Dorset - of Hall and Woodhouse, whilst Weymouth is acknowledged as the first ever holiday resort, used by King George III, and is still a popular seaside resort. Jutting out into the English Channel is the Isle of Portland. Dorset is famed in literature for being the native county of author and poet Thomas Hardy. Many of the places he describes in his novels in the fictional Wessex are in Dorset. The National Trust own Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in woods east of Dorchester, and Max Gate, his house in Dorchester. Stalbridge was home of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Poet William Barnes, authors Theodore Francis Powys, John le Carré and P.D. James and satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock are also locals. The author John Fowles lives in Lyme.
Cardinal Richelieu - Cardinal Richelieu Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (September 9, 1585 - December 4, 1642) was a French Cardinal, Duke, and politician, usually known as Cardinal de Richelieu. He was a prominent theorist of nationalism. Richelieu served as Louis XIII's chief minister from 1624-'42. Richelieu was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin. To reduce the power of provincial dukes and princes, Richelieu ordered the destruction of such Vendean castles as Talmont, La Garnache, Les Essarts, and Chateau Apremont. As a result of this, and other actions (such as the use of internal spies -- see: police state), France became increasingly centralized. The Cardinal's Policies and Opposition The cardinal's policies made most of France his enemy. French bureaucracy at the time by office-holders who had bought their positions to benefit from the social status.
Early Canadian Newspapers - Canadian Naturalist and Geologist; Canadian Presbyterian; Canadian Railroad and Steamboat Guide; Commercial Advertiser; Farmer's Journal; Montreal Gazette; Grande Ligne Evangelical Register; Montreal Herald; Journal d'Agriculture; Journal de l'Instruction Publique; Journal of Education C.E.;Juvenile Presbyterian; La Minerve; La Patrie; L'Avenir; Le Pays; Liberal Christian; Lower Canada Jurist; Medical Chronicle; Missionary Record; Montreal Transcript; Montreal Witness; New Era; Pilot; Presbyterian; Semeur Canadien; True Witness Quebec City: Le Canadien; Chronicle; Colonist; Courier du Canada; Gazette; Journal De Quebec; Mercury; Military Gazette of Canada; Le National; Sinclair's Monthly Circular Richmond: County Advocate Sorel: Gazette de Sorel Stanstead: Journal St. Hyacinthe: Le Courier St. Johns: News, and Frontier Advocate Trois Riviere: Ere Nouvelle; Inquirer Waterloo: Advertiser Canada West (Ontario) Ayr: Observer Barrie: Herald; Northern Advance Beaverton: Weekly Post Belleville: Hastings Chronicle; Intelligencer Berlin (Kitchener): Chronicle; Deutscher.
Phelsuma - of Aldabra, Assumption and Glorioso Islands Indian Ocean.;Proc. Nat. Mus. Washington;XVI 973: 759-764. Akker, W. G. van der (1966) Reisindrukken van Madagascar.;Lacerta;24: 90-93. Akker, W. G. van der (1982) Vindplaats notities over Phelsuma ornata ornata.;Lacerta;40(4) blz 63-65. American Soc. Icht. Herp., Nomenclature Committee (1967) Comment on the propossed addition of Phelsuma ornatum GRAY, 1825 to the oficial index Z.N. (S.) 1752. Bull. zool. Nomenclature (London), 24(?): 208. Anderson, L. G. (1906) Reptiles and Batrachians from north-west of Madagascar, collected by Kaudern. Ark. zool. Stockholm, no. 7: 1-15. Angel, F. (1942) Les Lézards de Madagascar. Imprimerie M. erne de l'emyrme Pilot de la Beaujardiere, Tananarive/ Mem Ac. malgache Tananarive 36. Angel, F. (1949) Deuxième note sur les reptiles de Madagascar recoltes par le Professeur Millot. Description d'un lézard scinde nouveua de genre.
List of WOSM members - sex (United States) or race (Israel). World Organization of the Scout Movement Members Country Membership (from 2000 or most recent available info) Name of Member Organization Year Current Scouting Organization joined WOSM Year Member Organization was founded Albania 1,730 Besa Skaut Albania 1999 1922 Algeria 11,120 Scouts Musulmans Algériens 1963 1939 Angola 13,777 Associação de Escuteros de Angola 1998 1998 Argentina 44,981 Scouts de Argentina 1922 1912 Armenia 2,256 Hayastani Azgayin Scautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun 1997 1912 Australia 98,084 Scouts Australia 1953 1908 Austria 13,785 Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs 1922 1912 Azerbaijan 1,414 Azerbaican Skaut Assosiasiyasi 2000 1997 the Bahamas 729 The Scout Association of the Bahamas 1974 1913 Bahrain 1,820 Boy Scouts of Bahrain 1970 1953 Bangladesh 908,435 Bangladesh Scouts 1974 19 Barbados 3,032 Barbados Boy Scouts Association 1969 1972 Belarus.
Dunstanburgh - Dunstanburgh Dunstanburgh Castle lies on a spectacular headland on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, between the villages of Craster and Embleton. There is no road to it and the easiest approach is along a glorious grassy path from Craster, a distance of about a mile. The track is close to the rocks and the sea all the way till the last slight climb to the headland. The main ruins are in sight all the way. The way from Embleton is about two miles down a small road and along a golf-course with the view on this side of the 100 ft.cliffs on the seaward side. The track then skirts round the base of the hill and climbs up to the entrance from the south..
University of Durham - Kingdom's leading research universities - coming eleventh in the 2002 Research Assessment Exercise and never out of the top twenty of either the Times Good University Guide or the Sunday Times University Guide. It is a member of the 1994 Group of Universities, representing medium-sized research universities. The current Chancellor of the University is Sir Peter Ustinov. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 1.1 Stockton 1.2 Durham Today 1.3 Chancellors of the University 2 Colleges 2.4 Bailey 2.5 Hill 2.6 Queen's Campus 2.7 Others 3 Constitution 3.8 The Visitor 3.9 The Chancellor 3.10 The Vice-Chancellor 3.11 Convocation 3.12 Council 3.13 Senate 3.14 Colleges 3.15 Faculties 4 Alumni 5 External Links History The strong tradition of theological teaching in Durham gave rise to various attempts to form a university there, notably under.
Boris Godunov (opera) - amid cries of joy, addresses the people, and then enters the Cathedral of the Assumption. ACT II. Scene I is in an inn. Gregory and two monks who have escaped from the convent with him, enter. Shortly afterwards a guard appears in search of a fugitive whose description tallies with that of Gregory. He rushes from the room with the guard in pursuit. Scene II is in the Tzar's apartments in the Kremlin. Word is brought to the Tzar that Dimitri who was murdered (impersonated by Gregory) has reappeared and is rousing the people. The Tzar betrays great agony of mind. ACT III. Scene I is in a garden before the Polish Castle of Mniscek. In a love scene between the False Dimitri and Marina, she spurs him on to lead.
Margaret, Duchess of Argyll - the engagement was broken. Then, on March 22, 1951, she married Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, as his third wife. "I had wealth, I had good looks. As a young woman I had been constantly photographed, written about, flattered, admired, included in the Ten Best-Dressed Women in the World list, and mentioned by Cole Porter in the words of his hit song, 'You're the Top,' " she wrote later in life. "The top was what I was supposed to be. I had become a duchess and mistress of an historic castle. My daughter had married a duke. Life was apparently roses all the way." In 1943, however, Margaret Sweeny had a near fatal fall down an elevator shaft while visiting her chiropodist in Bond Street. "I fell forty feet.
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc - time) a style of restoration as he could manage, but his own designs were remarkably innovative. His approach to both medieval and modern architecture was severely rational, in keeping with his own unsentimental appreciation of the Gothic achievement. Some of his restorations, such as that of the castle of Pierrefonds, were highly controversial because they did not aim so much at accurately recreating a historical situation as much as at creating a "perfect building" of medieval style. The famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí was under strong influence of Gothic architecture revival of Viollet-le-Duc. Throughout his career he also kept taking notes and drawings, not only on the buildings he was working on, but also on Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance buildings that were to be soon demolished. His study of medieval and.
Castle - Castle This article describes the fortifications known as castles. Castle also refers to the Rook chess piece, and the chess move castling. The Castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a Fortified enclosure. However a number of large Chateau-like mansions are also called castles. A castle is a small self-contained fortress, usually of the middle ages, though the term is sometimes used of prehistoric earthworks (e.g. Hollingbury Castle, Maiden Castle), and sometimes of citadels (like the castles of Badajoz and Burgos) or small detached forts d'arrêt in modern times. It is also often applied to the principal mansion of a prince or nobleman, and in France (as chateau) to any country seat, this use being.
Huldrych Zwingli - and his M.A. in 1506, teaching meanwhile in the school of St. Martin's Church. In 1506 he became pastor at Glarus, where he remained for ten years. 2. Initial Doubts Zwingli soon evinced his capacity as a preacher, denouncing the evils of the time, the chief of these, to his patriotic mind, being the hiring out of the Swiss to any one other than the pope as mercenaries, an occupation whichoften resulted in their moral ruin. Because some of his congregation were carrying on this traffic, his opposition made his position so uncomfortable that he was glad to accept a call to Einsiedeln, only a few miles away, and the chief place of pilgrimage for Switzerland, South Germany, and Alsace. There he met many prominent men, and clarified his thinking on.
Fleeming Jenkin - steamer; and, meeting with 600 fathoms of water when twenty- five miles from land, the cable ran out so fast that a tangled skein came up out of the hold, and the line had to be severed. Having only 150 miles on board to span the whole distance of 140 miles, he grappled the lost cable near the shore, raised it, and 'under-run' or passed it over the ship, for some twenty miles, then cut it, leaving the seaward end on the bottom. He then spliced the ship's cable to the shoreward end and resumed paying-out; but after seventy miles in all were laid, another rapid rush of cable took place, and Brett was obliged to cut and abandon the line. Another attempt was made the following year, but with no.
August 2003 - have debated carbon dioxide's role in global warming for over a decade, with most voices (though notably fewer within the US) calling it the biggest factor, while others call it negligible. [1] Occupation of Iraq: Americann and Iraqi officials are discussing the possibility of forming a large Iraqi militia or paramilitary force to help improve security in the country. [1] Terrorist: Terrorism group Jemaah Islamiyah has schemes, revealed in a 40-page manifesto (the Pupji book or General Guide to the Struggle of Jemaah Islamiyah), for a suicide bombing campaign designed to change Asia and the Pacific region into Islamic provinces. Jemaah Islamiyah is also shown to be a well-formed organization with a constitution, rules of operation, and leadership structure. [1] Afghanistan: Soldiers are killed in a remote region (near the town.
Colorado - exception of a few small glaciers. The Colorado Mineral Belt stretching from the San Juan Mountains in the southwest to Boulder and Central City on the front range contains the historic gold and silver mining districts of Colorado. The Western Slope is generally drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Notable to the South are the San Juan Mountains an extremely rugged mountain range and to the west of the San Juans, The Colorado Plateau a high desert bordering Southern Utah. Grand Junction is the largest city on the Western Slope. Grand Junction is served by Interstate Hiway I-70. To the southeast of Grand Junction is Grand Mesa, a large flat-topped mountain. Further east lie the ski resorts of Aspen, Vail, Crested Butte, and Steamboat Springs. The northwestern corner of.
Parsifal - opera is founded on Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Epos “Parsifal”. Plot Place, country and castle of Montsalvat and Klingsor’s magic palace. Herzeleide, of the royal house of the guardians of the Holy Grail, has brought up her son Parsifal in a lonely forest, to prevent him from following in the footsteps of his father, Gamuret, who had departed in quest of heroic adventure and died an early death. Ignorant of the world Parsifal grows up a “guileless fool.” One day he sees by accident a company of knights, his love of adventure is roused, and he begs his mother to allow him to depart. ACT I. An opening in the forest near Montsalvat, the castle of the Grail, which is situated upon an inaccessible mountain. Amfortas has been appointed by his venerable.
Pan-American Highway (route) - not meant to be an official guide to traveling the Pan-American Highway. Always check into local seasonal conditions before planning to travel any significant stretch of the highway, especially south of the contiguous United States. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 United States (Alaska) 2 Canada 3 United States 4 Mexico 5 Guatemala 6 El Salvador 7 Honduras 8 Nicaragua 9 Costa Rica 10 Panama United States (Alaska) Alaska Circle The Pan-American Highway unofficially begins in Circle, Alaska, following Alaska Highway 6 southwest to Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks From Alaska's third largest city, the Pan-American Highway and the Alaska Highway become one in the same, following Alaska Highway 2 southeast to the Canadian border southeast of Northway, Alaska and adjacent to the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. ''Note: The Pan-American Highway reenters the U.S..
Northumberland - now Morpeth. Northumberland has a long and complicated history, as it was the scene of many wars between England and Scotland, dating back to the times before the Roman Empire. This explains the many castles in Northumberland, including among the better-known those at Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh, Warkworth and Alnwick - see Castles in England for a full list. Northumberland is called the "cradle of Christianity" in England because it was on Lindisfarne, a tidal island north of Bamburgh, also called Holy Island, that Christianity flourished when monks from Iona were sent to convert the English, and set up camp there. Lindisfarne was also the home of the Lindisfarne Gospels (presently situated in the British Library, London) and also of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne who is buried at Durham Cathedral. Bamburgh Castle is.
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