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In theoretical physics, a branch of physics, the rigidly rotating disk paradox, sometimes called the Ehrenfest paradox, is a paradox concerning a rotating disk. Basically, the paradox says that when a disk (or any circular object in general) is rotated, it will have a smaller circumference than 2πr, because the radius will remain the same, but the circumference is shortened due to the Lorentz contraction. For a more detailed explanation, see below.

Definition(s)

Mathematical definition

If the rotating disk has an angular velocity of ω, and a radius of R, then the circumference of the disk is ω·R. So the circumference will undergo a Lorentz contraction of 
. However, the radius, R, will not undergo a Lorentz contraction since it is perpendicular to the direction of motion.

Therefore, the circumference divided by the diameter will end up being a little bit less than .

Alternate explanation
The simpler definition is given by the following. To an observer X riding on the edge of the rotating disk, the effects of high-speed motion are still in place. So, if X were to crawl along the circumference with a ruler and measure the circumference, his ruler will be shortened (due to the Lorentz contraction) and he will have to lay out his ruler more times to measure the circumference. Therefore, he will measure the circumference to be greater than he would measure it to be if the disk were stationary.

If an observer Y were to sit on the radius of the rotating disk, he will measure the radius to be the same as he would measure it to be if the disk were stationary, since the radius is not affected by the Lorentz contraction (the radius is perpendicular to the direction of motion). Therefore, when observers X and Y compare their measurements, they find that

In verbal terms this means The circumference is greater than 2π times the radius. So, the circumference and the radius are not proportional by 2π in this case.

Explanation for the paradox
In differential geometry, there exists a certain type of mathematical plane called a hyperbolic plane. In it, if you draw a normal circle, the radius will remain the same, but the circumference will be greater than 2πr. Physicists began to realize that the accelerated angular motion of the disk caused a curvature in spacetime, therefore distorting the normal flat geometric plane, causing the circumference to be greater than 2πr.

Underlying this explanation is the fact that Euclidean geometry is not the actual geometry of space, but an approximation which works well at the level of human life.

Relation to gravity
Using an ingenious argument concerning the equivalence principle, Albert Einstein showed that the curvature in spacetime caused by the rotated disk could be a logical explanation for gravity. For more information on this topic, see Gravity and the rotating disk.

Physics
Paradoxes
Stephen Robert "Steven" Franken (May 27, 1932 – August 24, 2012) mostly known as Steve Franken was an American movie, voice, stage, television actor, and comedian who is mostly known for his role as Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He was also in The Lieutenant. He played several different characters in Bewitched. Franken was also in the 1986 movie The Party. Franken was a second cousin of senator and actor Al Franken.

Franken was born on May 27, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York. Franken was married to Julia Carter until they divorced. Then he was married to Jean Franken up until his death in 2012. He had three daughters. Franken died on August 24, 2012 in Canoga Park, California from cancer, aged 80.

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Steve Harvey (born January 17, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and game show host. He is currently the host on Family Feud. He also hosted his other program Steve Harvey's Big Time.

He currently hosts the talk show Steve Harvey, which started on September 3, 2012.

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Mr. Freeze or Dr. Victor freeze  is one of many of Batman's foes. Arnold Schwarzenegger played the role in one of the Batman movies.

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Kocaeli University is a university in Turkey. It is in İzmit, Kocaeli. The university has many campuses in Umuttepe, Anıtpark and other places. It is a public university.

Faculties 
 Engineering
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 Economics and Administrative Sciences
 State Conservatory

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Colin McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor. He is known for his role as Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. In television he has appeared in Jonathan's Creek, The Fast Show, and the Black Books. He has starred in animated movies or television programs. He is also known for providing the voice of God in Testament: The Bible in Animation. McFarlane was born in Upper Clapton, London, England on 15 September 1961. He is married to Kate McFarlane. They have one son named Josh.

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Mary Loretta Landrieu ( ; born November 23, 1955) is an American politician. She served as a U.S. Senator of Louisiana from 1997 to 2015. Landrieu is a member of the United States Democratic Party. She was raised in New Orleans. Her brother Mitch Landrieu is the current Mayor of New Orleans. Her father Moon Landrieu also served as Mayor of New Orleans. She is considered a conservative Democrat, often opposed to the views of many others within her party. She lost re-election in 2014 to Republican U.S. Representative Bill Cassidy.

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"Nightswimming" is the eighth episode of the American crime fantasy television series Awake, that first aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on April 19, 2012. Leonard Chang and co-executive producer Davey Holmes wrote "Nightswimming". 2.80 million watched when it was first broadcast on television in the United States. Executive producer Jeffrey Reiner directed the episode, and critics liked the episode.

Awake's main character is Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs), a detective living in two different realities after a car crash. In one reality, where he wears a red wristband, his wife Hannah Britten (Laura Allen) survived the accident, and in another reality, where he wears a green wristband, his son Rex Britten (Dylan Minnette) survived. In the "green reality", Michael helps Accountant Marcus Ananyev (Elijah Alexander) and his wife Alina (Ayelet Zurer) start a new life in the Witness Protection Program after a gang member tried to kill Marcus. In the "red reality", Michael and Hannah prepare for a new life in Oregon after deciding to move there. They go swimming at a college pool because they love each other.

Many reviewers praised the story of the "red reality", but did not enjoy the arcs of the "green reality". This episode marked the first time Rex had not of appear in an episode of the series, the show's two therapists: Dr. Jonathan Lee (BD Wong) and Dr. Judith Evans (Cherry Jones) also did not appear in it. Even though it was the eighth episode, it was supposed to be the fifth episode. The music featured in it was "Pain in My Heart" by Otis Redding. Michael is seen shirtless in two scenes of the episode, one of those scenes was filmed at an actual campus swimming pool. During filming, a woman saw Isaacs naked, and questioned it. Many critics commented on the themes of "Nightswimming". It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, and eight guest actors were in it.

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Victor Joseph Garber (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian movie, television, voice, and stage actor. He has appeared in many movies. He played Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's 1997 movie Titanic. He also played San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in Milk.

Garber was born in London, Ontario, Canada on March 16, 1949. Garber came out gay in January 2013. He lives in New York with his husband, Rainer Andreesen, whom he was married since 2015.

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William George "Billy" Zane, Jr. (born February 24, 1966), mostly known as Billy Zane or Bill Zane, is an American television, voice, stage, video game, and movie actor, music executive, and movie producer. He has appeared in over 100 movies. He played Caledon N. "Cal" Hockley in the 1997 James Cameron's blockbuster movie Titanic.

Zane was born on February 24, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois. He was married to Lisa Collins from 1989 until they divorced in 1995.

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The anal stage is the second stage in Sigmund Freud's psychosexual development theory. Freud believed the personality developed through several stages during childhood. These stages focused on the erogenous zones. The anal stage occurs between ages 18 months to three years. This is the period when a child toilet trains. According to Freud, pleasure is derived from controlling the anus (the primary erogenous zone) and the bladder. A toilet training conflict or fixation results in a rigid or disordered personality.

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A pyre, also known as a funeral pyre, is a structure used for burning a body. The word pyre comes from the Greek word for fire. Pyres are built outdoors. They are usually made from wood. The body is placed on top of the pyre or under it. Then the pyre is set on fire. Pyres are still used for funerals in some parts of the world. They are also used for other types of ceremonies. In those ceremonies, there is a big fire, but a body is not burned. Historically, pyres have also been used to kill people by burning them alive.

Pyres used for funerals
The Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist religions still use pyres for the cremation of dead people. This form of funeral is thousands of years old. However, it is no longer legal in many countries. The ancient Greeks and ancient Romans used funeral pyres. The Vikings also used them. Viking funeral pyres were usually built on boats floating in the sea.

Other uses for pyres
People sometimes use pyres to make a big fire or bonfire but they do not burn a real body. These types of pyres are used for celebrations or to remember a person or a special event. Pyres are often used in Guy Fawkes Night celebrations in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries. In Denmark and Germany people light pyres to celebrate the summer solstice (the longest day of the year). People light pyres in Switzerland to celebrate their National Day.

Farmers sometimes use pyres to destroy the bodies of dead animals. They especially use them when the animals have died of a disease. This helps prevent the spread of the disease to other animals.

In the past, pyres were sometimes used to execute people. The people were burned while they were still alive. Often the person was tied to a stake (a very big stick) on top of the pyre. This type of execution was known as "burning at the stake". Joan of Arc died in this way.

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Queen Munjeong (, 1 February 1502 – 29 December 1565) was Queen of Korean Joseon Dynastys and wife of 11th King Jungjong. mother of 13th King Myeongjong. regent of 1545 to 1563.

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Quidenham is a village and civil parish in Breckland, Norfolk, England. In 2001, there were 576 people living in Quidenham.

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is a city in the Kansai region of Japan on the island of Honshu. It is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture.

It has been recognized as a core city since 2009.

History
Ōtsu was the site of an Imperial palace from 667 to 672.  Emperor Tenji lived in Ōtsu.

In the Edo period, Ōtsu was one of fifty-three shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the road which connected Edo and Kyoto.

Geography
Ōtsu is on the south shore of Lake Biwa.

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Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical movie.  It tells the story of the last Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra.

The movie was made from the book by Robert K. Massie. It was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.

It won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon) and Best Costume Design.  It was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Janet Suzman), Best Cinematography, Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Picture.

Cast

Soundtrack
This soundtrack was written by Richard Rodney Bennett.

 Overture (02:19)
 Nicholas and Alexandra (01:26)
 The Royal Children (01:23)
 The Palace (01:00)
 Sunshine Days (03:21)
 Alexandra (01:18)
 The Romanov Tercentenary (00:52)
 Lenin in Exile (01:21)
 The Princessess (02:20)
 The Breakthrough (02:35)
 The Declaration of War (02:55)
 Extracte (02:40)
 The Journey to the Front (01:02)
 Military March (02:40)
 Rasputin's Death (01:28)
 The People Revolt (01:19)
 Alexandra Alone (01:11)
 Farewells (02:30)
 Dancing in the Snow (01:11)
 Departure from Tobolsk (01:30)
 Elegy (01:38)
 Epilogue (01:50)

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The Canterbury Tales is a 1972 Italian movie directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.  It is based on the medieval poem The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.  It is the second movie in Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life'. It won the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.

The movie has eight of the 24 tales.  It has much nudity, sex, and slapstick humor. Many of these scenes are present or at least alluded to in the original.  Some are Pasolini's own additions.

This movie featured Tom Baker in a small role.  He was one of the husbands of the Wife of Bath.

Cast
 Hugh Griffith - Sir January
 Laura Betti - The Wife of Bath
 Ninetto Davoli - Perkin
 Franco Citti - The Devil
 Josephine Chaplin - May
 Alan Webb - Old Man
 Pier Paolo Pasolini - Geoffrey Chaucer
 J. P. Van Dyne - The Cook
 Vernon Dobtcheff - The Franklin
 Adrian Street - Fighter
 Derek Deadman - The Pardoner (as Derek Deadmin)

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The Vault of Horror (also called Vault of Horror, Further Tales from the Crypt and Tales from the Crypt II) is a British anthology horror movie.  It was made in 1973 by Amicus Productions. Like the 1972 Amicus movie Tales from the Crypt, it is based on stories from the EC Comics series written by Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines. The movie was directed by Roy Ward Baker.

None of the movie's stories are actually from Vault of Horror comics. All but one were in Tales from the Crypt.  The one that wasn't is Shock SuspenStories. The movie does not have the Vault Keeper character from the comics.

Cast
Daniel Massey as Harold Rogers
Terry-Thomas as Arthur Critchit
Curd Jürgens as Sebastian
Michael Craig as Maitland
Tom Baker as Moore
Anna Massey as Donna Rogers
Glynis Johns as Eleanor Critchit
Dawn Addams as Inez
Edward Judd as Alex
Denholm Elliott as Diltant
Robin Nedwell as Tom
Geoffrey Davies as Jerry
Terence Alexander as Fenton Breedley
Ishaq Bux as Fakir
John Forbes-Robertson as Wilson
Maurice Kaufmann as Bob Dickson
Arthur Mullard as Gravedigger
Mike Pratt as Clive
Marianne Stone as Jane
Erik Chitty as Old Waiter
Tommy Godfrey as Landlord
Jerold Wells as Waiter

DVD release
Together with Tales from the Crypt,The Vault Of Horror was released on a "Midnight Movies" double feature DVD on 11 September 2007. The version used is the edited, 1974 US theatrical release.  It has some of the gorier scenes removed or altered in order to receive an MPAA PG rating.

An uncensored version was first shown on the British TV channel Film4 on 25 August 2008. This version still did not show a shot from the original closing sequence.  In this scene the characters who walk to the graveyard are seen with dead, skeletal faces. It may be that this shot has been lost. No prints with it have been found. There is no evidence it was included in the final release prints.

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Frankenstein: The True Story is a 1973 American made-for-television horror movie.  It is loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. 

The movie added the character of Dr Polidori.  He was not in the original novel.  He was based on the character of Dr. Pretorius from Bride of Frankenstein. He was named after the real-life John Polidori.

A notable part of the movie is that instead of being ugly from the start, the Creature is portrayed as physically beautiful.  He becomes more ugly as the movie goes on. The make-up was by Hammer horror veteran artist Roy Ashton.

It was first broadcast in two 90-minute parts.  It is often seen edited into a single movie. The first DVDwas released on September 26, 2006. Included at the beginning is a short intro.  It has James Mason wandering through St John's Wood churchyard, London. He suggests that this is where Mary Shelley is buried.  This is incorrect as she is in fact buried in the family plot in Dorset.  The intro shows Mason standing beside a gravestone bearing her name.

Cast
 James Mason as Dr. Polidori
 Leonard Whiting as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
 David McCallum as Dr. Henry Clerval
 Jane Seymour as Agatha/Prima
 Nicola Pagett as Elizabeth Fanshawe
 Michael Sarrazin as The Creature
 Michael Wilding as Sir Richard Fanshawe
 Clarissa Kaye-Mason as Lady Fanshawe
 Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Blair
 Margaret Leighton as Francoise DuVal
 Ralph Richardson as Mr. Lacey
 John Gielgud as Chief Constable (Police)
 Tom Baker as Sea Captain
 Dallas Adams as Felix
 Julian Barnes as Young Man
 Arnold Diamond as Passenger in Coach

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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is a fantasy movie released in 1974.  It stars John Phillip Law as Sinbad. It includes a score by composer Miklós Rózsa.  It is known mostly for the stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. The movie is the second of three Sinbad movies that Harryhausen made for Columbia.  The others are The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977).

It won the first Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.

Cast
 John Phillip Law as Sinbad, the main protagonist.
 Tom Baker as Koura, the main antagonist of the movie. (Christopher Lee was a front-runner to play Koura.) Baker's performance helped him get the lead role in the TV series Doctor Who, as the show's producers were impressed with his performance.
 Takis Emmanuel as Achmed. Emmanuel was dubbed by Robert Rietty.
 Caroline Munro as Margiana. Munro was well known at the time for being featured in advertisements for Lamb's Navy Rum.
 Douglas Wilmer as The Vizier
 Kurt Christian as Haroun
 Martin Shaw as Rachid
 Robert Shaw as the Oracle of All Knowledge (uncredited)

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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb is a 1980 British-American mystery thriller movie.  It was directed by Philip Leacock.  The movie is based on the book "Behind the Mask of Tutankhamen" by Barry Wynne. It was shot in Egypt and in England.

It was released as two-part movie on 8 May and 9 May 1980. The score was made by American jazz musician Gil Melle.

Plot 
The English archaeologist Howard Carter and his financier, Lord Carnarvon discover the grave of Tut-Ench-Amun. There are rumors about a curse for anyone who disturbs the grave. There are a series of mysterious deaths.

Cast 
Eva Marie Saint as Sarah Morrissey
Robin Ellis as Howard Carter
Raymond Burr as Jonash Sabastian
Harry Andrews as Lord Carnarvon
Wendy Hiller as Princess Vilma
Angharad Rees as Lady Evelyn Herbert
Tom Baker as Hasan
Barbara Murray as Giovanna Antoniella
Faith Brook as Lady Almina Carnarvon
Patricia Routledge as "Posh" Lady
John Palmer as Fishbait
Darien Angadi as Ahmed Nahas
Rupert Frazer as Collins
Rex Holdsworth as Doctor
Stefan Kalipha as Daoud
Andy Pantelidou as Lieutenant
Alfred Hoffman as Stallholder
Paul Scofield as Narrator (voice)

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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) is a parody movie of the story of Robin Hood.

Starring
George Segal as Robin Hood
Morgan Fairchild as Lady Marian
Roddy McDowall as Prince John
Janet Suzman as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Tom Baker as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Neil Hallett as the Sheriff of Nottingham
Robert Hardy as King Richard
Roy Kinnear as Friar Tuck
Robin Nedwell as Will Scarlet
Michelle Newell as Rebecca
Pat Roach as Little John

Guest starring
Kenneth Griffith as Isaac of York
Melvyn Hayes as Father Luther
Michael Hordern as Rupert

Other Cast

Aubrey Morris as Archbishop
Bruce Purchase as Moishe
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as 1st Coachman
Paul Brooks as 2nd Coachman
Angus Lennie as Scott Kelly
Tony Steedman as Bank President
Fenella Fielding as Molly
John Louis Mansi as Reuben
Kelly Summers as Miss Jones
Melanie Hughes as Miss Sanders
Colin Higgins as Irving
Peter Brayham as Yehoudi
Marc Boyle as Bernie
Andrew Lodge as Lord Exeter
Angela Grant as Lady Exeter
Su Elliot as Alice
Chris Webb as 1st Merryman
Del Baker as 2nd Merryman
Terence Plummer as 3rd Merryman
Steve Dent as 4th Merryman
Peter Brace as Captain of Guards
Fred Haggerty as 1st Guard
Fred Powell as 2nd Guard
Dinny Powell as 3rd Guard
George Lane Cooper as 4th Guard
Derek Lyons as 5th Guard
William Morgan Sheppard as Saxon thief
Freddie Jones
Marianne Stone

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Jacqueline Hill (17 December 1929 – 18 February 1993) was an English actress.  She was best known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.  Hill returned for an appearance in the 1980 Doctor Who story Meglos, as the priestess Lexa.

Career 
Hill trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.  She was first on stage in London's West End in The Shrike. Many more roles followed, including, on television, Shop Window, Fabian of the Yard and An Enemy of the People.

Personal life 
In 1958 she married the director Alvin Rakoff.  The previous year she was in his BBC adaptation of Rod Serling's American television play Requiem for a Heavyweight.

After leaving Doctor Who in 1965, she gave up acting to raise a family.  She had a daughter Sasha and son John.  Hill began acting again in 1979.  She gained further TV credits in, amongst other programmes, Tales of the Unexpected and as Lady Capulet in the BBC Television Shakespeare version of Romeo and Juliet in 1978.

Jacqueline Hill died of bone cancer in 1993.

Selected works
 The Blue Parrot (1953)
 The Comedy Man (1964)

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is a city in the Tōhoku region of Japan on the island of Honshu. It is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture.

It has been recognized as a core city since 2008.

History
In the 9th century, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro led forces which brought the region under imperial control. 

In 1599, Morioka was founded as a castle town (jōka-machi).

In the Boshin War, Morioka was a pro-shogunate city.

During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, Morioka was hit by a 6.1 earthquake.

Culture 
The Iwate Museum of Art (IMA) is in Morioka.  IMA's collection includes works works by notable local artists.

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Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series.  It ran from 1955 to 1976.  Later it was a radio series. Even though it is a drama series, it was first produced by the BBC's light entertainment department.

Characters 
The main character is Constable George Dixon.  He is played by Jack Warner.

A collection of the first six available colour episodes was released by Acorn Media UK in July 2012.

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Softly, Softly is a British television drama series. It was produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1. It ran from January 1966 to November 1969.

It revolved around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern. It was about characters from the popular police series Z-Cars.

In 1969, to match the BBC's move to colour broadcasting on BBC 1, the series changed. The main characters were promoted and moved to the South East of England. The series was going to change its name to Taskforce. The BBC did not want to drop a popular brand and it became Softly, Softly: Taskforce.

Cast
Stratford Johns        —             DCS Charlie Barlow /... (1966-1969 / Series 1-5 / 91 episodes)
Frank Windsor          —             DI/DCI John Watt /... (1966-1969 / Series 1-5 / 84 episodes)
Robert Keegan          —             Mr Bob Blackitt /... (1966-1967 / Series 1-2 / 42 episodes)
John Welsh             —             ACC Bill Calderwood /... (1966-1967 / Series 1-2 / 24 episodes)
Garfield Morgan        —             DCI Gwyn Lewis /... (1966 / Series 1 / 19 episodes)
Norman Bowler          —             DS Harry Hawkins /... (1966-1969 / Series 1-5 / 75 episodes)
Gilbert Wynne          —             DC Reg Dwyer /... (1966-1967 / Series 1-3 / 43 episodes)
Cavan Kendall                 -            PC Greenly /... (1966 / Series 1 / 14 episodes)
Dan Meaden             —             DC Ben Box /... (1966-1968 / Series 1-4 / 49 episodes)
Eric McCaine                  -            Insp./CI Laird /... (1966-1969 / Series 1-4 / 18 episodes)
John Barron            —             ACC Austin Gilbert /... (1966-1969 / Series 2-5 / 52 episodes)
David Quilter          —             PC Tanner /... (1966-1967 / Series 2-3 / 29 episodes)
Chrys Salt            -                    Gwenda Lloyd /... (1967-1968 / Series 3 / 15 episodes)
Peggy Sinclair         —             P/W DS Barbara Allin /... (1967-1969 / Series 3-5 / 38 episodes)
Philip Brack           —             DI Jim Cook /... (1968-1969 / Series 3-5 / 29 episodes)
Gavin Campbell         —             PC/DC William Digby /... (1968-1969 / Series 3-5 / 25 episodes)
Howell Evans           —             DC Morgan /... (1968-1969 / Series 4-5 / 15 episodes)

Others - 
Alexis Kanner - DC Matt Stone (1966 / Series 1 / 9 episodes)
Colin Douglas - DCI Rawlings (1966 / Series 1 / 3 episodes)
Barry Letts - DS Reed (1966 / Series 1 / 4 episodes)
Glyn Houston - D Supt Arthur Jones (1966-1969 / Series 2, 4 / 7 episodes)
Gay Hamilton - Dr Jean Morrow (1969 / Series 4-5 / 5 episodes)
Walter Gotell - Chief Con. Arthur Cullen (1969 / Series 5 / 1 episode)

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Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14 1946-August 9th 2003) was an American singer, dancer and actor. He has acted in many movies and television programs. He also did Broadway plays. He died due to liver cancer. He was born in New York City.

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Arthur of the Britons is a British television show about the historical King Arthur. There were two series, released between 1972 and 1973. This King Arthur shows greatness by making peace between the two foremost peoples in the England of his era. The looks of King Arthur and his brother-in-arms Kai are similar to contemporary rockstars. Arthur of the Britons was broadcast repeatedly on many local ITV stations during the 1970s and 1980s.

Cast
Oliver Tobias – Arthur, Chief of the Celts
Brian Blessed – Mark of Cornwall
Michael Gothard – Kai
Jack Watson – Llud the Silver-Handed
Rupert Davies – Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
Georg Marischka – Yorath, Chief of the Jutes
Gila von Weitershausen – Rowena of the Jutes
Clive Revill – Rolf the Preacher
Peter Stephens – Amlodd

Other websites

Swashbucklers website including Arthur of the Britons

British television series
1972 television series debuts
1972 establishments in the United Kingdom
1973 television series endings
1970s disestablishments in the United Kingdom
English-language television programs
Jim'll Fix It was a long-running British television show.  It was broadcast by the BBC between 1975 and 1994. In 2007 it was shown on UKTVGold.  It was presented by the late Jimmy Savile. It was produced by Roger Ordish, who also worked on other BBC shows, including A Bit of Fry & Laurie. When Saville was knighted, the book for the 1991 series of the comedy sketch show had a statement that in future Jim'll Fix It would be known as: Sir James will bring his influence to bear in arranging matters to your satisfaction.

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1970s British television series
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Jemima Shore is a fictional character created by Antonia Fraser. She is portrayed as TV's professional investigative journalist. She is in a series of crime novels.

Novels 

 Quiet as a Nun (1977)
 The Wild Island (1978)
 A Splash of Red (1981)
 Cool Repentance (1982)
 Oxford Blood (1985)
 Jemima Shore's First Case (1986)
 Your Royal Hostage (1987)
 The Cavalier Case (1990)
 Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave (1991)
 Political Death (1995)

Television 
Shore has also been the basis of two television series which aired in the UK: the 1978 Armchair Thriller serial Quiet as a Nun with Maria Aitken as Jemima Shore, and an ongoing series, Jemima Shore Investigates, starring Patricia Hodge in the title role. The series was made by Thames Television for the ITV network in 1983. One series of twelve episodes was made.

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Jackanory is a long-running BBC children's television series. It was made to interest children in reading. The show began on 13 December 1965. The first story was the fairy-tale Cap-o'-Rushes read by Lee Montague. Jackanory continued to be broadcast until 1996. They made around 3,500 episodes in its 30-year run. The final story, The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, was read by Alan Bennett. It was broadcast on 24 March 1996. The show returned on 27 November 2006 for two stories.

The show's format had an actor read from children's novels or folk tales, usually while seated in an armchair. From time to time the scene being read would be illustrated by a specially made still drawing.  They were often done by Quentin Blake. Usually a single book would take five daily fifteen-minute episodes, from Monday to Friday.

A few Jackanory stories took the form of a play rather than stories being read.  These were made in a series of fully cast and dressed for costume dramas. These were named Jackanory Playhouse and were thirty minutes in length. These included a dramatisation by Philip Glassborow of the comical A. A. Milne story "The Princess Who Couldn't Laugh."

Title
The show's title comes from an old English nursery rhyme:

I'll tell you a story
About Jack a Nory;
And now my story's begun;
I'll tell you another
Of Jack and his brother,
And now my story is done.

List of readers

Tom Baker
Floella Benjamin
Alan Bennett
James Bolam
Helena Bonham Carter (5 programmes reading the Way to Sattin Shore stories)
Kathy Burke
Earl Cameron (5 programmes reading the Brer Rabbit stories)
Brian Cant
Bernard Cribbins (114 programmes)
Peter Davison
Judi Dench
Denholm Elliott
Clement Freud
Ann George
John Grant (55 programmes reading his Little Nose stories)
Joyce Grenfell
Sheila Hancock
Susanne Hart
Wendy Hiller
Michael Hordern
Jeremy Irons
Martin Jarvis
Stratford Johns
James Robertson Justice
Arthur Lowe
Joanna Lumley
Alfred Marks
Trevor Martin
Rik Mayall
Sylvester McCoy
Geraldine McEwan
Paul McGann
Ian McKellen
George Melly
Paul Merton
Spike Milligan
Hayley Mills
Lee Montague
Patrick Moore
Jon Pertwee
Ted Ray
Miranda Richardson
Bob Roberts
Tony Robinson
Gordon Rollings
Patsy Rowlands
Willie Rushton
Margaret Rutherford
Prunella Scales
Peter Sellers
Elaine Smith
Maggie Smith
Patrick Stewart
Elaine Stritch
Mollie Sugden
H. E. Todd
Patrick Troughton
Ann Way
Mary Webster
Billie Whitelaw
Kenneth Williams (69 programmes)
Victoria Wood (reading the Ten in a Bed story)
Wendy Wood (Auntie Gwen) and even
Prince Charles (reading his own book; The Old Man of Lochnagar).
Ben Kingsley (The Magician of Samarkand)
John Sessions (Muddle Earth)
Matthew Corbett
Rupert Everett
John Hurt
Alan Rickman

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Blackadder II is the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder.  It was written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.  It aired from 9 January to 20 February 1986. The series is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).  The main character, Edmund, Lord Blackadder is a Tudor courtier trying to win the favour of the Queen while avoiding the fate of many of her suitors.

The series had several from the format of The Black Adder.  These changes were: Ben Elton replaced Rowan Atkinson as the second writer, it was made in studio sets, rather than on location, the introduction of the more familiar Machiavellian "Blackadder" character and a less intelligent Baldrick.

Cast
The size of the main cast was smaller compared to the previous series.  A fixed number of characters appeared in every episode. 
 Rowan Atkinson as Lord Edmund Blackadder
 Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy Percy, Heir to the Duchy of Northumberland
 Tony Robinson as Baldrick
 Miranda Richardson as Queen Elizabeth I of England
 Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett, the Lord Chamberlain
 Patsy Byrne as Nursie

The series also had at least one significant cameo role per episode.  There were notable appearances from Rik Mayall, playing Lord Flashheart in "Bells", two figures famous for their roles in science fiction series - Tom Baker and Simon Jones - in "Potato", Miriam Margolyes, as the puritanical Lady Whiteadder, and Hugh Laurie appearing twice, first as the drunken Simon Partridge in "Beer" and in the final episode as the evil Prince Ludwig. Laurie was later given a larger role as George in the next two series.

References

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 Blackadder II at the former BBC Guide to Comedy (archive)

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Kenny Everett (25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995) was a British comedian, radio DJ and television entertainer. Born Maurice James Christopher Cole, Everett is best known for his career as a radio DJ and for The Kenny Everett Video Show.

Personal life
Everett married singer Lee 'Lady Lee' Middleton (Billy Fury's former girlfriend) in 1966. By 1979 they had separated. In the mid-1980s, he publicly acknowledged his homosexuality.

Everett was told in 1989 that he had HIV.  He went public with his illness in 1993. He died from an AIDS-related illness in London on 4 April 1995, aged 50.

Shows presented
The following is a list of the main shows Everett presented.

Radio
 Kenny & Cash Show Radio London – 1964–1965
 Kenny Everett Show Radio Luxembourg – 1966
 Midday Spin BBC Radio 1 – 1967
 Everett is Here BBC Radio 1 Saturdays 10am–12midday – 1968–1970
 Kenny Everett Show BBC Local Radio – 1971
 Kenny Everett Show BBC Radio 1 Sundays 1–3pm – 1972
 Breakfast Show Capital Radio – 1973–1974
 Kenny Everett Show Capital Radio – 1974–1980
 Kenny Everett Show Radio Victory – 1975–1976
 Captain Kremmen Radio Victory – 1976
 Kenny Everett Show BBC Radio 2 Saturdays 11am–1pm – 1981–1983
 Kenny Everett Show Capital Radio Saturdays 11am–1pm – 1984–1988
 Weekday afternoons Capital Gold 1–4pm – 1988–1991
 Weekday mid-mornings Capital Gold 9am–12midday – 1991–1994

Television
 Nice Time Granada Television – 1968
 The Kenny Everett Explosion LWT – 1970
 The Kenny Everett Video Show Thames Television – 1978–1980
 The Kenny Everett Video Cassette Thames Television – 1981
 The Kenny Everett Television Show BBC One – 1981–1988
 Brainstorm BBC – 1988
 Gibberish BBC – 1992

Tributes & portrayals
On 18 November 2007, ITV1 broadcast a tribute show to Everett called Licence To Laugh. Friends and colleagues said what it was like to know and work with the man they affectionately called "Cuddly Ken". Additionally, current celebrities such as Chris Moyles and Chris Tarrant talked about their love for the outrageous entertainer.  They shared the ways in which Everett had influenced them and their work. It also had archive footage.

In March 2010 the BBC said it was making a 90-minute TV biopic called Number One in Heaven.  It was to be written by Tim Whitnall and focus on Everett's unhappiness at secondary school.

In April 2012 the BBC said it was working on a 90-minute TV biopic called The Best Possible Taste.  This would focus on the performer's relationship with his ex-wife, singer Lee Middleton.

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Onam is the most popular festival in the state of Kerala, India. Onam is the official state festival of Kerala. It is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over the state by Malayalees regardless of religion, caste or creed. According to a popular legend, the festival is celebrated to welcome King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala in the time of Onam.        

Onam is a 10 day long festival celebrated in the beginning of the month of Chingam, the first month of the Malayalam Calendar (Kollavarsham). This corresponds with the month of August to September according to the Gregorian Calendar. Of the 10 days, the first day, Atham and tenth day, Thiruvonam are most important of all.

Origin 
The legend is of King Mahabali (popularly known as Maveli), a mythical king who ruled over Kerala. He was greatly respected in his kingdom and was considered to be wise, and extremely generous. Everybody was happy in His kingdom. There was no discrimination on the basis of caste or class. Rich and poor were treated equally. There was neither crime, nor corruption. Due to his popularity, the Gods became extremely concerned and jealous. They felt threatened and decided to end his reign. They asked Lord Vishnu to go to earth in the form of a dwarf Brahmin.Disguised as Vamana, Vishnu requested Mahabali for 3 feet of land. Kind Mahabali granted him the land, Vamana began to expand and eventually increased himself to the size of cosmic proportions. With his first step, the Brahmin boy covered the whole of earth and with the other step he covered the whole of the skies. He then asked the King where is the space for him to keep the third foot. King Mahabali with folded hands bowed before Vamana and asked him to place his last step on his head so that he could keep the promise. The brahmin placed his foot on the head of the King and trampled Mahabali to the netherworld. There, the King requested Lord Vishnu to be allowed to visit his land and people once a year, and Vishnu granted him his wish. It is the day of the visit of King Mahabali to Kerala that is celebrated as Onam every year. The orgin of Onam is beliefs from the Thrikakara Vamana Moorthi Temple in Ernakulam district of Kerala.

Celebration

Elaborate feasts known as sadhya, folk songs, elegant dances, energetic games, elephants, boat race (Vallam Kali) and concentric floral decorations (Athapookkalam) are all part of this dynamic festival. Malayalees make all the efforts to celebrate the festival in a grand way and impress their beloved King that they are happy and to wish him well. People buy new clothes and sweets during the celebration of Onam. Popularity and presentation of rich culture of the state during the festival made Onam the official State Festival of Kerala in 1961.

Tourism
The government promotes Onam internationally in a big way and celebrates 'Tourist Week' for Kerala during Onam celebrations. Thousands of domestic and foreign tourists visit Kerala to be a part of Onam every year.

Kerala
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Hande Yener (born January 12, 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish pop singer. Over the past decade, she has introduced different styles to the ever-expanding Turkish pop music scene. Each one of her albums has generated a lot of interest as well as anticipation due to the different styles, genres and rhythms that she incorporates into her music. Besides the different experiments Hande tackles with music, her looks and image are also going through a constant change which blends with the sort of music she releases at the time. Hande Yener has a soprano vocal range. She has got thirteen studio album and three ep.

Life and career

Discography

Studio albums 

 Senden İbaret (2000) 
 Sen Yoluna... Ben Yoluma... (2002) 
 Aşk Kadın Ruhundan Anlamıyor (2004) 
 Apayrı (2006) 
 Nasıl Delirdim? (2007) 
 Hipnoz (2008) 
 Hayrola? (2009) 
 Hande'ye Neler Oluyor? (2010)
 Teşekkürler (2011)
 Kraliçe (2012)
 Mükemmel (2014)
 Hepsi Hit Vol. 1 (2016)
 Hepsi Hit Vol. 2 (2017)

EPs 
 Extra (2001)
 Hande Maxi (2006)
 Hande'yle Yaz Bitmez (2010)

Shared albums 
 Rüya (2012)

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Living people
Musicians from Istanbul
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Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, writer and a comedian. She has had a large effect on American comedy since the late 1960s. Her career has involved movies, Broadway stage acts and television. She has won many awards, including an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony Award. Tomlin was born in Detroit, Michigan. She is openly lesbian and has been with her partner Jane Wagner for over 40 years.

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Hyperland is a 50-minute long documentary movie about hypertext and surrounding technologies. It was written by Douglas Adams and produced and directed by Max Whitby. It ran on BBC Two in 1990. It stars Douglas Adams as a computer user and Tom Baker as a personification of a software agent.

In the show Adams has a dream where he is browsing through various media. While Adams is browsing, many people and projects related to the general theme of hypertext and multimedia are presented:

 Vannevar Bush and his Memex concept
 Ted Nelson explains hypertext and Project Xanadu.
 Hans Peter Brøndmo talks about the idea of animated icons.
 Robert Winter talks about an interactive version of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
 An idea from Kurt Vonnegut's book Palm Sunday is presented: stories and narrative structures have shapes that can be represented mathematically as graphs.
 Robert Abel shows his multimedia version of Picasso's Guernica.
 Apple Multimedia Lab employees Steve Gano, Kristee Kreitman, Kristina Hooper, Michael Naimark and Fabrice Florin talk about a multimedia version of Life Story, a BBC TV movie dramatisation of the 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA.
 Amanda Goodenough presents Inigo Gets Out, an interactive story for children using Hypercard.
 Brad deGraf and Michael Wahrman talk about their digital puppet Mike Normal.
 A NASA Ames Research Center scientist presents a prototype Virtual Reality helmet  called Cyberiad.
 Marc Canter makes a cameo  (non-)appearance as an animated icon that is not "clicked" by Adams; the audience never gets to see his interview.

The dream (and the documentary) ends with a vision of how information might be accessed in 2005. Hyperland does describe a number of features of the modern web. This is especially noteworthy because it predates the public release of the first Web browser by about a year.

References

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 Douglas Adams Homepage about Hyperland
 An excerpt from the documentary featuring Ted Nelson
 

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Screen Two is a British television anthology drama series. It was produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 between 1985 to 1994. 
 
It was developed by producer Kenith Trodd.  It was popular enough with viewers for a BBC1 equivalent, Screen One, which was launched in 1989.

However, the mid-1990s saw a change for BBC drama.  They went away from single dramas toward drama series and serials. Screen One ended in 1993 and Screen Two in 1994. Movies from both strands are occasionally repeated on BBC Four.

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The Duchess is a 2008 drama movie directed by Saul Dibb. It is about the 18th-century English noblewoman Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It stars actors Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. The movie was based on a book by Amanda Foreman.

The costume designer Michael O'Connor was nominated for, and won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and the Satellite Award for Best Costume Design.

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