What range of mountains separates Europe from Asia and runs from the Arctic to the Caspian Seas?

Europe Jeopardy Template Which of the contiguous forty-eight states has the largest land area? 100 What is Columbia. What is the city, located on the Conagree river, that is the capital of South Carolina? 100 What is the Arctic Ocean. The northern part of Russia borders what ocean? 100 In what mountain range is the country of Switzerland found? 100 What is the Northern hemisphere and the Eastern hemisphere. In what hemispheres is Russia located? 200 What is the Ural Mountains. What mountains divide the European part of Russia from the Asian part? 200 Vienna is the capital of what European Country? 200 What is the North Sea. What sea touches the shores of England, Scotland, Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway? 200 In what direction are you traveling when driving from Budapest to Warsaw? 200 Which country is farther south: Portugal or Spain? 300 What is the name of the long mountain range located on the Italian peninsula? 300 Does the Prime Meridian pass through the North or South Pole? 300 Which U.S. city is farthest north: Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco? 300 What country has a land border with Denmark? 300 What is the United Kingdom. The island of Bermuda is a colony of what nation? 400 What is the Caucasus Mountains. What mountain range separates Europe and Western Asia between the Black and Caspian Seas? 400 What is the Vatican City and Monaco. Name the two smallest countries in the world, both located in Europe, and both less than one square mile in size. 400 What is Asia, Europe, and North America. What three continents does the Arctic Circle pass through? 400 Madrid is to Spain as what is to France? 400 What is Ankara, Turkey. What is the capital of the only country that borders both the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea? 500 What is Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, and Denmark. What countries border the Baltic Sea? 500 Who owns the Azores Islands? 500 Is most of Turkey located in Europe or Asia? 500


From 1797 to 1805 and from 1814 to 1866, the city of Venice was part of what country?

WHKMLA : History of Lombardo-Venetia, 1815-1860 Kingdom of Italy Lombardo-Venetia 1797-1815 The Vienna Congress (1814-1815) created the Kingdom of Lombardo-Venetia, consisting of the pre-revolutionary Duchies of Milan and Mantua and the Terra Ferma with the city of Venice herself. Lombardo-Venetia was united with the Empire of Austria in Dynastic Union. Milan and Venice became capitals. Austria was the dominant military power on the Italian peninsula, Milan the base of military operations such as the Expedition against Sicily in 1820, the Intervention in Savoy-Piemont in 1821, the Occupation of Bologna 1832-1839. The Austrian hold of Lombardo-Venetia was the major obstacle to the realization of the dream of Italian Unification propagated in the Risorgimento . In 1848, the Austrian monarchy was temporarily paralized, and her control over Milan and Lombardo-Venetia questioned; in 1849, Austria not only restored her control over Lombardo-Venetia, but also restored the pope to the Papal State , as well various expelled dynasts to their thrones. Yet the liberal constitution of Savoy-Piemont-Sardinia remained in force, and Savoy-Piemont-Sardinia, in alliance with France, in the War of Italian Unification 1859, defeated Austria, which ceded Lombardy, but not Venetia, to France, which in return for Savoy and Nice, ceded Milan to Piemont-Sardinia. In contrast to the traditional kingdoms the Austrian Emperor ruled, the newly created Kingdom of Lombardo-Venetia had no previous constitution to be respected (the one of the Kingdom of Italy disregarded), no representative body to be consulted (three estates), and the Austrians failed to establish a Lombardo-Venetian diet. Absolutism was resurrected. Austrian rule brought political stability and peace; the Horses of San Marco were restored to Venice. Within a few years, the Austrian administration reduced taxes, was more humane in the procedure of drafting soldiers (in comparison to the Nepoleonic administration), reduced the budget deficit, increased spending on public projects such as road construction, the hospitals, schools etc. Austrian Law, book censorship and a secret police were introduced, Freemasonry banned, the Carbonari persecuted. However, Italian patriotism and liberalism was not suppressed; Milan became the center of the activities of Giuseppe Mazzini's Giovine Italia (Young Italy). Attempts of the Austrian administration to create a nobility and bureaucracy loyal to the dynasty failed to win the loyalty of the population. In 1817, Lombardo-Venetia had a population of c. 4 million; by 1847 it had risen to 5 million. Milan was the second largest city of the Austrian dominions. The Kingdom had two universities, Padova and Pavia. Lombardo-Venetia had a separate currency, 100 centesimi = 20 scudi = 1 Lira, in coins (banknotes were very unpopular, as Austria had undergone state bankrupcy in 1811 and the banknotes lacked backing). Investments were made to increase the size of the network of northern Italy's navigable rivers; attempts were made to introduce steam shipping. Railway construction began in 1840. However, the Austrian administration rejected the concept of connecting Milan by rail with (Piemontese) Genova; political reservations prevailed over economic arguments. In 1830 all of Venice was declared a free port. The industries of Lombardo-Venetia, most notably textile, metal and leather industries, in Venice shipbuilding, flourished, promoted by the administration. In 1817 the import of machinery, of steam ships and of fuel for steam engines was freed of import tariffs (Italy has hardly any coal deposits). A machinery industry emerged in the country; demands for a change in the curriculum of secondary schools, increasing hours in instruction in the natural sciences and technology at the expense of classic languages remained unanswered. Private schools were to educate a much needed skilled workforce. Despite press censorship, over half of the books published in Italy in 1835 were published in Lombardy-Venetia; Milan was a cultural center with an impact far beyond


The 2009 Super Bowl, played at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, was between the Arizona Cardinals and what other team?

The Ultimate Super Bowl Halftime Show Oct 22, 2013 4:56 pm The Ultimate Super Bowl Halftime Show Kathryn S So, Super Bowl 43 will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, and will feature a battle between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yawn. It sounds like this year, people will be tuning in moreso for the hysterical commercials and the halftime entertainment, rather than the actual football. So far, it has been announced that Jennifer Hudson will sing the National Anthem (meh), Faith Hill will perform a pregame show (over it), and Bruce Springsteen has snagged the highly coveted spot as the halftime performer. I’ve got nothing against the Boss, but if you’re going to get people to tune in to watch the Cardinals, you’re going to have to offer them some excitement at some point during the game. Where’s Janet? Bring in some gratuitous nipple shots if you really want to please the public. That said, I would like to petition the National Football League to consider taking me on as their halftime party planner. Here are some sample line-ups that I would suggest to really keep the party that is 2009 going strong. 1. Lady Gaga Now here’s a breakout star that could get all of Ray-J Stadium on their feet. In a Times description of the woman behind the hottest dance track of 2008, Ms. Gaga was given madd props: “In combining music, fashion, art and technology, Lady GaGa evokes Madonna when she was good, Gwen Stefani circa Hollaback Girl, Kylie 2001 or Grace Jones right now.” There you have it, folks. The next Madonna, the drug-free Winehouse, the sane Britney, the non-annoying Fergie. F*ck the pigskin, Tampa. Get off your feet on February 1 and Just Dance. Not hot enough: Throw in a cameo by the other hot biatch of 2008, Katy Perry . Who said football has to be a “guy thing”? 2.  Coldplay They might not offer the over-the-top splendor that Lady Gaga could bring (you know home girl would have plenty of pyrotecnics), but Viva la Vida was the most downloaded album on iTunes last year, so they’ve got something going for them.  Wanna make the crowd really go wild? Figure out a way for Joe Satriani to take the stage and intersperse his riffs from “If I Could Fly” with Chris Martin and company’s title song from the album. 3.  Madonna and Janet. Both of them are fading from the spotlight, but their names remain notorious.  Imagine if we paired up the Queen of Pop and Miss Jackson (if you’re nasty).  Besides, Madge caused quite a stir in 2003 when she locked lips with both Britney Spears and Christina Aquilera, and more recently has made headlines since a 30-year-old Playboy portrait has surfaced and is set for auction.  Meanwhile, Miss J. is probably one of the most memorable performers in Super Bowl history.  Do you see the lines you could draw from this partnership? Bonus: Throw Justin into the mix.  Have him sing his part of “4 Minutes” and then have Madonna rip Janet’s top off (because Justin doing it again would be way to predictable). 4.  Michael Jackson, with backup dancers from a Filipino prison. If you haven’t seen this video , you just won’t get it.  But that would be the performance of the century. 5. All of the F*ck Ups from Last Year It would be like a updated version of “We are the World.” Let Brit-Brit introduce the posse, since (kudos, Brit) she has cleaned up her act, and then throw Wino, LezLo, SaMANtha, and Miley onstage (do I read Perez too much?).  Hey, at least it will be funnier than any commercial they throw at us.  To close the performance, invite the Twilight cast up, make it look like they are going to do something, and then cancel the rest of the halftime show. 6. Beyonce and Jay-Z . A Lover’s Duet. Beyonce’s single, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” has been blowing up the charts, and even inspired a satire on SNL .  What’s more, she got music mogul Jay-Z to actually put a ring on it.  The bonus? All the rap stars travel with a posse, so there would be a good chance of other celebs popping up throughout the performance. Hey, Beyonce and Mariah partied with their husb


The Houston Ship Channel connects the city of Houston, Texas, to what body of water?

Houston Ship Channel | Dredge Research Collaborative Course website: http://m.ammoth.us/teaching/aorta/ Galveston Galveston Island: once home to tribes of Native Americans, a privateering base for the nascent Republic of Mexico while it fought for its independence from Spain, later the pirate kingdom of Campeche, and, during the 19th century Texas Revolution, the main port of operations for the Texas Navy. Over the remainder of that century, Galveston grew in importance and size. “By 1899 Galveston was the world’s foremost cotton port and the fifth most important port in the United States”, according to the Texas State Historical Association. On September 8, 1900, that prosperity came to a crashing halt. First, in great gusts of wind and rain: “The greatest wind velocity registered before the anemometer blew away at 5:15 P.M. was an average of eighty-four miles an hour for a five-minute period, but gusts of 100 miles an hour had been recorded, and weathermen’s estimates later reached more than 120 miles an hour.” Then, at 6:30 PM, the storm surge arrived; as much as fifteen feet of water swept across and drowned the island, killing by some estimates as many as twelve thousand people—the deadliest hurricane in American history—and wiping away a third of the physical structure of the city. Galveston, like most prosperous ports destroyed by a natural disaster, attempted to rebuild in place, rather than retreating to a safer location. A seawall was put in place along the length of the Gulf shore. A massive and expensive project, the Galveston Grade Raising, was initiated. A canal was cut down the center of the city. Gridded square by gridded square, the city itself—both infrastructure and buildings—was put on stilts and corkscrews, and raised in place, as much as seventeen feet. Hopper dredges, the largest of which was named “Leviathan”, floated down the canal (which itself required frequent dredging), and pumped sand from the Bay floor onto the island, filling the negative space between existing grade and raised buildings. The project lasted seven years, during which time Galvestonians became accustomed to scurrying between buildings on catwalks, in what was surely one of the most surreal urban conditions ever realized. By 1910—seven years after the Grade Raising was initiated—he city sat at its new elevation, and was ready to regain its prosperous position in Gulf trade. Unfortunately for the city of Galveston, which never has regained that position, 1910 was also the year in which Harris County, home to Houston, voted to approve the dredging of the Houston Ship Channel. The Ship Channel was the subject of this studio, Aorta. Dredging the Houston Ship Channel [Text describing the Houston Ship Channel as a basic object with a particular history.] Understanding the Houston Ship Channel Three additional ways of understanding the Ship Channel were central to the work of this studio: as a collection of connected waterbodies, as a massive industrial corridor, and as an artery at the center of a metropolitan region. As a collection of waterbodies, the Ship Channel begins with Buffalo Bayou, which winds through downtown Houston to the Turning Basin, where the Ship Channel proper begins, 52 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. From there, the Ship Channel heads east and south, through a series of bays like Crystal Bay, Scott Bay, and Burnett Bay, meeting various rivers and bayous, including the San Jacinto River, and spilling into the much wider water body of Galveston Bay at Barbour’s Cut. Galveston Bay broadens as it heads southeast, eventually splitting behind two barrier islands, the Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island, into the East Bay and the West Bay (respectively). The Ship Channel itself slips between the Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston, and out into anchorages in the Gulf of Mexico. This estuarine complex is tremendously complex, hydrologically and ecologically, having, effectively, two shorelines: an exterior shoreline on the Gulf Coast, and an interior shoreline on the Bays. At the same time, through its confluence with t


In chess, how many squares does the King move when castling?

Chess Rules - How to Castle Castling Castle Maneuver Diagram Castling is a special defensive maneuver. It is the only time in the game when more than one piece may be moved during a turn. This move was invented in the 1500s to help speed up the game and to help balance the offense and defense. The castling move has some fairly rigid restrictions: It can only occur if there are no pieces standing between the king and the rook. Neither king nor the rook to be castled with may have moved from its original position. (The other rook may have already moved.) There can be no opposing piece that could possibly capture the king in his original square, the square he moves through or the square that he ends the turn. The king moves two squares toward the rook he intends to castle with (this may be either rook). The rook then moves to the square through which the king passed. Hopefully, the diagram to the left makes this clear. If the king castles queen-side the rook must move three squares. However on the king-side the rook only moves two squares. Strategy Note: Castling is a great aid in defensive strategy. It also has a tendency to bring a powerful rook into play when under normal circumstances it might be stuck behind a wall of pawns. How to Make an En Passant Move


Fondue, the Swiss National Dish With Timeless Appeal By Peggy Trowbridge Filippone Updated December 31, 2016. Fondue headlined suburban American theme parties in the 1960s, then pretty quickly fell out of favor, as fads so often do. Americans briefly rediscovered the communal meal in the early '90s, albeit with a more modern and health-conscious approach to the recipes. But if everything old eventually becomes new again, that fondue pot set you stashed in the basement might be due for a second revival. Fondue Origin The idea of fondue likely calls to mind the style that originated during the 1800s in the Swiss Alps as a way to use hardened cheese and stale bread during the winter months. Deriving from the French verb fondre, meaning "to melt," fondue was a classic peasant dish made fashionable across the country after World War I by the Swiss Cheese Union. French gastronome Brillat-Savarin mentioned fondue in his 19th-century writings. But fondue-like dishes originated in cultures around the world, such as Asian hot pots in which diners cook chunks of meat, seafood or vegetables in a communal pot of bubbling oil or steaming broth. Mexico's queso fundido resembles the cheesy Swiss dish, though served with tortillas, while bagna cauda in Italy relies on pureed anchovies for texture and flavor and is typically accompanied by vegetables. Chef Konrad Egli of New York's Chalet Suisse Restaurant gets the credit for chocolate fondue, which he developed in 1964 to support a marketing effort by Swiss company Toblerone. Fondue Today Traditional Swiss fondue combines  Emmenthaler and/or Gruyere cheese and wine, melted in a communal pot. A cherry brandy called kirsch gets added to the mixture, which becomes a dip for pieces of stale bread and crusts. In Switzerland, cooks in different regions produce fondue with other local melting cheeses and variations on flavorings. But they all agree that the best bite develops at the bottom of the pot during the course of the meal. The crusty slab of cheese, called le religieuse, gets reverentially scrapped off by fondue connoisseurs and shared around the table. Those same connoisseurs (and hopefully any good cheese fondue host) will tell you to drink white wine, kirsch or herbal tea with your meal -- and nothing else. Those in the know say beer or juice or even water can cause the cheese in your belly to coagulate, which doesn't sound like a pleasant end to the meal. Chocolate fondue might seem like a foregone conclusion, but the editors at Bon Appetit don't recommend the high-cholesterol combination.  A few slices of fresh pineapple make a much better choice for dessert because the natural enzymes help with digestion. You don't even need a special fondue pot to serve a meal for family or friends. A slow cooker makes a convenient substitute and keeps the cheese warm. You can also melt the cheese in a double boiler on an electric hot plate, or prepare it on the stove and transfer it to a chaffing dish. More about Fondue:


"Which English composer wrote ""The Planets"", ""Somerset Rhapsody"" and the ballet ""The Perfect Fool""?"

Holst - The Perfect Fool (Ballet Suite), Op 39 - (1/2) - YouTube Holst - The Perfect Fool (Ballet Suite), Op 39 - (1/2) 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 27, 2009 The Planets! Merely the mention of the name Gustav Holst brings to mind one work in most people's minds; 'The Planets'. And, indeed, 'The Planets' is a marvel. However, Holst composed over 200 pieces of beautiful music including Operas, Ballets (this Suite came from Holst's Opera of the same name), Songs, Songs without Words, Choral Works, Symphonies, Chamber Pieces, Choral Hymns... The Perfect Fool, originally written by Holst as an opera for which Holst also wrote the libretto after his friend, playwright, journalist, poet and lyricist, Clifford Bax, brother of composer Arnold Bax, refused to write it. The opera was poorly received by the public and was quickly forgotten. But here, in Holst's reduction of the Opera to a Ballet Suite, Holst took the best of the operatic score and created a beautiful work for Orchestra. All four pieces are rich and full of texture yet minimal enough at just the right times to make the piece come alive for the listener. The story is that of a Wizard who, (in the 1st movement) invokes with trombone, the Spirits of Earth (heard dancing in the 2nd movement); invokes with Viola, the Spirits of Water (heard dancing in the 3rd movement), and, with a climactic unity of the orchestra, the Spirits of Fire (crackling and burning in the 4th movement). Here are the first and second movements, 'Invocation' (Andante) and 'Dance of Spirits of Earth' (Moderato - Andante), respectively, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with the great Andre Previn at the helm. Enjoy!


Around 1910, the White Star Line was building three sister ships: The Titanic, The Gigantic (later named the Britannic) and which other?

Titanic's Sister Ships Titanic's Sister Ships The Titanic was the second of three large liners intended to work the   Southampton-New York "shuttle" service. The sister ships were planned to be   near identical. RMS Olympic Olympic & Titanic in Belfast Launched on 20th October 1910 Olympic was the first of the trio of White   Star Liners. Under the command of Captain E.J. Smith (who was later to command   the Titanic) she sailed on June 14th 1911 on her Maiden voyage to New   York. The Olympic was received well, but on 20th September 1911 she was   involved in a collision with cruiser HMS Hawke. After limping back to   Belfast she was repaired using components from her sister (Titanic) then   under construction. After the Titanic disaster, Olympic underwent various safety improvements   including lifeboats for all aboard, and in October 1912 she returned to   Belfast again for installation of an inner watertight skin. On 1st September 1915 the Olympic was requisitioned by the British   Government for war service as a troopship. Later she received a coat of   dazzle paint designed to confuse enemy observers. Perhaps her most famous   exploit of the war years was when she struck and sank a German submarine,   U103. After the war she returned to commercial service, and despite her early   mishaps, she gained an affectionate following and earned the nickname "Old   Reliable". Her bad luck returned on 15th May 1934 when the Olympic collided with   the Nantucket lightship with the loss of 7 lives. Her last voyage ended in Southampton on April 12th 1935, on 13th   October 1935 she arrived Palmers Yard on the Tyne for breaking up. Her   pitiful remains were finally towed to Inverkeithing on 19th September 1937   for final demolition. Fittings from the Olympic were sold off at auction, and to this day it   is possible to see them. Notable locations include the White Swan Hotel,   Alnwick, England and the famous "Honour and Glory Crowning Time" wood   carving can be seen in the Southampton Maritime Museum. Recommended Reading: RMS Olympic "The Old Reliable" by Simon Mills Publisher: Waterfront Publications - ISBN: 0-946184-79-8 HMHS Britannic HMHS Britannic at Mudros on 3rd October 1916 Britannic started life under the cloud of the Titanic disaster, from the   start she was expected to be named "Gigantic" but she was built as   Britannic, considered by White Star as a lucky name (the White Star Line   had three ships named Britannic over the years - HMHS Britannic was the   second). In appearance the Britannic resembled the Titanic, having an enclosed   promenade A-Deck, but one large difference was the lifeboat davits which   were much more prominent on the Britannic. Below decks, the Britannic was similar to her sisters, but additional   safety features (such as a double skin) were "built in" rather than   retrofitted. Although her service speed was not intended to be increased,   she was fitted with a more powerful turbine capable of developing 18,000HP   compared to the 16,000HP of the Olympic, it was the largest marine turbine   in the world. Launched on 26th February 1914, fitting out was delayed by WW1 and   financial/industrial difficulties. On 13th November 1915 the Britannic was   requisitioned as a hospital ship becoming HMHS (His Majesty's Hospital Ship)   Britannic. Receiving a coat of brilliant white paint, with huge red crosses each   lit by 125 lights. On 11th December 1915 she left Belfast and started her   short career. On 8:12am on 21st November 1916 Britannic struck a mine (some still   contest it was a torpedo) in the Kea Channel, Aegean Sea. Despite her   improved safety features, the Britannic began to sink in a cruel copycat of   her sister's end four years earlier. Attempts were made to beach the ship on the nearby island of Kea, but it   was not to be. Two lifeboats, launched without authority from the port side   were sucked into the propellers and smashed to pieces....the occupants   didn't stand a chance. At 9:07


Whispering Ted Lowe is best known as a commentator for which sport?

Snooker commentator 'Whispering' Ted Lowe dies at 90 | Daily Mail Online comments Ever since television began bringing live action to the masses in Britain, each sport has become associated with a commentating doyen. Rugby union had Bill McLaren, racing Sir Peter O’Sullevan, tennis Dan Maskell and cricket — somewhat curiously, though completely deservedly — a former Australian captain named Richie Benaud. In snooker, it was Ted Lowe, or rather Whispering Ted Lowe, who died on Sunday at the age of 90, a few hours before the start of the World Championship final at The Crucible in Sheffield. I can still see him poking his head under a gradually lowering screen that divides one table from the other. Voice of reason: Lowe was dubbed 'Whispering Ted' for his BBC commentaries WORDS OF TRIBUTE 'He had a lovely, lovely voice. To hear his voice and have him commentating on the 1985 final (when Taylor dramatically beat Steve Davis) makes it special.  'No praise is high enough, I had such great times with him, and I couldn’t have learned from anyone better.' Dennis Taylor He was a nondescript bespectacled little man, the son of a jockey, brought up in the horse racing heartland of Lambourn. But his hushed voice, born of necessity, and flair for economic description gained the indispensable qualities of instant recognition and viewer trust. As he explained in a 2007 interview, Lowe whispered because his first broadcasts from the Leicester Square Hall, which he managed, came from among the spectators, four rows from the action to be precise. ‘I was scared to death commentating on Joe Davis, who was a god to me,’ he recalled. ‘Of course, sitting in the crowd I was terrified they would hear what I had to say, so I started whispering. The producer loved it.’ In our thoughts: Ken Doherty, John Parrott and Steve Davis join in a minute's applause in memory of Ted Lowe WORDS OF TRIBUTE 'He had an impish sense of humour and while cricket had its John Arlott, Wimbledon had its Dan Maskell, we had Ted Lowe.  'He was one of the BBC greats. Those hushed tones, “Whispering Ted” — it’s a sad day for snooker. He’ll be sadly missed.' John Virgo So it stayed with him over half a century of commentating, from the early black and white days to the arrival of Pot Black, the advent of colour, that unforgettable final-black 1985 final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis watched by a record BBC2 audience of 18.5million and his  ultimate retirement after the 1996 World Championship. Inevitably, a few ‘Colemanballs’ also stayed with him to the end. ‘For those of you watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green,’ is the most often repeated — so many times and with so many different colours involved that no-one seems to know the exact quotation. Former glories: Dennis Taylor eyes a long pot during his memorable Crucible win over Steve Davis WORDS OF TRIBUTE 'He had been poorly for the last 10 weeks and had been in a hospice for the last week.  'For two days I never left his side, but I could see he was slowly going. 'He still loved snooker and was watching it on TV this week.' Jean Lowe (Lowe’s widow, to whom he had been married for 21 years). 'The audience are literally electrified and glued to their seats,' was another. In a curious way, however, they have become badges of honour, retold with affection, about a man invited into our living rooms. If truth be known, I favoured not the gaffes or lyrical gems but his silences. Ted Lowe was a graduate of a school of commentators long closed. He had the confidence to let the action breathe and do its own talking. So much so that when he collapsed one year in the commentary box at Wembley during the Masters and colleague Rex Williams went to get help, not one viewer telephoned the BBC to enquire about 15 minutes of silence, punctuated only by the click of the balls. Gone but not forgotten: Ted Lowe will be remembered as one of the great sports commentators You could not go 15 seconds these days without some inane contribution about the Wizard of Wishaw. ‘(Ted) s


"The story of which 1944 film starring Elizabeth Taylor involved a horse called ""The Pie""?"

Greatest Films of 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) , 118        minutes, D: Frank Capra A hilariously-funny, frantic farce and black comedy - a frenzied       adaptation of the smash Broadway comedy from 1941 to 1944, with three       of the stage performers reprising their roles. Set around Halloween       night in Brooklyn, two sweet old spinster ladies, Abby (Josephine       Hull) and Martha Brewster (Jean Adair) poisoned lonely gentlemen       male callers in their Brooklyn home as mercy killings. They served       them homemade elderberry wine and then buried them (with Christian       burials) in their cellar. Their hapless nephew Mortimer Brewster       (Cary Grant), a mild mannered drama critic with a frustrated new       wife Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), discovered what was going       on when he found a dead body in the window seat - and there were       twelve more in the basement. He mistakenly believed that his crazy       eccentric brother "Teddy       Roosevelt" Brewster (John Alexander), who was digging cellar graves       for Panama Canal yellow fever victims, was responsible       and wanted to get him safely committed, never even suspecting his       two aunts. Teddy regularly charged up the stairs with a bugle in       hand. Mr. Witherspoon (Edward Everett Horton), the director of the       Happydale Sanitorium rest home was reluctant to accept Teddy, because       he already had too many "Roosevelts." Mortimer was also       confronted by the unexpected arrival of his sinister, psychotic murderous       brother on the lam, Jonathan Brewster (Raymond Massey in the film,       Boris Karloff on stage) who had a body of his own. Jonathan was accompanied       by another villainous companion, Dr. Einstein (Peter Lorre). At the       film's end, Mortimer's final words about his real heritage were censored       from " I'm       a bastard!" to "I'm       the son of a sea cook!" A Canterbury Tale (1944, UK), 124        minutes, D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger This eccentric and lyrical UK film was advertised with the tagline: "Four modern pilgrims in a story of today - yet away from        war." The story, set in the summer of 1943 during the early years of        WWII, began with three individuals (or pilgrims) arriving, during        a blackout, in the small Kent village of Chillingbourne in Southern        England, enroute toward Canterbury: (1) Alison Smith (Sheila Sim)        a London department store salesgirl about to become a "Land        Girl" in the Women's Land Army, (2) US Army Sgt. Bob Johnson (John Sweet),        a GI serviceman on leave, and (3) cynical Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price),        a drafted Englishman and former cinema-organist who gave up his        music school dreams. As they departed the train and entered town        after dark, a strange nocturnal "Glue Man" poured sticky        glue into Alison's hair - she was his 11th victim. As they investigated        the incident, they became suspicious of the eccentric local magistrate,        Thomas Colpeper JP (Eric Portman), also a farmer whom Alison was        to begin working with. They also studied the history of the area        and tales of The Pilgrim's Way, and attended Colpeper's lantern-slide        lecture. By the film's conclusion once they reached Canterbury        (in a modern-day pilgrimage) about a ten minute journey away by        train, Colpeper had admitted to being the Glue Man - with good        intentions - to assure that local girls wouldn't go out at night        with GIs and forsake their husbands and boyfriends, and to hopefully        guarantee that they would learn about the area's history. Each        of the three pilgrims also miraculously received a blessing in        Ca


Which German Nazi leader flew solo from Ausberg in 1941 and landed by parachute near Glasgow on a private peace mission?

Rudolf Hess : definition of Rudolf Hess and synonyms of Rudolf Hess (English) Signature German spelling is Heß Rudolf Walter Richard Hess, also spelled Heß (26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987), was a prominent Nazi politician who was Adolf Hitler 's deputy in the Nazi Party during the 1930s and early 1940s. On the eve of war with the Soviet Union , he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the United Kingdom, where he was arrested and became a prisoner of war . Hess was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to life imprisonment , which he served at Spandau Prison , Berlin, where he died in 1987. After World War II Winston Churchill wrote of Hess, "He was a medical and not a criminal case, and should be so regarded." [1] On 27–28 September 2007, British news services published descriptions of disagreement between his Western and Soviet captors over his treatment and how the Soviet captors were steadfast in denying his release. [2] [3] In July 2011, the remains of Hess were exhumed from a grave in Bavaria after it became a focus of a pilgrimage for neo-Nazis . Contents 11 External links   Early life Hess, the eldest of four children, was born in Alexandria , Egypt, to Fritz H. Hess, a prosperous German Lutheran importer/exporter from Bavaria, and Clara Hess (née Münch). The family lived in luxury on the Egyptian coast near Alexandria, and visited Germany often during the summers, allowing the Hess children to learn the German language and to absorb German culture. The family moved back to Germany in 1908, where Hess enrolled as a boarder at the Protestant School in Bad Godesberg . Hess showed aptitude in science and mathematics, and expressed interest in becoming an astronomer . However, his father wished him to continue the family business, Hess & Co., and in 1911 convinced Hess to study business for a year in Neuchâtel , Switzerland, at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce. [4]   World War I Hess joined the Hamburg trading company Feldt, Stein & Co. as an apprentice in 1912. At the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the 7th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, becoming an infantryman, and was awarded the Iron Cross , second class. He saw heavy action both on the Western Front (at Ypres and Verdun ) and in the Carpathian Mountains . After being wounded on several occasions —including a chest wound severe enough to prevent his return to the front as an infantryman – he transferred to the Imperial Air Corps (after being rejected once). He underwent aeronautical training and was a pilot in an operational squadron, Jasta 35b (Bavarian), with the rank of lieutenant from 16 October 1918. He won no victories; the war ended on 11 November 1918. [5] In autumn of 1919, Hess left his job and enrolled in the University of Munich where he studied political science, history, geography, and geopolitics under Professor Karl Haushofer , whom he had first met in the summer of 1919 in a social setting. From their first meeting, Hess became a disciple of Haushofer: the two became close friends, and their families also become close, with Hess and Haushofer's son Albrecht developing a strong friendship. [6] After World War I, the successful Hess family business collapsed. Hess went to Munich , and took a job at a textile importing firm. [7] He joined the Freikorps . He also joined the Thule Society , a right-wing völkisch occult - mystical organization. [8] After the end of the war, Bavaria witnessed frequent and often bloody conflict between right-wing groups and left-wing forces, some of which were Soviet-backed. [9] On 20 December 1927, Hess married 27-year-old Ilse Pröhl (22 June 1900 – 7 September 1995) from Hannover . They had one son, Wolf Rüdiger Hess (18 November 1937 – 24 October 2001).   Hitler After hearing Adolf Hitler , a powerful orator, speak for the first time in May 1920 at a Munich rally, Hess became completely devoted to him, and spent much of his time and effort for the next several years organizing for Hitler at the local level in Bavaria. Hess joined the fledgling Nazi Party in 1920 as one of its first members.


In which state of the USA would you find the Great Salt Lake?

Great Salt Lake | lake, Utah, United States | Britannica.com Great Salt Lake list of cities and towns in the United States Great Salt Lake, lake in northern Utah , U.S. , the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most saline inland bodies of water in the world. The lake is fed by the Bear, Weber, and Jordan rivers and has no outlet. The lake has fluctuated greatly in size, depending on the rates of evaporation and the flow of the rivers that feed it. Its surface area has varied from about 2,400 square miles (6,200 square km) at its highest levels in 1873 and the mid-1980s to about 950 square miles (2,460 square km) at its lowest level in 1963. At high level the lake’s surface is 4,212 feet (1,284 metres) above sea level , and at low level it is 4,191 feet (1,277 metres). At times of median water level, the lake is generally less than 15 feet (4.5 metres) deep, with a maximum depth of 35 feet (11 metres). Like the Dead Sea , the Great Salt Lake exists within an arid environment and has chemical characteristics similar to that of the oceans. It has a much greater salinity than the oceans, however, since natural evaporation exceeds the supply of water from the rivers feeding the lake. Surrounded by great stretches of sand, salt land, and marsh, the Great Salt Lake remains eerily isolated from the nearby cities, towns, and other human habitations, though in recent years means have been found to turn its apparent sterility to a profit in both economic and recreational terms. It has become important not only as a source of minerals but also as a beach and water-sports attraction and a wildlife preserve. Geologic and human history The Great Salt Lake is the largest of the lake remnants of prehistoric freshwater Lake Bonneville , the others being Bear Lake, on the Utah-Idaho border, and Utah Lake , west of Provo , Utah. Formed late in the Pleistocene Epoch about 30,000 years ago, Lake Bonneville at high water covered almost 20,000 square miles (52,000 square km) of present-day western Utah and also extended into modern Nevada and Idaho . During succeeding glacial periods, large quantities of freshwater entered this intermontane basin and drained out through the Snake River—ultimately into the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean . During the interglacial and postglacial periods, however, water levels decreased and the outflows were cut off. Water, therefore, could escape only through evaporation, and the mineral salts from the inflowing rivers remained trapped in the lake. Similar Topics Lake Superior The lake appeared on 18th-century maps of the continent through reports of explorer-trappers and Indian tales as a semilegendary body alternately named Timpanogos or Buenaventura, depending on the source. The first white explorers whose accounts are fully credited were the trappers Étienne Provost and Jim Bridger , who came upon the lake independently in 1824–25. More detailed investigations were made by Captain John C. Frémont in 1843 and 1845. The Mormons’ settlement in 1847 of their “promised land,” on the nearby site of Salt Lake City , brought the region more fully into national awareness. The lake was surveyed in 1850, and in 1869 the last spike of America’s first transcontinental railroad was driven near the lake’s northeastern shore. The study of the Great Basin region by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1890 was an important source of information about the lake, and later studies have been led by that agency. Surface features and chemistry The lake’s basin is defined by the foothills of the Wasatch Range to the north, east, and south and by the Great Salt Lake Desert, a remnant of the bed of Lake Bonneville, to the west. The part of this desert known as the Bonneville Salt Flats has become an automobile raceway, the site of many trials for world land-speed records. The lake’s varying shoreline consists of beaches, marshes, and mudflats. The 30-mile- (48-kilometre-) long Lucin Cutoff , an east-west causeway laid down for a rail line in 1959, connects the cities of Ogden and Lucin, splits th


Which country won the most races in the A1GP championship in its first 3 years (2005-06, 2006-07 & 2007-08)?

A1 Grand Prix : definition of A1 Grand Prix and synonyms of A1 Grand Prix (English) Racing flags A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most formula racing series. As such, it was often promoted as the " World Cup of Motorsport". The series was ratified by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and races were held in the traditional Formula One off-season, the northern hemisphere winter. [1] The nation-based A1GP concept was founded by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai , initially in 2003. [2] After a successful first season of A1GP, it was announced on 29 September 2006 that Maktoum was to sell his position as Chairman & Director of A1GP. [3] The transfer of his share in the organisation of A1 Grand Prix to RAB Capital was finalized in December 2006. Tony Teixeira took control of the series in 2006, leading it to liquidation by 2009. [4] There are currently plans to revive the series. [5] Contents 10 External links   History The nation-based A1GP concept was founded by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum of Dubai , initially in 2003. [2] Once the series had received the backing of the FIA, a management structure including new executive directors Brian Menell and Tony Teixeira were appointed to oversee the sale of franchises for the operation of international teams. Thirty franchises were made available; twenty-three of them were restricted to specified nations, while the other seven were opened to tender for nations that had not been initially targeted.   First season Main article: 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season Twenty-five of the franchises were purchased in time for the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season , which began on 25 September 2005 with the A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent , United Kingdom . The first season was planned for 12 rounds (24 races, with two each weekend); however the cancellation of a race scheduled for Curitiba , Brazil in January 2006 reduced this number to 11. Nelson Piquet, Jr. won the inaugural race of the series for A1 Team Brazil . Their winning form was not to continue. Wins at Estoril and Malaysia saw A1 Team France build up a sizeable gap. By the start of the winter break, France had run away with the lead with A1 Team Switzerland 28 points behind. At the final race of the season in Shanghai , A1 Team France were crowned the first-ever A1 Grand Prix world champions with 172 points. Switzerland were second with 121 points and A1 Team Great Britain third with 97 points. [6] Katherine Legge was the first woman to drive A1 Grand Prix cars during test session in December 2005 on Dubai Autodrome . [7]   Second season Main article: 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season Changes were made for the 2006–07 season to race durations and distances to improve the spectacle for attendees and TV viewers. [8] The 2006–07 schedule was released on 7 July 2006, with the first race at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 1 October 2006, and the last race at Brands Hatch on 29 April 2007. New teams Team Singapore and Team Greece joined the competition but Team Turkey failed to secure funding for the season. Team Austria , Team Japan , Team Portugal and Team Russia did not return for the second season. However after securing funding Team Portugal competed in the final four rounds of the second season in South Africa, Mexico, China and Britain. Team Germany won it with 128 points, 35 points lead ahead of Team New Zealand. On 29 September, Sheikh Maktoum announced he was resigning his position as chairman and chief executive of the series, seeking to have his place taken by increased shareholder interests. “ I am happy that I have built the series with fans in mind. I feel like I have fulfilled my promise to them by bringing A1GP from concept to reality and am confident that the World Cup of Motorsport will go from strength to strength. Having devoted all my efforts to making A1GP the success it is tod


Who was the daughter of Mahomet and his first wife Kadijah?

Khadijah, Daughter of Khuwaylid, Wife of Prophet Muhammad | Books on Islam and Muslims | Al-Islam.org Khadijah, Daughter of Khuwaylid, Wife of Prophet Muhammad Authors(s):  Yasin T. Al-Jibouri If you wish to research the life of this great lady, and if you do not have al-Majlisi's 111-volume encyclopedia titled Bihar al-Anwar, the best references are: al-Sayyuti's Tarikh al Khulafa, Abul-Faraj al- Isfahni's Aghani, Ibn Hisham's Seera, Muhammadibn Ishaq's Seerat Rasool-Allah, and Tarikh al-Rusul wal Muluk by Abu Ja`far Muhammadibn Jarir al-Tabari (839-923 A.D.). Of all these books, only al-Tabari's Tarikh is being translated (by more than one translator and in several volumes) into English. One publisher of Tabari's Tarikh is the press of the State University of New York (SUNY). This article has utilized a number of Arabic and English references, and it is written especially for those who appreciate history, our great teacher, be they Muslims or non- Muslims, and who aspire to learn from it. "Islam did not rise except through Ali's sword and Khadijah's wealth," a saying goes. Khadijah al-Kubra daughter of Khuwaylid ibn (son of) Asad ibn Abdul-`Uzza ibn Qusayy belonged to the clan of Banu Hashim of the tribe of Banu Asad. She was a distant cousin of her husband the Messenger of Allah, Muhammadibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy, Allah's peace and blessings with him and his progeny. Qusayy, then, is the ancestor of all clans belonging to Quraish. According to some historians, Quraish's real name was Fahr, and he was son of Malik son of Madar son of Kananah son of Khuzaimah son of Mudrikah son of Ilyas son of Mazar son of Nazar son of Ma`ad son of Adnan son of Isma`eel (Ishamel) son of Ibrahim (Abraham) son of Sam son of Noah, peace and blessings of Allah with the prophets from among his ancestors. According to a number of sources, Khadijah was born in 565 A.D. and died eleven years after the Hijra (migration of the Holy Prophet and his followers from Mecca to Medina) which took place in 623 A.D. She was at the time 58 years old, but some historians say that she lived to be 65. Khadijah's mother, who died around 575 A.D., was Fatima daughter of Za'ida ibn al-Asam of Banu `Amir ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib, also a distant relative of Prophet Muhammad (ص). Khadijah's father, who died around 585 A.D., belonged to the Abd al-`Uzza clan of the tribe of Quraish. Like many other Quraishis, he was a merchant, a successful businessman whose vast wealth and business talents were inherited by Khadijah and whom the latter succeeded in faring with the family's vast wealth. It is said that when Quraish's trade caravans gathered to embark upon their lengthy and arduous journey either to Syria during the summer or to Yemen during the winter, Khadijah's caravan equaled the caravans of all other traders of Quraish put together. Old and very rare photo showing Khadijah's 3-story house where the Prophet (ﺹ) lived and Fatima (ع) born prior to its demolition in 1413 A.H./1992 A.D. by the Saudi government in order to expand the Sacred Haram housing the Ka’ba Although the society in which Khadijah was born was terribly male chauvinistic, Khadijah earned two titles: Ameerat Quraish, Princess of Quraish, and at-Tahira, the Pure One, due to her impeccable personality and virtuous character, not to mention her honorable descent. She used to feed and clothe the poor, assist her relatives financially, and even provide for the marriage of those of her kin who could not otherwise have had means to marry. By 585 A.D., Khadijah was left an orphan. Despite that, and after having married twice__and twice lost her husband to the ravaging wars with which Arabia was afflicted__, she had no mind to marry a third time though she was sought for marriage by many honorable and highly respected men of the Arabian peninsula throughout which she was quite famous due to her business dealings. She simply hated the thought of being widowed for a third time. Her first husband was “Abu (father of) Halah”, namely Hind ibn Zar’ah, who belonged to Banu `


In which nursery rhyme were horses, not unexpectedly, unable to mend an egg?

BELIEVE IT OR NOT FACTS / MEANINGS OF NURSERY RHYMES;- admin Madmart BELIEVE IT OR NOT FACTS / MEANINGS OF NURSERY RHYMES;- BELIEVE IT OR NOT FACTS / MEANINGS OF NURSERY RHYMES;- did you know that many of the nursery rhymes we parents sing to our young child hold tales of horror, death, sex, superstition and maybe even murder       HI EVERYONE, I KNOW THAT THE MEANING OF NURSERY RHYMES DOE'S NOT FALL INTO THE  NORMAL REALMS OF A GHOST AND SUPERNATURAL FORUM, BUT AFTER A CHAT AND BEING ASKED ABOUT A MEANING BEHIND A NURSERY RHYME, I LEARNED THAT MANY OF THEM HOLD DARK HORRIBLE MEANINGS, THUS LEADING TO THIS NEW FORUM SECTION BEING FORMED, SO WE CAN SHARE THESE MEANINGS WITH ONE AND OTHER   HAVE FUN AND THINK TWICE ABOUT THE MEANING TO THAT NURSEY RHYME, NEXT TIME YOU SING IT TO YOUR YOUNG ONES !!!!!!!     Humpty Dumpty The imagery of Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty was a colloquial term used in fifteenth century England describing someone who was obese. This has given rise to various, but inaccurate, theories surrounding the identity of Humpty Dumpty. The image of Humpty Dumpty was made famous by the illustrations included in the 'Alice through the looking glass' novel by Lewis Carroll. However, Humpty Dumpty was not a person pilloried in the famous rhyme! The History and Origins of the Rhyme Humpty Dumpty was in fact believed to be a large cannon!  It was used during the English Civil War ( 1642 - 1649) in the Siege of Colchester (13 Jun 1648 - 27 Aug 1648). Colchester was strongly fortified by the Royalists and was laid to siege by the Parliamentarians (Roundheads). In 1648 the town of Colchester  was a walled town with a castle and several churches and was protected by the city wall. Standing immediately adjacent the city wall, was St Mary's Church. A huge cannon, colloquially called Humpty Dumpty, was strategically placed on the wall next to St Mary's Church. The historical events detailing the siege of Colchester are well documented - references to the cannon ( Humpty Dumpty) are as follows: June 15th 1648 - St Mary's Church is fortified and a large cannon is placed on the roof which was fired by ï¿½One-Eyed Jack Thompson' July 14th / July 15th 1648 - The Royalist fort within the walls at St Mary's church is blown to pieces and their main cannon battery  ( Humpty Dumpty) is destroyed. August 28th 1648 - The Royalists lay down their arms, open the gates of Colchester and surrender to the Parliamentarians A shot from a Parliamentary cannon succeeded in damaging the wall beneath Humpty Dumpty which caused the cannon to tumble to the ground. The Royalists, or Cavaliers, 'all the King's men' attempted to raise Humpty Dumpty on to another part of the wall. However, because the cannon , or Humpty Dumpty, was so heavy ' All the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Humpty together again!' This had a drastic consequence for the Royalists as the strategically important town of Colchester fell to the Parliamentarians after a siege lasting eleven weeks. Earliest traceable publication 1810. A Picture of  typical Cavalier who would have fought for the Royalists during the English Civil War A Roundhead ( Parliamentarian) was so called from the close-cropped hair of the Puritans The word Cavalier is derived from the French word Chevalier meaning a military man serving on horseback - a knight. Humpty Dumpty poem Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses, And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again! Alternative Words... Humpty dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty dumpty had a great fall; Threescore men and threescore more, Could not place Humpty as he was before.     ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nursery Rhyme & History Religious meaning of Hot Cross Buns Hot cross buns are a small, spicey fruit cake decorated with a white cross as shown in the picture of our Hot Cross Buns . Generally Hot Cross Buns are served with a butter spread. Hot cross buns were hawked by streetsellers to the cry of "Hot cross buns!" around the the nineteenth century. T


Which country, whose chief port is La Guaira, became a republic after seceding from the Republic of Colombia in 1830?

Republic of Venezuela | Article about Republic of Venezuela by The Free Dictionary Republic of Venezuela | Article about Republic of Venezuela by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Republic+of+Venezuela Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Wikipedia . Venezuela (vĕnəzwā`lə, Span. vānāswā`lä), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, republic (2005 est. pop. 25,375,000), 352,143 sq mi (912,050 sq km), N South America. Venezuela has a coastline 1,750 mi (2,816 km) long on the Caribbean Sea in the north. It is bordered on the south by Brazil, on the west and southwest by Colombia, and on the east by Guyana. Dependencies include Margarita Margarita , island, 444 sq mi (1,150 sq km), in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. With many smaller islands it constitutes the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta (1990 pop. 263,748). ..... Click the link for more information.  Island, Tortuga Island, and many smaller island groups in the Caribbean. The capital and largest city is Caracas Caracas , city (1990 pop. 1,824,892), Federal Dist., N Venezuela, the capital and largest city of the country, near the Caribbean Sea. Its port is La Guaira. With an elevation of c. ..... Click the link for more information. . Land and People Geographically Venezuela is a land of vivid contrasts, with four major divisions: the Venezuelan highlands, the coastal lowlands, the basin of the Orinoco River, and the Guiana Highlands. An almost inaccessible and largely unexplored wilderness south of the Orinoco, the Guiana Highlands occupy more than half of the national territory and are noted for scenic wonders such as Angel Falls Angel Falls, waterfall, Sp. Salto Ángel, 3,212 ft (979 m) high, SE Venezuela, in the Guiana Highlands. Springing from Auyán-Tepuí Mesa, it is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. ..... Click the link for more information. . Iron ore, gold, diamonds, and other minerals are found near Ciudad Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar , city (1990 pop. 225,340), capital of Bolívar state, E Venezuela, an inland port on the Orinoco River. It is the commercial center of the eastern llanos, the Orinoco basin, and the Guiana Highlands. ..... Click the link for more information.  and Ciudad Guayana. The dense forests of the region yield rubber, tropical hardwoods, and other forest products. The boundary with Brazil is mostly mountainous; its rain forests are home to thousands of indigenous inhabitants. The Orinoco, one of the great rivers of South America, has its source in this region. The Orinoco basin is a great pastoral area. North of the Orinoco and about the Apure River and its tributaries are the llanos, the vast, hot Orinoco plains, where there is a great cattle industry. Oil is found north of the Orinoco in Anzoátequi and Guárico states, but it is thick and was not easily extracted and refined. Prior to the 1990s the most vital oil region economically was an area in the coastal plains, the lowlands around Lake Maracaibo. There, since 1918, foreign and, later, Venezuelan interests have developed astonishingly rich oil fields. The coastal lowlands are exceedingly hot, but coastal ranges rise abruptly from the Caribbean to cool altitudes of 6,000 to 7,000 ft (1,830–2,130 m). These ranges soon become a region of hills, intermontane basins, and plateaus known as the Venezuelan highlands and are a spur of the Andes. Further to the southwest, close to Barquisimeto Barquisimeto , city (1990 pop. 625,450), capital of Lara state, NW Venezuela, on the Pan-American Highway. Surrounded by good grazing country, the city is a commercial center that ships cattle, coffee, cacao, sugar, and sisal. ..... Click the link for more information. , the mountains rise to their greatest height at Pico Bolívar (16,427 ft/5,007 m) in the Sierra Nevada de Mérida. Densely populated, the highland region is the political and commercial hub of the nation. Coffee, the keystone of the economy before the oil boom, comes from the slopes and cocoa from the lower foothills. Valencia Valencia , city (1990 pop. 903,621), capital of Cara


What is the capital of Mongolia, on the Tuul River?

Tuul river, Mongolia - Hemisgalerie Tuul river, Mongolia Yann ARTHUS-BERTRAND Art photography by Yann ARTHUS-BERTRAND of meanders in the Tuul river in the Tov Province, Mongolia. The river Tuul flows for more than 700 kilometers through central and northern Mongolia. This sacred river for the Mongols passes to the south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Data sheet Yann ARTHUS-BERTRAND Reference : Art photography by Yann ARTHUS-BERTRAND of meanders in the Tuul river in the Tov Province, Mongolia. The river Tuul flows for more than 700 kilometers through central and northern Mongolia. This sacred river for the Mongols passes to the south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Our formats On a label to be stick Customization The minimum purchase order quantity for the product is 1 Warning: Last items in stock! Availability date: Add to wishlist Make a donation to the association for the environment By acquiring this print you can contribute to real actions for the environment, by making a donation of 3% of the amount of your purchase to the GoodPlanet Foundation. The GoodPlanet Foundation, chaired by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, seeks to raise public awareness of ecology, making it a central issue, and to promote living together. 100% Made in France A recognized expertise, a search of permanent quality. Printed by Atelier Yann Arthus-Bertrand All prints are made to order, checked and signed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand himselg in his workshop located in the heart of Paris. A certificate of authenticity comes with each photograph. Framework: we selected Images Collées company. With several generations of framers, they works with National Museums, Art Galleries, Showrooms, ... his experericne is a reference for all professionals. Loyalty points By buying this product you can collect up to 290 loyalty points.  Your cart will total 290 points that can be converted into a voucher of 58,00 €. Share Don't miss the opportunity to do the best present... The whole Yann Arthus-Bertrand photos available with Hemisgalerie gift card. Lets your guest choose the best image. Amount from 50 €, create and download directly on our website, valid for one year including promotions. The must to leave at the foot of the Christmas tree. More info HUMAN is a collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, HUMAN brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection. HUMAN is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence. The river Tuul flows for more than 700 kilometers through central and northern Mongolia. This sacred river for the Mongols passes to the south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. The exploitation of mineral resources has driven rapid growth in Mongolia, which exports coal, gold and copper to neighboring China. In a few years, the country has become more urban and now, more than two-thirds of Mongols live in towns. 30 other products in the same category: Product customization


What is the next number in the series 1, 4, 9, 16, 25?

Sequences Sequences You can read a gentle introduction to Sequences in Common Number Patterns . What is a Sequence? A Sequence is a list of things (usually numbers) that are in order. Infinite or Finite When the sequence goes on forever it is called an infinite sequence, otherwise it is a finite sequence Examples: {1, 2, 3, 4, ...} is a very simple sequence (and it is an infinite sequence) {20, 25, 30, 35, ...} is also an infinite sequence {1, 3, 5, 7} is the sequence of the first 4 odd numbers (and is a finite sequence) {4, 3, 2, 1} is 4 to 1 backwards {1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ...} is an infinite sequence where every term doubles {a, b, c, d, e} is the sequence of the first 5 letters alphabetically {f, r, e, d} is the sequence of letters in the name "fred" {0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ...} is the sequence of alternating 0s and 1s (yes they are in order, it is an alternating order in this case) In Order When we say the terms are "in order", we are free to define what order that is! They could go forwards, backwards ... or they could alternate ... or any type of order we want! Like a Set A Sequence is like a Set , except: the terms are in order (with Sets the order does not matter) the same value can appear many times (only once in Sets) Example: {0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ...} is the sequence of alternating 0s and 1s. The set is just {0,1} Notation The curly brackets { } are sometimes called "set brackets" or "braces". A Rule A Sequence usually has a Rule, which is a way to find the value of each term. Example: the sequence {3, 5, 7, 9, ...} starts at 3 and jumps 2 every time: As a Formula Saying "starts at 3 and jumps 2 every time" is fine, but it doesn't help us calculate the: 10th term, nth term, where n could be any term number we want. So, we want a formula with "n" in it (where n is any term number). So, What Can A Rule For {3, 5, 7, 9, ...} Be? Firstly, we can see the sequence goes up 2 every time, so we can guess that a Rule is something like "2 times n" (where "n" is the term number). Let's test it out: Test Rule: 2n 2n+1 = 2×3 + 1 = 7 That Works! So instead of saying "starts at 3 and jumps 2 every time" we write this: 2n+1 Now we can calculate, for example, the 100th term: 2 × 100 + 1 = 201 Many Rules But mathematics is so powerful we can find more than one Rule that works for any sequence. Example: the sequence {3, 5, 7, 9, ...} We have just shown a Rule for {3, 5, 7, 9, ...} is: 2n+1 And so we get: {3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, ...} But can we find another rule? How about "odd numbers without a 1 in them": And we get: {3, 5, 7, 9, 23, 25, ...} A completely different sequence! And we could find more rules that match {3, 5, 7, 9, ...}. Really we could. So it is best to say "A Rule" rather then "The Rule" (unless we know it is the right Rule). Notation To make it easier to use rules, we often use this special style: xn is the term n is the term number Example: to mention the "5th term" we write: x5 So a rule for {3, 5, 7, 9, ...} can be written as an equation like this: xn = 2n+1 And to calculate the 10th term we can write: x10 = 2n+1 = 2×10+1 = 21 Can you calculate x50 (the 50th term) doing this? Here is another example: {an} = { -1, 1/4, -1/27, 1/256, ... } Special Sequences Now let's look at some special sequences, and their rules. Arithmetic Sequences In an Arithmetic Sequence the difference between one term and the next is  a constant. In other words, we just add some value each time ... on to infinity. Example: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, ... This sequence has a difference of 3 between each number. Its Rule is xn = 3n-2 In General we can write an arithmetic sequence like this: {a, a+d, a+2d, a+3d, ... } where: a is the first term, and d is the difference between the terms (called the "common difference") And we can make the rule: xn = a + d(n-1) (We use "n-1" because d is not used in the 1st term). Geometric Sequences In a Geometric Sequence each term is found by multiplying the previous term by a constant. Example: This sequence has a factor of 2 between each number. Its Rule is xn = 2n In General we can write a geometric


Who abdicated on 30 April 1980, the day of her 71st birthday, and was succeeded by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands?

Monarchs who abdicated | News | Expatica the Netherlands 26th April 2013, 0 comments The abdication of Dutch Queen Beatrix, 75, in favour of her son Willem-Alexander comes after a 33-year reign. The Netherlands has a history of abdications: Beatrix took over the throne on April 30, 1980, when her mother queen Juliana abdicated on the day of her 71st birthday. Juliana herself took the throne in September 1948, after her mother, queen Wilhelmina, abdicated. Here is an account of the main abdications in the world over the past century: - BRITAIN: Edward VIII was forced to abdicate after only several months in power on December 12, 1936, in order to marry divorced American Wallis Simpson, thus avoiding a major constitutional crisis. His younger brother Albert took over the throne under the name of George VI in May 1937. He was the father of the current Queen Elizabeth II. - ROMANIA: Michael I was forced to abdicate by the communists in December 1947, before going into exile several months later. - ITALY: Victor-Emmanuel III, the king of Italy since 1900, abdicated on May 9, 1946 because of his collaboration with the fascist regime of dictator Benito Mussolini. His son, Umberto II, nicknamed the "May King", went into exile in June of the same year the day after a referendum setting up the republic. - BELGIUM: King Leopold III, on the throne since 1934 but controversial because of some of his actions during World War II, abdicated on July 16, 1951 in favour of his son Baudouin I in order to avoid the possibility of major civil unrest after his return to the throne after six years in exile. - EGYPT: King Farouk I abdicated in July 1952 during the revolution led by Colonel Gamal Abdul Nasser, 16 years after his accession to the throne. His son, Fuad II, succeeded him, but was forced to join his family in exile after the proclamation of the republic less than a year later in June 1953. - LUXEMBOURG: Grand Duke Jean abdicated on October 7, 2000 after a 36-year-reign, and his elder son, prince Henri, took his place. Jean had himself succeeded his mother, the grand duchess Charlotte, after her abdication in 1964. - CAMBODIA: Norodom Sihanouk, 81, abdicated on October 7, 2004 after being treated in Beijing for cancer. Sihanouk, who came to the throne for the first time in 1941, had already abdicated in 1955, in favour of his father, before becoming again constitutional monarch in 1993. The constitutional council chose as his successor one of his sons, Prince Norodom Sihamoni. © 2013 AFP


What is the name for an instrument for sending messages using reflected light from a moveable mirror?

What does heliograph mean? Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Heliograph A heliograph is a wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror. The flashes are produced by momentarily pivoting the mirror, or by interrupting the beam with a shutter. The heliograph was a simple but effective instrument for instantaneous optical communication over long distances during the late 19th and early 20th century. Its main uses were military, survey and forest protection work. Heliographs were standard issue in the British and Australian armies until the 1960s, and were used by the Pakistani army as late as 1975. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Heliograph hē′li-o-graf, n. an apparatus for signalling by means of the sun's rays: an engraving obtained by a process in which a specially prepared plate is acted on chemically by exposure to light: an apparatus for taking photographs of the sun.—v.t. to signal to by means of the sun's rays.—n. Heliog′rapher.—adjs. Heliograph′ic, -al.—adv. Heliograph′ically.—ns. Heliog′raphy, a method of communicating swiftly between distant points by means of the sun's rays reflected from mirrors: photography; Heliogrā′vure (or hā-li-ō-gra-vür′), photo-engraving, or a print obtained by this process. [Gr. hēlios, the sun, graphē, a painting—graphein, to write.] The Standard Electrical Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Heliograph An apparatus for reflecting flashes of light to a distant observer. By using the Morse telegraph code messages may thus be transmitted long distances. When possible the sun's light is used. Numerology The numerical value of heliograph in Chaldean Numerology is: 4 Pythagorean Numerology


Which Tennessee city has the same name as the ancient Egyptian city named after King Menes?

Egypt: Who Was Menes? Contact Us About us Tour Egypt aims to offer the ultimate Egyptian adventure and intimate knowledge about the country. We offer this unique experience in two ways, the first one is by organizing a tour and coming to Egypt for a visit, whether alone or in a group, and living it firsthand. The second way to experience Egypt is from the comfort of your own home: online. Egypt: Who Was Menes? Who was Menes? By Jimmy Dunn According to ancient sources, Menes was the founder of a unified Egypt, the first king of the 1st Dynasty. Actually, Menes is the Greek form of the name provided by the third century BC Egyptian historian, Manetho. Alternative forms include Min (provided by Herodotus ), Minaios (provided by Josephus), and Menas (provided by Diodorus Siculus), and there are other variations as well. It seems almost certain that the various Greek forms of the name render the Egyptian name Mni, found in the Abydos and Turin king lists, although the etymology of the name is problematic. Some have proposed a connection with the verb, "to endure", while others wish to connect it with the Egyptian indefinite pronoun mn, meaning "so-and-so", that is, a substitute for a forgotten name. One scholar, James Allen, has sought to link the name Meni with the Egyptian name of the city of Memphis (Mn-nfr), which Menes is said to have founded. According to Menetho, Menes founded a dynasty of eight kings from this. Manetho gives Menes a reign of about sixty years (sixty-two years according to Africanus, sixty according to Eusebius). His principal achievement is said to have been the foundation of Memphis, on land reclaimed from the Nile by means of the construction of an immense dike. Manetho reports that Menes campaigned abroad, which we now know is very possible. Diodorus Siculus says that he was the first law-giver and that it was he would establish the divine cults in Egypt. He is also said by Pliny to have invented writing, which is highly improbable. Manetho also tells us that Menes was eventually carried off by a hippopotamus. What seems clear to us is that Menes must have been another name given to one of the better attested kings of the 1st Dynasty, if he indeed was not a legendary figure composed of several of them. Many scholars do believe that he represents a specific king, but who exactly this might be is an argument almost as old as Egyptology itself. Today, the two primary candidates are Narmer and Aha . We are more certain, though not entirely, that these two individuals reigned successively, with Narmer preceding Aha. If Narmer is considered to be Menes, then Aha would be the second ruler of the 1st Dynasty. Otherwise, Narmer would be the last ruler of the Predynastic Period , or as some have suggested, Dynasty 0 . Perhaps the most important aspect of this discussion is to remember that there has been no absolutely conclusive proof that either of these individuals was Menes, even though many scholars will and have voiced absolute opinions, because their absolute opinions are not unified. We do not know with any certainty who Menes actually was, and we may never have the answer to this question. Furthermore, opinions over the years have swung to and fro. Narmer 's claim rests largely on his earlier historical position and on the Narmer Palette, which has been interpreted as showing the king in the act of conquering Lower (Northern) Egypt. In 1897 J.E. Quibell had been digging at El-Kab , an important site on the east bank some distance to the north of Edfu . Here the local goddess was the vulture Nekhbet who shared with the cobra Wadjet of Buto in the Delta the honor of providing the Pharaoh with his Two-Ladies title. Nekhbet was representative of upper Egypt, while Wadjet that of Lower Egypt. That year, he found little success, but the next, while just across the river at Kom el-Ahmar, he had more luck. This was known to be the ancient Nekhen mentioned in certain Old Kingdom official titles, and the Greek Hierakonpolis on account of the falcon-god Horus who was the principal deity worshipped there. The gr


Which English computer scientist and MIT professor implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet on 25 December 1990 and is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

MEMORY HIDUP SITI MEMORY HIDUP SITI WHO's CONTROL THE INTERNET Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA (London, 8 June 1955) is an English computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World Wide Web - making the first proposal in March 1989. On 25 December 1990 he implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet with the help of Robert Cailliau and a young student staff at CERN. In 2007, he was ranked Joint First alongside Albert Hofmann in The Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses.Berners-Lee is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the Web's continued development, the founder of the World Wide Web Foundation and he is a senior researcher and holder of the 3Com Founders Chair at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).Berners-Lee was elected to be the member of National Academy of Sciences.Berners-Lee left the Church of England, a religion in which he had been brought up, as a teenager just after being confirmed because he could not "believe in all kinds of unbelievable things." He and his family eventually found a Unitarian Universalist church while they were living in Boston.The World Wide Web(WWW)has become one of the more widely used internet services and its root are based on Tim Berners-Lee's work. Beners Lee is redited with creating the fire Web Survey,browser and web adresses.He developed his idea's in 1989 while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva,Switzeland and based his work on a program he had written for his own use to tract random associations. Today he works quietly in acedemia as director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at the Massachusetts Institute of technology.Queen Elizabeth ll basedowned the order of merit upon the british born Lee in 2007. Limited to 24 living in sciences,art,literature and the armed forces,as well as the promotion of culture. For more information, visit scsite.com/dc2009/ch2/people and then click Tim Berners-Lee Posted by


"The ""Entente Cordiale"", signed on 8 April 1904, was a pact to resolve all outstanding issues that were outstanding between France and which other country?"

Biography – BOND, Sir ROBERT – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Biography – BOND, Sir ROBERT – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Source: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons BOND, Sir ROBERT, politician and country gentleman; b. 25 Feb. 1857 in St John’s, son of John Bond of Kingskerswell, England, and Elizabeth Parsons; d. unmarried 16 March 1927 in Whitbourne, Nfld. John Bond first worked in Newfoundland for Samuel Codner* of Kingskerswell, and eventually owned his own business in St John’s. He and Elizabeth Parsons married in 1847 and had seven children, of whom Robert Bond was the sixth. Robert spent five years at St Andrew’s School in St John’s and then a year at the General Protestant Academy. In April 1872 he was enrolled at the Taunton Wesleyan Collegiate Institution in Somerset, England. Two months later his father was seized with paralysis and died. In 1925 Robert would remember “the debacle of 1872–3.” Nevertheless, he persevered in his studies, and won a prize for solo singing. At some stage he learned to play the piano. John Bond had willed that his real and personal property in Newfoundland should be liquidated following his death and the proceeds invested in interest-bearing securities. The interest was to be paid first to Elizabeth but bequests were made to surviving children as well. Robert and his brothers George John and Henry benefited from these, and George and Robert were also beneficiaries under the wills of Henry and of their cousin John Bussell Bond of Montreal, who helped manage the family affairs. When Elizabeth died in 1900, her life interest in the residue of her husband’s estate passed in equal shares to George and Robert. On 10 April 1874 John Bond’s estate had been valued at $54,932.66. As of 14 June 1886 it held to the credit of Elizabeth and Robert (half each) 200 shares in the Canadian Bank of Commerce, 100 shares in the Banque du Peuple, and 19 shares in the Ontario Bank. From John B. Bond, Robert ultimately received 24 shares in the Bank of Montreal. In 1896 Elizabeth and Robert lost $7,062.50 through the failure of the Banque du Peuple [see Jacques Grenier* ] and $2,974.68 through the sale of their shares in the Ontario Bank. Despite these reverses, Robert was a wealthy man through the whole of his adult life. Money allowed him to be that rara avis in Newfoundland public life – the politician who could pay his own way. On 11 Dec. 1874 Robert and Elizabeth (as guarantor) entered into an agreement with the prominent St John’s lawyer William Vallance Whiteway* whereby Robert became a law clerk for a term of five years. Bond was not, however, called to the bar, apparently for medical reasons. After travelling to Europe in 1880 and spending some ten weeks camping on the west coast of Newfoundland the following year, he entered politics. Whiteway had become premier in 1878, and in 1881, as part of his policy of progress, construction was started on a railway from St John’s to Halls Bay. In the general election of 6 Nov. 1882, which Whiteway won handily, Bond was returned for the government in Trinity Bay. Whiteway’s Conservative party was Protestant in nature but had formed an alliance in the House of Assembly with Roman Catholic Liberals. The government’s main opponents at this time were St John’s merchants opposed to the railway scheme. In 1884 the syndicate contracted to build the railway went bankrupt, and the next year, taking advantage of a Protestant-Catholic blow-up at Harbour Grace in 1883, the merchants were able to separate Whiteway from his Roman Catholic supporters. As a consequence of this realignment, Bond succeeded Robert John Kent* , a leading Liberal, as speaker of the house on 27 Feb. 1885, two days after he had turned 28. Whiteway was eased out of office in October and was replaced as premier by Robert Thorburn* , who made an outright sectarian appeal. A general election, which Thorburn won, followed on 31 October, and Bond was elected as an independent in Fortune Bay. Thorburn offered him the speakership of the new house but he d


What is the more common name of the disease called consumption?

Consumption (disease) | definition of Consumption (disease) by Medical dictionary Consumption (disease) | definition of Consumption (disease) by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Consumption+(disease) Related to Consumption (disease): Tuberculose Tuberculosis   Definition Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially fatal contagious disease that can affect almost any part of the body but is mainly an infection of the lungs. It is caused by a bacterial microorganism, the tubercle bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although TB can be treated, cured, and can be prevented if persons at risk take certain drugs, scientists have never come close to wiping it out. Few diseases have caused so much distressing illness for centuries and claimed so many lives. Description Overview Tuberculosis was popularly known as consumption for a long time. Scientists know it as an infection caused by M. tuberculosis. In 1882, the microbiologist Robert Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus, at a time when one of every seven deaths in Europe was caused by TB. Because antibiotics were unknown, the only means of controlling the spread of infection was to isolate patients in private sanitoria or hospitals limited to patients with TB—a practice that continues to this day in many countries. The net effect of this pattern of treatment was to separate the study of tuberculosis from mainstream medicine. Entire organizations were set up to study not only the disease as it affected individual patients, but its impact on the society as a whole. At the turn of the twentieth century more than 80% of the population in the United States were infected before age 20, and tuberculosis was the single most common cause of death . By 1938 there were more than 700 TB hospitals in this country. Tuberculosis spread much more widely in Europe when the industrial revolution began in the late nineteenth century. The disease became widespread somewhat later in the United States, because the movement of the population to large cities made overcrowded housing so common. When streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against M. tuberculosis, was discovered in the early 1940s, the infection began to come under control. Although other more effective anti-tuberculosis drugs were developed in the following decades, the number of cases of TB in the United States began to rise again in the mid-1980s. This upsurge was in part again a result of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in the poor areas of large cities, prisons, and homeless shelters. Infected visitors and immigrants to the United Stateshave also contributed to the resurgence of TB. An additional factor is the AIDS epidemic. AIDS patients are much more likely to develop tuberculosis because of their weakened immune systems. There still are an estimated 8-10 million new cases of TB each year worldwide, causing roughly 3 million deaths. High-risk populations THE ELDERLY. Tuberculosis is more common in elderly persons. More than one-fourth of the nearly 23,000 cases of TB reported in the United States in 1995 developed in people above age 65. Many elderly patients developed the infection some years ago when the disease was more widespread. There are additional reasons for the vulnerability of older people: those living in nursing homes and similar facilities are in close contact with others who may be infected. The aging process itself may weaken the body's immune system, which is then less able to ward off the tubercle bacillus. Finally, bacteria that have lain dormant for some time in elderly persons may be reactivated and cause illness. RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS. TB also is more common in blacks, who are more likely to live under conditions that promote infection. At the beginning of the new millennium, two-thirds of all cases of TB in the United States affect African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and persons from the Pacific Islands. Another one-fourth of cases affect persons born outside the United States. As of 2002, the risk of TB is still increasing in all these groups. As of late 2002,


"Which song begins with the lyric ""People try to put us down, Just because we get around""?"

THE WHO LYRICS - My Generation THE WHO LYRICS People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation) And don't try to d-dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we g-g-get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation


What type of aircraft powerplant uses a gas turbine to drive a propeller?

Power Plant Intake: The intake stroke begins as the piston starts its    downward travel When this happens, the intake valve opens and    the fuel/air mixture is drawn into the cylinder Compression: Begins when the intake valve closes and the piston starts moving back to the top of the cylinder This phase of the cycle is used to obtain a much greater power output from the fuel/air mixture once it is ignited Power: Begins when the fuel/air mixture is ignited This causes a tremendous pressure increase in the cylinder, and forces the piston downward away from the cylinder head, creating the power that turns the crankshaft Exhaust: Used to purge the cylinder of burned gases Begins when the exhaust valve opens and the    piston stars to move toward the cylinder head once    again Continuous operation is dependent on the auxiliary functions listed at the top of this page Two-Stroke: Conversion of chemical energy occurs over a two-stroke operating cycle [Figure 5] Intake compression power and exhaust occurs in only 2 strokes of the piston Will produce more power per stroke and thereby increase its power-to-weight ratio Due to inefficiencies of design and emission, these engines have been limited and typically only find use in aviation Through modern technology most of these short falls have been mitigated, however the four-stroke remains the most common design Induction Systems: Measures the temperature of the engine's cylinder head temperature, or CHT Auxiliary Power Unit (APU): The APU is a small aircraft mounted gas turbine engine used to generate a source of air to power the air turbine starter(s) or to augment the engine bleed air supply to the ECS Afterburners: Function like a ram-jet Afterburner operation uses added atomized fuel mixed with the combustion discharge gases and the bypass fan discharge air to produce additional thrust They provide about twice the thrust at four times the fuel burn Emergencies: Engines run on air and fuel Since air is practically a given, when an engine fails in a benign fashion, suspect fuel Induction Accessories: The key difference between the two lies in the power supply: A supercharger relies on an engine-driven air pump or compressor A turbocharger gets its power from the exhaust stream that runs through a turbine, which in turn spins the compressor Aircraft with these systems have a manifold pressure gauge, which displays MAP within the engine's intake manifold As a normally aspirated aircraft climbs, it eventually reaches an altitude where the MAP is insufficient for a normal climb That altitude limit is the aircraft's service ceiling, and it is directly affected by the engine's ability to produce power If the induction air entering the engine is pressurized, or boosted, by either a supercharger or a turbo-supercharger, the aircraft's service ceiling can be increased With these systems, an aircraft can fly at higher altitudes with the advantage of higher true airspeeds and the increased ability to circumnavigate adverse weather The most efficient method of increasing horsepower in an engine is by use of a turbo-supercharger or turbocharger Installed on an engine, this booster uses the engine's exhaust gases to drive an air compressor to increase the pressure of the air going into the engine through the carburetor or fuel injection system to boost power at higher altitude The major disadvantage of the gear-driven supercharger-use of a large amount of the engine's power output for the amount of power increase produced-is avoided with a turbocharger, because turbochargers are powered by an engine's exhaust gases This means a turbocharger recovers energy from hot exhaust gases that would otherwise be lost A second advantage of turbochargers over superchargers is the ability to maintain control over an engine's rated sea level horsepower from sea level up to the engine's critical altitude Critical altitude is the maximum altitude at which a turbocharged engine can produce its rated horsepower Above the critical altitude, power output begins to decrease like it does for a no


What is the name for radiations of a wavelength longer than and immediately next to the visible spectrum?

What is the wavelength of visible spectrum? What is the wavelength of visible spectrum? +3 votes posted May 9, 2016 by Akriti Share this question   Your comment on this question: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 1 Answer 0 votes 390 to 700 nm. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from about 390 to 700 nm. In terms of frequency, this corresponds to a band in the vicinity of 430–770 THz. Visible wavelengths pass through the "optical window", the region of the electromagnetic spectrum that allows wavelengths to pass largely unattenuated through the Earth's atmosphere. An example of this phenomenon is that clean air scatters blue light more than red wavelengths, and so the midday sky appears blue. The optical window is also referred to as the "visible window" because it overlaps the human visible response spectrum. The near infrared (NIR) window lies just out of the human vision, as well as the Medium Wavelength IR (MWIR) window, and the Long Wavelength or Far Infrared (LWIR or FIR) window, although other animals may experience them. answer May 9, 2016 by Amit Kumar Pandey Your comment on this answer: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification:


Where did Colonel James Bowie and Davy Crockett die fighting Mexican forces?

The Battle of the Alamo 1836 - Texas Revolution Texas Revolution Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo Battle of the Alamo.  Photograph Source: Public Domain Battle of the Alamo - Conflict: The siege of the Alamo took place during the Texas Revolution (1835-1836). Dates: Santa Anna's troops besieged the Alamo from February 23 to March 6, 1836. Armies & Commanders: General Antonio López de Santa Anna 6,000 men 20 guns Battle of the Alamo Overview: During the early days of the Texas Revolution, a Texan force under Stephen F. Austin encircled the Mexican garrison in the town of San Antonio de Béxar. On December 11, 1835, after an eight-week siege, Austin's men were able to compel General Martín Perfecto de Cos to surrender. Occupying the town, the defenders were paroled and sent back to Mexico. The fall of Cos' command eliminated the last major Mexican force in Texas. Returning to friendly territory, Cos provided his superior, General Antonio López de Santa Anna, with information about the uprising in Texas. Establishing his headquarters at San Luis Potosí, Santa Anna began assembling an army of 6,000 with the goal of marching north and putting down the revolt in Texas. In early 1836, after adding 20 guns to his command, he began marching north through Saltillo and Coahuila. To the north in San Antonio, Texan forces were fortifying the Misión San Antonio de Valero, also known as the Alamo. Possessing a large enclosed courtyard, the Alamo had first been occupied by Cos' men during siege of the town the previous fall. Initially manned by about 100 volunteers, the mission's garrison grew as January passed. The Alamo was again reinforced on February 3, with the arrival of 29 men under Lt. Colonel William Travis. A few days later, the Alamo's commander, Colonel James C. Neill, departed to deal with an illness and left Travis in charge. Travis' ascent to command did not sit well with Jim Bowie, who led the volunteers, and had arrived on January 19. A renowned frontiersman, Bowie argued with Travis over who should lead until it was agreed that the former would command the volunteers and the latter the regulars. Another notable frontiersman arrived on February 8, when Davy Crockett rode into the Alamo with 12 men. To the surprise of the defenders, Santa Anna's army arrived outside of San Antonio on February 23. Having marched through driving snow and foul weather, Santa Anna reached the town a month sooner than the Texans anticipated. Surrounding the mission, Santa Anna sent a courier requesting the Alamo's surrender. To this Travis responded by firing one of the mission's cannon. Seeing that the Texans planned to resist, Santa Anna laid siege to the mission. The next day, Bowie fell ill and full command passed to Travis. Badly outnumbered, Travis sent out riders asking for reinforcements. Travis's calls went largely unanswered as the Texans lacked the strength to fight Santa Anna's larger army. As the days passed the Mexicans slowly worked their lines closer to the Alamo , with their artillery reducing the mission's walls. At 1:00 AM, on March 1, 32 men from Gonzales were able to ride through the Mexican lines to join the defenders. With the situation grim, legend states that Travis drew a line in the sand and asked all those willing to stay and fight to step over it. All except one did. At dawn on March 6, Santa Anna's men launched their final attack on the Alamo. Flying a red flag and playing the El Degüello bugle call, Santa Anna signaled that no quarter would be given to the defenders. Sending 1,400-1,600 men forward in four columns they overwhelmed the Alamo's tiny garrison. One column, led by General Cos, broke through the mission's north wall and poured into the Alamo. It is believed that Travis was killed resisting this breach. As the Mexicans entered the Alamo, brutal hand-to-hand fighting ensued until almost the entire garrison had been killed. Records indicate that seven may have survived the fighting, but were summarily executed by Santa Anna. Battle of the Alamo - Aftermath: The Battle of the Alamo cost the Texans the