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What cultural symbol of Mexico is said to represent both the Virgin Mary and the Aztec goddess Tonantzin? | The Virgin of Guadalupe and Tonantzin The Virgin of Guadalupe and Tonantzin Toci - an aspect of the Great Mother Earth Goddess The Virgin of Guadalupe and Tonantzin In response to Professor Sandstrom’s article What happened to the Aztec gods after the Conquest? (see R/H menu) we received a question from Maritere Arroyo questioning the validity of associating the Virgin of Guadalupe with the Aztec goddess Tonantzin. Professor Sandstrom has kindly sent us this thoughtful and detailed reply... Mexican decorated tableau of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Click on image to enlarge) This is an excellent question. If you read any ethnographic description of a Native American community in Mexico that includes a section on religion, you will find mention of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Encyclopedias or handbooks on Mexico also typically have entries on this important sacred figure. According to tradition, the Virgin appeared to a Nahua man named Juan Diego in December 1531 on Tepeyac Hill, north of Mexico City, where there was a shrine dedicated to the female Aztec earth deity Tonantzin. To this day, in Nahuatl-speaking communities (in other communities as well), the Virgin continues to be called “Tonantzin” and her appearance is commemorated on December 12 each year. Figurine believed to be of Tonantzin, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City (Click on image to enlarge) Tonantzin means “Our Sacred Mother” in the Nahuatl language and she continues to be connected symbolically to fertility and the earth. It is not known precisely how the pre-Hispanic deity Tonantzin became connected to the Christian Virgin of Guadalupe, however, we can assume that many people of the time believed that her appearance represented a return of the Aztec mother deity. There are many myths surrounding the Virgin of Guadalupe but she has been recognized by the Catholic church as a manifestation of the Virgin Mary. The Virgin of Guadalupe has become a national symbol of the Mexican nation and she is viewed by many to be a special protector of Native American peoples. Post- and Pre-Hispanic: notice the identical position of the hands... (Click on image to enlarge) In conclusion, in the minds of many people living within and outside of Mexico, the Virgin of Guadalupe and the ancient Tonantzin are one and the same. This sacred figure can be seen to represent the emergence of Mexico as a unified nation born out of the destructive encounter between European and pre-Hispanic civilizations. Post- and Pre-Hispanic Mothers-in-Lore (Click on image to enlarge) For Further Reading • Henry Nicholson discusses the pre-Hispanic deity Tonantzin and shows how she was related to other major deities in the Aztec pantheon:- Nicholson, Henry B. 1971. “Religion in Pre-Hispanic Central Mexico.” In Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica, Part 1. Gordon F. Eckholm and Ignacio Bernal, eds., pp. 395-446. Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. 10. Robert Wauchope, gen. ed. Austin: University of Texas Press. • Alan Sandstrom provides a description of the worship of Tonantsi (a variant pronunciation of Tonantzin) in a Nahua community of the Huasteca, northern Veracruz, Mexico:- Sandstrom, Alan R. 1982. “The Tonantsi Cult of the Eastern Nahua.” In Mother Worship: Theme and Variations, James J. Preston, ed., pp. 25-50. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. • Eric Wolf has written one of the classic articles on the Virgin of Guadalupe (Tonantzin) as a Mexican national symbol:- Wolf, Eric. 1958. “The Virgin of Guadalupe: A Mexican National Symbol.” Journal of American Folklore 71:34-39. Some additional people who have written on the topic of the Virgin of Guadalupe or Tonantzin, whose work can be looked up online or in library catalogues, include Louise Burkhart, Susan Kellogg, and Stafford Poole. Photos by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore Here's what others have said: 15 At 7.38pm on Tuesday December 6 2016, Annette Clark wrote: Thank you for this article. I have been looking into the “many faces” of Mary. I was hoping to find a book which covers a thorough study of Mary as melded with indi |
Alluded to by Alexander Pope in his An Essay on Criticism, in Greek mythology it was believed that drinking from what body of water would bring you great inspiration? | Full text of "Alexander Pope" See other formats ENGLISH 3WEN OF EDITED BY JOHN MORLET <ALEXANT>ER POPE MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA MELBOURNE NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO ENGLISH ^MEN OF LETTERS ALEXANDER POPE BY LESLIE STEPHEN , H MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1911 First published 1880 Rtprintcd 1883, 1888, 1896, 1900, 1902, 1908 Library Edition 1902. Reprinted ign Pock ft Edition 1909 1 1 PREFATORY NOTE. THE life and writings of Pope have been discussed in a literature more voluminous than that which exists in the case of almost any other English man of letters . biographer, however, has produced a definitive or exhaus- tive work It seems therefore desirable to indicate the main authorities upon which such a biographer would have to rely, and which have been consulted for the purpose of the following necessarily brief and imperil sketch. , i -L The first life of Pope was a catchpenny book, by William Ayre, published in 1745, and remarkable chiefly as givin^ the first version of some demonstrably erroneous statements, unfortunately adopted by later writers Ii 1751 Warburton, as Pope's literary executor, published the authoritative edition of the poet's works with notes containing some biographical matter. In 1769 appeared a life by Owen Ruff head, who wrote under Warburton s in- spiration. This is a dull and meagre performance, and much of it is devoted to an attack-partly written by War- burton himself upon the criticisms advanced in the fi volume of Joseph Warton's Essay on Pope. Warton s first volume was published in 1756; and it seems that the dread of Warburton's wrath counted for something in the delay of the second volume, which did not appear till 1782 The Essay contains a good many anecdotes ol interest. Warton's edition of Pope the notes in which are chiefly drawn from the Essay-was Published in 1797. The Life by Johnson appeared in 1781 ; vi PEEFATOEY NOTE. admirable in many ways; but Johnson had taken the least possible trouble in ascertaining facts. Both Warton and Johnson had before them the manuscript collections of Joseph Spence, who had known Pope personally during the last twenty years of his life, and wanted nothing but literary ability to have become an efficient Boswell. Spence's anecdotes, which were not published till 1820, give the best obtainable information upon many points, especially in regard to Pope's childhood. This ends the list of biographers who were in any sense contem- porary with Pope. Their statements must be checked and supplemented by the poet's own letters, and innumerable references to him in the literature of the time. In 1806 appeared the edition of Pope by Bowles, with a life pre- fixed. Bowles expressed an unfavourable opinion of many points in Pope's character, and some remarks by Camp- bell, in his specimens of English poets, led to a con- troversy (18191826) in which Bowles defended his views against Campbell, Byron, Eoscoe, and others, and which incidentally cleared up soine disputed questions. Eoscoe, the author of the Life of Leo X., published his edition of Pope in 1824. A life is contained in the first volume, but it is a feeble performance; and the notes, many of them directed against Bowles, are of little value. A more complete biography was published by E. Garru- thers (with an edition of the works), in 1854. The second, and much improved, edition appeared in 1857, and is still the most convenient life of Pope, though Mr. Carruthers was not fully acquainted with the last results of some recent investigations, which have thrown a new light upon the- poet's career. The writer who took the lead in these inquiries was the late Mr. Dilke. Mr. Dilke published the results of his investigations (which were partly guided by the discovery of a previously unpublished correspondence between Pope and his friend Caryll), in the Athenaeum |
What is the illustrated manuscript produced by Celtic monks around 800 AD that has been described as the zenith of Western calligraphy and illumination? | Links to Additional Photos The Book of Kells, also known as the Book of Columba, is an ornately illustrated manuscript, produced by Celtic monks around 800 A.D.. Different theories have it produced either whole or in part at Iona in Scotland and/or at Kells in Ireland. The name, Book of Kells, is derived from the Abbey of Kells in Kells, County Meath, where it was kept for much of the medieval period. It is one of the most lavishly illuminated manuscripts to survive the medieval period and has been described as the zenith of Western calligraphy and illumination. It contains the four gospels of the Bible in Latin, along with prefatory and explanatory matter decorated with numerous colourful illustrations and illuminations. It is on permanent display at the Trinity College Library in Dublin. About the Book of Kells (Trinity College) |
What is the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese art of penjing? | The Art of Bonsai Project - Penjing The Art of Bonsai Project Sometimes I step down into the ravine mirrored by the green rivulet, then again I sit at the ridge on a mighty rock. My mind resembles a lonely cloud no place were it pauses, in a far distance the dealings of the world - what else would I have to search for? - Hanshan Like a protecting roof this penjing arches over the scholar reading a book. A very harmonic composition! The pot is exceptional, with its age of almost 150 years. The glaze of the pot reminds us of the impermanence of things. A zen verse says: “Do not search for the master, search for what the master is searching for!” This motto could still be made more poignant by changing it to: “Do not search for what the master is searching for, search for what you are searching for!” In Europe we search what the master is searching for. Our bonsai creations are getting more and more beautiful and perfect. Our standard are Japanese bonsai masters that since about 80 years have aimed for perfection in bonsai. If you have a look at the first small illustrated books of the Japanese Kokufu bonsai exhibitions, you will find many bonsai that, had they been presented on an exhibition today, would not attract much interest. These trees are not perfectly styled. If you look at the level of good European exhibitions you will realize that they have not only reached the Japanese standards, but sometimes even surpassed them. We have quickly learned and internalized the japanese bonsai techniques. We also are very near to perfection. This is not a quality judgement, just a statement. But the question is, what comes after perfection? Melancholy of Impermanence Pot and tree are a perfect unity. It is almost impossible to distinguish where at the pot’s rim the moss begins, and where it ends at the trunk. All shades of green swirl into each other and remind us of the chaos of Dao. The patina of the pots needs not to be dated, it touches the soul through our eyes. Penjing with miniature figurines, two officials or scholars playing a game of dice. The tree has a wild but expressive shape. The pot is propably from KUANGCHOU in the province of Kwangtung, about 80 years old and hasn't aged very much. Let us go back about 21 years in the German history of bonsai. In 1986 a certain Paul Lesniewicz from Heidelberg had the courage to organize an exhibiton, taking up a suggestion from Dr. Wolfgang Habbel. The idea was to travel to the roots of the bonsai art in China, visit the places of different bonsai schools and show some exceptionally beautiful pieces in Germany. This idea was put into reality and so the first german “PENJING” Exhibition took place. For buddhist monks in early China, the single branch pads were “green stairways to heaven”. A beautiful penjing in a pot which is not very old or very well-preserved. PENJING ist the origin – it means 1000 years of bonsai. Chinese, Japanese and European bonsai are very different in what they express. If you look at the illustrated book by Ilona Lesniewicz and Li Zhimin of the PENJING Exhibition in 1986, you will find trees that would have no chance to be shown on a renowned exhibition today. How is this possible? Penjing are trees in pots, like bonsai. The difference lies in the styling. Penjing does not aim at perfection, but at the expression of each tree, of each single tree. Trunk and branches are not designed very much, they are not extensively wired, mostly only shaped by cutting or bound with strings. PENJING means less stress for the trees and their owners, it means more inner and outer calmness, a cheerful mood, easiness and relaxedness. The same applies to PENJING pots - they are more colorful, more free in their shapes, often painted. I think this is a chance to try a different approach to bonsai now and then (it is also difficult for me to take off the Japanese glasses and look at bonsai from a totally different perspective!). It is not a question of right or wrong, maybe the solution is in the motto mentioned above: “Do not seach for what the master is searching for…” - d |
In Irish, Icelandic, and Scottish mythologies, selkies are creatures that are capable of taking what form apart from human? | The Selkie (Orkney Selkies, #1) by Rosanna Leo — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Shelves: favorites This book was the first I'd read about Selkies and from Rosanna Leo. I'll be reading more from both! :) When I first discovered Selkies were seal shape shifters, I was torn between thinking that I could never find a seal man sexy, and thinking that this would be a great way to broaden my love for all things paranormal. I was wrong about the former- definitely wrong- and right about the latter. From the moment the story began, I was enthralled by both the way Rosanna told the story and by the fasc This book was the first I'd read about Selkies and from Rosanna Leo. I'll be reading more from both! :) When I first discovered Selkies were seal shape shifters, I was torn between thinking that I could never find a seal man sexy, and thinking that this would be a great way to broaden my love for all things paranormal. I was wrong about the former- definitely wrong- and right about the latter. From the moment the story began, I was enthralled by both the way Rosanna told the story and by the fascinating myth of the Selkie people. She draws you completely into the story with the way she writes. She'll make you fall in love- not just with the characters, but with the sea and the landscape in the story. Set mostly in the beautiful Scotland, filled with myth, romance, mystery, and extremely sexy scenes, this novella is definitely worth picking up. There's also quite a bit of scenes that are funny and touching. There was never a moment that I wasn't smiling, laughing, or in tears. I found myself wanting to research Selkies and Finman even more after finishing the story. The ending alone is worth ten stars, I nearly bawled like a baby because it was so beautiful. Calan Kirk, yes it makes me think of Star Trek and there is a joke about the show, stole my heart the moment he entered the story. I knew right away that I had to add him to my list of fictional loves- at the top, no less. This mostly immortal man is as charming and handsome as he is strong. He's everything a woman could want in a man (including a sexy accent), complete with a hearty appetite- for more than just food. Maggie, the mortal, has hit rock bottom. She's lost everything and doesn't know anything except that she's been dreaming about a gorgeous man and a seal. When the pair meets the chemistry is absolutely explosive. They both fight their feelings for each other for a bit, so the fire grows even hotter! There are several other great characters in the story. I loved the glimpse at all of Calan's family, and adored his oldest brother and his wife. They're such a cute couple. This story is captivating, beautiful, and erotic. It's a quick read, but one that is endlessly entertaining and one that I can see myself reading again. It packs quite a punch for being 160 pages. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great, unique story in the paranormal romance genre. I really hope that Rosanna writes more about her sexy Selkie men! I'll be waiting eagerly! ...more Shelves: paranormal-romance , fantacy , erotic Cute & Sweet! This was a very enjoyable read. I fell in love with the characters and the story immediately. My heart went out to Maggie as she goes through hell dealing with her share of low life losers of men, losing her job, and then with her grandmother dying. I admired her for her strength and endurance as an independent woman dealing with all the tragedy in her life. Calan the selkie was to die for - he was a total package of dreams, desires, and soul melting magical catch. The dude had m Cute & Sweet! This was a very enjoyable read. I fell in love with the characters and the story immediately. My heart went out to Maggie as she goes through hell dealing with her share of low life losers of men, losing her job, and then with her grandmother dying. I admired her for her strength and endurance as an independent woman dealing with all the tragedy in her life. Calan the selkie was to die for - he was a total package of dreams, desires, and soul melting magica |
What valuable commodities were called as 'sweat of the sun' and 'tears of the moon' by the Incas? | Inca Civilization - Ancient History Encyclopedia Inca Civilization by Mark Cartwright published on 15 September 2014 The Inca civilization flourished in ancient Peru between c. 1400 and 1533 CE, and their empire eventually extended across western South America from Quito in the north to Santiago in the south, making it the largest empire ever seen in the Americas and the largest in the world at that time. Undaunted by the often harsh Andean environment, the Incas conquered people and exploited landscapes in such diverse settings as plains, mountains, deserts, and tropical jungle. Famed for their unique art and architecture, they constructed finely-built and imposing buildings wherever they conquered, and their spectacular adaptation of natural landscapes with terracing, highways, and mountaintop settlements continues to impress modern visitors at such world famous sites as Machu Picchu . Historical Overview As with other ancient Americas cultures, the historical origins of the Incas are difficult to disentangle from the founding myths they themselves created. According to legend, in the beginning, the creator god Viracocha came out of the Pacific Ocean, and when he arrived at Lake Titicaca , he created the sun and all ethnic groups. These first people were buried by the god and only later did they emerge from springs and rocks (sacred pacarinas) back into the world. The Incas, specifically, were brought into existence at Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) from the sun god Inti , hence, they regarded themselves as the chosen few, the 'Children of the Sun', and the Inca ruler was Inti's representative and embodiment on earth. In another version of the creation myth, the first Incas came from a sacred cave known as Tampu T'oqo or 'The House of Windows', which was located at Pacariqtambo, the 'Inn of Dawn', south of Cuzco . The first pair of humans were Manco Capac (or Manqo Qhapaq) and his sister (also his wife) Mama Oqllu (or Ocllo). Three more brother-sister siblings were born, and the group set off together to found their civilization . Defeating the Chanca people with the help of stone warriors (pururaucas), the first Incas finally settled in the Valley of Cuzco and Manco Capac, throwing a golden rod into the ground, established what would become the Inca capital, Cuzco. Advertisement 40,000 Incas governed a territory with 10 million subjects speaking over 30 different languages. More concrete archaeological evidence has revealed that the first settlements in the Cuzco Valley actually date to 4500 BCE when hunter-gather communities occupied the area. However, Cuzco only became a significant centre sometime at the beginning of the Late Intermediate Period (1000-1400 CE). A process of regional unification began from the late 14th century CE, and from the early 15th century CE, with the arrival of the first great Inca leader Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui ('Reverser of the World') and the defeat of the Chanca in 1438 CE, the Incas began to expand in search of plunder and production resources, first to the south and then in all directions. They eventually built an empire which stretched across the Andes, conquering such peoples as the Lupaka, Colla, Chimor , and Wanka civilizations along the way. Once established, a nationwide system of tax and administration was instigated which consolidated the power of Cuzco. The rise of the Inca Empire was spectacularly quick. First, all speakers of the Inca language Quechua (or Runasimi) were given privileged status, and this noble class then dominated all the important roles within the empire. Thupa Inca Yupanqui (also known as Topa Inca), Pachacuti 's successor from 1471 CE, is credited with having expanded the empire by a massive 4,000 km (2,500 miles). The Incas themselves called their empire Tawantinsuyo (or Tahuantinsuyu) meaning 'Land of the Four Quarters' or 'The Four Parts Together'. Cuzco was considered the navel of the world, and radiating out were highways and sacred sighting lines (ceques) to each quarter: Chinchaysuyu (north), Antisuyu (east), Collasuyu (south), and Cuntisuyu (west). Spreadi |
"What monument was described by the poet Rabindranath Tagore as ""a teardrop on the cheek of time""?" | The Taj Mahal, a 'teardrop on the cheek of time' Search The Taj Mahal, a 'teardrop on the cheek of time' The most important tourist destination in India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, the Taj Mahal continues to fascinate us with its beauty, serenity and magnificence. September 24, 2010 by hellomagazine.com The most important tourist destination in India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, the Taj Mahal continues to fascinate us with its beauty, serenity and magnificence. Women in bright saris, half-naked holy men, and camel trains... the setting of this splendid mausoleum has changed little down through the centuries, and the Taj Mahal is surrounded by a timeless aura of magic. The monument was built by the Muslim Emperor Shah Jahan, of the Mughal dynasty, in memory of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal who gave him fourteen children, but died in the last childbirth. Disconsolate at her death, the shah ordered construction of the Taj Mahal as a posthumous gift and lasting monument to his love. Begun in 1631, it is set on the banks of the Yamuna, in the city of Agra, and the complex of buildings and surrounding gardens were not finished until 1654. The architectural style is a combination of Persian, Islamic and Indian; the white marble walls are decorated with calligraphy and carvings and set with jewels. It is said that 20,000 workers toiled for over 20 years on this monument to love, to fulfil the promise of a bereaved husband and the obsession of a powerful ruler. As the sun sinks and twilight clothes the unmistakable silhouette of columns and domes, no better phrase comes to mind than that of Rabindranath Tagore, who described the Taj Mahal as: "A teardrop on the cheek of time." Use the left and right arrow keys to view the images |
"When this great artist was once criticized for creating unrealistic art, he asked his accuser ""Can you show me some realistic art?"" The man showed him a photograph of his wife. The artist observed: ""So your wife is two inches tall, two-dimensional, with no arms and no legs, and no colour but only shades of gray?"" Who is this artist who went through a 'Blue Period' and a 'Rose Period'?" | Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso 2007 Schools Wikipedia Selection . Related subjects: Artists Pablo Picasso ( October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor . One of the most recognized figures in 20th century art , he is best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism . It has been estimated that Picasso produced about 13,500 paintings or designs, 100,000 prints or engravings, 34,000 book illustrations and 300 sculptures or ceramics. Career Early life An 1896 self-portrait. Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain , the first child of José Ruiz y Blasco and María Picasso y López. Picasso's father was Jose Ruíz, a painter whose specialty was the naturalistic depiction of birds, and who for most of his life was also a professor of art at the School of Crafts and a curator of a local museum. The young Picasso showed a passion and a skill for drawing from an early age; according to his mother, his first word was "piz," a shortening of lapiz, the Spanish word for pencil. It was from his father that Picasso had his first formal academic art training, such as figure drawing and painting in oil. Although Picasso attended carpenter schools throughout his childhood, often those where his father taught, he never finished his college-level course of study at the Academy of Arts (Academia de San Fernando) in Madrid , leaving after less than a year. Personal life Picasso's friend Gertrude Stein, who had more than 80 sittings for this 1906 portrait. In the early years of the twentieth century, Picasso, still a struggling youth, began a long term relationship with Fernande Olivier. It is she who appears in many of the Rose period paintings. After garnering fame and some fortune, Picasso left Olivier for Marcelle Humbert, whom Picasso called Eva. Picasso included declarations of his love for Eva in many Cubist works. In Paris , Picasso entertained a distinguished coterie of friends in the Montmartre and Montparnasse quarters, including André Breton, Guillaume Apollinaire, and writer Gertrude Stein. He maintained a number of mistresses in addition to his wife or primary partner. Picasso was married twice and had four children by three women. In 1918, Picasso married Olga Khokhlova, a ballerina with Sergei Diaghilev's troupe, for whom Picasso was designing a ballet, Parade, in Rome. Khokhlova introduced Picasso to high society, formal dinner parties, and all the social niceties attendant on the life of the rich in 1920s Paris. The two had a son, Paulo, who would grow up to be a dissolute motorcycle racer and chauffeur to his father. Khokhlova's insistence on social propriety clashed with Picasso's bohemian tendencies and the two lived in a state of constant conflict. In 1927 Picasso met 17 year old Marie-Thérèse Walter and began a secret affair with her. Picasso's marriage to Khokhlova soon ended in separation rather than divorce, as French law required an even division of property in the case of divorce, and Picasso did not want Khokhlova to have half his wealth. The two remained legally married until Khokhlova's death in 1955. Picasso carried on a long-standing affair with Walter and fathered a daughter, Maia, with her. Marie-Thérèse lived in the vain hope that Picasso would one day marry her, and hanged herself four years after Picasso's death. The photographer and painter Dora Maar was also a constant companion and lover of Picasso. The two were closest in the late 1930s and early 1940s and it was Maar who documented the painting of Guernica. From left to right, Manuel Ortiz de Zárate, Henri-Pierre Roché (in uniform), Marie Vassilieff, Max Jacob and Pablo Picasso (1915). After the liberation of Paris in 1944, Picasso began to keep company with a young art student, Françoise Gilot. The two eventually became lovers, and had two children together, Claude, and Paloma. Unique among Picasso's women, Gilot left Picasso in 1953, allegedly because of abusive treatment and infidelities. This came as a severe blow to Picasso. He went through a difficult period after Gilot's departure, coming to terms with his a |
What measures 15 feet × 29 ft and can be found in the back halls of a dining hall at the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy? | picture of the last supper painting 100222: The Last Supper picture of the last supper painting 100222 We study and provide oil painting production of the last supper painting. Thursday, September 27, 2007 The Last Supper The last supper painting The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess, Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as narrated in the Gospel of John 01:21, when Jesus announces that one of his twelve disciples would betray him. The painting is one of the most well known and valued in the world; unlike many other valuable paintings, however, it has never been privately owned because it cannot be moved easily. Composition and meaning The original painting measures 460 × 880 centimeters (15 feet × 29 ft) and can be found in the back halls of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. The theme was a traditional one for refectories, but Leonardo's interpretation gave it much greater realism and depth. The lunettes above the main painting, formed by the triple arched ceiling of the refectory, are painted with Sforza coats-of-arms. The opposite wall of the refectory is covered by a Crucifixion fresco by Donato Montorfano, to which Leonardo added figures of the Sforza family in tempera. (These figures have deteriorated in much the same way as has The Last Supper.) Leonardo began work on The Last Supper in 1495 and completed it in 1498—however, he did not work on the piece continuously throughout this period. The Last Supper specifically portrays the reaction given by each apostle when Jesus said one of them would betray him. All twelve apostles have different reactions to the news, with various degrees of anger and shock. From left to right: Bartholomew, James, son of Alphaeus and Andrew form a group of three, all are surprised. Judas Iscariot, Peter and John form another group of three. Judas is wearing green and blue and is in shadow, looking rather withdrawn and taken aback by the sudden revelation of his plan. He is clutching a small bag, perhaps signifying the silver given to him as payment to betray Jesus, or perhaps a reference to his role within the 12 disciples as treasurer. He is not the only person to have his elbow on the table; the painting also shows Jude Thaddeus with his elbow on the table, traditionally a sign of bad manners. Peter looks angry and is holding a knife pointed away from Christ, perhaps foreshadowing his violent reaction in Gethsemane during Jesus' arrest. The youngest apostle, John, appears to swoon. Thomas, James, son of Zebedee and Philip are the next group of three. Thomas is clearly upset; James the Greater looks stunned, with his arms in the air. Meanwhile, Philip appears to be requesting some explanation. Matthew, Jude Thaddeus and Simon the Zealot are the final group of three. Both Jude Thaddeus and Matthew are turned toward Simon, perhaps to find out if he has any answer to their initial questions. These names are all agreed upon by art historians. In the 19th century, a manuscript (The Notebooks Leonardo Da Vinci pg. 232) was found with their names; before this only Judas, Peter, John and Jesus were positively identified. In common with other depictions of The Last Supper from this period, Leonardo adopts the convention of seating the diners on one side of the table, so that none of them have their backs to us. However, most previous depictions had typically excluded Judas by placing him alone on the opposite side of the table from the other eleven disciples and Jesus. Another technique commonly used was placing halos around all the disciples except Judas. Leonardo creates a more dramatic and realistic effect by having Judas lean back into shadow. He also creates a realistic and psychologically engaging means to explain why Judas takes the bread at the same time as Jesus, just after Jesus has predicted that this is what his betrayer will do. Jesus is shown saying this to Sain |
What is the name of the ritual practiced by some Bedouin tribes for the purpose of lie detection in which the accused is asked to lick a hot object? | AboutForsyth.com • View topic - NEW A/F INDEX CATEGORY ?? NEW A/F INDEX CATEGORY ?? NEW A/F INDEX CATEGORY ?? by Relentless » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:02 pm Well Big Doggie (chomp chomp), it is beginning to look like one of our commissioners may be coming very close to earning the distinction of being featured in his own category on the About Forsyth Index page. Maybe a contest would be in order to name this category. Bisha'a Wikipedia Bisha'a or Bisha (the ordeal by fire, trial by fire or fire test) is a ritual practiced today by some Bedouin tribes of the Judean, Negev and Sinai deserts for the purpose of lie detection. The basic ritual consists of the accused being asked to lick a hot metal object (spoon, ladle, rod, etc.) thrice. He is provided with water for rinsing after the ceremony. He is then inspected by the official who presides over the ceremony - the Mubesha (or Mubasha) and by the designated witnesses of the ritual. If the person undergoing the ritual is found to have a scarred or burnt tongue, it is concluded that he was lying. The Howeitat Bedouin call this ritual "the true light of God". Re: NEW A/F INDEX CATEGORY ?? by MAD JAX » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:23 am Whew, talk about the Riot Act! I only agree that things haven't exactly gone as perhaps SOME have expected since the elections of 2008. Now I just have to ask: Hindsight being 20-20, in objectively regarding the Global Assessment of Function of the standing Forsyth County district 4 commissioner for his actions, as well as those of his appointees: Are we better off today for having replaced (former) district 4 commissioner Dave Richard? "Impossible" is a degree of difficulty set by imagination for lack of motivation. |
Western Red Cedar trees are typically used by the indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America to carve what distinctive artifacts? | Totem Poles Totem Poles House frontal poles outside the Haida Heritage Centre, Kaay Llnagay, BC. Photo (c) 2010, Robyn Hanson. What are totem poles? Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest, and would be erected to be visible within a community. Most totem poles display beings, or crest animals, marking a family�s lineage and validating the powerful rights and privileges that the family held. Totem poles would not necessarily tell a story so much as it would serve to document stories and histories familiar to community members or particular family or clan members. A totem pole typically features symbolic and stylized human, animal, and supernatural forms.1 Totem poles are primarily visual representations of kinship, depicting family crests and clan membership. For example, some Kwakwaka'wakw families of northern Vancouver Island belonging to the Thunderbird Clan will feature a Thunderbird crest and familial legends on their poles. Other common crests among coastal First Nations include the wolf, eagle, grizzly bear, thunderbird, killer whale, frog, raven, and salmon.2 Wealthy and influential families may have more than one crest. Totem poles can also be created to honour a particular event or important person. Of all the material culture produced by coastal First Nations, the totem pole is likely one of the most recognizable cultural symbols of the Pacific Northwest. The array of different totem pole styles and designs reflect the rich diversity of the First Nations histories and cultures that produced them. This section will explore the meaning and purpose of totem poles, how they are constructed, stylistic variations, and their significance in cultural revitalization initiatives among First Nations. Pole types Most totem poles stand between 3 to 18 metres tall, although some can reach over 20 metres in height.3 Different types of totem poles are erected to serve various architectural and ceremonial purposes. Most longhouses had house posts, carved with human or animal forms, to support the main beams of the building. Similarly, some longhouses featured a house frontal pole, which would be located at the main entrance and often contained an opening for passage into the house. Mortuary poles, which contained the remains of the deceased in grave boxes, served as both a tomb and a headstone. Likewise, a memorial or commemorative pole was often created to honour an important deceased person, usually by his or her successor. Memorial poles tend to be the tallest type of pole, particularly among the Tsimshian of the Nass and Skeena Rivers in central British Columbia. Less commonly, some First Nations carved �shame poles� to ridicule neighbouring groups who had unpaid debts. Shame poles were more common in the nineteenth century, but today, some First Nations erect these poles as a form of protest against the loss of Aboriginal territory or for other political grievances. One well-known shame pole, which stands in Cordova, Alaska, was carved by Tlingit fisherman Mike Webber to protest the environmental disaster and political mishandling of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.4 The totem pole designs that most people recognize today were, for the most part, developed in the last 200 years.5 Most historians and other experts agree that totem pole carving did not reach its peak until the nineteenth century, when many coastal First Nations were involved in the fish and fur trade with Europeans. During this time, coastal First Nations acquired new tools that enabled them to construct more elaborate poles. Most poles, even though they are made from rot-resistant cedar, last only about a hundred years before they begin to disintegrate.6 This disintegration is recognized as a natural part of a pole�s life cycle. Carving a pole Carving a totem pole requires not only artistic skill, but an i |
What is the name of the water management system developed in ancient Persia that is used to provide a reliable supply of water in hot and arid climates? | QANATS_OF_IRAN.wmv - YouTube QANATS_OF_IRAN.wmv Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 23, 2011 A qanat (from Arabic: قنات) or kareez (from Persian: كاريز) is a water management system used to provide a reliable supply of water to human settlements or for irrigation in hot, arid and semi-arid climates. The technology is known to have developed in ancient Persia, and then spread to other cultures, especially along the Silk Road as far east as China as well as by Arabic cultures as far west as Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula. Qanats are constructed as a series of well-like vertical shafts, connected by gently sloping tunnels. This technique: Taps into a subterranean water in a manner that efficiently delivers large quantities of water to the surface without need for pumping. The water drains relying on gravity, with the destination lower than the source, which is typically an upland aquifer. Allows water to be transported long distances in hot dry climates without losing a large proportion of the source water to seepage and evaporation. It is very common in the construction of a qanat for the water source to be found below ground at the foot of a range of foothills of mountains, where the water table is closest to the surface. From this point, the slope of the qanat is maintained closer to level than the surface above, until the water finally flows out of the qanat above ground. To reach an underground aquifer qanats must often be of extreme length. The qanat technology was used most extensively in areas with the following characteristics: An absence of larger rivers with year-round flows sufficient to support irrigation. Proximity of potentially fertile areas to precipitation-rich mountains or mountain ranges. Arid climate with its high surface evaporation rates so that surface reservoirs and canals would result in high losses An aquifer at the potentially fertile area which is too deep for convenient use of simple wells. |
What breed of dog was a favored imperial pet in ancient China? | Pekingese - Dog Breed Reviews - Dogs.com.au ARTICLES PEKINGESE Pekingese or Pekinese is an ancient breed of toy dog, originating in China. They were the favored pet of the Chinese Imperial court, and the name relates to the city of Beijing where the Forbidden City resides. The breed has several characteristics and health issues related to its unique appearance. These dogs are also called Dogs of Foo (or Fu) by the Chinese, and how much they are revered can be seen in the number of Chinese artworks depicting them. They were considered a guardian spirit as they resembled Chinese lions. History The breed originated in China in antiquity, in the city of Peking most likely from Asian wolves. Another theory proposed by Professor Ludvic von Schulmuth is that the "Gobi Desert Kitchen Midden Dog", a scavenger, evolved into the "Small Soft-Coated Drop-Eared Hunting Dog". From this dog evolved the Pekingese, Tibetan Spaniel, and Japanese Chin. The Professor studied canine origins by studying the skeletal remains of dogs found in human settlements as long as ten thousand years ago and believed different branches of this "Kitchen Midden Dog" also gave rise to the Papillon and Long haired Chihuahua, as well as the Shih Tzu and the Pug. Recent DNA analysis confirms that the Pekingese breed is one of the oldest breeds of dog. For centuries, they could be owned only by members of the Chinese Imperial Palace. During the Second Opium War, in 1860, the Forbidden City was invaded by Allied troops. The Emperor Xianfeng had fled with all of his court. However an elderly aunt of the emperor remained. When the 'foreign devils' entered, she committed suicide. She was found with her five Pekingese mourning her passing. They were removed by the Allies before the Old Summer Palace was burnt. Lord John Hay took a pair, later called 'Schloff', and 'Hytien' and gave them to his sister, the Duchess of Wellington, wife of Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington. Sir George Fitzroy took another pair, and gave them to his cousins, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon. Lieutenant Dunne presented the fifth Pekingese to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, who named it Looty. The Empress Dowager Cixi presented Pekingese to several Americans, including John Pierpont Morgan and Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, who named it Manchu. The first Pekingese in Ireland was introduced by Dr. Heuston. He established smallpox vaccination clinics in China. The effect was dramatic. In gratitude, the Chinese minister, Li Hung Chang presented him with a pair of Pekingese. They were named Chang and Lady Li. Dr. Heuston founded the Greystones kennel. Appearance The Pekingese breed is over 2000 years old and has hardly changed in all that time. One exception is that modern breeders and dog-show judges seem to prefer the long-haired type over the more-traditional spaniel-type coat. All breed standards allow all sorts of color combinations. The most common is gold; this is the color of the majority of Pekingese exhibited. Although the breed once came in a variety of colours, the majority of Pekingese are gold, red or sable. Light gold, cream, black, white, sables, black and tan and occasionally 'blue' or slate grey have appeared in the breed. The latter often has poor pigment and light eyes. Albino Pekingese (white with pink eyes) should be bred cautiously due to health problems that have been associated with albinism. The Chinese bred them to be companions to the Emperor of China and his ladies and eunuchs. They have short legs that are bowed. It is said that this was done to discourage wandering. However, they can and will keep up with the big dogs when allowed. The bowed legs makes their walk, run, or trot quite striking. The juvenile appearance of the Pekingese has been attributed to the artificial, perhaps inadvertent, paedomorphosis of an "ancestral" form of the dog through breeding. Pekes weigh from 7 to 14 pounds (3-6 kg) and stand about 6-9 inches (15-23 cm) at the withers. Temperament These dogs can be stubborn and jealous. Do not ex |
What is the correct term for a tomb or monument erected in honor of those whose remains are elsewhere? | Congressional Cemetery Government Lots - National Cemetery Administration National Cemetery Administration Button to subscribe to email Find a Cemetery VA » National Cemetery Administration » Congressional Cemetery Government Lots National Cemetery Administration Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visitation Hours: Open daily from sunrise to sunset. BURIAL SPACE The National Cemetery Administration lots in this cemetery are closed to new interments. ELIGIBILITY Burial in a national cemetery is open to all members of the armed forces who have met a minimum active duty service requirement and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. A Veteran’s spouse, widow or widower, minor dependent children, and under certain conditions, unmarried adult children with disabilities may also be eligible for burial. Eligible spouses and children may be buried even if they predecease the Veteran. Members of the reserve components of the armed forces who die while on active duty or who die while on training duty, or were eligible for retired pay, may also be eligible for burial. For more information visit our eligibility web page . DIRECTIONS FROM NEAREST AIRPORT From Baltimore National Cemetery take Interstate 95 South to Interstate 495 South to Richmond to Interstate 295 Baltimore Washington Parkway to Capitol Road. (RFK Stadium Exit) to 17 Street and turn left. Travel approximately one mile, turn left and cemetery will be on the right. SCHEDULE A BURIAL Fax all discharge documentation to the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 1-866-900-6417 and follow-up with a phone call to 1-800-535-1117. GENERAL INFORMATION The private and community cemeteries that contain NCA soldiers and government lots, and Confederate cemeteries, do not always have staffed offices on site. When administrative information for the larger cemetery is available, it is provided below. Congressional Cemetery Website: www.congressionalcemetery.org NOTE: Link will take you outside the VA website. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked website. These government lots are overseen by the Baltimore National Cemetery . Please contact the national cemetery for more information. For educational materials and additional information on this cemetery, please visit the Education section , located below. FLORAL/GROUNDS POLICY Cemetery policies are conspicuously posted and readily visible to the public. Floral arrangements accompanying the casket or urn at the time of burial will be placed on the completed grave. Natural cut flowers may be placed on graves at any time of the year. They will be removed when they become unsightly or when it becomes necessary to facilitate cemetery operations such as mowing. Artificial flowers and potted plants will be permitted on graves during periods when their presence will not interfere with grounds maintenance. As a general rule, artificial flowers and potted plants will be allowed on graves for a period extending 10 days before through 10 days after Easter Sunday and Memorial Day. Christmas wreaths, grave blankets and other seasonal adornments may be placed on graves from Dec. 1 through Jan. 20. They may not be secured to headstones or markers. WEAPONS POLICY VA regulations 38 CFR 1.218 prohibit the carrying of firearms (either openly or concealed), explosives or other dangerous or deadly weapons while on VA property, except for official purposes, such as military funeral honors. Possession of firearms on any property under the charge and control of VA is prohibited. Offenders may be subject to a fine, removal from the premises, or arrest. HISTORICAL INFORMATION Established in 1807, Congressional Cemetery is located in the southeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., overlooking the Anacostia River. The National Cemetery Administration has jurisdiction over 806 burial plots located throughout the larger cemetery, including some of the oldest and most significant historic resources maintained by the agency |
In the US, baseball parks are often designed so that the batter is facing east, in order that the afternoon sun does not shine in his eyes. This means that left-handed pitchers are always throwing from a particular direction. What term for a left-hander originated from this practice? | Justin Masterson News Archive | Baseball-Reference.com Get RSS Feed for News Items News -- January 2017 1-18 Gammons Daily: Newberg: Tyson Ross, and rarity. : The Rangers agreed to terms on a pillow contract with Ian Desmond last year on February 29, the rarest of dates, and both the ... 1-8 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Jake Arrieta : Over the next few days, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on my arbitration ... 1-1 MLBTradeRumors: 3 Remaining Needs: AL Central : To set the stage for the remainder of the offseason, weâll take a look at the most pressing remaining needs of every team in ... News -- December 2016 12-23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: December 23, 1978 : Victor Martinez is born in Bolivar, Venezuela. The former Cleveland catcher, first baseman, and designated hitter was signed in ... 12-22 : Stephen Strasburg & Game Score : (Photo cred: AP) Did everyone see Stephen Strasburg‘s debut on Tuesday? If you didn’t you missed a truly historic ... 12-7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Can Provide Valuable Lessons for Pirates Shopping McCutchen : One of the first pieces I wrote for this website was about the Pirates turning the corner after 18 years of futility and doing ... News -- November 2016 11-28 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Sale, Ramos, Marlins, Mets : The Nationals are in a strong position to make a move for White Sox ace Chris Sale, opines ESPN’s Buster Olney (Insider ... 11-26 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo’s Latest: CBA, V-Mart, Encarnacion, Cespedes, Chapman, Nats, Marlins : Major League Baseball’s owners and players might not agree to a new collective bargaining agreement before the Dec. 1 expiration ... 11-23 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Pirates, Cardinals, Twins : The Pirates have not discussed an extension with manager Clint Hurdle, Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review writes. ... 11-22 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Rumors: Wieters, Beltran, Dunn, Masterson : Matt Wieters’ poor ratings in terms of pitch-framing are weighing down his market, writes ESPN’s Buster Olney (ESPN ... 11-18 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman’s Latest: Bautista, Encarnacion, Castro, Heyward, Anibal : The Blue Jays are not showing any interest in rekindling talks with Jose Bautista, Jon Heyman of Fan Rag reports in his latest ... 11-9 Pirates Breakdown: Pittsburgh Pirates 2016 Minor League Free Agents Announced : The Pirates 2016 Minor League Free Agents were announced yesterday. Here is a look at each free agent. Minor league free agents ... News -- October 2016 10-11 Burning River Baseball: The 2016 Burning River Awards : The awards with the funny names are back as Burning River Baseball brings you our unofficially official Tribe team awards for ... News -- September 2016 9-9 Pirates Breakdown: Are Spot Starts in the Future for September Call Ups? : The Pittsburgh Pirates youth movement amongst their pitching staff is in full effect. The rosters expanding from 25 to 40 has ... 9-7 Pirates Breakdown: Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Report 9-7-16 : Here is our weekly look at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League System. The past week featured: The Altoona Curve ... News -- August 2016 8-31 Pirates Breakdown: Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Report 8-31-16 : Here is our weekly look at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League System. The past week featured: The Bradenton Marauders ... 8-25 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Columbus Clippers Clinch Third Straight International League West Crown : On Wednesday, Columbus reliever Cody Anderson struck out the Indianapolis Indiansâ Austin Meadows swinging to strike out the ... 8-24 Pirates Breakdown: Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Report 8-24-16 : Here is our weekly look at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League System. The past week featured:  Josh Bell was called ... 8-17 Pirates Breakdown: Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League Report 8-17-16 : Here is our weekly look at each level of the Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League System. The past week featured: |
The Temple of the Tooth which houses the only surviving relic of Buddha (a tooth) is located in the city of Kandy in which Asian country? | Temple of the Tooth Relic (Dalada Maligawa) | AmazingLanka.com (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5) Loading... An artists impression of Dalada Maligawa from ‘An Account of the Interior of Ceylon’ by John Davy published in 1821 Kandy was the capital of the Singhalese Kings from 1592 to 1815. Fortified by a terrain of mountains and the difficult approach Kandy managed to operate in independence from Dutch, Portuguese and the English till 1815. The city is a world heritage site declared by UNESCO, in part due to this temple. The Sri Dalada Maligawa or The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a temple in the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka. It was built within the royal palace complex which houses the one of the two surviving relic of the tooth of Buddha, an object of veneration for Buddhists. The other tooth relic is believed to be enshrined in a stupa called Somawathi Chethiya . Dalada Maligawa with the clouds wall running around it Pallemaluwa of the Temple and the daily rituals Pathirippuwa of the Dalada Maligawa with the clouds wall running around it “Maha Vahalkada”, the main entrance to the temple Pattirippuwa, where the king addressed his countrymen Inside Pattirippuwa – where the king addressed his countrymen The Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy, the temple which houses the Sacred Tooth Relic of The Buddha, is possibly the most sacred Buddhist shrine in the world. It is venerated not only by Buddhists in Sri Lanka but by Buddhists all over the world. King Wimaladharmasuriya I (1592 – 1603), the first to select Kandy as the ruling capital originally built a two storied Temple for the Relic and brought the tooth relic from Delgamuwa near Kuruwita in Sabaragamuwa which has been hidden for protection. Remains of this temple no longer exist. Wimaladharmasuriya II (1686 – 1706) built a three storied temple and his son king Viraparakrama Narendrasinha (1706 – 1738), the last Sinhalese king to rule the country, built a new two storied temple temple seeing that the old temple built by his father has decayed. The last king of Sri lanka, Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe (1797 – 1814) built the Pattirippuwa (the Octagon). Originally, the Pattirippuwa (octagon) was part of the royal palace. It was used by the king to address his follow countrymen. Today the Pattirippuwa has become a part of the temple and houses ancient textures written in ola leaves. The entrance to the temple complex is through the “Maha Vahalkada”. There are two walls on the sides of the “Vahalkada”. The outer wall is called “Walakulu Bamma” (wall of clouds). This same pattern is also used in the wall surrounding the Kandy lake. The inner wall is called “Diyareli Bamma” (wall of water ripples). Both these walls are built with holes to place oil lanterns during the night. Pallemaluwa of the Temple and the daily rituals (Photographer not known) Floral designs on the roof of the ground floor (pallemaluwa) The new stupa house The new image house (Photographer not known) View of Dalada Maligawa across the lake during day time After passing the “Vahalkada” and the moat, you come to a “Makara Thorana“. Next is the tunnel “ambarawa“. Passing this you come to the ground floor of the temple complex. The lower floor of the building called “pallemaluwa“. This inner chamber is fortified with a large wooden door and decorated with bronze and ivory. The area in front of the door is called the “Hevisi Mandapaya” (Drummers Courtyard) where the daily rituals are carried out. The tooth relic is kept in the upper floor in the chamber called “Vadahitina Maligawa” The door of this chamber is covered with gold silver and ivory. The tooth relic is encased in seven gold caskets studded with precious stones. The outer casket is studded by precious stones offered to the tooth relic by various rulers. John Davy’s sketch of the tooth relic (1817) On the right to the relic is the “Perahara Karanduwa” (relic chamber used in the annual Asala Mangalaya perahara procession) kept inside a bullet proof glass display. This has been donated by India. Over the relic chamber there is a golden lotus flower studded with p |
During the canonization process of the Roman Catholic Church, what was the lawyer who argued against the canonization of a candidate called? | John Paul II: The Pre-Pontifical Years The History of Canonization For many, even in the Church, the Catholic practice of beatifying and canonizing is an enigma. Why does the Church do it? How does the Church do it? What are the implications of being beatified, and of the further step of canonization? Scripturally First it should be noted that according to the testimony of Sacred Scripture every Christian is a saint. The Greek New Testament speaks in many places of the hagios ( Acts 9:32 ; Rom 15:25, 31 ; Eph 1:1 ; Col. 1:2 ; Jude 1:3 and others). The Latin Vulgate speaks of the sancti, which is rendered in some English translations as the saints and in others as the holy ones. As St. Peter tells Christians, "you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." The saints are set apart by God through baptism, filled with His divine life (the Kingdom of God within), and called to announce that Kingdom's presence in the world to the whole human race. Thus it is that in the Scriptural usage all of those baptized into Christ and in the state of grace can rightly be called saints. Early Church Martyrs In another sense, stricter and more technical, the saints are those in whom Christ's victory over sin, the devil and death has not just begun, as it has in us, but has been completed. This is the case when the wayfaring state of earthy life is concluded and the holiness of life attained in the pilgrim's state is realized perfectly in heaven. Even while saying that no one is truly good but God ( Mt 19:17 ), Christ called us to the perfection of goodness, of holiness, "be perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect" ( Mt 5:48 , Mt 19:21 ; Col. 4:12 , James 1:4 ), since nothing imperfect will enter into heaven ( Rev 21:27 ). The early Church understood that only the Christian who followed Christ perfectly would go immediately into the heavenly Jerusalem. Others would enter the purifying fires of purgatory "to be made perfect," from which they would not depart until they had "paid the last penny" ( Mt 5:26 , 1 Cor 3:13, 15 ). Since perfection was conformity to Christ in His death, a process begun at baptism, the martyr (literally, witness) for Christ was seen to have achieved the goal. Thus, during the age of persecution (from Pentecost to 311 AD) esteem for those Christians who had been killed in hatred of the faith (in odium fidei) lead Christians to extol their example of heroic witness to Christ, to guard and preserve their relics (the trophies of victory over death), and to celebrate the anniversary of their birthday into eternal life. The Circular Letter of the Church of Smyrna on the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp (155 AD) illustrates this esteem perfectly. We have at last gathered his bones, which are dearer to us than priceless gems and purer than gold, and laid them to rest where it was befitting they should lie. And if it be possible for us to assemble again, may God grant us to celebrate the birthday of his martyrdom with gladness, thus to recall the memory of those who fought in the glorious combat, and to teach and strengthen by his example, those who shall come after us. Finally, the greatest tribute of honor that could be rendered to the martyr was to have his or her name mentioned in the Canon (or Eucharistic Prayer) of the Mass, accompanying the Lord in His Redemptive Sacrifice. This was done on their feast day, the day of their entry into eternal life. The Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer 1) retains the eloquent testimony of the Roman Church for the Mother of the Lord, for the apostles, and the most significant martyrs of Rome and Italy. In union with the whole Church ...we honor Mary ... Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude; we honor Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian." (Communicates) For ourselves, too, we ask some share i |
What word meaning a person devoted to luxury is derived from the name of an ancient Greek city that was noted for the pleasure-seeking habits of its inhabitants? | What in the world is a Sybarite?brettVdesignblog. The tag line for my blog is "design for the modern day sybarite." What's a sybarite you say? Please, let me explain :: sybarite \SIB-uh-ryt\, noun: A person devoted to luxury and pleasure. Sybarite is derived from Sybaris, an ancient Greek city noted for the luxurious, pleasure-seeking habits of many of its inhabitants. Sybarite is derived from Sybaris, an ancient Greek city noted for the luxurious, pleasure-seeking habits of many of its inhabitants. Luxury is derived from the latin word “lussos,” meaning light but luxury itself doesn’t have a specific definition, it’s more of a personal concept. Luxury does not have to necessarily mean excess and conspicuous consumption. It can mean walking barefoot on a fluffy rug just as much as luxury can refer to the exquisite antique dining room chairs you found at the puces on your last trip to Paris. Luxury is about individuality -- people are becoming less affected by trends and the “must-haves,” and the idea of luxury is becoming more about uniqueness, like bespoke, limited edition (this includes antique and vintage items) or custom designs. I love luxury. I am convinced that luxury is part of what makes us human, that it brings us beauty and pleasure...It is inspiration and aspiration, something taught and something learned — an evolving appreciation of good, better, best. — Jeffrey Bilhuber |
The name of American businessman and ex-CEO of Union Carbide Warren Anderson who died in Sep, 2014 is associated with the industrial disaster of which city? | Warren Anderson escapes the horror of déjà vu of the Bhopal gas tragedy play out on screens in the US - The American Bazaar Warren Anderson escapes the horror of déjà vu of the Bhopal gas tragedy play out on screens in the US Anderson, 92, died on Sep. 29th in Florida. By Sujeet Rajan NEW YORK: It would have been a chance for Warren Anderson, the former chairman and chief executive of Union Carbide, considered a fugitive and absconder in India, to finally see the horrors of the Bhopal Gas tragedy play out in front of him, like he must have played out in his mind hundreds of times before. Warren Anderson As to what transpired that fateful night 30 years ago, on December 2-3, 1984, when more than 10,000 people died in the most lethal industrial disaster in history, and for tens of thousands of more people and their families, it was the beginning of slow cancerous death after being exposed to poisonous gases emanating from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. But Anderson has been spared of a déjà vu of the horror. He will not be amongst the people who will get to see the massive tragedy that has forever scarred a city, come alive on theater screens when the film Bhopal – A Prayer for Rain, starring Martin Sheen, Kal Penn, and Mischa Barton, makes its worldwide premiere in New York City on November 7, and then in additional cities in the US. The film will make its debut in India a month later. Anderson died on September 29th at a nursing home in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 92. His death was not announced by his family, but was noticed after a local daily listed it. The secrecy surrounding his death is not surprising, considering that he had warded off extradition to India with the help of the US government for almost three decades, and lived a quiet life shuffling with his wife between homes in Vero Beach; Greenwich, Connecticut; and Bridgehampton, New York, escaping being served notices to appear in court in the US for the deaths in Bhopal. Anderson, whose first job was with Union Carbide, stayed with the company for his entire career, becoming the president and chief operating officer in 1979, and chairman and CEO in 1982. When he took over, the company had 700 plants in around 40 countries. Then came Bhopal. The methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas that released from the Union Carbide plant exposed more than half a million people, and apart from the more than 10,000 people who died, left an estimated 40,000 individuals permanently disabled. It changed Anderson’s life. He resigned from the company in 1986. Four days after the Bhopal gas tragedy, he went to India, but was immediately arrested. He bailed out, however, and once back in the US, never went back to India to face trial, despite repeated requests from the Indian government. Eventually, Union Carbide was sued by the Government of India and agreed to an out-of-court settlement of $470 million in 1989, but for most people, the chief culprit, Anderson, who they believed was the man responsible for lack of maintenance and poor safety standards at the plant that led to the tragedy, escaped without punishment. In an interview with The New York Times five months after the tragedy, Anderson spoke of his feelings of loss and helplessness. “You wake up in the morning thinking, can it have occurred?” he said. “And then you know it has and you know it’s something you’re going to have to struggle with for a long time.” The Times reported that Anderson couldn’t sleep after the Bhopal tragedy. At one point he holed up for a week at a hotel in Stamford, Connecticut. He and his wife, Lillian, spent evenings reading newspaper articles about the tragedy to each other. When they went to restaurants, he was afraid to be seen laughing because people “might not think it was appropriate,” he told The Times. He told The Associated Press in another interview that he was determined to find something positive in the darkness. Although he acknowledged that “people look at me and think I’m out of my mind to say that this may be a good event,” he envisioned the disaster leading to |
Who is the Italian statistician who published a 1912 paper on the income distribution of a nation's citizens and who has now given his name to a measurement of inequality? | Gini index - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Gini index Wikis Gini index: Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics (Redirected to Gini coefficient article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gini-coefficient world map The Gini coefficient is a measure of statistical dispersion developed by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini and published in his 1912 paper "Variability and Mutability" ( Italian : Variabilità e mutabilità). It is commonly used as a measure of inequality of income or wealth . It has, however, also found application in the study of inequalities in disciplines as diverse as health science , ecology , and chemistry . Contents Definition Graphical representation of the Gini coefficient. The graph shows that while the Gini is technically equal to the area marked 'A' divided by the sum of the areas marked 'A' and 'B' (that is, Gini = A/(A+B)), it is also equal to 2*A, since A+B = 0.5 since the axes scale from 0 to 1, and the total surface of the graph therefore equals 1. The Gini coefficient is usually defined mathematically based on the Lorenz curve (below). It can be thought of as the ratio of the area that lies between the line of equality and the Lorenz curve (marked 'A' in the diagram) over the total area under the line of equality (marked 'A' and 'B' in the diagram); i.e., G=A/(A+B). The Gini coefficient can range from 0 to 1; it is sometimes multiplied by 100 to range between 0 and 100. A low Gini coefficient indicates a more equal distribution, with 0 corresponding to complete equality, while higher Gini coefficients indicate more unequal distribution, with 1 corresponding to complete inequality. To be validly computed, no negative goods can be distributed. Thus, if the Gini coefficient is being used to describe household income inequality, then no household can have a negative income. When used as a measure of income inequality, the most unequal society will be one in which a single person receives 100% of the total income and the remaining people receive none (G=1); and the most equal society will be one in which every person receives the same percentage of the total income (G=0). Some find it more intuitive (and it is mathematically equivalent) to think of the Gini coefficient as half of the Relative mean difference . The mean difference is the average absolute difference between two items selected randomly from a population, and the relative mean difference is the mean difference divided by the average, to normalize for scale. Worldwide, Gini coefficients for income range from approximately 0.247 (24.7) in Denmark to 0.707 (70.7) in Namibia although not every country has been assessed. As a mathematical measure of inequality, the Gini coefficient does not necessarily entail any value judgement , i.e. the "rightness" or "wrongness" of a particular level of equality. Different uses Although the Gini coefficient is most popular in economics, it can in theory be applied in any field of science that studies a distribution. For example, in ecology the Gini coefficient has been used as a measure of biodiversity , where the cumulative proportion of species is plotted against cumulative proportion of individuals [1] . In health, it has been used as a measure of the inequality of health related quality of life in a population [2] . In chemistry it has been used to express the selectivity of protein kinase inhibitors against a panel of kinases [3] . In statistics, building decision trees, it is used to measure the purity of possible child nodes, with the aim of maximising the average purity of two child nodes when splitting. Calculation The Gini index is defined as a ratio of the areas on the Lorenz curve diagram. If the area between the line of perfect equality and the Lorenz curve is A, and the area under the Lorenz curve is B, then the Gini index is A/(A+B). Since A+B = 0.5, the Gini index, G = |
The fountain ink pen introduced by Parker in 1941 that achieved legendary status has what number in its name? | Parker 51 – The Blog of the London Pen Club London Pen Club blog Aurora , Aurora 88 , Big Red , Conklin , Conklin Crescent Filler , Conway Stewart , Cracked Ice , Delta , Delta Dolce Vita , Esterbrook , Esterbrook Double Jewel J , Lamy , Lamy 2000 , Lamy Safari , Namiki , omas , OMAS 360 , Parker , Parker 51 , Parker 65 Flighter , Parker 75 , Parker Duofold , Parker Vacumatic , Pelikan , Pelikan 800 , PFM , Pilot , Reverse Cracked Ice , Sheaffer , Sheaffer Autograph , Sheaffer Balance , Sheaffer Imperial , Sheaffer Lifetime , Sheaffer Pen for Men , Sheaffer Snorkel , Sheaffer Targa , sheaffertarga.com , Sleuth & Statesman , Tiger Eye , Vanishing Point , Waterman , Waterman Edson 9 Comments The theme for our Saturday, October 24, 2011 meeting was “Iconic Fountain Pens”. What makes an item, such as a pen, iconic? When most of us hear the word “iconic” we think of people, places or things that are famous, well-known, widely-known, celebrated, renowned, fabled, legendary, notorious, infamous, illustrious, or perhaps even “the one”. At least, those are some of the words that come to mind when I think of something that is “iconic”. The theme for this week was for our members to share their thoughts on those fountain pens that were icons from their perspective as well as the reason(s) for their selections. We asked them to think about whether it was a popular or well-known pen? Was it something to do with the pen’s design or looks? Maybe it revolutionized the look, function of pens or even how pens write? Has it developed a bit of a cult following? Perhaps it is not famous but infamous? Is it inexpensive or does it cost a small fortune? Was it made by one of the “iconic” brands or do you have trouble pronouncing or even remembering its brand? If you were to build a collection of pens based on an “iconic” theme, what would you consider to be the “must-have” pens? These hypothetical exercises are great – there are no limits, e.g., you are not restricted to modern or vintage pens, etc. You don’t have to own the pen, have ever owned the pen or even want to own the pen! Heck, you don’t even have to have any money! Although, I don’t want to suggest that a pen’s cost necessarily influences its status as an icon. I can think of very expensive pens that I would not be surprised if many thought of them as an icon, or conversely, others thinking of one of any number of inexpensive (dare I say, “cheap”?) pens that could easily fit the bill, e.g., Lamy Safari. Enough of my dribble, here are several groups of pens (with photos) that different members of the LPC view as being iconic and why: 1. Sheaffer Balance. 1930s. The Balance began the tradition of streamlining the shape of pens with tapered caps and barrel ends, along with the use of plastics in colours not seen before. 2. Parker Vacumatic. 1930s. Striped plastics, ink stored right in the barrel rather than a sac, and an “interesting” filling system – the Vac is still what I think of when I think of vintage pens. 3. Parker “51”. 1940’s. A hooded nib. “Writes Dry with Wet Ink” to quote the advertising of the day. Introduced in 1939 and in production until 1972, the Parker “51” sold in the millions and is of the most successful fountain pens of all time. 4. Sheaffer Snorkel. 1950’s. The Sheaffer Triumph nib (also known as the wrap around nib or conical nib) was continued on the Snorkel filler. One of the coolest and most complicated of the filling systems, the Snorkel was made in a multitude of colours and finishes. 5. Sheaffer Imperial/Lifetime. 1960’s. I don’t have a Sheaffer Pen For Men (PFM) so I am including my 1963 Lifetime with the famous inlaid nib. The PFM introduced the now iconic inlaid nib that Sheaffer continues to use on their pens to this day. The Imperial, Targa, Intrigue and Valor models all have the inlaid nib. 6. Parker 75 in Sterling Silver cisele pattern. 1960’s. A classy looking pen. I am still waiting to see one on the TV series “Mad Men”. 7. Lamy Safari. 1980’s. The Safari was first introduced in 1980 and hasn’t change |
The firm Sterling Cooper featured in the hit TV series Mad Men is located in what part of New York? | It's a mad, mad, mad, 'Mad Men' world - CNN.com It's a mad, mad, mad, 'Mad Men' world By Todd Leopold, CNN Updated 11:51 AM ET, Fri April 11, 2014 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion In honor of the final episodes of the last season of "Mad Men" we look back at the television show's wardrobe, which reflects the 1960s and inspired modern looks. One thing that hasn't changed much: the look of Don Draper, played by Jon Hamm, right. Hide Caption 1 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion Wearing dark, formal suits was a nearly century-old tradition by the time "Mad Men" ad men donned identical looks -- with highballs -- at the Sterling Cooper agency in 1960. Their suits' slim silhouettes came from returning WWII soldiers' athletic figures, said University of Notre Dame history professor and author Linda Przybyszewski. Suits narrowed in the shoulders, torso and legs to fit the new physique. Hide Caption 2 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion The Peter Pan collar Peggy wears in the first season of "Mad Men" was popular in the early 1960s and signaled the emergence of youth-oriented fashion, Przybyszewski said. At the time, Joan's bow collar was considered feminine and restrained. In the '70s, bow collars would plunge to new, revealing lengths. Hide Caption 3 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion Housewives like Betty Draper were expected to wear cheerful colors in 1960 because they dealt with children and the home, Przybyszewsi said. They also represented life in the suburbs; women working in offices in the city wore darker, muted colors and more formal attire. Hide Caption 4 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion This outfit, which Joan wore in the second season set in 1962, is a great example of early 1960s minimalism, Przybyszewski said. The sweater and pencil skirt are fitted and accessorized simply, which felt modern in the 1960s. Hide Caption 5 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion The maternity ensemble Betty wears in the third season, from 1963, represents a social norm about privacy that eroded as the 1960s came to a close. The concealing nature of her outfit maintained the idea that a woman's body and personal life were to be clear only to intimate relations, Przybyszewski said. Hide Caption 6 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion Roger Sterling's three-piece suit in the fourth season represents the division of public and private at the office, Przybyszewski said. Even in 1964, a businessman would keep his jacket on to meet clients and take it off only in the privacy of his office. Hide Caption 7 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion The episode "The Beautiful Women" from the fourth season took place in 1965 and showed the different trajectories of three professional women's lives. Peggy's hat and gloves indicate formality in the workplace that starts to erode quickly within the next few years, Przybyszewski said. Hide Caption 8 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion Bare arms, short hemlines and plaid jackets, oh my! In 1966, busy patterns and bright colors became part of the decade's signature fashion, Przybyszewski said. At the time, short dresses led some men to rate women's exposed legs, with some of those "reviews" published in newspapers, she said. Hide Caption 9 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion "It looks like a convention of men selling used cars," Przybyszewski said of the bold blazers worn in the fifth season of "Mad Men." Ad men would never wear these outfits to the office in 1966, but it signifies a move away from their previously slender silhouettes. "Many a large person has been scared off from wearing plaids," she said. "Plaids always look bigger." Hide Caption 10 of 23 Photos: The evolution of 'Mad Men' fashion By the sixth season, it was 1968, and Megan Draper embodies the spirit of fashion experimentation, Przybyszewski said. Megan and Arlene are "supergroomed, superkempt," she said, as they take on new pe |
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What famous 3-word ad line of an apparel company was coined by Dan Wieden who got it from the final words of executed murderer Gary Gilmore? | Super Squad Jeopardy 2 Jeopardy Template What group sang "Runaway Train" 100 What's the team name of the baseball team that plays in Miami, FL? 100 What is "Barbie's" full name? 100 Which state's nickname is The "Pine Tree State?" 100 "Wojo", "Yemana", "Fish" and "Levitt" were the names of characters from this sitcom? 200 What artist sang the song "Bette Davis Eyes" 200 The Pittsburgh Pirates belong to which league and which division? 200 A unit of time for 1/100th of a second is often referred as? 200 Dover is the Capital of which state? 200 James Buchanan High School In the sitcom Welcome back Kotter what was the name of the high school that Mr. Kotter taught at? 300 What group sang "Black hole Sun" 300 Rogers Centre is home to which MLB team? 300 In the Cosby Show Sitcom...what was Venessa's finance's first name? 400 What artist sang "Rock the cradle of love" 400 17-0 and Don Shula In 1972, the Miami Dolphins captured a perfect record season..how many games did they win and who was the head coach at the time? 400 The Speaker of the House In England, which member of Parliament/House of Commons is not allowed to speak? 400 "Just Do It" What famous 3-word ad line of an apparel company was coined by Dan Wieden who got it from the final words of executed murderer Gary Gilmore? 400 The chair used by this character in what sitcom is currently in the Smithsonian? 500 Which group sang "Friday I'm in Love" 500 Ten players: a goalkeeper, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attackmen. How many players make up a team in Lacrosse? 500 10 inches of snow melts down to about an inch of liquid rain. On the average, one inch of rain is equivalent to how many inches of snow? 500 Cuba and North Korea In June 2012, Coca-Cola announced plans to commence operations in Burma/Myanmar after a gap of 60 years leaving what two countries as the only places where it does not do business? 500 Leland University In the sitcom Family Ties what University does Alex attend be fore taking a job on Wall Street? |
US Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson is known for saying that what's good for which company is also good for his country? | What's Good for [Company X] Is Good for the Country - The Atlantic The Atlantic What's Good for [Company X] Is Good for the Country Most Popular Print Text Size Amazon's fight with the state of California over paying sales tax is ridiculous . Whatever arguments might get ginned up, the basic fact is that the company sells stuff in California and companies that sell stuff in California have to pay sales tax, therefore Amazon has to pay sales tax. Perhaps it made sense to foster online commerce by exempting them from sales tax laws, but we're not talking a baby industry here. Amazon has a $95 billion market cap and is steamrolling everyone in sight. Amazon has spent more than $5 million loading up their More Jobs Not Taxes campaign for a referendum that would repeal the legislation that started charging them taxes. Meanwhile, the latest turn in the political fight has been that Amazon offered to create 7,000 jobs if the state postpones enforcing its sales tax on the company until 2014. Here's why that offer is a big deal. It transforms a debate that is fundamentally about a value -- fairness -- into a numbers game. The next step will be that Amazon's political operatives will plant the seed that the bill will kill jobs, probably a nice round number like 7,000 of them. According to our calculations, the politicos will say, California is killing the exact number of jobs that Amazon offered to add! Taxes are bad! I don't mean to pick on Amazon here. Every company is after as many tax advantages as they can get. Walmart, for example, which pushed the effort to get the Amazon sales tax bill passed, skirts some online sales taxes , too. And every company has realized that it is good politics to say that taxes kill jobs, whether they have real evidence for it or not. In the 1950s, a long-past GM CEO who had been appointed secretary of defense said that "for years, I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa." That CEO, Charles Wilson, got misquoted as saying , "What's good for GM is good for the country." At the time, it was something to be embarrassed about. Or at least it sounded a little ridiculous to conflate your narrow corporate interests with the collective interests of the country, even if you were the nation's largest company. Now, by transforming tax fights into skirmishes over how many jobs this or that tax will "kill," every single tax becomes something that hurts America. The narrow (and self-serving) interests of every tax-fighting corporation become part of our national project. And the battlefield becomes the competing spreadsheets of political opponents who say that one plan or another will create more jobs, when it's pretty obvious that no one knows precisely how that whole mechanism works. The what's-good-for-my-company-is-good-for-America rhetoric should become laughable again. |
The Glock gun is a noted export of what country? | Timeline | GLOCK USA > 1963 GLOCK KG is founded by engineer Gaston Glock. The company produces a variety of plastic and steel parts. > 1970s The first military products are developed and produced including field knives, training hand grenades and machinegun belt links. > 1980 GLOCK receives a formal invitation from the Austrian Army to develop a new service sidearm. GLOCK Ges.m.b.H is formed. > 1981 The revolutionary, semi-automatic GLOCK service pistol—with polymer receiver and new “Safe Action”® System—is born. In addition, production starts on a field knife with a saw. > 1982 Commissioned by the Austrian Army, GLOCK competes in a battery of comprehensive and crucial testing exercises against international competition. Contract awarded to GLOCK! > 1983 GLOCK delivers first order of 30,000, G17 9x19 pistols to the Austrian Army. Development of GLOCK spade begins. > 1984 The GLOCK G17 pistol became standard issue for the Norwegian Army, its first NATO member country, and deliveries begin to the Norwegian Army. > 1985 Export marketing activities are intensified and the first subsidiary in the United States is formed. > 1986 The engineering, innovations, and durability of GLOCK pistols immediately capture the attention of both the U.S. law enforcement and commercial markets. > 1987 GLOCK develops the G18 "Select Fire" machine pistol—the smallest machine pistol in the world. Plant #2 in Ferlach/ Austria is inaugurated. > 1988 A second subsidiary is formed in Hong Kong to coordinate sales and marketing activities for Asia/Oceania. Production begins on the G19 Compact, and G17L Competition pistols. > 1989 The demand for GLOCK products increases exponentially and results in exports to more than 45 countries worldwide (special forces, police, and military). More than 350,000 pistols have been sold since 1982, and approximately 2,000 U.S. police departments are carrying 150,000 on duty. > 1990 A third subsidiary is formed in South America to coordinate sales and marketing activities for Latin/Central America and the Caribbean. Production begins on the G22 and G23 .40 pistol models. Plant #1 is expanded in Deutsch-Wagram. > 1991 Production begins on the G20, 10mm Auto pistol, and the G21, .45 Auto pistol comes into series production by mid-year. > 1994 Production begins on the G24 and G24C, chambered in .40. > 1995 Production begins on the G25, .380 Auto. In addition, production begins on subcompact models; the G26, 9x19, and the G27, .40. > 1996 Production begins on the G28, .380 Auto. Also, the G17T is introduced-the training pistol for marking and target cartridges. > 1997 Production begins on the G29, 10mm Auto, and the G30, .45 Auto. Plus, work is completed on the extension of the GLOCK Production Hall #1 in Ferlach, while construction for the new headquarters in Deutsch-Wagram commences. > 1998 Production begins on the .357, G31, G32, and G33 pistols, as well as compensated models G31C and G32C. In addition, production begins on the G34, 9x19, and the G35, .40. These models are designed in strict accordance with IPSC regulations. > 1999 Production begins on the “Slimline” model G36, .45 Auto, and the training pistol G17T AC, 7.8x21 caliber-now equalling 5 training models for different applications and environmental conditions. GLOCK presents the 2 millionth pistol at the Shot Show in Atlanta GA, USA. > 2000 Construction is completed on the new GLOCK headquarters in Deutsch-Wagram. > 2001 In response to some states’ laws, production begins on GLOCK models with integrated key locks. > 2002 Production begins on GLOCK Tactical Lights, and a complete product line of aiming and lighting modules—including visible and invisible lasers-is launched. > 2004 GLOCK introduces complete pistol line—standard, compact, and subcompact—in .45 G.A.P., delivering decisive firepower. > 2006 Celebration of 20 Years of Perfection in the USA. > 2007 Production begins on the GLOCK SF (Short Frame) pistols in .45 Auto and 10mm Auto. GLOCK reaches a significant milestone by selling a total of 5 million pistols worldwide. > 2009 Production begins on |
An unidentified Satoshi Nakamoto is credited with what concept that has taken the financial world by storm? | Satoshi Nakamoto: The reclusive 64-year-old who could founder of Bitcoin | Daily Mail Online Pictured: The reclusive 64-year-old model railway enthusiast who could be sitting on a $657 million fortune after being outed as the founder of Bitcoin Investigation tracks down the mysterious founder of bitcoin known online as Satoshi Nakamoto Discovers that he is indeed called Satoshi Nakamoto and lives in a modest house in Temple City, California Worked in the past for US defense contractors on top secret work Last job was on top secret communications systems for the Federal Aviation Authority in New Jersey after 9/11 In a brief interview he apparently confirmed his involvement with the digital currency but claims to no longer have anything to do with it Is described as brilliant but reclusive with a model railway obsession His family were shocked to discover he invented the currency - and that he could be sitting on a fortune of $657 million |
Unimate which worked in a General Motors assembly line in 1961 has what distinction in the world of business? | Unimate - The First Industrial Robot UNIMATE ENGELBERGER ROBOTICS AWARD UNIMATE // The First Industrial Robot Revolutionizing manufacturing the world over, the Unimate was the very first industrial robot. Conceived from a design for a mechanical arm patented in 1954 (granted in 1961) by American inventor George Devol, the Unimate was developed as a result of the foresight and business acumen of Joseph Engelberger - the Father of Robotics. At a cocktail party in 1956, Joseph Engelberger met inventor George Devol and the two got to talking about George’s latest invention - his Programmed Article Transfer device. “Sounds like a robot to me,” exclaimed Engelberger, who had a deep fascination with robots as a result of his love for writer Isaac Asimov’s science fiction stories. In 1957, Engelberger, who at the time was director of Consolidated Controls Corp. (Condec subsidiary) located in Bethel, Connecticut, convinced Condec’s CEO to finance the development of Devol’s invention. After almost two years in development, Engelberger and Devol produced a prototype - the Unimate #001. By 1961, the Unimate 1900 series became the first mass produced robotic arm for factory automation. Mindful of the uphill battle he would face from manufacturers, and motivated by Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics that relate a “first do no harm” philosophy similar to the Hippocratic Oath, Engelberger focused on employing the robots in tasks harmful to humans. His strategy worked and in 1959 the 2,700 pound Unimate #001 prototype was installed on an assembly line for the first time at a General Motors diecasting plant in Trenton, New Jersey. By 1961, the Unimate 1900 series became the first mass produced robotic arm for factory automation. In a very short period of time, approximately 450 Unimate robotic arms were employed in diecasting. In 1961 Engelberger established Unimation, Inc., a Condec Corp. company in Danbury, Connecticut, to develop the business in the newly established robotics industry he created. That same year, Engelberger introduced the Unimate 1900 to the public at a trade show at Chicago’s Cow Palace. In 1966, television audiences around the world got to see the robot for the first time as Johnny Carson welcomed the Unimate on the Tonight Show. In this live broadcast from NBC Studios in New York City, Engelberger had the robot perform several tricks to wow viewers, including knocking a golf ball into a cup, pouring a beer, and conducting the Tonight Show band. By 1966 Engelberger sought to broaden the customer base outside of the United States. He licensed Nokia of Finland to manufacture the robots in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. After an invitation to speak to 400 Japanese executives in Tokyo who were interested in robotics for manufacturing, Engelberger signed a licensing agreement in 1969 with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (now Kawasaki Robotics) to manufacture and market the Unimate robots for the Asian market. On this side of the pond, General Motors had jumped ahead of its competition to become the most automated automotive plant in the world. In 1969, it rebuilt its Lordstown, Ohio plant installing Unimate spot welding robots. Capable of production speed never before achieved, the robots built 110 cars per hour - more than double the rate of any automotive plant in existence at the time! With the help of the Unimate, GM revolutionized the automotive industry. The Europeans were quick to follow suit and companies like BMW, Volvo, Mercedes Benz, British Leyland, and Fiat installed Unimate robotic arms to perform jobs that were unpleasant and dangerous for humans, a robot benefit very important to Engelberger. From a two-dimensional drawing to an industrial and societal revolution, the Unimate robot remains one of the most significant contributions in the past one hundred years not only to manufacturing but to civilization. It has left a living legacy in an industry to which it gave birth. As a result of the Unimate, the field of robotics continues to expand beyond manufacturing to virtually every facet of human life and service. |
Structures called yakhchals in Persia may be called the ancient versions of what modern contraption? | History and Making of Ice Cream | Information Center History and Making of Ice Cream History and Making of Ice Cream History and Making of Ice cream From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ice cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy products , such as cream (or substituted ingredients), combined with flavorings and sweeteners , such as sugar. This mixture is stirred slowly while cooling to prevent large ice crystals from forming. This results a smooth textured ice cream. Although the term "ice cream" is sometimes used to mean frozen desserts and snacks in general, it is usually reserved for frozen desserts and snacks made with a high percentage of milk fat . Frozen custard , yoghurt , sorbet and other similar products are sometimes also called ice cream. Governments often regulate the use of these terms based on quantities of ingredients. Ice cream is generally served as a chilled product. It may also be found in dishes where the coldness of the ice cream is used as a temperature contrast, for example, as a topping on warm desserts, or even in fried ice cream . Some commercial institutions such as creameries specialize in serving ice cream and products that are related. Modern industrially produced ice cream is made from a mixture of ingredients: Minimum of 10% milk fat 9-12% milk solids: this component, also known as the serum solids, contains the proteins ( caseins and whey proteins ) and carbohydrates ( lactose ) found in milk 12-16% sweeteners: usually a combination of sucrose and/or glucose-based corn syrup sweeteners 0.2-0.5% stabilizers and emulsifiers , e.g. agar or carrageenan extracted from seaweed 55%-64% water which comes from milk solids or other ingredients These ingredients, along with air incorporated during the stirring process, make up ice cream. Generally, less expensive ice creams contain lower-quality ingredients (for example, vanilla bean may be replaced by artificial vanillin ), and more air is incorporated, sometimes as much as 50% of the final volume. Artisan-produced ice creams often contain very little air, although some is necessary to produce the characteristic creamy texture of the product. Generally speaking, the finest ice creams have between 3% and 15% air. Because most ice cream is sold by volume, it is economically advantageous for producers to reduce the density of the product in order to cut costs. Ice cream has also been hand-packed and sold by weight. The use of stabilizers rather than cream and the incorporation of air also decrease the fat and energy content of less expensive ice creams, making them more appealing to those on diets . Ice creams come in a wide variety of flavors, often with additives such as chocolate flakes or chips, nuts , fruit , and small candies /sweets. Some of the most popular ice cream flavors are vanilla , chocolate , strawberry , and Neapolitan (a combination of the three). Many people also enjoy ice cream sundaes , which often have ice cream, hot fudge , nuts, whipped cream , cherries or a variety of other toppings. Other toppings include cookie crumbs, butterscotch , sprinkles , banana sauce , marshmallows or different varieties of candy. Production Before the development of modern refrigeration, ice cream was a luxury item reserved for special occasions. Making ice cream was quite laborious. Ice was cut commercially from lakes and ponds during the winter and stored in large heaps in holes in the ground or in wood-frame ice houses, insulated by straw. Ice cream was made by hand in a large bowl surrounded by packed ice and salt. The temperature of the ingredients was reduced by the mixture of crushed ice and salt . The salt water was cooled by the ice, and the action of the salt on the ice causes it to (partially) melt, absorbing latent heat bringing the mixture below the freezing point of pure water . The immersed container can also make better thermal contact with the salty water and ice mixture than it could with ice alone. The hand-cranked churn, which still used ice and salt for cooling, was invented by an American named Nancy J |
When engineer Percy Spencer discovered that his chocolate bar became a mess when near a magnetron, it lead to the invention of what modern convenience? | Microwave Oven Free Essays Microwave Oven Waves Assignment Microwave Ovens Microwave ovens, or microwaves, are kitchen... appliances which use microwave radiation to cook, heat or defrost food. Properties of a microwave: Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with wavelengths longer than those of Terahertz (THz) wavelengths, but relatively short for radio waves. Microwaves have wavelengths approximately in the range of 30 cm (frequency = 1 GHz) to 1 mm (300 GHz). The word microwave generally refers to "alternating current signals with... Dielectric heating, Electromagnetic radiation, Electromagnetic spectrum 946 Words | 3 Pages Microwave Popcorn What Storage Method Microwave Popcorn: What Storage Method Pops The Most Kernels? Mark B. Houser Western Governors University Integrated Science December... 20, 2012 Microwave Popcorn: What Storage Method Pops The Most Kernels? Most packaged perishable food products come with an expiration date. In order to extend the life of the product we might freeze, refrigerate, or can it if possible. Popcorn is one of those items that my family has used the freezing process to extend its utility. One thing that I did not... Cooking, Cooking oil, Experiment 1661 Words | 8 Pages Humans or Robots? explain the rules about the coffee pool and the microwave oven. When talking about the coffee pool, the narrator says, “You are... allowed to join the coffee pool of your choice, but you are not allowed to touch the Mr. Coffee” (486). Immediately after, the narrator goes on to describe the rules for the microwave oven when he/she states, “You are allowed to heat food in the microwave oven. You are not, however, allowed to cook food in the microwave oven” (486). When it comes down to it, the company’s... At-will employment, Cooking, Daniel Orozco 1399 Words | 4 Pages Microfridge: the Concept" "MicroFridge: The Concept" 1. Product  User benefit statement Using a MicroFridge, a unit of refrigerator, freezer and 500-watt... microwave oven, the customers who have limited electronic power and small space in their accommodations, will enjoy more safe, compact, and convenient cooking in their place. Safety: Newly developed electronic circuitry will pull approximately a half of amps of current of using hot plate with refrigerator which has high risk of getting fire. Compact:... College, Cost, Electronic circuit 827 Words | 3 Pages Active And Intelligent Packaging Innova This system has a long way to go before it becomes commercially available. 10 Microwave Doneness Indicators Producers of ... microwave ovenable foods are anxiously anticipating microwave doneness indicators (MDIs). These indicators would be able to detect the readiness of foods that are heating in microwave ovens and signal to consumers when foods are safe to eat. The biggest challenge in this field at the moment is the ability to evenly heat foods in the microwave so that there is a defined stage in which a food could be called safe to eat... Authentication, Microwave oven, Packaging 3552 Words | 3 Pages Strategy Analysis for Galanz transformed its business from down feather products into microwave oven and enjoys a large proportion in the market share both at... home and abroad. But why microwave oven industry? We’ll use five forces of competition model to analyze its decision. Part 2 Value Chain Analysis As illustrated above, at the beginning of 1990s, microwave oven is a good industry to enter. But there is a huge gap between down feather products and microwave oven products. So when Galanz changed its business... Manufacturing, Marketing, Microwave oven 813 Words | 6 Pages CASE Le Petit Chef these methods for making decisions. By doing so, Le Petit Chef will be able to also balance the amount of microwave oven projects... in comparison to products in their other fields. The amount of resources allocated to each field of products should be in alignment with the offered product mix. Thus: 61% of the 35 engineers (that is: 21 engineers) should work on the product development of |
The 2012 BBC list of world's largest employers (which includes public, private, and government entities) is topped by what? | Which is the world's biggest employer? - BBC News BBC News Which is the world's biggest employer? By Ruth Alexander BBC News 20 March 2012 Read more about sharing. Close share panel The National Health Service (NHS) in England is at the centre of a big political row about its reform. It's often said to be the third biggest employer in the world, after the Chinese army and Indian Railways. But is that really true? It's an incredible claim, given how much smaller the UK is than China or India. And indeed, it is not true. Sizing up the world's biggest employers and compiling a list of the top 10, the NHS is revealed to be the fifth largest, with 1.7 million workers across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. McDonald's makes it into fourth position, with 1.9 million employees. However, 80% of the restaurants are franchises so, strictly speaking, 1.5 million of these people are employed by other companies, although they all wear the uniform. More or Less: Behind the stats Listen to More or Less on BBC Radio 4 and the World Service, or download the free podcast Third is the US supermarket chain Walmart, which employs 2.1 million staff - including almost 200,000 who work for the Asda supermarket chain in the UK. Second place goes to the Chinese military - the People's Liberation Army (PLA) - with forces numbering 2.3 million. And the top spot is taken by the US Department of Defense with a cool 3.2 million-strong workforce. Why is it so big - and so much bigger than the second-placed Chinese military? In truth, making these comparisons is fraught with difficulties. The US Defense Department, with its headquarters at the vast Pentagon building in Virginia, is keen to boast that it's one of the world's largest employers and includes civilian support staff in its numbers. Image caption The Pentagon is said to be the largest office building in the world Getting a comparable figure for the Chinese military is near impossible. The figure of 2.3 million which puts it at second place in our list includes active forces only - not civilian staff, like the US figure. And that actually makes it the largest active military force in the world, according to Military Balance, an annual assessment of military capabilities around the world published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in the UK. If you were to count only active forces within the US Department of Defense, it would number 1.6 million people and slip to seventh place in our list. If numbers for its civilian staff were known, it is possible the Chinese could come much closer to the US, and maybe even overtake them. But it is not a straightforward exercise even to separate who is civilian and who is military personnel - the two forces are structured and organised completely differently. "There are a number of organisations within militaries - you have active forces, reserve forces, civilians, and also those that might be working as contractors - so it depends really what you're trying to count when you look at headline numbers," says James Hackett, the editor of Military Balance. "What we try and do is look at active service personnel, so those in uniform who are capable of operating on behalf of the state to fulfil the national security concerns of the militaries. Surprisingly, [the NHS] also has more workers than Indian Railways "One reason that the PLA is large compared to other militaries stems from its composition as a mainly conscript-based force. Now other militaries in the West and across the world have moved to volunteer corps." The NHS might be lower in the global pecking order than people think but it is still big. Technically, however, it could be said the NHS does not operate as a single employer. Many staff are employed by individual hospital trusts and primary care trusts, while GP surgeries, for example, are run and owned by one or more partners who are contracted to provide general NHS medical services. But setting that aside, it is bigger - just - than the state-run China National Petroleum Corporation, which has around 1.6 million employ |
The automobile SEAT 600 made from 1957 to 1973 is associated with the economic boom of what country? | Seat Seat A chronological day-by-day history of Seat. Thursday 24th December 1801 215 years ago British inventor Richard Trevithick took seven of his friends for a test ride on his “Puffing Devil,” or “Puffer,” the first steam-powered passenger vehicle, on this day in 1801. Unlike the steam engine pioneered by the Scotsman James Watt, Trevithick’s used “strong steam”–that is, steam at a very high pressure (145 pounds per square inch, or psi, compared to the Watt engine’s 5 psi, which enabled him to build an engine small enough to fit in his “Puffer” car. Trevithick’s engines were undoubtedly more dangerous than Watt’s, but they were also extremely versatile: They could be put to work in mines, on farms, in factories, on ships and in locomotives of all kinds. Trevithick was born in 1771 in a mining village in Cornwall, England. He was a terrible student–his teachers thought he was a “disobedient, slow, obstinate, [and] spoiled boy” who would never amount to anything, and in fact he was basically illiterate his entire life–but he loved to tinker with tools and machines. In 1790, Trevithick went to work as a steam-engine repairman, first at the Wheal Treasury mine and then at the Ding Dong mine. In his off hours, he worked on an invention of his own: a steam locomotive that would be powerful enough to carry people and things but compact enough to be practical. On Christmas Eve 1801, Trevithick’s Puffer (so named because it puffed steam into the atmosphere) was ready at last. The machine had a pressure-operated piston connected to a cylindrical horizontal boiler and was large enough to seat all the onlookers who were eager to accompany Trevithick on his test run. (The car chugged steadily uphill, one of those passengers reported, “like a little bird…going faster than I could walk.”) A few days later, however, the amazing Puffer was destroyed when it overheated and caught fire. In 1804, at the Penydarren Ironworks in Wales, Trevithick built the first-ever steam locomotive to run along a track. It pulled five cars loaded with ten tons of iron and 70 ironworkers about nine miles, and chugging along at about five miles per hour. Unfortunately, it was also so heavy that it broke its rails and was retired after just three trips. In 1808, a similar locomotive–dubbed the “Catch-me-who-can”–hauled daredevil passengers in a circle around Torrington Square in London. (The rails eventually broke there, too.) Trevithick died in poverty in 1833, but his inventions lived on. Without a doubt, he was one of the most important figures of the industrial age. Richard Trevithick Friday 3rd August 1860 156 years ago Driving a three-wheeled steam carriage, the Earl of Caithness, accompanied by his wife and the Reverend William Ross, set out on a 146-mile journey over the mountainous terrain from Inverness to Barrogill Castle (now the Castle of Mey), near Thurso, Scotland. The stoker was the carriage builder Thomas Rickett. The 2-cylinder engine with a 3.5-inch bore x 7-inch stroke, drove the offside rear wheel by a spur gear drive. The boiler pressure was 150 psi. The following article about this epic joruney was published in The Illustrated London News in September 1860: Commentary from the Illustrated London News Some time back we gave an illustration of a steam-camage which was driven from Buckingham to Windsor Castle. The accompanying Engraving represents a similar one, built for the Earl of Caithness, with which his Lordship, accompanied by Lady Caithness, the Rev. W. Ross, and Mr. Rickett, “travelled north;” in fact, drove from Inverness to Barrogell Castle, a distance of 150 miles, virtually in two days, and which is considered the boldest and most difficult enterprise recorded in the annals of road locomotion. A trial trip to a point 150 miles ahead, with a full load of passengers and luggage, over some of the most mountainous districts of Scotland, the party for the most part unacquainted with the route, and the supplies of coal and water therefore uncertain; sometimes ascending hills of 1 in 7, towering up to a splendid sea view, an |
The idea for what company originated when Reed Hastings paid $40 in fine for returning Apollo 13 well past its due date? | Read MKTG2_CasesQues_01-66.qxp CASE ASSIGNMENT: Netflix Ready For Primetime Shocked at the $40 fee he incurred for a late return of Apollo 13, Netflix founder Reed Hastings decided that in the age of the Internet, there had to be a better way to rent videos for home viewing. Thus, in 1997, he started an Internetbased, DVD rental service that offered direct-to-home deliveries with no late fees. A mere decade and 4 million subscribers later, Netflix has taken on established video rental companies such as Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, and Wal-Mart and emerged as the leader in innovation and customer service. In addition to betting that the Internet would be the future of the video rental market, Hastings made a few other key predictions that helped him develop a company with almost $700 million in revenue in under ten years. He watched as moviegoers fled public theaters for the comfort of home theater systems, and he observed those same consumers embracing the features, capacity, and high-quality format of the DVD. Realizing that the Internet could allow those same convenience seekers 24-hour browsing and selection access to an unprecedented volume of movie titles in a single digital catalog, Hastings shrewdly designed a service that outperforms traditional, store-based video rentals. Netflix allows consumers to choose from a variety of subscription plans. The most popular plan offers three DVDs for $17.99 per month. Once a subscriber builds a list of favorite movies and TV shows from a selection of over 60,000 titles, Netflix mails out the three titles at the top of the list, along with return-addressed prestamped envelopes. After viewing the DVDs, the customer simply mails them back to Netflix in the supplied packaging. When the titles are scanned in at one of the distribution warehouses, the customer is simultaneously sent the next selections on the favorites list. With 34 strategically placed distribution centers, Netflix can deliver 92 percent of its movies within one day of being ordered. That outstanding delivery service is just the tip of the iceberg. Netflix's Web site takes personalization to new levels through its high-powered recommendation software, called Cinematch. Cinematch uses over a million lines of code and over half a billion customer-supplied ratings to suggest rental choices upon request. Amazingly, over 60 percent of the titles added to users' favorites lists come from Cinematch recommendations, and over a million ratings are sent to Netflix every day. Just how effective is Cinematch? Netflix uses fewer than 50 customer service reps to support its entire customer base! Of those, 10 are authorized to make direct callbacks to customers with complaints to find out how the problem could have been prevented in the first place. It's that kind of attention to customers that forced retail giant Wal-Mart to give up and turn over its entire customer list to Netflix. Netflix even added two key features to its service in response to customer requests. The first is the ability to generate multiple favorites lists for a single account, allowing families to build multiple wish lists that can differ as much as Steel Magnolias and Old School. The second is the addition of a community feature called "Friends." Friends enables users to share the titles, ratings, and preferences for recently viewed shows with those they invite to be part of their network. Always looking to the future, Hastings wants to diversify Netflix by adding high-definition DVD rentals to its current service, selling previously rented DVDs in the rapidly growing used-DVD market, and developing an on-demand video download service. Though it's impossible to tell exactly what blockbuster service Netflix will deliver next, it's a safe bet its customers will applaud. SOURCES: Jena McGregor, "At Netflix, the Secret Sauce is Software," Fast Company, December 2005, 4851; Jennifer Netherby, "Netflix Delivers Big Earnings Increase: Sets 5.9 Million Subs as Modest 2006 Goal," Video Business, January 30, 2006, 1; Steven Zeitchnik |
What municipality in Switzerland, also the highest city in Europe, is the annual host of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet? | Climate change, gender equality on WEF 2014 agenda – World Finance Author: Murray Stassen January 10, 2014 In early 2014 Davos-Klosters plays host to the 44th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Over 2,500 attendees will congregate in the picturesque alpine municipality to discuss and debate global political, economic, technological and environmental issues. Political scientist Samuel Huntington coined the term “Davos Man” to describe those who are not limited by nationality or national boundaries. He said that they “see national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the elite’s global operations”. Overlooking global concerns from afar The Davos Man and Woman will meet on neutral ground, high up in the Swiss Alps, to participate in workshops, panels and discussions concerning the world below them. For more than four decades, various politicians, academics, business leaders, members of civil society and the press have attended the event. [T]he annual WEF meeting at Davos is a platform for ideas, experience and insight to be exchanged The WEF was founded 42 years ago as a non-profit organisation by University of Geneva business professor Klaus Schwab. The inaugural meeting in Davos saw around 400 European business executives come together to discuss matters of economic concern. “When we started, it was a small, family affair, with not more than 400 people, focused mainly on management issues,” said Schwab, in an interview with the Financial Times in 2008. Originally named the European Management Forum, the name was changed to the WEF to reflect the organisation’s varied international objectives. Davos isn’t just a gathering of “fat cats in the snow,” as Bono famously said in 2006; the annual WEF meeting at Davos is a platform for ideas, experience and insight to be exchanged. “I always insist the Forum is not a decision-making body. The WEF is a body that enlightens people, helping them to make better-informed decisions. The rest is up to them,” said Shwab, speaking to the FT in 2008. “The big global challenges cannot be met by governments, businesses or civil society alone. A cooperative platform, a global forum is needed, which unites societal forces to improve, as our mission states, the state of the world.” Davos 2013: Resilient Dynamism The theme for the last meeting was Resilient Dynamism. Explaining the reason for focusing on this theme, Schwab wanted to focus on progress. “I am convinced that instead of being mired in pessimism and burnt out by crisis management, we have to look at the future in a much more positive, much more constructive, or in other words a much more dynamic manner.” WEF 2013 in numbers 1,500 Business leaders He adds: “At the same time the complexity, interconnectivity and velocity of the global system represents ever increasing systemic risks combining a dynamic, upbeat approach, bold vision and even bolder action with the necessary measures to strengthen risk resilience is critical for a successful future, thus our theme Resilient Dynamism.” The 2013 meeting saw 50 heads of state, 500 members of the press and more than 1,500 business leaders from the Forum’s 1,000 partner and member companies in attendance. Some of the primary issues that were focused on were published in the 2012 Global Risks Report in the weeks preceding the event. Challenges described in the report included the increasing gap between rich and poor or “income disparity,” economic inequality measured by the Gini coefficient. Rising government debt was also on the agenda in the midst of the eurozone crisis. Other issues outlined included growing unemployment and the wider recovery from the global economic downturn as well as rising carbon emissions. Each year at Davos, speakers from business, politics and civil society take the stage to share thoughts with the audience, giving reporters a few lines of quotable quips and candour. Speaking at the Global Education Imperative , UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, stressed the importance of education. “As a boy, I studied in t |
In the year 1636 during the Dutch Golden Age, what unlikely item became the fourth leading export after gin, herring and cheese causing a journalist to write a book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds? | TULIP MANIA : Harshvardhan Reddy 2500 ƒ The modern discussion of tulip mania began with the book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds , published in 1841 by the Scottish journalist Charles Mackay ; he proposed that crowds of people often behave irrationally, and tulip mania was, along with the South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Company scheme, one of his primary examples. His account was largely sourced to a 1797 work by Johann Beckmann titled A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins. In fact, Beckmann’s account, and thus Mackay’s by association, was primarily sourced to three anonymous pamphlets published in 1637 with an anti-speculative agenda. [32] Mackay’s vivid book was popular among generations of economists and stock market participants. His popular but flawed description of tulip mania as a speculative bubble remains prominent, even though since the 1980s economists have debunked many aspects of his account. [32] According to Mackay, the growing popularity of tulips in the early 17th century caught the attention of the entire nation; “the population, even to its lowest dregs, embarked in the tulip trade”. [6] By 1635, a sale of 40 bulbs for 100,000 florins (also known as Dutch guilders ) was recorded. By way of comparison, a ton of butter cost around 100 florins, a skilled laborer might earn 150 florins a year, and “eight fat swine” cost 240 florins. [6] (According to the International Institute of Social History , one florin had the purchasing power of € 10.28 in 2002. [33] ) By 1636 tulips were traded on the exchanges of numerous Dutch towns and cities. This encouraged trading in tulips by all members of society; Mackay recounted people selling or trading their other possessions in order to speculate in the tulip market, such as an offer of 12 acres (49,000 m2) of land for one of two existing Semper Augustus bulbs, or a single bulb of the Viceroy that was purchased for a basket of goods (shown at right) worth 2,500 florins. [31] Many individuals grew suddenly rich. A golden bait hung temptingly out before the people, and, one after the other, they rushed to the tulip marts, like flies around a honey-pot. Every one imagined that the passion for tulips would last for ever, and that the wealthy from every part of the world would send to Holland, and pay whatever prices were asked for them. The riches of Europe would be concentrated on the shores of the Zuyder Zee, and poverty banished from the favoured clime of Holland. Nobles, citizens, farmers, mechanics, seamen, footmen, maidservants, even chimney sweeps and old clotheswomen, dabbled in tulips. [6] Pamphlet from the Dutch tulipomania, printed in 1637 The increasing mania contributed several amusing, but unlikely, anecdotes that Mackay recounted, such as a sailor who mistook the valuable tulip bulb of a merchant for an onion and grabbed it to eat. The merchant and his family chased the sailor to find him “eating a breakfast whose cost might have regaled a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth”. The sailor was jailed for eating the bulb. [6] Tulips are poisonous if prepared incorrectly, taste bad, and are considered to be only marginally edible even during famines. [34] People were purchasing bulbs at higher and higher prices, intending to re-sell them for a profit. However, such a scheme could not last unless someone was ultimately willing to pay such high prices and take possession of the bulbs. In February 1637, tulip traders could no longer find new buyers willing to pay increasingly inflated prices for their bulbs. As this realization set in, the demand for tulips collapsed, and prices plummeted—the speculative bubble burst. Some were left holding contracts to purchase tulips at prices now ten times greater than those on the open market, while others found themselves in possession of bulbs now worth a fraction of the price they had paid. Mackay claims the Dutch devolved into distressed accusations and recriminations against others in the trade. [6] In Mackay’s account, the panicked tulip speculators sought help from the governme |
When 'National No-Bra Day' was observed in the United States in 2011, which company tweeted that it was in denial? | National No Bra Day; Advocates Call For 'Joyous, Wild And Spectacular' Event National No Bra Day; Advocates Call For 'Joyous, Wild And Spectacular' Event 07/09/12 AT 6:56 PM Close In the event that you ever wanted to walk around with your ta-ta's hanging free, you're in luck Monday. July 9 is national No Bra Day, according to a No Bra Day Facebook page created by Anastasia Doughnuts. What exactly is the point of women freeing their breasts? Ladies, free your breasts for 24 hours by removing those dreadful (but at times oh-so-helpful) bras. Our perkiness should not be hidden. It is time that the world see what we were blessed with, the page exhorts. Your breasts might be colossal, adorable, miniature, full, jiggly, fancy, sensitive, glistening, bouncy, smooth, tender, still blossoming, rosy, plump, fun, silky, Jello-like, fierce, jolly, nice, naughty, cuddly. ... But the most-used adjectives to describe your breasts on July 9th should be joyous, wild, and spectacular. [[nid:720482]] More than 250,000 responded on Facebook, saying they would be attending the event, and even though it sounds like a joke, it's quite serious for some. A Huffington Post blogger, Hallie Seegal, went without her bra last July, relished the moment, and decided to stop wearing bras for good after she was able to become comfortable with her small breasts. It was as if I had finally opened my eyes. That was that. Since then, it's just been me and my small boobs, hanging out together. And I'm happy, she wrote. Women have taken to Twitter to share their feelings on the holiday. TheBarbieMarley wrote, TODAY IS NATIONAL NO BRA DAY!! UNLEASH THE BEASTS and kiramakinsie tweeted, It's National No Bra day? I wish that was everyday. I hate wearing bras. Of course the fellas are also in support of national No Bra Day. One addemkay shared via Twitter, I hope everybody's enjoying National No Bra Day. Let freedom swing! But not everyone is happy about national No Bra Day. Victoria's Secret sent out a tweet, Today is apparently National No Bra Day and, well...um... we're in denial. This is the second year the national day has been celebrated, Yahoo reported. It's not clear precisely who is behind the event except for the anonymous user, Anastasia Doughnuts, who posted the event on Facebook. Is she paying tribute to the 1960s feminists burning their bras, or is she helping to raise awareness for breast cancer? Either way, the response to the national holiday seems to be light-hearted, with many lols posted. One who might disagree is comedienne Tina Fey. This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice....I encourage them to always wear a bra, Fey wrote in her book Bossypants. Even if you don't think you need it, just...you know what? You're never going to regret it. The Facebook page does hint at breast cancer awareness, as one anonymous user added at the bottom, Breast cancer is something you should take seriously and be checked for, but then also adds, P.S. Ladies.... Wearing a white t-shirt on this day is not only acceptable, but encouraged! What do you think of national No Bra Day? Is it a joke, and (if you have breasts) do you plan on participating? |
The name of what entertainment business has its origin in that Texas, in its roller-coaster history, was governed by half a dozen entities? | Texas facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Texas ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Derived from the Caddo word tavshas, meaning "allies" or "friends." NICKNAME: The Lone Star State. CAPITAL: Austin. ENTERED UNION: 29 December 1845 (28th). SONG: "Texas, Our Texas;" "The Eyes of Texas." MOTTO: Friendship. FLAG: At the hoist is a vertical bar of blue with a single white five-pointed star; two horizontal bars of white and red cover the remainder of the flag. OFFICIAL SEAL: A five-pointed star is encircled by olive and live oak branches, surrounded with the words "The State of Texas." BIRD: Mockingbird. FLOWER: Bluebonnet; prickly pear cactus (plant). TREE: Pecan. GEM: Topaz. LEGAL HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Confederate Heroes Day, 19 January; Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr ., 3rd Monday in January; Presidents' Day, 3rd Monday in February; Texas Independence Day, 2 March: Cesar Cavez Day, 31 March (optional); Good Friday, Friday before Easter , March or April (optional); San Jacinto Day, 21 April; Memorial Day, last Monday in May; Emancipation Day, 19 June; Independence Day, 4 July; Lyndon B. Johnson's Birthday, 27 August; Labor Day, 1st Monday in September; Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur , September or October (optional); Veterans' Day, 11 November; Thanksgiving Day, 4th Thursday in November and the day following; Christmas , 24, 25, and 26 December. TIME: 6 AM CST = noon GMT. LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT Located in the west south-central United States , Texas is the largest of the 48 conterminous states. Texas's US rank slipped to second when Alaska entered the Union in 1959. The total area of Texas is 266,807 sq mi (691,030 sq km), of which land comprises 262,017 sq mi (678,624 sq km) and inland water 4,790 sq mi (12,406 sq km). The state's land area represents 8.8% of the US mainland and 7.4% of the nation as a whole. The state's maximum e-w extension is 801 mi (1,289 km); its extreme n-s distance is 773 mi (1,244 km). Texas is bordered on the n by Oklahoma and Arkansas (with part of the line formed by the Red River); on the e by Arkansas and Louisiana (with part of the Louisiana line defined by the Sabine River); on the se by the Gulf of Mexico; on the sw by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Chihuahua (with the line formed by the Rio Grande ); and on the w by New Mexico . The state's geographic center is in McCulloch County, 15 mi (24 km) ne of Brady. Large islands in the Gulf of Mexico belonging to Texas are Galveston, Matagorda, and Padre. The boundary length of the state totals 3,029 mi (4,875 km), including a general Gulf of Mexico coastline of 367 mi (591 km); the tidal shoreline is 3,359 mi (5,406 km). TOPOGRAPHY Texas's major physiographic divisions are the Gulf Coastal Plain in the east and southeast; the North Central Plains, covering most of central Texas; the Great Plains , extending from west-central Texas up into the panhandle; and the mountainous trans-Pecos area in the extreme west. Within the Gulf Coastal Plain are the Piney Woods, an extension of western Louisiana that introduces into East Texas for about 125 mi (200 km), and the Post Oak Belt, a flat region of mixed soil that gives way to the rolling prairie of the Blackland Belt, the state's most densely populated region. The Balcones Escarpment (so-called by the Spanish because its sharp profile suggests a balcony), a geological fault line running from the Rio Grande near Del Rio across central Texas, separates the Gulf Coastal Plain and Rio Grande Plain from the North Central Plains and south-central Hill Country, and in so doing, divides East Texas from West Texas, watered Texas from dry Texas, and (culturally speaking) the Old South from the burgeoning West. Sea level at the Gulf of Mexico is the lowest elevation of the state. The North Central Plains extend from the Blackland Belt to the Cap Rock Escarpment, a natural boundary carved by erosion to heights of nearly 1,000 ft (300 m) in some places. Much of this plains region is rolling prairie, but the dude ranches of the Hill Country and the mineral |
The ruins of a large complex of shops near the Colosseum that have been called the world's oldest shopping mall is named for what Roman emperor? | Sights of Ancient Rome A View On Cities > Rome > Rome Attractions > Sights of Ancient Rome Loading... Sights of Ancient Rome For almost one thousand years, the city of Rome reigned as the Caput Mundi, the capital of the world. During its heyday, the city was an architectural marvel, with numerous palaces, temples and stadiums all built in marble. Many of these magnificent structures have been destroyed since the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century. The city has been pillaged numerous times by barbaric tribes who burned down buildings, looted its many treasures and destroyed invaluable works of art. During the Middle Ages the remaining ruins were left to decay. Popes took marble columns and cladding from some of Rome's most spectacular buildings like the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus to decorate churches. Some ancient buildings were even demolished just to make room for the throngs of pilgrims. It was only in the early 19th century that the interest in the greatest empire of all time started to grow and monuments like the Arch of Titus were excavated and restored. Despite the centuries-long destruction there are still many ruins in Rome that give visitors an idea of the magnificence of the Roman Empire. Below, in alphabetical order, an overview of some of the most interesting remains from ancient Rome. Amphitheatrum Castrense The Amphitheatrum Castrense is the second largest surviving amphitheater in Rome, only surpassed in size by the Flavian Amphiteatre . It was built in the early third century and later incorporated into the Aurelian Wall , when the open arches were bricked up. The upper stories were demolished in the 16th century. Read More... Ara Pacis The Ara Pacis (Altar of Peace) was commissioned by Emperor Augustus to celebrate his military victories. The altar symbolized the establishment of peace in the Roman Empire, the so-called Pax Romana. Today the altar is housed in a museum, the Museo dell'Ara Pacis. Read More... Arch of Constantine The well-preserved Arch of Constantine is decorated with beautiful sculpture reliefs and statues. The monument is the most recent of the ancient triumphal arches. It was erected in 315 AD to commemorate the victory of the army of Emperor Constantine over that of Emperor Maxentius. Read More... Arch of Dolabella The Arch of Dolabella, at the Caelius hill near the Colosseum , was built during the reign of Emperor Augustus. It was realised by P. Cornelius Dolabella, after whose name it is now known, but the arch was originally probably known as the Porta Caelimontana. The gate was later incorporated into the Aqueduct of Nero. Arch of Drusus The Arch of Drusus was one of the gates of the Aqua Antoniniana, an aqueduct that was built in 211-216 by Emperor Caracalla to provide his namesake baths with fresh water. The arch, which was originally clad in marble, was later integrated into the fortification wall encircling the city of Rome. Arch of Gallienus The Arch of Gallienus was originally built around 7 BC as a gate in the Servian Wall. At the time it was known as the Porta Esquilina, but after a reconstruction in 262 AD it was dedicated to Emperor Gallienus. The gate had three passageways; only the central one survived. Arch of Janus The Arch of Janus Quadrifrons was built in the fourth century AD over the intersection of two roads. It provided shelter for the merchants of the nearby cattle market at the Forum Boarium . The arch is named for the Roman god Janus, the god who opens the gate to heaven. Read More... Arch of Septimius Severus The Arch of Septimius Severus is one of the best preserved monuments at the Roman Forum . It was erected in 203 AD to celebrate the victories of Emperor Septimius Severus in Parthia. The arch is decorated with relief panels that depict war battles and captured enemies. Read More... Arch of the money-changers The Arcus Argentariorum was built in 203 AD by merchants and money-changers (argentari), hence the name. The gate served as an entrance to the Forum Boarium . The arch was built in honor of the emperor Septimius Seve |
What giant corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland was listed as the world's most profitable in 2011 by Fortune? | World's biggest food and beverage companies - Rediff.com Business Rediff.com » Business » World's biggest food and beverage companies World's biggest food and beverage companies Last updated on: April 16, 2012 14:56 IST World's biggest food and beverage companies There are some food and beverage companies that have more money than some countries of the world. Let's take a look at some of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world. Click NEXT to read more... Image: Shoppers inside the Carrefour Planet in Lyon, France. Photographs: Emmanuel Foudrot/Reuters Nestle Global rank: 1 Nestle is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestle originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactee Henri Nestle, founded in 1866 by Henri Nestle. Click NEXT to read more... Image: Bottles of baby food are seen in the company supermarket at the Nestle headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. Photographs: Denis Balibouse/Reuters PepsiCo Global rank: 2 PepsiCo is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. Click NEXT to read more... Image: Bottles of Pepsi on display in New York. Photographs: Mike Segar/Reuters Kraft Global rank: 3 Kraft Foods is an American multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate. It markets many brands in more than 170 countries. Twelve of its brands annually earn more than $1 billion worldwide: Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Trident and Tang. Forty of its brands are at least a century old. Click NEXT to read more... Image: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is displayed at the company's headquarters in Northfield, Illinois, US. Photographs: John Gress/Reuters Anheuser-Busch Companies is an American brewing company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev. The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and 18 in other countries. Click NEXT to read more... Image: A man walks past a logo at the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev in St Louis, Missouri, US. Photographs: Sebastien Pirlet/Reuters Coca-Cola Global rank: 5 The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. Click NEXT to read more... Image: Cases of Coca-Cola in a warehouse at the Swire Coca-Cola facility in Draper, Utah, US. Photographs: George Frey/Reuters JBS Global rank: 6 JBS is the largest Brazilian multinational in the food industry, producing fresh, chilled, and processed beef, chicken and pork, and also selling by-products from the processing of these meats. It is headquartered in Sao Paulo. It was founded in 1953 in Anapolis, Goias. Click NEXT to read more... Image: Beef cattle feed on the Wulf farm in Morris, Minnesota. Photographs: Diane Bartz/Reuters Global rank: 7 Archer Daniels Midland Company is an American global food processing corporation headquartered in Decatur, Illinois. ADM operates more than 270 plants worldwide, where cereal grains and oilseeds are processed into products used in food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial and animal feed markets worldwide. Click NEXT to read more... Image: Dan Lizee, operation manager, picks up a handful of wheat at the Alliance Grain Terminal in Vancouver. Photographs: Ben Nelms/Reuters Unilever Global rank: 8 Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's largest maker of ice cream. Click NEXT to read more... Image: A worker scans barcodes by a chiller cabinet of Flora margarine at a Sainsbury's supermarket in London. Photographs: Luke MacGre |
The logo of what company has recently been named after the NBA legend Larry Bird? The answer is less than 140 characters! | 10 Years Later, Twitter Cements Position Across Sports Landscape 10 Years Later, Twitter Cements Position Across Sports Landscape {{article.article.images.featured.caption}} Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Full Bio The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Loading ... This story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe Commissioner Don Garber pictured with Orlando City FC star, Kaka (Courtesy of MLS). Twitter celebrated its 10th anniversary earlier this week in the midst of a hailstorm of criticism from Wall Street over the past 18 months. Despite the negative press surrounding the platform, Twitter has cemented its position across the entire sports industry. According to Nielsen’s recent 2015 Sports Media Report, sports events accounted for close to 50% of all Twitter TV conversations. Given that sports accounts for just 1% of all TV programming, it’s a profound statistic which highlights sports influence on the social channel. Even the Twitter logo — Larry the Bird — is named after NBA legend and current Indiana Pacers President, Larry Bird. A decade after its Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jack Dorsey, introduced Twitter to the world, the platform continues to evolve from a functional standpoint and the ways sports leagues, teams, athletes and media incorporate it into their own social strategy. With the acquisition of live-streaming service Periscope a year ago and Vine’s continued push in sports, Twitter has made it a priority to stretch its product offerings. Additionally, the platform’s strategic addition of SnappyTV in 2014 — a real-time editing tool which gives networks, leagues and other partners the opportunity to immediately share multi-media content — only adds to that pool of resources. Yet, even with the broadened list of distribution options, sports properties, organizations and individual personalities will ultimately always have to answer one question: how can Twitter best be used in real-time to disseminate information and visually-appealing content for easy consumption? *** ‘What keeps you up at night?’ Admittedly, it’s a question that Danny Keens has frequently received over the past couple of months. “How do we continue to give sports fans an experience that they can’t get anywhere else?” answered Keens, Twitter’s Head of North American Sports Partnerships. “How do we continue to give them a connection with other fans, with athletes, that you cannot experience on any other platform? That’s at the heart of it.” After digesting the question, Keens explained that it’s about the entire Twitter sports group giving sports entities, athletes and the sports fan various options with how to express themselves. “If you look at the product roadmap, it’s always been about new ways to express yourself,” added Keens. From simply pure text in 2006 to photos, live-streaming video, Twitter emojis, GIFs, Vines and other shareable content, Twitter has double-downed on integrating creative, visually-appealing features into the platform. The deeper toolkit coupled with heightened access now gives teams and leagues the opportunity to take their fans behind-the-scenes to areas that no one else can see. “As much as the athletes, the teams and the leagues are important and vital to the platform, the most crucial person is the everyday user,” said Keens, adding that the platform now boasts 320 million users. “Servicing sports fans as best we can is why we come to work and what we think about everyday. ...It’s about giving fans a reason to log back in on a daily basis.” *** Prior to the 2014 DAYTONA 500, NASCAR driver, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. , vowed to the media that if he won the race, he would finally fire up his Twitter account, which already had 200,000 followers, and send his first tweet. After calming words of encouragement from his close friends, some social guidance from fellow driver, Jimmie Johnson, and of course, a stop in Victory Lane, Earnhardt sent his first tweet on Feb |
Created by a Canadian Nobel laureate, a Vickrey auction is one where bidders submit secret written bids and in which the highest bidder wins, but the price paid is that of what? | IZA World of Labor - Should countries auction immigrant visas? IZA World of Labor Back to Articles Should countries auction immigrant visas? Selling the right to immigrate to the highest bidders would allocate visas efficiently but might raise ethical concerns 2015 Madeline Zavodny Zavodny, M (Agnes Scott College, USA, and IZA, Germany) 10.15185/izawol.202202 View full article Elevator pitch Many immigrant destination countries face considerable pressure to change their immigration policies. One of the most innovative policies is auctioning the right to immigrate or to hire a foreign worker to the highest bidders. Visa auctions would be more efficient than current ways of allocating visas, could boost the economic contribution of immigration to the destination country, and would increase government revenues. However, visa auctions might weaken the importance of family ties in the migration process and create concerns about fairness and accessibility. No country has yet auctioned visas. Key findings Pros Auctions would allocate visas more efficiently across immigrants or across employers. By enabling workers with the highest-valued skills to immigrate, auctions have the potential to boost economic growth. By enabling the government to fund other programs, cut taxes, or reduce the deficit, auctions would increase government revenue. Auctions would substitute market forces for government determination of who should be able to immigrate. Auctions are a flexible alternative to complicated point systems for encouraging high-skilled workers to immigrate. Cons No visa auctions have been conducted, so their effects are only theoretical. Auctions do not guarantee the admission of immigrants who will contribute the most to long-term economic growth. Auctions might change the composition of immigrant populations in ways that are unpopular, particularly among immigrants who want to bring in family members. Some potential immigrants and employers may view auctions as too complex or unfair. Sending countries might be adversely affected if the composition of emigrants changes. Author's main message Under work-based visa auctions, employers would bid for the right to hire foreign workers, who would then receive a visa. Governments that opt to auction such temporary work-based visas should also consider creating a pathway to permanent resident visas for immigrants who succeed in the labor market. A resale market in unused or unwanted visas, visa portability across employers, and enforcement are all important components of a successful program to auction visas. Policymakers who want to boost immigration’s economic contribution should consider auctioning work-based visas rather than auctioning visas directly to immigrants. Motivation Around the world, far more people want to move to another country than are able to do so legally. Immigration offers the possibility to rejoin family members, to pursue better economic opportunities, and to be safer. |
The executive Malcolm T. Stamper is best known for leading 50,000 people in a huge plant at Everett, Washington in the 1960s for the construction of what engineering marvel? | Boeing 707 http://www.howitflies.com/Boeing-707 <p>The Boeing 707 is a four-engined commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven". Boeing delivered a total of 1,010 Boeing 707s including a smaller, faster model of the aircraft that was marketed as the Boeing 720.</p> <p>Although it was not the first commercial jet in service, the 707 was among the first to be commercially successful. Dominating passenger air transport in the 1960s, and remaining common throughout the 1970s, the 707 is generally credited with ushering in the Jet Age. It established Boeing as one of the largest makers of passenger aircraft, and led to the later series of aircraft with "7x7 " designations.</p> <h2>Development</h2> <p>The Boeing 707 was an outgrowth of the Boeing Model 367-80. The "Dash 80" took less than two years from project launch in 1952 to rollout on May 14, 1954, then first flew on July 15, 1954. It was powered by the Pratt & Whitney JT3C turbojet engine, which was the civilian version of the J57 used on many military aircraft of the day, including the F-100 fighter and the B-52 bomber.</p> <p>The prototype was conceived as a proof of concept aircraft for both military and civilian use: the United States Air Force was the first customer for the design, using it as the KC-135 Stratotanker midair refueling platform. It was far from certain that the passenger 707 would be profitable. At the time, Boeing was making nearly all of its money from military contracts: its last passenger transport, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, had netted the company a $15 million loss before it was purchased by the Air Force as the KC-97 Stratotanker.</p> <p>The fuselage of the Dash 80 was only wide enough to fit two-plus-two seating (in the manner of the Stratocruiser). Answering customers demands and under Douglas competition, Boeing soon realized that this would not provide a viable payload, so decided to widen the fuselage to, the same as the KC-135 Stratotanker, which would allow six-abreast seating — and the shared use of the KC-135's tooling. However, Douglas Aircraft had launched its DC-8 with a fuselage width of. The airlines liked the extra space, and so Boeing was obliged to increase the 707's cabin width again, this time to. This meant that little of the tooling that was made for the Dash 80 was usable for the 707. The extra cost meant the 707 did not become profitable until some years after it would have if these modifications had not been necessary.</p> <p>The first flight of the first production 707-120 took place on December 20, 1957, and FAA certification followed on September 18, 1958. A number of changes were incorporated into the production models from the prototype. A Krueger flap was installed along the leading edge between the inner and outer engines on early 707-120 and -320 models</p> <p>The initial standard model was the 707-120 with JT3C turbojet engines. Qantas ordered a shorter body version called the 707-138, which was a -120 that had six fuselage frames removed, three in front of the wings, three aft. The frames in the 707 were each 20 inches (500 mm) long, so this resulted in a net shortening of 10 ft (3 m) to, 6 inches (41 m). Because the maximum takeoff weight remained the same 247,000 lbs (112 Tonne) as the -120, the 138 was able to fly the longer routes that Qantas needed.Braniff International Airways ordered the higher-thrust version with Pratt & Whitney JT4 A engines, the 707-220. The final major derivative was the 707-320 which featured an extended-span wing and JT4A engines, while the 707-420 was the same as the -320 but with Rolls-Royce Conway turbofan engines. British certification requirements relating to engine-out go-arounds also forced Boeing to increase the height of the tail fin on all 707 variants, as well as add a ventral fin, which was retrofitted on earlier -120 and -220 aircraft. These modifications also aided in the mitigation of dutch roll by providing more yaw stability.</p> <p>Though |
If Manhattan is the financial hub of New York, the area of Pudong is the similar equivalent for which city? | Pudong : Map (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article: Pudong ( ), officially known as Pudong New Area ( ), is a district of Shanghai , China that enjoys sub-provincial administrative status. It is named "Pudong" because of its location on the east side of the Huangpu river , on the opposite of Puxi , the west side. After its merger with Nanhui District (now defunct) in May 2009, the Pudong New Area comprises the majority of land in eastern Shanghai. Since the beginning of its development in 1990 when plans were first announced, Pudong has become a New Open Economic Development Zone, and has emerged as China's financial and commercial hub. Pudong is home to the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone reflective of Shanghai and China's rapid economic development. Geography in the west and the East China Sea in the east. It has an area of 522.8 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Pudong is contrasted with Puxi , the older part of Shanghai on the west bank of the Huangpu River , which is divided into various administrative districts. As Pudong is a large district geographically, it may well be divided into smaller administrative districts in the future. Government Districts of the direct-controlled municipality of Shanghai are administratively on the same level as prefecture-level cities . However, the government of Pudong has a status equivalent to that of a sub-provincial city , which is half a level above a prefecture-level city. This is due to Pudong's size and importance as the financial hub of China. Population Since its inception as a special economic zone and China's financial centre, Pudong's population largely consists of migrants from the Puxi side of Shanghai, those from other regions in China, and increasingly, foreigners. Economy With the Nanhui District merger in May 2009, Pudong's new gross domestic product amounts to an estimated RMB370 billion (US$53.98 billion), roughly equal to that of Slovenia . Its GDP per capita is therefore around US$16,938. The area's aggregate GDP has now surpassed that of six provincial-level entities and is a figure that lies above most of the world's countries. The area is divided into four distinct economic districts. Apart from Lujiazui Trade and Finance Zone, there is Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, the largest free trade zone in mainland China covering approximately 10 km² in north-east Pudong. The Jinqiao Export Processing Zone is another major industrial area in Pudong covering 19 km². Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park is a special area for technology-oriented businesses, covering 17 km² in central Pudong. The newest Disney Theme Park is planned to be located in Pudong. Transportation Pudong International Airport opened its doors in 1999, the same year Shanghai Metro Line 2 commenced services between Puxi (west bank of the river) and Pudong. Line 2 terminates at Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park , although expansion plans bring the line even further east to Pudong International Airport. A magnetic levitation train began operating in 2004, moving passengers between the airport and Longyang Road Metro station. The Metro's Line 4 Loop and Line 6 also began operation in Pudong in 2007. Metro Lines 7 , 8 and 9 will also have parts in Pudong before the start of Expo 2010. Ships on the Huangpu River with Pudong in view Pudong is connected to Puxi by several tunnels and four major bridges . The first of these bridges were the Nanpu Bridge (1991) and the Yangpu Bridge (1993). The Xupu Bridge opened in 1996. The latest of these is Lupu Bridge , which is the world's longest arch bridge and was completed in 2002. Currently there are five tunnels that link the two sides, Dapu Rd. Tunnel, the first tunnel across the Huangpu River, Yan'an Rd. Tunnel, running east-west, and Dalian Rd. Tunnel, running north-south, Fuxing Rd. Tunnel, complementing the Yan'an Rd. Tunnel, Waihuan Tunnel, one part of Shanghai Outer Ring Express. Two new tunnels linking Lujiazui to Puxi are under construction. Roads in Pudong have no particular longitudinal or latitudinal ori |
What giant that operates as Asda in the United Kingdom, Seiyu in Japan and Best Price in India is also the biggest private employer in the world? | The company operates under the Walmart name in the United - BUSINESS - 820 View Full Document total of 72 banners. The company operates under the Walmart name in the United States and Canada. It operates as Walmart de México y Centro America in Mexico, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as Seiyu in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. It also owns and operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses . Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue , according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2014, as well as the biggest private employer in the world with 2.2 million employees. Walmart is a family-owned business , as the company is controlled by the Walton family . Sam Walton's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises, and through their individual holdings. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies by market value , and is also the largest grocery retailer in the U.S. In 2015, it generated 59.8 percent of its US$ 288 billion sales in the U.S. from its grocery business. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company rose from a regional to a national giant. By 1988, Walmart was the most profitable retailer in the U.S. and by October 1989, it had become the largest in terms of revenue. Geographically limited to the South and lower Midwest up to the mid-1980s, by the early 1990s the company's presence spanned from coast to coast Lewin’s Change Management Model This was Kurt Lewin's creation in the 1950s. He was a therapist by calling who trusted that a great many people have a tendency to work inside of certain wellbeing parameters or zones. He fundamentally centered around procedure and made the model straightforward for anybody to get it. It's partitioned into three phases of unfreeze, change and stop. The main stage manages unfreezing the current circumstance or the balance state. This is vital in so far as refuting our imperviousness to change. It can be acknowledged by driving different powers and different This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. CHANGE MANAGEMENT MODELS 4 variables from the balance state. This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM CATEGORY 3 Indoor Air Pollutants and How They Affect Your Health A Brief Description CATEGORY 3.pptx |
Since the 1960s, what advertising objects come in three models called GZ-19, GZ-20 and GZ-22? | Goodyear's blimps, a century of gracing the sky (pictures) - Page 21 - CNET Goodyear's blimps, a century of gracing the sky (pictures) Goodyear's blimps, a century of gracing the sky (pictures) AD Pilgrim NC-9A AKRON, Ohio -- Goodyear has been in the airship business since 1911. The tire company designed its first airship envelope for photographer and explorer Melvin Vaniman, who lost his life when his hydrogen filled ship "Akron" exploded in 1912. But Goodyear's airships have a long and successful history, which CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman learned about when he visited the company's Wingfoot Lake airship operations hangar near Akron on Road Trip 2013. This is a gallery of the company's greatest blimps, the earliest of which were built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation. According to Goodyear, the AD Pilgrim was the United States' first commercial airship, which was certified in 1925. It was "inflated with hydrogen then helium [and] Pilgrim is considered the start of the present day Goodyear commercial fleet. Its control car was the first to be directly attached at the envelope. The gondola was donated to the Smithsonian Intuition in Washington, D.C. in the 1930s where it remains today." Photo by: Goodyear TZ Puritan NC-7A The Puritan was the first TZ model airship, and America's first permanent licensed airship. It was based in Miami. According to Goodyear, this photo "shows Puritan advertising for an air show, part of Goodyear–Zeppelin’s business plan of selling, renting or advertising airships. The airships also towed banners and sold rides to public." Photo by: Goodyear TZ Volunteer NC-8A This photograph shows the Volunteer, which was based in Los Angeles, in 1929. The photograph depicts Volunteer with floatation devices, which showed Goodyear-Zeppelin's goal of extending innovation in airships to many possible applications. Photo by: Goodyear Six airship formation This photograph, from the 1930s, shows the largest gathering of Goodyear airships up to that point. According to Goodyear, "The formation consisted of Pilgrim, Vigilant, Mayflower, Defender and Neponset [with] Neponset... conducting pay for hire aerial advertising." Photo by: Goodyear Graf Zeppelin and Goodyear airships This rare image, taken in Akron, Ohio, shows "the Goodyear airships frolicking with Graf Zeppelin, which has just cased off for a nonstop flight to Seville, Spain. This was the last time a ridged airship was in Akron, Ohio," according to Goodyear. Photo by: Goodyear PA Defender NC-12A The Defender, which was christened by Amelia Earhart, was called the "Flagship of the Fleet" and was the largest member of the fleet. Goodyear was experimenting with diesel engines and bow elevators and later sold the Defender to the U.S. Navy. The photograph shows Defender in the northeast corner of Goodyear's mammoth Airdock for maintenance "with a rudimentary night sign with some of the first framing of the Navy ridged airship U.S.S Akron," according to Goodyear. Photo by: Goodyear TZ Rainbow NC-9A This rare color image, featuring Goodyear's typical pre-World War II logo, shows the Rainbow, which was drafted into the service of the U.S. Navy as L-7 during the war. Photo by: Goodyear Resolute The Resolute "was the only airship on the West Coast of the U.S. in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor," according to Goodyear. "The image shows the Resolute and crew, as with the rest of the Goodyear airship fleet and crews, being inducted into the defense of the United States. The missions were to search for Japanese submarines, but coming directly from a commercial service they initially only used hunting rifles to perform this task." Photo by: Goodyear Puritan The Puritan was built for the U.S. Navy for anti-submarine warfare during World War II. All told, 134 of these K-Ships were built, and Goodyear acquired this one after the war "to experiment with the 'Trans Lux' night sign found in New York City," according to Goodyear. It became Goodyear's largest commercial airship to that point. Photo by: Goodyear L-Ship Enterprise The Enterprise was |
Founded in 1946 by Georges Doriot, the firm American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC) is credited with pioneering what concept in the world of business? | Venture capital - WOW.com Venture capital Updated: 2016-12-10T10:23Z For the process of financing by venture capital, see Venture capital financing . A financing diagram illustrating how start-up companies are typically financed. First, the new firm seeks out " seed capital " and funding from " angel investors " and accelerators . Then, if the firm can survive through the " valley of death "–the period where the firm is trying to develop on a "shoestring" budget–the firm can seek venture capital financing. e Venture capital (VC) is a type of private equity , [1] a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth (in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, or both). Venture capital firms or funds invest in these early-stage companies in exchange for equity –an ownership stake–in the companies they invest in. Venture capitalists take on the risk of financing risky start-ups in the hopes that some of the firms they support will become successful. The start-ups are usually based on an innovative technology or business model and they are usually from the high technology industries, such as information technology (IT), social media or biotechnology . The typical venture capital investment occurs after an initial " seed funding " round. The first round of institutional venture capital to fund growth is called the Series A round . Venture capitalists provide this financing in the interest of generating a return through an eventual "exit" event, such as the company selling shares to the public for the first time in an Initial public offering (IPO) or doing a merger and acquisition (also known as a "trade sale") of the company. In addition to angel investing , equity crowdfunding and other seed funding options, venture capital is attractive for new companies with limited operating history that are too small to raise capital in the public markets and have not reached the point where they are able to secure a bank loan or complete a debt offering . In exchange for the high risk that venture capitalists assume by investing in smaller and early-stage companies, venture capitalists usually get significant control over company decisions, in addition to a significant portion of the companies' ownership (and consequently value). Start-ups like Uber, Airbnb, Flipkart, ReviewAdda, Xiaomi & Didi Chuxing are highly valued startups, where venture capitalists contribute more than financing to these early-stage firms; they also often provide strategic advice to the firm's executives on its business model and marketing strategies. Venture capital is also a way in which the private and public sectors can construct an institution that systematically creates business networks for the new firms and industries, so that they can progress and develop. This institution helps identify promising new firms and provide them with finance, technical expertise, mentoring , marketing "know-how", and business models . Once integrated into the business network, these firms are more likely to succeed, as they become "nodes" in the search networks for designing and building products in their domain. [2] However, venture capitalists' decisions are often biased, exhibiting for instance overconfidence and illusion of control, much like entrepreneurial decisions in general. [3] Contents 10 Notes and references History A venture may be defined as a project prospective converted into a process with an adequate assumed risk and investment. With few exceptions, private equity in the first half of the 20th century was the domain of wealthy individuals and families. The Wallenbergs, Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Rockefellers, and Warburgs were notable investors in private companies in the first half of the century. In 1938, Laurance S. Rockefeller helped finance the creation of both Eastern Air Lines and Douglas Aircraft , and the Rockefeller family had vast holdings in a variety of companies. Eric M. Warburg founded E.M. Warburg & Co. in 1938, which |
What product that makes unpacking fun was invented by sealing two shower curtains together by two engineers who intended it as wallpaper? | Slippery Rock Gazette | Did You Know that Bubble Wrap was Originally Intended as Textured Wallpaper? Better! Faster! Cheaper! Did You Know that Bubble Wrap was Originally Intended as Textured Wallpaper? One of Bubble Wrap’s first big shipping assignments? Protective wrapping to help cocoon the enormous and delicate IBM computing machines during transport, in 1959. What’s a common product that nearly everyone has used or received at some point in their lives? Bubble Wrap. Alfred W. Fielding and Mark Chavannes co-invented Bubble Wrap in the late 1950s. Today, Sealed Air Corporation, the Saddle Brook, New Jersey-based company he co-founded in 1960, is a worldwide manufacturer of packaging materials with annual revenues in the billions. Fielding’s story is one of those inspirational invention tales with a creative, unintended twist - a success story that even today engineering students can learn from as they look forward to their careers. The early history of Bubble Wrap demonstrates, for inventors, that keeping an open mind to possible applications is a clear advantage - ultimately, you may start out trying to invent one thing, only to hit on an even better idea. Inventor & Entrepreneur The story begins in 1957 in a garage in Hawthorne, New Jersey, with two entrepreneurial engineers hard at work, Fielding and his partner, a Swiss inventor named Marc Chavannes. They are trying to invent a textured, plastic wallpaper with a paper backing. They started out by sealing two shower curtains together in such a way that it would capture air bubbles, which would make the textured appearance for their wallpaper. It fails. But along the way they realize their invention could be used for packing material, thus, giving birth to what is now known around the world as Bubble Wrap, and the Sealed Air Corporation, the company that has developed and marketed it. Through its technology, Sealed Air Corporation essentially built a specialty chemical business in protective packaging. The Early Years of Bubble Wrap It was three years after the initial creation of Bubble Wrap that Frederick W. Bowers, a marketer at Sealed Air, which makes Bubble Wrap, finally came up with the perfect use for their product. On October 5, 1959, IBM announced their new 1401 variable word length computer. Bowers got the idea that Bubble Wrap could be used as a good packaging material to protect the computer while it was being shipped. He then pitched the idea to IBM and demonstrated Bubble Wrap’s protective abilities. His demonstration went over well and IBM began purchasing Bubble Wrap to protect their 1401 and other fragile product they sold and shipped. From those humble beginnings, the company has grown to annual sales of around $4 billion with a net profit of around $255 million. For reference, about 10 percent of Sealed Air’s revenue comes from Bubble Wrap, so around $400 million worth of Bubble Wrap is sold annually. One common misconception about Bubble Wrap is that it is created using machinery that inflates and then seals each and every bubble. In fact, it’s made by trapping air bubbles in between two sheets of plastic as they are heated and passed between rollers. Fun with Bubbles Sealed Air continually does extreme demonstrations showing how much better Bubble Wrap performs at protecting fragile items. In one such demonstration, they dropped an 815-pound pumpkin from a height of 35 feet onto layers of Bubble Wrap. The pumpkin survived the fall without a scratch. Among its many uses, Bubble Wrap can be used as a cheap burglar alarm by placing large bubbled bubble wrap on the floor in front of your door. Another common, but annoying use: stress relief, by popping the little bubbles, one–by– one. A final weird fact, and a mystery: the amount of Bubble Wrap produced by Sealed Air annually is enough to wrap the entire Earth (at the equator) with Bubble Wrap about 10 times. Where does it all go? |
"Which company added a soundless digital clock to its new model in 1980 to do something about 'the clock' in its legendary selling line ""At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new ___-___ comes from the electric clock""?" | Iconic brands of the 20th and 21st centuries - oi oi Iconic brands of the 20th and 21st centuries University of Washington Show all results sharing this subject: Marketing Show Summary Details Quick Reference The 20th century witnessed the phenomenon of brand building on a global scale. Although multiple elements of marketing were used to build and develop brands, the major instrument of the 20th century was the advertising campaign, initially in print but later in broadcast media. Towards the end of the 20th century, however, we see the phenomenon of brands being built to global scale and recognition whose primary instrument of brand building is the internet and its multi media applications. This gives a selection of some of the more iconic brands of the 20th and early 21st century. It is a representative selection rather than an exhaustive or definitive selection. Understanding the development of these brands, and the campaigns that enabled their development will assist in an understanding of modern marketing and its application. The selection is presented below in various categories: Automotive and Petroleum Industry Throughout the 20th century, the automotive industry has been in the vanguard of global brand building. The industry has also been one of the higher spenders on advertising, which has resulted in many memorable brand development and advertising campaigns. Here are a few successful car brands: BMW Http://www.bmw.com/ BMW—Bayerische Motoren Werke—is a fine example of a powerful brand whose core value is the driving performance of its range of vehicles. Its enduring brand slogan is aligned, and in tune, with its core value of high performance engineering. The company that led to the creation of BMW was established as an aircraft engine manufacturer in October 1913 by Karl Rapp in Munich and known as ‘Rapp Motoren Werke’. In 1916, it merged with Gustav Otto's nearby company to form Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke or BFW (Bavarian Aircraft Works). In March 1916 it was then changed to Bayerische Motoren Werke and was taken over by Popp with chief engineer Max Friz. The first engines were used in biplanes and sold to the German government in the last year of the First World War. After the war, with the prohibition on military aircraft as part of the Versailles Treaty, BMW turned to other types of transport engine: tractors, trucks, boats, cars, motorbikes. By the 1930s BMW was established as a car manufacturer. Under Hitler, BMW resumed making aircraft engines, both for civilian and military use. During the Second World War, BMW stepped up its manufacture of fighter aircraft engines for the Luftwaffe and also produced military motorcycles for the Wehrmacht. During the war the company started to manufacture jet engines and rockets for military use. By the end of the war, however, the majority of BMW factories had either been bombed into ruins or dismantled by the Allies and a three-year ban on all military engine production was imposed. BMW in the post-war period was confined to motorcycles, in which it became a world leader. In 1951 the company resumed car production; by 1956, it was manufacturing sports cars in West Germany. The new director, Paul G Hahnemann introduced a marketing strategy to segment the market for BMW products and started to restructure the company around market niches both within Germany and internationally. Under his leadership, BMW undertook a systematic expansion into markets outside Germany—increasing the range of car and motorbike models throughout the 1960s and '70s. BMW gradually started to dominate the market for luxury high performance cars. To reinforce their image, BMW also became a major sponsor of Formula 1 and started to compete which deepened their knowledge of high performance engine design. In the 1980s BMW started to make Formula 1 engines and to sponsor leading racing teams. In 1994, it bought out the Rover group and increased the number of brands under its management, notably the Mini. Campaign BMW's iconic campaign from which its famous strapline emerged started in 1975: The U |
"The discovery of Metallica's song ""I Disappear"" on a file sharing network in 2000 started a chain of events that led to the demise of the original incarnation of what company?" | Presentation Example - Management Information Systems 2901 with O'donnell at Temple University - StudyBlue Who was the world's largest employer in 2012 United States Department of Defense What are the two countries in the world that Coca-Cola does not conduct business? North Korea and Cuba The discovery of Metallica's song "I Disappear" on a file sharing network in 2000 started a chain of events that led to the demise of the original incarnation of what company? Napster Advertisement * The material on this site is created by StudyBlue users. StudyBlue is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the academic institution or instructor. Words From Our Students "StudyBlue is great for studying. I love the study guides, flashcards and quizzes. So extremely helpful for all of my classes!" Alice , Arizona State University "I'm a student using StudyBlue, and I can 100% say that it helps me so much. Study materials for almost every subject in school are available in StudyBlue. It is so helpful for my education!" Tim , University of Florida "StudyBlue provides way more features than other studying apps, and thus allows me to learn very quickly!??I actually feel much more comfortable taking my exams after I study with this app. It's amazing!" Jennifer , Rutgers University "I love flashcards but carrying around physical flashcards is cumbersome and simply outdated. StudyBlue is exactly what I was looking for!" Justin , LSU |
Arthur's Day refers to events first organised in 2009 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of what brewing company, the name Arthur being the first name of the founder? | Mizz Nina Tak Prihatin, Join Konsert Sempena Arthur’s Day? | Tweet Nak kata tak tahu, tak mungkin penyanyi se”international” Mizz Nina tak mengerti apa itu Arthur’s Day. Konsert sempena Arthur’s Day yang bakal dimeriahkan oleh Timbaland ini sememangnya ada kaitan dengan arak. Sebabnya ianya dianjurkan untuk memperingati ulang tahun sebuah syarikat arak, Guiness. Sedikit petikan dari Wikipedia:- [note]Arthur’s Day refers to a series of music events which were first organised in 2009 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Guinness brewing company by its owner Diageo plc, using Freud Communications as public relations co-ordinators.[/note] Bagi kami ini sememangnya memalukan untuk seorang artis yang beragama Islam. Takkanlah tak ada invitation lain sampai invitation untuk konsert Arthur’s Day pun diambik oleh Mizz Nina. Kalau manager Mizz Nina yang terima untuk behalf dia pun, sepatutnya kenalah consult terlebih dulu kan? Harap-harap Mizz Nina sempat untuk berubah fikiran dan ambil keputusan untuk tak join konsert nie. Sebagai artis, at least sepatutnya lebih concern bab-bab sensitif macam nie. P.S: Untuk hilangkan stress anda, sila layan video sumpah kelakar ini . P.P.S: Berdasarkan komen anda, PopShuvit dan DJ Fuzz jugak adalah mereka-mereka yang sepatutnya dikecam seperti Mizz Nina kerana mereka jugak beragama islam. Harap artis-artis yang beragama Islam agar lebih prihatin dalam bab nie. TAGS: arthur's day , konsert arthur's day , mizz nina , mizz nina arthur's day , mizz nina buat konsert arak , timbaland in malaysia PERHATIAN: Pihak BeautifulNara tidak akan bertanggungjawap langsung ke atas komen-komen yang diberikan oleh pembaca kami. Sila pastikan anda berfikir panjang terlebih dahulu sebelum menulis komen anda disini. Pihak BeautifulNara juga tidak mampu untuk memantau kesemua komen yang ditulis disini. Segala komen adalah hak dan tanggungjawap anda sendiri. 628 responses to Mizz Nina Tak Prihatin, Join Konsert Sempena Arthur’s Day? key |
In 2010, which company reportedly bought the domain name of a farm bureau for $8.5 million, clearly interested in the F and the B? | Facebook (stylized as facebook) is an American for-profit corporation and online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park, California , United States. The Facebook website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg , along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin , Andrew McCollum , Dustin Moskovitz , and Chris Hughes . The founders had initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students; however, later they expanded it to higher education institutions in the Boston area , the Ivy League schools, and Stanford University . Facebook gradually added support for students at various additional universities, and eventually to high school students as well. Since 2006, anyone age 13 and older has been allowed to become a registered user of Facebook, though variations exist in the minimum age requirement, depending on applicable local laws. The Facebook name comes from the face book directories often given to United States university students. Facebook might be accessed by a large range of desktops , laptops , tablet computers , and smartphones over the Internet and mobile networks . After registering to use the site, users can create a user profile indicating their name, occupation, schools attended and so on. Users can add additional users as "friends" , exchange messages, post status updates and digital photos , share digital videos and links, use various software applications ("apps"), and receive notifications when others update their profiles or make posts. Additionally, users might join common-interest user groups organised by workplace, school, hobbies or additional topics, and categorise their friends into lists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends". In groups, editors can pin posts to top. Additionally, users can complain about or block unpleasant people. Because of the large volume of data that users submit to the service, Facebook has come under scrutiny for its privacy policies. Facebook makes most of its revenue from advertisements which appear onscreen. Facebook, Inc. held its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2012, and began selling stock to the public three months later, reaching an original peak market capitalization of $104 billion. On July 13, 2015, Facebook became the fastest company in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to reach a market cap of $250 billion. Facebook has more than 1.65 billion monthly active users as of March 31, 2016. As of April 2016, Facebook was the most popular social networking site in the world, based on the number of active user accounts. History 2003–2006: Thefacebook, Thiel investment, and name change Zuckerberg wrote a programme called "Facemash" on October 28, 2003 while attending Harvard University as a sophomore (second year student). According to The Harvard Crimson , the site was comparable to Hot or Not and used "photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine houses, placing two next to each additional at a time and asking users to choose the 'hotter' person". To accomplish this, Zuckerberg hacked into protected areas of Harvard's computer network and copied private dormitory ID images. Harvard didn't have a student " face book " (a directory with photos and basic information) at the time, although individual houses had been issuing their own paper facebooks after the mid-1980s, and Harvard's longtime Freshman Yearbook was colloquially referred to as the "Freshman Facebook". Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000 photo-views in its first four hours online. The site was quickly forwarded to several campus group list-servers, but was shut down a few days later by the Harvard administration. Zuckerberg faced expulsion and was charged by the administration with breach of security, violating copyrights , and violating individual privacy. Ultimately, the charges were dropped. Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester by creating a social study tool ahead of an art history final exam. He uploaded 500 Augustan images to a website, each of which was featured with a correspondin |
What are 'Gold Panda' in China, 'Maple Leaf' in Canada, 'Philharmoniker' in Austria, 'Tower of David' in Israel, 'George the Victorious' in Russia and 'Sovereign' in UK? | Gold Bullion Coins | Gold Buying Genie Gold Bullion Coins Gold Bullion Coins Home » Gold Bullion Coins Gold bullion coins are coins struck with a high degree of gold purity. They are attractive coins that come in many different sizes and are produced in many different countries to give you a wide selection of designs. Gold bullion coins can be collected and if you like, worn as jewelry when you place the coin in a bezel on a chain. The available selection of gold bullion coins include: Australian Gold Nugget and Lunar Series I and Lunar Series II, Austria has the Philharmoniker, China produces the Chinese Gold Panda , France offers the Napoleon, Israel has its Tower of David , Malaysia has the Kijan Emas, Mexico offers several including the Libertad, Onza, Centenario and the Mexican Gold Peso , Poland the Orzel bielik, Switzerland produces the Swiss Vreneli , The U.K. has both the Sovereign and Britannia and the The U.S. produces a American Gold Eagle , the American Buffalo and Double Eagle. You can purchase the gold bullion coins in a variety of purity ranging from .900 to .9999. You will need to check the purity of each coin so you know what you are buying. The price of gold bullion coins will be a bit higher than the spot price of gold, which reflects the cost of production. You can also purchase gold bullion coins in a variety of sizes which are measure by weight in troy ounces (ozt). The sizes range from 1/20 ozt to 1kg and a number of weights in between. The available weights vary by coin and country so a little bit of research is necessary to find out what you can buy at what weight for what price. In addition to an interesting collection your gold bullion can be a valuable investment and with a bezel and chain enjoyed as jewelry as well. |
As of January 2010, Amazon.com is America's largest online retailer. Which company that deals with office supplies is the runner-up? | Amazon.com Amazon.com Thursday, April 7, 2011 Amazon.com, Inc. ( NASDAQ : AMZN ) is a US -based multinational electronic commerce company . Headquartered in Seattle , Washington , it is the largest online retailer in the United States, with nearly three times the Internet sales revenue of the runner up, Staples, Inc. , as of January 2010. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994 and the site went online in 1995. The company was originally named Cadabra, Inc., but the name was changed when it was discovered that people sometimes heard the name as " Cadaver ". The name Amazon.com was chosen because the Amazon River is one of the largest rivers in the world and so the name suggests large size, and also in part because it starts with "A" and therefore would show up near the beginning of alphabetical lists. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified, selling DVDs , CDs , MP3 downloads, computer software , video games , electronics , apparel, furniture, food, and toys. Amazon has established separate websites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and China. It also provides international shipping to certain countries for some of its products. History Jeff Bezos , the founder of Amazon.com Amazon was founded in 1995, [3] spurred by what Bezos called "regret minimization framework", his effort to fend off regret for not staking a claim in the Internet gold rush. [4] Company lore says Bezos wrote the business plan while he and his wife drove from New York to Seattle, [5] although that account is disputed. Bezos flew from New York to Texas, where he picked up a car from a family member, and then drove from Texas to Seattle. The company began as an online bookstore ; [6] while the largest brick-and-mortar bookstores and mail-order catalogs for books might offer 200,000 titles, an online bookstore could offer more. Bezos named the company "Amazon" after the world's largest river . Since 2000, Amazon's logotype is an arrow leading from A to Z, representing customer satisfaction (as it forms a smile); a goal was to have every product in the alphabet. [7] Amazon was incorporated in 1994, in the state of Washington . In July 1995, the company began service and sold its first book on amazon.com - Douglas Hofstadter 's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought . [8] In 1996, it was reincorporated in Delaware . Amazon issued its initial public offering of stock on May 15, 1997, trading under the NASDAQ stock exchange symbol AMZN, at an IPO price of US$ 18.00 per share ($1.50 after three stock splits in the late 1990s). Barnes and Noble filed a lawsuit on 12 May 1997, alleging that Amazon's claim to be "The world's largest bookstore" was false. They asserted "[It] isn't a bookstore at all. It's a book broker." The suit was later settled out of court. Amazon continued to call itself "The world's largest bookstore." [9] This was followed by Walmart filing suit on 16 October 1998, alleging that Amazon had stolen trade secrets by hiring former Walmart executives. Although this suit was settled out of court, it led to work restrictions and reassignment of the former Walmart executives. [9] Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years. Its "slow" growth provoked stockholder complaints that the company was not reaching profitability fast enough. When the dot-com bubble burst, and many e-companies went out of business, Amazon persevered, and finally turned its first profit in the fourth quarter of 2001: $5 million or 1¢ per share, on revenues of more than $1 billion, but the modest profit was important in demonstrating the business model could be profitable. In 1999, Time magazine named Bezos Person of the Year , recognizing the company's success in popularizing online shopping . Acquisitions 1998: Bookpages.co.uk, [10] a UK online book retailer, which became Amazon UK on October 15, 1998. [11] 2003: online music retailer CD Now .[ citat |
What is the name of the oil rig that sank and caused the largest offshore oil spill in US history and gave BP a bad rep in 2010? | Gulf or BP Oil Spill Physical Methods GRAND ISLE, La. -- Brown pelicans congregate on containment boom that surrounds Queen Bess Island, a few miles north of Grand Isle, La. August 25, 2010. The island is a sensitive nesting area for brown pelicans. More about the Gulf oil spill can be found in our Gulf oil spill featured story. Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory J. Mendenhall, U.S. Coast Guard When oil spills into the ocean, it is difficult to clean up. When you have 3.19 million barrels to clean up, it is even harder. Part of the difficulty is that no two spills are alike. The amount and type of oil (whether crude or refined) affects how it spreads, and a spill in seawater spreads differently than freshwater. Local environmental conditions also play a huge role: currents, tides, weather, wind speed and direction, air temperature, water temperature and presence of ice all affect how the oil spreads and how well cleanup workers can access the spill area. This variability makes it difficult to plan for spills ahead of time. The most basic method of clean up is to control the spread of the oil using physical barriers. When oil spills in water, it tends to float to the surface and spread out, forming a thin slick just a few millimeters thick. (A very thin slick is called a sheen, which often looks like a rainbow and can be seen in parking lots after a rainstorm.) Cleanup workers first surround the slick with floating booms to keep it from spreading to harbors, beaches or biologically important areas like marshes. Then they can use different tools to remove the collected oil. Often they will drive skimmers, boats that skim spilled water from the water's surface, through the slick. After most of the oil is removed by skimmers, workers use sorbents to mop up the trace amounts left behind. Sorbents either absorb oil like a sponge or adsorb oil, which means that oil sticks to its surface. They come in three main types: natural organic materials like peat moss, straw, hay and sawdust; natural inorganic materials like clay, volcanic ash, sand, or vermiculite; and synthetic sorbents made of materials similar to plastic like polyurethane, polypropylene, and polyethylene. Which type is used will depend on the particular spill, as some types of sorbents work best on different types of oil and under different weather conditions. Another option is to speed up the oil's natural biodegradation using dispersants. (See next section.) Striped dolphins swim among emulsified oil patches on April 29, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, a few days after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Credit: NOAA There were some immediate impacts to the animals of the Gulf of Mexico that could be seen with the naked eye: pelicans black with oil, fish belly-up in brown sludge, smothered turtles washed up on beaches. But not much time has passed since the spill, and it will take many more years of monitoring and research to understand what happened. Strandings of both dolphins and sea turtles increased significantly in the years following the spill. "From 2002 to 2009, the Gulf averaged 63 dolphin deaths a year. That rose to 125 in the seven months after the spill in 2010 and 335 in all of 2011, averaging more than 200 a year since April 2010," reported Reuters in 2015 . Since then, dolphin deaths have declined, and long-term impacts on the population are not yet known. Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests have gone down in the years since the spill, and long-term effects are not yet known. Seabirds were initially harmed by crude surface oil—even a small bit of oil on their feathers impeded their ability to fly, swim and find food by diving. Seabird losses may have numbered in the hundreds of thousands , but reliable estimates are hard to come by. Looking beyond the sea, researchers are currently studying how oil may have affected land birds that live in the marshes along the Gulf coast . Invertebrates in the Gulf were hard hit by the Deepwater Horizon spill—both in coastal areas and in the deep. Shrimp fisheries were closed for much of the year following the spill, but |
Which 20th century industrialist known as the father of modern American shipbuilding is also known for organizing a 'permanente' health care system for his workers and their families? | Untitled Flashcards at Yale University - StudyBlue StudyBlue Size: 65 Views: 7 the 101 ranch a ranch complex developed by the miller brothers and produced a wild west show that included geronmio, buffalo bill, will rogers, and others American Indian Movement Russell Means, leader fight against having the highest infant mortality rate in the nation 1968, average life expectancy for a white american is 74 and 44 for a native american indian families made 1/3 as much as white families 50% of indians are unemployed - more on reservations in 1969, the american indian movement occupied Alcatrez - a prison that they wanted changed to an indian culture center they took over wounded knee in SD for 71 days the seminole indians in FL demanded claim of the land used for the orange bowl - this was televised Advertisement ) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Driven by discovery of oil in North Alaska, and the demand in the lower 48 states. Largest land claims settlement in US history. Extinguished Native Alaskans claims to the land by transferring titles to 13 Alaska "Native Regional Corporations" and over 200 local village corporations. Many native villages not included. Allotment 1880s- idea that indian collective ownership of land was wrong and to be replaced with individual ownership- reservations would be divided up and allotted to individual families- when families demonstrated their responsibility by improving property they would become citizens Gene Autry "Oklahoma's Singing Cowboy"/ "America's Number One Singing Cowboy" imitator of Jimmie Rodgers starred in 90+ movies California Bungalow Style Suburban houses Style that evolved from the love of wood and other natural materials, as well as appreciation of Japanese design. Ned Buntline 1821-1886, known as E. Z. C. Judson and by his pseudonym Ned Buntline, was an American publisher, journalist, writer and publicist. He is best known for his dime novels started the Cowboy myth with his novels -wrote 1st novels about the american cowboy his play, Scouts of the Prairie was the basis for the Bill Cody's Wild West show Carlisle Indian School an Indian boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1879 by Captain Richard Henry Pratt, the school was the first off-reservation boarding school, and it became a model for schools in other locations. It was an attempt to forcibly assimilate Native American children from 140 tribes into the majority culture of the United States. Caesar Chavez 1927-1993, American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers, Latino civil rights activist- grapes workers boycott, strikes 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Suspends immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 yrs (later indefinitely) Formally prohibits naturalization for Chinese This is the FIRST immigration law that restricts based on issues of race and class Lasts until WWII (1943) US border patrol was initially created to prevent Chinese immigrants from entering US from Mexico--Mexicans were allowed to cross the border w/o restrictions Crockett Almanac 1834- after Davy Crocket published "A Narrative Life of Davy Crockett of the State of Tennessee" as his autobiography, many imitations, like the crockett almanac series purported to recount his ongoing feats in his own words, they continued to be printed in first person following his death- as a dime novel hero he subverted the victorian conventions William Cody 1846-1917 Rugged frontiersman and sharpshooter who created "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" traveling show, one of the touring extravaganzas that enjoyed incredible popularity during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. John Collier 1884-1968, Known for the Indian New Deal; focused his attention to immigrant communities, he was a reformer, he was also asking why the government was forcing Indians to be Amercanized. He was appointed to commissioner of Indian affairs and his goal was to end allotment. Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 William Cody 1846-1917 |
The town of Bretton Woods in the US was the site of the UN Monetary and Financial Conference in 1944 that led to the establishment of which two seminal world institutions in the subsequent year? | CADTM - Civil society and Wolfowitz's World Bank : Reform or rejection revisited The other 183 member countries are divided into groups led by one country. The most important one (6,57% of the votes) is led by Belgium. The least important group of countries (1,55% of the votes) is led by Gabon and brings together African countries. http://imf.org (Rodrigo Rato). Attempts at internal democratisation and governance restructuring failed during the late 1990s and early 2000s, although greater attention to corruption on Bank projects emerged in 2005. Debt relief was scanty, and little or no success was recorded in moving the World Bank away from environmentally destructive and economically painful projects and policies. While civil society cooption was one of Wolfensohn’s specialties, this approach was both exhausted and fruitless by 2005, and protests against the new Bank president took on greater weight. The basis thus exists for a full-fledged decommissioning strategy, one adopted by leading Third World social movements and thinktanks. Introduction Can the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) be reformed? Or should they be rejected outright - and closed? What kinds of analysis, strategies, tactics and alliances allow us to even pose the question in the stark terms of ‘fixing’ or ‘nixing’ (i.e., defunding and decommissioning) the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs)? Does the advent of neoconservative control of the World Bank, along with ‘anti-corruption’ posturing in 2006, make any difference? James Wolfensohn’s 1995-2005 presidential reign muddied these debates, dividing advocacy movements over matters of legitimacy, accountability and militancy. At his retirement, some NGOs even gave him an endearing farewell party. With Paul Wolfowitz running the Bank at least through 2009 these questions are being raised in a new and different way. At last there is the possibility of uniting global justice movements to the broader anti-imperialism struggle via a focused campaign against an institutional enemy. But matters are not so simple. First, consider the terrain upon which campaigners have been working over the past decade. When Bill Clinton anointed Wolfensohn Bank president, several opportunities arose for organisational change, based upon internal processes and external pressures. | 1 | Some followed directly on the sudden legitimacy crisis of the Bretton Woods twins in 1997-99, combining the institutions’ global-governance ‘democratic deficit’, their continued reliance upon the ‘Washington Consensus’ approach to public policy, the Bank’s ongoing orientation to controversial mega-projects, both agencies’ failure to relieve Third World debt and international financial speculation born of liberalised capital markets, and the tenure of Joseph Stiglitz as chief economist during a period of middle-income meltdowns. Other catalysts included international, intersectoral commissions - emerging from public campaigning - on structural adjustment Structural Adjustment Economic policies imposed by the IMF in exchange of new loans or the rescheduling of old loans. IMF : http://www.worldbank.org/ , dams and extractive industry. We begin by considering these factors, then take stock of the first year of the Wolfowitz regime, and end with critical arguments about global justice movement capacities and priorities. Wolfensohn’s ‘reform’ era The internal procedural changes, rhetorical shifts, individual initiatives and multi-stakeholder forum exercises introduced from 1995-2005 under Wolfensohn occurred at a time of legitimacy crisis for neoliberal ideology. Free-market economic principles were applied widely to macroeconomic and micro-development policy in the Third World (including South Africa, Brazil, Korea and India by mass-popular governments), and also in many northern ‘Third Way’ regimes. In spite of declarations at the March 2002 United Nations Financing for Development (FFD) summit in Monterrey, Mexico, that ‘a shift from the Washington Consensus to a new Monterrey Consensus’ | 2 | had emerged, the ‘Post-Washington Consensus’ |
Red Barn, now a historic site in the US, was the original manufacturing site of which company? | Boeing's Red Barn an official historic site - seattlepi.com Boeing's Red Barn an official historic site Building is the oldest plane-manufacturing facility in the nation SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, May 1, 2003 The Red Barn , the birthplace of The Boeing Co. in 1916, was officially designated yesterday as a historic aerospace site. The Red Barn is now part of the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field. Built in 1909, it is the oldest airplane-manufacturing facility in the nation. "For everyone in Seattle, the Red Barn is a significant part of the community's history," said Ralph Bufano , president and chief executive of the Museum of Flight. The designation as a historic aerospace site was made by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics . Boeing's original manufacturing plant was honored for its contribution to aviation history. So far, the institute has chosen 20 sites for recognition, including NASA Langley Research Center , in Hampton, Va.; the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; Annonay, France, the site of the first balloon launch in 1783; and Tranquility Base, where man first landed on the moon in 1969. The institute has said its aim is to raise the public's awareness of the importance of disappearing landmarks in aerospace history. During an award ceremony last night, Alan Mulally , president and chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, explained the significance of the Red Barn to Boeing and the aerospace community. "What I really appreciate about the Red Barn is that it represents the birthplace of aviation in the Pacific Northwest," Mulally said. "In fact, in this 100th year of aviation, we also celebrate the 100th anniversary of William Boeing coming to Washington state, where he began what is now the world's premier aerospace company." Although it is now a symbol of Boeing aviation, the Red Barn actually has its roots in the shipping industry. In 1910, William Boeing bought the Heath Shipyards, including the building that would become the Red Barn, for $10. In 1916, Boeing moved operations of what was then known as the Pacific Aero Products Co. into the Red Barn, which officially became the birthplace of The Boeing Co. Located along the Duwamish River, the Red Barn served as the company's "world headquarters" from 1917 to 1929. The aging structure was moved two miles down the river from that original site to its current location on Boeing Field in 1975. The museum was later built around it. Two years ago, Boeing moved its headquarters to Chicago. The Red Barn stayed. Tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Museum of Flight, William Boeing Jr. will accept the award from the AIAA during another ceremony. |
"The name of which company was initially proposed as 'Pequod' but the idea was retracted when someone said ""No one's going to drink a cup of Pee-quod!""?" | SBC Jeopardy SpeedMatch Review Game I'm minoring in management and music. Michelle Lee I was a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search Srinidhi Viswanathan I founded my high school's Zero Robotics team. Flora Tan I provide the sweet bass in this favorite Christmas song. Frank Zhu I researched cancer development technologies in high school. Santhosh Narayan In the world of business, what is the significance of this ordered list?: Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, Kuwait, Colombia Largest suppliers of oil to the United States The three companies that have reached the No. 1 spot on the FORTUNE 500 since 1954. General Motors, ExxonMobil, and WalMart The idea for what company originated when Reed Hastings paid $40 in fine for returning Apollo 13 well past its due date? Netflix By repute, where is the largest gold repository in the world? (hint: not Fort Knox!) Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Manhattan The name of which company was initially proposed as 'Pequod' but the idea was retracted when someone said "No one's going to drink a cup of Pee-quod!"? Starbucks Zac Dearing (former SBC president) Dallas and TFA Emily Zhao (former SBC president) San Francisco and Dropbox Pranav Ramkrishnan (former consulting MD) Cambridge and M.Eng at MIT Abhishek Rampuria (former consulting MD) NYC and Altman Vilandrie Rishi Dixit (former finance MD) San Francisco and Valiant Capital Moriel Levy |
Which 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen is known for the industrial production of steel and armaments and has been known as the 'Arsenal of the Reich'? | Krupp | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia This article is about the German industrial conglomerate Krupp. For other uses, see Krupp (disambiguation) . Not to be confused with Krups . The three rings were the symbol for Krupp, based on the Radreifen – the seamless railway wheels patented by Alfred Krupp. The rings are currently part of the ThyssenKrupp logotype. The Krupp family (see pronunciation ), a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments . The family business , known as Friedrich Krupp AG, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1999 it merged with Thyssen AG to form ThyssenKrupp AG , a large industrial conglomerate. Contents Edit Friedrich Krupp (1787–1826) launched the family's metal-based activities, building a pioneering steel foundry in Essen in 1810. His son Alfred (1812–87), known as "the Cannon King" or as "Alfred the Great", invested heavily in new technology to become a significant manufacturer of steel rollers (used to make eating utensils) and railway tyres. He also invested in fluidized hotbed technologies (notably the Bessemer process ) and acquired many mines in Germany and France. Unusual for the era, he provided social services for his workers, including subsidized housing and health and retirement benefits. An assortment of naval guns and field artillery pieces from the Krupp works in Essen, Germany. (Circa 1905) The company began to make steel cannons in the 1840s—especially for the Russian, Turkish, and Prussian armies. Low non-military demand and government subsidies meant that the company specialized more and more in weapons: by the late 1880s the manufacture of armaments represented around 50% of Krupp's total output. When Alfred started with the firm, it had five employees. At his death twenty thousand people worked for Krupp—making it the world's largest industrial company and the largest private company in the German empire . In the 20th century the company was headed by Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870–1950), who assumed the surname of Krupp when he married the Krupp heiress, Bertha Krupp . After Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933, the Krupp works became the center for German rearmament. In 1943, by a special order from Hitler, the company reverted to a sole-proprietorship, with Gustav and Bertha's eldest son Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907–67) as proprietor. After Germany's defeat, Gustav was senile and incapable of standing trial, and the Nuremberg Military Tribunal convicted Alfried as a war criminal in the Krupp Trial for "plunder" and for his company's use of slave labor . It sentenced him to 12 years in prison and ordered him to sell 75% of his holdings. In 1951, as the Cold War developed and no buyer came forward, the U.S. occupation authorities released him, and in 1953 he resumed control of the firm. In 1968, the company became a corporation. In 1999, the Krupp Group merged with its largest competitor, Thyssen AG ; the combined company— ThyssenKrupp AG , became Germany's fifth-largest firm and one of the largest steel producers in the world. History of the family Edit The Krupp family first appeared in the historical record in 1587, when Arndt Krupp joined the merchants' guild in Essen. Arndt, a trader, arrived in town just before an epidemic of the and became one of the city's wealthiest men by purchasing the property of families who fled the epidemic. After he died in 1624, his son Anton took over the family business; Anton oversaw a gunsmithing operation during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48), which was the first instance of the family's long association with arms manufacturing. For the next century the Krupps continued to acquire property and became involved in municipal politics in Essen. By the mid-18th-century, Friedrich Jodocus Krupp, Arndt's great-great-grandson, headed the Krupp family. In 1751, he married Helene Amalie Ascherfeld (another of Arndt's great-great-grandchildren); Jodocus died si |
Which influential author of Economics: An Introductory Analysis, the largest-selling economics textbook of all time is also the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Economics? | Paul Samuelson dies at 94; 1st American to win Nobel in economics - latimes OBITUARY Paul Samuelson dies at 94; 1st American to win Nobel in economics He was an advisor to JFK. His book 'Economics: An Introductory Analysis' explained Keynesian theory to beginning economics students. It has sold more than 4 million copies in more than 40 languages. December 14, 2009 |Times Staff And Wire Reports Bob Child / Associated Press (kulpknc20091213175126 ) Paul Samuelson, the first American to win a Nobel Prize in economics, the author of a landmark college textbook on the subject and a presidential advisor who helped shape tax policy in the Kennedy administration, has died. He was 94. FOR THE RECORD: Paul Samuelson obituary: The obituary of economist Paul Samuelson in Monday's Section A said that in 1970, he became the second person to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He was the third. Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen were co-winners in 1969, the first year the prize was awarded. — Samuelson died Sunday at his home in Belmont, Mass., announced MIT, where he had taught for several decades. No cause of death was given. "Paul Samuelson transformed everything he touched: the theoretical foundations of his field, the way economics was taught around the world, the ethos and stature of his department, the investment practices of MIT and the lives of his colleagues and students," MIT President Susan Hockfield said in a statement. In 1970, he became only the second person to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences . The citation said Samuelson "has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory." "It is nice to have hard work recognized," he said at the time. Like many of his generation, Samuelson was a follower of British economist John Maynard Keynes , who proposed that a nation needs an activist government that could foster low unemployment by steering tax and monetary policies, even if it meant deficit spending at times. Samuelson's nephew is Lawrence Summers, President Obama's chief economic advisor. "In the old-fashioned laissez-faire economy, prosperity was indeed a fragile blossom," Samuelson wrote in a 1970 New York Times article. "But for a modern 'mixed economy' in the post-Keynesian era, fiscal and monetary policies can definitely prevent chronic slumps, can offset automation or under-consumption" and can ensure "that resources find paying work opportunities." He was among advisors who led Kennedy to recommend a historic income tax cut that Congress eventually passed in early 1964, after the president was assassinated. "A temporary reduction in tax rates on individual incomes can be a powerful weapon against recession," Samuelson had written in a report to Kennedy in early 1961. The cut was widely credited with helping to foster the 1960s economic boom. "People had JFK all wrong," Samuelson, who was Kennedy's chief economic advisor during the 1960 campaign, told the New York Times in 1993. "They thought of him as a dashing, deciding type. He was an extremely hesitant person who checked the ice in front of him all the time. He said it was vanity to use your political capital on lost causes." Samuelson's work as an educator might have been his most influential role. "Economics: An Introductory Analysis," published in 1948, sought to explain Keynesian economics to beginning economics students. The late economist Robert Heilbroner wrote in The Nation in 1997 that Samuelson's book "changed our vision of economics from the dismal science to a study of social possibilities." "Economics" has sold more than 4 million copies in more than 40 languages. "I knew it was a good book, but what I didn't realize would be its lasting power," Samuelson told the Associated Press in 1998. "I think economics -- and this is what I've tried to impart -- has a tremendous amount of human interest in it." Paul Anthony Samuelson was born in Gary, Ind., on May 15, 1915. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1935 and received master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard. He |
From the Arabic for 'to make known', what is the correct term for a duty imposed on foreign goods? | Management CH 4 - Management 301 with Mccallister at University of Nevada-Las Vegas - StudyBlue One advantage of small companies over large ones is the former's ability to change direction faster True The international Red Cross is an example of a multinational organization. True Ethnocentrism is a form of parochialism. True Global outsourcing is defined as using suppliers outside the home country to provide labor, goods, or services. True If you can describe a job precisely, or write rules for doing it, it is protected against offshoring. False An import quota is a trade barrier in the form of a customs duty, or tax, levied mainly on imports. False The organization that assists in smoothing the flow of money between nations is the World Bank. False; The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is designed to assist in smoothing the flow of money between nations. Canada is part of NAFTA True Knowing the cultural tendencies of foreign business partners and competitors can give you a strategic competitive advantage. True The trend of the world economy toward becoming a more interdependent system is called Globaization Which of the following is a negative effect for the U.S. of global economic interdependency? Loss of well-paying jobs. Ethnocentrism among international managers has been linked to recruitment difficulties for foreign subsidiaries A company that is producing good domestically and sells them outside the county is involved in exporting Pizza Hut provides the use of its name plus operating know-how to companies in Costa Rica in return for a fee plus a percentage of profits. Pizza Hut is franchising The movement of good and services among nations without political or economic obstruction is called free trade The EU has recently agreed to cut the taxes it charges on bananas imported from Central and South America. This tax is a type of tariff Kendall was feeling very uncomfortable and disoriented since she arrived for her new job in Bangkok. It seemed like just about everything was different than what she was used to. Kendall was experiencing culture shock In a(n) ______, shared meanings are primarily derived from written and spoken words rather than situational cues. low-context culture; A person from North America, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, or Switzerland, for example, comes from a low-context culture in which shared meanings are primarily derived from written and spoken words. ______ means that people accept inequality in power among people, institutions, and organizations. high power distance; High power distance, such as occurs in Mexico, India, Thailand, Panama, and the Philippines, means that people accept inequality in power among people, institutions, and organizations. When conducting business in English in Asia, if the answer to a question is "yes", one should assume that means "the question is understood" Megan, a native of New York, was living in London and working for a news magazine. Megan is what is known as a(n) Expatriate If your Chinese coworker in Hong Kong tells you that you have gained weight, you should interpret this comment as Friendliness Which of the following countries is a member of Mercosur? Argentina; The Mercosur is the largest trade bloc in Latin America and has 10 members—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Leah runs a small handmade custom card business, and has recently put up a website. What advantage does her business have over larger competitors? It can change direction quicker. Holly is a seasoned American manager, currently working in South Korea. She has noticed that some of her management techniques work well in her overseas position, but sometimes she finds it more effective to defer to the practices of her Korean counterparts. Holly can be described as a(n) ______ manager. Geocentric; Geocentric managers accept that there are differences and similarities between home and foreign personnel and practices and that they should use whatever techniques are most effective. When a government uses measures like tarif |
In the US, Keogh Plans are full-fledged pension plans for small businesses and what other type of people? | Retirement Plans for Self-Employed People Share - Click this link to Share this page through email or social media Print - Click this link to Print this page Retirement Plans for Self-Employed People Are you self-employed? Did you know you have many of the same options to save for retirement on a tax-deferred basis as employees participating in company plans? Here some highlights of your retirement plan options. Simplified Employee Pension ( SEP ) Contribute as much as 25% of your net earnings from self-employment (not including contributions for yourself), up to $54,000 (for 2017; $53,000 for 2015 and 2016). Establish the plan with a simple one-page form: complete Form 5305-SEP , Simplified Employee Pension - Individual Retirement Accounts Contribution Agreement, or an IRS-approved “prototype SEP plan” offered by many mutual funds, banks and other financial institutions, and by plan administration companies; and open a SEP-IRA through a bank or other financial institution. Set up the SEP plan for a year as late as the due date (including extensions) of your income tax return for that year. 401(k) plan Make annual salary deferrals up to $18,000 (in 2015 - 2017), plus an additional $6,000 if you're 50 or older (in 2015 - 2017) either on a pre-tax basis or as designated Roth contributions . Contribute up to an additional 25% of your net earnings from self-employment for total contributions of $54,000 (for 2017; $53,000 for 2015 and 2016), including salary deferrals. Tailor your plan to allow access to your account balance through loans and hardship distributions . A one-participant 401(k) plan is sometimes referred to as a “solo-401(k),” “individual 401(k)” or “uni-401(k).” It is generally the same as other 401(k) plans, but because there are no employees other than your spouse who work for the business, it is exempt from discrimination testing. Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ( SIMPLE IRA Plan ) You can put all your net earnings from self-employment in the plan: up to $12,500 (in 2015 - 2017), plus an additional $3,000 if you're 50 or older (in 2015 - 2017), plus either a 2% fixed contribution or a 3% matching contribution. Establish the plan: complete Form 5305-SIMPLE , Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers (SIMPLE) – for Use With a Designated Financial Institution, Form 5304-SIMPLE , Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers (SIMPLE) - Not for Use With a Designated Financial Institution, or an IRS-approved “prototype SIMPLE IRA plan” offered by many mutual funds, banks and other financial institutions, and by plan administration companies; and open a SIMPLE IRA through a bank or another financial institution. Set up a SIMPLE IRA plan at any time January 1 through October 1. If you became self-employed after October 1, you can set up a SIMPLE IRA plan for the year as soon as administratively feasible after your business starts. Learn more: SIMPLE IRA Tips for the Sole Proprietor Other defined contribution plans Profit-sharing plan : allows you to decide how much to contribute on an annual basis, up to 25% of compensation (not including contributions for yourself) or $54,000 (for 2017; $53,000 for 2015 and 2016). Money purchase plan : requires you to contribute a fixed percentage of your income every year, up to 25% of compensation (not including contributions for yourself), according to a formula stated in the plan. Defined benefit plans Traditional pension plan with a stated annual benefit you will receive at retirement, usually based on salary and years of service. Benefit may also be defined based on a cash balance formula in a hypothetical individual account (a cash balance plan). Maximum annual benefit can be up to $215,000 (for 2017; $210,000 for 2015 and 2016). Contributions are calculated by an actuary based on the benefit you set and other factors (your age, expected returns on plan investments, etc.); no other annual contribution limit applies. What's a Keogh plan? Retirement plans for self-employed people were formerly referred to as “Keogh plans” after t |
In 1984, while filming a commercial for which company did Michael Jackson suffer second degree burns after pyrotechnics set his hair on fire? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 27 | 1984: Michael Jackson burned in Pepsi ad About This Site | Text Only 1984: Michael Jackson burned in Pepsi ad Michael Jackson has received hospital treatment for serious burns to his head after his hair caught light during a freak filming accident. The 25-year-old entertainer was singing his hit "Billie Jean" for a Pepsi Cola commercial in Los Angeles when the special effects went wrong. Three thousand fans saw a firework display erupt behind the superstar, showering him in sparks and setting light to his hair. Some studio audience members said he was so calm, they thought the incident was part of the act. He was wonderful. He reassured people even as he was being taken away on a stretcher Fan Virgina Watson The singer is reported to have covered his burning hair with his jacket as his brothers and stage hands rushed to help. One member of the audience, Virginia Watson, witnessed the accident. "He was wonderful. He reassured people even as he was being taken away on a stretcher", she said. Michael Jackson was taken to hospital where he was treated for second degree burns. Plastic surgeon Steven Hoeffin said Jackson, who was voted America's entertainer of the year, could need surgery to his head. "He is in discomfort", said the doctor. "It will take a few weeks to determine the hair loss." The superstar is earning a reputed �7m for the series of Pepsi Cola adverts which also feature his four famous brothers. It is part of a huge sponsorship deal the singer agreed last year. The multimillionaire's album "Thriller" has just entered the Guinness book of records as the best selling LP of all time. |
After a Korean Air Lines flight was shot down after straying into the USSR's prohibited airspace in 1983, President Reagan issued a directive making what technology available for civilian use? | Reliable Use of GPS Timing in the Power Industry Reliable Use of GPS Timing in the Power Industry Bruce H. Roeder International Marketing Manager, Arbiter Systems®, Inc. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) developed by the United States Department of Defense and managed by the United States Air Force 50th Space Wing. It is the only fully functional GNSS in the world. It can be used freely by anyone, unless the system is technically restricted. These restrictions can be applied to specific regions by the U.S. Department of Defense. GPS can be used almost anywhere near the earth, and is often used by civilians for navigation purposes. An unobstructed line of sight to four satellites is required for non-degraded performance. GPS horizontal position fixes are typically accurate to about 15 meters (50 ft). GPS uses a constellation of between 24 and 32 medium Earth orbit satellites that transmit precise radiowave signals, which allow GPS receivers to determine their current location, the time, and their velocity. Its official name is NAVSTAR GPS. GPS (Global Positioning System) is the most widely used method of providing time synchronization in the world wide power industry. It is used as a reference for IEDs in substations and instrumentation measuring synchrophasors. It is also frequently used for network timing. The reliability of this critical reference is affected by many things: Proper Implementation of the Technology by Clock Manufacturers Potential Addition of Selective Availability to the GPS Signal Number of Satellites Received Number of Satellites Required for Timing Sources of Interference Proper Distribution of the Timing Signal In addition to the above issues there is the upcoming (2010) loss of some of the GPS satellites due to the late deployment of the new group III GPS satellites. This paper addresses each of these issues with recommendations to maintain reliable timing regardless of where your timing is required. History of GPS The first satellite navigation system, Transit, used by the United States Navy, was first successfully tested in 1960. It used a constellation of five satellites and could provide a navigational fix approximately once per hour. In 1967, the U.S. Navy developed the Timation satellite which proved the ability to place accurate clocks in space, a technology that GPS relies upon. In the 1970s, the ground-based Omega Navigation System, based on phase comparison of signal transmission from pairs of stations, became the first worldwide radio navigation system. Friedwardt Winterberg proposed a test of General Relativity using accurate atomic clocks placed in orbit in artificial satellites. To achieve accuracy requirements, GPS uses principles of general relativity to correct the satellites’ atomic clocks. The design of GPS is based partly on similar ground-based radio navigation systems, such as LORAN and the Decca Navigator developed in the early 1940s, and used during World War II. Additional inspiration for the GPS came when the Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite, Sputnik in 1957. A team of U.S. scientists led by Dr. Richard B. Kershner were monitoring Sputnik's radio transmissions. They discovered that, because of the Doppler Effect, the frequency of the signal being transmitted by Sputnik was higher as the satellite approached, and lower as it continued away from them. They realized that since they knew their exact location on the globe, they could pinpoint where the satellite was along its orbit by measuring the Doppler distortion (see Transit (satellite)). After Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down in 1983 after straying into the USSR's prohibited airspace, President Ronald Reagan issued a directive making GPS freely available for civilian use, once it was sufficiently developed, as a common good. The first satellite was launched in 1989 and the 24th and last satellite was launched in 1994. Initially the highest quality signal was reserved for military use, and the signal available for civilian use intentionally degrad |
What is the name given to the fraudulent operation that involves paying abnormally high returns to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors rather than from revenues generated by any business? | Charles Ponzi (1882 - 1949) - Find A Grave Memorial Death: Jan. 18, 1949 Criminal. He is the originator of the type of financial fraud that carries his name. The term "Ponzi scheme" now generally describes a fraudulent investment operation that involves paying abnormally high returns to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from net revenues generated by any real business. He was born Carlo Ponzi in Lugo, Italy, immigrating to Boston at the age of 21 in 1903. The scheme began when he realized that international postal reply coupons ("IRC's") were fixed to values set before the decline in European currencies following World War I. IRC's could be bought in Europe, included in a mailing to the United States, and the American recipient could redeem them to purchase stamps at an American post office for reply postage. He discovered that when an IRC was purchased in Europe and changed into U.S. dollars, there was a profit difference of a few cents. Around 1920, he started a company to promote the scheme and the high returns available from IRC's. He offered investors a 50% return on their money in 45 days, or a doubling of their money in 90 days. The company grew rapidly. He realized that as long as investors received their promised 50% return, they were not concerned about how this was achieved. Thus, instead of speculation in IRC's, he paid the 50% return out of the additional funds received from other investors, who were likewise anticipating a 50% return on their investments, within a short period of time. Thousands, primarily in New England, invested nearly $15 million dollars. By July 1920 he had made millions, matching old money with ever-larger amounts of new money. As long as money kept flowing in, existing investors could be paid with the new money, but colossal liabilities were accumulating. Eventually, there was public scrutiny as to how Ponzi actually managed to achieve these returns. The city editor at "The Boston Post", who suspected Ponzi's scheme was fraudulent, sought an analysis from one of Boston's leading citizens, Clarence Barron, the owner of Dow Jones & Co. and "The Wall Street Journal". In a series of articles, Barron questioned the scheme's economics and profit potential. The Massachusetts District Attorney ordered Ponzi to cease and desist. Ponzi's customers demanded their money back, but the scheme collapsed instead. On November 1, 1920, Ponzi pleaded guilty to Federal mail fraud, and later was found guilty of Massachusetts state charges. After serving out both prison terms, Ponzi was released in 1934 and was immediately deported to Italy because he had never become an American citizen. He eventually ended up in Brazil. He had a stroke in 1948, and died destitute in a charity hospital in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of sixty-six. Once a millionaire, his funeral reportedly took his last $75. (bio by: William Seitz) |
Appropriately, which company's NYSE symbol is 'BID'? | BID : Summary for Sotheby's Common Stock - Yahoo Finance BID : Summary for Sotheby's Common Stock - Yahoo Finance NYSE - NYSE Real Time Price. Currency in USD Add to watchlist As of 10:40AM EST. Market open. People also watch At SIHH, Richemont's watch showcase in Geneva which opens on Monday, Van Cleef & Arpels will unveil a remarkable automaton clock that has been eight years in the making. The Fée Ondine (above) is a collaboration ... PR Newswire•5 days ago Marc Porter Appointed Chairman Of Sotheby's Fine Art Division NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sotheby's (BID) is delighted to announce the appointment of Marc Porter as Chairman of the Fine Art Division. The respected executive will join his fellow Fine Art Division chairs, Allan Schwartzman and Amy Cappellazzo, in growing Sotheby's global specialist departments and advisory businesses. In addition, he will lead the Company's business development strategy on a global basis. Based in New York, Marc begins at Sotheby's on 17 January. You can learn more about Marc here. Motley Fool•8 days ago |
Which legal term describes a brand name that has become synonymous with a particular class of products and whose examples include Scotch Tape, Frisbee, Xerox and Band-Aid? | The Straight Dope: Is there a term for "trade names that become generic"? A Staff Report from the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board Is there a term for "trade names that become generic"? January 13, 2000 Dear Straight Dope: What is the word that describes the use of trade names to mean much more than that particular trade name? Examples: Let's go get a Coke. I'll make you a Xerox copy. Put a Gem Clip on it. I need to Hoover my rug. — Spike Parker SDStaff Ian replies: First off, Spike, the companies that own the trademarks to those particular brand names will be very displeased to know that you consider these names to mean anything other than the products they sell. Except maybe for Gem clip; I've never heard that one. Maybe Gem will take satisfaction in knowing at least one guy considers their name first when selecting a paper clip. Sure, we might think the highest achievement of a successful product is, in fact, for consumers to think of their name before all others, but while companies spend billions to ensure that their products become "household names," they then spend millions more to prevent these household names from being applied to any products beside their own. Two products you mention, Coca-Cola and Xerox, are probably the best-known examples of contemporary products going to great lengths to fight this fight. Coke has won lawsuits against restaurants who serve another brand of cola when their customers ask for a Coke, although they did lose the proprietary right to the name "cola," because it's descriptive of the product. Some products which are still registered trademarks despite the assault on their names include AstroTurf, Baggies, Band-Aid, Beer Nuts, Breathalyzer, Brillo Pads, Dacron, Dumpster, Frisbee, Hi-Liter, Hula-Hoop, Jacuzzi, Jeep, Jell-O, Jockey Shorts, Kitty Litter, Kleenex, Laundromat, Liquid Paper, Magic Marker, Muzak, Novocain, Ping-Pong, Play-Doh, Popsicle, Post-it Note, Q-Tip, Realtor, Rollerblade, Scotch Tape, Scrabble, Seeing Eye (dog), Sheetrock, Slim Jim, Styrofoam, Super glue, Technicolor, Teflon, TelePrompTer, Vaseline, Velcro, and Walkman. Words which have gone the way of "cola," that is, former trademarks that have been ruled (legally) descriptive words, and therefore, no longer owned by the companies or individuals who invented them, include aspirin, brassiere, cellophane, corn flakes, escalator, granola, gunk, heroin, jungle gym, kerosene, linoleum, raisin bran, shredded wheat, tabloid, thermos, touch-tone, trampoline, yo-yo, and zipper. You can see, then, why companies would get stressed about this. There actually used to be a Zipper brand zipper, and any other metal, sliding fasteners had to come up with a name which simply wouldn't be as, well, zippy, and therefore memorable and above all marketable. Now, to the question you asked: what are such words called? Unfortunately, there's simply no clear answer. When this question came up on the Straight Dope Message Board on AOL, resident grammarian Bermuda999 mentioned that one commonly used term is the awkward "generic descriptor," undoubtedly the way these things should be referred to legally. A term you might see for what befalls a word, and a trademark holder, when it loses its brand name, is the waggish "genericide," and you might term the words "victims of genericide," but if "generic descriptor" is awkward, "victim of genericide" is hopeless. Richard Lederer, in Crazy English, suggests that these words are similar to words like sandwich, cardigan, tantalize, braille, and leotard, that is to say, words coined for people with whom they were associated. These words are called "eponyms." At least two of the brand names above (jacuzzi and frisbee) derived their names from the names of people, so there may be something to Lederer's contention. I asked him (yes, asked him — E-mail is a wonderful invention for pedantic researchers like me) about this, but pointed out that, although the etymology of the word (Greek, meaning "after or upon a name") wouldn't exclude brand names from the definition, no independ |
What is the largest single-site employer in the US with more than 66,000 employees, a manifold increase from the 5,500 it employed when it opened in 1971? | MIS 2901 Study Guide (2013-14 O'donnell) - Instructor O'donnell at Temple University - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. MIS 2901 Study Guide (2013-14 O'donnell) MIS 2901 Study Guide (2013-14 O'donnell) StudyBlue Size: 54 Views: 4 cloud computing Web-based applications that are stored on remote servers and accessed via the 'cloud' of the Internet using a standard Web browser. What is Grid Computing? Advertisement ) Grid Computing The process by which not files, but processing power is shared within a network between the belonging computers Moore's Law Predicts that the power of microprocessor technology doubles and the cost of production falls in half every 18 months. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) the Cloud Computing delivery model that provides access to software and its functions remotely as a Web-based service. SaaS removes the need for organizations to handle the installation, set-up, and maintenance Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) a service that delivers hardware networking capabilities include the use of servers, networking and storage over the cloud using a pay per use revenue model Virtualization Platform as a Service (PaaS) Where cloud providers offer services that include the hardware, operating system, tools, and hosting (i.e., the platform) that its customers use to build their own applications on the provider’s infrastructure. In this scenario the cloud firm usually manages the platform (hosting, hardware, and supporting software), while the client has control over the creation and deployment of their appliation. extranet password protected form of internet intended for external users extranet semiprivate network that uses internet technology and allows more than one company to access the same info or allows people on different servers to collaborate intranet a private computer network like the internet that allows a business to securely share their organization information with its emplyees Virtual Private Network (VPN) A group of connected computers within a confined geographic area. Wide area networks (WAN) A communications network covering a large geographic area peer to peer network a network where all computers can equally and easily share data without a central server Advertisement Which trade route connects the Atlantic and Pacific ocean? The Panama Canal What are the three most frequently traded currencies in the world? U.S. dollar, the Euro and the Japanese Yen What product that makes unpacking fun was invented by sealing two shower curtains together by two engineers who intended it as wallpaper? Bubble Wrap Coffee came originally from Ethiopia What city has the largest population in the world? Tokyo, Japan Before 1994, Brazilians spent Cruzeiros. Now they do deals with a currency by this name Real What is the largest single-site employer in the US with more than 66,000 employees, a manifold increase from the 5,500 it employed when it opened in 1971? Walt Disney World Resort Who was the world's largest employer in 2012 United States Department of Defense What are the two countries in the world that Coca-Cola does not conduct business? North Korea and Cuba The discovery of Metallica's song "I Disappear" on a file sharing network in 2000 started a chain of events that led to the demise of the original incarnation of what company? Napster Superior value creation When a firm provides products at a lower cost or with superior benefits to the customer Value chain analysis Process of analyzing a firm's activities to see where value is added to products or services and what the costs of the added value is Business process Activities an organization performs in order to reach it's goals Operational level of a firm Bottom level of an organization where day-to-day business processes occur Managerial level of a firm Middle level of an organization, where managers monitor operational level activities and provide information to the organization's higher level managers Executive level Top level of an organization, where executives |
The American inventor Douglas Engelbart is best known for inventing which ubiquitous 'clicking' device? | Computer Mouse - General Knowledge Today Computer Mouse November 15, 2011 No comments A mouse is a handheld device for moving the pointer around the screen. It is a primary component of the windows GUI (Graphical User Interface) environment. The use of the mouse in windows allows the user to point at and clicks on various icons for programs and data files rather than having to type in commands to copy files, open programs, etc. as in the older DOS. Mouse is invention of Douglas Carl Engelbart. Douglas Carl Engelbart is an American inventor and early computer pioneer and internet pioneer, best known for inventing the Computer Mouse. Apart from the mouse, his team also developed the hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to GUIs. A typical Mouse consists of two buttons, each of which functions differently in windows. A single click of the left button on an icon selects the item, a double click (clicking twice in rapid succession) button will open a pop-up menu offering choices relative to the item clicked. The primitive mouse did not contain the roller. Now the intelliMouse includes a roller between the two buttons for easy scrolling up and down, specially while visiting websites. The early mouse contained the touchpad’s, large and small trackballs, and graphics tablets. Here we should note that almost all functions that we do with a mouse can be replaced with keyboard commands. The keyboard equivalents are visible in the menus in most programmes. |
What is the title of the landmark television commercial that launched the Apple Macintosh in the US in January 1984? | Apple Alumni Page — Mac 30th Celebration Hide Info Page Dividers - disables the horizontal lines between info page content. DOCUMENT 1 of 3: Full Press Release: December 18, 2013 Cupertino, CA For Immediate Release In honor of the original Macintosh Development Team, All Planet Studios, the Computer History Museum and Macworld/iWorld announce a celebration of the 30 year anniversary of the Macintosh. On January 24, 1984, Apple launched the Macintosh personal computer. The event, immortalized by Steve Jobs’ presentation and Ridley Scott’s legendary “1984” television commercial, propelled this insanely great little machine into the limelight and forever changed the world. On January 25, 2014 event organizers Gabreal Franklin and Daniel Kottke invite the public to join them in acknowledging the extended team whose efforts popularized the graphical user interface and WYSIWYG software and defined computing for the rest of us. The event will be held at the beautifully appointed Flint Center in Cupertino, CA, a few miles from the Apple campus, in the since renovated 2,300 seat auditorium where Steve Jobs introduced the Mac. In a series of panel discussions, members of the original team will share memories about the conception, birth and coming of age of the Apple Macintosh. Previously unreleased video will recreate those early days, and Ridley Scott will discuss production of the “1984” commercial. Stage events, testimonials and surprise guests will offer a treasure trove of recollections about the era. In one of the evening’s highlights, Mike Markkula will present People’s Choice Lifetime Technical Awards to the unsung heroes of the computer revolution—the original Mac team. The event will be capped by a musical performance by Cirque d’Mac, featuring Chris Breen, Bryan Chaffin, Dave Hamilton, Paul Kent and Bob LeVitus. Profits from the event will be donated to charities dedicated to promoting computer and Internet literacy. For further information, including interviews, contact Daniel at [email protected] . |
Which company was responsible for the Bhopal disaster in 1984 that is frequently cited as the world's worst industrial disaster? | Bhopal disaster - 必应 Sign in Bhopal disaster The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident in India, considered the world's worst industrial disaster. It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other chemicals. The toxic substance made its way into and around the shanty towns located near the plant. Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate death toll was 2,259. The governm ... (展开) ent of Madhya Pradesh confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release. A government affidavit in 2006 stated that the leak caused 558,125 injuries, including 38,478 temporary partial injuries and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries. Others estimate that 8,000 died within two weeks , and another 8,000 or more have since died from gas-related diseases. The cause of the disaster remains under debate. The Indian government and local activists argue that slack management and deferred maintenance created a situation where routine pipe maintenance caused a backflow of water into a MIC tank triggering the disaster. Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) contends water entered the tank through an act of sabotage. The owner of the factory, UCIL, was majority owned by UCC, with Indian Government-controlled banks and the Indian public holding a 49.1 percent stake. In 1989, UCC paid $470m ($907m in 2014 dollars) to settle litigation stemming from the disaster. In 1994, UCC sold its stake in UCIL to Eveready Industries India Limited (EIIL), which subsequently merged with McLeod Russel (India) Ltd. Eveready ended clean-up on the site in 1998, when it terminated its 99-year lease and turned over control of the site to the state government of Madhya Pradesh. Dow Chemical Company purchased UCC in 2001, seventeen years after the disaster. Civil and criminal cases were filed in the District Court of Bhopal, India, involving UCC and Warren Anderson, UCC CEO at the time of the disaster. In June 2010, seven ex-employees, including the former UCIL chairman, were convicted in Bhopal of causing death by negligence and sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of about $2,000 each, the maximum punishment allowed by Indian law. An eighth former employee was also convicted, but died before the judgement was passed. Anderson also died at a nursing home in Vero Beach, Florida on September 29, 2014. Bhopal disaster The pre-event phase The UCIL factory was built in 1969 to produce the pesticide Sevin (UCC's brand name for carbaryl) using methyl isocyanate (MIC) as an intermediate. A MIC production plant was added in 1979. After the Bhopal plant was built, other manufacturers, including Bayer, produced carbaryl without MIC, though at a greater manufacturing cost. Bayer also used the UCC process at the chemical plant once owned by UCC at Institute, West Virginia, in the United States. The chemical process employed in the Bhopal plant had methylamine reacting with phosgene to form MIC, which was then reacted with 1-naphthol to form the final product, carbaryl. This "route" differed from the MIC-free routes used elsewhere, in which the same raw materials were combined in a different manufacturing order, with phosgene first reacting with naphthol to form a chloroformate ester, which was then reacted with methylamine. In the early 1980s, the demand for pesticides had fallen, but production continued, leading to build-up of stores of unused MIC. Earlier leaks In 1976, two trade unions complained of pollution within the plant. In 1981, a worker was splashed with phosgene. In a panic, he removed his mask, inhaling a large amount of phosgene gas which resulted in his death 72 hours later. Local Indian authorities had warned the company of the problem as early as 1979, but constructive actions were not undertaken by UCIC at that time. In January 1982, a phosgene leak exposed 24 workers, all of whom were admitted to a hospital. None |
The name of which company is supposedly derived from the transcandental god of Zoraastrianism? | Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism Print this page Zoroastrianism, a unique religion which stresses the eternal battle of good versus evil, has had a larger impact than its small number of followers (100,000) would suggest. It is the religion of one man who lived some 600 years before the birth of Christ. His name was Zoroaster. The religiously fertile area of Babylonia (modern Iraq and Iran) was his home. History Zoroaster The founder of Zoroastrianism was the man Zoroaster (a Greek corruption of the old Iranian word Zarathushtra). His time and place of birth are unknown, but it is generally believed that he was born around 650 B.C. in Persia (present-day Iran). However, as Richard Cavendish observed, there is much doubt as to when and where Zoroaster was born: The early history of Zoroastrianism is much in dispute. The religion was founded by Zoroaster (the Greek form of his name, which is Zarathushtra in Persian), but it is not certain when he lived, where he lived or how much of later Zoroastrianism came from him. Tradition puts him in western Iran in the sixth century B.C., a little earlier than the Buddha in India, but it is now thought that he lived in northeastern Iran, in the area on the borders of modern Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. An alternative theory dates him much earlier, somewhere in the period from 1700 to 1500 B.C., and places him in the plains of Central Asia, perhaps before the first groups of Aryans moved south from the plains into Iran and India (Richard Cavendish, The Great Religions, New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1980, p. 125). Tradition says that Zoroaster was the son of a camel merchant and grew up at a time when his fellow Persians worshipped many gods. While growing up he had a keen interest in religion, pondering the mysteries of life. At an early age he became known for his compassionate nature, especially toward the elderly. Zoroaster had an excellent education, studying with some of the best teachers in Persia. Yet he became restless, and at age 20 he left his father and mother in a search for answers to life's deepest questions. He would seek, from all those whom he met, answers to his religious questions. During this time of Zoroaster's religious quest, it is said he used his medical ability to help heal those ravaged by the ongoing wars. It was at age 30 that Zoroaster received enlightenment. As the account goes, Zoroaster received a vision on the banks of the Daitya River when a large figure appeared to him. This personage identified himself as Vbhu Manah, or "good thought. " This figure took Zoroaster into the presence of the wise lord Ahura-Mazda, who instructed Zoroaster in the true religion. Zoroaster spent the next ten years proclaiming his newly discovered truth but had little success. The movement began to grow after Zoroaster converted a prince named Vishtaspa, who helped propagate his new-found faith. During the ensuing years the faith spread rapidly. Zoroastrian tradi-tion records two holy wars which were fought over the faith, the second of which took the life of Zoroaster at age 77. However, though the prophet died, the faith remained alive. Zoroastrianism quickly destroyed the magic and idol worship prevalent then and established its own belief in one god, a heaven, and a hell (see Maurice Rawlings, Life-Wish: Reincarnation: Reality or Hoax, Nashville: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1981, p. 63). The Deification of Zoroaster As is true with many religious leaders, the later disciples of Zoroaster, far removed in time from their master, made him an object of veneration. Thus, Zoroaster became an object of worship along with the deity Ahura-Mazda. He is lauded in the following terms: Head of the two-footed race; the wisest of all beings in the perfection of his holiness; the only one who can daunt evil (Max Mueller, ed., Secret Books of the East, Oxford: Krishna Press, 1897-1910, 23:190, 229, 275). The chieftainship of all things was from Zoroaster; the completely good, the righteous Zoroaster (Ibid., 5:88; 18:90). Incomparable among mankind through his desire for righteousness, and |
Harald ___ Gromson was the king of Denmark in the 10th century and is regarded as having united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. How is his name popular in the technological world? | Viking V Viking A Viking (pron. /ˈvəɪkɪŋ/) is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian ) explorers, warriors , merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century. These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia , and as far west as Iceland , Greenland , and Newfoundland. This period of Viking expansion is known as the Viking Age, and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe in general. A romanticized picture of Vikings as Germanic noble savages emerged in the 18th century, and expanded during the Victorian era Viking revival. In Britain it took the form of Septentrionalism, in Germany that of "Wagnerian" pathos or even Germanic mysticism, and in the Scandinavian countries that of Romantic nationalism or Scandinavism. In contemporary popular culture these clichéd depictions are often exaggerated with the effect of presenting Vikings as caricatures. Etymology In Old Norse , the word is spelled víkingr. The word appears on several rune stones found in Scandinavia. In the Icelanders' sagas, víking refers to an overseas expedition (Old Norse fara í víking "to go on an expedition"), and víkingr, to a seaman or warrior taking part in such an expedition. In Old English , the word wicing appears first in the Anglo-Saxon poem, "Widsith", which probably dates from the 9th century. In Old English, and in the writings of Adam von Bremen, the term refers to a pirate, and is not a name for a people or a culture in general. Regardless of its possible origins, the word was used more as a verb than as a noun, and connoted an activity and not a distinct group of individuals. To "go Viking" was distinctly different from Norse seaborne missions of trade and commerce. The word disappeared in Middle English , and was reintroduced as Viking during 18th century Romanticism (the "Viking revival"), with heroic overtones of " barbarian warrior" or noble savage. During the 20th century, the meaning of the term was expanded to refer not only to the raiders, but also to the entire period; it is now, somewhat confusingly, used as a noun both in the original meaning of raiders, warriors or navigators, and to refer to the Scandinavian population in general. As an adjective, the word is used in expressions like "Viking age", "Viking culture", "Viking colony", etc., generally referring to medieval Scandinavia. The pre-Christian Scandinavian population is also referred to as Norse, although that term is properly applied to the whole civilization of Old-Norse-speaking people. In current Scandinavian languages, the term Viking is applied to the people who went away on Viking expeditions, be it for raiding or trading. The term Varangians made its first appearance in Byzantium where it was introduced to designate a function. In Russia it was extended to apply to Scandinavian warriors journeying to and from Constantinople. In the Byzantine sources Varangians are first mentioned in 1034 as in garrison in the Thracian theme. The Persian geographer Al Biruni has mentioned the Baltic Sea as the Varangian Sea and specifies the Varangians as a people dwelling on its coasts. The first datable use of the word in Norse literature appears by Einarr Skúlason in 1153. According to Icelandic Njalssaga from the 13th century, the institution of Varangian Guard was established by 1000. In the Russian Primary Chronicle the Varangian is used as a generic term for the Germanic nations on the coasts of the Baltic sea that likewise lived in the west as far as the land of the English and the French. The word Væringjar itself is regarded in Scandinavia as of Old Norse origin, cognate with the Old English Færgenga (literally, an expedition-goer). The Viking Age The period from the earliest recorded raids in the 790s until the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 is commonly known as the Viking Age of Scandinavian history. The Normans, however, were descended from Danish Vikings who were given feudal ov |
What is the all time bestselling car in the world? | 5 Best-Selling Cars Ever | Investopedia 5 Best-Selling Cars Ever View As Article Ransom E. Olds introduced the Curved Dash Olds, a single cylinder engine with tilted steering a chain drive, in 1901. Six-hundred were sold. Three years later, Olds' company sold 5,000 models and the mass production auto industry was on its way. According to a report from Ward's Auto released last week, the global number of cars exceeded 1.015 billion in 2010. Some models have been trendy throughout the years while others have been duds. Then there are a select few models that have remained popular with consumers year after year. Ransom E. Olds introduced the Curved Dash Olds, a single cylinder engine with tilted steering a chain drive, in 1901. Six-hundred were sold. Three years later, Olds' company sold 5,000 models and the mass production auto industry was on its way. According to a report from Ward's Auto released last week, the global number of cars exceeded 1.015 billion in 2010. Some models have been trendy throughout the years while others have been duds. Then there are a select few models that have remained popular with consumers year after year. Toyota Corolla Since 1966, the Corolla has been a mainstay in the industry. The design has never been flashy, but its fuel efficiency (currently 35 mpg) and affordability have made it the top seller of all time with 37.5 million sold so far. The base model currently sells for $16,130. The Corolla is also one of the most reliable and long-lasting vehicles, with some consumers reporting nearly 200,000 miles on their odometers. Ford F-Series This pick-up truck, which made its debut in 1948, was the best-selling vehicle in 2011 and has claimed the No. 2 spot on the all-time list with 35 million models sold. The average price for the base model is $22,990. The F-Series has been a main stay in the Truck industry and has lasted the test of time. Since its inception, The Ford F-Series has evolved to not only produce huge horsepower and torque, but Ford has also taken into account the growing concern of fuel economy by producing a more fuel-effecient truck. Volkswagen Golf Originally branded as the Rabbit when introduced in 1974, this is Volkswagen's most inexpensive model starting at $17,995. To date, 27.5 million of these four-cylinder sedans have been sold. U.S. News and World Report ranked it No. 6 on the list of affordable compact cars. It is also available with a diesel engine. The Golf is also known as a car which is quick and fun. Its small wheel base, and great handling have made it a wonderful car to drive. Volkswagen Beetle The "Bug" hit the scene in 1933 with very little change to its design, and has been a well-loved car for decades, selling more than 23 million. Walt Disnsey further idolized the car by producing the movie "The Love Bug" in 1968. The Volkwagen Beetle has had global success selling all over the world. Volkswagen re-introduced a newer, sleeker model in the 1990s, and it quickly became a favorite for a new generation. Base price is just under $20,000, with a turbo model running about $10,000 more. It continues to remain one of the most recognizable cars in the world. Ford Escort More than 20 million Escorts have been sold since 1968, despite it being taken off the production line in 2000. To compete with Japanese cars which were dominating the compact-car scene, Ford introduced the Escort in a two-door hatchback or four-door wagon models. After several design tweaks to the engine and body, the Escort was considered by the mid-1990s to be a solid compact car for the price (base under $12,000). Its successor is the Ford Focus. The Focus is now one of Ford's global names. It is sold the all over the world as car buyers look for more fuel economy, as gas prices continue the rise. Conclusion The auto industry has produced millions of cars and hundreds of different models in its more than 100-year history. Year after year, consumers wants and needs in a car has changed along with the economy. With the increasing price of gas, consumers continue to buy economical, reliable vehic |
By repute, where is the largest gold repository in the world? (hint: not Fort Knox!) | Beatty/Hoffman box office flop crossword clue Archives - LAXCrossword.com LAXCrossword.com Answers to the LA Times Crossword Menu and widgets Search for clue, date, etc. January 2017 Constructed by: Gail Grabowski & Bruce Venzke Edited by: Rich Norris Theme: Is Angry at Last Today’s themed answers each end with a synonym of “is angry”. 20A…Tailpipe emission..EXHAUST FUMES Bill’s time: 6m 22s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies Across 1…Hershey’s toffee bar..SKOR Skor is a candy bar produced by Hershey’s. “Skor” is Swedish for “shoes”, and the candy bar’s wrapping features a crown that is identical to that found in the Swedish national emblem. Skor is sold in Canada as Rutnam. What “shoes” have to do with candy, I don’t know … 5…Res __ loquitur: the thing itself speaks..IPSA The literal translation of “res ipsa loquitur” is “the thing speaks for itself”. The phrase is used in law and refers to situations when there is an injury, and the nature of the injury is such that one can assume that negligence had to have taken place. 15…Seasonal song..NOEL “Noël” is the French word for the Christmas season, ultimately coming from the Latin word for “birth” (natalis). Noel has come to be used as an alternative name for a Christmas carol. 16…Hunky-dory..A-OKAY Our term “A-OK” is supposedly an abbreviation for “A(ll systems are) OK”, and arose in the sixties during the Space Program. Surprisingly (to me), the term “hunky-dory” has been around a long time, and is documented back in the mid-1800s. Nobody’s really sure of its origin, but some say it is an Anglicization of Honcho dori, that back in the day was a street of ill repute in Yokohama, Japan. 19…Dry Italian wine..SOAVE Soave is a dry white wine produced in the area around the city of Verona in northeast Italy. 24…Beatty/Hoffman box office flop..ISHTAR I guess “Ishtar” did bomb and was a indeed a disaster, because I’ve never come across it outside of crosswords. The film stars Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as lounge singers working in Morocco! There’s a Cold War plot and, thank goodness, it’s a comedy. It’s so bad apparently, that it never even made it to DVD. 28…Tug-of-war injuries..FRICTION BURNS Tug of war is a strength competition between two teams who pull on opposite ends of a rope, vying to pull the opponents over a marked line. The sport was an event in the Summer Olympic Games from 1900 until 1920. The USA teams won all three medals for the tug of war at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. 32…Former fillies..MARES There are lots of terms to describe horses of different ages and sexes, it seems: Foal: horse of either sex that is less that one year old Yearling: horse of either sex that is one to two years old Filly: female horse under the age of four Colt: male horse under the age of four Gelding: castrated male horse of any age Stallion: non-castrated male horse four years or older Mare: female horse four years or older 35…Freelancer’s email attachment: Abbr…INV Invoice (inv.) An invoice is an itemized bill. The term comes from the Middle French “envois” meaning “dispatch (of goods)”. The root verb is “envoyer”, which translates as “to send”. The term “free lance” was coined by Sir Walter Scott in his 1820 novel “Ivanhoe”, using it to describe a medieval mercenary warrior. Forty years later, a freelancer was a journalist who did work for more than one publication without a long-term commitment. 38…Sonar signal..BLIP The British developed the first underwater detection system that used sound waves. Research was driven by defence demands during WWI, leading to production of working units in 1922. This new sound detection system was described as using “supersonics”, but for the purpose of secrecy the term was dropped in favor of an acronym. The work was done under the auspices of the Royal Navy’s Anti-Submarine Division, so ASD was combined with the IC from “superson-ic-s” to create the name ASDIC. The navy even went as far as renaming the quartz material at the heart of the technology “ASDivite”. By the time WWII came along, the Americans were produc |
In the 1970s, 'The Chicago Boys' were a group of 25 economists working under which South American dictator's administration to create a free market economy? | An Anarchist FAQ - C.11 Doesn't Chile prove that the free market benefits everyone? | Infoshop Home ›› Anarchist FAQ ›› An Anarchist FAQ - C.11 Doesn't Chile prove that the free market benefits everyone? An Anarchist FAQ - C.11 Doesn't Chile prove that the free market benefits everyone? PDF version of Section C. C.11 Doesn't neo-liberalism in Chile prove that the free market benefits everyone? Chile is considered by some to be one of the economic success stories of the modern world. It can be considered as the first laboratory for neo-liberal economic dogma, first under Pinochet's dictatorship and later when his regime had been replaced by a more democratic one. It can be considered as the template for the economic vision later applied by Reagan and Thatcher in the West. What happened in Chile was repeated (to some degree) wherever neo-liberal policies were implemented. As such, it makes a good case study to evaluate the benefits of free(r) market capitalism and the claims of capitalist economics. For the right, Chile was pointed to as a casebook in sound economics and is held up as an example of the benefits of capitalism. Milton Friedman, for example, stated in 1982 that Military Junta "has supported a fully free-market economy as a matter of principle. Chile is an economic miracle." [quoted by Elton Rayack, Not so Free to Choose, p. 37] Then US President George Bush praised the Chilean economic record in December 1990 when he visited that country, stating Chile deserved its "reputation as an economic model" for others to follow. However, the reality of the situation is radically different. As Chilean expert Peter Winn argues, "[w]e question whether Chile's neoliberal boom . . . should be regarded as a miracle. When confronted by such a claim, scholars and students should always ask: a miracle for whom -- and at what cost?" ["Introduction", Peter Winn (ed.), Victims of the Chilean Miracle, p. 12] As we will prove, Chile's "economic miracle" is very class dependent. For its working class, the neo-liberal reforms of the Pinochet regime have resulted in a worsening of their lives; if you are a capitalist then it has been a miracle. That the likes of Friedman claim the experiment as a "miracle" shows where their sympathies lie -- and how firm a grasp they have of reality. The reason why the Chilean people become the first test case for neo-liberalism is significant. They did not have a choice. General Pinochet was the figure-head of a military coup in 1973 against the democratically elected left-wing government led by President Allende. This coup was the culmination of years of US interference by the US in Chilean politics and was desired by the US before Allende took office in November 1970 ("It is the firm and continuing policy that Allende be overthrown by a coup," as one CIA memo put it in October of that year [quoted by Gregory Palast, "A Marxist threat to cola sales? Pepsi demands a US coup. Goodbye Allende. Hello Pinochet", The Observer, 8/11/1998]). Then American president Richard Nixon imposed an embargo on Chile and began a covert plan to overturn the Allende government. In the words of the US ambassador to Chile, the Americas "will do all in our power to condemn Chileans to utmost poverty." [quoted by Noam Chomsky, Deterring Democracy, p. 395] According to notes taken by CIA director Richard Helms at a 1970 meeting in the Oval Office, his orders were to "make the economy scream." This was called Project FUBELT and its aims were clear: "The Director [of the CIA] told the group that President Nixon had decided that an Allende regime in Chile was not acceptable to the United States. The President asked the Agency to prevent Allende from coming to power or to unseat him." ["Genesis of Project FUBELT" document dated September 16, 1970] Not all aid was cut. During 1972 and 1973 the US increased aid to the military and increased training Chilean military personnel in the United States and Panama. In other words, the coup was helped by US state and various US corporations both directly and indirectly, by undermining the |
What principle states that 'in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence'? | The Peter Principle The Peter Principle Library Binding (October 1996) Buccaneer Books; ISBN: 1568491611 Along with Parkinson's Law by C. Northcote Parkinson this is a "satirical sociology" masterpiece. And despite being written before programmers became a mass profession it is perfectly applicable to programming. It's a rather short and easy-to-read book that consists of fictional stories about results of promotions in a typical administrative and business hierarchies. Must read for any programmer or system administrator with more than two year experience :-). Originally published in 1969 it coined the famous "The Peter Principle" In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence. The concept is pretty universal and is related to the regression to the mean. As authors aptly states "Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. " In reality the performance always has a transitional (random) component. The end result is that stable companies are more likely to have incompetent managers at many levels of the organizational structure whereas younger and fast growing companies may avert some implication of this principle at least temporary. "Employees", as the author points out, "do not want to be incompetent", but when management offers promotions that put the employees closer to their level of incompetence, the employees have no way of knowing that ahead of time. After all, if the offer is made. it is because management "knows" the employee can do the job competently on his/her present level. But an interesting side effect observable in large and old organizations is that such decision might be made by managers who are already at their level of incompetence (Dilbert's PHBs). This effect can be called large organization Catch 22. Another related phenomenon is called Negative selection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In politics , negative selection is a process that occurs in rigid hierarchies , most notably dictatorships . The person on the top of the hierarchy, wishing to remain in power forever, chooses his associates with the prime criterion of incompetence - they must not be competent enough to remove him from power. The associates do the same with those below them in the hierarchy, and the hierarchy is progressively filled with more and more incompetent people. If the dictator sees that he is threathened nonetheless, he will remove those that threaten him from their positions - "purge" the hierarchy. Emptied positions in the hierarchy are normally filled with people from below - those who were less competent than their previous masters. So, over the course of time, the hierarchy becomes less and less effective. As this happens relatively often, once the dictator dies, or is removed by some external influence, what remains is a grossly ineffective hierarchy. The Politburo of CPSU of the USSR was the impressive example of negative selection. If Khrushchev was just marginally incompetent, inaptness of Gorbachyov was legendary and his inability to master Russian language rivaled Bush II. Like Bushisms, "Gorbachvisms" make him a laughing stock for most of the population. Some of the short stories in the book are not only funny, they might well be based on true events. Actually the message of some stories is dead serious: pyramid climbing is a dangerous sport and that's is exactly true in computer programming. Incompetent managers is too serious problem to ignore. This book also served as a cornerstone for Dilbert series which became a cartoon classic (but generally overstayed its welcome: you can't milk the same cow for decades and expect a stellar result). The book might helps students, who just joined the large enterprise environment to withstand the pressure and the absurd of the software development and large corporate IT in general. Finally understand the roots of incompetence in higher ranks, February 10, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from USA The author hit the nail on the head when he discovered this |
Marshall McLuhan was named as the 'patron saint' of which magazine that had his quote on its masthead for the first ten years of its publication? | Marshall McLuhan M Marshall McLuhan Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator , philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic , a rhetorician , and a communication theorist . McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village". McLuhan was a fixture in media discourse from the late 1960s to his death and he continues to be an influential and controversial figure. More than ten years after his death he was named the " patron saint " of Wired magazine. Life and career McLuhan was born in Edmonton , Alberta , to Methodist parents Elsie Naomi (née Hall) and Herbert Ernest McLuhan. His brother, Maurice, was born two years later. "Marshall" was a family name: his maternal grandmother's surname. Both of his parents were born in Canada. His mother was a Baptist schoolteacher who later became an actress. His father had a real estate business in Edmonton. When war broke out, the business failed, and McLuhan's father enlisted in the Canadian army. After a year of service he contracted influenza and remained in Canada, away from the front. After Herbert's discharge from the army in 1915, the McLuhan family moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Marshall grew up and went to school, attending Kelvin Technical High School before enrolling in the University of Manitoba in 1928. McLuhan earned a BA (1933) — winning a University Gold Medal in Arts and Sciences — and MA (1934) in English from the University of Manitoba, after a one year stint as an engineering major. He had long desired to pursue graduate studies in England and, having failed to secure a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford , McLuhan was accepted for enrollment at the University of Cambridge. Although he already had earned BA and MA degrees at Manitoba, Cambridge required him to enroll as an undergraduate "affiliated" student, with one year's credit toward a three-year Cambridge Bachelor's degree, before any doctoral studies. He entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge in the Fall of 1934, where he studied under I. A. Richards and F. R. Leavis, and was influenced by New Criticism . Upon reflection years after, he credited the faculty there with influencing the direction of his later work because of their emphasis on the training of perception and such concepts as Richards's notion of feedforward. These studies formed an important precursor to his later ideas on technological forms. He received his bachelor's degree from Cambridge in 1936 and began graduate work. Later, he returned from England to take a job as a teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which he held for the 1936-37 academic year, unable to find a suitable job in Canada. While studying the trivium at Cambridge he took the first steps toward his eventual conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1937, founded on his reading of G. K. Chesterton . At the end of March 1937, McLuhan completed what was a slow but total conversion process when he was formally received into the Roman Catholic Church. After consulting with a minister, his father accepted the decision to convert; his mother, however, felt that his conversion would hurt his career and was inconsolable. McLuhan was devout throughout his life, but his religion remained a private matter. He had a lifelong interest in the number three - the trivium, the Trinity - and sometimes said that the Virgin Mary provided intellectual guidance for him. For the rest of his career he taught in Roman Catholic institutions of higher education. From 1937 to 1944 he taught English at Saint Louis University (with an interruption from 1939 to 1940 when he returned to Cambridge). At Saint Louis he tutored and befriended Walter J. Ong, S.J. (1912-2003), who would go on to write his Ph.D. dissertation on a topic McLuhan had called to his attention, and who would himself also later become a well-known authority on communication and technology. While in St. Louis, he also met his futur |
What 'nuclear' nickname was given to Jack Welch in the 1980s for eliminating employees while leaving the office buildings intact? | Jack Welch Definition | Investopedia Jack Welch DEFINITION of 'Jack Welch' The former chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) from 1981 - 2001. Welch expanded the company and dramatically increased its market value from $14 billion to $410 billion during his tenure. Welch has a reputation as one of the top CEOs of all time, as evidenced by Fortune magazine's recognition of him in 1999 as Manager of the Century. His management strategies included embracing change and reinvention, leading rather than controlling, giving employees at all levels responsibility and freedom, being focused, being consistent and following up. BREAKING DOWN 'Jack Welch' Prior to leading GE, Welch had worked there for 21 years. He was hired as a junior engineer in 1960. During the 1980s Welch was given the nickname "Neutron Jack" for eliminating employees while leaving the office buildings intact. Welch adopted the Six Sigma quality program in 1995. The program led to greatly increased profits during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Trading Center |
The success of what shoe brand has resulted from the aerobics fitness craze of the 80s? | Minding Your Business: Kroger expanding at W. University location Minding Your Business: Kroger expanding at W. University location Minding Your Business: Kroger expanding at W. University location Post to Facebook Minding Your Business: Kroger expanding at W. University location Minding Your Business: Kroger expanding at W. University location Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: http://www.jacksonsun.com/story/money/2014/06/26/kroger-expanding-at-w-university-location/11363341/ CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation Minding Your Business: Kroger expanding at W. University location David Thomas Published 11:00 p.m. CT June 25, 2014 | Updated 11:06 p.m. CT June 25, 2014 Buy Photo United Steaks has closed at 907 Vann Drive. (Photo: DAVID THOMAS/The Jackson Sun )Buy Photo CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENTEMAILMORE Kroger may be mum on the subject of what its intentions are at West Towne Commons, but it’s common knowledge the direction the company is headed at 35 W. University Parkway. The company which owns 10 acres of land to the west of the store will add in the neighborhood of 32,000 square feet to the 58,000 square feet to its existing location. “We have applied for permits and will expand substantially,” Joe Bell said. “The store has been there for quite a while; it’s doing well and overall, the Jackson market is a great market.” Bell is the manager of marketing and public affairs for Kroger’s Delta Division. A few of the areas of expansion are ones most would expect - perishables, the deli and bakery, dairy and fresh foods. Bell said the set up for meat will basically be the same, but one new department will be an organic foods section. Bell said no decision has been made on whether to build a new store or remodel the company’s third location in the city at 41 Stonebrook Place, in West Towne Commons, which opened in 1992. Closed United Steaks at 907 Vann Drive has closed and attempts to reach management were unsuccessful. Liking the Old Hickory Mall CBL&Associates Properties, Inc. announced they have launched Facebook pages and new websites at 22 CBL Malls, including Old Hickory Mall in partnership with PlaceWise Media, the industry leader in digital shopping center marketing. The new website includes an engaging new site design with robust feature sets that connect retailers and shoppers including the addition of Facebook for online social networking. The site provides a valuable resource to shoppers to plan purposeful shopping visits to the center with nine times more retailer deals and coupons. Shoppers wishing to use their smartphone can access a state of the art mobile website. The site also has complete social media integration with the mall Facebook page as well as retailer Facebook pages. Email marketing will start later this month. These changes allow Old Hickory Mall to maintain pace with the changing world of Internet, smartphone and social media. “The site is now live and we are excited to have added Facebook along with PlaceWise to enhance our digital efforts to provide a better online experience and resource for our shoppers,” Tracy Sudzum said. Sudzum is the general manager of Old Hickory Mall. Business After Hours Business After Hours will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Commercial Bank & Trust Company, 3093 N. Highland Avenue. Network, exchange business cards and enjoy refreshments. It’s free with no advance registration. Jackson Amphitheater The Rev. Jessie Show is front and center at the Jackson Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m., Friday. King Beez performs July 4; Rayburn Anthony, Carl Mann & The Rockabilly Show is set for July 25; Travis Cottrell, Aug. 1; The Kimberlie Helton Band, Aug. 8; and the Jackson Symphony Jazz Concert, Aug. 15. A surprise guest performs Sept. 5; the Jackson Swing Orchestra hits the stage, Sept. 20; and Paula Bridges, Chuck McGill & The Bandstand Group close out the season Oct. 4. Festival of the Lakes The Festival of the Lakes will be held July 4 at Beech Lake. The day begins wi |
Which online business was named for a word from Gulliver's Travels that meant 'rude, unsophisticated, uncouth'? | Which online business was named for a word from Gulliver's Travels that meant 'rude, unsophisticated, uncouth'? - Bayt.com Specialties Which online business was named for a word from Gulliver's Travels that meant 'rude, unsophisticated, uncouth'? Answer added by: VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager 2 years ago Yahoo Not the answer you are looking for? Browse other questions in International Business or ask your own question Register to Answer this Question Log in if you're already a Bayt.com member. More Questions Like This Is subliminal advertising illegal? If not, do you believe it's an effective method of advertising? Top Answer: Subliminal Advertisement or subliminal messaging in an advertisement is illegal in some countries. Some studies showed that it could be harmful to some humans; but regardless of the legal stature, to me it’s a stupid concept and agencies that use such outdated concepts reflect their lack of creativities. The most effective advertisement in today’s fast, intellect, interconnect societies is humor. How many people should approve an advertisement before it's published? Top Answer: That really depends on internal organization and personality of marcoms manager. When I worked as head of marcoms I had the authority to approve everything. My CMO wanted to see the ad before it aired for the first few months,after that she left it all to me. In some other companies it is not so simple. It also depends in how much responsibility each marcoms processional wants to take on her/his shoulders. If you screw up and you have noone else's signature on the ad but yours, it's your head! Do you think it's wise for companies to invest in gifts and giveaways as a form of marketing? Why or why not? Top Answer: Yes it is wise to invest in gifts and giveaways purely because it is part of social marketing. It is a practice that organizations should adopt although at manageable levels because it is the best way of pulling customers close to the organization. Customers are important stake holders of an organization and as such they need to be part and parcel of it, hence the need of constantly reminding them about the organization through gifts and giveaways. Is Digital Marketing correct medium for promoting the brand in Cement Industry of today? Top Answer: I think with Cement and other commodities that are less volatile when it come to prices, a producer should use a specialized marketing technique. For instance, the producer website should attract people who search for term like (cement, cement producer, cement wholesaler ...etc) by adding tags to their website. They also advertise in industrial magazines that directed towards contractors and building materials. Participating in exhibitions is also a good way to meet other wholesalers. |
If you see the name of the organization American Humane Association in the credits of a movie or a television show, what 4-word phrase are you also most likely to see? | Disney Owns This Trope - TV Tropes Disney Owns This Trope You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share When you wish upon a star , all your dreams will become ours! "Like a true American, I love all things Disney. Mostly because all things are owned by Disney." — Stephen Colbert Trademarks are distinctive signs or symbols used by a person or company to promote and differentiate their products and services from the competitors. They typically consist of a name, word, phrase, logo, or combination of the four, and are distinctly associated with their brand. See the article on the subject for an in-depth explanation. Trademarks belong to a category called "intellectual property rights", alongside similar concepts called copyrights and patents. A full discussion of their definitions and purpose is beyond the scope of this entry, but the three terms all bear a common theme: They acknowledge creation or ownership of something, and provide the owner with some control over how it gets used. If somebody else attempts to use it commercially without the owner's permission (often with an exchange of money involved for such permission), the owner can take them to court and sue for damages. Now, in Real Life there are certain rules and limitations on what does and does not constitute an infringement, and what is and is not eligible for protection under intellectual property rights laws in the first place. These laws are also what (ostensibly) protect independent artists, inventors, and writers from having their work stolen or destroyed by Evil Inc. , Executive Meddling , severely Misaimed Fandom , or having the Serial Numbers Filed Off . But there are no such limitations or ethical quandaries in fiction! Some corporations (for example, Mega Corp. ) are so damn powerful and wield so much influence that they can put a stamp of ownership on literally anything. The grass in your front yard? Patented by a gardening company. The morning sunrise? Copyrighted. The name of your favorite pet? A bright sunny day? The word "the"? Yes, them too. If it exists, then somebody, somewhere, has stamped a copyright or trademark upon it, regardless of common sense or reason, and they'll happily send out their Army of Lawyers to collect royalties at even the slightest hint of infringement. It should be noted that not all copyright/trademark claims are valid; just look at the mess over " Happy Birthday to You " as an example of a company attempting this and (eventually) failing. Related to Stuck on Band-Aid Brand , where a company not only holds the trademark, but continually remind people of it. May overlap with Trade Snark , where words are labelled as trademarks for humorous purposes. Don't confuse this for tropes that the Walt Disney Company owns at using , such as the Disney Death or Disney Acid Sequence . It's more general and metaphorical than that. Examples: Real Life Examples: Disney All joking aside, the Walt Disney company now owns or at least claims the rights to a whole raft of characters from classic literature, Indiana Jones , The Muppets , Zorro , Star Wars , Pixar's entire film library (though that at least is justified, as they distributed all of Pixar's films prior to buying them), everything related to ABC and ESPN , and every single character published by Marvel Comics . And that's not even beginning to mention their own prodigious stable of original characters and franchises. The Swedish comic character Arne Anka (Arne Duck), a cartoon duck with a fondness for drinking, sex, classic literature and rants about politics, wasn't popular with the lawyers of Disney, who decided to sue his creator Charlie Christensen. At first, Christensen fruitlessly tried to use logical reasoning, saying "surely Disney don't hold the right to all cartoon ducks?" but then solved the problem by changing the look of Arne, particularly the beak. Arne kept that look for a few pages, but then he bought and put on a toy duck beak. That way, whenever Disney's lawyers complained, Christensen could point out that Arne wasn't really |
What 1956 film was to be called The Reno Brothers when a hit song passing the one million sales mark was noticed by the producers causing a change in the title? | 1956 Sun Sessions 2 - www.706unionavenue.nl 1956 Sun Sessions 2 CONTAINS 1956 SUN SESSIONS 2 Studio Session for Slim Rhodes, August 14, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Dean Beard, August 26, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Warren Smith, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Warren Smith, August 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Hayden Thompson, August/September 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for The Marigolds (Prisonaires), September 1956 / Excello Records Studio Session for Luke McDaniel, September 4, 5, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Kenneth Parchman, September 9-10, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Hayden Thompson, October 1, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Carl Perkins, Probably Mid-1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Johnny Cash, October 1, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Onie Wheeler, October 9, 1956 / Columbia Records Studio Session for Rosco Gordon, October 25, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Johnny Bernero, November 4, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Jerry Lee Lewis, November 14, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Harold Jenkins (Conway Twitty), November 16, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Rufus Thomas, 1956 / Meteor Records Studio Session for Ramsey Kearney, December 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Carl Perkins, December 4, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Carl Perkins, 1956/1957 / Sun Records Jam Session for The Million Dollar Quartet, December 4, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Billy Riley, December 11, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Billy Riley, December 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Ray Scott, Late 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Ernie Chaffin, December 10, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Unknown Artist, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Johnny Cash, December 13, 1956 / Sun Records TV Show Recordings for Roy Orbison, Fall 1956 / KOSA TV Studio Session for Roy Orbison, Possible Late 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Roy Orbison, December 14, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for The College Kids, December 14, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Hayden Thompson, December 11, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Hayden Thompson, December 20, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Jerry Lee Lewis, November/December 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Glenn Honeycutt, December 28, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Unknown Trio, Late 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Unknown Singer, Late 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for Harold Jenkins (Conway Twitty), December 31, 1956 / Sun Records Studio Session for J.R. & J.W. Brown, Late 1956/Early 1957 / Sun Records Studio Session for Unknown Artist (Probably Chuck Stacy) 1956/1957 / Sun Records Studio Session for Jerry Arnold, 1956/1957 / Sun Records Studio Session for Rudy Grayzell, Fall 1956 (1) / Starday Records Studio Session for Rudy Grayzell, Probably 1957 (2) / Starday Records Studio Session for Milton Mitt Addington, Unknown Date (1) / Sun Records Studio Session for Mitt Addington, Unknown Date 1956 (2) / Sun Records Studio Session for Mitt Addington, Unknown Dates 1956/1957 (3) / Sun Records Biography of Artists (See: The Sun Biographies) Johnny Cash and his wife Vivian Loberto with two of their four daughters. > JULY 1956 Johnny Cash signs with the WSM Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. He then embarks on a tour of Florida with Jim Reeves and Hawkshaw Hawkins, followed by a package tour with Roy Orbison and Johnny Horton in both Texas and Canada. "Boppin' The Blues" appears as number one on several local charts, including Memphis and St. Louis, but figures poorly on the national country chart, reaching number 9 at best. Hardrock Gunter and Sonny Durham from WWVA, Wheeling have been getting local reaction to their recording of "Jukebox Help Me Find My Baby" on the Cross Country label. Sam Phillips leases the record and issues it with 20 seconds edited from the original tape. The Cross Country label had been established in January 1956 in Garfield, New Jersey by James Frishione, Jack Peters, and Eddie McMullen. JULY 1956 Egyptian Pr |
Reginald Rose was once part of a jury that debated a manslaughter case for eight hours. This incident inspired him to create what drama that has seen multiple adaptations? | Read American Values through film: lesson plans for teaching English and American studies American Values through Film --English Language Office (ELO) Moscow 1 American Values through Film English Language Office Public Affairs section U.S. Embassy, Moscow www.usembassy.ru/english HOW TO USE THIS CD-ROM This CD-Rom has a collection of PDF files that require Adobe Acrobat Reader (AAR). The AAR is loaded on this CD and should launch or install automatically when you put the CD in. You will need the AAR your computer in order to use the CD. Here is how to use the CD-Rom: Insert the CD into the CD drive of your computer. The program should launch/turn on automatically and you should use the File, Open command to open any of the PDF files you wish to use. If the CD does not automatically launch when you insert it into your CD drive, please launch it manually by clicking on the PDF files that look like this on your screen The CD has 7 individual PDF files, each with some material related to the teaching of English through film and individual lesson plans. Each PDF file has a selection of lesson plans written by teachers of English in Russia. The PDF files are organized according to the title of film. The lesson plans in each PDF file correspond to the movies listed below. You may open each PDF file and print the pages you wish to use. To print any material from the PDF files, it is essential to look at the page numbers that appear in the middle of the screen when you are in the PDF files: They will say, for example, 1 of 100. You may print all lesson plans or just the individual ones you want from different universities/authors. BEWARE! If you do not select specific pages to print, you may end up printing all contents of the CD --usually 100 pages or more. 2 American Values through Film: Lesson Plans for the English Teaching and American Studies By Bridget F. Gersten, Ph.D. English Language Officer for the Russian Federation Embassy of the United States of America Moscow, Russia No matter where in the world, film has an enchantment all of its own, uniting people from many walks of life and forming a creative cultural space. Growing up in the American Southwest, in Arizona, I saw my first Hollywood movies with my family. I still cherish memories of those outings to see life writ large on the big screen. As a teenager, my friends and I use to make it a point to get to any "sneak preview" we could, namely so we'd be among the lucky few to see a premiere before it made its way to the masses. Then, we sometimes would see the same film over and over, creating our own cult classics. Later, in college, I enjoyed getting away to the movies, both in English and in other languages, at local movie theatres with friends. During that time, a whole other world of cinema opened up to me and I created my own circle of cherished screen favorites, trying to become well-versed in the contributions of directors, producers, and other dimensions of film. To this day, I eagerly look forward to the release of new films starring my favorite actors, especially "indies" or independent films that distinguish themselves as a genre that is a different breed than Hollywood blockbusters. Most of us have our own connections with cinema, a magical world through which we can live out our dreams and aspirations, a place where we can get away from it all, one where we can face our fears and contemplate new possibilities, somewhere we can escape to, into a Technicolor world that allows us to create and recreate the world and even ourselves. In educational circles, much has been written about the value of film in the classroom. In fact, there are scores of books, journal articles, and web sites devoted to the topic of how to integrate film into the classroom successfully. From my earliest days of teaching, I remember how the idea of showing a film in class "as is" was not considered pedagogically sound teaching. I learned the importance and value of previewing, while-viewing, and post-viewing activities to engage students actively in th |
In the 1983 thriller WarGames, the protagonists prevent nuclear war by directing a computer to play what game against itself? | WarGames (Film) - TV Tropes Calling the Old Man Out : Overlapping with What the Hell, Hero? , when David tells Falken "You don't care about death because you're already dead!". Changed My Mind, Kid : Professor Falken gives up on everyone, Lightman and Jennifer included. Last minute change of heart: cue the helicopter! Chekhov's Gun : A few instances of it in this film. Continuity Nod : The videogame sequel went out of its way to have more in common with the movie than the WOPR acronym; the human forces are commanded by General Berringer, and David, grown up, is CEO of Joshua Information Systems. There is an actual narrative that references the events of the movie directly at many points. In The Dead Code, Falken and WOPR make a return to help the second set of protagonists combat RIPLEY. Cut the Juice : When WOPR starts doing a brute force decryption for the launch codes, the general orders the computer depowered ("Why don't you just UNPLUG THE GODDAM THING?!"), but is then told that would be disastrous since the system has a fail deadly function: a sudden loss of power will be interpreted by the launch sites as the destruction of the NORAD base. Without communication from WOPR the keep-alives would fail, and the launch sites would default to their final instruction - spin up everything and launch. Defcon Five : Averted utterly though Word of God thought they had it wrong in the DVD commentary. Includes the memorable line: Flush the bombers. Get the subs on launch mode. We are at DEFCON 1. And at the end of the movie, when everyone's cheering and the day has been saved: "Sir...take us to DEFCON 5." Easter Egg : During the scene where David initiates the game, he says "sometimes people make mistakes." If you look at the screen afterwards, you can see that he demonstrated this himself by typing "sometimes people make mistak". The '80s : The hair, clothes, soundtrack and technology. More importantly and harder to define is the tone — this movie wouldn't be the same if made at any other time. Elaborate Underground Base : Where NORAD and WOPR are kept. So elaborate, in fact, that according to Peter Schwartz the military replicated the film design because the real life version was so unimpressive and small in comparison . Interestingly, it all came about after the makers of the film were denied permission to visit the real-life NORAD, so they had to build a fancy set based on what they thought it would look like. Eureka Moment : "GAMES!" Prior to that, while trying to figure out the password, David and Jennifer watch a short film featuring Falken and his son. David asks about the son's name, and when she answers that it's "Joshua", he mutters "It can't be that easy...", and it turns out it is the password. Everybody Laughs Ending : At the end everyone is cheering and happy. (Never mind there are gaping holes in our system and the whole military just buckled down for a false war twice in a few days.) Things like stopping global nuclear war and The End of the World as We Know It twice in span of 15 minutes are likely to to make people cheerful about their current situation. Note that no-one is laughing because of Joshua - they are simply glad they've managed to stop him. Everything Is Online : Justified , since David only discovered WOPR by " war-dialing " random numbers looking for one with a modem on the other end, and it's explained in-dialogue that the only reason WOPR had a modem connection to the outside world was due to a grave switching error at the phone company. After David's initial hack alerts the Air Force to this problem they remove it, requiring David to use internal NORAD terminals to communicate with WOPR for the remainder of the movie. Explosive Instrumentation : While it doesn't explain why it takes so long to cycle the game iterations of tic-tac-toe, the explosions are coming because Joshua's overclocking WOPR, briefly running at higher potential, which its hardware can't withstand. Failsafe Failure : Inverted. WOPR doesn't fail safe, it "fails deadly", and said "fail-deadly" works perfectly . Any "failure" i |
Introducing what eventual Best Picture winner at the 76th Academy Awards ceremony in 2004 did host Billy Crystal quip that it received eleven nominations, one for each ending? | Oscars fast facts Home » fastfacts » Oscars fast facts Oscars fast facts The shortest Oscar ceremony ever was the first, held in 1929; it lasted only about 15 minutes as all the winners had been announced three months earlier. The longest Oscar awards ceremony was in 2000, running for 4 hours and 16 minutes – beating a previous record by 16 minutes. Bob Hope has hosted the Oscars 18 times; Billy Crystal is in second place with 8 times. Tom Hanks is the youngest recipient of the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received in 2002 at age 45. Kate Winslet received four Oscar nominations before reaching the age of 30. Elizabeth Taylor received four Oscar nominations before reaching the age of 28. Gone with the Wind, at 3 hours and 56 minutes, was the longest film to have won a Best Picture Oscar; it was also the first film in color to win Best Picture. The 1968 movie, War and Peace, was the longest film (431 minutes) to an Academy Award – for best Foreign picture. Julia Phillips was the first female producer to win Best Picture award, for The Sting (1973). The first female to win the Best Director award was Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008). Henry Fonda was first nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1941 for his role in The Grapes of Wrath but had to wait 41 years before he finally achieved a win in 1982 for his role in On Golden Pond. At 76, he is the oldest actor yet to have received the Best Actor award. The oldest actress to win an Oscar is Jessica Tandy – at 81 she won the Best Actress Oscar in 1990 for her performance in Driving Miss Daisy. Anthony Quinn’s performance as painter Paul Gaugin in Lust for Life (1956) is the shortest ever to win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, his second Oscar. He was on screen for only 8 minutes. (He won a similar award in 1952 playing opposite Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan’s Viva Zapata!) The shortest-ever winning performance for Best Supporting Actress belongs to Beatrice Straight, who won an Oscar in 1976 for her 5 minutes 40 seconds appearance as devastated wife Louise Schumacher in Network. Dame Judi Dench won an Oscar in 1998 for less than 8 minutes of screen time playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love. The shortest-ever Best Actor Oscar-winning performance was awarded to David Niven in 1958, having appeared for only 15 minutes and 38 seconds in Separate Tables. The second-shortest winning appearance was made by Anthony Hopkins in 1992, for less than 16 minutes of screen time as Dr Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. In 1948, Jane Wyman won Best Actress award without uttering a word; she played the role of a deaf -mute person in the movie Johnny Belinda. The fewest lines actually spoken by an Oscar-winning actress won Patty Duke a Best Actress in a Supporting Role portraying the deaf and blind Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker. In the role she speaks only one word in the last scene: “Wah-wah” (for “water”). In 1993, Holly Hunter won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a deaf person in the movie The Piano but she narrated a few scenes and does speak (although her face is covered) in the last scene of the film. The films with the most Oscar wins are Ben-Hur, Titanic and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, each winning 11 Oscars from 12, 14 and 11 nominations respectively. See more in the lists of Oscar winners . In total, the Middle-earth series (The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003) – and the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) won 17 Oscars out of 33 nominations. William Wyler has directed more actors to Academy Award success than any other, with 34 nominations and 14 wins. Jack Nicholson leads the Best Actor Academy Award category with wins from 11 nominations, followed by Laurence Olivier, nominated 10 times and receiving one Best Actor award, and then Spencer Tracy with nine nominations resulting in two awards. Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most Best Actor awards, with 3 awards (1989, 2007, 2012). Meryl Streep had more Best |
"Which nation launched the ""Heart of Eurasia"" campaign to counter the cultural learnings from a 2006 movie?" | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Borat" redirects here. For the character, see Borat Sagdiyev . Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Borat poster in faux cyrillic style. Some releases of the DVD have a " Я " in place of an "R" [1] Directed by Brüno Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 mockumentary comedy film starring the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the role of a fictitious Kazakh journalist travelling through the United States, recording real-life interactions with Americans. It is the second film built around one of Cohen's characters from Da Ali G Show , following Ali G Indahouse , which also featured a cameo by Borat. Despite a limited initial release in the United States, the satire was a critical and commercial success. Cohen won the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor: Musical or Comedy , as Borat, while the film was nominated for Best Motion Picture in the same category. [2] Borat was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 79th Academy Awards . Controversy surrounded the film even before its release. It was denounced for having a protagonist who is sexist , homophobic and antisemitic (although the director, and both producers—including Cohen—are Jewish), and, after the film's release, some of the film's subjects spoke against and even sued its creators. While the film was not officially distributed in Kazakhstan , Borat's purported homeland, the success of the movie prompted the Kazakhstani government and President Nursultan Nazarbayev to reevaluate their long-running condemnation of Baron Cohen and his parody of their Central Asian nation. [3] All Arab countries , except for Lebanon , banned it, [4] and the Russian government discouraged cinemas there from showing it. [5] It was released on DVD 5 March 2007 (a day later in Region 1 countries). Contents 10 External links Plot Borat Sagdiyev, a popular television personality, leaves his homeland of Kazakhstan for the "Greatest Country in the World," the " US and A " to make a documentary film at the behest of the fictitious Kazakh Ministry of Information. He leaves behind his mother, his wife, Oksana, and the town rapist, and brings along his producer Azamat Bagatov (played by Ken Davitian ), and his pet chicken, Buh-Kaw. Much of the movie features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with Americans, who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of American customs . [6] While in New York , he sees an episode of Baywatch on television and immediately falls in love with Pamela Anderson . While Borat is interviewing a panel of feminists whom he unknowingly offended when he informed them about his country's government scientist Dr Yamak claiming that woman's brain is only the size of squirrel's and he also learns that Pamela Anderson is living in California . Borat is informed via telegram that his violent wife has been violated and killed by a bear. Delighted by the news, he secretly resolves to go to California to make Anderson his new wife. Borat and Azamat were supposed to remain in New York, but Borat justifies the trip to California by telling his skeptical producer that " Pearl Harbor is there. So is Texas ." Because Azamat is afraid of a repetition of the September 11, 2001 attacks , which he believes were the work of the Jews , he will not fly there, so Borat takes driving lessons and buys a dilapidated ice-cream truck for the journey. During the cross-country trip, Borat acquires a Baywatch television show booklet at a yard sale, and continues gathering footage for his documentary. He meets gay pride parade participants, politicians (including Alan Keyes and Bob Barr ) and African American youths playing cee-lo . He is also interviewed on live television and proceeds to disrupt the weather |
In 2013, in a gruesome incident in Italy, a mob boss was fed to pigs by a rival while he was still alive. Several newspapers reported this while evoking a scene from what 2001 movie? | 'Mamma mia!': Mafia killer allegedly fed rival to starving pigs - NBC News advertisement Police say Francesco Raccosta was fed to pigs by a rival mobster. Ropi via Zuma Press An Italian mobster fed a rival gangster to starving pigs — and then marveled at how the victim screamed and how the swine gorged themselves, police say. The gruesome tale — right out the movie "Hannibal" — came to light when police released a wiretapped phone call by Simone Pepe, a member of the 'Ndrangheta, the most powerful and violent of Italy's four Mafias. The caller recounts how he used an iron bar to beat Francesco Raccosta, a member of another family in the Calabrian region, and then threw him into a sty. "It was so satisfying hearing him scream ... mamma mia, he could scream!” he said, adding that there wasn't "a thing left" after the feeding frenzy. "People say sometimes they [the pigs] leave something," he added. "In the end there was nothing left...those pigs could certainly eat." Pepe, 24, who was allegedly trying to avenge the murder of a mob boss, was later arrested last week during a crackdown on the Mafia. Raccosta's body hasn't been found since he went missing last year. Play |
The 1994 book Lost Moon is the basis of what subsequent year's Hollywood hit? | Apollo 13 Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Good movie from Leeds, England 19 July 2004 First off I have to confess I am an avowed space junkie and this tends to raise the bar in terms of my expectations of this movie, being familiar with the true life events that form the background of this movie. In summary, the movie surrounds the near-disaster which surrounded NASA's Ill-fated 3rd Mission to the moon. After two landings on the moon the missions had become almost commonplace and public interest in the space program was beginning to wane. This changed at 03:06 UT on 14 April 1970 when a malfunction in a heating coil caused an oxygen tank to explode, severely damaging the service module. The damage was so extensive that it forced the abandonment of the moon-landing and the severely compromised the ability of Astronauts Cpt James Lovell, John L Swigert and Fred Haise jnr to return home, a task they were able to accomplish only by jury-rigging their available equipment under the direction of Houston and suffering cold temperatures before they were able to successfully renter the Earths atmosphere in their spacecraft. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon are eerily convincing as the astronauts and excellently manage to convey the tension of being in mortal danger in a malfunctioning tin can a quarter of a million miles from home, facing not only the bitter disappointment at not completing the mission of landing on the moon but the prospect of losing their lives in such an inhospitable and lonely environment. Of course nobody except the original astronauts knows what was going through their minds but Hanks et al allow the audience to appreciate the state of disciplined tension and terror that the voyagers were subjected to. Other performances worthy of note include a determined and gritty portrayal of Charismatic and forceful Nasa Flight Director Gene Kranz by Ed Harris. The film is well directed and the pace does not lack, despite the difficulty of portraying events in a tense fashion in a space not much larger than a large caravan, and the long periods of inactivity that form a large part of manned space flight. Summary : An excellent `true life' movie, successful in portraying events both in space and the reaction of those left on the ground. Rating : 90% from Washington, USA 27 August 2002 I loved this movie so much, i bought it and watched it over and over for 2 days straight, you might think im crazy but talk to anyone else that loved this movie and you will understand why its so great. And if you still dont believe me, watch it for yourself!!!!! Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Amazing Tom Hanks movie from USA 21 May 2002 I enjoyed this movie a whole lot but mostly by the characters. The actors who play these characters hit the spot perfectly. Tom hanks, Gary Sinise, Kevin bacon, Bill Paxton, etc. all do a wonderful job. The plot is simple enough. 3 astronauts are on a mission to the moon and while on their mission, experience some big troubles. It takes them a lot of hardship to finish it. I like it better because it's a true story and it tells the story with no flaws. Overall this movie is just awesome and I loved every part of it. Possibly one of Ron Howard's best. Rating 10 out of 10. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: a spellbinding tale of courage and determination. thoroughly well made. from ktown 13 January 2002 a fantastic true story of courage and determination. Pulled by compelling performances by Tom Hanks and Ed Harris. Ron Howard's direction is masterful. A moving tale of how close we came to tragedy, and how far man will go to survive. a wonderful film, certainly a must see! Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Apollo 13, one of the best! from New York 5 September 2000 This is my all time favorite movie. To me it's human drama captured at it's finest, with great acting a |
In which 2008 movie of Clint Eastwood are the Hmong people prominently featured? | Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood Has Smaller Eyes Than Asians – china C R A N K Just watched Gran Torino ( Wikipedia / IMDB ) on PPStream (老爷车). The movie features Clint Eastwood as an ornery old white war veteran stubbornly living in an increasingly run-down Detroit neighborhood that has been taken over by Hmong Asians. There’s culture clash, a lot of racial slurs thrown around, and most major American ethnicities get a cameo, including Hispanics and blacks. Despite the racial overtones, it’s ultimately a heart-warming tale–a drama with comedic elements–where Clint Eastwood’s character Walt Kowalski becomes an adoptive father figure to the Hmong family next door, specifically the two teenage children. The son, Thao, he catches trying to steal his prized 1972 Ford Gran Torino muscle car as a gang initiation rite. The daughter, Sue, he saves from the sexual harassment of three random black gangbangers…and his own real-life son Scott Eastwood’s cringe-inducing “bro-ness”. Clint Eastwood is hilarious as Walt, with his squinty-eyed disapproving growling being the reliable highs of the movie. The pinnacle would be his simmering rage on his birthday, sitting at the dining room table with a birthday cake before him, as his eldest son and daughter-in-law broach the subject of moving him into a retirement home (@0:41:55). Lows of the movie would be the Hmong characters who repeatedly come across as unconvincing. Thao is for much of the movie so quiet and passive that his dejected head-hanging becomes obnoxious, to the point where Walt’s ribbing of him as a “pussy” doesn’t quite seem enough. In contrast, Sue is a bit too precocious and a bit too audacious, giving a bit too much lip to the three thugs harassing her, and so forward in befriending the cantankerous white racist next door, even if he did stop and pull a handgun out in her defense. How did one kid grow up so meek and the other so bold? Was that why there is the humorous scene where Thao’s mother and sister Sue simultaneously bark at him, shutting him up? Matriarchy and the subjugation of Asian men under the strong Asian women? Does that then explain why he’s lacking a father figure? Hm. Three more irksome bits that were barely made up for by Clint Eastwood’s subtle facial expressions of consternation: 1. The awkward high-school video project acting at the construction site (@1:17:30). If some runty kid I met for the first time just seconds ago tells me “the goddamn pricks at the shop want to bend me over for $2100”, I wouldn’t give him a job, much less bemoan being “fucked hard” for “just under $3200” over a transmission for my Chevy Tahoe. Who the hell has these kind of conversations in the context of interviewing for a construction job? This attempt to reiterate Thao applying the “manly banter” lessons that Walt just taught him was just way too forced. 2. The world’s slowest punch by the Hmong gang member (@1:21:05) You would think Clint Eastwood could’ve–and would’ve–trained the actor better after Million Dollar Baby ( Wikipedia ). 3. Thao’s wholly unconvincing wailing after being locked behind the screen door to Walt’s basement at the film’s climax (@1:40:30). Regardless of whether you’re pissed that your righteous vengeance is being taken from you, or despondent that your adopted father-figure–who more or less put you back on the path to manhood, got you a job, and also hooked you up with the girl you’re dating–is leaving you behind on a suicide mission, you would think you’d scream just a bit louder and thrash just a bit more violently at that screen door. The filmmakers should’ve used a North Korean to play the part of Thao. All the in-your-face “gooks”, “zipperheads”, and “colored peoples” along with the garden-variety racial stereotyping in the Gran Torino should’ve quickly clued viewers into the fact that this movie vaguely involves racism, isn’t afraid of depicting it, and thus probably includes quite a few inaccuracies about its portrayal of the Hmong culture it features most prominently. People are going to dive into that and the whole “white man saves the min |
"The 1952 movie Bwana Devil that had on its poster the lines ""A lion is in your lap!"" and ""A lover is in your arms!"" is known for sparking what craze?" | Film History of the 1950s Film History of the 1950s 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s Hollywood's War Against Television: The width-to-height aspect ratio of most Hollywood films before the 50s was 4:3 (or 1.33:1), similar to the boxy-size of a television screen. [However, it should be noted that there were early experiments in wide-screen formats as early as the late 1920s, such as in French director Abel Gance's epic Napoleon (1927), with its Polyvision and 3-screen projection, or in Fox's 70mm. wide-gauge "Grandeur" system first used in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930). Both systems were aborted attempts, and turned out to be uneconomically viable at the time.] So in its war against television, the film industry had three major campaigns involving technical advances with wide-screen experiences, color, and scope: Cinerama Other Widescreen Formats and Processes Cinerama (1952-1962) Paramount's wrap-around, big-screen Cinerama debuted in 1952, a break-through technique that required three cameras, three projectors, interlocking, semi-curved (at 146 degrees) screens, and four-track stereo sound. It made audiences feel that they were at the center of the action. The first film using the three-strip cinerama process was This is Cinerama (1952), a travelogue of the world's vacation spots, with a thrilling roller-coaster ride. Although there were a few successful box-office Cinerama hits in the 1950s, the process was ultimately abandoned because its novelty wore off and the equipment and construction of special theatres was too cost-prohibitive and cumbersome: Cinerama Holiday (1955) The Seven Wonders of the World (1957) the Lowell Thomas production of Search for Paradise (1958) The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) the last Cinerama-released film, How the West Was Won (1962) [In the 60s, MGM and UA also produced films including Khartoum (1966), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1965), and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) in 70 mm. Ultra Panavision for Cinerama screens, dubbed Super Cinerama or Cinerama 70mm. In 1963, the world's largest Cinerama screen - Cinerama Dome - was 90 feet wide and unveiled in Hollywood.] 3-D Movies In the same year as the debut of Cinerama (1952), showmanship and gimmicks like 3-D were used to bring audiences back. Special polarized, 'stereoscopic' goggles or cardboard glasses worn by viewers made the action jump off the screen - in reality, the glasses were unpopular, clunky and the viewing was blurry, although it was difficult (and expensive) for theatre owners to get cinema-goers to give them back. The 3-D effect was unable to compensate for the inferior level of most of the films. The first full-length 3-D feature sound film was UA's cheaply-made jungle adventure Bwana Devil (1952)) by writer/director Arch Oboler, and starring Robert Stack - its taglines advertised: "A Lion in Your Lap" and "A Lover In Your Arms." The film depicted man-eating lion attacks upon the builders of the Uganda Railway. [Note: The first feature-length 3-D film was The Power of Love (1922).] The 3-D effect was also used in many different genres: in horror films (Warners' and B-film maker Andre de Toth's House of Wax (1953) with horror master Vincent Price, a remake of Warners' The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)) - the first 3-D horror film to be in the top ten box office hits in its year of release, Vincent Price portrayed the owner of a macabre wax museum in his first horror film, House of Wax (1953) in musicals (George Sidney's Kiss Me Kate (1953)) in romantic musical comedies (The French Line (1953) starring busty Jane Russell) - on |
A 1999 movie starring Peter O'Toole as Father Damien had the name of what island of the Hawaiian archipelago as its title? | Molokai: The Story Of Father Damien DVD | Catholic Video | Catholic Videos, Movies, and DVDs Resources Description To deal with the leprosy problem in the Hawaiian Islands in 1872, sufferers were relentlessly exiled to Molokai, a barren isle off the coast. There they lived in miserable surroundings, abandoned by the outside world, in their labor colony. To alleviate their fate, Father Damien was the first priest to go to Molokai. Damien's final instructions from his bishop were that "he must not touch anyone." Little by little, Damien earned the trust of the lepers, and eventually, his appeals for nuns and supplies resonated throughout the world, much to the displeasure of his superiors. Even when Damien contracted leprosy, his energy did not abate, and he carried on working for the well-being of his "fellow lepers" to the end. When he crumbled during Mass, he was taken to his own hospital to die. All the residents gathered at the entrance to pray for their Father. He is widely known as the "Apostle of the Lepers" or "The Leper Priest." Starring David Wenham, Sam Neill, Kris Kristofferson, Peter O'Toole. DVD Features: Subtitles: English **NO SPANISH AVAILABLE** Viewing Format: Fullscreen Chapter titles for easy scene access Bonus Material: - Theatrical trailer and "The Making of Molokai" - Biographical information on leading actors **THIS PROGRAM CAN ONLY BE SHIPPED TO LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.** Editorial Reviews This product does not yet have any editorial reviews Customer Reviews mary - Molokai A must see!! Very well done with moving simplicity. After seeing it once, I had to purchase for my own use.5 stars Peter - Fr. Damien The most underrated film of all time. It will become one of your favorites. it was one of mine from the first time I viewed it. A true story. I rate 910. Resources/File Downloads |
In the 2010 movie Devil, a group of people each with their own secret are trapped in what location? | Movie Spoiler for the film - DEVIL DEVIL s NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Spectre. The film opens with a voice over by Ramirez (Jacob Vargas) telling us when he was a boy his mother told him about the Devil and how he sometimes liked to personally torture his victims before taking them to hell. He said this act always started with a suicide. Cut to the building where the story takes place. A man is buffing the floor, oblivious to person who had just jumped out the window and landed on a truck behind him. Nearby, Detective Bowden (Chris Messina) is talking to his sponsor about forgiveness when he gets the call about the suicide. Meanwhile five strangers enter the same elevator. They are: Ben - A Temp Security guard Sarah - Heiress about to see her lawyer Vince - A Salesman Tony - An ex-soldier Jane - An older woman. The elevator gets stuck, something the security guards Lustiq (Matt Craven) and Ramirez notice. They send Dwight, a handyman, to fix it. The guards can speak to the group, but the group can't talk back. As Dwight is trying to fix things, the lights flicker and Sarah is bitten by something. The group thinks it was Vince that did it and become distrustful of him. Ramirez is becoming frightened as this is starting to remind him of his mother's story. He sees a face in the security feed, but Lustiq tells him to forget it. Det. Bowden, piecing together that the suicide actually happened at the building with the trapped group, is apprised of the situation. Ramirez talks about the Devil and how it is here with this group, but Bowden counters he doesn't believe in the Devil. Five years ago someone hit his wife's car, killing their son and her. The person only left a note saying, "I'm so sorry". Bowden says there isn't a Devil because people are bad enough without him. The lights flicker again, and Vince is killed with some broken glass in the neck. The group starts to really panic, and Bowden thinks one of them is a murderer. He calls in the cops, firemen and elevator people to figure out the mess. Ramirez continues his voiceover, by saying that innocent people are also killed when they try inadvertently to interfere with the Devil's plan. Dwight, who has to rappel down to the elevator to see if he can fix it, has his harness break and falls until he hits the elevator. The group, who initially believe someone is here to save them, realize within minutes that he is dead. The lights go out again and Jane winds up hanged by the light's wire. Bowden orders them to a different corner and to not touch each other. Bowden finds out they all have a secret; Ben had hurt people physically, Jane was a thief, Sarah blackmailed men for money, and Vince ran a ponzi scheme. Ramirez tells Bowden more about the Devil myth, how the group each did bad things for this and they cannot be saved. Still trying to find a plausible explanation, Bowden realizes Sarah's husband owns the security company of the building and may have hired Ben to kill her. The firemen are trying to cut through the wall to get to the elevator so they have Lustiq turn off the gas. However, the Devil thinks he is interfering and causes an accident so he is electrocuted. The lights begin to flicker again and Ben tells Sarah to stand with him away from Tony. But when they come back on, Ben is killed instead. Tony and Sarah think the other is a killer but are willing to stand down after Bowden talks to them. The lights go out again and Sarah's throat is slashed. Tony is the only one left. Det. Bowden is approached by Tony's fiancée, telling him he was only there for a job offer. They confirm the sign in sheet and realized he signed in; the only one who didn't was.... The older woman Jane, whose corpse reanimates in front of Tony and the dying Sarah. Jane (as the Devil) asks Tony if he is ready. Tony sees Sarah is still alive and offers to trade his life for hers. The Devil is enraged at his attempt at bargaining and causes the elevator to drop. Det. Bowden cannot believe what he is seeing. Dwight's walkie talkie drops into the elevator and Tony, realizing he |
What connects Martin Scorsese to the names The Dead Rabbits, The Daybreak Boys, and The Whyos (among others)? | 7 Infamous Gangs of New York - History Lists History Lists June 4, 2013 By Evan Andrews Lower Manhattan's Five Points neighborhood. Share this: 7 Infamous Gangs of New York Author 7 Infamous Gangs of New York URL Google During the Victorian era of the mid-to-late 1800s, New York City was rocked by an epidemic of gang violence. Crime was especially rampant in Manhattan neighborhoods like Five Points, Hell’s Kitchen, the Fourth Ward and the Bowery, where back alleys and tenements became infested with thieves, hustlers and street thugs. These groups trafficked in everything from robbery and prostitution to murder, and their names could strike fear into the hearts of even the most crime-hardened city dwellers. From river pirates to knife-wielding adolescents, get the facts on seven of 19th century New York’s most notorious street gangs. The Forty Thieves One of Gotham’s earliest known criminal outfits, the Forty Thieves operated between the 1820s and 1850s in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan. This band of Irish thugs, pickpockets and ne’er-do-wells first came together in a grocery store and dive bar owned by a woman named Rosanna Peers. Under the leadership of Edward Coleman—a notorious rogue who was later hanged for beating his wife to death—what started as a motley group of petty criminals soon blossomed into a feared street gang with its own rules and organizational structure. Members of the Forty Thieves reportedly had quotas that required them to steal a certain amount of goods each day or face expulsion. What’s more, the gang even franchised itself in the form of the “Forty Little Thieves,” a collection of juvenile apprentices who served as pickpockets and lookouts. The Bowery Boys One of the most storied gangs of New York, the Bowery Boys were a band of lower Manhattan toughs who clashed with the Irish Five Points gangs during the 1840s, 50s and 60s. Unlike some of their criminal counterparts, most of the Bowery Boys dressed in elegant clothing and held legitimate employment as printers, mechanics and other apprentice tradesmen. But when they weren’t on the job, these young hoodlums haunted the saloons and back alleys of the Bowery and engaged in bloody turf wars with rival gangs like the Dead Rabbits. The Bowery Boys often acted more as a political club than a mob, and many of their brawls were with supporters of rival politicians. The gang would sometimes even station its members at polling places to intimidate voters into supporting a particular candidate. In return, the gang’s home district would receive money and preferential treatment once the politician was in office. The Dead Rabbits This crew of Irish immigrants was one of the most feared gangs to emerge from Five Points, so named for its location at the intersection of five crooked, narrow, downtown streets. For more than 60 years, Five Points (near modern-day Chinatown) was one of the city’s most notorious—and dangerous–neighborhoods. Throughout the 1850s, the Dead Rabbits excelled at robbery, pick-pocketing and brawling—particularly with their sworn enemies, the Bowery Boys. The group was made up mostly of young men, but it wasn’t unheard of for women to join in on the violence. According to legend, one of the most feared Dead Rabbits was “Hell-Cat Maggie,” a woman who reportedly filed her teeth to points and wore brass fingernails into battle. While the Rabbits mostly dabbled in petty crime, they were also famous for the events of July 4, 1857, when one of their street fights with the Bowery Boys turned into a bloody riot that killed a dozen people. The Dead Rabbits supposedly began as an offshoot of another gang called the Roach Guards, but some historians have suggested the two were actually one and the same. In fact, one popular theory argues that the term “dead rabbit” was simply a pejorative used by the Bowery Boys and the New York press in reference to members of the Roach Guards and other Five Points gangs. The Daybreak Boys New York’s 19th-century gang activity wasn’t limited to the rough and tumble streets of Manhattan—it also extended i |
A sword called Green Destiny occupies a prominent spot in the story of what 2000 world-wide hit movie? | 2000 Movie Reviews The 51st State (6.5) This British comedy gangster film borrows a star and maybe one or two ideas from America, but there's no harm in that when the result is this entertaining. Samuel L Jackson is the man with a plan - a plan to sell his formula for a new designer drug to whoever will pay the right price. Having pulled one over his former US employer 'The Lizard' (Meatloaf), he seeks an alternative deal with Liverpudlian kingpin Ricky Tomlinson. Things quite don't go to plan and soon he finds himself reluctantly teaming up with local fixer Robert Carlyle as they are chased around Liverpool by cops, skinhead thugs and a mysterious female assassin (Emily Mortimer). Ronny Yu's direction definitely lends something to the action scenes but occasionally allows the story to meander too much. This isn't particularly intellectually challenging stuff but no-one can deny that it's fun. Jackson and Carlyle work particularly well together, while Emily Watson may just be the coolest female assassin to grace the screen since Anne Parillaud starred as Nikita. Add to that an assortment of British supporting actors including a deliciously off-the-wall performance from Rhys-Ifans (Notting Hill) as a local drug lord. It doesn't have the intricate plotting of Lock, Stock or the hard edge of Snatch but does have enough pace and British charm to be hit both here and in the States. Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (4) Fans of Kevin Smith�s previous movies (Clerks, Mall Rats, Chasing Amy, Dogma) will be immediately familiar with the title duo. The convenience store slacker dudes have been coveted by their creator. Now Smith sees a need to move on, and this movie is intended as their farewell send-off. The plot(?) centres around the duo�s discovery that Hollywood are making a Bluntman and Chronic movie and have neglected to cut them in on the royalties, (Technically they own the IPR as they are the real people on which the comic characters were based). Sadly the end result is a very uneven comedy road movie. Whilst Jay and Silent Bob were great cameo characters, they can�t support a full movie. Director Kevin Smith resorts to far to much foul language and endless dick jokes. Sometimes the comedy is hilarious but just is much isn�t! There are a string of cameo performances � notably from previous actors and characters in Smith�s movies. (Chris Rock, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon to name but a few). Star Wars gets a mention yet again, with both Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher appearing in separate scenes. Sadly, it isn�t enough. For fans of Smith�s previous movies only � and even then don�t expect too much! Bandits (6) Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton star as a pair of bank robbers who become notorious for pulling off a string of non-violent robberies. However, complications ensue when they take insecure housewife Cate Blanchett as a hostage during one of their raids. Not only does she choose to hitch up with them but an awkward love triangle begins to form. Barry Levinson�s character-driven romantic action comedy (it lurches unevenly between all 3) contains enjoyable performances from its 3 leads but never really sets the screen alight. Thornton�s performance stands out but Blanchett�s kooky character is no less entertaining. A little more pace and a couple more twists could have improved this immensely (the blatantly obvious denouement lets it down badly), but it is still worth watching. Crowd-pleasing lightweight entertainment which won�t be troubling the likes of Bonnie & Clyde or Natural Born Killers. Zoolander (6.5) Ben Stiller (Meet The Parents, There�s Something About Mary) produces, directs and stars in this camp comedy about an international male model who is brainwashed by an evil fashion conglomerate into assassinating a foreign political leader. As if that wasn�t enough, Derek Zoolander also has to contend with rival male model Owen Wilson. Much of the comedy hangs on the premise that all models are illiterate morons. However, the film manages to pull this off without ever being t |
According to IMDB.com, what was the first film Jimmy Carter watched during his presidential tenure? Appropriate since it showed what led to his electoral win! | Movies in the Classroom by Bradley Wilson - issuu issuu Movies Modern techniques to complement guided instruction in the classroom Featuring lessons for Absence of Malice, All the President’s Men, Newsies, THe Paper and Shattered Glass. Genelle Belmas, Sarah Nichols, Cheryl Pratt, Jeff Salisbury, Howard Spanogle and Joyce Kasman Valenza Written by with additional contributions from Pam Bunka, Ronnie Campagna, Marsha Kalkowski, Katherine Kennedy, Reginald Ragland, April Van Buren and the Internet Movie Database, CBS Broadcasting, The History Place, Spring 2007 Communication: Journalism Education Today • 17 1 classroom Directors Screen of the Turn into a film advocate-educator. An academic entrepreneur. A giver of enlightenment. A donor of opportunities for insights. All by using visual media effectively. I tious journalism teacher of younger students. It is inexcusable if multiple viewings occur in classes under your leadership. WHEN YOU SHOW IT Pay attention to timing: during the year, for curriculum emphasis, for mental involvement, for publication schedules and for multi-year journalism students. In addition to scheduling films at the appropriate time each year, films should be on a two- or three-year plan so that students enrolled in advanced journalism classes do not experience repeats. Rather, students should increase their knowledge and broaden their perspectives. Nothing is more deadening than an exasperated student’s comment, “Oh, we’ve seen that before.” It is bad enough if the first viewing occurred in eighth grade under the guidance of an ambi- WHY YOU SHOW IT Every method needs a pedagogical purpose. While the temptation may be to think only of showing a film as a few easy class days, that approach, when repeated frequently, limits student learning and smothers teacher vitality. Plus, the approach is outdated, a word that is unwelcome in innovative journalism environments. Definitely showing a tape of a TV news broadcast or a documentary or a short news feature can help students connect principles and performance. They will learn about current problems and noteworthy actions. For journalism instruction, however, they will also learn to consider essential questions such as the following: How did the producers prepare for the interviews and the visual enhancement of the broadcast? What are the results? The slant? The value? The follow-up? And that kind of inquiry inculcates incentives and methodology that they can use for their own publications and broadcasts. Beyond those questions are the implications for the media that your students produce. How is media interacting? What are they doing to go beyond the traditional electronic and the print perspectives? How are they responding to blogs and to podcasts? The observations and the opportuni- n the journalism classroom, films and on-air tapes/DVDs are only as good as the teacher using them. As for any publication or broadcast, preparation unlocks the brain and the pathway to productive results. First, teachers must make strategic decisions. ties have obvious implications for contemporary media. Why should an active student newspaper have an online version of the newspaper, one that can be updated daily? What messages does that send about responsibility and about contemporary needs? HOW YOU SHOW IT Not always the same way please. Cautions are easy to imagine. However, the problems are rather easy to avoid with attentive effort. New possibilities are more stimulating to envision. Plan. Preview. Create pertinent worksheets and supplementary material. Avoid the time-filler syndrome. Instead, connect to goals, themes, timely topics and new approaches. Showing the complete film may be the first option, but it may not be the best choice. Consider other possibilities: using a small segment of a film, developing computer/digital presentations, assigning students to view and to critique a film as an out-of-class assignment and using film circles, in which groups of four to six students view different films together and report to the class. Make the most of the many resourc |
What 1968 film during whose filming the music composer wore a gorilla mask for inspiration is said to hold the record for the highest make-up budget (when adjusted for inflation)? | IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "60" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "60" 1-50 of 2,668 names. Christian Bale Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Charles Howard Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries throughout Bale's childhood, including England, Portugal, and the United States. Bale acknowledges the constant change was one of the influences on his career choice. His first acting job was a cereal commercial in 1983; amazingly, the next year, he debuted on the West End stage in "The Nerd". A role in the 1986 NBC mini-series Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna caught Steven Spielberg 's eye, leading to Bale's well-documented role in Empire of the Sun . For the range of emotions he displayed as the star of the war epic, he earned a special award by the National Board of Review for Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor. Adjusting to fame and his difficulties with attention (he thought about quitting acting early on), Bale appeared in Kenneth Branagh 's 1989 adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V and starred as Jim Hawkins in a TV movie version of Treasure Island . Bale worked consistently through the 1990s, acting and singing in Newsies , Swing Kids , Little Women , The Portrait of a Lady , The Secret Agent , Metroland , Velvet Goldmine , All the Little Animals , and A Midsummer Night's Dream . Toward the end of the decade, with the rise of the Internet, Bale found himself becoming one of the most popular online celebrities around, though he, with a couple notable exceptions, maintained a private, tabloid-free mystique. Bale roared into the next decade with a lead role in American Psycho , director Mary Harron 's adaptation of the controversial Bret Easton Ellis novel. In the film, Bale played a murderous Wall Street executive obsessed with his own physicality - a trait for which Bale would become a specialist. Subsequently, the 10th Anniversary issue for "Entertainment Weekly" crowned Bale one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures" of the past decade, citing his cult status on the Internet. EW also called Bale one of the "Most Creative People in Entertainment", and "Premiere" lauded him as one of the "Hottest Leading Men Under 30". Bale was truly on the Hollywood radar at this time, and he turned in a range of performances in the remake Shaft , Captain Corelli's Mandolin , the balmy Laurel Canyon , and Reign of Fire , a dragons-and-magic commercial misfire that has its share of defenders. Two more cult films followed: Equilibrium and The Machinist , the latter of which gained attention mainly due to Bale's physical transformation - he dropped a reported 60+ pounds for the role of a lathe operator with a secret that causes him to suffer from insomnia for over a year. Bale's abilities to transform his body and to disappear into a character influenced the decision to cast him in Batman Begins , the first chapter in Christopher Nolan 's definitive trilogy that proved a dark-themed narrative could resonate with audiences worldwide. The film also resurrected a character that had been shelved by Warner Bros. after a series of demising returns, capped off by Batman and Robin's massive commercial and critical failure. A quiet, personal victory for Bale: he accepted the role after the passing of his father in late 2003, an event that caused him to question whether he would continue performing. Bale segued into two indie features in the wake of Batman's phenomenal success: The New World and Harsh Times . He continued working with respected independent directors in 2006's Rescue Dawn , Werner Herzog 's feature version of his earlier, Emmy-nominated documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly . Leading up to the second Batman film, Bale starred in The Prestige , the remake of 3:10 to Yuma , and a reunion with director Todd Haynes in the experimental Bob Dylan biography, I'm Not There. . Anticipation |
"Talking about what hit 2004 film did its writer say, ""The dad is always expected in the family to be strong ... moms are always pulled in a million different directions ... teenage girls, are insecure and defensive, ... ten-year-old boys are hyperactive energy balls ...""?" | Brad Bird biography, birth date, birth place and pictures Email Print Brad Bird has risen from being a basic unknown in the entertainment business to the stratospheres of the movie world with his 2004 film The Incredibles. A precocious child, Bird developed an interest in animation at a very young age and has had quite an impressive career ever since, working for such companies as Disney, Warner Bros., and most recently, Pixar Animation. He has worked on animation shows from The Simpsons to King of the Hill, and he was the brains behind the cult film favorite The Iron Giant. Bird's fans are always eager to see what the animation genius will do next, and he has yet to disappoint, introducing new techniques and fresh ideas into the world of animation. Bird, who is notoriously reticent about sharing his birth date, was born in Kalispell, Montana. He had three older sisters: Leslie, Susan, and Kathy. Bird's family moved to Oregon when he was still young, and he spent most of his childhood there. Bird became interested in animation very early on in his life, and he started making his first animated film at the age of eleven. He worked on the movie, an adaptation of the old tale about the tortoise and the hare, for four years, finishing it when he was a mere 14 years old. When The Tortoise and the Hare was finished he sent the film to Disney, hoping to come to the attention of someone at the famous animation company. This first of Bird's animated films eventually did indeed catch the attention of executives at Walt Disney Studios. They were so impressed that they invited him to enroll in their mentoring program. Bird graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1975. Not long after, he was being mentored by the legendary Disney animator Milt Kahl, one of the group known in the industry as the Nine Old Men, the group responsible for most of Walt Disney's early animated movies. After the stint with Disney, Bird enrolled in the animation program at the California School of Arts. After he got his degree Bird returned to Disney where he had been offered a job as an animator. He was excited about the chance to work at Walt Disney Studios, applying the knowledge he had gained at the California School of Arts, as well as the information he had gleaned from Kahl. He started out his career as an animator on the Disney feature-length film The Fox and the Hound. Bird, however, soon became disenchanted with the Disney feature-length animation film department. He thought that the quality in recent years had gone down from what it once was and that they had cheapened the appeal of the films they made by allowing them to become television series. Bird had very strong opinions about maintaining a film's integrity and not corrupting the original story by making sequels just for the sake of making a sequel, and that included turning them into television shows. Bird left Disney in the mid-1980s. One of the things that brought him fame as an animator in the public eye was the work he did for Steven Spielberg. In 1985 he worked for Spielberg on an episode of Amazing Stories. The episode, "Family Dog," was a big hit, and the success of the short had Spielberg asking Bird to write the first draft of the screenplay for batteries not included. After "Family Dog," Bird started working on other television series as a consultant and guest animator. He began on The Tracey Ullman Show, which is where The Simpsons got its start. He then went on to work as a consultant on The Simpsons when it spun off as its own show. He went on to direct several episodes of The Simpsons and did most of the animation for the scenes with Krusty the Clown. By the mid-1990s Bird was the consultant on other shows, including The Critic from 1994 to 1995, and King of the Hill in 1997. Bird began working at Turner Featured Animation in the late 1990s and was working there when the company merged with Warner Bros. When that happened Bird began work on his version of The Iron Giant. The animated film of The Iron Giant was based on a children's book by British writer T |
"The executive producer of what 2004 biopic stated that the main character in the movie ""is more akin to Jack Kerouac or Neal Cassady than Marx or Lenin""?" | the motorcycle diaries film : definition of the motorcycle diaries film and synonyms of the motorcycle diaries film (English) Quechua The Motorcycle Diaries ( Spanish : Diarios de motocicleta) is a 2004 biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara, who would several years later become internationally known as the iconic Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara . The film recounts the 1952 expedition, initially by motorcycle, across South America by Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado . As the adventure initially centered around youthful hedonism unfolds, Guevara discovers himself transformed by his observations on the life of the impoverished indigenous peasantry. Through the characters they encounter on their continental trek, Guevara and Granado witness firsthand the injustices that the destitute face and are exposed to people and social classes they would have never encountered otherwise. To their surprise, the road presents to them both a genuine and captivating picture of Latin American identity. As a result, the trip also plants the initial seed of cognitive dissonance and radicalization within Guevara, who ostensibly would later view armed revolution as a way to challenge the continent's endemic economic inequalities . The screenplay is based primarily on Guevara's travelogue The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto "Che" Guevara , with additional context supplied by Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary by Alberto Granado . Guevara is played by Mexican actor Gael García Bernal , and Granado by the Argentine actor Rodrigo de la Serna , who coincidentally is a second cousin to the real life Guevara on his maternal side. [1] Directed by Brazilian director Walter Salles and written by Puerto Rican playwright José Rivera , the film was an international co-production among production companies from Argentina , the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile , Peru and France. The film's executive producers were Robert Redford , Paul Webster , and Rebecca Yeldham; the producers were Edgard Tenenbaum, Michael Nozik , and Karen Tenkoff; and the co-producers were Daniel Burman and Diego Dubcovsky . Contents 11 External links Plot "The Che of The Motorcycle Diaries is more akin to Jack Kerouac or Neal Cassady than Marx or Lenin ." — Paul Webster , executive producer [2] In 1952, a semester before Ernesto "Fuser" Guevara is due to complete his medical degree, he and his older friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist , leave Buenos Aires in order to travel across South America . While there is a goal at the end of their journey - they intend to work in a leper colony in Peru - the main purpose is initially fun and adventure. They desire to see as much of Latin America as they can, more than 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) in just four and a half months, while Granado's purpose is also to court as many women as will fall for his pick-up lines. Their initial method of transport is Granado's dilapidated Norton 500 motorcycle christened La Poderosa ("The Mighty One"). Their planned route is ambitious, bringing them north across the Andes , along the coast of Chile , through the Atacama Desert and into the Peruvian Amazon in order to reach Venezuela just in time for Granado's 30th birthday on April 2. However, due to La Poderosa's breakdown, they are forced to travel at a much slower pace, and don't make it to Caracas until July. During their expedition, Guevara and Granado encounter the poverty of the indigenous peasants, and the movie assumes a greater seriousness once the men gain a better sense of the disparity between the "haves" (to which they belong) and the "have-nots" (who make up the majority of those they encounter). In Chile for instance, they encounter a penniless and persecuted couple forced onto the road because of their communist beliefs. In a fire-lit scene, Guevara and Granado ashamedly admit to the couple that they are not out looking for work as well. The duo then accompanies the couple to the Chuquicamata copper mine, where Guevara becomes angry at the treatment of |
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