"In which mobile app do you ""swipe"" the screen to assess potential love interests?"

Tinder (Android) - Free download Free Download Looking for mobile apps? Go to AppCrawlr Looking for business apps and software? Yes No Share Your rating has been saved Oops, something's gone wrong. Try again. Tinder is fully compatible with: Android 2.1 Tinder is also compatible with Android 2.1 Thank you! Your feedback will help us make software better for all of us. Oops, something's gone wrong. Try again. What's the issue? Close Apps & Games content ratings on Softonic Content ratings help you understand the type of content you might find in an app or game, so you can decide if they are suitable for you and your family. What do the ratings actually tell me? Content ratings describe the minimum age we feel the content is suitable for. It does not indicate that the app was specifically designed for that particular age, or if a certain level of skill is required to play the game or use the app. Where can I find the content ratings? You will find the content ratings on every app or game page. Why are some apps or games unrated? If an app or game does not have a rating, it means that it has not yet been rated, or it’s been rated and we’re working to update the page. Rating Systems Softonic uses the rating systems by PEGI and ESRB. The ratings you see may vary by country or region. Tinder is the mobile dating app that makes meeting new people as easy as swiping left or right. Import your Facebook profile, and let the match making begin! Quick decisions Unlike conventional dating sites, Tinder relies on snap judgements using a strictly mobile platform. With nothing more than a few images, common interests, or mutual Facebook friends, you're forced to decide whether you want to give someone a chance, or discard them like yesterday's paper. People will only get notifications on Tinder if the interest is mutual, making it easy to declare your love without the fear of rejection, at least not immediately.  Scan, swipe, match Tinder's home screen scans your location for people anywhere from 1 to 100 miles away. Once the list populates, you can swipe through and 'like' or 'dislike' someone by either swiping right or left, or by cliking the heart or the 'x' buttons. The only problem? If you're swiping through too quickly and accidentally swipe 'no' to someone you wanted to swipe 'yes' to, there's no way of getting that match back. Tapping on someone's photo lets you scroll through the rest of their images, as well as giving you information about any mutual friends or shared Facebook interests.  If you swipe yes, and the other person does too, you'll get a notification, and that person will be added to your Tinder matches so that you can message them, if you so desire. The best part, however, is that if you swipe yes, and the other person swipes no, they'll never know. So swipe away! Near or far Getting started with Tinder is really easy. Simply log in with your Facebook account, and the app automatically imports up to 6 of your profile images. You can change which images appear, but only to other photos from your Facebook account, by going to your profile, accessible through the menu located in the top left hand corner of the app. From here, you can also change Tinder's settings, including the maximum distance of suggested matches, as well as age range and sexual preference.  The chat icon in the top right hand corner of the screen lets you access your matches and chats. I occasionally experienced delays receiving messages, as well as a skewed interface in some chat windows after the iOS 7 update, but opening and closing the chat usually solves the problem.  Another curiosity was the backlog of people I would get when travelling. I was 4000 miles away, and the app 'scanned my location', yet potential Tinder matches from my previous location were still popping up.  Mobile match making heaven I can't say much about the quality of people you'll meet, but Tinder does everything it can to make the process of meeting new people easy. You may not find the love of your life, but the concept of the app is brilliant, and the execution is exc


"Complete the song lyric : ""I am a rock, I am an ______"""

I Am A Rock Lyrics - Paul Simon And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.


"What Englishwoman wrote just one novel, ""Wuthering Heights""?"

Wuthering Heights : Emily Bronte : 9780141439556 Wuthering Heights By (author)  Emily Bronte , Edited by  Pauline Nestor , Preface by  Lucasta Miller Share US$7.58 US$8.00 You save US$0.42 Free delivery worldwide Add to basket Add to wishlist Description Emily Bronte's only novel, a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence, the Penguin Classics edition of Wuthering Heights is the definitive edition of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before; of the intense relationship between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw; and how Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past. In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of The Bronte Myth, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Bronte onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Bronte's influences and background. Emily Bronte (1818-48), along with her sisters, Charlotte and Anne, was one of the most significant literary figures of the 19th century. She wrote just one strikingly innovative novel, Wuthering Heights, but was also a gifted and intense poet. If you enjoyed Wuthering Heights, you may like Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, also available in Penguin Classics. 'Wuthering Heights is commonly thought of as "romantic", but try rereading it without being astonished by the comfortableness with which Bronte's characters subject one another to extremes of physical and psychological violence' Jeanette Winterson 'As a first novel, there is very little that can compare to it. Even Shakespeare took over a decade to reach the clifftop extremities of King Lear' Sarah Waters show more Product details 128                   x 192                   x 26mm                                   | 300g Publication date


"What real-life person was the subject of the movie ""The Theory of Everything""?"

Theory of Everything vs. True Story of Stephen and Jane Hawking Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK Elaine Mason The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope. -Stephen Hawking, 2006 Questioning the Story: Has the real Stephen Hawking seen the movie? Yes. Following the screening of The Theory of Everything at the Toronto Film Festival in early September 2014, director James Marsh and the cast answered questions during an audience Q&A. They explained that the real Stephen Hawking had already seen the movie, saying that a nurse wiped a tear from his cheek as the lights came up at his screening. Hawking subsequently gave the filmmakers license to use the audio produced by his trademark speech synthesizer. -Variety.com "When he watched it, he offered his own voice and it really does give the movie a lift," says screenwriter/producer Anthony McCarten. "It feels like Stephen Hawking is performing in the movie. I could never have anticipated that but it was extremely generous on his part." -Deadline.com The real Stephen and Jane Hawking (left) in the mid-1960s. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones (right) portray Stephen and Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything movie. Does the real Stephen Hawking feel the movie is accurate? In researching The Theory of Everything true story, we discovered that the real Stephen Hawking has conveyed his approval of the movie by calling it "broadly true" (Variety.com). "I thought Eddie Redmayne portrayed me very well," remarked Stephen. "At times, I thought he was me. ... Felicity made a very charming Jane. The film was surprisingly honest about our marriage and reflects our struggle to bring up three children, despite my disability" (The Theory of Everything Featurette). Was Stephen Hawking's family really as normal as they are portrayed to be in the movie? No. Though the Hawkings are portrayed to be a more or less typical family in The Theory of Everything movie, they were actually quite the opposite. The family vehicle was an old London taxi. They kept bees in their basement, and they often ate dinner in silence, with each member of the family focused on the current book they were reading (Biography.com). Stephen himself describes his family as being "considered eccentric" by outsiders. Like in the movie, Stephen's dad Frank did make homemade wine. Contrary to the film implying the wine was bad, the real Jane Hawking says it was quite good (Travelling to Infinity). John McClenahan, a school friend of Stephen, says that the Hawking house "was a less conventional house, one in which the children had a great deal of freedom. And I remember being quite gobsmacked by the conversation over lunch. It was about subjects which were never talked about in my house - sex, homosexuality, arguments for and against abortion, and various other subjects that were quite unusual." Stephen says that in becoming a teenager, "my parents taught me to always question things and think big." -Hawking Documentary Was Stephen Hawking really a member of the Oxford rowing team? Yes. The Theory of Everything true story confirms that Hawking was a coxswain on the Oxford rowing team. A coxswain does not row but rather controls the stroke rate and steering. The position suited his less than athletic physique. It was during his time on the rowing team that the first signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) began to show, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. "As my student days were in full swing, I was gradually becoming aware that all was not well," says Stephen. "During my final year at Oxford, I had noticed that I was getting rather clumsy in my movements..." -Hawking Documentary Stephen Hawking (top, right) served as a coxswain on the Oxford rowing team (Oxford University Boat Club) in the early 1960s. Bottom: Actor Eddie Redmayne calls the shots as Hawking in The Theory of Everything movie. How did Stephen Hawking meet Jane Wilde? Jane Wilde, Stephen's


"What percussion instrument did Blue Öyster Cult need more of in a ""Saturday Night Live"" sketch?"

(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult Songfacts Songfacts Blue Öyster Cult's first hit, this was written by lead guitarist Donald Roeser, also known as Buck Dharma. He contributed his vocals to this track and also wrote their other Top 40 hit, " Burnin' For You ." This was rumored to be about suicide, but it actually deals with the inevitability of death and the belief that we should not fear it. When Dharma wrote it, he was thinking about what would happen if he died at a young age and if he would be reunited with loved ones in the afterlife. Dharma explained in a 1995 interview with College Music Journal: "I felt that I had just achieved some kind of resonance with the psychology of people when I came up with that, I was actually kind of appalled when I first realized that some people were seeing it as an advertisement for suicide or something that was not my intention at all. It is, like, not to be afraid of it (as opposed to actively bring it about). It's basically a love song where the love transcends the actual physical existence of the partners." Blue Öyster Cult was considered a "cult" band, somewhere in the realm of heavy metal with complex and often baffling lyrics dealing with the supernatural. Those inside the cult took the time to understand that like Black Sabbath, BOC combined outstanding musicianship with fantasy lyrics, and they weren't for everyone. "Don't Fear The Reaper" exposed them to a wider audience, which was good for business but bad for art. Buck Dharma said in a 1980 interview with NME: "Ever since 'The Reaper' was a hit we've been under pressure to duplicate that success; the body of our work failed. Even on (1977 album) Spectres everyone tried to write a hit single and that's a bad mistake. The Cult is never destined to be successful at a format. To be a singles band you have to win the casual buyer." Some of the lyrics were inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet. In Shakespeare's play, Romeo swallows poison when he believes Juliet is dead. Juliet responds by taking her own life. This led many people to believe the song was about suicide, but Dharma was using Romeo and Juliet as an example of a couple who had faith that they would be together after their death. For the lyrics that begin, "40,000 men and women," Dharma was guessing at the number of people who died every day. The album features vocals and songwriting from Patti Smith. She was keyboardist Allen Lanier's girlfriend at the time and had also contributed to one of BOC's previous albums, Secret Treaties. A 2000 Saturday Night Live skit with Christopher Walken made fun of the extremely loud cowbell in this song. In the skit, the band would get upset when Will Ferrell would play the bell too loud, but Walken kept calling for "More Cowbell." In the skit, Walken plays a super-producer named Bruce Dickinson, who the band respects enough to put up with his cowbell antics. There really is a Bruce Dickinson (besides the Iron Maiden lead singer), but he didn't produce "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - that was David Lucas, who also brought us the General Electric "We bring good things to life" and the AT&T "Reach out and touch someone" jingles. Dickinson is an archivist who works on album reissues, which means gathering master tapes to ensure the best sound quality. He is credited as the reissue producer on a later version of the album, which apparently is how he was named in the sketch. Lucas and Dickinson both appeared on the Just My Show podcast, and Lucas explained that the cowbell was his idea, as the song "needed some momentum." He grabbed a cowbell from a nearby recording studio and "just played four on the floor… not hard to do." He found out about the SNL skit when a friend instant messaged him as it was airing. Dickinson says he's always felt a little funny about getting the producer role in the famous skit, but it has made life more interesting. Said Dickinson, "I work with Iggy Pop on a lot of stuff and a lot of times when he calls and I pick up the phone, he goes 'More cowbell!'" Blue Öyster Cult released their last album in


In what modern-day country did the Anglo-Zulu war take place?

10 Facts About the Historical Zulu War Andile Smith Advertisement The Zulu war which took place in South Africa between the Zulu kingdom and the British Empire occurred in 1879 and was initiated by Sir Henry Bartle Frere who decided to fight against the Zulu Kingdom; an independent state in South Africa. The British army was led by Lord Chelmsford and the Anglo-Zulu war resulted in one of the most bloody wars ever to take place on South African soil. Below are the 10 notable facts about the Zulu war. 1. The Zulu King During the War Cetshwayo kaMpande was the King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879 and their leader during the Anglo-Zulu War. At the time of the Zulu war, he refused to submit to the British. He therefore put up an army of forty thousand to sixty thousand men. He made his brother, Dabulamanzi the commander of the Zulu army. 2. Cause of the Zulu War The main cause of the war was border disputes between Cetshwayo, the Zulu king and the Boers. However, a commission ruled in favor of the Zulu people in July 1878. Despite the ruling, Sir Henry Bartle Frere who was the high commissioner to South Africa at the time, gave an ultimatum to the commission meeting. Cetshwayo however gave no response to the issue and consequently, the British invaded the Zulu nation in January 1879. However, this was without the permission from the British Government. This invasion was led by Lieutenant general Frederick Augustus Thesiger. The British invaded Zululand through the Rorke’s Drift, lower Tugela and Utrecht and were to go towards Ulundi which was the royal capital at the time. 3. Battles that Took Place During the War The war between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom took place in five different areas and thus the five different battles. These Battles include the Battle of Isandlwana, battle of Rorke’s Drift, Battle of Khambula, battle of Gindlovu and the battle on Ulundi. The Zulu warriors however were weakly armed as they used thrusting spears (iklwa), throwing spears, clubs and shields. On the other hand, the British soldiers were armed with rifles. 4. Battle of Isandlwana Interestingly, the battle of Rorke’s Drift took place on the very same day with the famous Battle of Isandlwana. The two battles took place on the 22nd January 1879. In this battle, the Zulu army was led by chief Ntshingwayo kaMahole and Mavumengwana Kamdlela Ntuli. On the other hand, the British were led by their commanders Lieutenant colonel Anthony William Durnford and Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine. During the battle of Isandlwana, the British forces were completely wiped out. This was however not expected because the Zulu has inferior weapons as compared to the British soldiers who were well equipped he British empire considered this the worst defeat ever that they had suffered against the natives. 5. Battle of Rorke’s Drift The Battle of Rorke’s Drift took place at Tugela River in Natal south Africa. The British were led by their commanders; Lieutenant Gonvile Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard. Prince Dabulamanzi Kamapande, the commander of the Zulu army led the Zulus during this war. Unlike the battle of Isandlwana, here the British won the fight despite the low numbers of the British troops. However, with the hope of negotiating a peaceful settlement, Cetshwayo had ordered that entry into the British colony of Natal was forbidden for his warriors. 6. Battle of Khambula On the 29th march 1879 and as part of Zulu war, the Battle of Khambula took place in the northern part of Zululand. Ntshingwayo kaMahole commanded the Zulu warriors while Colonel Evelyn Wood commanded the British army. Despite the fact that the British forces were greatly demoralized by their defeat in the Isandlwana battle, they eventually won this battle. The British thought this particular war to be their turning point in the Zulu war. 7. Battle of Gingindlovu At the Eastern part of Zululand, the battle of Gingindlovu took place on the 2nd of April 1879. Lieutenant general Lord Chelmsford was in charge of the British and Natal colonial forces while Somopho kaZikhala


What celebration was outlawed by Puritans in the English Parliament in 1647?

The Puritan War on Christmas | History Today The Puritan War on Christmas Cultural , Religion Christmas 'Trappings of popery and rags of the beast'. Mince-pies, mummers, holly and church services all fell victim to a determined Puritan attempt to stamp out the celebration of Christmas under the Commonwealth. During the seventeenth century, as now, Christmas was one of the most important dates in the calendar, both as a religious festival and as an important holiday period during which English men and women indulged in a range of traditional pastimes. During the twelve days of a seventeenth-century Christmas, churches and other buildings were decorated with rosemary and bays, holly and ivy; Christmas Day church services were widely attended, gifts were exchanged at New Year, and Christmas boxes were distributed to servants, tradesmen and the poor; great quantities of brawn, roast beef, 'plum-pottage', minced pies and special Christmas ale were consumed, and the populace indulged themselves in dancing, singing, card games and stage-plays. Such long-cherished activities necessarily often led to drunkenness, promiscuity and other forms of excess. In fact the concept of 'misrule', or a ritualised reversal of traditional social norms, was an important element of Christmas, and has been viewed by historians as a useful safety-valve for the tensions within English society. It was precisely this face of Christmas, however, that the Puritans of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England found so objectionable. In the 1580s, Philip Stubbes, the author of The Anatomie of Abuses, complained: That more mischief is that time committed than in all the year besides, what masking and mumming, whereby robbery whoredom, murder and what not is committed? What dicing and carding, what eating and drinking, what banqueting and feasting is then used, more than in all the year besides, to the great dishonour of God and impoverishing of the realm. In addition to this association with immorality and the concept of misrule, another of the central objections to the feast for the stricter English Protestants between 1560 and 1640 was its popularity among the papist recusant community. Within the late medieval Catholic church, Christmas had taken a subordinate position in the liturgical calendar to Easter. Its importance, however, had been growing and was further enhanced by the religious conflicts of the sixteenth century, for whereas, as John Bossy has recently pointed out, the more extreme Protestants had little time fox Christ's 'holy family', reformed Catholicism laid great stress on this area. The Tridentine emphasis on devotions to the Virgin Mary in particular elevated the status of the feast during which she was portrayed as a paragon of motherhood. Certainly, English recusants seem to have retained a deep attachment to Christmas during Elizabeth I's reign and the early part of the seventeenth century. The staunchly Catholic gentlewoman, Dorothy Lawson, celebrated Christmas 'in both kinds... corporally and spiritually', indulging in Christmas pies, dancing and gambling. In 1594 imprisoned Catholic priests at Wisbech kept a traditional Christmas which included a hobby horse and morris dancing, and throughout the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the Benedictine school at Douai retained the traditional festivities, complete with an elected 'Christmas King'. The Elizabethan Jesuit, John Gerard, relates in his autobiography how their vigorous celebration of Christmas and other feasts made Catholics particularly conspicuous at those times and, writing on the eve of the Civil War Richard Carpenter, a convert from Catholicism to Protestantism, observed that the recusant gentry were noted for their 'great Christmasses'. As a result, by the 1640s many English Protestants viewed Christmas festivities as the trappings of popery, anti-Christian 'rags of the Beast'. The celebration of Christmas thus became just one facet of a deep religious cleavage within early seventeenth-century England which, by the middle of the century, was to lead to the brea


What singer was married to Christie Brinkley between 1985 and 1994?

The Relationships and Marriages of Christie Brinkley The Relationships and Marriages of Christie Brinkley Celebrity Marriages Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters Thanks, You're in! There was an error. Please try again. Please select a newsletter. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? In looking at the four men that Christie Brinkley married, there isn't a pattern to show why her marriages all ended. Here's information on Brinkley's four marriages and her children. Christie Brinkley Marriage News Updates: 3/07/2012: Four years after their divorce, the anger and arguments continue. Peter Cook: "I'm not here to attack Christie Brinkley, but to defend myself, because to be called a dead beat dad -- to me -- is such a horrible, spiteful, vengeful thing to say, despite the fact that its not true." Source: "Christie Brinkley Divorce: Peter Cook Says Ex is Trying to 'Publicly Castrate' Him." HuffingtonPost.com. 3/07/2012. 7/10/08: The divorce trial for Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook ended with both sides saying they got what they wanted in the settlement. Brinkley won sole custody of Jack and Sailor, keeps properties in the Hamptons, and will pay Cook $2.1 million. 1/23/07: Custody issues between Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook are hostile and not complete. continue reading below our video 7 Tips for a Harmonious Divorce The couple fussed over situations such as helping with homework and whether the kids can fly on commercial jets. 9/14/06: With the filing of divorce papers in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, New York, Christie Brinkley is following through with her expected divorce from Peter Cook. 7/25/06: Peter Cook has made a public apology saying that he is hoping for a reconciliation with Christie. He is quoted in The New York Post as saying, "This is an aberration ... I'm sorry. I'm contrite. I'm stupid. Foolish. No excuse." Source: BostonHerald.com Birthdates: Christie Lee Hudson Brinkley: February 2, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan. Christie was raised in Malibu, California. Jean-Francois Allaux: Rabat, Morocco. Olivier Chandon de Brailles: September 17, 1955 in France. Billy Joel: May 9, 1949 in the Bronx, New York. Richard Taubman: abt. 1948. How They Met: Jean-Francois Allaux: Christie and Jean-Francois met while she was in France. Olivier Chandon de Brailles: Olivier and Christie Brinkley met at Studio 54 where she was hosting a party to promote her 1982 calendar. Billy Joel: Christie and Billy Joel met in 1983 on the Island of St. Barts in the Caribbean. Her engagement ring was reportedly a diamond solitare the size of a sugar cube. Richard Taubman: Christie and Richard Taubman met in March 1994 when a mutual friend introduced them. He proposed in May, 1994 although Christie and Billy were still married. Peter Cook: According to an interview in the April 1997 Redbook, Peter Cook and Christie first met in 1979 when he was modeling, and had their paths cross a few times after that. But at their re-introduction by mutual friend, NBC's Jill Rappaport, Peter and Christie felt an immediate chemistry with one another. Peter and Christie announced their engagement in August 1996 after he gave her a sapphire and diamond engagement ring. Marriage Dates: Jean-Francois Allaux: Christie Brinkley and Jean-Francois Allaux married in 1973. Olivier Chandon de Brailles: Christie Brinkley and Olivier Chandon de Brailles never married. Billy Joel: Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were married on March 23, 1985 on a yacht on the Hudson River. This was the second marriage for both Billy and Christie. Christie and Billy have one daughter. Richard Taubman: Christie Brinkley and Richard Taubman were married at 3:30 in the afternoon on December 22, 1994 in Telluride, Colorado near the area where they were both in a helicopter crash in March, 1994. Christie wore a white satin dress that she designed. At the top of lift No. 9, the simple ceremony was 11,900 feet up Telluride Mountain Christie was 40 years old, and Ricky was 46 years old when they wed. The 150 wedding invitations were drawn by her daughter, Alexa. Christie announced a


"What Carly Simon song has the lyric ""You probably think this song is about you""?"

Carly Simon - You're So Vain (with lyrics) - YouTube Carly Simon - You're So Vain (with lyrics) 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 26, 2010 ((I made a mistake in the video, which I've tried to correct - the year is 1972)) Carly Simon's 1972 hit "You're So Vain" with lyrics below. LYRICS: You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht Your hat strategically dipped below one eye Your scarf it was apricot You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner They'd be your partner, and.... You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you Don't you? Don't you? You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive Well you said that we made such a pretty pair and that you would never leave But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee and.... You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you..... Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun Well, you're where you should be all of the time And when you're not you're with Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend Wife of a close friend, and.... You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you..... Category


What is the real name of rapper P. Diddy?

Real names of rappers - YouTube Real names of rappers 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 Aug 9, 2009 How did their momma named them? 50 cent | 2pac | afroman | akon | big pun | b-real | busta rhymes | chamillionaire | chingy | chuck-d | coolio | daz dillinger | dj premier | dmc | dmx | dr. dre | e-40 | eazy-e | eminem | bow wow | fat joe | flava flav | flo-rida | ice cube | ice-t | rakim | ja rule | jay-z | jmj | kanye west | kurupt | lil flip | lil scrappy | lil wayne | lil jon | ll cool j | lloyd banks | ludacris | nas | nate dogg | nelly | notorious b.i.g. | krs-one | paul wall | p diddy | pitbull | rev run | r kelly | scarface | |snoop dogg | the game | t.i. | timbaland | t-pain | twista |usher | will smith | xzibit | young buck | young jeezy | Category


Inside what fortress was Anne Boleyn beheaded?

Learn More About Anne Boleyn's Beheading On Tower Green | Historic Royal Palaces Queen Anne Boleyn is executed on Tower Green Tower of London, 19 May 1536 Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was tried and executed within the walls of the Tower. An educated and influential queen with strong opinions on matters of policy, she fell foul of vicious court faction and religious politics. Her failure to produce a son for the King also made her position precarious. Her fall was swift On 2 May 1536, Anne was arrested, accused of adultery and incest by a king anxious to remarry. On 19 May she was beheaded. Anne was held and tried in the Lieutenant’s Lodgings, not The Queen’s House which was built on the site in 1540.  A morbid interest The idea that the Tower possessed the axe which took off Anne Boleyn’s head was encouraged in the 18th century. Tower authorities were keen to provide morbid interest for visitors. Anne, however, was granted special dispensation to be beheaded by an expert French swordsman.  She is buried in the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula inside the Tower of London.  You may also be interested in...


Who electrocuted an elephant in an effort to show that AC power was unsafe?

Edison Publicly Tortured Animals To Discredit AC Power - KnowledgeNuts KnowledgeNuts Edison Publicly Tortured Animals To Discredit AC Power By Andrew Handley on Saturday, October 19, 2013 “We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.” — Thomas Edison In A Nutshell In an effort to showcase the dangers of alternating current (AC) and discredit Nicola Tesla, Thomas Edison held public demonstrations in which he electrocuted animals—dogs, cats, horses, and even an elephant—in front of an audience. The Whole Bushel The bitter rivalry between Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla is now the stuff of legend, and it all came to a head during the War of the Currents. On the one side, Edison felt that direct current (DC) was the wave of the future. On the other side, Tesla believed that alternating current (AC) was more efficient for transmitting power over longer distances. Edison launched a massive public campaign to discredit AC, while Tesla partnered with financial mogul George Westinghouse in an attempt to convince power companies to switch over to AC using Tesla’s patented AC induction motor. By this point, the two inventors were old acquaintances, although there was nothing friendly about their relationship. When Tesla moved from France to New York in 1884, the penniless immigrant got a job at the Edison Machine Works as an engineer. Within a year, he was already solving technical problems for the company, and Edison approached him with the task of redesigning the DC generators for the entire company. He famously offered Tesla $50,000 if he could make the generators more efficient, and a few months later, Tesla came back with an improved design. But when he asked for his money, Edison laughed and said, “When you become a full-fledged American, you will appreciate an American joke.” Since Tesla had redesigned the generators while working for Edison, he had no claim to the patent, and essentially got nothing out of the agreement (although Edison offered him a raise of $10 per week. Tesla resigned on the spot). A few years later, Tesla built his AC induction motor, and the War of the Currents began. Edison’s main campaign strategy was to prove that AC, which used much higher voltages than DC, was simply too dangerous to use in homes. And to prove that, he went to ruthless extremes. Most famously, he organized demonstrations executing stray dogs and cats, and later cows and horses. One of the first demonstrations took place in 1888, with the electrocution of a large dog named Dash. Edison first sent 1,000 volts of DC through the dog to prove that he would be—if not unharmed—still alive. Then, he hooked the dog up to 300 volts of AC and smoked the pup into oblivion. And he was just getting warmed up. In 1903, Edison created his largest demonstration yet: He sent 6,600 volts of AC through a circus elephant named Topsy while 1,500 people stood by and watched. The execution was filmed and later released under the name Electrocuting an Elephant. The real test came in 1890 though, and it was no ordinary animal: The victim was a convicted murderer named William Kemmler. Edison campaigned for the opportunity to create a “more humane” method of capital punishment and, still in the midst of the War of the Currents, he opted to create the electric chair with AC. After all, what better way to prove the dangers of AC than by killing a man with it? And he couldn’t have asked for a more visceral demonstration: The first charge burned through Kemmler’s insides for a whole 17 seconds, after which he was still gasping for breath. The second charge lasted four minutes, and Kemmler burst into flame before finally dying. Show Me The Proof


What was the surname of the rapper Tupac?

Tupac Shakur - Biography - IMDb Tupac Shakur Biography Showing all 130 items Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (5) | Trivia  (76) | Personal Quotes  (41) Overview (5) 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Mini Bio (2) Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith . His family moved again in 1988 to Oakland, California. His first breakthrough in music came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital Underground. In the same year he received individual recognition for his album "2Pacalypse Now," but this album was also the beginning of his notoriety as a leading figure of the gangster permutation of hip-hop, with references to cop killing and sexual violence. His solo movie career also began in this year with Juice (1992), and in 1992 he co-starred with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice (1993). However, law confrontations were soon to come: A 15-day jail term in 1994 for assault and battery and, in 1995, a conviction for sexual assault of a female fan. After serving 8 months pending an appeal, Shakur was released from jail. 'Thug Life' tattoo across stomach Wearing a bandana tied at the front Nostril piercing Trivia (76) Renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur in 1972 by his mother after Tupac Amaru, an Inca who was sentenced to death by the Spaniards. Tupac Amaru, in the Inca language, means "shining serpent". Son of black panther Afeni Shakur ; grew up in Harlem, Baltimore, and Marin County, California. He had the words "thug life" tattooed across his abdomen. Was engaged to Kidada Jones Was going to play the role of Malik in Higher Learning (1995) Died on a Friday the 13th. More of his music has been released since his death than was while he was alive. Appeared in the Salt-N-Pepa video, "Whatta Man.". Founding Member of the Outlawz Used the name Makaveli which is an altered spelling of Machiavelli, about whom he read while in prison. In the song "Life Goes On" from the "All Eyez on Me" album, he rhymes about his own funeral. As a young man, Tupac also studied dance, including ballet. Tupac is listed as the most successful gangsta MC in the "Guinness Book of World Records." Grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Jim Carrey was his favorite actor. Was cast in the movie Woo (1998), but was shot five days before principal photography began. He was offered a record contract at the age of 13. However, his mother refused to let him sign anything at such a young age. She felt he had a lot to learn about the world before joining the music industry. He read for the part of "Bubba" in Forrest Gump (1994). 10 albums have been released after his 1996 death; all have gone platinum. He was voted the 86th Greatest Rock 'n Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. In November 1994, he was robbed and shot five times by a pair of muggers in the lobby of a New York recording studio. Tupac survived the attack, and afterwards frequently boasted of his durability in his lyrics. Was originally cast in Menace II Society (1993) but was fired after a physical altercation with director Allen Hughes . As a teenager, he studied drama at Baltimore's School for the Arts, where he rhymed under the name MC New York. When he was 12 years old, his mother enrolled him in Harlem's 127th St Ensemble. He played Travis in "A Raisin in The Sun" in his first acting role Started his career on Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records with Digital Underground . As a young man, he also studied ballet and dance His 1996 song "Ghetto Gospel" was released in 2005, with some vocals by Elton John , and went to #1 in the UK, despite the fact he had been dead for eight years. Was a good friend of fellow hip-hop MC M.C. Hammer , who also was from Oakland, California, USA. His albums have sold 38 million copies in the USA alone. Had been rapping since he was 18 years old (1989). According to Guiness Book of Records 2004, he is the highest selling rap/hip-hop artist selling over 67 million copies worldwide In a 2005 Rolling Stones Magazine Vote, Tupac was named #6 of the '100 immor


Which element accounts for 75% of the weight of the sun?

Element Abundance in Earth's Crust 28 1 The data above is from Arnett, and the elements are listed in descending order of the atom fraction in the solar system. The percent by mass in the solar system is the mass fraction in parts per million with the decimal point shifted left four places, e.g. hydrogen is 705,700 parts per million in mass and 70.57% by mass. As the lightest atom, it is 91% by number. Since specific isotopes are tabulated here, the percentages would differ slightly if all isotopes of each element are tabulated. References:


"Who is credited with the phrase ""I think, therefore I am""?"

"I Think, Therefore I am" Confused: What does this Phrase Mean? - Unenlightened English by centrelli We have all heard this phrase in some form or another but even when I, myself, tried typing this little sentence into google to see what would come up, I was surprised to see that no one could give an explanation that wasn’t lengthy or straightforward. So I’m going to try my hand at explaining this classic statement. Who said it? Rene Descartes is the man credited to these few words. The quote, originally written in french, comes from The Discourse on Method, but also appears written as the famous Latin, “Cogito ergo sum,” in his  Meditations on First Philosophy, which was an attempt to find foundational truths for knowledge. The book contains six meditations that attempt to discover what is real by first doubting absolutely everything and starting from scratch. In this way, Descartes starts at the bottom and works his way up into believing in the existence of worldly things.   What else do I need to know? In the First Meditations Descartes explains why he can call his beliefs into doubt, since his beliefs have deceived him before — I think we can all relate to one experience where our beliefs have been totally wrong and we feel the way old Descartes feels here. He argues that perhaps he is currently dreaming or that God is actually a deceiving demon, or that he is simply crazy. This gives him reason to be skeptical of all his beliefs, which leads us into the Second Meditations. Here is where he convinces himself that nothing of the world is real. He essentially disbelieves everything that can possibly be called into question and whittles existence down into nothing. Then, he says as follows: I have convinced myself that there is nothing in the world — no sky, no earth, no minds, no bodies. Doesn’t it follow that I don’t exist? No, surely I must exist if it’s me who is convinced of something. But there is a deceiver, supremely powerful and cunning whose aim is to see that I am always deceived. But surely I exist, if I am deceived. Let him deceive me all he can, he will never make it the case that I am nothing while I think that I am something. Thus having fully weighed every consideration, I must finally conclude that the statement “I am, I exist” must be true whenever I state it or mentally consider it. (Descartes, Meditation II: On the Nature of the Human Mind, Which Is Better Known Than the Body). Wait a minute, Where’s the quote!? It’s there, trust me! “I am, I exist,” is used here by Descartes to express the same thing. Meditation II is often called the cogitio for the reason that the words “I think, therefore I am,” can readily be explained with this passage. Essentialy, “I think, therefore I am” and “I am, I exist,” mean the same thing. Okay, So what does it mean? If you read the above quote from the Meditation II you see that Descartes has disproved everything that he is used to believing in. When there’s nothing left he still is left with himself and nothing else. Regardless of whether or not he is being deceived by some demon or his beliefs are wrong, he is able to see that even if he has the ability to doubt something he must be existing to even doubt it in the first place. The fact that he can think is what assures himself of his own existence, and a deceiving god cannot negate that. From this point on, Descartes can continue in his examination of reality without worry that he is by all means existing. Conclusion  “I Think, Therefore I am” is used in most intro classes to gets across the real meaning of what the cogito (Meditation II) means — A deceiver can’t deceive me of my existence, for if he were I wouldn’t exist! Although, the true quote comes from Descartes Discourse on Method, it is easier to explain it with this example. The Meditations on First Philosophy is a wonderful piece of literature that’s extremely interesting for anyone to read. If anything I said in this post sparks your interest, then I suggest you read this whole thing through yourself.  That’s all for now, I hope you all now have a bette


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In chess, which piece always remains on the same coloured squares?

chess | game | Britannica.com Chess Learn more about this topic 1 Tbh, I taught myself to play chess by reading Britannica’s article. You can too! Chess, one of the oldest and most popular board games, played by two opponents on a checkered board with specially designed pieces of contrasting colours, commonly white and black. White moves first, after which the players alternate turns in accordance with fixed rules, each player attempting to force the opponent’s principal piece, the King, into checkmate—a position where it is unable to avoid capture. Chess first appeared in India about the 6th century ad and by the 10th century had spread from Asia to the Middle East and Europe . Since at least the 15th century, chess has been known as the “royal game” because of its popularity among the nobility. Rules and set design slowly evolved until both reached today’s standard in the early 19th century. Once an intellectual diversion favoured by the upper classes, chess went through an explosive growth in interest during the 20th century as professional and state-sponsored players competed for an officially recognized world championship title and increasingly lucrative tournament prizes. Organized chess tournaments, postal correspondence games, and Internet chess now attract men, women, and children around the world. This article provides an in-depth review of the history and the theory of the game by noted author and international grandmaster Andrew Soltis. World chess champions Tarrasch, Siegbert Characteristics of the game Chess is played on a board of 64 squares arranged in eight vertical rows called files and eight horizontal rows called ranks. These squares alternate between two colours: one light, such as white, beige, or yellow; and the other dark, such as black or green. The board is set between the two opponents so that each player has a light-coloured square at the right-hand corner. Algebraic notation Individual moves and entire games can be recorded using one of several forms of notation. By far the most widely used form, algebraic (or coordinate) notation, identifies each square from the point of view of the player with the light-coloured pieces, called White. The eight ranks are numbered 1 through 8 beginning with the rank closest to White. The files are labeled a through h beginning with the file at White’s left hand. Each square has a name consisting of its letter and number, such as b3 or g8. Additionally, files a through d are referred to as the queenside, and files e through h as the kingside. See Figure 1 . Moves Editor Picks: Exploring 10 Types of Basketball Movies Tournament and match chess is distinguished from casual games by the strict provisions for completing a move. Unless preceded by the warning “I adjust” (French: “j’adoube”), a piece touched must be moved or captured (if legally possible), and a completed move may not be retracted. The players also are obligated to record their moves. Only after making a move can they stop their allotted time from elapsing, usually by depressing a device on the chess clock used in competitive play. A player can be penalized in a variety of ways, including forfeiture of the game, for consulting another player or any recorded material during the game, for analyzing the game on another board, or for distracting the opponent. Any player who realizes during a game that an illegal move has been made may demand that the position before the infraction be reinstated and that play proceed from there. If the illegality is discovered after the game is completed, the result stands without penalty. History Ancient precursors and related games The origin of chess remains a matter of controversy. There is no credible evidence that chess existed in a form approaching the modern game before the 6th century ce. Game pieces found in Russia , China , India , Central Asia , Pakistan , and elsewhere that have been determined to be older than that are now regarded as coming from earlier distantly related board games , often involving dice and sometimes using playing boards of 100 or more s


Risotto Recipe : Food Network Asian Appetizer Recipes 4.2 17 you always always always after cooking the onion, add white wine and deglaze. artvandelay0001 2014-12-27T03:33:22Z item not reviewed by moderator and published It was very creamy but rather bland. I replaced a cup of chicken stock with a cup of white wine (added in while the rice was cooking with the onions), although next time I'll have to add more wine. Garlic and shrimp (or asparagus, mushrooms, lobster, etc..) would have definitely made this a better dish. As for your basic Risotto recipe, it was alright. foodie418 2011-06-07T21:37:18Z item not reviewed by moderator and published We made this for Mother's Day and it turned out perfect!! I usually do a "box kit", so decided to make it from scratch for mother's day, and I am glad I did. It was so simple, tasted wonderful, and everyone took seconds! We served it with butterflied grilled shrimp, asparagus, a salad, and dessert. I have put this recipe where I store my top 20 "go to" recipes in my kitchen. I agree with other reviewer that it does take longer than it states...plan for about 45min. Guest 2011-05-09T09:38:33Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This was my first attempt ever to make risotto, so I looked for a simple recipe. Even halving the recipe it came out exactly the way it was supposed, and was delicious! I served it with pan seared scallops. Next time I will try more add-ins, like veggies, etc. Laura K. 2008-03-14T19:54:03Z item not reviewed by moderator and published It had a good flavor and everything was as it was explained. The one problem I had was it took about 30 min. more cooking time than was said in the recipe. I would suggest doing about 3 or 4 trial runs with this one before serving guest.I served this with baked chicken and it would have been great if the chicken was planned for with a 50 min. alotment for the rice instead of 30 min. The chicken dried out on the extended wait period. In their defense they did say that stove temp. would vary. Last word Practice . wonderoot 2007-12-17T23:15:34Z item not reviewed by moderator and published The only thing I would change is a small onion vs. the medium one. Other than that, perfeft! Creamy, rich. Simply outstanding! Wade B. 2007-02-26T09:42:38Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Made this tonight for dinner but added garlic to the recipe. I used pecorino romano cheese instead. My boyfriend loved it! It took more like 30 min to cook though. I will make this one again! Jennifer A. 2007-02-21T20:35:59Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I was surprised at how creamy the risotto came out, just by slowly cooking it with chicken broth and a little butter. However, I questioned if all the stirring and pouring was really necessary...I started to wonder how it would turn out if I just threw it all together in my rice cooker. It was really tasty after adding just a little bit of salt, pepper, and cheese. I added the tomatoes and basil, but actually preferred it without. Caroline K. 2007-02-03T23:16:23Z item not reviewed by moderator and published This is the best risotto recipe i've tried, my kids love it, it's very creamy. christina b. 2007-02-01T19:11:41Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I made this with friends and we absolutely loved it. We're all kind of health nuts, so this recipe was great - filling, but tastes light and wholesome, too. DA T. 2006-08-12T15:46:05Z item not reviewed by moderator and published Why does everyone like this ? It looks tastes and smells like Campbell's chicken and rice soup. Except pasty. And bland. I guess I'm more of a rice purist. Tammy C. 2006-06-20T17:05:18Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I did it exactly how the recipe stated, except used all chicken broth, no wine...was afraid to attempt..it was good, but next time, I won't be afraid to alter broth, and cheese...I thought it was a little too cheesy,..but all in all, was the easiest recipe... KIRSTEN H. 2006-06-16T11:33:06Z item not reviewed by moderator and published I wasn't sure ho


What Paris prison was stormed by the mob in 1789?

French revolutionaries storm Bastille - Jul 14, 1789 - HISTORY.com French revolutionaries storm Bastille Publisher A+E Networks Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution , a decade of political turmoil and terror in which King Louis XVI was overthrown and tens of thousands of people, including the king and his wife Marie Antoinette, were executed. The Bastille was originally constructed in 1370 as a bastide, or “fortification,” to protect the walled city of Paris from English attack. It was later made into an independent stronghold, and its name–bastide–was corrupted to Bastille. The Bastille was first used as a state prison in the 17th century, and its cells were reserved for upper-class felons, political troublemakers, and spies. Most prisoners there were imprisoned without a trial under direct orders of the king. Standing 100 feet tall and surrounded by a moat more than 80 feet wide, the Bastille was an imposing structure in the Parisian landscape. By the summer of 1789, France was moving quickly toward revolution. There were severe food shortages in France that year, and popular resentment against the rule of King Louis XVI was turning to fury. In June, the Third Estate, which represented commoners and the lower clergy, declared itself the National Assembly and called for the drafting of a constitution. Initially seeming to yield, Louis legalized the National Assembly but then surrounded Paris with troops and dismissed Jacques Necker, a popular minister of state who had supported reforms. In response, mobs began rioting in Paris at the instigation of revolutionary leaders. Bernard-René Jordan de Launay, the military governor of the Bastille, feared that his fortress would be a target for the revolutionaries and so requested reinforcements. A company of Swiss mercenary soldiers arrived on July 7 to bolster his garrison of 82 soldiers. The Marquis de Sade, one of the few prisoners in the Bastille at the time, was transferred to an insane asylum after he attempted to incite a crowd outside his window by yelling: “They are massacring the prisoners; you must come and free them.” On July 12, royal authorities transferred 250 barrels of gunpowder to the Bastille from the Paris Arsenal, which was more vulnerable to attack. Launay brought his men into the Bastille and raised its two drawbridges. On July 13, revolutionaries with muskets began firing at soldiers standing guard on the Bastille’s towers and then took cover in the Bastille’s courtyard when Launay’s men fired back. That evening, mobs stormed the Paris Arsenal and another armory and acquired thousands of muskets. At dawn on July 14, a great crowd armed with muskets, swords, and various makeshift weapons began to gather around the Bastille. Launay received a delegation of revolutionary leaders but refused to surrender the fortress and its munitions as they requested. He later received a second delegation and promised he would not open fire on the crowd. To convince the revolutionaries, he showed them that his cannons were not loaded. Instead of calming the agitated crowd, news of the unloaded cannons emboldened a group of men to climb over the outer wall of the courtyard and lower a drawbridge. Three hundred revolutionaries rushed in, and Launay’s men took up a defensive position. When the mob outside began trying to lower the second drawbridge, Launay ordered his men to open fire. One hundred rioters were killed or wounded. Launay’s men were able to hold the mob back, but more and more Parisians were converging on the Bastille. Around 3 p.m., a company of deserters from the French army arrived. The soldiers, hidden by smoke from fires set by the mob, dragged five cannons into the courtyard and aimed them at the Bastille. Launay raised a white flag of surrender over the fortress. Launay and his men were taken into custody, the gunpowder and cannons were seized, and the seven prisoner


Mogadishu is the capital of which African country?

Somalia 1. Is   Somalia a State?   Somalia is a country that has experienced excessive   amounts of political instability during the past decade. Somalia, like most   other countries in Africa, was colonized by European nations during the late   1800s. In 1887, Britain became concerned with keeping the route to India open   through the Suez Canal, which was opened in 1869 and as a result Britain proclaimed   Somalia as a British protectorate and named it British Somaliland. In the beginning of the 20th century British control of British Somaliland   was challenged by native uprisings. In 1910 the British abandoned the interior   of Somaliland and withdrew to the coastal regions. Italy seized the opportunity   to extend its control inland and took over many of the regions that the British   had abandoned. In the aftermath of W.W.II, Italy was forced to relinquish its possessions   in Africa and control of Somalia was given to the United Nations and for 10   years it was a UN trust territory under Italian administration until July   1, 1960 when Somalia was granted independence and it merged with the former   British protectorate of Somaliland. Somalia's transformation into an independent state was peaceful in the beginning   but is soon erupted into a violent conflict. In 1969 Abdi Rashid Ali Shirmarke,   Somalia's second President, was assassinated and in the following days a military   coup, led by Major General Muhammed Siyad Barre, tgained control of the country.   In 1970 Barre declared Somalia to be a socialist state. Armed domestic opposition to Siyad Barre arose in 1988 in the Northern part   of the country. The Somali National Movement (SNM), the United Somali Congress   (USC), and the Ogadeni Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM) joined forces to fight   against Siyad Barre's government. In 1990 as Barre began to lose control of   the country, the local political and business figures came together to sign   the Mogadishu Manifesto, calling for Barre's resignation. Mohammed Siyad Barre fled Somalia in January 27, 1991 and Somalia descended   into a state of anarchy. After Barre fled from the country the USC established   an interim provisional government, which was headed by provisional President   Ali Mahdi Mahammad. As of September 1991, Somalia is effectively under the   control of as many as 12 rival clans and sub clans. Somalia currently has no stable government and   many of the areas of the country continue to be under self-rule with control   held by local leaders. Somalia is a country comprised of roughly 7.5 million   people, many of who are nomads or refugees. The establishment of a government   has proved to be extremely difficult and currently Somalia remains a lawless   nation. Keeping   a Shaky Peace in Somalia   2. What   Kind of Nation is Somalia?   Prior to the civil war that occurred in Somalia   in 1991 the country appeared to be one of the most homogeneous countries in   Africa. The majority of people in Somalia are ethnic Somalis who speak dialects   of the same language and practice the same religion. However, a multitude   of ethnic and cultural divisions exists within the country. The practice of   Islam varies nationwide, and has over the years, been influenced by different   aspects of Arab culture. Somalia has a significant number of ethnic and economic minority groups. People   of Bantu descent tend to live in farming villages and in the southern part   of the country. Individuals of Arab descent and other non-African immigrants   tend to reside in the coastal cities, such as Mogadishu. Among Somalis, a   primary division exists between the Samaale and the Sab. The Samaale are the   majority of the Somali people and consist of four main clan families the Dir,   Isaaq, Hawiye, and Daaroodeach which is further divided into sub-clans. The   Samaale are primarily of nomadic origin and live throughout Somalia and in   Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti. The S


According to Franklin D. Roosevelt, what is the only thing we have to fear?

"Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself": FDR's First Inaugural Address talking history | syllabi | students | teachers | puzzle | about us “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR’s First Inaugural Address Franklin D. Roosevelt had campaigned against Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election by saying as little as possible about what he might do if elected. Through even the closest working relationships, none of the president-elect’s most intimate associates felt they knew him well, with the exception perhaps of his wife, Eleanor. The affable, witty Roosevelt used his great personal charm to keep most people at a distance. In campaign speeches, he favored a buoyant, optimistic, gently paternal tone spiced with humor. But his first inaugural address took on an unusually solemn, religious quality. And for good reason—by 1933 the depression had reached its depth. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address outlined in broad terms how he hoped to govern and reminded Americans that the nation’s “common difficulties” concerned “only material things.” Please note that the audio is an excerpt from the full address. Listen to Audio: Your browser is unable to play the audio element. Try updating to the latest version of your browser. I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impel. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days. In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone. More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment. Yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for. Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind’s goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men. True they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence. They know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers. They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish. The money changers have fled from their high s


In what city would you find an art museum known as the Prado?

The Prado Museum Reviews - Madrid, Spain Art & Design Lovers Mar 15, 2016 I must say I was not too excited about going to an art museum, but when I found out it was free after 6, I was game! Monday through Saturday from 6 to 8 and Sunday from 5 to 7. If your going to go for the free entrance, be there on time! There was a huge line the day I was there and I was there just after 6. There is no way you can go through the whole museum in 2 hours and believe me you will want to stay for more. The art collection is phenomenal! And please do me a favor: if you're getting in for free, pay for the audio guide. You will enjoy the museum 100 times more! (Thank me later). Recommended for:Budget TravelersStudentsHistory BuffsArt & Design Lovers Comment. Art & Design Lovers Aug 23, 2015 This is probably my favourite museum along with Musee d'Orsay. It's not as big as other famous european museums, and most of the stuff you will find here is from spanish artists. And spanish artists are brilliant. Since I'm from a country that used to be a spanish colony, the culture of my country is very related to the spanish culture. And so were my history and art classes. I grew up knowing more of spanish art than any other country's art, and that may be one of the reasons why I loved this museum so much. I've always liked small museums better than the biggest ones, because in big museums there's too much of everything and I feel that each piece of art kind of loses value, you can't enjoy it fully. That's one of the reasons why I loved El Prado. I will use as an example Louvre Museum in Paris. I felt kind of dissappointed with this one because there's no way to get to see everything, not even 1/10 of what's there. There are some amazing stuff but also things that you just need to skip to see the biggest attractions. This didn't happened to me in El Prado. It's small, and everything's good. I needed to stop and stare for a while all of the paintings because all of them were wonderful. And I had enough time to do it without feeling that I had to hurry up. It was amazing to finally see all of the paintings that I learned about in school and that appears in the books that I have in my room. Artists such as Velásquez and Goya are simply genius, and their work is something that must be appreciated. Goya, specially, have an extremely interesting life story that made his paintings really special, and it was an honour to see the result in the flesh. Guernica by Picasso was temporally exposed in El Prado when I was there and that was great. But its permanent museum is Reina Sofía in Madrid too. Also, If you ever go to El Prado, PLEASE don't miss and even more, take some time to see, really see Saturn Devouring His Son, by Goya. Is an amazing, yet disturbing piece of art. It's probably my favourite one in the museum. Oh, and as a plus to all of this great stuff, the museum was not really full. I was there in February, maybe that was a reason, but anyway it's always a good thing. The only room that was a little more full was the room of Las Meninas by Velásquez. And I totally understand it. What a stunning piece of art! Because of its beauty and also because of its shape. I loved it. Recommended for:Local CultureHistory BuffsArt & Design Lovers Comment. Art & Design Lovers Feb 06, 2014 It is considered one of the most important european museums. It has very beautiful and important art pieces from XVI to XIX from all over Europe (Rubens, Rembrandt, Rafael, Tiziano, El Bosco, Goya, Velázquez, El Greco,...) Mostly paintings of royalty or religion. I would not recommend it to people that are modern art fans; if you like surrealism or cubism I would rather recommend the Reina Sofia Museum (Dalí, Miró, Picasso...). And if you would like to see a little bit of every thing (all ages and artists): the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum; the paintings are in chronological order from gothic to pop art... Recommended for:Art & Design LoversHistory BuffsLocal Culture Comment.


What type of musical instrument is a hi-hat?

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What type of creature is also known as a white ant?

2016 White-Ants Pest Control Guide 2016 WHITE-ANTS Pest Control Guide Australian Standard 3660 - Protection of Buildings from White-Ants Termite.com.au - White-Ants Pest Control Guide will help you to identify destructive white-ant species; includes details of  AS.3660 Protection of Buildings from termites (white-ants). Subterranean termites are also called "WHITE-ANTS" in Australia are a highly destructive timber pest, causing major structural timber damage to domestic and commercial buildings. Recent APCA Industry surveys suggest about one in four of unprotected properties in Australia will be attacked by subterranean termites (white-ants) during the life of the building. Severe structural timber damage to Australian homes is on the increase due to more homes being built of materials and designs that encourage hidden termite entry and infestation. Risk assessment of local * Based upon CSIRO data and APCA national survey White-ants ... highly destructive timber pests White-ants in Australia are known to destroy most of the wall and roof frame structural timbers of a home within 3 months of construction. White-ants are estimated cause more structural timber damage to homes in Australia than from fire, floods,       storms and tempest, combined. Home insurance does NOT cover the repair costs of damage caused by white-ant infestations in a home and commercial buildings in Australia. White-ants occur throughout Australia, with a high incidence of attack in virtually all urban areas. White-ants are small soft bodied insects - about half the size of a match-head. Central Colony - White-ants build a central colony nest - they construct    underground tunnels that radiate through the souil in a 100 metre radius in serach of cellulose timber food sources. Picture on left has a Timber Pest inspector examining an above ground white-ant subsidiary nest inside a wall cavity. White-Ants often build such above ground nests, where moisture collects in the wall cavity, such as, from leaking pipes, shower recess or faulty guttering, etc. Picture shows a large mud shelter tube built by White-Ants up a a brick foundation       wall in the sub-floor of a cottage. White-Ants travel in these mud shelter tubes as protection from predators, sun-burn, dehydration and to maintain a high humidity environment which is essential for their survival. White-Ants are highly secretive insects preferring to enter a building through       areas inaccessible to inspection, such as, through in-fill patios,       fire heaths, expansion joints and cracks in concrete slab (on-ground)       flooring. The smallest of gaps white-ants can pass through a 2 mm crack or expansion joint eating through rubber compound between adjoining concrete (on ground)n flooring. White-ants often  travel under parquetry and floor tiles to get to the wall framing timbers. White-Ants symbiotic digestive system to destroy your home Worker white-ants digest timber by the use of symbiotic    protozoa in their gut. Worker white-ants feed their partly digested semi-liquid    food, regurgitated from their mouth or passing from their anus, to the other    white-ants, a process known as trophallaxis. White-ants have a well ordered social system with amazing engineering capabilities and acute survival instincts. White-ants get moiisture from soil and decaying timber and communicate using pheromone signals. The mutual feeding, constant grooming and close social habits of white-ants       are used to advantage in modern white-ant control baiting systems and strategies. Hi-tech baits for white-ants were recently introduced into the Australian market from the USA which have a delayed lethal effect on white-ants. The bait is readily passed to other white-ants in the central colony nest during their mutual grooming and feeding. White-ants need to maintain a high level of humidity and temperature (25 to 35c) in their central colony nest. White-ants eat through the centre of susceptible timbers leaving nothing       but a t


What is the Japanese art of miniature plant cultivation?

The Japanese Art of Growing Miniature Trees | Home Guides | SF Gate The Japanese Art of Growing Miniature Trees The Japanese Art of Growing Miniature Trees Formally upright shapes are common for trees that naturally grow tall. Bonsai, the Japanese art of growing miniature trees, is a process that produces exceptional and one-of-a-kind botanical specimens that evoke images of ancient forests. Although bonsai may seem like an incredibly delicate art, it is a form of horticulture that any gardener can learn with some practice. Many of the same skills you use in your yard, such as thinning and root pruning, are vital to effective bonsai. History Miniaturizing plants was a practice first developed by the Chinese, possibly as long ago as the Han and Qin dynasties, from 221 BC to 220 AD. The Japanese began adopting Chinese culture in the 500s, including Chinese penjing, a precursor to bonsai. Over time, bonsai became a separate and decidedly Japanese art form, coming into its own as hachi-no-ki around the 13th century and later named bonsai in the 1800s at Azakusa Park. The first Western exposure to bonsai was in 1909 at a London horticultural exhibit. Ideal Plants Although virtually any plant can be miniaturized, ideal specimens for bonsai are perfectly proportioned in relation to the tree, with attractive bark and flowers and leaves that are small or become small under bonsai culture. Common bonsai plants include spruce, pine, zelkova, some maple and elm species, crape myrtle, willow, azalea, pomegranate, plum, crabapple,and quince. Bonsai Training Techniques Bonsai training consists of three major elements: pinching, pruning and wiring. New growth is often pinched to cause branching to occur off of the original branches. Branch pruning may be used to establish or maintain the shape of your bonsai tree, with major pruning done in late winter or early spring and minor pruning performed whenever it is necessary. Root pruning is an early spring chore and should also be done any time the plant is repotted. By removing half of the length of roots, the tree remains dwarfed and feeder roots move closer to the trunk. Wiring is used to force the tree to grow into a specific position by holding tender new growth in place with wires until it matures and hardens. Styles The formal upright and the informal upright styles of bonsai are considered easiest for beginners, because they don't require the tree to perform amazing acrobatics. Both result in trees that appear similar to common mature forms. Other, more complicated shapes include slanting style, cascade style and semi-cascade style. These advanced shapes require both careful pruning and extensive wiring to coax the plants into convoluted positions. Care Most bonsai plants are outdoor varieties that will not tolerate prolonged stays inside, so keep them in an appropriately lit spot on a patio or deck. Because bonsai plants have such shallow and small root systems, water and fertilizer are crucial and should be provided regularly. Water your bonsai whenever the surface of the soil feels dry to the palm -- this can be as frequently as twice a day in the summer. You should not allow the soil to become soggy. A weekly dose of water-soluble fertilizer should be plenty for most bonsai, but you may need to provide more to your particular plant if the leaves begin to yellow.


"Who composed the ""Moonlight Sonata""?"

Ludwig van Beethoven — Moonlight Sonata — Listen, watch, download and discover music for free at Last.fm instrumental Sonata in C sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2    - First Movement (Adagio Sostenuto)    * Correction*   This is not the entire Piano Sonata No. 14 ("Moonlight Sonata"), but only the first of three movements. The second and third movements are Allegretto and Presto Agitato, respectively.       Beethoven's 14th piano sonata, AKA "Moonlight Sonata," was composed in the summer of 1801 in Hungary, on an estate belonging to the Brunswick family. The composition was published in 1802 and was dedicated to Beethoven’s… read more Don't want to see ads? Subscribe now Similar Tracks


What is the nationality of boxer Manny Pacquiao?

Manny Pacquiao — Ethnicity of Celebs | What Nationality Ancestry Race by ethnic on August 5, 2014 Birth Name: Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Place of Birth: Kibawe, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines Date of Birth: December 17, 1978 Ethnicity: Filipino (Cebuano and Waray) Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer, politician, basketball player, actor, and singer. He is the pride of Filipino boxing. He began serving as Senator of the Philippines on June 30, 2016. His parents are Rosalio Laraga Pacquiao and Dionisia Mejia Dapidran. His father’s family is from Pinamungajan, Cebu. His mother is a native of Inopacan, Leyte. Manny’s paternal grandparents were ? Pacquiao and ? Laraga. Manny’s maternal grandparents were Florencio Declaro Dapigran (the son of Canuto Dapigran and Alberta Declaro) and Crestina Ocba Megia (the daughter of Anatalio Megia and María Ocba). Sources: Family histories of Manny Pacquiao – http://fil-gen-pro.blogspot.com Manila May 3, 2015 at 1:57 am He was 12 years old when his parents were separated after almost 20 years of marriage. So, I believe that his parents were married around 1970 in Kibawe, Bukidnon. Marriage records in Kibawe, Bukidnon is available online in FamilySearch. I am now currently searching for that year and place. Manila May 4, 2015 at 5:22 am I have searched for 1970 and no marriage certificate of Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionisia Dapidran (or Silvestre) was found. I am now currently searching for 1971. Maybe, someone can help me in searching for 1969, 1968, 1972, 1973, and 1974? Thanks.


What gladiator led a slave revolt against Rome starting in 73 B.C.?

Spartacus the Gladiator and the Roman Slave Revolt By N.S. Gill Updated November 03, 2015. Little is known about this fighting slave from Thrace beyond his role in the spectacular revolt that became known as the Third Servile War (73–71 B.C.). But sources agree that Spartacus had once fought for Rome as a legionnaire and was enslaved and sold to become a gladiator . In 73 B.C., he and a group of fellow gladiators rioted and escaped. The 78 men who followed him swelled to an army of 70,000 men, who terrified the citizens of Rome as they plundered Italy from Rome to Thurii in present-day Calabria.   Spartacus the Gladiator Spartacus, perhaps a captive of a Roman legion, perhaps a former auxiliary himself, was sold, in 73 B.C., into the service of Lentulus Batiates, a man who taught at a ludus for gladiators in Capua, 20 miles from Mt. Vesuvius, in Campania . That same year Spartacus and two Gallic gladiators led a riot at the school. Of the 200 slaves at the ludus, 78 men escaped, using kitchen tools as weapons. In the streets they found wagons of gladiatorial weapons and confiscated them. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World Thus armed, they easily defeated soldiers who tried to stop them. Stealing military-grade weapons, they set out south to Mt. Vesuvius . Three Gallic slaves, Crixus, Oenomaus and Castus, became, along with Spartacus, the leaders of band. Seizing a defensive position in the mountains near Vesuvius, they attracted thousands of slaves from the countryside—70,000 men, with another 50,000 women and children in tow. Early Success The slave rebellion happened at a moment when Rome's legions were abroad. Her greatest generals, the consuls Lucius Licinius Lucullus and Marcus Aurelius Cotta, were attending to the subjugation of the Eastern kingdom of Bithynia , a recent addition to the Republic. The raids carried out in the Campanian countryside by Spartacus' men fell to local officials to mediate. These praetors , including Gaius Claudius Glaber and Publius Varinius, underestimated the training and ingenuity of the slave fighters. Glaber thought he could lay siege to the slave redoubt at Vesuvius, but the slaves dramatically rappelled down the mountainside with ropes fashioned from vines, outflanked Glaber's force, and destroyed it. By the winter of 72 B.C., the successes of slave army alarmed Rome to the degree that consular armies were raised to deal with the threat. Crassus Assumes Control Marcus Licinius Crassus was elected praetor and headed to Picenum to put an end to the Spartacan revolt with 10 legions, some 32,000–48,000 trained Roman fighters, plus auxiliary units. Crassus correctly assumed the slaves would head north to the Alps and positioned most of his men to block this escape. Meanwhile, he sent his lieutenant Mummius and two new legions south to pressure the slaves to move north. Mummius had been explicitly instructed not to fight a pitched battle. He, however, had ideas of his own, and when he engaged the slaves in battle, suffered defeat. Spartacus routed Mummius and his legions. They lost not only men and their arms, but later, when they returned to their commander, the survivors suffered the ultimate Roman military punishment— decimation, by order of Crassus. The men were divided into groups of 10 and then drew lots. The unlucky one in 10 was then killed. Meanwhile, Spartacus turned around and headed towards Sicily , planning to escape on pirate ships, not knowing that the pirates had already sailed away. At the Isthmus of Bruttium, Crassus built a wall to block Spartacus' escape. When the slaves tried to break through, the Romans fought back, killing about 12,000 of the slaves. The End of Spartacus' Revolt Spartacus learned that Crassus' troops were to be reinforced by another Roman army under Pompey , brought back from Spain . In desperation, he and his slaves fled north, with Crassus at their heels. Spartacus' escape route was blocked at Brundisium by a third Roman force recalled from Macedonia. There was nothing left for Spartacus to do but to try to b


"In the book ""Animal Farm"", what real-life dictator was a model for Napoleon the pig?"

Dictatorship - Animal Farm Animal Farm Propaganda Dictatorship is an autocratic form of government in which the country is ruled by an individual with absolute power: a dictator. Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany, and Kim Jong-il of North Korea are examples of famous dictators in modern times.  Animal farm and russian revolution In the novel, Napoleon is the dictator of Animal Farm, whereas following the Russian Revolution, Joseph Stalin was the dictator. They were both cruel and oppressive rulers, who exploited their subjects through tyranny and deceit. Under these totalitarian regimes, most people lived in fear and poverty, because the dictators did not prioritize their subjects’ needs.  Interpretation slow accumulation of power In Animal Farm, George Orwell demonstrates how power is accumulated slowly through a step-by-step progression. Napoleon did not suddenly emerge as the dictator, but implemented minor changes along the way to make his rise of power seem more logical to the animals. Shortly after Snowball’s expulsion, he ends the Sunday-morning Meetings, and replaces it with a new system in which “a special committee of pigs meet in private and afterwards communicate their decisions to the others” [p.36].   This symbolizes the rise of an emerging dictatorship, as the freedom of speech and expression once enjoyed by the animals is now completely abolished. Napoleon also "moves into the farmhouse and takes up his residence there" [p.45].  This physical separation from the rest of the animals represents the beginning of the establishment of a social hierarchy [Eissen, n.d.]. Orwell successfully uses these examples to illustrate the power of a small change, but also to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of how people end up believing what they believe, through a slow and gradual process, in which justifications are made at each turn. Characterization Through the characters George Orwell created in Animal Farm, the readers can gain a deeper understanding of the unfair system under a dictatorship and how different parties in the hierarchy are affected. Boxer represents the loyal and dedicated supporters of the Soviet Union. Orwell describes the horse as an honest worker, who follows Animalism faithfully without fully understanding its more intricate details. He lives by Napoleon’s orders (“Napoleon is always right”) and works himself to exhaustion (“I must work harder”) [p.41], but in turn is slaughtered by the man he admired. Orwell created Boxer’s character to convey that even the most hardworking people suffer under a brutal regime, and to demonstrate how people are used for their skills and talents. He emphasizes how corrupt Stalin is and illustrates what could happen to those who have blind trust in their dictators. Orwell also displays how dictators do not view loyalty from workers as something significant enough to reward.  Benjamin represents the people who were aware of Stalin’s unjust methods and oppressive policies during the Russian Revolution, but made no resistance to the changes. Guided by the philosophy that life will always be painful, the donkey is suspicious about the effectiveness of Animalism. 'When asked whether he was happier now that Mr. Jones has gone, he would say only "Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey."' [p.19]. Even though his skepticism proves to be correct, he is powerless and does nothing about it. Orwell created this character to communicate that even the most intelligent and well educated people under a dictatorship feel impotent to criticize the regime. Benjamin also symbolizes the people who passively encourage the rise of the dictator by not criticizing the regime. In Animal Farm, the pigs represent the ruling class and Stalin’s communist supporters. Unlike other animals, they live a life of luxury and enjoy the benefits of the dictatorship. They elevate themselves to positions of leadership, and procure privileges to "sleep in a bed" [p.41], and "drink alcohol" [p.73], even though it is against the Commandmen


"Who wrote ""A Farewell to Arms"" in 1929?"

A Farewell to Arms, 1929 - AbeBooks A Farewell to Arms, 1929 You Searched For: Results (1 - 30) of 400 1 ISBN 10: 0020519001 ISBN 13: 9780020519003 Used ISBN 10: 0684174693 ISBN 13: 9780684174693 Used ISBN 10: 0020519001 ISBN 13: 9780020519003 Used ISBN 10: 0020519001 ISBN 13: 9780020519003 Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used Softcover Published by Jonathan Cape (1929) Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0684801469 ISBN 13: 9780684801469 Used ISBN 10: 0020519001 ISBN 13: 9780020519003 Used ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used Softcover ISBN 10: 0684102366 ISBN 13: 9780684102368 Used ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used Paperback ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used Paperback ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used Trade Paperback ISBN 10: 0684717972 ISBN 13: 9780684717975 Used Trade Paperback ISBN 10: 0684155621 ISBN 13: 9780684155623 Used ISBN 10: 0684155621 ISBN 13: 9780684155623 Used ISBN 10: 1909621412 ISBN 13: 9781909621411 New Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Pan MacMillan, United Kingdom, 2016. Hardback. Book Condition: New. Main Market Ed.. 158 x 100 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. Frederic Henry is an American Lieutenant serving in the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War. While stationed in northern Italy, he falls in love with Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. Theirs is an intense, tender and passionate love affair overshadowed by the war. Ernest Hemingway spares nothing in his denunciation of the horrors of combat, yet vividly depicts the courage shown by so many. In writing A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway was inspired by his own wartime experience as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. First published in 1929, the novel made his name and remains one of his finest works. This stunning edition features an afterword by Ned Halley. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector s Library are books to love and treasure. Bookseller Inventory # AA79781909621411


What is amber? Thanks for visiting the World of Amber! What is Amber? Amber is the fossilized resin from ancient forests. Amber is not produced from tree sap, but rather from plant resin. This aromatic resin can drip from and ooze down trees, as well as fill internal fissures, trapping debris such as seeds, leaves, feathers and insects. The resin becomes buried and fossilized through a natural polymerization of the original organic compounds. What type of depositional environment preserved amber? How is amber formed? Amber is a fossilized resin, not tree sap. Sap is the fluid that circulates through a plant's vascular system, while resin is the semi-solid amorphous organic substance secreted in pockets and canals through epithelial cells of the plant. Land plant resins are complex mixtures of mono-, sesqui-, di-, and triterpenoids, which have structures based on linked isoprene C5H8 units (Langenheim, 1969, p. 1157). Volatile terpenoid fractions in resins evaporate and dissipate under natural forest conditions, leaving nonvolatile terpenoid fractions to become fossilized if they are stable enough to withstand degradation and depositional conditions. The fossil resin becomes incorporated into sediments and soils, which over millions of years change into rock such as shale and sandstone. Therefore, amber is formed as a result of the fossilization of resin that that takes millions of years and involves a progressive oxidation and polymerization of the original organic compounds, oxygenated hydrocarbons. Although a specific time interval has not been established for this process, the majority of amber is found within Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks(approximately 30-90 million years old). Why is resin produced? Although there are contrasting views as to why resin is produced, it is a plant's protection mechanism. The resin may be produced to protect the tree from disease and injury inflicted by insects and fungi. Resin may be exuded to heal a wound such as a broken branch, and resins possess odors or tastes that both attract and repel insects (Langenheim, 1969, p. 1167). In mature trees, resin may simply exude from vertical fissures in the bark due to tension produced by rapid growth (Langenheim, 1969, p. 1166). Resin may also be produced as a plant's method for disposing of excess acetate. What is amber's botanical affinity? There is no one tree responsible for the resin that fossilizes into amber. Botanical affinities have been suggested based on examination of the entombed debris and through chemical studies of the resin. The botanical affinity of jelinite, Kansas amber, appears to be from the Araucariaceae family, which is considered to be a primary Mesozoic amber tree. Although this tree does not exist today in the northern hemisphere, it would closely resemble Agathis australis, or the huge Kauri pine found today in New Zealand. During most of the Mesozoic geologic time period, gymnosperms dominated land vegetation. Conifers are the most successful gymnosperm living today (Cleal & Thomas, 1999, p. 62). Some of the amber land plants were probably conifers from the order Pinales, in the families: Araucariaceae (e.g., Norfolk Pine, Monkey Puzzle, Kauri Pine), Taxodiaceae (e.g., sequoias and bald cypresses), Taxaceae (e.g., yews), Pinaceae (e.g., pine and larches), Cupressaceae (e.g., cedars, cypresses, junipers), and Podocarpaceae. Studies by G�ppert (1836), based on botanical debris entombed in amber, concluded that members of the Pinaceae were the source of Baltic amber. Specifically, G�ppert (1836) designated the amber tree as Pinites succinifer, although he clearly stated this wood anatomy was not the same as any living pine today. Disregarding botanical evidence and concentrating on chemical evidence, Beck (1999) and Larsson (1978) suggested sources other than Pinaceae for Baltic amber, including Araucariaceae, Cupressaceae, and Taxodiaceae; they believed that chemically G�ppert's Pinites was a closer match to the Araucariaceae than to Pinaceae. When was Kansas amber produced? Kansas amber was found among