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Whose Wild West show, which ran from 1883 until 1908, featured such performers as Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, and Frank Butler, among many others?	1000+ images about Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show on Pinterest \| Buffalo bills, Wild west show and Bill o'brien Forward On June 28,1880, John Burwell Omohundro Jr., better known as Texas Jack, died. Omohundro traveled to TX while still a teen & worked trailing cattle. He cont. his life as a TX cowboy & rode in several early cattle drives, including one across AR to TN, where he got his nickname “Texas Jack.” He met Buffalo Bill Cody in 1869 & later in 1872 the two debuted in Chicago’s The Scouts of the Prairie, one of the 1st Wild West shows. TX Jack was credited with introducing roping acts to the American… 2
The Oscar winning song "A Whole New World" accompanies Aladdin and Jasmine when they explore the world atop of what?	Princess Jasmine - WOW.com Princess Jasmine Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Jasmine Updated: 2016-12-30T16:58Z This article is about the Disney character. For the professional wrestler with this ring name, see Cynthia Peretti . Princess Jasmine Cassim (father-in-law) Princess Jasmine [1] [2] is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios ' 31st animated feature film Aladdin (1992). Voiced by American actress Linda Larkin – with a singing voice provided by Filipina singer Lea Salonga – Jasmine is the spirited Princess of Agrabah, who has grown weary of her life of palace confinement. Despite an age-old law stipulating that the princess must marry a prince in time for her upcoming birthday, Jasmine is instead determined to marry someone she loves for who he is as opposed to what he owns. Created by directors Ron Clements and John Musker with screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio , Jasmine is based on Badroulbadour , a princess who appears in the One Thousand and One Nights folktale " Aladdin and the Magical Lamp ". Originally conceived as a spoiled, materialistic princess, the writers eventually re-wrote Jasmine into a stronger and more prominent heroine following the elimination of Aladdin's mother from the script, while borrowing story elements from the romantic comedy Roman Holiday (1953). Several months after securing the role, Larkin was nearly fired from the project because Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg felt that her voice was not suitable for a princess, but Clements and Musker managed to convince him otherwise. Discovered by casting director Albert Tavares, Salonga was cast as Jasmine's singing voice based on her performance in the musical Miss Saigon ; this unprecedented casting decision made Jasmine the first Disney character to have her speaking and singing voices provided by two different actors. Animated by Mark Henn , Jasmine's design is an eclectic combination of unique sources, including an anonymous theme park guest, Henn's own sister, and actress Jennifer Connelly , while elements of the Taj Mahal were incorporated into the character's hair, clothing and physique. Unlike most of Disney's princesses, Jasmine holds the distinction of being a supporting character in her own film, having been relegated to the secondary role of love interest . The character has garnered mixed reviews, with much denunciation directed towards her storyline and personality, both of which critics have dismissed as uninteresting and unoriginal; they have also accused Jasmine of lacking the depth of her predecessors Ariel and Belle from The Little Mermaid (1989) and Beauty and the Beast (1991), respectively, to whom she continues to be heavily compared. However, as the sixth Disney Princess and the franchise's first non-white member , the character is credited with introducing racial diversity to Disney's princess genre, although she has at the same time been criticized for being Westernized and Anglicized in both appearance and demeanor. Jasmine has made subsequent appearances in Aladdin's sequels The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), as well as its television series and a Broadway musical adaption of the film . Both Larkin and Salonga have been awarded Disney Legends for their contributions to the role. Contents Development Conception and writing Actress Audrey Hepburn 's role as Princess Ann, a bored princess, in the film Roman Holiday (1953) provided inspiration for Jasmine's storyline. Jasmine is based on the princess who appears in the Middle Eastern folk tale collection One Thousand and One Nights , [3] specifically the story " Aladdin and the Magical Lamp ". [4] Lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken had first begun to develop Aladdin while they were still writing songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), but further development was abandoned in favor of working on Beauty and the Beast (1991) instead. [5] However, Aladdin was finally resurrected as Beauty and the Beast neared completion. [5] While the princess in the original tale is named B
First settled in 1565, what is the oldest, continually occupied European-established city in the continental US?	St. Augustine Florida, The Nation's Oldest City Posted October 2, 2009 09:44 am - Updated September 28, 2010 10:17 am St. Augustine Florida, The Nation's Oldest City The City of St. Augustine is the nation's oldest permanently occupied European settlement, having been founded by the Spanish in 1565. On Sept. 8. 1565, Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles came ashore and named a stretch of land near the inlet in honor of Augustine, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on whose feast day - Aug. 28 - land was sighted. The location has been pinpointed in recent years by archaeologists from the University of Florida as being where the present-day Mission of Nombre de Dios and the Fountain of Youth stand, several blocks north of the City Gate and the Castillo de San Marcos. The emphasis on "first European settlement" acknowledges that the Timucuan Indians were here first and observed Menendez and his party of about 1,500 soldiers and colonists. Since, the city has been under the governments of Spain, 1565 to 1763 and 1784-1821; Britain, 1763-1784, and United States, 1821-present. Florida became a state in 1845. It was part of the Confederacy from 1861-1862 when it returned to Union control. St. Augustine in the late 1880s had its birth as a resort community with the arrival of Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler. He built two hotels and took over another to serve as the base of his Flagler System hotels. He founded the Florida East Coast Railway as a means of transporting guests to and from the north to his hotels in St. Augustine, Palm Beach, and Miami. Three of his former St. Augustine hotels are in use today as Flagler College (Hotel Ponce de Leon), Ligntner Building/City Hall (Alcazar) and Casa Monica, redone as a county courthouse in the 1960's. In February 1997 Richard C. Kessler of The Kessler Enterprise, Inc. of Orlando purchased the Courthouse. On December 10, 1999 Richard C. Kessler opens the doors to the restored Casa Monica Hotel. Flagler also developed a neighborhood of 19th and early 20th century homes, two blocks west of the Plaza called the Model Land Company tract. The heart of the city is its downtown Plaza de la Consitucion with most of the historic buildings located within a block or two of the Plaza, to the north and to the south. The Castillo de San Marcos, built of coquina by the Spanish in 1672, anchors the city's north end of the bayfront. The Bridge of Lions, built in 1927, links the downtown with Davis Shores, a residential community dating back to the 1920s and St. Augustine Beach. Today's city has over 12,000* residents. It is the county seat of St. Johns County which has 170,000-plus residents.
Durum, Spelt, and Einkorn are all types of what?	Types of Wheat: Nutritional Content & Health Benefits Comparison » Einkorn.com Types of Wheat: Nutritional Content & Health Benefits Comparison 29 Replies For over 7,000 years, mankind has cultivated and developed wheat for breads and cereals. Today, we consume more wheat, as a percentage of our daily diet, than any other food. Just think about that and the effects wheat can have on our health – good or bad! Wheat Bread, just one of the many ways we like to eat different types of wheat I’ve been researching the nutritional content of 19 different types of wheat, and I’ve included a link to all of my findings in this post. This post focuses on the nutritional content and health benefits of einkorn wheat compared with the common types of wheat of which most of our food from the grocery store is made. In doing my research, it is easy to see why there has been renewed worldwide interest in ancient einkorn . The interest comes not only from einkorn’s unique gluten structure but also it’s incredible nutritional qualities. Here are some interesting facts I learned about the nutritional content and health benefits of einkorn : Wheat gluten studies have found einkorn may be non-toxic to suffers of gluten intolerance Einkorn wheat has 14 chromosomes while modern wheats have 42 (Friendly to the body’s digestive system) Einkorn contains 3 to 4 times more beta-carotene than modern wheats (Boosts immunity, helps prevent cancer and heart disease) Einkorn contains 2 times more Vitamin A (retinol equivalent) than modern wheats (Healthy eyes, reproductive organs and prevention of many cancers) Einkorn contains 3 to 4 times more lutein than modern wheats (Prevention of macular degeneration and cataracts) Einkorn contains 4-5 times more riboflavin than modern wheats (Used by the body to create energy and is an antioxidant that slows aging) Einkorn is a “hulled” wheat, whereas modern wheats are not. The hull can protect the grain from stray chemical contamination and insects making it an easier grain to grow ORGANICALLY! Einkorn vs Major Types of Wheat Comparison Matrix Brief Comparison of Einkorn and Major Types of Wheat
What is ursus arctos horribilis commonly known as?	Ursus arctos horribilis Introductory WILDLIFE SPECIES: Ursus arctos horribilis AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : Snyder, S. A. 1991. Ursus arctos horribilis. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/animals/mammal/urach/all.html [ ]. ABBREVIATION : URARH COMMON NAMES : grizzly bear grizzly brown bear TAXONOMY : The currently accepted scientific name for grizzly bear is Ursus arctos horribilis. It is 1 of 6 subspecies of brown bear (Ursus arctos). Other North American subspecies of brown bear include [ 6 ]: Ursus arctos alascensis, Alaskan brown bear Ursus arctos gyas, peninsular brown bear Ursus arctos middendorffi, Kodiak bear Ursus arctos stickensis, Sitka brown bear or ABC Island bear Ursus arctos stikeenensis, Sitkine brown bear ORDER : Carnivora CLASS : Mammal FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : The grizzly bear is listed as Threatened in most of the conterminous United States. Grizzly bears in Idaho and Montana are listed as an Experimental Population, Non-Essential. Populations in the North Cascades Ecosystem are Under Review for listing. Cabinet-Yaak populations are Under Review for listing as Endangered [ 42 ]. OTHER STATUS : Information on state- and province-level protection status of animals in the United States and Canada is available at NatureServe , although recent changes in status may not be included. WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE WILDLIFE SPECIES: Ursus arctos horribilis GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : The grizzly bear ranges from Alaska east through the Yukon and Northwest Territories, south through British Columbia and through the western half of Alberta. Isolated populations exist in northwestern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana, and northwestern Wyoming. Ursus a. horribilis includes all brown bear of continental North America; U. a. ssp. middendorffi includes brown bear on the Alaskan islands of Kodiak, Afognak, and Shuyak. U. a. ssp. nelsoni's range is in northern Mexico [ 6 ]. ECOSYSTEMS : FRES11 Spruce-fir FRES20 Douglas-fir FRES21 Ponderosa pine FRES22 Western white pine FRES23 Fir-spruce FRES24 Hemlock-Sitka spruce FRES25 Larch FRES26 Lodgepole pine FRES29 Sagebrush FRES36 Mountain grasslands FRES37 Mountain meadows FRES38 Plains grasslands FRES44 Alpine STATES : AK YK MEXICO BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 8 Northern Rocky Mountains 9 Middle Rocky Mountains KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : K001 Spruce - cedar - hemlock forest K002 Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest K003 Silver fir - Douglas-fir forest K004 Fir - hemlock forest K005 Mixed conifer forest K008 Lodgepole pine - subalpine forest K011 Western ponderosa forest K012 Douglas-fir forest K013 Cedar - hemlock - pine forest K014 Grand fir - Douglas-fir forest K015 Western spruce - fir forest K018 Pine - Douglas-fir forest K020 Spruce - fir - Douglas-fir forest K050 Fescue - wheatgrass K052 Alpine meadows and barren K063 Foothills prairie SAF COVER TYPES : 16 Aspen 18 Paper birch 109 Hawthorn 201 White spruce 202 White spruce - paper birch 203 Balsam poplar 204 Black spruce 205 Mountain hemlock 206 Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir 208 Whitebark pine 210 Interior Douglas-fir 212 Western larch 213 Grand fir 215 Western white pine 217 Aspen 218 Lodgepole pine 219 Limber pine 221 Red alder 222 Black cottonwood - willow 223 Sitka spruce 224 Western hemlock 225 Western hemlock - Sitka spruce 226 Coastal true fir - hemlock 227 Western redcedar - western hemlock 228 Western redcedar 229 Pacific Douglas-fir 230 Douglas-fir - western hemlock 235 Cottonwood - willow 237 Interior ponderosa pine 251 White spruce - aspen 252 Paper birch 253 Black spruce - white spruce 254 Black spruce - paper birch SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY PLANT COMMUNITIES : Although timber is
Gonzo journalism, a style in which reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories, was created by whom?	Hunter Thompson - Zimbio Hunter Thompson No articles yet. Overview Hunter Stockton Thompson was a journalist and author. He created Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting in which the reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories. Featured Stories
Born Lee Jun-fan in San Francisco, what famed martial artist, who died on Jul 20, 1973, founded the martial art known as Jeet Kune Do?	Bruce Lee Bruce Lee 2006 Bruce Lee Foundation. Bruce Lee Bio Bruce Jun Fan Lee was born in the hour of the Dragon, between 6 and 8 a.m., in the year of the Dragon on November 27, 1940 at the Jackson Street Hospital in San Franciscos Chinatown. Today, a plaque in the hospital's entry commemorates the place of his birth. Bruceâ€™s birth, in the hour and the year of the Dragon, is a powerful symbol in Chinese astrology. It would be a strong omen of the powerful life that was to be lived by Bruce Lee and the explosive impact his life would have on countless others. Â Bruce was the fourth child born to Lee Hoi Chuen and his wife Grace Ho. He had two older sisters, Phoebe and Agnes, an older brother, Peter, and a younger brother, Robert. Lee Hoi Chuen was, by profession, a comedian in the Chinese opera and an actor in Cantonese films. At the time Bruce was born, Mr. and Mrs. Lee were on tour with the opera company in the United States. Thus, it was fortuitous for Bruce's future that his birth took place in America, as he would return 18 years later to claim his birthright of American citizenship. Bruce's parents gave him the name â€œJun Fan.â€ Since it is Chinese custom to put the surname first, Bruce's full name is written Lee Jun Fan. The true meaning of Jun Fan deserves an explanation as it, too, would foretell the journey of the newly born Lee son. Literally, JUN means to arouse to the active state or make prosperous. It was a common middle name used by Hong Kong Chinese boys in those days, understandably because China and the Chinese people were very vulnerable at that time, and everyone, including Bruceâ€™s parents, wanted the "sleeping lion of the East" to wake up. The FAN syllable refers to the Chinese name for San Francisco, but its true meaning is "fence of a garden" or "bordering subordinate countries of a big country." During the period of the Ching Dynasty (1644-1911), many Chinese immigrated to Hawaii and San Francisco as laborers, and the implication became that the United States was FAN of the Great Ching Empire. Thus the true meaning of Bruce's name--JUN FAN--was "to arouse and make FAN (the United States) prosperous." The gut feeling of many Chinese at that time, who felt suppressed by and inferior to foreign powers, was that they wished to outshine the more superior countries and regain the Golden Age of China. Bruce's parents wanted Bruce to have his name shine and shake the foreign countries, which he certainly succeeded in doing. The English name, BRUCE, was given to the baby boy by a nurse in the Jackson Street Hospital although he was never to use this name until he entered secondary school and began his study of the English language. The story goes that on the first day of English class, the students were asked to write down their English names, and Bruce, not knowing his name, copied the name of the student next to him. His family almost never used the name Bruce, especially in his growing up years when his nickname in the family was "SAI FON," which literally means Little Peacock. This is a girl's nickname, but in being applied to Bruce, it had a serious purpose. The first-born child of Mr. and Mrs. Lee had been a boy who did not survive infancy. Their belief was that if the gods did not favor the birth of a male child, the babe might be taken away. Thus, the name, Little Peacock, was used as a ruse to fool the gods into thinking that Bruce was a girl. It was a term of great affection within the family circle. At the age of three months, Lee Hoi Chuen, his wife Grace and baby Bruce returned to Hong Kong where Bruce would be raised until the age of 18. Probably because of the long ocean voyage and the change in climates, Bruce was not a strong child in his very early years, a condition that would change when he took up the study of gung fu at the age of 13. (Bruce always spelled his Chinese martial art as GUNG FU, which is the Cantonese pronunciation of the more commonly spelled Kung Fu, a Mandarin pronunciation.) Bruce's most prominent memory of his ear
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What sport features a scrum, in which three rows of opposing players lock together and compete for a ball placed on the ground?	Rugby Stretchingï¿½.. We want flexibility from our stretching. The stretch should be for 20 seconds or more and should never be painful to do.ï¿½ Body position for stretching is important for it to be effective. It is better to stretch for shorter periods more frequently, than to stretch for long periods, but seldom. THE NECK With you right hand pull your head to the right shoulder, standing upright. Perform the same stretch with the left. Next, push your head towards your chest, with your hands on the back of your head. Finally, put your hands on your forehead and push forward with your head, using your hands as resistance. SHOULDERS Keep your upper arm parallel to the ground, forearm vertical. Hold the right elbow with the left hand and pull it across to the opposite shoulder. Reverse the stretch.ï¿½ Next, with a straight right arm, have your thumb point downwards. With your left hand pull the right (straight) arm down towards the left hip. Reverse the stretch. BICEPS Hold onto the post or a player beside you. Keep your thumb down and turn your body away from the arm, letting your shoulder roll in.ï¿½ It sounds complicated, but do it against the edge of a door and you will see how easy it is. Reverse arms. TRICEPS Put your hand behind your head and with the opposite hand pull the elbow behind the head. Switch arms. PECTORALS Put your hands up in the fashion of someone holding you up at gunpoint.ï¿½ Have a friend behind you gentle pull your arms backwards by the elbows. Make sure this stretch is not painful. If it is, you are stretching it too much. WRIST AND FOREARMS Place your arm down by your side. Twist it so that your palm is facing outwards. With the opposite hand reach across and pull upwards on the back of the hand. Switch arms. Next, with your arm out straight in front of you, elbow locked, reach with the opposite hand and grasp the palm of the extended hand.ï¿½ Pull the hand towards your body until you feel the stretch in your forearm. BACK EXTENSORS Lie on the ground, pulling your knees up to your chest with your arms curling up into a ball like a hedgehog. LATISSIMUS DORSI On the ground sitting in your heels, bring the torso forward by stretching your right arm forward, right hand on the ground in front of you, keeping your hips up but still sitting on your heels.ï¿½ Place your left hand over the right hand, turning your hips to the right (the side you are stretching). You should feel the stretch from your shoulder blade to your armpit. ABDOMINALS Lie on the ground and extend your arms downwards, with your palms on the ground.ï¿½ Keeping your arms straight and your hips on the ground, lift your upper body to look like a cobra before it strikes. QUADRICEPS Lie on your stomach and with your right hand pull your left foot up to your buttock. Switch sides. CALF Standing with one leg forward, keeping the back straight, lunge forward over your forward leg, both knees bent and both feet flat on the ground.ï¿½ Switch legs. Perform the stretch again, but the second time keep the back leg straight. GROIN Sit on the ground with bent legs in front of you with the soles of your feet touching each other.ï¿½ Place your hands on your ankles and try to brings your elbows to your knees, pushing downwards on your knees if possible. HAMSTRINGS Lie on your back, one leg in the air, knee straight. Have a friend hold the heel of your raised foot and push gently towards your body. Perform this stretch with your toe pointed, and pulled towards you. Also, have your friend provide resistance from the left and right sides while you push against his or her hand. Switch legs. TENSOR FASCIA LATA/ILIO-LIBAL BAND (The muscles running up the side of your leg from the knee to over your hip bone.) Stand up straight. Take your left leg and step behind your right, keeping the left straight (stretching the right). Allow the right knee to relax, rotate, and bend away from your body. Switch legs. BUTTOCK Sit on the ground with both buttocks on the ground and your back straight.ï¿½ Lift
What word, which, when said loud enough, always makes you sound precocious, is defined as what you say when you don't know what to say?	MARY POPPINS - SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS LYRICS Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Lyrics Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Because I was afraid to speak When I was just a lad My father gave me nose a tweak And told me I was bad But then one day I learned a word That saved me achin' nose The biggest word I ever heard And this is how it goes, oh Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay He traveled all around the world And everywhere he went He'd use his word and all would say There goes a clever gent When Dukes and Maharajahs Pass the time of day with me I say me special word And then they ask me out to tea Oh, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay No, you can say it backwards, which is dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus But that's going a bit too far, don't you think? So when the cat has got your tongue There's no need for dismay Just summon up this word And then you've got a lot to say But better use it carefully Or it could change your life For example, yes, one night I said it to me girl And now me girl's my wife, oh, and a lovely thing she's too She's, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Which part of the human body does impetigo affect?	Impetigo - National Library of Medicine - PubMed Health About the Skin About Impetigo Impetigo (Impetigo contagiosa) is an itchy and sometimes painful infection of the outer layers of skin . It is especially common in young children. The infection is caused by bacteria and is very contagious. Children who have it should not go to daycare, kindergarten or school, where they might infect other children. Symptoms The early signs of impetigo usually appear around the mouth and nose : an itchy reddish rash with liquid-filled blisters that burst very easily. The burst blisters form yellowish crusts, which then later fall off without leaving behind any scars . Causes and risk factors Impetigo is a bacterial infection , usually caused by Streptococcus or Staphylococcus bacteria . These germs can enter your skin in different ways, including through minor cuts or scrapes, a rash or an insect bite. They spread to other people through skin contact, or through contact with objects that an infected person has touched... Read more about Impetigo What works? Research summarized
What famous outlaw committed the Wild West's first train robbery on July 21, 1873 in Adair, Iowa?	James Train Robbery Jesse James and the Rock Island Lines by James and Lucille Sampson The life of the Rock Island Lines contains many firsts and interesting stories but the lines' brush with the James Gang marked a day in history. Jesse James, fabled outlaw of post-Civil War days, cut his teeth in the business of train robbery by wrecking, robbing and looting a Rock Island Lines train on July 21, 1873, near Adair, Iowa. The gang robbed the express messenger of cash and relieved the passengers of their watches, cash and jewelry. It was one of the first recorded train robberies west of the Mississipppi and expanded Jesse James and his gang's operations from his specialty of bank holdups to train robbery. It was about 8:30 p.m. when Rock Island Lines passenger train No. 2 was climbing a steep grade and approaching a sharp curve. The train, made up of two Pullman sleeping cars, five coaches and an express-baggage car was about four miles west of Adair. Near the end of the curve the James gang lay ready with a rope tied to a rail they had pried loose. As the train rounded the curve the engineer, John Rafferty, saw the rope tied to the rail and immediately reversed his engine. However, the train ran into the gap and turned on its side, killing Rafferty and injuring the fireman. The locomotive tender and two baggage cars were thrown from the track. Out of the bushes came the outlaws firing their guns in the air and causing panic among the crewmen and passengers. Jesse and his brother, Frank, with .44's cocked, confronted the express messenger. He quickly opened the safe, was tied and thrown into a corner. The passengers, slightly injured in the accident, were confronted by armed men masked in full Klu Klux Klan garb. Panic set in with women and children screaming and crying and men hiding their cash, watches and jewelry. All the loot was dumped into bags and the robbers rode off, uttering a rebel yell characteristic of the Civil War period. They disappeared as quickly as they had come. According to an account at the time, on July 22, William A. Smith, conductor of the ill fated train, testified today at the coroner's inquest on the body of John Rafferty, the engineer, who was killed when 'the train was wrecked 2-1/2 or three miles west of Adair station, and 600 or 700 feet east of Turkey Creek bridge." According to Smith's statement, "I was in the smoking car near the front end. From the noise I thought the engine was in the ditch, with one or two cars piled upon it. I was thrown under the seat in front of me. Don't remember which of the car I got out, but know that I reached the engine on the north side. I went forward to see what was up. The first person that I met was one of the masked men, near the baggage car door, who pointed a revolver in each hand toward me and told me to get back, firing at me at the same time. I backed down as far as the sleeping coach before I felt I was out of his way. There I met Dennis Foley, the fireman, who said 'Bill, Jack is dead'. The passengers were in a hubbub, and the women and children were crying. I told the passengers that I thought the masked men were trying to rob the baggage car and tried to borrow a revolver but failed. "I could still see the man from where I was. I saw another passing up and down the opposite side of the train. I think he was firing at me, also. Some of the passengers asked me to get into the train as these men were firing at me and I would be the cause of some of them being killed. I then went into the sleeping car at the rear, still trying to get a revolver, urging the passengers to keep quiet, as these men were robbing the baggage car. I went out of the ladies' car, up the back and thence to the engine. "Two balls passed through my clothing while I was on the bank. These shots came from the south side of the train. I did not see a man on the north side then; did not see or hear anything more of the masked men. After the passengers got quiet, I went forward to investigate the cause of the wreck. At the hind truck of the smoking car I found a fish-plate
What jazz legend was commonly known as Satchmo, short for satchelmouth, and has the New Orleans airport named for him?	Louis Armstrong : Video : Famous : Biography : Information Louis Armstrong Get more books from Amazon.co.uk Louis[1] Armstrong[2] (4 August 1901[3] ï¿½ July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo[4] and Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose inspired, improvised soloing was the main influence for a fundamental change in jazz, shifting its focus from collective melodic playing, often arranged in one way or another, to the solo player and improvised soloing. One of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century, he was first known as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, and toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and became one of the most influential jazz singers. Early life Armstrong often stated in public interviews that he was born on July 4, 1900 (Independence Day in the USA), a date that has been noted in many biographies. Although he died in 1971, it wasn't until the mid-1980s that his true birth date of August 4th, 1901 was discovered through the examination of baptismal records.[5] He was recorded as an illegitimate black child. Louis Armstrong Sings "What A wonderful World! Video Movie Film Clip Mpeg Armstrong was born into a very poor family in New Orleans, Louisiana, the grandson of slaves. He spent his youth in poverty in a rough neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, known as ï¿½Back of Townï¿½, as his father, William Armstrong (1881ï¿½1922), abandoned the family when Louis was an infant, and took up with another woman. His mother, Mary Albert Armstrong (1886ï¿½1942), then left Louis and his younger sister Beatrice Armstrong Collins (1903ï¿½1987) in the care of his grandmother, Josephine Armstrong and at times, his Uncle Isaac. At five, he moved back to live with his mother and her relatives, and saw his father only in parades. He attended the Fisk School for Boys where he likely had his first exposure to Creole music. He brought in a little money as a paperboy and also by finding discarded food and selling it to restaurants but it wasnï¿½t enough to keep his mother from prostitution. He hung out in dance halls particularly the ï¿½Funky Buttï¿½ which was the closest to his home, where he observed everything from licentious dancing to the quadrille. He hauled coal to Storyville, the famed red-light district, and listened to the bands playing in the brothels and dance halls, especially Pete Lalaï¿½s where Joe "King" Oliver performed and other famous musicians would drop in to jam. Armstrong grew up at the bottom of the social ladder, in a highly segregated city, but one which lived in a constant fervour of music, which was generally called ï¿½ragtimeï¿½, and not yet ï¿½jazzï¿½. Despite the hard early days, Armstrong seldom looked back at his youth as the worst of times but instead drew inspiration from it, ï¿½Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mineï¿½I look right in the heart of good old New Orleans...It has given me something to live for.ï¿½[6] After dropping out of the Fisk School at eleven, Armstrong joined a quartet of boys in similar straits as he, and they sang in the streets for money. He also started to get into trouble. Cornet player Bunk Johnson said he taught Armstrong (then 11) to play by ear at Dago Tony's Tonk in New Orleans,[7] although in his later years Armstrong gave the credit to Oliver. His first cornet was bought with money loaned to him by the Karnofskys, a Russian-Jewish immigrant family who had a junk hauling business and gave him odd jobs. To express gratitude towards the Karnofskys, who took him in as almost a family member, and fed and nurtured him, Armstrong wore a Star of David pendant for the rest of his life.[8] Source Louis Armstrong's stage personality matched his flashy trumpet. Armstrong is also known for his raspy singing voice. Armstrong seriously developed his cornet playing in the band of the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs, where he had been sent multiple times for general delin
According to Greek mythology, both blessed and cursed by the god Apollo, which daughter of King Priam was given the gift of prophecy with the rub that nobody would believe her?	Cassandra- The Cursed Oracle \| Powerful Creativity Powerful Creativity Tapping into the power of creativity to transform lives, uplift, inspire and delight. Menu People often ask me about the origins of my name. As you can see its rich with history! Cassandra- The Cursed Oracle Posted on June 9, 2008 by cleffairy In Greek Mythology, Cassandra ( Greek : Κασσάνδρα “she who entangles men” ] ) (also known as Alexandra) was a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy . However, when she did not return his love, Apollo placed a curse on her so that no one would ever believe her predictions. In an alternative version, she spent a night at Apollo’s temple with her twin brother Helenus, at which time the temple snakes licked her ears clean so that she was able to hear the future. This is a recurring theme in Greek mythology, though sometimes it brings an ability to understand the language of animals rather than an ability to know the future. Apollo loved Cassandra and when she did not return his love, he cursed her so that her gift would become a source of endless pain and frustration. In some versions of the myth, this is symbolized by the god spitting into her mouth; in other Greek versions, this act was sufficient to remove the gift so recently given by Apollo, but Cassandra’s case varies. From the play Agamemmon, it appears that she made a promise to Apollo to become his consort, but broke it, thus incurring his wrath. Telephus, the son of Heracles, loved Cassandra but she scorned him and instead helped him seduce her sister Laodice . While Cassandra foresaw the destruction of Troy (she warned the Trojans about the Trojan Horse , the death of Agamemnon , and her own demise), she was unable to do anything to forestall these tragedies. Her family believed she was mad, and according to some versions, kept her locked up. In versions where she was incarcerated, this was typically portrayed as driving her truly insane, although in versions where she was not, she is usually viewed as remaining simply misunderstood. Coroebus and Othronus came to the aid of Troy out of love for Cassandra. Cassandra was also the first to see the body of her brother Hector being brought back to the city. After the Trojan War , she sought shelter in the temple of Athena , where she was raped by Ajax the Lesser . Cassandra was then taken as a concubine by King Agamemnon of Mycenae . Unbeknownst to Agamemnon, while he was away at war, his wife, Clytemnestra , had begun an affair with Aegisthus . Clytemnestra and Aegisthus then murdered both Agamemnon and Cassandra. Some sources mention that Cassandra and Agamemnon had twin boys, Teledamus and Pelops, both of whom were killed by Aegisthus. Share this:
What can be a South American capital, a pepper, or a Porsche?	Cayenne, Habanero, Poblano, Serrano: Know Your Chile Peppers - Chowhound About 4 to 5 inches long SPICINESS: 2 to 3 2. Guindilla Verde From the Basque area in Spain, this is a tender pepper with a distinct sweetness. The variety shown is from the Bilbao region, and Winsberg says it’s a good fryer served alongside meat like lamb or pork. It shouldn’t be confused with the more widely available jarred guindillas . Winsberg says guindilla is a name applied to several distinct regional varieties in Spain ranging from marble-size scorchers to these sweet large fryers, which he says are similar in flavor to a Hatch chile but without the heat. AVERAGE SIZE: SPICINESS: 1 3. Chilaca (a.k.a. Pasilla) This is a Mexican variety that matures from dark green to dark chocolate brown. It’s a versatile pepper that’s good for sauces, roasting, and grilling when fresh, says Winsberg. Chilacas are medium hot but “not so much that they are scary.” When dried, they are called pasillas and are common in mole recipes; pasillas (also known as chiles negros) are available both whole and powdered. AVERAGE SIZE: About 7 to 9 inches long SPICINESS: 2 to 3 4. Basque Fryer (a.k.a. Piment d’Anglet, Doux Long des Landes) A French pepper used in many French Basque recipes. It is a twisty, long pepper that when green has a “very distinct peppery taste with a very tender skin, and lend[s] a nice chile zest without adding heat,” says Winsberg. When it turns red, it gets very sweet. It excels in sauces, chopped up and sautéed for a pipérade (the Basque fryer would replace the bell peppers in our recipe), or fried with meats or sausage. AVERAGE SIZE: SPICINESS: 1 5. Anaheim Named after the city in Southern California, the Anaheim is a big, mild chile that’s good for stuffing. Its skin is a little tough, but it peels pretty easily if you roast it first . Anaheims are good roasted, cut into strips, and thrown into a salad; stuffed with meat and grilled; used in salsa verde; or added to cheese enchiladas. AVERAGE SIZE: About 5 to 6 inches long SPICINESS: 1 6. Cayenne This bright red pepper is usually consumed in its dried, powdered form, known as cayenne pepper. When ripe and fresh, cayenne chiles are long, skinny, and very hot. Winsberg says they are relatives of wild chiles from South and Central America. AVERAGE SIZE: About 2 to 6 inches long SPICINESS: 4 to 5 7. Guernica The Guernica is a Spanish pepper similar to the Padrón in flavor but bigger and without any heat, says Winsberg. It is often served fried like the Padrón or stuffed with cheese or other fillings. It develops a tougher skin as it matures, and then is best roasted and peeled. AVERAGE SIZE: About 3 to 5 inches long SPICINESS: 1 8. Hot Banana Happy Quail grows both sweet and hot varieties of the banana pepper, known as bácskai fehér in Hungary. Winsberg says they are often used in Hungarian lecsó (a dish of stewed peppers and eggs), pickled, or served grilled with meats. AVERAGE SIZE: About 6 to 7 inches long SPICINESS: 2 9. Jalapeño (a.k.a. Chipotle) Familiar stuffed with cream cheese and deep-fried as a bar snack, or chopped up in salsa, the jalapeño is probably the best-known pepper in the States. It gets its name from Jalapa (also spelled Xalapa), the capital of Veracruz, Mexico. Harvested at both its green and red stages, the jalapeño is spicy but easy to seed and devein if you wish to remove some of the heat. When dried and smoked, it’s called a chipotle chile. AVERAGE SIZE: About 2 to 3 inches long SPICINESS: 2 to 3 10. Serrano Spicier than the jalapeño, the serrano is a small Mexican pepper with thick, juicy walls, so it’s a great hot-salsa pepper, and is widely available and versatile. It is most commonly sold in its green stage (it turns red and then yellow as it gets older). You can also find serranos pickled or dried. AVERAGE SIZE: About 1.5 to 2.5 inches long SPICINESS: 3 11. Habanero Native to parts of Central America and the Caribbean, this little pepper packs a lot of heat. But contrary to popular belief, the Red Savina habanero is not the hottest type of chile; that distinction n
July 18, 1925 saw the publication of the first volume of the book whose title translates as My Struggle or My Battle, written by what 20th century total asshat?	The Numismatic Bibliomania Society E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 31, July 31, 2016 Volume 19, Number 31, July 31, 2016 WAYNE'S WORDS: THE E-SYLUM JULY 31, 2016 New subscribers this week include: L. Jankowski. Welcome aboard! We now have 1,995 subscribers. Can we get to 2,000 soon? Please tell your friends and new acquaintances about The E-Sylum. They'll be glad you did. This week we open with updates on events at the upcoming ANA convention, a new price list, FIVE new books, two reviews and the latest specialty club publication to become part of the Newman Numismatic Portal. Other topics this week include the Library of Coins albums, dealers A.C. Roessler and Robert W. Cornely, Josiah Lilly's U.S. gold collection, the William Woart token, shipwreck salvage, turtles on ancient coins, counterfeiting and anti-counterfeiting. To learn more about Breen's Ugly Ducklings, Bela Lyon Patt's Gold Indians, Confederate Numismatica, department store coin shops, Richardson's Battery, BEP Presentation books, the Dickin medal, marine peril and dinglehoppers, read on. Have a great week, everyone! Wayne Homren NBS co-founder George Kolbe graciously agreed to accept and catalogue donated items for the annual NBS Benefit Auction to be held next month at the ANA World's Fair of Money. Here's an updated list. -Editor George writes: Barring late arrivals, we’re up to 26 lots. There is something in the sale for nearly everyone, including: Ted Craige’s original “1967 Franklin Hoard of United States Office of Gold Coins” by John J. Ford, Jr., with additional documentation; A handsome, special hardbound edition of the 2012 Prospero Collection of Spectacular Ancient Greek Coins; A Pre-Publication Draft of “1792: Birth of a Nation’s Coinage,” by Pete Smith, Joel Orosz, and Len Augsburger; An original 1921 copy of Henry Chapman’s landmark “Catalogue of the John Story Jenks Collection”; Thomas Jefferson’s 1790 Report Respecting Coins, Weights, and Measures, published in The American Museum, Philadelphia, 1790; An original “Invasion of Louisville” Video, an hour long, and one of only 11 VHS tapes made, accompanied by a DVD copy, for easy viewing; A “NUMIMATIC BIBLOMANIA” bourse table sign from the 1989 ANA Convention; Don Taxay’s “1971 Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of United States Coins,” inscribed and signed by its mysterious author; Eighteen additional interesting and often unusual items! George provided a complete description of the lots; here are the new items not described before in The E-Sylum. -Editor 16. KONVOLUT!* OVER 30 U.S. AUCTION SALES, ETC. An interesting and varied assemblage, Donated by Joe Foster. 17. HORATIO R. STORER’S MEDALS, JETONS AND TOKENS ILLUSTRATIVE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNÆCOLOGY. Original 1887 offprint. Ex Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia Library. Rare. Donated by Joe Foster. 18. TED CRAIGE’S ORIGINAL 1967 FRANKLIN HOARD OF UNITED STATES ASSAY OFFICE OF GOLD COINS, AN ANSWER TO ERIC P. NEWMAN. BY JOHN J. FORD, JR. Ex August 13, 1983 Kolbe sale of the Craige Library, Lot 591, where it sold to John Adams for $2500 hammer. Original maroon cloth-backed brown card covers. According to Ford, only 12 copies were originally made. Also present there, and here, is “correspondence concerning this controversy, including photographic copies of the August, 1966 Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society report which prompted Ford’s response, the text of Newman’s talk, “Perfection in Forgery”, given at the 1967 convention of the International Numismatic Congress, and Ted Craige’s carbon copy of his letter and documentation, which is reproduced in the Ford work.” Donated by John W. Adams. A highlight of this NBS Benefit Sale, as indeed it would be of ANY noteworthy auction of classic American numismatic literature. 19. BREEN’S UGLY DUCKLINGS: THE UNITED STATES HALF CENTS, 1793-1857. AN EXERCISE IN DESCRIPTIVE CLASSIFICATION. [New York: F. C. C
Produced by the The Herman Goelitz Candy Company, Jelly Bellys, a favorite of Ronald Reagan, are what type of candy?	Company History \| Jelly Belly Candy Company Gustav's sons continue the family candy making tradition. 1898 The second generation of the Goelitz candy-making family specializes in Candy Corn and "royal buttercreams." 1940s Although sugar rationing during World War II limits candy production, the company introduces Mint Wafers. 1960s The third and fourth generation descendants of Gustav Goelitz, cook candies such as tangerine slices, spice drops and jelly beans. 1965 A flavor breakthrough is made when the Mini Jelly Beans are infused with flavor in the center. 1966 Goelitz Mini Jelly Beans are discovered by California Governor Ronald Reagan. "We can hardly start a meeting or make a decision without passing the jar of jelly beans," he wrote in a letter to the company in 1973. 1973 Chocolate Dutch Mints®: are introduced. A creamy mint center is drenched in dark chocolate and finished with a crisp, candy shell. A classic confection. 1976 The breakthrough recipe of the Mini Jelly Bean inspired the first eight flavors of Jelly Belly beans: Root Beer, Green Apple, Licorice, Cream Soda, Lemon, Tangerine, Very Cherry, and Grape. 1980s More Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors are developed, pushing the flavor horizons with an ever growing range. 1980 The world discovers President Ronald Reagan eats Jelly Belly beans. About 3.5 tons were shipped to Washington, D.C., for his 1981 inauguration celebrations. 1981-1988 "You can tell a lot about a fella’s character by whether he picks out all of one color or just grabs a handful." - President Reagan on Jelly Belly beans. 1983 "Mr. Jelly Belly, a lovable candy character, makes his first public appearance - and it is love at first sight." 1986 New company headquarters are built in Fairfield, Calif., and free public tours begin soon after. 1989 Buttered Popcorn flavor of Jelly Belly bean is introduced, the world’s first "savory" jelly bean flavor. (It is now among the most popular flavors.) 1993 Jelly Belly Sours are introduced, a novelty at the time that has since become an enduring favorite. 1996 The ultimate sign of good taste – The Jelly Belly name is stamped on every jelly bean. 2000 Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans®: inspired by the Harry Potter series are brought to life by the company's candy makers in wild flavors like Dirt, Bacon and Spinach. 2001 A second public tour opens in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The Jelly Belly Express takes fans on an indoor train ride to discover fun candy facts. 2001 The Company, known for four generations by the family name Goelitz, is renamed Jelly Belly Candy Company and continues to make more than 100 fine confections. 2005 Sport Beans® debut. A sports performance jelly bean that provides carb replenishment for athletes. 2007 Offering a flavor experience with wild and wacky flavors, Jelly Belly debuted BeanBoozled jelly beans in 2007 with ten lookalike pairs. Will it be Juicy Pear or Booger? Buttered Popcorn or Rotten Egg? There’s only one way to find out! 2010 Jelly Belly Jelly Bean Chocolate Dips® the world's first chocolate-covered jelly bean, is introduced in six flavors: Very Cherry, Orange, Strawberry, Coconut, Raspberry and Mint.
What was the number of the mobile hospital unit on TVs MAS*H?	MASH - TV Show, Episode Guide & Schedule \| TWC Central Army surgeons blow off steam between hours of combat surgery. MASH Army surgeons blow off steam between hours of combat surgery. MASH Stellar war dramedy classic mixes humor, pathos. Consumerism Violence • • • • • Parents need to know that MASH* is an outstanding dark comedy set during the Korean War at a mobile military hospital. Based on the classic 1970 movie, the show includes scenes of operating rooms with visible blood, wounded soldiers writhing in pain, and frank discussion of death. Though many of the characters are pro-military, the main characters are firmly anti-war and speak regularly and cynically about war and the military. Many episodes include veiled discussions of sexual activity, and there's some kissing and groping, though it's usually in a comedic context. Several characters drink regularly, one cross-dresses in an attempt to get sent home, and most are prone to playing practical jokes on each other. Older tweens and young teens will likely enjoy the show for Hawkeye's wisecracks and the broader humor, but its more subtle messages may not kick in until kids are older. Close Army surgeons blow off steam between hours of combat surgery. Episode Guide Season 11 Episode 16: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen As the war ends, Hawkeye has a nervous breakdown; Charles is dismayed when Margaret helps him get a position in Boston; B.J. tries to leave early; Father Mulcahy has a hearing loss; Klinger proposes to Soon Lee. Season 11 Episode 15: As Time Goes By Everyone steps forth with memorable contributions when Hot Lips insists that a time capsule be left by the 4077th crew. Season 11 Episode 14: Give and Take When Charles is handed the job of being the 4077's charity collection officer, he desperately tries to pass the buck. Season 11 Episode 13: Friends and Enemies Season 11 Episode 12: Say No More A gruff general visits his severely injured son and faces the harsh realities of military life when the young man dies. Season 11 Episode 10: U.N. the Night and the Music Three United Nations delegates visit: a physician who is similar to Charles, an Army officer who teaches yoga and a Swede who catches Margaret's attention. Season 11 Episode 9: Run for the Money Father Mulcahy agrees to offer his running abilities in a race that pits the 4077th against the 8063rd. Season 11 Episode 8: The Moon Is Not Blue Klinger takes "cool pills"; Hawkeye and B.J. arrange to get a movie banned in Boston to the 4077th. Season 11 Episode 7: Settling Debts Mildred writes a letter to Hawkeye; and a sergeant tries to kill the captive sniper responsible for his lieutenant's injuries. Season 11 Episode 6: Bombshells Hawkeye and Charles set out to test the crew's gullibility when they announce that Marilyn Monroe is due to arrive. Season 11 Episode 5: Who Knew? A nurse who was close to Hawkeye is killed; Klinger tries to talk Charles into backing a business venture. Season 10 Episode 18: Promotion Commotion The surgeons suffer a barrage of preferential treatment from the enlisted personnel when they are placed on the camp's promotion board. Season 10 Episode 17: Where There's a Will, There's a War While under intense enemy shelling in a combat zone, Hawkeye decides it is time to make out his will. Season 10 Episode 16: Pressure Points Psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman visits the 4077th when Col. Potter loses all confidence in himself as a physician. Season 10 Episode 15: The Tooth Shall Set You Free It is a painful time for everyone when Winchester, suffering from a toothache, refuses to see an Army dentist. Season 5 Episode 24: Post Op The surgical teams must somehow cope with a critical shortage of blood during a grueling 18-hour operating session. Season 5 Episode 23: Souvenirs Hawkeye and B.J. decide to do something about a helicopter pilot who uses natives to gather battlefield bric-a-brac to sell as war souvenirs. Season 5 Episode 22: Movie Tonight Col. Potter plans to show his all-time favorite Western as a pick-me-up for the company's badly sagging morale. Season 5 Epis
On July 17, 1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan filed a flight plan that indicated he was flying from New York to Low Angeles. True to his name, where did he end up?	"Wrong Way Corrigan" "Wrong Way Corrigan" 1938 When 31-year-old Douglas Groce Corrigan took off from Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field on July 17, 1938, in a modified Curtiss Robin, he carried two chocolate bars, two boxes of fig bars, a quart of water and a U.S. map with the route from New York to California marked out. Corrigan, who had spent three years trying to get permission to fly from New York to Dublin, had been told that he could fly nonstop from New York to California, but an ocean crossing was out of the question. It was a foggy morning. Corrigan flew into the haze and disappeared. Twenty-eight hours later, he landed in Dublin and instantly became a national hero. Here's How It All Happened Texas-born Douglas Corrigan had flown for the first time when he was 18, taking a 10-minute sightseeing ride in a Curtiss JN-4D Jenny at a Los Angeles airfield operated by B.F. Mahoney and Claude Ryan. The ride, which cost him $2.50, changed his life, setting him on a course that would lead to disappointment, danger, excitement, fame and even a movie deal. Although he had hoped to become an architect, after that 1925 flight his dreams changed. He went back to the airfield a week later and took a flying lesson. After that, he started going to the field every Sunday, taking a lesson and then hanging around for the rest of the day, helping the mechanics. Corrigan first soloed on Sunday, March 25, 1926. He later said that he looked back on that Sunday as the most important day of his life. Ryan and Mahoney soon closed down their operation in Los Angeles and opened Ryan Aeronautical Company in San Diego, where they offered young Corrigan a job. When he arrived, it seemed as though the factory's future was pretty shaky. The building contained half a dozen unfinished airplanes--unfinished because the orders for them had been canceled. Then a telegram arrived from Charles A. Lindbergh, who wanted to know if Ryan Aeronautical could build a plane capable of transatlantic flight. Ryan and Mahoney responded that they could have such an aircraft ready within two months, and it would cost about $10,000. Lindbergh liked the price as well as the time frame. He headed for San Diego to check out the Ryan factory. In February 1927 Corrigan saw Mahoney talking to a tall young man. Corrigan, along with a mechanic, was sent out to the field to get one of the aircraft started so that the lanky youngster could test-fly it. As they were walking out to the plane, the mechanic explained, "This is that fellow from St. Louis that wants to fly from New York to Paris." Corrigan glanced back at Charles Lindbergh and said: "Gosh, he looks like a farmer. Do you suppose he can fly?" They started up a Ryan M-1, but Corrigan didn't think the engine sounded very good. "That's all right," said Lindbergh, and he promptly climbed into the plane. He took off, flew around the field for a few minutes, headed upwind and did nine consecutive loops, finishing up with a wingover. Watching him, Corrigan and the mechanic agreed that Charles Lindbergh could, in fact, fly. And Lindbergh decided to have Ryan build Spirit of St. Louis. During the two months it took to construct the aircraft, designated the NYP by Ryan, Corrigan and the rest of the crew often worked well past midnight. Corrigan himself assembled the wing and installed the gas tanks and the instrument panel. Lindbergh also spent a considerable amount of time at the factory, supervising the construction. Corrigan later recalled that everyone at Ryan Aeronautical seemed motivated by Lindbergh and his goal. Apparently, Lindbergh was equally impressed with his new associates, writing of the Ryan crew, "They're as anxious to build a plane that will fly to Paris as I am to fly it there." Ryan managed to meet Lindbergh's deadline, completing the aircraft in time for him to fly Spirit of St. Louis from San Diego to St. Louis in May 1927, and then to New York City. From there, of course, he set off for Paris. 1927 Rollout photo of the just completed Spirit of St. Louis and its
July 20, 1919, was the birth of what New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist, who made sherpa Tenzing Norgay an international celebrity?	Horoscope of celebrities born on July, 20, [1/3] 149,791 clicks, 70th woman, 132nd celebrity Biography of Gisele Bï¿½ndchen Gisele Caroline Bï¿½ndchen (born July 20, 1980 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, Marcello Borges, birth certificate)) is a Brazilian fashion model and occasional film actress and producer. She is the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. In the late 1990s, Bï¿½ndchen was the first in a wave of Brazilian models to find international success. In 1999, Vogue dubbed her "The Return of the Sexy Model", and she was credited with ending the "heroin chic" era of modeling. Bï¿½ndchen was one of Victoria's Secret Angels from 2000 until mid-2007. Bï¿½ndchen pioneered the "horse walk", a stomping movement created when a model picks her knees up high and kicks her feet out in front. Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell have stated that Bï¿½ndchen is the only true remaining supermodel.... 53,484 clicks, 256th woman, 597th celebrity Biography of Natalie Wood Natalie Wood (July 20, 1938 ï¿½ November 29, 1981) was a three time Academy Award nominated American film actress. The source for her time of birth is her birth certificate. Early life and acting career Wood was born Natalya Nikolaevna Zakharenko in San Francisco, California, to Russian immigrants, Nikolai and Maria Zakharenko. Her parents changed their surname to "Gurdin", and by the age of 4 she was billed as Natasha Gurdin. Her mother tightly managed and controlled the young girl's career and personal life from her start in films at the age of five. She starred in multiple films as a child including both Miracle on 34th Street and The Ghost and Mrs Muir in 1947. Her father is described by Wood's biographers as a passive alcoholic who went along with his wife's demands. Her sister, Lan... 30,807 clicks, 773rd man, 1,375th celebrity Biography of Chris Cornell Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American musician best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the rock bands Soundgarden (1984-1997) and Audioslave (2001-2007). He was the founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to his former roommate, Andrew Wood, and has released two solo albums, Euphoria Morning (1999) and Carry On (2007). He also co-wrote and performed the song "You Know My Name" for the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. Career Soundgarden (1984ï¿½1997) Along with Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam, Soundgarden became one of the biggest and most successful bands from Seattle's emerging grunge scene in the early 1990s. The band was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil and Hiro ... 30,272 clicks, 612th woman, 1,404th celebrity Biography of Diana Rigg Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. She is probably best known for her portrayals of Emma Peel in The Avengers and Countess Teresa di Vicenzo in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Biography Early life and education Rigg was born in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire to Louis Rigg and Beryl Hilda Helliwell (1908ï¿½1981); her father was a railway engineer who had been born in Yorkshire. Between the ages of two months and eight years Rigg lived in Bikaner, India, where her father was employed as a railway executive. Rigg speaks fluent Hindi. She was then sent to a boarding school, the Moravian School in Fulneck, near Pudsey. She disliked her boarding school, where she felt like a fish out of water, but she believes that ... 27,746 clicks, 919th man, 1,616th celebrity Biography of Olivier de Kersauson Olivier de Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only de Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20th July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a ï¿½provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass,ï¿½ as he calls it. Very early on, Olivier de Kersauson was to break away from his family. Without being inattentive, he was a pupil, who did not settle in well to school life with the fathers at boarding schoo
July 18, 1969 saw the death of campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, when a car driven by what famed politician went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, MA, an accident from which he was the only survivor?	Sexual Scandal Reportage 1960S through 2000S Sexual Scandal Reportage 1960S through 2000S Permanent Link: Sexual Scandal Reportage 1960S through 2000S Proper Perspective or a Return to Yellow Journalism Physical Description: 1 online resource (114 p.) Language: Mass Communication, Journalism and Communications Committee Chair: editorial -- journalism -- mainstream -- media -- perspective -- political -- scandal -- sexual -- yellow Journalism and Communications -- Dissertations, Academic -- UF Genre: government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt ) born-digital ( sobekcm ) Notes Abstract: The reportage of political sexual scandal had undergone a metamorphosis in the latter part of the 20th century. Gone is the post-war era press club that had silenced the rumors surrounding political figures, replaced by a press corps that filled the nation’s leading newspapers with the character flaws and philandering of elected public servants. Amid cries of sensationalism and a return to Yellow Journalism by the media after each new scandal, the study analyzes the editorial approach news organizations have traditionally taken on the subject of political sexual scandal. This contextual analysis considers three scandals beginning in 1969 with Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne, continuing in 1987 with Gary Hart and Donna Rice and ending in 2008 with John Edwards and Rielle Hunter. Employing close reading and computer-aided text analysis methods, and building on Benoit’s Image Restoration Strategies as a theoretical guideline, the researcher reviewed The New York Times, the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune’s coverage of these scandals to determine the editorial stance, and changes if any, of each publication during the roughly 40-year time span. A discussion of the results and implications for the dissemination of political sexual scandal in the current mainstream media reveal that the editorial stance of these newspapers remained fairly consistent during the time frame under consideration, whether that be a liberal, moderate or conservative position. Further, that the newspaper’s reportage was directed, in no small part, by the actions and strategies these figures employed in the wake of the scandal’s publication. However, there are distinct changes in the language and overall tone of the reportage, which became increasingly unfavorable toward figures embroiled in political sexual scandal over time. The researcher finds that as time progressed, the focus of the reportage shifts from external event to internal ethos and the language from reserved to racy. General Note: In the series University of Florida Digital Collections. General Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page. Source of Description: This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The University of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. Statement of Responsibility: Thesis (M.A.M.C.)--University of Florida, 2012. Local: RESTRICTED TO UF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE UNTIL 2013-12-31 Record Information Full Text PAGE 1 1 SEXUAL SCANDAL REPORTAGE 1960s THROUGH 2000s: PROPER PERSPECTIVE OR A RETURN TO YELLOW JOURNALISM By MICHELLE LEE HARRIS A THESIS PRESENT ED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS MASS COMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2012 PAGE 2 2 2012 Michelle Lee Harris PAGE 3 3 T o my mother, Marty Stearns, grandmother Florence Patoski and Ms. Fran Testa, the strongest women I have ever known, and who, through their tireless love and support, helped me to become the woman that I am today PAGE 4 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The following were influential and instrumental in the research and writing of this thesis: Dr. Johanna Cleary, Dr. B ernell Tripp and Mike Foley. I gratefully thank them for their expertis
Named for the founder, what is the name given to the upscale luxury hotels and resorts operated by the Hilton hotel chain?	\| Lodging and Innovation Series Lodging and Innovation Series Event Ended on April 28, 2016 Los Angeles, CA Chip Conley Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy - Airbnb Hotel guru. Armchair psychologist. Traveling philosopher. Author. Speaker. Teacher. Student. Chip Conley has lived out more than one calling in his lifetime. No one has led the development, creation, and management of more boutique hotels than Chip Conley, founder and former CEO of Joie de Vivre (JDV). At age 26, Chip’s mission was to “create joy” by building a company that USA Today called “the most delightfully schizophrenic collection of hotels in America.” During his nearly 24 years as CEO, JDV grew to become the second largest boutique hotel company in America. (Chip is no longer an owner or leader of Joie de Vivre’s management business – now part of Commune Hotels – but remains a partner in several hotel properties.) Chip shares his unique prescription for success in PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow, based on noted psychologist Abraham Maslow’s iconic Hierarchy of Needs. The New York Times bestseller, EMOTIONAL EQUATIONS: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success, is Chip’s latest book where he takes us from emotional intelligence to emotional fluency – placing meaning at the top of the balance sheet. His previous books include The Rebel Rules: Daring to be Yourself in Business, and Marketing That Matters: 10 Practices to Profit Your Business and Change the World. Chip presents his theories on transformation and meaning – in business and life – to audiences around the world and he’s been a featured speaker at TED. Honored with the 2012 Pioneer Award – hospitality’s highest accolade – The San Francisco Business Times named Chip the Most Innovative CEO – and JDV the 2nd Best Place to Work in the entire Bay Area. Chip received his BA and MBA from Stanford University and holds an Honorary Doctorate in Psychology from Saybrook University, where he is the 2012/2013 Scholar- Practitioner in residence. He served on the Glide Memorial Board for nearly a decade and is now on the Boards of the Burning Man Project, the Esalen Institute, and Youth Speaks. In 2013, Chip launched Fest300 where he shares his passion for world festivals. And, he joined Airbnb as Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy, where he’s sharing his proven methods with hosts in nearly 200 countries. You can follow his adventures on his Fest300 travel blog. Sam Nazarian CEO - SBE Entertainment Group Nazarian's career began in the tech industry with a wireless company he co-founded and later sold after leading its rapid growth and record sales. In 2001, Nazarian began to hone his expertise in development and hospitality by successfully diversifying his family's assets into real estate holdings across virtually all sectors of the market. It was during this phase of his career that Nazarian began to see a demand for a different approach to hospitality-one that would fundamentally change the industry moving forward. From the launch of sbe's first nightclub in 2003, Nazarian has evolved the privately-held sbe into the definitive name in luxury with a collection that includes some of the most exclusive and high-profile hospitality and lifestyle destinations in the world. To create sbe's award-winning portfolio, Nazarian has aligned with internationally acclaimed design and culinary talents such as Philippe Starck and Matthew Rolston and chefs José Andrés and Katsuya Uechi. Nazarian's business savvy and creative vision have also attracted the interest of Wall Street, as well as active participation from a "who's who" of financial institutions, including Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Lowe Enterprises, Colony Capital and Stockbridge Real Estate Funds. Recently named on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 2014 List, Nazarian also was one of the youngest executive to be included in the "Top 100 Most Powerful People in Southern California" by West, the Los Angeles Times' magazine. Nazarian was also named among "The Influentials" in Los Angeles Magazine and was recently honored wit
“To infinity… and beyond!” is the catchphrase of what Toy Story character?	List of catch phrases and quotes from the Toy Story Movies Advertisement Toy Story is a 1995 computer-animated family comedy film produced by Pixar. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by John Lasseter, Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the also first film produced by Pixar. Toy Story follows a bunch of anthropomorphic toys who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, and focuses on the relationship between Woody, a pullstring cowboy doll (voiced by Tom Hanks), and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure (voiced by Tim Allen). Toy Story-inspired material has run the gamut from toys, video games, theme park attractions, spin-offs, merchandise, and two sequels--Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010)--both of which received huge commercial success and critical acclaim. Holy Bargains, Batman!
Who won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for her only novel, Gone with the Wind, which was subsequent made into a somewhat popular movie?	1000+ images about Margaret Mitchell on Pinterest \| Scarlett o'hara, Museums and Scavenger hunts apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind See More
The Crocodile Hunter was a nickname given to what Australian naturalist, who was killed by a slightly irritated sting ray in 2006?	Ken Ham spits on Steve Irwin’s corpse – Pharyngula More » My baby sister (she was in her thirties and had two kids of her own, but she’ll always be my little sis) died a few years ago of one of those sudden, massive infections—the kind of unexpected reminder of bacterial dominance that killed Jim Henson. When I attended the funeral, I was reminded of another lower life form that afflicts humanity: the minister was an ecstatic Jesus freak who, rather than talking about the young woman we’d lost, or trying to give words of reassurance to a grieving family, instead tried to turn the affair into a revival meeting, asking people to TESTIFY FOR JESUS!!! and otherwise making her superstition the center of attention, rather than Lisa and loss. It galled me no end, as you might guess, and if it weren’t for my respect for members of my family I would have grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and thrown her into the street. Maybe I should have anyway. Goddamn all preachers, pastors, and priests. My anger was rekindled by Ken Ham’s “eulogy” for Steve Irwin . The sanctimonious prat uses it as an excuse to babble rationalizations for his religion, throw a little fear at readers to proselytize for his false promises, and use death as a threat. He doesn’t come right out and say it, but the implications he makes are clear. Irwin wasn’t a creationist. Ham knows that people tried to reach out to him with creationist literature. For all his wealth and popularity, Irwin died—and you will too. Repent or burn in hell for all eternity. We’re left to guess where Steve Irwin is right now…except you’d better accept Jesus or you’ll end up in the same place. Ham is a vile little man, but his sentiments reflect standard Christian tropes. The promises and fears of an afterlife are used to herd the flock into the approved norms of behavior—norms that include respect for and gratuities to the shepherd, naturally—and death becomes an opportunity for reinforcing ‘spiritual’ authority rather than a time for reflection and appreciation. They don’t even use it as a reason to emphasize the importance of living well—death is a reason to waste your time in worship of a phantasm. The life and death of Steve Irwin reminds us of mortality and enthusiasm and danger and passion. The life of Ken Ham reminds us of how low and despicable and worthless our lives can be if we let religion leech our minds away. Just remind yourself that someday death will whisk Ham away, too, and all he’ll leave is a legacy of lies. Speaking of insensitive jerks, I’ve been told that Scott Adams also did a little corpse-spitting, had second thoughts, and deleted the entry. The episode has been archived , though.
What amusement park, the second most visited park in the world in 2010, was first opened on July 17, 1955?	Top 10 Most Visited Amusement Parks In The World Bringing you the Latest News, Entertainment and More Top 10 Most Visited Amusement Parks In The World Have you ever wondered which are the most popular amusement parks in the world, then check out the official top 10 list of the most visited parks to visit! 10 Disney California Adventure 8 million visitors yearly Disney California Adventure, usually referred to as California Adventure, is located in Anaheim, California, owned by The Walt Disney Company and operated through its Parks and Resorts division. The site is 72-acres and is themed after the history and culture of the state of California. Opening in 2001, it is the second of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort complex. 9 Universal Studios Japan 10 million visitors yearly Universal Studios Japan is located in Osaka and is one of four Universal Studios theme parks that is owned and operated by USJ Co., Ltd, licensed by NBCUniversal. This theme park is very similar to the Universal Orlando Resort since it also contains many attractions from Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. Most visitors are from Japan tourists and other Asian countries such as. In 2005 Goldman Sachs became the largest shareholder in Universal Studios Japan which opened on 31st March, 2001. Visitors to the park in the first year reached 11 million making it the world’s fastest amusement park to achieve the 10 million. Since then, Universal Studios Japan has had approximately 8 to 10 million visitors every year. 8 Disney’s Hollywood Studios 10 million visitors yearly Disney’s Hollywood Studios was originally Disney-MGM Studios until the name was changed in 2008, it is the third of four theme parks built at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida on 1st May, 1989. This teme park covers 135 acres and is dedicated to show business getting its inspiration from the heyday of Hollywood from the 1930s and 1940s. In 2013, the park hosted approximately 10.11 million guests, making it the fifth most visited amusement park in the United States, and eighth-most visited in the world. The park is represented by The Sorcerer’s Magical Hat from the cartoon Fantasia. 7 Disney’s Animal Kingdom 10 million visitors yearly Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the fourth of four theme parks built at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida, opening on Earth Day, 22nd April, 1998. It is the second largest theme park in the world and it is the largest single Disney theme park in the world with an area covering 500 acres and the first Disney theme park to be themed entirely around animal conservation. Disney’s Animal Kingdom is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, meaning they have met or exceeded the standards in education, conservation, and research. In 2013, the park hosted approximately 10.19 million guests, ranking it the fourth most visited amusement park in the United States and seventh most visited in the world. The park is represented by The Tree of Life. 6 Disneyland Park 10 million visitors yearly Disneyland Park originally called Euro Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France, opening on April 12th, 1992. Its layout and attractions are very similar to Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California and Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. This park covers a total area of 140 acres. Its theme is fairy tales and Disney characters. In 2013, the park had 10.43 million visitors making it the most visited theme park in Europe and the sixth most visited theme park in the world. The park is represented by Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant which is a replica of the fairy tale castle seen in Sleeping Beauty. 5 Epcot 11 million visitors yearly Epcot is the second of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida. Opening as EPCOT Center on 1st October, 1982, and the park has a total area of 300 acres making it more
The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who lured all but three of the children of Hamelin to their death, was originally hired by the townspeople to rid the town of what?	The Disturbing True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin \| Ancient Origins 14 August, 2014 - 01:09 dhwty The Disturbing True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin When, lo! as they reached the mountain-side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed; And the Piper advanced and the children followed, And when all were in to the very last, The door in the mountain-side shut fast. Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child’s Story Many are familiar with the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Few realise however, that the story is based on real events, which evolved over the years into a fairy tale made to scare children. For those unfamiliar with the tale, it is set in 1284 in the town of Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany. This town was facing a rat infestation, and a piper, dressed in a coat of many coloured, bright cloth, appeared. This piper promised to get rid of the rats in return for a payment, to which the townspeople agreed too. Although the piper got rid of the rats by leading them away with his music, the people of Hamelin reneged on their promise. The furious piper left, vowing revenge. On the 26 th of July of that same year, the piper returned and led the children away, never to be seen again, just as he did the rats. Nevertheless, one or three children were left behind, depending on which version is being told. One of these children was lame, and could not keep up, another was deaf and could not hear the music, while the third one was blind and could not see where he was going. The earliest known record of this story is from the town of Hamelin itself depicted in a stained glass window created for the church of Hamelin, which dates to around 1300 AD. Although it was destroyed in 1660, several written accounts have survived. The oldest comes from the Lueneburg manuscript (c 1440 – 50), which stated: “In the year of 1284, on the day of Saints John and Paul on June 26, by a piper, clothed in many kinds of colours, 130 children born in Hamelin were seduced, and lost at the place of execution near the koppen.” The oldest known picture of the Pied Piper copied from the glass window of the Market Church in Hameln/Hamelin Germany (c.1300-1633). Image source: Wikimedia . The supposed street where the children were last seen is today called Bungelosenstrasse (street without drums), as no one is allowed to play music or dance there. Incidentally, it is said that the rats were absent from earlier accounts, and only added to the story around the middle of the 16 th century. Moreover, the stained glass window and other primary written sources do not speak of the plague of rats. If the children’s disappearance was not an act of revenge, then what was its cause? There have been numerous theories trying to explain what happened to the children of Hamelin. For instance, one theory suggests that the children died of some natural causes, and that the Pied Piper was the personification of Death. By associating the rats with the Black Death, it has been suggested that the children were victims of this plague. Yet, the Black Death was most severe in Europe between 1348 and 1350, more than half a century after the event in Hamelin. Another theory suggests that the children were actually sent away by their parents, due to the extreme poverty that they were living in. Yet another theory speculates that the children were participants of a doomed ‘Children’s Crusade’, and might have ended up in modern day Romania, or that the departure of Hamelin's children is tied to the Ostsiedlung, in which a number of Germans left their homes to colonize Eastern Europe. One of the darker theories even proposes that the Pied Piper was actually a paedophile who crept into the town of Hamelin to abduct children during their sleep. One of the darker themed representations of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Credit: Lui-Gon-Jinn Historical records suggest that the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin was a real event that took place. Nevertheless, the transmission of this story undoubtedly evolved and changed over the centuries, althou
July 19, 1860 saw the birth of what infamous New England spinster who, When she saw what she had done gave her father forty-one?	Elizabeth Andrew (Borden) (1860 - 1927) - Genealogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was a New England spinster who was the central figure in the hatchet murders of her father and stepmother on August 4, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts in the United States. The murders, subsequent trial, and ensuing trial by media became a cause célèbre. The fame of the incident has endured in American pop culture and criminology. Although Lizzie Borden was acquitted, no one else was ever arrested or tried, and she has remained a notorious figure in American folklore. Dispute over the identity of the killer or killers continues to this day. Murders On August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden had gone into Fall River to do his usual rounds at the bank and post office. He returned home at about 10:45 a.m.; Lizzie Borden found his body about 30 minutes later. During the murder trial, the Borden's twenty-six year old maid, Bridget Sullivan, testified that she was lying down in her room on the third floor of the house shortly after 11:00 a.m. when she heard Lizzie call to her, saying someone had killed her father; his body was found slumped on a couch in the downstairs sitting room. Andrew Borden's face was turned to the right hand side, apparently at ease, as if he was asleep.[3] Shortly thereafter, while Lizzie was being tended by neighbors and the family doctor, Sullivan discovered the body of Abby Borden in the guest bedroom located upstairs. Both Andrew and Abby Borden had been killed by crushing blows to their skulls from a hatchet. Andrew Borden's left eyeball was cleanly split in two.[4] Motive and methods The upstairs floor of the house was divided. The front was occupied by the Borden sisters, while the rear was occupied by Andrew and Abby. Meals were seldom eaten together. Andrew was known by family, friends, and business associates as tight-fisted and generally rejected modern conveniences. The family still threw their excrement buckets (slops) onto the backyard. The two daughters, well past marriage age, gladly entered the modern outside world whenever they visited friends. Lizzie and her sister Emma had no marketable skills, and their father did not seem concerned about their future. Conflict had increased between the two daughters and their father about his decision to divide the valuable properties among relatives before his death. His plan to sell the farm in Swansea was seen as the beginning of the end.[citation needed] Relatives of their stepmother had been given a house, and the two sisters demanded and received a rental property. They later sold this property to their father for cash.[2][5] John Morse, brother to the deceased Sarah Borden, had come to visit on the week of the murders. His visit was to facilitate transfer of Swansea farm property, which had been the summer home for the Borden family. Shortly before the murders, a major argument had occurred which resulted in both sisters leaving home on extended "vacations". Lizzie, however, decided to end her trip early and returned home. The barn behind the home did not see much use after Andrew sold the horse. Lizzie had some pigeons in cages on the second floor that she fed and watered. She arrived one day to find the pigeons lying on the ground with their heads chopped off. Andrew said he killed them with an axe because the birds were attracting young boys in the neighborhood to the barn, and he felt they might get hurt or start a fire.[5] Lizzie had attempted to purchase prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide) from local druggist Eli Bence, but Bence refused. Lizzie claimed she planned to use it to clean a seal skin cloak;[6] the defense argued that this incident was not admissible evidence. Shortly before the murders, the entire household became violently ill. As Mr. Borden was not a popular man in Fall River, Abby feared they were being intentionally poisoned. The family doctor, however, diagnosed their illness as food poisoning. Andrew Borden had purchased cheap mutton for the family to eat, and they left it on the sto
What neighboring city is the chief rival of The Simpson's home town of Springfield?	Springfield - Wikisimpsons, the Simpsons Wiki Springfield This article is about the town. For the state capital, see Springfield, Illinois . Springfield c. 1649 (as Sprungfield), c. 1796 (as Springfield) Incorporated: "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man" Mayor: 2,088,723 km ( West Springfield is three times the size of Texas) [2] Elevation: 1,582 ft (482 m) [3] Population: Area code: 939 and 636 [4] Springfield is the city where the Simpson family lives. It is located near Shelbyville , Capital City , Ogdenville , and North Haverbrook in a state whose name is never mentioned . The evidence is sufficiently contradictory that it cannot be identified with a specific state. Its population is estimated to be about 30,720. It is known as a twin city to Shelbyville . The town has often been dubbed as the, or at a stretch, one of, America 's worst towns and according to Marge it's "America's Crud Bucket", as well as being the World's Fattest Town. One story said is was founded in 1796 by Jebediah Springfield , a.k.a. Hans Sprungfeld, and a band of fiercely determined pioneers out of Maryland who set off after misinterpreting a passage in The Bible, Springfield seems to be a small city rather than a megalopolis. [5] Another story said it was founded in 1821 by Springfield leading a band of 34 Dutch settlers in search of a nice place to live. [6] When Jebediah died he split Springfield between his two sons, Obadiah and Zechariah Springfield . The city was later rejoined but never officially. When Lisa Simpson discovered that the rejoining was not official, the town was split into two parts again, but it was later rejoined again. [7] Its features include one nuclear power plant ; two elementary schools; a minor league all-star baseball stadium ; an airport ; a harbor ; a downtown district ; a large tire yard (burning since 1966); a ghetto; a Russian district ; its own Little Italy ; several specialized shopping districts, Moe's Tavern , Barney's Bowl-A-Rama and a Chinatown . Springfield's nearest neighboring town is Shelbyville. There is a strong rivalry between the towns, dating back to a rivalry between their founders—Jebediah Springfield and Shelbyville Manhattan . Manhattan wanted to found a city where men were free to marry their cousins, but Springfield refused to allow it, so Shelbyville was founded as a rival town. [8] The story of the dispute between Jebediah Springfield and Shelbyville Manhattan contains faint references to the historical stories of the deal between Asa Lovejoy and William Overton to file a land claim, and the dispute between Lovejoy and Francis W. Pettygrove over the name of Portland, Oregon. Springfield has been called America's crud basket. It's an ever growing city, despite all the disasters that happen in the town. Contents The Statue of Jebediah Springfield Springfield originally existed before 1649 as Sprynge-Fielde, founder and foundation period unknown. In its early days, the city was the target of many Native American Indian raids, and to this day many forts and trading posts remain (including Fort Springfield and Fort Sensible ). It was also the site of two battles during the American Civil War. After the city was founded should the population determine what the town would be called, there was a tie between Maudville and Blister City. In Jebediah Springfield first official act as a mayor broke the tied and named the town to Springfield in honor of his father. [6] The second (or official) founder of Springfield was pioneer Jebediah Springfield, widely celebrated in the town as a brave and proud American hero. He famously once killed a bear with his bare hands, and this deed is immortalized in a bronze statue in front of the city hall. However, revisionist historians have since determined that the bear in fact probably killed Springfield, and not vice-versa. The town motto "a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man" is attributed to Jebediah. Lisa Simpson later discovered that Jebediah Springfield was in fact Hans Sprungfeld, a murderous pirate and enemy of George Washington, but eventual
As depicted in the 2009 film Public Enemies, which “Public Enemy No 1” was gunned down outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre on July 22, 1934?	TheCatsDomain.Com Message Boards: 'Public Enemies' critique. Entertaining, but completely full of historic inaccuracies and goofs. Actually, the 1973 version of 'Dillinger' with Warren Oates in the lead role was better, imo. Johnny Depp plays a great role though, as usual. Ironically--and a little trivia here, both men who played John Dillinger are from Kentucky; Depp and Oates. Depp was born in Owensboro and Oates is from Depoy, Kentucky (near Greenville in Muhlenberg County). Oates attended high school in Louisville, and enlisted in the Marines in the 1950s. From wiki: Although the film 'Public Enemies' has been praised for its attention to period detail and general accuracy, it takes significant creative license with known facts: Melvin Purvis and John Dillinger never met each other, hence the scene depicting Purvis and Dillinger conversing with each other in a Tucson jail never happened. However, witnesses did verify the fact that Dillinger looked directly at Purvis as he left the Biograph Theater the night he was killed but it was not likely that he recognized Purvis. Dillinger did not turn to confront an FBI tormentor shortly before he was killed. Nor did he issue "dying words" to Agent Winstead. Of the five shots fired by three agents, four of the five struck their target. One of these, a .45 caliber bullet had shattered his cervical spine, passed through his lower brain, and exited through his face. This would have made simple speech, let alone eloquent last words, impossible. Aside from that, the ambush outside the Biograph Theater was depicted with a high degree of accuracy and at the actual historic location on the north side of Chicago. Though Dillinger's robbery spree after his release from Michigan City Prison financed the bribery necessary to get the guns into Michigan City Prison, Dillinger was not actually present during the prison break; he was still in jail himself in Lima, Ohio at the time. Also, no one was killed in the Michigan City break, but Sheriff Jesse Sarber was killed in the jailbreak that happened at Lima. Dillinger died on July 22, 1934, which was before both Pretty Boy Floyd (October 22, 1934) and Baby Face Nelson (November 27, 1934). Other gang members and associates depicted being killed in the film, including Homer Van Meter (August 23, 1934), Charles Makley (September 22, 1934), Harry Pierpont (October 17, 1934), Walter Dietrich, and Ed Shouse, also outlived Dillinger. It is unknown if Purvis actually shot Floyd, though he was armed only with a Colt M1911 pistol and not a Mauser rifle as depicted in the film. Contrary to the film's portrayal, Purvis, four other FBI Agents and several East Liverpool policemen, armed with a variety of weapons (pistols, shotguns, rifles and at least one Tommy gun), fired several volleys at Floyd en masse, hitting him at least twice; because of this, who exactly shot Floyd may be unknowable. The exact circumstances of Floyd's death are still a matter of controversy, with East Liverpool policeman Chester Smith alleging one of Purvis's men summarily executed Floyd after he had been wounded, while FBI Agents present denied this allegation, claiming he was fatally injured and died from his initial injuries. It may also be noted that Floyd was gunned down in an open field, not in an orchard as the film portrays, and was not armed with a Tommy gun but only a .45 pistol at the time. The hearing with Hoover and Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee actually took place nearly two years after the events depicted in the film, in April 1936. Hoover had already declared a "war on crime" before Dillinger came to national attention; the July 17th, 1933 Kansas City Massacre of four FBI Agents and police officers, in which Pretty Boy Floyd was allegedly involved, was the trigger for the "war", along with the kidnappings of St. Paul brewery heir William Hamm by the Barker-Karpis Gang (which is referenced in the film) and oil tycoon Charles Urschel by George "Machine Gun" Kelly. Homer Van Meter and Harry Pierpont are shown taking part in several bank robberies together,
Named after its founder, Leon Leonwood, what Freeport, ME based retailer of clothing and outdoor gear is well known for their Hudson's Bay Point Blanket?	L.L. Bean facts, information, pictures \| Encyclopedia.com articles about L.L. Bean NAIC: 454110 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses; 451110 Sporting Goods Stores; 448140 Family Clothing Stores L.L. Bean, Inc. is a leading U.S. catalog company and the largest catalog supplier of outdoor gear in the world. The L.L. Bean catalogs, a tradition since the company’s founding, are the engine that drives company sales; in 1999 the company took in $854 million from catalog sales alone. The 1999 catalogs, 70 in all, offered approximately 16,000 different items, most tied to the pursuit of outdoor, active lifestyles. For the solitary fisherman or the busy baby boomer, the name L.L. Bean stands for quality, value, and enduring style—so much so that each year more than three million visitors make pilgrimages to the company’s original retail store, in Freeport, Maine, to soak up the Bean ambiance and the Bean bargains. Retail sales for 1999 (including those for the L.L. Kids Store, adjacent to the flagship store; a second L.L. Bean Store in McLean, Virginia; ten factory outlet stores; and more than 20 independently owned retail stores in Japan ) reached $206 million. The llbean.com e-commerce web site has been operational since 1996. L.L. Bean also enjoys a high reputation, among its corporate peers as well as its customers, for order fulfillment. Early 20th-century Origins: The Maine Hunting Shoe The founder of the company was a 40-year-old Maine out-doorsman named Leon Leonwood Bean. Orphaned at age 12, Bean began to develop his entrepreneurial skills by doing odd jobs and by selling soap door-to-door. He also earned money by trapping. “Although he was a natural salesman,” according to Robert B. Pile in Top Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses, “he was never really satisfied in one job and drifted about from place to place.” Finally, Bean went to work for his older brother, Otho, in a Freeport dry goods store. There Bean sold overalls to manual laborers and earned $12 a week. His true love, however, was hunting and fishing in the Maine woods and streams, a love that would eventually lead to the development of one of the most popular and enduring products in American retailing. Like most outdoorsmen in the early 1900s, Bean frequently suffered the problem of hiking with waterlogged boots. In 1912 he decided to add leather tops to a pair of ordinary rubber boots. He sought the services of a local shoemaker, and, after a few pairs of the boots had been sewn together, he penned a circular entitled “The Maine Hunting Shoe.” A model of early direct-mail advertising, the circular began: “Outside of your gun, nothing is so important to your outfit as your foot-wear. You cannot expect success hunting deer or moose if your feet are not properly dressed.” Bean mailed the letter to sportsmen from outside Maine who had purchased Maine hunting licenses and touted his original shoe as “light as a moccasin, with the protection of a heavy hunting boot.” He priced his product at $3.50 per pair and, to further entice his fellow hunters, offered a money-back guarantee. Bean’s marketing was flawless; however, his product was not. Of the 100 pairs of his Maine Hunting Shoes that were ordered and sent, 90 were returned because the tops had separated from the bottoms. Rather than give up his fledgling enterprise, though, Bean honored his guarantee and then borrowed $400 to redesign and perfect his boots (Bean also perfected his guarantee, making it unconditional and, in fact, the essence of Bean’s customer service culture through the present day). His determination to satisfy himself and his customers paid off after he traveled to Boston to meet with representatives of the U.S. Rubber Company, who were able to fulfill his original design intentions. Bean redoubled his boot-making efforts and his commitment to the mail-order business, fortuitously in the same year that the U.S. Post Office began its parcel post service. Bean’s revamped footwear quickly became successful, and he soon expanded his marketing push into other states. A Fortune “Hall of Fame”
The 18th of July, 1976 saw what Romanian athlete score the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics?	Most 10 scores at Olympics: world record set by Nadia Comaneci July 18, 2008 Most 10 scores at Olympics: world record set by Nadia Comaneci [July 18] MONTREAL, Canada--With a total of seven perfect ten scores at Montreal 1976 Games, Olympic legend Nadia Comaneci set a world record for the most 10 scores at a single edition of the Olympic Games. She captured the hearts of the world and became the first gymnast in history to know what it's like to be perfect- setting also the world record for the first award of a score of perfect 10 at an Olympics Games gymnastic event. World Record Academy will send to Nadia a special Gold-Sealed World Record Certificate and her name will be listed for ever in all our future Book of World Recordss. July 18 is also declared by the Records Academy as the World's Records Day, a day to remember one of the most beautiful evolution in the history of Olympics. Before 1976, no male or female had ever received a perfect score in any Olympic gymnastics event. And then came Nadia Comaneci, all 4-foot-11, 86 pounds of her. The 14-year-old Romanian dazzled the judges in Montreal to the point where they couldn't help but give her a perfect 10. And they didn't stop there, for not only did Comaneci receive the first perfect score, she then proceeded to get six more! ABC Television set her performance to music, using a theme from a popular American soap opera, and the song was eventually renamed "Nadia's Theme". Times magazine posted huge photo of Nadia in front cover page, "She's Perfect!" with a very small photo of the the first photo of Mars... 14 years old Nadia Comaneci became the only person shown in the cover page of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated magainzes at the same time, not to mentioned millions of press and magazines covers around the world. The record breaking moment came with Comaneci's performance on the uneven bars. However, the judging equipment was not equipped to display the four digits of a 10.00 score, so the scoreboard simply showed 1.00. The crowd soon understood the meaning of the score when the announcer declared, "Ladies and gentleman, for the first time in Olympic history, Nadia Comaneci has received the score of a perfect ten," reported Septima Green in Top 10 Women Gymnasts.The perfect gymnast bitting the perfect machine! Nadia Comaneci earned a total of seven perfect ten scores at those Olympic Games. She won three gold medals for the all-around competition, uneven bars, and balance beam. She also won a silver medal for the team competition and a bronze medal for the floor exercise. Four of her seven perfect scores, including the first one, came on the uneven bars, which as you might imagine, was one of the three events Comaneci struck gold. But it was on the balance beam that she truly showed off her skill. The beam is considered one of the most difficult Olympic events, with gymnasts performing pirouettes and backflips on a beam measuring just four inches across. All Nadia did was record three more perfect scores and her second gold medal. Comaneci became the first Romanian to win the all-around title and she was also the youngest all-around champion at 14 years old. Once Comaneci broke the barrier, it became easier over the years. Then, after the 1992 Olympics, those 10s disappeared. Not one has been scored in maj
In the Tour de France, the overall leader wears the yellow jersey, the king of the mountain wears the red and white polka dot. What color does the sprint leader wear?	Tour de France 101: What do different color jerseys mean? - CSMonitor.com Tour de France 101: What do different color jerseys mean? Andy Schleck of Luxembourg (l.) and Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, ride in the pack during the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Friday. Christophe Ena/AP of What do the different color Tour de France jerseys mean? YELLOW: The maillot jaune, the yellow jersey, is the signature chemise of the Tour de France . It designates the overall leader of the race so far. When cyclists finish the three-week race by cruising through the streets of Paris , the photo of the yellow-shirted winner is seen around the globe. The yellow jersey is awarded after each of the 20 stages, or race days, to the rider who is the overall leader of the race so far. Each day the total amount of time taken to finish that stage is added to the cumulative time of all previous races, and the overall leader is determined. The next day, he wears the yellow throughout the stage. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test? GREEN: The green jersey, or maillot vert, is the sprinter’s jersey. At every stage, points are awarded to the first 10-25 riders that cross the finish line. The amount of sprint points awarded depends on the day’s course (a flat course produces more points than the mountain terrain) and in what place the rider finishes that day. Some stages have mini-sprints within the stage that are worth points. German Erik Zabel holds the record for winning the final green jersey in the Tour six consecutive times, between 1996 and 2001. Photos of the Day Photos of the day 02/08 WHITE WITH RED POLKA DOTS: This is the King of the Mountains jersey. Points are awarded to the first rider to reach the crest of designated hills and mountains. Mountains are graded according to steepness, length, and position on the course, and points correspond to the grade. The best climber awards began in 1933, and the maillot à pois rouges was first worn in 1975. WHITE: This jersey is worn by the fastest overall rider under the age of 25 (on Jan. 1 in the year of the race). The first white jersey was worn in 1975. There are other prizes and competitions within the Tour de France that don’t involve jerseys. For example, the most combative rider of each stage – the one who tries to break clear of the field – will wear a red number on a white background, instead of the usual black on white. And the team prize – based on the team with the fastest three riders – wears a black number on a yellow background. More Tour de France 101 stories:
What blues rocker is backed by The Destroyers?	News News Courtesy UltimateGuitar.com The very first Wednesday Question of 2017 saw the people of UG community discussing the greatest rock or metal songs to feature a saxophone. Based on your votes and almost 400 comments, we summed this one up to a traditional Top 25 rundown, make sure to check it out here . George Thorogood & The Destroyers Live in Davenport, IA George Thorogood And The Destroyers are throwing a Rock Party for 2017, and you’re invited. The new tour promises to raise the bar, rock the house and tear off the roof like never before. With more than 40 years, 15 million albums sold and 8,000 live shows after it all began, the title ‘professional rock performer’ still means something to the man and his music. “This is my job,” Thorogood says with pride. “I’ve always loved it, and I love it now more than ever.” Don’t miss their unmatched catalog of hits that includes “Who Do You Love”, “I Drink Alone”, “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”, “Move It On Over”, “Get A Haircut” and the ultimate rock anthem, “Bad To The Bone.” Tickets are $47, $37, and $27 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased at the Market). Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, RCCR will offer other seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the other section. Hotel packages are available by calling 844-852-4FUN. Packages include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert’s Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available. Doors open at 7pm for the 8pm show. Click here for more info. View from the Office 12/9/2016 2016 PBR World Finals photos: Night 1 at T-Mobile Arena with George Thorogood By DON CHAREUNSY NICHE DIVISION OF LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Night 1 of the five-day 2016 Built Ford Tough Professional Bull Riders World Finals kicked off at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday night for the first time, and contributing photographer Tom Donoghue, as part of his yearly calendar of events, was on duty for his photo gallery. The PBR World Finals, for many years at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV, is on the Las Vegas Strip this year at T-Mobile Arena. Events also are at South Point south of the Strip. George Thorogood & The Destroyers and their “Bad to the Bone” entertained on the first night of the five-day championship at T-Mobile Arena, while Colt Ford ruled the outdoors at Toshiba Plaza. Click here to check out the photos. Page 1 of 56
On July 21, 1873, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pulled off the first successful what of the American West, in Adair Iowa?	Jesse James Historical Site - Adair, IA Jesse James Historical Site Back to Adair County Jesse James Historical Site Jesse James and his notorious gang of outlaws staged the world's first robbery of a moving train the evening of July 21, 1873, a mile and a half west of Adair, Iowa. Early in July the gang had learned that $75,000 in gold from the Cheyenne region was to come through Adair on the recently build main line of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad. Jesse sent his brother, Frank James, and Cole Younger to Omaha to learn when the gold shipment was to reach there. Jesse, Jim and Tom Younger, Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell remained camped in the hills in the Adair area. Finally, Frank James and Cole Younger got their tip that the gold shipment was on its way east and they brought the report to Jesse who had made plans for the train robbery. On the afternoon of the robbery, the bandits called at the section house and obtained some pies and other food from Mrs. Robert Grant, wife of the section foreman. In the meantime, the bandits broke into the handcar house, stole a spike-bar and hammer with which they pried off a fish-plate connecting two rails and pulled out the spikes. This was on a curve of the railroad track west of Adair near the Turkey Creek bridge on old U.S. No. 6 Highway. A rope was tied on the west end of the disconnected north rail. The rope was passed under the south rail and led to a hole they had cut in the bank in which to hide. When the train came along, the rail was jerked out of place and the engine plunged into the ditch and toppled over on its side. Engineer John Rafferty of Des Moines was killed, the fireman, Dennis Foley, died of his injuries and several passengers were injured. Two members of the gang, believed to have been Jesse and Frank James, climbed into the express car and forced John Burgess, the guard, to open the safe. In it they found only $2,000 in currency--the gold shipment had been delayed. They collected only about $3,000, including the currency and loot taken from the passengers, in the world's first robbery of a moving train. Levi Clay, employed by the railroad in Adair, which was then not quite a year old, walked to Casey where the alarm was sent by a telegrapher to Des Moines and Omaha, and soon the news was spread all over the nation. A train loaded with armed men left Council Bluffs for Adair and dropped small detachments of men along the route where saddled horses were waiting. The trail of the outlaws was traced into Missouri where they split up and were sheltered by friends. Later the governor of Missouri offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of Jesse James, dead or alive. On April 3, 1882, the reward reportedly proved too tempting for Bob Ford, a new member of the James gang, and he shot and killed Jesse in the James home in St. Joseph, Missouri. Location
“When your here, you’re family” is the advertising slogan for what national restaurant chain?	Fast Food Slogans G - P Fast Food: Healthy - Menus - Commercials - Slogans - Restaurants List - Mascots - Home Fast Food Slogans List G - P - We have the largest library of fast food slogans on the internet. New, old and classic, we have them all. Hardee's Fast-Food Chain Slogans: 1. Where the food's the star. 2. Hardee's. Come on Home. 3. Delicious Food. To fit your lifestyle. Harvey's - Home of Canada's best tasting burger Slogan: It's a beautiful thing Hooter's Slogan: Delightfully tacky, yet unrefined. In-N-Out Burger, fast food hamburger chain Slogans: 1. That's what a hamburger's all about. 2. Quality You Can Taste. Jack in the Box, fast food hamburger chain Slogans: 1. We don't make it until you order it. 2. Love Bacon? Marry It Jets Pizza - Slogan: 1. Life Is Short. Eat Better Pizza 2. Let's Get Jets. Jimmy Johns - Gourmet Sandwiches Slogans: 1. Subs So Fast You'll Freak 2. "Your Mom Wants You To Eat At Jimmy John's!" 3. Fresh. Fast. Tasty Jollibee - Filipino fast food fav that is growing in the USA. Slogans: 1. Sarap ng Pilipino 2. Ang Sarap Maging At Home 3. Atin ang Langhap Sarap! 4. Bee Happy, Bida ang Saya! 5. Isa pa, isa pa, isa pang Chickenjoy 6. "I love you Sabado" Kentucky Fried Chicken - KFC Slogans: 1. There's Fast Food, Then There's KFC. 2. We do chicken right. 3. Finger Lickin' Good 4. Life tastes better with KFC 5. Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun. 6. Yes, Virginia, There really is a Colonel Sanders. Little Caesars - $5 Hot-N-Ready Pizza Slogan: Pizza! Pizza! Long John Silvers Slogans: 1. We Speak Fish 2. You're Going To Get Your Wish. Go Fish McDonald's Fast Food Chain Slogans: 1. McDonalds. I'm lovin' it. 2. What you want is what you get. 3. It's a good time for the great taste of McDonalds. 4. Nothing can do it like McDonald's. 5. You deserve a break today...at McDonald's. 6. We love to see you smile. 7. What we're made of. Nathan's Famous Slogan: 1. From a Hot-Dog to a National Habit. 2. Follow the Crowd to Nathan's. Olive Garden Italian food franchise Slogan: When you're here, you're family. Pala Hamburger (China) Slogans: 1. Enjoy now! 2. Enjoy Taste Pala Panda Express Chinese Food Slogans: 1. Gourmet Chinese Food 2. Chinese for: Yummy. Papa John's pizza Tagline: Papa John's. Better Ingredients. Better Pizza. Pizza Hut Slogans: 1. Now You're Eating! 2. Gather 'Round the Good Stuff Popeye's Chicken Slogans: 1. Louisiana Fast 2. Love That Chicken From Popeyes
What comic strip, introduced by Aaron McGruder in 1999, features the characters Huey Freeman, a angry, cynical 10 year old boy, and his younger brother Riley, who is a fan of the thug life?	The Boondocks (comic strip) - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on The Boondocks (comic strip) Wikis The Boondocks (comic strip): Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about a comic strip. For the animated television series, see The Boondocks (TV series) . "The Boondocks" redirects here. For other uses, please see The Boondocks (disambiguation) . The Boondocks Satire The Boondocks is a daily syndicated comic strip written and originally drawn by Aaron McGruder that ran from 1996 to 2006. Created by McGruder in 1996 for The Diamondback , the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park , the strip moved from the college pages and was printed in the monthly hip hop magazine The Source in 1997. As it gained popularity, the comic strip was picked up by the Universal Press Syndicate and made its national debut on April 19, 1999. A popular and controversial strip, The Boondocks deals with African American culture and American politics as seen through the eyes of its protagonist, 10-year-old black radical Huey Freeman . McGruder sold the television and film rights for the strip to Sony Pictures Entertainment . The Boondocks animated TV series premiered on the Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim programming November 6, 2005. Contents 8 References History The strip debuted in The Diamondback under editor Jayson Blair on December 3, 1996, paying McGruder $30 per strip — $17 more than other cartoonists. McGruder ended the strip's run in The Diamondback on March 18, 1997, two weeks after the strip was omitted due to a technical error and a Diamondback staffer printed the word "OOPS" in its place without an explanation. He pulled the strip after the paper refused to run an apology. [1] (Upon the revelation in 2004 of news article fabrications by Blair, by then a reporter for The New York Times , McGruder's comic strip joined others in lampooning Blair.) In Fall 2003, Boston, Massachusetts -based artist Jennifer Seng assumed art duties from McGruder. In an interview with The New Yorker , McGruder said, "If something had to give, it was going to be the art. I think I'm a better writer than artist." [2] Carl Jones succeeded Seng as illustrator in late 2004. In the introduction to the collection Public Enemy #2, McGruder wrote, "I had hired an artist to help me on some of the art duties. People think I stopped drawing the strip, but that's never been the case. To this day there has never been a single Boondocks strip that I did not personally touch — I still obsess over the details of Huey, Riley, Caesar and Granddad. I still go over every panel. I still care what it looks like, and I always will." On February 28, 2006, McGruder announced that his strip would go on a six-month hiatus, starting March 27, 2006, with new installments resuming in October. Repeats of earlier strips were offered by Universal Press Syndicate in the interim. [3] The Boondocks was syndicated to over 300 clients at its peak, but more than half substituted different features rather than publish reruns during the hiatus. [4] [5] On September 25, 2006, Universal Press Syndicate president Lee Salem announced that the comic would not return, saying, "Although Aaron McGruder has made no statement about retiring or resuming The Boondocks for print newspapers ... newspapers should not count on it coming back in the foreseeable future." He added that Universal would welcome McGruder back if he chose to return. [6] Greg Melvin, McGruder's editor at the syndicate, met with him in an unsuccessful attempt to talk the cartoonist into returning. McGruder cited his work on the Cartoon Network show among other projects as reasons for not then returning to the strip. [7] After the strip was canceled, reruns continued to be carried by some newspapers through November 26, 2006. [8] Description The strip depicts Huey Freema
What famed martial artist, who died on July 20, 1970, is buried in Lakeview Cemetery up on Capitol Hill, next to his son, also a martial artist?	Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973) - Genealogy Bruce Lee Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Chinese: 李振藩, Hebrew: ברוס לי Also Known As: "Lee Jun Fan", "Lee Yun Gaam", "Lee Siu Lung" Birthdate: Son of LEE Hoi Chuen 李海泉 and <private> Lee (Ho) Husband of <private> Cadwell (Emery) Brother of <private> Lee 李秋源; Peter Jung Sum Lee 李忠琛 ; <private> Lee 李秋鳳 and <private> Lee Managed by: 粵劇四大名丑海泉李, 愛瑜李 (born 何) Wife: Linda C Bruce (born Emery) Son: Nov 27 1940 - Chinatown, San Francisco, California, U.S. Death: Cause of death: Cerebral edema - July 20 1973 - Kowloon Tong Parents: Agnes Lee, Phoebe Lee, Peter Lee, Robert Lee Wife: China, United States of America, And 2 more addresses hoi cuhen lee, Grace lee (hovanhisyan) Wife: Nov 27 1940 - San Francisco, California Death: July 20 1973 - Hong Kong, China Partner: Hoi-Chuen Lee, Grace Lee (born Ho) Siblings: Peter Lee, Agnes Lee, Phoebe Lee, Robert Lee Wife: sibling About Bruce Lee Bruce Lee From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Bruce Lee (disambiguation). This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lee. Bruce Lee Bruce Lee 1973.jpg Bruce Lee in 1971 Background information Chinese name 李小龍 (traditional) Chinese name 李小龙 (simplified) Pinyin Lǐ Xiǎolóng (Mandarin) Jyutping Lei Siu Long (Cantonese) Birth name Lee Jun-fan 李振藩 (Traditional) 李振藩 (Simplified) Lǐ Zhènfān (Mandarin) Lei Zan Faan (Cantonese) Origin Hong Kong Born November 27, 1940 Chinatown, San Francisco, California, U.S. Died July 20, 1973 (aged 32) Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Resting place Lakeview Cemetery Occupation Martial artist philosopher actor director screenwriter producer Years active 1950–1973 Spouse(s) Linda Emery (m. 1964; his death 1973) Children Brandon Lee (1965–93) Shannon Lee (born 1969) Parents Lee Hoi-chuen (1901–65) Grace Ho (1907–96) Ancestry Shunde, Guangdong, China Alma mater University of Washington Website Bruce Lee Foundation Bruce Lee official website Awards[show] This article contains Chinese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters. Lee Jun-fan (Chinese: 李振藩; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong and American actor, martial artist, philosopher, filmmaker,[2] and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do. Lee was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen. He is widely considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time,[3] and a pop culture icon of the 20th century.[4][5] He is often credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.[6] Lee was born in Chinatown, San Francisco on November 27, 1940 to parents from Hong Kong and was raised in Kowloon, Hong Kong with his family until his late teens. He was introduced to the film industry by his father and appeared in several films as a child actor. Lee moved to the United States at the age of 18 to receive his higher education, at the University of Washington, at Seattle[7] and it was during this time that he began teaching martial arts. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, sparking a surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in the US, Hong Kong and the rest of the world.[8] He is noted for his roles in five feature-length films: Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Golden Harvest's Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Lee; Golden Harvest and Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973) and The Game of Death (1978), both directed by Robert Clouse.[9] Lee became an iconic figure known throughout the world, particularly among the Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese nationalism in his films.[10] He trained in the art of Wing Chun and later combined his other influences from var
July 20, 1969 saw the landing of what NASA mission, the first to land men on the moon?	Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 20, 1969: The Moon Landing Apollo 11 Flight Log, July 20, 1969: The Moon Landing By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor \| July 20, 2014 07:25am ET MORE Lunar landing operations for the Apollo 11 crew officially began around 9:27 a.m. July 20, when lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin crawled through a tunnel separating the command module Columbia from the lunar module, Eagle, to power on the lander. Four hours later, Buzz Aldrin and his commander, Neil Armstrong , stood in Eagle while it separated from Columbia. At the controls of Columbia, command module pilot Michael Collins turned on the ship's engines and moved it away. He watched as Armstrong and Aldrin fired Eagle's engines for the lunar descent. "Everything's going just swimmingly. Beautiful!" Collins said over radio to Mission Control. Apollo 11 Moon Landing 45th Anniversary: Complete Coverage But not everything went to plan after that. Eagle's computer experienced several task overloads that tripped program alarms in the spacecraft. Just after 4 p.m., Armstrong looked outside the window and saw the automatic landing system was taking Eagle to a rocky field. He took control of the spacecraft, steering it down to the surface with just seconds of fuel to spare. Apollo 11 was on the moon. "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed ," he radioed Mission Control at 4:18 p.m. The main event, the moonwalk, began at 10:39 p.m. when Armstrong opened the hatch of Eagle and backed outside, watched by Aldrin. He carefully moved down the ladder, turning on the TV camera on the way. His first step took place at 10:56 p.m. "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind ," he radioed Earth. NASA's Historic Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Pictures Armstrong quickly moved to take samples from nearby Eagle, and Aldrin followed him on to the surface. The moonwalk lasted 2.5 hours, in which time the men picked up several rock samples, deployed science experiments, erected a flag and took a phone call from U.S. President Richard Nixon. Eagle's hatch was closed, astronauts inside, at 1:11 a.m. the next morning. It has been more than four decades since the first men landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. Test your memory of the moon landing with this quiz.
What World War II figure was known as Old Blood and Guts?	27 fantastic quotes by “Old Blood and Guts” General Patton 27 fantastic quotes by “Old Blood and Guts” General Patton SHARE: Facebook Twitter George Smith Patton Jr was born on the 11th November 1885, into a family with a long record of military service. He saw action in the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916 and served with American forces in the First World War. It was his roles in the Mediterranean and European theaters of the Second World War, however, that he demonstrated his extraordinary ability as a military commander. After a brief stint as commander of the US II Corp in North Africa, he was given command of the 7th Army and tasked to assist the British under Montgomery with the invasion of Sicily. Patton’s drive and initiative ensured that the Allies had conquered Sicily in weeks which would provide a springboard for the invasion of the Italian mainland. Following a highly publicized slapping incident on an American private during the Sicilian campaign, George Patton was not given command of a combat force for 11 months. In January 1944, he was placed in charge of the wholly inexperienced and raw recruits that comprised the United States 3rd Army which was stationed in England. In July of 1944, after the Allied landing in Normandy on June 6th, Patton was flown over from England and rejoined his Third Army which then proceeded to assist in the closing of the Falaise Pocket, which led to the capture of several hundred thousand enemy combatants. Patton drove his men on relentlessly, leaving the Germans no time to regroup and organize defensive positions. In December 1944, Field Marshall Von Rundstedt assaulted the Allied lines with 250 000 men. At Bastogne, American forces were surrounded by the swiftly advancing Germans and Patton was tasked with going to their aid. In an incredible display of organizational and strategic brilliance, Patton was able to maneuver six divisions engaged in front line action, drive north and establish a safe passage for the transfer of troops and ammunition to relieve Bastogne which was being stubbornly defended by the 101st Airborne. By the end of January 1945, German forces were in full retreat, and the 3rd Army began a relentless drive forward. War in Europe officially came to an end on the 7th May 1945 when Karl Donitz, announced the end of hostilities and the German surrender. George Patton, whose remarkable military skill, drive, and personality had been instrumental in the downfall of Nazi Germany, did not long survive its fall. He was killed in a tragic car accident in December 1945, but the legacy of ‘Blood and Guts,’ as he was nicknamed by his soldiers, lives on and he has taken his rightful place in the pantheon of military geniuses as one of the greatest commanders the world has known. Here are some of his best quotes. 1. “The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare.” 2. “Do more than is required of you.” 3 “A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.” 4 “I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.” 5 “Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. ” 6 “Fixed fortifications are monuments to man’s stupidity.” 7 “If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.” 8 “A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” 9 “Live for something rather than die for nothing.” FEATURED VIDEO
What color are the 0 (and potentially 00) spots on a roulette wheel?	ROULETTE WHEEL \| Colors \| Numbers \| Layout \| Sequence Roulette W heel 's The European roulette wheel is the same as the French roulette wheel The European roulette wheel is the most played game of online roulette games because of its lower house edge (2.7%). European / French Roulette Wheel shown. The French roulette wheel is a contrasting theme of reds and blacks, broken by a single green slot. There are 37 numbered compartments from 0 to 36, though no ordered numerical sequence is adopted, there is a correlation between the color and whether a number is odd or even. As there are '8 RED EVEN' and '10 RED ODD' and in comparison '8 BLACK ODD' and '10 BLACK EVEN' roulette wheel/table numbers. French and European roulette wheels have only one green coloured slot, the zero number. Each number changes color repeatedly between the roulette signature colors of red and black. American roulette wheel The American roulette wheel has an extra green compartment for a double zero '00' number. Shown in the picture below. Double Zero '00' the extra compartment added to the American roulette wheel, diagonally opposes the single zero '0'. But the extra double zero isn't the only modification made. The American roulette wheels number sequence in comparison to the European/French wheel, is completely different too. Though each numbers color hasn't changed i.e. black 22 is still black 22 in both wheel types. The frenetic randomness of the French wheel sequence is less so in the American wheel with regards to diagonally opposing numbers bearing some relation to each other like 1 and 2 oppose each other, the pattern continues up to 35 opposing 36 possibly done this way as the zero and double zero face one another to bring about a pleasing symmetry when in designing the American roulette wheel. with the Best Chance The Roulette Wheel with the single green slot marked as a [0], is of the European and French Roulette wheel games. Compare this to the American Roulette Wheel which has one more green slot on the wheel marked as a [00] and you can see that your chances of winning are reduced by this additional green slot. The Casino has nearly a 3 percent advantage over the player with the Roulette Wheel pictured on the left and just over a 5 percent advantage with the American Roulette Wheel. Playing online you have the choice of both wheels.
According to the proverb, a what in your hand is worth two in your bush?	Proverbs: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush \| ESL Podcast Blog Proverbs: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush Posted on Friday - October 5, 2007 by Dr. Jeff McQuillan Proverbs (traditional sayings) can tell you a lot about the culture and ideas of those who speak a certain language. I’d thought it would be fun to take a look every now and then (occasionally) at some popular proverbs. Today’s is “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” This expression means that it is better to keep what you have than to risk (take a chance) it for something greater. Having one bird in your hand is worth more than trying to catch two birds that are in the bush (a large plant). You have to let go of (release) the bird that is already in your hand in order to catch the other two birds, but of course you may fail and end up with (have at the end) no birds at all. Because of the risk of loosing the little you have, it is sometimes better not to try to get something more and end up with nothing. ~Jeff Canadian Pharmacists Association The Canadian Pharmacists Association, previously known as the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association, was founded in 1907 in Toronto, Ontario. CPhA is the national voice of Pharmacists in Canada, representing pharmacists practising in various fields of pharmacy in community, hospital, academia, government and corporate settings, plus pharmacy students. Its mission is advancing the health and well-being of Canadians through excellence in pharmacist care. In 2014 CPhA adopted a new governance and membership model, most provincial pharmacy advocacy associations (PPAs) and select national pharmacist associations (NPAs) have become Organizational Members of CPhA. Their individual pharmacist and pharmacy student members are now CPhA Associates. The CPhA Board of Directors is made up of representatives appointed by each Organizational Member. The Board of Directors is responsible for setting the broad direction of the association. Americans importing viagra from Canadian pharmacy online, at the very least to cut down on their prescriptions, and sometimes cases even to afford life-saving drugs. But I’ve seen these bills before and FDA is always behind their failure – but what about this time?
Claiming to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world, what downtown Portland institution occupies over 68,000 sq feet of retail floor space?	Pearl District News [Archive] - SkyscraperPage Forum MarkDaMan Oct 3, 2005, 7:29 PM Portland's Pearl District has been a resounding success. Below is a recent article that gives a short history of the district as well as "look" into what has already been done. This thread will follow the finishing touches that will round out the district in the next 5 to 10 years. There is still much work to do. The district has much infill potential that will keep new development happening for many more years, but there is also a new district within the district the developers have branded "NoLo.":yuck: In this district (north of Lovejoy street) the city has agreed to raise its height limit to allow taller slender buildings and there is land potential for at least 15 new towers, if not many more than that, to be built. With Portland expecting 20 to 30 new towers (most if not all above 175ft) to be started by this winter, it shouldn't take long to fill this empty track. What's old is new again in Portland's gem Lively Pearl District teems with galleries, shops and clubs Christine Delsol, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, October 2, 2005 Portland, Ore. -- Oregon's No. 1 city has been mostly overlooked by Californians (not always to its great regret) as merely a "nice place" with rose-filled parks, pretty bridges and decent hotels -- more important as a stopover than a destination. A coterie of hippies and iconoclasts were drawn to Portland's individualism, and fans of Seattle's coffee and dot-com cultures might have had a look on the way, but mostly we haven't paid much attention. News flash: When we weren't looking, Portland got hip. While other cities were paving over or bulldozing places that were no longer profitable, Portland was turning them into attractive and affordable parks, restaurants, shops, music venues, art galleries, restaurants and brew pubs. It's managed to pack in all the big-city attractions while keeping urban aggravations to a minimum. The Pearl District, whose reclaimed warehouses and rail yards have been populated in recent years with artists and designers, is an ideal vantage point for observing the city's evolution. With the recent immigrants came international flavors, sidewalk cafes, lively clubs and flashy lofts and townhouses. But art and design remain at its heart. People pack the streets for a crash course in contemporary painting, sculpture and photography the first Thursday of the month, when galleries stay open late and offer food and entertainment. In response to growing interest in its urban style and interior design, the neighborhood staged Pearl CitySpaces, a weeklong public condominium and loft tour, in May. The Pearl, adjacent to downtown, is also about a 15-minute walk, or a short ride by free public transit, from the city's latest arts buzz: The Portland Art Museum's new Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, which opened Saturday. The landmark former Masonic Temple is now the Pacific Northwest's largest repository of modern art. The museum's addition occupies the south wing of the temple, built to monumental proportions in 1925. The staid brick exterior is scored by a decidedly modern, faceted glass "pleat" that pulls natural light into five levels of galleries, and capped with glowing glass penthouses. But in its core, two ballrooms were meticulously restored for public use, complete with rusticated walls, Moorish flourishes and a circular frieze of painted quotations. The Pearl District is a similar marriage of modern culture and historic preservation. This is where young cosmopolitans, surrounded by plasma TVs and plates of Thai salad rolls, choose from 100 tap beers within the exposed brick walls and 24-foot ceilings of Henry Weinhard's original brewery. Today's Brewery Blocks house not only Henry's 12th Street Tavern but retailers, offices, restaurants, Peet's Coffee and possibly the world's most ornate Whole Foods market, in a former Chevrolet dealership facing the old brewery's smokestack. My first glimpse of the Pearl, under the wing of my friend Renate, who lives acr
A parent company of on of the worlds largest consumer products brands Unilever, What product did Lever Brothers manufacture when they first opened shop in 1885?	Company Profile Company Profile All company and its brand andproduct Hindustan Unilever Limited (abbreviated to HUL ) ( BSE : HUL) formerly Hindustan Lever Limited, is India’s largest consumer products company and has an annual turnover of over Rs13,000 crores (calendar year 2007) [1] . It was formed in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited andcame into being in 1956 as Hindustan Lever Limited through a merger of Lever Brothers,Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd.. It is headquartered in Mumbai , India and has an employee strength of over 15,000 employees and contributes for indirectemployment of over 52,000 people. The company was renamed in late June 2007 to “HindustanUnilever Limited”.In 2007, Hindustan Unilever was rated as the most respected company in India for the past 25years by Business World, one of India’s leading business magazines [2] . The rating was basedon a compilation of the magazines annual survey of India’s Most Reputed Companies over thepast 25 years. HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20consumer categories such as Soaps, Tea, Detergents and Shampoos amongst others with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. It has over 35 brands. Sixteen of HUL’s brandsfeatured in the AC Nielsen-Brand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted Brands Annual Survey (2008) . According to Brand Equity, HUL has the largest number of brands in the Most Trusted Brands List. It’s a company that has consistently had the largest number of brands in the Top 50 and inthe Top 10 (with 4 brands).Hindustan Unilever distribution covers over 1 million retails outlets across India directly and itsproducts are available in over 6.3 million outlets in India, i.e. nearly 80% of the retail outlets inIndia. It has 39 factories in the country. Two out of three Indians use the company’s productsand HUL products have the largest consumer reach being available in over 80 per cent of consumer homes across India.The Anglo-Dutch company Unilever owns a majority stake (52%) in Hindustan Unilever Limited.HUL was one of the eight Indian companies to be featured on the Forbes list of World’s MostReputed companies in 2007 . History - Chronology In the summer of 1888, visitors to the Kolkata harbour noticed crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in England by Lever Brothers". With it, began an era of marketing branded FastMoving Consumer Goods (FMCG).Soon after followed Lifebuoy in 1895 and other famous brands like Pears, Lux and Vim.Vanaspati was launched in 1918 and the famous Dalda brand came to the market in 1937.In 1931, Unilever set up its first Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Company,followed by Lever Brothers India Limited (1933) and United Traders Limited (1935). These threecompanies merged to form HUL in November 1956; HUL offered 10% of its equity to the Indianpublic, being the first among the foreign subsidiaries to do so. Unilever now holds 52.10% equityin the company. The rest of the shareholding is distributed among about 360,675 individualshareholders and financial institutions.The erstwhile Brooke Bond's presence in India dates back to 1900. By 1903, the company hadlaunched Red Label tea in the country. In 1912, Brooke Bond & Co. India Limited was formed.Brooke Bond joined the Unilever fold in 1984 through an international acquisition. The erstwhileLipton's links with India were forged in 1898. Unilever acquired Lipton in 1972, and in 1977Lipton Tea (India) Limited was incorporated.Pond's (India) Limited had been present in India since 1947. It joined the Unilever fold throughan international acquisition of Chesebrough Pond's USA in 1986. Brands Wheel Detergent ad in rural Nepal area. The company has a distribution channel of 6.3 million outlets and owns 35 major Indianbrands. [6][7][8] Mission Unilever's mission is to add Vitality to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene, andpersonal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of lifeVision Tag line- According to the CEO of H
Note quite the Canyonero (or suburban, for that matter), what full sized SUV from Chevrolet is the companion to the GMC Yukon?	Cain's Segments: Full-Size SUV Sales In America - February 2015 YTD Tweet Sales of full-size, body-on-frame, pickup truck-based SUVs from volume brands are up 58% through the first two months of 2015. The Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, Ford Expedition, Nissan Armada, and Toyota Sequoia produced 41,557 sales in January and February, or about the same number as the Toyota RAV4, Americaâs second-best-selling SUV/CUV . RAV4 sales are up 25%, year-over-year. Part of the reason for the large SUV segmentâs impressive uptick relates to early 2014âs severe downturn. With GMâs new quartet still in the on-deck circle, sales of these same seven SUVs tumbled 17% in the first two months of last year. Nevertheless, the category is on track to easily top the 300,000-unit mark in 2015 for the first time since 2008 , when 13% of the segmentâs sales were generated by discontinued (Aspen, Borrego) or totally altered (unibody Durango) participants. But even with vastly improved volume, these big brutes continue to operate in a far-flung corner of the industry. From a market share perspective, they combined to bring in only 1.7% of all new vehicle sales in the first two months of 2015. Thatâs way up from the 1.2% they achieved at this time last year, but itâs down slightly from the 1.8% mustered in calendar year 2014. Itâs on par with 2013 year-end results, up from the 1.6% share they collected in 2012, and less than half the market share they collected a decade ago, in 2005. Auto 26,290 58.1% Moreover, 2005âs 4.1% share marked a sharp drop from the 5.1% achieved one year earlier and the 5.3% figure from 2003. Times have most definitely changed. There is a huge amount of competition from luxury-branded three-row crossovers with similar price tags, an image that contains a certain degree of wastefulness (regardless of whether the owners are poseurs or RV haulers), and a greater tendency to view crew cab pickup trucks as the more appropriate all-around vehicle. Does that mean GM is unhappy with adding 32,041 Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon, and Yukon XL sales (and another 5141 Escalade and Escalade ESV sales) to the 109,279 Silverado and Sierra sales they managed in the first two months of 2015? Most definitely not. Timothy Cain is the founder ofÂ GoodCarBadCar.net , which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures.
Which U.S. president introduced an economic recovery plan popularly known as The New Deal?	The New Deal Blog The New Deal In early 1933 nation needed immediate relief, recovery from economic collapse, and reform to avoid future depressions, so relief, recovery and reform became Franklin D. Roosevelt `s goals when he took the helm as president. At his side stood a Democratic Congress, prepared to enact the measures carved out by a group of his closest advisors ï¿½ dubbed the ï¿½Brain Trust" by reporters. One recurring theme in the recovery plan was Rooseveltï¿½s pledge to help the ï¿½forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid." Birth of the ï¿½New Deal" The concepts that became the New Deal had been discussed in earlier years but without effect. The statement by National Catholic War Council in 1919, drafted by Father John A. Ryan, contained recommendations that would later be regarded as precursors of the New Deal. The term "New Deal" was coined during Franklin Rooseveltï¿½s 1932 Democratic presidential nomination acceptance speech, when he said, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." Roosevelt summarized the New Deal as a "use of the authority of government as an organized form of self-help for all classes and groups and sections of our country." The exact nature of Roosevelt`s intentions was not clear during the campaign, although his philosophy was set out in an address that he gave at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco on September 23: The government should assume the function of economic regulation only as a last resort, to be tried only when private initiative, inspired by high responsibility, with such assistance and balance as government can give, has finally failed. As yet there has been no final failure, because there has been no attempt, and I decline to assume that this nation is unable to meet the situation. At his inauguration in March 1933, Roosevelt declared in his lilting style, "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is, fear itself ï¿½ needless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." In his first 99 days, he proposed, and Congress swiftly enacted, an ambitious "New Deal" to deliver relief to the unemployed and those in danger of losing farms and homes, recovery to agriculture and business, and reform, notably through the inception of the vast Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) . The New Deal effects would take time; some 13,000,000 people were out of work by March 1933, and virtually every bank was shuttered. The New Deal programs were born in Brain Trust meetings prior to Rooseveltï¿½s inauguration, and also were a grateful nod to Theodore Roosevelt `s "square deal" of 30 years earlier. Members of the group included Raymond Moley, an American journalist and public figure; Rexford Tugwell, Adolf Berle of Columbia University, attorney Basil O`Connor, and later, Felix Frankfurter of Harvard Law School. Many of Roosevelt`s presidential campaign advisors continued to counsel him after he was elected, among them Berle, Moley, Tugwell, Harry Hopkins , and Samuel I. Rosenman; but they never met again as a group after his inauguration. Herbert Hoover Opening the way for the New Deal, President Herbert Hoover was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Election of 1932 . Hoover, who had been blamed for the stock market crash and the Depression , strongly opposed Roosevelt`s New Deal legislation, in which the federal government assumed responsibility for the welfare of the nation by maintaining a high level of economic activity. According to Hoover, Roosevelt had been slow to reveal his New Deal programs during the presidential campaign and worried that the new president would sink the nation into deficit spending to pay for the New Deal. Roosevelt never consulted Hoover, nor did he involve him in government in any way during his presidential term. The "Hundred Days" The president called a special session of Congress on March 9. Immediately he began to submit reform and recovery measures for congressional validation. Virtually all the important bills he proposed were enacted
What futuristic cartoon character had a daughter Judy and a boy named Elroy?	George Jetson - Protagonist of the Future \| Cartoon Characters \| Cartoon Characters George Jetson next → If you watch The Jetsons cartoon on television, then you must know the patriarch of the Jetson family, George Jetson. Just like the rest of his family, George lives in the year 2062, when technology and science has advanced so much that robots and flying cars have already become commonplace. As the head of the Jetson family, George can be regarded as the most popular character on the show. Learn more about George and the rest of the Jetson family as you go through this article. Contents Occupation: Digital index operator The Jetsons The Jetsons television show was created after the successful run of The Flintstones, another Hanna-Barbera production. While The Flintstones is set in the prehistoric era, the producers decided to set The Jetsons in the future to provide a strong contrast between the two shows. Basically, The Jetsons revolves around the titular family living in Orbit City in the year 2062, 100 years after the original airing of the show in 1962. All houses and buildings are already set in the sky, and housekeeping is done by robot maids. Even though everything is conveniently done because of the help of machines and technology, people still complain of the remaining inconveniences of that time, such as going to work one hour per day, two days a week. Meet George Jetson George Working The 40-year-old George Jetson is the patriarch of the Jetson family, and also serves as the main protagonist in the cartoons. As a child, George was the star pitcher of his Spaceball team in Orbit High School. Even though he grows up to be a loving husband and doting father to his two kids, he always seems to make the wrong but well-intentioned decisions. Just like everyone else, he has a very convenient work schedule and his job is at Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc., which manufactures sprockets as well as other high tech equipment and gadgets. His job as a digital index operator was to turn the Referential Universal Digital Indexer (R.U.D.I.) button on and off. And just like everyone else at that time, he complains about his apparently heavy workload. George is portrayed as having a slim build with average height. He has a large nose and short red hair. Voice of George Jetson George Jetson has been voiced by a number of men through the years. During The Jetsons’ first run from 1962 to 1987, George’s voice had been rendered by voice actor George O’Hanlon. In fact, George Jetson was modeled after him, and even got his name. O’Hanlon continued to voice George Jetson until the 1990 film Jetsons: The Movie, which was released after the actor’s death. From 1990 up to the present reruns, Jeff Bergman is the one who lends his voice to the character of George Jetson. He also voiced some parts of the movie because of O’Hanlon’s death. George Jetson Car Aerocar George has a green flying car that looks like a flying saucer with a clear bubble top. He uses it in going to and coming home from work. This aerocar is very typical in Orbit City, since everyone already lives high up in the air and a flying car is a necessity. George Jetson Quotes Here are some of the most popular quotes uttered by George Jetson, including his catchphrase: “Jane! Stop this crazy thing!” “Hooba-dooba-dooba!” “Imagine putting your back on a four-day week. What does he think this is? The 20th century?” Here are also quotes uttered by other characters in The Jetsons: “Jetson. You’re fired.” – Cosmo Spacely, George’s boss “I’m in love.” – Judy Jetson, George’s daughter “There’s only one thing worse than war and that is business, and Spacely has declared business on us.” – Spencer Cogswell, Cosmo Spacely’s competitor George Jetson Wife Jane Jetson Jane Jetson is George Jetson’s wife and the mother of his two children. This 33-year-old wife is a good-natured and protective mother to her children, although she can have angry fits when someone or something is threatening her family. She stays at home and does the housework using automated appliances and a robot maid
Poetess Emma Lazarus was born on July 22, 1849 in New York City, and is best known for her poem The New Colossus, which is prominently displayed where?	Lazarus, Emma Lazarus, Emma born July 22, 1849, New York , N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 19, 1887, New York U.S. writer. She was born into a cultured Jewish family and learned languages and the classics at an early age. Her first book (1867) caught the attention of Ralph Waldo Emerson , with whom she corresponded thereafter. She wrote a prose romance and translated Heinrich Heine's poems and ballads. She took up the defense of persecuted Jews с 1881 and began working for the relief of new immigrants to the U.S. The famous closing lines to her poem "The New Colossus" (1883) were inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty (see Statue of Liberty National Monument ), dedicated in 1886. * * * born July 22, 1849, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 19, 1887, New York City American poet and essayist best known for her sonnet “The New Colossus,” written to the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty, Statue of ). Born into a cultured family of Sephardic (Spanish Jewish) stock, Lazarus learned languages and the classics at an early age. She early displayed a talent for poetry, and her first book, Poems and Translations (1867), was praised by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( Emerson, Ralph Waldo ). She dedicated her next book, Admetus and Other Poems (1871), to him. These and subsequent volumes—the prose Alide: An Episode of Goethe's Life (1874), a verse tragedy, The Spagnoletto (1876), and a fine translation of the Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine (1881)—were cosmopolitan in flavour, sometimes technically excellent, but lacking in real distinction. About 1881, with the wave of immigration to the United States from European and Russian ghettoes, Lazarus took up the defense of persecuted Jews and of Judaism and began to work for the relief of immigrants. She published numerous essays in the Century and the weekly American Hebrew on the pogroms and persecutions and the often equivocal attitude of the Christian West. She was an early advocate of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. In 1882 she produced Songs of a Semite, which included such powerful pieces as “The Dance to Death,” “The Banner of the Jew,” and “The Crowing of the Red Cock.” Her sonnet “The New Colossus” was chosen to be inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty, the monument it celebrates, and it remains a most moving and eloquent expression of an American ideal: “Give me your tired, your poor,” the sonnet concludes, “Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Lazarus's last book, a series of prose poems published under the title By the Waters of Babylon, appeared in 1887. Additional Reading Dan Vogel, Emma Lazarus (1980); and Bette Roth Young, Emma Lazarus in Her World: Life and Letters (1995), are accounts of her life and work. * * *
Which book by Dr. Seuss features a character who calls himself “Sam I Am”?	"Sam I Am" --Cooking Lesson plan based on a Christian interpretation of Dr. Seuss \| Rotation.org "Sam I Am" --Cooking Lesson plan based on a Christian interpretation of Dr. Seuss 0 replies Last edited by Rotation.org Lesson Forma-teer 10/9/1510:10 AM Cooking Lesson For our rotations during the summer of 2008, our theme was "The Parables of Dr. Seuss". We based our lessons on the book by that name which is a Christian interpretation of Seuss' work by Reverend Short, ...the same pastor who wrote "The Gospel According to Peanuts." One of the rotations was "Green Eggs and Ham". The Sam I am statements were correlated with the I Am scriptures. There were three sets of four week rotations. Each workshop was based upon a different Dr. Seuss book. I stripped the following I AM workshop from the completed lesson plan. Lesson Overview: Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, set his first career goal for a professorship in English literature. He soon realized the Oxford faculty was too serious for his brand of humor. He then tried German drama and later a dissertation on Jonathon Swift. No go. These early attempts of Geisel are solid proof of his astounding education, high intelligence, and not often shown depth. Dr. Seuss did not consider himself an author of children’s books like the rest of the world does. We are aware of the laughter and surface lessons from his books, but there is much more to him and his works than many of us are possibly aware of. Ted Geisel was a known Christian, but there is no record of him publicly stating that he incorporated his beliefs into his works. Whether or not Geisel intended to hide Christian messages in his work, they are there. We will spend the summer digging deeper into Dr. Seuss and finding the definitive touch of God’s hand. Each workshop will focus on a different Dr. Seuss book during each four week rotation (for a total of 12 books). And each book will have a different Christian focus. Our main objective is to teach the children (and possibly ourselves) how too look for God’s influence even if the author/artist had no knowledge of His guiding hand. Book: “Green Eggs and Ham” Memory Verse: John 6:51 “I am that living bread which has come down from heaven; if anyone eats this bread he shall live forever. Scripture Reference: Book of names and their meanings or copy of attachment A Green eggs and ham play set (available from several different websites) Advance Preparation Requirements: Presentation Opening-Welcome and Lesson Introduction: Have the green eggs and ham cooking as the children assemble for class. Introduce yourself and any new child. When the food is done, arrange it on a platter and place in front of the class. Encourage them to eat some while you read the story “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss. Older children may want to take turns reading the book out loud. Dig - Main Content and Reflection: Read John 6:51 “I am that living bread which has come down from heaven; if anyone eats this bread he shall live forever. Moreover, the bread I will give is my own flesh; I give it for the life of the world.” Ask, “Does this mean we are supposed to eat the flesh of Jesus?!” Sounds gross. Read John 6:53-55. “I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the son of Man and drink his blood you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood possess eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. My flesh is real food; my blood is real drink.” Ask, “How do you think His disciples reacted to this statement?” Sounds even more gross! Read John 6:60. “Many of [Jesus’] disciples on hearing it exclaimed, ‘This is more than we can stomach!’” Ask, “What do you think Jesus’ statements REALLY mean?” Read John 6:35. “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall never be hungry; and whoever believes in me shall never be thirsty.” Explain to the class how it is important that we believe whole heartedly (swallow it whole) in Jesus. Show examples of how most of us believe somewhat (not always putting God first in our lives) and how much easier it is to believe compl
What southern state, home of the 17th President of the United States, and site of many Union victories, was the first to be readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866?	Andrew Johnson (1808 - 1875) - Genealogy Andrew Johnson 17th President of the United States of America, Politician Managed by: About Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the USA 17th President of the United States of America After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Vice-President Andrew Johnson assumed the Presidency. Johnson was the first president to be impeached, but was acquitted of the charges. Andrew Johnson our 17th President of The United States of America With the Assassination of Lincoln, the Presidency fell upon an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states' rights views. Although an honest and honorable man, Andrew Johnson was one of the most unfortunate of Presidents. Arrayed against him were the Radical Republicans in Congress, brilliantly led and ruthless in their tactics. Johnson was no match for them. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1808, Johnson grew up in poverty. He was apprenticed to a tailor as a boy, but ran away. He opened a tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, married Eliza McCardle, and participated in debates at the local academy. Entering politics, he became an adept stump speaker, championing the common man and vilifying the plantation aristocracy. As a Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 1840's and '50's, he advocated a homestead bill to provide a free farm for the poor man. American Civil War General Officers about Andrew Johnson Birth Place: Raleigh, North Carolina Army: Union Promotions: Promoted to Full Brig-Gen Biography: ANDREW JOHNSON Johnson, Andrew, brigadier-general, was born in Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 29, 1808. Moving to Tennessee when a young man, he became prominent in politics, was for several terms a member of the state legislature, and represented his district in Congress from 1843-1853. He was then elected governor of Tennessee, was re-elected in 1855 and in 1857 was elected to the United States senate. In the senate he strongly opposed secession and said that he was in favor of having secessionists arrested and tried for treason. Johnson held his seat in the United States senate until 1862, when he was appointed by President Lincoln military governor of Tennessee, ranking as brigadier-general of volunteers. His service in the war was in this capacity and it was chiefly due to his courage that Nashville was held against a Confederate force. He urged the holding of Union meetings throughout the state, raised twenty-five regiments for service in the state, and levied a tax on the wealthy southern sympathizers to be used in behalf of the families of the poorer Confederate soldiers. He exercised during his term of office absolute and autocratic powers, but with moderation and discretion, and his course strengthened the Union cause in Tennessee. Upon the renomination of Mr. Lincoln for the presidency Mr. Johnson was nominated for vice-president, and when President Lincoln was assassinated Johnson was immediately sworn in as president, April 15, 1865. Johnson's course as president does not concern this volume. After the expiration of his term of office he returned to Tennessee, and in 1875 was elected U. S. senator. He died at Carter's station, Carter county, Tenn., July 30, 1875. Source: The Union Army, vol. 8 American Civil War Soldiers Enlistment Date: 4 Mar 1862 Side Served: Union Birth Date: 29 Dec 1808 Death Date: 31 Jul 1875 Death Place: Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee Service Record: Enlisted as a Brigadier General on 4 March 1862 at the age of 53. Commission in General Staff Regiment U.S. Volunteers on 4 Mar 1862. Resigned General Staff Regiment U.S. Volunteers on 3 Mar 1865. Sources: 117,33,46 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Johnson presided over the Reconstruction era of the United States in the four years after the American Civil War. His tenure was highly controversial as his positions favoring the white South came under heavy political
Michele Obama is the current First Lady of the United States. If John McCain had won, what would the first lady’s name be?	Michelle Obama Biography :: National First Ladies' Library Chicago, Illinois 17 January, 1964 Michelle Obama is the third First Lady born in Chicago, Illinois, after Betty Ford (1918) and Hillary Clinton (1947). Although Nancy Reagan identifies herself as a Chicagoan she was born in Flushing, Queens, New York and spent her childhood in Bethesda, Maryland. Nancy Reagan did spend her adolescent and teenage years in Chicago where she was adopted by her stepfather to whom her mother had remarried. Mary Lincoln also identified herself as a Chicagoan in the first years of her widowhood, having assumed residency in Chicago, first in rented quarters and then in purchasing a home there. She was born in Kentucky and spent her young adult years in Springfield, Illinois. Father: Fraser Robinson III, born 1 August 1935, Chicago, Illinois; City of Chicago Waterworks, pump worker and Democratic Party precinct captain (volunteer); died 6 March 1991 Mother: Marian Shields Robinson, born July 1937, Chicago, Illinois; married to Fraser Robinson, 1960 in Chicago; a stay-at-home mother while her children were young, Mrs. Robinson later worked as secretary in the offices of Spiegel Catalogue until the 2008 presidential election Marian Robinson is only the third First Lady’s mother to take up official residence in the White House, following Madge Wallace and Minnie Doud, the mothers of Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower, respectively. However, Juliana Gardiner and Emma Folsom, the mothers of Julia Tyler and Frances Cleveland, respectively, also made lengthy stays which might be considered residency. Ancestry: African. Although Michelle Obama’s genealogy has not yet been extensively researched, it is known that at least one of her paternal great-great-grandfathers, James Robinson had been enslaved in Georgetown, South Carolina. In one speech while President Obama was campaigning, he indicated that there is also descent in his wife’s family from a European-American ancestor. Birth Order and Siblings: second child, one brother; Craig Robinson, born April 1962, currently head basketball coach of the Oregon State Beavers Physical Appearance: Brown hair, brown eyes, 5 feet, 11 inches tall *Michelle Obama stands at the same height as Eleanor Roosevelt, making them both equally the tallest First Ladies Education: Bryn Mawr Elementary School (renamed Bouchet Academy), Chicago, Illinois, 1970-1977. Michelle Robinson was such an excellent student that she was able to skip the second grade. In 1975, while enrolled in the sixth grade, she was chosen for a “gifted student” program which permitted her the chance to take advanced biology and French classes at Kennedy-King Community College. Whitney Young Magnet High School, Chicago, Illinois, 1977-1981. Based on her academic excellence, Michelle Robinson was given the chance to attend the first “magnet” high school in Chicago, which afforded students a greater depth and breadth of study with a focus on college preparedness. As a student here, Michelle Robinson was enrolled in advanced-placement classes, was invited and joined the National Honor Society, and served as Student Council Treasurer. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1981-1985, bachelor’s degree in Sociology, with a minor degree in African-American Studies. She worked with both the Third World Center and belonged to the Organization of Black Unity, an African-American student group. She graduated cum laude. Harvard Law School, Juris doctor degree, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1988. While in attendance, Michelle Robinson joined the Black Law Students Association, which often brought speaks to campus, addressing legal issues and career guidance. Occupation before Marriage: As a young girl, Michelle Robinson has household chores for which she was responsible and shared with her brother. Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Understanding (formerly, Third World Center), Princeton, New Jersey, 1981-1985. While at Princeton University, Michelle Robinson enrolled in a work-study program, helping to earn part of her tuition. She
As portrayed by Carl Weathers, and known as “The Master of Disaster”, “The King of Sting”, “The Dancing Destroyer”, or “The Count of Monte Fisto”, what was the name of the opponent Rocky faced for the Word Championship title in the first Rocky movie?	Rocky / Characters - TV Tropes Played by: Sylvester Stallone The primary protagonist of the series, Rocky begins as a part-time boxer, part-time mob enforcer, and debt collector. Despite his violent occupations, however, Rocky is ultimately well meaning and doesn't want to hurt people, he just happens to be good at it. When world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed plans to have a major match on the bicentennial, (America's 200th birthday) and his opponent pulls out due to an injury, Creed decides to give a local fighter a shot at the title, and picks Rocky. This begins a long roller coaster ride for Rocky, as he goes from the gutter to local, then national hero and back again. 10-Minute Retirement : Becomes a brick joke when Mickie tells Rocky to consider retiring in the first movie. He ends up doing just that in the beginning of Rocky II, only to come out of retirement when he's down on his luck, again. He attempts to retire in the third movie, only to be put into yet another fight, before officially retiring in Rocky V. GW Duke attempts to enforce this trope on Rocky to no success even when he convinced Tommy Gunn to try to do it for him, only to prove unsuccessful when they fight it out in the alley. Action Dad : Becomes a father halfway through Rocky II, and will gladly carry fights to support his family. Adorkable : Talks to his pets, awkwardly courts his best friend's sister, tells his coach about her like a lovesick teenager, and starts dancing and posing after running up a flight of stairs. And that's just the first movie! A Hero to His Hometown : In Rocky V and in Rocky Balboa, rich or not, Rocky is well respected by just about everyone in Philadelphia. In Rocky V, it gets to the point where some of his fans ended up trying to defend him from Tommy Gunn. All There in the Manual : Rocky's official fight record is 82 fights. 57 Wins (54 via knockout), 24 Losses, and 1 Draw. Always Someone Better : Clubber Lang in Rocky III, who is stronger and a lot meaner than Rocky. Badass Beard : In the fourth film training montage. Tranquil Fury : Rocky's fight with Drago after Apollo's death. On full display in Rocky V. A punch to Paulie's face had Rocky try to open Tommy's head. In Rocky Balboa, he gives a punk a dose of his fury when he insults Marie. Unskilled, but Strong : He has a cast iron jaw and a real talent for the sport, but for most of his history, that was all he had going for him. He couldn't even defend himself and allowed himself to be punched in the head repeatedly. Then first Mickie and later Apollo trained him and converted all of that raw talent into true skill and ability, transforming him into The Ace . Mickey: "Ya got a lot of heart, but you fight like a goddamn ape!" Warrior Therapist : On full display by the time of Creed Rocky: (points to Adonis' reflection) This guy right here is the hardest opponent you'll ever have to face. That's true in the ring and I think that's true in life too. Adrian Played by: Talia Shire (1976-1990) Paulie's sister, a painfully shy woman who runs a local pet store and that Rocky has had a crush on for years, although she has never responded to his flirting and such. They begin to connect romantically during the build up to Rocky's first fight with Apollo, as Adrian also begins dealing with her own issues and putting her overbearing brother in his place. Beautiful All Along : Even before the end of the first film, it turns out that the mousy and shy Girl Next Door had been a beautiful woman all along. Women Are Wiser : Often portrayed this way. You Are Better Than You Think You Are : As well as Beautiful All Along , Adrian does this trope to a T. She starts out as a shy, meek woman who constantly keeps her appearance covered. But after her first date with Rocky, she gets a big boost of confidence and stands up to Paulie. In later films, she becomes the voice of reason. Paulie Played by: Burt Young "I don't sweat you." Adrian's older brother and Rocky's long time friend, he begins the films as a drunken, overbearing lout who tries to lord over his sister and hopes
What is the large pack of bike riders in a race such as the Tour de France called?	What is the Tour de France? - CBBC Newsround What is the Tour de France? 21 July 2013 The Tour de France is the world's biggest annual sporting event. Nearly 200 riders cover over 2,000 miles in just 23 days. It's fair to say it's a good way to keep fit. If you finish the gruelling Tour, you could burn off up to 118,000 calories. That's the equivalent of 26 Mars bars per day. Martin finds out how tough the Tour is But do you know your yellow jersey from your polka dot? Your prologue stage from your flat? If not, Newsround is here to help. What is it? Basically, it's a huge bike race that takes place every summer. It goes right around France. Millions of people line the route that's made up of 21 stages raced over 23 days - that means they only have two days off to rest. Ouch. Twenty-two teams from right across the world are involved in the Tour, each has up to nine riders. The riders average around 25 miles-per-hour over the entire course but at some points they'll go a lot faster than that. Play CBBC's Sport Superstars cycling game! The Stages The race is broken up into 21 different parts or 'stages'. It's not just flat roads, the Tour takes the riders up into the mountains too. The stages have different names: Prologue: Each rider races against the clock in a short (usually under six miles) time trial. Flat: Despite the name, it doesn't necessarily mean it's perfectly flat. Usually it's big packs of competitors riding together in a big group or 'peloton' for around 125 miles. These end in one of two ways; a 'breakaway' victory by an individual or small group; or typically with a hair-raising bunch sprint. Individual time trial: Every man against the clock. Similar to a prologue but a little longer. These are shorter stages of around 30 miles (as opposed to 100-125 miles). Mountain: These come in all shapes and sizes. Climbing from sea level to 2,000 metres sometimes more than once in a day. Tough. Image copyright Getty Images How did it start? The race was started by Henri Desgrange as a publicity stunt back in 1903. He came up with the crazy idea of a bike race around France in order to raise the profile of L'Auto, the newspaper he worked for. The first race was a huge success with 60 riders covered an amazing 1,500 miles. What are the jerseys all about? The Green Jersey is given to the best sprinter. Britain's Mark Cavendish is one of the world's best in this category, reaching speeds over 40 miles-per-hour. But the tour isn't just about reaching the highest speeds - it's also known for its uphill struggles. The riders climb thousands of metres up Alpine mountains, with the best rider on those stages winning a snazzy red and white Polka Dot Jersey. The White Jersey is given to the best young rider - that's someone who's under 25 years old. But the prize everyone wants is the Yellow Jersey. If you are in it, you are the overall race leader on total time since the start of the Tour. Tour champions are often good at climbing, sprinting and time trialling. Image copyright Getty Images Is it all about individuals? No. It's a big team event but the team leader is very important. He's usually the stronger rider. The other team members are traditionally called domestiques, from the French word for servants. These riders work hard in every stage to protect their team leader. If he gets a puncture, they will wait while the team mechanic changes his wheel. The star-man will ride behind his team mates to get into their slipstream- that means there's less air resistance for him and it's easier to go fast. Their reward is a share of the prize money and the glory of contributing to a successful team. It's called the Tour de France but has it ever left the country? Yes. It regularly nips into other countries that border France. The first two days of racing, the Grand Depart, are held in a new location every two years. It was in London in 2007.
In the stupid celebrity names category, what Las Vegas based entertainer named his daughter Moxie CrimeFighter and his son Zolten?	Penn Radio - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Penn Radio Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Penn Radio http://www.pennradio.com/ Penn Radio was an hour-long talk CBS radio show which ran from January 3, 2006 to March 2, 2007, hosted by Penn Jillette and Michael Goudeau and produced by "Happy" Jack Landreth and Patrick DiFazio. It was broadcast on the Free FM brand radio stations (usually) live, with theme music by Mike Jones . Contents 7 External links Format The show dealt with topics in the news regarding science, skepticism [1] , religion, entertainment and politics. Jillette promoted his libertarian and atheist perspectives from the "nut point of view" [2] to encourage listeners to call and email with their stories and opinions about the topic. Early shows tended to be without structure, with Jillette and Goudeau talking about whatever came to mind, taking the occasional caller and reading the occasional email. Later shows had tended to formalize around a current topic and a call-in talk show format. Jillette and Goudeau would usually broadcast from Jillette's Vegas area home ("The Slammer"). [3] The broadcast was done from Jillette's personal recording studio, Vintage Nudes Studio . [4] Celebrity guests, usually friends of Penn, often featured on the show. Guests included Criss Angel , James Randi (often with Paul Provenza ), Mac King , Gilbert Gottfried , Trey Parker , Joe Rogan , Dennis Miller , Lisa Lampanelli , and Lawrence O'Donnell (nicknamed L.O.D. by Jillette). Penn Radio was well-known for its special feature " Monkey Tuesday ", which was discontinued in January 2007 (soon superseded by "Pull of the Weasel Friday"). Penn often requested people send him a " gmail " at [email protected], or to call the studio. The phone number for the studio was +1-866-313-FREE, but as of June 2006 it changed to +1-866-570-PENN due to problems often experienced on the show with phone calls being directed from FreeFM's New York City -based call center . Penn tried to get a toll free number with 666 but was unable. Regular Features Monkey Tuesday: Hosts Penn Jillette and Michael Goudeau read emails and took calls from listeners with stories about chimpanzees , orangutans and other primates , yet because monkey is a "funnier" word, all were referred to as monkeys. Monkey Tuesday originated when Penn told a story of a party held at his house where he had invited Tarzan , a performing chimpanzee and Arturo, a dwarf , unaware that Chimpanzees fight for dominance with people of small stature. Goudeau had expressed surprise at Penn's naivety. "I thought you were circus" he criticized, informing Penn regarding the dangers of having both a dwarf and a chimp at the same party. After phoning Arturo to uninvite him but not having the heart to follow through, Penn worked out a compromise: Tarzan and Arturo could both be at the party as long as they were in separate rooms. As an added measure of security, Penn and a posse of trusted party attendees armed themselves with knives. However, Tarzan and Arturo met poolside and predictably, Tarzan charged Arturo. Rather than jump into the swimming pool as planned as Chimps hate water (Chimps, lacking buoyant body fat, sink like rocks in water), Arturo "hauled ass" into Penn's house. Tarzan pursued Arturo but got distracted by the other guests. The guests shuttled the chimp into various rooms to allow Arturo to move around, and later found Arturo a tall barstool to stand on. Tarzan, though confused, decided not to challenge. On April 18, 2006, the first show where the phrase Monkey Tuesday was used, Penn read an email from a fan describing a childhood trip through a wildlife park where the fan and his brothers fed monkeys Certs through a car window. When the Certs ran out, the monkeys reached into the car and grabbed his brother. His mother sped up in an
Which golf club would be used to hit the ball the farthest? The 1 wood or the 5 wood?	Types of Golf Clubs & Their Uses \| Golfsmith Blog Types of Golf Clubs & Their Uses Leave a comment There are many different types of golf clubs that a player can choose from. These clubs are designed to hit the ball varying distances and come with assorted degrees of loft to get the ball into the air. The typical set of golf clubs is composed of a combination of different clubs so that players have one for every shot they may be faced with. Woods Woods are the golf clubs that propel the ball the farthest (from 200 to 350 yards, when used properly). At one time, the head of this type of golf club was actually made of wood (e.g. persimmon or hickory), which gave the club its name. Nowadays, however, woods are made of metals, such as steel, titanium, and other alloys. The head of a wood is large and rounded, with a flat bottom to glide over the ground during the course of a shot. The club face is big, and the typical wood has a degree of loft, measured at a right angle to the ground, lower than other clubs. The driver, or 1-wood, is the least lofted and is employed to hit the ball the farthest. Woods with higher numbers are generally known as fairway woods. These are more lofted, and as the name suggests, are designed to hit the ball in the fairway or when on a tee. Irons Irons have club heads made of metal and are typically used by golfers when their ball is fewer than 200 yards from the green. Numbered 1 through 9, the irons possess a higher degree of loft than the woods, with the 9-iron having the most. 1-, 2-, and 3-irons are called long irons and have little loft, meaning they can send the golf ball the farthest. The 4-, 5-, and 6-irons are known as the middle irons and are used when the ball is about 150 to 170 yards from the hole. The short irons are the 7-, 8-, and 9-irons and get the ball in the air quickly due to their loft. A normal golf set contains 3- through 9-irons because the 1- and 2-irons are the most difficult to master. Hybrids Hybrid clubs combine the features of both irons and fairway woods. The hybrid’s club face is similar to an iron, but the head is rounded like a wood. Hybrids are built with a center of gravity that is further back and lower than in an iron, making them more ‘forgiving’ than either an iron or a wood for many players. Hybrids are among the most versatile clubs any golfer can use and generally come in lofts of 16 to 26 degrees. Ideally, your lowest-number hybrid should provide a distance of 10 to 15 yards shorter than your highest-number fairway wood so there’s no gap in distance coverage. Wedges Wedges are used to strike the ball and make it fly high into the air before landing on the putting surface. These clubs are lofted much higher than the others; for example, a pitching wedge has a loft between 46 to 51 degrees, and a lob wedge’s loft can be as high as 64 degrees. Golfers usually select a pitching wedge when the shot is as far as 130 yards to the green, and a sand wedge to escape from bunkers and very tall grass. A gap wedge allows the golfer to take a full swing and hit the ball about 110 yards. The lob wedge is chosen when the ball needs to rise quickly to clear a hazard, but not have to carry a great distance. Golf sets generally come with a pitching wedge; other wedges must be purchased separately. Putters The putter is the club that gets the most use. It is utilized to roll the ball along the green toward the hole. Putters come in different sizes, with the standard putter about 33 to 35 inches tall. The belly putter and broomstick putter are much taller clubs and are used to give the golfer a better putting stroke when the player has problems using a standard putter. The heads of putters can be in the form of a flat blade or a mallet with a flat surface. See also:
What part of the body does meningitis affect?	18 Effects of Meningitis on the Body Joint Pain 18 Effects of Meningitis on the Body Meningitis is swelling of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord. There are different types of meningitis, but most are caused by viruses or bacteria. Viral meningitis can make you very sick, but it often doesn’t leave lingering effects. Bacterial meningitis is more serious. It progresses rapidly and can cause permanent damage or even become life-threatening. Quick diagnosis and treatment can help prevent some of the potential long-term side effects. If you have symptoms of meningitis, see your doctor without delay. Anyone can get meningitis, but it’s more common in babies, children, and adolescents. Central Nervous System The central nervous system is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Meningitis is an infection that causes the protective membranes of the nervous system to swell. Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord can affect every part of your body. Fever and other symptoms can come on suddenly and progress very quickly, causing devastating effects. Headache can be an early warning sign of meningitis. Residual headaches may be a problem for some time. Inflammation of the brain can cause a wide range of problems, including cognitive issues and seizures. Trouble with memory and concentration may last well after the illness has passed. Children may be left with lingering learning difficulties. Swelling in the brain can also interfere with the senses. It can cause ringing in the ears (tinnitus), partial hearing loss, or deafness. It may cause speech problems. Light sensitivity, eye pain, and loss of vision are possible. Inflammation and fever can cause loss of appetite. Sick stomach, nausea, and vomiting are common. Infants and young children may become fussy, irritable, and difficult to comfort. And excessive sleepiness is a symptom of meningitis, so it may be hard to wake a sleeping child. Untreated, meningitis can lead to coma. Poor coordination, dizziness, and clumsiness may remain for some time after a bout with meningitis. Children may have emotional problems following the illness, including clinginess, moodiness, and sleep disturbances. Diagnostic testing may include brain imaging and spinal fluid analysis (spinal tap). Circulatory System As bacteria multiply in your bloodstream, they may release toxins (septicemia). Septicemia is a life- threatening condition. Bleeding under the skin starts off looking like a mild rash. As blood pressure falls and circulation slows, blood vessels become damaged. The rash spreads and darkens to a deep red or dark purple. The lungs and kidneys may deteriorate, and poor circulation puts the fingers, toes, arms, and legs at risk of amputation. Diagnostic testing may include analyzing the blood for evidence of bacteria. If hospitalized, intravenous fluids, steroids, or antibiotics may be given as part of your treatment. Skin (Integumentary System) With the onset of fever, the skin may look flushed. If septicemia sets in and blood vessels become damaged, you’ll see evidence on the skin. At first, your skin may just look a little blotchy. You might mistake symptoms of septicemia for tiny scratches or a minor rash. The rash can appear anywhere on the body. As the infection worsens, the rash spreads and gets darker, eventually resembling large bruises. In some cases, the rash can cause permanent scarring. The “glass test” can be used to test for meningitis. If you press a drinking glass against a rash, it should fade. If it’s meningitis, you’ll still be able to view the rash clearly through the glass. Keep in mind that the glass test isn’t 100 percent accurate. It’s best to check with your doctor. Skeletal and Muscular Systems Stiff neck and back are common in meningitis. It may become difficult to turn your neck at all. In severe cases, the head, neck, and spine become painfully rigid and arched (opisthotonos). Babies and young children are more likely to experience opisthotonos than older people. A baby with meningitis may produce a high-pitched scream when you try to pick them u
A longtime resident of Jellystone National Park, what is the name of Yogi Bears long suffering girlfriend?	Skaneateles Press by Eagle Newspapers - issuu issuu Your news, your newspaper for 180 years 75 cents EAGLE source Mustangs and Lakers combined? ... Page 8 Our Bob Feldmann passes ... Page 3 20 weeks home delivery for $10 to do Call advertising at 315.434.8889 for details EAGLE CNY’s source for news, views & things to do EAGLE Youth hockey scores big; on to states Calendar...............2 Classifieds.......... 16 Editorial................4 Obituaries..............3 School news...........6 Sports...................6 & things call: (315) 434-8889 x342 email:[email protected] new subscribers only Volume 181, No. 9 March 2 to 8, 2011 See a team picture, page 15 views Eagle News Online Web Ads Home of many Charlie Majors The Bantam Team (14 and under) won the New York State Central Section Championship on Sunday by beating the Syracuse Blazers 6-5 in double overtime. Coach John Miller praised the Bantam team’s heart and character for coming from behind to tie the game with 14 seconds left in regulation and eventually winning the game in the second sudden death overtime. The team moves on to the State Championships being held in Clifton Park, near Albany March 11to13. The Pee Wee Team (12 and under) also won the New York State Central Section Championship by beating the Syracuse Blazers 2-1. Coach Mike Major praised the team’s ability to hold off a relentless attack by the Blazers in the final period and for a total team effort in winning five games played in three days. The team is hosting the State Championships at the Allyn Arena in Skaneateles March 11to 13. This is a first for the Skaneateles Youth Hockey Association with both Pee Wee and Bantam teams winning the Sectionals in the same year. for news, SYHA names local judge ‘Hockey Hero’ during annual celebration During Fire fight in Kunar Province Sgt. Blessing,center, covers his men with an M4 grenade launcher. Bronze Blessings Skaneateles soldier and family engaged in battles By Dwayne Houghton Tour of Duty, Iraq, October 2008 In a split second of horrific thunder, the IED, Improvised Explosive Device exploded just as the humvee rolled over it. Instantly the air was a thick combination of road rubble and blinding dust. The force of the blast tore at the vehicle carrying Army Specialist and Skaneateles native Bill Blessing Jr. Blessing was in the humvee’s gun turret manning a .50 caliber machine gun when he realized the men outside were still in trouble. He jumped from the vehicle, exposing himself to enemy fire and assisted his fellow soldiers getting them to a safe spot. Specialist Blessing was wounded in the initial blast YANKEE FAN: Blessing of Skaneateles in Afghanistan. and earned the honor of a Purple Heart, a medal awarded to those wounded in battle. lurking in the hillside trees behind their Believing his wounds didn’t warrant the Franklin Street home. Bill Jr.’s enlistment decoration, Blessing turned it down. seemed a forgone conclusion. His patriotism Bill Blessing Jr., son of Bill Sr. and his and ambition to serve were solidified by the wife, Sue, was still in high school when he Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World didn’t tell his parents about meeting with an Trade Center. By the time Bill Jr. graduArmy recruiter. When he did tell them, they ated Skaneateles High School in 2006, he’d weren’t terribly shocked. From an early age, already chalked up time at Fort Drum with Bill Jr. was a natural outdoor kid. Always the Army’s early entry program. playing soldier with younger brother, Chris, See Blessings, page 8 they fought and defeated imaginary enemies By Miranda L. Pennock miranda.pennock@ gmail.com Each year, the Skaneateles Youth Hockey Association dubs a community member its “Local Hockey Hero.” Usually, the guy taking photos is town Justice Charlie Major, but this year as he readied himself to photograph the honoree, his camera was taken from him and Major was told he was the 2011 Local Hockey Hero award recipient. Generally the one doing the tricking, Major said this time he was tricked and totally unaware he would be receiving the awar
“And that’s the way it is” closed the broadcasts of what legendary anchorman, who passed away this week at age 92?	And That's The Way It Was \| Kansas City Public Library Home \| Latest at the Library \| Week Kansas City History \| And That's The Way It Was All Library locations will be closed on Monday, January 16 in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. The Westport Branch will be closed from January 17 – 19 for a project to upgrade our checkout system. And That's The Way It Was And That's The Way It Was Monday, November 4, 2013 3:09 pm On November 4, 1916, Walter Cronkite was born in St. Joseph, Missouri . He lived in Kansas City for the first 10 years of his life, returned to Kansas City again at the onset of his journalistic career, and then went on to become one of the most prolific television reporters in American history and the archetype for the avuncular TV news anchorman. At the age of nine, in 1925, Cronkite's first job was to peddle the Saturday issue of the Kansas City Star on the streetcar lines for a net profit of 10 cents per week. Later in life, he recounted the pleasure of lolling on the Liberty Memorial hill and observing the railroad activity at Union Station, as well as the bustling activity of a thriving downtown. When Cronkite was 10, his family moved to Houston, Texas . At the age of 17, Cronkite became a correspondent of the Houston Post at the University of Texas in Austin. Three years later, in 1936, he saw a job posting at Kansas City's KCMO Radio station. He got the position and returned to his home town to broadcast news and sports using the pseudonym, "Walter Wilcox." While at work for KCMO Radio, he met Betsy Maxwell, a copywriter who was fresh out of the University of Missouri . Cronkite and Maxwell hit it off quickly and eventually married at Kansas City's Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in 1940. In 1937, Cronkite joined the United Press (UP) in order to return to newspaper reporting. He was initially based in Kansas City as a UP correspondent, but he traveled through North Africa and Europe to report on developments in World War II . He was one of the few official war correspondents who flew on a bomber during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, among other air missions. He quickly rose through the ranks of the UP and was its chief correspondent for the Nuremberg Trials after the war. It was during these reports that Cronkite began to develop national recognition. He remained with the United Press until 1948, when he returned to doing radio broadcasts for a short time. In 1950, CBS hired Walter Cronkite and quickly discovered his talent in front of the television camera. His skills proved quite flexible, as he was a news reporter for the Washington, D.C. area, the host of the CBS morning show, the lead reporter in the 1960 Olympics, and a participant in many other news and documentary projects. For his efforts, people inside and outside of CBS began calling him "anchorman," a term which did not even exist before Cronkite came on the scene. In some countries today, anchormen are simply referred to as "cronkiters." Cronkite's most famous role came in 1962 when he became the anchor of the CBS "Evening News," a 15-minute daily broadcast. At that point, television was still a relatively new medium for news delivery, and the Evening News benefited from having to compete with only two other networks. Within a year the program expanded to a 30-minute format that allowed for considerable depth of journalistic analysis and detail. Through the 1960s, Cronkite's popularity coincided with the sheer quantity of headline news that he reported, including the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy , the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the war in Vietnam , and the space race with the Soviet Union. By the 1970s, Cronkite had earned the nickname, "the most trusted man in America." This title was due in no small part to his reporting on the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. After the Tet Offensive made headlines in 1968, his willingness to expose American failures in Vietnam played an important role in turning public opinion against the war. His aggressive (and honest) reporting on the
How many different husbands has Elizabeth Taylor had?	Elizabeth Taylor - Biography - IMDb Elizabeth Taylor Biography Showing all 204 items Jump to: Overview (5) \| Mini Bio (1) \| Spouse (8) \| Trade Mark (4) \| Trivia (116) \| Personal Quotes (45) \| Salary (25) Overview (5) 5' 2" (1.57 m) Mini Bio (1) Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early on in her youth and kept the world hooked on with since. Taylor was born on February 27, 1932 in London, England. Although she was born an English subject, her parents, Sara Sothern (née Sara Viola Warmbrodt) and Francis Lenn Taylor, were Americans, art dealers from St. Louis, Missouri (her father had gone to London to set up a gallery). Her mother had been an actress on the stage, but gave up that vocation when she married. Elizabeth lived in London until the age of seven, when the family left for the US when the clouds of war began brewing in Europe in 1939. They sailed without her father, who stayed behind to wrap up the loose ends of the art business. The family relocated to Los Angeles, where Mrs. Taylor's own family had moved. Mr. Taylor followed not long afterward. A family friend noticed the strikingly beautiful little Elizabeth and suggested that she be taken for a screen test. Her test impressed executives at Universal Pictures enough to sign her to a contract. Her first foray onto the screen was in There's One Born Every Minute (1942), released when she was ten. Universal dropped her contract after that one film, but Elizabeth was soon picked up by MGM. The first production she made with that studio was Lassie Come Home (1943), and on the strength of that one film, MGM signed her for a full year. She had minuscule parts in her next two films, The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) and Jane Eyre (1943) (the former made while she was on loan to 20th Century-Fox). Then came the picture that made Elizabeth a star: MGM's National Velvet (1944). She played Velvet Brown opposite Mickey Rooney . The film was a smash hit, grossing over $4 million. Elizabeth now had a long-term contract with MGM and was its top child star. She made no films in 1945, but returned in 1946 in Courage of Lassie (1946), another success. In 1947, when she was 15, she starred in Life with Father (1947) with such heavyweights as William Powell , Irene Dunne and Zasu Pitts , which was one of the biggest box office hits of the year. She also co-starred in the ensemble film Little Women (1949), which was also a box office huge success. Throughout the 1950s, Elizabeth appeared in film after film with mostly good results, starting with her role in the George Stevens film A Place in the Sun (1951), co-starring her good friend Montgomery Clift . The following year, she co-starred in Ivanhoe (1952), one of the biggest box office hits of the year. Her busiest year was 1954. She had a supporting role in the box office flop Beau Brummell (1954), but later that year starred in the hits The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) and Elephant Walk (1954). She was 22 now, and even at that young age was considered one of the world's great beauties. In 1955 she appeared in the hit Giant (1956) with James Dean . Sadly, Dean never saw the release of the film, as he died in a car accident in 1955. The next year saw Elizabeth co-star with Montgomery Clift in Raintree County (1957), an overblown epic made, partially, in Kentucky. Critics called it dry as dust. In addition, Clift was seriously injured during the film, with Taylor helping save his life. Despite the film's shortcomings and off-camera tragedy, Elizabeth was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Southern belle Susanna Drake. However, on Oscar night the honor went to Joanne Woodward for The Three Faces of Eve (1957). In 1958 Elizabeth starred as Maggie Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). The film received rave reviews from the critics and Elizabeth was nominated again for an Academy Award for best actre
What was the name of the paranoid android in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?	Hitchhikers Guide - Marvin waits millennia getting depressed - YouTube Hitchhikers Guide - Marvin waits millennia getting depressed Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 20, 2007 "The first ten million years were the worst, and the second first ten million they were the worst too..." from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy BBC TV 1981 Following on from "We'll meet the meat' by Douglas Adams (11 March 1952 - 11 May 2001 Category
What is the name of the British comedian behind the characters Bruno and Borat?	Sacha Baron Cohen - IMDb IMDb Official Photos » British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born in Israel, to German Jewish parents. He was ... See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 47 people created 24 May 2011 a list of 32 people created 19 Feb 2013 a list of 46 people created 30 Nov 2013 a list of 29 people created 15 Jan 2016 a list of 40 people created 2 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Sacha Baron Cohen's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 24 wins & 36 nominations. See more awards » Known For 2013 Eastbound & Down (TV Series) Ronnie Thelman 2005 Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) Larry's Guide #2 1998 Comedy Nation (TV Series) Various 2012 The Dictator (written by) 2009 Brüno (character) / (screenplay) / (story) Da Ali G Show (TV Series) (created by - 12 episodes, 2003 - 2004) (writer - 12 episodes, 2003 - 2004) - Realness (2004) ... (creator) / (writer) 1998 The 11 O'Clock Show (TV Series) (writer) 1998 Comedy Nation (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 2015 Highston (TV Series) (executive producer - 1 episode) - Pilot (2015) ... (executive producer) 2003-2004 Da Ali G Show (TV Series) (executive producer - 7 episodes) - Respek (2004) ... (executive producer) 2002 Ali G Indahouse (executive producer) Hide 2013 The 85th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "One Day More") 2012 Les Misérables (performer: "Beggars At The Feast", "Master of the House", "The Robbery/Javert's Intervention", "Attack on the Rue Plumet", "One Day More!", "The Thénardier Waltz Of Treachery", "The Wedding") 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (performer: "Afro Circus / I Like to Move It") 2012 The Dictator (performer: "The Next Episode" - as Admiral General Aladeen) / (writer: "Money's on the Dresser") 2009 Brüno (performer: "Dove Of Peace (Middle East Version)", "Schlaf Kinder Schlaf", "Dove of Peace") / (writer: "Dove Of Peace (Middle East Version)", "Dove of Peace")
What word, when said loud enough always makes you sound precocious, is defined as “what you say when you don’t know what to say”?	MARY POPPINS - SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS LYRICS Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Lyrics Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Because I was afraid to speak When I was just a lad My father gave me nose a tweak And told me I was bad But then one day I learned a word That saved me achin' nose The biggest word I ever heard And this is how it goes, oh Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay He traveled all around the world And everywhere he went He'd use his word and all would say There goes a clever gent When Dukes and Maharajahs Pass the time of day with me I say me special word And then they ask me out to tea Oh, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay No, you can say it backwards, which is dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus But that's going a bit too far, don't you think? So when the cat has got your tongue There's no need for dismay Just summon up this word And then you've got a lot to say But better use it carefully Or it could change your life For example, yes, one night I said it to me girl And now me girl's my wife, oh, and a lovely thing she's too She's, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
"Where do you want to go today?" was the advertising slogan for what company in the 1990s?	MICROSOFT DROPS AD CAMPAIGN [ Previous Article ] [ Next Article] [ Home ] Microsoft to Drop Its "Where Do you Want to Go Today?" Campaign GATESVILLE, WA / DenounceNewswire / -- December 13, 1996 -- Microsoft Corporation announced today that it was dropping its "Where Do You Want To Go Today?" ad campaign, calling it "wildly successful," but perhaps a little "too successful." Months ago, Microsoft's Corporate offices began receiving over 770,000 letters, postcards, faxes, and email that contained brief messages, sometimes only one word in length. Puzzled, a Microsoft office manager turned the documents over to a private investigator to find out what was going on. "The messages were basically place names, like 'Chicago', 'the corner of Fourth and Elm,' 'Egypt', 'Tahiti', 'Anywhere but Redmond,' 'Ulaan Baator', and so on," said the puzzled office manager. The discovery came recently as the mystery spilled over to Microsoft's 800-number phone lines, with people calling in at any hour of the day or night with a brief statement and then hanging up. Operators, with the assistance of local law enforcement, managed to trace some of the calls and reach the mystery callers. "I was just answering their own question," said one caller, who asked to be identified, begged to be identified, even offered to pay to be identified. "Microsoft asked me where I wanted to go today, so I told them." Apparently, so did hundreds of thousands of others as well. "We meant it as a rhetorical device," said Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft. "But, evidently people took us literally. That's nothing new, really. They've been believing our claims and hype for years." Asked what Microsoft will do now, after it drops its popular slogan, Gates replied, "Well, you can bet we won't be doing 'Who Do You Want To Be Today?' any time soon." Copyright © 1996-2003 Birdrock Ventures. Denounce is a satire website specializing in false press releases that are meant to neither inform nor educate. All Rights Reserved. No redistribution or copying without written permission from Denounce.com . DENOUNCE is a trademark of Birdrock Ventures.
John Diaz serves what role in His Asshat Greg Nickles government?	ARE PURGED -- v r Mli e'; A Single Iscu ., ; -'_:: TEMPORA MUTANTUR ET NOSMUTAMUR IN ILLIS "w' I 'Vol. 45, No. 30 MIAMI FLORIDA, FRIDAY MARCH 22, 1968, 32 PAGES 15Miss ) : 1 1j - - Six Qualify For State, Dade Posts ;j jS I x more Dade Negroes W. L. Rolle qualified on 'tis Church, a :Third Degree EOPl Center. qualified for state legislativeand Tuesday, March 19, as a can- Mason, an &IK, a member of He is a member of Tarboux local school board and didate for the Dade County the Florida Council on Human Memorial Methodist Church, county commission seats this School Board Group 1, at Relations, the NAACP,and the a 32 degree mason and a mem- '\ week, representing the largest large. Commercial Telegraphers' ber of the Shrine.He I number of Negroes to vie for Mr. Rolle, a native Dade Union AFL-CIO. is married and is the father - elective office. The six Joined Countian, a graduate of Booker Leon lEarles, retired New of two children.Mr. . 'j. Joe Kershaw, who has pre- T, Washington High School York businessman is running Clifford Matthews viously announced his candi- who served with the U, S. Air for a seat in the State Senate serving as campaign treasurer. - dacy for the state legislature.Zeke Force and attended college at from the Republican party. . Burrows, a native Florida A&M University is Mr. Earl is a member of C. Gaylord Rolle, editor Miamian, has qualified for seeking to become the first Big Brothers .America, and publisher of the Liberty' , an at-large post on the Dade Negro elected to the Dade serves as a counselor of News, also qualified this ,t,' trl''' .y4 ?rL County School Board.An agent County School Board. SCORE Chapter 29 of Dade week for the Dade School __ for the Prudential Insurance Mr. Rolle Is currently employed County. Was a member of the Board. Mr. Rolle'was an unsuccessful - Co., he attended Dade County as a Technician with the Board 'j of Directors ot EOP!. candidate for the public schools and (graduated Telegraph Com ny. He is a and currently a member of the School Board in the last elec- with a bachelor's degree in member of the Mt. Zion Bap- Advisory Board of Little River tion. . education from Florida A&M + . LI . Prior to his position with, L.M' "tj. ,' < " ,.. ; "> \" " \ ..i(. r" .I" 'lf.li.#'('.,'JJ.':Jr....:':,,:.J:..r";<,....'..:...'. Ronald R. Young,administrative A civil rights case in the Jail sentences.About$25- ed by one of ;bombs when assistant to Senator Gainesville simmered for 00 In damages have been reshe attempted to put out afire '1 Anna Gene Stevenson, was one of many seniors from Richard B. Stone in the 1967 months and then erupted into ported, and one woman comwith her hands after her home daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Her- throughout the state who were session of the Florida Legislature violence by firebombs, with plained that she had been burn- was attacked. bert (Elizabeth) Stevenson of selected to participate In this will seek the nomina- six Negroes being chargedwith 1950 NW 57th Street, participated event. The workshop was designed tion for the House of Repre- firebombing white stores. . in a statewide youth to acquaint the partici- sentatives, group91.This seat Arrested this week is the First Renewal Construction workshop held Tallahassee. pants with parliamentary procedures was vacated by the election of center of the controversy, Ir- The workshop was in session the passage of legislation Maurice Ferre to the Miami vin "Jack" Dawkins, 34, who March 12 through 16. and organizational procedures City Commission. Mr. Young had been Jailed before on a Miss Stevenson who is On Saturday night, lost to Commissioner Ferre contempt charge. The othersare Contract Awarded : president of Alpha Chapter; March 16 at Florida State Uni- In a special election last year Carlton Gary, 17; Sheila Tri-Hi-Y at Miami Jackson, continued on page 2 for- the now vacated seat. L. Preston, 18; Jethro Ward, Young Is married, father of 17; Tyrone Wilson, 20; and a . For 47 Townhouses three sons, the eldest Ronald 16-year-old Juvenile. Check Your Voter Young Jr., is anallAmerlcanf They are all charged with
Irene Adler, known simply as "the woman", is the only woman ever to have bested who, in a battle of wits?	The Irene Adler Series--the only woman to outwit Sherlock Holmes \| Carole Nelson Douglas Official Author Site (Note: books 2-4 were renamed when they were reissued in the early 2000s) Goodnight, Mr. Holmes–Book 1 “Setting herself the task of creating a heroine worthy of Sherlock Holmes, Douglas…succeeds smashingly. In providing an inventive, believable past for Irene Adler, the one woman (and an American at that) who ever duped Holmes, Douglas writes in a voice that resonates of Dr. Watson’s (or Conan Doyle’s) when appropriate, and links Adler’s adventures with information offered about her in Doyle’s “A Scandal in Bohemia.” Narrated with credible Victorian style and sensibility by Penelope “Nell” Huxleigh, a parson’s daughter, this lively caper establishes Adler’s sleuthing skills as she solves cases that involve Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker . . . The novel has more going for it than the usual Holmesian pastiche, presenting a truly original perspective of the one whom the great detective himself dubbed “the woman.” She’s a superior woman at that; readers will doff their deerstalkers.”—Publishers Weekly Miss Irene Adler, the beautiful American opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Homes (“to Holmes, she was always the woman”), is here given an unexpected talent: she is a superb detective. Whether intervening on behalf of Oscar Wilde in a delicate mission of the heart, or maneuvering at Bram Stoker’s tea party, Irene’s brilliant reasoning powers rarely fail. Only her search for Marie Antoinette’s long-lost Zone of Diamonds seems stymied; her investigation of a royal murder in the Kingdom of Bohemia ends with the apprehension of the villain. From her early career struggles to her magnificent debut on the Italian stage wearing jewels lent to her by Mr. Tiffany, and her meeting with the smitten composer Anton Dvorak, the diva-detective climbs from anonymity to well-deserved fame. The Crown Prince of Bohemia, tall, blond, handsome, wealthy, and royal, seems everything Irene could hope for–until a callow betrayal. Her heart aching–though her head is unbowed–Irene is in no mood for romance when she again encounters dashing English barrister Godfrey Norton, with whom she had clashed years before. But Godfrey’s past holds a surprising secret, and Irene soon discovers that she is not immune to love, even as she is forced into a duel of wits with the great Sherlock Holmes himself. Note: The blue cover shown on online bookselling sites is obsolete. The cover above is correct. Buy it Now or write a review. Barnes & Noble Borders Books-A-Million Tor/Forge The Adventuress–Book 2 (formerly Good Morning, Irene) The deaths of beautiful Irene Adler and her bridegroom, handsome barrister Godfrey Norton, have been widely reported in the English and European press. But the American opera singer who once outwitted Holmes, disappearing with her photograph of the King of Bohemia, is alive and well in Paris, and lapping up her obituaries with unconcealed glee. Nevertheless, although her “death” has ended the royal Bohemian’s unwelcome attentions, it is a serious inconvenience; she cannot perform on the operatic stage. Irene Adler is not a woman for whom idleness holds the slightest appeal. Thus the appearance of Sarah Bernhardt as a new friend is extremely welcome; but the unexpected emergence of a drowned sailor’s body from teh Seine is even more so. On the sailor’s chest is a tattoo–a tattoo reminiscent of one Irene saw years ago in London, on another sailor’s chest, while the corpse lay upon Bram Stoker’s dining room table . . . She had been unable to decipher the mysterious circumstances of the London death. Now, with a second corpse to consider, she seems to see a pattern. Then a young woman is abducted, and–against her will–tattooed! The inimitable detecting skills of Irene Adler will be sorely tested by the Machiavellian complexities at hand. Godfrey Norton’s unexpected gifts of disguise will be needed, as will the dogged intelligence of Miss Penelope Huxleigh, Irene’s faithful chronicler. A large and varied cast-among the
What animal is also known as the ship of the desert?	What animal is called the ship of the desert? \| Reference.com What animal is called the ship of the desert? A: Quick Answer Camels are sometimes called "ships of the desert" because of their importance in travel and trade in desert environments. Camel's unique adaptations made them ideal animals for carrying goods and people across long distances, similar to how ships allow people to travel across oceans. Full Answer Prior to the invention of trucks and airplanes, desert peoples relied on camels for transportation because other large animals like horses and cattle could not withstand the harsh environment. Camels are able to travel long distances with very little food or water, even when carrying people or freight. This was especially important when crossing large, empty expanses of desert in which people were unable to resupply. Camels were used as "ships of the desert" in Africa and Asia and were imported to Australia to work in the harsh Outback environment.
Second only to Zeus, who is the Greek god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more?	1000+ images about Apollo on Pinterest \| The sun, Greek mythology and Music songs Forward Apollo was the great Olympian god of prophecy and oracles, healing, plague and disease, music, song and poetry, archery, and the protection of the young. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and various attributes including: a wreath and branch of laurel; bow and quiver; raven; and lyre. See More
What is the longest exposed mountain range in the world?	The Longest Mountain Range What is the longest mountain range in the world? The Answer: The Andes Mountains , which stretch more than 5000 miles through seven South American countries , form the longest mountain range in the world. —The Editors
Johnny Cash sang, “I hear the train a comin’. It’s rolling round the bend. And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when.” What was he singing about?	JOHNNY CASH LYRICS - Folsom Prison Blues JOHNNY CASH LYRICS I hear the train a comin' It's rolling round the bend And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when, I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone.. When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son, Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry.. I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars. Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free But those people keep a movin' And that's what tortures me... Well if they freed me from this prison, If that railroad train was mine I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line Far from Folsom prison, that's where I want to stay And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away..... Visit www.azlyrics.com for these lyrics. Thanks to thepheonixrevelation, flamingogirl17 for correcting these lyrics. Writer(s): Johnny Cash
Because they can donate to anyone, people with what blood type are known as universal donors?	Organ Donor, Organ Transplant, Organ Donor Services, \| Matching Donors This Program for Donor/Recipient Pairs with Incompatible Blood Types MatchingDonors.com has the world’s largest database of available altruistic incompatible donors. People with kidney failure who have a willing donor (friend, family member etc…) whose blood type is not compatible may be able to take part in a Paired Kidney Exchange Program. How it works is, if a donor and patient can be found who have the opposite blood type incompatibility, kidneys can be exchanged between the two pairs and two compatible live donor transplants are possible. Using MatchingDonors.com to find a direct altruistic donor is usually the easiest way to find a donor, but we want you to have as many options as possible to find your match so we are now also offering, at no additional charge, our paired exchange program where you can also search for a suitable exchange pair. MatchingDonors.com now has the world’s largest database of available altruistic incompatible donors. The more donors and patients in the database the greater the chance of identifying an exchange pair. We have new donors signing up about just about everyday willing to be involved in an incompatible paired exchange. Some of these donors have a patient already associated with them and some are willing to help ant patient in a paired exchange. We have had a number of patients that have found an incompatible donor who then became their donor for a kidney exchange program. So, with MatchingDonors.com you don’t even have to bring in your own incompatible donor (friend or family member) you can find an altruistic incompatible donor that would be willing to donate to some else to save your life. Cialis is a life-saving medicine to treat the erectile dysfunction. Buy Cialis online , the basic component of this medicine is Tadalafil that expands the blood vessels. It provides you with a healthy erection that can last up to 36 hours. Kidney Paired Donation is a program which assists donor/patient pairs who are incompatible or poorly matched with each other to find another donor/patient pair(s) with whom they can exchange kidneys to enable a more favorable compatibility and allow a transplant to take place. Every donor and patient who is interested in exchanging kidneys is entered into the MatchingDonors.com database with their blood type along with their HLA typing- if available. The matching search agent is run on a daily basis, and potential matches are identified along with your regular search agent results list. When a potential incompatible pair is identified both the donor and patient will receive a tissue typing kit in the mail with blood tubes in it. You will then get a blood drawn at your doctor’s office and sent back to the transplant center. There will be instructions with the kit that will tell you that a potential exchange pair has been identified and that you should have your blood drawn on the date specified in the letter. This blood is used to crossmatch you with the exchange donor/ patient. Every donor is evaluated according to standard medical practice. Each donor must go through a battery of tests and consults prior to being accepted into the program. Consideration is given to a matched age (within 10 years) between donors. Patient/ donor pairs always have the option of declining offers. Blood types of the donor/patient pair. If the patient is of the ‘O’ blood type, they require an ‘O’ donor. ‘O’ donors are universal donors and can give to anyone. Therefore, the available ‘O’ donors in the KPD program are those that are unable to give to their patient because the patient is sensitized. Therefore, it will be more difficult to find a compatible donor for the sensitized patient and the blood-type incompatible ‘O’ patient. Multiple donor/patient pairs in the database. The transplant center will try to optimize the number of transplants that can take place to help as many patients as possible. Therefore, there could be a little as 2 pairs involved
What lake was formed by the construction of Hoover Dam?	NCHGC: Sites and Stories: Adjacent Lands: Lake Mead sites \| south rim \| north rim \| rim viewpoints \| rim to river & trails \| colorado river corridor \| beyond park boundaries Though Grand Canyon National Park contains one of the seven wonders of the natural world, crafted over millions of years of erosion and other natural forces, it is capped on either end by huge artificial landscapes that took humans less than two decades to create. Here Black Canyon is shown in 1922 before construction of Hoover Dam; compare this with the picture below. Photo: Bureau of Reclamation (Click on photos to enlarge) At the southwestern edge of Grand Canyon National Park, on the Arizona-Nevada line, the Colorado River flows into Lake Mead, one of the largest manmade lakes in North America. It began filling upon the completion of Hoover Dam (previously known as Boulder Dam) in 1935. The largest hydroelectric dam in the world at the time of its construction, Hoover Dam was completed in less than five years. It stretches across the Colorado River at Black Canyon, about 30 miles east of Las Vegas. Today Hoover Dam is a National Historic Landmark, and remains the highest concrete arch dam in the United States. The lake that formed behind it is named for Elwood Mead, the head of the Bureau of Reclamation from 1924-1936, who left a major imprint on the water policy and landscape of the West. Before the dam was constructed, outsiders rarely visited this area because of its extreme temperatures, harsh landscapes, and lack of roads. Still, it was a landscape with significant natural and cultural resources. The first inhabitants of the area lived between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago, when the environment was wetter and cooler. Over the centuries many different Native American cultures made their homes in the area, some hunting and gathering, others farming. In the 19th century, Euro-American explorers such as Jedediah Smith, Joseph Christmas Ives, and John Wesley Powell traveled through the area. Once Hoover Dam was completed and the lake filled, however, thousands of tourists suddenly flocked to enjoy the refreshing waters and bask in the steady sun. The Bureau of Reclamation, which built the dam, knew that the lake it created could be turned into a major recreation site, but its focus was on developing water storage projects. Therefore, the Bureau joined forces with the National Park Service, which had experience in recreation management, to develop the area. Hoover Dam (center left) was built across Black Canyon, backing up the Colorado River 25 miles to the southwestern end of Grand Canyon National Park. The resulting Lake Mead offers water recreation activities to visitors at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Photo: National Park Service Steep rock slopes, formerly the walls of canyons, today contain the deep blue waters of Lake Mead, which led to the creation of the first national recreation area in the United States. Photo: NPS In 1936, these two agencies cooperatively created the Boulder Dam Recreation Area, the first national recreation area established in the United States. It included the Hoover Dam itself as well as 25 miles of the Colorado River. Eleven years later, the agencies changed the name to Lake Mead National Recreation Area. In 1950 Davis Dam was completed near Bullhead City, Arizona. This dam and the lake it created, Lake Mohave, were incorporated into Lake Mead National Recreation Area as well. In 1963 President John F. Kennedy initiated the policy that Congress must establish all future National Recreation Areas (NRAs), and the next year Lake Mead National Recreation Area became the first such area established by Congressional statute. Today, out of 43 NRAs, the Park Service administers 20, most of which are centered on large reservoirs that emphasize water-based recreation. Other agencies, including the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, administer the 23 other NRAs. Lake Mead NRA contains 1.5 million acres, making it twice the
According to the traditional naval system, what time does the middle watch start?	Hebrew Month: Isaiah 53 from the Aleppo Codex Who has believed Our report? And to whom has the arm of יהוה been revealed? For He comes up as a tender plant before Him, and as a Root out of a dry ground. He has no form, nor honor, when we observe Him, nor beauty, that we should desire Him. He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as one hiding His countenance from us, He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by Elohim, and afflicted. And He was pierced for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned each to his own way, and יהוה has laid on Him את the punishment of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led as a Lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, He did not open His mouth. By oppression and trial was taken away, and who can speak of את His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living, for the transgressions of My people He was stricken. And He made His grave with את the wicked, and with את the rich in His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth. Yet it pleased יהוה to bruise Him and to cause Him to suffer, and though יהוה makes His life an offering for sin, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of יהוה will prosper in His hand. He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give Him a portion with the great, and shall divide את the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His soul even to death, and was numbered with את the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Determining the Hebrew Hour A Hebrew Hour is defined as 1/12 of the time between sunset and sunrise, or 1/12 of the time between sunrise and sunset. The only Scriptural reference to there being 12 Hebrew Hours in a Hebrew Day is found in John 11:9 where יהושע the Messiah asked a famous question, "Are there not 12 hours in a day?" The diagram below is a working timepiece where the sun's position indicates the current Hebrew Hour at Jerusalem. One Hebrew Hour ends and another begins when the center of the sun crosses an hour line. Live Jerusalem Time y z This live time clock shows the current Scriptural Hebrew Hour in Jerusalem based on the instantaneous position of the sun as it would be seen there. The dark area represents Night, and the light area represents Day. As the sun's disk moves in a clockwise motion, the current Hebrew Hour is indicated. One Hebrew Hour ends and another Hebrew Hour begins at the moment the center of the sun's disk crosses an hour line. The Night Watches for the Age of the Messiah are also shown. The Torah, the Prophets and the Writings do not number specific Hebrew Hours. Only the Messianic Scriptures number specific Hebrew Hours in Matthew, Mark, Luke and Acts. The third hour of the day is referred to in Matthew 20:3-4, Mark 15:25 and Acts 2:15. The third hour of the night is referred to in Acts 23:23-24. The sixth hour of the day is referred to in Matthew 20:5, 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44 and Acts 10:9. The ninth hour of the day is referred to in Matthew 20:5, 27:45, 27:46, Mark 15:33, 15:34, Luke 23:44, Acts 3:1, Acts 10:3 and Acts 10:30-31. The eleventh hour of the day is referred to in Matthew 20:6 and Matthew 20:9. A Typical Hebrew Day Mid-night Hebrew Night Hours A Hebrew Day consists of 12 Hebrew Night Hours and 12 Hebrew Day Hours. The midpoint of the 12 Hebrew Night Hours is called Mid-night. The moment of Mid-night occurs exactly halfway between sunset and sunrise separating the sixth and seventh Hebrew Night Hours. The midpoint of the 12 Hebrew Day Hours is called Mid-day. The moment of Mid-day occurs exactly halfway bet
Which Rocky Top state was the first Southern state to be readmitted to the Union following the end of the civil war?	Kids History: Civil War Reconstruction Civil War Reconstruction History >> Civil War Much of the Southern United States was destroyed during the Civil war. Farms and plantations were burned down and their crops destroyed. Also, many people had Confederate money which was now worthless and the local governments were in disarray. The South needed to be rebuilt. The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War is called the Reconstruction. The Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. The purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South become a part of the Union again. Federal troops occupied much of the South during the Reconstruction to insure that laws were followed and that another uprising did not occur. Broad Street Charleston, South Carolina by Unknown To Punish the South or Not Many people wanted the South to be punished for trying to leave the Union. Other people, however, wanted to forgive the South and let the healing of the nation begin. Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction Abraham Lincoln wanted to be lenient to the South and make it easy for southern states to rejoin the Union. He said that any southerner who took an oath to the Union would be given a pardon. He also said that if 10% of the voters in a state supported the Union, then a state could be readmitted. Under Lincoln's plan, any state that was readmitted must make slavery illegal as part of their constitution. President Johnson President Lincoln was assassinated at the end of the Civil War, however, and never had the chance to implement his Reconstruction plan. When Andrew Johnson became president, he was from the South and wanted to be even more lenient to the Confederate States than Lincoln. Congress, however, disagreed and began to pass harsher laws for the Southern states. Black Codes In an effort to get around laws passed by Congress, many southern states began to pass Black Codes. These were laws that prevented black people from voting, going to school, owning land, and even getting jobs. These laws caused a lot of conflict between the North and the South as they tried to reunite after the Civil War. New Amendments to the Constitution To help with the Reconstruction and to protect the rights of all people, three amendments were added to the US Constitution: 13th Amendment - Outlawed slavery 14th Amendment - Said that black people were citizens of the United States and that all people were protected equally by the law. 15th Amendment - Gave all people the right to vote regardless of race. Rejoining the Union New governments were formed in the South starting in 1865. The first state to be readmitted to the Union was Tennessee in 1866. The last state was Georgia in 1870. As part of being readmitted to the Union, states had to ratify the new amendments to the Constitution. Help from the Union The Union did a lot to help the South during the Reconstruction. They rebuilt roads, got farms running again, and built schools for poor and black children. Eventually the economy in the South began to recover. Carpetbaggers Some northerners moved to the South during the Reconstruction to try and make money off of the rebuilding. They were often called carpetbaggers because they sometimes carried their belongings in luggage called carpetbags. The Southerners didn't like that the Northerners were moving in and trying to get rich off of their troubles. The End of the Reconstruction The Reconstruction officially ended under the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877. He removed the federal troops from the South and the state governments took over. Unfortunately, many of the changes to equal rights were immediately reversed. Interesting Facts about the Reconstruction White Southerners who joined the Republican Party and helped with the Reconstruction were called scalawags. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into five military districts ran by the army. President Andrew Johnson granted pardons to many Confederate leaders. He also vetoed a number of Reconstruction laws passed by Congress. He vetoed so many laws his nickname became the "Veto President"
Benjamin Bunny, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin were all characters created by what famed children's writer, born July 28, 1866?	Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Books and Audio Books Privacy Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Books and Audio Books Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator, all-natural scientist plus conservationist ideal acknowledged for her imaginative children's books, featuring animals like those inside The Tale of Peter Rabbit, that celebrated the British land plus nation lifetime. Born into a rich Unitarian Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales - AudioBook CD want to know more? - click here Beatrix Potter - The Complete Tales 23 Stories complete plus Unabridged Get additional Beatrix Potter Audio CD click here Other Childrens Audio Books click here Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales - Audio Book CD Brand New : 6 CDs A fabulous six-CD sound box-set containing the whole assortment of stories by Beatrix Potter complete plus unabridged. The twenty-three stories inside this giftset have not lost their recognition plus market inside their millions all over the planet. Meet again the well-known characters which youngsters love plus love... PETER RABBIT SQUIRREL NUTKIN THE FLOPSY BUNNIES MRS TIGGY-WINKLE TOM KITTEN JEREMY FISHER JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK plus a lot more. These stories are wonderfully brought with existence with a talented cast of visitors including Patricia Routledge Timothy West Michael Hordern Janet Maw plus Rosemary Leach. Regarding the Author Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 - 22 December 1943) was an English writer illustrator mycologist plus conservationist whom was right acknowledged for The Tale of Mr Tod - Beatrix Potter want to know more? - click here The story of Mr Tod today for an alteration i'm going o make a tale about twodisagreeable group known as Tommy Brock and Mr. Tod. Creator : Beatrix PotterFormat : Hardcover.Condition : applied. No scars or tears proportions : 10.5cm x 14cm x 0.5cm About Beatix Potter Beatrix Potter came to be in South Kensington London on 28 July 1866. Educated home by a succession of governesses she had little chance to blend with other kiddies. Even the lady young cousin Bertram was seldom yourself; he had been sent as a boy to boarding school-leaving Beatrix alone along with her many animals.She had frogs newts ferrets as well as a pet bat. She also have two rabbits - initial was Benjamin who she called an impudent cheeky small thing as the second was Peter whom she took everywhere together on a little contribute also regarding periodic getaway. Potter seen the pets for hours at a time sketching them and building this lady know-how as an artist.Beatrix Potter s father had been Rupert William Potter (1832-1914) boy of Edmund Potter. Rupert trained as a barrister but spent his days at men s groups and seldom practised law. The woman mother Helen Potter nee Leech (1 The Tale of Pigling Bland - Beatrix Potter want to know more? - click here The story of Pigling dull - Beatrix PotterOver the mountains and far awayshe danced with Pigling dull! Problem: brand new Hardcover writer: Beatrix PotterCopyright: 2006ISBN: 978 0 72326 009 7 About Beatix Potter Beatrix Potter s LifeA young girl in Victorian England Beatrix Potter ended up being taught yourself by governesses and examined art while her cousin had been delivered away to class. She was a shy set aside personality whenever getting together with the surface globe but this lady key diary written in her very own code disclosed a lively younger girl with extremely vital views of her fellow musicians.Beatrix Potter s ArtDespite perhaps not gonna college Beatrix had been a passionate beginner of nature training herself while painting and drawing those things she saw around her. the woman youth sketches expose an early on fascination for topic which will carry on throughout the gi The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher - Beatrix Potter want to know more? - click here The story of Mr Jeremy Fisher But Mr. Jeremy liked getting his ft wet; nobodyever scolded him in which he never ever caught a cold! Creator : Beatrix PotterFormat : Paperback.Condition : applied. No scars or tears measurements : 10.5cm x 14cm x 0.5cm About Beatix Potter Beatr
The movies Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and The Dead Pool, (plus an eponymous film), feature the exploits of what San Francisco police detective, played by none other than Clint Eastwood?	James's DVDs - Release Date - 1970 - 1982 Directed by Mike Nichols. Starring Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel. 1970: COMEDY R 121 min. loc: W - Not Viewed Director Mike Nichols and writer-actor Buck Henry followed their enormous hit The Graduate (1967) with this timely adaptation of Joseph Heller's satiric antiwar novel. Haunted by the death of a young gunner, all-too-sane Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) wants out of the rest of his WW II bombing missions, but publicity-obsessed commander Colonel Cathcart (Martin Balsam) and his yes man, Colonel Korn (Henry), keep raising the number of missions that Yossarian and his comrades are required to fly. After Doc Daneeka (Jack Gilford) tells Yossarian that he cannot declare him insane if Yossarian knows that it's insane to keep flying, Yossarian tries to play crazy by, among other things, showing up nude in front of despotic General Dreedle (Orson Welles). As all of Yossarian's initially even-keeled friends, such as Nately (Art Garfunkel) and Dobbs (Martin Sheen), genuinely lose their heads, and the troop's supplies are bartered away for profit by the ultra-entrepreneurial Milo Minderbinder (Jon Voight), Yossarian realizes that the whole system has lost it, and he can either play along or jump ship. Though not about Vietnam, Catch-22's ludicrous military machinations directly evoked its contemporary context in the Vietnam era. Cathcart and Dreedle care more about the appearance of power than about victory, and Milo cares for money above all, as the complex narrative structure of Yossarian's flashbacks renders the escalating events appropriately surreal. Confident that the combination of a hot director and a popular, culturally relevant novel would spell blockbuster, Paramount spent a great deal of money on Catch-22, but it wound up getting trumped by another 1970 antiwar farce: Robert Altman's MASH. With audiences opting for Altman's casual Korean War iconoclasm over Nichols' more polished symbolism, the highly anticipated Catch-22 flopped, although the New York Film Critics Circle did acknowledge Arkin and Nichols. Despite this reception, Catch-22's ensemble cast and pungent sensibility effectively underline the insanity of war, Vietnam and otherwise. Gimme Shelter Directed by David Masles, Albert Maysles. Starring The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Ike & Tina Turner, Melvin Belli. 1970: MUS/DOC NR 91 min. loc: W - Not Viewed This musical documentary concerns the Rolling Stones and their tragic free concert at Altamont Speedway near San Francisco in early December 1969. The event was all but destroyed by violence that marked the end of the peace and love euphoria of the 1960s. The night began smoothly, with the supercharged Flying Burrito Brothers opening up for the Rolling Stones and performing the truck-driving classic "Six Days on the Road" and Tina Turner giving a sensually charged performance. But on this particular evening, the Stones made the fateful (and disastrous) decision to hire the Oakland chapter of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang as bodyguards and bouncers. It was a foolhardy, careless choice that turned the night into an unmitigated disaster; halfway through the Stones' act, the Angels killed one black spectator, and injured several others who were present (including Jefferson Airplane's lead singer Marty Balin). In the film, we watch Mick Jagger -- ere an ebullient, charismatic performer of bisexual charm -- reduced to standing on stage like a frightened child with his finger in his mouth in wake of the violence. Unsurprisingly, the Grateful Dead refused to perform after the violence erupted; the picture ends on a despairing note, with the Stones repeatedly watching a film of the murder. Celebrated documentarians Albert and David Maysles directed and Haskell Wexler shot the film, with heightened instinct and control; as a result, this film is considered one of the greatest rock documentaries ever made. Stones songs performed include "Brown Sugar," "Under My Thumb," and "Sympathy for the Devil." Patton Directed by Franklin J. S
What does a mahout keep or ride?	Elephant Village Tours Two Day Mahout (M2D) 1 Day Mahout Experience with Bathing (M1D) Our MOST popular tour! And for good reason. This tour includes all of our most wanted activities packed into a single day trip. Learn how to be a Mahout and then get ready to get wet as you plunge into the Nam Khan river and give your personal elephant a refreshing bath! 8:30 am – 9:00 am: Pick up by our English speaking guide from your hotel lobby Arrival at the Elephant Village Camp: Welcome and greeting by our camp manager and participate in short briefing about elephants Ride the Elephant: Enjoy the impressive experience of a 1 km bareback elephant ride! 1 person per elephant Mahout Training: Receive your basic mahout training on how to control an elephant just like a mahout! Lunch: Dine at our Elephant Camp restaurant. Buffet lunch served with coffee / tea and drinking water (vegetarian options available) Bathe Your Elephant: Take your own elephant down to the Nam Khan river for an exhilarating and once in a lifetime bathing experience! Boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall: Take a traditional Lao long boat to the Tad Sae Waterfall and relax, dip your feet or take a swim in the clear, cool water Depart: Transfer back to your Hotel in Luang Prabang between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm Your Tour Includes: Round trip transfer, English speaking guide, elephant ride, boat ride to the Tad Sae waterfall, waterfall entrance fee, basic mahout training, bathing your elephant, buffet lunch notes: schedules and itineraries are approximate and subject to change due to seasonal conditions in the jungle and at the camp. Elephant Village reserves the right to break larger groups into smaller groups and/or operate tour activities in a different order than published above. Half Day Elephant Experience (HDE) Short but not short on fun! Enjoy the essentials on this, exciting tour. Elephant riding, Lao long boat rides, the Tad Sae Waterfall and a delicious lunch buffet. We’ll have you back to your hotel with plenty of time to enjoy your afternoon plans in Luang Prabang. Please note This tour does NOT include elephant bathing 8:00 am – 8:30 am: Pick up by our English speaking guide from your hotel lobby Arrival at the Elephant Village Camp: Welcome greeting by our camp manager and participate in a short briefing about elephants Ride the Elephant: Enjoy the impressive experience of a 1 km bareback elephant ride! 1 person per elephant Boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall: Ride in a traditional Lao long boat to the Tad Sae Waterfall and relax or swim in the clear water (swim suit recommended!) Lunch: Dine at our Elephant Camp restaurant. Buffet lunch served with coffee / tea and drinking water (vegetarian options are available) Depart: Transfer back to your Hotel in Luang Prabang around 1:00pm Your Tour Includes: Hotel pickup and drop off in our air conditioned van, English speaking guide, elephant ride, boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall, waterfall entrance fee, buffet lunch, drinking water notes: schedules and itineraries are approximate and subject to change due to seasonal conditions in the jungle and at the camp. Elephant Village reserves the right to break larger groups into smaller groups and/or operate tour activities in a different order than published above. Get Prices Full Day Elephant Experience with Trekking (FDE) The true nature lovers tour! Get it all with this diverse and action packed tour which takes you riding on elephants, jungle trekking on foot, traditional Lao long boat rides and to amazing waterfalls. Even your lunch will be an adventure as you picnic at our remote Jungle Camp. You are sure to be delighted (and exhausted) after this adventure! Please note This tour does NOT include elephant bathing 8:00 am – 8:30 am: Pick up by our English speaking guide from your hotel lobby Arrive at the Elephant Village Camp: Welcome greeting by our camp manager and participate in short briefing about elephants Ride the Elephant: From the Elephant Camp, enjoy the impressive experience of a 1 km bareback elephant ride! 1 person
Who became the first Miss America to have to resign her crown on July 23, 1984, when nude photos of her were published in Penthouse?	Miss America resigns - Jul 23, 1984 - HISTORY.com Miss America resigns Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1984, 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant’s history, after Penthouse magazine announces plans to publish nude photos of the beauty queen in its September issue. Williams originally made history on September 17, 1983, when she became the first black woman to win the Miss America crown. Miss New Jersey, Suzette Charles, the first runner-up and also an African American, assumed Williams’ tiara for the two months that remained of her reign. Vanessa Lynn Williams was born March 18, 1963, in Millwood, New York, to music teacher parents. She attended Syracuse University and studied musical theater. In 1982, while working a summer job as a receptionist at a modeling agency in Mt. Kisco, New York, photographer Thomas Chiapel took the nude pictures of Williams, telling her they’d be shot in silhouette and that she wouldn’t be recognizable. After Williams became Miss America, the photographer sold the pictures to Penthouse without her knowledge. Williams later dropped lawsuits against the magazine and photographer after it was learned that she had signed a model release form at the time the photos were taken. The Miss America pageant, which prides itself on projecting a wholesome, positive image of women, began in 1921 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a stunt developed by local businessmen to extend the summer tourist season. In 1945, the Miss America Organization handed out its first scholarship. Today, it provides over $45 million each year in cash and tuition assistance to contestants on the national, state and local levels. In 1954, the competition was broadcast live for the first time. Beginning in the 1980s, contestants were required to have a social platform, such as drunk-driving preventionor AIDS awareness, and Miss America winners now travel an estimated 20,000 miles a month for speaking engagements and public appearances. In 2006, following a decline in TV ratings, the pageant moved from Atlantic City for the first time in its history and took place in Las Vegas, where a new Miss America was crowned in January instead of September. Vanessa Williams rebounded from the Miss America scandal and went on to a successful entertainment career as an actress and recording artist, performing on Broadway as well as in movies and television and releasing a number of popular albums. Related Videos
Name the 1978 movie from the plot summary: "At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him."	Animal House (1978) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those trouble-makers have other plans for him. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 21 titles created 14 Mar 2011 a list of 41 titles created 11 Nov 2011 a list of 49 titles created 19 Oct 2013 a list of 43 titles created 02 Jan 2015 a list of 32 titles created 09 May 2015 Search for " Animal House " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards » Videos An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. Director: Harold Ramis Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. Director: John Landis Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and 1 more credit » Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated. Director: Harold Ramis Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun. Director: Ivan Reitman In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. Director: Mel Brooks Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job, and finding clues when it's clear the man is healthy. Director: Michael Ritchie A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock n' roll. Director: Amy Heckerling A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the principal thinks of that. Director: John Hughes Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing. Director: John Landis Edit Storyline Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. It has a second one full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men who are so sanctimonious no one can stand them except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of the second frat to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade to end all parades for all time. Written by John Vogel <[email protected]> Relive the best 7 years of your college education. See more » Genres: 28 July 1978 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Laser Orgy Girls See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia As this was Kevin Bacon 's first role, when he went to the premier, he wasn't allowed to sit with the rest of the cast because the ushers didn't believe he was in it. He had to sit in the back with everyone else. See more » Goofs When Niedermyer is yelling at Flounder, the boom mic is reflected in his helmet. See more » Quotes Pinto : Before we go any further, there's something I have to tell you. I lied to you. I've never done this before. Clorette De Pasto : You've never made out with a girl before? Pinto : No. No, I mean, I've never done what I think we're gonna do in a minute. I sort of did once, but I was drunk... Clorette De Pasto : That's okay, Larry. Neither have I. It's my first time too. And besides, I lied to you, too. Pinto : Oh, yeah? What about? See more » Crazy Credits Four of the listings in the cast are "mean dude," "meaner dude," "meanest dude," and "gigantic dude". See more » Connections
Sheet, ribbon, forked, and ball are all types of what?	Lightning Types and Classifications Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Cloud-to-Ground Lightning - Positive A lightning discharge between cloud and ground initiated by a downward-moving, positively-charged leader. Abbreviated "+CG". Positive CGs are less common than negative CGs, and usually are associated with supercell thunderstorms and trailing stratiform precipitation regions behind squall lines. Positive cloud-to-ground lightning strikes can be identified visually and in photographs by their distinctive lack of branching (positive CGs occasionally will have branching at higher altitudes, but rarely near the ground). Positive CGs usually consist of only one return stroke, which is typically very bright and intense relative to other lightning activity in a storm. It is common for photographs of positive CGs to be overexposed unless the photographer has stopped the lens down significantly. Thunder from a positive CG is typically very loud, and many times sounds like a series of deep, low-frequency sonic booms. Sprites (see below) are usually associated with the more intense positive CGs. Intracloud Lightning Intracloud Lightning The most common type of discharge - lightning inside a single storm cloud, jumping between different charge regions in the cloud. Intracloud lightning is sometimes called sheet lightning because it lights up the sky with a 'sheet' of light. All or parts of the actual channel may be obscured inside the cloud, and may or may not be visible to an observer on the ground. Not to be confused with cloud-to-cloud lightning. Anvil Crawler Anvil Crawlers Anvil Crawlers are horizontal, tree-like, in-cloud lightning discharges whos leader propagation is resolvable to the human eye. In other words, the anvil crawler's movement is slow enough (compared to most lightning discharges) that a human observer or normal-speed video camera can see its rapid motion across the sky. This type of lightning (sometimes referred to as 'crawlers' or 'rocket lightning') often cover very large distances, resulting in vast, spectacular sky-filling discharges. Anvil crawlers are often very high-altitude events, and as such typically result in soft, rolling thunder due to their great distance from the observer. The name 'anvil crawler' is derived from the visible 'crawling' motion and their tendency to appear along the underside of the anvil portions of a thunderstorm. Anvil crawlers can either occur independently completely within the cloud, or in connection with a cloud-to-ground discharge. Click the images below to enlarge Bolt from the Blue Bolt from the Blue A bolt from the blue (sometimes called 'anvil lightning' or 'anvil-to-ground' lightning) is a name given to a cloud-to-ground lightning discharge that strikes far away from its parent thunderstorm. A 'bolt from the blue' typically originates in the highest regions of a cumulonimbus cloud, traveling horizontally a good distance away from the thunderstorm before making a vertical descent to earth. Due to the final strike point being a significant distance from the storm (sometimes up to ten miles away), these lightning events can occur at locations with clear 'blue' skies overhead - hence the name. While many 'bolts from the blue' are positive flashes, some are not. Cloud-to-Air Lightning Cloud-to-Air Lightning Referring to a discharge (or a portion of a discharge) jumping from a cloud into clear air. Technically speaking, all cloud-to-ground lightning strikes contain 'cloud-to-air' components in the many branches that extend away from the main channel and terminate abruptly in mid-air. However, the most visually dramatic examples of cloud-to-air lightning occur when a long, bright lightning channel jumps out of the side of a cumulonimbus cloud and terminates in the clear air surrounding the storm. Bead Lightning Bead Lightning Bead Lightning is a name given to the decaying stage of a lightning channel in which the luminosity of the channel breaks up into segments. Nearly every lightning discharge will exhibit 'beading' as the channel cools immediately
What part of an insect's body joins its head to its abdomen?	Insect Anatomy Insect Anatomy Authored By Staff Writer \| Last Updated: 12/23/2015 Insects hold a very unique - though very understandable - anatomy which is one of the better ways to understanding them in whole. More About Insects: Bad to the Bone: Harmful Insects Insects are part of an animal group known as 'arthropods'. Arthropods are known as such in that they utilize hard protective exterior cases known as an 'exoskeleton'. Arthropods contain a host of well-known multi-legged creatures including arachnids (spiders), millipedes and crustaceans (ocean lobsters and crabs). This exoskeleton makes up the entire surface of the insect's body, put together by separate plates meeting the joints of the body and legs. Arthropods do have muscles within the exoskeleton, but the muscles attach to the exoskeleton itself (as opposed to muscles attaching to ligaments and tendons, which attach themselves to bones in a human body. Movement is accomplished through these moving muscles, which in turn, move the plated exoskeleton parts. Exoskeletons are primarily made of a substance known as 'chitin', which is comparable to our real-world plastic. This substance is made to be "self-moistured" to prevent the surface of the insect from drying out. Basic Parts of an Insect There a three basic parts to an insect - the head, thorax (the central portion of the body) and abdomen (the ball typically seen on many insects). The head of an insect is where the main receptor parts are located. Typically, you will find the eyes, mouthparts constituting the mouth and biting parts (which also serve to guide food into the mouth), and a pair of antennae, which are sensory organs that allow the insect to use it's smell, taste, touch and 'hearing' abilities. The head of the insect is the most powerful part of it's body and is built from several connecting plates. The eyes of an insect are known as 'compound eyes' meaning that they are made up of several smaller eyes functioning in unison. The thorax, or mid-section, typically holds the wings (if the insect can fly), usually two pairs (for a total of 4 wings) and 3 sets of legs (for a total of 6 legs). The thorax is also the central location of the more powerful muscles used in operating the wings and legs of the insect. The wings of most insects are setup with a support structure of thickened veins. The pattern of these veins varies from insect to insect. The feet-tips of insects will usually contain sticky pads, hooks or suckers of some type which allow the inset to cling to various types of surfaces or to clasp on to it's prey. The abdomen makes up the last, and probably the most recognizable, part of the insect. This section of the body stores the bug's digestive system, reproductive organs and sting organs (if applicable). The abdomen is a reactive part of the insect body, meaning that it can expand when the insect feeds. The body of an insect is does not mature like the body of a human does. The body of an insect must 'molt' or shed it's skin in an effort to grow . Once the insect has shed it's old skin, it then takes in air or water into it's new skin to 'blow' it up to it's new size. This must be done before the exoskeleton hardens once more, or else the insect will not grow into it's new larger size. Some insects have been know to molt over 20 times in their lifetime, but this process ceases when the insect has reached maturity in it's adult stage. BUGFINDER: Helping You Identify Those Creepy-Crawly Things... BUGFINDER allows for a quick search of the Insect Identification database by selecting primary color, secondary color, number of legs and the territory / state in question. If only one color is present on your insect, select it again as its SECONDARY color. Remember that the more details you can offer, the better your chances of finding a match. As a rule of thumb, six legs are typical for most insects whereas spiders generally have eight legs. Primary Color:
For a point each, name the 2 countries surrounding the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.	Ex. Rept. 109-17 - TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY CONCERNING THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF INVESTMENT (TREATY DOC. 109-9) \| Congress.gov \| Library of Congress PDF (PDF provides a complete and accurate display of this text.) Tip? 109th Congress Exec. Rept. SENATE 2d Session 109-17 ====================================================================== TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY CONCERNING THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF INVESTMENT (TREATY DOC. 109-9) _______ August 30, 2006.--Ordered to be printed Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of August 3, 2006. _______ Mr. Lugar, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany Treaty Doc. 109-9] The Committee on Foreign Relations (``committee''), to which was referred the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Oriental Republic of Urguay Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annexes and Protocol, signed at Mar del Plata on November 4, 2005 (``Proposed BIT'') (Treaty Doc. 109-9), having considered the same, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the Senate give its advice and consent to ratification thereof, as set forth in this report and the accompanying resolution of advice and consent to ratification. CONTENTS Page I. Purpose..........................................................1 II. Background.......................................................2 III. Summary of Key Provisions........................................2 IV. Committee Action.................................................9 V. Committee Recommendation and Comments............................6 VI. Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification.................9 VII. Appendix: Hearing--U.S.-Uruguay Bilateral Investment Treaty.....11 I. Purpose The basic purposes of the bilateral investment treaty (``BIT'') program are to: protect investment abroad in countries where investors' rights are not already protected through existing agreements, such as free trade agreements; encourage the adoption of market oriented domestic policies which treat foreign investment in an open, transparent, and non-discriminatory manner; and support the development of international law standards consistent with these objectives. There are six primary benefits which flow to parties whose investments are covered by BITs. First, a BIT provides that investors and their ``covered investments'' are entitled to be treated as favorably as the host country treats its own or third country investments. Second, it provides a defined limit on the expropriation of investments and for prompt payment of adequate and effective compensation if and when expropriation may take place. Third, it provides for transferability of funds into and out of the host country without undue delay under a market rate of exchange and encompasses all transfers related to a covered investment, creating a predictable environment. Fourth, it limits circumstances in which performance requirements can be imposed. Fifth, it gives investors from each country the right to submit an investment dispute with the treaty partner's government to international arbitration, rather than domestic courts. Finally, a BIT gives investors the ability to utilize management personnel of their choice, regardless of nationality.\1\ ----------------------------------------------
What Latin phrase, which translates into English as “my fault”, is taken to mean “my fault”?	Appendix:List of Latin phrases - Wiktionary Appendix:List of Latin phrases Appendix: *List of Latin phrases Warning, this page may be too large for some browsers. If so, the sections can be reviewed individually: 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 B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V This list is a combination of the three divided pages, for users who have no trouble loading large pages and prefer a single page to scroll or search through. The contents of the list cannot be edited here, and are kept automatically in synch with the divided lists (A-E), (F-O) and P-Z) through template inclusion. 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
What did Stevie Wonder just call to say in 1984?	Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You - YouTube Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Dec 13, 2009 Music video by Stevie Wonder performing I Just Called To Say I Love You. (C) 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Category Standard YouTube License Music
In a 1794 poem by William Blake, which animal is described as burning bright?	William Blake: The Tyger In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare sieze the fire? And what shoulder, & what art. Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? & what dread feet? What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee? Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
Melvin Purvis and Samuel P. Cowley led the FBI team that confronted, and ultimately killed, what noted gangster outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago on July 22, 1934?	Agents Of The '30s - Biographies Agents Of The '30s - Biographies The G-Men Of The 1930s ~ Reminder: Contents of this website are copyrighted. Permission is needed to utilize any family related photos. 1935 training class of SA John W. Core. See photo sections for more... The biography information of all special agents listed below comes from multiple sources and in the interest of brevity we are not listing the source(s) after each biography. There are some exceptions. We are satisfied with the source reliability and hopefully any errors are at a minimum. By 1935 or so, there were approximately 400 special agents in the Bureau. We do not have information on everyone of them. Ensure you do a "site search" in the event their names etc. are listed at another location on this site. We are always looking for bio information & photos on those we don't have. A very special thanks to former FBI Agent, and Retired Hennepin County Sheriff, Don Omodt for his contributions on these men. In many instances we may only be able to capture a name on a photo we find since finding personal data about these men is becoming more difficult as time goes by. Lastly, the dates readers will see next to names are the years of FBI service as special agents. FBI Special Agent, Raymond J. Abbaticchio, Jr. (1933 - 1958) According to official records, Abbaticchio, Jr. joined the Bureau in October, 1933 upon graduation from Georgetown Law School in Washington, D. C. Although much is still unknown about him, he did rise to the rank of SAC, New Orleans prior to retirement in 1958. He is known to be the uncle of former FBI agent, and convicted Watergate burglar, G. Gordon Liddy. He carried badge #19 which and once Abbaticchio retired, he passed it on to Liddy for him to carry during his career; Liddy returned badge #6811. Upon retirement, Abbaticchio served with the Nevada Gaming Commission. There have been indications in the past (possibly from Liddy) of Abbatichhio's participation in the shooting and killing of gangster, John Dillinger. The official "sketch" of the theater, and those FBI Agents present, submitted by SAC Melvin Purvis to FBIHQ reveals that Abbaticchio's name IS NOT present on this official document. A July 3, 1934 (nineteen days prior to Dillinger) memo of SAC Purvis revealing the names of Agents present at the Chicago, FBI Office, and which cases they are assigned, DOES NOT reveal Abbaticchio's name. Further research into his whereabouts, career wise, for the period of July, 1934 is needed. FBI Special Agent, Harold E. Anderson (H. E. Anderson) ( ) Anderson's name is observed in the Kansas City FBI's initial report regarding the Kansas City Massacre of June, 1933 and was assigned to that case. Information obtained in 2011 reveals that SA James Metcalfe was to pen a manuscript about Anderson's career in the FBI, however contact with Metcalfe's son revealed no such manuscript was found by the family, nor ever published, and Metcalfe may have died before he had a chance to complete the project. FBI Special Agent, Travis W. Bain (1935-37) SA Bain was executive vice president of the First State Bank of Houston, Texas after his short FBI career. Bain, along with SA's Ray Tollett, Tom Neal, John E. Lunsford and others participated in the arrest of Alvin Karpis. A comical note about SA Bain and Lunsford is in the navigation area under "Dinner with Alvin Karpis....." FBI Special Agent, W. Carter Baum (1930-1934 - Killed In The Line Of Duty) Baum was only 29 years old when he was killed by "Baby Face" Nelson during the ill fated raid at the Little Bohemia Lodge in Wisconsin in April, 1934. The raid was an attempt to capture Dillinger, Nelson and other members of the gang. Baum was born in Washington, D. C. on July 2, 1904. After attending George Washington University, WDC he entered the FBI in 1930. After serving in New York, he was assigned to the Chicago office. Baum's wife Mary, was offered a clerical position in the FBI by Director Hoover after his death which she accepted in order to maintain her life and that
A Rhodes Scholarship allows a student to do postgraduate work at which school?	Scholarship Opportunities \| Rhodes College Home » Academics » Postgraduate Scholarships Scholarship Opportunities Nationally competitive postgraduate scholarships coordinated by the faculty Postgraduate Scholarship Committee are listed below. Applicants must be prepared to submit completed application dossiers to the Rhodes faculty Postgraduate Scholarship Committee on or before the deadlines. Institutional Nomination: Some postgraduate scholarships and fellowships require that student applicants receive an institutional nomination, that is, a written endorsement from the designated faculty representative at Rhodes College. Because of this, there is an internal deadline for students to submit their applications for faculty review. This internal deadline is determined by Rhodes College and is much earlier than the external deadline that is set by the scholarship and fellowship organizations. Some programs, such as the Luce and the Truman, only accept a given number of endorsements each year. Other programs, such as the Rhodes Scholarship and the Marshall Scholarship, require institutional nomination from the college, but the college may send as many applications as we consider competitive. Students applying for the Fulbright must go through the interview process at Rhodes College. For programs requiring an institutional nomination, Rhodes sets an early deadline, 3-4 weeks in advance of the national deadline for that scholarship. This allows time for the Postgraduate Scholarship Committee to collect all the materials, ask for revisions, and write the endorsements. Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellows Program One-year fellowship as a research assistant to a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Eligibility: Graduating seniors or seniors who have graduated in the past year and are interested in international affairs Institutional nomination: YES Selection criteria: The successful candidates will have a strong record of academic achievement, excellent written and oral communication skills as well as evidence of engagement in the research field to which they are applying. In addition, candidates should note the requirements, such as additional language skills of individual projects. Notes: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is one of the nation’s leading think tanks and promotes cooperation between nations and active international engagement by the U.S. The Junior Fellows Program offers 8-10 one-year fellowships to graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year who have a dedicated career interest in international affairs. Carnegie Junior Fellows work as full-time research assistants to the Endowment′s senior associates for one year. International study or teaching grants, normally for one year Eligibility: US citizen; BA or equivalent by beginning of grant period, language proficiency Institutional nomination: YES, application must be coordinated with the faculty member serving as the Fulbright Program Advisor. Notes: Founded by an act of Congress in 1945, Fulbright Grants support research and teaching at participating universities abroad with the aim, in the words of Senator J. William Fulbright, of fostering “international good will through the exchange of students in the fields of education, culture, and science." Graduating seniors may apply for one of two types of Fulbright Grants: Research and English Teaching Assistantships (ETA). Applicants are chosen on the basis of the quality and feasibility of the research proposal/statement of grant purpose as well as the personal statement. Selection criteria: Successful grantees demonstrate qualities of flexibility, resourcefulness, and openness to new experiences. Fluency in the host language is preferred. Strong candidates will be able to demonstrate a familiarity with the current events and recent history of the host country. A record of leadership and community involvement is a plus. Full support for graduate study and research in any field available at Cambridge University Eligibility: citizens o
Often with obscene or risque intent, what poetry uses a strict AABBA rhyme scheme?	Poetry – Befuddled Bard Haiku Poems A haiku in English is a very short poem in the English language, following to a greater or lesser extent the form and style of the Japanese haiku. A typical haiku is a three-line observation about a fleeting moment involving nature. Limerick Poems A limerick is a form of poetry, especially one in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The first, second and fifth lines are usually longer than the third and fourth. Narrative Poems Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse. Narrative poems do not have to follow rhythmic patterns. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be complex. It is usually well it normally dramatic, with objectives, diverse characters, and metre. Narrative poems include epics, ballads, idylls, and lays.
From the Latin plumbum, what element has an atomic weight of 82 and uses the symbol pb?	Plumbum, Latin word for this element History & Etymology Lead was probably one of the first metals to be produced by man. Pearls of metallic Lead and Copper were found at archaeological stratum X at Catal Hüyük, Konya, Anatolia, Turkey, dated at around 6500 BC. Perhaps the first written mention as "abaru" is on Babylonian tablets found in the library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (668-626 BC). One of them includes a hymn to Gibil, the god of fire: "You melt Copper and Lead, you clean Gold and Silver". During the excavations of the city of Ashur a Lead chunk of 400 kilograms was discovered, which dates from 1300 BC. In the Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian compendium of medicine, dated at around 1550 BC, Lead is mentioned. It is also mentioned several times in the Old Testament, such as: "Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters." (Exodus 15, 10). "Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean " (Numbers 31, 22-23). The manner in which prehistoric people extracted lead from its minerals is not well-known. However, there are vestiges of very rudimentary furnaces, done of stone, where these people heated up the lead minerals with bonfires (that burned wood and coal) to extract the element. In the fifth century BC the Romans made an extensive exploration of lead deposits in the whole Iberian Peninsula. In the period 700 AD to 1000 AD the German mines of lead and silver, in the Rhine valley and in the Hartz mountains, were very important, just as those of Saxony, Silesia and Bohemia in the 13th century. The alchemists believed Lead to be the oldest metal and associated it with the planet Saturn. Because of its heavy weight it played a special role in the alchemic operations, they assigned to it the ability easily to be converted into Gold. They had many names for it, some secret, among others Plumbago (lead ore). In astrology alchemy the seven heavenly bodies known to the ancients were associated with seven metals also known in antiquity: Sun (Sol) Saturn Lead (Plumbum) The long history of Lead is reflected in the many different words for this metal. See the list of names to the left and in the overview of Lead in over 100 languages (click here) . We can identify many different roots, even the three main European branches of the Indo-European language group have five different roots (some related) for their name of this common metal: plumbum, the Germanic languages use Blei or Lead and the Slavic uses also two roots, olovo and svinec. 1. Plumbum and μολυβδος (Italic branch, Greek) According to most linguists are the Latin Plumbum and the Greek μολυβδος [molybdos] borrowed from the same older language, from which also the Georgian prpeni, brpeni = lead, tin, and the Baskian berán (beruna) were derived. The original language is not, as was thought earlier, Indogermanic or a Semitic language, but more likely a prehellenic language from the Aegeic area. The linguist Van Windekens supposes that Pelasgian was the donor language and unclosed the root b(o)lub. Other see the Iberian language as the donor of both words, since the Iberian peninsula is rather rich of lead. Also the Celtic language was seen as the source. It is also tried to interpret the Latin plumbum with help of Indogermanic languages in the suffix -bho-, often used for the names of animals and colours; thus to trace plumbum back to pl-on-bho and to include it in the family of the Greek πελιος [pelios] = bluish-black. Others see both these names derived from the Sanskrit bahu-mala = very dirty. Plumbum was the generic name for soft white metals with low melting points, as lead and tin, and later also bismuth and their alloys. Later plumbum was differentiated with the addition of black and white: Plumbum album (white plumbum; or Plumbum candidum) for Tin and Plumbum nigrum (black plumbum) for Lead. 2. Blei (East and North Germanic) Old High German: poluda * meaning however tin The English Lead is
What national park, the first in the world, is home to the Roosevelt Arch, whose cornerstone was laid by the totally badassed president himself in 1903?	Binder Yellow Stone Binder Yellow Stone You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 5 to 29 are not shown in this preview. You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 34 to 107 are not shown in this preview. You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 112 to 118 are not shown in this preview. You're Reading a Free Preview Page 123 is not shown in this preview. You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 128 to 243 are not shown in this preview.
What word derives from the Persian phrase, "Shah Mat" meaning the king is helpless?	The word "checkmate" derives from the Persian phrase "Shah Met" which means "the King is Dead" In early Sanskrit chess (c. 500–700) the king could be captured and this ended the game. The Persians (c. 700–800) introduced the idea of warning that the king was under attack (announcing check in modern terminology). This was done to avoid the early and accidental end of a game. Later the Persians added the additional rule that a king could not be moved into check or left in check. As a result, the king could not be captured, and checkmate was the only decisive way of ending a game. Black is checkmated—the game is over.By Bubba73 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Before about 1600, the game could also be won by capturing all of the opponent’s pieces, leaving just a bare king. This style of play is now called annihilation or robado. In Medieval times players began to consider it nobler to win by checkmate, so annihilation became a half-win for a while, until it was abandoned. Chess Players, Cairo, by Stanisław Chlebowski (1835–1884) Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain In modern parlance, the term checkmate is a metaphor for an irrefutable and strategic victory. The term checkmate is, according to the Barnhart Etymological Dictionary, an alteration of the Farsi phrase “shāh māt” which means, literally, “the King is helpless”. Others maintain that it means “the King is dead”, as chess reached Europe via the Islamic world, and Arabic māta means “died” or “is dead”. However, in the Pashto language (an Afghan language), the word māt still exists, meaning “destroyed, broken”. Noble chess players, Germany, c. 1320 Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain Moghadam traced the etymology of the word mate. It comes from a Persian verb mandan, meaning “to remain”, which is cognate with the Latin word maneō and the Greek menō (μενω, which means “I remain”). It means “remained” in the sense of “abandoned” and the formal translation is “surprised”, in the military sense of “ambushed”. “Shāh” (شاه) is the Persian word for the monarch. Players would announce “Shāh” when the king was in check. “Māt” (مات) is a Persian adjective for “at a loss”, “helpless”, or “defeated”. So the king is in mate when he is ambushed, at a loss, helpless, defeated, or abandoned to his fate. Noble chess players, Germany, c. 1320 Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain In modern Persian, the word mate depicts a person who is frozen, open-mouthed, staring, confused and unresponsive. The words stupefied or stunned bear close correlation. So a possible alternative would be to interpret mate as unable to respond. A king is mate (shah-mate) then means, a king is unable to respond which would correspond to there being no response that a player’s king can make to their opponent’s final move. This interpretation is much closer to the original intent of the game being not to kill a king but to leave him with no viable response other than surrender which, better matches the origin story detailed in the Shahnameh.
Known as The Hawkeye State, what was the 29th state to join the Union on December 28, 1848?	1000+ images about Iowa (#29) 12-28-1846 on Pinterest \| Goldfinch, Seals and Flags Forward Iowa State Capitol,capital city, Des Moines. The commanding feature is the central towering dome constructed of iron and brick covered with 23 carat gold. The gold leafing was replaced in 1964-1965 at a cost of $79,938.The dome is surmounted by a lookout lantern that may be reached by long and winding stairs, that is 275 feet above the ground floor. The rotunda beneath the dome is 67 feet in diameter. Four smaller domes of simple design rise from the four corners of the Capitol. See More
According to the popular WWII propaganda poster, when you ride alone, you what?	Inspiration: 80+ Amazing WWII Allied Propaganda Posters Inspiration: 80+ Amazing WWII Allied Propaganda Posters Advertisement Inspiration Vector With World War II now more than sixty years ago, it's easier to appreciate the propaganda posters of the era for their artistic merit. Allied posters of the age aimed to influence citizens to enlist in the military, buy war bonds, join the workforce, and sacrifice in ways that many people in the U.S., Australia, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere have a hard time imagining today. But the tactics employed in many of these posters and adverts were wildly successful in building national pride and support for the war effort, and today are cherished for their campy nostalgia and patriotic messages. The posters below are the best of the best from the WWII era. Left out are many of the more offensive posters (of which there are plenty of examples). Looking through these can help give us a better understanding of what life during war-time was like a few generations ago. Remember that propaganda posters were, in reality, sales tools. Their aim was to sell the citizenry as a whole on the war, and to get them to participate actively in the war effort in various ways. Study the motivational tools they use: pride, fear, patriotism, and a sense of duty. Enlistment Posters Enlistment posters aimed to entice young men to join the armed services. For the most part, they played on the desires of young men to be thought of as "men", and on feelings of national pride. Your Place is Here! O'er the Ramparts We Watch Of the Troops and For the Troops Where Skill and Courage Count He Volunteered for Submarine Service We Clear the Way Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man Ready Sub Spotted - Let 'Em Have It! The U.S. Marines Wants You War Bonds and Rationing Posters War bonds were necessary to fund the war, and so most of these posters went after feelings of national pride and responsibility. Some posters also played on fear and anxiety to encourage citizens to purchase war bonds, and implied that if you didn't buy as many as possible, that you were unpatriotic. Don't Let That Shadow Touch Them Save Freedom of Worship Could You Tell Him You're Tired of Buying War Bonds? A Crop That Never Fails Lend to Defend His Right to be Free Keep These Hands Off! Land, Sea, and Aire, We're Over There Send Airgraphs Loose Talk Can Cost Lives Loose Talk Can Cause This Quiet! Loose Talk Can Cost Lives OURS...To Fight For Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty Disaster Millions of Troops Are On the Move When Your Ride Alone You Ride with Hitler! Work- and Output-Related Posters These posters encouraged factory workers and others to increase their output and production rates, generally by tying their efforts in directly with the war abroad. Plant More Sugar Beets! Your Metal is on the Attack! Fast and Steady Speeds My Lathe Keep 'Em Firing Help Harvest Posters Aimed at Women Women played a huge part in WWII, both through military and civilian service. These posters played on a sense of duty and national pride to encourage women, especially young, single women, to get more involved. We Can Do It!
The father of the modern assembly line, what American industrialist, born on July 30, 1863, was a prolific inventor with 161 patents to his name?	Henry Ford - Ford Wiki Henry Ford Greenfield Township, Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Died Fair Lane , Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. Occupation ▲$188.1 billion, according to Wealthy historical figures 2008, based on information from Forbes – February 2008. Religious beliefs Parents William Ford and Mary Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the United States founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern Assembly line used in Mass production. His introduction of the Model T History of the automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. Patent. As owner of the Ford Company he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with "Fordism", that is, the mass production of large numbers of inexpensive automobiles using the assembly line, coupled with high wages for his workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. Ford did not believe in accountants; he amassed one of the world's largest fortunes without ever having his company Audit under his administration. Henry Ford's intense commitment to lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put a dealership in every city in North America, and in major cities on six continents. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation but arranged for his family to control the company permanently. Contents 16 External links Early years Ford was born July 30, 1863, on a farm next to a rural town west of Detroit, Michigan (this area is now part of Dearborn, Michigan). [1] His father, William Ford (business) (1826–1905), was born in County Cork, Ireland. His mother, Mary Litogot Ford (1839–1876), was born in Michigan; she was the youngest child of Belgium immigrants; her parents died when Mary was a child and she was adopted by neighbors, the O'Herns. Henry Ford's siblings include Margaret Ford (1867–1938); Jane Ford (c. 1868–1945); William Ford (1871–1917) and Robert Ford (1873–1934). His father gave Henry a pocket watch in his early teens. At fifteen, Ford dismantled and reassembled the timepieces of friends and neighbors dozens of times, gaining the reputation of a watch repairman. [2] At twenty, Ford walked four miles to their ECUSA church every Sunday. [3] Ford was devastated when his mother died in 1876. His father expected him to eventually take over the family farm but Henry despised farm work. He told his father, "I never had any particular love for the farm—it was the mother on the farm I loved." [4] In 1879, he left home to work as an apprentice machinist in the city of Detroit, first with James F. Flower & Bros., and later with the Detroit Dry Dock Co. In 1882, he returned to Dearborn to work on the family farm and became adept at operating the Westinghouse portable Steam engine. He was later hired by Westinghouse Electric Corporation company to service their steam engines. Henry Ford at twenty five years old in 1888. Ford married Clara Ala Bryant (c. 1865–1950) in 1888 and supported himself by farming and running a sawmill. [5] They had a single child: Edsel Bryant Ford (1893-1943). [6] In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company, and after his promotion to Chief Engineer in 1893, he had enough time and money to devote attention to his personal experiments on gasoline engines. These experiments culminated in 1896 with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle named the Ford Quadricycle , which he test-drove on June 4. After various test-drives, Ford brainstormed ways to improve the Quadricycle. [7] Also in 1896, Ford attended a meeting of Edison executives, where he was introduced to Thomas Edison. Edison approved of Ford's automobile experimentation; encouraged by Edison's approval, Ford designed and built a second vehicle, which was completed in 1898. [8] Backed by the capital of Detroit Lumber baron William H. Murphy, Ford resigned from Edison and founded the Detroit Automobile Company on August 5 1899. [9] However, the automobiles p
Hypnos and Somnus were, respectively, the Greek and Roman gods of what?	HYPNOS - Greek God of Sleep (Roman Somnus) Hypnos Hypnos god of sleep, Apulian red-figure vase C4th B.C., The J. Paul Getty Museum HYPNOS was the god or personified spirit (daimon) of sleep. He dwelt in Erebos, the land of eternal darkness beyond the gates of the rising sun, and rose into the sky each night in the train of his mother Nyx (Night). Hypnos was often paired with his twin brother Thanatos (Peaceful Death), and the Oneiroi (Dreams) were his brothers or sons. Hypnos was depicted as a young man with wings on his shoulders or brow. His attributes included either a horn of sleep-inducing opium, a poppy-stem, a branch dripping water from the river Lethe (Forgetfulness), or an inverted torch. His Roman equivalent was Somnus or Sopor. FAMILY OF HYPNOS PARENTS [1.1] NYX (no father) (Hesiod Theogony 212, Homer Iliad 14.250, Aeschylus Frag 250, Seneca Hercules Furens1068, Nonnus Dionysiaca 31.103) [1.2] EREBOS & NYX (Hyginus Preface, Cicero De Natura Deorum. 3.17) OFFSPRING [1.1] THE ONEIROI x 1000 , MORPHEUS , IKELOS , PHANTASOS (Ovid Metamorphoses 11.630) ENCYCLOPEDIA HYPNUS, the personification and god of sleep, the Latin Somnus, is described by the ancients as a brother of Death (thanatos), and as a son of Night (Hes. Theog. 211, &c.; Virg. Aen. vi. 277). At Sicyon there was a statue of Sleep surnamed epidôtês, the giver (Paus. ii. 10. § 2). In works of art Sleep and Death are represented alike as two youths sleeping or holding inverted torches in their hands. Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PARENTAGE OF HYPNOS Hesiod, Theogony 21 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "And Nyx (Night) bare hateful Moros (Doom) and black Ker (Violent Death) and Thanatos (Death), and she bare Hypnos (Sleep) and the tribe of Oneiroi (Dreams). And again the goddess murky Nyx, though she lay with none, bare Momos (Blame) and painful Oizys (Misery), and the Hesperides . . . Also she bare the Moirai (Moirae, Fates) and the ruthless avenging Keres (Death-Fates) . . . Also deadly Nyx bare Nemesis (Envy) to afflict mortal men, and after her, Apate (Deceit) and Philotes (Friendship) and hateful Geras (Old Age) and hard-hearted Eris (Strife)." Pseudo-Hyginus, Preface (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "From Nox (Night) and Erebus [were born]: Fatum (Fate), Senectus (Old Age), Mors (Death), Letum (Dissolution), Continentia (Moderation), Somnus (Sleep) [i.e. Hypnos], Somnia (Dreams) [i.e. the Oneiroi], Amor (Love)--that is Lysimeles, Epiphron (Prudence), Porphyrion, Epaphus, Discordia (Discord), Miseria (Misery), Petulantia (Wantonness), Nemesis (Envy), Euphrosyne (Good Cheer), Amicitia (Friendship), Misericordia (Compassion), Styx (Hatred); the three Parcae (Fates), namely Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos; the Hesperides." [N.B. Hypnos (Sleep) is translated as Somnus in this Latin text, and Oneiroi (Dreams) as Somnia.] Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3. 17 (trans. Rackham) (Roman rhetorician C1st B.C.) : "Their [Aether and Hemera's] brothers and sisters, whom the ancient genealogists name Amor (Love), Dolus (Guile), Metus (Fear), Labor (Toil), Invidentia (Envy), Fatum (Fate), Senectus (Old Age), Mors (Death), Tenebrae (Darkness), Miseria (Misery), Querella (Complaint), Gratia (Favour), Fraus (Fraud), Pertinacia (Obstinacy), the Parcae (Fates), the Hesperides, the Somnia (Sleep, Dreams) [i.e. Hypnos and the Oneiroi]: all of these are fabled to be the children of Erebus (Darkness) and Nox (Night)." HYPNOS GOD OF SLEEP Hypnos and the body of Sarpedon, Athenian red-figure lekythos C5th B.C., British Museum Homer, Iliad 14. 231 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) : "There [in Lemnos] she [Hera] encountered Hypnos (Sleep), the brother of Thanatos (Death). She clung fast to his hand and spoke a word and called him by name : ‘Hypnos, lord over all mortal men and all gods, if ever before now you listened to word of mine, so now also do as I ask; and all my days I shall know gratitude. Put to sleep the shining eyes of Zeus under his brows as soon as I have lain
Said to be "nigh uncatchable", what ship, originally called the Wicked Wench, is captained by Jack Sparrow every chance he gets?	Pirates of the Caribbean / Headscratchers - TV Tropes open/close all folders Curse of the Black Pearl I'm going to ask the obvious question here. Why didn't Barbossa just politely ask anyone for a few drops of blood? He has a capacity for diplomacy and charisma, and most people would view an army of nigh invulnerable pirates as a very bad thing. He could've poked around a bit, met Will, and explained the situation with a sword in his gut. Will probably would've volunteered. Personality. Barbosa is very much a "why ask when you can take" type of personality. He even criticizes the tendency to negotiate in Jack as being the reason that Barbosa mutinied and took the Pearl. But he's also a pragmatist. If the Pirates could gain consent before the ritual then it'd just make everything easier. Because where's the fun in that? They have invincibility and so few other pleasures in life that sacking a town is a blast. What's the deal with 663 golden medallions? Does this number hold some significance in Aztec religion? Were the Aztecs trying to make 666 but ran out of gold? Isn't it 882 gold pieces? I always just figured that Cortez demanded a lot of gold, and the Aztecs came up with as much as they could on short notice. All they needed is Will's blood... so he was threatening to shoot himself. Hey, blood! Not like five quarts would all vanish into thin air before they could squeeze a bit into the chest from the headless corpse... And all the Calypso crap in the third movie... a giant black chick standing in a toilet. Whu-fuh? She could have been left out of the thing entirely and not changed the story much at all... Feng thinks Elizabeth is the incarnation of something that doesn't exist, and later on, pow! random whirlpool for the 'cool' battle. Blood coagulates. They were on the Pearl when Will made his threat, not near the chest (which was back on Isla De Muerta), so his blood may not have been sufficient to break the curse. And, since Will was the last Turner (as far as they knew), if they screwed up and failed to break the curse, they were doomed to an eternity of a Fate Worse Than Death . Coagulates and spoils. How long would a jar of corpse-salvaged blood last in the tropical Caribbean heat, before it's so much clotted sludge? Not long enough to reach the island where the treasure was, that's for sure. I also think the condition of the curse is that the person making the "blood sacrifice" has to put the coin in. That's why Barbossa made Elizabeth hold the coin and drop it in. It's not really a blood SACRIFICE to the heathen gods if someone scoops up your blood and drops it in for you. Debatable whether forcing you to make the sacrifice against your will counts, but it seems logical that someone else making the payment in your name doesn't count. Can't be true. Will dropped the coin Jack stole for him. Jack's intent may factor in, since he meant to put the coin back. So either you drop it yourself or you intentionally make the blood sacrifice. Will shooting himself and (potentially) leaving some blood on the railing would not satisfy either requirement. At that point, I think Will was leaning backwards while standing on the edge of the ship. If he had shot himself, his body would have fallen into the ocean. It might not have been impossible to gather some of his blood after that, but it would have added complications. Besides, they had Will, they were in the home stretch to being free of the curse. Leaving him alive was a precaution - we don't want to screw things up at the last minute, do we? They could have at least TOLD him that they only needed a drop or so, he might have been a little more reasonable to work with. Those Two Guys did—then another crew member said otherwise. Why does Jack (the monkey) take a medallion and become cursed again? If it were a human being I could understand; humans have high intelligence and can enjoy many pleasures apart from the base biological ones, and may consider the ability to eat, drink, and have sex a fair price for being immortal so they can eternally enjoy the finer thi
Appearing on coins since 1864, and bills since its' official adoption, what became the official motto of the United States on July 30, 1956?	United States Mint Coin Production \| HOME United States Mint Coin Production United States Mint Coin Production 1700sTimeline of the United States Mint 1776 Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson are appointed by the Continental Congress to work on creating a device for the seal of the United States of America. The first of three committees assigned to the task which will take six more years and the contributions of 14 men to complete. (April, 19) Congress appointed a Committee “to examine and ascertain the value of the several species of gold and silver coins and the proportions they ought to bear to the Spanish milled dollar.” (September, 02) Thomas Jefferson submits a report to Congress on the value of various coins, by decimal unit in dollars and parts of a dollar. (Believed to be the first attempt to use a decimal method for the Nation’s monetary system.) 1777 (February, 20) A Congressional committee recommends that a Mint be established. The Treasury Board is tasked to plan and regulate the Mint and its devices to be stamped on the coins. No follow-up action taken at this time. (Earliest known record of Congressional interest to establish a mint.) 1778 The Articles of Confederation give States the authority to strike their own coins. (September, 26) A Committee is selected to design the Treasury Seal (found on U.S. money). Much of the original design is still used today and is part of the Mint Seal. 1781 (April, 30) Alexander Hamilton sends Robert Morris, Superintendent of Finance, his proposed articles of incorporation for a National Bank. Article 10 included “…the power of coining to the amount of half its stock, the quantity of alloy &c. being determined by Congress…” 1782 (January, 15) Robert Morris reports to Congress, requesting authority to establish a mint. He recommends that the coining costs be paid by the people using its services. 1784 (April, 26) Thomas Jefferson reviews Morris’s 1782 report, responding with “Notes on Coinage,” drafted in March and April. He agrees on the “decimal proportions” but feels the unit is too small for daily transactions and recommends the Spanish dollar as the monetary unit. It’s already in use and is a “convenient size” of measurement for “monetary arithmetic.” (May, 28) The Continental Congress authorizes 3 Commissioners for the Board of Treasury. 1785 (May, 13) The Grand Committee of the Continental Congress decides that the unit of American money will be the silver dollar, with all coins in a decimal ratio to each other . 1786 (April, 12) A Report of the Board of Treasury Relative to the Establishment of a Mint is submitted to the Continental Congress. (September, 21) Board of Treasury submits its Ordinance for the Establishment of the Mint of the United States of America to the Continental Congress. (October, 16) The Continental Congress authorizes the establishment of a mint for the coinage of gold, silver, and copper. The Treasury Board describes the duties of top Mint Officers. (October, 17) Congress resolved that the Assay Master shall be allowed a salary of $600 a year and the Master Coiner, $1,000. 1787 (April, 20) The Congressional Committee reports it prefers to produce coinage “by contract”, rather than “a public expense”, and chooses a proposal submitted by James Jarvis. (Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 32, p.221) (April, 21) Congress passes the Report on Copper Coinage, authorizing the Board of Treasury to contract for 300 tons of copper coin of Federal standard from James Jarvis. The coins will be struck at the expense of the contractor, with all monies from the contract to be applied to reducing the domestic debt and the premium to pay off interest on the foreign debt. (September, 17) Constitution is signed by members of the Constitutional Convention. Constitution granted Congress the power to coin money, regulate its value, and provide for punishment of counterfeiting. States were explicitly prohibited from coining money. 1789 The Treasury Department is established. It is the second oldest department in the Federal Gove
With a motto of "For the Benefit of All", what executive branch agency had is founding on July 29, 1958, and has been responsible for programs as diverse as Mariner and New Horizon?	Wednesday - August 12th Humans to Mars within a Decade Robert Zubrin 445 Union Blvd. #125 Lakewood, CO 80228 We currently have the technology required to establish a permanent human presence on Mars within 10 years at a cost of roughly 15% of the existing NASA budget. The key is to adopt a "live-off the land" philosophy, making rocket propellants and other necessary mission consumables on the surface of Mars. This paper will discuss how this can be done, and the significance of such a step in the context of the development of humanity from a single planet to a multi-planet species. Thursday Plenary Session 10:00 Biogenic Activity in Martian Meteorite ALH84001 Everett K. Gibson, Jr Kathie Thomas-Keprta Lockheed Martin The Martian meteorite ALH84001 has been shown to contain evidence of possible past biogenic activity inside small carbonate aggregates or globules within the meteorite. Four lines of evidence presented by McKay et al. (1) included: (a) iron oxides and sulfides having textures similar to terrestrial biominerals, (b) carbonates formed at temperatures capable of supporting biogenic activity, (c) indigenous organic compounds associated with the carbonate globules, and (d) morphologies of segmented, spherical and elongated features similar to terrestrial micro fossils. None of these observations is in itself conclusive for the existence of past life. Although there are alternative explanations for each of these phenomena taken individually, when they are considered collectively, particularly in view of their close spatial association, it was concluded that they were evidence for primitive life on Mars. Since our report (1) additional observations have been made which support our hypothesis: (i.) carbon isotropic compositions (-18 to ï¿½20 %), (ii) biofilm-like textures, (iii) chains of magnetite grains similar to those produced by magnetotactic bacteria, and (iv) oxygen isotropic compositions with in individual globules that show low temperature processes (2). Alternative hypotheses for the origins of the carbonate globules have been directed toward the formation temperatures, magnetite morphologies and structures within the carbonates, the sizes of nanostructures within carbonate rims, and potential terrestrial organic contaminants (i.e. PAHs). The evidence, both pro and con, will be critically evaluated in light of recent research that has been conducted since the initial hypothesis of past biogenic activity in the Martian meteorite ALH84001. D.S. McKay et al., Science 273, 924-930 (1996) Refs. Within Lunar and Planetary Science- 28th and 29th abstracts (1997 and 1998) Thursday Plenary Session 11:00 NASA's Robotic Mars Exploration Program Rob Manning Jet Propulsion Lab Pasadena, CA NASAï¿½s recent accomplishments and current plans for the exploration of Mars using robotic technology will be presented. Thursday Plenary Session 11:30 The Cato Institute Washington DC Why, four decades after men first ventured into space are there no regularly scheduled commercial flights into orbit? Some 35 years after the Wright brothers 1903 flight the commercially viable DC-3 was flying. But today the cost of placing payloads into orbit on the Shuttle is perhaps a magnitude more than on Apollo. By contrast, in the past twenty years the cost of airline tickets per mile dropped by 30 percent, with twice as many people now flying, and the cost of shipping oil dropped 80 percent. For too long space enthusiasts have ignored economics at the peril of their passion. The most economically and politically viable approach to a Mars mission, based on market principles, is the Mars Prize approach, supported by House Speaker Gingrich. A $20 billion prize, with an actual mission cost of only $5 billion, indeed creates an incentive for the private sector to find the best way to the Red Planet. But these funds still have proven difficult to secure. Mars enthusiasts might support a radical approach: as part of a strategy to return civilian space efforts to the private sector, the planned space station could be scrapped. Some o
1970 - Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford	Aerosmith Bio \| Biography \| Steven Tyler \| Joe Perry \| Walk This Way \| Sweet Emotion Brad Whitford Aerosmith Gets Its Start Aerosmith's story begins in 1970, before you were even born, in Sunapee, New Hampshire where lead singer Steven Tyler (the one with the ginormous lips ) met guitarist Joe Perry working at an ice cream parlor. Soon after Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer joined the band, they headed for Boston. They were scooped up by Columbia Records and in '73 they released their first record (yes record, as in big, black, vinyl disc) Aerosmith. The name "Aerosmith" doesn't really mean anything they kinda just settled on the name cuz no one hated it. Aerosmith Survives Success Toys in the Attic (1975) introduced the hugely popular Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion. In 1976 came another record and a lot more of the "party like a rockstar" lifestyle. There were lots of drugs and alcohol , more drugs and alcohol, and the start of addictions. In 1985 Steven and Joe completed a drug-rehab program. A clean-and-sober Aerosmith re-recorded Walk this Way with rap duo Run DMC. It was an instant hit. Aerosmith Rocks Another Generation In 1989 Aerosmith released Pump with the huge hits, Janie's Got a Gun and Love in an Elevator. The follow-up was 1993's Get a Grip, which included the singles Cryin', Crazy and Amazing. All three videos starred Alicia Silverstone (from the movie Clueless). In the vid for Crazy Steven Tyler's own daughter Liv Tyler paired up with Alicia. The videos were funny, daring and hugely popular. In 2001 Aerosmith teamed up with the pop music fave *NSYNC for the rockin' E-Trade Super Bowl Halftime Show which included the debut of the single Jaded. Aerosmith - Did U Know? Steven Tyler's favorite movie is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Joey Kramer was in 10 bands before he joined Aerosmith at age 18. Joe Perry's mom is an aerobics instructor. Aerosmith Says... "When you're making an album and you have this groups of songs, they're like what a newspaper photo looks like if you magnify it - all you see are the dots!" Related Stories:
What war was ended by the Treaty of Panmunjom on July 27, 1953?	SparkNotes: The Korean War (1950-1953): Eisenhower, War's End, and the Aftermath Eisenhower, War's End, and the Aftermath Eisenhower, War's End, and the Aftermath → The Long Path of Negotiations Eisenhower, War's End, and the Aftermath, page 2 page 1 of 2 Summary After taking office, Eisenhower soon replaced General James Van Fleet, who had started arguing for an all-out invasion, with Lt. General Maxwell Taylor. No immediate progress was made in the negotiations other than the exchange of a few prisoners in March of 1953. In order to show strength, the Communists made an attack on Americans at "Pork Chop Hill" in April. Eisenhower was unfazed, and by the end of April talks were once again underway Panmunjom. On June 8, the two sides finally came to an agreement over the tricky POW (Prisoner of War) issue, outlining their solutions in a document call the "Terms of Reference." Under this agreement, those POWs that refused to return to Communist territory would be placed under the auspices of a neutral commission for a period of three months. If, after the end of those three months, the POWs still refused to be repatriated, they would be allowed to go free. With the POW issue solved, it seemed that a final peace treaty was in sight. After the "Terms of Reference", however, the Communists pressed for some final negotiating leverage with a one-week offensive in June. And on a second front, the US had to deal with the problem of Syngman Rhee, who continued to spout promises about Korean reunification, and who promised to invade North Korea even if he only had the ROK army on his side. The US considered organizing a coup to remove Rhee from power, but never carried the action out. Instead, the US convinced Rhee to stop shouting for reunification by promising to intervene on South Korea's behalf if North Korea ever did invade, and by promising $1 billion in aid for South Korea's economic recovery after the war. Despite these minor crises, agreement was finally reached at Panmunjom. On July 27, 1953, The UN, China, and North Korea signed an armistice. South Korea refused to sign, but with little effect. Under the terms of the treaty neither side would be allowed to increase the number of non-Korean military personnel stationed in Korea. The armistice also established a 2.5 mile wide buffer between North and South Korea along the 38th parallel, termed the "demilitarized zone." Within this zone, all troops and weapons were banished. In practice, however, the zone was heavily militarized, with over 1 million troops facing off. In fact, because South Korea never signed the armistice, the two countries remain technically at war even today. After the war, North Korea and South Korea remained divided, a symbol of the effect of the Cold War similar to the division of Germany and Berlin. Families were broken up by the war and lived on opposite sides of the demilitarized zone, unable to visit or even communicate with each other. Syngman Rhee's southern regime became even more dictatorial, and in 1960 he resigned after student riots. South Korea only became more unstable with his departure, and it is only in the last two decades that South Korea has really seen sustained economic growth. In North Korea, Kim Il-sung developed a full-scale personality cult, and ruled until his death in 1994. Tensions between the two countries remain to this day, perhaps seen best in North Korea's boycott of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, to which the USSR and PRC sent athletes. The legacy of the Korean War continues to haunt the United States, as the US worries about North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons. Commentary Along with his vast military experience and easy-going attitude, part of Eisenhower's confidence in the spring of 1953 stemmed from the fact that the US had successfully tested an which was vastly more powerful than an A- Bomb, and had thereby surged ahead in the arms race with the USSR (the Soviets shocked the US by testing their own H-bomb in late 1953). Eisenhower considered n
A widely debated topic in the halls of government these days, what is the current debt US ceiling, to the closest trillion dollars?	Report: Disclosure Simplification Report of the Task Force on Disclosure Simplification Report of the Task Force on Disclosure Simplification March 5, 1996 Capital is the lifeblood of our economy. By guarding the integrity of our capital markets through full and fair disclosure, the federal securities laws protect investors while at the same time ease the ability for companies to raise funds from the public. These laws, however, are not administered without cost. We who regulate our nation's financial markets must continuously strive to strike a balance between the benefits and the burdens posed by the rules we promulgate. For this reason, the SEC periodically reviews areas of its regulatory structure to see how they might be made more efficient and less burdensome. In 1995, we undertook two such reviews. The Advisory Committee on Capital Formation and Regulatory Processes, ably chaired by Commissioner Steve Wallman, is concluding its work at this writing. The Committee is examining ways to improve the process for registering securities that are offered in our public markets, including the concept of registering companies as opposed to transactions or offerings of securities. The second review, and the subject of this Report, was that undertaken by the Task Force on Disclosure Simplification. The Task Force was asked to review rules and forms affecting capital formation, with a view toward streamlining, simplifying, and modernizing the overall regulatory scheme without compromising or diminishing important investor protections. To balance our internal perspective on these matters, I asked Philip Howard, an outspoken advocate of regulatory common sense, to lend a hand. In a seven-month period, the Task Force reviewed most forms and rules relating to capital-raising transactions; periodic reporting pursuant to the Exchange Act; proxy solicitations; as well as tender offers and beneficial ownership reports under the Williams Act. Suggestions were sought from interested organizations and hundreds of recommendations were considered. The resulting report offers a regulatory blueprint for corporation finance in the years ahead. Together with the Commission's continued emphasis on the primacy of investor protection, these common-sense recommendations will help to ensure that ours remain the strongest, most vibrant, transparent, and liquid capital market in the world for many years to come. Arthur Levitt Washington, D.C. 20549 Dear Chairman Levitt: Simplifying securities regulation offers unusual challenges because the SEC acts, not just as the regulator of the markets, but as referee. Market participants are keenly aware of the need for the SEC to maintain a level and orderly playing field, and, in making these recommendations, the Task Force was mindful not to tip the balance among the many market interests. Like all agencies, however, the SEC has suffered from the bureaucratic tendency to create ever thicker rule books. Each complication breeds another level of complexity and, over time, the original regulatory goal becomes obscured amid thousands of words of detailed dictates. Some SEC rules, intended to guide market participants in daily decisions, have become a kind of Latin liturgy, comprehensible only to those of us who have devoted our professional lives to abstract regulatory nuances. The Task Force began the process of simplification by combing the rule books for duplication and obsolescence. The resulting recommendations would clean out significant regulatory clutter. The Task Force then tackled several well-known regulatory problems, and has recommended overhaul of, for example, the format for prospectuses and the regulations governing trading during a distribution, as well as liberalizing rules for capital-raising by smaller companies. The Task Force has sought to present an agenda for simplification that is sensible and achievable in a short period. This effort, however, is only the beginning. Changing long- established conventions is never easy; our eyesight has difficulty focusing on changes that

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