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What is written on the side of the van driven by the gang on Scooby Doo? | Mystery Machine For Sale: Scooby Doo Van On Craigslist, eBay Mystery Machine For Sale: Scooby Doo Van On Craigslist, eBay The Huffington Post B.C. reddit ADVERTISEMENT Hey gang! The psychedelic painted Mystery Machine used by Scooby Doo and friends can be yours for a mere $2,000 from a Vancouver seller. The 1994 Chevy G10 was used in "Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins," a 2009 TV movie filmed in Vancouver. According to the postings, it was a Telus panel van before starring in the film. Owner Andy Rankin told Metro Vancouver that his brother originally got the van from his neighbour who works in props. The brother drove the van for three years and then left the country, so Rankin used it for another year. The van has some dents in the body, which were "put in by the film crew to make it look more authentic," says the eBay posting. The exterior paint job is also not complete on the passenger's side. The van, which has clocked under 100,000 km, has a "crisp and clear sounding AM radio" (cassette option not included) and brand new starter motor, muffler, exhaust pipe, rear brake lines and front brake pads. The Mystery Machine was posted on Craigslist and eBay this month. Bidding on eBay ends on Dec. 16. Meddling kids not included. |
Now permanently moored in Long Beach, CA, and serves as a hotel and restaurants, what famed Cunard liner first sailed on May 27, 1937 and was retired in 1967? | RMS Queen Mary - Long Beach, CA - Birds Eye View - Drone Footage - Sky Cam - YouTube RMS Queen Mary - Long Beach, CA - Birds Eye View - Drone Footage - Sky Cam 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 Jun 9, 2014 RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line (known as Cunard-White Star when the vessel entered service). Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Queen Mary along with her running mate, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, were built as part of Cunard's planned two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg, and New York City. The two ships were a British response to the superliners built by German and French companies in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Queen Mary was the flagship of the Cunard Line from May 1936 until October 1946 when she was replaced in that role by Queen Elizabeth. The vessel also held the Blue Riband from 1936 to 1937 and then from 1938 to 1952 when she was beaten by the new SS United States. Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 and captured the Blue Riband in August of that year; she lost the title to SS Normandie in 1937 and recaptured it in 1938. With the outbreak of World War II, she was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the duration of the war. Following the war, Queen Mary was refitted for passenger service and along with Queen Elizabeth commenced the two-ship transatlantic passenger service for which the two ships were initially built. The two ships dominated the transatlantic passenger transportation market until the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s. By the mid-1960s Queen Mary was aging and though still among the most popular transatlantic liners, was operating at a loss. After several years of decreased profits for Cunard Line, Queen Mary was officially retired from service in 1967. She left Southampton for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of Long Beach, California, United States, where she remains permanently moored. Much of the machinery including two of the four steam turbines, three of the four propellers, and all of the boilers were removed, and the ship now serves as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum, and hotel. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has accepted the Queen Mary to be part of the Historic Hotels of America. Namesake: Queen Mary |
Designed to prevent sewer gas from passing back into your house, what is the name for the U-shaped pipe that connects below sink drains? | Sewer Odors in Bathroom | Ask the Builder Sewer Odors in Bathroom Sewer Odor in Bathroom TIPS Just Below FAST TIPS to STOP Sewer Odors Run water in tub and sink to fill traps If odor comes up as soon as you do this, clean inside of pipe above trap with bottle brush and Stain Solver certified organic oxygen bleach Does toilet rock side to side when you sit on it? If so, replace gasket Did odor start after a plumber did drain cleaning work? CLICK HERE to get FREE & FAST BIDS from plumbers to STOP sewer gas odor. DEAR TIM: We recently have begun to notice a sewer odor from only one of the three bathrooms in our house. It might be the toilet, but it's hard to tell. The smell is not constant and some times it is very strong. Everything in the house drains fine, including the toilet with the odor. Where can the odor be coming from? I have put a bacterial additive in the toilet but this does not seem to help. Is this serious? What can I do to fix the problem? Karen B., Watseka, IL DEAR KAREN: The odor can be coming from numerous places. Often the source of the problem is simple, but in rare occasions the problem can be a serious plumbing flaw that is hidden behind a wall. I have found more often than not that the problem can be solved in just a few moments with a quart of water. See if all of the plumbing fixtures have water in the traps. Many people do not realize the purpose of the P shaped traps in the drain lines beneath sinks, tub and showers. Lots of people think they are there to catch rings and earrings from traveling down to sewers and septic tanks. They do this but they also keep sewer gas and vermin from traveling up and into your home. The standing water in a trap is an excellent barricade against sewer gas. Plumbing fixtures or floor drains that get little use can loose this effective water seal. The water in the trap simply evaporates and/or it can be sucked from the trap by a clogged vent pipe or a poorly designed or installed pluming system. You can be fooled when you look into a drain and see the reflection of water. Even though you see water, sewer gas can be passing over this small amount of water left at the very bottom of a trap. Tubs and showers in guest bathrooms frequently are the culprit. Often people will use a toilet or sink in a bathroom but the tub and shower go unused for months at a time. Pour a quart of water in the sink and tub drains. This is plenty of water to fill the trap and provide the full water seal. If this is the problem, the odor should go away in a very short amount of time. If the odor is still present, then it is time to look at other possibilities. The inside surface of bathroom sink, tub and shower drains can also be a huge source of odors. Kitchen sinks frequently have similar odor problems. Almost all sinks have a piece of pipe called a tailpiece that extends from the bottom of the sink into the top of the p trap. This pipe is constantly exposed to the air in your bathroom. All of the bacteria, dirt, grime, mold, etc. pass through this pipe on its way to the sewer or septic system. But often some is left behind. Over time a thick layer of slime starts to collect on the inside surface of this vertical pipe. Mold and bacteria can begin to grow and some produce noxious odors. This slime is a biofilm. Mold grows FAST in this slime. When you run water, the water touches the ripe mold and it EJECTS spores into the air. The explosion of the spore into the air is caused by a foul gas the mold creates. That's the source of the odor in many cases - the tiny amount of propellent used by the mold to send a spore out into the air in your house! CLICK HERE to get FREE & FAST BIDS from plumbers to STOP sewer gas odor. Because of the fixed metal parts at the bottom of sink and tub drains, it is virtually impossible to completely clean these pipes while they are in place. Often you can take apart the drain assembly and clean the inside of this pipe in a jiffy. Pay attention to the rubber washers and gaskets as you take them apart. If the drain is old, these parts often need to be replaced wi |
In which park do Yogi Bear and his little buddy Boo Boo live? | Themes & Events - Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™: Luray, VA Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™: Luray, VA Contact Themes & Events Jellystone Park™ has exciting events throughout the season! Fun themes and activities center on holidays, seasons of the year and other special days. Take a look at what we’re planning this year. Then book your family’s extra-terrific getaway. See you soon! Stay Up To Date On Park News, Deals, And Items Of Special Interest! email *Type* Wake Up the Bears Pajama Party | March 31 – April 2 Spring has sprung and Cindy Bear™ needs your help waking up Yogi Bear™ and Boo Boo™ from their long hibernation! Stay in your pajamas for the first weekend of the season. Plus, camp for two nights for the price of one this weekend! Mention “WAKEUP” when you make your reservation to receive the discount. May not be combined with other offers. Mardi Gras Weekend | April 7-9 It’s always a good time to celebrate Mardi Gras at Jellystone Park™! Compete in our Mardi Gras costume contest and make your very own mask to wear in the Mardi Gras parade. Don’t forget to join us for the morning pledge with the bears! Spring Break Feelin’ Groovy | April 10-13 Come spend Spring Break with Yogi Bear™, Cindy Bear™, and Boo Boo™! The mini golf, pedal boats, gem mining and lazer tag will be open every day this week (limited hours) and we’ll have planned activities each day. Easter Extravaganza Weekend | April 14-16 Hop your way to Jellystone Park™! We have a fun-filled Easter weekend planned with your favorite bears. Join us for egg relays, egg decorating, wagon rides, crafts, and candy bar bingo. We’ll have a teen/adult Easter egg hunt Friday night (top prize is a $50 camping certificate!), flashlight hunt Saturday night for ages 7-12, and the Easter bunny will kick off the hunt for the little ones Sunday morning! Jellystone Park™ Goes Green Weekend | April 21-23 Help us go green in honor of Earth Day! Make a bird feeder, explore our hidden wildlife, and get in touch with nature. Yogi Bear™ and Boo Boo™ will be helping pick up trash and going green! Super Hero Weekend | April 28-30 Calling all superheroes! Wear your favorite super hero costume to test your powers at the relay, or make your very own superhero mask during arts & crafts. Think you’re faster than Yogi Bear™? Show off your super speed in the 50-yard dash! Are you a homeschool family? Enjoy 20% off your reservation that includes at least one weeknight. Must call and mention this deal at time of booking to redeem. Fiesta Weekend | May 5-7 Time to turn up the heat with a little futbol, piñatas, and festive arts and crafts! Compete in our Mexican blanket roll relay and shake your maracas at the Fiesta Dance on Saturday night! Plus, the pools and Water Zone open this weekend! Mother’s Day Weekend | May 12-14 Mom is Queen of Jellystone Park™ this weekend! Moms will receive a FREE gift at check-in and are free at candy bar bingo! Kids, make Mom a gift at arts and crafts and sing songs on the wagon ride! Plus, the water slide opens this weekend! Spring Sports Weekend | May 19-21 It’s getting warmer every day and we’re all itching to get active! Join the bears each morning for Yogicize and stretch properly before taking to the field. Enjoy fun games of baseball, dodgeball, softball, mini golf and even whipped cream whiffle ball! |
What cocktail, consisting of rum, curacao, and lime juice, did bar owner Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr., better known as Trader Vic, claim to invent? | Edible East Bay Fall Harvest 2015 by Edible East Bay - issuu issuu Fall Harvest 2015 Ten Years in Print edibleeastbay.com Member of Edible Communities fall harvest 2015 1 There are 125 reasons why chefs choose Niman Ranch Raised With Care® is more than a tag line—it is engrained in everything we do. From the way our family farmers treat the land and the animals to how we support our farmers, ranchers and their local communities—we have 125 ways that we back this up. We care and so do the chefs, grocers and consumers that support Niman Ranch. · All Vegetarian Feeds · Raised Outdoors or in Deeply Bedded Pens (No Confinement) · No Antibiotics or Added Hormones**–Ever · No Preservatives · No Nitrites · No Gluten We appreciate the opportunity that Niman Ranch affords us to make a living as a family farm. Paul Brown, Iowa Paul Brown Young farmers, we just ask for a chance. We don’t ask for a ton of money or whatever. We just want to have a chance. A chance to get started and work hard. Scott Sibbel, Iowa Scott Sibbel and children I probably wouldn’t have come back to farm, to raise pigs, if we were in a more conventional swine operation. We prefer to see our sows outside, our pigs outside, exhibiting their natural behaviors. There’s just no other way to do it in our eyes. Adair Crowe, Missouri Adair Crowe The finest all- natural* meats raised by family farmers and ranchers committed to sustainable and humane practices Learn more at nimanranch.com 2 fall harvest 2015 *Minimally processed. No artificial ingredients. **Federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones in pork. EDIBLE EAST BAY “...a fine embodiment of innovative agricultural and architectural preservation.” ~ edible Austin lospoblanos.com Farm Shop • Dining • Lavender Fields • Historic Inn • Organic Farm • Weddings P R E S E N T E D B Y T H E N O R T H L A K E TA H O E R E S O R T A S S O C I AT I O N September 11-13, 2015 at Northstar California Blazing Pans Mountain Chef Cook Off Farm to Tahoe Dinner Culinary Competition and Grand Tasting Purchase tickets now at and much more! WWW.TAHOEFOODANDWINE.COM WWW.NORTHSTARCALIFORNIA.COM/AFW A fundraiser for the Community Fund of North Lake Tahoe, through the 501c-3 Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation edibleeastbay.com Roasted Winter Squash and Apple Soup 4 fall harvest 2015 ABOUT OUR COVER PHOTOGRAPHER, DAVID GANS I f the name David Gans rings a bell, it may be because he’s contributed articles and photos to this magazine, was interviewed in our Harvest 2008 issue by Mary Tilson, the popular host of KPFA’s America’s Back Forty, and is a familiar performer at Oakland’s Grand Lake Farmers’ Market. But David is far better known in the wider world as a musician, journalist, and famous chronicler of the Grateful Dead. At the time of this interview, he had just returned home to Oakland from a 12day tour of the Midwest during which he performed original material and hosted the SiriusXM broadcasts of the Grateful Dead “Fare Thee Well” shows in Chicago. Edible East Bay: How did you first get into performing at the farmers’ market? David Gans: A friend suggested I apply. I play there two or three times a year. I love it. EEB: How did you come to appreciate good food and why? DG: It started when I met my wife, Rita. Her Italian family cherished good food, and she was part of a collective that started San Francisco’s Inner Sunset Community Food Store in the mid-1970s. The store’s focus was on organic produce. EEB: Tell us about your profession and what you’re working on right now. DG: I have been a working musician since I was 16. I took a long detour into music journalism—interviewing musicians, producers, engineers, executives, etc.—which provided an income and a million-dollar education. My interest in the Grateful Dead led to a book contract and thence into the radio business. About 15 years ago I began touring. With several self-published records, I have seen enough success to merit continuing and have been able to avoid holding a “real” job for almost 40 years. I am now recording a solo album of Grateful Dead songs, a |
Oncology is the study of what? | What is Oncology? What is Oncology? By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD The term oncology literally means a branch of science that deals with tumours and cancers. The word “onco” means bulk, mass, or tumor while “-logy” means study. What is cancer? Each of the cells of the body have a tightly regulated system that controls their growth, maturity, reproduction and eventual death. Cancer begins when cells in a part of the body start to grow out of control. There are many kinds of cancer, but they all start because of out-of-control growth of abnormal cells. How common is cancer? Today, millions of people are living with cancer or have had cancer. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. About one-half of all men and one-third of all women in the US will develop cancer during their lifetimes. How long has cancer existed for? Some of the earliest evidence of cancer is found among fossilized bone tumors, human mummies in ancient Egypt, and ancient manuscripts. Abnormalities suggestive of the bone cancer called osteosarcoma have been seen in mummies. Among manuscripts the first known description of cancer is seen in the Edwin Smith Papyrus and is a copy of part of an ancient Egyptian textbook on trauma surgery. It describes 8 cases of tumors or ulcers of the breast that were treated by cauterization with a tool called the fire drill. It dates back to about 3000 BC. The papyrus describes the condition as “incurable”. Role of an oncologist Medical professionals who practice oncology are called Cancer specialists or oncologists. These oncologists have several specific roles. They help in diagnosis of the cancer, help in staging the cancer and grading the aggressive nature of the cancer. Oncology diagnostic tools The most important diagnostic tool remains the clinical history of the patient. Common symptoms that point towards cancer include fatigue, weight loss, unexplained anemia, fever of unknown origin etc. Oncology depends on diagnostic tools like biopsy or removal of bits of the tumour tissue and examining it under the microscope. Other diagnostic tools include endoscopy for the gastrointestinal tract, imaging studies like X-rays, CT scanning, MRI scanning, ultrasound and other radiological techniques, Scintigraphy, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Positron emission tomography and nuclear medicine techniques etc. Related Stories |
The site of a mid-19th century conflict, in which modern day country is the Crimean peninsula? | War in Crimea, 19th Century Russia – Blogshevik Revolution War in Crimea, 19th Century Russia { 10 } The Russian Empire survived a conflict ridden existence of violent political change and internal reform from 1721 up to the Russian revolution in 1917. One point of interest, in this vast historical time period, is the Crimean War that took place in the mid-19th century from October 1853 to February 1856, culminating in a Russian defeat by a coalition of French, British, and Ottoman Turks. Understanding the history and relation of Russia and Crimea play into current events and understanding Russian interest in the region from a historical aspect. Battle of Sinop 1853 The Crimean war was spurned on by poor relations between Russia and the ruling Ottomans in the contested area of Crimea. Russia viewed their rights to protect ethnic and Russian Orthodox citizens from Ottoman subjugation, within the region that is now largely the Ukraine and Romania, as paramount in maintaining sovereignty of the empire. The expansion and protection of Russian Orthodox Christianity in the region was viewed as an affront to the supremacy of the holy Roman Church, of which France had a vested interest in maintaining at the time. This led to violations of multiple treaties and the escalation of full blown naval and land based warfare between the aforementioned parties. Historical Map of the Area of Operations The heaviest fighting was seen when the allied troops landed a coalition fighting force in Russian controlled Crimea. The battle of Sevastopol began, a siege that would last a full year and mark the focal point of the fighting. Russians eventually retreated and gave up Sevastopol late in 1855. The amount of casualties in the war is viewed in retrospect as costly and unnecessary by all sides, totaling near 750,000 deaths combined. Siege of Sevastopol The Crimean war brought upon some valuable lessons to be learned by all parties, but specifically Russia. The realization that Russia had become weaker than the rest of the modernizing European powers was highlighted by their inability to effectively wage war for their own national interest. Technologically, they were far behind the French and British in naval superiority, and socially it had become apparent that the feudalistic ways of serfdom were no longer effective in maintaining and implementing national interest. The eventual emancipation of the serfs in 1861 can be drawn back to, in part, the failure of Russia to succeed in this costly and embarrassing war that reshaped the political geography of the region and set the tone for World War one, as well as the following revolution that would prompt a great change in Russian history. |
How many dice are used in the games of Yahtzee? | Yahtzee | Play it online YAHTZEE TOTAL SCORE Hi there! Do you want to talk to other users of this game? Share stories about how bad Bill is as a partner, or send us your suggestions and questions? Get notified of new games and changes to old ones? Then check out our new Facebook page ! Did you accidentally turn off the theme? Click here to turn it on again . Advertisement Yahtzee Rules The objective of YAHTZEE is to get as many points as possible by rolling five dice and getting certain combinations of dice. Gameplay In each turn a player may throw the dice up to three times. A player doesn't have to roll all five dice on the second and third throw of a round, he may put as many dice as he wants to the side and only throw the ones that don't have the numbers he's trying to get. For example, a player throws and gets 1,3,3,4,6. He decides he want to try for the large straight, 1,2,3,4,5. So, he puts 1,3,4 to the side and only throws 3 and 6 again, hoping to get 2 and 5. In this game you click on the dice you want to keep. They will be moved down and will not be thrown the next time you press the 'Roll Dice' button. If you decide after the second throw in a turn that you don't want to keep the same dice before the third throw then you can click them again and they will move back to the table and be thrown in the third throw. Upper section combinations Ones: Get as many ones as possible. Twos: Get as many twos as possible. Threes: Get as many threes as possible. Fours: Get as many fours as possible. Fives: Get as many fives as possible. Sixes: Get as many sixes as possible. For the six combinations above the score for each of them is the sum of dice of the right kind. E.g. if you get 1,3,3,3,5 and you choose Threes you will get 3*3 = 9 points. The sum of all the above combinations is calculated and if it is 63 or more, the player will get a bonus of 35 points. On average a player needs three of each to reach 63, but it is not required to get three of each exactly, it is perfectly OK to have five sixes, and zero ones for example, as long as the sum is 63 or more the bonus will be awarded. Lower section combinations Three of a kind: Get three dice with the same number. Points are the sum all dice (not just the three of a kind). Four of a kind: Get four dice with the same number. Points are the sum all dice (not just the four of a kind). Full house: Get three of a kind and a pair, e.g. 1,1,3,3,3 or 3,3,3,6,6. Scores 25 points. Small straight: Get four sequential dice, 1,2,3,4 or 2,3,4,5 or 3,4,5,6. Scores 30 points. Large straight: Get five sequential dice, 1,2,3,4,5 or 2,3,4,5,6. Scores 40 points. Chance: You can put anything into chance, it's basically like a garbage can when you don't have anything else you can use the dice for. The score is simply the sum of the dice. YAHTZEE: Five of a kind. Scores 50 points. You can optionally get multiple Yahtzees, see below for details. Multiple Yahtzees After months of requests from people about adding support for multiple Yahtzees I've finally added it. You can toggle multiple Yahtzees on and off via the Options menu. The rules around it are a bit complex, but I believe they are the right ones, at least according to http://www.yahtzee.org.uk/rules.html . There are a couple of different cases: You already have a Yahtzee: You get a 100 bonus points in the Yahtzee box, but you also have a joker, which means that you can choose another move for the Yahtzee you just got. If the number you got yahtzees with has not been filled out in the upper section, then you must choose that. E.g. if you get an additional Yahtzee with 2's, and you haven't filled out the 2's in the upper section then you must choose that, and get 10 points for it. If the upper section box is already filled then you can choose any of the lower region boxes, and they will be scored as normal. Yahtzee is a superset of 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, full house and chance, but you can also choose small or large straight and will get the normal 30 and 40 points for those. You've already put 0 in the Yahtzee b |
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A hinny is the product of a male horse and a female donkey. What is the name for the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse? | Hinny | Define Hinny at Dictionary.com hinny the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey. Compare mule 1 (defs 1, 2). Origin of hinny 1680-90; obsolete hinne (< Latin hinnus; akin to Greek gínnos mule) + -y 2 Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for hinny Expand Adle Dubois Mrs. William T. Savage And oh, hinny, but your mother had been a weel-faured woman in her day! The Boy Hunters Captain Mayne Reid The hinny, on the other hand, the produce of the stallion and she ass, is essentially a modified horse. Adle Dubois Mrs. William T. Savage The body and barrel, however, of the hinny are flat and narrow, in which it differs from the horse and resembles the she ass. British Dictionary definitions for hinny Expand noun (pl) -nies 1. the sterile hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass Compare mule 1 (sense 1) Word Origin C17: from Latin hinnus, from Greek hinnos hinny2 a less common word for whinny hinny3 (Scot & Northern English, dialect) a term of endearment, esp for a woman or child Word Origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for hinny Expand n. "offspring of a stallion and a she-ass," 1680s, from Latin hinnus, from Greek innos, ginnos, of unknown origin. v. "to neigh," c.1400, of imitative origin. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper |
What can be a film director, producer, and actor, a move in chess, or a fortified residence? | Adrien Brody - IMDb IMDb Community LATEST HEADLINES Actor | Producer | Composer Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy . He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the camera. Adrien attended the American Academy of ... See full bio » Born: Share this page: Related News a list of 30 people created 25 Feb 2012 a list of 25 people created 30 Apr 2012 a list of 30 people created 31 Dec 2013 a list of 33 people created 24 Feb 2014 a list of 26 people created 15 Aug 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Adrien Brody's work have you seen? User Polls Won 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 34 nominations. See more awards » Known For 1996 Bullet Hearts (TV Movie) Chuckie Bragg 1994 Rebel Highway (TV Series) Skinny 1988 Home at Last (TV Movie) Billy 1988 Annie McGuire (TV Series) Lenny McGuire 2015 Stone Barn Castle (Documentary) (producer) 2011 Detachment (executive producer) 2002 Dummy (performer: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited) 1999 Summer of Sam (performer: "Hello from the Gutters" (1999)) Hide 2013 InAPPropriate Comedy (additional dialogue written by) Hide 2006 Hollywoodland (additional cinematographer: super 8mm) Hide 2004-2016 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2015 Breakthrough (TV Series documentary) Narrator 2014 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (TV Movie) Himself 2013 Driven to Extremes (TV Series) Himself 2012 Chelsea Lately (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2012 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (TV Movie) Himself 2010-2012 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary) Himself 2010 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2010 The 7PM Project (TV Series) Himself 2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2007-2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2010 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (TV Movie) Himself 2010 Guys Choice (TV Movie) Himself 2010 Festivals SUNcovered (TV Series) Himself 2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (TV Movie) Himself 2008 Charity Poker Festival (TV Movie) Himself - Poker Player #5 2008 Seitenblicke (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 Reel Comedy (TV Series) Himself 2007 Caiga quien caiga (TV Series) Himself 2007 Miradas 2 (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2006 MovieReal: Hollywoodland (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2006 The View (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2005-2006 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself 2005 It's All Gone King Kong (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2005 Corazón de... (TV Series) Himself 2005 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2005 Total Request Live (TV Series) Himself 2003-2005 The Daily Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2005 Deconstructing 'The Village' (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) Himself - Host 2003 A Sorta Fairytale (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 The Making of 'The Pianist' (TV Short documentary) Himself 2002 Hyper show (TV Series documentary) Himself 1999 Split Screen (TV Series) Harry Personal Details Other Works: (1/25/05) Announced nominations for the 77th Oscars in a live telecast from Beverly Hills. See more » Publicity Listings: 14 Interviews | 15 Articles | 3 Pictorials | 10 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Official Sites: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on fame] It's made the world a much smaller place. I was lost, hiking in New Zealand and these two girls literally picked me up and drove me home. There was nothing weird, there was no agenda, nobody asked for anybody's number, not even a photograph, but they recognised me and they felt safe to put me in their car - a complete stranger from New York, a grown man. The reason that resonated with ... See more » Trivia: Appears in the music video of the song "A Sorta Fairytale" by Tori Amos. See more » Trademark: Often plays intellectuals or artistic types |
The June 3, 1888 edition of the San Francisco Examiner included a baseball poem by Ernest Thayer, which featured the exploits of what member of the Mudville Nine? | Casey at the Bat - Exodus Books Casey at the Bat 1st Edition, ©2000, ISBN: 9781929766000 Hardcover, 32 pages Price: $18.99 "And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out." Those lines have echoed through the decades, the final stanza of a poem published pseudonymously in the June 3, 1888, issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Its author would rather have seen it forgotten. Instead, Ernest Thayer's poem has taken a well-deserved place as an enduring icon of Americana. Christopher Bing's magnificent version of this immortal ballad of the flailing 19th-century baseball star is rendered as though it had been newly discovered in a hundred-year-old scrapbook. Bing seamlessly weaves real and trompe l'oeil reproductions of artifacts-period baseball cards, tickets, advertisements, and a host of other memorabilia into the narrative to present a rich and multifaceted panorama of a bygone era. A book to be pored over by children, treasured by aficionados of the sport-and given as a gift to all ages: a tragi-comic celebration of heroism and of a golden era of sport. This edition deserves the Caldecott Honor it received in 2001 and is our favorite version in-print. Did you find this review helpful? Exodus Rating: |
The June 1974 edition of Emergency Medicine included an article entitled "Pop Goes the Cafe Coronary", which described what common procedure? | Basic First Aid Instructor Tim Winer Orange Coast College (714) , Ext ppt download Similar presentations More Presentation on theme: "Basic First Aid Instructor Tim Winer Orange Coast College (714) 432-0202, Ext. 26677."— Presentation transcript: 1 Basic First Aid Instructor Tim Winer Orange Coast College (714) , Ext 2 The Key Emergency Principle The key principle taught in almost all systems is that the rescuer, be they a lay person or a professional, should assess the situation for Danger. The reason that an assessment for Danger is given such high priority is that it is core to emergency management that rescuers do not become secondary victims of any incident, as this creates a further emergency that must be dealt with. A typical assessment for Danger would involve observation of the surroundings, starting with the cause of the accident (e.g. a falling object) and expanding outwards to include any situational hazards (e.g. fast moving traffic) and history or secondary information given by witnesses, bystanders or the emergency services (e.g. an attacker still waiting nearby). Once a primary danger assessment has been complete, this should not end the system of checking for danger, but should inform all other parts of the process. If at any time the risk from any hazard poses a significant danger (as a factor of likelihood and seriousness) to the rescuer, they should consider whether they should approach the scene (or leave the scene if appropriate). 3 Principles for assessing an emergency Once a primary check for danger has been undertaken, a rescuer is then likely to follow a set of principles, which are largely common sense. These assessment principles are the types of information that the emergency services will ask when summoned. This information usually includes number of Casualties, history of what's happened and at what time, location and access to the site and what emergency services are likely to be required, or that are already on scene. There are several mnemonics which are used to help rescuers remember how to conduct this assessment, which include CHALET (Casualties, Hazards, Access, Location, Emergency Services, Type of Incident) and ETHANE (Exact Location, Type of Incident, Hazards, Access, Number of casualties, Emergency services required)mnemonicsCHALETETHANE For small scale medical incidents (one or two casualties), the rescuer may also conduct a first aid assessment of the patient(s) in order to gather more information. The most widely used system is the ABC system and it's variations, where the rescuer checks the basics of life on the casualty (primarily their breathing in modern protocols).patientABC system In larger incidents, of any type, most protocols teach that casualty assessment should not start until emergency services have been summoned (as multiple casualties are expected). Accurate reporting of this important information helps emergency services dispatch appropriate resource to the incident, in good time and to the right place. 4 Summoning Emergency Services After undertaking a scene survey, the rescuer needs to decide what, if any, emergency services will be required. In many cases, an apparent emergency may turn out to be less serious than first thought, and may not require the intervention of the emergency services. If emergency services are required, the lay person would normally call for help using their local emergency telephone number, which can be used to summon professional assistance. The emergency dispatcher may well give instructions over the phone to the person on scene, with further advice on what actions to take.call for helpemergency telephone number 5 Action whilst awaiting emergency services The actions following the summoning of the emergency services are likely to depend on the response that the services are able to offer. In most cases, in a metropolitan area, help is likely to be forthcoming within minutes of a call, although in more outlying, rural areas, the time in which help is available increases. Actions may include: First Aid for casualties on sceneFirst Aid |
What was the awesome nickname of depression era bank robber Charles Arthur Floyd? | Bank Robbers of the Great Depression in the 1930s | The Classroom | Synonym Bank Robbers of the Great Depression in the 1930s by Karen Clark Many bank robbers gained noteriety during the Great Depression. Related Articles What Happened to Howard Carter After His Discovery of King Tuts Tomb? Such was the fame of Depression-era bandits that they remain subjects of movies and books to this day. At a time when the average Joe was struggling to pay for basic necessities, outlaws were taking what they couldn't get honestly. For most of the 1930s, Public Enemy Number One was usually a bank robber. An Infamous Gang The Dillinger Gang consisted of an infamous bunch of outlaws that, besides John Dillinger, at various times included Baby Face Nelson, Homer Van Meter and John "Red" Hamilton. Starting in the summer of 1933, they stole about $300,000 from banks in five states across the Midwest. Dillinger quickly found himself at the top of the FBI's Public Enemies, with the rest of his gang making up most of the remaining top 10. He met his death at the hands of FBI gunmen outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago in 1934. A Notorious Partnership Starting in 1932, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow committed a string of bank, gas station and convenience store robberies from Louisiana to as far west as New Mexico. They also killed several people along the way, including civilians and law enforcement officers. Famous for being photographed together and appearing in newspapers, their pictures also ended up on most-wanted posters across the country. The FBI finally caught up with them in 1934. They were each shot to death in their car as they drove a country lane to Sailes, Louisiana. Siblings in Crime Fred and Arthur "Dock" Barker were brothers who banded together with Alvin "Creepy" Karpis to rob banks during the Great Depression. Their mother, known as Ma Barker, gained a reputation as the ring leader, though it's unclear whether she actually played a role in the family business. Based in Oklahoma, the Barker-Karpis Gang not only robbed banks, but they murdered and kidnapped, quickly catching the attention of the FBI. Dock was arrested in 1935 and sent to Alcatraz where he was eventually shot trying to escape; his brother Freddie and their mother died after a four-hour shootout with the FBI in Florida that same year. Folk Hero Charles Arthur Floyd, better known as Pretty Boy Floyd, made a name for himself as a bank robber in Oklahoma and the Midwest. His name conjured the ideals of Robin Hood to ordinary people suffering through the Great Depression. To them, he was a folk hero; to the FBI, he was Public Enemy Number One. He robbed over 30 banks, most of them in Ohio and Oklahoma. Though implicated in a string of murders he did not commit, Floyd was guilty of shooting a bounty hunter who tried to capture him. FBI agents and local police officers shot and killed Floyd in 1934 near East Liverpool, Ohio. Over 20,000 people attended his funeral. References |
Drawing an estimated 235,000 visitors, what is the name of the annual festival of ethnic, folk, and traditional art, crafts, and music that took place at Seattle Center this last weekend? | Tacoma Event and Festival Guide ~ TacomaScene.com June Taste of Tacoma Held in mid-summer, Taste of Tacoma features the city's largest food festival, and is held in Point Defiance Park. Chefs and restaurants from the entire area participate. This event includes over 30 booths, offers goodies ranging from barbecue spareribs and ethnic dishes to heavenly desserts and Washington State wines and beers, plus live music and local artists. This is possibly the ultimate family picnic. June Vancouver International Jazz Festival . In Vancouver B.C. Today, twenty years after its inauguration, the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival is the largest music festival in British Columbia, winner of numerous awards for Best Festival and praised as one of the leading jazz festivals in the world. Acclaimed for its innovative and adventurous programming, stellar production values, community partnerships, solid fiscal management and extraordinary volunteers (1000+) the Festival brings audiences a state of the art look at the global jazz scene. Over 400 shows (including 130 free concerts) take place during the 10 days of the Festival. By taking the music to concert halls, clubs, parks, community centers, public plazas, and neighborhoods and streets, the Jazz Festival animates the city like at no other time of year. From Water Street in historic Gastown to grand concert halls like the Orpheum and the Commodore; from the picturesque Capilano Suspension Bridge to the huge outdoor stage at David Lam Park, jazz of all styles and stripes, blues, funk, Latin, fusion, electronica and world music resonates in venues big and small across the city. June Freemont Fair . Held in June, the Fremont Fair is located in the funky and friendly Fremont neighborhood�Seattle, Washington's own "Center of the Universe." Now in its 39th year, Fremont Fair returns to celebrate the Summer Solstice and the best of its community: art, spirit, sharing, celebration and working together to help each other. During Fair weekend, people from all walks of life come together to shop, eat, drink, perform, smile, dance, run, converse, debate, groove and parade. And while Fremont Fair continues to emphasize good times, don't forget about the good work it does by raising awareness and understanding of the needs of low-income people in our community. Presented by Fremont Public Association (FPA), all donations received during this FREE event go directly to fund FPA programs that provide shelter, food, advocacy and care for low-income families and individuals throughout Seattle and King County. YOU CAN HELP! Bring a buck or two to drop in the orange donation boxes at the main festival |
Known as The Prairie State, what was the 21st state to join the Union on Dec 3. 1818? | Illinois becomes the 21st state - Dec 03, 1818 - HISTORY.com Illinois becomes the 21st state Share this: Illinois becomes the 21st state Author Illinois becomes the 21st state URL Publisher A+E Networks Illinois achieves full statehood on this day. Though Illinois presented unique challenges to immigrants unaccustomed to the soil and vegetation of the area, it grew to become a bustling and densely populated state. The strange but beautiful prairie lands east of the Mississippi and north of Lake Michigan presented a difficult challenge to the tide of westward-moving immigrants. Accustomed to the heavily forested lands of states like Kentucky and Tennessee, the early immigrants to Illinois did not know what to make of the vast treeless stretches of the prairie. Most pioneers believed that the fertility of soil revealed itself by the abundance of vegetation it supported, so they assumed that the lack of trees on the prairie signaled inferior farmland. Those brave souls who did try to farm the prairie found that their flimsy plows were inadequate to cut through prairie sod thickly knotted with deep roots. In an “age of wood,” farmers also felt helpless without ready access to the trees they needed for their tools, homes, furniture, fences, and fuel. For all these reasons, most of the early Illinois settlers remained in the southern part of the state, where they built homes and farms near the trees that grew along the many creek and river bottoms. The challenge of the prairies slowed emigration into the region; when Illinois was granted statehood in 1818, the population was only about 35,000, and most of the prairie was still largely unsettled. Gradually, though, a few tough Illinois farmers took on the difficult task of plowing the prairie and discovered that the soil was far richer than they had expected. The development of heavy prairie plows and improved access to wood and other supplies through new shipping routes encouraged even more farmers to head out into the vast northern prairie lands of Illinois. By 1840, the center of population in Illinois had shifted decisively to the north, and the once insignificant hamlet of Chicago rapidly became a bustling city. The four giant prairie counties of northern Illinois, which were the last to be settled, boasted population densities of 18 people per square mile. Increasingly recognized as one of the nation’s most fertile agricultural areas, the vast emptiness of the Illinois prairie was eagerly conquered by both pioneers and plows. Related Videos |
Chum, pink, and Chinook are all types of what? | Washington Salmon and Steelhead Species Salmonscape Salmon and Steelhead Species in Washington Salmon and steelhead have long played an important role in the ecology, economy and culture of the Pacific Northwest, providing a source of food for humans and wildlife alike. Unfortunately, many naturally spawning stocks are struggling to survive significant losses in spawning and rearing habitat and other factors related to growth in the region's human population over the past century. There are five species of Pacific salmon in Washington - chinook, coho, chum, pink and sockeye - all emerge from eggs and rear in freshwater, migrate to sea to feed, then return to their natal waters to spawn. Scientists use the term "salmonid" to refer to salmon, steelhead and anadromous trout species that share this anadromous lifecycle. Oftentimes "salmon and steelhead" will be used as well as "salmon" to generally refer to all salmon and steelhead species. Each salmonid species is adapted to the natural conditions found in Washington rivers and in the ocean. Salmon and steelhead are further divided into 486 known "populations," each a scientifically designated, biologically distinct group of individuals (e.g., Lower Columbia River Spring Chinook, Skagit River coho) adapted to specific streams, estuaries and other conditions. When thousands of mature salmon spawn and die, they do far more than produce another generation. They also provide a source of nutrition, arriving in the fall, that allows many animals to survive the harshness of winter. Where salmon runs have become extinct, the local ecosystem suffers. Species such as bear, eagle, mink and river otter suffer large population losses when salmon runs decline. What Salmon need Although the habitat requirements of each species of salmon and steelhead differ somewhat, all share some common habitat needs to support life stage development (Spence et al. 1996). Common habitat functions include: stable incubation environment (flow regime/water quantity), cool, well-oxygenated, unpolluted water (water quality), cover (habitat structure), sufficient sources of prey (food source), and unimpeded access to off-channel areas and saline waters (access). How are Washington's Salmon and Steelhead doing? In 1991, the federal government declared Snake River sockeye salmon as endangered. In the next few years, 16 more geographically distinct subgroups (i.e., evolutionarily significant units composed of several populations) of Chinook, coho, chum, and sockeye salmon, as well as several steelhead groups, were listed as either threatened or endangered. By 1999 75% of the state was covered by federal listings of at-risk salmon. Washington's 2010 State of the Salmon in Watershed Report provided an overview of which salmon and steelhead populations are increasing, decreasing or showing no changes. For status and information on specific populations in Washington you can click on each species of "salmonid" below and get a listing of all the populations within that species name: |
Based upon a 1987 historical fantasy novel by Tim Powers, what is the name and inspiration for the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series? | Pirates of the Caribbean (film series) | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Pirates of the Caribbean (film series) 40,239pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of fantasy adventure films directed by Verbinski (1–3) and Marshall (4), written by Elliott and Rossio and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer . All four films are based on Walt Disney 's Pirates of the Caribbean and follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow ( Johnny Depp ), Will Turner ( Orlando Bloom ), Elizabeth Swann ( Keira Knightley ), Captain Hector Barbossa ( Geoffrey Rush ), Joshamee Gibbs ( Kevin McNally ), Davy Jones ( Bill Nighy ), Angelica ( Penélope Cruz ) and Blackbeard ( Ian McShane ). The films started with their first release on the big screen in 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . After the success of the first film, Walt Disney Pictures revealed that a trilogy was in the works. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was released three years later in 2006. The sequel proved successful, breaking records worldwide the day of its premiere. In the end, it earned $1,066,179,725 at the worldwide box office, becoming the fastest film (at the time) to reach the $1 billion mark and standing as the third highest-grossing film worldwide (since having dropped to eighteenth place). The third film in the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End , was released in 2007. In September 2008, Depp signed on for a fourth film in the franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , released on May 20, 2011 in conventional 2D, Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D . It succeeded in grossing more than $1 billion, becoming the eighth film and fastest Disney film (at the time) to achieve this. So far, the film franchise has grossed $3.72 billion worldwide, being the first of only two franchises with two films that reached $1 billion worldwide (the other being the Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy). It is the fifth highest-grossing film series of all-time. It has been confirmed that two more installments to the franchise are included in Disney's future plans. In July 2011, Johnny Depp confirmed he was closing in on a deal for a fifth installment and that the franchise wouldn't be going ahead without Depp's participation. Although it has never been officially confirmed, there is strong evidence to suggest that the series was influenced by, and perhaps loosely based upon, the Monkey Island series of video games. Ted Elliott, one of the two screenwriters of the first four films, was allegedly the writer of a Steven Spielberg -produced animated film adaptation of Monkey Island entitled The Curse of Monkey Island (presumably based on the game of the same name), which was cancelled before its official announcement, three years prior to the release of The Curse of the Black Pearl. This film was allegedly in production at Industrial Light & Magic before being cancelled. Ron Gilbert, the creator of the Monkey Island video game series, has jokingly expressed a bitterness towards the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise for its similarities to Monkey Island. Gilbert has also stated that On Stranger Tides, a novel by Tim Powers which was adapted into the fourth film, was the principal source of inspiration for his video games. Pirates of the Caribbean Sand Sculpture featuring Davy Jones and the Black Pearl Contents Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead, thanks to a cursed chest of 882 pieces of Aztec Gold that they stole. Dead Man's Chest (2006) Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Lord Cutler Beckett , a powerful and ruthless Ea |
The Indianapolis 500 race, held over the Memorial Day weekend, takes how many laps to complete the full 500 miles? | Indianapolis 500 | Autopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Template:Indycar race infobox The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American automobile race , held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" is one of the oldest and richest motorsport events in existence, having the largest attendance and one of the largest TV/radio audiences of any single-day sporting events worldwide. While the official attendance is not disclosed by Speedway management, news media estimate attendance in excess of 270,000 [1] . The event lends its name to the " IndyCar " class of formula , or open-wheel , race cars that have competed in it. It has been broadcast live over radio on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network since 1952, televised live in 1949 and 1950 on then-independent, local station WFBM-TV (now WRTV), and not again until ABC Sports was permitted to broadcast the race via tape delay from 1965 to 1985, and then with live flag-to-flag coverage beginning in 1986. In May 2006, the race celebrated its 90th running and 61st consecutive year of uninterrupted occurrence. Contents File:Speedageindy.jpg The Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex was built in 1909, and hosted a smattering of small events before the promoters decided to focus on just one major event and it was paved with 3.2 million bricks urged by principal Carl G. Fisher. The creation of a 500 mile (804.672 km) race allowed the track to rapidly acquire a privileged status for automobile races. The first "500" was held at the Speedway on Memorial Day, May 30, 1911, with Ray Harroun piloting a Marmon "Wasp" -- outfitted with his invention, the rear-view mirror -- to victory. 80,200 spectators paid $1 admission, and an annual tradition had been established. Many considered Harroun to be a hazard during the race, as he was the only driver in the race driving without a riding mechanic, who checked the oil pressure and let the driver know when traffic was coming. Template:Wikisourcepar Although the first race was won by an American driver at the wheel of an American car, European makers such as the Italian Fiat or French Peugeot companies soon developed their own vehicles to try to win the event, which they did from 1913 to 1919. However, after World War I, the native drivers and manufacturers regained their dominance of the race, with the engineer Harry Arminius Miller setting himself up as the most competitive of the post-war builders. His technical developments allowed him to be indirectly connected to a history of success that would last into the mid-1970s. Miller and Offenhauser Edit In the early 1920s, Miller built his own 3.0 litre (183 in³) engine, inspired by the Peugeot Grand Prix engine which had been serviced in his shop by Fred Offenhauser in 1914, installing it in Jimmy Murphy's Duesenberg and allowing him to win the 1922 edition of the race. Miller then created his own automobiles, which shared the 'Miller' designation, which, in turn, were powered by supercharged versions of his 2.0 and 1.5 liter (122 and 91 in³) engine single-seaters, winning four more races for the engine up to 1929 (two of them, 1926 and 1928, in Miller chassis). The engines then won another seven races until 1938 (again two of them, 1930 and 1932, in Miller-designated chassis), then ran at first with stock-type motors before later being adjusted to the international 3.0 liter formula. However, in 1935, Miller's former employees, Fred Offenhauser and Leo Goosen, had already achieved their first win with the soon-to-become famous 4-cylinder Offenhauser or "Offy" engine. This motor was forever connected with the Brickyard's history with a to-date record total of 27 wins, in both naturally-aspirated and supercharged form, and winning a likewise record-holding 18 consecutive years between 1947 and 1964. Race Name Edit The 500 was first called "International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race" in 1911. This name continued until 1919 when the name "Liberty Sweepstakes" |
What is the alter ego of everyone's favorite hero, Underdog? | 10 Greatest Superhero Dogs! 10 Greatest Superhero Dogs! Man's best friend can be heroic. They can lead the blind, find explosives and rescue people. But as heroic as dogs can be, they're not superheroic. But some dogs go further, using amazing superpowers and rocking awesome capes. Advertisement Here are our 10 favorite canine superheroes from comics, science fiction and fantasy. 10. Dynomutt Dynomutt may only be the robot sidekick of Hanna-Barbera's Blue Falcon, but the short lived TV show was named for the dog, not the multi-millionaire socialite/vigilante who fights crime in a costume. As a robot filled with gadgetry and expandable limbs, Dynomutt was spectacularly incompetent — but always helped to get the villain. The "Dog Wonder" even had a crossover show with Hanna-Barbera's more famous dog detective, Scooby-Doo. On the air in 1976-1977, Dynomutt is still shown in syndication sometimes. 9. Hong Kong Phooey We're not sure if this 1974-1975 Hanna-Barbera cartoon was the earliest meditation on the fame of superheroes, but it is the earliest one starring a dog. Hong-Kong Phooey is the alter-ego of Penrod Pooch, a mild-mannered police station janitor. Whenever he hears of a crime he ducks into a filing cabinet, changes into his Hong Kong Phooey costume, hops in his "Phooeymobile" and races to stop the bad guys with his "Hong Kong Book of Kung Fu." HKP is actually quite incompetent and regularly fails to catch anybody, in fact, he's regularly saved by his sidekick, the cat Spot. But even though he couldn't catch a fly ball, Hong Kong Phooey is famous and beloved of all the townspeople. For example, when Honk Kong Phooey ruins a rich lady's hat and her response is, "What an honor to have had my expensive hat destroyed by the magnificent Hong Kong Phooey!" (at 4:10) The show is a weird combination of chop-socky and ‘70s Blaxploitation wrapped up in a Saturday Morning cartoon. Is it the sort of amazing cultural mash-up that could only occur in America? Or is it slightly offensive? It's probably offensive. But it gets extra points for Hong Kong Phooey being voiced by the amazing Scatman Crothers. 8. Underdog There's no need to fear – we're not going to talk about that live action movie thing that happened in 2007! Advertisement Underdog may be the greatest superhero ever to come from an ad agency's General Mills account. W. Watts Biggers, Underdog's creator, worked for Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, the agency that created the show for General Mills to sponsor. The cartoon ran for nine years and had 120 ten-minute episodes. Underdog, the superhero alter ego of Shoeshine Boy, rushes about to rescue Sweet Polly Purebred from the evil Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. And he did it all in rhyme! Equipped with superstrength, the ability to fly, x-ray vision and superbreath, Underdog seems unstoppable. But, if you've seen the original show, you know he gets his powers from "Underdog Super Energy Pills." For some reason, the scenes were edited out of episodes during more recent syndication. Advertisement We all know that Underdog is really beloved, not for his ability to kick his habit or save Polly, but for the theme song. Above is the whole song, which is longer than the traditional intro to the show. 7. Amaterasu The video game Okami was IGN's Game of the Year in 2006, and for good reason. Its stunningly beautiful art is based on traditional sumi-e techniques, its Celestial Brush gameplay uses paintings to defeat the bad guys, and it starred Amaterasu. Retelling the story of how Amaterasu, the Shinto Sun Goddess saves the world from darkness by transforming into a white wolf and battling evil. Sponsored Amaterasu is single-minded in her destruction of the evil demon Orochi. And while the Celestial Brush allows players to paint their way out of situations (many of the "techniques" are for severing enemies) she can also use more traditional fighting methods like her fangs and claws. Saving all of ancient Japan from evil isn't an easy task — and Amaratsu does it while regrowing trees and restoring beauty to the world everywhere she goe |
In the United States, if liquor is defined as 80 proof, what is the percentage of alcohol by volume? | Alcohol Proof Alcohol Proof Alcohol Proof Alcohol Proof Definition and Examples How proof works: 1-1/2 ounces of 80 proof liquor is equal in alcohol content to 12 ounces of beer or 5 ounces of wine. Matt Meadows, Getty Images Updated November 10, 2015. Alcohol Proof Definition Alcohol proof is twice the volume percentage of ethyl alcohol (ethanol) in an alcoholic beverage. It is a measure of the ethanol (a specific type of alcohol) content of an alcoholic beverage. The term originated in the United Kingdom and was defined as 7/4 the alcohol by volume (ABV). However, the UK now uses ABV as the standard to express alcohol concentration, rather than the original definition of proof. In the United States, the modern definition of alcohol proof is twice the percentage of ABV. Alcohol Proof Example: An alcoholic beverage that is 40% ethyl alcohol by volume is referred to as being '80 proof'. 100-proof whiskey is 50% alcohol by volume. 86-proof whiskey is 43% alcohol by volume. Determining ABV Since ABV is the basis for calculated alcohol proof, it's useful to know how alcohol by volume is determined. There are two methods: measuring alcohol by volume and measuring alcohol by mass. The mass determination does not depend on temperature, but the more common percent (%) of total volume is temperature dependent. continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) requires volume percent (v/v%) measurements be performed at 20 °C (68 °F). Countries belonging to the European Union may measure ABV using either mass percent or volume percent. The United States measures alcohol content in terms of percent alcohol by volume. The percentage of alcohol by volume must be labelled, although most liquors also state proof. Alcohol content may vary within 0.15% of ABV stated on the label, for spirits containing no solids and over 100 ml in volume. Officially, Canada uses US labeling stating percent alcohol by volume, although the UK proof standard may still be seen and heard. Common spirits at 40% ABV are called 70° proof, while 57% ABV is 100 proof. "Over-proof rum" is rum containing greater that 57% ABV or exceeding 100° UK proof. Older Versions of Proof The UK used to measure alcohol content using proof spirit. The term came from the 16th century, when British sailors were given rations of rum. In order to demonstrate the rum hadn't been watered down, it was "proved" by covering it with gunpowder and igniting it. If the rum didn't burn, it contained too much water and was "under proof", while if it burned, this meant at least 57.17% ABV was present. Rum with this alcohol percentage was defined to be 100° or one hundred degrees proof. In 1816, the specific gravity test replaced the gunpowder test. Until January 1, 1980, the UK measured alcohol content using proof spirit, which was equivalent to 57.15% ABV and defined to be spirit with a specific gravity 12/13 that of water or 923 kg/m3. Reference |
What is the name of the astromech droid companion of Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars franchise? | R2-D2 | StarWars.com Databank R2-D2 A resourceful astromech droid, R2-D2 served Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker in turn, showing great bravery in rescuing his masters and their friends from many perils. A skilled starship mechanic and fighter pilot's assistant, he formed an unlikely but enduring friendship with the fussy protocol droid C-3PO. databank HISTORY // FALL OF THE REPUBLIC After the Trade Federation 's occupation of her planet, Queen Amidala attempted a daring escape through an orbiting blockade of warships. Her Naboo Royal Starship suffered heavy damage, however, and several astromech droids were dispatched to make emergency repairs. Attached to the ship’s exterior, they were picked off one by one by relentless enemy fire. Yet a certain plucky droid remained: R2-D2, a white and blue model. He successfully restored the ship’s shields, giving it the chance needed to make the jump to hyperspace. R2-D2 was recognized by the Queen for his service, and he would accompany her handmaiden, Padmé, Jar Jar Binks , and Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn when they reached Tatooine . On the desert planet, he was introduced to a still-under-construction protocol droid called C-3PO . They were fast friends, and Artoo immediately chided Threepio for being “naked,” as his parts were showing. Later, R2-D2 would assist nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker in a Naboo N-1 starfighter during the Battle of Naboo . R2-D2 remained in the service of Padmé -- in reality, the former Queen of Naboo -- who was now a Senator. He watched over her after assassination attempts masterminded by Jango Fett , and accompanied her and Anakin on a visit to Naboo. Later, however, the curious astromech found himself reunited with C-3PO on Tatooine. Together, they left with Anakin and Padmé for the Separatist world of Geonosis . R2-D2, his protocol droid friend, and his masters entered the Geonosians ’ massive droid factory , which was building an army to strike against the Republic . R2-D2 saved Padmé’s life, jetting to a computer terminal and shutting down the assembly line before the Naboo Senator was bathed in molten metal. After a mishap in the factory, C-3PO temporarily swapped heads with a battle droid; luckily, Artoo was there to help restore his counterpart. During the Clone Wars, R2-D2 was both a pilot’s assistant to Anakin and a secret weapon to the Republic. In one of his many adventures, he joined four other droids in D-Squad : an elite unit tasked with recovering an encryption module from a Separatist ship. But their escapades didn’t end there; the ragtag group, led by Colonel Meebur Gascon , crash landed on the void-world Abafar . They met an amnesiac clone trooper called Gregor , who later recalled his true self and helped the team escape the planet. Finally, when D-Squad found themselves to be the only chance to stop a deadly Separatist plot, R2-D2 made the ultimate sacrifice -- thankfully, Anakin ordered a search for his friend and had the droid restored. Later, R2-D2 assisted Yoda in his journey across the galaxy. He traveled with the Jedi Master to Dagobah , a mysterious Force planet, and Moraband . Throughout the three years of the Clone Wars, R2-D2 was Anakin’s loyal helper and sidekick. In a daring rescue of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , R2-D2 served as his master’s assistant in his Jedi starfighter . The astromech successfully destroyed a buzz droid that was threatening to shut down Anakin’s ship, and later destroyed two super battle droids himself. But with Anakin’s turn to the dark side and the formation of the Empire , the astromech was once again paired with C-3PO and assigned a new master: Captain Antilles . He would remain in Antilles’ service for 19 years until fate would intervene… GALACTIC CIVIL WAR After years of tyrannical Imperial rule, a fledgling Rebellion won its first real victory against the Empire by stealing plans to its dreaded Death Star . Darth Vader tracked the schematics to the Tantive IV , which he boarded with a squad of stormtroopers . Princess Leia Organa , a secret Rebel leader, hid the data tapes in the |
With a June, 1938 cover date, Action Comics #1 introduced what iconic character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster? | Action Comics Action Comics 901 (plus issues numbered 0 and 1,000,000; as well as 13 Annuals) Main character(s) Edit Block Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the debut of Superman. Cover art by Joe Shuster. Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics, Inc., and later as National Comics and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics, a subsidiary of Time Warner. Publication history Edit Block Superman Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster saw their creation, Superman (also known as Kal-El, originally Kal-L), launched in Action Comics #1 in April 1938 (cover-dated June). Siegel and Shuster had tried for years to find a publisher for their Superman character (originally conceived as a newspaper strip) without success. Superman was originally a bald madman created by Siegel and Shuster who used his telepathic abilities to wreak havoc on mankind. He appeared in Siegel and Shuster's book Science Fiction. Siegel then commented, "What if this Superman was a force for good instead of evil?" The writer and artist had worked on several features for National Periodical Publications' other titles (Slam Bradley in Detective Comics, for example) and were asked to contribute a feature for National's newest publication. They submitted Superman for consideration and, after re-pasting the sample newspaper strips they had prepared into comic book page format, National decided to make Superman the cover feature of their new magazine. Early anthology Originally, Action Comics was an anthology title featuring a number of other stories in addition to the Superman story. Zatara, a magician, was one of the other characters who had their own stories in early issues. (Zatanna, a heroine introduced in the 1960s, is Zatara's daughter.) There was also the hero Tex Thompson, who eventually became Mr. America and later the Americommando. Vigilante also enjoyed a lengthy run in this series. Sometimes stories of a more humorous nature were included, such as those of Hayfoot Henry, a policeman who talked in rhyme. Gradually, the size of the issues was decreased as the publisher was reluctant to raise the cover price from the original 10 cents, so there were fewer stories. For a while, Congo Bill and Tommy Tomorrow were the two features in addition to Superman (Congo Bill eventually gained the ability to swap bodies with a gorilla and his strip was renamed Congorilla), but soon after the introduction of Supergirl in issue #252 (May 1959) the non-Superman-related strips were crowded out of Action altogether. Since then, it has generally been an all-Superman comic, though other backup stories such as the Human Target occasionally appear. Hiatus, name changes, publication changes, and special numbering In number of issues, Action Comics is the longest running DC Comics series, followed by Detective Comics; however, it cannot claim to have had an uninterrupted run, due in large part to two separate occasions on which the title was put on a three-month hiatus. The first of these occurred during the summer of 1986, with issue #583 bearing a cover date of September, and issue #584 listing January 1987. The regular Superman titles were suspended during this period to allow for the post-Crisis revising of the Superman story through the publication of John Byrne's six-issue The Man of Steel limited series. Publication was again suspended between issues #686 and #687 (February and June 1993) following the "Death of Superman" and "Funeral for a Friend" storylines, before Action Comics returned in June with the "Reign of the Supermen" arc. (The two "Funeral for a Friend" issues, #685 and #686, featured the cover announcement of "Supergirl in Action Comics", highlighting the passing of Superman.) In 1988, DC Comics tried unsuccessfully to return the format of the comic to an anthology and publish it on a weekly basis. After May 1988's landmark issue #600, issues #611-615 all bore August cover |
Last week saw the end of the line for the Oprah Winfrey Show, after how many years on the air? | Oprah bids farewell in final show - CNN.com Oprah bids farewell in final show By the CNN Wire Staff Oprah Winfrey signs off Wednesday after 25 years. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: "You all have been a safe harbor for me," Winfrey says She offers e-mail address by which her fans might contact her Fans say Winfrey inspired them to do better in life (CNN) -- Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey took her final bow in a taped episode that aired Wednesday, marking the end of her 25-year daytime talk show with a tearful goodbye. "You all have been a safe harbor for me," Winfrey told her audience. "My hope is that you will be that safe harbor for someone else." The media mogul signed off by walking through her audience and offering an e-mail address -- [email protected] -- by which her many fans may contact her. "I want you to know that what you have to say matters to me," she said, pledging to read as many e-mails as possible. Minute-by-minute blog of Wednesday's show The final "Oprah Winfrey Show" audience included her boyfriend, Stedman Graham, filmmaker Tyler Perry and her fourth-grade teacher, a woman she called Mrs. Duncan. Winfrey said she has no regrets, though wished she could have done more to combat sexual predators of children. She then turned to Perry, who sat beside 200 other men in the audience who were once victims of sexual abuse as children. "They are standing together to lift the veil of shame," she said. Each man carried a photo of himself as a child. In the end, Winfrey said her departure isn't bittersweet, but rather "all sweet and no bitter." Gayle King on Oprah's mood post-finale Oprah Winfrey's big sendoff Talk Shows "Every single day I came down from my makeup room, I'd offer a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to have done this work. To be embraced by all of you, it's one of the greatest honors a human being can have," she said. "Many of us have been together for 25 years. ... So I thank you all for your support and trust in me. I thank you for tuning in every day. ... I won't say good-bye, I'll just say, until we meet again." Beyond her studio audience, people like Funda Ray also reminisced about how Winfrey turned her daytime talk show into a televised forum for self-help. When Ray arrived on these shores two decades ago from her native Turkey, she hardly spoke English. But she learned, went to school and even college. Today, she works as a financial adviser's assistant. And she said it's all because of Oprah. "She inspired me so much," said Ray, 44, of Hibbing, Minnesota. "If it wasn't for her, I would have sat at home." Ray was recording the last episode of Oprah Winfrey's show Wednesday -- she couldn't be home in time to watch. "I'm going to miss her so much," she said. The talk show queen capped three days of farewell broadcasts that included appearances by Hollywood's top celebrities. Winfrey announced in 2009 that she was leaving the show that catapulted her into a household name and made her a part of American culture and a worldwide celebrity. Even Ray's mother, who arrived from Istanbul for a U.S. visit last week, got off the plane and asked her daughter: "Do you know Oprah is retiring?" Winfrey's popularity and credibility go hand in hand: If she gushed about a book, it became an instant best-seller. An appearance on her show was almost always followed by a rise in profile for the guest. Paula Pervall, 44, administrative assistant at the Elmhurst House of Friendship, an assisted living home in Wheeling, West Virginia, is among millions of Oprah fans. Oprah fans hold viewing parties "I think that it's sad that the up-and-coming generation is not going to be able to experience what she offered my generation -- the self-help, the inspiration to do better," Pervall said. "She was very inspiring to people. She taught a lot of lessons." The most important lesson? "To be the best me that I can be," she said. Oprah has had many great people on the show, Pervall said. She remembers the woman who had the face transplant; she was from West Virginia -- "that one jumps out at me." Another show featured someone kic |
On June 2, 1997, major asshat Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his part in what heinous act? | Timothy Mcveigh & Oklahoma City - First thoughts about Timothy Mcveigh & Oklahoma City Timothy James Tim McVeigh (April 23, 1968 â June 11, 2001) was an American terrorist. He detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 30th among United States cities in population. 5.0/5 20 Oct 2016 16:50 only takes a few though for Trump's rhetoric to be dangerous.Remember Timothy McVeigh and Oklahoma City Bombing ? 23 Apr 2016 22:06 The front page in 1995. Timothy McVeigh is arrested for Oklahoma City Bombing . 23 Mar 2016 00:53 Did you ever hear of Timothy McVeigh? Blew up a building in Oklahoma City. Killed 168 people. White guy. Catholic. 24 Jan 2016 04:51 Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing , April 19, 1995. 168 dead, 600 injured. 25 Nov 2015 13:46 Sorry, liberals... 1995 Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was an agnostic, Muslim sympathizer 24 Nov 2015 18:51 srsly tho does no one remember Oklahoma City? Timothy McVeigh? White domestic terrorist? 168 killed? Revenge for Waco? Anybody? Bueller? 25 Sep 2015 14:49 Today, Kevin Durant is exactly as old as Timothy McVeigh was the day of the Oklahoma City Bombing : 9,857 days. 11 Sep 2015 19:26 TIL Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma City Bombing Orchestrator that killed 168 people, ordered tw⦠17 Jul 2015 15:14 much like Timothy McVeigh's Federal Building terrorist attack in Oklahoma City, oh he is a christian, citizen.. 19 Apr 2015 22:33 20 years after Oklahoma City Bombing , SPLC says extremist networks that made Timothy McVeigh are stronger than ever 19 Apr 2015 22:28 Timothy McVeigh committed the violent domestic terrorist attack in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people 20 years ago today. 19 Apr 2015 21:33 Oklahoma City & Boston Marathon bombings linked by mystery of why Timothy McVeigh & the Tsarnaevs became terrorists. 19 Apr 2015 21:01 April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols bomb the Oklahoma City Federal Building , killing 68 people and injuring over 680 19 Apr 2015 20:49 20 years after the Oklahoma City Bombing , Timothy McVeigh remains the only terrorist executed by US 19 Apr 2015 20:28 Timothy McVeigh never apologized for the Oklahoma City Bombing via 14 Mar 2015 02:13 Fraternity caught in racist chant fiasco hires the Oklahoma City bomber's attorney 18 Nov 2014 01:20 Fun fact: Timothy McVeigh, the terrorist responsible for the Oklahoma City Bombing , was born in Lockport. 04 Aug 2014 03:00 Jun 13 1997- A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing 02 Aug 2014 06:39 Timothy McVeigh. Ring a bell? Oklahoma City bomber. Christian. Are all Christians like him? Definitely not. 28 Jul 2014 20:30 Trial begins over Oklahoma City Bombing : Attorney: Suppressed video proves Timothy McVeigh had partner in 1995... 28 Jul 2014 18:43 âTrial begins in case over Oklahoma City Bombing I think Timothy McVeigh did it. 14 Jun 2014 01:40 6/13/1997 Jurors in Oklahoma City Bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death 31 years after SCOTUS issued Miranda, right to counsel. 13 Jun 2014 08:55 Rock Calendar 6 -13-97: Timothy McVeigh is sentenced to death for the 1995 bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City which killed 168 02 Jun 2014 05:43 June 02, 1851 First US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine). 1855 The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine. 1862 General Robert E Lee takes command of the Confederate armies of East Virginia and North Carolina 1913 First strike settlement mediated by US Department of Labor-railroad clerks. 1924 U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States . Jun 2, 1935: Babe Ruth retires 1967 Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts. 1983, half of the 46 people aboard an Air Canada DC-9 were killed after fire broke out on board, forc |
“Sugar… spice… and everything nice” plus a healthy dose of a mysterious substance called “Chemical X” is responsible for creating what cartoon crime fighters? | The Powerpuff Girls / WMG - TV Tropes Timeline Butch has a hidden power... ...Something equivalent of Buttercup folding her tongue. What? If people claim Brick has fire breath, Boomer can speak different languages, Butch's gotta have some type of rival ability too, right? Boomer can speak French and Chinese. I know it sounds stupid, but Bubbles can speak Spanish and Japanese, so why not her counterpart speak French and Chinese? Because he's dumb. I know, but he could still speak it... maybe. I mean, if Blossom has Ice Powers for her special talent, Brick might have Fire Powers. Just a suggestion. The Powerpuff Girls takes place on the same world as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Adventure Time (but not at the same time) Reasons: The girls protect Townsville from gigantic beasts that could have come from the Mushroom War in Adventure Time. They might be the ones standing between Townsville becoming an inhabitable wasteland. This also explains why the Mayor is still in office despite his incompetence. The other cities shown in The Powerpuff Girls are actually city-states that have their own methods for defending themselves. Chemical X may have been caused by the Mushroom War as well. Both Mike, the Powerpuff girls, and Finn and Jake were all able to change reality through their imagination. Their abilities could also have been caused by the nuclear fall-out, as could the ability of people to create imaginary friends in Foster's Home. We never see the imaginary friends of adults except for Madame Foster in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends , but we do see that teenagers create dangerous creatures they use to attack each other. The adults may be using their friends to protect the town so they can go about their business as usual and pretend that life has not drastically changed. To finish up the theory, it isn't the terrifying monsters that finished off the city-states. It's the rainicorns, who humanity could not believe was evil. That was why the dogs went to war with them, because they were trying to protect their best friends. It also would explain all the monster attacks and how all the monsters get cleaned up from the area. Foster's crew comes by, scoops them up, and has them locked up in those cages in their backyard. After Bubble Vision, Bubbles now has a hearing aid She did have trouble hearing at the end of that episode and the Powerpuff's ears are nowhere to be seen, despite the latter they seem to hear just fine. The theory is that the girl's ears are hidden from plain sight. Bubbles now has a hearing aid but because of how hidden their ears are she wouldn't complain about looking like a dork. Chemical X is a naturally occuring substance... ...and Monster Isle is sitting right next to the largest reservoir in the world. The constant leaking of chemical X into the environment would explain why there are so many giant monsters, which attack Townsville due to its proximity, while other places (such as Citysville) are relatively safe. Professor Utonium being such a terror back when he was a child stems from Dick Hardly's influence . I mean he was a Bratty Half-Pint who always misbehaved in class and he was really smug. The City of Townsville is a government-owned and -controlled installation used to indoctrinate and train the super soldier candidates known as the Powerpuff Girls. The City of Townsville is constantly under attack by monsters as though no other city exists to attract them, but the nearby Town of Citysville seems to be more densely populated. Despite this constancy of assault, the same citizens remain in the area. It appears to be constructed entirely out of prefabricated structures, because skyscrapers are hollow when torn apart, and even when completely destroyed (as in the case of the Dynamo mecha), it is very rapidly rebuilt. Useful when throwing monsters against the PPGs to train their skills. The Mayor is highly incompetent and does not appear to actually perform any executive duty at any time, with Ms. Bellum representing most of the legwork in the city. In fact, her name Sara Bellum re |
Opening this week, the movie Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is the latest installment of the Prince of Persia franchise, which was originally created as a what: | Prince of Persia: Warrior Within | Prince of Persia Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Prince of Persia: Warrior Within 532pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. The following article, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, uses partial or complete Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia . Information can be remixed or replaced at any time in future edits. This article is about Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. You may be looking for the PSP game, Prince of Persia: Revelations . Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Developer(s) Click "expand" for full list PlayStation Portable Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a third-person action-adventure puzzle-platforming video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in North America November 2004 across most major platforms. It was published by Ubisoft in western territories and Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is, chronologically the second game in The Sands of Time Trilogy . Canonically, Warrior Within continues the story of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Battles of Prince of Persia . Seven years after the events of The Sands of Time , The Prince has been hunted a creature of fate, known as the Dahaka , a timeline guardian who attempts to kill the Prince for unleashing the Sands of Time to restore order. The Prince travels to the Island of Time to prevent their creation and alter his fate once again. Announced in Spring of 2004, Warrior Within was released across PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube , PlayStation Portable and Microsoft Windows between November and December of that year. Two mobile phone games were developed and published in North America by Gameloft in 2010. Warrior Within received positive reviews for its revamped gameplay upon release from major gaming websites and saw increased sales, but failed to critical expectations and was panned for its darker tone, violence and depiction of its female characters. [1] The success of Warrior Within led to the sequel, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones , the end of The Sands of Time Trilogy. In 2005 and 2010 Ubisoft Montreal produced two midquels to The Sands of Time and Warrior Within: Battles of Prince of Persia (December 6, 2005) for the Nintendo DS and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (May 18, 2010) for seventh generation consoles . On November 2010 and April 2011, Warrior Within was included in the PlayStation exclusive HD Collection for The Sands of Time Trilogy. Contents Plot Official Description "The Old Man said to the Prince, "Your fate has been written. You will die." Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia 2, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death. His journey leads to the infernal core of a cursed island stronghold harboring mankind's greatest fears. Only through grim resolve, bitter defiance and the mastery of deadly new combat arts can the Prince rise to a new level of warriorship - and emerge from this ultimate trial with his life." —Official Description [2] Characters Prince - The protagonist of The Sands of Time Trilogy, the Prince is desperate to save himself from his fated death and travels to the Island of Time to prevent his end at the hands of the Dahaka. Dahaka - The guardian of the timeline, the Dahaka seeks to kill the Prince to restore the order disrupted by his survival following the recapture of the Sands of Time. Kaileena - A by product of the Gods 's creation of time, The "Empress of Time" is the "creator" of the Sands of Time. Also fated to die, she plots to kill the Prince before he can kill her. Shahdee - The Empress' s |
The advertising slogan for what company was "When it absolutely, positively, has to be there overnight"? | Adslogans - A fast, efficient bespoke search service for advertisers on slogans, endlines, straplines, taglines etc. - HALL OF FAME Current Wise Words Advertising Slogan Hall of Fame The Advertising Slogan Hall Of Fame recognises excellence and best practice in advertising, benchmarking creativity - identifying the best in branding. The Advertising Slogan Hall of Fame now recognizes 125 lines as members, ranging from ‘Let your fingers do the walking’ to ‘Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach,’ to ‘We try harder,’ to ‘If you’ve got it, flaunt it.’ When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight. When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight. Advertiser: Federal Express Ad agency: Ally & Gargano Year: 1982 The information presented on this page is offered in good faith and is correct to the best of our knowledge. If any factual errors have appeared here inadvertently, then we would be pleased to hear from anyone wishing to offer corrections. Basic Talk Ltd trading as AdSlogans © |
A group of street urchins, the Baker Street Irregulars are employed by whom? | Baker Street Irregulars | Baker Street Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The Special Operations Executive (SOE), tasked by Winston Churchill to "Set Europe ablaze" during World War II had their headquarters at 64 Baker Street and were often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmes 's fictional group of boys employed "to go everywhere, see everything, and overhear everyone," as they spied about London. The Baker Street Irregulars is a society of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts that was founded in 1934. The Irregulars appear as the main characters in Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars: The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas, a 2006 novel by Tracy Mack and Michael Citrin. Wiggins is again the leader of a gang of street urchins. Other major characters include Ozzie, a scrivener's apprentice; Rohan, an Indian boy; Elliot, from an Irish tailor's family; Pilar, a Gypsy girl; and little Alfie. The Irregulars help solve the mysterious deaths of three tightrope walkers at a circus. Hazel Meade's troop of children serve as couriers and lookouts in the "Baker Street Irregulars" during the lunar revolution of Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). Two BBC television series have been made starring the Irregulars: The Baker Street Boys (1983) and Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007). Comics involving the Irregulars include The Irregulars from Dark Horse Comics, [1] and Les Quatre de Baker Street [2] In June 2010 it was announced that Franklin Watts books, a part of Hachette Children's Books planned to release a series of four children's graphic novels in spring 2011 called Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars set during the three years that Sherlock Holmes was believed dead, between The Adventure of the Final Problem and The Adventure of the Empty House by writer Tony Lee and artist Dan Boultwood. In the BBC modern adaptation Sherlock , Holmes uses a wide network of homeless people as an information network. In the CBS modern adaptation Elementary , Holmes uses Teddy and his crew of street venders as informants to help him track down M . Holmes also refers to Harlan Emple, a maths experts whose talents he occasionally employs, as "one of my Irregulars" when Emple is a suspect in a murder. |
In internet parlance, what does GTFO mean? | GTFO Meaning | What does "GTFO" mean online? GTFO Slang GTFO Meaning GTFO Meaning: What does GTFO mean? Find the meaning of GTFO and Hashtag GTFO that’s used commonly on Instagram and other forms of social media. It’s very likely that you’ve heard the GTFO Acronym or hashtag used in a social media app such as Instagram or Vine, or on a website like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr, Reddit, etc. We are here to provide you with the #GTFO meaning and give you some examples of its uses and its users. GTFO means get the fuck out GTFO Meaning: get the fuck out There are over 200,000 GTFO hashtags on Instagram. GTFO, or “Get the Fuck Out”, is an acronym used often all over the internet. GTFO is used on social media websites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr, on websites like YouTube, Reddit, and 4Chan, and in texting and email. People use “GTFO” to tell others to leave, go away, or f*ck off. Saying “GTFO” is like saying “get out”, just a bit more vulgar. Many people will tell someone to “GTFO” if they find them annoying, unknowledgeable, or just don’t like them. GTFO can be used in a playful, joking way, just as “get out” can. For example, Tim may tell you he won the lottery and you may say something like “No way, get out!”. Example 1.) “You don’t know what you’re talking about! GTFO!”. Example 2.) “This website is no place for muppets like you. GTFO now!”. One hashtag/acronym similar to GTFO is FOH. “FOH” stands for “fuck outta here” and is similar to saying “GTFO” in that you are telling someone to go away. See the FOH meaning . |
A deficiency in what mineral causes anemia? | What is nutritional deficiency anemia? What causes nutritional deficiency anemia? - Medical News Today What is nutritional deficiency anemia? What causes nutritional deficiency anemia? Written by Sy Kraft B.A. 3.5 17 2 Nutritional or vitamin deficiency anemia refers to a reduced red blood cell count due to a poor diet which is deficient in iron, folate and/or Vitamin B12. Anemia is a widespread public health problem associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, especially in pregnant women and young children. It is a disease with multiple causes, both nutritional (vitamin and mineral deficiencies) and non-nutritional (infection) that frequently co-occur. It is assumed that one of the most common contributing factors is iron deficiency, and anemia resulting from iron deficiency is considered to be one of the top ten contributors to the global burden of disease. In iron deficiency anemia, the red cells appear abnormal and are unusually small (microcytic) and pale (hypochromic). The pallor of the red cells reflects their low hemoglobin content. Some affliction facts are as follows: global prevalence of anemia in preschool aged children is 47.4%, global prevalence of anemia in pregnant women is 41.8%, global prevalence of anemia in non-pregnant women is 30.2%, 818 million women worldwide (both pregnant and non-pregnant) and young children suffer from anemia and over half of these, approximately 520 million, live in Asia. What are the symptoms Nutritional Deficiency Anemia? A symptom is something the patient senses and describes, while a sign is something other people, such as the doctor notice. For example, drowsiness may be a symptom while dilated pupils may be a sign. Vitamin deficiency anemia is characterized by pallor (reduced amount of oxyhemoglobin in skin or mucous membrane), fatigue and weakness. Because it tends to develop slowly, adaptation occurs and the disease often goes unrecognized for some time. In severe cases, dyspnea (trouble breathing) can occur. Unusual obsessive food cravings, known as pica, may develop. Pagophagia or pica for ice is a very specific symptom and may disappear with correction of iron deficiency anemia. Hair loss and lightheadedness can also be associated with iron deficiency anemia. Additional symptoms may include: constipation , sleepiness, tinnitus , palpitations, hair loss, fainting or feeling faint, depression , breathlessness on exertion, twitching muscles, tingling, numbness, or burning sensations, missed or heavy menstrual cycle. Anemia goes undetected in many people, and symptoms can be minor or vague. The signs and symptoms can be related to the anemia itself, or the underlying cause. Most commonly, people with anemia report non-specific symptoms of a feeling of weakness, or fatigue, general malaise and sometimes poor concentration. What are the causes of Nutritional Deficiency Anemia? A cause of deficiency anemia, particularly iron, is the ulcer bacteria. The diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia requires further investigation as to its cause. It can be a sign of other disease, such as colon cancer , which will cause the loss of blood in the stool. In adults, 60% of patients with iron deficiency anemia may have underlying gastrointestinal disorders leading to chronic blood loss. In addition to dietary insufficiency, malabsorption, chronic blood loss, diversion of iron to fetal erythropoiesis during pregnancy, intravascular hemolysis and hemoglobinuria or other forms of chronic blood loss should all be considered. Diagnosing Nutritional Deficiency Anemia Anemia is often first shown by routine blood tests, which generally include a complete blood count. Traditionally, a definitive diagnosis requires a demonstration of depleted body iron stores by performing a bone marrow aspiration, with the marrow stained for iron. Because this is invasive and painful, while a clinical trial of iron supplementation is inexpensive and non-traumatic, patients are often treated based on clinical history alone. What are the treatment options for Nutritional Deficiency Anemia? The trea |
What comic strip, created by Dik Browne and now drawn by his son Chris, contains, among others, the wife Helga, a brilliant son named Hamlet, a bimbo-like daughter Helga, a duck Kvack, and a dog Snert? | Read comics to improve your English Read comics to improve your English I have in my past articles in MOE, discussed several ways on how to learn and improve your spoken and written English at various levels and one more way that I want to share with MOE readers is to use comics as a very effective aid. This is a cheap fun method to learn and improve your English and can be done at any time that is suitable to you. Many comics that are available today are written by their respective authors to cater to different age groups of people from children in primary schools right up to university students including the general public. There are a few thousand titles available around the world in many languages and popular English language British and American comics created more than fifty years ago include Snoopy (my favourite), Superman, Batman, Lassie, Biggles, Beano and Dandy, amongst others. I lived with my very strict grandparents and when I was in primary and secondary schools during the 60’s, my uncles and aunties (who were then about two and three years older than me) and me, were not allowed to read comics at all. We would be caned if found reading them, any type, regardless. My favourites were comics about the Second World War, and comics such as Beano and Dandy. Our house was not too far away from a British Royal Air Force base where most of our comics were obtained from; they cost us 5 cents each and the newer ones cost us 20 cents. We pooled money from our schools’ daily allowances to pay for the comics. Other than that we had comics from The Straits Times, The Sunday Times, Utusan Melayu and Berita Harian which my late grandfather subscribed to. We used to get about three or four comics every week and we hid them at a secret place in the house and read them only when we were very sure that we won’t get caught. Except for the ones found in the Malay papers, they were all written in English (Queen’s English) and we enjoyed reading them. We spent almost as much time reading comics as spending time reading our schools’ text books. I always wondered why my grandparents didn’t allow us to read comics but I never did find out. When I was in secondary school, I often used ideas I got from reading comics for subjects like English composition or essays. We even created plays from ‘Bugs Bunny’, ‘Huckleberry Hound’, ‘Donald Duck’, ‘Dennis the Menace’, ‘Mickey Mouse’ and many others and we actually used dialogues obtained from those comic strips in addition to dialogues we created with the help of our teachers. Today, all newspapers carry comic strips daily and there are several of them; all written in very good English. The Star’s Comics as found in the last two pages in Section Two has the following: 1. Garfield by Jim Davis, Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield (named after Davis's grandfather); his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie. As of 2007, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated comic strip.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield http://www.garfield.com/ http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_home.html 2. The Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber (heroes),Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922)[1] is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. In collaboration with several artists, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and many other fictional characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters[2] and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books.[3] In addition, he headed the first major successful challenge to the industry's censorship organization, the Comics Code Authority, and forced it to reform its |
Won by a Scotsman this year, how many laps does it take to complete the Indianapolis 500? | At 40, Dario Franchitti looks for fourth Indy 500 win At 40, Dario Franchitti looks for fourth Indy 500 win Scotsman has found success later in his IndyCar career Post to Facebook At 40, Dario Franchitti looks for fourth Indy 500 win Scotsman has found success later in his IndyCar career Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/12VhxdV CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 3 To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs At 40, Dario Franchitti looks for fourth Indy 500 win Jeff Olson, Special to USA TODAY Sports Published 7:48 p.m. ET May 25, 2013 | Updated 8:13 p.m. ET May 25, 2013 Scotsman has found success later in his IndyCar career Dario Franchitti is shown during Carb Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights He starts 17th in Sunday's Indianapolis 500 Helio Castroneves, also going for fourth win, says Franchitti 'a late bloomer' Tony Kanaan says Franchitti learned how to manage everything INDIANAPOLIS — The 97th Indianapolis 500 will arrive Sunday and Dario Franchitti will be attempting to tie the record of four victories shared by A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser. It would be quite a feat for the driver, but don't count him out. Franchitti, who turned 40 on May 19 and announced in late January the end of his 11-year marriage to actress and activist Ashley Judd, has made succeeding in the late stages of his career look easy. Statistically, Franchitti is among the best of his era, currently tied with Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy for seventh in career victories. He'll start 17th among 33 drivers Sunday, but that isn't indicative of his chance to win. Franchitti is as hot as it gets at Indy; his three victories in the 500 have come in his last five attempts. Last year, he drove to victory from the 16th starting position. DRIVE FOR FOUR: What would Castroneves give up to win? "He started doing all of these things after age 35," said Helio Castroneves, another foreign-born driver who is trying for his fourth Indy 500 win on Sunday. Castroneves, 38, won his first two Indy 500s back-to-back (2001 and 2002), then won for a third time in 2009. "I'm like 'wow.' That's what I'd call a late bloomer. For Dario, myself and others, this is about still having the passion and the fire inside you. You're going to make it happen. I'm not surprised at his success. There are so many opportunities that didn't happen for him earlier, and now they are. If you keep insisting, one day those doors will open." Franchitti is among a handful of athletes who perform better on what analysts would call the downside of their careers. Ask him about the comparison to other athletes, and Franchitti quickly works through it. In his mind, the common denominator among them isn't age, it's their teams. All great athletes who perform at a high level deep into their careers, Franchitti reasons, are part of good, if not exceptional, teams. "Whenever I come in from a practice session, I've got Chris Simmons right there pushing me, and I'm pushing him right back," Franchitti says of his lead engineer at Target Chip Ganassi Racing, which has won three of the last five Indy 500s and will field Franchitti, Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe and Charlie Kimball in Sunday's race. "Everyone is pushing me, and that's what I need. It's always there, all the time. You can't fake that. I don't care how good you are. If you don't have good people surrounding you, you're not going to win." PHOTOS: Dario Franchitti's career Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Dario Franchitti, born May 19, 1973 in Scotland, has won four IndyCar Series championships and three Indianapolis 500 titles during his U.S. open-wheel racing career that began in 1997. He announced his retirement on Nov. 14, 2013. Phillip Abbott, AP Images for Banana Boat Safety team members work to remove Dario Franchitt from his car after he flew airborne into a catchfence and back onto the temporary street |
"Pop Goes the Cafe Coronary", an article published in the June, 1974 issue of Emergency Medicine, describes what potentially life saving maneuver, also known as abdominal thrusts? | Heimlich Maneuver Born: June 1, 1974 - Healthcentral Get Daily Dose Newsletter Heimlich Maneuver Born: June 1, 1974 A technique designed to save choking people by forcing food back out their mouths is described in an article titled “Pop Goes the Café Coronary” in the June, 1974 issue of _Emergency Medicine _magazine. The author, a Cincinnati thoracic specialist named Henry Heimlich, explains that by pressing upward on a choking person’s diaphragm, food lodged in his or her throat can be forced back out. Heimlich had been motivated to develop the maneuver after reading about numerous cases of people choking to death in restaurants, although these incidents were often mistaken for heart attacks. He had successfully performed it on dogs in his research and was confident the procedure could be just as effective on humans. A few weeks after the _Emergency Medicine _article appeared, a syndicated medical columnist wrote about the technique. A week later, the _Seattle Times _carried a story about the first person apparently saved by Heimlich’s maneuver—a Washington state woman who had been choking on a piece of chicken but was saved by a neighbor who had read about it just the night before. More and more cases of people being saved by the technique were reported, and in August, 1974, the _Journal of the American Medical Association _published an article about it. By 1976 both the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross were recommending that in addition to striking a choking person five times on his back, a rescuer should also use the Heimlich maneuver, also known as abdominal thrusts. But Heimlich argued that the back blows could do more harm than good, and in 1986 both organizations changed their views and recommended only the Heimlich maneuver. Heimlich didn’t stop there. He suggested that his technique could be used to treat people during asthma attacks and could even help prevent future ones. And he recommended the Heimlich maneuver as a way to save drowning victims. Other researchers, however disputed his asthma claims as unsound, and while the American Heart Association and American Red Cross initially didn’t object to Heimlich’s contention that his technique could be used on drowning victims, they eventually determined that it was potentially dangerous. Heimlich, however, kept pushing the envelope. He advocated treating people with Lyme disease and cancer–and later AIDS/HIV—with an approach called malariotherapy. It was a treatment in which patients were injected with malaria parasites. But malariatherapy was never supported by other researchers and Heimlich’s claim that it could be used to fight AIDS was debunked as dangerous. His reputation took another hit in 2002 when one of his sons, Peter, launched a website attacking what he referred to as his father’s “wide-ranging, unseen 50-year history of fraud.” He alleged that his father had not always been truthful about both his personal history and his research. Today, neither the American Red Cross nor the American Heart Association refer to the “Heimlich maneuver” by that name in their recommendations—they call the technique “abdominal thrusting.” And, in 2006, the Red Cross returned to the policy it had rejected 20 years earlier—that back blows should be part of treating a choking person. Heimlich, now 95, continues to campaign to get the organization to reconsider. More slices of history 1st U.S. Heart Transplant: May 3, 1968 Obesity Raises AFib Risk Add atrial fibrillation to the list of health conditions related to obesity. That’s the conclusion of researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia, who, after an analysis of more than 50 previously published studies, found that obesity increases the risk of developing the heart rhythm disorder. To conduct their study, the researchers reviewed data from more than 600,000 people to see how obesity might influence the odds of developing atrial fibrillation. The studies provided data on how often obese people developed atrial fibrillation or had a surgical procedure known as ablation to ease ele |
Who's missing: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith? | Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005) Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray delivers great video and reference-quality audio in this must-own Blu-ray release All six films of the popular Star Wars saga (Episodes I-VI), each presented on one Blu-ray Disc to ensure maximum picture and audio quality, plus three additional discs of extras, with more than 30 hours of in-depth bonus supplements and extensive special features, including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes, an exploration of the exclusive Star Wars archives, and much, much more, united in one complete nine-disc set. For more about Star Wars: The Complete Saga and the Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray release, see Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray Review published by Casey Broadwater on September 12, 2011 where this Blu-ray release scored 5.0 out of 5. Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray Review Is the Force strong with this one? Reviewed by Casey Broadwater , September 12, 2011 It's Star Wars. On Blu-ray. Take a deep breath. One more. And again. Slowly. That's good. Nice and easy, no need to hyperventilate. Now, go grab a snack, fix yourself a drink�a stiff one if you need it�and come back when you're ready. We're about to dive into what's arguably the most anticipated home video release of the past twenty years, and maybe ever. For the most part, this isn't going to be a conventional review. I'm not going to give a pithy plot synopsis for each film or argue the merits of Episode III. I won't get into details of characterization, and I'm not going to talk about the actors or discuss the technological feats that George Lucas and Co. accomplished in the process of bringing these six films to the screen. There's no need. You've probably already come to your own conclusions about Star Wars, and I'm not out to change them. And on the off chance that you haven't seen the Star Wars films yet�and there are a few of you oddballs out there�here's my quick capsule opinion: The original trilogy is all kinds of awesome and the prequels are mostly disappointing, but all of the films are worth watching, if only so you can finally understand what your nerd friends are rabidly arguing about. If you're reading this, the odds are you're a longtime Star Wars fan who simply wants to know how this release of The Complete Saga stacks up against previous editions. And that's what we'll try to cover here. I'll spend a few paragraphs on the changes made to the films for their Blu-ray debut, and then we'll get down to the nitty-gritty of the video transfers, the audio presentation, and the bonus features. Chewie, Han, Leia, and Luke... A long time ago�1973�in a galaxy far, far away�Los Angeles�a young filmmaker named George Lucas started working on a script treatment for a story called The Star Wars. Drawing inspiration from the Flash Gordon space adventure serials he loved as a boy, and sketching out a plot loosely borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress, Lucas penned a short 14-page synopsis that, over the next few years and several drafts, became its own entity and took on an epic, legendary scope. It was a sci-fi story, yes, but also a sweeping fantasy that incorporated an ancient dualistic religion devoted to an all-pervasive Force, light-sword toting warrior monks known as the Jedi, and a young protagonist� initially named Luke Starkiller�who would leave his outer-rim planet as an orphan and embark on a quest to fulfill his destiny. Using anthropologist Joseph Campbell's seminal work of comparative mythology Hero with a Thousand Faces as a narrative guide, Lucas essentially created a modern universal myth, one that has since spanned six main feature films, not to mention assorted TV spin-offs, animated movies, and an extensive, world- expanding series of books. There's no way George Lucas could've ever envisioned the impact his story would |
In the world of blood donations, O- types are considered to be universal donors (blood compatible with all types). What blood type is considered to be a universal recipient (can accept any blood type)? | What is a Universal Donor? (with pictures) What is a Universal Donor? Last Modified Date: 30 November 2016 Copyright Protected: Can you see through these real-life optical illusions? A universal donor is someone who can donate blood to anyone else, with a few rare exceptions. People with the O- blood type have traditionally been considered universal blood cell donors. Conversely, a universal recipient can safely take blood from anyone, again with a few exceptions. People with AB+ blood have been considered universal recipients. Historically, universal donors are determined on the basis of the ABO blood typing system. Under this system, people can be divided into four blood types: A, B, AB, and O. Blood type is determined by the antigens present on the blood cells. In the case of people with A blood, A antigens are present. B blood types have B antigens, AB blood types have both, and O types have no antigens. Some people refer to the O group as the "null" or 0 group, referencing the fact that no antigens are present. If someone with an A blood type is given blood from a B donor, the recipient's blood will react with the antigens on the B blood cells, rejecting the transfusion and triggering a transfusion reaction. O blood, however, can be given to someone with an A blood type, because there are no antigens in the donor blood to react with the recipient's body. Things get a bit more complicated than that, as the "+" and "-" symbols people are probably used to seeing after blood types would suggest. The ABO blood typing system can be further classified with the use of the Rhesus blood group system. Blood types under this system are determined by testing for A and B antigens, and looking for something called the Rhesus or Rh factor. If the Rh factor is present, the blood is "positive," and if it is not, the blood is "negative." When the two systems are combined, there are a plethora of blood types: A-, A+, B-, B+, AB-, AB+, O-, and O+. This complicates matters, because the presence of the Rh factor can cause a transfusion reaction in someone with a negative blood type. This makes it unsafe, for example, for B+ blood to be transfused into a B- recipient. In emergency situations, patients may be given O- blood; however, this is not ideal. The best blood for a person to receive is an exact match for both type and Rhesus factor . This is because of the presence of antibodies and other antigens in the blood, which can cause dangerous reactions. Doctors perform a test called crossmatching to determine if the donor blood is compatible with the recipient. Many blood banks like to stock as much blood from universal donors as they can. In an emergency situation where blood transfusions are urgently needed, O negative blood cells can be safely given to most patients. As a result, being identified as a universal donor can make someone very popular with a local blood bank . In addition to universal blood cell donors, there are people who are universal blood plasma donors. Antibodies are found in blood plasma , and are the opposite of the blood type. Someone with type A blood has B antibodies in his or her plasma. Type AB blood plasma has no antibodies, and therefore can safely be donated to anyone. There are a few cases in which blood from a universal donor can be dangerous. Some rare blood types fall outside the ABO system, and these blood types can react with O negative blood. For people with these blood types, it is a good idea to carry a medical information card clearly indicating this, as otherwise blood from a universal donor may be transfused under the assumption that it will be safe. Ad anon937895 Post 21 Is it true that type AB blood can be donated to anyone, as stipulated in your statement above? anon307135 Post 19 Is it a good idea to donate AB+ blood if it can't be accepted by blood types other than its own? anon234929 Post 17 Why is type AB the universal recipient when they cannot receive any blood types? They can only receive the same blood type, but not any other blood type. anon230032 I'm an o- person. Will my body accept |
June 2, 1886 saw which US President, the 22nd (and 24th), marry Frances Folsom in the White House, the only president who actually got married at the White House? | 1000+ images about #24 Stephen Grover Cleveland & Frances Folsom C. on Pinterest | The cleveland, Frances o'connor and Wedding Forward Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States; and, therefore was the only US president to serve two terms not in a row and to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.Lived: Mar 18, 1837 - Jun 24, 1908 (age 71). Spouse: Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1886 - 1908). President of the United States (1893 - 1897) · President of the United States (1885 - 1889) · Governor of New York (1883 - 1885) Vice Presidents: Adlai Stevenson I · Thomas A… See More |
According to circus owner P. T. Barnum, whose first show began touring 176 years ago today, there's a what born every minute? | The Circus Book The Circus Book With a note on the Tenting Show by SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO, LTD. Made and Printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons, Ltd. Paulton (Somerset) and London ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE EDITOR expresses his cordial thanks to authors and publishers who have given him permission to reprint stories and extracts from books. To Mr. A. E. Coppard and Messrs. Jonathan Cape for Silver Circus, Mr. D. L. Murray for The Understudy and Mrs. Ruth Manning-Sanders for The Bear. To the Executors of the late Kenneth Grahame and to John Lane, the Bodley Head Ltd., for The Magic Ring; to Dame Laura Knight for several extracts from her Oil Paint and Grease Paint; to Messrs. Williams and Norgate Ltd., owners of the copyrights, for extracts from Star Turns, by A. H. Kober (translatedby G. J. Renier), and My Circus Life, by James Lloyd; to Mr. Seago for extracts from Circus Company and Caravan; to Messrs. Stanley Paul Ltd. for an extract from Whimsical Walker's From Sawdust to Windsor Castle; to Mr. Wilson Disher for an extract from The Greatest Show on Earth; to Mr. Frank Foster, Clowning Through; To Messrs. Alfred Knopf Inc. for an extract from P. T. Barnum's Struggles and Triumphs; to the executors of the late Mr. Dexter Fellowes, This Way to the Big Top; to Messrs. Jonathan Cape for an extract from Master Showman by Al G. Barnes, and to Messrs. J. M. Dent and Sons for extracts from Coco the Clown and Sanger's Seventy Years a Showman; to the Richard's Press Ltd., the publishers of Richard le Gallienne's From a Paris Garret; To Mr. Louis Golding for an extract from The World I Knew, and to Messrs. George Routledge and Sons Ltd. for extracts from Paul Eipper's Circus. To Major Lewis Hastings, M. C., for the description of Madame Pagel from his Dragons are Extra, and to Mr. A. Stanley Williamson the author of On the Road with Bertram Mills. Also to the executors of the late Eleanor Smith and to Messrs. Longmans Green Ltd. for the description of Satan's Circus from Life's a Circus; to Messrs. Cyril and Bernard Mills for their father's note on training a horse; to Messrs. Dodd Mead and Co. Inc., owners of the copyright of Jules Turnour's Autobiography of a Clown as told to Isaac Marcosson, and to the Poet Laureate for the short extract from his introduction to Mr. Edward Seago's Circus Company. Contents THE TENTING SHOW THE TENTING SHOW In 1815, the year after Philip Astley, "the father of the circus," had died in Paris at the age of seventy-two and which same year had also marked the appearance of Ducrow, most famous of all equestrians, the first tenting circuses began to travel the English roads. Horses, acrobats and talking clowns were the entertainment offered with perhaps the addition of a spectacular dancer on a tight-rope. Rope-walking was the rage: Madame Saqui, fresh from sensational triumphs in Paris, was performing nightly at Vauxhal Gardens where thousands of sightseers congregated and jostled to see her mount the rope at midnight, an enormous plume of ostrich feathers surmounting her head, the spangles and tinsel of her costume glittering and glistening in the sparks thrown off from the grand display of fireworks. The first tenting circuses pitched on the fair-grounds. Their painted gaudy fronts were imposing but their interiors were small, their fittings primitive. They seldom travelled more than three or four horses (horses were to become one of the glories of the tenting circus) and of these only two appeared in the ring. Unlike Astley, who had an eye for colour, the tenting showmen favoured cream, pied and spotted horses. They stood in a row on the show-front platform while an acrobat showed his skill, a clown cracked jokes and the proprietor, beating on a drum or a gong, shouted to the spectators to "walk up." At the shout, "all in, to begin," the horses were ridden down the steps and through a side entrance of the tent into the ring. Performances were of short duration, but repeated from noon until midnight, as often as the tent could be filled. Success depending on a fickle climate, the life of the trav |
In addition to stinging like a bee, Muhammed Ali described his fighting style as floating like a what? | Muhammad Ali: Funeral, prayer service open to public this week - CNN.com Muhammad Ali: Funeral, prayer service open to public this week By Steve Almasy, Emanuella Grinberg and Holly Yan , CNN Updated 6:15 PM ET, Mon June 6, 2016 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. JUST WATCHED Muhammad Ali dies at 74 01:31 Story highlights All are welcome to a Muslim funeral prayer service Thursday in Louisville Turkey's President and Jordan's King will speak at Ali's public funeral Friday (CNN) For a man who preached inclusiveness and reached millions around the world, it's a fitting way to let his fans say goodbye. Muhammad Ali's funeral and jenazah -- or Muslim funeral prayer service -- will be open to the public, his spokesman Bob Gunnell said. And one of the venues will be the site of Ali's last hometown fight in Louisville, Kentucky. The jenazah will take place at noon Thursday at Freedom Hall -- where Ali defeated Willi Besmanoff on November 29, 1961. A total of 14,000 tickets will be available on a first come, first service basis, starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Gunnell said. Four tickets maximum per request will be available from the Freedom Hall box office. Read More All faiths are welcome. "Ali spoke of inclusiveness his entire life," Gunnell said. "We want this to be inclusive of everyone." The final public goodbye will come Friday, with Ali's funeral. All about Muhammad Ali What is Parkinson's disease? His body will be driven through the streets of Louisville, the city where the three-time heavyweight champion grew up and began his amateur career at age 12. The funeral will take place at 2 p.m. Friday at the KFC Yum! Center -- a 22,000-seat basketball arena in Louisville. Tickets will be available at the center box office starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday; fans can start lining up at 6 a.m. As Gunnell said, tickets will be limited to four per person on a first come, first serve basis until the box office closes at 8 p.m. or sellout, whichever comes first. The eight pallbearers include Will Smith, who played Ali in the biopic "Ali," and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, along with family friends and relatives. JUST WATCHED MUST WATCH Ali's twin daughters speak out 06:57 Former President Bill Clinton, longtime sportscaster Bryant Gumbel and comedian and close Ali friend Billy Crystal will be among those delivering eulogies, Ali's spokesman said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and King Abdullah II of Jordan will also speak, Gunnell said. Those who can't make it inside the arena can watch the funeral streamed live on the website for the Muhammad Ali Center. After the funeral, Ali will be interred at Cave Hill Cemetery. A monumental loss The world mourned Ali's death on Friday night at age 74, the result of septic shock due to unspecified natural causes. JUST WATCHED Muhammad Ali's media mastery 01:40 Ali's family members knew the icon did not belong to them alone. "He belonged to the world," Hana Ali told CNN in her first interview after her father's death. "And I'm OK with that." The immediate family will have a private gathering Thursday. "Muhammad Ali was truly the people's champion, and the celebration will reflect his devotion to people of all races, religions and backgrounds," the family said in a statement. "Muhammad's extraordinary boxing career only encompassed half of his life. The other half was committed to sharing a message of peace and inclusion with the world. Following his wishes, his funeral will reflect those principles, and be a celebration open to everyone." It's the way her father would have wanted it, Hana Ali said. He may have even foreseen it. She recounted a recurring dream he would describe of walking down the street in Louisville surrounded by chants and cheers. Then, all of a sudden, he takes off flying. 'You can go back to God now' The boxing great had been at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, with what Gunnell initially described as a respiratory issue. "I know it sounds crazy, but I think we all ju |
Coined during Winston Churchill's Sinews of Peace speech, what was the name given to the boundary between the Warsaw Pact and NATO during the cold war? | Churchill delivers Iron Curtain speech - Mar 05, 1946 - HISTORY.com Churchill delivers Iron Curtain speech Share this: Churchill delivers Iron Curtain speech Author Churchill delivers Iron Curtain speech URL Publisher A+E Networks In one of the most famous orations of the Cold War period, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill condemns the Soviet Union’s policies in Europe and declares, “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” Churchill’s speech is considered one of the opening volleys announcing the beginning of the Cold War. Churchill, who had been defeated for re-election as prime minister in 1945, was invited to Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri where he gave this speech. President Harry S. Truman joined Churchill on the platform and listened intently to his speech. Churchill began by praising the United States, which he declared stood “at the pinnacle of world power.” It soon became clear that a primary purpose of his talk was to argue for an even closer “special relationship” between the United States and Great Britain—the great powers of the “English-speaking world”—in organizing and policing the postwar world. In particular, he warned against the expansionistic policies of the Soviet Union. In addition to the “iron curtain” that had descended across Eastern Europe, Churchill spoke of “communist fifth columns” that were operating throughout western and southern Europe. Drawing parallels with the disastrous appeasement of Hitler prior to World War II, Churchill advised that in dealing with the Soviets there was “nothing which they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for military weakness.” Truman and many other U.S. officials warmly received the speech. Already they had decided that the Soviet Union was bent on expansion and only a tough stance would deter the Russians. Churchill’s “iron curtain” phrase immediately entered the official vocabulary of the Cold War. U.S. officials were less enthusiastic about Churchill’s call for a “special relationship” between the United States and Great Britain. While they viewed the English as valuable allies in the Cold War, they were also well aware that Britain’s power was on the wane and had no intention of being used as pawns to help support the crumbling British empire. In the Soviet Union, Russian leader Joseph Stalin denounced the speech as “war mongering,” and referred to Churchill’s comments about the “English-speaking world” as imperialist “racism.” The British, Americans, and Russians-allies against Hitler less than a year before the speech—were drawing the battle lines of the Cold War. Related Videos |
June 5, 1968 saw which US presidential candidate shot at the Ambassador Hotel (since razed), by radical Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan? | From Lincoln to JFK - variety of guns used to assassinate American presidents | Daily Mail Online comments Five guns tell the stories of five attempts on the lives of American presidents or candidates over the course of 148 years. From the assassination of President Lincoln in Ford's Theater in 1865 to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981, more than 20 attempts have been made on the lives of American presidents or presidential hopefuls. As the nation prepares to commemorate the death of President John F Kennedy at the hands of lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald, the weapons used to alter the course of history are pictured here as a grisly reminder of the dangers of being the leader of the free world. Scroll down for video Abraham Lincoln killed by a single shot Deringer pistol used by John Wilkes Booth Deadly: The single-shot Philadelphia Deringer pistol used by John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln is displayed at Ford's Theatre in Washington On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and his wife attended the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. At 10.15pm as the Lincolns watched in the play, John Wilkes Booth crept into the presidential state box and pulled out his Philadelphia Deringer pistol and fired a single shot into the back of Abraham Lincoln's head. Booth was in league with co-conspirators who wanted to bring about the deaths of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward to unsettle the Union and help the Confederacy rise up again. President Abraham Lincoln died the day following his shooting on April 14 at Ford's Theater in Washington DC In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Major Henry Rathbone attempted to stop Booth escaping but the assassin stabbed him in the chest with a knife he was carrying. Lincoln's wound was quickly declared to be mortal and he died the next morning at 7.22am on April 15 without ever regaining consciousness. As for Wilkes Booth, he was shot dead on April 26, 1865, after being pursued and tracked down by Union soldiers. Colt 1911 pistol used by Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme in an assassination attempt on US President Gerald R Ford President Gerald Ford recalled seeing a hand holding a large handgun slipping through a crowd at a Sacramento park before a Secret Service agent lunged at Charles Manson disciple Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, according to a 38-year-old videotape released over the summer. The former president calmly and carefully recalled the attempted assassination in the videotaped testimony, which would later be used in Fromme's trial. In it, Ford gestures gently with his hands and sips water as he answers questions from a lawyer about what began as a routine morning in September 1975, before Fromme pushed through a crowd on the street, drew a semi-automatic pistol and pointed it at Ford. A Colt 1911 model semi-automatic .45-caliber pistol used by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in an assassination attempt on U.S. President Gerald R. Ford is seen in this undated photo at the Ford Presidential Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan The gun wasn't fired, and Ford wasn't hurt. Ford recalled seeing a 'weathered' woman in a brightly colored dress as he walked toward the building, where he planned to meet with the governor. She 'appeared to want to either shake hands or speak, or at least wanted to get closer to me,' Ford says. He then saw a large gun coming through the crowd of well-wishers. But when asked if he saw the face of who was holding it, he answered: 'No, I did not.' The gun was about two feet (60 centimeters) away from him, Ford said. President Gerald R Ford (left) survived an attempted assassination attempt by Lyn 'Squeaky' Fromme (right) in 1975 and this image shows her detained by a tree following her attempt 'It was simply the hand with the weapon in it, at a height between my knee and my waist, approximately,' Ford said. He then described a frantic moment when a security agent seized the suspect and Ford was rushed away. Fromme w |
In honor of the 30th anniversary of it's creation, Google changed their logo last week to a playable version of what classic game? | Our history in depth – Company – Google 1995-1997 1995 Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford. Larry, 22, a U Michigan grad, is considering the school; Sergey, 21, is assigned to show him around. 1996 Larry and Sergey begin collaborating on a search engine called BackRub . BackRub operates on Stanford servers for more than a year—eventually taking up too much bandwidth. 1997 Google.com is registered as a domain on September 15. The name—a play on the word "googol," a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros—reflects Larry and Sergey's mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web. 1998 April Larry launches a monthly " Google Friends Newsletter " to inform fans about company news. (We've since shut down Google Friends Newsletter in favor of blogs, Google+ and other methods of sharing news .) August Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim writes a check for $100,000 to an entity that doesn't exist yet—a company called Google Inc. Before heading to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, Larry and Sergey incorporate the iconic Man into the logo to keep people informed about where the Google crew would be for a few days—our first doodle . September On September 4, Google files for incorporation in California. Larry and Sergey open a bank account in the newly-established company's name and deposit Andy Bechtolsheim's check. Google sets up workspace in Susan Wojcicki's garage on Santa Margarita Ave., Menlo Park, Calif. Larry and Sergey hire their first employee. Craig Silverstein is a fellow CS grad student at Stanford who works at Google for 10+ years before joining education startup Khan Academy. December "PC Magazine" reports that Google "has an uncanny knack for returning extremely relevant results" and recognizes us as the search engine of choice in the Top 100 Web Sites for 1998. 1999 February We outgrow our garage office and move to new digs at 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto with just eight employees. April Yoshka, our first "company" dog, comes to work with our senior vice president of operations, Urs Hölzle. May Omid Kordestani joins to run sales—employee #11. Ten years later, Omid steps down from his active role in the company, becoming a senior advisor. June Our first press release announces a $25 million round from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins; John Doerr and Michael Moritz join the board. August We move to our first Mountain View location: 2400 Bayshore . Mountain View is a few miles south of Stanford University, and north of the older towns of Silicon Valley: Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose. November We hire our first chef, Charlie Ayers (his previous claim to fame was catering for the Grateful Dead; he now owns a cafe in Palo Alto). Today Google's food programs focus on providing healthy, sustainably sourced food to fuel Googlers around the world. 2000 April We announce the MentalPlex : Google's ability to read your mind as you visualize the search results you want. Thus begins our annual foray in the Silicon Valley tradition of April 1 hoaxes. May We win our first Webby Awards: Technical Achievement (voted by judges) and Peoples' Voice (voted by users). We run a series of doodles featuring a little alien—our first doodle series and the first doodle not associated with any particular event. The first 10 language versions of Google.com are released : French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish. Today, search is available in 150+ languages. July Our first international doodle celebrates Bastille Day in France. September Google New York starts in a Starbucks on 86th Stree |
What federal holiday, first enacted to honor the Union soldiers of the Civil War, was formerly called Decoration Day? | Memorial Day History - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs Memorial Day History Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country. The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The ceremonies centered around the mourning-draped veranda of the Arlington mansion, once the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Various Washington officials, including Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, presided over the ceremonies. After speeches, children from the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home and members of the GAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns. Local Observances Claim To Be First Local springtime tributes to the Civil War dead already had been held in various places. One of the first occurred in Columbus, Miss., April 25, 1866, when a group of women visited a cemetery to decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers who had fallen in battle at Shiloh. Nearby were the graves of Union soldiers, neglected because they were the enemy. Disturbed at the sight of the bare graves, the women placed some of their flowers on those graves, as well. Today, cities in the North and the South claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day in 1866. Both Macon and Columbus, Ga., claim the title, as well as Richmond, Va. The village of Boalsburg, Pa., claims it began there two years earlier. A stone in a Carbondale, Ill., cemetery carries the statement that the first Decoration Day ceremony took place there on April 29, 1866. Carbondale was the wartime home of Gen. Logan. Approximately 25 places have been named in connection with the origin of Memorial Day, many of them in the South where most of the war dead were buried. Official Birthplace Declared In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, N.Y., the “birthplace” of Memorial Day. There, a ceremony on May 5, 1866, honored local veterans who had fought in the Civil War. Businesses closed and residents flew flags at half-staff. Supporters of Waterloo’s claim say earlier observances in other places were either informal, not community-wide or one-time events. By the end of the 19th century, Memorial Day ceremonies were being held on May 30 throughout the nation. State legislatures passed proclamations designating the day, and the Army and Navy adopted regulations for proper observance at their facilities. It was not until after World War I, however, that the day was expanded to honor those who have died in all American wars. In 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday by an act of Congress, though it is still often called Decoration Day. It was then also placed on the last Monday in May, as were some other federal holidays. Some States Have Confederate Observances Many Southern states also have their own days for honoring the Confederate dead. Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day on the last Monday of April, Alabama on the fourth Monday of April, and Georgia on April 26. North and South Carolina observe it on May 10, Louisiana on June 3 and Tennessee calls that date Confederate Decoration Day. Texas celebrates Confederate Heroes Day January 19 and Virginia calls the last Monday in May Confederate Memorial Day. Gen. Logan’s order for his posts to decorate graves in 1868 “with the choicest flowers of springtime” urged: “We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. ... Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cos |
What name is given to the process where machines are used to artificially simulate the function of the kidneys? | Kidney Dialysis Membranes and Channels (Interactively view a molecule in this section!) Size and Shape Diffusion and Concentration Gradients (Note: this section includes an animation.) Dynamic Equilibrium Membranes and Concentration Gradients in the Kidneys Artificial Membranes and Dialysis (Interactively view a molecule in this section!) Many Different Molecules: Maintaining the Body's Chemistry In order for blood to perform its essential functions of bringing nutrients and oxygen to the cells of the body, and carrying waste materials away from those cells, the chemical composition of the blood must be carefully controlled. Blood contains particles of many different sizes and types, including cells, proteins, dissolved ions, and organic waste products. Some of these particles, such as proteins like hemoglobin , are essential for the body. Others, such as urea (a waste product from protein metabolism), must be removed from the blood or they will accumulate and interfere with normal metabolic processes. Still other particles, including many of the simple ions dissolved in the blood, are required by the body in certain concentrations that must be tightly regulated, especially when the intake of these chemicals varies. The body has many different means of controlling the chemical composition of the blood. For instance, you learned in the " Iron Use and Storage in the Body: Ferritin and Molecular Representations " tutorial that the ferritin protein can help to control the amount of free iron in the blood. As you will discover in the tutorial entitled, " Blood, Sweat, and Buffers: pH Regulation During Exercise ", buffers dissolved in the blood can help regulate the blood's pH. But the largest responsibility for maintaining the chemistry of the blood falls to the kidneys, a pair of organs located just behind the lining of the abdominal cavity. It is the job of the kidneys to remove the harmful particles from the blood and to regulate the blood's ionic concentrations, while keeping the essential particles in the blood (Figure 1). Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the kidneys' ability to separate particles in the blood in order to maintain optimal body chemistry. Blood enters the kidney through the renal artery. In the kidney, the blood undergoes filtration and dialysis to separate the particles that will be removed from the body (through the ureter to the bladder) from those that will be returned to the circulating blood (through the renal vein). The kidneys meet these challenges through a remarkably elegant system. Essentially, kidneys act like dialysis units for blood, making use of the different sizes of the particles and specially-maintained concentration gradients. Blood passes through the membrane-lined tubules of the kidney, which are analogous to the dialysis bags used in this Experiment. Particles that can pass through the membrane pass out of the tubules by diffusion, thus separating the particles that remain in the blood from those that will be removed from the blood and excreted. The dialysis mechanism used by the kidneys allows them to function effectively over a very wide range of conditions. For example, sodium intake can vary from one tenth to ten times the average consumption, with only minimal fluctuations in blood-plasma sodium concentrations. Even when the kidneys are severely damaged, the kidneys can still effectively maintain the body's chemistry as long as at least ten percent of their functional units are working. Nonetheless, damage to the kidneys can cause the functional capacity to drop below this level, and fatal illness will develop unless an artificial system is employed to perform the work of the kidneys. Structure and Function of the Kidneys: Overview The kidneys have three basic mechanisms for separating the various components of the blood: filtration, reabsorption, and secretion. These three processes occur in the nephron (Figure 2), which is the most basic functional unit of the kidney. Ea |
Hosni Mubarak, who spent 20 years as the leader of what country, received a life sentence last week on charges of killing protesters during last year's revolution? | Egypt: Hosni Mubarak's charges for deaths dismissed - CNN.com Mubarak tells Egyptian TV station: "I didn't commit anything" The 86-year-old is still serving a three-year sentence for embezzlement One man killed, nine people injured in protest near Tahir Square Prosecutor tell state media he will appeal verdict Egypt's former longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak was cleared of charges in a retrial Saturday and could soon be released -- a stunning reversal for a man who faced life imprisonment or worse after a revolution toppled him in 2011. A Cairo judge dismissed charges linking Mubarak to the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 revolt and found him not guilty of corruption. Mubarak, who ruled Egypt as president for 29 years, was stoic as his supporters in the courtroom cheered the decision that capped a months-long retrial. The 86-year-old, reclining on a hospital gurney in a defendants' cage, nodded while fellow defendants kissed him on the head. Later, he told the country's Sada ElBalad TV station in a brief phone interview that he "didn't commit anything." "I laughed when I heard the first verdict," he said of the first trial. "When it came to the second verdict, I said I was waiting. It would go either way. It wouldn't have made a difference to me either way." Prosecutor-General Hisham Barakat will appeal the verdict, Egypt's government-controlled Al-Ahram newspaper website reported early Sunday. Mubarak was convicted in 2012 of issuing orders to kill peaceful protesters during the country's 2011 uprising and was sentenced to life in prison. He appealed and was granted a new trial last year. JUST WATCHED MUST WATCH Egypt: Women after the revolution 02:58 Also acquitted Saturday were Mubarak's former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly and six of el-Adly's aides, who'd been accused of being connected to the deaths of 239 protesters as security forces cracked down on them in 2011. Mubarak's two sons also were acquitted Saturday of corruption. Mubarak still has a three-year sentence for a previous conviction for embezzlement, but it wasn't immediately clear how much time he's already been credited with, and therefore when he will be free. CNN's efforts to reach Mubarak's lawyer Farid El-Deeb for comment weren't immediately successful. Both sides have alleged that Mubarak's trials have been politicized, with supporters arguing he was unfairly vilified and opponents fearing that he'd be acquitted as memories of the revolution faded. His legal fortunes did seem to parallel the political climate -- just last year, Mohamed Morsy, the Islamist who became Egypt's first democratically elected president, supported a retrial with the backing of his supporters, who argued Mubarak should have received a death sentence rather than life in captivity. But Morsy himself was deposed by the military in July 2013, as opponents accused him of pursuing an Islamist agenda at the exclusion of other factions. And now the Arab Spring revolt that ousted Mubarak has come nearly full circle -- Mubarak appears close to freedom; Morsy is jailed, his Muslim Brotherhood banned; and Morsy supporters allege the current government has returned to Mubarak's authoritarian practices. Explaining the verdict Judge Mahmoud el-Rashidy said he dropped charges against Mubarak because Cairo Criminal Court didn't have the jurisdiction to try him for the protesters' deaths. The judge said the case that prosecutors initially referred to the court listed only el-Adly and his aides as defendants -- not Mubarak himself. But after mass protests pressured the prosecutor general to question Mubarak, a second referral was made to the court, and the two cases were merged into one. Lawyer Hoda Nasralla, who represents the families of 65 slain and injured protesters, said the inclusion of Mubarak in a second referral should have trumped his exclusion in the first. "The judge shied away from directly acquitting Mubarak even though he was accused of conspiring with Adly, and Adly was acquitted," she said. "The judge resorted to formalities instead." 'I want only God's retribut |
What early Seattle grunge band, which shared a name with a CCR song, had former members who formed the nucleus of bands you might have heard of: Pearl Jam and Mudhoney? | Icon: Pearl Jam | Wondering Sound Wondering Sound Contributor on 09.19.11 in Icons When Pearl Jam finally compiled a catalog-skimming greatest hits collection in 2004 – a decade after the demise of Nirvana, six years after they stole Soundgarden’s drummer and nearly 15 into their platinum-lined career – they really should have considered changing its title from rearviewmirror to We’re Still Alive. After all, who would’ve thought they’d be grunge’s Last Band Standing back when Kurt Cobain called the Seattle vets ‘sellouts’ and Eddie Vedder was swinging from the rafters like a flannel-wearing freak in their infamous “Even Flow” video? Not only are Pearl Jam survivors of countless modern rock movements; they are a band that’s as Important-With-a-Capital-I as U2, whether that amounts to blasting George Bush, supporting incredibly divisive issues (Pro-Choice organizations, the environment, Ralph Nader) or spitting in the collective eye of the concert industry in a very public pissing match with Ticketmaster. All in the hopes of – Rolling Stone‘s words, not ours – “deliberately tearing apart their own fame.” Or at the very least, MTV’s version of what fame entails, from vapid music videos to stylist-flanked cover shoots. Like their longtime hero Neil Young, Pearl Jam are focused on rocking in the free world…so long as it’s on their own terms. Musically, that’s meant a catalog that offsets its obvious singles (most of Vs. and Ten) with accidental hits (“Better Man,” “Yellow Ledbetter,” the Young-backed “I Got Id”) and art-damaged asides. (We still don’t understand why Vitalogy – a truly underrated brush with brilliance – includes a Ween-like tribute to “Bugs,” a seven-minute noise collage about getting spanked, and the TMI tidbit that Vedder would “never suck Satan’s dick.” Thanks for clarifying, brother!) Meanwhile, Alice In Chains have sparked a second career with a new singer, and a ‘reunited’ Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots have struggled to appear as anything but a cash-grabbing, walking wax museum of Generation Angst. Guess Kurt called out the wrong guys, huh? – Andrew Parks In Chronological Order Ten Pearl Jam Here's something that makes me totally and irrationally angry - and living in Portland, Oregon, so near to grunge's Ground Zero, I do continue to hear it said, more than 18 years after the album's release: "Ten sure has a lot to answer for: Matchbox Twenty, Everclear, Candlebox, Creed, hell, that whole brand of manly 'testosterone/action rock' can be directly traced to that album." Well, sure, but does that automatically make Nirvana responsible for ripoff artists like Silverchair and Bush? Should we blame Led Zeppelin for the waves of crappy guitar-based bands that slavishly aped all their loudest, most macho moves, but completely missed the nuance, the light and shade, that made them great? It's a moronic argument: Ten stands proudly beside such epic works as Who's Next, Everyone Knows This is Nowhere, Are You Experienced? and Let It Bleed as one of the finest guitar albums ever, while serving as a sonic starter's pistol for a band who've evolved, grown and turned into one of our most cherished artistic touchstones during the two decades they've remained a going musical concern. If others chose to imitate the elements that made it the classic it was, what could Pearl Jam do about that? What you can still hear most clearly on Ten is the sound of personal pain filtering its way through a then-unheard mixture of Black Flag and Black Sabbath, with a classic-rock sheen applied on the back end and a sly, Prince-like groove curling its way through the album's hook-laden riff-a-rama. Guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament had just lost their Mother Love Bone compatriot Andy Wood to a heroin overdose, singer Eddie Vedder was clearly channeling some demons of his own (Ten's lyrics touched upon such seldom-heard topics as abortion, suicide, psychiatric hospitals, childhood family traumas and the sort of doomy introspection more often associated with Ian Curtis or Robert Smith), drummer Dave Krusen drank his way |
What name is given to the dessert consisting of ice cream on sponge cake covered with meringue and browned quickly in a hot oven? | Baked Alaska History, Whats Cooking America Photo courtesy of Epicurious.com 1802 – According to some historians, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States from 1801-1809, was one of the first to serve ice cream at a state banquet in the White House. He is reported to have served ice cream encased in hot pastry at a White House dinner during his presidency. Although the name came much later, it is likely that this was a dish similar to Baked Alaska. An article from the LeRoy PennySaver & News called “An 1802 Menu,” by Lynne Belluscio states the following: A menu of a meal Jefferson offered on February 6, 1802, included “rice soup, round of beef, turkey, mutton, ham, loin of veal, cutlets of mutton, fried eggs, fried beef, and a pie called macaroni.” The desserts included “ice cream very good, crust wholly dried, crumbled into thin flakes; a dish somewhat like a pudding . . .” Ice cream dishes frequently appeared in visitors’ accounts of meals with Thomas Jefferson. From the web site The Home of Thomas Jefferson, one visitor reportedly commented: “Among other things, ice-creams were produced in the form of balls of the frozen material inclosed in covers of warm pastry, exhibiting a curious contrast, as if the ice had just been taken from the oven.” A true Baked Alaska starts with the meringue. A meringue is a “patisserie” made from egg whites and sugar. Patisserie is the French word for various preparations made of pastry and generally baked in the oven. 1720 – The book, Larousse Gastronomique, by Prosper Montagn says the following on the history of meringue: Historians of cookery say that this little patisserie was invented in 1720 by a Swiss pastry-cook called Gasparini, who practised his art in Mehrinyghen, a small town in the State of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The first meringues made in France were served in Nancy to King Stanislas who, it is said, prized them highly. It was he, no doubt, who gave the recipe for this sweetmeat to Marie Leczinska. Queen Marie-Antoinette had a great liking for meringues. Court lore has it that she made them with her own hands at the Trianon, where she also made vacherins, for which a similar mixture is used. Up to the beginning of the nineteenth century, meringues were shaped in a spoon, as the pastry forcing-bag had not been invented. 1804 – Omellete surprise, which is virtually identical to Baked Alaska is said to have been first invented by an American-born physicist named Benjamin Thompson Rumford (1753-1814), later known as Count Rumford. An American Loyalist in the Revolution in Boston, it is said that he served as a spy and informant for the British Army. He was forced to flee from America to England 1776. He had an interest in cooking and he invented the fire-grate, a double boiler, an oil lamp, a coffee percolator (drip), and the kitchen range. As a result of his interest in investigating the resistance of beaten egg whites to heat, which is based on the principle that beaten egg white is a poor conductor of heat, a created a dessert that he called “omellete surprise.” In The American Heritage Cookbook, Rumford is quoted as saying: “Omelette surpirse was the by-product of investigations in 1804 into the resistance of stiffly beaten egg whites to the induction of heat.” During the Victorian Era (1937-1901), elaborate ice cream desserts made by local dairies and confectioners were the height of refinement, served at the best teas and formal dinners. They prided themselves on fancy ice cream “bombes” (ice cream pressed into molds which produced elegant and elaborate frozen desserts in fancy and festive shapes. These tradition was taken from molded puddings and custards. These were also known as ice cream cakes. The technique of covering foods with meringue and then baking until the meringue is delicately browned seemed to have been a popular dessert technique during the middle 1850s. 1855 – The cookbook, The Philadelphia Houswife, by Aunt Mary (a pseud for Mary Hodgson) added a few fanciful French desserts as “Apples aux Pommes” |
Hellfire, Stinger, and Tomahawk are all types of what? | 10 Insurgents Meet a Hellfire Missile | Military.com 86 | Login or Join to Rate 10 Insurgents Meet a Hellfire Missile Posted Mar 07, 2011 by Member 26835147 Apache gunship engages 10 insurgents with a Hellfire missle in Iraq. Category: Operations , Air Strikes More About: 63 | Posted Mar 05, 2009 Add your comment 3 | Posted 1 week ago PREV NEXT 272 | Posted Apr 14, 2011 Advertisement Advertisement Disclaimer/Caution: Much of this content is graphic in nature, showing unfiltered media from the global war on terror and other conflicts. To the best of Military.com's knowledge, the images, videos, and content featured on "Shock & Awe" pages are in the public domain or declassified materials. In some cases, we cannot guarantee the veracity of the images or video. If you believe that material in this section is classified or invalid, please contact Military.com technical support . If you have a copyright concern, please review our Digital Millennium Copyright Act page . Military.com Network: |
Which famed Viennese composer, who died on June 3, 1899, was known as the Waltz King? | Johann Strauss, the Younger | Austrian composer | Britannica.com Johann Strauss, the Younger Johann Strauss, the Younger, (born Oct. 25, 1825, Vienna , Austria —died June 3, 1899, Vienna), “the Waltz King,” a composer famous for his Viennese waltzes and operettas. Johann Strauss the Younger. Harris & Ewing Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: LC-DIG-hec-23696) Strauss was the eldest son of the composer Johann Strauss the Elder. Because his father wished him to follow a nonmusical profession, he started his career as a bank clerk. He studied the violin without his father’s knowledge, however, and in 1844 conducted his own dance band at a Viennese restaurant. In 1849, when the elder Strauss died, Johann combined his orchestra with his father’s and went on a tour that included Russia (1865–66) and England (1869), winning great popularity. In 1870 he relinquished leadership of his orchestra to his brothers, Josef and Eduard, in order to spend his time writing music . In 1872 he conducted concerts in New York City and Boston. Strauss’s most famous single composition is An der schönen blauen Donau (1867; The Blue Danube ), the main theme of which became one of the best-known tunes in 19th-century music. His many other melodious and successful waltzes include Morgenblätter (1864; Morning Papers), Künstlerleben (1867; Artist’s Life), Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1868; Tales from the Vienna Woods), Wein, Weib und Gesang (1869; Wine, Women and Song), Wiener Blut (1871; Vienna Blood), and Kaiserwaltzer (1888). Of his nearly 500 dance pieces, more than 150 were waltzes. Among his stage works, Die Fledermaus (1874; The Bat) became the classical example of Viennese operetta . Equally successful was Der Zigeunerbaron (1885; The Gypsy Baron). Among his numerous other operettas are Der Karneval in Rom (1873; The Roman Carnival) and Eine Nacht in Venedig (1883; A Night in Venice). Learn More in these related articles: |
In an apiary or hive, feeding a bee larvae royal jelly will result in it developing into what? | Helping Agriculture's Helpful Honey Bees Helping Agriculture's Helpful Honey Bees Endnotes Honey bees are big money makers for U.S. agriculture. These social and hardworking insects produce six hive products – honey, pollen, royal jelly, beeswax, propolis, and venom – all collected and used by people for various nutritional and therapeutic purposes. Honey, of course, is the most well-known and economically important hive product. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agriculture Statistics Service, honey bees made 178 million pounds of honey in 2014. With the cost of honey at a record high at about $2.16 per pound, that’s a value of over $384 million. After honey, beeswax is the second most important hive product from an economic standpoint. The beeswax trade dates to ancient Greece and Rome, and in Medieval Europe, the substance was a unit of trade for taxes and other purposes. The market remains strong today. Beeswax is popular for making candles and as an ingredient in artists’ materials and in leather and wood polishes. The pharmaceutical industry uses the substance as a binding agent, time-release mechanism, and drug carrier. Beeswax is also one of the most commonly used waxes in cosmetics. The U.S. is a major producer of raw beeswax, as well as a worldwide supplier of refined beeswax. But the greatest importance of honey bees to agriculture isn’t a product of the hive at all. It’s their work as crop pollinators. This agricultural benefit of honey bees is estimated to be between 10 and 20 times the total value of honey and beeswax. In fact, bee pollination accounts for about $15 billion in added crop value. Honey bees are like flying dollar bills buzzing over U.S. crops. Unfortunately, a widespread bacterial disease called American foulbrood is destroying entire colonies of honey bees. But fortunately for the honey bees and the many crops that depend on them for pollination, since 2005, FDA has approved four products to control this devastating honey bee disease. The Biology of Pollination Pollination is vital to the approximately 250,000 species of flowering plants that depend on the transfer of pollen from flower anther to stigma to reproduce. The anther is the top-most part of the stamen, the flower’s male reproductive portion. Normally made up of four pollen sacs, the anther produces and releases pollen. The stigma, the top of the flower’s female reproductive part, is covered in a sticky substance that catches and traps the pollen grains. Depending on the specific plant species, the transfer of pollen from anther to stigma is achieved by wind, gravity, water, birds, bats, or insects. Some plants, such as pine trees and corn, produce light pollen that’s easily blown by wind. Other plants make heavy, sticky pollen that’s not easily blown from flower to flower. These plants rely on other agents, insects for example, to transfer the pollen. Upon entering a flower, an insect such as a honey bee, brushes against the pollen on the outside of the anther and carries it to the stigma. Sometimes, the pollen grains only need to reach the stigma of the same flower or another flower on the same plant. But often, the pollen must travel to the stigma of a flower on a different plant (but same plant species). Back to the top A Bee’s Dinner Plate Honey bees are vegetarians. Nectar and pollen collected from flowering plants are the entrees on their dinner plates. Bees harvest the nectar and convert the sugary liquid to honey, the insects’ primary source of carbohydrates. Honey provides the bees with the energy for flight, colony maintenance, and general daily activities. Pollen, often called “bee bread,” is the bees’ main source of protein. Pollen also provides the bees with fatty acids, minerals, and vitamins. The protein in pollen is necessary for hive growth and young bee development. Depending on the season, weather, and availability of nectar- and pollen-bearing blossoms, the size of a honey bee colony varies from 10,000 to 100,000 bees. A typical size colony, made up of about 20,000 bees, collects |
DC Comics recently announced that what long running comic character, introduced in 1940, is gay? | A Marvel X-Man has comics' first gay wedding as DC plans to out a hero | Books | The Guardian US news blog A Marvel X-Man has comics' first gay wedding as DC plans to out a hero Northstar proposes in the latest issue of Astonishing X-Men, and fans are wondering if Batman or Robin is about to come out Marvel's Northstar – AKA Jean-Paul Beaubier – has proposed to his longtime partner Kyle Jinadu. Photograph: Handout/Reuters Wednesday 23 May 2012 13.08 EDT First published on Wednesday 23 May 2012 13.08 EDT Share on Messenger Close Wednesday is new arrivals day in comic book stores, and in the batch of storylines that arrived this morning was the news that Marvel's openly gay superhero Northstar has proposed to his longtime partner, Kyle Jinadu. In the issue number 50 of Astonishing X-Men , Northstar gets down on one knee in his civilian identity, Jean-Paul Beaubier, to hold up a ring to his surprised beau. "I'm asking you to marry me," he says. At Midtown Comics in New York's Times Square, Thor Parker (his real name), said the issue has all the hallmarks of a hit. "You're seeing people come in ask for an issue by name and number, which usually only happens when something like this is going on," said Parker, the store's events director and social marketer. Northstar and Jinadu will be married in a ceremony in New York's Central Park in issue number 51, which will arrive in stores next month. And to celebrate, Parker said, Midtown Comics is actively looking for same-sex couples eager to have their own wedding in the store on the same day. Gay characters are not new in comic book storylines – Northstar revealed he was gay in 1992 – but they are becoming increasingly common. In 2010 the long-running Archie Comics series debuted its first gay character. And DC Comics, which has a gay character in Batwoman, announced days ago that one of its other marquee super heroes would soon come out of the closet as part of the series reboot which launched last year. But which one of DC's heroes – a roster that includes Batman, Superman and Wonderwoman – will reveal his or her secret identity? Parker demurred from venturing a guess, but pointed out that many household names have already been reintroduced since the reboot – none of them are gay. "Most of the characters who would be of interest to a mainstream audience have already been introduced," he said. "I mean, it could be some random guy from Final Crisis no one has heard of." Several blocks downtown, at Forbidden Planet, a freshly minted stack of Astonishing X-Men number 50 issues sat by the cashier alongside a hand printed sign that read: "limit one per customer". The woman behind the desk, who declined to give her name, expected a lunchtime rush of collectors, investors and people curious from Wednesday morning's media reports. "People will buy it because they know on the market it will go up," she said. It's an instant collector's item. And so, no doubt, will be the DC issue with its own forthcoming reveal. As to which super hero might be the one most likely to come out, the Forbidden Planet employee had her theories. "They can't do Batman, because he's known to be a player," she said. "Superman loves Lois Lane. Aquaman is married to Mera. Green Lantern? He's been around girls." Nightwing, who is basically just Robin all grown up, had a relationship with Batgirl (not to be confused with Batwoman, who is gay) so that ruled him out in her eyes. Her bet for the likeliest DC hero to be outted: Booster Gold , who debuted in 1986. "He's got all the characteristics, if you look back; it makes sense," she says. "He's a showoff, he always wants to be in the spotlight. But he's never really been around women. I guess it could also be Flash." Forbidden Planet's customers tended to cluster more around the graphic novel section than the comics. But a few had an opinion on the gay superhero trend. "With more of them becoming movies, comics have become more mainstream, so it makes sense that there would be more gay characters," said Todd Corbin, a restaurant manager who worked in a comic book shop |
July 4, 1919 saw Congress pass the 19th amendment (although it wasn't officially ratified until Aug 20, 1920), which gave the vote to which previously disenfranchised group? | Reconstruction era of the United States in SOURCES FAQ Membership Form Affiliate Program Subscriptions Submit a news release or event Sources Shop Media Names & Numbers Parliamentary Names & Numbers Universities & Colleges Speakers Authors Sources Bookshelf Sources Select Resources Sources Newsstand Twitter Media Blogs Complete Topic Index Topics by Category News release topic index Français Español Deutsch Download PDFs Reconstruction era of the United States In the history of the United States , Reconstruction Era has two uses; the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865â��1877 following the Civil War ; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, with the reconstruction of state and society in the former Confederacy . Three amendments to the Constitution affected the entire nation. In the different states, Reconstruction began and ended at different times; federal Reconstruction policies were finally abandoned with the Compromise of 1877 . [1] Reconstruction policies were debated in the North when the war began, and commenced in earnest after the Emancipation Proclamation , issued on January 1, 1863. Reconstruction policies were implemented when a Confederate state came under the control of the Union Army. President Abraham Lincoln set up reconstructed governments in several southern states during the war, including Tennessee , Arkansas and Louisiana , and experimented with giving land to ex-slaves in South Carolina . President Andrew Johnson continued Lincoln's lenient plans despite the widespread bitterness over Lincoln's assassination. [2] Johnson appointed new governors in the summer of 1865, and quickly declared that the war goals of national unity and the ending of slavery had been achieved, so that reconstruction was completed. Republicans in Congress refused to accept Johnson's lenient terms, rejected the new members of Congress selected by the South, and in 1865-66 broke with the president. A sweeping Republican victory in the 1866 Congressional elections in the North gave the Radical Republicans enough control of Congress that they over-rode Johnson's vetoes and began what is called "Radical reconstruction" in 1867. Congress removed the civilian governments in the South [3] in 1867 and put the former Confederacy under the rule of the U.S. Army. The army then conducted new elections in which the freed slaves could vote while those who held leading positions under the Confederacy were denied the vote and could not run for office. In ten states, [4] coalitions of freedmen, recent arrivals from the North ( Carpetbaggers ), and white Southerners who supported Reconstruction ( Scalawags ) cooperated to form Republican state governments, which introduced various reconstruction programs, offered massive aid to railroads, built public schools, and raised taxes. Conservative opponents charged that Republican regimes were marred by widespread corruption. Violent opposition towards freedmen and whites who supported Reconstruction emerged in numerous localities under the name of the Ku Klux Klan , which led to federal intervention by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1871 that closed down the Klan. Conservative Democrats calling themselves " Redeemers " regained control state by state, sometimes using fraud and violence to control state elections. A deep national economic depression following the Panic of 1873 led to major Democratic gains in the North, the collapse of many railroad schemes in the South, and a growing sense of frustration in the North. The end of Reconstruction was a staggered process, and the period of Republican control ended at different times in different states. With the Compromise of 1877 , Army intervention in the South ceased and Republican control collapsed in the last three state governments in the South. This was followed by a period that white Southerners labeled Redemption , which saw the enactment of Jim Crow laws and (after 1890) the disenfranchisement of most blacks. The white Southerners' memory of Reconstruct |
Who’s missing: Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, John O’Hurley, Steve Harvey | Steve Harvey & Richard Dawson - First thoughts about Steve Harvey & Richard Dawson Broderick Steven Steve Harvey (born January 17, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, television and radio personality and best-selling author. Richard Dawson (born 20 November 1932) is an English actor, comedian, Game Show panelist and host in America. 5.0/5 Steve Harvey Richard Dawson Family Feud Louie Anderson Steve Dawson Richard Karn Ray Combs Richard Harvey Match Game Ellicott City Pancreatic Cancer Eric Dawson Jack Dawson Gene Rayburn Conrad Murray Bob Eubanks Alex Trebek Terry Crews Ryan Seacrest Chuck Woolery 04 May 2016 22:02 The only downside is that with Richard Dawson gone, The Running Man will be hosted by Steve Harvey or Ryan Seacrest . 04 May 2016 19:14 a special guest shows up on Steve Harvey's 1000th Family Feud so I guess they've found Richard Dawson's ghost 29 Apr 2016 01:28 Steve Harvey needs 2 b 1 of the panelists (Just as Richard Dawson was back in the days) (Re: Feud host)⦠26 Apr 2016 12:14 Steve Harvey on 103.1 got me thinking- best Game Show hosts ever >>>>. 1. Richard Dawson . 2. Gene Rayburn . 3. Bob Eubanks . 4. the rest 26 Feb 2016 15:13 Steve Harvey is easily 2nd best but no one can ever top Richard Dawson! :) 05 Feb 2016 14:52 Please, please don't make me kiss Steve Harvey or Richard Dawson or, who was that guy, Louie something? 04 Feb 2016 01:43 Larry Reid was wearing a sweet light blue suit today. Kinda like a cross between Steve Harvey and Richard Dawson. 02 Feb 2016 14:52 Steve Harvey! Regardless of the beauty pageant mishap, he's still my fave FF host. And I come from the Richard Dawson era! 24 Dec 2015 03:06 Right now in Beverly Hills , workmen are digging up Richard Dawson's casket to save Family Feud , and Steve Harvey is taking calls from BET 23 Dec 2015 14:58 Steve Harvey blundered when he announced he won the "favorite Family Feud host of all time" award.It was really Richard Dawson.. 23 Dec 2015 01:02 my son just referred to Steve Harvey as "The Family Feud Guy"...Pretty sure Richard Dawson just rolled over in his grave. 23 Dec 2015 00:54 I think we can all now agree that Richard Dawson, drunk, was a lot less brain damaged than Steve Harvey, sober. 22 Dec 2015 23:28 I'm sorry. It shouldn't be Richard Dawson. It should be Steve Harvey. 22 Dec 2015 13:40 Steve Harvey just messed up the announcement. Richard Dawson would have slapped her on the *** & called her "toots". C'mon p⦠22 Dec 2015 08:21 Your impression of Richard Dawson was spot on..wait sorry...there's been a mistake...I meant to write Steve Harvey. I feel awful 21 Dec 2015 22:50 Dude, Steve Harvey couldn't carry Richard Dawson's jock as the host of Family Feud ... That's a one horse race, man. 21 Dec 2015 21:30 I getting ready for the Steve Harvey vs Richard Dawson fight we're going to have because Dawson was the greatest host! 21 Dec 2015 20:59 With all the Steve Harvey talk, I can't help but wonder if Richard Dawson banged Miss Colombia 's mother during his Feud da⦠21 Dec 2015 20:32 This is what Richard Dawson thinks of his Family Feud replacement Steve Harvey: 24 Nov 2015 00:34 can u imagine if Steve Harvey was missing all the women on Family Feud like Richard Dawson. 30 Jul 2015 03:17 god I hope Steve Harvey is still the host. I'm only doing this if the host is A) Steve Harvey or B) Richard Dawson's ghost 27 Jul 2015 00:48 Vicki Lawrence family vs. Ed Asner family on Celebrity Family Feud right now on ABC. Not an old Richard Dawson rerun. Steve Harvey. 25 Jul 2015 17:19 Family Feud beats them all. Steve Harvey is awesome. Best host since Richard Dawson. 29 Jun 2015 16:45 Family Fed hosts - Richard Dawson, Ray Combs , Louie Anderson , Al from Home Improvement , Peterman from Seinfeld and Steve Harvey 20 Mar 2015 23:16 Steve Harvey is hilarious! Richard Dawson is slapping his head right now!!! LMBO 20 Mar 2015 16:54 Enjoying the new kohls TV on my break today with Family Feud love Steve Harvey best host since R |
Published today in 1949, which George Orwell novel features Winston Smith and Big Brother? | The 100 best novels: No 70 – Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949) | Books | The Guardian The 100 best novels The 100 best novels: No 70 – Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949) George Orwell’s dystopian classic cost its author dear but is arguably the best-known novel in English of the 20th century “Imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever…” Richard Burton (background) and John Hurt in Michael Radford’s 1984 film adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Photograph: Allstar Share on Messenger Close “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Time is out of joint, and everyday life has no comfort any more: from Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) to Animal Farm (1945), George Orwell had been incubating a profound inner dissonance with his society. Even as a child, he had been fascinated by the futuristic imagination of HG Wells (and later, Aldous Huxley ). Finally, at the end of his short life, he fulfilled his dream. Nineteen Eighty-Four, arguably the most famous English novel of the 20th century, is a zeitgeist book. Orwell’s dystopian vision was deeply rooted both in its author’s political morality, and in its time, the postwar years of western Europe. Its themes (the threat of the totalitarian state, censorship and the manipulation of language) continue to reverberate, with prophetic menace, like distant gunfire, into the present. After the third world war, Britain is now Airstrip One in the American superstate of Oceania, permanently in conflict with Eurasia and Eastasia. Winston Smith, a former journalist employed by the Ministry of Truth to rewrite old newspaper articles so that the historical record always supports state policy, decides to launch his own hopeless private rebellion against the oppression of “the Party” and its all-seeing, all-powerful dictator, Big Brother. Winston’s revolt gets added impetus from his association with Julia, another dissident, who wants to use her rampant sexuality to defy the repression of “the Party”. When Winston and Julia’s brief affair is discovered by the Thought Police they are subjected to the torments of Room 101 at the hands of the merciless O’Brien. “If you want a picture of the future,” says this demonic figure, “imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.” At the end, now brainwashed into submission, Winston awaits his execution as “the last man in Europe”, the working title of Orwell’s first draft. The plot of Nineteen Eighty-Four is one thing; its ideas are something else. In the 65 years since its publication, “Big Brother is watching you”, “newspeak”, “doublethink” “prole”, “thoughtcrime”, “unperson”, “reality control” and “the Two Minutes Hate” have become inseparable from the English language. Orwell himself, in the words of one critic, “the wintry conscience of his generation”, has become a kind of secular saint, which is an incarnation that might surprise his former colleagues on this newspaper, the Observer. A note on the text The circumstances surrounding the writing of Nineteen Eighty-Four make grim reading, and help to explain the persistent bleakness of Orwell’s dystopia. The idea for “The Last Man in Europe” had been in Orwell’s mind since the Spanish civil war. His novel, which owes something to Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian fiction We, probably began to acquire a definitive shape during 1943-44, around the time he and his wife, Eileen, adopted their only son, Richard, whom I was once lucky enough to interview about his father. Orwell was also partly inspired by the meeting of the allied leaders at the Tehran Conference of 1944. Isaac Deutscher, a colleague on the Observer, for which Orwell was working as a foreign correspondent, reported that Orwell was “convinced that Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt consciously plotted to divide the world” at Tehran. Orwell had been attached to David Astor’s Observer since 1942, first as a book reviewer and later as a correspondent. His editor professed great admiration for Orwell’s “absolute straightforwardness, his honesty and his decency”, and would be his |
In the classic L. Frank Baum story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which of Dorothy's traveling companion was searching for a heart? | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Quotes by L. Frank Baum “Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." Have you any?" enquired the Scarecrow. No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.” |
What is stored in a scabbard? | Care and Feeding of Your Sword The Care and Feeding of Your Sword Part I: Rules to Remember Taking good care of a sword is rather easy. Just keep the idea in mind that rust is the enemy. To that end, there are a few simple rules to follow: 1) Fingerprints Are Bad The oils in our skin are acidic and if left on the blade will etch the surface and cause rusting. If the blade has been handled a quick wipe with a soft cloth and a bit of oil or wax will remove the danger of the dreaded finger print. 2) Moisture Equals Rust Even the smallest amount of moisture in the air is enough to cause rust to form on the blade. To prevent this, oil or wax should be applied to the blade and any fittings, and renewed once every six months – and every time the blade has been handled. 3) If You Can Not See It, You Will Not Know About It Storing your sword in its scabbard is fine as long as the scabbard is sealed and well made. The only downside of this, is you may not notice that fingerprint you left while sheathing the sword; if, however, you store the sword out of its scabbard you, most likely, will notice the fingerprint and correct it. 4) Drastic Changes in Temperature and Humidity Can Lead to Problems This can cause a host of problems. For instance, if your sword is stored over the fireplace the change in humidity and temperature can shrink the wooden handles or dry and crack leather wraps and scabbards. For the other extreme, storing a sword in a bathroom can lead to condensation. This can lead to rust and in extreme cases will cause mildew or rotting of the organic portions of the hilt. |
What popular sandwich consists of a hamburger patty, sautĂŠed onions, and Swiss cheese on rye bread, which is then grilled? | Hamburger - Wikipedia, Photos and Videos Hamburger NEXT GO TO RESULTS [51 .. 100] WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the sandwich. For the meat served as part of such a sandwich, see Patty . For other uses, see Hamburger (disambiguation) . Hamburger Hamburger on a roll with French fries Course Media: Hamburger A Hamburger (or cheeseburger when served with a slice of cheese) is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat , usually beef , placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun . Hamburgers may be cooked in a variety of ways, including pan-frying, barbecuing, and flame-broiling. Hamburgers are often served with cheese , lettuce , tomato , bacon , onion , pickles , and condiments such as mustard , mayonnaise , ketchup , relish , and chiles . [1] The term "burger" can also be applied to the meat patty on its own, especially in the UK where the term "patty" is rarely used. The term may be prefixed with the type of meat or meat substitute used, as in "turkey burger", " bison burger", or " veggie burger ". Hamburgers are sold at fast-food restaurants , diners , and specialty and high-end restaurants (where burgers may sell for several times the cost of a fast-food burger). There are many international and regional variations of the hamburger. Contents Etymology and terminology The hamburger is named after Hamburg , Germany . The term hamburger originally derives from Hamburg , [2] Germany 's second largest city. In German , Burg means "castle", "fortified settlement" or "fortified refuge" and is a widespread component of place names. The first element of the name is perhaps from Old High German hamma, referring to a bend in a river, or Middle High German hamme, referring to an enclosed area of pastureland. [3] Hamburger in German is the demonym of Hamburg, similar to frankfurter and wiener, names for other meat-based foods and demonyms of the cities of Frankfurt and Vienna (Wien), respectively. The term "burger", a back-formation , is associated with many different types of sandwiches, similar to a (ground meat) hamburger, but made of different meats such as buffalo in the buffalo burger , venison , kangaroo , turkey , elk , lamb or fish like salmon in the salmon burger , but even with meatless sandwiches as is the case of the veggie burger . [4] History Main articles: History of the hamburger and History of the hamburger in the United States There have been many claims about the origin of the hamburger. There is a reference to a " Hamburg steak " as early as 1884 in the Boston Journal.[OED, under "steak"] On July 5, 1896, the Chicago Daily Tribune made a highly specific claim regarding a "hamburger sandwich" in an article about a "Sandwich Car": "A distinguished favorite, only five cents, is Hamburger steak sandwich, the meat for which is kept ready in small patties and 'cooked while you wait' on the gasoline range." [5] According to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro , the hamburger, a ground meat patty between two slices of bread, was first created in America in 1900 by Louis Lassen, a Danish immigrant, owner of Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut . [6] There have been rival claims by Charlie Nagreen, Frank and Charles Menches, Oscar Weber Bilby, and Fletcher Davis. [7] [8] White Castle traces the origin of the hamburger to Hamburg, Germany with its invention by Otto Kuase. [9] However, it gained national recognition at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair when the New York Tribune referred to the hamburger as "the innovation of a food vendor on the pike". [8] No conclusive argument has ever ended the dispute over invention. An article from ABC News sums up: "One problem is that there is little written history. Another issue is that the spread of the burger happened largely at the World's Fair, from tiny vendors that came and went in an instant. And it is entirely possible that more than one person came up with the idea at the same time in different parts of the country." [10] Claims of invention Louis Lassen Louis Lassen of Louis' Lunch , a small lunch wagon in New Haven, Conn |
On June 5, 1968, noted asshat Sirhan Sirhan killed what presidential candidate in the kitchen of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles? | Sirhan Sirhan denied parole despite a Kennedy confidant’s call for the assassin’s release - The Washington Post Sirhan Sirhan denied parole despite a Kennedy confidant’s call for the assassin’s release The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. You’re all set! By Peter Holley February 11, 2016 Follow @peterjholley Paul Schrade, who was shot in the head by Sirhan Sirhan, reacts during Sirhan’s parole hearing Wednesday in San Diego. (Gregory Bull/AP/Pool) After decades of investigation, Paul Schrade has no doubt about the identity of the man who shot him in the head shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel: It was Sirhan Sirhan, the same gunman convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. And yet, when Schrade came face to face with Sirhan for the first time in nearly 50 years, at a parole hearing in San Diego on Wednesday, he argued that the notorious gunman wasn’t Kennedy’s killer. But the panel wasn’t swayed and Sirhan was denied parole for the 15th time, according to the Associated Press, which noted: Commissioners concluded after more than three hours of intense testimony at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center that Sirhan did not show adequate remorse or understand the enormity of his crime. Still, the AP reported, Schrade forgave his shooter during the hearing and apologized to Sirhan not doing more to win his release. “I should have been here long ago and that’s why I feel guilty for not being here to help you and to help me,” Schrade said. The AP noted that “Schrade’s voice cracked with emotion during an hour of testimony on his efforts to untangle mysteries about the events of June 5, 1968.” He said he believed Sirhan shot him, the AP noted, but that a second unidentified shooter killed Kennedy. The 91-year-old Schrade, a Kennedy family friend, was working as the labor chairman of the senator’s presidential campaign in 1968. He was walking behind Kennedy when the Democratic candidate was shot four times. In part because Kennedy was struck from behind, Schrade has long advanced the argument that Sirhan fired shots that night — but not the ones that killed Kennedy. The fatal bullets, Schrade argued, were fired from a different shooter’s gun. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy pushed for gun control legislation in Roseburg, Ore., to a skeptical crowd during his 1968 presidential campaign. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) The AP reported Wednesday that Schrade “provided much of the drama” during Wednesday’s parole hearing. He angrily ignored the commissioner’s admonishment to avoid directly addressing Sirhan and chastised the prosecution for a “venomous” statement advocating that Sirhan stay in prison. Schrade, who long advocated the second-gunman theory, recalled how he became depressed and upset after the shooting and vividly described his extensive efforts to find answers. He stopped occasionally to apologize for being nervous and emotional. The commissioner asked Schrade to wrap up after about an hour, saying, “Quite frankly, you’re losing us.” “I think you’ve been lost for a long time,” Schrade shot back. At one point, the commissioner asked if anyone wanted a break. “No, I want to get this over,” Schrade answered from the audience. “I find it very abusive.” It was the first time the shooter and Schrade had faced each since he testified at Sirhan’s 1969 trial, according to the AP, and Schrade apologized for not going to any of Sirhan’s 14 previous parole hearings. Sirhan Sirhan reacts during his parole hearing Wednesday in San Diego. (Gregory Bull/AP/Pool) Schrade told the Saratogian last year that even all these decades later, each anniversary of Kennedy’s death renews his stubborn resolve to seek justice. “The truth is in the prosecution’s own records and the autopsy,” Schrade told the New York newspaper. “It says Sirhan couldn’t have shot Robert Kennedy and didn’t. He w |
Nicknamed Dr. Death, what famed American assisted suicide activist, who passed on this last week, spent 8 years in prison on a second degree murder charge? | Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: September 2010 Quebec nurses and palliative care leaders say NO to euthanasia. Kevin Dougherty of the Montreal Gazette reported in an article that was printed on September 28, 2010 that an organization representing Quebec nurses stated that they are 'opposed to euthanasia and assisted suicide, suggesting the province should instead invest more to catch up in providing palliative care.' The article quoted the leader of the Quebec nurses group as saying: Gyslaine Desrosiers said the risks of legalizing medical means to ending life are very real. "It would be premature to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide when there remains so much to do in the area of end-of-life care. Protection of the dignity of people is a daily task." "Euthanasia and assisted suicide are acts which must remain exceptional." A network of palliative care doctors agreed: Justine Farley, a medical doctor, speaking for a network of palliative care in Quebec, noted a recent New England Journal of Medicine article that said people with lung cancer who receive palliative care live longer than patients not given palliative care. Farley said people with cancer and other diseases may be depressed or anxious and need the support palliative care offers, as an alternative to euthanasia or assisted suicide. We need a society that cares for and not kills its citizens. Link to the article in the Montreal Gazette . Is the Euthanasia ad banned or not in Canada? Sheena Goodyear wrote a second article for the Sun Newspapers entitled: Euthanasia ad not banned, says regulator about the Euthanasia TV ad, that was developed by Philip Nitschke, Australia's Dr. Death, that has been rejected for Australian use, and that may be rejected for Canadian use. The article states that Nitschke's euthanasia ad has neither been rejected or approved by the Television Bureau of Canada but is actually under review. Link to the article: http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/09/28/15504911.html So why all the fuss by Nitschke? Is Nitschke creating a controversy in order to get free advertising for his suicide seminars? Nitschke recently stated in an article titled: "No such thing as bad publicity" published by the Brisbane Times concerning the controversy that erupted when the Australian regulator rejected his euthanasia ad: "I've just been on the phone to the BBC," he said. "There's been 14,000 viewings of the ad on YouTube" In other words, Nitschke likes creating a controversy to promote his agenda Link to the Brisbane Times article: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/the-diary/no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity-20100913-159dv.html Goodyear, the writer of the article, called me and quoted me this way: Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, said this isn't the only confusion there's been about the status of the ad, alleging he received an e-mail from Exit in early September (September 20) claiming it had been approved. The coaltion says it's against Exit's planned Canadian workshops, not because they discuss euthanasia, but rather because Dr. Philip Nitschke, the Australian physician behind Exit International, is known to use his speaking appearances to teach audience members how to kill themselves. "It doesn't make sense that this man be allowed to aid and abet suicide in Canada when it's illegal," Schadenberg told QMI Agency. "I don't think he should have the right to come to Canada and do something which appears to contravene the Criminal Code." After reading the new article I spoke with Sheena Goodyear, from QMI Agency. I then spoke to Les Perreaux, the author of the Globe and Mail articles. People have the right to be safe and secure. They have the right to not be pushed over the ledge when they are experiencing a termporary depression. The Euthanasia Ad that was developed by Nitschke, may or may not be approved for use in Canada. The fact is that the Exit International TV ad is designed to steer people to their website, or in Canada, steer people to Nitschke's suicide semi |
Formerly known as Sky Dome, Rogers Centre is home to what American League baseball team, the only MLB team located outside the United States? | SkyDome | Basketball Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Left Field Line - over 300 lbs. Left-Centre Power Alley - over 300 lbs. Centre Field - over 300 lbs. Right-Centre Power Alley - over 300 lbs. Right Field Line - over 300 lbs. Backstop - over 300 lbs. Rogers Centre (formerly known as SkyDome) is a multi-purpose stadium, in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, situated next to the CN Tower, near the shores of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and the American League, and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). From 2008–2012, the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) are scheduled to play at the stadium for eight games (five regular-season and two pre-season) as part of the Bills Toronto Series. While it is primarily a sports venue, it also hosts other large-scale events such as conventions, trade fairs, concerts, funfairs, and monster truck shows. The stadium was renamed "Rogers Centre" following the purchase of the stadium by Rogers Communications, which also bought the Toronto Blue Jays, in 2005. [4] The venue was noted for being the first stadium to have a fully retractable motorized roof, as well as for the 348-room hotel attached to it, with 70 rooms overlooking the field. It is also the most recent North American major-league stadium built to accommodate both football and baseball. The stadium will be the centrepiece of the 2015 Pan American Games as the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. [5] Contents [ show ] History The SkyDome, called the Rogers Centre since 2005, was designed by architect Rod Robbie and structural engineer Michael Allen and was constructed by the EllisDon Construction company of London, Ontario and the Dominion Bridge Company of Lachine, Quebec. The stadium's construction lasted about two and a half years, from October 1986 to May 1989. The approximate cost of construction was C$570 million which was paid for by the federal government, Ontario provincial government, the City of Toronto, and a large consortium of corporations. [6] File:Rogers Center-restitched.jpg Background The idea for building an enclosed sports venue came following the Grey Cup game in November 1982, held at the outdoor Exhibition Stadium. The game was plagued by terrible weather that affected the patrons, who were viewing from stands that were not sheltered. Thousands spent most of the game in the concession section of the stadium, the crowd was drenched, and the washrooms were overflowing, which was on the whole a bad experience for the fans. In attendance that day was then-Ontario Premier Bill Davis, and the poor conditions were seen by over 7,862,000 television viewers in Canada (at the time the largest TV audience ever in Canada). [7] The following day, at a rally at Toronto City Hall, tens of thousands of people who were there to see the Toronto Argonauts began to chant, "We want a dome! We want a dome!" So too did others who began to discuss the possibility of an all-purpose, all-weather stadium. Seven months later, in June 1983, Premier Davis formally announced that a three-person committee would look into the feasibility of building a domed stadium at Exhibition Place. The committee consisted of Paul Godfrey, Larry Grossman and former Ontario Hydro chairman Hugh Macaulay. [8] Over the next few years various tangible projects emerged, including a large indoor stadium at Exhibition Place with an air-supported dome, similar to BC Place in Vancouver. In 1985 an international design competition was launched to design a new stadium, along with selection of a site for the stadium. Some of the proposed sites included Exhibition Place, Downsview Airport, and York University. The final site was located at the base of the CN Tower not far from Union Station, a major railway and transit hub. The land was a major Canadian National Railway rail switching yard encompassing the CNR Spadina Roundhouse (the desolate downtown lands were part of a master plan for revitalizing the area which includes CityPlace). The price would be $150 million. U |
Voiced by Julie Kavner, who are the older twin sisters of Marge Simpson? | Julie Kavner, voice of Marge Simpson, is born - Sep 07, 1950 - HISTORY.com Julie Kavner, voice of Marge Simpson, is born Share this: Julie Kavner, voice of Marge Simpson, is born Author Julie Kavner, voice of Marge Simpson, is born URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1950, Julie Kavner, perhaps best known as the voice of Marge Simpson on The Simpsons, the longest-running animated show in TV history, is born in Los Angeles. Before taking on the role of the famously blue-haired housewife, Kavner played Brenda Morgenstern on Rhoda, a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show that originally aired from 1974 to 1978. In 1978, Kavner won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Brenda, the younger sister of the show’s lead character, played by Valerie Harper. She won another Emmy in 1992, for Outstanding Voice-over Performance, for an episode of The Simpsons. On the big screen, Kavner has been a frequent performer in the films of the writer-director Woody Allen, including Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987) and Shadows and Fog (1992). Among her other film credits are Awakenings (1990) and Judy Berlin (1999). The Simpsons began as a series of animated shorts created by cartoonist Matt Groening (who reportedly based some of the main characters on members of his family) that aired on The Tracey Ullman Show starting in 1987. On December 17, 1989, The Simpsons debuted as primetime program on Fox with a Christmas special titled “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.” Set in the fictional town of Springfield, The Simpsons skewers American culture and society with its chronicles of a middle-class family comprised of the buffoonish husband and father Homer Simpson, a safety inspector at a nuclear power plant; his well-meaning, sometimes gullible wife Marge; and their troublemaker son Bart, precocious daughter Lisa and baby Maggie. The Simpsons is known for its sharp writing (Conan O’Brien used to write for the show before he became a late-night TV host) and features a large cast of supporting characters, including Homer’s boss and nemesis, Mr. Burns; the Simpsons’ neighbor Ned Flanders, a devout Christian; and Krusty the Clown. In addition to providing the voice of Marge Simpson, Julie Kavner also voices the characters Patty and Selma, Marge’s chain-smoking twin sisters. A long list of celebrities, including Kelsey Grammer, Larry King, Sting, Hugh Hefner, Ringo Starr, J.K. Rowling, Tony Blair, Stephen Hawking, 50 Cent and Mel Gibson have made guest appearances on the show as themselves or fictional characters. The Simpsons has been an enormous commercial and critical hit–in 1999, Time dubbed it the greatest TV show of the 20th century–and images of the yellow-skinned Simpson characters have appeared on everything from T-shirts to video games. As a pop phenomenon, the show paved the way for other popular animated comedies, including Beavis and Butt-head and South Park, and has been a source of popular catchphrases, including Homer’s “D’oh!” which was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001. A big-screen version of the show, The Simpsons Movie, debuted July 27, 2007, and was a box-office hit. Related Videos |
Known as the Yellowhammer State, what was the 22nd state to join the Union on December 14, 1819? | Major Rivers: Tombigbee, Alabama, Tennessee, Chattahoochee Major Lakes: Guntersville, Wilson, Martin, West Point, Lewis Smith Highest Point: Cheaha Mountain - 2,407 feet above sea level State Motto: - "Audemus jura nostra defendere" - "We Dare Defend Our Rights" State Bird: Yellowhammer State Game Bird: Wild Turkey State Horse: Racking horse State Saltwater Fish: (Fighting) Tarpon State Freshwater Fish: Largemouth bass State Amphibian: Red Hills salamander State Tree: Longleaf Pine |
What type of animal is cartoon character Pepe Le Pew? | Pepe Le Pew (Western Animation) - TV Tropes A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961) Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962) Pepe cartoons with their own work pages: For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) Other shorts provide examples of the following tropes: Abhorrent Admirer : One of the few rare male examples, and possibly the most popular when one wants to prove that not all examples are women who are ugly , fat , or driven crazy by love . Penelope the cat, however, is a straight example (on the occasions where Pepe gets what he deserves). Aluminum Christmas Trees : Will a 21st century viewer be familiar with the hoary old stereotype that French people are smelly and horny? Artistic License : Pepe is French, but striped skunks are only native to North America. Of course, his first appearance, assuming you count it as canon, reveals that he's actually faking the accent, and he and his wife have American accents. Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other : There have been several hints in recent revivals that Penelope actually does have feelings for Pepe (she just finds him overbearing on occasion), and most recent material to come out (such as the Bah Humduck Christmas special and the Valentine's Day commercial) seems to suggest that officially they are in fact a couple. Anything That Moves : So long as it's black and white striped (and even when it's not), such is the case in a lot of the modern revival Looney Tunes media, such as the DC Comics and The Looney Tunes Show (in which Pepe goes after human women). "Past Perfumance" (from 1956) is probably the only Golden Age Pepe cartoon that showed that he will still go after a cat, even after learning that she was never a skunk to start with. And in "Scent-imental Over You" for no real reason he actually is willing to disguise himself as a dog to return a Chihuahua's affections. "I am stupid, no?" Black Comedy Rape : By today's standards, thanks to Values Dissonance and Dave Chappelle's comedy piece from "Killing 'Em Softly" about how the cartoons and children's shows enjoyed when one was younger carry an unintentional dirty side when viewed through adult eyes. Otherwise, it's just a Romantic Comedy that's been turned on its head and, despite the trope name, the comedy rape is a bit more light-hearted (though still dubious thanks in part to Values Dissonance ) than what's seen in other examples. Captive Date and Chained Heat : The end of "The Cat's Bah" where Pepe somehow caught Penelope and chained her to his ankle.. Penelope wastes no time breaking out a file. Casanova Wannabe : Moreso than being a Stalker with a Crush . In fact, those two tropes go hand in hand for him. Subverted in that there are times where Pepe does get the girl, whether it's implied (as seen in the endings to "Scentimental Over You," "Heaven Scent," "Wild Over You," and "Louvre Comes Back to Me") or directly stated/shown (cf. "The Cat's Bah") Chivalrous Pervert : Pepe's always saving (what he thinks are) female skunks from peril just so he can smother them with affection (cf. "For Scentimental Reasons," "Two Scents Worth," "Past Perfumance," and "A Scent of the Matterhorn"). Chuck Cunningham Syndrome : A few of the cats Pepe chased who weren't Penelope haven't been brought up again in any media he's been in for well over decades now. Some of them include; the orange male cat he chased in his first short, the wildcat that broke out from the zoo, or Fabrette, a cat with a natural Skunk Stripe down her back who actually did have a thing for him from the start. There's also the Chihuahua he once chased after, too. Depraved Bisexual : At best, Pepe fits this trope (at worst, he's a Stalker with a Crush who goes after Anything That Moves as long as it's black and white striped. The D.C. Comics have him as either/or, depending on writer). In 1951's "Scentimental Romeo" had Pepe make out with a human man inside a Tunnel of Love ride. The man is so traumatized that he signs up for the French Foreign Legion and passes out. It Makes Sense in Context ... sort of. Being fair to Pepe, the tunnel was dark and he thought the man was P |
June 4, 1723 saw the birth, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, of what social philosopher and pioneer of economics, who wrote such weighty tomes as The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations? | Adam Smith | Warna Kelam Warna Kelam Just another WordPress.com weblog Adam Smith (baptised 16 June 1723 – 17 July 1790 [OS: 5 June 1723 – 17 July 1790]) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The latter, usually abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics. Adam Smith is widely cited as the father of modern economics. Smith studied moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow and Oxford University. After graduating he delivered a successful series of public lectures at Edinburgh, leading him to collaborate with David Hume during the Scottish Enlightenment. Smith obtained a professorship at Glasgow teaching moral philosophy, and during this time wrote and published The Theory of Moral Sentiments. In his later life he took a tutoring position which allowed him to travel throughout Europe where he met other intellectual leaders of his day. Smith returned home and spent the next ten years writing The Wealth of Nations (mainly from his lecture notes) which was published in 1776. He died in 1790. • Biography Early life Adam Smith was born to Margaret Douglas at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. His father, also named Adam Smith, was a lawyer, civil servant, and widower who married Margaret Douglas in 1720 and died six months before Smith was born.[3] Although the exact date of Smith’s birth is unknown, his baptism was recorded on 16 June 1723 at Kirkcaldy.[4] Though few events in Smith’s early childhood are known, Scottish journalist and biographer of Smith John Rae recorded that Smith was abducted by gypsies at the age of four and eventually released when others went to rescue him. Smith was particularly close to his mother, who likely encouraged him to pursue his scholarly ambitions.He attended the Burgh School of Kirkcaldy – characterised by Rae as “one of the best secondary schools of Scotland at that period” – from 1729 to 1737. There he studied Latin, mathematics, history, and writing. Formal education A commemorative plaque for Adam Smith is located at Smith’s home town of Kirkcaldy. Smith entered the University of Glasgow when he was fourteen and studied moral philosophy under Francis Hutcheson. Here he developed his passion for liberty, reason, and free speech. In 1740, Smith was awarded the Snell exhibition and left the University of Glasgow to attend Balliol College, Oxford. Smith considered the teaching at Glasgow to be far superior to that at Oxford, and found his experience at the latter to be intellectually stifling. In Book V, Chapter II of The Wealth of Nations, Smith wrote: “In the University of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.” Smith is also reported to have complained to friends that Oxford officials once detected him reading a copy of David Hume’s Treatise on Human Nature, and they subsequently confiscated his book and punished him severely for reading it.[5][9][10] According to William Robert Scott, “The Oxford of [Smith’s] time gave little if any help towards what was to be his lifework.” Nevertheless, Smith took the opportunity while at Oxford to teach himself several subjects by reading many books from the shelves of the large Oxford library. When Smith was not studying on his own, his time at Oxford was not a happy one, according to his letters. Near the end of his time at Oxford, Smith began suffering from shaking fits, probably the symptoms of a nervous breakdown. He left Oxford University in 1746, before his scholarship ended. In Book V of The Wealth of Nations, Smith comments on the low quality of instruction and the meager intellectual activity at English universities, when compared to their Scottish counterparts. He attributes this both to the rich endowments of the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, which made the income of prof |
What is added to copper to make bronze? | What is Bronze? - History of Metals - Quatr.us Head of an Akkadian king (ca. 2300 BC ) September 2016 - Bronzesmiths make bronze by melting two different metals and mixing them. The two metals are copper and tin . Copper, by itself, is too soft to make tools of. (Have you ever had a copper bracelet? It dents every time you knock your hand on a door). Tin is too brittle: it breaks too easily. But if you mix a little tin into the copper, it becomes bronze, which is much harder and at the same time less brittle. It is more useful for tools and also better for making statues . (Early on, people tried mixing copper with other things like lead and arsenic, but tin works best.) Etruscan greaves (Vatican Museum, Rome) about 600 BC When West Asian smiths first began to make bronze, about 3500 BC , it was very expensive. Mostly people used bronze for weapons and armor. You could make a much better sword out of bronze than out of stone or wood. Bronze swords were lighter and sharper. Still, they weren't strong enough to cut with the side of the blade: you had to use bronze swords mainly to stab people, or your sword would break. Bronze armor was stronger and lighter than the leather and wood armor soldiers had worn before. Everybody wanted it for war. By 3000 BC, Central Asians and Harappans in India were using bronze. Around 2000 BC , Indo-Europeans spread the use of bronze to Europe and China . The Hyksos encouraged Africans in Egypt and Sudan to use more bronze around 1700 BC . Get your own bronze sculpture! But soon Chinese and West Asian artists also began to use bronze to make bronze statues . As with the weapons, bronze is lighter than stone , and you can make statues in different poses with bronze than you can with stone. To get these bronze statues, the artists invented lost-wax casting . By 900 AD , Ife and Hausa people in West Africa were also using bronze alongside of iron . But after that, when new people in the Caribbean or the Pueblos or Brazil learned how to work metal, they went straight to using iron , and nobody used much bronze anymore. When bronze gets old, and the air touches it, it corrodes (like iron rusting ) and turns green, like these Etruscan greaves (leg armor). Once bronze got old and corroded, people usually sold it to a bronze-smith to melt down and recycle into new bronze things - that's why we don't have very much ancient bronze. |
Joe Chill is a petty mugger who, one nights, murders Thomas and Martha Wayne during an attempted robbery, leaving behind an orphan who grows up to be whom? | List of Batman villains | DC Villians Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia List of Batman villains Share This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are enemies of Batman and members of the Bat family. The term " rogues gallery " is often used to describe this list of enemies. Batman has been considered by many in the comic book industry and fanbase to have the most unique and recognizable rogues gallery in all of comics, with many writers of other superheroes attempting to replicate some of the traits that these characters possess in their own villains. The majority of Batman's foes do not possess super powers, being organized crime bosses or insane costumed criminals. Contents In alphabetical order (with issue and date of debut appearance). Villain Detective Comics #608 (November 1989) Anarky (Lonnie Machin), a teenage prodigy, creates improvised gadgets in order to subvert government. His violent methods set him, Batman, and Robin at odds. Bane Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993) Masked villain Bane's immense strength comes from a steroid called Venom . His power and intellect make him one of Batman's most feared adversaries, and he once succeeded in breaking Batman's back. Black Mask Batman #386 (August 1985) Black Mask (Roman Sionis) was a former businessman who hated both Bruce Wayne and Batman, wore a black mask (hence his alias), and led a vast organization of henchmen dubbed "the False Face Society" until Catwoman killed him. During Batman: Battle for the Cowl , Dr. Jeremiah Arkham (the former owner of Arkham Asylum ) was driven insane and subsequently became the second Black Mask. Detective Comics #345 (November 1965) Mark Desmond was a weak-bodied chemist until he experimented on himself and subsequently became a mindless brute who possesses super-strength dubbed "Blockbuster." However, he was eventually killed by a henchman of Darkseid after joining the Suicide Squad. Later, Roland Desmond (the original Blockbuster's older brother) was mutated into the second Blockbuster when he was treated with experimental steroids that gave him super-strength. He became a crime boss in Bludhaven , home of Nightwing . Starman #9 (April 1989) Detective Comics #259 (September 1958) Calendar Man (Julian Day) is known for committing crimes that correspond with holidays and significant dates (hence his alias). He often wears costumes to correlate with the date of the designated crime. His best-known latter day appearance is in the miniseries Batman: The Long Halloween , where he is portrayed as a Hannibal Lecter -like figure, offering insight in Batman's search for Holiday , a vigilante who uses holidays as his modus operandi . Calendar Man knows that Alberto Falcone is the Holiday Killer and keeps this information to himself, as he decides to taunt the heroes with cryptic clues instead. Detective Comics #311 (January 1963) Catman (Thomas Blake) was a world-famous trapper of jungle cats who turned to crime because he had grown bored with hunting and squandered most of his fortune. He became a burglar who committed his crimes in a cat-suit made out of an ancient African cloth he believes gives him a "cat's nine lives." Catwoman Batman #1 (Spring 1940) Catwoman (Selina Kyle) is an accomplished jewel-thief with a taste for luxury. She is extremely agile and acrobatic. Although traditionally considered a villain, she has been portrayed more as an "anti-hero" in later publications. Detective Comics #40 (June 1940) Actor Basil Karlo went mad when he learned that there would be a remake of one of his films with another actor in the lead role. Adopting the alias of the film's villain, "Clayface," his role, he attacked several of the remake's cast and crew at the points in filming when they were supposed to die before being stopped by Batman and Robin. Later he gained shapeshifting powers and became the Ultimate Clayface. Detective Comics #298 (December 1961) Treasure-hunter Matt Hagen was transformed into the monstrous Clayface II by a pool of radioactive protoplasm. He now possesses super-strength and can change his cla |
Bridget Bishop was hanged on June 10, 1692 at Gallows Hill near what Massachusetts city for certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries? | 1000+ images about June 10: Hanging of Bridget Bishop on Pinterest | To be, Bell witch and Days in Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas June 10: Hanging of Bridget Bishop Bridget was the first person executed in the Salem Witch Hysteria. In April, 1692, a warrant was issued for Bishop's arrest on charges of performing witchcraft and consorting with the devil himself. When she entered the courthouse, a number of the "afflicted" girls howled that she was causing them pain. Bishop denied any wrongdoing, swearing that she was innocent. Bishop's own brother-in-law swore he'd seen her "conversing with the Devil" who "came bodily into her." She was executed on June 10. 5 Pins281 Followers |
What sailor suit wearing, short tempered cartoon character made his first appearance on June 9, 1934 in the Silly Symphonies cartoon The Wise Little Hen? | Donald Duck | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia ― Walt Disney [src] Donald Duck (full name first revealed as Donald Fauntleroy Duck in Donald Gets Drafted) is a Disney character from The Walt Disney Company . Donald is a short-tempered, impatient, angry, white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He usually wears a sailor shirt, cap, and a red or black bowtie, but no trousers. Donald's voice, one of the most identifiable voices in all of animation, was performed by voice actor Clarence "Ducky" Nash up to his birth in 1970. It was largely this semi-intelligible speech, that would cement Donald's image into audiences' minds and help fuel both Donald's and Nash's rise to stardom. Since 1970, Donald has been voiced by Tony Anselmo, who was trained by Nash for the role. Contents Edit Donald's most famous personality trait is his uncontrolable temper. Donald's jealousy towards Mickey's popularity causes Donald to be a type of villain in some occasions. Although Donald can be loud, rude and selfish he is a great friend and will do anything to help a friend. So far Donald's temper has landed him in a lot of tight spots with Daisy in thier relationship. Daisy is easily annoyed by Donald's constant temper problems. Donald also has an obssesion over money, treasure, gold, etc. which he gets from his Uncle Scrooge . Donald usually chooses riches over friends until someone talks him out of it. Donald can realize he does not have the best luck. Usually when Donald is going head to head with an opponint like a beaver or gopher Donald will get the blame for the destruction they have caused. Donald in animation Edit According to the cartoon Donald Gets Drafted (1942), Donald's full name is Donald Fauntleroy Duck (his middle name appears to be a reference to his sailor hat, which was a common accessory for "Little Lord Fauntleroy" suits). Disney's website also states his name as Donald Fauntleroy Duck. Donald's birthday is officially recognized as June 9, 1934, the day his debut film was released, but in The Three Caballeros, his birthday is given as simply "Friday the 13th." In Donald's Happy Birthday (short) it has his birthday as March 13. Although usually easygoing, Donald's most famous trait is his short and often explosive temper. He is also sometimes portrayed as more crafty and cynical than other characters such as Goofy or Mickey. Donald's famous voice, one of the most identifiable voices in all of animation, was until 1985 performed by voice actor Clarence Nash , since Donald Duck's debut in the Wise Little Hen.. It was largely this semi-intelligible speech that would cement Donald's image into audiences' minds and help fuel both Donald's and Nash's rise to stardom. Early appearances Edit According to Leonard Maltin in his introduction to The Chronological Donald - Volume 1, Donald was created by Walt Disney when he heard Clarence Nash doing his "duck" voice while reciting "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Mickey Mouse had lost some of his edge since becoming a role model for children and Disney wanted a character that could portray some of the more negative character traits he could no longer bestow on Mickey. Donald first appeared in the Silly Symphonies cartoon The Wise Little Hen on June 9, 1934, though he is mentioned in a 1931 Disney storybook. Donald's appearance in the cartoon, as created by animator Dick Lundy, is similar to his modern look — the feather and beak colors are the same, as is the blue sailor shirt and hat — but his features are more elongated, his body plumper, and his feet bigger. Donald's personality is not develop ed either; in the short, he only fills the role of the unhelpful friend from the original story. Donald Duck in The Spirit of 43.Bert Gillett, director of The Wise Little Hen, brought Donald back in his Mickey Mouse cartoon, The Orphan's Benefit on August 11, 1934. Donald is one of a number of characters who are giving performances in a benefit for Mickey's Orphans. Donald's act is to recite the poems Mary Had a Little Lamb and Little Boy Blue, but every time he tries, the mischievous |
June 8, 1949 saw London publishers Secker and Warburg which book which features a perpetual war between Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia? | Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nineteen Eighty-Four Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the Orwell novel. For the year, see 1984 . For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation) . Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) ISBN N/A Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell . Published in 1949 , it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith , a civil servant assigned the task of perpetuating the regime's propaganda by falsifying records and political literature. Smith grows disillusioned with his meager existence and so begins a rebellion against the system that leads to his arrest and torture. The novel has become famous for its portrayal of pervasive government surveillance and control, and government's increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual. Since its publication, many of its terms and concepts, such as " Big Brother ," " doublethink " and " Newspeak " have entered the popular vernacular. The word " Orwellian " itself has come to refer to anything reminiscent of the book's fictional regime. Contents [ edit ] History Orwell, who had "encapsulate[d] the thesis at the heart of his novel" in 1944, wrote most of Nineteen Eighty-Four on the island of Jura, Scotland , during 1947–1948 while critically ill with tuberculosis . [1] He sent the final typescript to his friends Secker and Warburg on 4 December 1948 and the book was published on 8 June 1949. [2] [3] Nineteen Eighty-Four has been translated into more than 65 languages by 1989, more than any other pair of books by a single author. [4] The novel's title, its terms, its language ( Newspeak ), and its author's surname are bywords for personal privacy lost to national state security. The adjective " Orwellian " connotes many things. It can refer to totalitarian action or organization, as well as governmental attempts to control or misuse information for the purposes of controlling, pacifying or even subjugating the population. "Orwellian" can also refer generally to twisted language which says the opposite of what it truly means, or specifically governmental propagandizing by the misnaming of things; hence the " Ministry of Peace " in the novel actually deals with war and the " Ministry of Love " actually tortures people. Since the novel's publication "Orwellian" has in fact become somewhat of a catch-all for any kind of governmental overreach or dishonesty and therefore has multiple meanings and applications. The phrase Big Brother is Watching You specifically connotes pervasive, invasive surveillance. [ edit ] Title One of the original titles for the novel was The Last Man in Europe, but in a letter to publisher Frederic Warburg dated 22 October 1948 (eight months before the book was published), Orwell stated that he was "hesitating" between that and Nineteen Eighty-Four, [7] although Crick mentions that it was Warburg who suggested changing it to a marketable title. [8] Orwell's reasons for the title are unknown; he might be alluding to the centenary of the socialist Fabian Society founded in 1884, [9] or to Jack London 's novel The Iron Heel (wherein a political movement came into power in 1984), or to G. K. Chesterton 's The Napoleon of Notting Hill , set in 1984, or to the poem "End of the Century, 1984" by his first wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy . Anthony Burgess claims in 1985 that Orwell, being disillusioned by the onset of the Cold War , intended to name the book 1948. According to the introduction of the Penguin Modern Classics edition, Orwell originally meant 1980 as the story's time, but as the writing became prolonged, he re-titled it 1982, then 1984, coincidentally the reverse of the year written, 1948. Still others believe that Orwell intentionally chose to title the book with the reverse of the year it was written, to allude to the possibility that the events of the story are not so far away as they might seem, rather they occur in a time that shares much with Britain |
June 7, 1866 saw the death of Chief Seattle, after whom some city somewhere is probably named. What tribe was he the chief of? | Full text of "Origin of Washington Geographic Names (Continued)" See other formats STOP Early Journal Content on JSTOR, Free to Anyone in the World This article is one of nearly 500,000 scholarly works digitized and made freely available to everyone in the world by JSTOR. Known as the Early Journal Content, this set of works include research articles, news, letters, and other writings published in more than 200 of the oldest leading academic journals. The works date from the mid-seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. We encourage people to read and share the Early Journal Content openly and to tell others that this resource exists. People may post this content online or redistribute in any way for non-commercial purposes. Read more about Early Journal Content at http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/individuals/early- journal-content . JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. ORIGIN OF WASHINGTON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES [Continued from Volume XII., Page 299.] Roza, a town in the southern part of Kittitas County, named in 1883 or 1884 by the Superintendent of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in honor of his daughter. (M. J. Roberts, in Names MSS. Letter 407.) Ruby, a name much used for creeks and mining camps. In the central part of Okanogan County, Thomas Fuller in 1885, built the first cabin of a settlement. He was one of the owners of the Ruby Mine and so he called the settlement Ruby. (C. H. Lovejoy to Frank Putnam, on Tonasket, in Names MSS. Letter 3345.) In the central part of Pend Oreille County, some prospectors found rubies in a little creek, which was at once named Ruby Creek. In 1905, when a postof fice was established there, it received the name of Ruby. (T. D. Eastlick, in Names MSS. Letter 428.) Rudd, see Machias. Ruff, a town in the eastern part of Grant County, named for Gotf red Ruff, on whose property the town was to have been located. (W. H. Poggevall, in Names MSS. Letter 180) RUSSEU.S, a creek and a town in Walla Walla County. "The creek was named for Charles Russell who settled there in 1889, but Russells Station was named for Patrick Russell." (W. D. Lyman, of Walla Walla, in Names MSS. Letter 246.) Ruston, surrounded by Tacoma, Pierce County. In 1915, Doctor Pratt, Mayor of Ruston, and one of the incorporators, stated that the name was an honor for W. R. Rust, one of the founders of the smelter at that place, on account of his benefactions and his kindness to employes. Mr. Rust was President of the Tacoma Smelting Company. (E. L. Sweeney, of Tacoma, in Names MSS. Letter 114.) Ruth's Prairie, in the southern part of Thurston County, named in 1850 for B. F. Ruth, a settler there. (F. D. Conklyn, of Rainier, in Names MSS. Letter 59.) Ryan, a town in the northwestern part of Stevens County, named for Henry Ryan, who owned a farm there. (Joseph T. Reed, of Marble, in Names MSS. Letter 125.) Ryder Channel, see Balch Passage. (32) Origin of Washington Geographical Names 33 Rye, a station in the central part of Whitman County and another with the same name in the southeastern part of Kittitas County. The latter was named by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company after Rye, New York. (H. R. Williams, in Names MSS. Letter 589.) Sachal, an early name for a river and lake in Thurston County, southwest of Olympia, probably the Black River and Black Lake of more recent maps. The Wilkes Expedition, 1841, in describing the Indians of that region, say the Sachals numbered about forty and "reside about the lake of the same name, and along the river Chickeeles" [Chehalis]. (Narrative Volume V., page 132.) Sachap, see Satsop |
Which newspaper heiress was kidnapped by a left-wing urban guerilla group, called the SLA, and spent a year and a half enmeshed in the group? | Witness: The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst Aired on MSNBC - Ark TV Transcript - Search what is being mentioned across national TV >> He said that I was going to be held as a prisoner of war. 00:00:56 If I tried to escape, that I'd be killed and that if I made any noise, that I'd be beaten. 00:01:02 He said my parents had committed crimes against the people. 00:01:10 >> The same person who took you from anormal life into captivity allows you to speak, to eat, to move. 00:01:23 And you experience something like being an infant who is given the gift of life by your mother. 00:01:34 The stockholm syndrome can make you fall in love with the outlaw. 00:01:38 >> The woman who enters the closet as patty hearst emerges as tanya. 00:01:47 >> The latest pictures in post hearst as extremely dangerous and offers a $50,000 reward for information leading to her arrest. 00:01:57 >> Brain washed victim or violent revolutionary? 00:02:00 >> Patty hearst was never a criminal. 00:02:03 >> I think she was a revolutionary by choice. 00:02:06 >> The two-year search for patty hearst, through the eyes of those who lived it. 00:02:11 >> I'm a soldier in the people's army. 00:02:39 >> He have now and again, something happens in the culture that, for whatever sets of reasons, triggers a massive response throughout the society. 00:02:50 And that's what the patty hearst drama did. 00:02:56 >> On a cool california night, a brutal home invasion targets berkeley sophomore, patricia hearst. 00:03:02 >> Witnesses said patty was dragged screaming from her apartment through a hail of gunfire. 00:03:08 >> The kidnapping itself was fairly violent. 00:03:11 There was shooting at the neighbor when he came out. 00:03:14 >> What did she say? 00:03:15 >> First, heard shots in the living room in the back of my house and thought it was a firecracker at first, it sounded a little bit peculiar for firecrackers. 00:03:24 It sounded -- it just sounded really scary. 00:03:26 >> Almost from the beginning, certainly within hours of the kidnapping, the police knew that this was something beyond the ordinary. 00:03:37 Stranger abduction typically now where you see the amber alert, kids coming to the park, lures the kids to the car with candy and drives off. 00:03:49 In the case of the patty hearst kidnapping, it was felt right from the very beginning that it was not that kind of crime. 00:03:55 This was a fairly serious operation. 00:04:03 >> Local police call in fbi kidnapping expert dan grove. 00:04:07 >> I became what they called the lead coordinator. 00:04:12 The safe return of the victim, that's the number one objective in a kidnap case is the safe return of the victim. 00:04:20 >> The victim is no ordinary college student. 00:04:24 Patty hearst is american royalty. 00:04:28 >> I think it's fair to say that the hearst family was and is one of the most of a fluent families in the united states. 00:04:37 Her grandfather was william randolph hearst, who was the publisher of newspapers throughout the united states. 00:04:49 >> Hearst really gave us the concept that the media could create events. 00:04:55 We think of william randolph hearst virtually inventing the modern newspaper, create be tabloid culture. 00:05:05 >> The hearst family in san francisco, northern california and california general was just one of those iconic families. 00:05:12 MOST OF ALL IN THE EARLY '70s. 00:05:19 >> Patty hearst's father, randolph hearst, the editor and president of the "san francisco examiner" the flagship newspaper in a media empire worth an estimated $500 million. 00:05:29 Her mother, katherine, sits on the powerful board of renal gents at the university of california. 00:05:35 >> They are very possibly the most identifiably rich family in northern california to the public. 00:05:42 >> Patty hearst grew up in a 22-room mansion in hills grove. 00:05:47 She was the middle daughter of five. 00:05:49 And she was, according to most people, her father's favorite and the rebellious one, headstrong one. 00:05:58 Patty hearst had refused to have a debut. 00:06:01 She had refused to have a coming |
June 8, 1867 saw the birth of what American architect and interior designer, and leader of the Prairie school movement, whose most famous design is Fallingwater in Pittsburg? | 1000+ images about Frank Lloyd Wright on Pinterest | Master plan, Chicago and Prairie school Forward Polivka and Wright at Taliesin. --In 1946 Polivka worked with Frank Lloyd Wright collaborating on projects until Wright's death in 1959. Polivka performed stress analyses and investigations of building materials. They worked on 7 projects, 2 of which were built: Johnson Wax Research Tower, 1946-51 in WI and Guggenheim Museum, 1946-59 in NY.. Their other design proposal was the Butterfly Bridge at San Francisco Bay 1949-52. See More |
In what 1959 Peter Sellers movie does the Duchy of Grand Fenwick invade the US in an attempt to start a war so that the US will rebuild their nation following its victory? | One Man and his Blog… » Kodak Tri-X (320) One Man and his Blog… 0 Hard to imagine it was so long ago, but 25 years ago this week, Nevermind entered the pantheon of the all-time great rock albums, as the unmistakable riff to Nirvanaâs seismic debut single, Smells Like Teen Spirit, almost overnight transformed the band from âgrungeâ unknowns into one of the biggest rock groups of the era – Nevermind the toll that fame and fortune subsequently contributed to the sad demise of their legendary frontman, Kurt Cobain. And for anyone looking to indulge in the macabre of Kurt – as I regularly discovered during my almost decade-long Seattle sojourn – then the No.27 Metro Bus is but a quick journey from Downtown to Lake Washington Boulevard and the mansion where Cobain lived with Courtney Love and controversially took his own life. However, this is now a private residence – and the garage-outhouse where the star blew his brains out has long been demolished to avoid ghoul seekers…but it failed.  Cobain’s body was cremated, with his ashes scattered in an undisclosed spot in the Wishkah River near his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. So in the absence of any other shrine, devoted fans congregate on Nirvana/Cobain anniversary moments at the more permanent Viretta Park, a small patch of grass directly next door to the mansion, and in particular the lone bench there – and todayâs photo was one of a series taken in 2014, on the 20th anniversary of his death – where heâs said to have spent time reflecting on his life and music, that has now become a de facto memorial to the grunge icon, where they’ll leave candles and flowers as well as scrawl messages. 0 Thereâs a wonderful 1959 Peter Sellers movie called The Mouse That Roared , all about the economic woes of the fictitious smallest country in the world, The Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Theyâre on the brink of bankruptcy, and come up with the wheeze of declaring war on America – the plan being to invade with a token force armed with bows and arrows, immediately surrender with no casualties on either side, after which the US, which it has historically done, will provide vast financial aid to rebuild the country. Of course, it all goes comedically wrong. Sellers’ main character, Tully, somehow against the odds and everyones expectations, ends up winning the war and Grand Fenwick is horrified at the prospect that they now might have to provide financial assistance to rebuild America! But what does all this have to do with todayâs photo showing books of Lenin and a “Lenin”-like corduroy hat in a Glasgow Oxfam bookshop display, I hear you all ask? The answer is the newly-elected Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn MP – his stunning victory today reminds me so much of The Mouse That Roared. When he threw his own Lenin cap into the ring just a few months back, he was the 200-1 token candidate of the hard left who scraped into the contest only thanks to charity nominations from Labour MPs. Now, in one of the biggest earthquakes in British politics, he was swept to power and now leads them! (And for Americans  perhaps wondering what Corbynâs political leanings are, let’s just say that by comparison Bernie Sanders could be considered a staunch Republican!) But in this age of austerity with grotesque levels of inequality in our society, things had to dramatically change in British and particularly Labour politics – you simply canât have a two-party state consisting of Tory and Tory Lite. Labour learned that to their electoral cost here in Scotland, by being all but politically wiped out by a leftwing-leaning nationalist tsunami. And yes, as a former Labour party apparatchik, I duly paid my £3 supporters fee and voted for Jeremy âJez We Canâ Corbyn. Leica M3 & 1.4/50mm Summilux V2 Kodak Tri-X (@320) Rodinal/R09 (1+50 – 9.5 min) Plustek 7600i & Vuescan 2 My favourite piece of public art is on Woodlands Road in Glasgow, on the cusp of the city’s west end – the ‘Wild West End’ as the case may well be, because that’s where you’ll find the world’s only tw |
If I prank call a store asking if they have Prince Albert in a can, what type of product am I looking for? | John Middleton, Inc - Prince Albert - Tobacco Reviews John Middleton, Inc 1.5 oz pouch; 14 oz plastic tub Country Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note Please login to review this blend. Reviewed By Mild to Medium Pleasant I'll admit, for many years I was too much of a tobacco snob to try PA. I mean, come on, my grandpa smoked this stuff. But wait! I always loved going to visit Grandpa; I loved the scent of his pipe. So, I checked out the reviews here on this page, and they encouraged me to give PA a try. I had to wait till I was back in the States, though, since I cannot buy it here in Germany. Finally, in 2011, I had a chance. Well, I was pleasantly surprised... Packaging: old-fashioned, but nostalgic, although I wish that the description on the pouch were better. Whether you buy the cellophane wrapped box with "luxury" pouch or the tub, both will have kept your PA from drying out. The "luxury" pouch is somewhat awkward and doesn't close well, making it difficult to keep the tobacco moist. The tub does a fantastic job of keeping the tobacco just right, even over a long period of time (right now, I am finishing a tub I opened 14 months ago, and the moisture content is just fine. Contrary to several other reviewers, I do not detect any traces of propylene glycol. Pouch/tub note: typical nutty Burley aroma; I detect no additional flavoring. Room note: pleasant, sweet, crowd pleasing, commonly draws remarks like: "Mmm! My grandpa used to smoke something that smelled like that!" Smoke: PA has a fine cut, which allows for an initial gravity filling of the bowl. It packs well and lights up easily. The burn is cool and even. It is possible to rush this and get "tobacco juice" and tongue bite, but you really have to try hard. The taste is pleasant, ranging from coffee and chocolate to nuts and licorice. As many have remarked, this is not a gourmet meal, but rather meat-n-potatoes. I would recommend this to any pipe smoker, expert or novice, fan of English or aromatic. It is a good smoke any time of day. 41 people found this review helpful. Reviewed By Mild Pleasant When I see anything other than four stars for Prince Albert, I have to remind myself that all of us are different and have different tastes and taste buds. It's hard to see such an old friend get anything but the high praise I believe it deserves. There's a reason this tobacco has been around for over a hundred years. It's just plain good. I have two bowls of the Prince every morning with my coffee. I always smoke it in the same corncob pipe that's reserved just for Prince Albert. This is the way to really enjoy this tobacco. If you let it, the subtle goodness of Burley tobacco will wash over you and take you to a simpler time and place. What a joy it is sitting on my porch each morning, puffing on my old cob full of Prince Albert tobacco with my favorite blend of coffee. I've been using tobacco in all imaginable forms for over thirty years. I recently quit using all forms of tobacco other than pipe tobacco as I think the pipe is better for my health than cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco. I'm not a "burley only" man. I like Virginia flake and English blends too, as well as some other favorites I smoke in my brier and meerschaum pipes, but each and every morning, it'll be Prince Albert in a cob that I reach for to enjoy with my coffee. If you only want to be seen smoking Penzance in your three thousand dollar Dunhill pipe at your country club, than don't bother with Prince Albert. It probably isn't for you. If on the other hand, you think you might enjoy a nice, clean tasting, even burning, non-biting burley tobacco, I offer these suggestions. Go to your local drugstore and get yourself a good quality corncob pipe. Look for the words "Missouri Meerschaum" on the bottom (they've been making these pipes since 1869). It'll set you back around five bucks. Buy a pouch of Prince Albert tobacco for under three dollars. Grab a pack of pipe cleaners and some stick matches for another two bucks. Total cost: around ten dollars. If you want to really |
What is the name for the region of mostly calm weather found at the center of a strong hurricane? | Hurricanes: Science and Society: Hurricane Structure Hurricane Structure Hurricane Structure A mature hurricane is nearly circular in shape. The winds of a hurricane are very light in the center of the storm (blue circle in the image below) but increase rapidly to a maximum 10-50 km (6-31 miles) from the center (red) and then fall off slowly toward the outer extent of the storm (yellow). Vertical slice through the center of a mature hurricane. The winds of a hurricane are very light in the center of the storm (blue circle) but increase rapidly to a maximum 10-50 km (6-31 miles) from the center (red ring) and then fall off slowly toward the outer extent of the storm (yellow ring). The size of a hurricane’s wind field is usually a few hundred miles across, although the size of the hurricane-force wind field (with wind speed > 117.5 km/h [73 mph]) is typically much smaller, averaging about 161 km (100 miles) across. The area over which tropical storm-force winds occur is greater, ranging as far out as almost 500km (300 miles) from the eye of a large hurricane. One of the largest tropical cyclones ever measured was Typhoon Tip (Northwest Pacific Ocean, October 12, 1979), which at one point had a diameter of about 2100 km (~1350 miles). One of the smallest tropical cyclones ever measured was Cyclone Tracy (Darwin, Australia, December 24, 1974), which had a wind field of only 60 miles (~ 100 km) across at landfall . Relative sizes of the largest and smallest tropical cyclones on record, shown in comparison to the size of the United States. Image credit NOAA/NWS Jetstream- Online School for Weather. A mature hurricane can be broken down into three main parts: the eye , eyewall , and outer region. Vertical slice through the center of a mature hurricane. In the lower troposphere, air spiraling inward forms the outer rainbands. In the center is the eye, with nearly clear skies, surrounded by the violent eyewall, with the strongest winds and very heavy rain. Image credit: The COMET Program. In mature hurricanes, strong surface winds move inward towards the center of the storm and encircle a column of relatively calm air. This nearly cloud -free area of light winds is called the eye of a hurricane and is generally 20-50 km (12-30 miles) in diameter. From the ground, looking up through the eye, skies may be so clear that you might see the stars at night or the sun during the day. Surrounding the eye is a violent, stormy eyewall, formed as inward-moving, warm air turns upward into the storm (see Hurricane Development: From Birth to Maturity ). Usually, the strongest winds and heaviest precipitation are found in this area. Satellite view (MODIS) and detailed imagery of Hurricane Rita as she intensified on September 20, 2005. The area contained in the square on the left is depicted to the right. The cloud-free eye and surrounding eyewall are clearly visible. “Hot towers" are the towering high clouds in a hurricane's eyewall that can generate very heavy rainfall and reach the top of the troposphere. These towers are called “hot” because a large quantity of heat is released inside them by water vapor condensing to form rain. Image credit: NASA. In the Northern Hemisphere, the most destructive section of the storm is usually in the eyewall area to the right of the eye, known as the right-front quadrant. Based on the direction of movement of a hurricane during landfall, this section of the storm tends to have higher winds, seas, and storm surge . The "right side of the storm" is defined with respect to the storm's motion: if the hurricane is moving to the west, the right side would be to the north of the storm; if the hurricane is moving to the north, the right side would be to the east of the storm, etc. In general, the strongest winds in a hurricane are found on the right side of the storm because the propagation of the hurricane also contributes to its winds. A hurricane with 145 km/h (90 mph) winds while stationary would have winds up to 160 km/r (100 mph) on the right side and only 130 km/h (80 mph) on the left side |
What rock band had a notorious clause in their standard concert contract that specified that all brown M&Ms needed to be removed the bowl provided to the rockers? | Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider | The Smoking Gun Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider The most famous backstage demand of them all Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Van Halen's Legendary M&M's Rider Submit a Tip! DECEMBER 11--Behold the Holy Grail. Since we began publishing backstage concert riders about 10 years ago, TSG has been searching for the most famous rider of them all, the one in which Van Halen famously stipulated that brown M&M's were to be banished from the band's dressing room. Well, as seen here , the hunt is over. TSG has finally obtained the 1982 Van Halen World Tour rider--typewritten and 53 pages long--containing the M&M prohibition (and a few other unique demands). The document, which we've excerpted here , also stipulated that promoters provide the group with "herring in sour cream," four cases of "Schlitz Malt Liquor beer (16 ounce cans)," and a total of eight bottles of wine and liquor. Oh, and the band also needed "One (1) large tube KY Jelly." The rider's "Munchies" section was where the group made its candy-with-a-caveat request: "M&M's (WARNING: ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN ONES)." While the underlined rider entry has often been described as an example of rock excess, the outlandish demand of multimillionaires, the group has said the M&M provision was included to make sure that promoters had actually read its lengthy rider. If brown M&M's were in the backstage candy bowl, Van Halen surmised that more important aspects of a performance--lighting, staging, security, ticketing--may have been botched by an inattentive promoter. The Van Halen rider was provided to TSG by relatives of Jack Belle, a late New York businessman who booked concerts in upstate New York. Belle, who died in 1987 at age 43, promoted shows featuring acts ranging from Foghat and Golden Earring to The Police and The Who. The 1982 Van Halen rider was included in dozens of show files that Belle maintained, and which his family is now considering selling (the files include riders, signed contracts, catering bills, etc.). So drop a line to [email protected] for more information about these rock and roll collectibles, which span a 1973 King Crimson show at the New York State Fairgrounds and a 1985 Bruce Springsteen concert at the cavernous Carrier Dome in Syracuse. (11 pages) |
Serial killer Albert de Salvo was better known as whom? | Albert DeSalvo - The World Of Serial Killers The World Of Serial Killers Albert DeSalvo Notable Fact He would usually rape the woman while she was dying or dead, and violently assault her with various objects, among them a wine bottle and a broom handle. Of all the serial murderers in the history of the United States, none has ever evoked more widespread terror than the man who became known as the Boston Strangler. From 1962 to 1964, women of all ages and backgrounds who lived in Boston and the surrounding towns lived in fear. The police were in a state of anxiety and frustration. The only people who likely welcomed the presence of the Strangler were those who ran home security and personal defense businesses. On June 14, 1962, the body of Anna Slesers, a young-looking fifty-five-year-old woman, was discovered in her apartment at 77 Gainsborough Street in Boston by her son Juris. She was lying on her back in the hall, a little blood underneath her head and a rope around her neck with the loose ends forming a sort of bow. Juris, unaccountably, assumed that she had hanged herself on the bathroom door and fallen. A police officer at first concurred, but subsequent investigation determined otherwise. In fact, she had been murdered, and her body had been arranged in a certain way. Her legs were spread very wide, with one leg hiked up at the knee. And she had been both sexually assaulted and a foreign object forced into her body. The police knew that they were dealing with someone bizarre. A Second Victim Two weeks later, on a very hot June 30, the body of sixty-eight-year-old Nina Nichols was discovered in her apartment on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. The gray-haired physiotherapist, who was in good physical condition, was found posed in a similar position to Anna Slesers. She was on her back with her legs spread and had been sexually assaulted with a foreign object. She had been strangled, ferociously, with a pair of her own stockings, and the loose ends of the excess stockings on the floor had been arranged in a bow shape. The police immediately suspected that the person who had killed Anna Slesers had also murdered Nina Nichols. Some officers were holding their breath, wondering whether - but mostly when - the killer would strike again. They didn’t have too long to wait. On July 2, two women who lived at 73 Newhall Street in Lynn, a suburb north of Boston, decided to check on their neighbor Helen Blake. They had not seen Blake for a couple of days and feared that perhaps she was sick, though Blake, a sixty-five-year-old ex-nurse, had not complained of any maladies. They decided to go into her apartment, number 90, directly across the hall from them. They got the key from the superintendent of the building and entered the apartment. Almost. They took one look at the apartment, which had been ransacked, and, too scared to go farther, called the police. The police found Helen Blake on her bed, facedown. She had been violently strangled with her own stockings, her legs were spread wide, and her brassiere had been placed under her neck with the ends arranged to form a bow. She had been violated with a foreign object. Police theorized that she had been killed in the kitchen, then carried into the bedroom and her body assaulted there. At the time, Boston and Lynn had different police departments with separate jurisdictions, but they were aware to some degree of what was going on in adjacent areas. When the police commissioner heard about the body found in Lynn, he articulated what every officer was feeling. “Oh, God,” he said, “we’ve got a madman loose.” The media started to fan the flames of public panic about the Strangler over the summer, but it appeared that the killer might have stopped - the rest of July passed without a killing, and the city relaxed a bit. Then, the body of seventy-five-year-old Ida Irga was discovered on August 21 in her apartment on Grove Street in Boston. It was clearly the work of the Boston Strangler: Irga’s body was lying on her bed, her legs spread, a pillow under her buttocks, and her foot proppe |
Finished up earlier this week, what is the only of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments currently played on clay? | Grand Slam 2016: Tennis' Four Majors By The Numbers Grand Slam 2016: Tennis' Four Majors By The Numbers {{article.article.images.featured.caption}} Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Full Bio The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Loading ... With reporting by Danielle Rossingh Tennis has come full circle with the start of the 2016 Australian Open. After Serena Williams nearly captured the Calendar Year Grand Slam and Novak Djokovic capped off his historic season by winning the US Open in 2015, the 2016 season is in full swing with early rounds already underway in Melbourne. Roger Federer of Switzerland makes a forehand return to Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian) As the top seeds begin their quests for glory under the summer sun at Melbourne Park, let's take an in-depth look at the numbers at the center of the four fortnights which form the backbone of the ATP and WTA tour schedules. Each of the Majors claims to be the best tournament in tennis, offering spectators the best tennis they’ll ever see. Fierce competition can erupt among the events over anything and everything, from spectators and roofs to television ratings and prize money. None desires to fall behind. So, does Wimbledon's reputation as the most prestigious Major stack up with its purse? How do the courts and amenities compare in Paris and Melbourne? Does Arthur Ashe Stadium's high capacity push the US Open ahead of the pack in terms of attendance? Read on to find out... Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the trophy after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) AUSTRALIAN OPEN Typically Played: Final two weeks of January Surface: Hard court (blue Plexicussion, plays medium) Night Matches: Yes Total Staff: 8,412 2015 Attendance: 703,899 Weather Protocols: Routinely the hottest of the Majors, Australia has used the Wet Bulb Global Temperature (WBGT, a "feels like" measurement that includes wind and humidity as well as temperature) to inform its Extreme Heat Policy since 2014. The policy can be enacted once temperature reaches 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), and the WBGT reading exceeds 32.5. Chair umpires have final discretion. Revenue (2015): A$254,590,000 ($174,631,000) [Made record A$11.97M ($8.211M) profit] Total Purse (2015): A$40,000,000 ($27,437,000) Championship Prize Money: A$3,100,000 ($2,126,000) Unique Traits: Australia is often referred to as the "Happy Slam" because players, press and spectators are known to have such a good time. In possibly unrelated news, media members are given a bottle of whiskey with their credentials, and Melbourne is the only Slam to be sponsored by a gambling house (William Hill). Minutiae: The Aussie Open overtook the US Open as the most-attended Slam last year, registering 12,000 more spectators over its two weeks. Given the extreme heat that hits Melbourne in January, the tournament boasts roofs on all three of its show courts (Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena and Hisense Arena). Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka holds the cup after defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Sunday, June 7, 2015 in Paris. Wawrinka won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) FRENCH OPEN Location: Stade Roland Garros, Paris Typically Played: Final week of May, first week of June Surface: Red clay (plays slow) Night Matches: No Total Staff: 10,000 2015 Attendance: 463.328 Weather Protocols: As the red clay absorbs water well, rain is rarely a deterrent to play at Roland Garros. However, as championed by the WTA, women and girls’ singles players can leave the courts for a 10 minute break between the second and third sets when the Heat Stress Index—which measures air temperature, humidity and surface temperature—is a |
What product was advertised by the slogan "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking" | THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; 'Takes a licking and keeps on ticking' is on the way out at Timex. Now, it's 'Life is ticking.' - The New York Times The New York Times Business Day |THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; 'Takes a licking and keeps on ticking' is on the way out at Timex. Now, it's 'Life is ticking.' Search Business Day | THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; 'Takes a licking and keeps on ticking' is on the way out at Timex. Now, it's 'Life is ticking.' Continue reading the main story THE venerable theme for Timex, ''It takes a licking and keeps on ticking,'' looks to be taking a final licking. The Timex Corporation, in a campaign from its new agency, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners in New York, is dropping the ''licking/ticking'' slogan -- introduced in the 1950's and brought back in the 1990's -- for a theme intended to help update its image. The goal is to freshen the Timex appeal with consumers ages 18 to 34, whose wrists are increasingly sporting other watch brands like Kenneth Cole, ESQ, Marc Ecko, Fossil, Guess, Swatch and Swiss Army that they deem more hip. The theme change, to ''Timex. Life is ticking,'' is part of an advertising makeover after Timex left its agency of 16 years, Fallon Worldwide in Minneapolis, part of the Publicis Groupe. The new campaign, with a budget estimated at $6 million, is indicative of efforts by marketers of familiar products, especially in competitive categories, to freshen once-powerful pitches that are now perceived to be working about as well as, well, a stopped watch. ''This is not to dis anything we've done in the past,'' said Mark Shuster, senior vice president for marketing and chief marketing officer at Timex in Middlebury, Conn., who joined the company five months ago, ''but we have an opportunity to take the brand forward.'' Continue reading the main story '' 'It takes a licking and keeps on ticking' was very consistent with a durability message, and was very effective,'' Mr. Shuster said. ''But durability is now almost a given because as technologies have improved, people have caught on to it. Our thought was, is there a way to evolve beyond durability, to look for that something that captures more of the spirit and mindset of today.'' Advertisement Continue reading the main story There are of course significant risks in replacing ''licking/ticking,'' which ranked No. 40 on a list of the top 100 campaigns of the 20th century compiled by the trade publication Advertising Age. Timex, the United States watch market leader -- the Swatch Group is first worldwide -- would be poorly served if it were to give up the benefits of the previous theme, like the awareness and recall the longtime slogan has among consumers, without achieving improvements in measurements like modernity or relevance. ''I don't want to be negative, but I am underwhelmed by the concept,'' said Timothy R. V. Foster, the founder of a company in London called AdSlogans Unlimited, when asked his reaction to the new theme. '' 'It takes a licking and keeps on ticking' is brilliant, because the slogan says the benefit,'' Mr. Foster said. ''With 'Life is ticking,' I have a tendency to want to complete the slogan; it doesn't sound like it's finished.'' Needless to say, Timex and Kirshenbaum Bond, part of the Kirshenbaum Bond Creative Network, plan to work assiduously to convert critics like Mr. Foster. That will be the aim of print ads in the ''Life is ticking'' campaign, to appear in September issues of magazines with younger readers like Details, Entertainment Weekly, FHM, InStyle, Jane, Lucky, Marie Claire, Men's Health and Transworld Snowboarding. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy The ads seek to draw attention by illustrating Timex products and features in eye-catching, nontraditional ways. For instance, a watch with a heart monitor is promoted with a photograph not of a fit runner but of a heart attack breakfast of bacon, three eggs and fried potatoes. |
Born Annelies Marie on June 12, 1929, who received a diary for her 13th birthday? | Anne Frank: Biography, Timeline, & Facts | The Free Resource Anne Frank: Biography, Timeline, & Facts Live Search Anne Frank: Biography, Timeline, & Facts Table of Contents Anne Frank Quotes Brief Biography of Anne Frank Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany . She lived there with her parents, Otto and Edith, and her older sister, Margot, until the Nazi seizure of power in Germany in 1933. Because of the Nazi anti-Jewish decrees that made it increasingly unsafe for Jews to live in Germany , Anne’s father opened a branch of his business in Amsterdam that same year, and the Frank family relocated there. Adolph Hitler conquered Holland in 1940, and the Nazis imposed their anti-Semitic policies, severely restricting the lives and freedom of movement of Dutch Jews. Otto recognized the impending danger and began to prepare and stock an annex behind his business as a hiding place from the Nazis. Anne and her family moved into the achterhuis, or “secret annex,” on July 5, 1942. They were joined there by another family of three, along with an elderly man. Four of Otto’s friends and business colleagues Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, Jan Gies and Miep Gies acted as helpers for the eight people in the secret annex, smuggling in food and clothing. This they did at great personal risk of arrest for helping Jews. The Frank family, along with the four other inhabitants of the secret annex, remained in hiding until Aug. 4, 1944, when their refuge was revealed to the Nazis by an anonymous caller. The Nazis deported the eight first to Westerbork detention and transit camp on the German border on Aug. 8 and from there to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland on Sept. 3, 1944. Otto Frank was separated from his wife and daughters upon arrival. They all survived the selection, watching as others were sent to their deaths in the gas chambers. In Auschwitz, prisoners, including the Franks, were used as slave labor. Otto was the only one of the Frank family to survive the Holocaust . Anne and Margot Frank were relocated along with 8,000 women to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany on Oct. 28, 1944, as the Soviet forces advanced. Edith Frank was left behind and later died of starvation at Auschwitz. In June 1943, Bergen-Belsen had been redesignated as Aufenthaltslager (holding camp) to avoid inspection by international committees. Average life expectancy of inmates in Bergen-Belsen was nine months; the overcrowded conditions caused deaths from disease, the typhus epidemic in particular, and malnutrition. The camp, designed to hold 10,000 inmates, contained 41,520 prisoners by March 1945, the month Anne Frank and her sister Margot died. The number of deaths at Bergen-Belsen that March was 18,168. The bodies of these victims were buried in mass graves; the location of Anne and Margot Frank’s grave is unknown, although there is now a memorial to Anne and Margot Frank at the former Bergen-Belsen site. Both Margot and Anne Frank contracted epidemic typhus at Bergen-Belsen. Epidemic typhus causes high fever, severe joint and muscle pain and headache, low blood pressure, cough, chills, rash, stupor and delirium. Witnesses described Anne as bald, emaciated and shivering. They said that Anne believed that her parents were dead and so she lost the will to live. Other witnesses testified that in March 1945 they had seen Margot fall from her bunk in her weakened state and die from the shock of the fall. Anne died a few days later. Bergen-Belsen was liberated by British troops on April 15, 1945. Anne Frank is widely known mainly from the diary that she wrote during her two years in hiding in the secret annex in Amsterdam . She had received the diary from her parents for her 13th birthday, about a month before the family went into hiding. Her diary was left behind in the annex when her family was arrested. Miep Gies, one of the people helping the Franks while they were in hiding, kept the diary for Anne. It was published after the war under the title “The Diary of a Young Girl.” The Timel |
By the power of Greyskull, who, alongside Teela and Man-At-Arms, battled Skeletor to defend Eternia? | He-Man @ 80s Cartoons He-Man on EBay As the theme tune suggests, He-Man is the Prince of Eternia. He defends Castle Greyskull with his friends Man-At-Arms, The Sorceress and Orko, and his twin sister is, of course, She-Ra! When he's not being the red-haired He-Man, he is the blonde Adam - softly spoken, sweet and charming, and a good friend of Teela. Adam owns a power sword, and by raising it and proclaiming "I have the power!" his transformation into He-Man occurs, alongside his pet tiger Cringer, transforming into the fearless Battlecat. Together they fight the evil Skeletor and his minions Beast Man, Mer-Man and Evil-Lyn. He-Man theme: |
Inked by Dean Young, the travails of the Bumstead family are depicted in what comic strip created in 1930? | ‘Blondie’ marks 75 years on the comics pages - TODAY.com Today.com ‘Blondie’ marks 75 years on the comics pages 2005-07-17T20:17:15.000Z comment () Hard to believe it’s been almost 75 years since ditzy flapper Blondie Boopadoop fell for bumbling Dagwood Bumstead in a love match made in the funny papers. In those days, Dagwood was a rich playboy whose snooty parents greatly disapproved of the union. When he and Blondie married in 1933, the J. Boling Bumsteads disinherited their son, relegating him to a modest suburban life of raising kids, carpooling, battling blowhard boss Mr. Dithers and making really big sandwiches. Now one of the most famous married couples in the world in one of the most widely read strips in comics history, Blondie and Dagwood are celebrating the milestone anniversary this summer in a running story line featuring cameos by their comics-page cohorts, whose creators also will pay tribute to “Blondie” by inviting the happy couple into their own panels. Garfield, Beetle Bailey, Hagar the Horrible, baby Marvin, Dennis the Menace, Dilbert, the kid from “Zits” and others — a virtual who’s who of the funnies — will drop in and out as the Bumsteads plan a huge party for an unspecified wedding anniversary to be celebrated in the Sunday comics Sept. 4. President Bush and wife Laura are also set to make an appearance. Introduced by cartoonist Murat “Chic” Young on Sept. 8, 1930, “Blondie” is now written seven days a week by his son, Dean, who took over when his father died in 1973, and artist Denis Lebrun. Reaching about 250 million readers in more than 2,000 newspapers in 55 countries, “Blondie” ranks among the top five most popular strips in newspaper comics surveys year in and year out. “It’s survival of the funniest — it’s like Darwinian evolution on the comics page,” says “Hagar the Horrible” cartoonist Chris Browne. “It’s such a funny strip. Humor really comes out of honesty, and there’s a lot of honesty and lot of stuff we recognize in ’Blondie.”’ The Bumsteads have been depicted on a U.S. postage stamp, featured in a Library of Congress exhibit and inspired movies and a TV series. An overstuffed sandwich is known in pop culture lexicon — as well as in Webster’s dictionary — as a “Dagwood.” “Blondie” is an American institution, translated into more than 30 languages. “God bless my daddy,” the jovial Young says in an interview in his Clearwater Beach studio. “He was the genius who created this wonderful menagerie of characters. A monkey could do my job with the characters I have to work with. He left me this cast of characters and this dominant gene.” Strip has changed with the times Dean Young, 65, has shepherded the Bumsteads through myriad modern day travails and family upheavals, including Blondie going off to work in her own successful catering business, a plot twist that made international headlines in 1991. Twice in 75 years, though, it looked as if “Blondie” could go the way of “Terry and Pirates” and “Krazy Kat” into comics oblivion. The first time, during the Depression when hard-luck Americans tired of the flapper comics predominate in the day, Chic Young solved the problem by having Blondie and Dagwood marry and transition to a life of domesticity. The second rough patch came in 1973 when Chic Young died of emphysema at age 73. Some 600 newspapers dropped the strip on that basis, despite Dean Young taking over after working alongside his dad for a decade. He rescued “Blondie” that time by modernizing the characters’ situations and the Bumsteads’ marriage, eventually getting back the papers he lost and adding 700 more. Cartoon characters have been known to cameo in each other’ strips from time to time, but nothing like what’s happening in this summer’s tribute. Browne notes that Hagar the Viking will have to travel 1,000 years through time to show up at the Bumstead’s gala. Garfield, of course, will be looking forward to the food. “It’s a way we get to pay homage to ’Blondie’ and to Dean for their status,” says “Garfield” cartoonist Jim Davis. “It also gives a nod to the |
How many teams compete in the World Cup? | FIFA.com - FIFA World Cup™ FIFA World Cup™ You're logging in with Facebook You're logging in with Twitter You're logging in with Google+ Connect Login Error The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. This Facebook account is already present Your Club account has been locked due to a breach of our Terms of Service. Please set up a new account in line with the Club rules. Review the Club Rules . Alternatively, you can email us by completing our contact form . Please enter a valid email address The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. Log-in unsuccessful FIFA World Cup™ © Foto-net The FIFA World Cup™ is the biggest single-event sporting competition in the world and is contested by the senior men's national teams from the 208 Member Associations of FIFA. The competition has been played every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. It fulfils FIFA’s objectives to touch the world, develop the game, and build a better future through a variety of ways. Tournament format The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of one month – this phase is often called the Final Competition. A qualification phase, the Preliminary Competition which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). The preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ sees a total of 204 entries across six continents competing for 31 available spots. For the last FIFA World Cup, 200 teams played a total of 853 matches as 31 teams qualified for South Africa. Both the preliminary and final competitions act as a massive promotion for the game of football and for the host nation(s) and are therefore wonderful opportunities to help promote values of respect, fair play and discipline to the watching world. Understandably, the organisation of such an event is a huge task for FIFA and the Local Organising Committee and is therefore one of the main activities of FIFA over a four-year period. Facts and figures The 19 FIFA World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three wins; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each. The FIFA World Cup is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany and the 2010 event in South Africa was broadcast to 204 countries on 245 different channels. Inside the stadiums, a total of 3,170,856 spectators attended the 64 matches an average of 49,670 per match and the third highest aggregate attendance behind USA 1994 and Germany 2006. There were also over six million people who attended public viewing events in 16 sites across the world: ten within South Africa and a further six across the globe in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. A total of 350,000 fans attended the International FIFA Fan Fest in Berlin for the semi-final match between Germany and Spain. 177,853 accreditations for the last FIFA World Cup were printed, while the hospitality programme attracted almost a quarter of a million guests. Over three quarters of a million litres of beer were sold in the stadiums and 390,600 hot dogs were sold in the public catering concessions; many to the half a million international visitors who descended on South Africa. The F |
Now that Pluto's been demoted, what's the smallest planet of the solar system, with a radius only 0.3892 that of Earth? | Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet - Universe Today Universe Today Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet Article Updated: 16 Oct , 2016 This article was originally written in 2008, but we created a cool video to go along with it yesterday Let’s find out why Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Pluto was first discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona. Astronomers had long predicted that there would be a ninth planet in the Solar System, which they called Planet X. Only 22 at the time, Tombaugh was given the laborious task of comparing photographic plates. These were two images of a region of the sky, taken two weeks apart. Any moving object, like an asteroid, comet or planet, would appear to jump from one photograph to the next. After a year of observations, Tombaugh finally discovered an object in the right orbit, and declared that he had discovered Planet X. Because they had discovered it, the Lowell team were allowed to name it. They settled on Pluto, a name suggested by an 11-year old school girl in Oxford, England (no, it wasn’t named after the Disney character, but the Roman god of the underworld). The Solar System now had 9 planets. Astronomers weren’t sure about Pluto’s mass until the discovery of its largest Moon, Charon, in 1978. And by knowing its mass (0.0021 Earths), they could more accurately gauge its size. The most accurate measurement currently gives the size of Pluto at 2,400 km (1,500 miles) across. Although this is small, Mercury is only 4,880 km (3,032 miles) across. Pluto is tiny, but it was considered larger than anything else past the orbit of Neptune. Over the last few decades, powerful new ground and space-based observatories have completely changed previous understanding of the outer Solar System. Instead of being the only planet in its region, like the rest of the Solar System, Pluto and its moons are now known to be just a large example of a collection of objects called the Kuiper Belt. This region extends from the orbit of Neptune out to 55 astronomical units (55 times the distance of the Earth to the Sun). Astronomers estimate that there are at least 70,000 icy objects, with the same composition as Pluto , that measure 100 km across or more in the Kuiper Belt. And according to the new rules, Pluto is not a planet. It’s just another Kuiper Belt object. Here’s the problem. Astronomers had been turning up larger and larger objects in the Kuiper Belt. 2005 FY9, discovered by Caltech astronomer Mike Brown and his team is only a little smaller than Pluto . And there are several other Kuiper Belt objects in that same classification. Astronomers realized that it was only a matter of time before an object larger than Pluto was discovered in the Kuiper Belt. And in 2005, Mike Brown and his team dropped the bombshell. They had discovered an object, further out than the orbit of Pluto that was probably the same size, or even larger. Officially named 2003 UB313, the object was later designated as Eris. Since its discovery, astronomers have determined that Eris’ size is approximately 2,600 km (1,600 miles) across. It also has approximately 25% more mass than Pluto. With Eris being larger, made of the same ice/rock mixture, and more massive than Pluto, the concept that we have nine planets in the Solar System began to fall apart. What is Eris, planet or Kuiper Belt Object; what is Pluto, for that matter? Astronomers decided they would make a final decision about the definition of a planet at the XXVIth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, which was held from August 14 to August 25, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. Astronomers from the association were given the opportunity to vote on the definition of planets. One version of the definition would have actually boosted the number of planets to 12; Pluto was still a planet, and so were Eris and even Ceres, which had been thought of as the largest asteroid. A different proposal kept the total at 9, defining the planets as just the familiar ones we know without any scientific rationale, and a third |
Run last Saturday, what race is the 3rd, and final, leg of Thoroughbred Horse Racing's Triple Crown? | Triple Crown - Horse Racing Topics - ESPN Triple Crown Winners The Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing is an annual series of three stakes races for 3-year-old horses that takes place over a five-week period in May and June. Winning the Triple Crown -- by finishing first in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes -- is considered the highest achievement in horse racing. Sir Barton became the first Triple Crown champion in 1919, although the term to describe the feat was not used until 1930. Eleven horses have won the Triple Crown, with the most recent coming in 1978 when Affirmed captured each leg by close margins over rival Alydar. While some other countries have their own version of The Triple Crown of horse racing, the most prestigious is the annual series that takes place in the United States, comprised of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. The three races that make up the Triple Crown are among the oldest in North America, with the Belmont Stakes the first of the trio to be staged, in 1867. The fourth-oldest race on the continent and named after New York financier August Belmont, the Belmont Stakes was first held at Jerome Park in the Bronx. After a time at Morris Park, Belmont Park was built in Elmont, N.Y., in 1905 and began to host the 1½-mile Belmont Stakes that year. The Preakness Stakes began in 1873, among the races introduced for the initial spring schedule at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore. The middle jewel of the Triple Crown has been run at various lengths over the years and now is set at 1 3/16 miles. The Kentucky Derby was first run in 1875, the year that Churchill Downs was built in Louisville by Colonel M. Lewis Clark. The 1¼-mile race, also known as the "Run For The Roses," has emerged to become one of the most recognizable horse races in the world, and is now the longest continuously held sporting event in the country. The three stakes races were not collectively termed the Triple Crown until the early 1930s, and prior to that time there was not a set schedule for the three events. In fact, the Preakness was held earlier than the Kentucky Derby a number of times in its early years and was twice run (in 1917 and 1922) on the same day as the Kentucky Derby. Since 1931, the order of the Triple Crown races has begun with the Kentucky Derby, followed by the Preakness Stakes and concluding with the Belmont Stakes. Modern-day racing now sets the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May; the Preakness takes place two weeks after the Derby, and the Belmont is scheduled three weeks after the Preakness (on either the first or second Saturday of June). The first Triple Crown champion was Sir Barton in 1919, although the achievement of winning all three races was not collectively termed the Triple Crown until 1930. The descendant of a British triple crown winner, Sir Barton failed to place in his first two races as a juvenile before switching owners and trainers prior to competing as a 3-year-old. Not considered a favorite at the Kentucky Derby in 1919, Sir Barton held off more noted challengers for the victory. A win in the Preakness came less than a week later, and the chestnut-colored colt then won the Withers Stakes before taking the Belmont Stakes to complete the first sweep. One of horse racing's legendary champions -- Man O' War -- emerged on the scene the following year, winning every race he entered as a 3-year-old. He set track records while cruising to victory in the 1920 Preakness and Belmont Stakes, and even defeated Sir Barton in a late-season challenge match race. But with Man O' War's handlers deciding not to run him earlier at the Kentucky Derby, the great horse did not claim the Triple Crown. In 1922, Pillory won both the Preakness and the Belmont but, like Man O' War, did not enter the Kentucky Derby, which was held on the same day as the Preakness that year. The scheduling of the three races in the sport's early years saw numerous changes, before the order of the Triple Crown legs (which has been followed to this day) was established i |
What day of the week is named for the Norse god of single combat, victory, and heroic glory? | Top 10 facts about Tuesday | Top 10 Facts | Life & Style | Daily Express TOP 10 FACTS Top 10 facts about Tuesday THE actress Tuesday Weld is 70 years old today and today is Tuesday, so let’s have some Tuesday facts. 04:55, Tue, Aug 27, 2013 Tuesday Weld with Elvis Presley in 1961 on the set of Wild In The Country 1. The day of the week Tuesday is named after Tiw, the Norse god of single combat, victory and glory. 2. Tiw is associated with Mars, the Roman god of war, which is why the day is Mardi in French, Martes in Spanish and Martedi in Italian. 3. Tuesday Weld was born Susan Ker Weld. She was called “Tu-Tu” by a young cousin who could not say “Susan”. She legally changed her name to “Tuesday” in 1959 as an expanded form of Tu-Tu. 4. Californians have barbecues less often on Tuesday than any other day of the week. 5. Under the rules of the Gregorian calendar, Christmas Eve falls less often on a Tuesday than any other day of the week… He respects Owl, because you can’t help respecting anybody who can spell Tuesday even if he doesn’t spell it right AA Milne 6. …but Christmas Day is more often on a Tuesday than any other day except Thursday. 7. Research has shown that in Somerset between 1640 and 1659, fewer seductions took place on a Tuesday than any other day of the week. 8. Tuesday Weld was born on a Friday. 9. “He respects Owl, because you can’t help respecting anybody who can spell Tuesday even if he doesn’t spell it right” (AA Milne). 10. According to a survey in 2002, Tuesday is the most productive day of the week in the workplace. Related articles |
In the Peanuts comic strip, what titan of classical music, who spent his last years deaf, was idolized by the piano playing character Schroeder? | Amazing Facts - Facts-n-Tips Facts-n-Tips Amazing Facts Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce". Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than 50 different words. Draftsmen have to make 27,000 drawings for the manufacturing of a new car. Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph. Dragonfly larvae develop under the water and eject water from their anus to propel them for short distances Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT". Dry ice does not melt, it evaporates. Dry wine is a wine that has been completely fermented, meaning that only 0.1% of the sugar remains. Due to precipitation, for a few weeks K2 was bigger than Mt Everest. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. Dunkirk, France is the site of the largest military evacuation in history. During World War II, some 340,000 Allied troops were evacuated to England. The retreat by sea took place between May 26 and June 4, 1940. During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building may sway several feet to either side. During conscription for World War II, there were nine documented cases of men with three testicles. During Hell Week (the most grueling portion of training) the trainees get 4 hours of sleep. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles". During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the sea, 'Moby Dick', only sold 50 copies. During his lifetime Paganini published only five compisitions. He didn't expect anybody to be able to play them, and at that time nobody could. During its entire life time a housefly never travels more than a hundred feet from the place where it was born. During pregnancy, the average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size. During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old. During the Alaskan Klondike gold rush, (1897-1898) potatoes were practically worth their weight in gold. Potatoes were so valued for their vitamin C content that miners traded gold for potatoes. During the American Civil War the Union soldiers were issued eight pounds of ground roasted coffee as part of their personal ration of one hundred pounds of food. And they had another choice: ten pounds of green coffee beans. During the average human life, you will consume 70 assorted bugs as well as 10 spiders whilst you sleep. During the baseball rivalries between the two major leagues in the 1890s, the Pittsburgh Nationals took advantage of a technicality and signed a player away from another club. The Nationals' president, J. Palmer O'Neill, was called J. "Pirate" O'Neill, and his club became the Pittsburgh Pirates. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing. During the chariot scene a small red car can be seen in the distance. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small red car can be seen in the distance. During the filming of Singin' in the Rain, the director had two ladies Carol Haney and Gwen Verdon put on tap dancing shows and dance around in bucketsful of water. Apparently, he liked Gene Kelly's dancing, but wasn't able to get the sound he wanted for someone dancing in the rain. The sounds of Gene Kelly's tap dancing in the movie aren't really the sounds he made during the filming of the movie. During the mid-1800s, less than half of the newborn babies lived more than ten years. Today, over 90 percent do. During the Prohibition, at least 1,565 Americans died from drinking bad liquor, hundreds were blinded, and many were killed in bootlegger wars. Federal Agents and the Coast Guard made 75,000 arrests per year. During the Reign of Peter the Great, their was a special tax on anyone who had a beard. During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian who wore a beard was required t |
June 8, 1955 saw the birth of Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, British engineer and computer scientist best known for inventing what modern convenience that nobody could get by without anymore? | An Englishmans Favourite Bits of England London Museums and Art Galleries with Free Entry The longitude's Marine Chronometer by John Harrison (24 March 1693 – 24 March 1776) As I am a direct descendent of Sir Christopher Wren and I have a keen interest in English and British history especially English hero's like John Harrison I thought I would write this article. John Harrison (24 March 1693 – 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English Clockmaker and Yorkshire Carpenter who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought device in solving the problem of establishing the East-West position or Longitude of a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the Age of Sail. The problem was considered so intractable that the British Parliament offered a prize of £20,000 (comparable to £2.87million / €3.65million / $4.72million in modern currency) for the solution. John Harrison was born in Foulby near Wakefield in West Yorkshire the first of five children in his family. His father worked as a carpenter at the nearby Nostell Priory estate. The house where he was born bears a blue plaque. Around 1700, the family moved to the North Lincolnshire village of Barrow upon humber. Following his father's trade as a carpenter, Harrison built and repaired clocks in his spare time. Legend has it that at the age of six while in bed with smallpox he was given a watch to amuse himself, spending hours listening to it and studying its moving parts. In 1730 Harrison created a description and drawings for a proposed marine clock to compete for the Longitude Prize and went to London seeking financial assistance. He presented his ideas to Edmond Halley, the Astronomer Royal. Halley referred him to George Graham the country's foremost clockmaker. He must have been impressed by Harrison, for Graham personally loaned Harrison money to build a model of his marine clock. It took Harrison five years to build Harrison Number One or H1. He demonstrated it to members of the Royal Society who spoke on his behalf to the Board of Longitude. The clock was the first proposal that the Board considered to be worthy of a sea trial. In 1736, Harrison sailed to Lisbon on HMS Centurion and returned on HMS Oxford. On their return, both the captain and the sailing master of the Orford praised the design. The master noted that his own calculations had placed the ship sixty miles east of its true landfall which had been correctly predicted by Harrison using H1. This was not the transatlantic voyage demanded by the Board of Longitude, but the Board was impressed enough to grant Harrison £500 for further development. Harrison moved on to develop H2, a more compact and rugged version. In 1741, after three years of building and two of on-land testing, H2 was ready, but by then Britain was at war with Spain in the War of Austrian succession and the mechanism was deemed too important to risk falling into Spanish hands. In any event, Harrison suddenly abandoned all work on this second machine when he discovered a serious design flaw in the concept of the bar balances. He was granted another £500 by the Board while waiting for the war to end, which he used to work on H3. Harrison spent seventeen years working on this third 'sea clock' but despite every effort it seems not to have performed exactly as he would have wished. Despite this, it had proved a very valuable experiment. Certainly in this machine Harrison left the world two enduring legacies — the bimetallic strip and the caged roller bearing. After steadfastly pursuing various methods during thirty years of experimentation, Harrison moved to London in the late 1750's where to his surprise he found that some of the watches made by Graham's successor Thomas Mudge kept time just as accurately as his huge sea clocks. Harrison then realized that a mere watch after all could be made accurate enough for the task and was a far more practical proposition for use as a marine timekeeper. He proceeded to redesign the concept of the watch as a timekeeping device, basing his design on |
Winner of 5, what is the only nation who has sent a team to every World Cup? | FIFA World Cup Winners List and History: These Two Continents Have Dominated Tournament : Sports : Latin Post Share This Tweet This Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and one of the oldest. Played in nearly every country on Earth, soccer is easily the most played athletic event globally. But with popularity and skill comes competition. Similar to the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup is held once every four years. This year's FIFA World Cup will be played in Brazil. Historically, Brazil has been the best soccer country in the world with five FIFA titles. When we look at past winners it reveals an alarming geographical trend, only two continents have won the FIFA World Cup. As a matter of fact, only two continents have even made it to the finals every year. Those continents are South America and Europe. Advertisement In Africa and Asia, soccer is the most popular sport. With not a single African or Asian country even making a FIFA World Cup final in the 80 year tournament history, this is unbelievable fact. In past decades, many riots have taken place in Africa after disappointing losses to South American countries. As far as North America, that is no surprise. American football, baseball and basketball are the most popular sports, and Mexico is by far the best North American soccer country. In 1986, Mexico was the host country for the FIFA World Cup but was unable to qualify for the finals after losing to West Germany. Eight different nations have won the 19 FIFA World Cup Finals: Brazil- 5 England- 1 Spain- 1 Not a lot of disparity and balance when it comes to soccer and success. European and South American countries absolutely dominate the world on the soccer field as you can see above. It's amazing that, with over 200 countries in the world, just eight have won the most popular tournament in the world. South America and Europe have had their clashes and rivalries on the field in the past. Advertisement Currently as a whole, Europe has the edge 10-9 in FIFA World Cup titles. Europe's most successful country is Italy with four championships. South America holds the bragging rights to the single best soccer nation, Brazil. Brazil has not only won five World Cups, but they have are 2-0 against Italy in the finals. Coincidentally, all five of Brazil's championships have come against European countries. The 2014 FIFA World Cup promises to be an all-time great one with history on the line. |
What's missing: Gold, Sword, Juno, Utah? | What You Need To Know About The D-Day Beaches | Imperial War Museums Photo story What You Need To Know About The D-Day Beaches On 6 June 1944 – ‘D-Day’ – Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare . Codenamed Operation ‘Overlord’, the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from Nazi occupation. On the morning of D-Day, ground troops landed across five assault beaches – Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. By the end of the day, the Allies had established themselves on shore and could begin the advance into France. EA 25902 Over 23,000 men of the US 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah beach, the westernmost of the assault beaches. Strong currents swept the first wave of troops into a more lightly defended sector of the assault area – 2,000 yards south of their original target. Airborne troops had dropped into the area behind Utah in the early hours of 6 June. After periods of intense fighting, the paratroopers secured the causeways across the flooded lowlands, providing a route for troops on the beach to move further inland. By the end of the day, the 4th Infantry Division had advanced approximately four miles at a cost of about 200 killed, wounded or missing. EA 26319 Troops from the US 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions landed on Omaha beach on 6 June. Omaha was the most heavily defended of the assault areas and casualties were higher than on any other beach. Preliminary Allied air and naval bombardments failed to knock out strong defence points along the coast and the Americans had difficulties clearing the beach obstacles. The experienced German 352nd Infantry Division was taking part in anti-invasion training in the area and was able to reinforce coastal defence units. Despite these challenges, the Americans were able to gain a small foothold on the beach by the end of the day. At the nearby Pointe du Hoc, US Rangers completed a costly assault on German gun emplacements at the top of the cliff. B 5140 Nearly 25,000 men of the British 50th Division landed on Gold beach on D-Day. Their objectives were to capture the town of Bayeux and the Caen-Bayeux road, and to link up with the Americans at Omaha. High winds caused the tide to rise more quickly than expected, concealing the beach obstacles underwater. But unlike on Omaha, the air and naval bombardment had succeeded in softening German coastal defences. By the end of the day, British troops had advanced about six miles inland and joined with troops from the Canadian 3rd Division, who had landed on Juno beach to the east. A 23938 The Canadian 3rd Division’s objective was to secure Juno beach and link up with British forces on Gold to the west and Sword to the east. Rough seas delayed the landing and the rising tide reduced the width of the beach, which eventually became jammed with incoming vehicles and equipment. Juno was heavily defended and casualties were high, especially among the first wave of landing infantry. By midnight, the Canadians had yet to link up with the British at Sword but had cleared exits off the beach, advanced several miles inland and joined up with the British at Gold. B 5004 Bad weather and strong German resistance hindered the British 3rd Division’s assault on Sword beach, the easternmost of the beaches. Rising tides and the geography of the assault area created a narrow front, causing congestion and delays and making it difficult to land the armoured support needed for the advance inland. Although the 3rd Division successfully repelled a German counter-attack, it failed to take the strategically important city of Caen – its key objective for D-Day. The capture of Caen became a focal point of British strategy in the weeks after D-Day and the city was not fully occupied until mid-July. |
Considered the father of the US Navy, what Revolutionary War hero is famous for his "I have not yet begun to fight!" quote? | Father of the U.S. Navy Father of the U.S. Navy American Civil War Store: Books, DVDs, etc. Father of the U.S. Navy The importance of the sea as a highway, a source of food or a battlefield, if necessary, was well understood by the American colonists. When the Revolution came, it was a natural impulse, therefore, that many men in numerous locations would play prominent roles in the founding of a national navy. Thus, the Navy recognizes no one individual as "Father" to the exclusion of all others. As it was the Continental Congress, convoked in Philadelphia, that created the Navy in their resolution of 13 October 1775, the members of Congress must collectively receive credit for the creation of the Continental Navy, the forerunner of the United States Navy. The various attempts to credit individual naval officers with this act are misguided, for those officers received their commissions from the very body that created the Navy in the first place. None of this, of course, detracts from the great contributions to our struggle at sea for independence made by General Washington, John Barry, John Paul Jones, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and others. Source: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER, WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Recommended Reading : John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy. Description: Evan Thomas’s John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy grounds itself on the facts of Jones’s life and accomplishments to bolster his place among the pantheon of Revolutionary heroes while also working to deflate the myths that have circulated about his name. Jones, we learn, was confronted throughout his life with controversy and was crippled by ambition. But Thomas lauds Jones for early innovations as an American self-made man who rose from Scottish servitude. Continued below… Jones, despite his too brisk manner, was a true success, if not genius, as a naval captain. Early in the Revolutionary War, he captured a shipload of winter uniforms destined for General Burgoyne’s army in Canada , which instead warmed General Washington’s troops as they swept across the Delaware to defeat British at Princeton and Trenton . Later, Jones helped formulate the Navy’s plan of psychological warfare on British citizens. And Jones’s strategy to cut off the British fleet via the French Navy was arguably the most decisive strategic decision of the War. In the end, Thomas makes a good case for a renewed appreciated for Jones’s role in the broader revolution, citing his many connections to the Founding Fathers and his contributions to the broader war effort. While it may be that the John Paul Jones who proclaimed "I have not yet begun to fight" never existed, the real man behind the textbook legend is every bit as compelling a figure in Thomas’s hands. This temperate biography situates Jones in what will likely prove durable fashion among portraits of Adams, Franklin : Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy. From Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. Toll, a former financial analyst and political speechwriter, makes an auspicious debut with this rousing, exhaustively researched history of the founding of the U.S. Navy. The author chronicles the late 18th- and early 19th-century process of building a fleet that could project American power beyond her shores. The ragtag Continental Navy created |
Named for it's proximity to the local NBA team, what is the name of the WNBA team in Phoenix? | Other Sports: 10 things to know about Dallas' new WNBA team, the Wings, including its jazz musician coach | SportsDay 10 things to know about Dallas' new WNBA team, the Wings, including its jazz musician coach This Story is About... Comment on This Story The Dallas Morning News Dallas Wings guard Skylar Diggins (in warm up outfit) speaks to teammates in the second half during a Women's National Basketball Association preseason game between the Connecticut Sun and the Dallas Wings at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas Sunday May 8, 2016. The Sun beat the Wings 82-74. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News) By Adam Grosbard , Staff Writer Contact Adam Grosbard on Twitter: @AdamGrosbard The WNBA's first season in Dallas-Fort Worth begins Saturday as the Dallas Wings take on the Indiana Fever in the season opener. To help you get accustomed to the new local team, here are 10 things to know about the Wings and the WNBA. 'We want to be the faces of Dallas': How the WNBA's Wings are connecting with their new community 1. Vagabonds: The Wings are playing in their third home city in eight seasons. The franchise was founded as the Detroit Shock before the 1998 season and spent 12 seasons in the Motor City. The franchise won three WNBA championships in Detroit (2003, 2006, 2008) before packing up and moving to Tulsa, where it spent six seasons. 2. The new home: The Wings will play home games, beginning May 21 against San Antonio, at the College Park Center on the UT-Arlington campus. The $78 million arena opened in 2012 and can seat 7,000 people. It houses the UTA basketball and volleyball teams. The underbelly of CPC contains state-of-the-art sports medicine and training facilities, two full-sized practice courts and a 2,500-square-foot weight room. 3. Local connections: The franchise's latest move means a homecoming for one of the team's stars. Guard Odyssey Sims, who led the team to the playoffs last season by averaging 16 points a game, is an Irving MacArthur graduate who played at Baylor. She was a member of Baylor's 2012 national championship team and won the Nancy Lieberman Award for top point guard in the country in her senior season. Other Big 12 alums on the roster include Plenette Pierson, a Houston native who played at Texas Tech, and Courtney Paris, who played at Oklahoma. 4. Adoptive home: There is one other player with a link to D-FW. When the Wings traded for Los Angeles Sparks guard Erin Phillips, her "move" to the area wasn't much of a move at all. The Australia native keeps an offseason home in McKinney because she has family in the area. Skylar Diggins' knee feels as good as it has since surgery as Wings' first season in Dallas approaches 5. Return of an All-Star: The Wings made a couple of moves this offseason, but the biggest addition will be the return of All-Star guard Skylar Diggins. Diggins tore her ACL nine games into last season and missed the Wings' playoff run. The Notre Dame standout was elected as a starter for the WNBA All-Star game despite the injury. Diggins, who averages 14.9 points per game, forms a formidable one-two scoring punch with Sims. She has also taken on the role of the face of the franchise, throwing out the first pitch at the Rangers game Tuesday and hosting a basketball camp for local youth. 6. Delayed start: All-Star forward Glory Johnson will be making a long-awaited return to the team, though not in time for the season opener. Johnson missed all of last season as she was pregnant with twins. She returned to camp this year in great shape and performed well in preseason games, but she must serve a seven-game suspension because of a domestic violence situation involving former Baylor star and current Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner. She can practice with the team but is not allowed to be in the arena during games. 7. All that jazz: The Wings are led by veteran coach Fred Williams, who is in his third season with the franchise. Williams previously led the Atlanta Dream to the 2013 WNBA finals. Williams, who spent some time as a kid in South Oak Cliff living with his |
Born June 11, 1880, Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, represented which Northwestern state? | Jeannette Rankin born - Jun 11, 1880 - HISTORY.com Jeannette Rankin born Publisher A+E Networks Jeannette Pickering Rankin, the first woman ever elected to Congress, is born on a ranch near Missoula, Montana Territory. Rankin was a social worker in the states of Montana and Washington before joining the women’s suffrage movement in 1910. Working with various suffrage groups, she campaigned for the women’s vote on a national level and in 1914 was instrumental in the passage of suffrage legislation in Montana. Two years later, she successfully ran for Congress in Montana on a progressive Republican platform calling for total women’s suffrage, legislation protecting children, and U.S. neutrality in the European war. Following her election as a representative, Rankin’s entrance into Congress was delayed for a month as congressmen discussed whether a woman should be admitted into the House of Representatives. Finally, on April 2, 1917, she was introduced in Congress as its first female member. The same day, President Woodrow Wilson addressed a joint session of Congress and urged a declaration of war against Germany. On April 4, the Senate voted for war by a wide majority, and on April 6 the vote went to the House. Citing public opinion in Montana and her own pacifist beliefs, Jeannette Rankin was one of only 50 representatives who voted against the American declaration of war. For the remainder of her first term in Congress, she sponsored legislation to aid women and children and advocated the passage of a federal suffrage amendment. In 1918, Rankin unsuccessfully ran for a Senate seat, and in 1919 she left Congress to become an important figure in a number of suffrage and pacifist organizations. In 1940, with the U.S. entrance into another world war imminent, she was again elected as a pacifist representative from Montana and, after assuming office, argued vehemently against President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s war preparations. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the next day, at Roosevelt’s urging, Congress passed a formal declaration of war against Japan. Representative Rankin cast the sole dissenting vote. This action created a furor, and Rankin declined to seek reelection. After leaving office in 1943, Rankin continued to be an important spokesperson for pacifism and social reform. In 1967, she organized the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, an organization that staged a number of highly publicized protests against the Vietnam War. She died in 1973 at the age of 92. Related Videos |
For a point each, name the state(s) bordering Maine | Which states border Maine? | Reference.com Which states border Maine? A: Quick Answer Only one U.S. state, New Hampshire, borders Maine. New Hampshire borders the state on its western side; to the northwest, Maine is bordered by Quebec and on to the northeast, it is bordered by New Brunswick, both of which are Canadian provinces. The Atlantic Ocean borders Maine on the east and south. Full Answer As of 2014, Maine is the least densely populated state in the U.S. It is known as the "Pine Tree State" due to the fact that around 83 percent of its land is forests. It is known for its beautiful rocky coastlines measuring around 230 miles altogether. It is home to West Quoddy Head, which is the easternmost point in the lower 48 states. Maine is also known for its lighthouses and fishing villages. Summers in Maine are warm and humid, and winters are snowy and cold, although some areas have milder winters thanks to the proximity of the Atlantic Ocean. The record high temperature in Maine was set in 1911 at 105 degrees Fahrenheit. The record low was set in 2009 at -50 degrees. Maine is also well-known for its lobster. In fact, nearly 90 percent of the lobster (which amounts to roughly 40 million pounds) on the market in the U.S. is caught off the coast of Maine. |
May 10, 1975 saw Sony release what, which later lost in the first modern format war against its rival from JVC? | The History of Format Wars and How Sony Finally Won... For Now :: Monthly :: Features :: Paste The History of Format Wars and How Sony Finally Won... For Now Share Tweet Text Media format wars are about as old as recorded sound. The latter half of the 19th century saw the invention of the microphone, and shortly after that came inventions to record the signals generated from sound; Thomas Edison with the wax cylinder and Emile Berliner with his discs. This all took place decades before Sony appeared. Still, to understand why Sony struggled to win the format wars to come, we must first see understand why an innovation giant like Thomas Edison failed. Both camps had aggressive marketing campaigns, advancements in technology, and signed exclusive contracts with music artists. But discs ruled recorded sound more than any other format in the 20th century due to the low price of media. Mass production put gramophones in living rooms, and Thomas Edison’s wax cylinder became history. Skipping ahead a bit, Sony came to be an electronics shop in Japan just following the second World War. Over their initial few decades they became the first in Japan to create a tape recorder, and their high quality and portable transistor radios expanded their market globally. Through seven decades they’ve led the industry in improving audio/video fidelity, portability, and immersion. Yet not every innovation was a success. Even more strangely, it would take decades and many new media formats before Sony could claim its win. By taking a look at the biggest media format wars, we can watch and figure out how Sony finally won the Format Wars. Betamax vs. VHS When you mention “Format War”, most will remember the battle between Sony’s Betamax videotapes and JVC’s VHS. Like the audio battle mentioned above, both sides of this war had aggressive marketing campaigns. While both technologies had their pros and cons, the fight over which format was “better” expanded beyond their creators and came down to the device owners. In This Corner: Betamax Sony’s first Betamax machines appeared in the US and Japan in 1975. The common belief about Betamax is that the picture is vastly superior to that of VHS. While technically true, the first devices only recorded 60 minutes of high quality video. By the time VHS finished rolling out over the next two years, Sony released a tape with comparable recording time at the expense of some quality. Technical advantages still gave Betamax superior color, less cross-talk and a more stable image when shuttling forwards and backwards. Betamax’s visual superiority also came from the quality of the players themselves. Players and recorders were manufactured by Sony or by companies closely monitored by Sony. They wanted to create an industry standard format that would be prepared for future innovations while serving the premium home entertainment market of the time. In That Corner: VHS When JVC launched VHS recorders a couple years after the release of the Betamax, their format couldn’t compete with picture quality. Instead, their tapes held as much as twice as much time as a Betamax tape. Furthering the value, VHS videocassette recorders (VCRs) were far cheaper. The first ones appeared on the market for “as little as $999” (around four-thousand dollars today). JVC licensed manufacture of their technology to anyone and created a price war within their own format. Value was also found by consumers in the length of videotapes. While Sony progressively released new technology and tapes to extend playback time, JVC did the same and Betamax never really caught up. Who Won? The advent of home entertainment brought about new ways for people to consume TV and movies. It frightened the movie studios so much that they attempted to shut down sales of VCRs. The MPAA argued that jvc was selling a device whose primary purpose is to record movies off television broadcasts. They also claimed it would collapse the film industry. When JVC won, movies didn’t go away. Instead, decades of back-catalogue were dropped onto VHS and Betamax (but mostly VHS) |
Which instrument can separate two liquids by spinning them at high speed? | How do centrifuges work? - Explain that Stuff Tweet by Chris Woodford . Last updated: August 31, 2016. If you need to wash and dry a pair of jeans in a hurry, you'll be awfully glad you have a centrifuge. That's what your clothes washer becomes when it spins wet laundry at high speed to remove the water . A centrifuge is simply a machine that spins around to make a large and useful force. Small centrifuges are used in scientific laboratories (for example, to separate blood products). You can find much bigger ones in aerospace-labs, where they're used for testing astronauts, pilots, and their equipment to absolute breaking point. Let's take a closer look! Photo: The medium-sized space-station centrifuge used by NASA. This one has a radius of 1.8m (6 ft). Photo by courtesy of NASA Ames Research Center and Wikimedia Commons . What is a centrifuge? Photo: A clothes washer drum is a type of centrifuge. During the wash cycle, the paddles agitate the clothes in the soapy water. When it comes to the spin, holes in the drum let the water out. Hold something heavy in one hand and whirl your arm around your head. Feel a force that seems to be pulling your shoulder out of its socket? That's the principle of the centrifuge at work—and you can look at it from two different angles. In popular books and magazines, people talk about something called centrifugal force: the force that seems to make things shoot outward when they go round in a circle. So, when a bus goes around a bend at high speed, you'll read that it's centrifugal force trying to tip the thing over. When your clothes are spinning in the drum, it's centrifugal force that throws the water out through the little holes so your washing ends up much drier. Or is it? Centrifugal force or centripetal force? Science teachers will tell you this is wrong: there is actually no such thing as centrifugal force. We can understand what's really happening by considering Isaac Newton's famous laws of motion . When a car begins to enter a bend, its natural tendency is to keep going in a straight line—and it will do so unless a force acts on it. When it follows the bend, it does so because there's a force (called centripetal force) constantly tugging it inward from its straight line course. What we see as the centrifugal force is really the car's tendency to go straight, if left to its own devices. Anytime you hear people talking about centrifugal force, you can quietly correct them (in your own mind, to be polite!) and translate what they're saying into centripetal force. So "centrifugal force gets your washing dry because it makes the water fly out" becomes "Centripetal force between your clothes and the inside of the drum pushes them around in a circle. There's nothing to give the water the same kind of push because it can slip straight through the drum holes. The clothes experience centripetal force, the water doesn't. The clothes go round in a circle, the water goes in a straight line—straight through the holes. And that's what gets your washing dry." Confused? Don't be! It's this simple: if something is moving in a circle, there must be a force acting on it somewhere to make it turn, otherwise it would go in a straight line. So look at the situation carefully and figure out where the inward pushing or pulling force is coming from. That's the centripetal force. If some part of the object is flying outward, that's not because there's centrifugal force: it's because there's no centripetal force to make it go in a circle. Comparing centrifugal and centripetal force A car's going around a bend in the road. How do we explain what's happening? Centrifugal force: Left to its own devices, the car would go in a circle (blue) but centrifugal force (purple) is constantly trying to push it outward. (The trouble with this is that it doesn't explain why the car is going in a circle.) Centripetal force: Left to its own devices, the car would go in a straight line (orange), but centripetal force pulls it inward (green), so it actually goes round in a circle (red). You can also see now where these two |
What former U.S. president, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is known for his staunch support of Habitat for Humanity? | Jimmy Carter - Nobel Lecture Jimmy Carter The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter - Nobel Lecture Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2002 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers his Nobel Lecture after receiving the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize in the Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway. Copyright© Pressens Bild AB 2002, S-112 88 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone: +46 (0)8 738 38 00 Photo: EPA Scanpix Norway POOL/Bjoern Sigurdson Your Majesties, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I accept this prize. I am grateful to my wife Rosalynn, to my colleagues at The Carter Center, and to many others who continue to seek an end to violence and suffering throughout the world. The scope and character of our Center's activities are perhaps unique, but in many other ways they are typical of the work being done by many hundreds of nongovernmental organizations that strive for human rights and peace. Most Nobel Laureates have carried out our work in safety, but there are others who have acted with great personal courage. None has provided more vivid reminders of the dangers of peacemaking than two of my friends, Anwar Sadat and Yitzak Rabin , who gave their lives for the cause of peace in the Middle East. Like these two heroes, my first chosen career was in the military, as a submarine officer. My shipmates and I realized that we had to be ready to fight if combat was forced upon us, and we were prepared to give our lives to defend our nation and its principles. At the same time, we always prayed fervently that our readiness would ensure that there would be no war. Later, as President and as Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces, I was one of those who bore the sobering responsibility of maintaining global stability during the height of the Cold War, as the world's two superpowers confronted each other. Both sides understood that an unresolved political altercation or a serious misjudgment could lead to a nuclear holocaust. In Washington and in Moscow, we knew that we would have less than a half hour to respond after we learned that intercontinental missiles had been launched against us. There had to be a constant and delicate balancing of our great military strength with aggressive diplomacy, always seeking to build friendships with other nations, large and small, that shared a common cause. In those days, the nuclear and conventional armaments of the United States and the Soviet Union were almost equal, but democracy ultimately prevailed because of commitments to freedom and human rights, not only by people in my country and those of our allies, but in the former Soviet empire as well. As president, I extended my public support and encouragement to Andrei Sakharov , who, although denied the right to attend the ceremony, was honored here for his personal commitments to these same ideals. The world has changed greatly since I left the White House. Now there is only one superpower, with unprecedented military and economic strength. The coming budget for American armaments will be greater than those of the next fifteen nations combined, and there are troops from the United States in many countries throughout the world. Our gross national economy exceeds that of the three countries that follow us, and our nation's voice most often prevails as decisions are made concerning trade, humanitarian assistance, and the allocation of global wealth. This dominant status is unlikely to change in our lifetimes. Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that super strength guarantees super wisdom, and we have consistently reached out to the international community to ensure that our own power and influence are tempered by the best common judgment. Within our country, ultimate decisions are made through democratic means, which tend to mo |
Which actor provided the voice for Darth Vader and "This is CNN"? | Darth Vader actor battles prostate cancer - CNN.com Darth Vader actor battles prostate cancer Story Highlights David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in "Star Wars," has prostate cancer Prowse says he is undergoing radiotherapy at hospital in south London Actor said every man over 50 should have a blood test for prostate cancer Next Article in Entertainment » LONDON, England (CNN) -- David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" films, has revealed he is suffering from prostate cancer but is still feeling "fantastic." David Prowse signs autographs during the opening day of "Star Wars Celabration IV" in Los Angeles in 2007. Prowse, who wore the black suit and helmet to play the Dark Lord of the Sith, told a British radio station he had been undergoing radiotherapy at a hospital in south London and was helping its fundraising appeal. "I'm involved with the Royal Marsden Hospital appeal because I'm undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, would you believe," he told Absolute Radio. "I'm having my very last treatment this morning." "I've had two months' radiotherapy treatment at the Royal Marsden. It's the most fantastic hospital you could ever wish to go to." James Earl Jones did the voice for Vader, Luke Skywalker's father, (and also for CNN promotional links) in the films as Prowse's western English accent was thought to be unsuitable for the part. Prowse, 73, added he was fighting the disease. "The only thing I've had is hot flushes and my wife tells me I'm going menopausal," he said. "It's amazing what can be done so long as you catch it early." "Every man over the age of 50 should have a PSA test (a blood test for prostate cancer) and that just gives you some indication of whether you have prostate problems." |
An analgesic drug is used as what? | What is an Analgesic? (with pictures) What is an Analgesic? Last Modified Date: 13 January 2017 Copyright Protected: 10 most extreme places on Earth Analgesia is the relief of pain, and an analgesic is something designed to relieve pain, usually in some drug used to combat swelling or aches. There has long been a quest for substances or treatments that will help make pain recede. Ancient analgesics included things like the leaves and bark of willow trees, which had a substance called salicin. Salicin derivatives ultimately became one of the common pain relievers called aspirin . Sometimes people describe an analgesic as a drug only designed to mask pain but not to address its cause. This is an inaccurate definition. There are certain drugs that do relieve pain without curing or alleviating its source, such as many opiate pain relievers and over the counter drugs like acetaminophen . Other medications can address the root cause of pain; anti-inflammatory medications may reduce swelling that causes discomfort and they don’t simply mask the pain or make people notice it less. There are numerous types of analgesics and myriad drug delivery methods. Types of drugs include opiates, such as codeine and hydrocodone and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ). Other medications have been found to be effective analgesics, even if this wasn’t their original intent in designing them. Some tricyclic anti-depressants may be useful in the treatment of chronic pain , and some anti-convulsants have also shown benefit in this respect. Drug delivery methods vary, from the simple business of taking an over the counter pill or suppository , to using skin patches that help drugs reach the blood stream faster or to injecting drugs intravenously. Depending upon the type of pain treated and its severity one of these methods may be preferred over another. Alternately several methods may be used together to produce the most analgesic effect. Due to the many different kinds of medications that have analgesic properties, it’s difficult to talk about side effects or potential benefits as a whole. All medications and the majority of medical treatments have side effects. Even putting an ice pack on the skin may cause it to ache or feel tingly. It’s easier to consider medications by group. Here it can be said that NSAIDs may cause excess bleeding and are inappropriate for some people, and medicines like acetaminophen has been linked to liver damage when overused. Opiates tend to have high addiction rates and care must be taken to prescribe only what is needed, and they also tend to create constipation . Certain analgesics like morphine may decrease respiration and need be to used very carefully with proper respiratory support for ill or injured patients. For people who are prescribed an analgesic, or who purchase an over the counter one, it’s important to use no more than is recommended by a physician or on packaging labels. Side effects may increase when medications are used outside of recommended dosage and some can prove dangerous. They are nevertheless useful, and when taken as recommended, many help promote greater comfort. Ad |
In English, what is the name for the dot that appears over the lower case letters i and j? | Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? | Dictionary.com Blog Home » Symbols and Punctuation » Word Facts » Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? Word Fact: What’s the Name for the Dot Over the i and j? January 5, 2015 by: Dictionary.com 110 Comments While many languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew, add specific accents to the letters or characters throughout their alphabet, the English alphabet has only two letters that include a diacritic dot. This mark is added to a letter to signal a change in either the sound or meaning of a character. What is the additional name of this curious dot that hovers over the ninth and tenth lowercase letters of the English alphabet, and how did it get there? The small distinguishing mark you see over a lowercase i and a lowercase j is called a tittle – an interesting name that seems like a portmanteau (combination) of “tiny” and “little,” and refers to a small point or stroke in writing and printing. Generally, a diacritic dot such as a tittle is also referred to as a glyph . However, in regards to i and j, the removal of the mark is still likely to be read as I or J; as such, these are not examples of a glyph. Derived from the Latin word titulus, meaning “inscription, heading,” the tittle initially appeared in Latin manuscripts beginning in the 11th century as a way of individualizing the neighboring letters i and j in the thicket of handwriting. With the introduction of the Roman-style typeface in the late 1400′s, the original large mark was reduced to the small dot we use today. Many alphabets use a tittle specifically in the case of the letter i. For example, the absence or presence of a tittle over the i in the modern Turkish alphabet, also Latin-based, helps to differentiate two unique letters that represent distinct phonemes . The phrase “To a T” is believed to be derived from the word tittle and the following passage from Edward Hall’s Chronicles circa 1548: “I then… began to dispute with my selfe, little considerynge that thus my earnest was turned euen to a tittyl not so good as, estamen.” Now that you’ve satisfied your desire to know the source of that little dot, consider this: Why does the letter Q almost never appear without a U right next to it? Find your answer, here . What other mysteries of the alphabet would like us to explore? Let us know. |
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