Which reconnaissance aircraft shared its name with the bird with the Latin name Terdus Merula?

Anticipating When Blackbirds Sing Chinese Anticipating When Blackbirds Sing Chinese Conversion from tweets to songbites to ensure integrity of communication - / - With thanks to the blackbird whose creative singing inspired and sustained the writing of this document Introduction Blackbirds are renowned for the imaginative quality and complex variety of their song, as well as their capacity for mimicry [ extended sample ]. Such song invites speculation on how information could be encoded into it. The brevity of each "verse", as represented in sonograms, suggests that the song could be rendered visually by ideograms reminiscent of Chinese characters -- given the great variety of those logograms and their aesthetic possibilities traditionally celebrated in calligraphy. In a period of invasive surveillance in which the security of all electronic communications is under constant threat, a case was previously made for the use of carrier pigeons to bypass that threat ( Circumventing Invasive Internet Surveillance with Carrier Pigeons: rewilding the endangered world wide web of avian migration pathways , 2013). That "technology" is dependent on the capacity of pigeons to transport messages physically. By contrast, the capacity of blackbirds to transport information through song offers other possibilities -- as yet to be explored. Any such consideration is reframed by the manner in which tonal modalities are especially appreciated within some languages and cultures -- most notably Chinese. Tonal distinctions are a challenge for many others -- especially in comparison with the subtle requirements of Chinese. The implications are significant with the progressive challenge of China for America, whether or not any conflict takes physical form. The conflict in cyberspace has already been extensively documented. There are learnings to be derived from the history of the past World Wars in which particular significance was attached to the role of so-called code talkers ( Code Talkers: use of the Native Indian tongue for secure communications ). Advantage was derived from the unusual terminology and construction of various languages. The challenge has been recognized in the recent instigation by the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) of The Metaphor Program , a two-phase project designed to first develop  automated techniques for recognizing, defining, and categorizing  linguistic metaphors and then use that information to characterize differing cultural perspectives (Alexis C. Madrigal, Why Are Spy Researchers Building a 'Metaphor Program'? The Atlantic Monthly, 25 May 2011; Tim Hornyak, U.S. spies want computers to analyze metaphors , CNET, 30   May 2011). Clearly a secondary objective is to determine the existence of strategic threats embedded in electronic communications. The focus here on "blackbirds" offers a further twist to future possibilities in that the term is used as metaphorical jargon for so-called black helicopters . This reference became popular in the US militia movement and associated political groups in the 1990s as a symbol and warning sign of an alleged conspiratorial military takeover of the United States. A range of Blackbird aircraft has also been produced (Peter W. Merlin, Blackbird Facts , NASA). For example, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Introduced in 1966, it constituted the pinnacle of the US military's Cold  Warreconnaissance efforts. It was the fastest manned aircraft in the  sky until it was retired in 1998. The sense of "bird" has been extended to developments in drone technology, as with the original Lockheed D-21 , a Mach 3+ reconnaissance drone. The envisaged Robot SR-72 is fast enough to encircle Earth in less than six hours (Iain Thomson, SR-71 Blackbird follow-up: a new terrifying Mach 6 spy-drone bomber , The Register, 1 November 2013). The existence of clandestine drone development has become evident (Chris Davies, RQ-180 drone leaks continue ahead of Mach 6 "Son of Blackbird" , SlashG


Which musical instrument was played by Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot?

Some Like It Hot (1959) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Some Like It Hot ( 1959 ) Not Rated | From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC When two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. Director: a list of 22 titles created 21 Sep 2013 a list of 40 titles created 03 Feb 2014 a list of 27 titles created 29 Dec 2015 a list of 43 titles created 11 months ago a list of 25 titles created 3 weeks ago Title: Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Oscar. Another    9 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. Director: Billy Wilder A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Director: Billy Wilder An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions. Director: Billy Wilder Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. Director: Orson Welles A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. Director: Alfred Hitchcock A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her. Director: Alfred Hitchcock A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. Director: Billy Wilder A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. Director: Alfred Hitchcock In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. Director: Michael Curtiz An ingenue insinuates herself into the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers. Director: Howard Hawks Edit Storyline When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They show up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. Written by garykmcd The movie too HOT for words! See more  » Genres: 14 April 1959 (Japan) See more  » Also Known As: Not Tonight, Josephine! See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia It is interesting that due to line issues and the train scene and the Manhattan drink. During prohibition 'Bourbon,' made only in Kentucky,  would


What's the trick of riding on a hand rail using skates or a skateboard called?

A Skateboard Rail lets you slide and grind. They are my favorite thing to skate. Skateboard Rail A skateboard rail or a mini handrail is an obstacle that lets you slide on it. Skateboards roll on their wheels, this is obvious. Then someone discovered that it is really fun to slide the board on parts that aren't the wheels. Jumping on to a curb and sliding on the deck between the wheels for the first time is an experience I will never forget. It was so fun. It felt like sliding on ice, but better. A skateboard rail is an obstacle made for doing sliding tricks on it. They should be made at a height and size that is easy to get on to and slide. Skateboard rails are my favourite Things to skate. They are very versatile. If you have a flat area and a skateboard rail, you have a lot of trick possibilities. Types of Rails I use my portable flat rail.  It fits in my trunk and is the most fun! Rectangle If you want to learn as many tricks as possible then a rectangular rail is the best shape to use. It should be roughly 4" on the top and 2" along the sides. This is the best shape to land on in grinds and slides. It provides a stable place for the trucks to lock onto and a great surface for slides. The wheels can fall on either side of the rail while grinding. That provides a lock on the rail that really helps you land tricks. Since it is flat on top you can feel a stable balance between both endpoints when grinding. You will know what I mean when you get into a few slides on one. You have to feel it to understand. Round A round rail is a more advanced skateboard rail. It should only be used in a skatepark design if a rectangle rail has already been placed. Round rails are much tougher to skate. They are usually made of a sch 40 pipe which is like 2 1/4" in diameter. They are much more difficult to skate because they provide less to balance on. You need to land right on top and not tip from side to side when skating these. Once you find the sweet spot they are very stable to grind. They are tougher to skate. The feel of sliding or grinding them isn't really much different from that of a square rail. I don't see the up side for most skaters. Height They should really be made from 9"-18" high. Anything lower and your ollie is stunted and you can’t really do proper tricks. Anything higher just makes it harder to skate. Unless you want to be sponsored or pro, don't bother with this. I prefer 12"-15" in height. That lets me decide the difficulty by trying tough tricks and trick combinations. I can build confidence locking into the tricks I like and then take that confidence to the streets where the height and size could be anything. Length A good grind and slide should be at least a few feet long. I would say 3' is a good length to aim for. If you add speed then you might want to crank that up to 5' or more feet. Because you don't usually land right on the beginning of the rail you will need to make it long enough to land on and have a decent slide. Make the skateboard rail at least 6' long or you might be disappointed with the length. I have learned this from experience. A 6' foot rail can also fit in a car or truck pretty well too. Being able to take your all to different spots can be really fun! If you can make the rail 8' that gives you plenty of room to get your shred on. It might not be as portable though. Feet 2 feet are usually enough. Make them really flat so you can roll over them if need be. Also put them close to the ends for stability. If you have a portable rail don't put the feet right at the end. The will get in the way when you pop out of a lot of your tricks and it makes it harder to fit into vehicles. Most of the time you will be popping of at or near the end so you don't want the feet to knock you off of your board and kill the trick. Shape of the Rail There are many options for the length of the rail's shape. striaght is the best it provides you the best overall skating experience. There are a few other shapes that can be used after you already have a good straight rail. Straight A straight rail is all you need. If


Which planet did a transit across the sun in 2012?

Transit of Venus Across the Sun 2012: Latest News news tech spaceflight science & astronomy search for life skywatching entertainment video Transit of Venus Across the Sun 2012: Latest News Get the latest news and tips for the rare Venus transit across the sun on June 6, 2012. The next one is in 2117! Filter by Type Rare Mercury Transit Thrills Skywatchers Around the World (Photos) May 10, 2016 | Article Mercury popped onto the solar disc at 7:16 a.m. EDT (1116 GMT) Monday and departed more than 7 hours later, completing the first "Mercury transit" since 2006. Observers around the world were ready, and many captured stunning photos. Mercury Transit: The History and Science of This Rare Celestial Event May 07, 2016 | Article On Monday, May 9, Mercury will appear to pass across the disk of the sun as seen from Earth. This event — which astronomers call a transit — helped early astronomers measure distances in the solar system. Mercury Transit of the Sun: Why Is It So Rare? May 06, 2016 | Article Mercury transits occur just 13 times per century, on average. They're so rare because the innermost planet's orbit is inclined by about 7 degrees compared to that of Earth, so Mercury, the sun and our home planet just don't line up all that often. Are You Ready for the Transit of Mercury? Rare Event Occurs in May April 06, 2016 | Article Start preparing now for one of the major astronomical events of 2016: On May 9, Mercury will pass across the face of the sun. Venus Shines Near Saturn in Dazzling Display This Weekend January 06, 2016 | Article On Friday (Jan. 8), the planet Venus will appear to pass close by Saturn, making this a rare opportunity to see two planets at the same time in a telescope's narrow field of view. Venus Shining at Its Best in the Night Sky June 06, 2015 | Article If you've been watching the sky in the early evening lately, you can't have missed seeing the planet Venus in the west and now this planet is putting on brilliant show in the night sky. Venus, Jupiter and Saturn (Oh, My!) The Brightest Planets of June June 05, 2015 | Article With the northern summer just a few weeks away, the month of June is bringing a delight of planets in the night sky for stargazers to enjoy, but only if weather permits and you know when and where to look. Brilliant Venus and Moon Shine Together Tonight: How to See It April 21, 2015 | Article This evening will be another one of those special occasions when the two brightest objects in the night sky — the moon and a Venus — will get together and, weather permitting, will attract a lot of attention. Venus Points the Way to Mercury in Night Sky This Week January 08, 2015 | Article The hard-to-spot planet Mercury can be found near Venus just after sunset this week, offering a great chance to see the closest planet to sun. Here's how to see Mercury and Venus together in January's night sky. Planet Venus to Dazzle Stargazers in 2015 Night Sky January 02, 2015 | Article Currently hovering very low in the southwest twilight sky near the setting sun these evenings is the most brilliant of the planets: Venus. And in the New Year, this planet will truly shine.


"Which famous singer made this quote ""I don't know anything about music, in my line you don't have to""?"

Good Quotations by Famous People Good Quotations by Famous People: Famous quotes, witty quotes, and funny quotations collected by Gabriel Robins over the years. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." - H. G. Wells (1866-1946) "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." - Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) "Don't be so humble - you are not that great." - Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat "His ignorance is encyclopedic" "If a man does his best, what else is there?" - General George S. Patton (1885-1945) "Political correctness is tyranny with manners." - Charlton Heston (1924-2008) "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." - Ayn Rand (1905-1982) "When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion." - Robert Pirsig (1948-) "Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer." - Saint Thomas More (1478-1535) "I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better." - A. J. Liebling (1904-1963) "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) "Give me chastity and continence, but not yet." - Saint Augustine (354-430) "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." - Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) "We are all atheists about most of the gods humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further." - Richard Dawkins (1941-) "The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Emile Zola (1840-1902) "This book fills a much-needed gap." - Moses Hadas (1900-1966) in a review "The full use of your powers along lines of excellence." - definition of "happiness" by John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) "I'm living so far beyond my income that we may  almost be said to be living apart." - e e cummings (1894-1962) "Give me a museum and I'll fill it." - Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) to his orchestra "I'll moider da bum." - Heavyweight boxer Tony Galento, when asked what he thought of William Shakespeare "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is." - Yogi Berra "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) "Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems." - Rene Descartes (1596-1650), "Discours de la Methode" "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right." - Henry Ford (1863-1947) "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back') "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) "Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed." - George Burns (1896-1996) "I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves." - Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) "There are no facts, only interpretations." - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sin


In what year was the Berlin Wall erected?

Facts of Berlin Wall - History of Berlin Wall    The Berlin Wall   was erected in the night of August 13, 1961. It was a weekend and most Berliners slept   while the East German government begun to close the border. In the early morning of that   Sunday most of the first work was done: the border to West Berlin was closed. The East   German troups had begun to tear up streets and to install barbed wire entanglement and   fences through Berlin.    The first concrete elements and large square blocks were used first on August 15, 1961.   Within the next months the first generation of the Berlin Wall was build up: a wall   consisting of concrete elements and square blocks.    A second Wall was build in June 1962 in   order to prevent from escaping to the West. The first Wall was improved during the next years and it's difficult to distinguish   between the first and the second generation of the Wall.    These two first generations were removed by the third generation beginning about 1965. The   third generation of Wall consisted of concrete slabs between steel girder and concrete   posts with a concrete sewage pipe on top of the Wall.    From the year 1975 the third generation of Wall was replaced by the fourth generation. New      concrete segements were used which were easy to build up and were more resistant to   breakthroughs and to environmental polutions.


When the car carrier Hoegh Osaka capsized between Southampton and the I.O.W. which hazard was it trying to avoid?

Isle of Wight boat rescue: Car carrier was grounded on purpose to prevent capsize - Mirror Online News Isle of Wight boat rescue: Car carrier was grounded on purpose to prevent capsize The huge cargo ship became grounded on Bramble Bank in the Solent and began listing to one side  Share Stricken vessel 'The Hoegh Osaka' lists after it ran aground on a sand bank in the Solent (Photo: Getty)  Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email A car carrier stranded next to a busy shipping lane was grounded deliberately to prevent it from capsizing, its owners have said. The 51,000 tonne Hoegh Osaka became stricken on the Bramble Bank between Southampton and the Isle of Wight last night after it sailed from the Hampshire port with its cargo of 1,400 cars. The incident prompted a major rescue operation with the 24 crew members and a pilot having to be taken to safety by Coastguard helicopter and RNLI lifeboats. Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to hospital. View gallery The 180-metre Singapore-registered ship is currently listing at 52 degrees and the salvage operation is expected to take days, possibly weeks. A 200 metre exclusion zone has been set up around the ship to prevent small vessels interfering with the tugs and other shipping. Ingar Skiaker, CEO of Hoegh Autoliners which owns the vessel, said that no oil had leaked from the vessel and preventing any environmental impact was his key priority. He said: "Our vessel Hoegh Osaka is currently grounded at Bramble Bank in the Solent outside the port of Southampton. All crew plus one pilot, in total 25 people were evacuated from the vessel and all are safe and accounted for. Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Share this video Watch Next "Two crew members were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The crew is currently being offered all possible support and assistance to help them cope with the ordeal they have been through. "We would like to thank everyone who has been involved in this challenging rescue operation, with a special thanks to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, the RNLI, DNV and Southampton's Port Authorities. "Hoegh Autoliners' key concern has been for the crew and we are thankful to everyone that they are all safely ashore. "Our vessel developed a severe list shortly after she left port and the pilot and the master took the decision to save the vessel and its crew by grounding her on the bank. This showed great skill and seamanship on behalf of our crew when faced with such challenging circumstances. (Photo: Simon Czapp / Solent) "At this stage it is too early to speculate on the cause of the list but we are starting an immediate investigation. "Right now we have serious work ahead of us in order to free the vessel from the Bramble Bank without disrupting the flow of traffic in and out of the Port of Southampton. An investigation is ongoing as to what occurred last night and that is being conducted by the MAIB.   "Our chief concern now is to ensure there is no environmental damage from this incident. There is no oil spill reported at this point however we understand that the UK authorities have brought their spill response to a state of active readiness. "The vessel is currently considered stable, and we are closely working with our appointed salvors Svitzer, who in turn, are working alongside Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State's Representative in Maritime Salvage and Intervention, as well as the Port of Southampton, to prepare for a safe and successful salvage of the vessel with minimal disruption to the port and it environment." Like us on Facebook


Edward Norton, EricBana and Mark Ruffalo have all played which character on film?

Who’s The Hulk? Eric Bana vs. Edward Norton vs. Mark Ruffalo | Consequence of Sound Who’s The Hulk? Eric Bana vs. Edward Norton vs. Mark Ruffalo Not even Betty Ross could stop this argument. Reddit Marvel Week continues to assemble on Consequence of Sound. Today, Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman, Film Editor Justin Gerber, and contributing writer Patrick Gill rage over who’s the greatest Hulk to ever smash through the theaters. As with many superhero roles — we’re looking at you Batman and Spider-Man — a number of actors have been painted green for the silver screen. Our candidates? Eric Bana, Edward Norton, and Mark Ruffalo. Not even Betty Ross could stop this edition of Vs . Justin Gerber (JG): The best Bruce Banner/Hulk of all time is actually Bill Bixby from the old television series, but that’s neither nor there (and he went by “David Banner” so he’s automatically excluded). On the big screen, we’ve seen the doctor and his big, green galoot of an alter ego three times over the past 15 years (not counting an amusing Iron Man 3 cameo). While you can count me as a fan of both Ang Lee and Eric Bana, I was bored to tears by Hulk (2003). I’m all for changing origin stories if it works, but letting Nick Nolte go full-Nick Nolte had much more of a humorous effect than an intense one. The movie’s faults had nothing to do with Bana, who rages out with the best of them, but the reason I can’t back him will be made clear a couple paragraphs from now. I actually enjoy The Incredible Hulk (2008), as chopped up as it may be. Edward Norton plays Banner closer to his comic roots and much more “nerdy” than Hunk Hulk Bana. Yes, Liv Tyler slows things down to a grinding halt with her delivery, but when The Hulk fights The Abomination during the film’s climax, I’m all in (also love the tease of the TV series score near the beginning). I was initially bummed out when I found out Norton was leaving the role, but not surprised. He’s had conflicts with producers and directors in the past (ahem American History X) so it felt more like “Of course he is!” than anything else. The horse I’m backing is Ruffalo’s Hulk. Is he the best Banner? No, and I’d argue for Norton in that case. However, there are more memorable Hulk moments in The Avengers (2012) than in his two previous installments combined. Hell, his finest moments in all three films come in the final 20 minutes of Joss Whedon’s all-star film: saving Iron Man as he falls back to Earth and, of course, smashing Loki around like the “puny God” he really is. I discovered that for me The Hulk works best in bursts, and therefore Ruffalo’s Hulk wins the day. I’m more interested in the interplay between Ruffalo’s Banner and Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark than I ever was with Banner and Betty in the previous films, and when he does become The Hulk I’m happy for the few minutes we get him. The Incredible Hulk is the Mariano Rivera of The Avengers’ line-up in his ability to close out a big action sequence and earn audience applause. I hate the Yankees, but I think that analogy’s pretty good. Gentlemen? Your thoughts? Patrick Gill (PG): The Incredible Hulk, or Edward Norton Hulk, is truly middle child Hulk. It doesn’t have the weight and sentimentality (not used pejoratively) of the first, or the dazzle of The Avengers. Instead, The Incredible Hulk delivers solid action, palatable grit, and strong performances out of most of the cast: the wiry Norton trying to stay true to his moral compass, William Hurt being perfectly dastardly, Tim Roth as a slick and driven mercenary, and Tyler doing enough with what she was given. All this seems to thrive in the exaggerated aesthetic, but this outing is generally swept under the rug. You’re right that Hulk is best utilized in short bursts. After all, it’s hard placing too much narrative on a character who’s constantly trying to control their power. Louis Leterrier’s film finds the character wallowing in amplified color and sound. It was highly stylized, but not exactly to Tim Burton’s level, which only made me want to see what else Leterrier could do. And while i


Which country’s cricket team played for the first time in the 2015 World Cricket Cup?

The Economist explains: Why cricket's World Cup is full of meaningless games | The Economist purchase-rights icon THE eleventh Cricket World Cup, which began in Australia and New Zealand on February 14th, consists of 42 largely meaningless games, followed by 7 important ones. To understand why this is, consider what happened in the 2007 rendition of cricket’s biggest tournament, which was held in the West Indies. It was a financial disaster because the Indian team, traditionally a poor traveller, was knocked out in the early stages. As a result, most of the world’s cricket fans switched off their television sets. This (perfectly sporting) calamity cost Indian broadcasters millions of dollars in lost advertising revenues, and seriously embarrassed the cabal of Indian politicians and businessmen who run the world’s second most popular game—in India and, increasingly, everywhere. To ensure no repeat of that disaster, this year’s World Cup tournament is designed to ensure the biggest teams, and especially the Indian team, stay in—and so millions of Indian television stay switched on—for the longest possible time. Indian cricket fans might consider that rather demeaning: their heroes, after all, are the reigning world champions. Yet their triumph at the 2011 World Cup was largely because it was played on Indian pitches, which handed the Indians a big advantage, and, despite beating Pakistan in their opening game on February 15th, they are now in poor form. The 14 participant teams have been split into two groups, each of which include four front-rank cricket sides, such as Australia and India, and three minnows, including Afghanistan and Ireland. The first 42 games will be played within these groups. Only in the quarter-finals, for which all eight front-rank sides will almost certainly qualify, will the competition get serious. If India has the commercial heft to shape international cricket, why are its cricketers not better? Cricket, after all, has an almost monopolistic hold on the sporting affections of India’s 1.2 billion people. According to a survey by an Indian think-tank, 80% of Indians under the age of 25 followed cricket “to a great extent” or “somewhat”. By contrast, New Zealand has a bit over 4m people, who mostly prefer rugby to cricket, yet their cricketers have a good chance of winning the World Cup. The explanation for India’s underperformance is complicated; it has to do with malnutrition and poverty, as well as bad sports administration , and an elitist cricketing culture that favours batsmen over the hardworking attacking bowlers required to succeed abroad. But this giant shortcoming is clearly representative of India’s broader failure to harness the talents of its giant population. Indeed, its economic and cricketing failures are for partly the same reasons—albeit that, in both areas, India’s record is improving. It is easy to grumble about India’s growing influence in cricket, and many cricket fans (including Indian ones) do. Given the immensity of the Indian cricket market, there will be no end to it, however—or not until Indian cricket starts to face serious competition from other sports , such as football. This, of which there are also early signs, might reduce India’s determination to control world cricket a bit, which no serious cricket fan would mourn. But they might miss some of the effects on their game of Indian money. Dig deeper:


In 1918 the right to vote was granted to British women over what age?

The 1918 Representation of the People Act - History Learning Site Home   »   The Role of British Women   »  The 1918 Representation of the People Act The 1918 Representation of the People Act Citation: C N Trueman "The 1918 Representation of the People Act" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 16 Aug 2016. The 1918 Representation of the People Act The 1918 Representation of the People Act was the start of female suffrage in Great Britain. The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons (385 for to 55 against) – an element of support that surprised the Suffragettes and other suffragist movements. The 1918 Representation of the People Act gave women of property over the age of 30 the right to vote – not all women, therefore, could vote – but it was a major start. Why did the House of Commons give such overwhelming support to the bill when just four years earlier it had been apparently so hostile to female suffrage? A general assumption is that the act was a ‘reward’ for the vital work done by women during World War One. Before the war, society had been suitably angered and horrified by the acts of the Suffragettes – arson, vandalism, attacking politicians, the Derby of 1913 etc. Parliament rationalised on the following: how could women be given such a right when they could not be trusted to act decently? During the war, Britain had experienced a potentially disastrous munitions shortage and this was only solved by the work done by women in munitions factories. Women had also driven buses, worked on surface jobs in coal mines etc. Vital work was also done on farms to keep Britain well stocked with food. This assumption has now been challenged as not being as accurate as was once thought. Women in France did equally as important work in World War One but did not receive the right to vote after the war. Why? One of the reasons put forward for this is that there was no pre-war suffragist movement in France – and certainly not the militancy of the Suffragettes. An argument put forward for the inclusion of a female suffrage section in the 1918 Representation of the People Act is that the work of the Suffragettes and the suffragist movements pre-1914 had been important. While the Suffragettes had shocked society (both male and female), no-one was keen to return to the violence of pre-1914 Britain, a nation exhausted by war. Therefore, the role of the Suffragettes may have been far more important than was originally thought. Britain was shocked by the violence of the Russian Revolution – could it risk such social disorder here? If the Suffragettes re-started their campaign, where would it end? Could the government risk taking such a gamble? Many women who had done such valuable work during the war, had now by 1918 been made redundant or were being pressurised into returning to their old employment – invariably domestic work. How could the government gamble that these women would not join the Suffragettes, thus strengthening their numbers and engage in violent activities (even more violent that pre-1914)? Once society went into a spiral of violence, how could it be contained? So why did the bill pass with such a huge majority? Did men in the House of Commons suddenly convert to the cause of the suffragist movement? Many MP’s did believe that some reform was inevitable and that by passing the female suffrage section of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, it would keep the suffragists happy but also delay more radical reform – such as full and equal voting rights for men and women. A general view was that such equality could be delayed by up to thirty years if the 1918 bill was passed with a limited female suffrage section in. The bill received support from the Conservative Party because their research had shown that in 142 constituencies, 98 supported women getting the right to vote and only 44 were against the principal. If this support was true over the whole of the country’s constituencies, then the party had to support female suffrage or potentially face the consequenc


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El Capitan was free climbed is January 2015 - in which US National Park is it found?

Yosemite free climber: Find your Dawn Wall - CNN.com Yosemite free climber: Getting to the top was 'awesome' 03:32 Story highlights Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson became first free climbers to reach top of El Capitan by this route El Capitan is 3,000-foot rock formation in Yosemite National Park Caldwell on CNN: "It feels incredible" (CNN) Nineteen days. Three thousand feet of some of the hardest climbing in the world. And just their bare hands and sticky-soled shoes to get them up the granite-faced monster known as the Dawn Wall. Many other people had climbed El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. None of them ever reached the top after free-climbing the Dawn Wall like Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson did Wednesday. The Dawn Wall is revered in the climbing world as one of the most daunting ascents in the world. "It feels incredible. We've been working on this since 2009. Tommy first envisioned the line in 2007, so it's been all-consuming in our lives since then and it's pretty surreal to wake up this morning and have the climb complete," the 30-year-old Jorgeson told CNN on Thursday. JUST WATCHED MUST WATCH Climbers summit Yosemite's El Capitan via Dawn Wall 01:23 "It felt like a very spiritual experience the whole time," Caldwell said during a press conference at Yosemite. Read More The journey up the Dawn Wall was documented on Caldwell and Jorgeson's Instagram accounts, Caldwell and Jorgeson's Facebook accounts and YouTube . The two began climbing on December 27 and didn't leave the wall until they finished. They slept in hanging cots. Others sent them food when they needed it. They had safety ropes for the times they lost hold. (Free climbing "absolutely requires a rope," but only to prevent falls, not as a means of climbing, the American Alpine Institute's Jason Martin explains on the organization's website). Caldwell, 36, lost his voice from the shouting that the two did as they communicated which steps to take. The worst injuries were small cuts to their fingers. Caldwell has climbed El Capitan 60 times and spoke of his intense love of the national park. "I crave time in Yosemite like I crave food and water," he said. He and Jorgeson described climbing as an art and a way to get in touch with nature, and to respect its power. Climbs shouldn't be compared to each other, Caldwell said, just as paintings shouldn't be compared. Jorgeson said he wishes some media stories would stop couching their accomplishment as an ambition to "conquer" nature. "This isn't about us versus it," he said, adding that he hoped that the global attention the climb has received would inspired others to "find their own Dawn Wall." Many people can relate to the importance of teamwork in achieving a dream, he said. On CNN, the two were asked whether they ever thought so much about the climb during the planning stages that they became too intimidated to actually try it. "There were times when I questioned whether I'd be able to do it," but never the idea, Caldwell said. When he and Jorgeson reached the top they embraced and fist-bumped, Caldwell said, recalling that he said something to his climbing partner like, "This was a rad experience!" Photos: Climbing El Capitan's Dawn Wall Photos: Climbing El Capitan's Dawn Wall Climbing El Capitan's Dawn Wall – Free climbers Tommy Caldwell, left, and Kevin Jorgeson embrace Wednesday, January 14, after reaching the top of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot rock formation in California's Yosemite National Park. They are the first to successfully climb El Capitan's Dawn Wall using only their hands and feet. Hide Caption


Give a year in the life of Pieter Bruegel the elder?

Pieter the Elder Bruegel Biography Pieter the Elder Bruegel Biography Biography Portrait Pieter the Elder Bruegel (c. 1525-1569) was a Netherlandish painter and designer for engravings. His works provide a profound and elemental insight into man and his relationship to the world of nature. Pieter Bruegel lived at a time when northern art was strongly influenced by Italian mannerism, but despite the requisite journey to Italy for purposes of study, he was astonishingly independent of the dominant artistic interests of his day. Instead, he deliberately revived the late Gothic style of Hieronymus Bosch as the point of departure for his own highly complex and original art. Our major source of information concerning Bruegel is the Dutch biographer Karel van Mander, who wrote in 1604. This near-contemporary of the painter claims that Bruegel was born in a town of the same name near Breda on the modern Dutch-Belgian border. Most recent authorities, however, follow the Italian writer Guicciardini in designating the painter's birthplace as Breda itself. From the fact that Bruegel entered the Antwerp painters' guild in 1551, we may infer that he was born between 1525 and 1530. His master, according to Van Mander, was the Antwerp painter Pieter Coecke van Aelst, whose daughter Bruegel married in 1563. Between 1552 and 1553 Bruegel went to Italy, probably by way of France. He visited Rome, where he met the miniaturist Giulio Clovio, whose will of 1578 lists three paintings by Bruegel. These works, which apparently were landscapes, have not survived. About 1555 Bruegel returned to Antwerp by way of the Alps, which resulted in a number of exquisite drawings of mountain landscapes. These sketches, which form the basis for many of his later paintings, are not records of actual places but "composites" made in order to investigate the organic life of forms in nature. Early Antwerp Style Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 In 1556 Bruegel entered the house of the Antwerp publisher Hieronymus Cock as a designer for engravings. His pen drawing of that year entitled Big Fish Eat Little Fish was published in 1557 as an engraving by Cock, who substituted Bosch's name for Bruegel's in order to exploit the fashion for Bosch's works then current at Antwerp. The series Seven Deadly Sins, engraved in 1558, however, carries the artist's own signature, a sign of Bruegel's increasing importance. In these works Bruegel, unlike any of his Antwerp contemporaries, achieved a truly creative synthesis of Bosch's demonic symbolism with his own personal vision of human folly and depravity. Despite efforts to dismiss these engravings as "fascinating drolleries," there is evidence to suggest that Bruegel was attempting to substitute a new and more relevant eschatology for Bosch's traditional view of the Christian cosmos. In Bruegel's earliest signed and dated painting, the Combat of Carnival and Lent (1559), the influence of Bosch is still strongly felt. The high-horizoned landscape, the decorative surface patterning, and many of the iconographic details derive from the earlier Dutch master. There is, however, a new sensitivity to color, particularly in the use of bright, primary hues, and a rhythmic organization of forms that is uniquely Bruegel's. This painting, the Netherlandish Proverbs (1559), and the highly involved Children's Games (1560) form the body of the early "encyclopedic" works which, despite their superficial gaiety, have been shown to be allegories of a foolish and sinful world. Also related in conception to the encyclopedic paintings are Bruegel's two most phantasmagoric works: the Dulle Griet and the Triumph of Death (both probably executed in 1562). The Dulle Griet is still related to Bosch stylistically, but unlike the works of that painter it is not intended so much as a moral sermon against the depravity of the world as a recognition of the existence of evil in it. This capacity to see evil as inseparable from the human condition carries over into the Triumph of Death, which has also been interpreted as a reference to the outbreak at that time of


Who was the last leader of the Liberal Part?

Liberal Party of Great Britain | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Liberal Party of Great Britain From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The British Liberal Party was a former political party burped into existence in 1859 after an all night tea drinking binge . It lasted until 1988 when the Liberals merged with the Social Democratic Party to make one huge political joke out of two minor ones. It was also called the Pantsdown-Knickersdorf Merger in honour of Paddy Ashdown and his personal assistant Paddina Von Knickersdorf . Pantsdown became the leader of the Liberal Democrats a.k.a 'Funny-Haha' Party and kept his clothes on long enough to make a speech about the start of a new political yawn...er dawn..(yeah..fill out the rest of the cliches) Radicals , Peelites and Whigs combine to create the Liberal Party. The Radicals were too mean to buy their own bicycle. Contents edit Tea for Three A scene from the HBO/BBC TV film Formation of the Liberal Party. For those without comedic tastes, the "questionable parody" of this website called Wikipedia have an article about Liberal Party of Great Britain . The story goes that the Liberal Party was formed in the Willis Tea Rooms in the Piccadilly area of London in June 1859. The reason why they met there and not the Houses of Parliament was that it was essentially a well known 'knocking shop' with secret bedrooms. Whilst undressing for dinner (it was one of those parties ) , the leaders of the Whigs , Peelites and Radicals agreed to combine together to defeat the Conservative Party which was then in government. They decided to call themselves Liberals as it sounded bold and beautiful and emphasised their commonly held beliefs in Free Trade , Free Sex and Free Gifts For The Deserving Wealthy'. Once they put their Victorian clothing back on , the newly minted Liberals returned to the House of Commons , defeated the Tories and made Lord Palmerston Prime Minister again. Only William Gladstone wasn't happy as he had missed the meeting whilst out rescuing fallen women outside his home in London. They seemed to trip up everytime they passed his front door and would wait for him to come out and pick them up. The women were later known as Gladstone's Bags. edit So Who Was Really A Liberal ? At first it would be fair to say that the Whigs really expected to remain in control of the new fangled Liberal Party. They had the men - the wealthy ones - and the social and political expectation that they would always remain in charge. They liked the lazy part of laissez-faire capitalism and thought economic liberalism should keep government spending down to a bare minimum. Whigs were however a declining breed , probably too much prescribed Laudanum and the notorious addictive Earl Grey tea were perhaps also a factor. This political laxativism by the wimpy Whigs meant they left Gladstone to get on with it as he seemed to be keener to do things in government , As for the Radicals...well they were always banging on about a number of strange causes like banning drink for small people , saving sailors from licensed whore houses and preaching about sin which just wasn't to the Whig taste. The best known Radical leader was John Bright - except his wasn't and liked to wear suits two sizes too small for him. edit The Liberal Conspiracy..Oops Ascendancy edit William Gladstone Gladstone trying to think of a suitably insulting word to describe his political enemy Benjamin Disraeli in a letter to Queen Victoria . Known later as 'The People's Willy Warmer' , William Ewart Gladstone is the perhaps the best remembered Liberal leader. Originally a Rigid Conservative , Gladstone could stand erect in the same political position for hours which impressed other M.P.s and also his wife who went on to produce ten little liberal children. However Gladstone eventually left the Conservatives when he discovered that he wasn't getting enough opportunities to meet the opposite sex and embarked on a long secret career trawling the streets of London looking for 'Fallen' or 'Loos


Whlch board game was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938?

QI : Quite Interesting I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly. STEVEN WRIGHT Board Games Alfred's Game Scrabble was originally called ‘It’. It was invented in 1938 by an architect called Alfred Mosher Butts who'd lost his job in New York during the Depression. Butts analysed popular table games and was puzzled that while ‘move’ games (like chess) and ‘number’ games (like bingo) had spawned many variations, ‘word’ games hadn’t moved beyond crosswords and anagrams. He spent his unemployment counting letter usage in the New York Times to work out letter distributions; the top 12 letters (e, t, a, o, i, n, s, h, r, d, l, u) account for 80% of all the letters we normally use. In 1934 he turned this knowledge into a new multi-player word game. It was a decade later that James Brunot, a young civil servant, asked Butts’ permission to register the patent (he had been introduced to the game by a friend who had bought one of Butts’ handmade sets). Brunot registered the game as ‘Scrabble’, coloured some of the squares pink and blue, and put Butts on a small royalty. It enjoyed modest commercial success until the head of Macy’s played it on his summer holiday in 1953: sales were transformed. In 1954 alone, four million sets were sold – the fastest take-off for a game ever.     The game of draughts is peculiarly calculated to fix the attention without straining it. In the Polish version of Scrabble, the letter Z is worth one point. Monopoly Monopoly makers claim that the game was invented by a broke man named Charles Darrow who started sketching street names on his tablecloth. However, although he was involved (he took out US Patent 2,026,082 on the game) not only did he borrow the idea, but he hired a graphic designer to work on the board, so he certainly wasn't penniless. The game was originally developed by a woman named Lizzie Magie, an economic progressive who wanted ‘not only afford amusement’ to players but to educate them about how 1900s economics was unfairly weighted in favour of the landlord.     The best properties to own are the orange ones: Bow Street (£180), Marlborough Street (£180) and Vine Street (£200), because these are the ones players are most likely to land on when leaving Jail.    There is no Marlborough Street in Central London; the one in Monopoly is supposed to be Great Marlborough Street. Marlboro Cigarettes are also named after that street - the site of their first factory. There is also no road called Bond Street in Central London – it is now split into New Bond Street and Old Bond Street. More than 150 million Scrabble sets have been sold in 29 languages since 1948. 30,000 games start every hour. FRAN LEBOWITZ Children are the most desirable opponents at Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat. Snakes and Ladders Snakes and Ladders is based on the second century AD game Hindu Moksha-Patamu which was meant to teach children about karma. The 'evil deed' squares which moved you back included disobedience, impure thoughts, drunkenness, murder and desire. Virtue squares moved you forward and included faith, perseverance, compassion, knowledge, and self-denial.   While Snakes and Ladders is Eastern in origin, but Chinese Checkers was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name ‘Stern-Halma’ as a variation of the older American game Halma. Calling the game ‘Chinese’ was a marketing tactic by the Pressman Games Company who acquired the rights in 1928. Scrabble Stats The most commonly played word in competitive Scrabble is 'qi', the Chinese word for ‘life force’. The highest scoring word possible is Oxyphenbutazone (a drug used to treat arthritis). It could potentially earn 1,178 – but this has never happened as far as anyone knows. The highest recorded single word score is 392 for ‘caziques’, played by Dr Karl Khoshnaw at Manchester in 1982 (a cazique is a Native American chieftain). The highest score ever reached in a competitive game is 1,320 at Lexington, Massachusetts in 2006.   JAMES HETFIELD It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye, then it’s just fun that


On which puppet series was the phrase “anything can happen in the next half hour” spoken?

Stingray - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com EDIT "Stand by for Action! We're about to launch Stingray! Anything can happen within the next half hour!" These were the words spoken by Commander Shore at the beginning of each episode of Stingray, the first Gerry Anderson Supermarionation show to be made in colour. Set in the year 2064, Stingray is about the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) who patrol the world's oceans, helping and defeating underwater races. The pride of WASP is the revolutionary submarine Stingray, which is controlled by Captain Troy Tempest and Lieutenant George Lee Sheridan, better known as "Phones". The WASP headquarters at Marineville, a huge complex, 10 miles inland. The heart of WASP operations is the control tower, where Commander Sam Shore, Lt. Atlanta Shore (also his daughter) and Sub-Lieutenant Fisher can control and communicate with the entire WASP organization. When Marineville is under surface attack, Battle Stations sound. What happens next is that the whole complex sinks beneath the ground on massive hydraulic platforms. Huge concrete blast doors then protect the base, as well as WASP Interceptor and hydraulic missiles. The WASP call is "PWOR" (Proceed With Orders Received). The main villain of the WASPs is Titan who rules the underwater city of Titanica and has sworn to invade the surface world. His slaves are the Aquaphibians, who control mechanical fish called Terror Fish, armed with deadly missiles that have destroyed many unsuspecting victims. Titan is also assisted by Surface Agent X20, who talks incredibly like Peter Lorre. X20 can infiltrate Marineville through cunning disguises. He lives in an old house on the Island of Lemoy, where he can communicate with Titanica by pressing a button in his living room, which changes the room into a communication centre within seconds! Before becoming a member of the WASPs, Marina, a tailless, voiceless mermaid was the slave of Titan before Troy Tempest rescued her from his clutches. Her father, Aphony is the ruler of the underwater city Pacifica. Marina and her people have been sworn to silence by Titan, who said if they were to speak again, they would be destroyed. Occasionally, Marina accompanies Troy and Phones on their missions and sometimes Atlanta goes in place of her if they feel the mission is unsuitable for Marina. Troy has love interests for both women. Rarely seen on missions is a seal named Oink. Each episode ended with a song called "Aqua Marina" which was composed by Barry Gray and sung by Gary Miller. Not only was Stingray the first Supermarionation series to be made in colour, it was also the first British TV series to be made in colour! The series has also been repeated on BBC 2 over 1992-4 and 2001/2 and recently on weekday mornings over 2003/4. It has also been shown on Sky One.moreless


What was J.F.K. airport originally called?

History - About the Airport - John F. Kennedy International Airport - Port Authority of New York & New Jersey History of JFK International Airport In April 1942, New York City began placing hydraulic fill over the marshy tidelands of Idlewild Golf Course. Initial plans were for a modest 1,000-acre airport, but by the time construction was complete Idlewild Airport had grown to five times that size. Commercial flights began in July 1948.  On December 24, 1963, the airport was rededicated John F. Kennedy International Airport in memory of the nation’s 35th president. Today, JFK is the nation’s leading international gateway, with more than 80 airlines operating from its gates.


Which character was portrayed on film by Gregory Peck and on TV by loan Gruffudd?

Horatio Hornblower (Character) Horatio Hornblower (Character) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Videos There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview Horatio Hornblower, based on C.S. Forrester's Hornblower novels... See more  » Alternate Names: 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower / Acting Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower / Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower / Capt. Horatio Hornblower / Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N / Captain Horatio Hornblower / Commander Horatio Hornblower / Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower / Midshipman Horatio Hornblower Filmography (as Acting Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower) ... aka "Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil" - UK (original title) (as Acting Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower) ... aka "Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant" - UK (original title) ... aka "Fred Astaire's Premiere Theatre" - USA (alternative title) ... aka "Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire" - USA (alternative title) (as Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N) ... aka "Captain Horatio Hornblower" - Canada (English title) (imdb display title), USA (alternative title) From Horatio Hornblower: Retribution (2001) (TV) 3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower : I'm sorry that his last command was taken away from him. He was a leader of men, and he died in battle. Gunner Hobbs : It's all over now, sir. All over. See more  » Update You may correct errors and omissions on this page directly. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.   IMDb Everywhere Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet!


Which musician and songwriter is the subject of the 2015 film Love and Mercy?

Love & Mercy review – surfing a Beach Boy’s life | Film | The Guardian Love & Mercy review – surfing a Beach Boy’s life 4 / 5 stars Mixing fact and fiction this strange double-telling of the Brian Wilson story is a truthful reminder of the songwriter’s alchemical magic Good vibrations: Paul Dano in Love & Mercy. Photograph: François Duhamel/Allstar Sunday 12 July 2015 04.00 EDT Last modified on Thursday 15 December 2016 07.59 EST Share on Messenger Close This bifurcated tale of distinct periods from the life of Beach Boy Brian Wilson plays like two different movies – jarring melodies intertwined in harmonious discord. Watching one, I found myself marvelling at Paul Dano’s uncanny portrayal of Wilson in the 60s, struggling to detect the moment when the actor’s voice segues into that of the real-life musician, dazzled by the construction of stunningly authentic-looking faux archive footage. In the other, I wondered whether it mattered that John Cusack ’s 80s incarnation bore so little physical resemblance to either his subject or his on-screen counterpart, and found myself questioning the blend of fact and fiction in this latter-day tale of love’s triumph over madness and corruption. Love & Mercy: the rise and fall of tortured genius Brian Wilson Read more These two strands do not intertwine with ease, but like the counterintuitive chords and juxtaposed beats of Wilson’s peerless songbook, they come together in weirdly beautiful song – a restless sea of storytelling styles upon which the narrative’s plaintive melody skitters and surfs. The subject of Brian Wilson’s tumultuous life and creative genius has been approached before on screen – directly and tangentially. Alongside such naff TV dramatisations as 1990’s Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys , we’ve had Don Was’s insightful 1995 documentary Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times (which proved inspirational for Love & Mercy director Bill Pohlad), and Allison Anders’s still underrated Grace of My Heart (1996) in which Matt Dillon’s Jay Phillips draws heavily on Wilson’s legacy. Pinterest Little physical resemblance: John Cusack as Brian Wilson, with Elizabeth Banks as Melinda Ledbetter in Love & Mercy. Photograph: François Duhamel There’s a hint of Anders’s dextrous invention in Pohlad’s film – his first directorial outing since 1990’s Old Explorers – which opens with Wilson wondering about the source of his inspiration, and worrying: “What if I lose it and never get it back?” From here, we leap back and forth between the wilderness years of the 80s and the epochal days of the Pet Sounds and Smile sessions, watching in wonder as Wilson hears a new world and becomes increasingly detached from the old (what a fascinating double bill this would make with Nick Moran’s Telstar: The Joe Meek Story). While Michael Alan Lerner’s original script has been thoroughly reconfigured by I’m Not There screenwriter Oren Moverman, Pohlad steps back from the stylistic adventures in which Todd Haynes cast Richard Gere, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin and others as fractured aspects of Bob Dylan’s personality. What he retains is an admirable non-linearity that allows Love & Mercy to make connections between disparate periods of Wilson’s life – to cut from Cusack’s Brian (a finger-twitching symphony of faraway stares and facial itches) writing the words “lonely, scared, frightened” in the 80s, to a panic attack 20 years earlier; or to juxtapose the bullying of Wilson by his father, who dismisses God Only Knows as “a suicide note” (rather than seeing it as a love song) with the tyranny of Dr Eugene Landy, who insists “I have it under control – I am the control!” Beach Boy Brian Wilson: ‘Punk rock? I don’t know what that is’ Read more Pinterest ‘I am the control’: Paul Giamatti as therapist-turned-captor Dr Eugene Landy in Love & Mercy. Photograph: François Duhamel As the Svengali-like therapist-turned-captor Landy, Paul Giamatti is eye-rollingly wicked, his character as roundly demonised as Elizabeth Banks’s sympathetic Melinda Ledbetter is sanctified (Beach Boys collab


What is the name of the Egyptian Staff which had a cross and handle on it?

About the Ankh Cross See also free ankh pictures and clip-art. The Ankh Cross represents life (immortality) and death, male and female,   balance. It can also represent zest, joy of life, and energy.   It's closely related to the looped cross that can mean fertility and life. The Ancient Egyptians used the ankh to stand for a word   meaning life. It is also called crux ansata,   Latin for cross-with-a-handle. When the Roman Emperor Constantine claimed to have   had a vision of death   outside the walls of Jerusalem   he made the symbol of punishment and death (the cross) synonymous   with Christianity; Constantine's cross was   made from a sword and a spear,   a sign that a soldier could make,   and non-Christians learned to hate and fear the brutality   that was associated with this symbol for over a thousand years.   As a result, the Ankh Cross, like the swastica usurped by the Nazis,   has become associated also with Christianity. Like most religious or spiritual symbols, the Ankh Cross doesn't have a   single simple meaning. The following extracts from books on symbols   might help you get a feeling for it, though. Hall's Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols Ankh. Egyption hieroglyph for life, possibly originaly a    representation of a sandal strap. As a symbol is denotes eternal    life and when held to the nose of a dead pharaoh ensures his    everlasting existance.    It is held by many deities, in particular    Atum, the sun-god of Heliopolis, and (when seated) Sekhmet,    the lion-headed war-goddess of memphis.    A was Sceptre combining    the djed column and ankh is the attribute of Ptah.    On the walls of temples it gives divine protection to the deceased.    The Coptic Church adopted it as a form of the Cross, called ansate    (having a handle). Hall's illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art, James Hall, published by John Murray in 1994 Dictionary of Symbols, Liungman The ancient Egyptian staff sign or god staff ankh, which is    also believed to be the hieroglyph used to symbolize reproduction and sexual union. According to other sources means life and zest for life. The best summary of its meaning    is future life, life after death. Hathor, who was both the goddess of the zest for life and    the goddess of death, carried and gave life with it.    This contradictory character in many ways corresponds to the    Venus goddess Inanna, Ischtar, Astarte, and Aphrodite.    For a derivation of the relation between , A Dictionary of Symbols, Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant Ankh (see also Cross, Knot) The Egyptian crux ansata, or looped tau-cross. This magic knot or cross, known as Nem Ankh, the key of life, was often used in the iconography of opposites.    The loop over the tau-cross could stand for the Sun, for Heaven and Eath as the macrocsm and for man as the microcosm.    It is generally interpreted as a symbol which expresses the reconciliation of opposites of the integration of active and passive qualities.    This is amply confirmed by the fact that, when recumbent, the ankh symbolizes both male and female sexual attributes in precisely the same way as the very realistic Hindo depiction of a Hermaphrodite standing on a Lotus flower.    Champdor gives a more traditional interpretation as: the symbol of the millions of years of the life to come. The loop is the perfect symbol of what has neither beginning nor end and stands for the soul which is eternal because it has sprung from the spiritual essence of the gods. The cross erpresents the state of trance in which te neophyte struggled, or, more precisely, the state of death, the crucifixion of the chosen victim, and in some temples the priests used to lay the neophyte on a bed shaped like the cross... The possessor of the geometric key to the hidden mysteries, of which the symbol was this very looped cross, was able to open the gates of the Kingdom of the Dead and penetrate the hidden meaning of eternal life. Cham, p.22 Gods,


In which country was the celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck brn?

Meet Wolfgang Puck :: Biography Wolfgang moves to Los Angeles and begins working at Ma Maison. Wolfgang creates his first restaurant, Spago, an instant success and culinary phenomenon. Wolfgang Puck Catering (WPC) formed to bring a new level of innovation and inspiration to special    event catering. His Emmy Award-winning television series, "Wolfgang Puck," debuted on The Food Network. BIOGRAPHY The name Wolfgang Puck is synonymous with the best of restaurant hospitality and the ultimate in all    aspects of the culinary arts. The famous chef has built an empire that encompasses three separate    Wolfgang Puck entities: Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Catering, and Wolfgang Puck    Worldwide, Inc. Puck began cooking at his mother's side as a child. She was a chef in the Austrian town where he was    born, and with her encouragement, Wolfgang began his formal training at fourteen years of age. As a    young chef he worked in some of France's greatest restaurants, including Maxim's in Paris, the Hotel    de Paris in Monaco, and the Michelin 3-starred L'Oustau de Baumanière in Provence. At the age of 24,    Wolfgang took the advice of a friend and left Europe for the United States. His first job was at the    restaurant La Tour in Indianapolis, where he worked from 1973 to 1975. Wolfgang came to Los Angeles in 1975 and very quickly garnered the attention of the Hollywood elite as    chef and eventually part owner of Ma Maison in West Hollywood. His dynamic personality and culinary    brilliance that bridged tradition and invention made Ma Maison a magnet for the rich and famous, with    Wolfgang as the star attraction. He had an innate understanding of the potential for California cuisine,    and was pivotal in its rise to national attention during the late 1970s. Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group From Ma Maison, Wolfgang went on to create his first flagship restaurant, Spago, originally located in    West Hollywood on the Sunset Strip. From its opening day in 1982 Spago was an instant success and    culinary phenomenon. His early signature dishes, such as haute cuisine pizzas topped with smoked salmon    and caviar, and Sonoma baby lamb with braised greens and rosemary, put him and Spago on the gourmet map,    not just in Los Angeles but throughout the world. Wolfgang and Spago earned many accolades during its    popular eighteen years in West Hollywood, including winning the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award    for Outstanding Chef of the Year, twice, in 1991 and 1998, and the James Beard Foundation Award for    Restaurant of the Year in 1994. Wolfgang is the only chef to have won the Outstanding Chef of the Year    Award two times. In 1983, following the success of Spago, Puck went on to open Chinois on Main in Santa Monica. His early    exposure to Southern California's multicultural population intrigued him, inspiring him to fuse the Asian    flavors and products of Koreatown, Chinatown, and Thaitown with his French- and California-based cuisine    in a fine dining setting. Chinois on Main brought diners a fresh and imaginative Asian-fusion menu that    laid the groundwork for fusion cooking in America. In 1989, Wolfgang opened his third restaurant, Postrio, in the Prescott Hotel off San Francisco's Union    Square. Postrio also draws upon the multi-ethnic nature of its surroundings. Its contemporary American    cuisine, with its emphasis on local ingredients, continues to draw rave reviews in Northern California's    highly competitive culinary market. In 1997, Wolfgang moved Spago to an elegant setting on Cañon Drive in Beverly Hills. His Beverly Hills    menu blazed new ground, with a combination of updated Spago classics and newly conceived items created    by the award-winning talents of Managing Partner/Executive Chef Lee Hefter and Executive Pastry Chef    Sherry Yard. The seasonal menu also draws from Wolfgang's favorite childhood dishes, offering a selection    of Austrian specialties such as W


"Who first uttered the phrase ""Rainbow Nation” in 1994?"

South Africa's Rainbow Nation know? The genes of the Southern African Bushmen predate the rest of humanity's. The term Rainbow Nation of South Africa found popular appeal from the moment Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu first used it to capture the multicultural nature of the country. The original inhabitants were the hunter-gatherer San Bushmen. There are only a few of these people remaining in the Northern Cape, but their rich heritage lives on through their ancient rock art. They remain a proud part of the South Africa's Rainbow Nation. When the pastoral Khoi appeared 2 000 years ago they brought farming with them. Unlike the San, who did not live in a hierarchical society, the Khoi had a complex social structure. The name Khoisan is an integration of the two names of the first inhabitants of southern Africa. The next to arrive were black migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, especially from the Great Lakes and Congo regions. They settled mainly in the northern and eastern parts of present-day South Africa and where they came into contact with the Khoisan, they pushed them west into the drier regions of the Northern Cape. These new arrivals morphed into the various South African tribes that thrive today, including Sotho, Tswana, Xhosa and Zulu. The Rainbow Nation took on more colour when the Dutch arrived in 1652 and the British in the latter part of the 18th century. The Dutch brought slaves from the East Indies, who eventually became the so-called 'coloured' people of South Africa, added to by cross-racial liaisons. A small but influential French group escaping religious persecution in France arrived in the late 17th century and were assimilated into the Dutch population. They were followed, after the discovery of mineral wealth, by representatives of nearly every society on Earth. And mining and sugar cane farming brought Indians and Chinese, who settled mainly in KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg. For nearly 350 years South Africa history was defined by clashes and racial oppression. But that changed with the first democratic elections of 27 April 1994 when all truly became people of the Rainbow Nation. Travel & Planning info Best time to visit South Africa is a year-round destination. Bush lovers prefer our winters, beach lovers come here in summer. Get around See the relevant provincian websites to choose the cultural groups you are interested in - then hire a recommended guide to take you there. Length of stay A "Rainbow Nation" tour of South Africa will take you as long as you can spare - and leave lots more for the next trip. Where to stay


Madame Arcati appears in which Noel Coward play?

Blithe Spirit Blithe Spirit 2m, 5f ISBN: 9780573606144 The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantakerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting "happy medium", one Madame Arcati.    Settings Of Play - The living room of Charles Condomine's house in Kent, England. FEATURES / CONTAINS Cutting Approved for Competition, Scene work, UIL Approved, Competition or audition material Interior Set Elaborate / High Volume Costumes, Fantasy Costumes, Period Costumes CAUTIONS Adult, Senior, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18) PERFORMANCE GROUP High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Dinner Theatre, Professional Theatre, Senior Theatre, Reader's Theatre, Large Stage RECOGNITION / AWARDS From Broadway, From West End Winner! 2009 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantakerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting "happy medium", one Madame Arcati. As the (worldly and un-) personalities clash, Charles' current wife Ruth is accidentally killed, "passes over", joins Elvira and the two "blithe spirits" haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. REVIEWS "Can still keep an audience in a state of tickled contentment" - Ben Brantley, The New York Times, 2009 "A world-class comedy" - TheatreMania.com, 2009 RELATED ARTICLES ON BREAKING CHARACTER


What nom de plume was adopted by the writer Joel Chandler Harris?

J. H. Thickens – 19th and 20th century American Literature - Rare Book Collection Rare Book Collection Ik Marvel nom de plume for Donald Mitchell Harris' Uncle Remus 1881 1876 First edition published in London Poor Relation from Autocrat of the Breakfast Table First printing , New York 1932 John Herman Thickens (1884-1946) collected 19th and 20th century first editions in American literature.  His library includes books by American writers who articulated diverse regional voices including Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner, Joel Chandler Harris, Bret Harte, Jack London, Frank Norris,  William Makepeace Thackeray, Mark Twain and  Owen Wister. Thickens grew up in Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1909 with a degree in engineering.  He moved to the American South to pursue a career in the paper / wood pulp industry.   His career took off when moved to Laurel, Mississippi to work alongside William H. Mason (the inventor of masonite).  As the Masonite Company’s vice president for production, Thickens was responsible for streamlining the manufacturing for this new building material to meet the surging demand. The Masonite Company was not affected by the 1930s depression and Thickens had the resources to continue to add to his library. William Targ’s American first editions and their prices (1931) was his bible where he carefully checked off each book that he added to his collection.  When visiting his mother in Los Angeles he became a regular customer at Dawson’s Book Shop . Browsing the shelves and discussing his desiderata list with store owner Ernest Dawson.   A receipt from Dawson’s Book Shop was left in his copy of the first edition of Oliver Wendall Holmes’ Autocrat of the Breakfast Table which he purchased on December 1931 for $100. His library of over 1,100 rare books was given to the University of Hawaii Library by his second wife Mrs. Joy Austen. Featured Books from J.H. Thickens’ Library Title:          The delightful diversion;the whys and wherefores of book collecting. Author:         Brewer, Reginald Arthur. Publisher:      New York,The Macmillan Company,1935. Description: [i]-viii pages, 4 leaves, 1-320 page.illustrations.22 cm. Contents: ‘Six hundred American first editions: their points and values’: p269-303. Local Notes: UHM: Rare copy inscribed by author to J.H. Thickens. Location:      UH Manoa: Hamilton Special Book Arts-Library Use Only Title:          Reveries of a bachelor: or, A book of the heart Author:         Marvel, Ik, Publisher:      New York,Baker and Scribner,1850. Description: xi, 298 p.front.22 cm. Notes:          Added t.-p., engraved. Local Notes:  UHM: Rare copy in blue protective case.                         UHM: Rare copy inscribed: Annie Blake from D.M. 10th Dec. 1850. Location:      UH Manoa: Hamilton Special Rare-Library Use Only Title:          Uncle Remus :his songs and his sayings ; the folk-lore of the old plantation /with illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. Author:         Harris, Joel Chandler, Publisher:      New York :D. Appleton and Co.,1881. Description: 231 pages :illustrations ;20 cm. Location:      UH Manoa: Hamilton Special Rare-Library Use Only Title:          The adventures of Tom Sawyer Author:         Twain, Mark, Description: 3 plain leaves, 341 pages, 1 leaf. Location:      UH Manoa: Hamilton Special Rare-Library Use Only Title:          Death in the woods and other stories Author:         Anderson, Sherwood, Publisher:      New York,Liveright, inc.,[1933] Description: 5 pages ., 3-298 pages, 1 .20. 5 cm. Notes:          First edition. Sheehy & Lohf Anderson 52 Location:      UH Manoa: Hamilton Special Rare-Library Use Only


Capoeira is a non contact combat sport from which country?

BBC Bitesize - KS2 Physical Education - Capoeira - an introduction You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this video clip. Description Capoeira is a physical discipline involving movement and featuring elements from dance and the martial arts. It originated among Brazilian slaves and the combat moves can be used as the basis for dance activity in a range of different settings. Brazilian dancer Claudio Campos explains the origin of Capoeira to athlete Colin Jackson. Developed by African male slaves to disguise their combat moves, dancers perform the basic moves of Jingra and kicking. The dance is not choreographed; dancers create a fluid body language as they perform. Colin takes part and comments on the health benefits. This clip is from: 22 January 2010 Classroom Ideas This clip may be a way to encourage reluctant boys to take a more active part in dance lessons. Ask children to discuss the different types of martial arts they are familiar with. Discuss the similarities and differences. Show the clip and ask the children to discuss the similarities and differences between Capoeria and the previously mentioned forms of fighting. Encourage the children to work in pairs to practise simple moves - ensuring safety and non contact at all times. Allow children to demonstrate their actions. Use magpie strategies, allowing children to take movements from the sequences of peers to add to their own sequence.


How many seats do the SNP have in Parliament?

SNP set for 56 of 59 Scottish seats in general election, poll suggests | Politics | The Guardian Scottish politics SNP set for 56 of 59 Scottish seats in general election, poll suggests Polling by Lord Ashcroft indicates that Charles Kennedy could be on the casualty list and Gordon Brown’s seat could fall Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP could almost cancel out Labour gains in other parts of Great Britain, producing a dead heat between the two main parties on 7 May. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Scottish politics SNP set for 56 of 59 Scottish seats in general election, poll suggests Polling by Lord Ashcroft indicates that Charles Kennedy could be on the casualty list and Gordon Brown’s seat could fall Nicholas Watt Chief political correspondent Wednesday 4 March 2015 16.00 EST Last modified on Tuesday 19 July 2016 10.03 EDT Close This article is 1 year old The full scale of the post-referendum political earthquake in Scotland has been demonstrated by a new poll which suggests Charles Kennedy’s once safe seat will fall to the Scottish National party, along with the seat Gordon Brown is retiring from in May. Projected SNP landslide could see it form part of next UK government Read more The poll by Lord Ashcroft – which is of a series of parliamentary seats across Britain – indicates that the SNP, led by Nicola Sturgeon, could win 56 of Scotland’s 59 parliamentary seats, according to the veteran polling analyst Mike Smithson. This would virtually wipe out the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats north of the border. The projected success of the SNP would almost cancel out Labour gains in other parts of Great Britain, producing a dead heat between the two main parties on 7 May, according to Ashcroft’s projections. The former Tory treasurer, who now insists he is an impartial pollster, suggested that the Tories and Labour would be tied on 272 seats each. Labour won 258 seats in 2010 while the Tories won 306 seats. In a presentation to the ConservativeHome website, Ashcroft challenged David Cameron to “weaponise” himself – a play on the wording Ed Miliband is reported to have used to describe Labour’s tactics on the NHS. Labour and the Liberal Democrats were shocked by signs of the depth of the SNP breakthrough despite losing the independence referendum in September. Charles Kennedy , the former Lib Dem leader, is five points behind the SNP in his Highlands seat of Ross, Skye and Lochabar. The poll placed the SNP in his seat on 40%, the Lib Dems on 35%, Labour on 9% and the Tories on 8%. Pinterest Charles Kennedy is five points behind the SNP in his Highlands seat of Ross, Skye and Lochabar. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian The Lib Dems had hoped that Kennedy, first elected in 1983 who has kept his distance from the coalition, would be safe. “I’m genuinely shocked about Kennedy,” one Lib Dem source said. Projections from the polling in eight Scottish seats suggests that Alistair Carmichael, the Scotland secretary, would be the only one of the Lib Dem MPs in Scotland to hold on, in Orkney and Shetland. The one Lib Dem hope is that the likes of Kennedy will enjoy a personal boost. Ashcroft did not prompt voters by naming candidates, although he did ask voters to think of the candidates standing in the constituency. Smithson suggested that the SNP would fare less well if the poll had named candidates. The deep threat to Labour is highlighted by a 28.5% SNP swing in Gordon Brown’s seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. The poll placed the SNP on 45%, Labour on 37%, the Tories on 10% and the Lib Dems on 2%. Labour will not benefit from any personal bounce in the seat because the former prime minister is standing down at the election. The one crumb of comfort for Labour is that Jim Murphy, the party’s leader in Scotland, will hang on in East Renfrewshire. But Murphy is just one point ahead of the SNP by 34% to 33%. The Tories are on 26% and the Lib Dems on 2% behind the Greens on 3%. All the parties will treat the poll with caution. Ashcroft polled just eight of the 59 seats in Scotland. Angus Robertson, the SNP general election campaig


What is the name of the Italian island close to the North African coast that was first to have an influx of refugees?

Italian Island Crowded by North African Refugees Italian Island Crowded by North African Refugees March 04, 2011 7:00 PM Sabina Castelfranco Would-be migrants believed to be from Tunisia are seen on the shores of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, after arriving there by boat (File Photo - February 11, 2011) Share Email to a Friend Print The people of Lampedusa, the southern-most island in Italy and the first port of call for migrants fleeing the strife in North Africa, have been preparing themselves for potential mass arrivals. So far authorities have managed to keep the situation under control but there are fears this will not last. The people of Lampedusa fear it’s just a question of time. Soon, they say, their island will again be inundated with migrants fleeing the political turmoil in North Africa. After the collapse of the Tunisian regime in mid-January, more than 6,000 arrived on the tiny southern island, braving the stretch of sea that separates it from the African coastline. Most are young men who hope they will be able to find a job and send money back to their families. Murad is one of the Tunisians who recently arrived and is staying at the holding center on the island. He said he came from Zarzis to look for work because he says there is unemployment in Zarzis and all over Tunisia. As long as the sea and weather conditions allow for a safe enough crossing, the boats keep coming with the migrants. Simona Moscarelli is the representative of the International Organizations for Migration on the island. She said when the flows stop, the stop is determined either by bad weather conditions or lack of boats but once these obstacles are overcome the flows resume. She says they expect to see more flows from Tunisia and then migrants arriving from Libya. Since the start of this new emergency, the authorities have managed to move the migrants fast enough from the holding center in Lampedusa to others in Sicily and on the Italian mainland. But there is concern that this will no longer be possible if the number of arrivals start to increase dramatically. Italy’s Interior Ministry Roberto Maroni told a parliamentary committee this week there are about 1.5 million illegal immigrants in Libya, some estimate even 2.5 million. Maroni added that these migrants had arrived in Libya because of poor patrols on the country’s southern border, and are now fleeing the unrest following the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.


In which year was Martin Luther King Jnr assassinated?

Martin Luther King Jr Assassination - Black History - HISTORY.com Martin Luther King Jr Assassination Martin Luther King Jr Assassination Author Martin Luther King Jr Assassination URL A+E Networks Introduction In early April 1968, shock waves reverberated around the world with the news that U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. A Baptist minister and founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), King had led the civil rights movement since the mid-1950s, using a combination of powerful words and non-violent tactics such as sit-ins, boycotts and protest marches (including the massive March on Washington in 1963) to fight segregation and achieve significant civil and voting rights advances for African Americans. His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era. Google King Assassination: Background In the last years of his life, King faced mounting criticism from young African-American activists who favored a more confrontational approach to seeking change. These young radicals stuck closer to the ideals of the black nationalist leader Malcolm X (himself assassinated in 1965), who had condemned King’s advocacy of non-violence as “criminal” in the face of the continuing repression suffered by African Americans. As a result of this opposition, King sought to widen his appeal beyond his own race, speaking out publicly against the Vietnam War and working to form a coalition of poor Americans–black and white alike–to address such issues as poverty and unemployment. Did You Know? Among the witnesses at the scene of King's assassination was one of his closest aides, Jesse Jackson. Ordained as a minister soon after King's death, Jackson went on to form Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) and the National Rainbow Coalition and to run twice for U.S. president, in 1984 and 1988. In the spring of 1968, while preparing for a planned march to Washington to lobby Congress on behalf of the poor, King and other SCLC members were called to Memphis, Tennessee to support a sanitation workers’ strike. On the night of April 3, King gave a speech at the Mason Temple Church in Memphis. In it he seemed to foreshadow his own untimely passing, or at least to strike a particularly reflective note, ending with these now-historic words: “I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Just after 6 p.m. the following day, King was standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, where he and associates were staying, when a sniper’s bullet struck him in the neck. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, at the age of 39. Shock and distress over the news of King’s death sparked rioting in more than 100 cities around the country, including burning and looting. Amid a wave of national mourning, President Lyndon B. Johnson urged Americans to “reject the blind violence” that had killed King, whom he called the “apostle of nonviolence.” He also called on Congress to speedily pass the civil rights legislation then entering the House of Representatives for debate, calling it a fitting legacy to King and his life’s work. On April 11, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act. King Assassination: Seeking Justice On June 8, authorities apprehended the suspect in King’s murder, a small-time criminal named James Earl Ray, at London’s Heathrow Airport. Witnesses had seen him running from a boarding house near the Lorraine Motel carrying a bundle; prosecutors said he fired the fatal bullet from a bathroom in that building. Authorities


Which comic strip was created by Mary Tourtel?

Mary Tourtel | Women In Comics Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Rupert Bear The first Rupert Bear reprint collection, 1921 Mary Tourtel, née Caldwell (b. Canterbury, Kent, 28 January 1874; d. 15 March 1948) was the creator of the long-running comic strip Rupert Bear. She studied at the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Kent before becoming a children's illustrator. She married journalist Herbert Tourtel, who went on to become a sub-editor at The Daily Express, c. 1896. In the late 1890s and early 1900s she illustrated several children's books, many featuring animals, and also drew for the story paper The Girl's Realm. She and her husband were keen aviators, and broke the record for a flight from Hounslow to Brussels in 1919. She produced illustrations in the "In Bobtail Land" series for the Sunday Express in 1919, followed by a daily series, "When Animals Work", featuring anthropomorphised animals practising human trades, in the Daily Express. In 1920 the Express's editor asked her to create a comic strip as a rival to the Daily Mail's Teddy Tail and the Daily Mirror's Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, and she created the enormously popular Rupert Bear, co-writing the stories with her husband until his death in 1831. She continued the strip alone, with some writing assistance from Stanley Marshall, the paper's children's page editor, until 1935, when she retired due to failing eyesight. The strip was continued by other artists, notably Alfred Bestall, and is still published today. Tourtel died following a stroke at the age of 74.


In which Scottish county is the famous St. Andrews Golf Club?

18 Best Golf Courses in Scotland | Golf.com 1. St. Andrews (Old Course) Fife, Scotland (Public) Nowhere else in the world can you walk in the spike marks of every legendary figure to have played the game. Augusta National is rightfully hallowed, but Bobby Jones himself said that if he had to play only one course for the rest of his days he'd grow old on the Old Course. 2. Muirfield Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland (Private) Muirfield is the home of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which dates back to 1744. The course has hosted 15 British Opens, most recently in 2002, when Ernie Els was champion. Although it's private, tee times are available with advance planning. 3. Royal Dornoch Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland (Semi-Private) Dornoch was formed in 1877 and has been a Royal club for more than 100 years. The course is not close to major population centers and has never hosted a major tournament, but it has been the site of the Northern Open, the Scottish Ladies and the Scottish Professional Championships. 4. Turnberry (Ailsa) Turnberry, Scotland (Resort) If Turnberry's Ailsa course lacks the natural ripples and chaotic contours of other British Open rotation links, it's easy to understand why: During World War II, 18-inch-thick concrete was poured over parts of the layout for use as runways. 5. Carnoustie (Championship) Angus, Carnoustie, Scotland (Public) The course's primary defense -- the wind -- is wildly unpredictable. From one day to the next, the gales can turn, morphing an eminently playable hole into a nightmare. 'Tis nae wind, nae golf, the Scots like to say. That's seldom a concern at Carnoustie, where 'tis always wind. 6. Royal Troon (Old) Troon, Scotland (Public) Host of eight British Opens, Troon plays through brambles, gorse and broken sand hills. The most famous hole on the links is the "Postage Stamp," so named because the 123-yard par 3's green is so small. The front nine plays along the beach and then the course turns inland on the back nine. 7. Kingsbarns Kingsbarns, St. Andrews, Scotland (Public) Kingsbarns was built by American developers and an American architect about six miles from St. Andrews. Although a considerable amount of dirt was moved to create this links-style course, it looks as if it has always been there. 8. Loch Lomond Luss by Alexandria, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Private) Loch Lomond is host of the Scottish Open, held a week before the Open Championship. The 7,100 yard 18-hole golf course was designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish. 9. Cruden Bay Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Semi-private) Drenched in quirky charm, this cult classic offers one wild seaside hole after another, including the head-scratching par-4 14th with its amazing funnel-shaped green. 10. Machrihanish Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland (Private) Machrihanish Golf Club is a classic links course set in the sandy dunes of western Scotland. A 6,225-yard par-70 layout, the combination of winds off the Atlantic Ocean, fescue grasses and cavernous pot bunkers make this course both beautiful and challenging. 11. North Berwick (West) North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland (Private) For pure quirk, the West course, an ancient Scottish configuration, may be exceeded only by Prestwick among the classic courses of the U.K., but few layouts have been more influential -- or fun to play. 12. Western Gailes Strathclyde, Ayrshire, Scotland (Public) A well-balanced links crossed by three burns, its higher holes offering impressive views of the Firth of Clyde and the ragged peaks of Arran. Like many of Scotland's older links, the course is wedged between the sea and a railway. Constant changes in direction invite the wind from all angles. The greens at Western Gailes, imaginatively contoured and demanding careful approach, are among the finest in Scotland. 13. Royal Aberdeen (Balgownie) 14. Prestwick Prestwick, Aryshire, Scotland (Semi-private) The venues in the southwest of Scotland range from classic Open venues to one of the game's most lovable dowagers, Prestwick, a priceless antique and birthplace of the Op