Part I: Introducing England in Visual Studio .NET

Generator QR-Code in Visual Studio .NET Part I: Introducing England

In 2005, Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, finally married his long-time mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles, in a ceremony that his mother, Queen Elizabeth, did not attend The wedding was somewhat anti-climactic because Charles had been involved with Camilla throughout his entire marriage to Princess Diana On the first anniversary of his marriage to Camilla, Charles got to read in The Times that 56 percent of Britons did not wish to see his new wife become queen She will, though, unless the governments of England and 15 Commonwealth nations change the law In the meantime, the pre-queen is addressed as Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall As Elizabeth enters her twilight years (she turned 81 in 2007), some Britons wonder if the centuries-old British monarchy should end with her especially with the unpopular Charles next in line for the throne Just 37 percent of Britons think that Charles should succeed his mother, according to a 2007 poll In fact, the poll found that 39 percent would prefer that Charles s eldest son, Prince William, leapfrog his father for the crown Poor Charles just can t seem to do anything that will win him the respect enjoyed by his mother In 2007, Charles was accused by some members of Parliament of overstepping the traditional bounds imposed on the royal family to not interfere in political matters Soon after, Charles had to read how his second son, Prince Harry, 21, partied with lap dancers as he and his class at Sandhurst military college finished training In comparison, Prince William, tall and blond like his late mother, Diana, stays out of trouble, and is quiet and well-mannered The only semi-bad press William received in 2007 was when he broke off his four-year relationship with Kate Middleton, presumably because her blood wasn t blue enough Though her parents are self-made millionaires, Kate s mother had once worked as a flight attendant, a fact that just didn t fly in royal circles William and Harry co-hosted the hugely successful Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London on July 1, 2007 (what would have been Diana s 47th birthday), an event Prince Charles did not attend The queen, meanwhile, was involved in a PR scuffle when the BBC showed a film clip of her purportedly storming out of a sitting with photographer Annie Leibowitz after Leibowitz asked Her Maj to remove her crown It turned out that the BBC had manipulated the film footage to suit its story and was forced to apologize Right after that, Prince Philip, the queen s husband, denied reports that he had ever called Diana a harlot and a trollop Stay tuned

discontent with Blair s continuing support of the war in Iraq Blair stepped down as prime minister in June 2007, and was succeeded by Gordon Brown Terrorist bombings: In July 2005, a day after exultant Londoners learned that their city would host the 2012 Olympic Summer Games, terrorists detonated bombs in the London Underground and on a double-decker bus, killing 54 people and wounding hundreds more Londoners stood together and carried on, showing the world that they would not be cowed by acts of violence

You can determine the period in which a building was constructed (or reconstructed) by its architectural and decorative details In a country like England, where the age of buildings can span a thousand-year period (a few Anglo-Saxon churches are even older than that), many different styles evolved The architectural periods are often named for the monarch or royal family reigning at the time You can enhance your enjoyment of England s abundance of historic buildings if you know a few key features of the different styles The following list is a brief primer in English architectural history, from Norman to Victorian times: Norman (1066 1189): Round arches, barrel vaults, and highly decorated archways characterize this period s Romanesque style Early English Gothic (1189 1272): The squat, bulky buildings of the Norman period gave way to the taller, lighter buildings constructed in this style Decorated Gothic (1272 1377): Buildings in this style have large windows, tracery (ornamental work with branching lines), and heavily decorated gables and arches Perpendicular Gothic (1377 1483): Large buttresses (exterior side supports) allowed churches to have larger windows than ever before Tracery was more elaborate than in previous Gothic buildings; the four-centered arch appeared; and architects perfected fan vaulting (a decorative form of vaulting in which the structural ribs spread upward and outward along the ceiling like the rays of a fan) Tudor (1485 1553): During this period, buildings evolved from Gothic to Renaissance styles Large houses and palaces were built with a new material: brick England has many half-timbered Tudor and Elizabethan domestic and commercial buildings This method of construction used brick and plaster between visible wooden timbers Elizabethan (1553 1603): The Renaissance brought a revival of classical features, such as columns, cornices (prominent rooflines with brackets and other details), and pediments (a decorative triangular feature over doorways and windows) The many large houses and palaces of this period were built in an E or H shape and contained long galleries, grand staircases, and carved chimneys Jacobean (1603 1625): In England, Inigo Jones adopted the symmetrical, classically inspired Palladian style that arrived from Italy, but he used it in a freer and more fanciful way Buildings in this style incorporate elements from ancient Greek and Roman architecture Columns and pilasters, round-arch arcades, and flat roofs with openwork parapets became common