Edward Thomas Hardy CBE (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer. After studying acting at the Drama Centre London, he made his film debut in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001). He has since been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, two Critics' Choice Movie Awards and two BAFTA Awards, receiving the 2011 BAFTA Rising Star Award. Hardy has also appeared in such films as Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), RocknRolla (2008), Bronson (2008), Warrior (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Lawless (2012), Locke (2013), The Drop (2014), and The Revenant (2015), ...

In this Slavic name, the surname is Skłodowska, sometimes transliterated as Sklodowska. Marie Skłodowska Curie ( KEWR-ee;[3] French: [kyʁi]; Polish: [kʲiˈri]), born Maria Salomea Skłodowska (Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska]; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. As the first of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes, she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific...

The thirteenth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 25, 2017, on NBC.[1] Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned for their thirteenth season as coaches. Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus returned after a one-season absence replacing Gwen Stefani, and new coach Jennifer Hudson joined the panel replacing Alicia Keys.[2] Chloe Kohanski was named winner of the season. marking Blake Shelton's 6th win as a coach, & making her the 3rd stolen artist to win, following Josh Kaufman in season six & Craig Wayne Boyd in season seven. For the 1st time, the Top 3 artists were all ...

In electromagnetism and electronics, electromotive force (emf, denoted and measured in volts)[1] is the electrical action produced by a non-electrical source.[2] Devices (known as transducers) provide an emf[3] by converting other forms of energy into electrical energy,[3] such as batteries (which convert chemical energy) or generators (which convert mechanical energy).[2] Sometimes an analogy to water pressure is used to describe electromotive force.[4] (The word "force" in this case is not used to mean forces of interaction between bodies). In electromagnetic induction, emf can be defined a...

Coordinates: 13°15′N 61°12′W / 13.250°N 61.200°W Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (), also often known simply as Saint Vincent, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean. Its 369 km2 (142 sq mi) territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines, a chain of 32 smaller islands. Some of the Grenadines are inhabited — Bequia, Mustique, Union Islan...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island state in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island arc of the Caribbean Sea in North America. The country consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines, a chain of small islands stretching south from Saint Vincent to Grenada. Its total land area is 390 km² of which 342.7 km² is the main island of Saint Vincent. The country's capital is at Kingstown on Saint Vincent. Table of Islands[edit] The main island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is Saint Vincent. Its geography is mostly mountaino...

The Battle of Suiyang (睢陽之戰) was a battle in Suiyang during the An Lushan Rebellion, between the rebel An Lushan's Yan army and the loyalist forces of the Tang army. Although the battle was ultimately won by Yan, it suffered a major loss of manpower and time. The battle was noted for the Tang army's determination to fight to the last man, and also due to the cannibalism that occurred during the siege. Battle of SuiyangPart of the An Lushan RebellionLocation of Suiyang during the An Lushan rebellionDate757 ADLocationSuiyang, XingyangResult Yan tactical victory Yan forces capture SuiyangDecisiv...

SaturnaliaSaturnalia (1783) by Antoine Callet, showing his interpretation of what the Saturnalia might have looked likeObserved byRomansTypeClassical Roman religionSignificancePublic festivalCelebrationsFeasting, role reversals, gift-giving, gamblingObservancesPublic sacrifice and banquet for the god Saturn; universal wearing of the PileusDate17–23 December Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Tem...

This article is about a period in Greek and Hindu mythology. For other uses, see Golden Age (disambiguation). The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages, Gold being the first and the one during which the Golden Race of humanity (Greek: χρύσεον γένος chrýseon génos)[1] lived. After the end of the first age was the Silver, then the Bronze, after this the Heroic age, with the fifth and current age being Iron.[2] By extension, "Golden Age" denotes a period o...