What is the principal ingredient of slivovitz brandy?

How Slivovitz - Slivovice is made - plum brandy   The plum trees The plum trees used in this case are part of several plum tree orchards that Luda has dotted around the town of Zlin. These particular ones in the image actually grow across the pavement in front of one of Luda's houses. Nice of the locals to leave his plums alone, The plum harvest of 2005 was not a good one - hence the plum trees gave about 20% of plums as opposed to a good plum harvesting year. Still the plums were of good quality, very sweet and all that had to be done was to wait untill they became ripe enough. How do you know that your plus on your plum trees are ripe enough ? You wait until they start falling and then every week just go and shake the tree and the very ripe plums will lust drop to the ground.   When this happens then the next year is once again a good plum year.   The plums on the trees Here are a few plums on one of the plum trees. In a good plum year, there would be many more plums visible on this tree but 2005 not only in Zlin but throughout Moravia (Czech Republic) was not a good plum year. This because the summer was mostly dry but cloudy hence not much sunshine, and even this does not really influence a good or a bad plum year as plum trees have their own cycles and so every four or five years (but even after 2 years) they just decide to have a break and produce a poor plum harvest.     Anther great advantage of plum trees is that even at a decent old age of 30 years such as these particular plum trees were, they are still flexible enough to be shaken from the ground hence no need for ladders or other exotic fruit picking paraphanelia. In case of high branches one uses a long pole to shake up to 6m height.   Shaking the plums off the trees And here is Luda giving this plum tree a good shake to get the plums to drop to the ground. The advantage of plum trees are many, like the fact that plum trees are a very hardy sort of plant which can survive very low winter temperatures but the tree and the plum fruit are also capable of surviving very high summer temperatures - hence one can find plum trees in medditerranean countries such as Spain and Italy, and also in cold countries like the Czech Republic. But plum trees in Valachia (Zlin and Vsetin) give the best quality of plums for distilling Slivovitz. This is worldwide given knowledge based on geographical position and earth quality same as for example the french Bordeuax wine. Czechs themselves, from all over the Czech Republic go to Moravia for their Slivovitz   Plum picking Here is our man Luda doing his plum picking. All plums are collected, even those which may have already started to rot be over-ripe, but and the correct term to be exact is not 'rot' nor 'over-ripe but 'ferment'   Plums are chosen especially in such way that into fermentation we get the top quality fruit - not rotten or mouldy ones.       The plum year 2005 for example from all of Luda's plum trees here pictured - gave a harvest of about 120 Litres - as opposed to 2004 when the plum harvest gave 600 Litres or five times as much.   More plum picking This one row orchard of plum trees was made up of 9 plum trees and after giving them all a good shake, it took Luda about 20 minutes to harvest this week's plums. The number of times needed to harvest in one season can vary between 3 to 5 seperaerate plum picking sessions. Luda had already picked plums about three times before in this particular end of summer 2005 and when these pics were taken was the fourth and last time and this was in mid September 2005. (September 16th to be exact) As mentioned before - 2005 was a bad year for plums and in a good year each 'shake' of the trees and the actual plum picking would have taken Luda up to 4 times as much time than in this year.     ... and any Czech producer of Slivovitz made on an industrial scale - meaning it ends up in bottles on the supermarkes shelves is hard pushed to disagree with this since they have to produce Slivovitz which is a max of 46° and not 52/55 like this real stuf. - or according to producers ow


"Which was the person credited with saying ""The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits""?"

The Difference Between Stupidity and Genius Is That Genius Has Its Limits | Quote Investigator The Difference Between Stupidity and Genius Is That Genius Has Its Limits Albert Einstein? Alexandre Dumas, fils? Elbert Hubbard? Brooks F. Beebe? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The following funny saying is usually attributed to Albert Einstein: The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Yet, no one provides any justification for crediting the brilliant scientist with this jest. Is this another fake Einstein quote? Quote Investigator: There is no substantive evidence that Einstein made this statement. Indeed, it is listed in a section called “Probably Not By Einstein” within the comprehensive reference “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein” from Princeton University Press. 1 A precursor statement written in French appeared in volume 2 of the “Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe Siècle” (Great Universal Dictionary of the Nineteenth Century) within an entry for “Bêtise” (Stupidity). This volume was published circa 1865, and the quotation was credited to Alexandre Dumas: 2 Une chose qui m’humilie profondément est de voir que le génie humain a des limites, quand la bêtise humaine n’en a pas. (Alex. Dum.) One possible translation into English is the following: One thing that humbles me deeply is to see that human genius has its limits while human stupidity does not. The attribution “Alex. Dum.” was probably a reference to Alexandre Dumas, fils, who was a dramatist known for the work “The Lady of the Camellias”, widely referred to as “Camille”. He shared his name with his father, Alexandre Dumas, père, who was the author of the popular novels “The Count of Monte Cristo” and “The Three Musketeers”. Another statement written in French appeared in the journal of a scholarly association in 1886. The words were placed between quotation marks to indicate that the joke was already in circulation, and no specific attribution was given. 3 « Le génie humain a des bornes, Mais la sottise n’en a pas. » One possible translation into English is the following: “Human genius has its limits, but stupidity does not.” The earliest evidence in English located by QI was published in a periodical called “The Travelers’ Record” in 1890 which acknowledged a French newspaper. The saying was included in a list titled “Some of Dumas’s Maxims”. Here were three items from the list. Boldface has been added to excerpts: 4 Some of Dumas’s Maxims [L’Echo de Paris, translated in the Transatlantic] Let all your alms-giving be anonymous. It has the double advantage of suppressing at the same time ingratitude and abuse. God made fools in order that life might be more tolerable to people of wit. What distresses me is to see that human genius has limits and human stupidity none. The saying has been circulating and evolving in English for more than one hundred years. An instance was attributed to Albert Einstein by 1994; however, Einstein died in 1955, so this citation has little probative value. Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. In 1891 “The Phrenological Journal” published a set of remarks under the title “Wisdom” which included an instance of the expression credited to “A. Dumas, fils”; hence, the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, was specifically identified: 5 What distresses me is to see that human genius has limitations, and human stupidity has none.—A. Dumas, fils. In 1899 an instance was printed in “The Bloomfield News” of Indiana without an ascription: 6 We made use of the following item some years ago in the columns of the NEWS: “How despairing it is to see that human genius has limitations, while human stupidity has none.” ‘Tis good philosophy yet. In 1903 an instance appeared in a magazine called “The School Arts Book”, and a French origin was suggested: 7 Even the best of teachers, I fancy, has to console himself occasionally with the cheerful observation of the French, “While human genius has limits, human stupidity has none.” In 1906 the writer and publisher Elbert Hubbard placed a version using the w


Which comic character was introduced in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941?

More Fun Comics #73 (Issue) More Fun Comics #73 The wiki last edited by Jacquenette_Harper on 09/25/16 10:24PM View full history 1st appearance of Green Arrow and Aquaman. Writer Mort Weisinger and artist George Papp ushered in the era of Green Arrow by foregoing a traditional origin story and joining the brand new hero and his sidekick Speedy in the middle of what appeared to be a lively adventuring career, subtly implying to readers that this was an established, popular feature and not one still finding its feet. As his name suggested, Green Arrow was a Robin Hood like character who could solve any dilemma with the application of archery. This included stringing a line between two rooftops for a high wire balancing act and firing shafts into a wall to create an impromptu ladder. The last story of this issue introduced Aquaman, King of the 7 seas. Aquaman wasn't the first underwater hero - DC's rival Funnies Inc had introduced a character called Namor the Sub-Mariner in their publication Marvel Comics #1 (1939) - but he filled a niche among DC's costumed adventurers. Featuring artwork of Paul Norris, the story showed off Aquaman's array of powers including super-strength, the ability to breathe underwater, and an understanding of the language of ocean creatures. Creators


Which country saw the closest finish in a World Rallly Championship event, when, in 2007, Marcus Gronholm beat Sebastian Loeb by 0.3 of a second?

WRC 2014   14-12-05 Hyundai förbereder   sig för svenska rallyt och säsongen 2015 Tre veckor efter finalen i WRC har Hyundai Motorsport redan börjat förbereda   sig för de första tävlingarna i stallets andra WRC-säsong. Förarna för 2015 Thierry Neuville och Dani Sordo har genomfört   ett fyra dagar långt test i Hyundai i20 WRC för att förbereda   sig för WRC-premiären i Monte Carlo den 22-25 januari. Förarna tar sig sedan till Sverige för en fyra dagar lång   testperiod inför svenska rallyt (Rally Sweden), den andra tävlingen   i WRC 2015, som äger rum den 12-15 februari. Hyundai Shell World Rally Team har dragit igång förberedelserna   för rallysäsongen 2015, vilket blir den andra säsongen för   ett av WRC:s nyaste tillskott. Just nu befinner man sig i Ardèche-regionen   i Frankrike för intensive tester. Stallets båda förare för 2015 Thierry Neuville och Dani Sordo   har tagit Hyundai i20 WRC genom alla möjliga hastigheter och terränger   och är förväntansfulla inför öppningstävlingen   för nästa säsong den 22-25 januari i Monte Carlo  endast   sju veckor bort. Stallet fick handskas med ett skiftande väderläge under denna vecka   när WRC-vinnaren Neuville testkörde under måndagen och tisdagen   innan han lämnade över till stallkamraten Sordo för tester   på onsdagen och torsdagen. Den Hyundai i20 WRC som kommer att rulla över startlinjen i den första   tävlingen för 2015 i Monte Carlo har genomgått en rejäl   utveckling jämfört med den Hyundai i20 WRC som startade på samma plats tidigare i år. Det har därför varit en stor uppgift   för stallet att kalibrera den i mångt och mycket nya bilen efter   Monte Carlos väglag. Thierry Neuville säger: det har varit två bra och produktiva dagar   i bilen den här veckan och vi har haft mycket att göra inför   den kommande säsongen. Jag har haft en bra känsla från bilen   och vi har tagit oss framåt steg för steg och blir både snabbare   och effektivare. Det är viktigt för oss att börja förberedelserna   så tidigt som möjligt, för de första tävlingarna.   Nu kommer vi fortsätta med vintertesterna så vi kan möta jul   och nyår i den bästa formen. Dani Sordo säger: säsongen 2014 kanske är över men arbetet   stannar inte av för det, då förberedelserna för 2015 är i full fart. Thierry och jag haft två dagar var i Hyundai i20   WRC i Ardèche den här veckan och det har känts skönt   att kunna fortsätta köra. Men december är en intensiv månad   och nu lägger vi in högsta växeln för nästa säsong. Stallchefen Michel Nandan säger: Thierry och Dani har båda gjort   en fantastisk säsong 2014, likaså hela vårt team. Vi är   väldigt nöjda då detta var vårt första år.   Våra förare har den här veckan kört två dagar var   på asfalt och det både ser och känns bra ut. Vårt nästa   stopp är ett fyra dagar lång test i Sverige i mitten av december.   Det kommer bli några riktigt intressanta testdagar då det svenska   väglaget skiljer sig markant från övriga väglag i WRC. Svenska rallyt pågår mellan 12-15 februari. Hyundai i Sverige   kommer att närvara under eventet. Är du som journalist intresserad   av att delta i eventet eller intervjua någon av förarna, kontakta   Erik Lindham. Mer information om Hyundai Motorsport (bilder, filmer etc) finns här: http://motorsport.hyundai.com/en/main 14-12-04 Mads Østberg   to stay with Citroën Racing in 2015! The Norwegian Mads Østberg and the Swede Jonas Andersson will compete   in a works DS 3 WRC for the entire 2015 World Rally Championship. Their season   will therefore begin at Rallye Monte-Carlo (19-25 January), alongside Sébastien   Loeb/Daniel Elena and Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle. For the 2014 season, the works DS 3 WRCs were entrusted to two up-and-coming   drivers. This approach paid dividends. Between them, Mads Østberg and   Kris Meeke racked up eight podium finishes on all surfaces: gravel, tarmac   and snow. Recently confirmed for a second season, the Northern Irishman Kris Meeke will   once again team up with


Glenn Miller, famous as a band leader in the 1930s & 1940s, played which instrument?

Glenn Miller - Famous Figures biography Glenn Miller Last modified : 2011-08-22 Alton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician (trombone), arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. Miller was one of several band leaders who helped create the Big Band sound of the 1930s and 1940s. His Glenn Miller Orchestra was one of America's most popular dance bands in the years just before World War II, playing hits like Tuxedo Junction, In the Mood and his signature piece Moonlight Serenade. During the war Miller joined the army and led the Glenn Miller Army Air Corps Band. His plane disappeared on a flight over the English Channel in 1944; no trace was ever found. Miller began studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder, but he left to work as a musician. He played for several bands before being hired as a trombonist with Ben Pollack's orchestra in the mid-1920s. From 1928 to 1936, Miller worked as a freelance musician, contributing his arrangements and trombone playing to the bands of Red Nichols, the Dorsey brothers, Benny Goodman, Ray Noble, and Smith Ballew. In 1935 he studied with the music theorist Joseph Schillinger, who proved influential in Miller's development of the instrumentation that was an important component in his later success. Miller formed his first band in 1937; it attracted little notice, but some of its recordings were admired by critics, especially Miller's arrangement of “I Got Rhythm,” with its use of countermelody and multiple false endings. Miller disbanded his first orchestra in early 1938 and immediately assembled a new one. With this group Miller discovered the sound that was to bring him lasting fame. “A band ought to have a sound all of its own; it ought to have a personality,” he once stated. His formula consisted of a clarinet playing the melody, doubled by a tenor saxophone playing an octave lower and other saxes in harmonic support. Jazz historian Gunther Schuller wrote, “It is hard to think of anyone with a sound quite so unique.” The new orchestra played ballrooms and casinos throughout the East, including several that hosted national radio broadcasts. Live appearances routinely broke attendance records. In late 1939, Miller got his own thrice-weekly radio show. The band was in constant demand for recording sessions, as well as movies ( Sun Valley Serenade in 1941 and Orchestra Wives in 1942). Miller's first million-selling recording, his own composition, was “Moonlight Serenade” (1939). Other hits from the nation's most popular big band included “In the Mood,” “Sunrise Serenade,” “Tuxedo Junction,” and “Perfidia.” Miller was a perfectionist, more interested in mass acceptance than critical praise, and less concerned with how close his music came to a jazz ideal than with how well it connected with the listener. His hit songs define the swing era itself for many listeners, and they are among the best-loved songs of the period. Contributing to the success of the Miller band was tenor saxophonist-singer Tex Beneke, whose country-tinged vocals highlighted such numbers as “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo.” Also notable was Wilbur Schwartz, whose lead lines on the clarinet were noted for purity of tone. Bobby Hackett was known as a jazz cornetist, although his style was considered too mellow for Miller's brass section and he instead served as band guitarist; occasionally he got a cornet solo—his turn on “A String of Pearls” is perhaps the most celebrated instrumental solo on a Miller recording. Miller himself rarely played trombone solos (as on “Little Brown Jug”). Miller's reign at the top of the popular music charts came relatively late in his career, and he stunned the music world by disbanding his orchestra and enlisting in the army in the fall of 1942. As he wrote on August 12, attempting to persuade officials of his usefulness, he wanted to “put a little more spring into the feet of our marching men and a little more joy into their hearts” as well as to modernize the band. To that end, and to raise millions of dollars for the war effort, he spent Oct


The most immediate sea to the east of Drake Passage, south of South America, is what?

Southern Ocean, Antarctica, Drake Passage, Antarctic Peninsula, Underwater Photography, Stock Images, Screensavers, Screen Savers, Eco-Photo Explorers, EcoPhoto, Eco Photo Exploring the Southern Ocean The fourth largest ocean in the world Antarctica, the coldest, windiest, and driest continent at the   bottom of the world is surrounded by icy water on all sides. The   waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans swirl around this   land mass in a wind driven fury. These ocean waters are isolated   from a body of water known as the Southern Ocean by an oceanographic   phenomenon called the Antarctic Convergence. The Southern Ocean   extends from the coast of Antarctica north to 60 degrees south   latitude which coincides with the Antarctic Treaty Limit. The Southern Ocean is an important element of the biology of the   continent and of the climate. Indeed, this body of water affects the   meteorological patterns of the entire globe. Most visitors to Antarctica journey across a narrow stretch of   water separating South America and the Antarctic Peninsula known as   the Drake Passage. Others cross from points in Australia and South   Africa. Those who journey south will pass through the “roaring   forties” and then the “furious fifties”, colorful monikers for   longitudinal lines indicating the southern progress towards the ice   kingdom of Antarctica. After voyaging through the “screaming   sixties”, the continent becomes visible. These ominous terms come   from the sailors who have made these difficult journeys in the past.   The waters of this ocean are turbulent. Persistent westerly winds   generate strong swells and, sometimes, mountainous seas. Lucky   passengers experience relatively calm seas, when the passage is   known as the “Drake Lake”. Others pay “The Drake Tax” and experience   the “Drake Shake”. View the Current Wave Height and Direction (South Atlantic   Region) The Southern Ocean is the fourth largest ocean (after the Pacific   Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean, but larger than the Arctic   Ocean), with an area roughly 13.7 million square miles. Technically,   the Southern Ocean begins at the Antarctic Convergence and extends   to the coasts of the continent. The Antarctic Convergence is marked by a noticeable decline in   water temperatures. The change is sudden and can amount to a 3-5   degree Fahrenheit drop. The waters below the convergence differ in   temperature, density and salinity. The exact location of the   convergence varies slightly throughout the year. When crossing the   convergence there is little surface indication of the event…the   waters aren’t rougher and there is no obvious change in appearance.   Usually the engineers of the vessel will detect the temperature drop   and announce the crossing based on that observation. One important feature of the Southern Ocean is the Antarctic   Circumpolar Current. This is the world’s biggest ocean current,   flowing eastward at an astonishing rate of 153 million cubic meters   per second. This is roughly a thousand times the flow of the Amazon. Like all the Earth’s oceans, the Southern Ocean is made up of   separate water masses or layers. These masses flow in different   directions based on surface conditions (usually wind driven) and   gravitational forces. In the Southern Ocean there are two distinct   surface currents, pushed by strong prevailing winds in opposite   directions. Beneath the surface run counter currents generated by   the Earth’s rotation and gravitational forces. These sub-surface   currents carry cold, Antarctic waters northward and bring warm   subtropical waters southward to replace them. Between latitudes 50 and 60s, successive cyclonic storms produce   strong winds resulting in the West Wind Drift. This current moves   eastward at around 2.2 miles per hour. The northern boundary of this   current spreads northward with cold Antarctic water, mixing with   relatively warm sub-tropical waters. This mixing zone is t


"What is an epic poem from Ancient Iraq, originally titled ""He who Saw the Deep"" or ""Surpassing All Other Kings"", of which the most complete version exists on 12 clay tablets in the library collection of the 7th century BCE Assyrian king Ashurbanipal?"

Epic of Gilgamesh by Unknown - The 156th Greatest Fiction Book of All Time Sign In Epic of Gilgamesh by Unknown The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Iraq and is among the earliest known works of literary writings. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the mythological hero-king Gilgamesh, which were gathered into a longer Akkadian poem much later; the most complete version existing today is preserved on 12 clay tablets in the library collection of the 7th century BCE Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. It was originally titled He who Saw the Deep (Sha naqba īmuru) or Surpassing All Other Kings (Shūtur eli sharrī). Gilgamesh might have been a real ruler in the late Early Dynastic II period (ca. 27th century BCE). The essential story revolves around the relationship between Gilgamesh, who has become distracted and disheartened by his rule, and a friend, Enkidu, who is half-wild and who undertakes dangerous quests with Gilgamesh. Much of the epic focuses on Gilgamesh's thoughts of loss following Enkidu's death. It is about their becoming human together, and has a high emphasis on immortality. A large portion of the poem illustrates Gilgamesh's search for immortality after Enkidu's death.


"Who hosted the travel programmes ""Around the World in 80 Days"" (1989), ""Pole to Pole"" (1992), ""Full Circle"" (1997), and ""Hemingway Adventure"" (1999)?"

POLE TO POLE WITH MICHAEL PALIN Signed Hardback, Signed Books POLE TO POLE WITH MICHAEL PALIN Signed Hardback 1 In Stock Item description, condition report, payment options and related products below First UK edition, sixth print hardback of POLE TO POLE WITH MICHAEL PALIN, by Michael Palin.  Photographs by Basil Pao and published by BBC Books, London, in 1992. Signed and inscribed by Palin on the half title page. The book is in very good condition (clean blue boards and gilt lettering on spine which has only minor creasing to the spine edges) with light wear  to the slightly loose-fitting dust jacket, which is not price clipped (slight creasing to the edges). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there  are no tears and no other inscriptions. Starting in 1989, Palin appeared as presenter in a series of travel programmes made for the BBC. Following each trip, Palin wrote a book about  his travels, providing information and insights not included in the TV programme. Each book is illustrated with photographs by Basil Pao, the stills  photographer who was on the team. Michael Palin was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to  television in 2000. New Europe is published to accompany television series for the BBC, first broadcast on BBC One in 2007. The filming  was done in 2006 and early 2007 using high definition equipment. The result was made into seven one-hour programmes for BBC One. "If you thought there would never be another journey like Around the World in 80 days, you and Michael Palin's family have a lot in  common. However, less than 3 years after being shut out of the Reform Club, Palin was offered a journey that would be longer, harder, and more  dangerous. He was immediately hooked. The result is Pole to Pole, the second of Michael Palin's Great 20th Century Adventures. Setting  out to travel from one end of the earth to the other, following the 30 degree east line of longitude, Palin and his team, using aircraft only as a last  resort, endured extremes of heat and cold as they crossed 17 countries on trains, trucks, ships, rafts, ski-doos, buses, barges, bicycles and  balloons. Arriving in Ethiopia at the end of a 30-year civil war, Zambia on the day of Kenneth Kaunda's downfall and witnessing the end of apartheid in  South Africa and Communism in the USSR, they saw history in the making and made history as well. Palin became the first British television presenter to throw himself, literally, into a Russian kissing dance in Novgorod, a mud bath in Odessa,  white-water rapids on the Zambesi and a squash game at 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Khartoum. He became the first, but surely not the last  Sheffield Wednesday supporter to consult a witch doctor, the only member of the Monty Ptyhon team to try and buy a camel, the first in his street  to pan, successfully, for gold, and the only man with a cat called Albert to have stood on both Poles. Lavishly illustrated with photographs by Basil Pao - Michael's friend and fellow traveller on Around the World in 80 days - Pole to  Pole is Michael Palin's own record of the pain and pleasure of an extraordinary journey. If you have an insatiable love of travel, an  overdeveloped sense of humour or just enjoy reading about someone else's misfortunes, then this book is for you." Michael Palin’s comic reputation was established by the ever-popular Monty Python’s Flying Circus. He has written and performed in  numerous successful films and television series, including The Missionary, A Private Function, an award-winning performance as the  hapless Ken in A Fish Called Wanda, and more recently American Friends and GBH. Michael’s globe-trotting exploits include  travelling from London to the Kyle of Lochalsh and from Derry to Kerry for the two BBC Great Railway Journeys series, and following in the  footsteps of Phileas Fogg for Around the World in 80 Days. In addition to the best-selling Around the World in 80 Days, he has  written many books, notably Ripping Yarns with Terry Jones and a number of children’


Where is a proscenium arch usually found?

proscenium | theatre | Britannica.com Proscenium Proscenium, in theatre , the frame or arch separating the stage from the auditorium , through which the action of a play is viewed. The theatre of the Auditorium Building, Chicago, by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan (1889), a … Elliott Erwitt/Magnum In the ancient Greek theatre, the proscenium (Greek: proskēnion) originally referred to a row of colonnades, supporting a raised acting platform (logeion), and afterward to the entire acting area. A proscenium in the modern sense was first installed in a permanent theatre in 1618–19 at the Farnese Theatre built in Parma , Italy. It had been introduced as a temporary structure at the Italian court about 50 years earlier. Although this arch did contain a stage curtain, its main purpose was to provide atmosphere and a sense of spectacle, and scene changes were still carried out in view of the audience. It was not until the 18th century that the stage curtain was commonly used as a means of hiding scene changes. The proscenium’s structure was first expanded by Squire Bancroft and his wife, Marie Bancroft , to enclose the lower side of the stage at London’s Haymarket Theatre in 1880, creating a “picture frame” or an imaginary fourth wall through which the audience experienced the illusion of spying on characters behaving exactly as if they were unobserved. With the advent of electricity, the illusion was further enhanced by controlled lighting, which made it possible to darken the auditorium where the audience was seated and create the illusion for the spectator that he was not in a theatre. prosimian - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) Any of a diverse group of primates with primitive characteristics that are believed to have descended directly from some of the earliest primates are known as prosimian. The order Primates is divided into two suborders: the Strepsirrhini, which consists of the prosimians, and the Haplorrhini, which contains the so-called higher primates-monkeys, apes, and humans, as well as the tarsiers. (The tarsiers were formerly classified as prosimians but are now classified with the higher primates.) The Strepsirrhines are further divided into the infraorders Lemuriformes, which includes the lemurs, sifakas, avahis, indris, and aye-ayes; and Lorisiformes, which includes the lorises, galagos, and pottos. Article History


"In 1985, Barbara Dickson released ""I Know Him So Well"" from the musical Chess, which remains the biggest-selling record by a female duo, with what other singer?"

Elaine Paige - Music on Google Play Elaine Paige About the artist Elaine Paige OBE is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut. Following a number of roles over the next decade, 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, Paige released "I Know Him So Well" with Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess, which remains the biggest-selling record by a female duo. She then appeared in the original stage production of Chess, followed by a starring role in Anything Goes which she also co-produced. Paige made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard in 1996, playing the lead role of Norma Desmond, to critical acclaim.


Who was the first soccer player to win 100 caps for England?

100 caps: England's centurions | Football | The Guardian 100 caps: England's centurions Wednesday 26 March 2008 20.05 EDT First published on Wednesday 26 March 2008 20.05 EDT This article is 8 years old Billy Wright 105 caps v Scotland, April 11 1959 England 1 Scotland 0 (Wembley Stadium) The first player to reach the milestone did so in in a Home Championship match against Scotland. Wright's defensive qualities were not severely tested in a game England dominated and would have won by more but for some inspired goalkeeping from Bill Brown. Fittingly the winner came from Bobby Charlton, the next England player to join the 100 club. At the end Wright was given a standing ovation and carried off the pitch by his team-mates Bobby Charlton 106 caps v Northern Ireland, April 21 1970 England 3 N Ireland 1 (Wembley Stadium) The Manchester United player was given the honour of captaining England before a full house of 100,000 and he capped a typically imperious midfield display with a goal, sliding in to beat Pat Jennings at the far post. His United team-mate George Best scored a fine individual goal for the visitors but Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst ensured an England victory as they prepared to go to Mexico to defend the Jules Rimet trophy Bobby Moore 108 caps v Scotland, February 14 1973 Scotland 0 England 5 (Hampden Park) England's World Cup-winning captain enjoyed one of the easiest nights of his international career in this friendly at the start of a year that turned sour for him against Poland in Chorzow that June. Moore, Martin Peters and Alan Ball were the only survivors from the boys of '66 but it was the new guard who did the damage in this Valentine's Day mauling with Allan Clarke (2), Martin Chivers, Mick Channon and an own-goal making up the goal total Peter Shilton 125 caps v Holland, June 15 1988 England 1 Holland 3 (Rheinstadion) This turned out to be an afternoon to forget for Shilton although he bore little responsibility for the Marco van Basten hat-trick that sent England crashing out of the 1988 European Championship in their second group game after they had lost their opening match to the Republic of Ireland. England's manager, Bobby Robson, dropped Shilton for the final group game but the goalkeeper remained No1 and played a key role in the 1990 World Cup in Italy


"What fully-fledged fictional language, which has a number of typologically uncommon features, was deliberately designed to be ""non-human"" by Marc Okrand?"

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"What in the UK is referred to as ""grilling"" is called what in the USA?"

Grilling vs Broiling- Difference? New Posts   All Forums:Forum Nav: Grilling vs Broiling- Difference? Select All Posts By This User ...or is it the same thing in different countries just under a different name? This frustrates me with a lot of recipes, where I'm reading it from a different location as to where I am. Does it mean cooking under high direct heat? Does it mean grilling on a gas bbq? Does it mean grilling over coals? It really makes for a sticking point sometimes with a recipe, but I always assume the first option. Local language is such a blessing! What I assume is broiling is grilling, the language differences get a wee bit frustrating at times. K rant over....anyone who wants to chime in please do :) Thank you for listening....I shall go take a deep breath now :D P.S. does anyone one else find it confusing?  Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. Select All Posts By This User While grilling and broiling are two different things, one can be a perfectly acceptable substitute for the other. Grilling is typically done over gas or charcoal and the heat comes from the bottom. Because charcoal and most good quality gas grills get hotter than most home broilers, grilling provides better searing. You also get those wonderful grill marks only achievable by placing the food on to something hot. With broiling, the heat is generally a bit cooler and comes from above so no grill marks and less searing. I have grilled dishes that called for broiling (e.g. salmon) and vice versa with no ill effectss. The only difference is the time it takes to cook, and the added smokiness that comes from using charcoal. With regard to temperature, well, that depends on the recipe. My broiler has both a high and a low setting and I have used both. Further, you can grill over direct high heat or indirect low heat. A good recipe will provide specific instruction, but for grilling, the general rule of thumb is...if it will cook in less than 20 minutes use direct high heat, and if more than 20 minutes indirect lower heat. I guess my point is that grilling is a method unto itself. Weber publishes a couple of great cookbooks on grilling. If you can find one and experiment a bit it all makes sense pretty quickly. Select All Posts By This User Oldschool is absolutely correct. From a technical standpoint, broiling is to cook with a high-heat source over the food; grilling is to do the same with the heat source from the bottom. About 99% of the time you can use the two techniques interchangeably. There are nuances, of course, as others have mentioned. But the only time they are not interchangeable is when you are melting or browning something under the broiler. For instance, you might have a dish that is almost complete, but which you then sprinkle with cheese which gets melted under the broiler. That's hard to do on a grill. :) True, you can close the cover on a grill and the cheese will melt. But the finished texture isn't quite the same. They have taken the oath of the brother in blood, in leavened bread and salt. Rudyard Kipling Select All Posts By This User Thank you all for chiming in, the input is much appreciated :) So, we grill our bottoms, broil our tops (sounds like an English tourist on holiday in Mallorca) hehe just kidding UK friends. You would grill a tomahto, and broil a tomayto. Welsh rarebits - these go under a broiler, but in Wales they would go under a griller. What the heck is the thing George Foreman endorses really then - maybe a double sided griller? I understand better now for the benefit of reading recipes from elsewhere. Generally here its all called grilling. You just gotta specify the equipment. As in courtroom - a lawyer grills a witness. Grill under high heat until done :) I've always wondered at the naming of a Salamander in kitchens - found a website that sheds some light... "Salamanders are generally amphibians – those animals who are inhabitants of both the water and the land. Generally speaking, a salamander belongs to a group that is somewhere in between the species of fish and reptiles. This g


Which was the first of these Disney films to be released?

18 Disney Movies That Were Never Made | Mental Floss 18 Disney Movies That Were Never Made The FW Like us on Facebook In an alternate universe, instead of being utterly obsessed with Tangled and The Jungle Book, my daughter would be repeatedly watching Louis the Bear and Reynard. Here are the stories behind those two movies and 16 more that didn't quite make the cut. If some of them sound intriguing, well, there’s still hope. Other Disney projects that were eventually pulled out of development hell include Wreck-It Ralph (originally Joe Jump) and Frozen, an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. 1. Louis the Bear For those of us who adored Louis Prima’s role as King Louie in The Jungle Book, here’s something to be sad about: Disney had a whole film planned that would feature Prima’s distinctive voice. Louis would have provided the voice of a bear (pictured above) who escaped from a zoo, aided by a couple of mice. If this sounds familiar, it’s because the concept was later turned into The Rescuers in the years after Walt Disney died and Prima was diagnosed with a brain tumor. 2. Army Ants In 1988, Disney was considering a movie called Army Ants, the tale of a pacifist worker ant stuck in a militarized colony. 3. Toots and the Upside Down House Henry Selick directed James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas, so you can see why he’d be interested in directing a stop-motion picture based on the Carol Hughes book Toots and the Upside Down House. Steven Soderbergh would provide the script. Then-Disney-owned Miramax ended up pulling the plug early on in the project. 4. Chanticleer DejaView Based on a tale by Edmond Rostand, author of Cyrano de Bergerac, Chanticleer was to be a barnyard tale about how a rooster with a strange name thought his crow caused the sun to rise. Fans of Rock-A-Doodle (you’re out there, right?) recognize this as part of the 1991 movie directed by Don Bluth, who not-so-coincidentally was working for Disney at the time one of the Chanticleer revivals was being discussed. 5. Reynard There is, perhaps unknown to many of us, an old folk tale about a rascally fox named Reynard. Walt Disney considered making a movie about Reynard since at least 1937, but never could quite come to the terms with the fox’s ugly deeds. Unlike other harmless Disney scoundrels, the victims of Reynard’s pranks often perished. It was more than a little off-brand for Disney, but he kept trying to figure out how to make it work for nearly 40 years. At one point, they even considered merging the tales of Chanticleer and Reynard into one movie. Eventually, the sly fox was used as the inspiration for the title character in Robin Hood. 6. Where the Wild Things Are In 1983, John Lasseter directed a 30-second film test of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, which Disney then owned the rights to. Universal acquired the rights in 2001, but you can still see part of the John Lasseter test and imagine what could have been: 7. Sonja Henie Fantasy This proposal was possibly intended to be a short, part of a longer film with many little moving parts to it. The concept got far enough that the Olympic champ-turned-actress was featured in some early drawings with a polar bear. Though the movie was never made, an animated Sonja did make an appearance in a 1939 Disney short called “The Autograph Hound” (see 4:25): 8. Uncle Stiltskin Remember the cartoon Teacher’s Pet? The husband and wife team behind it, Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, sold Uncle Stiltskin to Disney back in 2003. In it, Uncle Stiltskin tries to get a child by spinning straw into gold. It doesn’t work, and he ends up getting a feral orphan girl who was raised by wolves instead. (You can’t make this up, people.) It was in the works around the same time as The Princess and the Frog and Tangled, so what happened to it is anyone’s guess. 9. Newt BleedingCool In 2008, Disney/Pixar publicly announced Newt, a film about “what happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species.


Around the upper Coppename River a nature reserve in what South American country has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unspoiled forests and biodiversity?

Suriname travel guide - Wikitravel Understand[ edit ] IMPORTANT: at the moment (05/2016) Suriname has a problem with Inflation. Bring USD or EUR to change on the street for better rates! Most of the ATM's only accept Mastercard. VISA only works on Republic bank ATM. These once are rare. Climate[ edit ] Tropical; moderated by trade winds; yearly rain average 2200 mm. There are 2 dry seasons (February to March, August to November) and 2 rainy seasons (December to January, April to August). November is the generally the hottest month. Terrain[ edit ] Mostly rolling hills, rising towards maximum of around 1000 meters in the south; narrow coastal plain with mangrove swamps. Mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that is in excellent condition, though is increasingly threatened by new development. Elevation extremes History[ edit ] Independence from the Netherlands was granted in 1975. Five years later the civilian government was replaced by a military regime that soon declared a socialist republic. It continued to rule through a succession of nominally civilian administrations until 1987, when internal and international pressure finally forced a democratic election. In 1989, the military overthrew the civilian government, but a democratically-elected government returned to power in 1991. Get in[ edit ] If you want to visit Suriname and you are not a citizen of one of the following countries, you have to ensure that your visa papers are in order. If you want to apply for a visa please contact one of the Suriname Consulates listed in Contact. Citizens of the following countries do not need a visa to enter Suriname: Antigua and Barbuda , Bahamas , Barbados , Belize , Brazil , Chile , Costa Rica (for holders of diplomatic and official passports only), Colombia (for holders of diplomatic and official passports only), Cuba (for holders of diplomatic and official passports only), Dominica , Philippines , Gambia , Guyana , Grenada , Hong Kong , Israel , Jamaica , Japan , Malaysia , Montserrat , Netherlands Antilles , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Singapore , South Korea , Trinidad and Tobago , Venezuela (for holders of diplomatic and official passports only). Note that in most cases you will receive a single-entrance visa. So you only will be able to enter Suriname one time with that visa. In most cases this is no issue, but it can become an issue if you want to combine your trip to Suriname with a visit to for instance Guyana or French-Guiana. As of december 2010 single entry was 45USD and multiple entry 50USD in Georgetown for EU citizens. When you arrive in Suriname it is important that you inform the authorities where you are staying. Therefore you must go to the foreigners registration office in the 'Nieuwe Haven' within a week after your arrival. The customs-official will remind you of this. New rules april 2015. All Europen union countries can get the tourist card on arrival . As of November 2011 citizens of the following countries can obtain a single entry 90 day tourist card for $25USD or €20 (cash) at The Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, at Schiphol Amsterdam airport (two hours before scheduled flights to Paramaribo) and at embassies of Surinam in Georgetown (Guyana) and Cayenne (French Guyana): Netherlands , Belgium , Bolivia , Canada , Chile , France , Germany , Norway , Paraguay , Peru , United States of America , United Kingdom , Uruguay , Venezuela . See The Suriname Embassy in The Hague [1] for more details. By plane[ edit ] Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport[ edit ] ( IATA : PBM, ICAO : SMJP) Formerly called Zanderij International Airport, it is located 45km south of Paramaribo. From Amsterdam you can get the daily KLM flight. Surinam Airways [2] also offers flights from Amsterdam and various caribbean destinations. From the United States, airline service is available via Surinam Airways and Caribbean Airlines [3] , with a stopover in Trinidad. Besides the daily connection to the Netherlands , there are weekly direct flights to Surina


Peter Bogdanovich is well known for which activity?

Guardian / NFT interview: Peter Bogdanovich | Film | The Guardian Share on Messenger Close Clive James: Peter Bogdanovich , ladies and gentlemen. And I'm not... I'm Clive James, and fans of the Sopranos will know that I'm sitting in Peter's seat and he's sitting in Lorraine Bracco's. Because when they talk to each other in the Sopranos, that's the arrangement, isn't it? Peter Bogdanovich: That's right, but I'm perfectly happy here. CJ: Well, when Peter's last big book came out, the one before this one which is called Who the Hell's in It?, and it's tremendously available this evening. The previous book was called Who the Devil Made It?, which is equally tasty and I recommend them both hugely. When that book came out, I reviewed it for the New Yorker and I had the pleasure of saying about Peter Bogdanovich that he didn't really need a career because he has a destiny. And I wasn't trying to flatter him, although of course I was. I think he's a director of that stature - we think of him as something quite out of the ordinary in the American context. We think of him more like a European director. In fact he even sounds like one - Peter Bogdanovich is a European name, whereas, say, Spike Jonze isn't. But we won't go into that. But the important thing for me to say about him, speaking as a writer, is that if Peter had never made a film, he would still be one of the most important writers about film that we know of. I also think, of course, that one of the things that makes him an important writer about film is that he knows a lot about making movies - it actually does help. But he writes delightfully about the movies and he's doing it again with this new book. Who the Devil Made It? was about the directors, and Who the Hell's in It? is about the actors. At the risk of over-simplifying his main thesis, I would say that it's something like this - that in the old days, up to the end of the studio system, roughly in the 60s, the big stars played essentially themselves, whatever they did, and that since then, that has not been true. Is that a fair summary? So that the old conception of the star is gone? PB: Yes, the whole thing has changed because in the old days, the idea was that there was a certain personality that the actor had, and that personality was consistent up to a point, and you could write for that. And so the studios basically were in the business of making the most of their stars. All the directors, writers and actors were under contract - so the whole idea was to make the most of the stars. The stars had a certain personality which the audience was attracted to, and that was maximised by the writing and the directing. So, the whole idea that they, so to speak, played themselves, is and isn't true. First of all, that tends to have a kind of pejorative quality, when people say, "Well, he's just playing himself". But the truth is, good acting is about finding the character in yourself, not about pretending to be somebody else. My old teacher Stella Adler, who also taught Brando, said, "Of course you play yourself, darling, who else can you play?" But you find the character in yourself. Now Brando is very much to the point here, because Brando kind of became a star in the last full decade of the golden age, and was one of the only stars who refused to be typed - he wanted to be different from picture to picture, and did. And actors have wanted to be like Brando ever since. So that happened at the same time that the studio system fell apart. So today, you have very, very good and versatile actors who don't want to be typed and who are different from picture to picture. And there's no star system, there's no studio to back up the stars, so it really doesn't exist anymore. Occasionally you get a star like Clint Eastwood or Hugh Grant, who essentially has a certain persona that the audience likes and plays that, but there's no system that backs it up. CJ: You do say in the book that it took even Cary Grant a while to become Cary Grant - he had to find that persona. PB: It was interesting. He made 28 pictures before he found


Who, in 1983, was named the top-selling author in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records?

Barbara Cartland Barbara Cartland Sitemap Barbara Cartland book Dame (Mary) Barbara Hamilton Cartland, DBE, CStJ (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000), was an English author, one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century. As Barbara Cartland she is known for her numerous romantic novels, but she also wrote under her married name Barbara McCorquodale. She also became one of London's most prominent society figures and one of Britain's most popular media personalities, appearing often at public events and on television, dressed in her trademark pink and discoursing on love, health, and social and political issues. She is widely regarded as having originated the phrase: "I'm bringing sexy back", as popularised by singer Justin Timberlake. Barbara Cartland is the sixth most translated writer Worldwide , and the third best selling, only William Shakespeare, and Agatha Christie have outsold her. After a year as a gossip columnist for the Daily Express, Cartland published her first novel, Jigsaw (1923), a risqué society thriller that became a bestseller. She also began writing and producing somewhat racy plays, one of which, Blood Money (1926), was banned by the Lord Chamberlain's Office. In the 1920s and 1930s Cartland was a prominent young hostess in London society, noted for her beauty, energetic charm and daring parties. Her fashion sense also had a part and she was one of the first clients of designer Norman Hartnell, remaining a client until he died in 1979. He made her presentation and wedding dresses; the latter was made to her own design against Hartnell's wishes and she admitted it was a failure. Cartland's image as a self-appointed 'expert' on romance drew some ridicule in her later years, when her social views became more conservative. Indeed, although her first novels were considered sensational, Cartland's later (and arguably most popular) titles were comparatively tame with virginal heroines and few, if any, suggestive situations. Almost all of Cartland's later books were historical in theme, which allowed for the believability of chastity (at least, to many of her audience). Despite their tame story lines, Barbara Cartland's later novels were highly successful. By 1983 she rated the longest entry in the British Who's Who (though most of that article was a list of her books), and was named the top-selling author in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records. In the mid-1990s, by which time she had sold over a billion books, Vogue magazine called her "the true Queen of Romance". She became a mainstay of the popular media in her trademark pink dresses and plumed hats, discoursing on matters of love, marriage, politics, religion, health, and fashion. She was publicly opposed to the removal of prayer from state schools and spoke against infidelity and divorce, although she admitted to being acquainted with both of these moral failings. In 1983 Cartland wrote 23 novels, and holds the Guiness World Record for the most novels written in a single year.


The 2002 FIFA World Cup was held in two countries simultaneously, the first time, being South Korea and which other?

The 2002 FIFA World Cup and its Impact on Korea's Economy - :: KOREA FOCUS :: The 2002 FIFA World Cup and its Impact on Korea's Economy Roh Keesung Senior Research Fellow Korea Development Institute South Korea and Japan will co-host the 2002 FIFA World Cup Finals from May 31 to June 30. The Korean economy for the last several years has experienced serious difficulty as a result of the financial crisis in 1997-98. However, of late the Korean economy has been making a steady recovery with its stock market indices and leading economic indicators trending upward. It is projected that the 2002 FIFA World Cup will provide an impetus for a sharp rebound and for further expansion of the Korean economy. The World Cup contributes to a nation's development by creating tangible as well as intangible added value, while also helping to promote national unity. Of note, these contributions are likely to be considerably more significant than might be anticipated. First and foremost, through the World Cup Finals, which generates greater media coverage than any other international sporting event, Korea and its industries can enhance their image throughout the world by fully taking advantage of this opportunity to maximize their global exposure. The FIFA World Cup Finals surpasses any other sporting event, including the Olympics, in terms of the attention it attracts. The F럅럕ation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) boasts 198 member countries, while the World Cup competition lasts for an entire month, or twice as long as the Olympic Games. As for its television audience, the World Cup far exceeds the Olympics; the aggregate viewing audience for the 1994 World Cup was estimated at 32 billion compared to the 19.6 billion who tuned in to watch the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. In addition, the hosting of the FIFA World Cup Finals will provide an ideal opportunity for Korea to diversify its diplomatic initiatives by enhancing understanding and cooperation with Central and South American countries as well as Europe and Japan. This event will also enable Korea to expand the scope of its personnel exchanges in such areas as international politics, diplomacy and sports. The economic impact of co-hosting the World Cup is no less significant than if it were hosted by a single country. It is estimated that the construction of football stadiums and support facilities, lodging accommodations in Korea alone, will require an investment of some 3.6 trillion won and create 220,000 new jobs. Preparations for the opening ceremony and the actual matches will require an additional 400 billion won. The number of tourists who will visit Korea during the World Cup Finals is forecast at about 316,000. These tourists are expected to generate some 1.7 trillion won of economic activity, supporting 130,000 new jobs. In addition, the World Cup will help boost exports from Korea's provinces as a result of the country's enhanced international image. It is expected that this image enhancement will have a positive long-term impact on Korean exports. The biggest beneficiaries of this event will include construction, tourism, service, sports, and related industry sectors. Regional economies will also reap significant benefits, as most of the matches will be played in the provinces. Furthermore, from a social perspective, the World Cup will contribute much to promoting national unity. The impact of the World Cup on national unity, as demonstrated in the 1998 World Cup in France, though difficult to quantify can be truly immense, as evidenced by the French people's all-out support and their bolstered national morale and confidence. In addition, since World Cup matches will be held in stadiums located in the provinces, it will serve as a catalyst for regional development, reinforce the capability of autonomous regional governments, and strengthen regional understanding of globalization. The World Cup will also contribute to an expansion of cultural and sports exchanges. It will present another invaluable opportunity for Korea to effectively introduce Korean culture to


"Complete the title of this James Bond film: ""You Only Live ... """

You Only Live Twice (1967) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ) Approved | Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Harold Jack Bloom (additional story material), Roald Dahl (screenplay) Stars: From $10.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 23 titles created 05 Mar 2013 a list of 24 images created 25 Jul 2014 a list of 23 titles created 10 Dec 2014 a list of 26 titles created 29 Dec 2015 a list of 26 titles created 3 months ago Title: You Only Live Twice (1967) 6.9/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     BAFTA Film Award. Another    1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards  » Videos James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. Director: Terence Young Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Director: Guy Hamilton 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program. Director: Terence Young James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Director: John Glen James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen Edit Storyline When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however, suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft, as James Bond discovers, but its motives are far from clear, and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war. Written by Graeme Roy <gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk> You Only Live Twice...and "TWICE" is the only way to live! See more  » Genres: 13 June 1967 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The primary reason for converting the Toyota 2000GT coupes into convertibles was Sean Connery 's height; he was simply too tall to fit into the GT which was notoriously too small for anyone over 5'8". Connery's heigh


"Where would a customer find ""silver service""?"

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Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), revered as a great poet, also wrote which play or drama?

The My Hero Project - Alexander Pushkin ALEXANDER PUSHKIN by Jerrilyn Jacobs Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837) Alexander Pushkin (Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin) is known as Russia's greatest poet. During a time when most great literature was being written in French and English, Pushkin revolutionized Russian literature with narrative poems, love poems, political poems, short stories, novels, plays, histories, and fairy tales. Pushkin's skeptical mind and sense of irony helped him capture what it means to be Russian, winning the hearts of his countrymen. His writing style has distinctive rhythmic patterns that are nearly impossible to translate, so non-Russian speakers have not always been able to appreciate the true power and beauty of his work. Alexander Pushkin was born [June 6th], 1799 in Moscow, Russia. His nobleman father was active in politics, following a 600-year tradition in that family.  His great-grandfather on his mother's side, Abraham Petrovich Hannibal, was the son of an African prince in Eritrea, North Africa. He had been kidnapped as a child and brought to Turkey as a slave. Peter the Great selected him for his intelligence and brought him to Russia, where Hannibal became the czar's personal valet. Pushkin was proud of his noble heritage. He was educated at home, mostly by nannies, and later at a school for the privileged children of the nobility. At school he didnï¿½t care for any subjects except French and Russian Literature. He began writing poetry when he was very young and had his first poem published when he was 14. One of several postage stamps honoring Pushkin As a nobleman in the early 1800's, Pushkin led a reckless and generally nonproductive life, typical of noblemen, while on the staff of the ministry of foreign affairs. Because his salary was small and his family wouldn't support him, Pushkin turned to poetry as a way of making money, becoming Russia's first professional poet. Worse than the lack of money was his lack of freedom. Russians at this time lived at the mercy of a despotic state, and Pushkin used his writing as a way of expressing the agony and suppression of the Russian people. He wrote about 130 poems between 1814 and 1817, which got him in trouble for being outspoken in their political views. His first narrative poem, Ruslan and Lyudmila, is a fantasytic adventure told with humor and irony. Before it could be published the Czar, Alexander I, exiled Pushkin to the south of Russia because of the political ideas in his 1820 poem "Ode to Liberty." Later Pushkin was fired and exiled to his family home. Here he listened to his old nurse, Arina Rodionovna, tell him folk tales from the peasantry. When Alexanderï¿½s brother, Nicholas I, came to power in 1825, he invited Pushkin back to the capital, gave him a government post. However, Nicholas acted as his personal censor, making sure that Pushkin didn't publish anything that would hurt the government. They opened his mail, had spies follow him, and cut out whole stanzas from Pushkin's manuscripts. In the fall of 1830 Pushkin left the capital to visit a small estate his father had left him. It was there, free from the pressures of life in the city, that Pushkin did some of his best writing. including finishing "Eugene Onegin," his most famous narrative poem. After 1830 he wrote less poetry and began to focus on the short story. Pushkin's stories unfold quickly and with straightforward narration. The short story "The Queen of Spades," written in 1834, is a narrative masterpiece. Many of Pushkin's works provide the basis for other works, including the operas "Boris Godunov" by Mussorgsky, "Eugene Onegin" and the film "Amadeus" based on Pushkin's play "Mozart and Salieri." When he was almost 30 years old, Pushkin married Nathalie Goncharova, on January 19, 1831. They had three children, but were not a happy couple. She was very beautiful and a favorite at court, and encouraged the attention of other men. Pushkin frequently thought himself dishonored and was a compulsive duelist. Pushkin was wounded in a duel and died on January


Table Mountain in South Africa overlooks which city?

Table Mountain | mountain, South Africa | Britannica.com Table Mountain Mount Elgon Table Mountain, Afrikaans Tafelberg , flat-topped mountain in southwestern South Africa , overlooking Cape Town and Table Bay and dominating the northern end of the high, rocky Cape Peninsula. Its tabular shape results from nearly horizontal layers of sandstone exposed by vigorous wind and water erosion. The distinctive-looking mountain is one of Cape Town’s most recognized landmarks and is a popular tourist attraction that offers hiking, camping, and other activities. Table Mountain overlooking Cape Town and Table Bay, Western Cape province, South Africa. Charles O’Rear/Corbis Table Mountain’s stark, scarred, 2-mile- (3-km-) long northern face contrasts with the fertile summit plateau broken by small valleys and streams. Two subsidiary peaks are detached from the main mountain: Lion’s Head (2,195 feet [669 metres]) to the northwest, declining northward to Signal Hill (Lion’s Rump); and Devil’s Peak (3,281 feet; formerly Windberg, or Windy Mountain) to the northeast. To the west, along the Atlantic coast, Table Mountain is framed by a series of peaks referred to as the Twelve Apostles. Table Mountain has its own cloud cover (the Tablecloth), forming rapidly when the wind is in the southeast and mainly responsible for the lush plateau vegetation. Five mountain reservoirs catch the rainfall brought by northwesterly winds in winter (ranging annually from 60 inches [1,525 mm] at the summit to 22 inches at the base). Abundant vegetation includes disa orchids, 250 species of daisies, and silver trees; animal life includes tahrs (Himalayan goats) that are descended from escapees of a local zoo. There are a cableway (built 1929) and more than 350 classified routes to the top. The highest point is Maclear’s Beacon (3,563 feet), which is named for a stone-cairn trigonometrical beacon placed on the northeastern face by Sir Thomas Maclear in the 19th century. Learn More in these related articles: in Cape Town


What is a species in the legume family, native to North and South America, an annual herbaceous plant growing 30 to 50 cm (1 to 1 1/2 feet) tall?

United States of America; Country Pasture/Forage Resources Profiles 1. INTRODUCTION Authors: David B. Hannaway, Peter J. Ballerstedt, Henry A. Fribourg, and Rex D. Pieper The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the US, the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific (see Figure 1.1). The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific ( Wikipedia ). The 48 contiguous states lie between about latitudes 24–49oN and longitudes 67–125oW. The population estimate for July 2011 was 313 232 044 with a growth rate of 0.963% ( World Factbook ). The largest city is New York – Newark with a population of 19.3 M; other major cities are Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Washington DC. With an area of 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) the USA has land boundaries with Canada of 8 893 km (including 2 477 km with Alaska), and with Mexico of 3 141 km. In terms of total area, the USA is third in the world in size behind Russia and Canada with China fourth. Figure 1.1. Map of the United States of America (USA). Source: World Factbook [Click to enlarge this and all figures] Preamble The Great Plains (or Prairie in Canada) rightly comes to mind when one thinks of North American grasslands. The term “grassland” is all-inclusive and refers to any vegetated land that is grazed or has the potential to be grazed by domestic or wild animals; it includes many different kinds of grazing lands, as opposed to croplands or forestlands. It includes pasturelands, rangelands, meadows, and grazable other lands, whether temporary, permanent, natural or created by humans (Allen et al., 2011). The rich grassland resources of the US, however, include far more than the vast Great Plains. Temperate grassland, savanna, and shrubland biomes exist across the continent; their distribution and the degrees to which they were anthropogenically managed, are demonstrated by the observations that bison (Bison bison), the quintessential animal of the Great Plains, once roamed along the east coast from New York to Georgia (Mann, 2006) on west to the Rocky Mountains and that elk (Cervus canadensis), now largely confined to the Rocky Mountain region, have been observed in every continental state except Florida (Manning, 1997). The popular impression of North America as a “wilderness” and the Great Plains as devoid of trees is not accurate, but rather reflects a lack of understanding of pre-Columbian North American conditions and practices (Mann, 2006), European farming mindset typical of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Manning, 1997), and a modern environmentalist ethic (Mann, 2006). “The post-Columbian abundance of bison”, was largely due to “Eurasian diseases that decreased [Indian] hunting”, according to Geist (1998). The huge herds of bison that were described by early European settlers were a symptom of the destruction of the human-animal-environment system that the Native Americans had operated for centuries before European contact, rather than an example of the “natural”, undisturbed grassland/wildlife system.Thus, the massive, thundering herds were pathological, something that the land had not seen before and was unlikely to see again (Mann, 2006). The grasslands of imagination have, for the most part, disappeared (USGS, 2006). They have been displaced by agricultural and urban development. The majority of the economically important grassland species now present are not native to the US. This displacement began, by accident, with the initial European contact. Evidence of how early this process began and how rapidly i


Which Shakespearean play is the basis for films directed by Orson Welles in 1948, Roman Polanski (1971), Geoffrey Wright (2006), Akira Kurosawa (1958), Billy Morrissette (2001), and Vishal Bharadwaj (2004)?

Reel Witches The Devil’s Castle (Le manoir du diable, France, 1896) Faust et Marguerite (France, 1897). Directed by Georges Melies. Black Art (Magie diabolique, France, 1898). Directed by Georges Melies. Black Magic (Le Magicien, France, 1898). Directed by Georges Melies. Damnation of Faust (La Damnation de Faust,  France, 1898). Directed by Georges Melies. Caglisostro's Mirror (Le Miroir de Cagliostro, France, 1899). Directed by Georges Melies. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, France, 1899), with Bleutte Bernon, Georges Melies, Jeanne d'Alcy. Directed by Georges Melies. The Philosopher's Stone (La Pierre philosophale, France, 1899). Directed by Georges Melies. The Wizard, the Prince, and the Good Fairy (Le Sorcier, le prince et le bon génie, France, 1900). Directed by Geogres Melies. Alcofrisbas, the Master Magician (L'Enchanteur Alcofrisbas, France, 1903), with Jeanne d'Alcy, Georges Melies. Directed by Geogres Melies. The Enchanted Well (Le Puits fantastique, France, 1903). Directed by Georges Melies. The Fairyland (Le Royaume des fées, France, 1903), with Bleuette Bernon, Georges Melies. Directed by Geoges Melies.  Jack the Giant Killer may be a remake of this. Faust in Hell (Faust aux enfers, France, 1903). Directed by Georges Melies. The Necromancer (US, 1903). Cast and director unknown. The Witch's Revenge (Le Sorcier, 1903). Directed by Georges Melies. The Bewitched Trunk (Coffre enchanté, Le, France,  1904). Directed by Georges Melies. Culinary Sorcery (Sorcellerie culinaire, France, 1904). Directed by Georges Melies. Tchin-Chao: The Chinese Conjurer (Le Thaumaturge chinois, France, 1904). Directed by Georges Melies. Bedelia and the Witch (1905).  Cast, director and country of origin unknown. The Last Witch (La Derniere sorciere, France, 1906).  Directed by Segundo de Chomón. The Village Witch (La Jeteuse de sorts, France, 1906).  Cast and director unkown. The Witch (La Fée Carabosse ou le poignard fatal, France, 1906). Directed by Georges Melies. The Witch Kiss (Le Baiser de la sorcière , France, 1907). Directed by Segundo de Chomón. The Indian Sorcerer (Le Fakir de Singapoure, France, 1908). Directed by Georges Melies. Macbeth (US, 1908), with William V. Ranous, Paul Prazner, Charles Kent, Louise Carver. Directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Oriental Black Art (France, 1908). Directed by Georges Melies. She (US, 1908), with Florence Auer, William V. Ranous.  Directed by Edwin S. Porter. The Tempest (UK, 1908). Directed by Percy Stow. The Witch (US, 1908).  Directed by Van Dyke Brooke. Macbeth (France, 1909), with Paul Mounet, Jeanne Delvair. Directed by Andre Calmettes. Macbeth (Italy, 1909), with Dante Cappelli, Maria Caserini, Amleto Paolormi, Ettore Pesci. Directed Mario Caserini. The Witch and the Bicyclist (Heksen og cyklisten, Denmakr, 1909).  Directed by Viggo Larsen. Dorothy and Scarecrow in Oz (US, 1910), with Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z. Leonard. Directed by Otis Turner.  This short film was part of L. Frank Baum’s Fairylogue and Radio Plays touring lecture series, featuring characters from his Oz and other fantasy books. John Dough and the Cherub (US, 1910).  Directed by Otis Turner.  Based on the book by L. Frank Baum.  Part of L. Frank Baum’s Fairylogue and Radio Plays touring lecture series. The Land of Oz (US, 1910), with Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z Leonard. Directed by Otis Turner.  Part of L. Frank Baum’s Fairylogue and Radio Plays touring lecture series. Rose O’Salem Town (US, 1910), with Dorothy West, Clara T. Bracy, Henry B. Walthall, George Nichols.  Directed by D.W. Griffith. The Wizard of Oz (US, 1910), with Bebe Daniels, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Robert Z Leonard.  Directed by Otis Turner.  Part of L. Frank Baum’s Fairylogue and Radio Plays touring lecture series. Macbeth (UK, 1911), with Constance Benson, Frank R. Benson, Murray Carrington, Guy Rathbone.  Director unknown. She (US, 1911), with Marguerite Snow, James Cruze, Viola Alberti, William C. Cooper.  Directed by George Nichols. The Tempest (US, 1911), with Ed Genung, Flore


What is the southernmost point of the African continent?

Cape Agulhas: the southernmost point of the African continent - Travel Guide Home / Africa / South Africa / Cape Agulhas: the southernmost point of the African continent Cape Agulhas, South Africa. Author Marco Ramerini Cape Agulhas: the southernmost point of the African continent in South Africa 2,255 Views Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point of the African continent, which is not the Cape of Good Hope, as is often believed. The most southern point of Africa is at a latitude of 34° 49′ 58″ south and a longitude 20° 00′ 12” east, a small monument marks the exact point, here also meet the waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean (Agulhas (hot, coming from the Indian Ocean) and Benguela currents (cold, coming from the Atlantic Ocean)), however it is a rocky area not spectacular, nothing to do with Cape Point; thanks to the meet between the two currents, the waters near the coast of Agulhas are one of the best fishing areas in South Africa. The name of the Cape derives from Portuguese word “needles”, and it seems that refers to the compass needles, which pointed, in the area, exactly towards the true north, as well as other sources, the word “needles” could refer to several rocks, similar to needles, which constitute a danger to navigation. The area around the Cape is part of the Agulhas National Park, the southernmost and even the most recent national parks of South Africa, the park covers an area of 16,804 hectares and includes an area rich in natural and cultural attractions: very important is its biodiversity, are present nearly 2,000 species of plants, of which 100 are endemic species, the area of Cape Agulhas is very important among the areas being part of the Cape Floral Kingdom (South African kingdom) it is the smallest and richest of the six plant kingdoms of the world (Boreal, Neotropical, Paleotropical, South African, Australian and Antarctic), most species blooms between May and September. The lighthouse at Cape Agulhas, South Africa. Author Marco Ramerini The area is also a place for migrating waterfowl and rich in marine life through the intersection of warm and cold ocean currents. Besides the ecological noteworthy is the cultural aspect, are found evidence of archaeological deposits of the period of migration of Khoisan including ruins of ancient fish traps, that are visible east of the lighthouse; also the area is rich in remains of shipwrecks (an interesting museum on shipwrecks located in Bredasdorp: “Bredasdorp Shipwreck Museum”); finally there is the historic lighthouse at Cape Agulhas, which has been operational since 1849, and is the second oldest of lighthouse in Southern Africa, it is a museum, the Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Museum, where it is narrated the history of the development of lighthouses in South Africa. Some paths cross the area of the park, one of them leads to the wreck of Meisho Maru, the ship sank, in 1982, 4 km west of the lighthouse. Cape Agulhas is located about 230 km from Cape Town, from which can be reached with the N2 highway, turning Caledon and passing through Bredasdorp. From the east, leave the N2 highway near Swellendam and cross Bredasdorp to get to Cape Agulhas. The towns closest to the Cape are L’Agulhas and the fishing village of Struisbaai. Climate: the area of Cape Agulhas has a Mediterranean climate with dry and hot summers and cold and wet winters, with an average annual rainfall of about 450 mm. Temperature: January max: 23.8ºC (min: 17.7ºC); July max: 16.5ºC (min: 10.8ºC). Kassiesbaai, Arniston, Sotuh Africa. Author Marco Ramerini ARNISTON (KASSIESBAAI, WAENHUISKRANS Arniston is a small town located on the coast of the Indian Ocean about 190 km East from Cape Town and about 100 km East from Hermanus. Arniston is a short distance from Cape Agulhas, and from the beautiful white dunes of De Hoop Nature Reserve. The town is composed of two distinct villages: Arniston, a center characterized by modern houses and the ancient Kassiesbaai which is a fishing village, very quaint with beautiful white houses some dating back to about 200 years ago, which has been declared a


Gotye, an Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter famous for award winning singles 2011 to 2013, including Grammy awards and Record of the Year, was born where?

emcxmc’s Journal – 300 Favourite Female Singers   – Last.fm Share 1 Sep 2012, 11:49 My favourite female singers with age and birthday (listed chronologic), place of birth (if known), short description (from Wikipedia) and picture (only included for the deceased ones). (born before 1940) † Bessie Smith (born April 15, 1894, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., died September 26, 1937), sometimes referred to as "The Empress of the Blues," was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists. † Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992, Berlin, Germany) was a German-born American actress and singer.Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999 the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time. † Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired all over the world for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing. † Édith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 -10 October 1963), French singer and cultural icon who is almost universally regarded as France's greatest. 97 - Vera Lynn Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born 20 March 1917) is an English singer whose career flourished during World War II. Nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart", the songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again" and "The White Cliffs of Dover". † Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 in Newport News, VA – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards. † Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Grammy award winning jazz and popular music singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota. † Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years, Garland attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy Award, won a Golden Globe Award, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her work in films, as well as Grammy Awards and a Special Tony Award. After appearing in vaudeville with her sisters, Garland was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney and the 1939 film with which she would be most identified, The Wizard of Oz. After 15 years, Garland was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall concert, a well-regarded but short-lived television series and a return to acting beginning with a critically acclaimed performance in A Star Is Born (1954). † Maria Callas (New York City December 2, 1923 – Paris, France September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. 90 - Doris Day (born April 3, 1924) is an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist. Day's entertainment career began in her late teens as a big band singer. In 1945 she had her first hit recording , "Sentimental Journey", and, in 1948, appeared in her first film, Romance on the High Seas. During her entertainment career, she has appeared in thirty-nine films, recorded more than six-hundred-fifty songs, received an Academy Award nomination,


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Louis Farrakhan, the National Representative of the Nation of Islam and an advocate for black interests, is an activist in which country?

Louis Farrakhan's <br>First Congressman | The Weekly Standard Sorry, you've reached the limit on the articles you can view. Minneapolis AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME in history, it is a matter of note that Congress is about to re ceive its first Muslim member. Keith Ellison, currently a Minnesota state representative, is poised to succeed 14-term incumbent Democrat Martin Sabo in the Fifth District, which includes the city of Minneapolis. Ellison's endorsement by the Demo cratic-Farmer-Labor party is tantamount to his election in what is one of the safest Democratic seats in the country. Thus, at age 43, Ellison stands positioned not only to win that office but also to hold it as long as he chooses. Ellison's Muslim faith has generated no controversy in the campaign. On the contrary, it has served to insulate aspects of his public record from close scrutiny in a city whose dominant news organ, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, is a paragon of political correctness. With the exception of columnist Katherine Kersten, the Star Tribune has scrupulously avoided examining Ellison's long train of troubling associations, foremost among them his ties to the Nation of Islam. Ellison's record also includes a multitude of embarrassments of the traditional kind. He fell afoul of the IRS after failing to pay $25,000 in income taxes; he ignored fines that he had incurred for parking tickets and moving violations so numerous that his driver's license was suspended more times than he can remember; he was fined for willful violation of Minnesota's campaign finance reporting law. It amounts to a striking pattern of lawbreaking since he undertook the practice of law in 1990. But it was the link to the Nation of Islam that stood as the most serious impediment to Ellison's primary campaign. He addressed it in a letter to the local chapter of the Jewish Community Relations Council following his endorsement by the DFL in May. In the letter, Ellison asserted that his involvement with the Nation of Islam had been limited to an 18-month period around the time of the Million Man March in 1995, that he had been unfamiliar with the Nation of Islam's anti-Semitic views during his in volvement with the group, and that he himself had never expressed such views. The Star Tribune has faithfully parroted these assertions as facts. As a result, the three assertions have become the cornerstone of Ellison's campaign, securing him the support of prominent Minneapolis Jews and the endorsement of the Minneapolis-based American Jewish World newsweekly. Nevertheless, a little research reveals each one of them to be demonstrably false. Ellison's activities on behalf of the Nation of Islam continued well beyond any 18-month period, he was familiar with the Nation of Islam's anti-Semitic views, and he himself mouthed those views. Ellison was born Catholic in Detroit. He states that he converted to Islam as an undergraduate at Wayne State University. As a third-year student at the University of Minnesota Law School in 1989-90, he wrote two columns for the Minnesota Daily under the name "Keith Hakim." In the first, Ellison refers to "Minister Louis Farrakhan," defends Nation of Islam spokesman Khalid Abdul Muhammad, and speaks in the voice of a Nation of Islam advocate. In the second, "Hakim" demands reparations for slavery and throws in a demand for an optional separate homeland for American blacks. In February 1990, Ellison participated in sponsoring Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) to speak at the law school on the subject "Zionism: Imperialism, White Supremacy or Both?" Jewish law students met personally with Ellison and appealed to him not to sponsor the speech at the law school; he rejected their appeal, and, as anticipated, Ture gave a notoriously anti-Semitic speech. Ellison admits that he worked on behalf of the Nation of Islam in 1995. At a rally for the Million Man March held at the University of Minnesota, Ellison appeared onstage with Khalid Abdul Muhammad, who ran true to form: According to a contemporaneous Star Tribune article, "If words were swords, the chests of


What ballet company, formed in 1926 in Notting Hill Gate by a Polish woman , tours Britain annually accompanied by its own orchestra?

Rambert Dance Company : definition of Rambert Dance Company and synonyms of Rambert Dance Company (English) 5 External links   History Dame Marie Rambert (1888-1982), founder of Rambert Dance Company, was born in Warsaw, where she was inspired to become a dancer after seeing Isadora Duncan perform. She went to Paris and after an early career as a recital artist and teacher she was engaged by Serge Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes as assistant to the choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky on The Rite of Spring . She also taught Dalcroze Eurythmics to the company. During her year with the Ballets Russes her appreciation of classical ballet developed thus combining a love for traditional and new dance forms. During the First World War she settled in England where she met and married the playwright Ashley Dukes. Her association with Diaghilev led her to study ballet with the renowned Italian ballet master Enrico Cecchetti , after which she joined the company as a dancer in the corps de ballet . In 1919 Rambert established a dance school in Notting Hill Gate , London , teaching Checchetti's methods and in 1920, she transitioned into teaching ballet professionally. The school would become the foundation of today's Rambert Dance Company. In 1926, Rambert formed a dance troupe using students from her school. Known as the Rambert Dancers, they performed in night time revue shows at various venues around London. In 1930, the troupe was re-established as the Ballet Club at the Mercury Theatre in London, which was owned by Rambert's husband. The Ballet Club was formed using the finest dance talent that Rambert could find and was to become the first classical ballet company established in the United Kingdom . The present day Rambert Dance Company is the same company established by Rambert and it continues to be the UK's oldest established dance company to this day. Despite being based at the Mercury Theatre, the company was best known as a touring company, travelling nationwide and it soon became known as the Ballet Rambert, the title by which it was most commonly recognised until the current name was adopted in the 1980s. As the Ballets Russes had disbanded following the death of Serge Diaghilev in 1929, a number of Rambert's former colleagues joined the Ballet Rambert in its formative years, including Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin who would later became the first stars of Dame Ninette de Valois ' Royal Ballet . A number of internationally renowned dancers and choreographers made their early appearances with the Ballet Rambert, including Sir Frederick Ashton , Sir Antony Tudor , Agnes de Mille , Andrée Howard, Walter Gore, and Peggy van Praagh . Whilst developing a strong ballet culture in Britain and insisting on solid classical training, Rambert always intended that her company would dictate new trends in dance. The Ballet Rambert was recognised as one of the most innovative ballet companies of the 20th century, producing some of the world's most renowned choreographers. By the middle of the century, the Royal Ballet had superseded the company as the UKs leading classical ballet company, so Rambert made the decision to diversify the work of the company, introducing modern and neoclassical work into the repertoire. In the 1960s, the Ballet Rambert moved completely from classical ballet, concentrating instead on the development of contemporary dance . The company has since developed a worldwide reputation in this field, becoming known as the Rambert Dance Company in 1987. Rambert Dance Company, based in Chiswick, London, tours Britain annually, accompanied by its own orchestra 'the 'Rambert Orchestra' (formerly the associate orchestra London Musici). It is commonly associated with such theatres as Sadler's Wells [1] the Theatre Royal, Brighton [2] and The Lowry [3] in Salford , Greater Manchester . Rambert Dance Company is currently raising money to enable it to progress with its move to the South Bank, London, to accommodate its 22 full-time dancers and administration staff. The current building in Chiswick is not sufficient for the si