Which French painter fractured both thigh bones in his teens leaving him deformed?

Art History and Criticism OLD | Utah Electronic High School Art History and Criticism OLD 00.0 Start Here (Art History and Art Criticism) Welcome to Art History and Art Criticism at EHS. Throughout this course, you are provided facts and information about the history of art and artists since the beginning of time. You will be guided through various activities and questions to help you gain more meaning and enjoyment from the class. You will also learn how art is evaluated and appreciated. Your approach to this course will give you an opportunity to investigate new and old ideas in art and learn new art topics and techniques. You will also be able to apply your knowledge and your judgment about what you like and don't like in the art world and acquire an understanding that it is possible for one to improve his or her art skills. I'm looking forward to working with you. As your teacher, I am here to answer your questions, so don't hesitate to ask for help. You will find my e-mail and contact information in my welcome message or at the end of my return emails. Please get started as soon as possible. You need to stay active in the class (submitting at least two assignments each month) or you may be dropped. Plan to finish the quarter class in less than four months. Learn to pace yourself. Try to spend no more than three weeks per unit. To receive the first quarter credit, you will need to complete the first four units (assignments, quizzes and tests). There are a total of eight units in the whole semester of Art History and Art Criticism course. When both quarters are completed, you could earn one-half semester of a Fine Art credit. To find out what materials you may need for this class, see the Required Resources. FIRST ASSIGNMENT- SUBMIT "About Me" ASSIGNMENT Your first assignment is the the "About Me". Submit that assignment right away. Here’s how: Open the assignment by clicking on its name. Read the directions and use the word or notepad word processor on your computer to type your work. Then, copy and paste your assignment in the submission area. **Keep a copy of all your work. Save it on your computer so you have a copy (do this with all your assignments).** Many of your assignments will be submitted the same way--do them on your computer, paste into the “Edit my submission” box, and then save to submit it. Some assignments may require you to upload files--follow the instructions on the assignment screen to browse to your file and upload it. You will get an e-mail message letting you know when I have scored it. ETHICS Remember the EHS Honor Code: "As a student of the Electronic High School, I agree to turn in my assignments in a timely manner, do my own work, not share my work with others, and treat all students, teachers, and staff with respect." You must not copy other students’ work, or allow other students to copy yours. Do not copy and paste work from the internet or engage in any form of plagiarism (using others’ ideas, words, and/or organization without giving proper credit to the source). SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: 1. You will need a browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer which can download pictures of all sizes; a slow connection is a disadvantage. 2. You need the a FREE Power Point Viewer for presentations. (For a free download of this program complete an internet search with the words "Free Power Point Viewer" and select the Microsoft.com website. 3. You will also need a word processor such as MS Word, Text Edit or Notepad, etc. (NOT Word Perfect). 4. You will need Adobe PDF reader. (free download: go to Adobe.com and get the most current version) 5. You will also need Quicktime, Windows Media Player, Real or another media player to view any video presentations. (These should be free to download from the internet.) Art History I Credit: .25 Fine Art credit by USOE standards per 4 completed units*. Description of Art History * USOE Standard* This is an entry-level course for the High School Visual Arts Core Curriculum. It is designed to provide an overview and appreciation of the visual arts, with an


At which Grand prix circuit was Ayrton Senna killed in 1994?

Ayrton Senna's Last Lap - Imola 1994 - YouTube Ayrton Senna's Last Lap - Imola 1994 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 Jul 7, 2010 PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING YOUR PERSONAL GUESSINGS ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT!!! It was DETERMINED IN A LEGAL COURT that a poor job in the welding of the sterring bar caused this to break in the middle of Tamburello and caused the crash. Also it is NOT TRUE that Senna died because only of the injury caused by the piece of metal piercing the helmet. Instead what is true is that, added to the force of the impact that caused irreversible brain injury, were the causes for his death. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN MAKING YOURSELVES A GOOD PREVIOUS RESEARCH INSTEAD OF POSTING HERE THE TYPICAL COMMENTS "I THINK HE DIED BECAUSE A, B, C,.. Z. There was a trial and WILLIAMS team have been found GUILTY. ********* Last lap in Ayrton Senna's life, before crashing at Imola-San Marino GP in 1994. The steering column broke and the steering wheel came into Senna's hands before the crash, causing his death when the car hit the wall at the Tamburello corner. Patrick Head, Chief Engineer of the Williams team has been found guilty in the reopened trial in 2005 for Senna's death, but he never went to jail because too many years passed since the accident and the legal cause had prescribed.


Where on your body might you suffer from a whitlow?

Anxiety in Your Brain: What Happens When Anxiety Attacks? 0 By Dr. Mercola Anxiety is a natural, normal response to potential threats, which puts your body into a heightened state of awareness. When felt appropriately, anxiety is beneficial and can keep you out of harm's way… the anxiety you may feel while hiking near a steep drop-off, for instance, will cause you to be more careful and purposeful in your movements. For an estimated 40 million US adults, however, anxiety may occur even when there's no real threat, causing unnecessary stress and emotional pain. While many believe anxiety and stress to be the same, persistent anxiety actually evokes quite a different experience in your brain. Anxiety in Your Brain: What Happens When Anxiety Attacks? Anxiety does evoke the same "fight or flight" response that stress does, which means, like stress, anxiety will trigger a flood of stress hormones like cortisol designed to enhance your speed, reflexes, heart rate, and circulation. However, stress can occur with feelings of anger, sadness, or even happiness and excitement. Anxiety, on the other hand, virtually always involves a sense of fear, dread, or apprehension. And while stress may occur due to an external source (like an argument with your spouse), anxiety tends to be a more internal response. Further, brief anxiety may coincide with a stressful event (such as speaking in public), but an anxiety disorder will persist for months even when there's no clear reason to be anxious. While the exact causes for anxiety disorders are unknown, your brain is actively involved. The National Institute of Mental Health explains: 1 "Several parts of the brain are key actors in the production of fear and anxiety… scientists have discovered that the amygdala and the hippocampus play significant roles in most anxiety disorders. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is believed to be a communications hub between the parts of the brain that process incoming sensory signals and the parts that interpret these signals. It can alert the rest of the brain that a threat is present and trigger a fear or anxiety response. The emotional memories stored in the central part of the amygdala may play a role in anxiety disorders involving very distinct fears, such as fears of dogs, spiders, or flying. The hippocampus is the part of the brain that encodes threatening events into memories." Your Brain May Become Wired for Anxiety It's thought that anxiety disorders may result from a combination of nature (your genetics) and nurture (your environment). For instance, if you grow up in an environment with frequent yelling or abuse. It might make you prone to looking out for potential threats, even when they're no longer there. In a sense, your brain becomes "wired" for anxiety, such that any potentially undesirable event or emotion becomes cause for alarm. 2 Worse yet, some people are so used to feelings of anxiety that they don't realize there's a problem and simply suffer in silence. As anxious feelings intensify, it can lead to social isolation, physical symptoms, and related mental health problems, like depression. Despite this, it's estimated that only one-third of people with anxiety disorders receive treatment, 3 which is highly recommended if you're struggling with anxiety -- but keep in mind "treatment" doesn't necessarily mean drugs. Unfortunately, most people who suffer with anxiety either do nothing or resort to pharmaceutical drugs – many of which are ineffective and capable of destroying your health and sanity further. Commonly prescribed drugs include benzodiazepine drugs like Ativan, Xanax, and Valium. They exert a calming effect by boosting the action of a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the same way as opioids (heroin) and cannabinoids (cannabis) do. This in turn activates the gratification hormone, dopamine, in your brain. Since the identical brain "reward pathways" are used by both types of drugs, they can be equally addictive and also


Which is the USA’s City of Brotherly Love?

City of Brotherly Love — Philadelphia [ushistory.org] 4c. City of Brotherly Love — Philadelphia The Print and Picture Collection, The Free Library of William Russell Birch's idyllic engraving of the back of the Pennsylvania State House hints at the diversity of race and class that typified Philadelphia at the turn of the 19th century. William Penn had a distaste for cities. His colony, Pennsylvania , would need a capital that would not bring the horrors of European urban life to the shores of his New World experiment. Penn determined to design and to administer the city himself to prevent such an occurrence. He looked with disdain on London's crowded conditions and sought to prevent this by designing a city plan with streets wider than any major thoroughfare in London. Five major squares dotted the cityscape, and Penn hoped that each dweller would have a family garden. He distributed land in large plots to encourage a low population density. This, he thought, would be the perfect combination of city and country. In 1681, he made it happen. Penn's selection of a site was most careful. Philadelphia is situated at the confluence of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. He hoped that the Delaware would supply the needed outlet to the Atlantic and that the Schuylkill would be the needed artery into the interior of Pennsylvania. This choice turned out to be controversial. The proprietors of Maryland claimed that Penn's new city lay within the boundaries of Maryland. Penn returned to England to defend his town many times. Eventually the issue would be decided on the eve of the Revolution by the drawing of the famed Mason-Dixon Line. With Penn promoting religious toleration, people of many different faiths came to Philadelphia. The Quakers may have been tolerant of religious differences, but were fairly uncompromising with moral digressions. It was illegal to tell lies in conversation and even to perform stage plays. Cards and dice were forbidden. Upholding the city's moral code was taken very seriously. This code did not extend to chattel slavery. In the early days, slavery was commonplace in the streets of Philadelphia. William Penn himself was a slaveholder. Although the first antislavery society in the colonies would eventually be founded by Quakers, the early days were not free of the curse of human bondage. Early Philadelphia had its ups and downs. William Penn spent only about four years of his life in Pennsylvania. In his absence, Philadelphians quibbled about many issues. At one point, Penn appointed a former soldier, John Blackwell, to bring discipline to town government. Still, before long Philadelphia prospered as a trading center. Within twenty years, it was the third largest city, behind Boston and New York. A century later it would emerge as the new nation's largest city, first capital, and cradle of the Liberty Bell , Declaration of Independence , and Constitution.


Who played Oliver Barrett IV in the film Love Story?

Love Story (1970) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 44 titles created 12 Dec 2010 a list of 25 titles created 12 Jan 2011 a list of 21 titles created 04 Oct 2012 a list of 49 titles created 12 Jan 2013 a list of 45 titles created 26 Nov 2014 Search for " Love Story " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     1     Oscar. Another    9 wins & 16 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Edit Storyline Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail. Oliver and Jenny continue to build their life together. Relying only on each other, they believe love can fix anything. But fate has other plans. Soon, what began as a brutally honest friendship becomes the love story of their lives. Written by Anonymous Love means never having to say you're sorry Genres: Rated PG for language and a love scene | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 16 December 1970 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Historia de amor See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia To prepare for their roles, Ryan O'Neal learned to ice skate and Ali MacGraw learned to play the harpsichord. See more » Goofs During the Cornell/Harvard hockey match, before Oliver enters the penalty box, his hockey jersey is almost spotless. After he sits down and takes off his helmet, a large blood smear appears on his jersey near his shoulder. See more » Quotes [first lines] Oliver Barrett IV : What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach, the Beatles, and me? See more » Crazy Credits Unusually, for a movie released in the early 1970s, there were no opening credits after the title has been shown. See more » Connections A beautiful and emotional romance 19 January 2006 | by rebeljenn (Bath, England) – See all my reviews 'Love Story' is not your typical romance film, although it is a story about a boy and girl from different backgrounds who fall in love. Jenny is an intellectual music major with a passion to travel, and Oliver's parents are well-to-do, and he enjoys sports. It seems like an unlikely match, but the two of them hit it off and travel through the perils of relationships. It is a touching story, and the direction and coordination of some of the scenes is amazing. (Particularly the scene with Oliver sitting outside in the playing field and narrating the story is a classic moment in this film, and it is possibly one of the most memorable scenes in film history.) If you have never seen this film, you should. Anyone who has ever been in a relationship can relate to it, but if you are a sensitive person and cry in nearly every film you have ever been to, keep a full box of tissues handy. 21 of 29 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


Hedra Carlson played by Jennifer Jason Leigh?

'Daisy Is An Animal': Jennifer Jason Leigh On Her Comeback In 'The Hateful Eight' : NPR Jennifer Jason Leigh is back in the spotlight with an Oscar nomination for her role as a murderous woman in The Hateful Eight. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with her about being cast by Quentin Tarantino. KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: All right, so let's play a game. Guess who this is. And if you've seen Quentin Tarantino's film "The Hateful Eight," don't spoil it for the others. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE HATEFUL EIGHT") JENNIFER JASON LEIGH: (As Daisy Domergue) He's absolutely right. Me and one of them fellows is in cahoots. We're just waiting for everybody to go to sleep. That's when we're going to kill you. MCEVERS: It's Jennifer Jason Leigh, and it's been a while since we've seen her in a big movie. I mean, you might've even though she quit acting. LEIGH: Quit is, like, a very strong term. MCEVERS: (Laughter) Yes. LEIGH: I just thought, like, I had had my run. MCEVERS: She's has had a pretty good run. From her first big role in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" in 1982. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH") LEIGH: (As Stacy Hamilton) Linda, that girl looks just like Pat Benatar. MCEVERS: As the roommate from hell in "Single White Female." (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SINGLE WHITE FEMALE") LEIGH: (As Hedra Carlson) Don't make me come get you. MCEVERS: And as a sharp-tongued newspaper reporter in "The Hudsucker Proxy." (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE HUDSUCKER PROXY") LEIGH: (As Amy Archer) I tell you, the guy's a phony. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Phony, huh? LEIGH: (As Amy Archer) As a $3 bill. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Says who? LEIGH: (As Amy Archer) Says me, Amy Archer. Why is he an idea man, because Hudsucker says he is? MCEVERS: Jennifer Jason Leigh was everywhere in the '80s and '90s. And then she wasn't. But now she's been nominated for an Oscar for playing Daisy Domergue in "The Hateful Eight." She came into our studio here in Culver City, and I asked her if this is her comeback. LEIGH: I feel like I was a little bit off the map, you know, if there is a map. Or if there is a planet, I was not on that planet... (LAUGHTER) LEIGH: ...For working actors. MCEVERS: I like the planet better, yeah. LEIGH: Yeah, it was actually, you know, my brother-in-law said to me, you know, all it takes is a phone call from Quentin Tarantino. MCEVERS: (Laughter). LEIGH: And, you know, a couple years later, I got that call from Quentin Tarantino and I'm sitting across from you today... MCEVERS: Wow. LEIGH: ...talking about it, and it is life-changing. MCEVERS: 'Cause, I mean, yeah, he famously did it for John Travolta with "Pulp Fiction," Robert Forster and Pam Grier in "Jackie Brown." I mean, that's sort of a thing he does. Did you guys talk about that at all, you and Quentin Tarantino? LEIGH: You know, we didn't talk about that. He did talk about the '90s. This movie has a lot of people from the '90s in it. He knows more about all of our careers more than we know. Like, he would talk about "Flesh And Blood," which is a movie I did, I think it was 23 at the time, as though it were yesterday. Unlike a lot of people, he doesn't draw a distinction because you're a different age now or years and years have passed. You're still that person who gave that performance no matter when you gave it. That's in you. And that's something that I certainly forgot about. MCEVERS: Tell me about the character that you play in "The Hateful Eight," Daisy Domergue. LEIGH: Well, the fun thing about it is she's feral. She's kind of like a little wild animal. MCEVERS: (Laughter). LEIGH: But she's also incredibly bright. And you see her get punched once, you know everything you need to know about her childhood. She just knows how to take a punch. It doesn't mean that much to her. MCEVERS: But, I mean, how did you feel about it at first? You know, she's the only woman in the film and she's getting her butt kicked. [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: We incorrectly say that Jennifer Jason Leigh's character is the only woman in this film.] LEIGH: I loved it because I find the movie s


Which famous Scotsman died aged 37 in 1796?

Robert Burns Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline Writers Robert Burns Biography Robert Burns was a famous Scottish poet and lyricist, who was also known as the national poet of Scotland. Read more about his life and works in the following article. Quick Facts Elizabeth Paton Burns Image Credit http://www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk/collections/art/portraits/robert-burns Robert Burns was a famous Scottish poet and lyricist. Also known as Rabbie Burns, or Scotland's favorite son, Burns is often credited as the national poet of Scotland and is the best known Scottish language poet till date. Burns is also considered as the pioneer of the Romantic Movement. He is also known to inspire the founders of both liberalism and socialism. During 19th and 20th centuries, celebration of his life and works became a national charismatic cult, his influence being clearly visible in Scottish literature. In a voting run by Scottish television channel STV in 2009, Burns was voted as the greatest Scot. Apart from creating original compositions, Burns also collected Scottish folk songs, revised and adapted them. His song, âAuld Lang Syneâ is often sung at Hogmanay and other song, âScots Wha Haeâ served for long as the unofficial national anthem of Scotland. His other notable poems include, âA Red, Red Roseâ; âA Man's A Man for A' Thatâ; âTo a Louseâ; âTo a Mouseâ; âThe Battle of Sherramuirâ; âTam o' Shanterâ, and âAe Fond Kissâ. Robert Burns Childhood & Early Life Robert Burns was born on 25th January, 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. His father, William Burnes was a self educated tenant farmer who married a local girl, Agnes Broun. Robert Burns was the eldest of seven children to the couple. When Robert was seven years old, his father sold their house and took tenancy of the 70-acre Mount Oliphant farm, southeast of Alloway. Robert’s childhood days went in poverty and hardship, which led to his weak constitution. He received very limited regular schooling and was mainly taught by his father. Burns learned reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and history from his father. From 1765 to 1768, he and his brother Gilbert were taught by John Murdoch. John taught them Latin, French, and mathematics. For next few years, he studied at home only. During the summer of 1772, Burns was sent to Dalrymple Parish School. At the young age of 15, Robert was the main laborer at Mount Oliphant. In the summer of 1775, he was sent to Kirkoswald to finish his education. In 1777, his father shifted his family from Mount Oliphant farm to the 130-acre farm at Lochlea, near Tarbolton. In 1779, he joined a country dancing school and the following year, formed the Tarbolton Bachelors' Club with his brother Gilbert. In 1781, Burns went to Irvine, North Ayrshire to learn to become a flax-dresser. But shortly after the flax shop caught fire in New Year celebrations, Robert had to return to Lochlea. His father died in 1784.   Later Life & Works Robert and Gilbert tried hard to retain on the farm, but post its failure, they moved to the farm at Mossgiel, near Mauchline. At the age of 22, Robert was initiated into masonic Lodge St David Tarbolton. When this lodge became inactive, he joined the Lodge St James Tarbolton Kilwinning number 135. During the time period 1784-85, Robert Burns was heavily involved in lodge business, attending meetings, passing and raising brethren and usually running the lodge. Burns was in financial crisis and took an offer from a friend to work in Jamaica, at a salary of £30 per annum. However, he lacked the necessary funds required for traveling to West Indies. Acting upon the advice given by his friend, Gavin Hamilton, Burns sent proposals for publishing his “Scotch Poems” to John Wilson, a local printer in Kilmarnock. On 31st July 1786, John published Robert’s works under the title, “Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect”. This book included his notable poems like “The Twa Dogs”, “Address to the Deil”, “Halloween”, “The Cotter's Saturday Night”, “To a Mouse”, “Epitaph for James Smith”


Which Scottish region has the highest population?

Migrants in the UK: An Overview - Migration Observatory - The Migration Observatory Migrants in the UK: An Overview This briefing provides an overview of the number, population share, geographic distribution and citizenship of migrants in the UK. Key Points Between 1993 and 2014 the foreign-born population in the UK more than doubled from 3.8 million to around 8.3 million. During the same period, the number of foreign citizens increased from nearly 2 million to more than 5 million. More… Understanding the Evidence This briefing defines the migrant population as the foreign-born population in the UK. Wherever relevant and indicated, the briefing also provides figures for foreign citizens residing in the UK, as well as for recent migrants – defined as foreign-born people who have been living in the UK for five years or less. Definitions have a significant impact on the analysis of the number of migrants in the UK and there is significant overlap between those who belong to the foreign-born group and those who belong to the foreign-citizen group. The briefing includes all migrants, irrespective of their age and employment status. All data in this briefing are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) using the fourth quarter of each year. For information about the limitations of the LFS, see the ‘evidence gaps and limitations’ section at the end of this briefing. The stock of the migrant population more than doubled from 1993 to 2014 The size of the foreign-born population in the UK increased from about 3.8 million in 1993 to over 8.3 million in 2014 (see Figure 1). During the same period the number of foreign citizens increased from nearly 2 million to more than 5 million. The number of foreign-born people in the UK increased in almost every year, although there were slight decreases in 1996, 2007 and 2010, while  the number of foreign-born increased again from 2011 (fourth quarter data). Over the whole time period analysed (1993 to 2014) the highest growth in the foreign-born population occurred between 2005 and 2008. This period coincides with the significant inflow of East European migrants following EU enlargement in 2004. Although the numbers of both female and male migrants have increased over time, women have constituted a small majority of the UK’s migrant population stock since at least 1993. In 2014, 54% of the foreign-born population were women. Looking at the distribution of foreign-born by age, including children (those aged 0-15), youth (aged 15-25), adults (aged 26-60 for men and 26-64 for men), and retired (aged 61+ for women, and aged 64+ for men), the vast majority of male foreign-born are adults (71%), while 8.5% are children, 11% are youth, and 10% are retired. Similarly, the vast majority of female are adults (67%), 8% are children, 9% youth, and 15.1% are retired. Figure 1 Return to top The UK population was 13.1% foreign-born and 8.5% non-British citizens in 2014 The share of foreign-born people in the UK’s total population increased by over 50% between 1993 and 2014, i.e. from 7 to nearly 13.1% (see Figure 2). During the same period, the share of foreign citizens rose from 3.6 to 8.5%, while that of recent migrants increased from 1.4 to 2.7%. There was a significant percentage increase in the share of foreign-born people in the UK’s total population during the 2004-2008 period. Figure 2 Return to top The share of migrants in the population varies significantly across regions but has been increasing in all regions over time The share of migrants in the population varies significantly across regions (see Figure 3). In 2014 the number of foreign-born people relative to total population was greatest in Inner London (39%) and Outer London (33%). The region with the third highest proportion of migrants was South East where 13% of the population was foreign-born. ‘Rest of North East’ was home to the population with the smallest proportion of foreign-born people. While the concentration of foreign-born individuals varies across the UK, since 1995 the share of foreign-born people in the UK population has incr


Which detective of novels and TV has the aristocratic title The Earl of Asherton?

BEST SERIES of Crime Novels | MarkJonesBooks Home » Book reviews » BEST SERIES of Crime Novels BEST SERIES of Crime Novels Posted on by markjonesbooks In no certain order … 1. “Travis McGee” by John D. MacDonald. 21 books all with a color in the title (The Deep Blue Good-bye; Darker Than Amber; The Green Ripper, etc …) Travis McGee, works as a “salvage consultant” in Ft. Lauderdale and has all the best qualities of Magnum, Rockford, Bond, and Robin Hood, with the addition of yen philosophizing and rueful self-awareness. Must be read in consecutive order. 2. “Burke” by Andrew Vachss. 18 books. Vachss (rhymes with “tax”) is a lawyer who only represents children and youths and writes the darkest, most unrelenting series of books about crime and revenge. Main character Burke is one of the “children of the secret” – abused children who were victimized without ever experiencing justice, much less love and protection. To say the least, the adult Burke is a deeply conflicted character. Must be read in order. 3. “Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 4 novels and 5 collections of short stories. What can you say? The all-time greatest, most famous detective in the world and his constant companion, Dr. Watson. No matter how edgy and steampunkish Hollywood makes the movies, these are still some of the greatest crime stories every written.  4. “Thorn” by James P. Hall. 14 books. Thorn lives in the Florida Keys and makes his living tying lures for fly fishing. He also helps people out of sticky situations on occasion.  There’s quite a bit of Travis McGee in Thorn, and a little bit of Burke also. You don’t have to read these books in order, but I highly recommend reading the first one (Under Cover of Daylight) so you will understand why Thorn is the way he is. 5. “Repairman Jack” by F. Paul Wilson. 10 books. Andrew Vachss calls Repairman Jack “righteous!” An apt description. Jack is a loner who lives off the public grid (no SSN, no official identity) and makes his living “fixing” extreme situations. Some may argue that since Jack’s adventures feature touches of the paranormal and science-fiction, horror and fantasy, this should not be listed in a “Crime Novel” series. I disagree, just for sheer enjoyment and the crime-ridden, violent world that Jack lives in.  Must be read in order. 6. “Joe Kurtz” by Dan Simmons. 3 books   Hard Case, Hard Freeze, Hard As Nails are hard-boiled crime noir at its best. Simmons is one of my all-time favorite writers. In addition to these great novels, he has also written my two favorite horror novels (Carrion Comfort and Children of the Night), a sci-fi classic (Hyperion) and a great Hemingway historical novel (The Crook Factory). It helps to read them in order. 7. “Parker” by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake). 24 books. Parker may be the meanest, nastiest character on this list. Very few redeeming qualities. These books are almost nihilistic. Highly recommend you read these in order – some of the books began the second after the previous book ends. 8. “Justin & Cuddy” by Michael Malone. 3 books  Uncivil Seasons, Time’s Witness, First Lady. Great literate mysteries set in small town North Carolina. Uncivil Seasons is one of the best mysteries I’ve ever read. Period.  Read in order. 9. “Lew Archer” by Ross MacDonald. 18 books. William Goldman calls these the “the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American.” MacDonald is the primary heir to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler but his writing built on the pithy style of his predecessors by adding psychological depth and insights into the motivations of his characters. Archer often unearthed the family secrets of his clients and of the criminals who victimized them. Lost or wayward sons and daughters were a theme common to many of the novels. Macdonald was one of the first to deftly combine the two sides of the mystery genre, the “whodunit” and the psychological thriller. Jonathon Kellerman is the modern heir of MacDonald’s noir.  10. “87th Precinct” by Ed McBain. 56 books. ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! It is impossible to rate this series t


Helen Clark became the first woman Prime Minister of which country in 1999?

Helen Clark | prime minister of New Zealand | Britannica.com prime minister of New Zealand Written By: Alternative Title: Helen Elizabeth Clark Helen Clark Prime minister of New Zealand Also known as Helen Clark, (born February 26, 1950, Hamilton , New Zealand ), New Zealand politician who was prime minister (1999–2008). She was the first woman in New Zealand to hold the office of prime minister immediately following an election. Helen Clark, 2005. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Clark, the oldest of four children of George and Margaret Clark, grew up on a sheep and cattle farm in Te Pahu, west of Hamilton. She left home at age 12 to attend Epsom Girls Grammar School in Auckland . After graduation, she enrolled in the University of Auckland, where she received bachelor’s (1971) and master’s (1974) degrees in political science and taught from 1973 to 1981. Clark joined the Labour Party in 1971 and during the following decade held a variety of positions within the party. In parliamentary elections in 1975, she was selected as the Labour candidate for a seat that was considered safe for the conservative National Party . Although she lost that election, she was elected to Parliament from a different constituency in 1981. As chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Select Committee (1984–87), she played a major role in the country’s adoption of an antinuclear policy, which effectively ended the ANZUS Pact and led to reduced military ties between New Zealand and the United States . In 1987 Clark became a member of the cabinet, holding at various times the portfolios of housing, conservation , labour , and health . In 1989–90 she served as deputy prime minister, and in 1990 she was appointed to the Privy Council , becoming the first woman in New Zealand to hold those offices. After the National Party’s return to power in 1990, Clark became deputy leader of the opposition in Parliament. In 1993 she was elected head of the Labour Party —becoming the first woman in New Zealand to head a major party—and thus served as leader of the opposition. In 1999, when the Labour Party was able to form a governing coalition, Clark was elected prime minister. Holding the portfolio of arts and culture herself, she appointed an extraordinarily diverse cabinet, including 11 women and 4 Maori . As prime minister, Clark addressed many controversial issues, including Maori rights, same-sex civil unions, and prostitution, which was legalized in 2003. Her government also opposed the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq (see Iraq War ). She was reelected prime minister in both 2002 and 2005, the first New Zealand prime minister to secure three consecutive terms in office. Amid an economic downturn, Clark’s Labour Party was defeated by John Key and the National Party in the 2008 election. Clark subsequently stepped down as Labour leader. In 2009 Clark was named the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme . Britannica Stories


What word do citizen’s band radio enthusiasts use for the police?

CB SLANG CB SLANG AND TECHNICAL TERMS 1962-1998 (from the book "Woody's World Of CB") The list below represents   just about every CB-ism you'll run across. Please keep in mind   that if you jump on the air with a sentence full of slang words   and phrases below you'll sound like an idiot. These are words   that you'll run across throughout a variety of conversations,   and it's helpful to know what they mean. My best advice I can give   you is: 1). Listen well before   you speak, many parts of the country differ on their protocols   and terminology. 2). Always be polite 3). Minimize the "Slang".   When you talk to someone on the radio, use it like you would   a telephone with one added restraint - don't use profanity. It   doesn't take a BIG man to swear, it's takes a BIG man to convey   his thoughts and feelings WITHOUT swearing. (For help with   SSB communications - refer to my SSB section) A ALERT -Affiliated League of Emergency Radio Teams All the good numbers -Best wishes. Alligator-Tread from the tire of an 18 wheeler on the road Alligator Station -All mouth and no ears. A person who likes to talk just to hear himself. Amigo -Friend Ankle biter- Small child or annoying teenager Antenna Farm- Base station with many antennas strung up in the air Antler Alley -Deer crossing Appliance Operator -Non technical person who knows how to turn the rig on, and thats about all. AM -Amplitude Modulation Ancient Mariner -AM, or someone who uses AM Astrodome City- Houston Texas (see Space City) B Baby Bear- Cop in training, or rookie Backdoor -Vehicle behind the one who is ahead of it. Backdoor closed- Rear of convoy covered for police Back em up -Slow down Back off the hammer -Slow down Backslide- Return trip Bad scene- A crowded channel Ballet Dancer -A antenna that really sways Barefoot Using an unmodified CB transmitter Bar city -Forrest City, AK Base Station -Radio installed at a fixed location, house, etc. Bay City -San Francisco Bit on the seat of the britches -Got tagged for a speeding ticket Blackn White- Cop Blackn White Cber -Cop with CB in his car Black Ice -A patch of iced over blacktop road. Bleeding/Bleedover -Strong signals from a station on another channel, interfering with your reception Blessed Event -A new CB rig Blew my doors off -Pass by me with great speed, sometimes referenced to loud or strong signal Blowin Smoke -Loud signal Boast Toastie -A CB expert Boat Anchor -Either an old tube rig or a radio that is unrepairable. Bodacious- Awesome Boy Scouts -The State Police Box -Tractor Trailer Break -Request to use the channel, while other stations are using the frequency Variations: Breaker, Breaker-Broke, Breakity-Break, Break For Breaking Up- Audio cutting in and out Breaker-Breaker -Same as break. Also the title of Chuck Norriss first mainstream movie. Breaking the ol needle- Strong signal Bring it back -Answer back Bring yourself on it- Request to move into the right lane Brown paper bag -Unmarked Police car Brush your teeth and comb your hair-Radar trap ahead BTO- Big Time Operator Bubble gum machine- Flashing lights on top of car Bucket Mouth- Loudmouth, or someone who uses a lot of profanity. Bucket of bolts -Eighteen wheeler Buckeye State -Ohio Bug Out -To leave a channel Bumper Lane- Passing lane Button Pusher -Another Cber who is trying to breakup your communication with another station by keying his microphone, playing sounds, etc. C Cactus Patch- Phoenix Arizona; Roswell New Mexico Camera -Police radar Can- Shell of a CB set, or tunable coil in CB set Candy Man -FCC Cartel- A group hogging a channel Casa- House Catch ya on the flip-flop- Ill talk to you on my return trip CB -Radio Cell Block- Location of the base station Chain Gang -Members of a CB club Channel 25 -The telephone Charlie -The FCC (see Uncle Charlie) Chew n choke -Restaurant Checking My Eyelinds For Pin Holes -Tired or sleepy. Check the seatcovers -Look at that passenger (usually a woman) Chicken Coup- Weigh station Chicken Coup is Clean -Weigh station is closed. Chicken Inspector -Weigh station ins


In the USA an FBI agent is often called a G-Man – for what does the G stand?

Frequently Asked Questions — FBI Who is the head of the FBI? The FBI is led by a Director, who is appointed by the U.S. President and confirmed by the Senate for a term not to exceed 10 years. The current Director is James B. Comey . You can find information on all Directors who have served the FBI on our History website . How is the FBI organized? The FBI is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The offices and divisions at FBI Headquarters provide direction and support to 56 field offices in big cities, more than 350 smaller offices known as resident agencies, several specialized field installations, and more than 60 liaison offices in other countries known as legal attachés. Is the FBI a type of national police force? No. The FBI is a national security organization that works closely with many partners around the country and across the globe to address the most serious security threats facing the nation. We are one of many federal agencies with law enforcement responsibilities. How accurately is the FBI portrayed in books, television shows, and motion pictures? Any author, television script writer, or producer may consult with the FBI about closed cases or our operations, services, or history. However, there is no requirement that they do so, and the FBI does not edit or approve their work. Some authors, television programs, or motion picture producers offer reasonably accurate presentations of our responsibilities, investigations, and procedures in their story lines, while others present their own interpretations or introduce fictional events, persons, or places for dramatic effect.  What does the FBI do with information and evidence gathered during an investigation? If a possible violation of federal law under the jurisdiction of the FBI has occurred, the Bureau will conduct an investigation. The information and evidence gathered in the course of that investigation are then presented to the appropriate U.S. Attorney or Department of Justice official, who will determine whether or not prosecution or further action is warranted. Depending on the outcome of the investigation, evidence is either returned or retained for court. What does the FBI do with persons it arrests in the course of an investigation? A person arrested by the FBI is taken into custody, photographed, and fingerprinted. In addition, an attempt often is made to obtain a voluntary statement from the arrestee. The arrestee remains in FBI custody until the initial court appearance, which must take place without unnecessary delay. What authority do FBI special agents have to make arrests in the United States, its territories, or on foreign soil? In the U.S. and its territories, FBI special agents may make arrests for any federal offense committed in their presence or when they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed, or is committing, a felony violation of U.S. laws. On foreign soil, FBI special agents generally do not have authority to make arrests except in certain cases where, with the consent of the host country, Congress has granted the FBI extraterritorial jurisdiction. Are FBI special agents permitted to install wiretaps at their own discretion? No. Wiretapping is one of the FBI’s most sensitive techniques and is strictly controlled by federal statutes. It is used infrequently and only to combat terrorism and the most serious crimes. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 2516, contains the protocol requiring all law enforcement officers to establish probable cause that the wiretaps may provide evidence of a felony violation of federal law. After determining if a sufficient showing of probable cause has been made, impartial federal judges approve… What is the FBI’s policy on the use of deadly force by its special agents? FBI special agents may use deadly force only when necessary—when the agent has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the agent or another person. If feasible, a verbal warning to submit to the authority of the special agent is give


In population terms, what is the largest city in China?

China: Twenty Largest Cities By Amanda Briney Updated October 02, 2016. China is the world's largest country based on population with a total of 1,330,141,295 people. It is also the world's third largest country in terms of area as it covers 3,705,407 square miles (9,596,961 sq km). China is divided into 23 provinces , five autonomous regions and four direct-controlled municipalities . In addition, there are over 100 cities in China that have a population greater than one million people. The following is a list of the twenty most populous cities in China arranged from largest to smallest. All numbers are based on the metropolitan area population or in some cases, the sub-provincial city amount. The years of the population estimate have been included for reference. All numbers were obtained from the city pages on Wikipedia.org . Those cities with an asterisk (*) are direct-controlled municipalities. 1) Beijing : 22,000,000 (2010 estimate)* 2) Shanghai : 19,210,000 (2009 estimate)* 3) Chongqing : 14,749,200 (2009 estimate)* continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Note: This is the urban population for Chongqing. Some estimates state that the city has a population of 30 million - this larger number is representative of both the urban and rural population. This information was obtained from the Chongqing Municipal Government. 404. 4) Tianjin: 12,281,600 (2009 estimate)* 5) Chengdu: 11,000,670 (2009 estimate) 6) Guangzhou: 10,182,000 (2008 estimate) 7) Harbin: 9,873,743 (date unknown) 8) Wuhan: 9,700,000 (2007 estimate) 9) Shenzhen: 8,912,300 (2009 estimate) 10) Xi'an: 8,252,000 (2000 estimate) 11) Hangzhou: 8,100,000 (2009 estimate) 12) Nanjing: 7,713,100 (2009 estimate) 13) Shenyang: 7,760,000 (2008 estimate) 14) Qingdao: 7,579,900 (2007 estimate) 15) Zhengzhou: 7,356,000 (2007 estimate) 16) Dongguan: 6,445,700 (2008 estimate) 17) Dalian: 6,170,000 (2009 estimate) 18) Jinan: 6,036,500 (2009 estimate) 19) Hefei: 4,914,300 (2009 estimate) 20) Nanchang: 4,850,000 (date unknown)


Which country had a parliament called the Duma?

Russia - The Parliament The Parliament Russia Table of Contents The 628-member parliament, termed the Federal Assembly, consists of     two chambers, the 450-member State Duma (the lower house) and the     178-member Federation Council (the upper house). Russia's legislative     body was established by the constitution approved in the December 1993     referendum. The first elections to the Federal Assembly were held at the     same time--a procedure criticized by some Russians as indicative of     Yeltsin's lack of respect for constitutional niceties. Under the     constitution, the deputies elected in December 1993 were termed "transitional" because they were to serve only a two-year     term. In April 1994, legislators, Government officials, and many     prominent businesspeople and religious leaders signed a "Civic     Accord" proposed by Yeltsin, pledging during the two-year "transition period" to refrain from violence, calls for early     presidential or legislative elections, and attempts to amend the     constitution. This accord, and memories of the violent confrontation of     the previous parliament with Government forces, had some effect in     softening political rhetoric during the next two years. The first legislative elections under the new constitution included a     few irregularities. The republics of Tatarstan and Chechnya and     Chelyabinsk Oblast boycotted the voting; this action, along with other     discrepancies, resulted in the election of only 170 members to the     Federation Council. However, by mid-1994 all seats were filled except     those of Chechnya, which continued to proclaim its independence. All     federal jurisdictions participated in the December 1995 legislative     races, although the fairness of voting in Chechnya was compromised by     the ongoing conflict there. The Federal Assembly is prescribed as a permanently functioning body,     meaning that it is in continuous session except for a regular break     between the spring and fall sessions. This working schedule     distinguishes the new parliament from Soviet-era "rubber-stamp" legislative bodies, which met only a few days     each year. The new constitution also directs that the two chambers meet     separately in sessions open to the public, although joint meetings are     held for important speeches by the president or foreign leaders. Deputies of the State Duma work full-time on their legislative     duties; they are not allowed to serve simultaneously in local     legislatures or hold Government positions. A transitional clause in the     constitution, however, allowed deputies elected in December 1993 to     retain their Government employment, a provision that allowed many     officials of the Yeltsin administration to serve in the parliament.     After the December 1995 legislative elections, nineteen Government     officials were forced to resign their offices in order to take up their     legislative duties. Despite its "transitional" nature, the Federal Assembly of     1994-95 approved about 500 pieces of legislation in two years. When the     new parliament convened in January 1996, deputies were provided with a     catalog of these laws and were directed to work in their assigned     committees to fill gaps in existing legislation as well as to draft new     laws. A major accomplishment of the 1994-95 legislative sessions was     passage of the first two parts of a new civil code, desperately needed     to update antiquated Soviet-era provisions. The new code included     provisions on contract obligations, rents, insurance, loans and credit,     partnership, and trusteeship, as well as other legal standards essential     to support the creation of a market economy. Work on several bills that     had been in committee or in floor debate in the previous legislature     resumed in the new body. Similarly, several bills that


What is the white knee-length pleated skirt worn by men as traditional dress in Greece?

Fustanella | Define Fustanella at Dictionary.com fustanella [fuhs-tuh-nel-uh, foo-stuh-] /ˌfʌs təˈnɛl ə, ˌfu stə-/ Spell noun 1. a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans. Origin of fustanella 1840-50; < Italian < Modern Greek phoustanélla, diminutive of phoustáni woman's dress < Italian fustagno fustian Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for fustanella Expand Historical Examples He cannot work because he wears the fustanella, and it is said that he wears the fustanella in order to be unable to work. British Dictionary definitions for fustanella Expand a white knee-length pleated skirt worn by men in Greece and Albania Word Origin C19: from Italian, from Modern Greek phoustani, probably from Italian fustagnofustian Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


RoyalForest of Dean Herefordshire Monmouthshire Tourist Information Travel Guide It is an extensive information resource covering accommodation in Hotels , Bed and Breakfasts (B&Bs) , Pubs and Inns and Self Catering Holiday Cottages , Restaurants and Tea Shops , where to shop, and what Gardens to see. It also includes activity details including Walking , Cycling (Biking), Golfing, Motor Sport, Horse Riding, and Camping and Caravanning . The site is an extensive resource for travel information , regional maps , and famous people associated with the Royal Forest of Dean and neighbouring Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. It has been designed to provide all the information a visitor will need or ever want to get the very best out of his visit to the region and who does not want to be confined to county boundaries. Royal Forest of Dean .Info is a visitor information centre for tourist, holiday and vacation travel services in addition to ON-LINE travel assistance and OFF-LINE telephone help. The Events Calendar lets you know what's on and Maps are provided for the whole region. Find holiday and vacation accommodation and lodgings . continue below...... Forest of Dean The Royal Forest of Dean and neighbouring regions consists of four quite different landscape areas: The ancient Forest of Dean lies at the very heart of the district in Gloucestershire and borders the Wye Valley in the west and the Severn Vale in the east. The market towns of Coleford and Cinderford offer an insight into the industrial heritage and history of this fascinating and beautiful region.


SparkNotes: Gulliver’s Travels: Character List Gulliver’s Travels Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Gulliver -  The narrator and protagonist of the story. Although Lemuel Gulliver’s vivid and detailed style of narration makes it clear that he is intelligent and well educated, his perceptions are naïve and gullible. He has virtually no emotional life, or at least no awareness of it, and his comments are strictly factual. Indeed, sometimes his obsession with the facts of navigation, for example, becomes unbearable for us, as his fictional editor, Richard Sympson, makes clear when he explains having had to cut out nearly half of Gulliver’s verbiage. Gulliver never thinks that the absurdities he encounters are funny and never makes the satiric connections between the lands he visits and his own home. Gulliver’s naïveté makes the satire possible, as we pick up on things that Gulliver does not notice. Read an in-depth analysis of Gulliver. The emperor -  The ruler of Lilliput. Like all Lilliputians, the emperor is fewer than six inches tall. His power and majesty impress Gulliver deeply, but to us he appears both laughable and sinister. Because of his tiny size, his belief that he can control Gulliver seems silly, but his willingness to execute his subjects for minor reasons of politics or honor gives him a frightening aspect. He is proud of possessing the tallest trees and biggest palace in the kingdom, but he is also quite hospitable, spending a fortune on his captive’s food. The emperor is both a satire of the autocratic ruler and a strangely serious portrait of political power. The farmer -  Gulliver’s first master in Brobdingnag. The farmer speaks to Gulliver, showing that he is willing to believe that the relatively tiny Gulliver may be as rational as he himself is, and treats him with gentleness. However, the farmer puts Gulliver on display around Brobdingnag, which clearly shows that he would rather profit from his discovery than converse with him as an equal. His exploitation of Gulliver as a laborer, which nearly starves Gulliver to death, seems less cruel than simpleminded. Generally, the farmer represents the average Brobdingnagian of no great gifts or intelligence, wielding an extraordinary power over Gulliver simply by virtue of his immense size. Glumdalclitch -  The farmer’s nine-year-old daughter, who is forty feet tall. Glumdalclitch becomes Gulliver’s friend and nursemaid, hanging him to sleep safely in her closet at night and teaching him the Brobdingnagian language by day. She is skilled at sewing and makes Gulliver several sets of new clothes, taking delight in dressing him. When the queen discovers that no one at court is suited to care for Gulliver, she invites Glumdalclitch to live at court as his sole babysitter, a function she performs with great seriousness and attentiveness. To Glumdalclitch, Gulliver is basically a living doll, symbolizing the general status Gulliver has in Brobdingnag. The queen -  The queen of Brobdingnag, who is so delighted by Gulliver’s beauty and charms that she agrees to buy him from the farmer for 1,000 pieces of gold. Gulliver appreciates her kindness after the hardships he suffers at the farmer’s and shows his usual fawning love for royalty by kissing the tip of her little finger when presented before her. She possesses, in Gulliver’s words, “infinite” wit and humor, though this description may entail a bit of Gulliver’s characteristic flattery of superiors. The queen seems genuinely considerate, asking Gulliver whether he would consent to live at court instead of simply taking him in as a pet and inquiring into the reasons for his cold good-byes with the farmer. She is by no means a hero, but simply a pleasant, powerful person. The king -  The king of Brobdingnag, who, in contrast to the emperor of Lilliput, seems to be a true intellectual, well versed in political science among other disciplines. While his wife has an intimate, friendly relationship with the diminutive visitor, the king’s relation to Gulliver is limited to serious discussions about the history


Who are the base and deformed humanoids he meets in the land of the Houyhnhnms?

Gulliver’s Travels to the Country of the Houyhnhnm: Details,Pictures & Chapter Summary -    Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels  to the Country of the Houyhnhnms - Chapter Summary CHAPTER I. Gulliver sets out as captain of a ship.  His men conspire against him, confine him a long time to his cabin, and set him on shore in an unknown land.  He travels up into the country.  The Yahoos, a strange sort of animal, described.  Gulliver meets two Houyhnhnms. CHAPTER II.  Gulliver conducted by a Houyhnhnm to his house.  The house described.  Gulliver’s reception.  The food of the Houyhnhnms.  Gulliver in distress for want of meat.  Is at last relieved.  His manner of feeding in this country. CHAPTER III.  Gulliver studies to learn the language.  The Houyhnhnm, his master, assists in teaching him.  The language described.  Several Houyhnhnms of quality come out of curiosity to see Gulliver.  He gives his master a short account of his voyage. CHAPTER IV.  The Houyhnhnm’s notion of truth and falsehood.  Gulliver’s discourse disapproved by his master.  Gulliver gives a more particular account of himself, and the accidents of his voyage. CHAPTER V.  Gulliver at his master’s command, informs him of the state of England. The causes of war among the princes of Europe.  Gulliver begins to explain the English constitution. CHAPTER VI.  A continuation of the state of England under Queen Anne.  The character of a first minister of state in European courts. CHAPTER VII.  Gulliver’s great love of his native country.  His master’s observations upon the constitution and administration of England, as described by Gulliver, with parallel cases and comparisons.  His master’s observations upon human nature. CHAPTER VIII.  Gulliver relates several particulars of the Yahoos.  The great virtues of the Houyhnhnms.  The education and exercise of their youth.  Their general assembly. CHAPTER IX.  A grand debate at the general assembly of the Houyhnhnms, and how it was determined.  The learning of the Houyhnhnms.  Their buildings.  Their manner of burials.  The defectiveness of their language. CHAPTER X.  Gulliver’s economy, and happy life, among the Houyhnhnms.  His great improvement in virtue by conversing with them.  Their conversations.  Gulliver has notice given him by his master, that he must depart from the country.  He falls into a swoon for grief; but submits.  He contrives and finishes a canoe by the help of a fellow-servant, and puts to sea at a venture. CHAPTER XI.  Gulliver’s dangerous voyage.  He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.  Is wounded with an arrow by one of the natives.  Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship.  The great civilities of the captain.  Gulliver arrives at England. CHAPTER XII.  Gulliver’s veracity.  His design in publishing this work.  His censure of those travellers who swerve from the truth.  Gulliver clears himself from any sinister ends in writing.  An objection answered.  The method of planting colonies.  His native country commended.  The right of the crown to those countries described by Gulliver is justified.  The difficulty of conquering them.  Gulliver takes his last leave of the reader; proposes his manner of living for the future; gives good advice, and concludes.


Which state on the Pacific seaboard lies between California and Washington?

Pacific County -- Thumbnail History - HistoryLink.org Pacific County -- Thumbnail History By Virginia Story and the HistoryLink.org Staff Posted 10/26/2006 Tweet Pacific County, named after the Pacific Ocean, is perched at the southwestern corner of Washington state. The ocean forms its western border and the north shore of the Columbia River and Wahkiakum County form its southern border. Grays Harbor County lies to the north and Lewis County to the east. A distinctive geographical feature is the 30-mile-long Long Beach Peninsula, which meets the ocean on its western side and shelters Willapa Bay on its eastern side. In 1851 Pacific County was the third county created in what would become Washington Territory. The economic base of the area's indigenous Chinook and Lower Chehalis peoples as well as of early-arriving settlers was oystering, especially in Shoalwater (later Willapa) Bay, and fishing. Soon lumber became a predominant early industry, followed by cranberry farming, dairy farming, and later, vacationing and tourism. Pacific County's area is nearly 1,000 square miles and the 2005 population was about 21,000 people. The county's four incorporated cities are Raymond, South Bend, Long Beach, and Ilwaco. Of the 39 Washington counties, Pacific County ranks 28th in population and 30th in land area. Geography Pacific County lies within two geographic subregions of Washington state known as Coastal Plains and the Coast Range. The coastal area consists of a sandy plain characterized by "shallow bays, tidal flats, delta fans and low headlands" that lie between the ocean and the foothills of the Coast Range (Pacific County Agriculture). Long Beach peninsula has one of the longest continuous ocean beaches on the on the Pacific Coast. It is one-to-three miles wide and 30 miles long. The interior side of the peninsula contained bogs, shallow ponds, and lakes. Inland from the coast, the foothills were heavily forested with western hemlock, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, western red cedar, and Pacific silver fir. The main hardwood trees are red alder and bigleaf maple. The climate is mild and damp but too cool and cloudy for most crops. First Peoples The Chinook Indians were original inhabitants of the lower Columbia River including the future Pacific County. There were more than 40 Chinook settlments in Pacific County, at the mouths of the Nemah, Naselle, Willapa, and Bone rivers, and at Nahcotta, Oysterville, Goose Point, Bruceport, Tokeland, and Grayland. The site of one of their main villages became Chinook. Along with the Lower Chehalis, the Chinook wintered along Shoalwater Bay. They spoke the Chinook language and traded (mostly fur, fish, and slaves) over thousands of miles with many different peoples. They were master navigators of sea-going canoes, and salmon and oysters formed the core of their economic base. Reflecting their long experience as traders, their name was given to the Chinook Jargon, a trade lingo that included terms from Chinook, English, French, and Nootka. The Chinook and the Chehalis were eventually decimated by introduced diseases. Many of their descendants, by accepting 80-acre allotments on the much larger Quinault Reservation, attained the privilege of Quinault treaty rights. The Shoalwater Indian Reservation, consisting of 334.5 acres, was established by an executive order signed by President Andrew Johnson on September 22, 1866. Pacific County's only reservation, it occupies 333 acres on the north shore of Willapa Bay, on the site of an ancient Chinook village. The non-treaty Indians of Shoalwater Bay made their living by fishing, crabbing, and oystering, selling their surplus to canneries much the same as non-Indians. Members of the present-day Shoalwater Bay Tribe are descended from Chinook, Chehalis, and other area tribes. The tribe has 237 enrolled members and a resident service population of 1,148. The tribal center at Tokeland serves both the tribe and the surrounding community. Today about 1,600 Chinook tribal members live at Bay Center on Willapa Bay and in South Bend -- both ancient village


What Are the 5 Smallest States by Population? | eHow What Are the 5 Smallest States by Population?  Email Save A census performs a systematic calculation of the number of residents within a specific geographical area. As of 2010, the five smallest states by population are Wyoming, Vermont, North Dakota, Alaska and South Dakota. (ErikaMitchell/iStock/Getty Images) Of all 50 states, Wyoming has the lowest population, with 563,626 people. Wyoming's capital and largest city is Cheyenne, and the state's land area is 97,100 square miles, with a population density of 5.8 persons per square mile. Its most famous national park, Yellowstone, was the first national park in the U.S. and is now home to many animals, including the otherwise-rare American bison. Located in the West, two-thirds of Wyoming is covered with mountain ranges in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Six states border Wyoming: To the north, Montana; to the south, Colorado; to the east, South Dakota and Nebraska; to the southwest, Utah; to the west, Idaho. Betty4240/iStock/Getty Images The second least-populated state is Vermont, which is in New England, located in the Northeast. Vermont's population, is 625,741. Its capital is Montpelier and its largest city is Burlington. Its total land area is 96,200 square miles and its population density is 67.7 persons per square mile. Vermont is known for its beautiful Lake Champlain and its verdant mountains, which provide excellent fall leaf-peeping, winter skiing and summer vacationing. Vermont is also the leading producer of maple syrup in the U.S. Four states border Vermont: To the north, the Canadian province of Quebec; to the west, New York; to the south, Massachusetts; and to the east, New Hampshire. DonLand/iStock/Getty Images The third least-populous state is North Dakota, which has a population of 672,591. North Dakota's capital is Bismarck and its largest city is Fargo. It is located in the upper Midwest. North Dakota's land area is 68,976 square miles and its population density is 9.75 persons per square mile. Wildlife includes bighorn sheep, elk and moose. The state lies along the U.S. and Canadian border. To the north, the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba border North Dakota; to the south, South Dakota; to the east, Minnesota; to the west, Montana. SteveOehlenschlager/iStock/Getty Images Alaska is the fourth least-populated state, with a population of 710,231. Its capital is Juneau and its largest city is Anchorage. Alaska has the largest land area of all 50 states, with 663,268 square miles and a density of 1.26 persons per square mile. Half of the state's residents live within Anchorage's metropolitan area. Mount McKinley -- also known as Denali -- is the highest point, reaching more than 20,000 feet high. Two oceans and two national countries border Alaska. To the North, Alaska borders the Arctic Ocean; to the east, Alaska borders the Canadian territory, Yukon and the Canadian province of British Columbia; to the west, the Pacific Ocean; to the south, Russia. CNaene/iStock/Getty Images South Dakota is the fifth least-populous state and is located in the Midwest. Its capital is Pierre, and its largest city is Sioux Falls. The state's population is 814,180 and its density is 10.9 persons per square mile. South Dakota is home to a popular tourist attraction, Mount Rushmore. It is bordered by six states: To the north, Montana and North Dakota; to the west, Wyoming; to the south, Nebraska; to the east, Minnesota and Iowa. fozzyb/iStock/Getty Images


Which state borders on four Great Lakes – all except Ontario?

The Only State... Quiz Extra Trivia ...whose current State Capitol building predates the revolution? The Maryland State House, built in 1772, has a unique wooden dome which was constructed without nails. ...to produce two US Presidents whose sons also became Presidents? Coincidentally, both sons shared their Father's names--John Quincy Adams and George Walker Bush. ...to host a Confederate President's inauguration? Jefferson Davis took his oath of office at the Alabama State Capitol building in 1861. ...whose official state seal is not circular? Connecticut's seal, depicting three grapevines and the state motto, is oval-shaped. ...to have two Federal Reserve Banks? The Federal bank in Kansas City covers the Great Plains region, while the bank in St. Louis covers part of the Central US. ...in which the Northern half is in a different time zone than the Southern half? Northern Idaho is on Pacific Time, while Southern Idaho is on Mountain Time. ...to have multiple native sons immortalized atop Mount Rushmore? George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were both born in Virginia, as were six other Presidents. ...that has 'parishes' instead of counties? Louisiana's unique use of the word 'parish' is a holdover from its days as a French Colony. ...with a community-owned major league professional sports team? The NFL's Green Bay Packers are owned by a large group of stockholders mostly residing in Wisconsin. ...whose median age is under 30 years old? The Mormon Church's encouragement of large families may explain why Utah's median age is only 28.8 years. ...to lie entirely above 1,000 meters elevation? Colorado's lowest point, at the border with Kansas, is higher than Pennsylvania's tallest summit. ...where prostitution is legal? However, not all counties have legalized it--including the counties Las Vegas and Reno are in. ...with a state capital of over a million people? The next biggest state capital, Indianapolis, has half a million fewer citizens. ...to be named after an American? Perhaps only George Washington had the gravitas to merit such an honor; a state of Franklin was attempted but failed to be approved. ...whose three largest cities begin with the same letter? The largest city in Ohio is Columbus, followed by Cleveland and then Cincinnati. ...to host three modern Olympic Games? Besides the two Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. ...never to cast an electoral vote for Ronald Reagan? Minnesota was the only state to spurn the GOP in 1984, remaining loyal to Minnesotan Walter Mondale. ...whose name has no letters in common with that of its capital? This may not be the most interesting 'Only' stat about South Dakota, but it's the only one I could find... ...to border the Canadian province of New Brunswick? Maine has one border with New Hampshire, but is otherwise surrounded by Canadian provinces. ...with a modern city founded by European colonists prior to 1600? St. Augustine, founded in 1565, was originally the capital of Spanish Florida. ...to have a Unicameral Legislature? Nebraska's legislature, nicknamed 'The Unicameral' by residents, is also uniquely unaffiliated with any political party. ...whose legal right to statehood was brought before the Supreme Court? Virginia v. West Virginia, in which Virgina strove to regain counties that had seceded during the Civil War, was decided in favor of the Defendant. ...to have territory in the Eastern Hemisphere? This means that Alaska is technically the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost State. ...to have a state-owned bank? The Bank of North Dakota was founded in 1919, and receives funds from state agencies. ...whose official State Motto is in Spanish? Montana's state motto is 'Oro y Plata,' or 'Gold and Silver,' in tribute to the state's mining industry. Exceptional Quality ...to border more than two Great Lakes? In fact, Michigan borders four Great Lakes--all except for Lake Ontario. ...with an automobile on its commemorative State Quarter? The auto, an 'Indycar,' is a reference to the famed Indianapolis Motor Spe


When Perseus slew the Medusa what sprang up out of her blood?

MEDUSA & GORGONS (Medousa & Gorgones) - Snake-Haired Monsters of Greek Mythology Terrible, Fierce (gorgos) Gorgon Medusa, Athenian red-figure amphora C5th B.C., Staatliche Antikensammlungen THE GORGONES (Gorgons) were three powerful, winged daimones named Medousa (Medusa), Sthenno and Euryale. Of the three sisters only Medousa was mortal. King Polydektes of Seriphos once commanded the hero Perseus to fetch her head. He accomplished this with the help of the gods who equipped him with a reflective shield, a curved sword, winged boots and helm of invisibility. When he fell upon Medousa and decapitated her, two creatures sprang forth from the wound--the winged horse Pegasos (Pegasus) and the giant Khrysaor (Chrysaor). Perseus fled with the monster's head in a sack and her two angry sisters chasing close on his heels. According to late classical poets, Medousa was once a beautiful woman who was transformed into a monster by Athena as punishment for lying with Poseidon in her shrine. Earlier Greek writers and artists, however, simply portray her as a monster born into a large family of monsters. The three Gorgones were depicted in ancient Greek vase painting and sculpture as winged women with broad, round heads, serpentine locks of hair, large staring eyes, wide mouths, lolling tongues, the tusks of swine, flared nostrils, and sometimes short, coarse beards.  Medousa was humanised in late classical art with the face of a beautiful woman. In mosaic art her round face was wreathed with coiling snakes and adorned with a pair of small wings on the brow. FAMILY OF THE GORGONS [1.1] PHORKYS & KETO (Hesiod Theogony 270, Apollodorus 1.10) [1.2] PHORKYS (Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 794, Pausanias 2.21.5, Nonnus Dionysiaca 24.270) [2.1] GORGO & KETO (Hyginus Pref & Fabulae 151) NAMES [1.1] MEDOUSA, EURYALE, STHENNO (Hesiod Theogony 270, Pindar Pythian 12, Apollodorus 2.39, Hyginus Pref, Nonnus Dionysiaca 40.227) OFFSPRING OF MEDOUSA [1.1] PEGASOS , KHRYSAOR (by Poseidon ) (Hesiod Theogony 278, Apollodorus 2.40, Lycophron 840, Hyginus Pref, Nonnus Dionysiaca 31.13) ENCYCLOPEDIA GORGO and GO′RGONES (Gorgô and Gorgones). Homer knows only one Gorgo, who, according to the Odyssey (xi. 633), was one of the frightful phantoms in Hades: in the Iliad (v. 741, viii. 349, xi. 36; comp. Virg. Aen. vi. 289), the Aegis of Athena contains the head of Gorgo, the terror of her enemies. Euripides (Ion, 989) still speaks of only one Gorgo, although Hesiod (Theog. 278) had mentioned three Gorgones, the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, whence they are sometimes called Phorcydes or Phorcides. (Aeschyl. Prom. 793, 797; Pind. Pyth. xii. 24; Ov. Met. v. 230.) The names of the three Gorgones are Stheino (Stheno or Stenusa), Euryale, and Medusa (Hes. l. c.; Apollod. ii. 4. § 2), and they are conceived by Hesiod to live in the Western Ocean, in the neighbourhood of Night and the Hesperides. But later traditions place them in Libya. (Herod. ii. 91; Paus. ii. 21. § 6.) They are described (Scut. Here. 233) as girded with serpents, raising their heads, vibrating their tongues, and gnashing their teeth; Aeschylus (Prom. 794. &c., Choëph. 1050) adds that they had wings and brazen claws, and enormous teeth. On the chest of Cypselus they were likewise represented with wings. (Paus. v. 18. § 1.) Medusa, who alone of her sisters was mortal, was, according to some legends, at first a beautiful maiden, but her hair was changed into serpents by Athena, in consequence of her having become by Poseidon the mother of Chrysaor and Pegasus, in one of Athena's temples. (Hes. Theog. 287, &c.; Apollod. ii. 4. § 3; Ov. Met. iv. 792; comp. Perseus.) Her head was now of so fearful an appearance, that every one who looked at it was changed into stone. Hence the great difficulty which Perseus had in killing her; and Athena afterwards placed the head in the centre of her shield or breastplate. There was a tradition at Athens that the head of Medusa was buried under a mound in the Agora. (Paus. ii. 21. § 6, v. 12. § 2.) Athena gave to Heracles a lock of Medusa (concealed in an urn), for it h


Who did Evan Davies replace in a long-running TV programme this summer?

Best moments of Evan Davis on Radio 4's Today programme - Telegraph BBC Best moments of Evan Davis on Radio 4's Today programme As the BBC broadcaster presents his final Radio 4 show before moving to  Newsnight, we take a look back at some of his finest moments Former Today programme presenter Evan Davis: "I just think [drug taking] is something gay people have to watch out for" Photo: Rex Features Follow This morning Evan Davis presented his final show on Radio 4’s Today programme before moving Newsnight, where he will replace Jeremy Paxman as the anchor of the BBC Two's flagship current affairs show. His final show featured a list of Mr Davis' "golden rules" for Today presenters, which included "if you lose interest in an item, find a way to amuse yourself" and "if something has gone wrong, just carry on". He praised the "stoic and heroic" work of his team, and recalled some of his most "fantastic" experiences such as interviewing from the Dalai Lama to Jay Z. Mr Davis concluded the show with an accidental slip of the tongue when he told listeners to "have a great night" which he quickly corrected to "day". He joined the Today programme in April 2008 after six-and-a-half years as the BBC's economics editor. Related Articles Gareth Malone creates celebrity choir for Children In Need single 25 Sep 2014 As Mr Davis presents his final show, we take a look back at some of his best moments. Downing Street complaint Mr Davis became embroiled in a row with Chancellor George Osborne in December 2012 following a post-autumn statement interview. He provoked an official complaint from Downing Street after a 13-minute interview with George Osborne, where he was accused of adopting an “unacceptably hostile” tone. Conservative MPs rounded on Mr Davis on Twitter for giving Mr Osborne a tougher time than his Labour opposite. Not knowing which sex Lady Gaga is Mr Davis said: "Women's singing is doing very well at the moment. If you look at the UK top ten, four single females are in there...plus Lady Gaga". This episode prompted one of his golden rules for Today presenters: "Get a grip on popular culture and know what sex Lady Gaga is." Calling the Today programme a "shambles" When a guest on the show told Mr Davis he was downstairs but could not get up into the studio, the presenter said, live on air: "For goodness sake, this programme is such a shambles sometimes." Being mistaken for a relation of David Davis An American guest once asked Mr Davis: "I had dinner last night with David Davis, are you any relation?" A fiery interview with Lord Young Mr Davis sparked controversy back in October 2010 when he was accused of promoting the legalisation of cannabis. During an interview with Lord Young, Mr Davis seized on Lord Young’s remark that: “Frankly, if I want to do something stupid and break my leg or neck, that’s up to me.” When Lord Young asked: “Haven’t you ever been skiing?” the presenter replied: “So if I want to smoke cannabis, that’s up to me as well, presumably? What principle distinguishes between me doing something dangerous that can break my neck and having a spliff?” Greenwald interview fallout The fallout between Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald and Mr Davis, after a heated interview on the Today programme about the ethics of spying disclosures, spilled onto Twitter. Commenting on the interview, Mr Greenwald said: "I love and favour adversarial interviews: but when you're only aggressive w/govt critics, not natl security officials, that's shoddy journalism". This was in November 2013, as Britain's top spy chiefs prepared to be grilled by MPs over the NSA and GCHQ spying furore, sparked by Greenwald's reports. Too many "old blokes"


In which comedy does Frances de la Tour play a secret drinking headmistress?

"Big School" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb trailers and videos full cast and crew trivia official sites memorable quotes Overview 26 out of 35 people found the following review useful: Big School will please those who can appreciate eccentric, true British comedy. 30 August 2013 The present, ridiculously low score prompted me to write a short review. The setting, the story, the characters of Big School are both typically British and universal, and though each character is well defined by their role, each actor in the very talented cast is allowed to show their individual craft, sometimes genius, a freedom that, especially in the experienced hands of David Walliams, Catherine Tate and Philip Glenister, produces some high quality comedic characterizations of the archetypal figures that we encounter in the odd, but equally classic school setting that they populate. I can't fault this production, having very much enjoyed the first two episodes, and I'm rather looking forward to seeing the rest of this well-thought-out, well-produced new BBC series. Was the above review useful to you? 16 out of 19 people found the following review useful: Fantastic Comedy Author: ellie_tully2 15 September 2013 Hilarious. Very clever, smart comedy! Has me literally laughing out loud every episode, the acting is superb. There is a continuous story line with every episode which is very engaging, the situations are hilarious and the jokes and comments are simply hilarious. Humor is subjective but I think this show is a total winner. I can't wait until its release on DVD! And I am really hoping for future seasons of this show. Tate is just amazing in this show, and all the actors are great. Love the characters they have come up with.....just hilarious! Good job to the creators and I really hope that there are going to be many more seasons. Was the above review useful to you? 18 out of 23 people found the following review useful: I love it! from United Kingdom 5 September 2013 So the BBC released a promo for this show, and two comedians who I like very much (Walliams and Tate) were featured in it. I thought, "I should watch it". I missed the first three episodes but caught up on iPlayer, and may I say I'm glad I did. This show is underrated by other reviewers on IMDb, it really is a good 30 minutes of British TV. The characters are good and the episodes are entertaining and funny on most occasions. It's not THE BEST comedy show there is, but it really is on my top list for the moment. I recommend trying the series on iPlayer, it's worth it. Walliams and Tate work well together on screen, and despite having some sadly true moments, it has very laugh out loud comical moments. Was the above review useful to you? 14 out of 17 people found the following review useful: More Please Sir! from United Kingdom 22 September 2013 Having read the "bad" reviews by people who'd seen the FIRST episode only - made me write this review out of disgust! I really enjoyed this series, it's well written, laugh out loud funny, even touching and the acting & characterisation is excellent. Well you can't please everyone when it comes to humour but I think they've done a very good job of this one. One of the best sitcoms I've seen for years. In the tradition of Porridge and Faulty Towers, yes, it's in the old school but I think there's a lot of us out there wanting to see something fresh but classic. I can't be the only person out there who's fed up with so called comedy where they're so scared of making an ism that there's no comedy left just "laughs" based on bodily fluids and rude words for body parts. I left THAT kind of humour behind when I left primary school. So well done BBC, please can we have more Sir? Was the above review useful to you? 7 out of 9 people found the following review useful: More English allure from United States 30 September 2013 I have known my share of Brits both online and IRL. It's funny to me how some of their shows are only a slightly exaggerated fiction of how the culture and a lot of the people are. IMO this is one of those shows. I like the


What do the Chinese call ‘lively or quick little fellows’?

• Exhibition Hall A | Chindogu • Exhibition Hall A Pop Sticks™ Finally, a better way. If you’ve ever tried to consume a bowl of chinese noodles with a knife and fork, you know that there’s no there substitute for traditional asian eating implements. The problem is that these “quick little fellows” have been on the market for close to 5000 years and the manufacturers still haven’t bothered to put out an update. They slip to the bottom of the dishwasher, they’re not child friendly, and in a number of ways (back-handed reference to Pat Morita in the Karate Kid aside) they’re downright buggy. Now, and not a millennium too soon, there’s Chop Sticks 2.0, or as we like to call them Pop Sticks™. Easily constructed from such common household items as clothespins, Elmer’s glue, and Chop Sticks 1.0, Pop Sticks™ solve an array of problems present in earlier versions. They stay together, they provide more gripping power, and you don’t have to give a whole long lecture with charts, graphs and workshops when the in-laws from Idaho come over for dinner.   Zen Litter Box™ Let’s Cats Truly “Go in Peace.” The Zen Litter Box™ provides the answer to two common household dilemnas in one fell scoop, as it were. It gives tense and un-enlightened kitties a better way to act out their disdain for the material world than attacking the legs of your furniture, and it turns an unpleasant pet amenity into a garden of inner peace. After all, why should the prospect of attaining nirvana be reserved solely for humans?  Ever watched a cat doing its business? They sure look like they’re meditating. The Zen Litter Box™ transforms those kitty facilities into your pet’s personal sanctuarity of tranquility, as gratifying for us to look at as it is for them to experience. Now, the next time your cat craves “fulfillment”, she may find it in more ways than one. “Unuseless” Invention #19: Honest Husband Hat™ Peace of Mind for Solicitous Spouses The senses don’t shut off just because you’re in a relationship. If boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, and other miscellaneous partners didn’t instinctively notice members of the opposite sex, they probably wouldn’t be paired up in the first place.  But now here’s a way to help that special someone retain focus and tune out unneeeded distractions. With a picture of his (or her) mate clipped in place, the Honest Husband Hat™ assures that the wearer won’t break promises he made as soon as he’s out the door. (Just in case, however, photos can be easilly switched and the Hat used in the next relationship as well…and even the one after that.) “Unuseless” Invention #189: AC Free Charger™ Lets new batteries breathe life into old ones Now you can recharge batteries on the go and without taxing the household current.  The AC Free Charger™ will pump power back into almost any old dry cell battery, provided you’ve got time to wait…and also 12 newer batteries to draw from. The reason this particular item isn’t likely to succeed in the practical market place is obvious: your one lucky battery is now going to live longer, but you’re shortening the lives of twelve other poor dry cell souls in the process (unless, of course, you’re willing to spring for 144 more, but that’s another discussion).  Still, in the education realm, this gadget may prove quite useful in teaching young ones an important lesson before they advance to the carrying of plastic in their wallets–there’s no such thing in life as a free charge. “Unuseless” Invention #177: Auto Pussy Petter™ No time to pet the cat? Here’s a let-it-get-its-own-pet set. Ever noticed that when a cat craves affection, it’ll rub up against basically anything—your leg, the table, the wall–until you finally provide that pat on the head it craves? Well, we noticed. And then we began to look for a way to harness that energy (because, after all, how much fun can being pet by a wall be?)  The Auto Pussy Petter™ exploits one of nature’s own furry perpetual motion machines. By walking under the cushioned prosthetic hand, now Toodles can pat her own head and scratch her own back. Best of all, use of the


‘Frappe’ is a term meaning served on a bed of ………..what?

Frappe | Define Frappe at Dictionary.com frappe noun, Northeastern U.S. (chiefly Eastern New England) . 1. a milkshake made with ice cream. Expand [fra-pey; French fra-pey] /fræˈpeɪ; French fraˈpeɪ/ Spell [fra-peyz; French fra-pey] /fræˈpeɪz; French fraˈpeɪ/ (Show IPA) 1. a fruit juice mixture frozen to a mush, to be served as a dessert, appetizer, or relish. 2. an after-dinner drink consisting of a liqueur, as crème de menthe, poured over cracked or shaved ice. 3. 4. Ballet. a beating of the toe of the working foot against the ankle of the supporting foot. adjective verb (used with object), frappéed, frappéing. 6. to make a frappé of: to frappé rum, fruit juice, and cracked ice. Origin 1840-50; < French: past participle of frapper to ice, strike Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for frappe Expand Historical Examples In these days of prudery, almost all women of rank appear 'frappe a la glace', like a bottle of champagne. Gerfaut, Complete Charles de Bernard "A frappe with blotting-paper on the side," Mr. Moody snarled from the slot-machine. Vanished Arizona Martha Summerhayes Orange frappe is simply an orange water ice frozen to a mush and served in frappe glasses. British Dictionary definitions for frappe Expand a drink consisting of a liqueur, etc, poured over crushed ice adjective (postpositive) (esp of drinks) chilled; iced Word Origin C19: from French, from frapper to strike, hence, chill; see frap Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for frappe Expand n. "iced drink," 1922, American English (earlier as an adjective, "iced," 1848), from French frappé, from past participle of frapper "to chill," literally "to beat," from Old French fraper "to hit, strike" (see frap (v.)). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


On which Japanese island did the Americans take control of vital Pacific airfields in 1945?

World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Pacific Islands 1945 - Worldwar-2.net Australian troops land at Saposa to engage Japanese forces at Waitavolo. 09/01/1945 U.S. troops land at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon. 100,000 men are ashore in a single day, which is the largest Pacific operation so far. 11/01/1945 U.S. troops establish a firm hold on the Luzon beachhead. 15/01/1945 U.S. troops now hold 45 miles of the Lingayen Gulf coast. 19/01/1945 USAAF B29 bombers destroy the Kawasaki aircraft works near Kobe, in Japan. 24/01/1945 U.S. troops capture Clark Field, the main Japanese airbase on Luzon.   U.S. troops land unopposed to the Southwest of Manila. 05/02/1945 MacArthur orders a containment in the northern Philippines, as the main effort is directed to the capture of Manila. The Australians land on the Japanese stronghold of New Britain, East of New Guinea. 13/02/1945 U.S. troops capture the last Japanese naval base and airfield on Luzon. 15/02/1945 Japanese forces are now trapped in the Manila rectangle, which is just 5,000yds by 2,000yds. 16/02/1945 U.S. forces begin the intensive bombardment of Iwo Jima, 600 miles South of Japan. U.S. paratroops land on Corregidor Island, a Japanese stronghold in Manila Bay. 17/02/1945 U.S. troops capture the whole of the Bataan Peninsula, which commands Manila Bay in Philippines. 19/02/1945 After a heavy bombardment, 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima, but suffer 2,420 casualties on the first day. 23/02/1945 US paratroops spring 2,146 detainees from a Japanese camp South of Manila in surprise attack, during which 243 Japanese are killed for loss of just two U.S. killed and two injured. U.S. Marines storm Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima and raise the U.S. flag. 24/02/1945 U.S. Marines capture a second airfield on Iwo Jima. 26/02/1945 U.S. Marines land on Verde Island, to the Southeast of Manila. 28/02/1945 U.S. Marines take Motoyama on Iwo Jima after a bloody battle. Corregidor is reported as clear of Japanese troops.   The fighting ends in Manila. 09/03/1945 In an attempt to break the Japanese morale and wear away resistance to surrender, the USAAF begins the firebombing of Japans major city's with a raid by 334 B-29 Superfortress bombers on Tokyo, saturating the city's crowded downtown residential district. 16 and a half acres of Tokyo are burnt out and 100,000 people killed in a single night. The attacks by the USAAF continue against Tokyo for 10 days, before switching to Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe. 14/03/1945 U.S. troops begin mopping up on Iwo Jima and launch heavy attacks in the North of the island. 15/03/1945 U.S. troops report slow progress on Luzon in the Philippines. 24/03/1945 U.S. Marines seize islands off coast of Okinawa in Pacific. 26/03/1945 The last organised Japanese troops on Iwo Jima make a suicide attack. Total U.S. killed on Iwo Jima is 6,891, with more than 20,000 Japanese being killed and only 216 captured.   01/04/1945 The U.S. Tenth Army, with 1,457 ships in support, invades Okinawa which is 325 miles from Japan. 60,000 troops land unopposed and establish an 8-mile bridgehead. 03/04/1945 MacArthur is appointed as C-in-C of land forces in the Pacific. 05/04/1945 A U.S. military government is established on Okinawa. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov summons Japanese Ambassador Sato to inform him of the Soviet Union’s intention to renounce the 1941 neutrality pact between the two countries, thus signaling the failure of Japan’s increasingly strenuous efforts to ensure ongoing Soviet neutrality as the war’s tide turned against Japan. 07/04/1945 The first land-based U.S. fighters from Iwo Jima overfly Japan. 16/04/1945 U.S. landings begin on Le Island and three airfields are taken. 19/04/1945 U.S. troops encounter very stiff resistance by the Japanese at ‘Bloody Ridge’ on Ie Island. 21/04/1945 U.S. troops take ‘Bloody Ridge’ on Okinawa. 22/04/1945 The U.S. campaign in the central Philippines officially ends with the capture of Cebu Island. 30/04/1945 The Mexican Air Force's 201 Squadron arrives at Manila. In operations from 4 June, 1945 to the end of the war, the 201 flies 96 combat mi


What is the name of the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning?

Hanukkah: Customs and Rituals | ReformJudaism.org Hanukkah: Customs and Rituals Print Music Ma’Oz Tzur (“Rock of Ages”), a Hanukkah song, traditionally is sung after the lighting of the candles each night, and at other times throughout the holiday. It was composed in Europe in the 12th or 13th century.  “I Have a Little Dreidel” is a modern-day children’s song frequently sung during the Festival of Lights.  Other holiday favorites include “Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah,” “Sivivon, sov, sov, sov,” a Hebrew folksong, “Light One Candle,” written by Peter Yarrow, and “The Latke Song,” by Debbie Friedman, z.’l., the renowned Jewish singer and songwriter. Ritual Objects Ritual objects associated with Hanukkah include the menorah and the dreidel. Menorah is a Hebrew word meaning “candelabrum” and refers to the nine-branched ceremonial lamp in which the Hanukkah candles are placed and blessed each night of the holiday.  The nine branches include eight branches, one for each day of the holiday, and one branch for the shamash (helper) candle that is used to light the other candles. In ancient times, oil was used in the menorah. Over time, candles were substituted for oil. The Hanukkah menorah can also be called a hanukkiyah.  The word dreidel derives from a German word meaning “spinning top,” and is the toy used in a Hanukkah game adapted from an old German gambling game. Hanukkah was one of the few times of the year when rabbis permitted games of chance. The four sides of the top bear four Hebrew letters: nun, gimmel, hey, and shin. Players begin by putting into a central pot or “kitty” a certain number of coins, chocolate money known as gelt, nuts, buttons or other small objects. Each player in turn spins the dreidel and proceeds as follows: nun – take nothing; hey – take half; shin – put one in. Over time, the letters on the dreidel were reinterpreted to stand for the first letter of each word in the Hebrew statement “Neis gadol hayah sham,” which means “A great miracle happened there” and refers to the defeat of the Syrian army and the re-dedication of the Temple.  In Israel, one letter on the dreidel differs from those used in the rest of the world. The shin has been replaced with a pey, transforming the Hebrew statement into Neis gadol hayah po, which means“A great miracle happened here.” Food Latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly donuts) —foods cooked in oil—are traditionally eaten during Hanukkah and serve as a symbol of the legend of the jar of oil that lasted for eight days.  In Israel, pastry shops specialize in creating delicious and creative sufganiyot.          Worship Worship services held during Hanukkah include the al hanissim (“for the miracles”) passage in the Amidah (the central prayer in worship, recited while standing) and in Birkat HaMazon (the blessing after meals). The Torah reading for each day of Hanukkah is taken from Numbers 6:22-8:4, which recounts the dedication of the mishkan (temporary, moveable place of worship) by the Israelites in the desert. On Shabbat during Hanukkah, we read the regular weekly portion. During the Festival of Lights, the Haftarah readings, additional selections from the Prophetic books, are Zechariah 4:1-7 and I Kings 7:40-50. At Home Hanukkah, a holiday primarily celebrated at home, begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev and is observed for eight days.  In the Talmud, the rabbis taught that the mitzvah of Hanukkah, the commandment at the heart of the observance of the holiday, is a “candle for each man and his household.”  Hence, the actual mitzvah, or commandment, of Hanukkah is to kindle the Hanukkah lights in one’s home. Blessings are recited over lighting the candles. One candle is lit for each night. The candle for the first night is put on the right side of the eight-branched menorah. On each subsequent night, an additional candle is placed to the immediate left of the previous night’s candle, and the candles are lit from left to right, so that the kindling begins with the newest light. Since these lights are holy, it is forbidden to make practical use of


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