Which French author declined to accept his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964?

Nobel Prize in Literature 1964 - Press Release Announcement Address by Anders Österling, Member of the Swedish  Academy This year the Nobel Prize in Literature has  been granted by the Swedish Academy to the French writer  Jean-Paul Sartre for his work which, rich in ideas and filled  with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a  far-reaching influence on our age. It will be recalled that the laureate has made it known that he  did not wish to accept the prize. The fact that he has declined  this distinction does not in the least modify the validity of the  award. Under the circumstances, however, the Academy can only  state that the presentation of the prize cannot take place.   Refusal In a public announcement, printed in Le  Figaro of October 23, 1964, Mr. Sartre expressed his regret  that his refusal of the prize had given rise to scandal, and  wished it to be known that, unaware of the irrevocability of the  Swedish Academy's decisions, he had sought by letter to prevent  their choice falling upon him. In this letter, he specified that  his refusal was not meant to slight the Swedish Academy but was  rather based on personal and objective reasons of his own. As to personal reasons, Mr. Sartre pointed out that due to his  conception of the writer's task he had always declined official  honours and thus his present act was not unprecedented. He had  similarly refused membership in the Legion of Honour and had not  desired to enter the Collège de France, and he would refuse  the Lenin Prize if it were offered to him. He stated that a  writer's accepting such an honour would be to associate his  personal commitments with the awarding institution, and that,  above all, a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an  institution. Among his objective reasons, Mr. Sartre listed his belief that  interchange between East and West must take place between men and  between cultures without the intervention of institutions.  Furthermore, since the conferment of past prizes did not, in his  opinion, represent equally writers of all ideologies and nations,  he felt that his acceptance might be undesirably and unjustly  interpreted. Mr. Sartre closed his remarks with a message of affection for the  Swedish public. At the banquet, S. Friberg, Rector of the Caroline  Institute , made the following remarks: "Mr. Sartre found  himself unable to accept this year's Prize in Literature. There  is always discussion about this prize, which every one considers  himself capable of judging, or which he does not understand and  consequently criticizes. But I believe that Nobel would have had  a great understanding of this year's choice. The betterment of  the world is the dream of every generation, and this applies  particularly to the true poet and scientist. This was Nobel's  dream. This is one measure of the scientist's significance. And  this is the source and strength of Sartre's inspiration. As an  author and philosopher, Sartre has been a central figure in  postwar literary and intellectual discussion - admired, debated,  criticized. His explosive production, in its entirety, has the  impress of a message; it has been sustained by a profoundly  serious endeavour to improve the reader, the world at large. The  philosophy, which his writings have served, has been hailed by  youth as a liberation. Sartre's existentialism may be understood  in the sense that the degree of happiness which an individual can  hope to attain is governed by his willingness to take his stand  in accordance with his ethos and to accept the consequences  thereof; this is a more austere interpretation of a philosophy  admirably expressed by Nobel's contemporary, Ralph Waldo Emerson:  'Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own  mind.'" The quality of human life depends not only on external conditions  but also on individual happiness. In our age of standardization  and complex social systems, awareness of the meaning of life for  the individual has perhaps not been los


Mussorgsky's composition Pictures at an Exhibition was originally written for piano. Who produced the most popular orchestral version in 1922?

Classical Notes - Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Classical Classics, Peter Gutmann One of the most powerful of all creative urges is to memorialize. The results can range from the trivial statues of mounted generals that clutter our parks to the awe of the Pyramids. Yet, perhaps the most powerful creations are those which try to overcome a grievous personal loss by immortalizing the evanescent. Modeste Mussorgsky produced his Pictures at an Exhibition to perpetuate the memory of a friend. In the process, he created a monument far more massive and lasting than his subject. Mussorgsky was an ardent Russian nationalist, but he was far more interested in folk art than in the grandiose ornamental designs of the aristocracy. (Or, as Tchaikovsky put it, He likes what is coarse, unpolished and ugly.) Mussorgsky's career began in the military, but he resigned from the life of a fastidious officer to study music and supported himself as a civil servant. Modeste Mussorgsky Yet, his soul was far less complacent than one would expect from a life-long bureaucrat – he lived in a commune and the radical ideology he absorbed there infused his music, as he devoted himself to seeking truth in art by crafting a natural style without classical artifice. Victor Hartmann was a close friend who shared Mussorgsky's ideals in his own field of architecture and painting. Victor Hartmann When Hartmann died in 1874, aged only 39, Mussorgsky was devastated. In abject bitterness, he wrote: Why should a dog, a horse, a rat live on and creatures like Hartmann must die? But soon his incomprehension took a more constructive tack. The following year saw a memorial exhibit of 400 Hartmann works, including sketches, watercolors and costume designs. Mussorgsky was deeply moved. Seized with inspiration, he quickly reacted to the exhibition by writing a suite of ten piano pieces dedicated to the organizer. The work opens with a brilliant touch – a promenade theme that reemerges throughout as a transition amid the changing moods of the various pictures. By alternating 6/4 and 5/4 time, its regular metric walking pace is thrown off-balance and cleverly suggests the hesitant gait of an art-lover strolling through a museum, attracted by upcoming pleasures but hesitant to leave the object at hand without a final glance at a telling detail. The ten pictures Mussorgsky depicts are: a gnome-shaped nutcracker; a troubadour plaintively singing outside an ancient castle; children vigorously playing and quarrelling in a park; a lumbering wooden Polish ox-cart; a ballet of peeping chicks as they hatch from their shells; an argument between two Warsaw Jews, one haughty and vain, the other poor and garrulous; shrill women and vendors in a crowded marketplace; the eerie, echoing gloom of catacombs beneath Paris; the hut of a grotesque bone-chomping witch of Russian folk-lore; and a design for an entrance gate to Kiev. Mussorgsky clearly chose these subjects for the variety of moods they invoked and the opportunities they presented for a wide array of musical depictions. Hearing the work today conjures visions of grand, imposing pictures of exquisite delicacy, profound atmosphere and blazing glory. Such is the power of abstract art. Musicologist Alfred Frankenstein scoured Russian archives and managed to find 70 of Hartmann's works, including most of those that had inspired the Pictures, and published them in 1939. The result is quite a surprise – the graphics are modest, conventional and barely remarkable. The drawing of the chicks shows two dancers stiffly modeling plain ballet costumes of egg-shells topped with a few feathers. The witch's hut is merely an ornate clock. Even the subject of the towering finale that so fired Mussorgsky's imagination to depict a triumphant procession passing through a mammoth gate to honor the czar is but a brick archway decorated with wrought iron, tiles and stained glass, with a few well-dressed people loitering by and a horse-drawn cart about to enter. (Hartmann's image is shown on the album cover at right.) Al


Which letter in the Morse code is represented by a single dot?

International Morse Code International Morse Code For learning Morse code it is recommended that you do not try to remember dots and dashes, but remember the Morse code sounds instead. Letter CL, Going off the air ("clear") -.-..-.. DO, Change to wabun code -..--- KN, Invite a specific station to transmit -.--. SK, End of transmission (also VA) ...-.- I am ready to copy QRV? Are you ready to copy? QRL The frequency is in use QRL? Is the frequency in use? QTH What is your location? Notes If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is three units. The space between the components of one character is one unit, between characters is three units and between words seven units. To indicate that a mistake has been made         and for the receiver to delete the last word, send ........ (eight dots). The prosigns are combinations of two letters sent together with no space in between. The other abbreviations and Q codes are sent with the normal spacing. I am a father and foster carer a principal research engineer at the IT Innovation Centre a Woodcraft Folk district coordinator a salsa teacher and in my spare time I write and maintain this web site © Copyright Stephen C. Phillips, 2015


How is the Rembrandt painting 'The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch preparing to march out' more commonly known?

The Night Watch | VanGoYourself The Night Watch First, tell us who you are, so we can credit your recreation Name: Now recreate this scene, then hit 'Go' to take your photo. Tips & tricks License of this image: CC-BY-SA License of original image: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Public Domain PUBLISH Created: 1642, Collection: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam, Netherlands Rights: Public Domain This is really a challenge! Start with a relatively neutral backdrop. Then you need to create small groups within the overall composition. Don not pay too much attention to the exact number of people. As long as you get the main characters in place, you will succeed. Use brooms or sticks to great dynamic lines and movements. And yes: move! Step forward! Role the drums! Regarding the light: it is a relatively dark painting, but don't try to do the same by not using enough light. It will spoil the overall result. The painting may be more properly titled by its long since forgotten name “The Company of captain Frans Banning Cocq and lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch preparing to march out.” In the 18th century the painting became simply known as “The Night Watch”. It is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as the best known painting in its collection. Actually, the Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings in the world. The painting is renowned for three characteristics: its colossal size (363 cm × 437 cm), the effective use of light and shadow and the perception of motion in what would have traditionally been a static military portrait. The painting was completed at the peak of the Dutch Golden Age. It depicts the eponymous company moving out, led by Captain Frans Banning Cocq (dressed in black, with a red sash) and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch (dressed in yellow, with a white sash). With effective use of sunlight and shade, Rembrandt leads the eye to the three most important characters among the crowd, the two gentlemen in the centre (from whom the painting gets its original title), and the small girl in the centre left background. Behind them, the company’s colours are carried by the ensign, Jan Visscher Cornelissen. For much of its existence, the painting was coated with a dark varnish which gave the incorrect impression that it depicted a night scene, leading to the name by which it is now commonly known. This varnish was removed only in the 1940s. A persistent misconception is that Rembrandt’s decline in popularity was due to a negative public reception of the painting. The myth has no reasonable origin as there is no record of criticism of the painting in Rembrandt’s lifetime. It is more likely that the decline in the artist’s popularity was due not to reaction to any one painting but to a broader change in taste. During the 1640s wealthy patrons began to prefer the bright colors and graceful manner that had been initiated by such painters as the Flemish portraitist Anthony van Dyck. Source of the description: Wikipedia


Who plays Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films?

Maggie Smith - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack One of the world's most famous and distinguished actresses, Dame Maggie Smith was born Margaret Natalie Smith in Essex. Her Scottish mother, Margaret (Hutton), worked as a secretary, and her English father, Nathaniel Smith, was a teacher at Oxford University. Smith has been married twice: to actor Robert Stephens and to playwright Beverley Cross . ... See full bio » Born: a list of 28 people created 25 Apr 2012 a list of 41 people created 18 Jul 2012 a list of 22 people created 09 Nov 2013 a list of 25 people created 12 May 2014 a list of 49 people created 13 Dec 2014 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Maggie Smith's work have you seen? User Polls Won     2     Oscars. Another    43 wins & 95 nominations. See more awards  » Known For Downton Abbey Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (2010-2015)  2013 Quartet: Deleted Scenes (Video short) Jean Horton (uncredited)  1992 Screen Two (TV Series) Mrs. Mabel Pettigrew  1988 Talking Heads (TV Mini-Series) Susan  1983 All for Love (TV Series) Mrs. Silly  1968 ITV Playhouse (TV Series) Mrs. Wislack  1956 Theatre Royal (TV Series) Paula Benson  1972 Travels with My Aunt (performer: "The Church's One Foundation" - uncredited)  1969 Oh! What a Lovely War (performer: "I'll Make a Man of You", "Roses of Picardy" - uncredited) Hide   2010 1 a Minute (Documentary) (acknowlegment: Breast Cancer Survivor) Hide   2015 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV Series documentary) Herself  2015 National Television Awards (TV Special) Herself  2013 Arena (TV Series documentary) Herself  2013 Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian (TV Movie documentary) Herself - Family Friend (as Dame Maggie Smith)  2013 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Herself - Actress (segment "Dame Maggie")  2013 Quartet: Making Quartet (Video short) Herself / Jean Horton  2013 Quartet: Outtakes (Video short) Herself / Jean Horton (uncredited)  2007 Becoming Jane: Behind the Scenes (Video documentary short) Herself / Lady Gresham (uncredited)  2007 Becoming Jane: Deleted Scenes (Video documentary short) Lady Gresham (uncredited)  2007 Becoming Jane: Regency Dance Featurette (Video documentary short) Herself / Lady Gresham (uncredited)  2006 Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe (TV Mini-Series documentary) Herself  2006 Preparing for the Yule Ball (Video documentary short) Herself  2005 Planet Voice (TV Series) Herself  2002-2005 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Herself  2002-2005 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Herself - Guest  2003 Interviews with Professors & More (Video documentary short) Herself  2002 Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Movie documentary) Herself  2002 The Making of Gosford Park (TV Short documentary) Herself (uncredited)  1998 Reputations (TV Series documentary) Herself  1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special documentary) Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Sci-Tech Awards Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Play  1973 Parkinson (TV Series)  1970 Frost on Sunday (TV Series) Herself - Best Actress Winner  1967 Acting in the Sixties (TV Series documentary) Herself  1964 Variety Club Awards (TV Movie documentary) Herself  1958 Chelsea at Nine (TV Series) Herself  1955 Double Your Money (TV Series) Herself - Hostess (1955-1956)  2016/I 2016: We Remember Part One (TV Movie documentary) Acting Role  2013 Spotlight on Broadway (TV Series) Lettice Douffet  2013 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Herself - Actress (segment "Dame Maggie")  2011 OK! TV (TV Series documentary) Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham  2011 Pete Postlethwaite: A Tribute (TV Movie documentary) Joyce Chilvers (uncredited)  2007 Are Friends Electric (Video documentary short) Epifania  2005 Ciclo Agatha Christie (TV Series documentary) Herself  2005 Britain's Finest (TV Series documentary) Herself  1995 50 Years of Funny Females (TV Movie documentary) Herself  1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (Video documentary) Herself  1986 Breakfast Time (TV Series) Charlotte Bartlett, a chaperon  1984 The Wandering Company (TV Movie documentary)


The chemical symbol for which element is derived from hydrargyrum meaning watery silver?

MERCURY ELEMENT SYMBOL - MERCURY ELEMENT | MERCURY ELEMENT SYMBOL – mercury 9.9 pro kicker for sale. Mercury Element Symbol Mercury Element Symbol mercury element Mercury, also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum, is a chemical element with the symbol Hg (Latinized hydrargyrum, from “” meaning watery or runny and “” meaning silver) and atomic number 80. symbol The typographic character @, called the at sign or at symbol, is an abbreviation of the word at or the phrase at the rate of in accounting and commercial invoices (e.g. “7 widgets @ $2 = $14”). Its most common modern use is in e-mail addresses, where it stands for “located at”. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; “the eagle is a symbol of the United States” A thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g., the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation A shape or sign used to represent something such as an organization, e.g., a red cross or a Star of David an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance Bi – Bismuth – periodic table of elements Bismuth is a chemical element that has the symbol Bi and atomic number 83. This heavy, brittle, white crystalline trivalent poor metal has a pink tinge and chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. Of all the metals, it is the most naturally diamagnetic, and only mercury has a lower thermal conductivity. In her element


What is the full name of the policeman in the Scottish village of Lochdubh created by M C Beaton?

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How many chapters or sutras are there in the Koran?

How many surahs does the Quran have? | Reference.com How many surahs does the Quran have? A: Quick Answer The Quran contains 114 surahs, or chapters. The Quran is the religious text of Islam, the book that Muslims believe to be a revelation from Allah. The name "Quran" means recitation. The verses within each surah are referred to ayats. The number of verses varies from surah to surah. Full Answer Surahs are designated as either Meccan or Medinan depending on whether the verses were revealed before or after Muhammad migrated to the city of Medina. The literary style of the Quran is described as a combination of poetry and prose. The Quran text does not have a definitive beginning, middle or end. A person who has memorized the Quran in its entirety is referred to as a hafiz.


Which Scottish king was killed in the Battle of Flooded Field?

Battle of Flodden: When kings were killed in battle - BBC News BBC News Battle of Flodden: When kings were killed in battle By Giancarlo Rinaldi South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website 9 September 2013 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption King James IV of Scotland was the last monarch to be killed in battle in Britain, in 1513 The last king to die on the battlefield in Britain was King James IV of Scotland at Flodden 500 years ago. He was the last in a long line of rulers - particularly north of the border - to meet their end in such a manner. It was once an occupational risk which came with ruling a nation. For centuries, a monarch was expected to lead troops into battle. Of course, that meant some of their number were in danger of losing their lives to the enemy. King James IV died at the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513. The Scottish king crossed the border with an army of about 30,000 men supported by artillery. His mission was to honour his alliance with France and divert troops from the main English army which was in France under Henry VIII. Image caption William the Conqueror's forces killed King Harold II before he, in turn, was fatally injured in France Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, gathered an army of about 20,000 to oppose him. The battle began in late afternoon on 9 September but it proved to be one-sided. "By nightfall the Scottish army was annihilated," records the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "James was killed, together with at least 10,000 of his subjects, including high officers of church and state and many nobles. "These losses - and the fact that James left an infant son to succeed him - took Scotland out of international politics for a decade." Dying in battle was, in fact, something of a tradition among the Stuart monarchs. James IV's father, James III, was killed in or shortly after the Battle of Sauchieburn as he tried to quell a rebellion near Stirling in 1488. His own son was part of that uprising. Their ancestor James II was killed during a siege of Roxburgh Castle in 1460. A cannon used in the siege exploded causing his death. Battle of Flodden Field More key moments in the history of Scotland That run of three Scottish monarchs in a row to meet their end in battle was almost four. James V is thought to have suffered a "mental breakdown" after the Battle of Solway Moss in 1542 but did not die until shortly afterwards. The late 15th and early 16th Century were, indeed, bloody times for rulers on both sides of the border. Richard III was the last English king to die in battle, at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. He was killed by the forces of the Lancastrian contender for the crown, Henry Tudor - the future Henry VII. Of his final moments, the Encyclopaedia Britannica recorded the king "was unhorsed and killed in the bog". The names of many of the kings killed in conflict remain famous to this day. Richard I of England, the Lionheart, died during a siege in France in 1199. Image caption Richard III died at the Battle of Bosworth Field A similar fate was met by William I, the Conqueror, who also suffered fatal injuries while fighting in France. His predecessor, King Harold II, had been killed at the Battle of Hastings by Norman invaders under William's command in 1066. Seized the throne There were also bloody connections north of the border between Malcolm III, Macbeth and Duncan I. Macbeth took Duncan's life in battle near Elgin in 1040 before he, in turn, was killed by Malcolm in 1057 at the Battle of Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire . Malcolm would later die at the Battle of Alnwick in 1093. A number of other earlier Scottish kings also lost their lives in conflict. Kenneth III was killed in battle in 1005 at Monzievaird, Perthshire, by his kinsman Malcolm, who seized the throne. Scots King Indulf died fighting the Danes in 962, Malcolm I is thought to have been killed at Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, by rebels from Moray in 954 and Constantine I lost his life fighting Norse invaders in Fife in 877. The long-standing tradition of leading your troops in battle did


Ballymena is in which Northern Irish county?

County Antrim | Ireland.com County Antrim The Giant's Causeway ©Caspar Diederik Belfast may be its beating heart, but County Antrim doesn’t stop at the city limits. Belfast Days Antrim’s main draw is undoubtedly  Belfast , Northern Ireland’s capital city. The RMS Titanic was built in this port city: “she was fine when she left here,” as locals like to quip. A century later, the iconic new  Titanic Belfast visitor attraction  is the centrepiece of a rejuvenated quarter named after the ill-fated liner. A hub of 20th century industry,  Belfast today is energetic and outward-looking . Home to the Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) and to many gleaming hotels and shopping malls, the city also boasts an impressive music pedigree, even hosting the MTV Europe Music Awards in the SSE Arena .  If you are a blues head, if you are a reggae head, if you are a techno head, if you’re just a wee groover – there’s always somewhere in Belfast that’s doing it. Bronagh Gallagher, Musician Beyond the music, you can rewind though the last forty years as the city’s political history unfolds before you on a brilliant  Black Taxi Tour . Sit back, relax and let the taxi drivers do the talking – they’ve certainly got lots to say! Beyond Belfast Stretching all the way from the mythical nine glens to Dunluce Castle, Antrim is where you’ll find the largest lake in Ireland or Britain (Lough Neagh); the birthplace of Hollywood hunk Liam Neeson (Ballymena); and one of the most recognisable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in western Europe: the Giant’s Causeway . If you go with Lonely Planet’s take on Northern Ireland’s north coast as “a giant geology classroom”, then the Giant’s Causeway is lesson number one. Taking the form of 40,000 basalt columns cascading into the Irish Sea, the Causeway was created by millions of years of volcanic and geologic activity – or, if you prefer, by mythical giant Fionn mac Cumhaill as a series of steps to transport him to Scotland. If you do visit the Causeway, don’t miss the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge nearby. Originally erected by fishermen to check salmon nets, today the structure takes you on a precarious path over a 20m-wide (and 23m-deep) chasm to Carrick Island. Just try not to look down! If you do, don’t fret. Back on solid ground, there’s tonic in wait at the Old Bushmills whiskey distillery. More to explore Bushmills Distillery Game of Thrones territory Between city and coast, Antrim also offers up a fine road trip in the shape of a meander through the Glens of Antrim. The nine, deeply carved glens are spread within 20 square miles of the Antrim Coast Road and offer the chance to see not just glacial valleys, but sandy beaches, vertical cliffs and waterfalls, interspersed with ancient cultural sites. It comes as no surprise, then, that Antrim is where the epic landscapes of Game of Thrones come to life. From the Dothraki grasslands to the Kingsroad and the 400-million-year-old caves at Cushendun – the site of the birth of Melisandre’s shadow-baby – there's a lot to pack in. Getting a taste for the Irish outdoors? Don’t stop there. There is great surfing in the Atlantic rollers off the Antrim coast, scuba diving from Rathlin Island, and a world-class links course at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, host to the 2012 Irish Open. Fore! More to explore


Tom Brady has been the starting quarterback for which NFL team since 2000?

Top Clutch Quarterbacks Since 2000 | Bleacher Report Top Clutch Quarterbacks Since 2000 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow 1.0K 0 Comments Since the beginning of the new millennium, the NFL has seen its share of great quarterbacks. But stats and rings mean none unless your quarterback can truly win it when the game is on the line and the clock is ticking. Will Peyton Manning, Drew Brees or Tom Brady be number 1? Next » #5 Drew Brees While Drew Brees is now considered to be one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, think back to his time on the San Diego Chargers. In San Diego, Drew was considered to be a washed up aging quarterback with "nothing left in his tank." Boy how the story changed. His final year on the Chargers threw 24 touchdown passes and since then, that number has been increasing each year. He may not be the best "clutch" player in the league, but any NFL fan wouldn't mind having him behind center during the fourth quarter. Next » #4 Kurt Warner Kurt Warner appears on this list for the same reasons Drew Brees does. Does anybody remember before Kurt Warner was the star of the Arizona Cardinals? It seemed that nobody was willing to give #13 another chance. But once Kurt was given the starting nod, it appeared that he found his touch once again. Kurt would lead the once laughing stock of the NFL, the Arizona Cardinals, to the SuperBowl where they came extremely close to knocking off the powerhouse Pittsburgh Steelers. Love him or hate him, Kurt Warner has one of the most storied careers in the NFL. Next » #3 Ben Roethlisberger "Big Ben" is one of the most recognizable quarterbacks in the entire National Football League. With his ability to keep cool under pressure and deliver a rocket propelled pass, our #3 has made his impact known with two SuperBowl titles. Although off field activities may have tarnished his public image, "Big Ben" is one of the most cool and collected quarterbacks in the NFL. Next » #2 Peyton Manning Peyton Manning is our #2 most clutch quarterback since the beginning of the new millennium. Although he only has one ring to show for his name, Peyton Manning will go down as one of the most productive, efficient, explosive, and charismatic players to ever throw a pass in the National Football League. While some exclaim that Peyton Manning may have only been as good as his receivers, there is no doubt in anyone's mind that he is one of the greatest players in the history of the NFL and first ballot hall of fame player. Next » #1 Tom Brady Love him or hate him, Tom Brady has been the #1 clutch quarterback in the National Football League since 2000. For those of you who were to young or were not fans of the NFL when Tom Brady got his first start, let us remind you of his story. If you were to go around Foxborough and ask Patriot fans who their favorite player was, odds are it was the one time Patriots starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe. After an 0 and 2 start, Drew Bledsoe was sidelined with a severe injury and their recent late round draft pick that no one seemed to give a chance was there to fill his shoes, Tom Brady. Brady went on to win 11 games that year and lead the New England Patriots to their first SuperBowl title win in team history. And before you knew it, the Patriots, who were at one time the worst team in the NFL, would win three SuperBowls in four years. Two of those SuperBowls the Patriots would win thanks to Tom Brady's miracle drives during the fourth quarter.


In old measures how many chains made a furlong?

Land measurements Land Measurements Understanding land measurement and terms is vital to genealogy research. I hope this will help you decipher the wills and  land records. How to read land descriptions OLD SURVEY MEASUREMENTS.  Old surveys were often measured   using a Surveyors Chain. These were literally chains made up of 100   links. Each Chain was 66 feet long. Each link was 0.666 of a   foot...or 7.92" To convert the distances on a plat measured in   chains (abbreviate Ch) simply multiply the distance in chains by 66.  Another common unit of measurement was the Pole.   The Pole is   exactly what it sounds like; a wood pole which was 16.5' feet long.  To convert the distances on a plat   measured in poles (abbreviated P) you must multiply the distance by   16.5  A Pole is sometimes called   a "perch"on old surveys. MILES    A mile is defined as being 5,280 feet in length.   AREA MEASUREMENTS   The   standard unit of measuring land in the United States is the ACRE. An Acre is equal to 43,560 square feet (Sq. Ft.) of area.   An acre   is also equal to 10 square chains ( 66 x 66 x 10 = 43560 Sq. Ft.)  or 160 square rods (16.5 x 16.5 x 160 = 43,560 Sq. Ft.) There are exactly 640 Acres in one square mile. Seeing how older units of measurement like the chain and the pole   can be converted into acres it is easy to see that seemingly odd   distances (66' and 16.5') really did make sense. WHAT DOES AN ACRE   LOOK LIKE? If you had a parcel of land that was exactly 1 acre in size and was   perfectly square it would be 208.71' on each of the 4 sides. If the   same lot were a rectangle 100' wide it would be 435.60' feet deep   (long).   Manual of Instructions for the   Survey of the Public Lands of the United States; 1973 Prepared by the Bureau of Land   Management, Technical Bulletin 6;  pub. U.S. Dept of Interior Methods of Survey The methods described in this chapter comprise the   specifications for determining the length and direction of lines. DISTANCE MEASUREMENT Units 2-1. The law prescribes the chain as the unit of linear measure for   the survey of the public lands. All returns of measurements in the   rectangular system are made in the true horizontal distance in   miles, chains, and links. (Exceptions are special requirements for   measurement in feet in townsite surveys, chapter VII, and mineral   surveys, chapter X.) Units of Linear Measure 640 acres   The chain unit, devised in the seventeenth century by Edmund Gunter,   an English astronomer, is so designed that 10 square chains are   equivalent to one acre. In the English colonial area of the United   States the boundaries of land were usually measured in the chain   unit, but lengths of lines were frequently expressed in poles. One   pole is equal to 25 links, and four poles equal one chain. The field   notes of some early rectangular surveys in the southern States show   the distance in "perches," equivalent to poles. The term now   commonly used for the same distance is the rod. Land grants by the French crown were made in arpents. The arpent is   a unit of area, but the side of a square arpent came to be used for   linear description. The Spanish crown and the Mexican Government   granted lands which were usually described in linear varas. Both the   arpent and the vara have slightly different values in different   States. The conversions most often needed are shown in the Standard   Field Tables.


Who was President of the USA between 1923 and 1929?

Calvin Coolidge | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Calvin Coolidge As America's 30th President (1923-1929), Calvin Coolidge demonstrated his determination to preserve the old moral and economic precepts of frugality amid the material prosperity which many Americans were enjoying during the 1920s era. At 2:30 on the morning of August 3, 1923, while visiting in Vermont, Calvin Coolidge received word that he was President. By the light of a kerosene lamp, his father, who was a notary public, administered the oath of office as Coolidge placed his hand on the family Bible. Coolidge was "distinguished for character more than for heroic achievement," wrote a Democratic admirer, Alfred E. Smith. "His great task was to restore the dignity and prestige of the Presidency when it had reached the lowest ebb in our history ... in a time of extravagance and waste...." Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, Coolidge was the son of a village storekeeper. He was graduated from Amherst College with honors, and entered law and politics in Northampton, Massachusetts. Slowly, methodically, he went up the political ladder from councilman in Northampton to Governor of Massachusetts, as a Republican. En route he became thoroughly conservative. As President, Coolidge demonstrated his determination to preserve the old moral and economic precepts amid the material prosperity which many Americans were enjoying. He refused to use Federal economic power to check the growing boom or to ameliorate the depressed condition of agriculture and certain industries. His first message to Congress in December 1923 called for isolation in foreign policy, and for tax cuts, economy, and limited aid to farmers. He rapidly became popular. In 1924, as the beneficiary of what was becoming known as "Coolidge prosperity," he polled more than 54 percent of the popular vote. In his Inaugural he asserted that the country had achieved "a state of contentment seldom before seen," and pledged himself to maintain the status quo. In subsequent years he twice vetoed farm relief bills, and killed a plan to produce cheap Federal electric power on the Tennessee River. The political genius of President Coolidge, Walter Lippmann pointed out in 1926, was his talent for effectively doing nothing: "This active inactivity suits the mood and certain of the needs of the country admirably. It suits all the business interests which want to be let alone.... And it suits all those who have become convinced that government in this country has become dangerously complicated and top-heavy...." Coolidge was both the most negative and remote of Presidents, and the most accessible. He once explained to Bernard Baruch why he often sat silently through interviews: "Well, Baruch, many times I say only 'yes' or 'no' to people. Even that is too much. It winds them up for twenty minutes more." But no President was kinder in permitting himself to be photographed in Indian war bonnets or cowboy dress, and in greeting a variety of delegations to the White House. Both his dry Yankee wit and his frugality with words became legendary. His wife, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, recounted that a young woman sitting next to Coolidge at a dinner party confided to him she had bet she could get at least three words of conversation from him. Without looking at her he quietly retorted, "You lose." And in 1928, while vacationing in the Black Hills of South Dakota, he issued the most famous of his laconic statements, "I do not choose to run for President in 1928." By the time the disaster of the Great Depression hit the country, Coolidge was in retirement. Before his death in January 1933, he confided to an old friend, ". . . I feel I no longer fit in with these times." The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association.


Of the fortyeight contiguous states in the USA, which contains the most northerly point?

Extreme Points of the United States Extreme Points of the United States Description view trip reports Extreme points lie farther north, east, south, and west than any other point of a specific region. Here, we limit consideration to the contiguous 48 United States; the entire 50 states (so including Alaska and Hawaii); and all United States territory. We also consider the lowest and highest elevation points to be extrema. An excellent reference with several tables and illustrations is available at wikipedia.org . The 180th meridian, being at an arbitrarily selected location, poses certain issues for defining "easternmost" and "westernmost". This is especially true since Alaska crosses this meridian and hence contains land in the Eastern Hemisphere. We discount calling such land "easternmost" as a silly fiction generated by the date line's arbitrarily-selected location. We define being east of a location if the shortest path, a great circle track, contains an east component, i.e. a true course on departure from 0° to 180°. A point is west of one's location if the great circle track has a true course on departure from 180° to 360°. The following extreme points are abstracted from the above wikipedia page, and are reproduced here for the reader's convenience. Coordinates use the NAD27 datum except where indicated by "datum uncertain" for certain extrema lying outside the contiguous 48 states. Here, the corresponding references do not specify the datum. Please E-mail the webmaster with any corrections, comments, and updates. Contiguous 48 United States Northernmost - Northwest Angle, Minnesota (49.38407°N, 95.15274° W) Southernmost1 - Cape Sable, Florida (25.11567° N, 81.08579° W)                         The southernmost point on the mainland.                       - Ballast Key, Florida (24.52° N, 81.965° W)                         The southernmost land permanently above the waterline. Easternmost - West Quoddy Head, Maine (44.81335° N, 66.94975° W)                       The easternmost land permanently above the waterline.                       Sail Rock, just offshore, is occasionally underwater. Westernmost - Cape Alava, Washington (48.16974° N, 124.73004° W)                       The westernmost point on the mainland.                     - Bodelteh Islands, Washington (48.17761° N, 124.76479° W)                       The westernmost land permanently above the waterline. Highest         - Mount Whitney, California (14,494 feet)                       The new NAVD88 vertical datum yields 14,505 feet. Lowest         - Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California (-282 feet)         1 Key West, Florida falsely bills itself as being the southernmost   land in the forty-eight states. 50 United States Northernmost - Point Barrow, Alaska (71.39040° N, 156.47741° W) Southernmost - Ka Lae, Hawaii (18.91023° N, 155.67927° W) Easternmost - West Quoddy Head, Maine (44.81335° N, 66.94975° W)                       The easternmost land permanently above the waterline.                       Sail Rock, just offshore, is occasionally underwater. Westernmost - Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska (65.64° N, 168.12° W) datum uncertain                       The westernmost point on the North American continent.                     - Peaked Island, offshore from Cape Wrangell,                       Attu Island, Alaska (52.92° N, 172.44° E) datum uncertain Highest         - Mount McKinley, Alaska (20,320 feet)                       Known also by its native name, "Denali". Lowest         - Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California (-282 feet) All United States Territory Northernmost - Point Barrow, Alaska (71.39040° N, 156.47741° W) Southernmost - Rose Atoll, American Samoa (14.374° S, 170.7595° W) datum uncertain Easternmost - Point Udall, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands           (17.7555° N, 64.5650° W) datum uncertain Westernmost - Udall Point, Guam (13.4475° N, 144.6182° E) datum uncertain Highest         - Mount McKinley, Alaska (20,320 feet)                       Known also by its native name, "Denali". Lowest         - Badwate


Which Duke commanded the Government forces at the 1745 Battle of Culloden?

The Battle of Culloden, 1746 The Battle of Culloden Rent a Castle Whether it's a folly for 2 or a fort for 20, try our castles for rent page. By  Ellen Castelow , Contributing Writer  |   Comments The last ever pitched battle to be fought on British soil took place on 16th April 1746 on Drummossie Moor, overlooking Inverness. At the Battle of Culloden, a well-supplied Hanovarian Government army led by the Duke of Cumberland, son of King George II, would face the forces of Charles Edward Stewart, The Young Pretender , in the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. The Jacobite Rising was an attempt to overthrow the House of Hanover and restore the House of Stuart to the British throne. Having failed in their attempt to gain support in England and advance on London, the Jacobites had retreated all the way back to Scotland. Under constant pressure from the King’s army, Charles marched his force of around 6,000 men ever further northward, before finally establishing a base at Inverness. Ignoring advice to launch a guerrilla campaign, Charles chose to stage a defensive action and confront his enemy at nearby Drummossie Moor. He also ignored warnings that the marshy rough ground may favour the larger Government forces. And so, on a rain soaked morning the Government army struck camp and headed towards the moorland around Culloden and Drummossie to take up their positions. Over the first half-hour of the battle, Cumberland’s artillery battered the Jacobite lines, first with roundshot and then grapeshot. Finally, Charles issued the orders his Highlanders had been waiting for, to charge the enemy. Although hampered and slowed down by the boggy ground, many of the Highlanders reached the Government lines. In the bloody hand to hand fighting that followed, the new Redcoat tactic of bayoneting the exposed side of the man to the right, rather than confronting the one directly in front appears to have paid dividends. The Highlanders finally broke and fled, the entire battle had lasted less than hour. Over the weeks that followed, those Jacobites that managed to escape the battlefield were hunted down and killed (as pictured below). Charles himself evaded capture for five long months, eventually making good his escape to France and final exile. Key Facts:


The river Lee enters the sea at which Irish port?

Rivers of Ireland | Look Around Ireland Rivers of Ireland Rivers of Ireland The rivers of Ireland are one of the most intriguing elements of the landscape. In proportion to the size of the island of Ireland, there exists a huge amount of rivers and river kilometres. The River Shannon is the longest in the British Isles. Apart from the 10 longest rivers listed below, there are shorter but significant rivers of great importance to the towns and cities they pass through or where they enter the sea. Some of these would include the River Lagan, which exits through Belfast, the River Foyle, which forms a very wide expanse of water as it exits through Derry City. The Avonmore and Avonbeg Rivers form the famous Meeting of the Waters joining as the River Avoca and then enter the Irish Sea at the busy port of Arklow in County Wicklow .   10 Longest Rivers of Ireland River Shannon                     386km   The Avoca The River Avoca is somewhat unusual as it begins as two separate rivers, the Avonmore (in Irish, Abhainn Mhór, meaning “large river”) and the Avonbeg (Abhainn Bheag, meaning “small river”). These two rivers converge to form the Avoca. This happens at the “ Meeting of the Waters ”, a place of incredible scenic beauty.The river itself is located in the county of Wicklow and enters the sea at Arklow. It flows through the Irish village also named Avoca which is the setting for the BBC series “Ballykissangel”. Despite its amazing natural beauty, major concerns have arisen in recent years concerning pollution of the river.   The Bandon The Bandon is a river located in Co. Cork . It rises in the Shehy Mountains in the west of the county and flows eastward through Dunmanway, Balineen, Enniskeane, Bandon and Inishannon to Kinsale Harbour. The river is a good fishing area and has an estimated catch of 1300 salmon and a similar catch of sea-trout per year.   The Bann The Bann is the longest river in Northern Ireland , stretching a total of 129 kilometres from the Mourne Mountains in County Down to the northern coast of Ireland, entering the Atlantic Ocean at Portstewart. The Bann is unusual as it flows into the very large Lough Neagh at Bannfoot, Co. Armagh before continuing its journey northward. The has led to the River Bann being divided into two rivers; the Upper Bann which lies to the south of Lough Neagh and the Lower Bann which lies to the north. Numerous activities take place along the Bann, including cruises, canoeing, rowing, waterskiing, angling and several others.   The Barrow The Barrow is one of the “Three Sisters” rivers which are comprised of the Nore, the Suir and the Barrow. All three rise in the same mountainous area of Tipperary and flow in a southerly direction. It is 192 kilometres in length (the second longest in Ireland) and enters the Atlantic Ocean at Waterford. It also links with the Grand Canal at Athy, which connects Dublin with the Shannon in the west. The Barrow also passes through the town of New Ross in Co. Wexford where the replica famine ship “ The Dunbrody ” can be seen.   The Boyne The River Boyne, one of the more well-known Irish rivers, has its source near Edenderry, Co. Offaly . It is approximately 112 kilometres in length and enters the Irish Sea at Drogheda. The River Boyne is a highly popular fishing area, particularly for trout and salmon fishing, and also boasts many beautiful scenic views along its course. However, the Boyne is most renowned for its prominence in Irish history and folklore. The Battle of the Boyne took place in 1690 near Drogheda along the banks of the river and would be considered one of the most famous battles in Irish history. Steeped in Celtic mythology, the River Boyne is also believed to be the location of “ The Salmon of Knowledge ”, an ancient Irish legend.   The Corrib The River Corrib is located in Co. Galway and is one of Ireland’s shortest rivers, a mere 6 kilometres in length. Despite this, it is quite well-known as it flows through the heart of Galway City after travelling the short distance from Lough Corrib where it rises. The Corrib is also one of


Michael Jordan played for which NBA team from 1984 to 1998, except for a season of retirement in 1993-94?

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


Who was President of the USA between 1869 and 1877?

Ulysses S. Grant | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Ulysses S. Grant In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.  Late in the administration of Andrew Johnson, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant quarreled with the President and aligned himself with the Radical Republicans. He was, as the symbol of Union victory during the Civil War, their logical candidate for President in 1868. When he was elected, the American people hoped for an end to turmoil. Grant provided neither vigor nor reform. Looking to Congress for direction, he seemed bewildered. One visitor to the White House noted "a puzzled pathos, as of a man with a problem before him of which he does not understand the terms." Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point rather against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. In the Mexican War he fought under Gen. Zachary Taylor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was working in his father's leather store in Galena, Illinois. He was appointed by the Governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment. Grant whipped it into shape and by September 1861 he had risen to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. He sought to win control of the Mississippi Valley. In February 1862 he took Fort Henry and attacked Fort Donelson. When the Confederate commander asked for terms, Grant replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted." The Confederates surrendered, and President Lincoln promoted Grant to major general of volunteers. At Shiloh in April, Grant fought one of the bloodiest battles in the West and came out less well. President Lincoln fended off demands for his removal by saying, "I can't spare this man--he fights." For his next major objective, Grant maneuvered and fought skillfully to win Vicksburg, the key city on the Mississippi, and thus cut the Confederacy in two. Then he broke the Confederate hold on Chattanooga. Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief in March 1864. Grant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Finally, on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Lee surrendered. Grant wrote out magnanimous terms of surrender that would prevent treason trials. As President, Grant presided over the Government much as he had run the Army. Indeed he brought part of his Army staff to the White House. Although a man of scrupulous honesty, Grant as President accepted handsome presents from admirers. Worse, he allowed himself to be seen with two speculators, Jay Gould and James Fisk. When Grant realized their scheme to corner the market in gold, he authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to sell enough gold to wreck their plans, but the speculation had already wrought havoc with business. During his campaign for re-election in 1872, Grant was attacked by Liberal Republican reformers. He called them "narrow-headed men," their eyes so close together that "they can look out of the same gimlet hole without winking." The General's friends in the Republican Party came to be known proudly as "the Old Guard." Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction to run its course in the South, bolstering it at times with military force. After retiring from the Presidency, Grant became a partner in a financial firm, which went bankrupt. About that time he learned that he had cancer of the throat. He started writing his recollections to pay off his debts and provide for his family, racing against death to produce a memoir that ultimately earned nearly $450,000. Soon after completing the last page, in 1885, he died. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association


Which state of the USA has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico between Florida and Mississippi?

Geography of the Gulf of Mexico - Border States Geography of the Gulf of Mexico Geography of the Gulf of Mexico States Learn about the States Surrounding the Gulf of Mexico Geography Expert By Amanda Briney The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin located close to the southeastern United States . It is one of the largest bodies of water in the world and it is a part of the Atlantic Ocean . The basin has an area of 600,000 square miles (1.5 million sq km) and most of it consists of shallow intertidal areas but there are some very deep portions. The Gulf of Mexico is bounded by five U.S. states. The following is a list of the five Gulf states and some information about each. 1.  Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern United States. It has an area of 52,419 square miles (135,765 sq km) and a 2008 population of 4,4661,900. Its largest cities are Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile. Alabama is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida to the south and Mississippi to the west. Only a small portion of its coastline is on the Gulf of Mexico ( map ) but it has a busy port located on the Gulf in Mobile. More » continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know 2.  Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States that is bordered by Alabama and Georgia to the north and the Gulf of Mexico the the south and east. It is a peninsula that is surrounded by water on three sides ( map ) and it has a 2009 population of 18,537,969. The area of Florida is 53,927 square miles (139,671 sq km). Florida is known as the "sunshine state" because of its warm subtropical climate and many beaches, including those on the Gulf of Mexico. More » 3.  Louisiana Louisiana ( map ) is located between the Gulf of Mexico states of Texas and Mississippi and is south of Arkansas . It has an area of 43,562 square miles (112,826 sq km) and a 2005 population estimate (prior to Hurricane Katrina ) of 4,523,628. Louisiana is known for its multicultural population, its culture and events such as Mardi Gras in New Orleans . It is also known for its well established fishing economy and ports on the Gulf of Mexico. More » 4.  Mississippi Mississippi ( map ) is a state located in the southeastern United States with an area of 48,430 square miles (125,443 sq km) and a 2008 population of 2,938,618. Its largest cities are Jackson, Gulfport and Biloxi. Mississippi is bordered by Louisiana and Arkansas to the west, Tennesse to the north and Alabama to the east. Most of the state is forested and undeveloped aside from the Mississippi River delta and the Gulf coast area.  Like Alabama, only a small portion of its coastline is on the Gulf of Mexico but the area is popular for tourism. More » 5.  Texas Texas ( map ) is a state located on the Gulf of Mexico and it is the second largest of the contiguous states based on both area and population. The area of Texas is 268,820 square miles (696,241 sq km) and the state's 2009 population was 24,782,302. Texas is bordered by the U.S. states of New Mexico , Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana as well as by the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico. Texas is known for its oil-based economy but its Gulf Coast areas are quickly growing and are some of the most important areas for the state. More »


Falco subbuteo is the scientific name for which small falcon?

Hobby Falcon - Falco subbuteo - UK Bird Small Mammal Taxidermist Mike Gadd An adult Hobby Falcon in a Wall Case on branch, I like wall cased taxidermy (you can have lots of it before your house gets full) Log No: 8299


Salem?s Lot published in 1975 was which writer?s second novel?

Salem's Lot by Stephen King, First Edition, doubleday new york - AbeBooks Salem's Lot by Stephen King, First Edition, doubleday new york You Searched For: Results (1 - 10) of 10 Sort By  ISBN 10: 0385516487 ISBN 13: 9780385516488 Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: DOUBLEDAY, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jerry N. Uelsmann (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean carefully read very near new copy. This copy has just a hint of pagedge soil else fine. The 35.00 jacket has some very light rubbing wear else fine. A re-issue of the King classic,his second novel, includes 50 pages of previously deleted and alternate scenes. The photography of Jerry N. Uelsman has also been added to this edition. Also included are two short stories that led up to the original novel. King has added an introduction to this novel. A veryyyyyyyyyyy nice copy of a book that is getting harder and harder to find everyday. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 028446 ISBN 10: 0385516487 ISBN 13: 9780385516488 Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Doubleday, New York, 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated with complete number line. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Book; fine, as new, unread. Dust jacket ($35.00) has few subtle bumps else fine, as new. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Bookseller Inventory # 110116AE2Sf ISBN 10: 0385516487 ISBN 13: 9780385516488 Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: DOUBLEDAY, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2005. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jerry N. Uelsmann (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread unopened copy. A re-issue of the King classic, his second novel, includes 50 pages of previously deleted and alternate scenes. The photography of Jerry N. Uelsman has also been added to this edition. Also included are two short stories that led up to the original novel. King has added an introduction to this novel. A very nice copy of a book that is getting harder and harder to find everyday. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. You are not going to find another copy this nice. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 039504 Published by Doubleday, [1975, Book Date), New York (1975) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Doubleday, [1975, Book Date), New York, 1975. No Binding. Book Condition: Clamshell As New. No Jacket. Custom Clamshell Case. King, Stephen. SALEM'S LOT. Custom Clamshell Case Only. New York: Doubleday, [1975, Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] Town Design, raised on the upper cover inspired by the first edition DJ's photo & is covered in elegant Black & deep Red Nuba®, a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather & finished inside in soft black velour. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over a hundred cornerstone generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included. First Edition Clamshell Case. Bookseller Inventory # 32123 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1975. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rare, period inscription by Stephen King at front endpaper: "To Bill and Phyllis - Best wishes - Stephen King, 9/18/86". Very attractive. Early issue, unstated; Doubleday code A37 at page 439. Red boards, black cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, lt. shelf wear, rub. Deckled pa


In which film did Noel Coward play Captain E V Kinross and Celia Johnson his wife Alix?

In Which We Serve (1942) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In Which We Serve ( 1942 ) Not Rated | This "story of a ship," the British destroyer HMS Torrin, is told in flash backs by survivors as they cling to a life raft. Directors: Noël Coward (by) (as Noel Coward) Stars: a list of 25 titles created 18 Mar 2013 a list of 33 titles created 12 Apr 2014 a list of 44 titles created 18 Oct 2014 a list of 23 titles created 5 months ago a list of 26 titles created 2 weeks ago Title: In Which We Serve (1942) 7.3/10 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     2     Oscars. Another    5 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards  » Videos Noel Coward's attempt to show how the ordinary people lived between the wars. Just after WWI the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. An ordinary sort of life is led by the ... See full summary  » Director: David Lean Adapted from a play by Noel Coward, Charles and his second wife Ruth, are haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost. Director: David Lean Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight. Director: David Lean The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman. Director: David Lean The Passionate Friends were in love when young, but separated, and she married an older man. Then Mary Justin meets Steven Stratton again and they have one last fling together in the Alps. Director: David Lean Directors: Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, and 1 more credit  » Stars: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley Henry Hobson is a successful bootmaker and tyrannical widower of three daughters. The girls each want to leave their father by getting married, but Henry refuses as marriage traditions require him to pay out settlements. Director: David Lean An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master. Director: David Lean A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor. Director: David Lean Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. Director: David Lean Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator. Director: David Lean A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral USA. Director: Michael Powell Edit Storyline This is the story of a British Naval ship, HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is the experienced Captain E.V. Kinross who trains his men not only to be loyal to him but to the country and most importantly, to themselves. They face challenges at sea and also at home. They lose some of their shipmates in action and some of their loved ones in the devastation that is the blitz. Throughout it all, the men of the Torrin serve valiantly and heroically. Written by garykmcd Noel Coward's Academy Award Winner [UK Video] See more  » Genres: 23 December 1942 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Hidalgos de los mares See more  » Filming Locations: Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound System) Color: Did You Know? Trivia At 42:05, the echoed "What's your name?" can be heard sampled towards the end of Morrissey 's 'Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning' from the album 'Vauxhall and I'. See m


Which American singer-songwriter who was born on February 17th 1940 died in a Cardiff hotel in 2006?

Gene Pitney Remembered Spectropop     remembers GENE        PITNEY (1940 - 2006) The crooning melodrama for which Gene Pitney is best remembered        suggested a singer who took his art, and his pain, all too seriously.        In fact it was Pitney's stylistic range, versatility and likeable        nature that enabled him to adapt, and so survive the 1960s. When        harder-edged rock took over completely he found a home in country        and western, and then took American music back to the invaders in        Britain. He thrived here, and on the Continent, where he sang and        recorded in Spanish, German and Italian. He was born Gene Francis Alan Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut,        in 1940, the son of a mill worker. He moved with his family to the        small town of Rockwell and first tried to sing at a school concert.        It ended in complete embarrassment when he found himself petrified        by stagefright. He spent the next few years building his confidence        with his first band, the Genials, teaching himself piano and guitar.        He studied electronic engineering at Hartford University, but gradually        music came to consume more and more of his time. He began performing        locally with the singer Ginny Arnell under the group name Jamie        and Jane, and the pair cut some records. He tried the name Billy        Bryan for one single, "Cradle Of My Arms", recorded for        Blaze Records. The label then suggested he might do better with        the handle Homer Muzzy. Pitney found a "proper" label, Musicor, dropped out of        education and put his real name on the next single, "(I Wanna)        Love My Life Away", pressed from a studio demo he had recorded        for $30. Thanks to his background in electronics, Pitney, like Buddy        Holly, was an early master of the overdub and the track had enough        body to survive without embellishment on many of the Pitney anthologies        available today. To keep costs down he played every instrument himself        except the bass. Although still struggling to make his own name known, Pitney was        enjoying real success as a writer, usually of paeans to romantic        agony, for other artists. The Kalin Twins recorded "Loneliness",        after which "Hello Mary Lou", submitted to Rick Nelson,        provided Pitney's first real hit. For a while his talents were employed        chiefly by some of the also-rans of the early rock'n'roll years,        including Steve Lawrence ("Tears From Heaven"), Tommy        Edwards ("Blue Heartaches") and Billy Bland ("Harmony"). Pitney did not trouble the Top 20 under his own name until the        release of "Town Without Pity", written to accompany a        harrowing film starring Kirk Douglas about a rape victim's second        brutalisation under the legal process. An important film that would        inform The Accused (1988), it was a flop before Pitney's song, written        by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, began to pick up airplay. It was        rereleased and was eventually a modest success, while the song won        a Golden Globe award for Best Song in a Motion Picture. Pitney became        the first pop artist to perform at the Academy Awards, which at        last established his name in the US. A second movie theme followed, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance", which became a second        gold disc, although the song never appeared in the film. Pitney's canon defies easy classification, but his great vocal        range, and his marrying of rock and remorse, drew comparisons to Roy Orbison who in 1960 recorded Pitney's "Today's Teardrops". "Rubber Ball", given its upbeat "bouncy-bouncy" arrangement by Bobby Vee, still s


Who plays Bella Swan in the Twilight films?

Kristen Stewart - IMDb IMDb 31 December 2016 6:09 PM, UTC NEWS Actress | Soundtrack | Director Though most famous for her role as Isabella "Bella" Swan in The Twilight (2008) Saga, Kristen Stewart has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California, where she was born. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart , both work in film and television. Her mother is Australian. The family includes three boys, her older ... See full bio » Born: a list of 30 people created 15 Apr 2012 a list of 26 people created 29 Mar 2013 a list of 33 people created 13 May 2013 a list of 47 people created 11 months ago a list of 37 people created 10 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Kristen Stewart's work have you seen? User Polls 45 wins & 55 nominations. See more awards  » Known For Soundtrack (3 credits)  2010 The Runaways (performer: "The Wild One", "On Top of Old Smoky", "I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are", "Wild Thing", "Queens of Noise", "Dead End Justice", "I Love Playin' With Fire", "Don't Abuse Me")  2007 Into the Wild (performer: "Angel from Montgomery", "Tracy's Song") / (writer: "Tracy's Song")  2017 Come Swim (Short) (writer) ( completed ) Hide   2017 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series documentary) Herself  2016 C à vous (TV Series) Herself  2009-2016 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Herself  2008-2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Herself / Herself - Ice Bucket Challenge  2016 Omg! Insider (TV Series) Herself  2008-2016 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Herself - Guest  2016 Good Morning America (TV Series) Herself - Guest  2009-2016 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Herself  2008-2016 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary) Herself / Herself (L'interview d'Augustin)  2012-2016 Rencontres de cinéma (TV Series) Herself  2015 Weekend Ticket (TV Series short) Herself  2015 Still Alice: Finding Alice (Video documentary short) Herself  2015 La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary) Herself - Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle  2014 Hollywood Film Awards (TV Special) Herself  2012-2014 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Herself - Guest  2013 Celebrity Style Story (TV Series) Herself  2012 Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) Herself - Guest  2012 The Daily Show (TV Series) Herself - Guest - Episode #8.362 (2012) ... Herself - Guest  2009-2012 Fantastic (TV Series documentary) Herself  2012 El hormiguero (TV Series) Herself - Guest  2009-2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) Herself - Guest / Herself - Guest (segment "Mean Tweets") - Episode #10.214 (2012) ... Herself - Guest (segment "Mean Tweets") (uncredited)  2011-2012 Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) Herself  2012 ENTV Minute (TV Series) Herself  2012 The Digital Picture (TV Series) Herself  2012 MSN Exclusives (TV Series) Herself  2011 Icon News (TV Series) Herself - Red Carpet footage segment  2011 Film 2016 (TV Series) Herself  2010 Scream Awards 2010 (TV Special) Herself  2010 Lopez Tonight (TV Series) Herself  2010 The 7PM Project (TV Series) Herself  2009 Scream Awards 2009 (TV Special) Herself  2009 Inside the Cinema (TV Movie) Herself  2008 Días de cine (TV Series) Herself  2007 HypaSpace (TV Series documentary) Herself  2007 Exhuming 'The Messengers' (Video documentary short) Herself  2006 The Cast of 'Zathura' (Video documentary short) Herself  2004 Shooting 'Panic Room' (Video documentary) Herself  2003 Cartaz Cultural (TV Series) Herself (2010)  2016 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Herself  2016 Omg! Insider (TV Series) Herself  2016 The Drunken Peasants (TV Series) Herself  2009-2015 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Herself  2012 Fantastic (TV Series documentary) Herself  2012 ENTV Minute (TV Series) Herself Personal Details Other Works: Short film: "Dying Lover" for the New York Times' Great Performers: L.A. Noir - Actress See more » Publicity Listings: 1 Print Biography | 8 Interviews | 21 Articles | 13 Pictorials | 148 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on her role as Melinda Sordino in Speak (2004)] I was definitely aware of the film's subject matter, and it wasn't because of anything that


KOH is the formula for which chemical compound?

KOH (chemical) - definition of KOH (chemical) by The Free Dictionary KOH (chemical) - definition of KOH (chemical) by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/KOH+(chemical) potassium hydroxide n. A caustic white deliquescent solid, KOH, used as a bleach and in the manufacture of soaps, dyes, alkaline batteries, and many potassium compounds. Also called caustic potash, lye, potash. potassium hydroxide n (Elements & Compounds) a white deliquescent alkaline solid used in the manufacture of soap, liquid shampoos, and detergents. Formula: KOH. Also called: caustic potash See also lye potas′sium hydrox′ide n. a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, KOH, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, as a reagent, and as a caustic. [1880–85] potassium hydroxide A white, corrosive, solid compound, KOH, used in bleaches and to make soaps and detergents. It is soluble in water and very soluble in alcohol. In solution, it forms lye. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:


What is the full name of Alexander McCall Smith?s 'No 1 Lady Detective'?

Homepage - Alexander McCall Smith ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH Welcome Welcome to the online home of Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. When you are with somebody you love the smallest, smallest things can be so important, so amusing because love transforms the world, everything. And was that what had happened? Alexander McCall Smith, The Right Attitude to Rain We shall change all that...because it is possible to change the world, if one is determined enough, and if one sees with sufficient clarity just what has to be changed. Alexander McCall Smith, The Kalahari Typing School for Men If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way. Alexander McCall Smith, The Right Attitude to Rain Keep up to date with all the latest news


Alexandr Borodin died before he could finish his opera Prince Igor. Who collaborated with Alexandr Glazunov to complete the work?

IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Alexandre" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Alexandre" 1-50 of 126 names. Daniel Radcliffe Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe . His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Germany). Daniel began performing in small school productions as a young boy. Soon enough, he landed a role in David Copperfield , as the young David Copperfield. A couple of years later, he landed a role as Mark Pendel in The Tailor of Panama , the son of Harry and Louisa Pendel ( Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis ). Curtis had indeed pointed out to Daniel's mother that he could be Harry Potter himself. Soon afterwards, Daniel was cast as Harry Potter by director, Chris Columbus in the film that hit theaters in November 16, 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone . He was recognized worldwide after this film was released. Pleasing audiences and critics everywhere, filming on its sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , commenced shortly afterwards. He appeared again as Harry in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban directed by Alfonso Cuarón , and then appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire directed by Mike Newell . Shortly afterwards, he finished filming December Boys in Adelaide, Australia, Kangaroo Island, and Geelong, Australia which began on the 14 November 2005 and ended sometime in December. On January 27, 2006, he attended the South Bank Awards Show to present the award for "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" to Billie Piper . Daniel reprised his famous character once again for the next installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . In February 2007, he took on his first stage role in the West End play Equus, to worldwide praise from fans and critics alike. Also that year, he starred in the television movie My Boy Jack , which aired on 11 November 2007 in the UK. After voicing a character in an episode of the animated television series The Simpsons in late 2010, Radcliffe debuted as J. Pierrepont Finch in the 2011 Broadway revival How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, a role previously held by Broadway veterans Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick. Other cast members included John Larroquette, Rose Hemingway and Mary Faber. Both the actor and production received good reviews, with USA Today commenting: "Radcliffe ultimately succeeds not by overshadowing his fellow cast members, but by working in conscientious harmony with them - and having a blast in the process." Radcliffe's performance in the show earned him Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. The production itself later received nine Tony Award nominations. Radcliffe left the show on 1 January 2012. His first post-Harry Potter project was the 2012 horror film The Woman in Black, adapted from the 1983 novel by Susan Hill. The film was released on 3 February 2012 in the United States and Canada, and was released on 10 February in the UK. Radcliffe portrays a man sent to deal with the legal matters of a mysterious woman who has just died, and soon after he begins to experience strange events from the ghost of a woman dressed in black. He has said he was "incredibly excited" to be part of the film and described the script as "beautifully written". In 2013, he portrayed American poet Allen Ginsberg in the thriller drama Kill Your Darlings , directed by John Krokidas. He also starred in an Irish-Canadian romantic comedy film The F Word directed by Michael Dowseand written by Elan Mastai, based on TJ Dawe and Michael Rinaldi's play Toothpaste and Cigars and then he starred in an American dark fantasy horror film directed by Alexandre Aja Horns. Both of the films premiered at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival. Radcliffe also performed at the Noël Coward Theatre in the stage p


What is the name of four of the five cats owned by the family in The Simpsons?

Snowball V | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Dan Castellaneta Snowball V, commonly referred to as Snowball II, is the Simpsons' fifth cat and looks exactly the same as the original Snowball II , which was killed when Dr. Hibbert 's Mercedes-Benz hit him. The Crazy Cat Lady throws the cat at Lisa while she is mourning the deaths of the other cats that she kept ( Snowball III and Coltrane (Snowball IV). He and Santa's Little Helper are the two current pets of the Simpson family . Contents [ show ] Biography After the Crazy Cat Lady throws the cat at her feet saying that she doesn't want it anymore, Lisa tells it to leave, because any cat that she owns is unlucky and is certain to be killed. As the cat starts to cross Evergreen Terrace , Gil drives by in his car. Gil swerves to miss the cat, hits a tree, and his car bursts into flames, which means that Gil will be able to use the insurance money to buy food. Since the cat is unhurt, Lisa takes it as a sign of good luck and adopts her. [1] Lisa chooses to keep Snowball Lisa renames Snowball V "Snowball II," in her words, "to save money on a new dish." She also vows to pretend the whole thing never happened (i.e., two adopted cats dying in quick succession). Principal Skinner , who happens to be walking by and overhears Lisa talking to the cat, asks "Isn't that a cheat?", to which Lisa replies "I guess it is, Principal Tamzarian" (referring to when he admitted he was not the real Seymour Skinner, while knowing that the citizens of Springfield should never speak of that again). [2] The cat later becomes overweight after abandoning the Simpsons for brief periods to visit a different family. At the other family's house, she is fed, taught tricks and given the name "Smokey". [3] There is suspicion that Snowball V is in fact Snowball II, but there is no proof, except for that she looks like an exact replica, but in real life many cats look identical. She may even be related to her or an identical twin. However the answer to that happens to be unknown. Appearances


What is the title of the Holbein painting of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve?

Art Through Time: A Global View        - Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve (The Ambassadors) Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve (The Ambassadors) » Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543) On the left of Hans Holbein’s painting stands Jean de Dinteville, the ambassador to England from the French court of King François I. His companion is Georges de Selve, a French bishop and diplomat. Between them is a two-tiered shelf holding an array of worldly goods—including books, musical instruments, and astronomical devices. Both de Dinteville and de Selve appear wealthy, highly sophisticated, and knowledgeable. Jean de Dinteville stands confidently, dressed in rich ermine and silk. In his hand he holds an ornate dagger and around his neck wears a chain of gold with the Order of St. Michael. However, affixed to his hat is a much less ostentatious object—a medallion depicting a skull. Buried within Holbein’s scene filled with luxurious objects, this memento mori, or reminder of death, comes as a surprise to the attentive viewer. It is, in fact, just one of several elements in the painting not apparent at first glance. In the upper left-hand corner hangs a half-hidden crucifix, and, remarkably, an odd shape in the foreground of the painting morphs into a large skull when viewed at precisely the right angle. Together, these objects remind the audience, among whom the sitters would have been counted, that material possessions are ultimately ephemeral, that human achievement is transient, and that death is inevitable. In the early 1530s, the Reformation was making its way to England. Although reform-minded, the two men pictured in Holbein’s work were devout Catholics concerned with threats to the unity of Christianity, and their diplomatic efforts at the court of Henry VIII would have focused on such matters. It has been suggested by some scholars that the painting contains not only symbols of life’s brevity, but also references to the crisis of religion that was sweeping across Europe at the time. For example, a lute with a broken string on the bottom shelf placed adjacent to a Lutheran hymnal has been interpreted as a sign of discord. Religion was not the only cultural arena in which major shifts were taking place in the sixteenth century. New wealth, emergent nationhood, and artistic developments were also impacting the lives of Europeans. Holbein’s painting is in some ways traditional, drawing on familiar iconography to convey its message of mortality. At the same time, the opulence of the objects portrayed and the evident delight Holbein took in painting them suggest a changing perspective—one in which worldly existence is not to be eschewed entirely, but balanced carefully against the requirements of salvation.


Vientiane is the capital of which Asian country?

Ten Reasons Why Vientiane, Laos, is the World?s Best Capital City Ten Reasons Why Vientiane, Laos, is the World?s Best Capital City markonthemap.wordpress.com A Sparkling Clean Oasis Chances are your journey to Vientiane will not be direct, and arriving from Hanoi, Phnom Penh or Bangkok, you will be struck by the immaculate streets of the Laotian capital.  Vientiane may just be the cleanest city in all of Southeast Asia.  With meticulously angled shrubbery and manicured roadside gardens, you'd hardly believe you were in one of the poorest countries in the world.  Hosting the Southeast Asian Games in 2009 (for the first time in their 50-year history) Vientiane is opening its doors to the world, a small city with big dreams. Exuding a pride often found in capitals, the residents of Vientiane work hard at the upkeep to make their city the shining example of a prosperous future. . Photo: REUTERS markonthemap.wordpress.com Friendly Locals Learn this word: "Sabaidii," (sa bye dee - hello, welcome) and you've unlocked the door to the land of 1,000 smiles.  The warm, welcoming faces of the Lao people are so infectious, you will find yourself singing "Khawp jai lai lai," (kop chai lye lye - thank you very much) not only because you like the sound, but because of their bewildering radiance.  The Lao citizens don't have much to be happy about.  The French, British, Chinese, Japanese and Thais have all drawn lines around this land and after years of strict socialism, the country remains in the world's "least-developed" category.  Yet, the Lao people refuse to let hard times get them down. markonthemap.wordpress.com Dirt-Cheap French Food Waking up to the wafting scent of freshly baked baguettes and crispy croissants, you might just forget where you are.  In fact, to find bread in such quantities is a rarity in Asia.  Yet, in Vientiane, the lingering refinements of French Indochina rule the city's culinary scene. Vientiane is, perhaps, the cheapest place in the world to indulge in wood-fire steaks, soufflés, pates, and a cold glass of Sancerre.  Most restaurants line the crisscrossing rues of Vientiane Central or you can combine dinner and a movie at Centre Culturel et de Cooperation Linguistique. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang Upmarket Accommodation Aided by a change in foreign tourism in post-tsunami Thailand, the past few years have brought an unprecedented boom in tourism for Laos.  Seeking the languid, "authentic" Asia that many feel is lost elsewhere, more than 1 million tourists came in 2005, up from  14,000 in 1990.  As a result, Vientiane's old flophouses received an overdue makeover and accommodation took a notable swing for the up-market - although prices remain fair.  Expect to pay between $8 and $30 USD for a room with a balcony in the old quarter. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang The Riverside Night Market The mighty Mekong River stretches from Nepal to southern Vietnam, and as it meanders through Laos, it acts as the border with Thailand.  Along its banks, Vientiane's night market comes to life.  On a long stretch of the recently revitalized riverfront, plastic chairs are artfully arranged as hawkers present the day's catch for your approval.  The fresh and unbelievably cheap fish is then cooked to your liking and served (face and all) on a bed of rice and greens.  After dinner, stroll down the river to check out local craftsmen or head back to town for some tiramisu. markonthemap.wordpress.com Beer Lao Founded in 1973, Lao Brewery Co. Ltd. was a joint venture between foreign investors and Lao businessmen.  The Communist government that took over in 1975 formed a partnership with Carlsberg Brewers in 2005.  From the government to the hands of the people, Beer Lao is the national beer.  Its lager, light, and dark varieties blow Thailand's Chang Beer back across the Mekong.  Produced in Vientiane, Beer Lao is one of the nation's largest companies, sponsoring sport events and beauty pageants as well as splashing its marketing across the country.  A cold Beer Lao at sunset on the Mekong is a Vientiane must. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang A Funny


Who was the last South African to win the Open Golf Championship?

Golf: Best Performances by South African Golfers in Majors Since 1994 | Bleacher Report Golf: Best Performances by South African Golfers in Majors Since 1994 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow Julian Finney/Getty Images 0 Comments 1994 was a historic year for South Africa: the first free democratic elections took place and Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President. The country was on the first steps to reconciliation. It was also a big year in the world of sport as Ernie Els secured his first Major title (the US Open), thus ending his country's 16-year major drought. Before him the last South African to win a major was Gary Player at the 1978 Masters. Since Els' US Open triumph, South Africans have gone on to be the second most successful nation at the Majors, securing no less then eight Major titles (four US Opens, two Opens and two Masters). America tops the list with 38 titles, but for a country of the size and stature of South Africa, eight Major champions is an impressive feat. Third place goes to Fiji and Ireland with three titles each, courtesy of their golfing heroes Vijay Singh and Padraig Harrington respectively. But what is the most impressive title secured by a South African since 1994? One can argue that winning any Major is an impressive feat, yet some seem to stick out more so then others. Here is a countdown of the Best Performances South African Golfers in Majors Since 1994: