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Born Eric Arthur Blair in India, on June 25, 1903, what British author penned such books as Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and Washington, and Homage to Catalonia? | George Orwell | British author | Britannica.com British author Alternative Title: Eric Arthur Blair George Orwell Virginia Woolf George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (born June 25, 1903, Motihari , Bengal, India —died January 21, 1950, London , England ), English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the latter a profound anti- utopian novel that examines the dangers of totalitarian rule. George Orwell. BBC Copyright Born Eric Arthur Blair, Orwell never entirely abandoned his original name, but his first book, Down and Out in Paris and London , appeared in 1933 as the work of George Orwell (the surname he derived from the beautiful River Orwell in East Anglia). In time his nom de plume became so closely attached to him that few people but relatives knew his real name was Blair. The change in name corresponded to a profound shift in Orwell’s lifestyle, in which he changed from a pillar of the British imperial establishment into a literary and political rebel. Early life He was born in Bengal, into the class of sahibs. His father was a minor British official in the Indian civil service; his mother, of French extraction, was the daughter of an unsuccessful teak merchant in Burma (Myanmar). Their attitudes were those of the “landless gentry,” as Orwell later called lower-middle-class people whose pretensions to social status had little relation to their income. Orwell was thus brought up in an atmosphere of impoverished snobbery. After returning with his parents to England, he was sent in 1911 to a preparatory boarding school on the Sussex coast, where he was distinguished among the other boys by his poverty and his intellectual brilliance. He grew up a morose, withdrawn, eccentric boy, and he was later to tell of the miseries of those years in his posthumously published autobiographical essay , Such, Such Were the Joys (1953). Orwell won scholarships to two of England’s leading schools, Winchester and Eton, and chose the latter. He stayed from 1917 to 1921. Aldous Huxley was one of his masters, and it was at Eton that he published his first writing in college periodicals. Instead of accepting a scholarship to a university, Orwell decided to follow family tradition and, in 1922, went to Burma as assistant district superintendent in the Indian Imperial Police. He served in a number of country stations and at first appeared to be a model imperial servant. Yet from boyhood he had wanted to become a writer, and when he realized how much against their will the Burmese were ruled by the British, he felt increasingly ashamed of his role as a colonial police officer. Later he was to recount his experiences and his reactions to imperial rule in his novel Burmese Days and in two brilliant autobiographical sketches, “ Shooting an Elephant” and “ A Hanging,” classics of expository prose. Against imperialism Scientists Ponder Menopause in Killer Whales In 1927 Orwell, on leave to England, decided not to return to Burma, and on January 1, 1928, he took the decisive step of resigning from the imperial police. Already in the autumn of 1927 he had started on a course of action that was to shape his character as a writer. Having felt guilty that the barriers of race and caste had prevented his mingling with the Burmese, he thought he could expiate some of his guilt by immersing himself in the life of the poor and outcast people of Europe. Donning ragged clothes, he went into the East End of London to live in cheap lodging houses among labourers and beggars; he spent a period in the slums of Paris and worked as a dishwasher in French hotels and restaurants; he tramped the roads of England with professional vagrants and joined the people of the London slums in their annual exodus to work in the Kentish hopfields. British Culture and Politics Those experiences gave Orwell the material for Down and Out in Paris and London, in which actual incidents are rearranged into something like fiction. The book’s publication in 1933 earned him some initial literary recognition. Orwe |
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Given the large number of deposits located within, the name of what South American country is based on the Latin for silver? | Middle America Define the differences between the rimland and the mainland. Summarize the impact of European colonialism on Middle America. Distinguish between the Mayan and Aztec Empires and identify which the Spanish defeated. Describe how the Spanish influenced urban development. Physical Geography Middle America has various types of physical landscapes, including volcanic islands and mountain ranges. Tectonic action at the edge of the Caribbean Plate has brought about volcanic activity, creating many of the islands of the region as volcanoes rose above the ocean surface. The island of Montserrat is one such example. The volcano on this island has continued to erupt in recent years, showering the island with dust and ash and making habitation difficult. Many of the other low-lying islands, such as the Bahamas, were formed by coral reefs rising above the ocean surface. Tectonic plate activity not only has created volcanic islands but also is a constant source of earthquakes that continue to be a problem for the Caribbean community. The republics of Central America extend from Mexico to Colombia and form the final connection between North America and South America. The Isthmus of Panama, the narrowest point between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, serves as a land bridge between the continents. The backbone of Central America is mountainous, with many volcanoes located within its ranges. Much of the Caribbean and all of Central America are located south of the Tropic of Cancer and are dominated by tropical type A climates. The mountainous areas have varied climates, with cooler climates located at higher elevations. Mexico has extensive mountainous areas with two main ranges in the north and highlands in the south. There are no landlocked countries in this realm, and coastal areas have been exploited for fishing and tourism development. Rimland and Mainland Using a regional approach to the geography of a realm helps us compare and contrast a place’s features and characteristics. Location and the physical differences explain the division of Middle America into two geographic areas according to occupational activities and colonial dynamics: the rimland The Caribbean islands and the Caribbean coastal areas of Central America., which includes the Caribbean islands and the Caribbean coastal areas of Central America, and the mainland The interior portions of Mexico and Central America., which includes the interior of Mexico and Central America. Colonialism thrived in the rimland because it consists mainly of islands and coastal areas that were accessible to European ships. Ships could easily sail into a cove or bay to make port and claim the island for their home country. After an island or coastal area was claimed, there was unimpeded transformation of the area through plantation Agricultural unit focusing on a single cash crop with seasonal high-labor needs and usually operated by individuals not directly working the land. The plantation was common in the rimland of Middle America and more common during the era of slavery. agriculture. On a plantation, local individuals were subjugated as servants or slaves. The land was planted with a single crop—usually sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, or fruit—grown for export profits. Most of these crops were not native to the Americas but were brought in during colonial times. European diseases killed vast numbers of local Amerindian laborers, so slaves were brought from Africa to do the work. Plantation agriculture in the rimland was successful because of the import of technology, slave labor, and raw materials, as well as the export of the harvest to Europe for profit. Plantation agriculture changed the rimland. The local groups were diminished because of disease and colonial subjugation, and by the 1800s most of the population was of African descent. Native food crops for consumption gave way to cash crops for export. Marginal lands were plowed up and placed into the plantation system. The labor was usually seasonal: there was a high demand for labor at peak planting and harvest |
If verso is the left side page of a book, what name is given to the right? | The left page of an open book! [Archive] - PPRuNe Forums Is the back page called rectum? tony draper Hee hee,good un Mr G-C.:rolleyes: Why is there a page in a book that has printed upon it.? This page is deliberatly left blank :uhoh: Arm out the window 10th May 2007, 12:19 The next question to be asked should be "What kind of anal bastard would want to think up a name for the left page of an open book?"!! The SSK 10th May 2007, 12:24 The concept comes in quite handy when planning, for example, the organisation's Yearbook. You try and get sections to finish on the verso side so the next one can start on the recto side. Farmer 1 10th May 2007, 12:25 Does the book have to be open for the page to be called verso, or recto, or the other? If so, where do they go when the book is closed? And if you turn the open book upside down, which page is the verso? Is it now on the right, or have the pages swapped roles, as it were? I think we should be told the answers to these questions. XXTSGR 10th May 2007, 12:32 "What kind of anal bastard would want to think up a name for the left page of an open book?"!!A printer, perhaps? ;) Does the book have to be open for the page to be called verso, or recto, or the other? If so, where do they go when the book is closed?No, it remains "verso" or "recto" even when the book is shut - printer's magic. And the pages remain where they are - attached to the spine unless your two-year old daughter, like mine, enjoys ripping them out.And if you turn the open book upside down, which page is the verso? Is it now on the right, or have the pages swapped roles, as it were?Pages are not hemaphrodite. An upside down book now has upside down verso pages and upside down recto pages. Neat, huh? Sorry, folks - years ago I had to do a proof-reading course for a book my organisation was publishing. The useless things one learns... :sad: SLFguy 10th May 2007, 13:16 XXTSGR....while you're here... is it true you could never leave a fiver between pages 7 and 8 of any book?.... XXTSGR 10th May 2007, 13:20 Me, I'd never leave a fiver anywhere. :eek: Since you're in the land of the Jocks, you might have had some training in this... :E But since page 7 is recto and page 8 is verso of page 7, I'd be at a loss to know how one leaves anything between one page and itself! ;) ORAC 10th May 2007, 13:31 That depends how many i, ii, iii, iv etc pages you have. Page 1 can then be either verso or recto..... XXTSGR 10th May 2007, 13:37 Nope - odd pages always on the right (recto) and even-numbered pages always on the left (verso) is the convention. If you have too many i, ii, iii, iv etc., you insert one of Herr Draper's "This page is intentionally blank" pages. A computer magazine to which I used to subscribe amused itself many years ago with playing with that "intentionally blank" wording after it was pointed out to them that, once you have printed that wording on the page, it is no longer blank and hence the wording is a nonsense. I seem to recall that the winning suggestion was:- "This sentence is all the information to be printed on this page, the remainder of the page being blank." :ok: I'd say monks came up with it. They did a lot of books and spoke latin. 'Brotherrrr have you finished the versooooo aaahmen.' Sang in a gregorian chant kind of way. 'Brother, I have not yeeee-ah et, I have been praaayeeeing.' 'Well get you're bloody skates on because I can't start my recto until you finish you're fecking verso. God, I hate this island.' Fos aaaaaahmen - dammiit pass the tippex XXTSGR 10th May 2007, 13:44 Taking dictation must have been a real PITA as well:- "... for ever and ever, Amen. Full stop, new paragraph. Big Roman "R" with gilt bits and illumination round the edge..." :{ SLFguy "Taking dictation must have been a real PITA as well:-" "Weally Woger I'm vewy certain i said "Woman soldiers wavaged wemorselessly" BombayDuck I thought it was "port" and "starboard" :confused: tony draper 10th May 2007, 18:19 Hmmm, port and starboard could not be applied to a book, ie which would be the pointy end? and which the blunt end, |
What type of animal is the video game character Sonic, introduced by Sega on June 23, 1991? | Sonic Games Online - Sonic Games for Kids Sonic Games online - Sonic Games for Kids sonic games Sonic Games Sonic is the protagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series and was created by programmer Yuji Naka and artist Naoto Oshima. Sonic the Hedgehog video game character was introduced by Sega on June 23, 1991. On this page you will find Sonic Games to play online for free. Choose the Sonic game that you want to play from the list above. You can also find Sonic games for kids to play and have fun. BOOKMARK THIS PAGE NOW so you can easily find our site next time you want to play sonicgames online. BOOKMARK SONIC GAMES PAGE Welcome to Sonic Games area at HeroesArcade.com. Sonic The Hedgehog is a very popular video game character created by Sega in 1991. Sonic the Hedgehog games have been played by millions of kids around the world and this is why Sonic has become one of the best known video characters worldwide. You might ask what animal is Sonic The Hedgehog? Well, Sonic is an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog, who can run at supersonic speeds and has the ability to curl into a ball when he wants to attack enemies. You can see Sonic in action while playing Sonic online games . Sonic Games online recreates the same famous zones seen by millions of fans while playing Sonic The Hedgehog Games and older Sonic Games. One of the most famous zone is The Green Hill Zone which is a green paradise with blue lakes and the soil is checkered brown. The Green Hill Zone doesn't have to many obstacles but you can still find crumbling platforms and spikes that you must avoid. One of the best Sonic games online is Ultimate Flash Sonic. In this free Sonic game you can play with Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends: Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna and Cream the Rabbit. You must help Sonic Hedgehog to collect all the rings that you can find and avoid the spikes or you'll lose all the ring collected. Defeat the evil Doctor Eggman and help Sonic to free his friends. You can play all kind of free Sonic games online on this page, like: Sonic Smash Brothers, Sonic The Hedgehog Quiz, Sonic Scene Creator 2, Sonic Tic Tac Toe 3, Sonic Adventures 2 or Sonic X Games. You can even play Sonic games for kids such as: How To Draw Sonic, Sonic Character Designer, Sonic Tetris and even a Sonic Pacman clone. If you would have to vote between Mario and Sonic who would you choose? Play Mario and Sonic games online and find out. Many small kids already know all characters from Sonic X games and play sonicgames for free online. If you're a fan of Sonic trivia then you should play Sonic the Hedgehog trivia and test your knowledge about this great video game character. If you have a video game console like Xbox 360, Playstation 2, Playstation 3 or Nintendo WII you can play Sonic games like: Sonic Free Riders, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Sonic Heroes, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations and other Sonic video games. If you don't have a game console nor your friends than you can still have fun while you play Sonic online games at HeroesArcade.com. Enjoy our collection of Sonic Flash Games and share them with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. Don't forget to bookmark this page and come back for more super Sonic games. |
Grover Cleveland was the only US president to serve non-consecutive terms. Which president, the 23rd, served in between his two terms? | The 22nd & 24th US President - Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland George W. Bush � Grover Cleveland, the only President to ever serve nonconsecutive terms, was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1885-89) (1893-97). He was known to be honest, independent, and opposed to corruption and the spoils system. His motto "A public office is a public trust," demonstrated his stubborn courage and integrity. Born in Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18 l837, he is noted for many things. His friends called him "Uncle Jumbo" because of his size and jolly demeanor. He was the first sheriff of Buffalo, New York to hang a man. Grover Cleveland's minister father died when Grover was just sixteen. While Grover was growing up, the Cleveland family moved around quite a bit. At age fourteen, young Grover had gone to work to help support the family. He worked for two years as an assistant at the New York Institute for the Blind. Ultimately, he left home to go west and seek his dreams, but only got as far as Buffalo, where he ended up staying and working on an uncle's farm. Within a year, Grover became a clerk at a law firm and began to study law. He was soon admitted to the bar. For his work in the Governors race he was named assistant District Attorney in Erie County. He ran in his first election for District Attorney and lost. Then he ran for sheriff and won. He gained a reputation for being honest and exposing corruption. Cleveland went on to become the mayor of Buffalo and Governor of New York, where he came into the national spotlight. As Governor, Cleveland continued his fight for reform. He lost the support of New York's Democratic Party when he argued with Party Chairman, John Kelly. He lost public support when he vetoed a bill that would have lowered the fare on the elevated railroads in New York City. In spite of these problems with the party and the people, Cleveland ran for President. His reputation for integrity made him the ideal candidate to run against the Republicans, who, at that point, had become identified with corruption and scandal. Cleveland defeated James Blaine to become the first Democrat elected to the presidency since the Civil War. As President, he continued his fight for reform. Upholding the merit system, he not only denied government jobs to thousands of party members, but he convinced Congress to repeal the Tenure of Office Act so that he could remove officials appointed by the previous administration without having to wait until their terms expired. Cleveland vetoed a bill that would have allowed American Civil War veterans to collect pensions for disabilities that occurred after the war, and he stood against protective tariffs on imported goods. During his first term, he married Frances Folsom, becoming the only President to wed while in the White House. Although he received the majority of popular votes, he lost the 1888 election to Benjamin Harrison. In 1892 Grover Cleveland was re-nominated, and this time he beat Harrison. This made him the only US President to serve nonconsecutive terms. He took office again just as the nation was entering a depression. His second administration was beset by political and industrial unrest. He invoked the Monroe Doctrine and threatened, if necessary, to use force to arbitrate a dispute with Britain over a South American boundary. He recognized the new government American settlers had established in Hawaii, and he prevented expeditions from leaving the US to assist the rebels in Cuba. In the Pullman Strike of 1894, Cleveland sent troops in to break the strike on the grounds that movement of the US mail was being halted. He repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in order to maintain the gold standard of the dollar. When Cleveland left office, the US economy was still in a depression and the United States Treasury was nearly bankrupt. In spite of his stubborn courage and simple honesty, Grover Cleveland was not able to solve the problems facing the nation at that time. He was true to his ideals and, when he thought he was right, said "no," even to powerful grou |
First founded 182 years ago today, which organization requires a belief in the Great (or Grand) Architect of the Universe? | Freemasonry Explained - Part 1/3 Freemasonry Explained Freemasonry "The governments of the present day," spoke Benjamin Disraeli, former Prime Minister of England, "have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans." "It is not emperors or kings, nor princes," said Cardinal Manning a year later, "that direct the course of affairs in the East (i.e. the Balkans). There is something else over them and behind them; and that thing is more powerful than they." "Including almost every nation," wrote Leo XIII a quarter of a century still later, "in its immense grasp it unites itself with other sects of which it is the real inspiration and the hidden motive power. It first attracts and then retains its associates by the bait of worldly advantage which it secures for them. It bends governments to its will sometimes by promises, sometimes by threats. It has found its way into every class of society, and forms an invisible and irresponsible power, an independent government, as it were, within the body corporate of the lawful state." All these words apply with even greater force today. Within the bosom of almost every State in Europe and America there exist at the present time secret societies firmly established and actively functioning. Like a parasite embedded within the human body, which needs must be a constant source of pain, disease and unrest, these underground associations are something apart from the natural life and activities of the State. They are linked up directly, or indirectly by a community of principles, aims and methods, with the great International Masonic Order, controled and financed from behind the scenes by the "Learned Elders of Zion". Aided by international finance, the press, and other more unscrupulous means, Freemasonry and allied forces can paralyze legitimate government activities and thwart its endeavors for the protection and prosperity of the people. During the past two centuries Freemasonry has been an ever-growing power in European and American politics, taking an increasing role in directing the course of events, until today it is almost a super-government "bestriding our narrow world like a colossus." Freemasonry is the central enemy of the Christian Church. The partial dechristianization of France, the unification of the German States under an anti-Christian hegemony (1871), the temporary destruction of the Papal monarchy, the Portuguese revolution, the constant upheavals and revolutions in South America, and the ruse of Bolshevism have all worked under the guidance and with the aid of secret societies among which Freemasonry is the paramount. Today we see an apparent paradox wherein the government of the capitalistic United States aids and abets the disruptive and tyrannical measures of anti-Christian government of Mexico, which (unknown to the average American citizen), is avowedly Bolshevist in principle and aim, and openly professes a close alliance with Russia. We also see the capitalistic press in a conspiracy of silence or misrepresentation regarding Mexico. The phenomena ceases to be strange when we recollect that the capitalistic press, the governments of America, Mexico and Russia, apparently antagonistic to one another in many ways, are all equally Masonic and more or less under Jewish control or influence. Hence, in past years, when Italy and Spain attempted to revert from Liberalism to restore something of a Christian r�gime, the leaders of the movement in ea |
True or False: Chewing gum can take up to seven years to pass through the human digestive system? | Does Chewing Gum Take Seven Years to Digest? : snopes.com Claim: Chewing gum takes seven years to pass through the human digestive system. FALSE Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2000] Last night, I gave our son a small piece of gum. I figure it's better, overall, for his teeth than candy. He normally spits it out, but last night he swallowed it. My husband read me the riot act. "Swallowing gum is really bad for you, you know," he said. Now, when I was a kid, I remember other kids saying it takes seven years to digest gum if you swallow it, but that smacks of an old wives' tale to me. Origins: It's hard to find anyone who hasn't heard this specious claim about swallowed gum, usually when they were children. No, there's nothing to support this rumor; as sticky as chewing gum might appear to be outside the body, once it's sent down the alimentary canal it's no more remarkable in that respect than most anything else we swallow. This oft-repeated claim may stem from genuine confusion over a term commonly applied to chewing gum: indigestible. Although gum base is composed of a mixture of elastomers, resins, fats, emulsifiers, and waxes that resists the body's efforts to break it down (hence the 'indigestible' designation), gum does not linger in the stomach. Your gut moves gum along through the intestines until it is finally eliminated as human waste in the same way and at the same rate as any other swallowed matter. Granted, it comes out the far end relatively unchanged by the trip, but it does come out on schedule. Though parental cautions against swallowing something which was meant to have the flavor chomped from it and then discarded might account for part of the warning's spread, the greater part can likely be attributed to the nature of the substance itself. Chewing gum is quickly worked into an unchanging mass in the mouth that, unlike foodstuffs, barely gets smaller no matter how hard or how long we chew it. Its resistance to being broken down by the teeth works to support the fanciful notion that it has special properties which allow it to lurk in the digestive system year after year. Moreover, since we know we're not supposed to swallow gum, imagination kicks in, inventing a "reason" for this prohibition since the obvious one — that food — lacks an appropriate sense of mystery. And food it's not. About 15% to 30% of chewing gum is gum base, a natural or synthetic indigestible rubbery substance that makes the treat resilient to hours of jawing. Vegetable-oil derivatives can be added to keep gum soft. Glycerin maintains moistness. Sorbitol and mannitol add sweetness to sugarless gum, and mannitol is often used to dust the gum, along with starch. Artificial and natural flavorings, colorings, preservatives, sugar, saccharin or corn syrup, can also be added. We come by our desire to chew gum quite naturally. Chewing the resin of trees is an ancient practice, so in that sense our gum chewing habit has probably always been with us. It took a canny businessman, however, to turn an ordinary rural practice into an indulgence that didn't depend on one's having a sap-dripping tree handy. In 1848, John Curtis of Hampden, Maine, observed loggers chewing spruce resin, and from that sight extrapolated the potential for a lucrative business. He boiled the resin, skimmed it, poured it, cooled it, rolled it, cut it, dusted it with cornstarch, and wrapped it. The gum was priced at a penny for two pieces (which in those days was a not-insignificant sum). Thus was born State of Maine Spruce Gum, the first commercially marketed chaw. Other companies followed, but the paper industry used up too many trees to leave a steady supply of spruce resin for the gum manufacturers, and the industry faltered. A key event in the history of chewing gum involved the notorious Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the very man who ordered the taking of the Alamo and had all its defenders put to death. Santa Anna introduced chicle, a rain-forest tree resin, to New York inventor Thomas Adams with the idea of marketing chicle as a rubber subst |
Nero Wolfe, that famous detective created by Rex Stout, rarely leaves his house. What is the name of his able bodied assistant, who does all of Nero's legwork? | Full text of "Starlog Magazine Issue 213" See other formats wm Gillian Anderson ratesTHE X-FILES THE SCIENCE FICTION UNIVERSE j? M McNeills" APRIL #213 AR Greg Evigan, future detective The Man Who Killed Kirk: Malcolm McDowell TANK GIRL Lori Petty, road §" ^^N LEONARD NIMOY'S 'k The genius and daring that marked each STAR TREK 1 episode was never more apparent than when creator Gene Roddenberry chose to continue the voyages - passing on the Starfleet directive to "explore new worlds" and "to boldly go where no one has gone before™" to STAR TREK 5 : THE NEXT GENERATION™. Now, The Hamilton Collection and Paramount Pictures proudly join together to salute the Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise™ with the Captain Jean-Luc Picard Autographed Wall Plaque. With the gripping reality and remarkable detail that only fine portrait photography can achieve, the Captain Jean-Luc Picard Autographed Wall Plaque presents the character who has redefined the qualities of STAR TREK leadership, and is also a brilliant testament to one of the most accomplished actors of our time, Patrick Stewart. This handsome portrait, an actual publicity "still" taken on the Paramount Pictures set of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, proudly bears the personally hand- written signature of Patrick Stewart. Mounted on polished hardwood and permanently protected, the Captain Jean-Luc Picard Autographed Wall Plaque is available exclusively from The Hamilton Collection for only $195. Your plaque will arrive ready for immediate display, will be numbered and accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity. As always, our 30 Day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee assures you order at no risk. Each day, interest in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION and demand for ever more fascinating collectibles based on its daring voyages is growing. To become one of only 5000 original owners of this piece of STAR TREK history, submit your reservation today! TM, ® & © 1994 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of Paramount Pictures. The Hamilton Collection Authorized User. I 1 Respond by: March 31, 1995 Please accept my reservation for [Qty.] Captain Jean-Luc Picard Autographed Wall Plaque(s). The issue price is payable in five convenient monthly installments of $39.* each, per plaque. I need send no money now. On acceptance, I will be billed for only the first installment when my plaque(s] is ready for shipment. 57M2QE ga Ms./Mrs./Mr. Address City State -Zip Telephone [ ) Signature *Plus S.95 shipping and handling per plaque installment. Orders shipping to FL will be billed 6% state sales tax. Ail reservations must be signed and are subject to acceptance. The Hamilton Collection 4810 Executive Park Ct., P.O.Box 44031, Jacksonville, FL 32231-4051 NUMBER 213 APRIL 1995 THE SCIENCE FICTION UNIVERSE® UNDER PRESSURE Bruce Boxleitner has taken command of "Babylon 5" X-HEROINE investigating as usual, Gillian Anderson now believes COMPONENTS 6 MEDIALOC 8 VIDEOLOC 10 CAMELOC 12 AUDIOLOG 14 BOOKLOC 16 BRIDGE 18 FANLOG 21 COMMUNICATIONS 82 LINER NOTES 64 75 COLORS OF LOYALTY The voyage home will test Robert Duncan McNeill CALL HER TANK GIRL Lori Petty is kicking butt & taking names in the desert TEKHERO Once again, Greg Evigan walks the future beat in "TekWar" DR. HELLER, MEDICINE WOMAN On "Earth 2," Jessica Steen isn't all that she seems STARMANS SON Christopher Daniel Barnes is the animated Spider-Man HUMAN AMONG THE APES Years ago, Linda Harrison roamed "Planet of the Apes" LOOKING HOMEWARD This fraternal idea ignited a writing career for one fan THE MAN WHO KILLED KIRK Malcolm McDowell wouldn't mind offing more "Trek" folks STARLOC: The Science Fiction universe is published monthly by STARLOC CROUP, INC., 475 Park Avenue South, New York NY -::'= S --.:: and The Science Fiction universe are registered trademarks o |
The 11th amendment to the US constitution addresses the ability of citizens and foreigners to sue whom? | Constitutional Topic: Citizenship - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net USConstitution.net Constitutional Topic: Citizenship The Constitutional Topics pages at the USConstitution.net site are presented to delve deeper into topics than can be provided on the Glossary Page or in the FAQ pages . This Topic Page concerns Citizenship. Citizenship is mentioned in Article 1, Section 2 , Article 1, Section 3 , Article 1, Section 8 , Article 2, Section 1 , and in the 14th Amendment and several subsequent amendments. If you're going to be involved in government in the United States, citizenship is a must. To be a Senator or Representative, you must be a citizen of the United States. To be President, not only must you be a citizen, but you must also be natural-born. Aside from participation in government, citizenship is an honor bestowed upon people by the citizenry of the United States when a non-citizen passes the required tests and submits to an oath. Natural-born citizen Who is a natural-born citizen? Who, in other words, is a citizen at birth, such that that person can be a President someday? The 14th Amendment defines citizenship this way: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." But even this does not get specific enough. As usual, the Constitution provides the framework for the law, but it is the law that fills in the gaps. The Constitution authorizes the Congress to do create clarifying legislation in Section 5 of the 14th Amendment; the Constitution, in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 , also allows the Congress to create law regarding naturalization, which includes citizenship. Currently, Title 8 of the U.S. Code fills in the gaps left by the Constitution. Section 1401 defines the following as people who are "citizens of the United States at birth:" Anyone born inside the United States * Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person's status as a citizen of the tribe Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S. Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21 Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time) A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S. * There is an exception in the law — the person must be "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. This would exempt the child of a diplomat, for example, from this provision. Anyone falling into these categories is considered natural-born, and is eligible to run for President or Vice President. These provisions allow the children of military families to be considered natural-born, for example. Separate sections handle territories that the United States has acquired over time, such as Puerto Rico ( 8 USC 1402 ), Alaska ( 8 USC 1404 ), Hawaii ( 8 USC 1405 ), the U.S. Virgin Islands ( 8 USC 1406 ), and Guam ( 8 USC 1407 ). Each of these sections confer citizenship on persons living in these territories as of a certain date, and usually confer natural-born status on persons born in those territories after that date. For example, for Puerto Rico, all persons born in Puerto Rico between April 11, 1899, and January 12, 1941, are automatically conferred citizenship as of the date the law was signed by the President (June 27, 1952). Additionally, all persons born in Puert |
What sort of animal is a Rhodesian ridgeback? | Rhodesian Ridgeback : Dog Breed Selector : Animal Planet Watch Video The Ridgeback loves to run, and it needs daily mental and physical exercise to keep it from becoming frustrated. It can be a good jogging or hiking companion. The Ridgeback can live outdoors in temperate or warm climates, but it is usually much happier sleeping indoors and dividing its time between the house and yard during the day. Coat care is minimal, consisting only of occasional brushing to remove dead hair. Major concerns: dermoid sinus Occasionally seen: deafness, elbow dysplasia Suggested tests: breeder check for dermoid sinus, (hip) Life span: 10 13 years Watch Video When European Boer settlers arrived in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries, they brought with them such breeds as the mastiff, Great Dane, bloodhound, pointer, staghound and greyhound, among others. These settlers needed a dog that could withstand both hot and cold temperatures, limited water and rough bush, while performing the duties of guard dog and hunting dog. By breeding their European dogs with native Hottentot tribal hunting dogs (which were distinguished by a ridge of hair growing in the opposite direction along the top of their back) they produced just such a dog. These dogs hunted by both sight and scent and were devoted protectors of the entire family. In the 1870s, several were taken to Rhodesia to hunt lions, chasing and harassing the lion until the hunter could shoot it. The "lion dogs" were so successful that they soon became popular, their distinctive ridge becoming a trademark of quality. By the 1920s, so many different types of ridged lion dogs existed in Rhodesia that a meeting was held to elucidate the most desirable points of the breed, which became the basis for the current standard. Dogs meeting the standard criteria were known as Rhodesian Ridgebacks (the dogs' former designation as lion dogs was deemed to sound too savage). The breed was introduced into England in the 1930s and America soon after. In both countries, it gained recognition in the 1950s and quickly attracted admirers. In the 1980s, the breed received recognition as a sighthound and became eligible to compete in sighthound field trials. Today it is among the more popular hounds, undoubtedly because it combines the abilities of hunter, protector and companion in a sleek handsome body. |
June 7 saw the 63rd annual ceremony for what award given to recognize achievement in live American theatre? | Tony Awards News | Photos | Quotes | Wiki - UPI.com Tony Awards News Next Wiki The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre. A discretionary non-competitive Special Tony Award and the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre are also given. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. The rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the official document "Rules and Regulations of The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards", which applies for each season only. The Tony Awards are considered the highest U.S. theatre honor, the U.S. theatre industry's equivalent to the Academy Awards (Oscars) for motion pictures. In British theatre, the equivalent of the Tony Award is the Laurence Olivier Award. Since 1997, the Tony Awards ceremony has generally been held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in June and broadcast live on CBS television. The 63rd Tony Awards ceremony is scheduled to be held on June 7, 2009, at Radio City Music Hall, with a three-hour broadcast on CBS. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article " Tony Awards ." Quotes |
How many teaspoons make a tablespoon? | Tablespoons to Teaspoons - How many teaspoons in a tablespoon? Tablespoons to Teaspoons Conversion How many teaspoons in a tablespoon? Tablespoons to teaspoons volume units conversion factor is 3 except Australia. To find out how many teaspoons in tablespoons, please use the converter below. Please note that not all the table and teaspoons are the same. Although the conversion result is the same for imperial, US and metric conversions, the volume capacities might be all different for each of these measurement systems. 1 Tablespoon = 3 Teaspoons [US, UK or Metric] 1 Tablespoon = 4 Teaspoons [Australia] If you need to convert these units for cooking recipes from different countries, for precise measurement and to avoid the surprises, it is important to know what kind of tea and tablespoons you are converting. For tsp to tbsp conversion, please go to tsp to tbsp To convert other cooking measurement units, please go to Cooking Conversion Converter Enter a tablespoon [US, UK or metric] value to convert into teaspoons and click on the "convert" button. Tablespoon is a commonly used volume unit in cooking recipes. 1 US tbsp is about 15 milliliters and 0.5 fluid ounces, whereas in Australia, it is about 20 ml. The abbreviations are "tbsp", "tbs", tb", "T", "tblsp". Teaspoon is a volume unit used mostly in cooking recipes and prescriptions. 1 US tsp is about 5 milliliters and 1/6 of fluid ounces. The abbreviations are "tsp", "ts", t", "tspn". The abbreviations are always in small letters since when in used in capital letters, usually mistaken with larger volume unit, tablespoon. Conversion Table [US, UK, Metric] 1/4 |
What skateboarder has launched a 10 years series of video games that have dominated the genre? | Tony Hawk Games - Tony Hawk Net Worth Tony Hawk Games Read more... Tony Hawk Tony Hawk Net Worth is $120 Million. What is Tony Hawk's net worth? Tony Hawk is a California-born professional skateboarder with a net worth of $120 million dollars. Tony Hawk has won Gold at 10 X Games, Silver at three, and Bronze at two. He is the. Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk (b... Tony Hawk Net Worth is $120 Million. Tony Hawk Net Worth is $120 Million. What is Tony Hawk's net worth? Tony Hawk is a California-born professional skateboarder with a net worth of $120 million dollars. Tony Hawk has won Gold at 10 X Games, Silver at three, and Bronze at two. He is the Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk , nicknamed "The Birdman" is an American professional skateboarder and actor. Hawk gained significant fame for completing the first 900 as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision. He is widely considered one of the most successful and influential pioneers of modern vertical skateboarding. Raised in San Diego, California, Hawk was described as being "hyperactive" as a child. His parents supported his skateboarding because it served as an outlet for his excessive energy, and as Hawk's skills developed, he became a professional skateboarder at age fourteen. In 1999, he became the first skater to land a 900. In 2002, he created the Boom Boom HuckJam, an extreme sports exhibition and tour which launched in Las Vegas. Throughout his career, Hawk has made numerous appearances in films and other media, as well as his own series of video games. He has also been involved in various philanthropic activities including his ... |
Which Knight of the Round Table found the Holy Grail? | Who was the Knight of the Round Table who found the Holy Grail? | Reference.com Who was the Knight of the Round Table who found the Holy Grail? A: Quick Answer In most later versions of the King Arthur legends, Lancelot's illegitimate son Sir Galahad finds the Holy Grail. His success is ascribed to his purity and his great piety. Full Answer In versions of the King Arthur story told from the time of Sir Thomas Malory and later, Galahad, accompanied by Sir Perceval of Gales and Sir Bors, visits Galahad's grandfather King Pelles. Here, the three knights see a ship with a vision of the Grail. This ship takes them to the legendary holy island-city of Sarras near Egypt. At Sarras, Galahad heals a sick man by touching him. The king of Sarras invites him to the castle, where he first imprisons all three knights, then releases them and crowns Galahad king. A year after Galahad's assumption of the throne, he has another vision of the Grail and chooses to die, going directly to heaven. |
How is the score of a forfeited baseball game reported? | rules - Why are forfeits in baseball scored as 9-0? - Sports Stack Exchange Why are forfeits in baseball scored as 9-0? up vote 14 down vote accepted Wikipedia says, "In the event of forfeiture, the score is recorded as "9 to 0", as per rule 2.00 of the Major League Baseball Rules Book." The major league rules (page 16) state, "A FORFEITED GAME is a game declared ended by the umpire-in-chief in favor of the offended team by the score of 9 to 0, for violation of the rules." As for the number 9 - it seems to relate to the number of scheduled innings played out in a professional standard 9 inning game. For softball and little league, for example, the score would be 7-0 since those games schedule only 7 innings of play. I also found something that said that in the event that the forfeiting team is trailing in the score, the score will remain as-is. So, if the team that had to forfeit was behind, say 5-1 - the final score would be recorded as 5-1. I believe the "9-0" score is the rule for games that are forfeited and never begin playing out or where the score is tied. |
If you wanted to let more light into a camera lens, would you choose a lower or a higher aperture number (f-stop)? | Camera Aperture, F Number, and Depth of Field Explained » i Digital Photo About Aperture – Everything you wanted to know but thought it was uncool to ask If you were to devise a system that was intended to be confusing, you’d have a hard time coming up with anything more confusing than photographic aperture. I’ve so often seen people glaze over within five seconds of the start of an explanation, their minds a whole galaxy away – anywhere, so long as it’s not here listening to f/stops, depth of field and so forth. But when you split it up, it’s pretty easy. So, what is aperture? The basic idea is that light reaches your camera’s sensor (or film) through a hole. With pinhole cameras, it’s literally that: a hole in a light-tight box projects an image on the inside. With cameras, we put some glass around the hole to make the image sharper. But essentially, it’s still a hole. History would have been different if photographers talked about ‘hole numbers’ or adjusting the size of their ‘lens hole’ but somehow that did not sound cool – even in the 1870s. So photographic aperture is the hole in the camera lens which lets light in. Why size matters As you know from general experience, the bigger a hole, the more can go through it. Think about turning on a tap (water faucet): open it a little and the flow is only a trickle, open it up and more water flows through. It’s the same with lens aperture: the larger the aperture, the more light gets through to the sensor. Obviously this affects the exposure of your image. Now, giving the film or sensor the proper exposure is like filling a cup of water: if the water flow is slow (from a small aperture), it takes longer to fill (the exposure time is longer). And obviously, if the flow is faster (we turn the tap on to make the aperture larger), it takes less time to fill the cup (exposure time is shorter). What do the numbers mean? Now, it’s easy to measure exposure time – directly in seconds or fractions of a second. With the aperture, it was realised early on that simply measuring the size of the hole was not enough. That’s because holes of the same size in different lenses of different designs or focal length will look different to the film or sensor. A good way to see this is to pick up a pair of binoculars or SLR lens if you have one handy). Look down one end, and turn over and look down the other: the hole will look different sizes – but it’s the same hole. What has changed is the effective focal length. This shot shows a 24mm lens: the aperture is much larger on the sensor side than from the subject side. Basically we need a measure that relates the size of the hole to the focal length. At the same time the measure needs to show that as the size of the hole becomes smaller, less light flows through (and vice versa: bigger aperture lets in more light). The answer is the f/number: we divide the focal length by the effective diameter of the hole. Why are they like that? Suppose we have a 50mm focal length lens. If we have a big size hole – a big aperture, it might measure 25mm. So 50 divided by 25 gives us 2: the f/number is 2, which we write as f/2. If the aperture is smaller, say, 3mm in diameter, 50 divided by 3 gives us about 16: the f/number reads f/16. As the hole is smaller, less light gets through. So f/16 is said to be a small aperture or small f/number. That’s why you could get confused if you read about an aperture of 16 being smaller than 2: that does not make sense and is, in fact, wrong. A photographic aperture is written as ‘f/number’: it means the focal length divided by the aperture diameter. So f/16 is indeed smaller than f/2. (Microscopists talk about numerical aperture, but that’s a different thing.) f/number sequence The basic f/number sequence is 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8 – it’s a doubling every other step – then it falters a bit: 11, 16, 22, 32, 45 but is essentially still a doubling every other step. Each step to a lower f/number represents a doubling in the area of the aperture, which means a doubling in the amount of li |
What is the name of the recording label founded by the Beatles? | Apple Records | The Beatles Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Apple Records was founded in 1968 as a sub-division of the Beatles' Apple Corps project, which in practice was established as a small group of companies (Apple Retail, Apple Publishing, Apple Films and so on). At this time, the Beatles were contracted to Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Capitol Records in the United States. In a new recording deal, EMI and Capitol agreed to distribute Apple Records until 1975, although EMI retained ownership of the Beatles' recordings. Although they were issued on the Apple label, they carried Parlophone R-prefixed catalogue numbers. Apple Records owns the rights to all of the Beatles' videos and movie clips, however, and to the recordings of other artistes signed to the label. Initially, Apple Records and Apple Publishing signed a number of acts whom the Beatles personally discovered or supported, and in most cases one or more of the Beatles would be involved in the recording sessions. Several notable artistes were signed in the first year including Mary Hopkin, Billy Preston, the Modern Jazz Quartet and The Iveys (who later became Badfinger). In 1969, the Beatles were in need of financial and managerial direction and Lennon was introduced to Allen Klein through Mick Jagger, as Klein was managing The Rolling Stones at the time. Klein went on to manage Apple, by virtue of his three-to-one support from the Beatles, Paul McCartney the only group member opposed to his involvement. (McCartney had suggested his then new father-in-law Lee Eastman for the job.) After Klein took control of Apple, several sub-divisions, including Apple Electronics, were shut down, and some of Apple Records' artistic roster effectively dropped. Thereafter, new signings were not so numerous, and tended to arrive through the individual actions of The (ex-)Beatles, with the formal approval of the others. (e.g., Elephant's Memory were recruited through John Lennon, Ravi Shankar through George Harrison, etc.) Paul McCartney had little input into Apple Records' roster after 1970. During the 1974 proceedings dissolving the Beatles as an entity, a court ruling decreed that eighty percent of all profits from Beatles albums (as a group) would accrue to Apple Records, and five percent would go to each of the four members. Mostly through continued issues of old Beatles records, the label consistently made a profit until 1984, after which it lost money for several years. Standard Apple album and single labels displayed a bright green Granny Smith apple on the A-side, while the flipside displayed the midsection of the apple cut in half. The bright green apple returned for Beatles CDs releases in the 1990s, following initial CD releases on Parlophone . However, on the U.S. issue of the Beatles' Let It Be album, the Granny Smith apple was red. The reason was that in the United States that album, being the soundtrack to the movie of the same name, was, for contractual reasons, being manufactured and distributed by United Artists Records and not Capitol Records, so the red apple was used to mark the difference. In the late 70s, Capitol's parent company EMI later purchased United Artists Records and Capitol gained the American rights to the Let It Be soundtrack album (along with the America rights to another, earlier, UA Beatles movie soundtrack LP, 1964's A Hard Day's Night ). Original U.K. versions of all standard Beatles albums were released worldwide on CD in 1987 and 1988 on the Parlophone label with no Apple logo, even including albums originally released on Apple. Previously, Abbey Road had been issued on CD by the EMI-Odeon label in Japan in the early 1980s. Although this was a legitimate release, it was not authorized by the Beatles, the main EMI company or Apple Corps. As a result, very few were made. It was not until the BBC sessions and the Anthology series that Apple labels started appearing on the CDs. Subsequent releases have been on the familiar Apple label or at least had the Apple logo. In 2006 the label was again newsworthy, as the long-running di |
The largest portion of Yellowstone National Park is located in which state? | Where is Yellowstone National Park? Home | Where is Yellowstone National Park? Where is Yellowstone National Park? Yellowstone is in the Northwest Region of the United States Yellowstone National Park covers 3,472 square miles. Even though the official address is to the state of Wyoming, Yellowstone is actually in three states. The majority of the Park (96%) is in Wyoming. A small section of the Park (3%) to the north and northwest is in Montana. And a small section of the Park (1%) to the west is in Idaho. Getting Around Gateway Towns to Yellowstone National Park Towns nearest Yellowstone’s five entrances include West Yellowstone, Montana ; Jackson Hole, Wyoming ; Cody, Wyoming ; Cooke City, Montana ; Gardiner, Montana ; Livingston, Montana ; and Island Park, Idaho . Each town has its own character and history. These nearby towns offer convenient lodging, camping, activities, and attractions. Yellowstone Seasonal Access All five entrances , facilities, and roads (barring road construction) are open during the summer vacation season. Parts of the national park are closed to wheeled vehicles during the winter (November through early May). Many facilities also have seasonal opening and closing dates . Several times a year, all national parks have free days . Otherwise, entry fees apply. Please check Yellowstone’s regulations before entering the park. Yellowstone is enormous, which is why it’s a good idea to figure out what you want to see and know which entrance is closest to those sights. Choose your park portal by reading Which Entrance to Yellowstone National Park Should I Take? Getting Around Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone’s main roads are the five entrance roads and the Grand Loop road. On the Loop, you’ll find many visitor centers, museums, boardwalks, and scenic side roads. All major roads are accessible by RVs and other large vehicles, but most side roads are not. Yellowstone has no shuttle bus service. To travel around Yellowstone, you’ll need a car, motorcycle, bike, or tour transportation . Yellowstone has eight main visitor areas with visitor centers , lodging, and museums. These include: Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower-Roosevelt, Canyon Village, Fishing Bridge, West Thumb, Grant Village, Old Faithful, and Madison. |
The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution are collectively known as what? | Bill of Rights is finally ratified - Dec 15, 1791 - HISTORY.com Bill of Rights is finally ratified Share this: Bill of Rights is finally ratified Author Bill of Rights is finally ratified URL Publisher A+E Networks Following ratification by the state of Virginia, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, become the law of the land. In September 1789, the first Congress of the United States approved 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The amendments were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to fair legal procedure and to bear arms; and that powers not delegated to the federal government would be reserved for the states and the people. Influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689, the Bill of Rights was also drawn from Virginia’s Declaration of Rights, drafted by George Mason in 1776. Mason, a native Virginian, was a lifelong champion of individual liberties, and in 1787 he attended the Constitutional Convention and criticized the final document for lacking constitutional protection of basic political rights. In the ratification struggle that followed, Mason and other critics agreed to support the Constitution in exchange for the assurance that amendments would be passed immediately. On December 15, 1791, Virginia became the 10th of 14 states to approve 10 of the 12 amendments, thus giving the Bill of Rights the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it legal. Of the two amendments not ratified, the first concerned the population system of representation, while the second prohibited laws varying the payment of congressional members from taking effect until an election intervened. The first of these two amendments was never ratified, while the second was finally ratified more than 200 years later, in 1992. Related Videos |
With what unfortunate name did Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin dub their first born daughter? | Gwyneth Paltrow - Biography - IMDb Gwyneth Paltrow Biography Showing all 128 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (83) | Personal Quotes (31) | Salary (4) Overview (4) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) A tall, wafer thin, delicate beauty, Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted producer and director Bruce Paltrow and Tony award-winning actress Blythe Danner . Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother has German, and some English and Irish, ancestry. When Gwyneth was eleven, the family moved to Massachusetts, where her father began working in summer stock productions in the Berkshires. It was here that she received her early acting training under the tutelage of her parents. She graduated from the all-girls Spence School in New York City and moved to California where she attended the UC Santa Barbara, majoring in Art History. She soon quit, realizing it was not her passion. She made her film debut with a small part in Shout (1991) and for the next five years had featured roles in a mixed bag of film fare that included Flesh and Bone (1993); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); Se7en (1995); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Moonlight and Valentino (1995); and The Pallbearer (1996). It was her performance in the title role of Emma Woodhouse in Emma (1996) that led to her being offered the role of Viola in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she was awarded the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She broke her much publicized engagement to actor Brad Pitt in 1997 citing as the reason the fact that neither she nor Pitt felt that they could pursue their respective careers and at the same time maintain a happy marriage. They remain good friends. Since then, her roles have included The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Shallow Hal (2001), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Iron Man (2008), Two Lovers (2008), and Country Strong (2010). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom McDonough Spouse (1) Attended and graduated from the Spence School in New York City (1990). Voted "Most Stuck-up" in Movieline magazine's 100 Most. [October 1998] (August 15, 1998) Gave $21,000 watch to boyfriend Ben Affleck as a birthday present. Named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1998). Engaged to actor Brad Pitt on December 20, 1996. Confirmed as the next Calvin Klein model (1996). Attended the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) for one year as an Art History major. After spending a time in her early teens in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, she can speak fairly good Spanish. Turned down the role of Emma Peel in the movie The Avengers (1998). Met with James Cameron for the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997), which went to Kate Winslet . A couple sued Gwyneth for an undisclosed amount claiming that the actress injured them during an April 1999 car accident. Spends Thanksgiving every year with Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw at their home in the Hamptons. As part of research for her role as an obese woman in Shallow Hal (2001), wore the 200-pound latex "fat" suit she used for the film to a bar where people refused to make eye contact with her and treated her rudely. She said that this experience made her saddened by the injustice faced by overweight people in society. Has been friends with Maya Rudolph (of Saturday Night Live (1975) fame) since she was seven. Sticks to a macrobiotic diet. Owned a flat in London, England. Older sister of Jake Paltrow ; first cousin of actress Katherine Moennig , whose roles include Jacqueline 'Jake' Pratt on Young Americans (2000) and Shane McCutcheon on The L Word (2004), and Hillary Danner ; niece of Harry Danner . TV commercials and print ads for Spain's department store chain El Corte Inglés' spring line (2002). Did her own singing in the comedy-drama movie Duets (2000). Attended Crossroads High School in Santa Monica, California for one year. (April 13, 2003) Attended the ceremony in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, in wh |
After how many years does Halley's comet appear? | Ten Facts About Halley's Comet Previous Facts - Next Facts Ten Facts About Halley's Comet Every 76 years, Halley's Comet makes an appearance in the night sky. Here are ten facts about Halley's Comet. Fact One Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley (1656 - 1742). Although the comet is named afer him, he didn't actually discover it. Instead, he believed that a comet that he observed in 1682 could be the same comet that had been observed in 1607 and 1531. He believed that comets actually orbit the Sun just like planets and that the comet he had seen would return in about 76 years later if it was to follow the same pattern. It returned in 1758 as he predicted. Although he had died by the time this happened, the comet became known as Halley's Comet. Fact Two Halley's Comet takes 75 to 76 years to complete an orbit around the Sun. Comets travel in elliptical orbits, usually going from a great distance away from the Sun (hundreds of millions of miles) to relatively close (just a few million miles) to it. As the get closer Sun, they begin glowing is the Sun burns off its particles. This makes them visible from Earth, and every 75 to 76 years, as Halley's Comet approaches the Sun, it becomes visible in the night sky, looking a bit like a smudged star. Fact Three The most distant (aphelion) that Halley's Comet gets from the Sun is 35 Astronomical Units. One Astronomical Unit is the approximate distance that Earth is away from the Sun, which is about 150 million kilometres, or 93 millions miles. So 35 Astronomical Units is 35 times Earth's distance from the Sun. This is almost as far away as Pluto is away from the Sun. The closest Halley's Comet gets from the Sun (perihelion) is 0.57 Astronomical Units, so its gets closer to the Sun than Venus, the second closest planet to the Sun. Fact Four Because Halley was able to predict the reappearance of his comet, scientists and researchers have been able to go through ancient astronomical records to find other observations of the comet. The oldest record of a comet which is likely to be Halley's Comet is from 240 BC by the Chinese in a chronicle called Records of the Grand Historian. Fact Five Halley's Comet appeared in the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidery depicting the events of the Norman invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. As the comet seemed to appear from nowhere, people believed it to be an omen. The tapestry shows one of King Harold's attendants telling the King of the appearance of the "comet star" stating that it is a bad omen, possible a sign of God's wrath for King Harold unrightfully claiming the English throne. Fact Six It has sometimes been speculated that Halley's Comet is the Star of Bethlehem that the Wise Men saw around the time of the birth of Jesus. Records of Halley's Comet appearances suggest it was observed in 12 BC, but a record of another possible comet was made in 5 BC. This second object appeared in the same place for seventy days with no movement recorded, as if hovering over somewhere, quite possibly Bethlehem. Fact Seven Halley's Comet is darker than coal, and reflects only 4% of the sunlight it receives. It only shines brightly when it is close enough to the Sun for its dust and vapours to be burnt off. Fact Eight Halley's Comet is shaped like a peanut and is about 15 kilometres (9 miles) long, and 8 kilometres (5 miles) wide and thick. Fact Nine American writer Mark Twain was born on November 30th 1835, two weeks after an appearance of Halley's Comet's. In his biography, he stated that he was born with Halley's Comet, and is likely to die with it. Mark Twain died on April 21st 1910 - the day after Halley's Comet reappeared. Fact Ten Halley's Comet's most recent appearance was in 1986 when it was photographed close-up by Europe's Giotti space craft and Russia's Vega 1 and Vega 2 space crafts. Its next appearance will be in 2061. |
What is the oldest soft drink in America? | Dr Pepper is the Oldest Major Soft Drink in the United States Dr Pepper is the Oldest Major Soft Drink in the United States Daven Hiskey 14 comments Today I found that Dr Pepper is the oldest major soft drink, that is still being produced, in the United States; now over 125 years old. In 1885, in the frontier town of Waco Texas (nicknamed “six-shooter junction”), a pharmacists by the name of Charles Alderton worked at the “Old Corner Drug Store” owned by Wade Morrison. At this drug store, people would come in to buy all sorts of things, including fountain drinks. Charles Alderton noticed how customers loved the smell of the soda fountain with the various fruity smells mingling together, but were starting to get tired of the standard flavors available at that time. Alderton then decided to come up with a soft drink that didn’t taste like any standard flavor of the day; instead he wanted to make a drink that tasted like the mixed fruity smell from the fountain drink area. After experimenting around for a while, using the various fruit drink syrups, he hit upon a taste that he thought was unique and tasted good. With a little tweaking based on feedback from different people, he eventually settled on the formula for Dr Pepper and Morrison and he started selling it at the drug store. Soon, the soda became very popular with the people of Waco, Texas. Eventually, other shops began buying the syrup to sell with their fountain drinks. At this time, because the soda flavor had not yet been named, when people wanted it, they’d say “Shoot me a Waco!” or “Give me Doc Alderton’s drink”. Soon enough though, Morrison, the owner of the drug store that Alderton worked at, named the soda “Dr. Pepper” with the “period” being dropped in the 1950s so it is now just “Dr Pepper”. Interestingly, it is not exactly known why Morrison chose to name the drink as he did. However, the generally accepted tale (and the one cited on the official Dr Pepper site), is that he named it after Dr. Charles Pepper, a friend of his from when he lived in Virginia. Some have said this is because Morrison was in love with Charles Pepper’s daughter (indeed, this is what the official Dr Pepper company says); however, this is unlikely as she was 8 years old when he left Virginia for Texas and he probably had not seen her since. But for whatever reason, he seemed to want to honor Charles Pepper by naming Alderton’s drink after him. Around 1891, Morrison and Alderton were having trouble making enough syrup to meet the demand. Enter Robert Lazenby who owned a ginger ale company in Waco. He partnered with Morrison, after Alderton decided he didn’t want to be part of the business side of things, and they started bottling the drink and selling it in that form. Around this same time, Sam Houston Prim tasted Dr Pepper for the first time and decided to sell it in his bottling plant in Dublin, Texas. You can still buy Dr Pepper made from the original recipe (with sugar, instead of corn syrup) from the Dublin Dr Pepper bottling plant along with a variety of Dr Pepper versions such as Cherry Dr Pepper, Caffeine Free Dr Pepper, and glass bottled Dr Pepper that are not generally available elsewhere. Why Mentos and Diet Coke React Bonus Facts: Dr Pepper is one of the top 3 soft drinks in the United States and the number 1 non-cola. Despite its popularity in Texas early on, Dr Pepper didn’t really take off nationally until the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. The 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair not only made Dr Pepper a national hit, but also was responsible for hamburgers, hot dog buns, and ice cream cones becoming national favorites. John Castles was a partner of Morrison around the time Dr Pepper was invented. Interestingly, in Castles journal, he has a recipe called “D Peppers Pepsin Bitters”. However, Dr Pepper Snapple Group insist this is not the recipe for Dr Pepper (which of course they must, whether it is or isn’t, in order to keep their trade secret rights). In the 1920s and 1930s, researchers thought that most people needed a boost of sugar around 10:30am, 2:30pm, a |
What is the name of the medieval art that has a goal of turning base metals into gold? | What is Alchemy? | Definition of Alchemy Credit: Heiko Barth | Shutterstock Alchemy is an ancient practice shrouded in mystery and secrecy. Its practitioners mainly sought to turn lead into gold, a quest that has captured the imaginations of people for thousands of years. However, the goals of alchemy went far beyond simply creating some golden nuggets. Alchemy was rooted in a complex spiritual worldview in which everything around us contains a sort of universal spirit, and metals were believed not only to be alive but also to grow inside the Earth. When a base, or common, metal such as lead was found, it was thought to simply be a spiritually and physically immature form of higher metals such as gold. To the alchemists, metals were not the unique substances that populate the Periodic Table , but instead the same thing in different stages of development or refinement on their way to spiritual perfection. As James Randi notes in his "Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural," "Beginning about the year 100 and reaching its flower in medieval times, alchemy was an art based partly upon experimentation and partly upon magic. Early investigators of natural processes centered their search on a mythical substance they knew as philosopher's stone, which was supposed to possess many valuable attributes such as the power to heal, to prolong life, and to change base metals into precious metal — such as gold." (This "philosopher's stone" was not a literal stone but instead a wax, liquid, or powder that held magical powers.) History of alchemy Historian Nevill Drury, in his book "Magic and Witchcraft," notes that, "The word alchemy is thought to derive from an Egyptian word, 'chem' or 'qem,' meaning black — a reference to the black alluvial soils bordering the Nile ... We know that the Greek word 'chyma,' meaning to fuse or cast metals, established itself in Arabic as 'al kimia' — from which alchemy is derived." The Arabic role in the spread of alchemy is significant; many books on alchemy were translated into Arabic from the Greek before being introduced to European audiences. Having the ability to turn lead into gold has obvious benefits these days, but ancient alchemists did not seek to change base metals into gold simply out of greed; as Drury notes, "The alchemists did not regard all metals as equally mature or 'perfect.' Gold symbolized the highest development in nature and came to personify human renewal and regeneration. A 'golden' human being was resplendent with spiritual beauty and had triumphed over the lurking power of evil. The basest metal, lead , represented the sinful and unrepentant individual who was readily overcome by the forces of darkness ... If lead and gold both consisted of fire, air, water, and earth, then surely by changing the proportions of the constituent elements, lead could be transformed into gold. Gold was superior to lead because, by its very nature, it contained the perfect balance of all four elements." Alchemy shows up in some odd places. For instance, Isaac Newton , best known for his study of gravity and his laws of motion , also wrote more than a million words of alchemical notes throughout his lifetime, historians have estimated. In March 2016, the Chemical Heritage Foundation bought a 17th-century alchemy manuscript written by Newton . Buried in a private collection for decades, the manuscript detailed how to make "philosophic" mercury, thought to be a step toward making the philosopher's stone — a magical substance thought to have the ability to turn any metal into gold and give eternal life. Curator of rare books at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, James Voelkel said the text was likely copied from an American chemist named George Starkey. The Latin text — whose title translates to "Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers'] Stone by the Antimonial Stellate Regulus of Mars and Luna from the Manuscripts of the American Philosopher" — will be available online for those interested to peruse. Is alchemy real? It is clear why alchemy was doo |
The density, or richness, of which substance is measured by a lactometer? | Lactometer - definition of lactometer by The Free Dictionary Lactometer - definition of lactometer by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lactometer Also found in: Medical , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . lac·tom·e·ter A device used to measure the specific gravity, and therefore the richness, of milk. lactometer (lækˈtɒmɪtə) n (Tools) a hydrometer used to measure the relative density of milk and thus determine its quality. Also called: galactometer lac•tom•e•ter a hydrometer for measuring the specific density of milk to determine its fat content. [1810–20] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
Who is the spokesperson for Kellogs Frosted Flakes? | Lee Marshall Dead: Voice Of Tony The Tiger Dies At 64 | The Huffington Post Lee Marshall Dead: Voice Of Tony The Tiger Dies At 64 05/07/2014 04:31 pm ET | Updated May 09, 2014 11k Tyler McCarthy Trending News Reporter Lee Marshall, one of the men behind the voice of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes mascot Tony the Tiger, has died at age 64. Marshall, who first voiced the character’s signature catchphrase “They’re grrrrrreat!” in 1999, died April 26 at Santa Monica Hospital in California, according to the Los Angeles Times. The voice actor's son told the outlet that the cause of death was esophageal cancer. In 1999 Marshall began lending his voice to the Tony the Tiger character. In 2005 he completely replaced Thurl Ravenscroft, who had voiced the character since 1952 . (Story continues below.) Marshall spent his early career as a radio DJ, news anchor and sports broadcaster. He went on to do voiceover work in cartoons and was often cast as a villain. He gained popularity working as a wrestling ring announcer and conducting ringside interviews with many prominent wrestling stars. “We are saddened by the loss of Lee Marshall. His talent and warmth helped bring Tony the Tiger to life and will always be fondly remembered," a spokesperson for Kellogg told The Huffington Post. There is no official word on who will take over the role of Tony the Tiger. According to a CBS affiliate in Detroit, it'll probably be someone who can emulate the character's distinctive "basso profondo" (deep bass) . “It’s really looking for that tone of voice and keeping that consistency with the voice,” John Sheehy, who works with the Kellogg account via the Leo Burnett ad agency, told CBS. "Certainly there will be minor differences.” Marshall is survived by his wife, son, stepdaughter and granddaughter. Lee Marshall in December 2000. CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the year of Lee Marshall's birth. Also on HuffPost: |
Traditionally, what does a cooper make? | Gary Cooper - Biography - IMDb Gary Cooper Biography Showing all 258 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (127) | Personal Quotes (46) | Salary (75) Overview (5) 6' 3" (1.91 m) Mini Bio (2) Born to Alice Cooper and Charles Cooper (not in film business). Gary attended school at Dunstable school England, Helena Montana and Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa. His first stage experience was during high school and college. Afterwards, he worked as an extra for one year before getting a part in a two reeler by Hans Tissler (an independent producer). Eileen Sedgwick was his first leading lady. He then appeared in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) for United Artists before moving to Paramount. While there he appeared in a small part in Wings (1927), It (1927), and other films. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dave Curbow "Dad was a true Westerner, and I take after him", Gary Cooper told people who wanted to know more about his life before Hollywood. Dad was Charles Henry Cooper, who left his native England at 19, became a lawyer and later a Montana State Supreme Court justice. In 1906, when Gary was 5, his dad bought the Seven-Bar-Nine, a 600-acre ranch that had originally been a land grant to the builders of the railroad through that part of Montana. In 1910, Gary's mother, who had been ill, was advised to take a long sea voyage by her doctor. She went to England and stayed there until the United States entered World War I. Gary and his older brother Arthur stayed with their mother and went to school in England for seven years. Too young to go to war, Gary spent the war years working on his father's ranch. "Getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning in the dead of winter to feed 450 head of cattle and shoveling manure at 40 below ain't romantic", said the man who would take the Western to the top of its genre in High Noon (1952). So well liked was Cooper that he aroused little envy when, in 1939, the U.S. Treasury Department said that he was the nation's top wage earner. That year he earned $482,819. This tall, silent hero was the American ideal for many people of his generation. Ernest Hemingway who lived his novels before he wrote them, was happy to have Gary Cooper play his protagonists in A Farewell to Arms (1932) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dale O'Connor < [email protected]> Spouse (1) ( 15 December 1933 - 13 May 1961) (his death) (1 child) Trade Mark (2) Trivia (127) Hobbies: Fishing, hunting, riding, swimming, and taxidermy. In the early 1930s his doctor told him he had been working too hard. Cooper went to Europe and stayed a lot longer than planned. When he returned, he was told there was now a "new" Gary Cooper--an unknown actor needed a better name for films, so the studio had reversed Gary Cooper's initials and created a name that sounded similar: Cary Grant . Along with Mylène Demongeot , Cooper set in motion the first escalator to be installed in a cinema, at the Rex Theatre in Paris on June 7 1957. Worked as a Yellowstone Park guide for several seasons before becoming an actor. Father-in-law of pianist and composer Byron Janis . Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1966. Pictured on one of four 25¢ US commemorative postage stamps issued 23 March 1990 honoring classic films released in 1939. The stamp featured Cooper as the title character of Beau Geste (1939). The other films honored were Stagecoach (1939), The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939). Upon seeing him, a professor in the theater department at Grinnell College recorded "shows no promise." Father of Maria Cooper Janis . Despite his wholesome screen image, he was an infamous (and privately boastful) womanizer in reality, allegedly having had affairs with numerous and sometimes very famous leading ladies throughout his career. This was in spite of the fact that he had a faithful wife, Sandra, and that many of his lovers were also married. His Oscar-winning roles as Will Kane from High |
How many troy ounces are in a troy pound? | ø Troy Pound - What Is A Troy Pound? ø Troy Pound What is a Troy Pound? When someone speaks of something weighing a pound in modern times, they are most likely referring to an Avoirdupois pound - equivalent to 7000 grains, 16 "avoirdupois" (i.e. ordinary / modern) ounces or 453.59237 grams. However in ancient times, there were several different pounds owing to the difficulty in standardization of weights across wide areas and different kingdoms. Variant pounds evolved in different regions and for different purposes, with inevitable difficulties caused by the discrepancies. The Troy pound was originally one of these pounds and was believed to originate from the Fair of Troyes, in Champaign, France - one of the largest and most important fairs of medieval times. It is a completely different weight to the Avoirdupois pound, which came later. The Troy pound weighs 5760 grains and contains twelve troy ounces. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams (373.2417216 grams in total). In order for trade to work well, a standardized system of weights was important, and the pound of Troyes happened to be the weight chosen by King Henry II (ruler from 1154-1189) as the English standard. This may have been partly happenstance, due perhaps to the fact that Henry II of England had substantial French holdings, being descended from French royal lineage. The Troy pound system was a success and its use persisted for several hundred years. In the pre-decimal coinage system introduced by King Henry II, the Troy pound was divided into Troy ounces, shillings, pennyweights and grains. The Troy pound contained twenty shillings of twelve silver pennies each, or 240 pennyweights (abbreviated to dwts) of silver in total. Each pennyweight contained 24 "grains" of silver; the grain coming around as a standardized weight due to the average weights of actual cereal grains. The silver used at that time was 0.925 purity, and this was created by alloying 222 pennyweights (dwts) of silver with 18 dwts of base metal. Debasement and other tricks In the time of Henry II, the pound of money and the pound of silver were one and the same - there was no separation between the monetary value of the coin and the value of the precious metal it contained. This system was very elegant in that it prevented inflation; with goods staying the same price for generations as monetary value and the value of tangible commodities were tightly bound. However the system was prone to abuses of other kinds, including debasement (the creation of coins of lesser purity in order to make an amount of silver "go further"). With debasement, a King or moneyer could create more coins from the same amount of silver or gold. This practice appears to have been rife with medieval moneyers, some of whom covertly minted coins of low purity - and certain gold coins of the medieval era are noticeably paler in hue than others. Debasement was even employed overtly by certain monarchs, notably Henry VIII. The debasement of Henry VIII caused inflation, was considered oppressive to the poor and was highly unpopular with the British people. Another widespread practice was the shaving or "clipping" of silver coins by those whose hands they passed through, in order to gather extra silver which could then be sold. There was even a sly practice called "sweating", where a large bag of coins was agitated for a period of time and the silver dust collected. The shaving of coins is sometimes considered a form of debasement, as it lowers the amount of precious metal in the coin. It was difficult to prevent, and there was always the excuse that the clipper was suspicious that the coin was counterfeit, and needed to check to make sure the coin was not made of some base metal underneath! The addition of the "long cross" to the design of certain coins such as the silver penny was one of the methods used to limit the removal of silver from the coin's edges - however even this was limited in its effectiveness. Eventually the rise of "milled coinage" and machine-made coins |
The United States launched Operation Desert Shield in 1990 to prevent Iraq from invading what country? | Operation Desert Storm Available from Chadwyck-Healey Washington, D.C., January 17, 2001 – On the morning of August 2, 1990 the mechanized infantry, armor, and tank units of the Iraqi Republican Guard invaded Kuwait and seized control of that country. The invasion triggered a United States response, Operation DESERT SHIELD, to deter any invasion of Kuwait's oil rich neighbor, Saudi Arabia. On August 7, deployment of U.S. forces began. United Nations Security Council Resolutions 660 and 662 condemned Iraq's invasion and annexation and called for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces. On August 20 President Bush signed National Security Directive 45, "U.S. Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait," outlining U.S. objectives - which included the "immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal of all Iraqi forces from Kuwait," and the "restoration of Kuwait's legitimate government to replace the puppet regime installed by Iraq." 1 A U.N. ultimatum, Security Council Resolution 678, followed on November 29, 1990. It stipulated that if Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein did not remove his troops from Kuwait by January 15, 1991 a U.S.-led coalition was authorized to drive them out. Early in the morning of January 17, Baghdad time, the U.S.-led coalition launched air attacks against Iraqi targets. On February 24, coalition ground forces begin their attack. On February 27, Kuwait City was declared liberated, and with allied forces having driven well into Iraq, President Bush and his advisers decided to halt the war. A cease-fire took effect at 8:00 the following morning. 2 The history of the Gulf War has a multitude of components - including internal decisionmaking as well as diplomatic, economic, and conventional military activities. This briefing book primarily focuses on the intelligence, space operations, and Scud-hunting aspects of the war. It also includes a report describing how Desert Storm affected China's view of future warfare, a document that raises questions as to what lessons other nations have drawn from U.S. military engagements in the Middle East and the Balkans. THE DOCUMENTS Document 1 : Defense Intelligence Agency, Scud B Study, August 1974. Secret, 18 pp. A crucial element of the Persian Gulf war was the Iraqi launch of its modified Scud missiles. Iraq originally obtained Scud missiles, along with much of the rest of its military equipment, from their producer--the Soviet Union. This 1970s study provides basic data on various aspects of the Scud B--including, among others, its range, payload, warhead type, and accuracy. It also provides information on the background of the missile and conclusions based on U.S. materiel exploitation of one or more Scuds. 3 Document 2 : George Bush, National Security Directive 45, U.S. Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, August 20, 1990. Secret, 5 pp. This NSD was the first of two key Presidential directives that guided U.S. policy and actions in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The directive articulated U.S. interests in the region and the four principles that would guide U.S. policy during the crisis--including the "immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal of all Iraqi forces from Kuwait" and "a commitment to the security and stability of the Persian Gulf." The directive went on to specify diplomatic, economic, energy, and military measures the U.S. would take to achieve its objectives. Document 3 : DIA Iraq Regional Intelligence Task Force, Iraq Launches Multiple SRBM's Dec 2, December 3, 1990. Secret/Noforn, 1 p. On December 2, 1990, six weeks before the United States and its allies initiated Operation Desert Storm, Iraq test launched three Scud missiles from sites in easter |
The majority of the Mohave Desert is located in which state? | Mojave Desert | desert, United States | Britannica.com Mojave Desert Arizona Mojave Desert, arid region of southeastern California and portions of Nevada , Arizona , and Utah , U.S. It was named for the Mojave people. The Mojave Desert occupies more than 25,000 square miles (65,000 square km) and joins the Sonoran , Great Basin , and Chihuahuan deserts in forming the North American Desert . The Mojave extends from the Sierra Nevada range to the Colorado Plateau and merges with the Great Basin to the north and the Sonoran Desert to the south and southeast. It abuts the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains in the southwest. Its desert climate is characterized by extreme variation in daily temperature, with frequent winter frosts, and an average annual precipitation of 2 to 6 inches (50 to 150 mm). Near the undefined Great Basin–Mojave border lies Death Valley (now a national park), the lowest point in North America . The Mojave has a typical mountain-and-basin topography , and its sparse vegetation includes creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia), burroweed (Isocoma tenuisecta), and occasional cacti (mostly species of Cholla). Sand and gravel basins drain to central salt flats from which borax, potash, and salt are extracted. There are also economically important silver, tungsten, gold, and iron deposits. Salt flats in the Mojave Desert, California. Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images The intermittent Mojave River flows predominantly underground to Soda Lake . The Colorado River and Lake Mead are situated near the eastern edge of the desert. Cattle grazing is common in the northern portion of the Mojave, while the southwestern part, adjacent to Los Angeles , has undergone urban and recreational development. Several U.S. military installations and Joshua Tree National Park are located there. Las Vegas , Nevada, and Lancaster , Victorville , Mojave, and Barstow , California, are the chief towns. Joshua Tree National Park, southern California. Scenics of America/PhotoLink/Getty Images With a slowdown in the airplane industry, unused planes are being stored in the Mojave Desert; 2009 … Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Learn More in these related articles: |
Who gnawed a chunk from Evander Holyfield's ear on June 28, 1997? | Mike Tyson bites ear - Jun 28, 1997 - HISTORY.com Mike Tyson bites ear Publisher A+E Networks On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield’s ear in the third round of their heavyweight rematch. The attack led to his disqualification from the match and suspension from boxing, and was the strangest chapter yet in the champion’s roller-coaster career. Mike Tyson enjoyed a rapid rise to stardom. In 1986 he became the youngest heavyweight champion in history by beating Trevor Berbick at just 19 years old. By 1989, however, Tyson had begun a long downward spiral into sports infamy. His erratic behavior included marrying and divorcing actress Robin Givens (after being accused by her of domestic violence), firing and suing his manager, breaking his hand in an early morning street brawl and two car accidents, one of which was reportedly a suicide attempt. Tyson also fired trainer Kevin Rooney and replaced him with notorious promoter Don King. Unable to keep his focus on boxing, Tyson, once thought unbeatable, lost the heavyweight title after being knocked out by 42-to-1 underdog James “Buster” Douglas in a stunning upset on February 11, 1990. In 1991, Tyson was accused of rape by Desiree Washington, a contestant in a beauty pageant he was judging in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was convicted on February 10, 1992, and served three years and one month in a federal penitentiary. Once released, Tyson regained his heavyweight belts and then planned a bout with Evander Holyfield, a clean-living, religious former heavyweight champion from Georgia who was considered the best heavyweight challenger for Tyson after number-one contender Lennox Lewis, who Tyson refused to schedule. Holyfield had retired in 1994, but the prospect of a huge payday proved tempting, and on November 9, 1996, the underdog Holyfield shocked the boxing world by beating Tyson in an 11th round TKO to win Tyson’s WBA title. Holyfield came into the widely anticipated rematch on this day in 1997 even stronger than he had been for the first fight. In the first round, he hit Tyson hard with body shots while Tyson flailed away, ignoring the science of boxing his trainer had promised he would employ. By the end of the round, the crowd chanted Holyfield’s name, turning on the usual fan favorite Tyson. In the second round, Holyfield head-butted Tyson, opening a cut over Tyson’s right eye. In the third round, Tyson lost what composure he had left. He spit out his mouthpiece, bit off a chunk out of Holyfield’s right ear and then spit it onto the canvas. Though Holyfield was in obvious pain the fight resumed after a brief stoppage, and then Tyson bit Holyfield’s other ear. With 10 seconds left in the third round, he was disqualified. His $30 million purse was withheld while Nevada boxing officials reviewed the fight. Events in Tyson’s life took repeated turns for the worse in the aftermath of the fight, and culminated in his declaring bankruptcy–in part due to $400,000 a year spent on maintaining a flock of pet pigeons–and an arrest for cocaine possession. In 2006, Tyson agreed to join Heidi Fleiss’ legal brothel in Nevada as a prostitute. Related Videos |
Blanket, cross, and buttonhole are all types of what? | Buttonhole vs. Blanket Stitch – Save the Stitches by Nordic Needle The Complete Needlepoint Guide (1873) references the buttonhole and blanket stitch as the same stitch. It was interesting to note that in Carolyn Ambuter’s The Open Canvas (published in 1982) under the Hardanger section she recommends adding an outer buttonhole edge along the top of a finished buttonhole edge. It gives a scalloped look to edge. However, the stitch she shows as the foundation buttonhole edge is actually the blanket stitch because she shows the needle going towards the edge of the fabric. Please note, this book is an excellent resource if you can find a copy in a used book store! Another great find in a used book store is the Good Housekeeping New Complete Book of Needlecraft by Vera P. Guild (published in 1959). The two stitches are shown correctly illustrated and labeled. However, in a section on adding picots to buttonhole stitches, it is the blanket stitch being used. So I tried looking further back and found a reference in the Encyclopedia of Needlework by Therese de Dillmont (published in 1886)! In her book on page 76 she talks about blanket, or button-hole stitch! This classic reference book can be viewed on line in its entirety . If you go to the website and click on Chapter 5 – whitework, you can see the actual reference and photo on line! My copy has the DMC emblem on the inside book covers, so I wondered how she tied in with the company. I found that in the 19th century DMC established strong links with the famous embroiderer. The friendship between Therese and Jean Dollfus-Mieg (of DMC) led her to move close to the company. She founded her own embroidery school in close cooperation with DMC. There are several authors trying to set the record straight. Carol Pedersen’s Hardanger Tips, Tricks and Fix-Its book (0637) has two pages devoted to these stitches, their differences, turning corners, and changing threads. See an article by Marion Scoular on this subject at Heritage Shoppe. There are stitch diagrams here showing the difference. So, after all that, which stitch should you use? If the purpose of the stitch is to reinforce the edge when the fabric is cut away, then it may depend upon your stitching style and the thread count of the fabric. In researching this topic, I came up with some general guidelines. If you are using a finer thread count, say 32 count, you should be able to do a blanket stitch. The stitches are small and close together. On a 25- or 28-count fabric you should be able to do a blanket stitch if you make them tight. If you have a loose stitch you may have better luck with the buttonhole stitch. On a 22-count or larger fabric, you are probably better off with the buttonhole stitch because the stitches just aren’t as close together. HOW TO DO THE STITCH Here is another resource with instruction for both stitches. It comes from a website dealing with US history and this is a reference about these two stitches as they pertain to buttonholes in the 1800’s. Here’s what the article says about the buttonhole stitch. "You can sew the buttonhole stitch in any direction. Hold the thread along the top edge of the material, with the end pointing in the direction you are going to sew. Make a loop, with the top of the loop pointing upward. Inserting the needle through the loop, then into the fabric from the wrong side and then through the large loop left on the right side of the material. Tighten your stitch, keeping the purl on top by see-sawing the thread and using your fingernail. The additional stitches are created by arching the thread over the right side opening of the buttonhole in the direction you are sewing, then looping down and back around in the opposite direction your are sewing, through the loop at the top, then through the material from the wrong side about 1/16th of an inch from the last stitch, through the large loop on the right side and then tightening as before. Continue doing this all the way around the buttonhole until done." I will be honest, before researching this newsletter |
In response to a Soviet blockade, June 26th, 1948, saw the Western Allies begin an airlift to what city? | Soviets blockade West Berlin - Jun 24, 1948 - HISTORY.com Soviets blockade West Berlin Publisher A+E Networks One of the most dramatic standoffs in the history of the Cold War begins as the Soviet Union blocks all road and rail traffic to and from West Berlin. The blockade turned out to be a terrible diplomatic move by the Soviets, while the United States emerged from the confrontation with renewed purpose and confidence. Following World War II, Germany was divided into occupation zones. The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and, eventually, France, were given specific zones to occupy in which they were to accept the surrender of Nazi forces and restore order. The Soviet Union occupied most of eastern Germany, while the other Allied nations occupied western Germany. The German capital of Berlin was similarly divided into four zones of occupation. Almost immediately, differences between the United States and the Soviet Union surfaced. The Soviets sought huge reparations from Germany in the form of money, industrial equipment, and resources. The Russians also made it clear that they desired a neutral and disarmed Germany. The United States saw things in quite a different way. American officials believed that the economic recovery of Western Europe was dependent on a strong, reunified Germany. They also felt that only a rearmed Germany could stand as a bulwark against Soviet expansion into Western Europe. In May 1946, the Americans stopped reparations shipments from their zone to the Soviets. In December, the British and Americans combined their zones; the French joined some months later. The Soviets viewed these actions as a threat and issued more demands for a say in the economic future of Germany. On June 22, 1948, negotiations between the Soviets, Americans, and British broke down. On June 24, Soviet forces blocked the roads and railroad lines into West Berlin. American officials were furious, and some in the administration of President Harry S. Truman argued that the time for diplomacy with the Soviets was over. For a few tense days, the world waited to see whether the United States and Soviet Union would come to blows. In West Berlin, panic began to set in as its population worried about shortages of food, water, and medical aid. The United States response came just two days after the Soviets began their blockade. A massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin was undertaken in what was to become one of the greatest logistical efforts in history. For the Soviets, the escapade quickly became a diplomatic embarrassment. Russia looked like an international bully that was trying to starve men, women, and children into submission. And the successful American airlift merely served to accentuate the technological superiority of the United States over the Soviet Union. On May 12, 1949, the Soviets officially ended the blockade. Related Videos |
Who was is the only two term US President to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents? | Presidential Election Facts - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Presidential Election Facts A+E Networks Introduction With more than two centuries’ worth of U.S. presidential elections, the historical ledger is filled with an array of facts. For example, when Barack Obama was named the 44th president, he was really only the 43rd president because Grover Cleveland is counted twice. And with Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution stating that a citizen has to be at least 35 years old to become president, John F. Kennedy came the closest to that limit by earning election at age 43. Learn about the only bachelor to be elected president, the four candidates to have won the popular vote and lost the election and more. Google The 2000 election was not the first time a candidate won the popular vote but lost the election. It has happened four times in our nation’s history: In 1824 Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but got less than 50 percent of the electoral votes. John Quincy Adams became the next president when he was picked by the House of Representatives. In 1876 Samuel Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election when Rutherford B. Hayes got 185 electoral votes to Tilden’s 184. In 1888 Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the election when Benjamin Harrison got 233 electoral votes to Cleveland’s 168. In 2000 Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election to George Bush. In the most highly contested election in modern history, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount of ballots, giving Bush the state’s 25 electoral votes for a total of 271 to Gore’s 255. Grover Cleveland was elected president (1884) then lost his re-election campaign (1888) and came back again to win the presidency for a second time. (1892) Barack Obama is the nation’s 44rd president but in reality there have only been 43 presidents. Grover Cleveland is counted twice as our 22nd and 24th president because he was elected for two nonconsecutive terms. Only 12 U.S. Presidents have been elected to office for two terms and served those two terms. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office four terms prior to the Twenty-second Amendment. Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution has only three requirements for a president. (1) Must be at least 35 years old, (2) have lived in the United States at least 14 years, and (3) be a natural-born citizen. John Kennedy is the youngest elected U.S. President at 43. Ronald Reagan is the oldest elected U.S. President at 73. (second term) The only President and Vice President to never be elected to the office was Gerald Ford . He became vice president when Spiro Agnew resigned and became president when Nixon resigned. The tallest U.S. President was Abraham Lincoln at 6’4″The shortest U.S. President was James Madison at 5’4″ Percent wise – the 1992 election was the biggest turnout since 1972 with 61.3 percent off the voter age population heading to the polls. James Buchanan is the only bachelor to be elected president. Eight presidents have died in office. William Henry Harrison (pneumonia) Franklin D. Roosevelt (cerebral hemorrhage) John F. Kennedy (assassin) Ronald Reagan is the only divorced man to be elected president. James Monroe received every electoral vote but one in the 1820 election. A New Hampshire delegate wanted George Washington to be the only president elected unanimously. The U.S. Marine band has played at every presidential inauguration since 1801. President John Tyler is believed to be the first to use “Hail to the Chief” as the official Presidential honors. President Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe but took his stepfather’s last name when his mother remarried. He formally changed his name to William Jefferson Clinton when he was 15. Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run for President in 1872. Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major party ticket in 2016. Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress in 1916. John Mercer Langston became the first elected black pol |
Which space probe, launched in 1977, is set to reach the edge of the known solar system and be the first man made object to experience interstellar space? | News | How Do We Know When Voyager Reaches Interstellar Space? News | September 12, 2013 How Do We Know When Voyager Reaches Interstellar Space? Whether and when NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, humankind's most distant object, broke through to interstellar space, the space between stars, has been a thorny issue. For the last year, claims have surfaced every few months that Voyager 1 has "left our solar system." Why has the Voyager team held off from saying the craft reached interstellar space until now? "We have been cautious because we're dealing with one of the most important milestones in the history of exploration," said Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "Only now do we have the data -- and the analysis -- we needed." Basically, the team needed more data on plasma, which is ionized gas, the densest and slowest moving of charged particles in space. (The glow of neon in a storefront sign is an example of plasma.) Plasma is the most important marker that distinguishes whether Voyager 1 is inside the solar bubble, known as the heliosphere, which is inflated by plasma that streams outward from our sun, or in interstellar space and surrounded by material ejected by the explosion of nearby giant stars millions of years ago. Adding to the challenge: they didn't know how they'd be able to detect it. "We looked for the signs predicted by the models that use the best available data, but until now we had no measurements of the plasma from Voyager 1," said Stone. Scientific debates can take years, even decades to settle, especially when more data are needed. It took decades, for instance, for scientists to understand the idea of plate tectonics, the theory that explains the shape of Earth's continents and the structure of its sea floors. First introduced in the 1910s, continental drift and related ideas were controversial for years. A mature theory of plate tectonics didn't emerge until the 1950s and 1960s. Only after scientists gathered data showing that sea floors slowly spread out from mid-ocean ridges did they finally start accepting the theory. Most active geophysicists accepted plate tectonics by the late 1960s, though some never did. Voyager 1 is exploring an even more unfamiliar place than our Earth's sea floors -- a place more than 11 billion miles (17 billion kilometers) away from our sun. It has been sending back so much unexpected data that the science team has been grappling with the question of how to explain all the information. None of the handful of models the Voyager team uses as blueprints have accounted for the observations about the transition between our heliosphere and the interstellar medium in detail. The team has known it might take months, or longer, to understand the data fully and draw their conclusions. "No one has been to interstellar space before, and it's like traveling with guidebooks that are incomplete," said Stone. "Still, uncertainty is part of exploration. We wouldn't go exploring if we knew exactly what we'd find." The two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 and, between them, had visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune by 1989. Voyager 1's plasma instrument, which measures the density, temperature and speed of plasma, stopped working in 1980, right after its last planetary flyby. When Voyager 1 detected the pressure of interstellar space on our heliosphere in 2004, the science team didn't have the instrument that would provide the most direct measurements of plasma. Instead, they focused on the direction of the magnetic field as a proxy for source of the plasma. Since solar plasma carries the magnetic field lines emanating from the sun and interstellar plasma carries interstellar magnetic field lines, the directions of the solar and interstellar magnetic fields were expected to differ. Most models told the Voyager science team to expect an abrupt change in the magnetic field direction as Voyager switched from the solar magnetic field lines inside our solar bubble to those in interstellar space. The models also said to expect th |
What 19th century author wrote the pentalogy of Leatherstocking Tales novels featuring the protagonist Natty Bumppo? | The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative Of 1757 by James Cooper, N. Wyeth |, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® Wilderness & Frontier - Fiction Meet the Author James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 - September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece. Customer Reviews |
What can be an invertebrate animal, a screw-like gear, or a piece of malicious software? | Worms (disambiguation) - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Worms (disambiguation) Wikis Worms (disambiguation): Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . (Redirected to Worm (disambiguation) article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A worm is an elongated soft-bodied invertebrate animal. Worm, WORM or Worms, may also refer to: Contents Worms, Germany , a city in Germany Computing Computer worm , a self-propagating piece of malicious software Worms (series) , a computer game from Team 17 Write Once Read Many , or WORM, a characteristic of data storage media People Dennis Rodman , as his nickname Alfred Worm (1945–2007), Austrian investigative journalist Ole Worm (1588–1655), Danish physician Other Worm (marketing) , a market-research technique The NASA logo (worm) which has been retired from official use since 1992 Worm (comics) , a Marvel Comics character "Worm", a song by the band Ministry Worm, a science fiction novel by John Brosnan Worm, in engineering, a screw-like object that engages with a worm drive Ringworm , a fungal disease of the skin WORM (AM), a radio station (1010 AM) licensed to Savannah, Tennessee , United States WORM-FM , a radio station (101.7 FM) licensed to Savannah, Tennessee WORM, a derogatory remark for White Old Republican Males |
Which US President served between Grover Cleveland's two terms? | Grover Cleveland - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Grover Cleveland A+E Networks Introduction Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), who served as the 22nd and 24th U.S. president, was known as a political reformer. He is the only president to date who served two nonconsecutive terms, and also the only Democratic president to win election during the period of Republican domination of the White House that stretched from Abraham Lincoln’s (1809-65) election in 1860 to the end of William Howard Taft’s (1857-1930) term in 1913. Cleveland worked as a lawyer and then served as mayor of Buffalo, New York, and governor of New York state before assuming the presidency in 1885. His record in the Oval Office was mixed. Not regarded as an original thinker, Cleveland considered himself a watchdog over Congress rather than an initiator. In his second term, he angered many of his original supporters and seemed overwhelmed by the Panic of 1893 and the depression that followed. He declined to run for a third term. Google Early Career Stephen Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey , on March 18, 1837. He was the fifth of nine children of Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-53), a Presbyterian minister, and Anne Neal Cleveland (1806-82). In 1841, the family moved to upstate New York , where Cleveland’s father served several congregations before his death in 1853. Did You Know? Grover Cleveland vetoed twice as many congressional bills as all 21 of the presidents who preceded him combined--414 vetoes in his first term. Cleveland left school following his father’s death and started working in order to help support his family. Unable to afford a college education, he worked as a teacher in a school for the blind in New York City and then as a clerk in a law firm in Buffalo, New York. After clerking for several years, Cleveland passed the state bar examination in 1859. He started his own law firm in 1862. Cleveland did not fight in the American Civil War (1861-65); when the Conscription Act was passed in 1863, he paid a Polish immigrant to serve in his place. Sheriff, Mayor and Governor Cleveland’s first political office was sheriff of Erie County, New York, a position he assumed in 1871. During his two-year term, he carried out the death sentence (by hanging) of three convicted murderers. In 1873, he returned to his law practice. He was persuaded to run for mayor of Buffalo in 1881 as a reformer of a corrupt city government. He won the election and took office in 1882. His reputation as an opponent of machine politics grew so rapidly that he was asked to run as the Democratic candidate for governor of New York. Cleveland became governor in January 1883. He was so opposed to unnecessary government spending that he vetoed eight bills sent up by the legislature in his first two months in office. But while Cleveland was popular with the voters, he made enemies within his own party, particularly the powerful Tammany Hall political machine in New York City. However, he won the respect of New York state assemblyman and future U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) and other reform-minded Republicans. Cleveland was soon regarded as presidential material. First Term in the White House: 1885-89 Cleveland won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1884 in spite of the opposition of Tammany Hall. The 1884 presidential campaign was ugly: Cleveland’s Republican opponent, U.S. Senator James G. Blaine (1830-93) of Maine , was implicated in several financial scandals, while Cleveland was involved in a paternity case in which admitted that he had paid child support in 1874 to a woman who claimed he was the father of her child. In spite of the scandal, Cleveland won the election with the support of the Mugwumps, Republicans who considered Blaine corrupt. Once in office, Cleveland continued the policy of his predecessor, Chester Arthur (1830-86), in basing political appointments on merit rather than party affiliation. He tried to reduce government spending, using the veto more often than any other president up to that point. Cleveland was a noninterventionis |
What Latin phrase, which translates as 'by deed', is taken to mean common in practice, but not established by law? | Appendix:List of Latin phrases (A–E) - Wiktionary Appendix:List of Latin phrases (A–E) Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Warning, this page may be too large for some browsers. If so, the sections can be reviewed individually: Appendix:List of Latin phrases (A–E) This appendix lists direct English translations of Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of Ancient Rome: Contents a bene placito "from one who has been pleased well" Or "at will", "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum ("at pleasure"). abusus non tollit usum "abuse does not preclude proper use" a caelo usque ad centrum "from the sky to the center" Or "from heaven all the way to the center of the earth". In law, can refer to the obsolete cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos maxim of property ownership. a capite ad calcem From top to bottom; all the way through. Equally a pedibus usque ad caput. a contrario "from the opposite" Equivalent to "on the contrary" or "au contraire". An argumentum a contrario is an "argument from the contrary", an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. a Deucalione a fortiori "from the stronger" Loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger reason". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary. a mari usque ad mare "from sea to sea" From Psalm 72:8, "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae" ( KJV : "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth"). National motto of Canada . a pedibus usque ad caput "from feet to head" Completely. Similar to the English expressions "from tip to toe" or "from top to toe". Equally a capite ad calcem. See also ab ovo usque ad mala. a posse ad esse "from being able to being" "From possibility to actuality" or "from being possible to being actual" a posteriori "from the latter" Based on observation (i.e., empirical knowledge ), the reverse of a priori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known after a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something that can be known from empirical experience. a priori "from the former" Presupposed, the reverse of a posteriori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known or postulated before a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something that can be known without empirical experience. In everyday speech, it denotes something occurring or being known before the event. ab absurdo "from the absurd" Said of an argument that seeks to prove a statement's validity by pointing out the absurdity of an opponent's position (cf. appeal to ridicule ) or that an assertion is false because of its absurdity. Not to be confused with a reductio ad absurdum , which is usually a valid logical argument. ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia "a consequence from an abuse to a use is not valid" Inferences regarding something's use from its misuse are invalid. Rights abused are still rights (cf. abusus non tollit usum). ab aeterno "from the eternal" Literally, "from the everlasting" or "from eternity". Thus, "from time immemorial", "since the beginning of time" or "from an infinitely remote time in the past". In theology, often indicates something, such as the universe, that was created outside of time. ab antiquo ab extra "from beyond" A legal term meaning "from without". From external sources, rather than from the self or the mind (ab intra). ab hinc Often rendered abhinc (which in Latin means simply "since" or "ago"). ab imo pectore "from the bottom of my heart" More literally, "from the deepest chest". Attributed to Julius Caesar . Can mean "with deepest affection" or "sincerely". ab inconvenienti "from an inconvenient thing" New Latin for "based on unsuitability", "from inconvenience" or "from hardship". An argumentum ab inconvenienti |
What children’s playground game ends with the chant “we all fall down”? | The Games Children Play – British Playground Nostalgia The Games Children Play – British Playground Nostalgia The following is a guest post. Recently I was talking to my British friend about netball, that wonderful game we British school girls played during PE and in the school breaktime. I still play netball, as I approach 40, and have even found a few teams that play in the Washington, Maryland and Virginia areas. Believe it or not, I’ve also competed in the USA Netball Open Championships in Atlanta in 2013. I find that I do have to explain netball to many of my American counterparts. I more often than not mention that it is similar to basketball, but then there’s the pivot and the three second rule and you can’t run with the ball! So, it got me thinking – what other games did we play in Britain that perhaps American children would not have played? This is my selection – I am sure there are plenty others! Knock down ginger – this is a very naughty prank or game dating back to 19th century England, or possibly the earlier Cornish traditional holiday of Nickanan Night. It involves knocking on the front door (or ringing the doorbell) of a house and then running away before the door can be answered. This prank goes by many names in different countries, so I’m sure it’s played under another name in the USA. The name Knock down Ginger or Knocky Door Ginger, used in Britain, comes from a piece of British doggerel: Ginger, Ginger broke a winder Hit the winda – Crack! The baker came out to give ‘im a clout. And landed on his back. Honestly, now this is thought of anti-social behavior – and I am sure we were right royal pains in the wotsits at the time. I send a thousand apologies to anyone who I did this to in Saltash, Cornwall in the 1980s! British bulldog – we got in to so much trouble playing this at school in the 1980s, that they banned it! It’s a tag-based game and originated in Great Britain. The play area is usually a large hall or large area of a playing field, and it doesn’t matter how many people play – the more the merrier, as long as there is enough space for the players to manoeuvre and enough players to have fun. Most commonly one or two players – though this number may be higher in large spaces – are selected to play the parts of the “bulldogs”. The bulldogs stand in the middle of the play area. All remaining players stand at one end of the area (home). The aim of the game is to run from one end of the field of play to the other, without being caught by the bulldogs. When a player is caught, they become a bulldog themselves. The winner is the last player or players ‘free’. More often than not, coats, jumpers and shirts get ripped, and then you have to go home and explain that to your mum…..! Ring a ring o’ roses – this is a nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game. It first appeared in print in 1881, but it is reported that a version was already being sung to the current tune in the 1790s and similar rhymes are known from across Europe. Urban legend says the song originally described the plague, but folklorists reject this idea. I actually like that idea – that’s what we always believed and it does kind of make sense. Common British versions include: A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! Apparently, the last two lines of the American version reads: Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down. Pin the tail on the donkey – this is a game played by groups of children. It is common at birthday parties and other gatherings. I’ve played it as an adult after a few vodkas, and it still hasn’t lost its appeal! A picture of a donkey with a missing tail is tacked to a wall within easy reach of children. One at a time, each child is blindfolded and handed a paper “tail” with a push pin or thumbtack poked through it. The blindfolded child is then spun around until he or she is disoriented. The child gropes around and tries to pin the tail on the donkey. The player who pins their tail closest to the target, the donkey’s rear, wins. It’s pretty funny to watch! I think the piñata is the popular party game in the USA, and |
June 25, 1876 saw which Lakota Sioux holy man defeat Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Big Horn? | Indians defeat Custer at Little Big Horn - Jun 25, 1876 - HISTORY.com Indians defeat Custer at Little Big Horn Share this: Indians defeat Custer at Little Big Horn Author Indians defeat Custer at Little Big Horn URL Publisher A+E Networks Determined to resist the efforts of the U.S. Army to force them onto reservations, Indians under the leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse wipe out Lieutenant Colonel George Custer and much of his 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Sioux Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse had been successfully resisting American efforts to confine their people to reservations for more than a decade. Although both chiefs wanted nothing more than to be left alone to pursue their traditional ways, the growing tide of white settlers invading their lands inevitably led to violent confrontations. Increasingly, the Sioux and Cheyenne who did try to cooperate with the U.S. government discovered they were rewarded only with broken promises and marginal reservation lands. In 1875, after the U.S. Army blatantly ignored treaty provisions and invaded the sacred Black Hills, many formerly cooperative Sioux and Cheyenne abandoned their reservations to join Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in Montana. They would not return without a fight. Late in 1875, the U.S. Army ordered all the “hostile” Indians in Montana to return to their reservations or risk being attacked. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse ignored the order and sent messengers out to urge other Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe Indians to unite with them to meet the white threat. By the late spring of 1876, more than 10,000 Indians had gathered in a massive camp along a river in southern Montana called the Little Big Horn. “We must stand together or they will kill us separately,” Sitting Bull told them. “These soldiers have come shooting; they want war. All right, we’ll give it to them.” Meanwhile, three columns of U.S. soldiers were converging on the Little Big Horn. On June 17, the first column under the command of General George Crook was badly bloodied by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Crazy Horse. Stunned by the size and ferocity of the Indian attack, Crook was forced to withdraw. Knowing nothing of Crook’s defeat, the two remaining columns commanded by General Alfred Terry and General John Gibbon continued toward the Little Big Horn. On June 22, Terry ordered the 7th Cavalry under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer to scout ahead for Indians. On the morning of this day in 1876, Custer’s scouts told him that a gigantic Indian village lay nearby in the valley of the Little Big Horn River. Custer dismissed the scouts’ claim that the village was extraordinarily large-certainly many thousands of Indians-as exaggerated. Indeed, his main fear was that the Indians would scatter before he could attack. Rather than wait for reinforcements, Custer decided to move forward immediately and stage an unusual mid-day attack. As the 7th Cavalry entered the valley, Custer divided the regiment of about 600 men into four battalions, keeping a force of 215 under his own command. In the vast Indian encampment (historians estimate there were as many as 11,000 Indians), word quickly spread of the approaching soldiers. Too old actually to engage in battle, Sitting Bull rallied his warriors while seeing to the protection of the women and children. The younger Crazy Horse prepared for battle and sped off with a large force of warriors to meet the invaders. As Custer’s divided regiment advanced, the soldiers suddenly found they were under attack by a rapidly growing number of Indians. Gradually, it dawned on Custer that his scouts had not exaggerated the size of the Indian force after all. He immediately dispatched urgent orders in an attempt to regroup his regiment. The other battalions, however, were facing equally massive attacks and were unable to come to his aid. Soon, Custer and his 215 men found themselves cut off and under attack by as many as 3,000 armed braves. Within an hour, they were wiped out to the last man. The remaini |
June 28, 1914 saw which Austrian Archduke assassinated, setting in motion a chain of events which started WWI just a month later? | Mega Essays - Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria Archduke Ferdinand The Assassination of Archduke FerdinandNo other political murder in modern history has had such momentous consequences as the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was the heir to the Habsburg empire, and the first to fall victim to political homicide. Unlike some constitutional monarc... Wordcount: 1193 The Great War The Cause of the Great WarThe Great War spanned just five years yet inflicted severe damage to most of Europe. This war, which resulted in millions of lives lost and dollars spent, was the outcome of two factors. The first, and perhaps the direct cause, was the assassination of the Archduke Franz F... Wordcount: 724 Causes of ww1 The Causes of World War I The murder of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on the 28th of June caused the lead up to World War I. The Archduke heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated in his car during a drive in Sarajevo. The assassination was the work of a terrorist group known ... Wordcount: 1516 Are Nations Ever Justified in Going to War? During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries nations waged wars with other nations for a variety of reasons. Some people believed that their nation was justified in going to war in order to pursue national interests. Others believed that war is only justified if it is fought in order to preserve na... Wordcount: 1161 The Great War Chapter 231. The Great War: World War I to a generation unaware of World War II. Began in August of 1914 when forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire invaded Serbia following the assassination of the Archduke. (#3) Within weeks a bi-country dispute became a world war that encompassed almost all of Eur... Wordcount: 707 Causes of the Great War There were three main causes for the Great War. One of them was if two countries went to war, then most of Europe would be at war as well. As well, the fact that countries were getting selfish with how much land they wanted to call their own. And finally, a student named Gavrilo Princip played a... Wordcount: 390 World Strruggle Comes to Division World Struggle Comes to DivisionIt is thought that this war that is been ongoing for over a year, began with the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand; however, many other reasons led to this war. Some occurring reasons date as far back as the late 1800's. Nationalism, militarism, imperial... Wordcount: 4457 World War I - How valid" Sahil Rattanaphas IB History period 2 January 24, 2004"How valid is it to claim that Europe "stumbled into" a world war in 1914" The late 1800's brought upon a growing trend of Imperialism towards Europe and five of her most powerful nations, Russia, France, England, Austria-Hungary, and Germany. Bu... Wordcount: 1288 To What Extent is it Reasonable to blame Germany for the out Germany's invasion of France via Belgium was the initial act of war that brought about the commencement of war. However, is it fair to say that it was Germany and Germany alone who acted to bring about this first step? I would argue that a series of events led to the German invasion o... Wordcount: 2745 Balkan Nationalism as WWI cause Balkan Nationalism"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind,"- Albert Einstein. Over the course of humanity's march out of the East and into the west, the Balkan Peninsula has been a crossroads of political, cultural, and artistic developments. The Balkans, much like the oth... Wordcount: 1181 What caused World War 1? History EssayWhat caused World War I?What made World War I spark? What where the events leading up to it? Who is responsible? These are some of the questions that people think of when they think about the road to World War I. Most wars have a "trigger" that really starts them off. The main trigger t... Wordcount: 1821 WWI and WWII I am sure that everyone can agree that war is a terrible thing. Even so, wars are very complex and interesting. There are many facets that one can explore about wars. For instance, one is the similarit |
What famous fictional detective, created by Erle Stanley Gardner, had a famous secretary named Della Street? | Erle Stanley Gardner - Biography - IMDb Erle Stanley Gardner Jump to: Overview (2) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (9) | Personal Quotes (3) Overview (2) 11 March 1970 , Temecula, California, USA Mini Bio (1) Erle Stanley Gardner, the prolific pulp fiction writer best known for creating the fictional lawyer Perry Mason; Della Street, Mason's secretary; private detective Paul Drake, Mason's favorite investigator; and Hamilton Burger, the district attorney with the worst won-lost record in the history of fictional jurisprudence, was born in in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1889, the son of a mining engineer. The family soon moved to Portland, Oregon, and later to the Klondike during the Gold Rush. Eventually, the Gardners settled in Oroville, California, a small mining town. Young Earle graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1909, but his college education was cut short when he was expelled from Valparaiso University in Indiana early in his freshman year for fighting. The young Erle led a wild life, as befits a child of the Klondike and mining towns. He was to remain an ardent sportsman and traveler throughout his life. He also spoke fluent Chinese. The wild young Mr. Garnder supported himself as a boxer and as a promoter of illegal wrestling matches. Eventually, fate was to intervene. While working as a typist in a California law office, he became intrigued by the subject and decided to make it his profession. In the first half of the 20th century, lawyers did not attend law school but gained their education via practical experience, i.e., working in a law office. Law school was for those who intended to teach the law or become judges. Without formal instruction, Garnder passed the bar examination and was admitted to the California Bar in 1911, opening his first law office in Merced, California, when he was 21 years old. Initially, business was bad, but his Chinese fluency enabled him to make a living defending Chinese clients, who dubbed him "T'ai chong tze" ("The Big Lawyer"). Gardner moved south to Ventura, where he went into practice with another attorney in 1918. Gardner soon quit practicing law for three years, instead working as a salesman for the Consolidated Sales Co. He married Natalie Frances Talbert in 1921, the year he returned to Ventura and the practice of the law. He was a practicing attorney for the next 12 years. In the early 1920s, Gardner began writing for the pulp fiction magazines under the pseudonym Charles M. Green, the first of many pen names he would use during his career. Gardner wrote strictly for the money, but he had a flair for it, and his mystery short stories were popular and proved highly salable. He soon became a quite successful writer. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Gardner "wrote nearly 100 detective and mystery novels that sold more than 1,000,000 copies each, making him easily the best-selling American writer of his time." Gardner established himself a major contributor to the Black Mask, the most famous of all the pulp magazines. He wrote stories about Gentleman Rogue Lester Leith, Sidney Zoom (The Master of Disguise and the King of Chinatown). After the Great Depression set in, Gardner began writing western stories for a penny a word. A 1931 trip to China gave birth to Major Copely Brane, International Adventurer. That same year, he began using a Dictaphone to dictate his stories to. Gardner had averaged 66,000 typed words a week (10% longer than F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby (1949)). After dictating a story, Gardener's secretary would transcribe the recordings. Perry Mason debuted in 1933 with two stories, The Case of the Velvet Claws and The Case of the Sulky Girl, and proved instantly popular. The first Perry Mason film, The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) was made the next year by Warner Bros.-First National, with Warren William as Perry Mason, ably supported by future Oscar-winner Mary Astor and character actor Allen Jenkins . Williams returned the following year in The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) and The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935), the for |
What moderately famous celebrity, who died on June 25, 2009, called the 2,800 acre Neverland ranch his home until 2006? | "dance2.webdj.co" Michael Jackson HIStory Tour Live In Munich Posted by :admin On : September 29, 2014 0 Tweet Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of “Beat It”, “Billie Jean”, and “Thriller”, were credited with breaking down racial barriers and with transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. The popularity of these videos helped to bring the then-relatively-new television channel MTV to fame. With videos such as “Black or White” and “Scream”, he continued to innovate the medium throughout the 1990s, as well as forging a reputation as a touring solo artist. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop, and rock artists. Jackson‘s 1982 album Thriller is the best-selling album of all time. His other albums, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world’s best-selling. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame as the first and only dancer from pop and rock music. His other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; 26 American Music Awards, more than any other artist, including the “Artist of the Century” and “Artist of the 1980s”; 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career, more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era; and the estimated sale of over 400 million records worldwide. Jackson has won hundreds of awards, making him the most-awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. In what would have been Jackson’s 52nd birthday on August 29, 2010, he became the most downloaded artist of all time in Nokia Music Store. Jackson became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when “Love Never Felt So Good” reached number nine on May 21, 2014. Jackson traveled the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism and in 2000, the Guinness World Records recognized him for supporting 39 charities, more than any other entertainer. Aspects of Jackson’s personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, generated controversy. In the mid-1990s, he was accused of child sexual abuse, but the case was settled out of court for about $25 million and no formal charges were brought. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of further child sexual abuse allegations and several other charges after the jury found him not guilty on all counts. While preparing for his comeback concert series titled This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25, 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physician Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Jackson’s death triggered a global outpouring of grief and a live broadcast of his public memorial service was viewed around the world. 1958–75: Early life and The Jackson 5: The single-storey house has white walls, two windows, a central white door with a black door frame, and a black roof. In front of the house the |
With an atomic number of 80, what element takes its symbol from the Latin hydrargyrum, and was previously used in thermometers? | Mercury | Define Mercury at Dictionary.com mercury noun, plural mercuries. 1. Chemistry. a heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst. Symbol: Hg; atomic weight: 200.59; atomic number: 80; specific gravity: 13.546 at 20°C; freezing point: −38.9°C; boiling point: 357°C. 2. Pharmacology. this metal as used in medicine, in the form of various organic and inorganic compounds, usually for skin infections. 3. (initial capital letter) the ancient Roman god who served as messenger of the gods and was also the god of commerce, thievery, eloquence, and science, identified with the Greek god Hermes . 4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the planet nearest the sun, having a diameter of 3031 miles (4878 km), a mean distance from the sun of 36 million miles (57.9 million km), and a period of revolution of 87.96 days, and having no satellites: the smallest planet in the solar system. 5. a messenger, especially a carrier of news. 6. any plant belonging to the genus Mercurialis, of the spurge family, especially the poisonous, weedy M. perennis of Europe. 7. Good-King-Henry . 8. (initial capital letter) Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. spacecraft, carrying one astronaut, that achieved the first U.S. suborbital and orbital manned spaceflights. Origin of mercury 1300-50; Middle English Mercurie < Medieval Latin, Latin Mercurius, akin to merx goods Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for mercury Expand Contemporary Examples But you must put all fun and games aside by Friday as mercury, squaring Jupiter, readies to enter your sign. Horoscopes: May 29-June 4, 2011 Starsky + Cox May 27, 2011 Historical Examples Maia, in whose honor this month was named, is the mother of mercury, the winged messenger of the gods. The Ultimate Weapon John Wood Campbell British Dictionary definitions for mercury Expand noun (pl) -ries 1. Also called quicksilver, hydrargyrum. a heavy silvery-white toxic liquid metallic element occurring principally in cinnabar: used in thermometers, barometers, mercury-vapour lamps, and dental amalgams. Symbol: Hg; atomic no: 80; atomic wt: 200.59; valency: 1 or 2; relative density: 13.546; melting pt: –38.842°C; boiling pt: 357°C 2. any plant of the euphorbiaceous genus Mercurialis See dog's mercury 3. (archaic) a messenger or courier Word Origin C14: from Latin Mercurius messenger of Jupiter, god of commerce; related to merx merchandise Mercury1 (Roman myth) the messenger of the gods Greek counterpart Hermes Mercury2 noun 1. the second smallest planet and the nearest to the sun. Mean distance from sun: 57.9 million km; period of revolution around sun: 88 days; period of axial rotation: 59 days; diameter and mass: 38 and 5.4 per cent that of earth respectively 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 mercury Expand Mercury "the Roman god Mercury," mid-12c., from Latin Mercurius "Mercury," originally a god of tradesmen and thieves, from merx "merchandise" (see market (n.)); or perhaps [Klein, Tucker] from Etruscan and influenced by merx. Later he was associated with Greek Hermes. The planet closest to the sun so called in classical Latin (late 14c. in English). A hypothetical inhabitant of the planet was a Mercurean (1855) or a Mercurian (1868). For the metallic element, see mercury . n. silver-white fluid metallic element, late 14c., from Medieval Latin mercurius, from Latin Mercurius (see Mercury ). Prepared from cinnabar, it was one of the seven metals (bodies terrestrial) known to the ancients, which were coupled in astrology and alchemy with the seven known heavenly bodies. This one probably so associated for its mobility. The others were Sun/gold, Moon/si |
What future politician starred alongside a chimp named Bonzo in the 1951 movie Bedtime for Bonzo? | Ronald Reagan - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS Actor | Production Manager | Miscellaneous Crew Ronald Reagan is, arguably, the most successful actor in history, having catapulted from a career as a Warner Bros. contract player and television star, into serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild, the governorship of California (1967-1975), and lastly, two terms as President of the United States (1981-1989). Ronald Wilson Reagan was born ... See full bio » Born: Share this page: Related News a list of 42 people created 20 May 2012 a list of 24 people created 24 Aug 2012 a list of 32 people created 20 May 2014 a list of 28 people created 05 Sep 2014 a list of 35 images created 5 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Ronald Reagan's work have you seen? User Polls Bedtime for Bonzo Prof. Peter Boyd (1951) 1965-1966 Death Valley Days (TV Series) Host / Charles Poston / William Burt / ... 1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) Judge Howard R. Stimming 1963 Wagon Train (TV Series) Capt. Paul Winters 1954-1962 General Electric Theater (TV Series) Paul Miller / Frank Foster / Sam Miller / ... 1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) Maj. Will Sinclair 1953-1954 Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) Lt. Paul Random / Steve Davis / Doctor 1953-1954 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) Guest Host / Merle Fisher 1942 Mister Gardenia Jones (Documentary short) John Jones Jr. (aka Gardenia 'Deany' Jones) - The Hat with the Roses (1956) ... (program supervisor: General Electric) - Summer Promise (1956) ... (program supervisor: General Electric) 2006 Poodle Samizdat (Short) (archival footage) General Electric Theater (TV Series) (program supervisor - 8 episodes, 1954 - 1962) (program supervisor for g.e. - 1 episode, 1957) - The Hold-Out (1962) ... (program supervisor: general electric) - Let It Rain (1955) ... (program supervisor) - Amelia (1955) ... (program supervisor) 1957 The Gisele MacKenzie Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.3 (1957) ... (performer: "I've Got a Crush on You", "You're the Top" - uncredited) 1939 Secret Service of the Air (performer: "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited) Hide 1941 Million Dollar Baby (musician: piano, "Die Walkirie" - uncredited) Hide 1981 Reagan's Way: Pathway to the Presidency (TV Movie documentary) (grateful thanks) Hide 2013 America's Book of Secrets (TV Series documentary) Himself 2000 ESPN SportsCentury (TV Series documentary) Himself 1996 Gore Vidal's American Presidency (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself (1996) 1995 Inside the White House (TV Movie documentary) Himself - 1981-1989 1995 Biography (TV Series documentary) Himself 1993 Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself 1992 The Reagan Years (Video documentary short) Himself 1990 Top Cops (TV Series) Himself 1988 Christmas in Washington (TV Special) Himself 1988 America's Tribute to Bob Hope (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1988 Panorama (TV Series documentary) Himself 1988 The Power Game (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1987 Great Performances (TV Series) Himself 1986 Liberty Weekend (TV Special documentary) Himself (as President Ronald Reagan) 1985 Super Bowl XIX (TV Special) Himself - Ceremonial Coin Tosser 1984 1984 Presidential Debates (TV Series) Himself 1984 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary) Himself 1983 To Bear Witness (Documentary short) Himself 1983 Happy Birthday, Bob! (TV Special) Himself 1983 Students and Leaders (TV Series) Himself 1982 Bilder aus Amerika (TV Series documentary) Himself 1982 Let Poland Be Poland (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1981 NBC White Paper (TV Series documentary) Himself 1981 All-Star Inaugural Gala (TV Movie) Himself 1980 1980 Presidential Debates (TV Series) Himself 1980 Weekend World (TV Series) Himself 1967-1980 Firing Line (TV Series) Himself - Guest / Himself - For the Negative 1976-1979 Good Morning America (TV Series) Himself 1975 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series documentary) Himself 1975 Dean's Place (TV Movie) Himself 1966 Meet the Press ( |
What currency was used in the Netherlands until 2002 and in Suriname until 2004? | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Wiki | Everipedia × Want to change something on this page or create your own? Register today, it's fast and free. Kingdom of the Netherlands 15 December 1954 Area • Total42,508 km 2 16,478 sq mi • Water (%)18.41 Population • 2013 estimate17,100,715 ( 61st ) • Density393/km 2 The Kingdom of the Netherlands ( Dutch : Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛiɡ dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə(n)] ; Papiamento : Reino Hulandes), commonly known as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in western Europe and in the Caribbean . The four parts of the kingdom—the Netherlands , Aruba , Curaçao , and Sint Maarten —are constituent countries (landen in Dutch ) and participate on a basis of equality as partners in the kingdom. In practice, however, most of the Kingdom affairs are administered by the Netherlands – which comprises roughly 98% of the Kingdom's land area and population – on behalf of the entire Kingdom. Consequently, the countries of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are dependent on the Netherlands for matters like foreign policy and defence , although they are autonomous to a certain degree with their own parliaments . The vast majority in land area of the constituent country of the Netherlands (as well as the Kingdom) is located in Europe, with the exception of the Caribbean Netherlands : its three special municipalities ( Bonaire , Saba , and Sint Eustatius ) that are located in the Caribbean. The constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten are located in the Caribbean as well. History The Kingdom of the Netherlands finds its origin in the aftermath of Napoleon ’s defeat in 1813. In that year, the Netherlands regained its independence from France, which had annexed its northern neighbor in 1810, as the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands . The great powers of Europe, united against Napoleonic France, had decided in the secret London Protocol to establish a single state in the territories that were previously the Dutch Republic / Batavian Republic / Kingdom of Holland , the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège , awarding rule over this to William, Prince of Orange and Nassau , although the southern territories remained under Prussian rule until Napoleon's return from Elba . In March 1815, amidst the turmoil of the Hundred Days , the Sovereign Prince adopted the style of " King of the Netherlands ". Following Napoleon's second defeat at the Battle of Waterloo , the Vienna Congress supplied international recognition of William's unilateral move. The new King of the Netherlands was also made Grand Duke of Luxembourg , a part of the Kingdom that was, at the same time, a member state of the German Confederation . In 1830, Belgium seceded from the Kingdom, a step that was recognised by the Netherlands only in 1839. At that point, Luxembourg became a fully independent country in a personal union with the Netherlands. Luxembourg also lost more than half of its territory to Belgium. To compensate the German Confederation for that loss, the remainder of the Dutch province of Limburg received the same status that Luxembourg had enjoyed before, as a Dutch province that at the same time formed a Duchy of the German Confederation. That status was reversed when the German Confederation ceased to exist in 1867; and, at that point, Limburg reverted to its status as an ordinary Dutch province. The origin of the administrative reform of 1954 was the 1931 Westminster Statute and the 1941 Atlantic Charter (stating the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live, and the desire for a permanent system of general security), which was signed by the Netherlands on 1 January 1942. Changes were proposed in the 7 December 1942 radio speech by Queen Wilhelmina . In this speech, the Queen, on behalf of the Dutch government in exile in London, expressed a desire to review the relations between the Netherlands and its colonies after the end of the war. After liberation, the government would call a confere |
Mountainous Sherpas and bad-assed Ghurkas are native to which country? | Gurkhas : Nepali Warriors - Himalayan Imports / BirGorkha Khukuri (Nepal) THERE ARE MANY IMAGES ON THIS PAGE - PLEASE WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD The first Gurkhas In the Nepal war of 1812 the British sent a force of 30,000 against 12,000 Gorkhas (in reality at this time there was no such thing as a Gurkha -- they were called Gorkhalis) thinking in their usual arrogance they would take Nepal by storm. Just the opposite proved to be true. The Gorkhas fought the British to a standstill. For example, during extremely bitter fighting while defending the hill fortress of Kalunga the Gorkhas lost 520 out of 600 defenders but they fought so bravely and so well and the losses they inflicted on the British were so staggering it inspired the British to erect a stone battle monument at Kalunga inscribed with the words: THEY FOUGHT IN THEIR CONFLICT LIKE MEN AND, IN THE INTERVALS OF ACTUAL CONFLICT, SHOWED US A LIBERAL COURTESY. But, it was a two way street. In another incident British Lieutenant Frederick Young leading a party of irregulars was surprised by a force of Gorkhas. The irregulars upon seeing the khukuri yielding Gorkha force ran away leaving the British Officers to face the Gorkhas alone. There was little battle here since the Gorkha force was so superior but the fact that the British Officers had remained to try to hold their ground and had not fled greatly impressed the Gorkhas. They asked Young and his subordinates why they had not also ran away and according to legend Young replied, "I have not come so far to run away. I came to stay." And stay he did. For about a year the Gorkhas held Young captive but during this year the Gorkhas developed a sincere and deep respect for Young and the British fighting spirit which much resembled their own. And, indeed, it was Young himself who was able to recruit the first Gorkhas to serve under the British flag -- 3,000 Gorkhas divided into four battalions. Young went on to serve as the commander of the Sirmoor Battalion of Gurkhas for 28 years and, amazingly, was able to report his battalion service ready after only six months. These were the first Gorkhas, fighting men from the mountain kingdom of Nepal -- Rai, Magar, Limbu, Gurung and Sunwar tribesmen. Small of stature, large of heart, accustomed to hardship, good natured with a keen sense of humor, loyal to death, more disciplined than any fighting force in the world, brave and capable, and absolutely without fear. The same can be said for every Gorkha to come down the line since those first Gorkhas and for every Gorkha in service today. BILL MARTINO 2/17/99 Gurkhas and Kukris Probably the most renowned fighting knife in the world is the kukri, the wickedly curved knife of the Gurkhas of Nepal. Wherever these British-trained mountain men have gone into battle, their kukris have carved a wide swath among the enemy. Some years ago, when I worked in Malaysia, I went on an occasional patrol with the famed British Tracker-Killer Teams in Malaya and the Borneo States. The mission of these skilled jungle experts was to move into the jungle and keep pressure on enemy guerrillas, eventually tracking them to their hideouts and destroying them. The small, mobile groups, usually no more than a dozen men, were composed of Gurkhas with their tracker and killer dogs, British NCOs and Iban headhunters from Borneo. The Ibans and Gurkhas had much in common. They loved knives. During rest periods in the jungle they would unsheathe their blades and gently test the edge with their thumb, knowing all the time, of course, just how sharp they were. Whenever action seemed imminent, even though they were armed with the small Sterling gun, they would draw their kukris. A perfect example of this reliance on knives was demonstrated one morning. Nearing a small native village that reportedly harbored guerrillas, two Gurkhas- a scout and his safety man-moved with the grace and elegance of ballet dancers from bush to tree, ever nearer to a lone hut in the c |
Which team bats first in a baseball game? The home team, or the visitors? | Who hits first, home or away? Who hits first, home or away? Home team at bat Anonymous asked:Is home at bat first or is away? Rick answered: Thank you for your question. Visitors always bat first, home team last. Yours in baseball, Comments for Who hits first, home or away? Average Rating by: Rick, theoleballgame.com Thank you for your comment. I have never been able to locate in the rule book where the home team has the option to bat first if they wish. It may be there somewhere; but as you say, it is a bad idea. Very big advantage to have last bats. Yours in baseball, |
"Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Pipe" might be an example of winning what Parker Brothers game? | No, it was Colonel Mustard with the Lead Pipe in the Conservatory! « pleasureinlearning by Pat Riley Thanks to Doug Savage for sharing so generously! More laughs at www.savagechickens.com If you are not familiar with the Parker Brothers board game called CLUE, it is a game where winning involves figuring out which suspect committed the murder, what weapon they used, and in what room the murder took place. In the classic version of the game, there are six suspects (Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Professor Plum). There are also six weapons (knife, rope, lead pipe, candlestick, revolver, and wrench) and nine rooms (hall, lounge, dining room, kitchen, ballroom, conservatory, billiard room, library, and study). At the beginning of the game, one suspect, one weapon, and one room are randomly (and secretly) removed from the deck and “hidden” during the game. The game involves determining which three items are “hidden” by trying to find out the rest of the cards in play. Assuming that there is a full game (six players), each player will be dealt three of the remaining cards. Depending on what cards you are dealt, you may have an easier or harder time winning the game. It all depends on what you are given and how many possible correct answers are left. If you use all of the cards (6 suspects, 6 weapons, and 9 rooms) and the understanding that you will have one of each in the answer, you multiply these numbers together to determine the number of possible combinations of suspect/weapon/room that could be a possible answer. This would be 6*6*9 = 324 possible options. I like to use this example in my Statistics class when we are covering the different counting techniques. Quite often “book” problems on this topic are boooooring! However, many students are familiar with this game and have fond memories of it…..at the very least it is a more happy example. Karen’s much-played 1963 vintage game When I tell them that I am going to give them a strategy to make it a little easier to win the game, their interest is piqued. They are now ready to learn something that they can take with them of value for the next time they play the game. I expand on the original problem and then explain how they can analyze their hand. Once you know what you have in your hand, you can eliminate some of these options. For example, if you are dealt the “knife” card, you can eliminate all of the 324 options which use the knife as the weapon. If you are given one suspect, one weapon, and one room card, then that leaves 5 suspects, 5 weapons, and 8 rooms that you do not know and can be used to make the correct answer. This leaves you with 5*5*8 = 200 possible options. Is this a good hand or not? The answer to that can be determined by listing all of the possible sets of cards that you can be dealt to begin a game. Without listing all of the options here, we will just go straight to the “best” starting hand and the “worst” starting hand. The best hand you could be dealt is either getting three suspect cards (or three weapon cards). That will leave you with three more suspect cards (or three other weapon cards), all six weapon cards (or all six suspect cards), and all nine rooms. This gives you 3*6*9 = 162 possible options….38 fewer than the 200 from the earlier example. The worst hand you could be dealt is three room cards. This would leave you with all six suspect and weapon cards that you don’t know as well as six of the rooms still to figure out. That means there are still 6*6*6 = 216 options to have to figure out. How does this help a player once they already have their cards? Well, I jokingly tell them that if they get three room cards to fake a violent sneeze which causes them to toss their cards up and expose them……necessitating a re-deal of the cards and hopefully a better starting hand. Good luck sleuthing! –Pat ***** pleasureteam notes: Clue has been used in a number of different educational settings. You might want to visit http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/nsf/clue/ to see how it has be |
What city serves as the Prime Meridian, 0 degrees for longitude calculations? | Prime Meridian of the World's exact location of 0 degrees longitude is out by 100m | Daily Mail Online How the Meridian is in the WRONG place: Exact location of 0 degrees longitude is out by 100m (putting it in Greenwich Park by a bin) Original location of the 'Prime Meridian of the World' was agreed in 1884 But improvements in GPS tech show it to be 328ft (100 metres) to the east This means the line cuts across a footpath in Greenwich Park near a bin However, the plane used to measure Greenwich Mean Time has remained 'essentially unchanged' so watches do not need to be reset |
The world's largest public corporation by revenue, what company had its first location opened in Rogers, Arkansas on July 2, 1962? | Walmart | Walmart Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Main article: History of Walmart Sam Walton , a businessman from Arkansas, began his retail career when he started work on June 3, 1940, at a J. C. Penney store in Des Moines, Iowa where he remained for 18 months. In 1945, he met Butler Brothers , a regional retailer that owned a chain of variety stores called Ben Franklin and that offered him one in Newport, Arkansas . [5] Walton was extremely successful in running the store in Newport, far exceeding expectations. [6] However, when the lease came up for renewal, Walton could neither come to agreement on the existing store's lease renewal nor find a new location in Newport. Instead, he opened a new Ben Franklin franchise in Bentonville, Arkansas , but called it "Walton's Five and Dime." There, he achieved higher sales volume by marking up slightly less than most competitors. [7] On July 2, 1962, Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City store located at 719 Walnut Ave. in Rogers, Arkansas . The building is now occupied by a hardware store and an antique mall. Within five years, the company expanded to 24 stores across Arkansas and reached $12.6 million in sales. [8] In 1968, it opened its first stores outside Arkansas, in Sikeston, Missouri and Claremore, Oklahoma . [9] Incorporation and growth Walmart's first logo as Wal Mart used from 1962-1968 and at Mexico from 1958-1964. Wal-Mart logo used from 1964-1981. Wal-Mart/Wal*Mart/Walmart's former logo (1981-2008 in the US, 1994-2008 in Canada, 1990-2014 in Chile, 1993-2008 in Brazil and 1992-2009 in Mexico), though it is still seen on many American locations, though a majority of Canadian locations have this logo instead of the 1994-2001 logo with a hyphen. Walmart logo used from 2008-2042. The company was incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. on October 31, 1969. In 1970, it opened its home office and first distribution center in Bentonville, Arkansas . It had 38 stores operating with 1,500 employees and sales of $44.2 million. It began trading stock as a publicly held company on October 1, 1970, and was soon listed on the New York Stock Exchange . The first stock split occurred in May 1971 at a market price of $47. By this time, Wal-Mart was operating in five states: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma; it entered Tennessee in 1973 and Kentucky and Mississippi in 1974. As it moved into Texas in 1975, there were 125 stores with 7,500 employees and total sales of $340.3 million. [9] Wal-Mart opened its first Texas store in Mount Pleasant on November 11, 1975. [10] In the 1980s, Walmart continued to grow rapidly, and by its 25th anniversary in 1987 there were 1,198 stores with sales of $15.9 billion and 200,000 associates. [9] This year also marked the completion of the company's satellite network, a $24 million investment linking all operating units of the company with its Bentonville office via two-way voice and data transmission and one-way video communication. At the time, it was the largest private satellite network, allowing the corporate office to track inventory and sales and to instantly communicate to stores. [11] In 1988, Sam Walton stepped down as CEO and was replaced by David Glass . [12] Walton remained as Chairman of the Board , and the company also rearranged other people in senior positions. File:InsideWalmartWestPlains.JPG In 1988, the first Walmart Supercenter opened in Washington, Missouri . [13] Thanks to its superstores, it surpassed Toys "R" Us in toy sales in the late 1990s. [14] The company also opened overseas stores, entering South America in 1995 with stores in Argentina and Brazil; and Europe in 1999, buying Asda in the UK for $10 billion. [15] In 1998, Walmart introduced the " Neighborhood Market " concept with three stores in Arkansas . [16] By 2005, estimates indicate that the company controlled about 20% of the retail grocery and consumables business. [17] In 2000, H. Lee Scott became President and CEO, and Walmart's sales increased to $165 billion. [18] In 2002, it was listed for the first time as America's largest corpor |
What can be a power source, an organized group of artillery pieces, and contact with another in a manner likely to cause bodily harm? | battery - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus battery (military machine) group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place Synonyms: btry. [abbreviation]. Topic: military machine. Type of: artillery unit (electrical device) a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series Synonyms: electric battery, btry. [abbreviation]. Type of: electrical device (collection) a collection of related things intended for use together Type of: collection (team) a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher Type of: team. Part of: baseball team (stamp mill) a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores Synonyms: stamp battery. Type of: stamp mill (fire) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling, btry. [abbreviation]. Type of: fire (law) an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact Synonyms: assault and battery, btry. [abbreviation]. Topic: law. Type of: assault A battery |
Lead by total bad-ass Teddy Roosevelt, the Rough Rider charge up Kettle and San Juan hills happened on July 1, 1898 in what country? | Buffalo Soldiers at San Juan Hill Buffalo Soldiers at San Juan Hill by Frank N. Schubert The following article derives from a paper the author delivered at the 1998 Conference of Army Historians in Bethesda, Maryland. Finding the middle, where the truth sometimes rests, requires you to know the edges. When it comes to responsibility for the victory of the United States Army on San Juan Heights, Cuba, on 1 July 1898, the edges are easy to find. On one side, there is the Teddy-centric view, first and most clearly expressed in the writings of Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry Regiment�the legendary Rough Riders. Roosevelt�s memoir of Cuba so emphasized his own role that Mr. Dooley, the barroom pundit created by humorist Peter Finley Dunne, said the book should have been called "Alone in Cuba." Roosevelt augmented his campaign of self-promotion by carrying along his personal publicist. Richard Harding Davis� dispatches from the front, picked up by many newspapers and magazines, spread the word of TR�s heroics. They also followed a time-honored tradition. George Custer had taken a reporter on the 1874 expedition that discovered gold in the Black Hills, and Nelson Miles had had one along to record his exploits against the tribes of the southern plains.1 Now Davis, of the New York Herald, did the same�essentially providing TR with PR.2 The view that Teddy Roosevelt dominated the battle at San Juan Heights still has adherents. I saw first-hand evidence last February, when I made a presentation for African-American History Month at Oyster Bay, New York, the great man�s home. The draft press release announced that I would be talking about Medal of Honor heroes among Buffalo Soldiers, the black regulars who had served on the frontier and who also fought in Cuba. The notice went on to assert that these soldiers had "assisted" TR in achieving victory at San Juan Hill. Clearly the text implied that the more than 2,000 black troopers dodging bullets and pushing their way resolutely forward in the Cuban sun were supporting players. TR still got top billing. Lately, a competing view has emerged to challenge Teddy-centric claims. This new assertion puts the Buffalo Soldiers at the center of the Cuban fighting, relegating Roosevelt to a supporting role. Most recently this view was stated by Edward Van Zile Scott in his 1996 book, The Unwept. According to Scott, "in the Spanish-American War of 1898, veteran black troops . . . were more responsible than any other group for the United States� victory."3 The new interpretation replaces one extreme position, represented by the emphasis on TR, with another, focusing on the contributions of African-American soldiers. These competing viewpoints represent the edges but don�t help us understand what happened on the battlefield. For that, we have to look at the order of battle, read the reports of the commanders, and follow the movements of all units on maps of the campaign. The record shows that about 15,000 American troops of Maj. Gen. William R. Shafter�s Fifth Army Corps participated in the battles on the high ground near Santiago, Cuba, on 1 July 1898. About 13,000 of them were white; 2,000 or so were black. Of the twenty-six regiments in this force, three were volunteer organizations; the vast majority were regulars. More than 200 soldiers were killed in action, and nearly 30 of those who fell were from the four black Regular Army regiments, the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry.4 There were two major battles that day, one at El Caney and one on San Juan Heights. Both objectives were east of the city, with El Caney the more northerly of the two. Brig. Gen. Henry W. Lawton commanded his own 2d Division and the Independent Brigade, a force of about 6,500, which took El Caney. Lawton�s troops included more than 500 men of the black 25th Infantry. This regiment was in the thick of the four-hour fight, and one of its members, Pvt. Thomas Butler of Baltimore, was among the first to enter th |
Native mostly to Mexico, what is the name of the blue cactus used to make Tequila? | In Search of the Blue Agave: Making your own Tequila Making your own tequila Every month I get two or three emails or requests on the forum for advice on how to make tequila, usually from someone who wants to grow a few blue agave around the house and make their own alcohol in their basement or garage. Every month I try to explain to these writers the basics of tequila production, the nature of the denomination of origin and some elements about spirit production. Here are all those questions answered on a single page. First, you can make your own tequila, but there are three essential requirements you must meet: Your blue agave is grown in one of the five states of Mexico proscribed by Mexican law. Your operation is located in one of those five states. You have all the approvals and certificates from the Tequila Regulatory Council and have passed all their inspections. Since tequila is a Mexican product, nothing made outside the designated areas can be legally called tequila in any country that is either a member of the World Trade Organization, NAFTA, or has signed any of the other international trade agreements. If you don't meet these three requirements, you cannot make tequila. Period. That has not stopped companies from producing blue agave spirits, however. They cannot be called tequila or even use any name that suggests tequila or the Mexican government will appeal to the federal government in your country and start legal action against you (as J. B. Waggoner found out with his Tequemila agave spirit). Blue agave spirits or agave elixirs made outside Mexico - or even made within Mexico but simply not labelled as tequila - are available on the market today. You cannot call the product mezcal, either, because it is also protected by a similar denomination of origin. The other consideration is that making any distilled spirit may be subject to stringent federal laws, and require both local registration and approval. While making beer and wine at home may be legal and unlicensed, generally making distilled spirits isn't. Governments collect taxes on distilled spirits and take a dim view of anyone who makes spirits without paying those taxes. Typically half the cost of a bottle of spirits is taxes, so it's a big source of governmental revenue. A licence is required in most countries - Canada and the USA in particular - to distill alcohol, so the government can be sure to collect those taxes. That doesn't mean you can't do it, but that you must comply with your national regulations to do so. Another issue is that distillation requires the proper equipment, which can prove rather expensive to the home distiller. And even with that equipment, it can still be dangerous. Alcohol is very volatile and flammable. You have to exercise caution and skill when distilling. Again, doesn't mean you can't do it with inferior or inexpensive equipment, but your results will only be as good as the tools you used to make them. The initial investment in good equipment often deters 'craft' distillers. Unlike many spirits where you can work from beer, sugar or molasses, tequila has a more involved process because the raw materials are not ready to use right from the fields. You have to figure out a way to cook or roast the agave heads in order to turn the starches into fermentable sugars. A home oven will only it one or perhaps two split agave heads at best, and you will have to cook them for at least 24 hours, tying up your oven all that time. You could, of course, build a larger oven, or even buy a commercial oven to cook more agave at once. But again the cost will deter most individuals. And even if you do all this, are you sophisticated enough to know how and when to separate the heads and tails from the corazon of the distillate? That's a skill that takes years to acquire. A final concern is the time it takes to produce tequila. The blue agave takes eight to ten years |
Hall-of-fame boxer Mike Tyson was disqualified from his June 27, 1997 fight against what World Heavyweight Champion, when Tyson bit off a portion of his ear? | Mike Tyson - boxing Topics - ESPN Personal Mike Tyson is a retired boxer and a former WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight champion. In his 58-fight career, Tyson won 50 of those matches, 44 of them by KO. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011. However, Tyson's career and life were not without controversy. The boxer served three years in prison in the 1990s after being found guilty of rape and returned to jail for a shorter sentence on assault charges in 1999. He also raised eyebrows in the ring -- perhaps his most famous fight involved Tyson biting the ear of opponent Evander Holyfield so severely that a piece of it detached. Since his retirement, Tyson has struggled financially but, in recent years, has staged a comeback in pop culture, thanks to popular video games and cameos in movies and television. Michael Gerard Tyson was born June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, to Lorna Tyson and Jimmy Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick left the family when Tyson was 2, leaving his mother as the sole caregiver for him and his two siblings. The family struggled financially and eventually moved to Brownsville, Brooklyn, a high-crime area of the city. Tyson was bullied as a child, and he joined a gang -- the Jolly Stompers -- to protect himself and join in the popular street-fighting of the neighborhood. At 11, Tyson was robbing convenience stores while other gang members held the clerks at gunpoint. By his 13th birthday, Tyson had been arrested more than 30 times over his petty criminal activities. Due to his bad behavior, Tyson was sent to the Tryon School for Boys, a reform school upstate. Tyson's counselor at the school was Bob Stewart, an amateur boxing champion. In exchange for Tyson's promise of good behavior and schoolwork, Stewart agreed to teach the boy to box. His schoolwork improved exponentially, and he exceled at the sport, often sneaking out of bed to practice after curfew. In 1979, Stewart introduced Tyson to Cus D'Amato, a boxing coach who owned a gym in Catskill, N.Y. Tyson and D'Amato became extremely close as he coached the young boxer and, after Tyson was paroled from Tryon in 1980, D'Amato became his legal guardian. Tyson lived and worked with D'Amato on his boxing while attending Catskill High School. But two years later, Tyson was expelled from the school. That same year, his mother had died of cancer, before Tyson ever really had a chance to get to know her, he said later. He worked with private tutors after being expelled while he kept working on his boxing, hoping to qualify for the 1984 Olympic trials. He competed in the 1981 and 1982 Junior Olympic Games, winning the gold medal twice -- and winning every bout by a knockout. Though Tyson failed to make the 1984 Olympic team, D'Amato decided that it was time for him to turn professional, at only 18 years old. Mike Tyson made his professional debut on March 6, 1985, in a fight against Hector Mercedes in Albany, N.Y. The 18-year-old boxer knocked out Mercedes in just one round. Later that year, though, Tyson was rocked by the death of D'Amato, who died of pneumonia. His training was taken over by Kevin Rooney, D'Amato's assistant, and he continued boxing less than two weeks after D'Amato's death. His next fight -- yet another knockout, his 13th was dedicated to D'Amato's memory. By the time he was 20, Tyson had a 22-0 record, 21 of those fights won by KO. A year after his mentor died, in 1986, Tyson was given the chance they both had worked for: his first championship fight, against Trevor Berbick. In just the second round, Tyson knocked out Berbick and won the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship. He also became the youngest heavyweight champion in history, at just 20 years and four months. Though Tyson continued to win -- defending his title against James Smith in 1987 -- and added the World Boxing Association title to his resume. When he won the International Boxing Federation heavyweight title on Aug. 1 of that year, he became the first heavyweight boxer to unite the three titles. In 1988, Tyson still had not lost a match, th |
What liquor, the primary ingredient in the original Martini and the Singapore Sling, gets its flavor from the juniper berry? | 10 Things You Didn't Know About Gin - Food Republic Exclusive: Simon Ford Reveals His Secret Gin Flavor Map 2. There are more classic cocktails made with gin than with any other spirit Negroni , Ramos Gin Fizz , Martinez , Gin Rickey , Red Snapper , Tom Collins, White Lady, Hanky Panky, Clover Club, Alexander, French 75, Gimlet, Vesper, Singapore Sling, Silver Bronx, Pegu Club, Bee’s Knees, Southside. And that is just scratching the surface! 3. Holland made gin first Gin is England’s national spirit and there are few things more English than a refreshing gin & tonic. Most of the most famous gins you see around the world hail from the UK, so it is forgivable to think that the spirit first came from here. The English actually discovered gin when they were fighting the Thirty Years’ War in the 17th century in Holland and saw Dutch soldiers drinking Jenever to boost morale before heading into battle. The term “Dutch Courage” was born, and the English brought the idea of making and drinking gin back with them. It would take another 150 years before they would have their own version. 4. London dry gin is not always from London Gin does not have the same geographical restrictions as spirits such as cognac, scotch or tequila. Only a tiny handful of London dry gins are actually made in the city. There are, however, 13 gins that have a “geographical indication.” The most famous of these is Plymouth gin, which has been made in Plymouth, England since 1793. 5. One man deserves recognition Desmond Payne is currently the master distiller at Beefeater and has been there for more than 17 years. He formerly held the same position at Plymouth, giving him more experience making fine gin than anyone else. He also created Beefeater 24 , which incorporates tea into the distillation process and is a great ingredient for punches. 6. A martini means gin A martini consists of gin, dry vermouth and optional bitters . When the golden age of the martini was in full swing, most people in cocktail drinking nations had not yet tried vodka. During the era of the three-martini lunch, Smirnoff released a very clever campaign, “Vodka leaves you breathless,” that combined with the cool of James Bond to help vodka hijack gin’s place in the iconic drink. 7. Gin can be used for medicinal purposes In 1269, the first major mention of juniper-based health-related tonics appeared in a Dutch publication. Ever since, gin has had a history of being used “for medicinal purposes.” The Royal Navy mixed gin with lime cordial to stop scurvy, and angostura settled the stomach at sea. Tonic water with quinine was anti-malarial, giving them a great excuse to drink more gin and tonics. 8. Gin is flavored vodka The most usual production method for gin is to distill botanicals, such as juniper, coriander, citrus peel, cinnamon, almond or liquorice, with neutral grain alcohol. Making gin is like flavoring vodka, except that botanicals are always natural. A skilled gin distiller knows how to balance the botanical flavors to make a quality product. 9. The Philippines drinks the most gin The global sale of the spirit is nearly 60 million cases, and almost half of this is consumed in the Philippines. The country drinks over 22 million cases of Ginebra San Miguel, and while this gin accounts for 43% of the gin market, most people outside the Philippines have never heard of it. Other big gin drinking nations are Spain — where gin and tonics are popular — the U.S and, of course, the UK. 10. Saying you don’t like gin is like saying you don’t like sauce All gin uses juniper as its main ingredient. After that, however, there are very few limits to the hundreds of ingredients a distillery can use. Some gins have as few as three or four botanical flavors, while the Scottish gin Botanist has 31! The flavors in gin range from cucumber and rose (Hendricks) to lavender (Aviation) to lemongrass and black pepper (Bombay Sapphire East). No two gins are alike, making the spirit very diverse in flavor and exciting for the budding bartender. Visit a gin distillery and learn more: In the U.S – Visit t |
Double Dutch is a variation of what children's game? | 12 Fun Jump Rope Games for Kids - BuyJumpRopes.net 12 Fun Jump Rope Games for Kids Weekly Deal We are clearing overstock on the following item. Use code ULTRA-CLEARANCE at checkout for 50% off. Popular Articles 12 Fun Jump Rope Games for Kids Posted by Matt Hopkins on September 20, 2016 1. Jump Rope Math Best Group Size: 1 to 6 kids Ropes Needed: This can be done either with a regular jump rope for one or two kids, or use a longer double dutch jump rope to involve more children. Instructions: VARIATION #1 - Give a math equation to solve, like 2 + 5. The jumper repeats the math equation and then jumps the answer (in this case, they would jump 7 times). Use more complicated equations to practice math and jumping skills. VARIATION #2 - This variation involves three or more kids using a long double dutch rope. On each end of the rope is a "turner," and in the middle is the "jumper." The two turners each yell out a number. The jumper combines the numbers (either multiplies, adds or subtracts depending on the rules you decide to use) and jumps the answer. Turn this game into a competition with multiple kids by making it an "elimination" game. For example, if you have six kids, two are turners and four are jumpers. The jumpers form a line and take turns jumping. If someone jumps the wrong number, or makes a mistake while jumping, they are eliminated. The last jumper remaining is the winner. 2. Relay Race Ropes Needed: One single beaded or licorice rope per team Instructions: Setup on a basketball court. Each team needs a jump rope. The first "player" on each team races down the court and back while jumping. Then the next player take the jump rope and does the same thing until all of the players on the team have gone. Whichever team finishes first wins! 3. "Cat and Mouse" Best Group Size: 4 per group, with as many groups as you need (say for a PE class) Ropes Needed: One long double dutch jump rope per group Instructions: Children get into groups of four with one long rope for each group. Two children turn the long double dutch rope and two play the game. This is a "chasing" game that is the jump rope version of tag. One player is the "cat", and the other is the "mouse." Pick a number of jumps each player must complete. A good number to start with is three. The "turners" start spinning the jump rope. The mouse enters the spinning jump rope from one side, completes the three jumps, and exits on the other side. As soon as the mouse leaves the jump rope the "cat" enters the jump rope and does the three jumps. While the "cat" is jumping the "mouse" runs around one of the turners to the side where both jumpers originally entered the spinning rope. As soon as the "cat" completes the 3 jumps the "mouse" can re-enter the jump rope, and the cat runs around the turners trying to "catch" the mouse before he/she re-enters the jump rope. The goal of the game is for the "cat" to catch the "mouse" by tagging the mouse. The cat can also "catch" the mouse if the mouse makes a mistake while jumping. The cat has to tag the mouse outside of the jump rope. This usually occurs while the "mouse" is waiting to enter the jump rope. Note: When the game is in full flow, the cat and mouse should be running in a figure 8 around the turners. 4. Jump Rope Water Splash Best Group Size: 5 or more Ropes Needed: One long double dutch jump rope Instructions: Each child is given a plastic cup full of water. One at a time the children jump into the spinning jump rope, trying not to spill any of their water. The first time they each jump three times and then jump out. See who has the most water left in their cup. If everyone has lots of water left in their cup, go another round but jumping five times. Whoever has the most water at the end of the round wins. This is a great game to play outside on a hot day! 5. Catch Me Ropes Needed: One long double dutch jump rope per group Instructions: Start with groups of three with one long double dutch rope for each group. Two children turn the rope as one child jumps inside. The idea of the game is to have the jumper j |
July 2, 1961 saw Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway commit suicide at his farm in Ketchum in what state? | Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway, Эрнест Миллер Хемингуэй, Ernests Millers Hemingvejs Categories: Person Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and u nderstatement, strongly influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and his public image. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are classics of American literature. http://www.timelesshemingway.com/familytree Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school, he worked for a few months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to become an ambulance driver during World War I. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home within the year; his wartime experiences became the basis for his novel A Farewell to Arms. In 1922, Hemingway married Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives, and the couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent. During his time there, he met and was influenced by modernist writers and artists of the 1920s expatriate community known as the "Lost Generation". His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926. After divorcing Hadley Richardson in 1927, Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer; they divorced following Hemingway's return from covering the Spanish Civil War, after which he wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940; they separated when he met Mary Welsh in London during World War II. During the war, he was present during the Normandy Landings and the liberation of Paris. Shortly after the publication of The Old Man and the Sea in 1952, Hemingway went on safari to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway had permanent residences in Key West, Florida, and Cuba during the 1930s and '40s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where he committed suicide in the summer of 1961. Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father Clarence Edmonds Hemingway was a physician, and his mother, Grace Hall-Hemingway, was a musician. Both were well educated and well respected in the conservative community of Oak Park.Frank Lloyd Wright, a resident of Oak Park, said of the village: "So many churches for so many good people to go to". When Clarence and Grace Hemingway married in 1896, they moved in with Grace's father, Ernest Hall, after whom they named their first son. Hemingway claimed to dislike his name, which he "associated with the naive, even foolish hero of Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest". The family's seven-bedroom home in a respectable neighborhood contained a music studio for Grace and a medical office for Clarence. Hemingway's mother frequently performed in concerts around the village. As an adult Hemingway professed to hate his mother, although biographer Michael Reynolds points out that Hemingway mirrored her energy and enthusiasm. Her insistence that he learn to play the cello became a "source of conflict", but he later admitted the music lessons were useful in his writing, as in the "contrapuntal structure" of For Whom the Bell Tolls. The family owned a summer home called Windemere on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan, where Hemingway learned to hunt, fish and camp in the woods and lakes of Northern Michigan. His early experiences in nature instilled a passion for outdoor adventure, and living in remote or isolated areas. Photograph of Hemingway family in 1905, from left: Marcelline, Sunny, Clarence, Grace, Ursula and Ernest. Hemingway attended Oak Park and Rive |
Ambrosia, Pippin, Gravenstein, and McIntosh are all types of what? | Cook's Thesaurus: Apples Apples Crisp, juicy apples are great in lunchboxes, but they can also be made into pies and tarts, pressed into cider, or baked with sugar and spices. Select apples that are firm, deeply colored, and of average size. Reject those that have soft spots or broken skins. They're available throughout the year, but they're usually better and cheaper in the fall. Equivalents Three medium apples weigh about one pound. One medium apple yields about one cup of slices. Substitutes Asian pear OR pear OR quince (A good choice for baking. It's pleasantly tart, and the fruit holds its shape very well.) OR chayote squash (This makes a terrific "apple" pie.) Varieties Softer apples are best for applesauce, while firmer apples are best for baking and making pies. You can increase the sweetness or acidity of the product by adding sugar or a few drops of lemon juice to the recipe. Best for eating out of hand: Gala, Fuji, Mutsu, Jonathan, Cameo, Golden Delicious, Cortland, Empire, Red Delicious, McIntosh, Braeburn, Winesap, Pink Lady, Sundowner Best for pies: Northern Spy, Golden Delicious, Rhode Island Greening, Pippin, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Gravenstein Best for applesauce: Pippin, Rhode Island Greening, McIntosh, Elstar, Cortland, Fuji, Gala, Gravenstein Best for baking: Rome, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Pippin, Gala, Braeburn, Northern Spy, Gravenstein, Rhode Island Greening, York Imperial, Cortland, Winesap Best for making salads: Cortland, Golden Delicious, Empire, Gala, Red Delicious, Fuji, Winesap, Criterion, Pink Lady ambrosia apple Notes: Crisp and juicy, this is a great apple for snacking. Arkansas Black apple Notes: This apple is renown for its long shelf life. It's good for making sauce and baking. Baldwin apple Notes: This is a fairly sweet, all-purpose apple, but it's hard to find. This firm and juicy apple is good for eating out of hand or for baking. Cameo apple This firm, mildly tart apple is quite versatile. Use Cameos in pies, applesauce, salads, or just eat them out of hand. Cortland apple Notes: These are all-purpose apples. Since their flesh is slow to brown after it's cut, Cortland apples are especially good in salads. If substituting another variety in a salad, dip it in acidulated water first to keep it from darkening. Criterion apple Notes: This is a good apple for eating out of hand, or for making applesauce or pies. Its flesh is slow to brown after it's cut. This firm apple is especially good for making applesauce. This is a Red Delicious-McIntosh cross that's great for baking or eating out of hand. Enterprise apple This variety is good for eating out of hand, or for making applesauce or pies. Gala apple This apple is outstanding for eating out of hand or for baking or making applesauce. Golden Delicious apple This sweet apple is good for eating out of hand, baking, and for making pies. The yellower the better. Granny Smith apple This is a firm, tart apple that's good for baking, making pies, and eating out of hand. They tend to have thick skins, so you might want to peel them before serving. Gravenstein apple Notes: This is a good, all-purpose apple, but it's best suited for making applesauce and pies. Jonagold apple This crisp, juicy apple is a Jonathan-Golden Delicious cross. It's a bit tart and good for eating out of hand. Jonathan apple This tart apple is good for eating out of hand, though it has a fairly thick peel. These are very small apples, and usually used for decoration. Macoun apple Pronunciation: muh-KOON Notes: This juicy apple is good for eating out of hand. McIntosh apple These soft apples are great for snacking or for making applesauce, but don't bake them or put them in pies. Pronunciation: MUTT-sue This is a very juicy, crisp, all-purpose apple. Northern Spy apple Notes: These tart, firm apples are terrific in pies, but they're hard to find. Pink Lady apple This is a cross |
Sarajevo is the capital of what modern country? | Sarajevo | Define Sarajevo at Dictionary.com Sarajevo [sar-uh-yey-voh; Serbo-Croatian. sah-rah-ye-vaw] /ˌsær əˈyeɪ voʊ; Serbo-Croatian. ˈsɑ rɑ yɛ vɔ/ Spell noun 1. a city in and the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the central part: assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand here June 28, 1914, was the final event that precipitated World War I. Expand noun 1. a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Capital: Sarajevo. Examples from the Web for Sarajevo Expand British Dictionary definitions for Sarajevo Expand noun 1. the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina: developed as a Turkish town in the 15th century; capital of the Turkish and Austro-Hungarian administrations in 1850 and 1878 respectively; scene of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, precipitating World War I; besieged by Bosnian Serbs (1992–95). Pop: 603 000 (2005 est) 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 Sarajevo Expand capital of Bosnia, founded 15c. and named in Turkish as Bosna-Saray, "Palace on the (River) Bosna," from saray (see caravanserai ); the modern name is a Slavic adjectival form of saray. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Expand Sarajevo [(sar-uh-yay-voh, sahr-uh-yay-voh)] The city in Bosnia and Herzegovina where the assassination that brought on World War I took place. Archduke Francis Ferdinand , the heir to the throne of the Austrian Empire, had come to Sarajevo on a state visit; Sarajevo was then in one of the South Slavic provinces of the Austrian Empire. A young student who favored South Slavic independence shot and killed the archduke. Austria held the assassin's home country, Serbia, responsible for the incident and declared war; complex European alliances then brought other countries into the fight. Note: In 1992 the city came under prolonged and bloody siege by Bosnian Serbs seeking to drive Bosnian Muslims from their homes. In 1995 leaders of the rival Balkan states of Bosnia, Croatia , and Serbia met in the United States and settled on a peace accord to end the fighting. Sarajevo [(sar-uh-yay-voh, sahr-uh-yay-voh)] Note: The Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated there in 1914, which was the immediate cause of World War I . (See under “World History since 1550.”) Note: Home of the 1982 winter Olympic Games . Note: Attacked and severely damaged in 1992 by Serbian militia. In 1995, leaders of the rival Balkan states of Bosnia, Croatia , and Serbia met in the United States and settled on a peace accord to end the fighting. Bosnia and Herzegovina [(boz-nee-uh; hert-suh-goh-vee-nuh, hert-suh-goh-vee-nuh)] Republic in southeastern Europe on the west Balkan Peninsula , bordered by Croatia to the west and north, Yugoslavia to the east, with a small outlet to the Adriatic Sea to the west. Sarajevo is the country's capital and largest city. Note: Sarajevo was the site of the assassination in 1914 of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand , which sparked World War I . Note: In the early 1990s, brutal attacks by Serbian militia devastated the region, arousing international condemnation. In 1995, leaders of the rival Balkan states of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia met in the United States and ended the fighting with a peace accord. The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
28th June, 1914, saw the assassination of Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand, the triggering event of World War 1. In which European city were the Archduke and his wife, did the assassination take place? | Archduke Ferdinand assassinated - Jun 28, 1914 - HISTORY.com Archduke Ferdinand assassinated Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August. On June 28, 1919, five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand’s death, Germany and the Allied Powers signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially marking the end of World War I. The archduke traveled to Sarajevo in June 1914 to inspect the imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908. The annexation had angered Serbian nationalists, who believed the territories should be part of Serbia. A group of young nationalists hatched a plot to kill the archduke during his visit to Sarajevo, and after some missteps, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip was able to shoot the royal couple at point-blank range, while they traveled in their official procession, killing both almost instantly. The assassination set off a rapid chain of events, as Austria-Hungary immediately blamed the Serbian government for the attack. As large and powerful Russia supported Serbia, Austria asked for assurances that Germany would step in on its side against Russia and its allies, including France and possibly Great Britain. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the fragile peace between Europe’s great powers collapsed, beginning the devastating conflict now known as the First World War. After more than four years of bloodshed, the Great War ended on November 11, 1918, after Germany, the last of the Central Powers, surrendered to the Allies. At the peace conference in Paris in 1919, Allied leaders would state their desire to build a post-war world that was safe from future wars of such enormous scale. The Versailles Treaty, signed on June 28, 1919, tragically failed to achieve this objective. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s grand dreams of an international peace-keeping organization faltered when put into practice as the League of Nations. Even worse, the harsh terms imposed on Germany, the war’s biggest loser, led to widespread resentment of the treaty and its authors in that country–a resentment that would culminate in the outbreak of the Second World War two decades later. Related Videos |
What product advertised itself as “The Freshmaker”? | StarCityGames.com - The Freshmaker The Freshmaker #Select #Modern #Community #History For those of you out there that saw the title of this and immediately thought “ Mentos ,” I respect your due diligence to fresh breath. At least you tried! Others may see this title and think “I remember that deck!” It's like when someone makes an obscure reference to a 90's show and you get the punchline while no one else does. This is basically the Herman's Head of articles today. It's Bobby's World . We're just living in it. Modern, as it stands right now, is a frightening place. MTGO's latest announcement regarding deck representation percentages is, to say the least, not pleasant. I stole the picture at right from Jeff Hoogland's Facebook. Now you're probably thinking to yourself: “Not another Eldrazi article!” And you're right. I'm already tired of the subject. Hell, at the Pro Tour I had to live the subject. This was supposed to be a “Why Your Deck Sucks: Eldrazi Edition” today, but I pondered and pondered and figured that this is actually not a joke, and the health and vibrancy of a heavily-pushed format is more important than me poking fun at it. The whole reason I decided to take this stance today is because, while talking with a close friend about Modern and where to go from here, he said that he was worried that the self-correction of the format would be more like “either you play Eldrazi or you play to beat Eldrazi.” I then brought up that this reminded me of G/R Freshmaker from over a decade ago. Strap yourselves in, kiddies. We're going on an adventure of the imagination! I want you to picture a club, or at the very least a place where you love to hang out. Everything about it makes you happy, and every Friday night you get to go there. You enjoy it so much that time basically exists between when you leave that club and when you get to go back to it. All of your friends are there, too. They serve the kind of drinks you like and play the kind of music you like. Things couldn't be better. Then one day a new DJ shows up and they begin spinning some of the most trashy and annoying music out there. Think worse than Justin Bieber . A few members of the club care more about being seen at the club than they do about actually being there, so they tell you that the DJ is great and their presence makes the club a cooler place to be, only you don't see it that way and neither do many of the patrons. Attendance is cut almost in half and people start questioning if the club is even worth their time anymore, so they stop showing up entirely. Seeing that the DJ is actually ruining their club, the owners decide to fire them from their job and apologize profusely for their oversight and slow reaction to how terrible the club had become due to their negligence. It takes almost two years for people to start coming back to the club, and you always wonder to yourself exactly what was lost in the timespan. In case you missed it: Club = FNM/Magic DJ = Ravager Affinity Club Owners = Wizards of the Coast Some of you might scoff at this notion, but the Affinity you know now is merely a shell of what it used to be. Artifact lands were essentially painless Ancient Tomb s that allowed Affinity the ability to have incredibly fast and agile starts, resiliency to removal, near-endless resources because of Thoughtcast , and fuel for massive Arcbound Ravager s when they became superfluous. This was a time where a deck that could dominate across formats was essentially the only playable option in Standard. Sure, there were other decks, but none of them could boast the win percentage that Ravager Affinity could. To combat this deck's dominance, the metagame was forced to shift and adapt in such a way that actually damaged Magic: The Gathering. Decks emerged meant to defeat Affinity by warping around it. Maindecks began playing copies of Oxidize , Tel-Jilad Justice , Molder Slug , Electrostatic Bolt , Viridian Shaman , and other artifact-hating cards. U/G Crystal Witness was meant to abuse Eternal Witness , returning one of those artifact destructio |
“You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead your next stop” ? | The Twilight Zone (TV Series 1959–1964) - Quotes - IMDb Showing all 5 items [Opening narration (season 1)] Narrator : There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone. |
What university summoned the National Guard after protesters set the ROTC building on fire on May 2, 1970? | May 4, 1970, Four Kent State University Students Killed By Ohio National Guard - Today In Crime History - DeThomasis and Buchanan | Gainesville Criminal Defense Attorneys | Blog and News Archives Contains a list of blog posts that were created previously. Search May 4, 1970, Four Kent State University Students Killed By Ohio National Guard - Today In Crime History Posted by Michael Buchanan on Thu, 03 May 2012 Bookmark On this date, May 4, in the year 1970, four students were killed and nine others wounded when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire during a Vietnam War protest. Approximately 67 shots were fired by the guardsmen over thirteen seconds. Jeffrey Glenn Miller, age 20, was shot through the mouth and killed instantly. Allison B. Krause, age 19,was shot in the chest and died later that day. William Knox Schroeder, age 19, was also shot in the chest and died almost an hour later in a hospital while undergoing surgery. Sandra Lee Scheuer, age 20, was shot in her neck and died within a few minutes from loss of blood. Among the wounded was Dean R. Kahler, who was shot in the back, causing permanent paralysis from the chest down. All of those killed or wounded were unarmed. During the 1968 U.S. presidential campaign, candidate Richard Nixon ran on a platform that promised "peace with honor" for the Vietnam War. After his election, however, on April 30, 1970, President Nixon announced during a televised speech to the nation that American forces had invaded Cambodia. Many Americans saw this new invasion as an expansion or lengthening of the Vietnam War. In response to Nixon's announcement of the invasion of Cambodia, students across the United States began to protest. Protests by students at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio began on May 1, 1970. At noon, students held a protest rally on campus and later that night rioters built a bonfire and threw beer bottles at police off campus. The mayor declared a state of emergency and the governor sent in the Ohio National Guard. On May 2, 1970, during a protest near the ROTC building on campus, someone set fire to the abandoned building. The National Guard entered the campus and used tear gas to control the crowd. During the evening of May 3, 1970, another protest rally was held on campus which was again dispersed by the National Guard. All of these protests led up to the deadly interaction between Kent State students and the National Guard. On May 4, 1970, another student rally was scheduled for noon at the Commons on the Kent State University campus. Before the rally began, the National Guard ordered those congregated to disperse. The students refused to leave and the National Guard attempted to use tear gas on the crowd. Because of shifting winds, the tear gas was ineffective. The National Guard then advanced upon the crowd, with bayonets attached to their rifles, causing the crowd to scatter. After dispersing the crowd, the National Guardsmen stood around for about ten minutes and then turned around and began to retrace their steps. For an unknown reason, during their retreat, the National Guardsmen suddenly turned around and began firing at the still scattered students. In 13 seconds, 67 bullets were fired. Some claim that there was a verbal order to fire. Four students were killed and nine others were wounded. Some of the students who were shot were not even part of the rally, but were just walking to their next class. The immediate impact of the shootings was dramatic and triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. The events of May 4, 1970 soon became known as the Kent State Massacre. Kent State Tragedy Video Despite pressure to convene a special federal grand jury to investigate the actions of the Ohio National Guard, U.S. Attorney General George Mitchell closed his investigation of the shootings in August 1971. Under immense pressure, however, the U.S. Department of Justice reopened an investigation in August 1973 and a special federal grand jury was impaneled to investigated the shootings. On M |
What conference, which is now held in Europe, Asia, as well as the US, hosts a series of talks of 18 minute maximum length, devoted to "ideas worth spreading"? | TED Talks | TED.com TED Talks 2300+ talks to stir your curiosity Find just the right one Browse all talks Subscribe to receive email notifications whenever new talks are published. Daily Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? Please check Daily or Weekly and try again. Please check your details and try again. Please check your details and try again. Sorry, we're currently having trouble processing new newsletter signups. Please try again later. Thanks! Please check your inbox for a confirmation email. If you want to get even more from TED, like the ability to save talks to watch later, sign up for a TED account now . |
Because we can never get enough vampires or werewolves, the 3rd installment of the Twilight saga is hit the big screen today. What is the name of the book on which it is based? | Twilight: Chapter 7 - Nightmare - The Sporkings of Das Mervin and Company Twilight: Chapter 7 - Nightmare - The Sporkings of Das Mervin and Company Chapter 7 – Nightmare All right! We’re 130 pages and 31,290 words in—time to recap the action again! Okay, uh, nothing, Van of Doom, LOTS of nothing, blood-typing class, and then a fifteen-year-old plot device told Bella that the Cullens are vampires (in a fashion that was totally an attempt to impress her because she was lying to make him think she liked him) and she instantly believed it. Man. How does Meyer keep up this pace? Minor note—looking at my count lists, I’ve noticed that doing the tally marks is getting a bit…lengthy. So I’ve switched to straight numbers. Easier to read for you and saves space! So the minute Bella gets home, she tells Charlie she’s got homework and isn’t hungry. She treats this like it is something new or odd behavior. She apparently hasn’t read the previous six chapters. Anyway, Charlie is fine with that, because there’s a basketball game on and he’s psyched, “though of course [she] had no idea what was special about it”, and said game distracts him nicely from what she for no reason thinks is odd behavior. You know what, Meyer? There were lots of ways you could have phrased this sentence. Let me show you a few. “There was a basketball game on that he was excited about, which worked out well for me—he knew I had no interest in sports.” “Lucky for me, Charlie was distracted by a basketball game, which gave me a good excuse to go to my room.” “There was a basketball game on that he was excited about, which left me free to go to my room undisturbed.” Those are just the simplest three of the MANY ways you could have said that Charlie was distracted by a basketball game and Bella isn’t interested in it. But no! You choose to phrase it in the bitchiest way possible and in a way that makes it look like Charlie thinks the basketball game is worth more than his daughter. Even though this behavior of hers isn’t odd at all—he knows she’s a depressed little Twinkie and loves to hide from him, so I’m pretty sure he’s just accepted it. At this point, I truly think Meyer is trying to make me hate Bella. Mission fucking accomplished. So Bella hides in her room, locks it up, and gets out her old headphones and a “little CD player”. A…CD player? In 2005? When MP3 players like mine were selling for $20? Mine holds a gig of music, you know. Anyway. She grabs a CD that Phil had given to her, because “it was one of his favorite bands”. Meyer really wants me to think that nobody ever gives her stuff based on what she wants, doesn’t she? That’s why she is so unique and special and isolated. Kiss me where I can’t reach. So she puts it on and then we spend 217 words too many talking about the CD and how it sounds without actually saying the name of the CD or the people who wrote the music. Meyer, there are ways around saying actual names and bands to avoid getting sued or keeping this in a kind of “alternate reality”, you know. What you’re doing is not one of them. And don’t worry, folks, we’ll find out the name of the band at the end of the recap when I spork the FAQ. Boy howdy, do we ever. As I said, she spends 217 words describing what could have been said with, “I put in some loud music so I wouldn’t have to think.” After she’s done driving up her word count, she finally falls asleep. And after reading what happens, I’d rather go back to the filler. Not summing up. If I have to look at it, so do you. I opened my eyes to a familiar place. Aware in some corner of my consciousness that I was dreaming, I recognized the green light of the forest. I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks somewhere nearby. And I knew that if I found the ocean, I'd be able to see the sun. I was trying to follow the sound, but then Jacob Black was there, tugging on my hand, pulling me back toward the blackest part of the forest. "Jacob? What's wrong?" I asked. His face was frightened as he yanked with all his strength against my resistance; I didn't want to go into the dark. "Run, B |
Surrounded by the usual group of asshat protestors, the G20 economic summit concluded earlier this week after 2 days of meeting in what city? | . "Video" [4:01] " After learning that the US government spies on many of its allies, a new tale has been written in the cloak-and-dagger annals of geopolitics. This time, it involves Russia. And swag. According to a pair of Italian newspapers, Russian officials handed out gift bags to delegates at the G20 summit earlier this year. Gift giving is part of geopolitical business, and we all know that you can't go to a conference �even a global summit� without getting free stuff. But these swag bags were different: they featured USB drives and phone chargers, and naturally those thumb drives were laden with malware. La Stampa reports that after returning Brussels from the September summit in St. Petersburg, European Council President Herman van Rompuy reported his suspicious thumb drive and a cellphone charger�both emblazoned with the Russian G20 logo�to German authorities. (La Stampa's Google-translated headline reads "The poisoned chalice of Putin USB stick bugs," which I feel suggests just how salacious the story is.) Il Corriere della Sera corroborates the story. It writes that the German secret service investigation sparked by van Rompuy's inquiry found that "the USB stick and power cables are suitable for the illegal collection of data [from] computers and cell phones," according to a memo allegedly circulated to G20 member states by van Rompuy.[...]" MSM: "Barack Obama And Vladimir Putin Set For Collision Over Syria At G20 Summit" [09/05/13] "World leaders will gather in St Petersburg on Thursday for what has transformed into an international showdown with Vladimir Putin threatening to send a missile shield to Syria if the US launches an attack without the authority of the United Nations. The G20 summit, hosted by Putin, had been expected to focus on the world economy and growth, but will now be dominated by the Middle East crisis, even if the formal agenda remains fixed on the slowdown of growth in emerging markets. Barack Obama, speaking during a stopover in Sweden before the summit, denied his political credibility was at stake but admitted relations with Russia had hit a wall. He insisted he had not set the red lines requiring a military response if the Syrian government [...]" Related: "Putin Sets Uncompromising Tone Ahead of G-20 Summit" "It was not the most diplomatic way to start a summit of world leaders. On Sept. 4, the day before Russian President Vladimir Putin begins hosting the G20 summit in his hometown of St. Petersburg, he accused the Obama Administration of lying to Congress, and said U.S. lawmakers were being suckered into approving a military strike against Syria. �We talk with these people. We assume that they are decent. But he lies,� Putin said of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. �And he knows that he lies. That�s pathetic.� The remarks, which seemed more fitting for a bar-room scrap than a Kremlin statement, came on the eve of an urgent global debate about how to respond to the Syrian regime�s alleged use of chemical weapons near Damascus last month. At least with regards to that issue, Putin�s tone left little room to hope for compromise, or even civility, at the G20 or on its sidelines. [...]" "Putin Warns Against 'Illegal' Military Action In Syria, Bypassing UNSC" [10:34] "Russia needs convincing proof, not rumors, from UN experts that chemical weapons were used in Syria, said the Russian president in an interview with First Channel and AP. It is up to the UN Security Council to decide on the next course of action, he said. Speaking to journalists from Russia�s state Channel 1 television and Associated Press, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a number of decisive statements regarding the supposed use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, which evoked a threat of a US-led strike on Syria. [...]" MSM: "Russia's Putin Torpedoes G8 Efforts To Push Out Assad" [06/20/13] "Russian President Vladimir Putin derailed Western efforts to remove Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from power at the G8 summit on Tuesday and, hours after meetin |
The last contact coming from navigator Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937, who famously disappeared somewhere over the Central Pacific but was not declared dead until Jan 5, 1939? | 15 famous people who mysteriously disappeared | MNN - Mother Nature Network 15 famous people who mysteriously disappeared Though many of them are presumed dead, exactly what happened to these high-profile personalities still remains unknown. 1.6K Have you seen these people? (Probably not.) The Lost Roanoke Colony. The Dyatlov Pass Incident. The death of Natalie Wood. The Black Dahlia. The Bermuda Triangle. Bigfoot. Did Tony Soprano die at the end of "The Sopranos"? We love a good unsolved mystery, and unexplained disappearances that have managed to baffle historians have also intrigued the general public. Unlike the FBI's decades-old search for the remains of a certain convict/labor organizer from Detroit, we've successfully managed to track down 15 missing people of note, including six particularly intriguing head-scratchers followed by a few more names that you may recognize. In a majority of these cases, the unaccounted-for person was legally declared dead at some point, although their body has never been recovered and their whereabouts are still unknown. Some of these vanishings have been subject to massive search parties, wild speculation, media sensationalism, false accusations, dead ends, wrong turns and the occasional TV miniseries. Some are rather tragic. And in one famous instance, the identity of the AWOL individual was unknown even before he vanished into thin air (by jumping from a plane no less). So cue up the appropriate music and join us as we delve into the realm of the mostly unknown. Who: Henry Hudson Missing since: 1611 Where: James Bay, Canada Henry Hudson (a.k.a. the famed British navigator who has a river, bay, straight, town, bridge, etc. named after him) must have been a rather pushy fellow to work for. His own crew — homesick, starving, half-frozen and unwilling to keep exploring after becoming trapped in ice for several months — set a determined Hudson, his teenage son and seven infirm and/or loyal-to-Hudson sailors adrift on a small, open boat in the middle of present-day Hudson Bay. Hudson and the other cast-offs were never seen or heard from again. (So much for talking things out with the HR department, eh?) Not a whole lot of particulars are known about the mutiny that ended Hudson's fourth expedition as only a handful of the Discovery's crew survived the voyage back to England to stand trial. Arrested and charged with the murder of their captain, the mutinous crewmembers ended up escaping any kind of punishment and, to this day, it's generally believed that a marooned Hudson met his maker while aboard the tiny lifeboat. This scenario has been immortalized in a famous John Collier painting (pictured). (A fur-clad, ZZ Top-ish Hudson doesn't appear too thrilled in it.) In his book, "Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson," esteemed history professor Peter Mancall highlights evidence that suggests Hudson could have been violently murdered by his crew and not forced into a small boat with a few others and left to die. The possibility that Hudson managed to survive the mutiny, changed his hair color and relocated to Rio de Janeiro where he lived out the rest of his life as a popular yet enigmatic lounge singer named "Bob Simpson" has been ruled out. And as for Hudson's doomed crew, you never know, they could have very well reemerged nearly 200 years later alongside a few other former disgruntled Hudson sailors — the crew of the Half Moon — as hirsute bowling enthusiasts living in New York's Catskill Mountains. Who: Amelia Earhart Missing since: 1937 Where: The Pacific Ocean Pioneering aviatrix, author, teacher, magazine editor, celebrity fashion designer, cigarette spokesperson. In her short 39 years on this planet, Amelia Earhart managed to amass an impressive CV, but it was her mysterious disappearance while attempting a round-the-world flight that continues to intrigue to this day. Although there are numerous theories, no one can be certain what really happened when Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, while en route to Howland Island |
What daily comic strip, introduced by Brian Basset in 2001, tells a story about a young boy, who's actual name is Russell, and his dog? | Pdnn131225 j by Peninsula Daily News & Sequim Gazette - issuu issuu Wednesday Mostly cloudy and dry across Peninsula B10 PENINSULA DAILY NEWS December 25, 2013 | 75¢ Port Townsend-Jefferson County’s Daily Newspaper Dogs said safe at destination “The dogs are alive,” said Robert Misseri, president of Guardians of Rescue, the Smithtown, N.Y.-based rescue organization that is organizing the care and distribution of the dogs to other rescue operations at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Misseri would not pinpoint the location of the dispersal BY ARWYN RICE point. PENINSULA DAILY NEWS He said that he wants to talk FORKS — Dogs from the with Markwell and representaOlympic Animal Sanctuary in tives of rescue organizations Forks were unloaded Tuesday before he releases the location. from a semi truck driven by director Steve Markwell to an Photographs coming Arizona-Nevada border disperHe also said that photographs sal point, said the president of a of the arrival and the dogs were rescue group aiding the reloca- expected to be available by today. tion. “It will be quite some time Transferal point is still unidentified before we get everything under control,” Misseri said. Misseri said that volunteers had accounted for at least 120 dogs, and a final count will be completed after the “controlled chaos” ends. The location of the remote meeting spot has been described as being “an hour from anywhere.” 124 dogs on board Markwell left Forks early Saturday morning driving a semi with a 53-foot trailer loaded with an estimated 124 dogs that had been housed in a two-story, 4,000-square-foot warehouse at 1021 Russell Road. TURN TO Who are the Guardians? The Guardians of Rescue is a nonprofit organization founded in 2010. Who are the Guardians of It has become known for Rescue, the organization overseeing the dispersal of dogs from reaching far beyond their New York home to help animals in Olympic Animal Sanctuary? Members of the Smithtown, need. N.Y., organization arranged Group of volunteers the reception Tuesday for the 124 dogs — many of which are It is an all-volunteer organiknown to have attacked people zation with 20 members, or other animals in the past — according to its president, Robthat arrived in a tractor-trailer ert Misseri. rig from the sanctuary in TURN TO GROUP/A6 Forks. BY ARWYN RICE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS DOGS/A6 Heavy holiday tunes Nick Gorfkle of Port Townsend sings the blues as a backdrop to last minute Christmas shopping in Port Townsend. The downtown area was not crowded with shoppers, but most stores saw steady business throughout the day. CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Pot application Sharing Christmas spirit Home Fund draws period finishes PDN generosity, touching tales Air Force veteran who has contributed to the fund since 2000. For him, the Home Fund is about “standing up and being counted.” 28 retail spots pitched for two counties BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Entrepreneurs from Clallam Bay to Brinnon have filed 108 business applications to grow, process or sell recreational marijuana under voter-approved Initiative 502. Those applications include 28 proposed retail pot outlets in Clallam and Jefferson counties. The state Liquor Control Board closed a 30-day window for filing marijuana business license applications Friday. An updated list of applicants was made public Tuesday. More than 3,700 applications were filed statewide: 1,670 for growing, 1,209 for processing and 867 for selling cannabis. The state plans to cap the number of retail shops at 334, so a lottery will be held to determine who gets a retail license and who doesn’t. Clallam County will be allowed six pot shops: two in the city of Port Angeles, one in Sequim and three others anywhere else in the county. Jefferson County will get four cannabis stores under Liquor Board rules: one in Port Townsend and three anywhere else in the county. Licenses coming in March Liquor Board spokesman Brian Smith has said licenses will be issued in March, with pot stores likely opening statewide by June. The state received 68 marijuana business applications fr |
What legendary guitarist, rock star (having released 31 albums over his career), radio and TV host is known as The Motor City Madman | Rock Eyez Webzine - Music News Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013 MUSIC NEWS 07/17/2013 Asked about SLIPKNOT's plans to get back into the studio and make a new album following the 2010 death of bassist Paul Gray, Corey Taylor said: "We are talking about getting together next year and putting some new music together. Everybody's kind of getting some demos together right now. I've got about four or five songs that I'm working on. Joey's [Jordison, drums] got a ton of stuff. Clown's [Shawn Crahan, percussion] got a bunch of stuff. Jim's [Root, guitar] got some stuff, Mick [Thomson, guitar]… I mean, we all write so it's gonna take a lot of time to kind of get the madness under control. But right now that's the plan — to get together early next year and start throwing ideas at each other." SLIPKNOT has performed live over the past two years but has not recorded a new album since 2008's "All Hope Is Gone". SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan spoke with Kerrang! magazine about the band's continued delay in recording a new studio CD. The SLIPKNOT co-founder explained: "We haven't written an album in five years because we wrote one, we toured it for two years, and Paul died, and it's been three years. What do you want from me? Nothing. When I come back, when we come back, it will be time, you will understand, we will understand, and it will be right. We'll be the first band that could be off for five years and come back like we never were gone. So that's what it's all about." TOOL drummer Danny Carey was interviewed this week by Loudwire and naturally the subject of a new album came up. Carey explained: "It's still the three of us [Carey, guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Justin Chancellor] right now and [we will be joined by singer Maynard James Keenan] soon, you know, just working on all our parts and working on our compositions together. Stylistically, we're trying to push things in different ways, but it always comes out sounding like TOOL no matter what we're trying to do. We're working everyday on it and it's going really well, so I'm hoping we'll get into the studio by the end of the year." Asked about a possible 2013 release date for the new TOOL CD, Careysaid: "I doubt it. Right now, since we haven't started tracking stuff at this point, it'll be hard. We could have the record finished by the end of the year — that's a possibility, but the logistics of getting it manufactured and getting the record company in line and all this stuff, I doubt we'll be able to get it out before Christmas. We'll see how it goes. Most likely, it'll be early 2014." TOOL has not released a new album since 2006's "10,000 Days". Jones recently told Revolver magazine, "It's unfortunate that we haven't put anything out in a while, but you know, we've changed as a band . . . We've become even more eclectic and distant, so getting things done and getting together is very hard." 5/3/2013 SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed away at about 11 a.m. today (Thursday, May 2) near his Southern California home. He was 49.Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael andLarry, and will be sorely missed. Hanneman — who in January 2011 contracted necrotizing fasciitis, likely caused by a spider bite, and has been undergoing surgeries, skin grafts and intense rehab since — spoke to U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine in the fall of 2011 about his recovery which has seen him sit out an entire two years' worth of touring with the band. Hanneman was kicking back in a hot tub with a couple of beers when noticed a spider bite him on the arm. "Didn't even feel it," he said. "But an hour later, I knew that I was ill." On his way to the hospital, "I could see the flesh corrupting," he recalled. "The arm was real hot. I got to the emergency room, and thank god the nurse knew straight away what it was. By chance, although it's pretty rare, she had seen a case a little while before. At that point, I was an hou |
Who's missing: Lois Lane, Perry White, Jimmy Olsenm, Steve Lombard? | Lois Lane « The Continuity Blog Posted by DCUMan on June 5, 2016 Action Comics #900 Written by Paul Cornell, David Lindeloff, Paul Dini, Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer, Richard Donner, Derek Hoffman Art by Pete Woods, Jesus Marino, Ryan Sook, RB Silva, Gary Frank, Miguel Sepulveda, Matt Camp, and Brian Stelfreeze This is the 900th issues of Action Comics and we get a special 96-page issue to celebrate. Some great things here. I loved that they actually mention Superboy’s tactile telekenisis power which has been ignored since the days of Young Justice it seems sometimes. Anyways, Lex Luthor is now a God and shows Superman some of the most emotional moments in the Man of Steel’s history, and then Lex finds out that Clark Kent is Superman finally! I love that Cornell has Superman confirming that the Kents made him who he is today. That is something that has been lost since Johns took over the Superman franchise and overemphasized Superman’s kryptonian heritage. The issue also shows how fundamentally wrong Lex is about Superman’s nature believing that he isn’t capable of human emotion which is the exact opposite because in many ways Superman is more “human” than Lex is. With all this look back at the death of Superman, would it have killed them to have the Matrix Supergirl/Linda Danvers involved instead of or in additon to Kara? That angers me but whatever. Anyways, Lex Luthor projects universal happiness well literally universally and we see even Death of the endless feel it. That was a genius moment from Cornell. Lex then learns that he can keep his new Godlike power and never kill Superman or do anything negative or he must give it up. Lex being the villain that he is chooses the second option and loses his memory of Clark Kent being Superman and the ending leads to what I don’t think looks that great called Reign of the Doomsdays. The rest of the book are smaller stories celebrating the 900th issue. Paul Dini, Geoff Johns, and David Goyer’s stories stood out. I loved Brian Stelfreeze’s final page art too. Action Comics #901 |
Ann Rules book The Stranger Beside Me, is about what serial killer, assumed to have murdered 35 people, before hitting the electric chair in Starke, Florida on January 24, 1989? | Theodore Robert Bundy #106 07-31-79 Summary: On November 7, 1974, Carol DeRonch, 18, was in a Utah Shopping Mall when she was approached by Bundy, who told her that someone had been trying to break into her automobile. She thought that he was a police officer and Bundy later showed her a badge. Bundy asked her to accompany him to the car to see if anything was missing. Upon reaching the car the girl looked in and determined nothing was missing. He eventually asked her if she could go to the station to make a complaint. Bundy drove her in his Volkswagon, and pulled over on the way and forcibly placed a pair of handcuffs on her wrist. She screamed and fought her way outside the vehicle and eventually got away. Nine months later, Bundy was arrested fleeing police and handcuffs were found in his car. Bundy was convicted of Aggravated Kidnapping after waiving a jury trial and received a 1-15 year sentence. He escaped while in custody but was recaptured 6 days later. He escaped a second time and fled to Tallahassee, Florida, staying at a rooming house near the Florida State University Campus. During the early morning hours of Sunday, January 15, 1978, Bundy entered the Chi Omega sorority house and brutally attacked four women residing there. Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy were killed, and Kathy Kleiner and Karen Chandler sustained serious injuries. Within approximately an hour of the attacks in the Chi Omega house, Bundy entered another home nearby and attacked a woman residing there, Cheryl Thomas. All five women were university students. All were bludgeoned repeatedly with a blunt weapon. Bundy was identified by a resident returning home to the Sorority House, just as he was leaving with a club in his hand. Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman were killed by strangulation after receiving severe beatings with a length of a tree branch used as a club. Margaret Bowman's skull was crushed and literally laid open. The attacker also bit Lisa Levy with sufficient intensity to be identified as human bite marks. Bundy was arrested a month later in Pensacola. Of critical importance was the testimony of two forensic dental experts who testified concerning analysis of the bite mark left on the body of Lisa Levy. The experts both expressed to the jury their opinion that the indentations on the victim's body were left by the unique teeth of Bundy. Bundy was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of burglary. For the two crimes of first-degree murder the trial judge imposed sentences of death. On February 9, 1978, Kimberly Leach, age 12, was reported missing from her junior high school in Lake City, Florida. Two months later, after a large scale search, the Leach girl's partially decomposed body was located in a wooded area near the Suwanee River. There were semen stains in the crotch of her panties found near the body. Two Lake City Holiday Inn employees and a handwriting expert established that Bundy had registered at the Lake City Holiday Inn the day before her disappearance under another name. A school crossing guard at the junior high school identified Bundy as leading a young girl to a van on the morning of the disappearance. Bundy was again convicted of murder and sentenced to death. This death sentence to be carried out a decade later. Victims: State v. Bundy, 589 P.2d 760 (Utah 1978) (Direct Appeal). Bundy v. State, 455 So.2d 330 (Fla. 1984) (Sorority House Direct Appeal). Bundy v. State, 471 So.2d 9 (Fla. 1985) (Leach Direct Appeal). Bundy v. Florida, 107 S.Ct. 295 (1986) (Cert. Denied). Bundy v. State, 490 So.2d 1257 (Fla. 1986). (Stay) Bundy v. State, 497 So.2d 1209 (Fla. 1986) (State Habeas). Bundy v. Dugger, 850 F.2d 1402 (11th Cir. 1988) (Habeas). Bundy v. Dugger, 109 S.Ct. 849 (1989) (Cert. Denied). Final/Special Meal: Bundy declined a special meal, so he was given the traditional steak (medium-rare), eggs (over-easy), hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, and jelly. Last Words: "I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends." Internet Sour |
What popular mouthwash, introduced in 1879, was first marketed as a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea? | The History of Halitosis The History of Halitosis Share Tweet Pin This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy . Halitosis, known informally as bad breath, has been an official medical diagnosis for more than a century, but that doesn’t mean it isn't a controversial condition. Not only does bad breath not fit the standard model of a physical health condition but it also has a rather bizarre and intimate relationship with the rise of America’s first and most popular mouthwash—Listerine. The Pre-Halitosis Era Listerine existed before halitosis was considered a medical condition, but it had a much more varied (and bizarre) set of uses. It was used as a medical antiseptic, household floor cleaner, and cure for gonorrhea. The product was introduced in 1879, but it wouldn’t be until 1915 that Listerine was first sold as a mouthwash. This was the time at which halitosis became popularized and viewed as a serious problem. Halitosis: Medical Condition or Marketing Gimmick? Listerine can’t be credited with coining the term halitosis—that credit goes to medical professionals in 1870. However, the company is definitely responsible for introducing the word into mainstream American consciousness with their marketing campaign purporting Listerine as a remedy for “chronic halitosis.” The company's ads featured young people considering marriage who then reconsidered due to their partners' recurrent bad breath—the implication being that bad breath is a major social taboo. This is not to say that bad breath wasn’t considered unpleasant and socially unacceptable at the time, but at no point in prior history had halitosis been portrayed as such a significant problem. Supporters of Listerine would argue that the company was merely providing a solution to a prevalent social woe, but others would frame the issue as Listerine inventing a bogus medical condition and then “conveniently” selling consumers a cure. Other Issues with Halitosis Listerine’s involvement with halitosis is not its only point of contention, though. Others have also addressed the nature of the condition as well—which is vastly different from the norm. Most medical conditions involve something that is physically harmful to a sufferer; however, halitosis is merely a social taboo, and here are no associated health risks with it. Additionally, there is no one cause of bad breath. It can be spurred on by everything from eating certain smelly foods to a particularly bad cavity. Despite its dubious history, halitosis continues to be an issue that most people are concerned with. And considering the proliferation of products designed to fight this dreaded bad breath, there’s no indication that its importance will wane any time soon. Read these next… |
In which nursery ryhme did the title character get his head mended with vinegar and brown paper, following a trip up and down a hill? | Jack and Jill poem and story Jack and Jill story - The French (history) connection! The roots of the story, or poem, of Jack and Jill are in France. Jack and Jill referred to are said to be King Louis XVI - Jack -who was beheaded (lost his crown) followed by his Queen Marie Antoinette - Jill - (who came tumbling after). The words and lyrics to the Jack and Jill poem were made more acceptable as a story for children by providing a happy ending! The actual beheadings occurred in during the Reign of Terror in 1793. The first publication date for the lyrics of Jack and Jill rhyme is 1795 - which ties-in with the history and origins. The Jack and Jill poem is also known as Jack and Gill - the mis-spelling of Gill is not uncommon in nursery rhymes as they are usually passed from generation to generation by word of mouth. A Death by Beheading! On the gruesome subject of beheading it was the custom that following execution the severed head was held up by the hair by the executioner. This was not, as many people think, to show the crowd the head but in fact to show the head the crowd and it's own body! Consciousness remains for at least eight seconds after beheading until lack of oxygen causes unconsciousness and eventually death. The guillotine is associated with the French but the English were the first to use this device as described in our section containing Mary Mary Quite Contrary Rhyme. |
A martini is generally perfected by a four to one ration of gin to vermouth, topped with an olive. What is common name for the same drink that employs a pickled onion instead of the olive? | j - Documents Documents Share j Embed <iframe src="http://documents.mx/embed/j547126a6b4af9f0a548b456d.html" width="750" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://documents.mx/documents/j547126a6b4af9f0a548b456d.html" title="j" target="_blank">j</a></div> size(px) Description Text DAQUIRI INGREDIENTS: • • • 4.5cl (9 parts) White rum 2cl (4 parts) lime juice 0.5cl (1 part) Gomme syrup PROCEDURE: Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain in chilled cocktail glass. HISTORY (pronounced /ˈdækəriː/, Spanish: daiquirí [daikiˈɾi]) is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum, lime juice, and sugar or other sweetener. There are several versions, but those that gained international fame are the ones made in the El Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba. The name Daiquirí is also the name of a beach near Santiago, Cuba, and an iron mine in that area, and it is a word of Taíno origin. The cocktail was supposedly invented about 1900 in a bar named Venus in Santiago, about 23 miles east of the mine, by a group of American mining engineers. Among the engineers present were Jennings Cox, General Manager of the Spanish American Iron Co., J. Francis Linthicum, C. Manning Combs, George W. Pfeiffer, De Berneire Whitaker, C. Merritt Holmes and Proctor O. Persing. Although stories persist that Cox invented the drink when he ran out of gin while entertaining American guests, the drink evolved naturally due to the prevalence of lime and sugar. Originally the drink was served in a tall glass packed with cracked ice. A teaspoon of sugar was poured over the ice and the juice of one or two limes was squeezed over the sugar. Two or three ounces of rum completed the mixture. The glass was then frosted by stirring with a long-handled spoon. Later the Daiquirí evolved to be mixed in a shaker with the same ingredients but with shaved ice. After a thorough shaking, it was poured into a chilled flute glass. An article in the March 14, 1937 edition of the Miami Herald as well as private correspondence of J.F. Linthicum confirm the recipe and early history.Consumption of the drink remained localized until 1909, when Admiral Lucius W. Johnson, a U.S. Navy medical officer, tried Cox's drink. Johnson subsequently introduced it to the Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C., and drinkers of the daiquirí increased over the space of a few decades. The daiquirí was one of the favorite drinks of writer Ernest Hemingway and president John F. Kennedy.The drink became popular in the 1940s.Wartime rationing made whiskey, vodka, etc., hard to come by, yet because of Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy (which opened up trade and travel relations with Latin America, Cuba and the Caribbean), rum was easily obtainable. The Good Neighbor Policy (also known as 'The Pan-American program'), helped make Latin America seem fashionable. As a consequence, rum-based drinks (once frowned upon as being the domain of sailors and down-and-outs), also became fashionable, and the Daiquirí saw a tremendous rise in popularity in the US. The basic recipe for a Daiquirí is also similar to the grog British sailors drank aboard ship from the 1740s onwards. By 1795 the Royal Navy daily grog ration contained rum, water, ¾ ounce of lemon or limejuice, and 2 ounces of sugar. This was a common drink across the Caribbean, and as soon as ice became available this was included instead of the water. Jennings Cox's story is certainly a popular one and maybe he was responsible for the naming of the drink, but as far as creating it he was about 150 years late. GIBSON INGREDIENTS: • • 6cl (6 parts) gin 1cl (1 part) dry vermouth PROCEDURE: Stir well in a shaker with ice, then strain into glass. Garnish and serve. HISTORY Although Charles Dana Gibson is often said to be responsible for the creation of the Gibson (where a pickled onion serves as the garnish), the details are |
Born on June 27, 1880, who was the deaf and blind author, who wrote such works as The Story of my Life, The World I Live In, and the Socialist tract Out of the Dark? | Helen Keller - New World Encyclopedia Helen Keller Deaf-blind American author, activist, and lecturer Born June 1, 1968 Easton, Connecticut, USA Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was an American author, activist, and lecturer. Both deaf and blind, she changed the public's perception of people with disabilities. She became known around the world as a symbol of the indomitable human spirit, yet she was much more than a symbol. She was a woman of luminous intelligence, high ambition, and great accomplishment, having devoted her life to helping others. Helen Keller was an impassioned advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. She played a leading role in most of the significant political, social, and cultural movements of the twentieth century. Contents Her life story exemplifies well the truth that though the body's physical limitations may constrain one's performance, a person's true value comes from the height and depth of her mind. Childhood Helen Keller was born at an estate called Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880, to parents Captain Arthur H. Keller and Kate Adams Keller. She was not born blind or deaf; it was not until nineteen months of age that she came down with an illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain," which could have possibly been scarlet fever or meningitis. The illness did not last for a particularly long time, but it left her deaf and blind. By age seven she had invented over sixty different hand signals that she could use to communicate with her family. In 1886, her mother Kate Keller was inspired by an account in Charles Dickens ' American Notes of the successful education of another deaf/blind child, Laura Bridgman, and traveled to a specialist doctor in Baltimore, Maryland for advice. He connected her with local expert Alexander Graham Bell , who was working with deaf children at the time. Bell advised the couple to contact the Perkins Institute for the Blind, the school where Bridgman had been educated, which was then located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school delegated teacher and former student, Anne Sullivan , herself visually impaired and then only 20 years old, to become Helen's teacher. It was the beginning of a 49-year-long relationship. Helen Keller, age 7 Sullivan obtained permission from Helen's father to isolate the girl from the rest of the family in a little house in their garden. Her first task was to instill discipline in the spoiled girl. Helen's big breakthrough in communication came one day when she realized that the motions her teacher was making on her palm, while running cool water over her palm from a pump, symbolized the idea of "water"; she then nearly exhausted Sullivan demanding the names of all the other familiar objects in her world (including Helen's prized doll). In 1890, ten-year-old Helen Keller was introduced to the story of Ragnhild Kåta—a deaf/blind Norwegian girl who had learned to speak. Ragnhild Kåta's success inspired Helen—she wanted to learn to speak as well. Anne was able to teach Helen to speak using the Tadoma method (touching the lips and throat of others as they speak) combined with "fingerspelling" alphabetical characters on the palm of Helen's hand. Later, Keller would also learn to read English , French , German , Greek , and Latin in Braille . Helen Keller, graduation from Radcliffe College, c. 1904 Education In 1888, Helen attended the Perkins School for the Blind. At age eleven, in 1891, Helen wrote to her father: I cannot believe that parents would keep their deaf or blind children at home to grow up in silence and darkness if they knew there was a good school at Talladega where they would be kindly and wisely treated. Little deaf and blind children love to learn…and God means that they shall be taught. He has given them minds that can understand and hands with sensitive fingertips that are almost as good as eyes. I cannot see or hear, and yet I have been taught to do nearly everything that other girls do. I am happy all the day long because education has brought |
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June 27, 1963 saw the introduction of what no ubiquitous piece of technology, outside a Barclays Bank in Enfield, North London? | Automated teller machines: their history and authentication protocols | SpringerLink , Volume 6, Issue 1 , pp 1–29 Automated teller machines: their history and authentication protocols Authors Alan G. Konheim Email author Regular Paper Konheim, A.G. J Cryptogr Eng (2016) 6: 1. doi:10.1007/s13389-015-0104-3 198 Downloads Abstract Luther Simjian filed a patent in 1959 for perhaps the first ATM; he convinced the City Bank of New York (now Citibank) to run a 6-month field test of his Bankmatic. The test was, however, not extended due to lack of demand. Simjian suggested that the only customers using the machine were a small number of prostitutes and gamblers who did not want to deal with bank tellers face to face. Nature abhors a vacuum and is also the mother of invention; John Shepherd-Barron (OBE), managing director of London’s De La Rue Instruments succeeded in 1964 with help from Barclay’s Bank. The DACS (De La Rue Automatic Cash System) was installed at their branch in Enfield, North London, on June 27, 1967. Since banks are guardians of your money, it was necessary to institute controls on who could get the moolah or lolly! JSB and his many successors required an ATM user to provide two identifiers: the first, a PAN—proof of the existence of a bank account—though not necessary well funded—and the second, a PIN—proof of identity, the creation of James Goodfellow of Chubb’s Integrated System. The PAN in time would ultimately be recorded magnetically on an ATM bankcard, the PIN entered at the ATM’s keyboard. Goodfellow’s invention was followed by ATM inventions of Geoffrey Constable (also of Chubb) and in the US by Donald C. Wetzel. He was former baseball player (shortstop) for a farm team of the San Francisco (née New York) Giants, IBM sales person and then vice president of Docutel. Since pickpockets were plentiful in London, a substantial part of the security rested with knowledge of the PIN. But how were the PAN and PIN related and how was this tested during an ATM transaction? These remained to be discovered. The IBM Corporation entered the scene in 1968 with a contact to design an ATM. Horst Feistel working at their Yorktown Research Center developed the first cryptographic algorithm to relate the PIN and PAN. Feistel’s algorithm LUCIFER was modified and affirmed in 1976 as the Data Encryption Standard (DES) in the US by the National Bureau of Standards. It evolved into Triple DES (3DES), currently the guardian of most PINs today. This paper is a summary of the achievements of the inventors, the problems encountered and the necessary technical enhancements needed and introduced. Keywords APIATMBankingCryptographyHardware Security ModuleHorst FeistelPEDIBM “Money is like a sixth sense—and you can’t make use of the other five without it.” W. Somerset Maugham “Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” Woody Allen “The trick is to stop thinking of it as your money.” IRS Dogma. W. Somerset Maugham: British playwright, novelist and short-story writer (1874–1965). Woody Allen: Heywood “Woody” Allen is an American actor, writer, director, comedian, musician (clarinet), and playwright. He is very much alive expanding his career spans more than 50 years. “In the bank, large amounts, I’m afraid these don’t grow on trees. You’ve got to pick-a-pocket or two”. from the Pickpocket song in Oliver—words and lyrics by Lionel Bart. References Bellis, M.: Automatic Teller Machines—ATM. http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/atm.htm/ 2. McRobbie, L.R.: The ATM is dead. Long live the ATM! smithsonian.com, pp. 1–11 (January 8, 2015) 3. Miller, A.: Who invented the ATM machine? http://www.atminventor.com/ 4. Campbell-Kelley, M.: John Sheperd-Barron Obituary. In: The Guardian (May 23, 2010) 5. Bátez-Lazlo, B., Reid, R.J.K.: The development of cash dispensing technology in the UK. IEEE Ann. Hist. Comput. 33(3), 32–45 (2011) 6. Bátez-Lazlo, B., Reid, R.J.K.: Evidence from the Patent Record on the Development of Cash Dispensing Technology History of Telecommunications Conference, pp. 110–114 (2008) 7. Shim |
Born on July 28, 1866 in London, what author is behind books such as The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit? | Beatrix Potter (Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit) edit data Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who was best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses, and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District developed a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. As a young woman her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and became secretly Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who was best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses, and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District developed a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. As a young woman her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and became secretly engaged to her publisher, Norman Warne, causing a breach with her parents, who disapproved of his social status. Warne died before the wedding could take place. Potter eventually published 23 children's books, and having become financially independent of her parents, was able to buy a farm in the Lake District, which she extended with other purchases over time. In her forties she married a local solicitor, William Heelis. She became a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to write and illustrate children's books. Potter died in 1943, and left almost all of her property to The National Trust in order to preserve the beauty of the Lake District as she had known it, protecting it from developers. Potter's books continue to sell well throughout the world, in multiple languages. Her stories have been retold in various formats, including a ballet, films and in animation. ...more |
Often called one of the best known sentences in the English language, complete the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with" what? | Declaration of Independence - Vocabulary List : Vocabulary.com Declaration of Independence November 12, 2010 By Aline H. Rate this list: incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another Its stature grew over the years, particularly the second sentence, a sweeping statement of individual human rights: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. channel into a new direction United States Declaration of Independence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search "Declaration of Independence" redirects here. consequential having important issues or results This sentence has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language"[2] and "the most potent and consequential words in American history".[3] one who writes his or her name on and is bound by a document Signatories 56 delegates to the Continental Congress Purpose To announce and explain separation from Great Britain[1] The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. initially at the beginning Having served its original purpose in announcing independence, the text of the Declaration was initially ignored after the American Revolution. giving or marked by complete attention to United States Declaration of Independence 1823 facsimile of the engrossed copy Created June–July 1776 Location Engrossed copy: National Archives Rough draft: Library of Congress Authors Thomas Jefferson et al. collection of records especially about an institution United States Declaration of Independence 1823 facsimile of the engrossed copy Created June–July 1776 Location Engrossed copy: National Archives Rough draft: Library of Congress Authors Thomas Jefferson et al. evident without proof or argument Its stature grew over the years, particularly the second sentence, a sweeping statement of individual human rights: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. invoke request earnestly; ask for aid or protection The famous wording of the Declaration has often been invoked to protect the rights of individuals and marginalized groups, and has come to represent for many people a moral standard for which the United States should strive. with a side facing an object It was initially published as a printed broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. formally approved and invested with legal authority United States Declaration of Independence 1823 facsimile of the engrossed copy Created June–July 1776 Location Engrossed copy: National Archives Rough draft: Library of Congress Authors Thomas Jefferson et al. grievance a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III, and by asserting certain natural rights, including a right of revolution. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place United States Declaration of Independence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search "Declaration of Independence" redirects here. provided or supplied or equipped with Its stature grew over the years, particularly the second sentence, a sweeping statement of individual human rights: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. give qualities or abilities to Its stature grew over the years, particularly the second sentence, a sweeping statement of individual human rights: We hold these truths to be self-evident, t |
On July 5, 1996, scientists from the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland, created Dolly, the first cloned mammal. What type of animal was she? | Dolly, First Cloned Sheep What effect has the successful cloning of Dolly had on the general population?. About Dolly Dolly, a Finn Dorset sheep, was born on July 5th, 1996, at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her birth, not revealed to the public until February 3rd, 1997, sparked controversy instantly, because Dolly was the world's first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. Considered one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs ever, Dolly's birth and subsequent survival proved that adult cells can reprogram themselves into a new being. The team that created her, led by Scotsman Ian Wilmut, hoped to create an animal whose cells were genetically young again, rather than prematurely adult; however, when Dolly was reported to have been euthanased on February 14th, 2003, nearly six years after her birth, concern was raised that her progressive lung disease was caused because her cells were already old; she also had premature arthritis. Sheep can normally live to 11 or 12 years of age, and lung disease is not common in younger sheep. There was some speculation as to whether she caught it or not from the other sheep that she was housed with, but that claim has been neither confirmed nor denied. Dolly, named after singer Dolly Parton, bred normally on two occasions, with a Welsh mountain ram named David, and over the course of her life gave birth to four lambs; proving thus that clones can reproduce. Francis Crick and James Watson are widely recognized as some of the first pioneers in cloning technology. Their discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, and later, their work on moecular heredity, helped to propel the science of biotechnology into the public view. This in turn led to an increase in scientific research that focused on learning the intricacies of the human genetic code and, subsequently, the discovery that cloning is possible and within reach of scientists today. Cloning as it exists today would probably not exist but for the research of these two men, who in 1962 received a Nobel prize for their work. Another important name in cloning history is John Gurdon, who in 1962 announced that he had used the nucleus of fully differentiated adult intestinal cells to clone South African frogs. Gurdon’s experiment was widely talked about, although it was never proven that the frogs were true clones. In 1984, Steen Willadsun cloned a sheep from embryo cells, which were the predecessor to Dolly’s method of cloning. His work was the first verified incidence of cloning using nuclear transfer, which was remarkable at the time considering that only a few months earlier it had been said that it was biologically impossible. The major debate over Dolly was the issue of subsequent human cloning. The ethics that need to be considered over this issue are enormous, and there is no one right answer. Since Dolly, human cloning advocates have lobbied to legalize cloning; but so far this has not happened. Some people are of the opinion that cloning is essentially "playing God" and is abominable to say the least; they cite cloning experiments that have gone awry, with such results as deformed fetuses with oversized organs, and birthed animals that were twice the normal size and died soon after. Overall, the Dolly debate still continues internationally, and has never really died away. Whatever the future of cloning may be, Dolly existed, and that in itself is a momentous event in human history. |
What can be a cherry, a crooner, and a search engine? | How do I change the default search engine in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)? - Ask Dave Taylor ASK DAVE TAYLOR How do I change the default search engine in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)? How do I change the default search engine in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)? 41 Comments I’ve been running Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 7.0 web browser and really like it overall, except for one problem: by default searches in the search box go to MSN Search, and I want to use Google. How do I change it? If you’re lucky, you simply got the following prompt the very first time you ran IE7 on your computer: But it sounds like you’ve already got your system running and have MSN Search locked in. Fortunately, it’s not really locked in, as you can find out by going to Tools > Internet Options Now you’ll see this: See 2/3 of the way down the section “change search defaults”? That’s what you want. Click on the button “Settings” right next to that and you’ll see: Click on the small text link “find more providers” on the lower left corner (funny how they don’t make it a big visible button) and you’ll go to this page: Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer 7 . The page looks like this: You can’t see it, but most of the work is done behind the scenes. Indeed, all the URLs are the same. Open up the source and you’ll find that, for example, you add Google search to your copy of IE7 with the following code; <a href=”#” onClick=”window.external.AddSearchProvider("http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/3/C/A3C89D63- E2F0-460D-9F5F-23B51EA52B5E/Google.xml");”>Google</a><br>Google Web Search Yow. Not for the faint of heart, I’d say! Fortunately, you can just click away and add as many of the search engines listed on this page to your copy of IE7 as your heart desires. Each time, you’ll get the following confirmation: Click on “Add Provider” if you just want to add it to your options list, or check the box labeled “Make this my default search provider” if you want to go ahead and change the default at the same time. One very cool feature is that you can specify ANY search engine, so you can even add Ask Dave Taylor to your IE7 search toolbar. You just do a search on the site you desire for the pattern TEST then cut and paste the resultant URL. On my site it’d be: http://limbo1.intercast-media.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=7&Template=linksearch&search=TEST Finally, once you add a bunch of choices, you can now go to that same option in Internet Options and see lots of choices: What’s really cool is that you can now click the tiny downward triangle button on the far, far right and instantly switch which search engine you’re using: Now that’s a genuinely valuable capability and one well worth learning how to configure if you’re going to be using Internet Explorer 7.0. Let’s Stay In Touch! Never miss a single article, review or tutorial here on AskDaveTaylor, sign up for my weekly newsletter! Name: Email: I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee! 41 comments on “How do I change the default search engine in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)?” |
In photography, what term is used to express the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens? | lens - Size of the entrance pupil vs size of the aperture - Photography Stack Exchange Size of the entrance pupil vs size of the aperture up vote 1 down vote favorite I understand that the entrance pupil is the image of the aperture as seen from the front of the lens. However, is the size of the entrance pupil the same as the size of the effective aperture? In other words, if I measure the size of the entrance pupil by looking at it, will that be equivalent to the focal length of the lens divided by the f-number (with the focus set to infinity)? I know that sometimes this is hard to estimate because of the shape of the aperture blades, but I was wondering whether pupil and aperture can be quite different (perhaps at very low magnification). up vote 3 down vote accepted if I measure the size of the entrance pupil by looking at it, will that be equivalent to the focal length of the lens divided by the f-number Yes. F-number is defined in terms of focal length and entrance pupil diameter, so if you know any two of: entrance pupil diameter, f-number, and focal length, you can calculate the third number. The equation that Wikipedia gives is: N = f/D where N is f-number, f is focal length, and D is entrance pupil diameter. Dividing both sides by f and taking the reciprocal of both sides gives you: D = f/N Note this sentence from the linked article: The entrance pupil diameter is not necessarily equal to the aperture stop diameter, because of the magnifying effect of lens elements in front of the aperture. I was under the impression that the f-number was defined as the ratio of focal length and aperture, and that the entrance pupil was just the apparent size of the aperture. I tend not to necessary trust wikipedia. Here for example ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture ) the f-number is specified as a ratio of "focal length to effective aperture diameter". – maupertius Oct 16 '13 at 15:27 1 Entrance pupil (EP) is the more commonly accepted technical term. Effective aperture (EA) means the same thing when referring to the aperture opening used to divide the focal length by to figure the f-number. But EA is less accepted in technical circles because it is less specific in some other ways. It gets confusing because when we say we are choosing an aperture setting of, say f/5.6, what we are really doing is selecting an f-number of 5.6. The effective aperture we choose to get a specific f-number, such as 5.6, will vary based on the focal length of the lens. – Michael Clark Oct 16 '13 at 21:22 Or, to put it another way, Effective Aperture (EA) is the apparent width/diameter of the Entrance Pupil (EP) as measured from outside the front element of the lens. But the EP also has additional properties beyond the EA. And Wikipedia is correct at this point: The width/diameter of the EP is always used to calculate the f-number of a lens. – Michael Clark Oct 16 '13 at 21:30 If you have a non-circular opening, for example, you would need to measure the total area of the oddly shaped EP and then use the diameter of a circle that would yield the same area when dividing the focal length to derive the f-number of such a lens. – Michael Clark Oct 16 '13 at 21:37 |
A misanthrope is characterized by the hatred of what? | Misanthropy | Psychology Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit While misanthropes express a general dislike for humanity on the whole, they generally have normal relationships with specific people. Misanthropy may be motivated by feelings of isolation or social alienation , or simply contempt for the prevailing characteristics of humanity. Misanthropy is commonly misinterpreted and distorted as a widespread and individualized hatred of humans. Because of this, a great number of false negative tie-ins are often associated with the term. An extreme misanthrope may indeed hate the human species generally, but it does not necessarily entail psychopathy. Misanthropes can hold normal and intimate relationships with people, but they will often be very few and far between. They will typically be very selective with whom they choose to associate. This is also where their aversion is most prevalent, because their perspective shows an overriding contempt towards common human faults and weaknesses in others and, in some cases, themselves.[ How to reference and link to summary or text ] It is because of that aversion that most misanthropes will often be categorized as loners, living in seclusion. They generally will not find solace or effective functioning in society as a result of their perspective. However, effectively functioning in society has little or no value to the misanthrope, and the prospect of fitting into their culture seems to them like idiocy.[ How to reference and link to summary or text ] Misanthropy can often be characterized as disillusionment with what is perceived to be Man or human nature. The misanthrope, having grown to expect Man to assume a romantic and simplistic ideal, is consistently confronted with conflicting evidence. On the other hand, the object of a misanthrope's dislike may be a pervasive culture which is perceived as denying human nature wherein in participants do not fully evince said nature. In both cases, the misanthrope views himself as somehow distinct from a majority of the human species. Overt expressions of misanthropy are common in satire and comedy, although intense misanthropy is generally rare. Subtler expressions are far more common, especially for those pointing out the shortcomings of humanity.[ How to reference and link to summary or text ] Some philosophers, such as Arthur Schopenhauer , view humanity as a futile, self-destructive species. Philosophy Edit In Plato 's Phaedo , Socrates states, " Misology and misanthropy arise from similar causes." [1] He equates misanthropy with misology, the hatred of speech, drawing an important distinction between philosophical pessimism and misanthropy. Immanuel Kant said, "Of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made," and yet this was not an expression of the uselessness of humanity itself. Similarly, Samuel Beckett once remarked, "Hell must be like... reminiscing about the good old days when we wished we were dead." This statement may be seen as rather bleak and hopeless, but not as anti-human or expressive of any hatred of humankind.[ How to reference and link to summary or text ] Seneca the Younger , in his treatise On Anger, suggests that one's misanthropy can be mitigated or cured by laughing at the foibles of humanity rather than resenting them. Seneca's Stoic philosophy regarded all forms of anger as corruptions of reason and therefore detrimental to good judgement; he thus argues that hatred and misanthropy must be eliminated for the individual to attain sanity. In early Islamic philosophy , certain thinkers such as Ibn al-Rawandi and Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar-Razi often expressed misanthropic views. [2] In the Judeo-Islamic philosophies (800 - 1400) , the Jewish philosopher , Saadia Gaon , uses the Platonic idea that the self-isolated man is dehumanized by friendlessness to argue against the misanthropy of anchorite asceticism and reclusiveness . [3] The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer , on the other hand, was almost certainly as famously misanthropic as his reputation. He wrote, "Human existence must b |
An acute angle is one that is less than 90 degrees, while an obtuse angle is between 90 and 180 degrees. What is the name of an angle that is exactly 90 degrees? | Types of Angles - Free Math Help All About Angles Types of Angles You've certainly used the word "angle" in common life, but it also has an important meaning in mathematics. One subject you'll want to be familiar with is the different types, or classifications, of angles, determined by the measure of the angle. This page is a simple, easy-to-follow beginner's guide to the different types of angles. Three Main Types of Angles Acute - any angle which measures less than 90 degrees. These angles appear "sharp," like the blade on a knife. Example: The angle ABC measures 40 degrees. Angle ABC is acute. Right - any angle which measures exactly 90 degrees. These are like the edges of a wooden block. Sample: The angle CAT measures 90 degrees. The angle CAT is a right angle. Obtuse - any angle which measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees. These are "fat" angles that are very wide. Sample: angle DEF measures 125 degrees. Then angle DEF is obtuse. Special Case Straight - any angle which measures exactly 180 degrees. This isn't even really an angle... it's just a straight line! Sample: Points ABC lie on line L forming a STRAIGHT LINE. Then line L is a straight line. Relationships between several angles Vertical Angles - Two angles formed by intersecting lines. They can not be adjacent but are always equal in measure. They are across from one another in the corners of the "X" formed by the lines. In the above picture, angles 1 and 3 and angles 2 and 4 are vertical because they are across from each other. Now, angles 1 and 2 and angles 3 and 4 are NOT vertical angles. Complementary Angles - Two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees. Sample: angle A = 30 degrees and and angle B = 60 degrees. Then angle A + angle B = 90 degrees. We can say angles A and B are complementary. Supplementary Angles - Two angles whose measures add up to 180 degrees. Supplementary angles can be placed so that they form a straight line. Sample: angle A = 80 degrees and angle B = 100 degrees. Then angle A + angle B = 180 degrees. We can say that angles A and B are supplementary. © 2016 Free Math Help. All rights reserved. |
Today marks the birthday of Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Dondrub, the 14th Spiritual leader of Tibet who fled to India in 1959, better known as whom? | 14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub - TheXtraordinary 14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub By: Peter Horsfield The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is a living paradox; he upholds compassion and nonviolence while battling for his people’s rights. While his right foot was on the pulpit teaching the Buddhist canon, his left rested on the seat of the Tibetan government. Nihilobstat.info Nihilobstat.info Support Why 14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub is Extraordinary There were 13 Dalai Lamas before him, but Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, or simply “Tenzin Gyatso,” may be the most loved and decorated of them all. Because of the belief that Dalai Lamas are reincarnated beings of their god, the 14th Dalai Lama must be considered the best of his reborn self. But, really, the 14th Dalai Lama is different in many ways, perhaps because he was born at a chaotic time which called for an extraordinary spiritual and political leader to inspire the oppressed Tibetan people. The 14th Dalai Lama’s Contribution to Tibetan Buddhism If one’s people were uprooted from where they call home, leading them to a strange land would require all the power in the world to avoid bloodshed and keep them hopeful. Indeed, Tenzin Gyatso preserved not only the lives of his people, but also their culture and heritage. How can such a small government persevere while antagonizing one of the largest countries in the world? Tenzin Gyatso made all the difference. The Dalai Lama cannot deny his people the better life they rightly deserve; but when his faith and their culture were put on the line, the Dalai Lama chose to stand by his people, even when it meant going against a giant – and a violent one at that. But the Dalai Lama preaches compassion and nonviolence, so he opted to take his people out of the land to exemplify how to treat enemies. While he did not intend to endanger Tibetan lives, he could not watch their identity get corrupted. Between pleasing a tyrant and serving his people, he chose the nobler [but more perilous] path. They took refuge in India, where they started rebuilding their lives and rewriting their history. The Dalai Lama displayed the true mark of a leader; he did not buckle under pressure, and even managed to provide sources of income and education to his people while encouraging them to live peacefully as aliens in India. He did all of this in his early twenties, not to mention holding the highest seat in their government at only 15 years old due to Tibet’s need for a spiritual leader. Regardless of age, the 14th Dalai Lama became a source of inspiration and embodied the Buddhist tenets without compromising his country’s freedom. Only a skilled, natural leader could have pulled it off. Achievements as a Political and Spiritual Leader His efforts to maintain peace and order certainly earned him the respect of his people. In 1989, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Since its exodus in 1959, Tibet has remained to be the only country governed in exile. Although they were living in a strange land, the Tibetan people never lost hope. His work even made way for Tibet to become known all over the world. Amidst all that, the Dalai Lama has no mean words against their oppressors; he is willing to forgive and work alongside them for the sake of his people. Tibetans may be living as aliens in Dharamsala, but they need not be on their own soil to know what it means to live freely. The Dalai Lama has used his influence to rally for the support of nations for years. While he knows that he is fighting for justice, he is well aware of how dirty politics can be. But as long as he is there to cast light to his people, they will never get lost. In spite of what he has accomplished, he still humbly thinks of himself as a “simple monk.” Apparently, humility is another virtue he has also mastered. Top Reasons why 14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub is Extraordinary He holds over 50 honorary degrees! At only 15 years old, he assumed full political power over Tibet as the 14th Dalai Lama. At 19 years old, he was elected Deputy Chairman of the Standing Comm |
In baseball scoring, the pitcher is 1, the catcher is 2. What position is represented by the number 6? | Baseball Positions by Number You are at: Home » FREE baseball tips and instruction, exclusively from the pros » Ask Your Baseball Question »Baseball Positions by Number Baseball Positions by Number Baseball position chart. Did you ever wonder “What is a 6-4-3 double play”? Or the what the “3-4 hole” refers to? This article clarifies that sometimes mysterious baseball lingo with a diagram and descriptions of the baseball positions by number. Which positions are represented by which numbers? Did you ever wonder “What do the numbers before a double or triple play mean?” or “What is a 6-4-3 double play”? Or the what the “3-4 hole” refers to? There are nine numbered positions on a baseball field. The numbers are most typically used, rather than writing the player’s name or the name of the position, when keeping a scorecard. Here is the list of baseball positions by number: Baseball Positions by Number 8. Center Field (CF) 9. Right Field (RF) So, as an example, a 6 4 3 double play means the shortstop fielded the ball and threw it to the second baseman, who turned the double play by throwing it to first base. I have been shocked to find how many charts in so-called baseball reference works get this wrong. Just the other day, I was reading a baseball book in Barnes N Noble, and was surprised that the numbers for 2nd base and shortstop were mixed up. “This must be a typo,” I thought at first, but the mistake was repeated throughout the entire book. Who we are Well, have no fear. Let me put to rest any doubts with the baseball position chart above. Pro Baseball Insider is a free resource for serious players and their parents and coaches. Every video, article and post on this site was written by a professional player, coach, trainer or scout. We want to give you access to the experts so that you can reach your maximum potential as a player. If you are interested in getting your child a one-on-one critique and lesson with a pro, check out get your swing analyzed . What to Read Next: |
What unit of area, named for the Old English word for "Open Field", was originally defined as the area that could be plowed by one man behind one ox in one day? | Why Are There 5,280 Feet in a Mile? Making Sense of Measurements | Mental Floss Why Are There 5,280 Feet in a Mile? Making Sense of Measurements houstonfreeways.com Like us on Facebook Why are there 5,280 feet in a mile, and why are nautical miles different from the statute miles we use on land? Why do we buy milk and gasoline by the gallon? Where does the abbreviation "lb" come from? Let's take a look at the origins of a few units of measure we use every day. The Mile The basic concept of the mile originated in Roman times. The Romans used a unit of distance called the mille passum, which literally translated into "a thousand paces." Since each pace was considered to be five Roman feet—which were a bit shorter than our modern feet—the mile ended up being 5,000 Roman feet, or roughly 4,850 of our modern feet. If the mile originated with 5,000 Roman feet, how did we end up with a mile that is 5,280 feet? Blame the furlong. The furlong wasn't always just an arcane unit of measure that horseracing fans gabbed about; it once had significance as the length of the furrow a team of oxen could plow in a day. In 1592, Parliament set about determining the length of the mile and decided that each one should be made up of eight furlongs. Since a furlong was 660 feet, we ended up with a 5,280-foot mile. The Nautical Mile So if the statute mile is the result of Roman influences and plowing oxen, where did the nautical mile get its start? Strap on your high school geometry helmet for this one. Each nautical mile originally referred to one minute of arc along a meridian around the Earth. Think of a meridian around the Earth as being made up of 360 degrees, and each of those degrees consists of 60 minutes of arc. Each of these minutes of arc is then 1/21,600th of the distance around the earth. Thus, a nautical mile is 6,076 feet. The Acre Like the mile, the acre owes its existence to the concept of the furlong. Remember that a furlong was considered to be the length of a furrow a team of oxen could plow in one day without resting. An acre—which gets its name from an Old English word meaning "open field"—was originally the amount of land that a single farmer with a single ox could plow in one day. Over time, the old Saxon inhabitants of England established that this area was equivalent to a long, thin strip of land one furlong in length and one chain—an old unit of length equivalent to 66 feet—wide. That's how we ended up with an acre that's equivalent to 43,560 square feet. The Foot As the name implies, scholars think that the foot was actually based on the length of the human foot. The Romans had a unit of measure called a pes that was made up of twelve smaller units called unciae. The Roman pes was a smidge shorter than our foot—it came in at around 11.6 inches—and similar Old English units based on the length of people's feet were also a bit shorter than our 12-inch foot. The 12-inch foot didn't become a common unit of measurement until the reign of Henry I of England during the early 12th century, which has led some scholars to believe it was standardized to correspond to the 12-inch foot of the king. The Gallon The gallon we use for our liquids comes from the Roman word galeta, which meant "a pailful." There have been a number of very different gallon units over the years, but the gallon we use in the United States is probably based on what was once known as the "wine gallon" or Queen Anne's gallon, which was named for the reigning monarch when it was standardized in 1707. The wine gallon corresponded to a vessel that was designed to hold exactly eight troy pounds of wine. The Pound Like several other units, the pound has Roman roots. It's descended from a roman unit called the libra. That explains the "lb" abbreviation for the pound, and the word "pound" itself comes from the Latin pondo, for "weight." The avoirdupois pounds we use today have been around since the early 14th century, when English merchants invented the measurement in order to sell goods by weight rather than volume. They based their new unit of measure as be |
Dame Jane Goodall spent 45 years in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania studying what animals? | Jane Goodall Facts for Kids | KidzSearch.com 3 References Life She has been interested in animals since childhood. As a child she was given a lifelike chimpanzee toy named Jubilee by her father; her fondness for the toy started her early love of animals. Leakey's influence She went to Kenya and met Dr. Louis Leakey there. In 1958, Leakey sent Goodall to London to study primate behavior with two experts. [3] Leakey raised funds, and in 1960 Goodall went to Gombe Stream National Park, becoming the first of "Leakey's Angels". She was accompanied by her mother whose presence was necessary to satisfy the requirements of David Anstey, chief warden. He was concerned for their safety; Tanzania was "Tanganyika" at that time and a British protectorate . [4] Leakey arranged funding and in 1962 sent Goodall, who had no degree, to Cambridge University where she obtained a PhD degree in Ethology . [4] [5] She became only the eighth person to be allowed to study for a PhD without first obtaining a BA or BSc . [6] Her thesis was completed in 1965, titled Behavior of the free-ranging Chimpanzee. It told of her first five years of study at the Gombe Reserve. [5] [6] Marriages Goodall has been married twice. On 28 March 1964 she married a Dutch nobleman, wildlife photographer Baron Hugo van Lawick. The couple had a son, Hugo Eric Louis, affectionately known as "Grub," who was born in 1967. They divorced in 1974. In 1975 she married Derek Bryceson. He was a member of Tanzania 's parliament and director of national parks; he died of cancer in October 1980. [7] With his position in the Tanzanian government as head of the country's national park system, Bryceson was able to protect Goodall's research project. He put an embargo on tourism at Gombe while he was alive. [7] Honours In addition to the DBE, Jane received many honours from other countries: United Nations Messenger of Peace Genesis Award Work Goodall is best known for her study of chimpanzee social and family life. She began studying the Kasakela chimpanzee community in Gombe Stream National Park , Tanzania in 1960. [8] [9] Instead of numbering the chimpanzees she observed, she gave them names such as Fifi and David Greybeard, and observed them to have unique and individual personalities, an unconventional idea at the time. [9] She found that, “It isn’t only human beings who have personality, who are capable of rational thought [and] emotions like joy and sorrow”. [9] She also observed behaviors such as hugs, kisses, pats on the back, and even tickling, what we consider 'human' actions. [9] Goodall insists that these gestures are evidence of "the close, supportive, affectionate bonds that develop between family members and other individuals within a community, which can persist throughout a life span of more than 50 years". [9] These findings suggest similarities between humans and chimpanzees can be seen in emotion, intelligence, and family and social relationships. Goodall’s research at Gombe Stream challenged two long-standing beliefs of the day: that only humans could build and use tools , and that chimpanzees were vegetarians . [9] While observing one chimpanzee feeding at a termite mound, she watched him repeatedly place stalks of grass into termite holes, then remove them from the hole covered with clinging termites, effectively “fishing” for termites. [10] The chimps would also take twigs from trees and strip off the leaves to make the twig more effective, a form of object modification which is the rudimentary beginnings of toolmaking. [10] "Man the Toolmaker" is a famous phrase in anthropology . In response to Jane's research, Louis Leakey wrote, "We must now redefine man, redefine tool, or accept chimpanzees as human!" [10] [11] Over the course of her study, Goodall found evidence of mental traits in chimpanzees such as reasoned thought , abstraction, generalization, symbolic representation, and even the concept of self. All these were thought to be uniquely human abilities. [12] In contrast to the peaceful and affectionate behaviors she observed, Goodall also found an aggr |
Beluga, Ossetra, Sterlet, and Sevruga are all types of what? | Russian Caviar – from $32.11 – Marky’s Gourmet Store Pages: 1 2 3 4 » View All The kinds of Russian black caviar The most expensive kind of the Russian caviar is the Russian Beluga caviar. Beluga has nearly extinguished because of overfishing, poaching, and water pollution, thus, the industrial fishing of this species is strictly limited and controlled, which has highly influenced its price and has stimulated the farming of this species after the official ban on import of the Caspian sea caviar. Only now after 10 years, we may see the results and we are expecting the Beluga to be supplied to our stock for we could offer it to our valued customers. The Russian Beluga caviar is considered to be the most delicious ones in the world. Its big pearlescent beads have the most delicate and subtle flavor that makes the gourmet lose their mind. The most popular and sought after is the Russian Osetra. Indeed, the Russian Osetra caviar makes an ideal balance of the flavor, the size, and the price. So if you want to buy Russian caviar most probably you'll buy the Russian Osetra. Though this Royal delight is pretty expensive, the price will be compensated by the incredible sea flavor, tender texture and luxurious appearance. There are many different types of the Russian Osetra sorted by grades, by the manufacturer, by the size, and by the color, but all you need to know is they are all perfectly delicious for you and are worth every single cent spent on it! Furthermore, you can save by ordering the Russian caviar online at the Marky's Gourmet shop. The closest analog to the Russian Beluga caviar is the Kaluga. This species is very similar to Beluga but just a little bit smaller and sometimes called the 'river Beluga' for its life cycle that includes a very long period of life in the rivers, unlike the Beluga that goes to the rivers only during the spawning period. Kaluga and all of its types have the flavor and texture very close to the Russian Beluga caviar. Very tender and delicious with the inherent nuttiness and butteriness, these big pearlescent beads will make your dinner unforgettable. Despite its smaller size, the Sevruga is the most flavorful caviar in the Sturgeon family and sometimes it is called 'Strong Sturgeon'. The small pearlescent black beads conceal a briny juice with a complex sea flavor that makes the connoisseurs' taste buds tremble in expectancy of the highest delight of enjoying the nutty and buttery flavor Russian Sevruga caviar and Sterlet caviar offered by Marky's Caviar are produced on domestic Sturgeon AquaFarm - the only aqua farm in North America to raise Beluga, Sterlet and Sevruga sturgeon |
Nicknamed The Great Lakes State, what was the 26th state to join the union on January 26, 1837? | This Day in History… January 26, 1837 | Mystic Stamp Discovery Center This Day in History… January 26, 1837 U.S. #775 pictures the state seal and flag, as well as farm and city scenes. On January 26, 1837, President Andrew Jackson approved Michigan’s bid for statehood. French explorer Étienne Brûlé was likely the first European to visit Michigan when he explored the area around 1620. In 1634, Quebec Governor Samuel de Champlain sent Jean Nicolet to search for a route to the Pacific Ocean. Nicolet sailed through the Straits of Mackinac and explored the Upper Peninsula. In 1660, Father René Ménard established a Jesuit mission at Keweenaw Bay. The first permanent settlement was created by Father Jacques Marquette at Sault Ste. Marie in 1668. U.S. #1658 – Michigan’s flag includes the official state motto which translates to “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” France and Great Britain struggled for control of North America during the late 1600s and 1700s. By 1763, France was defeated and forced to relinquish control of most of its North American colonies. That same year, the Ottawa Indian Chief Pontiac led an uprising and massacred the British at Fort Michilimackinac and attacked several other forts. Pontiac’s forces laid siege to Detroit for five months, but were eventually turned away. In 1774, the British made Michigan a part of the province of Quebec. U.S. #1974 – The state bird and flower – Robin and Apple Blossom. After the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, America gained the Michigan area. However, the British kept control of Detroit and Fort Mackinac until 1796, to control the valuable fur trade. In 1787, Michigan became part of the first territory organized by the U.S. government, the Northwest Territory. A section of Michigan was organized as part of the Indiana Territory in 1800, and by 1803, all of Michigan was in the Indiana Territory. In 1805, Congress created the Territory of Michigan, which included the Lower Peninsula and the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula. The British reclaimed Detroit and Fort Mackinac during the War of 1812. American forces took Detroit in 1813, but Fort Mackinac remained in British hands until 1814, after the war had ended. Many new settlers from the East came to Michigan when the Erie Canal was completed in 1825. U.S. #3582 pictures the monorail in Detroit and a Great Lakes fishing boat. A constitutional convention was held, and on October 5, 1835, the people ratified the state’s constitution. However, Congress delayed Michigan’s admittance to the Union due to a dispute with Ohio over the Toledo area. Congress settled this in 1836 by giving the “Toledo Strip” to Ohio and the entire Upper Peninsula to Michigan. Finally, Michigan became the 26th state to join the Union on January 26, 1837. U.S. #4298 pictures the state flag and boats you’d often see on the Great Lakes. In 1842, Michigan obtained Isle Royale and the Keweenaw Peninsula in a treaty with the Indians. It was discovered that the western portion of the Upper Peninsula was an important source of minerals. The Upper Peninsula quickly developed a thriving mining industry. The need to ship ore to the iron and steel centers on the Great Lakes resulted in the construction of the Soo Canal, which was completed in 1855. The Soo Canal allowed ships to pass between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. U.S. #2246 pictures Michigan’s state tree – the white pine. In a thirty-year period, from 1870 to 1900, Michigan’s population more than doubled. The lumber industry developed rapidly. Huge amounts of land were cleared as large numbers of farmers settled in the area. Then in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Olds Motor Works and Ford Motor Company transformed Detroit into the center of the nation’s automobile industry. Later, during both World Wars, Michigan’s industrial might aided the war effort greatly. Factories built trucks, armored vehicles, airplane engines, and more. Click the images to add this history to your collection. Did you like this article? Click here to rate: [Total: 216 Average: 4.8] |
Lasting 9 seasons, from July 1989 to May 1998, what NBC show described itself as “a show about nothing”? | The Big Apple: Seinfeld Session Entry from May 30, 2008 Seinfeld Session When the Albany legislature appears to do nothing, legislators sometimes quote William Shakespeare and claim that the legislative session is all “much ado about nothing.” The television sitcom Seinfeld was popular in the 1990s, featuring a New York comic and essentially being “a show about nothing” (as the show described itself). By at least 1998, the unproductive Albany legislature was accused of holding “Seinfeld sessions” where nothing got done. The term “Seinfeld session” has been applied to legislatures in such states as Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Oregon, and Texas as well as New York. Wikipedia: Seinfeld Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons. Many of its catchphrases have entered into the popular culture lexicon. The show led the Arthur Nielsen Media Research Ratings in its sixth and ninth seasons and finished among the top two (along with NBC’s ER) every year from 1994 to 1998. In 2002, TV Guide named Seinfeld as the greatest American television program of all time. A 2006 sitcom industry poll conducted by the United Kingdom’s Channel 4 voted Seinfeld as the third best sitcom ever, ranking behind Frasier and Fawlty Towers. The eponymous series was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, with the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself. Set predominantly in an apartment block on New York City’s Upper West Side (but shot mostly in Los Angeles, California), the show features a host of Jerry’s friends and acquaintances, which include George Costanza, Elaine Benes and Cosmo Kramer. Overview Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David pitched Seinfeld as a “show about nothing,” similar to the self-parodying “show within a show” of Season 4 episodes “The Pilot, Part 1” and “Part 2”. Seinfeld stood out from the typical family- or coworker-driven TV sitcoms of its time. None of the principal Seinfeld characters were related by blood or worked together. The episodes of most sitcoms revolve around a central theme or contrived comic situations, whereas most episodes of Seinfeld focused on the minutiae of daily life, such as waiting in line at the movies, going out for dinner, buying a suit, and coping with the petty injustices of life. Some viewers hold the belief that the world view presented in Seinfeld is somewhat consistent with the philosophy of nihilism, the view that life is pointless. For Albany Bills, the Year That Wasn’t By RICHARD PEREZ-PENA Published: June 23, 1998 All year, legislators, lobbyists and advocates complained about how little seemed to be getting done here. It was not their imagination. The 1998 legislative session, which ended on Friday, set a modern record for the fewest bills passed by both the State Senate and the Assembly. The two houses passed and sent to the Governor just 671 bills during the five and one-half months that the Legislature was in session. Most years during this century, the number has been more than 1,000. This year’s figure was the lowest in at least 88 years, according to records compiled in The New York Red Book, the state’s annual official record of people and events in state government. The previous low in that period was in 1914, when 722 bills were passed by both houses. (...) ‘’It really was the ‘Seinfeld’ session; it’s all about nothing,’’ said Blair Horner, the New York Public Interest Group’s legislative director. ‘’It doesn’t surprise me, given the poisoned atmosphere.’’ 16 March 2001, (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa), pg. 6: House Minority Leader Dick Myers, D-Iowa City, called this “the Seinfeld session - a session about nothing.” |
In flagrante delicto is a legal term meaning someone has been what? | In Flagrante Delicto Law and Legal Definition | USLegal, Inc. In Flagrante Delicto In Flagrante Delicto Law and Legal Definition In flagrante delicto is a Latin phrase which means “in the very act of committing an offense.” The term in flagrante delicto is used to indicate that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offense. The Latin term is sometimes used colloquially as a euphemism for a couple being caught in the act of sexual intercourse. The colloquial "caught red-handed" or "caught rapid" are English equivalents of this Latin phrase. Legal Definition list |
By congressional resolution, Sam Wilson, of Troy, New York, a meat supplier for the Army during the War of 1812, is recognized as the progenitor of what famous American symbol? | American National Biography Online Click Print on your browser to print the article. Close this window to return to the ANB Online. Wilson, Samuel (13 Sept. 1766-31 July 1854), meat packer and inspiration for Uncle Sam, was born in Menotomy (now Arlington), Massachusetts, the seventh of thirteen children of Edward Wilson and Lucy Francis Wilson, farmers. Wilson grew up in Menotomy and on a farm near Mason, New Hampshire, where the family moved when he was fourteen years old. In February 1789 the twenty-two-year old Samuel Wilson and his older brother Ebenezer Wilson left home to seek their fortunes in Troy, New York, seven miles north of Albany. Within a year they were operating a successful brickyard, and four years later the brothers established a meatpacking operation as E. and S. Wilson, which became their primary business. In January 1797 Samuel Wilson married Betsey Mann, whom he had known for nearly a decade. They had four children, but only two survived. During the following decade several members of the extended Wilson and Mann families moved to Troy and found employment with the Wilson brothers' enterprises, which expanded to include their own dock, sloops for shipping produce down the Hudson River, and a farm to pasture animals awaiting slaughter. For brief periods the Wilsons were also involved in a distilling business, and they operated a grocery and dry goods store as Wilson and Mann. The affable Samuel Wilson was fond of being called "Uncle Sam" by his numerous nieces and nephews, and the practice probably extended to his employees and the townspeople. During the War of 1812 Elbert Anderson Jr. of New York City, contracted with the secretary of war to supply rations for troops in New York and New Jersey. In turn Anderson advertised for five thousand barrels of pork and beef to be delivered during the first four months of 1813, for which E. and S. Wilson became subcontractors. The barrels were duly stamped "E.A.--U.S.," a shorthand for Elbert Anderson, supplier to the United States, but this was not widely understood. When some workmen asked what the initials meant, according to an eyewitness account published in the New York Gazette on 12 May 1830, one jokester (sometimes identified as Jonas W. Gleason, a Wilson employee) replied that he did not know, unless it meant that the barrels belonged to Elbert Anderson and Uncle Sam. Lucius E. Wilson, one of Samuel Wilson's great-nephews, recalled in 1917 a slightly different version told to him by his father. Visitors to Troy asked about barrels awaiting shipment on the docks, and an Irishman provided the answer. When asked who was Uncle Sam, the man replied: "Why Uncle Sam Wilson. It is he who is feeding the army" (quoted in Ketchum, p. 23). The joke was repeated often enough in Troy, probably in various versions, that soon all provisions destined for government use were being called Uncle Sam's. Not long after this joke was told, the first references to Uncle Sam as a nickname for the United States appeared in print, providing circumstantial evidence of a connection between the two crucial incidents. Alton Ketchum identified a broadside in the Library of Congress, probably published during March 1813 in either Troy or Albany, New York, that included two mentions of Uncle Sam as standing for the United States. An article in the Troy Post on 7 September 1813 used Uncle Sam in a similar context and explained that the letters "U.S." on government wagons and property supposedly inspired that usage. The earliest images of Uncle Sam began appearing in newspapers during the 1830s, but the iconography varied with the artists. During the Civil War, Uncle Sam commonly took on many of the features of Abraham Lincoln, including his tall, lean figure and beard, but it was not until the 1870s that Thomas Nast's drawings of a bearded Uncle Sam with a top hat, stripped pants, and stars on his coat or shirt became standard. Perhaps the most famous Uncle Sam appeared in the James Montgomery Flagg I Want You for the U.S. Army recruiting poster of 1917. Wilson enjoyed a prosperou |
Which US Mint, which stamps its' coins with the letter S, was created on July 3, 1854 by an act of Congress? | Archives | Coin Collectors Blog Jul 26, 2014 | CCAC , commentary , medals , silver Proposed reverse for the 2015 Ultra High Relief gold coin Since my post about the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, I had a few readers suggest that my interpretation of the meeting may not be accurate. Several mentioned that the discussion was a follow up of the April meeting where these issues were initially discussed. It was also pointed out to me that as part of the meeting CCAC Chairman Gary Marks did try to explain the conversation in context. These are fair criticisms. I did not attend the April meeting and Chairman Marks provided good introductory explanations prior to the discussion. Before commenting, I should have looked at the previous meeting’s notes which are available on the CCAC website. In retrospect, my criticism about the program was probably not fair. However, it is fair to question the direction the CCAC is proposing. The other criticism that I will alter but not retract is the one when I said there was an “over-the-top cult-like patriotic gushing by some of the members over the proceedings.” Rather, what I should have said is that the CCAC was very full of themselves to the point of being too self-congratulatory and overblowing the self-perceived importance of what is being proposed. What is being proposed is a medals program that Marks tentatively called an “American Liberty Silver Medal Program.” The purpose would be for the U.S. Mint to produce modern images of Liberty in medal form. Medals produced under this program would be dated silver proof medals on similar one-ounce planchets that are used for the American Silver Eagle program. A second program would be a “freestyle medal of an American theme.” The U.S. Mint would solicit ideas from their artist/engravers to be reviewed by the CCAC. One freestyle medal would be produced each year. As part of the proposal, it was suggested that the medals also be produced in bronze to make them more accessible to the average collector. What is important is that these are proposals for medals and not coins. Medals can be made of any metal and be dated but they will not bear a denomination and would not be legal tender. 2011 9/11 National Medal (obverse) How would the U.S. Mint and the CCAC measure the success of these programs? Will collectors really accept these medals as numismatic collectibles? If the 2011 September 11 National Medal is used as a benchmark, the U.S. Mint sold 177,339 medals from a maximum mintage of 2 million over two years. Think about it: a national tragedy that is relatively recent in the memory of Americans with the proceeds going to construction of the 9/11 Memorial in New York sold less than 9-percent of its allowable mintage. In comparison, the legal tender 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Silver Commemorative silver dollar sold 210,751 from its release on March 5, 2012 through the end of the calendar year. What prevented the sales of the September 11 National Medal? It cannot be the design because most people believe it is one of the best medals ever to be produced by the U.S. Mint. Could it be the price? The medal was priced at $66 with a $10 premium to be paid to the museum. This was $10 more than price for the proof American Silver Eagle coin. Although the September 11 National Medal was a beautiful work of art the price was not too out of line for a silver medal, the fact that it was a medal and not a coin most likely prevented it from being purchased in greater numbers. Even though a commemorative coin will not enter circulation, there may be a psychological barrier from a medal being accepted by collectors because it is not a legal tender coin. I did not purchase one of these medals. Even though $10 would go to the museum, I opted to write a check as a donation rather than pay for the medal. Even though I like the design, the medal is not something I feel is right for my collection. In writing a check I was also able to use the donation as a charitable tax deduction, which I would not be allowed to do if I purchas |
Although it has been around since 1901, which baseball league is known as the Junior Circuit? | Baseball History in 1901: The American League 1901 Leaders & Numbers 1900 1902 1900s 1901 The American League Ban Johnson upgrades his minor league circuit to the big time and scores an impressive and colorful debut, thanks to aggressive player raids upon National League rosters. For nine full years, the National League was afforded the privilege of being unchallenged. Like a true monopoly, the NL’s magnates pretty much got away with whatever they wanted. Yet the senior circuit’s corrupt arrogance was matched only by its sloppiness. As it reveled and rested in baseball’s castle of supremacy, no one was minding the watchtower, neither fearful nor aware that a possible upstart would charge forth. But little had the NL realized that, by 1893—barely two years after becoming the sole major league with the death of the American Association—the seeds had already been sown from which serious competition would sprout. The birth of the American League, its slow and steady progress toward major league status, and its hostile arrival in 1901 as an intended equal to the NL would have a profound influence in shaping the destiny of big league baseball through the 20th Century and beyond. Long before acquiring the unofficial title of God in the AL, Byron Bancroft “Ban” Johnson was a young Cincinnati sportswriter who loved baseball but hated its immoral attitudes. Through his columns, Johnson aggressively campaigned for a clean game where players behaved, umpires were in control, and rowdy hooligans gotten rid of. It never dawned on Johnson that he could act on his scriptures of reform by getting involved in baseball—until prodded to do so one evening at a bar with Charles Comiskey, a successful player-manager in the majors since the age of 23. Though it was not the be-all, end-all of baseball, the Western League was a good place for Johnson to start—a minor league operation westward and wayward enough to avoid constant badgering from conniving NL owners. Johnson took over the circuit in 1893 at age 29 and quickly proved that, pound for pound—both figuratively and literally—his 300-lb. presence was as powerful as his pen, passionately persuading his way to a role as league czar and instilling his doctrine of fair and clean play. Under Johnson’s rule, the WL instantly became a financial and critical hit; NL owners took notice, casually nodded and carried on with their shenanigans. With Comiskey in tow as the head man for the WL’s St. Paul franchise, Johnson’s self-confident (if not self-righteous) stature grew to the point that he eyed self-promotion of his league from minor to major. In 1900, he fired two warning shots across the NL’s bow; he renamed his circuit the American League, and he moved Comiskey’s team to Chicago. The NL was fine with its first direct competition from Johnson in the Windy City, but only on the conditions that it stay minor league and play in Chicago’s filthy industrial south side without a city ID—leaving the team to be formally listed simply as the “White Stockings.” Johnson, who risked outlaw status per the sport’s National Agreement if he violated the terms, agreed. He was just happy to be in the NL’s backyard. For 1901, Johnson removed the kid gloves and went for the kill. Conditions were abundantly ripe for AL advancement. The NL had opened up several idle baseball marketsJohnson quickly took advantage of one former NL city for 1900: Cleveland. Their first home game drew 6,500, more than the woebegone 1899 NL Spiders drew all year. by reducing its lineup from 12 teams to eight in 1900. Frustrated NL players had formed a union, but their owners laughed it off. Rowdyism remained rampant in the NL, enhancing Johnson’s position to sell the AL as a civilized alternative. And, most importantly, the National Agreement was set to expire—unchaining Johnson to do as he pleased without formal retribution. Johnson expanded his reach nationwide. Retaining franchises in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and Cleveland, Johnson began relocating the othersThe four AL cities spurned in the league’s quest for major league ascensio |
According to the proverb, the road to hell is what? | The road to hell is paved with good intentions | EnglishClub The road to hell is paved with good intentions This page is about the saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Possible interpretation: 1) People who believe they are doing good can end up doing bad (the law of unintended consequences). 2) There is no value in simply planning to do good if you don't actually do it. Origin: This proverb may have its roots in a statement in French by St Bernard of Clairvaux (c.1150): "L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés ou désirs." ("Hell is full of good intentions or desires.") hell (noun): (according to various religions) a place of suffering where bad people go after death paved with: covered with; constructed with; made of intention (noun): a plan; an aim Quick Quiz: |
What car company was forced to recall over 2.3 million vehicles earlier this year over reports of stuck accelerator pedals in 9 different models? | Toyota to Recall Over 2 Million Vehicles for Gas Pedal Flaws - The New York Times The New York Times Business Day |Toyota to Recall Over 2 Million Vehicles for Gas Pedal Flaws Search Toyota to Recall Over 2 Million Vehicles for Gas Pedal Flaws By NICK BUNKLEY Continue reading the main story DETROIT — Floor mats and accelerators continue to plague Toyota . Toyota said on Thursday that it was recalling another 2.17 million vehicles to fix problems that could cause their accelerator pedals to become stuck, a setback in its efforts to rebound from the uncertainty that swirled around the carmaker last year. Toyota initiated two new recalls on Thursday, covering about 769,000 sport utility vehicles and 20,000 Lexus sedans, and added nearly 1.4 million vehicles to its November 2009 recall related to what Toyota called “floor mat entrapment.” Since 2009, Toyota has recalled more than 14 million vehicles globally, with most connected to the floor-mat issue or a defect in the design of the accelerator pedal. The affected models are the 2004-6 Toyota Highlander , the 2004-7 Lexus RX, the 2006-7 Lexus GS, the 2003-9 Toyota 4Runner , the 2008-11 Lexus LX 570 and the 2006-10 Toyota Rav4. Federal regulators said the announcement concluded their investigation into whether Toyota had recalled enough vehicles. Advertisement Continue reading the main story “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed more than 400,000 pages of Toyota documents to determine whether the scope of its recalls for pedal entrapment was sufficient,” the agency’s administrator, David Strickland, said in a statement. As a result of the review, he added, the agency “asked Toyota to recall these additional vehicles, and now that the company has done so, our investigation is closed.” The news came a few weeks after the agency delivered a victory for Toyota in concluding that it could not find flaws in the electronics system to explain reports of sudden acceleration, as some critics and lawyers suing the company have asserted. The transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, said at that time that the problems were limited to two previously revealed defects and that Toyota’s cars were safe to drive. The safety agency forced Toyota to pay $48.8 million in three separate fines for waiting too long to announce the sudden-acceleration recalls and an unrelated 2005 recall. Each of the fines was the maximum allowed by law. 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 Though recalling millions more vehicles looked bad, lumping them all into one announcement could help the company finally put the problem behind it, said David Thomas, senior editor of Cars.com , which follows the auto industry. “I think they’re trying to put the final chapter on it,” Mr. Thomas said. “Their sales are already seriously damaged from the first rounds. A large chunk of the people who used to just go back and get another Toyota without thinking twice are now thinking twice, and they’re never going to get that back.” Toyota was the only major carmaker to report a decline in sales in 2010. It sold 0.4 percent fewer vehicles, while the rest of the industry grew 13.4 percent. Toyota said several different issues were involved in the latest recalls. On the GS sedans, dealers will modify the shape of a plastic pad embedded in the driver’s side floor carpet because it could interfere with the accelerator pedal. Owners will receive notices by mail starting in March. On the Highlander and RX S.U.V.’s, Toyota said dealers would replace the driver’s side carpet cover and two clips that keep those covers in place. If one clip is installed improperly, the cover could interfere with the accelerator pedal arm, causing it to become stuck or partly depressed. Owners of those models will receive an interim notice explaining how to inspect for the problem and inviting them to have a dealer perform an inspection, and a second notice when replacement covers are available. Owners of the 4Runner, |
July 8, 1958 was the birth of what American actor, who, due to his prolific career, can supposedly be linked to another actor in as little as 6 steps? | Astrology: Kevin Bacon, date of birth: 1958/07/08, Horoscope, Astrological Portrait, Dominant Planets, Birth Data, Biography 1st Fire sign - 1st Cardinal sign (spring equinox) - Masculine In analogy with Mars, his ruler, and the 1st House Aries governs the head. His colour is red, his stone is the heliotrope, his day is Tuesday, and his professions are businessman, policeman, sportsman, surgeon... If your sign is Aries or your Ascendant is Aries: you are courageous, frank, enthusiastic, dynamic, fast, bold, expansive, warm, impulsive, adventurous, intrepid, warlike, competitive, but also naive, domineering, self-centred, impatient, rash, thoughtless, blundering, childish, quick-tempered, daring or primitive. Some traditional associations with Aries: Countries: England, France, Germany, Denmark. Cities: Marseille, Florence, Naples, Birmingham, Wroclaw, Leicester, Capua, Verona. Animals: Rams and sheeps. Food: Leeks, hops, onions, shallots, spices. Herbs and aromatics: mustard, capers, Cayenne pepper, chilli peppers. Flowers and plants: thistles, mint, bryonies, honeysuckles. Trees: hawthorns, thorny trees and bushes. Stones, Metals and Salts: diamonds, iron, potassium phosphate. Signs: Taurus 1st Earth sign - 1st Fixed sign - Feminine In analogy with Venus, his ruler, and the 2nd House Taurus governs the neck and the throat. Her colour is green or brown, her stone is the emerald, her day is Friday, her professions are cook, artist, estate agent, banker, singer... If your sign is Taurus or your Ascendant is Taurus: you are faithful, constant, sturdy, patient, tough, persevering, strong, focused, sensual, stable, concrete, realistic, steady, loyal, robust, constructive, tenacious. You need security, but you are also stubborn, rigid, possessive, spiteful, materialistic, fixed or slow. Some traditional associations with Taurus: Countries: Switzerland, Greek islands, Ireland, Cyprus, Iran. Cities: Dublin, Palermo, Parma, Luzern, Mantua, Leipzig, Saint Louis, Ischia, Capri. Animals: bovines. Food: apples, pears, berries, corn and other cereals, grapes, artichokes, asparagus, beans. Herbs and aromatics: sorrels, spearmint, cloves. Flowers and plants: poppies, roses, digitales, violets, primroses, aquilegia, daisies. Trees: apple trees, pear trees, fig-trees, cypresses, ash trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: copper, calcium and potassium sulphate, emeralds. Signs: Gemini 1st Air sign - 1st Mutable sign - Masculine In analogy with Mercury, his ruler, and the 3rd House Gemini governs the arms, the lungs and the thorax. His colour is green or silver, his stone is the crystal, his day is Wednesday, his professions are journalist, lawyer, presenter, dancer, salesman, travel agent, teacher... If your sign is Gemini or if your Ascendant is Gemini: you are expressive, lively, adaptable, quick-witted, humorous, sparkling, playful, sociable, clever, curious, whimsical, independent, polyvalent, brainy, flexible, ingenious, imaginative, charming, fanciful but also capricious, scattered, moody, shallow, inquisitive, opportunistic, unconcerned, selfish, fragile, ironical or changeable. Some traditional associations with Gemini: Countries: Belgium, Wales, United-States, Lower Egypt, Sardinia, Armenia. Cities: London, Plymouth, Cardiff, Melbourne, San Francisco, Nuremberg, Bruges, Versailles. Animals: monkeys, butterflies, parrots, budgerigars. Food: dried fruits, chestnuts, ground-level vegetables: peas, broad beans, etc. Herbs and aromatics: aniseed, marjoram, lemon balm, cumin. Flowers and plants: lilies of the valley, lavenders, myrtle, ferns, Venus-hair-ferns, bittersweets. Trees: nut trees such as chestnut trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: agates, mercury, silicas and potashes. Signs: Cancer 1st Water sign - 2nd Cardinal sign (summer solstice) - Feminine In analogy with the Moon, her ruler, and the 4th House Cancer governs the stomach and the breast. Her colour is white or black, her stone is the moonstone, her day is Monday, her professions are catering, the hotel trade, property, antique dealer, archaeologist... If your sign is Cancer or |
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