What is the highest mountain in Australia?

Mount Kosciuszko - Facts on Highest Peak in Australia Elevation: 7,310 feet (2,228 meters) Prominence: 7,310 feet (2,228 meters) Most Prominent Mountain in Australia. Location: Great Dividing Range, New South Wales, Australia. Coordinates: -36.455981 S / 148.263333 W First Ascent: First ascent by an expedition led by Polish explorer Count Pawel Edmund Strzelecki, 1840. Highest Mountain in Australia Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain on the Australian continent . It is not, however, the highest mountain on Australian territory. Mawson Peak on Heard Island, an Australian territory in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica and between Australia and Africa, is the highest peak in any state and territory in Australia. Mawson Peak, a snow-covered volcano, rises to 9,006 feet (2,745 meters). High Point of Great Dividing Range Mount Kosciuszko is the high point of the Great Dividing Range , a long mountain range that runs along the entire eastern part of Australia from Queensland to Victoria. Mount Kosciuszko itself is in New South Wales a few miles from its border with Victoria. continue reading below our video The Fastest Miles Ever Run Glaciers chiseled out the mountain, leaving glacial features like cirques and moraines, during the Pleistocene Epoch over 20,000 years ago. Kosciuszko National Park Mount Kosciuszko is the centerpiece of 1,664,314-acre Kosciuszko National Park , Australia largest national park. The park was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1977 for its many unusual alpine plants and animals. The alpine zone on Mount Kosciuszko includes many rare and endemic plants and flowers that are found nowhere else in the world. Snowiest Place in Australia The Mount Kosciuszko area is the coldest and snowiest part of Australia, which is mostly an arid and hot continent. Snow covers the mountain from June through October. The area also has Australia’s only ski areas , including Thredbo and Perisher ski resorts . Named for Polish Explorer Polish explorer Count Pawel Edmund Strzelecki named Mount Kosciuszko in 1840 for Polish hero General Tadeusz Kosciuszko . Kosciuszko (1746-1817) joined the American Army during the Revolution, eventually rising to the rank of General as well as being the Deputy Engineer for the army. He was a defensive expert who created fortifications for Saratoga , Philadelphia, and West Point. He later urged that the Military Academy be situated at West Point . He was also friends with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Kosciuszko returned to Poland in 1787 and waged war against neighboring countries for Polish independence. Later he retired to Switzerland, writing books about military strategy. After his death in 1817, Kosciuszko was hailed not only as a Polish patriot but also as a great American and a true citizen of the world. Name Often Misspelled The mountain name was misspelled in English as Kosciusko but changed by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales to the proper Polish spelling Kosciuszko in 1997. How to Pronounce Kosciuszko The tongue-twisting name Kosciuszko is pronounced in Australia as: kozzy-OS-ko. The proper Polish pronunciation is: kosh-CHOOSH-ko. Aussies often just called the mountain "Kossy." Aboriginal Names for Mountain There are several native Aboriginal names associated with the mountain, with some confusion as to the exact sounds. These are Jagungal, Jar-gan-gil, Tar-gan-gil, Tackingal, all of which mean “Table Top Mountain.” Easiest of the Seven Summits Mount Kosciuszko, the lowest of the Seven Summits or the seven highest points on the seven continents, is also the easiest to climb. The main trail to the summit is an easy 5.5-mile-long hike that is crowded with trekkers all summer. As many as 100,000 people climb to the roof of Australia every year. Read Walking Tracks Australia for more information on hiking adventures down under. Is Kosciuszko or Carstensz Pyramid the High Point? Whether or not Mount Kosciuszko is one of the true Seven Summits is debated by all climbers attempting to climb the highest points on the seven continents . While Kosciuszko


What colours are on the national flag of Thailand?

Thailand Flag colors - Thailand Flag meaning history WORLD FLAGS Thailand National Flag - Information The flag of the Kingdom of Thailand, popularly known as ธงไตรรงค์ (Thong Trairong) meaning "tricolour flag”, features five horizontal stripes in the colours red, white, blue, white and red, with the central blue stripe being twice as wide as each of the other four. Thailand Flag - Colors - meaning and symbolism  Red symbolizes the nation and the blood of life  White represents Buddhism and the purity of Buddhism  Blue stands for the monarchy Thailand Flag - History, Facts & information for kids The first flag of Thailand was created in 1855 by King Rama IV (Mongkut) that featured a white elephant on a red field. On November 21, 1916, King Rama VI (Vajiravudh) replaced the elephant with two horizontal white stripes against a red background. and on September 28, 1917, in the midst of World War I, the central red stripe was changed to blue in order to express solidarity with the Allies (UK, USA, Russia and France) whose flags were red, white and blue. Thailand Flag - History, Facts & information for kids Thailand flag flying gracefully against the wind Thailand Flag pictures


In May 1950, Celal Bayar became the third President of which European country?

Celal Bayar CHRONOLOGY                                                                                Last Meeting of the Ottoman Parliament HIS LEGACY Celal Bayar occupies a monumental place in Turkish Political History --  as one of the founders of the Turkish Republic, the hero of the National  Unity movement, leader and implementer of the Turkish economy, and as a  great statesman. EARLY LIFE Mahmut Celal's  family emigrated from Plevne, Bulgaria to Umurbey, Turkey during the  Turkish-Russian war (1877-1878) as the Ottoman Empire was declining. His  father, Abdullah Fehmi Efendi, was the Headmaster of the Berkofca School  of Islamic Sciences in the Tuna province of Bulgaria. In Umurbey the  Ottoman Ministry of Education appointed him Headmaster of the Bursa-Gemlik-Umurbey  School system. After Fehmi Efendi's eldest son, Behzat, died while in  the Military Academy in Edirne, and his second son died from malaria  while in the Naval Academy, he decided to keep his third son, Mahmut  Celal, in Umurbey, tutoring him in Arabic and Persian. BANKER After completing his higher education in Umurbey, Mahmut  Celal worked at the Gemlik judicial courts and Administration departments,  then went to Bursa to work at the Ziraat Bank. While at the Ziraat Bank he  studied at the Silk Cultivation and Textile school and learned French at the  Bursa branch of the "College Francaise de L'Assomption.ï¿½ In 1903 he married  Reside Hanim, the daughter of Inegollu Rafet Bey, and his first son, Refi,  was born in 1904. In 1905 he successfully completed the entrance  examinations of the "Deutsche Orient Bank," proved his exceptional  abilities, and rapidly rose to become a high executive. HERO OF THE UNITY MOVEMENT  In 1907 at the urging of the Lieutenant Governor of  Bursa, Hamza Bey, he joined the Party of Union and Progress and performed  tasks that were vital to the activities of the party. During the 31 March  1909 uprising of the fanatic religious soldiers in Istanbul he formed a  volunteer company to prevent its spread to Bursa. During  the Balkan Wars (1912-1913), in which the Ottoman Empire lost substantial  territory, the Greeks deployed their militant priests and successfully  captured Macedonia. In World War I they attempted to employ the same tactics  to capture the coastal areas and strategic Aegean centers from Mudanya to  Fethiye. During this critical time the Party of Union and Progress assigned  their trusted member, Mahmut Celal Bey, to the Izmir region, where his  astute political and military defense activities in the Izmir region laid  the foundation for the failure of the Greek master plan to capture the  entire Aegean Region. In  cultural activities Mahmut Celal founded the National Library, expanded the  Higher Education School of the Party of Union and Progress and contributed  to the dissemination of new concepts for the advancement of the people. In  Izmir he founded the "Towards the People" society and published a newspaper  of that name, calling on the people to unite against the foreign occupation.  The Ottoman Cabinet later closed this newspaper and issued an arrest warrant  for Mahmut Celal.  In  1918, during the World War I armistice, he founded the Society for the  Protection of Ottoman's Rights and was the first person to propose armed  resistance to the allied occupation of the Aegean region. His wife, Reside  Hanim, encouraged him in these activities. The Ottoman cabinet considered  these activities rebellious and sent a company of soldiers to capture him.  After Odemis and Tire were occupied by the Greeks, Mahmut Celal took refuge  in the Dagyenice village near Germencik, taking the pseudonym of Galip Hoca,  while continuing the resistance to the occupation. With the assistance of  Yoruk Ali his forces took Aydin back from the Greeks. Together with Demirci  Efe he formed groups of resistance fighters. At the request of the elders of  the region he accepted the leadership of the resistance movement, becoming  Regimental Commander of the


Who came to the British throne in January 1936?

Edward VIII abdicates - Dec 11, 1936 - HISTORY.com Edward VIII abdicates Publisher A+E Networks After ruling for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson. On the evening of December 11, he gave a radio address in which he explained, “I have found it impossible to carry on the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge the duties of king, as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love.” On December 12, his younger brother, the duke of York, was proclaimed King George VI. Edward, born in 1894, was the eldest son of King George V, who became the British sovereign in 1910. Still unmarried as he approached his 40th birthday, he socialized with the fashionable London society of the day. By 1934, he had fallen deeply in love with American socialite Wallis Warfield Simpson, who was married to Ernest Simpson, an English-American businessman who lived with Mrs. Simpson near London. Wallis, who was born in Pennsylvania, had previously married and divorced a U.S. Navy pilot. The royal family disapproved of Edward’s married mistress, but by 1936 the prince was intent on marrying Mrs. Simpson. Before he could discuss this intention with his father, George V died, in January 1936, and Edward was proclaimed king. The new king proved popular with his subjects, and his coronation was scheduled for May 1937. His affair with Mrs. Simpson was reported in American and continental European newspapers, but due to a gentlemen’s agreement between the British press and the government, the affair was kept out of British newspapers. On October 27, 1936, Mrs. Simpson obtained a preliminary decree of divorce, presumably with the intent of marrying the king, which precipitated a major scandal. To the Church of England and most British politicians, an American woman twice divorced was unacceptable as a prospective British queen. Winston Churchill, then a Conservative backbencher, was the only notable politician to support Edward. Despite the seemingly united front against him, Edward could not be dissuaded. He proposed a morganatic marriage, in which Wallis would be granted no rights of rank or property, but on December 2, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin rejected the suggestion as impractical. The next day, the scandal broke on the front pages of British newspapers and was discussed openly in Parliament. With no resolution possible, the king renounced the throne on December 10. The next day, Parliament approved the abdication instrument, and Edward VIII’s reign came to an end. The new king, George VI, made his older brother the duke of Windsor. On June 3, 1937, the duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield married at the Château de Cande in France’s Loire Valley. For the next two years, the duke and duchess lived primarily in France but visited other European countries, including Germany, where the duke was honored by Nazi officials in October 1937 and met with Adolf Hitler. After the outbreak of World War II, the duke accepted a position as liaison officer with the French. In June 1940, France fell to the Nazis, and Edward and Wallis went to Spain. During this period, the Nazis concocted a scheme to kidnap Edward with the intention of returning him to the British throne as a puppet king. George VI, like his prime minister, Winston Churchill, was adamantly opposed to any peace with Nazi Germany. Unaware of the Nazi kidnapping plot but conscious of Edward’s pre-war Nazi sympathies, Churchill hastily offered Edward the governorship of the Bahamas in the West Indies. The duke and duchess set sail from Lisbon on August 1, 1940, narrowly escaping a Nazi SS team sent to seize them. In 1945, the duke resigned his post, and the couple moved back to France. They lived mainly in Paris, and Edward made a few visits to England, such as to attend the funerals of King George VI in 1952 and his mother, Queen Mary, in 1953. It


The mounted hide of which race horse is displayed at the Melbourne Museum in Australia?

Horses� Birthday 2017 In Australia, every horse has its birthday on the first day of August each year.. Tuesday 1st August 2017 All thoroughbreds have the same birthday so that their ages can be standardized for comparison because of the historical lack of records of actual birth days. All thoroughbred horses celebrate their birth day on the same date, January 1 in the Northern hemisphere and August 1 in the Southern hemisphere. After the first time a horse is alive on August 1st it is considered a yearling. The next August 1st is it's 2nd birthday and it is considered 2 years old, even though it could conceivably be one year one day old. Phar Lap Today we like to remember 'Big Red' better known as Phar Lap . Phar Lap (1926ï¿½1932) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, and brought to Australia, Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne Cup, two Cox Plates and 19 other weight for age races. He then won the Agua Caliente Handicap in Tijuana, Mexico in track-record time in his final race. After a sudden and mysterious illness, Phar Lap died in 1932. At the time, he was the third highest stakes-winner in the world. His mounted hide is displayed at Melbourne Museum , his skeleton at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and his heart at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. next birthday Date: Tuesday 1st of August 2017 2017-08-01


A bust of which British Prime Minister was said to have been removed from the White House and taken to the British Embassy in Washington when Barack Obama took office?

Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill | whitehouse.gov Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill July 27, 2012 at 1:21 PM ET by Dan Pfeiffer Twitter   Facebook   Email   Summary:  The bust of Winston Churchill has a prominent place in the White House -- in the Residence, outside the Treaty Room. Lately, there’s been a rumor swirling around about the current location of the bust of Winston Churchill. Some have claimed that President Obama removed the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office and sent it back to the British Embassy. Now, normally we wouldn’t address a rumor that’s so patently false, but just this morning the Washington Post’s Charles Krauthammer repeated this ridiculous claim in his column.  He said President Obama “started his Presidency by returning to the British Embassy the bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office.” This is 100% false. The bust still in the White House. In the Residence. Outside the Treaty Room.  News outlets have debunked this claim time and again. First, back in 2010 the National Journal reported that “the Churchill bust was relocated to a prominent spot in the residence to make room for Abraham Lincoln, a figure from whom the first African-American occupant of the Oval Office might well draw inspiration in difficult times.” And just in case anyone forgot, just last year the AP reported that President Obama “replaced the Oval Office fixture with a bust of one of his American heroes, President Abraham Lincoln, and moved the Churchill bust to the White House residence.” In case these news reports are not enough for Mr. Krauthammer and others, here’s a picture of the President showing off the Churchill bust to Prime Minister Cameron when he visited the White House residence in 2010. President Barack Obama shows Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom a bust of Sir Winston Churchill in the private residence of the White House, July 20, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Hopefully this clears things up a bit and prevents folks from making this ridiculous claim again. Update: Since my post on the fact that the bust of Winston Churchill has remained on display in the White House, despite assertions to the contrary, I have received a bunch of questions -- so let me provide some additional info. The White House has had a bust of Winston Churchill since the 1960’s. At the start of the Bush administration Prime Minister Blair lent President Bush a bust that matched the one in the White House, which was being worked on at the time and was later returned to the residence.  The version lent by Prime Minister Blair was displayed by President Bush until the end of his Presidency.  On January 20, 2009 -- Inauguration Day -- all of the art lent specifically for President Bush’s Oval Office was removed by the curator’s office, as is common practice at the end of every presidency. The original Churchill bust remained on display in the residence. The idea put forward by Charles Krauthammer and others that President Obama returned the Churchill bust or refused to display the bust because of antipathy towards the British is completely false and an urban legend that continues to circulate to this day.


In humans, steatopygia is a high degree of fat accumulation in and around which part of the body?

What is Steatopygia? What is Steatopygia? Apr 4, 2007 15:09 GMT  ·  By Stefan Anitei  ·  Share:  Steatopygia is a high degree of fat accumulation in and around the buttocks. The deposit of fat is not confined to the buttock regions, but extends to the outside and front of the thighs, forming a thick layer reaching sometimes to the knee. This is a widespread genetic trait of the Khoisan (more commonly known as Bushmen). It is specially a female feature, but it occurs in a lesser degree at men too (in most genetic variations of Homo sapiens, females tend to exhibit a greater propensity to fat tissue accumulation in the buttock region as compared with males). This trait is also found amongst the Pygmies of Central Africa or from Andaman Islands (Southeast Asia). Khoisan see this as a beauty sign: it begins in infancy and is fully developed by the time of the first pregnancy. Steatopygia is often accompanied by the formation of elongated labia (labia minora may extend as much as 4 inches (10 cm) (!) outside the vulva). Look how a Boer in the XVIII the century describes this trait: "The lining of the body appears to be loose, so that in certain places part of it dangles out. They have to themselves this peculiarity from other races that most of them possess finger-shaped appendages, always double, hanging down from the private parts; these are evidently nymphae (labia minora)." James Cook, the famous British navigator, noted in 1771, while passing by Cape colony: "The great question among natural historians, whether the women of this country have or have not that fleshy flap or apron which has been called the Sinus pudoris. The most recent testimony of travellers commands us to put the cutaneous ventrale of female Hottentots in the same category as the human tail, and in like manner to relegate it to the fables." Steatopygia was studied for the first time by scientists in 1805, by French zoologists P?ron and Lesueur, but at that time, many thought this was inaccurate or exaggerated, or that they had examined monstrosities and represented them as normal, or perhaps the subject may had been regarded as indelicate. The labia forms can vary amongst Bushmen populations: in South West Africa, each labium is flattened and broadened to form a wing-like object, when laid out flat (the 'butterfly' type) while in Botswana and the Cape Province of South Africa the width is reduced and the anterior part thickened, resulting in an object like the wattle of a turkey-cock. The 'wattle' type is commonly 3-4" long (7? - 10 cm), the 'butterfly' l? - 2" (3.8 - 6.3 cm). Pygmies (both from Africa and Asia) and Bushmen are seen as the remnants of the most archaic current races and once, they inhabited most of Africa, from the Gulf of Aden to the Cape of Good Hope and all southern Asia till New Guinea. Hottentots, of mixed Bushmen-Bantu roots, also often present this trait, as do Basters, mulattoes between Boers and Bushmen or Hottentots, while at the Khoisan, males can present steatopygia more often than Hottentot women. It seems that steatopygia in both sexes was common in early types of Homo sapiens. Paleolithic figurines and cave paintings from Europe depicting women, some as old as 30,000 years, clearly display stetopygia. Those Cro-Magnon were more similar racially to the current Bushmen and Pygmies than any current European type. However, the type of Neolithic Venus figurines (about 10,000 years old) do not strictly match steatopygia, since they have an angle of about 120 degrees between the back and the buttocks, while steatopygia is characterized at an angle of just about 90 degrees. In 3500 years old Egyptian painting, the queen of Punt is presented displaying steatopygia, so this country still not precisely located could have been situated in Eastern Africa. These very large buttocks occur sporadically also among current African and Europid women. (of course, some African women can possess Khoisan genes, so they display real steatopygia). In steatopygia, the buttocks consist of masses of fat incorporated between criss-crossed sheets of


Which word can go after Harbour, Quiz and Head to make three other words?

Compound Words Compound Words Definition In English, words, particularly adjectives and nouns, are combined into compound structures in a variety of ways. And once they are formed, they sometimes metamorphose over time. A common pattern is that two words  fire fly, say  will be joined by a hyphen for a time  fire-fly  and then be joined into one word  firefly. In this respect, a language like German, in which words are happily and immediately linked one to the other, might seem to have an advantage. There is only one sure way to know how to spell compounds in English: use an authoritative dictionary. There are three forms of compound words: the closed form, in which the words are melded together, such as firefly, secondhand, softball, childlike, crosstown, redhead, keyboard, makeup, notebook; the hyphenated form, such as daughter-in-law, master-at-arms, over-the-counter, six-pack, six-year-old, mass-produced; and the open form, such as post office, real estate, middle class, full moon, half sister, attorney general. How a word modified by an adjective  "a little school," "the yellow butter"  is different from a compound word  " a high school," "the peanut butter"  is a nice and philosophical question. It clearly has something to do with the degree to which the preceding word changes the essential character of the noun, the degree to which the modifier and the noun are inseparable. If you were diagramming a sentence with a compound word, you would probably keep the words together, on the same horizontal line. Modifying compounds are often hyphenated to avoid confusion. The New York Public Library's Writer's Guide points out that an old-furniture salesman clearly deals in old furniture, but an old furniture salesman would be an old man. We probably would not have the same ambiguity, however, about a used car dealer. When compounded modifiers precede a noun, they are often hyphenated: part-time teacher, fifty-yard-wide field, fire-resistant curtains, high-speed chase. When those same modifying words come after the noun, however, they are not hyphenated: a field fifty yards wide, curtains that are fire resistant, etc. The second-rate opera company gave a performance that was first rate. Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives are hyphenated when compounded with other modifiers: the highest-priced car, the shorter-term loan. But this is not always the case: the most talented youngster. Adverbs, words ending in -ly, are not hyphenated when compounded with other modifiers: a highly rated bank, a partially refunded ticket, publicly held securities. Sometimes hyphenated modifiers lose their hyphens when they become compound nouns: A clear decision-making process was evident in their decision making. The bluish grey was slowly disappearing from the bluish-grey sky. This is not always so, however: your high-rise apartment building is also known as a high-rise. When modifying a person with his or her age, the compounded phrase is hyphenated: my six-year-old son. However, when the age comes after the person, we don't use a hyphen. My son is six years old. He is, however, a six-year-old.


Which word can go after Leg, Ball and Bath to make three other words?

Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence? ________________________________________________________________ Collaboration Find an article in a newspaper, a magazine, or online that interests you. Bring it to class or post it online. Then, looking at a classmate’s article, identify one example of each part of a sentence (S, V, LV, N, Adj, Adv, DO, IO). Please share or post your results. Fragments The sentences you have encountered so far have been independent clauses. As you look more closely at your past writing assignments, you may notice that some of your sentences are not complete. A sentence that is missing a subject or a verb is called a fragment An incomplete sentence that results when a subject or a verb is missing.. A fragment may include a description or may express part of an idea, but it does not express a complete thought. Fragment: Children helping in the kitchen. Complete sentence: Children helping in the kitchen often make a mess. You can easily fix a fragment by adding the missing subject or verb. In the example, the sentence was missing a verb. Adding often make a mess creates an S-V-N sentence structure. Figure 2.1 Editing Fragments That Are Missing a Subject or a Verb See whether you can identify what is missing in the following fragments. Fragment: Told her about the broken vase. Complete sentence: I told her about the broken vase. Fragment: The store down on Main Street. Complete sentence: The store down on Main Street sells music. Common Sentence Errors Fragments often occur because of some common error, such as starting a sentence with a preposition, a dependent word, an infinitive A verb form that combines the word to with a verb, such as to buy, to go, or to gather., or a gerund A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun, such as running, writing, or celebrating.. If you use the six basic sentence patterns when you write, you should be able to avoid these errors and thus avoid writing fragments. When you see a preposition, check to see that it is part of a sentence containing a subject and a verb. If it is not connected to a complete sentence, it is a fragment, and you will need to fix this type of fragment by combining it with another sentence. You can add the prepositional phrase to the end of the sentence. If you add it to the beginning of the other sentence, insert a comma after the prepositional phrase. Figure 2.2 Editing Fragments That Begin with a Preposition Example A Example B Clauses that start with a dependent word The first word in a dependent clause. Common dependent words are since, because, without, unless, and so on.—such as since, because, without, or unless—are similar to prepositional phrases. Like prepositional phrases, these clauses can be fragments if they are not connected to an independent clause containing a subject and a verb. To fix the problem, you can add such a fragment to the beginning or end of a sentence. If the fragment is added at the beginning of a sentence, add a comma. When you encounter a word ending in -ing in a sentence, identify whether or not this word is used as a verb in the sentence. You may also look for a helping verb. If the word is not used as a verb or if no helping verb is used with the -ing verb form, the verb is being used as a noun. An -ing verb form used as a noun is called a gerund. Once you know whether the -ing word is acting as a noun or a verb, look at the rest of the sentence. Does the entire sentence make sense on its own? If not, what you are looking at is a fragment. You will need to either add the parts of speech that are missing or combine the fragment with a nearby sentence. Figure 2.3 Editing Fragments That Begin with Gerunds Incorrect: Taking deep breaths. Saul prepared for his presentation. Correct: Taking deep breaths, Saul prepared for his presentation. Correct: Saul prepared for his presentation. He was taking deep breaths. Incorrect: Congratulating the entire team. Sarah raised her glass to toast their success. Correct: She was congratulating the entire team. Sarah raised her glass to toast their success. Correct:


Which word can go before Pot, Cup and Spoon to make three other words?

Frequently Asked Questions about Coffee Frequently Asked Questions about Coffee Version 3.11 coffee@aomt.netmegs.com This FAQ is dedicated to coffee and all that goes with it. There are several newsgroups in which these topics may be of relevance, including rec.food.drink.coffee, alt.coffee, alt.food.coffee and alt.drugs.caffeine. I welcome any and all contributions to this FAQ. If you do not agree with the info in here please let me know or write an article for the FAQ. If you feel you can explain something better than I have, by all means rewrite the article and send it in. The quality of a brew depends on the following factors (in no particular order): Time since grinding the beans. Time since roasting. Bean quality (what crop, etc.). Water quality. Fact: Unless you are buying some major debris, bean quality is not very important, as     compared to 1-3 and 5. Fact: A coffee can in the supermarket often contains major debris, so be careful when     you choose. (See note below). Fact: Once you have freshly roasted and ground coffee, filtered water and equipment     free of oil residues from the last brew, quality of beans makes a huge difference. NOTE: A coffee can in the supermarket often contains a blend of Arabica and robusta     beans while most coffee houses sell only arabica beans. Arabica beans are usually flavor     rich, while robusta beans have more caffeine, less flavor and are cheaper to produce. When you buy coffee, whether in a coffee house or in a supermarket, you want to get     100% arabica, except for espresso blends, which may be a combination of both. My personal     experience says that a 100% arabica espresso blend is better but many people (including     many Italians) will disagree on this point, so go with what you like. For freshness, in a coffee house it is better to buy popular blends that move fast,     while in a supermarket vacuum packaged containers with expiration date are your best bet. Chances are you will not get truly fresh coffee in a supermarket. This is an absolute fact     if it is pre-ground. In a coffee house look for a shop that roasts in-house and ask what     was roasted that day. If the person behind the counter does not know, ask to talk to     someone who cares about coffee. If no one knows, go somewhere else. As a side note, it     should be mentioned that coffee is at its best after 12-24 hours, so you might be     interested in day-old coffee as well if you plan to brew the same day. Also, grind your     own coffee. Buying fresh and then having it ground defeats the purpose. Ground coffee only     lasts a few hours or one day tops. What is the difference between arabica and robusta? Arabica beans and robusta beans are two different species of coffee. They are the     primary species of coffee that find their way into the American cup. The general     differences are those of taste, and the conditions under which the two species differ in     production. Taste: Arabicas have a wider taste range, between varieties. They range in taste     from sweet-soft to sharp-tangy. Their unroasted smell is sometimes likened to blueberries.     Their roasted smell is perfumey with fruity notes and sugary tones. Robustas taste range is neutral to harsh and they are often described as tasting     grain-like, oatmeally. Their unroasted smell is often described as raw-peanutty. Their     roasted smell is often likened to burnt rubber. Production Conditions: Arabicas are delicate, they require cool tropical     climates, lots of moisture, rich soil, shade and sun. They are subject to attack from     various pests, and are extremely vulnerable to cold and bad handling. Robustas are hardier plants, capable of growing well at low altitudes, less subject to     problems related to pests and rough handling. They yield more pounds of finished goods per     acre at a lower cost of production. Economics: Customs and trade, supply and demand over the course of the last 150     years has


Which word can go before Out, Age and Man to make three other words?

WORDS, PHRASES or SAYINGS - Origins, Meanings by Brownielocks.     The first teensy weensy swimsuit known as the "bikini" went on sale in 1947.  But how did it get its     name?  The male reaction to this was often described to be like an     atomic bomb.  Since a year prior, 1946, the Marshall Islands were     used for the atomic bomb test.  167 natives were moved to Rongerik     under "Operation Crossroads" by William H.R. Blandy. Later     more commonly referred to as "Bikini Island Bomb Tests."  Since this skimpy swimsuit created about the same earth shattering     reactions as the bomb, it was explosively named the Bikini. After a few     years, it was no longer capitalized and became bikini to represent a     fashion style that showed a lot of skin, not necessarily for     swimwear.  I.E. A bikini-style top.       In old days, a rifle (or musket)     had 3 major parts: A lock, a stock of wood and a metal barrel. Each part     was totally useless without the other one.  They had to all work     together or well, you got nothing.  But when they were all in sync,     what a BLAST!  Thus, when a person chose to put everything 100%     into an decision, action or commitment and not just half-heartedly, he     is said to be doing it "lock, stock and barrel." Alternate origin: lock stock and barrel     also referred to when you bought a farm. Lock meant the house , stock     was all the animals and barrel was the rain barrel meaning all the     trivial junk, so that it was absolutely everything at the time of sale     that was on the land that was sold If   the previous owner     left something valuable behind  it was yours (too bad for them) as     it had all been sold lock stock and barrel.       Many years ago a heavy cloth was     created in Janua (modernly known as Genoa today) and shortened to the     term "jean."  In 1495, King Henry VIII of England bought     262 bolts it because it didn't wear out quickly and was very     prized.   It remained its natural shade for years and years     until one day a batch was dyed blue and turned over to tailors.  For many years, the pants made from this fabric was for men only.  Only until women wearing pants became socially acceptable (around WWII?)     and later in the 50's and 60's have jeans become a fashion garment for     women as well as men.  They are no longer worn for their     durability, since today mean blue jeans are promoted for being softer     and even include spandex for stretch blue jeans.       In ancient Greece, voting for     membership into some of their organizations was done via beans.  White beans were dropped into a container who favored the candidate and     brown or black beans if you didn't.  Apparently the jar was not     clear and (I assume) when you went to vote you kept your hands folded so     no one knew if you dropped a white or black bean?  Only the     officials knew the actual vote results of black vs. white beans.  However....on a few occasions a clumsy voter would knock over the jar     and revealed all the beans! This is how the phrase got to refer to     someone who reveals the truth or hidden secrets.       Back in the old days, calendars     were only made (or seen) by monks and made by hand in monasteries or     convents.  Scribes often emphasized days of Saints or other     important events by using a reddish ink made from ocher (a mineral of     oxide of iron).  A quick look at the calendar instantly showed all     there red marks from the black, so that preparation or anticipation of     those days could be acted upon.  Today, we consider a "red     letter day" as any important day to us in our lives such as     birthdays, weddings, anniversaries or the beginning of vacations or     ending of school years. Some even have them mark special emotional times     such as first dates,  births of babies, pay raises, etc.       The prairie chicken was


Which word can go before Power, Hole and Date to make three other words?

How To Use These 3 Hypnotic “Power Words” To Covertly Increase Your Conversion Rates How To Use These 3 Hypnotic “Power Words” To Covertly Increase Your Conversion Rates Imagine if you had the power to influence people’s subconscious minds. Imagine if you could do it by using simple trigger words to activate involuntary hypnotic “reflexes” in their brains. Now imagine you could do it in writing as well as in speech. You probably don’t believe this can actually happen. But I’m going to tell you that it can—because over time we’ve all been subtly hypnotized to accept certain trigger words. The process started before we could even talk. You would never suspect these hypnotic words of holding any power. They are simple, and innocuous. But when you use them consciously and correctly, they can dramatically improve your persuasive power. I have already used six of them to keep you reading. Now, I doubt you will ever guess all of them—let alone deconstruct why they work. So I’m going to go through the top three and tell you why they’re so potent. And I’ll include examples to help you put them to use. But before I do that, a word about what hypnosis is, is not—and why these words are considered hypnotic. What Hypnosis Actually Is Few marketers have more than a common “knowledge” about hypnosis. That’s a pity because hypnosis is a very powerful psychological tool—and marketing is all about psychology. Here are some things you may think you know about hypnosis that are actually pure myths: Hypnosis is mumbo-jumbo. Actually, it is a century-old psychological tool used by many doctors, dentists, psychiatrists and therapists to achieve everything from anesthesia without anesthetics, to stomach stapling without staples. When you’re hypnotized you’re asleep. Actually, you are simply relaxed. Your subconscious mind is more active than your conscious (critical) mind. I can’t be hypnotized. Actually, we all go into varying states of hypnosis many times each day. When driving, when watching TV, when reading—you may even be in a state of mild hypnosis right now. Hypnotized people are like zombies or robots. Actually, you can’t make someone under hypnosis do anything they don’t already want to do. Sure, their subconscious mind is “exposed” in a state of hypnosis, so they’re more willing to have their emotions—and ultimately their decisions—directed. And that’s good for us as marketers and salespeople—assuming that we’re in this for the right reasons: i.e., helping people. But if they really don’t want something, you ain’t gonna sell it to them no matter what. So before you read on it would be smart to just double-check the first rule of sales, and make sure that your audience actually wants what you’re offering them. Okay, I’m glad we cleared that up. Let’s get into these three “power words” shall we? 1. “IMAGINE” Why it’s hypnotic Two factors are at work here. Firstly, you may have noticed that if you ask a stranger to do something—especially to buy something—they tend to balk. Their natural reaction is to question the instruction. To find a reason to disagree with it. The critical mind throws up objections. What’s interesting, though, is this doesn’t happen if you just ask someone to imagine something. Especially if you ask them to imagine the outcome of the sale, rather than making the purchase itself. There’s no resistance to that. This is because we don’t see imagining as a “real” task. It’s just a mind-game. Indeed, an enjoyable game; a distraction from life—as with fantasies. So by asking your prospect to imagine something, you bypass that critical part that throws up objections, and “sneak in” to their mind through the back door of their imagination. And bypassing the critical mind is the second of three crucial steps to achieving hypnosis. (The first is attracting the person’s attention, which I’ll assume you’ve already done.) The third step is to stimulate the unconscious mind. That is exactly what imagining something does. As strange as it may sound, the brain literally cannot tell the difference between imagining reality, and actu


Which word can go before Box, Press and Head to make three other words?

Letter-by-Letter Word Games Letter-by-Letter Word Games Compiled by Steffan O'Sullivan This page last updated September 14, 1997 [Yikes! I'm way behind! Folks have been sending more titles, and I haven't gotten to entering them yet - bad me. No excuse. Real Soon Now.] [Note as of December 24, 1999: no, I never did get around to updating this file. But someone did volunteer to take over! Graham Toal has kindly taken over the task of collating all the notes I had for over two years. The enlarged, updated list can be found at http://www.gtoal.com/wordgames/ . I recommend you head there now, as it contains everything that's in this page, plus much more! He's not only added games, but also information and letter distributions for some of the games listed. He's also interested in computer simulations of word games, and has a whole section devoted to that.] If you have information to contribute to this project, you should e-mail it to Graham Toal . The rest of this page has not been updated since 1997. Back to Steffan O'Sullivan's Home Page This is an attempt to list the letter-by-letter word games that have been published, that work with the English language. (And the language of the U.S.A., too, for you UK readers...) The phrase "letter-by-letter" is used simply to distinguish such word games from word games which use whole words, phrases, sentences, etc. Examples of the latter include Taboo, Guestures, Trivial Pursuit, Charades, etc., all of which can be considered "word games", but are outside the scope of this list. Instead, this list focuses on games in which the basic element is a letter, and words are built up from there. Scrabble is probably the best-known letter-by-letter word game today, so think of games similar to that - at least vaguely similar, at any rate. This list is not done yet - there have been an astonishing number of such games published. However, I'm burned out on it - I'm no longer seeking other titles of such games, but still am seeking comments for any game listed which lacks them. I'm also asking for corrections to any misinformation below! Send any such suggestions to gtoal @ gtoal.com . Contributors: Comments are by: Compiled by Steffan O'Sullivan Ad Lib published by Lowe. A remake of Scribbage (below). [SOS] Addiction published by Waddingtons. Choosing one die at a time, place them in a 5x5 grid, making as many words as you can, crossword fashion. [SOS] Administrative Waltz published by Ariel. This is a satirical board game about rising to the top of various bureaucracies (the military, politics, etc.) in the UK, but in some way it incorporates the making of words from letter tiles. [DB] Alfred's Other Game published by Selchow & Righter. This tile games is for 1-4 players, and is basically solitaire, whether played alone or with others. Each player has three areas: a place where tiles are laid out randomly at start, a place where completed words are spelled, and a place for leftovers. You form words from each line of six tiles - unused letters go to the leftover area, and can be reused later. Not a great game, unless multi-player solitaire is your thing. By Alfred E. Butts, the creator of Scrabble. [SOS] Anagrams published by Selchow & Righter. 200 tiles, build words from them. You can steal your opponents words if you can add one or more letters to make an anagram of their words. I like it. [SOS] Bali published by Avalon Hill, 1980. Kind of similar to rummy where you build words as melds and they can be stolen with anagrams. [RI]. A word is built out of the players' cards on a common area; by adding letters from one's hand, one hand can steal the word. Numerous variants exist. [DT] Bits & Pieces published by Samuel Ward. Some of the dice sides have individual letters, some have letter combinations. Race against time. [SOS] Boggle (& variants) published by Parker Brothers. Boggle has 16 dice in a 4x4 pattern (Big Boggle, now called Boggle Master, has 25 in a 5x5 pattern). Shake the holder, the dice settle into place with a single side up, and start the timer. You


Which word can go after Cast, Throw and Stow to make three other words?

Throw away Synonyms, Throw away Antonyms | Thesaurus.com   Word Origin & History throw away 1382, "to reject, cast from oneself," from throw (v.) + away. More literal meaning of "dispose of as useless, release from one's possession as unneeded" is first recorded 1530. Throw-away (adj.) is first recorded 1924, originally of prices so low they amounted to giving away the merchandise; with ref. to disposable goods, it is attested from 1969. Example Sentences for throw away Heimbert then ordered him to throw away the sabre he still held in his right hand. The husband could reject or throw away his property if he saw fit. She did not know what to say next, fearing to say the wrong thing, and so to throw away a golden opportunity. He was hardened to distress, and had no sympathy to throw away. If there was anything else in the world to throw away fortunes on, they had never heard about it. Then the chief commanded them to throw away all except the head. Is it ever right to throw away the substance for the shadow? They could not afford to throw away the opportunities of Providence. It was an appeal for these struggling brethren to throw away the sword and cease from bloodshed. If he reports that he was sea-sick I throw away the balance of the bottle.


Which word can go after King, Hair and Nine to make three other words?


Which word can go before Star, Axe and Cat to make three other words?


Which word can go before Plant, Guest and Boat to make three other words?

VOA Special English Word Book VOA Special English Word Book 1,510 Words This page will print cleanly in black and white on about 44 pages. The Parts of Speech n. (noun) - a name word v. (verb) - an action word ad. (adjective/adverb) - a describing word prep. (preposition) - a word used to show a relation pro. (pronoun) - a word used in place of a noun conj. (conjunction) - a joining word A a (an) - ad. one; any; each able - v. having the power to do something about - ad. almost ("about half"); of or having a relation to ("We talk about the weather.") above - ad. at a higher place abuse - n. bad treatment causing harm or injury accept - v. to agree to receive accident - n. something that happens by chance or mistake; an unplanned event accuse - v. to say a person is responsible for an act or crime; to make a statement against someone across - ad. from side to side; to the other side act - v. to do something activist - n. one who seeks change through action actor - n. someone acting in a play or show add - v. to put (something) with another to make it larger; to say more administration - n. the executive part of a government, usually headed by a president or prime minister admit - v. to accept ("admitted to the United Nations"); to express one's guilt or responsibility ("He admitted that what he did was wrong.") adult - n. a grown person advertise - v. to show or present the qualities of a product to increase sales advise - v. to help with information, knowledge or ideas in making a decision affect - v. to produce an effect on; to influence ("A lack of sleep affected the singer's performance.") afraid - ad. feeling fear again - ad. another time; as before against - ad. opposed to; not agreeing with something age - n. how old a person or thing is agency - n. an organization that is part of a larger group ("an agency of the United Nations") aggression - n. an attack against a person or country; the violation of a country's borders ago - ad. of time past; before now agree - v. to have the same belief as someone; to be willing to do something agriculture - n. farming aid - v. to help; to support; n. help, assistance aim - v. to point a gun at; n. a goal or purpose air - n. the mixture of gases around the earth, mostly nitrogen and oxygen, that we breathe air force - n. a military organization using airplanes airplane - n. a vehicle with wings that flies airport - n. a place where airplanes take off and land album - n. a collection of recorded music alcohol - n. a strong, colorless liquid, usually made from grain, used as a drug or in industrial products alive - ad. having life; not dead all - ad. everything; everyone; the complete amount ally - n. a nation or person joined with another for a special purpose almost - ad. a little less than completely alone - ad. separated from others along - ad. near or on ("along the road") already - ad. before now; even now also - ad. added to; too although - conj. even if it is true that always - ad. at all times; every time ambassador - n. a nation's highest diplomatic representative (to another government) amend - v. to add to or to change (a proposal or law) ammunition - n. the bullets or shells fired from guns among - ad. in or part of (a group) amount - n. the number, size or weight of anything anarchy - n. a lack of order; lawlessness ancestor - n. a family member from the past ancient - ad. very old; long ago and - conj. also; in addition to; with anger - n. a strong emotion against someone or something animal - n. a living creature that moves, such as a dog or cat anniversary - n. a yearly celebration or observance of an event that happened in the past announce - v. to make known publicly; to declare officially another - ad. one more; a different one answer - n. a statement produced by a question; v. to make a statement after being asked a question any - ad. one or more of no special kind apologize - v. to express regret for a mistake or accident for which one accepts responsibility appeal - v. to take to a higher court, person or group for a decision; to call on somebody for help ap


Which word can go after Door, Side and Dub to make three other words?

What are the most beautiful words in English? | Dictionary.com Blog Reply MIM -  August 16, 2016 - 7:01 pm I could not believe it when I read that “cellar door.” is often held up as an example of the most euphonic sound combination. When I hear /speak those words, all I can think of is the opening to a cold, dark place. Reply Natalie -  May 2, 2016 - 9:10 pm There’s something so beautiful about the spoken word, and how those sounds are able to paint pictures in one’s mind. Ever since I was little, I always loved having my mother read to me. There wasn’t anything too special about my mother’s voice, other than the facts that it was familiar and comforting to me. But, I loved hearing the soft “th” sounds in words like wither, and feather. I also loved the hard consonant sounds, like “k”, in the word cook. I don’t know why, but I love hearing that word, especially when being read aloud from a book. Reply Hoober -  October 30, 2015 - 7:59 am Since being very young I’ve loved the word calligraphy, pronounced as cOlligraphy though, I purely like it because of how my tongue feels in my mouth as I say it. Also I notice many entries here have some sort of La sound in them. Reply eliza -  October 15, 2015 - 1:46 am the most eye catching and breath taking word for me is” imagination” it feeds your creativity and passion for adventures and romance, it is the thing that is still the young child that we all have inside us and gives us will for inspiration . Rebecca -  September 17, 2015 - 3:33 pm I like anesthetize. Also partial to i griega, the Spanish word for the letter Y. Blarg -  September 17, 2015 - 8:31 am Concatenation is my pick. Goddamn is also a pleasing and infinitely more useful word. Reply Edward Terry -  September 15, 2015 - 2:31 pm My favorite word is porte cochere. I know it’s French but so many words in the English are derived from other languages that I think this qualifies.. Reply Jovian -  September 11, 2015 - 6:25 am Syphilis was a contender in my American Lit class. At first we were all apalled, but when you think on it, it’s extremely pleasing…to the ear. Sam -  September 11, 2015 - 5:05 am “Fruition” is fun to say. Me -  June 25, 2015 - 2:06 pm I like the word intricate Reply Brenda -  September 7, 2015 - 7:27 pm Even as a child I knew that I loved the sound of two words – hyena and Ethiopia. I was not aware that liking the soud of certain words was associated with something called phonoaesthetics. I was also not aware until I was an adult that viewing letters and numbers as coloured was not so weird but had a name – syneasthesia. Tianna -  May 8, 2015 - 6:28 pm My favorite word is passionate. It sounds lovely and gives me a warm feeling inside. Reply Sydney -  April 19, 2015 - 4:46 pm I love amethyst… it’s so beautiful and unique that it even has become my favorite color!!!! amethyst also flows off the tongue as well. Amethyst, and iridescence… I love those two words! Wouldn’t any of you agree? Reply Lauren -  March 6, 2015 - 12:04 pm Puppy. I’ve ALWAYS thought this was the happiest, warmest, loveliest, most beautiful word in the entire English language. Say it quietly out loud: “Puppy”.  I’m smiling just thinking of it. Wesley -  February 3, 2015 - 5:15 pm It might sound weird but “Urethra” sounds cool. Bill -  March 31, 2014 - 1:21 pm Eschew is fun to say. Lot’s nof the other people’s choics are cool too. Jacqueline -  March 31, 2014 - 9:50 am “cellar door” does nothing for me. My favorite word has long been “plethora.” Arlene -  March 31, 2014 - 2:31 am Soliloquy. Reply Krista -  March 29, 2014 - 3:02 pm Placenta.  I have to add this because my friend is a nurse and during the delivery of the baby of a non-English speaking woman, she heard the nurses talking about Placenta, and she thought it was the most beautiful name in the world.  They could not talk her out of naming her baby Placenta. Reply Richard -  April 9, 2014 - 6:14 am If it is true that you have a friend who named her baby Placenta, then she is a Morontus Maximus as are you for keeping her as your friend. KP -  March 29, 2014 - 2


Which word can go before Ache, Mug and Pick to make three other words?


Which word can go before Force, Day and Load to make three other words?

The | Define The at Dictionary.com definite article 1. (used, especially before a noun, with a specifying or particularizing effect, as opposed to the indefinite or generalizing force of the indefinite article a or an): the book you gave me; Come into the house. 2. (used to mark a proper noun, natural phenomenon, ship, building, time, point of the compass, branch of endeavor, or field of study as something well-known or unique): the sun; the Alps; the Queen Elizabeth; the past; the West. 3. (used with or as part of a title): the Duke of Wellington; the Reverend John Smith. 4. (used to mark a noun as indicating the best-known, most approved, most important, most satisfying, etc.): the skiing center of the U.S.; If you're going to work hard, now is the time. 5. (used to mark a noun as being used generically): The dog is a quadruped. 6. (used in place of a possessive pronoun, to note a part of the body or a personal belonging): He won't be able to play football until the leg mends. 7. (used before adjectives that are used substantively, to note an individual, a class or number of individuals, or an abstract idea): to visit the sick; from the sublime to the ridiculous. 8. (used before a modifying adjective to specify or limit its modifying effect): He took the wrong road and drove miles out of his way. 9. (used to indicate one particular decade of a lifetime or of a century): the sixties; the Gay Nineties. 10. (one of many of a class or type, as of a manufactured item, as opposed to an individual one): Did you listen to the radio last night? 11. enough: He saved until he had the money for a new car. She didn't have the courage to leave. 12. (used distributively, to note any one separately) for, to, or in each; a or an: at one dollar the pound. Origin of the1 adverb 1. (used to modify an adjective or adverb in the comparative degree and to signify “in or by that,” “on that account,” “in or by so much,” or “in some or any degree”): He's been on vacation and looks the better for it. 2. (used in correlative constructions to modify an adjective or adverb in the comparative degree, in one instance with relative force and in the other with demonstrative force, and signifying “by how much … by so much” or “in what degree … in that degree”): the more the merrier; The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Origin Expand


Which chemical element is represented by ‘Se’?

Chemical Elements.com - Selenium (Se) Bentor, Yinon. Chemical Element.com - Selenium. <http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/se.html>. For more information about citing online sources, please visit the MLA's Website . This page was created by Yinon Bentor. Use of this web site is restricted by this site's license  agreement . Copyright © 1996-2012 Yinon Bentor. All Rights Reserved.


In 1773, who became the first known person to cross the Antarctic Circle?

Antarctic Firsts ANTARCTIC FIRSTS An eclectic collection of Antarctic 'firsts' arranged by date. Some conflicting information needs to be resolved and some dates and details may be open to question. Launched: 15 June 2003. Last updated: 4 October 2014 First time the word 'penguin' is used to describe the southern bird. (1586-1588). Occurred on the third circumnavigation of the world by Thomas Cavendish in the Desire. First drawing of an Antarctic tabular iceberg. (February 1700). Appeared in the logbook of Edmond Halley's ship Paramore. First to cross the Antarctic Circle. (January 17, 1773). Captain James Cook on his second voyage in the Resolution and Discovery. Crossed a total of three times during that voyage. In doing so, Cook was the first to circumnavigate Antarctica. Possibly the first to die in Antarctica, the Spanish officers, soldiers and seamen on board the San Telmo which sank in September 1819. There is a cairn commemorating this at Half Moon Beach, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. First to sight Antarctic continent. (January 27, 1820). Captain Thaddeus Bellingshausen in the Vostok and Mirnyy. Reached 69° 21'S, 2° 14'W saw an "icefield covered with small hillocks." First to chart any of the Antarctic continent (Trinity Land). (January 30, 1820). Edward Bransfield and William Smith in the Williams. First known landing on Antarctic continent. (February 7, 1821). Capt. John Davis in the Cecilia lands at Hughes Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. First recorded Antarctic winter spent on land. (1821). Eleven men of the Lord Melville, a sealer, on King George Island, South Shetlands. First scientist to work in Antarctica. William H.B. Webster sailed aboard the Chanticleer to South Shetlands to make pendulum and magnetic observations. Entered Deception Island on January 9, 1829. First fossils found in Antarctica. (1830). Found by James Eights, Palmer-Pendleton expedition, South Shetlands. First sighting of the Antarctic continent in the Indian Ocean sector (Enderby Land). (February 24, 1831). John Biscoe, in the Tula and Lively. First to confirm that a great mass of land did exist in the Antarctic. (1830-1831). John Biscoe, in the Tula and Lively. First landing south of the Antarctic Circle. (February 9, 1839). Captain John Balleny in the Eliza Scott and the Sabrina. Discovered and landed on the Balleny Islands. First US expedition to include Antarctica. (1838-1842). United States Exploring Expedition under Lt. Charles Wilkes. First dog known to have been in the Antarctic. (1839). 'Sydney,' a dog picked up in Australia by Lt. Charles Wilkes of the United States Exploring Expedition. First ever to enter the Ross Sea. (January 9, 1841). Sir James Clark Ross in the ships Erebus and Terror. First ever fancy dress ball in Antarctica. (December 31, 1841). New Years Eve during Sir James Clark Ross's expedition. First fish caught below the Antarctic Circle. (February 1842). Landed on the Terror during Ross's expedition. The ship's cat found it and made a meal of it. First landing on Greater Antarctica (Victoria Land). (January 26, 1853). Mercator Cooper in the Levant out of Sag Harbor, New York. First expedition to the Antarctic whose aims were solely scientific. (1872-1876). Challenger expedition, under Captain Sir George Nares and Wyville Thomson, sponsored by the Royal Society. First steamship to cross the Antarctic Circle. (February 16, 1874). Challenger expedition, under Captain Sir George Nares and Wyville Thomson, sponsored by the Royal Society. First photographs taken of Antarctic icebergs. (1874). Challenger expedition, under Captain Sir George Nares and Wyville Thomson, sponsored by the Royal Society. First steamship to reach the coast of Antarctica. (1873-1874). German whaling expedition under Captain Eduard Dallmann in the Grönland.. First fossils found in the Antarctic. (1830). Found by James Eights, Palmer-Pendleton expedition. First vegetation (lichens) found below the Antarctic Circle. (January 18, 1895). Found by Carsten Borchgrevink on Possession Island during the Bull expedition in the


Which French football team won the 1993 European Cup?

The best not to have won the Champions League - UEFA Champions League - News - UEFA.com The best not to have won the Champions League Tuesday 19 May 2015 by Majid Mohamed Gianluigi Buffon has won so much during his long career but the UEFA Champions League has always eluded him. As UEFA.com discovers, he is in stellar company. ©Getty Images Gianluigi Buffon has won the FIFA World Cup with Italy, the UEFA Cup with Parma FC and several Serie A titles with Juventus, but the UEFA Champions League has proved elusive – so far. A survivor of the Juve side that lost the 2003 final to AC Milan, Buffon can right that wrong against FC Barcelona on 6 June. Yet, as UEFA.com discovered, some never manage it (in order of competition appearances). Who do you think is the biggest player never to win? Let us know using #UCLfinal. 1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (AFC Ajax, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano, FC Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain) The Swedish international remains without the most coveted club trophy of all – a European crown which, in his own words, "would mean a lot." In the competition's 23-season history, no man has made more appearances than the forward's 109 without going all the way. José Mourinho's Inter, the club he left to join Josep Guardiola at Barcelona, denied Ibrahimović in the 2009/10 semi-finals . A domestic championship winner with six different teams, the 33-year-old still harbours ambitions of ending his European quest with Paris. THAT Zidane volley 2. Michael Ballack (1. FC Kaiserslautern, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern München, Chelsea FC) "It's hard to remember details of what happened when you lose such a big game; you just remember how much it hurt," said the ex-Germany captain, who lost two finals in the most unfortunate of circumstances. He was a key member of the Leverkusen side defeated by Real Madrid CF and THAT Zinédine Zidane goal in the 2002 final. Six years later his Chelsea team fell to Manchester United FC in the Moscow showpiece , hinging on John Terry's slip – Ballack had scored the Blues' first goal in the shoot-out. 3. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal FC, Juventus, FC Internazional Milano) A key figure in transforming Arsenal's fortunes under Arsène Wenger, the 1998 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000 winner never advanced further than the quarter-finals – with the Gunners – in 2000/01 and 2003/04. The former French international claimed six league titles in England and Italy, but was unable to replicate domestic success on the continent – missing a penalty for Arsenal in a UEFA Cup final shoot-out reverse to Galatasaray AŞ in 2000 . 2003: Agony and ecstasy for Nedvěd 4. Pavel Nedvěd (AC Sparta Praha, SS Lazio, Juventus) Having missed Juve's final loss to Milan at Old Trafford through suspension, the 2003 Ballon d'Or winner expressed his hope of landing the elusive medal in his final campaign, saying: "I would love to finish my career with victory in the Champions League." Juventus's 2008/09 challenge was ended by Chelsea in the round of 16, however. Before a €41m switch from Lazio, Nedvěd had lifted the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with the Biancocelesti in 1999. 5. Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) Leading scorer in three campaigns, the prolific Dutchman holds an unwanted record – no one has hit as many goals in the UEFA Champions League (56 in 73 outings) without securing the trophy. He never got further than the semi-finals, in 2001/02 before being knocked out by a Ballack-inspired Leverkusen . Van Nistelrooy is content though. "I am proud to have won team and individual trophies, but my greatest satisfaction was to be able to work day after day, year after year." 6. Lilian Thuram (AS Monaco FC, Parma FC, Juventus, FC Barcelona) A 1998 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000 winner with Les Bleus, the France defender came close with Juve yet suffered 2002/03 shoot-out heartache against the Rossoneri after 120 goalless minutes in Manchester. Thuram stayed on the bench as Frank Rijkaard's Barça endured a last-four exit at the hands of United in 2007/08. He had nearly gone all the


If a creature is lapidicolous it lives under what?

Undersea Creature Facts for Kids Home Â» Animals Â» Under The Sea Animals Â» Plants or Animals? Strange Undersea Creatures Sponsored Links : Plants or Animals? Strange Undersea Creatures   Some animals that live in the ocean defy description. Itâs hard to tell if theyâre a plant , an animal or something else altogether. These animals include sponges , sea urchins, coral, star fish, jellyfish and sea anemones. They donât look like most animals, but they donât look exactly like plants either. The jellyfish, for example, looks like a blob of jelly with long trailing tentacles. Coral are attached to the ocean floor. Theyâre hard and knobby. They almost look like rocks, but theyâre not. Sponsored Links : Plant or Animal – Strange undersea creatures like Sponges, are animals that live on the ocean floor in colonies Fun Facts about Strange Undersea Creatures for Kids Coral polyps are tiny animals related to sea anemones. They have a hard limestone skeleton that they attach to a rock or the ocean floor. This is the beginning of a coral reef. Once attached, the polyp starts making clones of itself and the coral grows. It joins other polyps to make huge reefs. Algae grows on the coral, which colors it. Coral reefs provide shelter for thousands of marine animals. Pollution threatens coral reefs. Sea anemones have a foot that attaches to a rock or the ocean floor. They have stinging tentacles. When a fish touches one of the tentacles, barbs shoot into the fish. The barbs are venomous and paralyze the fish. The tentacles guide the fish to the animalâs mouth. Lunch is served. Jellyfish have lived on earth for millions of years. They were here before the dinosaurs. Jellyfish have a soft body that floats through the water. Food goes in a hole in their bodies. Poisonous tentacles paralyze prey. Some jellyfish are dangerous to humans . The Portuguese Man-of-War is said to be as venomous as a cobra. Even dead jellyfish sting. Sponges are animals that live on the ocean floor in colonies. Their bodies have lots of holes and canals. Their skeletons are used as sponges for cleaning. Tarpon Springs, a little town in Florida, was built by Greek sponge fishermen. They still hunt for sponges today. Another strange underwater creature is the Jellyfish – it has a soft body that floats through the water. Food goes in a hole in their bodies. Strange Under Sea CreaturesÂ Vocabulary Defy: challenge, resist


How wide, in metres, is an Olympic swimming pool?

Volume of a Swimming Pool - The Physics Factbook Volume of a Swimming Pool Standardized Result AM-02: School Swimming Pools Guidelines for Operators . The State of Queensland (Department of Education and the Arts). 2002. "Example 1: Pool Dimensions: Length 25 metres Width 10 metres Depth 1 metres to 2 metres (average 1.5 metres) Volume = 25 × 10 x 1.5 = 375 cubic metres One cubic metre is equal to 1000 litres therefore the volume of the example above is 375 000 litres." 375,000 liters Recreonics Inc. Calculating Swimming Pool Water Volume . 2005. "Example: The water volume of a pool 60 ft. long, 30 ft. wide and that slopes in depth from 3 ft. to 10 ft. is as follows: 30 x 60 x ((10 + 3)/2) = 11,700 cubic ft. of water 11,700 x 7.5 = 87,750 gallons." 332,170 liters Decatur/Morgan County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Point Mallard Park Fact Sheet . 2005. "Wave Pool Capacity: 300 persons. Wave Pool Volume: 450,000 gallons …. Olympic Pool Capacity: 250 persons. Olympic Pool Volume: 648,000 gallons …. Duck Pond Volume: 26,000 gallons." 1,703,435 liters Cooke Associates. Sportscience and Engineering in Education . 2005. "Mathematics: Pool volume. One Olympic pool design is 25 metres wide and 50 metres long. The pool is 3 metres deep at the starting end of the pool and slopes down (linearly) to 2 metres deep at the far end of the pool. How many litres of water are needed to fill this pool?." 3,125,001 liters "An Olympic Pool must be 25 m wide with a depth of 2.0 m (min) at all parts of the course and must be 50 m in length." 2,500,000 liters Ever wonder how much water it takes to fill up an entire swimming pool? I know  I did. That's why I did some research to come up with that information and now  I am sharing that information with you. The volume of a swimming pool is quite simple to determine. Every pool has  certain measurable factors; however, these factors differ depending on  the shape of the pool. The most common and most basic is the rectangular  swimming pool. To determine the volume of rectangular pools, multiply the  length of the pool by its width and by its average depth. For a circular  pool, multiply the squared radius of the pool by π (pi) and by its average  depth. For an elliptical pool, multiply π/4 by the major diameter, minor  diameter, and average depth. For irregular shapes, calculating the volume  is less accurate. You will need to determine of volume of a normal shape  within the given area and then approximate the volume of the remaining  parts of the pool. Volume of a swimming pool is given in units of cubic meters, liters, or gallons. Jeffrey Gilbert -- 2005


Which month in 1985 saw the Live Aid concert, organised by Bob Geldof?

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Who did the Green Bay Packers defeat in the first Super Bowl in 1967?

Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl - Jan 15, 1967 - HISTORY.com This Day In History: 01/15/1967 - First Super Bowl The first Super Bowl was held with Vince Lombardi on the sidelines, the Pentagon opened, Sara Jane Moore shot Gerald Ford in a presidential assassination attempt in This Day in History video. The date was January 15. Thomas Nash used the donkey to represent the Democratic party for the first time on this date. Lead Story Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl Share this: Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl Author Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1967, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first-ever world championship game of American football. In the mid-1960s, the intense competition for players and fans between the National Football League (NFL) and the upstart American Football League (AFL) led to talks of a possible merger. It was decided that the winners of each league’s championship would meet each year in a single game to determine the “world champion of football.” In that historic first game–played before a non-sell-out crowd of 61,946 people–Green Bay scored three touchdowns in the second half to defeat Kansas City 35-10. Led by MVP quarterback Bart Starr, the Packers benefited from Max McGee’s stellar receiving and a key interception by safety Willie Wood. For their win, each member of the Packers collected $15,000: the largest single-game share in the history of team sports. Postseason college games were known as “bowl” games, and AFL founder Lamar Hunt suggested that the new pro championship be called the “Super Bowl.” The term was officially introduced in 1969, along with roman numerals to designate the individual games. In 1970, the NFL and AFL merged into one league with two conferences, each with 13 teams. Since then, the Super Bowl has been a face-off between the winners of the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) for the NFL championship and the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy, named for the legendary Packers coach who guided his team to victory in the first two Super Bowls. Super Bowl Sunday has become an unofficial American holiday, complete with parties, betting pools and excessive consumption of food and drink. On average, 80 to 90 million people are tuned into the game on TV at any given moment, while some 130-140 million watch at least some part of the game. The commercials shown during the game have become an attraction in themselves, with TV networks charging as much as $2.5 million for a 30-second spot and companies making more expensive, high-concept ads each year. The game itself has more than once been upstaged by its elaborate pre-game or halftime entertainment, most recently in 2004 when Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” resulted in a $225,000 fine for the TV network airing the game, CBS, and tighter controls on televised indecency. Related Videos


What make and model car did Steve McQueen drive in a car chase through the streets of San Francisco in the film Bullitt?

Bullitt - The Greatest Chase of All THE GREATEST CHASE OF ALL An inside look at how they filmed BULLITT, the granddaddy of car pursuit movies. BY: Susan Encinas (Muscle Car Review, March, 1987) Where were you in 1968? You might have opened up the movie section of the newspaper and read a review about the newly released movie BULLITT. One such review, by the National Observer, said, " Whatever you have heard about the auto chase scene in BULLITT is probably true...a terrifying, deafening shocker." Life magazine wrote, "... a crime flick with a taste of genius...an action sequence that must be compared to the best in film history." With reviews like that, and sharing double billing with the hit BONNIE AND CLYDE, BULLITT devastated audiences with incredible scenes of leaping, screaming au tomobiles that seemed to fly off the screen. Among all of Hollywood's road movies, BULLITT unquestionably made film history with its original car chase sequences. There may have been chase scenes before, but nothing before or since has equalled the intensity and impact of BULLITT. The scenes, which were novelty then but classic now, were brilliantly executed. Over the years, fans have asked questions about the two cars used in the movie, a 1968 Dodge Charger and a 1968 Mustang GT. Of all the musclecars offered in the late sixties, why were these two cars chosen, and how were they modified to survive the torturous driving? It's been 19 years since BULLITT was filmed, however the magic of this special movie has not diminished. We questioned some of the crew who participated in the filming, and asked them how the chase was coordinated and shot, who was involved in the chase scenes and what happened during the filming. Steve McQueen and director Peter Yates brought in some of the best names in the business in preparation for the filming of BULLITT's chase scenes, and we were able to track some of them down. We interviewed Carey Loftin, stunt coordinator for BULLITT and occasional driver of the BULLITT Mustang; Bud Elkins, the main stunt driver of the Mustang, aside from McQueen; and Loren Janes, who had doubled for McQueen for nearly 20 years and stunted for McQueen during the airport sequence at the end of the film. We also interviewed Max Balchowsky, the man responsible for maintaining the Mustang GT and the Charger throughout the filming. Finally, we spoke with Ron Riner, who acted as transportation coordinator for Warner Brothers on the BULLITT set. We set out to learn what the recipe is for such a successful chase sequence. What we found out was that there is none; it was pretty much a hit and miss thing and, as Ron Riner put it, "other people have tried to put the same combination together to get the same results and haven't really done it. Before we'd shoot a scene, everyone, the location people, the police department, the stuntmen, the director and Steve, would get into discussions. We realized we didn't know what to do because no one had ever done this before." What hadn't been done before was a chase scene, done "at speed"(up to 110 miles per hour) through the city streets and not on a movie studio back lot. Bud Elkins said, "I think it was the first time they did a complete car chase at normal camera speed. What you saw is what really happened. It was real!" McQueen was determined to have "the best car chase ever done," recalls Carey Loftin. "I told Steve I knew a lot about camera angles and speeds to make it look fast. You can undercrank the camera so you can control everything in the scene. Then when it's run, it'll look like high speed and the car will appear to be handling real well." McQueen refused to hear of it, and advised Loftin that money was no object. "Fine," Loftin replied. "Until you run out of money, you've got to stop me!" In an interview with Motor Trend magazine, Steve McQueen related his desire to bring a high speed chase to the screen. "I always felt a motor racing sequence in the street, a chase in the street, could be very exciting because you have the reality objects to work with, like bouncing off a parked ca


Rhagfyr is Welsh for which month of the year?

This Day In Welsh History: December/Rhagfyr Calendar Home       Americymru Blog       Social Network December/Rhagfyr If  you were born Welsh or are of Welsh descent then there is something to celebrate (or comemmorate) on every day of the year. If you are looking  to learn Welsh history one day at a time or just looking for an excuse to raise a glass and celebrate on any particular day this blog is for you. You will also find the birthdates of many famous Americans of Welsh  descent. Though these pages are intended as a serious resource some of our contributors have a sense of humor. Consequently there are a few 'joke' items spread amongst the vast bulk of factual daily entries. We dont think you'll have too much trouble spotting them. To navigate to any date in the calendar please use the rollover menu or the search box above. This will take you to the monthly calendar pages or to individual entries. You might also wish to check out our list of some of the most important dates in the Welsh Calendar which can be found here 1


Who plays The Joker in the 2008 film ‘The Dark Knight’?

The Dark Knight (2008) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV ON DISC ALL When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 25 titles created 17 Mar 2011 a list of 36 titles created 14 Jan 2012 a list of 46 titles created 07 Jun 2012 a list of 27 titles created 24 Sep 2013 a list of 45 titles created 31 Aug 2015 Title: The Dark Knight (2008) 9/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     2     Oscars. Another    146 wins & 142 nominations. See more awards  » Videos     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X   Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight, with the help of the enigmatic Selina, is forced from his imposed exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. Director: Christopher Nolan After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it. Director: Christopher Nolan A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. Director: Christopher Nolan An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. Director: David Fincher Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. Director: Peter Jackson A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. Director: Robert Zemeckis A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. Director: Peter Jackson Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. Director: Frank Darabont While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. Director: Peter Jackson A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. Director: Christopher Nolan Edit Storyline Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle


Chinaman, Flipper and Leg-Break are all terms used in which sport?

SK Glossary: What is Chinaman Bowling in cricket? SK Glossary: What is Chinaman Bowling in cricket? "Fancy being done by a bloody Chinaman." Analysis 26 Apr 2016, 16:09 IST Brad Hogg- A modern day chinaman Sounds like Shaolin Cricket, but is actually not; let’s have a look. So what is Chinaman bowling? Essentially the mirror image right-arm leg break bowler (wrist spinner), a Chinaman is a delivery that, when bowled over the wrist by a left-arm spinner, spins away from a left-handed batsman or into a right-handed batsman; i.e. from left to right, as viewed on your screens. The rarity of these bowlers stems from the fact that most batsmen are right handed and that the delivery coming into the right-hander is generally perceived to be easier to play than the one going away. Chinaman's delivery vs Leg spinner's delivery       vs  Origin The origins are a mystery, with two people attributed to the Chinaman. Firstly, South African all-rounder, Charlie Llewellyn, who played around the end of the 19th century, claimed to have invented the delivery itself. But the origin of the term itself is generally believed to be associated with former West Indian spinner Ellis “Puss” Achong; the first test player of Chinese ancestry. History has it that in the 1933 Old Trafford Test, after bowling West Indies out for 375, English batsman Walter Robins joined his captain Douglas Jardine at the crease at a precocious 324/6. The pair added 140 runs before Achong, who was a left-arm spinner, bowled a mystery wrist-spin delivery that spun back sharply into English batsman Walter Robins and had him stumped. On his way back to the pavilion, a bemused Robins is said to have remarked, Fancy being done by a bloody Chinaman. Learie Constantine, who was fighting against racism at the time, was taken aback by the comment and asked Robins, “Do you mean the bowler or the ball?” We all know what he meant. And thus, the term Chinaman was coined. Variation Just like a traditional right arm leg spinner, the Chinaman bowler has a googly where the ball pitches and spins into a left-handed batsman or away from a right-handed batsman. How to bowl it? Do you fancy being a left arm spinner and want to bowl the Chinaman? Here’s how you can: First, place the top-most joints of the index, middle and third fingers across the seam and rest the ball between a bent pinky and the thumb. During release, the fingers must straighten and the work on the ball will be done by the third finger, turning the ball clockwise (counter-clockwise if seen front on) The wrist must be flicked so as to finish having the palm facing downwards. An amphibian Chinaman? In 1995, South African Chinaman bowler Paul Adams made his test debut and made headlines; not for his bowling exploits but for his unusual action. So strange was his action that it was likened to a “frog-in-a-blender” by English batsman Mike Gatting after he bamboozled English batsmen in a tour match.  Chinaman Bowling Experts Rare as they are, some of the famous practitioners of the Chinaman are Sir Garfield Sobers (West Indies), Paul Adams (South Africa), Michael Bevan and Brad Hogg (both Australia) Kuldeep Yadav, who made his IPL debut for the Kolkata Knight Riders against the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2016, is the first Chinaman bowler to be picked for the Indian Cricket Team. Tabraiz Shamsi who replaced Samuel Badree in RCB line-up is also a Chinaman bowler.


How many stations are on the London Underground Central Line?

London Underground: 150 fascinating Tube facts - Telegraph Telegraph 150 London Underground facts (including the birth of Jerry Springer in East Finchley station) It's closed today, but it's still interesting Credit: John Stillwell Jolyon Attwooll , Travel writer 9 January 2017 • 11:00am You can't ride it today, thanks to industrial action. But you can learn a few things about the Tube instead.  1. There is only one Tube station which does not have any letters of the word 'mackerel' in it: St John's Wood. 2. The average speed on the Underground is 20.5 miles per hour including station stops. 3. The busiest Tube station is Waterloo, which was used by around 95 million passengers in 2015. In 2014 Oxford Circus took top spot, in 2009 it was Victoria, and in 2005 it was King's Cross,  4. On the Metropolitan line, trains can reach over 60mph. The Night Tube service started on August 19, 2016 Credit: AFP or licensors/DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS 5. The shortest distance between two adjacent stations on the underground network is only 260 metres. The tube journey between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line takes only about 20 seconds, but costs £4.90 (cash fare). Yet it still remains one of the most popular journeys with tourists. 6. Many tube stations were used as air-raid shelters during the Second World War, but the Central Line was even converted into a fighter aircraft factory that stretched for over two miles, with its own railway system. Its existence remained an official secret until the 1980s. 7. Angel has the Underground's longest escalator at 60m/197ft, with a vertical rise of 27.5m. 8. The shortest escalator is Stratford, with a vertical rise of 4.1m. 9. Only 45 per cent of the Underground is actually in tunnels. 10. The longest distance between stations is on the Metropolitan line from Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer: a total of only 3.89 miles. The history of the Tube in pictures 11. The longest continuous tunnel is on the Northern line and runs from East Finchley to Morden (via Bank), a total of 17.3 miles. 12. Aldgate Station, on the Circle and Metropolitan Lines, is built on a massive plague pit, where more than 1,000 bodies are buried. 13. The longest journey without change is on the Central line from West Ruislip to Epping, and is a total of 34.1 miles. 14. The deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres. 15. In Central London the deepest station below street level is also the Northern line. It is the DLR concourse at Bank, which is 41.4 metres below. Only 45 per cent of the Underground is actually in tunnels 16. The TARDIS, (Dr Who’s transport) can be found outside Earl’s Court station. Or at least an old police call box can. 17. The London Underground manages about 10 per cent of all green spaces in London. 18. Wildlife observed on the Tube network includes woodpeckers, deer, sparrowhawk, bats, grass snakes, great crested newts, slow worms. 19. Over 47 million litres water are pumped from the Tube each day, enough to fill a standard leisure centre swimming pool (25 metres x 10 metres) every quarter of an hour. 20. The London Underground trains were originally steam powered. 21. The station with the most platforms is Baker Street with 10 (Moorgate also has 10 platforms but only six are used by Tube trains - others are used by overground trains). 22.The District Line has the most stations: 60. There are 270 stations on the network Credit: Dominic Lipinski 23. The Waterloo and City Line has the fewest stations (no intermediate stations) 24. The Underground name first appeared on stations in 1908. 25. London Underground has been known as the Tube since 1890 due to the shape of the tunnels. 26. The first deep-level electric railway line also opened in 1890. 27. The Tube's logo is known as “the roundel” (a red circle crossed by a horizontal blue bar) 28. The station with the most escalators is Waterloo with 23. 29. The total number of passengers carried during 2013/14 was 1.265 billion – making it the world's 11th busiest metro. 30. The highest station above sea lev