What movie's main characters are James P. Sullivan and Mike Wazowski?

James P. Sullivan | Monsters, Inc. Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia James P. Sullivan was born to Bill Sullivan and an unnamed mother . College Sulley sits back and relaxes instead of paying attention. Sulley attended Monsters University , and was looked up to by his colleagues, as he was expected to be a prodigy at scaring, due to his father being a legendary scarer. Sulley's first few months at college went well, as his name would often get him out of trouble, often resulting in no punishment whenever he was late to class. Sulley was also accepted into Roar Omega Roar , a fraternity of Scare Program students that were generally regarded as the "popular" kids. However, towards the end of the semester, Sulley's lack of interest in education was causing his grades to slip, ultimately resulting in his removal from Roar Omega Roar. During a simulation test for Scare Program students, Sulley got into a fight with a small monster he had become rivals with, Mike Wazowski. A physical argument between the two caused the prized scream canister of Abigail Hardscrabble, the dean of the school, being knocked over. Furious, Hardscrabble expelled the two from the Scare Program, meaning Mike and Sulley both had to switch to different classes. Sulley and his fraternity. To get back into the program, Mike offered a bet to Hardscrabble - if Mike and his new fraternity, Oozma Kappa , won the Scare Games, Mike and his friends would have to be re-admitted into the program. They were initially denied due to only having five members, but Sulley joined as well. Sulley and his fraternity somewhat struggled during the first two events, but eventually acquired their school's admiration once they made it to the final event, against Roar Omega Roar. Although Oozma Kappa was declared the winner of the final event, Sulley had tampered with the machine to allow for Mike to win, which was against the rules. An upset Mike escaped to the Human World through a Door Station, and while everyone was ordered to stay back from the door, Sulley ran in to save him. Once out, Mike and Sulley were expelled from Monsters University. Employment As Mike and Sulley were waiting for a bus back to Monstropolis, Dean Hardscrabble approached the pair and showed them a newspaper ad for Monsters, Inc., who were looking for additional employees in the mailroom. Mike and Sulley were accepted for the job, and excelled in their area, and were gradually promoted to janitors, cafeteria workers, and finally a scare team, with Sulley as the scarer and Mike as his assistant. Boo's door. A few years into their role as a scaring team, Sulley discovered a door that had not been returned to the Door Warehouse, and ended up allowing for a human (a species that was widely considered as "toxic" in the monster world). Uncertain of what to do, Sulley took the girl, hidden inside a gym bag, to Mike, who was enjoying a dinner with Celia Mae at Harryhausen's. The girl, later nicknamed "Boo" by Sulley, managed to escape from the bag, and began causing terror in the restaurant. The CDA were called upon, and the entire city and its citizens were being searched for evidence. To return Boo to her door, Mike and Sulley would have to take her inside of Monsters, Inc., so they disguised her in a costume and told their boss, Mr. Waternoose, that it was their relative's child. After Boo escaped from Sulley's grasp, he had to follow her around the building, keeping her out of trouble. However, Mike and Sulley were soon found out by Randall and Mr. Waternoose, and banished to the Himalayas, where the Abominable Snowman informed them of a village that was located towards the bottom of the summit. Sulley arrived there by sled, and made his way back into the company, where he managed to retrieve Boo. However, Randall soon regained Boo, and Mike and Sulley chased him through the Door Warehouse. Once Boo was safe again, Sulley sadly said his goodbyes to Boo, and the door was shredded. However, Mike managed to rebuild the door and surprised Sulley with it. Upon Waternoose's arrest, Monsters, Inc. was turned into a


The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods Andrew Bret Wallis/ The Image Bank/ Getty Images Updated April 25, 2016. It may come as a shock to the average dinosaur buff, but the Triassic , Jurassic , and Cretaceous periods weren't originally designated as a way to keep track of long-extinct reptiles. Rather, these vast stretches of historical time were marked out by geologists to distinguish among various types of geologic strata (chalk, limestone, etc.) laid down tens of millions of years ago. Of course, since dinosaur fossils are usually found embedded in rock, paleontologists associate dinosaurs with the geologic period in which they lived--for example, "the sauropods of the late Jurassic." To put these geologic periods in the proper context, you should bear in mind that the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous don't cover all of prehistory, not by a long shot. First came the Precambrian period , which stretched from the earth’s formation to about 542 million years ago. The development of multicellular life ushered in the Paleozoic Era (542-250 million years ago), which embraced shorter geologic periods including (in order) the Cambrian , Ordovician , Silurian , Devonian , Carboniferous and Permian periods. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World It's only after all that that we reach the Mesozoic Era (250-65 million years ago), which includes the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Next Page: The Triassic Period Prev


What word refers to a species that no longer exists?

Species (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Species First published Thu Jul 4, 2002; substantive revision Wed Jan 27, 2010 The nature of species is controversial in biology and philosophy. Biologists disagree on the definition of the term ‘species,’ and philosophers disagree over the ontological status of species. Yet a proper understanding of species is important for a number of reasons. Species are the fundamental taxonomic units of biological classification. Environmental laws are framed in terms of species. Even our conception of human nature is affected by our understanding of species. In this entry, three issues concerning species are discussed. The first is the ontological status of species. The second is whether biologists should be species pluralists or species monists. The third is whether the theoretical term ‘species’ refers to a real category in nature. 1. Overview What are biological species? At first glance, this seems like an easy question to answer. Homo sapiens is a species, and so is Canis familaris. Many species can be easily distinguished. When we turn to the technical literature on species, the nature of species becomes much less clear. Biologists offer over twenty definitions of the term ‘species’ (Hey 2001). These definitions are not fringe accounts of species but prominent definitions in the biological literature. Philosophers also disagree on the nature of species. Here the concern is the ontological status of species. Some philosophers believe that species are natural kinds. Others maintain that species are particulars or individuals. The concept of species plays an important role both in and outside of biology. Within biology, species are the fundamental units of biological classification. Species are also units of evolution—groups of organisms that evolve in a unified way. Outside of biology, the concept of species plays a role in debates over environmental law and ecological preservation. Our conception of species even affects our understanding of human nature. From a biological perspective, humans are the species Homo sapiens. This entry discusses three issues concerning species. The first issue is their ontological status. Are species natural kinds, individuals, or sets? The second issue concerns species pluralism. Monists argue that biologists should attempt to find the correct definition of ‘species.’ Pluralists disagree. They argue that there is no single correct definition of ‘species’ but a plurality of equally correct definitions. The third issue concerns the reality of species. Does the term ‘species’ refer to a real category in nature? Or, as some philosophers and biologists argue, is the term ‘species’ a theoretically empty designation? 2.1 The Death of Essentialism Since Aristotle, species have been paradigmatic examples of natural kinds with essences. An essentialist approach to species makes sense in a pre Darwinian context. God created species and an eternal essence for each species. After God's initial creation, each species is a static, non evolving group of organisms. Darwinism offers a different view of species. Species are the result of speciation. No qualitative feature—morphological, genetic, or behavioral—is considered essential for membership in a species. Despite this change in biological thinking, many philosophers still believe that species are natural kinds with essences. Let us start with a brief introduction to kind essentialism and then turn to the biological reasons why species fail to have essences. Kind essentialism has a number of tenets. One tenet is that all and only the members of a kind have a common essence. A second tenet is that the essence of a kind is responsible for the traits typically associated with the members of that kind. For example, gold's atomic structure is responsible for gold's disposition to melt at certain temperatures. Third, knowing a kind's essence helps us explain and predict those properties typically associated with a kind. The application of any of these tenets to species is problematic


Who was married to both Joe Dimaggio and Arthur Miller?

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio: The End of a Marriage, 1954 SHARE On the 60th anniversary of their wedding, pictures from the day Marilyn Monroe announced she was seeking a divorce from Joe DiMaggio on grounds of "mental cruelty." Marilyn Monroe and baseball legend Joe DiMaggio wed in 1954 (second marriages for both), and were divorced nine months later. That the union was doomed from the beginning was, perhaps, easy to foresee. But even if the marriage was not a happy one for either of the two famous partners, there seems to be little doubt that there really was genuine affection there at the start — and at the end. In fact, after Monroe’s divorce from her third husband, the playwright Arthur Miller , was finalized in 1961, DiMaggio came back into her life and, by all accounts, desperately tried to bring some stability and calm to an existence that was veering dangerously out of control. He tried to get her away from people who, to his mind, were nothing but trouble (including, it seems, the Kennedys), and even proposed to her, asking her to marry him again. It’s awful, now, to think that if Marilyn had been given a little more time, DiMaggio could have been just the person to pull her back from the brink — of depression, drugs, disastrous affairs with married men. In other words, he might have saved her life. But a year and a half after her marriage to Miller ended, Marilyn — all of 36 years old — was dead. DiMaggio, it seems, could not protect her from whatever demons drove her. He was only in his 40s when Marilyn died on August 5, 1962, but he never married again. Here, LIFE.com presents pictures from October 6, 1954, when Marilyn stepped out of the house on North Palm Drive in Beverly Hills to announce she was seeking a divorce from DiMaggio on the grounds of “mental cruelty.” DiMaggio had initially been drawn (like a few hundred million other men) to Marilyn’s “sex goddess” persona — but he was never comfortable with her flaunting it, and was something of a self-admitted control freak. Neither DiMaggio nor Monroe could possibly have been content or satisfied in a marriage in which two such divergent personalities held sway. The photographs here are not pleasant. They’re not easy to look at. There’s real pain in Marilyn’s face, posture and demeanor — the pain of a young woman who knows she’s doing the right thing, but who wishes all the same that there was some way, any way, that she could avoid doing it. Still, these pictures tell one small but integral part of the Marilyn Monroe story, and capture the star at a pivotal point in her fraught life. She would marry again. She would make more movies in the coming years, including several classics. But deeper and more enduring pain was also in her future, and an especially discerning eye might see in these photographs something in Marilyn’s attitude that suggests she herself was aware of the gathering, ill-defined storm, and was bracing for it. Of the October 1954 divorce filing, meanwhile, LIFE told its readers: Even for Hollywood, where unhappy endings for the real love stories come with almost unseemly haste, this ending seemed abrupt. It was only last January that the press was mobbing the San Francisco city hall, waiting for Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe to emerge as newlywed man and wife. Now the press was gathered again in front of the DiMaggio home in Beverly Hills, waiting for Joe and Marilyn to come out as newly-separated man and wife. Nobody had been surprised when they got married — they had been going with each other for two years. Nobody doubted their love — they had smiled happily through their married life. And almost nobody professed surprised when they broke up — the conflict in their two careers seemed inevitable.


What is the upper house of the British Parliament?

The British parliament explained Update: 3 November 2016 Can the British parliament block Brexit ? Yes. In a verdict delivered on 3rd November, the British High Court ruled that the Government does not have the authority to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, to take Britain out of the EU, without the consent of Parliament.    Prime Minister Theresa May had argued that the result of the referendum, even if it was only "advisory", gave the Government the right to take Britain our of the EU without the consent of Parliament.  the judges in the High court have disagreed with this.     They reminded the Government that the UK Parliament is sovereign, and ther"efore must be consulted on, and must approve, the details of the Government's plan for taking the UK out of the EU.  It is quite certain already that some British MPs will vote against the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which is the only way to start proceedings for Britain to leave the EU.    But will Parliament block Brexit?  That is an entirely different question which it would be very rash to try and answer now. For the time being, it is far too early to even start to know how the story of Brexit will be concluded. Origins of the British parliament The "Palace of Westminster", London, home of the British Parliament         Nicknamed the "Mother of Parliaments" , the British parliament is respected as the most ancient parliament in today's world. Apart from a few brief interruptions , it has carried out its business on the same spot, called the Palace of Westminster, since the year 1265. It was in this year that the Simon de Montfort - an Anglo-Norman baron - convened the first elected parliament of England: the men met at Westminster, which was at the time a village outside the medieval city of London . These elected officials were, of course, lords and barons, not ordinary people, and they were elected by their peers, not by universal suffrage; but each one was there to represent one of the counties or cities in the kingdom of England.      The idea of a "parliament" was not totally new. Before the Norman Conquest in 1066, the Anglo-Saxon kings ruled their kingdom with the help of a council of elders called the Witan or Witenagemot ; like other early parliaments, the Witan was made up of  nobles and men of the church. They chose the next king , and advised the sovereign, but had no real power in terms of government. After the Norman Conquest , William the Conqueror and his successors relied on their system of barons and territorial councils to govern the country; this was the basis of the Anglo-Norman feudal system.      The English Parliament operated fairly steadily for four centuries, acting as a counterweight to the power of the king, and it did so until the seventeenth century. From the 14th century, Parliament consisted of two chambers, the House of Lords (the "upper" house) and the House of Commons (the "lower" house) . But in the middle of the 17th century , King Charles 1st precipitated the English Civil War - the English Revolution - by trying to rule without Parliament. The Civil War opposed the Royalist forces and the Parliamentary forces, under the command of Oliver Cromwell; it ended in the victory of the Parliamentarians . From then on, the English Parliament was firmly established as an essential force in the running of the country.      In 1660 Parliament declared the restoration of the monarchy and established a system of parliamentary monarchy. Parliament's power was however quickly put to the test, and in 1688 Parliament deposed King James II and invited Dutch prince William of Orange to take the crown of England. The success of the "Glorious Revolution" confirmed the role of the English Parliament, a role that was constitutionally defined the following year by the signing of the Deed of Rights or Bill of Rights , one of the major constitutional acts of the United Kingdom. This Bill (new law) formally established the role of parliament and the limits of royal power.     This was the beginning of the modern parliament, with i


In what country did the didgeridoo originate?

What is a Didgeridoo and where do they come from? The     Didgeridoo The     didgeridoo is believed to be the worlds oldest wind instrument, dating     back thousands of years. It originates as a musical instrument of the     North Australian Aborigine. The   didgeridoo is traditionally played accompanied with clap sticks and/or the   clapping together of boomerangs in Corroborees (ceremonial dances). Players   can also tap out rhythms on the side of the didgeridoo using fingers or sticks. A didgeridoo is traditionally made from one of many species of Eucalyptus   branches or saplings. Species of Eucalyptus number in the hundreds but only   about a dozen species are used for didgeridoo making. The Eucalyptus is naturally   hollowed out by termites whose nests abound in the millions in Australia.   It takes at least a year for the termites to hollow a tree out. Harvesting   has to be timed so that the wall thickness of the instrument is not too thin   or not too thick. It has to be "just right". Making for the perfect   instrument! The     varying length of the wood that is sawed off and its thickness and shape     will determine which key the instrument will be in. Shorter lengths yield     higher pitches where as longer lengths yield lower pitches. Didgeridoos     generally range in keys from a high "G" to a low "A".     A common "C" didgeridoo will be two steps below middle "C" of a piano. The key of C is one of the easiest keys to learn how to play     on the didgeridoo. To hear the different keys click     here . Bark   is usually stripped from the outside and the termites removed. A rim of beeswax   can then be applied to reduce the diameter of a large opening down to more   playable sized aperture. About an inch and a quarter, similar to a tuba sized   mouthpiece. Wax also creates a good airtight seal for the mouth and makes   it more comfortable to play. The instrument can then be decorated with ochre   paintings that symbolize a tribes food and/or totems. A      Story On How The Didgeridoo Came To Be... Three      men were camped out on a cold night in the outback. One of the men told      another to put a log on the fire, because the fire was getting low and      it was very cold. So, the other man turned and grabbed a log, which      was awfully light to the touch, for it was hollow. As he went to drop      it into the fire, he noticed the entire length was covered with termites.      He did not know what to do, for he could not throw the branch into the      fire, because it would kill the termites, and his friends were telling      him to do so because it was so cold. So, he carefully removed all the      termites from the outside of the log by scooping them into his hand,      and he deposited them inside the hollow branch. Then he raised the branch      to his lips and blew the termites into the air. The termites blown into      the air became the stars, and the first didgeridoo was created.


What Otis Redding song was covered by Aretha Franklin?

The Ten Best Otis Redding Covers | The Current The Ten Best Otis Redding Covers February 9, 2013 Otis Redding (Press photo) For Black History Month 2013, The Current is spotlighting a different legendary African-American musician each week. This week, we're featuring soul legend Otis Redding. Tune in to hear tracks from his catalog throughout the week, and visit to the website for more features about his career. From The Rolling Stones to The White Stripes, the list of artists who have covered Otis Redding songs may surprise you. We pick the best and pair them with the Otis originals in this special playlist. 1. Pain In My Heart Otis Redding The Rolling Stones Bonus video: Otis was so honored by the Stones cover, he returned the favor with a blazing version of "Satisfaction." 2. I Can't Turn You Loose Otis Redding Sly & The Family Stone Bonus video: Blues Brothers fans will recognize "I Can't Turn You Loose" from the band's famous mall chase scene 3. I've Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding Bonus video: On the day before his December 1967 plane crash, Otis performed "Respect" on an episode of Cleveland television show Upbeat. 5. Try a Little Tenderness Otis Redding Florence + The Machine 6. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding Bonus video: Remember Michael Bolton? Definitely the, um ... hairiest cover? 7. Tramp Otis Redding & Carla Thomas ZZ Top Bonus video: Salt-n-Pepa's 1968 song "Tramp" samples the Otis original and screams "PRODUCT OF THE LATE '80s!" 8. These Arms of Mine Otis Redding Bonus video: "These Arms of Mine" should be instantly recognizable to fans of Dirty Dancing. 9. Hard to Handle


Tons to Pounds - How many pounds in a ton? Tons to Pounds Conversion How many pounds in a ton? The tons to pounds conversion factors are listed below. To find out how many pounds in tons, multiply by the right conversion factor or use the converter below to convert from short tons. 1 Short Ton [US] = 2 000 Pounds 1 Long Ton [UK] = 2 240 Pounds 1 Metric Ton = 2 204.62262 Pounds From pounds to tons conversion, please go to pounds to tons For other units of weight conversion, please go to Weight Conversion Converter Enter a value that you want to convert into pounds and click on the "convert" button. Ton is a unit of mass in different measurement systems and usually mistaken with each other. The short ton (also known as net ton) equals to 2000 pounds and used in north america (united states and canada), the long ton (also known as weight or gross ton) is used in the imperial system (UK and some of the other english speaking countries) and defined as 2240 pounds or 1016 kilograms. The metric ton (also known as tonne) equals to 1000 kilograms and used in the metric system. The abbreviation is "T". If you are trading internationally, you must know what type of ton as a weight unit is used in that country to avoid the surprises. Pound is a unit of mass in the imperial and U.S. customary measurement systems. International avoirdupois pound is defined as 0.45359237 kilograms. Troy pound is rarely used. There are 16 ounces in a pound and 12 troy ounces in a troy pound. The abbreviations are "lb", "lbs". Short Tons [US] to Pounds Table 1


Who was the shortest player to play in the NBA?

Top 10 Shortest NBA Basketball Players - Toptenz.net Toptenz.net Posted by Shell Harris on January 22, 2010 in Sports | 165,506 Views | 36 Responses When you think about basketball players, you probably think of a taller-than-average man who is strong, fast, and able to make a slam dunk with no problem. However, this isn’t always so. Even though the average height in basketball is about 6’7, there have been players and the past, and even in today’s world, that are much shorter than 6’7. Many of these players have been recognized not only for being short, but doing moves and plays that tall players can’t do. Most of these players are able run faster, quicker, and jump even higher than those who are tall. Below is a list of the 10 shortest basketball players to ever play the game. To put it easily, short men can jump! 10. Terrell Brandon – 5’11” After attending the University of Oregon, Terrell Brandon was picked 11th total in the 1991 NBA Draft. The Cleveland Cavaliers drafted him onto their team and he played for six years as a point guard. He was picked to play in the NBA All-Star Game in both 1996 and 1997 and was called “The Best Point Guard in the NBA” in Sports Illustrated in 1997. The same year Brandon was given the NBA Sportsmanship Award. After playing on the Cavaliers, he decided to leave and play for the Milwaukee Bucks and was then traded to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Sadly, Brandon became highly susceptible to injuries and in 2002 he was placed on the injured list and never returned to playing on the court.   9. Damon “Mighty Mouse” Stoudamire – 5’10” Damon Stoudamire was first brought into the NBA scene by the Toronto Raptors. After being picked 7th overall in the 1995 NBA Draft, he was able to set his feet on the court and start his career. In 1995 and 1996, he was awarded the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, scoring an average 19 points per game, and has since allowed his career to flourish. In February 1998, he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers and his stats didn’t stay as high as they were with the Grizzlies, and he was sadly usually benched during the 2001-2002 season. However, he was able to play a lot in the playoffs. Eventually his career took off again and he scored a franchise record of 54 points against the Hornets. After being traded again he went back to play for the Grizzlies in 2005 but tore his patellar tendon and had to miss the season. He was again traded off and settled a deal with the San Antonio Spurs in 2008. Today, Stoudamire is part of the coaching team for the Memphis Grizzlies.   8. Avery “Little General” Johnson – 5’10” Johnson, after graduating in 1988, wasn’t picked to go into the NBA Draft. After playing for the USBL Palm Beach Stingrays, Johnson was signed by the Seattle SuperSonics and played a total of 16 years within the NBA. He also played for teams including the Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, and the Dallas Mavericks. He is most popularly known for his seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. He is best known for his help in winning the 1999 NBA Championship against the New York Knicks after scoring a last shot in Game 5. The Spurs eventually retired Johnson’s number in 2007 and was most recently inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame on February 20, 2009. Besides being an NBA player, Johnson also coached the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA finals and now is basketball analyst for ESPN.   7. Michael Adams – 5’10”   Michael Adams started his basketball career at Boston College and after a successful college career was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the 3rd round of the 1985 NBA Draft. As a rookie he only scored about 2.2 a game but once he became part of the Denver Nuggets team his career became more successful. In 1990-1991, he averaged 26.5 points and 10.5 assists per game. After this season he went back to play for the Bullets and played his first NBA All-Star Game in 1992. He then became known for his “push shot” and played a few more seasons. In 1996, while playing for the Charlotte Hornets, he retired, ending a career with


In what country did the Tamil Tigers fight a civil war?

The Sri Lankan Conflict - Council on Foreign Relations Council on Foreign Relations The Future of the Conflict Introduction The conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has lasted nearly three decades and is one of the longest-running civil wars in Asia. More commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, the LTTE wants an independent state for the island's Tamil minority. Following a fierce, year-long military offensive, the Sri Lankan government claimed in May 2009 that it had defeated the separatist group (NYT) and killed its leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran. But the group may continue to launch guerilla-type attacks on the country. For a lasting peace, experts say the government will need to find a political solution to the ethnic conflict between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils that has plagued the country since its independence.  The European Union and Canada have joined the United States, India, and Australia in labeling the LTTE a terrorist organization, which has made it more difficult for the group to get financing from abroad. The civil war has killed nearly seventy thousand, and watchdog groups have accused both the LTTE and the Sri Lankan military of human rights violations, including abduction, extortion, and the use of child soldiers. Share Email Historical Context Sri Lanka has been mired in ethnic conflict since the country, formerly known as Ceylon, became independent from British rule in 1948. A 2001 government census (PDF) says Sri Lanka's main ethnic populations are the Sinhalese (82 percent), Tamil (9.4 percent), and Sri Lanka Moor (7.9 percent). In the years following independence, the Sinhalese, who resented British favoritism toward Tamils during the colonial period, disenfranchised Tamil migrant plantation workers from India and made Sinhala the official language. In 1972, the Sinhalese changed the country's name from Ceylon and made Buddhism the nation's primary religion. As ethnic tension grew, in 1976, the LTTE was formed under the leadership of Velupillai Prabhakaran, and it began to campaign for a Tamil homeland in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, where most of the island's Tamils reside. In 1983, the LTTE ambushed an army convoy, killing thirteen soldiers and triggering riots in which 2,500 Tamils died. India, which has its own Tamil population in the south, deployed a peacekeeping force in 1987 that left three years later amidst escalating violence. During the ensuing conflict, the LTTE emerged as a fearsome terrorist organization, famed for suicide bombings, recruitment of child soldiers, and the ability to challenge Sri Lankan forces from the Jaffna Peninsula in the north down through the eastern side of the island. The U.S. State Department placed the LTTE on its terror list in 1997. In 2002, Norway brokered a cease-fire agreement between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government. Peace talks broke down the following year, but experts posit the fragile truce held in large part because of devastation related to the 2004 tsunami, which caused thirty thousand deaths on the island. In August 2005, the assassination of Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, reignited the conflict. For the next two years, both the government and rebels repeatedly violated the cease-fire agreement. In January 2008, a cabinet spokesman said it was " useless talking to them [the LTTE] now" (AP) , and the Sri Lankan government formally withdrew from the truce, prompting Nordic monitors to pull out of the country. Since the end of the cease-fire, the Sri Lankan military has been trying to root out the LTTE, and in May 2009, the government claimed that it had defeated the rebels and liberated the country. Taking Control from the LTTE In November 2005 national elections, candidate Ranil Wickremasinghe of the governing United National Party (UNP) lost narrowly to anti-LTTE hard-liner Mahinda Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa allied his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) with two staunchly anti-LTTE political parties: the radical Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, Peopl


Aries Sun Sign - Zodiac Signs - Article by Astrology.com Aries Sun Sign - Zodiac Signs by Astrology.com November 20, 2009 03:22 PM EST Share Share Share Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and that's pretty much how those born under this sign see themselves: first. Aries are the leaders of the pack, first in line to get things going. Whether or not everything gets done is another question altogether, for an Aries prefers to initiate rather than to complete. Do you have a project needing a kick-start? Call an Aries, by all means. The leadership displayed by Aries is most impressive, so don't be surprised if they can rally the troops against seemingly insurmountable odds -- they have that kind of personal magnetism. An Aries won't shy away from new ground, either. Those born under this sign are often called the pioneers of the zodiac, and it's their fearless trek into the unknown that often wins the day. Aries is a bundle of energy and dynamism, kind of like a Pied Piper, leading people along with its charm and charisma. The dawning of a new day -- and all of its possibilities -- is pure bliss to an Aries. The symbol of Aries is the Ram, and that's both good and bad news. Impulsive Aries might be tempted to ram their ideas down everyone's throats without even bothering to ask if they want to know. It's these times when you may wish Aries' symbol were a more subdued creature, more lamb than ram perhaps. You're not likely to convince the Ram to soften up; these folks are blunt and to the point. Along with those qualities comes the sheer force of the Aries nature, a force that can actually accomplish a great deal. Much of Aries' drive to compete and to win comes from its Cardinal Quality. Cardinal Signs love to get things going, and Aries exemplifies this even better than Cancer, Libra or Capricorn. Aries is ruled by Mars. Taking a peek at Roman mythology, we find that Mars was the God of War. Our man Mars was unafraid to do battle, and much the same can be said for Aries. These folks are bold, aggressive and courageous. They can summon up the inner strength required to take on most anyone, and they'll probably win. Aries do not lack energy or vitality, and they can stay in the game longer than most anyone else. Now that's a winning edge. Rams are also, for the most part, independent and well aware of their own interests in a given situation. This sometimes myopic view may not be for everyone, but it does help Aries get things going. Further, their competitive natures ensure that they will play the game with zeal and vigor. At times, their approach may be construed as arrogant and domineering, but it takes a lot of focus to be a leader (or so an Aries would say). Sadly, Aries won't usually be around for the final victory (defeat? never). These folks will more than likely have bolted to the next project before the first one is done. The element associated with Aries is Fire. Think action, enthusiasm and a burning desire to play the game. Aries love physicality, so they won't sit on the sidelines for long, if at all. They'll jump into the fray full force and will contribute much in the process. Talk about eager beavers! Sure, some of their decisions may later prove to have been hasty, but you'll never find an Aries who regretted taking a shot. Making things happen is what it's all about to these folks. Aries are also unafraid of stepping onto new terrain. The challenge inherent in taking on the unknown is heaven on Earth for Rams. Sure, they may appear arrogant when they take on the world, but they'll be quick to tell you it's the only way to go. While a common Aries refrain might well be 'me first,' there's no point in arguing with them since, in their minds, they are first. Is this unbridled ego? Maybe, but that might be what it takes to blaze a new trail. Oh, and on the subject of arguing, it's the Ram who will have the last word, so save your breath. Aries plays as hard as they work. These folks are happiest in a spirited soccer match or engaging in the martial arts. In the game of love, the Ram's ardor is unquestioned,


If you are eating tripe, what are you eating?

Benefits of Tripe | Healthy Eating | SF Gate Benefits of Tripe Benefits of Tripe Tripe comes from the stomach of cows, sheep or oxen. While it may not be the most popular part of the animal, tripe -- the lining of the stomach of a cow, sheep or ox -- does provide a number of essential nutrients. Don't worry, the butcher will usually have treated the tripe with lime and cleaned it out for you before you buy it. Should you want to give it a try, keep in mind that tripe requires a long and slow cooking time of at least 12 hours if you want it to be tender. Basic Nutrition Facts A 3-ounce serving of cooked tripe will provide you with 80 calories, 10 grams of protein, 1.7 grams of carbohydrates and 3.4 grams of fat, including 1.2 grams of saturated fat. This is only about 5 percent of the daily value for fat and 6 percent of the DV for saturated fat, making tripe a relatively low-fat option. But this serving also provides 44 percent of the DV for cholesterol, so you shouldn't eat other foods high in cholesterol on days when you eat tripe. Foods high in cholesterol may increase your blood cholesterol levels and your risk for heart disease, although dietary cholesterol doesn't have as much of an effect as saturated fat. Source of Selenium You'll get 10 micrograms of selenium, or 14 percent of the DV, in each 3-ounce serving of tripe. Selenium is an essential mineral that acts as an antioxidant to limit cell damage from harmful compounds called free radicals. It also helps with immune function, thyroid function and the creation of DNA. Meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, Brazil nuts and brown rice are other good sources of selenium. High in Vitamin B-12 Vitamin B-12, which is only naturally found in significant amounts in animal products, is important for forming DNA and red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body. Getting enough vitamin B-12 from your diet may help lower your levels of homocysteine and thus your risk for heart disease, according to the Linus Pauling Institute. Each serving of tripe will give you 0.6 microgram of vitamin B-12, or 10 percent of the DV. You can also get vitamin B-12 from fortified breakfast cereals, seafood, chicken, turkey and beef. Provides Zinc You'll also get about 1.5 milligrams of zinc in each serving of tripe, or 10 percent of the DV. You need zinc for immune function, wound healing, blood clotting, reproduction, thyroid and insulin function, healthy vision and a proper sense of smell and taste. Zinc may also lower your risk for heart disease and cancer by acting as an antioxidant and protecting your cells from free radical damage, notes the University of Maryland Medical Center. Other foods that provide significant amounts of zinc include seafood, poultry, red meat, legumes, cheese and whole grains.


Is �Red sky at night, sailor’s delight,Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning� true? Everyday Mysteries     Within        limits, there is truth in this saying. Have you ever heard anyone use the proverb above? Shakespeare did. He said something similar in his play, Venus        and Adonis. “Like a red morn that ever yet betokened,        Wreck to the seaman, tempest to the field, Sorrow to the shepherds,        woe unto the birds, Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herds.” In the Bible, (Matthew XVI: 2-3,) Jesus said, “When in evening,        ye say, it will be fair weather: For the sky is red. And in the        morning, it will be foul weather today; for the sky is red and lowering.” Weather lore has been around since people needed to predict the        weather and plan their activities. Sailors and farmers relied on        it to navigate ships and plant crops. But can weather lore truly predict the weather or seasons? Weather lore concerning the appearance of the sky, the conditions        of the atmosphere, the type or movement of the clouds, and the        direction        of the winds may have a scientific basis and likely can predict               the weather. In order to understand why “Red sky at night, sailor’s        delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” can        predict the weather, we must understand more about weather and        the colors        in the sky. Usually, weather moves from west to east. In the mid-latitudes, the prevailing winds are westerlies. This means storm systems generally move in from the West. The colors we see in the sky are due to the rays         of sunlight being split into colors of the spectrum as they         pass         through the atmosphere and ricochet off the water vapor and particles        in the atmosphere. The amounts of water vapor and dust particles        in the atmosphere are good indicators of weather conditions. They         also determine which colors we will see in the sky. During sunrise and sunset               the sun is low in the sky, and it transmits light through the        thickest part of the atmosphere. A red sky suggests an atmosphere        loaded               with dust and moisture particles. We see the red, because red wavelengths        (the longest in the color spectrum) are breaking through the atmosphere.               The shorter wavelengths, such as blue, are scattered and broken        up. Red sky at night, sailors delight. When we see a red sky at night, this means that the setting sun        is sending its light through a high concentration of dust particles.        This usually indicates high pressure and stable air coming in from        the west. Basically good weather will follow. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning. A red sunrise can mean that a high pressure system (good weather) has already passed, thus indicating that a storm system (low pressure) may be moving to the east. A morning sky that is a deep, fiery red can indicate that there is high water content in the atmosphere. So, rain could be on its way. To learn more about weather lore and proverbs see the following        Related Web Sites and For Further Reading sections. Related          Web Sites Weather             Forecasting Through the Ages , by Steve Graham, Claire             Parkinson, and Mous Chahine -            This article from the Earth Observatory at NASA discusses            the history of predicting weather. Weather Folklore and Sayings by James White -            A brief discussion of popular weather folklore and sayings Weather             Proverbs. True or False? -            This Web site discusses weather proverbs that, under the            right circumst


In a wedding, what is the female equivalent of a ring bearer?

This Ring Bearer Stole The Show At Her Mom's Wedding Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com While ring bearers are typically boys — and little girls are often made flower girls by default — the couple gave Scarlet the honor anyway. ID: 6330065 2. “She was the ring bearer because that’s what I had a literal need for,” Villegas-Payne told A Practical Wedding . “We didn’t even have a real aisle for anybody to throw petals down on. We did need somebody to hold our rings.” Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com ID: 6330082 3. “Why is it more socially acceptable for a dog to be a ring bearer than a human girl? That I don’t know,” Villegas-Payne said. Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com / Via apracticalwedding.com ID: 6350758 4. Villegas-Payne said it was important to her and her husband to include Scarlet in their ceremony . Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com / Via apracticalwedding.com ID: 6350628 5. “I gave her a gold pin with the word ‘constant’ and talked to her a little about how much her presence means to me.” Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com ID: 6351173 6. “I love the show Lost, I love the idea of ‘constants,’ and I mostly love that Scarlet has always been mine,” she said. Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com / Via apracticalwedding.com “I have had a unique opportunity to be able to grow up along with her because I had her at a young age.” ID: 6330146 7. “Bobby gave her a ring and a promise to always be there if she ever needs him for anything.” Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com / Via apracticalwedding.com ID: 6350641 Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com / Via apracticalwedding.com Villegas-Payne told BuzzFeed Life how they put together her outfit. “Both blazers she wore (the one for the wedding and the one on the ferry) were H&M, her undershirt was J.Crew, pants we just got at Target, bow tie was from Beautiful Idiot Clothing , shoes were Dotty Shoes,” she said. The hairpiece was made by Butter and Bloom and Off White Makeup & Hair did her updo. ID: 6350732 9. “The question isn’t really why did she wear a suit, it’s when was the last time you saw a ring bearer in a dress?” Villegas-Payne said. Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com / Via apracticalwedding.com ID: 6350779 10. “She also walked me down the aisle — or sidewalk? She walked me to the ceremony. I won’t say she ‘gave me away,’ because I’ll always be hers.” Jonas Seaman / jonas-seaman.com / Via apracticalwedding.com ID: 6350505


"What type of fish is sometimes caught by ""noodling""?"

What are the Different Types of Fishing? (with pictures) What are the Different Types of Fishing? Originally Written By: Shannon Kietzman Revised By: Rachel Catherine Allen Edited By: Niki Foster Last Modified Date: 12 December 2016 Copyright Protected: These 10 animal facts will amaze you There are many different types of fishing, ranging from angling to electrofishing. Sometimes, it is categorized by the type of animal being caught — for instance, fishing shrimp is called shrimping, and catching frogs with a tined spear is called gigging. This practice can also be categorized by the purpose of the fisherman , the place where the fish are caught, or the equipment used. Purpose There are three main purpose-based categories of fishing: commercial, recreational, and sport. The commercial type is done for a living, and is considered to be one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Another type is recreational, which is done for fun, usually on a small scale. A variation on this is catch and release fishing, in which fishermen catch the fish for fun, then remove the hook and release them afterwards. Almost anyone can fish recreationally, though different regions do require licensing. A variation of recreational fishing is sport fishing, in which fisherman compete to catch specific types of fish or fish of specific weights. Location Fishing can also be categorized by the place where the fish are caught. When categorized in this way, there are two broad categories: marine and freshwater. Common type of marine fishing include deep sea, surfcasting, and netting. Common freshwater types include angling and trapping. Equipment Another way to categorize the different types of fishing is by the equipment used. Hands Only Many traditional types of fishing are done with no equipment at all, besides a person's hands. This is often called hand fishing, and is most commonly done to catch fish in streams. A few variations on this are noodling, which is used specifically to catch catfish , and tickling, in which a person rubs a fish's belly to put it into a stupor, and then grabs it out of the water. Other types are used on animals other than fish — for instance, some people dive underwater to pick up sea creatures, particularly oysters, lobsters, and abalone . Handheld Equipment The most common type of fishing done with handheld equipment is angling, in which a person uses a rod with a line attached to hook fish. The fisher attempts to get the fish to bite the hook by placing lures near the hook or by placing live bait on the hook. A variation of this is fly fishing , in which a special rod and line are used. Other types of hand fishing include kite fishing, in which a baited line is attached to a kite; and poke poling, in which people take a pole with a line attached to it and poke it under rocks around the shore to try to hook animals underneath the rocks. There is also ice fishing, which is done through a hole in ice, and trolling, in which a person draws a lure through the water in order to attract fish. Another method is surfcasting, in which a person stands on the beach and casts a baited line into the ocean. Nets and Traps Different types of netting include hand netting, trawling, tangle netting, and cast netting. Trawling, in which a large net is thrown off of the back of a boat and dragged along the bottom of the ocean or through the water, is more often done by large scale fishers. This method is often controversial because of the way it can damage the ocean floor. There are also a variety of fish trap designs, ranging from something as simple as a plastic bottle with the top cut off, inverted, and placed back in the bottom half to baskets with funnel-shaped openings leading into them. Different types of traps for catching specific types of animals, including crab traps, lobster traps, and eel traps. Animals Some fishers use animals to help the land fish or bring in nets, though this practice is not very widespread and is usually done on a small scale. One of the most famous ways of doing this is with a cormorant, a type of bi


What Chinese dam, completed in 2008, generates more electricity than any other?

China's Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental Catastrophe? - Scientific American Scientific American China's Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental Catastrophe? Even the Chinese government suspects the massive dam may cause significant environmental damage By Mara Hvistendahl on March 25, 2008 Advertisement | Report Ad SHANGHAI—For over three decades the Chinese government dismissed warnings from scientists and environmentalists that its Three Gorges Dam —the world's largest—had the potential of becoming one of China's biggest environmental nightmares. But last fall, denial suddenly gave way to reluctant acceptance that the naysayers were right. Chinese officials staged a sudden about-face, acknowledging for the first time that the massive hydroelectric dam, sandwiched between breathtaking cliffs on the Yangtze River in central China, may be triggering landslides, altering entire ecosystems and causing other serious environmental problems—and, by extension, endangering the millions who live in its shadow. Government officials have long defended the $24-billion project as a major source of renewable power for an energy-hungry nation and as a way to prevent floods downstream. When complete, the dam will generate 18,000 megawatts of power—eight times that of the U.S.'s Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. But in September, the government official in charge of the project admitted that Three Gorges held "hidden dangers" that could breed disaster. "We can't lower our guard," Wang Xiaofeng, who oversees the project for China's State Council, said during a meeting of Chinese scientists and government reps in Chongqing, an independent municipality of around 31 million abutting the dam. "We simply cannot sacrifice the environment in exchange for temporary economic gain." The comments appeared to confirm what geologists, biologists and environmentalists had been warning about for years: building a massive hydropower dam in an area that is heavily populated, home to threatened animal and plant species, and crossed by geologic fault lines is a recipe for disaster. Among the damage wrought: "There's been a lot less rain, a lot more drought, and the potential for increased disease," says George Davis, a tropical medicine specialist at The George Washington University (G.W.) Medical Center in Washington, D.C., who has worked in the Yangtze River Basin and neighboring provinces for 24 years. "When it comes to environmental change, the implementation of the Three Gorges dam and reservoir is the great granddaddy of all changes." Dam Quake When plans for the dam were first approved in 1992, human rights activists voiced concern about the people who would be forced to relocate to make room for it. Inhabited for several millennia, the Three Gorges region is now a major part of western China's development boom. To date, the government has ordered some 1.2 million people in two cities and 116 towns clustered on the banks of the Yangtze to be evacuated to other areas before construction, promising them plots of land and small stipends—in some cases as little as 50 yuan, or $7 a month—as compensation. Chinese and foreign scientists, meanwhile, warned that the dam could endanger the area's remaining residents. Among their concerns: landslides caused by increased pressure on the surrounding land,  a rise in waterborne disease , and a decline in biodiversity. But their words fell on deaf ears. Harnessing the power of the Yangtze has been a goal since Nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen first proposed the idea in 1919. Mao Zedong, the father of China's communist revolution, rhapsodized the dam in a poem. The mega- project could not be realized in his lifetime, however, because the country's resources were exhausted by the economic failures of the Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and then the social upheaval of the Cultural Revolution from the mid-1960s a to the early 1970s. Four decades later, the government resuscitated Mao's plans. The first of the Yangtze's famed gorges—a collection of steep bluffs at a bend in the river—was determined to be the perfect sit


In what country would you find Mount Ararat?

NOAH'S ARK FOUND in 2010 on Mount Ararat? - YouTube NOAH'S ARK FOUND in 2010 on Mount Ararat? Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 29, 2010 NOTE: OCT. 2, 2015: The audio track you hear on this video is NOT the original track that accompanied this important video from April, 2010 to September, 2015. That beautiful piece of music was removed by You Tube due to a BOGUS copyright claim by some hack musician by the name of "Sema J the Poet" who used the same haunting classical music track that I used on this video as the bed for his horrible song titled "Sincerely Abbey". The album from this hack musician known as "Sema J" was released in **2013**. My video was released in 2010! You do the math. It's math that You Tube is apparently incapable of doing. A group of explorers from Hong Kong and Turkey believe they've made a discovery of Biblical proportions. The group say they have found the remnants of Noah's Ark, resting at 13,000 feet atop Mount Ararat. Previous ARK expeditions in decades past have also found evidence that suggested Noah's Ark may have come to rest on Ararat. However, until now, video evidence has been scant. Radio carbon dating, the researchers say, indicates this find is 4,800 years old. If true, THIS is the most significant historical discovery in human history. It will be very telling to see how this story plays out in the main stream media. Category


What boy band shared its name with a type of Mexican soup?

Tripe Soup Tripe Soup Published July 1, 2013 | By Christine Szalay-Kudra If you were to ask most Americans about Menudo, they would probably assume that you were talking about the Mexican boy band rather than the recipe which follows. It is not a common item on the American table, at least not yet, but it is one which certainly deserves to be. As it happens, Menudo is actually a spicy soup made with beef tripe, garlic, onions, hot peppers, spices, and hominy. It is intensely flavorful and is a very popular lunch dish as well as often being available at breakfast time due to its reputation as a hangover cure. You may not have ever tried tripe before; you may have never even thought that you would try it, but do yourself a favor by going ahead and making this amazing soup. You will be glad you did – and so will everyone else sharing a meal with you. This menudo colorado recipe (so named for its red hue) is a popular variation of basic menudo which is commonly served in northern Mexico’s Chihuahua state as well as in Texas and other parts of the American southwest. However, you do not have to live in Mexico or Texas to enjoy this incredible menudo recipe. Packed with flavor and heat, this is a soup which demands that you stand up and take notice. It may not really cure hangovers, but it’s a soup which is good enough that it’s easy to understand why so many people like it enough to eat it even as part of their morning meal. Be brave and give this soup a try. Even if tripe soup is outside of your normal comfort zone and you are more of a chicken noodle soup or tomato soup person, it is nice to try something different sometimes, and there is no doubt this is a deliciously different treat. 120 million Mexicans can’t be wrong! 2 tbsp ground red pepper 5 de arbol chili peppers 6 japones chili peppers, seeded 6 cups canned white hominy, drained Salt and black pepper, to taste Chopped cilantro, minced onion and lime wedges, for serving Instructions Begin by simmering the tripe in 1 gallon of water for 2 hours, skimming off fat occasionally. Remove from heat, drain off and replace the water and simmer for another 2 hours. Add another gallon of water and bring to a boil; add the onion, garlic, oregano, and red pepper to the pot and reduce to a simmer for 1 hour. In the meantime, broil the arbol chilies until slightly scorched. Slit open and remove the seeds, then blend along with the japones peppers in a food processor or blender until chopped into small pieces. Stir the peppers into the pot and continue simmering for another 2 hours. Add the hominy and simmer for one more hour before serving with chopped onion and cilantro and plenty of lime wedges. 3.2.2499 Photo Description: Menudo, or tripe soup, is a typical Mexican dish which includes tripe, hominy, chilies, garlic and oregano. Some people prefer to stick to favorite soup recipes but there is always a place for new ones, especially if you are feeling adventurous. This is not a quick soup to prepare. It is not difficult to make but it does take seven hours to cook because it needs to simmer for a long time to tenderize the tripe and blend all those delicious flavors, so if you are making this for dinner you will need to start it in the morning so it is ready on time.


What is the British name for a bachelor party?

Bachelor Party Information and History of Bachelor Party Bachelor Party Information || The History of Bachelor Parties || It is believed that bachelor parties have been around since Ancient times. The term bachelor party is generally used in the United States. In other parts of the world, bachelor parties have other names. Some of the other names for bachelor parties include stag parties, hen parties, and stag nights in the UK. Bachelor parties have also been called bucks parties, bulls parties, and bucks night. It is believed that the bachelor party (in all its infinite forms) was first established in the Greek city-state of Sparta. Around the fifth century, a tradition was developed in which the Spartan males (all of whom were soldiers) would hold a bachelor dinner in honor of their soon to be married friend. At the dinner, the soldiers would pay homage to and make a toast for their friend on his last night as a single man. Since then, bachelor parties have become a time for males to bond together and men to be able to experience the freedom of the single life before settling down with their new bride. The bachelor parties of today can get quite wild with men doing things their new wives most likely will no longer allow once they are married. Common themes for bachelor parties (though this may differ depending on the region in which each individual lives, the social mores and the individual culture) can include drinking at the night clubs trips to the strip club, gambling, escort or private stripper services, and plenty of pranks. In most western cultures, the best man or the male siblings of the groom are the ones to plan the bachelor party, often surprising him with all the debauchery that is going to occur during the evening. These males may have something special in store for their friend, while others may try to work with him to establish what kind of things he wants to do during his last night of freedom. More Reading


250 million years ago, the Earth had one supercontinent. What was it called?

Facts About Pangaea The breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey About 300 million years ago, Earth didn't have seven continents, but instead one massive supercontinent called Pangaea, which was surrounded by a single ocean called Panthalassa. The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of plate tectonics , which posits that the Earth's outer shell is broken up into several plates that slide over Earth's rocky shell, the mantle. Over the course of the planet's 3.5 billion-year history, several super continents have formed and broken up, a result of churning and circulation in the Earth's mantle , which makes up most of planet's volume. This breakup and formation of supercontinents has dramatically altered the planet's history. "This is what's driven the entire evolution of the planet through time. This is the major backbeat of the planet," said Brendan Murphy, a geology professor at the St. Francis Xavier University, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. History More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangaea (sometimes spelled Pangea), after putting together several lines of evidence. The first and most obvious was that the "continents fit together like a tongue and groove," something that was quite noticeable on any accurate map, Murphy said. Another telltale hint that Earth's continents were all one land mass comes from the geologic record. Coal deposits found in Pennsylvania have a similar composition to those spanning across Poland, Great Britain and Germany from the same time period. That indicates that North America and Europe must have once been a single landmass. And the orientation of magnetic minerals in geologic sediments reveals how Earth's magnetic poles migrated over geologic time, Murphy said. In the fossil record, identical plants, such as the extinct seed fern Glossopteris, are found on now widely disparate continents. And mountain chains that now lie on different continents, such as the Appalachians in the United States and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, were all part of the Central Pangaea Mountains, formed through the collision of the supercontinents Gondwana and Laurussia. Pangaea formed through a gradual process spanning a few hundred million years. Beginning about 480 million years ago, a continent called Laurentia, which includes parts of North America, merged with several other micro-continents to form Euramerica. Euramerica eventually collided with Gondwana, another supercontinent that included Africa, Australia, South America and the Indian subcontinent. About 200 million years ago, the supercontinent began to break up. Gondwana (what is now Africa, South America, Antarctica, India and Australia) first split from Laurasia (Eurasia and North America). Then about 150 million years ago, Gondwana broke up. India peeled off from Antarctica, and Africa and South America rifted, according to a 1970 article in the Journal of Geophysical Research . Around 60 million years ago, North America split off from Eurasia.            Life and climate Having one massive landmass would have made for very different climactic cycles. For instance, the interior of the continent may have utterly dry, as it was locked behind massive mountain chains that blocked all moisture or rainfall, Murphy said. But the coal deposits found in the United States and Europe reveal that parts of the ancient supercontinent near the equator must have been a lush, tropical rainforest, similar to the Amazonian jungle, Murphy said. (Coal forms when dead plants and animals sink into swampy water, where pressure and water transform the material into peat, then coal.) "The coal deposits are essentially telling us that there was plentiful life on land," Murphy told Live Science. Pangaea existed for 100 million years, and during that time period several animals flourished, including the Traversodontidae , a family of plant-eating animals that includes the ancestors of mammals. During the Permian period , insects such as be


What company sponsors New York's Thanksgiving Day parade?

7 Sponsors Behind Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - TheStreet TheStreet 7 Sponsors Behind Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Here's a look at the companies that feature in Macy's famous Thanksgiving Day parade. Alexandra Zendrian Nov 23, 2011 6:58 AM EST NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) -- The Macy's ( M ) Thanksgiving Day Parade is an American tradition. But the march from Central Park to Herald Square isn't just for family entertainment --- it's also a way for companies to boldly market their brands ahead of the holiday season. The concept of having helium-filled creations in the parade began when Macy's designer and puppeteer, Tony Sarg, came up with an idea of upside down marionettes in 1927. The first of these was a version of Felix the Cat. The following year, these spectacles were filled with helium. The parade each year is watched by more than 3 million people on the streets of New York and an additional 50 million or so on television. While many of the balloons are owned or created by Macy's, others are designed by companies. Macy's enters into a partnership with the companies that own the rights to characters. For companies that have a family-oriented, joyful character, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade offers people a chance to get excited about a company's brand in a new way and become part of a historic lexicon, said Gary Singer, CEO of Buyology, a consumer and branding market research firm. "There's almost no negativity as a part of this," Singer said, explaining that the parade's positive attitude and associations are beneficial for companies to be a part of. For this reason, Singer said the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a branding opportunity is "about as good as it gets." Here's a look at some of the companies that will be featured in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.


Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in what country?

Pashtuns of Afghanistan   Pashtuns Of Afghanistan The PATHAN (Pashtun) people form the dominant ethnic and linguistic community, accounting for just over half the population. Tribally organized, the Pathan are concentrated in the east and the south. As they gained control over the rest of the country in the 19th century, however, many of them settled in other areas too. The Pashtuns mostly speak Pashtu (although some residing in Kabul and other urban areas speak Dari) and are generally Sunni Muslims. They are divided into tribal and sub-tribal groups to which they remain loyal. These tribal divisions have been the source of conflict among Pashtuns throughout their history. Even today, the Pashtun parties are divided along tribal lines. The majority of Pashtuns make their living off of animal husbandry and agriculture as well as some trade. In Afghanistan, Pashtuns have traditionally resided in a large semi-circular area following the Afghan border form north of the Darya-e-Morgab east and southward to just north of the 35' latitude. Enclaves of Pashtuns live scattered among other ethnic groups in much of the rest of the country, especially in the northern regions and in the western interior due to the resettlement policies of Amir Abdul Rahman Khan , who ruled Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901. From its founding in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani , Afghanistan has traditionally been dominated by the Pashtuns, who before 1978 constituted a 51% minority in the country. However, as a result of the 1979 Soviet invasion the population distribution in Afghanistan has changed. About 85% of the 6.2 million Afghan refugees who fled to Iran and Pakistan and around the World due to the Russian invasion and the war that followed it are Pashtuns. This, accordingly, lowered the percentage of Pashtuns inside Afghanistan temporarily and raised the percentages of the country's other ethnic groups. By the mid-1990s many of the refugees returned restoring the Pashtuns to their status of the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan constituting about 45% of the population. The Soviet invasion of December 1979 has been the major determining factor in Afghanistan's ethnic relations since that point in time. From that time Until mid-1991 the various factions of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, all dominated by Pashtuns, controlled the country's government. All other factions either opposed or aligned themselves with the PDPA (with most in the opposition), including several Pashtun factions. It is not within the scope of this chronology to document the constant shifts in alliances between various factions, both between the opposition and government camps and within them. However, it should be noted that most of the factions were ethnically homogeneous and were engaging in a constant shifting of alliances worthy of traditional balance of power theory and continue to do so today. The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 has only affected the power relations among the country's various factions but has not changed the fact that they are in constant competition with each other. The Dari-speaking TAJIK are the second-largest community, accounting for approximately 25% of the population. They are strongly identified with sedentary farming and town life, mostly in the fertile eastern valleys north and south of the Hindu Kush. Some 11% of the population are Turkic, mostly UZBEK and TURKMEN , who live in the northern plains as farmers and herders. The central mountains yield a meager living to some 1.1 million HAZARAS , a Mongoloid people who mostly speak Persian. There are many smaller communities, the most important of which are the NURISTANIS of the high mountains of the east and the BALUCH of the desert south. ©1997-2002 WebMedia iNteractive. All Rights Reserved.


Square Miles to Acres - How many acres in a sq. mile ? Square Miles To Acres Conversion How many acres in a square mile? Square miles to acres area units conversion factor is 640. To find out how many acres in square miles, multiply by the factor or instead, use the converter below. 1 Square Mile = 640 Acres Square mile and acre are imperial and US customary area units and commonly used for land measurements. In many countries, acre (43560 sq feet) is mostly replaced by hectare (10,000 sq meters) which is a metric area unit. Acre is not officially in use anymore in UK since 2010, but still commonly used in united states. The abbreviations are "mi2", "sq mi" and for acre, "ac". For acre to sq mile conversion, please go to acre to sq mile For other units of area conversion, please go to Area Conversion Converter


"""Big Brother is Watching You"" comes from what novel?"

SparkNotes: 1984: Themes, Motifs & Symbols Themes, Motifs & Symbols Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Dangers of Totalitarianism 1984 is a political novel written with the purpose of warning readers in the West of the dangers of totalitarian government. Having witnessed firsthand the horrific lengths to which totalitarian governments in Spain and Russia would go in order to sustain and increase their power, Orwell designed 1984 to sound the alarm in Western nations still unsure about how to approach the rise of communism. In 1949, the Cold War had not yet escalated, many American intellectuals supported communism, and the state of diplomacy between democratic and communist nations was highly ambiguous. In the American press, the Soviet Union was often portrayed as a great moral experiment. Orwell, however, was deeply disturbed by the widespread cruelties and oppressions he observed in communist countries, and seems to have been particularly concerned by the role of technology in enabling oppressive governments to monitor and control their citizens. In 1984, Orwell portrays the perfect totalitarian society, the most extreme realization imaginable of a modern-day government with absolute power. The title of the novel was meant to indicate to its readers in 1949 that the story represented a real possibility for the near future: if totalitarianism were not opposed, the title suggested, some variation of the world described in the novel could become a reality in only thirty-five years. Orwell portrays a state in which government monitors and controls every aspect of human life to the extent that even having a disloyal thought is against the law. As the novel progresses, the timidly rebellious Winston Smith sets out to challenge the limits of the Party’s power, only to discover that its ability to control and enslave its subjects dwarfs even his most paranoid conceptions of its reach. As the reader comes to understand through Winston’s eyes, The Party uses a number of techniques to control its citizens, each of which is an important theme of its own in the novel. These include: Psychological Manipulation The Party barrages its subjects with psychological stimuli designed to overwhelm the mind’s capacity for independent thought. The giant telescreen in every citizen’s room blasts a constant stream of propaganda designed to make the failures and shortcomings of the Party appear to be triumphant successes. The telescreens also monitor behavior—everywhere they go, citizens are continuously reminded, especially by means of the omnipresent signs reading “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU,” that the authorities are scrutinizing them. The Party undermines family structure by inducting children into an organization called the Junior Spies, which brainwashes and encourages them to spy on their parents and report any instance of disloyalty to the Party. The Party also forces individuals to suppress their sexual desires, treating sex as merely a procreative duty whose end is the creation of new Party members. The Party then channels people’s pent-up frustration and emotion into intense, ferocious displays of hatred against the Party’s political enemies. Many of these enemies have been invented by the Party expressly for this purpose. Physical Control In addition to manipulating their minds, the Party also controls the bodies of its subjects. The Party constantly watches for any sign of disloyalty, to the point that, as Winston observes, even a tiny facial twitch could lead to an arrest. A person’s own nervous system becomes his greatest enemy. The Party forces its members to undergo mass morning exercises called the Physical Jerks, and then to work long, grueling days at government agencies, keeping people in a general state of exhaustion. Anyone who does manage to defy the Party is punished and “reeducated” through systematic and brutal torture. After being subjected to weeks of this intense treatment, Winston himself comes to the conclusion that nothing is more powerful than physical pain—n


How many keys are found on a typical piano?

How Many Keys Are on a Piano Follow Us How Many Keys Are on a Piano Before you begin your piano lessons, it is important to learn how many keys there are on it. It may seem a very childish question to ask, but not many are able to answer it correctly. Advertisement It is said that in the year 1709, an Italian harpsichord maker, Bartolomeo Cristofori, invented the 'pianoforte'. This new musical instrument had a wooden frame like a harpsichord and a unique keyboard mechanism. It was very similar to the clavichord. Over the past 300 years, the pianoforte has undergone many changes. The shape, functionality, appearance, design, and sound has been modified into today's version of the piano. Layout of Piano Keys The modern piano keyboard was first established in medieval Europe during the 13th century. It had 12 basic notes, with a repetition of black and white keys. During the early stages, there were no black notes implemented as yet. Therefore, the layout of keys consisted of only seven basic notes. Then, after many long years, keyboard players were finally able to decide and implement the number of musical notes one could play on the piano. Thus, today there are 7 ¼ octaves, i.e., seven white notes and five black notes to an octave. This has made learning to play the piano so easy that you can even learn it yourself. Total Number of Keys The total number of keys on a standard modern piano is 88, the break-up being 52 white keys and 36 black keys. Initially, there used to be only 60 keys on the piano, just like the harpsichord. As the composers started to play this instrument more and more, they began to develop different musical notes. As the music played on, the piano got complicated and more keys were added to it. Then, during the 19th century, the piano had 85 notes. Finally, there were three notes added at the top. However, there are some exceptions to the usual convention of 88 keys. The 7'4" Bösendorfer model 225 has 92 keys, while the 9'6" Bösendorfer model 290 has 97 keys. The Bösendorfer Imperial Grand model 290 has 97 keys that cover a compass of 8 octaves C to C. These keys have a different finishing from the regular keys to help you avoid playing them accidentally during a recital. The semitone keys are in white and the fulltone keys are in black. The Cottage piano does not have the top and bottom octaves that are found in the normal 88 key piano, and so only has total of 64 keys. Pleyel, a company that was established in Paris in 1807 and is now under Schimmel Piano Co. today, had once built a double grand piano. It had two pianos in one case, with one keyboard on either side. For this reason, this piano had 176 keys. There are about 220 strings on a piano that has 88 keys. This means that each note has three stings in the treble, two strings in tenor and part of the bass, and one string in the very low bass. The average tension of a steel piano string is about 160 lbs., with a 15% increase on the bass strings. Different pianos have different weights as follows: Baby grand 4' 11" - 240 kg approximately Concert grand 9' - 490 kg approximately Small upright 3' 8" - 184 kg approximately Large upright 4' 2" - 215 kg approximately The biggest piano ever made was by Challen England. They made an 11' 8" long piano in 1935 for the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Princess Mary. This piano weighed about 1 ¼ tons. It had the combined tensile stress of the strings that amounted to over 30 tons. Batul Nafisa Baxamusa


What University's athletes are called the Fighting Irish?

The Spirit of Notre Dame __________ Why the &#147Fighting Irish? Many people wonder (or worry) about Notre Dame and that word, Irish. To us, it doesn't mean race exclusively; nor is it just another nickname. The fact is, it keeps alive the memory of a long, uphill fight for recognition against a spirit that was not always generous, nor even fair-minded. The Irish, as known at Notre Dame, has an authentic history and a meaning deeper even than race. Notre Dame began athletic relations chiefly with local colleges founded by various denominations. Press reports would refer to the schools as the &#147Baptists or the &#147Methodists, and the like. For Notre Dame it was the &#147Catholics, or the &#147Irish. But the players were never all of Irish ancestry; nor were they all Catholics. The usage was not original, but a continuing custom from earlier Colonial times. The bulk of the first Catholic immigrants were Irish -- so that Catholics and Irish were identical in the public mind. It is sad to recall now, but few of the original states were without laws against them. Advertisements for &#8216help wanted’ commonly carried the restriction: &#147No Catholics. No Irish. The Puritans were the first to cry: &#147Stop the Irish! When the religious origin of other colleges lost its significance, the emphasis shifted to conventional names, and to their school colors. But history is recorded remembrance in our blessed heritage here at Notre Dame. Fighting Irish! It&#8217s more than a name; more than a people. It is the Faith! In narrow, little New England, it began as a slur -- a term of opprobrium. But we took it up and made of it a badge of honor -- a symbol of fidelity and courage to everyone who suffers from discrimination; to everyone who has an uphill fight for the elemental decencies, and the basic Christian principles woven into the texture of our nation. Preserving this tradition, and this meaning of Irish at Notre Dame does honor to everyone of us. It explains why Lewinski belongs here; why Alessandrini is the Irish leader; why Schmaltz belongs here; why Bertrand, and Moreau, Van Dyke, and Larson feel at home here as much as do Leahy and O&#8217Brien. You And St. Patrick Tomorrow, the world will be green for a day while we honor the patron saint of Erin. Big-hearted people of all nationalities will pause to applaud the contribution of the Irish to the civilization of the world. Best of all contributions made was the Faith which they took with them wherever their wanderings took them. Patrick is a great saint of God; and therefore a great saint of the church. And if he belongs to the Church, then he belongs to you. That&#8217s why you should pray to St. Patrick, asking him to increase your Faith; bolster it; make it a living reality in your everyday life -- keeping you aware that the trials and sufferings of this exile are as nothing when compared to the glory that awaits those who fight the good fight that overcomes the world! Tomorrow you can take this one lesson from the Irish: they were never so poor in all their wanderings and sufferings that they bartered their Faith for the comforts of this life. They had little to take with them wherever they went; but the Faith was always the most precious of their paltry possessions. Their spirit has made it easier for you to practice your Faith here in America today. May the Fighting Irish always be with us! The Story Behind the Discovery of Fr. Charles Carey&#8217s &#147Why The Fighting Irish? Essay by Dorothy V. Corson My first meeting with Father Carey occurred midway in my research on the Notre Dame Grotto. I had been told by a priest friend at Holy Cross House that he probably knew more about Notre Dame than anyone else since he had lived on campus most of his life. I had a question to ask him about the hand gun used by biologists, Fr. Nieuwland and Prof. Greene, to shoot down the leaf specimens from trees on campus they couldn&#8217t reach. It was a story that made me smile just imagining it, so I couldn&#8217t resist finding out if it really was true. I had heard tha


Canonization is when a church declares someone to be a what?

The Canonization Process: How Does The Church Declare A Saint? | Diocesan PublicationsDiocesan Publications The Canonization Process: How Does The Church Declare A Saint? Home / Blog / The Canonization Process: How Does The Church Declare A Saint? Success The Catholic Church will be declaring its newest saint on September 4, 2016: Mother Teresa of Kolkota . As you might imagine, the Church has a rather rigorous method of formally declaring a person a saint. (Keep in mind, too, that just because a person is not formally declared a saint does not mean they are not in Heaven in the presence of God for all eternity. The Church simply cannot go through this process with every single person.) The formal process of the Church entails several steps : being declared a Servant of God, then Venerable, Blessed and finally Saint. Usually the process cannot begin until the person has been deceased for at least 5 years, unless the pope waives that time period. St. John Paul II waived the period for Mother Teresa, and Pope Benedict XVI waived it for John Paul II. Once the 5 year waiting period has concluded, the bishop of the diocese where that person lived petitions the Vatican to begin the process. If there are no objections, the process begins. The road to canonization can seem like a very long one, and it is, for good reason. The Church must invest a great deal of time and research into that person’s life, making sure that the person did indeed lead a holy life in all matters, both public and private. Once the process begins, the person in question is given the title, “Servant of God.” If you’ve ever wondered why so many priests and nuns are declared saints and not so many lay people, it lays in this step. All the person’s writings must be collected, including private writings such as diaries and letters to friends and family. The person’s entire life must be documented. For a religious, the diocese or the religious order may designate people to do this work. For a lay person, it is much more difficult to have someone devote so much time for this. It is essentially a full-time job for at least one person, and usually more. Once that step has been completed, the person is declared “Venerable.” At this point, one miracle must be attributed to the intercession of this person. In the case of John Paul II , it came from a French nun, who suffered from Parkinson’s (the same disease that claimed the life of the pontiff.) Her miraculous recovery from the disease in 2011 was the first recorded miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II’s intercession. Such miracles must be investigated and confirmed by two tribunals, one scientific and one theological : The scientific commission must determine by accepted scientific criteria that there is no natural explanation for the alleged miracle. While miracles could be of any type, those almost exclusively proposed for Causes are medical. These must be well-documented, both as regards the disease and the treatment, and as regard the healing and its persistence. While the scientific commission rules that the cure is without natural explanation, the theological  commission must rule whether the cure was a miracle in the strict sense, that is, by its nature can only be attributed to God. To avoid any question of remission due to unknown natural causation, or even unrecognized therapeutic causation, theologians prefer cures of diseases judged beyond hope by medicine, and which occur more or less instantaneously. The disappearance of a malignancy from one moment to another, or the instantaneous regeneration of diseased, even destroyed, tissue excludes natural processes, all of which take time. Such cases also exclude the operation of the angelic nature. While the enemy could provoke a disease by his oppression and simulate a cure by withdrawing his action, the cure could not be instantaneous, even one day to the next. Much less can he regenerate tissue from nothing. These are, therefore, the preferred kinds of cases since they unequivocally point to a divine cause. The theological commission must also determi


Ireland Facts on Largest Cities, Populations, Symbols - Worldatlas.com GDP total: $191.5 billion (2012 est.) GDP per capita: $41,700 (2012 est.) Language: English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas along the western coast Largest Cities: (by population) Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda, Dundalk Name: Ireland's name is derived from the old Irish word Eriu, which is the name of the matron goddess of Ireland. National Day: March 17, St. Patrick's Day Religion: Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)


What figure-shaping garment was sometimes made with whale bones?

Whalebone - definition of whalebone by The Free Dictionary Whalebone - definition of whalebone by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/whalebone  (wāl′bōn′, hwāl′-) n. 1. The elastic, horny material forming the fringed plates that hang from the upper jaw of baleen whales and strain plankton from the water. Also called baleen. 2. An object made of this material. whalebone (ˈweɪlˌbəʊn) n 1. (Zoology) Also called: baleen a horny elastic material forming a series of numerous thin plates that hang from the upper jaw on either side of the palate in the toothless (whalebone) whales and strain plankton from water entering the mouth 2. (Clothing & Fashion) a thin strip of this substance, used in stiffening corsets, bodices, etc whale•bone (ˈʰweɪlˌboʊn, ˈweɪl-) n. 1. Also called baleen. an elastic, horny substance hanging in fringed platelike sheets from the upper jaws of whalebone whales and serving to strain plankton. 2. something made of this substance, as corset stays. [1175–1225] See baleen . Whalebone Not really bone, but a horn-like material found in the mouth of the baleen whale. In the early part of the twentieth century, whalebone was widely used for stays in women’s corsets because it was light, flexible, and rustproof. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. whalebone - a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets horn - the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails Translations [ˈweɪlbəʊn] N → barba f de ballena ; (in haberdashery) → ballena f whalebone [ˈweɪlˌbəʊn] n (in corset) → stecca di balena whale (weil) noun a type of very large mammal that lives in the sea. walvis حوت кит baleia velryba der Wal hval φάλαινα ballena vaal وال valas baleine לִוויָתָן समुद्र में रहने वाला अत्यंत विशाल स्तनधारी प्राणी, ह्वेल kit bálna paus hvalur balena 鯨 고래 banginis valis ikan paus walvis hval wieloryb baleia balenă кит veľryba kit kit val ปลาวาฬ balina 鯨 кит وہیل cá voi 鲸 killer whale noun a black and white whale. moordvis الحوت الأبيَض والأسْوَد косатка baleia assassina kosatka der Killerwal dræberhval όρκα, φάλαινα-δολοφόνος orca tapjavaal وال کشنده miekkavalas épaulard לִוויָתָן काला एवं सफेद ह्वेल kit ubojica kardszárnyú delfin ikan paus pembunuh balena しゃち 범고래 dalginis delfinas plēsoņdelfīns hitam dan putih ikan paus orka, zwaardwalvis spekkhogger orka косатка kosatka dravá kit orka kit ubica späckhuggare ปลาวาฬเพชรฆาต katil balina 逆戟鯨, 虎鯨，殺人鯨 дельфін-косатка ایک قسم کی کالی اور سفید وہیل cá heo 逆戟鲸，虎鲸 ˈwhalebone noun, adjective (of) a light bendable substance got from the upper jaw of certain whales. walvisbeen مادَّة قَرْنِيَّه تَنْمو في الفَك عند الحيتان китова кост osso de baleia velrybí kostice das Fischbein barde μπανέλα barba de ballena vaalakius استخوان ارواره نهنگ valaanluu fanon de baleine עֶצֶם לִוויָתָן कुछ ह्वेल क ऊपरी जबड़े से मिलने वाला एक पदार्थ kitova kost halcsont tulang paus hvalskíði fanone , osso di balena 鯨のひげ 고래수염 banginio ūsas vaļa bārda tulang, insang paus balein hvalbarde fiszbin osso de baleia fanon; os de balenă китовый ус veľrybia kostica ribja kost kitova kost valbard วัตถุแข็งที่ได้จากปากของปลาวาฬบางชนิด balina , balena 鯨鬚 китовий вус وہیل کی ہڈی phiến sừng ở hàm cá voi 鲸须 whale oil oil obtained from the fatty parts of a whale. walvisolie زَيْت الحوت китова мас óleo de baleia velrybí tuk der Walfischtran hvalolie λάδι φάλαινας aceite de ballena traan روغن وال valaanrasva huile de baleine שֶׁמֶן לִוויָתָן ह्वेल का तेल kitovo ulje bálnazsír minyak ikan hvallÿsi olio di balena 鯨油 고래 기름 banginio taukai vaļa tauki minyak ikan paus walvistraan hvalolje tran óleo de baleia ulei de balenă ворвань veľrybí tuk kitovo olje kitovo ulje valolja น้ำมันที่ได้จากไขมันของปลาวาฬ balina yağı 鯨油 ворвань, китовий жир وہیل کا تیل dầu cá voi 鲸油 have a whale of a time to enjoy oneself very much. geniet iets baie يَقْضي وَقتا مُمْتِعا جِدا изпитвам голямо удоволствие от divertir-se muito báječně se bavit sich köstlich amüsieren have det skægt διασκεδάζω με την ψυχή μου pasarl


What type of animal stereotypically rests on the shoulder of a pirate?

Jack (monkey) | PotC Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia ― Jack Sparrow to Tia Dalma [src] After this, Jack found his way back onboard the Black Pearl when it returned to Isla de Muerta to find the island had been claimed by the sea. Jack remained onboard the Pearl, now under Jack Sparrow's command, and attempted to steal a drawing of the key to the Dead Man's Chest held by Sparrow. The pirate captain shot Jack, though the undead monkey escaped unscathed, but lost the drawing in the process. Jack on the resurrected Barbossa 's shoulder. Later, Sparrow's crew managed to capture the monkey, and Sparrow used him to barter with Tia Dalma for information on the whereabouts of the Dead Man's Chest. Jack remained in the vicinity of Dalma's shack, perhaps due to the presence of his former master returned from Purgatory. Later, after Jack Sparrow's death, Tia finally introduced the reborn Barbossa to Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann , Joshamee Gibbs , Pintel , Ragetti , Cotton and Marty . At that moment, Jack returned to his rightful place on his master's shoulder. Fight for freedom ― Cotton's parrot after Jack pulled a pistol on him. [src] Jack clinging to the parasail Jack accompanied his master on the quest to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker . The monkey admitted, with a raised hand, that he had missed Sparrow after returning from World's End , which caused Sparrow to agree to let him come with him. The monkey was also one of the only ones who came after Jack because he actually missed him. He also developed something of a partnership with Cotton's parrot ; the two worked together during the battle in Singapore to destroy a fireworks factory. However, during an altercation aboard the Black Pearl, Jack drew a small pistol on the parrot just as Barbossa did the same to Sparrow. Jack later retrieved Jack Sparrow's piece of eight and gave it to his master after a parley with Cutler Beckett . Jack remained aboard the Black Pearl, during the battle around Calypso's maelstrom , where he witnessed the impromptu marriage of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, with Pintel and Ragetti . After Will swung over to the Flying Dutchman , Jack joined them when Pintel and Ragetti fired him from a cannon. Jack, still immortal but none too pleased with this undignified mode of transport, flew into Maccus 's face and attacked him, knocking him to the deck, rescuing Will, who was in trouble at that point.


Focus | Definition of Focus by Merriam-Webster play \ˈfō-ˌsī also -ˌkī\ also focuses 1a :  a point at which rays (as of light, heat, or sound) converge or from which they diverge or appear to diverge; specifically :  the point where the geometrical lines or their prolongations conforming to the rays diverging from or converging toward another point intersect and give rise to an image after reflection by a mirror or refraction by a lens or optical systemb :  a point of convergence (see convergence 1) of a beam of particles (as electrons) 2a :  focal length b :  adjustment for distinct vision; also :  the area that may be seen distinctly or resolved into a clear imagec :  a state or condition permitting clear perception or understanding <tried to bring the issues into focus>d :  direction 6c <the team lost focus> 3 :  one of the fixed points that with the corresponding directrix defines a conic section 4 :  a localized area of disease or the chief site of a generalized disease or infection 5a :  a center of activity, attraction, or attention <the focus of the meeting was drug abuse> <put immigration into focus as a hot topic for commentators>b :  a point of concentration 6 :  the place of origin of an earthquake or moonquake 7 :  directed attention :  emphasis <The focus is on helping the homeless.> focusless


What jewelry store uses boxes that are robin egg blue?

Tiffany & Co. For The Press | About Tiffany & Co. | Tiffany Blue | United States ABOUT TIFFANY & Co. About Tiffany & Co. Tiffany Blue The heritage of Tiffany & Co.—the diamonds, the glamour, the storied legacy of movies and song—is richly reflected in the signature Tiffany Blue that wraps the jeweler’s every creation. One glance at this glorious hue evokes not only excitement, but also appreciation for a legendary style that was crafted by artisans working in a tradition established more than 175 years ago. Tiffany’s anniversary celebration pays tribute to the generations of designers and craftspeople who forged the jeweler’s renowned reputation. The objects of their dedication are milestones in the evolution of American design and reinforce Tiffany’s history as one of the world’s premier jewelers and silversmiths. It was the quality of these creations, consistently and flawlessly delivered that engendered a relationship of trust between Tiffany & Co. and its customers. Over time, Tiffany’s devoted clientele came to associate the vibrant blue box with this special relationship and the highest standards of excellence. The color known as Tiffany Blue was selected by founder Charles Lewis Tiffany for the cover of Blue Book, Tiffany’s annual collection of exquisitely handcrafted jewels, first published in 1845. Also referred to as robin’s-egg blue or forget-me-not blue, this distinctive color may have been chosen because of the popularity of the turquoise gemstone in 19th-century jewelry. Turquoise was also a favorite of Victorian brides who gave their attendants a dove-shaped brooch of turquoise as a wedding day memento. Tiffany Blue was later adopted for use on shopping bags, as well as in advertising and other promotional materials. True to the founder’s vision, the Tiffany Blue Box® became an icon of luxury and exclusivity. As The New York Sun reported in 1906, (Charles Lewis) Tiffany has one thing in stock that you cannot buy of him for as much money as you may offer; he will only give it to you. And that is one of his boxes. The rule of the establishment is ironclad, never to allow a box bearing the name of the firm, to be taken out of the building except with an article which has been sold by them and for which they are responsible. Charles Tiffany’s coveted box is today an international icon of elegance and sophistication. On a more personal level, it is a certain sign that a magical moment has arrived. The box may reveal a dazzling diamond ring that changes the course of love; or it may honor a personal achievement, a birthday or an anniversary. Glimpsed on a busy street or resting in the palm of a hand, the Tiffany Blue Box® evokes happy thoughts of the present that will be opened with the greatest pleasure. TIFFANY & CO., TIFFANY, the color TIFFANY BLUE and the TIFFANY BLUE BOX are trademarks of Tiffany and Company.