Other than the United States' Bobby Fischer, which country provided the last non-Russian World Chess Champion?

The Chess Olympiads, Part I: From Founding to Soviet Boycott | World Chess | News, ratings, events in a chess world The Chess Olympiads, Part I: From Founding to Soviet Boycott By Dr. Timothy Harding Aug 29 — 8:00 AM Image by David Eldan 514 With the Chess Olympiad starting this week in Baku, Azerbaijan, we begin a look back at the history of the world’s pre-eminent international chess competition. In 1924, the Summer Olympics were to be held in Paris. A group of chess players decided to organize an international amateur tournament in order to be part of the action, even if only indirectly. Alexander Alekhine, the future World Champion, who now lived in France, was present during the organizing meetings and planned to co-author a book about the event, but it was never completed. There were 54 players from 18 countries in that first Olympics tournament. They were assigned to nine preliminary groups, from which the winners qualified for a round-robin final. The remaining 45 contested an eight-round Swiss system tournament. Some nations had three or four representatives; others only one or two, but the aggregate scores of individual players (in both rounds) from each country decided which won the team prize. The overall winner of the individual competition was Hermanis Matisons of Latvia, while the team honors went to Czechoslovakia (none of whose players were in the group final), with Hungary second and Switzerland third. More significant than the results was that the World Chess Federation, or FIDE (for Fédération Internationale des Echecs) was founded at a meeting on the final day of the competition. When FIDE met for its first congress, in Budapest in 1926, it voted to establish the Chess Olympiad tournaments for teams of four. The first official one (albeit under a different name) would be held the next year in London. The dream of the organizers of the first tournament in 1924, and of every one after, was that chess would eventually be included in the regular and official Olympic Games. Though FIDE gained recognition from the International Olympic Committee as an official sports federation in 1999, the possibility that chess will someday be part of the regular Olympics seems remote. The fact that chess is not a physical sport and the fact that many leading players are professionals – and for decades, the Olympics barred professionals – have so far been insurmountable barriers. But there have also always been some advantages of not being directly connected with the Olympic movement. One was that FIDE could stage its competitions whenever it wished. They held four in five years (1927, 1928, 1930, and 1931) before the two-year system was adopted. There were then four more official Olympiads in the 1930s, and from 1950 onwards Chess Olympiads have been held in each even-numbered year. According to Árpád Földeák, in his book Chess Olympiads, the term “Chess Olympiad,” did not become the official title until 1952. FIDE gained recognition from the International Olympic Committee as an official sports federation in 1999.  Sixteen national teams (with a total of 70 players) contested the first official FIDE Olympiad which opened in London on 18 July 1927. Except for Argentina, all teams were European. Russia did not compete as it was not a FIDE member until after the war. Each nation played a match against every other in London, and Hungary emerged as winners of the Hamilton-Russell Cup (named for Frederick Hamilton-Russell, an English tycoon, who supplied the trophy), ahead of the surprising team from Denmark, while England, the host nation, finished third. Several famous grandmasters met on the top boards, where the best individual result was achieved by Richard Réti of Czechoslovakia, whose team finished fifth. Réti played every round, winning nine games, drawing five, and losing only one for a score of 76.7%. Percentages of 70% or better were also achieved by Ernst Grünfeld for Austria (6 wins and 7 draws), Géza Maróczy for Hungary (6 wins and 6 draws), and Max Euwe for the Netherlands (7 wins, 7 draws and one loss). The v


What type of garments were 'Topis' and 'Toques'?

Clothing - The Canadian Encyclopedia Art & Architecture Clothing The colonization of eastern Canada began with the French in the 17th century. For some years, these settlers depended for clothing on what they brought with them. Clothing The colonization of eastern Canada began with the French in the 17th century. For some years, these settlers depended for clothing on what they brought with them. New garb was expensive and the only clothing available was ready-made garments made locally from imported cloth or, sometimes, from dressed skins. Weaving did not become widespread in the new settlement until early in the 18th century; some local manufacture of fashionable shoes and hats had begun by the late 17th century. Fashionable Dress With the appearance of towns, affluent male and female inhabitants dressed in elegant clothing similar to that worn in France. However, there was a time lag of at least a year between the initiation of a style in Europe and its appearance in Canada, since ships from the continent came only annually. In 17th-century Canada a fashionable male wore a wig, rich fabrics and elegant lace. Portraits of Jea Talon , the first intendant of New France , show him stylishly attired in a wig, brocade dressing gown, shirt lavishly trimmed with lace at the wrists, and lace cravat. In 1703 Madame Riverin, wife of a member of Quebec City's Conseil Souverain, was painted in a stylish dress called a mantua and an elegant head-dress known as a fontange. Her daughters were dressed similarly and her son was garbed in a miniature version of fashionable male clothing. Such imitation of adult clothing was customary in children's attire. When the province of Upper Canada was created in 1791, the newly formed governing class, as well as the other members of the elite, also attempted to maintain fashionable standards of dress. These standards, like those of English dress, were generally more conservative than the modish styles of 18th-century Paris. The first Canadian fashion plate, a magazine illustration displaying the most recent fashions, which appeared in March 1831 in the Montreal Monthly Magazine, probably was inspired by one in an English or French publication. With the improvement in overseas communication that occurred in the mid-19th century, the time lag between new European fashions and their appearance in Canada was substantially reduced, becoming as short as two months. Everyday Dress All but the wealthiest settlers wore clothing made in the home, often of cloth spun in the home and woven domestically or by professional local weavers. Styles tended to be conservative and to reflect rural French or, later, English styles. In the mid-19th century, as more ready-made clothing became available, fashion slowly became more accessible to the masses; however, most working-class attire continued to be made at home. Relatively small quantities of this clothing have survived because, as it wore out, it was recycled into quilts and rugs . In 1884 the first mail-order catalogue, the T. Eaton Company pamphlet, appeared, making recent styles more accessible to everyone, even in remote rural areas. This important development decreased the difference between conservative rural and up-to-date fashionable dress. Men's Clothing In the early French colonial period, many of the garments worn by ordinary townsmen and male country dwellers (mostly farmers) were similar to those worn in France. In the 17th and 18th centuries these settlers would have worn a variety of garments, sometimes broadly echoing fashionable ones but of a simpler, more utilitarian cut and fabric. During the 19th century, similar garments continued to be worn but variety was more limited; everyday clothes were principally reminiscent of fashionable garments. Traditional breeches, which ordinarily reached slightly below the knee, were replaced by trousers, and waist-length jackets were common. Beginning early in the 19th century, imported manufactured English cloth increasingly replaced homespun in everyday dress. Certain types of non-fashionable attire for


'Red Lion' was for may years accepted as the most popular pubname in Great Britain. What pub name has now succeeded this?

The Unicorn Of Scotland - Our Mystical National Animal Search This Site The Mystical Unicorn Of Scotland What says 'magic'  more loudly than choosing the mystical and powerful Unicorn of Scotland as the country's National Animal?  A country's 'National Animal' should represent the best, and defining, qualities of the nation who chose it. Scots have a strong sentimental streak under that practical and reserved exterior, and Scottish culture is rich in superstitions, myths and legends.  So, choosing a heraldic symbol as awe-inspiring as the unicorn makes perfect sense! Chances are you don't know too much about this fantastic creature, so let's start there.  (But if you want to jump straight to how, when & why it was chosen  CLICK HERE ) Unicorns Abound In History & Legend The stories and legends surrounding the Unicorn go about as far back in history as the human race. These beautiful creatures were worshiped by the ancient Babylonians, and written descriptions of them appear throughout ancient history, and as early as the first century AD. In the 5th Century AD, interpretation of a passage in the Hebrew Old Testament described an animal that scholars believed was a Unicorn. This may be the beginning of their association with Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, which is the basis for the legends that claimed only a Virgin could tame the Unicorn. It could also explain the Unicorn's popularity in Christian Art, particularly during the Middle Ages. Click on image to buy or browse They were seen in the early writings and drawings of many different countries and cultures, including Greece, Persia (now Iran), Egypt, India and Africa. The Persians, the Romans, the Greek philosophers ,and even ancient Jewish scholars, all describe a horse-like creature whose single horn had magical properties that could heal any disease or illness. Unicorns were considered to be very rare and precious, a lunar symbol (ie symbolized the moon), and they were given differing characteristics depending on the culture and country that was describing them. These included: Innocence Virility Nurturing Powers Although they're often thought of as imaginary, or purely mythical animals, the appearance of Unicorns in the history and writings of so many different countries, over many, many centuries seems to me to be more than imagination or coincidence. Even today, fantasy fiction and art is full of unicorn imagery, so that fascination continues. There are many weird and wonderful animals alive in the world today, and many that have become extinct (even in my lifetime). So, how hard is it to imagine a horse with a single horn? The Scot in me believes that Unicorns truly did live on Earth (and in Scotland) a long time ago. How about you? Click on image to buy or browse They're considered to be imaginary, or purely mythical animals. But the appearance of Unicorns in the history and writings of so many different countries, over many, many centuries seems to me to be more than imagination or coincidence. Even today, fantasy fiction and art is full of unicorn imagery, so that fascination continues. There are many weird and wonderful animals alive in the world today, and many that have become extinct (even in my lifetime). So, how hard is it to imagine a horse with a single horn? The Scot in me believes that Unicorns truly did live on Earth (and in Scotland) a long time ago. How about you? The Unicorn Of Scotland As A Heraldic Symbol Unicorns have been associated with Royalty and heraldry since at least the time of the Romans, and over the centuries their appearance and personality traits have had more than a few 'upgrades'! They grew to become an exotic creature... a magnificent horse with cloven hooves, the tail of a lion, and a perfect spiraled horn in the middle of their foreheads. In Celtic Mythology the Unicorn of Scotland symbolized innocence and purity, healing powers, joy and even life itself. It was also seen as a symbol of masculinity and power. Two sides of the same coin as it were, a blend of male virility and female nurturing - perhaps the perfect mix!


Which Roman emperor issued 'The Edict of Milan' and endedthe persecution of Christians?

313 The Edict of Milan | Christian History Magazine Home / Magazine / Issues / Issue 28 / 313 The Edict of Milan 313 The Edict of Milan Pintrest by David F. Wright The agreement shifted Christianity from being an illicit, persecuted sect to being a welcome—and soon dominant—religion of the Roman Empire. [Christian History originally published this article in Christian History Issue 28 in 1990 ] It came out of a two-man summit meeting in the northern Italian city of Milan in January 313. The two men were the Roman emperors—Constantine ruling the West and Licinius the East. They met “under happy auspices,” as their joint communiqué put it. After years of power struggles for the imperial purple, the Roman world enjoyed a degree of peace. And after the failure of the Great Persecution (initiated by the emperors Diocletian and Galerius in 303304), the Christian church had begun to recover its stability. Constantine and Licinius turned their minds to matters affecting the general welfare of the Empire. They determined first of all to attend to “the reverence paid to the Divinity.” This required a guarantee of full religious freedom to the Christians, setting them on a par with those who followed other religions. The so-called Edict of Milan provided for this. It marks the Roman Empire’s final abandonment of the policies of persecution of Christians. The age of the martyrs was at an end. The transition to the era of the “Christian Empire” had begun. Provisions of the “Edict" The conference at Milan undoubtedly resulted in a concordat. But its terms are known to us only from a rescript issued six months later by Licinius. (This rescript was sent from his capital in Nicomedia—now Izmit in Turkey, just east of the Bosporus— to the governor of the nearby province of Bithynia. The Christian writer Lactantius has preserved its original Latin, while the church historian Eusebius gives it in Greek. ) Here are the rescript’s main provisions: "Our purpose is to grant both to the Christians and to all others full authority to follow whatever worship each person has desired, whereby whatsoever Divinity dwells in heaven may be benevolent and propitious to us, and to all who are placed under our authority. Therefore we thought it salutary and most proper to establish our purpose that no person whatever should be refused complete toleration, who has given up his mind either to the cult of the Christians or to the religion which he personally feels best suited to himself. It is our pleasure to abolish all conditions whatever which were embodied in former orders directed to your office about the Christians, that every one of those who have a common wish to follow the religion of the Christians may from this moment freely and unconditionally proceed to observe the same without any annoyance or disquiet." The rescript goes out of its way to ensure evenhanded treatment for all: “no diminution must be made from the honor of any religion. “ But the strongly pro-Christian flavor is tasted in the instructions to restore to the Christians all property that had been appropriated during the persecution. This applied to property belonging to individual Christians as well as to churches—and without regard for the present owners, who could apply to the state for compensation. In implementing these rulings the governor was to give the Christians his “most effective intervention,” making sure the terms were published to all. These actions, Constantine and Licinius concluded, would ensure that “the Divine favor toward us, which we have already experienced in so many affairs, shall continue for all time to give us prosperity and success, together with happiness for the state." Significance of the “Edict" In reality, the subjects of Constantine in the Western Empire already enjoyed the toleration and property rights spelled out in this rescript. Nevertheless, the “Edict’s” significance stands unchallenged (even though we must recognize the inaccuracy of its traditional title, since it was not an edict). Only a few months earlier Constantine had become the first


Which eel-like fish has a sucker mouth with horny teeth, and a rough tongue, but no scales, paired fins, or jaws?

Vertebrates - Chordates - Rob Lewis - Biology 1309 with Lewis at Austin Community College - StudyBlue Size: 32 Views: 13 What is a coelom? The cavity contains digestive ect... A coelom is a fluid-filled body cavity that is completely lined by tissue created from the mesoderm, the middle layer of the primary cells found in an embryo. What is a protostome? "Mouth first". A multicellular organism whose mouth develops from a primary embryonic opening, such as an annelid, mollusk, or arthropod. Advertisement ) Who are (the protostome) they? Arthropods, nematodes, platyhelminthes, rotifers, molluscs, annelids. What is a deuterostome? "Mouth second". Distinguished by embryonic development: the first opening (the blastopore) becomes the anus (in protostomes it becomes the mouth) also known as enterocoelomates because their coelom develops through enterocoely. Who are the Chordates (they)? Vertebrates, echinoderms, acorn worms, worm-like animals( xenoturbellida). What is a chordate? An animal of the large phylum Chordata, comprising the vertebrates together with the sea squirts and lancelets. What characteristics do (chordates) they all share? They share four common characteristics: stiff, rod-like notochord running down the back (serves as a skeleton), hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal (turns into the jaw) slits (in throat region) and muscular postanal tail. What characteristics do (chordates) they all share? They share four common characteristics: stiff, rod-like notochord running down the back (serves as a skeleton), hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal (turns into the jaw) slits (in throat region) and muscular postanal tail. What is a cephalochordate? Small fish-like chordates retain all four chordate characteristics throughout their lives. (Consider these guys to be invertebrate chordates.) The presence of a notochord that persists throughout life. It is represented in the modern oceans by the Amphioxiformes (lancelets, also known as amphioxus). What is a Lancelet? A small elongated marine invertebrate that resembles a fish but lacks jaws and obvious sense organs. Lancelets possess a notochord and are among the most primitive chordates. Why is it (cephalochordata) called an "invertebrate chordate"? Because invertebrate chordates do not have a backbone. Invertebrate chordates include tunicates and lancelets. Both are primitive marine organisms. What is a urochordate? Urochordates are small marine animals with larvae that swim freely and adults that attach themselves to the ocean floor. What is a sea squirt? The sea squirt is an immobile filter feeder that live on the ocean floor. What are the characteristics of a sea squirt? The sea squirt have all these features as larvae, when they resemble tadpoles. The sea squirt then undergoes a transformation, rearranging its organs. What is a craniate? Hagfish and vertebrates. The Craniata, or craniates, include all animals having a skull (or cranium, hence their name), be it cartilaginous or bony. Advertisement What is a hagfish? A primitive jawless marine vertebrate distantly related to the lampreys, with a slimy eel like body, a slitlike mouth surrounded by barbels, and a rasping tongue used for feeding on dead or dying fish. What is a lamprey? An eel like aquatic jawless vertebrate that has a sucker mouth with horny teeth and a rasping tongue. The adult is often parasitic, attaching itself to other fish and sucking their blood. What is a gnathostome? These animals have jaws and paired appendages (fins or limbs) that include: cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, amphibians, reptiles (including birds) and mammals. What important advancement do (gnathostome) they show? An important advancement for this group was jaws, allowing biting teeth to evolve. Give some examples (of the gnathostome) : Cartilaginous fishes main characteristics are: cartilage skeletons, placoid scales (similar to teeth anatomy), jaws, heavier than water examples? Bony Fish main characteristics are: bony skeleton, swim bladders, fins with rays. What is significance of lobed-fin fishes? The most important feature


What word describes the property of a metal which allows it to be stretched into wire?

Copper properties and uses. Introduction. Picture 7. Copper's anti-bacterial and corrosion resistant properties help make it ideal for beer brewing vessels. Corrosion resistant Copper is low in the reactivity series . This means that it doesn't tend to corrode. Again, this is important for its use for pipes, electrical cables, saucepans and radiators. However, it also means that it is well suited to decorative use. Jewellery, statues and parts of buildings can be made from copper, brass or bronze and remain attractive for thousands of years. Antibacterial Copper is a naturally hygienic metal that slows down the growth of germs such as E-coli (the “burger bug”), MRSA (the hospital “superbug”) and legionella. This is important for applications such as food preparation, hospitals, coins (see biocidal copper ), door knobs and plumbing systems. Picture 8. Brazing copper pipes to make a strong joint. Picture 9. Brass can be polished up to give an attractive gold finish. Easily joined Copper can be joined easily by soldering or brazing . This is useful for pipework and for making sealed copper vessels. Ductile Copper is a ductile metal. This means that it can easily be shaped into pipes and drawn into wires. Copper pipes are lightweight because they can have thin walls. They don't corrode and they can be bent to fit around corners. The pipes can be joined by soldering and they are safe in fires because they don't burn or support combustion. Tough Copper and copper alloys are tough . This means that they were well suited to being used for tools and weapons. Imagine the joy of ancient man when he discovered that his carefully formed arrowheads no longer shattered on impact. The property of toughness is vital for copper and copper alloys in the modern world. They do not shatter when they are dropped or become brittle when cooled below 0 °C. Non magnetic Copper is non magnetic and non sparking. Because of this, it is used in special tools and military applications. Attractive colour Copper and its alloys , such as brass, are used for jewellery and ornaments. They have an attractive golden colour which varies with the copper content. They have a good resistance to tarnishing making them last a long a time. Picture 10. Roll over the properties above to see which metals give copper alloys those properties. Alloys easily Copper can be combined with other metals to make alloys . The most well known are brass and bronze . Although copper has excellent electrical and thermal properties, it needs to be hardened and strengthened for many industrial applications. It is therefore mixed with other metals and melted. The liquid metals form a solution which, when they solidify, are called alloys. Some copper alloys are: brass: copper + zinc Picture 11. Copper hot water cylinders (background) are shredded and compressed into bales (front right) for recycling. Recyclable Copper can be recycled without any loss of quality. 40% of the world's demand is met by recycled copper (see extracting copper ). Catalytic compounds Copper can act as a catalyst . For example, it speeds up the reaction between zinc and dilute sulphuric acid. It is found in some enzymes , one of which is involved in respiration . So it really is a vital element. Question 5     The table shows some uses of copper. In each case, the use relies on particular properties. Click on the buttons to show which properties each use should have. Use


Which 'HMC' by David Essex was No. 1 in October 1975?

The UK Number Ones : 1975-1979 Week Ending ACT + Links TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT 18 Jan 1975 Status Quo Down Down 1 Only No 1 This famous band of head bangers had 22 Top 10s out of 52 hits   between 1968 and 1996, but only this No 1. 25 Jan 1975 Tymes Ms Grace 1 Only No 1 US group that first charted in 1963.  They had only two other   hits before this No 1. 1 Feb 1975 Pilot January 3 Only No 1 British group whose two follow-ups failed even make the Top 30. 22 Feb 1975 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 2 Only No 1 They had two Top 10s before this. Harley went solo in 1976 but   never made the big time. 8 Mar 1975 Telly Savalas If 2 Only No 1 Actor who starred in the tv cop show "Kojak".  He   spoke his way through this song by David Gates from    Bread.   22 Mar 1975 Bay City Rollers Bye Bye Baby 6 1st No 1 Scottish band that dressed in tartan and built up a fanatical teen   following.  Best-selling single of 1975. 3 May 1975 Mud Oh Boy 2 3rd & last No 1 Buddy Holly hit from 1958.  They had a further 4 Top 10 hits   by the end of 1976. 17 May 1975 Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man 3 Only No 1 Legendary US country music singer for whom this song became a trade   mark. 7 Jun 1975 Windsor Davies & Don Estelle Whispering Grass 3 Only No 1 Spin-off from the BBC sitcom " It Ain't Half Hot Mum ".   This pair were the stars. 28 Jun 1975 10 CC I'm Not In Love 2 2nd No 1 Classic love song and radio play list favourite.  They were   major stars of the 1970s. 12 Jul 1975 Johnny Nash Tears On My Pillow 1 Only No 1 Texan who specialised in soft reggae arrangements, and had much   success in the UK. 19 Jul 1975 Bay City Rollers Give A Little Love 3 2nd & last No 1 "Rollermania" had been coined by this time, but by   mid-77, it was all over. 9 Aug 1975 Typically Tropical Barbados 1 Only No 1 Two recording engineers created this reggae dance hit, but became   One-hit Wonders.  The song, with new words and title made No 1 again in 1999. 16 Aug 1975 Stylistics Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) 3 Only No 1 Philadelphian satin soul group who charmed the UK with a succession   of smooth ballads. 6 Sep 1975 Rod Stewart Sailing 4 3rd No 1 One of his classic anthems, which returned to No 3 the following   year, after use in a tv documentary series. 4 Oct 1975 David Essex Hold Me Close 3 2nd & last No 1 He was at the height of his popularity at this time.  In the   1980s he concentrated on stage musicals. 25 Oct 1975 Art Garfunkel I Only Have Eyes For You 2 1st No 1 Having separated from Paul Simon, he recorded mostly MOR standards. 8 Nov 1975 David Bowie Space Oddity 2 1st No 1 He made No 5 with this in 1969.  Rick Wakeman provides synthesiser backing. 22 Nov 1975 Billy   Connolly D.I.V.O.R.C.E. 1 Only No 1 Scottish comedian who made this parody of a Tammy Wynette hit. 29 Nov 1975 Xmas No 1 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 9 1st No 1 All-time classic which was accompanied by a video, and was the   first No 1 to benefit from tv exposure.  In 1991, the record was back at No 1. 31 Jan 1976 Abba Mamma Mia 2 2nd No 1 Two years after their first No 1 they were back, and their careers   took off. 14 Feb 1976 Slik Forever And Ever 1 Only No 1 Scots band led by Midge Ure .  He went on to groups Visage and Ultravox , but his next No 1 was solo in   1985. 21 Feb 1976 Four Seasons December '63 2 Only No 1 Major 60s act, with falsetto vocalist, Frankie Valli,  who   made a strong return in the 70s with the band and solo. 6 Mar 1976 Tina Charles I Love To Love 3 Only No 1 She once recorded budget cover versions and was in band 5000 Volts.   Solo, she had two other Top 10 hits. 27 Mar 1976 Brotherhood Of Man Save Your Kisses For Me 6 1st No 1 UK Eurovision winner, which shot them to stardom for a couple of   years.  Best-selling single of 1976. 8 May 1976 Abba Fernando 4 3rd No 1 The momentum was now picking up - Abbamania began. 5 Jun 1976 J J Barrie No Charge 1 Only No 1 Slushy, sentimentality from the Canadian.  Female vocals are   by Vicky Brown, late wife of 60s' rocker Joe Brown . 12 Jun


In the Old Testament, what was the name of the devise that contained the 'Ark of the Covenant'?

Ark Of The Covenant - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Ark Of The Covenant I. The Statements of the Old Testament Concerning the Ark of the Covenant. 1. Pentateuch: In Exodus 25:10 , Moses receives the command to build an ark of acacia wood. Within this ark were to be placed the tables of the law which God was about to give to Moses. Upon the top of the ark, probably not as a lid but above the lid, the kapporeth, in the New Testament to hilasterion ( Hebrews 9:5 ), is to be placed, which was a golden plate upon which two cherubim, with raised wings and facing each other, covered the ark. From the place between the two cherubim God promises to speak to Moses, as often as He shall give him commands in reference to the Israelites. The portion of the Pentateuch in which this is recorded is taken from the so-called Priest Codex (P). The reports of the Elohist (E) and the Jahwist (Jahwist) on this subject are wanting; but both of these sources report concerning the important role which the ark played in the entrance of Israel into Canaan, and these documents too must have contained the information that the people had received this ark. It can further with certainty be stated concerning the Elohist, and with some probability concerning the Jahwist, in what part of these documents these accounts were to be found. For Elohist reports in Exodus 33:6 that the Israelites, in order to demonstrate their repentance on account of the golden calf, had at God's command laid aside their ornaments. In 33:7-10 there follows a statement concerning the erection of the sacred tent; but this is explained only by the fact that between 33:6 and 7 a report concerning the erection of the ark of the covenant must have been found, which the R of the Pentateuch (since before this he had already made use of the much more exhaustive account of the Priest Codex) was compelled to omit. But that at this place the Elohist must have reported not only concerning the erection of the sacred tent but also of the construction of the ark of the covenant, is in itself probable, and can too be concluded from this, that according to the Deuteronomist, the composition of which is also conditioned upon that of the Elohist and the Jahwist, the ark was built on this occasion. We further conclude that it was not so much the tabernacle which could serve as a consolation to the people, something that at that time they needed, but rather the ark, which was to symbolize to them that God was on the march with them. In the Jahwist we do not indeed find at this place any statement concerning this sacred structure, but we do find the statement that the Israelites, out of sorrow because of the bad news brought by Moses, discarded their ornaments. For Exodus 33:4 is taken from the Jahwist, since the Elohist contains the command to discard the ornaments later on, and hence could not have written 33:4. Now it is a justifiable surmise that the Jahwist has also reported what use was made of the ornaments that had been discarded; and as this author, just as is the case with the Elohist, must have at some place contained a report concerning the construction of the ark, he certainly must have given this just at this place. The corresponding account in the Deuteronomist is found in Deuteronomy 10:1-5 . Accordingly, then, all the four Pentateuch documents reported that Moses had built the ark at Sinai. The Deuteronomist, like the Priestly Code (P), says, that it was built of acacia wood. In the Elohistic narrative the subject is mentioned again in Numbers 10:33 , where we read that the ark had preceded the people as they broke camp and marched from Sinai. At this place too the words are found which Moses was accustomed to speak when the ark began to move out and when it arrived at a halting-place. 2. Joshua: According to the narrative in Joshua 3 the ark cooperated at the crossing of the Jordan in such a way that the waters of the river ceased to continue flowing as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the ark entered the water, and that it stood still above until these


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With what was the 'Plowden Report' concerned?

Plowden Report Revisited: Individuality, equality and discovery | News Plowden Report Revisited: Individuality, equality and discovery 24th January 1997 at 00:00 Share this English primary education badly needs appreciating in two senses of the word - a favourable recognition of its achievements and a sensitive understanding and appraisal of its strengths and weaknesses; Children and their Primary Schools (the Plowden Report) provided both for in the Sixties. Its celebration of achievement may have been over the top, its appraisal may have been flawed in important respects, and the trends it identified may have failed to materialise, but it stands as a significant landmark in the history of primary education and one which inspired (or frustrated!) many primary teachers. The Consultative Committee of the Board of Education in 1926 first officially recommended the establishment of primary and secondary education as two distinct stages to replace the notion of elementary education. It was the committee's second report in 1931 (The Primary School, known as the Hadow Report) that established a rationale for primary education and made recommendations on its curriculum, teaching, organisation and staffing based on what was known of children's physical and mental development. It viewed the curriculum in terms of "activity" and "experience", but also in terms of "knowledge to be acquired" and "facts to be stored". It acknowledged "the great and special virtues" of class teaching but pointed out that there were "limits to its flexibility and therefore its usefulness" because of the "varying needs of children or the natural movement of their minds". If the rest of philosophy can be regarded as footnotes to Plato, then in a very real sense Plowden provided the footnotes to Hadow, with its developmental emphasis and with its eclectic approach to curriculum and pedagogy. In the intervening period, between the publication of the two reports, there were many significant events - not least a world war and, in education, a new Act (1944) which formally established primary education as a distinct stage in the English educational system. Post war, government's chief concerns for the new sector related to problems of teacher supply, "roofs over heads" for the fast-burgeoning population of young pupils and the replacement of "all-through" schools by primary and secondary provision (a process not completed until after the publication of Plowden). In very many areas junior schools and the junior departments of newly established primary schools were in thrall to the selection examination at 11-plus. Those schools large enough to stream pupils by ability did so. For older primary pupils in particular, the developments advocated by the Hadow Report largely went unrealised; their curriculum remained dominated by the teaching of reading, writing, number and "intelligence" in preparation for the selection examination. However, with younger children a long-established developmental tradition did increase its influence on practice after the Second World War. In many,though not all infant schools, the rigidities of the timetable were dispensed with; work related to centres of interest or topics was introduced; children were given more choice of activity and encouraged to take a measure of responsibility for their own learning; classrooms were reorganised along "informal" lines; more individual and small-group teaching took place; and there was an increasing emphasis on methods involving discovery, creativity and first-hand experience. Such approaches also began to affect junior-aged pupils in schools in a number of local education authorities such as Oxfordshire, the West Riding and Leicestershire. It was developments such as these that Plowden sought to publicise, celebrate and disseminate for the benefit of all pupils up to the age of 12 (its recommended age of transfer). There are a number of important points to be made about the report. First and foremost it was a serious attempt "to consider primary education in all its aspects". It took more


"Which American actress plays ""Roxie Hart"" in the film, 'Chicago'?"

Chicago (2002) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 30 titles created 19 Mar 2013 a list of 29 titles created 30 Jun 2014 a list of 26 titles created 05 Nov 2014 a list of 47 titles created 28 May 2015 a list of 25 titles created 11 Jan 2016 Search for " Chicago " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb 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. Won     6     Oscars. Another    49 wins & 121 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. Director: John Madden A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets. Director: Baz Luhrmann Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. Director: Anthony Minghella A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. Director: Michel Hazanavicius Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption. Director: Paul Haggis An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years. Director: Bruce Beresford Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director: Barry Levinson The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. Director: Tom Hooper Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. Director: James Cameron A Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla Edit Storyline Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Written by Debpp322 It began with a hit... See more  » Genres: Rated PG-13 for sexual content and dialogue, violence and thematic elements | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 24 January 2003 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Chicago: The Musical See more  » Filming Locations: £113,386        (UK) (27 December 2002) Gross: Catherine Zeta-Jones added Velma's pose for the photographers in the Cell Block Tango. See more » Goofs There are 50 stars on the US flag in the courtroom (should be 48). See more » Quotes Roxie : You want some advice, well here's a piece of advice from me to you, lay off the caramels. [She winks] The end credits are written in Broadway lights. See more » Connections All I Care About Is Love (1975) Charged, exhilarating, a treat and a s


In the film, 'The Quiet American', who gives a powerful performance as a foreign correspondent?

The Quiet American | DVD Review | Film @ The Digital Fix Extras Extras Commentary (cast and crew), Featurette, Anatomy of a Scene, Historical Timeline of Vietnam, Original reviews of the novel, Trailers Soundtracks Subtitles English where necessary, English HOH Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser find themselves in a love triangle in 1950s Vietnam. Phillip Noyce proves that he's not as bad a director as some of his work has implied. A compelling film and some good extras on the DVD. Saigon 1952: Tom Fowler (Caine) has fallen in love with Vietnam and with the gorgeous Phuong (Do Thi Hai Yen), his Vietnamese mistress. His position as a foreign correspondent for a UK newspaper allows him to meander round Saigon and do the occasional piece of reporting but lately the newspaper has decided that there's little to cover in Vietnam and are recalling him to London. This spells disaster for Fowler as Alden Pyle (Fraser), an American doctor, seems to be showing too much interest towards Phuong. Can he convince her to return to London with him or will she prefer the younger charms of the American? Though many films bombed or were delayed due to 11/09/01 (Donnie Darko, Buffalo Soldiers...), The Quiet American seems to have suffered the most from the fallout. Miramax, not renowned for being a spineless studio, decided that the US public was not ready to have their foreign policy scrutinised (albeit 50 years down the line). Michael Caine had to do his utmost to get it released in the States, desperately hoping for an Oscar nomination but the film was only given minimal studio backing and a staggered worldwide release meaning, as with Buffalo Soldiers, the UK was the first country to see the film. Noyce seems to have been working overtime recently to restore the reputation of his early years. It's hard to imagine this is indeed the same man who gave us the stupendously dire Bone Collector or the disastrous The Saint, as The Quiet American is an all round success. The acting is pitch perfect - Caine is controlled and gives the cynical British journalist he incarnates a fragile but powerful presence. Brendan Fraser also does well to keep up with Caine with a strong performance as the delightfully complex Pyle who's characterisation thankfully avoids the pitfall of stereotyping. Do Thi Hai Yen seems to only appear on screen to make the audience understand why Caine and Fraser would be fighting over her and gives a controlled and delicate performance without overplaying. The cinematography, under the able direction of Christopher Doyle, brings out warm colours and exhudes that je-ne-sais-quoi that makes every film Doyle touches glow. The script tends to keep things moving despite some obvious lengths - though Noyce tends to over-explicate the plot at times and is a little clumsy in so doing, the plot stands up despite of this. The fantastic production design probably helps make every second interesting thanks to its detail and depth. The most remarkable element of the film is how prophetic Greene's novel was especially with the US' current situation in Iraq and gives the film a surprising modernity despite the timeframe. A very good effort from Noyce which will hopefully be seen in the future as a missed gem. The DVD: The image: Though generally the image is very good, I found that certain scenes didn't come through as sharp as they did in the cinema and are somewhat murky and grainy. Granted these scenes are few and far between and the rest of the transfer is problem-free with a good balance of colours and contrast. The sound: The soundtrack works well with a good use of surround effects and the sub-woofer when needed - the street scenes benefit from this too with the sounds of Saigon enveloping the viewer. Most of the dialogue however is focused in the center, making it a conservative but excellent soundtrack. The extras: The major extra is the commentary which features members of the cast (Caine, Fraser, Tzi Ma), Noyce and his vietnamese assistant and many more... Thanks to the sheer quantity of particpants, it never tends to go quiet but s


"Which entertainer once quipped ""What you said hurt me very much - I cried all the way to the bank""?"

The boy who betrayed Liberace | Express Yourself | Comment | Daily Express VIDS The boy who betrayed Liberace HE wore costumes of ermine fur, ostrich feathers, sequins and diamonds and was the highest-paid entertainer on earth for three decades. 00:00, Wed, Aug 29, 2012 A film based on Liberace's memoirs is to be released [] A prodigy who could play the piano from the age of four he took the entertainment world by storm and had a life of shameless excess, personal in dulgence and ludicrous extravagance. Every flamboyant entertainer from Elton John to Lady Gaga owes a debt to Wladziu Valentino Liberace, the American pianist who brought cheesy glamour to a postwar world that revelled in his grotesque expenditure and narcissistic self-promotion. Sitting at one of his many customised grand pianos adorned with his trademark candelabra, Liberace played everything from “classical music with the boring parts left out” to show tunes, pop to jazz, interspersing his music with anecdotes about his beloved mother and brother George. Yet despite gossip Liberace sustained the illusion throughout most of his career that he was just a normal all-American boy who happened to live with the reckless extravagance of a Roman emperor. Underneath I remain the same simple boy from Milwaukee Liberace “Don’t be misled by this flamboyant exterior,” he once said. “Underneath I remain the same simple boy from Milwaukee.” But that image was destroyed by a tell-all book Behind The Candelabra written by his personal assistant Scott Thorson, who had been his live-in lover for five years. The final nail in the entertainer’s gold coffin was the revelation that Liberace died at the age of 67 from AIDS. Now a film based on Thorson’s book, starring Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as the author, tells the story of their relationship. It includes the revelation that Liberace arranged for Thorson to have extensive plastic surgery to make him resemble the singer. In May 2012 Thorson claimed it had involved a nose job, his cheekbones being raised and a chin implant. Unlike Michael Jackson, who simply wanted to look white and young for ever, Liberace sought immortality by proxy. He wanted a younger image of himself so that it would be like looking at a magic time-warping mirror every time he saw Thorson. THE latter claims his mentor, who was more than 40 years his senior, took him as a 17-year-old to a surgeon and said: “I want you to create Scott to look like me when I was younger.” “He wanted me as his son,” claimed Thorson in a television interview. “But at the same time, he wanted me as his lover.” Liberace, known as Lee to his friends and Walter to his family, was born in 1919. He had a twin who died at birth. His mother was of Polish descent and his father Salvatore an Italian emigrant. Salvatore played the French horn and encouraged his family in the pursuit of music. Even as a child Liberace was a show-off – once attending a high-school party dressed as Greta Garbo. He began playing clubs in the Thirties. Technically gifted he was recorded in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not in 1953 as “the world’s fastest pianist”, playing 6,000 notes in two minutes (50 notes a second). He developed his showmanship by livening up his classical repertoire with pop favourites. By the Fifties he had attracted armies of female fans who adored his outrageous costumes and garish accessories. He could command huge sums for performances and recording deals. The wealthier he became the more shamelessly he displayed it. When asked how he could play the piano wearing a huge platinum ring in the shape of a candelabra with diamond flames he replied: “Very well, thank you.” He bought dozens of rare cars, most of them decorated in rhinestones and mirrors and had the bonnet of a Rolls-Royce welded to the front of a Volkswagen just so he would have a separate vehicle in which to convey his cape. In 1953 his female fans were outraged to discover his engagement to a starlet and wrote letters of protest from all over America until the relationship was ended a few weeks later. It was an a


"Which American once described Margaret Thatcher as ""the best man in England""?"

Reagan and Thatcher, political soul mates - US news - The Legacy of Ronald Reagan | NBC News Advertise In her memoir “The Downing Street Years,” Thatcher recalled their first meeting in 1975, when she was leader of the Opposition and he was governor of California. She was won over by Reagan’s “warmth, charm and complete lack of affectation — qualities which never altered in the years of leadership which lay ahead.” “Above all, I knew that I was talking to someone who instinctively felt and thought as I did,” she added. Thatcher biographer Hugo Young called their relationship “the most enduring personal alliance in the Western world throughout the 1980s.” Thatcher, Young noted in his biography “One of Us,” “was a kind of Baptist to Reagan’s Messiah.” Together, they boosted military spending, won the Cold War and championed low-tax, low-regulation economies. The relationship flourished despite the leaders’ differences. She was a workaholic who immersed herself in the details of policy and slept less than six hours a night; he was laid-back, concerned with the big picture but happy to delegate responsibility for the details. They had disagreements, notably over her refusal to negotiate with Argentina during the 1982 Falkland Islands war and over the U.S. invasion of Grenada a year later. During the Falkland war, Reagan called to ask for a cease-fire. Thatcher refused. “This conversation was a little painful at the time but it had a worthwhile effect,” she wrote. Thatcher also said she felt “dismayed and let down” by the 1983 U.S. invasion of Granada, which ended a left-wing coup in the former British colony. But their deep friendship endured, even after both left office. In 1999, Thatcher said she was sad she could no longer share talks with the Alzheimer’s-afflicted former president. Thatcher is now 78, and frail after a series of small strokes. She rarely appears in public. In 1995, she said she was confident history would be kind to her legacy — and to Reagan’s. “I believe when historians get down to their serious work, which will be long after I have finished with mine, they will judge that decade very favorably in both countries,” she said. © 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


"Ronaldo collected the ""World Footballer Of The Year Award"" in 1996 and 1997, when playing for which club?"

Ronaldo | Football Heroes | Full Documentary - YouTube Ronaldo | Football Heroes | Full Documentary Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 5, 2015 Ronaldo, also named “Fenomeno”, has mesmerised the world with his extraordinary goals and scores. Paying a tribute to this living legend, #Fame World is here with a fantastic video focusing on the life and tremendous success of the soccer star. The video also includes several comments and thoughts of Ronaldo's near and dear ones including Barbaba Vasconcelos, Ronaldo's former neighbour; Marcinho, Ronaldo's childhood friend; Sepp Blatter, Swiss football administrator serving as the eighth and current President of FIFA; Pelé, retired Brazilian professional footballer; Dunga, former Brazilian footballer and the current head coach of Brazil; Zinedine Zidane, former French footballer and current coach of Real Madrid Castilla; Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer playing for Mexican club Querétaro; Kaká, Brazilian professional footballer playing for American club Orlando City in Major League Soccer as well as Paulo José, Brazilian television and film actor, director and narrator. Click To Share The Video on Facebook : https://goo.gl/t8EQSa Click To Share The Video on Twitter : https://goo.gl/7QrP0Q Click To Share The Video on Google + : https://goo.gl/EtRsw9 Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, widely known as Ronaldo, was born on 18 September 1976 to Nélio Nazário de Lima, Snr. and Sônia dos Santos Barata. The retired Brazilian footballer is popularly dubbed “the phenomenon” and regarded as the greatest football players of all time by football experts and fans. Along with other football greats like Zinedine Zidane, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo won the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times or more. He also won the Ballon d'Or twice in 1997 as well as in 2002. The striker has given the beautiful game and fans numerous record breaking goals and his incredible journey from a common kid to becoming the “phenomenon” will leave you bewildered. It was in 1993 when Ronaldo started his career in football with Cruzeiro. He was just 16 when he made his professional debut on 25 May 1993 against Caldense in the Minas Gerais State Championship. The soccer master also came to national public attention on 7 November 1993 after scoring five goals in the game against Bahia. After the 1994 World Cup, Ronaldo decided to join PSV on the advice of Romário and won the Dutch Cup in 1996. His legendary footballer was so good in his game since a tender age that Brazilian defender Cafu said - “The first time I saw him play was at Cruzeiro. He was still a kid. It was in a game where he ended up scoring five goals. From that point on he showed he was truly a phenomenon.” Watching his electrifying performances and impressive abilities to score a goal, Ronaldo attracted the attention of both Inter Milan and FC Barcelona when the latter was willing to pay the then world record fee of $19.5 million to this fabulous player. With the club, Ronaldo made his most memorable goal at SD Compostela on October 11, 1996 when he evaded a cynical tackle of the first opponent with a drag back and running towards the goal past two more defenders in the box with close ball control and scoring the ball into the bottom corner of the net. The day after the goal, the headline in the Spanish newspaper AS read: 'Pele returns'. After his career with Barcelona, Ronaldo was signed by Inter Milan in 1997 for a then world record fee of $27 million. He started to develop into a complete forward, began racking up assists taking and scoring freekicks along with captaining the team at the end of the season. In 1997, he won the FIFA World Player of the Year for the second time as well as the Ballon d'Or. His club career further continued with Real Madrid from 2002 to 2006 (€46 million), AC Milan from


"For which club was Zinedine Zidane signed when voted ""World Footballer Of The Year"" in 1998 and 2000?"

Zidane (Zinedine Yazid Zidane) | All Football Players Zidane (Zinedine Yazid Zidane) Zlatan Ibrahimović Zidane (Zinedine Yazid Zidane) Zinedine Zidane is a retired French football player and the only three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner. Zidane received the Ballon d’Or in 1998, and in 2004 he was voted as the best European footballer of the previous 50 years in UEFA’s 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll. He helped France to victories in the 1998 World Cup as well as in the 2000 European Championship, and he also captained France to the 200 World Cup Final where he was awarded with the FIFA Golden Ball as the tournament’s most outstanding player. Career At the age of ten, Zidane joined the junior team of US Saint-Henri, a local club based in La Castellane. After a year and a half he switched to SO Septèmes Valons. When he was 14 years old he was selected to attend a training camp run by the French Football Federation and was spotted by a talent scout for the AS Cannes. Zidane travelled to Cannes for a six-week stay, but ended up staying with the club for four years as a pro. At first the 14 year old lived in a dormitory with other trainees, but soon he moved in with Cannes director Jean-Claude Elineau and his family. Zidane played his first Ligue 1 match for Cannes in 1989, at the age of 17. During Zidanes first full season with Cannes, the team qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in the history of the club. In the 1992/1993 season Zidane was transferred to Girondins de Bordeaux where he stayed until 1996. Girondins de Bordeaux won the 1995 Intertoto Cup and finished second in the 1995/1996 UEFA Cup. Zidane was transferred to Juventus for £3.2 millions in 1996. Juventus won the 1996/1997 Serie A and the 1996 Intercontinental Cup, and finished second in the 1997 UEFA Champions League. Juventus then proceeded to win the 1997/1998 Serie A and once again finish second in the UEFA Champions League. In 2000/2001, the team finished second in Serie A. During his time with Juventus, Zidane was named Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year for both 1997 and 2001. In 2001, Zidane signed a four year contract and transferred to Real Madrid for a record breaking transfer fee of 150 billion Italian lire (roughly €75 millions). Real Madrid won the 2002 UEFA Champions League, and in the next season Zidane helped his team secure a victory in La Liga. During Zidane’s last season for Real Madrid, he was their second highest goal scorer and assists provider with 9 goals and 10 assists over the course of 28 games. Zidane played his last home match for Real Madrid in May 2006. Private life Zinedine Zidane was born in Marseille, France in 1972. His parents Smaïl and Malika comes from Aguemone, a village in Kabylia, a Berber-speaking part of Algeria. They emigrated to France in 1953. In Marseille, Smaïl worked as a warehouseman at a department store while Malika was a house wife. Zinedine grew up in La Castellane, a low-income suburb in northern Marseille. Zinedine has three older brothers and one older sister. At the age of five, Zinedine started playing football in his neighborhood. Zinedine is married to Véronique Fernandez. They have four sons; Enzo (born 1995), Luca (born 1998), Theo (born 2002),and Elyaz (born 2006). Enzo, Luca and Theo have joined the Real Madrid Academy. Zenidine has promoted several charity projects in various ways. By playing charity matches, he has helped raise money for UNICEF, for the United Nations Development Programme and for the Keuydaroon children’s AIDS charity. Zenidine is also a UN goodwill ambassador.


What nationality was Vitus Bering, after whom the strait separating Alaska and Russia was named?

Irkutsk: “The Paris of Siberia” [slideshow] | thinkRUSSIA Home › Life & Arts › Irkutsk: “The Paris of Siberia” [slideshow] › Irkutsk: “The Paris of Siberia” [slideshow] August 14, 2014 Average: 5 (1 vote) Fair on Irkutsk’s Tikhvin Square in 1910 © PetrMalinovskiy, RIA Novosti Situated at the confluence of two rivers, only 70km from the world famous Lake Baikal, Irkutsk is today the administrative center of the Irkutsk Oblast, an area which comprises vast swaths of southeastern Siberia. Roots and origins The city’s origins go back to the mid 17th century when Russian explorers, who traded gold and fur with local Mongolic tribes, established a wintering camp and soon after, a small fort in the vicinity of today’s city. The importance of fur in the region’s history and economy is also visible on the city and regional coat of arms which features a Siberian tiger carrying a sable in his mouth. Due to its geographical location, and particularly after being linked to Moscow by road in the mid 18th century, the city became the main administrative center of eastern Siberia in the following decades as well as an important trading hub from which furs and ivory were dispatched to Mongolia and China in exchange for silk and tea. During this time, the city became a springboard for research expeditions travelling to the vast and unexplored territories in eastern Siberia, Far East, Kamchatka and Alaska which, at the time, was named the “American district of Irkutsk.” It was from Irkutsk that Vitus Bering, the famous Danish-Russian explorer after whom the strait separating North America and Asia is called today, launched his expeditions. A dash of Europe in the middle of central Asia Due to historical circumstances, the 19th century history of Irkutsk is also a history of cultural development and of dynamic urban life. In addition to the fast growing urban merchant class, the city has also benefited from an influx of artists, nobles and officers who were sent here by Tsar Nicholas I in December 1825 and who deeply impacted local intellectual and social life. Traces of those times can still be seen today in the remnants of the city’s old architecture. In July 1879, three quarters of the city was destroyed by fire but the town rebuilt itself quickly, owing quite a lot to the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1898, and by the beginning of the 20th century earned the nickname the “Paris of Siberia.” Modern day industrial center After the First World War, the city embarked on a path to become one of the major industrial centers of Siberia, particularly well-known for a wide range of engineering products. The city’s largest industry is Irkut, the Irkutsk Aviation Industrial Association, best known as the producer of the Su-30 range of planes. Irkutsk is also a student city, hosting several universities, the oldest of which was founded in 1909. The city also hosts a major branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Due to its proximity to Mongolia and China, as well as to the Russian Far East, the city is also a very good starting point for modern-day explorers who plan to embark on a cross-country adventure. Finally, Irkutsk is inseparable from the famous Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest fresh-water lake, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the next stop on our Trans-Siberian trip. Meanwhile, make a stop in Irkutsk to enjoy its sunny winters and explore its rich history and surrounding nature. Would you follow Vitus Bering’s steps and make Irkutsk a point of departure for your Siberian adventure?


What was the nationality of William Baffin, who gave his name to Baffin Island?

William Baffin | English navigator | Britannica.com English navigator James Cook William Baffin, (born c. 1584, London , Eng.?—died Jan. 23, 1622, Persian Gulf , off the island of Qeshm [now part of Iran]), navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage and gave his name to Baffin Island , now part of the Northwest Territories , Canada, and to the bay separating it from Greenland . His determination of longitude at sea by observing the occultation of a star by the Moon in 1615 is said to have been the first of its kind on record. The earliest mention of Baffin (1612) was as a member of Captain James Hall’s expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. Aboard the Discovery with Captain Robert Bylot (1615), Baffin explored Hudson Strait , which separates Canada from Baffin Island. In 1616 Baffin again sailed as pilot of the Discovery and penetrated Baffin Bay some 300 miles (483 km) farther than the English navigator John Davis had in 1587. In honour of the patrons of his voyages, he named Lancaster, Smith, and Jones sounds, the straits radiating from the northern head of the bay. There seemed to be no hope, however, of discovering a passage to India by that route. Next, in service to the East India Company , he made surveys of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. In 1622, during his final voyage to the Persian Gulf, he was killed in an Anglo-Persian attack on Qeshm. Learn More in these related articles:


What is the name of Johannesburg's major cricket stadium, venue for this year's World Cup Final?

The Wanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg The legend of Wanderers Wanderers Cricket Stadium Popularly known as the ‘the Bullring’, the Wanderers Cricket Stadium in Johannesburg has hosted some of the greatest Test matches since its inception in 1856. Over the years it has been the venue for some of the most scintillating games. Did you know? The first 1st-class match played at Wanderers Stadium was in November 1956, between Transvaal and Natal. The Wanderers Cricket Stadium was moved three times to reach its present venue in Illovo. Its first grounds – known as Old Wanderers – is now the site of the Johannesburg Railway Station. At the end of the 1945-46 season, cricket games were then moved to Doornfontein, where Ellis Park Stadium now stands, before being moved to the present location. The current stadium, the building of which commenced in 1955, hosted its first test in 1956. Since 1991, the stadium has been upgraded several times and according to its website, R60-million has been spent on the upgrades to date. Wanderers now has a capacity of about 34 000. Because if its excellent facilities, the Wanderers Cricket Stadium was the venue for Cricket World Cup final in 2003. On 12 March 2006, the stadium was also the site of what is considered by many cricket fans as one of the greatest matches ever played. During the final match of a five-day series between South Africa and Australia, the Proteas successfully chased down Australia's score of 434/3 to win by 438/3. The Proteas won that series 3-2. The game has since been dubbed the '438 game'. The Wanderers is currently the home ground for Highveld Lions team. Travel


In which Northamptonshire battle, fought on June 14th 1645, did the Parliamentarians under Fairfax, defeat Prince Rupert's Royalists?

UK Battlefields Resource Centre - The Civil Wars - The Battle of Battle of Naseby Battle of Naseby 14th June 1645 The battle of Naseby was fought on the morning of the 14th June 1645. In the open fields of that small Northamptonshire village, parliament's New Model Army destroyed King Charles I's main field army. After nearly three years of conflict, this was the decisive battle of the Civil War. Only about 4000 Royalists escaped the field, most of whom were either cavalry or senior officers, some seriously wounded. The main royalist field army had been quite literally destroyed.   In the following days Leicester was recaptured. The next month the New Model went on to defeat the last significant royalist field army, at Langport. Thereafter it was largely a matter of clearing the remaining royalist garrisons.   After Hastings and the Battle of Britain, which respectively began and ended the last millennium, Naseby was arguably the most important and decisive battle ever fought in England. Where those other battles were the result of challenges to the very basis of the kingdom by foreign foes, Naseby was the culmination of a bloody Civil War and the stepping stone for a political revolution.   Despite the construction of the A14 road in 1992, Naseby is relatively well preserved and one of the best understood of all British battlefields. It is well worth visiting, for it is easily accessible on minor roads, from which one can gain a good feel for the character of the landscape. However there are few rights of way and thus little opportunity to explore the battlefield on foot. Sadly the interpretation at Naseby does not match the national significance of the battle. This is why the Battlefields Trust is currently developing a staged programme to enhance the on site interpretation of this key English battle.


The English and the Scots fought which battle, on September 9th.1513, near the Northumberland village of Branxton?

Battle of Flodden - 1513 Battle of Flodden Field - 1513   FLODDEN, or FLODDEN FIELD, near the village of Branxton, in Northumberland, England (10 m. N.W. of Wooler), the scene of a famous battle fought on the 9th of September 1513 between the English and the Scots.  On the 22nd of August a great Scottish army under King James IV. had crossed the border. For the moment the earl of Surrey (who in King Henry ViII.’s absence was charged with the defence of the realm) had no organized force in the north of England, but James wasted much precious time among the border castles, and when Surrey appeared at Wooler, with an army equal in strength to his own, which was now greatly weakened by privations and desertion, he hall not advanced beyond Ford Castle.  The English commander promptly sent in a challenge to a pitched battle, which the king, in spite of the advice of his most trusted counsellors, accepted. On the 6th of September, however, he left Ford and took up a strong position facing south, on Flodden Edge. Surrey reproaches for the alleged breach of faith, and a second challenge to fight on Millfield Plain were this time disregarded. The English commander, thus foiled, executed a daring and skilful march round the enemy’s flank, and on the 9th drew up for battle in rear of the hostile army.  It is evident that Surrey was confident of victory, for he placed his own army, not less than the enemy, in a position where defeat would involve utfer ruin. On his appearance the Scots hastily changed front and took post on Branxton Hill’, facing north. The battle began at 4 P.M. Surrey’s archers and cannon soon gained the upper hand, and the Scots, unable quietly to endure their losses, rushed to close quarters. Their left wing drove the English back, but Lord Dacre’s reserve corps restored the fight on this side.  In all other parts of the field, save where James and Surrey were personally opposed, the English , gradually gained ground. The king’s corps was then attacked by Surrey in front, and by Sir Edward Stanley in flank. As the Scots were forced back, a part of Dacre’s force closed upon the other flank, and finally Dacre himself, boldly neglecting an almost intact Scottish division in front of him, charged in upon the rear of King James’s corps. Surrounded and attacked on all sides, this, the remnant of the invading army, was doomed. The circle of spearmen around the king grew less and less, and in the end James and a few of his nobles were alone left standing. Soon they too died, fighting to the last man.  Among the ten thousand Scottish dead were all the leading men in the kingdom of Scotland, and there was no family of importance that had not lost a member in this great disaster. The “King’s Stone,” said to mark the spot where James was killed, is at some distance from the actual battlefield. Scottish dead included twelve earls, fifteen lords, many clan chiefs an archbishop and above all King James himself. It is said that every great family in Scotland mourned the loss of someone at the Battleof Flodden. The dead were remembered in the famous Scottish pipe tune The Flowers of the Forest.


Which Union leader of the American Civil War gave his name to a tree in California's 'Sequoia National Park'?

William Tecumseh Sherman | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Other work Bank manager, lawyer, college superintendent, streetcar executive William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the " scorched earth " policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States . [1] Military historian B. H. Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was "the first modern general". [2] Sherman served under General Ulysses S. Grant in 1862 and 1863 during the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River and culminated with the routing of the Confederate armies in the state of Tennessee. In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the western theater of the war. He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed to the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln . Sherman's subsequent march through Georgia and the Carolinas further undermined the Confederacy's ability to continue fighting. He accepted the surrender of all the Confederate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida in April 1865. When Grant assumed the U.S. presidency in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the Army (1869–83). As such, he was responsible for the U.S. Army's engagement in the Indian Wars over the next 15 years, in the western United States. He steadfastly refused to be drawn into politics and in 1875 published his Memoirs, one of the best-known first-hand accounts of the Civil War. Contents Edit Sherman's childhood home in Lancaster Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father Charles Robert Sherman , a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing , a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first Secretary of the Interior. Sherman was distantly related to American founding father Roger Sherman and grew to admire him. [3] Sherman's older brother Charles Taylor Sherman became a federal judge. One of his younger brothers, John Sherman, served as a U.S. senator and Cabinet secretary. Another younger brother, Hoyt Sherman , was a successful banker. Two of his foster brothers served as major generals in the Union Army during the Civil War: Hugh Boyle Ewing , later an ambassador and author, and Thomas Ewing, Jr. , who would serve as defense attorney in the military trials against the Lincoln conspirators . Sherman's given names Edit Sherman's unusual given name has always attracted considerable attention. [4] Sherman reported that his middle name came from his father having "caught a fancy for the great chief of the Shawnees, ' Tecumseh .'" [5] Since an account in a 1932 biography about Sherman, it has often been reported that, as an infant, Sherman was named simply Tecumseh. According to these accounts, Sherman only acquired the name "William" at age nine or ten, after being taken into the Ewing household. His foster mother, Maria Ewing, who was of Irish ancestry, was a devout Catholic. In the Ewing home, Sherman was baptized by a Dominican priest, who named him William for the saint's day: possibly June 25, the feast day of Saint William of Montevergine . [6] But, scholars believe this colorful account may be myth. Sherman wrote in his Memoirs that his father named him William Tecumseh; Sherman was baptized by a Presbyterian minister as an infant and given the name William at that time. [7] As an adult, Sherman signed all his correspondence – including to his wife – "W.T. Sherman." [8] His


In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', what is the name of the sinister blind pirate?

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson The Project Gutenberg EBook of Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org  Title: Treasure Island Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrator: Louis Rhead Release Date: March 13, 1994 [EBook #120] Last Updated: July 14, 2014 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TREASURE ISLAND ***   Produced by Judy Boss, John Hamm, Arthur DiBianca and David Widger TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated by Louis Rhead The images in this file are of absolute format: they do not reduce in size for Tablets, Smart Phones, PDAs and small computer screens; on small screens the larger images may run off the side and not be completely visible. A different version of this ebook with the images made relative to the screen size is available on CLICKING HERE . 34. And Last TREASURE ISLAND To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste     the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for     numerous delightful hours, and with the kindest wishes, dedicated by his     affectionate friend, the author. TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER         If sailor tales to sailor tunes,          Storm and adventure, heat and cold,        If schooners, islands, and maroons,          And buccaneers, and buried gold,        And all the old romance, retold          Exactly in the ancient way,        Can please, as me they pleased of old,          The wiser youngsters of today: —So be it, and fall on! If not,          If studious youth no longer crave,        His ancient appetites forgot,          Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave,        Or Cooper of the wood and wave:          So be it, also! And may I        And all my pirates share the grave          Where these and their creations lie! TREASURE ISLAND PART ONE—The Old Buccaneer 1 The Old Sea-dog at the "Admiral Benbow" QUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having    asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from    the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the    island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I    take up my pen in the year of grace 17__ and go back to the time when my    father kept the Admiral Benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre    cut first took up his lodging under our roof. I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn    door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow—a tall,    strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder    of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken    nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I    remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did    so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often    afterwards: "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" in the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken    at the capstan bars. Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a    handspike that he carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for    a glass of rum. This, when it was brought to him, he drank slowly, like a    connoisseur, lingering on the taste and still looking about him at the    cliffs and up at our signboard. "This is a handy cove," says he at length; "and a pleasant sittyated    grog-shop. Much company, mate?" My father told him no, very little company, the more was the pity. "Well, then," said he, "this is the berth for me. Her


Sir Sidney Holland was Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country, between 1949 and 1957?

Holland, Sidney George – Biography – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1893–1961 Businessman, politician, farmer, prime minister This biography was written by        Barry Gustafson        and was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand BiographyVolume 5, 2000 Sidney George Holland was born at Greendale, Canterbury, on 18 October 1893, one of eight children of English-born parents Jane Eastwood and her husband, Henry Holland, a farmer. His father later became a Christchurch merchant and in 1912 was elected mayor, standing as an independent with labour support. Subsequently, Henry moved steadily toward the right and (after standing unsuccessfully as an independent Liberal candidate) was eventually elected to Parliament in 1925 as Reform Party MP for Christchurch North. Sid Holland was educated at Christchurch West District High School, leaving when he was 15 to work first in a hardware store and then in his father’s transport business. Although influenced by a theologically conservative Methodist upbringing, he was later to move into the Anglican church. He served as a sergeant, and later a second lieutenant, in the New Zealand Field Artillery during the First World War, but became ill with hydatids and was invalided home after the battle of Messines (Mesen). He spent six months in hospital and after several operations lost a lung. When he recovered, Sid and a brother founded the Midland Engineering Company in Christchurch; he became managing director in 1918. The firm manufactured spray pumps and operated a profit-sharing scheme with its employees. As a young man Holland represented both Canterbury and the South Island at hockey. He was later to become a test match referee, and in 1932 managed a New Zealand team on a tour of Australia. He also became an authority on dahlias and gladioli. He married Florence Beatrice Drayton in the Durham Street Methodist Church, Christchurch, on 12 May 1920. They were to have two sons and two daughters. Active in a range of organisations, Holland served as president of the Canterbury Employers’ Association, the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club. He was for a time associated with the New Zealand Legion, which opposed not only the socialist New Zealand Labour Party, but also what it saw as the left-wing, interventionist policies of Gordon Coates, minister of finance in the United–Reform coalition government from 1933 to 1935. Holland did not, like some urban businessmen and Legion supporters, rally to the right-wing Democrat Party at the 1935 election, but the following year he helped bring its supporters into the New Zealand National Party, formed from the remnants of Reform, United and the Democrats. After working as his father’s election campaign organiser at the 1925, 1928 and 1931 elections, Sid succeeded him as MP for Christchurch North in 1935. He was to hold the seat, later renamed Fendalton, for 22 years. One of only two new MPs on the opposition benches after Labour’s sweeping victory, Holland quickly proved himself a very effective MP. Determined, vigorous, with a good memory and naturally aggressive, he detested socialism, which he defined as equality of income, irrespective of capacity – ‘the very antithesis of private enterprise’. He was a formidable impromptu debater, whose bluff ebullience, arrogance, tenacity and use of ridicule against the Labour government stood out in a Parliament in which the opposition was weak and divided. Within a short time Holland was seen as the obvious successor as leader of the National Party to the lacklustre Adam Hamilton, Coates’s loyal lieutenant. In July 1940, when Hamilton and Coates joined the War Cabinet, Holland and other National MPs questioned whether Hamilton could still carry out the role of leader of the opposition. Holland, who for several years had been acting as Hamilton’s private secretary, was regarded as more dynamic. Moreover, because he had only been in Parliament since 1935 he did not carry the unpopular legacy of having been a member of the government during


Which TV comedy series first cast Derek Nimmo as the bumbling cleric, Reverend mervyn Noote?

All Gas And Gaiters All Gas And Gaiters 1 9 6 6 (UK) 1 9 6 7 - 1 9 7 1 (UK) 33 x 30 minute episodes 1 x short special Another intelligent sitcom from the BBC, All Gas And Gaiters starred Derek Nimmo as the bumbling, inept but well-meaning chaplain Mervyn Noote of St Oggs, a 13th Century cathedral. Reverend Noote never used one word when ten would do, and his misadventures were usually aided and abetted by the Archdeacon (Robertson Hare) and the Bishop (William Mervyn). The trio were in constant battle with the church authorities, especially the Dean (played in turn by John Barron and Ernest Clark). All Gas And Gaiters was one of many shows to spring from the BBC's  Comedy Playhouse  initiative, which gave new writers a peak-time slot in which to try out new ideas. Beginning life under the title The Bishop Rides Again, All Gas & Gaiters proved particularly durable, with 33 half-hours from husband and wife writing team Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps. Handsomely served by a fine cast, the show elevated Derek Nimmo to the top rank of British comic character actors, at the same time giving him a religious connection in the public's mind that he cheerfully explored for many years. During the run of All Gas And Gaiters, Nimmo moonlighted as novice monk Brother Dominic in  Oh Brother!   and the two shows combined for a segment of the BBC's 1968 Christmas Night With The Stars. A radio version of All Gas And Gaiters aired for 33 episodes (January 1971 -  December 1972 on BBC Radio 4) featuring the main TV cast but with Derek Nimmo leaving after the first series of 13 to be replaced by Jonathan Cecil. Reverend Mervyn Noote


What is the name of 'Long John Silver's' parrot in the children's classic novel, 'Treasure Island'?

Long John Silver in Treasure Island NEXT  Character Analysis We think Long John Silver is the best part of this book. He's totally what we imagine a pirate should be: cunning, sly, peg-legged, with a parrot on his shoulder. There's a reason why he's what we think of when we hear the word "pirate." It's in part because of Long John Silver's popularity as a character that Treasure Island has become the most popular, most enduring pirate novel ever. Long John Silver seems like the classic pirate because he's the character whom all other pirates in popular culture are based on. He's the granddaddy of them all, and we love him for it. Long John Silver is a quartermaster, which means he handles the ship's food and drink during the voyage. That's also why his fellow pirates call him Barbecue. He's apparently the only man whom the legendary pirate Captain Flint was afraid of ("Flint his own self was feared of me" (11.13)). And since we discover later in the book that Captain Flint managed to singlehandedly kill six of his crew while he was burying his treasure on the island, Long John Silver must be a pretty tough, terrifying guy. But he's first and foremost a con man, so the rage and violence that lie under the surface are hidden underneath a mask that's as smooth as pudding. We see examples over and over again of Long John Silver's incredibly persuasive manner. He tricks Squire Trelawney, who is, OK, not that bright. Still, the fact that a man as interested in duty and class as Squire Trelawney would believe a quartermaster (Long John Silver) over a captain (Captain Smollett) is a sign of how persuasive Long John Silver can be. We also get to watch him convincing young Dick Johnson to join the pirates while aboard the Hispaniola: You may imagine how I felt when I heard this abominable old rogue [Silver] addressing another in the very same words of flattery as he had used to myself. I think, if I had been able, that I would have killed him through the barrel. (11.6) What irks Jim the most about Long John Silver's show of friendliness and respect for Dick Johnson is that he recognizes that Long John Silver has been using the same lines on Jim himself! Jim may be creative and intelligent, but he's no match for the slippery Long John Silver. The thing is, Long John Silver has a lot of qualities that make him appealing to the reader: he's incredibly wily and well-spoken, he's practical and quick to change sides if he needs to, and he's brave. Actually, if you just read the descriptions without thinking "pirate," Long John Silver sounds a lot like an older, smarter version of Jim Hawkins. But of course, he is a pirate (or "gentleman of fortune," as he likes to be called), so he can't totally win out in the end. Even Stevenson, who is pretty unconventional, can't allow Silver to succeed in his original plan of killing all the non-pirates on board the Hispaniola and making off with all 700 thousand British pounds of treasure. Still, the fact that Long John Silver is so appealing means that it would be equally unsatisfying to the reader for him to be shot down like a dog (like Israel Hands) or marooned on the island (like Tom Morgan). We like him, even if he is a rogue. So the book compromises by letting Long John Silver disappear: he slips away from the Hispaniola with a sack of coins when Squire Trelawney, Doctor Livesey, and Jim Hawkins are ashore at the end of the novel. Long John Silver may not get exactly what he wants, but he escapes punishment, as all good tricksters should. Long John Silver's inconclusive ending also leaves open the possibility of future adventures. Who knows where or when this charming, cunning pirate might show up again? After all, there are still bars of silver buried on Captain Flint's island. Treasure Island's open-endedness invites the reader to imagine future adventures using the colorful character of Long John Silver as a stand-in. By leaving a question mark over his fate, we can dream of meeting him ourselves – and perhaps getting caught up in treasure hunts of our own. Blurring Boundaries Long John S


Hector Campora was President of which South American country in 1973?

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What was the forename of 'Private Fraser', the undertaker in 'Dad's Army'?

The Curse, dads army private frazer. (John Laurie) - YouTube The Curse, dads army private frazer. (John Laurie) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Dec 31, 2012 John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 -- 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor born in Dumfries, Scotland a very funny scene from dads army this is Private James Frazer (John Laurie)—a dour Scottish undertaker and a Chief Petty Officer on HMS Defiant in the RRRRRRRoyal Navy who served at the Battle of Jutland as a ship's cook if you enjoy dads army have you joined the dads army fan page on facebook yet Category