Which Willy wrote the plays Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine?

Willy Russell (Author of Educating Rita) edit data William Russell is a British dramatist, lyricist, and composer. His best-known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, and Blood Brothers. Willy Russell was born in Whiston, on the outskirts of Liverpool, where he grew up. His parents worked in a book publisher's and often encouraged him to read. After leaving school with one O-level in English, he first became a ladies' hairdresser and ran his own salon. Russell then undertook a variety of jobs, also the first play he wrote was Keep Your Eyes Down Low (1975). His first success was a play about The Beatles called John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert. Originally commissioned for the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool was transferring to the West End in 1974. Educating Rita (1980) concerned a fe William Russell is a British dramatist, lyricist, and composer. His best-known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, and Blood Brothers. Willy Russell was born in Whiston, on the outskirts of Liverpool, where he grew up. His parents worked in a book publisher's and often encouraged him to read. After leaving school with one O-level in English, he first became a ladies' hairdresser and ran his own salon. Russell then undertook a variety of jobs, also the first play he wrote was Keep Your Eyes Down Low (1975). His first success was a play about The Beatles called John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert. Originally commissioned for the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool was transferring to the West End in 1974. Educating Rita (1980) concerned a female hairdresser and her Open University teacher. The semi-autobiographical Educating Rita was turned into a 1983 film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters. The musical Blood Brothers (1983), for which Russell also composed the music, first opened in Liverpool and transferred to London's Phoenix Theatre. It won the best actress award at the Lawrence Olivier awards. Bill Kenwright produced a revival in 1988 which has run for more than twenty years; the show was produced on Broadway in 1993. Shirley Valentine, which first opened in Liverpool in 1986 before a new production opened in London in 1988 starring Pauline Collins. It was also made into a successful film, in 1989, again with Collins in the title role. Russell received BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for both Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine. Russell has also written television projects, including the one-off drama, Our Day Out, which aired in 1977. He penned another television drama, One Summer, which aired as a five-part series on Channel 4 in 1983, starring a young David Morrissey. In 2000, Russell published his first novel, The Wrong Boy. In epistolary form, main character Raymond Marks, a 19-year old from Manchester, tells the story of his life in letters to his hero Morrissey. Russell has written songs since the early 1960s, and has written the music to most of his plays and musicals. He also co-wrote "The Show", the theme song to the 1985 ITV drama series Connie, which became a top 30 hit for vocalist Rebecca Storm. His first album, Hoovering the Moon, was released in 2003. The Willy Russell Centre for Children and Adults Who Stammer, was opened by Russell in Liverpool, 1996. The centre took Russell's name as his writing in many of his plays puts forward the philosophy that anyone is capable of change whatever obstacles may be in their path, a theory shared by the centre. ...more


Willie John McBride is a name associated with which sport?

Willie John: A rugby legend - BBC Sport BBC Sport Willie John: A rugby legend By Gavin Andrews From the section Rugby Union Share this page Media playback is not supported on this device Willie John McBride captained the Lions in 1974 It started with a phone call. "Hello, could I speak to Willie John McBride please?" Speaking. "Hello Willie John McBride." Oh dear, how do you talk to a legend? You can't just call him Willie John like an old team-mate, can you? "It's Gavin from the BBC here, would you be free to meet for a chat about the Lions in 1974?" "Yes. Tomorrow afternoon at my house about 2 o'clock Ok." That went well, big deep breath. Then came the drive up the lane to the McBride family home in Ballyclare. It was easier to say hello in person. Still, I kept it to Mr McBride. A firm handshake and a welcome into the living room. He sat back in his armchair (if he still smoked a pipe I imagined he would have lit it). "Well, what would you like to talk about?" "You," I replied. Rugby memorabilia was dotted around the room. Photos and mementos from journeys to far off frontiers with Ireland and the Lions. Willie John has an aura about him. At 74 he is still a big man, broad, a presence. After a few pleasantries, it was time for the pitch. "Mr McBride, we would like to tell your story to our generation; to the rugby fans who have known nothing but the modern game - World Cups, Six Nations and professional players. We want to show the days with no substitutions, and when a Lions tour lasted four months....and in your words." He paused and started talking. Two hours of anecdotes later, we sat with eyes wide and mouths open. It was time to ask: "Would you do a bit of filming with us and tell us some of those stories?" The diary came out of his back pocket. I'm free next Thursday. We were underway! McBride's playing record stands favourable comparison with any of the greats of the game What immediately struck me was the importance of his upbringing in Moneyglass, near Toomebridge in County Antrim. Growing up on the family farm, he lost his father at four years of age. "That's something that still wakes me up now and again. I often wonder what it might have been like to have had a father over those years," he said. "I had three brothers and a sister on the farm and my wonderful mother was a tremendous manager. I like to think she taught us proper values in life. "I believe those years gave me not only a strength, but mentally it gave me that will to go on. There was no such thing as stopping at half-time; you had to go the whole way." There was no rugby history in the McBride family. A house match at Ballymena Academy at the age of 17 would change that, "They came to me and said, you're a big guy. If you play we'll have 15. I hadn't a clue about this game, but I was big and it wasn't a problem to me, I could shake people off." After a short spell with Randalstown, he moved to Eaton Park and Ballymena Rugby Club where the myth of Willie John was born. His playing record stands with any of the greats of the game. Almost 20 years of service with Ulster, 63 caps for Ireland (1962-75) and five tours with the then British Lions. The series wins in New Zealand in 1971 and South Africa in 1974 have gone down in sporting folklore; not only for the manner of those wins but for the style of play of the tourists. 'Willie John' traces the highs and lows of life as an international sportsman in an amateur era. In the making of this programme there was a long list of greats, from every era, eager to give their impressions of the man from Moneyglass. Cue more awkward phone calls! But just mention the name Willie John and they all made time. Sir Ian McGeechan went on his first Lions tour with Willie John in South Africa in '74, "I still think of him as my captain. Willie John was probably the biggest natural leader of British and Irish rugby in the 70s, when it was the best in the world. He was somebody that gave inspiration and aspiration for players of the time that it put British rugby at a different level. Without him I not sure


Which chemical element has the lowest boiling point?

The chemical elements of the periodic table sorted by boiling point 85   For chemistry students and teachers: The tabular chart on the right is arranged by boiling point. The chemical element with the lowest boiling point is Helium and the element with the highest boiling point is Tungsten. The unity used for the melting point is Celsius (C). Click here: to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit or Kelvin. Please note that the elements do not show their natural relation towards each other as in the Periodic system. There you can find the metals, semi-conductor(s), non-metal(s), inert noble gas(ses), Halogens, Lanthanoides, Actinoids (rare earth elements) and transition metals.


Which element is associated with old lace?

7 (or 12) Superheroes Based on Periodic Elements Who Are Not Iron Man | The Mary Sue 7 (or 12) Superheroes Based on Periodic Elements Who Are Not Iron Man by Susana Polo and Robert Quigley | 6:02 pm, May 7th, 2010   Iron Man 2 was released to theaters in America today, and certainly the Iron Avenger deserves notice.  But he’s getting lots of it, from TV spots to talk show interviews, to his own augmented reality app !  All about Iron! We’d like to take a moment to appreciate the lesser known heroes and villains who have taken an entry of the periodic table of the elements into their hearts, and tried to live up to its hardness, its density, and above all else the weight of 6×10^23 atoms of it. Also, many of them are utterly absurd. Titanium Man A KGB badguy named Boris Bullsky wanted to win a propaganda victory against the imperialist swine, and so he set out to defeat Iron Man by strapping on an enormous titanium suit. According to Wikipedia, “the inferior resources available to the scientists meant that the armor was twice the size of Iron Man’s.” The suit could even fly to space. There were two other, less memorable Titanium Men thereafter, but the original Bullskian Titanium Man proved his merit by appearing in that Iron Man video game. Ion When a hydrogen fusion specialist named Voletta Todd got caught in a freak lab experiment, she developed the ability to turn into a sentient cloud of superpowered, ionized hydrogen gas, and turned to a life of crime. She can, however, be forced to revert back to a regular old cloud of ionized hydrogen gas, which, if you think about it, is pretty lame.  [image via ] The Metal Men The metal men are intelligent robots created by William Magnus (who actually has a meme based on him ), endowed by him with responsometers that create an artificial soul.   These same responsometers are responsible for the relationship between each Metal Man’s (and one Metal Woman’s) personality and powers, and the element they are made of. Their leader Gold can stretch his body to great lengths. The steadfast Iron is in possession of incredible strength. Lead, while a bit thick, can form near impenetrable barriers and shields (as from radiation). Quick-witted Mercury has shapeshifting powers, allowing him to become a liquid at will. Like Gold, Platinum has stretching powers, but can also flatten and thin out her body to great extremes.  She’s the girl (which we all know is a excellent substitute for actual personality in group team-up mechanics ). Tin, um, contains things.  You know, like a can?  He’s the insecure one. Arsenic (and Old Lace) Adopting the popular superhero convention of naming oneself after farcical 1939 stage plays, Arsenic and Old Lace are a classic girl-and-her-genetically-modified-dinosaur-from-the-87th-century team. In addition to supervillains, they’ve been known to fight corrupt cops in the LAPD.  [image via ] The Silver Surfer The Herald of Galactus carries but a portion of his master’s Power Cosmic, endowing him with great power, a shiny finish, and an awesome surfboard.  Of course the downside is that he has to visit planets teeming with sentient life and culture, only to tell them that there is no hope: they are about to be consumed entire by The Devourer of Worlds.  But on the other hand… space surfboard. Doctor Phosphorus Dr. Phosphorus is the continually burning supervillain from Gotham City who subsequently trade his soul to the demon Nero for even more unbridled incendiary power.  Oh, and the ability to not constantly burn his own clothes off, so +1 for pragmatism there, Doctor.  From Detective Comics #825: “We believe his powers manifested a fusion reaction that completely sublimated his central nervous system — creating functional facsimiles of his heart, his lungs, his kidneys — all working in concert to produce a near-endless supply of clean energy.” He’s also one of the inspirations for Batman Beyond nemesis Blight. Cobalt Man Yet another Iron Man wannabe, Cobalt Man , an “inventor who had been studying the effects of nuclear radiation involving cobalt” (scie


Which element is most common in the human body?

Elements in the Human Body Updated September 11, 2015. Question: What Are the Elements in the Human Body? Answer: Most of the human body is made up of water, H2O, with cells consisting of 65-90% water by weight. Therefore, it isn't surprising that most of a human body's mass is oxygen. Carbon, the basic unit for organic molecules, comes in second. 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of just six elements : oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. You may also wish to view the element composition of an average human body by mass . Oxygen (65%)


Which element, formed when seawater comes into contact with electricity, was responsible for the death of many Submariners during the Second World War?

Salt Deficiency, The Cause of Many Diseases: Crystal Salt Therapy Salt Deficiency, The Cause of Many Diseases: Crystal Salt Therapy PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE By using this site, you signify your assent, to this disclaimer. If you do not agree to this disclaimer, please do not use the site. The information in this web site is presented for the educational and free exchange of ideas and speech in relation to health and wellness only. Shirley's Wellness Cafe website is not intended to diagnose any physical or mental condition, or to prescribe or promote any particular product(s).It is not intended as a substitute for the advice and treatment of a licensed professional. In the event that you use the information for your own health, or for your animals, you are prescribing for yourself or your animals, which is your constitutional right and for which the author of this site assumes no responsibility. The author of this website is neither a legal counselor nor a health practitioner, nor a veterinarian and makes no claims in this regard. Reference or links in this web site to any non-government entity, product, service, or information do not constitute endorsement or recommendation. This site is not responsible for the contents of any off-site web pages, companies or persons linked or referenced in this site. You are welcome to follow the links and visit the various websites and determine for yourself if the products are for you. Shirley's-Wellness-Cafe.com is a free educational web site created from a labor of love and as a public service. Thank you for your understanding.  Disclaimer for Shirley's Wellness Cafe Salt Deficiency, The Cause of Many Diseases: Crystal Salt Therapy An eight-year study of a New York City hypertensive population stratified for sodium intake levels found those on low-salt diets had more than four times as many heart attacks as those on normal-sodium diets; the exact opposite of what the salt hypothesis would have predicted. (1995). Dr. Jeffrey R. Cutler documented no health outcomes benefits of lower-sodium diets. Both sea salt and rock salt were well known to the ancient Greeks who noted that eating salty food affected basic body functions such as digestion and excretion (urine and stools). This led to salt being used medically. The healing methods of Hippocrates (460 BC) especially made frequent use of salt. Hippocrates mentions inhalation of steam from salt-water. We know today that the anti-inflammatory effects of inhaled salt provide relief from respiratory symptoms. Thus, 2000 years ago, Greek medicine had already discovered topical use of salt for skin lesions, drinking salty or mineralized waters for digestive troubles and inhaling salt for respiratory diseases! Contents Salt Reduction? Salt varies greatly with quality, mineral content, and health benefits Refined Salt: White Poison - The problem with salt is not the salt itself but the condition of the salt we eat! Our regular table salt no longer has anything in common with the original crystal salt. Salt now a day is mainly sodium chloride and not salt. With the advent of industrial development, our natural salt was "chemically cleaned" and reduced only to sodium and chloride. Major producing companies dry their salt in huge kilns with temperatures reaching 1200 degrees F, changing he salt's chemical structure, which in turn adversely affects the human body. The common table salt we use for cooking has only 2 or 3 chemical elements. The seawater has 84 chemical elements. For our body to be healthy we need all those elements. When we use the common salt, we are in deficit of 81 elements which means we are somehow contributing to becoming weaker, imbalanced and more susceptible to diseases. Use the seawater salt. Profound Life-Giving Therapeutic Himalayan Crystal Salt Himalayan Crystal Salt is one of the most profound re-discoveries of our time. For centuries, the energy/information content, in the form of vital mineral elements locked away within these perfectly formed crystals of mineral


Which element is the best conductor of electricity?

What Is the Most Conductive Element? What Is the Most Conductive Element? What Is the Most Conductive Element? The Element That Is the Best Conductor of Electricity Silver has the highest electrical conductivity of any element.  Alchemist-hp, Creative Commons License Updated March 09, 2016. Question: What Is the Most Conductive Element? Conductivity refers to the ability of a material to transmit energy. There are different types of conductivity, including electrical conductivity , thermal conductivity and acoustical conductivity. Here is a look at the three most electrically conductive elements. As you might expect, all three conductive elements are metals. Answer: The most electrically conductive element is silver , followed by copper and gold. Silver also has the highest thermal conductivity of any element and the highest light reflectance. Although it is the best conductor , copper and gold are used more often in electrical applications because copper is less expensive and gold has a much higher corrosion resistance. Because silver tarnishes, it is less desirable for high frequencies because the exterior surface is less conductive. As to why silver is the best conductor, the answer is that its electrons are more free to move than those of the other elements. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge This has to do with its valence and crystal structure. Most metals conduct electricity. Other elements with high electrical conductivity, are aluminum, zinc, nickel, iron and platinum. Brass and bronze are electrically conductive alloys , rather than elements. Table of the Conductive Order of Metals This list of electric conductivity includes alloys as well as pure elements. Because the size and shape of a substance affects its conductivity, the list assumes all samples are the same size. Rank Factors That Affect Electrical Conductivity Certain factors can affect how well a material conducts electricity. Temperature - Changing temperature of silver or any other conductor alters its conductivity. In general, increasing the temperature causes thermal excitation of the atoms and decreases conductivity (increases resistivity). The relationship is linear, but it breaks down at low temperatures. Impurities - Adding an impurity to a conductor decreases its conductivity. For example, sterling silver is not as good of a conductor as pure silver. Oxidized silver is not as good a conductor as untarnished silver. Impurities hinder electron flow. Crystal Structure and Phases - If there are different phases within a material, conductivity will slow slightly at the interface and may be different from one structure than another. The way a material has been processed can affect how well it conducts electricity. Electromagnetic Fields - Conductors generate their own electromagnetic fields when electricity runs through them, with the magnetic field perpendicular to the electric field. External electromagnetic fields can produce magnetoresistance, which can slow the flow of current. Frequency - The number of oscillation cycles an alternating electrical current completes per second is its frequency in hertz. Above a certain level, a high frequency can cause current to flow around a conductor rather than through it (skin effect). Since there is no oscillation and hence no frequency, the skin effect does not occur with direct current. Learn More


Urban Dictionary: dihydrogen monoxide dihydrogen monoxide Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the unstable radical Hydroxide, the components of which are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol. For more detailed information, including precautions, disposal procedures and storage requirements, refer to the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for Dihydrogen Monoxide. ...Dihydrogen monoxide is water/H20. Dihydrogen Monoxide as a toxic or carcinogenic substance (as it does with better known chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and saccharine), DHMO is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful. by brendan December 09, 2004 dihydrogen monoxide water, H2O dihydrogen monoxide: It's more commonly known as water. You know, the substance that every single living being relies on to survive? The origins of this item are multifold, from flyers circulated at the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1989 (so 20th century!) to a junior high school student who surveyed 50 classmates in 1997 and got 43 of them to sign his petition to ban the chemical. He then won a prize at his science fair for his project, called "How Gullible Are We?" Several Web pages touting the chemical's dangers are still live. Don't feel too bad if you've ever fallen victim to this hoax; even a government official in New Zealand took the bait last year. Dihydrogen Monoxide Dihydrogen Monoxide is a prevalent compound that is the key ingredient in most pesticides. DHMO contributes to environmental hazards such as acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and soil erosion. DHMO poisoning causes a sometimes fatal electrolyte imbalance in the bloodstream, and can cause excessive sweating, increased urination, and sometimes vomiting. Dihydrogen Monoxide also reacts explosively with alkaline earth metals such as lithium, sodium, potassium etc. Prolonged, unprotected exposure to solid DHMO, or inhaling it can be fatal. Despite these dangers, DHMO is used ubiquitously by industries, and is readily available to the public. Join the fight, and help get this troublesome, and potentially lethal chemical banned. SAY 'NO' TO DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE! Dihydrogen monoxide Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) is a combination of 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen (di = 2, mon = 1), which creates H2O. It is a completely safe element, but a hoax that was created in the 1990's as an April Fools joke got popular that said that DHMO was a chemical that was a substance that was contained in things such as acid rain, nuclear power plants, etc. John: "Have you heard about the chemical Dihydrogen monoxide? I read that it was really dangerous and it's even in our water and food!" Steve: "No, that is just water. Do more research and don't believe everything you read online."


Which two elements would you find at the centre of the Earth?

Journeys to the Center of the Earth | DiscoverMagazine.com Journeys to the Center of the Earth FROM THE         JULY/AUGUST 2014         ISSUE Journeys to the Center of the Earth Our planet's core powers a magnetic field that shields us from a hostile cosmos. But how does it really work?  By Tim Folger |Monday, July 14, 2014 RELATED TAGS: EARTH SCIENCE Roen Kelly On the remote Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia, amid the rusting ruins of an abandoned scientific research station, is the deepest hole in the world. Now covered and sealed with a welded metal plate, the Kola Superdeep Borehole, as it’s called, is a remnant of a largely forgotten Cold War race that aimed not at the stars, but at Earth’s interior. A team of Soviet scientists began drilling at Kola in the spring of 1970, with the goal of penetrating as far into Earth’s crust as their technology would allow. Four years before the Russians started punching their way into the Kola crust, the United States had given up on its own deep-drilling program: Project Mohole, an attempt to bore several miles through the Pacific seafloor and retrieve a sample of the underlying mantle. Mohole fell far short of its target, reaching a depth of just 601 feet after five years of drilling under more than 11,000 feet of water. The Soviets were more persistent. Their work at Kola continued for 24 years — the project outlived the Soviet Union itself. Before drilling ended in 1994, the team hit a layer of 2.7-billion-year-old rock, almost a billion years older than the Vishnu schist at the base of the Grand Canyon. Temperatures at the bottom of the Kola hole exceeded 300 degrees Fahrenheit; the rocks were so plastic that the hole started to close whenever the drill was withdrawn. While the researchers at Kola bored patiently downward, their counterparts in the space race sent dozens of craft heavenward: as far as the moon, Mars and beyond. By the early 1990s, when the Kola effort began to stall, the Voyager spacecraft had already passed beyond Pluto’s orbit. And the depth of the Kola hole after 24 years of drilling? About 7.6 miles — deeper than an inverted Mount Everest and roughly halfway to the mantle, but still a minuscule distance, considering Earth’s 7,918-mile diameter. If Earth were the size of an apple, the Kola hole wouldn’t even break through the skin.  Illustration: Roen Kelly, Photo: A. Varfolomeeviria Novosti All the mines on Earth, all the tunnels, caves and chasms, all the seas, and all of life exist within or on top of the thin shell of our planet’s rocky crust, which is much thinner, comparatively, than an eggshell. Earth’s immense, deep interior — the mantle and core — has never been directly explored, and probably never will be. Everything we know about the mantle, which begins about 15 miles below the surface, and about Earth’s core, 1,800 miles beneath us, has been gleaned remotely. While our understanding of the rest of the universe grows almost daily, knowledge of the inner workings of our own world advances far more slowly. “Going into space is just a lot easier than going down for an equivalent distance,” says David Stevenson, a geophysicist at the California Institute of Technology. “Going down from 5 kilometers to 10 is much harder than going from zero to 5.”  What scientists do know is that life on Earth’s surface is profoundly affected by what happens at inaccessible depths. Heat from Earth’s inner core, which is as hot as the surface of the sun, churns an outer core of molten iron and nickel, generating a magnetic field that deflects lethal cosmic and solar radiation away from the planet. For a glimpse of what Earth might be like without its protective magnetic shield, we have only to look at the lifeless surfaces of worlds with anemic magnetic fields, like Mars and Venus.  For a glimpse of what Earth might be like without its protective magnetic shield, we have only to look at the lifeless surface of a world like Venus The planetary architecture that provides Earth’s sheltering field has been broadly understood for several decades now


Which element was known as the King of Metals?

Arsenic: A Murderous History - Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program Arsenic: A Murderous History The King of Poisons Albertus Magnus is usually accredited with the discovery of arsenic around 1250 Since the very earliest of times poisons have been used as a means for settling old scores, instruments for personal advancement, as a means to execute criminals and by those who found life to be an intolerable burden. The ancient Greeks and Romans, who could seldom agree on anything, were both masters of this practice, but, of course, they selected different agents. The most commonly used toxin in Greece was the water hemlock, a plant in the carrot family not to be confused with the evergreen conifer common in New England. Plato immortalized hemlock, which is said to be the most violently poisonous plant in the North Temperate Zone, in his description of the death of Socrates. In the rest of Europe from the time of the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, arsenic was the king of poisons. Mineral forms of arsenic were known as early as the fourth century BC, but the German scholastic Albertus Magnus is usually accredited with the discovery of the element around 1250. The first precise directions for the preparation of metallic arsenic, however, are found in the writings of Paracelsus, a physician-alchemist in the late Middle Ages who is often called the father of modern toxicology. Paracelsus, a physician-alchemist in the late Middle Ages, is often called the father of modern toxicology A Secret Weapon Dioscorides, a Greek physician in the court of the Roman Emperor Nero, described arsenic as a poison in the first century. Its ideal properties for sinister uses included its lack of color, odor or taste when mixed in food or drink and its ubiquitous distribution in nature, which made it readily available to all classes of society. Symptoms of arsenic poisoning were difficult to detect, since they could mimic food poisoning and other common disorders. There could be no doubt about arsenic's efficacy as a single large dose, which provoked violent abdominal cramping, diarrhea and vomiting, often followed by death from shock. Arsenic could also be given as a series of smaller doses, producing a more subtle form of chronic poisoning characterized by a loss of strength, confusion and paralysis. Eventually, the arsenic of choice emerged as so-called white arsenic or arsenic trioxide (As2O3); the fatal dose was known to be an amount equivalent in size to a pea. All of the above properties of arsenic contributed to its alleged widespread use in antiquity as a homicidal agent. Doubtless it is an exaggeration, but it has been said of this period that poisonings were so common that few believed in the natural deaths of princes, kings, or cardinals. Whatever the true extent of its covert use, arsenic has engendered a body of legends so tangled that reliable sources today disagree about many of the specifics. Poison and Politics During the fourth century BC, the Romans made considerable use of poisons in politics. In this same period a conspiracy was uncovered involving a group of women who schemed to poison men whose deaths would profit them. In 82 BC, in an attempt to stem what was becoming an epidemic of large-scale poisonings, the Roman dictator and constitutional reformer Lucius Cornelius Sulla issued the Lex Cornelia, probably the first law against poisoning. Poison and politics were also intertwined in the early Renaissance period in Italy. Records of the city councils of Florence during this period contain detailed testimony naming victims, prices and contracts, complete with dates that transactions were completed and payments made. Among the most infamous of poisoners was a woman known as Toffana who made arsenic-laced cosmetics and instructed women on their use. Another woman, known as Hieronyma Spara, organized group instruction in the homicidal uses of arsenic for a number of young married women who wanted to better their station in life by becoming wealthy young widows. Reports of death by arseni


Mary Phelps Jacob designed which item of clothing in 1914?

Women's Fashion During WWI: 1914 - 1920 | Bellatory Women's Fashion During WWI: 1914 - 1920 Women's Fashion During WWI: 1914 - 1920 Updated on September 09, 2016 Joined: 7 years agoFollowers: 2,826Articles: 189 10 Women and Fashion 1919 Fashions of Downton Abbey's Season 2 Women's fashions of 1914-1920 were heavily influenced by World War I (the Great War) as well as the women's suffrage movement. These are the fashions featured in the second season of the popular PBS drama Downton Abbey which is set in the years 1916 - 1919. Though clothing of this time is often referred to as Edwardian, in the strictest sense it is not, as King Edward VII died in 1910. Shortly before the outbreak of World War I, fashion had taken on a whole new look based on Orientalism with its soft drapery and bold prints. The lines of Russian peasant costume appeared in hip-length tunics, a style that lasted through the war years. By 1914, women's clothing had lost the rigid, tailored lines of the Edwardian period, and the styles of fashion's first great design genius, Paul Poiret, obliterated the need for tight-fitting corsets. Advertisement 1914 Woman in Sailor Blouse | Source British Women's Land Army Poster | Source World War I and Women Before the war, Paris led the world of fashion. But due to the privations of war and loss of communication between the US and Europe, New York emerged as a fashion leader with new designs based on a combination or femininity and practicality. During WWI, as men went off to fight, women took on jobs formerly filled by men. Women and girls who previously worked as domestic servants took jobs in munitions factories, performed administrative work, worked as drivers, nurses, and on farms. They volunteered for organizations like the Red Cross and joined the military. A new image of freedom and self respect led women away from traditional gender roles. They drove cars and demanded the right to vote. Many of the occupations demanded the wearing of uniforms, including trousers. A military look crept into fashion designs as well, bringing military-style tunic jackets, belts, and epaulets. During World War I, people took to a plainer lifestyle. Women wore less jewelry, and the lavish clothing of the Edwardian period fell by the wayside. As women dressed for new roles, gender-dictated dress codes relaxed. Skirts became shorter, as they often do during wartime, and colors became sober and muted. Advertisement 1914 Barbier Sketch Dating the Clothing Styles of the World War I Era 1914 began with a strong Edwardian silhouette. Women wore lacy shirtwaists and long, narrow skirts that fell to the top of the foot. But the tunic effect— introduced by Paul Poiret, based on a Russian peasant look— came to blend with the military-style tunic worn during the Great War. At the end of the Edwardian period (around 1910), Paul Poiret introduced the jupe colotte for evening wear— a high waisted tunic style dress worn with harem pants. As the world entered war in 1914, women were offered more tailored versions of the look which included military details along with checks and stripes. Jeanne Paquin, the first woman to gain international fame in the world of fashion, created garments for the new, more active woman. Her version of the hobble skirt (a narrow skirt that restricted a woman's stride) included pleats for ease of movement. Her designs mixed tailoring with feminine drapery. The spring of 1914 brought a new fashion trend called the "war crinoline" which featured a bell-shaped skirt and a wide overskirt. The season also featured sloped shoulders and wide collars, but the use of so much fabric was soon viewed as wasteful during wartime and critics called for a more conservative use of cloth. In 1915, hemlines rose to mid-calf and traditionalists complained of immodesty. By 1918, skirts grew narrow again and hemlines fell to below the calf. 1919 saw longer dresses with clean lines and a natural waist. Advertisement Fashion Shows 1911 - 1918 In 1911, the fashion show was a new phenomenon. Previously, designers had worked with individual cl


Born in Gibraltar, which designer was named British Designer of the Year in 1987, 1994 and 1995?

John Galliano - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia - clothing, century, women, dress, style, new, body, collection John Galliano - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia John Galliano - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia British designer Born: Gibraltar, Spain, 1960. Education: Studied design at St. Martin's School of Art, London. Career: Graduation collection, Les Incroyables, sold to Brown's; freelance    designer, establishing John Galliano fashion house, London, from 1984;    designer for haute couture and ready-to-wear at Givenchy 1995-96; designer    for haute couture and ready-to-wear at Christian Dior, from 1996; opened    own shop in Bergdorf Goodman store, 1997; licensed fur line, 1998; opened    shop in Saks Fifth Avenue, 2000; launched watch collection, 2001. Exhibitions: John Galliano at Dior, [retrospective], Design Museum of London, 2001-02. Awards: British Designer of Year award 1986, 1994, 1995; Bath Costume Museum    Dress of the Year award, 1987; Telva award, Spain, 1995; International    Fashion Group, Master of Fashion, 1997; Designer of the Year, Council of    Fashion of America, 1998. Address: 60 Rue d'Avron, 75020 Paris, France. Website: www.dior.com . Publications Coleridge, Nicholas, The Fashion Conspiracy, London, 1988. McDowell, Colin, Galliano, New York, 1997. Watson, Linda, Vogue Twentieth Century Fashion: 100 Years of Style by Decade and      Designer, London, 1999. Articles Brampton, Sally, "Capital Collections: John Galliano," in Elle (London), March 1987. John Galliano, designed for the house of Christian Dior's       fall/winter 2000-01 haute couture collection. © AFP/CORBIS. Menkes, Suzy, "Jasper and John," in the Independent (London), 9 October 1987. Rumbold, Judy, "A Steal for Galliano," in The Guardian (London),14 October 1987. Mower, Sarah, "London Follows Galliano," in The Observer (London), 18 October 1987. Coleman, Alix, "Viva Galliano!" in the Sunday Express Magazine (London), 8 November 1987. Filmer, Deny, "Designer Focus: John Galliano," in Cosmopolitan (London), February 1988. Jobey, Liz, "John Galliano: Romantic Hero," in Vogue (London),February 1988. Brampton, Sally, "The Great Galliano," in Elle (London), March 1988. Irvine, Susan, "Galliano and Co.," in Harrods Magazine, Spring 1988. Gasperini, Nicoletta, "John Galliano's Golden     Year," in Donna (Milan), April 1988. Collin, Matthew, "The Boy Wonder: An Interview with John     Galliano," in i-D (London), November 1989. Rumbold, Judy, "Galliano Leaps onto Centre Stage," in The Guardian, 26 February 1990. Dickson, Elizabeth, "A Life in the Day of John Galliano,"     in the Sunday Times Magazine, 1 March 1992. Billen, Andrew, "Galliano: Can He Really Cut It?" in The Observer Magazine, 28 February 1993. Reed, Julia, "Incurable Romantic," in Vogue, March 1993. Ingrassia, Michele, with Meggan Dissly, "Dior Meets Disney     World," in Newsweek, 26 December 1994. Mauriés, Patrick, "Ma Poulette, Quel Style," in Vogue (Paris), February 1995. "Sei Grande, Grande, Grande…/Nobody Does It     Better," in Moda In (Modena), January-March 1995. Spindler, Amy M., "Four Who Have No Use for Trends," in     the New York Times, 20 March 1995. Menkes, Suzy, "Show, Not Clothes, Becomes the Message," in     the International Herald Tribune, 20 March 1995. Kerwin, Jessica, "Galliano in Gotham," in WWD, 23 May 1995. Weisman, Katherine, and Janet Ozzard, "The Galloping     Galliano," in WWD, 9 September 1996. "Galliano Shop Bows with Bergdorf Gala," in WWD, 11 December 1997. "Galliano Sets Fur Line Debut," in WWD, 4 May 1998. Weisman, Katherine, "Galliano's Open-Dior Policy,"     in WWD, 3December 1999. Dowd, Maureen, "Haute Homeless," in the New York Times, 23January 2000. Givhan, Robin, "In Paris, Clothes Aren't     Everything," in the Washington Post, 14 October 2000. Rubenstein, Hal, "The Look of Christian Dior," in In Style, 1November 2000. Socha, Miles, "The Galliano Factor: Dior Lays Groundwork for     'Exceptional' 2001," in WWD, 16 January 2001. "Born Again Christians," in Time


What is the name of Vivienne Westwood's clothes shop at 430 King's Road where she sells her Anglomania label?

Vivienne Westwood - Design Museum Vivienne Westwood Posted September 11, 2014     --     Updated March 14 Campaigning designer who personifies the potent and subversive originality of British fashion. Share Vivienne Westwood Vivienne Westwood’s continual exploration and reinterpretation of history, combined with a tireless individualism, has cemented her reputation as the UK’s most culturally significant fashion designer. Her expansive body of work traces the socio-economic and cultural climate of Britain over the past four decades, and a cursory glance through her archive also highlights the paradox of her career: an ascent from teenage rebellion through luxury and decadence to global commercial success. Vivienne Isabel Swire was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, in 1941. Although she made her own clothes and experimented with her looks from an early age she had little access to the high culture of art galleries, art books and theatre which was to inform her later career. At the age of 16 she moved with her family from northern England to Harrow, Middlesex, where she embarked on a silversmithing and jewellery-making course at Harrow School of Art. Impatient to earn a wage, however, she left Harrow abruptly, completed a typing course and found a job as a secretary. It was not until her mid-thirties that Westwood returned to fashion, by which time she had started work as a primary school teacher, married her first husband, Derek Westwood, and had her first child, Ben. In 1965 Westwood met Malcolm McLaren, with whom she had a second son, Joseph (who founded the underwear label Agent Provocateur) and who re-triggered her interest in fashion and experimentation with her image. McLaren, a dynamic and radical character who Westwood regarded as ‘fascinating and mad’, introduced her to a plethora of new political and artistic ideas, which continue to influence her work today. Their partnership flourished both professionally and as a romance: McLaren had his finger on the pulse of contemporary culture and Westwood the creative flare to translate his ideas into clothing. The continually evolving vision of Westwood and McLaren was brought to a wider public in 1971 when they took over a now legendary shop at 430 Kings Road, London. The site was a work in progress with a frequently changing name and merchandise that switched style continually as it reflected and launched London’s subcultural currents. The first incarnation, Let it Rock, modelled itself on the 1950’s Teddy-boy aesthetic. In 1973 Let it Rock ceded to Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die in tribute to James Dean’s untimely death, and stocked fetish wear previously only available by mail order. Westwood and McLaren’s ambition to bring the dark world of sexual adventure and fetish to the streets of London was made explicit when they re-branded the shop SEX in 1975. SEX (later named Seditionaries) became synonymous with the most culturally significant street style of the second half of the 20th century, Punk. It was famous for its sexually crude and evocative garments: ‘bondage’ trousers and T-shirts emblazoned with provocative phrases like ‘Cambridge Rapist’ and ‘Paedophilia’ which caused controversy and outrage in the mainstream of British society. One particular T-shirt, ‘Two Naked Cowboys’, got their friend, the artist Alan Jones, arrested; while McLaren’s newly formed Punk band, the Sex Pistols, were a highly effective promotional vehicle for the shop and its owners’ ethos. As Punk gradually began to influence the mainstream, the couple looked towards romanticism, heroism even, in fashion design. Westwood had dressed the Punks; now her Pirates collection (1979–1981) was adopted by musicians labelled the New Romantics. This work brought to the fore the habit for which she is renowned: raiding history for ideas. Adam and the Ants and Spandau Ballet wore billowing, lavishly printed gold, red and orange shirts inspired by Westwood’s study of 18th Century men’s clothing but flamboyantly fused with North American Indian and pirate styles. The collection released a rakish a


Which pop singer has had perfumes called Curious, Fantasy, Midnight Fantasy, Hidden Fantasy and Circus Fantasy?

Britney Spears - Buy Online at Perfume.com Cart Britney Spears                      Perfume Born in 1981, American pop performer Britney Spears is known for her string of early studio albums, music videos, and list of Grammy Award-winning songs . The artist's popularity and success as a singer extends to her other endeavors, including her line of Britney Spears perfumes. Fans of the pop music artist will be happy to find that Perfume.com carries a selection of her popular lines of perfume. Britney Spears fragrances at Perfume.com are available at bargain prices so that our customers ... Read More ... Read More can smell as amazing as a pop star without spending the fortune of one. Spears first ventured into the fragrance business in 2004 in association with the cosmetic and fragrance company Elizabeth Arden. Her first perfume, named Curious, was widely popular, earning $100 million in five weeks, and is considered one of the best-selling perfumes to date. Over a five-year period, the singer created six fragrances, and Spears has stated that each of her fragrances and the tag lines associated with them represent a particular time in her life. The fragrances and tag lines are: • Curious: "Do You Dare?" (2004) • Fantasy: "Everybody Has One" (2005) • In Control Curious: "Are You?" (2006) • Midnight Fantasy: "Magic Begins at Midnight" (2006) • Believe: "The Greatest Freedom Is to Believe in Yourself" (2007) • Hidden Fantasy: "What Do You Have to Hide?" (2009) Whether one is buying a gift for a friend, family member, or oneself, Perfume.com is the right place to purchase fragrances by Britney Spears. Longtime fans of the singer are likely familiar with the singer's fragrances and will love finding a low price on their favorite perfume. Britney Spears perfume isn't just for her fans, though. Even people who don't keep up with the artist's latest tunes can appreciate the variety of fragrances that the Britney Spears perfume collection offers. Our customers will be pleased at just how easy it is to find their favorite Britney Spears fragrance or fragrances listed on our site. Perfume.com is the place to shop for discount prices on perfume by Britney Spears. As one of the leading online retailers of perfumes and colognes, we make it easy for our customers to find and purchase quality designer scents. We also want to make the ordering process as simple as possible. That means customers may contact us via our toll-free number if they have any questions about a Britney Spears fragrance or about our site in general. Women's Britney Spears


In which country was designer Oscar de la Renta born?

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta dies at 82 - CNN.com 1 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – In 2011, Penelope Cruz stole the spotlight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala. The actress, who attended the event with de la Renta, wore a black silk organza gown from the designer's fall 2011 collection. Hide Caption 2 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – Jennifer Lawrence's dress at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards was as bright as her rising star in Hollywood. Lawrence's hot-pink de la Renta number landed the actress on People magazine's best-dressed list for the event. Hide Caption 3 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – The handcrafted Oscar de la Renta gown that Amy Adams wore to the 2013 Oscars was so ethereal it almost looked as though the actress was floating on air. Hide Caption 4 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – While de la Renta was known for his show-stopping dresses with full skirts or elongated trains, he could also make a simple shift sing. Anne Hathaway wore this short, breezy and sparkling de la Renta number to the Sydney premiere of "Love & Other Drugs" in 2010. Hide Caption 5 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – De la Renta wasn't just the designer of choice for actresses -- musicians adored him, too. His penchant for bold designs attracted Nicki Minaj, who donned one of his creations for the 2011 American Music Awards. Hide Caption 6 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – De la Renta knew his way around a floral pattern, inventing silhouettes that wouldn't overwhelm the wearer. Look at the clean lines he gave this eye-catching gown, which Scarlett Johansson wore to the 2009 premiere of "He's Just Not That Into You." Hide Caption 7 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – For an occasion as big as her final "Harry Potter" premiere, actress Emma Watson chose a designer she knew would have a timeless and memorable look. Seen here at the 2011 premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Pt. 2," Watson's voluminous de la Renta dress perfectly matched the emotional scale of the event. Hide Caption 8 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – At the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Tina Fey turned heads -- and landed on best-dressed lists -- in a sleek column gown from de la Renta. The sweetheart cut of the strapless dress was alluring without being overtly provocative, a combination that the designer nailed every time. Hide Caption 9 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – Taylor Swift is a professed devotee of Oscar de la Renta, and she chose to wear one of the designer's structurally impressive confections to the 2014 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Upon de la Renta's death, Swift shared her condolences on Twitter: "Oscar, it was an honor to wear your creations and to know you," the singer said . Hide Caption 10 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – This kicky black de la Renta dress, worn to the 2005 Golden Globes, is one of Eva Longoria's most memorable red-carpet looks. The actress was starring on "Desperate Housewives" at the time, and her impeccably detailed cocktail number was like the luxe item a '50s housewife would kill to add to her collection. Hide Caption 11 of 21 Photos: Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars Oscar de la Renta: Dressing the stars – Beyonce is another famous name who can be counted as a fan of de la Renta's. The superstar singer, seen here at the designer's fall 2005 fashion show in New York, later wore a red de la Renta dress to meet President Obama in 2012. Hide Caption 12 of 21 Photos: Oscar d


In which TV series might Lieutenant Green say Spectrum is green?

Cast of Characters:  Symphony Angel CAST OF CHARACTERS    CAPTAIN    SCARLET and the MYSTERONS UNOFFICIAL WEBSITE by    Chris Bishop UPDATES: April 12, 2015: Minor modifications   "I    don't think I have a head for heights." Undercover    Symphony (voice by Janna Hill) to    a Mysteronised model who had asked her if she would have liked to be a    pilot in "Model Spy".       (Sources:  TV Century 21 material (Annuals, books and magazines), Engale    Marketing's Century 21 magazine, Issue 15, Winter 1995, Fleetway    Magazines, Captain Scarlet & the Mysterons book by Chris Drake & Graham Bassett, Complete Book of Captain Scarlet by Chris Bentleyï¿½ all    related to TV Century 21 material - Photo-montages provided by dedicated    fans.)   Angel          aircraft fighter pilot, sometimes helicopter pilot. Real name : Symphony Angel's voice was provided by Janna Hill.   History:   Born       January 6, 2042, in Cedar Rapids Iowa, Karen Wainwright displayed       such amazing gifted talents at her unnamed high school in Boston,       Massachusetts, where she often was top of the class, that       consequently, still a teenager, she was sent at 16 to Yale       University in New Haven, Connecticut.  There, she showed herself better than other students much       older than she was, gaining seven degrees in the study and       employment of mathematics and technology.  So amazing were her academic abilities that Karen was       nominated ï¿½student of the yearï¿½ by the combined university       committee.   Her       abilities attracted the attention of the Universal Secret Service       and soon after she graduated from Yale, Karen was contacted and       offered employment by them.  An       adventurous young person eager for excitement, the USS offer greatly       appealed to Karen and she readily accepted it. She followed the USS       comprehensive training course and such was her adaptability and       swift and intelligent thinking that she passed it in only two years,       while the norm was at least five years.  By early 2062, Karen was a fully fledged USS field agent,       dealing solely with industrial espionage, and she became a great       credit to the organisation.  During       her career, she handled many tricky assignments, and in five years       had become the USSï¿½s number one secret agent.  This allowed her to develop techniques that helped revamp the       way the USS was dealing with espionage, and these methods became a       model to be used by other espionage and security agencies.   While       training as an aircraft pilot for a special USS mission, Karen       literally fell in love with flying, and it wasnï¿½t long before she       came to realise that the one ambition in her life was to become an       aircraft pilot.  She left the service in early 2067, and joined up with an       unnamed charter company, dealing with worldwide passenger transport.  Karenï¿½s flying skills were so good that she soon gained       worldwide recognition, and even became headline news.    Her       many talents and her potential were recognised by the Spectrum       selection committee, and, she was offered the chance to become one       of their ace pilots (some sources say at late as late 2067). Karen       passed the entrance exam with ease and was enlisted by Spectrum to       become Symphony Angel.     Personality       profile: On       duty, Symphony is proficient and skilful, and totally dedicated to       her role as Spectrum pilot. Intuitive, capable, and brave to the       point of recklessness, her impetuosity, however, can get the better       of her, and she sometimes finds herself in tricky situations       (ï¿½Manhuntï¿½, ï¿½The Trapï¿½).   Off       duty, Symphony is quick-witted, and sympathetic to her fellow Ang


Eva Green played Bond girl Vesper Lynd in which film?

Eva Green | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Spectre (film) (stock footage) Eva Gaelle Green is a French actress and model who played the Bond girl Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale . She is known as one of the most favored Bond girls. Eva Green made her movie debut in the French movieThe Dreamers (2003), directed  by Bernardo Bertolucci. The movie caused much controversy due to the explicit sex and full frontal nude scene by both the male and female actors.  Green’s performance was well received and led to Ridley Scott casting her for the blockbuster Kingdom of Heaven (2005). The year after she would play the role that would make her world famous, Bond girl Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale. EW named her the fourth-best Bond of all time [1] . IGN named here the beste femme-fatale [2] . She won a BAFTA and an Empire award for her performance. Green has also starred in the moviesThe Dreamers , Kingdom of Heaven, The Golden Compass, Dark Shadows, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and 300: Rise of an Empire.


Green Green Grass Of Home was a UK number one hit single for which singer?

Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass of Home - Amazon.com Music Green, green grass of home Special Offers and Product Promotions Check Out Our Turntable Store Need a new record player? Check out our turntable store for a great selection of turntables, needles, accessories, and more. Get a $75.00 statement credit after first Amazon.com purchase made with new Discover itÂ® card within 3 months. Terms and conditions apply. See offer for details. Apply now. Editorial Reviews Includes: Green Green Grass of Home A Taste of Honey Georgia on my Mind That old Black Magic If Ever I Would Leave You Any Day Now Someday You Came A Long Way My Mother's Eyes My Prayer Kansas City When I fall in Love Product Details Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,499 in Music ( See Top 100 in Music ) Related Video Shorts See all verified purchase reviews Top Customer Reviews By Karen S. Williams on April 22, 2013 Format: Audio CD|Verified Purchase I was so THRILLED to be able to find and buy this CD! It's perfect! I have been trying to replace (lost due to house fire) all my original Sir Tom Jones music collection, and this one is hard to find. It is in excellent shape/condition just as seller described it! This CD arrived just days after ordering it, so way early. It was as stated, pristine condition! It was packaged very well, and seller has been excellent also. I have bought from this seller once before, and also the music CD (Tom Jones again) was perfect. I would highly recommend this seller, will continue to buy from seller and would rate a 10 if possible. By WILLIAM B. HARDY on October 15, 2015 Format: Audio CD|Verified Purchase Item as described,happy with purchase By M11 on April 19, 2016 Format: Audio CD This should be reissued. It's one of Tom's better efforts, and in some ways, a precursor of the career he's put together the past twenty years or so. Instead of gospel and blues, there is an emphasis on country. I only acquired this album recently because I heard one of its songs in a dream. I woke up remembering a sad-sounding Tom Jones song playing in the dream like a soundtrack, and could only remember that it mentioned the word brothers. I looked online to see if there was a Tom Jones song with brothers, and found "Two Brothers" from this LP. I played a video of it online, and sure enough, it was the song that had played in my dream. The weird thing is, I don't ever remember hearing the song before hearing it in my dream. Perhaps I heard it once years before playing in a store or on an easy listening radio station and completely forgot it until it resurfaced via a dream. In any case, it's a rather haunting song that reminds me a bit of "Greensleeves" crossed with a Lee Hazlewood tune. I'm mostly glad it led me to this LP, which is entertaining overall. Besides "Two Brothers," there is the hit title track, with a pretty good cover of "Mohair Sam" and other country type tunes. By Maheen Wickramasinghe on October 24, 2015 Format: Audio CD I grew up with my parents playing this album, and now I have it on CD! I have every one of Sir Tom's albums on CD now and rare singles, even Tom singing in Italian! I am 31 years old. I am a huge country fanatic and TJ fanatic, and as everyone know, Green Green Grass Of Home was an international smash hit for Tom. It was originally recorded by Johnny Darrell, but Porter Wagoner had a big country hit with it. I have a Facebook group dedicated to Tom to celebrate his first ever autobiography. It's called, Sir Tom Jones, Over The Top And Back. Would love to have you and would be thrilled to hear from any TJ fan! I am blind in both eyes. My email is: maheen.wick31@gmail.com By Peter Durward Harris HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER on June 13, 2011 Format: Audio CD Originally released about ten or twelve years earlier, this CD was re-packaged in 2011 as a set (Along came Jones, Atomic, Green green grass of home, Delilah) as  X4 Tom Jones , with each CD in its own cardboard case but no liner notes or credits beyond the actual track listings. The music here is some way removed from the country music coming out of N


Greenland is an autonomous constituant country within which European kingdom?

Greenland | The Countries Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia v Greenland is a constituent part of the Kingdom of Denmark located in North America . From being a dependency to the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland became an integrated part of Denmark in 1953, and also became a part of the European Communities in 1973 when Denmark joined. Greenland attained self-rule within the kingdom in 1979 and following a referendum it left the European Communities 1985. Becoming the second territory to leave the future European Union after Algeria gained independence from France in the 1960s. In 2009 it attained further autonomy within the kingdom by a new self-government act. Background Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 81% ice capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community (now the EU) with Denmark in 1973 but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following year. Greenland voted in favor of increased self-rule in November 2008 and acquired greater responsibility for internal affairs in June 2009. Denmark, however, continues to exercise control of Greenland's foreign affairs, security, and financial policy in consultation with Greenland's Home Rule Government. [1] Economy The economy remains critically dependent on exports of shrimp and fish and on a substantial subsidy - about $650 million in 2009 - from the Danish Government, which supplies nearly 60% of government revenues. The public sector, including publicly owned enterprises and the municipalities, plays the dominant role in Greenland's economy. Greenland's GDP contracted about 2% in 2009 as a result of the global economic slowdown. Budget surpluses turned to deficits beginning in 2007 and unemployment has risen. During the last decade the Greenland Home Rule Government (GHRG) pursued conservative fiscal and monetary policies, but public pressure has increased for better schools, health care and retirement systems. The Greenlandic economy has benefited from increasing catches and exports of shrimp, Greenland halibut and, more recently, crabs. Due to Greenland's continued dependence on exports of fish - which account for 82% of exports - the economy remains very sensitive to foreign developments. International consortia are increasingly active in exploring for hydrocarbon resources off Greenland's western coast, and international studies indicate the potential for oil and gas fields in northern and northeastern Greenland. In May 2007 a US aluminum producer concluded a memorandum of understanding with the Greenland Home Rule Government to build an aluminum smelter and a power generation facility, which takes advantage of Greenland's abundant hydropower potential. Within the area of mining, olivine sand continues to be produced and gold production has resumed in south Greenland. Tourism also offers another avenue of economic growth for Greenland, with increasing numbers of cruise lines now operating in Greenland's western and southern waters during the peak summer tourism season. [2] Monarch Frederik IX ( ₩ ) (June 5, 1953 - January 14, 1972) Margrethe II ( ₩ ) (January 14, 1972 - ) Nation


In Monopoly, the green coloured properties are Regent Street, Oxford Street and what else?

World of Monopoly.com Mini box - with separate board (1)  Trade Mark - Patent No. 453689 Publisher: John Waddington Ltd. - ±1938 Dimensions of the box: 16.1 x 19.2 x 3.3 cm / Dimensions of the board: 49 x 49 cm Most likely the patent was granted soon. because sets before the war still appeared with the Patent No. 453689. Despite the patent was granted the banknotes still show the mention "pat. app. for no. 3796-36". Features of this edition are: The height of the box is 33 mm. The stations are of L.N.E.R. The Chance cards are entirely red, the Community Chest cards are entirely yellow. For an answer on questions to the works "Please enclose 1½d. stamp". In the circle on the banknotes is under the large number mentioned "pat. app. for no. 3796-36". The banknotes are in the denominations of: 1 - 5 - 10 - 20 - 50 - 100 and 500. The 6 tokens are of metal and are resp.: hat - iron - car - boat - shoe and thimble. The houses and hotels are of dull wood. Mini box - with separate board (1a)  Trade Mark - Patent No. 453689 Publisher: John Waddington Ltd. - ±1941 Dimensions of the box: 16.1 x 19.2 x 3.3 cm / Dimensions of the board: 49 x 49 cm Whilst most sets have normal coloured bars, this edition can best be referred to as "the error set", because the very striking point is the absence of the green bar on the title deeds of the properties Regent Street, Oxford Street and Bond Street. (See also chapter " Print Errors and Production Mistakes "). Features of this edition are: The height of the box is still 33 mm. The image on the lid shows the patent number, as well as the Rules sheet. The banknotes have still the "pat. app. for no. 3796-36"". The deed cards have at least one side serrated with 48 round perforation holes. The Chance Cards are entirely dull pink, the Community Chest Cards are entirely yellow. For an answer on questions to the works "Please enclose 1½d. stamp". The banknotes are in the denominations of: 1 - 5 - 10 - 20 - 50 - 100 and 500. The internal cardboard dividers and support platform are white. The tokens are flat cardboard figures on a foot of black timber. The figures are: hat - iron - car - boat - shoe and rocking-horse. The houses and hotels are of dull wood. Two small wood dice, but no spinner. Albert Veldhuis Thanks to Albert C. Veldhuis for a lot of the information on this page and the time it took to put all this information together. MONOPOLY, Waddington's, Parker Bros., Tonka and Hasbro and are Registered Trade Marks with Hasbro, 1935 2016, HASBRO, PARKER BROTHERS, Tonka, Waddington's, the MONOPOLY name and logo, the distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, the MR. MONOPOLY name and character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces are trademarks of Hasbro for its property trading game and game equipment. © 1935, 2016 Hasbro. The Winning Moves logo is the registered trademark of Winning Moves and the USAopoly logo is the registered trademark of USAopoly. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.


Which Shakespeare refers to jealousy as the green eyed monster?

The green-eyed monster - eNotes Shakespeare Quotes The green-eyed monster O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss, Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger: But O, what damnèd minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves! Othello: Read on Owl Eyes This eText is now on Owl Eyes. Clicking this link will open a new window. The notion that jealousy is green-eyed is probably older than Shakespeare, although Shakespeare is our earliest authority in print. In The Merchant of Venice, Portia refers to "green-eyed jealousy" (Act 3, scene 2), and here Shakespeare coins the more intense phrase "green-ey'd monster." Renaissance Englishmen often paired colors with emotions or personal qualities: both green and yellow are emblematic of jealousy, and green is also emblematic of envy. Some colors are associated with the bodily fluids or "humors" thought to make up the temperament; green and black were the colors attributed to bile. Iago's basic idea is that the fortunate man knows his wife is cheating; the unfortunate man only suspects it, and is caught between the jaws of affection and anxiety. History and Shakespeare's infinity of cuckold jokes testify that Renaissance men were particularly prone to suspect their wives. The social perils of cuckoldry were severe indeed: it ruined a man's credit and debased his wife. Such consequences produced an advanced state of jealous suspicion known as "horn-madness," named after the metaphorical horns that were supposed to sprout from the cuckold's brow.


What was the title of Doctor And The Medics only number one hit single?

The One and Only: October 2007 The One and Only Celebrating the 1, 2 and no-hit wonders of years gone by, from a British point of view. Sunday, 14 October 2007 Artist: Doctor and the Medics Title: Spirit In The Sky Year: 1986 Chart peak: 1 You can't say that one hit wonders aren't a mixed bunch. At one end of the scale, you have the Serious Artists who try doggedly for years to break through, and are disppointed when it only happens once. And then at the other, you have those acts are only in it for laugh anyway, whose success takes even them completely by surprise and who don't really care if they never have another hit - acts like Doctor and the Medics, in fact. Truly, they are the anti-Eric Carmen. The Medics were initially formed in London (supposedly to win a £5 bet) by psychedelic club promoter and DJ Clive Jackson (vocals), Steve McGuire (guitar) and Gareth Thomas (bass) and released their debut single, "The Druids Are Here", in 1982. A clue to their not-entirely-serious outlook can be found in the title of the B side, "The Goats Are Trying To Kill Me". At the same time, Jackson was running a club called Alice In Wonderland, playing psychedelic rock. Having failed to be assassinated by the caprine mafia, the band re-emerged in 1985, with Richard Searle replacing original bassist Thomas, issuing a brace of well-received indie singles, "Happy But Twisted" and "Miracle Of The Age". Taking their cue from glam rock and psychedelia, the group had a distinctive visual style (helped not only by a lorry-load of make-up but also by Jackson's towering 6'5" frame) and a manic air which in 1986 came together with the perfect song to propel them into the wider public consciousness. That song was "Spirit In The Sky", a bonkers pseudo-Christian number originally written by maverick Jewish songsmith Norman Greenbaum, and a number one hit for him back in 1970. The idea for the Medics' cover came to Clive Jackson in a dream - John Lennon took him to see Marc Bolan playing in a pub, and what should the late T-Rex frontman be playing but... you've guessed it. Thus, The Medics' version gave the song a T-Rex-like arrangement with Tony Visconti-style strings. The result: "Spirit In The Sky" became the first song to be a number one hit for two different one hit wonders. The group issued two albums in the 1980s, 1986's "Laughing At The Pieces", which included the hit, and 1988's "I Keep Thinking It's Tuesday". Their 70s retro trip extended to covering Abba's "Waterloo" as a single, recorded with glam rock legend Roy Wood. For a bunch of psychedelia fanatics, Doctor and the Medics remained remarkably well-grounded. To their credit, the group never took success too seriously, just enjoying fame while it lasted. They went their separate ways in 1989 - Jackson to a snail farm in the Brecon Beacons (which went out of business when all the snails caught the gastropod equivalent of influenza and died!), McGuire became a dance music producer and latterly started a company hiring out vehicles to bands needing tour buses and lorries to carry all their gear around in, while Searle formed the no-hit-wonder band Corduroy. A new version of the group (with only Jackson remaining from the original line-up) emerged in 1996, releasing an album called "Instant Heaven" on their own Madman Records label, and soon afterwards Doctor and the Medics became a touring band again. Recent years have seen them pop up on various retro TV programmes, even competing in the musical reality show "Hit Me Baby One More Time". Posted by


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Which part of your body would a dermatologist be interested in?

What does a Dermatologist do? What does a Dermatologist do? ★ A Dermatologist is a specialized type of Doctor .                              Also known as: Skin Physician , Skin Doctor . Table of Contents Comments A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions affecting skin, hair, nails, sweat and oil glands, mucus membranes (inside the mouth, nose, and eyelids) which can include cancer. The skin is the largest and most visible organ of the body, and reflects the health of the body. It acts as a barrier to injury and bacteria. Dermatology patients can be of any age, from babies to people who are more than 100 years old. Out of 3,000 different dermatology conditions that might be treated, 20 of these account for around 80 percent of a dermatologist's workload. How to Become a Dermatologist Think you might be interested in becoming a Dermatologist? Here are your next steps. Take the Sokanu Career Test Would you make a good dermatologist? Sokanu's free assessment reveals how compatible you are with a career across 5 dimensions! View all jobs → What does a Dermatologist do? In certain parts of the world, like Australia, dermatologists spend much of their time treating conditions resulting from exposure to the sun, such as malignant melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma. In other regions, dermatologists are more likely to encounter cosmetic problems; moles, hair and nail disorders, occupational dermatitis, psoriasis, skin infections, eczema, acne, rosacea, and hand dermatitis. Rosacea is a common skin condition that can cause redness and swelling. Hand dermatitis results from contact with household chemical and affects most women with children. The cosmetic problems for which dermatologists can provide assistance include wrinkles, age spots and other signs of aging, hair loss, and scars. Some dermatologists perform minor cosmetic procedures such as face lifts, liposuction, and blepharoplasty, a surgical modification of the eyelid. Cosmetics, industrial compounds, and pesticides continually present new dermatological problems. The increased outdoor work and leisure time of people today have increased their exposure to the sun and other hazards that can cause skin problems. It takes years of training and experience to learn how to distinguish the subtle differences in skin problems. Different conditions often share similar symptoms. There is therefore a growing need for more doctors to understand dermatology. Family doctors might refer a patient to a dermatologist only after their treatment has failed, or if an unsuccessful treatment has caused complications. Because of this, it is often cost-effective to see a dermatologist in the first instance. Dermatologists are also better able to make an early diagnosis. Dermatology was once considered a "lightweight" specialty, but is now recognized as being critical to people's well-being. Most skin conditions can be treated with topical therapy such as lotions and creams. The surgical procedures dermatologists must learn include the injection of fillers and botulinum toxin (botox) to give a patient a more youthful appearance at the expense of facial mobility, cryotherapy and other procedures to remove common skin growths such as warts, excision, and skin and nail biopsies where the patient is awake and small amounts of tissue are removed to facilitate diagnosis. Find your perfect career Would you make a good dermatologist? Sokanu's free assessment reveals how compatible you are with a career across 5 dimensions! Take the free career test How to Become a Dermatologist Skin conditions are often associated with internal conditions and other external factors. Therefore, dermatologists should be knowledgeable in fields such as genetics , oncology, mycology, immunology, histology, bacteriology and others. Dermatologists must train as a general doctor before undertaking postgraduate education in dermatology. They must work in an internship for a year and a residency program for at least


In 1967, Louis Washkansky became the first person to receive what?

First human heart transplant - Dec 03, 1967 - HISTORY.com First human heart transplant Publisher A+E Networks On December 3, 1967, 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky receives the first human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Washkansky, a South African grocer dying from chronic heart disease, received the transplant from Denise Darvall, a 25-year-old woman who was fatally injured in a car accident. Surgeon Christiaan Barnard, who trained at the University of Cape Town and in the United States, performed the revolutionary medical operation. The technique Barnard employed had been initially developed by a group of American researchers in the 1950s. American surgeon Norman Shumway achieved the first successful heart transplant, in a dog, at Stanford University in California in 1958. After Washkansky’s surgery, he was given drugs to suppress his immune system and keep his body from rejecting the heart. These drugs also left him susceptible to sickness, however, and 18 days later he died from double pneumonia. Despite the setback, Washkansky’s new heart had functioned normally until his death. In the 1970s, the development of better anti-rejection drugs made transplantation more viable. Dr. Barnard continued to perform heart transplant operations, and by the late 1970s many of his patients were living up to five years with their new hearts. Successful heart transplant surgery continues to be performed today, but finding appropriate donors is extremely difficult. Related Videos


On which Beatles album does the song Dr Robert appear?

"Dr. Robert" by The Beatles. The in-depth story behind the songs of the Beatles. Recording History. Songwriting History. Song Structure and Style. “DR. ROBERT” (John Lennon – Paul McCartney) So, when was the first time that you suspected from listening to their music that The Beatles were using drugs?  Most first generation fans would probably point to songs from the year 1967, such as the lyric “I get high with a little help from my friends,” or the imagery used in “ Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ,” not to mention the supposed message hidden in the initials of that song.  The year 1968 gave us clues as well, such as the lyrics “I need a fix ‘cause I’m going down” from “ Happiness Is A Warm Gun ” and “the deeper you go, the higher you fly” from “ Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey .” While there are probably many other examples that can be pointed to, the first obvious indication was on the 1966 “ Revolver ” album (or “ Yesterday…And Today ” album in the US).  Only the naive would have thought that “Dr. Robert” was a song about John’s family ‘ear, nose and throat’ physician.  But then again, young fans may have thought just that!  Could listeners have thought that this doctor was a reference to a New York rehab  of some sort, and not someone who was actually supplying illegal substances?  John’s longtime friend Pete Shotton remembers, “When John first played me the acetate of ‘Dr. Robert,’ he seemed beside himself with glee over the prospect of millions of record buyers innocently singing along.” While the group had been drug users for awhile before this time, they had only hinted at this fact in their music up to this point.  The lyrics “turns me on” was slyly included in the song “ She’s A Woman ,” and the description of a woman as being a “ Day Tripper ” were two notable examples, but they were included in such a way that not many would suspect anything.  “ The Word ” was admittedly written under the influence of marijuana, as was a lot of the “ Rubber Soul ” album, but that was also veiled in disguise.  It wasn’t until 1966 that they threw all caution to the wind and released a song that was blatantly about a drug pusher. The subject matter may have been clear, but the real curiosity here was with his identity.  Who really was “Dr. Robert”?   John Lennon being interviewed, 1966 Songwriting History “It’s all about a queer!”  This was John Lennon’s response when asked about the song during an interview.  Keep in mind, however, that when he was asked about the inspiration behind “ Eleanor Rigby ” his response was “two queers.”  Also, when a reporter asked what they thought about a Time Magazine article that explained “ Day Tripper ” as being about a prostitute and “ Norwegian Wood ” as being about a lesbian, Paul’s response was “We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, you know.”  Obviously they were joking at the expense of those who were trying to interpret their music.  Therefore, we can easily rule out “Dr. Robert” being about a “queer.” Another curious quote from John about the song came in 1980.  “It was about myself.  I was the one that carried all the pills on tour and always have done.  Well, in the early days.  Later on the roadies did it, and we just kept them in our pockets loose, in case of trouble.” While this appears to be the final word on the matter, there seems to be more to the story.  Referring to a New York doctor that they’d heard about, Paul explains:  “We’d hear people say, ‘You can get anything off him, any pills you want.’  It was a big racket.  The song was a joke about this fellow who cured everyone of everything with all these pills and tranquilizers.  He just kept New York high.” Pete Shotton attempts to add more details to the story:  “John paid sardonic tribute to an actual New York doctor.  His real name was Charles Roberts, whose unorthodox prescriptions had made him a great favorite of Andy Warhol’s entourage and, indeed, of The Beatles themselves, whenever they passed through town.” As for The Beatles actually visiting this doctor,


The Bicycle manufacturers Trek, Giant and Specialized come from which country ?

Rick Vosper: Who's Number 1? | Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Rick Vosper: Who's Number 1? Published June 20, 2012 by Rick Vosper Conventional wisdom is the Big Three bike brands — Trek, Giant, and Specialized — control the lion’s share of the US bike market. Actual numbers in this business are almost impossible to come by, but you’d be hard put to find an industry insider who’d disagree with that statement. And in terms of total unit sales, that wisdom is probably right. But when you look a little deeper, from the viewpoint of an individual consumer going into an individual local bike shop, the picture changes pretty significantly. Turns out there’s a total of 143 bike brands active in the US market (down from 150 last year). Moreover, in terms of which brands are tops in which shops and/or markets, it’s not Trek, Giant, or Specialized that leads the pack. Not Raleigh or Cannondale or Haro or Diamondback or Schwinn, or any of the top brands we’d all expect. On a purely representative basis, the leading brand in the country is…”Other.” And it has been for years. The bottom line is that in terms or retail representation, anyway, none of the top ten brands is anywhere near as big as those bottom 130 combined. You’d have to merge Trek and Giant to equal those little guys in aggregate. So individually, the smaller brands don’t pack much of a punch, market-impact-wise. But put them all together, and they’re a force to be reckoned with. Which has some very powerful implications for the bike-buying, consumer, for retailers, and for the industry as a whole. More about that in just a minute. Source data for this claim is the just-released National Bicycle Dealer Association (NBDA) report,  US Bicycle Market 2011 , written by our friends at the Gluskin-Townley group. You can pick up your own copy for $299 from the NBDA, or save a hundred bucks if you’re a member there. The results are based on a survey of more than 300 independent bike shops, and “the basic question,” according to author Jay Townley, “was to write in their bestselling bicycle brands, not numbers, but bestselling brands based on unit volume. So with Trek, for instance, 12% of retailers surveyed said it was their bestselling brand.” Even more interesting is how the representation shakes out by shop size, says Townley. “At $300,000 or less, Trek is #7; Redline is #1. At $3000-5000, Trek is #2,Raleighis #1. Where Trek has its hold is in the million-plus-dollar retailers. Trek is not #1 in all regions of the country, nor are they #1 in all size stores. It varies.” But wait, there’s more. “Trek, Giant, And Specialized pretty much control the top 3 spots,” Townley continues. For the others, it’s very dynamic, depending on a lot of things, including who’s got inventory that year and how good it is in the eyes of the dealers. The only brand which held its position over the past four years is Cannondale at #8. Schwinn held the #11 slot from 2008-2010, then jumped up to the #10 slot in 2011.” Makes sense, right? To maximize sales, the most powerful brands make it their business to be in the most powerful (generally = biggest) retailers. But not all bike shops represent all brands, and there’s plenty of excellent not-so-big retailers (and bike brands) in this country…which means there’s a huge number of bike shops representing non-top-10 brands. And neither those retailers nor those brands are going away anytime soon. So What’s Your Point? What does all this mean for the bike-buying consumer...or the bike-selling retailer, for that matter, or the bike-supplying manufacturer or distributor? Plenty. For one thing, it’s a classic representation of the  Long Tail Effect , and it’s one of any number of business-school phenomena that help make the bike business so interesting...or completely frustrating, depending on your point of view. For another, it means that the doom-and-gloom scenario we’ve been hearing for years in this industry is a bunch of baloney. You know, the one where a few monolithic bike brands and a relatively small number of high-volume retailers effectively


Which throwing event does not feature in the Decathlon ?

What are the Different Events in Track and Field? What are the Different Events in Track and Field? Originally Written By: Leo J Revised By: A. Joseph Last Modified Date: 12 December 2016 Copyright Protected: These 10 animal facts will amaze you Track and field is a sport that includes includes many events, most of which fall under one of the two categories: track or field. Track events are those in which the athletes compete by running. Field events are those in which the athletes jump, vault or throw an object. Some events, such as the decathlon and heptathlon, are composed of multiple other events. Common track and field events include dashes, relays, hurdles, the long jump and the high jump , among others. Track Events In most cases, track events are measured in meters, although some minor levels of track and field, such as competitions for children, might measure events in yards. The shorter track events are called dashes or sprints. Some of the common distances for dashes are 50, 55, 60, 100, 200 and 400 meters. On standard-size tracks, one lap is 400 meters. Races that are 800, 1,500, 1,600 or 3,200 meters long are often referred to as middle distance events. The most common distance events, or long-distance events, include the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs. Some competitions might include races that are even longer. The marathon , which is 26.2 miles (42.2 km), is considered a track and field event in some competitions, such as the Olympics . Relays are events in which four teammates run, one at a time, passing a small baton from one runner to the next. The three most common distances for relays are totals of 400, 800 or 1,600 meters. These races are often identified by the number of runners and the distance they each run, rather than the total distance of the race. So, for example, the 800-meter relay might be called the 4x200 relay — typically pronounced as "four by 200 relay." Hurdle events also are held on tracks, and the athletes must leap over the evenly spaced hurdles as they run. Common distances include the 60-, 110-, 300- and 400-meter hurdles for boys or men and the 60-, 100-, 300- and 400-meter hurdles for girls or women. These races are sometimes identified by their distance and either "high hurdles," "intermediate hurdles" or "low hurdles." The shorter the race, the greater the height of the hurdles, in most cases. For example, the hurdles might be 42 inches (106.7 cm) high for a men's 110 hurdles race and 36 inches (91.4 cm) for a men's 400 hurdles competition. Field Events The field events include four in which the athletes throw objects: discus, shot put , hammer and javelin. The size of the objects — or implements — that are thrown can vary according to the age level and gender of the competitors. In the discus, the athlete throws a heavy disc using a spinning motion, and in the shot put, the athlete tosses a heavy sphere, usually by pushing it from his or her shoulder. The hammer is actually a heavy ball at the end of a wire with a handle at one end, and it also is thrown using a spinning motion. A javelin is a spear-like implement — youths often use javelins that have been modified to be safer — that is thrown over-handed. There also are four field events in which the athletes jump or vault as high or as far as possible: high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault. In the high jump and pole vault, the athlete takes a running start and leaps over a bar that is raised after each successful attempt, and he or she lands on a large pad. A pole vaulter uses a long, flexible pole to propel himself or herself over the bar. For the long jump and triple jump, the athlete takes a running start and leaps as far as possible into a landing pit of soft dirt, sand or sawdust. In the triple jump, as its name implies, the athlete takes three consecutive jumps — sometimes referred to as a hop, a skip and a jump — and the distance is measured from the first jumping line to where the athlete landed after his or her final jump. Combined Events There also are combined events, such as the decathlon and heptathlon


Which car manufacturer did Colin McRae win his first WRC title ?

WRC Driver Legends | Best Rally Driver Legends| Profile - wrc.com Rally Wins: 25 Colin McRae was made to drive rally cars. He had an astonishing ability to fire a car between the trees faster than anybody else and it was that speed, allied to outrageous bravery, which enabled him to win 25 world rallies. McRae’s talents were obvious on the British circuit from the minute he stepped aboard a battered Talbot Sunbeam. He continued to flatten his learning curve in a Vauxhall Nova and Ford Sierra Cosworths and when he finished sixth on the 1990 RAC Rally, Subaru signed him up. Two British titles followed and McRae began to make an impression with a limited programme of world events. Such was the manner of the man that he rolled his Legacy four times in the 1992 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland but still finished eighth! McRae’s speed was breathtaking and his first WRC win came in New Zealand in 1993. The Impreza replaced the Legacy and this was McRae’s car. He won 15 times in the various guises of Impreza from 1994 to 1998, including an emotional first win at home in Britain in 1994 and an even more emotional first title there 12 months later after a tight and awkward battle with team-mate Carlos Sainz. With McRae topping the world at just 27, the Scot was tipped for plenty more titles but those wins didn’t follow. Despite winning five rallies in 1997, he missed out to Tommi Mäkinen by one point. He joined Ford in 1999 and came close to the title in 2001 but crashed his Focus heavily on the Rally GB decider. He was the complete driver and a global superstar, but the sport was rocked on 15 September 2007, when McRae, his son Johnny and two family friends were killed in a helicopter crash. McRae’s talents were obvious on the British circuit from the minute he stepped aboard a battered Talbot Sunbeam. He continued  to flatten his learning curve in a Vauxhall Nova and Ford Sierra Cosworths and when he finished sixth on the 1990 RAC Rally,  Subaru signed him up. Two British titles followed and McRae began to make an impression with a limited programme of world events. Such was the manner  of the man that he rolled his Legacy four times in the 1992 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland but still finished eighth! McRae’s  speed was breathtaking and his first WRC win came in New Zealand in 1993. The Impreza replaced the Legacy and this was McRae’s car. He won 15 times in the various guises of Impreza from 1994 to 1998,  including an emotional first win at home in Britain in 1994 and an even more emotional first title there 12 months later after  a tight and awkward battle with team-mate Carlos Sainz. With McRae topping the world at just 27, the Scot was tipped for plenty more titles but those wins didn’t follow. Despite winning five rallies in 1997, he missed out to Tommi Mäkinen by one point. He joined Ford in 1999 and came close to  the title in 2001 but crashed his Focus heavily on the Rally GB decider. He was the complete driver and a global superstar, but the sport was rocked on 15 September 2007, when McRae, his son Johnny  and two family friends were killed in a helicopter crash. WRC+


Which county did WG grace play cricket for ?

W.G. Grace | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo 1865 - 1908 Profile It is more than 150 years since WG Grace was born, but there are other ways of measuring how distant he is in time. For one thing, no one still alive, not even Jim Swanton, can remember seeing him play (although in Sort Of A Cricket Person, EWS notes that "I am supposed to have watched [him] from my perambulator on the Forest Hill ground round 1910"). Eight decades have passed since Grace died, yet he dogs us still, demanding our attention at regular intervals. The statistics of his career are alone enough to explain why - more than 54,000 first-class runs (there are at least two different versions of the precise figure, so let's leave it at that) spread across 44 seasons, including 839 in just eight days of 1876, when he hit a couple of triple-centuries, and only one other batsman managed to top a thousand runs in the entire season; a thousand in May in 1895, when he was nearly 47; and 2800-odd wickets costing less than 18 runs apiece. I suppose we might wonder why his bowling average wasn't even more impressive, given the ropey pitches on which Dr Grace played. No modern cricketer would deign to turn out on them, which makes his batting all the more wondrous, and comparisons with Bradman or anyone since quite pointless. But there was not that much to Grace apart from these skills and his devotion to his family. A hand of whist appears to have marked the limit of his capacity for cerebration, and if one wished to be rude to suburbia one might identify Grace as suburban man incarnate, fluctuating mentally as well as physically between the fringes of Bristol and the London Counties, ultimately coming to rest in Eltham. His one inherited asset was that he came from a clan which was dotty about a great game and dutiful (but in some cases no more) about the general practice of medicine, with no doubt in its collective mind which came first at all times and in all places. His brother EM Grace, who was a coroner, once had a corpse put on ice until he could attend to it at close of play, and WG himself must have had one of the most prolonged medical trainings in history because he so frequently interrupted it in order to exercise his major talent at the crease. He began to study as a bachelor of 19, and was a father of three in his thirties before taking his final qualification at Westminster Hospital. His most conspicuous act as a doctor is thought to have occurred when an unfortunate fieldsman impaled himself on the boundary fence at Old Trafford. It was simply because the cricketing Grace totally dominated his own era that an exasperated CLR James could not understand why standard history books of the period never mentioned him. This man, for heaven's sake, opened for England at the age of 50 - and at the age of 18 he had scored 224 not out for England against Surrey, in a match which he left halfway through in order to win a quarter-mile hurdles championship at the Crystal Palace! No wonder he was the best-known Englishman apart from Mr Gladstone, so much so that Evelyn Waugh's friend, Monsignor Ronnie Knox, waggishly suggested that Gladstone and Grace were really one and the same celebrity. Athletic is not a word that obviously comes to mind when contemplating Grace in his prime, though a slim young man did precede the pot-bellied genius, who in middle age was far too heavy for any horse to bear. I have often wondered how stylishly he played his strokes ever since I saw some film in which he appeared to be brandishing his bat as though he was about to poke the fire with it. Something tells me that he never hit the ball as gracefully as Victor Trumper did in the famous photo of his straight drive; Grace, I suspect, was much more about power than aesthetics. That, at any rate, would fit what we know of his character in general. Apart from tenderness to his relatives and a generous soft spot for children, he was not, I think, a particularly attractive man, though he could sometimes (and it is usually recorded as remarkable) encour