"Who were the two main characters in ""Bringing Up Father"", a comic strip created by George McManus that ran from January 1913 to May 2000 about an Irishman who comes into wealth in the USA but wants to live much as he used to?"

George McManus and Irish America George McManus and Irish America By Charles Fanning In his Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000), Michael Chabon evokes the cultural apogee during the Great Depression of the newspaper comic strip, "then in the full flower of its since faded glory, read by presidents and Pullman porters, a proud American cousin, in indigenous vitality and grace, of baseball and jazz." [1] A piece on "The Funny Papers" in Fortune in April 1933 declared that "between 70 and 75 per cent of the readers of any newspaper follow its comic sections regularly," and estimated that "U. S. Funny Paper, Inc. (and we shall see that it is very Inc.) grosses about $6,000,000 a year." Hearst-owned King Features was the largest syndicate, and the three biggest earners were Sidney Smith ( The Gumps By this point, George McManus had been hard at his trade for some thirty years, and his famous strip Bringing Up Father , featuring the nouveau riche Irish-American couple, Maggie and Jiggs, had been appearing for twenty. From the outset, the Hearst papers ran the strip above the fold on the front page of their colored Sunday comics sections. As the comics wrapped the rest of the paper, this was arguably the most powerful spot in American popular culture, and Bringing Up Father stayed there for forty-one years. In his prime, McManus had 100 million readers in 750 newspapers published in seventy-one countries and twenty-eight languages. Spin-off ventures included yearly collections in book form, radio programs, touring stage shows (as many as seven on the road at one time), animated cartoons, and eleven movies. (McManus played his own main character in four of the films.) In a 1952 interview for Collier's , McManus says that "more than forty concerns have manufactured such things as dishes, ash trays, soaps, playing cards, perfume bottles, jewelry, canes, fans, masks and articles of clothing with Jiggs or Maggie or [their daughter] Nora stamped on them." Moreover, he estimated that he had made $12 million on the strip and been praised by the prime ministers of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and by U. S. Presidents Hoover and FDR. The latter said he was "a national institution." McManus was especially proud of an encounter with Ireland's Oliver St. John Gogarty, who declared to him, "George, you're a genius." McManus also pointed out that he worked eight hours a day, seven days a week to create Bringing Up Father , and he marveled that "all I've had for capital is a retired hod carrier who has a fondness for corned beef and cabbage and for being himself. And a drawing board." [3] George McManus had been born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 23, 1884, to Irish immigrant parents, Katherine Kenrick McManus from County Limerick and George McManus from Mullingar, County Westmeath, who was himself the son of an Irish captain in the British army, killed in the African wars. [4] George McManus, Senior, was manager of the Grand Opera House in St. Louis, and young George grew up steeped in theater, music hall and vaudeville traditions. McManus has said that "I began to draw primarily because my father, whom I idolized, liked to sketch and I imitated him." Along with his brothers Charles and Leo, George attended St. Louis public schools. One story has it that McManus was sent home from high school for drawing caricatures in class, and his father responded by getting him a job running errands in the art department of a local newspaper, the St. Louis Republic . He was fourteen years old, and within a year he had sketched his way into a staff position, covering train wrecks, trial scenes, murders, suicides, and hangings. He recalled that "the whole Republic staff had standing orders to report to work every rainy Sunday—local Germans, suffering from beery hang-overs, usually picked gloomy, rainy Sunday mornings to commit suicide. I sketched dozens of them." McManus claimed "a national record" for having sketched "120 hangings in the courtyard of the St. Louis jail." [5] By 1902, McManus was draw


What annual three day event held near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, was first organised by the 6th Marquess of Exeter in 1961?

Burghley Horse Trials brought to you by Madabout Horses Eventing > Burghley Horse Trials >  Burghley Horse Trials The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September. The Land Rover Freelander Burghley Horse Trial is classified by the FEI as one of the six leading three day events in the world (the others being the Badminton Horse Trials, the Rolex Kentucky Three Day, the Adelaide Horse Trials, the Luhmühlen Horse Trials and the Étoiles de Pau). It has competition at CCI**** (four star) level. The prize for first place is currently £50,000. Prize money is given down to 20th place. Burghley is also one of the three events in the Grand Slam of Eventing. Run in conjunction with the event since 1990 is the Burghley Young Event Horse final, which judges 4 and 5 year old horses on their potential as future Olympic mounts. History Horse trials have been held at Burghley House since 1961 when its owner the 6th Marquess of Exeter, an Olympic gold medallist in athletics and IOC member, heard that a three day event at Harewood House could no longer be held. Since then no other international horse trials site has staged as many championships, a record ten in all including the first World Championship in 1966. It is the longest continuous running international event. Up to 2006 there have been six course designers : Bill Thomson, M.R.C.V.S. 1961 - 1983, Lt.- Col. Henry Nicoll, D.S.O., O.B.E., 1975, Philip Herbert 1984 - 1988, Capt. Mark Phillips, C.V.O., 1989 - 1996 and 1998 - 2000, Mike Tucker 1997 and 2001, Wolfgang Feld 2002 - 2004 and Capt. Mark Phillips, C.V.O., 2005 -. Past winners 2010 - Caroline Powell on Lenamore 2009 - Oliver Townend on Carousel Quest 2008 - William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo 2007 - William Fox-Pitt on Parkmore Ed 2006 - Lucinda Fredericks on Headley Britannia 2005 - William Fox-Pitt on Ballincoola 2004 - Andrew Hoy on Moon Fleet 2003 - Pippa Funnell on Primmore's Pride 2002 - William Fox-Pitt on Highland Lad 2001 - Blyth Tait on Ready Teddy 2000 - Andrew Nicholson on Mr. Smiffy 1999 - Mark Todd on Diamond Hall Red 1998 - Blyth Tait on Chesterfield 1997 - Mark Todd on Broadcast News 1996 - Mary King on Star Appeal 1995 - Andrew Nicholson on Buckley Province 1994 - William Fox-Pitt on Chaka 1993 - Stephen Bradley on Sassy Reason 1992 - Charlotte Hollingsworth on The Cool Customer 1991 - Mark Todd on Welton Greylag 1990 - Mark Todd on Face the Music 1989 - Virginia Leng on Master Craftsman 1988 - Jane Thelwell on King's Jester 1987 - Mark Todd on Wilton Fair 1986 - Virginia Leng (née Holgate) on Murphy Himself 1985 - Virginia Holgate on Priceless 1984 - Virginia Holgate on Night Cap II 1983 - Virginia Holgate on Priceless 1982 - Richard Walker on Ryan's Cross 1981 - Lucinda Prior-Palmer on Beagle Bay 1980 - Richard Walker on John of Gaunt 1979 - Andrew Hoy on Davey 1978 - Lorna Clarke on Greco 1977 - Lucinda Prior-Palmer on George 1976 - Jane Holderness-Roddam on Warrior 1975 - Aly Pattinson on Carawich 1974 - Bruce Davidson on Irish Cap 1973 - Captain Mark Phillips on Maid Marion 1972 - Janet Hodgson on Larkspur 1971 - H.R.H. Princess Anne on Doublet 1970 - Judy Bradwell on Don Camillo 1969 - Gillian Watson on Shaitan 1968 - Sheila Willcox on Fair and Square 1967 - Lorna Sutherland on Popadom 1966 - Captain Carlos Moratorio on Chalan 1965 - Captain J.J. Beale on Victoria Bridge 1964 - Richard Meade on Barberry 1963 - Captain Harry Freeman-Jackson on St. Finbarr 1962 - Captain James Templer on M'Lord Connolly 1961 - Anneli Drummond-Hay on Merely-A-Monarch This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Burghley Horse Trials , which is released under the Creative  Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0 . Available on eBay


On which island is the port of Heraklion?

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In about 1,000 AD, it is believed that explorer Leif Ericson discovered North America and named it what?

Leif Eriksson - Exploration - HISTORY.com Leif Eriksson A+E Networks Introduction Leif Eriksson was the son of Erik the Red, founder of the first European settlement on what is now called Greenland. Around A.D. 1000, Eriksson sailed to Norway, where King Olaf I converted him to Christianity. According to one school of thought, Eriksson sailed off course on his way back to Greenland and landed on the North American continent, where he explored a region he called Vinland. He may also have sought out Vinland based on stories of an earlier voyage by an Icelandic trader. After spending the winter in Vinland, Leif sailed back to Greenland, and never returned to North American shores. He is generally believed to be the first European to reach the North American continent, nearly four centuries years before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. Google Leif Eriksson’s Early Life and Conversion to Christianity Leif Eriksson (spelling variations include Eiriksson, Erikson or Ericson), known as “Leif the Lucky,” was the second of three sons of the famed Norse explorer Erik the Red, who established a settlement in Greenland after being expelled from Iceland around A.D. 980. The date of Leif Eriksson’s birth is uncertain, but he is believed to have grown up in Greenland. According to the 13th-century Icelandic Eiriks saga (or “Saga of Erik the Red”), Eriksson sailed from Greenland to Norway around 1000. On the way, he was believed to have stopped in the Hebrides, where he had a son, Thorgils, with Thorgunna, daughter of a local chief. In Norway, King Olaf I Tryggvason converted Eriksson to Christianity, and a year later sent him back to Greenland with a commission to spread the faith among the settlers there. Did You Know? After Leif Eriksson returned to Greenland, his brother Thorvald led another Viking expedition to Vinland, but all future efforts to settle in the region failed due to bitter clashes between the Norsemen and the local Native American population. Thorvald himself died in a skirmish somewhere north of the Viking base. Eriksson’s Voyage to Vinland Historical accounts differ on the subsequent events. According to the Eiriks saga, Eriksson sailed off course on his return to Greenland and landed on the North American continent. He called the region where he landed Vinland after the wild grapes that grew in abundance there and the general fertility of the land. Another Icelandic saga, the Groenlendinga saga (or “Saga of the Greenlanders”), which scholars consider more reliable that the Eiriks saga, holds that Leif Eriksson heard about Vinland from the Icelandic trader Bjarni Herjulfsson, who had sighted the North American continent from his ship 14 years before Leif’s voyage but not set foot on land. In addition to uncertainty about the context of Eriksson’s arrival in North America, the exact location of his landing is also in doubt. The Groenlendinga saga claims he made three landfalls at Helluland (possibly Labrador), Markland (possibly Newfoundland) and Vinland. The location of Vinland has been debated over the centuries, and has been identified as a variety of spots along the northern Atlantic coast. In the early 1960s, excavations at L’Anse aux Meadows, on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland, turned up evidence of what is generally believed to be the base camp of the 11th-century Viking exploration, though others believe that the region is too far north to correspond to the Vinland described in the Icelandic sagas. Eriksson’s Later Life in Greenland and Legacy After his time in Vinland, Eriksson returned to Greenland, and he would never return to North American shores. Though his father proved unreceptive to the Christian faith, Leif was able to convert his mother, Thjodhild, who had Greenland’s first Christian church built at Brattahild. When Erik the Red died, Leif Eriksson took over as chief of the Greenland settlement. His son Thorgils was sent by his mother (whom Leif never married) to live in Greenland, but was apparently unpopular. Another (presumably legitimate) son, Thorkel Leifsson, became chief by 1025, af


"Who invented infinitesimal calculus independently of Newton (and his notation has been in general use since then), invented the binary system, and promoted his philosophy of ""optimism"", that the universe is the best possible that God could have made?"

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents the Binary System - Computing History Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents the Binary System 1703 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents the Binary System Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1 July 1646  ï¿½ 14 November 1716) was a German philosopher, polymath and mathematician who wrote primarily in Latin and French.   The modern binary number system was fully documented by Gottfried Leibniz in the 17th century in his article Explication de l'Arithmï¿½tique Binaire. Leibniz's system used 0 and 1, like the modern binary numeral system. As a Sinophile, Leibniz was aware of the I Ching and noted with fascination how its hexagrams correspond to the binary numbers from 0 to 111111, and concluded that this mapping was evidence of major Chinese accomplishments in the sort of philosophical mathematics he admired He occupies a grand place in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. He invented infinitesimal calculus independently of Newton, and his notation has been in general use since then. He also invented the binary system, foundation of virtually all modern computer architectures. In philosophy, he is mostly remembered for optimism, i.e. his conclusion that our universe is, in a restricted sense, the best possible one God could have made. He was, along with Renï¿½ Descartes and Baruch Spinoza, one of the three greatest 17th-century rationalists and anticipates modern logic and analysis, but his philosophy also looks back to the scholastic tradition, in which logic was an important part. Leibniz also made major contributions to physics and technology, and anticipated notions that surfaced much later in biology, medicine, geology, probability theory, psychology, linguistics, and information science. He also wrote on politics, law, ethics, theology, history, philosophy and philology, even occasional verse. His contributions to this vast array of subjects are scattered in journals and in tens of thousands of letters and unpublished manuscripts. As of 2009, there is no complete edition of Leibniz's writings.


The viola is tuned one fifth below the violin and therefore they have three strings tuned in common: G, D, and which other?

Viola Information | Violin Shop Viola Cello Doublebass 0 Viola instrument information The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello. The casual observer may mistake the viola for the violin because of their similarity in size, closeness in pitch range (the viola is a perfect fifth below the violin), and identical playing position. However, the viola's timbre sets it apart: its rich, dark-toned sonority is more full-bodied than the violin's. The viola's mellow voice is frequently used for playing inner harmonies, and it does not enjoy the wide solo repertoire or fame of the violin. The name of the instrument is properly pronounced "vee-oh-la" The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin but is larger in size and more variable in its proportions. On average, the "full size" viola's body length is between one and four inches greater than the body of the full size violin. Viola sizes are measured in inches or in centimeters, with an average size of about 16 inches. Small violas made for children typically reach down to 12 inches, which is equivalent to a "half size" violin. Often, a fractional sized violin will be strung with the strings of a viola (C, G, D and A) for those children who need even smaller sizes. Unlike the violin, the viola does not have a standard "full size." Acoustically the body of a viola would need to measure around 21 inches to match the acoustics of a violin. This large size would make it impractical to play in the same manner as the violin. For centuries violists have experimented with the size and shape of the viola, with viola makers often compensating by tweaking the proportions or shape of the instrument in order to make a viola with a shorter string length and lighter weight which still has a large enough sound box to create the unmistakeable "viola sound." In the beginning, notable experiments with the size of the viola tended to address the instrument's sound by making it larger. These include Hermann Ritter's viola alta, an instrument measuring about 18.9 inches intended for use in Richard Wagner's operas. The Tertis model viola, which has wider bouts and deeper ribs to promote a better viola tone, is another slightly 'non-standard' shape which allows the player to use a larger instrument than normal. Many experiments with the acoustics of a viola, particularly increasing the size of the body, result in a much deeper tone of the instrument, making the instrument resemble the tone of a cello. Since many composers wrote for a more traditional sized viola, changes in the tone of a viola, particularly in orchestral music, can have unintended consequences on the balance in ensembles. More recent (and more radically shaped) innovations address the ergonomic problems of playing the viola by making it shorter and lighter while finding ways to keep the traditional sound. These include Otto Erdesz 'cutaway' viola (which has one shoulder cut out to make shifting easier); the "Oak Leaf" viola (which has two "extra" bouts); viol shaped violas such as Joseph Curtin's "Evia" model (which also utilizes a moveable neck and maple veneered carbon fiber back reduce weight); violas played as if they were cellos (see vertical viola); and the quite eye-catching "Dalí-esque" shapes of both Bernard Sabatier's violas in fractional sizes (which appear to have melted) and of David Rivinus' "Pellegrina" model violas (see External links). Other experiments besides those dealing with the 'ergonomics vs. sound' problem have appeared. American composer Harry Partch fitted a viola with a cello neck to allow intonation with his 43-tone scale. Recently, several luthiers created five-stringed violas, which allow a greater playing range. Modern music is played on these instruments, but viol music can be played as well. A person who plays the viola is called a violist or simply a viola player. While it is similar to the violin, the technique required for playing viola has many important dif


What highly flammable metal, easy to ignite when powdered, producing a brilliant white light, and difficult to extinguish, being able to burn in both nitrogen and carbon dioxide, was used in incendiary weapons for firebombing cities in World War II and as a source of illumination in the early days of photography?

Magnesium | Gravity Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Template:Infobox magnesium Magnesium (pronounced /mæɡˈniːziəm/ , Template:Respell ) is a chemical element with the symbol Mg, atomic number 12 and common oxidation number +2. It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, where it constitutes about 2% by mass, [1] and ninth in the known Universe as a whole. [2] [3] This preponderance of magnesium is related to the fact that it is easily built up in supernova stars from a sequential addition of three helium nuclei to carbon (which in turn is made from three helium nuclei). Magnesium ion's high solubility in water helps ensure that it is the third most abundant element dissolved in seawater . [4] Magnesium is the 11th most abundant element by mass in the human body; its ions are essential to all living cells, where they play a major role in manipulating important biological polyphosphate compounds like ATP , DNA , and RNA . Hundreds of enzymes thus require magnesium ions in order to function. Magnesium is also the metallic ion at the center of chlorophyll , and is thus a common additive to fertilizers. [5] Magnesium compounds are used medicinally as common laxatives, antacids (i.e., milk of magnesia ), and in a number of situations where stabilization of abnormal nerve excitation and blood vessel spasm is required (i.e., to treat eclampsia ). Magnesium ions are sour to the taste, and in low concentrations help to impart a natural tartness to fresh mineral waters. The free element (metal) is not found naturally on Earth, as it is highly reactive (though once produced, is coated in a thin layer of oxide—see passivation —which partly masks this reactivity). The free metal burns with a characteristic brilliant white light, making it a useful ingredient in flares. The metal is now mainly obtained by electrolysis of magnesium salts obtained from brine . Commercially, the chief use for the metal is as an alloying agent to make aluminium -magnesium alloys, sometimes called " magnalium " or "magnelium". Since magnesium is less dense than aluminium, these alloys are prized for their relative lightness and strength. Contents Edit Elemental magnesium is a fairly strong, silvery-white, light-weight metal (two thirds the density of aluminium). It tarnishes slightly when exposed to air, although unlike the alkali metals , storage in an oxygen-free environment is unnecessary because magnesium is protected by a thin layer of oxide which is fairly impermeable and hard to remove. Like its lower periodic table group neighbor calcium , magnesium reacts with water at room temperature, though it reacts much more slowly than calcium. When it is submerged in water, hydrogen bubbles will almost unnoticeably begin to form on the surface of the metal, though if powdered it will react much more rapidly. The reaction will occur faster with higher temperatures (see precautions). Magnesium also reacts exothermically with most acids, such as hydrochloric acid (HCl). As with aluminium, zinc and many other metals, the reaction with hydrochloric acid produces the chloride of the metal and releases hydrogen gas. Magnesium is a highly flammable metal, but while it is easy to ignite when powdered or shaved into thin strips, it is difficult to ignite in mass or bulk. Once ignited, it is difficult to extinguish, being able to burn in nitrogen (forming magnesium nitride ), carbon dioxide (forming magnesium oxide and carbon ) and water (forming magnesium oxide and hydrogen). This property was used in incendiary weapons used in the firebombing of cities in World War II , the only practical civil defense being to smother a burning flare under dry sand to exclude the atmosphere. On burning in air, magnesium produces a brilliant white light. Thus magnesium powder ( flash powder ) was used as a source of illumination in the early days of photography . Later, magnesium ribbon was used in electrically ignited flash bulbs. Magnesium powder is used in the manufacture of fireworks and marine flares where a brilliant white light is re


Laura was the name of the First Lady of which US president?

Laura Welch Bush | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Laura Welch Bush Laura Lane Welch Bush is the wife of the 43rd President, George W. Bush. She served as First Lady from 2001 to 2009, advocating for historic education reform and the well-being of women and families worldwide.  During her eight years in the White House, Mrs. Laura Bush was a champion of President Bush's ambitious agenda and a gracious representative of the American people.  A former teacher and librarian, she has dedicated herself to advancing education and promoting the well-being of women and families worldwide.  Mrs. Bush was a key advocate of the President's historic education reform – the No Child Left Behind Act – and a staunch supporter of NCLB's Reading First program, which is the largest early reading initiative in American history.  Early in the President's first term, she launched "Ready to Read, Ready to Learn," an education initiative that promoted best practices in early childhood education and raised awareness of innovative teacher training programs. Inspired by her success with the Texas Book Festival, Mrs. Bush founded the National Book Festival to introduce tens of thousands of Americans to their favorite authors each year. In 2003, Mrs. Bush answered the call to take her education agenda global, as honorary ambassador for the United Nations Literacy Decade. In this role, she has worked with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote global literacy programs with measurable outcomes. She convened world leaders for annual summits that inspired successful practices, beginning with the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in 2006. Mrs. Bush has visited schools and met with students in nations from Afghanistan to Zambia, with a particular focus on encouraging girls and women to pursue their education. As the leader of President Bush's Helping America's Youth initiative, Mrs. Bush oversaw 10 Federal agencies in a groundbreaking partnership that realized the vision of the President Bush's Management Agenda. Through a national conference in Washington and six regional conferences, Helping America's Youth taught more than 1,000 community members new strategies to address the needs of at-risk youth.  Since the attacks of September 11, Mrs. Bush has been an outspoken supporter of the women of Afghanistan.  In November 2001, she became the first First Lady to give the President's weekly radio address, speaking out against the Taliban's oppression of women and children.  She has traveled to Afghanistan three times and served as honorary chair of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council.  Mrs. Bush has been a leading advocate for the cause of human rights in Burma. She drew global attention to the ruling junta's oppression with a 2006 roundtable at the UN headquarters. After Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma in May 2008, Mrs. Bush held an unprecedented press conference in the White House Press Briefing Room and urged the regime to accept international aid. Mrs. Bush also traveled to the Thai-Burma border and met with refugees who fled the abuses of Burma's military regime. Mrs. Bush has traveled to all 50 States and more than 75 countries. She has made five trips to Africa alone in support of President Bush's life-saving global health initiatives, including the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In visits to 10 of the 15 countries targeted by the PMI and 12 of the 15 PEPFAR countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, she witnessed first-hand the success of these historic commitments. In 2006, she joined President Bush to co-host the first-ever White House Summit on Malaria, which helped raise awareness of malaria and support grassroots efforts to eradicate the disease. Mrs. Bush has helped thousands of women take charge of their health by raising awareness of breast cancer and heart disease. As Ambassador for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Heart Truth campaign, Mrs. Bush traveled the country to educate women about the symptoms of h


What is the title of a 2001 award winning documentary film directed by Sandi Simcha DuBowski about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews trying to reconcile their sexuality with their faith?

Lesbians and Gays - Videos on Women's and Gender Studies - Research Guides at Rutgers University Videos on Women's and Gender Studies Videos on Women's and Gender Studies: Lesbians and Gays SELECTED DVDs and Videotapes in the Rutgers Libraries Lesbians and Gays DVDs After Stonewall from the riots to the millennium 2005? "In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun ... Chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the century. It captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced since then. It explores how AIDS literally changed the direction of the movement"--Container. 1 videodisc (88 min.) MEDIA 10-5149 The aggressives c2005 Daniel Peddle, Secret Gallery, inc, Seventh Art Releasing (Firm), and Image Entertainment (Firm) Features intimate interviews with 6 transgendered lesbians (5 African American, 1 Asian) living in New York City who define themselves as "aggressives." They exhibit masculine appearances and behaviors, but do not aspire to be men.  Shows their daily lives and their participation in the underground lesbian "ball" scene, where cross-dressers compete for trophies. 1 videodisc (73 min.) MEDIA 10-684 Ask not c2008 Johnny Symons, Leah Wolchok, Persistent Visions, Independent Television Service, and New Day Films ASK NOT exposes the tangled political battles that led to DADT and examines the societal shifts that have occurred since its 1993 passage. Since the law's implementation, more than 12,000 personnel have been discharged including linguists and others whose skills are critical to military operations. Current and veteran gay soldiers reveal how the policy has affected them during their tours of duty as they struggle to maintain a double life, uncertain of whom they can trust. The film also explores how gay veterans and youth organizers are turning to activism to challenge DADT. More than 15 years after DADT was passed, scores of retired and active military officers support doing away with it. The film looks at the history of "don't ask, don't tell" and as attitudes change, examines its ramifications for gay and lesbian individuals and for the military itself. 1 videodisc (73 min.) : MEDIA 10-3452 Beauty before age 1997 Johnny Symons Explores the power of youth and beauty in the gay community. A diverse group of man, ages 19 to 77, navigate their fears of becoming old, undesirable, and alone. This film also offers a male perspective on a historical female issue, and illuminates the larger societal obsession with physical appearance. 1 videocassette (22 min.) MEDIA 10-3724          2-5295   Before night falls  2001, 2000 Jon Kilik, Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel, Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, and Michael Wincott A look at the life of Reinaldo Arenas, from childhood in Cuba to his death in New York City. His writings and homosexuality get him in trouble with Castro's Cuba and he spends two years in prison before leaving for the United States. 1 videodisc (133 min.) MEDIA 10-100 Being gay coming out in the 21st century c2003 Charlotte Angel, Kyle Boyd, and Cambridge Educational (Firm) This program presents the accounts and stories of people who have recently taken the step of coming out. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits of this important transition by examining the six stages of coming to terms with one's sexual identity. 1 videodisc (25 min.) DANA. MEDIA 229 10-295 Bound 2000 Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Andrew Lazar, and Stuart Boros A gangster's mistress finds a new lesbian, ex-con lover in the apartment next door and together they plan to steal over 2 million dollars from the mob. 1 videocassette (ca. 108 min.) MEDIA 10-3823      2-5993   Brincando el charco portrait of a Puerto Rican 200-? Brincando el


Who has been married to actress Patricia Arquette (1995 to 2001), singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis Presley, 2002 to 2004) and is now married to former waitress Alice Kim, with whom he has a son, Kal-El?

Nicholas Cage Funny Japanese Commercial Ferrari Testarossa - 2015 New Car Review TV HD - YouTube Nicholas Cage Funny Japanese Commercial Ferrari Testarossa - 2015 New Car Review TV HD 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 Feb 27, 2013 New Car Reviews, New Car Commercials & Best Car Video's The No. 1 Channel For Car Lovers Make Sure To Subscribe 请订阅收听爱车族的第一首选频道。 最新の車レビュー、最新の車広告＆権威である車のビデオ、車好き方は優先選択するチャネルにご注目して下さい！ Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award--winning American actor, producer and director, having appeared in over 60 films including Raising Arizona (1987), The Rock (1996), Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Adaptation (2002), National Treasure (2004), Lord of War (2005), Ghost Rider (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), Kick-Ass (2010), and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012). In February 2011, Cage claimed to have created a new method of acting he calls "Nouveau Shamanic". He claims to have used the acting style throughout his career and one day plans to write a book about the method.[16] n 1988, Cage began dating actress Christina Fulton, who later bore their son, Weston Coppola Cage (born December 26, 1990). Weston is lead singer of the black metal band Eyes of Noctum, and appeared in Cage's film Lord of War as Vladimir, a young Ukrainian mechanic who quickly disarms a Mil Mi-24 helicopter. Cage has been married three times. His first wife was actress Patricia Arquette (married on April 8, 1995, divorce finalized on May 18, 2001). Cage's second marriage was to singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. Cage is an Elvis fan and used the star as the base of his performance in Wild at Heart. Presley and Cage married on August 10, 2002 and filed for divorce on November 25, 2002 which was finalized on May 16, 2004. The divorce proceeding was longer than the marriage.[23] Cage met his third and current wife Alice Kim, a former waitress who previously worked at the Los Angeles restaurant Kabuki and at the Los Angeles-based Korean nightclub, Le Privé. She bore their son, Kal-El, (after Superman's birth name[24]) on October 3, 2005. Cage was once considered for the role of Superman in a film to be directed by Tim Burton. Alice had a minor role in the 2007 film Next, which Cage produced.


The Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League, was first played as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its rival, the American Football League, in what year?

Super Bowl | Packers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the premier association of professional American football. It was first played on January 15, 1967, as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League (AFL). It was agreed that the two leagues' champion teams would play in an AFL–NFL World Championship Game until the merger was consummated in 1970. After the merger, each league became a "conference", and the game was then played between conference champions. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played in 1967 to determine the championship of the regular season played in 1966, while Super Bowl XLV was most recently played on February 6, 2011, which the Green Bay Packers won to become the champions of the 2010 regular season.


"Which folk band formed by Randy Sparks in 1961 had several Top 40 hits, including ""This Land Is Your Land"", ""Green, Green"", ""Today"" and ""Ramblin'""?"

Artist Profile - The New Christy Minstrels - Bio The New Christy Minstrels The Brothers Four The New Christy Minstrels are an American folk music group founded by Randy Sparks in 1961. They recorded over 20 albums and had several hits, including "Green, Green", "Saturday Night", "Today", "Denver", and "This Land is Your Land". Their 1962 debut album, Presenting The New Christy Minstrels won a Grammy Award and sat in the Billboard charts for two years. The group sold "millions of records" and were in demand at concerts and on television shows. They also launched the musical careers of several musicians, including Kenny Rogers, Gene Clark, Kim Carnes, and Barry McGuire. History The New Christy Minstrels were formed by singer/guitarist Randy Sparks in 1961. Sparks had been a solo musician in the late 1950s, mixing folk music with Broadway. In 1960 he formed the Randy Sparks Trio with his wife, Jackie Miller, and Nick Woods, but soon realized he wanted a larger group. At the time folk music was very popular and choral groups like the Norman Luboff Choir and Les Baxter's Balladeers began incorporating it in their repertoires. Sparks created a 14 voice ensemble, The New Christy Minstrels, by combining his trio with another trio, The Inn Group (John Forsha, Karol Dugan and Jerry Yester), a quartet, The Fairmount Singers, and banjo player Billy Cudmore, folk-blues singer Terry Cudmore, folk singer Dolan Ellis and singer/guitarist Art Podell. Large commercial folk groups did not exist in those days, and The New Christy Minstrels burst onto the folk scene with "a barrage of color-coordinated blazers, starched petticoats, choreographed grins, and stage makeup." In April 1962 the group, reduced to ten members after the early departure of The Fairmount Singers, recorded their debut album, Presenting The New Christy Minstrels for Columbia Records (CL1872/CS8672). It won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus and sat in the Billboard 200 charts for two years, peaking at number 19. The album included a cover of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land", which entered the pop singles charts in December 1962. The success of Presenting resulted in the group being booked on The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, for its 1962-63 season. During this time several members left the group and were replaced by others. Forsha, Dugan and Yester left to pursue their own careers, with Yester later joining the Modern Folk Quartet. Singer/guitarists Barry McGuire and Barry Kane of Barry & Barry, vocalist Peggy Connelly, singer/banjoist Larry Ramos, and Clarence Treat on upright bass joined the group. Connelly was soon replaced by another vocalist, Gayle Caldwell. Sparks remained at the helm of the group as both director and arranger. The new lineup began playing regularly at The Troubadour in Los Angeles in mid-1962, and their style of performance was similar to those by the 1930s big bands and the 1950s English traditional-jazz ensembles. Some songs were performed by the full group and others by duos and trios within the group. With this new lineup they released their second album, The New Christy Minstrels In Person in February 1963 (CL2141/CS8741), which had been recorded live at The Troubadour in September 1962. In January 1963 the new lineup made their first studio album, The New Christy Minstrels Tell Tall Tales! (Legends and Nonsense). By now the group's fame had grown considerably after their appearances on The Andy Williams Show, and they received "a raft of enthusiastic reviews". In April 1963 the group recorded another studio album called Ramblin' (CL2055/CS8855) which featured "Green, Green", a McGuire/Sparks composition that became the group's first hit single, peaking at number three on the Adult Contemporary Charts. "Green, Green" sold over one million copies in 1963, and was awarded a gold disc. In May 1963, Sparks stopped touring with the group to focus on a club he had established in Los Angeles called Ledbetters, and a new group he had formed, The Back Porch Majority. He passed the role of director and arranger of


Music Theory / Time / Sound and silence Total time is calculated by adding the notes and rests. Two quavers equal a crotchet. Four crotchets equal a semibreve. Eight quavers equal a semibreve. This music plays for 16 crotchets. How long is 16 crotchets in seconds? See Tempo later in this book of Time. Picture notes If you are learning to read music for the first time,        it might help to see the notes in pictures. Every note begins with a note-head. The notehead            is oval shaped. A semibreve is an empty notehead Notes shorter than a semibreve have a stem. A stem is           a vertical line jutting up from the right or down from the           left of the notehead A minim is a semibreve            with a stem. A crotchet is a minim with a coloured notehead A quaver is a crotchet with a tail. A semiquaver is a crotchet with two tails. A demisemiquaver is a crotchet with three tails. A hemidemisemiquaver is a crotchet with four tails.   Clap your hands to the beat. Tails are beamed to the        beat. Here are some examples. 2 quavers beamed to           a crotchet beat. 4 semiquavers beamed           to a crotchet beat. 8 demisemiquavers            beamed to a crotchet beat. In a crotchet beat two factors are important. Notes are            beamed in multiples of 4. You can slice the beam (beat)            in half. 16 hemidemisemiquavers            beamed to a crotchet beat.   Here are some more complex patterns. In these patterns the beat is equal to a crotchet, so        you can count up to the value of a crotchet under every beam. Remember,        we beam the beat. Beam (beat) 1. Quaver - Semiquaver - Semiquaver Beam (beat) 2. Semiquaver - Semiquaver - Quaver Beam (beat) 3. Semiquaver - Quaver - Semiquaver Music Theory


How many members are there in the US upper house, the Senate?

Members of the United States Congress - GovTrack.us govtrack.us Use GovTrack to find out who represents you in Congress and what bills they have sponsored. Enter your address below. We will find your congressional district. Or select a state to list all senators and representatives from that state: The United States Congress has an upper chamber called the Senate and a lower chamber called the House of Representatives (or “House” for short) which share the responsibilities of the legislative process to create federal statutory law. The Senate The 50 states elect 2 senators each for staggered 6-year terms. A senator represents between 1 and 37 million people, depending on their state’s population. The day-to-day activities of the Senate are controlled largely by the political party holding the most seats, called the “majority party.“ Here is a count of senators by party: Republicans 100 The House of Representatives The states are also divided into 435 congressional districts with a population of about 710,000 each. Each district elects a representative to the House of Representatives for a 2-year term. As in the Senate, the day-to-day activities of the House are controlled by the “majority party.“ Here is a count of representatives by party: Republicans Total 435 In addition, the District of Columbia and the U.S.’s five island territories each send a non-voting delegate to the House. Puerto Rico’s delegate is called the Resident Commissioner. Report Cards Each year we compile all of our statistics into a report card for each Member of Congress. 2016 Report Cards (for the 114th Congress (2015-2016); posted Jan. 7, 2017) 2015 Report Cards (for the 2015 legislative year; posted Jan. 8, 2016) 2014 Report Cards (for the 113th Congress (2013-2014); posted Jan. 16, 2015) 2013 Report Cards (for the 2013 legislative year; posted Jan. 8, 2014) site Menu You are encouraged to reuse any material on this site. GovTrack supports other Congress-tracking websites through our open data . × × Welcome to GovTrack.us Thank you for giving GovTrack a try. Like OpenCongress, GovTrack is for researching and tracking legislation before the U.S. Congress. ★ Things here should seem very familiar to you. OpenCongress and GovTrack have always had a data sharing partnership, so you’ll find the exact same information here as what you had on OpenCongress, just arranged a little differently. And GovTrack has actually been here for more than a decade. This is the site that began the movement to improve access to Congress using technology. Unlike OpenCongress, we’re funded through advertising and crowdfunding. ★ For more, please see About Us , or follow us @GovTrack on Twitter, on Facebook , or on Medium . × Congress is about to wake up. When President-elect Trump takes office on January 20, the House, Senate, and White House will be controlled by the same party for the first time in six years. Things are going to happen fast. Congress is expected to move quickly on Trump's agenda using the same tactics immune to the filibuster that Democrats used to enact the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Now more than ever we need transparency in Congress. Over the last year we’ve helped 10 million Americans track Congress using bill alerts. We hope to continue GovTrack Insider , where we put the most important legislation into plain English. We've also worked with Congress on improving transparency at the source. We now need your help. We’re simply out of money. We can’t continue GovTrack Insider or improve our bill tracking tools without your financial support. Important pieces of GovTrack will end on December 31 if we can’t pay for it. If you are able, please: Thanks very much for being a part of GovTrack. Joshua Tauberer


Who was best known for his role as Dracula, a role he first took on in film in 1931?

Dracula Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 254 out of 346 people found the following review useful: Oldman is the Best Dracula Ever! from Toronto, Canada 14 February 2005 This is the best rendition of Dracula ever captured on film. Gary Oldman's dark and sensual personae outshines any other vampire who ever dare put on a cape. To me Gary Oldman is the most talented and underrated actor ever. He becomes who he is playing, however in this role... Dracula became him... Oldman set the bar so high it is untouchable even to Bela Lugosi. Winona Ryder's delicateness suited the role of Mina/Elisabeta nicely and Keanu Reeves played the unsuspecting and naive Jonathan with satisfaction. However the whole movie comes together because of Gary Oldman's intoxicating essence. He draws the viewers into his darkness and passion and guides them through until the end. This film is drastically romantic and hauntingly captivating- just like a real Dracula movie should be. The cinematography deserved Oldman's phenomenal performance and perfectly created a true vampire realm. Francis Ford Coppola is brilliant. This is the spirit of the vampire. Was the above review useful to you? 196 out of 287 people found the following review useful: One of Coppola's Best from Dresden, Germany 2 January 2005 Though I did not read the book and can't compare it to the movie, I found Bram Stoker's Dracula quiet excellent. The costume design, lighting, camera work, make-up-fx are all very good and make for a very atmospheric movie. There are some truly outstanding things in this film. 1, the editing... excellent, I love the way they worked with dissolves, the hypnotic feel they created with the careful editing. Every frame flows in the other, the whole style grabs you and never lets you go... I simply could not turn my eyes off the screen. 2, the acting... Gary Oldman is THE Dracula, IMO. Seductive, strong, bad and scary in his own distinctive way, yet really romantic. Hopkins is funny as Van Helsing and quiet ironic. Winona is a great Mina. Beautiful, innocent. She looks great in these Victorian costumes. Keanu Reeves is not as bad as many of you think. He makes the best of his underwritten character. 3, the Score... haunting, romantic, scary. It works beautiful with the pictures. I think this movie is a great cinematic achievement and very underrated. It's a shame they don't make movies like that any more. 10/10 13 August 2001 *** This review may contain spoilers *** One of the best known and most popular Dracula films is by Francis Ford Coppola. At the time he really hadn't made a hit film since The Godfather, he was going bankrupt. So what better way to get out of debt than to make something that is pretty much a guaranteed thing that audiences will love? We got the scares for the boys and the romance for the girls and it equals Dracula. Many people ask me what is with the appeal of vampires? My opinion; it all equals sex. The dashing handsome man coming into the young lady's room at night confessing his desire for her and her giving herself completely to him is not only romantic, but dangerous and filled with adventure. I always found it funny that Dracula was supposed to be the villain of the story, but he's offering to take the girl on this incredible adventure through the world and time yet her usually bland boyfriend doesn't want it that way so he rips her from that experience I don't know, maybe I just look at things too differently. However moving onto the film, Francis took on the classic tale claiming to be "Bram Stoker's Dracula", not really being 100% faithful to the novel and really over glamed it, however still made this into a very good movie. In 1897, newly-qualified solicitor Jonathan Harker takes the Transylvanian Count Dracula as a client from his colleague R. M. Renfield, who has gone insane. Jonathan travels to Transylvania to arrange Dracula's real estate acquisition in London, including Carfax Abbey. Jonathan meets Dracula, who discovers a picture of Harker's fiancée, Mina, and believes that she is the reincarnation of Elisabeta, his long l


In 1956, a major uprising in Hungary was put down by forces from where?

The 1956 Hungarian Revolution Print this page Forty-six              years ago, at 4:15 a.m. on November 4, 1956, Soviet forces              launched a major attack on Hungary aimed at crushing, once and for all, the spontaneous national uprising that              had begun 12 days earlier. At 5:20 a.m., Hungarian Prime              Minister Imre Nagy announced the invasion to the nation              in a grim, 35-second broadcast, declaring: "Our troops              are fighting. The Government is in its place." However,              within hours Nagy himself would seek asylum at the Yugoslav              Embassy in Budapest while his former colleague and imminent              replacement, János Kádár, who had              been flown secretly from Moscow to the city of Szolnok,              60 miles southeast of the capital, prepared to take power              with Moscow's backing. On November 22, after receiving              assurances of safe passage from Kádár and              the Soviets, Nagy finally agreed to leave the Yugoslav              Embassy. But he was immediately arrested by Soviet security              officers and flown to a secret location in Romania. By              then, the fighting had mostly ended, the Hungarian resistance              had essentially been destroyed, and Kádár              was entering the next phase of his strategy to neutralize              dissent for the long term. The defeat of the Hungarian revolution was one of               the darkest moments of the Cold War. At certain points               since its outbreak on October 23 the revolt looked like               it was on the verge of an amazing triumph. The entire               nation appeared to have taken up arms against the regime. Rebels, often armed with nothing more than kitchen implements               and gasoline, were disabling Soviet tanks and achieving               other -- sometimes small but meaningful -- victories               throughout the country. On October 31, the tide seemed               to turn overwhelmingly in the revolution's favor when Pravda published a declaration promising greater               equality in relations between the USSR and its East               European satellites. One sentence was of particular               interest. It read: "[T]he Soviet Government is               prepared to enter into the appropriate negotiations               with the government of the Hungarian People's Republic               and other members of the Warsaw Treaty on the question               of the presence of Soviet troops on the territory of               Hungary." To outside observers, the Kremlin statement               came as a total surprise. CIA Director Allen Dulles               called it a "miracle." The crisis seemed on               the verge of being resolved in a way no-one in Hungary               or the West had dared to hope. But tragically, and unbeknownst to anyone outside               the Kremlin, the very day the declaration appeared in Pravda the Soviet leadership completely reversed               itself and decided to put a final, violent end to the               rebellion. From declassified documents, it is now clear               that several factors influenced their decision, including:               the belief that the rebellion directly threatened Communist               rule in Hungary (unlike the challenge posed by Wladyslaw               Gom


In 2003, which planet passed 55.76 million km from earth, the closest since the Stone Age?

Close and far Martian oppositions | Tonight | EarthSky Close and far Martian oppositions By Bruce McClure in Tonight | May 23, 2016 Moon, Mercury before sunrise January 25 Above Mars image via Hubblesite Tonight – May 23, 2016 – we’re just one day past Mars once-in-26-months opposition. In other words, yesterday Earth flew between Mars and the sun. What a wonderful event! When Mars is at opposition, the red planet lies opposite the sun in Earth’s sky. At such times, Mars rises in the east around sunset, climbs highest up in the sky around midnight, and sets in the west around sunrise. If you look for Mars tonight, you’ll see that’s still happening and will continue to happen for some weeks to come. Mars is now ascending in the east as the sun is sinking below the western horizon. Mars comes closest to Earth every other year, around the time of opposition. Around now, Mars shines at its brilliant best in our sky. Has Mars passed closest to us? Not yet. Mars actually comes closest some days following its May 22 opposition, on May 30. What’s also cool is that you can use the brilliant planet Mars as your guide “star” to the planet Saturn and the star Antares for months to come. Oppositions of Mars are far from equal. That’s because Mars’ eccentric (oblong) orbit carries this world about 26 million miles (43 million km) closer to the sun at perihelion (nearest point in its orbit) than when Mars swings out to aphelion (its farthest point). Oppositions that closely coincide with Mars at perihelion are much brighter and spectacular than distant oppositions that happen with Mars swinging out to aphelion. That makes sense. When we pass between Mars and the sun – and Mars is closest in its orbit to the sun – then Mars is closest to us. This year’s opposition of Mars is a good one, although not as good as the 2018 opposition will be, with Mars coming to within 46.78 million miles (75.28 million km) of Earth on May 30, 2016 . The historically close opposition of Mars on August 28, 2003, found Mars at 34.65 million miles (55.76 million km) from Earth. This was the Earth’s closest approach to Mars since the Stone Age. The last time Mars came closer to Earth was nearly 60,000 years ago, on September 24, 57,617 B.C., when the red planet was 34.62 million miles (55.72 million km) distant. In contrast, the very distant opposition of March 3, 2012, placed Mars at 62.62 million miles (100.78 million km) away. Diagram by Roy L. Bishop. Copyright Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Used with permission. Visit the RASC estore to purchase the Observers Handbook, a necessary tool for all skywatchers. Read more about this image. Close (or distant) oppositions recur in periods of 15 to 17 years. So we’ll have another close opposition of Mars some 15 years after the historically close encounter on August 28, 2003. Mars will next present an extra-close opposition on July 27, 2018, though it won’t be as quite close as the opposition of August, 2003. Very similar Martian oppositions take place every 79 years (15 + 17 + 15 + 17 + 15 = 79). These 79-year cycles repeat with only a delay of 2 to 5 calendar days. The super-close opposition of Mars in the year 2082 will fall on September 1, 2082. But once again, Earth and Mars won’t come as close as they had in August 2003. There is a more exact cycle of 284 years (79 + 79 + 79 + 15 + 17 + 15 = 284). The Martian opposition that comes 284 years after the August 28, 2003, production will fall on August 29, 2287. This time around, Mars will actually come closer to Earth than it did during its historically close encounter with Earth in August 2003. Because the Martian orbit is getting more eccentric (oblong), the closest oppositions will actually come closer to Earth, and the farthest oppositions will actually become more distant. The computational wizard Jean Meeus figures that from the years 0 to 3000, Mars will come closest to Earth on September 8, 2729 (55.65 million kilometers) and farthest away on March 6, 2832 (101.50 million kilometers). Want to know more about close and far Martian oppositions? Cli


What is a small ceramic dish used for baking an individual portion?

Ramekins: small baking dishes. Sizes, uses, storage, and origin of the word Cookware Ramekins A Ramekin is a small, heatproof dish for baking that looks like a miniature soufflé dish. They are individual-portion sized; you both cook and serve in them. Because Ramekins are so small, heat easily gets to the middle of what you are cooking in them. Sometimes you put them straight in the oven, sometimes you put them in a water bath. A typical use for them in North America is for crème brûlée. They are usually round, but the sky's the limit these days for novelty shapes. They will be will be anywhere from 3 to 6 inches (7 1/2 to 15 cm) wide. They are generally wider than they are tall. Typical volume sizes are 3 oz, 4 1/2 oz, 5 oz and even up to 7 oz (90 ml, 135 ml, 150 ml, 200 ml.) Ideally, if you'll use them and have room for them, it is good to have 3 sizes: small, medium and large. They are often sold in sets. They can be made of glass, porcelain, or ceramic. Glass ones tend to have thinner sides, and so stuff cooks faster in them. Ideally, a soufflé needs the little more time that it will get from a ceramic ramekin. Classic Ramekins are white, with fluted vertical edging on the outside, and a thin lip on the inside. You can get really fancily decorated Ramekins, such as those made by Royal Worcester. Some people pride themselves on such sets. You can use Ramekins to as serving dishes for dips, pâtés, tapenade, flavoured mayonnaises, herbed butters, meat jus for dipping, etc. You usually eat right out of Ramekins. There are very few things have you turn them out of the Ramekin. If you must turn something out of a Ramekin, dipping the Ramekin in hot water for a few seconds (not letting it go "plunk" and sink under the water) should help to loosen what's inside it. Ramekins are very hard to store, because they don't stack well. You can only go so high with stacking them because the piles get unstable after they get 3 or 4 high. As a result, they want a lot of surface shelf space, and many people get rid of them for this reason. Some people build holders that use dowel wood for sides to hold them up in a stack. Some people store them in the very large soft drink bottles that they cut the top off of; others put thin cardboard on top of each ramekin to provide stable support for the next one. Language Notes There's only speculation as to where the word Ramekin came from, as there are many plausible explanations. One is that it came from a Germanic language, such as German or Flemish, and means "little cream" ("ram" being "cream" in German; "kin" being a suffix that means "little.") You may also see it in English spelt French fashion as "ramequin." In French cookbooks several centuries old, Ramekin can refer to a small piece of bread that is fried and garnished. See also:


"Who stars in the TV series ""Californication""?"

Californication (TV Series 2007–2014) - 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 A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions. Creator: Jackie and two of her friends arrive to party. The next day, one of the girls is unconscious, and then Runkle & Rick Springfield arrive. They all have to hide when Jill suddenly arrives. And the ... 9.4 As the Moodys at last prepare to move to New York, Becca tells Hank about an intimate coming of age experience she had. Hank's stunned when Mia shows up at the house unannounced, in town with her ... 9.1 In the Season 4 finale, as Hank awaits sentencing, the lines between his real life and the movie based on his life blur as the film's star hits on his ex-wife and he feels stirrings of passion for ... 8.8 ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Will ‘Lean Into the Pain’ of Aging Actresses in Hollywood 12 January 2017 2:17 PM, -08:00 | Indiewire a list of 26 titles created 07 Mar 2013 a list of 32 titles created 21 Apr 2013 a list of 43 titles created 28 May 2014 a list of 32 titles created 12 Jul 2014 a list of 27 titles created 18 Nov 2014 Search for " Californication " 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     1     Golden Globe. Another    5 wins & 28 nominations. See more awards  » Videos When a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is. Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent. Stars: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon A father recounts to his children, through a series of flashbacks, the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother. Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house. Stars: Jon Cryer, Ashton Kutcher, Angus T. Jones Edit Storyline Hank Moody- a self loathing, narcissistic author struggles to overcome writers block while balancing his occasional drug use, alcoholism, and borderline sex addiction all the while trying to get back together with his girlfriend and raise his teenage daughter. Written by ZachMichalik Notorious H A N K: Hip-Hop's Most Wanted See more  » Genres: 13 August 2007 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Untitled David Duchovny Series See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia "Californication" is a portmanteau of 'California' and 'fornication'. Its origin is bumper stickers in Oregon in the late 1970s and early 1980s that read "Don't Californicate Oregon". Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1999 album "Californication" sold over 15 million copies, and as of 2009 is their most successful record. See more » Goofs All coffee cups in the series are empty. This is clear whenever one character passes a cup to another and the sound of the character's hand making contact with the cup is amplified inside the empty cup. See more » Quotes Dean Stacy Koons : The front door was open. Hank Moody : I can be, uh, very neighborly that way. Dean Stacy Koons : You never called me Stacy before. I wonder why. Hank Moody : I don't know. It kind of just rolled trippingly off the tongue this morning. Dean Stacy Koons : Oh, something must be different. Ah, that's right. You fucked my wife. Duchovny's Back and He's Got the Goods! 18 August 2007 | by gpadillo (Portland, Maine) – See all my reviews I can't remember when I laughed so steadily fro


"What day was proclaimed in 1945 as ""VE Day""?"

Facts about Victory in Europe (VE) Day Back to Facts of the Day Calendar UK Calendar dates british festivals .... folklore ... anniversaries .... on this day Victory in Europe (VE) Day 8 May 1945 VE Day marks a very important event in World War 2 - the end of the War with Germany on Tuesday 8 May 1945. For almost six years from 1939 to 1945 Britain fought  the toughest war it had ever experienced. Six years of bloodshed that had killed approximately 382,700 members of the British Armed forces and 67,100 civilians were over. For days people had been anticipating the news of the German surrender. They knew it was on the cards and had begun decorating their gardens with red, white and blue bunting and Union Jack flags. Finally, in a school house in Rhins, Germany's unconditional surrender was signed at 2:41pm on 7 May. (Active operations by the German forces would cease by 11.01pm 8 May.) Church bells across the country pealed. A sea of red, white and blue erupted At 3pm on 8 May, Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, made a radio broadcast announcing that war in Europe was finally at an end. He made the broadcast from the War Cabinet Office, the same room that in 1939 Neville Chamberlain had made a speech announcing that the country was at war. Shortly after Churchill's speech King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the two princesses came out onto the balcony at Buckingham Palace to acknowledge the huge crowd below. Prime Minister Winston Churchill joins Royal Family 1945 on the balcony at  Buckingham Palace on VE Day, end of WW2 in Europe Street parties were held all over Britain to celebrate the  end of the war. The photo below shows my mother, Jean Corri, enjoying a street party in Tooting. Notice the dining room chairs and tables.


arctophile - definition of arctophile in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of arctophile in English: arctophile A person who collects or is very fond of teddy bears. Example sentences ‘Gillian intends to run bear making courses for interested arctophiles so as well as, or even instead of, purchasing a bear keen people may learn to make their own.’ ‘We have been serving the needs of arctophiles since 1996.’ ‘Asquith's is the perfect place for peckish arctophiles, because downstairs from the tearooms is a charming teddy bear shop.’ ‘With a usual limited edition number of between 10 and 300, popular bears and gollies may sell out very quickly, going to stay with arctophiles all over the world.’ ‘The world of arctophiles - teddy bear collectors - is weird, wonderful and washable, writes Lisa Mitchell.’ ‘Pongo's Vintage Teddy Bears is run by Teddy Bear lovers for fellow arctophiles.’ ‘As this hobby has grown in popularity over the past five years the paper has been there to report on the world of arctophiles.’ ‘As an arctophile (teddy bear collector), I find special interest in such things such as Steiff bears.’ ‘Don't forget to check out our bulletin board where you chat to and share your views with fellow arctophiles from all corners of the globe.’ ‘The company is able to focus its specific target audience and caters to arctophiles and artists world-wide.’ ‘A Teddy Bear awaited him on his arrival home - he is the youngest arctophile in the famous Port family.’ ‘Steiffie was added for my birthday in 1978, and that is when I truly became an arctophile, a serious collector of teddy bears.’ ‘Koalas are often thought of as cuddly little teddy bears by most people, and stuffed koalas are collectors items to arctophiles.’ ‘Her distinctive bears are owned by arctophiles - bear lovers - worldwide and she exports 70% of her total output to the USA.’ ‘Churchill and many other arctophiles - people who collect teddy bears - are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the furry toy worldwide.’ Origin 1970s: from Greek arctos bear + -phile. Pronunciation a vast, flat, Arctic region What does savannah mean? a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions What does tableland mean? a flat strip of land What does hummock mean? a soft boggy area of land an expanse of short grass What does canyon mean? a long mountain ridge with steep sides a low ridge of sand What does tributary mean? a river flowing into a larger river or lake a dry watercourse or ravine You scored /10 practise again? Retry Most popular in the world Australia


"What is a type of jukebox featuring 16 mm film, for which films were made between 1958 [notably for songs by the Kessler Sisters (""Quando Quando""), The Tornados (""Telstar""), Neil Sedaka (""Calendar Girl""), Procol Harum (""A Whiter Shade of Pale""), Dionne Warwick (""Walk On By"") and Nancy Sinatra (""These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"")] until 1978?"

Instant Video Play: Scopitone Model 450 Video Jukebox | Circa 1960 | BMIGaming.com Historical Amusement Series Details Scopitone Model 450 Video Jukebox | Circa 1960 | BMIGaming.com Historical Amusement Series Scopitone Model 450 Film Jukebox | Circa 1960 | From the BMIGaming.com Historical Amusement Machine Series. This clip was shot using a iPhone 4S @ 1080i resolution in low light. About This Video : Some friends and I attended the multi-million dollar "Millhouse Collection" Auction in Boca Raton, Florida in February 2012, and during our tour of the amazing and very modern two level office building that housed the Millhouse brothers unique collection of vintage cars, music machinery and other rare oddities, we stumbled upon this very "funky" looking jukebox machine that to our utter surprise, also showed video content with the music.. Had we just discovered the precursor to today's modern internet video jukebox machines?  We originally guessed this machine was from the 60's, but after looking at a manual we found on top of the machine, which was copyrighted in 1978, we were surprised that our guess was so off - Until we searched online for Scopitone, and confirmed our original guess (from the 60's) was correct. Scopitone jukeboxes are the 1960s ancestors of today's modern music video jukebox machines, with music content distributed on color 16mm film with a magnetic soundtrack, The first Scopitones were made in France in 1960, and the Scopitone craze spread throughout Europe (particularly in West Germany and England) before crossing the Atlantic to the United States in mid-1964. By the end of the 1960s, they were gone. HISTORICAL ITEMS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE From the Wikipedia entry for "Scopitone" : Scopitone is a type of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component. Scopitone films were a forerunner of music videos. The Italian Cinebox/Colorama and Color-Sonics were competing, lesser-known technologies of the time.  Based on Soundies technology developed during World War II, color 16mm film clips with a magnetic soundtrack were designed to be shown in a specially designed jukebox.  Between 1940 and 1946, three-minute musical films called Soundies (produced in New York City, Chicago, and Hollywood) were displayed on a Panoram, the first coin-operated film jukebox or machine music. These were set up in nightclubs, bars, restaurants, and amusement centers.  The first Scopitones were made in France, by a company called Cameca on Blvd Saint Denis in Courbevoie near Paris, among them Serge Gainsbourg's Le poinçonneur des Lilas (filmed in 1958 in the Porte des Lilas Métro station), Johnny Hallyday's "Noir c'est noir" (a cover of Los Bravos' "Black Is Black") and the "Hully Gully" showing a dance around the edge of a French swimming pool.  Scopitones spread to West Germany, where the Kessler Sisters burst out of twin steamer trunks to sing "Quando Quando" on the dim screen that surmounted the jukebox. Scopitone went on to appear in bars in England, including a coffee bar in Swanage where Telstar was a favourite. By 1964, approximately 500 machines were installed in the USA.  Several well-known acts of the 1960s appear in Scopitone films, however, ranging from the earlier part of the decade The Exciters ("Tell Him") and Neil Sedaka ("Calendar Girl") to Procol Harum ("A Whiter Shade of Pale") later on. In one Scopitone recording, Dionne Warwick lay on a white shag rug with an offstage fan urging her to sing "Walk On By". Another had Nancy Sinatra and a troupe of go-go girls shimmy to "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". Inspired by burlesque, blonde bombshell Joi Lansing performed "Web of Love" and "The Silencer", and Julie London sang "Daddy" against a backdrop of strippers. The artifice of such scenes led Susan Sontag to identify Scopitone films as "part of the canon of Camp" in her 1964 essay "Notes on 'Camp'."  By the end of the 1960s, the popularity of the Scopitone had faded. The last film for a Scopitone was made at the end of 1978. However, in 2006 the French singer Mareva Galanter released several videos


What countries border Argentina? | Reference.com What countries border Argentina? A: Quick Answer Argentina is bordered by Bolivia for 582 miles, Brazil for 785 miles, Chile for 4,158 miles, Paraguay for 1,573 miles and Uruguay for 336 miles. The South Atlantic Ocean also borders Argentina for 3,100 miles. Full Answer Argentina is the second largest country in South America, with Brazil being the first. It is host to diverse climates including the tropics, subtropics, temperate, alpine and tundra zones. It also has active volcanoes, violent windstorms, earthquakes and heavy flooding in some areas. Argentina also contains the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, a salt lake called Laguna del Carbon. Argentina's highest mountain is Cerro Aconcagua.


Cassius Chaerea led the assassination of which Roman emperor during the Palatine games in January 41AD?

Roman Emperors - DIR Caligula Pennsylvania State University Introduction Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (b. A.D. 12, d. A.D. 41, emperor A.D. 37-41) represents a turning point in the early history of the Principate. Unfortunately, his is the most poorly documented reign of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The literary sources for these four years are meager, frequently anecdotal, and universally hostile. [[1]] As a result, not only are many of the events of the reign unclear, but Gaius himself appears more as a caricature than a real person, a crazed megalomaniac given to capricious cruelty and harebrained schemes. Although some headway can be made in disentangling truth from embellishment, the true character of the youthful emperor will forever elude us. Gaius's Early Life and Reign Gaius was born on 31 August, A.D. 12, probably at the Julio-Claudian resort of Antium (modern Anzio), the third of six children born to Augustus's adopted grandson, Germanicus , and Augustus's granddaughter, Agrippina . As a baby he accompanied his parents on military campaigns in the north and was shown to the troops wearing a miniature soldier's outfit, including the hob-nailed sandal called caliga, whence the nickname by which posterity remembers him. [[2]] His childhood was not a happy one, spent amid an atmosphere of paranoia, suspicion, and murder. Instability within the Julio-Claudian house, generated by uncertainty over the succession, led to a series of personal tragedies. When his father died under suspicious circumstances on 10 October A.D. 19, relations between his mother and his grand-uncle, the emperor Tiberius , deteriorated irretrievably, and the adolescent Gaius was sent to live first with his great-grandmother Livia in A.D. 27 and then, following Livia 's death two years later, with his grandmother Antonia . Shortly before the fall of Tiberius's Praetorian Prefect, Sejanus, in A.D. 31 he was summoned to join Tiberius at his villa on Capri, where he remained until his accession in A.D. 37. In the interim, his two brothers and his mother suffered demotion and, eventually, violent death. Throughout these years, the only position of administrative responsibility Gaius held was an honorary quaestorship in A.D. 33. [[3]] When Tiberius died on 16 March A.D. 37, Gaius was in a perfect position to assume power, despite the obstacle of Tiberius's will, which named him and his cousin Tiberius Gemellus joint heirs. (Gemellus's life was shortened considerably by this bequest, since Gaius ordered him killed within a matter of months.) Backed by the Praetorian Prefect Q. Sutorius Macro, Gaius asserted his dominance. He had Tiberius's will declared null and void on grounds of insanity, accepted the powers of the Principate as conferred by the Senate, and entered Rome on 28 March amid scenes of wild rejoicing. His first acts were generous in spirit: he paid Tiberius's bequests and gave a cash bonus to the Praetorian Guard, the first recorded donativum to troops in imperial history. He honored his father and other dead relatives and publicly destroyed Tiberius's personal papers, which no doubt implicated many of the Roman elite in the destruction of Gaius's immediate family. Finally, he recalled exiles and reimbursed those wronged by the imperial tax system [[4]] . His popularity was immense. Yet within four years he lay in a bloody heap in a palace corridor, murdered by officers of the very guard entrusted to protect him. What went wrong? Gaius's "Madness" The ancient sources are practically unanimous as to the cause of Gaius's downfall: he was insane. The writers differ as to how this condition came about, but all agree that after his good start Gaius began to behave in an openly autocratic manner, even a crazed one. [[5]] Outlandish stories cluster about the raving emperor, illustrating his excessive cruelty, immoral sexual escapades, or disrespect toward tradition and the Senate. The sources describe his incestuous relations with his sisters, laughable military campaigns in the north, the building of a pontoon bridge across the Bay at Baiae


What is a starched, open-weave fabric, much like cheese cloth, that is used to wipe the ink off a plate during the intaglio inking process?

Fabric Glossary | Fabric & Dressmaking Terms   Fabric Glossary | Fabric & Dressmaking Terms Fabric Glossary A measure of how much water a fabric can absorb.   Acetate is a synthetic fibre.   Acrylic fibre is a synthetic polymer fiber that contains at least 85% acrylonitrile.   Aida cloth is a coarse open-weave fabric traditionally used for cross-stitch.   Alnage is the official supervision of the shape and quality of manufactured woolen cloth.   Alpaca Alpaca is a name given to two distinct things. It is primarily a term applied to the wool of the Peruvian alpaca. It is, however, more broadly applied to a style of fabric originally made from alpaca fiber but now frequently made from a similar type of fiber.   Angora Angora refers to the hair of the Angora rabbit, or the fabric made from Angora rabbit fur. (Fabric made from angora goat is mohair.)[1]   Appliqué Appliqué is a sewing technique in which fabric shapes, lace or trim, are sewn onto a foundation fabric to create designs.[2]   Aramid fibre is a fire-resistant and strong synthetic fibre   An argyle pattern is one containing diamonds in a sort of diagonal checkerboard pattern.   Backstrap loom Backstrap looms, as the name implies, are tied around the weaver's waist on one end and around a stationary object such as a tree, post, or door on the other. Tension can be adjusted simply by leaning back. Backstrap looms are very portable, since they can simply be rolled up and carried.   Baize is a coarse woollen or cotton cloth, often coloured red or green.    Ballistic nylon is a thick, tough synthetic fabric used for a variety of applications.   Batik Batik is an Indonesian traditional word and refers to a generic wax-resist dyeing technique used on fabric.   Combination of two kinds of Weave, Namely Plain and Drill. Bias The bias direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "the bias", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other.   Binding In sewing, binding is used as both a noun and a verb to refer to finishing a seam or hem of a garment, usually by rolling or pressing then stitching on an edging or trim.   Blend A Blend is a fabric or yarn made up of more than one type of fibre.   Bobbin lace Bobbin lace is a delicate lace that uses wound spools of thread (the bobbins) to weave together the shapes in the lace.   Bobbinet Bobbinet is a tulle netting with hexagonal shaped holes, traditionally used as a base for embroidery and lingerie.   Bombazine Bombazine is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool, and now also made of cotton and wool or of wool alone. It is twilled or corded and used for dress-material.   Boucle is a fabric made from yarns with loops, has a fuzzy curled texture.   Braid To braid is to interweave or twine three or more separate strands of one or more materials in a diagonally overlapping pattern.   Broadcloth -material of superior quality.   Broderie Anglaise   Broaderie Anglaise is a needle work technique and French for 'English Embroidery'. It is a mixture of embroidery and cut out works on light weight cotton. It is commonly embroidered with same coloured thread as material.     Brocade Brocade is the term for forming patterns in cloth with a supplementary weft. Brocade fabric is shimmer and stiff and used for traditional style dresses and jackets.     Buckram Buckram is a stiff cloth, made of cotton or linen, which is used to cover, and protect, a book, and although is more expensive than its look-a-like, Brella, is stronger and resistant to cockroaches eating it. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes.   Burlap is a type of cloth often used for sacks.   Calico Calico is a type of fabric made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. Also referred to a type of Printing.   Cambric is a lightweight cotton cloth used as fabric for lace and needlework.   Camel's Hair Camel's Hair is a natural fiber from the camel. Camel hair can produce a variety of different coarseness of yarn. This fiber is a novelty fiber spun by hand-spi


Buckey O'Neill Cabin, Kolb Studio, El Tovar Hotel, Hopi House, Verkamp's Curios, Lookout Studio, Desert View Watchtower and Bright Angel Lodge are historical buildings located at which tourist destination?

Frommers Guide to Grand Canyon by Christopher Buczek - issuu issuu Grand Canyon National Park 4th Edition by Shane Christensen Here’s what critics say about Frommer’s: “Amazingly easy to use. Very portable, very complete.” —Booklist “Detailed, accurate, and easy-to-read information for all price ranges.” —Glamour Magazine Published by: WILEY PUBLISHING, INC. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 Copyright © 2004 Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978/750-8400, fax 978/646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, 317/572-3447, fax 317/572-4447, E-Mail: permcoordinator@wiley.com. Wiley and the Wiley Publishing logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Frommer’s is a trademark or registered trademark of Arthur Frommer. Used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc. is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. ISBN 0-7645-4284-2 Editor: Richard Goodman Production Editor: Bethany André Photo Editor: Richard Fox Cartographer: Elizabeth Puhl Production by Wiley Indianapolis Composition Services For information on our other products and services or to obtain technical support, please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 800/762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317/572-3993 or fax 317/572-4002. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic formats. Manufactured in the United States of America 5 4 Welcome to the Grand Canyon 1 1 The Park Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2 The Best of the Grand Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 2 Planning Your Trip to Grand Canyon National Park 13 1 Getting Started: Information & Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 2 When to Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 What Things Cost at the Grand Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 3 Getting There . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Driving Distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 4 Learning Vacations & Special Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 5 Tips for Travelers with Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 6 Tips for Travelers with Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 7 Tips for Travelers with Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 8 Protecting Your Health & Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 3 Exploring the Grand Canyon 31 1 Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Exploring the Park Without a Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Fast Facts: The Grand Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 2 How to See the Park in Several Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 How Grand Is the Grand Canyon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 3 Driving Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Hermits Rest Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Desert View Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 North Rim: Cape Royal Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 4 Ranger Programs & Organized Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 5 Historic & Man-M


Barack Obama is the first US president born outside the contiguous states of the USA. Where was he born?

Is Barack Obama a natural-born citizen of the U.S.? : snopes.com Is Barack Obama a natural-born citizen of the U.S.? - - Claim:   Barack Obama does not qualify as a natural-born citizen of the U.S. because his mother was too young. Status:   False. Example:   [Collected via e-mail, June 2008] CAN OBAMA BE PRESIDENT? It seems that Barack Obama is not qualified to be president after all for the following reason: Barack Obama is not legally a U.S. natural-born citizen according to the law on the books at the time of his birth, which falls between "December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986." Presidential office requires a natural-born citizen if the child was not born to two U.S. citizen parents, which of course is what exempts John McCain though he was born in the Panama Canal. US Law very clearly stipulates: "If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16." Barack Obama's father was not a U.S. citizen and Obama's mother was only 18 when Obama was born, which means though she had been a U.S. citizen for 10 years, (or citizen perhaps because of Hawaii being a territory) the mother fails the test for being so for at least 5 years **prior to** Barack Obama's birth, but *after* age 16. It doesn't matter *after* . In essence, she was not old enough to qualify her son for automatic U.S. citizenship. At most, there were only 2 years elapsed since his mother turned 16 at the time of Barack Obama's birth when she was 18 in Hawaii. His mother would have needed to have been 16+5= 21 years old, at the time of Barack Obama's birth for him to have been a natural-born citizen. As aforementioned, she was a young college student at the time and was not. Barack Obama was already 3 years old at that time his mother would have needed to have waited to have him as the only U.S. Citizen parent. Obama instead should have been naturalized, but even then, that would still disqualify him from holding the office. *** Naturalized citizens are ineligible to hold the office of President. *** Though Barack Obama was sent back to Hawaii at age 10, all the other info does not matter because his mother is the one who needed to have been a U.S. citizen for 10 years prior to his birth on August 4, 1961, with 5 of those years being after age 16. Further, Obama may have had to have remained in the country for some time to protect any citizenship he would have had, rather than living in Indonesia. Now you can see why Obama's aides stopped his speech about how we technically have more than 50 states, because it would have led to this discovery. This is very clear cut and a blaring violation of U.S. election law. I think the Gov. of California would be very interested in knowing this if Obama were elected President without being a natural-born U.S. citizen, and it would set precedence. Stay tuned to your TV sets because I suspect some of this information will be leaking through over the next several days. Origins:   The minimum qualifications for the presidency of the United States specified in Article II of the Constitution are few and seemingly straightforward: In order to be President, a person must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, must be at least thirty-five years old, and must have been a resident of the United States for fourteen years. These qualifications aren't quite so straightforward as they might seem, however. For example, what does the phrase "fourteen years a resident within the United States" mean? Can those fourteen years be cumulative, or do they have to be consecutive? Do the fourteen years of U.S. residency have to immediately precede the presidential election, or can they have occurred at any period in a candidate's life? These were issues that confronted Herbert Hoover, who, because of his work (first for a British mining firm, and later for the U.S. government during World War I), had spent a good deal of time abroad and returned to the U.S. less than fourteen years prior to his el


"The international body called ""FIFA"" administers which sport?"

About FIFA: Organisation - FIFA.com About FIFA Africa Cup of Nations 2017 14 Jan 2017 - 05 Feb 2017 - Gabon Official Draw - FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 28 February 2017 - Bahamas Official Draw - FIFA U-20 World Cup 15 March 2017 - Korea You're logging in with Facebook You're logging in with Twitter You're logging in with Google+ Connect Login Error The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. This Facebook account is already present Your Club account has been locked due to a breach of our Terms of Service. Please set up a new account in line with the Club rules. Review the Club Rules . Alternatively, you can email us by completing our contact form . Please enter a valid email address The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. Log-in unsuccessful All Videos What we stand for FIFA’s mission is develop football everywhere and for all, to touch the world through its inspiring tournaments and to build a better future through the power of the game. Explore FIFA is a series of short animated films that bring you into our world with a visual and easy-to-understand explanation of how we go about carrying out this mission. About FIFA Who We Are The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is an association governed by Swiss law founded in 1904 and based in Zurich. It has 211 member associations and its goal, enshrined in its Statutes, is the constant improvement of football. Who We Are FIFA 1904 FIFA 1904 is a monthly magazine which is published as both a print edition and as a free online publication. The 68-page magazine contains in-depth stories and interviews about football from around the world, with a special focus on FIFA's development projects and activities, competitions, events and member associations. The print version is provided for free to FIFA's confederations and member associations, while the online version is available to all football fans right here on FIFA.com. Latest Media Releases The President Before being elected FIFA President, Gianni Infantino was the UEFA General Secretary since October 2009, having joined the organisation in 2000. Gianni led the fight against social ills and threats to the integrity of football in Europe, including all forms of discrimination, violence and hooliganism, and match-fixing. The President FIFA Secretary General In a humanitarian career with the United Nations that spanned 21-years,  Fatma Samoura has been able to make a difference to millions of people through her work. On 20 June 2016, she began her first day in office as the first-ever female Secretary General of world football’s governing body. FIFA Secretary General FIFA Congress Bringing together every member association of FIFA, with each getting one vote, a Congress may be an Ordinary or an Extraordinary Congress. The Congress rules on modifications to the Statutes, addresses propositions from FIFA Council members and elects the FIFA President. Latest News FIFA Associations and Confederations With 211 associations affiliated to FIFA today, world football's governing body has been dubbed the "United Nations of Football ". Between 1975 and 2002 alone, more than 60 associations were accepted as members. FIFA supports the associations financially and logistically through various programmes and grants them a number of attractive rights and privileges. But they also have obligations. As representatives of FIFA in their countries, they must respect the statutes, aims and ideals of football's governing body and promote and manage our sport accordingly. Committees and other bodies FIFA Council and Bureau of the Council The FIFA Council is a non-executive, supervisory and strategic body that sets the vision for FIFA and global