![]() Billy Batson is a boy who can transform himself into the superhero Captain Marvel (aka “Shazam”) by speaking the magic word “Shazam”. “Shazam” is a word that was coined in the “Captain Marvel” comics in 1940. I’ve only ever seen the movie version of “Chicago” and never a live performance … 43 Superhero with a lightning bolt on his costume : SHAZAM Annan became the character Roxie Hart, and Gaertner became Velma Kelly. Watkins had been assigned to cover the murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner for the “Chicago Tribune”, and used the story that unfolded as the basis for her play. The wonderful 1975 musical “Chicago” is based on a 1926 play of the same name written by a news reporter called Maurine Dallas Watkins. The “splashy” ride was deemed unsuitable for Disneyland Paris due to the frequent cold weather in that part of Europe. The same ride opened in Disneyworld in florida and Tokyo Disneyland in 1992. Splash Mountain made its debut in 1989 in Disneyland in Anaheim. The most famous song heard while on the ride is “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”, which comes from the film’s soundtrack. The Disneyland ride called Splash Mountain is inspired by the 1946 Disney movie “Song of the South”, which in turn is based on the “Uncle Remus” stories featuring Br’er Rabbit and friends. 36 Disney’s Splash Mountain, for one : WATER RIDE The edict granted specific rights to Protestants, a major concession in Catholic France, and was intended to end religious strife in the country. The Edict of Nantes was issued by King Henry IV of France in 1598. ![]() Hundreds of thousands of Huguenots fled Catholic France in order to escape prosecution, with some settling in English colonies in North America that were religiously tolerant. The term might derive from the name of an early Swiss politician named Besançon Hugues, who paradoxically worked to prevent the spread of the Protestant Reformation in his native city of Geneva. Members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France in the 16th and 17th centuries were known as Huguenots. 35 Religious group affected by the Edict of Nantes : HUGUENOTS William is the son of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Diana was descended from the Stewart monarchs. Assuming Prince William, Duke of Cambridge becomes the British Monarch one day, then there will be a Stewart descendant on the throne again. The last Stuart monarch was Anne, Queen of Great Britain who also died without issue, despite going through seventeen pregnancies. James VI of Scotland became James I of England at that time. The Stewarts extended their power to England and Ireland when the Tudor line became extinct as Queen Elizabeth I died without issue. The Royal House of Stewart (also “Stuart”) came to power in Scotland in the late 14th century, starting with Robert II of Scotland. 23 First Stuart king of England : JAMES I A pom-pom adorning a tam is known as a toorie. ![]() The name of the cap comes from the title character of the Robert Burns poem “Tam o’ Shanter”. “Tams” were originally all blue (and called “blue bonnets”) but as more dyes became readily available they became more colorful. 22 Flat topper : TAMĪ tam o’shanter is a man’s cap worn traditionally by Scotsmen. Nkrumah went into exile in Guinea, never to return to Ghana. He was leader of his country from 1952 until 1966, when he and his government were overthrown in a military coup (backed by the CIA). Kwame Nkrumah led the Gold Coast into independence from British rule, under its new name “Ghana”. The team behind the IMAX technology set out to simplify things, and developed a single-camera, single-projector system. Back then large format screenings were accomplished using multiple projectors with multiple screens, with images basically stitched together. The impetus for developing the system came after Expo ’67 in Montreal. ![]() The IMAX Corporation, which is behind the IMAX film format, is a Canadian company. 18 Where to see the big picture? : IMAX THEATER The term “album” was applied to long-playing gramophone records in the early 1950s, because the record sleeves resembled large photographic albums. By the end of the 19th century, albums were used to collect photographs. Over time, the term “album” came to be used in English for a blank book created to collect signatures or other mementos. Back in the 17th century, public notices and lists of names were written on a board painted white, or in a souvenir book with white pages known as an “albo” (from “album”). The Latin word “album” translates as “white”. You can learn about anything from rebuilding an engine to scrapbooking on the DIY channel. The DIY Network is a television channel that focuses on DIY (do-it-yourself) projects. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ _ Network, onetime HGTV spinoff : DIY ![]()
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