduated from secondary school (see Grange Hill), which gave him a so-called comprehensive education but no real job skills. Furthermore, he lacks the academic qualifications to go further in his schooling or land a good job. So, like thousands of other young people at the time, he's unemployed and on the dole. The stories in Tucker's Luck revolve around Tucker Jenkins and two friends from school, Alan Humphries and Tommy Watson, and their attempts to get by, day by day, eager for work but always short of money and qualifications. Production Tucker's Luck was created by Phil Redmond, and ran on BBC 2 from 1983-1985. There were three series of nine half-hour episodes each, for a total of 27 episodes. Tucker's Luck starred Todd Carty as Tucker Jenkins, George Armstrong as Alan Humphries, and Paul McCarthy as Tommy Watson. The theme music was composed by Alan Hawkshaw. news 07 October 2016 A belated thank you to Kevin S., who has a simpler theory about the mysterious "e-mail" line in Episode 16. Read about it on the 1980s page . 21 September 2015 A huge (and hugely belated) thank you to Andy Reid, who provided lots of great information about Tucker's motorcycle, now on the FAQ page . Intellectual Property Note TuckersLuck.com is not associated with the BBC in any way, and all trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. That said, while the content here is 100% unofficial, it is also 100% copyrighted material, and may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form.


Which island is separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of Sleat?

Isle of Skye in Europe Skye is the largest island of the Inner Hebrides. It is situated off the west coast of the Scottish mainland in the Atlantic. Skye has an area of 1,656 sq km, a north-south length of 80 kilometers and a width of 11 to 40 kilometers. The population of Skye is about 9.200, about 30 percent of whom speak Scottish Gaelic. isle of skye From the Scottish mainland by the Sound of Sleat, Skye, Kyle Rhea and Kyle Akin (also Loch Alsh) separately. The Little Minch to Skye is adjacent to the Outer Hebrides off. The east coast are offshore islands of Rona, Raasay, Scalpay and Pabay. To the south is separated by the Soay Sound, the island of Soay. The coastline of the island is heavily notched. So-called access hole so deep bays and other inland that no point on the island further away than five miles from the sea. This five major peninsulas are formed: Sleat in the south, Minginish in the southwest, the northwest Duirinish, Waternish in the north or northwest and Vaternish Trotternish in the north. The highest elevation in a mountainous terrain, the Sgurr Alasdair (993 meters above sea level) in the rugged Black Cuillins, also the highest point of the entire Hebrides. Capital of the island is Portree. Other locations include Ardvasar, Armadale, Broadford, Dunvegan, Elgol, Isleornsay, Kyleakin, Portree, Staffin and Uig. District of Skye and Lochalsh is one of the eight administrative units of the Highland Council. isle of skye wallpaper isle of skye united kingdom isle of skye scotland isle of skye river On Skye there are several well-preserved brochs (lower than Duns listed) and the remains of twelve Cairns. A Fort Hill and standing stones, Pictish symbol stones, basement as Kilvaxter, stone circles and stone rows are also among the legacies of the past. These were also found in caves such as the High Pasture Cave (Scottish Gaelic: Uamh at Ard Achadh) at Kilbride, the parallels with Mine Howe in Orkney has. Most of these places are still regarded as “holy places”. In 2003 the excavations were in the High Pasture Cave started. About 300 objects have been recovered. Among them were located next to the typical Neolithic flint artifact fragments, such as processed antler (antler pins) and bone tools. Most of the finds date from the Iron Age and were made of copper and copper alloys and iron fragments. In 2009 a cemetery was excavated in the vicinity of Armadale pier. isle of skye portree


Which TV programme has been presented by Lisa Riley, Jonathan Wilkes and Harry Hill?

"You've Been Framed!" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb trailers and videos full cast and crew trivia official sites memorable quotes Overview 1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Hill brings back the sparkle! from United Kingdom 29 March 2008 This show is the perfect warm up to a Saturday night- whether that be a night on the town or a night in front of the telly. It appeals to all ages and Harry Hill's excellent banter certainly livens things up for the adults. This show had lost some of its sparkle when fronted by Lisa Riley and Jonathan Wilkes (both of whom had no presenting experience and is showed), but Harry Hill has managed to not only make this show great again but better than it has been since the days of Beadle. I love this show and would call it one of the highlights of my weekend, at 24 years of age i have certainly been watching it most of my life and long may it continue. Was the above review useful to you? 4 out of 7 people found the following review useful: Tired Format Partially Saved By Harry Hill from United Kingdom 6 January 2007 "You've Been Framed" should have been killed off many years ago when Jeremy Beadle left. Lisa Riley and Johnathan 'I'm mates with Robbie Williams' Wilkes really drove it to rock bottom with increased unnecessary presenting from the studio with incredibly corny jokes. This left precious little time for any actual clips making the show unwatchable. Harry Hill has saved the show to some extent by removing the studio element and making a commentary that is nearly always far more entertaining than the clips themselves. There is a definite limit however on the amount of fun that can be got from people falling off swings, getting hit in the groin, dancing embarrassingly at weddings until their trousers fall down, etc. etc. The only clips with any real laughter value are those involving animals as these are generally less set-up. Sadly the number of these is outweighed by spoilt children crying about unwanted Christmas presents or just babies smiling at the camera (side-splittingly hilarious I don't think). The clips remain the same and are often repeated from many series ago. I noticed they have even started blanking out the year when it appears on the camcorder display, probably because they are too ashamed to admit they came from the late 80's/early 90's. As it is far too many of them are set up and it is tiresomely obvious. You only need to stop and think why somebody would actually be filming that event to spot them. Harry Hill is wasted here and should concentrate on other projects such as TV Burp which is excellent, indeed the Christmas special was one of the few highlights of the seasonal schedule. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Has become very irritating from South West England 26 February 2011 I used to enjoy watching You've Been Framed. But since it decided to take a leaf out of it's American counterpart shows and introduce a very annoying, far from funny commentary on every single clip, it's become unwatchable for me. How anybody can say the scripted nonsense that Harry ruins the show with is beyond me. Next thing we know, we'll have stupid sound-effects dubbed over the clips, like when somebody is jumping up and down we have to hear a cartoonish "Boing Boing Boing" sound dubbed on. If you don't know what I'm talking about, take a look at one of the American equivalent shows. Not funny. Complete rubbish. And for the information of other viewers who's comments I've read above, Jeremy Beadle "stopped doing it" and "left" because he had died. Was the above review useful to you? 3 out of 7 people found the following review useful: More laughs per minute than any other comedy on the box from United Kingdom 18 July 2006 The only reason you could have for knocking this show is if you haven't seen it since Harry Hill took over. Every 10 seconds you are guaranteed a giggle - and if one clip raises a minor titter, you mere seconds to wait before the next clip comes on and delivers you a belly laugh. Harry and hi


In 1964 a song about Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto was a big hit around the world, what was its title?

Girl from Ipanema ages gracefully: Still tall, tan, lovely at 63 - SFGate Girl from Ipanema ages gracefully: Still tall, tan, lovely at 63 Now 63, Rio muse of bossa nova hit is still tall, tan, lovely Dominick A. Merle, Special to The Chronicle Published 4:00 am, Friday, September 28, 2007 Photo: Courtesy Dominick A. Merle Image 1of/2 Close Image 1 of 2 TRAVEL IPANEMA -- The author with Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, the real-life girl from Ipanema, in Rio. -- Photo courtesy Dominick A. Merle TRAVEL IPANEMA -- The author with Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto, the real-life girl from Ipanema, in Rio. -- Photo courtesy Dominick A. Merle Photo: Courtesy Dominick A. Merle Image 2 of 2 TRAVEL GEOQUIZ -- You might run into the original girl from Ipanema in this city, whose name means "river of January." Where are you? Answer: Rio de Janiero, Brazil Photo by Corbis (royalty-free) TRAVEL GEOQUIZ -- You might run into the original girl from Ipanema in this city, whose name means "river of January." Where are you? Answer: Rio de Janiero, Brazil Photo by Corbis (royalty-free) Photo: Corbis Girl from Ipanema ages gracefully: Still tall, tan, lovely at 63 1 / 2 Back to Gallery Nearly half a century after she inspired the song heard around the world, you still hear drumbeats when she sways by. Yes, rhythm and music lovers, there really was the "Girl From Ipanema" and she's still "tall and tan and lovely" and an amazingly young 63. And still goes to the beach. She's known simply as "Helô" down here, but she was Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto when she strolled past a restaurant here in 1962 and knocked the socks off a poet named Vinicius de Moraes . Sitting at the bar, Moraes couldn't take his eyes off the leggy teenager as she went "swinging and swaying like a samba" headed for Copacabana. So moved was he by her "movements," he wrote the classic lyrics right at that very bar. The restaurant was called Veloso back then and the bar was named Botineiro. Ironically, "Girl From Ipanema," the bossa nova record by João Gilberto and Stan Getz , and sung by Gilberto's wife Astrud, was something of a flop when it first hit the Brazilian airwaves. But when it was released outside the country it became a worldwide hit, winning the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1964. It has been credited with doing more for Rio's tourism than all of the advertising campaigns strung together. Naturally, the restaurant quickly changed its name to Garota de Ipanema, the Portuguese equivalent of the song title, and today is doing a booming business. Moraes went on with his life and Helô with hers, marrying a Sao Paulo businessman and raising four children. It is claimed that she never made a dime off the song, but the fame prompted her to open a modeling agency and a clothing store, both named Garota de Ipanema. Naturally, lawyers jumped in. Does the name Garota de Ipanema belong to the original girl from Ipanema, the songwriter and his family - or the restaurant? That's been a hot item down here for years, and still was the night we visited the restaurant recently. It actually is more of a tavern than a restaurant, serving primarily finger food, most of it very average. It's also part boutique, selling a number of souvenirs and T-shirts cashing in on the song. One comes here for the legend, not the food. But that night we hit the jackpot. The waiter said something in Portuguese to our guide, who then quickly announced to our small group, "Helô's here." We had been told that despite the on-and-off-again legal wrangling, Helô occasionally shows up at the restaurant. It's a win-win situation; the restaurant wins by attracting customers on the odd chance that Helô might appear, and Helô gets to promote her enterprises. Besides, Brazilians live to party and won't let a little legal dispute stand in the way of a good time or good business. Looking just as described in the lyrics, Helô entered, walking ramrod straight in her platform sandals. Her once-radiant brown hair is now blond. Many of us got a chance to take a photo with her. Up close, she could easily


Elaine Page had a top ten hit in 1981 with which song from the musical 'Cats'?

(HD 1080p) "Memory" from "Cats", Elaine Paige - YouTube (HD 1080p) "Memory" from "Cats", Elaine Paige 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 Oct 1, 2012 WITH LYRICS, SUNG BY ELAINE PAIGE Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRANWU... to view with Spanish subtitles. Elaine Paige is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. For this role, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a Musical. She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats.and had a Top 10 hit with "Memory", a song from the show. In 1985, Memory", often incorrectly referred to as "Memories", Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is sung by the character Grizabella, a one-time glamour cat who is now a shell of her former self. The song is a nostalgic remembrance of her glorious past and a declaration of her wishes to start a new life. Sung briefly in the first act and in full near the end of the show, "Memory" is the climax of the musical, and by far its most popular and well-known song. Cats is the second longest-running show in Broadway history, and the fourth longest-running West End musical in London. It has been performed around the world many times and has been translated into more than 20 languages. Category


In which war did the Battle of Blenheim take place?

Battle of Blenheim in the War of Spanish Succession 56,000 men, 90 guns Battle of Blenheim - Background: In 1704, King Louis XIV of France sought to knock the Holy Roman Empire out of the War of Spanish Succession by capturing its capital, Vienna . Eager to keep the Empire in the Grand Alliance (England, Habsburg Empire, Dutch Republic, Portugal, Spain, & the Duchy of Savoy), the Duke of Marlborough made plans to intercept the French and Bavarian forces before they could reach Vienna. Executing a brilliant campaign of disinformation and movement, Marlborough was able to shift his army from the Low Countries to the Danube in only five weeks, placing himself between the enemy and the Imperial capital. Reinforced by Prince Eugène of Savoy, Marlborough encountered the combined French and Bavarian army of Marshall Tallard along the banks of the Danube near the village of Blenheim. Separated from the Allies by a small stream and marsh known as the Nebel, Tallard arrayed his forces in a four mile-long line from the Danube north towards the hills and woods of the Swabian Jura. Anchoring the line were the villages of Lutzingen (left), Oberglau (center), and Blenheim (right). On the Allied side, Marlborough and Eugène had decided to attack Tallard on August 13. Battle of Blenheim - Marlborough Attacks: Assigning Prince Eugène to take Lutzingen, Marlborough ordered Lord John Cutts to attack Blenheim at 1:00 PM. Cutts repeatedly assaulted the village, but was unable to secure it. Though the attacks were not successful, they caused the French commander, Clérambault, to panic and order the reserves into the village. This mistake robbed Tallard of his reserve force and negated the slight numerical advantage he possessed over Marlborough. Seeing this error, Marlborough altered his orders to Cutts, instructing him to simply contain the French in the village. At the opposite end of the line, Prince Eugène was having little success against the Bavarian forces defending Lutzingen, despite having launched multiple assaults. With Tallard's forces pinned down on the flanks, Marlborough pushed forward an attack on the French center. After heavy initial fighting, Marlborough was able to defeat Tallard's cavalry and routed the remaining French infantry. With no reserves, Tallard's line broke and his troops began fleeing towards Höchstädt. They were joined in their flight by the Bavarians from Lutzingen. Trapped in Blenheim, Clérambault's men continued the fight until 9:00 PM when over 10,000 of them surrendered. As the French fled southwest, a group of Hessian troops managed to capture Marshall Tallard, who was to spend the next seven years in captivity in England. Battle of Blenheim - Aftermath & Impact: In the fighting at Blenheim, the Allies lost 4,542 killed and 7,942 wounded, while the French and Bavarians suffered approximately 20,000 killed and wounded as well as 14,190 captured. The Duke of Marlborough's victory at Blenheim ended the French threat to Vienna and removed the aura of invincibility that surrounded the armies of Louis XIV. The battle was a turning point in the War of Spanish Succession, ultimately leading to the Grand Alliance's victory and an end of French hegemony over Europe.


Which jazz singer was accompanied for nearly 30 years by John Chilton's Feetwarmers?

British trumpeter and band-leader John Chilton dies, aged 83 - JAZZIZ Magazine Léan Crowley News March 2, 2016 British trumpeter and band-leader John Chilton dies, aged 83 By Matt Micucci   British jazz trumpeter, band leader and award-winning author of books on jazz topics John Chilton died on February 25, aged, 83, after a short illness.   Chilton was born in London in 1932, and started playing the cornet at the age of 12, having become infatuated with jazz after listening to the music of Jelly Roll Morton and Sidney Bechet on the radio. After serving in the Royal Air Force in the early 50s, he formed his own jazz band that played at holiday camps in Skegness with a troupe that included, among others, comedian Dave Allen.   In 1958, he joined clarinetist and saxophonist Bruce Turner’s group, and played with them until 1963. It was around this time that he met and married professional photographer Teresa Kendall, whose idea it was to open the Bloomsbury Bookshop in tiny premises on Great Ormond Street, London, in 1967.   Chilton is perhaps best known as the leader of the Feetwarmers, the group he formed in January 1974, and that accompanied British jazz singer and writer George Melly. Together, they made records and toured the world for nearly 30 years, including trips to America, Australia, China and New Zealand. In 1983 and 1984, they had their own BBC television series called Good Time George, and throughout their years of activity they appeared on countless other TV shoes, including Parkinson and This is Your Life.   Throughout his life, Chilton kept jazz scrapbooks on the life of jazz artists. These scrapbooks helped him lay down the foundations for extensive research that led to his biographical writings on the topic of jazz, the first of which was a result of his collaboration with veteran journalist Max Jones titled Louis: The Louis Armstrong Story, published in 1971. His exhaustive tabulation of his information on early jazz musicians titled Who’s Who of Jazz (Storyville to Swing Street), first published in 1972, was described by poet Philip Larkin as “one of  the essential books on jazz”. On March 2007, he published his autobiography Hot Jazz Warm, Warm Feet.


In 1929 which American bootlegger and gangster lost seven members of his gang in the St Valentine's Day Massacre?

St. Valentine's Day Massacre | World History Project St. Valentine's Day Massacre Capone's most notorious killing was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. On February 14, 1929, four Capone men entered a garage at 2122 N. Clark Street. The building was the main liquor headquarters of bootlegger George "Bugs" Moran's North Side gang. Because two of Capone's men were dressed as police, the seven men in the garage thought it was a police raid. As a result, they dropped their guns and put their hands against the wall. Using two shotguns and two machine guns, the Capone men fired more than 150 bullets into the victims. Six of the seven killed were members of Moran's gang; the seventh was an unlucky friend. Moran, probably the real target, was across the street when Capone's men arrived and stayed away when he saw the police uniforms. As usual, Capone had an alibi; he was in Florida during the massacre. Source: Chicago Historical Society Added by: corey The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the death of seven people as part of a Prohibition Era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago, Illinois, in the summer of 1929: the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. Former members of the Egan's Rats gang were also suspected to have played a large role in the St. Valentine's Day massacre, assisting Capone. The Massacre On the morning of Thursday, February 14, 1929 St. Valentine's Day, six members of the "Bugs" Moran gang and Reinhardt H. Schwimmer were lined up against the rear inside wall of the garage of the SMC Cartage Company (2122 North Clark Street) in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago's North Side. They were then shot and killed, possibly by members of Capone's gang, possibly by "outside talent" (that is, gangsters from outside the city who would not be known to their victims), most likely by a combination of both. Two of the men were dressed as Chicago police officers, and the others were dressed in long trenchcoats, according to witnesses who saw the "police" leading the other men at gunpoint out of the garage (part of the plan). When one of the dying men, Frank Gusenberg, was asked who shot him, he replied, "I'm not gonna talk - nobody shot me" despite having 22 bullet wounds. Capone himself had arranged to be on vacation in Florida. The St. Valentine's Massacre resulted from a plan devised by a member or members of the Capone gang to eliminate the Polish-Irish Bugs Moran, the boss of the North Side Gang, formerly headed up by Dion O'Banion who was murdered nearly five years earlier. Jack McGurn is the person most frequently cited by researchers as a suspected planner. The massacre was planned by the Capone mob for a number of reasons: in retaliation for an unsuccessful attempt by Frank and his brother Peter Gusenberg to murder Jack McGurn earlier in the year, the North Side Gang's complicity in the murder of Pasqualino "Patsy" Lolordo as well as Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo, and Bugs Moran's muscling in on a Capone-run dog track in the Chicago suburbs. Also, the rivalry between Moran and Capone for control of the lucrative Chicago bootlegging business led Capone to plan the hits and the O'Banion's gang demise. The plan was to lure Moran and his men to the SMC Cartage warehouse on North Clark Street. It is assumed usually that the North Side Gang was lured to the garage with the promise of a cut-rate shipment of bootleg whiskey, supplied by Detroit's Purple Gang. However, some recent studies dispute this. All seven victims (with the exception of John May) were dressed in their best clothes, hardly suitable for unloading a large shipment of whiskey crates and driving it away. The real reason for the North Siders gathering in the garage may never be known for certain. A four-man team would then enter the building, two disguised as police officers, and kill Moran and his men. Before Moran and his men arrived, Capone stationed lookouts in the apartments across the street from the warehouse. Wishing to keep the lookouts inconspicuous, Capone


Name the British submarine that during the Falklands War sank the General Belgrano?

Falklands War: HMS Conqueror remembers Belgrano sinking - BBC News BBC News Media playback is unsupported on your device Falklands War: HMS Conqueror remembers Belgrano sinking 2 May 2012 Last updated at 14:07 BST It is 30 years since a British submarine sank the Argentine navy cruiser, the General Belgrano. More than 300 sailors were killed in what remains one of the most controversial actions of the Falklands War. The crew of the submarine sent by the UK, HMS Conqueror, has held a reunion to remember what happened. The BBC's Allan Little reports.


Which author's first work was 'Babbling April' and his last 'The Tenth Man'?

Order of Graham Greene Books - OrderOfBooks.com Home | Characters | Authors Order of Graham Greene Books Graham Greene (1904-1991) was an English author of literary fiction and thriller novels, non-fiction, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays and more. His writing explored ambivalent moral and political issues of the world at the time. Greene’s work often contained Catholic themes, although he objected to being referred to as a “Catholic novelist.” He spent the final years of his life living in Switzerland, in the same town as Charlie Chaplin (the two were close friends). Graham Greene became a published author in 1925 with the poetry collection Babbling April. His first novel was The Man Within, published in 1929. His final novel was The Captain and the Enemy, which was published in 1988. Below is a list of Graham Greene’s books in order of when they were originally published: Publication Order of Standalone Novels The Man Within


What, according to the proverb, is the thief of time?

Procrastination is the thief of time - Learn a proverb a day - YouTube Procrastination is the thief of time - Learn a proverb a day Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 12, 2015 Procrastination is the thief of time... a Shakespearean line that rings true to this date! Have you ever thought about how much time is stolen when you postpone something? Get our Android Apps:


By what name was the mathematician 'Leonardo of Pisa' better known?

Fibonacci biography Version for printing Leonardo Pisano is better known by his nickname Fibonacci. He was the son of Guilielmo and a member of the Bonacci family. Fibonacci himself sometimes used the name Bigollo, which may mean good-for-nothing or a traveller. As stated in [ 1 ]:- Did his countrymen wish to express by this epithet their disdain for a man who concerned himself with questions of no practical value, or does the word in the Tuscan dialect mean a much-travelled man, which he was? Fibonacci was born in Italy but was educated in North Africa where his father, Guilielmo, held a diplomatic post. His father's job was to represent the merchants of the Republic of Pisa who were trading in Bugia, later called Bougie and now called Bejaia. Bejaia is a Mediterranean port in northeastern Algeria. The town lies at the mouth of the Wadi Soummam near Mount Gouraya and Cape Carbon. Fibonacci was taught mathematics in Bugia and travelled widely with his father and recognised the enormous advantages of the mathematical systems used in the countries they visited. Fibonacci writes in his famous book Liber abaci (1202):- When my father, who had been appointed by his country as public notary in the customs at Bugia acting for the Pisan merchants going there, was in charge, he summoned me to him while I was still a child, and having an eye to usefulness and future convenience, desired me to stay there and receive instruction in the school of accounting. There, when I had been introduced to the art of the Indians' nine symbols through remarkable teaching, knowledge of the art very soon pleased me above all else and I came to understand it, for whatever was studied by the art in Egypt, Syria, Greece, Sicily and Provence, in all its various forms. Fibonacci ended his travels around the year 1200 and at that time he returned to Pisa. There he wrote a number of important texts which played an important role in reviving ancient mathematical skills and he made significant contributions of his own. Fibonacci lived in the days before printing, so his books were hand written and the only way to have a copy of one of his books was to have another hand-written copy made. Of his books we still have copies of Liber abaci (1202), Practica geometriae (1220), Flos (1225), and Liber quadratorum. Given that relatively few hand-made copies would ever have been produced, we are fortunate to have access to his writing in these works. However, we know that he wrote some other texts which, unfortunately, are lost. His book on commercial arithmetic Di minor guisa is lost as is his commentary on Book X of Euclid 's Elements which contained a numerical treatment of irrational numbers which Euclid had approached from a geometric point of view. One might have thought that at a time when Europe was little interested in scholarship, Fibonacci would have been largely ignored. This, however, is not so and widespread interest in his work undoubtedly contributed strongly to his importance. Fibonacci was a contemporary of Jordanus but he was a far more sophisticated mathematician and his achievements were clearly recognised, although it was the practical applications rather than the abstract theorems that made him famous to his contemporaries. The Holy Roman emperor was Frederick II. He had been crowned king of Germany in 1212 and then crowned Holy Roman emperor by the Pope in St Peter's Church in Rome in November 1220. Frederick II supported Pisa in its conflicts with Genoa at sea and with Lucca and Florence on land, and he spent the years up to 1227 consolidating his power in Italy. State control was introduced on trade and manufacture, and civil servants to oversee this monopoly were trained at the University of Naples which Frederick founded for this purpose in 1224. Frederick became aware of Fibonacci's work through the scholars at his court who had corresponded with Fibonacci since his return to Pisa around 1200. These scholars included Michael Scotus who was the court astrologer, Theodorus Physicus the court philosopher and Dominicus Hispanus who suggested


Between 1397 and 1399, which English county became a principality under King Richard , the only English county to have been honoured in this way?

Cheshire - Main Page Cheshire - Main Page This is the umbrella project for the County of Cheshire Related Projects - See People Connected to Cheshire CHESHIRE Cheshire (pron.: /ˈtʃɛʃər/ or /ˈtʃɛʃɪər/; also known as the County Palatine of Chester, and archaically, as the County of Chester;[1] abbreviated Ches.) is a ceremonial county in England, sitting between the West Midlands and the North West. The western edge of the county forms England's border with Wales. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester,[2] although the largest town since county boundary changes in 1974 is Warrington (moved from Lancashire for administrative purposes in 1974). Other major towns include Widnes (also moved from Lancashire in 1974), Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow.[3] Historically the county contained the Wirral, Stockport, Altrincham and other towns. The county is bordered by Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south, and Flintshire and Wrexham in Wales to the west. The county is a part of the Welsh Marches. Cheshire's area is 2,343 square kilometres (905 sq mi) and its population is around 700,000.[4] Apart from the large towns along the River Mersey and the historic city of Chester, it is mostly rural, with a number of small towns and villages that support an agricultural industry. It is historically famous as a former principality and for the production of Cheshire cheese,[5] salt, bulk chemicals, and woven silk. History See Historic Cheshire Project Toponymy Cheshire's name was originally derived from an early name for Chester, and was first recorded as Legeceasterscir in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles,[6] meaning the shire of the city of legions.[7] Although the name first appears in 980, it is thought that the county was created by Edward the Elder around 920.[7] In the Domesday Book, Chester was recorded as having the name Cestrescir (Chestershire), derived from the name for Chester at the time.[6] A series of changes that occurred as English itself changed, together with some simplifications and elision, resulted in the name Cheshire, as it occurs today. Because of the historically close links with the land bordering Cheshire to the west, which became Wales, there is a history of interaction between Cheshire and Wales. The Domesday Book records Cheshire as having two complete Hundreds (Atiscross and Exestan) that later became entirely part of Wales. Additionally, another large portion of the Duddestan Hundred later became known as Maelor Saesneg when it was transferred to Wales.[8] For this and other reasons, the Welsh name for Cheshire (Swydd Gaerlleon)[9] is sometimes used within Wales and by Welsh speakers. Administrative history After the Norman conquest of 1066 by William I, dissent and resistance continued for many years after the invasion. In Cheshire in 1069 local resistance was finally overcome, and draconian measures were taken to impress the native Saxons with the futility of future resistance. Earl Edwin of Mercia along with other major landowners were made examples of, their properties confiscated and redistributed amongst Norman barons. King William created one of his barons, Hugh d'Avranches (nicknamed Hugh Lupus, or 'wolf') as Earl of Chester, ruling virtually autonomously in William's name and with his full authority, and Cheshire was thereby declared a County Palatine. Palatine hundreds Cheshire in the Domesday Book (1086) was recorded as a larger county than it is today. It included two hundreds, Atiscross and Exestan, that later became part of Wales. At the time of the Domesday Book, it also included as part of Duddestan Hundred the area of land later known as Maelor Saesneg (which used to be a detached part of Flintshire) in Wales.[10] The area between the Mersey and Ribble (referred to in the Domesday Book as "Inter Ripam et Mersam") formed part of the returns for Cheshire.[11][12] Although this has been interpreted to mean that at that time south Lancashire was part of Cheshire,[1


At which battle of 1403 did Henry 'Hotspur' Percy die?

Alnwick Castle | Harry Hotspur Alnwick Castle Welcome to one of Britain's most iconic castles What's on 30 Oct 2016 - 30 Mar 2017 Alnwick Castle will reopen on 31st March 2017 Downton Abbey Harry Hotspur Harry Hotspur, Alnwick Castle's most famous son, lived a life fraught with battle and intrigue. Immortalised by Shakespeare and celebrated in his own time, Hotspur is now remembered as one of England's best and most fearsome medieval warriors. The Percy Family: c.1364-1403 (Harry Hotspur in more detail) Cloaked in mystery O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long If life did ride upon a dial’s point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour. And if we live, we live to tread on kings, If die, brave death, when princes die with us!... -- Harry Hotspur in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act V, Scene 2 Henry Percy, son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland, is better known by the name given to him by his enemies due to the eagerness (and impetuousness) with which he would ride into battle: Harry ‘Hotspur’. Hotspur is the most famous character in the history of the Percy family, and is one of the most famous knights in English history. However, he never became Earl of Northumberland due to predeceasing his father.  Many of the details of Hotspur’s life remain a mystery. Even the year and place of his birth are unknown; he may have been born in either Northumberland or Yorkshire, in either 1364 or 1366. He did describe himself as being 'of Alnwick' during his lifetime, however, and it is known that he died at the Battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403. Hotspur’s Life … thou makest me sad and makest me sin In envy that my Lord Northumberland Should be the father to so blest a son, A son who is the theme of honour's tongue… -- Henry IV in Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1, Act I, Scene 3 In 1377, the year his father was made 1st Earl of Northumberland by King Richard II, Harry Hotspur was knighted; he would only have been a teenager at this time, if not younger. Two years later, he married Elizabeth Mortimer. Elizabeth and her family could be considered to have a claim to the throne; her maternal great-grandfather was King Edward III. This fact becomes significant when Hotspur, together with his father and uncle Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, deposed Richard II and replaced him with Henry IV. The elder Percys seemed set on Henry as the new king, but it has been suggested that Hotspur may have believed his brother-in-law, the Earl of March, would be placed on the throne. This did not occur, of course, but may have been a contributing factor in the tension present in the relationship between Henry IV and Hotspur. Elizabeth and Harry had two children; their son Henry, born in 1393, became the 2nd Earl of Northumberland. Later in his life, Harry became a Knight of the Garter, and due to his reputation for seeking glory, honour and battle, was a celebrity in his own lifetime. Battles ... I profess not talking; only this- Let each man do his best, and here draw I A sword, whose temper I intend to stain With the best blood that I can meet withal In the adventure of this perilous day. Now Esperance! Percy! And set on. Sound all the lofty instruments of war, And by that music let us all embrace, For, heaven to earth, some of us never shall A second time do such a courtesy. -- Harry Hotspur in Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1, Act V, Scene 2 Hotspur probably witnessed his first combat situation as a child, accompanying his father in France, and led his first siege at Berwick in 1378. There is a story that Harry once met a soothsayer, who told him he would lose his sword in Berwick and die thereafter. This prophecy did apparently come true, but not in a way that Hotspur could have predicted. Conflict and battle were intertwined with Hotspur throughout his life. He fought the Scots on the Borders and Welsh rebels in Wales, made trouble in Calais with his brother Sir Ralph, and finally died fighting Henry IV in England. His most famous battle against the Scots was at Otterburn in 1388. Two forces led by members


Which London institution was founded at Jonathan's Coffee House in 1773?

The world's most historic coffee houses - Espresso Coffee - Quora The world's most historic coffee houses Most of today’s espresso coffee drinkers may think that the cafe or coffee house began in their generation and for a large percentage of them – with the advent of the Starbucks global franchise system.   This post seeks out the historic coffee houses, paying particular attention to those that have either played a significant role in our society or have stood the test of time and remain trading today ... some 200 years after their establishment.    Introduction The world’s first recorded historic coffee house, Kiva Han, was reputedly opened in Constantinople (Istanbul). Shemsi of Damascus and Hekem of Aleppo, are generally acknowledged as our first recorded coffee house proprietors having opened one in Talchtacalah, Constantinople in 1555. The coffee house is known by different named being: al-maqhah in Arabic, qahveh-khaneh in Persian or Kahvehane or kıraathane in Turkish, Kafano in the old state of Yugoslavia, café in French/Portuguese, cafetería in Spanish, caffè in Italian and Kaffeehaus in German. Since the 15th century, the coffee house was largely a center of social interaction and traditionally a place where men would assemble to drink coffee and entertain themselves with conversation, music, reading and playing chess   History of Coffee. Coffee houses have been given various names at times during its long history beginning with the early Ottoman description of; ‘Schools of Wisdom’ (A meeting places of men of arts and literature), then ‘Penny Universities’ in England (They became popular forums for the learned and the not-so-learned to discuss all manner of topics including politics and current affairs and a penny was the price of a cup of coffee) 'Seminaries of Sedition’ in England (A view held by the authorities who saw them as anti-social and ordered them closed in 1675 due to The Women’s Petition Against Coffee. From 1663 the coffee house in England had to be licensed.)  and ‘KaffeeKlatsch’ in Germany (The derogatory term originally coined to describe a women’s gossip session at afternoon coffee. It has since been broadened to mean relaxed conversation in general) Following its establishment in Istanbul, this new place of social gathering found its way to Europe in the 17th century and then on to the world leading us to our present day adaptations with the likes of Starbucks.   While many of the significant and historic coffee houses of the past have since disappeared, a few are still with us and continue to serve patrons today. Here is a world roundup of some of the significant ones that have survived and some that have not. Italian Coffee House Baratti & Milano Caffe (still trading) is one of Turin’s most beautiful early Italian coffee house that was founded as a cafeteria in 1858 by Ferdinando Baratti and Edoardo Milano with the name “Fornitore della Real Casa” (Supplier of the Royal House). In 1875 it moved to its present location between the Piazza del Castello and the Galleria Subalpina, an area used for part of the infamous Austin Mini car chase scene in the original 1969 production of the film ‘The Italian Job’ Caffe Florian (still trading) is the most famous Italian coffee house still operating on the Piazza San Marco in the shadow of the Campanile, the famous bell tower of Venice, Italy. It was opened by Floriano Francesconi on 29 December 1720 under the arcades of the Procurative Nuove using the name “Venezia Trionfante” (‘Triumphant Venice’) but was later renamed in honour of its founder Floriano Francesconi. It is a prime contender for the world’s longest continuing coffee house with its 287 years of coffee service to its Venetian, Italian and international patrons and takes its place amongst the city’s chief symbols. Much of the paintings, wood carvings, high ornate mirrors, cosy booths and naked woods come from the refurbishments done in 1859. It is also home to the Venice Biennale, an exhibition of contemporary art that has been running since 1893. Famous patrons included Marcel Proust, Cha


What name is given to a second full moon in a month?

Full Moon Names and Meanings Moon Posters Full Moon Names and Meanings Many human cultures have given names to the full moon throughout the year. Different full moon names can be found among the Chinese, Celtic, Old English, and New Guinea cultures, to name a few. In addition, Native American tribes often used moon phases and cycles to keep track of the seasons and gave a unique name to each recurring full moon. The full moon names were used to identify the entire month during which each occurred. Although many Native American Tribes gave distinct names to the full moon, the most well known names of the full moon come from the Algonquin tribes who lived in the area of New England and westward to Lake Superior. The Algonquin tribes had perhaps the greatest effect on the early European settlers in America, and the settlers adopted the Native American habit of naming the moons. They even invented some of their own names that have been passed down through time. The names given below aren't the only ones that have been used. Every full moon, with one exception, had variations on its name among various Algonquin tribes, not to mention other tribes throughout North America. But the names below are the most common. Some of the variations are also mentioned. January: The Wolf Moon In January snow gathers deep in the woods and the howling of wolves can be heard echoing in the cold still air. Some tribes called this moon the Snow Moon, but most often it was used for the next month. February: The Snow Moon Snow piles even higher in February, giving this moon its most common name. Among tribes that used this name for the January moon, the February moon was called the Hunger Moon due to the challenging hunting conditions. March: The Worm Moon Snow slowly begins to melt, the ground softens, and earthworms show their heads again and their castings or fecal matter can be found. Other signs of spring gave rise to other variations: the cawing of crows (the Crow Moon); the formation of crusts on the snow from repeated thawing and freezing (the Crust Moon); and the time for tapping maple trees (the Sap Moon). Christian settlers also called this the Lenten Moon and considered it the last moon of winter. April: The Pink Moon Flowers begin to appear, including the widespread grass pink or wild ground phlox. Other variations indicate more signs of full spring, such as Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, and Fish Moon (common among coastal tribes). May: The Flower Moon Flowers come into full bloom and corn is ready to plant. Also called the Corn Planting Moon and the Milk Moon. June: The Strawberry Moon Strawberry-picking season reaches its peak during this time. This is one of the few names that was universal to all Algonquin tribes. July: The Buck Moon Buck deer start growing velvety hair-covered antlers in July. Frequent thunderstorms in the New England area also resulted in the name Thunder Moon. Some tribes also used Hay Moon. August: The Sturgeon Moon The sturgeon, a large fish common to the Great Lakes and other nearby bodies of water, is most easily caught during this month. The reddish appearance of the moon through the frequent sultry hazes of August also prompted a few tribes to dub it the Red Moon. Other names included the Green Corn Moon and the Grain Moon. September: The Harvest Moon Many of the Native American tribes' staple foods, such as corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and rice, are ready for gathering at this time. The strong light of the Harvest Moon allowed European farmers to work late into the night to harvest their crops. The Harvest Moon does not always occur in September. Traditionally, the name goes to the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, which falls during October once or twice a decade. Sometimes the September full moon was called the Corn Moon. October: The Hunter's Moon After the fields have been reaped, the leaves begin to fall and the deer are fat and ready for eating. Hunters can ride easily over the fields' stubble, and the fox and other animals are more easily spotted. Some years the Harvest Moon falls in Oct


"Which novel, published in 1847, begins with the words ""There was no possibility of taking a walk that day""?"

Free jane eyre Essays and Papers Color Rating   Jane Eyre: The Freedom of Love - Parallel to many of the great feministic novels throughout literary history, Jane Eyre is a story about the quest for authentic love. However, Jane Eyre is unique and separate from other romantic pieces, in that it is also about a woman searching for a sense of self-worth through achieving a degree of independence. Orphaned and dismissed at an early age, Jane was born into a modest lifestyle that was characterized by a form of oppressive servitude of which she had no autonomy. She was busy spending much of her adolescent years locked in chains, both imaginary and real, as well as catering to the needs of her peers....   [tags: Jane Eyre] 1836 words [preview] Jane Eyre: Sympathy for Jane - How does Brontë create sympathy for the character of Jane in her novel, ‘Jane Eyre’. In the novel, ‘Jane Eyre’ Charlotte Brontë focuses on the life of Jane, an unwanted orphan who can’t do anything right in the eyes of her aunt. When she is about nine she is sent to Lowood Institute where she is also treated as inferior by Mr Brocklehurst. Although Jane is treated so cruelly and unfairly all her life she proves everyone wrong in the end by making something of herself. There are many parts of the book where we feel sympathy for Jane....   [tags: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë] 809 words [preview] Jane Eyre: Brontë's Mother Affected Jane - Would a person describe the personality and acts of their mothers as loving or nurturing or quite possibly witty with her words. When one thinks of a Mother, be it their own or another, one would usually describe them as caring, affectionate, protective; however, with her mother having died when she was a young age of five, Charlotte Brontë never had the chance to understand how essential those traits were to a child and grew up under the care and teachings of her father; which was what helped lead to her strong and virtuous independence: the lack of a mother's love and guide....   [tags: Jane Eyre] :: 9 Works Cited [preview] Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte - Throughout history the idea of the hero or heroine has changed, but some common attributes remain. The hero claims Bill Butler: “is an archetypal figure, a paradigm who bears the possibilities of life, courage, love – the indefinable’s which themselves define our human lives” . In his seminal work The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell states that the hero: “a personage of exceptional gifts” is “the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations to the generally valid, normally human forms” ....   [tags: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte] 1749 words [preview] Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte - Humans learn from severe situations. Being a stranger in a harsh environment forces humanity to open to new capabilities, and learning from these hardships makes a person prepared for life's final exam. "Jane Eyre", by Charlotte Bronte is a picaresque that revolves around a girl name Jane. Bronte places Jane at Marsh End because she wanted her to see the nature of the world and to show the reader that life comes with surprises. After rising from this fall, she arrives at Moor House where her skills she learned at Marsh End are tested....   [tags: Jane Eyre Literary Analysis] :: 1 Works Cited [preview] Jane Eyre's Development With Characterization - Two major men teach Jane to appreciate the complexities of her emotions and passions for life: Mr. Rochester and St. John. Both are antithesis of each other but both help Jane blossom into a woman with morals and ideals. With Mr. Rochester, she thrives in Thornfield’s environment where she does not need to suppress her passion and responds naturally to Rochester’s strong fervor. Because she did not receive proper moral schooling as a child, she did not know how to control her emotions. This problem is solved when Rochester fully exploits Jane’s weakness to his advantage by constantly making her feel jealous and inferior....   [tags: Jane Eyre] 1084 words [preview] Finding the Balance of Love


Who or what is known as 'Topolino' in Italy?

In which country is Mickey Mouse referred to as Topolino? In which country is Mickey Mouse referred to as Topolino? d) Nowhere – Mickey Mouse is called Mickey Mouse all around the world. (Scroll down for the answer…)     Answer: a) Mickey Mouse is known as Topolino in Italy. Did you know that Mickey Mouse was originally voiced by Walt Disney himself? Here’s some more trivia about Disney’s famous mouse from the Disney Archives . Share this post: Filed Under: TRAVEL TRIVIA Tagged With: Mickey Mouse , Travel Trivia About Colleen Lanin, The Travel Mama Colleen Lanin is the founder/editor-in-chief of TravelMamas.com. As the author of her book, "The Travel Mamas' Guide," she teaches parents not only how to survive a trip with children, but also how to love exploring the world with their offspring. Her stories have appeared online and in print for such outlets as the "Today" show, NBCNews.com, Parenting Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, Chicago Tribune, Expedia, San Diego Family Magazine, and more. Colleen gives tips on television, radio, and as a public speaker. She has a master’s degree in business administration with a background in marketing. She lives in Arizona with her husband and two kids.


As a result of Spain winning the Football World Cup in 2010 how many different teams have now won the World Cup?

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