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A follow up consequence of being banned from federal service for life, on August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 members of what federal group were fired for illegally calling for a strike?

Monday, august 5, 2013 by GLOBAL MEDIA MIRROR LIMITED - issuu issuu Why price of cooking gas remains high –Experts …poor infrastructure, incentives affect supply UDEME AKPAN Alison-Madueke Vol. 3 N0. 679 I n c o n s i s t e n t policies, inadequate incentives and lack of infrastructure have dogged the moves of past and present administrations to achieve steady and adequate supply of cooking gas and to encourage mass BUSINESS SECTION Made-in-Nigeria products are not price competitive – Expert THE CBN guarantees N25bn agric loans through NIRSAL CONTINUED ON PAGE 2>> Free ree insi inside ide Monday, August 5, 2013 APC parades expired politicians –Presidency Atiku protests exclusion from PDP convention P.6 ENERGY GROUP CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OBIORA IFOH ABUJA T he Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, yesterday said that leaders of the newly-formed All Progressives Congress, APC, are politically expired and yesterday’s men. Against the backdrop that the APC is presently shopping for presidential materials, Okupe in a statement in Abuja, said that the alliance, parading former members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2>> L-R: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Energy Investment, Ghana, Queenette Okehie; Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, National Mirror newspapers, Mr. Steve Ayorinde; Chief Executive Officer, Global Fleet Oil and Gas, Mrs. Bridget Henry-Iyasere; Managing Director, Newswatch Magazine, Dr. Bolu Folayan; wife of the Group Managing Director, Energy Group, Mrs. Modupe Ibrahim; the Group Managing Director, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim (OFR); Pastor and (Mrs) Akinwunmi Akinteye; Managing Director, NICON Insurance, Mr. Emmanuel Jegede; Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Re, Lady Isioma Chukwuma and Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Daily Newswatch, Mr. Moses Jolayemi, at the 10th anniversary of Energy Group in Lagos, yesterday. More photos on page 4. PHOTO: YINKA ADEPARUSI Anenih Jonathan, Obasanjo, IBB, others honour Anenih at 80 ...says it's grossly inaccurate, misleading PPPRA rejects NEITI's audit report 'Leaders must forgive' NPAN files injunction against APCON P.5 P.7 National Mirror www.nationalmirroronline.net APC parades expired politicians –Presidency CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 does not have a credible personality that will lead the nation, stressing that it will always outsource its presidential candidate from the ruling party. Okupe said: "In view of all these, it is clearly evident that the APC cannot and will not be an alternative to the PDP. “This fact is further reinforced by the fact that even its leadership parades politically expired, analogue and yesterday’s men, including the likes of Bisi Akande, Tom Ikimi, Bello Masari, Muhammad Buhari, Audu Ogbeh, Bashir Tofa and their likes who do not promise any hope for today’s Nigeria and, therefore, cannot bring any meaningful change to the polity.” He said that in spite of the long years of existence of the All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, they had not been able to find credible personalities among their followers for national positions and offices. “The ACN particularly is reputed to always outsource its presidential candidate to the PDP. It is not surprising, therefore, that in the new party’s national executive, six of its 11 members, which is about 60 per cent were former chieftains of the PDP. “The real question is whether this is APC or PDP 2? This is the poser Nigerians will resolve as time goes on." Okupe reiterated that the membership and composition of the APC is nothing progressive. "They are ideologically ill-defined and seem to have come together for only one purpose, which is to grab power from the PDP and united on one sentiment which is their peculiar hatred for the person of President Goodluck Jonathan. "Is there an offence in being a President from a minority tribe? Those who cooperate with them from the North are not true mainstream northern politicians but rather anarchists and irredentists who

What was the name of the NASA rover that touched down on the surface of Mars Sunday night?

Touchdown! Huge NASA Rover Lands on Mars Touchdown! Huge NASA Rover Lands on Mars By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | August 6, 2012 01:30am ET MORE This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's biggest, most ambitious roving explorer landed on Mars Aug. 5 to investigate whether the Red Planet was ever habitable to life. Here's the latest: Curiosity Rover's Descent Images Reach Earth | Video PASADENA, Calif. — A car-size NASA rover touched down on the Martian surface late Sunday night (Aug. 5), executing a stunning series of maneuvers that seem pulled from the pages of a sci-fi novel. News of the 1-ton Curiosity rover 's successful landing came in at 10:31 p.m. PDT Sunday (1:31 a.m. EDT and 0517 GMT Monday), though the robot actually touched down inside Mars ' huge Gale Crater around 10:17 p.m. (It takes about 14 minutes for signals to travel from the Red Planet to Earth). "Touchdown confirmed. We're safe on Mars!" a mission controller announced to deafening cheers here at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Rover team members leapt to their feet to hug and high-five each other. Then, a few minutes later, Curiosity's first photo — a fuzzy thumbnail showing one of the huge rover's six wheels on the Martian surface — came down to Earth, sparking another eruption of emotion. Credit: NASA Curiosity survived a harrowing and unprecedented journey to the Red Planet's surface. After hurtling into the Martian atmosphere at 13,000 mph late Sunday (21,000 kph), Curiosity's spacecraft deployed an enormous supersonic parachute to slow down to 200 mph (320 kph) or so. The vehicle then fired rockets to slow its descent further, to less than 2 mph (3.2 kph). Then the craziness began. A rocket-powered sky crane lowered Curiosity to the Martian surface on cables, then flew off and crash-landed intentionally a safe distance away after the rover's six wheels hit the red dirt. The ambitious maneuver capped a landing sequence that NASA officials have dubbed " seven minutes of terror ."  With the landing, the Curiosity rover wrapped up an eight-month voyage across 352 million miles to reach Mars, where the robot now faces an ambitious two-year mission. Word of the touchdown came via NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, which relayed signals from Curiosity to Earth. Curiosity couldn't ping Earth directly, because Mars' rotation took the rover out of contact with our planet just before it landed. [ Photos: How Curiosity's Crazy Landing Works ] The successful landing is a huge moment for NASA and the future of robotic planetary exploration, which is imperiled by budget cuts. NASA is counting on Curiosity's $2.5 billion mission — which is officially known as the Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL — to generate excitement about the agency's exploration efforts and, perhaps, bring some of the lost funding back. "We're on Mars again," NASA chief Charlie Bolden said just minutes after Curiosity touched down. "It doesn't get any better than this." JPL technicians react to the news that Curiosity has landed on Mars, August 6, 2012. Credit: NASA TV Assessing Martian habitability Curiosity can now get to work. Its main task is to determine if the Gale Crater area is, or ever was, capable of supporting microbial life. It sports 10 scientific instruments to aid in this task, including a rock-zapping laser and gear that can identify organic compounds, the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it. A mysterious 3-mile-high (5 kilometer) mountain called Mount Sharp rises from Gale's center. Mount Sharp's many layers preserve a record of Mars' environmental conditions going back perhaps 1 billion years or more, scientists say. Curiosity will read these layers like a book to gain insights about how the Red Planet has changed over time. Mars-orbiting spacecraft have spotted signs of clays and sulfates — materials known to form in the presence of water — in Mount Sharp's lower reaches. Since all life on

Which property management group, the largest real estate investment group in the US, owns and operates the Northgate Mall?

Partners | Olshan Properties Olshan Properties Partners BLDG Management BLDG Management is a real estate company controlled by Lloyd Goldman. Mr. Goldman and Olshan Properties have partnered in various residential and commercial property joint ventures. BRT Realty Trust BRT Realty Trust (NYSE: BRT), has been active in the real estate finance business for over thirty years. BRT is recognized as a national leader in creative short term financing solutions for the commercial real estate industry, specializing in mortgage bridge loans and short-term commercial real estate loans. BRT and its founding members have been partners on numerous joint-ventures with Olshan Properties and its affiliates. Visit BRT Realty Trust online The Community Preservation Corporation CPC is a nationally recognized leader in helping developers finance and build affordable multi-family housing. CPC is sponsored by 70 prominent banks and insurance companies - the world's largest among them. In its 37 years CPC has financed more than 143,000 new or rehabbed units. CPC and Olshan Properties partnered on the acquisition and redevelopment of Parkchester in the Bronx, a property which Olshan Properties continues to asset manage on behalf of the partnership. Visit The Community Preservation Corporation online Feil Organization The Feil Organization, a New York City based real estate development and management firm, has successfully acquired, developed and managed over 26 million square feet of retail, commercial and industrial properties, over 5,000 residential rental units, as well as hundreds of net leased properties and thousands of acres of undeveloped land across the country. Olshan Properties has partnered with the Feil Organization in various residential and commercial property joint-ventures as well as being founding members of the RCG Longview series of debt and equity funds. Visit The Feil Organization online The Georgetown Group Founded in 1975, the Georgetown Group is a real estate owner, developer and joint venture partner in significant markets throughout the United States. Olshan Properties has partnered with Georgetown on various New York City commercial and residential properties as well as the 1.7m square foot Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio. Kimco Realty Kimco Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns and operates North America's largest portfolio of neighborhood and community shopping centers. As of June 30, 2011, the company owned interests in 946 shopping center properties comprising 138 million square feet of leasable space across 44 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and South America. Public since 1991, the company has specialized in shopping center acquisitions, development and management for 50 years. Olshan Properties has been a partner of Kimco for over thirty years, originally in the acquisition and then disposition of City Stores and currently in two retail developments in Philadelphia, PA Visit Kimco Realty online The Limited Brands Established in 1963 by Leslie H Wexner in Columbus Ohio, The Limited Brands operate over 2,600 stores throughout the United States, with products sold in over 800 company-owned and franchised locations worldwide. Limited Brands recorded sales of $9.6 billion in 2010 and employs more than 90,000 associates throughout the United States. The Limited Brands and Olshan Properties are partners in the 1.7m square foot Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio. Visit The Limited Brands online Malkin Holdings Established in 1934, Malkin Properties and its affiliates own and manage over 14 million square feet of office, retail, residential and warehouse/distribution properties located in 15 states. Malkin and Olshan Properties have been partners for over thirty years, most not

What former basketball player and shoe salesman lends his signature to every pair of Converse All-Star sneakers?

The Original All Star The Original All Star Chuck Taylor’s distinctive signature is emblazoned across millions of ankles worldwide; this is the story of the man and the canvas sneakers he’s synonymous with. Chuck Taylor in his later years. Compared to today’s top basketball shoes, sneakers that look more like technological marvels than footwear, the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star basketball shoe looks almost primitive. A rubber sole, a canvas top. That’s it. No lights in the heels, no air pumps, just white laces and a rubber toe cap. Still, this simple shoe has played on more basketball courts around the world than all the Nike Air Jordans and Reebok Pumps put together. More than 550 million pairs of All Stars have been produced since 1917, the equivalent of two pairs for every man, woman, and child in America. Once known as one of the more expensive shoes among athletic footwear, the All Star is now one of the least expensive basketball shoes — and a viable choice for those who want their sneakers made in the USA.* While basketball was evolving through its “cage” years (from the turn of the century in the late 1920’s most professional basketball games were played in enclosed wire or rope cages), their shoes were also evolving. According to Robert W. Peterson’s book “Cages to Jump Shots,” the earliest ballplayers wore a standard gymnasium shoe — a hi-topped leather-soled shoe. By 1900, A.G. Spalding had developed the first “basketball” shoes — a canvas hi-top with a pitted rubber sole for traction purposes. Meanwhile, the Converse Rubber Shoe Company, on the strength of its early products — namely rubber boots and automobile tires — was establishing itself in the marketplace. By 1917, after successfully developing a canvas-topped tennis shoe, Converse created the “All Star,” its first basketball shoe. Sales were slow at first — Converse not only had to compete with Spalding, but also with tire companies U.S. Rubber and Goodrich, who were also entering the athletic footwear market — but the company persisted. In 1921, Converse hired a former athlete to help sell its shoes — Charles “Chuck” Taylor, a pre-World War I high school basketball star who later barnstormed with several teams, including the Original Celtics and the Akron Firestones. In 1921, Taylor went to Converse’s Chicago office in search of an offseason job, and was hired by salesman Bob Pletz, a sportsman who was looking for athletes to help improve the company’s canvas sneakers. Taylor offered some suggestions and modifications, which were implemented in 1921. Two years later, the sneaker underwent another modification — Chuck Taylor’s facsimile signature was added to the logo. [actually 1932, Ed.] Chuck Taylor’s signature still appears on the inside patch of every high top Chuck Taylor shoe. Taylor proved to be a better shoe salesman than anyone at Converse could have imagined. Every year, Taylor drove to high schools and YMCAs across America, working with the local coaches and selling Converse All-Stars out of the trunk of his car. “Chuck’s gimmick,” says former Converse president Steve Stone, “was to go to a small town, romance the coach, and put on a clinic. He would teach basketball and work with the local sporting goods dealer, but without encroaching on the coach’s own system.” “Chuck’s route never varied,” said former Converse chairman Gib Ford, who had worked with Taylor when both were on the sales route. “He would stay at the same motels, meet with the same friends, eat at the same restaurants. He was a down-to-earth, regular guy who had a charming way about him. People liked Chuck because what he was doing was great for them and great for the sport.” During World War II, while Converse was making the A6 Flying Boot for the Air Force, Chuck Taylor continued to promote the All Star sneaker among the enlisted men as a fitness consultant to the United States Armed Forces. To this day, the All Star is still defined in the military supply system, and is covered by Military Specification MIL-S-43961. National Stock Number 8430-00-257-3759 is still a size

In geology, what is the process by which organic material is turned to stone by naturally impregnating it with silica or iron and sulfur?

Geological and Mineralogical Glossary Dictionary     Accretion: The accumulation of sediment by deposition, often occurring along a shoreline or in a river delta.   Acicular: A mineral growth formation consisting of fine needle-like crystals.   Adamantine: Having a brilliant luster like that of a Diamond.   Adit: A passage, or opening, driven into a mine from a hill or mountainside.   Adularescence: A white or silver blue iridescent haze displayed by moonstone and other gems. The adularescent sheen resembles a cloud of light that appears within the gem when it is turned to a certain angle.   Aggregate: A grouping of crystals. Or, a mineral habit where the crystals are packed closely together so they resemble grains, with the crystal structure not easily discernible.   Albitite: A porphyritic dike rock that is coarse-grained and composed almost entirely of albite. Common accessory minerals are muscovite, garnet, apatite, quartz, and opaque oxides.   Alkaline: An alkaline rock contains more than average amounts of potassium and sodium bearing minerals.   Allochromatic: Pertaining to color resultant from a mineral impurity, such as minor chemical substitutions or radiation damage.   Alloy: Combining two or more metals to increase durability, ductility, and other desirable properties.   Alluvial Deposit: An accumulation of dense mineral grains at the bottom of a sediment pile by the weathering action of a moving fluid such as water or wind. Or, gem deposits found in water after they have been separated from the mother or host rock.   Alpha and Beta Quartz: Quartz is the most stable and most common form of silica. Beta Quartz is only stable at temperatures above 1063� F (573� C). Thus, all Quartz specimens we see are Alpha Quartz. Once a sample of Beta Quartz is lowered below the above-mentioned temperature, it automatically transforms into Alpha Quartz. However, it preserves the original shape, but decreases in symmetry and adds some trigonal faces. Occasionally, in specific circumstances, the Beta Quartz transforms into Alpha Quartz without losing symmetry, and therefore does not add the trigonal faces. Such specimens are shaped as bipyramidal hexagons, and are sold by dealers as "Beta Quartz". They obviously cannot be Beta Quartz at the current temperature, but are Alpha Quartz paramorphs of Beta Quartz.   Amber: A prehistoric fossil resin that usually has plants and other debris, including insects trapped inside which then hardens over thousands of years, usually found underground in areas what used to be deep forest vegetation.   Ambroid ~ Amberoid: Manmade reconstructed or pressed Amber. It is produced by melting small bits of Amber together under pressure.�   Amorphous: Not having form. There is no internal or regular crystalline structure, such as with Amber or Jet.   Amphibole: A mineral group that consists of common, dark-colored, rock-forming silicate minerals, such as Hornblende, Tremolite, and Actinolite. Some fine crystals can be rather fibrous, almost asbestos-like.   Amulet ~ Talisman: An object sometimes fashioned and engraved with a symbol that is believed to provide magical, medicinal, or protective power. Synonym: Talisman.   Amygdule ~ Amygdale: A formation which occurs when the gas bubbles or vesicles in volcanic lava or other extrusive igneous rocks are infilled with a secondary mineral such as Calcite, Quartz, Chlorite or one of the Zeolites.   Andesite: An extrusive igneous rock consisting primarily of plagioclase feldspars, plus pyroxene and/or hornblende.   Anhedral: This refers to a crystal with no well-formed external faces.   Anhydrous: Lacking any water.   Anion: A negatively charged ion that is attracted to the positively charged anode of an electrolyte cell.   Aplite: A fine-grained, light-colored intrusive granitic rock consisting primarily of feldspar and quartz.   Appraisal: An evaluation performed by a licensed gemologist to determine the value of a gem or item of jewelry.   Arborescent: Minerals having a treelike form with branches similar to the ones on a tree.   Argillacious:

August 9th is the anniversary of the resignation of one Richard Milhous Nixon from the office of the President of the United States of America. In what year did this happen?

Nixon's Resignation: 40 Years Later - The Atlantic The Atlantic See our Newsletters > Nixon's Resignation: 40 Years Later Arthur Schlesinger, Hunter S. Thompson, Seymour Hersh, Elizabeth Drew, Evan Thomas, and others on the fall of a president and its aftermath, from The Atlantic archives AP/Noah Gordon/The Atlantic Print Text Size On the evening of August 8, 1974, Richard Milhous Nixon sat at his desk in the Oval Office and announced that he was resigning the office of the president. The next day, he submitted his letter of resignation to Henry Kissinger and left for Yorba Linda, California. In his immediate wake, Nixon left a shattered and confused nation, a host of spurned aides, and an accidental president. The fallout from Watergate stripped the nation of its political innocence, revolutionized executive power, and bequeathed a range of new reforms. It sent a huge new crop of politicians to Washington. It marked the American vocabulary, producing a range of new expressions and one durable naming scheme for scandals. We're still grappling with the scandal today: In every debate about executive power  or campaign-finance law  or White House press management , Nixon looms in the background, glowering under his perpetually furrowed brow.  Nixon has been a frequent presence in the pages of The Atlantic over the decades. The archival material retains its ability to shock—an important riposte to the disheartening  majority of Americans who today say they believe Watergate was business as usual and little more than a political kerfuffle. Here are a few pieces that show how the magazine covered the 37th president and how understandings of Nixon have changed over the years.   Nixonland, Before the Fall Who was the real Richard Nixon, and how did he come to oversee a vast criminal operation from the Oval Office? Richard Nixon meets with Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office in 1973. (Jim Palmer/AP) The ink was barely dry on President Gerald Ford's pardon of his predecessor when the author and attorney George V. Higgins—who represented, among others, Watergate Plumber G. Gordon Liddy— penned a jeremiad against Nixon's dishonesty in the November 1974 issue. For Higgins, one clear sign of Nixon's character was the way he treated those around him who trusted and relied on him—right on down to the American people. Your run-of-the-mill liar, your journeyman perjurer, comes a cropper because he tries too hard to please, and thus, like John Mitchell denying political activity as head of the Committee to ReElect the President, finally delivers himself of a fib so incredible that it reduces the listener to helpless laughter. But the Nixon School of Lying was erected on the premise that people will hear what they want to hear, and all you have to do is give them something, some minimally committing murmur which will seem to deny what they shrink from asserting, some palliating remark which will seem to declare what they find repugnant to deny. .... The President thought we were all stupid. He fell back upon his inveterate practice of being a tactician when he should have been a philosopher, concerned, to the exclusion of what was right, solely with what would work. Yet Nixon's downfall wasn't just his dishonesty. It was his paranoia and love for dirty tricks that had gotten Nixon into trouble—after all, the coverup may have been what finally snagged him, but the crimes were egregious and many. A 1982 article , drawn from a book by legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, offered some insight into the rampant paranoia in the White House and the utter lack of moral reservation among the president and his aides about wiretapping, even before the Watergate break-in: It is only against this background of distrust and intrigue that the earliest group of White House wiretaps can be assessed. The first man to be wiretapped was Halperin, whose home telephone was under surveillance shortly after 6 P.M. on the evening of May 9, three days before Attorney General Mitchell formally signed the FBI authorization for the tap. Three other wiretaps—

On August 9, 1944, The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring what iconic hat wearing, shovel carrying character for the first time?

Today in History... - Page 93 Fun & Games Today in History... If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. August 4 70 – The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus by his father and associated to the throne aged eight. 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: Emperor W�ndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy. 1265 – Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham – the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies. 1327 – First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England. 1532 – the Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France. 1578 – Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir – the Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal. 1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne, although he actually did not have anything to do with sparkling wine. 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles. 1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths. 1789 – In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges. 1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard). 1791 – The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars. 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato. 1821 – Atkinson & Alexander publish The Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper. 1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Turkish and Greek forces. 1854 – The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships. 1863 – Matica slovensk�, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin. 1873 – American Indian Wars: while protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Sioux near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed. 1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. 1902 – The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens. 1906 – Central railway station, Sydney opens. 1914 – World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States declare their neutrality. 1915 – World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarn�w Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915. 1924 – Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established. 1936 – Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime. 1944 – The Holocaust: a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others. 1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 are killed and 20,000 are left homeless. 1947 – The Supreme Court of Japan is established. 1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is published f

For a point each, name the 2 countries that share a physical border with the Republic of El Salvador.

Geography of El Salvador Population: 6,071,774 (July 2011 estimate) Border Countries: Guatemala and Honduras Area: 8,124 square miles (21,041 sq km) Coastline: 191 miles (307 km) Highest Point: Cerro el Pital at 8,956 feet (2,730 m) El Salvador is a country located in Central America between Guatemala and Honduras. Its capital and largest city is San Salvador and the country is known as being the smallest but most densely populated country in Central America. The population density of El Salvador is 747 people per square mile or 288.5 people per square kilometer. History of El Salvador It is believed that the Pipil Indians were the first people to inhabit what is present-day El Salvador. These people were descendents of the Aztec , Pocomames and Lencas. The first Europeans to visit El Salvador were the Spanish. On May 31, 1522 the Spanish Admiral Andres Nino and his expedition landed on Meanguera Island, a territory of El Salvador located in the Gulf of Fonseca (U.S. Department of State). continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge Two years later in 1524 Spain's Captain Pedro de Alvarado started a war to conquer Cuscatlán and in 1525 he conquered El Salvador and formed the village of San Salvador. Following its conquer by Spain, El Salvador grew considerably. By 1810 however, the citizens of El Salvador began to push for independence. On September 15, 1821 El Salvador and the other Spanish provinces in Central America declared their independence from Spain. In 1822 many of these provinces joined with Mexico and although El Salvador initially pushed for independence among Central America's countries it joined the United Provinces of Central America in 1823. In 1840 however the United Provinces of Central America dissolved and El Salvador became fully independent. After becoming independent, El Salvador was plagued by political and social unrest as well as many frequent revolutions. In 1900, some peace and stability was achieved and lasted until 1930. Beginning in 1931, El Salvador became ruled by a number of different military dictatorships which lasted until 1979. During the 1970s, the country was marred by severe political, social and economic problems. As a result of its many problems a coup d'état or government overthrow occurred in October 1979 and a civil war followed from 1980 to 1992. In January 1992 a series of peace agreements ended the war which killed over 75,000 people. Government of El Salvador Today El Salvador is considered a republic and its capital city is San Salvador. The executive branch of the country's government consists of a chief of state and a head of government, both of whom are the country's president. El Salvador's legislative branch is made up of a unicameral Legislative Assembly, while its judicial branch consists of a Supreme Court. El Salvador is divided into 14 departments for local administration. Economics and Land Use in El Salvador El Salvador currently has one of the largest economies in Central America and in 2001 it adopted the United States' dollar as its official national currency. The main industries in the country are food processing, beverage manufacturing, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture and light metals. Agriculture also plays a role in the economy of El Salvador and the main products of that industry are coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum, beef and dairy products. Geography and Climate of El Salvador With an area of just 8,124 square miles (21,041 sq km), El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. It has 191 miles (307 km) of coastline along the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Fonseca and it is situated between Honduras and Guatemala ( map ). The topography of El Salvador consists mainly of mountains, but the country does have a narrow, relatively flat coastal belt and a central plateau. The highest point in El Salvador is Cerro el Pital at 8,956 feet (2,730 m) and it is located in the northern part of the country on the border with Honduras. Because El Salvador is located not far from the e

What can be a brand of shoe polish, a fruit, or a bird?

KIWI. It's a bird, it's a shoe polish - no, it's a small, hairy brown fruit with emerald-green brilliance inside - CSMonitor.com KIWI. It's a bird, it's a shoe polish - no, it's a small, hairy brown fruit with emerald-green brilliance inside By John Edward Young, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor September 5, 1984 Save for later Saved When I was a youngster and my mother sent me to the store for kiwi, I came home with shoe polish. There wasn't any choice. Not anymore. When New Zealand kiwifruit hit the international market several years ago, it quickly became the darling of nouvelle cuisine. Chefs fell for it instantly - which is not surprising. A slice of round, clear, emerald-green fruit sprinkled with tiny black seeds looks like a jewel, has a delicious, not-too-sweet taste, and a touch of exotica. ''It's the only naturally green edible fruit,'' says Winifred Morice, a spokeswoman for the New Zealand Kiwifruit Authority. ''Of course there are limes , but nobody sits down and eats a lime. The fact that it isn't too sweet makes it complimentary to both sweet and savory dishes,'' she adds. Photos of the Day Photos of the day 02/08 Although this egg-shaped little fruit - named after New Zealand's indigenous flightless, nocturnal bird - is growing more popular, Ms. Morice thinks nature's little way of packaging has held it back somewhat. ''Many people don't realize that the beautiful green fruit they've seen in color photographs in magazines is inside that brown fuzzy skin.'' She has heard it described as everything from a turtle egg or old tennis ball to a fruit with hair. But most people aren't too sure what it is in its unpeeled state. ''We were at a food conference last year in Chicago,'' Ms. Morice recalls. ''Although most people knew what they were when we handed them out, one man refused to try it and dismissed it with, 'No thank you. That's that strange vegetable from South America.' '' Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinesis) is thought to be from the Yangtze Valley in China. The grapelike vines were introduced to New Zealand about 80 years ago. Most kiwifruit comes from New Zealand to California by way of surface mail. From there it is shipped around the country. It is also grown in California. Israel, too, is growing it and will be harvesting its first crop this year. But there's not much rivalry between the established growers of New Zealand and the budding California industry. ''There's no conflict, because the season for New Zealand fruit is May to October and in California it's from November to April,'' Ms. Morice says. ''New Zealand growers often host California growers and help them out as well.'' She suggests that kiwis may be bought when the fruit is firm, but should not be eaten until they begin to soften. They will soften at room temperature in one to three weeks but may be kept in the refrigerator up to six months. Ripening may be quickened by placing the fruit in a plastic bag with an apple or banana. Both emit ethylene gas, which will ripen the kiwi in a few days. ''But don't forget to peel them before you eat them,'' Ms. Morice warns. ''And if you whip them up in a blender for a drink, don't process them too long or the seeds will break down and the kiwi will turn gray,'' she adds. ''I like to put a peeled kiwi in the blender with a glass of orange juice, whip it up for a few seconds, pour it into a glass, and top it off with club soda,'' she says. Here is another of Ms. Morice's kiwi recipes. Chinese Kiwifruit Salad 2 whole chicken breasts, steamed, boned, skinned, and shredded 1/4 cup soy dressing (recipe follows) 1/2 pound cooked shrimps 1 can (8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained 1 medium cucumber, sliced 4 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced 3 green onions (scallions) sliced diagonally 1 medium head lettuce Saute almonds in butter until golden. Remove and drain on paper towel. Combine chicken with soy dressing. Chill at least one hour. Arrange almonds, chicken, shrimps, water chestnuts, cucumber, kiwifruit, green onions, and lettuce in separate bowls. Let guests design their own salads on beds

Air Jordan, first introduced in 1985, are a brand of shoes made by what shoe company?

Air Jordans Shoes, Basketball Shoes, LeBron, KOBE, WADE, Nike All Products ... Nike Air Jordan Shoes Jordan shoes Like Michael Jordan 2012 Jordan Retros iconic style of high-performance basketball shoes, Jordan shoes in any season and for any occasion. Since they released in 1985, Jordan shoes in the world of sports shoes has become a dominate. Unique amalgam of innovative technologies, sweet design details and fresh color combinations line of sports shoes, exclude the courts and the streets. Whether you are looking for the freshest kicks to dominate the basketball court or the pavement, the Air Jordan shoes give you the look and feel you deserve. Every Jordan retro shoes has a story - from "shooting" Jordan Retro IV sports shoes Jordan Retro VI shoes Michael Jordan's first championship. Nike has a top-of-the-line technology, built-in the latest flight performance of the shoes to provide you with the advantage on the pitch, the way of life of the shoe to provide the freshest colors and design. Game Jordan sneakers, Jordan garment unique appearance, you will be proud to call their own. Do not forget to check the Jordan sandals and sale Jordan shoes in hundreds of styles, sizes and colors, men and children. The sales quantity and market demand for AIR JORDAN shoes far ahead than other products. Set the standard of higher grade of design and innovative. The core of the product is the perfect combination of sportsman and technology. The basketball legend Michael Jordan and the basketball shoes go with his magnificent career. Air Jordan named by Michael Jordan--the most famous NBA star in the world. Michael Jordan was indentured to a small sports article manufacturers Nike at that time in 1985. Nike then presented the first model � Air Jordan series shoes � which name by Jordan. Nobody ever thought that was the beginning of mythology although this model with strange color matching and novel technologies. After 20 years, Air Jordan shoes become the best basketball shoes in the world. While Jordan has experienced two times comeback and three times retire. Air Jordan encountered numerous disturbances in the twenty years. In order to draw a conclusion for Air Jordan series shoes, Nike in particular the introduction of the Air Jordan Basket series: Air Jordan XX on that special days. Although the appearance of Air Jordan XX have some strange, but undeniably we know it has the special meaning which other shoes can never be compared. Now days, Nike Air Jordan shoes are no longer strange for most basketball shoes fans. But the meaning of Air Jordan XX which introduced in 2005 can never forget. It was an additional language for pattern on uppers. It shows the numerous disturbances in the past twenty years. It also the glory days for Jordan and his Air Jordan shoes. �

Who was the mythical Greek king of Thebes who killed his father so he could marry his mother?

Oedipus | Greek mythology | Britannica.com Greek mythology Antigone Oedipus, in Greek mythology , the king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Homer related that Oedipus’s wife and mother hanged herself when the truth of their relationship became known, though Oedipus apparently continued to rule at Thebes until his death. In the post-Homeric tradition, most familiar from Sophocles ’ Oedipus Rex (or Oedipus the King) and Oedipus at Colonus, there are notable differences in emphasis and detail. Oedipus and the Sphinx, interior of an Attic red-figured … Album/Oronoz/SuperStock According to one version of the story, Laius, king of Thebes, was warned by an oracle that his son would slay him. Accordingly, when his wife, Jocasta ( Iocaste ; in Homer, Epicaste), bore a son, he had the baby exposed (a form of infanticide ) on Cithaeron . (Tradition has it that his name, which means “Swollen-Foot,” was a result of his feet having been pinned together, but modern scholars are skeptical of that etymology.) A shepherd took pity on the infant, who was adopted by King Polybus of Corinth and his wife and was brought up as their son. In early manhood Oedipus visited Delphi and upon learning that he was fated to kill his father and marry his mother, he resolved never to return to Corinth. The blind Oedipus asks Creon to banish him from Thebes. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Traveling toward Thebes, he encountered Laius, who provoked a quarrel in which Oedipus killed him. Continuing on his way, Oedipus found Thebes plagued by the Sphinx , who put a riddle to all passersby and destroyed those who could not answer. Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx killed herself. In reward, he received the throne of Thebes and the hand of the widowed queen, his mother, Jocasta. They had four children: Eteocles, Polyneices, Antigone , and Ismene. Later, when the truth became known, Jocasta committed suicide, and Oedipus (according to another version), after blinding himself, went into exile, accompanied by Antigone and Ismene, leaving his brother-in-law Creon as regent. Oedipus died at Colonus near Athens , where he was swallowed into the earth and became a guardian hero of the land. Similar Topics

What Latin phrase, which translates as "by the fact itself", is taken to mean that a certain phenomenon is a direct consequence, a resultant effect, of the action in question?

Power of Words Power of Words Of words and words that fill my mind. Thursday, February 18, 2016 Legal Terms and Definitions (Legal Technique and Logic) Our first discussion in Legal Technique and Logic was definition of legal terms. I tried looking up for a comprehensive guide on the internet, but failed. So, to help future law student and non-law students as well, I kept the list that I made. These are collaborated definitions from various sources, both print and online. Good luck! Hope you will learn something. --ADMISSION The order of a competent court or magistrate that a person accused of crime be discharged from actual custody upon the taking of bail. The act by which attorneys and counsellors become recognized as officers of the court and are allowed to practice.  Admission or concession by a party in pleading or as evidence. **The term "admission" is usually applied to civil transactions and to those matters of fact in criminal cases which do not involve criminal intent, while the term "confession" is generally restricted to acknowledgments of guilt. An "admission" as applied in criminal cases is the avowal of a fact or of circumstances from which guilt may be inferred, but only tending to prove the offense charged, and not amounting to a confession of guilt. Direct, called also express, admissions are those which are made in direct terms. Implied admissions are those which result from some act or failure to act of the party. Incidental admissions are those made in some other connection, or involved in the admission of some other fact. Judicial admissions are those made in court by a person's attorney for the purpose of being used as a substitute for the regular legal evidence of the facts at the trial. The acknowledgment or recognition by one party of the truth of some matter alleged by the opposite party, made in a pleading, the effect of which is to narrow the area of facts or allegations required to be proved by evidence. --ADVERSE PARTY to notice of appeal is every party whose interest in relation to the judgment or decree appealed from is in conflict with the modification or reversal sought by the appeal. Every party interested in sustaining the judgment or decree. A party who, by the pleadings, is arrayed on the opposite side. A written or printed declaration or statement of facts, made voluntarily, and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, taken before an officer having authority to administer such oath. that the defendant has a good defense to the plaintiff's action on the merits. The statements required in such an affidavit vary considerably in the different states where they are required. --AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE In code pleading. New matter constituting a defense; new matter which, assuming the complaint to be true, constitutes a defense to it. --ALLEGATA ET PROBATA Lat. Things alleged and proved. The allegations made by a party to a suit, and the proof adduced in their support. --AMICUS CURIAE A by-stander (usually a counsellor) who interposes and volunteers information upon some matter of law in regard to which the judge is doubtful or mistaken. Also a person who has no right to appear in a suit but is allowed to introduce argument, authority, or evidence to protect his interests. --ANSWER As a verb, the word denotes an assumption of liability, as to "answer" for the debt or default of another. Strictly speaking, it is a pleading by which defendant in suit at law endeavors to resist the plaintiff's demand by an allegation of facts, either denying allegations of plaintiff's complaint or confessing them and alleging new matter in avoidance, which defendant alleges should prevent recovery on facts alleged by plaintiff. Defense in writing, made by a defendant to the allegations contained in a bill or information filed by the plaintiff against him. In general terms a resort to an upper court or tribunal. A rehearing by a superior court on both law and fact, a process of civil law origin, and the usual and appropriate mode of review for cases originating in a court of equity. The remov

“From the Halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles” promises which branch of the US military?

From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shore of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for. - Documents Documents of 11 ×Close Share From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shore of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for. Embed <iframe src="http://docslide.us/embed/from-the-halls-of-montezuma-to-the-shore-of-tripoli-we-fight-our-countrys.html" width="750" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://docslide.us/documents/from-the-halls-of-montezuma-to-the-shore-of-tripoli-we-fight-our-countrys.html" title="From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shore of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for." target="_blank">From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shore of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for.</a></div> size(px) start on Link From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shore of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for. by gabriel-collins Comments Description Download From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shore of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for. Transcript From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shore of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title of United States Marines. Our flag’s unfurled to every breeze From dawn to setting sun; We have fought in every clime and place Where we could take a gun; In the snow of far off northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes; You will find us always on the job The United States Marines. Here’s to health and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve; In many a strife we’ve fought for life And never lost our nerve; If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven’s scenes; They will find our streets are guarded by United States Marines.

What serial killer, who buried the remains of 26 of his victims in his Chicago crawl space, was known as the "Killer Clown"?

Serial Killers Fast Facts - CNN.com Serial Killers Fast Facts CNN Library Updated 6:36 PM ET, Sat August 13, 2016 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Infamous serial killers John Wayne Gacy killed 33 men and boys between 1972 and 1978. Many of his victims, mostly drifters and runaways, were buried in a crawlspace beneath his suburban Chicago home. Here's a look at some other notorious convicted serial killers. Hide Caption 1 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Jeffery Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms for the murders of 17 men and boys in the Milwaukee area between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer had sex with the corpses of his victims and kept the body parts of others, some of which he ate. Dahmer and another prison inmate were beaten to death during a work detail in November 1994. Hide Caption 2 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Law enforcement officers meet in San Francisco in 1969 to compare notes on the Zodiac Killer, who is believed to have killed five people in 1968 and 1969. The killer gained notoriety by writing several letters to police boasting of the slayings. He claimed to have killed as many as 37 people and has never been caught. Hide Caption 3 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Authorities said DNA recovered from the body of Mary Sullivan matches that of her suspected killer, the confessed Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo. After a sample was secretly collected from a relative, DeSalvo's body was exhumed in July 2013 for more DNA testing. From mid-1962 to early 1964, the Boston Strangler killed at least 13 women. DeSalvo was stabbed to death in 1973 while serving a prison sentence for rape. Hide Caption 4 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Ed Gein killed at least two women and dug up the corpses of several others from a cemetery in Wisconsin, using their skin and body parts to make clothing and household objects in the 1950s. Hide Caption 5 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers In 1973, Juan Corona, a California farm laborer, was sentenced to 25 consecutive life sentences for the murders of 25 people found hacked to death in shallow graves. Hide Caption 6 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Joseph Paul Franklin was convicted in 1997 of murdering Gerald Gordon outside a St. Louis synagogue in 1977. Franklin was also convicted of at least five other murders, receiving a string of life sentences, but he suggested that he was responsible for 22 murders. He was best known for shooting Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, who was paralyzed from the attack. Franklin was executed in November 2013. Hide Caption 7 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers In 1977, David Berkowitz, also known as Son of Sam, confessed to the murders of six people in New York City. Berkowitz, now serving six consecutive 25-to-life sentences, claimed that a demon spoke to him through a neighbor's dog. Hide Caption 8 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Cousins Kenneth Bianchi, seen here, and Angelo Buono were charged with the murders of nine women between 1977 and 1978. Also known as the Hillside Stranglers, the cousins sexually assaulted and sometimes tortured their victims, leaving their bodies on roadsides in the hills of Southern California. Hide Caption 9 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Wayne Williams killed at least two men between 1979 and 1981, and police believed he might have been responsible for more than 20 other deaths in the Atlanta area. Williams was convicted and sentenced to two life terms in 1982. Hide Caption 10 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers After serving 15 years for murdering his mother, Henry Lee Lucas was convicted in 1985 in nine more murders. Lucas was the only inmate spared from execution by Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Hide Caption 11 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker, was convicted of 13 murders and sentenced to death in California in 1989. The self-proclaimed devil worshiper found his victims in quiet neighborhoods and entered their homes through unlocked windows and door

Bengal, Sumatran, and Siberian are all types of what?

Information and Facts about Tigers and Types of Tigers and Where they come from. Types of Tigers I – Siberian tigers Siberian tigers are muscular, packed with large heads and powerful forelimbs. Their colors vary from orange to brown that are splashed with white areas and black stripes. Their faces have long whiskers that are longer in male tigers, featuring eyes that don rounded pupils that have been accentuated by yellow irises. The ears, however, are small and rounded with black markings that surround white areas called ocelli, which are not decorative but actually contribute to communication within the species. The stripe pattern is different in each tiger. The markings are so unique, like human fingerprints, that researchers actually use them to identify a particular tiger.You may have heard of scientists trying to follow up what has happened to one particular tiger they have encountered before. The stripes could also be used as a means of camouflage, which is advantageous when they silently follow and pounce at their prey. The tiger, among large cats, has the most varied size even when compared to leopards and lions. II – Bengal tigers The tiger has nine subspecies. Three of these are already extinct. The historical range of tigers all across Asia is now significantly smaller. The surviving subspecies of the Pathera tigris trigris, which is popularly known by its common name, Bengal tiger can be found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. It is still the subspecies with the most living individuals left, even with its mere 2,500 adult tiger population. Bengal tigers can be found in alluvial grasslands, rainforests of both the tropical and subtropical kinds, mangroves, deciduous forests and scrub forests. Male Bengal tigers can reach up to 270 to 310 centimeters (110 to 120 inches) while the females reach up to 240 to 265 centimeters (94 to 104 inches). The males are also heavier, at 175 to 260 kilograms (390 to 570 pounds), while the females weigh around 100 to 181 kilograms (220 to 400 pounds). Places also have an effect on the weight and length of the Bengal tiger, with those living in Nepal and India growing to become the largest bunch. Project Tiger was established in India in 1972. This project was launched by those concerned about the tiger population in the hopes of ensuring that it would remain viable. This effort does not only have biological but also cultural importance. Ironically, culture is partly to blame for poaching. There is an illegal demand for tigers' body parts, especially their bones, which can be used to create Traditional Chinese medicine. From the years of 1994 to 2009, there have been 893 cases of tiger killing as reported by the Wildlife Protection Society of India. This really shows the dangers that the tigers are always facing. There are some efforts to conserve the tiger population, however, as in the case of special conservation areas such as the one found within the Terai Arc Landscape. Such a conservation area aims to treat tigers as one meta-population or one population despite the fact that they are not exactly living together in one broad area. Another goal is for the species to have a conserved habitat that could be put forward as a rural development plan. In Nepal, a tourism and county project is aiming to not only promote the tiger population but also to regenerate forests that have been stripped down. Would these efforts be enough to save the tigers? Only time and our continued efforts will tell. III – Indochinese tigers The Panthera tigris corbetti, more commonly known as the Indochinese tiger, can be found in several Asian countries such as Burma, Cambodia, Laos, China, Vietnam and Thailand. They are darker in color and smaller in size than Bengal tigers but they are not lightweights either, with their capacity to reach the maximum weight of 420 pounds for males and 310 pounds for females. Indochinese tigers prefer to live in forests in areas that are either hilly or mountainous. There aren't a lot of these tigers anymore. The government estimates the subspecies population

In the Peanuts comic strip, which of Snoopy's brothers wears a fedora and lives in the California desert?

Spike | Peanuts Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Siblings : Snoopy , Andy , Olaf , Belle , Marbles , Molly and Rover The first appearance of Spike in the strip from August 13, 1975. Spike is a main character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz . He is Snoopy 's brother who lives alone in the California desert. He first appeared in the strip from August 13, 1975 and has appeared in Peanuts more frequently than any other of Snoopy's siblings . Spike has whiskers which look like a mustache and always wears a hat. He is very skinny in appearance. History Spike is first mentioned on August 4, 1975, when he sends Snoopy a letter saying that he is coming to visit. He is first shown on August 13, and everybody is shocked to see how skinny he is, due to the fact that the coyotes he lives with, don't share any food with him. Originally, he lived with coyotes, but they mistreated Spike, so he moved out, and moved somewhere close to the city of Needles, California, where he lives by himself, with a cactus for company. However, he sometimes leaves Needles to visit Snoopy. At first, Spike was a minor character, but as time past, Spike started appearing more frequently. By the 1990s, Spike had arguably become a major character. In a series of strips from 1996, desperate for a dog of his own, Rerun van Pelt invites Spike to become his pet. After a lengthy trek, Spike arrives at Rerun's home.  He does not stay, as Rerun is surprised by how skinny Spike is.

Construction began on 13 Aug 1961 on an 87 mile long barrier dividing what city?

Berlin is divided - Aug 13, 1961 - HISTORY.com Berlin is divided Publisher A+E Networks Shortly after midnight on this day in 1961, East German soldiers begin laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section of the city. After World War II, defeated Germany was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation. The city of Berlin, though technically part of the Soviet zone, was also split, with the Soviets taking the eastern part of the city. After a massive Allied airlift in June 1948 foiled a Soviet attempt to blockade West Berlin, the eastern section was drawn even more tightly into the Soviet fold. Over the next 12 years, cut off from its western counterpart and basically reduced to a Soviet satellite, East Germany saw between 2.5 million and 3 million of its citizens head to West Germany in search of better opportunities. By 1961, some 1,000 East Germans–including many skilled laborers, professionals and intellectuals–were leaving every day. In August, Walter Ulbricht, the Communist leader of East Germany, got the go-ahead from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to begin the sealing off of all access between East and West Berlin. Soldiers began the work over the night of August 12-13, laying more than 100 miles of barbed wire slightly inside the East Berlin border. The wire was soon replaced by a six-foot-high, 96-mile-long wall of concrete blocks, complete with guard towers, machine gun posts and searchlights. East German officers known as Volkspolizei (“Volpos”) patrolled the Berlin Wall day and night. Many Berlin residents on that first morning found themselves suddenly cut off from friends or family members in the other half of the city. Led by their mayor, Willi Brandt, West Berliners demonstrated against the wall, as Brandt criticized Western democracies, particularly the United States, for failing to take a stand against it. President John F. Kennedy had earlier said publicly that the United States could only really help West Berliners and West Germans, and that any kind of action on behalf of East Germans would only result in failure. The Berlin Wall was one of the most powerful and iconic symbols of the Cold War. In June 1963, Kennedy gave his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” (“I am a Berliner”) speech in front of the Wall, celebrating the city as a symbol of freedom and democracy in its resistance to tyranny and oppression. The height of the Wall was raised to 10 feet in 1970 in an effort to stop escape attempts, which at that time came almost daily. From 1961 to 1989, a total of 5,000 East Germans escaped; many more tried and failed. High profile shootings of some would-be defectors only intensified the Western world’s hatred of the Wall. Finally, in the late 1980s, East Germany, fueled by the decline of the Soviet Union, began to implement a number of liberal reforms. On November 9, 1989, masses of East and West Germans alike gathered at the Berlin Wall and began to climb over and dismantle it. As this symbol of Cold War repression was destroyed, East and West Germany became one nation again, signing a formal treaty of unification on October 3, 1990. Related Videos

On August 12, 1908, the first of over 15 million of what landmark automobile rolled off the assembly line?

Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T - Oct 01, 1908 - HISTORY.com Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T Share this: Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T Author Ford Motor Company unveils the Model T URL Publisher A+E Networks On October 1, 1908, the first production Model T Ford is completed at the company’s Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build some 15 million Model T cars. It was the longest production run of any automobile model in history until the Volkswagen Beetle surpassed it in 1972. Before the Model T, cars were a luxury item: At the beginning of 1908, there were fewer than 200,000 on the road. Though the Model T was fairly expensive at first (the cheapest one initially cost $825, or about $18,000 in today’s dollars), it was built for ordinary people to drive every day. It had a 22-horsepower, four-cylinder engine and was made of a new kind of heat-treated steel, pioneered by French race car makers, that made it lighter (it weighed just 1,200 pounds) and stronger than its predecessors had been. It could go as fast as 40 miles per hour and could run on gasoline or hemp-based fuel. (When oil prices dropped in the early 20th century, making gasoline more affordable, Ford phased out the hemp option.)  “No car under $2,000 offers more,” ads crowed, “and no car over $2,000 offers more except the trimmings.” Ford kept prices low by sticking to a single product. By building just one model, for example, the company’s engineers could develop a system of interchangeable parts that reduced waste, saved time and made it easy for unskilled workers to assemble the cars. By 1914, the moving assembly line made it possible to produce thousands of cars every week and by 1924, workers at the River Rouge Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan could cast more than 10,000 Model T cylinder blocks in a day. But by the 1920s, many Americans wanted more than just a sturdy, affordable car. They wanted style (for many years, the Model T famously came in just one color: black), speed and luxury too. As tastes changed, the era of the Model T came to an end and the last one rolled off the assembly line on May 26, 1927. Related Videos

Known as the Golden State, what was the 31st state to join the Union on Sept. 9, 1850?

California Admission Day September 9, 1850 Media Contacts California Admission Day September 9, 1850 In February of 1848, Mexico and the United States signed a treaty which ended the Mexican War and yielded a vast portion of the Southwest, including present day California, to the United States. Several days earlier, January 24, 1848, gold had been discovered on the American River near Sacramento, and the ensuing gold rush hastened California’s admittance to the Union.  With the Gold Rush came a huge increase in population and a pressing need for civil government. In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850. California became the 31st state on September 9, 1850. The Golden State’s rich history has since been shaped by people of every ethnic background who traveled here seeking economic, social and educational opportunity, and a life of quality and breathtaking beauty. California situated its first capital in San Jose. The city did not have facilities ready for a proper capital, and the winter of 1850 - 1851 was unusually wet, causing the dirt roads to become muddy streams. The legislature was unsatisfied with the location, so former General and State Senator Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo donated land in the future city of Vallejo for a new capital; the legislature convened there for one week in 1852 and again for a month in 1853. Again, the facilities available were unsuitable to house a state government, and the capital was soon moved three miles away to the little town of Benicia, inland from the San Francisco Bay. The strait links San Pablo Bay to Grizzly and Suisun Bays deep in the interior. A lovely brick statehouse was built in old American style complete with white cupola. Although strategically sited between the Gold Rush territory of the Sierra Foothills and the financial port of San Francisco, the site was too small for expansion, and so the capital was moved further inland past the Sacramento River Delta to the riverside port of Sacramento in 1854. Sacramento was the site of John Sutter's large farm and his fort. In 1846, during the midst of the Bear Flag Revolt, the fort was an oasis. A war was being fought between American and Californio soldiers in the southern part of the province for control of California. But at Sutter's Fort, life on the frontier continued with rhythm of the seasons and arrival of new soldiers. The town was founded by John Sutter, Jr. while the elder Sutter was away, at the river's edge and downhill from the fort. Sutter Sr. was indignant since this place, shaded by water-needy Cottonwood trees, was often under water. Indeed, every hundred years or so,  the whole Great Valley from Chico to Bakersfield, was one great freshwater sea. However, lots were already sold, so there the town of Sacramento stayed. At the end of the century, the streets were raised a full story, so buildings in Old Town Sacramento are now entered through what were once doors to the balconies shading the sidewalks below. The Greek word "Eureka" has appeared on the state seal since 1849, when California sought statehood, and means " I Have Found It ." The words were probably intended to refer to the discovery of gold in California. Archimedes, the famed Greek mathematician, is said to have exclaimed "Eureka" when, after long study, he discovered a method of determining the purity of gold.  In 1957, attempts were made to establish "In God We Trust" as the state motto,  but "Eureka" was made the official state motto in 1963. Related Pages Address: 1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 | P.O. Box 942896 Sacramento, CA 94296 Public Information Inquiries: (916) 653-6995 | (800) 777-0369

What is the DVD region code for the US?

DVD REGION CODES EXPLAINED ~ What is a REGION CODE? | eBay DVD REGION CODES EXPLAINED ~ What is a REGION CODE? Share November 13, 2007 (If you find this guide to be helpful, please give it a vote at the bottom. Thank you kindly!) What does a DVD Region Code (i.e. R1, Region 1) mean? The idea behind Region Codes for DVD movies was created to control the exportation of movies to other countries, thus eliminating the possibility of purchasing a DVD movie which has yet to be played at a local movie theatre. For example: standard DVD players purchased in the U.S. or Canada will only play DVDs that specify they are REGION 1 dvds; standard DVD players purchased in New Zealand will only play DVDs that specify they are REGION 4 DVDs. For example: Region 4 DVDs WON'T PLAY in a standard Region 1 DVD player; Region 1 DVDs WON'T PLAY in a standard Region 4 DVD player. U.S.A. and CANADA share the SAME REGION CODE: Region 1. An R1 dvd purchased in Canada is exactly the same as an R1 dvd purchased in the U.S., and vice versa. Here is a list of DVD Regions and their corresponding countries: R1 Region 1 ~ U.S.A., U.S. Territories and Canada R2 Region 2 ~ Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland R3 Region 3 ~ Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong R4 Region 4 ~ Mexico, South and Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Caribbean R5 Region 5 ~ Russia, Eastern Europe, India, Africa (excluding South Africa), North Korea, Mongolia R6 Region 6 ~ China Here are images of the Region Code logos which are normally displayed on the back of a DVD keepcase: (If you have found this guide to be of some help, please give it a helpfulness vote by clicking on the appropriate button below. Thank you!) Tags:

You dial 911 for emergency services and 411 for information (now taken over by 555-1212). What is the FCC mandated call before you dig number?

Call811 | BEFORE YOU DIG... Calling 811 is the most important step!  Call 811 at least a few days before you start any digging project.  Whether you are planning to do it yourself or hire a professional, smart digging means calling 811 before each job. Ready to dig? We'll help you do it safely!  FIND OUT MORE 811 in Your State Each state has its own 811 call center to help you get digging. Choose your state to find information about your area. An 811 representative will take information about your project and notify appropriate utility companies to mark buried lines so you can dig safely around them! Get Involved Calling 811 is for everyone! Learn more about how you can get involved in promoting safe digging.  FIND OUT MORE Did You Know?  Digging without knowing the approximate location of underground utilities can result in damage to gas, electric, communications, water and sewer lines, which can lead to service disruptions, serious injuries and costly repairs.      Call Before You Dig! An underground utility line is damaged once every six minutes nationwide because someone decided to dig without first calling 811. Reduce the Risk of Damage There are more than 20 million miles of underground utilities in the United States, according to data compiled by CGA from various industry groups. That figure equates to more than one football field’s length (105 yards) of buried utilities for every man, woman and child in the U.S.  Don't Be a Statistic Approximately 38.6 million people will dig this year without first having underground utility lines marked. Buried utilities are everywhere There are more than 20 million miles of underground utilities in the United States. That figure equates to more than one football field’s length (105 yards) of buried utilities for every man, woman and child in the United States. To know what’s below, always call 811 before digging! Ready to Dig? Start Here! Planning a home improvement job? Planting a tree? Installing a fence or deck? For every project, every time, call 811!

Which of the seven is the smallest (in area) continent?

What are the 7 Continents? From Biggest to Smallest List of the seven continents and the 5 oceans of the world. What are the 7 Continents? From Biggest to Smallest April 5, 2015 By Aparna 1 Comment   Continents are the large land masses that we see on our earth. These hard land masses where people and other living organisms walk or crawl and make home are large in size, and are made up of many countries. There are also many small land masses which we call as islands, but continents are very large in size compared to these islands. So, what are the seven continents on Earth? There are seven continents on earth. Many people combine the two continents Asia and Europe into a single continent and call it Eurasia. Many others combine the two continents North America and South America into one and call it the American continent. But in general there are seven large land masses on earth, namely Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Let us see each of these continents in detail.   Asia   This is the first one that comes in to mind when you think about what are the 7 continents. Asia is the largest continent on earth covering about 9 percent of the earth’s surface. It is also the most populated continent on earth, home to an estimated population of around 4.3 billion people. This large population makes it an important part of the world economy.   Africa   Africa is the second largest continent in the world. It is also the second largest continent in the world in terms of population. Africa is also referred to as the black continent by many. This large land mass comprises of 54 countries and is home to one billion people. About 15 percent of the world population leaves in this continent which constitute about 20 percent of the total land area. Africa lies in the center of the earth with equator passing through its center. The climate of Africa is largely tropical in nature. The northern and southern parts of Africa have temperate climatic conditions. Africa is also considered to be the birth place of mankind. The oldest fossils of Homo sapiens found till now have been from the eastern parts of this continent. This large and diverse continent is home to lot of endangered species.   North America North America is a continent which lies wholly in the northern hemisphere. It is bordered by Arctic Ocean in the north, Atlantic Ocean in the east, Pacific Ocean in the south and west, and South America and Caribbean Sea in the south east. North America lies almost wholly in the western hemisphere. North America covers almost 4.8 percent of the earth’s surface and comprises around 16.5 percent of the whole land area on earth. North America is home to nearly 565 million people. About 7.5 percent of the world’s population lives here. It is the third largest continent in the world by area and fourth largest continent by population. Most of the land and area of the continent is dominated by Canada, United States of America, Greenland and Mexico. There are also many smaller states in the Central America and Caribbean regions. South America South America is a continent located in the western hemisphere with most of its land area lying in the southern hemisphere and a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere. It has Pacific Ocean to its western side, Atlantic Ocean in the north and eastern side, and North America and Caribbean Sea in the North West side. With an area covering 17,840,000 square kilometres and a population of more than 3 billion, South America is the fourth largest continent in terms of size and fifth in terms of population. South America is home to twelve sovereign states and two non sovereign states. South America is a continent which is diverse in terms of geography and biodiversity. The world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, angel falls is situated in Venezuela in South America. The Amazon River, which is the largest river in the world in terms of volume, is also in this continent. The Atacama Desert, which is the driest non polar place on earth, and the Amazon forest which is

Box-end, monkey, and crescent are all types of what?

What are the four basic types of crescent wrenches? | HowStuffWorks What are the four basic types of crescent wrenches? NEXT PAGENEXT   Although the term "crescent wrench" is thrown around as though it were a type of tool, crescent wrenches got their name from the Crescent Tool Company in the early 1900s. It was first created by inventor Karl Peterson, although a wrench by the Swedish company BAHCO may have inspired Peterson's design. The term crescent wrench has since become a generic name for a type of adjustable wrench. Crescent wrenches have one fixed jaw and one movable jaw; they differ from monkey wrenches in that the jaws on a crescent wrench are nearly parallel to the handle, whereas the jaws on a monkey wrench are perpendicular to the handle. In both types, the jaws are adjusted using a worm gear that you turn with your thumb. Crescent-brand wrenches come in all forms nowadays, but there were four basic historic types of Crescent wrench: the 8-to-10-inch double-ended adjustable wrench; the 6-to-8-inch double-ended adjustable wrench; the 8-inch adjustable wrench; and the 12-inch adjustable wrench. They differed in size, jaw opening and whether they had one set of jaws on one end, or a set on each end. Up Next Tool Safety Quiz Over time, adjustable wrenches acquired the nickname of "knucklebuster" because of the tendency of the jaws to slip off whatever you're loosening, causing you to scrape your hand against the nearest surface. That's why it's important when you're using an adjustable wrench that you position the wrench so that you're pulling toward yourself and not a potentially dangerous knuckle-busting surface. Other important adjustable-wrench rules are that the jaws should tightly hug at least three points on the nut or bolt you're loosening so you have a good grip; that you retighten the jaws any time you move the wrench to a new position; and that you position the sliding jaw so that it faces you in order to put the most pressure on the fixed jaw.

Steinway & Sons has been manufacturing what type of musical instrument for over 150 years?

Steinway & Sons download our PIANO BUYER'S GUIDE   For over 160 years, Steinway & Sons has been dedicated to making the finest pianos in the world. Our pioneering handcrafted methods are still employed today to ensure our uncompromising standards of quality, in turn ensuring that the Steinway piano remains the peerless instrument of uncompromising expression. “Steinway is the only piano on which the pianist can do everything he wants. And everything he dreams.” VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY

August 11, 1988 is generally accepted as the creation date of what terrorist organization, whose name translates as "the base"?

Terrorism 2002/2005 — FBI   Foreword Since the mid-1980s, the FBI has published Terrorism in the United States, an unclassified annual report summarizing terrorist activities in this country. While this publication provided an overview of the terrorist threat in the United States and its territories, its limited scope proved inadequate for conveying either the breadth or width of the terrorist threat facing U.S. interests or the scale of the FBI’s response to terrorism worldwide. To better reflect the nature of the threat and the international scope of our response, the FBI expanded the focus of its annual terrorism report in the 2000/2001 edition to include discussion of FBI investigations overseas and renamed the series Terrorism. This second edition of Terrorism provides an overview of the terrorist incidents and preventions designated by the FBI as having taken place in the United States and its territories during the years 2002 through 2005 and that are matters of public record. This publication does not include those incidents which the Bureau classifies under criminal rather than terrorism investigations. In addition, the report discusses major FBI investigations overseas and identifies significant events—including legislative actions, prosecutorial updates, and program developments—relevant to U.S. counterterrorism efforts. The report concludes with an “In Focus” article summarizing the history of the FBI’s counterterrorism program. While the discussion of international terrorism provides a more complete overview of FBI terrorism investigations into acts involving U.S. interests around the world, Terrorism is not intended as a comprehensive annual review of worldwide terrorist activity. The chronological incidents, charts, and figures included in Terrorism 2002-2005 reflect only those incidents identified in the Terrorism/Terrorism in the United States series. For more complete listings of worldwide terrorist incidents, see the Worldwide Incidents Tracking System maintained by the National Counterterrorism Center at www.nctc.gov and the Terrorism Knowledge Base compiled by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism at www.tkb.org. The FBI hopes you will find Terrorism 2002-2005 to be a helpful resource and thanks you for your interest in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Program. A full-text and graphics version of this issue, as well as recent back issues of Terrorism and Terrorism in the United States, are available for on-line reference on the FBI home page at www.fbi.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation Counterterrorism Division FBI Policy and Guidelines In accordance with U.S. counterterrorism policy, the FBI considers terrorists to be criminals. FBI efforts in countering terrorist threats are multifaceted. Information obtained through FBI investigations is analyzed and used to prevent terrorist activity and, whenever possible, to effect the arrest and prosecution of potential perpetrators. FBI investigations are initiated in accordance with the following guidelines: Domestic terrorism investigations are conducted in accordance with The Attorney General’s Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise, and Terrorism Enterprise Investigations. These guidelines set forth the predication threshold and limits for investigations of U.S. persons who reside in the United States, who are not acting on behalf of a foreign power, and who may be conducting criminal activities in support of terrorist objectives. International terrorism investigations are conducted in accordance with The Attorney General Guidelines for FBI Foreign Intelligence Collection and Foreign Counterintelligence Investigations. These guidelines set forth the predication level and limits for investigating U.S. persons or foreign nationals in the United States who are targeting national security interests on behalf of a foreign power. Although various Executive Orders, Presidential Decision Directives, and congressional statutes address the issue of terrorism, there is no single federal law specifically making terrorism a crime. Terroris

What revolutionary war hero, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, lends his name to a furniture company?

Ethan Allen Biography & Facts – American Revolutionary War Patriot World History Ethan Allen Ethan Allen, popularly known as the Founder of the State of Vermont, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on January 10, 1738. He was a flamboyant folk hero of Vermont, who organized Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolutionary War, and together with Colonel Benedict Arnold captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. Later while invading the British colony of Canada with Colonel John Brown , Allen was captured on September 1775, and was held as prisoner for two years in England and New York before finally being exchanged in 1778. Back with the Patriots, he was immediately honored with the brevet rank of colonel in the Continental Army . He came back to Vermont and was given the honor of major general of Vermont. Allen, his family, friends and supporters made significant contribution to the early history of Vermont. Allen tried statehood for Vermont by petitioning the Continental Congress. After Congress denied permission, he directly negotiated with the British for Vermont and hence was accused immediately of treason. As an early inhabitants of Burlington, he settled well on his property at the Winooski River Intervale during his last years and died on February 12, 1789, two years before Vermont was finally admitted into the Union as its fourteenth state. Like most other folk heroes, myths grew around him during and after his life in Vermont. In terms of history, it is difficult to get an accurate picture of Ethan Allen. There is no accurate portrait of him even in any of the museums. He was assumed to be over six feet tall, which was unusual at that time. He seemed to have a confrontational personality, yet attracted devoted and loyal followers. Like most other frontiersmen he was always independent, but uncharacteristically well-educated and articulate for an early settler in the north. Early Life and the Green Mountain Boys Allen, the farmer and later statesman of Connecticut, was an early explorer of the New Hampshire and Vermont region. He got involved in the “Hampshire Grants” dispute due to conflicting land claims made by New Hampshire and New York. The Governor of New Hampshire granted lands in this region without any clear authority. The King and the New York Governor started to confiscate the lands and subjected them to heavy New York fees. Allen was the prime person to defend the New Hampshire Land Grants, he did it to secure his own land interests, and also of those settlers who migrated North from Massachusetts and Connecticut. Allen increasingly associated himself with the principles of democratic New England rather than with the wealthy landowner dominated New York. He initiated the proposal for complete independence for the region from Connecticut River and Lake Champlain, even before the Revolutionary War started. In 1770, the New York Supreme Court declared the New Hampshire grants invalid and so the settlers under Colonel Ethan Allen formed a militia group called ‘Green Mountain Boys’ for defending and securing their property. Soon, Allen and his family started the Onion River Land Company and invested in the undervalued Hampshire lands. Allen’s vision and leadership provided Vermont with an identity of its own and a greater spirit of independence which stays to this day. Petty skirmishes with the Loyalists lead to more serious conflicts and finally Allen was declared outlaw by Governor George Clinton of New York in 1771. Fort Ticonderoga and the Revolutionary War By the spring of 1775, Allen was taking up more armed conflicts with the Loyalist army. He had no prior sanctions from the Patriot forces or the Congress and made many decisions on his own. Fort Ticonderoga is located at a very strategic area at the southern corner of Lake Champlain and was in British hands since 1763. The British were ill-equipped for war and had no idea that conflict had started at Concord and Lexington. Allen was the first one to recognize the significance of capturing Fort Ticonderoga and was preparing to do so, with his Green

Which US government department oversees the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as Food Stamps?

Record: Over 47 Million on Food Stamps for Entire Year - Breitbart Record: Over 47 Million on Food Stamps for Entire Year by Wynton Hall 11 Nov 2013 0 11 Nov, 2013 SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER Food stamp enrollments have remained over 47 million for an unprecedented 13 consecutive months.  According to the most recent figures  available from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the food stamp program, in August 2012, 47,102,765 individuals were enrolled in the program, known officially as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Enrollments never fell below 47 million in subsequent months and as of August 2013 stood at 47,665,069, representing nearly one out of every seven people in America.  Recent years have seen an explosion in food stamp enrollments. Since January 2009, the number of individuals on food stamps has skyrocketed from 31.9 million to 47.6 million.

What is the name of the fault line that runs for about 800 miles in California?

Information and resources about the San Andreas Fault The San Andreas fault's nick name is "SAF". San Andreas Fault Information     Map of California showing the SAF, Natural Landmark plaque and the Field Guide to the San Andreas Fault. The San Andreas Fault is the most famous fault in the world. Its notoriety comes partly from the disastrous 1906 San Francisco earthquake , but rather more importantly because it passes through California, a highly-populated state that is frequently in the news. And with many research institutions dedicated to studying such an accessible fault, the SAF has become a household name. But what is a fault? And what is the SAF? A fault is a planar crack in a rock along which slippage has taken place . Most faults are small - even microscopic - and are not important. Some faults are many miles long. Faults can be classified according to which of the three directions of space the rocks on either side move. When the motion is predominantly vertical, they are called dip slip faults . Dip slip faults with dips less than 45 degrees are called thrust faults . If the motion is mostly horizontal and parallel to the fault plane, the fault is called a strike slip (or transform) fault. The SAF is a right lateral transform fault. This means that if two people face each other across the fault and it moves, each person will see the other person move to the right. If the rocks move horizontally apart or together, they are called divergent or convergent , respectively. Convergent faults raise pressure ridges and mountain ranges. Divergent faults create gaps or sags. When plate boundaries are convergent there is always a subduction zone. When divergent, they usually open valleys on land and oceanic ridges like the Mid Atlantic Ridge. At plate boundaries, the fault plane is seldom vertical, i.e. a dip of 90 degrees. Indeed, almost none of the SAF's fault plane is vertical. The San Andreas Fault is a place where two tectonic plates touch, the North American and Pacific Plates. The plates are rigid (or almost rigid) slabs of rock that comprise the crust and upper mantle of the Earth. The SAF is about 700 miles long as the crow flies and about 800 miles long when its curves are measured. It is roughly ten miles deep, and reaches from the Salton Sea in Imperial county to Cape Mendocino in Humboldt county. The plates are continually moving but where the touch each other, they get stuck. As the rest of the plates moves, the stuck parts deform like compressing a spring so they build up stress in the rocks along the fault. When the rock breaks or slips, the suddenly plates move, causing an earthquake. The entire process is called elastic rebound . As they break and scrape by one another, they produce seismic waves that travel through the ground and shake the surface. We know this shaking as earthquakes. While we think of plates as rigid, they can stretch a little, like pizza crust. That is why we can have an earthquake on the SAF in northern California but not on the SAF in southern California. There are many major faults in California that are parallel to the SAF, like the Hayward Fault . This results in a curious effect: while the Pacific Plate is moving northwest relative to the North American Plate at an average rate of about 2.5 inches per year (about as fast as your fingernails grow), the average slip rate along the SAF is less, about 1.5 inches per year. The difference is being taken up by slip along the other parallel faults. This can be demonstrated by a deck of cards . People often think of the SAF as a line in the ground, and that by hopping across it, they can go from one plate to the other. This is not true. Although the most recent break in the ground that defines the trace of the SAF is a narrow line, the actual plate boundary should be viewed as a fault zone. The width of a fault zone can be less than a mile wide (Olema Trough) or many miles across (Salton Trough). California is famous for its earthquakes on the SAF (1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake), but the state's quakes are

The B-29 Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on what Japanese city on August 9, 1945?

Bockscar – History Wars Weapons About Bockscar Bockscar, or Bock’s Car, was the World War II, US B-29 bomber which dropped the atomic bomb, called "Fat Man", on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Fat Man, which was carried by Bockscar, was the second atomic bomb dropped on a Japanese city. This B-29 had been named after its former and regular aircraft commander Captain Frederick C Bock. Bockscar had been built at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Plant at Omaha, Nebraska, as a block 35 aircraft. It was one of the 10 B-29 aircraft modified as a Silverplate and re-designated "Block 36". On March 19, 1945, it had been delivered to the US Army Air Corps, and assigned to Capt. Frederick C. Bock and crew C-13, from the 393rd Bomb Squadron of the 509th Composite Group. Then the Bockscar had been flown to Wendover Army Air Field, Utah. The original pilot and commander of the Bockscar was Captain Frederick C Bock, but on August 9, 1945, for the Nagasaki bombing mission, it was flown by the B-29 Great Artiste’s crew (crew-15), whose commander was Charles W Sweeney. The main target for the August 9 mission was the Japanese city of Kokura, but because of poor visibility due to a clouds cover, Charles Sweeney decided to drop the bomb on Nagasaki instead. Bockscar was also used in several training and practice missions from Tinian, and three combat missions in which it dropped pumpkin bombs on industrial targets in Japan. Bock’s crew bombed Niihama and Musashino, and 1st Lt. Don Albury and crew C-15 bombed Toyama. In November 1945, it returned to the United States, serving with the 509th Composite Group at Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico. In August 1946, Bockscar was assigned to the 4105th Base Unit at Davis-Monthan Army Air Field, Arizona, for storage. Bockscar is now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. This display, a primary exhibit in the Museum’s Air Power gallery, includes a replica of the "Fat Man" bomb and signage that states that it was "The aircraft that ended WWII". Categories: Uncategorized

In which sport did teams first compete for the America's Cup today in August, 1851?

America's Cup | yacht race and trophy | Britannica.com yacht race and trophy Alternative Title: Hundred Guinea Cup Related Topics Rugby Union World Cup America’s Cup, one of the oldest and best-known trophies in international sailing yacht competition. It was first offered as the Hundred Guinea Cup on August 20, 1851, by the Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britain for a race around the Isle of Wight . The cup was won by the America , a 100-foot (30-metre) schooner from New York City , and subsequently became known as the America’s Cup. The American winners of the cup donated it to the New York Yacht Club in 1857 for a perpetual international challenge competition. In 1987 the San Diego Yacht Club took control of the U.S. competition. Since the 1920s the America’s Cup race has been between one defending vessel and one challenging vessel, both of which are determined in separate series of elimination trials. Each competing vessel must be designed, built, and, insofar as possible, outfitted solely in the country that it represents. The original terms of the America’s Cup donation imposed many disadvantages on challenging yachts. Not until 1956 was a clause eliminated that required a challenger to sail on its own bottom to the scene of the contest, forcing a heavier style of construction than that of the defender. Until 1995, the America’s Cup competition was a best four of seven races; from that year until 2007 it required five of nine races to win. From 1958 to 1987 each race was run over a six-leg 24-mile (39-kilometre) course by yachts of the so-called 12-metre class. (No measurement on the 12-metre yacht was actually 12 metres. The “12” was a result of a complicated mathematical formula used in the yacht’s construction.) The yacht Alinghi (Switzerland) leading New … Jose Jordan—AFP/Getty Images In 1983, after American yachts (sponsored by the New York Yacht Club) had successfully defended the cup 24 times without a loss since the first defense in 1870, the Australian yacht Australia II won the cup. In the next race, in 1987, the Americans (now from San Diego) regained the cup. The controversial race of 1988, between the winning American 60-foot (18-metre) catamaran and a New Zealander 132-foot (40-metre) monohull, had to be decided in the courts and provoked a redefinition of the rules governing future races. For 1992, a new and faster yacht was designated as the International America’s Cup Class (IACC)—75 feet (23 m) in overall length—to race over an eight-leg 22.6-mile (36.4-kilometre) course. The 1995 event was run over a six-leg, 18.55-nautical-mile (34.4-kilometre) course. It was won by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, only the second victory by a non-American challenger in the history of the competition. The skipper of the New Zealand victory in 1995 was Russell Coutts , who also led New Zealand to a win in 2000; Coutts, skippering for a Swiss team, won a third consecutive victory in 2003. In 2007 the Swiss team, with Brad Butterworth as skipper, defended its title. An American team owned by businessman Larry Ellison , Oracle Team USA, recaptured the Cup in 2010 in a two-race competition that was delayed by numerous court battles. In 2013 the U.S. had one of the most-dramatic comebacks in sporting history: the American team (captained by Jimmy Spithill and racing in a newly designed 72-foot [22-metre] catamaran) was trailing New Zealand 8–1 in a best-of-17 series and then won the remaining eight races for the most-unexpected America’s Cup victory of all time. See also yacht . Oracle Team USA (left) and Team New Zealand (right) sailing past Alcatraz Island in San Francisco … John G. Mabanglo—EPA/Alamy America’s Cup - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The most prestigious international yachting competition is the America’s Cup race. The cup is a trophy that was first offered as the Hundred Guinea Cup in 1851 by the Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britain for a race around the Isle of Wight. That year the cup was won by the America, a 100-foot (30-meter) schooner from New York City, and the trophy and race subse

August 12, 1925 saw the birth of twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who together compiled was famous set of books, originally conceived to help settle a bar bet?

Interesting Facts about Culture & Language Six fundamental ideas that commonly undergird moral systems:  care, fairness, liberty, loyalty, authority and sanctity.   The Cultural Sector in Canada employs more people than forestry and banking combined. In 2008, Canadians spent more than twice as much on live performing arts (theatre, music, dance) than on sporting events. There are currently 40 theatres that make up the area generally considered as "Broadway." Broadway brings 14 times more revenue to NY than all sports teams combined. Michael Jackson did not invent the moon-walk. Bill Bailey, a tap dancer and brother of singer Pearl Bailey, invented a step called the "back slide," which Jackson then adapted. The "high five" originated with two baseball players for the L.A. Dodgers, who congratulated each other that way in 1977. The gesture soon made its way into popular culture. In 2005, Canada's Rideau Canal skateway in Ottawa was added to the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest, naturally-frozen ice rink in the world. It also earned it a UNESCO World Hertage Site designation in 2007.   In an article in American Scholar, Ralph Keyes says, Soon after they arrived in America, British settlers got busy with an important task: reinventing their language. This called for repurposing old words and coining new ones. Colonists called the plump, smelly rodents they encountered in swamps muske rats. Other forms of wildlife were named katydids, bobcats, catfish, and whippoorwills. To these settlers, sleigh improved on sledge, and the help reflected their values better than servants. A contronym is a word that can be its own opposite, for example, left can mean both to depart and to remain. The plural of octopus is octopuses, because you can't put a Latin ending ( i) on a word derived from Greek. The English language has a mysterious rule of adjective order, seldom taught in schools. According to linguist Mark Forsyth, the order goes opinion-size-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose Noun. Read the larger explanation at: http://tinyurl.com/h7qzwep Habeas corpus is a writ ordering that a person be brought before a judge, especially to decide whether a prisoner’s detention is lawful. Defenestrate was coined in 1618 from the Latin prefix de (down or away from) and fenestra, which means window. It originates from two incidents in Prague, known as the Defenestrations of Prague. In 1419 several town officials were thrown from the windows of the town hall. Then, in 1618, two imperial governors and their secretaries were tossed from Prague Castle. This event began the 30 Years War. Wreckage that sinks to the ocean floor and has no hope of recovery is called derelict; this word traces its origins in English to the 1640s and is derived from the Latin derelictus for solitary and deserted. Its meaning of an abandoned vessel may be traced back to the 1660s. Flotsam denotes that wreckage from a ship that is later found floating on the sea’s surface. The word traces its roots to the early 1600s and the Anglo-French floteson, which derived from the Old French flotaison (meaning “a floating.”) The word in English was spelled flotsen until the mid-1800s, when it took on its modern variant. Jetsam, first seen in the mid-1500s, is the stuff that was purposely thrown off a ship by its crew to lighten its load (usually during troubling times), and is washed ashore. The word is a modification and contraction of the Middle English jetteson, itself from the Anglo-French getteson and Old French getaison (meaning “a throwing.”) When a plane or ship captain uses the word Mayday, he's following a procedure which originated in 1923. Frederick Stanley Mockford, a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, was asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood by all pil

August 8, 1908 saw which Wright brother, the one who didn't get to pilot the flyer the previous December at Kitty Hawk, make his first public flight in Le Mans, France?

6/12/2006 • Aviation History Wilbur and Orville Wright were entrepreneurs in every sense of the word. They invented the world’s first successful flying machine and planned to build it in quantity, promote and sell it. They organized a company, assumed the risks, applied for patents to protect their creation and sought sales contracts. They succeeded far beyond their wildest dreams. But they had to leave their homeland and travel to Europe to prove what they had done. During the years after their first successful flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in 1903, they improved their Flyer and made many test flights at Huffman Prairie near Dayton, Ohio. With a patent pending, they were afraid their invention would be copied while they carried on negotiations to find buyers. After their last flights in 1905, they stored the Flyer and did not take to the air again for the next 2 1/2 years. During that time, they were constantly defending against the disbelievers their claim of having flown. When they wrote a letter to Scientific American magazine telling what they had done, the editor published a cynical editorial in the January 13, 1906, edition headlined ‘The Wright Airplane and Its Fabled Performances.’ The editor called for the names of witnesses to their flights, which the Wrights promptly furnished. Letters were then sent to 17 onlookers, who confirmed that they had indeed seen the Wrights fly. The magazine stated in its December 15, 1906, issue that ‘in all the history of invention, there is probably no parallel to the unostentatious manner in which the brothers of Dayton, Ohio, ushered into the world their epoch-making invention of the first successful aeroplane flying machine.’ And still there was widespread public disbelief. The Scientific American episode was typical of what the brothers experienced as they tried to market their invention. They attempted to interest the U.S. government in ‘the production of a flying machine of a type fitted for use’ but were turned down–not once but twice. Although they received a U.S. patent on May 22, 1906, they were reluctant to furnish drawings or data to individuals for fear they would lose control of their own invention. There seemed to be no viable interest in purchasing the Flyer in the United States, so they wrote to a number of government officials in Europe, then decided they should make a trip to meet potential deal-makers in England, France and Germany and demonstrate the latest version of their flying machine. Wilbur traveled to England and France in May 1907 and was joined in July by Orville and later by Charles E. Taylor, their mechanic. The latest version of the plane was shipped to Le Havre in anticipation of demonstrations, and a series of talks began with European agents, discussions that the Wrights hoped would lead to a sales commitment. But negotiations soon collapsed, as would-be European competitors were by then building and flying their own machines. The Continental aviators received so much public acclaim for their short flights that the Wrights seemed likely to lose the recognition they deserved for being first to fly. The Wright brothers did, however, sign an agreement with Flint & Co. and Hart O. Berg, an American engineer, to act as sole agents for the the brothers’ abroad and to negotiate agreements with governments for purchase or use of Wright machines and formation of companies to take over ownership or exploitation of the brothers’ inventions. They returned home in the fall of 1907, disappointed in developments on the Continent but determined to continue their work. They built new, improved aircraft, conducted experiments with hydroplanes and floats and also tested a new engine. Despite the apparent put-down in Europe, 1907 proved to be a turning point for the Wrights in America. On August 1 the War Department established an Aeronautical Division within the U.S. Army Signal Corps for the’study of the flying machine and the possibility of adapting it to military purpose.’ In December the Signal Corps advertised for bids for a heavier-than-air flying machine,

August 14, 2000 saw the introduction of what kids animated character, known for a monkey named Boots, a fox named Swiper, and her frequent use of Spanish?

dora the explorer : definition of dora the explorer and synonyms of dora the explorer (English) Go, Diego, Go!   From left to right: Swiper (in background), Dora, and Boots Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel. It aired on CBS until September 2006. A Spanish-dubbed version first aired as part of a Nick en español block on NBC Universal -owned Telemundo through September 2006; since April 2008, this version of the program has been carried on Univision as part of the Planeta U block. Contents Characters Dora Marquez Dora, the main character, is an eight-year-old girl who embarks on a trip in every episode in order to find something or help somebody. She asks the viewers at home to help her find new ways to reach places with the help of Map. She also teaches viewers Spanish, introducing them to short words and phrases. Dora has a positive view of the characters she meets, failing even to hold a grudge against the mischievous fox, Swiper, who continually attempts to steal items from her party. She acts against villains only when it seems that compromise is impossible, and even in these cases, fails to display actual anger . She gives others a chance to try their hands at tasks even when she herself might have an easier time with them. Dora values her family, whom she loves openly, though she spends little time indoors at home with them. She tries to introduce her traditions and customs, subtly and without compulsion, to those who are not familiar with them. Dora is fond of Boots, who became her best friend when she saved his beloved red boots from being swiped by Swiper. Dora enjoys sports. She played on a baseball team with Boots and her other friends and was coached by her father (who has never been depicted as having other employment). She loves and excels at soccer . Dora is also a musician, skilled at playing a wooden flute. The character was voiced by Kathleen Herles until she was replaced by Caitlin Sanchez and replaced with another voice actress Fatima Ptacek . [1] Dora is a Latina . Early concepts of Dora had her as a blond girl of European ancestry. The character was originally based on a niece, Lilli, of Rick Velleu, one of the creators of the show.[ citation needed ] Boots the Monkey Boots, the 5-year-old monkey whom Dora met one day in the forest, is her best friend. He is friendly and enthusiastic, and usually wears nothing but his beloved red boots , hence his name. He is light blue with a yellow stomach. His parents look similar, with variations in eyes, height, clothing and fur. Boots is present with Dora on most of her adventures, and he helps her solve clues and puzzles. He also loves baseball and is on Dora's team. He enjoys riding Rojo the fire truck . Boots is athletic and energetic. He performs a series of acrobatic flips , somersaults , and cartwheels along the way to their destination. His light weight also makes him easy to carry, even for Dora. Without guidance from Dora, the viewer, or another character, Boots is quick to take his own, often dangerous or dead-ended, route. Dora often acts as the voice of reason. Boots "loves" many things. In one episode, he would say many times "I love riddles . Call me 'Mr. Riddles'" or "I love nuts , I love chocolate , I love my ball , and I love, love, love...". Most importantly, however, Boots loves Dora and Dora loves him back, as expressed verbally and physically in numerous episodes. His devotion and love always has Boots more than willing to drop whatever he is doing at the moment for Dora. For her sake, he has even engaged in adventures on his own, assisted by the viewers. Boots' vocabulary is limited but steadily increasing. Dora teaches him Spanish through memorable songs and phrases. Boots was voiced by Harrison Chad in the original English version and then, from season five onwards, by Regan Mizrahi . Swiper the Fox

November 11, 1889 saw the great state of Washington formed from what territory?

Telegram declaring Washington a State First State Capitol building Statehood 1889 Washington became the forty-second state of the United States of America on November 11, 1889. After a hiatus of thirteen years when no new states were admitted to the Union, the United States Congress passed an act enabling the territories of Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana to seek statehood. Before statehood could be conferred, a state constitution had to be written and passed by the Territories. Washington’s constitutional convention was duly convened in Olympia, the territorial capital, on July 4, in crowded and swelteringly hot conditions. The delegates were chosen by a formula devised by Congress which required the governor and chief justice of the Supreme Court to divide the territory into twenty-five voting districts of approximately equal populations. Election was apportioned by the party affiliation: of the three delegates representing each district, two were of the majority party and one of a minority affiliation, thereby ensuring the dominance, but not the dictatorship, of the Republican Party. (Ficken, pp. 206-212) “Seventy-five men elected to the State Constitutional Convention included 21 lawyers, 13 farmers, 6 merchants, 6 doctors, 5 bankers, 4 cattlemen, 3 teachers, 2 real-estate agents, 2 editors, 2 hop farmers, 2 loggers, 2 lumbermen, 1 minister, 1 surveyor, 1 fisherman, and 1 mining engineer.” (HistoryLink) Some of the most contentious issues under discussion involved the disposition of school and state lands and the regulation or sale of tide lands. The regulation of railroads was an especially bitterly-debated topic. The creation of a judicial system which would adequately serve the state without draining it of resources was a concern; the other branches of government, the executive and legislative, were also seen as potentially expensive for the fledgling state. Delegates debated the corrupting influences of free railway passes for elected officials and prohibited them, yet they failed to create a strong elected commission to regulate rates charged by railroads, an issue of vital importance to farmers and others. In the end, the Constitution was a patchwork made from the constitutions of other states and the original document drawn up in Walla Walla at an earlier convention, as well as resolutions and ideas submitted by citizens and groups. It reflected the issues and concerns of its day: the restrictions placed on the Legislature, the many statewide elected officials that split the responsibilities of governance, and the complex amending formula. (Avery, 186-188, 199-200, 316-321) Nonetheless, Washington citizens approved the State Constitution by a vote of 40,152 to 11,879 in the election called by Territorial Governor Miles C. Moore on October 1, 1889. They also rejected the separate ballot issues that could not be agreed upon by the Convention on prohibition and woman suffrage. Those issues would continue to be discussed through the early decades of statehood. Another perennial issue not entirely settled in 1889 was the location of the state capital. Rival towns like Ellensburg and North Yakima challenged Olympia’s hold on the seat of government, an issue only completely laid to rest with the building of permanent Capitol buildings in the 1920s. (Nicandri and Valley) For further analyses of the writing of the Constitution, see the following sources: James M. Dolliver, “The Mind of the Founders: An Assessment of the Washington Constitution of 1889,” Washington Comes of Age: The State in National Experience, Washington University Press, 1992 Linda Louise Blackwelder Pall, “The Washington Constitution: Fundamental Law and Principles for the State,” Government and Politics in the Evergreen State, Washington State university Press, 1992 Cornell W. Clayton and Stephen Meyer, “Washington’s Constitution: History and the Politics of State Constitutional Jurisprudence,” Washington State Government and Politics, Washington State University Press, 2004 The Opposition: Not all sectors of the population wer

What company exhorts “don’t leave home without it”?

Business Slogan 12: Don’t Leave Home Without It | Versa Creations Marketing & Advertising Blog Business Slogan 12: Don’t Leave Home Without It A carefully crafted business slogan speaks volumes of it’s brand values and promises, successfully. Guess when was this slogan developed: “Don’t leave home without it” Find out the answers by clicking here. Answer: American Express (developed Ally & Gargano in 1982) You will not feel safe and secure enough to enjoy a convenient and hassle-free day if you go out without your American Express card. Don’t you feel the immense power behind that small piece of plastic? Check out more such slogans filed under “Famous Business Slogans” category. Learn from these world renowned establishment and see how you can create your own personal or corporate persona. Alternatively, I’m just an email away. Read Related Post Hi there, It’s funny what slogans can leave as an impression. Our slogan is ‘we follow no one…’ We use it for part of our signage on our vehicles. What it means is that we do things differently, but it’s amazing how many vehicles try to speed up and cut in front of us because of it :) BWT, I stumbled across your site from another listing you as part of the Technorati favs exchange. I’ve added you to my favs. My username is fastfastlane, and link to my fav is April 30, 2007 at 4:57 pm Hi Deborah Thanks for shopping by, Deborah. “We follow no one” is a strong slogan. It basically tells people that you are the market leader, charting new route to expansion and success for yourself and your client. Good one! Well, those vehicles trying to overtake you probably felt insecured and threatened by your bold statement. That simply means they don’t have enough substance. You should feel real proud of your transport company :) Stay in touch. August 10, 2008 at 6:33 am Hi Vivienne, interesting commentary about the American Express slogan. I actually stumbled across your posting while doing research for an article. Have you also noticed the name American Express uses on the cards featured in their advertisements… C.F. Frost? He worked for their ad agency and is the one that created the “Do you know me?” campaigns. It’s funny, still to this day in honor of him, Amex uses “C F Frost” on all their card advertisements. August 10, 2008 at 8:48 pm No problem Vivienne… and thank YOU for the enlightenment too! I’ve learned much from your blog, I’m glad I discovered it. I was wondering what you think of the recent American Express campaigns they do? The last few years here in the U.S. they’ve been big with celebrities endorsing their credit cards in their ads. I think it is effective because they always do it in a funny way. August 11, 2008 at 2:00 am Anyone who uses celebrities for endorsements take some risk that the endorser might generate negative headlines. Dior has to pull out all Chinese ads with Sharon Stone because of her remark of the China SiChuan Earthquake. Pepsi also dropped the Michael Jackson when he was no longer seen as squeaky clean. However, Tiger Woods has by far been a great endorser for American Express. The golfer epitomizes the virtues of success. perseverance and hard work, admirable traits that Amex believe will connect with their existing cardholders and more importantly, the future cardholders. BTW, just popped in to your Forum and found lots of interesting interaction going on. August 11, 2008 at 5:13 am Yeah I remember hearing about the Dior/China debacle. You are absolutely right in that they can be risky. I think American Express, or any other company, should not “lock” in a celebrity endorsement for too long since their popularity can change rather quickly. The celebrities they’ve been using lately (like Seinfeld and Ellen Degeneres) are pretty neutral, universally liked people. But of course if they had one slip of tongue like Sharon Stone did, that popularity could change in a heartbeat. Indeed Tiger Woods is a great choice as an endorsement.. now wonder he’s the first athlete to pull in over a $100M/year. About the forum – thank, I try to encourage a lot of intere

According to the nursery rhyme, who lost her sheep and couldn't find them?

Little Bo-Peep by Mother Goose | Poetry Foundation Little Bo-Peep by Mother Goose Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, Bringing their tails behind them. Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep, And dreamt she heard them bleating; But when she awoke, she found it a joke, For they were still all fleeting. Then up she took her little crook, Determined for to find them; She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed, For they'd left their tails behind them. It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray Into a meadow hard by, There she espied their tails, side by side, All hung on a tree to dry. She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye, And over the hillocks she raced; And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should, That each tail be properly placed. Source: The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes (2000) Discover this poem's context and related poetry, articles, and media. Poet Biography Mother Goose is often cited as the author of hundreds of children’s stories that have been passed down through oral tradition and published over centuries. Various chants, songs, and even games have been attributed to her, but she is most recognized for her nursery rhymes, which have been familiar with readers of all generations. Her work is often published as Mother Goose Rhymes.   Despite her celebrated place in children’s literature, the exact identity and origin of Mother Goose herself is still unknown. Some believe that the original Mother Goose was a real woman who lived in Boston during the later half of the 17th century. After being widowed by Isaac Goose, a woman named either Elizabeth Foster Goose or Mary Goose (depending on sources) moved in with her eldest daughter, entertaining her grandchildren with amusing jingles which quickly gained popularity with the neighborhood children. According to the legend, her...

Paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia is the fear of what?

Phobias: What is the treatment for friggatriskaidekaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia? - Quora Quora Phobias: What is the treatment for friggatriskaidekaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia? And what about triskaidekaphobia ? Written Jun 13, 2014 Understand that a large portion of all phobias that have a name are actually made up; such as the ones you listed. Have you ever met anyone with the fear of the number 13 let alone the fear of Friday the 13th?  What about the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth (Arachibutyrophobia) or fear of being out of mobile phone reach (Nomophobia)?  Do you think these really exist as a phenomenon of the human psyche?  They don't. When I first started studying psychology, my main focus was fears and phobias.  When researching, I would always come across the "odd" phobias and I started to realize that people "created" them for humor or truly useless trivia (creativity with Latin).  How is it known that a lot of these phobias don't exist?  Studies of the subconscious and how people react. Without getting into hardcore specifics, there are tests that can disprove the fear of 13 or Friday the 13th by doing number patterns to see if someone has an actual fear of numbers in general.  The subconscious would generate symptoms of fear if someone really had these fears. Most "fears" associated with numbers are actually directly related to superstitions and nothing more.  Most superstitions will fade as a person gets older because their life will 1) be filled with things that are more important (work, love, life, etc.) and 2) people will recognize that nothing bad really happens. Written Jun 16, 2014 Disabling phobias of things related to the number 13 appear to be rare. Most people will not give it a second thought, some will experience an unsettling feeling on Friday the 13th (or if their apartment is numbered 13 like mine was) followed by relief when the day is over. I have yet to encounter or read of a paralyzing case of Triskaidekaphobia in almost 20 years of practice. Therefore, experts have long debated the scientific validity of triskaidekaphobia. Exposure Therapy with gradual desensitization is the established treatment of phobias, usually carried out by trained clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, but there are self-help measures and home study programs available. Talk to your doctor first. According to a pamphlet from the American Psychiatric Association here's what you can expect from a qualified therapist - if you "carefully follow the outlined treatment plan". • Noticeable improvement in 10 to 20 weeks. • A tremendous improvement within one year.

How many musicians make up a nonet?

Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Trying To Become Professional Musicians | CyberfretBass.com Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Trying To Become Professional Musicians Guest teacher series Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Trying To Become by Tom Hess There many things you need to know and do in order to become successful in the music industry. But even if you learn and do all of those things, you still might prevent yourself from achieving success in the music business by making key mistakes along the way. There are many pitfalls on the path to success, and that is particularly true in the music industry. After mentoring many musicians who are developing their own music careers, I see the same false assumptions, problems and mistakes appear again and again. Here is the list of the top 10 mistakes that can hold you back. Mistake #10 - Not having a compelling image that is congruent with your music. Most musicians (and bands) severely underestimate the importance of their image. Yes, music is about 'music', but music business success is about a total package that includes music, image and visual stage show among other things that need to be fully developed and integrated in a congruent way. Mistake #9 - Trying to 'get your name out there'. Although this seems to be a main goal of most musicians and bands, it is the wrong approach to start with. Before trying to be seen and heard as much as possible, it is often more important to focus on 'converting' the people who hear and see you into becoming actual fans. This 'conversion' is the first key to your promotional success, NOT getting seen or heard as much as possible. Mistake #8 - Believing that social media websites are the keys to online music promotion for musicians and bands. Social media websites are a tool. They are ONE piece of the online music marketing puzzle. Music industry companies (record labels, artist managers, booking agents, etc.) are far more interested in the popularity of YOUR website, not how many friends you have at MySpace, YouTube, Facebook or any other website that you do not own and control. Want to impress the industry with your band's promotion? Build your website traffic. Mistake #7 - Not investing enough time into building your music career. Most musicians spend most of their time on music, but put very little effort into the many other critical elements needed to make it in the music business. If you are already a talented musician, you should invest at least 50% of your time into starting or advancing your music career. If you are still developing your musical skills, you should still invest around 25% of your 'music' time into building a future music career. Mistake #6 - Surrounding yourself with people who are negative, lazy and lack ambition. If you are very serious about becoming a professional musician and building a great career in music , then you absolutely must surround yourself with like-minded musicians. Mistake #5 - Having merely mediocre live performing skills. Many musicians, who are not yet in a good band, put off developing their live performing and stage presence skills. This is a big reason why talented musicians don't get into really good bands that they audition for. Your music may be good, but a live 'show' requires more than great music. If people only wanted to hear the music, they would listen to you at home. Both fans and record labels want (and expect) to see a REAL show. Neglecting this area results in talented musicians and bands becoming quickly forgotten.   Mistake #4 - Focusing on increasing the 'quantity' of fans instead of the 'intensity' of your fans. The 'number' of fans you have should always be your secondary focus (not your primary one) if you want to become successful in the music industry. The fact is, it is not the number of 'fans' that matters most, it's the number of FANATICS which will contribute more directly to your success (or lack of it). This is particularly true in the beginning of a band's music career. Focus more effort on converting your exist

Which celebrity was killed when their vehicle was involved in a collision when a car driven by Donald Turnupseed turned in front of their vehicle, totaling their Porsche?

Actor James Dean killed in car crash » Photos from the Vault Actor James Dean killed in car crash Categories: by David Middlecamp October 1, 1955 Telegram-Tribune documenting the death of James Dean in a car crash near Cholame. A lot has changed since actor James Dean was killed in a collision at the highway intersection that now bears his name. Freeways were the exception, not the rule. Datelines for Dodger stories were BROOKLYN. Highway safety and automobile design have come a long way. It was the end of September and there were already 27 traffic deaths in the county. Another would fall the very next day. Now with crumple zones, seat belts, airbags, roll cages and other engineering improvements, accidents are more survivable then they were before. The intersection has been redesigned and moved since the accident and Highway 446 has been renamed 46. Another major change is the advent of celebrity news. If something like this happened today there would be news helicopters and satellite vans and cell phone video on the internet within a few hours of the accident. Dean would become a bigger celebrity after his death. According to IMDB his second film "Rebel Without a Cause" would open a month after his death. His third and final film "Giant" would be released just over a year later. The Telegram-Tribune gave this story more than the usual prominence for a fatal accident in that era. It has the front page lead headline, however the accident at the far corner of the county on a Friday night, no reporter went out with a camera. Though it was front page news in both newspapers the Paso Robles newspaper had the visual advantage of publishing two days after the San Luis Obispo edition. They were able to access photos from the Highway Patrol and a Hollywood portrait of Dean in their coverage. Here is the coverage of the accident from the Telegram-Tribune's Saturday Oct. 1, 1955 edition: Movie Star James Dean Dies in Auto Crash James Dean, 24, whose meteoric rise to film stardom came in his first and only released picture, "East of Eden," was killed in an automobile collision in San Luis Obispo county last night. Dean died in an ambulance enroute to the Paso Robles war memorial hospital, the California highway patrol reported. The fatal collision occurred at the intersection of highway 446 and 41 near Cholame and 28 miles east of Paso Robles. Dean was driving a $7,000 German-made Porsche sports car, accompanied by his mechanic, Rolf Weutherich, 29, who only recently came to this country from Germany. The other car was driven by Donald D. Turnupseed, 23, Tulare, a student at Cal Poly. Dean suffered a broken neck and numerous other injuries. His battered body was taken from the crashed car, but the mechanic was thrown from the vehicle upon impact. His injuries are serious. Turnupseed escaped with only slight injuries. According to the CHP, the Porsche was traveling west on 446 when the student's car attempted a left turn at the intersection and the collision occurred. Dean's father, Winton Dean a dental technician at the VA hospital in Los Angeles arrived at the Keuhl funeral home in Paso Robles early today to complete the funeral arrangements for his son. It was announced that services would be held at the Hunt mortuary, Fairmont, Ind. at 2 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 8. ______ Paso Robles Press October 3, 1955 coverage of weekend accidents including James Dean's fatal accident. HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1 (UP) — Speed loving James Dean, Hollywood's latest bobby sox idol was killed last night in a head-on collision of his $7,000 German sports car and another automobile. Dean, 24, was driving from Hollywood to a road race in northern California at the time of his death on a darkening highway 28 miles east of Paso Robles. A car driven by Donald Turnupseed of Tulare, Calif, a 23-year-old Cal Poly student, turned left in front of Dean's light aluminum Porche Spyder and the two automobiles crashed head on. Dean died instantly. His body was battered and there were numerous broken bones and cuts. The low slung little Porche skidded more than 100 feet fr

On August 9, 1944, The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring what iconic character for the first time?

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August 9th marks the anniversary of the resignation of Richard M. Nixon as US President. In what year did it happen?

WashingtonPost.com: Nixon Resigns Nixon Resigns Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, August 9, 1974; Page A01 Richard Milhous Nixon announced last night that he will resign as the 37th President of the United States at noon today. Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan will take the oath as the new President at noon to complete the remaining 2 1/2 years of Mr. Nixon's term. After two years of bitter public debate over the Watergate scandals, President Nixon bowed to pressures from the public and leaders of his party to become the first President in American history to resign. "By taking this action," he said in a subdued yet dramatic television address from the Oval Office, "I hope that I will have hastened the start of the process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." Vice President Ford, who spoke a short time later in front of his Alexandria home, announced that Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger will remain in his Cabinet. The President-to-be praised Mr. Nixon's sacrifice for the country and called it "one of the vary saddest incidents that I've every witnessed." Mr. Nixon said he decided he must resign when he concluded that he no longer had "a strong enough political base in the Congress" to make it possible for him to complete his term of office. Declaring that he has never been a quitter, Mr. Nixon said that to leave office before the end of his term " is abhorrent to every instinct in my body." But "as President, I must put the interests of America first," he said. While the President acknowledged that some of his judgments "were wrong," he made no confession of the "high crimes and misdemeanors" with which the House Judiciary Committee charged him in its bill of impeachment. Specifically, he did not refer to Judiciary Committee charges that in the cover-up of Watergate crimes he misused government agencies such as the FBI, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Internal Revenue Service. After the President's address, Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski issued a statement declaring that "there has been no agreement or understanding of any sort between the President or his representatives and the special prosecutor relating in any way to the President's resignation." Jaworski said that his office "was not asked for any such agreement or understanding and offered none." His office was informed yesterday afternoon of the President's decision, Jaworski said, but "my office did not participate in any way in the President's decision to resign." Mr. Nixon's brief speech was delivered in firm tones and he appeared to be complete control of his emotions. The absence of rancor contrasted sharply with the "farewell" he delivered in 1962 after being defeated for the governorship of California. An hour before the speech, however, the President broke down during a meeting with old congressional friends and had to leave the room. He had invited 20 senators and 26 representatives for a farewell meeting in the Cabinet room. Later, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater (R-Ariz.), one of those present, said Mr. Nixon said to them very much what he said in his speech. "He just told us that the country couldn't operate with a half-time President," Goldwater reported. "Then he broke down and cried and he had to leave the room. Then the rest of us broke down and cried." In his televised resignation, after thanking his friends for their support, the President concluded by saying he was leaving office "with this prayer: may God's grace be with you in all the days ahead." As for his sharpest critics, the President said, "I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me." He called on all Americans to "join together . . . in helping our new President succeed." The President said he had thought it was his duty to persevere in office in face of the Watergate charges and to complete his term. "In the past days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort," Mr. Nixon said. His family "unanimously urged" him to stay in office and f

August 12, 1925 saw the birth of twins Ross and Norris McWhirter, who created what book, which people will go to extreme lengths to get into?

The FReeper Foxhole Revisits the Rangers at Pointe du Hoc (6/6/1944) - August 12th, 2005 The FReeper Foxhole Revisits the Rangers at Pointe du Hoc (6/6/1944) - August 12th, 2005 Posted on 08/11/2005 9:56:38 PM PDT by snippy_about_it Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Country are acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel free to address their specific circumstances or whatever issues concern them in an atmosphere of peace, understanding, brotherhood and support. The FReeper Foxhole hopes to share with it's readers an open forum where we can learn about and discuss military history, military news and other topics of concern or interest to our readers be they Veteran's, Current Duty or anyone interested in what we have to offer. If the Foxhole makes someone appreciate, even a little, what others have sacrificed for us, then it has accomplished one of it's missions. We hope the Foxhole in some small way helps us to remember and honor those who came before us. To read previous Foxhole threads or to add the Foxhole to your sidebar, click on the books below. The FReeper Foxhole Revisits 2d RANGER BATTALION 6 June 1944 On 6 June 1944 the V Corps of U.S. First Army assaulted German coastal defenses on a 6,000-yard stretch ("Omaha" Beach) between Vierville and Colleville. Their aim was to establish, on D Day, a beachhead three to four miles deep extending from the Drôme River to the vicinity of Isigny. The attack was made by two divisions, the 1st and 29th, with strong attachments of armor and artillery. On their right flank, a separate mission of unusual difficulty was assigned to a special assault force. At Pointe du Hoc, four miles west of Omaha Beach, the Germans had constructed a fortified position for a coastal battery of six 155-mm howitzers of french make; four guns were in open emplacements and two were casemated, with further construction work on casemates reported under way in April and May. This battery was one of the most dangerous elements in the German coastal defenses of the assault area. With a 25,000-yard range, the 155's could put fire on the approaches to Omaha Beach and on the transport area of V Corps; in addition they could reach the transport area from which VII Corps, to the west, would unload for assault at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula ("Utah" Beach). The cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, rising 100 feet (30 metres) above the English Channel, as pictured from a photoreconnaissance airplane before D-Day The position at Pointe du Hoc was strongly protected from attack by sea. Between Grandcamp and the Omaha sector, the flat Norman tableland terminates abruptly in rocky cliffs. At Pointe du Hoc, these are 85 to 100 feet high, sheer to overhanging; below them is a narrow strip of beach, without the slightest cover for assaulting troops. Aerial photographs indicated what was later confirmed by french civilians: that the enemy regarded the position as nearly impregnable from seaward attack and were more concerned with defending it against an enemy coming from inland. The battery was part of a self-contained fortress area, mined and wired on the landward side. Its flanks were protected by two supporting smaller positions mounting machine guns and, on the west, an antiaircraft gun. These positions were sited to put enfilade fire on the beaches under the Point, and to aid its defense against any inland attack. Enemy troops at Pointe du Hoc were estimated at 125 infantry and 85 artille

What legendary porn star was arrest, tried and acquitted as an accomplice in the so-called Wonderland Murders, immortalized in the 2003 Val Kilmer vehicle Wonderland?

IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Underworld" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Underworld" 1-50 of 173 names. Wentworth Miller Wentworth Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed actor whose credits span both television and feature film. Wentworth Earl Miller III was born June 2, 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, to American parents, Joy Marie (Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller II, a lawyer educator. He has two younger sisters, Gillian and Leigh. His father is of Afro-Jamaican and African-American (along with English and German) descent. His mother has Dutch, French, Swedish, Lebanese/Syrian, Austrian, and Polish ancestry. When Miller turned a year old, his family moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York. His father became an assistant district attorney over there. Wentworth retains a dual citizenship, but affirms that he has always been an American. He comes from a diverse background. Wentworth attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, where he was a member of Sing!, an annual musical production that was started by Midwood. He later on transferred to Quaker Valley Senior High School in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Wentworth was a straight As student in high school and was involved in the AV club and school newspaper. After graduating from high school in 1990, he attended Princeton University. He was also a cartoonist for the school paper and a member of the A Capella group, The Princeton Tigertones, where he sang baritone. It was then that he realized he was interested in performing in front of big and small audiences. Five years later, in 1995, he graduated from Princeton with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and moved to California. That same year, he was hired by a small company who made movies for television. About a year and a half later, he realized that he had unconsciously moved to Los Angeles to be an actor. He then decided to quit his job at the production company even after his employee at the production company had offered him another stable job position. Unfortunately for Wentworth, breaking into the industry was a tough job for him. He worked as a temp at several production companies before ending up working as a temp for his former employee's production office. It wasn't too long before Wentworth started landing guest roles on show such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer , ER , and Popular . He also starred in the Hallmark series, Dinotopia , playing the character, David Scott. These guest spots later on led to a role in the feature film, The Human Stain , which happened to be his breakthrough role, alongside Nicole Kidman and Sir Anthony Hopkins , where he played the younger version of Anthony Hopkins' character, Coleman Silk. Although the film didn't fare well in movie theaters, it was well received by viewers and critics, further catapulting Wentworth to bigger stardom. After The Human Stain , he appeared in the movie _Underworld_, as Dr Adam Lockwood, opposite Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman , playing the voice of EDI. He also guest-starred in the series finale of CBS' Joan of Arcadia , as Ryan Hunter, a charming-yet-sinister man who revealed to Joan that he also spoke to God. It was reported that his character would be Joan's greatest challenge, but in May, CBS decided to cancel the show, leaving fans to wonder what might have been. In 2005, Wentworth appeared in the pilot of Ghost Whisperer before eventually starring on FOX network's Prison Break . Wentworth played the role of Michael Scofield, a character helping his brother, Lincoln Burrows, escape death row after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. He stars alongside actors, Dominic Purcell , Amaury Nolasco and Robert Knepper . Prison Break became an instant hit and Wentworth secured a spot among viewers as one of the hottest up-and-coming actors around. His performance in the show earned him a Golden Globe nomination, a Saturn award nomination, as well as three Teen Choice Award nominations. The Brooklyn native also appeared in two of Mariah Carey 's mus

Who's missing: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop

Joey Bishop, 89, Last of the Rat Pack, Is Dead - The New York Times The New York Times Arts |Joey Bishop, 89, Last of the Rat Pack, Is Dead Search Joey Bishop, 89, Last of the Rat Pack, Is Dead By RICHARD SEVERO Joey Bishop , the long-faced comedian and last surviving member of the Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra’s celebrated retinue of the 1960s, died Wednesday night at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 89. There were multiple causes, said his longtime publicist, Warren Cowan. Mr. Bishop was the least flamboyant of the Rat Pack and no match for the others — Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr. and Sinatra himself — in their dedication to hell raising. But he shared in their phenomenal success in the early 1960s, when they headlined music and comedy shows at the Sands in Las Vegas and made movies like “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Sergeants 3.” When John F. Kennedy, a friend of Sinatra’s and a brother-in-law of Lawford’s, was elected president in 1960, Mr. Bishop was master of ceremonies at the inaugural ball. Mr. Bishop, a regular guest on television as a stand-up comedian, eventually had his own TV shows: a sitcom in which he played a talk-show host and later his own actual talk show, appearing on ABC in a short-lived challenge to Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show.” His sidekick was a young Regis Philbin, now a host of his own syndicated morning talk show, “Live With Regis and Kelly.” Continue reading the main story In his vigorous years, when he was known as “the Frown Prince” and his income and fame were substantial, Mr. Bishop indulged himself with a Rolls-Royce and a speedboat. But he seemed happiest when he was playing golf with his fellow comedians Buddy Hackett, Phil Foster and Dick Shawn. And unlike the others in the Pack, he remained married to the same woman, the former Sylvia Ruzga, for 58 years, until her death in 1999. Advertisement Continue reading the main story They had a son, Larry, who became a comic actor and is now a director and producer. Mr. Bishop is also survived by two grandchildren and his companion, Nora Garabotti. Mr. Bishop suggested at times that although he was grateful for all that Sinatra had done for his career, including seeing to it that he got roles in Rat Pack movies, he felt he was more the mascot of the Pack than a full-fledged member. A 2002 biography of him by Michael Seth Starr was titled “Mouse in the Rat Pack.” Photo Joey Bishop in October 1963. Credit Associated Press “But even the mascot gets to carry the ball, too,” Mr. Bishop said, and many sources credit him with writing bright material for the rest of the Pack. Mr. Bishop had a talent for ad-libbing, often using his catchphrase — “Son of a gun!” — as an all-purpose interjection. He refused to memorize jokes. “The kick is to think quickly,” he told The Los Angeles Times in 1966. “It’s a great kick.” That approach pleased Sinatra, who first saw Mr. Bishop perform in the early 1950s, at the Latin Quarter in Manhattan. Sinatra asked him to open for him at Bill Miller’s Riviera, a club in Fort Lee, N.J. Soon he was regularly opening for Sinatra and known as “Sinatra’s comic.” He also began getting jobs in first-rate clubs even when Sinatra was not on the bill. He got laughs when, in the middle of a performance at the Copacabana in Manhattan, Marilyn Monroe suddenly appeared, swathed in white ermine. Mr. Bishop was quick. “Marilyn, I told you to sit in the truck,” he said. Another time he told an audience how he had gotten a small role in the movie “The Naked and the Dead.” He said he “played both parts.” Joey Bishop was born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb in the Bronx on Feb. 3, 1918, the fifth child and third son of Jacob Gottlieb and the former Anna Siegel, immigrants from Eastern Europe. When Joey was 3 months old, Jacob Gottlieb moved his family to Philadelphia, where he worked odd jobs and ran a bicycle shop. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Joey Gottlieb was interested in entertainment from an early age. In elementary school he did impersonations of Edward G. Robinson and Jimmy Durante. After dropping out of high sch

Which now defunct company operated the luxury liner Titanic?

Photo of iceberg that sank the Titanic sold at UK auction Photo of iceberg that sank the Titanic sold at UK auction By Marcus Hondro     Oct 25, 2015 in World A photograph believed to be of the very iceberg that sank the RMS Titanic has been sold at an auction in the UK. It sold Saturday for £21,000. A Titanic iceberg The black and white photo has hung for decades on the wall of a boardroom of a firm connected to White Star Line, the now-defunct shipping company that owned the Titanic. It was sold at the Henry Aldridge & Son auctioneer house, along with a Spillers and Bakers pilot biscuit that had been on one of the life boats; the hardtack biscuit went for £15,000. The chief steward of a German vessel, the Prinz Adalbert, took the photo in the early hours of April 15, 1912, not long after the Titanic had sank and before the crew of the Adalbert was aware of the tragedy. The man who took the photo said he did so because he spotted a streak of red paint along the waterline on one side of the iceberg and believed it must have come in contact with a ship. The photo comes with a written declaration that reads: "On the day after the sinking of the Titanic, the steamer Prinz Adalbert passes the iceberg shown in this photograph. The Titanic disaster was not yet known by us. On one side red paint was plainly visible, which has the appearance of having been made by the scraping of a vessel on the iceberg." That declaration was signed "M. Linoenewald, and three crewmen." Despite that, experts say there is no way to confirm the iceberg is the one the RMS Titanic hit; however, it is widely believed that it is. Largest ocean liner The luxury liner was the world's largest passenger ship when she sailed from Southampton, England bound for New York on April 10, 1912; it was her first and last voyage. In the frigid waters of the North Atlantic she struck an iceberg four days after setting sail and was headed to the bottom of the sea 2 hours and 40 minutes later. Of the 2,223 passengers and crew, 1,517 died. In May of 2009 the last surviving Titanic passenger passed away. Millvina Dean was but 9-weeks-old when the ship hit the iceberg and sank. Her mother managed to get her and a brother to a lifeboat but her father went down with the ship. It has not been made public who purchased the photo of the iceberg.

Named for the developer of the steel plow, what Moline, Il. company is the world's largest producer of agricultural machinery in the world?

John Deere Timeline & Inventions | John Deere US 1837 - 1869 1837 John Deere fashions a polished-steel plow in his Grand Detour, Illinois, blacksmith shop that lets pioneer farmers cut clean furrows through sticky Midwest prairie soil. 1838 John Deere, blacksmith, evolves into John Deere, manufacturer. Later he remembers building 10 plows in 1839, 75 in 1841, and 100 in 1842. 1842 John Deere adds retailing to his business, filling orders for the Patent Cary Plow. 1843 Deere and Leonard Andrus become "co-partners in the art and trade of blacksmithing, plow-making, and all things thereto..." 1848 The growing plow business moves to Moline, Illinois, 75 miles southwest of Grand Detour. Moline offers water power and transportation advantages. Deere chooses a new partner, Robert N. Tate, who moves to Moline and raises the rafters on their three-story blacksmith shop by July 28. 1849 A workforce of about 16 builds 2,136 plows. 1852 Deere buys out his partners. For the next 16 years, the company is known variously as John Deere, John Deere & Company, Deere & Company, and Moline Plow Manufactory. 1853 Sixteen-year old Charles , Deere's only living son, joins the firm as a bookkeeper following graduation from a Chicago commercial college. 1858 The business totters during a nationwide financial panic. Maneuverings to avoid bankruptcy shuffle ownership and managerial arrangements. John Deere remains president, but power passes to 21-year-old Charles Deere. He will run the company for the next 49 years. 1863 The company makes the Hawkeye Riding Cultivator, the first Deere implement adapted for riding. 1864 John Deere obtains the company's first actual patent for moulds used in casting steel plows. Another follows in a few months and a third the next year. 1867 Charles Deere sues Candee, Swan & Co., a competitor, for trademark infringement. The case has precedent-setting implications for trademark law. Could Deere preempt the word "Moline," which it has been using in its advertising, so that no similar product could incorporate it? The ultimate answer is no. The Walking Cultivator is patented in August 1867. Although farmers might prefer riding, the lower cost of this unit makes it sell even though the man has to walk in soft ground while straddling a row of corn. 1868 After 31 years as a partnership or single proprietorship, the concern is incorporated under the name Deere & Company. There are four shareholders at first, six within a year. Charles and John Deere control 65 percent of the stock. 1869 Charles Deere and Alvah Mansur establish the first branch house, Deere, Mansur & Co., in Kansas City. A semi-independent distributor of Deere products within a certain geographic area, it is the forerunner of the company's current farm and industrial-equipment sales branches and sales regions. 1930 - 1959 1930 Consolidations leave only seven full-line farm equipment companies: John Deere, IH, Case, Oliver, Allis-Chalmers, Minneapolis-Moline, and Massey-Harris. Deere and IH dominate most product categories. 1931 A $1.2 million embezzlement at People's Savings Bank in Moline, Illinois — "Deere's bank" — threatens closure and loss of employee savings. The company writes a check to cover the loss. The bank survives. 1932 The Great Depression hardens, forcing massive layoffs, pay and pension cuts, shortened hours, and a temporary end to paid vacations. A 1920s savings innovation, the Thrift Plan, eases the burden for some employees. John Deere continues group insurance for the unemployed, lowers rent in company housing, and starts "make work" projects. 1933 Business is almost at a standstill. Sales plunge to $8.7 million. Though it is losing money, the company decides to carry debtor farmers as long as necessary, greatly strengthening farmer loyalty. 1934 Despite the Depression, the company emphasizes product development. The Model "A" Tractor enters production. A similar but smaller Model "B" follows in 1935. They become the most popular tractors in the company's history, remaining in the product line until 1952. 1937 The company celebrates t

After a Compromise, what state was admitted to the union as the 24th, on August 10, 1821?

Missouri is the 24th State Admitted to the Union | World History Project Missouri is the 24th State Admitted to the Union On August 10, 1821, Missouri entered the Union as the twenty-fourth state. Named after the Native American people who originally inhabited the land, Missouri was acquired by the U.S. as part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. At that time, the territory's occupants were mainly French settlers. After the War of 1812, American settlers poured into the region. In 1818, the Speaker of the House of Representatives presented the first petition of the Territory of Missouri requesting statehood. The question of Missouri's admission as a slave or free state led statesman Henry Clay to devise the Missouri Compromise of 1820, admitting Missouri as a slave state while admitting Maine as a free state, and prohibiting slavery in Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36º 30', Missouri's southern border. This resolution proved temporary. Congress passed the Compromise of 1850, a series of laws that amended the Fugitive Slave Act, abolished the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and admitted California to the Union as a free state. The Compromise of 1850 also established territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico, but left the issue of slavery in the new territories to be decided by the local residents. In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act served to abrogate the Missouri Compromise. And in 1857, as a part of the Dred Scott decision, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the compromise unconstitutional by ruling that Congress had no power to bar slavery from a territory, as it had in 1820. Four years later, the slavery debate erupted in civil war. Source: Library of Congress Added by: Aimee Lucido Originally part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Missouri was admitted as a slave state in 1821 as part of the Missouri Compromise. It earned the nickname "Gateway to the West" because it served as a departure point for settlers heading to the west. It was the starting point and the return destination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. River traffic and trade along the Mississippi was integral to the state's economy. To try to control flooding, by 1860 the state had completed construction of 140 miles (230 km) of levees on the Mississippi. The state was site of the epicenter of the 1812 New Madrid earthquake, possibly the most powerful earthquake in the United States since the founding of the country. Casualties were light due to the sparse population. Originally the state's western border was a straight line, defined as the meridian passing through the Kawsmouth, the point where the Kansas River enters the Missouri River. The river has moved since this designation. This line is known as the Osage Boundary. In 1835 the Platte Purchase was added to the northwest corner of the state after purchasing the land from the native tribes, making the Missouri River the border north of the Kansas River. This addition made what was already the largest state in the Union at the time (about 66,500 square miles (172,000 km2) to Virginia's 65,000 square miles (which included West Virginia at the time) even larger. Source: Wikipedia Added by: Aimee Lucido “ I can remember as well as if it happened yesterday, one of the men spread his arms out and said, "stand back men I'll kill the rascal" and raised his gun to shoot when we heard a shout and looked up the road to see what it was and saw Judge Myers coming as fast as his horse could run, shouting as loud as he could. The man dropped his gun to his side, when Judge Myers rode up be was shaking his head and his eyes were blazing fire. He turned around in his saddle and pointed back toward town and said you men get out from here and do it…quick…All the Jayhawkers turned around and sulked off like a whipped dog.” — J. F. Smith

How many days in a fortnight?

Fortnight | Define Fortnight at Dictionary.com fortnight the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks. Origin of fortnight before 1000; Middle English fourtenight, contraction of Old English fēowertēne niht. See fourteen , night Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for fortnight Expand Contemporary Examples Afghanistan was almost forgotten in Britain, until the recent upsurge in British casualties: 16 dead in a fortnight. Turkish Hypocrisy Benny Morris March 27, 2012 There were no other visitors save for a man who came for a fortnight with his wife and seven children. Bin Laden’s Life on the Run, Witnessed by Al Qaeda Child Bride Michael Daly July 9, 2013 Historical Examples Day after day, for at least a fortnight (from the 2d to the 15th of July), he remained there. Earl Hubert's Daughter Emily Sarah Holt After this he must go in three times a week for a fortnight longer. Remarks Bill Nye We did not expect Maurice for a fortnight; but he writes that he will be here to-morrow. Fairy Fingers Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie It was not yet a fortnight since he had arrived in England; but time has different values, as Jean had discovered for herself. A Question of Marriage Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey British Dictionary definitions for fortnight Expand a period of 14 consecutive days; two weeks Word Origin Old English fēowertīene niht fourteen nights Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for fortnight Expand n. 17c. contraction of Middle English fourteniht, from Old English feowertyne niht, literally "fourteen nights," preserving the ancient Germanic custom of reckoning by nights, mentioned by Tacitus in "Germania" xi. Related: Fortnightly. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Epitomized by Vernon Wormer, what name is given to individuals that run universities or colleges?

College fraternities: Belching a dirge? | The Economist Belching a dirge? Tweet “WAS it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour? Hell no!”, thundered John "Bluto" Blutarsky in the 1978 film "Animal House", one of the highest-grossing comedies of all time. Bluto (played by the now immortal John Belushi) was rallying the beleaguered brothers of Delta Tau Chi, victims of the censorious Dean Vernon Wormer and his campaign to obliterate the fraternity of debauched misfits. Jump forward to 2014 and Dean Wormer has real-life company. A glut of new reports about excessive underage drinking, sexual assaults and otherwise dangerous behaviour in college fraternities has put university administrators on the defensive. Across the country, and particularly at elite institutions in the north-east, many are starting to crack down on these all-male and historically quite-white societies.  Amherst College in Massachusetts, which had already formally banned Greek groups three decades ago, announced in May it would suspend or expel any student joining an underground group deemed “fraternity-like [or] sorority-like”. JP Morgan Chase stopped managing an investment account of the charitable foundation run by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, or SAE (the groups are known by the Greek letters of their names). Lloyd’s of London threatened to cancel SAE’s insurance plan thanks to the threat of injuries and deaths, Bloomberg News revealed in March. All this comes as the White House presses universities to better police campus sexual assault, intensifying the scrutiny on these clubs. The possibility of legal action looms constantly over fraternity houses, which are effectively communal drinking societies for aspiring professionals. Undergraduates often compete to join the individual campus chapters of national fraternities, lured by the networking prospects, the camaraderie, the chance to live in a run-down home with their soon-to-be closest friends and the booze. Prospective members undergo up to a year of “pledging” (often inebriation-heavy hazing rituals) before becoming “fraternity men”, with all the social benefits that entails. Pledging mostly happens behind closed doors, but reports of egregious physical hazing occasionally become public : a University of Tennessee fraternity was suspended in late May after pouring hot sauce on its recruits’ genitals. In December a first-year student at New York’s Baruch College died of brain injuries after being pummelled.  In 2011, months after a student died in a hazing incident, Cornell University’s president David Skorton penned a New York Times essay explaining his decision to forbid fraternity pledging altogether. This was one day after Princeton University banned its own fraternities from recruiting first-year students. Hazing is illegal in 44 states, and Bloomberg reports over 60 fraternity-related deaths since 2005. A recent Bloomberg series , paired with an Atlantic magazine cover story , has provided anti-Greek campaigners with a wealth of statistical ammunition. But the groups have some fearsome weapons of their own. Alongside numerous business executives, 39 senators and 101 House members are fraternity or sorority alumni, boasts the website of the North-American Interfraternity Conference trade group, which represents 74 national fraternities. It is a bipartisan and powerful bunch. The Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee, FratPAC, aggressively fights legislation that threatens to harm the clubs, such as anti-hazing measures.  Over 300,000 undergraduate men nationwide are fraternity members today. Defenders of fraternities have claimed their share of scalps. The president of Trinity College in Connecticut will retire earlier than planned in June after tangling with graduates who threatened to withhold donations when he mandated the groups coeducate. At larger southern schools, where the culture of fraternities is especially strong, colleges are less likely to fight. Many universities are quietly eager to let students live in their own group houses, off the schools’ books. While small, elite

Name the book and the author:' These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket. Their names are Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine.'

How opening lines from children's literature compare down the ages | News How opening lines from children's literature compare down the ages 23rd February 2007 at 00:00 Share this 1. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll (1865) 2. Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17-, and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn, and the brown old seaman, with the sabre cut, first took up his lodging under our roof. Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) 3. When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911) 4. The Fossil sisters lived in the Cromwell Road. At that end of it which is farthest away from the Brompton Road, and yet sufficiently near it so one could be taken to look at the dolls' houses in the Victoria and Albert every wet day. Ballet Shoes By Noel Streatfeild (1936) 5. These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket. Their names are Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine. And these two very old people are the father and mother of Mrs Bucket. Their names are Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina. This is Mr Bucket. This is Mrs Bucket. Mr and Mrs Bucket have a small boy whose name is Charlie Bucket. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory By Roald Dahl (1964) 6. My name is Tracy Beaker. I am 10 years 2 months old. My birthday is on May 8. It's not fair, because that dopey Peter Ingham has his birthday then too, so we just got the one cake between us. And we had to hold the knife to cut the cake together. Which meant we only had half a wish each. Wishing is for babies anyway. Wishes don't come true. The Story of Tracy Beaker By Jacqueline Wilson (1991) 7. When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news. Alex Rider was woken by the first chime. His eyes flickered open, but for a moment he stayed completely still in his bed, lying on his back with his head resting on the pillow. He heard a bedroom door open and a creak of wood as somebody went downstairs. Stormbreaker

Hiroshima was the first city to feel the effects of an atomic bomb. What Japanese city was next to be visited on Aug 9, 1945?

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - World War II - HISTORY.com Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Author Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki URL A+E Networks Introduction On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” Google The Manhattan Project Even before the outbreak of war in 1939, a group of American scientists–many of them refugees from fascist regimes in Europe–became concerned with nuclear weapons research being conducted in Nazi Germany. In 1940, the U.S. government began funding its own atomic weapons development program, which came under the joint responsibility of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the War Department after the U.S. entry into World War II . The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was tasked with spearheading the construction of the vast facilities necessary for the top-secret program, codenamed “The Manhattan Project ” (for the engineering corps’ Manhattan district). Did You Know? After World War II, most of Hiroshima would be rebuilt, though one destroyed section was set aside as a reminder of the effects of the atomic bomb. Each August 6, thousands of people gather at Peace Memorial Park to join in interfaith religious services commemorating the anniversary of the bombing. Over the next several years, the program’s scientists worked on producing the key materials for nuclear fission–uranium-235 and plutonium (Pu-239). They sent them to Los Alamos, New Mexico , where a team led by J. Robert Oppenheimer worked to turn these materials into a workable atomic bomb. Early on the morning of July 16, 1945, the Manhattan Project held its first successful test of an atomic device–a plutonium bomb–at the Trinity test site at Alamogordo, New Mexico. No Surrender for the Japanese By the time of the Trinity test, the Allied powers had already defeated Germany in Europe. Japan, however, vowed to fight to the bitter end in the Pacific, despite clear indications (as early as 1944) that they had little chance of winning. In fact, between mid-April 1945 (when President Harry Truman took office) and mid-July, Japanese forces inflicted Allied casualties totaling nearly half those suffered in three full years of war in the Pacific, proving that Japan had become even more deadly when faced with defeat. In late July, Japan’s militarist government rejected the Allied demand for surrender put forth in the Potsdam Declaration, which threatened the Japanese with “prompt and utter destruction” if they refused. General Douglas MacArthur and other top military commanders favored continuing the conventional bombing of Japan already in effect and following up with a massive invasion, codenamed “Operation Downfall.” They advised Truman that such an invasion would result in U.S. casualties of up to 1 million. In order to avoid such a high casualty rate, Truman decided–over the moral reservations of Secretary of War Henry Stimson, General Dwight Eisenhower and a number of the Manhattan Project scientists–to use the atomic bomb in the hopes of bringing the war to a quick end. Proponents of the A-bomb–such as James Byrnes, Truman’s secretary of state–believed that its devastating power would not only end the war, but also put the U.S. in a dominant position to determine the course of the postwar world. “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” Hiroshima, a manufacturing center of some 350,000 people located about 500 miles from Tokyo, was selected as the first target. After arriving at the U.S. base on the Pacific island of Tinian, the more than 9,000-pound uranium

If Lady is a pedigree American Cocker Spaniel, what is the name of the mongrel?

AMERICAN COCKER SPANIEL Breed Standards - Certified Pet Registration Kennel Club Inc AMERICAN COCKER SPANIEL Breed Standards   The “cocker” in the name Cocker Spaniel refers to the fact that the breed originally hunted woodcock. The first Cocker Spaniel in America is thought to have arrived in 1620 along with the Pilgrim Fathers on the Mayflower. Over the following centuries, settlers brought more Cockers to help investigate and take advantage of the wilderness game. These dogs are the ancestors of the Cocker Spaniel. Cocker Spaniels have been exhibited in the US since the early 1880s. However, as developed here, the American Cocker has evolved somewhat differently in type, size, and coloring from the breed now recognized as the English Cocker Spaniel. Originally a gun dog, the American Cocker now fulfills the position of family pet or show dog most often and unlike the English Cocker, is rarely seen hunting. Nevertheless, some American Cockers are still bred for fieldwork, and a small movement works to preserve the hunting abilities of the breed. The Cocker Spaniel’s inherent desire to hunt contributes to his capability as a gun dog when judiciously trained, and the Cocker covers all territory within gun range speedily, flushing game and retrieving only when under command, and taking to water readily. Cocker Spaniels have attained “star” status in the media. The more famous Cockers are Lady from Lady and the Tramp, Lucky Bundy from Married with Children, Oprah Winfrey's pets Solomon and Sophie, and Checkers, First Dog during the presidency of Richard Nixon.   SKILLS: Field sports dog by origin, mainly a family pet today. SIZE: The shoulder-height is about 38cm (15in) for dogs and 35.5 (14in) for bitches. COAT: The hair on the head is short and fine while the body hair is medium length. There should be feathering of silken hair on the ears, chest, belly and legs. American Cocker Spaniels are recognized by this long hair. Almost any color is accepted, including black, deer red, light beige, black and tan, and multi-colored. CARE REQUIRED: Grooming  the coat is very important. With this Spaniel it is necessary to brush and comb the hair every day. Additionally, if you want to keep the dog's appearance according to the breed standard, you will need to take it to a professional dog groomer about every four weeks. Of course, the ears should be examined regularly and excess hair between the pads of the feet, under and inside the ear, should be trimmed. If you do not have the time for the grooming required or cannot afford the cost of regular visits to a professional, avoid this breed. CHARACTER: These are lovable, gentle, and playful dogs that are intelligent and obedient. TRAINING: Training the American Cocker Spaniel rarely leads to any problems. Train them with a gentle hand and bear in mind that they are sensitive to the tone of your voice and any upsets within the home. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: Dogs of this breed are very sociable and consequently they get along fine with their own kind and with other household pets. Because they will meekly accept virtually anything, it is sensible to protect them from children's play which can become too rough. EXERCISE: This Cocker Spaniel loves to play and frolic. Provided you bear this in mind, there is no reason why it cannot be kept in an apartment. A few of the breed are still used to find birds in hunting. Most of them greatly enjoy both swimming and retrieving.   SPECIAL REMARKS: In view of the popularity of this breed, it is advisable to purchase a puppy only from a recognized and reliable breeder.

August 16, 1977 saw the passing of what singing legend, found on the floor of his bathroom?

1000+ images about ELVIS (death) on Pinterest | Sad day, On august and Elvis death Forward "The Colonel stood before the open casket, studded with copper, in which Elvis Presley icon was resting:. Swollen in a white suit - blue shirt, silver tie Unlike friends and confidants of Elvis dressed in black suits paying their last respects, Parker dressed in Hawaiian theme he carried a printed palm tree in silk shirt and a baseball cap." See More

What is the name of the seismic fault line that runs for about 800 miles in California?

San Andreas Fault Motion - California Earthquake - Thrillist Why Tucson Is the Best Food City in Arizona Back in May, earthquake experts described the San Andreas Fault, that fault line that runs 800 miles through California, as " locked, loaded, and ready to roll. " Certainly, those weren't the most encouraging words for California residents. And now new reports are adding to the scare-factor, showing "large-scale motion" around that same seismic hotspot. But don't panic just yet. Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the University of Washington, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography have detected a rising and sinking motion near the San Andreas Fault considered to be "large-scale vertical motion." This is all the result of growing stress that should eventually lead to that big earthquake everyone's been expecting.  Keep in mind that motion around the fault is nothing new and is constantly being monitored. However, this particular group of researchers used a new statistical technique and GPS data to document this kind of vertical movement for the first time.  Speaking of his team's results, the lead author of the study Samuel Howell told University of Hawaii News , “While the San Andreas GPS data has been publicly available for more than a decade, the vertical component of the measurements had largely been ignored in tectonic investigations because of difficulties in interpreting the noisy data. Using this technique, we were able to break down the noisy signals to isolate a simple vertical motion pattern that curiously straddled the San Andreas fault.” And while any sort of motion near a fault line might sound scary, this is actually good news! All this new research should lead to a better understanding of the San Andreas Fault as a whole, which should help improve preparations for that inevitable "big one." See, good news. And you can read all about this exciting, new research in  Nature Geoscience . Now get back to your earthquake emergency drill.  Sign up here for our daily Thrillist email, and get your fix of the best in food/drink/fun. Kara King is a News Writer at Thrillist and has participated in a lot of earthquake drills. Send news tips to [email protected] and follow her at  @karatillie .

What airline, the world’s largest, uses Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport as its’ US hub?

BBC - Travel - Why is Atlanta the world’s busiest airport? Travel Tips Why is Atlanta the world’s busiest airport? With more than 250,000 passengers and nearly 2,500 arrivals and departures each day, a layover at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is not uncommon. By Suemedha Sood 8 February 2013 One might expect the world’s busiest airport to be located in New York or London or Beijing, but the distinction actually belongs to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, located in the southern US city of Atlanta, Georgia. No matter which way you calculate it, Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world’s busiest since 1998. Not only does it attract more travellers than any other airport in the world (with about 92.4 million passengers passing through in 2011, the last full year on record), it also manages more aircraft movements (that is, more takeoffs and landings) than any airport in the world – with about 950,000 in 2010, also the last year on record. All of this begs the question, why is Atlanta the busiest hub for air travel in the world? The Delta factor Atlanta is home to one of the world’s largest airlines. Delta Air Lines was founded in the city of Macon, Georgia (originally as a crop-dusting company called Huff Daland Dusters) and later moved its headquarters about 85 miles north to Atlanta in 1941 (after running its first passenger flights under the name Delta Air Service in 1929). Until 2012, Delta held the record for most annual traffic – measured by “revenue passenger miles” (RPM) – of any airline in the world. The metric of RPMs takes into account both the number of passengers carried and the distances an airline flew during a given year. In 2012 though, Delta’s RPM was beaten by United Airlines , which had grown in size following the 2010 merger between United and Continental Airlines. So it makes sense, then, that Chicago, home to United’s headquarters, hosts the world’s second busiest airport as measured by aircraft movements – with 882,627 in 2010 – and the world’s fourth busiest as measured by sheer passenger numbers – with 66.6 million passengers in 2011. (The second and third busiest by number of passengers in 2011 are Beijing Capital International Airport, with 77.4 million and London Heathrow Airport with 69.4 million) Hartsfield-Jackson serves 225 destinations in 51 countries , receives more than 250,000 passengers a day, and sees nearly 2,500 arrivals and departures per day. Out of this, Delta runs about 1,000 flights daily , serving more than 200 destinations.   The location According to data collected by Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta is located within a two-hour flight of 80% of the US population, making the city a major port of entry into the US and a logical stopover for travel within the expansive country. Hartsfield-Jackson is also the only airport located in Atlanta and by far the biggest airport in Georgia. Most other major hub cities, such as New York, split traffic between two or more major airports. The nearest major airport to Hartsfield-Jackson, is 250 miles northwest, in Nashville, Tennessee. The city Hartsfield-Jackson also happens to be located in a city that attracts its fair share of travellers. Atlanta has been ranked the seventh most visited city for business travel in the US – unsurprising, since it is home to the headquarters of 10 Fortune 500 companies , including Coca-Cola, Home Depot (a massive home improvement retailer), UPS (the United Parcel Service) and, of course, Delta Air Lines. For non-business visitors, Atlanta is also home to perhaps the world’s largest aquarium , where visitors can find the biggest fish on Earth . Rivalled only by the new SEA Aquarium in Singapore (which also calls itself the world’s largest), the Georgia Aquarium holds more than 8 million gallons of water and provides habitat to around 120,000 animals, according to aquarium statistics . Atlanta’s big companies also offer behind-the-scenes tours popular with all kinds of travellers. Coca Cola offers an attraction called The World of Coca-Cola, a sort of museum taking touris

What is the subject of the latest PBS documentary by Ken Burns, which will premiere on public television later this month?

PBS’ Winter/Spring Season Features Endings, Beginnings and Awaited Returns | WUCF PBS’ Winter/Spring Season Features Endings, Beginnings and Awaited Returns Last Updated by Jennifer Cook on PBS’ winter/spring primetime schedule offers a number of exciting new beginnings, awaited returns and a few goodbyes: most notably to one of television’s most beloved dramas, “Downton Abbey” on MASTERPIECE, whose final season premieres January 3, 2015. PBS welcomes the highly anticipated premiere of its Civil War drama MERCY STREET on January 17, and the return of the MASTERPIECE hits “Sherlock”, and the British mystery series “Grantchester” this spring. On April 11-12, America’s preeminent documentary filmmaker,  Ken Burns’s, brings viewers the two-part film JACKIE ROBINSON, memorializing the life of the Major League Baseball legend — the first African-American player in the major leagues. Commemorating the centennial of “America’s best idea,” PBS presents an encore of Burns’s acclaimed THE NATIONAL PARKS series beginning April 25. Compelling historical films are highlighted by THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION: INDEPENDENT LENS by award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson; and genealogical journeys with the third season of FINDING YOUR ROOTS, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who also presents BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE, which asks profound questions about the state of black America — and the nation as a whole.   PBS offers expanded British drama on Sundays in early 2016, satisfying viewers who crave more of the genre. Spring marks the fifth season of CALL THE MIDWIFE on April 3 with stories of midwives and nuns in London’s East End, and the final season of MASTERPIECE  “Mr. Selfridge” with Jeremy Piven as the flamboyant American entrepreneur of London department store fame. Set in 1950s England, the second season of MASTERPIECE “Grantchester” follows sleuths Sidney Chambers, played by James Norton (“Happy Valley”), and Inspector Geordie Keating, played by Robson Green (MASTERPIECE “Reckless”), as they solve murders.   “As ‘Downton Abbey’ on MASTERPIECE premieres its highly anticipated final season, we bid a fond farewell to the fan favorite and also look forward to a powerhouse of drama throughout the entire season — including our new original American drama MERCY STREET, MASTERPIECE mysteries ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Grantchester,’ and the fifth season of ‘CALL THE MIDWIFE,” said Beth Hoppe, PBS Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, General Audience Programming. “Beyond the season’s strong drama lineup, our schedule showcases PBS’ commitment to a diverse programming slate, highlighted by Stanley Nelson’s THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION from INDEPENDENT LENS, Ken Burns’s new epic film JACKIE ROBINSON and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE, as well as captivating new and returning specials across science and nature, biography, history, genealogy and the arts.”   To honor Black History Month, and as part of its commitment to celebrating the diversity of America year-round, PBS’ lineup enriches viewers’ understanding of African-American history, culture and experience. THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION: INDEPENDENT LENS on February 23 and INDEPENDENT LENS “A Ballerina’s Tale,” a documentary about Misty Copeland, the first African-American female principal dancer with the renowned American Ballet Theatre, on February 8. On January 15, PBS presents WILLIE NELSON: GERSHWIN PRIZE, a tribute to the 2015 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Leading into Women’s History Month, AMERICAN MASTERS focuses on three notable women musicians – Carole King, Janis Joplin and Loretta Lynn – beginning February 19.   PBS explores individual and American history on GENEALOGY ROADSHOW. The third season premieres May 17 with a diverse cast of participants from cities around the country, including Boston, Providence, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles and one city TBD. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores personal histories for a third season of

Suzette Charles of New Jersey became Miss America 1984 because of the resignation of the actual winner. Whom did she replace?

Miss America winners: 1921-2016 - San Antonio Express-News Miss America winners: 1921-2016 Image 1 of 89 Miss America winners from 1921 to today 1921: Margaret Gorman, District of Columbia. Gorman was just a junior in high school when she entered the "Inter-City Beauty" contest as part of the Atlantic City (N.J.) Pageant. less Miss America winners from 1921 to today 1921: Margaret Gorman, District of Columbia. Gorman was just a junior in high school when she entered the "Inter-City Beauty" contest as part of the Atlantic City (N.J.) ... more Photo: Miss America Organization Miss America winners from 1921 to today 1921: Margaret... Photo-4931079.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 2 of 89 1922: Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus, Ohio. Just 17 at the time, but the pageant was taking off in popularity and the winner was dubbed "Miss America." 1922: Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus, Ohio. Just 17 at the time, but the pageant was taking off in popularity and the winner was dubbed "Miss America." Photo: Miss America Organization 1922: Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus, Ohio. Just 17 at the time,... Photo-4931080.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 3 of 89 1923: Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus, Ohio. Yes, again -- contestants were allowed to compete in more than one year back then. Campbell's the only repeat winner in the history of the pageant. 1923: Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus, Ohio. Yes, again -- contestants were allowed to compete in more than one year back then. Campbell's the only repeat winner in the history of the pageant. Photo: Miss America Organization 1923: Mary Katherine Campbell, Columbus, Ohio. Yes, again --... Photo-4931081.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 4 of 89 1924: Ruth Malcomson, Philadelphia. Photo-4931082.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 5 of 89 1925: Fay Lanphier, Oakland, Calif. The first winner to represent an entire state; as many as 84 contestants had been entered in the early years, sometimes divided into groups of "professionals" (models), "amateurs" and "inter-city beauties." less 1925: Fay Lanphier, Oakland, Calif. The first winner to represent an entire state; as many as 84 contestants had been entered in the early years, sometimes divided into groups of "professionals" (models), ... more Photo: Miss America Organization 1925: Fay Lanphier, Oakland, Calif. The first winner to represent... Photo-4931083.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 6 of 89 1926: Norma Smallwood, Tulsa, Okla. Photo-4931158.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 7 of 89 1927: Lois Delander, Joliet, Ill. After this, the pageant was discontinued until 1933 because of protests that it had become too risqué. 1927: Lois Delander, Joliet, Ill. After this, the pageant was discontinued until 1933 because of protests that it had become too risqué. Photo: Miss America Organization 1927: Lois Delander, Joliet, Ill. After this, the pageant was... Photo-4931084.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 8 of 89 1933: Marian Bergeron, West Haven, Conn. Bergeron was just 15 when she won the crown after the pageant. The Great Depression and a series of minor controversies derailed the pageant for one year after this. 1933: Marian Bergeron, West Haven, Conn. Bergeron was just 15 when she won the crown after the pageant. The Great Depression and a series of minor controversies derailed the pageant for one year after this. Photo: Miss America Organization 1933: Marian Bergeron, West Haven, Conn. Bergeron was just 15 when... Photo-4931085.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 9 of 89 1935: Henrietta Leaver, Pittsburgh. As the pageant resumed, a talent competition was added. Leaver sang and tap danced. 1935: Henrietta Leaver, Pittsburgh. As the pageant resumed, a talent competition was added. Leaver sang and tap danced. Photo: Miss America Organization 1935: Henrietta Leaver, Pittsburgh. As the pageant resumed, a... Photo-4931086.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 10 of 89 1940: Frances Marie Burke, Philadelphia. Photo-4931091.66593 - San Antonio Express-News Image 15 of 89 1941: Rosemary LaPlanche, Los An

What now American tourist attraction that received its first visitor on August 11, 1934, was originally named by its’ Spanish discoverer as ‘The Island of the Pelicans’?

Alcatraz - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google Early Years as a Military Prison In 1775, Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala (1745-97) mapped and named rugged Alcatraz Island, christening it La Isla de los Alcatraces, or Island of the Pelicans, due to its large population of sea birds. Seventy-five years later, in 1850, President Millard Fillmore (1800-74) signed an order reserving the island for military use. During the 1850s, a fortress was constructed on Alcatraz and some 100 cannons were installed around the island to protect San Francisco Bay. Also during this time, Alcatraz became home to the West Coast’s first operational lighthouse. Did You Know? Each year, hundreds of athletes participate in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, proving that (with training and proper gear) it is possible to swim from Alcatraz and survive. First held in 1980, the event includes a 1.5-mile swim to San Francisco, plus an 18-mile bike ride and 8-mile run. By the late 1850s, the U.S. Army had begun holding military prisoners at Alcatraz. Isolated from the mainland by the cold, strong waters of San Francisco Bay, the island was deemed an ideal location for a prison. It was assumed no Alcatraz inmate could attempt to escape by swimming and survive. During its years as a military prison, the inmates at Alcatraz included Confederate sympathizers and citizens accused of treason during the American Civil War (1861-65). Alcatraz also housed a number of “rebellious” American Indians, including 19 Hopis from the Arizona Territory who were sent to the prison in 1895 following land disagreements with the federal government. The inmate population at Alcatraz continued to rise during the Spanish-American War (1898). During the early 20th century, inmate labor fueled the construction of a new cellhouse (the 600-cell structure still stands today) on Alcatraz, along with a hospital, mess hall and other prison buildings. According to the National Park Service, when this new complex was finished in 1912 it was the world’s largest reinforced concrete building. Doing Time as a Federal Prison: 1934-63 In 1933, the Army relinquished Alcatraz to the U.S. Justice Department, which wanted a federal prison that could house a criminal population too difficult or dangerous to be handled by other U.S. penitentiaries. Following construction to make the existing complex at Alcatraz more secure, the maximum-security facility officially opened on July 1, 1934. The first warden, James A. Johnston (1874-1954), hired approximately one guard for every three prisoners. Each prisoner had his own cell. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) viewed Alcatraz as “the prison system’s prison,” a place where the most disruptive inmates could be sent to live under sparse conditions with few privileges in order to learn how to follow rules (at which point, they could be transferred to other federal prisons to complete their sentences). According to the BOP, Alcatraz typically held some 260 to 275 prisoners, which represented less than 1 percent of the entire federal inmate population. Famous Inmates Among those who did time at The Rock was the notorious Prohibition-era gangster Al “Scarface” Capone, who spent four-and-a-half years there during the 1930s. His arrival on the island generated headlines across America. Capone was sent to Alcatraz because his incarceration in Atlanta, Georgia , had allowed him to remain in contact with the outside world and continue to run his criminal operation in Chicago . He was also known to corrupt prison officers. All of that ended when he was sent to Alcatraz. According to the biography “Capone” by John Kobler, Capone once told the warden, “It looks like Alcatraz has got me licked.” Other famous (or infamous) Alcatraz inmates included George “Machine Gun” Kelly (1895-1954), who spent 17 years there on a kidnapping conviction. Gangster Alvin “Creepy Karpis” Karpowicz (1907-79), listed as “Public Enemy No. 1″ by the FBI in the 1930s, spent over 25 years behind bars at Alcatraz, reportedly more time than any other prisoner. Murderer Robert Stroud, al

What was the pseudonym of the Far Eastern despot Saloth Sar?

Lord of Terror Lord of Terror Email For a time, Tuck Outhuok had only fond memories of the man who taught him history during the 1950s in his native Cambodia. The teacher he knew as Saloth Sar “was a charming person,” recalls Outhuok, now 59, “very gentle, very nice.” Later that same amiable man, using the nom de guerre Pol Pot, would unleash the chaos that wiped out 1.7 million of his people, including Outhuok’s entire family. Such was the enigma of Pol Pot, who died at 72 on April 15, apparently of heart failure, in a remote jungle hut. Often warm and engaging in person, he was also guilty of monstrous deeds. To create his notion of a communist Utopia, Pol Pot was responsible for emptying Cambodia’s cities between 1975 and ’78, splitting families and butchering one-third of his countrymen (see following story). “He may have been the worst killer of the 20th century,” says former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. “He killed more of his people than Stalin or Hitler.” Born Saloth Sar, the eighth of nine children of a middle-class farmer, “he was a quiet, smart boy who never got into fights,” recalls his brother Saloth Nhep, 70. As a government scholarship student in Paris in 1949, Pol Pot immersed himself in communism. He returned in 1953 and, seven years later, helped found Cambodia’s Communist Party, becoming its leader in 1963. By 1970, the Vietnam War had spilled into Cambodia, posing a threat that helped swell the ranks of Pol Pot’s jungle-based Khmer Rouge guerrillas. Five years later, 70,000 of them marched into the capital, Phnom Penh, and began the bloody reign that ended only in 1979, after an invasion by Vietnam. Having spent the past two decades in hiding, Pol Pot ended his days under house arrest by his own soldiers for ordering the death of a comrade. The years had not changed him, according to Far Eastern Economic Review’s Nate Thayer, who interviewed the fallen despot in 1997. “He did not feel remorse,” says Thayer. “The guy went to his grave without saying, ‘I’m sorry.’ ” Show Full Article

What official NFL injury report term means that a player has a 50% chance of playing?

Analysis: Injury report is game within the game - USATODAY.com Analysis: Injury report is game within the game Updated What's this? By Scott Boeck and Skip Wood, USA TODAY The New England Patriots say star quarterback Tom Brady has had a sore right shoulder — for more than 2½ seasons. Asked recently about his ailing joint, Brady all but smirked. "It's feeling good," he said, but "I'm sure it will show up on the injury report." Just as it has every week since the start of the 2005 season, giving the two-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player another distinction: He's the only NFL player who has been on the league's official injury report before every game during that time, a USA TODAY analysis shows. INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Injury report analysis by week, by team The remarks by Brady — who has started 104 consecutive regular-season games, dating from Sept. 30, 2001 — reflect a not-so-hidden fact about the inner workings of the NFL. The injury list, designed 60 years ago in part to prevent gambling interests from getting inside information on players' health, has become the focus of so much gamesmanship that coaches and teams put little stock in it. Media outlets (including USA TODAY) make the NFL's injury list a staple of their coverage, but many teams aim to meet the league's reporting requirements while offering as little meaningful information as possible to their foes. Some teams (the Patriots and the defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts, for example) have done so by reporting every little nick to a player, making it difficult to tell who's really hurt. "If you want to be real technical about it," former Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson says of the injury report, "you could list the majority of your team," because in a sport as violent as pro football, nearly all players "have something that's not 100%." Meanwhile, other teams — in recent years, the Cowboys under former coach Bill Parcells, for example — hardly list anyone as injured unless they are totally unable to play. Then there are teams that have used sleight of hand in reporting injuries. Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher, who resigned last January after 15 seasons with the team, acknowledges telling a fib or two to try to protect his players. "Sometimes when a guy had an ankle (injury), I might list it as a knee, just because I didn't want people knowing where to take shots at my players," Cowher says. On the Patriots' injury list, Brady has been listed as "probable" every week except one, late in the 2005 season, when he was listed as questionable. Under NFL guidelines, that means having a better than 50% chance of playing. Players listed as "questionable" are 50-50, "doubtful" means a 75% chance of not playing and "out" means just that. That's the idea, anyway. Teams can be fined for providing false information on their injury report, but such fines are rare. During the past 10 years, the NFL has fined 13 teams for such violations. The most recent fine was last year, says league spokesman Greg Aiello, who declined to identify the team, its actions or the amount it was fined. Aiello does say that fines for injury reporting violations have ranged from $5,000 to $25,000. He says the last team to be fined $25,000 was the Denver Broncos, who were penalized in 1999 for failing to make a "timely and full disclosure" of a hip injury that quarterback Bubby Brister suffered in practice two days before a game. Besides Brady's injury-list streak, USA TODAY's analysis of nearly 9,400 entries to the NFL's injury list since the start of the 2005 season through the 11th week of this season reveals that: •Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre , who has started a league-record 248 consecutive games (dating from Sept. 27, 1992), has appeared on the injury report just seven times during the 2½-year span. •Only 10 times since the start of the 2005 season has a team reported no injuries heading into a game — three times in 2005, six times in 2006 and once in 2007. Former Cowboys coach Parcells, who retired after last season, listed no in

August 10th, 1846, saw the chartering of which major and most popular US museum?

Smithsonian Institution created - Aug 10, 1846 - HISTORY.com Smithsonian Institution created Publisher A+E Networks After a decade of debate about how best to spend a bequest left to America from an obscure English scientist, President James K. Polk signs the Smithsonian Institution Act into law. In 1829, James Smithson died in Italy, leaving behind a will with a peculiar footnote. In the event that his only nephew died without any heirs, Smithson decreed that the whole of his estate would go to “the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Smithson’s curious bequest to a country that he had never visited aroused significant attention on both sides of the Atlantic. Smithson had been a fellow of the venerable Royal Society of London from the age of 22, publishing numerous scientific papers on mineral composition, geology, and chemistry. In 1802, he overturned popular scientific opinion by proving that zinc carbonates were true carbonate minerals, and one type of zinc carbonate was later named smithsonite in his honor. Six years after his death, his nephew, Henry James Hungerford, indeed died without children, and on July 1, 1836, the U.S. Congress authorized acceptance of Smithson’s gift. President Andrew Jackson sent diplomat Richard Rush to England to negotiate for transfer of the funds, and two years later Rush set sail for home with 11 boxes containing a total of 104,960 gold sovereigns, 8 shillings, and 7 pence, as well as Smithson’s mineral collection, library, scientific notes, and personal effects. After the gold was melted down, it amounted to a fortune worth well over $500,000. After considering a series of recommendations, including the creation of a national university, a public library, or an astronomical observatory, Congress agreed that the bequest would support the creation of a museum, a library, and a program of research, publication, and collection in the sciences, arts, and history. On August 10, 1846, the act establishing the Smithsonian Institution was signed into law by President James K. Polk. Today, the Smithsonian is composed of 19 museums and galleries including the recently announced National Museum of African American History and Culture,nine research facilities throughout the United States and the world, and the national zoo. Besides the original Smithsonian Institution Building, popularly known as the “Castle,” visitors to Washington, D.C., tour the National Museum of Natural History, which houses the natural science collections, the National Zoological Park, and the National Portrait Gallery. The National Museum of American History houses the original Star-Spangled Banner and other artifacts of U.S. history. The National Air and Space Museum has the distinction of being the most visited museum in the world, exhibiting such marvels of aviation and space history as the Wright brothers’ plane and Freedom 7, the space capsule that took the first American into space. John Smithson, the Smithsonian Institution’s great benefactor, is interred in a tomb in the Smithsonian Building. Related Videos

May 10, 1869 Promontory Summit, Utah, saw the driving of what historic object, still celebrated on the back of the Utah state quarter?

Church History In The Fulness Of Times Student Manual Chapter Thirty-One: The Quest for Self-Sufficiency Chapter Thirty-One: The Quest for Self-Sufficiency Church History In The Fulness Of Times Student Manual, (2003), 393–405 32502_000_031 After the Civil War, Church leaders recognized more than ever before the wisdom of being self-sufficient and the strength this would give the Saints both economically and spiritually. This was especially true with the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, which eliminated Utah’s isolation. Several measures were taken at this time to establish the Church’s independence from contaminating worldly influences. Early Measures Because he saw it as a great aid in making it easier for immigrants to reach the Great Basin, Brigham Young had encouraged a railroad as early as the 1850s. Leading public officials outside the Church also wanted the “iron horse” running through the Utah Territory, not only because of the wealth that they could accrue from this but also because they were confident that when the transcontinental railway reached Utah, the Church would collapse. Their confidence was based on an erroneous belief that Brigham Young was an evil dictator who held his people in captive subjection. Therefore, they reasoned that when the railroad came it would allow the oppressed Latter-day Saints a convenient means of fleeing to the freedom of the East—even though one of them acknowledged that President Young, upon learning of this idea, remarked that his religion “must, indeed, be a poor religion, if it cannot stand one railroad.” 1 Little did the nation’s leaders know that Brigham Young and his followers waited with anticipation and enthusiasm as workers laid track at a frantic pace. Church members, however, were not unaware, because of their experiences in the East, that potential problems were not just shadows lurking in the rails and ties being laid from both ends of the continent to rendezvous at Promontory Summit, Utah. Realizing that the railroad would bring more non-Mormons to the territory, Brigham Young reorganized the School of the Prophets, promoted cooperatives, and revitalized the Church’s auxiliaries. To help strengthen the brethren in doctrine and policies of the Church, the School of the Prophets was instituted as early as 1867. President Young wanted the brethren to help him make economic decisions that would promote home industry and cooperative enterprises so that the Saints could maintain a degree of financial independence. The school was also intended to purify Church meetings and minimize the promulgation of false doctrines. 2 In addition to Salt Lake City the School of the Prophets was also organized in Logan, Ogden, Brigham City, Provo, Parowan, and other principal settlements. Brigham Young sought a self-sufficient economy and encouraged Church members through this organization to purchase goods from their fellow Saints. Home industry was also stressed, which meant that Church members manufactured their own clothes, produced their own food, and constructed their own iron works. They also produced their own silk, cotton, and flax. They dug their own coal and even manufactured their own paper, some of which was made from rags. Other activities of the School of the Prophets included raising funds for the Perpetual Emigrating Fund, instituting a mercantile boycott of merchants who opposed the Church, establishing the Provo Woolen Mills, reducing wages for Utah workers to make the prices of Utah manufactured goods more competitive with goods that would now be shipped from the East, and finally promoting the construction of the railroad from Salt Lake City to Ogden. The School of the Prophets also motivated Church members to clean up their homes, yards, and public thoroughfares. Honesty, personal cleanliness, and neatness were stressed so that Zion’s people would indeed be a light to the world. While the Saints made their economy more secure, their personal property more tidy, and their lives more Christlike, the railroad began to penetrate the mountains that surrounde

Colonel Tom Parker, the Colonel being an honorary title only, made his mark managing what entertainer?

The Dark Side Of Colonel Parker - An EIN Spotlight 'The Dark Side Of Colonel Parker'   - An EIN Spotlight by Piers Beagley Although comedian Nipsy Russell stated that "Every entertainer should go to bed at night and pray he finds a Colonel Tom Parker under his bed when he wakes up in the morning" - is that really the truth? It is a fact that after Elvis' death an official investigation found that "both Colonel Parker and RCA acted in collusion against Presley's best interests. Colonel Parker was guilty of self-dealing and overreaching and had violated his duty to both Elvis and to the estate." In this in-depth Spotlight EIN takes a look at the darker side of Colonel Tom Parker - and includes plenty of insights from Elvis’ colleagues and friends. EIN Reader's Feedback added below - Updated August 2011 June 26th 2009 is a special date that commemorates four unique events of the Elvis World. 1. The 100th birthday of Colonel Parker. 2. The 32nd Anniversary of Elvis' final concert in Indianapolis. 3. The 30th Anniversary of the death of Elvis' father, Vernon Presley. 4. The 30th Anniversary of the revelation to Elvis’ estate that Colonel Parker was still fleecing his client. "Every entertainer should go to bed at night and pray he finds a Colonel Tom Parker under his bed when he wakes up in the morning" stated comedian Nipsy Russell when he opened for an Elvis Presley Show. But is that really the truth? In a recent issue of the Essential Elvis magazine The Colonel's widow, Loanna Parker is understandably very positive about her previous husband. She said, "The Colonel never once wavered from his commitment to do the best job he could for Elvis. So much has been written in a negative light about how the Colonel did this or did that to negatively impact Elvis in some way, and I can tell you that during the entire time I saw them together from 1969 until Elvis died in 1977 I never once saw a situation where the Colonel didn't do what was in the best interest of Elvis. There was never one time that Elvis was `forced or coerced' to do anything he didn't want to do. Every project that came along the Colonel made sure that Elvis approved of and signed off on it. You have to understand, the Colonel knew the business side and Elvis knew the creative side and they allowed each other to do their own thing. No one ever told Elvis what to do. Their relationship was very complex." In a recent DeAgostini Elvis magazine there was another article about The Colonel which mainly praised the glory of his early management suggesting that it only went downhill in the final few years. While there is no doubt that Elvis and The Colonel's story is extremely complex, in this article EIN takes a look at the darker side of Colonel Tom Parker and includs plenty of comments from Elvis’ colleagues. THE COLONEL The world knew him as Colonel Tom Parker, one of the most successful managers the entertainment business has ever seen. He claimed that he was a US citizen born in Huntington, West Virginia who had been orphaned young and had a colourful carnival youth. In reality however he was Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk from Breda in Holland, not a real Colonel and also an illegal immigrant. While Parker did enrol in the US army he was also listed as a deserter and spent sometime in solitary confinement as a punishment. This in turn ended for him with a few months in a Mental Institution suffering from psychosis. After his army discharge Parker began work in various carny jobs, before finally hitting the big-time with a 25% contract deal for managing up-and-coming Country star Eddy Arnold. It was in 1948 that Parker pulled off one of his most inspired "snow-jobs" when he persuaded Jimmie Davis, former country-singer turned Governor of Louisiana, to grant him the honorary title of "Colonel". With this the fake Americanisation of Dries van Kuijk was complete.   PIONEERING EARLY MANAGEMENT Admirers of The Colonel's style point to the legendary US TV shows in 1956 and '57 as shining examples of the perfect manager at work. It was indeed truly ground-breaking media work

August 15th, 1969 saw the opening of 3 day music festival on Max Yasgurs farm that became known as Woodstock. In what state did the festival take place?

1000+ images about Woodstock 1969 on Pinterest | Woodstock, Woodstock festival and Woodstock music Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Woodstock 1969 Various photos from Bethel, New York, from August 15 to 18, 1969 309 Pins394 Followers

On August 10, 1821, this state, known as the Show Me State, was admitted to the Union as #24?

Missouri is the 24th State Admitted to the Union | World History Project Missouri is the 24th State Admitted to the Union On August 10, 1821, Missouri entered the Union as the twenty-fourth state. Named after the Native American people who originally inhabited the land, Missouri was acquired by the U.S. as part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. At that time, the territory's occupants were mainly French settlers. After the War of 1812, American settlers poured into the region. In 1818, the Speaker of the House of Representatives presented the first petition of the Territory of Missouri requesting statehood. The question of Missouri's admission as a slave or free state led statesman Henry Clay to devise the Missouri Compromise of 1820, admitting Missouri as a slave state while admitting Maine as a free state, and prohibiting slavery in Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36º 30', Missouri's southern border. This resolution proved temporary. Congress passed the Compromise of 1850, a series of laws that amended the Fugitive Slave Act, abolished the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and admitted California to the Union as a free state. The Compromise of 1850 also established territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico, but left the issue of slavery in the new territories to be decided by the local residents. In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act served to abrogate the Missouri Compromise. And in 1857, as a part of the Dred Scott decision, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the compromise unconstitutional by ruling that Congress had no power to bar slavery from a territory, as it had in 1820. Four years later, the slavery debate erupted in civil war. Source: Library of Congress Added by: Aimee Lucido Originally part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Missouri was admitted as a slave state in 1821 as part of the Missouri Compromise. It earned the nickname "Gateway to the West" because it served as a departure point for settlers heading to the west. It was the starting point and the return destination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. River traffic and trade along the Mississippi was integral to the state's economy. To try to control flooding, by 1860 the state had completed construction of 140 miles (230 km) of levees on the Mississippi. The state was site of the epicenter of the 1812 New Madrid earthquake, possibly the most powerful earthquake in the United States since the founding of the country. Casualties were light due to the sparse population. Originally the state's western border was a straight line, defined as the meridian passing through the Kawsmouth, the point where the Kansas River enters the Missouri River. The river has moved since this designation. This line is known as the Osage Boundary. In 1835 the Platte Purchase was added to the northwest corner of the state after purchasing the land from the native tribes, making the Missouri River the border north of the Kansas River. This addition made what was already the largest state in the Union at the time (about 66,500 square miles (172,000 km2) to Virginia's 65,000 square miles (which included West Virginia at the time) even larger. Source: Wikipedia Added by: Aimee Lucido “ I can remember as well as if it happened yesterday, one of the men spread his arms out and said, "stand back men I'll kill the rascal" and raised his gun to shoot when we heard a shout and looked up the road to see what it was and saw Judge Myers coming as fast as his horse could run, shouting as loud as he could. The man dropped his gun to his side, when Judge Myers rode up be was shaking his head and his eyes were blazing fire. He turned around in his saddle and pointed back toward town and said you men get out from here and do it…quick…All the Jayhawkers turned around and sulked off like a whipped dog.” — J. F. Smith

Ratified on January 29, 1919, the 18th amendment to the US Constitution regulates the sale of what?

Prohibition takes effect - Jan 16, 1919 - HISTORY.com Prohibition takes effect Publisher A+E Networks The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” is ratified on this day in 1919 and becomes the law of the land. The movement for the prohibition of alcohol began in the early 19th century, when Americans concerned about the adverse effects of drinking began forming temperance societies. By the late 19th century, these groups had become a powerful political force, campaigning on the state level and calling for total national abstinence. In December 1917, the 18th Amendment, also known as the Prohibition Amendment, was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. Prohibition took effect in January 1919. Nine months later, Congress passed the Volstead Act, or National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto. The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of prohibition, including the creation of a special unit of the Treasury Department. Despite a vigorous effort by law-enforcement agencies, the Volstead Act failed to prevent the large-scale distribution of alcoholic beverages, and organized crime flourished in America. In 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was passed and ratified, repealing prohibition. Related Videos

In 1876, Brigadier General Henry Martyn Robert, he of San Juan Island fortifications during the Pig War fame, published what classic tome, still published today?

Morehouse College & Brigadier General - First thoughts about Morehouse College & Brigadier General Morehouse College Brigadier General West Point Arlington National Cemetery Long Island Sound United States South Carolina New England American Civil War San Juan Island Pig War Green Bay New York Mississippi River 02 May 2012     11:56 May 2nd: Today is the 175th birthday of Henry Martyn Robert, whom you have undoubtedly never heard of, despite the fact that he: Graduated forth in his class from West Point in 1857, became Engineer of the Army's Division of the Pacific where he improved rivers in Washington and Oregon, developed the harbor of Green Bay and other ports in Wisconsin and Michigan, improved the harbors in Philadelphia, Oswago, New York and Long Island Sound , Constructed dams and locks on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, then as a Southwest Division Engineer figured how to deepen the Mississippi River at the Southwest Pass, Made a Brigadier General on April 30th, 1901 and retired from the army 2 days later, and in his retirement he actually created the Galveston Seawall in Texas after the Hurricane of 1900, was the first President of Morehouse College, where there is now a Dormitory named after him, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Most amazing thing, these aren't even what he is most noted for. After a po ... 02 May 2012     08:24 Brigadier General Henry Martyn Robert (May 2, 1837 – May 11, 1923) served in the U.S. Army from 1857-1901 and was the author of Robert's Rules of Order, which became the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure and remains today the most common parliamentary authority in the United States . Robert was born in Robertville, South Carolina , and raised in Ohio, where his father moved the family because of his strong opposition to slavery. Robert's father, Reverend Joseph Thomas Robert, later became the first president of Morehouse College where there is a dormitory on the campus named after him. Robert was nominated to West Point from Ohio, and graduated fourth in his class in 1857. He became a military engineer. Under command of Silas Casey during the Pig War he built the fortifications on San Juan Island . In the American Civil War , he was assigned to the Corps of Engineers and worked on the defenses of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and several New England ports. Robert served as Engineer of t ...

What name is given to the person authorized to vote on behalf of someone else?

Proxy | Define Proxy at Dictionary.com proxy noun, plural proxies. 1. the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another. 2. the person so authorized; substitute; agent. 3. a written authorization empowering another person to vote or act for the signer, as at a meeting of stockholders. 4. an ally or confederate who can be relied upon to speak or act in one's behalf. Origin of proxy 1400-50; late Middle English prokesye, procusie, contraction of procuracy procuration. See procure , -acy Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for proxy Expand Contemporary Examples Hoge joined in, waging a proxy battle against a liberal blogger who accused Walker et al. of being scammers. The Inescapable President Eric Dezenhall September 17, 2009 A proxy war between his Washington allies and the White House was the last thing he needed. Memo From the Streets of Tehran Parvez Sharma June 17, 2009 But the show is deeply concerned with her growing up as a proxy for American capitalism and licentiousness. ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Americans’: Reading Prestige TV Dramas as YA Fiction Alyssa Rosenberg April 9, 2013 Historical Examples I am writing nonsense now, and as henceforth I can only be foolish by proxy, I had better stop. The Storm Centre Charles Egbert Craddock British Dictionary definitions for proxy Expand a person authorized to act on behalf of someone else; agent: to vote by proxy 2. the authority, esp in the form of a document, given to a person to act on behalf of someone else 3. (computing) short for proxy server Word Origin C15: prokesye, contraction of procuracy, from Latin prōcūrātiō procuration; see procure Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for proxy Expand n. early 15c., proccy, prokecye, "agency of one who acts instead of another; letter of power of attorney," contraction of Anglo-French procuracie (c.1300), from Medieval Latin procuratia "administration," from Latin procuratio "a caring for, management," from procurare "manage" (see procure ). Also cf. proctor (n.). Meaning "person who acts in place of another" is from 1610s. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

According to the Aesop fable, what food could the fox not reach, which he then declared to be unpalatable?

Aesop's Fables, by Aesop  The Project Gutenberg EBook of Aesop's Fables, by Aesop This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Aesop's Fables Author: Aesop Translator: George Fyler Townsend Release Date: June 25, 2008 [EBook #21] Last Updated: October 28, 2016 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AESOP'S FABLES *** Produced by David Widger AESOP’S FABLES Translated by George Fyler Townsend    AESOP’S FABLES The Wolf And The Lamb WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf’s right to eat him. He thus addressed him: “Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.” “Indeed,” bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, “I was not then born.” Then said the Wolf, “You feed in my pasture.” “No, good sir,” replied the Lamb, “I have not yet tasted grass.” Again said the Wolf, “You drink of my well.” “No,” exclaimed the Lamb, “I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother’s milk is both food and drink to me.” Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, “Well! I won’t remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations.” The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny. The Bat And The Weasels A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped. It is wise to turn circumstances to good account. The Ass And The Grasshopper AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, “The dew.” The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger. The Lion And The Mouse A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: “If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.” The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaiming: “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.” The Charcoal-Burner And The Fuller A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened. The Fuller replied, “The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned, for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again with your charcoal.” Like will draw like. The Father And His Sons A FATHER had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to

What Latin phrase, which translates as "in good faith", is taken to mean sincere, honest intention or belief, or authentic and true?

Thinksquad • Latin Terms Latin Terms If you don’t know these Latin terms, get to learning them ASAP, as they are commonly used in speaking and writing and may be hard to avoid. Per se: The direct translation of this term is “by itself” and it means just that when used in English as well. You could use it to say that you don’t find chemistry boring per se (by itself, intrinsically), but this professor’s voice puts you to sleep. Vice versa: From the Latin meaning “to change” or “turn around,” this term means to reverse the order of something. This quote from Samuel Butler provides an example, “In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.” Alma mater: If you don’t know this term already, you’ll become quite familiar with it once you graduate from college. The literal translation is “dear/bountiful mother” but you’ll find it used in everyday language to denote the college or university from which one has graduated. Magnum opus: Whether it’s in writing, painting, sculpture or music, this Latin term denotes the greatest work done by an artist– a true masterpiece. Bona fide: While it’s literal translation means “good faith” this term has a few different shades of meaning in modern language. In legal terms, it is used to represent something that is presented without deception or fraud, or literally in good faith, honest, sincere and lawful. It is more commonly used to mean something that’s the real deal or truly authentic. Quasi: In Latin, this word means as if or as though and in English it is used as both an adjective in its own right and as a part of a compound word. It simply designates something that resembles something else but doesn’t quite have all the same features. Alter ego: Cicero coined this term, most likely taken from the Greek, to mean “a second self” or “another I” and its modern meaning hasn’t changed much today. Many people have an alter ego, or another, perhaps hidden aspect of themselves. One example from popular culture is Beyonce’s alter ego, Sasha Fierce. Verbatim: If you repeat something verbatim you repeat it in exactly the same words, word for word with no changes and no improvisation. Status quo: From the Latin meaning “the state in which” this term is used today to designate the existing state or condition of things. For example, if you’re making money off of a high pollution industry it is to your interests to maintain the status quo when it comes to environmental law. Writing Knowing just what these terms and words mean can be a big help in improving your reading comprehension. Sic: Found in writing, this Latin word most commonly finds a home in brackets (like this: [sic]) when quoting a statement or writing. It indicates that there is a spelling or grammar error (or just something out of the ordinary) in the original quotation and that the publication has only reproduced it faithfully, not made an error of their own. Id est: You’ve likely seen this term in writing before, even if you weren’t aware as it is commonly abbreviated to i.e. In Latin, it means “that is” and is used in English when the speaker or writer wants to give an example or explanation that specifies a statement. Deus ex machina: In direct translation, this term means, “God out of a machine” and it harkens back ancient Greek and Roman plays. When the plot would become too tangled or confusing, the writers would simply bring in God, lowered in via a pulley system (the machine) and he would wrap it all up. Today, it’s still used in literature to describe a plot where an artificial or improbable means of resolving a conflict is used. Exempli gratia: You’ll often see this term abbreviated to e.g. in writing. It means “for the sake of example” and when it see it in a sentence you can expect that is will be followed by some examples. Et cetera: Few out there aren’t familiar with this term but may not know it as well when it’s spelled out like this and not abbreviated as etc. Meaning “and the others” it is used to denote that a list of things could continue ad infinitum (see below for definition) and that for the sake of brevity

Tuesday marked the 48th birthday of what noted former Mariner, who has been an All-Star, a Gold Glove award winner, and a member of the Mariners Hall of Fame, and is nicknamed Bone?

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What subatomic particle has no mass, no electric charge, and a spin of 1?

subatomic particle - Gravity | physics | Britannica.com Walther Bothe The weakest, and yet the most pervasive , of the four basic forces is gravity . It acts on all forms of mass and energy and thus acts on all subatomic particles, including the gauge bosons that carry the forces. The 17th-century English scientist Isaac Newton was the first to develop a quantitative description of the force of gravity. He argued that the force that binds the Moon in orbit around Earth is the same force that makes apples and other objects fall to the ground, and he proposed a universal law of gravitation . According to Newton’s law , all bodies are attracted to each other by a force that depends directly on the mass of each body and inversely on the square of the distance between them. For a pair of masses, m1 and m2, a distance r apart, the strength of the force F is given byF = Gm1m2/r2. G is called the constant of gravitation and is equal to 6.67 × 10−11 newton-metre2-kilogram−2. Sir Isaac Newton’s formulation of the law of universal gravitation. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The constant G gives a measure of the strength of the gravitational force, and its smallness indicates that gravity is weak. Indeed, on the scale of atoms the effects of gravity are negligible compared with the other forces at work. Although the gravitational force is weak, its effects can be extremely long-ranging. Newton’s law shows that at some distance the gravitational force between two bodies becomes negligible but that this distance depends on the masses involved. Thus, the gravitational effects of large, massive objects can be considerable, even at distances far outside the range of the other forces. The gravitational force of Earth, for example, keeps the Moon in orbit some 384,400 km (238,900 miles) distant. Similar Topics mass number Newton’s theory of gravity proves adequate for many applications. In 1915, however, the German-born physicist Albert Einstein developed the theory of general relativity , which incorporates the concept of gauge symmetry and yields subtle corrections to Newtonian gravity. Despite its importance, Einstein’s general relativity remains a classical theory in the sense that it does not incorporate the ideas of quantum mechanics . In a quantum theory of gravity, the gravitational force must be carried by a suitable messenger particle, or gauge boson. No workable quantum theory of gravity has yet been developed, but general relativity determines some of the properties of the hypothesized “force” particle of gravity, the so-called graviton . In particular, the graviton must have a spin quantum number of 2 and no mass, only energy. Electromagnetism The first proper understanding of the electromagnetic force dates to the 18th century, when a French physicist, Charles Coulomb , showed that the electrostatic force between electrically charged objects follows a law similar to Newton’s law of gravitation. According to Coulomb’s law , the force F between one charge, q1, and a second charge, q2, is proportional to the product of the charges divided by the square of the distance r between them, or F = kq1q2/r2. Here k is the proportionality constant, equal to 1/4πε0 (ε0 being the permittivity of free space). An electrostatic force can be either attractive or repulsive, because the source of the force, electric charge , exists in opposite forms: positive and negative. The force between opposite charges is attractive, whereas bodies with the same kind of charge experience a repulsive force. Coulomb also showed that the force between magnetized bodies varies inversely as the square of the distance between them. Again, the force can be attractive (opposite poles) or repulsive (like poles). Magnetism and electricity are not separate phenomena; they are the related manifestations of an underlying electromagnetic force. Experiments in the early 19th century by, among others, Hans Ørsted (in Denmark), André-Marie Ampère (in France), and Michael Faraday (in England) revealed the intimate connection between electricity and magnetism and the way the o

The highest scoring tiles, what two letters are worth 10 points each in a game of Scrabble?

10 Words That Will Win You Any Game of Scrabble | Mental Floss 10 Words That Will Win You Any Game of Scrabble Hasbro Like us on Facebook Whether you consider winning at Scrabble a case of extreme luck or supreme spelling ability, here are 10 words that—if conditions are right—will help you trump any opponent. 1. Oxyphenbutazone Definition: An anti-inflammatory medication used to treat arthritis and bursitis. Conditions: The theoretically highest-possible scoring word under American Scrabble play—as calculated by Dan Stock of Ohio—has never actually been played … and probably never will (unless you’re really, really lucky). That’s because it has to be played across three triple word score squares and build on eight already-played (and perfectly positioned) tiles. Points: 1,778 2. Quizzify Definition: To quiz or question. Conditions: Not only will you need to draw the game’s only Q and Z tiles (there’s only one of each), but a blank tile, too (in place of the second Z). Play this verb as your first word across two triple word squares with the Z on a double letter score square and you’ve got the game’s most valuable eight-letter bingo. Points: 419 3. Oxazepam Definition: An anti-anxiety drug. Conditions: All that stress will melt away if you can build on one existing letter , play across two triple word score squares, place one of the most valuable tiles (i.e. X or Z) on a double letter score square and net a 50-point bingo. Points: 392 4. Quetzals Definition: The national bird of Guatemala as well as one of its monetary units. Conditions: Placement is everything to score this whopper of a word: Building on one letter, use all seven letters on your rack for a 50-point bingo, with Q and S on triple word score square and Z on a double letter score space. Points: 374 5. Quixotry Definition: A romantic or quixotic idea or action. Conditions: In 2007, Michael Cresta used an already-played R and all seven of his tiles across two triple word score squares to earn the most points ever on a single turn, which aided in a second record for the full-time carpenter: the highest-ever individual game score (830 points). Points: 365 6. Gherkins Definition: A small pickle, made from an immature cucumber. Conditions: In 1985, Robert Kahn paid tribute to the pickle at the National Scrabble Championship in Boston—using an E and R already on the board—to set a record for a non-bingo word score. Points: 180 7. Quartzy Definition: Resembling quartz. Conditions: “Quartzy” held the record for highest-ever single turn score until “Quixotry” nearly doubled its total in 2007. Play it across a triple word score square with Z as a double letter score, with a 50-point bingo for using all seven letters on your rack. Points: 164 8. Muzjiks Definition: A Russian peasant. Conditions: On its own (with no bonuses or extra points), “muzjiks” is worth an impressive 29 points. But exhaust all of your tiles on your first turn to spell it, and you’ll earn more than four times that—which is what player Jesse Inman did at the National Scrabble Championship in Orlando in 2008 to earn the record for highest opening score. Points: 126 9. Syzygy Definition: An alignment of three celestial bodies. Conditions: Forget trying to pronounce it (though, for the record, it’s “SIZ-i-jee”). Instead, just remember how to spell it—and that it’s worth 21 points au naturel . You’ll need one blank tile to make up for the lack of Ys (there are only two in the game). For a higher total, land the Z on a double letter score square and the final Y on a triple word score square. Points: 93 10. Za Definition: Slang term for pizza. Conditions: Big words are great and all, but two-letter words can also score big . And be especially annoying to your opponent. Build on two As—one directly below, the other directly to the right of a triple letter square—to spell this two-letter delectable across and down. Points: 62

Winning 5 Emmys and one Edward R. Murrow award, long time local news anchor Kathi Goertzen, who died this week of brain tumors, worked for what TV station?

2012 – NPI's Cascadia Advocate This afternoon, we received the very sad news that one of Seattle’s best known newscasters and community leaders is no longer with us. Much-beloved Seattle news anchor Kathi Goertzen. (Photo courtesy of Dan Lewis and KOMO 4 News). Kathi Goertzen, who for decades was the face of KOMO 4 News with coanchor Dan Lewis, died around 12:45 PM today after a long, difficult battle with several brain tumors, the station announced. She was fifty-four. In a message to viewers, KOMO’s news director Holly Gauntt expressed gratitude for the unwavering support Washingtonians have shown to Goertzen before, during, and after her many surgeries – which altered her appearance but not her spirit. Our co-worker, our angel, our precious friend, Kathi Goertzen, died today, surrounded by her loving family. The long fight against the tumors that have ravaged her brain is over. She is at peace now, comfortable and surrounded by all that is good. Please know, as we do, that your love enveloped her. It strengthened and encouraged her. She loved your compassion and concern more than you’ll ever know. You helped her fight a valiant fight. We want to thank each and every one of you for that. You truly made a difference in our friend’s life. Kathi spoke of her own mortality with courage. She was a woman of great faith who was confident in the knowledge that her life on this earth was but one chapter in her journey. Kathi is with God now, of that we are sure. There is no more pain and suffering. We hope you find comfort in the words she spoke when talking about this day: “I’m not afraid to die. I have a great belief, a great faith there’s more. There’s more to me, there’s more to this life.” Tributes appropriately began flowing in immediately. KING’s Jean Enersen and KIRO’s Steve Raible each recorded clips honoring Kathi on behalf of their respective stations, which KOMO aired during its 5 PM newscast this evening, jointly anchored by Dan Lewis, Steve Pool, Eric Johnson, and Mary Nam. Dan Lewis and Kathi Goertzen, KOMO TV’s charismatic and well-respected anchor team. (Photo courtesy of KOMO News). “Today, a piece of the fabric of my life is gone,” Pool told viewers. He worked with Goertzen for more than three decades at KOMO, and was among those who knew her best. “She was the glue that held us all together [as a team],” he added. The region’s elected leaders also remembered Kathi. “My heart is with the family, friends and colleagues of Kathi Goertzen,” said Governor Chris Gregoire in a statement. “She had countless fans, not just in Seattle, but around the globe, and was one of the finest people I knew. She was a terrific journalist because she cared deeply about her work and the people it touched. She had passion and it showed. She put her heart and soul into every story, and was a warm and welcome presence at the anchor desk every evening.” “As her fight against brain tumors waged on, we saw yet another side of Kathi. She was courageous, fearless and inspirational.” “Not afraid to share her own story, she remained strong, with that beautiful smile, to the end. Kathi brightened our lives and leaves a remarkable legacy.” “As the face of KOMO News for twenty years, Kathi Goertzen was a successful and accomplished journalist who approached her work with integrity, compassion, and a dedication to the public good,” agreed Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. “Her strength and resiliency during her illness made her an inspiration to many in our community. She will be long remembered in Seattle for her accomplishments at the anchor desk as well as her grace in the face of adversity. Kathi was beloved by the people of Seattle, and we will miss her.” “My heartfelt condolences to Kathi’s family, her friends, and all who welcomed her into their homes through the medium of television,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine. “Kathi leaves a legacy of kindness, professionalism, and strength as she gracefully battled her illness for more than a decade. She was an icon of television news in the Pacific Northwest, and she will be missed.” Senat

What cereal mascot’s motto is “They’re grrrreat!”?

20 Most Memorable Cereal Slogans | MrBreakfast.com 20 Most Memorable Cereal Slogans By Mr Breakfast Plop, plop, fizz, fizz - Oh what a relief it is when advertisers come up with the perfect catchphrase or slogan to sell a product. This is our list of the most memorable lines ever used to sell a breakfast cereal. Before you read the list, ask yourself, "Got Milk?" Because the best slogans not only bring the product to mind, they also make you a little hungry for Incredible, Edible... breakfast cereals. See if your favorite tagline made the cut. #20. "The cereal shot from guns" The grandaddy of cereal slogans is for Quaker Puffed Rice. The cereal is actually made using a process that resembles shooting rice from a gun. In 1904, Quaker introduced the cereal to the mass public by shooting Puffed Rice from cannons at the World's Fair. In 1913, an astute ad man decided to promote the cereal by exploiting how it's made and this famous, yet mostly forgotten, slogan was invented. More about Quaker Puffed Rice #19. "Brings out the tiger in you, in you!" Tony the Tiger may be the most famous breakfast cereal mascot of all time (and possible the most well known for any product). When you hear this slogan, you know exactly who the tiger is and the product he promotes. Most people automatically hear the musical jingle in their head. It's a triple whammy. You might say, It's Grrrr... (keep reading). More about Frosted Flakes #18. "What are you eating? Nutin' honey." This slogan for Kellogg's Nut & Honey Crunch was a study in name reinforcement. When characters in commercials were asked what they were eating, their reply of "Nut & Honey" was misinterpreted as "Nutin' (ie. nothing) honey." By the time the person asking figured out what was going on (if they ever did), the name of the cereal had been spoken several times - so many times that it's now in our heads forever. More about Nut & Honey Crunch #17. "It takes (x) bowls of your cereal to match the nutrition in one bowl of Total." This bold ad campaign would pit Total cereal against best-selling cereals in a battle of nutrition. TV ads would show characters enjoying their favorite cereal only to be told by an off-screen voice that they'd have to eat several bowls (usually quantified by an exact number) of their cereal to equal the vitamin nutrition in a bowl of Total. More about Total #16. "Stays crunchy, even in milk!" When Cap'n Crunch cereal was introduced in 1963, the idea of a crunchy breakfast cereal was fairly new. In fact, the cereal was created as a response to a study that showed children, on average, didn't care for soggy cereals. This catchphrase (along with the obvious implication of the cereal's name) may be the reason we still hold Cap'n Crunch as the standard by which all crunchy cereals are measured. More about Cap'n Crunch #15. "Can't get enough Super Sugar Crisp" This one-line jingle for Super Sugar Crisp was delivered with a cool assured swagger by the cereal's mascot Sugar Bear. The voice of Sugar Bear was inspired by crooner and actor Dean Martin. Super Sugar Crisp was originally called Sugar Crisp. During that time, the slogan went: "Can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp." More about Super Sugar Crisp #14. "Quisp for Quazy energy" Early boxes of Quisp cereal claimed it was "the vitamin powered sugary cereal for QUAZY energy." Despite having quite a quirky and que-ative catchphrase, most people remember this cereal by a visual recognition of it's mascot, a pink alien with a propeller poking out of his head. More about Quisp #13. "It's a honey of an O..." ... It's Honey Nut Cheerios. This was the cereal's most famous tagline throughout the 80's. A later line, "nobody can say no to Honey Nut Cheerios," may have sold some boxes by never resonated in our collective memory. The cereal's current catchphrase, "Bee Happy, Bee Healthy" is a real contender to make this list in the coming years. More about Honey Nut Cheerios #12. "Kid tested. Mother approved." This famous tagline for Kix Cereal first appeared in 1978. The cereal itself was introduced

What 80’s New Wave band thought “We Had the Beat” before then went on “Vacation”, although “Our Lips are Sealed”, so you may not know about being “Head Over Heals”?

Best '80s New Wave Songs | Spinditty Best '80s New Wave Songs Best '80s New Wave Songs Updated on October 29, 2016 Joined: 9 years agoFollowers: 1,129Articles: 102 148 Advertisement The 250 Greatest New Wave / Post-Punk / Alternative Songs 1. "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's. It clocks in at 183bpm, which is just ridiculously fast. It was a surf record made by weirdos from Georgia. It tears up the dance floor, and also it mixes with "Modern Love" by David Bowie and "Tenderness" by General Public. For a new generation, however, this song may also forever be immortalized by Peter Griffin's acoustic performance on Family Guy. 2. "People Are People" by Depeche Mode. Just one of many sad songs from a man named Gore. It was their first commercial hit in the U.S. back in the summer of '85 when it peaked at number 13. More importantly, though, it showed America who would become the most successful band of the genre. The Cure, The Smiths, and New Order all had their moments on top, but overall Depeche Mode (which means fast fashion in French) ruled supreme. Also, while "Personal Jesus" is a better song overall but this one turned the tide for all the doubters. Alternative music was commercially viable and would get more airplay from here on out. 3. "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners. I almost made this number one, but I have trouble giving the title to a one-hit wonder—although it should be noted they had many ska hits in the U.K. The overalls will be etched in our brains forever. One more thing: Is it just me or does this song feel like a prequel to Chumbawamba's 'Tubthumping?" From Ta Loo Ra to Danny Bo. 4. "Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads. A surreal foresight into the middle age crisis by the Heads here. Their ability to stretch the boundaries of what a pop song could be is their modus operandi. Where would music be without the immortal phrase, "Same as it ever was?" Also, the hilarious arm-chopping motion by David Byrne made the video an MTV staple. 5. "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics. Rhyming the words 'made of this' with the word 'disagree' might be a bad move for 99.9% of the people out there. However, for two pop geniuses like Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox, it's all gravy. Though, it's all about melody. The keyboard pulsing beat heats things up but the 'keep your head up, moving on' line is the icing on the cake. 6. "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats. I loved this record as a kid and now as an adult I can see why. It's a kids song! 'Ssss aaaa ffff eeee tttt yyyy Safe-ty Dance and then the keyboard chimes in.' That's the version we all loved. The video, of a European countryside (or was it Bilbo's hobbit hole) is quickly taken over by the cast of The Wizard of Oz. This is so new wave that you can argue its merits for number one, but let's face it—it gets annoying fast. 7. "Cars" by Gary Numan. Some songs get popular in an instant and some, like "Cars" just linger in the underbelly of the psyche until they are repackaged into a TV commercial. Then we go "Oh, yeah. That's a good song by that pale'faced freak who could barely sing. But yeah." For the record, it was a top 10 hit in 1980, but only because it sounded so good blasting in a roller rink. The radio mostly ignored it. 8. "Pop Musik" by M. The song that started it all. During the summer of '79, many people believe that this was the first new wave song ever. It wasn't, but man it shot right to #1 was a global smash and told everyone listening what music would sound like for the next eight years. It even had some staying power, as it stayed on the Hot 100 for six months. 9. "Whip It" by Devo. I don't think I'm at all qualified to judge a song like this. A psych professor maybe? There is so much yet, at the same time, so little going on. Thunderclaps and rockabilly via synthesizers and flower pots? It clocks in at less than 2 minutes and 15 seconds, making it one of the shortest songs of the 1980s. This video is notorious for freaking mothers out as their child watches this new thing called MTV. 10. "99 Red Balloons" by Nena. Urban legend claims that she died on to

The town of Bethel, NY was treated to the start of “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”, when what started on August 15, 1969?

History of the Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 Updated August 29, 2016. What Was Woodstock? The Woodstock Festival was a three-day concert (which rolled into a fourth day) that involved lots of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll - plus a lot of mud. The Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 has become an icon of the 1960s hippie counterculture. Dates: August 15-18, 1969 Location: Max Yasgur's dairy farm in the town of Bethel (outside of White Lake, New York) Also Known As: Woodstock Music Festival; An Aquarian Exposition: Three Days of Peace and Music The Organizers of Woodstock The organizers of the Woodstock Festival were four young men: John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld, and Mike Lang. The oldest of the four was only 27 years old at the time of the Woodstock Festival. Roberts, an heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, and his friend Rosenman were looking for a way to use Roberts' money to invest in an idea that would make them even more money. After placing an ad in The New York Times that stated: "Young men with unlimited capital looking for interesting, legitimate investment opportunities and business propositions," they met Kornfeld and Lang. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance The Plan for the Woodstock Festival Kornfeld and Lang's original proposal was to build a recording studio and a retreat for rock musicians up in Woodstock, New York (where Bob Dylan and other musicians already lived). The idea morphed into creating a two-day rock concert for 50,000 people with the hope that the concert would raise enough money to pay for the studio. The four young men then got to work on organizing a large music festival. They found a location for the event up in an industrial park in nearby Wallkill, New York. They printed tickets ($7 for one day, $13 for two days, and $18 for three days), which could be purchased in select stores or via mail order. The men also worked on organizing food, signing musicians, and hiring security. Things Go Very Wrong The first of many things to go wrong with the Woodstock Festival was the location. No matter how the young men and their lawyers spun it, the citizens of Wallkill did not want a bunch of drugged-out hippies descending on their town. After much wrangling, the town of Wallkill passed a law on July 2, 1969 that effectively banned the concert from their vicinity. Everyone involved with the Woodstock Festival panicked. Stores refused to sell any more tickets and the negotiations with the musicians got shaky. Only a month-and-a half before the Woodstock Festival was to begin, a new location had to be found. Luckily, in mid-July, before too many people began demanding refunds for their pre-purchased tickets, Max Yasgur offered up his 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York for the location for the Woodstock Festival. As lucky as they were to have found a new location, the last minute change of venue seriously set back the Festival timeline. New contracts to rent the dairy farm and surrounding areas had to be drawn up and permits to allow the Woodstock Festival in the town had to be acquired. Construction of the stage, a performers' pavilion, parking lots, concession stands, and a children's playground all got a late start and barely got finished in time for the event. Some things, like ticket booths and gates, did not get finished in time. As the date got closer, more problems sprung up. It soon appeared that their 50,000 people estimate was way too low and the new estimate jumped to upwards of 200,000 people. The young men then tried to bring in more toilets, more water, and more food. However, the food concessionaires kept threatening to cancel at the last minute (the organizers had accidentally hired people who had no experience in concessions) so they had to worry about whether or not they could airlift in rice as a backup food supply. Also troublesome was the last-minute ban on off-duty police officers from working at the Woodstock Festival. Hundreds of Thousands Arrive at the Woodstock Festival On Wednesday, August 13 (two days before the Festival was

What is the main food ingredient of a frittata?

La Frittata: History & Recipe Ideas for The Italian Omelette La Frittata, An Egg Dish with Endless Possibilities History & Recipe Ideas for The Italian Omelette POSTED August 23, 2014 If you imagine the frittata as the homier, less pretentious cousin of the French omelette, you might want to bear in mind just how much more fun your down-to-earth relatives usually are—their casual manners and generosity are just more comforting and enjoyable. In fact, a frittata is often heartier, healthier and more satisfying than its famous cousin.   The word “frittata,” which derives from the Italian verb “friggere,” or “to fry,” connotes the simplicity and pleasures of cucina povera—the “humble cuisine” that most of us innately love. Egg is the main ingredient. With its high protein and mineral content, easy availability and low cost, eggs are an essential part of the diet almost everywhere in the world. From China and Southeast Asia to India and Iran, up to the Maghreb, Spain, France, and Italy some kind of frittata-like dish is prepared. Surprisingly, in Italy, it’s rare to find a restaurant that offers frittata on its menu; it’s the quintessential home food. Naturally, the tastiest frittate are made with the best eggs—farm fresh with luscious, orange yolks. But, of course, eggs are just the beginning; the most distinctive aspect of the Italian frittata compared to similar preparations is the creative and imaginative use of all kinds of ingredients. People sometimes wonder what the difference is between a frittata and an omelette. The main distinction is that the ingredients of an omelette are gently placed into the beaten eggs as they are cooking in the pan. In a frittata, the eggs and ingredients are mixed together, then cooked more slowly. Also, the final shapes are different; an omelette is usually semi-circular, where a frittata is round and usually thicker. There’s an Italian expression: “hai fatto una frittata,”which loosely translated means: you’ve made quite a mess—or a sequence of mistakes. That expression no doubt comes from the fact that it often happens that a frittata is made on the spur of the moment: a last-minute decision made when you don’t have the time to go grocery shopping and the refrigerator seems bare. But all those odds and ends and leftovers in your fridge can make for a great frittata. In fact, in Italy, sometimes before serving lunch or dinner, a small portion of the meal is purposely put aside for a frittata the next day. In Italy, mothers—and fathers!—make delicious frittate with leftover pasta(with or without sauce or seasoning). Also, a frittata is a perfect way to entice children into eating vegetables; it can often be a complete meal in itself. It can be tastier hours later, eaten at room temperature, or enjoyed the next day, with a side of arugula. For a quick lunch, frittata can be served along with sautéed greens, salami or various local cheeses.   When stored in the fridge, be sure to put your frittata in an airtight plastic container, as water and humidity can ruin the taste. Remember: any greens or veggies you add into the frittata should first be sautéed, in order to eliminate most of their water. As for whether to use butter or extra-virgin olive oil—besides just personal preference, you should also consider which of those tastes marries best with the other ingredients you’re using in the dish. Basic ingredients Use between 6-12 eggs—8 is probably the most common number. Too many eggs can be a bit difficult to handle, especially if the frittata is turned over. If you have a broiler, you won’t have to worry about flipping over your frittata. Just stick the pan under a low flame and remove when the frittata is golden. Use a 10-12” pan with a thick bottom and round borders. A sturdy, nonstick pan makes it easier to detach the frittata without having to add extra butter or oil. Fresh, sautéed or steamed lightly seasoned vegetables: Boiled or roasted potatoes Good-quality cheeses are ideal for frittata: Melting cheeses—such as provolone, mozzarella and emmenthal  Parmigiano, grana, and Pecorino

With a history stretching back thousands of years, the age old art of trimming bushes and shrubs into ornamental shapes is called what?

CSSHS Archives -- v15n3p04.htm Gardening and Man's Creation in God's Own Image Ellen Myers Throughout history men have set aside gardens, that is, specially cultivated plots of land for vegetables trees blooming shrubs and flowers. No other creature on earth has this strong desire and ability for gardening, especiafly formal horticulture involving the aesthetically pleasing integration of buildings with the grounds where they stand. This paper will concentrate on formal horticulture in the West. Today there are countless hooks and magazines on gardening design, gardening techniques, gardening history, famous gardens, gardening catalogs, supply houses, nurseries and the like. According to a Gallup Poll, "On any given weekend up to 78 percent of American households (were) out working the earth" in the late 1980s (Francis and Hester, p.8). Many people without access to a plot of ground at least care for potted houseplants or window boxes as their miniature gardens. Millions visit the many beautiful public gardens and parks so characteristic of human civilization. Gardens are so extensively used as symbols in literature and poetry that many books and articles regularly appear on this special area of human creativity. Historians, philosophers, landscape architects, and most recently medical researchers, psychologists and sociologists study and write about gardening. All these facts testify to the obvious truth that man is preeminently and inveterately a gardenen Sir Francis Bacon paid homage to this truth when he wrote in 1620: "God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks." (Quarto Marketing, p. 13) This paper will give a brief outline of the origin and meaning of gardening, of the history of gardening in the West till the zenith of formal gardening in the baroque period, of the gardening revolution in Europe in the late 1700s and its aftermath, ofhow gardens reflect their makers, and flnMly of gardening and the contemporary New Age movement.    The Origin and Meaning of Gardening Where does this amazing feature of man's character come from? Man's love of formal landscape architecture and especially his diligent use of his leisure time to breed, plant and care for ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers which today bloom and tomorrow fade away cannot be explained by evolutionist theories based on chance and utility. Consider the following evolutionist speculation on the origin of gardening by well-known contemporary landscape architect Garrett Eckbo, Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley: In the beginning the land was hot and fluid.... Much time passed. Somewhere in the ocean there was a spark. Vegetable and animal kingdoms began to dominate the mineral.... One day an animal stood up on his hind legs to reach a higher fruit. ... The production and control of fire was discovered, and shortly after, landscape design began. (Francis and Hester, p.96) This statement reads like bad science fiction or a bad joke, but it is meant seriously and agrees with the overall evolutionist scenario. In no way does it do justice to man's love of ornamental gardening which is strong evidence that be lives by more than bread (Eckbo's "higher fruit") alone. The origin and hence the explanation of mankind's universal and unique predisposition to gardening must be sought elsewhere. The Bible account of Eden, which evolutionists like Eckbo seek to discredit and supplant by their scientifically totally unsubstantiated flights of fancy, offers the only alternative. According to the biblical creation record God Himself was the original Gardener Who made the Garden of Eden. This God, Creator and Gardener, created man in His own image and likeness, and therefore man is an invererate gardener as well. Creationist leader Henry Morris writes that "the world's first garden ... must have been a beautiful garden,

What is the name for the active meteor shower that takes place each year between late July and late August?

Perseids Meteor Shower 2015: How And Where To Watch | The Huffington Post Perseids Meteor Shower 2015: How And Where To Watch 10/08/2015 15:51 | Updated 12 August 2015 390 Thomas Tamblyn Technology Editor, The Huffington Post UK The Perseids meteor shower takes place every year between late July and early August. As one of the brightest in the calendar it's easily your best chance of catching a shooting star. The Perseids is one of the brightest meteor showers seen throughout the year. This year however is set to be an extra special occasion as the Moon's position means the show will be even easier to see than before offering up a rare glimpse for everyone to see their first meteor shower. The latest reports from the Met Office suggest that cloud cover could reduce the hope of seeing it for millions in the south of the country with those living in the Midland and the North most likely to catch a glimpse of the event. If you don't get a chance to see it though don't panic, NASA will be giving intrepid star gazers in the UK a second chance by holding their own meteor shower lifestream which will take place on Thursday 12 August. SEE ALSO: Moon Explosion: Massive Meteor Crashes Into The Moon As Nasa Watches When Can I Watch The Perseids? The Perseids will hit its peak starting the evening of Wednesday 12 August and will finish on Friday 14 August. There will reportedly be a burst of activity at around 7.40PM BST however as we're in the peak of Summer it's unlikely that it'll be dark enough for us to see this. Don't panic though, Professor Bailey goes on to say, "it is just possible that enhanced rates may persist for a few hours around this time and so be observable soon after dark." Where Can I Watch The Perseids? People living in the Midlands and the North will have the best view of the annual Perseid meteor shower which peaks this week, according to the latest predictions by the Met Office. Cloud cover across southern England and Scotland throughout the week means lucky star-gazers in the northern countryside are expected to have the best views of the shower. Providing your garden isn't in the centre of any major towns or cities, otherwise, while you might see some, the full show will sadly lose the majority of its impact. There is good news however. The reason this year is particularly special is the Moon. While normally acting like a giant light bulb that sucks the joy out of everything the Moon is actually at its darkest phase. Robin Scagell, vice-president of the Society for Popular Astronomy advises: "Its best to watch them from the countryside but even in town, these meteors are bright enough for a few to be visible." "The moon is out of the way which makes a lot of difference because the sky will be much darker all night. For every bright shooting star you see, there are always fainter ones, and this will make it easier to see the fainter meteors and ring up the numbers." Perseids Meteor Shower 2015 Livestream If you completely miss the show tonight then NASA has come to the rescue. It'll be live streaming its own view of the Perseids in the US from 03.00AM BST on Friday onwards along with expert analysis and hopefully some stunning views of the meteor shower from its headquarters in Houston, Texas. So what makes the Perseids so special? Well you can thank the comet Swift-Tuttle which very conveniently swings by our solar system around once every 130 years or so. Swift-Tuttle has a 'nucleus' of around 26km in diameter. For every 11 orbits of Jupiter, the As NASA describes it : "If you see one meteor shower this year, make it August's Perseids or December's Geminids. The Perseids feature fast and bright meteors that frequently leave trains, and in 2015 there will be no moonlight to upstage the shower." A meteor shower is most commonly caused by hundreds of comet fragments entering the Earth's atmosphere. As these large bodies of ice pass through the solar system the Sun's rays heat the comet causing large fragments to break off. This rather handily has the side-effect of not only causing massive meteor showers but

What does the child take, according to the nursery rhyme The Farmer in the Dell?

Farmer in the Dell | Nursery Rhymes | Top Nursery Rhymes For Children by Hooplakidz - YouTube Farmer in the Dell | Nursery Rhymes | Top Nursery Rhymes For Children by Hooplakidz Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 7, 2013 Download HooplaKidz Christmas Songs on iTunes http://vid.io/xo26 Let's sing along with Hooplakidz's cutest and coolest characters Annie, Ben and Mango some fun nursery rhymes like Farmer In The Dell and have a Hoopla time !!! Lyrics To Sing Along :- The farmer in the dell The farmer in the dell Heigh-ho, the derry-o The farmer in the dell The farmer takes a wife The farmer takes a wife Heigh-ho, the derry-o The farmer takes a wife The wife takes a child The wife takes a child Heigh-ho, the derry-o The wife takes a child The child takes the cow The child takes the cow Heigh-ho, the derry-o The child takes the cow The cow takes the pig The cow takes the pig Heigh-ho, the derry-o The cow takes the pig The pig takes the dog The pig takes the dog Heigh-ho, the derry-o The pig takes the dog The dog takes the cat The dog takes the cat Heigh-ho, the derry-o The dog takes the cat The cat takes the mouse The cat takes the mouse Heigh-ho, the derry-o The cat takes the mouse The mouse takes the cheese The mouse takes the cheese Heigh-ho, the derry-o The mouse takes the cheese The cheese stands alone

What is the more common name for the US Navy's aerial demonstration team?

U.S. Navy Blue Angels | Home VIEW FULL SCHEDULE MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER On behalf of the 2017 Blue Angels Team, Welcome! Our mission is to represent the Pride and Professionalism of the Navy and Marine Corps, and to inspire a Culture of Excellence and Service to Country. Blue Angels have been proudly performing this mission since 1946. This year marks our 71st season and once again, our Team of 130 Sailors and Marines have trained incredibly hard and are privileged to showcase our teamwork and precision as we travel throughout this great country. The men and women who comprise the Blue Angels bring the technical expertise and experience they gained serving the Navy and Marine Corps fleet, and proudly represent the same values, skill, and dedication of those serving around the globe. We’ve updated our web site for this show season to give you more details about the Team, its history, the people, and the demonstration itself. We hope this provides a glimpse into how we develop our Culture of Excellence and couple that with Blue Angels pride, professionalism, and precision to produce our very special level of teamwork. For 71 years, our maneuvers, techniques, and operating procedures of have been honed and fine-tuned. We are exceptionally proud of our demonstration, and are privileged to share it with you. We strive to inspire excellence in the Americans we meet through our air shows and community outreach programs. We strive to inspire you to dream — and to pursue those dreams with everything you have. We are honored by your warm welcome and support. We do not take this honor lightly, nor is it ours alone. It is our hope that when you look into the sky and see Blue Angel aircraft, you see the embodiment of teamwork, professionalism, and precision, but more importantly the capacity for greatness that exists in all Americans. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present your 2017 Blue Angels!

What can be a tree, a fictional TV character, and a defective car?

Top 10 Fictional Detectives - Listverse Top 10 Fictional Detectives Naert January 18, 2011 Whenever I’m bored I like to read a good detective story. I always make a list of suspects with their motives and alibis, and try to unmask the culprit at least four chapters before the end. Sometimes I’m right; sometimes I’m way off. These stories are two things in one: they are puzzles – like a crossword or a sudoku – but they are also literature, with interesting characters, a certain psychological depth and a vision of society in a given time and place. Making this top ten wasn’t easy, and I don’t expect everybody to agree. There’s the dilemma between quantity and quality, and the contrast between the British cosy mystery and American hardboiled fiction. Certain classics had to be included, but for the more recent ones it was a tougher choice. In the end I just followed my own taste. These are all detectives who gave me a lot of reading pleasure. 10 Detective Inspector Thomas Linley Inspector Linley is a British detective created by the American author Elizabeth George. He’s the eighth Earl of Asherton. He solves crimes with his Scotland Yard colleague Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, who has a working class background. In the third Linley novel, “Well-Schooled in Murder”, Linley and Havers solve a homicide case in an elite British public school, which is remarkably well depicted for a non-British author. George always prepares her novels by studying real locations in England, which makes her stories more realistic than those of many other crime writers. Linley himself is a round character with weaknesses. His relationship with Lady Helen Clyde evolves through the novels. Linley and Havers are portrayed by Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small (photo) in the BBC series “The Inspector Linley Mysteries”. 9 Kinsey Millhone Private detective Kinsey Millhone was created by American author Sue Grafton. She appears in the alphabet series: “A Is for Alibi”, “B Is for Burglar” etc. She lives in an apartment in Santa Teresa, California. This fictional town based on Santa Barbara was invented by another writer, Ross MacDonald. Kinsey is a bachelorette who runs a lot to stay in shape, and has an affair from time to time. I like these novels because they are entertaining and have a fast pace and strong plot. There’s always a certain amount of action involved too. There hasn’t been a film or TV adaption of these stories yet – maybe an idea for the future. 8 Philip Marlowe Philip Marlowe is a private investigator created by American author Raymond Chandler. He appeared for the first time in “The Big Sleep”, in 1939. Other well-known titles are “The Lady in the Lake” and “The Long Goodbye”. Marlowe belongs to the hardboiled direction, influenced by Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade. He smokes and drinks a lot. He lives in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The stories are set in the more dangerous neighbourhoods in and around this city. Violence, drugs and tough language occur frequently. Marlowe has been played by a lot of actors, including Humphrey Bogart in “The Big Sleep” and Powers Boothe (photo) in the ITV series “Philip Marlowe, Private Eye”. 7 Sam Spade Private detective Sam Spade was invented by Dashiell Hammett. He only appears in one novel and three short stories, but remains important as the first example of a detective in the hard-boiled genre. Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, among others, was inspired by Sam Spade. Spade is the main character in “The Maltese Falcon” (1930). He runs a detective agency in San Francisco with his partner Miles Archer, who gets killed early in the novel. He’s not afraid of a fist fight or firearms. He appears to be cynical, but still has a sense of duty. The story also involves a typical femme fatale. He was played by several actors, of which the most famous remains Humphrey Bogart (photo) in the movie adaption of 1941. 6 Inspector Roderick Alleyn Detective Chief-Inspector Roderick Alleyn (pronounced “Allen”) is a British detective who appears in thirty-two novels by New Zealand writer Ngaio Marsh. It started with “A Man La

According to the tv and radio ads, "Uh oh, better get" who?

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From the French for Little Shoulder, what is the name for the ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations?

Epaulette | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Officer of the French Republican Guard with epaulettes Epaulette ( / ˈ ɛ p ə l ɛ t / ; also spelt epaulet) [1] is a type of ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations. In several European armies epaulettes are also worn by all ranks of elite or ceremonial units when on parade. Epaulettes are fastened to the shoulder by a shoulder strap or "passant", a small strap parallel to the shoulder seam, and the button near the collar, or by laces on the underside of the epaulette passing through holes in the shoulder of the coat. Colloquially, any shoulder straps with marks are also called epaulettes. The placement of the epaulette, its color and the length and diameter of its bullion fringe are used to signify the wearer's rank. At the join of the fringe and the shoulderpiece is often a metal piece in the form of a crescent . Although originally worn in the field, epaulettes are now normally limited to dress or ceremonial uniforms. Contents Epaulette is a French word meaning "little shoulder" ( diminutive from épaule, meaning "shoulder"). History Edit Louis XIV wearing shoulder ribbons, an early type of epaulette of the late 17th century. Epaulettes bear some resemblance to the shoulder pteruges of ancient Roman military costumes. However their direct origin lies in the bunches of ribbons worn on the shoulders of military coats at the end of the 17th century, which were partially decorative and partially intended to prevent shoulder belts from slipping. These ribbons were tied into a knot which left the fringed end free. This established the basic design of the epaulette as it evolved through the 18th and 19th centuries. [2] From the 18th century on, epaulettes were used in the French and other armies to indicate rank. The rank of an officer could be determined by whether an epaulette was worn on the left shoulder, the right shoulder or on both. Later a "counter-epaulette" (with no fringe) was worn on the opposite shoulder of those who wore only a single epaulette. Epaulettes were made in silver or gold for officers, and in cloth of various colors for the enlisted men of various arms. By the early eighteenth century, epaulettes became the distinguishing feature of an officer, leading to officers of military units without epaulettes to petition their government for the right to wear epaulettes, to ensure that they would be recognized as officers. [3] Certain cavalry specialties wore flexible metal epaulettes referred to as shoulder scales, rarely worn on the field. During the Napoleonic Wars and subsequently through the 19th century, grenadiers , light infantry , voltigeurs and other specialist categories of infantry in many European armies wore cloth epaulettes with wool fringes in various special colours to distinguish them from ordinary line infantry . "Flying artillery" wore "wings", similar to an epaulette but with only a bit of fringe on the outside, which matched the shoulder seam. Heavy artillery wore small balls representing ammunition on their shoulders. Today, epaulettes have mostly been replaced by a five-sided flap of cloth called a shoulder strap , which is sewn into the shoulder seam and the end buttoned like an epaulette yarn. An intermediate form in some services, such as the Russian Army , is the shoulder board , which neither has a fringe nor extends beyond the shoulder seam. This originated during the nineteenth century as a simplified version for service wear of the heavy and conspicuous full dress epaulette with bullion fringes. From the shoulderboard was developed the shoulder mark , a flat cloth tube that is worn over the shoulder strap and carries embroidered or pinned-on rank insignia. The advantages of this are the ability to easily change the insignia as occasions warrant. In literature, film and political satire, dictators, particularly of unstable Third World nations, are often depicted in military dress with oversized gold epaulettes. Canada Epaulettes of Provo Wallis , Maritim

According to the proverb, it's no use crying over what?

It's no use crying over spilt milk - Idioms by The Free Dictionary It's no use crying over spilt milk - Idioms by The Free Dictionary http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/It%27s+no+use+crying+over+spilt+milk It's no good crying over spilt milk (redirected from It's no use crying over spilt milk) Related to It's no use crying over spilt milk: no point crying over spilt milk It's no good/use crying over spilt milk.   also There's no point crying over spilt milk. something that you say which means you should not get upset about something bad that has happened that you cannot change Sometimes I regret not taking that job in London. Oh well, there's no point crying over spilt milk.

The sports teams from Auburn University, LSU, Princeton University, and University of Missouri all use the same name. Is it:

LSU Athletic Training -- Where are They? - LSUsports.net - The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics LSU Athletic Training -- Where are They? Published: July 29, 2014, 12:00 AM (CT) Updated: July 29, 2014, 09:30 AM (CT) Comments LSU Athletic Training alumni who have submitted information on the Alumni Only page are listed below. If you are a former LSU Athletic Trainer who worked at any time at LSU (student or graduate assistant), please use the "Alumni Only" page to submit your information. It will be updated below within a couple of business days. To contact these former LSU Athletic Trainers via e-mail, click on their name (if one has been provided). NOTE: If you wish to not have your e-mail address posted, please write to [email protected] and ask to have it removed. Also, if your e-mail is not posted and you would like for it to be, please send it to the same address.   Athletic Training Responsibilities at LSU Where they are now and what they're doing there: 1999-2002 * Football, Men's Basketball, Men's Tennis Clinic Director/ Director of Sports Medicine at Advanced Rehabilitation in Gonzales. PT/ATC working in the Baton Rouge area 1993-97 * Football, Gymnastics, Men's Basketball Head ATC at Cascia Hall Prep School; enrolled in EdD Program at Oklahoma State; wife's name is Stephanie * Graduate Assistant for Football and Women's Soccer East Carolina University, Assistant Athletic Trainer overseeing Women's Basketball * Track & Field, Volleyball Real Estate, Business Mgmt I currently own a real estate brokerage and function as general manager of a variety of businesses for private owners. I am married and have 3 children, Will (14), Casey (11), and Kylee (9). * Football, Gymnastics, Baseball, Men's Basketball Certified Athletic Trainer for All Marine Boxing and Wrestling I am currently the Certified Athletic Trainer for the All Marine Boxing and Wrestling Teams at Camp Lejeune NC. I am the first ATC hired in this capacity for the Marine Corps and I also help with other All Marine Sporting events as necessary. * Football, Wrestling, Swimming and Diving LSU-Fire and Emergency Training Institute 1992-94 * Football and Gymnastics Coordinator of Clinical Placement and adjunct instructor for Graduate Athletic Training Program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. * Gymnastics, Football, Softball, Track & Field Head athletic trainer for Arp Independent School District * Women's Basketball, Football, Women's Tennis Assistant Athletic Trainer at Lamar University * Football, Volleybal, Women's Basketball, and Track & Field Physical Therapist Assistant/ South Texas Health Systems Married to husband Jaime Stevens, one child, Jonathan 1989-91 * Football and Gymnastics Married to Daryl Brach (former swimmer) for 12 years. I have 3 children; ages 7, 4, 18 months (Girl,Boy,Girl). Currently I work in the Pentagon as a Major, Active National Guard for the Director of the Army Staff in Reserve Affairs. Currently finshing my MBA. * Gymnastics, Volleyball, Football Methodist Hospital System. Recently Graduate from University of Houston with a Masters in Sport Administration; Head Trainer at Lee College; High School Outreach within the southeast region of Houston; Seasonal work with the Houston Ballet Company * Student Athletic Trainer for all sports * Staff-Rec Center Training Room After graduating from LSU, worked as an intern with the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL for one year, then I served as the head trainer at St. Martin's Episcopal School in Metairie for six years ... Worked as a graduate assistant at Southeastern Louisiana while earning my masters degree. After graduating, I worked at LSU in the Rec Center training room. I was hired in 1993 by Mississippi Sports Medicine to work at Millsaps College. In 1999, I was hired full time at Millsaps, where I am currently entering my 11th year as the head athletic trainer/equipment manager. * Football GA, Basketball, Women's Tennis, Swimming & Diving Self Employed Consultant After LSU I worked as a health and wellness specialist for Pfizer Inc in New York. Then m

Name the 1980 movie from the plot summary: “An emotionally self-destructive boxer’s journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.”

Raging Bull (1980) - 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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it. Director: Jake LaMotta (based on the book by) (as Jake La Motta), Joseph Carter (with) | 3 more credits  » Stars: a list of 46 titles created 18 Oct 2011 a list of 33 titles created 04 Apr 2013 a list of 25 titles created 09 Nov 2013 a list of 45 titles created 11 Jun 2014 a list of 26 titles created 06 Sep 2014 Search for " Raging Bull " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 24 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. Director: Martin Scorsese Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. Director: Martin Scorsese An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. Director: Michael Mann A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. Director: Sergio Leone During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Director: Francis Ford Coppola In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: Brian De Palma A small-time hood struggles with a moral crisis regarding his friends, family, business, and his conflicting religious beliefs. Director: Martin Scorsese A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. Director: Milos Forman A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Director: Stanley Kubrick Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen Edit Storyline When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone. Written by alfiehitchie 19 December 1980 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: The Raging Bull See more  » Filming Locations: $13,568 (USA) (28 January 2005) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The cross that once hung over Martin Scorsese 's parents' bed can be seen hanging over Jake LaMotta and Vicki LaMotta 's bed. See more » Goofs Early on in the movie, Jake tells Joey to punch him. Joey does so, repeatedly, and leaves his ring on thereby c

Roy Horn, of Siegfried and Roy fame, had his career cut short in 2003 when he was attacked by what?

Tiger that injured Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy in 2003 dies | Daily Mail Online Share this article Share He was told he would never walk, talk or perform magic again, but defied all odds to make a remarkable recovery, despite having to have part of his brain cut away, suffering a crushed windpipe and being partially paralyzed. The friends, who were famed for their magic show that incorporated a menagerie of elephants, tigers and lions into illusion acts, ended their famed Mirage show in 2003. After a run of 30,000 shows that were watched by up to 400,000 people each year, the showmen decided to retire from their Las Vegas production. Roy admits that he was a 'little bit handicapped,' by the incident that both deny was an attack by their white tiger. 'I can do a lot of things. I can walk, I can go swimming, I can go to the gym, I can go shopping,' he told a magazine last year. Habitat: Even now the illusionists look after tigers at Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage Hotel & Casino Great white cat: Fischbacher and Roy discontinued their magic stage show after a white tiger named Mantecore attacked Horn during a 2003 performance, leaving him partially paralyzed Close call: Horn, seen here being rushed to hospital in October 2003 after being grabbed by the tiger, was told he would never walk, talk or perform magic again, but defied all odds to make a remarkable recovery After a two-year review, federal investigators never determined what set off the tiger. 'I will forever believe it was his concern for my safety and well-being that caused him to act as he did on that night long ago,' Horn said in a statement. 'We spent many hours together and he never failed to bring me great joy and wonderment. It was my great honor to be beside him at the end. He is now playing with his siblings in white tiger heaven.' 'Farewell my dear friend…..know that your image is forever burned into my heart,' Roy wrote in an emotional Facebook post. Horn's injuries left him partially paralyzed and led to the closing of Siegfried & Roy's successful Vegas show. During Horn's long rehabilitation, both he and Fischbacher remained devoted to The Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip that houses lions, tigers and leopards. Horn noted that there are 11 white tigers and two white lions residing at the habitat after Mantecore's death. Flashback: Siegfried and Roy were famed for their shows that combined magic with exotic animals Read more:

The professional wrestling organization formerly known as the WWF is now known by what set of initials?

WWE Tickets 2016 | Pro Wrestling | Rukkus WWE Overview Vince McMahon and WrestleMania Change Professional Wrestling The world of professional wrestling didn't know what it was in for when the WWWF became the WWF in 1979, as Vince McMahon Jr. took his first steps towards taking over the profession. After taking over for his father Vince Sr., McMahon knew how to get the WWF to the highest possible level in the sport, and he proved that he would stop at nothing to make pro wrestling fans' dreams come true. McMahon's determination to have the WWF product seen all over the United States led to numerous television deals being implemented, which all but officially ended the “territory days” of smaller promotions locking down a fan base in a certain region. But even McMahon himself couldn't have known the drastic change that would take place when he added American Wrestling Association powerhouse Hulk Hogan to his roster in late 1979. The boss wouldn't stop there in adding more well-known superstars to the company's impressive lineup of talent, with names such as Roddy Piper and The Iron Sheik being major players within McMahon's ever-growing pool of stars. However, in typical McMahon fashion, the success of the entire company would come down to the public's response to the first-ever WrestleMania extravaganza. With the WWF spending more and more money, McMahon understood that making more money would be the only way for the company to survive in the long run. That's why he chose to enter the world of pay-per-view with the inaugural WrestleMania, which featured a tag team bout pitting Hulk Hogan and Mr. T against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. Knowing that the company's future was riding on the outcome of the event, McMahon pulled out all the stops and had musical and celebrity acts to try and build a large viewership. Sure enough, he succeeded, as over a million fans tuned in to the historical event, giving the WWF the major boost that it needed going forward by presenting it as the cool alternative to its competition, the wrestling-based National Wrestling Alliance. The Ascent Continues for the WWF After the initial success of the WrestleMania event, it became apparent that McMahon had even higher aspirations. With Hogan continuing his rise as a mega star, the WWF could do no wrong in promoting some of the biggest matches that the professional wrestling world had ever witnessed. The largest of those – perhaps in more ways than one – came at WrestleMania III in 1987, as the promotion drew in over 93,000 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome to watch Hogan go up against the colossal Andre the Giant. It was perhaps the most anticipated bout that the wrestling world had ever seen, and it lived up to the hype with Hogan executing a memorable bodyslam on the 7'4” French hoss to score the victory. McMahon knew where the money was at after that legendary event, and decided to slot Hogan vs. Andre II for its The Main Event television program in 1988. Not even McMahon could have expected such insane viewing numbers, with over 33 million raucous wrestling fans holding their channels on the WWF's most legendary attractions. This all but proved that there was no stopping McMahon and the professional wrestling juggernaut that he had created. Hogan continued to dominate the WWF landscape for several years, with the inclusion of new stars such as The Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage, and Ted DiBiase helping fuel the fire for McMahon's empire. The late 80s were without question one of the most successful eras that the WWF has ever experienced, but unfortunately for McMahon and his burgeoning organization, that success would be brought to a screeching halt as the early 90s came around. Nearly Losing It All Steroid allegations would send McMahon and the WWF into a frenzy in 1991, with Dr. George Zahorian testifying that he had sold the drugs to wrestlers within the organization. After Zahorian was convicted and thrown in jail, it was McMahon who was left on the outside trying to do damage control on the WWF's image. Though McMahon tried everything that h

What is the SI unit of measurement for capacitance (defined as the ability of a body to store an electrical charge)?

Online Unit Converters • Electrical Engineering • Capacitance • Compact Calculator Overview Measuring the capacity of the capacitor with nominal capacitance of 10 μF, using a multimeter oscilloscope. Capacitance is a physical quantity that represents the ability of a conductor to accumulate charge. It is found by dividing the electrical charge magnitude by the potential difference between conductors: C = Q/∆φ Here Q is electric charge, which is measured in coulombs (C), and ∆φ is the potential difference, which is measured in volts (V). Capacitance is measured in farads (F) in SI. This unit is named after the British physicist Michael Faraday. One farad represents extremely large capacitance for an isolated conductor. For example, an isolated metal ball with the radius 13 times greater than that of the Sun would have capacitance of one farad, while the capacitance of a metal ball with the radius of the Earth would be about 710 microfarads (μF). Because one farad is such a large quantity, smaller units are used, such as microfarad (μF), which equals one millionth of a farad, nanofarad (nF), equalling to one billionth of a farad, and picofarad (pF), which is one trillionth of a farad. In the extended CGS for electromagnetic units the main unit of capacitance is described using centimeters (cm). One centimeter of electromagnetic capacitance represents capacitance of a ball in vacuum that has the radius of 1 cm. CGS system stands for centimeter-gram-second system — it uses centimeters, grams, and seconds as the basic units for length, mass, and time. Extensions of CGS also set one or more constants to 1, which allows to simplify certain formulas and calculations. Uses for Capacitance Capacitors — Electronic Components for Storing Electric Charges Electronic symbols Capacitance is a quantity, relevant not only for electrical conductors but also for capacitors (originally called condensers). Capacitors consist of two conductors divided by a dielectric or vacuum. The simplest version of a capacitor has two plates that act as electrodes. A capacitor (from the Latin condensare — to condense) is a double-layer electronic component used for storing electric charge and energy of the electromagnetic field. The simplest capacitor consists of two electrical conductors, with a dielectric between them. Radio electronics enthusiasts are known to make trimmer capacitors for their circuits with the different diameter enameled wires. The thinner wire is wrapped around the thicker one. The RLC circuit is set to the desired frequency by changing the number of turns of the wire. The image has some examples of how a capacitor can be represented in a circuit diagram. Parallel RLC circuit: a resistor, an inductor and a capacitor Some History Scientists were able to make capacitors as far as 250 years ago. In 1745 in Leyden the German physicist Ewald Georg von Kleist and a physicist from the Netherlands Pieter van Musschenbroek made the first capacitor device that was called a “Leyden jar”. The walls of the jar served as dielectric, while the water in the jar and the hand of the experimenter acted as conductor plates. Such a jar could accumulate a charge of about one microcoulomb (µC). Experiments and demonstrations with the Leyden jars were popular at the time. In them the jar was charged with static electricity by using friction. A participant of the experiment would then touch the jar and experience an electric shock. Once 700 monks in Paris conducted the Leyden experiment. They held hands and one of them touched the jar. At that moment all 700 people exclaimed in horror as they felt the jolt. The “Leyden jar” came to Russia thanks to the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. He met with Pieter van Musschenbroek during his travels in Europe and became acquainted with his work. When Peter the Great established the Russian Academy of Sciences, he commissioned Musschenbroek to make various equipment for the Academy. As time went by, capacitors have been improved, with their size decreasing as the capacitance increased. Today capacitors are widely used in e

Spike, Dig, Set, and Block are found in which Olympic sport?

The Game The Game - Volleyball About the sport   Volleyball is a complex game of simple skills. The ball is spiked from up to 60 cm above the height of a basketball hoop (about 3.65 metres) and takes fractions of a second to travel from the spiker to the receiver. That means the receiver must assess incoming angle, decide where to pass the ball and then control their pass in the blink of an eye. A purely rebound sport (you can't hold the ball), Volleyball is a game of constant motion.  A team can touch the ball three times on its side of the net. The usual pattern is a dig (an underarm pass made with the forearms), a set (an overhead pass made with the hands) and a spike (the overhead attacking shot). The ball is served into play. Teams can also try to block the opponent's spike as it crosses the net. A block into your own court counts as one of your three touches in Beach Volleyball, but not in Volleyball.  Power and height have become vital components of international teams, but the ability of teams and coaches to devise new strategies, tactics and skills has been crucial for continued success.  There are six players on court in a Volleyball team, who each must rotate one position clockwise every time their team wins back service from the opposition. Only the three players at the net positions can jump and spike or block near the net. The backcourt players can only hit the ball over the net if they jump from behind the attack line, also known as the three-metre line, which separates the front and back part of the court.  Volleyball has developed into a very specialised sport. Most teams will include in their starting line-up a setter, two centre blockers, two receiver-hitters and a universal spiker. Only certain players will be involved with service reception. Players will also have specialist positions for attack and defence. Substitutions are allowed during the game.  From 1998, Volleyball used a new scoring system. Teams scored a point on every rally (rally point system), regardless of which team served. Formerly, a team could only win a point if it served the ball. Winning the serve back from the opposition was known as a side-out.  Matches are played best of five sets. The first four sets are played to 25 points, with the final set being played to 15 points. A team must win a set by two points. There is no ceiling, so a set continues until one of the teams gains a two-point advantage. Previously, all sets were to 15 points, with the first four sets having a ceiling of 17 and the final set requiring at least a two-point winning advantage.  From 1996, the FIVB introduced a new specialist role: the libero. This player wears a different coloured uniform from the rest of the team and can be substituted in backcourt for any player on the team. The libero cannot serve, spike the ball over the net or rotate into the front-line positions, but plays a

The US led all countries in the top two medal categories at this years Olympics. How many gold medals did they earn?

USA Swimming - USA SWIMMING HISTORY USA SWIMMING HISTORY • U.S. Congress passes Amateur Sports Act. 1979 • At the AAU National Convention, legislation passes changing the AAU's function from a multi-sport organization to a service/management activity for national governing bodies. • USS signs a service agreement with the new AAU, an NGB first. • The AAU passes a resolution "so that Sports Committees become National Governing Bodies responsible for all aspects of the governance of their sports." • Bill Lippman resigns as president; executive vice president Ross Wales takes over as acting president.   1980 • Ross Wales is officially elected to finish out Bill Lippman's term as president in January, and is then re-elected in the fall at convention. • FINA recognizes USS and the United States Aquatic Sports at meetings in Moscow. • USS holds it First National Championships, choosing an honorary U.S. Olympic Team. • Phillips Petroleum continues sponsorship of USS Senior Swimming and travel fund. • The AAU turns over all national swimming revenue to United States Swimming. • USS hires Information Services Director. • USS Directory debuts. • FINA adopts "Olympic Entry Limit" of two swimmers per country, per event, reducing U.S. medal count potential by one-third. • Competitive Swimming News becomes U.S. Swimming News; the logo changes from Swimming USA to USA Swimming logo designed by Colleen Roark of Phoenix. • Rules Committee endorses two-piece swimsuit and "Sudden Death" false start. • USS conducts surveys of USS-registered families.   • Four-person USS staff moves to Colorado Springs from Indianapolis. • U.S. defeats USSR in dual meet in Kiev. • USSN goes monthly. • Tracy Caulkins wins four events in short course meters world-best times at USS International. • Carol Zaleski succeeds the irreplaceable Ann Colewell as secretary of Rules Committee. • City of Concord pulls out as hosts of the 1982 World Championships. The depth of their pool didn't meet FINA rules and they decided not to deepen their pool. • Phillips Performance Award and the Rookie of the Meet Award debut. • USS Outstanding Service Award for volunteers at the LSC level debuts. • USS Coaches' Colleges debut. • USS set swimming year from May 15 to the following May 14. • Mary T. Meagher's drops world records in the 100m fly from 59.26 to 57.93 and in the 200m fly from 2:06.37 to 2:05.96. • Club Publicity Guide debuts. Swimmer of the Year: Mary T. Meagher      • Junior Olympics divided into East and West. • McDonald's becomes Age Group/Junior Olympic sponsor. • Awards Committee to commission the United States Swimming Award. • FINA World Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador; U.S. team's performance is unexpectedly disappointing. • Don Gambril named 1984 U.S. Olympic Team head coach. • U.S. defeats USSR in dual meet in Knoxville. • Phillips Petroleum begins its 10th year of sponsoring USS. • Top 16 Recognition debuts for age group swimmers. • Tracy Caulkins wins her 12th Kiphuth Award for women's high point winner at summer nationals; a USS record. • USS acquires the Swim-a-thon fundraising program; under USS direction clubs retain 85 percent of funds raised. • Swimming World becomes "Official Magazine of USS." • Indiana University Natatorium completed; Tony Corbisiero breaks first record in pool (800m freestyle-American record). • USS hires Local Services Director and Controller.   United States Swimming Award: United States Olympic Committee Swimmer of the Year: Steve Lundquist Phillips Performance Award: Rowdy Gaines (200m free)           Steve Lundquist (100m breast - twice) 1983 • U.S. dominates Pan American Games. • USS House of Delegates approves SWIMFUND, a trust fund for post-grad athletes. • USS renames National Championships after Phillips Petroleum (Phillips 66). • American Swim Coaches Association discusses possible merger with USS Board of Directors. • Mark Spitz, Johnny Weissmuller, and Don Schollander are among 20 charter members of U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame elected by the media. Spitz was second in the voting to Jesse Owens. • U.S. men's 400-m

What is the general legal term for “unlawful taking and carrying away of another’s property”?

Legal Definition of Taking From the 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon Taking   If anything is given to a Hottentot, he at once divides it among all present -- a habit which, as is known, so much struck Darwin among the Feugians. He cannot eat alone, and, however hungry, he calls those who pass by to share his food. And when Koelben expressed his astonishment thereat, he received the answer: "That is Hottentot manner." But this is not Hottentot manner only: it is an all but universal habit among the "savages." - Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, ch. 3 Search The Library's Lexicon TAKING The act of laying hold upon an article, with or without removing the same; a felonious taking is not sufficient without a carrying away, to constitute the crime of larceny. And when the taking has been legal, no subsequent act will make it a crime. The taking is either actual or constructive. The former is when the thief takes, without any pretence of a contract, the property in question. A constructive felonious taking occurs when, under pretence of a contract, the thief obtains the felonious possession of goods; as, when under the pretence of hiring, he had a felonious intention at the time of the pretended contract, to convert the property to his own use. The court of criminal sessions for the city and county of Philadelphia have decided that in the case of a man who found a quantity of lumber, commonly called a raft, floating on the river Delaware and fastened to the shore, and sold it, to another person, at so low a price. as to enable the purchaser to remove it, and did no other act himself, but afterwards the purchaser removed it, that thls was a taking by the thief, and he was actually convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. It cannot be doubted, says Pothier, that by selling and delivering a thing which he knows does not belong to him, the party is guilty of theft. When property is left through inadvertence with a person and he conceals it animo furandi, he is guilty of a felonious taking and may be convicted of larceny. But when the owner parts with the property willingly, under an agreement that he is never to receive the style indentical property, the taking is not felonious; as, when a person delivered to the defendant a sovereign to get it changed, and the defendant never returned either with the sovereign or the change, this was not larceny. The wrongful taking of the personal property of another, when in his actual possession, or such taking of the goods of another who, has the right of immediate possession, subject the tort feasor to an action. For example, such wrongful taking will be evidence of a conversion, and an action of trover may be maintained. Trespass is a concurrent remedy in such a case. Replevin may be supported by the unlawful taking of a personal chattel. --b--

The Recording Industry Association of America awards what certification for an album that sells 500,000 copies?

Certification Criteria - RIAA Certification Criteria Gold & Platinum News RIAA’s historic Gold® & Platinum® Program defines success in the recorded music industry. Originally conceived to honor artists and track sound recording sales, Gold & Platinum Awards have come to stand as a benchmark of success for any artist—whether they’ve just released their first song or Greatest Hits album. Certification Criteria Gold & Platinum Awards are earned by artists who have met rigorous standards, and recipients join the ranks of the most iconic recording artists. We take certification very seriously. Our third party auditing firm has reviewed all applications for more than 35 years to ensure that each award recipient has qualified based on mandatory requirements like requisite sales and streaming figures, consumer demand and much more. Audit Requirements: RIAA AND GR&F CERTIFICATION AUDIT REQUIREMENTS – RIAA SINGLE AWARD Requesting certification: Along with minimum sales and streaming figures, a number of other criteria accompany each title considered for certification. The list and table below describe what titles and types of sales can be considered for the awards. United States distribution: Record labels are required to validate that titles redeemed through product sales/on-demand streams and counted towards certification have actually been distributed or downloaded within the United States.  Only domestic sales and sales to United States military post exchanges may be included. Sales become eligible for certification: 30 days after the initial street date (for albums/songs in physical product format) OR At the initial release date (for albums/songs in digital product format). Other sale requirements include: Export sales outside of the United States are not included in certification. The requesting label must separate PX sales from other accounts on sales sheets. Pre-orders: Initial pre-orders of digital albums are not counted towards certification. Pre-orders only count towards certification after the album is released to the public, and the consumer receives a copy of the digital album. Bundles and product packaging: Albums bundled with other products (e.g. concert tickets, merchandise, etc.) and sold to consumers can be eligible under RIAA’s Gold & Platinum Program if they meet the following requirements: Sold at a minimum $6 premium per album when compared to the standalone product’s price. Products bundled with two albums must be sold at a $12 premium, three must be sold at a $18 premium, etc. This satisfies the existing dollar volume required of album certifications. Accompanying products must be available for purchase separately. Catalog product, specifically pre-1972 album releases, are eligible for certification by meeting either the unit shipment or manufacturer’s dollar requirement for each award level. The purpose of this rule is to make certain exceptions for older albums that have very little supporting documentation substantiating that they meet both the unit requirement and the dollar requirement. Without the rule, these titles would potentially be unable to meet the dollar requirement based on the limited documentation available from sales that occurred decades ago. Club sales and club free goods may be included towards certification. Product shipped to retail, mail order, record clubs, TV marketing and other ancillary markets are combined toward certified sales. All shipments to these accounts must be verified by the label. Promotional radio and press copies, cut-outs, inventory sell-offs and surplus sales are not included toward certification. The Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) is the trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. Its members comprise the most vibrant record industry in the world, investing in great artists to help them reach their potential and connect to their fans. Nearly 85% of all legitimate recorded music produced and sold in the United States is created, manufactured or distributed by RIAA members.

Known as North Star State, among several others, what was the 32nd state to join the Union on May 11, 1858?

Guide to Manuscript Materials : MF. 1900 - MF. 1999 | Tennessee Secretary of State Tennessee Secretary of State Guide to Manuscript Materials : MF. 1900 - MF. 1999 Mf. 1900   -- Bethesda United Methodist Church Records, 1823-2007. TSLA. 1 reel. 35mm. Microfilm Only Collection. This is a collection of membership register books for the Bethesda United Methodist Church, also known as the Bethesda Methodist Church, in Williamson County, Tennessee. Mf. 1901   -- Russellville Methodist Churchand Conference Records, 1894-1935. Hamblen County. TSLA. 1 reel. 35mm. Microfilm Only Collection. The Russellville Methodist Church, an African American church in Russellville, Hamblen County, East Tennessee, is now known as Bewley’s Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church. This record book contains lists of the baptized children, members, probations, pastors, stewards and leaders meetings, stewards, presiding elders, missionaries and sextons. The list includes death dates of members, members who were expelled, withdrew or were removed. There are a number of missing pages.   Mf. 1902   -- Hamblen County Miscellaneous Funeral Home and Cemetery Records, 1940-1957. GSU. 1 reel. 35mm. Microfilm Only Collection. This is a collection of funeral home and cemetery records from Hamblen County, Tennessee. Included are Horton Funeral Home Records, January 1940-September 1957; cemetery survey of Hamblen Memorial Gardens; Bethesda Cemetery; and Cemeteries of Hamblen County, Tennessee, Volumes 1-3. Mf. 1903   -- Hamblen County Church Records, 1804-2007. GSU. 1 reel. 35mm. Microfilm Only Collection. Item one consists of records from the St. Paul Presbyterian Church, including Clerks of Session, 1818-April 11, 1977; Elders, 1818-1978; Deacons, 1860-2004; Trustees; 1804-2004; Membership list 1818-2003; and, a cemetery survey of St. Paul Cemetery. Item two contains records of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Dover, which was organized December 12, 1870 and date to January 25, 1963. Records include Minutes of Session; Register of Elders; Register of Deacons; Register of Communicants; Adult and Infant Baptisms; and a Register of Deaths. Item three are the records of Cumberland Presbyterian Church which include Roll of Members; Register of Clerks; Register of Elders; Register of Deacons; Register of Trustees; Register of Ministers; Record of Baptisms; Record of Marriages; Record of Deaths; and Financial Record of the Congregation. Records date from 1961 to January 7, 1989. Item four consists of the 2008 Dover Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Morristown, Tennessee. Included is the Church Directory; Church History; Records of Interest; Church Officials; Membership; Burials; Dover Cemetery Survey; and Marriages. Mf. 1904   -- John T. (John Terrill) Majors Papers, Addition, 1942-2007.  TSLA.  31 reels.  35mm.   The John T. (John Terrill) Majors Papers, Addition, 1942-2007, primarily consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and various football-related items from the University of Tennessee and the University of Pittsburgh.  A large portion of the collection is letters from fans during his tenure as head football coach at the University of Tennessee. A copy of Majors’s response is included in most instances. The collection contains numerous photographs of Majors, focusing on the years 1990-2007, as well as numerous football related materials such as programs, plays, media guides, and game day materials. Also included are newspaper clippings, plaques, and Majors’s personal daily calendars from 1968 to 1996, along with several scrapbooks.  There are no restrictions on this collection. Mf. 1905   -- Buffalo Springs Bird Farm and C.C.C. Camp Scrapbook, Grainger County, Tennessee, 1930-[1937-1938]- 2008. TSLA. 1 reel. 35mm. Microfilm Only Collection. The Buffalo Springs Bird Farm (also known as the Buffalo Springs Game Farm) and Civilian Conservation Corps Camp was located in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee. It was started as a New Deal program in the 1930s, utilizing the C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps). Land was purchased in Grainger County to dev

August 14, 1951 saw the death of what newspaper magnate, whose life was the basis for the movie Citizen Kane?

Hearst, William Randolph Hearst, William Randolph born April 29, 1863, San Francisco , Calif ., U.S. died Aug. 14, 1951, Beverly Hills, Calif. U.S. newspaper publisher. Hearst in 1887 took over the struggling San Francisco Examiner, which he remade into a successful blend of investigative reporting and lurid sensationalism. After buying the New York Morning Journal ( later New York Journal-American) in 1895, he fought fierce circulation wars with other papers and helped bring about the era of yellow journalism , employing circulation-boosting strategems that profoundly influenced U.S. journalism. Distorted reportage in Hearst papers fanned public sentiment against Spain that led to the Spanish-American War . He served in Congress (1903–07) but ran unsuccessfully for other offices. In the 1920s he built a grandiose castle in San Simeon , Calif . At the peak of his fortune in 1935 he owned 28 major newspapers, 18 magazines, radio stations, movie companies, and news services. Extravagance and the Depression weakened him financially, and by 1940 he had lost control of his empire. He spent his last years in virtual seclusion. William Randolph Hearst, 1906 By courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. * * * born April 29, 1863, San Francisco, California, U.S. died August 14, 1951, Beverly Hills, California  American newspaper publisher who built up the nation's largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism.       Hearst was the only son of George Hearst, a gold-mine owner and U.S. senator from California (1886–91). The young Hearst attended Harvard College for two years before being expelled for antics ranging from sponsoring massive beer parties in Harvard Square to sending chamber pots to his professors (their images were depicted within the bowls). In 1887 he took control of the struggling San Francisco Examiner, which his father had bought in 1880 for political reasons. Hearst remade the paper into a blend of reformist investigative reporting and lurid sensationalism, and within two years it was showing a profit. He then entered the New York City newspaper market in 1895 by purchasing the theretofore unsuccessful New York Morning Journal. He hired such able writers as Stephen Crane ( Crane, Stephen ) and Julian Hawthorne and raided the New York World for some of Joseph Pulitzer ( Pulitzer, Joseph )'s best men, notably Richard F. Outcault ( Outcault, Richard Felton ), who drew the Yellow Kid cartoons. The New York Journal ( afterward New York Journal-American) soon attained an unprecedented circulation as a result of its use of many illustrations, colour magazine sections, and glaring headlines; its sensational articles on crime and pseudoscientific topics; its bellicosity in foreign affairs; and its reduced price of one cent. Hearst's Journal and Pulitzer's World became involved in a series of fierce circulation wars, and these newspapers' use of sensationalistic reporting and frenzied promotional schemes brought New York City journalism to a boil. Competition between the two papers, including rival Yellow Kid cartoons, soon gave rise to the term yellow journalism .       The Journal excoriated Great Britain in the Venezuela-British Guiana border dispute (from 1895) and then demanded (1897–98) war between the United States and Spain. Through dishonest and exaggerated reportage, Hearst's newspapers whipped up public sentiment against Spain so much that they actually helped cause the Spanish-American War of 1898. Hearst supported William Jennings Bryan ( Bryan, William Jennings ) in the presidential campaign of 1896 and again in 1900, when he assailed President William McKinley ( McKinley, William ) as a tool of the trusts (the biggest companies in the United States).       While serving rather inactively in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903–07), Hearst received considerable support for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904 and, running on an anti- Tammany Hall ticket, came within 3,000 votes of winning the 1905 election for mayor of New York City. In 1906, desp

Characterized by dark, often reflective lenses having an area two or three times the area of the eye socket, and metal frames with bayonet earpieces, aviator sunglasses are sold by what company?

November « 2010 « Designer Sunglasses by Tom Glass on Nov.30, 2010, under Chanel sunglasses , Designer sunglasses , Dolce and Gabbana Eyewear , Miu Miu Sunglasses , Oakley Sunglasses , Prada Sunglasses , RayBan Sunglasses Yes, indeed it is true that designer branded apparel will usually set you back hundreds upon thousands of dollars. You pay not only for the quality of the materials used and the name itself but for the exquisite craftsmanship as well. Designers like Dolce and Gabbana, Christian Dior, Oakley, Ray-Ban etc., make sure that they not only use top of the line materials but also ensure that the latest technologies are executed. Not to mention that much time and effort is expended into designing and crafting each piece. It may seem as though designer sunglasses are a frivolous expense compared to other items such as garments or even jewelry. However, it is completely possible to find cheap designer sunglasses . Just like any other designer brand item, designer sunglasses do not have to break the bank. Cheap designer sunglasses can be found in many places. One is online, with a little patience and a knack for typing in key words into a search engine, one may be able to find great deals for wonderful items. Another option is going to discount stores. Patience and taking the time to really browse the aisles may prove fruitful for the bargain hunter. Designer items can be found on the cheap with little or no damage or fault. Another great place to hunt for bargain designer items is the factory outlet or overrun store. Here you will find designer apparel at much, much lower prices, and there is nothing wrong with items, they simply did not pass quality control which could simply mean that an item is slightly off color or has a crooked stitch or two, which won’t make much of a difference to the naked eye. Garage sales or estate sales can also be a great place to find designer items at a bargain. With a lot of patience and a little ingenuity, you don’t have to break the bank to don designer brands. If you desire to have designer fashions but do not wish to or cannot afford to spend a lot of money, do not feel disheartened. There are still many ways to find top name branded apparel. by Tom Glass on Nov.30, 2010, under Chanel sunglasses , Designer sunglasses , Dolce and Gabbana Eyewear , Miu Miu Sunglasses , Oakley Sunglasses , Prada Sunglasses , RayBan Sunglasses It is true that with today’s economic crisis, how we spend our money has to count. We find ways to make the maximum bang for every buck we make and spend. These are the times when one asks the question, quality or quantity? Many arguments can be made for each side of the coin. On one hand, 2 liters of a generic brand of soda versus a one liter bottle of a brand named one that tastes pretty much the same is entirely different from buying a pair of jeans at a discount store that will only last you a few months versus one from a designer store that can last you several months or years even. Having more at a lower price is not necessarily thriftier than having one at a higher price, and it is the quality of the product that makes all the difference. Cheaper soda is one thing but when it comes to other items, we need to really weigh the pros and cons between getting a mediocre product at lower cost and getting top quality products at a higher rate. Low end products are not always made with the same caliber as high end ones, some may argue that a lot of the time, when you buy a brand name item that is is exactly what you are paying form, the name, however, others may say that higher prices means higher quality materials, closer attention to production therefore a superior product is the result. Although it is true that there are a lot of non brand name products that are still of good quality, it is safe to say that majority of brand name products can be expected to be of a certain caliber. Brand name sunglasses can be an example. One cannot deny that our eyes and our eyesight are extremely important. When it comes to health ion general, no expense should be spared a

If a medical condition is pulmonary, what part of the body does it affect?

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | University of Maryland Medical Center Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Description An in-depth report on the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of COPD -- emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Alternative Names COPD; Bronchitis - chronic; Chronic bronchitis; Emphysema Highlights  Overview Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. The disease is characterized by an abnormal inflammatory response in the lungs and restricted airflow (documented by spirometry). The disease typically occurs after age 35. Cigarette smoking remains the major cause of COPD, but it isn't the only cause. In most studies, smoking accounts for about 80% of COPD cases. Quitting smoking can improve lung function and help to prevent death from COPD. Other causes, such as genetic syndromes (alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency) and exposures to pollutants such as dust, irritants and fumes are also involved in the development of the disease. An overall treatment strategy may include one or several medications, lifestyle changes, education, pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen therapy and perhaps surgery. Medication One National Institute of Health (NIH) -funded trial showed that daily azithromycin (plus usual treatment) reduced the frequency of COPD exacerbations and improved quality of life. The long- term effects of taking azithromycin, a broad spectrum antibiotic, are not known. Daily azithromycin is not suitable for patients at risk for abnormal heart rhythms or ear damage. The choices among options for inhaled therapy may be based on patient preference, side effects and/or cost. Much research is underway to assess the merits of individual (mono-therapy) vs. combination therapy options, such as these recent findings: Alone, tiotropium, a long-acting anticholinergic drug, was found to be significantly better than the beta2-agonist salmeterol in reducing exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe COPD in a one year study. Both long-acting beta-agonists (LABA) and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) yield similar benefits across most outcomes when used as individual therapies. Given their potential side effects, current guidelines support long-acting beta-agonists as primary therapy, supplemented by regular use of corticosteroids for patients who experience frequent exacerbations. Other Treatments and Guidelines Pulmonary rehabilitation may offer a management strategy for patients who experienced a recent exacerbation of COPD. It may reduce hospital admissions and mortality, and improve quality of life. In 2009, the American College of Physicians (ACP), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and European Respiratory Society (ERS), updated its 2007 clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of COPD. It stresses the importance of patient history and physical examination for predicting airflow obstruction, spirometry for screening or diagnosis of COPD, and assessing management strategies included inhaled medications, pulmonary rehabilitation and supplemental oxygen. Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition in which there is reduced airflow in the lungs. The disease develops and worsens over time. COPD is not reversible, but therapy can slow its progress. Although patients can breathe in normally, changes in the small airways cause the tubes to narrow during expiration, making it hard to breathe out. In many patients with COPD, the small sacs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged are destroyed, gradually depriving the body of enough oxygen. COPD is associated with a set of breathing-related symptoms: Being out of breath, at first when doing physical activities, but as lung function deteriorates, also at rest Chronic cough Spitting or coughing mucus (phlegm) The ability to exhale (breathe out) gets worse over time. The lungs are located in the chest cavity and are responsible for breathing. The alveoli are small sacs where oxygen is exchanged

Consisting of rotors, a lampboard, a keyboard, and a plugboard, what is the name of the electro-mechanical cipher machine deployed by the Germans during WWII?

GitHub - stephl001/EnigmaMachine: Implementation of the encryption scheme used by the Germans during World War 2 Implementation of the encryption scheme used by the Germans during World War 2 README.md Enigma Machine An Enigma machine was any of several electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines used in the twentieth century for enciphering and deciphering secret messages. Enigma was invented by the German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I.[1] Early models were used commercially from the early 1920s, and adopted by military and government services of several countries, most notably Nazi Germany before and during World War II.[2] Several different Enigma models were produced, but the German military models are the most commonly recognised. German military messages enciphered on the Enigma machine were first broken by the Polish Cipher Bureau, beginning in December 1932. This success was a result of efforts by three Polish cryptologists, Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski, working for Polish military intelligence. Rejewski reverse-engineered the device, using theoretical mathematics and material supplied by French military intelligence. Subsequently the three mathematicians designed mechanical devices for breaking Enigma ciphers, including the cryptologic bomb. From 1938 onwards, additional complexity was repeatedly added to the Enigma machines, making decryption more difficult and requiring further equipment and personnel—more than the Poles could readily produce. On 25 July 1939, in Warsaw, the Poles initiated French and British military intelligence representatives into their Enigma-decryption techniques and equipment, including Zygalski sheets and the cryptologic bomb, and promised each delegation a Polish-reconstructed Enigma. The demonstration represented a vital basis for the later British continuation and effort.[3] During the war, British cryptologists decrypted a vast number of messages enciphered on Enigma. The intelligence gleaned from this source, codenamed "Ultra" by the British, was a substantial aid to the Allied war effort.[4] Though Enigma had some cryptographic weaknesses, in practice it was German procedural flaws, operator mistakes, failure to systematically introduce changes in encipherment procedures, and Allied capture of key tables and hardware that, during the war, enabled Allied cryptologists to succeed. How Enigma Machines Work The underlying principle of an Enigma machine cipher is that of letter substitution, meaning that each letter of our plaintext (undeciphered message) is substituted by another letter. The Journey Of A Single Letter The Enigma machine is an electro-mechanical device. It is mechanically operated, with an electric signal passed through wires and various mechanical parts. The easiest way to explain the mechanics is to follow the journey of a single letter from keyboard to lampboard. The diagram below (figure 1) shows the path the signal takes from pressing the letter 'T' on the keyboard to the 'G' lamp lighting up. Keyboard When the operator presses the letter 'T' on the keyboard it creates an electric signal that begins the journey through the Enigma machine wiring that will end with a lamp flashing on the lampboard. Plugboard The first stop on the journey is the plugboard. Here the signal is connected to the 'T' input on the plugboard. Some of the letters on the plugboard will be wired up to other letters (the plugs), causing the signal to be diverted. If the 'T' input is not plugged to another letter then our signal will pass straight to the 'T output. In our case, though the 'T' is plugged to the 'K', so the signal is diverted to a new path, the letter is now 'K'. Static Rotor The next stop is the static rotor, which as the name suggests does nothing to the signal it simply turns wires into contacts (the signal only passes when the contacts touch). So our signal is still the letter 'K'. The static rotor output is connected to the input of the right rotor. This is where things get more complicated. Rotors (Scramblers) There are five possible