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Antarctic Penguins:
Bellwethers of Environmental Change
The following is a series of images, which with the information contained in their captions, should provide upper class high school students, college students and interested adults with the basic story about how one group of animals is responding, both in a positive and negative way, to global climate change.
Every species is adapted to exploit and cope with a set of factors that together determine where on Earth it can live. These factors include physical ones like temperature or rainfall, or biological ones such as the threat of predation by another organism, infection by parasites, or combinations of physical and biological factors. In the middle of this so-called zoogeographic range, a species is in ballance with the factors important to its existence and its population fluctuates little from year to year. As one nears an outer boundary of that range, however, one or more important factors begin to negatively affect the well being of that species and, depending on variation in the strength of that factor, the animal or plant may exhibit large fluctuations in abundance. Crossing that boundary, the species can no longer exist as that critical factor overcomes the capabilities of the species. At different boundaries, say, to the north or to the south, a different factor likely is critical, usually related in some way to climate. Earth's climate has begun to change rapidly owing to human-related factors. As the change in global climate accelerates, species are responding to the change, some more successfully than others, and in different ways at different boundaries of their range. To illustrate how they do this, we've chosen as an example the Antarctic penguins.
Any species that occurs in the south polar region has to feel comfortable with ice or have adaptations to deal with it. Only some mites, wingless insects, some microscopic worms, bacteria and a few plants live on the Antarctic continent. The ice-covered oceans around the continent, however, are teaming with marine life.
The Adélie and Emperor penguin are two species that do not occur very far from ocean waters where sea ice is present for at least part of the year. In fact, these penguins are obligate associates of sea ice, much like many songbirds are obligate associates of forests. Given that any ice is highly sensitive to changes in temperature, these two species are likely to be sensitive to global warming. The Adélie Penguin is probably unique among Earth's animal inhabitants: not only do we know how it responds to changes in its present environment, but unlike most other creatures we also know how it has responded to habitat and environmental changes for at least the last 35,000 years. Unlike Adélies, on the other hand, we know relatively little about how the Emperor Penguin responds to changes in its environment because 1) the species breeds during the dark of winter and is thus very difficult to study, and 2) they nest on sea ice that periodically melts or breaks up and thus usually they leave no trace of their existence from year-to-year, much less for thousands of years. Nevertheless, they are still highly sensitive to changes in sea ice conditions and offer us some lessons about how any species might respond to changes in climate.
Adélie Penguins can tell us so much about climate change and how climate change affects Earth's living things, because 1) there has been a lot of research on this species' current habitat requirements, with complete data records extending back for 50 years; 2) the major feature of its habitat (ice, both land and marine) is now 'easily' quantified and monitored by NASA satellites and other remote sensing devices; and 3) the dry, cold Antarctic environment has preserved Adélie Penguin bones since before the last time that glaciers grew on Earth, i.e. since before the last Ice Age (which occurred 25,000 to 12,000 years ago). By determining how old these bones are we know much about this species' past in regard to variations in sea and land ice (glaciers). Using these clues from present and past we have a good chance to successfully predict how these penguins will respond to climate change in the future.
Penguins, however, are sensitive to more than just physical aspects of their environment. Recent research has shown them to be exceedingly sensitive to prey availability as well. Since they are different from most other seabirds in that they can't fly, they are unable to easily search increasingly larger areas looking for food should it become hard to find. They rely on food in predictable amounts and quality, in predictable places. Thus, the major uncertainties regarding these species and environmental change are 1) how these penguins will respond to climate change given the destruction of their food web by human fisheries, a factor they have experienced very recently (only in the last hundred years, as compared with the 2.5 million years of their existence on Earth); and 2) what will be the consequences of the high rate of climate change going on now, which has occurred only a few times in the history of Earth. The last time a Rapid Climate Change Event occurred was about 12,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, when Earth's temperatures rose several degrees in just one or two decades.
This map, based on data from NASA, shows the difference in ice extent
between winter, when Antarctic sea ice is at its maximum, and late summer, when it is at its minimum. In both seasons the ice extends from where waters are warmer than -1.7oC (about 29oF) to the edge of the Antarctic continent, where it is very cold, especially in winter. The Antarctic Polar Front marks the northern (warm) boundary of the Antarctic; the line labeled "ACC" marks the southern limit of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that flows west around the continent, between it and the Polar Front. The southern boundary of this current affects where the northern boundary of sea ice will occur, an important detail. Adélie Penguins and all but first-year Emperor Penguins travel no farther north than the limit of winter ice.
Between winter (May), when Emperor Penguins begin breeding, and spring (October), when Adélie Penguins begin breeding, the sea ice in the Southern Ocean is very extensive (see previous map) and the openings between ice floes, especially as one travels farther south, become very narrow or disappear all together. Therefore, both species of penguins establish their colonies in areas that are close to polynyas, a Russian term that refers to areas of persistent open water or loose pack ice in otherwise heavily ice-covered seas. Most Antarctic polynyas form when persistent, strong winds sweep off the continent and push away the sea ice; unlike the Arctic there are few polynyas formed by the upwelling of warm water. This map shows the proximity of penguin colonies to coastal polynyas in one section of Antarctica.
This image shows what a polynya looks like from a penguins' perspective. These penguins are standing on an ice floe that is at the edge of a wind-swept polynya. Without the wind acting to keep the polynya ice-free, the penguins might have more difficulty, requiring walking, to find a place to dive into the ocean.
Emperor Penguins breed at locations where the sea ice is locked in place by grounded icebergs, islands or capes. In this view, taken from a helicopter at about 300 m altitude , the Emperor colony can be seen as a large cluster of dark dots on the ice.
These Emperors are standing on the sea ice next to a glacier that keeps the ice locked in place. The ice must remain stable from about April until the end of December for them to complete an entire breeding season. If the ice is too thin and breaks up too soon then the chicks will be swept to sea before they are ready to take care of themselves.
The Emperor Penguin colony at Pt. Géologie is the site of where "March of the Penguins" was filmed. It is among the northernmost of all Emperor Penguin colonies and thus has relatively warm weather compared to most of the rest of Antarctica. In fact, it is near the northern edge of this species' range; where most Emperor Penguins nest it is much colder. Emperors have been studied for a long time by French biologists associated with the Dumont d'Urville research station nearby.
As shown in this graph (data from Barbraud & Weimirskirch 2001), the Pt. Géologie colony began a sudden decline in the mid-1970s and has since failed to recover, probably due to warming winter temperatures that have resulted in thinner fast ice on which they breed. The strong Antarctic winds have thus been able to blow the ice away before the chicks were ready to fledge. It is this loss of chicks that has prevented the colony's recovery. At Taylor Glacier, another Emperor Penguin colony (studied by Australian biologists) in the same section of coastline but several hundred kilometers to the west, the Emperor Penguin population has not declined much, if at all, during the same time period. This is probably because it's but one of only two sites where this species of penguin nests on land, and is thus not dependent on the presence of persistent sea ice for their breeding success. Most Emperor Penguin colonies, much farther south, so far have not experienced sea ice that is too thin for the species' needs.
Lessons from Past Environmental Change
Besides knowing how Adélie Penguins are responding to current physical changes in their environment brought on by global climate change, we know a lot about how they responded to past changes, especially as the Earth warmed since the last Ice Age (ending ca 12,000 years ago). That information helps us to predict how these creatures will respond to future climate change. We are beginning to understand, too, how this species responds to alteration of the abundance of its food, which makes it more sensitive to changes in physical habitat.
The reason we know so much about how this species has responded to previous changes in its environment is because its bones are preserved by the cold, dry climate characteristic of high-latitude Antarctica. Elsewhere on Earth the bones of animals disintegrate within decades. This penguin mummy is several hundred years old. It has been worn down by the feet of other penguins walking over it and by being sand- and snow-blasted by the wind. The age of these remains can be determined by assessing the amount of a certain form of carbon (carbon 14, or C14) in its tissues; C14 occurs naturally in Earth's atmosphere and is incorporated into the penguins tissues (and all animals' tissues) while it is alive. The C14 disappears over time from tissues at a known, constant rate once the animal dies. If mummies like this one are found along with the bite-sized rocks that Adélie Penguins use for their nests (not too large that the penguins can't carry them in their bills, and all of the same size), then we know that the mummy's location was once a breeding colony. Pieces of egg shell can provide additional clues if one digs below the surface. Such "sub-fossil" records (old things not yet turned to stone) tell us that the area has been ice free since at least the oldest dated mummy present; otherwise the bone deposits would not occur there.
More than 95% of the Antarctic coastline looks like this: sheer cliffs of ice and rock meeting sea ice at their bases. Adélie Penguins cannot make their colonies in these locations because they need ice-free land with a supply of small rocks with which to build nests, and although they are very nimble they are unable to climb tall cliffs. Also, they don't like to walk very far over ice to find the open water they need for feeding. Emperor Penguins could breed here (on the sea ice), but in many places they don't because the ice breaks out and melts too early in the spring. Because of these factors, suitable nesting habitat for both penguins is very hard to find. In fact, the southern limit of their ranges is defined by the Antarctic coast, which is mostly glacial ice (see Image 1).
Here is an Adélie Penguin colony, Cape Crozier, which is located at
the edge of the continental glacier that covers West Antarctica (the West
Antarctic Ice Sheet). This part of the glacier is called the Ross Ice Shelf
because it is floating on the sea (like a shelf extending out from the continent).
It is the largest glacier on Earth. During the last ice age, Adélie
Penguins did not nest here because the front of the Ice Sheet was located
much further to the north, covering the entire Ross Sea and thus blocking
off this Cape. They began to nest here within the last couple of thousand
years, ever since the Ice Sheet retreated, enabling a southward extension
to their breeding range. We know this from the age of the mummies that have
been found. The Ice Sheet retreated because pieces broke off, as ice bergs
(as shown here), at a rate that was faster than the amount of snow falling
in the Antarctic interior and which was maintaining or adding to the ice sheet.
In other words ice loss was greater than ice accumulation.
There are no penguins currently nesting at this site on Beaufort Island, in the central western Ross Sea. However, fossil remains reveal an area that Adélie Penguins used to occupy before the last Ice Age (!), but which they were forced to abandon due to the advance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. By dating the penguin remains, we've learned that the species has been absent from this location for over 30,000 years. The birds are just now beginning to return owing to an apparent retreat of the snowfield and thus increased access to a snow-free location with lots of stones with which to build nests.
In many parts of the world, glaciers are retreating at increasing rates as a result of global climate change (warming). We don't know if the particular glacier shown here has accelerated its retreat from what it has been since the last Ice Age. But, it illustrates a point. The retreating glacier is benefiting Adélie Penguins because it has retreated far enough from a very gentle slope to allow the penguins to come ashore to found a colony. The colony here, at Cape Bird, Ross Island, is the light brown area (penguin guano deposits) in the middle ground, with the dark rows being groups of nesting penguins (elevation from where the photo was taken is about 300 m). The upper half of the image shows an ocean that at the time this photo was taken was covered by sea ice.
As glaciers retreat, they also leave piles of gravel, called moraines (little rocks ground from big rocks by the incredible weight and slow but steady movement of the glacier). These deposits supply the stones used by Adélie Penguins to build their nests.
These penguins are nesting on the shores of a bay that is now completely covered by fast ice (Cape Royds, McMurdo Sound). Fast ice is sea ice that is attached to the shoreline and has very few openings through which penguins can dive into the waters beneath. If it becomes too cold, as during the last Ice Age, and this extensive sea ice persists through the summer, then this colony would cease to exist because the penguins would have to spend too much time and energy walking over the ice to get from their nests to open water. In fact, this colony's population has been declining over the past six years because the fast ice has failed to beak out owing to a recently grounded iceberg and a lessening of winds. There are still many parts of the Antarctic coast that are too ice-choked to allow penguins to establish colonies. As the Antarctic warms, however, the sea ice in these areas will begin to break up, creating more areas where, if there are some gentle beaches, Adélie Penguins could one day nest.
Shown here are the changes in colony size of the two southernmost penguin colonies in Antarctica (77-78oS latitude). Biologists from LandCare Research (New Zealand) have been counting the penguins nesting in these colonies for 4 decades (these data from Wilson et al. 2001). These colonies are on Ross Island in the southern Ross Sea. The colonies, especially the small ones, have been growing as a result of changes in their environment brought by two important factors. First, global climate change, especially increased wind strength and warmer winter temperatures, has resulted in thinner sea ice and a more persistent polynya, particularly the one in McMurdo Sound, where two growing colonies are located. By being able to swim to their foraging areas, they can eat their fill of food much more quickly and can bring more food back with them when they return to their nests. Thus, their breeding success has increased and their population within this group of colonies has grown.
The second factor that has facilitated the growth of Adélie Penguin colonies in the Ross Sea, and likely other high-latitude areas of the Southern Ocean, is the extraction by whalers of their main competitor for food, the Antarctic minke whale. When the numbers of whales increase near a penguin colony, which happens periodically, the penguins find it more difficult to obtain food. That is to be expected, though, as both species are denizens of pack ice and have been together for 3 million years. It could be that where minke whales are especially abundant, that might be one of those factors that limit the number of penguins present. During the last few decades, as sea ice conditions have made life more favorable to Adélie Penguins so has the killing of minke whales by Japanese whalers. This seems to have contributed to the Adélie Penguin increase at the southern limit of their range but also disrupts the foodweb in which both species evolved.
This is the trend of an Adélie Penguin colony at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula (see map below; data from Bill Fraser in Ducklow et al. 2007). It is located at the extreme northern (warm) edge of where this species occurs on Earth. The air temperature in this area has been warming rapidly (several degrees in the last 50 years), resulting in sea ice failing to form during winter and spring. Because Adélie Penguins are especially adapted to the cold conditions associated with sea ice and do not compete favorably with other penguins which are less adapted to the cold, the overall population has been declining at this and nearby colonies, and any young produced have chosen to nest farther south where sea ice remains. Eventually, Adélie Penguin colonies in this area will disappear, leaving only nest stones and mummies behind. Other species of penguins (such as Chinstrap penguins), if fisheries do not deplete their prey, may move in to replace the Adélies. If global warming begins to influence the more southern reaches of the Antarctic continent, then the entire world's population of Adélie Penguins could be at risk.
Besides the loss of sea ice at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, the warmer atmosphere is holding more moisture there, which in turn results in greater deposits of snow. The Adélie Penguin needs snow-free areas to breed, if only to be able to find stones to build its nests. Heavier snow fall, then, would cause suitable nesting areas for this species to disappear.
The image here shows the change in the persistence of sea ice that rings
Antarctic in any year. The data are from NASA satellites collecting
information since 1979. This has been a period of accelerating warming in
western Antarctica, and cooling in eastern Antarctica. Both changes are a
result of the climate change that is affecting all of Earth. The reason
that the change is not uniform over all of Antarctica has to do with how
wind and weather patterns are adjusting to the warming in certain parts of Earth's atmosphere, changing in different ways in other parts. Note here,
that at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in western Antarctica (top,
left), Adélie Penguin colonies are disappearing as sea ice becomes reduced. In addition, some of the penguins' prey species in this area have been depleted by human fishing as well. In the remainder of Antarctica, where sea ice extent has not yet been negatively affected, and where increasing coastal winds have maintained access to food, Adélie Penguin colonies have remained in balance with the environmental factors that affect their existence. In some areas retreating glaciers and thinning sea ice have allowed Adélie Penguin populations to increase. Click on image for larger version.
As temperatures of Earth continue to warm, eventually all of Antarctica's sea ice will be retreating. As we've seen, sea ice is at the core of factors that determine these species' existence. Adélie and Emperor penguins will continue to live where sea ice exists, and even colonize new locations along the coast where the sea ice becomes more open, and land glaciers retreat. Eventually, however, these penguins will disappear sequentially farther and farther south as the sea ice disappears, and as their prey disappears as humans overfish and alter the foodweb of the Southern Ocean. At the same time, sea level will be rising as the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melts. The rising sea level will cover low lying coast where the penguins otherwise would found colonies. Of course, if this occurs the streets of New York, London, Amsterdam, Calcutta (?) and many other cities will be covered, too.


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Sticking Temp Gauge
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Posted 14 October 2012 - 08:16 AM
Hi just wondering if anyone can help , my 2003 mondeo tdci temp gauge sticks halfway i turn engine off stays there , i then tap dash a few times needle will then drop , turn key in ignition needle will bounce straight back to halfway point ,, i phone local ford dealership was told needs new cluster at cost of £435 plus vat and labour ,, any help please im hopeless with these things .
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Try performing "Gauge Sweep" a couple of times to free up the needle, maybe dust on it restricting movement.
Gauge sweep can be done by accessing the secret menu on your ford.
Simply push in the button on the top of the wiper stalk while pushing down on the scroll wheel then while pressing these.
Turn the ignition from off to step 2.
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Also the gauge panel is coded to the GEM, ECU and ignition so it would require some programming by ford to be compatable with your specific model so buying on from the breakers wouldn't be a straight fit function.
If the gauge persists to lack function, I would consider fitting a "ScangaugeII" and use it to monitor levels instead of a new cluster.
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It may still work mate,
scangauge not suitable for my car im told ,, wont work only from 2004 onwards ???? the suggest i try somebody elses to try it first lol
I've saw Mk1 focus with scangauge fitted on focusownersclub.com and fordfocusownersclub.com
The Mk1 is from 1998-2004 Perhaps contact scangauge company directly through their website.
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Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE (born 9 January 1956) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the British comedy television series Up the Garden Path, the Harry Potter film series (in which she plays Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge) and Vera Drake. She drew critical acclaim as Vera Drake, earning her a Best Actress Oscar nomination and a number of wins including the BAFTA and Venice Film Festival Awards for best actress in a leading role.
[edit] Early life and education
Staunton was born in Archway, north London, the only child of Bridie (née McNicholas), a hairdresser, and Joseph Staunton, a road-worker and labourer.[1] The family lived over Staunton's mother's hair dressing salon while Staunton's father worked on the roads.[2] Both of her parents were first-generation Catholic immigrants from County Mayo, Ireland, with her father coming from Ballyvary and her mother from Bohola.[3] Staunton's mother was a musician who could not read music, but could master almost any tune by ear on the accordion or fiddle and had played in Irish showbands.[4]
Staunton attended La Sainte Union Convent School, an all-girls Catholic school on the edge of Hampstead Heath, from years 11 to 17. Her talent was spotted by Jacqueline Stoker, her elocution teacher. Before long she was starring as Polly Peachum in a school production of The Beggar's Opera.[4] Staunton studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[3][5]
[edit] Career
[edit] Theatre
When she was 18, Staunton enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA),[6][dead link] and studied alongside Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Juliet Stevenson.[7] She graduated two years later in 1976, then spent six years in English repertory, including a period at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter where she had the title role in Shaw's Saint Joan (1979). Staunton then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in 1982, moved on to the National Theatre.[6] She has stated that her first job was a play by Goldoni.[8] She is also known for her performance as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz for the Royal Shakespeare Company.[9][10] She has had a long and distinguished career in the theatre, performing in such diverse plays as A Man for all Seasons, Mack & Mabel, Side by Side, and Elektra.[4]
Staunton also appeared in a National Theatre 80th birthday tribute to Sir Laurence Olivier, Happy Birthday, Sir Larry on 31 May 1987 in the presence of Olivier.[11]
Staunton has twice received an Olivier Award, Britain's highest theatre honour,[citation needed] one in 1985 for roles in two productions: A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn Is Green and one for the 1991 musical, Into the Woods. She was nominated for her performance as Miss Adelaide in the 1996 revival of Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre.[12] More recently, she appeared in the premiere of Frank McGuinness's There Came a Gypsy Riding at the Almeida in 2007 and opened in 2009 in Entertaining Mr Sloane alongside Mathew Horne at the Trafalgar Studios.[citation needed]
Staunton will play 'Mrs. Lovett' in an upcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. She will star opposite singer Michael Ball.[citation needed]
[edit] Film
Staunton's first big-screen role came in a 1986 Bill Douglas film, Comrades.[citation needed] She then appeared in the 1992 movie Peter's Friends. Other early roles include performances in Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Deadly Advice (1993),[citation needed] Sense and Sensibility (1995) Twelfth Night (1996), Chicken Run (2000), Another Life (2001), Bright Young Things (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005), Freedom Writers (2007) and How About You (2007).
Staunton shared a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance by a Cast in 1998 for Shakespeare in Love. In 2004, she received the Best Actress honours at the European Film Awards, the BAFTAs, and the Venice Film Festival for her performance of the title role in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, which also won Best Picture. For the same role, she received Best Actress nominations for the 2005 Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
Staunton portrayed Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), a performance described as "coming close to stealing the show."[13] She was nominated in the "British Actress in a Supporting Role" category at the London Film Critics Circle Awards.[14] Staunton reprised her role as Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Recent film roles include 2008's A Bunch of Amateurs, in which she starred alongside Burt Reynolds, Derek Jacobi and Samantha Bond, and the character of Sonia Teichberg in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock (2009). She will play one of the lead roles in the upcoming ghost film The Awakenings.[15]
[edit] Television
In 1993, she appeared on television alongside Richard Briers and Adrian Edmondson in If You See God, Tell Him. She has had other television parts in The Singing Detective (1986), Midsomer Murders, and the comedy drama series Is It Legal? (1995-8), as well as A Bit of Fry and Laurie season 4, episode 3. She was a voice artist on Mole's Christmas (1994). She had a guest role playing Mrs. Mead in Little Britain in 2005, and in 2007 played the free-thinking gossip, Miss Pole, in Cranford, the five-part BBC series based on Mrs Gaskell's novels, and in the sequel to the series, Return to Cranford. She also supplies the voices of Ruby (a mouse) and Twiba (The Worm who lives in Big's Apple) in the Children's TV show Big & Small.[16] In 2010, she appeared in the Halloween special of Psychoville as Grace Andrews, and became a recurring cast member in the second series (2011).
[edit] Radio
On radio, she has appeared in the title role of detective drama series Julie Enfield Investigates, as the lead, Izzy Comyn, in the comedy Up the Garden Path (which later moved to ITV with Staunton reprising the role), in Diary of a Provincial Lady (from 1999) and Acropolis Now.
She starred opposite Anna Massey in the post-WWII mystery series Daunt and Dervish, and opposite Patrick Barlow in The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience. She had also acted with Barlow in the TV series Is It Legal?
[edit] Other work
Staunton has narrated The Gruffalo and Tiddler for an unabridged audio book of Julia Donaldson's children's book.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
Staunton met her husband, English actor Jim Carter, in Richard Eyre's landmark early Eighties production of Guys And Dolls at the National Theatre.[7] They have a daughter, Bessie, born 1993. In 2007, the couple, together with Bessie, appeared in the BBC series Cranford (Carter was Captain Brown and Bessie a maid). Staunton lives with her family in West Hampstead, northwest London.[17]
Staunton was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for her services to drama.
[edit] Theatre work
Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 Repertory theatre:
- Waiting for Godot (Lucky, 1976), Birmingham Rep
- Hay Fever, Watermill, Newbury
- Grease, York Theatre Royal
- Henry V, Leeds Playhouse
- The Gingerbread Man, Leeds Playhouse
Two seasons at the Northcott Theatre Exeter:
- Travesties (1978) Northcott Exeter
- A Man for All Seasons (1978) Northcott Exeter
- Elektra (Elektra, 1978) Northcott Exeter
- Dear Daddy (1978) Northcott Exeter
- Cinderella (1978) Northcott Exeter
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1978) Northcott Exeter:
- Macbeth (1978) Northcott Exeter
- Cabaret (1978) Northcott Exeter
- As You Like It (1978) Northcott Exeter
- Saint Joan (Saint Joan, 1979) Northcott Exeter
- The Beggar's Opera (1979) Northcott Exeter
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1979) Northcott Exeter
- Side by Side by Sondheim (1979) Northcott Exeter
Two seasons at the Nottingham Playhouse (1980-81?):
- Pam Gems' Piaf (Piaf) Nottingham Playhouse
- Mack and Mabel (Mabel) Nottingham Playhouse
- Mrs Warren's Profession, Nottingham Playhouse
- A Little Night Music, Nottingham Playhouse
Template:Col-2 Touring (1981-82?):
- She Stoops to Conquer (Kate Hardcastle) Oxford Playhouse UK tour
Theatre roles in London::
- Guys and Dolls (Mimi, Hotbox Girl, 1982), Royal National Theatre Olivier
- The Beggar's Opera (Lucy Lockit, 1982), Royal National Theatre Cottesloe
- Schweyk in the Second World War (Anna, 1982) National Olivier
- Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide, 1983) National Olivier
- A Mad World, My Masters (Janet Cloughton, 1984) Theatre Royal Stratford East
- Us Good Girls (Paulette, 1984) Soho Poly
- The Corn Is Green (Bessie Watty, 1985), Old Vic - Olivier award
- A Chorus of Disapproval (Hannah Llewellyn, 1985) National Olivier - Olivier award
- The Fair Maid of the West (Bess Bridges, 1987) RSC Mermaid Theatre
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Gloria Beatty, 1987) RSC Mermaid
- The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, 1987) RSC Barbican Theatre
- Uncle Vanya (Sonya, 1988) Vaudeville Theatre
- The Lady and the Clarinet (Luba, 1989) The King's Head Theatre, Islington
- Into the Woods (Baker's Wife, 1990) Phoenix Theatre - Olivier award
- Rona Munro's Bold Girls (Cassie, 1991) Hampstead Theatre
- Tony Kushner's Slavs! (Bonfila, 1994) Hampstead Theatre
- Habeas Corpus (play) (Mrs Swabb, 1996) Donmar Warehouse
- Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide, 1996) National Olivier - Olivier nomination
- Divas at the Donmar: Imelda Staunton and Her Big Band (1–5 September 1998) Donmar Warehouse
- Yasmina Reza's Life X Three (Ines, 2000) National Cottesloe, then transferring to the Old Vic (2001)
- Michael Hastings' Calico (Nora Barnacle, 2004) Duke of York's Theatre
- Frank McGuinness's There Came a Gypsy Riding (Margaret, 2007) Almeida
- Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane (Kath, 2009) Trafalgar Studios
- Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance (Claire, 2011) Almeida Theatre[18]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1985 - Olivier Award, Winner, Outstanding Performance of the Year in a Supporting Role for A Chorus Of Disapproval, at the NT Oivier, and The Corn Is Green, at The Old Vic
- 1991 - Olivier Award, Winner, Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical for Into The Woods, at the Phoenix
- 2010 - Olivier Award, Nominee, Best Actress for Entertaining Mr. Sloane, at Trafalgar Studio 1
- 2006 - International Emmy Awards, Nominated, Emmy for Best Performance by an Actress for My Family and Other Animals (2005) (TV)
- 2010 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Television Award, Nominated, Best Supporting Actress for Cranford (2009) (TV)
- 1999 - Screen Actors Guild Award, Winner, Best Performance by a Cast for Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- 2000 - Irish Film and Television Awards, Nominated, Best Actress for Rat (2000)
- 2004 - European Film Award, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - Venice Film Festival, Winner, Volpi Cup, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - London Film Critics Circle Award, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - National Society of Film Critics Award, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA), Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - Seattle Film Critics Awards, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2004 - Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, Winner, Best Performance, Female for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - Vancouver Film Critics Circle, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award, Winner, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - Evening Standard British Film Awards, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - Chlotrudis Awards, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - National Society of Film Critics Awards, (NSCF) USA, Winner, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004). Tied with Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby (2004).
- 2005 - Academy Award, Nominated for an Oscar, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - Screen Actors Guild Awards, Nominated, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - Golden Globe, Nominated, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - Golden Satellite Award, Nominated, Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - Empire Awards, UK, Nominated, Best British Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - Online Film Critics Society Awards, Nominated, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2005 - The Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Nominated, Best Actress for Vera Drake (2004)
- 2008 - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Nominated, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- 2008 - London Critics Circle Film Awards, Nominated, British Supporting Actress of the Year for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- 2009 - California Independent Film Festival, Winner, Audience Award, Best Actress - Comedy for Three and Out (2008)
[edit] References
- ↑ Lawley, Sue (2005-05-15). "This Week's Guest: Imelda Staunton". BBC Radio 4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20050515.shtml. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
- ↑ Imelda Staunton profile at BBC Radio 4 "Desert island Discs"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Imelda Staunton: My Career Is Not About Looks" The Telegraph, 8 December 2008
- ↑ Irish News UK - News from the Irish Community in Britain
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/Biography/37951/Imelda+Staunton.html?dataSet=1 Variety
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Imelda Staunton's surprising confession: I might have nibbled the odd hash brownie and I'd love to have been a hippy Chris Sullivan, 19November 2009, The Daily Mail
- ↑ The prime of Miss Imelda Staunton
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Happy Birthday, Sir Larry theatre programme, 31 May 1987
- ↑ Olivier Awards winners
- ↑ McCurry, Justin (2007-06-29). "Japan goes wild about Harry". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jun/29/film.business. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- ↑ Dawtrey, Adam (2007-12-13). "London critics love 'Control,' 'Atonement'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117977651.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ↑ Ghostly Art From 'The Awakening'
- ↑
- ↑ "Imelda Staunton on acting naturally" The Sunday Times, June 21, 2008
- ↑
[edit] External links
- Imelda Staunton at the Internet Movie Database
- The Prime of Miss Imelda Staunton , Sunday Telegraph interview 15 July 2007
- Imelda Staunton on the Red Carpet at the 77th Annual Academy Awards
- The Telegraph: Imelda Staunton interview
- Imelda Staunton in Conversation, filmed BAFTA event, March 2009


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Since the ominous announcement on Friday that millions who had filed taxes in the Palmetto State since 1998 might be compromised, the phone line set up by the state has been jammed with over 450,000 callers looking for help. More than 150,000 people have already signed up for free credit monitoring.
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Spicy Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe
These savory stuffed mushrooms have been a huge hit with family and friends in Belleville, Michigan for years, says Amy Prey. For a little less heat, substitute a milder sausage and different cheese for the pepper Jack.
- 1/2 pound Johnsonville® Hot Ground Sausage
- 24 large fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 1/4 cup minced garlic
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded pepper Jack cheese, divided
- In a small skillet, cook sausage over medium heat for 5-6 minutes or until no longer pink; drain.
- Remove stems from mushrooms and finely chop; set caps aside. In a large skillet, saute the stems, onions and garlic in butter for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Stir in the sausage, bread crumbs and 1/2 cup cheese.
- Spoon about 2 tablespoons into each mushroom cap. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake at 350° for 22-25 minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Yield: 2 dozen.
Originally published as Spicy Stuffed Mushrooms in Simple & Delicious March/April 2007, p42
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These were very good. I didn't have enough pepper jack so I used 1/2 pepper jack and 1/2 cheddar. Next time I'll make sure I have the pepper jack since the cheddar melted faster and cooked more.
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Bonnie Campo talked to two women who took the risk to invest in their own futures.
According to an American Express Business Report nearly 21,000 North Dakota women are estimated to be at the top of the business food chain as of 2014. That's up from 12,400 in the late 90's, but what caused the sudden change? For one Minot woman it was having the guts and a simple opportunity.
(Pam Karpenko, Owner Clean Tech) "I was looking for something that was not just a job. I was looking for a challenge, something that was interesting, that would inspire me to grow and to learn and to change and to be better." "I just plugged my nose, closed my eyes, and jumped in and ten years later I am a master water restorer, and a master fire restorer."
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Henke got the idea when she disapproved of pretzels served at a wedding she attended. From conception to innovation, it's not been easy work. In fact, everyday production means baking 720 lbs. of those little sticks before it's time to clock out.
(Dorothy Henke, Owner Dots Pretzels) "Especially because we want to keep growing so that we can keep more employees, get more employees, expand. it's long days but it's still good yet."
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Kindle cozy conversation with these tender scallops in a spicy sauce from Jan Justice in Catlettsburg, Kentucky. It's a surefire recipe for warming up a twosome in no time!
- 3/4 pound sea scallops, halved
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
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- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion
- Sprinkle scallops with paprika and 1/8 teaspoon salt. In a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, melt butter over medium heat. Add scallops; cook for 3-4 minutes on each side or until firm and opaque.
- Add orange juice and remaining salt to the pan; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in chipotle pepper.
- Serve over linguine if desired. Garnish with green onion. Yield: 2 servings.
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Not satisfied with beefing up London Welsh's on-field presence, head coach Justin Burnell reckons adding set-piece expertise to his back room staff will be just as key to his side's Premierhsip survival chances.
Forwards coach Matthew Ferguson joined the Old Deer Park brains trust on Monday to work alongside assistant coaches Gordon Ross and Ollie Smith, with primary responsibility for the scrum.
The former Bristol and Cardiff Blues coach has held a number of roles during a 10-year coaching career, which has included working alongside Graham Rowntree on the RFU's 'Scrum Factory' programme.
His arrival adds to the 19 players Burnell has signed - including former England international lock and Premiership winner Dean Schofield - since the club secured promotion to the top flight in June.
"We're very fortunate to be able to add Matthew to our existing and excellent coaching staff. It's great to have him on board to join Gordon and Ollie," said the exiles chief.
"Matt's knowledge of the scrum is second to none and he has good links within the RFU system with Graham Rowntree.
"After the excellent work done with our scrum last season by Darren Crompton, the role of a technical person to work primarily with the scrum is of the utmost importance, as we know how key an area that will be in the Premiership.
"Last year's success was based on an ethic of hard work which was constantly evident within the players' group, but quietly behind the scenes the work of the whole management structure, including our medical staff and strength and conditioning coaches, was tremendous.
"We are confident that the addition of Matthew in to that ethos and our structure will help us to be competitive in the Premiership.
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I'M SO EXCITED Is An Uneven Yet Hilarious Comedy from Pedro Almodovar
Pedro Almodovar's latest film, I'm So Excited, marks the directors return to his broad style of comedy, and while it is undoubtedly hilarious, it is also an uneven experience that is far from Almodovar's best work.
When a technical failure aboard Peninsula Flight 2549 threatens the lives of everyone on the plane, three flamboyantly gay flight attendants do everything that they possibly can to keep the increasingly irritable passengers entertained, while the pilots fly in circles looking for a proper place to land. Meanwhile, the flight attendants perform an impeccably choreographed song and dance number to The Pointer Sister's hit song, "I'm So Excited", and drug the first class passengers with Valencia cocktails laced with mescaline in order to calm them after revealing the horrible news concerning the flight. The economy class passengers are given muscle relaxers to help them cope with "economy class syndrome", and so they spend the majority of the film in a deep sleep. As the passengers warm up to the attendants and to each other, they reveal details concerning their personal lives that they wouldn't share otherwise. And since mescaline has certain aphrodisiacal qualities, just about everyone in first class and in the cockpit gets laid.
Sex plays a major role in this film. A virgin psychic in first class is determined to lose her virginity, and has sex with one of the well-endowed economy class passengers while he is sleeping. An aging actress and dominatrix sleeps with a mysterious hit man who holds a dark secret. A newly wed couple consummates their marriage, allowing others to watch. And two of the flight attendants attend to the pilots in the cockpit, one of whom is a bisexual, while the other is more than happy to experiment with his sexuality – especially while under the influence of alcohol.
All the while, their lives hang in the balance. The plane could explode on impact as they land. It could all end in tragedy. Several of the passengers call friends and family to say their goodbyes. An unnecessary sub-plot focuses on the psychotic girlfriend of one of the passengers, throwing off the tone of the rest of the film. I'm So Excited is so gleefully vulgar and over-the-top, that this overtly dramatic and tender segment feels as though it belongs in another film. There are a few nods to the economic situation in Spain in hopes to add a bit of social commentary to the proceedings. Ultimately, we don't invest much into these elements. We're too busy laughing at the drug-addled sexual shenanigans to make that sort of emotional shift.
Other than that, I'm So Excited is a colorful romp that you should not miss. It is one of Almodovar's weaker efforts for sure, but it is so much fun that you'll easily forgive the shortcomings, especially those who enjoy his unique brand of comedy.
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CATEGORIES MoviesLooks like Michael Bay isn't sorry after all.
After telling a reporter that he wanted to "apologize for 'Armageddon'" and that he "would redo the entire third act if [he] could," Bay backtracked on those comments, claiming they were taken out of context. In a post on his personal online forum titled "I'm Proud Of Armageddon," Bay put to rest the media's apparent misperception of his words.
"One press writer has gone too far in reporting false information," the post begins. "He has printed the bare minimum of my statement which in effect have twisted my words and meaning. I'm not in the slightest going to apologize for the third movie in my movie career, a film called Armageddon. On the red carpet for Pain & Gain some reporters asked me what are you apologizing for, and I said what on earth are you talking about?
"What I clearly said to the reporter, is I wish I had more time to edit the film, specifcally [sic] the the [sic] third act. He asked me in effect what would you change if you could in your movies if you could go back. I said, I wish we had a few more weeks in the edit room on Armageddon. And still today Armageddon, is still one of the most shown movies on cable TV. And yes, I'm proud of the movie. Enough said."
Good thing Bay set the record straight. Here we thought the director of "Transformers" and "Bad Boys" was going soft on us. (Though in the future, he might want to avoid using the word "apologize" when he is not, in fact, apologizing.)
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Tips For Serving Alcohol Responsibly
Originally published: 12.01.06 by Mike Coyne
Nothing can be more fun, or put a business more at risk, than a good holiday party. Everyone knows or has heard of someone who has embarrassed himself or herself beyond belief after having a few too many drinks with co-workers. Beyond embarrassment, however, there are real liability risks. A surprising number of sexual harassment lawsuits have arisen out of conduct at company social functions. And, a recent study indicated that nearly one in four people are unaware that a party host who serves alcohol to a clearly drunk guest may be legally responsible if that person goes on to hurt or kill someone in a car accident.
If you are planning on serving alcohol at your business or office party, here are some planning ideas that can minimize your liability risk.
Voice your concerns. Let your employees know before hand that you want everyone to have a great time and that you are worried about their safety. Get everyone thinking about being safe. Let everyone know that you will be happy to get them home if they don't think that they should drive.
Find a creative venue. Consider planning your party around an activity or event at which drinking
Hire a bartender. Don't leave bottles of liquor on the table and tell employees to help themselves. Instead, hire a bartender. A good professional bartender can control the amount of alcohol in the drinks, monitor your guests' intake, and help you keep an eye on any risky situations.
Have the right food. Foods that are salty, greasy, or sweet tend to make people thirsty. Avoid these foods in favor of foods that are high in starch and protein, such as sandwiches, which stay in the stomach longer and slow the absorption of alcohol.
Arrange transportation. Have a plan for getting people home after the party if they are unable to drive. Many employers arrange for taxicabs at their expense for employees that have too much to drink. If your party is not too large, a better idea might be simply to arrange to have everyone picked up for the party and dropped off at home.
Close the bar early. Stop serving alcohol before the party officially ends. Many party planners recommend putting out desserts and coffee about an hour before the end of the party.
With good planning, you can make your party safe without ruining the fun.
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York used a second quarter run to take control of Friday night's West Suburban Silver battle with Oak Park-River Forest, and then made sure the lead stuck from the free-throw line.
The Dukes knocked down 14-of-17 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter and pulled away for a 63-52 victory that knotted up the top of the standings.
"We worked all week planning this out," said York junior Charlie Rose (10 points). "Last week we had a tough 25-point loss (to Downers Grove South), so this week we came out focused on trying to knock them (OPRF) off. This is a big win for us."
It was the first conference loss for the Huskies (13-5, 5-1) and also snapped a five-game winning streak.
The game was tied five times in the first half before York capped a 12-0 run midway through the second stanza with a Justin Kurash bucket that pushed its lead to 24-16.
OPRF missed four straight shots to open the second half and only managed one basket for more than seven minutes of the third quarter.
York (14-4, 5-1) opened up a 40-25 lead toward the end of the third quarter when senior guard David Cohn buried a 3-pointer. Cohn led all scorers with 28 points, while connecting on 16-of-19 shots from the line.
The Dukes took care of business at the stripe all night, hitting 22-of-28 attempts.
"At practice, we spend a lot of time working on free throws, because we know it is going to be big at the end of games," Rose said.
OPRF started the fourth quarter on a 9-2 run, and trimmed the deficit to four points on a basket by Alex Gustafson. Gustafson and Erick Locke finished with 15 points each, while Jakari Cammon added 11.
"I do not think we were ready for their (1-3-1) zone defense," said OPRF's Virgil Allen. "But that is alright, that is what practice is for."
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