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[DOC] [TLE] Black Or White | Michael Jackson Official SiteBlack or White (Shortened Version) | Michael Jackson Official Site [PAR] Black or White (Shortened Version) [PAR] November 11, 1991 [PAR] Written and Composed by Michael Jackson [PAR] Rap Lyrics and Intro by Bill Bottrell [PAR] Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions, Inc. and Bill Botrell [PAR] Executive Producer: Michael Jackson [PAR] From the album Dangerous, released November 28, 1991 [PAR] Released as a single November 11, 1991 [PAR] THE SHORT FILM [PAR] Director: John Landis [PAR] Primary Production Location: Los Angeles, California [PAR] Michael Jackson’s short film for “Black or White” was the first of nine short films produced for recordings from Dangerous, Michael’s fourth album as an adult solo performer. As a single, “Black or White” was an international sensation, topping the charts in 20 countries in 1991 and 1992, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. [PAR] “Black or White” was certified Gold and Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 6, 1992. The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male in 1993. Both “Black or White” and its follow-up “Remember the Time” received BMI Urban Awards in 1993 for being two of the most performed songs of the year. [PAR] The ambitious “Black or White” short film again found Michael pushing the boundaries of the “music video” as art form. (This edited version of the short film was created for mainstream airtime after controversy arose over the final “panther sequence.”) [PAR] An extended prologue stars Macaulay Culkin as a boy whose father (George Wendt) is angered by the playing of loud rock music after bedtime. After being admonished for “wasting your time with this garbage,” Culkin vengefully plugs a guitar into an enormous speaker, blasting his father out of the house and across the globe, still sitting in his easy chair. [PAR] The main body of the “Black or White” short film reflects the song’s lyrical plea for racial and cultural unity. Michael is seen on the plains of Africa, the Vasquez Rocks in California, and outside traditional Russian architecture, singing and dancing with African tribesmen, Thai women, Native Americans, an Odissi dancer from India and a troupe of Hopak dancers. [PAR] At the song’s bridge, Michael triumphantly walks through fiery images of war and injustice before the mid-song rap by L.T.B. is lip-synched by Culkin. Michael sings the final chorus from the Statue of Liberty’s torch while other world landmarks loom in the background. This edited version of the short film closes with a lip-synched performance by people of various races, one face morphing into another seamlessly using computer-controlled special effects called “feature-based morphing.” This scene marked the first use of this technology outside of a major motion picture. (A young Tyra Banks is among the people in this scene.) [PAR] As the first Michael Jackson short film of the 1990s, “Black or White” was hotly anticipated. MTV, VH1, BET and FOX simultaneously premiered the full-length version of the short film on American television on November 14, 1991. (The broadcast achieved FOX’s highest Nielsen ratings ever.) Another 27 countries broadcast the short film at the same time, reaching a global audience of 500 million—a Guinness World Record for a music video premiere. [PAR] “Black or White” remains one of Michael’s most iconic short films. In 1998, VH1 ranked the “Black or White” premiere No. 47 on its list of 100 Greatest Rock N’ Roll Moments on TV, one of six moments featuring Michael. Three years later, in 2001, VH1 named “Black or White” the 38th greatest music video of all time, one of five of Jackson’s short films on the chart including “Thriller,” “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” and “Scream.” [PAR] In 2008, “Black or White” was ranked No. 52 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Top Music

Black or White came from which Michael Jackson album?

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[DOC] [TLE] Tennessee Williams Biography - life, family, children ...Tennessee Williams Biography - life, family, children, parents, name, story, death, wife, school [PAR] Tennessee Williams Biography [PAR] New York, New York [PAR] American dramatist, playwright, and writer [PAR] Tennessee Williams, dramatist and fiction writer, was one of America's major mid-twentieth-century playwrights. He is best known for his powerful plays, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. [PAR] Becoming Tennessee [PAR] Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams in Columbus, Mississippi, on March 26, 1914, the second of three children of Cornelius and Edwina Williams. His father, a traveling salesman, was rarely home and for many years the family lived with his mother's parents. As a result, the young boy developed a close relationship with his grandfather, and also his older sister, Rose. William's family life was never a happy one. His parents were resentful of each other, his mother once describing her husband as "a man's man" who loved to gamble and drink. When his father obtained a position at a shoe factory, the family moved to a crowded, low-rent apartment in St. Louis, Missouri. [PAR] About this time, young Thomas adopted the name Tennessee (presumably because many of his descendants hailed from that state). Williams grew to hate St. Louis. He and his sisters were often ridiculed by other students because of their Southern accent. He also skipped school regularly and did poorly in his studies, preferring instead to escape into the world of reading and writing. [PAR] At the age of sixteen Williams published his first story. The next year he entered the University of Missouri but left before taking a degree. He worked for two years for a shoe company, spent a year at Washington University (where he had his first plays produced), and earned a bachelor of arts degree from the State University of Iowa in 1938, the year he published his first short story under his literary name, Tennessee Williams. [PAR] In 1940 the Theatre Guild produced Williams's Battle of Angels in Boston, Massachusetts. The play was a total failure and was withdrawn after Boston's Watch and Ward Society banned it. Between 1940 and 1945 he lived on grants (donated money) from the Rockefeller Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, on income scraped together from an attempt to write film scripts in Hollywood, and on wages as a waiter-entertainer in Greenwich Village in New York City. [PAR] Accomplished playwright [PAR] With the production of The Glass Menagerie Williams's fortunes changed. The play opened in Chicago, Illinois, in December 1944 and in New York City in March; it received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and the Sidney Howard Memorial Award. You Touched Me!, written with Donald Windham, opened on Broadway in 1945. It was followed by publication of eleven one-act plays, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1946), and two California productions. When A Streetcar Named Desire opened in 1947, New York audiences knew a major playwright had [PAR] Tennessee Williams. [PAR] Library of Congress [PAR] . [PAR] arrived. A Streetcar Named Desire won a Pulitzer Prize. The play combines sensuality, melodrama, and lyrical symbolism (a poetic representation of significant things). A film version was directed by Elia Kazan (1909–) and their partnership lasted for more than a decade. [PAR] Although the plays that followed Streetcar never repeated its overwhelming success, they kept Williams's name on theater marquees and in films. His novel The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1950) and three volumes of short stories brought him an even wider audience. Some writers consider Summer and Smoke (1948) Williams's most sensitive play. While The Rose Tattoo (1951) played to appreciative audiences, Camino Real (1953) played to confused ones. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) was a smashing success and won the New York

In which US state was Tennessee Williams born?

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[DOC] [TLE] SolomonSolomon (; ISO 259-3 Šlomo; Shlemun; ', also colloquially: ' or '; Solomōn; ), also called Jedidiah (Hebrew ), was, according to the Bible (Book of Kings: 1 Kings 1–11; Book of Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 28–29, 2 Chronicles 1–9), Qur'an, and Hidden Words a fabulously wealthy and wise king of Israel and a son of David, the previous king of Israel. The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BC, normally given in alignment with the dates of David's reign. He is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, which would break apart into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah shortly after his death. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone. [PAR] According to the Talmud, Solomon is one of the 48 prophets. In the Qur'an, he is considered a major prophet, and Muslims generally refer to him by the Arabic variant Sulayman, son of David. Solomon (Arabic سليمان Sulaymān) was, according to the Qur'an, a king of ancient Israel as well as the son of David. The Qur'an recognizes Solomon as a prophet and a divinely-appointed monarch. Islamic tradition generally holds that Solomon was the third king of Israel and was a just and wise ruler for the nation. [PAR] The Hebrew Bible credits him as the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem. It portrays him as great in wisdom, wealth, and power beyond any of the previous kings of the country, but ultimately as a human king who sinned. His sins included idolatry and turning away from Yahweh, and led to the kingdom's being torn in two during the reign of his son Rehoboam. Solomon is the subject of many other later references and legends, most notably in the 1st-century apocryphal work known as the Testament of Solomon. In later years, in mostly non-biblical circles, Solomon also came to be known as a magician and an exorcist, with numerous amulets and medallion seals dating from the Hellenistic period invoking his name. [PAR] Biblical account [PAR] Childhood [PAR] Solomon was born in Jerusalem, the second born child to David and his wife Bathsheba, widow of Uriah the Hittite. The first child (unnamed in that account), a son conceived adulterously during Uriah's lifetime, had died before Solomon was conceived as a punishment by Yahweh on account of the death of Uriah by David's order. Solomon had three named full brothers through Bathsheba, Nathan, Shammua, and Shobab, besides six known older half-brothers through as many mothers. [PAR] Succession and administration [PAR] According to the First Book of Kings, when David was old, "he could not get warm." "So they sought a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not." [PAR] While David was in this state, court factions were maneuvering for power. David's heir apparent, Adonijah, acted to have himself declared king, but was outmaneuvered by Bathsheba and the prophet Nathan, who convinced David to proclaim Solomon king according to his earlier promise, despite Solomon being younger than his brothers. [PAR] Solomon, as instructed by David, began his reign with an extensive purge, including his father's chief general, Joab, among others, and further consolidated his position by appointing friends throughout the administration, including in religious positions as well as in civic and military posts. [PAR] Solomon greatly expanded his military strength, especially the cavalry and chariot arms. He founded numerous colonies, some of which doubled as trading posts and military outposts. [PAR] Trade relationships were a focus of his administration. In particular he continued his father's very profitable relationship with the Phoenician king Hiram of Tyre (see 'wealth' below); they sent out joint expeditions to the lands of Tarshish and Ophir to engage in the trade of luxury products, importing gold

Who were the parents of King Solomon?

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[DOC] [TLE] ‘A Farewell to Arms’ With Hemingway’s Alternate Endings ...‘A Farewell to Arms’ With Hemingway’s Alternate Endings - The New York Times [PAR] The New York Times [PAR] Books |To Use and Use Not [PAR] Search [PAR] Continue reading the main story [PAR] In an interview in The Paris Review in 1958 Ernest Hemingway made an admission that has inspired frustrated novelists ever since: The final words of “A Farewell to Arms,” his wartime masterpiece, were rewritten “39 times before I was satisfied.” [PAR] Those endings have become part of literary lore, but they have never been published together in their entirety, according to his longtime publisher, Scribner. [PAR] A new edition of “A Farewell to Arms,” which was originally published in 1929, will be released next week, including all the alternate endings, along with early drafts of other passages in the book. [PAR] The new edition is the result of an agreement between Hemingway’s estate and Scribner, now an imprint of Simon & Schuster. [PAR] Photo [PAR] Ernest Hemingway in 1947. Credit John F. Kennedy Library and Museum [PAR] It is also an attempt to redirect some of the attention paid in recent years to Hemingway’s swashbuckling, hard-drinking image — through fictional depictions in the best-selling novel “The Paris Wife” and the Woody Allen film “Midnight in Paris,” for instance — back to his sizable body of work. [PAR] Continue reading the main story [PAR] “I think people who are interested in writing and trying to write themselves will find it interesting to look at a great work and have some insight to how it was done,” Seán Hemingway, a grandson of Ernest Hemingway who is also a curator of Greek and Roman art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said in an interview. “But he is a writer who has captured the imagination of the American public, and these editions are interesting because they really focus on his work. Ultimately that’s his lasting contribution.” [PAR] Advertisement [PAR] Continue reading the main story [PAR] The new edition concludes that the 39 endings that Hemingway referred to are really more like 47. They have been preserved in the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston since 1979, where Seán Hemingway studied them carefully. (Bernard S. Oldsey, a Hemingway scholar, listed 41 endings in his book “Hemingway’s Hidden Craft,” but Seán Hemingway found 47 variations in manuscripts preserved at the Kennedy Library.) [PAR] The alternate endings are labeled and gathered in an appendix in the new edition, a 330-page book whose cover bears the novel’s original artwork, an illustration of a reclining man and woman, both topless. [PAR] For close readers of Hemingway the endings are a fascinating glimpse into how the novel could have concluded on a different note, sometimes more blunt and sometimes more optimistic. And since modern authors tend to produce their work on computers, the new edition also serves as an artifact of a bygone craft, with handwritten notes and long passages crossed out, giving readers a sense of an author’s process. (When asked in the 1958 Paris Review interview with George Plimpton what had stumped him, Hemingway said, “Getting the words right.”) [PAR] Photo [PAR] The new edition, with the original cover art. [PAR] The endings range from a short sentence or two to several paragraphs. [PAR] In No. 1, “The Nada Ending,” Hemingway wrote, “That is all there is to the story. Catherine died and you will die and I will die and that is all I can promise you.” [PAR] The “Live-Baby Ending,” listed as No. 7, concludes, “There is no end except death and birth is the only beginning.” [PAR] And in No. 34, the “Fitzgerald ending,” suggested by Hemingway’s friend F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway wrote that the world “breaks everyone,” and those “it does not break it kills.” [PAR] “It kills the very good and very gentle and the very brave impartially,” he wrote. “If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill

How many times did Ernest Hemingway revise the last page of A Farewell To Arms?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Search eText ...The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Search eText, Read Online, Study, Discuss. [PAR] Review and Analysis Gangster style [PAR] Maybe the funniest treatment of the book, ever. Enjoy! http://thug-notes.com/ [PAR] Posted By jlb4tlb at Tue 21 Jan 2014, 7:03 PM in The Picture of Dorian Gray || 0 Replies [PAR] Lord Henry's speech:goals and means. [PAR] Lord Henry's aims (goals) I shall not judge. "To be beautiful and young above all." It's his actual speech that is brilliant. I find his proposition in chapter 2: "Youth! Youth! Youth! There is nothing in the world but youth." He backs up his argument with that same paragraph in chapter 2 directed to Dorian and with two different paragraphs in chapter 1 directed to Basil. Chapter 2 Henry to Dorian: "Be young! It doesn't lasts long and is worth having. When youth go beauty goes and beauty is worth having because"... and he gives two reasons. Chapter 1 Henry to Basil: Paragraph 1: Beauty vs ugly Beauty vs intelligence Beauty = stupid = good (moral and estheatics are equalled...to be beautifu is a good thing a moral thing.) Paragraph 2: adds the time factor. This beauty which is so good doesn't last because we all try to be intelligent and well informed and therefore become ugly. Basically he ties beauty to a moral value. If to be beautiful is a moral thing wouldn't you do anything in the world (means) to achieve that goal? All his actions are justified for a higher goal, to be happy. Beauty brings happiness. I feel like if oscar wilde could have sta down one day and said, "Beauty, for or against. Discuss." You try it...try being a lawyer that has to defend that position in a debate....fascinating the way Oscar does it...whether you lik his goals or not...that is none of my business. About his goals....everyone is free to decide what values will make him or her happy. One can only debate the means used to achieve his goals. And his writing style, which in my opinion is timeless and perfection. [PAR] Posted By Akaruihi at Fri 8 Oct 2010, 2:08 PM in The Picture of Dorian Gray || 0 Replies [PAR] Original Picture of Dorian Grey [PAR] My friend and I have been trying to locate the original Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde, but to no avail. A simple Google search for that topic doesn't seem to provide much, and it's hard to go on hearsay from Google anyway. Does anyone know what I could search for? Or better yet, do you know where I could find a copy or download? Assistance is very much appreciated. Thank you. :) [PAR] Posted By Dameon Grey at Fri 14 May 2010, 2:57 AM in The Picture of Dorian Gray || 1 Reply [PAR] Questions about the Picture of Dorian Gray [PAR] What was the book that Lord Henry gave to Dorian Gray that fascinated dorian so much? What is the book about? Why was dorian so afraid that people view his painting? How did Dorian meet Sybil Vane? [PAR] Posted By lokariototal at Mon 30 Nov 2009, 12:50 AM in The Picture of Dorian Gray || 2 Replies [PAR] Explanation of an epigram from "Portrait of Dorian Gray" [PAR] For those of you familiar with this novel, I'm inquiring the meaning of Lord Henry Wotton's "The world goes to the altar of its own accord" in chapter 18. Thanks. *I meant "Picture of Dorian Gray" in the title* [PAR] Posted By Fruit at Tue 20 Oct 2009, 8:59 PM in The Picture of Dorian Gray || 1 Reply [PAR] Oscar Wilde [PAR] Hi,everyone! I just want to know your opinion!) Is The Picture of Dorian Gray a moral or immoral book? Thank you=) [PAR] Posted By Blue_sky at Wed 14 Oct 2009, 3:05 PM in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Who wrote The Picture Of Dorian Gray?

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[DOC] [TLE] Richard Nixon | president of United States | Britannica.comRichard Nixon | president of United States | Britannica.com [PAR] president of United States [PAR] Alternative Title: Richard Milhous Nixon [PAR] Richard Nixon [PAR] Dwight D. Eisenhower [PAR] Richard Nixon, in full Richard Milhous Nixon (born January 9, 1913, Yorba Linda , California , U.S.—died April 22, 1994, New York , New York), 37th president of the United States (1969–74), who, faced with almost certain impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal , became the first American president to resign from office. He was also vice president (1953–61) under Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower . (For a discussion of the history and nature of the presidency, see presidency of the United States of America .) [PAR] Richard M. Nixon, 1969. [PAR] Key events in the life of Richard M. Nixon. [PAR] Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. [PAR] Early life and congressional career [PAR] Richard Nixon was the second of five children born to Frank Nixon, a service station owner and grocer, and Hannah Milhous Nixon, whose devout Quakerism would exert a strong influence on her son. Nixon graduated from Whittier College in California in 1934 and from Duke University Law School in Durham, North Carolina , in 1937. Returning to Whittier to practice law, he met Thelma Catherine (“Pat”) Ryan ( Pat Nixon ), a teacher and amateur actress, after the two were cast in the same play at a local community theatre. The couple married in 1940. [PAR] United States: The Richard M. Nixon administration [PAR] In August 1942, after a brief stint in the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D.C., Nixon joined the navy, serving as an aviation ground officer in the Pacific and rising to the rank of lieutenant commander. Following his return to civilian life in 1946, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating five-term liberal Democratic Congressman Jerry Voorhis in a campaign that relied heavily on innuendos about Voorhis’s alleged communist sympathies. Running for reelection in 1948, Nixon entered and won both the Democratic and Republican primaries, which thus eliminated the need to participate in the general election. As a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAAC) in 1948–50, he took a leading role in the investigation of Alger Hiss , a former State Department official accused of spying for the Soviet Union . In dramatic testimony before the committee, Whittaker Chambers , a journalist and former spy, claimed that in 1937 Hiss had given him classified State Department papers for transmission to a Soviet agent. Hiss vehemently denied the charge but was later convicted of perjury . Nixon’s hostile questioning of Hiss during the committee hearings did much to make his national reputation as a fervent anticommunist. [PAR] Britannica Stories [PAR] Cheetahs Face Extinction Risk [PAR] In 1950 Nixon successfully ran for the United States Senate against Democratic Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas. After his campaign distributed “pink sheets” comparing Douglas’s voting record to that of Vito Marcantonio, a left-wing representative from New York, the Independent Review, a small Southern California newspaper, nicknamed him “Tricky Dick.” The epithet later became a favourite among Nixon’s opponents. [PAR] Vice presidency [PAR] At the Republican convention in 1952, Nixon won nomination as vice president on a ticket with Dwight D. Eisenhower , largely because of his anticommunist credentials but also because Republicans thought he could draw valuable support in the West. In the midst of the campaign, the New York Post reported that Nixon had been maintaining a secret “slush fund” provided by contributions from a group of southern California businessmen. Eisenhower was willing to give Nixon a chance to clear himself but emphasized that Nixon needed to emerge from the crisis “as clean as a hound’s tooth.” On September 23, 1952, Nixon delivered a nationally televised address, the so-called “ Checkers ” speech, in which he acknowledged the existence of the fund but denied that any of it had been used improperly. To demonstrate that he had not enriched himself in office, he listed his family’s financial assets and liabilities in embarrassing detail, noting that his wife, Pat, unlike the wives of so many Democratic politicians, did not own a fur coat

Richard Nixon was Vice President to which US state?

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[DOC] [TLE] Round-the-world-trip by helicopters: world record in ...Round-the-world-trip by helicopters: world record in Pulkovo Airport [PAR] Round-the-world-trip by helicopters: world record in Pulkovo Airport [PAR] 11 August 2008 [PAR] Round-the-world-trip by helicopters: world record in Pulkovo Airport [PAR] The day before, August, 10 at 16.20 the helicopter with a team which is making a world trip by helicopter with the purpose of breaking the world speed record landed in Pulkovo airport. The team — Scott Kasprovitz, Steve Shake. The departure base — New York. [PAR] There is no special navigation equipment on board. The purpose of the team is not just to set up a speed record but to make it without any special equipment, to test helicopter and try their strength. [PAR] The previous record was established in 1996 when two Americans Ron Bower and John Williams circled the Earth within 17 days 6 hours and 14 minutes. [PAR] The team departed from New York on Thursday, August, 7. At Friday night they broke flight speed record from New York to London. From Saint-Petersburg the team departed to Yaroslavl. [PAR] See details about the trip on the site: www.grandadventure08.com[DOC] [TLE] Duo Smashes Around-the-world Helo Speed Record | Business ...Duo Smashes Around-the-world Helo Speed Record | Business Aviation News: Aviation International News [PAR] Aviation International News [PAR] by Mark Huber [PAR]  - August 19, 2008, 11:14 AM [PAR] The “Grand Adventure” concluded yesterday morning at New York La Guardia Airport. Helicopter pilots Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik flew a stock twin-engine 2007 AgustaWestland A109S Grand 20,078 miles in a little more than 11 days, shattering the old record by almost six days. The pair beat the record without auxiliary fuel tanks, chase airplanes or an elaborate mission control. En route, they also set a new New York to London helicopter speed record, making the 3,449-nm trip in 40 hours 41 minutes and breaking the previous record by more than 35 hours. The round-the-world helicopter speed record had stood since 1996, when pilots Ron Bower and John Williams flew a Bell 430, outfitted with auxiliary fuel tanks, a distance of 20,508 miles in 17 days, 6 hours and 14 minutes. Kasprowicz and Sheik launched just after 3 a.m. on August 7. Their northerly route took them over the Atlantic, through Europe, Russia, Alaska and Western Canada before they began a circuitous route of the lower 48 states to amass the necessary mileage for the new record.[DOC] [TLE] Helicopter Pilots Break Round-the-World Speed Record - WIREDHelicopter Pilots Break Round-the-World Speed Record | WIRED [PAR] Helicopter Pilots Break Round-the-World Speed Record [PAR] subscribe [PAR] 6 months for $5 - plus a FREE Portable [PAR] Phone Charger. [PAR] 3 hours [PAR] There is no future. There is no past. There is only Donald Glover rocking this look. bit.ly/2jEg1wW [PAR] Author: Dave Demerjian. Dave Demerjian Gear [PAR] Date of Publication: 08.18.08. [PAR] Time of Publication: 1:18 pm. [PAR] 1:18 pm [PAR] Helicopter Pilots Break Round-the-World Speed Record [PAR] Two pilots have flown a helicopter around the world in a record 13 days, breaking the previous record by four days during a trip that took them through 15 countries, 24 time zones and 30 states. [PAR] Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik landed at LaGuardia Airport at 10:15 a.m. today, ending a whirlwind global journey that started with a record-setting jaunt across the Atlantic but nearly fell apart in Russia when lousy airports and an engine problem threatened to sideline them. But they kept at it, pushing themselves and their aircraft to the limits in pursuit of a dream. [PAR] "Both Steve and I love a challenge," Kasprowicz told us. "We figured flying around the world was pretty big." [PAR] Kasprowicz is an aircraft junkie with 30 years of experience who knows his way around a chopper. Earlier

Ron Bower and John Williams set a speed record for going round the world in a what?

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[DOC] [TLE] Breed Profile: English Cocker Spaniel | LovePetsBreed Profile: English Cocker Spaniel | LovePets [PAR] Breed Profile: English Cocker Spaniel [PAR] Breed Profile: English Cocker Spaniel [PAR] Cheerful and intelligent dogs, very popular in the UK [PAR] Colors: Black, tan, white, blue, roan, golden, lemon, liver, orange, red, sable [PAR] Interesting Facts [PAR] The English Cocker Spaniel shares many characteristics with the English Springer Spaniel . The only differences between the two dogs are the Springer Spaniel's larger size and longer snout, and the Cocker Spaniel's longer ears. [PAR] English Cocker Spaniels, like their companion the American Cocker Spaniel , can excel in both field trials and the show ring. [PAR] Spaniels as a group are a very old breed of dog, and it's thought they may have originated in Spain due to their name being very similar to the French word for Spain (Espagnol). [PAR] In hunting, the English Cocker Spaniel is used to flush game from dense bush so the hunters can shoot. [PAR] Overview [PAR] The English Cocker Spaniel is a breed that saw massive popularity during the eighties and nineties, but has since declined as interest turned toward other sporting breeds. However, the English Cocker Spaniel remains a hugely popular house pet, especially in England . This is due to their wonderful personality and their appealing, graceful appearance. [PAR] The defining feature of a English Cocker Spaniel's personality is their cheerful nature. The breed is noteworthy for having a happy-go-lucky attitude and seemingly endless optimism. As a result, they have been employed as therapy dogs, especially for depression patients. What makes them even more effective at this task is the strong bond they forge with their human. [PAR] They are loyal to their people and very easy to train. English Cocker Spaniels are one of the smartest dog breeds in the world, ranked 18th overall in The Intelligence of Dogs by Stanley Coren. [PAR] Social training is quite simple with English Cocker Spaniels as they have a natural tendency to get along with other people, other dogs, and children. They do very well in a multi-dog household. The breed is an athletic one that was developed to work in the field, so daily exercise is required. They also have a longer coat that needs frequent grooming and their floppy ears must be kept clean. [PAR] Health Facts [PAR] Most English Cocker Spaniels are healthy dogs and have an average lifespan of 11-12 years. There are a few health conditions that prospective pet parents need to be aware of. [PAR] Hip dysplasia can occur, but breeders are working to reduce the incidence in the breed. [PAR] Eye diseases such as cataracts and progressive retinal atrophy can cause vision problems. [PAR] A 2010 study found that 5% of English Cocker Spaniels were deaf in one or both ears. [PAR] Rage syndrome is unprovoked aggression that can occur in a small number of English Cocker Spaniels. It's thought to be associated with lower than normal levels of serotonin in the brain. [PAR] Notable Animals [PAR] Lupo, the family pet of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine, is an English Cocker Spaniel. [PAR] Fluff the English Cocker Spaniel belonged to writer Elizabeth Barrett Browning [PAR] Photo ©iStock.com/GlobalP, ©iStock.com/RyhorBruyeu[DOC] [TLE] Elizabeth Barrett Browning - tititudorancea.netElizabeth Barrett Browning [PAR] E [PAR] Elizabeth Barrett Browning [PAR] Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861) was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime. Browning published many poems in her lifetime, and many more were published by her husband after her death. [PAR] Early life [PAR] Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett was born on March 6, 1806, in Coxhoe Hall, between the villages of Coxhoe and Kelloe in County Durham, England. Her parents were Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett and Mary Graham-Clarke; she was the eldest of their 12 children (eight boys and four girls). All the children survived except for one girl who died at the age of four, when Elizabeth was eight. All the children in her family had nicknames: Elizabeth's

What was the name of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's pet golden cocker spaniel ?

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[DOC] [TLE] Gisel questions1 - Pastebin.comGisel questions1 - Pastebin.com [PAR] Gisel questions1 [PAR] What is the name of Dr. Seuss's egg-hatching elephant? [PAR] horton [PAR] Who was Clark Kent's high school sweetheart? [PAR] lana lang [PAR] What was the first published Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? [PAR] "A study in scarlet" [PAR] To whom did Herman Melville dedicate his novel, Moby Dick? [PAR] nathanial hawthorne [PAR] What was the name of the girlfriend of Felix the Cat? [PAR] phyllis [PAR] Under what assumed name did Oscar Wilde live out the last three years of his life, in "France? [PAR] sebastian melmoth [PAR] What was Scarlett O'Hara's real first name? [PAR] katie [PAR] How many years did Robinson Crusoe spend shipwrecked on his island? [PAR] 24|twenty four [PAR] George G. Moppet was the father of what comic strip character? [PAR] littlee lulu [PAR] What one word was intentionally left out of the movie version of Mario Puzo's novel, "The Godfather". even though this word was the working title of the book? [PAR] mafia [PAR] In the comic strips, what was the name of Mandrake the Magician's giant partner? [PAR] lothar [PAR] What was the name of the pig leader in George Orwell's Animal Farm? [PAR] nepoleon [PAR] Tess Trueheart is the wife of what comic strip character? [PAR] dick tracy [PAR] In the Little Orphan Annie comic strip, what was the name of Daddy Warbucks's Giant bodyguard who wore a turban? [PAR] punjab [PAR] The Terror of the Monster was an early title for a best-selling novel which inspired one of the highest-grossing movies of the mid-70's. Under what name did it eventually terrify the reading and film going public? [PAR] jaws [PAR] What famous American writer was granted a patent for a best-selling book that contained no words? [PAR] mark twain [PAR] The Emerald City was the working title of which classic novel? [PAR] "The wonderful wizard of oz" [PAR] What book was Mark David Chapman carrying with him when he killed John Lennon on 12/8/80? [PAR] catcher in the rye [PAR] In the 1953 biopic about the famous Houdini who played the starring role? [PAR] tony curtis [PAR] O'Hare International airport is in which city? [PAR] chicago [PAR] Rap originated In what country? [PAR] usa|united states [PAR] After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. declared war on which country? [PAR] japan [PAR] What was the movie "Twister "about? [PAR] tornados [PAR] What is the name of the prehistoric town in which The Flintstones live? [PAR] bedrock [PAR] Barbie dolls were first made in which 20th-century decade? [PAR] 50's|50s|1950s [PAR] American supermarkets introduced what kind of codes in the mid 70s? [PAR] barcodes|bar codes [PAR] How many carats is pure gold? [PAR] 24|twentyfour|twenty four [PAR] Carlos Estevez is better known as whom? [PAR] charlie sheen [PAR] A 2000 year old, life size terracotta army was discovered in which country? [PAR] china [PAR] How long did the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 last? [PAR] 6 days|six days [PAR] RAW Paste Data [PAR] What is the name of Dr. Seuss's egg-hatching elephant? horton Who was Clark Kent's high school sweetheart? lana lang What was the first published Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? "A study in scarlet" To whom did Herman Melville dedicate his novel, Moby Dick? nathanial hawthorne What was the name of the girlfriend of Felix the Cat? phyllis Under what assumed name did Oscar Wilde live out the last three years of his life, in "France? sebastian melmoth What was Scarlett O'Hara's real first name? katie How many years did Robinson Crusoe spend shipwrecked on his island? 24|twenty four George G. Moppet was the father of what comic strip character? littlee lulu What one word was intentionally left out of the movie version of Mario Puzo's novel, "The Godfather". even though this word was the working title of the book? mafia In the comic strips, what was the name of Mandrake the Magician's giant partner? lothar What was the name of the pig leader in George Orwell's Animal Farm? nepoleon Tess Trueheart is the wife of what comic strip character? dick tracy In the Little Orphan Annie comic strip, what was

"What one word was intentionally left out of the movie version of Mario Puzo's novel, ""The Godfather"". even though this word was the working title of the book?"

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[DOC] [TLE] I Feel Pretty, song (from "West… | Details | AllMusicI Feel Pretty, song (from "West… | Details | AllMusic [PAR] google+ [PAR] Description by Robert Cummings [PAR] West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein 's 1957 Broadway hit, features songs that generally fall into two categories -- those dealing with romance ("Maria," "Tonight," "Somewhere," etc.) and those of a humorous or sassy character ("Jet Song," "America," "Cool," "Gee Officer Krupke," etc.). But "I Feel Pretty" is the one song whose Richard Rodgers -like gaiety and elegance place it in a different category, making it seem almost out of place in this ultimately tragic musical, an updated take on Romeo and Juliet. In the story Maria, swept away in her love for Tony but unaware he has just killed her brother, sings it in the bridal shop where she works. [PAR] "I Feel Pretty" features one of Bernstein 's more memorable melodies: its first four notes, deliciously rhythmic in their rising contour, repeat, then are reduced to three, then to two. This forms the core of the theme and the rest is brilliantly imagined as well. Bernstein 's instrumentation colors the music with a Latin character (note the recurring rhythmic motif for brass) and so does the girls' chorus that enters midway through. Stephen Sondheim 's lyrics deftly capture Maria's bliss and newfound sense of confidence, while expressing the sass and sarcasm of her coworkers ("Have you met my good friend Maria, the craziest girl on the block?"). All in all, this song must be counted among the plentiful gems from West Side Story. [PAR] Appears On[DOC] [TLE] Musical theatreMusical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. [PAR] Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the works of Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and those of Harrigan and Hart in America. These were followed by the numerous Edwardian musical comedies and the musical theatre works of American creators like George M. Cohan. The Princess Theatre musicals and other smart shows like Of Thee I Sing (1931) were artistic steps forward beyond revues and other frothy entertainments of the early 20th century and led to such groundbreaking works as Show Boat (1927) and Oklahoma! (1943). Some of the most famous and iconic musicals through the decades that followed include [PAR] West Side Story (1957), The Fantasticks (1960), Hair (1967), A Chorus Line (1975), Les Misérables (1985), The Phantom of the Opera (1986), Rent (1996), The Producers (2001), Wicked (2003) and Hamilton (2015). [PAR] Musicals are performed around the world. They may be presented in large venues, such as big-budget Broadway or West End productions in New York City or London. Alternatively, musicals may be staged in smaller fringe theatre, Off-Broadway or regional theatre productions, or on tour. Musicals are often presented by amateur and school groups in churches, schools and other performance spaces. In addition to the United States and Britain, there are vibrant musical theatre scenes in continental Europe, Asia, Australasia, Canada and Latin America. [PAR] Definitions and scope [PAR] Book musicals [PAR] Since the 20th century, the "book musical" has been defined as a musical play where songs and dances are fully integrated into a well-made story with serious dramatic goals that is able to

Which musical featured the song I Feel Pretty?

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[DOC] [TLE] Oklahoma Music Trail: Charlie Christian | TravelOK.com ...Oklahoma Music Trail: Charlie Christian | TravelOK.com - Oklahoma's Official Travel & Tourism Site [PAR] Charlie Christian [PAR] Born: 7 / 29 / 1916     Died: 3 / 2 / 1942 [PAR] Charlie Christian, an early pioneer of the electric jazz guitar and “Father of Bebop,” was born on July 29, 1916 to parents Clarence and Willie Christian.  Although Charlie Christian’s career was tragically cut short by his untimely death in 1942, he forever impacted the world of music. Christian is credited with bringing the guitar out of the rhythm section and making it a solo instrument during the era of jazz .  No longer was the guitar seen as merely a back-up to the saxophone, trumpet and clarinet, widely accepted as the era’s powerhouse instruments. Charlie brought the same musical expressiveness to solo guitar work, setting the stage for the guitar’s elevated presence in genres such as Western swing , country , rockabilly and rock and roll . [PAR] Christian was raised in a musically talented family that moved from Texas to Oklahoma City in 1918 when young Charlie was only two years old. By age 10, Charlie had learned to play the trumpet, following in the footsteps of his father and older brothers, who had already mastered the instrument.  At age 12, the young musician switched his focus from the trumpet to the guitar, fashioning his own crudely made guitars out of discarded cigar boxes and learning how to strum a beat on them. [PAR] Christian attended Douglass High School in Oklahoma City and cut his musical teeth in Deep Deuce , an African American neighborhood that centered around Northeast 2nd Street in downtown.  Deep Deuce became a hotbed for jazz and welcomed popular musicians such as Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington during its heyday. [PAR] Charlie bought his first electric guitar, a Gibson ES-150 – an instrument that would forever change his musical career and, because of his mastery of it, the future of music itself. [PAR] In 1930, when Charlie was only 14 years old, he landed his first gig as a guitarist, playing acoustic guitar solos for songs such as “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “Tea for Two,” and “Rose Room” during a performance by the Don Redman Orchestra at Honey Murphy’s Club in Oklahoma City.  Charlie began making the rounds within Deep Deuce’s nightclub scene, then-known as the hottest jazz and blues district in the region, while studying guitar and learning musical theory with his boyhood friend T-Bone Walker under the watchful eye of Ralph “Big-Foot Chuck” Hamilton. [PAR] In 1934, Christian began performing as a bassist for the Alphonso Trent Band.  The group toured regionally with stops in Kansas City, Dallas, Little Rock and Tulsa , among others.  He spent the next few years touring with The Jolly Jugglers, Anna Mae Winburn Orchestra and the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra. [PAR] In 1937, Christian discovered the electric guitar when he met Count Basie’s guitarist Eddie Durham while playing a show back in Oklahoma City.  Eddie, who is credited with having recorded one of the first amplified guitar solos, began giving the young Charlie pointers on how to master the instrument. “I never saw anyone learn so fast, nor have I seen anyone rise to the top so quickly,” Durham later remarked.  Soon afterward, Charlie bought his first electric guitar, a Gibson ES-150 – an instrument that would forever change his musical career and, because of his mastery of it, the future of music itself. [PAR] While working at The Dome in Bismarck, North Dakota, Christian met jazz guitarist Mary Osborne who heard him play the electric guitar. Osborne later recalled that it was "the most startling thing" she ever heard, a sound akin to that of a “garbled saxophone.”  Charlie had successfully changed the electric guitar from a rhythm instrument into a solo presence in the orchestra while pioneering a single-string technique later emulated by the likes of B.B. King and Chuck Berry.  [PAR] "I never saw anyone learn so fast, nor have I seen anyone rise to the top

With which instrument was Charlie Christian associated?

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[DOC] [TLE] Baird Television - John Logie BairdBaird Television [PAR] BAIRD TELEVISION [PAR] WELCOME [PAR] This site is about John Logie Baird (1888-1946), the Scotsman who was the first person in the world to demonstrate a working television system. On January 26th, 1926, a viable television system was demonstrated using mechanical picture scanning with electronic amplification at the transmitter and at the receiver. It could be sent by radio or over ordinary telephone lines, leading to the historic trans-Atlantic transmissions of television from London to New York in February, 1928. [PAR] This site provides information not only on Baird and his life's work, but also on other pioneers of television and the development of the television industry to the present day. The What's New section is on recent events, anniversaries, publications etc. concerning Baird. The Contents list gives access to a gallery of longer articles, some of which go back to the early 1920s. At the end of Contents are the Links to information about other prominent figures in the history of television and excellent other websites on television history. [PAR] Updates are made to the site every few months by its creators Iain L. Baird and Malcolm H.I. Baird who are, respectively, the grandson and the son of J.L. Baird. [PAR] CONTENTS [PAR] (Last updated 1st January 2017) [PAR] What's new at Bairdtelevision.com? [PAR] The Evolution of Television from Baird to the Digital Age [PAR] January 27 - 11:30 am - 4:30 pm [PAR] The IEEE UK and Ireland Section is arranging a full-day event at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS, England) to celebrate the first public demonstration of television on 26th January 1926 at 22 Frith Street, London by John Logie Baird. The demonstration is recorded as being attended by some 40 members of the Royal Institution (RIGB). [PAR] The event will be free to attend but by invitation only (you can request to be invited at the link below), with sponsorship including the IEEE Life Members Affinity Group. It will include presentations about the television inventions of John Logie Baird, setting them into the context of prior and subsequent TV inventions and developments, and other achievements which have led to the present availability of television-related products and systems. [PAR] The IEEE Board of Directors has approved an IEEE History Milestone Plaque to recognise the first public demonstration of television on 26th January 1926, to be installed in Frith Street, Soho, with an unveiling ceremony on 26th January 2017. Anyone may come to Frith Street to watch the unveiling which is expected to be at about 1400. A recording of the ceremony will be shown during the event at the Royal Institution on 27th January 2017. [PAR] To ask to be invited to event on the 27th, please go to this link , and fill out the form at the bottom of the page where it says 'register your interest'. [PAR] Diana Richardson (nee Baird), 1932-2016 [PAR] Click here to read the tribute written by Elizabeth Richardson for the Museum of Communication, Burntisland on 10 July 2016, first published in their November 2016 newsletter. [PAR] The 80th Anniversary of the World's First High Definition Television Service [PAR] On the 2nd November 1936 the BBC launched its new 'high definition' television service for Greater London. This was run using the competing television systems from two private companies, Baird Television Ltd. and Marconi-EMI. Malcolm Baird wrote a personal retrospective for the 75th Anniversary which won the Pat Leggatt Award from the British Vintage Wireless Society, and which still very much applies today. Click here to revisit the article . [PAR] Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers: John Logie Baird Lecture - From Concept to Screen [PAR] In this year's SMPTE (UK Section) John Logie Baird lecture, held on the evening of 22 June in London, speakers looked at how modern information technology in television has influenced the content chain from concept to screen. Click here for further details. [PAR] On August 26 2014 the SMPTE first announced that John Logie Baird was inducted to their Honor Roll (scroll down to see the original news item below). The SMPTE

In which John Logie Baird invent television?

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[DOC] [TLE] Timeline: Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937 - American ExperienceTimeline . Amelia Earhart . American Experience . WGBH | PBS [PAR] Other Timelines [PAR] July 24, 1897: A 20th Century Childhood [PAR] Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison, Kansas, to parents Amy Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister, Muriel, is born two years later. [PAR] Amelia lives primarily with her maternal grandparents in Atchison during the school year and spends summers with her parents in Kansas City. Despite her grandmother?s disapproval, Amelia spends her free time roaming the outdoors — riding imaginary horses, climbing trees, sledding, and hunting. [PAR] 1908 [PAR] Amelia rejoins her parents in Des Moines, Iowa. She sees an airplane for the first time at the Iowa State Fair and later recalls being unimpressed — “It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting.” It was not until a decade later, at a stunt-flying exhibition, that Amelia's passion for flight is awakened. [PAR] 1910-1915 [PAR] These are turbulent, difficult years for Amelia and her family. Amelia's grandmother, who raised her, dies in 1911. Her father struggles with alcoholism, losing his job and checking into a sanatorium for a month to rehabilitate himself. The family moves to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1913. When Edwin is again unable to recover and find a job, Amy leaves him and moves with Amelia and Muriel to Chicago. [PAR] June 1916: Amelia's Education [PAR] Amelia graduates from Hyde Park High School in Chicago. She excels in science, only enrolling at Hyde Park after determining that it had the best science program in the area. However, she has trouble making friends — her yearbook caption reads, “A.E. — the girl in brown who walks alone.” [PAR] Fall 1916-1918 [PAR] Amelia attends the Ogontz School, an exclusive finishing school outside of Philadelphia. She again excels in her studies and becomes Vice President of her class. She does not graduate, however, choosing instead to volunteer at Toronto's Spadina Military Hospital as a nurse for wounded World War I soldiers. [PAR] While in Toronto, she attends a flying exposition with a friend. A stunt pilot dives at Amelia and her friend — “I am sure he said to himself, “watch me make them scamper,"“ Amelia later recalled — but Amelia stands her ground. She points to this incident as a personal awakening — “I did not understand it at the time, but I believe that little red airplane said something to me as it swished by.” [PAR] Fall 1919-1920 [PAR] Amelia enters the pre-med program at Columbia University but after a year decides to leave to join her parents, who have reunited in Los Angeles. [PAR] December 28, 1920: Hooked on Flying [PAR] Amelia attends an air show on Long Beach with her father. With pilot Frank Hawk, she takes her first ride in an airplane. “By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground, I knew I had to fly,” she later recalled. [PAR] Library of Congress [PAR] Amelia Earhart as a young aviatrix in the 1920s. [PAR] January 3, 1921 [PAR] Amelia has her first flying lesson with pilot Neta Snook. She works a variety of jobs — truck driver, photographer, stenographer — to save money for these lessons, and six months later is able to purchase her first airplane, a yellow Kinner Airster biplane she names the Canary . [PAR] December 15, 1921 [PAR] Amelia passes her flying license tests given by the National Aeronautic Association. She flies in the Pacific Coast Ladies' Derby in Pasadena two days later. [PAR] October 22, 1922 [PAR] Amelia sets an unofficial altitude record for female pilots after flying the Canary to 14,000 feet. [PAR] May 16, 1923 [PAR] Amelia is issued an international pilot's license by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI ), becoming the 16th woman ever to achieve this. [PAR] 1924: Hiatus from Aviation [PAR] Amelia's parents divorce, and Amelia drives with her mother from California to Massachusetts where they move in with sister Muriel. Amelia goes to New York briefly to reenroll at Columbia,

Amelia Earhart was born in which state?

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[DOC] [TLE] Barry Clifford, at it again! | PiratesAhoy!Barry Clifford, at it again! | PiratesAhoy! [PAR] Please take a moment to read our Welcome Message and Forum Rules . [PAR] Barry Clifford, at it again! [PAR] Tweet [PAR] by Thagarr , Aug 20, 2010 at 10:04 AM [PAR] Thagarr Pining for the Fjords! Staff Member Administrator Creative Support Storm Modder News Gatherer Hearts of Oak Donator [PAR] Joined: [PAR] Steeler Country [PAR] [imgleft]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_cQOyQjTP3GY/SzdzZcJpthI/AAAAAAAAAIU/lTv6nE8qBxo/pa-logo.gif[/imgleft]In late September, Barry Clifford will be off to an island off the east coast of Madagascar to do what he does best, explore sunken pirate ships! Clifford is headed to the small island of Île Sainte-Marie This is the first major expedition that I know of to search for pirate history in the area. It makes sense as these were some of the most pirate infested waters of the Golden Age! [PAR] Ile Sainte-Marie, or St. Mary's Island as it is known in English, became a popular base for pirates throughout the 17th and 18th centuries due to several reasons: it was not far from the maritime routes along which ships returning from the East Indies sailed in transit, their holds overflowing with wealth, it was provided with bays and inlets protected from storms and finally, it had abundant fruit and was situated in quiet waters. Legendary pirates like William Kidd, Robert Culliford, Olivier Levasseur, Henry Every, and Thomas Tew, lived in the île aux Forbans, an island located in the bay of Sainte Marie's main town, Ambodifotatra. Many of them would found a family line. A lot of vestiges of this history remains at Sainte Marie. For example, several authentic pirate vessels still lie within a few meters of the surface in the Baie des Forbans. Two of these have been tentatively identified as the remains of Captain Kidd's Adventure Galley and Captain Condent's Fiery Dragon. [PAR] The utopian pirate republic of Libertatia was also rumored to exist in this area, although the republic's existence, let alone its location, has never been proven. [PAR] Click to expand... [PAR] Barry Clifford made a name for himself in 1984 by discovering the first authentic pirate shipwreck ever found, The Whydah! If you haven't read up on the Whydah, it is really quite fascinating, this single wreck has done more to give a picture of what real pirate life was like than almost any other source. You can read more about it HERE! This time Clifford will be looking to explore 5 sunken ships he first discovered in 1999, and he also has plans to explore some underwater tunnels in the area. This time, he will be looking for artifacts of the pirate Olivier Le Vasseur, known as "The Buzzard." I can't wait to see just what this expedition uncovers, it should be fascinating to say the least! [PAR] P'town explorer heading to pirate ships [PAR] PROVINCETOWN — Pirating the world's great sailing ships in the Indian Ocean was a career option in the early 1700s. In late September, underwater explorer Barry Clifford of Province-town will head to an island off the east coast of Madagascar to get to the bottom of it. [PAR] Clifford first discovered five antique ships sunken in the harbor of Sainte Marie Island in 1999 and 2000 along with underwater tunnels that may hold the stashes of renowned French pirate Olivier Le Vasseur, known as "The Buzzard." [PAR] "The Buzzard" was an apprentice pirate with Capt. "Black Sam" Bellamy, Clifford told the Times yesterday. Bellamy captured 50 ships in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including the Whydah in 1717, a three-masted English slave ship with silver and gold treasure that sunk off Wellfleet three months after it was seized. Clifford discovered the Whydah wreck in 1984, shooting him to fame. [PAR] Artifacts from the Whydah are housed at Clifford's museum at MacMillan Pier in Provincetown and a National Geographic exhibition "Pirates of the Whydah," in cooperation with Clifford, is currently touring museums across the country. [PAR] The shipwrecks off Sainte Marie Island, which Clifford calls "pirate central" of the late 1600s and early 1700s, include the Adventure Galley, a ship

Barry Clifford found fame discovering what?

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[DOC] [TLE] Fabian - Nostalgia CentralFabian [PAR] Fabian [PAR] by • Artists - F , Music - 1950s [PAR] Born Fabiano Forte in Philadelphia on 6 February 1943, he attended the same boys club as his neighbourhood friends Frankie Avalon and  Bobby Rydell .  [PAR] All three had budding ambitions to become famous singers. In 1957 Fabian was introduced to Bob Marcucci and Peter de Angelis, who headed Chancellor Records in Philadelphia and was signed to a recording contract. [PAR] De Angelis reasoned that with Fabian's good looks and just a moderate voice he was destined for major success. [PAR] De Angelis recounted the story: "We were talking to Frankie Avalon  and he said he knew a fifteen-year-old kid at Southern High who looked like a cross between  Elvis  and  Ricky Nelson . So Bob went over to take a look. He was so pretty, we just knew he had to be a commercial proposition, so we signed him and taught him a few things vocally. But he never really did go much on singing." [PAR] His first single release in 1958 was Lillie Lou which failed miserably in the chart, but his follow-ups I'm A Man and Turn Me Loose established him as a major attraction. [PAR] Shrewd guidance by Marcucci and de Angelis, along with brilliant packaging and publicity, kept the wheels of success in motion. Appearances on  American Bandstand  helped too. The girls went wild. Despite being hailed by one music journalist as "the worst pop star in the world", Fabian quickly became a teenage heart-throb. [PAR] In 1959 he recorded his only million-selling single, Tiger. The same year he was signed to make his first movie, Hound Dog Man. Other films followed in rapid succession including High Time, North To Alaska and  The Longest Day  (1962). [PAR] Fabian continued to enjoy a successful movie career, and appeared also on television, starring in the celebrated Bus Stop series in the 1960's. [PAR] After 1970 he reverted back to his original name of Fabian Forte. He never regained his former stature, but has continued performing for more than 40 years, eventually appearing in concert with Frankie Avalon  and Bobby Rydell  as 'The Golden Boys'. [PAR] He posed for a nude photo spread in  Playboy  in 1974 but regretted it later, saying he looked "fat and stupid". [PAR] The 1980 movie  The Idolmaker  was a thinly-disguised biography of Fabian (called "Caesare" in the film). In the movie version, singer Caesare - a pretty boy with very little singing talent - goes through a whirlwind of success in a short time, then abruptly fires his songwriters and quits his record label. [PAR] Fabian threatened a lawsuit at the time of the film's release though the filmmakers insisted that the film presented only fictional characters. "Coincidentally", Bob Marcucci was a consultant on the film. [PAR] RELATED ARTICLES[DOC] [TLE] Turn him loose: Fabian, now living in Fayette, comes up ...Turn him loose: Fabian, now living in Fayette, comes up for the Italian Festival [PAR] Turn him loose: Fabian, now living in Fayette, comes up for the Italian Festival [PAR] Friday, August 31, 2001 [PAR] By Scott Mervis, Weekend Editor, Post-Gazette [PAR] When industry people warn that today's teen pop stars can expect to have about three good years on top, they're using a model that goes all the way back to the '50s. [PAR]   [PAR] Former teen idol Fabian will perform at the annual Italian Summerfest at 9:15 p.m. tomorrow. [PAR] Festival hours are noon to 11 p.m. tomorrow. [PAR] Tickets are $8; $3 for kids 3 to 12. Call 412-323-1919. [PAR]     [PAR] Fabian Anthony Forte -- who really only needs one name: Fabian -- was one of those three-year teen idols, starting his recording career in 1958 when he was 14 and wrapping it up at 17. [PAR] "The record business is the least part of my career," says Fabian, who performs tomorrow

Which record company signed Fabian?

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[DOC] [TLE] Deepwater Contract Off Norway Extended - Hydro InternationalDeepwater Contract Off Norway Extended [PAR] Deepwater Contract Off Norway Extended [PAR] News [PAR] Deepwater Contract Off Norway Extended - 30/06/2009 [PAR] Metocean Services International (Pty) Ltd (MSI) has received a one year extension to the deep water current measurement programme north of Trondheim (Norway) in the Luva field for StatoilHydro. The Luva field is located about 240 kilometres west of Bodø and the licence was awarded in 1996. The water depth in the area is around 1,300m and the reservoir is 2,800 metres beneath the seabed. Recoverable reserves in the field are estimated at some 38 billion cubic metres of gas. [PAR]   [PAR]   [PAR] The mooring, which extends from seabed to about 50m below the surface, was deployed in August 2008 and comprises a TRDI 300kHz ADCP, 14 Nortek Aquadopp current meters and 15 RBR Ltd XR420 CTD loggers. During the initial period of this deployment, an excellent data return has been achieved. [PAR]   [PAR] The measurement programme was initially planned for 1 year with service visits at 2 monthly intervals. As a result of the extension the service interval has been extended to 3 months and the offshore operations will be conducted from the MV Ocean Prince. [PAR]   [PAR] This extension again emphasises that MSI can undertake projects in all reaches of the world from their bases in South Africa and Australia. Since its formation nearly 6 years ago, MSI has successfully undertaken projects in over 20 countries and this number continues to grow. Formed in 2003, MSI provides the entire range of oceanographic and meteorological services internationally to the oil and gas industry, coastal engineers, dredging companies and port authorities. [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] TrondheimTrondheim, historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It has a population of 187,353 (January 1, 2016), and is the third most populous municipality in Norway, although the fourth largest urban area. It is the third largest city in the country, with a population (2013) of 169,972 inhabitants within the city borders. The city functions as the administrative centre of Sør-Trøndelag county. Trondheim lies on the south shore of the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Nidelva. The city is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), St. Olavs University Hospital and other technology-oriented institutions. [PAR] The settlement was founded in 997 as a trading post, and it served as the capital of Norway during the Viking Age until 1217. From 1152 to 1537, the city was the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nidaros; since then, it has remained the seat of the Lutheran Diocese of Nidaros and the Nidaros Cathedral. It was incorporated in 1838. The current municipality dates from 1964, when Trondheim merged with Byneset, Leinstrand, Strinda and Tiller. [PAR] History [PAR] For the ecclesiastical history, see Archiepiscopate of Nidaros [PAR] Trondheim was named Kaupangen () by Viking King Olav Tryggvason in 997. Shortly thereafter it came to be called Nidaros. In the beginning it was frequently used as a military retainer (Old Norse: "hird"-man) of King Olav I. It was frequently used as the seat of the king, and was the capital of Norway until 1217. [PAR] People have been living in the region for thousands of years as evidenced by the rock carvings in central Norway, the Nøstvet and Lihult cultures and the Corded Ware culture. In ancient times, the Kings of Norway were hailed at Øretinget in Trondheim, the place for the assembly of all free men by the mouth of the river Nidelva. Harald Fairhair (865–933) was hailed as the king here, as was his son, Haakon I, called 'the Good'. The battle of Kalvskinnet took place in Trondheim in 1179: King Sverre Sigurdsson and his Birkebeiner warriors were victorious against Erling Skakke (a rival to the throne). Some scholars believe that the famous Lewis chessmen, 12th-century chess pieces carved from walrus ivory found in the Hebrides and now at the British Museum, may have been made in Trondheim. [PAR] Trondheim was the seat of the (Catholic) Archdiocese of

In which country is the deepwater port of Trondheim?

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[DOC] [TLE] Jersey Boy's life on stage | jacksonville.comJersey Boy's life on stage [PAR] Posted March 12, 2012 06:35 am - Updated March 12, 2012 11:15 am [PAR] By [PAR] Charlie Patton [PAR] Jersey Boy's life on stage [PAR] Bob Gaudio, one of the Four Seasons; 'Jersey Boys' is the story of the popular '60s music group. [PAR] The Broadway Show Joseph Leo Bwarie, Preston Truman Boyd, John Gardiner and Michael Lomenda sing “Walk Like a Man.” [PAR] The Real Jersey Boys Bob Gaudio (from left), Frankie Valli, Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito [PAR] Gaudio [PAR] Sometimes Bob Gaudio sits in a theater watching “Jersey Boys” and lets himself enjoy the music and the story the way any audience member would do. [PAR] “That’s fun,” Gaudio said in a recent interview. [PAR] But it wasn’t all fun while it was happening, the now 70-year-old musician said. He was a founding member of the Four Seasons, the musical group whose story is told in “Jersey Boys,” the 2006 winner of the Tony Award for best musical, which comes to the Moran Theater in the Times-Union Center for 24 performances beginning Tuesday. [PAR] Gaudio likes to quote a line attributed in “Jersey Boys” to his band mate Nick Massi: “You sell 100 million records, you see how you handle it.” [PAR] “It was not an easy time,” said Gaudio, who gets a “music by” credit on “Jersey Boys,” and either wrote or co-wrote, with producer Bob Crewe, most of the Four Seasons songs. “We pretty much took some bruises, financially, mentally, damage to our families. It’s a tough life … It was not a fun time other than when the lights went on.” [PAR] The group got its start in 1960 when Frankie Valli and Gaudio formed Four Seasons Partnership. The Four Seasons had Valli on lead vocals, with Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Massi performing the music and providing backup vocals. [PAR] The group’s first single vanished without a trace and they were working as session musicians when Gaudio wrote “Sherry” in 1962. “Sherry” spent five weeks at No. 1 and was followed by two more chart-topping hits in 1962, “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Walk Like a Man.” The group had 16 top 40 hits in their first 28 months. [PAR] Then the Beatles and the British Invasion began to radically change popular music. In the spring of 1965, the song “Toy Soldier” became the first original Four Seasons single since the success of “Sherry” that failed to reach the Top 40. The Four Seasons would record more hits, but their period as the most popular rock band in America was over. [PAR] In late 1965, Massi became the first member of the group to leave. Both DeVito and Gaudio quit touring in 1971, though Gaudio kept writing songs for Valli and his group. The 1960-65 Four Seasons were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. [PAR] Gaudio has concentrated primarily on composing for the last four decades while Valli remains on a perpetual tour. Observing the success in the 1990s of the “jukebox musical” — a genre of musicals, like “Mamma Mia!,” which use the songs of a rock group as the score — Gaudio said he and Valli began to kick around the idea of doing something with their story. [PAR] So when writers Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman met with them in 2002, Valli and Gaudio were open to the idea of a show using their music. They were also open to their story being the plot of the musical, an idea the writers quickly suggested after listening to some of the tales Valli and Gaudio had to tell. [PAR] “Frankie and I had discussed many offers for TV movies,” Gaudio said. “We came to the conclusion it would probably be a quick burn, and then what? It wouldn’t have sustaining power. The idea of attaching our music to a bio made sense. We knew things that people didn’t know.”

Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi sang with which group?

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[DOC] [TLE] Anjelica Huston - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS NewsAnjelica Huston - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News [PAR] Anjelica Huston [PAR] Next [PAR] Anjelica Huston poses backstage during the 8th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, February 25, 2006 in Beverly Hills. [PAR] Acting is in her blood. In more than 50 movies, Anjelica Huston played some pretty imposing characters, like her Oscar-nominated role as a con artist in "The Grifters," the ghoulish Morticia in "The Addams Family," and the girlfriend of a mob hit man in "Prizzi's Honor," for which she won an Academy Award. [PAR] By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan [PAR] Credit: Mark Mainz/Getty Images [PAR] Left: Director John Huston, with his daughter Anjelica, at the 1961 Berlin Film Festival. [PAR] Anjelica Huston was born heir to a Hollywood dynasty. Her grandfather, actor Walter Huston, won an Oscar for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre." It was directed by her father, John Huston, who took home an Oscar, too. Anjelica's older brother, Tony, became an actor and screenwriter, while her younger brother, Danny, also became an actor. Anjelica's nephew, Jack Huston, also took up acting ("Boardwalk Empire"). [PAR] Correspondent Lee Cowan asked Anjelica, "Did you feel it was a burden, a family burden?" [PAR] "I always liked being a Huston," she replied. "And I always felt like it was my right, and it was my birthright and it was who I was." [PAR] Credit: Courtesy of Scribers Books [PAR] Anjelica Huston kissed by her older brother, Tony. [PAR] She was born in Santa Monica, Calif., but grew up on a country estate in Ireland. [PAR] Credit: Courtesy of Scribers Books [PAR] Anjelica Huston with her mother, Enrica, a former ballerina who was John Huston's fourth wife; her older brother Tony; and her father John Huston, December 1956 in Tobago. [PAR] Credit: Courtesy of Anjelica Huston [PAR] Anjelica Huston in the summer of 1958. [PAR] Credit: Courtesy of Anjelica Huston [PAR] Anjelica Huston climbing a tree at age 7. [PAR] Credit: Stephen Dane/Courtesy of Scribers Books [PAR] A Huston family portrait in Ireland, 1962. [PAR] Credit: Courtesy of Scribers Books [PAR] Anjelika Huston on Victoria, in Rome, 1963. [PAR] Credit: Courtesy of Anjelica Huston [PAR] An undated portrait of Anjelica Huston, at the Peggy Carty School in Ireland. [PAR] Credit: Courtesy of Anjelica Huston [PAR] When Anjelica was 16, John Huston cast her in her first movie, a medieval romance titled, "A Walk With Love and Death." [PAR] In a 1987 interview with CBS News, John Huston said it was "a big mistake" casting his daughter: "I put her into a picture at the wrong moment. She wasn't all that good in it." [PAR] Anjelica Huston agreed, telling correspondent Lee Cowan, "I wasn't ready to work with him. And he was too tough on me, and it was all too personal." [PAR] The critics tore her apart, but the harsh reviews were suddenly replaced by another harsh reality: the death of her mother in a car accident. [PAR] Credit: 20th Century Fox [PAR] Left: Anjelica Huston applying makeup backstage at Zandra Rhodes' charity fashion show for the Newsvendor's Benevolent Fund at the Savoy in London, June 13, 1973. [PAR] Following the death of her mother, Anjelica moved to New York, where she was soon modeling for the likes of Vogue. She also took up with well-known fashion photographer Bob Richardson, who was 23 years older than she. [PAR] Credit: Tim Jenkins/Courtesy of Scribers Books [PAR] Anjelica Huston arrives at the 58th annual Academy Awards ceremony with her "Prizzi's Honor" co-star Jack Nicholson, March 24, 1986 in Los Angeles. [PAR] Beginning in 1973, Huston and Nicholson were together for 16 years -- their private life a source of constant speculation. Their relationship was very publicly ended when Nicholson fathered a child with someone else. [PAR] Credit: AP Photo

In which country was Angelica Huston born?

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[DOC] [TLE] Air GreenlandAir Greenland A/S is the flag carrier airline of Greenland, a subsidiary of the SAS Group, owned by the SAS Group, The Greenlandic Government and The Danish Government. It operates a fleet of 32 aircraft, including 1 airliner used for transatlantic and charter flights, 9 fixed-wing aircraft primarily serving the domestic network, and 22 helicopters feeding passengers from the smaller communities into the domestic airport network. Flights to heliports in the remote settlements are operated on contract with the government of Greenland. [PAR] Founded in 1960 as Grønlandsfly, the airline started its first services with Catalina water planes and within the decade expanded to include DHC-3 Otters as well as Sikorsky S-61 helicopters, some of which remain in active service. The majority of operations were based on helicopters until the newly established Greenland Home Rule began investing in a network of short takeoff and landing airfields. These were very expensive to construct and Greenland's airport fees are still among the highest in the world; they also required a new fleet: DHC-7 turboprops uniquely suited to the harsh terrain and weather conditions in Greenland. The reliability of connections improved as the domestic airport network expanded in the 1990s: increasing use of the Dash 7s made the airline less restricted by inclement weather. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Air Greenland acquired a Boeing 757 and an Airbus A330, allowing it to open connections to Copenhagen, until then operated by SAS which also competed mid to late 2000s. In the 21st century, it competes with Air Iceland for international connections and small charter services domestically. [PAR] Besides running scheduled services and government-contracted flights to most villages in the country, the airline also supports remote research stations, provides charter services for tourists and Greenland's energy and mineral-resource industries, and permits medivac during emergencies. Air Greenland has seven subsidiaries, an airline, hotels, tour operators, a travel agency specialized in Greenlandic tourism and the Arctic Umiaq Line, an unprofitable but government-subsidized ferry service. [PAR] History [PAR] 1960s [PAR] The airline was established on 7 November 1960 as Grønlandsfly A/S by the Scandinavian Airlines System (now SAS) and Kryolitselskabet Øresund, a Danish mining company involved with the cryolite operations at Ivittuut to provide transport and logistics for four American radar bases in Greenland. In 1962, interests in the firm were acquired by the Provincial Council (now the Greenland Home Rule Government) and the Royal Greenland Trade Department (now KNI). [PAR] The first flights serving the American bases in Greenland operated lightweight DHC-3 Otters and Sikorsky S-55 helicopters chartered from Canada. After a crash in 1961, Grønlandsfly used PBY Catalina water planes and DHC-6 Twin Otters on domestic routes. One of the Catalinas then crashed in 1962. In 1965, the Douglas DC-4 became the line's first larger airplane. It was followed by Sikorsky S-61 helicopters, which have remained in use: in 2010, they still served the communities of Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland year-round and those of Disko Bay during the winter. [PAR] 1970s [PAR] During the 1970s, Grønlandsfly upgraded its DC-4 to the newer DC-6, but principally focused on expanding its helicopter fleet, purchasing five more S-61s. By 1972, it opened up service to east Greenland with a helicopter based in Tasiilaq, and established Greenlandair Charter. Mining at Maamorilik in the Uummannaq Fjord required still more helicopters, and the airline purchased Bell 206s for the route. Grønlandsfly also picked up a Danish government contract to fly reconnaissance missions regarding the sea ice around Greenland. [PAR] By the end of 1979, the number of Grønlandsfly passengers served annually exceeded 60,000, more than the population of Greenland. That year, the airline's first international route was also opened, running between Greenland's capital Nuuk and the town of Iqaluit in northern Canada. The route connected Greenland's Kalaallit with Canada's Inuit and was operated in conjunction with the Canadian First Air line, but the planes were generally run empty and the route was shuttered 13 years later. [PAR] 1980s [PAR] The establishment of the Greenland Home Rule Government in 1979 led to investment in a regional network of true airports, with short take-off and landing (STOL) airfields constructed in Nuuk,

Which country does the airline Gronlandsfly come from?

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[DOC] [TLE] Prime Minister of IsraelThe Prime Minister of Israel (, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: ) is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful figure in Israeli politics. Although the President of Israel is the country's head of state, his powers are largely ceremonial; the prime minister holds most of the real power. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem. The current prime minister is Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud, the ninth person to hold the position (excluding caretakers). [PAR] Following an election, the president nominates a member of the Knesset to become prime minister after asking party leaders whom they support for the position. The nominee then presents a government platform and must receive a vote of confidence in order to become prime minister. In practice, the prime minister is usually the leader of the largest party in the governing coalition. [PAR] Between 1996 and 2001, the prime minister was directly elected, separately from the Knesset. [PAR] History [PAR] The office of prime minister came into existence on 14 May 1948, the date of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, when the provisional government was created. David Ben-Gurion, leader of Mapai and head of the Jewish Agency became Israel's first prime minister. The position became permanent on 8 March 1949, when the first government was formed. Ben-Gurion retained his role until late 1953, when he resigned in order to settle in the Kibbutz of Sde Boker. He was replaced by Moshe Sharett. However, Ben-Gurion returned in a little under two years to reclaim his position. He resigned for a second time in 1963, breaking away from Mapai to form Rafi. Levi Eshkol took over as head of Mapai and prime minister. He became the first prime minister to head the country under the banner of two parties when Mapai formed the Alignment with Ahdut HaAvoda in 1965. In 1968 he also became the only party leader to command an absolute majority in the Knesset, after Mapam and Rafi merged into the Alignment, giving it 63 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. [PAR] On 26 February 1969, Eshkol became the first prime minister to die in office, and was temporarily replaced by Yigal Allon. However, Allon's stint lasted less than a month, as the party persuaded Golda Meir to return to political life and become prime minister in March 1969. Meir was Israel's first woman prime minister, and the third in the world (after Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Indira Gandhi). [PAR] Meir resigned in 1974 after the Agranat Commission published its findings on the Yom Kippur War, even though it had absolved her of blame. Yitzhak Rabin took over, though he also resigned towards the end of the eighth Knesset's term following a series of scandals. Those included the suicide of Housing Minister Avraham Ofer after police began investigating allegations that he had used party funds illegally, and the affair involving Asher Yadlin (the governor-designate of the Bank of Israel), who was sentenced to five years in prison for having accepted bribes. Rabin's wife, Leah, was also found to have had an overseas bank account, which was illegal in Israel at the time. [PAR] Menachem Begin became the first right-wing prime minister when his Likud won the 1977 elections, and retained the post in the 1981 elections. He resigned in 1983 for health reasons, passing the reins of power to Yitzhak Shamir. [PAR] After the 1984 elections had proved inconclusive with neither the Alignment nor Likud able to form a government, a national unity government was formed with a rotating prime ministership – Shimon Peres took the first two years, and was replaced by Shamir midway through the Knesset term. [PAR] Although the 1988 elections produced another national unity government, Shamir was able to take the role alone. Peres made an abortive bid to form a left-wing government in 1990, but failed, leaving Shamir in power until 1992. [PAR] Rabin became prime minister for the second time when he led Labour to victory in the 1992 elections. After his assassination on 4 November 1995, Peres took over as prime minister. [PAR] Direct election

Who was Israeli Prime Minister from 1969 to 1974?

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[DOC] [TLE] Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico (Code :: MEX ...Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico (Code :: MEX) | Mexico City Airport Map, Benito Juarez International Airport Code [PAR] Timezone : America/Mexico_City [PAR] Benito Juarez International Airport Timezone : GMT -06:00 hours [PAR] Current time and date at Benito Juarez International Airport is 12:37:04 PM (CST) on Thursday, Jan 19, 2017 [PAR] Looking for information on Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico? Know about Benito Juarez International Airport in detail. Find out the location of Benito Juarez International Airport on Mexico map and also find out airports near to Mexico City. This airport locator is a very useful tool for travelers to know where is Benito Juarez International Airport located and also provide information like hotels near Benito Juarez International Airport, airlines operating to Benito Juarez International Airport etc... IATA Code and ICAO Code of all airports in Mexico. Scroll down to know more about Benito Juarez International Airport or Mexico City Airport, Mexico. [PAR] Benito Juarez International Airport Map - Location of Benito Juarez International Airport [PAR] Load Map [PAR] This page provides all the information you need to know about Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico. This page is created with the aim of helping travelers and tourists visiting Mexico or traveling to Mexico City Airport. [PAR] Details about Mexico City Airport given here include [PAR] Benito Juarez International Airport Code - IATA Code (3 letter airport codes) and ICAO Code (4 letter airport codes) [PAR] Coordinates of Mexico City Airport - Latitude and Longitude (Lat and Long) of Benito Juarez International Airport [PAR] Location of Benito Juarez International Airport - City Name, Country, Country Codes etc... [PAR] Benito Juarez International Airport Time Zone and Current time at Benito Juarez International Airport [PAR] Address and contact details of Benito Juarez International Airport along with website address of the airport [PAR] Clickable Location Map of Benito Juarez International Airport on Google Map. [PAR] General information about Mexico where Benito Juarez International Airport is located in the city of Mexico City. General information include capital of Mexico, currency and conversion rate of Mexico currency, Telephone Country code, exchange rate against US Dollar and Euro in case of major world currencies etc... [PAR] MEX - Benito Juarez International Airport IATA Code and MMMX - Benito Juarez International Airport ICAO code[DOC] [TLE] Mexico City International Airport / Benito Juárez ...Mexico City International Airport / Benito Juárez International Airport (Iata: Mex) [PAR] Mexico City Airport Mexico City Airport Information Airport Arrivals Airport Departures Airport Map About [PAR] Whether you are taking off or touching down at Mexico City Airport/Benito Juárez International Airport (IATA:MEX), start your journey here at www.mexicocityairport.com. This site brings together the Mexico City Airport/Benito Juárez International Airport (IATA:MEX) information and the best deals to help you plan your trip in advance and save money. Flight information, current weather, comparison prices on services like car rental - it's all here, to help your trip run smoothly and and ensure you take off with great deals! Please note this is not the official website for this airport. [PAR] * Please note that the flight information for Juarez International Airport is provided by FlightStats. For the most accurate information please visit the Airlines listed above directly. Delays and cancellations may not be immediately listed. Please note this is not the official website for this airport.[DOC] [TLE] Cheap Flights to Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juarez (MEXCheap Flights to Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juarez (MEX) - Search Flights to Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juarez from Cheapflights.com [PAR] Flights to Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juarez [PAR] Cheap flights to Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juarez (MEX) [PAR] See all USA departure airports for flights to Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juarez [PAR] Named after Mexico’s former president, Benito Juarez International Airport, also called Mexico City International Airport (MEX) is situated in the densely populated capital, Mexico City. It is the country’s busiest airport, serving approximately 24 million passengers per year, and once renovations are complete, it will be able to handle up to 32 million passengers per year. [PAR] In spite of developments, though, Mexico City International is far from being adequate for the huge number of travelers who use it each year. This is due to the fact that it

Benito Juarez international airport is in which country?

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[DOC] [TLE] Tommy Lee Jones Quotes | Contactmusic.comTommy Lee Jones Quotes | Contactmusic.com [PAR] Follow Tommy Lee Jones [PAR] 29th July 2015 [PAR] Fact: Tommy Lee Jones is joining Matt Damon in the upcoming installment of The Bourne Identity franchise. Details of the Oscar winner's role have yet to be revealed, but according to Variety, Jones is slated to play a "superior officer at the CIA" in the action series. [PAR] 13th April 2015 [PAR] Fact: Actor Tommy Lee Jones has dropped the asking price for his horse ranch in Florida after it failed to sell at $27 million (£17 million) between 2011 and 2013. The 55-acre San Saba Polo Ranch is now back on the market for less than $20 million (£12.5 million). It boosts 48 horse stalls, a lake, polo field and nature reserve around the four-bedroom property, according to TMZ.com. [PAR] 19th November 2014 [PAR] Quote: "He's so smart and on our first day... I was very nervous... I come up into the scene and he gives me some direction and I had no idea what he was talking about - he said it in a way... I didn't get it, clearly because he said, 'Ok, let me rephrase that'... He was just using Harvard words." Hilary Swank had problems understanding her The Homesman co-star/director Tommy Lee Jones on the set. [PAR] 8th November 2014 [PAR] Fact: Tommy Lee Jones , Jessica Alba and Michelle Yeoh will join Jason Statham in the sequel to action movie The Mechanic. Brit Statham will return as hitman Arthur Bishop in Dennis Gansel's Mechanic: Resurrection [PAR] 24th July 2014 [PAR] Fact: Tommy Lee Jones is set to reunite with his Jfk co-stars Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman in upcoming thriller Criminal. [PAR] 30th August 2012 [PAR] Fact: Actor Tommy Lee Jones will join Ewan McGregor as an honouree at Spain's San Sebastian International Film Festival in September (12). The stars, along with director Oliver Stone, will receive the Donostia Award for their contributions to cinema. [PAR] 4th February 2011 [PAR] Quote: "I wasn't doing anything and Tommy Lee called me and said he had this project that he was very passionate about, and he wanted to direct, and he was gonna be in this two-man piece, and the only person he could see to do the other side of this role was me." SAMUEL L. JACKSON was easily persuaded to join his Hollywood pal Tommy Lee Jones in new TV movie, The Sunset Limited, based on the play by Cormac MCCarthy. [PAR] 27th August 2009 [PAR] Quote: "Beyond rude. And he thinks he has such a good education. A snob. You want to say, 'Darling, we've all been to good schools. Calm down.' He went to Yale - big deal. Didn't we all?" Comedienne Joan Rivers isn't a fan of Tommy Lee Jones . [PAR] 12th November 2008 [PAR] Fact: Tommy Lee Jones has been honoured at the Argentinean International Film Festival - the actor's handprints have been set in cement outside the Mar De Plata headquarters. [PAR] 4th February 2008 [PAR] Quote: "Albuquerque is a really hard place to work. It's very noisy. There are crows there, planes, trucks, people working on their cars. It's just a noisy place to shoot." Tommy Lee Jones on shooting NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN in New Mexico. [PAR] 2nd February 2008 [PAR] Fact: Actor Tommy Lee Jones was presented with the American Riviera Award at the 2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday (01Feb08). [PAR] 15th November 2007 [PAR] Fact: Kill Bill star Uma Thurman will join actor Tommy Lee Jones to co-host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honour of his former college roommate and ex-U.S. vice president, Al Gore . Celebrities Alicia Keys , Annie Lennox and Melissa Etheridge will all take to the stage for the concert on 11 December (07). [PAR] 8th November 2007 [PAR] Fact: Actor Tommy Lee Jones will co-host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honour of his former college roommate and ex-U.S. vice president, Al Gore .

Which movie director was born on exactly the same day as actor Tommy Lee Jones?

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[DOC] [TLE] Vicki Lawrence The night the lights went out in Georgia ...Vicki Lawrence The night the lights went out in Georgia 1973 - YouTube [PAR] Vicki Lawrence The night the lights went out in Georgia 1973 [PAR] Want to watch this again later? [PAR] Sign in to add this video to a playlist. [PAR] Need to report the video? [PAR] Sign in to report inappropriate content. [PAR] Rating is available when the video has been rented. [PAR] This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. [PAR] Published on Dec 24, 2013 [PAR] Vikki Lawrence The night the lights went down in Georgia [PAR] Category [PAR] Standard YouTube License [PAR] Music[DOC] [TLE] The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki LawrenceThe Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki Lawrence Songfacts [PAR] The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia by Vicki Lawrence Songfacts [PAR] Songfacts [PAR] This song tells the tale of a man who finds out from his friend Andy that his wife had cheated on him with both Andy and a guy named Seth. This being Georgia, he gets a gun and sets out to kill Andy, but when he gets there Andy is already dead. The police show up, arrest him for killing Andy and he is hanged. The singer then reveals that she is the man's sister and that she shot Andy and also killed her brother's wife. [PAR] This was the only hit for Lawrence. She was an actress on The Carol Burnett Show and starred in Mama's Family. She briefly had her own talk show, called Vicki! [PAR] This was written by Bobby Russell, who was Lawrence's husband at the time. They divorced soon after this was released. Russell also wrote " Honey ," which was a hit in 1968 for Bobby Goldsboro. He died of a heart attack in 1992. [PAR] Russell didn't think much of this song when he wrote it, and couldn't find anyone to record it. Lawrence liked it and recorded a demo of it. Producer Snuff Garrett decided she should do the song and recorded it with her. [PAR] This was offered to Cher, but Sonny Bono turned it down on her behalf. Cher didn't know until years later that she was offered the song. [PAR] The song was the basis for a movie of the same name in 1981 starring Kristy McNichol. [PAR] Reba McEntire recorded a version in 1991 that was a Country hit. In her version of the song, she uses the word "Daddy" instead of "Papa," >> [PAR] Suggestion credit:[DOC] [TLE] Vicki Lawrence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia ...VICKI LAWRENCE - THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA LYRICS [PAR] The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia Lyrics [PAR] Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia Lyrics [PAR] We do not have the lyrics for The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia yet. [PAR] Unfortunately we're not authorized to show these lyrics. [PAR] Add Comment [PAR] Anonymous [PAR] Well that was mighty nice of little sister to let her innocent brother hang for a murder she commited, don't ya think?! Guess she thought herself a real hero. [PAR] Thank you very much Mr. Ron [PAR] In the Know [PAR] Cancel [PAR] Bad selection [PAR] Cannot annotate a non-flat selection. Make sure your selection starts and ends within the same node. [PAR] (example of bad selection): This is bold text and this is normal text. [PAR] (example of good selection): This is bold text and this is normal text. [PAR] Bad selection[DOC] [TLE] Vicki Lawrence - Biography - IMDbVicki Lawrence - Biography - IMDb [PAR] Vicki Lawrence [PAR] Biography [PAR] Showing all 127 items [PAR] Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trade Mark  (3) | Trivia  (97) | Personal Quotes  (20) [PAR] Overview (4) [PAR] 5' 6½" (1.69 m) [PAR] Mini Bio (1) [PAR] Famed actress, comedian, singer, and dancer Vicki Lawrence has appeared in television shows, on Broadway and in nightclubs

Who had a 70s No 1 hit with The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia?

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[DOC] [TLE] Norvell "Oliver" Hardy (1892 - 1957) - Genealogy - GeniNorvell "Oliver" Hardy (1892 - 1957) - Genealogy [PAR] Norvell "Oliver" Hardy [PAR] "Babe Hardy", "Oliver Hardy", "Oliver Norvell Hardy", "Oliver N. Hardy" [PAR] Birthdate: [PAR] in North Hollywood, California, USA [PAR] Cause of death: [PAR] NewspaperARCHIVE.com [PAR] Text: [PAR] "...of -n pay a final tribute to- day to Oliver Hardy, 65, the fat funnyman of the slapstick era, 'ho died Wednesday. Hardy's old '.''Sta... [PAR] Date: [PAR] NewspaperARCHIVE.com [PAR] Text: [PAR] "...and Hardy died today j Death came at the home ol Mrs Monnie L Jones his moth erinlaw He had suffered a par alytic stroke last Sept 12... [PAR] Date: [PAR] Aug 7 1957 - Los Angeles, California, USA [PAR] Father's last name: [PAR] Jan 18 1892 - Harlem, Georgia [PAR] Death: [PAR] Aug 7 1957 - North Hollywood, California [PAR] Parents: [PAR] NewspaperARCHIVE.com [PAR] Text: [PAR] ... human historv s a mother. COMIiUIAX DIES NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Cahf. Oliver Hardy, the rotund half o! the movie comedy team of Laure! and Har... [PAR] Date: [PAR] NewspaperARCHIVE.com [PAR] Text: [PAR] "...and Hardy, died today. Death came at the home of Mrs. Monnic L. Jonub. his mother-in- law. He had suffered paralytic stroke last Sept... [PAR] Date: [PAR] NewspaperARCHIVE.com [PAR] Text: [PAR] ... Virginia." Services Are Held In Beverly Hills For Comedian Hardy BEVERLY HILLS. Calif. Masonic funeral services were held Friday for com... [PAR] Date: [PAR] NewspaperARCHIVE.com [PAR] Text: [PAR] "...a final tribute, iof day to Oliver 'Hardy, 65, the fat funnyman of the slapslick era, who'died Wednesday: Hardy's old partner and fri... [PAR] Date: [PAR] Compilation of Published Sources [PAR] Text: [PAR] ... comedian Oliver (Babe) Hardy haa broughfioa close one of the greateit eras ... In comedy. The fall guy half of the Uurel and Hardy slaps... [PAR] Date: [PAR] Australian Newspapers [PAR] Text: [PAR] ... Hotel be- fore going to the course were Major and Mrs. Holt Hardy (Mrs. Hardy was before her re- cent marriage Miss Sue ... ; Itrbutll h... [PAR] Publication: [PAR] Feb 8 1940 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [PAR] Page: [PAR] Australian Newspapers [PAR] Text: [PAR] ... Tattersall's Hotel before going to the course were Major and Mrs. Holt Hardy (Mrs. Hardy was before her recent marriage Miss Sue Russell... [PAR] Publication: [PAR] Feb 17 1940 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [PAR] Page: [PAR] Australian Newspapers [PAR] Text: [PAR] ...ears. After the marriage her husband commenced going out at night playing cards. He gave her no money for her support, but used to bring ... [PAR] Publication: [PAR] Feb 23 1940 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia [PAR] Page: [PAR] stepmother [PAR] About Oliver Hardy [PAR] American comedic actor Oliver Hardy was one half of the famous Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955. Hardy’s screen character was noted for his genteel pomposity, his tie twiddle, and long suffering look while dealing with Stan’s character and his well-meaning but ultimately frustrating on screen antics. [PAR] Unlike his future screen partner Stan Laurel, Hardy did not come from a show business family. He was born Norvell Hardy on January 18, 1892 in Harlem, Georgia. His father was a lawyer who died when Hardy was ten; his mother was a hotel owner in both his native Georgia and in Florida. Sometime prior to 1910, Hardy began styling himself "Oliver Norvell Hardy", with the first name “Oliver” being added as a tribute to his father. He appeared as “Oliver N. Hardy” in the 1910 U.S. census, and in all subsequent legal records, marriage announcements, etc., Hardy used “Oliver” as his first name. [PAR] The young Hardy became fascinated with show business through the stories spun by the performers who stayed at his mother's hotel, and at age eight he ran away

What was Oliver Hardy's real first name?

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[DOC] [TLE] Garry Winogrand · SFMOMAGarry Winogrand · SFMOMA [PAR] Garry Winogrand [PAR] March 09-June 02, 2013 [PAR] Widely acknowledged as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) captured moments of everyday American life in the postwar era, producing an expansive picture of a nation rich with possibility yet threatening to spin out of control. He did much of his best-known work in New York in the 1960s, becoming a major voice of that tumultuous decade. But he also roamed widely around the United States, from California and Texas to Miami and Chicago. He photographed the rich and powerful and everyday strangers on the street; antiwar protesters and politicians; airports and zoos. In many of these pictures, humor and visual energy are the flip sides of an anxious instability. As photographer and guest curator Leo Rubinfien says, "The hope and buoyancy of middle-class life in postwar America is half of the emotional heart of Winogrand's work. The other half is a sense of undoing." [PAR] When he died suddenly at age 56, Winogrand left behind thousands of rolls of exposed but undeveloped film and unedited contact sheets — some 250,000 frames in total. Nearly 100 of these pictures have been printed for the first time for this long-awaited retrospective of his work. By presenting such archival discoveries alongside celebrated pictures, Garry Winogrand reframes a career that was, like the artist's America, both epic and unresolved. This exhibition has been jointly organized by SFMOMA and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and will travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Jeu de Paume in Paris, and Fundación MAPFRE in Madrid. [PAR] Garry Winogrand is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The international tour of this exhibition is sponsored by the Terra Foundation for American Art. [PAR] Leadership support is provided by Randi and Bob Fisher. Major support is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Bernard Osher Foundation. [PAR] Generous support is provided by Linda and Jon Gruber, Nion T. McEvoy, and an anonymous donor. Additional support is provided by The Black Dog Private Foundation, the George Frederick Jewett Foundation, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Christopher and Michele Meany, Kate and Wes Mitchell, Andy and Mary Pilara, and Susan Steinhauser, Daniel Greenberg, and the Greenberg Foundation. [PAR] Share [PAR] Link Copied [PAR] Garry Winogrand, Los Angeles, ca.1980-83; gelatin silver print; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco [PAR] Garry Winogrand, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 1980-83; gelatin silver print; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco [PAR] Garry Winogrand, Coney Island, New York, ca. 1952; gelatin silver print; collection The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchase and gift of Barbara Schwartz in memory of Eugene M. Schwartz; The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco [PAR] Garry Winogrand, New York, ca. 1962; gelatin silver print; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco [PAR] Garry Winogrand, Metropolitan Opera, New York, ca. 1951; gelatin silver print; Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco [PAR] Garry Winogrand, New York World's Fair, 1964; gelatin silver print; Collection SFMOMA, Gift of Dr. L. F. Peede, Jr.; The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco [PAR] Events[DOC] [TLE] Garry Winogrand in Los Angeles - X-TRAX-TRA [PAR] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [PAR] March 9–June 2, 2013 [PAR] Benjamin Lord [PAR] SHARE:    Facebook     Twitter [PAR] The crowd is his element, as the air is that of birds and water of fishes. His passion and his profession are to become one flesh with the

What was the profession of New Yorker Garry Winogrand?

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[DOC] [TLE] Born On The Same Day | People born on exactly the same day ...Born On The Same Day | People born on exactly the same day (but they're not twins). | Page 25 [PAR] Born On The Same Day [PAR] Posted on January 23, 2011 by Born On The Same Day [PAR] Olga Korbut [PAR] Olga Valentinovna Korbut (b. May 16, 1955 in Hrodna), also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at theSummer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team. [PAR] Debra Winger [PAR] Mary Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. A three-time Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 1993. [PAR] Hazel O’Connor [PAR] Hazel O’Connor (born 16 May 1955, Coventry, England) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She became famous in the early 1980s with hit singles “Eighth Day”, “D-Days” and “Will You”, as well as starring in the film Breaking Glass. [PAR] Links: [PAR] Posted on January 23, 2011 by Born On The Same Day [PAR] Ritchie Valens [PAR] Ritchie Valens (born Ricardo Esteban Valenzuela Reyes; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Valens’ recording career lasted only eight months. During this time, however, he scored several hits, most notably “La Bamba”, which was originally a Mexican folk song that Valens transformed with a rock rhythm and beat that became a hit in 1958. On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as The Day the Music Died, Valens was killed in a small-plane crash in Iowa, a tragedy that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. [PAR] Joe Brown [PAR] Photo by Garry Knight [PAR] Joe Brown, MBE (born Joseph Roger Brown, 13 May 1941, Swarby, Lincolnshire) is an English entertainer. Brown has worked as a rock and roll singer andguitarist for more than five decades. He was a stage and television performer in the late 1950s and a UK recording star in the early 1960s. He made six films, presented specialist radio series for BBC Radio 2, appeared on the West End stage and has written an autobiography. [PAR] Miles Kington [PAR] Miles Beresford Kington (13 May 1941 – 30 January 2008) was a British journalist, musician (a double bass player for Instant Sunshine and other groups) and broadcaster. [PAR] Links: [PAR] Posted on January 23, 2011 by Born On The Same Day [PAR] Catherine Tate [PAR] Catherine Tate (born 12 May 1968) is a British actress, writer and comedian. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and four BAFTA Awards. Following the success of The Catherine Tate Show, Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of Doctor Who and later reprised her role, becoming the Doctor’s companion for the fourth series in 2008. [PAR] Tony Hawk [PAR] Photo by Tinou Bao [PAR] Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), better known as Tony Hawk, is an American professional skateboarder. Hawk gained significant fame for completing the first 900 (a 2.5-revolution aerial spin) as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision. He is widely considered one of the most successful and influential pioneers of modern vertical skateboarding. [PAR] Links: [PAR] Posted on January 22, 2011 by Born On The Same

Which famous actress was born on exactly the same day as gymnast Olga Korbut?

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[DOC] [TLE] Show and Tell (song)"Show and Tell" is a popular song written by Jerry Fuller and first recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1972. This original version made it to #36 on the Easy Listening chart. [PAR] Al Wilson version [PAR] *A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week on January 19, 1974; it sold over two million copies and was named a Cash Box Number One Single of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the No. 15 song for 1974. Wilson's version also made No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. [PAR] Chart performance [PAR] Weekly singles charts [PAR] Year-end charts [PAR] Other cover versions [PAR] *Peabo Bryson had a No. 1 R&B hit with his version of the song in 1989. Bryson's version did not chart on the Hot 100. [PAR] *American singer/actress Vanessa Williams covered the song for her 2005 studio album Everlasting Love. [PAR] In popular culture [PAR] *The song was often played by Paul Schaffer and The CBS Orchestra on the Late Show with David Letterman for the segment "Show & Tell". [PAR] *Wilson's version can be heard on TV show Malcolm in the Middle's episode Forbidden Girlfriend.

Who had 70s No 1 hit with Show and Tell?

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[DOC] [TLE] Mama Told Me Not to Come"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover of the song topped the U.S. pop singles charts. Tom Jones and the Stereophonics's cover version also hit number four on the U.K. Singles Chart in 2000. [PAR] Newman original and first recordings [PAR] Newman says that the song was inspired by his own lighthearted reflection on the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s. As with most Newman songs, he assumes a character - in "Mama..." the narrator is a sheltered and extraordinarily straight-laced young man, who recounts what is presumably his first "wild" party in the big city, is shocked and appalled by cigarette-smoking, whiskey-drinking, and loud music and — in the chorus of the song — recalls his "mama told [him] not to come." [PAR] The first recording of "Mama Told Me Not to Come" was cut by Eric Burdon & The Animals. A scheduled single-release of September 1966 was withdrawn, but the song was eventually included on their 1967 album Eric Is Here. [PAR] Newman's own version of his song was released on the 1970 album 12 Songs, and was characterized by Newman's midtempo, rollicking piano accompaniment, as well as Ry Cooder's understated slide guitar part, both of which give the song the feel of a bluesy Ray Charles-style rhythm and blues number. [PAR] Three Dog Night version [PAR] Also in 1970, Three Dog Night released a longer, rock 'n roll and funk-inspired version (titled "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)") on It Ain't Easy. [PAR] Three Dog Night's version had the same 3/4 by 2/4 time change as Eric Burdon's version and featured Cory Wells singing lead in an almost humorous vocal-style, Jimmy Greenspoon playing a Wurlitzer electric piano, and Michael Allsup playing guitar. [PAR] According to Casey Kasem on the American Top 40 Special Show, dated October 5, 1974: "Top 10 Producers Of the 70s," producer Richard Podolor wanted to "take advantage of the current technology" available at the time and recorded each word of just the line, 'Mama told me not to come' in the chorus separately. In that particular AT40 episode, the 10 biggest producers in pop music were profiled and 3 to 5 songs of each producer were played. [PAR] Charts and certifications [PAR] Billboard ranked the record as the No. 11 song of 1970. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 14, 1970, the same day that It Ain't Easy was certified gold. [PAR] This was the very first #1 song played on the July 4, 1970 broadcast of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem. [PAR] Tom Jones and Stereophonics version [PAR] The recording of the song by Tom Jones and the Stereophonics' reached number four on the U.K. Singles Chart in 2000. This version was produced by Steve Bush and Marshall Bird (AKA "Bird & Bush"). Singer Kelly Jones shared in the vocals with Jones, with the song featuring a somewhat livelier, punchier sound than the Three Dog Night version. The video featured an appearance by Welsh actor Rhys Ifans. [PAR] Other versions [PAR] P. J. Proby recorded one of the earliest versions of the song in 1967, followed by Three Dog Night's 1970 hit. It has also been recorded by a diverse range of artists, including Wilson Pickett, Lou Rawls, The Wolfgang Press, Yo La Tengo, The Slackers, and Paul Frees (as W.C. Fields) accompanied by The Animals. Lazlo Bane. Jazz singer Roseanna Vitro included it in her 2011 collection The Music of Randy Newman. A 1970 cover by The Jackson 5 was released on Come and Get It: The Rare Pearls. [PAR] Tea Leaf Green and Widespread Panic have performed this song live. In 1971, the comic singer Patrick Topaloff released a French version named Maman, viens me chercher. [PAR] Soundtrack appearances [PAR] Three Dog Night's version would later

Who wrote the song Momma Told Me Not To Come?

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[DOC] [TLE] Nelson Muntz's Middle Name Is Mandela - Unreal FactsNelson Muntz's Middle Name Is Mandela - Unreal Facts [PAR] The World's Fastest Internet Connection Belongs to a 75 Year Old Swedish Woman [PAR] Do you know what Nelson Muntz’s middle name is? It may come as a bit of a surprise to discover that the creators and writers of the show inserted a little tribute to a man well known for his fight for justice and equality. A man who beat the odds to become a world icon and leader of his country. That man is Nelson Mandela. That’s right, the eternal bully of Springfield Elementary School, is named after Mandela. His name is Nelson Mandela Muntz. Nelson Muntz’s middle name is a tribute to former leader and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. But why of all possible characters in the show would they pick Nelson? [PAR] This is the big unknown. To date there is no known reason that Nelson has been named after the great man. Some people theorize that it could have to do with the fact that despite Nelson being a well renowned bully, he has the ability to have a deep soul with a unique understanding of what life is like for those less fortunate. Nelson has the ability to show humility and compassion, which is not too unlike Mr Mandela. He has also been able to forge close and open relationships with those in similar situations to his own. But there could be even be a more simpler answer. [PAR] Without a doubt at the time that the show was first created in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, South Africa was undergoing a massive transition. Apartheid was coming finally beginning to come to an end, thanks mainly to Mandela’s leadership of the anti-apartheid movement. It was making waves not only in South Africa, but around the world. Nelson Mandela was a name that was on just about everyone’s lips. It’s almost perfectly feasible that the writers of the show decided to make Nelson Muntz’s middle name Mandela simply because it was in widespread use, and rolled off the tongue.[DOC] [TLE] Nelson Mandela, Madiba, Tata - what's in a name? - TelegraphNelson Mandela, Madiba, Tata - what's in a name? - Telegraph [PAR] Nelson Mandela, Madiba, Tata - what's in a name? [PAR] What’s in a name? Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is often known by other names [PAR] A regal, assured and self-contained man, Nelson Mandela would never have claimed sole credit for the transformation of his country Photo: EPA [PAR] Watch Mandela's 'walk to freedom' in 1990 [PAR] Nelson - the name given to him on his first day at school by his teacher, Miss Mdingane. [PAR] At the time it was customary to give African children English names, as a legacy of the colonial days in which the rulers could not often pronounce African names. No one knows why Miss Mdingane chose the name Nelson, although Mandela suggested in his autobiography that he was given the name Nelson after the British sea captain Lord Nelson. [PAR] Rolihlahla - his birth name, given to him by his father. In his native language of Xhosa it means “pulling the branch of a tree”, but colloquially it means “troublemaker”. [PAR] Mandela - his family surname [PAR] Nelson Mandela: life in pictures [PAR] Madiba - the name of the clan of which Mandela is a member. A clan name is much more important than a surname as it refers to the ancestor from which a person is descended. Madiba was the name of a Thembu chief who ruled in the Transkei in the 18th century. It is considered very polite to use someone’s clan name. [PAR] Tata - in Xhosa, the language of the Madiba tribe, the word means “father”, but it is a term of endearment given to him by many South Africans regardless of their age. [PAR] Dalibhunga – the name he was given aged 16, after undergoing Xhosa initiation. It means “creator or founder of the council”. The correct use of this name when greeting Mandela was “Aaah! Dalibhunga”. [PAR] How will you remember Nelson Mandela? Please email your

What is Nelson Mandela's middle name?

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[DOC] [TLE] Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport (YUL) Information: YUL Airport in Montreal Area, QC, Canada [PAR] Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) [PAR] Airport Information [PAR] (Montreal, Canada) [PAR] The third-busiest airport in the whole of Canada, Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) enjoys high yearly passenger figures, which are rapidly approaching 14 million. Run by the Aéroports de Montréal and sited alongside the Dorval Golf Course, the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport has long been an important base for Air Canada operations. [PAR] Other notable Canadian airlines operating at the airport including Air Creebec, Air Transat, Porter, Skyservice, Sunwing and WestJet. Montreal Trudeau Airport is known for its high level of international flights, which make up around 60 percent of the overall traffic. Situated just 25 km / 16 miles west of downtown Montreal, the suburbs of Côte-Saint-Luc, Pierrefonds, Ville-Saint-Laurent and Westwood are all nearby. [PAR] Taxis and limousine services are readily available at the airport. There is also a daily direct shuttle service from Montreal Airport to the downtown Aerobus Station in Montreal and also to Mirabel International Airport. There is a shuttle service from the airport to and from many of the major hotels. [PAR] About Montreal Tourism [PAR] The city of Montreal lies within Canada's Quebec province and is the second-biggest city in the whole of the country. Located on the far south-eastern side of Canada and relatively close to the world-famous Niagara Falls, Montreal is filled with dramatic skyscrapers and stylish modern buildings, which combine to make an impressive skyline. [PAR] Tourists flying into Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport (YUL) often head straight to Montreal's waterfront, where they enjoy a cruise along St. Lawrence River, while others prefer to visit the main sights, such as the Biodome, the Insectarium, the Dow Planetarium, the Biosphere, the Underground City and La Ronde amusement park. For a little more history, both Montreal City Hall and the Notre-Dame Basilica are of local importance, while for others, a visit to the Olympic Stadium is in order, which was built to host Montreal's successful 1976 Olympics. [PAR] Contact Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL): [PAR] Address: 975 Romeo Vachon Boulevard North, Suite 317, Montreal, Quebec, QC, H4Y 1H1, Canada, CA [PAR] Airport Code: YUL[DOC] [TLE] Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC profile ...Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC profile - Aviation Safety Network [PAR] Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC profile [PAR] Last updated: 5 November 2013 [PAR] Canada IATA code:YUL ICAO code: CYUL Elevation: 118 feet / 36 m Opened: 1941 Notams: Notams for CYUL Airport history:   [PAR] SEP 1941[DOC] [TLE] Montreal Trudeau YUL Airport | Dorval, Quebec, QZ CanadaMontreal Trudeau YUL Airport | Dorval, Quebec, QZ Canada [PAR] Change Airport [PAR] Montreal Trudeau YUL Airport Overview [PAR] Montreal-Trudeau International Airport YUL serves the Canadian Province of Quebec and the City Montreal.  It is Canada's third-busiest airport (and one of eight with U.S. border preclearance).  Increasingly, YUL also serves the northern regions of U.S. states Vermont & New York. Over 60 percent of its air traffic is now derived from international flights. [PAR] YUL Airport is located in Dorval, 12 miles or a 20-minute drive from downtown Montreal, and accessible via highways 20 & 520. [PAR] With three active runways serving over 13 million passengers per year, Montreal Trudeau International Airport is hub to Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Air Transat, CanJet & Sunwing Airlines, and is served by numerous U.S. and international airlines offering nonstop and connecting flights to all points of the globe. [PAR] The new on-Airport four-star Marriott Hotel (tel. 514-636-6700 /fax 6600; toll-free reservations 1-866-580-6279) is connected to U.S. Departures terminal by escalator. [PAR] The toll-free number for Airport inquiries from Canada, Vermont & Albany (NY) is 1-800-465-1213 [PAR] Checking in: Depending on the

Dorval International airport is in which country?

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[DOC] [TLE] Mike Porcaro dies at 59; bassist played with two brothers ...Mike Porcaro dies at 59; bassist played with two brothers in rock band Toto - LA Times [PAR] Mike Porcaro dies at 59; bassist played with two brothers in rock band Toto [PAR] Toto [PAR] Jim Shea / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images [PAR] The Grammy-winning rock group Toto in 1984: Mike Porcaro, left, Steve Porcaro, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Lukather and Fergie Frederiksen. [PAR] The Grammy-winning rock group Toto in 1984: Mike Porcaro, left, Steve Porcaro, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Lukather and Fergie Frederiksen. (Jim Shea / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) [PAR] Steve Chawkins [PAR] Mike Porcaro, a bass player who performed along with his two brothers in the rock group Toto, dies at 59 [PAR] Mike Porcaro, a bass player who performed along with his two brothers in the rock group Toto , died Sunday at his Los Angeles home. He was 59. [PAR] Porcaro had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative neuromuscular disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. [PAR] ------------ [PAR] FOR THE RECORD [PAR] Mike Porcaro: A news obituary in the March 17 California section of Mike Porcaro, former bass player with the rock group Toto, said he was born in Hartford, Conn. He was born in South Windsor, Conn. [PAR] Notable Deaths [PAR] Photos of leaders, stars and other notable figures who died in 2015. [PAR] ------------ [PAR] His death was announced in a Facebook post by his brother Steve, a former keyboardist for the Grammy-winning band. [PAR] A third Porcaro brother, Jeff, was Toto's drummer. He died of a heart attack at his Hidden Hills home in 1992. [PAR] The sons of studio session percussionist Joe Porcaro, the brothers attended Grant High School in Van Nuys and honed their skills in a garage their family had transformed into a rehearsal and recording studio. [PAR] Jeff, Steve and four other musicians formed Toto in 1978. Mike joined after David Hungate, the group's original bass player, left in 1982. [PAR] In 1983, Toto won a best-album Grammy for "Toto IV," a best-song Grammy for "Rosanna" and several other Grammy awards. On that February evening in the Shrine Auditorium, Joe Porcaro performed in the pit orchestra as his sons collected their music industry honors. [PAR] Born May 29, 1955, in Hartford, Conn., Michael Joseph Porcaro performed with Seals and Crofts, Boz Scaggs and other groups before signing on with Toto. [PAR] When he was 50, he noticed a puzzling weakness in his hands and fingers. Doctors diagnosed him with ALS in 2006 and he retired the following year. [PAR] Toto went on hiatus in 2008 but returned two years later, staging a summer tour to benefit Porcaro and draw attention to ALS.[DOC] [TLE] Steve Porcaro | Biography & History | AllMusicSteve Porcaro | Biography & History | AllMusic [PAR] google+ [PAR] Artist Biography by Ed Hogan [PAR] As a founding member of the Grammy-winning, platinum-selling rock band Toto , songwriter/keyboardist Steve Porcaro had huge pop hits with "Hold the Line," "Rosanna," and "Make Believe." He also co-wrote "Human Nature" on Michael Jackson 's 30 million-selling Thriller album. Other members of the band were his brothers Jeff Porcaro and Mike Porcaro , David Paich , David Hungate , Steve Luthaker, Bobby Kimball , Fergie Fredericksen, and Joseph Williams . Toto also became in-demand session musicians, playing on numerous records. [PAR] Born in Connecticut, Porcaro 's musical roots run deep in his family tree. He started taking piano lessons when he was four years old, though while growing up he spent a lot of time on the baseball field. With his brothers, drummer Jeff Porcaro and bassist Mike Porcaro , Steve began playing in various bands. The Porcaro brothers met David Paich when their fathers, Joe Porcaro and Marty Paich , worked together on Glen Campbell 's TV variety show. The keyboardist later toured with Gary Wright ("Dreamweaver") and Boz Scaggs around the time of his Silk Degrees album. Members of that touring band would later form Toto .

The Porcaro Brothers featured in which group?

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[DOC] [TLE] Garik Kimovich Weinstein - Memidex dictionary/thesaurusGarik Kimovich Weinstein - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] Garik Kimovich Weinstein [PAR] Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born: 1963) [PAR] Class: [PAR] Garry Kasparov | Garry Kimovich Kasparov | Garik Kimovich Weinstein [PAR] (Born: 13 April 1963, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union) [PAR] a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer and political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at the age of 22 by ...[DOC] [TLE] RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: K :: KasparovRUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: K :: Kasparov [PAR] Encyclopedia [PAR] The Baltic States regained their independence in September, 1991 [PAR]   [PAR]   z   [PAR] Updated: 31.10.2003 [PAR] Original name Garry Weinstein or Harry Weinstein, Russian chess master who became the world chess champion in 1985. [PAR] Kasparov was born to a Jewish father and an Armenian mother. He began playing chess at age 6, by age 13 was the Soviet youth champion, and won his first international tournament at age 16 in 1979. Kasparov became an international grandmaster in 1980. From 1973 to 1978 he studied under former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik . [PAR] Kasparov first challenged the reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov in a 1984-85 match, after he survived the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE; the international chess federation) series of elimination matches. Kasparov lost four out of the first nine games but then adopted a careful defensive stance, taking an extraordinarily long series of drawn games with the champion. [PAR] With Kasparov finally having won three games from the exhausted Karpov, FIDE halted the series after 48 games, a decision protested by Kasparov. In the two players' rematch in 1985, Kasparov narrowly defeated Karpov in a 24-game series and thereby became the youngest official champion in the history of the game. [PAR] In 1993 Kasparov and the English grandmaster Nigel Short left FIDE and formed a rival organisation, the Professional Chess Association (PCA). In response, FIDE stripped the title of world champion from Kasparov, who defeated Short that same year to become the PCA world champion. In 1995 he successfully defended his PCA title against Viswanathan Anand of India. [PAR] In 1996 Kasparov defeated a powerful IBM custom-built chess computer known as Deep Blue in a match that attracted worldwide attention. Kasparov and the team of Deep Blue programmers agreed to have a rematch in 1997. Deep Blue's intelligence was upgraded, and the machine prevailed. Kasparov resigned in the last game of the six-game match after 19 moves, granting the win to Deep Blue. [PAR] In 2000 Kasparov lost a 16-game championship match to Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. [PAR] Related links:[DOC] [TLE] Garry Kasparov | Russian chess player | Britannica.comGarry Kasparov | Russian chess player | Britannica.com [PAR] Russian chess player [PAR] Alternative Titles: Garri Kimovich Kasparov, Garri Weinstein, Harry Weinstein [PAR] Garry Kasparov [PAR] Garry Kasparov, in full Garri Kimovich Kasparov, original name Garri Weinstein or Harry Weinstein (born April 13, 1963, Baku , Azerbaijan , U.S.S.R.), Russian chess master who became the world chess champion in 1985. [PAR] Garry Kasparov contemplating his next move against former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov … [PAR] Abilio Lope/Corbis [PAR] Kasparov was born to a Jewish father and an Armenian mother. He began playing chess at age 6, by age 13 was the Soviet youth champion, and won his first international tournament at age 16 in 1979. Kasparov became an international grandmaster in 1980. From 1973 to 1978 he studied under former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik . [PAR] Kasparov first challenged the reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov in a 1984–85 match, after he survived the Fédération Internationale des Échecs ( FIDE ; the international chess federation) series of elimination matches. Kasparov lost four out of the first nine games but then adopted a careful defensive stance, taking an extraordinarily long series of drawn games with the champion. With Kasparov finally having won three games from the exhausted Karpov, FIDE halted the series after 48 games, a decision protested by Kasparov. In the two players’ rematch in 1985, Kasparov narrowly defeated Karpov in a

Harry Weinstein became a world champion under which name?

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[DOC] [TLE] Good Morning, Vietnam DVD (1987) Directed by Barry ...Good Morning, Vietnam DVD (1987) Directed by Barry Levinson; Starring Robin Williams; Touchstone / Disney | OLDIES.com [PAR]   - Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) to radio audience [PAR] Entertainment Reviews: [PAR] "...Williams is an extraordinary performer..." [PAR] New York Times - 12/23/1987 [PAR] "...Exceptionally strong....Williams's performance, though it's full of uproarious comedy, is the work of an accomplished actor. GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM is one man's tour de force..." [PAR] Entertainment Weekly - 09/06/1996 [PAR] Rating: B+ [PAR] Variety - 12/23/1987 [PAR] "...GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM is pure Robin Williams vehicle and gives the performer his best chance yet to display his manic talent on screen. It's an impressive act..." [PAR] Los Angeles Times - 12/25/1987 [PAR] "...Williams at the mike is like a man possessed, purified, liberated. Startling chains of ideas and wild leaps of imagery pour out of him..." [PAR] Description by OLDIES.com: [PAR] Unarmed and Dangerously Funny... [PAR] When the U.S. Army engages irreverent, nonconformist radio deejay Adrian Cronauer, it unleashed a secret, if unpredictable, weapon: laughter. Academy Award winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting, 1997) shakes up 1965 Saigon in the role that garnered him his very first Oscar nomination. [PAR] Imported by the military to host an early a.m. radio show, Cronauer (Williams) blasts the formerly serene, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. [PAR] The G.I.s love him, the top brass is up in arms. Riddled with sidesplitting comic salvos, bittersweet bombshells and hot '60s rock 'n' roll, this landmark film chronicles one man's raucous Saigon adventures amidst a world gone mad. Featuring all-new bonus material that includes hilarious outtakes from Robin Williams' "raw" monologues, this Special Edition of Good Morning Vietnam scores a direct hit every time you watch! [PAR] Product Description: [PAR] Set in 1965; Produced and released in 1987. [PAR] In GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM, which is based on a true story, Cronauer (Robin Williams) is a nonconformist with a wicked sense of humor who is transferred from Crete to Saigon. Outrageous and over the top, Cronauer speaks in accents, creates characters, pokes fun at everyone--including the President--and spins banned rock and roll tunes. While his antics amuse the masses, they also put him in hot water with his superior officers, particularly Lt. Steven Hauk (Bruno Kirby), who would prefer that the radio show be censored, sanitized, and completely noncontroversial. Cronauer takes his show outside the radio station when he starts to teach Vietnamese locals English in an effort to meet pretty, demure Trinh (Chintara Sukapatana). He befriends Trinh's brother, Tuan (Tung Thanh Tran), who becomes an unlikely comrade in uncertain times. Directed by Barry Levinson (DINER, AVALON), the film features a tour-de-force performance from Williams, who improvised much of the comedy used in the radio shows, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. [PAR] Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment: [PAR] Good Morning Vietnam [PAR] Academy Award(R)-winner Robin Williams shakes up 1965 Saigon in the role critics agree he was born to play -- irreverent, nonconformist deejay Adrian Cronauer. Imported by the Army for an early a.m. radio show, Cronauer blasts the formerly staid, sanitized airwaves with a constant barrage of rapid-fire humor and the hottest hits from back home. The G.I.s love him -- but the brass is up in arms! Riddled with sidesplitting comic bombshells and studded with hot '60s hits, the film depicts Cronauer's raucous Saigon adventures amid a world gone mad. GOOD MORNING VIETNAM is a direct hit -- the classic Robin Williams comedy! [PAR] Keywords: [PAR] Theatrical release: December 23, 1987. [PAR] Filmed in Thailand. [PAR] GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM is number 100 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Funniest Movies. [PAR] In real life, Adrian Cronauer became a popular Detroit deejay. [PAR] The scenes in which

Who directed Good Morning Vietnam?

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[DOC] [TLE] the trans Atlantic flight of Alcock and Brownthe trans Atlantic flight of Alcock and Brown [PAR]   [PAR] Alcock and Brown Take the Atlantic [PAR] Back in Newfoundland, two teams worked feverishly to finish assembling their planes and testing their equipment in preparation for what they considered the ultimate prize: the still unclaimed Daily Mail prize of fifty thousand dollars for the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic. One team had a clear head start: the Handley Page team headed by Admiral Mark Kerr. The Handley Page V/1500 �Berlin Bomber� was the largest aircraft built by the Allies during the war, and was equipped with four powerful Rolls-Royce engines. [PAR] The plane and crew were making preparations to fly the Atlantic almost from the beginning. They watched Hawker and Grieve begin their ill-fated trans-Atlantic flight; Alcock and Brown had also heard about the failed attempt of the Shamrock, which had gone down while crossing from England to Ireland in the first stage of an east-to-west crossing; and they had been there when the navy group passed through on their way to the successful crossing (with stops) of the Atlantic. The plane enjoyed the best airfield and the best accommodations, and for some of the time, had the only fuel on the island. Afterward, Handley Page executives would wonder what had kept their plane on the ground. [PAR] Alcock and Brown taking on mail on Vickers Vimy, June 13, 1919 [PAR] By the time the final plane and its crew arrived in Newfoundland on May 26, the Handley Page had been tested and repaired many times. In what might be considered typical of the naval approach, Admiral Kerr seemed determined not to attempt the flight until his plane was in perfect condition. The last plane to arrive was the Vickers Vimy, a night bomber built too late to be used in the war. The Vickers engineers replaced the bombs with fuel tanks, quickly disassembled the plane, and shipped it to Newfoundland. The crew for the flight was headed by Captain John Alcock of the Royal Air Force, and the navigator was Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown of the Royal Flying Service. [PAR] Both men had spent the last years of the war in a German prison camp and had very limited flying experience, especially with so large a plane. (Brown, as it turned out, had been an observer when he was shot down, and had taught himself aerial navigation while a prisoner. He had almost no experience as a navigator before the flight of the Vimy.)  The Vimy was assembled in an open field (there was no available hangar big enough) in cold and often rainy weather. [PAR] Spectators and Vickers Vimy at Lester's Field, June 1919 [PAR] Miraculously (and with the help of a gifted local mechanic named Lester), the plane was ready after only fourteen days�Kerr was waiting for a new radiator to replace one on the  Handley Page that �wasn�t quite up to snuff.� What Kerr did not know, but Alcock realized, was that the problem was not with the radiator, but with the water. Using local water, the Handley Page radiator kept clogging�which was exactly what had brought Harry Hawker down�because of the heavy mineral content and sediment. To counter this, Alcock had the water filtered several times and boiled (and then cooled), so that the radiator would not clog. On the morning of June 14, while the Handley Page team was preparing for yet another test, Alcock and Brown took off. [PAR] Take off of Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy, June 14, 1919 [PAR] The flight of the Vimy was a difficult one. Brown had to climb out onto the wings six times during the flight to chip off ice that formed there. Several times, Alcock had to fly precariously close to the ocean, hoping that the warmer air of the lower altitude would melt the ice that kept clogging the engine. And on at least two occasions, Brown made what he thought would be a last entry into the flight log and stuffed

In which year did Alcock and Brown make their Atlantic crossing?

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[DOC] [TLE] Super Bowl History 1990 - 1999 - Superbowl in the 1990'sSuper Bowl History 1990 - 1999 - Superbowl in the 1990's [PAR] Super Bowl History 1990 - 1999 [PAR] Super Bowl XXIV [PAR] On January 28th, 1990, new head coach, George Seifert, led the San Francisco 49ers to their second straight Super Bowl Title, blowing-out Dan Reeves' Denver Broncos 55-10 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. John Elway, Vance Johnson and the Broncos lost for the 3rd time in 4 years, while the 49ers tied the Steelers' record 4 Super Bowl victories, with the Super Bowl 24 win. Jerry Rice caught three touchdowns, John Taylor caught one, and Brent Jones reeled in another. Tom Rathman rushed for two short scores. Joe Montana threw a record breaking 5 touchdown passes, taking home MVP honors, and his 4th Super Bowl victory. Matt Millen, Ronnie Lott, Bill Romanowski, Kevin Fagan, Chet Brooks, Michael Walter and Don Griffin led San Francisco's defensive charge. [PAR] Super Bowl XXV [PAR] On January 27th, 1991, Marv Levy and the Buffalo Bills lost Super Bowl 25 to Bill Parcells' New York Giants, 20-19. Fans at Tampa Stadium in Florida watched Otis Anderson take home Super Bowl Twenty-Five's MVP. Jeff Hostetler completed passes to seven different players including Mark Bevaro, Mark Ingram, and Dave Megget. His lone touchdown went to Stephen Baker. Thurman Thomas had 190 total yards. Jim Kelly found James Lofton and Andre Reed, but couldn't find the end zone. Lawrence Taylor and Pepper Johnson harassed Kelly often. Matt Bahr's kick put the Giants up 20-19 in the fourth. Scott Norwood attempted a 46 yard field goal to win the game as time expired, but the kick sailed wide right. [PAR] Super Bowl XXVI [PAR] On January 26th, 1992 in the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Marv Levy's Buffalo Bills lost 37-24 to the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl Twenty-Six. It was Joe Gibbs' turn to deliver Levy a loss. Jim Kelly was tormented by Tim Johnson, Charles Mann, Brad Edwards, Darrell Green and the rest of the Redskin defense, as he was intercepted 4 times. Thurman Thomas rushed for a season low 10 yards. Mark Rypien had 292 yards, throwing touchdowns to Gary Clark and Earnest Byner. Art Monk had 113 yards. Bruce Smith, Darryl Talley, and Cornelius Bennett couldn't break through the Hog's frontline as Washington dominated Super Bowl 26. [PAR] Super Bowl XXVII [PAR] January 31st, 1993 marked the third Super Bowl loss in as many years for Marv Levy and the Buffalo Bills'. Jimmy Johnson's Dallas Cowboys took Super Bowl 27 away from the Bills. James Washington (1), Larry Brown (1), and Thomas Everett (2), intercepted Jim Kelly 4 times, while Charles Haley, Russell Maryland, Jimmie Jones, and Ken Norton led the Dallas defense in recovering 5 Buffalo fumbles. On offense, it was Super Bowl Twenty-Seven MVP, Troy Aikman throwing 4 touchdowns; Michael Irvin caught 2, Alvin Harper 1, and Jay Novecek 1. Emmitt Smith led the game with 108 yards rushing in an easy NFC victory. [PAR] Super Bowl XXVIII [PAR] Super Bowl 28 was a rematch of Super Bowl 27. On January 30th, 1994 in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, Marv Levy and the Buffalo Bills watched Jimmy Johnson's Dallas Cowboys take home the Lombardi Trophy for the second straight year, dealing the Bills their fourth straight Super Bowl loss, 30-13. The game marked the 10th straight time the NFC defeated the AFC in the Championship Game. Thurman Thomas had only 37 yards rushing and Jim Kelly didn't throw a touchdown. Super Bowl MVP, Emmitt Smith, had 156 total yards. While waltzing into the end zone, Leon Lett was stripped by Don Beebe, but otherwise James Washington, Darrin Smith and the Cowboys had a

Who won Super Bowl XXV?

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[DOC] [TLE] StarChild: Space Probes to Venus - NASAStarChild: Space Probes to Venus [PAR] Space Probes to Venus [PAR] Venus was the first planet to ever be reached by a space probe . In 1962, Mariner 2 flew within 34,400 kilometers of the surface of Venus and transmitted to Earth information about its temperature and details about its atmosphere and rotational period. The Soviet probe, Venera 7 was the first probe to land on Venus. Unfortunately, it was put out of operation within an hour by Venus' high temperature. In 1982, Venera 13 transmitted the first color pictures from Venus' surface. The Orbiter of Pioneer Venus was launched on May 20, 1978. It entered an orbit around Venus in December of that same year. Its primary objectives were to investigate the solar wind in the Venusian environment, use radar imaging to map Venus' surface and study the characteristics of the Venusian upper atmosphere and ionosphere. Most of the Orbiter instruments were still working when the probe entered the Venusian atmosphere in October of 1992. The Magellan spacecraft , launched in 1989, arrived at Venus on August 10, 1990. Before its demise in October 1994, Magellan was able to collect radar images of 98% of Venus' surface.[DOC] [TLE] Magellen Spacecraft Arrives at Venus | World History ProjectMagellen Spacecraft Arrives at Venus | World History Project [PAR] Aug 10 1990 [PAR] Magellen Spacecraft Arrives at Venus [PAR] The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a 1,035-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus using Synthetic Aperture Radar and measure the planetary gravity. [PAR] It was the first interplanetary mission to be launched from the Space Shuttle, the first to use an inertial upper stage booster and was the first spacecraft to test aerobraking as a method for circularizing an orbit. Magellan was the fourth successful, NASA funded mission to Venus and ended an eleven year U.S. interplanetary exploration hiatus. [PAR] Source: Wikipedia Added by: Scott McMillin [PAR] Magellan was launched on May 4, 1989, at 18:46:59 UTC by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from KSC Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-30. Once in orbit, an Inertial Upper Stage booster, deployed from the shuttle and launched on May 5, 1989 01:06:00 UTC, sending the spacecraft into a Type IV, heliocentric orbit where it would circle the Sun 1.5 times, before reaching Venus 15 months later on August 10, 1990. [PAR] Originally, Magellan had been scheduled for launch in 1988 with a trajectory lasting six months. However, due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, several missions, including Galileo and Magellan, were deferred until the shuttle flights resumed September 1988. Intended to be launched with a new, liquid fueled, Centaur-G shuttle deploy-able upper-stage booster, subsequently canceled after the Challenger disaster, Magellan had to be modified to attach to a less powerful solid-fueled, Inertial Upper Stage. The next best opportunity for launch would occur in October 1989. [PAR] Further complicating the launch however, was the upcoming Galileo mission to Jupiter, which included a flyby of Venus. Intended for launch in 1986, the pressures to ensure a launch for Galileo in 1989, mixed with a short launch-window necessitating a mid-October launch, resulted in replanning the Magellan mission. Weary of rapid shuttle launches, the decision was made to launch Magellan in May, and into an orbit that would require 1 year and 3 months before encountering Venus. [PAR] Source: Wikipedia [PAR] Magellan was a unique mission, the first dedicated U.S. mission to study in detail, using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), the surface of Venus. Because Magellan was intended to be a low cost mission, major components of the spacecraft were obtained from flight spares from other programs including Galileo, Viking, Voyager, Mariner, Skylab, Ulysses, and even the shuttle. Designed as a follow-up to the mapping portion of the Pioneer Venus mission, Magellan's purpose was to: (1) obtain near-global radar images

Which NASA space probe was launched to Venus in 1989?

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[DOC] [TLE] National Institute on Aging | The Leader in Aging ResearchNational Institute on Aging | The Leader in Aging Research [PAR] 100 years ago... [PAR] Diciembre 1, 2006 [PAR] The year 2006 marked the 100th anniversary of Dr. Alois Alzheimer’s presentation of a case study of a 51-year-old German woman, Auguste D., who had been admitted to a hospital in 1901 with an unusual cluster of symptoms. Those symptoms included reduced comprehension and memory, aphasia, disorientation, unpredictable behavior, paranoia, auditory hallucinations, and pronounced psychosocial impairment. When Dr. Alzheimer first observed her in 1903, Auguste D. was bedridden, incontinent, and was becoming increasingly disoriented, delusional, and incoherent. She eventually required assistance to be fed, was unable to speak, and was often hostile. Hospital staff tried to keep her as safe and comfortable as possible, but little else could be done to treat her illness, and she died on April 8, 1906. [PAR] Dr. Alzheimer used the latest medical techniques and innovations, including a new silver tissue-staining method and greatly improved microscopes, to conduct the post mortem study of Auguste D.’s brain tissue. No stranger to the fields of pathology and psychiatry, Dr. Alzheimer was involved in a wide range of clinical studies of manic depression and schizophrenia. He worked at the Royal Psychiatric Clinic in Munich, Germany, for Dr. Emil Kraepelin, a leading psychiatrist. Dr. Kraepelin believed that most mental illnesses were actually organic brain diseases, as opposed to his rival, Dr. Sigmund Freud, who maintained that most mental illnesses were psychoses of the mind. Dr. Kraepelin’s Handbook of Psychiatry, was the first systematic classification of mental diseases. [PAR] The first “Alzheimer’s” case was presented at a meeting of the South-West German Society of Alienists (“alienists” were superintendents of early “insane asylums” and were usually psychiatrists) on November 3, 1906. Dr. Alzheimer’s paper, “Regarding a Curious Disease of the Cortex,” described numerous globs of sticky proteins in the spaces between neuron cells and “a tangled bundle of fibrils” within cells throughout the cortex. [PAR] These sticky proteins (plaques) and fibrils (tangles) had previously been seen only in the brains of much older patients diagnosed with “senile dementia.” At age 51, Auguste D. was thought to be far too young to be suffering from senile dementia, and Dr. Alzheimer’s “new” disease was initially classified as “presenile dementia.” Because of her age, clinicians did not consider the possibility that the plaques and tangles Dr. Alzheimer described could also be the cause of dementia in old age, thus the characterization as presenile dementia. [PAR] Dr. Alzheimer and his colleagues studied the histology of 5 cases with similar brain pathologies during the first decade of the new century. Although other researchers had linked the presence of plaques to symptoms of dementia seen in older people, it was Dr. Alzheimer who first observed both plaques and tangles in a younger patient. [PAR] It was not until 1910 that the term “Alzheimer’s disease” was coined by Dr. Kraepelin in his 8th edition of the Handbook of Psychiatry. He stated that “a particular group of cases with extremely serious cell alterations was described by Alzheimer…the plaques were excessively numerous and almost one-third of the cortical cells had died off. In their places, were peculiar, deeply stained bundles of neurofibrils.” He mentioned “Alzheimer’s disease” for the first time, stating, “The clinical interpretation of this Alzheimer’s disease is still unclear. Although the anatomical findings suggest that we are dealing with a particularly serious form of senile dementia, the fact is that this disease sometimes starts as early as in the late forties.” [PAR] In 1912, Dr. Alzheimer accepted an appointment as full professor of psychiatry at the University of Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), but his health deteriorated, and he was never able to fully carry out his university duties. From October 1915 onward, Alois Alzheimer became increasingly ill and finally died on December 19, 1915. [PAR] “In his day, Dr. Alzheimer’s discoveries were enormous strides forward. I believe that, just as Drs. Alzheimer and Kraepelin established the clinical pathways

In which decade was Alzheimer's disease first clinically described?

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[DOC] [TLE] Howrah Bridge , Kolkata - Maps of IndiaHowrah Bridge,Kolkata [PAR] Howrah Bridge [PAR] Home » Kolkata » Places of Interest » Famous Monuments » Shahid Minar in Kolkata [PAR] Howrah Bridge [PAR] Howrah Bridge is popularly known as Rabindra Setu in West Bengal . Howrah Bridge in Kolkata spans over river Hooghly and is considered to be a marvelous engineering work by the British. The Howrah Bridge is enumerated amongst the busiest cantilever bridge in the World. [PAR] Howrah Bridge of Kolkata carries traffic of around 60,000 vehicles and innumerable pedestrians daily. The Howrah Bridge links the metropolitan city of Kolkata and Howrah. Thus the Howrah Bridge of Kolkata acts as the lifeline of this metropolitan city. The Howrah Bridge in Kolkata is one of three bridges on the Hooghly River. It is in fact the most sentimental landmark as well as a vital identity of the colonial city. [PAR] It took nearly about 7 long years to construct the Howrah Bridge. The cantilever bridge of Howrah was completed in 1943. The Howrah Bridge in Kolkata was opened to traffic and public in the same year. The total expenditure of making the bridge was nearly ?2,500,000. The Howrah Bridge of Kolkata was built by riveting the whole structure and you will not find the use of nuts or bolts. Today, Howrah Bridge acts as the gateway to Kolkata, connecting the city to the Howrah Station, the main railway stations of the city and the busiest railway stations of India. [PAR] The Howrah Bridge is 705 meters long and 97 feet wide. The structure of the Howrah Bridge was built from 26,500 tons of high-tensile steel, supported by two piers. Each pier of the Howrah Bridge is about 90 meters above the road. [PAR] Last Updated on : 22 October 2012[DOC] [TLE] History - Howrah BridgeUntitled Document [PAR] Click on thumbnails for full sized pictures [PAR] A Flashback: The Seamless Bonds of Time [PAR] The end of the 17th Century Kolkata witnessed the gradual emergence of the city of Kolkata brought about by the merger of three villages - Kolkata, Sutanati & Gobindapur, [PAR] on the eastern bank of the river Hooghly, the other name of River 'Ganga'. On the western bank, Howrah came up as a bustling site of commerce. [PAR] The twin cities of Calcutta (re-named as Kolkata in the year 2001), and Howrah , were separated by the River Hooghly, and shared a common historical linkage towards the eventual construction of the Rabindra Setu, more commonly known as Howrah bridge. While Kolkata, from a small sleeping hamlet of artisans and mercantile community eventually developed , as a commercial hub of a modern metropolitan city , Howrah (virtually the store house of raw material resources) became its industrial satellite. [PAR] Kolkata was declared the capital of India by the British and remained so till 1911. The railway station at Howrah set up in the year 1906 and the bridge (later popularly known as Howrah Bridge) thus served as the logistic link with the country's one of the oldest metropolies, Kolkata. The Legislative department of the then Government of Bengal [PAR] passed the Howrah Bridge Act, in the year 1871, under the Bengal Act IX of 1871. [PAR] Sir Bradford Leslie's famous floating pontoon bridge, the earlier avatar of the modern Howrah Bridge, was initially set up   in 1874, almost coinciding with the establishment of the port of Calcutta in 1870 (www.kolkataporttrust.gov.in). [PAR] For the convenient plying of passenger and vehicular traffic, the pool was connected as a whole. However, this was unfastened everyday, particularly during the night for safe passage of steamers, boats and other marine vehicles. From 19th August, 1879, the bridge was illuminated by fixing electric poles at the centre.This was done by using the electricity rendered from the dynamo at the Mallick GhatPumping Station. The Bridge was then 1528 ft. long and 62 ft. wide. On both sideswere pavements 7 ft. wide for the sake of pedestrians. The 48 ft. road in between,was for plying of traffic." [PAR] The emergence of Kolkata as the political capital of the nation

In which country is the Howrah bridge?

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[DOC] [TLE] J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport, Poland (Code ...J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport, Poland (Code :: KRK) | Krakow Airport Map, J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport Code [PAR] Timezone : Europe/Warsaw [PAR] J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport Timezone : GMT +01:00 hours [PAR] Current time and date at J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport is 20:20:42 PM (CET) on Monday, Jan 16, 2017 [PAR] Looking for information on J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport, Krakow, Poland? Know about J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport in detail. Find out the location of J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport on Poland map and also find out airports near to Krakow. This airport locator is a very useful tool for travelers to know where is J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport located and also provide information like hotels near J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport, airlines operating to J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport etc... IATA Code and ICAO Code of all airports in Poland. Scroll down to know more about J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport or Krakow Airport, Poland. [PAR] J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport Map - Location of J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport [PAR] Load Map [PAR] This page provides all the information you need to know about J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport, Poland. This page is created with the aim of helping travelers and tourists visiting Poland or traveling to Krakow Airport. [PAR] Details about Krakow Airport given here include [PAR] J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport Code - IATA Code (3 letter airport codes) and ICAO Code (4 letter airport codes) [PAR] Coordinates of Krakow Airport - Latitude and Longitude (Lat and Long) of J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport [PAR] Location of J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport - City Name, Country, Country Codes etc... [PAR] J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport Time Zone and Current time at J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport [PAR] Address and contact details of J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport along with website address of the airport [PAR] Clickable Location Map of J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport on Google Map. [PAR] General information about Poland where J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport is located in the city of Krakow. General information include capital of Poland, currency and conversion rate of Poland currency, Telephone Country code, exchange rate against US Dollar and Euro in case of major world currencies etc... [PAR] KRK - J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport IATA Code and EPKK - J. Paul Ii Balice International Airport ICAO code[DOC] [TLE] Private Jet Charter John Paul II International Airport ...Private Jet Charter John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice Airport (KRK) | Victor [PAR] Charter a private jet [PAR] John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice Airport (KRK) [PAR] John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice Airport is an international private jet airport located in Krakow, Poland suitable for a variety of private jets and its International Air Transport Association code is KRK. [PAR] With Victor, chartering private jets to and from John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice Airport has never been easier. [PAR] Airport Information[DOC] [TLE] Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport profile ...Krak�w-J. Paul II Balice International Airport profile - Aviation Safety Network [PAR] Poland IATA code:KRK ICAO code: EPKK Elevation: 791 feet / 241 m Notams: Notams for EPKK Airport history:   [PAR] Krak�w Airport [PAR] Krak�w-J. Paul II Balice International Airport [PAR] Commercial flights (passengers and cargo) per year: [PAR] year[DOC] [TLE] Krakow John Paul II Balice International Airport invests ...Krakow John Paul II Balice International Airport invests to stay ahead of its competitors | CAPA - Centre for Aviation [PAR] Krakow John Paul II Balice International Airport invests to stay ahead of its competitors [PAR] 13-Jul-2016 [PAR] Krakow John Paul II Balice International Airport (hereafter KIA) serves a heavily populated area of southern Poland and is the country’s second busiest, but is hardly a monopoly as it is challenged by both primary and secondary level airports catering to full service/network and budget airlines. [PAR] KIA’s passenger traffic growth was strong in 1Q2016 but several other Polish airports matched or even bettered it. With continuing air transport growth projected throughout Poland, staying ahead of the competition is the new

Balice international airport is in which country?

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[DOC] [TLE] GyumriGyumri (Eastern Armenian: Գյումրի; Western Armenian: Կիւմրի), is the second largest city in Armenia and the capital of the Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. As of the 2011 census, the city had a population of 121,976, down from 150,917 reported at the 2001 census. Its name has been changed several times. It was originally founded as Kumayri, later re-founded as Alexandropol (; ) between 1837 and 1924 during the Russian rule, then Leninakan (; ) between 1924–90, then as Gyumri. [PAR] History [PAR] Classical antiquity and the ancient Armenian Kingdom [PAR] Archaeological excavations conducted throughout the Soviet period have shown that the area of modern-day Gyumri has been populated since at least the third millennium BC. The area was mentioned as Kumayri in the historic Urartian inscriptions dating back to the 8th century BC. In 720 BC, the Cimmerians conquered the region and probably founded the Kumayri settlement, which bears phonetic resemblance to the word used by ancient Armenian in reference to Cimmerians. Historians believe that Xenophon passed through Kumayri during his return to the Black Sea, a journey immortalized in his Anabasis. [PAR] At the decline of the Urartu Kingdom by the second half of the 6th century BC, Kumayri became part of the Achaemenid Empire. The remains of a royal settlement found just to the south of Gyumri near the village of Beniamin dating back to the 5th to 2nd centuries BC, are a great example of the Achemenid influence in the region. However, at the beginning of the 5th century BC, Kumayri became part of the Satrapy of Armenia under the rule of the Orontids. An alternative theory suggests that Kumayri has been formed as an urban settlement in the late 5th century BC, ca. 401 BC, by Greek colonists. [PAR] Later in 331 BC, the entire territory was included in the Ayrarat province of Ancient Armenian Kingdom as part of the Shirak canton. Between 190 BC and 1 AD Kumayri was under the rule of the Artaxiad dynasty of Armenia. During the 1st century AD, Shirak was granted to the Kamsarakan family, who ruled over Kumayri during the Arsacid Kingdom of Armenia. [PAR] Medieval period [PAR] Following the partition of Armenia in 387 between the Byzantines and the Persians, and as a result of the fall of the Arsacid Kingdom of Armenia in 428, Shirak including Kumayri became part of the Sasanian Empire of Persia. In 658 AD, at the height of the Arab Islamic invasions, Kumayri was conquered during the Muslim conquest of Persia to become part of the Emirate of Armenia under the Umayyad Caliphate. [PAR] Kumayri was a significant and quite-developed urban settlement during the Middle Ages. According to the Armenian scholar Ghevond the Historian, the town was a centre of the Armenian rebellion led by Artavazd Mamikonian against the Islamic Arab Caliphate, between 733 and 755. After 2 centuries of Islamic rule over Armenia, the Bagratids declared independence in 885 establishing the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia. Kumayri entered e new era of growth and progress, particularly when the nearby city of Ani became the capital of the kingdom in 961. By the second half of the 10th century, Kumayri was under the influence of the Armenian Pahlavuni family, who were descendents of the Kamsarakans. The Pahlavunis had a great contribution in the progress of Shirak with the foundation of many fortresses, monastic complexes, educational institutions, etc. [PAR] After the fall of Armenia to the Byzantine Empire in 1045 and later to the Seljuk invaders in 1064. Under the foreign rulers, the town had gradullay lost its significance during the following centuries, until the establishment of the Zakarid Principality of Armenia in 1201 under the Georgian protectorate. During the Zakarid rule, the Eaastern Armenian territories, mainly Lori and Shirak, entered into a new period of growth and stability, becoming a trade centre between the east and the west. After the Mongols captured Ani in 1236, Armenia turned into a Mongol protectorate as part of the Ilkhanate, and the Zakarids became vassals to the Mongols. After the fall of the Ilkhanate in the mid-14th century, the Zakarid princes ruled over Lori, Shirak and Ararat plain until 1360 when they fell to the invading Turkic tribes. [PAR] By the last quarter of the

Which city was called Leninakan until 1990?

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[DOC] [TLE] Where Was Arnold Schwarzenegger Born? - YourDictionaryWhere Was Arnold Schwarzenegger Born? [PAR] You may know all the lines from your favorite Schwarzenegger movies, or you may have followed him as he ran for governor of California, but how much do you really know about your favorite star? [PAR] Birth Place of Arnold Schwarzenegger [PAR] Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in a small village in Thal, Austria on July 30, 1947. His full name is Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, and his parents were Gustav Schwarzenegger and Aurelia Jadmy. His father was a World War II veteran, and the police chief of their town. [PAR] His family was Roman Catholic, and he grew up in an extremely strict household. Schwarzenegger was one of two children—he had an older brother by the name of Meinhard Schwarzenegger. In later interviews, Schwarzenegger has expressed that his father clearly favored Meinhard, and as a result he did not have a good relationship with his father. Despite this barrier between his father and him, Schwarzenegger was very close with his mother. [PAR] Early Years [PAR] Growing up, Schwarzenegger had a happy childhood. He played a lot of sports throughout his youth, such as baseball and soccer. However, he really became committed to weight lifting. [PAR] He was first introduced to the sport by his soccer coach, and he became serious about bodybuilding when he was fourteen. When Schwarzenegger was seventeen, he officially began his competitive career as a bodybuilder. [PAR] This was against both the wishes of his parents—his father wished for him to become a police officer, and his mother was hoping that he would go to trade school. Yet, Schwarzenegger was inspired by the sport, and believed he could be successful at it. In fact, Schwarzenegger was so dedicated to it that he would break into the gyms when they were closed on weekends because he didn’t want to miss a workout. [PAR] Beginning His Career [PAR] In 1965, Schwarzenegger joined the Austrian army. At the time, there was a requirement for one year of service in the army for all eighteen year old Austrian males. During this year, Schwarzenegger left the army during basic training to participate in the Junior Mr. Europe contest of 1965. He won this contest, and thus did not regret the consequence of army jail for a week that followed. [PAR] After this contest, he was voted the best built man of Europe. This is what ultimately made him famous. Because of his win, he was able to attend the NABBA Mr. Universe contest in London. Although he didn’t win the contest, he placed second. [PAR] After he placed second, one of the judges took notice of Schwarzenegger and offered to train him. Although Schwarzenegger couldn’t afford to move into an apartment in England, the judge offered Schwarzenegger a place at his house. Additionally, he focused on improving his leg definition, which was the main reason why he lost the NABBA competition. In 1967, Schwarzenegger clinched first place. He was the youngest Mr. Universe ever. [PAR] Move to the U.S. [PAR] In 1968, Schwarzenegger moved to the United States. Although he spoke a little English, he was far from fluent. However, he wanted to become an actor. He trained at a gym in California, and became good friends with some individuals throughout Hollywood. He continued competing in bodybuilding contests, and won the Mr. Olympia title in New York seven different times. [PAR] Schwarzenegger’s ultimate dream was to become an actor. He worked on improving his English with a tutor, but his accent was still a barrier in the auditions. However, he finally got his big break when he was chosen to play Hercules for the movie, Hercules in New York. He wasn’t even credited by his own name in the movie, and instead was credited as “Arnold Strong.” Thus, his acting career began.[DOC] [TLE] Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger (;; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, and former professional bodybuilder and politician. He served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011. [PAR] Schwarzenegger began weight training at the age of 15

In which country was Arnold Schwarzenegger born?

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[DOC] [TLE] Robert Mueller Municipal Airport - citiCiteMueller Community - Wiki Pages [PAR] Wiki Pages [PAR] You are NOT logged in. [PAR] Robert Mueller Municipal Airport [PAR] The following Wiki page content has been contributed by citiCite users. [PAR] Pages Navigation [PAR] Revision History [PAR] The Robert Mueller Municipal Airport was located just a few miles northeast of downtown Austin, Texas and served as the city's only commercial airport from 1936 until 1999. After closing its doors, it was eventually designated to be a planned urban development for the city of Austin. Groundbreaking for the new Mueller Community began in 2007. [PAR] Contents [PAR] 3 RMMA Closes [PAR] Before Mueller [PAR] The event credited for beginning aviation in Austin was a stop on Cal Rodger's (Calbraith Perry Rodgers) famous flight of the "Vin Fiz". As part of a promotional type event for the Ridgetop subdivision just north of Hyde Park, Rodgers landed in an open field on October 20th, 1911. The actual location of his landing was somewhere between 45th and 51st streets, and Duval and Red River. This was one of his 23 planned stops around the state of Texas before continuing west on the transcontinental flight towards the Pacific. The spectacle was observed by three or four dozen local Austin residents. [PAR] Although some aviation continued in Austin, it was just prior to the 1920s that the United States Army began practicing taking off and landing biplanes on a small dirt strip known as Penn Field. Penn Field was located just south of St. Edward's University around what is today the intersection of South Congress and Alpine Road and marks what was the first officially sanctioned landing field in Austin. [PAR] Incidentally the name of the airstrip, Penn Field, was selected to honor the first central Texas pilot to lose his life in World War I as a result of aerial combat. [PAR] Planning for Mueller [PAR] Although Rodgers touched down in 1911 and Penn Field was in use, it would still be 25 years before Austin would first open the doors to commercial traffic. [PAR] In the late 1920's, the Austin City Council petitioned the Army Corps at Kelly Field in San Antonio to send a pilot over the Austin city limits. His job was to find and select the most suitable site for a municipal airport. The Army sent Lt. Claire Chennault, later to become the famous General Chennault of the World War II “Flying Tigers,” who recommended the Matthews farm tract located four miles northeast of downtown Austin (on what is today the Mueller Community). [PAR] In 1928 the voting populous of Austin approved bonds for building an municipal airport. The Robert Mueller Municipal Airport would be the first in Austin and was named after city council member Robert Mueller. Mueller died in January of 1927 while still serving the City of Austin, and sadly just a few short months after he was elected to office. The Austin American (the newspaper at the time) wrote the following about Mueller: [PAR] "...it was helping his city which has probably hastened his death, for on that night, according to members of the city council, he told them he was ill about 10 o'clock, and they asked him to stay a little while longer for the budget was almost planned and they needed his guidance. He remained, and every little while he would remark he was sick, but finally, with plans nearly completed, he went home at 11:30 o'clock." [PAR] The Robert Mueller airport was officially dedicated on October 14, 1930 although it wouldn't open for commercial service until 1936. [PAR] RMMA Closes [PAR] Robert Mueller Municipal Airport closed to commercial passenger traffic on May 22, 1999, and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport opened to the public on May 23, 1999. Robert Mueller Municipal Airport remained open for general aviation use through June 22, 1999.[DOC] [TLE] About Us - Mueller. A mixed-use urban village in Austin, TexasMueller. A mixed-use urban village in Austin, Texas [PAR] About Us [PAR]   [PAR] Located just three miles from downtown Austin and the Texas State Capitol and two miles from The University of Texas at Austin, Mueller is perfectly positioned to become an energetic new hub for central Austin.

Robert Mueller Municipal Airport is in which US state?

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[DOC] [TLE] Convention Between the US And Panama (Panama Canal), 1903Internet History Sourcebooks [PAR] Modern History Sourcebook: [PAR] Convention Between the US And Panama (Panama Canal), 1903 [PAR] When Colombia refused to allow the United States  to build a canal across the Panama isthmus, in 1903,  the US intervened to dissect Panama from the rest of Columbia, set up the Republic of Panama, and established the following convention.For the Construction of a Ship Canal to Connect the Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Signed at Washington, November 18, 1903. [PAR] Ratification advised by the Senate, February 23, 1904. [PAR] Ratified by the President, February 25, 1904. [PAR] Ratified by Panama, December 2, 1903. [PAR] Ratifications exchanged at Washington, February 26, 1904. [PAR] Proclaimed, February 26, 1904. [PAR] By the President of the United States of America.A ProclamationWhereas, a Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama to insure the construction of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and three, the original of which Convention, being in the English language, is word for word as follows:Isthmian Canal ConventionThe United States of America and the Republic of Panama being desirous to insure the construction of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Congress of the United States of America having passed an act approved June 28, 1902, in furtherance of that object, by which the President of the United States is authorized to acquire within a reasonable time the control of the necessary territory of the Republic of Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the high contracting parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, andThe Government of the Republic of Panama, Philippe Bunau - Varilla, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama, thereunto specially empowered by said government, who after communicating with each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:Article IThe United States guarantees and will maintain the independence of the Republic of Panama.Article IIThe Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity, the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of said Canal of the width of ten miles extending to the distance of five miles on each side of the center line of the route of the Canal to be constructed; the said zone beginning in the Caribbean Sea three marine miles from mean low water mark and extending to and across the Isthmus of Panama into the Pacific Ocean to a distance of three marine miles from mean low water mark with the proviso that the cities of Panama and Colon and the harbors adjacent to said cities, which are included within the boundaries of the zone above described, shall not be included within this grant. The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity, the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said Canal or of any auxiliary canals or other works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said enterprise.The Republic of Panama further grants in like manner to the United States in perpetuity, all islands within the limits of the zone above described and in addition thereto, the group of small islands in the Bay of Panama, named Perico, Naos, Culebra and Flamenco.Article IIIThe Republic of Panama grants to the United States all the rights

Panama proclaimed independence in 1903 from which country?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 [PAR] The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 [PAR] Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie [PAR] Share this: [PAR] The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 [PAR] Antoine Henri Becquerel [PAR] Marie Curie, née Sklodowska [PAR] Prize share: 1/4 [PAR] The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 was divided, one half awarded to Antoine Henri Becquerel "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity", the other half jointly to Pierre Curie and Marie Curie, née Sklodowska "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel". [PAR] Photos: Copyright © The Nobel Foundation [PAR] Share this: [PAR] To cite this page [PAR] MLA style: "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2017. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/>[DOC] [TLE] Henri Becquerel - Biographical - Nobel PrizeHenri Becquerel - Biographical [PAR] Henri Becquerel [PAR] The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 [PAR] Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie, Marie Curie [PAR] Share this: [PAR] Henri Becquerel - Biographical [PAR] Antoine Henri Becquerel was born in Paris on December 15, 1852, a member of a distinguished family of scholars and scientists. His father, Alexander Edmond Becquerel, was a Professor of Applied Physics and had done research on solar radiation and on phosphorescence, while his grandfather, Antoine César, had been a Fellow of the Royal Society and the inventor of an electrolytic method for extracting metals from their ores. He entered the Polytechnic in 1872, then the government department of Ponts-et-Chaussées in 1874, becoming ingénieur in 1877 and being promoted to ingénieur-en-chef in 1894. In 1888 he acquired the degree of docteur-ès-sciences. From 1878 he had held an appointment as an Assistant at the Museum of Natural History, taking over from his father in the Chair of Applied Physics at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. In 1892 he was appointed Professor of Applied Physics in the Department of Natural History at the Paris Museum. He became a Professor at the Polytechnic in 1895. [PAR] Becquerel's earliest work was concerned with the plane polarization of light, with the phenomenon of phosphorescence and with the absorption of light by crystals (his doctorate thesis). He also worked on the subject of terrestrial magnetism. In 1896, his previous work was overshadowed by his discovery of the phenomenon of natural radioactivity. Following a discussion with Henri Poincaré on the radiation which had recently been discovered by Röntgen (X-rays) and which was accompanied by a type of phosphorescence in the vacuum tube, Becquerel decided to investigate whether there was any connection between X-rays and naturally occurring phosphorescence. He had inherited from his father a supply of uranium salts, which phosphoresce on exposure to light. When the salts were placed near to a photographic plate covered with opaque paper, the plate was discovered to be fogged. The phenomenon was found to be common to all the uranium salts studied and was concluded to be a property of the uranium atom. Later, Becquerel showed that the rays emitted by uranium, which for a long time were named after their discoverer, caused gases to ionize and that they differed from X-rays in that they could be deflected by electric or magnetic fields. For his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity Becquerel was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, the other half being given to Pierre and Marie Curie for their study of the Becquerel radiation. [PAR] Becquerel published his findings in many papers, principally in the Annales de Physique et de Chimie and the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. [PAR] He was elected a member of the Academie des Sciences de France in 1889 and succeeded Berthelot as Life Secretary of that body. He was a member also of the Accademia dei Lincei and of the Royal Academy of Berlin, amongst others. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1900.

Henri Becquerel shared a Nobel prize for his work in discovering what?

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[DOC] [TLE] Genesis 23:1 Commentaries - Bible HubGenesis 23:1 Commentaries: Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. [PAR] Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary [PAR] 23:1-13 The longest life must shortly come to a close. Blessed be God that there is a world where sin, death, vanity, and vexation cannot enter. Blessed be his name, that even death cannot part believers from union with Christ. Those whom we most love, yea, even our own bodies, which we so care for, must soon become loathsome lumps of clays, and be buried out of sight. How loose then should we be to all earthly attachments and adornments! Let us seek rather that our souls be adorned with heavenly graces. Abraham rendered honour and respect to the princes of Heth, although of the ungodly Canaanites. The religion of the Bible enjoins to pay due respect to all in authority, without flattering their persons, or countenancing their crimes if they are unworthy characters. And the noble generosity of these Canaanites shames and condemns the closeness, selfishness, and ill-humour of many that call themselves Israelites. It was not in pride that Abraham refused the gift, because he scorned to be beholden to Ephron; but in justice and in prudence. Abraham was able to pay for the field, and therefore would not take advantage of Ephron's generosity. Honesty, as well as honour, forbids us to take advantage of our neighbour's liberality, and to impose, upon those who give freely. [PAR] Barnes' Notes on the Bible [PAR] Sarah is the only woman whose age is recorded in Scripture. She meets with this distinction as the wife of Abraham and the mother of the promised seed. "A hundred and twenty and seven years," and therefore thirty-seven years after the birth of her son. "In Kiriatharba." Arba is called the father of Anak Joshua 15:13 ; Joshua 21:11 ; that is, of the Anakim or Bene Anak, a tall or gigantic tribe Numbers 13:22 ; 28; 33, who were subsequently dispossessed by Kaleb. The Anakim were probably Hittites. Abraham had been absent from Hebron, which is also called Mamre in this very chapter Genesis 23:17 , Genesis 23:19 , not far from forty years, though he appears to have still kept up a connection with it, and had at present a residence in it. During this interval the sway of Arba may have commenced. "In the land of Kenaan," in contradistinction to Beer-sheba in the land of the Philistines, where we last left Abraham. "Abraham went to mourn for Sarah," either from Beer-sheba or some out-field where he had cattle pasturing. [PAR] CHAPTER 23 [PAR] Ge 23:1, 2. Age and Death of Sarah. [PAR] 1. Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old, &c.—Sarah is the only woman in Scripture whose age, death, and burial are mentioned, probably to do honor to the venerable mother of the Hebrew people.Sarah’s age and death; Abraham mourns, Genesis 23:1 ,2. He speaks to the sons of Heth for a burying-place, Genesis 23:3 ,4. They offer him the choice of their sepulchres, Genesis 23:5 ,6. Abraham desires to purchase a field of Ephron, Genesis 23:8 ,9. Ephron would give it him, Genesis 23:10-15 . Abraham purchases it, and weighs the silver, Genesis 23:16 . The field made sure to Abraham for a possession before witnesses, Genesis 23:17-20 . [PAR] 1860 [PAR] This is the peculiar honour of Sarah the mother of the faithful, 1 Peter 3:6 , to have the years of her life numbered in Scripture. [PAR] Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible [PAR] And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old,.... This following immediately upon the account of the offering up of Isaac, led many of the Jewish writers to conclude, that Isaac was when thirty seven years of age, as he must be when Sarah his mother was one hundred and twenty seven, for he was born when she was ninety years of age; but this seems

Who is the only woman whose age is mentioned in the Bible?

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[DOC] [TLE] Henry J. Heinz - NNDB: Tracking the entire worldHenry J. Heinz [PAR] Henry J. Heinz [PAR] Location of death: Pittsburgh, PA [PAR] Cause of death: Pneumonia [PAR] Nationality: United States [PAR] Executive summary: Founder of Heinz Foods [PAR] As a child Henry Heinz sold excess vegetables from his mother's garden, and by high school he was buying vegetables at wholesale and delivering them to neighbors' homes at a mark-up. After attending business college and working in the office of his father's brick factory, he opened Heinz, Noble & Company in 1869, selling bottled horseradish with his friend L. Clarence Noble. They added pickles, sauerkraut, and vinegar before going bankrupt five years later. In 1875, in partnership with his brother John and cousin Frederick, he opened F & J Heinz Co., selling the same array of condiments plus Heinz' now-famous ketchup. In 1888 he bought out his partners and re-named the business H.J. Heinz Company, and by the time the company was incorporated in 1900, Heinz was already the country's leading manufacturer of ketchup, mustard, pickles, and vinegar. [PAR] For years his company was best known for its pickles, and by the late 1880s media accounts referred to Heinz as the Pickle King, a nickname which lasted the rest of his life. According to company folklore, Mr Heinz came up with the company claim of "57 varieties" in 1892 (when his factories were already making more than 60 different products) and as the company's list of products grew to hundreds (now thousands) Heinz held to the number 57 for "occult reasons." [PAR] Heinz broke with most of the food industry in his ardent support of the Pure Food and Drug Act, and his company was one of the first to open its doors for "public tours", to reassure customers that his products were produced under sanitary conditions. He was also known for gaudy but impressive advertising gimmicks, including some of the first billboards to be lit at night, and a forty-foot tall electric-lit pickle that dazzled shoppers on New York's Fifth Avenue for several years. By his death in 1919, Heinz had 17 factories, 98 salting houses, and offices in Europe. His great-grandson was US Senator John Heinz . [PAR] Father: John Henry Heinz [PAR] Mother: Anna Margaretta Schmidt Heinz [PAR] Sister: Elizabeth Heinz Mueller[DOC] [TLE] Heinz | Heinz StoryHeinz | Heinz Story [PAR] Heinz Story [PAR] open menu [PAR] Heinz Story [PAR] The story of how Heinz came to be one of the world's best loved brands began over 140 years ago. Take a trip back with us, and find out how Henry J Heinz ensured his name would become associated with quality, variety and good taste by food lovers everywhere. [PAR] 1869 [PAR] In the beginning [PAR] Two young American businessmen, Henry J Heinz and L Clarence Noble, launch Heinz & Noble. Their first product is Henry's 'pure and superior' grated horseradish, bottled in clear glass to show its purity. The horseradish is grown on a garden patch given to Henry by his parents. [PAR] 1876 [PAR] The world's first taste of ketchup [PAR] Henry sets up business with two of his relations, launching F & J Heinz Company, with Henry as manager. In the US, they launch Heinz Tomato Ketchup followed by a launch in the UK in 1886. [PAR] 1886 [PAR] 'I think Mr Heinz, we will take the lot' [PAR] Henry sells his first products ­ 'seven varieties of our finest and newest goods' ­ to London's famous Fortnum & Mason food store. [PAR] 1896 [PAR] An historic train journey [PAR] Riding the New York railway he saw a poster for a shoe company advertising its 21 styles of shoe. He is taken with the ad and totting up the number of products that his company produced, settles on 57 - although there were more, even then! On that journey Heinz 57 Varieties was born. [PAR] 1910 [PAR] Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup was imported into the UK. [PAR] 1920s [PAR] UK production starts [PAR] Heinz is still exporting Baked Beans, Spaghetti and Tomato Ketchup to the UK from America and Canada. When production expands

What was the first name of the original food manufacturer Mr. Heinz?

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[DOC] [TLE] Cheap Flights to Arlanda from £66 - Cheapflights.co.ukCheap Flights to Arlanda from £63 - Cheapflights.co.uk [PAR] Cheap flights to Stockholm, Arlanda, Sweden [PAR] Cheap Flights to Arlanda [PAR] Arlanda overview [PAR] Stockholm Arlanda Airport, commonly referred to as Arlanda, is Sweden’s largest international airport and the third largest in the Nordic countries. It is situated 37km (23 miles) north of the city of Stockholm, near the town of Marsta. In 2010, it served 17 million passengers. [PAR] Arlanda Airport has four terminals. International flights are served by Terminals 2 and 5, while domestic flights are served by terminals 3 and 4. A central building, SkyCity, connects Terminals 4 and 5 and houses a business centre and a number of shops and restaurants. Each terminal also has its own selection of retail outlets and eateries. [PAR] In general, Arlanda Stockholm Airport is highly efficient and has all the facilities you’d expect from a world-class, high-volume airport. Staff are helpful and proficient in English, signage is clear and user-friendly, and transport to and from the city is plentiful. There simply couldn’t be a better place to begin or end your Nordic holiday.[DOC] [TLE] Cheap Flights to Arlanda (ARN) - Search Flights to ArlandaCheap Flights to Arlanda (ARN) - Search Flights to Arlanda from Cheapflights.com [PAR] Cheap flights to Arlanda (ARN) [PAR] See all USA departure airports for flights to Arlanda [PAR] Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), commonly referred to as Arlanda, is Sweden’s largest international airport and the third largest in the Nordic countries. It is situated 23 miles (37 km) north of the city of Stockholm, near the town of Marsta. In 2010, it served 17 million passengers. [PAR] Arlanda Airport has four terminals. International flights are served by Terminals 2 and 5, while domestic flights are served by terminals 3 and 4. A central building, SkyCity, connects Terminals 4 and 5 and houses a business center and a number of shops and restaurants. Each terminal also has its own selection of retail outlets and eateries. [PAR] In general, Arlanda Stockholm Airport is highly efficient and has all the facilities you’d expect from a world-class, high-volume airport. Staff are helpful and proficient in English, signage is clear and user-friendly, and transport to and from the city is plentiful. There simply couldn’t be a better place to begin or end your Nordic vacation. [DOC] [TLE] About the airport | Stockholm Arlanda AirportPrint [PAR] Stockholm Arlanda Airport – beside the capital of Scandinavia [PAR] There are several reasons why Stockholm is the natural capital city of Scandinavia. One is that the city is located in the heart of Scandinavia, with world-class communications. Another is that Stockholm is the largest city in the largest country in Scandinavia. [PAR] In Stockholm, you also find the most multi-national companies, the largest stock exchange and millions of visitors each year. Tourists visit Stockholm for its food, design and music. Stockholm also has a unique range of galleries and museums. Each year, the city takes the centre of world attention when the Nobel prize is awarded.  [PAR] Arlanda – Stockholm's international airport [PAR] Arlanda is Sweden's largest airport and acts as an important hub for the Stockholm region and Scandinavia - owing to flights to 172 destinations around the whole world, and good ground transportation to and from other parts of the Stockholm region.[DOC] [TLE] Arlanda Airport Information - CheapflightsArlanda (ARN) Airport Guide | Terminals & Parking, Airport Code, Car Rental & More Information | Cheapflights [PAR] +46 (0)8 797 6000 [PAR] Airport Overview [PAR] Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), commonly referred to as Arlanda, is Sweden’s largest international airport and the third largest in the Nordic countries. It is situated 23 miles (37 km) north of the city of Stockholm, near the town of Marsta. In 2010, it served 17 million passengers. [PAR] Arlanda Airport has four terminals. International flights are served by Terminals 2 and 5, while domestic flights are served by terminals 3 and 4. A central building, SkyCity, connects Terminals 4 and 5 and houses a business center and

Arlanda international airport is in which country?

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[DOC] [TLE] Garuda Indonesia Reviews and Flights - TripAdvisorGaruda Indonesia Reviews and Flights - TripAdvisor [PAR] Garuda Indonesia Reviews and Flights [PAR] Headquarters: Soekamo-Hatta International Airport Cengkareng, Jakarta 19120 Indonesia +62-0-804-1-807-807 Website [PAR] Search for flights [PAR] *Specify the age of each child at the time of travel. [PAR] Age ? [PAR] Updating list... [PAR] About Garuda Indonesia [PAR] Garuda Indonesia (GA) is Indonesia's flag carrier and a member of the SkyTeam alliance. The airline operates non-stop flights to about 40 domestic destinations and 20 international destinations in 13 countries across Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and Europe. Its fleet include some configured with just Economy Class seating. Other aircraft feature two-cabin configurations (Executive Class, which is Garuda's Business Class product, and Economy Class) and three-cabin configurations (First Class, Executive Class and Economy Class). The airline has hubs at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK) near Jakarta and Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) in Southern Bali.[DOC] [TLE] Profile on Garuda Indonesia | CAPA - Centre for AviationProfile on Garuda Indonesia | CAPA - Centre for Aviation [PAR] Garuda Indonesia international outlook Part 2: expanded partnerships critical for long haul success [PAR] 7-Oct-2016 11:39 AM [PAR] Garuda Indonesia is seeking to expand its partnership with Delta Air Lines ahead of launching flights to the US. Garuda needs a stronger relationship with Delta and will need to reconsider plans for its own US flights if the right partnerships are not in place. [PAR] Expanded partnerships are crucial for Garuda as it attempts to improve its position in the international market. Garuda has been working on boosting ties with several SkyTeam members, resulting in a new codeshare with Aeromexico and an enhanced partnership with KLM. [PAR] Garuda has also been pursuing ambitious and strategic expansion of its own long haul network. However this expansion has been highly unprofitable, and in several markets Garuda would be better off relying on partners. [PAR] Garuda Indonesia international outlook Part 1: further expansion despite weak 1H2016 results [PAR] 6-Oct-2016 12:11 PM [PAR] Garuda Indonesia is planning further international expansion in 4Q2016 and 2017, despite a recent lacklustre performance in the international market. Garuda is adding capacity to China in 4Q2016 and aiming to launch services to the US in 2017. [PAR] Garuda’s international load factor was only 70% through the first eight months of 2016 as the airline struggled to fill additional seats generated by an 18% increase in ASKs. International yields have also declined as Garuda swung back into the red in 1H2016. [PAR] The long haul network has particularly struggled, driving the drop in profitability. However Garuda is keen to continue strategic expansion. [PAR] Singapore Airlines to launch Jakarta-Sydney, further intensifying SE Asia-Australia competition [PAR] 30-Sep-2016 1:07 PM [PAR] Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch services from Jakarta to Sydney in Nov-2016, resulting in new competition for rivals Garuda Indonesia and Australia’s Qantas Airways. SIA’s entrance on the Jakarta-Sydney route is a strategic move and highlights its desire to pursue new areas of growth. [PAR] The Indonesia-Australia market is a logical market for SIA as it seeks to diversify its business. Indonesia and Australia are already SIA’s two largest international markets and Garuda and Qantas are already among its biggest competitors. [PAR] Competition within Asia Pacific, including the Southeast Asia-Australia market, has been intensifying. In the current highly competitive and challenging environment airlines are constantly jockeying and exploring new options to improve their position. [PAR] Southeast Asia-US market Part 3: new nonstops need to overcome stiff one-stop FSC & LCC competition [PAR] 27-Sep-2016 12:41 PM [PAR] Southeast Asian airlines are seeking to capture a larger share of the Southeast Asia-US market over the next few years as they launch new flights to the US. Three of the region’s flag carriers and at least one long haul LCC are planning to launch flights to the US, intensifying competition in an already fiercely competitive market. [PAR] Southeast Asian airlines currently account for less than a 20% share of the total Southeast Asia-US market. Philippine Airlines and Singapore Airlines are the only significant players in this market and are aiming to increase their share as they add new nonstop routes. Garuda Indonesia

Which country does the airline Garuda come from?

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[DOC] [TLE] Cagliari / Elmas Airport - Air Miles CalculatorCagliari / Elmas Airport [PAR] Search Airport: [PAR] Airport: Cagliari / Elmas Airport City: Cagliari Country: Italy  [PAR] IATA Code: CAG ICAO Code: LIEE Coordinates: Latitude: 39°15′5″N, Longitude: 9°3′15″E Runways: Direction: 14/32, Length: 9196 x 148 ft, Elevation: 9 ft [PAR] Current local time: 21:50 CET (2017-01-18) Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +1.0 Daylight saving time: UTC/GMT +2.0 Sunrise: 07:40 Sunset: 17:27 Website: Cagliari / Elmas Airport Wikipedia link: Wikipedia - Cagliari / Elmas Airport [PAR] Location and map [PAR] Cagliari / Elmas Airport is located approximately 3,9 miles (6,3 km) southwest of Sestu and about 4,1 miles (6,6 km) southeast of Assemini.[DOC] [TLE] Car Rental Cagliari Airport - Book Online NowCar Rental Cagliari Airport - Book Online Now [PAR] * For more car rental locations, please use our online booking form above [PAR] Our suppliers at Cagliari Airport, Italy are located at the following addresses: [PAR] Aeroporto Elmas, Sala Arrivi, Cagliari, 09132, Italy [PAR] +39 070 212045 [PAR] Elmas Airport, Elmas (ca), 09034, Italy [PAR] +39 070 240126 [PAR] Desk in Rent a Car Area [PAR] +39 070 240101[DOC] [TLE] IATA 3-Letter Airport Codes: Order by Codes - CIATA 3-Letter Airport Codes: Order by Codes - C [PAR] Airport [PAR] Country [PAR] CLG Coalinga ( CA ) Coalinga USA CLH Coolah Coolah Australia CLI Clintonville ( WI ) Clintonville USA CLJ Cluj Napoca Romania CLK Clinton ( OK ) Municipal USA CLL College Station ( TX ) Easterwood Field USA CLM Port Angeles ( WA ) Fairchild International USA CLN Carolina Carolina Brazil CLO Cali Alfonso B. Aragon Colombia CLP Clarks Point ( AK ) Clarks Point USA CLQ Colima Colima Mexico CLR Calipatria ( CA ) Calipatria USA CLS Chehalis ( WA ) Centralia USA CLT Charlotte ( NC ) Douglas USA CLU Columbus ( IN ) Columbus Municipal USA CLV Caldas Novas Caldas Novas Brazil CLW Clearwater ( FL ) Clearwater Air Park USA CLX Clorinda Clorinda Argentina CLY Calvi Ste Catherine France CLZ Calabozo Calabozo Venezuela CMA Cunnamulla Cunnamulla Australia CMB Colombo Bandaranayake International Sri Lanka CMC Camocim Camocim Brazil CMD Cootamundra Cootamundra Australia CME Ciudad Del Carmen Ciudad Del Carmen Mexico CMF Chambery Chambery France CMG Corumba Internacional Brazil CMH Columbus ( OH ) Port Columbus International [PAR] USA CMI Champaign ( IL ) Willard University USA CMJ Chi Mei Chi Mei Taiwan CMK Club Makokola Club Makokola Malawi CML Camooweal Camooweal Australia CMM Carmelita Carmelita Guatemala CMN Casablanca Mohamed V Morocco CMO Obbia Obbia Somalia CMP Santana Do Araguaia Campo Alegre Brazil CMQ Clermont Clermont Australia CMR Colmar Colmar-Houssen France CMS Scusciuban Scusciuban Somalia CMT Cameta Cameta Brazil CMU Kundiawa Chimbu Papua New Guinea CMV Coromandel Coromandel New Zealand CMW Camaguey Ign Agramonte International Cuba CMX Hancock ( MI ) Houghton County USA CMY Sparta ( WI ) Camp Mccoy AAF USA CMZ Caia Caia Mozambique CNA Cananea Cananea Mexico CNB Coonamble Coonamble Australia CNC Coconut Island Coconut Island Australia CND Constanta Mihail Kogălniceanu Romania CNE Canon City ( CO ) Canon City USA CNF Belo Horizonte Tancredo Neves International Airport Brazil CNG Cognac Parvaud France CNH Claremont ( NH ) Municipal USA CNI Changhai Changhai PR China CNJ Cloncurry Cloncurry Australia CNK Concordia ( KS ) Blosser Municipal USA CNL Sindal Sindal Denmark CNM Carlsbad ( NM ) Carlsbad USA CNN Chulman Chulman Russia CNO Chino ( CA ) Chino USA CNP Neerlerit Inaat Neerlerit Inaat Greenland CNQ Corrientes Camba Punta Argentina CNR Chanaral Chanaral Chile CNS Cairns Cairns Australia CNT Charata Charata Argentina CNU Chanute ( KS ) Martin Johnson USA CNV Canavieiras Canavieiras Brazil CNW Waco ( TX ) James Connall USA CNX Chiang Mai International Thailand CNY Moab ( UT ) Canyonlands Field USA CNZ Cangamba Cangamba Angola COA Columbia ( CA ) Columbia USA COB Coolibah Coolibah Australia COC Concordia Concordia Argentina COD Cody/Yellowstone ( WY ) Yellowstone Regional USA COE Coeur D'Alene ( ID ) Coeur D'Alene USA COF Cocoa ( FL ) Patrick AFB USA COG Condoto Mandinga Colombia COH Cooch Behar Cooch Behar India COI Cocoa ( FL ) Merritt Island USA COJ Coonabarabran Coonabarabran Australia COK Cochin Cochin India COL Coll Island Coll Island United Kingdom COM Coleman ( TX ) Coleman USA CON Concord ( NH ) Concord Municipal Airport USA COO Cotonou Cotonou Benin COP Cooperstown ( NY ) Cooperstown USA COQ Choibalsan Choibalsan Mongolia COR Cordoba Pajas Blancas Argentina COS

Elmas international airport is in which country?

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[DOC] [TLE] Home | Dallas Museum of ArtHome | Dallas Museum of Art [PAR] E-Mail Sign-up [PAR] The Dallas Museum of Art is supported, in part, by the generosity of DMA Members and donors, the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Texas Commission on the Arts. [PAR] All contents © 2017 Dallas Museum of Art. All rights reserved. Please note that any use of content downloaded or printed from this site is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright laws.

In which American state are the Merril Collection and the Burke Museum of Fine Arts?

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[DOC] [TLE] Iris, the Greek goddess of the RainbowIris, the Greek goddess of the Rainbow [PAR] Iris, the goddess of the rainbow [PAR] Iris was the personification of the rainbow, which the Ancient Greeks believed to be the dress of the goddess. Like the rainbow is a bridge to the sky, Iris was also the mediator between the gods and the humans, revealing the will of the gods to the people. [PAR] Family of Iris [PAR] Iris was the daughter of the sea god Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra. She was a granddaughter of Gaea (the goddess of Earth) and the sea god Pontus. She was a sister of the winged Harpies . [PAR] According to a myth, Iris mated with the Zephyr and created Eros , the winged god of love- although most authors mention her as a virgin in their myths. [PAR] Responsibilities of Iris [PAR] Iris was chosen by the gods to carry water from the Styx (the river of the Oaths), to Mount Olympus for the gods to swear by. Since she could move with the speed of the wind, Iris acted also like the messenger of the gods.She took the orders of Zeus and the other deities from the "eye of heaven" and, sliding down the curve of the rainbow,she appeared in front of the people in a human form and revealed the orders to them. [PAR] Furthermore, Iris was a goddess of the sea and the sky. [PAR] Appearance of Iris [PAR] Iris always wore splendid dresses with bewitching colors. She had gold wings attached to her shoulders and winged sandals on her feet. If her wings were missing in the artistic representations, she was pictured holding a caduceus, which was also a symbol of hers.[DOC] [TLE] Iris The Rainbow GoddessIris The Rainbow Goddess [PAR] Iris The Rainbow Goddess [PAR] Areas of Influence: Iris Goddess of the rainbow and messenger to the Gods. [PAR] As Goddess of the rainbow she joined the human realm to the place of the Gods. She restored calm and balance to the forces of nature after a storm. [PAR] She was the handmaiden to  Hera  and served nectar to the Gods. [PAR] She was one of the few Olympians who was able to travel to the underworld. Where It was the rainbow Goddesses job to collect for the swearing solemn oaths. [PAR] This Goddess had no specific myths of her own or temples dedicated to her. [PAR] Origins and Genealogy: Her father was the Titan Thaumas and her mother was Electra. [PAR] The cruel and fearsome Harpies were her sisters. [PAR] In some myths she is said to be the mother of the God Eros. [PAR] Strengths: Faithful, loyal and a shape - shifter. [PAR] Weaknesses: Defined by her role in life. No distant personality [PAR]  Symbolism [PAR] Often depicted as a winged Goddess, holding a pitcher full of nectar. [PAR] The Rainbow is her main symbol. [PAR] Sacred Plant: The flower the Iris was named after her. [PAR] Iris's Archetypes [PAR] The Servant: [PAR] A Servant is paid to look after other people, performing their menial tasks. [PAR] This role can be chosen or enforced as circumstances and issues of self-worth prevent the servant from having the same status as the master. [PAR] Shadow Servant fails to be of service to herself. She has no sense of her own powers and abilities, becoming a slave to the social system. [PAR] The Greek Goddess of the rainbow was a faithful servant to her mistress Hera and the other Olympian Gods. [PAR] The Shape shifter [PAR] The Shape Shifter has the ability to change her physical appearance. They are also able to adapt easily to different environments by altering there behaviour. [PAR] Shadow Shape Shifter is fickle, lacking conviction and constantly reinventing themselves, like politicians to appeal to more people. [PAR] This Goddess uses her ability to Shape Shift when she delivers messages, turning into the image of the sender. [PAR] How To Work With These Archetypes [PAR] The Servant: [PAR] The Servant Archetype reminds you to look at the masters and petty tyrants you defer to in your life. [PAR] Learn to let go of people or self-limiting beliefs that no longer serve you. [PAR] The Shape shifter: [PAR] The Shape Shifter

In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the rainbow?

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[DOC] [TLE] Spring Turning | Reynolda House Museum of American ArtSpring Turning | Reynolda House Museum of American Art [PAR] This object is currently on view. [PAR] Description [PAR] A high horizon line running along the exaggerated width of the composition paradoxically creates simultaneous feelings of expansion and compression in this depiction of an eastern Iowa landscape. The primary subject of Spring Turning, 1936, an oil painting on Masonite panel, is the remembered landscape of Grant Wood’s childhood in Anamosa, Iowa. There is no visual evidence of twentieth century progress in this setting—no automobiles, farm machinery, paved roads, or electric wires. Wood scholar Wanda Corn describes it as “man liv(ing) in complete harmony with nature; he is the earth’s caretaker, coaxing her into abundance, bringing coherence and beauty to her surfaces” (see Wanda Corn, Grant Wood: The Regionalist Vision, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983, 90). The painting was first exhibited at the Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1936 and on February 8, 1937 was featured in a full-color two-page spread in Life magazine (see Erika Doss, Benton, Pollock and the Politics of Modernism, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991, 175). [PAR] The landscape shown has been segmented into fields for cultivation. The composition encompasses four fields, side by side in pairs and receding at a diagonal away from the picture plane. Their geometric demarcation is man-made, indicated by the plowed furrows that are being turned under in preparation for planting, the rusty red-orange furrows highlighted against the velvety green growth. Each field is surrounded by posthole fences. One can see the fence posts but not the strung wires, thus reinforcing the repetition of the posts as hemmed stitches on a vast quilt. The left of the rear fields has been completely plowed, while the other three are in the process of being plowed. The tiny form of a farmer works the square from the outside to its center. There is a hint of one work-team silhouetted against the sky. The foreground field is being worked by a farmer and team of draft horses, while the mid-ground field is being worked by a farmer driving a team of oxen. In the bottom right third of the composition, a small bridge crosses a shaded stream. At the far end of the recessional diagonal created by the contour of the foreground hill is a single tree casting a shadow, as if in response to the distant pink-flowering tree back by the foot bridge. Along the left edge of the composition, tucked into the far side of a hill, a farmhouse is partly visible, along with grazing cattle in the adjoining field. Slightly above and to the right, barely visible against the sky on the farthest hill, is yet another work team, while the next hill over is topped by a very tiny weathervane against the sky. The bright blue sky is scattered with clouds, but rather than appear rounded these clouds seem to square themselves up parallel to the fields below them. The overall dominance of geometric forms in this landscape and an almost deliberate minimization of pattern and decoration may be traced to Wood’s studies under Ernest Batchelder. Specifically, critic James Dennis says that Batchelder would have been familiar with the art teachings of Arthur Wesley Dow, whose art manual Composition was first published in 1899 and was reissued several times through the 1940s. A quote of Dow’s seems especially applicable to Spring Turning: “Take any landscape that has some good elements in it, reduce it to a few main lines, and strive to present it in the most beautiful way” (see James M. Dennis, Renegade Regionalists: The modern independence of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry, Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1998, 185). [PAR] While studying in Munich in 1928 , Grant Wood grew to admire the Northern Renaissance artists Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, and Hans Holbein the Younger, and this admiration is evident in his most celebrated artwork, American Gothic (1930). Instead of a donor and saint with attributes,

Which Iowa-born artist painted American Gothic and Spring Turning?

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[DOC] [TLE] World English-Language Scrabble Players AssociationWorld English-Language Scrabble Players Association [PAR] World Tournaments [PAR] 1. Introduction [PAR] Many tournaments around the world pride themselves on being able to attract competitors from other nations. [PAR] There are really only five tournament structures, however, that have been designed to be global in nature. These are the World Scrabble Championship, Scrabble Champions Tournament, the MSI World Championships, the World Youth Scrabble Championship and the WESPA Championship. [PAR] Humble beginnings [PAR] The first Scrabble World Championship was held in London in 1991, hosted by Spears, who were taken over by Mattel in 1994. It featured 48 players from 19 countries. The total prize pool was $US19,000, with $10,000 of that going to the winner. [PAR] The tournament event was played to combined-dictionary rules (Chambers and OSPD), which may have proved problematical for the 'single-dictionary' countries. Or maybe not, given that two Americans contested the best-of-five final. The inaugural winner was Peter Morris, who hasn't returned to play in this tournament since 1993. His finals opponent, a young, fresh-faced Brian Cappelletto, came back to win the event exactly 10 years later. [PAR] Global reach [PAR] Since then the event has been held three more times in London, and once each in New York, Washington DC, Melbourne, Las Vegas, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Johor Bahru (Malaysia) and Warsaw (Poland). For the first six events, Hasbro (the brand owner in North America) and Mattel (brand owner in the rest of the world) alternated sponsorship, before Hasbro withdrew to focus more on TWL-only events. [PAR] Warsaw, in 2011, had 106 players from 39 countries, including a great many for whom English is not a first language. The prize pool was up to with $50,000, $US20,000 for the winner. [PAR] On the podium [PAR] There have been plenty of repeat finalists, showing that the genuine superstars of Scrabble always rise to the challenge on the big stage. Nigel Richards has been in four finals, whilst Joel Wapnick (Can) and Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thai) have played in three finals each; Brian Cappelletto (US), Mark Nyman (UK) and Joel Sherman (US) have played in two; and Morris, David Boys (Can), Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thai), Adam Logan (Can) and Craig Beevers (Eng) have each nailed the title on their only finals appearance. Only Nigel Richards has won the title more than once. [PAR] 2. After Warsaw [PAR] A. The Scrabble Champions Tournament (SCT) and the MSI World Championships [PAR] The final WSC was held in 2011; Mind Sports International (MSI) were then provided the opportunity to run a truly global Scrabble tournament and, in 2013, the first of two SCTs was held in Prague in the Czech Republic. [PAR] The event gave the world one of its first applications of a now famous RFID Scrabble board and, with ambassador Rachel Riley, and a streamed coverage gave the Scrabble community a global tournament in the digital age. [PAR] Nigel Richards took out the tournament that year. [PAR] The SCT was run the following year in London with a non-invitational format. Competitors did not have to go through a qualifying process as was the case with preceding global tournaments. [PAR] Craig Beevers took out the title that year, becoming the first Englishman to become World Champion since Mark Nyman in 1993. [PAR] This was the final SCT, with the advent of the MSI World Championships. The 2016 Championships will be held in Lille in August. [PAR] B. The WESPA Championship [PAR] In November 2015, the inaugural WESPA Championships was held in Perth, Western Australia. [PAR] The format resembled previous WSCs and qualification was set by member nations. [PAR] Over 30 nations were represented, with side events held to ensure a very strong attendance to follow the 2015 World Youth Scrabble Championship that was held in Perth shortly before. [PAR] Nigeria's Wellington Jighere brought Africa its first victory on the global stage, a result that has seen many accolades and recognition at the highest of levels in his home country and

When was the Scrabble World championship first held?

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[DOC] [TLE] Sarah Vaughan | New Music And SongsSarah Vaughan | New Music And Songs | [PAR] Sarah Vaughan [PAR] About Sarah Vaughan [PAR] Possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan ranked with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday in the very top echelon of female jazz singers. She often gave the impression that with her wide range, perfectly controlled vibrato, and wide expressive abilities, she could do anything she wanted with her voice. Although not all of her many recordings are essential (give Vaughan a weak song and she might strangle it to death), Sarah Vaughan's legacy as a performer and a recording artist will be very difficult to match in the future. [PAR] Vaughan sang in church as a child and had extensive piano lessons from 1931-39; she developed into a capable keyboardist. After she won an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater, she was hired for the Earl Hines big band as a singer and second vocalist. Unfortunately, the musicians' recording strike kept her off record during this period (1943-44). When lifelong friend Billy Eckstine broke away to form his own orchestra, Vaughan joined him, making her recording debut. She loved being with Eckstine's orchestra, where she became influenced by a couple of his sidemen, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, both of whom had also been with Hines during her stint. Vaughan was one of the first singers to fully incorporate bop phrasing in her singing, and to have the vocal chops to pull it off on the level of a Parker and Gillespie. [PAR] Other than a few months with John Kirby from 1945-46, Sarah Vaughan spent the remainder of her career as a solo star. Although she looked a bit awkward in 1945 (her first husband George Treadwell would greatly assist her with her appearance), there was no denying her incredible voice. She made several early sessions for Continental: a December 31, 1944 date highlighted by her vocal version of "A Night in Tunisia," which was called "Interlude," and a May 25, 1945 session for that label that had Gillespie and Parker as sidemen. However, it was her 1946-48 selections for Musicraft (which included "If You Could See Me Now," "Tenderly" and "It's Magic") that found her rapidly gaining maturity and adding bop-oriented phrasing to popular songs. Signed to Columbia where she recorded during 1949-53, "Sassy" continued to build on her popularity. Although some of those sessions were quite commercial, eight classic selections cut with Jimmy Jones' band during May 18-19, 1950 (an octet including Miles Davis) showed that she could sing jazz with the best. [PAR] During the 1950s, Vaughan recorded middle-of-the-road pop material with orchestras for Mercury, and jazz dates (including Sarah Vaughan, a memorable collaboration with Clifford Brown) for the label's subsidiary, EmArcy. Later record label associations included Roulette (1960-64), back with Mercury (1963-67), and after a surprising four years off records, Mainstream (1971-74). Through the years, Vaughan's voice deepened a bit, but never lost its power, flexibility or range. She was a masterful scat singer and was able to out-swing nearly everyone (except for Ella). Vaughan was with Norman Granz's Pablo label from 1977-82, and only during her last few years did her recording career falter a bit, with only two forgettable efforts after 1982. However, up until near the end, Vaughan remained a world traveler, singing and partying into all hours of the night with her miraculous voice staying in prime form. The majority of her recordings are currently available, including complete sets of the Mercury/Emarcy years, and Sarah Vaughan is as famous today as she was during her most active years. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi [PAR] Hear more of[DOC] [TLE] Sarah Vaughan | Biography & History | AllMusicSarah Vaughan | Biography & History | AllMusic [PAR] google+ [PAR] Artist Biography by Scott Yanow [PAR] Possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan ranked with Ella Fitzgerald

Sarah Vaughan first joined which band as singer?

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[DOC] [TLE] Organization of Afro-American Unity - britannica.comOrganization of Afro-American Unity | American organization | Britannica.com [PAR] Organization of Afro-American Unity [PAR] THIS IS A DIRECTORY PAGE. Britannica does not currently have an article on this topic. [PAR] Learn about this topic in these articles: [PAR]   [PAR] in Malcolm X (American Muslim leader): Final years [PAR] ...of African Unity (known as the African Union since 2002), an intergovernmental group established to promote African unity, international cooperation, and economic development. In 1965 he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity as a secular vehicle to internationalize the plight of black Americans and to make common cause with the people of the developing world—to move from civil...[DOC] [TLE] Organization of Afro-American UnityThe Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) was a Pan-Africanist organization founded by Malcolm X in 1964. The OAAU was modeled on the Organisation of African Unity, which had impressed Malcolm X during his visit to Africa in April and May 1964. The purpose of the OAAU was to fight for the human rights of African Americans and promote cooperation among Africans and people of African descent in the Americas. [PAR] Malcolm X announced the establishment of the OAAU at a public meeting in New York's Audubon Ballroom on June 28, 1964. He had written the group's charter with John Henrik Clarke, Albert Cleage, Jesse Gray, and Gloria Richardson, among others. In a memo dated July 2, 1964, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover described the nascent OAAU as a threat to the national security of the United States. [PAR] Malcolm X, along with John Henrik Clarke, wrote the following into the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) Basic Unity Program: [PAR] # Restoration: "In order to release ourselves from the oppression of our enslavers then, it is absolutely necessary for the Afro-American to restore communication with Africa." [PAR] # Reorientation: "We can learn much about Africa by reading informative books." [PAR] # Education: "The Organization of Afro-American Unity will devise original educational methods and procedures which will liberate the minds of our children. We will ... encourage qualified Afro-Americans to write and publish the textbooks needed to liberate our minds ... educating them [our children] at home." [PAR] # Economic Security: "After the Emancipation Proclamation ... it was realized that the Afro-American constituted the largest homogeneous ethnic group with a common origin and common group experience in the United States and, if allowed to exercise economic or political freedom, would in a short period of time own this country. We must establish a technician bank. We must do this so that the newly independent nations of Africa can turn to us who are their brothers for the technicians they will need now and in the future." [PAR] The OAAU pushed for black control of every aspect of the black community. At the founding rally, Malcolm X stated that the organization's principal concern was the human rights of blacks, but that it would also focus on voter registration, school boycotts, rent strikes, housing rehabilitation, and social programs for addicts, unwed mothers, and troubled children. Malcolm X saw the OAAU as a way of "un-brainwashing" black people, ridding them of the lies they had been told about themselves and their culture. [PAR] On July 17, 1964, Malcolm X was welcomed to the second meeting of the Organization of African Unity in Cairo as a representative of the OAAU. [PAR] When a reporter asked whether white people could join the OAAU, Malcolm X said, "Definitely not." Then he added, "If John Brown were still alive, we might accept him." [PAR] Collapse [PAR] Malcolm X did not have sufficient time to invest in the OAAU to help it flourish. After his death, Malcolm X's half-sister, Ella Little-Collins, took over the leadership of the OAAU, but dwindling membership and Malcolm X's absence eventually led to the collapse of the organization.[DOC] [TLE] (1964) Malcolm X’s Speech at the Founding Rally of the ...

Who founded the Organization of Afro American Unity?

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[DOC] [TLE] New York World | What Happened Today in History?New York World | What Happened Today in History? [PAR] What Happened Today in History? [PAR] Tag Archives: New York World [PAR] December 21, 2013 · 9:00 am [PAR] December 21st – The first crossword puzzle is published [PAR] The first crossword puzzle published, by Arthur Wynne on December 21st, 1913 [PAR] On this day in 1913, exactly one hundred years ago, the first crossword puzzle was published in the New York World. Though crosswords had been invented earlier in the 19th century, it was not until Arthur Wynne, an English journalist from Liverpool, published the crossword that this time-killer became popular worldwide. [PAR] Following the first publication of Wynne’s crossword in 1913, the word puzzle quickly spread to other newspapers. Much like the Sudoku craze that took over in the mid-2000s (hard to believe it is only that old!), the crossword puzzle was an instant hit. Interestingly, in the 1920s there were negative reactions to the increased popularity of the crossword. Here are a few I found particularly interesting (taken from the Wikipedia article): [PAR] The New York Public Library (1921): “The latest craze to strike libraries is the crossword puzzle,” and complained that when “the puzzle ‘fans’ swarm to the dictionaries and encyclopedias so as to drive away readers and students who need these books in their daily work, can there be any doubt of the Library’s duty to protect its legitimate readers?” [PAR] The New York Times (1924): “A sinful waste in the utterly futile finding of words the letters of which will fit into a prearranged pattern, more or less complex. This is not a game at all, and it hardly can be called a sport… [solvers] get nothing out of it except a primitive form of mental exercise, and success or failure in any given attempt is equally irrelevant to mental development.” [PAR] The New York Times would not print crosswords in its pages until 1942; ironically, the New York Times crossword is now one of the most played crosswords in America. [PAR] Crosswords have appeared in multiple languages since Wynne’s 1913 crossword, including many European languages such as French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Russian. Japanese crosswords also exist, where instead of placing a letter in a box, a syllable is often placed (in katakana, one of the three written “alphabets” in the Japanese language). [PAR] Related articles[DOC] [TLE] December 21st – The first crossword puzzle is published ...December 21st – The first crossword puzzle is published | What Happened Today in History? [PAR] What Happened Today in History? [PAR] December 21st – The first crossword puzzle is published [PAR] The first crossword puzzle published, by Arthur Wynne on December 21st, 1913 [PAR] On this day in 1913, exactly one hundred years ago, the first crossword puzzle was published in the New York World. Though crosswords had been invented earlier in the 19th century, it was not until Arthur Wynne, an English journalist from Liverpool, published the crossword that this time-killer became popular worldwide. [PAR] Following the first publication of Wynne’s crossword in 1913, the word puzzle quickly spread to other newspapers. Much like the Sudoku craze that took over in the mid-2000s (hard to believe it is only that old!), the crossword puzzle was an instant hit. Interestingly, in the 1920s there were negative reactions to the increased popularity of the crossword. Here are a few I found particularly interesting (taken from the Wikipedia article): [PAR] The New York Public Library (1921): “The latest craze to strike libraries is the crossword puzzle,” and complained that when “the puzzle ‘fans’ swarm to the dictionaries and encyclopedias so as to drive away readers and students who need these books in their daily work, can there be any doubt of the Library’s duty to protect its legitimate readers?” [PAR] The New York Times (1924): “A sinful waste in the utterly futile finding of words the letters of which will fit into a prearranged pattern, more or less complex. This is not a game at

What was first published on 21st December 1913 in the New York World?

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[DOC] [TLE] Sonja Henie biography recounts a glamorous, controversial ...Sonja Henie biography recounts a glamorous, controversial life | Sports Biblio [PAR] Sonja Henie biography recounts a glamorous, controversial life [PAR] February 22, 2016 / Wendy Parker / 0 Comments [PAR] Sonja Henie was a teenage sporting star and global celebrity long before the sport of figure skating produced more contemporary versions. [PAR] The Norwegian-born Henie won Olympic gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936 before coming to the United States and embarking on a Hollywood film career. Along the way, she curried favor with Hitler, had several notorious affairs and gained a reputation as something of a mean-spirited person. [PAR] The “Pavlova on Ice” image she carved for herself on skates didn’t carry over to her life away from the ice, according to a 1985 biography assisted by her embittered brother, actor Leif Henie. [PAR] That book, written by celebrity biographer Raymond Strait, has been renamed and reissued for spring 2016 publication. The text of  “Sonja Henie: An Unsuspected Life,” is largely unchanged. The initial book, occasionally dubbed “Sonja Dearest,”   received mixed reviews from critics, but was a revelation to skating fans caught up in the exploits of Katarina Witt, the sultry 1984 Olympic gold medalist at Sarajevo. [PAR] The reissued biography follows a Sonja Henie reappraisal timed for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, including a warts-and-all profile in Vanity Fair. While Sonja Henie’s post-Olympics life was at times troubling, her influence on her sport was groundbreaking. She transformed figure skating into an art form, all the way down to her novel choice of white boots: [PAR] Here was a huge visual shift—from masculine to feminine, from prose to poetry. Just as the ballerina’s pointe shoes were pink, suddenly the female ice skater’s boots were white, redolent of fairy and folk tales, of youthful purity and Nordic power. Sonja had single-handedly pulled figure skating into the realm of metaphor—and where there is metaphor, there can also be art. In “The Pavlova of the Ice,” film footage shot in 1928 ( and available on YouTube ), she is skating outdoors, her slow-motion leaps and spins set against snow-dusted mountains that are nothing short of Wagnerian. One can see why chief among her legion of fans was Adolf Hitler. [PAR] Before Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Tara Lipinski, Debi Thomas and Kristi Yamaguchi traded their names for commercial endorsements and instant celebrity as American champions, Sonja Henie parlayed her athletic fame for the riches of skating tours in the U.S., as well as the big screen. “Little Miss Moneybags” was just one of the many unflattering nicknames Henie engendered before her death , from leukemia, in 1969. [PAR] The energetic blonde appeal she enjoyed, and that landed her on the cover of Time magazine in 1939, quickly turned to something very different once the business of being Sonja Henie became established, according to the biography. [PAR] Leif Henie was also Sonja Henie’s business partner (he died in 1984, the year before the original biography was published) and had to deal with her tantrums, her many affairs (Tyrone Power, Joe Louis, Van Johnson) and her three marriages. [PAR] The first of her 15 films, “One in a Million,” was released in 1936, just after Sonja Henie won her final Olympic gold medal, and introduced her to legions of new American fans who became the initial audience for her skating tours as well. [PAR] Six of the nine films she made for Twentieth Century Fox between 1936 and 1943 were re-released on DVD in 2014 by Fox Cinema Archives, and provide an adequate survey of her screen work for an unfamiliar viewer. [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] The Glittering Rise and Fall of Sonja Henie, Ice Skating’s ...The Glittering Rise and Fall of Sonja Henie, Ice Skating’s Original Queen | Vanity Fair [PAR] Twitter [PAR] Left, world-champion figure skater Sonja Henie, circa 1938. Right, Henie, the defending gold medalist, performing her skating routine at the 1936 Winter Olympics, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

In which sport did Hollywood star Sonja Henie win Olympic Gold?

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[DOC] [TLE] Eat More Polar Bear, by L. Neil SmithEat More Polar Bear, by L. Neil Smith [PAR] Number 411, April 1, 2007 [PAR] "It's the business of mass media to distract Americans [PAR] from everything that's actually important." [PAR] Eat More Polar Bear [PAR] lneil@netzero.com [PAR] Attribute to The Libertarian Enterprise [PAR] Unless you're Helen Keller falling in a forest, you know all about "Cute Knut", a baby polar bear in the Berlin Zoo, and the center of the most absurd controversy to show up on my laptop for a season or three. [PAR] As animals will sometimes, Knut's mommy inexplicably abandoned him and his twin brother—who died shortly afterward—refusing to feed them. Taking up the challenge, the Berlin zookeepers bottle-fed the little guy, kept him happy and in good health, until the present, when he's become the zoo's unofficial mascot and the darling of the German media. [PAR] Something very much like this happened at the Denver Zoo a few years ago, with a pair of baby polar bears named Klondike and Snow, except that both of these critters were quite sickly and nearly died. Their kindly caretakers got them through it, however, and they were eventually moved to another zoo that could handle grownup polar bears better. [PAR] I suppose I should stop right here and explain that I am not an "animal lover" in the sense people usually intend when they use that term. Nor am I at all like the guy whom Tom Lehrer once described as having "majored in animal husbandry—until they caught him at it". I freely confess that when Klondike and Snow were constantly in the news, I got thoroughly sick of seeing and hearing about them day after day. [PAR] Of course it's the business of mass media to distract Americans from everything that's actually important—sometimes vital—in life, and pull their focus to the trivial. If people made that much of a fuss about sick or injured children (say, in Iraq)—or our sick and injured Bill of Rights—it would become a vastly better world, albeit one that offered many fewer juicy opportunities to the mass media. [PAR] But as usual, I digress. [PAR] I am an avid carnivore and a once-and-future hunter. I haven't had a chance yet to sample bear or possum, but I have eaten just about everything else that lopes, crawls, swims, or flies over the planet's surface, including alligator and rattlesnake (both of which taste like chicken), whale meat and seal flippers (the former tastes like beef, the latter like beef marinated in cod liver oil), and ants and bees (which taste like ants and bees). I've also written very energetically on occasion against the counterfeit philosophy of "animal rights", because it makes no claim that can be debated (and demolished) with regard to what rights are and where they came from, and it's almost always used, sooner or later, as an excuse to deny or diminish human rights. [PAR] Often, those who argue in favor of "animal rights"—or perform violent criminal acts in the name of that cause—aren't doing the animals any favors, either. In the pretzel-twisted minds of certain individuals, it was morally wrong to save baby polar bear Knut from starvation and death. He should have been given a lethal injection, proclaimed a flock of self-anointed animal rights activists, rather than being brought up "suffering the humiliation of being treated as a [gasp!] domestic pet. . . it is inappropriate for a predator, known for its fierceness and ability to fend for itself in the wild, to be snuggled." [PAR] You have no idea how hard it was to write that last paragraph or to use the word "minds" in connection with the wimpersnits it concerns — one Ruediger Schmiedel, head of something he calls the "Foundation for Bears" and somebody referred to as "spokesman Frank Albrecht" — encompassing, as it does, one of the craziest bonnet-bees ever set free in these Crazy Years that Robert Heinlein warned us were coming. You can almost hear the contempt with which that final word

"Which entertainer said, ""He was into animal husbandry--until they caught him at it?"

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[DOC] [TLE] Hades - Greek Mythology Wiki - WikiaHades | Greek Mythology Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] Roman Names [PAR] Pluto [PAR] Hades is the Greek god of the Underworld, the dead, and riches. He is the eldest son of Kronos and Rhea and the elder brother of Poseidon and Zeus . [PAR] Contents [PAR] Mythology [PAR] Birth [PAR] Hades was one of the children of the Titans , Kronos  and Rhea . He was the oldest son, but the fourth oldest out of Kronos' and Rhea's six children after Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. His brothers were Poseidon and Zeus. Like his siblings, he was swallowed whole by Kronos, who was afraid that his children would one day surpass him. The others were eventually freed by thier youngest brother Zeus. [PAR] Titanomachy [PAR] During The Great War , Hades fought alongside the Olympians and helped a great deal with it. With the help of Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera; Zeus was able to defeat Kronos and the Titans, thus ending the Great War. When the war ended, Poseidon, Hades and Zeus divided the world among themselves using lots, Poseidon getting to rule the sea, Zeus the sky, Hades got the Underworld and the Earth was neutral territory. It is said that Hades was always the gloomy one, and it is no wonder he got stuck with the Underworld. [PAR] Wife [PAR] Hades abduction of Persephone [PAR] Hades's wife, Persephone was the goddess of crops and spring, daughter of Demeter . Persephone was picking flowers, when Persephone was caught by the sight of a flower, the narcissus. Unnoticed by the maidens with her, Persephone went to pick up the flower. Out of nowhere, the ground split, and Hades himself rode out in his majestic chariot, guided by black-ash steeds. Grabbing Persephone, he rode back into the Underworld, and the gap sealed. Demeter, not able to find Persephone, became extremely sullen and saddened. Her sadness left the Earth to die. Nothing grew, nothing was green. This was the season of Winter, in which Demeter was sad. Going to Zeus, she found that Hades himself had taken Persephone. So Hermes was sent, and asked Hades for Persephone back. In the Underworld, Hades was showering Persephone with gold and riches, but she would have none of it. Hearing the news, she gladly was allowed to go back. But Hades persuaded Persephone to eat a third of a pomegranate. She went back to Demeter, happy again. And everything on Earth grew. But when Persephone told Demeter of the pomegranate, Demeter was struck with sadness. Anything eaten in the Underworld, would bind the digested to hell for their life. So Zeus had declared Persephone would spend 1/3 of the year in the Underworld, and the rest of the year coming back and living with Demeter. This is the reason that Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter was formed. [PAR] In another myth, a dead spirit boy (which Demeter had turned into a lizard, and was eaten by a hawk) came to Persephone and convinced her to eat six pomegranate seeds, and when Zeus found out he declared she had to go back to the Underworld for six months,one month for each seed. [PAR] In some other myths, when Persephone was abducted, Demeter was so sad and enraged that she made nothing on Earth grow except for the village of Eluesis as the people there provided her with shelter and food while she was searching the whole world for her daughter. [PAR] Asclepius [PAR] Another myth tells of Hades' involvement with Asclepius, a mortal son of Apollo who was a gifted healer and the world's first doctor. Asclepius was so gifted he was able to give mortals longer lives by curing plagues and showing them how to take care of themselves. Asclepius brought people back from the brink of death many times. Eventually though Asclepius started to bring people back from the dead for hefty sums of money. It was with this feat that Hades lost his temper and stormed up to Mount Olympus demanding that Asclepius pay the price for openly mocking death. Zeus appeased Hades by personally striking down Asclepius with a thunderbolt. Apollo

In Greek mythology, who was the queen of the underworld and wife of Hades?

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[DOC] [TLE] Super Bowl XSuper Bowl X was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1975 season. The Steelers defeated the Cowboys by the score of 21–17 to win their second consecutive Super Bowl. They were the third team to win back-to-back Super Bowls. (The Miami Dolphins won Super Bowls VII and VIII, and the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowls I and II.) It was also the first Super Bowl in which both participating teams had previously won a Super Bowl, as the Steelers were the defending champions and the Cowboys had won Super Bowl VI. [PAR] The game was played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on January 18, 1976, one of the first major national events of the United States Bicentennial year. Both the pre-game and halftime show celebrated the Bicentennial, while players on both teams wore special patches on their jerseys with the Bicentennial logo. [PAR] Super Bowl X featured a contrast of styles between the Steelers and the Cowboys, which were, at the time, the two most popular teams in the league. The Steelers, dominating teams with their "Steel Curtain" defense and running game, finished the regular season with a league best 12–2 record and defeated the Baltimore Colts and the Oakland Raiders in the playoffs. The Cowboys, with their offense and "flex" defense, became the first NFC wild-card team to advance to the Super Bowl after posting a 10–4 regular season record and postseason victories over the Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Rams. [PAR] Trailing 10–7 in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl X, the Steelers rallied to score 14 unanswered points, including a 64-yard touchdown reception by Pittsburgh wide receiver Lynn Swann. The Cowboys cut the score, 21–17, late in the game with wide receiver Percy Howard's 34-yard touchdown reception, but Pittsburgh safety Glen Edwards halted Dallas' rally with an end zone interception as time expired. Swann, who caught four passes for a Super Bowl record 161 yards and one touchdown, became the first wide receiver to be named the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player. [PAR] Background [PAR] The NFL awarded Super Bowl X to Miami on April 3, 1973 at the owners meetings held in Scottsdale, Arizona. [PAR] Pittsburgh Steelers [PAR] The Steelers became the first official #1 seed to reach the Super Bowl. Playoff seeds were instituted in 1975. The Steelers finished the regular season with a league best 12–2 record, dominating opponents with their "Steel Curtain" defense and powerful running game. Fullback Franco Harris ranked second in the league with 1,246 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns, while also catching 28 passes for 214 yards and another touchdown. Halfback Rocky Bleier had 528 rushing yards, and fullback John "Frenchy" Fuqua added 285 yards and 18 receptions. Still, the Steelers had a fine passing attack led by quarterback Terry Bradshaw. Bradshaw threw for 2,055 yards, 18 touchdowns, and nine interceptions, while rushing for 210 yards and three touchdowns. One reason why Bradshaw's numbers were much improved from the previous season was the emergence of wide receivers Lynn Swann and John Stallworth. Both saw limited playing time in the previous season, but became significant contributors. Swann caught a team leading 49 passes for 781 yards and 11 touchdowns. Stallworth only had 20 receptions, but he had an average of 21.2 yards per catch, recording a total of 423 reception yards. [PAR] The Steelers' "Steel Curtain" defense dominated the league, ranking third in fewest yards allowed (4,019) and sending 8 of their 11 starters to the Pro Bowl: defensive linemen Joe Greene and L. C. Greenwood; future Hall of Fame linebackers Jack Ham and Jack Lambert; Andy Russell, the team's third starting linebacker; future Hall of Fame defensive back Mel Blount; and safeties Glen Edwards and Mike Wagner. [PAR] Greene made the Pro Bowl despite missing six games with injuries. Ham and Lambert had the best seasons of their careers, while Blount led the league with 11 interceptions and was named the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year. [PAR] Dallas Cowboys

Who won super bowl X?

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[DOC] [TLE] Till I Loved You - Barbra Streisand | Songs, Reviews ...Till I Loved You - Barbra Streisand | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic [PAR] Till I Loved You [PAR] google+ [PAR] AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann [PAR] Barbra Streisand 's first album of new studio material in four years, Till I Loved You was led by its title song, a duet with Streisand 's current paramour, actor Don Johnson , on a tune from a Columbia Records pet project, a studio musical called Goya, written by Maury Yeston (composer of the Broadway show Nine), that the label was encouraging its artists to promote. That embarrassing recording made the album as a whole seem worse than it was. But Till I Loved You , which was given over to newly written romantic ballads by people like Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager , still wasn't very good. Eighteen songwriters, six producers, nine recording studios: like Emotion , Till I Loved You was a big-budget effort. But it was like a movie with a great star, great production values, and a mediocre script, so how much you liked it depended on how much you liked Streisand , and it sold to her fans only. [PAR] Track Listing[DOC] [TLE] Till I Loved You (Duet with Don Johnson) - YouTubeTill I Loved You (Duet with Don Johnson) - YouTube [PAR] Till I Loved You (Duet with Don Johnson) [PAR] Want to watch this again later? [PAR] Sign in to add this video to a playlist. [PAR] Need to report the video? [PAR] Sign in to report inappropriate content. [PAR] Rating is available when the video has been rented. [PAR] This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. [PAR] Published on Nov 5, 2014 [PAR] Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment [PAR] Till I Loved You (Duet with Don Johnson) · Barbra Streisand / 芭芭拉史翠珊 [PAR] Till I Loved You[DOC] [TLE] Till I Loved You (album)Till I Loved You is a studio album by American artist Barbra Streisand, released on October 25, 1988 on Columbia Records. The album was particularly notable both for its thematic structure (its eleven songs chronicle a romance's beginning, middle and end) and its high-budget production, as many guest writers, producers and musicians participated during its making – Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager offered three brand new songs to the album, Quincy Jones produced "The Places You Find Love" and Luther Vandross and Dionne Warwick among others added backing vocals to the track. Also, the title track (a Top 40 hit in the Billboard Hot 100) was a duet between Streisand and her then-boyfriend, actor Don Johnson. According to the liner notes of Barbra's retrospective box set: Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in Holland and in New Zealand. [PAR] History [PAR] After two successful projects with The Broadway Album – Streisand's 1985 return to her stage roots – and One Voice – her first full-length live concert recorded in September 1986, which was issued on both disc and video with benefit purposes, Barbra Streisand decided to make a return to the pop scene. Till I Loved You was conceived as a lushly romantic album, with a particular concept – it followed the stages of a relationship from the beginning (in songs like "The Places You Find Love") to the end ("Some Good Things Never Last"), and then wrapped up the theme with a positive song about the future ("One More Time Around"). [PAR] Many writers, producers and musicians appeared on the album, making of the album a high-budget project as happened with Streisand's previous pop mainstream project, 1984's Emotion. [PAR] The opening song, "The Places You Find Love" was produced by Quincy Jones. Later, the song appeared on his own album Back on the Block, which received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1991. Streisand's version featured an all-star backup group - background vocals were credited to Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, James Ingram, Howard Hewett, Jennifer Holliday, Peggi Blu, Clif Magness, Siedah Garrett and

Who duetted with Barbra Streisand on Till I Loved You in 1988?

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[DOC] [TLE] Jomo Kenyatta - Biography - IMDbJomo Kenyatta - Biography - IMDb [PAR] Jomo Kenyatta [PAR] Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (4) [PAR] Overview (3) [PAR] Kamau wa Ngengi [PAR] Mini Bio (2) [PAR] First president of Kenya (1964 - 78). Founder of various pan-African nationalist movements. He was imprisoned by the British colonial powers following the Mau Mau uprising (see films such as Simba (1955), 0049706 or Something of Value (1957) in 1952 and was exiled in 1959. He was released from prison in 1961 and was elected to the Legislative Council in 1962. He tried to unite the African parties but failed and accepted the leadership of KANU. [PAR] - IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk> [PAR] Jomo Kenyatta was born in Ngenda, Kenya in 1891. A member of the Kikuyu tribe, he was named Kamau wa Ngengi and later christened Johnstone Kamau by Scottish missionaries. He adopted the name of Jomo Kenyatta in the 1920's taking his first named from the Kikuyu word for "burning spear" and his last name from the beared belt that he often wore. Kenyatta became active in Keynan politics in the early 1920's as a member of the nationalist Kikuyu Centrant Association. By the end of the 1920's be became the nation's most infulential spokesman for freedom from colonial rule against Great Britian. Sent to England and Europe to study and garner support for his cause, he spend most of the 1930's at universities in England and the USSR. Although he remained in the UK during World War II, he kept in close contact with his followers back home. In 1946, Kenyatta returned to Kenya and was elected chairman of the Kenya African Union, the successor to the banned Kikuyu Association. Shortly after Kenyatta's return, a violent nationalist organization, the Mau Mau, was formed to oppose British rule. Aiming at various tribes that supported the British, the Mau Mau killed thousands of Kenyans between 1948 and 1952 which then erupted into full-scale civil war in 1953. Although Kenyatta always denied any connection with the Mau Mau he was the unchallenged leader of the Kenya's nationalist movement and it seems improbable that he did not have some link to the Mau Mau with a large Kikuyu organization. Kenyatta was arrested by the British on October 20, 1952 on charges that he was inciting the insurrection and was jailed for nine years. After Kenyatta was released from prison in August 1961 he continued his work for national independence which was finally granted on December 11, 1963 which made him a natonal hero. He became prime minister and then president of Kenya and dedicated the remainder of his life to helping Kenya build itself up from the long and destructive independence movement. The aged Kenyatta died in office in Nairobi on August 22, 1978.[DOC] [TLE] Jomo Kenyatta, first Prime Minister and President of KenyaJomo Kenyatta, first Prime Minister and President of Kenya [PAR] Jomo Kenyatta [PAR] [joh' moh kehn yah' tah] first Prime Minister and President of Kenya [PAR] Kamau wa Ngengi was born about 1890 in the village of Ichaweri, Gatundu, in British East Africa, a member of the Kikuyu tribe. He was educated at the Church of Scotland Mission at Kikuyu, and baptized in 1914 with the name John Peter (which he later changed to Johnstone Kamau). During the First World War he lived with Maasai relatives in Nairobi, where he worked as a government clerk. [PAR] Overseas Work and Study [PAR] In 1922, while still living in Nairobi, Kamau joined the Kikuyu Central Association (KCA), a political protest movement. By 1928, as secretary of the association, he was chief advocate for Kikuyu land rights. In 1929 the KCA sent him to London to lobby for their views; he also wrote articles to British newspapers about the matter. After a brief return to Kenya, he enrolled at Woodbrooke Quaker College in Birmingham, England, in 1931. From 1931 to 1946 he worked and studied in Western Europe and Moscow. By 1938

Jomo Kenyatta was born into which tribe?

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[DOC] [TLE] Pacific Security Treaty | Article about Pacific Security ...Pacific Security Treaty | Article about Pacific Security Treaty by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Pacific Security Treaty | Article about Pacific Security Treaty by The Free Dictionary [PAR] http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Pacific+Security+Treaty [PAR] Also found in: Dictionary , Financial , Wikipedia . [PAR] Anzus [PAR]   [PAR] (Australia, New Zealand, United States), a military alliance between Australia, New Zealand, and the USA formed by a treaty signed in San Francisco (USA) on Sept. 1, 1951. The treaty went into effect on Apr. 29, 1952; its period of validity is not specified. ANZUS members participated in the preparation of SEATO and became members of that organization. ANZUS is one of the alliances in the system of aggressive military blocs of the Western powers directed against the USSR and other socialist states and against liberation movements in Southeast Asia. [PAR] PUBLICATIONS [PAR] Documents on American Foreign Relations, 1951, vol. 13. [New York, 1953.] Pages 263–65.[DOC] [TLE] The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security ...The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty (ANZUS Treaty), 1951 [PAR] Other State Department Archive Sites [PAR] The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty (ANZUS Treaty), 1951 [PAR] The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty, or ANZUS Treaty, was an agreement signed in 1951 to protect the security of the Pacific. Although the agreement has not been formally abrogated, the United States and New Zealand no longer maintain the security relationship between their countries. [PAR] At the onset of the Second World War, both Australia and New Zealand were members of the British Empire, so when Britain entered the conflict they did as well. During the course of the war, these two geographically isolated nations faced the threat of direct attack for the first time in their histories as modern states. As the Japanese expanded south into the Pacific Ocean, mainland Australia and especially the city of Darwin suffered frequent Japanese air raids in 1942 and 1943. After the sudden fall of the strategically important British colony of Singapore to the Japanese on February 15, 1942, the Antipodean nations expressed concern that the British Government was too focused on the war in Europe to protect its colonies properly and they began for the first time to look to the United States to help ensure their security. [PAR] As the other Allied powers turned their attention to the reconstruction of postwar Europe and Japan in the post World War II era, the governments of Australia and New Zealand remained concerned about the possibility of future Japanese expansionism and grew apprehensive about the rise of communism, particularly in East Asia. Even before the war ended, Australia and New Zealand signed an agreement stating that they had common goals and would work together in the international arena; at the time, the agreement was for both nations the first treaty negotiated independently, and it reflected the concern that the major powers of the United States and the United Kingdom may not take Australian and New Zealander issues into account in their postwar planning. The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949, in which the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States alongside the Western European powers committed to a mutual defense arrangement, further prompted the geographically distant countries of Australia and New Zealand to seek their own security guarantee and means of integration in the international system in the postwar order. [PAR] Australia initially considered the idea of a regional pact in the Pacific in the 1930s, and in 1946, at a meeting of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, it suggested that the major powers of the British Commonwealth form a regional defense system. If such an organization were created, the members could then invite the United States and other countries with strong interests in the Pacific to join. At that time, however, the United States was not yet prepared to commit itself to formal security arrangements in the Pacific. During the late 1940s, the United States was heavily engaged in the rebuilding of Japan, but the United States did not extend its defense interests far beyond Japanese territory before the Korean War. In response to Australian suggestions for a regional coalition, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson stated that formal treaties with the South Pacific nations were unnecessary,

Who signed the Pacific Security Treaty with the USA in 1951?

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[DOC] [TLE] No one can make you feel inferior without your consent ...No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt - BrainyQuote [PAR] No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. [PAR] Find on Amazon: Eleanor Roosevelt [PAR] Cite this Page: Citation[DOC] [TLE] No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent ...No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent | Quote Investigator [PAR] No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent [PAR] Eleanor Roosevelt? Reader’s Digest? Apocryphal? Anonymous? [PAR] Dear Quote Investigator: There is a remarkably insightful statement about self-esteem that is usually credited to Eleanor Roosevelt, the diplomat and former First Lady: [PAR] No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. [PAR] This is one of my favorite quotations, but I have not been able to determine when it was first said. One quotation dictionary claimed that the saying was in the autobiography “This is My Story” by Roosevelt, but I was unable to find it. [PAR] Did Eleanor Roosevelt really say this? Could you tell me where I can locate this quotation? [PAR] Quote Investigator: This popular aphorism is the most well-known guidance ascribed to Roosevelt. Quotation experts such as Rosalie Maggio and Ralph Keyes have explored the origin of this saying. Surprisingly, a thorough examination of the books the First Lady authored and her other archived writings has failed to discover any instances of the quote [QVFI]. [PAR] Yet, the saying has been attributed to Roosevelt for more than seventy years. The earliest example located by QI appeared in the pages of the widely-distributed periodical Reader’s Digest in September of 1940 [RDFI]: [PAR] No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. [PAR] Eleanor Roosevelt [PAR] Thus, from the beginning the phrase was credited to Roosevelt. However, no supporting reference was given in the magazine, and the quote stood alone at the bottom of a page with unrelated article text above it. [PAR] Recently, QI located some intriguing evidence, and he now believes that the creation of this maxim can be traced back to comments made by Eleanor Roosevelt about an awkward event in 1935. The Secretary of Labor in the Roosevelt administration was invited to give a speech at the University of California, Berkeley on the Charter Day of the school. The customary host of the event was unhappy because she felt that the chosen speaker should not have been a political figure. She refused to serve as the host and several newspaper commentators viewed her action as a rebuff and an insult. [PAR] Eleanor Roosevelt was asked at a White House press conference whether the Secretary had been snubbed, and her response was widely disseminated in newspapers. Here is an excerpt from an Associated Press article [ERNC]: [PAR] “A snub” defined the first lady, “is the effort of a person who feels superior to make someone else feel inferior. To do so, he has to find someone who can be made to feel inferior.” [PAR] She made clear she didn’t think the labor secretary fell within the category of the “snubable.” [PAR] Note that this statement by Roosevelt in 1935 contained the key elements of the quotation that was assigned to her by 1940. One person may try to make a second person feel inferior, but this second person can resist and simply refuse to feel inferior. In this example, the labor secretary refused to consent to feel inferior. [PAR] The precise wording given for Roosevelt’s statement varied. Here is another example that was printed in a syndicated newspaper column called “So They Say!” the following week. The columnist stated that the following was the definition of a “snub” given by Roosevelt [OWFI]: [PAR] I think it is the effort of a person who feels superior to make someone else feel inferior. First, though, you have to find someone who can be made to feel inferior. [PAR] Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. [PAR] Sometime between 1935 and 1940 some unknown person synthesized a compact and stylish aphorism based on the commentary made by Eleanor Roosevelt, and that statement was published in the Reader’s Digest. Roosevelt may have performed this reformulation herself

"Which US First Lady said, ""No one can make you feel interior unless you consent?"""

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[DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - British History in depth: Panama Canal GalleryBBC - History - British History in depth: Panama Canal Gallery [PAR] By Panama Canal Authority [PAR] Last updated 2011-02-17 [PAR] The Panama Canal is around 80km (50 miles) long and links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, running across the centre of Panama. Locks at the Pacific and Atlantic ends of the Canal either lower vessels to sea level or raise them up to the Canal. The Canal itself is made up of the Gaillard Cut channel and the artificial Gatun Lake. The lake was formed by the damming of the Chagres River. [PAR] The first attempt to build the Canal was made by a French company, but the attempt ended in failure in 1889. The American government eventually bought out the French for 40 million dollars, and their attempt to build the Canal started in 1904. The project ended in triumph, with the Canal opening in 1914, and it is now a vital artery of international trade, with nearly 14,000 ships travelling through it every year. [PAR] The total financial cost to the American government was around $375 million, but there was also a very great human cost. The death toll as the work progressed is thought to have been as high as 25,000. [PAR] Click on an image below to enter the gallery[DOC] [TLE] Panama Canal - History and Overview of the Panama CanalPanama Canal - History and Overview [PAR] Panama Canal [PAR] Panama Canal Was Completed in 1914 [PAR] Panama Canal.  542362998 Corbis Historical Getty [PAR] By Matt Rosenberg [PAR] Updated October 06, 2016. [PAR] The 48 mile-long (77 km) international waterway known as the Panama Canal allows ships to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean , saving about 8000 miles (12,875 km) from a journey around the southern tip of South America, Cape Horn. [PAR] History of the Panama Canal [PAR] From 1819, Panama was part of the federation and country of Colombia but when Colombia rejected United States plans to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, the U.S. supported a revolution that led to the independence of Panama in 1903. [PAR] The new Panamanian government authorized French businessman Philippe Bunau-Varilla, to negotiate a treaty with the United States. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty allowed the U.S. to build the Panama Canal and provided for perpetual control of a zone five-miles wide on either side of the canal. [PAR] Although the French had attempted construction of a canal in the 1880s, the Panama Canal was successfully built from 1904 to 1914. Once the canal was complete the U.S. held a swath of land running the approximately 50 miles across the isthmus of Panama. [PAR] continue reading below our video [PAR] 10 Best Universities in the United States [PAR] The division of the country of Panama into two parts by the U.S. territory of the Canal Zone caused tension throughout the twentieth century. Additionally, the self-contained Canal Zone (the official name for the U.S. territory in Panama) contributed little to the Panamanian economy. The residents of the Canal Zone were primarily U.S. citizens and West Indians who worked in the Zone and on the canal. [PAR] Anger flared in the 1960s and led to anti-American riots. The U.S. and Panamanian governments began to work together to solve the territorial issue. In 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed a treaty which agreed to return 60% of the Canal Zone to Panama in 1979. The canal and remaining territory, known as the Canal Area, was returned to Panama at noon (local Panama time) on December 31, 1999. [PAR] Additionally, from 1979 to 1999, a bi-national transitional Panama Canal Commission ran the canal, with an American leader for the first decade and a Panamanian administrator for the second. The transition at the end of 1999 was very smooth, for over 90% of the canal employees were Panamanian by 1996. [PAR] The 1977 treaty established the canal as a neutral international waterway and even in times of war any vessel is guaranteed safe passage. After the 1999 hand-over, the U.S. and Panama jointly shared duties in defending the canal. [PAR] Operation of the Panama Canal [PAR] The canal makes the trip from the east coast

How many miles long is the canal which links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?

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[DOC] [TLE] Enduring Word Bible Commentary Jonah Chapter 2Enduring Word Bible Commentary Jonah Chapter 2 [PAR] Jonah 2 – In the Belly of the Fish [PAR] A. Jonah in the fish. [PAR] 1. (1:17) Jonah’s three days and nights in the fish. [PAR] Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. [PAR] a. The Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah: Some question if this could happen as the Bible says it did; but surely it is not a difficult thing for God to have prepared a great fish, even if that particular fish was a special creation for that moment. [PAR] i. What kind of fish was this? We don’t know. Some speculate it was a species of whale, others say it was a large fish know as the “sea-dog.” All we can say for certain is that it was a lifeboat fish. [PAR] ii. There is a story of a whaler named James Bartley, who in 1891 reportedly fell into the sea while harpooning a large sperm whale; when the whale was killed and dissected, he was found in the whale’s stomach, unconscious but alive. While some have argued that the incident was carefully investigated and true, the widow of the ship’s captain denied that it ever happened. [PAR] iii. It may be questioned if the story of James Bartley is true or not, but certainly the story of Jonah is true because Jesus said it was true. In Matthew 12:40 we read that Jesus said Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish. [PAR] b. Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights: Though Jonah was a rebellious, resistant, and believer, God was not finished with him yet – so the Lord preserved his life. [PAR] i. God could have rescued Jonah in any number of ways. He chose this specific way because of the effect it would have on Jonah’s heart. [PAR] ii. The book of Jonah shows us important principles about the sovereignty of God. What happens when God wants a person to do something, but the person doesn’t want to do it? Jonah shows us that God has a way of bringing us to the place where we want what He wants. [PAR] c. Three days and three nights: Apparently, Jonah did nothing for three days and three nights in the belly of the fish; it was only after that period was over that he prayed the prayer following. [PAR] i. Some have wondered if Jonah spent the time sulking, and finally decided he had to repent fully and seek God – perhaps this is the case. However, the starting point of the prayer in Jonah 2 seems to show that Jonah had cried out to God all the time. The prayer of Jonah 2 came after Jonah received assurance from God that he would be delivered. [PAR] 2. (2:1-2) Jonah praises God for His deliverance. [PAR] Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly. And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice.” [PAR] a. Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly: Jonah is still in the belly of the fish but he knows it is enough that the Lord has heard his cry (You heard my voice). In faith, Jonah knows that he will be delivered. [PAR] i. Jonah knew God heard him before the answer came. This shows that Jonah had faith and that God can give us a total peace and assurance that our prayers are answered, even before the actual answer comes. [PAR] b. In this and the rest of the chapter, Jonah’s prayer incorporates many phrases and figures of speech from the Psalms. This shows that Jonah was a man who knew God’s Word, and knew it by heart, because there was no Bible and no candle in the fish’s belly. [PAR] · In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my

How much time did Jonah spend in the belly of the whale?

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[DOC] [TLE] CAPTAIN DARYL DRAGON HEALTH WORSENS | National EnquirerCAPTAIN DARYL DRAGON HEALTH WORSENS | National Enquirer [PAR] CAPTAIN DARYL DRAGON HEALTH WORSENS [PAR] Dec 18, 2014 @ 23:32PM [PAR] Dec 18, 2014 @ 23:32PM [PAR] Nearly a year after Toni Tennille filed for divorce from Daryl Dragon, her ailing and ex-hubby is entering a nursing home, sources told The National ENQUIRER. [PAR] The 72-year-old musician – famed for wearing a captain’s hat – has failed to bounce back from the devastating split, and his health has deteriorated. [PAR] A close source told The ENQUIRER: “It’s a horrible holiday- time tragedy. Toni and their musical partnership was everything to him. Daryl’s sadly spiraled down and is headed for a nursing home.” [PAR] After Toni, 74, socked him with divorce papers to end their 39-year marriage last Jan. 16, a devastated Daryl told The ENQUIRER: “The divorce scares the crap out of me … but I still love Toni. This divorce was Toni’s idea and I don’t understand it.” [PAR] Daryl suffers from debilitating tremors from a neurological condition similar to Parkinson’s disease. He told The ENQUIRER he was bedridden and had a tumor removed from his neck around the time of the divorce. [PAR] While Toni moved into a luxury home, he was forced to vacate their marital home for a small rental property in Prescott, Ariz. [PAR] The split shocked fans of the duo, famed for their ’70s hits, including “Love Will Keep Us Together” and “Muskrat Love.” [PAR] In a recent blog post, Toni wrote: “Our marriage was never what it might have seemed to the casual observer.”, but I tried hard for over three decades to make our relationship all that I had dreamed it would be.” As for Daryl, she added: “I call him every couple of weeks to see how he is doing, and visit him every now and then… I even suggested to him that he might write a blog, but he seems to have no interest in it.”[DOC] [TLE] Seventies singing duo Captain & Tennille to divorce after ...Seventies singing duo Captain & Tennille to divorce after 39 years of marriage | Daily Mail Online [PAR] comments [PAR] Their most famous hit is Love Will Keep Us Together but Seventies singing duo Captain & Tennille's marriage has ended.  [PAR] 73-year-old Toni Tennille, whose real name is Cathryn Antoinette Tennille, filed for divorce from Daryl Dragon (The Captain), 71, on January 16 after 39 years of marriage but he admits he has no idea why. [PAR] The shocked star told TMZ : 'I don't know why she filed.  I gotta figure it out for myself first.' [PAR] It's all over: Toni Tennille has filed for divorce from her husband Daryl Dragon aka Captain after 39 years of marriage and a successful music career together [PAR] The musician - who was once a keyboard player for the Beach Boys - added the duo are still living together despite the split. [PAR] They have no children. [PAR] Tennille filed her documents at the Prescott, Arizona City courthouse, RumorFix confirms. [PAR] The couple became famous in the Seventies for their songs Love Will Keep Us Together, Muskrat Love and  Do that to Me One More Time. [PAR] They released their first album in 1974 and won a Grammy in 1975. [PAR] Happier times: The duo, who won a Grammy Award in 1975, had a string of hits together in the seventies [PAR] Tennille revealed in 2010 that the Captain was suffering from a neurological condition similar to Parkinson’s which was affecting his ability to play the keyboard. [PAR] She wrote on her blog : ‘There is only one thing that has not worked out the way I had hoped. Daryl told me this morning that he is not up to performing the three C&T songs I had hoped he could do.  [PAR] ‘Many of you know he is dealing with a neurological condition (not Parkinsons, but something similar) that causes him to have tremors...pretty severe at times.... that interfere with his ability to play keyboards.  [PAR] ‘Some days he does pretty well.... other days his playing

Daryl Dragon used which name when he formed a 70s duo?

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[DOC] [TLE] Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. [PAR] Born a sickly child with debilitating asthma, Roosevelt successfully overcame his health problems by embracing a strenuous lifestyle. He integrated his exuberant personality, vast range of interests, and world-famous achievements into a "cowboy" persona defined by robust masculinity. Home-schooled, he became a lifelong naturalist before attending Harvard College. His first of many books, The Naval War of 1812 (1882), established his reputation as both a learned historian and as a popular writer. Upon entering politics, he became the leader of the reform faction of Republicans in New York's state legislature. Following the deaths of his wife and mother, he took time to grieve by escaping to the wilderness of the American West and operating a cattle ranch in the Dakotas for a time, before returning East to run unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York City in 1886. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under William McKinley, resigning after one year to serve with the Rough Riders, where he gained national fame for courage during the Spanish–American War. Returning a war hero, he was elected governor of New York in 1898. The state party leadership distrusted him, so they took the lead in moving him to the prestigious but powerless role of vice president as McKinley's running mate in the election of 1900. Roosevelt campaigned vigorously across the country, helping McKinley's re-election in a landslide victory based on a platform of peace, prosperity, and conservatism. [PAR] Following the assassination of President McKinley in September 1901, Roosevelt, at age 42, succeeded to the office, becoming the youngest United States President in history. Leading his party and country into the Progressive Era, he championed his "Square Deal" domestic policies, promising the average citizen fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs. Making conservation a top priority, he established a myriad of new national parks, forests, and monuments intended to preserve the nation's natural resources. In foreign policy, he focused on Central America, where he began construction of the Panama Canal. He greatly expanded the United States Navy, and sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to project the United States' naval power around the globe. His successful efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. [PAR] Elected in 1904 to a full term, Roosevelt continued to promote progressive policies, but many of his efforts and much of his legislative agenda were eventually blocked in Congress. Roosevelt successfully groomed his close friend, William Howard Taft, to succeed him in the presidency. After leaving office, Roosevelt went on safari in Africa and toured Europe. Returning to the USA, he became frustrated with Taft's approach as his successor. He tried but failed to win the presidential nomination in 1912. Roosevelt founded his own party, the Progressive, so-called "Bull Moose" Party, and called for wide-ranging progressive reforms. The split among Republicans enabled the Democrats to win both the White House and a majority in the Congress in 1912. The Democrats in the South had also gained power by having disenfranchised most blacks (and Republicans) from the political system from 1890 to 1908, fatally weakening the Republican Party across the region, and creating a Solid South dominated by their party alone. Republicans aligned with Taft nationally would control the Republican Party for decades. [PAR] Frustrated at home, Roosevelt led a two-year expedition in the Amazon Basin, nearly dying of tropical disease. During World War I, he opposed President Woodrow Wilson for keeping the U.S. out of the war against Germany, and offered his military services, which were never summoned. Although planning to run again for president in 1920, Roosevelt suffered deteriorating health and died in early 1919.

Who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt as President?

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[DOC] [TLE] ViasaVenezolana Internacional de Aviación Sociedad Anónima (), or VIASA for short, was the Venezuelan flag carrier between 1960 and 1997. It was headquartered in the Torre Viasa in Caracas. Launched in 1960, it was nationalised in 1975 due to financial problems, and re-privatised in 1991, with the major stake going to Iberia. The company ceased operations in , and went into liquidation. [PAR] History [PAR] Early years [PAR] Viasa was envisioned by the government of Venezuela in 1959 to create a new company that could serve as the country's flag carrier and run without government intervention. It was set up in 1960 when the international routes operated by Línea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) and Avensa were merged and taken over by the newly created carrier. The government contributed 55% of the capital, while private investors — among which were LAV and Avensa, the latter owned by Grupo Boulton and Pan American World Airways—contributed with the remainder. The board of directors came entirely from the private sector. The first president of the airline was Mr. R. van den Branden; the first chairman of the board was Mr. Oscar Augusto Machado Zuloaga, a very competent and well liked gentleman, who was instrumental in Viasa's commercial success and immediate acceptance by the market. [PAR] Viasa began as an entity in . In early 1961, the airline signed an agreement with KLM to operate a Douglas DC-8 on Viasa's behalf, aimed at starting operations to Europe in April that year; KLM maintained a nurturing relationship with Viasa for another 24 years. In the same year, Avensa transferred two Douglas DC-6Bs to the company, as well as an order for a Convair 880-22M. Viasa boosted their Convair 880 order by purchasing another one. The airline flew the type mostly on routes to North America. Also in 1961, the airline joined the International Air Transport Association, becoming its overall 89th member. In 1963, Viasa started a commercial agreement with Iberia and KLM for the operations through the mid-Atlantic. The same year, a third Convair 880 was ordered; later that year, the type was chartered to KLM for flying on the Dutch airline's Caribbean routes. Until the first DC-8-50 the company had ordered in early 1965 was delivered, long-haul services using the type were provided with wet-leased aircraft from KLM. By , the first DC-8-50 was already forming part of the company's fleet along with the three Convair 880s, while an additional DC-8-50 was on order. To complement these two DC-8-50s, the carrier ordered two Douglas DC-8-63s in early 1967. Two Convair 880s were sold to Cathay Pacific in mid-1967. Also in 1967, Viasa started up a Panamanian airline named Panameña Internacional de Aviación SA (PAISA), with KLM support; This company started operations on 3 May 1967 with two DC-9-10s leased to VIASA from Avensa, which were in turn sub-leased to PAISA. In 1968, VIASA set up a wholly owned, non-IATA member, national cargo airline named Transportes Aereos de Carga SA, more commonly known as Transcarga, which in its beginnings served Caracas, Curaçao, Maracaibo, Miami and New York. [PAR] By , Viasa's fleet strength was eight: two DC-8-63s, two DC-8-50s, a DC-8-50F, a Convair 880, and two DC-9-10s. In Viasa renewed the pool agreement with KLM and Iberia on their Caribbean–Europe services; to this purpose the company signed another agreement with KLM in 1972, this time for the lease of a Boeing 747-200B that was put on service on a weekly round-trip Caracas–Madrid–Paris flight in . This event was a milestone for Viasa, as it became the first South American carrier in operating wide-body aircraft across the Atlantic. Through KLM, the company also placed an order for two McDonnell Douglas DC-10s the same year, and bought two Douglas DC-8-33s from the Dutch carrier as well. Also in 1972, the route network saw the incorporation of Washington and Toronto. [PAR] With the lease of a Douglas DC-8-50

Which country does the airline VIASA come from?

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[DOC] [TLE] Remember Radio: Today's Featured Artist...August 4, 2016 ...Remember Radio: Today's Featured Artist...August 4, 2016...Del Shannon (3videos + info + links) [PAR] Today's Featured Artist...August 4, 2016...Del Shannon (3videos + info + links) [PAR] Del Shannon [PAR] (Read all about Del Shannon after the videos) [PAR]   [PAR] Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll and country musician, and singer-songwriter who is best known for his 1961 No. 1 Billboard hit " Runaway ". [PAR] Biography [PAR] Westover was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan , and grew up in nearby Coopersville . He learned ukulele and guitar and listened to country and western music , including Hank Williams , Hank Snow , and Lefty Frizzell . He was drafted into the Army in 1954, and while in Germany played guitar in a band called "The Cool Flames". When his service ended, he returned to Battle Creek, Michigan , and worked as a carpet salesman and as a truck driver in a furniture factory. He found part-time work as a rhythm guitarist in singer Doug DeMott's group called "The Moonlight Ramblers", working at the Hi-Lo Club. [1] [PAR] When DeMott was fired in 1958 , Westover took over as leader and singer, giving himself the name Charlie Johnson and renaming the band into The Big Little Show Band. [2] In early 1959 he added keyboardist Max Crook , who played the Musitron (his own invention of an early synthesizer ). Crook had made recordings, and he persuaded Ann Arbor disc jockey Ollie McLaughlin to hear the band. McLaughlin took the group's demos to Harry Balk and Irving Micahnik of Talent Artists in Detroit . In July 1960 , Westover and Crook signed to become recording artists and composers on the Bigtop label. Balk suggested Westover use a new name, and they came up with "Del Shannon", combining Mark Shannon—a wrestling pseudonym used by a regular at the Hi-Lo Club—with Del, derived from the Cadillac Coupe de Ville , his favorite car. [2] [PAR] Success [PAR] He flew to New York City, but his first sessions were not successful. McLaughlin then persuaded Shannon and Crook to rewrite and re-record one of their earlier songs, originally called "Little Runaway", using the Musitron as lead instrument. On 21 January 1961, they recorded "Runaway", which was released as a single in February 1961, reaching #1 in the Billboard chart in April. Shannon followed with " Hats Off to Larry ", which peaked at #5 (Billboard) and #2 on Cashbox in 1961 , and the less popular "So Long, Baby", another song of breakup bitterness. "Runaway" and "Hats Off to Larry" were recorded in a day. [3] " Little Town Flirt ", in 1962 (with Bob Babbitt ), reached #12 in 1963, as did the album of the same title. After these hits, Shannon was unable to keep his momentum in the U.S., but continued his success in England, where he had always been more popular. In 1963, he became the first American to record a cover version of a song by the Beatles : his " From Me to You " charted in the US before the Beatles' version. [PAR] Berlee Records and move to Amy [PAR] By August 1963, Shannon's relationship with his managers and Bigtop had soured, so he formed his own label, Berlee Records, named after his parents [4] and distributed by Diamond Records. Two singles were issued: the apparently Four Seasons -inspired "Sue's Gotta Be Mine" was a moderate hit, attaining #71 in the US, and #21 in the UK (where Shannon's records continued on the London label). The second single, "That's the Way Love Is", did not chart, and

Which singer formed his own Berlee record label?

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[DOC] [TLE] Color Me Badd - Slow Motion - YouTubeColor Me Badd - Slow Motion - YouTube [PAR] Color Me Badd - Slow Motion [PAR] Want to watch this again later? [PAR] Sign in to add this video to a playlist. [PAR] Need to report the video? [PAR] Sign in to report inappropriate content. [PAR] Rating is available when the video has been rented. [PAR] This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. [PAR] Uploaded on Feb 28, 2010 [PAR] Color Me Badd was a male R&B/Pop vocal group which was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the early 1990s. The members were Bryan Abrams, Mark Calderon, Sam Watters and Kevin Thornton. The group, whose R&B harmony vocals and image that appealed to Pop and R&B audiences, were discovered by Robert Bell, a member of Kool & The Gang. The group had five U.S. hit singles from their debut album, C.M.B., released in 1991. The singles were 'I Wanna Sex You Up', 'I Adore Mi Amore', 'All 4 Love', 'Thinkin Back', and 'Slow Motion'. 'I Wanna Sex You Up' was also featured on the New Jack City movie soundtrack in 1991, and 'Forever Love' was on the Mo Money movie soundtrack in 1992. The group released four albums between 1991 and 1998, as well as a remix album in 1992. As their success faded, they group broke up 2000, with the members going about their separate ways. Sam Watters is a record producer who acheived success with a lot of Pop Music artists during the 2000s. Kevin Thorton is a Gospel singer and has recorded a solo album, Mark Calderon works in the insurance industry, and lead singer Bryan Abrams has recently appeared in a VH-1 reality show titled Mission Manband. [PAR] Category[DOC] [TLE] Color Me Badd biography, birth date, birth place and picturesColor Me Badd biography, birth date, birth place and pictures [PAR] Email Print [PAR] Color Me Badd was an R&B vocal group that was formed in Oklahoma. The original members of the group were Bryan Abrams (born November 16, 1969); Mark Calderon (born September 27, 1970); Sam Watters (born July 23, 1970) and Kevin Thornton (born June 17, 1969). The group sold 8.8 million records worldwide. [PAR] Emerging in 1991 with the album C.M.B., Color Me Badd helped to define the smooth R&B trend called "New Jackswing." Whether the band's actual influence upon later acts such as Boyz II Men was as decisive as Color Me Badd themselves would claim is debatable, but they were among the first in the 1990s to popularize a blend of rap, classic R&B, and harmonized ballads in one package. However, after their sudden appearance into the limelight, Color Me Badd slid back towards obscurity with a pair of follow albums that failed to recapture the chemistry of their debut. [PAR] Although born in different cities, all of Color Me Badd's members-Bryan Abrams, Mark Calderon, Sam Watters, and Kevin "KT" Thornton-grew up together in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Like many young singers, the foursome began vocal training within the setting of a church choir, and were able to create a local reputation before entering high school. After taking on the name Color Me Badd in 1987, they plied their trade in the halls of their school singing the doo-wop style of harmonizing made popular in the 1950's. After performing at several talent shows, it was not long before the quartet had gained enough credibility to audition for high-profile musicians, such as rocker Jon Bon Jovi, whose tours brought them through Oklahoma City. [PAR] When Robert Bell of the group Kool and the Gang saw the group perform, he was impressed enough to pull then necessary strings to land Color Me Badd their own manager. However, after relocating to New York City in hopes of making their break, the act found themselves back in a sea of show business contenders. "It was a struggle," Watters later told Bill Francis of Billboard. "For a year and a half, we slept on the floor of the one-bedroom

Bryan Abrams, Sam Walters, Mark Calderon and Kevin Thornton formed which group?

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[DOC] [TLE] Phil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and actor. He is known as the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis and as a solo artist. Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins had more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds", "Sussudio" and "Another Day in Paradise". [PAR] Born and raised in west London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Collins began a solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing a series of successful albums, including Face Value (1981), No Jacket Required (1985), and ...But Seriously (1989). Collins became "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". He also became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. After leaving Genesis in 1996, Collins pursued various solo projects before a return in 2007 for the Turn It On Again Tour. In 2011, he retired to focus on his family life, but continued to write songs. He announced his return to the music industry in 2015. [PAR] Collins' discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists. He is one of three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million albums worldwide both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He has won seven Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, an Academy Award, and a Disney Legend Award. In 1999, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010, and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012. Despite his commercial success and his status as a respected and influential drummer, music critics are divided in their opinion of his work and he has publicly received both criticism and praise from other prominent music artists. [PAR] Early life [PAR] Philip David Charles Collins was born on 30 January 1951 in Chiswick, the son of Winifred M. "June" (née Strange), a theatrical agent, and Greville Philip Austin Collins, an insurance agent. He was given a toy drum kit for Christmas when he was five. Later, his uncle made him a makeshift set that he used regularly. As Collins grew older, these were followed by more complete sets bought by his parents. He practiced by playing with music on the television and radio, but never learned to read and write conventional musical notation; instead, he used a system which he devised himself. According to Barbara Speake, founder of the eponymous stage school he later attended, Collins always had a rare ear for music: "Phil was always special; aged five he entered a Butlins talent contest singing Davy Crockett, but he stopped the orchestra halfway through to tell them they were in the wrong key." [PAR] Collins studied drum rudiments as a teenager, first learning basic rudiments under Lloyd Ryan and later studying further under Frank King. Collins would recall: "Rudiments I found very, very helpful – much more helpful than anything else because they're used all the time. In any kind of funk or jazz drumming, the rudiments are always there." However, Collins regretted that he

What was Phil Collins' last UK No 1 of the 80s?

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[DOC] [TLE] Johnny Angel (song)"Johnny Angel" is a song written and composed by Lyn Duddy and Lee Pockriss. The song was originally recorded by both Laurie Loman and Georgia Lee, however these two versions were not successful. It first became a popular hit single in 1962 when covered by Shelley Fabares who took it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. British singer Patti Lynn had a moderate hit with her remake of "Johnny Angel" the same year in the UK Singles Chart. The American pop music duo, The Carpenters also covered "Johnny Angel" in 1973 as part of a medley of oldies on side two of their album Now & Then. [PAR] Shelley Fabares version [PAR] Background [PAR] "Johnny Angel" is the debut pop single by Shelley Fabares. Her cover version of the song was released in 1962 on the Colpix label. The track was the first single taken from Fabares' debut solo album Shelley!, which was produced and arranged by Stu Phillips. [PAR] The single premiered on an episode, "Donna's Prima Donna" of Fabares' sitcom, The Donna Reed Show, during the fourth season (episode 20). It also has a sequel song entitled "Johnny Loves Me", which tells the story of how the girl won Johnny's heart. [PAR] Darlene Love and her group, the Blossoms, sang backup vocals on the track. Fabares is quoted in The Billboard Book of Number One Singles by Fred Bronson as saying she was intimidated by Love's group and their "beautiful" voices and was terrified at the prospect of becoming a recording artist, as she did not consider herself a singer, but was expected to sing on the show anyway. The song also featured an echo chamber, where the intro of the repeated title words: "Johnny Angel, Johnny Angel" was used by Fabares and the backup singers. [PAR] The song is an expression of a teenage girl's romantic longing for a boy who doesn't know she exists, to the point where she declines other boys' propositions for dates because she would rather concentrate on the boy she loves. [PAR] Although Fabares' career as an actress stayed strong for three decades, her career as a singer came to an end within a few years of "Johnny Angel" when she was unable to come up with another Top 20 hit. However, the song has become an oldies radio airplay favorite. [PAR] Reception [PAR] "Johnny Angel" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 7, 1962, during a 15-week run on the chart. It was a number one hit on the Top 100 Best Sellers chart in April 1962 as published by Cashbox. It charted at number one in both Canada and in New Zealand. "Johnny Angel" also peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles chart. [PAR] It sold over one-million copies and was awarded a gold disc. [PAR] 2 Weeks later the next #1 was her Girl Happy Co-Star Elvis and his song Good Luck Charm. [PAR] Track listings [PAR] # "Johnny Angel" - 2:19 [PAR] # "Where's It Gonna Get Me" - 2:08 [PAR] Chart performance [PAR] In the media [PAR] *The song was featured in the 1990 film Mermaids, the film Andre and the episode "Halloween" in the TV-series My So-Called Life. [PAR] *The song was also featured in a 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Dyan Cannon, where Johnny Angel turns out to be three Hells Angels all named Johnny. [PAR] *In the song The Beat of Black Wings, which appears on Joni Mitchell's album Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm, the words Johnny Angel are sung at the end of several lines, in the same style as the Shelley Fabares cover, in an apparent reference to the Fabares version of the song. [PAR] Patti Lynn version [PAR] Background [PAR] British pop singer Patti Lynn released a cover version of "Johnny Angel" for the Fontana Records label in March 1962. It was produced by Harry Robinson.[http://www.discogs.com/Patti-Lynn-Johnny-Angel/release/1545877 Patti Lynn - Johnny Angel (Vinyl) at Discogs

Who had a 60s No 1 hit with Johnny Angel?

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[DOC] [TLE] Chimera or Chimaera myth: a collection of textsChimera or Chimaera myth: a collection of texts [PAR] A collection of texts on the myth of the Chimera [PAR] This collection is far from being complete, and it probably will never be. Anyway, it keeps growing, and if you have something that you think should be included, please send it to me < Ugo Bardi> . Thanks. [PAR] Last revision: Sep 2002  [PAR] Note: excerpts from copyrighted texts are reproduced here in accordance with the "fair use" provision of the existing copyright laws. [PAR]   [PAR]   [PAR] The earliest sources: Homer and Hesiod. These the earliest known texts about the Chimera myth. They are, as you see, extremely short, and do not report some of the details that appear in the work of later authors. There may have existed earlier sources, but they are by now lost. [PAR] Homer, Iliad 6.181, 9th century bc (?) She was of divine race, not of men, in the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the middle a goat, breathing forth in terrible manner the force of blazing fire. And Bellerophon slew her, trusting the signs of the gods. [PAR] Hesiod, Theogony 319, 8th century bc . The Chimaera who breathed raging fire, a creature fearful, great, swift footed and strong, who had three heads, one of grim-eyed lion, another of a goat, and another of a serpent. In her forepart she was a lion; in her hinderpart a dragon; and in her middle part, a goat, breathing forth a fearful blast of blazing fire. Her did Pegasus and noble Bellerophon slay. [PAR] Classical Texts. In classical times the meaning of the myth had been already lost, and authors did not know exactly what to do with it. They reported it as a nice fable, attempted to rationalize it in more or less fanciful ways, dismissed it as a pure flight of fancy, or even tried to demonstrate its impossibility. [PAR] Plato, Phaedrus, 5th century bc. But I for my part, Phaedrus, consider such things as pretty enough, but as the province of a very curious, painstaking, and not very happy man, and for no other reason than that after this he must set us right as to the form of the Hippocentaurs, and then as to that of the Chimaera; besides, there pours upon him a crowd of similar monsters, Gorgons and Pegasuses, and other monstrous creatures, incredible in number and absurdity�. [PAR] Titus Lucretius Carus, On the Nature of Things ca. 50 B.C. Translated by William Ellery Leonard, Book 2. [PAR] But still 'tmust not be thought that in all ways [PAR] All things can be conjoined; for then wouldest view [PAR] Portents begot about thee every side: [PAR] Hulks of mankind half brute astarting up, [PAR] At times big branches sprouting from man's trunk, [PAR] Limbs of a sea-beast to a land-beast knit, [PAR] And Nature along the all-producing earth [PAR] Feeding those dire Chimaeras breathing flame [PAR] From hideous jaws- Of which 'tis simple fact [PAR] That none have been begot. [PAR] Lucretius, ibid,, book 5. [PAR] Though it breathe fire from its mouth, what Charybdis, [PAR] What three-headed Skylla, dog o' the sea, [PAR] Or hydra, sphynx, or raging lioness, [PAR] Or viper, or winged harpy (greedy race), [PAR] Could go beyond those most accursed harlots? [PAR] There is no monster greater. They alone [PAR] Surpass all other evils put together. [PAR] Further classic references to the Chimera myth can be fund at the site of the Perseus Project (Tuft University). [PAR] Medieval Chimeras. The middle ages saw the chimera as a symbolic representation of evil. Much of the meaning of the complex medieval imagery of composite animals is lost to us, but an an example of this symbolic meaning can be found in the

What legendary fire-breathing female monster had a lion's head, a goat's body and a dragon's tail?

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[DOC] [TLE] Margaret Thatcher - jcs-group.comMargaret Thatcher [PAR] Margaret Thatcher [PAR]   [PAR] Margaret Thatcher [PAR] Margaret Thatcher's political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. Born in October 1925 at Grantham, a small market town in eastern England, she rose to become the first (and for two decades the only) woman to lead a major Western democracy. She won three successive General Elections and served as British Prime Minister for more than eleven years (1979-90), a record unmatched in the twentieth century. [PAR] During her term of office she reshaped almost every aspect of British politics, reviving the economy, reforming outdated institutions, and reinvigorating the nation's foreign policy. She challenged and did much to overturn the psychology of decline which had become rooted in Britain since the Second World War, pursuing national recovery with striking energy and determination. [PAR] In the process, Margaret Thatcher became one of the founders, with Ronald Reagan, of a school of conservative conviction politics, which has had a powerful and enduring impact on politics in Britain and the United States and earned her a higher international profile than any British politician since Winston Churchill. [PAR] By successfully shifting British economic and foreign policy to the right, her governments helped to encourage wider international trends which broadened and deepened during the 1980s and 1990s, as the end of the Cold War, the spread of democracy, and the growth of free markets strengthened political and economic freedom in every continent. Margaret Thatcher became one of the world's most influential and respected political leaders, as well as one of the most controversial, dynamic, and plain-spoken, a reference point for friends and enemies alike. [PAR] Margaret Thatcher's home and early life in Grantham played a large part in forming her political convictions. Her parents, Alfred and Beatrice Roberts, were Methodists. The social life of the family was lived largely within the close community of the local congregation, bounded by strong traditions of self-help, charitable work, and personal truthfulness. The Roberts family ran a grocery business, bringing up their two daughters in a flat over the shop. Margaret Roberts attended a local state school and from there won a place at Oxford, where she studied chemistry at Somerville College (1943-47). Her tutor was Dorothy Hodgkin, a pioneer of X-ray crystallography who won a Nobel Prize in 1964. Her outlook was profoundly influenced by her scientific training. [PAR] But chemistry took second place to politics in Margaret Thatcher's future plans. Conservative politics had always been a feature of her home life: her father was a local councillor in Grantham and talked through with her the issues of the day. She was elected president of the student Conservative Association at Oxford and met many prominent politicians, making herself known to the leadership of her party at the time of its devastating defeat by Labour at the General Election of 1945. [PAR] In her mid-twenties she ran as the Conservative candidate for the strong Labour seat of Dartford at the General Elections of 1950 and 1951, winning national publicity as the youngest woman candidate in the country. She lost both times, but cut the Labour majority sharply and hugely enjoyed the experience of campaigning. Aspects of her mature political style were formed in Dartford, a largely working class constituency which suffered as much as any from post-war rationing and shortages, as well as the rising level of taxation and state regulation. Unlike many Conservatives at that time, she had little difficulty getting a hearing from any audience and she spoke easily, with force and confidence, on issues that mattered to the voters. [PAR] It was in Dartford too that she met her husband, Denis Thatcher, a local businessman who ran his family's firm before becoming an executive in the oil industry. They married in 1951. Twins — Mark and Carol —were born to the couple in 1953. In the 1950s Margaret Thatcher trained as a lawyer, specialising in taxation. She was elected to Parliament in 1959 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley, a north London constituency, which she continued to represent until she was made a member of the House of Lords (as Baroness Thatcher) in 1992. Within two

Which British political figure became Baroness Kesteven?

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[DOC] [TLE] Guide to Costa Rica FlightsGuide to Costa Rica Flights [PAR] Flights [PAR] Parent: 11913 » Template: subcategory [PAR] Who, what, where, when, and how? Flights stream into Costa Rica from the far reaches of the planet, connecting the world’s travel aficionados to this Central American hotspot. Learn which companies fly to Costa Rica, where to find the easiest and most convenient connections, and how to get going once your vacation has reached its end. [PAR] Direct Flights to Costa Rica [PAR] Finally,  you got your awesome vacation deal and you’re heading out on your vacation to Costa Rica! Next up is to book your flight. The last thing you want to endure when traveling are connecting flights or layovers. Despite being such a small country, Costa Rica has two major flight hubs—Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), located about 20 minutes from the capital of San Jose, and Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia (LIR). [PAR] International Flights [PAR] Costa Rica’s two main international airports—with flights coming in mainly from Europe, North and Latin America—bring travelers from all over the world. Juan Santamaria Airport, just 14 miles from San Jose downtown, is the second busiest airport in Central America, with over 15 international airlines that serve over 4 million passengers annually. Daniel Oduber International Airport has smaller capacity, but is located in Liberia, the capital of one of the most popular vacation destinations in Costa Rica with numerous accommodation options: the Guanacaste region . [PAR] In 1930, during the administration of president Cleto González Víquez, the first international airport was inaugurated in La Sabana Metropolitan Park, in San Jose. This airport worked for the next 44 years getting flights mainly from Central America until “El Coco” Airport was inaugurated in 1958. “El Coco” later became the “Juan Santamaría International Airport” (SJO), named after the Costa Rican hero who died in 1856 defending his country. [PAR] The other international airport in the country is Liberia (LIR) – although the airport was inaugurated back in 1995, its demand increased considerably until 2006. The airport was named after former Costa Rican president Daniel Oduber Quiros. [PAR] Here is a list of the main airlines that fly direct to Costa Rica: [PAR] **coming soon** [PAR] Domestic Flights [PAR] Costa Rica has two domestic airlines, Sansa and Nature Air. Both airlines have their main hubs in San Jose at the Juan Santamaria International Airport, and Nature Air also flies out of the smaller, more central Tobias Bolanos International Airport. Both airlines run “puddle jumpers”, small single or double engine propeller planes holding 16-19 passengers, capable of landing at small, remote airstrips throughout the country. [PAR] Flying in Costa Rica has its advantages and disadvantages. The main advantage is speed. Getting to another part of the country in 30-45 minutes certainly beats hours on Costa Rica’s windy, potholed roads. Prices are reasonable and the views spectacular, especially from the specially designed big windows that you’ll find on Nature Air. There is definitely some Graham Greene-like romance about waiting at the side of a remote jungle airstrip for the plane to come in! [PAR] The disadvantage of traveling by plane in Costa Rica is the small luggage allowance per person. These are small planes, and as such there is a limit of between 25 and 40 pounds per person (depending on airline and type of ticket). If you are the type of traveler who brings the kitchen sink with you, flying is not going to work. You can pay extra to bring more luggage, but unfortunately, these planes sell tickets right up to the last minute, and if your plane is full, and each passenger has their full luggage allowance, then your extra gear will more likely than not, not be allowed on the plane. Best to travel light! [PAR] Luckily Costa Rica is tailor made for traveling light – all the tourist really needs are shorts and t-shirt. A great compromise is to split your transportation between land and air in order to see the best of this beautiful country. [PAR] Finally, keep in mind when booking an internal flight

Which country does the airline Sansa come from?

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[DOC] [TLE] Aalborg International Airport information. Flights and air ...Aalborg International Airport information. Flights and air companies flying to Aalborg International Airport in Aalborg, Denmark - Flight tickets, charter and private flights. - Flight tickets, charter and private flights - BulgariaFlights.com [PAR] Airports [PAR] Aalborg [PAR] Alborg Airport (IATA code AAL) is a civilian and military airport situated in Denmark. It is the third largest airport in the country and serves at about 1.4 million passengers each year. The airport works from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m. and has a duty free shop open to all passengers that depart from here. The Alborg Airport could be reached by bus, car and taxi. There are eight airlines that operate here, offering flights to total of seventeen airports Including domestic flights and international long-distance flights. The airport serves many charter airlines as well.[DOC] [TLE] Denmark Airport Code, Denmark Codes | IATA 3 letter LookupDenmark Airport Code, Denmark Codes | IATA 3 letter Lookup [PAR]   [PAR] Denmark Airport Codes (Airport Code Lookup) [PAR] Airports around the world are universally known by a unique three-letter code: the "Location Identifier" in aviation-speak. It's obviously much easier for pilots, controllers, travel agents, frequent flyers, computers and baggage handlers to say and write JFK than the John F Kennedy International Airport, Newyork. [PAR] The continued growth of aviation world-wide meant that three letter combinations were insufficient to identify every airport in the world. Eventually the system expanded, allowing numbers and four digit combinations; however, an airport served by scheduled route air-carrier or military airlift aircraft always has a code comprising of only three letter IATA code. [PAR] Following are the Airport Codes of the major Cities in Denmark. [PAR] City / Airport[DOC] [TLE] Trains in Denmark | Denmark by Rail | Interrail.euTrains in Denmark | Denmark by Rail | Interrail.eu [PAR] Trains in Denmark [PAR] Trains in Denmark [PAR] The Danish State Railways (DSB) has a dense network of train services connecting Copenhagen, Arhus, Alborg and much more of Denmark. Trains are the fabulous way of exploring this fascinating country and its islands! [PAR] Spelling of cities in Denmark [PAR] Train types in Denmark [PAR] The railway network in Denmark is run by DSB . You can access a great deal of the country using Denmark's trains. Meanwhile, comfortable international trains connect you to cities in Sweden and Germany. [PAR] You can find Danish train times in the Interrail timetable . [PAR]   [PAR] Regional trains (RØ, RV, ØR, IR) [PAR] Regional trains throughout Denmark [PAR] InterCity and InterCity Lyn (IC, ICL) [PAR] Faster than the regional trains [PAR] Various routes within Denmark [PAR] Connects Copenhagen to Stockholm (Sweden) [PAR]   [PAR] Travels to Berlin and other German cities [PAR]   [PAR] Travels between Copenhagen and Hamburg [PAR]   [PAR] Fully included in your Interrail Pass [PAR]   [PAR] Not included in your Interrail Pass [PAR] With your Pass, you get a 50% discount [PAR]   [PAR] Private railway companies in Denmark [PAR] Most are included in your Interrail Pass [PAR]   [PAR] Bicycles are permitted on the train upon purchase of a special bike ticket. [PAR] From May to August bike space must be booked in advance for IC and ICL trains. [PAR] Reservations for trains in Denmark [PAR] Which trains in Denmark require reservations? [PAR] SJ High-speed train: Approximately €7 (DKK 52) in 2nd class and €17 (DKK 126) in 1st class [PAR]   [PAR] Reservations recommended for long journeys [PAR] InterCity (IC) and InterCityLyn (ICL): Approximately €4 (DKK 30) [PAR] Eurocity (EC): Approximately €4 (DKK 30) [PAR] InterCityExpress (ICE): Approximately €4 (DKK 30) [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Car Rental in Aalborg Airport - Sixt rent a carCar Rental in Aalborg Airport - Sixt rent a car [PAR] 24 h return [PAR] Welcome to Aalborg Airport Sixt rent a car [PAR] We looking forward to welcoming you at Sixt Aalborg airport and assuring that you get underway fast in a brand new car. [PAR] Karina M�ller ( Branch Manager ) [PAR] Aalborg [PAR] Aalborg or �lborg is a city with 105,000 residents, making it the fourth largest city in Denmark. The

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[DOC] [TLE] Mona Lisa | painting by Leonardo da Vinci | Britannica.comMona Lisa | painting by Leonardo da Vinci | Britannica.com [PAR] painting by Leonardo da Vinci [PAR] Written By: [PAR] sfumato [PAR] Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci , probably the world’s most-famous painting . It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence , and it now hangs in the Louvre , in Paris , where it remains an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century. The poplar panel shows evidence of warping and was stabilized in 1951 with the addition of an oak frame and in 1970 with four vertical braces. Dovetails also were added, to prevent the widening of a small crack visible near the centre of the upper edge of the painting. The sitter’s mysterious smile and her unproven identity have made the painting a source of ongoing investigation and fascination. [PAR] Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, … [PAR] The Print Collection—Heritage-Images [PAR] Overview of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, with a discussion of the … [PAR] Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz [PAR] The Mona Lisa and its influence [PAR] These signs of aging distract little from the painting’s effect. In its exquisite synthesis of sitter and landscape, the Mona Lisa set the standard for all future portraits. The painting presents a woman in half-body portrait, which has as a backdrop a distant landscape. Yet this simple description of a seemingly standard composition gives little sense of Leonardo’s achievement. The sensuous curves of the sitter’s hair and clothing, created through sfumato (use of fine shading), are echoed in the shapes of the valleys and rivers behind her. The sense of overall harmony achieved in the painting—especially apparent in the sitter’s faint smile—reflects Leonardo’s idea of the cosmic link connecting humanity and nature, making this painting an enduring record of Leonardo’s vision. [PAR] Britannica Stories [PAR] Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent [PAR] There has been much speculation and debate regarding the identity of the portrait’s sitter. Scholars and historians have posited numerous interpretations, including that she is Lisa del Giocondo (née Gherardini), the wife of the Florentine merchant Francesco di Bartolomeo del Giocondo, hence the alternative title to the work, La Gioconda. That identity was first suggested in 1550 by artist biographer Giorgio Vasari . Another theory was that the model may have been Leonardo’s mother, Caterina. That interpretation was put forth by, among others, Sigmund Freud , who seemed to think that the Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile emerged from a—perhaps unconscious—memory of Caterina’s smile. A third suggestion was that the painting was, in fact, Leonardo’s self-portrait, given the resemblance between the sitter’s and the artist’s facial features. Some scholars suggested that disguising himself as a woman was the artist’s riddle. The sitter’s identity has not been conclusively proven. In an attempt to settle the debate, art and forensic experts in August 2013 opened the tomb of the Giocondo family in Florence in order to find Lisa del Giocondo’s remains, test her DNA, and recreate an image of her face. [PAR] Whatever the sitter’s identity, the influence of the Mona Lisa on the Renaissance and later times has been enormous. The Mona Lisa revolutionized contemporary portrait painting . Leonardo’s preliminary drawings encouraged other artists to make more and freer studies for their paintings and stimulated connoisseurs to collect those drawings. Through the drawings his Milanese works were made known to the Florentines. Also, his reputation and stature as an artist and thinker spread to his fellow artists and assured for them a freedom of action and thought similar to his own. One such painter was the young Raphael , who sketched Leonardo’s work in progress and adopted the Mona Lisa format for his portraits; it served as a clear model for his Portrait of Maddalena Doni (c. 1506). [PAR] Art & Architecture: Fact or Fiction? [PAR] Leonardo even influenced the fashion in which artists dressed their subjects. In his Treatise on Painting, published long after his death, he wrote that

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[DOC] [TLE] The Katzenjammer KidsThe Katzenjammer Kids is an American comic strip created by the German immigrant Rudolph Dirks and drawn by Harold H. Knerr for 37 years (1912 to 1949).[http://lambiek.net/artists/d/dirks_r.htm Dirks profile]: "Born in Heide, Germany, Rudolph Dirks moved with his parents to Chicago at the age of seven." It debuted December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist, the Sunday supplement of William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal. Dirks was the first cartoonist to express dialogue in comic characters through the use of speech balloons. [PAR] After a series of legal battles between 1912 and 1914, Dirks left the Hearst organization and began a new strip, first titled Hans and Fritz and then The Captain and the Kids. It featured the same characters seen in The Katzenjammer Kids, which was continued by Knerr. The two separate versions of the strip competed with each other until 1979, when The Captain and the Kids ended its six-decade run. The Katzenjammer Kids is still distributed by King Features, making it the oldest comic strip still in syndication and the longest-running ever. [PAR] History [PAR] Creation and early years [PAR] The Katzenjammer Kids was inspired by Max and Moritz, a children's story of the 1860s by German author Wilhelm Busch. The Katzenjammer Kids (three brothers in the first strip but soon reduced to two) featured Hans and Fritz, twins who rebelled against authority, particularly in the form of their mother, Mama; der Captain, a shipwrecked sailor who acted as a surrogate father; and der Inspector, an official from the school system. Other characters included John Silver, a pirate sea captain and his crew, and King Bongo, a primitive-living but sophisticated-acting black jungle monarch who ruled a tropical island. Several of the characters spoke in stereotypical German-accented English. The main plot of the strip was Hans and Fritz would pull a prank or trick on one of the adults which resulted in their being hunted down and given a spanking in the end panel. [PAR] Katzenjammer translates literally as the wailing of cats (i.e. "caterwaul") but is used to mean contrition after a failed endeavor or hangover in German (and, in the latter sense, in English too). Whereas Max & Moritz were grotesquely but comically put to death after 7 destructive pranks, the Katzenjammer Kids and the other characters still thrive. [PAR] The comic strip was turned into a stage play in 1903. It inspired several animated cartoons and was one of 20 strips included in the Comic Strip Classics series of U.S. commemorative postage stamps. [PAR] Dirks and Knerr [PAR] The Katzenjammer Kids was so popular that it became two competing comic strips and the subject of a lawsuit. This happened because Dirks wanted to take a break after 15 years, but the Hearst newspaper syndicate would not allow it. Dirks left anyway, and the strip was taken over by Harold Knerr. Dirks sued, and after a long legal battle, the Hearst papers were allowed to continue The Katzenjammer Kids, while Dirks was allowed to syndicate an almost identical strip of his own for the rival Pulitzer newspapers. [PAR] Knerr's version of the strip introduced several major new characters in the 1930s. Miss Twiddle, a pompous tutor, and her brainy niece Lena came to stay permanently with the Katzenjammers in early 1936. Later in the year Twiddle's ex-pupil, "boy prodigy" Rollo Rhubarb joined them. The ever-smug Rollo is always trying to outwit Hans and Fritz, but his cunning plans often backfire. [PAR] Initially named Hans und Fritz after the two naughty protagonist brothers, Dirks' feature was called The Captain and the Kids from 1918 on. The Captain and the Kids was very similar to The Katzenjammer Kids in terms of content and characters, but Dirks had a looser and more verbal style than Knerr, who on the other hand often produced stronger, more direct gags and drawings. The Captain and the Kids soon proved to equal the popularity of The Katzenjammer Kids. It was later distributed by the United Feature Syndicate (while Hearst's King Features distributed The Katzenjammer Kids). [PAR] The Captain and the Kids also introduced some new characters. Ginga Dun is a

Which artist created the Katzenjammer Kids?

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[DOC] [TLE] Oldest Airline in the World - BootsnAll ToolkitOldest Airline in the World - BootsnAll Toolkit [PAR] Home » Traveler's Toolkit » Oldest Airline in the World [PAR] Oldest Airline in the World [PAR] Tweet [PAR] Q: Which is the oldest airline? [PAR] Tracing the genealogies of various carriers can be complicated, as many companies have changed names and identities. But most airline historians (there really are such things) agree that the world’s oldest continuously operating airline is Amsterdam-based KLM (that’s Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij for those of you speaking Dutch), which lists its founding date as 1919. Other pioneers include Colombia’s Avianca, also harking back to 1919, and even the national airline of Bolivia, LAB, which started flying in 1925. [PAR] In the USA, Northwest is the oldest, beginning operations in 1926. (Northwest’s pilot uniforms pay tribute to their airline’s origins as a mail carrier by featuring the words ‘US Mail’ in the center of their emblems.) As many people know, KLM and Northwest joined several years ago in the first of the big strategic alliances, but for whatever reason they never exploited their status as two of the world’s first airlines. [PAR] This Q&A is part of a collection that originally appeared on Salon.com. Patrick Smith, 38, is an erstwhile airline pilot, retired punk rocker and air travel columnist. His book, Ask the Pilot (Riverhead) was voted “Best Travel Book of 2004” by Amazon.com. Patrick has traveled to more than 55 countries and always asks for a window seat. He lives near Boston.[DOC] [TLE] AirlineAn airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines utilize aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements. Generally, airline companies are recognized with an air operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body. [PAR] Airlines vary in size, from small domestic airlines to full-service international airlines. Airline services can be categorized as being intercontinental, domestic, regional, or international, and may be operated as scheduled services or charters. The largest airline currently is American Airlines Group. [PAR] History [PAR] The first airlines [PAR] DELAG, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft was the world's first airline. It was founded on November 16, 1909 with government assistance, and operated airships manufactured by The Zeppelin Corporation. Its headquarters were in Frankfurt. The first fixed wing scheduled air service was started on January 1, 1914 from St. Petersburg, Florida to Tampa, Florida. The four oldest non-dirigible airlines that still exist are Netherlands' KLM (1919), Colombia's Avianca (1919), Australia's Qantas (1921), and the Czech Republic's Czech Airlines (1923). [PAR] European airline industry [PAR] Beginnings [PAR] The earliest fixed wing airline in Europe was the Aircraft Transport and Travel, formed by George Holt Thomas in 1916. Using a fleet of former military Airco DH.4A biplanes that had been modified to carry two passengers in the fuselage, it operated relief flights between Folkestone and Ghent. On 15 July 1919, the company flew a proving flight across the English Channel, despite a lack of support from the British government. Flown by Lt. H Shaw in an Airco DH.9 between RAF Hendon and Paris - Le Bourget Airport, the flight took 2 hours and 30 minutes at £21 per passenger. [PAR] On 25 August 1919, the company used DH.16s to pioneer a regular service from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome to Le Bourget, the first regular international service in the world. The airline soon gained a reputation for reliability, despite problems with bad weather and began to attract European competition. In November 1919, it won the first British civil airmail contract. Six Royal Air Force Airco DH.9A aircraft were lent to the company, to operate the airmail service between Hawkinge and Cologne. In 1920, they were returned to the Royal Air Force. [PAR] Other British competitors were quick to follow - Handley Page Transport was established in 1919 and used the company's converted wartime Type O/400 bombers with a capacity for 19 passengers, to run a London-Paris passenger service.

Established in 1919, which is the world's oldest surviving airline?

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[DOC] [TLE] Iggy Azalea explains her stage name in new series ‘A.K.A ...Iggy Azalea explains her stage name in new series ‘A.K.A.’ - AXS [PAR] Iggy Azalea explains her stage name in new series ‘A.K.A.’ [PAR] By: Tarringo Vaughan Aug 22, 2014 [PAR] 235 1 y2014m08d22 [PAR] 19843 [PAR] Rapper Iggy Azalea is on fire and her musical career seems to just be getting started. The “ Fancy ” rapper is preparing to make her debut at this Sunday’s 2014 MTV Video Music Awards with collaborator Rita Ora , but in the meantime Azalea has taken the time to explain her stage name. On Thursday, the Australian rapper was the first celebrity to appear in the new Vevo original series “A.K.A.” and explained just where she got her name. [PAR] The show, which premiered on Thursday , Aug. 21, has stars explain how they got their stage names. Azalea’s stage name came as a “two-part saga.” She starts off saying: [PAR] My name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly, but you guys probably know me as Iggy Azalea. And that’s how it’s gonna stay.” [PAR] Interestingly, the first part of her name originated from her dog of the same name. Her dog, Iggy, was named after Iggy Pop. She loved her dog very much and went on to explain an incident involving her favorite pet. [PAR] One time he got bitten by a snake,” She shared. “And he couldn’t move his legs, and I realized he had killed the snake.” [PAR] After he survived the incident and was back to his old self, she got a name-plate necklace made in his honor. She continued. [PAR] Everybody started to think that my name was Iggy so it kind of became my nickname and I took it on board and started rapping with it.” [PAR] The second part of her name actually comes from her grandfather, who disapproved of her just having a one-word stage name. He told her that a good stage name should have a certain number of syllables and just going by Iggy wasn’t cutting it. She recalled, [PAR] (He) said to me, ‘You can’t have a one-word stage name'...It made perfect mathematical sense. So I had to think of a good last name.” [PAR] After much thought, she went with the name of the street her mother and family live on. So basically she went with the name of her pet and the street her family lives on to come up with Iggy Azalea. The rap star is now a household name and would like to forget her born name Amethyst. Other celebrities to appear in the series are Common, Future, G-Easy, and Daddy Yankee. Should be interesting to see if any of them can top Azalea’s story. [PAR] By: Tarringo Vaughan[DOC] [TLE] Iggy PopJames Newell Osterberg, Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop (; born April 21, 1947), is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who reunited in 2003, and is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics. [PAR] Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the course of his career, including garage rock, punk rock, hard rock, art rock, new wave, jazz and blues. Though his popularity has fluctuated through the years, many of Pop's songs have become well-known, including "Lust for Life", "The Passenger", "Real Wild Child (Wild One)", "Candy" (a duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52's), "China Girl", "Nightclubbing", "Search and Destroy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog". [PAR] In 2010, The Stooges were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [PAR] Early life [PAR] James Newell Osterberg, Jr. was born in Muskegon, Michigan, the son of Louella (née Christensen; 1917–1996) and James Newell Osterberg, Sr. (1921–2007), a former high school English teacher and baseball coach at Fordson

What is Iggy Pop's real name?

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[DOC] [TLE] What is Bette Davis real name | What is Bette Davis full ...What is Bette Davis real name | What is Bette Davis full name | What Is Real Name of Celebrity [PAR] What is Bette Davis real name? [PAR] Real name of Bette Davis is Ruth Elizabeth Davis [PAR] Passport No. [PAR] Actress [PAR] STARNOSTAR//9682//REAL//NAME//OF//Bette Davis//IS//Ruth Elizabeth Davis////////////////////////// [PAR] Bette Davis real name is Ruth Elizabeth Davis. Welcome to Star no Star's celebrity real name look up. Bette Davis is from Lowell Massachusetts, United States. Born on Apr 05 1908, ( zodiac sign: Aries). Search and quickly access your favorite celebrities . Star No Star provides information on celebrities from around the world. Cycle through our menu, view biographies , statistics , rate Bette Davis and discover new celebrities. Quick information about celebrities is important, along with real time statistics from visitors like you. Help us keep track of celebrities worldwide. vote and make a difference. Star No Star Celebrity pages help millions of people find Bette Davis's bios and live statistics on a global scale. Celebrities around the world use multiple alias names making it hard to identify which celebrity you are looking for. Using StarNoStar's celebrity Search engine allows you to visual identify the exact celebrity you are looking for and quickly access their personal information. Helping you find information such as the place of birth , date of birth , horoscope and zodiac signs, biography timelines and lot more. StarNoStar encourages visitor to vote for their favorite celebrities , helping us provide new visitors vital information on each celebrities popularity and fame status. Let the world know what you think. Vote, and keep track of your favorite celebrities . Use the voting tool and sort through unlimited number of celebrity profiles. Check who the top celebrities are in your country and around the world. Star no Star provides statistics for all celebrities and personalities around the world. Vote, share, and help celebrities get discovered. Who's your favorite celebrity? Bette Davis? [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Bette DavisRuth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was reputed for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. [PAR] After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930, but her early films for Universal Studios (and as a loanout to other studios) were unsuccessful. She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances. In 1937, she attempted to free herself from her contract, and although she lost a well-publicized legal case, it marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career. Until the late 1940s, she was one of American cinema's most celebrated leading ladies, known for her forceful and intense style. Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative, and confrontations with studio executives, film directors and costars were often reported. Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona, which has often been imitated and parodied. [PAR] Davis was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen, and was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue ten Academy Award nominations for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Her career went through several periods of eclipse, and she admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships. Married four times, she was once widowed and three times divorced, and raised her children as a single parent. Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health, but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer, with more than 100 films, television and theater roles to her credit. [PAR] In 1999, Davis was placed second on the American

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[DOC] [TLE] W H Davies "Leisure" - "No time to stand and stare" Poem ...W H Davies "Leisure" - "No time to stand and stare" Poem animation - YouTube [PAR] W H Davies "Leisure" - "No time to stand and stare" Poem animation [PAR] Want to watch this again later? [PAR] Sign in to add this video to a playlist. [PAR] Need to report the video? [PAR] Sign in to report inappropriate content. [PAR] Rating is available when the video has been rented. [PAR] This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. [PAR] Uploaded on Jul 7, 2011 [PAR] Heres a virtual movie of Welsh poet William Henry Davies or W H Davies (1871 - 1940) reading his much loved and universally well known poem "Leisure" . William Henry Davies or W H Davies (3 July 1871[1] 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer. William Henry Davies was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, the son of a publican. After an apprenticeship as a picture-frame maker and a series of labouring jobs, he travelled to America, first to New York and then to the Klondike. He returned to England after having lost a foot jumping a train in Canada, where he led a penurious life in London lodging houses and as a pedlar in the country. He married in 1923, Emma, who was much younger than he. His first poems were published when he was 34. Most of his poetry is on the subject of nature or life on the road and exhibits a natural simple, earthy style. He also wrote two novels and autobiographical works, his best known being Autobiography of a Super-Tramp. Brief biography 2 ........... William Henry Davies (1871-1940), poet and author, was born in Pillgwenlly, Newport, Monmouthshire. After leaving school he trained as a carver and gilder, but remained dissatisfied with his life. He left his work and spent a period working and begging his way across the United States of America and Canada, but in March 1899 he lost his foot while jumping from a train. He returned to Britain and resolved to make his mark as a poet. After experiencing many setbacks he eventually published his first book, 'The Soul's Destroyer and Other Poems' in March 1905. Subsequent volumes included 'New Poems' (1907), 'Nature Poems' (1908), 'Farwell to Poesy' (1910), 'Songs of Joy' (1911), 'Foliage' (1913), and 'The Bird of Paradise' (1914). He also wrote prose and his 'Autobiography of a Super-Tramp' (1908) was based on his experiences of living hand-to-mouth in England and north America. In 1923 he married Helen Payne, a prostitute who was thirty years his junior. They settled in Sussex and later Gloucestershire. He was awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Wales in 1929 and a plaque in his honour was unveiled at the Church House Inn, Newport, in 1938. [PAR] Kind Regards [PAR] All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2011 [PAR] Leisure [PAR] WHAT is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?— No time to stand beneath the boughs, And stare as long as sheep and cows: No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass: No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night: No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance: No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began? A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare [PAR] Category

"Who wrote, ""What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?"""

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[DOC] [TLE] Achilles (Greek Mythology ) - Filozof.netAchilles (Greek Mythology ) [PAR] Greek Mythology [PAR] Thursday, 31 March 2011 17:47 administrator [PAR] Achilles [PAR] Character Overview [PAR] In Greek mythology, Achilles (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, Achilleus) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. [PAR] Achilles (pronounced uh-KILL-eez) is one of the most important warriors in Greek mythology. He had strength, bravery, military skills, pride, and honor—all qualities that the ancient Greeks prized as manly virtues. Yet his behavior was also shaped by anger, stubbornness, and revenge. The conflict between Achilles’ larger-than-life virtues and his all-too-human weaknesses plays an important part in the heroic tragedy of the Iliad. [PAR] Like many mythological heroes, Achilles was part human and part supernatural being. His parents were Peleus (pronounced pe-LAY-uhs), a king of Thessaly in northern Greece, and a sea nymph named Thetis (pronounced THEE-tis). According to Homer, Thetis raised both Achilles and his closest friend and companion, Patroclus (pronounced pa-TROH-kluhs). According to legend, Achilles’ mother Thetis tried to make her infant son invulnerable (incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed) by dipping him into the river Styx, which flowed through the underworld, or land of the dead. Afterward, no sword or arrow could pierce Achilles wherever the Styx’s water had touched him. However, the water did not touch the heel by which Thetis held Achilles, so this remained the only vulnerable spot on his body. This myth is the source of the term Achilles’ heel, which refers to a person’s most notable weakness. [PAR] Achilles’ strength and athletic superiority emerged early. At age six, he could run fast enough to catch deer. Some myths say that Achilles learned to run from the centaur Chiron (pronounced KYE-ron), who also taught him music, medicine, and the skills of warfare. According to some legends, Achilles was destined from birth to suffer one of two fates: a long life without glory, or a glorious death in battle. [PAR] The Trojan War Achilles played a central role in the Trojan War. The Trojan War was a ten-year conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans. The war began when the Trojan prince Paris kidnapped a beautiful Greek queen named Helen. Her husband, King Menelaus, pulled together a large army and chased Paris and Helen, tracking them to the city of Troy. The Greek army camped outside of the city walls and laid siege (engaged in a persistent attack against the city) to Troy for ten years. When the Trojan War began, Achilles’ parents tried to keep him from joining the Greek forces against the Trojans in order to prevent the prophecy regarding his death in battle from coming true. But the Greeks felt they needed Achilles to fight with them because they had received a prophecy that they could not defeat the Trojans without him. They therefore sent the Greek leader Odysseus (pronounced oh- DIS-ee-uhs) to persuade Achilles to join the war. Achilles agreed to fight with them—even though he knew his choice might cost him his life—because he valued glory in battle more than a quiet existence in peace. [PAR] Achilles did indeed earn great glory in battle against the Trojans. Throughout the ten-year siege he killed many Trojans and struck fear into the hearts of the Trojan forces. The Trojans were helpless against his mighty strength and his invulnerability to weapons. He was, however, an extremely proud warrior; when he felt that he had been insulted by the leader of the Greek forces, Agamemnon, he refused to fight for the Greeks. He only returned to the fight when his friend Patroclus died at the hands of the great Trojan warrior Hector. [PAR] Achilles rushed into battle in a furious desire to avenge the death of Patroclus. He chased Hector around the walls of Troy three times before killing the Trojan prince in one-on-one combat. He then dragged the body behind his chariot for

According to legend, who fired the arrow that hit Achilles in the heel, his only vulnerable spot?

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[DOC] [TLE] Julie Christie biography, birth date, birth place and picturesJulie Christie biography, birth date, birth place and pictures [PAR] Email Print [PAR] Julie Christie is a British actress. She was born in British India to English parents, but at the age of six moved to England, where she attended boarding school. [PAR] In 1961, she began her acting career in a BBC television series, and the following year, she had her first major film role in a romantic comedy. In 1965, she became known to international audiences as the model "Diana Scott" in the film Darling. That same year she played the part of "Lara" in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago. A pop icon of the "swinging London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. [PAR] Christie was born on 14 April 1941 in Singlijan Tea Estate, Chabua, Assam, India, then part of the British Empire. She is the eldest of two children of Rosemary (née Ramsden) and Frank St. John Christie. Christie's father ran the tea plantation where Christie grew up, and her mother was a painter from Hove. Christie has a brother, Clive, and an older half-sister, June from her father's relationship with an Indian woman, who worked as a tea picker on his plantation. Christie's parents separated during her childhood. She was baptised in the Anglican church and studied as a boarder at the independent Convent of Our Lady School in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, from which she was later expelled. She then attended the independent Wycombe Court School in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, also living with a foster mother from the age of six. After her parents' divorce, Christie spent time with her mother in rural Wales. As a teenager at Wycombe Court School, she played the role of the Dauphin in a school production of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. She later studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama before getting her big break in 1961 in a science fiction series on BBC television, A for Andromeda. [PAR] Christie was not fond of the stage, even though it allowed her to travel, including a professional gig in the United States. Her true métier as an actress was film, and she made her debut in the science-fiction television series "A for Andromeda" (1961) in 1961. Her first film was a bit part in the Ealing-like comedy Crooks Anonymous (1962), which was followed up by a larger ingénue role in another comedy, The Fast Lady (1963). The producers of the "James Bond" series were sufficiently intrigued by the young actress to consider her for the role that subsequently went to Ursula Andress in Dr. No (1962), but dropped the idea because she was not busty enough. [PAR] Christie first worked with the man who would kick her career into high gear, director John Schlesinger, when he choose her as a replacement for the actress originally cast in Billy Liar (1963) (1963). Christie's turn in the film as the free-wheeling "Liz" was a stunner, and she had her first taste of becoming a symbol if not icon of the new British cinema. Her screen presence was such that the great John Ford cast her as the young prostitute, Daisy Battles, in Young Cassidy (1965) (1965). Charlton Heston wanted her for his film The War Lord (1965), but the studio refused her salary demands. [PAR] Although Amercan magazines portrayed Christie as a "newcomer" when she made her breakthrough to super-stardom in Schlesinger's seminal Swinging Sixties film Darling (1965), she actually had considerable work under her professional belt and was in the process of a artistic quickening. Schlesinger called on Christie, whom he adored, to play the role of mode "Diana Scott" when the casting of Shirley MacLaine fell through. (MacLaine was the sister of the man who would become Christie's long-time paramour in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Warren Beatty, whom some, like actor Rod Steiger, believe

In which country was Julie Christie born?

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[DOC] [TLE] Astrology: Glenda Jackson, date of birth: 1936/05/09 ...Astrology: Glenda Jackson, date of birth: 1936/05/09, Horoscope, Astrological Portrait, Dominant Planets, Birth Data, Biography [PAR] 1st Fire sign - 1st Cardinal sign (spring equinox) - Masculine [PAR] In analogy with Mars, his ruler, and the 1st House [PAR] Aries governs the head. [PAR] His colour is red, his stone is the heliotrope, his day is Tuesday, and his professions are businessman, policeman, sportsman, surgeon... [PAR] If your sign is Aries or your Ascendant is Aries: you are courageous, frank, enthusiastic, dynamic, fast, bold, expansive, warm, impulsive, adventurous, intrepid, warlike, competitive, but also naive, domineering, self-centred, impatient, rash, thoughtless, blundering, childish, quick-tempered, daring or primitive. [PAR] Some traditional associations with Aries: Countries: England, France, Germany, Denmark. Cities: Marseille, Florence, Naples, Birmingham, Wroclaw, Leicester, Capua, Verona. Animals: Rams and sheeps. Food: Leeks, hops, onions, shallots, spices. Herbs and aromatics: mustard, capers, Cayenne pepper, chilli peppers. Flowers and plants: thistles, mint, bryonies, honeysuckles. Trees: hawthorns, thorny trees and bushes. Stones, Metals and Salts: diamonds, iron, potassium phosphate. [PAR] Signs: Taurus [PAR] 1st Earth sign - 1st Fixed sign - Feminine [PAR] In analogy with Venus, his ruler, and the 2nd House [PAR] Taurus governs the neck and the throat. [PAR] Her colour is green or brown, her stone is the emerald, her day is Friday, her professions are cook, artist, estate agent, banker, singer... [PAR] If your sign is Taurus or your Ascendant is Taurus: you are faithful, constant, sturdy, patient, tough, persevering, strong, focused, sensual, stable, concrete, realistic, steady, loyal, robust, constructive, tenacious. You need security, but you are also stubborn, rigid, possessive, spiteful, materialistic, fixed or slow. [PAR] Some traditional associations with Taurus: Countries: Switzerland, Greek islands, Ireland, Cyprus, Iran. Cities: Dublin, Palermo, Parma, Luzern, Mantua, Leipzig, Saint Louis, Ischia, Capri. Animals: bovines. Food: apples, pears, berries, corn and other cereals, grapes, artichokes, asparagus, beans. Herbs and aromatics: sorrels, spearmint, cloves. Flowers and plants: poppies, roses, digitales, violets, primroses, aquilegia, daisies. Trees: apple trees, pear trees, fig-trees, cypresses, ash trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: copper, calcium and potassium sulphate, emeralds. [PAR] Signs: Gemini [PAR] 1st Air sign - 1st Mutable sign - Masculine [PAR] In analogy with Mercury, his ruler, and the 3rd House [PAR] Gemini governs the arms, the lungs and the thorax. [PAR] His colour is green or silver, his stone is the crystal, his day is Wednesday, his professions are journalist, lawyer, presenter, dancer, salesman, travel agent, teacher... [PAR] If your sign is Gemini or if your Ascendant is Gemini: you are expressive, lively, adaptable, quick-witted, humorous, sparkling, playful, sociable, clever, curious, whimsical, independent, polyvalent, brainy, flexible, ingenious, imaginative, charming, fanciful but also capricious, scattered, moody, shallow, inquisitive, opportunistic, unconcerned, selfish, fragile, ironical or changeable. [PAR] Some traditional associations with Gemini: Countries: Belgium, Wales, United-States, Lower Egypt, Sardinia, Armenia. Cities: London, Plymouth, Cardiff, Melbourne, San Francisco, Nuremberg, Bruges, Versailles. Animals: monkeys, butterflies, parrots, budgerigars. Food: dried fruits, chestnuts, ground-level vegetables: peas, broad beans, etc. Herbs and aromatics: aniseed, marjoram, lemon balm, cumin. Flowers and plants: lilies of the valley, lavenders, myrtle, ferns, Venus-hair-ferns, bittersweets. Trees: nut

What star sign is Glenda Jackson?

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[DOC] [TLE] The DVD Journal | Quick Reviews: Gentlemen Prefer BlondesThe DVD Journal | Quick Reviews: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [PAR] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [PAR] There's No Business Like Show Business [PAR] Who would imagine that the same man responsible for To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Red River and Rio Bravo was also the director of Gentleman Prefer Blondes? But let's not forget — the estimable Mr. Howard Hawks also directed Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday and the hilarious Ball of Fire with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck — Hawks knew how to direct women, and he sure knew comedy. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a triumph of a film, blatantly and unapologetically about sex, romance and savvy dames with phenomenal bodies who can sing and dance. Nightclub singers Dorothy Shaw and Lorelei Lee (Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe) are "Just Two Little Girls From Little Rock," as the song says, on a luxury cruise to Europe, paid for by gold digger Lorelei's wealthy beau. Dorothy falls for the private detective who's secretly spying on Lorelei, and some messiness about possible stolen diamonds ensue. The plot is secondary to the joys of watching the delicious Russell and Monroe together — Russell as the smart, street-wise Dorothy who's holding out for true love, and Monroe as the smart dumb blonde who knows how to get what she wants. The musical numbers are sexy, funny and brilliantly executed — the frankly homoerotic "Ain't Anyone Here For Love?" features Russell cavorting with a group of gymnast/dancers in revealing, flesh-colored swim trunks, thrusting muscled legs and tight butts akimbo, and Marilyn's classic turn in "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" still shows what a cut-rate poseur that Madonna person is. Watch this movie often — it will make you happy. Fox's DVD release of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is clean and beautiful, with all that rich Technicolor restored in a new print (the original 1.33:1), while audio is crisp in remastered Dolby stereo, along with the original mono. Includes the Movietone newsreel footage of Marilyn and Jane pressing their body parts into the cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater and trailers for all films in The Diamond Collection. Keep-case. [PAR] —Dawn Taylor[DOC] [TLE] dOc DVD Review: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)dOc DVD Review: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) [PAR] 20th Century Fox presents [PAR] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) [PAR] "Because, if a girl is spending all of her time worrying about the money that she doesn't have... how is she going to have time for being in love? I want you to find happiness and stop having fun." [PAR] - Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) [PAR] Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell [PAR] Other Stars: Charles Coburn, Elliot Reid, Tommy Noonan [PAR] Director: Howard Hawks [PAR] MPAA Rating: Not Rated for (nothing objectionable) [PAR] Run Time: 01h:31m:18s [PAR] Release Date: May 29, 2001 [PAR] UPC: 024543014249 [PAR] C- [PAR] DVD Review [PAR] The second of Marilyn Monroe's 1953 triple play that made her a star, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, is a much loved musical in which she co-stars as the irrepressible Lorelei Lee with Jane Russell, who plays the sensible Dorothy Shaw. This film is pure entertainment, mostly singing and dancing riding along atop a fairly uncomplicated plot line. [PAR] Monroe's Lorelei is engaged to the son of a rich man, Gus Esmond, and the plan is to be married in Paris after a transatlantic ocean voyage. But Esmond's father changes the plan so that Lorelei will make the trip accompanied by her friend and singing partner Dorothy, as a sort of test of her suitability for his son. Marilyn is very attractive in this lightweight role, the character by which ultimately she is defined in many people's minds. It remains one of the most memorable of her portrayals, and the sequence of her performance of Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend is embedded in the pop culture of our country. [PAR] Elliot Reed plays Detective Malone, whose job is to get whatever goods on Lorelei that he can, so that the father of Esmond can prevent the marriage between her and

Who directed The Big Sleep and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

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[DOC] [TLE] Dead or alive? How old was Karen Carpenter when she diedDead or alive? How old was Karen Carpenter when she died [PAR] How old was Karen Carpenter when she died? [PAR] Here you find the age of Karen Carpenter. [PAR] When was Karen Carpenter born? [PAR] She was born on 1950-03-02 [PAR] Is Karen Carpenter dead or alive? [PAR] Karen Carpenter died 33 years ago on 1983-02-04. She was only 32 years old. [PAR] If she would be still alive today she would be 66 years old. [PAR] Cause of death: Heart Failure Due to Chronic Anorexia [PAR] Do you think Karen Carpenters age is incorrect? Add the correct age.[DOC] [TLE] KAREN CARPENTER, 32, IS DEAD - SINGER TEAMED WITH BROTHER ...KAREN CARPENTER, 32, IS DEAD - SINGER TEAMED WITH BROTHER - NYTimes.com [PAR] KAREN CARPENTER, 32, IS DEAD [PAR] KAREN CARPENTER, 32, IS DEAD; SINGER TEAMED WITH BROTHER [PAR] Published: February 5, 1983 [PAR] The pop singer Karen Carpenter, who with her brother Richard sold more than 30 million records as the Carpenters, died Friday of cardiac arrest at Downey Community Hospital in Downey, Calif. The 32-year-old singer was found unconscious by her mother, Agnes Carpenter, at her parents' home in Downey, a suburb of Los Angeles, and was taken to the hospital. [PAR] The Carpenters were a major pop team for the first part of the 1970's, with 17 million-selling albums. Miss Carpenter's contralto was heard on such soft-rock singles as ''We've Only Just Begun,'' ''Rainy Days and Mondays,'' and a remake of ''Please Mr. Postman.'' Their version of Burt Bacharach's ''Close to You'' won two Grammy awards in 1970, and their album ''The Carpenters'' won a third Grammy in 1971. That same year, their version of ''For All We Know'' won the Academy Award for best song. [PAR] Karen Carpenter was born in New Haven, Conn., on March 2, 1950. She and her older brother, Richard, started a pop-jazz trio with a friend in California in 1965, with Richard on keyboards and Karen on drums. The group won a battle of the bands at the Hollywood Bowl and was signed by RCA Records, but the two albums they recorded for the label were never released; they were considered ''too soft.'' The trio subsequently disbanded. Incorporated Vocals [PAR] In their next group, the Carpenters began to incorporate vocals. Eventually they developed a smooth, densely layered sound built around Miss Carpenter's voice and Richard Carpenter's arrangements, and were signed to A&M Records in 1970. On the first Carpenters recordings, Karen Carpenter played drums, but she eventually gave that up to concentrate on vocals. Through 1975, two or three singles by the Carpenters regularly placed in the pop Top 10 each year, and in 1974 they performed at the Nixon White House. [PAR] The Carpenters canceled an extensive European tour in 1975 because Miss Carpenter was suffering from nervous and physical exhaustion; she was bedridden for six weeks. They continued to record through the 1970's, but were less successful commercially. Their last album, ''Made in America,'' was recorded in 1981, and met with only moderate success. According to Paul Bloch, a spokesman for the Carpenters, the brother and sister were planning to tour and record a new album this year. [PAR] In 1980 Miss Carpenter married a real-estate developer, Thomas J. Burris of Newport Beach, Calif. Mr. Bloch said the couple were getting a divorce. He also said Miss Carpenter had suffered from anorexia during 1981 and 1982, but had recovered. ''She looked great,'' Mr. Bloch said. ''She was anxious to record her new album, and she was in good spirits.'' [PAR] In addition to her mother and brother, Miss Carpenter is survived by her father, Harold, also of Downey. [PAR] Illustrations: photo of Karen Carpenter [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Remembering Karen Carpenter, 30 Years Later : NPRRemembering

When she died how old was Karen Carpenter?

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[DOC] [TLE] Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey ...Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey | PenguinRandomHouse.com [PAR] Add to Cart [PAR] About Riders of the Purple Sage [PAR] Told by a master storyteller who, according to critic Russell Nye, “combined adventure, action, violence, crisis, conflict, sentimentalism, and sex in an extremely shrewd mixture,” Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic of the Western genre. It is the story of Lassiter, a gunslinging avenger in black, who shows up in a remote Utah town just in time to save the young and beautiful rancher Jane Withersteen from having to marry a Mormon elder against her will. Lassiter is on his own quest, one that ends when he discovers a secret grave on Jane’s grounds. “[Zane Grey’s] popularity was neither accidental nor undeserved,” wrote Nye. “Few popular novelists have possessed such a grasp of what the public wanted and few have developed Grey’s skill at supplying it.” [PAR] About Riders of the Purple Sage [PAR] Told by a master storyteller who, according to critic Russell Nye, “combined adventure, action, violence, crisis, conflict, sentimentalism, and sex in an extremely shrewd mixture,” Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic of the Western genre. It is the story of Lassiter, a gunslinging avenger in black, who shows up in a remote Utah town just in time to save the young and beautiful rancher Jane Withersteen from having to marry a Mormon elder against her will. Lassiter is on his own quest, one that ends when he discovers a secret grave on Jane’s grounds. “[Zane Grey’s] popularity was neither accidental nor undeserved,” wrote Nye. “Few popular novelists have possessed such a grasp of what the public wanted and few have developed Grey’s skill at supplying it.” [PAR] Get the news you want from Penguin Random House [PAR] Praise [PAR] “[Zane Grey is] an amazingly significant literary phenomenon.”—Hamlin Garland [PAR] About Zane Grey [PAR] Zane Grey was an American author best know for his influential work in the early days of the Western genre. [PAR] About Zane Grey [PAR] Zane Grey was an American author best know for his influential work in the early days of the Western genre. [PAR] Product Details[DOC] [TLE] Riders of the Purple SageRiders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by many critics to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called "the most popular western novel of all time." [PAR] Riders of the Purple Sage tells the story of Jane Withersteen and her battle to overcome persecution by members of her polygamous Mormon fundamentalist church. A leader of the church, Elder Tull, wants to marry her. Withersteen gets help from a number of friends, including Bern Venters and Lassiter, a famous gunman and killer of Mormons. Throughout most of the novel she struggles with her "blindness" to the evil nature of her church and its leaders, and tries to keep Venters and Lassiter from killing the adversaries who are slowly ruining her. When she adopts a child, Fay, she abandons her beliefs and discovers her true love. A second plot strand tells of Venters and his escape to the wilderness with a girl named Bess, "the rustler's girl," whom he has accidentally shot. Venters falls in love with the girl while caring for her. Together they escape to the East, while Lassiter, Fay, and Jane, pursued by both Mormons and rustlers, escape into a paradise-like valley and topple a giant rock to forever close off the only way in or out. [PAR] Plot [PAR] The events depicted in Riders of the Purple Sage occur in mid-spring and late summer 1871. Early in Riders of the Purple Sage, Jane Withersteen's main conflict is her right to befriend a Gentile. (The word Gentile means "non-Mormon" and is used a lot in the book). Jane Withersteen’s father wished Jane to marry Elder Tull, but Jane refused saying she did not love him, causing controversy and leading

Who wrote Riders of the Purple Sage?

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[DOC] [TLE] 20 Die in Italy As U.S. Jet Cuts A Ski Lift Cable ...20 Die in Italy As U.S. Jet Cuts A Ski Lift Cable - The New York Times [PAR] The New York Times [PAR] World |20 Die in Italy As U.S. Jet Cuts A Ski Lift Cable [PAR] Search [PAR] Continue reading the main story [PAR] A low-flying United States military jet on a training flight over the craggy Dolomite mountains here cut the cable of a ski lift today, sending a cable car plunging 260 feet into a snowy meadow and killing everyone aboard. [PAR] The authorities said 20 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage on a slope just south of this Alpine hamlet. [PAR] The Marine Corps plane made an emergency landing safely, and none of the four crew members were injured, a Marine spokesman said. [PAR] Local officials said they had complained repeatedly of low-flying military aircraft -- stunt-flying, some called it -- near these mountain cable systems, including instances when pilots flew below the cable lines on their way back to a NATO air base at Aviano, in northern Italy. [PAR] In nearby Trento, the President of the regional government, Carlo Andreotti, was quoted by the Italian news agency ANSA as saying, ''The military aircraft must stop playing war games, putting people's safety in grave danger.'' [PAR] Advertisement [PAR] Continue reading the main story [PAR] ''Many people say the military planes even play games by actually passing under the cables of the ski lifts,'' said Mr. Andreotti, who was among officials who arrived here this afternoon. [PAR] The Pentagon's spokesman, Kenneth H. Bacon, said, ''There will have to be a full investigation.'' He added that it was premature to discuss the cause of the accident or any complaints about previous flights. [PAR] A Marine Corps spokesman in Washington, Maj. David LaPan, said tonight that reports of civilian complaints would be considered by an accident investigation team that was to leave the Marine Corps air station at Cherry Point, N.C., this evening. [PAR] The accident was the third involving cable cars here in little more than 20 years. The last incident, in 1987, involved a low-flying civilian plane that also sliced a cable and left 24 passengers hanging in a stranded car. That time, no one was killed. [PAR] The aircraft involved in today's accident, a sophisticated electronic surveillance jet known as an EA-6B ''Prowler,'' ordinarily used to patrol the skies over Bosnia to the east, returned to the Aviano base. The plane was only slightly damaged, the authorities said. [PAR] Italian television reported that 14 of the 20 dead had been identified. They included Italian, German, Belgian and Polish vacationers. [PAR] Soldiers of the Italian Army who carried the first bodies from the site of the crash described a scene of horror inside the crushed and overturned cable car. Bodies were twisted, they said, and the faces of the dead were described as contorted in terror. [PAR] Several rescuers, who worked with the help of a hydraulic crane, broke down during the work. A local Catholic priest blessed the bodies as they were taken away. [PAR] Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. [PAR] Invalid email address. Please re-enter. [PAR] You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. [PAR] Sign Up [PAR] Privacy Policy [PAR] The crash occurred at about 3:30 P.M. local time, when residents of Cavalese said they heard a enormous boom at about the time the plane was thought to have hit the cable. Some people said the force of the boom was strong enough to shake light vehicles, much like a sonic boom. [PAR] Advertisement [PAR] Continue reading the main story [PAR] With cranes and helicopters, rescue teams worked to remove bodies from the wreckage of the cable car. By late this evening, scraps of yellow steel lay scattered over a snowy meadow amidst fir and larch trees. [PAR] Pools of blood could be seen in the light of floodlights that illuminated the site. A pile of twisted and broken skis, ski poles, boots goggles and gloves, some smeared with blood, had been collected by rescuers. [PAR] At the time

Where in Italy did a US military aircraft slice through the steel wire of a cable car in 1998?

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[DOC] [TLE] Burrows Toy Museum. - UNKNOWN,Burrows Toy Museum. - UNKNOWN, [PAR] Author: UNKNOWN, [PAR] Title: Burrows Toy Museum. [PAR] Description: London, Unichrome (BATH) Limited, nd. VG PB. Booklet shows fashion dolls of about 1870 made of bisque with their bodies covered in kid and toys in different settings. [PAR] Keywords:[DOC] [TLE] Doll & Toy Museums of Europe - Puppentour - Doll Tours ...Doll & Toy Museums of Europe [PAR] Coburger Puppenmuseum [PAR] Coburg was, and still is, the center of German doll production. More than 900 dolls from the classical doll manufacturing era of Germany, along with a wonderful collection of half-dolls and rare French dolls, are exhibited with period doll furniture, clothing and accessories in the Coburg Doll Museum. Fifty miniature rooms and doll-sized Dresden china will take your breath away. The museum shop offers dolls, miniatures, and doll books. [PAR] Deutsches Knopfmuseum [PAR] Thousands of buttons made by hand and by machine of 26 different materials over a span of four centuries are exhibited in the Deutsches Knopfmuseum. Machinery and works displays examine the rich history of buttons in Bärnau, still a center of world button production. [PAR] Schuhmuseum [PAR] Over 15,000 artifacts are exhibited in the Shoe Museum within the German Leather Museum. In addition to representing international costume history over seven millennia, the collection allows a view into humankind's intellectual and cultural history. 3500-year-old sandals from Egyptian mummy burials, pre-Christian boot amulets, bead-embroidered moccasins from the Great Plains, chopines of the Italian Renaissance, Chinese gin lien, plateau sandals from an Ottoman harem, the silk boots of Empress Sissi, and Joschka Fischer's trainers, have earned the museum a world-class position. Several hundred images of shoemakers and their products form the bridge to the Shoe Museum's gallery. Here one can see how intensely the human foot and its covering (or exposing) has inspired and still inspires the creativity of designers and artists. [PAR] Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum [PAR] The German Toy Museum is the oldest toy museum in the now-united Germany. Its many treasures include an incredible array of salesmen's samples, shoes, wigs, and Sonneberg dolls of wood, papier mâhé, china and bisque. Dioramas depict daily life in a Sonneberg doll-making family. A special exhibit coincides with the annual Neustadter Puppenfestival. Various gift items, postcards, dolls, plush animals, and books are offered in the museum shop. [PAR] Deutsches Weihnachtsmuseum [PAR] Enter the German Christmas Museum through Käthe Wohlfahrt's Weihnachtsdorf (Christmas Village), a 16,000-square-foot Christmas market that is a feast for the eyes and ears – and you need not brave the German winter to see it because it is open year-round! Built around a model of a Franconian market square with half-timbered houses, snow-covered roofs, and an eighteen-foot revolving white Christmas tree, the Christmas Village offers more than 30,000 different Christmas decorations including smokers, nutcrackers, pyramids, and tree ornaments that reflect valued German Christmas traditions. [PAR] Erzgebirgisches Freilichtmuseum [PAR] The Erzgebirgisches Freilichtmuseum (Ore Mountains Open-Air Museum), a part of the Erzgebirge Toy Museum of Seiffen since 1973, is an historical folklore museum reflecting the daily life and culture of the people of the Erzgebirge from the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth century. Valuable examples of traditional folk culture that would otherwise be lost in the process of remodeling homes and modernizing workshops, are instead moved to the Erzgebirgisches Freilichtmuseum. The buildings, with all their authentic period furnishings, document the real world of the inhabitants. Central to the landscape of this Erzgebirge village are the homes, workshops, and communal buildings of a "Streusiedlung" (a scattered settlement) dominated by the toymaker and other craftspeople associated with woodworking. A main feature of the museum is a water-powered wood turning workshop, the last of the village's eighteen water-powered workshops still in its original form. Also to be seen are the homes of the miner, the log-driver, the toymaker, the basketmaker, the woodcutter, the wheelwright, and the farmer; a water-powered sawmill; a fire house; and a transformer station

In which English city is the Burrows Toy Museum?

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[DOC] [TLE] Controversy within the Olympics | The MediaPlexControversy within the Olympics | The MediaPlex [PAR] Controversy within the Olympics [PAR] By The MediaPlex November 22, 2013 14:48 [PAR] By Courtney Turnbull [PAR] Every four years people from around the world come together for the love of sports, and hope to see their country take home the gold. Whether sitting in front of a big screen stuffing your face with popcorn or getting a front row seat to the games itself, every four years we are assured there will be some sort of drama between nations. This is what we call the Olympics. [PAR] The first-ever modern Olympics was held in Athens, Greece in 1896. The founder of the International Olympic Committee Baron Pierre de Coubertin once said “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part, the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.” [PAR] But are we, as nations, fighting well? Being fair to all athletes? Controversy in the Olympics dates to the early 20th century. In 1916 the Summer Olympics were scheduled to be in Berlin but because of the outbreak of World War 1 they were cancelled. [PAR] In 1936 Germany got another chance to welcome the world’s athletes and host the Olympics. With Hitler in power it was like stirring a pot of controversial soup. Hitler wanted all black athletes to be banned from competing. In the end African-American athlete Jesse Owens, stood first place on the podium refusing to do the Nazi salute, and went home with four gold medals. [PAR] “I think with the Olympics we have kind of given those (Olympic countries) a pass through the years because it’s been such a joyous occasion,” said Australian Rennae Stubbs, a former Olympic tennis player. “A place where we hope that the quality of sports is an equalizer to all athletes.” [PAR] In 1972, controversy became tragedy in Munich, when 11 Olympic athletes were held hostage and eventually killed. From black power salutes, to protests, to massacres and boycotting the event altogether, there is to inevitably  some sort of issue that detracts from the real focus of the games. [PAR] The Olympics have turned a spotlight on worldwide human rights issues but the real focus should be on the athletes. The upcoming games will be in Sochi, Russia this February. There is already controversy and concern because of a law that was passed in late June.  The new law states that it is punishable to speak openly about gays and lesbians among young people. [PAR] Lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender athletes going to Sochi don’t just have to worry about competing, but also face a law that could potentially put them behind bars. Foreign citizens or people coming into the country displaying same-sex affection or distributing information on gay rights can also be fined and/or deported [PAR] Stubbs, who has won several Grand Slam tennis titles and represented her country four times, is an openly gay athlete. She said her biggest complaint isn’t necessarily with Russia in particular but with the IOC. [PAR] “I think the IOC really needs to look at themselves,” said Stubbs. “They need to be a little bit more accountable for the decisions that they are making. Maybe one way of being able to help them with the decision making is to make better decisions on where to put the Olympics.” [PAR] According to the IOC’s Olympic Charter all segregation is prohibited, whether it “is on the grounds of race, religion, colour or other.” [PAR] Josh Cameron, a championship boxer from the Border City Boxing Club in Windsor, believes  the Olympics was first created to end violence between nations and instead compete through sport. He thinks the law is discriminating towards athletes and that it could have an emotional affect on those of the LGBT community competing in Sochi 2014. [PAR] “Sports are for those who have a passion for what they love and not who they are as a person,” said Cameron. [PAR] “I feel that other countries should stand up for the gay community and promote sport over politics. Sports should bring people together, not apart.” [PAR] No matter who takes home a

"According to the modern Olympics founder Baron de Coubertin, ""The essential thing is not conquering but..."" what?"

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[DOC] [TLE] “Happiness is a warm puppy” – Charles M Schulz | Following ...“Happiness is a warm puppy” – Charles M Schulz | [PAR] “Happiness is a warm puppy” – Charles M Schulz [PAR] Posted on [PAR] by CMurphy2016 under Uncategorized [PAR] By all accounts Charles Schulz hit the nail on the head with that quote. [PAR] Following Lola and her puppies for the past 6+ weeks has brought more smiles, more deep comforting sighs and happiness then we ever imagined. I wish I could hand each one of you a puppy to bury your face in their fluffy fur and experience the contentment and happiness that washes over you in that moment. [PAR] Sigh … but our time together is limited and we will be passing these lil guys on to new homes and some great families the week after Thanksgiving. [PAR] This past week has not failed to show huge growth both in size and activity for our litter.  Blue is now over 11 lb. with everyone else close behind.  They love to use their new little teeth (mainly on each other’s ears) …  and they now run, jump, hop and crash into everything. (Geez, I hope this video works this time … they are so darn cute playing). [PAR] All the puppies; Goldie, Peaches, Green, Dakota, Red, Dot, Lucy, Blue and Lavender Girl have been introduced to loud unexpected sounds, similar to gun shot, for the benefit of those pups that will be heading to homes of hunting families. [PAR] And all the pups have been socialized with both big and small children as well as having been held and loved (lol, not much!) [PAR] They are well on their way to being great working and service dogs as well as well rounded family pets. [PAR] There’s nothing left to do but enjoy them and take more pictures! [PAR] … oh and take more naps! [PAR] … and of course here’s a sneak peak of next week [PAR] … such little show stoppers![DOC] [TLE] Happiness Is a Warm Puppy - Slate MagazineNov. 15 2007 7:33 AM [PAR] Happiness Is a Warm Puppy [PAR] The dour genius behind Peanuts. [PAR] By Brian Doherty [PAR]   [PAR] "Good Ol' Charlie Brown. … How I hate him!," the punch line of the very first Peanuts strip, works as a tart summation of Schulz and Peanuts , David Michaelis' new biography of Charles Schulz, if we take creation for creator. Schulz was the sole shaper of Peanuts and one of the wealthiest and most widely read artists who ever lived. In this, the first serious full-length biography of Schulz, Michaelis introduces us to a troubled and troubling pop genius. If he doesn't break ground in the aesthetic appreciation of this great modernist artist, who brought stark minimalism and psychologically acute ennui to the comics pages, he does tell a memorable story of how getting everything you want won't necessarily make you happy. Schulz's family has complained that Michaelis makes Schulz sound dourer than he truly was. But anyone looking unsentimentally at Peanuts would know they were gazing upon a heart of darkness no number of dancing beagles could obscure. [PAR] According to Michaelis, that darkness had its roots in Schulz's sense of destiny, a destiny achieved too late to satisfy him. The child of a German-Norwegian pairing in 1920s Minnesota, Schulz never got over the early pains of feeling himself an artist surrounded by unappreciative dolts and brutes. He held grudges forever. Yet Michaelis' research hints that the supposed bullying and rejection he received from other kids—which he obsessed over even as an older man—might be mostly invented. His father's barber shop in St. Paul was for Schulz a refuge from bad grades and teen loneliness, a place where he could be noticed affectionately and respectfully—just as Schulz alter ego Charlie Brown's father's shop served for him. (In one strip, Charlie says, "When I'm real lonesome, I like to go to my dad's barbershop.) One of Schulz's childhood ambitions was modest: "I hope I will

"Who created the line, ""Happiness is a warm puppy?"

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[DOC] [TLE] 2004 Summer Olympics : Modern Olympics, Paralympic Games2004 Summer Olympics : Modern Olympics, Paralympic Games [PAR] 2004 Summer Olympics : Modern Olympics, Paralympic Games [PAR] Started in the year 1896 in Athens. IOC organizes the olympics. With 7 months to go for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2nd phase ticket application period will end on Dec 30. [PAR] In the summer of 2004 all roads lead to Athens. The 2004 summer Olympics were held in Athens is the sports spectacle that Olympic enthusiasts will be looking forward to. The extravaganza that is the Modern Olympics is conducted on a larger-than-life scale. Come on an Olympic expedition that will trace the history of the games and bring you abreast with the preparations for the Greece Olympics. Find out about the Summer Olympics mascots, sports categories and much more. [PAR] 2004 Summer Olympics [PAR] It seems fitting that the 2004 summer Olympics will be held at Athens as this signifies a return to origins – the home of the first Modern Olympics. Athens was chosen by the IOC in preference over Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm. The 2004 Summer Olympics will be held from August 13 – 29 2004. The lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame in Ancient Olympia prior to the Greece Olympics will be held on 25 March 2004. [PAR] Athens 2004 Olympics – Torch Relay [PAR] The Olympic flame has always been symbolic of the Olympic ideals of noble competition, friendship and peaceful coexistence. The Olympic torch is first lit in Ancient Olympia and then passed on to the stadium of the city hosting the Opening Ceremony of the Games. The Athens 2004 Olympics torch relay will be the first to travel the globe and return to the country that gave us the Olympics Games. The journey of the Athens 2004 Olympics flame will cover a distance of about 78, 000 km. The flame will pass the hands of about 3,600 torchbearers and will provide an opportunity for nearly 260 million people to view it in their own cities. For the first time, the Athens 2004 Olympics flame will travel to Africa and Latin America. [PAR] The torch for the Athens 2004 Olympics has been inspired from an olive leaf and was chosen to enhance the Flame with its upward dynamic shape. The Olive tree is a powerful tree in the Mediterranean regions and has been held sacred for thousands of years. Since the olive branch is the global symbol of peace and freedom, it is a fitting choice for the Athens 2004 Olympics torch. [PAR] Athens Olympics Mascot [PAR] The bell-shaped cartoons Phevos and Athena have been selected as the Athens Olympics mascots. The Athens Olympics mascots were inspired by two Greek Gods. They represent two children of today – a brother and sister. Phevos represents the God of light and music also known as Apollo while Athena is the Goddess of wisdom and is the patron of Athens. The Olympics mascots were created to symbolize a bond between Greek history and modern Olympic games. [PAR] Modern Olympics [PAR] The Modern Olympics can be traced to the religious festival held in dedication of Zeus, the supreme Greek God. Olympia in Greece was the symbolic site where the ancient games were held. These ancient games were then revived due to the efforts of the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The first Modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896 where 14 nations sent nearly 250 athletes to compete in the ancient Panathenaic Stadium. Greece led the medals tally with 47 medals. The Modern Olympics were seen as an instrument to promote understanding and friendship among nations and uphold the true spirit of sportsmanship. Participants from all over the world live in an Olympic village at the site of the games. The Olympic games are organized and developed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC chooses the venue of each Modern Olympics and the games that are to be held. [PAR] Modern Olympics include track and field athletics that comprise decathlon and heptathlon. Other games and sports like archery, badminton, baseball, softball, canoeing and kayaking have also been added to the list. Modern Olympics are now open to professionals as well as amateurs. Modern Olympics have seen many an instance where intense rivalry between nations has sometimes threatened the foundations as well as the very survival of the games. Nations

Where were the 2004 Summer Olympic Games held?

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[DOC] [TLE] History of AthensAthens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for at least 5000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of western civilization. [PAR] During the early Middle Ages, the city experienced a decline, then recovered under the later Byzantine Empire and was relatively prosperous during the period of the Crusades (12th and 13th centuries), benefiting from Italian trade. Following a period of sharp decline under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, Athens re-emerged in the 19th century as the capital of the independent Greek state. [PAR] History [PAR] The name of Athens, connected to the name of its patron goddess Athena, originates from an earlier random city-state, Greek Pre-Greek language. The etiological myth explaining how Athens acquired this name through the legendary contest between Poseidon and Athena was described by Herodotus,Herodotus, The Histories, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc [PAR] Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D8%3Achapter%3D55 8.55] Apollodorus, Ovid, Plutarch, Pausanias and others. It even became the theme of the sculpture on the West pediment of the Parthenon. Both Athena and Poseidon requested to be patrons of the city and to give their name to it, so they competed with one another for the honour, offering the city one gift each. Poseidon produced a spring by striking the ground with his trident, symbolizing naval power. [PAR] Athena created the olive tree, symbolizing peace and prosperity. The Athenians, under their ruler Cecrops, accepted the olive tree and named the city after Athena. A sacred olive tree said to be the one created by the goddess was still kept on the Acropolis at the time of Pausanias (2nd century AD). It was located by the temple of Pandrosus, next to the Parthenon. According to Herodotus, the tree had been burnt down during the Persian Wars, but a shoot sprung from the stump. To the Greeks they saw this as a symbol that Athena still had her mark there on the city. [PAR] Plato, in his dialogue Cratylus, offers his own etymology of Athena's name connecting it to the phrase ἁ θεονόα or hē theoû nóēsis (ἡ θεοῦ νόησις, 'the mind of god'). [PAR] Geographical setting [PAR] The site on which Athens stands was first inhabited in the Neolithic period, perhaps as a defensible settlement on top of the Acropolis ('high city'), around the end of the fourth millennium BC or a little later. The Acropolis is a natural defensive position which commands the surrounding plains. The settlement was about 20 km inland from the Saronic Gulf, in the centre of the Cephisian Plain, a fertile valley surrounded by rivers. To the east lies Mount Hymettus, to the north Mount Pentelicus. [PAR] Ancient Athens, in the first millennium BC, occupied a very small area compared to the sprawling metropolis of modern Greece. The ancient walled city encompassed an area measuring about 2 km from east to west and slightly less than that from north to south, although at its peak the ancient city had suburbs extending well beyond these walls. The Acropolis was situated just south of the centre of this walled area. [PAR] The Agora, the commercial and social centre of the city, lay about 400 m north of the Acropolis, in what is now the Monastiraki district. The hill of the Pnyx, where the Athenian Assembly met, lay at the western end of the city. The Eridanus (Ηριδανός) river flowed through the city. [PAR] One of the most important religious sites in ancient Athens was the Temple of Athena, known today as the Parthenon, which stood on top of the Acropolis, where its evocative ruins still stand. Two other major religious sites, the Temple of Hephaestus (which is still largely intact) and the Temple of Olympian Zeus or Olympeion (once the largest temple in mainland Greece but now in ruins) also lay within the city walls. [PAR] According to Thucydides, the Athenian citizens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War (5th century BC) numbered 40,000, making with their families a total of 140,000 people

In ancient Athens, what tree was considered sacred -- with all its fruit belonging to the state, and death the penalty for anyone caught cutting one down?

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[DOC] [TLE] JordanJordan (; '), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ( '), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north, Israel, Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south-west. Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe. The capital, Amman, is Jordan's most populous city as well as the country's economic and cultural centre. [PAR] What is now Jordan has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period. Three stable kingdoms emerged there at the end of the Bronze Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. Later rulers include the Nabataean Kingdom, the Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. After the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottomans in 1916 during World War I, the Ottoman Empire was partitioned by Britain and France. The Emirate of Transjordan was established in 1921 by the then Emir Abdullah I and became a British protectorate. In 1946, Jordan became an independent state officially known as The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. Jordan captured the West Bank during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the name of the state was changed to The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 1949. Jordan is a founding member of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and is one of two Arab states to have signed a peace treaty with Israel. The country is a constitutional monarchy, where the king holds wide executive and legislative powers. [PAR] Jordan is a relatively small semi-arid almost landlocked country with a population numbering at 9.5 million. Sunni Islam, practiced by around 92% of the population, is the dominant religion in Jordan. It coexists with an indigenous Christian minority. Jordan is considered to be among the safest of Arab countries in the Middle East, and has historically managed to keep itself away from terrorism and instability. In the midst of surrounding turmoil, it has been greatly hospitable, accepting refugees from almost all surrounding conflicts as early as 1948, with most notably the estimated 2 million Palestinians and the 1.4 million Syrian refugees residing in the country. The kingdom is also a refuge to thousands of Iraqi Christians fleeing the Islamic State. While Jordan continues to accept refugees, the recent large influx from Syria placed substantial strain on national resources and infrastructure. [PAR] Jordan is classified as a country of "high human development" with an "upper middle income" economy. The Jordanian economy is attractive to foreign investors based upon a skilled workforce. The country is a major tourist destination, and also attracts medical tourism due to its well developed health sector. A lack of natural resources, large flow of refugees and regional turmoil have crippled economic growth. [PAR] Etymology [PAR] Jordan is named after the Jordan River. The origin of the river's name is debated, but the most common explanation is that it derives from the word "yarad" (the descender, "Yarden" is the Hebrew name for the river), found in Hebrew, Aramaic, and other Semitic languages. Others regard that the name as having an Indo-Aryan origin, combining the words "yor" (year) and "don" (river), reflecting the river's perennial nature. Another theory is that it is from the Arabic root word "wrd" (to come to), as in people coming to a major source of water. [PAR] The name Jordan appears in an ancient Egyptian papyrus called Papyrus Anastasi I, dating back to around 1000 BC. The lands of modern-day Jordan were historically called "Transjordan", meaning "beyond the Jordan River". During crusader rule, it was called "Oultrejordain". The name was Arabized into "Al-Urdunn" during the Muslim conquest of the Levant. In 1921, the Emirate of Transjordan was established and after it gained its independence in 1946, it became "The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan". The name was changed in 1949 into "The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan".

What are the international registration letters for a vehicle form Jordan?

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[DOC] [TLE] Oliver Reed - TelegraphOliver Reed - Telegraph [PAR] Celebrity Obituaries [PAR] Oliver Reed [PAR] Oliver Reed, the film actor who has died aged 61, exuded an animal magnetism and a sense of danger rare among British actors; these qualities made him a natural choice when the script required a woman to be either terrorised or seduced. [PAR] Photo: POPPERFOTO/GETTY [PAR] 12:01AM BST 03 May 1999 [PAR] It was seduction which he practised on Glenda Jackson's Gudrun when he played Gerald in the film of D H Lawrence's Women in Love (1969). On the other hand, he was just as convincing wrestling naked with Alan Bates in the same film. [PAR] But Reed's screen career often seemed like a mere rehearsal for the more important business of hell-raising in real life. He once summarised his career as "shafting the girlies and downing the sherbie'.' A prodigious drinker, he spent much of his later life being escorted from various pubs and hotels after initiating what he regarded as "tests of strength". [PAR] Robert Oliver Reed was born in Wimbledon on February 13, 1938, a great-grandson of the actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree and a nephew of the film director Carol Reed. After being expelled from 14 schools, Reed succeeded in becoming captain of athletics and junior cross-country champion at Ewel Castle. [PAR] He then worked for a while as a bouncer for a strip club, and did his National Service in the Army Medical Corps. His hopes of becoming an officer were dashed when it was discovered that he suffered from dyslexia and was both illiterate and innumerate. [PAR] On leaving the Army in 1958, Reed earned his crust as a fairground boxer and mortuary attendant. For a while he studiously ignored Reed's suggestions that he should attend Rada (founded by his great-grandfather), and only drifted into acting when he discovered that most of his drinking companions were earning good wages as film extras. [PAR] Related Articles [PAR] The authorised biography of Oliver Reed [PAR] 04 Jul 2013 [PAR] He made his television debut in a children's series, The Golden Spur. This led to a number of small film roles, as a layabout in Beat Girl (1960), as a factory worker in The Angry Silence (1960), as a ballet dancer in The League of Gentlemen (1960). Appropriately, he was a bouncer in The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960). [PAR] In 1962 Reed was given his first leading role in the Hammer horror film, The Curse of the Werewolf. He starred as the troubled lycanthrope. The film's special effects included a hair-sprouting scene in a jail, and several shots of Reed tiptoeing on his hind paws from the scene of murder. [PAR] Altogether Reed made six films for Hammer. In The Damned (1963) he appeared as the leader of a motor-cycle gang; in Paranoiac (1963) he was a murderer bent on driving his sister (Janette Scott) crazy. [PAR] Meanwhile Michael Winner, who had seen Reed in a television play, cast him as a promenade Casanova in a sleazy drama entitled The System (1963). Reed then played a brutal fur-trapper in The Trap, with Rita Tushingham. After terrorising Carol Lynley in The Shuttered Room (1967), Reed was seen in two Michael Winner comedies, The Jokers (1967), with Michael Crawford, and I'll Never Forget What's-'is-name (with Orson Welles, who became a close friend). [PAR] Reed's breakthrough came in 1968, when, directed by his uncle, he made a convincingly savage Bill Sikes in the film version of the musical Oliver!. In terms of soft-spoken menace, Reed's performance nearly equalled that of Robert Newton in the earlier version by David Lean. The film won six Oscars and made Reed an international star. By the late Sixties, he was Britain's highest-paid actor. [PAR] His next project was Ken Russell's adaptation of Women In Love (1970). Reed admitted to being nervous about the wrestling scene, which Russell had originally wanted to film in an ice-cold lake. "Alan and I drank a

What was Oliver Reed's real first name?

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[DOC] [TLE] Empire and Odyssey: The Brynners in Far East Russia and ...Amazon.com: Empire and Odyssey: The Brynners in Far East Russia and Beyond (9781586421021): Rock Brynner: Books [PAR] Editorial Reviews [PAR] From Publishers Weekly [PAR] Starred Review. A four-generation family saga—featuring one of the world's sexiest movie stars—would usually signal a fluffy beach read, but the story of the Brynner patriarchs is too historically complex and fascinating to fall into that genre. Great-grandson Rock Brynner opens by introducing Swiss-born Jules, who started in the import-export business out of Shanghai and then Yokohama, before establishing himself in Vladivostok in the 1870s. Jules took advantage of the city's Wild West character and the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railroad to expand from shipping into mining and forestry, and created an extraordinary commercial empire. It was Jules's son Boris who had to negotiate the socialization of the family businesses in the newly created Soviet Union. Boris's émigré son Yul learned show business in France before turning his much-touted Genghis Khan genes—and his Russian method acting—into American box office gold. Yul's American son Rock concludes the volume with his own adventures in the counterculture before becoming an academic. The odyssey comes full circle in 2003 when the city of Vladivostok invites Rock to come and celebrate as a native son. An enthralling family chronicle, the Brynner perspective on Far East Russian history should be important for Pacific Rim historians as well. Photos. (Apr.)Look for PW's upcoming q&a with Rock Brynner. [PAR] Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.[DOC] [TLE] Yul Brynner Statue - Rock Brynner in the Russian Far EastYul Brynner Statue - Rock Brynner in the Russian Far East [PAR] Rock Brynner in the Russian Far East [PAR] Moscow [PAR] Yul Brynner Park was opened on September 28th, 2012, when his statue was inaugurated in front of the house where he was born at 15 Aleutskaya St. in Vladivostok, Russia, in the garden where he played as a child. [PAR] This project took six years of planning and preparation before the granite for the ten-foot statue was transported to Vladivostok from a quarry in China a thousand miles away; appropriate, since Yul spent much of his childhood in China after his family fled Soviet Russia. Sculptor Alexei Bokiy, with whom I had begun discussing the monument in 2006, understood well the enormous challenge confronting him in carving such a very famous face and figure out of a single block of stone. [PAR] The City of Vladivostok that now owns the land in front of "Dom Bryner" contributed the grounds for the park, and financed the landscaping and architectural design. At night, along with the glow of the 1920s street lights, the statue is illuminated by spotlights as Yul Brynner himself was throughout his long career. [PAR] VLADIVOSTOK AND MOSCOW, 2016 [PAR] The Russian edition of my book "Empire and Odyssey: The Brynners in Far East Russia" was published in 2016. [PAR] Setting out on the book tour. [PAR] Book signing at the Far East Federal University. [PAR] My book tour in May began in Vladivostok, Sidimi, and Dalnegorsk in Primorye. . . [PAR] . . . with a formal event at the historic Vladivostok train station, last stop of the Trans-Siberian Express. [PAR] The Patriarch honored and blessed the event with an Orthodox choir. [PAR] The Vladivostok International Film Festival "Pacific Meridian," 12-19 September 2015 [PAR] This perspective of Vladivostok helps explain its unusual topography, from the large Amur Bay to the right and the inlet called the Golden Horn on the left, around which sits the heart of the city. [PAR] The unique topography of the city is easier to understand from the view in Google Earth. [PAR] I had the pleasure of meeting the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, John Tefft, who was visiting Vladivostok while I was there. He especially wanted to see the statue of my father in front of the Bryner residence, where Yul was born in 1920. [PAR] Anbassador Tefft was determined to photograph me with the statue for his wife, a longtime fan. [PAR] I'm the only person from outside Russia who has

Where in the former Soviet Union was Yul Brynner born?

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[DOC] [TLE] AvensaAvensa (Aerovías Venezolanas Sociedad Anonima) was a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas. It is in the process of financial restructuring, after it went into bankruptcy due to poor management in 2002. It operated from its hub at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía. [PAR] Technically Avensa still exists, with a single Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft keeping the name alive. But for all intents and purposes the company is defunct. Around Venezuela's airports, Avensa relics can be seen everywhere: old check-in signs, rusted luggage carts, derelict airplane stairways, the name still visible through cracked blue paint around Venezuela’s airports. [PAR] History [PAR] Avensa was created on May 13, 1943, as a cargo airline by the Venezuelan businessman, Andres Boulton Pietri, and Pan American World Airways. Its first flights occurred in December 1943, flying cargo to Venezuela's oil-rich Carteru region with Ford Trimotors and Stinson Reliants. By 1944, Avensa had started passenger flights with Lockheed 10A twins. After World War II, DC-3 Dakotas were added to the fleet. These were the backbone of the fleet until 1955 when Convair 340 twins were introduced for a new service to Miami. Avensa had set up an extensive domestic route network by the beginning of the 1960s. The airline also flew internationally to Miami, Aruba, Jamaica and New Orleans. Avensa merged its international routes with the international routes of LAV (Aeropostal) and the resulting network was the basis for a new international Venezuelan airline called Viasa, in which Avensa had a 45% holding. Avensa purchased jet equipment in the form of a single Sud Caravelle jet in 1964. Turboprop aircraft were introduced in 1966 when the airline purchased Convair 580s. Douglas DC9s were also introduced to give the airline a more competitive edge. Pan Am sold its 30% holding of Avensa to the Venezuelan government in 1976, making it completely state-owned. Later, Avensa introduced Boeing 727-100 and 727-200 jets. Two Boeing 737-200s were later introduced. A fleet renewal program was set in motion at the end of the 1980s and new Boeing 737-300s were added. Boeing 757s were also introduced as part of the renewal program. These new aircraft were returned during the 1990s when Avensa fell into financial difficulties and had to make cut backs. This left the fleet with eleven aging Boeing 727s, five Douglas DC9s and two Boeing 737-200s at the end of the 1990s. Avensa took over many of the international routes formerly flown by Viasa after that airline collapsed in 1997. Avensa operated a smaller low-cost airline called Servivensa, which operated mainly Boeing 727 aircraft. Avensa is currently serving only a domestic network of three cities as it attempts to re-structure due to continuing financial difficulties. [PAR] At one time it had its headquarters in the now Caracas City Government's owned Torre El Chorro in Caracas, and in the Torre Humboldt complex in East Caracas. [PAR] Destinations [PAR] This is the list of places to which Avensa flew: [PAR] Domestic: [PAR] *Barcelona [PAR] *Barquisimeto [PAR] *Caracas [PAR] *Carúpano [PAR] *Ciudad Bolivar [PAR] *Cumaná [PAR] *La Fría [PAR] *Las Piedras [PAR] *Maturín [PAR] *Mérida [PAR] *Porlamar [PAR] *Puerto Ordaz [PAR] *San Antonio del Táchira [PAR] *Santa Bárbara del Zulia [PAR] *Valencia [PAR] *Valera [PAR] * Maracaibo [PAR] * San Tomé [PAR] International: [PAR] *Aruba [PAR] *Bogota, Colombia [PAR] *Bonaire [PAR] *Curaçao [PAR] *Lima, Peru [PAR] *Lisbon, Portugal [PAR] *Madrid, Spain [PAR] *Medellin, Colombia [PAR] *Mexico City, Mexico [PAR] *Miami, USA [PAR] *Milan, Italy [PAR] *New York, USA [PAR] *Oporto, Portugal [PAR] *Panama City, Panama [PAR] *Quito, Ecuador [PAR] *Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PAR] *Rome, Italy [PAR] *São Paulo, Brazil [PAR] *Tenerife, Spain [PAR] Fleet [PAR] Before ceasing operations Avensa had a fleet of Douglas DC-9, DC-10, Boeing 727 and 737-200 aircraft. After ceasing operations, two Boeings 727-200 were leased to Santa Barbara Airlines, as well as both DC-10s. The rest of the fleet was derelict and scrapped in 2007. [PAR]

Which country does the airline Avensa come from?

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[DOC] [TLE] Brevity Is the Soul of Lingerie | Quote InvestigatorBrevity Is the Soul of Lingerie | Quote Investigator [PAR] Brevity Is the Soul of Lingerie [PAR] Dorothy Parker? Apocryphal? [PAR] Dear Quote Investigator: William Shakespeare memorably wrote that: [PAR] Brevity is the soul of wit. [PAR] The wordsmith Dorothy Parker famously transformed the Bard’s phrase into a humorous and erotic remark: [PAR] Brevity is the soul of lingerie. [PAR] Several quotation references list Parker’s statement, but the earliest citation I’ve seen is indirect; a friend named Alexander Woollcott attributed the quip to her in 1934. Would you please help me to find better evidence? [PAR] Quote Investigator: In October 1916 “Vogue” magazine published a lengthy profusely illustrated article titled “Vogue Pattern Service”. One page displayed drawings of models wearing nightgowns and chemises together with the following caption in capital letters. Boldface has been added to excerpts: 1 [PAR] FROM THESE FOUNDATIONS OF THE AUTUMN WARDROBE, ONE MAY LEARN THAT BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF LINGERIE [PAR] Dorothy Parker was employed at “Vogue”, and QI believes she crafted the caption; indeed, a few years later she used the quip again. By 1919 she had moved to “Vanity Fair”, and the magazine printed a comical piece she composed titled “Our Office: A Hate Song: An Intimate Glimpse of Vanity Fair—En Famille”. She leveled light-hearted criticisms at each department of the publishing enterprise: 2 [PAR] I hate the office; [PAR] They are always explaining how the photographing machine works. [PAR] And they stand around in the green light [PAR] And look as if they had been found drowned. [PAR] When Parker mocked the editorial group she employed the adage under investigation: [PAR] Then there is the Editorial Department; [PAR] The Literary Lights. [PAR] They are just a little holier than other people [PAR] Because they can write classics about [PAR] “‘Brevity is the soul of lingerie’, said this little chemise to itself”; [PAR] And “Here are five reasons for the success of the Broadway plays”. [PAR] They are all full of soul; [PAR] Someone is forever stepping on their temperaments. [PAR] They are constantly having nervous breakdowns [PAR] And going away for a few weeks. [PAR] Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. [PAR] The Shakespearean adage about wit was spoken by the character Polonius in the play Hamlet. The except below presents the modern spelling of three lines together with the irregular spelling used in the 1604 quarto held by the Folger Shakespeare Library. In the Bard’s time the word “wit” had a different sense, and the adage meant roughly: the essence of wisdom is being concise: 3 [PAR] Therefore brevity is the soul of wit, [PAR] And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, [PAR] I will be brief: your noble son is mad. [PAR] Therefore breuitie is the soule of wit, [PAR] And tediousnes the lymmes and outward florishes, [PAR] I will be briefe, your noble sonne is mad [PAR] In October 1916 Parker wrote the following caption for “Vogue” as noted previously: [PAR] FROM THESE FOUNDATIONS OF THE AUTUMN WARDROBE, ONE MAY LEARN THAT BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF LINGERIE [PAR] In May 1919 Dorothy Parker published the following in the pages of “Vanity Fair” as noted previously: [PAR] “‘Brevity is the soul of lingerie’, said this little chemise to itself” [PAR] The content of “Vanity Fair” was compelling, and a reader using the initials R. W. S. took a short item without acknowledgement and submitted it to a columnist at the “Chicago Tribune” newspaper where it was published. Shortly afterward on May 5, 1919 a different sharp-eyed reader of both periodicals noticed the lifted material and complained to the columnist. This reader also mentioned the sharp line about lingerie: 4 [PAR] Sir: It’s unfortunate you can’t read everything. Otherwise you would have had R. W. S’s “Eyeful” first hand from the current Vanity Fair. I’m surprised he didn’t say something about brevity being the soul of lingerie. There was quite a lot of clever stuff this month. A.H.H.A. [PAR] In 1927 a newspaper in Galveston, Texas printed an image showing several lingerie clad models under

"Shakespeare wrote that ""brevity is the soul of wit."" What did noted wit Dorothy Parker say it was?"

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