Litmus, used in acidity testing, is extracted from?

Self made acid/base indicators, PH indicators, homemade litmus paper A lot of plants with colors other than green are usable as a PH indicators. Some of the most commonly known ones are: Litmus, a dye extracted from lichens. Red cabbage extract The litmus paper is used in labs around the world to test whether a solution is acidic or basic. The advantage of litmus is that it can be stored over many years and remains usable. Litmus PH indicator above ph 8.5 Red cabbage Red cabbage is cheap, very color intensive and can actually indicate the PH of a solution in more find grained steps. The problem is it works best with fresh cabbage and the extract is only usable for a couple of weeks. It is however still a very useful "home made" PH indicator and it's a nice experiment for a science class in school. To make red cabbage extract you cut a few leaves of red cabbage into small slices or you can put them into a mixer. red cabbage leaves Add a 50-70% alcohol water solution and let it sit for about 15 minutes. I recommend to use real ethanol and not isopropyl alcohol if you do this experiment with children where it is difficult to avoid that some get in contact with the alcohol. Both ethanol and isopropyl-alcohol are toxic but ethanol is less toxic to humans. Isopropyl causes kidney damages even if it is just used externally over a longer period of time. Short exposure of a hand or the inhalation of the vapor for a few minutes is supposedly not dangerous but ethanol is for sure less dangerous. red cabbage extraction process Separate the cabbage from the now dark colored alcohol solution by pressing it through a cheese cloth and fill the red cabbage indicator solution into a small bottle for storage. red cabbage extract PH indicator To test the PH of any liquid just add a few drops of the red cabbage extract and then compare the color with the following table. Red cabbage extract PH indicator ph 0-1 ph 11-14 More stable PH indicators Red cabbage is a very good PH indicator but is looses its ability to indicated the PH over a couple of weeks or month depending on how you store the solution. More stable PH indicators that can easily made at home are: Turmeric (the yellow part of Curry Powder) => very stable, usable for many years Radish peels => somewhat stable, usable for a few month Elderberry => stable, usable for a year or two Radish is similar to red cabbage in the sense that it can indicate the PH in many fine grained steps where as Turmeric and Elderberry have just two colors. Turmeric as PH indicators Turmeric powder can be found in the spices section of you supermarket. It is as well the yellow part of Curry Powder. The best way to store turmeric over longer periods is to store it as powder. To use it just mix a bit of powder with water. Turmeric PH indicator above ph 8.6 Radish peels as PH indicator Radish extract is produced in the same way as red cabbage extract. Just peel the red skin off several radishes and then extract the dye using an alcohol water solution. radish ph 11-14 European Elder (sambucus nigra) The European Eldertree is a shrub that grows best in humid soil and it can get up to 15 feet (5m) high. You can find this bush also in the colder parts of north America (Canada and northern states of the USA). It has white flowers in June and around August time small black looking berries. sambucus nigra in June/July sambucus nigra, berries (in August) The juice from the berries makes an indicator that works exactly like litmus. Use a hand full of dark ripe elder-berries and add about the same volume of water. Cook the berries in the water for about 2 minutes. Filter through a cheese cloth and squeeze it to get as much juice as possible. Add a bit of pure alcohol (ethanol or propanol) to the liquid as a preservative. You can as well soak acid free art paper or a kitchen sponge towel (kitchen paper towel) with the juice and let it dry to make "litmus paper". Note that the elder berries are already slightly acidic (mostly ascorbic acid). You have to add a few drops of a soda and water solution to get it into the n


What is the English name/translation of the 'cire purdue' process of bronze casting?

Cire perdue | Article about cire perdue by The Free Dictionary Cire perdue | Article about cire perdue by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/cire+perdue Related to cire perdue: Lost wax casting , Lost Wax process cire perdue (sēr pĕrdü`) [Fr.,=lost wax], sculptural process of metal casting that may be used for hollow and solid casting. The sculptor makes a model in plaster or clay that is then coated with wax. This model is then covered with a perforated plaster or clay mold. When heated, the mold will "lose" the wax (hence the name of the method) as it runs out of the holes in the plaster. Molten lead is then poured into the space formerly occupied by the wax. After the work cools, the sculptor breaks the mold, removes the plaster core, and files or polishes the metal product. One can also make hollow sculptures by piece-casting, which, as its name suggests, involves the construction of a work in pieces rather than as a whole. The most important advantage of the lost-wax method is that it eases the casting of a sculpture with elaborate curves. This method also has considerable disadvantages, such as the loss of the wax "original" and the failure of rapidly cooling molten metal to fill all of the space left by the removed wax. Donatello's David was made by the lost-wax method and, as a result, is full of patches. This method has been used for centuries in the great civilizations of Mesopotamia, Africa, China, and Greece. Bibliography See G. Pack, Jewelry Making by the Lost Wax Process (1968); H. Jackson, Lost Wax Bronze Casting (1972).


Auger, reel, fan, sieves, stripper-beater, and cutter-bar are parts of what large piece of machinery?

Combine harvester | Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. A Claas Lexion 460 fitted with a track conversion The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that combines the tasks of harvesting, threshing, and cleaning grain crops. The objective is the harvest of the crop; corn (maize), soybeans, flax (linseed), oats, wheat, or rye among others). The waste straw left behind on the field is the remaining dried stems and leaves of the crop with limited nutrients which is either chopped and spread on the field or baled for feed and bedding for livestock. Contents [ show ] History The first combine was invented by Hiran Moore in 1838. It took many decades for the combine to become popular. Early combines often took more than 16 horses to drive them, and were later combines were pulled by steam engines. George Stockton Berry joined the combine into a single machine using straw to heat the boiler. The header was over forty feet long, cutting over one hundred acres per day. Early combines, some of them quite large, were drawn by horse or mule teams and used a bull wheel to provide power. In 1902, a combine could harvest enough grain in one hour to make 10 loaves of bread. Tractor -drawn, PTO -powered combines were used for a time. These combines used a shaker to separate the grain from the chaff and straw-walkers (grates with small teeth on an eccentric shaft) to eject the straw while retaining the grain. Tractor drawn combines evolved to have separate gas or diesel engines to power the grain separation. Newer kinds of combines are self-propelled and use diesel engines for power. A significant advance in the design of combines was the rotary design. Straw and grain were separated by use of a powerful fan. "Axial-Flow" rotary combines were introduced by International Harvester "IH" in 1977. In about the 1980s on-board electronics were introduced to measure threshing efficiency. This new instrumentation allowed operators to get better grain yields by optimizing ground speed and other operating parameters. Combine Heads Combines are equipped with removable heads (called headers) that are designed for particular crops. The standard header, sometimes called a grain platform (or platform header), is equipped with a reciprocating knife cutter bar, and features a revolving reel with metal or plastic teeth to cause the cut crop to fall into the head. A cross auger then pulls the crop into the throat. The grain header is used for many crops including grains and legumes. Wheat headers are similar except that the reel is not equipped with teeth. Some wheat headers, called "draper" headers, use a fabric or rubber apron instead of a cross auger. Draper headers allow faster feeding than cross augers, leading to higher throughputs. In high yielding European crops, such headers have no advantage, as the limiting factor becomes grain separation. On many farms, platform headers are used to cut wheat, instead of separate wheat headers, so as to reduce overall costs. Draper headers are not very common in the UK, but a version is used for rape crops to direct cut standing Oil-seed rape crops. Dummy heads or pick-up headers feature spring-tined pickups, usually attached to a heavy rubber belt. They are used for crops that have already been cut and placed in windrows or swaths. This is particularly useful in northern climates such as western Canada where swathing kills weeds resulting in a faster dry down. Used in UK to harvest Oil-seed rape crops that have been Swathed (Pre cut) Massey Ferguson introduced the "PowerFlow" header in the 1980s, which had a row of rubber conveyor belts between the cutter bar and the cross feed auger. The crop laying down after cutting and been feed more evenly


The Poise (pronounced 'pwahz', it's French) is a unit of measuring?

Units: D the Roman numeral 500. D- an obsolete symbol for the metric prefix deka- or deca-, seen in combinations   such as DL (dekaliter) or DTH (dekatherm). The correct prefix is da-. dag symbol for the dekagram (10 grams; see entry below), an uncommon metric   unit of mass. daily value (DV) a unit of nutrition used in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration   establishes recommended daily amounts of various nutrients, both "good" ones   like vitamins and "bad" ones like fat and sodium. These so-called daily values   are based on a hypothetical person, male or female, who requires a diet of   2000 Calories per day. The results are approximate   at best, since nutritional needs vary with age, sex, and other factors. Food   packages generally carry nutritional lables specifying the amount of each   nutrient contained in a standard serving, expressed as a percentage of the   daily value (%DV). A table of the official daily   values for each nutrient is provided. daktylos an ancient Greek unit of distance equal to a finger width, about 19 millimeters   or 0.75 inch. There were 16 daktylos in the pous ,   the Greek foot, and 24 in a pechys ( cubit ).   This unit was the Greek predecessor of the Roman digit (see below). dal or daL symbol for the dekaliter (10 liters; see entry below), an uncommon metric   unit of volume. dalton (Da or D) an alternate name for the unified atomic mass unit (u or amu). The dalton is often used in microbiology and biochemistry to state   the masses of large organic molecules; these measurements are typically in   kilodaltons (kDa). It seems necessary to have such a unit, since "kilo-amu"   would be such a clumsy name. The SI accepts the dalton   as an alternate name for the unified atomic mass unit and specifies Da as   its proper symbol. The unit honors the English chemist John Dalton (1766-1844),   who proposed the atomic theory of matter in 1803. dam symbol for the dekameter (10 meters; see entry below), a metric unit of   distance. dan a traditional Chinese weight unit, previously spelled tan in many   English works. During the European colonial era the unit was equal to 100 catties or 133.333 pounds .   In modern China the dan is equal to 100 jin ,   which is exactly 50 kilograms (110.231 pounds). The dan is the Chinese equivalent   of the European quintal or hundredweight . daN symbol for the decanewton or dekanewton (see below under dekanewton), a   common metric unit of force. Danjon scale a scale measuring the brightness (or rather, the darkness) of lunar eclipses,   devised by the French astronomer André Louis Danjon (1890-1967). A table is provided. daraf a unit of electrical elastance, which is the ability of an electric potential   to charge a capacitor. The daraf is equal to one volt of potential per coulomb   of charge (V/C). The name of the unit is "farad" spelled backwards, because   the elastance, in darafs, is 1 divided by the capacitance in farads. This   unit is not recognized as part of the SI . darcy a CGS unit of permeability. Permeability is the   extent to which a solid allows the flow of a fluid. This flow depends on the   properties of the solid and also on the dynamic viscosity of the fluid and   the difference in pressure driving the flow. One darcy is the permeability   of a solid through which one cubic centimeter of fluid, having a viscosity   of one centi poise , will flow in one second   through a section one centimeter thick and one square centimeter in cross   section, if the pressure difference between the two sides of the solid is   one atmosphere . It turns out that permeability   has the same units as area; since there is no SI unit   of permeability, square meters are used. One darcy is equal to about 0.98692   x 10-12 square meter. The unit is named for a French scientist,   H. Darcy (1803-1858), who did pioneering work in the study of permeability. darwin a logarithmic unit measuring the rate of evolution in


The Ottoman Empire (1299-1922) is otherwise defined as the empire of what modern nationality?

Project MUSE - Calligraphy and the Art of Statecraft in the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkish Republic Calligraphy and the Art of Statecraft in the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkish Republic Zoe Griffith (bio) Abstract State building and nationalism have been widely examined in the context of both the late Ottoman Empire and the modern Turkish Republic. This article explores the role of Islamic calligraphy and calligraphers during the final decades of Ottoman rule and through the twentieth century in terms of their contribution, both materially and ideologically, to the development of national identity in Turkey. Because calligraphy in Turkey has always enjoyed a unique relationship with Islam, it has been impossible to fully separate the art from the Ottoman-Islamic past. Having survived the transition in modern Turkey from the Arabic to the Latin script, calligraphy thus serves as an alternative, and perhaps subtly oppositional, form of expression in the Turkish Republic. That Islamic calligraphy continues to be appreciated in Turkey demonstrates resistance to the national identity handed down by Kemalists in an attempt to erase Islam and the Turks’ immediate Ottoman past since the 1920s. The emergence of modern nationalisms out of the multilingual, multiethnic, and religiously diverse empires that until the early twentieth century dominated the region now commonly referred to as the Middle East is truly the stuff of historical high drama. This process has, not surprisingly, implicated itself in the late-twentieth-century and early-twenty-first-century historiography of the region in fundamental ways. Nationalism provides endless fodder for scholars exploring issues of identity politics, ethnic and sectarian violence, and processes of state making and colonial unmaking in the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. On a less deliberate level, modern nationalisms also play a role in shaping the theoretical and methodological framework within which scholars have approached the study of the region, imposing boundaries — both physical and mental — on the study of what was historically fluid and interconnected terrain. The processes by which these boundaries were historically constructed — involving the mobilization of cultural and historical resources from geography and language to religion and “tradition” — are part of an often traumatic educational process by which people are instructed or compelled to conform to an identity that may or may not accurately describe them. Each of the above-mentioned identifiers — geography, language, religion, and shared tradition — has been used (with varying degrees of success), first, by those responsible for commandeering the extensive, long-lived, and heterogeneous Ottoman Empire and, later, by their secular successors during the ongoing formation of the modern Turkish Republic. And each of these elements contributes, powerfully and with unique implications for a modernizing, secularizing society, to the artistic tradition of Islamic calligraphy as it has been practiced — to many minds in its finest form ever achieved — by artists of the Ottoman Empire and of the Turkish Republic to the present day. One persistent obstacle to the comprehensive study of Turkish national identity is the tendency to overemphasize the degree to which a deliberate, selective identity has been imposed on the Turkish people from the top down. Conversely, exploring the Turkish experience though the tradition of calligraphy as a powerful aesthetic (and strikingly Islamic) legacy of the Ottoman past allows one to engage with subjects and citizens without direct power [End Page 601] over state affairs and avoids an overly administrative or ideological analysis of what has been one of the most radical and oft-studied identity-construction processes of the twentieth century. Why the overtly and unapologetically Islamic calligraphic arts have continued to thrive in the Turkish Republic involves factors that cannot be explained in simple terms of modernization, secularization, de-Ottomanizat


What branch of alternative medicine using natural oils derives its name from ancient Greek for spice?

Aromatherapy « Alternative Medicine Posted by Alternative Medicine on September 6, 2011 in Aromatherapy with No Comments The science of aromatherapy is very old, as people used essential oils from ancient times to treat their health problems and improve their appearance. Still, the term was only introduced in the 20th Century, when this science was officially recognized as extremely efficient in promoting the psychical and physical well-being. Thus, an introduction to aromatherapy should start with the ancient times, when Chinese and Egyptians used plants extracts for cosmetic purposes but also for balancing their mind. The first perfumes were made of essential oils mixed with different vegetal extracts and lots of ancient civilizations used these products for embalming the dead people. Nowadays, aromatherapy is mainly used for treating various health problems and relaxing the body and mind. The main forms of practicing this science are through inhalation and topical application. While in the first technique the patient doesn’t have a direct contact with the oil in the second practice the product is applied on the skin, being quickly absorbed and starting to exert its effect inside the body as well. Regardless of the chosen method, it’s important for the used oils to be perfectly pure and undiluted, as through this process their properties may be affected. However, for financial reasons, lots of producers mix the essential oils with different chemicals, making them less efficient. An introduction to Aromatherapy techniques Inhalation involves smelling the oils directly from the bottle or mixing them with hot water and putting the liquid in an opened bowl in the aromatherapy room. Another technique involves lowering your face over the bowl, covering your head with a bowel and maintaining this posture for few minutes. During the procedure you have to breathe deeply in order for the oil to do its action. Then, you can use a device for dispersing the oil into the air or you can opt for a humidifier, which should be used together with a tissue on which you sprinkled a few drops of essential oil. Topical application in aromatherapy involves applying the oil directly on certain areas of the body, such as the neck, upper back, on the crown of the head, temples or abdomen. Also, the essential oils can be applied on ankles and over the vital organs, depending on the purpose for which aromatherapy is used. Usually, 2-3 drops of natural oil are place in the palm of the practitioner and then applied through circular motions on the skin. Rubbing and other massage techniques are also efficient in speeding up the absorption of the oil into the skin. The particularity of this technique is that the oil has to be diluted and never applied in its concentrated form, as it passes into the bloodstream very fast and may lead to an allergic reaction. Although most essential aromatherapy oils are safe, this problem is quite common among uninformed users. Then, essential oils applied locally make the skin absorb the ultraviolet rays faster than normal and this also causes various problems, among which sunburn is the most common. This side effect is called photo toxicity and can be easily avoided by diluting the oil before applying it on the skin. Welcome to the home of the best aromatherapy oils you’ll ever need! Posted by Alternative Medicine on July 13, 2011 in Aromatherapy with No Comments The use of essential oils dates back to ancient times. Our ancestors used these wonderful essences for perfumes and cosmetics, medicinal purposes, incense, religious ceremonies and rituals, and culinary purposes. Essential oils are derived from plants primarily through steam distillation and some through methods of solvent extraction. They are highly concentrated, therefore, small amounts of the oils are sufficient for use in various applications. For this reason it is recommended that the oils not be used directly on the skin. Instead blend them with a carrier oil such as jojoba oil , sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil or any of the other vegetables oils availa


The New Model Army and The Levellers were groups in which war?

1642-1652: The Diggers and the Levellers Home 1642-1652: The Diggers and the Levellers A history of the radical movements the Diggers and the Levellers which sprung up around the English Civil War. The political and social upheaval       that resulted from the English Civil War in the seventeenth century [effectively       two conflicts between 1642 -1646 and 1647/48] led to the development of a set of radical ideas centred around       movements known as ‘Diggers’ and ‘Levellers’ The Diggers [or ‘True Levellers’] were led by William Everard       who had served in the New Model Army. As the name implies, the diggers aimed       to use the earth to reclaim the freedom that they felt had been lost partly       through the Norman Conquest; by seizing the land and owning it ‘in common’ they would challenge what they considered to be the slavery of property. They       were opposed to the use of force and believed that they could create a classless       society simply through seizing land and holding it in the ‘common good’. To this end, a small group [initially 12, though rising to 50] settled on       common land first at St George’s Hill and later in Cobham, Surrey and       grew corn and other crops. This small group defied the landlords, the Army       and the law for over a year. In addition to this, groups travelled through       England attempting to rally supporters. In this they had some successes in       Kent and Northamptonshire. Their main propagandist was Gerard Winstanley who       produced the clearest statement of Digger ideas in ‘The Law of Freedom       in a Platform’ published in 1652. This was a defence and exposition       of the notion of a classless society based in secularism and radical democracy The relatively small group of followers of Digger ideas was never particularly       influential and was quite easily suppressed by Cromwell and Fairfax. The most significant of these movements were The Levellers whose revolutionary       ideas resonated throughout the succeeding centuries, mostly notably in the       demands of the Chartists in the nineteenth century. The Levellers’ ideas found most support in the ranks of the ’New       Model Army’, formed by Oliver Cromwell in 1645 and were largely responsible       for the defeat of the Royalist forces led by Charles I, particularly in the       decisive Battle of Naseby in June 1645. By the end of the first civil war in 1646 Leveller ideas were particularly       influential and culminated in the Putney Debates where ordinary soldiers debated       revolutionary ideas with their generals; it was at this series of meetings       that Leveller Colonel Thomas Rainborough argued the case for universal suffrage: “I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live        as the greatest he, and therefore truly, sir, I think it is clear to every        man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put        himself under that government.” Unfortunately, this outbreak of democracy within the ranks of the army was       relatively short-lived; the outbreak of the second civil war in 1647 allowed       the generals to reassert their authority and Leveller influence began to wane.       An attempted mutiny by Leveller soldiers was brutally suppressed in Burford,       Oxfordshire in 1649; leaders were executed by Cromwell’s soldiers and       others were tried for high treason. Why this brutal suppression? What did the generals find so threatening about       the Levellers? Who were the Levellers? The Levellers were a relatively loose alliance of radicals and freethinkers       who came to prominence during the period of instability that characterised       the English Civil War of 1642 – 1649. The most prominent Levellers were       John Lilburne, Richard Over


Graviton | Define Graviton at Dictionary.com graviton noun, Physics. 1. the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two. Expand British Dictionary definitions for graviton Expand noun 1. a postulated quantum of gravitational energy, usually considered to be a particle with zero charge and rest mass and a spin of 2 Compare photon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 graviton   (grāv'ĭ-tŏn')     A hypothetical particle postulated in supergravity theory to be the quantum of gravitational interaction, mediating the gravitational force. Like all force carriers, the graviton is a boson. It is presumed to have an indefinitely long lifetime, zero electric charge, a spin of 2, and zero rest mass (thus travelling at the speed of light). The graviton has never been detected. See also supersymmetry . See Table at subatomic particle . The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.


Russian Winter Hats - Ushanka FAQ           An Ushanka (also known as Trapper hat, Aviator hat, Shapka, Chapka etc.) is a traditional, yet stylish, Russian winter hat with ear flaps, which is extremely warm to handle the frigid Russian winters. It has ear flaps, which can be folded up and tied at the top of the hat, or tied at the chin. Wearing ear flaps down protects ears, bottom of the chin, nape and top of the back of the neck from the cold. The word ushanka translates from Russian as "with ears". Ushi means ears in Russian language. Throughout history, old fashioned Russian Ushanka has inspired various other hat styles, such as Trapper, Bomber® brand hats or Aviator hats. Numerous other winter hats with earflaps, spawned by the original Ushanka style, are common in the countries of the former USSR, China, North Korea, Eastern Europe and others. Unlike many cheap knock-offs and offers of Ushanka "style" hats, our hats are top quality genuine products made in Russia, Ukraine or Belarus from the highest quality locally manufactured materials only! Ushankas worn by the Russian and former Soviet soldiers were often made from artificial fur. Army officer Ushanka hats are made from mouton or sheepskin (lambskin). Rabbit, arctic fox, mink, muskrat and many other types of fur can be used for manufacturing non-military winter hat models. An Ushanka Russian winter hat will keep you cozy and comfortable all winter long while keeping you fashionable. It features the classic Russian hat style. Just tie the warm ear flaps beneath the chin, on top of the crown of your head, or at the back, this will give you three different styles or looks. Ushanka winter hat is more than just stylish, the combinations of how you wear it to the conditions of the weather, make it invaluable! Ushanka has been time-tested over centuries of use by the hardy Russians to withstand their harsh winters. There is no better hat made for this in the world. Get one now and fear no winter storm. All of our products are made in Russia, Belarus or Ukraine from the highest quality locally manufactured materials only. Guaranteed!


What is India's smallest state (by area)?

Smallest State in India - Goa - Indian State with Smallest Area -   Smallest Indian State Colors of India : Interesting Facts : Geography :       Smallest State in India Smallest State in India Goa with an area of 3702 sq. km is the smallest State     in India. Goa was a Portuguese colony and was liberated from Portuguese     rule on December 19, 1961. After its independence Goa along with Daman & Diu was accorded the status of Union Territory. On May 30, 1987, the     Union Territory was split, and Goa was elevated as India's 25th state,     with Daman and Diu remaining Union Territories. Goa is one of the most     developed states of India. Tourism is the mainstay of Goa. Panaji is the     capital of Goa and Vasco is its largest town. The main language of Goa     is Konkani.


Nintendo's Wii console launched in 2012 is the?

Nintendo Wii U Launched in America Nintendo Wii U Launched in America Posted by: Ferry Groenendijk Nintendo’s Wii U console launched Sunday November 18th, 2012 in America and Canada! As the first new home video game system in six years, it’s aiming to change the landscape of games and entertainment with its new Wii U GamePad controller. With more than 30 launch-day games for all types of players, Wii U arrives just in time for the holidays and is poised to be the must-have gift of the season. Mii characters invaded New York the past day to celebrate the U.S. launch of Wii U: Hot Galleries Pokemon Trainers Here’s the Nintendo World Store Wii U midnight launch event video: The Wii U Basic Set will be available at a suggested retail price of $299.99 and includes a white Wii U console with 8 GB* of internal storage, one white touch-screen GamePad controller, AC adapters for both the console and controller, a sensor bar and an HDMI™ cable. The Wii U Deluxe Set will be available at a suggested retail price of $349.99 and its components are black. This set includes all elements from the Basic Set, as well as the Nintendo Land game, increased internal storage totaling 32 GB*, a console stand, a GamePad stand and a GamePad charging cradle. People who purchase the Deluxe Set also will be enrolled in the Deluxe Digital Promotion, which allows Deluxe Set owners to earn points when they purchase downloadable games and then redeem those points for codes that earn them credit toward even more fun digital content in the online Nintendo eShop. Here’s the Wii U and New Super Mario Bros. U launch game TV commercial: Wii U GamePad: The controller features a 6.2-inch touch screen that redefines how people interact with their games, their entertainment and one another. It comes with dual analog sticks and traditional buttons for gaming. The GamePad is wirelessly connected to the console, providing a perfectly integrated second-screen experience with the TV, no matter how it’s being used. Different players can enjoy different experiences in the same game, depending on which controller they opt to use. Players can even move select games from the TV to be played on the GamePad or use the GamePad as a TV remote control. Wii U Games: Wii U is launching with 29 packaged games, plus a handful of digital games, marking the largest launch lineup in Nintendo history. Nintendo-published games available on launch day include Nintendo Land™, New Super Mario Bros. ™ U, SiNG PARTY™ and NINJA GAIDEN™ 3: Razor’s Edge. Third-party publishers also will have an amazing array of games available on launch day, such as Just Dance® 4, Assassin’s Creed® III and ZombiU™ from Ubisoft, Skylanders Giants™ and Call of Duty®: Black Ops II from Activision Publishing, Inc., Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two from Disney Interactive, EA SPORTS™ FIFA Soccer 13 and Madden NFL 13 from Electronic Arts, NBA 2K13 from 2K Sports and Batman: Arkham City™ Armored Edition and Scribblenauts™ Unlimited from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. A number of these titles will also be available for purchase digitally in the Nintendo eShop alongside a strong launch-day lineup of downloadable digital-only games, including Little Inferno from Tomorrow Corporation, Trine 2™: Director’s Cut from Frozenbyte, Chasing Aurora from Broken Rules, Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition from WayForward and Nano Assault NEO from Shin’en. Wii U owners can expand the storage capacity of their systems by adding their own USB external hard disc drives. Downloadable content for select games, such as additional levels or maps, will roll out in December following a system update. Wii U is backward compatible with almost all Wii™ games and Wii accessories. Miiverse: Miiverse™ is a global community in which gamers from all over can share experiences, discuss games and learn more about the video games they love. Using their personalized Mii™ characters, players with broadband Internet access can enter Miiverse and see games and entertainment content they have interacted with recently, expressed interest in


A censor was an officer of what civilization, responsible for public census, morality, finances, etc?

Roman censor : definition of Roman censor and synonyms of Roman censor (English) 8 References   Creation of the rank The census was first instituted by Servius Tullius , sixth king of Rome . After the abolition of the monarchy and the founding of the Republic , the consuls had responsibility for the census until 443 BC. In 442 BC, no consuls were elected, but military tribunes with consular power were appointed instead; this was a move by the plebeians to try to attain higher magistracies: only patricians could be elected consuls, while some military tribunes were plebeians. To avoid the possibility of plebeians obtaining control of the census, the patricians removed the right to take the census from the consuls and tribunes, and appointed for this duty two magistrates, called censores (censors), elected exclusively from the patricians in Rome. The magistracy continued to be controlled by patricians until 351 BC, when Gaius Marcius Rutilus was appointed the first plebeian censor. [1] Twelve years afterwards in 339 BC , one of the Publilian laws required that one censor had to be a plebeian. [2] Despite this, no plebeian censor performed the solemn purification of the people (the " lustrum "; Livy Periochae 13) until 280 BC. In 131 BC, for the first time, both censors were plebeians. There were two censors, because the two consuls had previously taken the census together. If one of the censors died during his term of office, another was chosen to replace him, just as with consuls. This happened only once, in 393 BC. However the Gauls captured Rome in that lustrum (five-year period), and the Romans thereafter regarded such replacement as "an offense against religion". [3] From then on, if one of the censors died, his colleague resigned, and two new censors were chosen to replace them. [4]   Election The censors were elected in the Centuriate Assembly , which met under the presidency of a consul. [5] Barthold Niebuhr suggests that the censors were at first elected by the Curiate Assembly , and that the Assembly's selections were confirmed by the Centuriate; but William Smith believes that "there is no authority for this supposition, and the truth of it depends entirely upon the correctness of [Niebuhr's] views respecting the election of the consuls". Both censors had to be elected on the same day, and accordingly if the voting for the second was not finished in the same day, the election of the first was invalidated, and a new assembly had to be held. [6] The assembly for the election of the censors was held under different auspices from those at the election of the consuls and praetors , so the censors were not regarded as their colleagues, although they likewise possessed the maxima auspicia . [7] The assembly was held by the new consuls shortly after they began their term of office; [8] and the censors, as soon as they were elected and the censorial power had been granted to them by a decree of the Centuriate Assembly (lex centuriata), were fully installed in their office. [9] As a general principle, the only ones eligible for the office of censor were those who had previously been consuls, but there were a few exceptions. At first, there was no law to prevent a person being censor twice, but the only person who was elected to the office twice was Gaius Marcius Rutilus in 265 BC . In that year, he originated a law stating that no one could be elected censor twice. In consequence of this, he received the cognomen of Censorinus . [10]   Attributes The censorship differed from all other Roman magistracies in the length of office. The censors were originally chosen for a whole lustrum (the period of five years), but as early as ten years after its institution ( 433 BC ) their office was limited to eighteen months by a law of the dictator Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus . [11] The censors were also unique with respect to rank and dignity. They had no imperium , and accordingly no lictors . [12] Their rank was granted to them by the Centuriate Assembly, and not by the curiae , and in that respect they were inferior in power to th


What country has the internet top level domain .sa?

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What country experienced the world's biggest electricity power-cut in July 2012?

India power cut hits millions, among world's worst outages | Reuters Tue Jul 31, 2012 | 12:15 PM EDT India power cut hits millions, among world's worst outages 1/5 Passengers rest inside a train while waiting for the electricity to be restored at a railway station in Kolkata July 31, 2012. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri + 2/5 Passengers crowd at a railway station as they sit on tracks while waiting for the electricity to be restored in Kolkata July 31, 2012. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri + 3/5 A passenger looks through the window of a train as he waits for electricity to be restored at a railway station in New Delhi July 31, 2012. Reuters/Adnan Abidi + 4/5 Heavy traffic moves along a busy road as it rains during a power-cut at the toll-gates at Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi July 31, 2012. Reuters/Stringer + 5/5 Muslim girls study in the light of candles inside a madrasa or religious school during power-cut in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi July 30, 2012. Reuters/Parivartan Sharma + By Frank Jack Daniel | NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Hundreds of millions of people across India were left without power on Tuesday in one of the world's worst blackouts, trapping miners, stranding train travellers and plunging hospitals into darkness when grids collapsed for the second time in two days. Stretching from Assam, near China, to the Himalayas and the northwestern deserts of Rajasthan, the outage covered states where half of India's 1.2 billion people live and embarrassed the government, which has failed to build up enough power capacity to meet soaring demand. "Even before we could figure out the reason for yesterday's failure, we had more grid failures today," said R. N. Nayak, chairman of the state-run Power Grid Corporation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had vowed to fast-track stalled power and infrastructure projects as well as introduce free market reforms aimed at reviving India's flagging economy. But he has drawn fire for dragging his feet. By nightfall, power was back up in the humid capital, New Delhi and much of the north, but a senior official said only a third was restored in the rural state of Uttar Pradesh, itself home to more people than Brazil. The cuts in such a widespread area of the world's second most populous nation appeared to be one of the biggest in history, and hurt Indians' pride as the country seeks to emerge as a major force on the international stage. "It's certainly shameful. Power is a very basic amenity and situations like these should not occur," said Unnayan Amitabh, 19, an intern with HSBC bank in New Delhi, before giving up on the underground train system and flagging down an auto-rickshaw to get home. "They talk about big ticket reforms but can't get something as essential as power supply right." Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde blamed the system collapse on some states drawing more than their share of electricity from the over-burdened grid, but Uttar Pradesh's top civil servant for energy said outdated transmission lines were at fault. Asia's third-largest economy suffers a peak-hour power deficit of about 10 percent, dragging on economic growth. Between a quarter and 40 percent of Indians are not connected to the national grid. Two hundred miners were stranded in three deep coal shafts in the state of West Bengal when their electric elevators stopped working. Eastern Coalfields Limited official Niladri Roy said workers at the mines, one of which is 700 metres (3,000 feet) deep, were not in danger and were being taken out. Train stations in Kolkata were swamped and traffic jammed the streets after government offices closed early in the dilapidated coastal city of 5 million people. The power failed in some major city hospitals and office buildings had to fire up diesel generators. By mid-evening, services had been restored on the New Delhi metro system. "PUSHED INTO DARKNESS" On Monday, India was forced to buy extra power from the tiny neighbouring kingdom of Bhutan to help it recover from a blackout that hit more than 300 million people. Indians took to social networking sites to ridicule the


The 21st century's second and last solar transit (across the Sun) of what planet happened in 2012?

Everything you need to know: Venus transit on June 5-6 | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky Everything you need to know: Venus transit on June 5-6 By Bruce McClure in Astronomy Essentials | June 5, 2012 Venus appeared as a small dark dot crossing sun’s face for last time this century on June 5-6, 2012. Last transit of Venus in our lifetimes! Transit times and more here. June 2012 guide to the five visible planets Venus’ transit day has passed – the last transit of Venus for the 21st century! The brightest planet, Venus, passed right in front of the sun for nearly seven hours on June 5-6, 2012, but, from many places, the transit was in progress at sunrise or sunset. During the transit, Venus appeared in silhouette as a small, dark dot moving in front of the solar disk. This exceedingly rare astronomical event – a transit of Venus – won’t happen again until December 11, 2117. However, a transit of Mercury will take place on May 9, 2016. Gallery: Venus transit June 5-6, 2012 As with any solar eclipse, you must have proper eye protection to view a planet transiting across the sun. Click on the following link to hear why eclipses glasses and welder’s glass might not be best for viewing a solar eclipse, to learn how to make an indirect viewing system, and to find a webcast: What’s the best way to view the June 5-6 transit of Venus safely? Transit of Venus June 8, 2004. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Who saw the June 5-6, 2012 transit of Venus? Depending on where you live worldwide, the transit of Venus happened on June 5 or 6, 2012. If you live in the world’s Western Hemisphere (North America, northwestern South America, Hawaii, Greenland or Iceland), the transit started in the afternoon hours on June 5. In the world’s Eastern Hemisphere (Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia or New Zealand), the transit was first seen at sunrise or in the morning hours on June 6. Map of where June 5-6, 2012 Venus transit will be seen. Image Credit: Michael Zeiler, eclipse-maps.com Transit Computer giving the Universal Time for your sky The chart above shows the times of the 2012 transit of Venus in Universal Time (essentially the same as UTC). To know when any astronomical event occurs in your part of the world, you need to translate the times to your time zone. Here’s how to do that: How do I translate Universal Time into my time? Be careful and watch for the time of sunset or sunrise in your location. In the continental United States, for example, the greatest transit took place just before sunset for most of us. During last month’s solar eclipse, which was also at sunset for U.S. locations, many people told us they missed out because their viewing location was hindered by trees or tall buildings. Don’t let that happen to you! If you’re in the continental U.S., be sure to find a viewing location with a clear view of the horizon. To know the time of sunset or sunrise for your location, try this site, which will let you create a custom sunrise/sunset calendar: Sunrise/sunset times for your sky From the mainland U.S., the West Coast saw more hours of the transit than the East Coast did. Here in Austin, Texas, we got to see the first half of the transit, but the second half took place after sunset – or when the sun was beneath our horizon. In the world’s Eastern Hemisphere, it was as equally important to find a level eastern horizon on June 6. For Africa, Europe, much of Asia and western Australia, the sun rose (on June 6) as the transit was taking place. Elsewhere in the Eastern Hemisphere, the transit started in the morning hours on June 6. More great links on 2012 transit of Venus Contact I: ingress exterior – Venus’ first contact with sun’s exterior Contact II: ingress interior – Venus first seen totally within solar disk Greatest transit: transit center – center of transit Contact III: egress interior – Venus last seen totally within solar disk Contact IV: egress exterior – Venus’ last contact with sun’s exterior The contact times (I, II, greatest transit, III and IV) on the above illustration are given in Universal Time. It is impor


What organization won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize?

The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 European Union (EU) The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 European Union (EU) Prize share: 1/1 The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 was awarded to European Union (EU) "for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe". Share this: To cite this page MLA style: "The Nobel Peace Prize 2012". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2017. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2012/>


What Sesame Street character featured in anti-Romney advertising in the 2012 US election?

Sesame Street Becomes Part of 2012 Elections Picture | 'Sesame Street' Through Its 43 Years - ABC News ABC News 'Sesame Street' Through Its 43 Years + − Sesame Street Becomes Part of 2012 Elections A woman wearing a costume of "Sesame Street" character Big Bird holds a sign in support of public broadcasting during the "Million Puppet March" in Washington Nov. 3, 2012. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Sesame Street Becomes Part of 2012 Elections A woman wearing a costume of "Sesame Street" character Big Bird holds a sign in support of public broadcasting during the "Million Puppet March" in Washington Nov. 3, 2012. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Sesame Street Becomes Part of 2012 Elections Members of the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund dressed in "Sesame Street" costumes hold a protest next to supporters of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney outside a campaign stop for Romney in Van Meter, Iowa, Oct. 22, 2012. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo Muppet Mania! 'Sesame Street' Takes Over 'GMA' Kevin Clash, the master puppeteer behind the lovable and popular "Sesame Street" character Elmo, holds a picture of the original character sketch. The only description written on the "First Sketch for ELMO" drawing was that the little monster be "short, red." "Elmo used to be much wider," Clash said. ABC News Muppet Mania! 42 Years of 'Sesame Street' The "Sesame Street" muppets took over the "Good Morning America" Times Square studio Sept. 20, 2011. Grover, Elmo and Rosita hopped into the anchor chair alongside Robin Roberts and Josh Elliott at 8 a.m. when George Stephanopoulos had to leave on an assignment. Lou Rocco/ABC Muppet Mania! 42 Years of 'Sesame Street' Rosita got to work behind the scenes in our Times Square studio. Lou Rocco/ABC Muppet Mania! 42 Years of 'Sesame Street' Elmo joined the anchors on the couch. The "Sesame Street" gang visited "GMA" to celebrate the start of their 42nd season. Lou Rocco/ABC Muppet Mania! 42 Years of 'Sesame Street' Elmo snuggled up to Robin Roberts and gave our anchor a kiss. Lou Rocco/ABC Muppet Mania! 42 Years of 'Sesame Street' Oscar the Grouch interrupted Sam Champion's weather forecast. Lou Rocco/ABC Muppet Mania! 42 Years of 'Sesame Street' Cookie Monster joined "Chew" co-host Clinton Kelly and "GMA's" Lara Spencer in the kitchen to whip up some delicious fall desserts. Lou Rocco/ABC Muppet Mania! 42 Years of 'Sesame Street' Lara Spencer shares a sweet treat with Cookie Monster. Lou Rocco/ABC Sesame Street 40th Anniversary Bert and Ernie Two of television's most famous roommates, Bert and Ernie, were the only muppets created by Jim Henson to appear in the pilot episode of "Sesame Street." Ernie was originally performed by Henson and his affectionate song about his squeaky toy duck, "Rubber Duckie," became a modest hit, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard chart. Here are some other famous faces that have appeared on "Sesame Street." TM and © 2009 Sesame Workshop. All Rights Reserved. Sesame Street 40th Anniversary Season 1 cast The original 1969 cast of "Sesame Street" would soon become household names. They included Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper and Bob, played by Bob McGrath, who remains a member of the cast today. Other familiar faces include Bert, Ernie and Big Bird. TM and © 2009 Sesame Workshop. All Rights Reserved. Sesame Street 40th Anniversary Diane Saywer Diane Sawyer appeared on a 2003 episode of "Sesame Street" and sang "It All Adds Up," accompanied by Elmo the muppet at first -- and eventually joined by a whole cast of muppets. TM and © 2009 Sesame Workshop. All Rights Reserved. Sesame Street 40th Anniversary Barbara Walters Barbara Walters appeared in "The Sesame Street Special," a.k.a. "Put Down the Duckie," in 1988. TM and © 2009 Sesame Workshop. All Rights Reserved. Sesame Street 40th Anniversary Mad Men Season 40 of "Sesame Street" featured a parody of the AMC program "Mad Men," a period drama about the world of advertising on New York City's Madison Ave. in the 1950s. TM and © 2009 Sesame Workshop. All Rights Reserved. Photo Credit: Richard Termine, 2009 S


Among Time magazine's 2012 100 Most Influential Persons in the World, Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller was elected leader for the second time of what Caribbean island?

Portia Simpson-Miller - Countries of the world Countries of the world datacard Portia Simpson-Miller Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, ON, MP is a Jamaican politician who has been the seventh Prime Minister of Jamaica since 5 January 2012. Tagged facts collected from text on this page Tagged facts about this page Head of Government Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, ON, MP (born 12 December 1945) is a Jamaican politician who has been the seventh Prime Minister of Jamaica since 5 January 2012. Simpson-Miller, who leads the People's National Party, previously served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007; she was Leader of the Opposition from 2007 to 2012.[1] While serving as Prime Minister, Simpson-Miller also chose to hold the positions of Minister of Defence, Development, Information and Sports. She previously served as Minister of Labour, Social Security and Sport, Minister of Tourism and Sports and Minister of Local Government throughout the years.[2][3] Simpson-Miller defeated Prime Minister Andrew Holness of the Jamaica Labour Party in the December 2011 general election. Political career Portia Simpson-Miller with P. J. Patterson and Wykeham McNeill Simpson-Miller was second elected in 1976 to the Parliament of Jamaica , for the constituency of South West St. Andrew Parish, as a member of the People's National Party. The PNP boycotted the elections called in 1983. She was re-elected to the same seat in a later election, and served as Minister of Labour, Welfare and Sports from 1989 to 1993. She was Minister of Labour and Welfare from 1993 to 1995, Minister of Labour, Social Security and Sports from 1995 to February 2000, Minister of Tourism and Sports from February 2000 to October 2002, and Minister of Local Government and Sport since October 2002.[4] She was a vice president of the PNP from 1978 to 2006, when she became its president. In the PNP's internal vote to elect P. J. Patterson's successor, held on 26 February 2006, she received 1,775 votes, while her nearest rival, security minister Dr. Peter Phillips, took 1,538 votes.[5] She garnered approximately 47% of the delegates' vote, making her the first PNP president to be elected by less than half of eligible delegates. In July 2008, Simpson-Miller was challenged for the presidency of the PNP by Phillips. The election was held among the party's delegates on 20 September. She was re-elected as the head of the PNP for her second consecutive year, defeating him by an even wider margin that that of the previous election. She replaced outgoing Prime Minister Patterson on 30 March 2006, becoming the first female head of government of the nation[6] and the third in the Anglophone Caribbean following Eugenia Charles of Dominica and Janet Jagan of Guyana . In appointing her first cabinet following her swearing-in, she also assumed the portfolio of defence minister. On 29 December 2011 she was elected as Prime Minister of Jamaica for a second time, assuming office on 5 January 2012. Simpson-Miller is a recipent of the Time 100 most influential Persons in the World.[7] Simpson-Miller was named Person of the Year by The Gleaner and Observer in the Gleaner awards 2011.[8] Simpson-Miller is also member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an international network of current and former female presidents and prime ministers.[9] 2007 elections On 3 September 2007 her party narrowly lost the general election, retaining 27 seats against the rival Jamaican Labour Party's 33 seats. This margin was revised to 32–28 after recounts and an election petition decision concerning the eligibility of a government MP who had dual citizenship. Simpson-Miller's loss can in part be attributed to a well planned and executed campaign by the JLP. A part of their campaign strategy was a media blitz that claimed to highlight 18 years of neglect under the PNP and the incompetence of Simpson-Miller as a leader. One ad highlighted the deplorable conditions in Simpson-Miller’s own constituency of South West St. Andrew,[10] while others were created from controversial interviews[11] and still others discussed


Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland, granddaughter to King Carl XVI Gustaf, became 2nd in line to what nation's throne when born in 2012?

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden | Royalty Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden 485pages on 14 July 1977 (1977-07-14) (age 39) Stockholm, Sweden Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland (Swedish: Victoria, Sveriges kronprinsessa, hertiginna av Västergötland, Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée; born 14 July 1977) is the heiress-apparent to the Swedish throne . If she ascends to the throne as expected, she will be Sweden's fourth queen regnant (after Margaret , Christina and Ulrika Eleonora ). Contents Edit Victoria was born on 14 July 1977 in Stockholm, Sweden, and is the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and German-born Queen Silvia (née Sommerlath). She is of Swedish, German, and Portuguese Brazilian (through her maternal grandmother) ancestry. One of her distant ancestors was Chief Tibiriçá, a famous Amerindian chief from São Paulo. She is a member of the Royal House of Bernadotte . Born as a Princess of Sweden, she was designated Crown Princess in 1979 (SFS 1979:932) ahead of her younger brother. Her first place in succession formally went into effect on 1 January 1980 with the parliamentary change to the Act of Succession that introduced equal primogeniture . Victoria is currently the only female heir-apparent in the world and is usually styled HRH The Crown Princess. Through her father, a third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II , Victoria is also in the line of succession to the British and other Commonwealth thrones , being currently 213th in the line. Her given names honor various relatives. Her first name comes primarily from her great-great-grandmother, Victoria of Baden , the queen-consort of Sweden as wife of King Gustaf V . The same name also glorifies her (twice-over paternally) great-great-great-grandmother, Victoria of the United Kingdom . Her other names honour her great-aunt Ingrid of Denmark ; her maternal grandmother, the Brazilian Alice Sommerlath (née de Toledo); and her ancestor Désirée Clary , the queen-consort of Charles XIV John and a former fiancée of Napoleon I . She was christened at The Royal Palace Church on 27 September 1977. Her godparents are King Harald V of Norway , her maternal uncle, Ralf Sommerlath, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands , and her aunt Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld . Education Edit Victoria attended a state elementary school (Ålstensskolan) and Enskilda Gymnasiet in Stockholm, graduating in 1996. She next studied for a year (1996/97) at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest at Angers in France, and in the fall term of 1997 participated in a special program following the work of the Parliament of Sweden. During the years 1998 to 2000, Victoria resided in the United States, where she studied various subjects at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. In May 1999 she was an intern at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C. In 2000, she studied conflict resolution and international peacekeeping at the Swedish National Defense College (Försvarshögskolan). Victoria followed the Swedish presidency of the European Union and completed a study program at the Government Offices (Rosenbad) in 2001. During spring semester 2002, Victoria completed a study program with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and in June and September was an intern at the United Nations in New York; in the fall she was an intern at the Swedish Trade Council's offices in Berlin and Paris. In 2003, Victoria's education continued with visits to Swedish businesses, a study and intern program in agriculture and forestry, as well as completion of the basic soldier training at SWEDINT (the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre). In 2004, Victoria continued with visits to Swedish businesses, and that fall she continued with courses in political science, international relations and conflict resolution at the Swedish National Defense College. In 2005, she continued with private tutored studies in society-related subjects as well as some courses at the University of Stockholm. In 2006, Victoria enrolled in the Ministry for Foreign A


Which bank was fined a record $1.9bn by US authorities for money-laundering in Dec 2012?

HSBC pays record $1.9bn fine to settle US money-laundering accusations | Business | The Guardian HSBC pays record $1.9bn fine to settle US money-laundering accusations Bank guilty of 'blatant failure' to implement money-laundering controls and wilfully flouted sanctions, US prosecutors say HSBC's penalty includes a five-year agreement under which the bank will install an independent monitor. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Tuesday 11 December 2012 12.47 EST First published on Tuesday 11 December 2012 12.47 EST Close This article is 4 years old HSBC was guilty of a "blatant failure" to implement anti-money laundering controls and wilfully flouted US sanctions, American prosecutors said, as the bank was forced to pay a record $1.9bn (£1.2bn) to settle allegations it allowed terrorists to move money around the financial system. Hours after the bank's chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, said he was "profoundly sorry" for the failures, assistant attorney general Lanny Breuer told a press conference in New York that Mexican drug traffickers deposited hundreds of thousands of dollars each day in HSBC accounts. At least $881m in drug trafficking money was laundered throughout the bank's accounts. "HSBC is being held accountable for stunning failures of oversight – and worse," said Breuer, "that led the bank to permit narcotics traffickers and others to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through HSBC subsidiaries and to facilitate hundreds of millions more in transactions with sanctioned countries." In Mexico the bank "severely understaffed" its compliance department and failed to implement an anti-money laundering programme despite evidence of serious risks. A complex scheme known as the black market peso exchange (BMPE) was used to launder the cash. Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance said: "New York is the centre of international finance and those who use our banks as a vehicle for international crime will not be tolerated." In the latest embarrassment for Britain's banks, Gulliver said: "We accept responsibility for our past mistakes. We have said we are profoundly sorry for them, and we do so again," he said, insisting Britain's biggest bank was "a fundamentally different organisation" now. It is the largest ever fine for such an offence and even greater than the £940m the bank had feared it faced after the allegations first surfaced in the summer in a report by the US Senate. The fine for HSBC comes barely 24 hours after Standard Chartered paid £415m to US regulators , and as banks such as Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS brace for a wave of fines in coming days for attempting to rig Libor following the £290m penalty slapped on Barclays in June. Gulliver was promoted to chief executive two years ago during a management reshuffle caused by the decision by Lord Green, the chairman, to quit to join the government as a trade minister. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which Green represents, said: "The report by the US Senate sub-committee sets out in detail the evidence submitted to it and the action taken by HSBC to ensure compliance with US regulations at the time that Lord Green was group chairman. At the time of the report's publication HSBC expressed its regret that there were failures of implementation and Lord Green has said that he shares that regret." David Bagley, the bank's head of compliance, dramatically quit before the US Senate committee hearing into the case in July and, on Monday, HSBC named a former US official, Bob Werner, as head of group financial crime compliance, a newly created role, as the bank prepared for the fine related to drug allegations. The penalty includes a five-year agreement with the US department of justice under which the bank will install an independent monitor to assess reformed internal controls. The bank's top executives will defer part of their bonuses for the whole of the five-year period, while bonuses have been clawed back from a number of former and current executives, including those in the US directly involved at the time. HSBC has managed to avoid bei


Name the ex-construction worker who died in 2012, whose video-taped beating by Los Angeles police and their initial subsequent acquittals sparked the 1992 Los Angeles Riots?

Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 12th February–the questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League SET BY THE LAMB SHANKS Vetted by the Plough Horntails and Ox-Fford   ART AND LITERATURE 1 Which poet versified about a “dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smokestack” in the poem Cargoes? (John Masefield) 2 Which modern Poet Laureate was commemorated with a memorial stone in Westminster Abbey in December 2011? (Ted Hughes) 3 Octarine (the colour of magic) is the eighth colour of the spectrum on which world? (The Discworld – as written about by Terry Pratchett) 4 Who (or what) complained “Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to take you to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction, 'cause I don't”? (Marvin, the paranoid android, in Douglas Adam’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) 5 What musical instrument of the woodwind family is an aerophone , or reedless wind instrument producing its sound from the flow of air across an opening? (Flute, or piccolo) 6 Who sculpted the version of the Three Graces statue commissioned by John Russell, the 6th Duke of Bedford that is now on display alternately in the National Gallery of Scotland and the Victoria and Albert Museum? (Antonio Canova) 7 Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are two of the main works of which poet? (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) 8 Pablo Picasso created which painting in response to the bombing of a Basque town by warplanes from Germany and Italy in 1937. What is the name of the painting? (Guernica) 9 Who are the Samuel Becket characters Vladimir and Estragon waiting for? (Godot – in the play waiting for Godot) 10 The ‘trio’ to March No. 1 in D of the Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches is better known as the music to which song? (Land of Hope and Glory)   ‘ELF N’SAFETY (Most questions are taken from the health and safety test labourers on a construction site have to pass. They are mostly Health and Safety related, but the odd one does mention “Elf” as well) 1 Fire extinguishers can contain one of four substances – water, powder, foam and what? (Carbon dioxide – CO2 – accept also Halon or wet chemicals) 2 Which part of your body is most likely to be injured if you lift heavy loads? (Your back) 3 Name one of the two animals that carry Weil’s Disease, also known as Leptospirosis, in their urine? (Rats or Cows) 4 The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act is the primary piece of legislation regulating workplace health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom. In which decade was it passed into law? (1970s - 1974 ) 5 What is sort of creature is Dobbie in the Harry Potter books and films? (A House Elf – full name required) 6 If someone is injured at work who should record it in the accident book? (The injured person or someone acting for them) 7 Which colour identifies the ‘live’ wire in a modern (new) 240 volt electricity supply? (Brown) 8 Which 1960s car (sister to the Wolseley Hornet) was also a ‘mini with a boot’? (Riley Elf - full make and model required) 9 How are legionella bacteria passed on to humans? (Through fine water droplets such as sprays or mists) 10 What is the early sign of noise damaging your hearing? (Temporary deafness)   GEOGRAPHY 1 What is the name of the village near Dorchester, built at the instigation of Prince Charles as a response against “modernist” architectural design? (Poundbury) 2 Which member of the Commonwealth is formed of ten Provinces and three Territories? (Canada) 3 In which range of Irish mountains does the River Liffey rise? (Wicklow Mountains) 4 What is the capital of Burkina Faso? (Ouagadougou) 5 In which English county is most of the Forest of Dean? (Gloucestershire) 6 What colour is a Geography pie in Trivial Pursuits? (Blue) 7 Cape York is the northernmost point of which Commonwealth country? (Australia) 8 Which African country was called Nyasaland until 1964? (Malawi) 9 What country is Budejowice in (pronounced boo day yo vit ze)? (The Czech Republic – it is also known as Budweis) 10 The River Hafren flows out of Wales near Crew Green in Shropshire. What is it called in English? (River Severn) HISTORY 1 What


In 2012 'The Orphan of Zhao' became the first play of which country to be produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company?

The Orphan of Zhao comes to RSC - BBC News BBC News The Orphan of Zhao comes to RSC By Vincent Dowd Arts reporter, BBC News 8 November 2012 Read more about sharing. Close share panel The Orphan of Zhao is a centuries-old Chinese play which has been called "the Chinese Hamlet". Now it has become the first Chinese play ever produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company - and the RSC's new artistic director thinks theatre-goers are likely to see more drama from China on stage in Britain. In China almost everyone knows the story of The Orphan of Zhao, even if they've never actually seen it on stage. The play was written in about 1300 by Ji Junxiang, though it is based on real-life events which occurred centuries earlier. It is the story of two warring clans: One clan is wiped out by the other except for a single child who survives. The orphan grows up to avenge the destruction of his family. In China the story has been retold endlessly. Some stage versions are traditional, with so much music they strike westerners as half-way to opera, and some more avant garde. In 2010 the story was the basis for the film Sacrifice, directed by Kaige Chen. Three centuries ago The Orphan of Zhao became the first Chinese play translated in the west and in 1753 Voltaire wrote an adaptation. There's a real psychological depth to it and it sits well with the kind of work we do at the RSC Greg Doran But like most Chinese classics it is now almost unknown to European audiences: Chinese plays have been all but absent from British theatres since the fading of the fashion for "Chinoiserie" in the 19th Century. The new head of the RSC, Greg Doran, is directing the play at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in a version by James Fenton. He hopes the production will be followed by other Chinese work and wants the play to stimulate an interest in the Chinese repertoire generally. "There is a huge, rich seam of Chinese drama and we know almost nothing about it," he says. "In fact most of the Chinese plays I wanted to read didn't even exist in English translation. Eventually I decided Zhao was a fitting place to start both on its own merits and because it was the first Chinese play Europeans ever read. "It's basically a revenge story and the way the story is told feels familiar to an audience today. Partly what attracted me is the epic Shakespearean scale. There's a real psychological depth to it and it sits well with the kind of work we do at the RSC." Universal themes When casting for the production was announced there was criticism that there aren't more Asian performers in it. The RSC pointed out that the same pool of actors has to work across two other plays in the same season, neither of which has a Chinese connection. But the RSC has since said it recognises that the lack of visibility for Chinese and east Asian actors in the UK is a serious issue and wants to set up a forum for debate of the issue. Tian Yuan Tan of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London is a specialist in the history of Chinese drama. He says there are qualities to The Orphan of Zhao which have appealed to adaptors and directors outside China. It's a play about moral choice and that works in all cultures Tian Yuan Tan "When it was originally translated into French it was given the subtitle 'a tragedy' although the whole concept of tragedy was a western one. Historically it didn't mean a lot in the Chinese tradition. "But the label was useful then - and perhaps still is - because it made people more comfortable with what might otherwise have seemed difficult or obscure. So though the comparison with Shakespeare isn't exact, it may have helped get the play performed in England in the 18th century. "And the story has universal themes - family, revenge, loyalty and the choices people make. Why do people lay down their lives for others? It's a play about moral choice and that works in all cultures." Greg Doran made a research trip to Beijing when he was preparing the new production. It made him conscious of a basic cultural imbalance. "The Chinese are far more likely to h


Lady Gaga cancelled her 2012 tour to which country after threats of chaos from protestors?

Lady Gaga Indonesia concert cancelled after threats - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Lady Gaga Indonesia concert cancelled after threats Updated May 28, 2012 00:38:09 Map: Indonesia Pop diva Lady Gaga has cancelled her Indonesian concert after Islamic hardliners promised "chaos" if she entered the Muslim nation. Promoters had indicated a deal was being hammered out to tone down the June 3 concert in Jakarta, but the US star's management had stood firm, vowing there would be no compromise to appease religious conservatives. "Lady Gaga's management has considered the situation minute to minute, and with threats if the concert goes ahead, Lady Gaga's side is calling off the concert," Minola Sebayang, lawyer for promoters Big Daddy, told reporters. "This is not only about Lady Gaga's security, but extends to those who will be watching her." The flamboyant performer, who has nearly 25 million followers on Twitter - the highest number on the social networking site - wrote just hours before the announcement was made: "There is nothing Holy about hatred." Indonesians will be protected from sin brought about by this Mother Monster, the destroyer of morals. Lady Gaga fans, stop complaining. Habib Salim Alatas After the announcement the show was off, thousands of her fans, who call themselves "little monsters", sent a flurry of Twitter messages to persuade her to go ahead with the concert. 'The devil's messenger' Earlier this month Jakarta police refused approval for the show after the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threatened violence if Lady Gaga performed, calling her a "devil's messenger" who wears only a "bra and panties". Big Daddy president director Michael Rusli said it was "unfortunate" the show, part of Lady Gaga's tour of Asia that drew protests from Christian groups in the Philippines and South Korea, had to be called off. "For the past few days we have communicated with the government and Lady Gaga's side. The government has given support, but this is not about the permit," he said. "The cancellation is really due to concerns over security." More than 50,000 tickets had been sold for the event at the Bung Karno Stadium, but FPI Jakarta chairman Habib Salim Alatas said the cancellation was "good news" for Muslims in Indonesia. "FPI is grateful that she has decided not to come. Indonesians will be protected from sin brought about by this Mother Monster, the destroyer of morals," he said. "Lady Gaga fans, stop complaining. Repent and stop worshipping the devil. Do you want your lives taken away by God as infidels?" She's creative, not provocative... I'm going to tweet to her to tell her that she should just come and not worry. The police can take care of FPI. Agus Murdadi The FPI has about seven million followers and has been known to raid pubs and clubs. 'Creative, not provocative' Lady Gaga is scheduled to play three shows in Singapore this week. She was due to play in Jakarta after that, before flying to New Zealand and Australia, and then to Europe on her Born This Way Ball tour. Indonesian fans had suggested that Big Daddy look for another venue outside the capital after Jakarta police refused to give approval, but Mr Rusli said "this is a huge concert so it can't be moved elsewhere". "Nowhere else in Indonesia can accommodate that many people", he said, insisting the 26-year-old singer was "prepared to adapt to Asian culture". The star's manager Troy Carter said in Singapore on Thursday Lady Gaga would not tone down her concerts. Disappointed student Agus Murdadi, 17, said he had been waiting for months to see his idol. "I'm shocked. She's creative, not provocative. I bought a ticket because I want to see her dancing and singing Judas in front of me," he said. "I'm going to tweet to her to tell her that she should just come and not worry. The police can take care of FPI. I hate the FPI." Another fan, Muh Fadli Firdaus, tweeted: "Sorry for everything, we still love you." Ninety percent of Indonesia's 240 million people identify themselves as Muslim, making it the world's largest Islamic-majority nation


Name the French president who began his term in 2012?

Nicolas Sarkozy - President (non-U.S.) - Biography.com Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa Zodiac Sign Nicolas Sarkozy served as France's 23rd president from 2007 to 2012. His term was marked by controversy, which included his marriage to Carla Bruni in 2008. IN THESE GROUPS Famous People Born in 1955 Synopsis Nicolas Sarkozy was born January 28, 1955 in Paris, France. He studied political science and served as mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine for 20 years before entering national French politics. Sarkozy served as Interior Minister before being elected president in 2007. His term was marked by personal and political controversy, and he was defeated for reelection in 2012. Early Life and Career Nicolas Sarkozy was born on January 28, 1955 to Greek and Hungarian immigrants. He was the second of three children, and his father abandoned the family when he was a toddler. To support the family, his mother studied and became a lawyer. He was raised Catholic in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a wealthy suburb of Paris, and he later said that while growing up, he felt inferior to his wealthier classmates. Rise to Power Sarkozy's political career started early. He was elected to his first political office—Municipal Councillor of Neuilly-sur-Seine—at the age of 22. Six years later, he was elected mayor. He served as mayor for nearly 20 years, before entering national politics. In addition to serving as mayor, Sarkozy served as budget minister from 1993 to 1995. When he snubbed President Jacques Chirac in 1995 by supporting Édouard Balladur for president, however, he lost the position. Although Chirac put his grudge aside in 2002, and appointed Sarkozy as French minister of the interior, Sarkozy's tenure in Chirac's administration was a bumpy one. The cabinet was reshuffled in 2004, and Sarkozy was appointed as finance minister. He held this position briefly; when Sarkozy became leader of the Union for a Popular Movement later that year, he resigned his post, in accordance with an agreement with Chirac. In 2005, Sarkozy was reappointed as interior minister, without resigning as head of the UMP. As interior minister, Sarkozy attracted attention during the 2005 Paris riots by referring to troublemaking youth as "scum" and "rabble," and stating that the rundown suburbs should be washed out "with a power hose." Foreign Policy One of Sarkozy's first orders of business was to strengthen France's relationship with the United States, which had been chilly since Jacques Chirac refused to send troops to Iraq in 2003. Sarkozy promised—and delivered—troops to aid in the war, and France rejoined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's military structure in 2009. Almost immediately after entering office, Sarkozy began to negotiate with Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and the guerilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, in an attempt to secure the release of hostages, particularly Ingrid Betancourt, a dual French/Colombian citizen. France opposed a military effort and preferred diplomatic negotiations, but in 2008, Colombian forces, with American guidance, successfully rescued 15 hostages without informing France. In July of 2007, Sarkozy announced that France, along with other European countries, had obtained the release of the six Bulgarian nurses who had been held in Libya for more than eight years. In order to secure their extradition, he signed security, health-care and immigration pacts with Muammar Gaddafi. He also signed an arms trade agreement, sparking controversy and a criticism that he had bartered arms for hostages with a "rogue state." Sarkozy, as well as Bulgarian officials, deny that the two deals were related. Sarkozy's environmental policies were more popular. During the 33rd G8 summit, he announced that France would attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent by 2050, in an effort to reduce global warming. In 2010, France was ranked No. 1 on Yale University's Environmental Performance Index. Domestic Policy Historically, the president of the French Republic has focused on foreign relations; an


What is the year 2012 in Roman numerals?

How Do You Write This Year in Roman Numerals? How do you write this year in Roman numerals? Question: How do you write this year in Roman numerals ? The year is 2013. How do you write this year in Roman numerals? Answer: This year in Roman numerals is MMXIII. Each M stands for 1000; X stands for 10; each I stands for a single digit. Roman numerals are added together. M+M =2000 X=10 I+I+I=3; MM+X+II = 2000+10+3= 2013. 2014 will be MMXIV or MMXIIII (although writing 4 as IIII instead of IV is frowned upon today).


Which famous hairdresser who died in 2012 created the wedge-bob?

Famous Hairdressers | List of the Top Hairdressers List of Famous Hairdressers 59k views 242 items tags f t p @ List of famous hairdressers, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top hairdressers in the world? This includes the most prominent hairdressers, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable hairdressers is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic hairdressers were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned hairdressers. Examples include Jheri Redding and Vidal Sassoon. From reputable, prominent, and well known hairdressers to the lesser known hairdressers of today, these are some of the best professionals in the hairdresser field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous hairdressers ever?" and "What are the names of famous hairdressers?" then you're in the right place. (242 items) List Photo: user uploaded image Z G Options B Comments & Embed 1


How many Sundays in 2012 How many Sundays in 2012 ›› How many Sundays are there in 2012? There are exactly 53 Sundays in the year 2012. The answer to this question is not always simple. Most of the time, it will equal the number of weeks in a year, but that's only true for some of the days of the week. Most years have 365 days, but a leap year has 366 days. That adds up to 52 weeks (where each week is exactly 7 days) PLUS 1 or 2 additional days. The year 2012 has exactly 366 days. Now if the year starts on a Sunday in a non-leap year, you end up with 53 Sundays. Or if either of the first two days lands on a Sunday during a leap year, then you can also get 53 Sundays. Check the calendars below for January and December of 2012 to see exactly where the year starts and ends. ›› January, 2012 calendar     December 31st, 2012 is a Monday. It is the 366th day of the year, and in the 4th quarter of the year. There are 31 days in this month. ›› Count days in a year Select which day you want to count, then enter a year. Due to date calculation restrictions, the allowable range of years is from 1753 to 2038. How many     ›› How Many Days calculator This site provides a tool to count the number of any selected day of the week over an entire year. You can pick any year and find out things like the number of Tuesdays in 2017 . Don't forget to check out the other date calculator tools available on the site, like the Days From Today calculator that helps you find the date occurring exactly X days from now. Or if you're trying to count the total number of days between two dates, you can use the Date Difference calculator . This page was loaded in 0.0097 seconds.


Who in 2012 made the first submarine solo dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the lowest point of the oceans (subsequently to release a 3D film of the dive)?

James Cameron Now at Ocean's Deepest Point James Cameron Now at Ocean's Deepest Point Explorer-filmmaker reaches Mariana Trench on deepest ever solo sub dive. View Images A shipboard crane lowers Cameron's sub into the Pacific around 2 a.m. Monday, local time. Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic At 5:52 p.m. ET Sunday (7:52 a.m. Monday, local time), James Cameron arrived at the Mariana Trench 's Challenger Deep, members of the National Geographic expedition have confirmed. His depth on arrival: 35,756 feet (10,898 meters)—a figure unattainable anywhere else in the ocean . Reaching bottom after a 2-hour-and-36-minute descent, the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker typed out welcome words for the cheering support crew waiting at the surface: "All systems OK." Folded into a sub cockpit as cramped as any Apollo capsule , the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker is now investigating a seascape more alien to humans than the moon. Cameron is only the third person to reach this Pacific Ocean valley southwest of Guam (map) —and the only one to do so solo. Hovering in what he's called a vertical torpedo, Cameron is likely collecting data, specimens, and imagery unthinkable in 1960, when the only other explorers to reach Challenger Deep returned after seeing little more than the silt stirred up by their bathyscaphe . After as long as six hours in the trench, Cameron—best known for creating fictional worlds on film ( Avatar , Titanic , The Abyss )—is to jettison steel weights attached to the sub and shoot back to the surface. (See pictures of Cameron's sub .) Meanwhile, the expedition's scientific support team awaits his return aboard the research ships Mermaid Sapphire and Barakuda, 7 miles (11 kilometers) up. ( Video: how sound revealed that Challenger Deep is the deepest spot in the ocean. ) "We're now a band of brothers and sisters that have been through this for a while," marine biologist Doug Bartlett told National Geographic News from the ship before the dive. "People have worked for months or years in a very intensive way to get to this point," said Bartlett, chief scientist for the DEEPSEA CHALLENGE program , a partnership with the National Geographic Society and Rolex. (The Society owns National Geographic News.) "I think people are ready," added Bartlett, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California. "They want to get there, and they want to see this happen." ( Video: Cameron Dive Is an Exploration First. )m Rendezvous at Challenger Deep Upon touchdown at Challenger Deep, Cameron's first target is a phone booth-like unmanned "lander" dropped into the trench hours before his dive. Using sonar, "I'm going to attempt to rendezvous with that vehicle so I can observe animals that are attracted to the chemical signature of its bait," Cameron told National Geographic News before the dive. He'll later follow a route designed to take him through as many environments as possible, surveying not only the sediment-covered seafloor but also cliffs of interest to expedition geologists. "I'll be doing a bit of a longitudinal transect along the trench axis for a while, and then I'll turn 90 degrees and I'll go north and work myself up the wall," said Cameron, also a National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence . (Listen: James Cameron on becoming a National Geographic explorer .) Though battery power and vast distances limit his contact with his science team to text messaging and sporadic voice communication, Cameron seemed confident in his mission Friday. "I'm pretty well briefed on what I'll see," he said. ( Video: Cameron Dive First Attempt in Over 50 Years. ) Bullet to the Deep To get to this point, Cameron and his crew have spent seven years reimagining what a submersible can be. The result is the 24-foot-tall (7-meter-tall) DEEPSEA CHALLENGER. Engineered to sink upright and spinning, like a bullet fired straight into the Mariana Trench, the sub can descend about 500 feet (150 meters) a minute—"amazingly fast," in the words of Robert Stern, a marine geologist at the University of


Andy William's (1927-2012) TV Show featured what animal who liked cookies?

Andy Williams Interview | Archive of American Television Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2011-12-26 01:43. Get well Andy! Your work will live forever. Submitted by zankhe43 on Wed, 2010-12-15 04:04. @christer1947ify For God's sake-you're on the internet-all you have to do is google it--NO he's not dead. Submitted by SuperBunie on Mon, 2010-12-13 22:45. I am so in love with him and his music Submitted by filmmekker on Sat, 2010-12-04 11:25. @sexysmileslimbody34 He's 78 here... Submitted by pianomanmaestro on Mon, 2010-11-29 04:23. Man he looks great for his age............. Submitted by suckmydongfull on Thu, 2010-10-28 16:36. He's not interesting enough to be telling stories that slowly... Submitted by kramer87 on Mon, 2010-10-25 23:34. @tonyromano1 it STILL is like velvet! I saw him in 2006, 2007 and 2008. All Christmas shows. Andy id STILL the MAN! Submitted by ankapmt on Fri, 2010-10-15 12:10. legend Submitted by tonyromano1 on Thu, 2010-10-07 19:34. @srbrunson You are right!!! His voice was like velvet. Submitted by Veggieman87 on Fri, 2010-10-01 02:30. Still sounds exactly the same. Wonderful singer, seems like a very nice man. Submitted by louiswalsh2009 on Sun, 2010-09-12 21:10. Its sad that singers / performers like this will never come around again... My favourite all time singer. Submitted by Inconnu2006 on Fri, 2010-08-27 18:26. I loved the bear begging for cookies. That bit in his shows always cracked me up! Submitted by unholyimage on Sat, 2010-08-21 01:34. @christer1947ify His official web page has "a living legend" on the very first page. So, I doubt he's dead. He looks good here too.


A Judy Garland dress which sold for $302,000 in 2012 was worn in which movie?

Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz dress fetches $480,000 - BBC News BBC News Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz dress fetches $480,000 11 November 2012 Close share panel Image caption The buyer of the dress has not been identified A dress worn by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz has sold for $480,000 (£302,000) at auction in Beverly Hills. The price for the blue and white gingham pinafore dress was in line with expectations, Julien's Auctions said. A similar dress worn during tests for the classic 1939 film fetched $910,000 (£572,500) in 2011, Reuters reports. Auctioneer Darren Julien said the difference in price was due to the fact that fewer versions of the test dress were made. Neither dress fetched anywhere near the $4.6m (£2.8m) spent last year on Marilyn Monroe's white "subway dress" from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, and the $3.7m (£2.3m) taken for Audrey Hepburn's Ascot dress from My Fair Lady. The Wizard of Oz dress was made by the famous MGM costume designer Adrian Greenberg, who was commonly known simply as Adrian. The buyer has not been identified. However, Judy Garland's dress was not the only highlight of the two-day Hollywood Icons auction. A green floral dress worn by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music fetched $38,400 (£24,150); a racing jacket belonging to Steve McQueen sold for $50,000 (£31,500) and a purple wool skirt worn by Marilyn Monroe during the making of the 1954 film River of No Return went for the same amount. Meanwhile, $1,375 (£865) was paid each for a slice of wedding cake from both Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding and the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.