"Which rock musical includes the songs ""Skid Row (Downtown)"", ""Somewhere That's Green"", and ""Suddenly, Seymour""?"

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Somewhere That's Green - YouTube LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Somewhere That's Green 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. Published on Jun 20, 2015 Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, "Skid Row (Downtown)", "Somewhere That's Green", and "Suddenly, Seymour". The musical premiered Off-Off-Broadway in 1982 before moving to the Orpheum Theatre Off-Broadway, where it had a five-year run. It later received numerous productions in the U.S. and abroad, and a subsequent Broadway production. Because of its small cast and relatively simple orchestrations, it has become popular with community theatre, school and other amateur groups.[1] The musical was also made into a 1986 film of the same name, directed by Frank Oz. Category


In the Republican calendar, introduced after the French Revolution, how many days were there in a week?

The French Revolutionary Calendar The French Revolutionary Calendar (Please include the word “calendar” in the subject line) The French Revolutionary Calendar A year consists of 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 months of 30 days each, followed by 5 or 6 additional days. The months were: 1. 12. Fructidor The year was not divided into weeks, instead each month was divided into three décades of 10 days, of which the final day was a day of rest. This was an attempt to de-Christianize the calendar, but it was an unpopular move, because now there were 9 work days between each day of rest, whereas the Gregorian Calendar had only 6 work days between each Sunday. The ten days of each décade were called, respectively, Primidi, Duodi, Tridi, Quartidi, Quintidi, Sextidi, Septidi, Octidi, Nonidi, Decadi. The 5 or 6 additional days followed the last day of Fructidor and were called: 1. Jour de la vertu (Day of virtue) 2. Jour du génie (Day of genius) 3. Jour du travail (Day of labour) 4. Jour de l’opinion (Day of opinion) 5. Jour des récompenses (Day of rewards) 6. Jour de la révolution (Day of the revolution) (the leap day) (Different sources refer to these days as either jour (“day”) or fête (“celebration” or “feast”).) Each year was supposed to start on autumnal equinox (around 22 September), but this created problems as will be seen in the description of leap years below . Years are counted since the establishment of the first French Republic on 22 September 1792. That day became 1 Vendemiaire of the year I of the Republic. (However, the Revolutionary Calendar was not introduced until 24 November 1793.) Years in the Republican Calendar were normally written as Roman numerals. What years are leap years? Gilbert Romme (1750-1795) Leap years were introduced to keep New Year’s Day on autumnal equinox. But this turned out to be difficult to handle, because equinox is not completely simple to predict. In fact, the first decree implementing the calendar (5 Oct 1793) contained two contradictory rules, as it stated that: the first day of each year would be that of the autumnal equinox every 4th year would be a leap year In practice, the first calendars were based on the equinoxial condition. To remove the confusion, a rule similar to the one used in the Gregorian Calendar (including a 4000 year rule ) was proposed by the calendar’s author, Gilbert Romme (pictured), but his proposal ran into political problems. In short, during the time when the French Revolutionary Calendar was in use, the following years were leap years: III, VII, and XI. The following table lists the Gregorian date on which each year of the Republic started: Republican year


What is the title of the head of government of Ireland, similar to that of a Prime Minister, who is nominated by the lower house and appointed by the President?

Ireland Executive branch - Government Ireland Executive branch Executive branch: chief of state: President Michael D. HIGGINS (since 11 November 2011) head of government: Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda KENNY (since 9 March 2011) cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president, approved by the Dali Eireann (lower house of Parliament) elections/appointments: president directly elected by majority popular vote for a 7-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 29 October 2011 (next to be held in October 2018); taoiseach (prime minister) nominated by the House of Representatives (Dail Eireann), appointed by the president election results: Michael D. HIGGINS elected president; percent of vote - Michael D. HIGGINS (Labor Party) 39.6%, Sean GALLAGHER (independent) 28.5%, Martin MCGUINNESS (Sinn Fein) 13.7%, Gay MITCHELL (Fine Gael) 6.4%, David NORRIS (independent) 6.2%, other 5.6% Definition: This entry includes several subfields. Chief of state includes the name and title of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government. Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government. Cabinet includes the official name for this body of high-ranking advisers and the method for selection of members. Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election. Election results includes the percent of vote for each candidate in the last election. Source: CIA World Factbook - This page was last updated on October 8, 2016 See Also


What English football club lost 8 players and 3 officials in the Munich air disaster of 1958?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 6 | 1958: United players killed in air disaster 1958: United players killed in air disaster Seven Manchester United footballers are among 21 dead after an air crash in Munich. The British European Airways (BEA) plane caught fire shortly after take off this afternoon with 38 passengers and six crew on board. The footballing world is reeling from the loss of some of its most talented young players - known as the Busby Babes. Their average age was 24 and they included Roger Byrne - the captain - Mark Jones, Eddie Colman, Tommy Taylor, Liam Whelan, David Pegg and Geoff Bent. Queen 'deeply shocked' Eight British sports journalists and several club officials have also been killed. The Queen has said she is "deeply shocked" and has sent a message of condolence to the Lord Mayor of Manchester and Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation. The chartered aircraft was bringing the Manchester United entourage back from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade in Yugoslavia and had stopped at Munich's Riem Airport to refuel. On the third attempt to take off the plane over-shot the runway, hit a house with its port wing, veered to the right, hit another building and burst into flames. The fuselage did not catch fire and several crew and passengers went back into the wreckage to rescue the injured. Team manager Matt Busby was described as being the most seriously hurt and is being given blood transfusions in hospital. Star striker Bobby Charlton has been treated for slight head injuries. According to the Chief Executive of BEA, A. H. Milward, there was a heavy snowstorm in Munich and the pilot delayed departure because he was dissatisfied with one of the plane's engines. This was the first fatal accident for this type of BEA aeroplane, which has carried 2,340,000 passengers on 86,000 flights since it began service in 1952. The same plane - called Lord Burghley - took the Manchester United entourage out to Belgrade on Monday.


"From 1925 to 1935, what did the letters ""MG"" on a make of English sports car signify?"

MG Cars : definition of MG Cars and synonyms of MG Cars (English) 9 External links   Overview The original MG marque was in continuous use (barring the years of the Second World War) for 56 years after its inception. Production of predominantly two-seater sports cars was concentrated at a factory in Abingdon , some 10 miles (16 km) south of Oxford . [2] The British Motor Corporation (BMC) competition department was also based at the Abingdon plant and produced many winning rally and race cars. In the autumn of 1980, however, the Abingdon factory closed and MGB production ceased. Between 1982 and 1991, the MG marque was revived on sportier versions of Austin Rover's Metro , Maestro and Montego ranges. After an interval of barely one year, the MG marque was revived again, this time on the MG RV8  – an updated MGB Roadster with a Rover V8 engine, which was produced in low volumes. A second revival came in the summer of 1995, when the high volume MG F two-seater roadster was launched. This was an instant hit with buyers, and sold in volumes which had been unthinkable on affordable two-seaters since the 1970s. The MG marque passed, along with the Rover marque, to the MG Rover group in May 2000, when BMW "broke up" the Rover Group . This arrangement saw the return of MG badges on sportier Rover-based cars, and a revised MG F model, known as the MG TF , launched in 2002. However, all production ceased in April 2005 when MG Rover went into administration. The assets of MG Rover were bought by Chinese carmaker Nanjing Automobile in July 2005 [3] (subsequently bought by SAIC in December 2007), [4] who now operate a UK subsidiary, MG Motor .   History The MG Car Company got its name from Morris Garages, a dealer of Morris cars in Oxford which began producing its own customised versions to the designs of Cecil Kimber , who had joined the company as its sales manager in 1921. He was promoted to general manager in 1922, [5] a position he held until 1941 when he fell out with Lord Nuffield over procuring wartime work. Kimber died in 1945 in a railway accident . There is some debate over when MG started. The company itself stated it to be 1924,[ citation needed ] although the first cars bore both Morris and MG badges and a reference to MG with the octagon badge appears in an Oxford newspaper from November 1923. [5] Others dispute this and believe that MG only properly began trading in 1925. The explanation may lie in the distinction between the MG business and the company of that name which may have come to own it later.   MG NB Magnette Airline coupé The first cars which were rebodied Morris models used coachwork from Carbodies of Coventry and were built in premises in Alfred Lane, Oxford. Demand soon caused a move to larger premises in Bainton Road in September 1925, sharing space with the Morris radiator works. Continuing expansion meant another move in 1927 to a separate factory in Edmund Road, Cowley , Oxford, [5] near the main Morris factory and for the first time it was possible to include a production line. In 1928 the company had become large enough to warrant an identity separate from the original Morris Garages and the M.G. Car Company Limited was established in March of that year [5] and in October for the first time a stand was taken at the London Motor Show . Space again soon ran out and a search for a permanent home led to the lease of part an old leather factory in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1929, [5] gradually taking over more space until production ended there in 1980. The MG Car Club was founded in 1930 for owners and enthusiasts of MG cars. [6]   Nuffield Organisation Originally owned personally by William Morris, MG was sold in 1935 to Morris Motors (itself a member of the Morris Organizations later called the Nuffield Organisation ) a change that was to have serious consequences for MG, particularly its motor-sport activities.   BMC MG was absorbed with Morris into The British Motor Corporation Limited , created in 1952 to merge Morris Motors Limited and The Austin Motor Company Limited . Long-time service manager Jo


Banff National Park and Jasper National Park, which are connected by the Icefields Parkway, are in which Canadian province?

Icefields Parkway & Columbia Icefield Glacier Experience – Canadian Rockies Vacations Guide – Banff National Park Email this Page 0.00 avg. rating (0% score) - 0 votes BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA— Banff and Jasper National Park are two of the worlds most beautiful towns and they are connected by what has often been described as the most scenic highway in the world. The Icefields Parkway is nothing like a highway. Particularly on a clear sunny day, the views of the surrounding Canadian Rockies are to die for. The drive takes about 3 and a half hours most of which is sweeping roads that take you from one stunning sight to another. About 40 minutes short of Jasper , you will come across one of the world’s natural phenomenons – The Columbia Icefield Glacier . The Icefields Parkway is one of the most beautiful drives in the world. It is a glacier that is as deep as the Eiffel Tower is high. It is slowly creeping down the mountain thanks to our old friend global warming but is still nothing short of spectacular. Again a lot depends on what kind of weather you get but if it is clear, it really is a wonderful experience. You can drive yourself to the base where you will then have to pay to get into specially made buses to take you onto the actual glacier. If you would prefer to go on an organised trip from Banff , Lake Louise or Jasper , Explore Rockies do set trips for $149 for an adult that covers transport and admission to the glacier.


"In what sport is a ""triple salchow"" performed?"

All About the Salchow Figure Skating Jump All About the Salchow Figure Skating Jump All About the Salchow Figure Skating Jump Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent Landed the First Quad Throw Salchow.  Photo by Patrick Kovarik - Getty Images By Jo Ann Schneider Farris Salchow Definition: A Salchow jump is a figure skating jump where the skater jumps from the back inside edge of one skate and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. Entry: The single Salchow jump is commonly done from a forward outside three turn . After the three turn, the skater stops momentarily with the free foot extended behind, then swings the free leg forward and around with a wide scooping motion, jumping in the air and landing backwards on the former free foot. Alternate Salchow Entry: Sometimes, the Salchow is entered from a forward inside mohawk instead of a three turn. Most skaters find this more difficult than the three turn entry, and many beginning skaters are unable to do the jump without the three turn. Common Salchow Errors: A common error of beginning figure skaters is to bend the free leg during the three turn entry while allowing the three turn to almost spin the take off of the jump. That habit should be broken as early as possible. continue reading below our video How to Throw a Perfect Spiral in Football Skaters must learn to check the three turn, extend the free leg, and should be able to control the take-off of the jump. Relying on the three turn to do a Salchow is not a good idea. The Salchow Is a Full Revolution Jump: The single Salchow jump is considered a full-revolution jump, but feels much like a half-revolution jump, since some of the technique learned from doing the waltz jump is used in the Salchow jump. In fact, to some skaters, the Salchow will feel like a waltz jump done from a back inside edge . Double and Triple Salchow Techniques: Although the free leg is extended for the single Salchow, the free knee bends as the sk"ater takes off for double and triple Salchows . In double and triple Salchows, once the skater takes off, he or she will pull the arms tightly to the chest, crossing the feet in the air as in all other double and triple jumps and rotate in a back spin position. Landing: The landing is the same as that of other jumps, that is, first to the toe pick, quickly moving to a smooth glide onto a back outside edge. The rotation is checked by bringing the arms out and extending the free-leg back. The checked position should be held for a distance equal to the skater's height. Pronunciation and Spelling: The name of the jump is pronounced with the first syllable about halfway between "sal" and "cell" and the second syllable the same as the word "cow." Then, remember that if you fall on a Salchow, you may scream "ow!" Figure skaters sometimes refer to a Salchow as a "Sal." It is common to hear skaters say something like, "I tried a double sal today," or "I entered my sal a bit crooked..." Spelling the word also takes practice since the word "Salchow" just doesn't look the way it sounds. Salchow Inventor: The single Salchow jump was first invented by world and Olympic figure skating champion, Ulrich Salchow , in 1909. The first double Salchow was done by Gillis Grafström in the 1920s. Ronnie Robertson, of the United States, succeeded in landing the first triple Salchow in competition. He made history by landing the jump at the 1955 World Figure Skating Championships. Salchow Facts and Trivia: Today, triple Salchows are performed routinely at figure skating events. Quad Salchows are also done. In 2007, U.S. pair skaters Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent landed the first ever throw quadruple Salchow in competition at the Trophée Eric Bompard, one of the events in the 2007 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. Mastering a Double Salchow Is Not Easy: The double Salchow is usually the first double jump ice skaters try to master, and "getting" a consistent double Salchow may take time. Like the Axel , some skaters will struggle with the jump for a long time. If you are a skater working on your double Salchow, be patient and b


On 25 June 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became the first republics to declare independence from which country?

Slovenia, Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia - UPI Archives Slovenia, Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia By NESHO DJURIC   |   June 25, 1991 Comments BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- The Yugoslav government, proclaiming independence decrees by the republics of Croatia and Slovenia void, Wednesday said it will ensure the normal workings of the ethnically divided nation brought to the brink of civil war. After more than four hours of talks, the government of Prime Minister Ante Markovic said the Slovenian and Croatian decisions taken Tuesday were 'unilateral acts taken without the agreement with other constituent members (republics) of Yugoslavia, and therefore are illegal and illegitimate, and all consequences of these acts are void.' Slovenia and Croatia declared independence despite warnings from Western countries and the federal government. In a symbolic act, the government empowered federal troops and police to replace local officers and take over control of Slovenia's frontiers. Under the independence declaration passed Tuesday, Slovenia was to post its own troops and police to man international borders. To save Yugoslavia's territorial integrity, the government said it 'has taken indispensable decisions and orders which should ensure normal functioning of the Yugoslav state, ensure its existing (external) state and internal frontiers and fulfill its international obligations.' Political observers said the federal government planned to direct the military and police to enforce Yugoslavia's internal borders, but no confirmation to this claim could be obtained. Croatian President Franjo Tudjman told Zagreb Radio Tuesday night the 'federal government has no authorization to use the armed forces, and I do not believe in such a move.' A government announcement published after 2 a.m. Wednesday by the national news agency Tanjug did not elaborate on these decisions and orders. The government, which went into an emergency session at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, asked the feuding leaders of the six republics to 'continue without delay their talks on solving the constitutional crisis and the future order of Yugoslavia with consent from all of them.' It urged the republics of Serbia and Montenegro to lift the blockade on the election of the Yugoslav eight-member state presidency that has left the country without its formal head of state since May 15. Stjepan Mesic of Croatia was to be named president for a one-year term in Yugoslavia's leadership rotation system but Serbia and Montenegro refused to agree, accusing Mesic wants to dissolve the federation. The federal government 'calls and obligates all the citizens of Yugoslavia to peace, to avoid violence and to respect the Constitution and laws of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.' Tuesday in Zagreb, the Croatian Assembly passed a package of four decrees that invalidated the federal constitution in the republic. The legislature's chairman, Zarko Domljan, said Croatia is now 'a sovereign and independent state.' In Ljubljana, the Slovenian Assembly passed virtually identical independence decrees that also would strip the Communist red star from the republic's flag and its coat of arms. In Zagreb, Domljan said Croatia and Slovenia should 'form the alliance of two independent, sovereign states' and with all the other Yugoslav states which respect each other's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. The two republics also said they would seek international recognition. Leaders of both republics emphasized that their declarations of independence did not amount to secession but the beginning of a dissolution of the tight Yugoslav federation into a looser alliance. Slovenian Assembly Chairman France Bucar told the legislature, 'We are not against co-existence with peoples who live in this area. Cooperation is in our own interest. Our new Slovenian state is not an end to our efforts, but only the beginning of a new life in co-existence with other peoples.' And Tudjman acknowledged that the process of dissolution will take quite some time, 'for some things i


Uma Thurman - Biography - IMDb Uma Thurman Biography Showing all 112 items Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trade Mark  (3) | Trivia  (63) | Personal Quotes  (21) | Salary  (19) Overview (3) 6' (1.83 m) Mini Bio (1) Uma Karuna Thurman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, into a highly unorthodox and Eurocentric family. She is the daughter of Nena Thurman (née Birgitte Caroline von Schlebrügge), a fashion model and socialite who now runs a mountain retreat, and of Robert Thurman (Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman), a professor and academic who is one of the nation's foremost Buddhist scholars. Uma's mother was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to a German father and a Swedish mother (who herself was of Swedish, Danish, and German descent). Uma's father, a New Yorker, has English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry. Uma grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts, where her father worked at Amherst College. Thurman's household was one in which the The Dalai Lama was an occasional guest; she and her siblings all have names deriving from Buddhist mythology; and Middle American behavior was little understood, much less pursued. And so it was that the young Thurman confronted childhood with an odd name and eccentric home life -- and nature seemingly conspired against her as well. She is six feet tall, and from an early age towered over everyone else in class. Her famously large feet would soon sprout to size 11 -- and even beyond that -- and although they would eventually be lovingly filmed by director Quentin Tarantino , as a child she generally wore the biggest shoes in class, which only provided another subject of ridicule. Even her long nose moved one of her mother's friends to helpfully suggest rhinoplasty -- to the ten-year-old Thurman. To make matters worse yet, the family constantly relocated, making the gangly, socially inept Thurman perpetually the new kid in class. The result was an exceptionally awkward, self-conscious, lonely and alienated childhood. Unsurprisingly, the young Thurman enjoyed making believe she was someone other than herself, and so thrived at acting in school plays -- her sole successful extracurricular activity. This interest, and her lanky frame, perfect for modeling, led the 15-year-old Thurman to New York City for high school and modeling work (including a layout in Glamour Magazine) as she sought acting roles. The roles soon came, starting with a few formulaic and forgettable Hollywood products, but immediately followed by Terry Gilliam 's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) and Stephen Frears ' Dangerous Liaisons (1988), both of which brought much attention to her unorthodox sensuality and performances that intriguingly combined innocence and worldliness. The weird, gangly girl became a sex symbol virtually overnight. Thurman continued to be offered good roles in Hollywood pictures into the early '90s, the least commercially successful but probably best-known of which was her smoldering, astonishingly-adult performance as June, Henry Miller 's wife, in Henry & June (1990), the first movie to actually receive the dreaded NC-17 rating in the USA. After a celebrated start, Thurman's career stalled in the early '90s with movies such as the mediocre Mad Dog and Glory (1993). Worse, her first starring role was in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993), which had endured a tortured journey from cult-favorite book to big-budget movie, and was a critical and financial debacle. Fortunately, Uma bounced back with a brilliant performance as Mia Wallace, that most unorthodox of all gangster's molls, in Tarantino's lauded, hugely successful Pulp Fiction (1994), a role for which Thurman received an Academy Award nomination. Since then, Thurman has had periods of flirting with roles in arty independents such as A Month by the Lake (1995), and supporting roles in which she has lent some glamorous presence to a mixed batch of movies, such as Beautiful Girls (1996) and The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996). Thurman returned to smaller films after playing the villainess Poison Ivy in the reviled Joel


What is the most abundant element in the earth's crust?

Elements in the Earthï¿½s Crust - Windows to the Universe Newly-Found Rock May Prove Antarctica and North America Were Connected Elements in the Earthï¿½s Crust Even though there are 92 elements that are naturally found, only eight of them are common in the rocks that make up the Earthï¿½s outer layer, the crust . Together, these 8 elements make up more than 98% of the crust. The 8 most common elements in Earthï¿½s crust (by mass): 46.6% Oxygen (O) 2.6% Potassium (K) 2.1% Magnesium (Mg) The picture on the left shows where these elements are located within the periodic table . Together, the elements oxygen and silicon make up most of the Earthï¿½s crust including silicate minerals such as quartz and feldspar . Last modified November 13, 2007 by Lisa Gardiner . Shop Windows to the Universe Science Store! The Fall 2010 issue of The Earth Scientist , focuses on rocks and minerals, including articles on minerals and mining, the use of minerals in society, and rare earth minerals, and includes 3 posters! Windows to the Universe Community News


What is the name for an area of land, of which there are about 310 in the USA, managed by a Native American tribe under the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs?

Native American Rights legal definition of Native American Rights Native American Rights legal definition of Native American Rights http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Native+American+Rights Also found in: Financial , Encyclopedia . Native American Rights In the United States, persons of Native American descent occupy a unique legal position. On the one hand, they are U.S. citizens and are entitled to the same legal rights and protections under the Constitution that all other U.S. citizens enjoy. On the other hand, they are members of self-governing tribes whose existence far predates the arrival of Europeans on American shores. They are the descendants of peoples who had their own inherent rights—rights that required no validation or legitimation from the newcomers who found their way onto their soil. These combined, and in many ways conflicting, legal positions have resulted in a complex relationship between Native American tribes and the federal government. Although the historic events and specific details of each tribe's situation vary considerably, the legal rights and status maintained by Native Americans are the result of their shared history of wrestling with the U.S. government over such issues as tribal sovereignty, shifting government policies, treaties that were made and often broken, and conflicting latter-day interpretations of those treaties. The result today is that although Native Americans enjoy the same legal rights as every other U.S. citizen, they also retain unique rights in such areas as hunting and fishing, water use, and Gaming operations. In general, these rights are based on the legal foundations of tribal sovereignty, treaty provisions, and the "reserved rights" doctrine, which holds that Native Americans retain all rights not explicitly abrogated in treaties or other legislation. Tribal Sovereignty Tribal sovereignty refers to the fact that each tribe has the inherent right to govern itself. Before Europeans came to North America, Native American tribes conducted their own affairs and needed no outside source to legitimate their powers or actions. When the various European powers did arrive, however, they claimed dominion over the lands that they found, thus violating the sovereignty of the tribes who already were living there. The issue of the extent and limits of tribal sovereignty came before the U.S. Supreme Court in Johnson v. McIntosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543, 5 L. Ed. 681 (1823). Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Marshall described the effects of European incursion on native tribes, writing that although the Indians were " admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil … their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were necessarily diminished, and their power to dispose of the soil, at their own will, to whomsoever they pleased, was denied by the original fundamental principle, that discovery gave exclusive title to those who made it." The European nations that had "discovered" North America, Marshall ruled, had "the sole right of acquiring the soil from the natives." Having acknowledged this limitation to tribal sovereignty in Johnson, however, Marshall's opinions in subsequent cases reinforced the principle of tribal sovereignty. In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1, 8 L. Ed. 25 (1831), Marshall elaborated on the legal status of the Cherokees, describing the tribe as a "distinct political society that was separated from others, capable of managing its own affairs, and governing itself." In Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515, 8 L. Ed. 483 (1832), Marshall returned to the issue, this time in an opinion denying the state of Georgia's right to impose its laws on a Cherokee reservation within the state's borders. He rejected the state's argument, writing "The Cherokee nation … is a distinct community, occupying its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force." Reviewing the history of relations between native tribes and the colonizing European powers, Marshall cited the Ind


Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey were the original members of which group of fictional characters?

The Full List of X-Men Characters & Members The Full List of X-Men Characters & Members By Super Hero Teams 2.1M views 244 items tags f t p @ List Criteria: List of X-Men characters | X-Men Roster This is a complete roster of all X-Men comic book characters, and X-Men team members with images. What Marvel Comics characters are in the X-Men? This is a complete list of students, alumni, and mutants that went through Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and Xavier's School for Higher Learning. If you want to know which character fans like the most, check out this list of the greatest X-Men members of all time .   The X-Men started out in 1963. Back then the original X-Men lineup included the X-Men mutants Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, and Jean Grey, led by Professor X, all with extraordinary powers. It wasn’t until much later that popular X-Men members like Gambit, Wolverine, and more X-Men female characters like Rogue, Psylocke, and Storm joined the X-Men team.  Whether living, dead, or resurrected, everyone has their favorite X-Men character. The X-Men are the team of super powered mutants that used the school as a base of operations (the school got trashed a few times over the years). What mutants are in X-Men?  While, as you can see, all X-Men characters and the names changed dramatically over the years, the X-Men have a wonderful history of maintaining a roster of some of the most interesting characters in Marvel comic books. You’ll be able to find all your favorites in this list of X-Men.  Collection Photo: user uploaded image 6 ReRanks 2 See list ranked by Z G Options B Comments & Embed 1


40th Anniversary Celebration Suggestions and Ideas Ruby Wedding Anniversary Ways to Celebrate Your 40th Anniversary: Use sparkly ruby red glitter on flowers, cards, centerpieces, gift wrap, balloons, etc. Set the table with a paper ruby red tablecloth, rent china and crystal with a ruby red trim or tint, use ruby red looking votive candles, place flowers in ruby redcolored vases. continue reading below our video How to Plan Your 40th Wedding Anniversary Renew your marriage vows. Toast one another with a ruby red wine. Plan a picnic with paper ruby red colored plates and cups. Gift Suggestions to Purchase for Your 40th Anniversary: Purchase tickets for a movie, sports event, concert, theatre, etc. and wrap with a ruby ribbon or place in a ruby red box. Gift Suggestions to Make for Your 40th Anniversary: Put together a CD with songs from the era of the marriage date. Assemble a memory photo album with pictures highlighting 40 years together. Include the wedding, children, grandchildren, friends, trips taken together, homes lived in, etc. A nice addition is to include stories from children and friends. Create a poem, write it in ruby red ink, and display it in a ruby red colored frame. Put together a family quilt comprised of each square created by a family member or close friends. Make a wish tree. You can use a big branch that you paint ruby red and decorate with ruby red ribbons, ornaments etc. Fill the branches with pictures of major events in your life, people who love and cherish you as well as tickets for a trip, travelers checks, gift certificates for different events and restaurants you could use on a trip, etc. Time Capsule Ideas for Your 40th Anniversary:


Rubbing a balloon on one's hair and then sticking it to a wall is an example of what type of electricity?

Rubbing Up Against Static Electricity Rubbing Up Against Static Electricity No issues Abstract A tried and true balloon activity is to rub a balloon on your head to make your hair stand up. How does the rubbing build up static electricity? Do this experiment to see if the number of rubs makes a difference. Objective Test if the number of rubs of wool on a balloon increases or decreases how long the static charge will last. Credits Sara Agee, Ph.D., Science Buddies Cite This Page MLA Style Science Buddies Staff. "Rubbing Up Against Static Electricity" Science Buddies. Science Buddies, 4 May 2015. Web. 19 Jan. 2017 <http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Elec_p017.shtml> APA Style Science Buddies Staff. (2015, May 4). Rubbing Up Against Static Electricity. Retrieved January 19, 2017 from http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Elec_p017.shtml Share your story with Science Buddies! I Did This Project! Please log in and let us know how things went. Last edit date: 2015-05-04 Introduction Static electricity is the build-up of electrical charge in an object. Sometimes static electricity can suddenly discharge, like when a bolt of lightning flashes through the sky. Other times, static electricity can cause objects to cling to each other, like socks fresh out of the dryer. The static cling is an attraction between two objects with different charges, positive (+) and negative (–). You can create static electricity by rubbing one object against another object. This is because the rubbing releases negative charges, called electrons, that build up to produce a static charge. For example, when you shuffle your feet across a carpet, you are making many small contacts between the surface of your feet and the carpet, allowing electrons to transfer to you, building up a static charge on your skin. You can suddenly discharge this static charge as a shock when you touch a friend or some objects. Similarly, when you rub a balloon on your head it causes opposite static charges to build up in your hair and in the balloon. You can see these two opposite static charges attracting each other when you pull the balloon slowly away from your head making your hair stand up, as shown in Figure 1, below. You can learn more about electric charges and static electricity in the Science Buddies Electricity, Magnetism, & Electromagnetism Tutorial . Figure 1. Static electricity makes your hair stand up! (NASA, 2004) In this experiment you will test if the number of rubs can change how long the static charge will last by rubbing a balloon with wool and timing how long it will cling to a wall. Wool is a material that readily donates its electrons, so when you rub the balloon with it it will donate its electrons to the surface of the balloon, giving part of the balloon a negative charge. The wall should normally have a neutral charge, but the charges within it can rearrange so that a positively charged area is interacting with the negatively charged balloon, causing the balloon to stick to it. By doing this experiment you can investigate how effective rubbing wool against a balloon is at creating static electricity and a static charge. Terms and Concepts How does friction produce static electricity? How is static electricity related to charge? How can you measure static electricity? Bibliography Science Made Simple. (n.d.). Static Electricity: What Causes Static Shocks? Retrieved March 18, 2006 from http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html Museum of Science, Boston. (n.d.). Static Electricity: Electricity Medley. Retrieved June 19, 2014, from http://www.mos.org/sites/dev-elvis.mos.org/files/docs/education/mos_observing-electricity-magnets_electricity-medley.pdf The Library of Congress. (2011, June 1). How does static electricity work? Everyday Mysteries. Retrieved June 19, 2014, from http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/static.html Brynie, F.H., 2005. Parents Crash Course: Elementary School Science Fair Projects, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing Inc. pp 124-130. For help creating graphs, try this w


"The ""New Model Army"" was formed to fight in which war?"

New Model Army | British history | Britannica.com British history New Model Army, army formed in February 1645 that won the English Civil War for Parliament and itself came to exercise important political power. Oliver Cromwell leading the New Model Army at the Battle of Naseby during the English Civil War. Photos.com/Jupiterimages When war broke out in 1642, Parliament had at its command the local militia , or trainbands, of those districts supporting its cause, notably London, the eastern counties, and southeast England . But militia were always unwilling to fight far from their homes, so in addition Parliament authorized (as did King Charles I) its prominent supporters to raise troops of horse and infantry companies from among their own tenants and associates. These private parliamentary armies were perhaps in better condition than those raised for the king, because Parliament provided for their pay; but strategically they were not effective because of the lack of unified command. Toward the end of 1644 a dispute about the conduct of the war developed between Henry Montagu, earl of Manchester, one of the main parliamentary generals, and his lieutenant general, Oliver Cromwell . In December Cromwell argued in a major speech that the war would never be brought to a conclusion unless Parliament’s military resources were improved. There was already some general feeling that members of Parliament holding military command might be tempted to prolong the war in order to continue their personal power. As a result, the New Model Army was brought into existence; it was planned to comprise 11 regiments of horse of 600 men each, 12 regiments of foot of 1,200 men each, and 1,000 dragoons (mounted infantrymen). The cavalry , always easier to raise, were mainly veterans drawn from the original armies of Manchester, the earl of Essex, and Sir William Waller; the infantry included some veterans from the armies, with a majority of pressed men drawn from London, the east, and southeast. In April 1645, by the Self-Denying Ordinance , members of Parliament resigned all military and civil office and command acquired since November 1640. Sir Thomas Fairfax (afterward 3rd Baron Fairfax—the “younger” Fairfax) was appointed captain general of the New Model Army, with authority to appoint his senior officers. The army’s organization and the thorough training of its men were accomplished by Fairfax, not Cromwell, who, despite the Self-Denying Ordinance, became his leader of horse just before the great parliamentary victory at Naseby (June 14, 1645). After Naseby the army was mainly occupied in sieges, but it obtained such political power that eventually its authority eclipsed that of Parliament. Under Cromwell it won Dunbar and Worcester, the great battles of the Commonwealth period, against Charles II and the Scots. Similar Topics


The lands of Castile, which came to prominence in Europe in the 13th century, make up much of which modern country?

Spain - The rise of Castile and Aragon | history - geography | Britannica.com The rise of Castile and Aragon Related People Philip IV Alfonso VII subverted the idea of a Leonese empire, and its implied aspiration to dominion over a unified peninsula, by the division of his kingdom between his sons: Sancho III (1157–58) received Castile and Ferdinand II (1157–88) received León. Although the Christians remained on the defensive in the face of Almohad power, Alfonso VIII of Castile (1158–1214) and Alfonso II of Aragon concluded a treaty in 1179 apportioning their expected conquest of Islamic Spain between them. Castile retained the right of reconquest to Andalusia and Murcia (Mursīyah), while Aragon claimed Valencia. Nevertheless, Alfonso VIII’s efforts to dominate the other Christian rulers provoked contention and warfare and thwarted any concerted effort against the Almohads. Thus, in 1195 the king of Castile suffered a disastrous defeat by the Almohads at Alarcos (Al-Arak), south of Toledo. The other Christian monarchs, acknowledging that the Almohads threatened them all, came to terms with Castile. With the collaboration of Sancho VII of Navarre (1194–1234) and Peter II of Aragon (1196–1213) and Portuguese and Leonese troops, in 1212 Alfonso VIII triumphed over the Almohads at Las Navas de Tolosa (Al-ʿIqāb). The victory by the Christian forces was significant, marking the beginning of the end of the Almohad empire and opening Andalusia to the Christians. While the kings of Aragon took an active role in the Reconquista, as counts of Barcelona they also had important relationships in southern France, where several lords were their vassals. When Pope Innocent III proclaimed a Crusade to check the spread of the Albigensian heresy throughout that area, Peter II , though no friend of the heretics, realized that his feudal rights and interests there were endangered by the arrival of northern French knights. In 1213 Peter was defeated and killed by the Crusading army at Muret after he went to the aid of his brother-in-law, the count of Toulouse. In the generation after his death, Catalan ambition and power were steadily curtailed in southern France. As the Almohad empire fell apart in the second quarter of the 13th century, the Christian rulers reconquered nearly all of Spain. James I of Aragon (1213–76) utilized Catalan naval power in 1229 to conquer the kingdom of Majorca (Mayūrqah), the first significant step in Catalan expansion in the Mediterranean. The subjugation of the kingdom of Valencia was more difficult, especially as James was diverted temporarily by the expectation of acquiring Navarre. When Sancho VII died without children, the people of Navarre accepted his nephew, Count Theobald of Champagne (1234–53), as their king. Thereafter, French interest in Navarre steadily increased. Forced to give up his aspirations there, James I resumed the war against the Muslims and captured Valencia in 1238, bringing thousands of Muslims under his rule. Related Places Cádiz Meanwhile, Alfonso IX of León (1188–1230) drove southward to the Guadiana River (Wadi Ānā) and captured Mérida (Māridah) and Badajoz in 1230, clearing the way to Sevilla. When he died, his son Ferdinand III , already king of Castile (1217–52) by reason of inheritance from his mother, Berenguela, a daughter of Alfonso VIII, succeeded him as king of León. Henceforth Castile and León were permanently united. Using the combined resources of the two kingdoms, Ferdinand conquered Cordoba in 1236, Murcia in 1243, Jaén (Jayyān) in 1246, and Sevilla in 1248. The Muslims retained only the kingdom of Granada , whose rulers were obliged to pay an annual tribute to Castile. As a vassal kingdom, Granada by itself was not a threat, but, when supported by the Muslims of Morocco, this last outpost of Islamic power in Spain caused great difficulty for the Christians. Society, economy, and culture The development of Christian society and culture in the first 300 years after the Islamic conquest was slow, but major changes occurred more quickly in the 12th and 13th centuries. The


What is the name for a site serving as the final resting place of human skeletal remains, which is frequently used where burial space is scarce?

1000+ images about Ossuaries on Pinterest | The chandelier, Coat of arms and Wooden doors Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Ossuaries 17 Pins1.94k Followers An ossuary is a chest, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary. The greatly reduced space taken up by an ossuary means that it is possible to store the remains of many more people in a single tomb than if the original coffins were left as is. Contents


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The Rocky Mountains stretch over 3,000 miles from New Mexico to where?

Geography of the Rocky Mountains Geography of the Rocky Mountains Geography of the Rocky Mountains Learn about the North American "Rockies" The Rocky Mountains as seen in Colorado.  Scenics of America/PhotoLink/Getty Images By Amanda Briney Updated July 21, 2016. The Rocky Mountains are a large mountain range located in the western part of North America in the United States and Canada . The "Rockies" as they are also known, pass through northern New Mexico and into Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. In Canada, the range stretches along the border of Alberta and British Columbia. In total, the Rockies stretch for over 3,000 miles (4,830 km) and form the Continental Divide of North America. Additionally, because of their large presence in North America, water from the Rockies supplies about ¼ of the United States. Most of the Rocky Mountains are undeveloped and is protected by national parks like the Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S. and local parks like the Banff National Park in Alberta. Despite their rugged nature though, the Rockies are a popular tourist destination for outdoor activities such as hiking, camping skiing, fishing, and snowboarding. In addition, the high peaks of the range make it popular for mountain climbing. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance The highest peak in the Rocky Mountains is Mount Elbert at 14,400 feet (4,401 m) and is located in Colorado. Geology of the Rocky Mountains The geologic age of the Rocky Mountains varies based on location. For example, the youngest parts were uplifted 100 million to 65 million years ago, whereas the older parts rose 3,980 million to 600 million years ago. The rock structure of the Rockies consists of igneous rock as well as sedimentary rock along its margins and volcanic rock in localized areas. Like most mountain ranges, the Rocky Mountains have also been affected by severe erosion which has caused the development of deep river canyons as well as intermountain basins such as the Wyoming Basin. In addition, the last glaciation which occurred during the Pleistocene Epoch and lasted from about 110,000 years ago until 12,500 years ago also caused erosion and the formation of glacial U-shaped valleys and other features such as Moraine Lake in Alberta, throughout the range. Human History of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains have been home to various Paleo-Indian tribes and more modern Native American tribes for thousands of years. For example, there is evidence that Paleo-Indians may have hunted in the region as far back as 5,400 to 5,800 years ago based on rock walls they constructed to trap game like the now-extinct mammoth. European exploration of the Rockies did not begin until the 1500s when the Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado entered the region and changed the Native American cultures there with the introduction of horses, tools, and diseases. In the 1700s and into the 1800s, exploration of the Rocky Mountains was mainly focused on fur trapping and trading. In 1739, a group of French fur traders encountered a Native American tribe that called the mountains the "Rockies" and after that, the area became known by that name.  In 1793, Sir Alexander MacKenzie became the first European to cross the Rocky Mountains and from 1804 to 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first scientific exploration of the mountains.  Settlement of the Rocky Mountain region then began in the mid-1800s when Mormons began to settle near the Great Salt Lake in 1847, and from 1859 to 1864, there were several gold rushes in Colorado, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia .  Today, the Rockies are mostly undeveloped but tourism national parks and small mountain towns are popular, and agriculture and forestry are major industries. In addition, the Rockies are abundant in natural resources like copper, gold, natural gas and coal.   Geography and Climate of the Rocky Mountains Most accounts say that the Rocky Mountains stretch from the Laird River in British Columbia to the Rio Grande in New Mexico. In the U.S., the eastern e


What was the name given to actions by Timothy McVeigh on 19 April 1995 at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building?

The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Trial of Timothy J. McVeigh: An Account The Oklahoma City Bombing & The Trial of Timothy McVeigh by Douglas O. Linder (2006) Prosecutor Joseph Hartzler began his opening statement in the Timothy McVeigh trial by reminding the jury of the terror and the heartbreak:  "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, April 19th, 1995, was a beautiful day in Oklahoma City -- at least it started out as a beautiful day. The sun was shining. Flowers were blooming. It was springtime in Oklahoma City. Sometime after six o'clock that morning, Tevin Garrett's mother woke him up to get him ready for the day. He was only 16 months old. He was a toddler; and as some of you know that have experience with toddlers, he had a keen eye for mischief. He would often pull on the cord of her curling iron in the morning, pull it off the counter top until it fell down, often till it fell down on him. That morning, she picked him up and wrestled with him on her bed before she got him dressed. She remembers this morning because that was the last morning of his life...." A bomb carried in a Ryder truck exploded in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City at 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995.  The bomb claimed 168 innocent lives.  That a homegrown, war-decorated American terrorist named Timothy McVeigh drove and parked the Ryder truck in the handicap zone in front of the Murrah Building there is little doubt.  In 1997, a jury convicted McVeigh and sentenced him to death.  The federal government, after an investigation involving 2,000 agents, also charged two of McVeigh's army buddies, Michael Fortier and Terry Nichols , with advance knowledge of the bombing and participation in the plot.  Despite considerable evidence linking various militant white supremacists to the tragedy in Oklahoma City, no other persons faced prosecution for what was--until September 11, 2001--the worst act of terrorism ever on American soil. The Oklahoma City bombing trials raise questions more interesting than the answers they provide.  How, in four years, can an army sergeant and Green Beret aspirant turn so violently against the government he served?  If there had been no Waco, would there have been no Oklahoma City?  Did McVeigh want to be captured? Why did the government only bring charges against three men in connection with the bombing, when compelling evidence suggests that others played significant roles in the crime?  We do not have clear answers to any of these questions--but some possible answers to these and other intriguing questions have come into better focus in the years since the McVeigh and Nichols trials. The Making of an American Terrorist The childhood of Timothy McVeigh in Lockport, New York was far from idyllic.  His parents divorced in 1978, when Tim was ten, and for the remainder of his school years he lived mainly with his father, Bill McVeigh.  Scrawny and unathletic, "Noodle" McVeigh became a target for neighborhood bullies.  He attributes a lifelong hatred for bullies of all kinds (a class which, in his view, included an overreaching federal government) to early beatings on softball diamonds and head spinning "swirlies" in flushing toilets.  It  is possible that McVeigh's fascination with guns, dating to pre-teen years spent admiring his grandfather's .22-caliber rifle, might have something to do with his view of weapons as the great equalizer.  He dedicated himself to developing his marksmanship skills, spending hours shooting holes in soft-drink cans in a ravine.  By age 14, Tim McVeigh's interests included survivalism.  He began stockpiling food and camping equipment in preparation for possible nuclear attack or a communist overthrow of the United States government.  Although McVeigh performed well on standardized tests in high school, school and its social life had considerably less appeal for him than his world of guns, fringe movements, and science fiction books.  He struck classmates as somewhat introverted and disengaged, and his only extracurricular activity was track.  Under the entry "future plans" in his hig


What is the name for a period that occurs about every 11 years when the sun's magnetic field lines are the most distorted?

NASA Data Suggests the Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip Space According to data from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. Watch this new four minute ScienceCast video to learn more details. A new ScienceCast video anticipates the reversal of the sun’s global magnetic field. Image Credit: [email protected] Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. “It looks like we’re no more than three to four months away from a complete field reversal,” said solar physicist Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University. “This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system.” The sun’s magnetic field changes polarity approximately every 11 years. It happens at the peak of each solar cycle as the sun’s inner magnetic dynamo re-organizes itself. The coming reversal will mark the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24. Half of “solar max” will be behind us, with half yet to come. Hoeksema is the director of Stanford’s Wilcox Solar Observatory, one of the few observatories in the world that monitors the sun’s polar magnetic fields. The poles are a herald of change. Just as Earth scientists watch our planet’s polar regions for signs of climate change, solar physicists do the same thing for the sun. Magnetograms at Wilcox have been tracking the sun’s polar magnetism since 1976, and they have recorded three grand reversals—with a fourth in the offing. Solar physicist Phil Scherrer, also at Stanford, describes what happens: “The sun’s polar magnetic fields weaken, go to zero and then emerge again with the opposite polarity. This is a regular part of the solar cycle.” A reversal of the sun’s magnetic field is, literally, a big event. The domain of the sun’s magnetic influence (also known as the “heliosphere”) extends billions of kilometers beyond Pluto. Changes to the field’s polarity ripple all the way out to the Voyager probes, on the doorstep of interstellar space. When solar physicists talk about solar field reversals, their conversation often centers on the “current sheet.” The current sheet is a sprawling surface jutting outward from the sun’s equator where the sun’s slowly rotating magnetic field induces an electrical current. The current itself is small, only one ten-billionth of an amp per square meter (0.0000000001 amps/m2), but there’s a lot of it: the amperage flows through a region 10,000 km thick and billions of kilometers wide. Electrically speaking, the entire heliosphere is organized around this enormous sheet. The heliospheric current sheet separates regions of the solar wind where the magnetic field points toward or away from the Sun. The complex field structure in the photosphere simplifies with increasing height in the corona until a single line separates the two polarities at about 2.5 solar radii. That line is drawn out by the radially accelerating solar wind to form a surface similar to the one shown in this idealized picture. The surface is curved because the underlying magnetic pattern rotates every 27 days with the Sun. It would take about 3 weeks for material near the current sheet traveling at 400 km/s in the solar wind to reach the orbit of Jupiter, as depicted here. In reality the surface becomes increasingly distorted because of variations in the solar wind speed along the surface and other dynamic effects operating in the interplanetary medium. The shape of the current sheet usually evolves slowly – over months – as the large-scale pattern of the Sun’s field changes in response to the emergence and decay of solar active regions. Coronal mass ejections often disrupt the background pattern temporarily, but sometimes the changes are permanent. During most of the solar cycle the current sheet is basically a tilted dipole with varying degrees of quadrupole distortion. Near solar maximum the dipole decays leaving a much more complicated structure. This picture shows the heliospheric current sheet as it might appear during the rising phase of the cycle, when the dipole and q


Which musical term denotes a repetitive oscillation about a single pitch that occurs in rapid cycles?

Oscillation Oscillation Home | An Organism | A Network | Computers | Robots | Models | Programming | The Media | Arts | Colors | Senses | Love And Hate | Good And Evil | God | Global Mind | The Matrix | The Force | The Great Magnet | The Universe | Oscillation | X | Ratio | The Union | Existence | Karma | Justice | Penalization | 01 | Internationalism | Globalization | Imperialism | A Fair Capitalism | A Fair Socialism | E-Goverment | Futurism | Democracy | The State | Nationalism | Migration | Minors | Athletics | Education | Earth | Eco | Diversity | Water | Life | Darkness | About This Site Oscillation is the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often                   a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states. Familiar examples include a swinging pendulum and alternating                   current power. The term vibration is sometimes used more narrowly to mean a mechanical oscillation but is sometimes used as                   a synonym of "oscillation". Oscillations occur not only in mechanical systems but also in dynamic systems in virtually every                   area of science: for example the beating human heart, business cycles in economics, predator-prey population cycles in ecology,                   geothermal geysers in geology, vibrating strings in musical instruments, periodic firing of nerve cells in the brain, and                   the periodic swelling of Cepheid variable stars in astronomy. Harmonic oscillator The simplest                   mechanical oscillating system is a mass attached to a linear spring subject to only weight and tension. Such a system may                   be approximated on an air table or ice surface. The system is in an equilibrium state when the spring is static. If the system                   is displaced from the equilibrium, there is a net restoring force on the mass, tending to bring it back to equilibrium. However,                   in moving the mass back to the equilibrium position, it has acquired momentum which keeps it moving beyond that position,                   establishing a new restoring force in the opposite sense. If a constant force such as gravity is added to the system, the                   point of equilibrium is shifted. The time taken for an oscillation to occur is often referred to as the oscillatory period. Systems                   where the restoring force on a body is directly proportional to its displacement, such as the dynamics of the spring-mass                   system, are described mathematically by the simple harmonic oscillator and the regular periodic motion is known as simple                   harmonic motion. In the spring-mass system, oscillations occur because, at the static equilibrium displacement, the mass has                   kinetic energy which is converted into potential energy stored in the spring at the extremes of its path. The spring-mass                   system illustrates some common features of oscillation, namely the existence of an equilibrium and the presence of a restoring                   force which grows stronger the further the system deviates from equilibrium. All real-world oscillator systems are thermodynamically                   irreversible. This means there are dissipative processes such as friction or electrical resistance which continually convert                   some of the energy stored in the oscillator into heat in the environment. This is called damping. Thus, oscillations tend                   to decay with time unless there is some net source of energy into the system. The simplest description of this decay process


What is the stage name of Victoria Hesketh, an English electropop musician who sings and plays the keyboard, piano, stylophone and the Tenori-on?

Victoria Hesketh - Zimbio Victoria Hesketh No articles yet. Overview Victoria Christina Hesketh (born c.1984), also known by her stage name/pseudonym Little Boots, is an English electropop singer-songwriter. Her stage name comes from a nickname given to her by a friend, a reference to her size 2½ feet. As a musician Little Boots sings and plays the piano, keyboards, synthesizer, Stylophone and a Japanese... more Victoria Christina Hesketh (born c.1984), also known by her stage name/pseudonym Little Boots, is an English electropop singer-songwriter. Her stage name comes from a nickname given to her by a friend, a reference to her size 2½ feet. As a musician Little Boots sings and plays the piano, keyboards, synthesizer, Stylophone and a Japanese electronic instrument called Tenori-on. Featured Stories


Penfold is the sidekick of which British animated super hero / secret agent?

Danger Mouse | Heroes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia his sidekick Penfold , his boss Colonel K , Professor Heinrich Von Squawkencluck, Professor Squawkencluck , Jeopardy Mouse Enemies Baron Silas Greenback, Stiletto, Count Duckula, Doctor Augustus P. Crumhorn, The Snowman, The Princess, Quarrk Danger Mouse is the world's greatest secret agent, so secret in fact, that his codename has a codename. He is the protagonist of the British animated television series of the same name which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. He was voiced by David Jason in the original series which ran from 1981 to 1992 and Alexander Armstrong in the revived series in 2015. Contents [ show ] Biography Danger Mouse (also called "DM" by Colonel K and "Chief" by his assistant Penfold) is an antromorphised mouse and is known through out the series as the greatest secret agent in the world, a secret agent so secret that even his codename has a codename. He wears a white body suit with a titanium alloy red badge (which saved him on a couple of occasions) with the initials DM in yellow. He also wears a black eyepatch over his left eye but it revealed that he only wears it because it is part of his suit, especially when he wears it on the wrong eye in one particular episode. In 2015 revival series, he is given a eyepatch-like gadget called the IPatch. DM's headquarters are in London where he lives in a red Royal Mail Post box with his hamster assistant Ernest Penfold who frequently annoys him with his constant bumbling and misinterpreting of instructions. DM pilots their modes of transportation the Mark III (a car with wings) and the Space Hopper (a space rocket) which remarkably both have steering wheels. Throughout the series, Danger Mouse along with Penfold battle many villains (mostly Baron Silas Greenback ) Personality In the series he is shown to very agile and an expert gymnast which is shown on one episode when he balances on his finger. He also knows the ancient martial art of Kung Moggy. He often says "Penfold Shush" when his assistant is talking too much or just plain nonsense and "Good Grief" in a dangerous situation.He is brave, courageous, good hearted and always willing to lend a hand. In fact in one of the episodes the narrator says: "He can get you out of a jam or even a marmalade come to that." He likes making joke puns and knows over thirty four differant languages. Whenever Colonel K contacts him with a new mission he's on it straight away urging Penfold to come with him despite his assistant's many excuses. No matter what the situation Danger Mouse is always ready to help out. Gallery


What is Herpetophobia? What is Herpetophobia? By Lisa Fritscher Updated June 29, 2016 Herpetophobia is a fear of reptiles, specifically snakes and lizards. The severity of this relatively common specific phobia can vary drastically, making it difficult to decide without guidance from a mental health professional whether you have a clinical phobia or simply a fear . Specific phobias are an irrational fear of a situation or object, and their boundless number is only limited by the number of nouns in any language. All types of phobia are a serious mental illness, known as an anxiety disorder , and affect 10 to 12 percent of people in the United States. The other two types of phobia are agoraphobia and social phobia (social anxiety disorder). An Evolutionary Phobia There is a theory that herpetophobia, along with  arachnophobia (fear of spiders), is an evolutionary phobia. Theorists posit that our ancestors tended to fear animals , both vertebrates, and invertebrates, that could cause harm. So, the sheer number of venomous reptiles in the environment could have caused herpetophobia to develop over time. Herpetophobia is Highly Personalized Herpetophobia is a very personalized phobia, meaning symptoms can vary greatly from person to person. While you might only be afraid when touching a large snake, another sufferer might have a more severe case and cannot even look at photographs of small, harmless geckos. Your various symptoms of herpetophobia might include: fear whenever you are in proximity to a reptile or even amphibian the inability to shop in pet stores that offer reptiles for sale refusal to go on hiking trips or other activities during which there is a chance of encountering a reptile overreacting, such as screaming crying, shaking or hyperventilating, if you unexpectedly encounter the reptile of your fear Characteristics of a less severe phobia include being able to tolerate reptiles in the area, but panicking if you come into physical contact with one. Treatment for Herpetophobia A specific phobia only requires treatment if it interferes with your daily activities, including your job and personal relationships. If you think you're exhibiting symptoms of herpetophobia, consult a doctor or therapist to determine of it's just an everyday fear or you meet the criteria for a clinical diagnosis. Therapeutic options include: psychoanalysis, one-on-one talk therapy Systematic desensitization, also known as graduated exposure therapy, may include Neuro-Linguistic Programming, virtual reality exposure therapy, eye movement desensitization, and reprocessing psychoeducation to restructure your phobic thoughts hypnotherapy With proper treatment, the vast majority of phobias are manageable or curable. Over time, however, untreated phobias can worsen and become life-limiting.  Systematic Desensitization Therapy Systematic  desensitization , based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy , can treat 90 percent of herpeto-phobics successfully. Depending on the severity of your case, according to Tom G. Stevens, Ph.D., a psychologist professor emeritus at California University, you can guide yourself through the steps or seek the help of a mental health professional. This method takes various forms and is the common mode of treatment for the vast majority of specific phobia cases. It leaves the client in control and never terrorize or cause discomfort to the patient. Sources: American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th Ed.). Washington, DC: Author.New York Stevens, Tom. Cal State University Long Beach: Self-Desensitization Instructions University Department of Applied Psychology: The Many Treatment Methodologies for Phobias - Finding the Best Fit Continue Reading


Which story by Hans Christian Andersen involves Kai, Gerda and a splintered mirror?

The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen: Snow Queen THE FIRST STORY, WHICH          CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A BROKEN MIRROR AND WHAT HAPPENED TO ITS          FRAGMENTS Første Historie, der          handler om Speilet og Stumperne. All right, we will start          the story; when we come to the end we shall know more than we          do now. Once upon a time there was a troll, the most evil troll          of them all; he was called the devil. One day he was particularly          pleased with himself, for he had invented a mirror which had          the strange power of being able to make anything good or beautiful          that it reflected appear horrid; and all that was evil and worthless          seem attractive and worth while. The most beautiful landscape          looked like spinach; and the kindest and most honorable people          looked repulsive or ridiculous. They might appear standing on          their heads, without any stomachs; and their faces would always          be so distorted that you couldn't recognize them. A little freckle          would spread itself out till it covered half a nose or a whole          cheek. "It is a very amusing mirror," said the devil. But the          most amusing part of it all was that if a good or a kind thought          passed through anyone's mind the most horrible grin would appear          on the face in the mirror. It was so entertaining that the devil          himself laughed out loud. All the little trolls who went to          troll school, where the devil was headmaster, said that a miracle          had taken place. Now for the first time one could see what humanity          and the world really looked like--at least, they thought. They          ran all over with the mirror, until there wasn't a country or          a person in the whole world that had not been reflected and          distorted in it. At last they decided to fly up to heaven to          poke fun of the angels and God Himself. All together they carried          the mirror, and flew up higher and higher. The nearer they came          to heaven, the harder the mirror laughed, so that the trolls          could hardly hold onto it; still they flew higher and higher:          upward toward God and the angels, then the mirror shook so violently          from laughter that they lost their grasp; it fell and broke          into hundreds Of millions of billions and some odd pieces. It          was then that it really caused trouble, much more than it ever          had before. Some of the splinters were as tiny as grains of          sand and just as light, so that they were spread by the winds          all over the world. When a sliver like that entered someone's          eye it stayed there; and the person, forever after, would see          the world distorted, and only be able to see the faults, and          not the virtues, of everyone around him, since even the tiniest          fragment contained all the evil qualities of the whole mirror.          If a splinter should enter someone's heart--oh, that was the          most terrible of all!--that heart would turn to ice. Some of          the pieces of the mirror were so large that windowpanes could          be made of them, although through such a window it was no pleasure          to contemplate your friends. Some of the medium-sized pieces          became spectacles--but just think of what would happen when          you put on such a pair of glasses in order to see better and          be able to judge more fairly. That made the devil laugh so hard          that it tickled in


In Olympic archery, the outer 2 circles on the target (called 1 ring and 2 ring) are what colour?

How is archery scored? - Quora Quora In Olympics, archery consists of four medal events: men's individual, women's individual, men's team, and women's team. The Target   In  Olympic archery, the target stands 70 meters (229 feet, 8 inches for  the metrically challenged) away from the shooting line and has 10  concentric circles, beginning with the appropriately colored gold  bull's-eye, which must be 1.3 meters (4 feet, 3 inches) above the  ground. Like the bull's-eye, each of the four other colored rings - red,  blue, black and white - is 12.2 centimeters (4.8 inches) wide and  contains two scoring zones of equal width. The Scoring From the outside white  ring to the inner gold at the center, the point total on the target  ascends from 1 to 10 like so: white outer, 1; white inner, 2; black  outer, 3; black inner, 4; blue outer, 5; blue inner, 6; red outer, 7;  red inner, 8; gold outer, 9; and gold inner, 10.   Arrows that pierce the lines between the circles are awarded the higher score. If an arrow becomes embedded in another arrow (called a "Robin  Hood"), the score of the first arrow is taken. If an arrow misses the  target, no points are scored.   There is no do-over  if a misfired or prematurely released arrow travels beyond an archer's  reach; it qualifies as a shot. If the archer can stretch an arm to grab  the arrow, however, he or she can shoot the arrow again without penalty. Individual competition Format The  ranking round is used to rank the athletes from one to 64. The athletes  then shoot in a head-to-head elimination format, shooting in pairs: the  number one athlete against the athlete ranked 64th, second against 63rd  and so on. The competition is the best of five sets, with each athlete  shooting three arrows per set.  Athletes score two points for winning the set and one point for a draw. The first athlete to six points wins the match.  If a match is tied, a single-arrow shoot-off is held – the nearest to the centre of the target wins.  At  the end of the knockout stage the winners of the semi-final matches  compete in the gold-medal match and the remaining two athletes compete  in the bronze-medal match. Team competition format After  the ranking round, 12 teams shoot in a head-to-head elimination format.  Each team consists of three athletes, who each shoot four sets of six  arrows (two arrows per archer). The team with the highest total wins the  match, with winning teams progressing through the draw until only the  finalists remain.  If two teams are tied, a three-arrow shoot-off  is held. If this doesn’t separate them, the team closest to the centre  of the target is the winner.  The two winning teams from the  respective semi-final matches compete in the gold-medal match and the  remaining teams compete in the bronze-medal match. Written Aug 21, 2015 In the event that a arrow between two rings puts, then the higher ring is dependably inform. The 10 is also by a X stamped. There is hence the 10 and X. the X is worth additionally 10 focuses. With point break even with status between two Archer the quantity of X chooses situation of the competitor for those better. In the arrow is in another arrow, then both bolts get the same valuation. A bow is occupied from another bolt, then every bolt gets the valuation in that the purpose of the bolt puts. 140 Views


"Who plays Preston Burke in the US TV series ""Grey's Anatomy""?"

Grey’s Anatomy Season 10 Spoilers: Special Cristina Yang Episode; Preston Burke Returns | AsianPin Home / What's Hot / Grey’s Anatomy Season 10 Spoilers: Special Cristina Yang Episode; Preston Burke Returns Grey’s Anatomy Season 10 Spoilers: Special Cristina Yang Episode; Preston Burke Returns on March 7, 2014 in What's Hot 159 views 0 Season 10 spoilers alert! There will be a special Cristina Yang episode, and Preston Burke will be returning to the TV show. The Cristina Yang episode is meant to be a last hurrah for actress Sandra Oh, who plays the complex surgeon. She announced her departure from the medical drama last August after playing the character for the last 10 years. Her contract expires at the end of Season 10, which will be her last. She told , “Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go. It’s such an interesting thing to play a character for so long and to actually get the sense that she wants to let go as well. Cristina wants to be let go, and I am ready to let her go. We have to start the process, story-wise, for the writers to think of why she’s going to go.” reports that the episode, which will air on March 27, will reportedly be titled “Do You Know.” Now ABC and creator Shonda Rhimes has confirmed that one of the show’s original actors, Isaiah Washington, will be coming back for one episode. He will be once again stepping into the shoes of his old character, Dr. Preston Burke, who was Dr. Cristina Yang’s first love interest. Washington had a controversial exit from the show in 2007, when he let loose a derogatory term at the Golden Globes press room. It was also reported that he had differences with his co-stars Patrick Dempsey and T.R. Knight. Rhimes explained that he is needed for the special episode, because his return will give Cristina Yang’s departure a full-circle moment. “It is important to me that Cristina’s journey unfolds exactly as it should. Burke is vital to that journey.”


Beginning in the late 15th century, expeditions mainly from Britain and which other country explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast of Canada?

Canada | Against All Odds Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Currency Canadian Dollar Canada, officially the Dominion of Canada, is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's third-largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the Union of American People's Republics to the south and northwest is the longest in the world. The land that is now Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster 1931. Canada is a federal state that is governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual nation with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. As of Q3 2015, it has a population of approximately 75.29 million. Canada's economy is one of the world's largest and is reliant upon its natural resources and trade, particularly with the British Empire , with which it also has a long and complex relationship. Per capita income is the world's ninth highest. It is a member of the League of Nations , Allied Pact , British Commonwealth , Francophonie and CANZAC . Canada is also one of five recognized Nuclear Weapons States . Contents Edit The name Canada comes from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona. Cartier later used the word Canada to refer not only to that particular village, but the entire area subject to Donnacona (the chief at Stadacona); by 1545, European books and maps had begun referring to this region as Canada. In the 17th and early 18th centuries, "Canada" referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River and the northern shores of the Great Lakes. The area was later split into two British colonies, Upper Canada and Lower Canada. They were reunified as the Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country, and the word Dominion was conferred as the country's title. History Edit Archaeological studies and genetic analyses have indicated a human presence in the northern Yukon region from 24,500 BC, and in southern Ontario from 7500 BC. The Paleo-Indian archaeological sites at Old Crow Flats and Bluefish Caves are two of the oldest sites of human habitation in Canada. The characteristics of Canadian Aboriginal societies included permanent settlements, agriculture, complex societal hierarchies, and trading networks. Some of these cultures had collapsed by the time European explorers arrived in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and have only been discovered through archaeological investigations. The aboriginal population is estimated to have been between 200,000 and two million in the late 15th century, with a figure of 500,000 accepted by Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Health. As a consequence of the European colonization, Canada's aboriginal peoples suffered from repeated outbreaks of newly introduced infectious diseases such as influenza, measles, and smallpox (to which they had no natural immunity), resulting in a forty- to eighty-percent population decrease in the centuries after the European arrival. Aboriginal peoples in present-day Canada include the Fi


"Which school is the setting for the 1955 film ""Blackboard Jungle""?"

Blackboard Jungle (1955) - 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 new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty. Director: a list of 33 titles created 26 Sep 2012 a list of 25 titles created 19 Mar 2013 a list of 29 titles created 21 May 2015 a list of 32 titles created 04 Jan 2016 a list of 21 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Blackboard Jungle " 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. Nominated for     4     Oscars. Another    1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Director: Stanley Kramer Two New York City longshoremen Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader whose growing friendship is threatened by Charles Malik, a notably repellent punk. Director: Martin Ritt Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End. Director: James Clavell A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family. Director: Daniel Petrie A traveling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert. Director: Ralph Nelson A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause. Director: Richard Brooks A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life. Director: Guy Green In San Francisco, a high-priced call girl is murdered and the case is assigned to Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs. Director: Gordon Douglas Edit Storyline War veteran Rick Dadier is one of three new teachers hired at North Manual High School, an inner city boys school. This is his first teaching assignment, which he needs to support himself and his insecure pregnant wife, Anne. Despite Principle Warnecke's assertions to the contrary, Dadier quickly learns that the rumors of student discipline problems at the school are indeed true. The established teachers at the school try to counsel the newcomers, all inexperienced in such situations, as how best to handle the rowdy students. Regardless, Dadier tries to exert discipline in his class, which provokes a violent response. Dadier believes the student leaders against him are Artie West, but more specifically Gregory Miller, who he thinks uses the fact of being black as a means of racial provocation. Dadier has to decide either to leave and teach at a "real" school, or stay and figure out how to get through to his students. If he decides to stay, he has to figure out who the real disruptive ... Written by Huggo A DRAMA OF TEEN-AGE Terror! (original print ad - almost all caps) See more  » Genres: 25 March 1955 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: The Blackboard Jungle See more  » Filming Locations: Mono (Western Electric Sound System) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Clare Boothe Luce , then U.S. Ambassador to Italy, prevented the film from being shown at the Venice Film Festival. Also, a Senate committee had decided that the film would not have beneficial effects on contemporary youth. But both incidents only served to increase publicity and ticket sales for the controversial movie. See more » Goofs When Dadier is talking to Miller in the auto shop, Miller is working on a car. He is using a ratchet. But instead of twisting the ratchet handle, he is holding it still and twisting the socket extension bar with his hands. See more » Quotes Richard Dadier : The name is Dadier. Mr. Dadier. Pronuncia


What is the northernmost point in all U.S. territory?

Extreme Points of the United States Extreme Points of the United States Description view trip reports Extreme points lie farther north, east, south, and west than any other point of a specific region. Here, we limit consideration to the contiguous 48 United States; the entire 50 states (so including Alaska and Hawaii); and all United States territory. We also consider the lowest and highest elevation points to be extrema. An excellent reference with several tables and illustrations is available at wikipedia.org . The 180th meridian, being at an arbitrarily selected location, poses certain issues for defining "easternmost" and "westernmost". This is especially true since Alaska crosses this meridian and hence contains land in the Eastern Hemisphere. We discount calling such land "easternmost" as a silly fiction generated by the date line's arbitrarily-selected location. We define being east of a location if the shortest path, a great circle track, contains an east component, i.e. a true course on departure from 0° to 180°. A point is west of one's location if the great circle track has a true course on departure from 180° to 360°. The following extreme points are abstracted from the above wikipedia page, and are reproduced here for the reader's convenience. Coordinates use the NAD27 datum except where indicated by "datum uncertain" for certain extrema lying outside the contiguous 48 states. Here, the corresponding references do not specify the datum. Please E-mail the webmaster with any corrections, comments, and updates. Contiguous 48 United States Northernmost - Northwest Angle, Minnesota (49.38407°N, 95.15274° W) Southernmost1 - Cape Sable, Florida (25.11567° N, 81.08579° W)                         The southernmost point on the mainland.                       - Ballast Key, Florida (24.52° N, 81.965° W)                         The southernmost land permanently above the waterline. Easternmost - West Quoddy Head, Maine (44.81335° N, 66.94975° W)                       The easternmost land permanently above the waterline.                       Sail Rock, just offshore, is occasionally underwater. Westernmost - Cape Alava, Washington (48.16974° N, 124.73004° W)                       The westernmost point on the mainland.                     - Bodelteh Islands, Washington (48.17761° N, 124.76479° W)                       The westernmost land permanently above the waterline. Highest         - Mount Whitney, California (14,494 feet)                       The new NAVD88 vertical datum yields 14,505 feet. Lowest         - Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California (-282 feet)         1 Key West, Florida falsely bills itself as being the southernmost   land in the forty-eight states. 50 United States Northernmost - Point Barrow, Alaska (71.39040° N, 156.47741° W) Southernmost - Ka Lae, Hawaii (18.91023° N, 155.67927° W) Easternmost - West Quoddy Head, Maine (44.81335° N, 66.94975° W)                       The easternmost land permanently above the waterline.                       Sail Rock, just offshore, is occasionally underwater. Westernmost - Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska (65.64° N, 168.12° W) datum uncertain                       The westernmost point on the North American continent.                     - Peaked Island, offshore from Cape Wrangell,                       Attu Island, Alaska (52.92° N, 172.44° E) datum uncertain Highest         - Mount McKinley, Alaska (20,320 feet)                       Known also by its native name, "Denali". Lowest         - Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California (-282 feet) All United States Territory Northernmost - Point Barrow, Alaska (71.39040° N, 156.47741° W) Southernmost - Rose Atoll, American Samoa (14.374° S, 170.7595° W) datum uncertain Easternmost - Point Udall, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands           (17.7555° N, 64.5650° W) datum uncertain Westernmost - Udall Point, Guam (13.4475° N, 144.6182° E) datum uncertain Highest         - Mount McKinley, Alaska (20,320 feet)                       Known also by its native name, "Denali". Lowest         - Badwate