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Who is missing: Shaggy, Fred, Velma, Daphne | Characters - Scooby Doo Daily Characters Mystery Incorporated The Gang (Mystery, Inc) Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers and Scooby Doo are the five members of the Mystery Inc team that go around the world (with their van The Mystery Machine) and solve mysteries. Fred (the blonde one) is their leader that most of the time drives the van and sets traps, his color is blue. Daphne loves fashion and she usually screams Jeepers, she loves pink and purple. Velma is the brain of the team, with great knowladge, technology, Velma uses the clues to solve the mystery, her color is red (and orange). Shaggy is the best friend of the dog, Shaggy, they love eating, but they never get fat. With color of green (and red) Shaggy always messes up the trap with Scooby (the are also always the bate, doing it for scooby Snacks) but at the end, after lots of chasing, they catch the monster! The gang in 99% of the episodes were together without any private problems until Mystery Incorporated, as drama came between Fred and Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby (teen and love problems). Click here to go to the page "The Gang" Villains "What is it?" always turns to "Who Is It?"! Mystery, Inc always catch the villains, and it turns out to be someone of the suspects, and mostly, the one that is unexpected (or maybe the most expected, cause we will never expect the most expected, but the most unexpected)! Check out our page with info about all villains (still being updated) that Scooby and the gang has ever catched! Click here to go to the page "Villains" The Original Mystery Incorporated Years ago, just like the one today, there was a team solving mysteries in Crystal Cove too! The original Mystery Incorporated held the four members and their parrot that today has gone crazy. They are still missing, at least two of them, as they seeked the lost treasure of Crystal Cove! Click here to go to the page "Original Mystery, Inc" Crystal Cove This page has info on all the other citizen of Crystal Cove that appear in the series more than once and the bring a big role and leave a huge mark on the eyes. It includes the mayor of the city and father of Fred, Joner Sr, also the sheriff Bronson Stone, then the two-times-behind-mask-and-still-no-body-knows-who-she-really-is girl, Alice May and others, click here to go to the page "Crystal Cove" (in Characters) The Hex Girls The Hex Girls are gonna put a spell on you! The most famous girl rock band in the Scooby-Doo! world are these three girls that can play the guitar and the loud drums! They've appeared in two of the TV shows series and in two movies with the famous songs "I'm A Hex Girl", "Earth, wind, fire and air" and "Trap Of Love"! Click here to go to the page "The Hex Girls" Create a free website |
Chimichurris, Dagwood, Hot Brown, Shawarma, and Muffuletta are all types of what? | Gallery: The Serious Eats Guide to Sandwiches: Serious Eats | Serious Eats Email BLT Bacon. Lettuce. Tomato. Between two slices of bread—white or wheat, toasted or untoasted, it doesn't matter. It's salty, vegetal, a bit crunchy, and a bit creamy from some mayo that gets in there too. Is the lettuce superfluous? Ed sure thinks so. "The bacon gives you smoky, porky, slightly sweet flavor, the tomato is sweet, juicy and lends just a touch of needed acid to the sandwich, the Hellman's mayo is creamy and rich, and the Pullman loaf's crusty edge gives you the crisp crunch some would say the lettuce provides." [ Photograph: Lindsey Becker ] Breakfast Sandwich The basic elements of the breakfast sandwich are the basic elements of breakfast: egg, a pork product or two, and some kind of bread (biscuits, toast, English muffins, or some other roll). There's usually cheese, too, and sometimes veggies or condiments. Club "I order the club sandwich all the time, but I'm not even a member, man." —Mitch Hedberg Turkey, lettuce, tomato, bacon, and cheese, divided almost always into two layers by an extra slice of bread, make up this lunch staple. Though most people wouldn't recognize a single-decker Club, culinary icon James Beard called it the "authentic" sandwich and the omnipresent double-decker a "bastardization," writing that "whoever started that horror should be forced to eat three-deckers three times a day the rest of his life." The Club is often cut into quarters and pierced with toothpicks. [ Photograph: Nick Kindelsperger ] Cold Cut Sandwich Cold cuts are cheeses or sliced luncheon meats (like ham, turkey breast, salami or bologna) served cold on sandwich bread. Maybe it's nothing special but it usually hits the spot. Condiments are predictable: think mustard and mayo. [ Photograph: Joe Roy ] Dagwood "Is there anything more American than a Dagwood sandwich?" asked Serious Eats Chicago editor Nick Kindelsperger . The Dagwood, named for Blondie protagonist and legendary sandwich-maker Dagwood Bumstead, can be identified by how closely it resembles one of Dagwood's overheaped creations . Seriously, though, because there's no real definition. The Dagwood is defined by its form, not its filling, and even then loosely. Saveur called it a "catchall for whatever ingredients you might have on hand." Webster's mandates only that it be "many-layered," with multiple meats and a few grab-bag toppings. The pictured version includes 3 slices of rye, 4 types of meat (ham, bologna, salami, and turkey), 2 types of cheese, mustard, mayonnaise, lettuce, dill pickles, tomato, and, of course, a couple of toothpicked olives for a garnish. That sounds like a Dagwood to us. [ Photograph: Nick Kindelsperger ] Elvis Elvis Presley's swiveling hips met their match in the tasty, caloric sandwich. It's a peanut butter, mashed banana, and white bread sandwich browned in a pool of melted butter. Urban legends do tend to pile up around the King. One of the more prevalent is that he ate this sandwich with bacon. He did not . That's not to say that the sandwich isn't good with bacon, though. We ate it and approve. [ Photograph: Maria del Mar Sacasa ] Grilled Cheese At its simplest, the grilled cheese is comprised of two slices of buttered white bread browned in a skillet with a slice of cheese (American is classic) between them. At its most complicated, it can include almost anything. Ham, sauerkraut, kimchi, etc. But how do you know when your sandwich is no longer a grilled cheese and has become, say, a reuben, or a regular old cheese sandwich? A Grilled Cheese Must... Be a closed sandwich, griddled on both sides. Have cheese as the primary ingredient; other ingredients can complement, but not overwhelm the cheese. Be made with sliced bread. Thus a sandwich made with whole, crust-on loaves like an Italian panini or a Cubano do not qualify. Be served hot all the way through, with the cheese melted. Be cooked on a flat, greased surface until golden brown. In extreme circumstances it may be cooked on an outdoor grill over an open fire. A grilled cheese may never b |
On Feb 21, 1953 British scientist Francis Crick and American James D. Watson unlocked the structure of what? | Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA - Feb 28, 1953 - HISTORY.com This Day In History: 02/28/1953 - DNA Structure Discovered On February 28th many historical events occurred. These events are recapped by Russell Mitchell in this video clip from "This Day in History". The discovery of DNA by James Watson and Frances Crick being a major one for the scientific community. Not only was DNA discovered on this day, but the Republican Party was founded in Wisconsin. The well-known album Thriller by Michael Jackson won eight Emmy awards as well. Lead Story Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA Share this: Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA Author Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1953, Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. Though DNA–short for deoxyribonucleic acid–was discovered in 1869, its crucial role in determining genetic inheritance wasn’t demonstrated until 1943. In the early 1950s, Watson and Crick were only two of many scientists working on figuring out the structure of DNA. California chemist Linus Pauling suggested an incorrect model at the beginning of 1953, prompting Watson and Crick to try and beat Pauling at his own game. On the morning of February 28, they determined that the structure of DNA was a double-helix polymer, or a spiral of two DNA strands, each containing a long chain of monomer nucleotides, wound around each other. According to their findings, DNA replicated itself by separating into individual strands, each of which became the template for a new double helix. In his best-selling book, The Double Helix (1968), Watson later claimed that Crick announced the discovery by walking into the nearby Eagle Pub and blurting out that “we had found the secret of life.” The truth wasn’t that far off, as Watson and Crick had solved a fundamental mystery of science–how it was possible for genetic instructions to be held inside organisms and passed from generation to generation. Watson and Crick’s solution was formally announced on April 25, 1953, following its publication in that month’s issue of Nature magazine. The article revolutionized the study of biology and medicine. Among the developments that followed directly from it were pre-natal screening for disease genes; genetically engineered foods; the ability to identify human remains; the rational design of treatments for diseases such as AIDS; and the accurate testing of physical evidence in order to convict or exonerate criminals. Crick and Watson later had a falling-out over Watson’s book, which Crick felt misrepresented their collaboration and betrayed their friendship. A larger controversy arose over the use Watson and Crick made of research done by another DNA researcher, Rosalind Franklin, whose colleague Maurice Wilkins showed her X-ray photographic work to Watson just before he and Crick made their famous discovery. When Crick and Watson won the Nobel Prize in 1962, they shared it with Wilkins. Franklin, who died in 1958 of ovarian cancer and was thus ineligible for the award, never learned of the role her photos played in the historic scientific breakthrough. Related Videos |
Which atom, with atomic number 6, is present in all known life forms? | Atomic Number 6 Atomic Number 6 Atomic Number 6 What Element is Atomic Number 6? Element atomic number 6 is carbon. Forms of pure carbon include diamond, graphite, and amorphous carbon. Dave King, Getty Images By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Updated September 15, 2015. Carbon is the element that is atomic number 6 on the periodic table . This nonmetal is the basis for life as we know it. Here is interesting trivia and facts about this element: Element Atomic Number 6 Facts Each atom of carbon has 6 protons and electrons. The element naturally exists as a mix of three isotopes. Most of this carbon has 6 neutrons (carbon-12), plus there are small amounts of carbon-13 and carbon-14. Carbon-12 and carbon-13 are stable. Carbon-14 is used for radioisotope dating of organic material. A total of 15 isotopes of carbon are known. Pure carbon can take any of several different forms, called allotropes. These allotropes exhibit markedly different properties. For example, diamond is the hardest form of any element, while graphite is very soft, and graphene is stronger than steel. Diamond is transparent, while other forms of carbon are opaque gray or black. All of the allotropes of carbon are solids at room temperature and pressure. continue reading below our video Trends in the Periodic Table The element name carbon comes from the Latin word carbo, which means coal. The element symbol for atomic number 6 is C. Carbon is among the elements known in pure form by ancient mankind. Carbon has the highest melting point of the pure elements at 3500 °C (3773 K, 6332 °F). Carbon is the second most abundant element in humans , by mass (after oxygen). Approximately 20% of the mass of a living organism is atomic number 6. Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe . The element forms in stars via the triple-alpha process in which helium atoms fuse to form atomic number 4 (beryllium), which then fuses with atomic number 2 (helium) to form atomic number 6. Carbon on Earth is constantly recycled via the Carbon Cycle . All of the carbon in your body once existed as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Pure carbon is considered non-toxic, although inhaling it can cause lung damage. It has been used since prehistoric time for making tattoos . The tattoos of Otzi the Iceman , a 5300-year-old frozen corpse, were likely made using charcoal. In 1961, the IUPAC adopted the isotope carbon-12 as the basis for the atomic weight system. |
March 3, 1923 saw the first issue of what weekly news magazine, the worlds largest with over 20 million domestic readers? | TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates Careers Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Interactive Data . ETF and Mutual Fund data provided by Morningstar, Inc. Dow Jones Terms & Conditions: http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/html/tandc/indexestandcs.html . S&P Index data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions . Powered and implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions . All products and services featured are based solely on editorial selection. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. © 2017 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP YOU BROKE TIME.COM! Dear TIME Reader, As a regular visitor to TIME.com, we are sure you enjoy all the great journalism created by our editors and reporters. Great journalism has great value, and it costs money to make it. One of the main ways we cover our costs is through advertising. The use of software that blocks ads limits our ability to provide you with the journalism you enjoy. Consider turning your Ad Blocker off so that we can continue to provide the world class journalism you have become accustomed to. The TIME Team |
10:54 am on February 28 of what year saw Seattle rocked by an earthquake that measured 6.8 on the MMS scale? | Seattle Earthquake - Feb. 28, 2001 Strong Quake Rattles Seattle, Buildings Emptied 2-28-2001 updated 4-20-2001 250 injuries - no deaths attributed to the quake A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 in magnitude and lasting about 45 seconds rocked Seattle on February 28, knocking chunks of masonry from skyscrapers and forcing thousands to flee their homes, schools and offices. (Reuters Graphic) An aftershock of 3.4 occurred early in the morning of March 1, 2001 AFTERSHOCKS So far the aftershocks have been mild. 2.7 2001/03/01 06:23:34 47.180N 122.729W 51.3 19 km (12 mi) NE of Olympia, WA 1.4 2001/03/01 01:45:01 47.449N 122.928W 8.6 26 km (16 mi) WSW of Bremerton, WA 1.2 2001/03/01 01:38:39 46.344N 122.260W 13.4 17 km (11 mi) NNW of Mount St. Helens 3.4 2001/03/01 01:10:20 47.197N 122.713W 54.3 21 km (13 mi) W of Tacoma, WA 2.0 2001/02/28 16:50:09 47.438N 122.913W 15.3 26 km (16 mi) SW of Bremerton, WA 1.2 2001/02/28 15:45:35 47.224N 122.678W 25.9 19 km (12 mi) W of Tacoma, WA 1.4 2001/02/28 11:49:48 46.851N 121.751W 0.0 1 km ( 0 mi) ESE of Mount Rainier. WA 6.8 2001/02/28 10:54:32 47.149N 122.727W 51.9 18 km (11 mi) NE of Olympia, WA PREPARE FOR ANOTHER QUAKE Jim Berkland's primary earthquake window for March 7-14th, likely site is Seattle. Be prepared for another quake, no matter when it should occur. 1)Put little latches on all your kitchen cabinets. 2) small angle brackets securing your book shelves to the wall. 3) velcro the bottom of knick knacs, sm. statuary or vases to their placements. 4) velcro corners of paintings on walls to prevent them from slipping or sliding off their picture hooks. 5) Sun screen vellums applied to inside of windows will prevent glass from shattering inward. 6) lg angle brackets to secure supporting exterior posts to either side of beam. 7) extra large tarps to lay over roofed areas that may have cracked and be exposed to rain. 8) Clorox for purifying contaminated water. 9: hammer and long nails to re-secure exterior siding. 10) criss cross X inside windows with wide strapping tape. Do not be embarrassed to leave it applied during any suggested earthquake window. 11) several jugs of vodka and a goodly supply of chips and dips. 12) know how to turn off the valves to your incoming water and fuel supply. 13) Empty clorox jugs filled with water will flush your toilets. 14) 3 hour logs cut into 3 sections will provide 9 hours of heat or flame to warm an elevated closed pot of water. (logs can be sawed into smaller slices, or 20 minute logs are also available at most stores. These can also be divided to 2 or 3 sections. You will need a lighter! 15) do you have survival gear in the trunk of your car? Warm jacket, blanket, walking shoes, med supplies, tarps, etc? Plastic garbage bags can be rain blankets. 16) keep your gas tank full and a couple of cans of compressed air for your tires. 17) portable radios, a cell phone and flashlights 18) porta-potty, aka, zip loc bags, kleenex 19) add your own needs to this list. 20) check on the welfare of your neighbors SHARING LIGHT, LEE GUILMETTE CHIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posted Feb. 4, 2001 FEBRUARY 22 - MARCH 6 DOG - South & Central America, Gulf of Mexico Solar flares will be high during this window with an increase in volcanic eruptions. Volcanic eruptions in Mexico, Central America and Caribbean will increase at the same time as volcanic eruptions in the Equatorial Pacific areas of Indonesia and Philippines. Surprise storms and flooding will continue through this window. La Nina is looking at us. If solar activity reaches Class X flare levels, earthquakes will decrease. But if solar activity is only moderately high moderately large earthquakes can be expected in areas of the Pacific. Very large earthquakes could occur between 60 and 77 degrees west longitude. Equal & Opposite - Equatorial Pacific to Japan: Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, China Best regards, Posted by Bob in Pacifica at February 19, 2001 at 01:30:58 AM CST Posting: At 10.22 pm. had a 20 second stong right ear tone, the SAF had what may have been a foreshock at 8.38 pm. earlier tonight. Rig |
On Feb 28, 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian complex, headed by David Koresh, in what Texas city? | Branch Davidian Raid in the History section at Census.gov | Day 51 Branch Davidian Raid in the History section at Census.gov To me this seems quite odd, as are most of the other subjects included in the “History” section of the U.S. Government CENSUS website: Picture included in the “History” section at Census.gov On February 28, 1993, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX. The raid resulted in the deaths of four agents and six Davidians, and the start of a 51-day standoff. The standoff ended when U.S Attorney General Janet Reno approved an assault in which the Branch Davidians were to be removed from their building by force. In the course of the assault, the church building caught fire and 76 Branch Davidians (including leader David Koresh) died. |
Bib, iceberg, oak leaf, and romaine are all types of what? | Lettuce Varieties – Learn About The Different Types Of Lettuce Image by Dwight Sipler By Amy Grant There are five groups of lettuce categorized by head formation or leaf type. Each of these lettuce varieties offers a unique flavor and texture, and growing different types of lettuce will be a surefire way to generate interest in eating a healthy diet. Let’s learn more about the different lettuce types. Lettuce Types for the Garden The five varieties of lettuce that can be grown in the garden include the following: Crisphead or Iceberg Crisphead lettuce, more commonly known as iceberg, has a tight head of crisp leaves. Often found in the local salad bar and a virtual staple in the delicious BLT, it’s actually one of the more difficult lettuce varieties to grow. This lettuce variety is not fond of hot summer temps or water stress and may rot from the inside out. Start iceberg lettuce via seed directly sown 18-24 inches apart or started indoors and then thinned 12-14 inches between heads. Some iceberg lettuce varieties include: Ballade, Crispino, Ithaca, Legacy, Mission, Salinas, Summertime and Sun Devil, all of which mature in 70-80 days. Summer Crisp, French Crisp or Batavian Somewhat between the lettuce types Crisphead and Looseleaf, Summer Crisp is a large lettuce variety resistant to bolting with great flavor. It has thick, crisp outer leaves which can be harvested as a looseleaf until the head forms, while the heart is sweet, juicy and a bit nutty. Different types of lettuce for this variety are: Jack Ice, Oscarde, Reine Des glaces, Anuenue, Loma, Magenta, Nevada and Roger, all of which mature within 55-60 days. Butterhead, Boston or Bibb One of the more delicate varieties of lettuce, Butterhead is creamy to light green on the inside and loose, soft and ruffled green on the exterior. These different types of lettuce may be harvested by removing the entire head or just the outside leaves and are easier to grow than the Crispheads, being more tolerant of conditions. Less likely to bolt and rarely bitter , the Butterhead lettuce varieties mature in about 55-75 days spaced similarly to the Crispheads. These varieties of lettuce include: Blushed Butter Oak, Buttercrunch, Carmona, Divina, Emerald Oak, Flashy Butter Oak, Kweik, Pirat, Sanguine Ameliore, Summer Bib, Tom Thumb, Victoria, and Yugoslavian red and are extremely popular in Europe. Romaine or Cos Romaine varieties are typically 8-10 inches tall and upright growing with spoon-shaped, tightly folded leaves and thick ribs. Coloration is medium green on the exterior to greenish white inside with the outer leaves sometimes being tough whilst the interior foliage is tender with wonderful crunch and sweetness. ‘Romaine’ comes from the word Roman while ‘Cos’ is derived from the Greek island of Kos. Some different types of this lettuce are: Brown Golding, Chaos Mix II black, Chaos Mix II white, Devil’s Tongue, Dark Green Romaine, De Morges Braun, Hyper Red Rumple, Little Leprechaun, Mixed Chaos black, Mixed Chaos white, Nova F3, Nova F4 black, Nova F4 white, Paris Island Cos, Valmaine, and Winter Density, all of which mature within around 70 days. Looseleaf, Leaf, Cutting or Bunching Last but not least is one of the easiest types of lettuce to grow — the Looseleaf varieties of lettuce, which form no head or heart. Harvest these varieties either whole or by the leaf as they mature. Plant at weekly intervals starting in early April and again mid August. Thin Looseleaf lettuce to 4-6 inches apart. Looseleaf varieties are slow bolting and heat resistant. A wide variety of colors and shapes guaranteed to stimulate the sight and the palate are available in the following lettuce varieties: Austrian Greenleaf, Bijou, Black Seeded Simpson, Bronze Leaf, Brunia, Cracoviensis, Fine Frilled, Gold Rush, Green Ice, New Red Fire, Oakleaf, Perilla Green, Perilla Red, Merlot, Merveille De Mai,Red Sails, Ruby, Salad Bowl, and Simpson Elite, which will all mature within a 40-45 day time period. |
Currently, the oldest flying space shuttle in the fleet, which shuttle was launched last week on mission STS-133 to the International Space Station? | Space Shuttle Discovery's Legacy: 26 Years of the Right Stuff Space Shuttle Discovery's Legacy: 26 Years of the Right Stuff By Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor | October 29, 2010 07:26am ET MORE This illustration depicts NASA's space shuttle Discovery encircled by the mission patches from each of its 39 missions, from STS-41D to STS-133, to display its long legacy as NASA's most-flown orbiter. The shuttle is flying its 39th and last flight in February/March 2011. Credit: NASA This story was updated at 10:33 a.m. ET. Space shuttle Discovery is set to launch on its final flight next week, concluding a nearly three-decade legacy as arguably the most historic orbiter in NASA's fleet. The first of NASA?s three remaining shuttles set to retire, Discovery was the third orbiter built and the one launched the most times into space. Its final mission, STS-133, is scheduled to launch Tuesday (Nov. 2) at 4:17 p.m. EDT (2017 GMT). The launch will mark the Discovery's 13th visit to the International Space Station (ISS) and its 39th trip into space. ?This particular orbiter has served us extremely well,? said launch director Mike Leinbach, comparing Discovery to its sister ships Atlantis and Endeavour. ?It is the fleet leader. It is going to be hard to see her retire but we need to do what we need to do for the agency and so we'll get on with her final flight and it make it the best one ever.? [Video: Legacy of Shuttle Discovery] Discovery will deliver to the station the Permanent Multi-Purpose Logistic Module (PMM), the last U.S. room to be added to the orbiting laboratory to serve as a storage closet for the station?s supplies and spare equipment. Also on board is Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot to fly in space designed to assist astronauts inside and eventually outside the outpost. Scheduled to last 11 days, Discovery?s last flight will bring its total time in space to more than 360 days ? nearly an entire year flying around Earth. ?It will have flown about a year on orbit by the time we are done with it, which is pretty remarkable for a space shuttle,? said Discovery's commander Steven Lindsey, who is making his third flight on the storied space plane. A historic ?year? in space Discovery was built between 1979 and 1983 and made its maiden flight on Aug. 30, 1984, from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But before it could depart on the six-day STS-41D mission, Discovery experienced the shuttle program?s first pad abort. A first launch try, attempted two months earlier, ended just four seconds before liftoff. Discovery?s three main engines shut down, which was then followed by a hydrogen fire on the pad. "Gee, I thought we?d be a lot higher at MECO!? radioed mission specialist Steve Hawley from onboard the shuttle at the time, referencing NASA's term for main engine cutoff. Discovery flew to space five more times? mostly to deploy satellites ? before standing down after the shuttle Challenger accident in January 1986. Two years later, Discovery was the first orbiter to return to flight. Returning NASA's shuttle fleet to flight after a major tragedy is a role Discovery served again 17 years later, in 2005, following the 2003 loss of the orbiter Columbia. ?It was the pathfinder as we put new systems in place, new safety features,? said launch integration manager Mike Moses. A legacy of space firsts Between its STS-26 mission in 1988 and STS-114 return to flight in 2005, Discovery logged 23 more trips to space, making history along the way. ?Quite a remarkable history for Discovery, it's had a whole bunch of firsts,? Moses said. Among those firsts was the first Russian cosmonaut aboard a U.S. mission, the first rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir, the first female pilot and the first crew rotation for the International Space Station. Discovery also set the record for flying the oldest crew member in history ? 77-year-old Mercury-astronaut-turned-U.S.-senator John Glenn ? and recorded the highest altitude reached by any shuttle mission. That shuttle altitude record was set in 1997 during a mission to serv |
George Holliday famously videotaped the LAPD violating the civil rights of whom, on March 3, 1991? | Camera Shy : Man Who Videotaped King Beating Returns to Life as a Regular Guy - latimes Camera Shy : Man Who Videotaped King Beating Returns to Life as a Regular Guy March 10, 1996 |BETH SHUSTER | TIME STAFF WRITER SYLMAR — George Holliday knew he was guilty of speeding when he was pulled over by the police, but that's not what had him worried. Would they recognize him after all these years, and if so, how would he be treated? As it turned out, his fears were unfounded. Not only were the patrol officers civil, but as one handed over the ticket, he acknowledged Holliday's role in the 1991 Rodney G. King beating and even told him: "By the way, we think you did the right thing." Holliday's encounter, of course, stands in stark contrast to the experience of King, the speeding motorist whose clubbing by police was recorded by Holliday on his home video camera and broadcast around the world. Ultimately, Holliday's tape changed the course of Los Angeles law-enforcement history. Holliday, the tall, unassuming general manager of a Sylmar plumbing company, became a somewhat-reluctant hero credited with saving many potential police victims. Like a modern-day Cincinnatus, the Roman who emerged from obscurity to save a government leader only to quietly return to his farm, Holliday has returned to his old life as a regular guy. He still has his strawberry-blond mustache and mellow attitude. He never quit his job, never got rich, did get divorced, and has remarried. Right now, he doesn't even own a video camera. "To be honest, he's still his same old self," said his younger brother, Peter, who works with Holliday. "When he taped that, he never thought he'd be a millionaire. He thought he would stop this kind of thing from ever happening again." Though Holliday sometimes still wonders why the officers treated King as they did on the early morning of March 3, 1991--an unsavory slice of police life captured from the balcony of his Lake View Terrace apartment--he also said he believes the Los Angeles Police Department got a raw deal. "I feel bad for the Police Department," he said last week over lunch at a Sylmar diner. "I think that beating was out of line, but I've never had a bad experience with them. . . . I don't think they're that bad." Holliday went on to say that the entire department was unfairly tarnished by the actions of a few officers, two of whom were eventually convicted in federal court of violating King's civil rights. In fact, Holliday says he sometimes watches reality-based television shows in which police officers often make arrests under trying circumstances. Holliday says at those times, he wonders how officers can actually restrain themselves. Still, the soft-spoken Holliday (who says he's never been in a fight) says he doesn't understand violence. His style is so nonconfrontational that he let his first wife keep his scrapbook of press clippings from the King incident. She also kept their video camera--not the one that taped the beating, but its replacement after the FBI seized the first. He has a few reminders of his own, though. A plaque from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and, of course, a copy of the tape. The original remains a part of the historical record, on file in federal archives. He's paid off some bills with the relatively modest proceeds he reaped from the incident--including $500 he received the day after the beating from KTLA-TV Channel 5, where Holliday first took the tape. He did not, however, succeed in his efforts to sue--for $100 million--several television networks for copyright infringement. And other money-making ventures, mostly put together by lawyers long gone, have been put to rest. All told, he says he made less than $10,000 on the nine-minute videotape, though he believes he would have made more had he known more about the broadcasting business. "I didn't make the recording to make money, but after the whole thing blew up, we all realized there was money to be made," Holliday said. He promoted a video called "Shoot News and Make Money With Your Camcorder" for a royalty. H |
Sunday saw the Seattle Mariners play their first spring training game. In what Arizona city do they have their training camp? | Seattle Mariners Spring Training - Spring Training Online You are here: Home > Seattle Mariners Spring Training Seattle Mariners Spring Training 310L, 385LC, 410C, 385RC, 310R Surface Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m. MST Ticket Line 16101 N. 83rd Av., Peoria, AZ 85382 Directions The ballpark is best accessed from the outer loop of Phoenix highways and freeways. From Hwy. 101 (Agua Fria Freeway), take Bell Road and go east to 83rd Avenue. Go south (to the right) and the sports complex will be to the left. It’s well-marked and you’ll see the place from the freeway. Seattle Mariners Spring Training: Party in Peoria Peoria Stadium is considered by many to be among the best ballparks in the Cactus League, despite being one of the oldest these days. The Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres share the ballpark, so a visit to Peoria – a suburb of Phoenix – during any point in spring training will undoubtedly find a game going on, but 2015 renovations tightened the supply of tickets available for most dates. The complex was the first MLB spring-training facility shared by two teams. (There had been situations where two teams played games in the same ballpark, but they maintained separate training facilities.) Today, of course, almost every new training camp in the Cactus League is built for two teams. The Peoria Stadium complex contains two 40,000-square-foot clubhouses, indoor and outdoor batting tunnels, 12 major-league-sized practice fields (two lighted), and four half fields. The extensive facility allows both teams and their minor-league squads to practice simultaneously. More than any other Cactus League facility, any spring-training game at Peoria Stadium feels like a real event. There’s always a lot of traffic and excitement surrounding a game – both the Padres and the Mariners draw well during spring training – and the games certainly sport a carnival-like atmosphere. There are some who decry the location of the ballpark (set, essentially, in the midst of a series of strip malls), but fans seem to love the wide variety of restaurants within walking distance of the park. The ballpark and the games also feel like they are part of the local community: you can expect to see many members of the Peoria Diamond Club – the “Red Shirts” at games – who raise funds for local charities. The renovation of the spring home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners is a three-phase project. The first renovation phase focused on the player facilities, as clubhouses were expanded and upgraded. The second renovation, which took place this offseason, address fan features and comfort. Approximately 1,000 new seats were installed (most with cupholders), including two new rows in front of the existing seating. The playing field was lowered and seating down the line reoriented to home plate. The ballpark’s expanded footprint also includes a new 4,900-square-foot building on the third-base side that features a new team store, restrooms, bar, and second-level group area. A new concrete concourse expanded capacity in the outfield and left-field corner, with the wraparound concourse now a spacious place to stroll before or during a game. The signature berm remains, but the addition of a large 2,400-square-foot social pavilion – designed for groups, but open to the public if not reserved by a group – and shaded bar area provides a perfect space to hang out with friends. This social pavilion isn’t the only shaded area in the outfield concourse: a 60-foot Four Peaks Brewing Company tent serves Short Hop Session IPA, Kilt Lifter, Sunbru and Peach Ale, along with other craft-beer offerings, while a right-field all-you-can-east tent offers ballpark goodies for $20. All in all, the changes raised total ballpark capacity to 12,339. Spring Training History The Seattle Mariners have trained in Arizona since their American League inception in 1977: from 1977 to 1993 the team trained in Tempe, while in 1994 the team moved to the new ballpark in Peoria. |
Working in military intelligence during WWII, eventually achieving the rank of major, Diana Prince is the alter ego of what DC Comics superhero? | Wonder Woman (Character) - Comic Vine Wonder Woman Character » Wonder Woman appears in 5725 issues . The princess of the Amazons, Wonder Woman is one of Earth's most powerful defenders of peace and equality and a member of the Justice League. She is often considered an archetype for the comic book superheroine. Her original origin depicted her as a clay figure brought to life by the gods, but in recent years she has been depicted as the daughter of Zeus and the Amazon queen Hippolyta. The Wonder Woman wiki last edited by BJWise on 01/14/17 12:46PM View full history Origin Diana As one of the longest continually published comic book characters, Wonder Woman’s history has undergone some changes over the years, though a few elements remain consistent in all of her depictions. She is the princess of the Amazons, a race of women who live free of men on Paradise Island (later dubbed Themyscira). After growing up on this island, Wonder Woman (whom the Amazons named Diana) journeys to man’s world on a mission of diplomacy and peace. Until DC's New 52 relaunch, there were a few other aspects of the origin story that remained consistent. Her mother, Hippolyta , created her out of clay, and the Greek gods bestowed her with life, making her the only Amazon who was not conceived by a man. She grows up among the Amazons who teach her the skills of a warrior as well as the lessons of peace and love. When Steve Trevor , an American pilot, crash lands on Paradise Island, the Amazons have a contest to determine who should receive the honor of taking him back to man's world and acting as an ambassador of all that the Amazons represent. In the golden age this led to an infatuation with Steve Trevor that persisted throughout the golden and silver age versions of the character. After Crisis on Infinite Earths , the character’s origin was slightly retold by George Perez . In this version the Amazons were in fact reborn from the souls of abused and murdered women from ancient days. In 1200 B.C. a debate occurred in Mount Olympus on how mankind should be made to believe in the Gods. Ares, the God of war wanted to descent upon the world with his army and force mankind into following the Gods. This was opposed by the others Gods present including Artemis, who wished in peace and wanted to make a new race that would lead men on the right path. Zeus turns his back on them and they decide to proceed without his blessing. With the aid of Charon the ferryman, the gods reach the Womb of Gaea, were the souls of women who were abused and murdered at the hands of men were preserved by Gaea herself. Artemis sends the souls to Greece were they form into adult women. Aphrodite observes that one soul still remains in the Womb to which Athena replies the time has not yet come for that one.The new race in Greece are approached by the Gods who bestow them with the skill of hunting and the purpose of leading humanity in the right path. They appoint Hippolyte and Antiope as the rulers while Menalippe is the Oracle. The civilization is named the Amazons. Stories of this civilization, named as Themyscira by the poets spread throughout Greece and reaches the ears of Heracles who is driven into attacking the city behind the scenes by Ares, who seeks to sabotage the gods' plan. Heracles approaches the Amazons but is defeated by Hippolyte upon which he fakes friendship and declares the Amazons as allies. When their guard is down he poisons Hippolyte and his army attacks the women in full force taking Hippolyte, Antiope and the other survivors captive. In his cells, Hippolyte is freed by Athena who reminds her of her purpose and asks her to avoid revenge and pursue peaceful means. Hippolyte escapes and frees the rest of the Amazons. She relies Athena's message to the women but blinded by their thirst for revenge, the Amazons slaughter the men ruthlessly. The Gods appear and tell them they have failed in their purpose and banish them to an Island known as Paradise to guard the terrible evil within as punishment. They are also granted immortality as long as they do not stra |
On March 4, 1797, what was sworn in as the second US President? | John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of... March 4 in History July 16, 1775 - John Adams graduates Harvard October 25, 1764 - John Adams marries Abigail Smith, marriage lasts 54 years October 30, 1735 - John Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 2nd president of the United States, 1797 - 1801 More Notable Events on March 4: 1997 President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research 1985 Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA 1979 U.S. Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings 1837 City of Chicago incorporates 1801 Thomas Jefferson is the 1st president inaugurated in Washington D.C. |
Although born Claudia Alta Taylor, by what name is President Lyndon Johnson's first lady better known as? | Lady Bird Johnson Biography :: National First Ladies' Library 22 December, 1912 **Karnack, Texas *Despite her legal name of "Claudia," Mrs. Johnson has been known as "Lady Bird" since childhood, when her nursemaid Alice Tittle commented that she was "as purty as a lady bird." It is unclear what kind of reference this may have been. **The two-story brick southern plantation mansion, with traditional balcony where she was born is still standing and a registered national landmark. Father: Thomas Jefferson Taylor II; born 29 August, 1874, Autauga County, Alabama; General store owner; cotton planter; land owner; died 22 October, 1960, Marshall, Texas; turning his store profits into real estate, he owned some twelve thousand acres of cotton, perhaps the largest landowner in Harrison County, Texas; he donated nearly 400 acres of property, some two-thirds of his total, to the state and it became Caddo Lake State Park; he also owned the property on which the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant was built during World War II. Mother: Minnie Pattillo Taylor, born 16 May, 1874 in Alabama; married Thomas J. Taylor in Autauga County, Alabama on 28 November, 1900; died 4 September 1918; Some sources claim a date death of 14 September; Mrs. Johnson recalls the dismay of relatives at the tombstone date error. "Forgetful of self she lived entirely for others" is the epitaph. The town of birth is not known but she did live her early life in Billingsly, Alabama. first stepmother, name, date of birth, date of marriage, date of death, unknown, marriage ended in divorce, 1930's; second stepmother, Ruth Scroggins, date of birth unknown, married in Marshall, Texas, 1930's. date of death unknown Ancestry: English, Scottish; The Taylor family was of English extraction. Mrs. Johnson's mother's family name was Pattillo. Likely because Mexico borders her native Texas, it had been mistakenly published in some accounts that her mother's family was of Spanish ancestry. In fact, the origin of the name is "Pittillo" and her first American ancestor was James Pittillo of Bristol Parish, Virginia. The family emigrated from Scotland. Documentation provided by the archivist of the LBJ Library, using two reference books: Taylor & Shaffer Ancestors by Joseph P. Hammer, Austin, TX 1994; and Patillo, Pattillo, Pattullo, and Pillillo Families, compiled by Melba C. Crosse, Fort Worth, TX, 1972. Birth Order and Siblings: Third of three children; two brothers: Thomas Jefferson Taylor, Jr. (20 October 1901- 1 November 1959); Antonio "Tony" J. Taylor (29 August, 1904 - 31 August, 1986) Physical Appearance: Small stature; brown hair; brown eyes Religious Affiliation: Baptized at age five in the Methodist faith of her father; she later became Episcopalian. She often attended services with her husband in a Disciples of Christ parish, his faith. Education: Attended grade school in Karnack and Jefferson, Texas and also, briefly in Alabama (1918-1923); Marshall Public High School (1923-1928) where she graduated at age fifteen, third in her class; St Mary's College for Girls, (1928-1930) boarding school, Dallas, Texas; University of Texas at Austin (1930-1933), bachelor's degree in history, graduating with honors; University of Texas at Austin (1933-1934) bachelor of journalism degree, graduating with honors. While at the University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Taylor also studied shorthand . Occupation before Marriage: Lady Bird Taylor expressed an interest in pursuing a career in writing or journalism; ten weeks after graduating, she met Lyndon Baines Johnson on 31 August, 1934. They began a whirlwind courtship that resulted in their marriage three months later. Marriage: 21 years old, on 17 November, 1934 to Lyndon Baines "LBJ" Johnson (born 27 August, 1908, near Stonewall, Texas, died, "LBJ Ranch" Stonewall, Texas, 22 January, 1973), former teacher, congressional aide, National Youth Administration Director, at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, San Antonio, Texas. LBJ gave Lady Bird Taylor a $2.50 wedding ring bought at Sears. The couple honeymooned in Mexico and then made their h |
In music, what notation is used to indicate that the note is raised a half tone? | Music Notation Symbols Music Notation Symbols Clefs - Notes and Rests - Accidentals - Relationships - Dynamics - Accents - Repeats Music Notation consists of a collection of music symbols that are used to better define the structure of a musical composition. These musical symbols will tell us the pitch that a song is played in, (clefs), the key that it is played using a key signature composed of sharps and flats, a pitch change in the composition, (sharps and flats), and where the silences between the notes are to be played, (rests). Some of theses music symbols also tell us where,and when to emphasize, or de-emphasize a particular segment of the music , ( accents , dynamics), or when to play a passage more than once, (repeats). There are different types of clefs, rests, dynamics, accents, accidentals and repeat symbols used in music notation, each one having a unique characteristic, and their use depends on what the composer wishes to accomplish in his musical score. CLEFS A Clef (from the French for "key") is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes. Placed on one of the lines at the beginning of the staff, it indicates the name and pitch of the notes on that line. This line serves as a reference point by which the names of the notes on any other line or space of the staff may be determined. The two clefs that we most commonly use today are the G clef or treble clef, and the F clef or bass clef. G clef (Treble Clef) - The center of the spiral defines the line or space upon which it rests as the pitch range of the composition C clef (Alto Clef) - This clef points to the line (or space, rarely) representing middle C F clef (Bass Clef) - The line or space between the dots in this clef denotes the pitch range Octave Clef - Treble and bass clefs can also be modified by octave numbers Neutral Clef - Used for pitch-less instruments, such as some of those used for percussion NOTES AND RESTS A Rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a sign indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value Multi-Measure Rest - Indicates the number of measures in a resting part depending upon the number over the rest Double Bar Line - Used at changes in key signature, major changes in style or tempo, or to separate 2 phrases of music Dotted Bar Line - Divides long measures into shorter segments for ease of reading Beamed Notes -Beams connect and emphasize quavers, (1/8 notes), and shorter note values Ledger Lines - Used to extend the staff to pitches that fall above or below it Breath Mark - In a score, this symbol tells the performer to make a slight pause ACCIDENTALS An accidental is a note whose pitch is not a member of a scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the symbols used to mark such notes, sharps, flats, and natural, may also be called accidentals. An accidental sign raises or lowers the following note from its normal pitch, usually by a semitone, although microtonal music may use "fractional" accidental signs, and one occasionally sees double sharps or flats, which raise or lower the indicated note by a whole tone. Accidentals apply within the measure and octave in which they appear and modify the pitch of the notes that follow them on the same staff unless cancelled by an another accidental. Demiflat - Lowers the pitch of a note by one quarter tone Flat - Lowers the pitch of a note by one semitone, or one half step Flat-and-a-Half - Lowers the pitch of a note by three quarter tones Double Flat - Lowers the pitch of a note by two chromatic semitones, or one whole step Natural - Cancels a previous accidental, or modifies the pitch of a sharp or flat as defined by the prevailing key signature Demisharp - Raises the pitch of a note by one quarter tone Sharp - Raises the pitch of a note by one semitone Sharp-and-a-Half - Raises the pitch of a note by three quarter tones Double Sharp - Raises the pitch of a note by two chromatic semito |
March 2, 1956 saw the Kingdom of Morocco gain its independence from Spain and France. What are the 2 countries that border it? | HISTORY OF MOROCCO HISTORY OF MOROCCO Enjoy the Famous Daily The Barbary coast: 16th - 20th century With the decline of the local Berber dynasties in the 15th and 16th centuries, the valuable coastal strip of north Africa (known because of the Berbers as the Barbary coast) attracts the attention of the two most powerful Mediterranean states of the time - Spain in the west, Turkey in the east. The Spanish-Turkish rivalry lasts for much of the 16th century, but it is gradually won - in a somewhat unorthodox manner - by the Turks. Their successful device is to allow Turkish pirates, or corsairs, to establish themselves along the coast. The territories seized by the corsairs are then given a formal status as protectorates of the Ottoman empire. The first such pirate establishes himself on the coast of Algeria in 1512. Two others are firmly based in Libya by 1551. Tunisia is briefly taken in 1534 by the most famous corsair of them all, Khair ed-Din (known to the Europeans as Barbarossa). Recovered for Spain in 1535, Tunisia is finally brought under Ottoman control in 1574. Piracy remains the chief purpose and main source of income of all these Turkish settlements along the Barbary coast. And the depredations of piracy, after three centuries, at last prompt French intervention in Algeria . This, at any rate, is stated by the French at the time to be the cause of their intervention. The reality is somewhat less glorious. Algiers is occupied by the French in 1830, but it is not until 1847 that the French conquest of Algeria is complete - after prolonged resistance from the Berber hinterland, which has never been effectively controlled by the Turks on the coast. It is in the European interest to police this entire troublesome Barbary region. Tunisia becomes a French protectorate in 1881, and Morocco (which has maintained a shaky independence, under its own local sultans, since the end of the Marinid dynasty ) follows in 1912. Italy takes Libya from the Turks in 1912. The regions of the Barbary coast thus enter their last colonial phase before independence. A European carve-up: 1900-1912 The process by which Morocco drifts into the colonial care of France (and of Spain, in the northern regions) provides a notable example of how the European powers jockey for position in Africa. In 1900 France and Italy make a secret agreement assigning Morocco to France and Libya to Italy. In 1902 a similar arrangement between France and Spain provides for the proposed division between them of Moroccan territory. In 1904 France and Britain make a pact: Britain will allow France freedom of action in Morocco (provided that the coast opposite Gibraltar is not fortified) in return for France's acceptance of Britain's role in Egypt . Meanwhile, as these arrangements are being made round polished tables, Morocco is still ostensibly an independent country ruled, albeit inefficiently, by its own Alaouite dynasty of sultans (on the throne since capturing Fès in 1666). The colonial consensus, amicably agreed between France, Italy, Spain and Britain, is rudely interrupted in 1905 when the German emperor William II makes a flamboyant and provocative visit to Tangier, Morocco's most international city. Ostensibly visiting the local community of German merchants, he uses the occasion to emphasize that Morocco's independence must be maintained. The diplomatic flurry caused by this intervention results in a conference held in Algeciras in 1906. With the active encouragement of the internationally minded US president, Theodore Roosevelt , representatives of the European powers and the USA gather to discuss France's relationship with Morocco. All the powers except Austria-Hungary side with France rather than Germany. The conference affirms the independence of the sultan of Morocco, but at the same time puts in place international supervision of his affairs with the leading role taken by France. This is tantamount, in the long run, to accepting the region as a French colony. Outbreaks of unrest in Morocco soon make necessary the posting of more French t |
March 2, 1904 marked the birth of one Theodore Geisel, best remembered as what famed literary genius? | Astrology: Dr. Seuss, date of birth: 1904/03/02, Horoscope, Astrological Portrait, Dominant Planets, Birth Data, Biography 1st Fire sign - 1st Cardinal sign (spring equinox) - Masculine In analogy with Mars, his ruler, and the 1st House Aries governs the head. His colour is red, his stone is the heliotrope, his day is Tuesday, and his professions are businessman, policeman, sportsman, surgeon... If your sign is Aries or your Ascendant is Aries: you are courageous, frank, enthusiastic, dynamic, fast, bold, expansive, warm, impulsive, adventurous, intrepid, warlike, competitive, but also naive, domineering, self-centred, impatient, rash, thoughtless, blundering, childish, quick-tempered, daring or primitive. Some traditional associations with Aries: Countries: England, France, Germany, Denmark. Cities: Marseille, Florence, Naples, Birmingham, Wroclaw, Leicester, Capua, Verona. Animals: Rams and sheeps. Food: Leeks, hops, onions, shallots, spices. Herbs and aromatics: mustard, capers, Cayenne pepper, chilli peppers. Flowers and plants: thistles, mint, bryonies, honeysuckles. Trees: hawthorns, thorny trees and bushes. Stones, Metals and Salts: diamonds, iron, potassium phosphate. Signs: Taurus 1st Earth sign - 1st Fixed sign - Feminine In analogy with Venus, his ruler, and the 2nd House Taurus governs the neck and the throat. Her colour is green or brown, her stone is the emerald, her day is Friday, her professions are cook, artist, estate agent, banker, singer... If your sign is Taurus or your Ascendant is Taurus: you are faithful, constant, sturdy, patient, tough, persevering, strong, focused, sensual, stable, concrete, realistic, steady, loyal, robust, constructive, tenacious. You need security, but you are also stubborn, rigid, possessive, spiteful, materialistic, fixed or slow. Some traditional associations with Taurus: Countries: Switzerland, Greek islands, Ireland, Cyprus, Iran. Cities: Dublin, Palermo, Parma, Luzern, Mantua, Leipzig, Saint Louis, Ischia, Capri. Animals: bovines. Food: apples, pears, berries, corn and other cereals, grapes, artichokes, asparagus, beans. Herbs and aromatics: sorrels, spearmint, cloves. Flowers and plants: poppies, roses, digitales, violets, primroses, aquilegia, daisies. Trees: apple trees, pear trees, fig-trees, cypresses, ash trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: copper, calcium and potassium sulphate, emeralds. Signs: Gemini 1st Air sign - 1st Mutable sign - Masculine In analogy with Mercury, his ruler, and the 3rd House Gemini governs the arms, the lungs and the thorax. His colour is green or silver, his stone is the crystal, his day is Wednesday, his professions are journalist, lawyer, presenter, dancer, salesman, travel agent, teacher... If your sign is Gemini or if your Ascendant is Gemini: you are expressive, lively, adaptable, quick-witted, humorous, sparkling, playful, sociable, clever, curious, whimsical, independent, polyvalent, brainy, flexible, ingenious, imaginative, charming, fanciful but also capricious, scattered, moody, shallow, inquisitive, opportunistic, unconcerned, selfish, fragile, ironical or changeable. Some traditional associations with Gemini: Countries: Belgium, Wales, United-States, Lower Egypt, Sardinia, Armenia. Cities: London, Plymouth, Cardiff, Melbourne, San Francisco, Nuremberg, Bruges, Versailles. Animals: monkeys, butterflies, parrots, budgerigars. Food: dried fruits, chestnuts, ground-level vegetables: peas, broad beans, etc. Herbs and aromatics: aniseed, marjoram, lemon balm, cumin. Flowers and plants: lilies of the valley, lavenders, myrtle, ferns, Venus-hair-ferns, bittersweets. Trees: nut trees such as chestnut trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: agates, mercury, silicas and potashes. Signs: Cancer 1st Water sign - 2nd Cardinal sign (summer solstice) - Feminine In analogy with the Moon, her ruler, and the 4th House Cancer governs the stomach and the breast. Her colour is white or black, her stone is the moonstone, her day is Monday, her professions are catering, the hotel trade, property, antique dealer, archaeologist... If your sign is Cancer or y |
Known as The Palmetto State, what was the 8th state to join the union on May 23, 1788? | South Carolina State Facts - 50States.com South Dakota South Carolina Facts and Trivia Campbell's Covered Bridge built in 1909, is the only remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. Off Hwy 14 near Gowensville. The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian. The walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, in Charleston Harbor, were made of spongy Palmetto logs. This was helpful in protecting the fort because the British cannonballs bounced off the logs. The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast. South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state. David Robert Coker (1870-1938) conducted his early crop-improvement experiments on the family plantation in Hartsville. Beginning with 30 experimental cotton selections and methodically applying the latest techniques in the scientific breeding of crops, the work of Coker Experimental Farms played a great role in the agricultural revolution in the South. The state dance of South Carolina is the Shag! The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter. South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River. Before being known as the Palmetto State, South Carolina was known as, and had emblazoned on their license plates, the Iodine State. The only major league baseball player to wear the name of his hometown on his uniform was pitcher Bill Voiselle. He wore number 96. The Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame features champion thoroughbred flat racers and steeplechase horses trained in Aiken. The Black River Swamp Preserve is located near Andrews. This slow-moving river is characterized by high concentrations of organic carbon, which accounts for the tea-colored water and gives rise to the diverse habitats in its widespread floodplain. Batesburg-Leesville is home to the annual South Carolina Poultry Festival held in early May. South Carolina's smallest county is McCormick at 360 square miles while the largest county is Horry at 1,134 square miles A noble Catawba Indian who befriended early Camden settlers, King Haiglar is often called "The Patron Saint of Camden." Today, he reigns over Camden in the form of a life-sized weather vane which graces the tower of what once was the circa-1886 Opera House. Chapin is known as the Capital of Lake Murray. Sumter has the largest Gingko farm in the world. Stretching 60 miles from Little River to Georgetown, South Carolina's Grand Strand is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. The Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel was started in 1856 by a railroad company and is bored for more than a mile into the granite heart of fabled Stumphouse Mountain. The coming of the Civil War in 1859 ended the work on the project. Some years ago, Clemson University made Blue Mold Cheese in the tunnel successfully for the first time in the South. Tyler Brothers Work Shoe and Boot Company in Wagener produces 8 major brands of OSHA approved safety footwear, including such famous brands as Redwing, Georgia, Northlake, and Wolverine. The Board of Public Works in Gaffney built an elevated water storage tank in the shape of a peach in 1981. The Edisto River Canoe & Kayak Trail covers 66 miles of the river for which it's named. The Edisto is reputed to be the world's longest free-flowing "blackwater" stream. "Blackwater" is a term that not only describes the color of the tannin-rich water, but also refers to the peaceful rate of flow that characterizes such rivers. The Argent train Engine No. 7 was donated to the town of Hardeeville upon the closing of the Argent Lumber Company. This narrow gauge train is a rarity and attracts many people from across the nation. The first boll weevil found in South Carolina is on display at the Pendleton District Agricultural Museum. Duncan Park Baseball Stadium in Spartanburg is the oldest minor league stadium in the nation. Every few years, Irmo has a |
Osteoporosis is a weakness and brittleness of what? | Osteoporosis - Medical Marijuana 411 Osteoporosis April 25, 2016 , Osteoporosis A condition characterized by weakness and brittleness of the bones. Osteoporosis means “porous bone.” If you look at healthy bone under a microscope, you will see that parts of it look like a honeycomb. If you have osteoporosis, the holes and spaces in the honeycomb are much bigger than they are in healthy bone. This means your bones have lost density or mass and that the structure of your bone tissue has become abnormal. As your bones become less dense, they also become weaker and more likely to break. While the body is perpetually absorbing and replacing bone tissue, sufferers of osteoporosis do not create new bone tissue at a sufficient rate in comparison to bone tissue removal. Many people with osteoporosis don’t know they have the condition until they sustain a bone injury such as a fracture. The symptoms of osteoporosis are quite limited, including back pain and the loss of height, while some individuals can experience severe pain with common daily activities, such as coughing and bending over. About 54 million Americans have osteoporosis and low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for osteoporosis. Studies suggest that approximately one in two women and up to one in four men age 50 and older will break a bone due to osteoporosis. The Past Pharmaceutical prescriptions include: Calciltriol – Calcitriol is a form of vitamin D. It works by promoting proper absorption and use of calcium and phosphate by the body in normal bone development and maintenance. Raxolifene – Raloxifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM). It works in osteoporosis by decreasing bone breakdown and thinning that may occur in women after menopause. It works to decrease the risk of invasive breast cancer by blocking estrogen in breast and uterine tissue. Zoledronic acid – Zoledronic acid inhibits the release of calcium from bones. Pamidronic acid – Pamidronic acid treats bone damage caused by Paget’s disease, multiple myeloma, osteoporosis or breast cancer that has spread to the bones. This medicine is a bisphosphonat. Physical therapy is also common to strengthen the bones, while radiologists, orthopedic surgeons and geriatricians are also oftentimes called upon to help treat the condition. Calcium supplements and healthy diet and lifestyle are also commonly employed by sufferers of osteoporosis to combat the condition. The Plant THC is the most commonly cited cannabinoid used in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. It is THC’s activation of the CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors that is believed to be responsible for the positive interaction. CB1 and CB2 Cannabinoid Receptors Cannabinoids interact with pathways in the body known as receptors. Many receptors exist in the body, but cannabinoids interact specifically with two types. The two types of cannabinoid receptors are called CB1 and CB2. Both are found throughout the body, but are most common in the brain and immune system. When cannabinoids activate CB1 or CB2 receptors, they change the way the body functions. CB1 receptors are responsible for marijuana’s psychoactive effects. They are present in many areas of the brain and play a role in memory, mood, sleep, appetite and pain sensation. CB2 receptors are responsible for marijuana’s anti-inflammatory effects. They are found in immune cells and work to reduce inflammation. Inflammation is an immune response and is believed to be a factor in many diseases and conditions. In the January 2006 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, investigators at the Bone Laboratory of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem reported that the administration of the synthetic cannabinoid agonist HU-308 slowed the development of osteoporosis, stimulated bone building and reduced bone loss in animals. Follow up research published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences in 2007 reported that the activation of the CB2 cannabinoid receptor reduced experimentally-induced bone loss and stimulated bone formation. Investigators have pre |
Gene Porter, the man behind "The Man" BBQ sauce, passed on Sunday. At which Bellevue legendary restaurant were you able to slather your meat with man sauce? | Dixie's BBQ in Bellevue, WA 98004 | Citysearch Eldunno over a year ago Seattle you just don't get it... – Who needs frills when the food is so down home awesome? If Dixie's only intention is to serve good BBQ and fixings, then mission accomplished! I stopped in to Dixie's last week for the first time and ordered a brisket and link sandwich with a side of potato salad. I also had a cold creamy root beer from the ice chest. What a treat!!! As a native New Englander and former resident of the south, I can honestly say I've tried just about every kind of BBQ sauce out there and conjured up a few recipes of my own but it all pales to Dixie's BBQ. The sauce was the perfect balance of sweet to heat and the consistency was on the money...not too thin and not too syrupy thick. The homemade potato salad was amazing: perfectly cooked potato's, mixed with onion, some pepper and of course the REAL mayo, not the SALAD dressing. I could live on that alone! Skip the "vending machine" soft drinks and go for the root beer that was recommended to me by the woman at the register. She knows good food and recognizes the true "foodies" standing in her line waiting to chow down of the offerings available. Only wish I wasn't so full, missing the lemon cake and baked beans that day. TotallyFreakedOut over a year ago BBQ Texas Chainsaw Massacre Style – I have never written a review before... However, Dixie's totally freaked me out. I read all kinds of praise for this place and now I know you're all out of your minds. In short, Dixie's can best be explained as follows. 1. Dead furry things in parking lot. 2. Very, over the top, weird place. 3. Ribs didn't look like any ribs I'd ever seen before - and not in a good way. 4. Atmosphere was totally Texas Chainsaw Massacre like - felt like Leather Face was going come busting out of one of the backrooms with a chainsaw at any minute. 5. A few of the ribs didn't taste like sawdust/dirt and let some one else take the remainders home - and the sauce was gross... 6. Decor makes the worst garage sale or Goodwill look very high end. 7. Couldn't wait to get out of the place - can't believe it hasn't been shut down. 8. Think I've developed some kind of hives and I can only see out of one eye now... 9. It's been over 7 hours since the experience and I can't stop thinking about it - a little scared to go to sleep. 10. All things considered a one star rating is pretty high. Definitely a once in a life-time experience, since I will never go back there again in this life-time. All in all, you should check this place out if you're looking for an unusual or freaky experience. In addition to the whole Texas Chainsaw Massacre vibe, it also had a the feel of House Of 1000 Corpses and Friday The 13th. Nice place to take someone on a 2nd date if you want to dump them. gwaltney53 over a year ago Barbecue De Sade – Add my name to the list of those who are unable to figure out what all the fuss is about. It must be the entertainment value. The owner is a character and a bit of a sadist perhaps. It is amusing to watch the reactions of unsuspecting customers when he gives them a sample of ?The Man.? This is a hot sauce you do not want to tangle with. The staff run a tight ship and you must order correctly or face the wrath of the cashier (a Jabba like woman who sits at the end of the, usually, very long line). She will brook no variance from the prescribed ordering protocol. If you mess up while ordering you will be instructed on how to order correctly. Given a choice, I?d rather meet The Man. Apart from the sadistic pleasure of watching someone writhe in agony or the masochistic delight of being disciplined by a large, African American woman there is not much else going on. The barbeque is of the large portion, overcooked, smothered in sauce variety. It without any art and completely undistinguished No finer points of barbeque or deeper meaning will be revealed. But, if that type of cookery is your thing, you are welcome to my spot in line. Make sure you go with a buddy and leave yourself 90 to 120 minut |
The name Julie is French form of what classic Latin name meaning youthful, soft-haired, beautiful or vivacious? | Julie name meaning The name Julie is a baby girl name . Meaning Latin Meaning: The name Julie is a Latin baby name . In Latin the meaning of the name Julie is: Young. American Meaning: The name Julie is an American baby name . In American the meaning of the name Julie is: Young. French Meaning: The name Julie is a French baby name . In French the meaning of the name Julie is: Downy. French form of Julia. Also can be a feminine form of Julian: Youthful. Jove's child. Famous Bearer: Actress Julie Andrews. Numerology SoulUrge Number: 8 People with this name have a deep inner desire to lead, organize, supervise, and to achieve status, power and wealth. Expression Number: 3 People with this name tend to be creative and excellent at expressing themselves. They are drawn to the arts, and often enjoy life immensely. They are often the center of attention, and enjoy careers that put them in the limelight. They tend to become involved in many different activities, and are sometimes reckless with both their energies and with money. Rate this name: |
Played by Jay Silverheels on the TV series, what is the name of The Lone Ranger's faithful companion? | Jay Silverheels - Biography - IMDb Jay Silverheels Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (13) | Personal Quotes (2) Overview (4) 6' (1.83 m) Mini Bio (2) Jay Silverheels was born on Canada's Six Nation's Reserve and was one of 10 children. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films through the 1940s before gaining notice as the Osceola brother in a Humphrey Bogart film Key Largo (1948). Most of Silverheels' roles consisted of bit parts as an Indian character. In 1949, he worked in the movie The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) with another "B movie" actor Clayton Moore . Later that year, Silverheels was hired to play the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the TV series The Lone Ranger (1949) series, which brought him the fame that his motion picture career never did. Silverheels recreated the role of Tonto in two big-screen color movies with Moore, The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958). After the TV series ended in 1957, Silverheels could not escape the typecasting of Tonto. He would continue to appear in an occasional film and television show but became a spokesperson to improve the portrayal of Indians in the media. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana <[email protected]> Familiar Canadian Indian actor who shot to fame as Tonto, the faithful Indian companion of the masked man on the US television series The Lone Ranger (1949). A member of the Mohawk tribe of Canada's Six Nations Reserve, Silverheels excelled at wrestling, horse racing, football, boxing, and hockey, and became a renowned lacrosse player. With the help of actor Joe E. Brown ,Silverheels obtained work as a stuntman and extra in Hollywood films. Following military service in World War II, Silverheels returned to film and landed small, often stereotypical roles as Indian warriors in Westerns. John Huston cast him as one of the fugitive Osceola brothers in Key Largo (1948), and Silverheels followed with the two roles that would define his career, Tonto and the Apache leader Geronimo, whom he would play several times beginning with the Western classic Broken Arrow (1950). Silverheels' enormous fame as Tonto overshadowed everything else, although it did not prevent him from playing other prominent roles. Even after completing The Lone Ranger (1949)series, Silverheels continued to reprise Tonto for commercials, comic guest spots, and spoofs. Silverheels became an outspoken activist for Indian rights and a respected teacher within the Indian acting community. He appeared on talk and variety shows performing his own poetry. In later years, he began a second career as a harness racer. His health failed in the 1970s, and he died of a stroke in 1980, a beloved figure to the Baby Boom generation America. His son, Jay Silverheels Jr. has acted in television as well. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jim Beaver <[email protected]> Spouse (2) (1946 - 5 March 1980) (his death) (4 children) Bobbie (? - 1943) (divorced) (1 child) Trivia (13) On The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Silverheels told Johnny Carson that he had married his Italian wife to "get back at Christopher Columbus". They called their children "Indalions". U.S. government records give Silverheels' birthdate as 26 June 1912, though virtually all cinema reference works disagree, giving instead the 1919 date listed here. Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1993. Was an avid horse-racer when not acting. When asked if he ever thought about running Silver or Scout (who portrayed the steeds of the Lone Ranger and Tonto, respectively) in a race, Silverheels laughed: "Heck, *I* can beat Scout." Father of Jay Silverheels Jr. Was a full-blooded Mohawk Indian, one of 11 children of A.G.E. Smith, who had served as a decorated officer in the Canadian forces in WWI. Of the nearly 200 TV and film appearances Silverheels made with Clayton Moore , the actors co-starred in just |
The US lead the world in winning medals at this years winter Olympics. Which country came in next? | The 14 most fascinating facts about the final 2014 Winter Olympics medal count | For The Win The 14 most fascinating facts about the final 2014 Winter Olympics medal count The 14 most fascinating facts about the final 2014 Winter Olympics medal count By Chris Chase February 23, 2014 10:19 am Follow @firechrischase 210k shares Follow @firechrischase (USA TODAY Sports Images) The competition ended Sunday at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Which nation ruled the medal count? How did the United States fare? Which athletes went home with the biggest haul? And just how dominant was the Dutch speedskating team? For The Win answers those questions, and many more, with the 14 most interesting facts about the final Winter Olympics medal count. 1. Russia ruled Russia (USA TODAY Sports Images) No matter the metric, the host nation won a decisive medal-count victory . Russia won 13 gold medals in Sochi, two more than runner-up Norway. Overall, Russian athletes won 33 medals, five more than the United States’ 28. It’s the first time the host nation swept both medal counts since Norway did it at the 1952 Winter Games in Oslo. 2. United States is king of the bronze USA TODAY Sports It didn’t look good for the United States. No medals in individual figure skating for the first time since 1936. No medals in speedskating for the first time since 1984. The four most identifiable Winter Olympians — Shaun White, Bode Miller, Lindsey Vonn, Shani Davis — won a total of one bronze medal. (In Vonn’s defense, she wasn’t competing in Sochi due to injury.) The women’s hockey team blew a late 2-0 lead in the gold-medal game and the men’s team was outscored 6-0 in the medal rounds. Still, it wasn’t all bad. American athletes won 28 medals, good for second on the overall medal count. (That was nine fewer medals than the U.S. won in Vancouver, however.) Team USA’s 12 bronze medals were the most for any nation. It’s the third time in the past four Winter Olympics the Americans have won that tally. 3. Dutch (speedskating) masters (USA TODAY Sports Images) The speedskating team from The Netherlands won 23 medals (eight gold, seven silver, eight bronze). Among the remarkable aspects of that achievement: a. The Dutch speedskating team alone would have finished sixth on the overall medal count. b. While the Dutch won 23 medals on the oval, all other nations won 13 medals combined. c. Since 1998, no other country has won more golds in speedskating than the Dutch won in Sochi. (The U.S. and Germany had seven each.) d. They did this all with just 41 athletes in Sochi. Canada earned one more medal with 180 more athletes. e. The Netherlands only won one more medal in the Olympics. It came in short-track speedskating, of course. 4. The rise and fall of Germany (USA TODAY Sports Images) For the early days of the Winter Games, Germany led the gold-medal count, thanks to a dominating performance in luge. (German lugers won all four golds in the luge events.) But once luge ended, it was all downhill from there, as Germany ended up finishing sixth in both medal counts. That’s the worst performance for any post-Berlin Wall German team and the worst for a main German Olympic squad in 46 years. 5. The Dutch did the most with the least The Dutch team at the Opening Ceremony. (AP) We’ve listed the medal count by golds, total medals and per-capita rates . So how about medals per athlete in Sochi? Winning 10 medals with 100 athletes is more impressive than winning 12 medals with 200 athletes, right? It’s no surprise the Netherlands leads this total, with 24 medals from 41 athletes equaling one medal for every 1.7 competitors. Belarus was second (six medals for 24 competitors; 1 for 4), followed by Norway (every 5.15 athletes), France (7) and Russia (7.03). The worst medal-per-athlete rate was Slovakia, which won a single medal for its 62 athletes. Croatia was the smallest delegation to medal, winning one with just 11 athletes. The biggest delegations not to medal in Sochi? Romania and Estonia were shutout with 24 athletes each. 6. Belarus comes out of nowhere Belarus won more m |
Feb 28, 1993 saw the BATF attempt to raid the Waco, TX compound of what religious cult, sparking a 51 day standoff? | ATF honors 4 agents killed in botched 1993 raid on Branch Davidians compound near Waco | Fox News ATF honors 4 agents killed in botched 1993 raid on Branch Davidians compound near Waco Published February 28, 2013 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Email Print WACO, Texas – The 20th anniversary of the disastrous raid on the Branch Davidians compound near Waco passed quietly Thursday, as colleagues of the four agents who died gathered in private and local officials made no plans to mark the day. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives held a ceremony in Waco to honor agents Conway LeBleu, Todd McKeehan, Robert John Williams and Steven Willis, the four agents who died in the Feb. 28, 1993 raid. Six Davidian members also died in that raid, which began a 51-day standoff that ended with the compound burning and the deaths of about 80 more sect members, including two dozen children. The incident cast an international spotlight on Waco and Central Texas, as well as the ATF, which was criticized in a later government review for not calling off the raid after sect members found out about it. The ATF closed Thursday's ceremony to the public and media out of respect to family members. About 185 people, including many of the agents who were in Waco, were in the audience, agency spokeswoman Franceska Perot said. Several retired agents interviewed earlier in February expressed continuing sadness and regret. "Would I have stopped Waco if I had known what I know now? Absolutely." said Peter Mastin, who was the deputy incident commander during the raid, in a Feb. 7 interview. "But we weren't set up for that." "If the decision-makers had known how badly the raid had been compromised, we wouldn't have gone," Mastin added. Agents obtained a search warrant to raid the compound, whose members were led by group leader David Koresh. The agents were trying to arrest Koresh for stockpiling illegal weapons and explosives. The ATF was counting on the element of surprise, but a local TV cameraman unwittingly tipped a man appearing to be a postal worker who turned out to be a sect member. Koresh and his followers barricaded themselves in the compound, beginning a standoff that was broadcast around the world. It ended 51 days later when much of the compound went up in flames. The incident remains one of the most controversial incidents of law enforcement action in American history. Some saw the raid as an unwarranted government intrusion into personal and religious freedoms. Two years afterward, Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City federal building, killing 168 people in an act he said was to avenge the Davidians' deaths. Bill Buford, a retired ATF agent who helped plan the raid, discussed his regrets in a recent interview. He said some children inside the compound were rescued from the fire, but agents had hoped to save all of them. "Sometimes I think about, why didn't I stand up that day and say, 'Hell no, we won't go,'" Buford said. "And I wish now that I would have. But I was a soldier for a long time and that's just not what you did. If you were given an order, you carry it out." The ATF has made several changes after the raid, Perot said. Part of why it held events like Thursday's ceremony was to remind younger agents about the importance — and the dangers — of their jobs, she said. "This memorial service today was part of that ongoing effort to make sure that their sacrifice was not in vain and that we have not forgotten," Perot said. "We have learned lessons from their sacrifice and those lessons are helping our agents be safer in their law enforcement activities today." With many agents from Waco due to retire in a few years, Thursday's ceremony might be one of the last official ATF gatherings for the incident, she said. Waco officials planned no official ceremonies Thursday, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported. All that remains of the compound is a swimming pool used as a bunker during the standoff, the newspaper reported. One group of Davidian supporters built a small chapel at the site. They are at odds with other former K |
March 2, 1904 saw the birth of what famous American author, who once wrote under the pen name Theo LeSieg? | Dr. Seuss - Author, Illustrator - Biography.com » quotes “If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.” “I don't write for children, I write for people. Once a writer starts talking down to kids, he's lost. Kids can pick up on that kind of thing.” “I feel my greatest accomplishment was getting rid of Dick and Jane and encouraging students to approach reading as a pleasure, not a chore.” “I had no ability as a novelist. I spent all my time trying to get rid of extraneous words and boiling the thing down to the essentials. But a novelist's technique is putting those extraneous, nonessential things back in.” “Once in a while, I have to write something in an adult magazine. I get so frustrated; I wish I could get rid of all the garbage of excess words; I could draw what I want to say in a second.” “I'm honest enough with myself to know I wouldn't have written the Great American Novel, but I think I could have created some fine paintings.” “I don't like audiences. I prefer to make my mistakes in private.” “I enjoy making a statement, but I don't think one has to always do so to feel worthwhile.” “Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'” “Let me think about it."[When asked on his deathbed if he had any final thoughts]” “All of my books are based on truth, an exaggerated truth.” “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” “In the interest of commerce, there's a happy ending. The other ending is unacceptable."[On his book You're Only Old Once]” “I have a feeling if I could stay out of hospitals, I might live forever.” “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don’t mind.” “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.” “You have 'em; I'll entertain 'em." (When asked about having children of his own.)” “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss - Mini Biography (TV-PG; 4:10) Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in 1904 in Massachusetts. He published his first children's book, “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” under the name of Dr. Seuss in 1937. He has since become a world renowned children's author. Synopsis Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, under the name of Dr. Seuss in 1937. Next came a string of best sellers, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. His rhymes and characters are beloved by generations. Early Life Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Theodor Robert Geisel, a successful brewmaster, and Henrietta Seuss Geisel. At age 18, Geisel left home to attend Dartmouth College, where he became the editor in chief of its humor magazine, Jack-O-Lantern. When Geisel and his friends were caught drinking in his dorm room one night, in violation of Prohibition law, he was kicked off the magazine staff, but continued to contribute to it using the pseudonym "Seuss." After graduating from Dartmouth, Geisel attended Oxford University in England, with plans to eventually become a professor. While at Oxford, he met his future wife, Helen Palmer, whom he married in 1927. That same year, he dropped out of Oxford, and the couple moved back to the United States. Early Career Upon returning to America, Geisel decided to pursue cartooning full-time, and his articles and illustrations were published in numerous magazines, including LIFE and Vanity Fair. A cartoon that he published in the July 1927 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, his first using the pen name "Seuss," landed him a staff position at the New York weekly Judge. He then worked for Standard Oil in |
At the end of every episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Robin Leach wished the viewer what kind of wishes? | Collection - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Sexual Healing What's Going On (Motown 25) Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range . [2] Starting his career as a member of the doo-wop group, The Moonglows in the late 1950s, he then ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960, signing with Motown Records subsidiary, Tamla. He started off as a session drummer, but later ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the 1960s. He was crowned "The Prince of Motown" [3] and "The Prince of Soul". [4] because of solo hits such as " How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ", " Ain't That Peculiar ", " I Heard It Through the Grapevine ," and his duet singles with singers such as Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell . His work in the early and mid-1970s included the albums, What's Going On , Let's Get It On , and I Want You , which helped influence the quiet storm , urban adult contemporary , and slow jam genres. After a self-imposed European exile in the early 1980s, Gaye returned on the 1982 Grammy-Award winning hit, " Sexual Healing " and the Midnight Love album before his death. Gaye was shot dead by his father on April 1, 1984. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. [5] In 2008, the American music magazine Rolling Stone ranked Gaye at number 6 on its list of the Greatest Singers of All Time, [6] and ranked at number 18 on 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. [7] He was also ranked at number 20 on VH1's list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. [8] Collection - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous What do John Waters, Robert Goulet, and New Kids on the Block have in common? Appearances on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous!" Curated by Whitney Weiss Total Runtime: 0:38:10 Collection 1980s 1990s caviar dreams champagne wishes heartthrobs john waters lifestyles of the rich and famous models money opulence pro wrestlers wealth Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous is an American television series that aired in syndication from 1984 to 1995 . The show featured the extravagant lifestyles of wealthy entertainers , athletes and business moguls . It was hosted by Robin Leach for the majority of its run. When Leach was joined by Shari Belafonte in 1994, the show was renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte. Leach ended each episode with a wish for his viewers that became his signature phrase, "champagne wishes and caviar dreams." Claymation celebrities pitted against each other almost always ending in the loser's gruesome death. Curated by Jason Forrest Collection 90s celebrity celebrity deathmatch eric fogel mtv Celebrity Deathmatch is a claymation television show that depicts celebrities against each other in a wrestling ring , almost always ending in the loser's gruesome death. It was known for its excessive amount of blood used in every match and exaggerated physical injuries (e.g., one person cuts off a participant's foot, living through decapitations, impalement, etc.). The series was created by Eric Fogel ; with the pilots airing on MTV on January 1 & 25 1998. The initial series ran from May 14, 1998 to October 20, 2002, and lasted for a 75-episode run. There was one special that did not contribute to the final episode total, entitled "Celebrity Deathmatch Hits Germany", which aired on June 21, 2001. Professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin gave voice to his animated form as the guest commentator. Early in 2003, a film based on the series was announced by MTV to be in the making, but the project was canceled by the end of that year. In 2005, MTV2 announced the revival of the show as part of their " Sic 'Em Friday " programming block. Originally set to return in November 2005, the premiere was pushed back to June 10, 2006 as part of a new "Sic'emation" block with two other animated shows, Where My Dogs At and The Adventures of Chico and Guapo . The show's fifth season was produced by Cuppa Coffee Studios and t |
According to the nursery rhyme, what did Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater have? | 8 Nursery Rhymes With Bizarre Hidden Meanings, Because Peter Pumpkin Eater Is A Murderer 8 Nursery Rhymes With Bizarre Hidden Meanings, Because Peter Pumpkin Eater Is A Murderer By JR Thorpe Apr 3 2015 Nursery rhymes help us learn the basics of language during our early childhood years — but now that you've outgrown your diapers, you may have noticed that a lot of nursery rhymes don't make sense to our modern ears. Pop goes the weasel? Since when do weasels pop?! This disconnect can be partially explained by history: many nursery rhymes are hundreds of years old , and so involve outdated turns of phrase. Popping the weasel, for example, was actually 18th century slang for pawning your coat, making that whole weaselly rhyme an irreverent song about selling your jacket in order to afford a night out on the town. Which still isn't exactly a traditional story to tell children . And the weirdness of traditional nursery rhymes doesn't end there: a few seemingly innocent rhymes actually contain sly references to political events of the day. "Georgie Porgie" (who kissed the girls and made them cry), for instance, isn't about an over-affectionate toddler, but rather George Villiers, a courtier of England's King James I who seduced a lot of women and ran away from their irate husbands. And "Mary, Mary, quite contrary" is actually Mary Queen Of Scots — and her silver bells, cockle shells and "pretty maids" were not implements of gardening, but rather torture devices she used while persecuting the Protestants during her reign. Whoops. For stories that are a key part of most of our childhoods, nursery rhymes are often blatantly weird once you start thinking about them. Here are 8 of the strangest ones, with their bizarre meanings revealed. Some are just silly, some are violent and inappropriate for kids; but you might want to think twice before reciting any of them the next time you babysit. 8. If You Sneeze On A Monday If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger; Sneeze on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger; Sneeze on a Wednesday, sneeze for a letter; Sneeze on a Thursday, something better. Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow; Sneeze on a Saturday, joy tomorrow. What It's Really About: Luck. Sneezing is an act with a superstitious undercurrent in many cultures. Traditional Flemish belief dictates that a person who sneezes in a conversation will prove that he's telling the truth, while in northern India, it's bad luck to sneeze before undertaking a new task. Nursery rhymes that aim to "teach" us about superstition aren't all that uncommon, but this one is so out-there that it takes the cake (or the handkerchief.) 7. Little Jack Jelf Was put on a shelf Because he could not spell "pie"; When his aunt, Mrs. Grace, Saw his sorrowful face, She could not help saying, "Oh, fie!" What It's Really About: Corporal punishment at school. Jack Jelf actually got off pretty lightly — in the 17th and 18th centuries, British schoolchildren were often subjected to intense corporal punishment when they couldn't master their lessons. Aside from the famous dunce's cap (named after the Scottish intellectual John Duns Scotus , whose teachings were seen as such nonsense that his name became synonymous with stupidity), boys at schools could be "birched" (hit with birch twigs), hit with a hickory stick, or made to stand outside with placards around their necks . The "shelf", in this case, was the shelf behind the teacher's desk , where poor students could be exiled so that everybody would stare at them for the rest of the day. 6. A Carrion Crow Sat On An Oak [Embed] Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home Your house is on fire and your children are gone, All except one called Anne For she has crept under the frying pan. What It's Really About: People being burned at the stake (maybe). This one dates from at least 1744, and we still don't know what exactly it's about. Some theories hold that it might be about Catholics being burned at the stake if they were caught saying Mass in anti-Protestant England. It also might just be about how killing a ladybug (a.k. |
Which of the two main political parties had it's founding on Feb 28, 1854 in Ripon, WI? | Republican Party founded - Mar 20, 1854 - HISTORY.com Republican Party founded Publisher A+E Networks In Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party meet to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The Whig Party, which was formed in 1834 to oppose the “tyranny” of President Andrew Jackson, had shown itself incapable of coping with the national crisis over slavery. With the successful introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854, an act that dissolved the terms of the Missouri Compromise and allowed slave or free status to be decided in the territories by popular sovereignty, the Whigs disintegrated. By February 1854, anti-slavery Whigs had begun meeting in the upper midwestern states to discuss the formation of a new party. One such meeting, in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is generally remembered as the founding meeting of the Republican Party. The Republicans rapidly gained supporters in the North, and in 1856 their first presidential candidate, John C. Fremont, won 11 of the 16 Northern states. By 1860, the majority of the Southern slave states were publicly threatening secession if the Republicans won the presidency. In November 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president over a divided Democratic Party, and six weeks later South Carolina formally seceded from the Union. Within six more weeks, five other Southern states had followed South Carolina’s lead, and in April 1861 the Civil War began when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Bay. The Civil War firmly identified the Republican Party as the party of the victorious North, and after the war the Republican-dominated Congress forced a “Radical Reconstruction” policy on the South, which saw the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution and the granting of equal rights to all Southern citizens. By 1876, the Republican Party had lost control of the South, but it continued to dominate the presidency until the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. Related Videos |
Who's missing: Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander | Seinfeld Reunion! Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards Lunching for a Good Cause Makes Us Yearn for the Past | E! News Brazil Press Enter to Search Seinfeld Reunion! Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards Lunching for a Good Cause Makes Us Yearn for the Past By Email Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Baby Buggy Anyone up for a tuna sandwich with coffee? Or better yet, a chicken sandwich with tea?! Jerry Seinfeld , George—er, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards reunited today at the inaugural Los Angeles Fatherhood Initiative Lunch to benefiting Baby Buggy, held at The Palm steakhouse in Beverly Hills. And just the sight of them all together made us beeline for the DVR to record the Seinfeld reruns that thankfully are always on. Seriously, seeing Julia Louis-Dreyfus with them probably would have sent us into overdrive. (While Richards has been a guest on Seinfeld's web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, we must ask: Can't they take a car out that seats four?) A photo posted by Spike Feresten (@spikeferesten) on Mar 4, 2015 at 3:35pm PST "It's a Seinfeld reunion at #BabyBuggyFatherhoodFantastic event and charity. @LoveRecycled@esquirenetwork #CarMatchmaker," Seinfeld writer Spike Feresten shared a candid pic of the trio, Jerry mid-laugh at whatever was being said by the other two. "I was honored to share this day with amazing fathers whom I also call friends," Seinfeld said after the luncheon, which according to event organizers raised $250,000. "The work that Baby Buggy does is instrumental in a father's life, and in the lives of their children, and I am grateful that so many people came out to support it." Baby Buggy, a nonprofit that supplies families in need with child care essentials, was founded in 2001 by Jessica Seinfeld—so this wasn't just a TV-family affair. "#Repost @jessseinfeld Thank you @rag_bone@esquiremag #unitedtalentagency#johnsonandjohnson for supporting the launch of#babybuggyfatherhood Los Angeles. I [heart] our amazing@loverecycled team," Jessica posted on Instagram . "What a privilege it is to work with such dedicated, talented souls. You are proof that when one surrounds themselves with greatness, success is imminent." Brazil E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our US edition? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our Canadian edition? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our UK edition? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our Australian edition? E! ist überall Dieser Inhalt ist für internationale Besucher verfügbar. Möchtest du ihn in der deutschen Version anschauen? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our German edition? E! est partout Une version adaptée de ce contenu est disponible pour notre public international. Souhaitez-vous voir ça dans notre édition française ? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our French edition? Yes! |
Formerly under the US Department of the Treasury, the US Secret Service, currently operates under the watchful eye of what agency? | PI’s Declassified! | VoiceAmerica PI’s Declassified! Thursday at 9 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Variety Channel PI’s Declassified! lets you listen in as authentic private investigators discuss their real-life cases. Every week, private detectives spill the beans, -- discussing investigator specialties that you wouldn’t even imagine exist! You’ll hear stories about lies and false confessions… tracking down missing persons… forensics… workplace violence… innocent people freed from prison… human trafficking… and other tantalizing cases. Tune in to PI’s Declassified! every Thursday at 9 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Variety Channel. ecard Francie Koehler, CPI, CCDI Francie Koehler’s career as a licensed private investigator includes cases that have sparked media projects. "Unsolved Mysteries" portrayed one of her missing person cases. British author Val McDermid featured her capital case in "A Suitable Job for A Woman" and true crime writer Ann Rule chronicled a case she investigated involving a missing nightclub owner entitled "In The Name Of Love." Francie drew on her investigative and retail experience to create the 3-part video, "Loss Prevention - The Big Picture." International results included an invitation to Moscow, where she spoke to Russian nationals interested in privatization. Francie is the former two-term president of both the National Council of Investigation & Security Services (NCISS) and the California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI). Awarded by each organization for her work, she serves as Legislative Chair for both and regularly testifies before the California State Legislature regarding bills of concern to PI’s. Francie has been recognized by her state regulatory agency for outstanding service to her profession. In addition, she holds memberships in the Council for International Investigators, National Association of Legal Investigators, World Association of Detectives, and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Francie also works with the Innocence Project and holds certifications as a Conflict Mediator, Legal Investigator, Professional Investigator and Criminal Defense Investigator. 8/25/2016: Private Investigators and Educations Listen Now 8/11/2016: Private Investigations and the Changing Landscape Listen Now 8/4/2016: The Pretext Controversy Listen Now July 2016 July 2010 Teresa Ahern Teresa Ahern, mother of Kyla Porter speaks about her daughter who was last heard from February 15, 2008 in the Holiday, FL area. She telephoned her sister stating she was on her way home. Kyla was never heard from again. It is unknown where she was at the time of the call. Her family asks the public to help with information. They are heartbroken and have been searching for Kyla continually for two years. Kyla is 5'4" and weighs 125 pounds. She has a beautiful smile with straight teeth. Kyla loves stars and she has two very clear tattoos of a star on each upper portion of her chest. She also has a tattoo on her back. She is 19-years-old. Kyla may be wandering the streets or she may have met with foul play. If you have any information, no matter how insignificant you believe it to be, contact the Pasco County Sheriff's Office at (727) 847-5878 case # 08-13138, or contact your local police. For more information about Kyla Porter, go to http://www.findkylaporter.com View Guest page Episode Listing: Vanished: When Someone Goes Missing! Pawanjit “Pawan” S. Ahluwalia Pawanjit S. Ahluwalia is Chairman of Premiershield Pvt. Ltd. a full Risk Management Enterprise, with a presence in India, Middle East, & Dubai. After serving with the Indian Army and being commissioned as one of its youngest officers at age 19, Pawan retired in 1983. He holds a Bachelor degree from the National Defence Academy. He is a Past President and Board Chair of the Council of International Investigators and a member of the ASIS Investigations Council. He is a founding member of International Business Research Associates, Hong Kong and holds memberships in World Association of Detectives, The Ligue in Switzerland, INTELNET, |
What bar favorite consists of ginger ale, orange juice, and grenadine? | cocktails Archives | 583 Park Avenue 583 Park Avenue Contact Tag Archives: cocktails Hosting an event for kids presents party planners with a few unique challenges. One of the true tests of a party planner’s skill is creating a kid-friendly menu that parents, grandparents and other adults will also enjoy. Not only does this meal have to be tasty and nutritious, it also has to fit the rare requirement of being eaten when all the children really want to do is get back to the fun. When planning a gala or bar mitzvah at 583 Park Avenue, our culinary team will work with you to create a custom menu of appetizers, main courses and desserts to fit the tastes of all your guests, but don’t forget, food isn’t everything. Have you considered how much fun your guests could have with a “kids only” drink menu? Here are 6 Kid-Friendly Cocktails that will make a splash at your next event. Sparkling Grape Juice Mimosa Sparkling White Grape Juice Cranberry Juice A brunch favorite adapted for youngsters. Kids will love the foam and mix of colors, and parents will love that it packs a serving of fruit. A colorful straw and slice of orange for garnish will put the finishing touch on this mocktail made for early afternoon enjoyment. Bartender Instructions: Two parts OJ to one part sparkling white grape juice. Splash of cranberry juice for color. Serve in a Champagne flute. Shirley Temple Cherries Ice The original mocktail and a bartending classic, The Shirley Temple has been delighting children at weddings, bar mitzvahs and cocktail receptions for years. While there are many variations on the classic, some using using cola, cranberry juice or even pineapple juice, the original Ginger Ale and Grenadine combo can’t be beat. Don’t forget the extra cherries. Bartender Instructions: Fill a glass with ice and 1/2 cup ginger ale. Add 1 tbsp. Grenadine until warm red color is achieved. Garnish with 2-3 cherries. Include extra cherries as appropriate. Smoothies Ice Etc! Not every special addition to your kids’ drink menu needs to look or sound like a real cocktail. Smoothies are a healthy and delicious treat that can be made in any number of varieties. While we wouldn’t recommend allowing for complete customization, one or two smoothie selections will add a great carbonation free option to your menu. Bartender Instructions: Blend milk, yogurt, fruit, ice and etc. until smooth. Add additional ingredients to taste. Clear Carbonated Beverage Whipped Cream A creamy and fizzy option that looks like it came straight out of an Italian café. While the recipe calls for lemon-lime soda, a healthier low-cal version can be made using carbonated water and sugar free raspberry syrup. Bartender Instructions: Add 1 tbsp. of Raspberry Syrup to 1/2 cup of carbonated beverage. Top with a generous layer of whipped cream. Lemonade Cream Soda While your kids may not be familiar with Roald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant, the creature’s signature drink will be sure to satisfy. One thing to remember: While many of these drinks can be made in bulk, a Frobscottle must be made to order and served immediately to prevent curdling. Bartender Instructions: Blend the kiwis, lime Juice and yogurt until smooth. Strain. Stir in the lemonade and pour in the cream soda. Serve the beverage immediately for optimum fizz (and to prevent curdling). Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Ice Finally one for the chocolate lovers. While this drink may strike you as more of a dessert than a cocktail, this luxurious take on the classic chocolate milkshake will satisfy children of all ages. Bartender Instructions: Coat the inside of a martini glass with chocolate syrup. Blend two parts ice cream to one part chocolate milk. Add ice as necessary. Garnish with a peppermint Would you like more details about hosting your next Gala or Cocktail Reception at 583 Park Avenue? CONTACT US today. One of our event coordinators will be in touch with you shortly. Hosting an event for kids presents party planners with a few unique challenges. One of the true tests of a party planner’s skill is creating a kid-friendly menu tha |
March 4, 1791 saw the first state after the 13 colonies to join the union. What state was it? | The 14th State - Vermont Historical Society Vermont Historical Society Copy and paste this citation to show where you did your research. The style of this citation is Turabian. Vermont Historical Society. "The 14th State." Vermont History Explorer. http://vermonthistory.org/explorer/vermont-stories/becoming-a-state/the-14th-state (accessed January 6, 2017). Why did it take 14 years before Vermont became part of the United States? In 1777, the thirteen colonies were fighting the Revolutionary War with England. They were too busy to stop Vermont from becoming an independent state. But the Continental Congress was not ready to let Vermont become part of the new United States. New York did not want Vermont to join the United States and the other former colonies agreed. After 14 years, New York agreed that Vermont could become part of the United States. But first, Vermont had to pay $30,000 to New York. That was a lot of money in 1791, but Vermont wanted to join the United States. So Vermont paid the money to New York. On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state! The new state was in the north. A year later, Kentucky became the 15th state. Kentucky is in the south. The United States stayed balanced. The United States government wanted to know how many people were in Vermont and the other states. The census takers counted 85,425 people living in Vermont in 1791. After Vermont became a state, even more people came to start new towns and new farms. In 1805, Vermont picked Montpelier to be the capital city. That’s the story of how Vermont became the 14th state. |
In what Arizona city do the Seattle Mariners hold their spring training camp? | Seattle Mariners Spring Training - Spring Training Online You are here: Home > Seattle Mariners Spring Training Seattle Mariners Spring Training 310L, 385LC, 410C, 385RC, 310R Surface Saturday, December 10, 10 a.m. MST Ticket Line 16101 N. 83rd Av., Peoria, AZ 85382 Directions The ballpark is best accessed from the outer loop of Phoenix highways and freeways. From Hwy. 101 (Agua Fria Freeway), take Bell Road and go east to 83rd Avenue. Go south (to the right) and the sports complex will be to the left. It’s well-marked and you’ll see the place from the freeway. Seattle Mariners Spring Training: Party in Peoria Peoria Stadium is considered by many to be among the best ballparks in the Cactus League, despite being one of the oldest these days. The Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres share the ballpark, so a visit to Peoria – a suburb of Phoenix – during any point in spring training will undoubtedly find a game going on, but 2015 renovations tightened the supply of tickets available for most dates. The complex was the first MLB spring-training facility shared by two teams. (There had been situations where two teams played games in the same ballpark, but they maintained separate training facilities.) Today, of course, almost every new training camp in the Cactus League is built for two teams. The Peoria Stadium complex contains two 40,000-square-foot clubhouses, indoor and outdoor batting tunnels, 12 major-league-sized practice fields (two lighted), and four half fields. The extensive facility allows both teams and their minor-league squads to practice simultaneously. More than any other Cactus League facility, any spring-training game at Peoria Stadium feels like a real event. There’s always a lot of traffic and excitement surrounding a game – both the Padres and the Mariners draw well during spring training – and the games certainly sport a carnival-like atmosphere. There are some who decry the location of the ballpark (set, essentially, in the midst of a series of strip malls), but fans seem to love the wide variety of restaurants within walking distance of the park. The ballpark and the games also feel like they are part of the local community: you can expect to see many members of the Peoria Diamond Club – the “Red Shirts” at games – who raise funds for local charities. The renovation of the spring home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners is a three-phase project. The first renovation phase focused on the player facilities, as clubhouses were expanded and upgraded. The second renovation, which took place this offseason, address fan features and comfort. Approximately 1,000 new seats were installed (most with cupholders), including two new rows in front of the existing seating. The playing field was lowered and seating down the line reoriented to home plate. The ballpark’s expanded footprint also includes a new 4,900-square-foot building on the third-base side that features a new team store, restrooms, bar, and second-level group area. A new concrete concourse expanded capacity in the outfield and left-field corner, with the wraparound concourse now a spacious place to stroll before or during a game. The signature berm remains, but the addition of a large 2,400-square-foot social pavilion – designed for groups, but open to the public if not reserved by a group – and shaded bar area provides a perfect space to hang out with friends. This social pavilion isn’t the only shaded area in the outfield concourse: a 60-foot Four Peaks Brewing Company tent serves Short Hop Session IPA, Kilt Lifter, Sunbru and Peach Ale, along with other craft-beer offerings, while a right-field all-you-can-east tent offers ballpark goodies for $20. All in all, the changes raised total ballpark capacity to 12,339. Spring Training History The Seattle Mariners have trained in Arizona since their American League inception in 1977: from 1977 to 1993 the team trained in Tempe, while in 1994 the team moved to the new ballpark in Peoria. |
Current home to former UW stud John Brockman, what is the NBA team that calls Milwaukee home? | Andy Katz Blog Archive - June 2009 - ESPN Memphis didn't make my Top 25 after the NBA draft's early-entry withdrawal deadline. I had Tulsa representing Conference USA at No. 21. Should Memphis now be in the mix? It's a worthy debate. But it's hard to know until a decision is reached on whether Duke transfer guard Elliot Williams will be granted a hardship waiver because he is going home to be with his ill mother, allowing him to play for the Tigers immediately without sitting out a season. Williams was instrumental in Duke's turnaround during ACC play last season. The move of Jon Scheyer to the point was a catalyst for Scheyer and the Blue Devils. But it didn't hurt that Williams got more run, either. He went from consecutive DNPs to playing 31 minutes and scoring 11 points in a win at St. John's. He played over 30 minutes in each of the next six games -- all of them wins save the regular-season finale at North Carolina. Since Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski started using Williams more on the perimeter, the Blue Devils went 10-2 to close the season. That's one reason why Duke will move down a few pegs in a fall preseason Top 25 from the No. 10 I had it at in June. Losing Williams means Duke won't have its two most athletic wings ( Gerald Henderson left a year early for the NBA). If Williams is eligible for Memphis then the Tigers would have Williams, Willie Kemp , Roburt Sallie and Doneal Mack on the perimeter, four scoring-minded guards who can also beat their defender off the dribble (much more so for Williams and Kemp than Sallie and Mack). The question will be scoring in the post. New Memphis coach Josh Pastner said returnees Pierre Henderson-Niles and Angel Garcia are more than capable in the post as is 6-9 power forward Will Coleman from Miami Dade Junior College (Fla.). If 6-8 Latavious Williams (Christian Life Center Academy, Texas) gets through the NCAA eligibility center then the Tigers will have not just one but two legit options in the post arriving in the fall (the jury is still out on Niles' and Garcia's ability to produce). With or without Williams (who will begin the appeal process with the NCAA with the help of Memphis), the Tigers have the personnel to challenge Jerome Jordan , Ben Uzoh and newcomer point Donte Medder of Tulsa for the Conference USA title (UTEP coach Tony Barbee wants to make sure you don't dismiss the Miners, either, with a front line of Arnett Moultrie and Louisville transfer Derrick Caracter as well as returning guards Randy Culpepper and Julyan Stone ). But one thing is certain: While the Tigers won't win 33 games next season or go 16-0 in the league, they will be in contention for the league title and a Top 25 appearance either in the preseason or in possible cameos throughout the season. • The U.S. team's head coach at the World University Games, Bo Ryan (Wisconsin), shook up his starting lineup for his third exhibition game after splitting the first two with Canada (win) and Serbia (loss). Against Russia, Ryan moved Mississippi State's Jarvis Varnado and Ohio State's Evan Turner into the starting lineup, replacing Marquette's Lazar Hayward and Clemson's Trevor Booker . Varnado was 2-of-4 from the field, grabbing six boards and scoring seven points. The nation's top shot-blocker had just one block. Turner, the team's best 3-point threat, missed all six shots he attempted and didn't take a 3-pointer. The U.S. won 67-63 and still struggled on 3s, making just 4 of 14. Villanova's Corey Fisher remains the most consistent player. He scored 15 points, had three steals and made two of the four 3s he attempted. Fisher's play should continue to give Cats fans hope that the Wildcats will be the Big East favorite. Fisher will team up with Scottie Reynolds to form the best backcourt in the Big East. The WUG tournament in Serbia begins Thursday. • The decision by the NCAA to uphold Kelvin Sampson's show-cause penalties shouldn't come as a surprise. The committee on infractions is rarely supportive of a repeat offender, especially when it is similar rules that have been broken. Sampson lucked out wh |
Which animal is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature? | WWF in Brief | WWF WWF in Brief WWF is one of the world's largest conservation organizations. It was conceived on the 29th April 1961. Its first office opened in September 1961 in the Swiss town of Morges. The central secretariat for the network - called WWF International - is now located in Gland, Switzerland ( organizational structure ) WWF is an independent foundation registered under Swiss law. The organization has offices in more than 80 countries around the world. It employs around 6,200 full time staff ...and values the support of more than 5 million people. Over the 50 years since it was founded, WWF has invested around US$11.5 billion in more than 13,000 projects Subscribe to WWF © National Geographic Stock / Michael Nichols / WWF What do the initials WWF stand for? WWF originally stood for "World Wildlife Fund". However, in 1986, WWF had come to realize that its name no longer reflected the scope of its activities, and changed its name to "World Wide Fund For Nature". The United States and Canada, however, retained the old name. The resulting confusion caused by the name change in 1986, together with its translation into more than 15 languages, led the WWF Network in 2001 to agree on using the original acronym as its one, global name - the acronym that it had always been known by since its inception way back in 1961: WWF Find out more on the panda symbol and how it has changed over the years... What is WWF's mission? WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by: conserving the world’s biological diversity ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. What does WWF do? WWF focuses its work around the magnificent diversity of life on this planet , the extraordinary places they live in . All the while trying to reduce humanity’s impact on this life and in these places . How many projects does WWF have? Since our founding, we’ve invested nearly US$10 billion in more than 13,000 conservation projects in over 150 countries.. WWF runs about 1,300 projects at any one time. Who works with WWF? In carrying out its work, WWF cooperates with many partners, including UN organizations, IUCN , and development agencies such as USAID and the World Bank . WWF also works with business & industry partners. Who is in charge? |
March 12, 1894 saw the first bottles of what beverage, concocted by Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton, sold for the first time? | COCA COLA INVENTED BY JOHN PEMBERTON PHARMACIST 1886 SOFT DRINK MARKETING HISTORY JOHN PEMBERTON COCA COLA HISTORY Coca Cola carbonated soft drink and inventor John Pemberton Coca-Cola (often abbreviated to "Coke") is a cola drink, and is the world's most popular carbonated soft drink . The Coca-Cola Company 's headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia, where the drink was first concocted around 1884. Although Coke's inventor, John Pemberton, was not a shrewd marketer of his drink, the ownership of Coke eventually passed to Asa Candler, whose company remains the producer of Coke today. Candler's successful marketing, continued by his successors such as Robert Woodruff, established Coke as a major soft drink first in the United States and later around the world. Originally designed to be sold at soda fountains, Coca-Cola was later sold in bottles, whose distinctive shape have become a part of the drink's branding. Major advertising campaigns have established Coca-Cola slogans such as "The pause that refreshes" as part of popular culture. The formula for Coke, whose status as a trade secret has been embellished by company lore, once contained trace amounts of cocaine, although as health regulations were tightened, this was removed a long time ago. Nevertheless, Coca-Cola has been criticized for its possible negative health effects, with many urban myths surrounding it. In addition, the commercial success of the drink has been periodically challenged, in particular by its main rival Pepsi-Cola . This tension reached its peak during the 1980s, at the height of the Cola Wars, which eventually resulted in the heavily-publicised introduction of "New Coke", intended to replace the original Coca-Cola. The widely unpopular decision was eventually rescinded in the face of public opposition. The Coca-Cola Company has on occasion introduced soft drinks under the Coca-Cola brand name. The most famous of these is Diet Coke, which has become a major diet cola, but others exist, such as Cherry Coke. There are also some drinks marketed by the company but which remain unaffiliated with Coca-Cola the drink, such as Sprite. Early years Columbus, Georgia druggist John Stith Pemberton invented a cocawine called Pemberton's French Wine Coca in 1884, although it was originally meant to be a headache medicine. He was inspired by the formidable success of French Angelo Mariani's cocawine, Vin Mariani. The following year, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed Prohibition legislation, Pemberton began to develop a non-alcoholic version of the French Wine Coca. He named it Coca-Cola, because it included the stimulant coca leaves from South America and was flavored using kola nuts , a source of caffeine . Pemberton called for 5 ounces of coca leaf per gallon of syrup. The first sales were made at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886, and for the first eight months only an average of nine drinks were sold each day. Pemberton ran the first advertisement for the beverage on May 29 that year in the Atlanta Journal. Coca-Cola was initially sold as a patent medicine for five cents a glass. Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured myriad diseases, including morphine addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headache, and impotence. In 1887, Pemberton sold a stake in his company to Asa Griggs Candler, who incorporated it as the Coca Cola Corporation in 1888. In the same year, Pemberton sold the rights a second time to three more businessmen: J.C. Mayfield, A.O. Murphey, and E.H. Bloodworth. Meanwhile, Pemberton's son Charley Pemberton began selling his own version of the product. Three versions of Coca-Cola � sold by three separate businesses � were on the market. Under Candler and Woodruff In an attempt to clarify the situation, John Pemberton declared that the name Coca-Cola belonged to Charle |
Home to Bank of America and the east coast operations of Wells Fargo, after they bought Wachovia, what Southern city is the second largest banking center in the US behind New York? | The Wells Fargo Watch The Wells Fargo Watch ICP Fair Finance Watch in The Guardian (UK), Feb. 16-17, 2010, on Wells Fargo's subprime - here ICP has published a book about the Wells-relevant topics of predatory lending, and corporate fraud - click here for sample chapters, here for a map , here for fast ordering and delivery , and here for other ordering information . CBS MarketWatch of April 23, 2004, says it has "some very funny moments." The Washington Post of March 15, 2004 , calls Predatory Bender: America in the Aughts "the first novel about predatory lending;" the London Times of April 15, 2004 , "A Novel Approach," said it "has a cast of colorful characters." See also, " City Lit: Roman a Klepto [Review of �Predatory Bender�] ," by Matt Pacenza, City Limits, Sept.-Oct. 2004. The Pittsburgh City Paper says the 100-page afterword makes the "indispensable point that predatory lending is now being aggressively exported to the rest of the globe." Click here for that review ; click here to Search This Site For or with more information, contact us . Updated October 3, 2016 Inner City Press / Community on the Move (ICP) and its Fair Finance Watch have become increasingly concerned with Wells Fargo's predatory lending, including overseas. ICP first identified these issues at Wells in 1997 (see discussion of Wells' "Island Finance" and its 25% interest rate loans, below), and raised them then, and in 2000 (see, e.g., " N.Y. Activists Seek Nevada Hearing ," Las Vegas Sun, Oct. 24, 2000, and " Consumer Advocates Want Hearings on Wells Fargo Deal ," Associated Press, April 18-19, 2000 (Alaska). See also, "Group Objects to Wells Deals," by Todd Davenport, American Banker, July 29, 2003, Pg. 17, quoting ICP that "Wells Fargo is a predatory lender, and is exporting these practices beyond the United States." See also, " Group Files to Block Wells Fargo Acquisition ," Seattle Post Intelligencer, July 29, 2002; " Wells Fargo Accused of Predatory Lending ," Denver Post, July 29, 2003; "Wells Fargo Accused of Unfair Lending," Rocky Mountain News, July 29, 2003; longer list here . Update of October 3, 2016 : The September 29 hearing in the House made clear Wells Fargo's CEO should step down. As one example, first he said he couldn't remember if he's read the LA Times (Reckard) story in 2013 - then he said the board considered it. He's the chairman of the board.... Update |
Born on March 6, 1475, which Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet was responsible for works such as The Sistine Chapel ceiling, and the dome of St. Peters Bascilica? | 1000+ images about Michelangelo on Pinterest | Sistine chapel, Sistine chapel ceiling and Michelangelo paintings Michelangelo...he believed his art was inspired by the Divine. His death bed words at 90: "I regret that I am dying just as I am beginning to learn the alphabet of my profession." More |
Generals wear stars on their uniforms. What insignia do colonels wear? | 3 Ways to Properly Align Rank Insignia on Marine Uniforms Aligning Rank Insignia for Enlisted Marines 1 Choose a uniform. Enlisted marines are required to wear different uniforms, depending on the occasion. Generally speaking, there are three “types” of uniforms worn by enlisted marines. The field, utility or combat uniform is worn during active operations. The dress or blue dress uniforms are worn to formal occasions. Finally, the service uniforms are worn much like business suits, for military inquiries, appearances in court, meetings with officers, etc. [1] 2 Know your chevrons. Chevrons, which signify an enlisted marine’s rank, are worn on the sleeves and collars of all dress and service uniforms. While wearing utility or combat uniforms, enlisted marines only wear small, black chevrons that pin to the collars of their uniforms. [2] The sleeve chevrons are stitched to the dress and service uniforms, so this article will deal exclusively with how to attach collar chevrons. 3 Point the chevrons up. An enlisted marine’s chevrons should always be positioned with the tip pointed up. Chevrons come in different sizes, depending on the rank of the marine, but are always placed on the collar with the points up. [3] 4 Position the chevrons. The bottom edge of the insignia (no matter what rank) will be 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) from the side of the collar on both sides. Thus, a sergeant major's chevrons will protrude higher up than a PFC, because it is much taller. [4] 5 Attach. Chevrons for enlisted persons attach to the collar with a built in pin. Remove the backing from the pin, push the pin through the front of the cloth on the collar, and reattach the backing on the underside of the collar. [5] Method Aligning Rank Insignia for Warrant Officers 1 Know your rank insignia. Warrant officers don’t wear chevrons on the collar. Instead, they wear a rectangular pin whose colors alternate between red and silver or red and gold, depending on the rank. These pins are worn on both the left and right collar. [6] 2 Position the pin lengthwise. A warrant officer’s rank insignia should always be positioned lengthwise, with the longer portion being positioned horizontally. Regardless of rank, warrant officer pins are the same size. [7] 3 Align the pin. The bottom edge of the insignia (no matter what rank) will be centered from the side of the collar on both sides. The rank insignia for warrant officers is positioned vertically 1 inch above the bottom of the collar. [8] 4 Attach. Rank insignia for warrant officers attach to the collar with a built in pin. Remove the backing from the pin, push the pin through the front of the cloth on the collar, and reattach the backing on the underside of the collar. [9] Method Aligning Rank Insignia for Commissioned Officers 1 Align generals’ stars. Generals in the USMC wear stars of gold and silver to represent rank. Generals' stars will have a single tip pointing up, centered vertically, 1/2 an inch from the sides and one inch from the bottom, on both collars. [10] On service uniforms, the stars are attached to a general’s epaulets and shirt collar. [11] On dress uniforms, generals wear their stars on the epaulets and an insignia of an eagle on top of a globe, with an anchor running through it, on their jacket collars. To position the eagle/globe logo, position the insignia so that the eagle is vertically upright, and the head of the anchor is facing inwards towards the neck. Attach this insignia 1/2 an inch from the side and 1 inch from the bottom of the collar. [12] 2 Align the oak leaves. Lt. Colonels and Majors will wear oak leaves of varying colors as a sign of rank. Always center the oak leaves on the collar, with the stem pointing downward. Like with other rank insignia, the oak leaves need to be position 1/2 an inch from the sides and 1 inch up from the bottom of the collar. [13] 3 Position and attach the bars. Captains and Lieutenants wear bars on their collars to represent their respective ranks. Center the bars 1/2 inch from the sides of the collar. Position the bars 1 inch above the bottom of the c |
Published in 1957, On The Road is a famous novel by which American beat poet, who was born on March 12, 1922? | Jack Kerouac - Poet | Academy of American Poets Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization. browse poems & poets Beat Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on March 12, 1922, Jack Kerouac, baptised Jean Louis Kirouac, was the youngest of three children of French-Canadian immigrants from Quebec, Canada. He was raised speaking the French-Canadian working class dialect Joual until he learned English at age five. Kerouac studied at local Catholic public schools and the Horace Mann School in New York City, as well as Columbia University and The New School. He was awarded athletic scholarships to attend Boston College, University of Notre Dame, and Columbia University, though an injury during his freshman season at Columbia kept him from playing and eventually led to his dropping out of school. In 1942, Kerouac joined the United States Merchant Marine, and a year later joined the United States Navy—he served only eight days of active duty before being honorably discharged on psychiatric grounds. Soon after, Kerouac was involved in the murder of David Kammerer, having helped his friend Lucien Carr dispose of evidence, and was arrested as a material witness. Unable to convince his father to pay for bail, Kerouac agreed to marry fellow writer Edie Parker in exchange for her financial support and moved to Detroit, Michigan. Their marriage was quickly annulled due to infidelity, and Kerouac returned to New York City in 1944. Upon Kerouac's return to New York, he lived with his parents in Queens, where he wrote his first novel, The Town and the City (Harcourt Brace, 1950). Through Lucien Carr, Kerouac had met many of the literary figures now associated with the Beat Generation , including Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, and in 1949 he began his most famous literary work, On the Road (Viking Press, 1957), which was tentatively titled "The Beat Generation" and "Gone on the Road." Kerouac finished the largely autobiographical novel in April 1951, though it remained unpublished until 1957. During that time, Kerouac completed ten other autobiographical novels, including The Subterraneans (Grove Press, 1958), Doctor Sax (Grove Press, 1959), Tristessa (Avon, 1960), and Desolation Angels (Coward McCann, 1965). In July of 1957, Kerouac moved to Orlando, Florida, while awaiting the release of On the Road later that year. Soon after, the New York Times ran a review lauding Kerouac as the voice of a new generation. The success of the novel garnered Kerouac celebrity status as a major American author, and his friendship with Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Gregory Corso cemented the influence of what became known as the Beat Generation. Other poet friends of Kerouac include Philip Lamantia, Gary Snyder , Philip Whalen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti , Michael McClure, Bob Kaufman , Diane di Prima , Lew Welch, and Amiri Baraka . Though best known for his novels, Kerouac is also associated with poetry of the Beat movement, including spoken word. Kerouac wrote that he wanted "to be considered as a jazz poet blowing a long blues in an afternoon jazz session on Sunday." And in his "Statement on Poetics" for The New American Poetry , he asserts: Add alluvials to the end of your line when all is exhausted but something has to be said for some specified irrational reason, since reason can never win out, because poetry is NOT a science. The rhythm of how you 'rush' yr statement determines the rhythm of the poem, whether it is a poem in verse-separated lines, or an endless one-line poem called prose . . . In |
According to the proverb, March comes in like a lion and goes out like what? | The Truth Behind "In Like A Lion, Out Like a Lamb" - Farmers' Almanac Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Add to Google+ Share on Pinterest Subscribe by Email Print This Post If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb. Is there any truth to this saying? Weather sayings are as colorful as our imagination. While many sayings are based on careful observations and turn out to be accurate, others are merely rhymes or beliefs of the people who came before us. Those people often believed that bad spirits could affect the weather adversely, so they were cautious as to what they did or did not do in certain situations. Those beliefs often included ideas that there should be a balance in weather and life. So, if a month came in bad (like a lion), it should go out good and calm (like a lamb). With March being such a changeable month, in which we can see warm spring-like temperatures or late-season snowstorms, you can understand how this saying might hold true in some instances. We can only hope that if March starts off cold and stormy it will end warm and sunny, but the key word is hope. However, this saying seems be to more of a rhyme rather than a true weather predictor. Some other March-related lore includes: A dry March and a wet May? Fill barns and bays with corn and hay. As it rains in March so it rains in June. March winds and April showers? Bring forth May flowers. |
March 6, 1899, saw German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, patent aspirin. The bark of what tree was used to make it? | Aspirin: 115 de verjaardag! Mazal tov | Hjbuenodemesquita.jouwweb.nl Aspirin: 115 de verjaardag! Mazal tov Speech of a daughterHome » Aspirin: 115 de verjaardag! Mazal tov Aspirin: 115 de verjaardag! Mazal tov In the first article Eichengrün [ a Jew ] is not mentioned....! Second article below [from the BMJ]:..........In deciding whether it is Hoffmann or Eichengrün who initiated the events leading to the introduction of aspirin, the unreliability of the 1934 footnote about Hoffmann must be balanced against the plausibility of the 1949 paper by Eichengrün. First article: A little over a hundred years ago, there were no drugs to fight "fever," as most diseases were referred to at that time. In 1763, priest Edward Stone discovered that a decoction of willow bark had a powerful antipyretic effect. Incidentally, two thousand years earlier a similar effect was noted by legendary Hippocrates. And finally, on March 6, 1899, German chemist Felix Hoffmann of Bayer's patented aspirin. Only half a century after Stone's discovery, scientists were able to determine the chemical composition of salicylic acid. However, at the time salicylic acid did not find practical application. Salicin was not as cheap as products made from natural ingredients. A more affordable salicylic acid was less effective and harmed patients' gastrointestinal tract. As it often happens in science, an accident came in handy. In 1888, the chemical research laboratory of a prosperous paint company Bayer was visited by a son of a German industrialist, graduate of the prestigious University of Munich Felix Hoffman, who got involved in the synthesis of acetylsalicylic acid. The young chemist's initiative was not met with enthusiasm at first, and the company leadership did not believe in real benefits of Hoffman's work. The young man had self-interest in this study. Hoffman's father suffered from rheumatism, and salicylic acid could not be used due to stomach problems. On August 10, 1897 Hoffman first discovered acetylsalicylic acid. Send to friend Eleven days later he made another discovery in this area: diacetylmorphine, semisynthetic opiate later known as heroin. It was supposed to be used as a stronger painkiller than previously obtained acetylsalicylic acid. Six months later, the discoveries were registered with unique trademarks. The word "heroin" was derived from "heroic." "Aspirin" was derived from two words, "a" for acetyl and "spirin" for Spiraea. The wide range of therapeutic characteristics and wide distribution of aspirin is a reason to consider it one of the most important drugs of the twentieth century. Now every year over 50 million packages of aspirin are used on the planet. Englishmen take it in powder form; Americans prefer effervescent pills, and the French - suppositories. Inexpensive, effective and almost harmless drug has spread rapidly throughout the civilized world, and in no time became the most popular anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic drug. What does "almost harmless" mean? Over 115 years, experts had plenty of time to fully explore the side effects of aspirin. Doctors came to the conclusion that this excellent drug, like any other drugs, has to be taken with caution. For example, doctors strongly recommend against giving it to children under 12. The drug is a blood thinner (this is a godsend for the prevention of heart attack and thrombosis). If for older generations this property may be useful, in children the medicine may cause bleeding. Those suffering from gastric ulcer, chronic gastritis, as well as allergies, asthma, hypertension crisis, severe chronic liver disease and kidney failure, circulatory disorders should be very careful with aspirin. Aspirin is not recommended for women with menstrual irregularities with significant blood losses. Aspirin overdose poses a serious threat. Scientists have found that salicylic acid (aspirin transformation product) used for a long period of time in large quantities remains partly in the free state and may cause severe intoxication. Many people with individual hypers |
March 9, 1959 saw the introduction of the Barbie doll at the American International Toy Fair in New York. What company produces the Barbie doll? | Barbie (Doll) - The New York Times The New York Times Supported by Barbie (Doll) News about Barbie (Doll), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. More By Yona Zeldis McDonough Overview Barbie, the single most successful doll ever produced, was the invention of Ruth Handler, one of the founders of the fledgling toy and novelty company, Mattel. The petite plastic doll, named after her daughter, Barbara, made its debut on March 9, 1959 at the American International Toy Fair in New York City. For the occasion, Barbie wore a black and white striped bathing suit, shoes and sunglasses. Her price was $3, a modest sum even then. A handful of outfits was displayed alongside her, costing between $1 and $3. At least half of the Toy Fair buyers wanted nothing to do with Barbie. There was the body, for starters, with breasts, a small waist and long legs. Then there was her expression: sullen, knowing and strangely covert. Her eyes were thickly rimmed with dark eyeliner; her lips, a candy-apple red. Despite the initial coolness of her reception at the Toy Fair, Barbie was flying off the shelves by the summer of 1959, and stores could not keep Barbie in stock. In her rich and varied existence, Barbie has had stints as a model, astronaut, paleontologist, Air Force jet pilot, surgeon, NASCAR driver and a rap artist. She has sung on the Grand Ole Opry, played basketball with the WNBA and run for president three times. Mattel recently conducted an online vote, asking people to select Barbie’s 125th career: Computer engineer was the winning choice. Barbie has morphed into a legend and an icon. For Barbie is both mirror and model, reflection and avatar. Read More... A Star Is Born Barbie was born during the golden age of American post-World War II prosperity with its lushly saturated Technicolor movies, tidy new suburbs and cars as large as beached whales. In the early 1950s, Mrs. Handler got the idea of creating an adult doll after observing her daughter’s fascination with adult paper dolls, whose clothing she was able to change. Mrs. Handler envisioned a doll onto which girls could project their desire to act like, and indeed become, grown women. But the designers at Mattel initially balked, saying the level of detail that she wanted would make the doll prohibitively expensive. “That was the official reason,” Mrs. Handler recalled in the 1994 book, “Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story,” which she co-wrote with Jacqueline Shannon. “But I really think the squeamishness of those designers — every single one of them male — stemmed mostly from the fact that the doll would have breasts.” Mrs. Handler’s idea got a jump start when her family traveled to Lucerne, Switzerland, and came across a shop window with 11-inch adult style dolls, all with identical faces but each wearing a different ski outfit. The object, familiar to German-speaking Europeans, was known as the Bild Lili, a blonde, pony-tailed character that appeared regularly in a comic strip published in the German newspaper Bild Zeitung. Unable to buy Bild Lili outfits separately, Mrs. Handler bought two of the dolls, and another one the next day in Vienna. Mrs. Handler grasped the importance of separating the dolls from the outfits, and the doll plus outfits equation would become an essential part of the larger Barbie calculus. In 1957, Mrs. Handler was able to persuade Mattel designers to produce a prototype. The Business of Barbie Eight months after Barbie’s debut at the Toy Fair, Mrs. Handler was, according to the Los Angeles Times, driving a pink Thunderbird and running a half-million-dollar business. Barbie sales continued strong throughout the early 1960s; her clothing, her accoutrements, and her Dream House adding to skyrocketing success. In 1961, Mattel brought out the ultimate Barbie accessory: Ken, Barbie’s square-jawed, crew-cut sporting steady beau named for Mrs. Handler’s son. In the late 1960s, with the women’s liberation movement, Barbie seemed out of step with the new social reality and faltered a bit. By 1971, the National Organization |
McDonalds recently lost its spot as worlds largest restaurant chain (based on number of stores) to which company? | Wendy's, not Burger King, is No. 2 in sales – USATODAY.com STORY: Burger chain snags 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit model Kate Upton for ad The figures are based on Technomic's estimates of system-wide sales at franchise and company-owned restaurants, rather than corporate revenue, which includes fees from franchise operators. Worldwide, Burger King still has far more restaurants than Wendy's and remains the second biggest hamburger chain behind McDonald's. The sales rankings for the top five restaurant chains have undergone another dramatic shift in the past five years, according to Technomic. In 2006, the No. 2 and No. 3 spots were held by Burger King and Wendy's respectively, making the top three companies all hamburger chains. Subway now is No. 2 with $11.4 billion in sales last year and Starbucks is No. 3 with $9.8 billion. U.S. sales at both companies have grown at a much faster rate than the top three hamburger chains, with Subway sales up 48% from five years ago and Starbucks sales up 39%. Both Burger King and Wendy's have struggled in recent years to keep up with the growth of McDonald's, which has managed to keep prices low through the recession, while also introducing a new menu items and remodeling restaurants. Sales are up 26% in the past five years at McDonald's, up 9% at Wendy's and flat at Burger King, according to Technomic. Burger King has been reevaluating its business since it was acquired by investment firm 3G Capital in 2010. The privately held company based in Miami recently retired its mascot "The King" last year and launched a new advertising campaign focused more on food. Despite its edge over Burger King, Wendy's also been on a mission to reinvent itself as a higher-end hamburger chain with new items such as Dave's Hot 'N Juicy burger, introduced last fall. CEO Emil Brolick has called the Dublin, Ohio-based company's poor performance in recent years "self-inflicted wounds" and laid out plans in 2012 to raise standards for employees and update stores with an airier, more modern look. The final Technomic report with sales for the top 500 restaurant chains is set to be released April 13. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. For more information about reprints & permissions , visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to [email protected] . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com . Posted | Updated USA TODAY is now using Facebook Comments on our stories and blog posts to provide an enhanced user experience. To post a comment, log into Facebook and then "Add" your comment. To report spam or abuse, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box. To find out more, read the FAQ and Conversation Guidelines . Top viewed stories, photo galleries and community posts of the day Most popular right now: |
March 6, 1836 saw the death, in one day, of Jim Bowie, David Crockett, William B. Travis, and 112 others, at what event? | Michael Lind's, The Death of David Crockett The Death of David Crockett By Michael Lind ~ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE WILSON QUARTERLY ~ Before sunrise on March 6, 1836, the most famous siege in American history came to an end. More than a thousand troops under the command of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the military dictator of Mexico, stormed the Alamo fortress in San Antonio, where Texan rebels against Mexican authority�Anglo-American settlers, Tejano natives, and soldiers of fortune from the United States and Europe�had been waiting for reinforcements that never came. All of the defenders�roughly 180 or more�were killed in battle or executed soon afterward. News of the fall of the Alamo sent shock waves far beyond war-torn Texas, where secessionists had just declared the independence of their republic. Among the fallen defenders were two celebrities from the United States. The knifefighter James Bowie was one. But his renown was overshadowed by that of David Crockett, the "congressman from the canebrake" of Tennessee who had replaced Daniel Boone as a symbol of the American frontiersman. After being defeated in a race for Congress, Crockett�whom the Whig party had once considered as a possible presidential candidate�had made his way to insurgent Texas to make a fresh start. A fellow graduate of Tennessee politics, Sam Houston, commander of the weak and disorganized Texan army, had assigned Crockett to the garrison at San Antonio. There, with Bowie and less known figures such as the garrison's young commander, William Barret Travis, Crockett met his death. In the legend that grew up around Crockett, he died fighting in the last-ditch defense of the Alamo. Recent scholarship, however, has suggested another possibility: that Crockett was executed by Santa Anna along with several others after the battle was over. I discovered just how controversial this question remains when I published The Alamo, a narrative poem about the Texas Revolution. In my first draft, I followed some recent historical accounts of the Texas Revolution that treat Crockett's execution at the hands of Santa Anna as an established fact. As I researched the subject further, however, I concluded that the story of Crockett's execution, like the equally well-known story of the line Travis drew in the dust at the Alamo, was folklore. In the final version of the poem, Travis does not draw that line, and Crockett, a minor character in the story I tell, falls in battle. In a vituperative attack on The Alamoin the New York Times, the journalist Garry Wills accused me (along with Wills's bête noire, the late John Wayne, in his movie The Alamo) of purveying patriotic "hokum" to the American public by showing Crockett being killed in battle. The ensuing debate has involved several exchanges in print between Wills and my fellow Texan, CBS news anchor Dan Rather. What this unexpected controversy revealed is that the death of Colonel David Crockett�or "Davy Crockett," as he became known in 19th-century almanacs and 20th-century pop culture�is a contested front in the late-20th-century American culture war. To understand why, we have to go back to the 1950s, when Walt Disney's TV series starring Fess Parker elevated "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" into the American hero. Crockett's mythic status was enhanced even further when John Wayne portrayed him in The Alamo (1960). Generational politics explains the controversy surrounding a purported 1836 memoir by a Mexican officer present at the battle, José Enrique de la Peña. (Because the memoir incorporates material that de la Peñ a could only have acquired later, it must have been completed after 1836.) In 1955 a Mexican antiquarian and book-seller named Jesñs Sánchez Garza published La Rebelión de Texas in Mexico City. The manuscript was acquired by a Texas philanthropist, John Peace, for his John Peace Memorial Library, at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In 1974, Peace gave his permission for Carmen Perry to undertake a translation, which was published in 1975 by Texas A&M |
Which term in economics is represented by the initials GDP? | Abbreviations | The Economist W Abbreviations Unless an abbreviation or acronym is so familiar that it is used more often than the full form (eg, AIDS, BBC, CIA, FBI, HIV, IMF, NATO, NGO, OECD, UNESCO), or unless the full form would provide little illumination (eg, AWACS, DNA) write the words in full on first appearance: thus, Trades Union Congress (not TUC). If in doubt about its familiarity, explain what the organisation is or does. After the first mention, try not to repeat the abbreviation too often; so write the agency rather than the IAEA, the party rather than the KMT, to avoid spattering the page with capital letters. There is no need to give the initials of an organisation if it is not referred to again. If an abbreviation can be pronounced (eg, EFTA, NATO, UNESCO), it does not generally require the definite article. Other organisations, except companies, should usually be preceded by the (the BBC, the KGB, the NHS, the UNHCR and the NIESR). Abbreviations that can be pronounced and are composed of bits of words rather than just initials should be spelt out in upper and lower case: Cocom, Frelimo, Kfor, Legco, Mercosur, Nepad, Renamo, Sfor, Unicef, Unison, Unprofor, Trips (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights). There is generally no need for more than one initial capital letter, unless the word is a company or a trade name: MiG, ConsGold. Do not use spatterings of abbreviations and acronyms simply in order to cram more words in; you will end up irritating readers rather than informing them. An article in a recent issue of The Economist contained the following: DNI, CIA, NSA, DOD, FBI, NCTC, DCI and, for good measure, DVD. The article immediately following had: MI5, MI6, GCHQ, C, JTAC, R, JIC, CX, CTAC, IT, SCOPE, MP, DIS, FCO and, for good measure, WMD. Some of these are well known to most readers and can readily be held in the mind. But unfamiliar abbreviations may oblige the reader to be constantly referring back to the first use. Better to repeat some names in full, or to write the agency, the committee, the party etc, than to allow an undisciplined proliferation. In bodymatter, all such abbreviations, whether they can be pronounced as words or not (GNP, GDP, FOB, CIF, A-levels, D-marks, T-shirts, X-rays), should be set in small capitals, with no points—unless they are currencies like Nkr or SFr, elements like H and O or degrees of temperature like °F and °C. Brackets, apostrophes and all other typographical furniture accompanying small capitals are generally set in ordinary roman, with a lower-case s (also roman) for plurals and genitives. Thus IOUS, MPs' salaries, SDRS, etc. But ampersands are set as small capitals, as are numerals and any hyphens attaching them to a small capital. Thus R&D, A23, M1, F-16, etc. Abbreviations that include upper- and lower-case letters must be set in a mixture of small capitals and roman: BPhils, PhDs. Prefer chief executive or boss to CEO. Do not use small caps for roman numerals. In headings, rubrics, cross-heads, footnotes, flytitles, captions, tables, charts (including sources), use ordinary caps, not small caps. Use lower case for kg, km, lb (never lbs), mph and other measures, and for ie and eg, which should both be followed by commas. When used with figures, these lower-case abbreviations should follow immediately, with no space (11am, 4.30pm, 15kg, 35mm, 100mph, 78rpm), as should AD and BC and (76AD, 55BC), and figures and numbers thus joined should both be set in small capitals. Two abbreviations together, however, must be separated: 60m b/d. Prefer b/d to bpd as an abbreviation for barrels per day. Most scientific units, except those of temperature, that are named after individuals should be set in small capitals, though any attachments denoting multiples go in lower case. Thus a watt is W, whereas kilowatt, milliwatt and megawatt, meaning 1,000 watts, one thousandth of a watt and 1m watts, are abbreviated to kW, mW and mW (k, m and M are standard international metric abbreviations for thousand, thousandth and million). The elements are not scapped. |
What age range is covered by Quinquagenarian? | FDA approves Zostavax vaccine to prevent shingles in individuals 50 to 59 years of age For Immediate Release: March 24, 2011 Media Inquiries: Shelly Burgess, 301-796-4651, [email protected] Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA approves Zostavax vaccine to prevent shingles in individuals 50 to 59 years of age The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the use of Zostavax, a live attenuated virus vaccine, for the prevention of shingles in individuals 50 to 59 years of age. Zostavax is already approved for use in individuals 60 years of age and older. In the United States shingles affects approximately 200,000 healthy people between the ages of 50 and 59, per year. It is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is a virus in the herpes family and the same virus that causes chickenpox. After an attack of chickenpox, the virus lies dormant in certain nerves in the body. For reasons that are not fully understood, the virus can reappear in the form of shingles, more commonly in people with weakened immune systems and with aging. "The likelihood of shingles increases with age. The availability of Zostavax to a younger age group provides an additional opportunity to prevent this often painful and debilitating disease" said Karen Midthun, M.D., director of FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Shingles is characterized by a rash of blisters, which generally develop in a band on one side of the body and can cause severe pain that may last for weeks, and in some people, for months or years after the episode. Approval was based on a multicenter study conducted in the United States and four other countries in approximately 22,000 people who were 50-59 years of age. Half received Zostavax and half received a placebo. Study participants were then monitored for at least one year to see if they developed shingles. Compared with placebo, Zostavax reduced the risk of developing shingles by approximately 70 percent. The most common side effects observed in the study were redness, pain and swelling at the site of injection, and headache. Zostavax was originally approved on May 26, 2006, for the prevention of shingles in individuals 60 years of age and older. Zostavax is manufactured by Merck & Co. Inc., of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. For more information: |
The Academy Awards were last Sunday, with The King's Speech winning 4 out of 12. Since equaled by Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which film, written by a former governor of New Mexico, was the first to win 11 awards in 1959 | The Oscars: December 2007 16th Academy Awards The 16th Academy Awards was the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Free passes were given out to men and women in uniform. The more theatrical approach makes it a forerunner of the contemporary Oscar telecast. For the first time, supporting actors and actresses took home full-size statuettes, instead of smaller-sized awards mounted on a plaque. This year's winner of the Best Picture Oscar was Casablanca, directed by Michael Curtiz who also won for Best Director stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund. It focuses on Rick's conflict between, in the words of one character, love and virtue: he must choose between his love for Ilsa and doing the right thing, helping her and her Resistance leader husband escape from Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis. Although it was an A-list movie, with established stars and first-rate writers, nobody involved with its production expected Casablanca to be anything out of the ordinary; it was just one of dozens of pictures being churned out by Hollywood every year. The film was a solid, if unspectacular, success in its initial release, but has grown in popularity as time has gone by, consistently ranking near the t op of lists of great films. Critics have praised the charismatic performances of Bogart and Bergman, the chemistry between them, the depth of characterization, the taut direction, the witty screenplay and the emotional impact of the work as a whole. Casablanca is now ranked among the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. In 1989, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 1999, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the second greatest American film ever made, behind only Citizen Kane. The 2007 revised AFI list moved it down to third, after Citizen Kane and The Godfather. One of the lines most closely associated with the film—"Play it again, Sam"—is a misquotation. When Ilsa first enters the Café Americain, she spots Sam and asks him to "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake." When he feigns ignorance, she responds, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.' " Later that night, alone with Sam, Rick says, "You played it for her and you can play it for me." and "If she can stand it, I can! Play it!" The line "Here's looking at you, kid.", spoken by Rick to Ilsa, is not in the draft screenplays, and has been attributed to the poker lessons Bogart was giving Bergman between takes. It was voted in a 2005 poll by the American Film Institute as the fifth most memorable line in cinema history. Six lines from Casablanca appeared in the top 100, by far the most of any film (Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz were next, with three apiece). The others were: "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."(20th), "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" (28th), "Round up the usual suspects." (32nd), "We'll always have Paris." (43rd), and "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." (67th). The director was Michael Curtiz, Hungarian born, for which he had won the Best Director Award. He directed at least 50 films in Europe and a further hundred in the US, among the best-known being The Adventures of Robin Hood, Angels with Dirty Faces, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy and White Christmas. He thrived in the heyday of the Warner Bros. studio in the 1930s and 40s, where he gained a reputation for efficient competence, but also for being difficult to work with.In the mid-30s, he began the highly successful cycle of adventure films starring Errol Flynn that included Captain Blood (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Dodge City, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Sea Hawk and Santa Fe Trail (1940). By the early 1940s Curtiz had become fairly wealthy, earning $3,600 per week and owning a substantial estate, complete with pol |
Voiced by Stephen Root, who is the overweight, balding, over the hill boss of Hank Hill on TV's King of the Hill? | List of King of the Hill characters : Wikis (The Full Wiki) 12 External links Main characters Hank Rutherford Hill (voiced by Mike Judge )—Hank is the main protagonist who proudly sells " propane and propane accessories" as the assistant manager at Strickland Propane . He resembles—in both voice and appearance—the Tom Anderson character from Beavis and Butthead , a character also voiced by Judge. Hank is generally a well-meaning father, but is often frustrated and confused by modern trends and the antics of his friends and family members. Hank suffers from a narrow urethra , which made Bobby's conception difficult. Hank is uncomfortable with public displays of intimacy with his wife and son. He has a very difficult time saying, "I love you" to any member of his family. He thinks it's unmanly. The reason for this lies in the fact that Hank's cantankerous, self-centered father, Cotton, never told Hank he loved him as a boy. Any discussion about sex, especially when women are present, causes him to blush. Hank is honestly a product of the 1940s or '50s in practicing good manners and it is very clear he considers a sense of his masculinity very important. He was a high school football hero. Hank thinks football is the greatest thing anyone can participate in or watch on television. Basketball is pretty fine, I tell you what, Hank would say, but he has very little use for baseball. That sport is something one watches when there is absolutely nothing else to do on a summer weekend afternoon. Hank also has no use for liberals in New York or Los Angeles, he considers himself a Texan and is proud of Texas culture, and he enjoys Tex-Mex cuisine and especially knowing he is a native Texan—even when he experiences a bout of something like culture shock after learning he was really born in New York and brought to Texas soon after. Hank's interests are much like any high school student's from the 1920s through the 1960s: he enjoys car repair and tuning up his one-horsepower lawnmower. He also likes woodworking, having a shop in his garage. Hank has a solid knowledge of electrical repair and plumbing and can name gauges of pipe, nails, wire and other hardware items at the drop of a caliper. He takes pride in doing good work and does all his own home repairs with expert craftsmanship. Hank has a strong relationship with his family and really does love them, despite not being able to say so. He hopes his son, Bobby, will not fall for any modern trends that sap manhood and make boys into sissies—like playing soccer. Hank would like Bobby to enjoy football more. He also thinks playing with a ventriloquist's dummy is like playing with dolls, so Hank calls it Bobby's "action figure". Hank has often worried about the twelve-year-old Bobby, such as when Bobby squeals with pleasure like a girl and has been very happy that Bobby is attracted to Kahn Jr (Connie), the daughter of the Hills' Laotian neighbor. He is doing his best to raise him better than his father, Cotton, raised him. Both Hank and his wife, Peggy, have lived rather sheltered lives. They make love solemnly in the missionary position and are scandalized—but silent—all during the time Dale's wife Nancy carries on an affair with the Indian therapist, John Redcorn. Hank's middle name is "Rutherford" in honor of President Rutherford B. Hayes . He puts up with his wife's astoundingly inflated opinion of her skills, recognizing her failings. At the same time, he is proud of what she really can do. When someone wrongs him, Hank will often respond with the phrase "I'm gonna kick your ass!" Dale Gribble is by far the most frequent recipient of this threat. In addition to propane, Hank enjoys car repair and yard work, and is shown in some episodes doing his neighbor's yard work or surreptitiously creating more for himself to do. Hank's trademark wail of distress in times of discomfort (sounding like "Bwaaaah!") and his phrase "I tell you what" ("what" in his dialect being pronounced /hwɒt/) are running gags on the series. Unlike many people in real life, Hank has achieved his heart's desire |
"Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you" was the first message sent by what medium on March 10, 1876? | The First Telephone Call Bell on the telephone in New York (calling Chicago) in 1892 The First Telephone Call March 10, 1876 What were the first words ever spoken on the telephone? They were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, when he made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." What would you have said? page 1 of 4 |
On March 4th 1918, the first known case in the US of which pandemic was observed at Fort Riley, Kansas? | flu pandemic of 1918 | Tumblr flu pandemic of 1918 Reblog The American Chronic Disease Crises When the Great Flu Pandemic struck the United States in 1918 and 1919, it caused the deaths of around 700,000 people. According to the CDC, around 900,000 Americans die every year of preventable chronic diseases. Here’s a breakdown of the top ten causes of death in America, It’s interesting to note that the most common causes of death are preventable chronic diseases. Whereas back in the day the leading cause of death was by virulent disease, today we are making a conscious choice to kill ourselves through bad health and lifestyle decisions. By far heart disease is the biggest killer, in fact today it is the most common cause of death in the world. More than 60 million Americans suffer from it, and 90% of heart disease is preventable. After heart disease is cancer. 30% of cancer cases are preventable. Then there are chronic respiratory diseases, such as COPD, emphysema, and pulmonary fibrosis. This is the one cause of death that is rapidly increasing, soon to overtake all others, with 6.8 million Americans diagnosed with COPD alone. As a respiratory therapist I can tell you that the vast majority of chronic respiratory diseases are preventable. After accidents are stroke, of which 90% are preventable. Finally, listed at number 7 is diabetes. There are two type of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Type I is insulin dependent, where the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to control blood sugar levels. Type II diabetes is called “insulin resistant” diabetes, typically caused by a diet with too much sugar and too much processed carbohydrates. This results in more and more insulin being secreted to control blood sugar levels, eventually causing the body to become resistant to it’s own insulin. Type I diabetes is relatively rare, accounting for 1.25 million people, and only 10% of cases are preventable. Type II diabetes is more prevalent, accounting for 26 million Americans. 90% of Type II diabetes cases are preventable. We are living in amazing times. At no other time in history have people had the option to make conscious choices to lead a healthy life. Even today in impoverished countries many people still don’t have that option. We are literally killing ourselves. It’s not just America, in most wealthy nations this is a growing trend. But just as we can make a choice to kill ourselves, we can choose life as well. The vast majority of my patients, I would say 90%, are people who are very sick or dying of chronic diseases directly caused by bad health decisions and bad lifestyle decisions, whether it be smoking, obesity, drug abuse, or alcohol abuse. 90% of those people are readmitted on a monthly basis because despite their health problems, they still won’t take care of themselves. The quality of life of these people is often terrible. Many are already dead, they’re just waiting for someone to bury them. In the past 8 years healthcare has been a hot button political issue, what with Obamacare and all. Many agree that our healthcare system is broken. The reason is obvious, our healthcare system is overwhelmed by the tens of millions of people suffering from preventable chronic diseases, people who require multiple readmissions. I will be honest, no government program or healthcare system is going to fix it. NONE. No insurance system, whether its the private market, Obamacare, or universal healthcare is going to be able to handle it in the long term. But there is a solution, and it begins with the individual, it begins with you and me. We all must take responsibility for our own health. We need to all step up and start taking care of ourselves. We all have our addictions and vices without exception. No matter what your addiction is, food, alcohol, drugs, smoking, even things like sex addiction or gambling addiction, etc., we can either kick these addictions, or they will kick us. There are three arguments I often hear against what I and others who propose the same often get. People who make these arguments are either in |
Accounting for up to 25% of the yearly sales, what is the most popular Girl Scout cookie sold? | Most Popular Girl Scout Cookies - Business Insider print Girl Scout cookies are a national icon, making an average of $800 million annually. Last year, troops of green-sashed little girls sold more than 200 million boxes of cookies, Girl Scouts of America told Business Insider. And because National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend kicks off on February 7th, people around the country can expect to start seeing those colorful boxes in offices and malls in the coming months. In honor of the cookies' return, we asked Girl Scouts of America which flavors were the most popular. Here are the top five cookies, along with a rough count of how many boxes were sold last year. 5. Trefoils/Shortbread Cookies Shutterstock 9% of last year's sales came from Trefoils, also known as Shortbread cookies. That means over 18 million boxes of the buttery cookies were sold, which adds up to roughly 720 million Trefoils ( 40 cookies per box ). 4. Do-si-dos/Peanut Butter Sandwiches Over 22 million boxes of Do-si-dos, were sold last year, accounting for around 11% of sales. At 20 cookies per box , that means we scarfed down more than 440 million of those peanut butter sandwiches. 3. Tagalongs/Peanut Butter Patties Over 26 million boxes, or 13% of all sales, went to Tagalongs last year. Those chocolate-covered peanut butter treats have an average of 14 patties per box , which equals 364 million cookies. 2. Samoas/Caramel deLites These delicious combinations of chocolate, cookie, caramel, and toasted coconut accounted for 19% of last year's sales. That's well over 38 million boxes, and roughly 570 million cookies (given that Samoas have an average of 15 cookies per box ). 1. Thin Mints Mandy_Jansen/Flickr Of course, Thin Mints are the #1-selling Girl Scout cookie in America. The crispy treats merge chocolate and mint for one delicious snack. Girl Scouts of America sold more than 50 million boxes last year, or roughly 1.6 billion cookies (with an average of 32 cookies per box ). Thin Mints made up 25% of total cookie sales. For those keeping track, the remaining 23% of sales were made up collectively by all the other varieties of cookies, including Dulce de Leches, Savannah Smiles, Thank You Berry Munches, Thanks a Lots, Cranberry Citrus Crisps, Lemonades, and Mango Crèmes — basically, all the flavors you judge people for ordering. It also did not include this year's new flavor, gluten-free Chocolate Chip Shortbread cookies that are making waves among Girl Scout cookie aficionados. And if you disagree with the ranking and feel really strongly about one of the 12 flavors, you can go to the Girl Scouts website and vote on your favorite cookie . So far, Samoas/Caramel deLites are winning . |
March 9, 1959 saw the introduction of what Mattel favorite, an 11.5 inch tall fashion doll which saw controversy when a later talking model exclaimed such phrases as “Will we ever have enough clothes?”, and “Math class is tough!”? | Ms Dolce Ms Dolce I am a fashion addict!! Saturday, July 12, 2008 A Profile Of Fashion Designer Betsey Johnson “Making clothes involves what I like…color, pattern, shape and movement…I like the everyday process…the people, the pressure, the surprise of seeing the work come alive walking and dancing around on strangers. Like red lipstick on the mouth, my products wake up and brighten and bring the wearer to life…drawing attention to her beauty and specialness…her moods and movements…her dreams and fantasies.” – Betsey Johnson New York designer Betsey Johnson has built her long-standing career in fashion by following her own set of rules. Known for her celebration of the exuberant, the embellished, and the over the top, Betsey has been rocking the fashion industry with her unique and original designs since the 1960’s. Her commitment to remain true to her one-of-a-kind vision has afforded Betsey continued success in an industry known for its fickleness. Her ability to change with the times while keeping her designs pure has not gone unnoticed. At the 1999 CFDA Awards, Betsey was presented The Timeless Talent Award created especially for her, which recognized her influence on fashion throughout her career. Betsey was born in Connecticut and spent her childhood in dance classes. Her aspirations to be a dancer and her love for costumes laid the foundation for Betsey’s creativity and inspiration, which is still evident in her designs today. In 1964, Betsey officially entered the New York fashion scene by winning Mademoiselle magazine’s “Guest Editor Contest.” One year later, she landed the top designer position for Paraphernalia, a clothing boutique that at the time housed the hottest young London designers, including Mary Quant and Paco Rabanne, among others. What would soon become known as Betsey’s trademark look began its formulations here: sexy silhouettes, hippie inspired flowing fabrics, whimsical detailing and, most importantly, a fabulous fit. After a decade of designing for other labels, Betsey decided to make a dramatic change in her life and in 1978, she formed a partnership with Chantal Bacon and started the Betsey Johnson label, as it is known today. Designing for herself allowed Betsey the creative freedom to execute her vision to it’s fullest potential. The same year Betsey and Chantal launched their first retail store in the heart of Soho. In the early 80’s, they were one of the first to open a store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, helping the street to gain its worldwide recognition as one of the best shopping areas of the 1980’s. Today there are over fifty Betsey Johnson stores worldwide. International expansion came in 1998 with the opening of the wildly popular London store. In 1999 the Vancouver store opened its doors and Toronto opened in early September 2003. In September 2006, the first Betsey Johnson store opened in Japan. Betsey Johnson clothing is also available in better department stores as well as in specialty stores throughout the country, and in Europe and Asia. Biography New York designer Betsey Johnson has built her long-standing career in fashion by following her own set of rules. Known for her celebration of the exuberant, the embellished, and the over the top, Betsey has been rocking the fashion industry with her unique and original designs since the 1960’s. Her commitment to remain true to her one-of-a-kind vision has afforded Betsey continued success in an industry known for its fickleness. Her ability to change with the times while keeping her designs pure has not gone unnoticed. At the 1999 CFDA Awards, Betsey was presented The Timeless Talent Award created especially for her, which recognized her influence on fashion throughout her career. Betsey was born in Connecticut and spent her childhood in dance classes. Her aspirations to be a dancer and her love for costumes laid the foundation for Betsey’s creativity and inspiration, which is still evident in her designs today. In 1964, Betsey officially entered the New York fashion scene by winning Mademoiselle magazine’s “Guest Editor Cont |
The Newbery and Caldecott medals are awarded in what field of literature? | The John Newbery Medal | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) The John Newbery Medal In 1921 Frederic G.Melcher had the Newbery Medal designed by René Paul Chambellan. The bronze medal has the winner's name and the date engraved on the back. The American Library Association Executive Board in 1922 delegated to the Children's Librarians' Section the responsibility for selecting the book to receive the Newbery Medal. The inscription on the Newbery Medal still reads "Children's Librarians' Section," although the section has changed its name four times and its membership now includes both school and public library children's librarians in contrast to the years 1922-58, when the section, under three different names, included only public library children's librarians. Today the Medal is administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of ALA. How the Newbery Medal Came to Be The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year. On June 22, 1921, Frederic G. Melcher proposed the award to the American Library Association meeting of the Children's Librarians' Section and suggested that it be named for the eighteenth-century English bookseller John Newbery. The idea was enthusiastically accepted by the children's librarians, and Melcher's official proposal was approved by the ALA Executive Board in 1922. In Melcher's formal agreement with the board, the purpose of the Newbery Medal was stated as follows: "To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays, or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field." The Newbery Award thus became the first children's book award in the world. Its terms, as well as its long history, continue to make it the best known and most discussed children's book award in this country. From the beginning of the awarding of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, committees could, and usually did, cite other books as worthy of attention. Such books were referred to as Newbery or Caldecott "runners-up." In 1971 the term "runners-up" was changed to "honor books." The new terminology was made retroactive so that all former runners-up are now referred to as Newbery or Caldecott Honor Books. |
March 9th, 1862 was the naval battle of Hampton Roads, which saw which two ships, the first ironclads, face off against each other? | Battle Of Hampton Roads History Essay Battle Of Hampton Roads History Essay Published: Last Edited: 23rd March, 2015 This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers. On March 8th-9th, 1862 off the coast of Hampton Roads, Virginia stood perhaps one of the greatest military battles of all time. This was the first time two iron clad ships came together face to face. It is recorded as a draw in history. The USS Monitor being swift with a revolving turret and also having a screw propeller fought a hard battle against a massive confederate ship CSS Virginia. The battle was a draw because both sides claimed victory. The USS monitor was inflicted first when a shell flew into the pilot house. The two ships then became out of reach, since they both needed to fix their damage. The confederates left to go back to Virginia and when the USS Monitor returned to Hampton Roads they were convinced the CSS Virginia had quit. BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS Background Information When the United States of America consisted of the original 13 colonies, many battles took place to help shape and form the Union. When the Civil War took place, one battle in particular changed the face of naval warfare forever. The Battle of Hampton Roads occurred off the coast of Virginia on March 8th and March 9th in 1862. Several states were against the United States government and argued for their independence, these states were classified as confederates. Virginia was a confederate state and it was granted secession from the United States in February of 1861. Abraham Lincoln was voted in as the president of the Union, also known as the United States of America, in March of 1862. Although the majority of the population within a confederate state might have favored the views of confederates, the other portion was with the Union. This caused many violent outbreaks especially at ports where goods would arrive from other Union states. To prevent this occurrence of outbreaks, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells ordered that the northern ports be the ones used primarily since most states up north were a member of the Union. The Navy positioned its most powerful warships at Hampton Roadsteads to ensure peace at the popular port. Introduction The confederates wanted to combat the Union Navy so they quickly created an ironclad ship called the CSS Virginia, which was, "built on the partially burned hull of the uncompleted U.S. Navy steam frigate Merrimac"(Guttman 62-64). The ship was 275 feet long and weighed roughly 3,200 tons. Three inch armor plating was placed around the belt of the ship, and four inch armor was placed around the casemate. Top speed was roughly five knots. The Union had already planned on switching from wood one year prior to the start of the Civil War. The Union selected from 17 designs, they were most impressed with the design from Swedish engineer John Ericsson. His design was selected because he was able to show how to be conservative and effective. David A. Mindell, author of War, Technology and Experience aboard the USS Monitor dubbed Ericsson as a "visionary genius fighting conservatism"(Guilmartin 932-934). When Ericsson's design came to life, the ship would be called the USS Monitor. She was capable of reaching speeds of eight knots, she weighed roughly 1000 tons. The ship's primary weapon was the revolving, "thickly-armored round turret… rotated by steam power to permit nearly all-around fire from a pair of eleven-inch…shell guns, the heaviest weapons then"(Report 3) The ship was created with a five inch iron hull, and thickly armored on the deck. Middle On March 8th, 1862 the Union was guarding the ports located at Hampton Roads, Virginia. The port was being protected by five Union ships were present; all of these had a wooded hull. The USS Monitor was scheduled to arrive at the next day. The confederates did not like the union blocking their ports; the CSS Virginia arrived in Hampton Roads accompanied with two other ships. The CSS Virginia uses its mass and iron cased h |
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended what 2 year long war? | The U.S.-Mexican War . War (1846-1848) . Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | PBS Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo by Richard Griswold del Castillo The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War. Signed on 2 February 1848, it is the oldest treaty still in force between the United States and Mexico. As a result of the treaty, the United States acquired more than 500,000 square miles of valuable territory and emerged as a world power in the late nineteenth century. Beyond territorial gains and losses, the treaty has been important in shaping the international and domestic histories of both Mexico and the United States. During the U.S.-Mexican War, U.S. leaders assumed an attitude of moral superiority in their negotiations of the treaty. They viewed the forcible incorporation of almost one-half of Mexico's national territory as an event foreordained by providence, fulfilling Manifest Destiny to spread the benefits of U.S. democracy to the lesser peoples of the continent. Because of its military victory the United States virtually dictated the terms of settlement. The treaty established a pattern of political and military inequality between the two countries, and this lopsided relationship has stalked Mexican-U.S. relations ever since. The treaty in draft form was brought to Mexico by Nicholas P. Trist , the U.S. peace commissioner, in the summer of 1847. In its basic form it called for the cession of Alta and Baja California and New Mexico, the right of transit across the Tehuantepec isthmus, and the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas. In exchange the United States would pay up to $20 million to Mexico and assume up to $3 million in U.S. citizens' claims against Mexico. In subsequent negotiations the demand for Baja California and the right of transit were dropped. After the military campaign, which had resulted in U.S. occupation of most of Mexico's major cities , the Mexican government agreed to meet with Trist to discuss peace terms. Just before negotiations were to begin, however, Trist received instructions from President James K. Polk ordering him to return to Washington, D.C. Trist, however, decided to stay on and meet with the Mexican representatives, even though he lacked official status. Negotiations began in earnest in January 1848. The Mexican government, headed by the ad interim Mexican president Manuel de la Pena y Pena, quickly agreed to the boundary issues: Texas's southern boundary would be the Rio Grande, the cession of Alta California would include the port of San Diego, and Mexico would give up its territory between Texas and California, with a boundary to be surveyed. Mexican peace commissioners Luis G. Cuevas, Bernardo Couto, and Miguel Atristain spent a good deal of time on various drafts of Articles VIII and IX, which dealt with the issues of property rights and U.S. citizenship for Mexican citizens in the newly ceded regions. The Mexican commissioners succeeded in amplifying the texts of the two articles. They also introduced Article XI, which gave the United States responsibility for controlling hostile Indian incursions originating on the U.S. side of the border. (Article XI proved to be a source of irritation between the two nations and was subsequently negated by the Gadsden Treaty of 1854.) On his own initiative, Trist offered an indemnity of $15 million, judging that this would gain acceptance for the treaty among those who felt that the United States had already paid enough in "blood and treasure." After reaching agreement on all these issues, Trist drew up an English-language draft of the treaty and Cuevas translated it into Spanish, preserving the idiom and thought rather than the literal meaning. Finally, on 2 February 1 1848, the Mexican representatives met Trist in the Villa of Guadalupe Hidalgo, across from the shrine of the patron saint of Mexico. They signed the treaty and then celebrated a mass together at the basilica. Signing the treaty was only the beginning of the process; it still had to be ratified by the congresse |
Who's missing: Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones? | Davy | Davy Jones: Official Site View Cart Davy After The Monkees first disbanded in 1971, Davy launched a solo career that included recordings, song writing, live performances, theatre, TV, film & personal appearances. An extremely able horseman who once dreamed of a career as a jockey, Jones earned his amateur riding licence in the late 1970’s, rode his first winner at the age of 50 and kept a stable of horses which he trained. After years of telling stories of his incredible life, Davy penned an autobiography (or “ought-to-buy-ography” as he called it) in 1987, They Made a Monkee Out of Me, as well as two more titles. Davy Jones Davy was always interested in new ideas and started many businesses, from clothing & art stores to a record label and music publishing company. Throughout his life, Jones gave generously to many charities, and worked especially hard to raise funds and awareness for MS. With a career that spanned five decades, Davy Jones will always have a secure place in pop culture history as well as in the hearts of his ever-growing global fan base! Early life Born December 30, 1945 in Openshaw, Manchester, England as the youngest of four and only son of Harry & Doris Jones, David grew up a happy, energetic child. He showed promise in athletics, acting and music. In late 1959, his Aunt Jessie became his first agent when she answered an ad in the Manchester Evening News calling for “school boys to audition for a radio play”. David got the lead role in There is a Happy Land, at the time the longest part ever written for a teenager in a B.B.C. play. From there, David was cast in TV roles on June Evening, Z-Cars and as Colin Lomax, the grandson of Ena Sharples on the iconic British soap opera, Coronation Street. During this time, Doris Jones passed away after many years of suffering from emphysema. This prompted David to change plans and pursue a career as a jockey instead of acting. His father was put in touch with Newmarket-based trainer Basil Foster after contacting a local paper in Manchester regarding his son. After a six week trial during the summer of 1960, David quit school and moved to Newmarket at the end of the year to begin his apprenticeship with Basil Foster at Holland House. It was during his time as an apprentice jockey that David’s career and life would change forever. 1960s A talent agent who owned horses trained by Basil Foster took a liking to the charming young stable boy and, learning of his past experience on television & radio, had David come to London to audition for a part in Lionel Bart’s new musical production of Oliver! His Mancunian accent was the only problem, and was encouraged to try again for the part. David perfected his cockney dialect while appearing as Little Michael in a stage production of Peter Pan that starred Jane Asher as Wendy. When the play ended, he returned to London and secured the role of The Artful Dodger. After a successful run in the West End, Oliver! was Broadway bound, including 16 year-old David Jones! Starring alongside veteran actors, Georgia Brown and Clive Revill, David stole the show night after night and eventually earned a Tony nomination. David, along with his cast mates, appeared on The Ed Sulllivan Show on February 9, 1964, the same night The Beatles were introduced to American audiences. Being young, talented, charismatic, good looking & British made David an even bigger prospect once Beatlemania broke out. When David’s run with Oliver! came to an end in 1965, he was asked by David Merrick to join the cast of his production of Pickwick, alongside the venerable Harry Secombe. It was a temporary role, but played in Los Angeles and San Francisco which was exactly where Jones wanted to be. Once in Hollywood, he signed a contract with Ward Sylvester of Screen Gems (then the TV division of Columbia Pictures), which also included a recording contract on their label, Colpix. 1965 was a year of searching for the right vehicle for Jones. He had guest appearances in Ben Casey, The Farmer’s Daughter, and finally The Monkees project emerged. He had already re |
What was the name of the Independent Counsel who investigated the death of White House Counsel Vince Foster, the Whitewater real estate investment scandal, and Bill Clintons less than stellar grasp of the truth, ultimately leading to Clinton's impeachment? | Washingtonpost.com: Hillary Clinton and the Whitewater Controversy: A Close-Up Hillary Clinton and the Whitewater Controversy: A Close-Up By David Maraniss and Susan Schmidt Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, June 2, 1996; Page A01 The First Lady and Whitewater: Who's Who JAMES B. McDOUGAL Friend of Bill Clinton and gubernatorial aide during Clinton's first term, he was a partner with the Clintons in the Whitewater real estate venture and owned the failed Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. He was convicted last week on federal fraud and conspiracy charges. SUSAN McDOUGAL James McDougal's former wife and partner in the Whitewater real estate venture. She was also convicted last week in the Whitewater-related fraud trial. RICHARD MASSEY Young associate at the Rose Law Firm when Madison Guaranty became a client in 1985. Hillary Rodham Clinton has said Massey played a key role in bringing in Madison as a Rose client, but he does not remember the events in the same way. RONALD CLARK Current managing partner of the Rose Law Firm. While Hillary Clinton has said Massey asked for her help in getting McDougal to pay his outstanding legal bills in April 1985, Clark maintains that they were already paid by November 1984. GARY BUNCH Onetime president of Madison Bank & Trust, another McDougal-owned financial entity that owed money to the Rose Law Firm. BEVERLY BASSETT SCHAFFER A Gov. Bill Clinton appointee to the Arkansas Securities Commission, she took a telephone call from Hillary Clinton in April 1985, six days after McDougal put Rose Law Firm on retainer. SETH WARD Arkansas businessman hired by McDougal to assist in land acquisition for the Castle Grande project, and Webster Hubbell's father-in-law. Hillary Clinton worked with Ward on certain legal details of the project she knew as IDC. WEBSTER L. HUBBELL President Clinton's appointee as associate U.S. attorney general and former partner in the Rose firm, he pleaded guilty to defrauding the firm and its clients through false billings. JIM GUY TUCKER Arkansas governor convicted last week on mail fraud and conspiracy charges linked to the Castle Grande deal. He announced his intention to resign this summer. DAVID HALE Former Arkansas municipal judge and owner of a small business investment company, he pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal Small Business Administration and was the chief government witness in the trial of the McDougals and Gov. Tucker. SAM BRATTON An aide to Gov. Clinton who oversaw regulatory issues, he was alerted by Arkansas Securities Commissioner Schaffer that McDougal's S&L was in trouble with federal authorities. VINCENT FOSTER Former Rose Law Firm partner who went to the Clinton White House as deputy counsel. At Rose, Foster had been billing partner in work the firm did for Madison Bank & Trust. CAROLYN HUBER Former Rose Law Firm office manager who worked in the White House residence handling the Clintons' personal correspondence. She packed away Hillary Clinton's law firm records in a box of "knickknacks" and said she was unaware they were the long-sought Rose billing records. DAVID R. GERGEN As counselor to the president, Gergen advised the Clintons to share all Whitewater-related documents with The Washington Post in December 1993. In an interview in January, Hillary Clinton suggested that she and the president had done just that with the New York Times during the 1992 campaign, but five days later the White House issued a clarification saying she was mistaken. ALSTON JENNINGS Prominent Little Rock lawyer who represented businessman Seth Ward. He visited the White House residence and talked with Hillary Clinton and her lawyer David Kendall around the time the first lady's law firm billing records appeared on a table in the third-floor book room of the White House residence. DAVID KENDALL The first lady's personal lawyer on Whitewater issues announced discovery of the billing records and turned them over to the independent counsel. Kendall called the billing records episode "another of the meaningless mysteries of Whitewater." In the four years that Hil |
The directions to what location are either “second to the right and straight on till morning’ (according to the book), or ‘second star to the right, and straight on till morning’ (says the film)? | Neverland – Neverpedia, the Peter Pan wiki Jump to: navigation , search Illustration of Peter Pan playing the pipes, with Neverland in the background by F D Bedford, from the novel Peter and Wendy published in 1911 Neverland (also spelled Never Land and also known as Never Never Land) is a fictional world featured in the works of J. M. Barrie and those based on them. It is the dwelling place of Peter Pan , Tinker Bell , the Lost Boys , and others. People in Neverland may cease to age, and its best known resident famously refused to grow up, so it is often used as a metaphor for eternal childhood (and childishness), immortality, and escapism. Neverland has been featured prominently in subsequent works, either adapting Barrie's works or expanding upon them. These Neverlands sometimes vary in nature from the original, which seems fitting as Barrie originally described them as doing that. Contents 5 See also Name The name was possibly inspired by the contemporary term for outback Australia: the Never Never. Barrie wrote that "the Neverlands" are not all alike, and even he couldn't seem to make up his mind what the proper name of the place was. In the earliest drafts of the play and the program for the original 1904 production, the island was called "Never Never Never Land"; the characters in the play itself referred to it as "the Never Never Land". This version of the name caught on, and it is widely known that way. In his 1911 novelization Peter and Wendy , Barrie referred to "the Neverland", and its many variations were "the Neverlands". In the 1928 published version of the script, it was written as "the Never Land", and Disney appears to have standardized on "Never Land". Nature Disney's Neverland The novel explains that the Neverlands are found in the minds of children, and that although each is "always more or less an island", and they have a family resemblance, they are not the same from one child to the next. For example, John Darling 's "had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it" while his little brother Michael 's "had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it". The novel further explains that the Neverlands are compact enough that adventures are never far between. It says that a map of a child's mind would resemble a map of Neverland, with no boundaries at all. According to the authorized 2006 sequel Peter Pan in Scarlet , the island was pushed up from the ground by imagination. The unauthorized 2004 prequel Peter and the Starcatchers presents it as a normal island, named by Peter after the Never Land, the sailing vessel on which he was sent away from civilization. Neverland waking up to Peter Pan's return in the 2003 film Peter Pan In Barrie's original tale, Peter led Wendy and her brothers to Neverland by flying "second to the right, and then straight on till morning." for many days, though it is stated in the novel that Peter made up these directions on the spot to impress Wendy, and that they found the island only because it was out looking for them. In the 1953 Disney film, Peter Pan , the word "star" is added to the directions Peter speaks: "second star to the right, and straight on till morning." That phrase is widely quoted, and was used again in the 1991 movie Hook . Inexplicably, the 1988 direct-to-video adaptation changes it to "first on the left and straight on till morning". In Peter Pan in Scarlet, the children get to the Neverland world by flying on a road called the High Way, and the island is located in a sea known as the Sea of One Thousand Islands. The passage of time in Neverland is ambiguous. The novel Peter Pan mentions that there are many more suns and moons there than in our world, making time difficult to track. Although widely thought of as a place where children don't grow up, Barrie wrote that Lost Boys eventually grew up and have to leave, and fairies there lived typically short lifespans. According to Peter Pan in Scarlet, time froze to the children as soon as they got into Neverland. Locations Most of the adventures in the stories take place in the Neverwood. The Lost |
What does a funambulist walk on? | funambulist | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary a tightrope walker . Also called (osolete): funambulator Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Derived forms funambulism (fuˈnambulism) or funambulation (fuˌnambuˈlation) obsolete noun C18: from Latin fūnambulus rope dancer, from fūnis rope + ambulāre to walk funambulist in American English (fjuˈnæmbjulɪst ; fyo̅onamˈbyo̅olist) Definitions noun a tightrope walker Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition, compiled by the editors of Webster’s New World Dictionaries. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. |
Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations? | Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations? | Reference.com Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations? A: Quick Answer Ban Ki-moon is the Secretary-General of the United Nations as of 2014. He came into office Jan. 1, 2007, and he started his second term after being unanimously reelected on June 27, 2011. His present term will end on December 31, 2016. Full Answer Ban was born in North Chungcheong province in Japanese-controlled Korea on June 13, 1944. When the Korean War broke out when he was six years old, Ban and his family were forced to hide on a remote mountainside. "I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild," said Ban of his childhood. Ban's family eventually returned to Chungcheong. In high school, Ban excelled at English, and he won a Red Cross essay contest that let him live in San Francisco for several months. He also met President John F. Kennedy during the trip, and when a journalist at the event asked Ban what he wanted to be when he grew up, he replied that he wanted to become a diplomat. Ban fulfilled his career goal. Before becoming secretary general, Ban served for 37 years with Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and eventually became Minister of Foreign Affairs and trade. As secretary general of the UN, Ban has since focused on advocating for women's rights, environmental protection and sustainable development, accountability for human rights violations, supporting countries recovering from natural disasters and making the UN more transparent and efficient. |
What disease does the DSM-IV define as: (1) has a grandiose sense of self-importance (2) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love (3) believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (4) requires excessive admiration (5) has a sense of entitlement, (6) is interpersonally exploitative (7) lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others (8) is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her (9) shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes | Does DSM-IV Have Equivalents for the Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) Diagnosis? Does DSM-IV Have Equivalents for the Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) Diagnosis? Department of Child Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York, New York, USA Child custody evaluators commonly find themselves confronted with resistance when they attempt to use the term parental alienation syndrome (PAS) in courts of law. Although convinced that the patient being evaluated suffers with the disorder, they often find that the attorneys who represent alienated parents, although agreeing with the diagnosis, will discourage use of the term in the evaluators� reports and testimony. Most often, they will request that the evaluator merely use the term parental alienation (PA). On occasion they will ask whether other DSM-IV diagnoses may be applicable. The purpose of this article is to elucidate the reasons for the reluctance to use the PAS diagnosis and the applicability of PA as well as current DSM-IV substitute diagnoses. Mental health professionals, family law attorneys, and judges are generally in agreement that in recent years we have seen a disorder in which one parent alienates the child against the other parent. This problem is especially common in the context of child-custody disputes where such programming enables the indoctrinating parent to gain leverage in the court of law. There is significant controversy, however, regarding the term to use for this phenomenon. In 1985 I introduced the term parental alienation syndrome to describe this phenomenon ( Gardner, 1985a ). The Parental Alienation Syndrome In association with this burgeoning of child-custody litigation, we have witnessed a dramatic increase in the frequency of a disorder rarely seen previously, a disorder that I refer to as the parental alienation syndrome (PAS). In this disorder we see not only programming ("brainwashing") of the child by one parent to denigrate the other parent, but self-created contributions by the child in support of the alienating parent�s campaign of denigration against the alienated parent. Because of the child�s contribution I did not consider the terms brainwashing, programming, or other equivalent words to be sufficient. Furthermore, I observed a cluster of symptoms that typically appear together, a cluster that warranted the designation syndrome. Accordingly, I introduced the term parental alienation syndrome to encompass the combination of these two contributing factors that contributed to the development of the syndrome (Gardner, 1985a). In accordance with this use of the term I suggest this definition of the parental alienation syndrome: The parental alienation syndrome (PAS) is a childhood disorder that arises almost exclusively in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation is the child�s campaign of denigration against a parent, a campaign that has no justification. It results from the combination of a programming (brainwashing) parent�s indoctrinations and the child�s own contributions to the vilification of the target parent. When true parental abuse and/or neglect is present, the child�s animosity may be justified and so the parental alienation syndrome explanation for the child�s hostility is not applicable. It is important to note that indoctrinating a PAS into a child is a form of abuse�emotional abuse�because it can reasonably result in progressive attenuation of the psychological bond between the child and a loving parent. In many cases it can result in total destruction of that bond, with lifelong alienation. In some cases, then, it may be even worse than other forms of abuse, e.g., physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. A parent who demonstrates such reprehensible behavior has a serious parenting defect, their professions of exemplary parenting notwithstanding. Typically, they are so intent on destroying the bond between the child and the alienated parent that they blind themselves to the formidable psychological consequence |
What part of the body is afflicted by gingivitis? | How does gum disease affect my body? - Healthy Teeth & Mouth - Sharecare Healthy Teeth & Mouth Topics | Oral Health | Healthy Teeth & Mouth | How does gum disease affect my body? A Answers (5) A American Dental Association answered Research between systemic diseases and periodontal diseases is ongoing. While a link is not conclusive, some studies indicate that severe gum disease may be associated with several other health conditions such as diabetes or stroke. It is possible to have gum disease and have no warning signs. That is one reason why regular dental checkups and periodontal examinations are very important. Treatment methods depend upon the type of disease and how far the condition has progressed. Good dental care at home is essential to help keep periodontal disease from becoming more serious or recurring. A Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD , Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease), answered The plaque that builds up around your teeth can hurt your heart as well as your gums. Watch this animation to see how plaque in your mouth can build up and block the arteries leading to the heart. Helpful? 1 person found this helpful. A Dr. Todd A. Welch, DMD , Periodontics, answered Current models of mucosal surfaces of oral, gut, lung, and skin tissue postulate that local bacterial antigens, derived from biofilms on surfaces, regulate local tolerance, local immune response, and systemic response by way of an "information relay system" through a series of nuclear factor-kappa beta pathways to synthesize and secrete cytokines and chemokines to regulate the inflammatory process at local as well as distant sites. Evidence is also accumulating that the predominant cells of the periodontium, gingival fibroblasts, are capable of producing prostaglandins, interleukins (IL-1beta [β], IL-6, IL-8), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and interferon- gamma (IFN-γ). It is hypothesized that these mediators modulate inflammation locally as well as at a distant site of infection. One presupposes the direct role of oral bacteria or their products in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic plaque in myocardial infarctions. An alternative explanation is the possible role of mediators in inflammation initiated by periodontal pathogens in the development of chronic complications. There is general agreement that chronic diseases, such as atherosclerosis, stroke, and diabetes, are multifactorial in origin. But there is growing evidence that these diseases are influenced by gingival inflammation and chronic periodontal infections. In a series of cross-sectional studies, a strong relationship has been found between acutephase C-reactive protein (CRP) in serum and the severity of periodontal diseases. CRP is triggered by infections, trauma, necrosis, and malignancy, and is also linked to heart disease and diabetes. CRP is synthesized in the liver in response to proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1α, IL-1β, and IL-6. TNF-α, IFN-γ, and transforming growth factor also participate in the production. The current therapeutic strategy to control periodontal infections involves mechanical removal of deposits, both supra- and subgingival. A Carol Jahn , Dentist, answered Gum disease hurts your body in many ways. First and foremost; it can lead to pain, bone loss, and ultimately tooth loss. Our teeth are essential to healthy eating; when we lose the ability to chew well, it affects our overall nutrition and our body. Second, our teeth are integral to our smile. Tooth loss or discomfort with the way our mouth looks can lead to a loss of self-esteem and confidence. When we lose teeth, we also lose bone and that effects the structure of our face causing premature aging. There is also growing evidence that the gum disease may effect the rest of our bodies too. When you have gum disease, your mouth is inflamed and these inflammatory agents may increase inflammation in other parts of your body. It has been observed that people with heart disease are more likely to have gum disease and vice versa. People with diabetes who have gum disease may have a harder time controlling their bl |
According to the 1979 Buggles hit, what did video kill? | Buggles - Video killed the radio star 1979 - YouTube Buggles - Video killed the radio star 1979 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 Jan 16, 2008 Buggles - Video killed the radio star 1979 I heard you on the wireless back in 52 lying awake intent a tuning in on you if I was young it didn't stop you coming through They took the credit for your second symphony re-written by machine and new technology and now I understand the problems you can see Oh oh -- I met your children oh oh -- what did you tell them video killed the radio star video killed the radio star pictures came and broke your heart we can't rewind we've gone too far And now we meet in an abandoned studio we hear the playback and it seems so long ago and you remember the jingle used to go Oh oh -- you were the first one oh oh -- you were the last one video killed the radio star video killed the radio star in my mind and in my car we can't rewind we've gone too far Video killed the radio star video killed the radio star in my mind and in my car we can't rewind we've gone too far (Instrumental) Video killed the radio star video killed the radio star In my mind and in my car we can't rewind we've gone too far pictures came and broke your heart look I'll play my VCR Oh radio star Video killed the radio star video killed the radio star video killed the radio star video killed the radio star Video killed the radio star video killed the radio star video killed the radio star video killed the radio star video killed the radio star Category |
American author William Sydney Porter, known for his wit, wordplay, and clever twist endings, wrote under what famous pseudonym while in prison for embezzlement? | O. Henry - Biography - IMDb Biography Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (9) | Personal Quotes (6) Overview (4) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (1) O. Henry was an American writer whose short stories are known for wit, wordplay and clever twist endings. He wrote nearly 600 stories about life in America. He was born William Sidney Porter on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a medical doctor. When William was three his mother died and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt. He left school at the age of 15 and then had a number of jobs, including bank clerk. In 1896 he was accused of embezzlement. He absconded from the law to New Orleans and later fled to Honduras. When he learned that his wife was dying, he returned to US and surrendered to police. Although there has been much debate over his actual guilt, he was convicted of embezzling funds from the bank that employed him, he was sentenced to 5 years in jail. In 1898 he was sent to the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio. While in prison he began writing short stories in order to support his young daughter Margaret. His first published story was "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking" (1899). He used a pseudonym, Olivier Henry, only once and changed his pen name to O. Henry, not wanting his readers to know he was in jail. He published 12 stories while in prison. After serving 3 years of the five-year sentence, he was released for good behavior. He moved to New York City in 1902 and wrote a story a week for the New York World, and also for other publishers. His first collection of stories was "Cabbages and Kings" (1904). The next collection, "The Four Million" (1906), included his well-known stories "The Gift of the Magi", "The Skylight Room" and "The Green Door". One of his last stories, "The Ransom of Red Chief" (1910), is perhaps the best known of his works. Among its film adaptations are Ruthless People (1986) with Danny DeVito and Bette Midler , The Ransom of Red Chief (1998), The Ransom of Red Chief (1911) and Delovye lyudi (1962) (aka "Business People") by director Leonid Gayday , starring Georgiy Vitsin and Yuriy Nikulin In his lifetime O. Henry was able to see the silent film adaptations of his stories; The Sacrifice (1909), Trying to Get Arrested (1909) and His Duty (1909). His success brought the attendant pressure, and he suffered from alcohol addiction. His second marriage lasted 2 years, and his wife left him in 1909. He died of cirrhosis of the liver, on June 5, 1910, in New York, New York. O. Henry is credited for creation of The Cisco Kid, whose character alludes to Robin Hood and Don Quixote. The Arizona Kid (1930) and The Cisco Kid (1931) are among the best known adaptations of his works. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Shelokhonov Spouse (2) ( 5 July 1887 - 25 July 1897) (her death) (2 children) Trivia (9) Arrested and convicted of embezzling funds from the bank that employed him, he was sent to the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio to serve a five year sentence. He began writing his by-now famous short stories in prison in order to help support his daughter, Margaret. He was released after three years and soon after changed his pen name to O. Henry. Though many sources indicate O. Henry's real name as "William Sydney Porter", his middle name at birth was actually Sidney with an "i". He changed the spelling of his middle name to "Sydney" when he began working for newspapers in the 1880s. Porter is said to have derived the pen-name O. Henry from the name of a girlfriend's cat. His only formal education was received at the school of his Aunt Lina, where he developed a lifelong love of books. Died at the age of forty seven. An alcoholic, he died virtually penniless. Licensed as a pharmacist at 19 (1881). He worked as a pharmacist during his imprisonment for embezzlement (1898-1901). In 1888, his wife gave birth to a premature son, who died a few hours later. Their daughter Margaret Worth Porter was born on September 30, 1889. Second wife Sara Lindsey Coleman was his childho |
Based in Seattle, the TV show Fraiser was a spinoff of what long running series? | Frasier (TV Series 1993–2004) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Dr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist. Creators: Roz wins a weekend at a ski lodge, and trades it to Frasier. Daphne invites along her friend Annie, a swimsuit model. Frasier is taken with her, but she is interested in Niles. Added to the mix is ... 9.5 Frasier tries to direct an old-time radio drama for KACL, but his over-directing turns the show into a complete disaster - just as Niles predicted. 9.4 Frasier, Niles, Daphne, Martin, and Roz move on to new chapters in their lives. 9.2 a list of 41 titles created 15 Feb 2012 a list of 38 titles created 08 Jan 2015 a list of 26 titles created 10 May 2015 a list of 22 titles created 27 Oct 2015 a list of 44 titles created 11 months ago Search for " Frasier " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 127 wins & 272 nominations. See more awards » Photos The regulars of the Boston bar Cheers share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name. Stars: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger In this sitcom, Charlie, who takes Mike Flaherty's place in later years, is the Deputy-Mayor of New York City, and his team of half-wits must constantly save the Mayor from embarrassment and the media. Stars: Michael J. Fox, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear Will and Grace live together in an apartment in New York. He's a gay lawyer, she's a straight interior designer. Stars: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally Light television comedy featuring Paul and Jaime Buchman as a recently married couple in New York City. They point out the gentle humor of domesticity and in the everyday situations of life. Stars: Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow Al Bundy is a misanthropic women's shoe salesman with a miserable life. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous. Stars: Ed O'Neill, Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal The staff of a New York City taxicab company go about their job while they dream of greater things. Stars: Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito Hot-tempered journalist Maya Gallo got herself fired from yet another job when she made an anchorwoman cry on the air with some gag copy on the teleprompter. Unable to find a job anywhere ... See full summary » Stars: Laura San Giacomo, Enrico Colantoni, George Segal The Banks family, a respectable Californian family, take in a relative - Will Smith, a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia. The idea is to make him respectable, responsible and mature, but Will has got other plans... Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Alfonso Ribeiro Delivery man Doug Heffernan has a good life: He's got a pretty wife (Carrie), a big TV and friends to watch it with. Then Carrie's goofy and annoying father Arthur moves in with them. Stars: Kevin James, Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times. Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X A free spirited yoga instructor finds true love in a conservative lawyer and they got married on the first date. Though they are polar opposites; her need of stability is fulfilled with him, his need of optimism is fulfilled with her. Stars: Jenna Elfman, Thomas Gibson, Joel Murray The misadventures of a tough female television journalist and her friends. Stars: Candice Bergen, Grant Shaud, Robert Pastorelli Edit Storyline Dr. Frasier Crane, a |
For the 1st time ever, a person has won both a best actor/actress Oscar and a Razzie for the worst actor/actress in the same year. Who did it this year? | Least Deserving Oscar Winner of All Time Follow DL on Least Deserving Oscar Winner of All Time It could be an actor, actress, film, director, supporting, etc. Everyone always says Elizabeth Taylor for Butterfield 8 was a Pity Oscar. What's the one Oscar-winner where you shook your head and said, "Um, what?" by Anonymous Greatest Show on Earth, best picture 1952 (?) by Anonymous I know there's more. She's just one of the more egregious recent ones. by Anonymous Katharine Hepburn - all four wins Elizabeth Taylor - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? by Anonymous Don't we do this thread every week? by Anonymous I saw Butterfield 8 several years ago. Liz wasn't bad in it at all! by Anonymous Definitely Crash. For Acting, Hilary Swank's second. by Anonymous Least Deserving Oscar Winner For... Best Picture: Crash Best Director: Mel Gibson, Braveheart Best Actor: Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman Best Actress: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls by Anonymous 02/25/2014 Pierre Boulle, Best Adapted Screenplay for Bridge on the River Kwai: He couldn't even write or speak English: he wrote the book the movie was based on, but didn't contribute a word to the screenplay and was used as a front for blacklisted writers during the McCarthy era Hugh Griffith, Best Supporting Actor for Ben-Hur: His performance is utterly forgettable. People mock Charlton Heston's overacting, but at least you remember what he does. Or Pacino going "Hoo-ah!" in Scent of a Woman. Griffith is neither good nor bad, he doesn't do anything! He's just there. At least the scenery-chewers do something. This one is doubly perplexing as Ben-Hur already had an excellent candidate for Supporting Actor: Stephen Boyd as Messala. by Anonymous reply 12 02/25/2014 Liz was terrible in Butterfield 8. She had no chemistry with Laurence Hervey at all. The film would have worked better if it was about a gay guy and his fag hag. Liz would have been brilliant in that role. Halle Berry might be one crazy cunt but all least she accepted her Razzie! For all her insanity she really was a good sport about everything. Julia Roberts winning was a farce.What a shitty actress she is.She's not even in the same class as her brother Eric Roberts let alone a Meryl Streep. by Anonymous reply 18 02/25/2014 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" as Best Song in 1984 (from "The Woman in Red"). Gimme a fuckin' break! In what universe is that an Oscar-worthy song???? by Anonymous reply 19 02/25/2014 Get ready for Jennifer Lawrence (x2)! It's gonna happen. And she didn't even need to campaign. Also, Argo. Why the heck did Hollywood feel bad for Ben Affleck when he didn't get nominated? Dude has never done a significant film and this was only his third directed movie. Probably because they didn't rewatch Argo to see if it held up (it doesn't). Zero Dark Thirty was robbed...Kathryn Bigelow is the one who should've been held up by the industry amid the faux controversy. by Anonymous reply 20 02/25/2014 I'm by no means a Swank fan, but I thought she was beyond great in Million Dollar Baby. She's been amazing in exactly 2 roles and was lucky enough to win 2 Oscars as a result. I think it's a shame more potent actors don't even have one, but she was great in both of those roles. by Anonymous [quote]Titanic was another undeserving flick. Well, The Full Monty wasn't deserving either. by Anonymous reply 49 02/25/2014 gotta agree with R53. Vivien Leigh was perfection as Scarlett O'Hara. No actress of her time would've been better in the role. by Anonymous reply 51 02/25/2014 'Triumph Of The Will' is a good film too, R57. Watching it didn't turn me into a nazi. by Anonymous reply 53 02/25/2014 Sandra Bullock for that Lifetime movie where she adopted Shrek. She lives in Texas and she couldn't even manage a Suthun accent. Her face is a botoxed mask. Sidibe deserved it. But because she was a newcomer, people thought she was some urban teen playing herself. We all know now she couldn't be more different than Precious, |
March 10, 1804 saw the US officially take possession of what property, which they purchased from France for a mere $15,000,000? | Westward Expansion - The Educational Forum Of Amanda :] The Educational Forum Of Amanda :] Here is a game based on the Westward Expansion General Summary After the War of 1812 much of America's attention turned to exploration and settlement of its territory to the West, which had been greatly enlarged by the Louisiana Purchase. Families of pioneers swept westward and founded new communities throughout what is now the Midwest, and between 1816 and 1821, six new states were admitted to the Union. The land boom was fed by encouragement from the federal government and the actions of land speculators, who bought up large tracts of land in order to sell it in parcels to farmers at exorbitant prices. These farmers did not mind high prices and high interest on loans due to the growing success of American agricultural products. Most western farmers became cash croppers who sometimes neglected subsistence farming in order to focus on marketable commodities. Soon the farmers' dependence on distant markets caught up with them, however, as the state bank system that had sprung up to support speculation collapsed, dragging agricultural prices and land values down with it. Many western settlers suffered greatly during the Panic of 1819, but most survived and continued the conquest of the West. A major aspect of the conquest of the West was the removal of the Indians who dwelled there. Under the leadership of President Andrew Jackson, the Indians who remained East of the Mississippi were cruelly and violently driven from their homes and concentrated in reservations in what is now Oklahoma. The US Army crushed any resistance to removal. With the West cleared of this obstacle, westerners focused on developing new methods of transporting their goods to market. The canal and railroad systems, which grew up in the North, facilitated a much larger volume of trade and manufacturing while reducing costs a great deal. Great cities sprang up throughout the North and Northwest, bolstered by the improvement in transportation. After the Midwest had been substantially developed, the national focus turned toward the far west. The territory of Texas, controlled by the Spanish, was settled by Americans, who eventually undertook the Texas Rebellion in efforts to win independence. When the United States admitted Texas to the Union in 1845, the Mexican government was outraged, and from 1846 to 1848, the two nation's squared off in the Mexican War . With a resounding victory, the United States gained control of Texas, New Mexico, and California. The Oregon territory was annexed in 1846 as well, and the US controlled the land all the way to the Pacific Ocean. As the population of the West soared and the prospects of statehood for western territories appeared clearer and clearer, the nation battled over the future of slavery in the West. This battle was one reason for the Civil War , which slowed the acceleration of expansion. However, the last three decades of the nineteenth century saw the return of accelerating expansion due to the successful struggle to contain the Plains Indians in reservations, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. By the early twentieth century, the organization of the West was completed, and the United States consisted of all 48 contiguous states. WESTWARD EXPANSION. The original territory of the United States as acknowledged by the treaty with Great Britain, in 1783, consisted of the following thirteen States : New Hampshire , Massachusetts Bay , Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , and Georgia . The boundaries of many of these States, as constituted by their charters, extended to the Pacific Ocean; but in practice they ceased at the Mississippi. Beyond that river the territory belonged, by discovery and settlement, to the King of Spain. All the territory west of the present boundaries of the States was ceded by them to the United States in the order named: Virginia, 1784; Massachusett |
What name is given to the art of trimming trees and shrubs into ornamental shapes? | What Is the Art of Creating Decorative Shapes by Trimming Trees & Shrubs? | Home Guides | SF Gate What Is the Art of Creating Decorative Shapes by Trimming Trees & Shrubs? What Is the Art of Creating Decorative Shapes by Trimming Trees & Shrubs? Animal shapes add a whimsical flair to a garden. Trees and shrubs trimmed into decorative shapes create a formal or whimsical atmosphere for your garden, patio or entryway. As expressions of your sense of humor, playfulness or appreciation for order and design, shaped plants add a new dimension to garden art. Known as topiary, the practice of shaping trees and shrubs has a long history dating to the gardens of ancient Rome. Topiary Plants Topiary requires high maintenance to stay trim and properly shaped. Slow-growing broad-leaf evergreen perennials with small leaves and a dense growth habit are good choices for topiary. Boxwoods (Buxus spp.) have favor with topiarists for their density and toughness. Growing in neutral to acidic well-drained soil in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 to 8, boxwoods are versatile, thriving in full sun or partial shade. Other suitable broad-leaf evergreens include yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) and ligustrum (Ligustrum japonica), which grow in zones 7 through 10, and Japanese holly (Ilex crenata), which grows in zones 6 through 8. Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) is a scaled evergreen shrub that takes shaping well in its hardiness range of zones 3 to 9. Shapes Geometric shapes are used in formal gardens or for container plants as focal points in a grouping or to flank a doorway. Simple forms are squares, rectangles and globes. More intricate designs are tiered with bare-stem sections between geometric shapes -- such as a square at the bottom and a globe at the top of the trunk. Still formal but more stylized, some topiaries are spirals, shaped like tall thin twist cones. Whimsical forms take all shapes, from animals to any design the mind can envision and the plant material can support. Tools Make rough-out cuts with long-handled lopping shears to begin your topiary. Refine the shape with hand pruners. Use shears for shapes with flat sides for a smooth, even surface. You can achieve a uniform shape during ball-shape sculpting with a circular wire hoop as a guide. Wire or wooden frames are used for more intricate designs, such as animals, which can take years to complete. Place a frame over a shrub and allow the shrub to grow through the frame. After the plant grows through the frame, the frame provides a trimming guide for the desired shape. Maintenance Topiary plants require the same care as unsculpted plants of the same species for fertilization and irrigation. Plants in containers require more frequent irrigation than plants growing in the ground. Use a balanced fertilizer blend according to package instructions. Trim your topiary in late spring or early summer to maintain its shape. Another pruning in late summer or early fall tidies up your topiary before the dormant season. Densely growing plants -- such as boxwood -- need periodic thinning. Remove some branches 6 to 12 inches long during the first pruning of the year. The health of your topiary is improved by thinning cuts as more air and light can penetrate the plant, preventing disease and encouraging healthy growth. |
If dog is canine and pig is porcine, what kind of animal is Cetacean? | CIRCOVIRUS OUTBREAK KILLS DOGS IN AS LITTLE AS 48 HOURS December 17, 2013 | TheDogPlace.org Staff Is species-jumping Circovirus a forerunner to more new vaccines and bacterial anomalies that can sicken both people and pets? Ohio Dept. of Agriculture communications director Erica Hawkins said “We have had numerous calls from all across the state.” Hawkins, who has been tracking what’s being called canine circovirus, warns that it can kill in as little as 48 hours from onset of symptoms. Since that news release, circovirus has spread and killed six dogs in Michigan. Pigs are affected by a porcine circovirus but Iowa State Univ. says it doesn’t resemble canine circovirus that much. There is however, one interesting common denominator. According to Wikipedia [1] “PCV-2 (first isolated in 1997) actually causes PMWS, as infection with the virus alone causes no clinical signs; it appears to work synergistically with parvovirus, perhaps with parvovirus activating a latent form of circovirus or weakening the immune system enough for PCV to take hold.” What Are The Symptoms Of Circovirus? According to veterinarians, “symptoms of canine circovirus include vomiting, bloody diarrhea, weight loss, and lethargy.” The disease “also results in fluid collection in the abdomen and around the lungs,” said Ohio veterinarian Melanie Butera. How Contagious Is This Virus? Akron Beacon Journal reports “Samples from one of Dr. Butera's patients are being analyzed and compared to samples from dogs that died in California, possibly from the same disease. Dr. Butera, owner of Elm Ridge Animal Hospital says circovirus was so recently discovered there is “not much information about how it is getting around.” Ohio Ag Dept. director Hawkins agrees, stating what is most concerning to veterinarians and health officials is that no one knows “where it came from and how it spreads.” To savvy dog owners, circovirus is sounding a lot like “Dog Show Crud” first reported in TheDogPress in 2005. That strange virus attacked handlers and dogs during the Central Florida show circuit. Many believe it was a University Of Florida release during research on what would eventually be marketed as canine flu vaccine. The History Of Canine Flu Vaccine is guaranteed to fill in a lot of blanks in the mysteries which surround such sudden, inexplicable new animal (and human) viruses. Where Did Canine Circovirus Come From? Some veterinarians are relating circovirus to both parvo and Norovirus (aka Norwalk Virus) the notorious diarrhea-causing “stomach flu” associated with cruise ships. The internet is flooded with mysterious seal, whale, and porpoise deaths. Among over 800,000 reports, this one sums it up: “A massive string of dead dolphins along the East Coast is most likely due to cetacean morbillivirus, a marine strain of a virus similar to measles ...” In fact, no cause of death has been confirmed and in the meantime, there are over a million returns echoing “dead seals and sea lions washing up on the west coast.” Marine biologists worked overtime this summer to determine why there are “five times as many beached seal pups” and so many adult sea lions are dying. No answer as of this report. Before you rush to get parvo boosters [2] for your pets, hoping that will somehow protect your dog from canine circovirus, consider this. Pig farmers were relieved when Fort Dodge Animal Health “launched the first USDA approved vaccine in 2006, containing an inactivated virus.” Now pigs are affected by the porcine circovirus. There may be a vaccine for Canine Circovirus on the horizon. Or who knows? This may be just another odd story blown out of proportion by hype for more pharmaceuticals. We will keep you informed if it turns out to be Ref [2] Parvo Virus (1978) Parvo Vaccine History For more information on laboratory-created viruses, have a chat with medical "fiction" author Dr. Robin Cook… or you could explore Lyme Disease History - Plum Island Government Research. If you're in a hurry, click ii Instant Information on 30+ Vac |
March 11, 1958 was the birthday of statutory rapist Joey Buttafuoco, who achieved his fame when what underage mistress, known as the Long Island Lolita, shot his wife? | Blog - Criminal Justice Degrees Guide Blog 10 Most Corrupt Movie Cops Most police officers take on the job because they want to serve and protect their communities. But there’s a lot of responsibility and power that comes with carrying a badge and gun. And sometimes, good cops turn bad. Very, very bad, especially in the movies. Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen these films, we’re going to be revealing some key plots twists and endings for some of them, so read at your own risk. We just hope none of these films were based on true stories. Dennis Peck, Internal Affairs You may have trouble picturing Richard Gere as anything but Julia Roberts’ movie soul mate, but he also knows how to play a cop-gone-bad. Gere’s character Dennis Peck, a patrolman with some questionable morals, is a guy you never want to run across, whether he’s on duty or off. At first, you think he’s just a little crooked when it comes to protecting his fellow officers , but it’s worse than that. He sleeps with the wives of his associates, arranges a hit on his partner, and tries to manipulate the internal affairs officers who are investigating him. He’s cold, ruthless, and hiding behind a badge. Hank Quinlan, Touch of Evil Orson Welles not only wrote and directed this classic 1958 film noir; he also starred as the terrible police captain, Hank Quinlan. The captain has been planting evidence for years so that he’ll get more convictions in his cases. That’s not so bad, right? Well, when a drug enforcement officer , Miguel Vargas, is onto him, Quinlan becomes much worse, having Vargas’ wife kidnapped and framed for murder, and then trying to get Vargas himself arrested for a murder Quinlan committed. Does it help that Quinlan had planted evidence on a guilty person? Detective Trupo, American Gangster This character, played by a mustachioed Josh Brolin, kills a guy’s dog. That’s basically all you need to know to understand that he’s a seriously dirty cop. Since American Gangster is based on the true story of gangster Frank Lucas, Trupo is based on a real person Lucas referred to as Babyface, though it’s unclear how many of the details were made up for the movie. Trupo bullies and intimidates in order to get a cut of Lucas’ drug money, and runs his district like a criminal boss, even threatening fellow policemen . In the end, he proves himself corrupt and cowardly, killing himself to avoid prosecution. Lucien Cordier, Coup de Torchon Leave it to the French to show us a movie “policier” unlike any other. Lucien Cordier is an officer in a French West African village and is basically trampled on by everyone in his life, including the local criminals and his own wife. You can probably see where this is headed. Cordier snaps and uses his power for evil, slowly but surely killing all those who had humiliated him throughout his career by his own hand and by manipulating others. Whether it’s out of revenge or the desire to cleanse his village of terrible human beings, you’ll agree that he’s not your ideal police officer. Colin Sullivan, The Departed In this film about two informants (a police informant and a mob informant), Colin Sullivan ends up on the corrupt side of the battle. Sullivan is trained by a mob boss to become a mole in the police department and is then tasked with finding the rat in the boss’ crew, an undercover cop in the mafia. Sullivan feeds information to the very guy he’s supposed to be working against as a cop, and ends up getting lots of police officers killed, as well as killing some himself. If you didn’t understand how corrupt he was throughout the whole movie, though, the obvious-metaphor rat in the very last scene should’ve given it away. Samuel Norton, Shawshank Redemption OK, you caught us. Warden Samuel Norton isn’t quite a police officer; he’s in charge of a prison in Maine. But he’s too corrupt and the movie’s too good to leave off of the list. Norton uses Andy Dufresne, a former banker and now prisoner, to launder kickbacks he’s receiving for taking advantage of the prisoners. To keep Dufresne from quitting the immoral practice, Norto |
What insignia are Generals in the US armed forces allowed to wear on their uniforms? | Wearing Military Medals All Insignia Left Front Wearing Military Medals Wearing Military Medals This page addresses wearing military award medals in general. There are specific pages which address wearing the Eagle Scout Medal with military uniforms and the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal with Scouting uniforms. As a general rule, medals and other awards (patches, pins, belt loops) given or awarded to Cubs, Scouts, Venturers/Sea Scouts and their adult leaders (volunteer and professional) should not be worn until consulting with your Council's Scout Executive (no, your "DE" or local executive will NOT work -- they don't have authority to let you wear those items -- only the Council Scout Executive has that authority and he or she cannot delegate it to anyone else per BSA regulations and policy). Even so, medals and medallions are worn only during formal events or activities and is always worn when officials or leaders of that organization is present. For instance, if you are a holder of a labor union award in addition to the Meany Labor Relationships Award, you should wear both awards at union conferences or meetings whereby you are there as a BSA member. Other times, you should only wear the Meany Award square knot emblem with your uniform. With the exception of unit patches, cloth crests or cloth shields which can be worn one at a time centered on the right pocket of the Scout or Scouter's uniform shirt, NO military badge, award, pin, branch or service insignia, device, or medal will be worn with the official unforms (to include Venturing "distinctive dress identity" (DDI) ) of the Boy Scouts of America. There IS an exception for Venturing "re-enactment" Crews which should be in period uniforms including the military insigina . The first days of the BSA: In the first days of the BSA, Army and Navy ribbons and decorations (a "decoration" is a commendation, performance, or valor award (like this Silver Star, shown right) granted under the name of the President, the War Department (Defense Department today), or the services's secretary) were allowed to be worn with the official BSA uniform of the day. The wearing of such insignia gave confidence to youth members and their parents that "someone of quality" was instructing their sons in the craft of Scouting. This was done away with in 1939 by action of the BSA's National Executive Board. As a part of this action, the BSA did allow for ONE such medal or award -- typically the highest personal decoration or service medal -- to be retained by former military to wear with the uniform. The medal's ribbon can be worn alongside the BSA's newly established square knot insignia a few years later. The CURRENT POLICY - take 1: In 1972, the BSA's National Executive Board established the policy which is still in force today: NO military insignia, excluding patches which could be worn as a temporary emblem centered on the right pocket, are to be worn with the BSA's uniform. There were some exceptions. One exception called for military-style rank badges ("Commander", "Sergeant", etc.) to be worn with Exploring "Distinctive Dress Identity" or DDI. Another exception was that the Law Enforcement and Sea Exploring ribbons could be worn above square knot insignia on the BSA's Explorer and Sea Explorer uniforms. Finally, another exception was for the Antartic Service Medal (shown right), which was awarded through the National Science Foundation to a Scout or Explorer who was selected and participated in a BSA-promoted several-month research trip to the South Pole. Someone (it was NOT the NSF, according to their Scouting liaison person) created a square knot so that those few holders could be recognized informally. The BSA did NOT approve this, but several former participants in the South Pole Expeditions did wear the unofficial square knot insignia. The CURRENT POLICY - take 2: In 1978, the BSA's National Executive Board, as part of the "Return to Scouting" theme which was going through the Boy Scouts of America during the middle 70s, officially did away with militar |
His nickname having come from his dog, what is Indiana Jones's real first name? | 10 Awesome Indiana Jones Facts | Mental Floss 10 Awesome Indiana Jones Facts Image credit: Like us on Facebook Twenty-seven years after we saw the first installment of the Indiana Jones series, the fourth movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens nationwide tomorrow. In honor of the occasion, we'll take a look at all the movies and tell you some stories you may not know about the Indy franchise. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 1. It Started with Bond Ambitions George Lucas wrote a story called "The Adventures of Indiana Smith" in 1973. While on vacation in Hawaii in 1977, he spoke with Steven Spielberg, who mentioned he always wanted to do a James Bond film . Lucas told him the Indiana Smith character was even better than James Bond, and that's how the collaboration between the two movie giants began. * 2. Tom Selleck Almost Starred in It Spielberg wanted to use Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones from the beginning, but Lucas rejected the idea, since he had already used Ford in American Grafitti and Star Wars. So Tom Selleck was chosen for the role. However, he dropped out to star in the television series Magnum, P.I. Selleck thought it would be a scheduling conflict, but filming on Raiders of the Lost Ark finished before Magnum went into production. Nick Nolte turned down the role also. Danny DeVito was the first choice for the character Sallah, but dropped out to do the TV show Taxi. 3. The Fourth Wall (it keeps out snakes) Indiana Jones is not the only one afraid of snakes . When Marion (Karen Allen) falls in the snake pit, you can see the reflection of a cobra in the glass wall between them. You can also see a glass wall between Indiana and the cobra in the original movie and videotape, but it was cleaned up for the DVD release. The Temple of Doom (1984) 4. Star Wars Tributes There are many Star Wars touches in The Temple of Doom. The name of the nightclub in Shanghai is Club Obi Wan. The sound effect you hear when the lava pit opens as they begin to sacrifice Willie is the sound of Darth Vader opening his light saber. The sound effect of the plane failure is the same sound effect used for the Millennium Falcon when it stalls in The Empire Strikes Back. And the vest that Indy wears in his palace room was made for Han Solo. * 5. Dan Akroyd has a Cameo? Part of the crew made cameo appearances. In the airport scene at the beginning of the movie, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, costume design Anthony Powell, and PR man Sid Ganis are missionaries. Executive producer George Marshall is a coolie pulling a rickshaw. Dan Akroyd (not a crew member) appears as an airport official who walks the cast to the plane. 6. An Elephant Almost Ruined the Movie The dress Kate Capshaw wore in the Shanghai nightclub scene was covered with rare vintage beads made in the '20s and '30s. The club scene was filmed last, but the dress also made an appearance during the camping scene, where an elephant began eating it! Since there were no extra beads to match, the costume department had to repair the dress as best as they could. The result was so tight that Capshaw had trouble moving in it when they filmed the nightclub scene. Costume designer Anthony Powell filled out insurance forms for the dress, citing the cause of the damage as "dress eaten by elephant". This was only the second movie for Capshaw , who has a masters degree in special education. Spielberg married Capshaw in 1991. The Last Crusade (1989) 7. Even the Rats were Insured The thousands of rats used in The Last Crusade were insured. The insurer wanted to know the minimum number of rats the scene could be shot with, and used the answer to write a policy with a "1,000 rat deductible." The cast was padded with another thousand mechanical rats. Their voices were enhanced with the sound effects of ....chicken voices! * 8. Lucas' Dog was his Inspiration At the end of the movie, Jones explains to his friend Sallah that his nickname Indiana came from his pet dog from long before. Sallah responds, "You were named after a dog?" and gets a great laugh out of it. But it's tru |
In a fraction, is the numerator on the top? Or the bottom? | What is a Fraction <a href="http://leader.linkexchange.com/5/X1337622/clickle" target="_top"><img width=468 height=60 border=0 ismap alt="" src="http://leader.linkexchange.com/5/X1337622/showle?"></a> BAC Computer Software What is a Fraction A fraction is the ratio of two whole numbers, or to put it simply, one whole number divided by another whole number. We write a fraction like this: The top part of the fraction is called the numerator and is also referred to as the dividend of the fraction. The bottom part is called the denominator and is also referred to as the divisor of the fraction. Normally the numerator (top of fraction) is smaller than the denominator (bottom of fraction) in which case the fraction is called a 'Proper Fraction'. If the numerator (top) is equal to or larger than the denominator (bottom) then the fraction is called an 'Improper Fraction'. A proper fraction is always less than the whole number 1 and we can relate proper fractions to a part of a whole object. We use the denominator (bottom) to divide the object into that number of parts and then we take the numerator (top) number of parts and we can say we have that fractions part of the whole object. The interesting thing is that we know we have the exact same amount of orange as before when we had divided the orange into 4 parts and took 3 parts. This tells us that the We say these fractions are 'Equivalent'. In our example having taken 3 of the 4 parts of the orange and then divided all the parts into 2, we could have instead divided these parts into 3 or 4 or 5 or more equal parts, which means the following are all equivalent: Now try this, divided the numerator (top) of all these equivalent fractions by 3 and divide the denominator (bottom) by 4, and you should get: This gives us a clue to the rule that tells us when two fractions are equivalent. Two fractions are equivalent if you can find a whole number which when divided into both the numerator (top) and denominator (bottom) of one fraction gives the other fraction OR if there is a third fraction that can be found that is equivalent to both. Mixed Fractions If we have one whole orange and a half an orange then we say we have one and a half oranges, this is a mixed fraction and we write it as: A mixed fraction really means a mix of a whole number and a fraction. We can also cut the whole orange in half and then we have 3 halves of orange: As you can see it is possible to convert a mixed fraction to an improper fraction and you will soon see, convert an improper fraction to a mixed fraction. To convert a mixed fraction to an improper fraction multiply the whole number by the denominator (bottom) of the fraction and add the result to the numerator (top). To convert an improper fraction to a mixed fraction divide the denominator (bottom) into the numerator (top). The number of whole times the denominator (bottom) goes into the numerator (top) is the whole number part of mixed fraction. The remainder (multiply the whole number by the denominator (bottom) and subtract from the numerator (top)) becomes the numerator (top) of fraction, if the numerator (top) becomes zero then there is no fraction part at all, just a whole number. For the addition and subtraction of fractions it can be slightly better to use mixed fractions, for multiplication and division it is much better to use improper fractions. The 'Fraction calculator' can deal with either although it may internally convert between them to do the calculation. One final note, a whole number can also be written as an improper fraction, the whole number becomes the numerator (top) and the denominator is 1. It is sometimes useful to do this. |
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Mary Josephine Ray, the oldest person in the United States, died Monday, a mere 71 days short of reaching what age? | The Old Coot: January 2009 The Old Coot I have many interests, so this is going to be a blog on lots of subjects. Submarines, my family, history, books I read, the space programme, archaeology, astronomy, current events, the occasional joke.... Just don't expect any politics, sports or deep philosophy, and we should get along fine. 31 January 2009 ZUI this article from the BBC: "Drunken sailors" have been removed from the lyrics of a nursery rhyme in a government-funded books project. But the Bookstart charity says the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? has "absolutely nothing to do with political correctness". The charity says that the shift from drunken sailor to "grumpy pirate" was to make the rhyme fit a pirate theme, rather than censorship. "Put him in the brig until he's sober," has also been lost in the new version. ******* "We wanted to find a rhyme which would fit in with this subject and this one has a tune which is instantly recognisable by all," said a statement from Bookstart. "The inclusion of action lyrics like 'wiggle' and 'tickle' offer parents and small children an opportunity to interact, have fun and enjoy acting out the rhyme together." ******* This is the latest in a series of disputes over nursery rhymes. There were complaints in 2006 about pre-school children attending two nurseries in Oxfordshire being taught "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep". Riiiiight.... ZUI also this BBC article (dated 23 Jan 08): A story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale has been turned down by a government agency's awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims. The digital book, re-telling the classic story, was rejected by judges who warned that "the use of pigs raises cultural issues". ******* The CD-Rom digital version of the traditional story of the three little pigs, called Three Little Cowboy Builders, is aimed at primary school children. But judges at this year's Bett Award said that they had "concerns about the Asian community and the use of pigs raises cultural issues". ******* The feedback from the judges explaining why they had rejected the CD-Rom highlighted that they "could not recommend this product to the Muslim community". They also warned that the story might "alienate parts of the workforce (building trade)". Here is the BBC's article (dated 7 Mar 06) on the rainbow sheep. Idiots. H/T to my old friend JP. Posted by 131 SF and fantasy novels everyone must read Look - another list of books! This one comes from The Guardian, who have been running a series on the "1000 novels everyone must read."* The 131 fantasy/SF books have also been listed separately, in three parts ( One , Two and Three ). Here's the SF/fantasy list, in alphabetical order by author (see the links above for comments on each book; Wikipedia also has articles on many of these). As might be expected, considering the source, it is perhaps slanted a bit toward British authors, but.... I've bolded the numbers on the ones I've read. 1. Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979, with four sequels) 2. Brian W Aldiss: Non-Stop (1958; aka Starship) 3. Isaac Asimov: Foundation (1951, with six prequels and sequels) 4. Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin (2000) 5. Paul Auster: In the Country of Last Things (1987) 6. J G Ballard: The Drowned World (1962) 7. J G Ballard: Crash (1973) 8. Iain Banks: The Wasp Factory (1984) 9. Iain M Banks: Consider Phlebas (1987) 10. Clive Barker: Weaveworld (1987) 11. Nicola Barker: Darkmans (2007) 12. Stephen Baxter: The Time Ships (1995) 13. Greg Bear: Darwin's Radio (1999) 14. Alfred Bester: The Stars My Destination (1956; aka Tiger, Tiger) 15. Poppy Z Brite: Lost Souls (1992) 16. Algis Budrys: Rogue Moon (1960) 17. Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita (1966) 18. Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race (1871) 19. Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange (1960) 20. Anthony Burgess: The End of the World News (1982) 21. Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars (1912, with eleven sequels) 22. William Burroughs: Naked Lunch (1959) 23. Octavia Butler: Kindred (1979) 24. Samuel Bu |
According to Greek mythology, Urania was the muse of what? | Urania *** Information about Urania, the Muse of Astronomy Urania was one of the young, beautiful maidens referred to as the Nine Muses. The nine Muses were the daughters of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. The names of the nine Muses were Clio, Thalia, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania and Melpomene. Urania and her sisters were believed to reside above the golden clouds that covered sacred the Greek mountain peaks above the summits of Mounts Olympus, Helicon, Parnassus, and Pindus. They entertained and joined the Olympian gods in their feasts drinking water, milk, and honey, but never wine. The sisters were originally the patron goddesses of poets and musicians but over time their roles extended to include comedy, tragedy, history, poetry, music, dancing, singing, rhetoric, sacred hymns, and harmony. Urania was the Muse of Astronomy. Picture of the Nine Muses Urania, the Muse of Astronomy According to the traditions and beliefs of the Ancient Greeks astronomers would invoke the aid of Urania was the Muse of Astronomy to guide and assist him in his work. The invocation took the form of a prayer for divine inspiration from the goddess. Many of the ideas of Ancient Greek astronomy were based upon theology and astronomers were also philosophers. The Ancient Greeks were concerned with what was happening and when, without addressing the reasons, other than vague attributions to the gods. Many of their energies were spent on predicting events like eclipses. Pythagoras (c.580�500 B.C.) is credited with proposing the idea of a spherical Earth and Moon and Aristotle believed that the Sun moved around Earth. Another ancient Greek astronomer, and the first notable Greek philosopher, was Thales, who lived at the beginning of the 6th Century BC and was credited with inventing trigonometry. Fabulae and the Poetica Astronomica were written by Hyginus. Astronomy was possibly written by Hesiod. The symbols of Urania are the globe and the compass and she is often depicted with stars and staring at the Heavens. Facts and pictures of Urania, the Muse of Astronomy The following fact file contains pictures of this Greek goddess and Muse and details her symbols and attributes. Facts, Pictures and Symbols of Urania Facts about Urania Urania was the Muse who represented and was the patron of Astronomy and the constellations She was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne She was the philosophical Muse She possessed the gift of prophecy by reading the stars Her name derives from the Greek word for 'heavenly' She was the youngest Muse Her symbols are the globe and the compass and she is usually depicted with in a cloak embroidered with stars, staring at the Heavens The alternative spelling of her name is Ourania Picture of Urania Facts, Pictures and Symbols of Urania Astrology - The Asteroid Muse In Astrology there are nine asteroids named after each of the nine Greek muses. Urania is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by J. R. Hind on July 22, 1854 in London, it was named after the Greek Muse of astronomy. Urania in Greek Mythology The muse and goddess Urania was not only gifted as an inspiration of Astronomy but, like all nymphs possessed the gift of prophecy. The mountain spring on Mount Parnassus was sacred to Urania and the other Muses. The mountain spring flowed between two high rocks above the city of Delphi, and in ancient times its sacred waters were introduced into a square stone basin, where they were retained for the use of the Pythia, the priests, priestesses and the oracle of Apollo. Apollo and the Nine Muses The Powers of Urania and the Muses Although the Muses were generally believed to be a source of inspiration and of help to mortals they were also vain and arrogant and severely resented any mortals who questioned their supremacy in the arts. The powers of Urania and her sisters were considerable. As goddesses, they were immortal and any mortals that were blessed by the Muses, could use the beauty of their song, or the grace of their dance, to heal the sick and p |
What tuna brand uses a cartoon mascot known as Charlie the Tuna to advertise their product? | Take a swim down memory lane with this video highlighting my first 50 years with StarKist®. 50th Birthday The Big 5-0 and I swear I haven’t aged a day. What can I say? Tuna is one healthy fish. 2010 StarKist® Headquarters on Pittsburgh's Northside unveiled a giant lighted sign featuring me! Bright idea StarKist®! 2004 Walk of Fame I battled fin-to-fin with other iconic mascots when I was named part of the Advertising Week Walk of Fame on Madison Avenue in New York City. 2003 Rebel Without a Cause Actress Maila Nurmi, best known as 50’s television hostess Vampira, claims that actor James Dean created the original sketch of me on a napkin at Googie’s on Sunset Strip! Her claim is just one of the many mythical legends surrounding my rise to fame! Swimming the Red Carpet Ready for my close up! I swam down the red carpet at the first annual TV Land Awards®. 1999 Charlie's® Back in the Spotlight After a brief hiatus, I swam back to TV better and fitter than ever to introduce StarKist’s® innovative flavor fresh pouch®. 1996 Where are my fin-tip shoes? I grabbed my power suit, power tie and laced up my finest fin-tip shoes when I rang the bell on the Wall Street Stock Exchange. 1991 Premia In test markets I was introduced to a new love interest - Premia. She helped launch StarKist's® premium Chunk Light Tuna. After a brief relationship we swam our separate ways. But don't you worry! There are plenty of fish in the sea for good old Charlie®! 1990 Dolphin Safe StarKist® is all about keeping my finned friends safe. They were the first company to introduce “Dolphin Safe” Tuna. 1984 #1 I helped StarKist® officially become the number one brand of tuna. Ninety percent of consumers recognized our "Sorry Charlie®" advertising. Just like StarKist®, our consumers have good taste! 1968 Mascot Charlie® The good folks of Charleston, Oregon erected a statue in my honor and named me mascot of the town! The statue came down in 2008, but for forty years, people would stop for photos with me. And who can blame them? Look at those dashing good looks and chiseled features! 1962 Sorry Charlie® Just one year after my debut “Sorry Charlie®” had already become a part of the American lexicon. I’m surprised it took that long. The quote has gone on to become one of the most popular and recognizable phrases in American pop culture. 1961 Tuna that tastes good! Leo gave a call over to his animation friends at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. They immediately thought of me! We worked hand in fin on an animated commercial featuring me, Charlie the Tuna! Some people think my voice sounds a lot like the actor Herschel Bernardi. We both sound Brooklyn street savvy with a side of Broadway culture. Voice over artist, Danny Dark, “The King of Voice Over Artists,” was cast as the narrator, uttering his famous line “Sorry Charlie®, StarKist® doesn’t want tuna with good taste, but tuna that tastes good!”. 1958 Fishy StarKist® hired advertising legend Leo Burnett to develop a new campaign to “establish a quality image for StarKist® tuna and distinguish it from its main competitor.” Leo did his research and discovered a simple truth: Consumers want tuna that tastes good. They don’t like tuna that tastes “fishy.” |
In chess, what piece is limited only to diagonal moves? | Diagonal Chess Diagonal Chess This page is written by the game's inventor, David Howe . Diagonal Chess David Howe invented in 1997 a diagonal chess variant. The idea to turn the board 45 degrees is not new: see e.g., Minotaur Chess . Diagonal chess can be played with a normal set of chess pieces and board. Below, you read the description of David Howe of his game. Description The board is set up as pictured below. Players should sit at opposing corners of the board, so that the board is situated diagonally between them. Forward movement is diagonal. +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - | |...| |.p.| r |.n.| n |.k.| 8 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - |...| |...| |.p.| p |.q.| b | 7 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - | |...| |...| |.p.| p |.b.| 6 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - |.P.| |...| |...| |.p.| r | 5 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - | R |.P.| |...| |...| |.p.| 4 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - |.B.| P |.P.| |...| |...| | 3 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - | B |.Q.| P |.P.| |...| |...| 2 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - |.K.| N |.N.| R |.P.| |...| | 1 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - a b c d e f g h - Initial board layout (text) (visualize it tilted 45 degrees) Initial board layout (graphical) The rules of normal chess apply unless otherwise noted. Pawns move forward diagonally, and capture horizontally and vertically (see diagram below). Pawns do not have an initial two square move. Castling is not allowed. Knights move as in normal chess, except diagonally (see diagram below). Pawn promotion. A white pawn that reaches a8, g8, h7 or h1 may promote to a Queen (or less). A white pawn that reaches b8, f8, h6 or h2 may promote to a Rook (or less). A white pawn that reaches c8, e8, h5 or h3 may promote to a Bishop or Knight. A white pawn that reaches d8 or h4 may only promote to a Knight. If a white pawn reaches h8 (on a legal move) then white wins the game. Similar rules apply for black. See the following diagram. Note, a player may still win by checkmating. Q R B N B R Q * - +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - | |...| $ |...| |...| |.k.| 8 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - |...| |...| |...| N |...| | Q 7 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - | |...| $ |...| |...| |...| R 6 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - |...| |...| |...| |...| | B 5 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - | |...| |...| $ |...| $ |...| N 4 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - |...| |...| x |.*.| |...| | B 3 +---+---+---+-|-/---+---+---+---+ - | |...| |.P-- x |...| |...| R 2 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - |.K.| |...| |...| |...| | Q 1 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ - a b c d e f g h - The white pawn on d2 may capture on d3 or e2, or may move to e3. The white knight on f7 may move to any of the $ squares. Promotion squares for white are indicated on edge of board. Pawn and Knight moves / Promotion squares Notes A design limitation of this game was to be able to use a normal chess baord and pieces, with no extra equipment. A Knight is limited to moving to either light or dark squares. This decreases the value of the Knight. Both Knight promotion squares are the same color. Not a big problem, but aesthetically unpleasing. Only seven pawns used. Would be nice to find a use for the eighth pawn. Written by David Howe. WWW page created: April 24, 1997. "Buy It Now" Sales: This site is supported by advertising and by donations. You can help out by making a small donation or by using this site's affiliate links when you shop at ebay.com , Amazon.com , or the House of Staunton . |
Which US President, the 14th, is remembered both for his heavy drinking and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 with both created those territories and repealed that abomination known as the Missouri Compromise? | Franklin Pierce | Presidentialpedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Franklin Pierce was born in a log cabin in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, the second future U.S. president to be born in the nineteenth century. The site of his birth is now under Franklin Pierce Lake. Pierce's father was Benjamin Pierce, a frontier farmer who became a Revolutionary War soldier, a state militia general, and a two-time Democratic-Republican governor of New Hampshire. He was a direct descendant of Thomas Pierce [1] (1623-1683), who was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Franklin Pierce's mother was Anna B. Kendrick. He was the fifth of eight children; he had four brothers and three sisters. Former First Lady of the United States Barbara Bush is a distant cousin. Mexican-American War Edit He enlisted in the volunteer services during the Mexican-American War and was soon made a colonel. In March 1847, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and took command of a brigade of reinforcements for Winfield Scott's army marching on Mexico City. His brigade was designated the 1st Brigade in the newly created 3rd Division and joined Scott's army in time for the Battle of Contreras. During the battle he was seriously wounded in the leg when he fell from his horse. He returned to his command the following day, but during the Battle of Churubusco the pain in his leg became so great that he passed out and had to be carried from the field. His political opponents used this against him, claiming that he left the field because of cowardice instead of injury. He again returned to command and led his brigade throughout the rest of the campaign, culminating in the capture of Mexico City. Although he was a political appointee, he proved to have some skill as a military commander. He returned home and served as president of the New Hampshire state constitutional convention in 1850. Election of 1852 Edit A Whig Party cartoon favoring Pierce's main opponent, Winfield Scott. At the Democratic National Convention of 1852, Pierce was not initially given serious consideration for the presidential nomination. He had no credentials as a major political figure or statesman, he was not a military hero, and had not held elective office for the last ten years. The convention assembled on June 1 in Baltimore, Maryland, with four major contenders—Stephen A. Douglas, William L. Marcy, James Buchanan and Lewis Cass — for the nomination. Most of those who had left the party with Martin Van Buren to form the Free Soil Party had returned. Prior to the vote to determine the nominee, a party platform was adopted, opposing any further "agitation" over the slavery issue and supporting the Compromise of 1850 in an effort to unite the various Democratic Party factions. When the balloting for president began, the four candidates deadlocked, with no candidate reaching even a simple majority, much less the required supermajority of two-thirds. On the 35th ballot, Pierce was put forth to break the deadlock as a compromise candidate. Pierce was generally popular due to his long career as a party activist and consistent support of Democratic positions. He had never fully articulated his views on slavery, allowing all factions to view him as reasonably acceptable. His service in the Mexican-American War would allow the party to portray him as a war hero. Pierce was nominated unanimously on the 49th ballot on June 5. Alabama Senator William R. King was chosen as the nominee for Vice President.[3] The United States Whig Party's candidate was General Winfield Scott of Virginia, under whom Pierce had served in the Mexican-American War; his running mate was Secretary of the Navy William A. Graham. Scott — nicknamed "Old Fuss and Feathers" — ran a blundering campaign. The Whigs' platform was almost indistinguishable from that of the Democrats, reducing the campaign to a contest between the personalities of the two candidates and helping to drive voter turnout in the election to its lowest level since 1836. Pierce's affable personality and lack of str |
Saturday marked the start of the Iditarod dogsled race. In what Alaska city does the race start? | 5 Surprising Facts About the Iditarod Dog Sled Race 5 Surprising Facts About the Iditarod Dog Sled Race Poodles can't compete, for one. View Images Musher Nathan Schroeder and his team head down the Iditarod Trail in Willow, Alaska, on March 2, 2014. PHOTOGRAPH BY BOB HALLINEN, ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS, AP Sixty-nine dogsledders are mushing across the Alaska wilderness in hopes of becoming top dog in the 42nd annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race . Related Content How to Tackle the Triathlon: 6 Biking Tips Since 1973, hundreds of competitors have come from all over the world to make the 1,150-mile (1,850-kilometer) journey from Anchorage to Nome. Usually, between 60 and 100 teams participate in the event. Each team must start with 16 dogs and finish with at least six. ( Read what it takes to compete in the Iditarod .) National Geographic talked to Diane Johnson , the Iditarod's director of education, to learn more about the so-called last great race. 1. Iditarod is a city, a river, a trail, and a race. Iditarod means "distant" or "distant place" in the languages of Ingalik and Holikachu, which are spoken by indigenous Athabaskan peoples of northwestern Alaska. It's also the name of a city, a river, and a trail in the same area. A relic from Alaska's gold-mining era, the abandoned city of Iditarod is located along the Iditarod River (map) and considered the halfway point on the southern route of the dogsled race. Back in the gold rush days, the only way to deliver mail to Iditarod was to drive a dogsled along the Iditarod Trail . But after World War II, Alaska transportation began to change in favor of faster methods of travel such as snowmobiles and airplanes. "By the 1970s, the dogsled tradition had nearly disappeared," said Johnson. Iditarod race founder and musher Joe Redington, Sr., created the long-distance race named after the trail to keep Alaska dogsledding alive and to help the Iditarod Trail become recognized as a historic trail. 2. The starting line can change. Unseasonably warm weather can move the starting line of the Iditarod race—known as the restart location—if the trail begins to melt. In 2003, when the trail near Willow was impassable due to deteriorating conditions, the race was moved to Fairbanks, a city 359 miles (578 kilometers) north of Anchorage. Organizers considered moving it to colder Fairbanks again this year, but decided that trail conditions were safe for the racers. 3. Chihuahuas need not apply. Only northern dog breeds like Siberian huskies and Alaskan malamutes are allowed to race in the Iditarod. The rule was adopted in the early 1990s after musher John Suter entered the 1988 competition with standard European poodles on his dogsled team. However, many of the poodles were dropped off at checkpoints due to frozen feet and hair-matting problems. "Most of our pet dogs don't have the right undercoat to travel in the Alaskan conditions during the winter," Johnson said. ( Take National Geographic's dog quiz .) Some mushers disagree with the decision to allow only northern breed dogs, but the organization insists the rule is to protect dogs that aren't suited for cold-weather racing. View Images |
According to the nursery rhyme, what did Little Jack Horner pull from his pie? | Little Jack Horner | Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said “What a good boy am I!” The 1725 version: Now he sings of Jacky Horner Sitting in the Chimney-corner Putting in his thumb, Oh Fie Putting in, Oh Fie! his Thumb Pulling out, Oh Strange! a Plum. Carey's Satirical Poem Henry Carey wrote this nursery rhyme (the version of 1725) as a satirical poem. The target for his satire was Ambrose Philips, also a poet and writer. The mocking was motivated by jealousy, because Philips enjoyed being patronized by wealthy aristocrats. His poems that are sometimes called ‘infantile’ were in fact enjoyed and admired by many precisely because of their simplicity. Jack Horner, however, has been ever since associated with opportunism. The Manor in a Pie Another interpretation of this nursery rhyme was created in the nineteenth century. According to this, the story of Little Jack Horner is about Thomas Horner, who was a contemporary of King Henry VIII. He served blessed Richard Whiting, the head of the monastery in Glastonbury, England. Whiting sent Horner to Henry VIII with a big Christmas pie, inside of which were hidden the deeds to twelve manors. He tried to save the monastery with this act, as Henry VIII had broken off from the Catholic Church, was closing monasteries, and seizing their properties. During the journey Horner stole one of the deeds, the deed to the manor in Mells, and afterwards became the owner of it. Even though Henry VIII got the remaining eleven manors, he didn’t spare the monastery. It was also closed down, Whiting was accused of treason and executed. |
What is the westernmost of the Canadian provinces? | The Canadian Encyclopedia Saskatchewan (Province) Saskatchewan is part of the Prairie region and is the only province with entirely artificial boundaries. It is bordered by the US to the south, the Northwest Territories to the north, and Manitoba and Alberta to the east and west respectively. Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian province located at the centre of the country, bounded by Saskatchewan to the west, Hudson Bay and Ontario to the east, Nunavut to the north, and North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. The province was founded on parts of the traditional territories of the Assiniboine, Dakota, Cree, Dene, Anishinaabeg and Oji-Cree peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. The land is now governed Treaties 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10. As of the 2011 census, Manitoba had 1,208,268 residents, making it the fifth most populous province or territory in Canada. Manitoba joined Confederation in 1870, and its capital city, Winnipeg, was incorporated shortly thereafter, in 1873. Brian Pallister is the province’s current premier, leading a majority Progressive Conservative government. Gold, Greed and a Group of Rascals For one brief historical moment in 1858, the most important spot in British Columbia was a gravel bed in the Fraser River about two kilometres south of Yale. It was only 45 metres long when the river was low (and invisible when the water rose). It was called Hill's Bar. Far Out on the Left Coast On September 3, 1962, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker arrived at Rogers Pass to preside at the official opening of the Trans-Canada Highway. This section of pavement through British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains was the final stretch of the highway to be built. |
What state, known as The Mother of Presidents, was the 10th state to join the Union, on June 25, 1788? | June 25, 1788 – Virginia Joins the Union as the 10th State | Legal Legacy June 25, 1788 – Virginia Joins the Union as the 10th State Posted on June 25, 2015 by rhapsodyinbooks In 1583, Queen Elizabeth I of England granted Walter Raleigh a charter to establish a colony north of Spanish Florida and the next year, Raleigh sent an expedition to the Atlantic coast of North America. The area was called “Virginia,” most commonly thought to be in honor of Elizabeth’s status as “the Virgin Queen.” In 1606, The London Company (also known as the Virginia Company) was incorporated as a joint stock company (it also included the Plymouth Company) by King James I of England (who succeeded Elizabeth in 1603) as part of the Charter of 1606. The purpose of the Company was to assign land rights to colonists for the express purpose of propagating the Christian religion. The land itself would remain the property of the King, with the London Company and the Plymouth Company as the King’s tenants, and the settlers as subtenants. The Company financed the first permanent English settlement in the “New World” in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Jamestown was actually founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), the colonists tried tobacco. With the bankruptcy of the London Company in 1624, the settlement was placed under royal authority as an English crown colony. In 1619, colonists took greater control with an elected legislature called the House of Burgesses. A council chosen by the Virginia Company as advisers to the governor served as the “upper house.” Together, the House of Burgesses and the Council were known as the Virginia General Assembly. On July 30, 1619, the first legislative assembly in the Americas convened for a six-day meeting at the church on Jamestown Island, Virginia, but the meeting was cut short because of an outbreak of malaria. Nevertheless, the Virginia General Assembly stayed in existence, and is now the oldest continuous law-making body in the New World. As colonization continued, Tidewater Virginia became a new home for many of the English upper class. These colonists were staunch royalists, Anglicans, and had a strong belief in their own elitism. For them, liberty meant the freedom to pursue their rich lifestyles. These colonists were predominantly from the south and west of England, from whence came the “southern drawl.” Slavery first appears in Virginia statutes in 1661 and 1662, when a law made it hereditary based on the mother’s status. Virginians, instrumental in contributing to the United States Constitution, were the largest beneficiaries of the “three-fifths” rule of counting slaves for state representation in Congress, which ensured that Virginia initially had the largest bloc in the House of Representatives. Notice posted in the Virginia Gazette in 1769 by Virginian Thomas Jefferson, allegedly dedicated to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…. Virginia voted to secede from the United States on April 17, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America one week later. Richmond, Virginia was chosen as the capital of the CSA. During the Civil War, more battles were fought in Virginia than any other state. Virginia was formally restored to the United States in 1870. Eight U.S. Presidents were born in Virginia, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson. In addition, six presidents’ wives came from the state: Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Letitia Tyler, Ellen Arthur, Edith Wilson. Virginia is also home to the largest low-rise office building in the world, The Pentagon. Built in just 16 months, it boasts nearly 17 and one half miles of corridors, yet due to it’s unique design, movement between any two opposite points takes as little as seven minutes. The Pentagon has approximately 23,000 employees, both military and civilian, sixteen parking lots, 131 stairways, 19 escalators, 691 water fountains, 284 rest |
Played on the big screen by Fay Wray, Jessica Lange, and Naomi Watts, Ann Darrow was the object of what creature's affection? | The 100 greatest female characters in movies | GamesRadar+ The 100 greatest female characters in movies Shares Females on film While film school classes and incensed critics continue to debate the lack of women in film, female actresses are fighting the good fight on the silver screen itself. Alas, not in anywhere near the numbers needed - provided things were a little bit fairer, of course - or that woman over the age of 40 didn't suddenly become a movie exec's idea of nightmare kryptonite. Over the years, these actresses have been asked to play any number of damsels, dames, nagging housewives, ditzy girlfriends and occasionally (just occasionally) an interesting and nuanced character. This list celebrates the latter, looking at the very best female creations in the history of cinema. Enjoy. Prev Next 100. Baby (Dirty Dancing) The Character: Dirty Dancings Jewish princess learns to thrust n grind with Swayzes Johnny Castle. Nobodys gonna put her in a corner now. The Actress: Though familiar as Ferris Buellers sister, Jennifer Grey was also the daughter of Oscar-winning dancer Joel Grey, so had the heritage to pull off those moves. And still has, judging from her recent Dancing With The Stars win. The Performance: The Bible for how to become a woman, for girls of a certain age. Prev Next 99. Cherry Darling (Planet Terror) The Character: Planet Terrors go-go dancer, whose job title is aptly named. Not even having her leg torn off by zombies can stop her. Plug in a grenade-launching gun and shes good to go-go. The Actress: Already a cult sensation thanks to Charmed and a fistful of Gregg Araki movies, Rose McGowan was born to play Grindhouse. The Performance: Rich in knowing humour and fucked-up sexiness, Roses Cherry is exactly the kind of girl you need in the post-apocalypse. Prev Next 98. Vivian Ward The Character: The titular Pretty Woman, who doesnt let being a prostitute get in the way of a Pygmalion-style makeover into a modern-day princess. The Actress: Julia Roberts had shown Oscar-nominated promise in Steel Magnolias, but still had to wait until others (including Daryl Hannah and Meg Ryan) turned it down. Result: the It Girl of the early '90s. The Performance: Developed as a dark drama called $3000 (as in, shell do anything for that price), the decision to lighten the mood into a love story was centred on Julia Roberts toothy charm and wholesome appeal. Prev Next 97. Samantha Baker (Sixteen Candles) The Character: Suburban teenager looking forward to blowing out Sixteen Candles with family and friends, only to discover everybody's forgotten her birthday except Ted the Geek. The Actress: Debut director John Hughes needed experience but wanted a genuine teenager. He found the combo in Molly Ringwald, still only 16 herself, but fresh off Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. The Performance: Gawky, sarcastic and idealistic, Ringwald represented a richer, more realistic paradigm for screen depictions of teenage girls. Prev Next 96. Stiflers Mom (American Pie) The Character: Put simply, a MILF. And the inspiration for a sub-genre of porn remains a satisfyingly flirty, filthy archetype. The Actress: This was jobbing comedienne Jennifer Coolidges big-screen breakthrough, enough to get her a regular gig as one of Christopher Guests Mockumentary repertoire alongside American Pie co-star Eugene Levy. The Performance: A shallow, one-dimensional figure on paper gets real presence thanks to the naughty twinkle in Coolidges eyes. Prev Next 95. Layla (Buffalo '66) The Character: Buffalo 66s teenage dancer, who is kidnapped by crazy ex-con Billy Brown but is arguably just as crazy herself, willingly pretending to be his wife for a strange family reunion. The Actress: Child star Christina Ricci was in the process of translating Addams Family oddness into an adult career. She followed Buffalo 66 with the equally acerbic The Opposite of Sex. The Performance: Director/star Gallo labelled Ricci a puppet, but she gives as got as she gets, refusing to let Layla be drowned out by Gallos narcissism. Prev Next 94. Marquise de Mer |
The second oldest European-established city in the Americas, what is the capital and most populous city in Puerto Rico? | San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (sahn HWAHN) San Juan is the capital and most populous city in Puerto Rico. Founded in 1521 by Juan Ponce de León, who named it City of Puerto Rico (Rich Port). The capital of Puerto Rico is the oldest city under U.S. jurisdiction, but some people argue than St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565 is the oldest city in the continental United States. The history of San Juan begins a long time before its official foundation, in 1493, during his second voyage, Christopher Columbus landed in Puerto Rico. He named the island "San Juan Bautista", in honor of John the Baptist. But was not until 1508, that the Spanish government appointed Juan Ponce de León as the first governor of the island. He founded the original settlement in Caparra, now known as Pueblo Viejo, behind the almost land-locked harbor just to the west of the present metropolitan area and the city quickly became Spain's most important military outpost in the Caribbean. A year later, the original settlement was relocated to a nearby coastal islet (to the site of what is now called Old San Juan) and named Puerto Rico (Rich Port). Sometime during the 1520s, confusion over the names led to a switch, the island took the name of Puerto Rico and the town became San Juan. Today, San Juan is known as La Ciudad Amurallada (the walled city) and is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean and is the second oldest European-founded city in theAmericas (after Santo Domingo, which was officially founded on August 5, 1498.) San Juan is located in the Northern Coastal Plains region in the karst zone, north of Aguas Buenas and Caguas ; east of Bayamón ; and west of Carolina and Trujillo Alto . The metropolitan area known as San Juan has 3 distinct areas: Old San Juan, the Beach & Resort area, and other outlying communities, the most important: Río Piedras, Hato Rey, Puerta de Tierra, and Santurce. Río Piedras was founded in 1714 but became incorporated into San Juan in 1951. During the early 16th century, San Juan was the point of departure of Spanish expeditions to charter or settle unknown parts of the New World. Its fortifications repulsed the English navigator Sir Francis Drake in 1595, as well as later attacks. In the 20th century the city expanded beyond its walled confines, known as Old San Juan, to incorporate suburban Miramar, Santurce, Condado, Hato Rey and Río Piedras. San Juan is the largest processing center of the island, the metropolitan area has facilities for petroleum and sugar refining, brewing and distilling and produces cement, pharmaceuticals, metal products clothing, and tobacco. The port is one of the busiest in the Caribbean. San Juan is the country's financial capital, and many U.S. banks and corporations maintain offices or distributing centers there. San Juan is center of Caribbean shipping and is the 2nd largest sea port in the area (after New York City). Points of Interest Old San Juan This is a 500-year-old neighborhood originally conceived as a military stronghold. Its 7-square-block area has evolved into a charming residential and commercial district. The streets here are paved with cobbles of adoquine, a blue stone cast from furnace slag; they were brought over a ballast on Spanish ships and time and moisture have lent them their characteristic color. The city includes more than 400 carefully restored 16th- and 17th-century Spanish colonial buildings. Old San Juan is a main spot for local and internal tourism and attracts many tourists, who also enjoy the gambling casinos, fine beaches, and tropical climate. More tourists visit San Juan each year than any other spot in the Caribbean. A leisurely foot tour is advisable for those who really want to experience this bit of the Old World, especially given the narrow, steep streets and frequently heavy traffic. To really do justice to these wonderful old sites, you'll need two mornings or a full day. Old San Juan provides a free trolley service to get you around the city. The trolley runs every day Monday through Friday from 7am |
Under what pseudonym did Charles Lutwidge Dodgson write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? | Lewis Carroll - Alice-in-Wonderland.net Alice-in-wonderland.net About Lewis Carroll Pseudonym The author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” is Lewis Carroll. This is an pseudonym; his real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. (His last name is pronounced with a silent ‘g’.) Dodgson first used ‘B.B.’ to sign his non-professional writings, but in March 1856, when he wanted to publish his poem ‘Solitude’ in the magazine “The Train”, Edmund Yates, a magazine editor, thought that this one was not appropriate. Then Dodgson came up with ‘Dares’ (from Daresbury in Cheshire, his birthplace), but that one was also rejected. Finally he invented Edgar Cuthwellis (composed from the letters of his name), Edgar U.C. Westhill (idem), Louis Carroll (he translated his name to Latin, and back: Lutwidge = Ludovic = Louis, Charles = Carolus) and Lewis Carroll (idem). Yates chose the last one. For his learned mathematic books Dodgson used his own name. Throughout this website I will use both names; when I’m talking about Carroll I am referring to his Alice books and when I call him Dodgson I’m talking about his private life. The life of Dodgson Dodgson was born on 27 January 1832 in the old parsonage at Daresbury, Cheshire. He was the 3rd child and eldest son of Reverend Charles Dodgson and Frances Jane Lutwidge (who were first cousins) and had 3 brothers and 7 sisters. He was very close and protective of them, especially the girls. Even as a child his talent was evident as he clearly enjoyed entertaining his brothers and sisters with stories and games. At the time of his birth, his father, Dr. Dodgson, was the vicar of Daresbury, Cheshire (he later was presented with the Crown living of Croft, Yorkshire, and subsequently became Archdeacon of Richmond and one of the Canons of Ripon Cathedral), and was a distinguished scholar whose favorite study was mathematics. In 1843 they moved to Croft, Yorkshire. At first, Charles was educated by his father. When he was twelve, he was sent to Mr. Tate’s School at Richmond. In 1846 Dodgson was enrolled at a boarding-school in Rugby where he had a miserable time because of his shyness and several illnesses. In May 1850 he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied mathematics and took up residence as an undergraduate in January 1851. In 1854 Dodgson gained a 1st class degree in mathematics and one year later he was appointed lecturer in mathematics and Sub-Librarian at Christ Church. Dodgson was not a very inspiring teacher; it is said that his mathematical lessons were quite boring. He taught until 1881. Dodgson was ordained a deacon in the Church of England on December 22, 1861. In 1898 he went to his sisters in Guildford, where he died of pneumonia on 14 January. Religion It is often said that Dodgson was a sincere Christian, although there is reason to believe that he had religious doubts. He was ordained a deacon in 1861. It was the rule on Christ Church that deacons should enter the priesthood (or else they’d loose their job), but Dodgson never did. It might have been because of his stammer, but we do not know for certain why the Dean let him get away with it. Dodgson never got married. Physique Dodgson stuttered and was asymmetric; his blue eyes were not at the same level and one shoulder was higher than the other. His smile was also slightly askew. He was deaf on one ear because of an illness when he was at Rugby School, suffered from insomnia and was very thin because he ate only one meal a day (he was a little obsessed with eating). According to most accounts he was six foot tall. Personality Dodgson was a very precise and punctual man who liked order (he made lists of all kinds of things and even kept track of menus in his diary, so that “people would not have the same dishes too frequently.”). If something was not to his liking, Dodgson was likely to write a letter to the concerning person. He also satirized the academic politics of Oxford in articles, booklets, and leaflets. He felt that by printing his arguments, rather than debating, he could log |
The worst civilian nuclear accident in US history, what Penn. power plant suffered a partial core meltdown in 1979? | 1979 scare | Times News Online Monday, March 31, 2014 35th anniversary of the Three Mile Island crisis Last Friday marked the 35th Anniversary of Three Mile Island accident, the civilian nuclear power plant near Harrisburg that suffered a partial meltdown of one reactor. Although it resulted in no deaths or injuries, TMI became one of the worst nuclear disasters in our country's history, forcing the evacuation of 140,000 people. To mark last week's anniversary of the TMI accident, former Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh and former federal nuclear engineer Harold Denton were among the speakers at a two-day event hosted by Penn State Harrisburg. Thornburgh had been Pennsylvania's governor for only 72 days when the TMI accident unfolded while Denton, who worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was a calming voice amid all the chaos during the crisis. Since it represents approximately 21 percent of the state's total electric generating capacity, Pennsylvania is a major player in the nuclear power industry. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 93,000 people live within 10 miles of the Susquehanna plant in Berwick, and 147,640 people are within 10 miles of the Three Mile Island plant. The accident in 1979, which was caused by a combination of errors, resulted in major upgrades in training, oversight, safety procedures and emergency response. More federal requirements were added following the attacks on the U.S. by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. This area has an important role in the event of a nuclear disaster at either the Susquehanna plant in Berwick or at Three Mile Island. Schuylkill County serves as a support county and is part of the evacuation plans for both facilities. Tamaqua and Marian high schools would also serve as evacuation shelters for up to 2,000 residents. After 35 years, the subject of nuclear power remains a charged issue. Last week, an anti-nuclear power group called No Nukes Pennsylvania, held its 32nd vigil outside TMI's north gate. Proponents of nuclear power point to the progress in technology and safety over the decades and the fact that it requires no pollution of the air and no burning of fossil fuels. Opponents argue that the plants will never be completely safe and that the nuclear waste being stored throughout the country in temporary facilities will always pose a risk. One concern is that it could fall into the hands of terrorists looking to build dirty bombs. A positive point from the pro-nuclear camp is that no one in this country has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at a civilian nuclear power plant. Hopefully it remains that way and the nuclear fumbles caused by the near-disaster at TMI won't be repeated. By Jim Zbick |
With an estimated worth of $2.1 billion (as of last year) what was the name of the richest man on Gilligan's Island? | The Forbes Fictional 15 The Forbes Fictional 15 comments, called-out It’s a great time to be imaginary. Global markets are rapidly recovering from the 2008 financial crisis, and so are the fortunes of the fictitious. There are six new characters on the 2010 edition of Fictional 15, our annual ranking of fiction’s richest, with an average net worth of $7.3 billion. In aggregate, the nine returning members are worth $79.8 billion, up 9% since we last checked in on them. Topping the list this year is newcomer Carlisle Cullen , patriarch of the Cullen coven of vampires in the Twilight series of novels. Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion–much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future. Low-key and undead, Cullen has spent recent years posing as a mortal doctor in a small town in Washington State. Chuck Bass , the brooding, manipulative heir to deceased New York real estate legend Bart Bass, makes his Fictional 15 debut this year with an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion. The Gossip Girl star and fashion icon (daywear, the three P’s: Purple, Plaid and Preppy; nightwear, the three V’s: vests, velvet and Valentino) recently sat for a Forbes Fictional Interview . In Pictures: The Fictional 15 Also new to this year’s list: Sir Topham Hatt ($2 billion), the railroad tycoon from television’s Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, Lucille Bluth ($950 million), the matron of the dysfunctional Bluth real estate family from Arrested Development, and the Tooth Fairy ($3.9 billion), who has blown several previous fortunes 50 cents at a time. Jay Gatsby , the shady Long Island dandy from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, returns to the list after an absence of several years with a billion-dollar fortune. Uncle Sam is the highest profile drop-off this year. The crusty frontiersman and former U.S. Army recruitment officer had the largest net worth swing in Fictional 15 history, from an estimate of “infinite” last year to less than a billion today. Yes, he has the ability to print money–literally–but how much exactly is that money worth? Gordon Gekko , the hero of the forthcoming Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, drops off the list after a stint in federal lock-up. We also mourn the passing of Jabba the Hutt from the Star Wars universe. The crime lord was found dead late last year under salacious circumstances. Fictional 15 perennials Scrooge McDuck ($33.5 billion) and Jed Clampett ($7.2 billion) had banner years, reflecting surging gold and oil prices respectively. Only Richie Rich ($11.5 billion) and Thurston Howell III ($2.1) billion have seen their fortunes decline over the past year. To qualify for the Fictional 15, we require that candidates be an authored fictional creation, a rule which excludes mythological and folkloric characters. They must star in a specific narrative work or series of works. And they must be known, both within their fictional universe and by their audience, for being rich. Net worth estimates are based on an analysis of the fictional character’s source material, and valued against known real-world commodity and share price movements. In the case of privately held fictional concerns, we sought to identify comparable fictional public companies. All prices are as of market close, April 12, 2010. We reserve the right to bend or break any of our own rules–so yes, we know Uncle Sam and the Tooth Fairy are folkloric. |
Next month sees the announcement of the 2011 Pulitzer Prizes. What Ivy League school administers the prize? | Columbia University Columbia University Latin : Universitas Columbiae Neo Eboracensis [1] Former names In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen ( Latin ) Motto in English In Thy light shall we see light [2] ( Psalms 36:9) Type .edu Columbia University (officially Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan , New York City . It was established in 1754 as King’s College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain . Columbia is the oldest college in the state of New York and the fifth chartered institution of higher learning in the country, making it one of nine colonial colleges founded before the Declaration of Independence . [6] After the American Revolutionary War , King’s College briefly became a state entity, and was renamed Columbia College in 1784. A 1787 charter placed the institution under a private board of trustees before it was renamed Columbia University in 1896 when the campus was moved from Madison Avenue to its current location in Morningside Heights occupying 32 acres (13 ha) of land. [7] [8] Columbia is one of the fourteen founding members of the Association of American Universities , and was the first school in the United States to grant the M.D. degree . [7] [9] The university is organized into twenty schools, including Columbia College , the School of Engineering and Applied Science , and the School of General Studies . The university also has global research outposts in Amman , Beijing , Istanbul , Paris , Mumbai , Rio de Janeiro , Santiago , Asunción and Nairobi . [10] It has affiliations with several other institutions nearby, including Teachers College (the university’s Department of Education), [11] Barnard College , and Union Theological Seminary , with joint undergraduate programs available through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , University College London , [12] Sciences Po , [13] City University of Hong Kong , [14] and the Juilliard School . [15] Columbia administers annually the Pulitzer Prize . [16] Notable alumni and former students (counting those from King’s College) include five Founding Fathers of the United States ; nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court ; [17] 20 living billionaires; [18] 29 Academy Award winners; [19] and 29 heads of state , including three United States Presidents . [20] Additionally, 100 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Columbia as students, researchers, faculty, or staff. Columbia is second only to Harvard University in the number of Nobel Prize-winning affiliates and Pulitzer Prize-winning alumni, with over 100 recipients for both awards as of 2016. [21] Contents King’s College (1754–1784) King’s College Hall, 1770 Discussions regarding the founding of a college in the Province of New York began as early as 1704, at which time Colonel Lewis Morris wrote to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the missionary arm of the Church of England , persuading the society that New York City was an ideal community in which to establish a college; [22] however, not until the founding of Princeton University across the Hudson River in New Jersey did the City of New York seriously consider founding a college. [22] In 1746 an act was passed by the general assembly of New York to raise funds for the foundation of a new college. In 1751, the assembly appointed a commission of ten New York residents, seven of whom were members of the Church of England , to direct the funds accrued by the state lottery towards the foundation of a college. [23] Classes were initially held in July 1754 and were presided over by the college’s first president, Dr. Samuel Johnson . [24] Dr. Johnson was the only instructor of the college’s first class, which consisted of a mere eight students. Instruction was held in a new schoolhouse adjoining Trinity Church , located on what is now lower Broadway in Manhattan. [25] The college was officially founded on October 31, 1754, as King’s College by royal charter of King George II , making it the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of N |
Komodo National Park, dedicated to protecting the largest lizard in the world, is in what country, the only known home of said reptile? | Dragon Island of Komodo | inRoutes Dragon Island of Komodo Posted on by Indonesia is a lush country in cultural and natural aspects and surprising by its exotic environments. The country, which is located in Southeast Asia, is the world’s largest archipelago with over 17,000 islands, is known for its beautiful beaches, and especially by one of the most beautiful places in the world, the island of Bali. However, not only the natural beauties that compose Indonesia. The cultural riches are hallmarks of a country with over 250 million people, divided in more populated islands: Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua (Irian Jaya), Bali and Nusa Tenggara, among other islets. Moreover, the people of Indonesia is multicultural (the country is home to more than a thousand ethnicities and sub-ethnicities), live in religious harmony (are six major recognized religions: Islam, Christianity, Protestantism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism) and is hospitable and friendly. One of the many islands in Komodo region (Picture: Matheus Pinheiro de Oliveira e Silva) Among this mix of attractions, we will take you to explore the region known for its quirky inhabitants, Komodo dragons that inhabit the islands of Komodo, Rinca and Flores region. Labuan Bajo Labuan Bajo is a fishing village and main gateway to the national parks which are the habitat of the most ancient reptiles, dinosaurs closest descendant, the Komodo dragons. The city has a small airport, 2 km from the center, and can be covered on foot in about 15 minutes. The city boasts of hosting services ranging from simple hostels to four star hotels with spa and sustainable architecture. Sunset in Labuan Bajo (Picture: Matheus Pinheiro de Oliveira e Silva) The city has a port where tourists accompanied by guides, embark on boats towards the Komodo National Park for seeing the largest reptiles on earth, Komodo dragons. Typical boat that takes tourists to Komodo National Park (Picture: Matheus Pinheiro de Oliveira e Silva) The most common tour is done in two days, and one night the tourists are housed in boats. The service is comfortable and offers rooms with small beds, bathroom and food made by fishermen and locals with fresh ingredients. The staple food is seafood and rice. Typical on board lunch (Picture: Matheus Pinheiro de Oliveira e Silva) The ride is quiet and the mountains and beaches that surround the path impress by their hues. Upon arrival at Komodo National Park, tourist guide services already expect to guide visitors and make recommendations for prevention to prevent unexpected attacks of Komodo dragons. The Komodo National Park was founded in 1980, in order to protect the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard in the world. Later, it was dedicated to protecting other local species, including marine. Only in 1991, the Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also, by popular vote in 2011, the island of Komodo was declared one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature. Sign indicating the entrance to the Komodo National Park (Picture: Matheus Pinheiro de Oliveira e Silva) The region of the island of Komodo is one of the most arid regions of Indonesia, so a brief walk through the park will give you the feeling of being in the Jurassic Park movie. This feeling will be higher when you come across a typical local resident, the Komodo dragon. KOMODO DRAGON The Komodo dragon is a species of reptile that has the appearance of dinosaur, can measure up to three meters long and weigh up to 100 kg. Your saliva contains many harmful bacteria and their bite is feared by all the natives, and their huge claws and tail. They are carnivores and their favorite diet is carrion of animals in decomposition, which are located using the language to feel the odor, approximately more than 9 kilometers away, according to studies by biologists. Komodo dragon lurking (Picture: Matheus Pinheiro de Oliveira e Silva) In case of not finding any carrion, the Komodo dragon goes hunting, reaching up to 20 km/h, with his muscular legs. But prefer to wait for the prey, patiently and make the ambush. |
What fictional town was home to Fred and Wilma Flintstone? | Fred Flintstone | The Flintstones | Fandom powered by Wikia Personality and occupation Fred and Barney in Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Fred's personality was based on that of Ralph Kramden of the 1950s television series The Honeymooners and Chester A. Riley from The Life of Riley. Thus, much like Ralph, Fred tends to be loud-mouthed, aggressive, and constantly scheming ways to improve his family's working class lot in life, often with unintended results. Archie Bunker of All in the Family & Archie Bunker's Place and George Jefferson of The Jeffersons also have similar personalities based on Fred Flintstone. Fred is a typical blue-collar worker, who works as a "bronto crane operator" at Slate Rock and Gravel Company (also known as Rockhead and Quarry Cave Construction Company in the earliest episodes). However, when their children become teenagers, Fred and Barney join the Bedrock police force. Fred and Barney even coached two baseball teams as well. The Flintstone family came from "Arkenstone" where they had been engaged in a feud with the "Hatrock" family which had been caused by an ancestor of Fred's making a wisecrack of a Hatrock family portrait ("I don't know what the artist got for doing that painting but he should have gotten life"). In " The Bedrock Hillbillies ", the feud is ended when Fred helps save a Hatrock baby (and Pebbles) from going over a waterfall only to start up again when Fred makes the very same wisecrack. In " The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes ", when the "Hatrock" family visited the Flintstone family and being friends, until when Bug Music was played & the Hatrocks can't stand the Bug Music. The last of the Arkenstone Flintstones was Fred's Great-uncle Zeke Flintstone. Other Flintstone relatives were Giggles Flintstone - a rich eccentric practical joker whose jokes drive Fred into a mad rage; an "Uncle Tex" and his sister "Aunt Jamima". Fred in Flintstones the Movie. Fred's interests include bowling, playing pool, poker and lounging around the house, and playing golf. At the first two of these, he is very skilled, as seen in one of the episodes where he plays against Wilma's unsuspecting mother. Fred has won championships with his incredible bowling skills. In " Bowling Ballet ", he goes so far as to take ballet lessons in order to improve his game which led to his nickname "Twinkletoes". The nickname of "Twinkletoes" stuck with him when Fred attended a local college and became eligible to play on their football team, and it became his call sign. Fred is also an excellent golfer. In " The Golf Champion ", he wins the championship only to have Barney repossess the winning trophy cup because Fred is behind in his dues. Fred, like Barney, was also a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos Lodge (named "the Loyal Order of Dinosaurs" in an early episode). Fred also has a serious gambling problem; the mere mention of the word "bet" causes Fred to stammer "bet" over and over again and go on gambling binges. The original series had several stories regarding TV with Fred as a dupe. In one, Fred makes a fool of himself trying to give Wilma acting lessons after she wins a TV appearance – only for the only part of her to appear on TV is her hands. In another, when Fred wins a TV appearance he tries to act like a "Stage parent" - until he comes down with stage fright. A third time Fred appears on a TV commercial in a non speaking role as a "before" picture of a person before going on a diet. Once, Fred even appeared in a movie, but merely as a stunt double. Fred's catchphrase "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!" (originally derived from the Brylcreem advertising jingle motto "A Little Dab'll Do Ya!"), becomes the subject of a song by Hoagy Carmichael that the singer-songwriter performs in an episode of The Flintstones. Fred's ability to carry a tune was quite good in his younger years. One early episode was where he did a jam with his musician friend " Hot Lips Hannigan ", (with Barney, who is apparently a skilled drummer) where his singing caused teenage girls to swoon over him. In fact, in one of the earliest episodes, " |
Born on March 16, 1959, what rap star, a member of Public Enemy, and reality tv star (The Surreal Life, Strange Love, and others) is probably best known for wearing large clock dangling from his neck? | IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Prototype" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Prototype" 1-50 of 133 names. Sacha Baron Cohen British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born in Israel, to German Jewish parents. He was educated at a private school, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hertfordshire, and went on to read History at Christ's College, Cambridge. Baron Cohen had an interest in performing from an early age, forming a breakdancing group as a teenager and acting in amateur plays with a Jewish youth group. While at university he joined the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, and took part in such plays as "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Fiddler on the Roof". Upon leaving University, Baron Cohen briefly worked as a model, before moving on to work as a host on a satellite TV station. In 1995, Channel 4 put out an open call for new presenters, and Baron Cohen sent in a tape featuring himself in character as an Albania TV reporter (an early prototype for Borat). He was hired and worked on various 'youth TV' projects before, in 1998, appearing in The 11 O'Clock Show which became a cult hit thanks to his character, Ali G. Ali G proved so popular that a spin-off show Da Ali G Show and film Ali G Indahouse where produced. John Cena John Felix Anthony Cena, better known as WWE superstar John Cena, was born on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts, to Carol (Lupien) and John Cena. He is of Italian (father) and French-Canadian and English (mother) descent, and is the grandson of baseball player Tony Lupien. When he was in college, he played football. He then continued on to be a bodybuilder and a limousine driver. The 6-foot-1 tall star weighs exactly at 240 pounds and is a very successful superstar in the WWE. The Dr. of Thuganomics started training to be a wrestler at Ultimate Pro Wrestling where he also created the character, The Prototype. Cena first appeared on WWE in a match against Kurt Angle on the 27th of June, 2002 which ended up with him losing. In 2004, John Cena's status as a celebrity began to develop. Cena won the United States Championship from Big Show. Not too long later, Cena lost the title but he gained it back soon. Cena then lost the title again to fellow WWE superstar, Carlito. During that time, Cena apparently got stabbed in the kidney by one of Carlito's bodyguards. This resulted in staying out of action for a month. In 2005 and 2006 respectively, Cena was involved in controversies. He had a feud with champion John Bradshaw Layfield, manager Eric Bischoff and fellow wrestler Chris Jericho. Cena also had feuds with Edge and Umaga at that time. But even so, some friendships were formed. Cena is said to be friends with Carlito after they won a match with Jeff Hardy against Edge, Randy Orton and Johnny Nitro. The year 2007 was a big year for Cena as he was involved in a wrestling match with Britney Spears' ex and rap star, Kevin Federline. John ended up losing that match thanks to some assistance from Umaga to Kevin Federline. Later that night, Cena took revenge by body slamming Kevin Federline backstage. The year 2007 also started pretty well for John Cena as he became the first person to defeat the Samoan Bulldozer, Umaga that year. The Chain Gang Soldier also teamed up with Shaun Michaels defeating the RKO tag team, Randy Orton and Edge. The match ended up with Cena and Michaels winning. As of October 2007, Cena lost his WWE Championship title because of an injury. While wrestling against Mr. Kennedy, Cena tore his pectoral muscle while executing a hip toss. Although he finished the match and completed the rest of the scripted event, a check-up the next day showed that John's pectoral major muscle was torn completely from the bone, requiring seven months to a year rehabilitation. Not able to perform, WWE's CEO, |
Know mostly for their extreme use of fart gags, Terrance and Phillip are popular Canadian celebrities on what animated TV show? | South Park / YMMV - TV Tropes Alternative Character Interpretation : Cartman's complex personality, his multiple mental illnesses and just being messed up about sex in general thanks to the town whore being his mom sometimes leave people pitying him, even when he is showing his Jerk with a Heart of Jerk nature. Others believe Cartman's increasing cruelty is the result of him being aware that he's The Friend Nobody Likes and deciding Then Let Me Be Evil . On another complex note, in "Cartman Finds Love", is he THAT hellbent on fixing Nicole up with Token due to both of them being black (he's racist of course) or is he THAT hellbent in having Kyle to himself once he finds out Nicole has a crush on him (this is the same kid who wanted Kyle to suck his balls)? Not even South Park FAQs can answer this one. Stan's increasing Angst and Sanity Slippage is either due to an early onset of puberty or the gradual decay of his parents' marriage . Based on what we've seen with his father and grandfather, it might be hereditary . Either The Movie didn't really happen and Sheila Broflovski has just naturally matured or it really did happen and Sheila has been atoning for her actions ever since. Wendy has also been a recipient of this, especially after "The Hobbit" with feuding fan views going to bat: Was she in the right and is she actually a believer in feminism, or is she more of a Straw Feminist only using the cause as her excuse to call others ugly and act superior to them? Was she unfairly ostracized, or was the ending "putting her in her place" ? The matter isn't helped by the fact that Parker and Stone's (and Bill Hader's) characterization of Wendy differs heavily depending on the season and episode, and that while they've sometimes had her as one of the few voices of reason in the South Park universe, they've also used her as a way to lampoon feminism and activists . Even the episodes that have her painted as more in the right are subject to dissection as to whether or not she truly is, such as "Breast Cancer Show Ever" and "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset". It seems that while she has good intentions, her approach can be very heavy-handed and she can screw that up like anyone else. Regarding "Breast Cancer Show Ever" and "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" she approached adult figures who assisted and supported her, often learning an important moral in the process, as both Principal Victoria and Mr. Slave taught. Speaking of Butters' grandma, when Butters gave his "The Reason You Suck" Speech , she was completely silent. Was the frown on her face the product of a Heel Realization or a Villainous B.S.O.D. ? Gary Harrison (the minor Mormon character): As shown in this fic , is he a genuinely happy and kind-hearted kid who's proud of his family's values, or is he a secret life-hating douchebag who only pretends to be cheerful? Kyle. Is he really The Conscience and Token Good Teammate , or is he a big case of He Who Fights Monsters ? Episodes like "Douche And Turd" and "Ass Burgers" show he's quite willing to throw his "best friend" Stan under the bus, and other episodes like "Fatbeard" and "Good Times With Weapons" show he's willing to kill people if it suits his needs, just like Cartman. Is Kenny's dad unemployed because he's an alcoholic? Or is it because he's simply too lazy to get a job? The show has implied both in the past. In "Sponsored Content", was PC Principal's behavior towards Jimmy due to him being afraid of being labeled a bigot towards handicapped people? Or , considering he never actually interacted with Jimmy before this episode, is he legitimately uncomfortable around them? Could Liane Cartman (Eric's mom) also be anti-Semitic? She never shows any qualms against her son's hatred of Jews and even made him a Hitler costume for Halloween. It would easily explain where Cartman gets his attitude towards Jews from... However Liane has NEVER shown any sign of anti-semitism onscreen especially around Sheila whom she happens to be friendly towards... plus she did ground Cartman for his actions in "Passion of the Jew" |
First commercially available as a toothbrush (1938), Nylon is a thermoplastic material trademarked by what company? | Nylon N Nylon Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides and first produced on February 28, 1935 by Wallace Carothers at DuPont. Nylon is one of the most commonly used polymers. Overview Nylon is a thermoplastic silky material, first used commercially in a nylon- bristled toothbrush (1938), followed more famously by women's stockings ("nylons"; 1940). It is made of repeating units linked by peptide bonds (another name for amide bonds ) and is frequently referred to as polyamide (PA). Nylon was the first commercially successful synthetic polymer. There are two common methods of making nylon for fiber applications. In one approach, molecules with an acid (COOH) group on each end are reacted with molecules containing amine (NH2) groups on each end. The resulting nylon is named on the basis of the number of carbon atoms separating the two acid groups and the two amines. These are formed into monomers of intermediate molecular weight , which are then reacted to form long polymer chains. Nylon was intended to be a synthetic replacement for silk and substituted for it in many different products after silk became scarce during World War II . It replaced silk in military applications such as parachutes and flak vests, and was used in many types of vehicle tires. Nylon fibers are used in many applications, including fabrics, bridal veils, carpets, musical strings, and rope . Solid nylon is used for mechanical parts such as machine screws , gears and other low- to medium-stress components previously cast in metal. Engineering-grade nylon is processed by extrusion, casting, and injection molding. Solid nylon is used in hair combs. Type 6/6 Nylon 101 is the most common commercial grade of nylon, and Nylon 6 is the most common commercial grade of molded nylon. Nylon is available in glass-filled variants which increase structural and impact strength and rigidity, and molybdenum sulfide-filled variants which increase lubricity . Aramids are another type of polyamide with quite different chain structures which include aromatic groups in the main chain. Such polymers make excellent ballistic fibres. Chemistry Nylons are condensation copolymers formed by reacting equal parts of a diamine and a dicarboxylic acid, so that peptide bonds form at both ends of each monomer in a process analogous to polypeptide biopolymers . Chemical elements included are carbon , hydrogen , nitrogen , and oxygen . The numerical suffix specifies the numbers of carbons donated by the monomers; the diamine first and the diacid second. The most common variant is nylon 6-6 which refers to the fact that the diamine (hexamethylene diamine) and the diacid ( adipic acid ) each donate 6 carbons to the polymer chain. As with other regular copolymers like polyesters and polyurethanes , the "repeating unit" consists of one of each monomer, so that they alternate in the chain. Since each monomer in this copolymer has the same reactive group on both ends, the direction of the amide bond reverses between each monomer, unlike natural polyamide proteins which have overall directionality: C terminal → N terminal. In the laboratory, nylon 6-6 can also be made using adipoyl chloride instead of adipic. It is difficult to get the proportions exactly correct, and deviations can lead to chain termination at molecular weights less than a desirable 10,000 daltons ( u ). To overcome this problem, a crystalline , solid "nylon salt " can be formed at room temperature , using an exact 1:1 ratio of the acid and the base to neutralize each other. Heated to 285 °C, the salt reacts to form nylon polymer. Above 20,000 daltons, it is impossible to spin the chains into yarn , so to combat this, some acetic acid is added to react with a free amine end group during polymer elongation to limit the molecular weight. In practice, and especially for 6,6, the monomers are often combined in a water solution. The water used to make the solution is evaporated under controlled conditions, and the increasing concentration of "salt" is polymerized to the fi |
March 26, 2000 saw the implosion, by Controlled Demolitions, Inc, of what structure, the largest building, by volume, ever demolished by implosion? | The Largest Building Ever Demolished By Implosion / Kingdome Stadium / Seattle - YouTube The Largest Building Ever Demolished By Implosion / Kingdome Stadium / Seattle 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. Published on Apr 11, 2015 The Largest Building Ever Demolished By Implosion - Kingdome Stadium - Seattle: Controlled Demolition, Inc. demolished the Kingdome by implosion on March 26, 2000 (approximately the 24th anniversary of the Kingdome's opening), setting a record recognized by Guinness World Records for the largest building, by volume, ever demolished by implosion. The Kingdome was the first large, domed stadium to be demolished in the United States and the demolition of the Kingdome was the first live event covered by ESPN Classic. The Kingdome was demolished before the debt issued to finance its construction was fully paid and as of September 2010, residents of King County are still responsible for more than $80 million in debt on the demolished stadium. The Kingdome (officially King County Multipurpose Domed Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, located in the city's SoDo neighborhood. Owned and operated by King County, the Kingdome opened in 1976 and was best known as the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB), and the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The stadium served as both the home outdoor and indoor venue for the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League (NASL) and hosted numerous amateur sporting events, concerts, and other events. The idea of constructing a covered stadium for a major league football and/or baseball team was first proposed to Seattle officials in 1959. Voters rejected separate measures to approve public funding for such a stadium in 1960 and 1966, but the outcome was different in 1968; King County voters approved the issue of $40 million in municipal bonds to construct the stadium. Construction began in 1972 and the stadium opened in 1976 as the home stadium of the Sounders and Seahawks. The Mariners moved in the following year, and the SuperSonics moved in the next year, only to move back to the Seattle Center Coliseum in 1985. The stadium hosted several major sports events, including the Soccer Bowl in August 1976, the Pro Bowl in January 1977, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in July 1979, the NBA All-Star Game in 1987, and the NCAA Final Four in 1984, 1989, and 1995. During the 1990s both the Seahawks' and Mariners' respective ownership groups began to question the suitability of the Kingdome as a venue for each team, threatening to relocate unless new, publicly funded stadiums were built. At issue was the fact that neither team saw their shared tenancy as profitable, as well as the integrity of the stadium's roof as highlighted by the collapse of ceiling tiles onto the seating area before the start of a scheduled Mariners game. As a result, public funding packages for new, purpose-built stadiums for the Mariners and Seahawks were approved in 1995 and 1997, respectively. The Mariners moved to Safeco Field midway through the 1999 season, and the Seahawks temporarily moved to Husky Stadium following the 1999 season. The Kingdome was demolished by implosion on March 26, 2000; the Seahawks' new stadium, Seahawks Stadium (now known as CenturyLink Field) was built on the site and opened in 2002. Seattle and King County will pay off the bonds used to build and repair the Kingdome in 2016, 16 years after its demolition. JOIN VSP GROUP PARTNER PROGRAM: https://youpartnerwsp.com/ru/join?89424 Category |
Now known as the Dong Fang Ocean, what ship ran aground in Prince William Sound, dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the gulf of Alaska, the 54th largest spill in history? | ship groundings | NOAA's Response and Restoration Blog NOAA's Response and Restoration Blog An inside look at the science of cleaning up and fixing the mess of marine pollution Tag Archives: ship groundings Restoration of an Injured Caribbean Coral Reef A coral cache location where fractured corals were protected prior to reef reattachment. NOAA The waters surrounding the Puerto Rico archipelago are known for the diversity and beauty of the coral reefs. Those reefs are also under great pressure from population density, land uses, and shipping traffic. On Oct. 27, 2009 the tanker Port Stewart grounded in coral reef habitat on the southeast coast of Puerto Rico near the entrance to Yabucoa Channel. The tanker was carrying 7 million gallons of oil. Local efforts freed the ship the same day it grounded without an oil spill but both the grounding and removal process caused extensive injury to the reef. Nearly 93 percent of Puerto Rico’s coral reefs are rated as threatened, with 84 percent at high risk and among the most threatened in the Caribbean. The Port Stewart incident directly destroyed about 512 square meters (about 5,551 square feet) of the living coral reef. The injured habitat had a diverse community of soft corals (octocorals), sponges, and hard corals (scleractinian), including Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources officials have been working on a restoration plan for the area, which is now available for public comment . The period for comments ends Feb. 10, 2017. When a reef is injured it’s important to take emergency restoration actions to salvage as many of the corals as possible. Following the grounding work began to triage corals and plan emergency restoration which lasted through 2010. This included surveying and mapping the area affected by the incident and salvaging as many living corals as possible. Emergency restoration efforts are designed to meet most of the actions needed to revive the injured reef. Broken corals were draped on a floating coral array frame in order to grow bigger. Divers attached Acropora coral fragments, one of many coral types affected by the grounding. NOAA In the Port Stewart case that included salvaging scleractinian corals, the hard reef-building animals that create skeletons under their skin. The skeletons are made from calcium carbonate and protect the coral animals and offer a base that other coral can attach themselves to, creating the reef community. The actions of emergency crews were able to save about 1,000 corals. Scientists have monitored injured reef for the past six years and consider restoration efforts successful. According to monitoring reports, survivorship of reattached corals is comparable to that of naturally occurring corals in the area. NOAA has the responsibility to conserve coral reef ecosystems under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. You can read more about how NOAA is working to restore damages reefs in the following articles: Argo Merchant: The Birth of Modern Oil Spill Response The Argo Merchant was carrying 7.7 million gallons of fuel oil when it went off course and became stuck on Dec. 15, 1976. Credit: Coast Guard Historian When the Argo Merchant ran aground on Nantucket Shoals off Massachusetts early on Dec. 15, 1976, and spilled nearly 8 million gallons of heavy fuel oil, it became the worst marine oil spill the United States had seen. It also led to the eventual creation of the Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R). The maverick research team In 1974, as work began on the Alaska pipeline, NOAA scientists and academics realized there were important unanswered questions about oil spills. “How does oil behave in water, that’s what we wanted to know,” recalled Peter Grose, who was then at NOAA’s Environmental Data Services Center in the District of Columbia. “The Environmental Research Lab in Boulder were looking at impacts from Alaskan drilling. We had the simplest m |
What brand of cereal has used a leprechaun as its mascot since General Foods introduced it in 1964? | Breakfast cereal mascots: Beloved and bizarre - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News Breakfast cereal mascots: Beloved and bizarre Next A 2011 article in Pediatrics magazine found that children who had been asked to taste a "new" cereal reported liking the same cereal more if there were a popular character depicted on the box. "The use of media characters on food packaging affects children's subjective taste assessment," the study concluded. Little surprise, given the long history of breakfast cereal manufacturers marketing their wares with the help of colorful cartoon characters or figures already familiar from TV, movies and comic books. The following gallery shows some of the more famous (and infamous) breakfast cereal mascots. Left: Quisp, introduced in 1965 by Quaker Oats, was discontinued in the 1970s, but in recent years has returned to Earth via online outlets. By CBSNews.com senior editor David Morgan Credit: CBS News In 1952 one of Kellogg's iconic products -- sugar-frosted flakes -- was introduced with a roar by Tony the Tiger ("They're grrrrrrrrreat!"). Credit: CBS News By 1933 the elves "Snap, Crackle and Pop" had become the official spokespersons of Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Credit: CBS News In 1971 General Mills introduced two cereals featuring monsters: Count Chocula (a chocolate-flavored cereal, with chocolate-flavored marshmallow bits), and the strawberry-flavored Franken Berry. The following year saw the entry of Boo Berry. Although all three cereals are still produced to this day, another monster cereal did not fare so well: Fruit Brute, which was discontinued in the 1980s. Credit: CBS News Fruit Brute was succeeded by Fruity Yummy Mummy, a fruit flavor-frosted cereal with vanilla flavor "monster mallows." Like Fruit Brute, Fruity Yummy Mummy did not stalk grocery store aisles for long. Credit: CBS News The Quaker Oats Man dates back to 1877, and was the first registered trademark for a cereal. Credit: CBS News In 1972 Ralston launched Freakies, a presweetened cereal that was "grown" at the site of the legendary Freakies Tree. Helping youngsters dig into their Freakies were seven freaky creatures named BossMoss, Cowmumble, Gargle, Grumble, Goody-Goody, Hamhose and Snorkeldorf. Credit: CBS News Cocoa Puffs (similar to General Mills' Kix, but with chocolate) was introduced in 1958. A few years later Sonny the Cuckoo Bird was created as its mascot ("I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!"). Credit: CBS News In the 1960s So-Hi (named as such because he was, well, only "so high") was the Oriental advertising icon for Post's Sugar Sparkled Rice Krinkles. So Hi was one of several Post cereal mascots that were developed by General Foods and the Ed Graham advertising agency. In 1964 the various characters were grouped into a TV series, "Linus the Lionhearted," featuring such vocal talents as Sheldon Leonard, Sterling Holloway, Carl Reiner, Ruth Buzzi, Jesse White and Jonathan Winters. The series ran on CBS and ABC for five years. Credit: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History, Duke University When King Vitamin was introduced in 1970, Quaker Oats used as its mascot a cartoon character designed by Jay Ward, the creator of the immortal "Rocky & Bullwinkle." King Vitamin's voice was that of Joe Flynn of "McHale's Navy." The cartoon character was soon replaced by a very flesh-and-blood King Vitamin, who ruled until 2000. Then, the royal scepter was handed over to a new, redesigned cartoon figure. Credit: CBS News The precursor to Sugar Bear, which hawked Post's Sugar Crisp cereal, was a trio of bears, named Dandy, Handy and Candy. The three bears are probably the only breakfast mascots to be immortalized in song by Rosemary Clooney, for Columbia Records in 1951. Credit: CBS News In 1990 a cereal combining rice, corn, wheat and oats was marketed as Bigg Mixx. Its mascot was a creature similarly conjured up from sundry sources, sporting a rooster's head, moose antlers, a pig's snout, and a wolf's fur. Neither the stalking hulk of Bigg Mixx nor its cereal namesake were around for long. Credit: CBS News In |
Cirrus, cumulus, and stratus are all types of what? | Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus - Tree House Weather Kids - University of Illinois Extension University of Illinois Extension Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus There are three main cloud types. Cumulus clouds are the puffy clouds that look like puffs of cotton. Cumulus clouds that do not get very tall are indicators of fair weather. If they do grow tall, they can turn into thunderstorms. The bottom of cumulus clouds are fairly close to the ground. Click on the image to view the large version. Stratus clouds look like flat sheets of clouds. These clouds can mean an overcast day or steady rain. They may stay in one place for several days. Click on the image to view the large version. Cirrus clouds are high feathery clouds. They are up so high they are actually made of ice particles. They are indicators of fair weather when they are scattered in a clear blue sky. Click on the image to view the large version. |
When baking, by what primary means does the heat reach the food? Convection, conduction, or radiation? | The Thermodynamics of Cooking and How Different Cooking Methods Work The Thermodynamics of Cooking and How Different Cooking Methods Work "If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?" Steven Wright By Meathead Goldwyn You may have thought you left physics and chemistry behind when you left school, but if you want to eat well, you need to understand that cooking is all about physics and chemistry, with a little magic mixed in. Here are some foundation concepts every outdoor cook needs to know. What is cooking? Foods are composed mainly of water, fat, protein, and carbohydrates. Cooking is the process of changing the chemistry of food usually by transferring energy in the form of heat to the food long enough so that it is safe and digestible, and achieves the desired flavor, texture, tenderness, juiciness, appearance, and nutrition. The three ways heat cooks food. Food gets hot when molecules vibrate so fast that their temperature rises. when cooking outdoors, heat is transferred to food by three methods. Which one you use is crucial. These processes have been described this way: Conduction is when your lover's body is pressed against yours. Convection is when your lover blows in your ear. Radiation is when you feel the heat of your lover's body under the covers without touching. Let's be a bit more precise: 1) Conduction is when heat is transferred to the food by direct contact with the heat source. Cooking a hot dog in a pan is conduction. Heat from the burner is transferred to the pan whose molecules vibrate, and pass the vibe on to the wiener. As the surface of the meat gets hotter than the interior, the heat transfers to the center through the moisture and fats. That's also conduction. Grill marks are a good example of conduction. Heat is transferred to the grill grates and the hot metal brands the meat. 2) Convection is when heat is carried to the food by a fluid such as air, water, or oil. Cooking a hot dog in your kitchen oven where it is surrounded by hot air is convection cooking. So is boiling it in water, or deep frying it in oil (you really need to try a deep fried hot dog once). If you get one side of your grill hot and put the food on the other side, it is cooked by natural convection airflow. Most gas grills cook by convection. A conventional indoor oven uses natural convection airflow to cook, but a "convection oven" has a fan and an extra heat source near the fan and uses forced airflow. A convection oven cooks 25% to 30% faster. It's like wind chill in reverse. The moving warm air transfers more energy that stagnant warm air. In either case, airflow only cooks the exterior of the meat, the interior of the meat is cooked by conduction as the heat travels through it. 3) Radiation is the transfer of heat by direct exposure to a source of light energy. Put a hot dog on a coat hangar and hold it to the side of a campfire and you are cooking by radiation. This is how most charcoal grills cook. To be complete, I need to mention that indoors there are two other methods heat is applied for food: 4) Excitation is how microwave ovens work. Microwaves are radio waves that penetrate the food and vibrate the molecules inside the hot dog until it gets hot without heating the air around it. Water in the food heats first in the microwave. Technically, this is a form of radiation. As yet, I haven't seen a grill that cooks with microwaves. 5) Induction is the latest technique for stove tops. A copper coil is placed under a smooth cooktop and an alternating current is sent through the coil creating a rapidly changing electromagnetic field. Electrons in steel or cast iron pots on the cooktop above the electromagnet are jostled by the rapidly changing magnetism, but they resist and the resistance heats the pot. The pot then transfers the heat to the food without the cooktop or the air around it getting hot. Induction is the most efficient way to convert energy to heat on a cooktop, and it very responsive to the control knob, but it does not work with aluminum, glass, or copper pots. The difference between heat and tempe |
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