The 2013 Disney animation Frozen is based on what Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, in Danish 'Snedronningen'?

Disney adapts Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘Snow Queen’ into ‘Frozen’ | Inquirer lifestyle Disney adapts Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘Snow Queen’ into ‘Frozen’ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 01:42 AM December 02, 2013 NEW DISNEY film is based on Andersen’s longest and best work. Walt Disney Animation Studios is at it again. This time Disney has thought of sanitizing  Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s grim tale “The Snow Queen.” Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, “Frozen” is a computer-generated film loosely based on Andersen’s classic tale. Lee wrote the script. First published in 1845, “The Snow Queen” is the longest and most highly acclaimed of Andersen’s works. It is told in seven stories. ADVERTISEMENT It starts with a magic mirror created by the devil that has the power to make people look at the ugly side of others. In an attempt by the devil to bring it to heaven to create chaos, it falls down and breaks, sending the shards piercing into people’s hearts and filling everyone with contempt. Years laters, a boy named Kai and a girl named Gerda living near each other strike a wonderful friendship. But like the other people, one of the shards eventually gets into Kai’s heart and he soon turns cold toward the others and  Gerda. One day, he goes out missing when he is lured by the Snow Queen while playing with his sled. Ignorant of his whereabouts, Gerda grows desperate to find him. In her journey, she is clued in that Kai has been imprisoned by the Snow Queen, and so she sets forth to save him. Uncontrollable power Unlike most of Andersen’s tale, the story does not end in tragedy and the two friends are able to get out alive. Disneyfication Disney’s version comes out more differently. SCENES from “Frozen.” Two sisters discover that one of them possesses an uncontrollable power to create snow and ice. Two sisters discover that one of them possesses an uncontrollable power to create snow and ice. Princess Elsa (voiced by Kristen Bell), who is gifted with the power, accidently hurts her sister Princess Anna (Idina Menzel) while they are playing in the snow. Ridden with guilt, Elsa starts to live in isolation in her fear of hurting her sister again. However, Anna does not remember anything about the incident. With the help of a newfound friend, and a snowman named Olaf, Elsa embarks on a journey to find Anna, who has been ostracized by everyone to keep her from hurting anybody. Love and fear Lee said the Disney version of the story started as a very simple idea about the power of family that usually developed into something grander. “We wanted the movie to be both timely and timeless,” Lee said. “We were going for something contemporary that everyone would understand and we realized that fear is so often the very thing that gives us a negative outlook, that threatens our relationships. Every single scene, in its own way, supports our themes of family and love, and real love versus fear. And it’s fear that drives Elsa.” Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” has long piqued the interest of Disney filmmakers dating back to Walt Disney himself. The idea, of course, was to capture the sentiment and themes of the original story. One of Andersen’s tales sanitized and turned into a Disney film is “Little Mermaid,” which came out in 1989. Opening across the Philippines in 3D and 2D on Nov. 27, “Frozen” is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International through Columbia Pictures.


The conventional symbol for electrical current is?

Why is I the symbol for electric current? - Quora Quora Written Jun 18, 2011 It's from the French for intensite de courant or current intensity in Engish. Wikipedia elaborates: The conventional symbol for current is I, which may seem puzzling. It originates from the French phrase intensité de courant, or in Englishcurrent intensity.[3][4] This phrase is frequently used when discussing the value of an electric current, especially in older texts; modern practice often shortens this to simply current but current intensity is still used in many recent textbooks. The I symbol was used by André-Marie Ampère himself, after whom the unit of electric current is named, in formulating the eponymous Ampère's force law which he discovered in 1820.[5] The notation travelled from France to England where it became standard, although at least one journal did not change from using C to I until 1896.[6]


"US president Theodore Roosevelt's quote (from which a style of state foreign policy is named), is ""Speak softly and carry a big...""?"

Theodore Roosevelt: Foreign Affairs—Miller Center About the Administration Theodore Roosevelt inherited an empire-in-the-making when he assumed office in 1901. After the Spanish-American War in 1898, Spain ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States. In addition, the United States established a protectorate over Cuba and annexed Hawaii. For the first time in its history, the United States had acquired an overseas empire. As President, Roosevelt wanted to increase the influence and prestige of the United States on the world stage and make the country a global power. He also believed that the exportation of American values and ideals would have an ennobling effect on the world. TR's diplomatic maxim was to "speak softly and carry a big stick," and he maintained that a chief executive must be willing to use force when necessary while practicing the art of persuasion. He therefore sought to assemble a powerful and reliable defense for the United States to avoid conflicts with enemies who might prey on weakness. Roosevelt followed McKinley in ending the relative isolationism that had dominated the country since the mid-1800s, acting aggressively in foreign affairs, often without the support or consent of Congress. Philippines One of the situations that Roosevelt inherited upon taking office was governance of the Philippines, an island nation in Asia. During the Spanish-American War, the United States had taken control of the archipelago from Spain. When Roosevelt appointed William Howard Taft as the first civilian governor of the islands in 1901, Taft recommended the creation of a civil government with an elected legislative assembly. The Taft administration was able to negotiate with Congress for a bill that included a governor general, an independent judiciary, and the legislative assembly. Panama Canal The most spectacular of Roosevelt's foreign policy initiatives was the establishment of the Panama Canal. For years, U.S. naval leaders had dreamed of building a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Central America. During the war with Spain, American ships in the Pacific had to steam around the tip of South America in two-month voyages to join the U.S. fleet off the coast of Cuba. In 1901, the United States negotiated with Britain for the support of an American-controlled canal that would be constructed either in Nicaragua or through a strip of land—Panama—owned by Colombia. In a flourish of closed-door maneuvers, the Senate approved a route through Panama, contingent upon Colombian approval. When Colombia balked at the terms of the agreement, the United States supported a Panamanian revolution with money and a naval blockade, the latter of which prevented Colombian troops from landing in Panama. In 1903, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with Panama gave the United States perpetual control of the canal for a price of $10 million and an annual payment of $250,000. When he visited Panama in 1906 to observe the building of the canal, Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to leave the country during his term of office. He wanted to see the spectacle, which became known as one of the world's greatest engineering feats. Nearly 30,000 workers labored ten-hour days for ten years to build the $400-million canal, during which time American officials were able to counteract the scourge of Yellow Fever that had ravaged large numbers of canal workers. The Panama Canal was finally completed in 1914; by 1925, more than 5,000 merchant ships had traversed the forty miles of locks each year. Once operational, it shortened the voyage from San Francisco to New York by more than 8,000 miles. The process of building the canal generated advances in U.S. technology and engineering skills. This project also converted the Panama Canal Zone into a major staging area for American military forces, making the United States the dominant military power in Central America. Roosevelt Corollary Latin America consumed a fair amount of Roosevelt's time and energy during his first term as President. Venezuela became a fo


Lafarge, Holcim, and Heidelberg are among the world's leading producers of?

Holcim looked at HeidelbergCement before Lafarge deal: newspaper Holcim looked at HeidelbergCement before Lafarge deal: newspaper Tweet Share The logo of Swiss cement maker Holcim is seen on a railway-car in the town of Schlieren near Zurich April 1, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann More ZURICH (Reuters) - Holcim (HOLN.VX) looked at buying Germany's HeidelbergCement (HEIG.DE) towards the end of 2013 before agreeing to merge with France's Lafarge (LAFP.PA), a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday, citing two sources. Then-Holcim chairman Rolf Soiron spoke with HeidelbergCement's biggest shareholder, Ludwig Merckle, who owns around 25 percent of HeidelbergCement shares through the family-run Spohn Cement, the SonntagsZeitung newspaper reported. "Right before the talks with Lafarge, Soiron discussed a merger with Heidelberg," the Swiss newspaper quoted one of the sources as saying. "Heidelberg declined it, though, because a merger among equals was not possible." A spokesman for Zurich-based Holcim declined to comment on the report. A spokesman for HeidelbergCement was not immediately available for comment. The tie-up between Holcim and Lafarge was announced in April 2014. Since then, the deal to create the world's biggest cement business has been thrown into doubt after Holcim shareholders raised objections to terms of the deal including the choice of chief executive. Holcim and Lafarge have now agreed a new share-swap ratio that is more advantageous to Holcim investors but some investors, including Holcim's second-biggest shareholder, are still calling for improved terms. It is also not yet known who will lead the merged company after it was agreed that Lafarge boss Bruno Lafont would no longer become chief executive of the combined company. Holcim investors against the deal have set up a website laying out their arguments. Holcim shareholders will vote on the deal at a meeting on May 8. (Reporting by Joshua Franklin; Additional reporting by Oliver Hirt in Zurich and Victoria Bryan in Berlin; editing by Jason Neely) Reblog


Jean-Marie and daughter Marine Le Pen are leading figures in French extreme?

How the National Front Changed France | Jacobin Subscribe How the National Front Changed France Marine Le Pen has taken the National Front into the French mainstream without shedding the party’s far-right politics. by Hugh McDonnell Marine Le Pen delivering a speech in 2011. Marine Le Pen / Flickr The new issue of Jacobin, centering on development and the Global South, is out now. To celebrate its release,  new subscriptions start at only $14.95. Over the summer Jean-Marie Le Pen was expelled from the National Front (FN) — the far-right party he cofounded, led for nearly four decades, and is the largest of its kind in Europe. The expulsion, which Le Pen is contesting, was the culmination of a months-long family feud between Jean-Marie and his successor and daughter, Marine Le Pen. At issue were a series of comments Jean-Marie made in April of this year. First, in an interview on the flagship current affairs show Bourdin Direct , he repeated his claim, made at various junctures in his career, that the Nazi gas chambers were “a detail” of the Second World War. Furthermore, he insisted that all kinds of patriots are welcome in the FN — fervent Pétainists (collaborationists with Vichy France) just as much as fervent Gaullists. Shortly after, he accepted an interview with Rivarol — a publication that sports a masthead of traditional and antisemitic far-right thinkers that the current FN leadership shuns. Granting an interview with such an outlet would have rankled on its own. But Jean-Marie then doubled down on his earlier claims, reiterating that Pétainists have a place in the FN (as well as defenders of French Algeria, Gaullists, former Communists, and all patriots “who have France at heart”). The remarks, and the very bitter personal feud that ensued, make excellent copy for gossip columns and shows. But they also offer an excellent point of entry for understanding the recent history and evolution of the FN — which, under Marine, is undergoing a process of “de-demonization,” ostensibly distancing itself from toxic extremism. The Mariniste Era After becoming party leader in January 2011, Marine Le Pen passed her first big test. In the 2012 presidential elections , she garnered 17.9 percent — surpassing her father’s personal best of 16.9 percent (in 2002) and putting the party’s disappointing 2007 showing of 10.4 percent (for which she was widely blamed) behind her. She’s since consolidated that electoral success. The FN won eleven municipalities in last March’s elections, and in the European elections two months later, the party scored a first-place finish with nearly 25 percent of the vote, netting twenty-four seats in the European Parliament. This has scored the FN additional media coverage of its castigation of EU institutions, which it holds responsible for many of France’s current woes. James Shields, a specialist on the FN, points out that “the FN gained more executive power in March 2014 than at any time in its forty-two-year history.” Purges of opponents (since the early 2000s) and increasing party membership have further strengthened Marine’s position. The party now has considerable momentum going into December’s regional elections — widely understood to be a barometer for the 2017 presidential elections, in which Marine is seen by many as the leading contender in the first round. So what are the characteristics of this revamped and revitalized National Front? Most conspicuous is its brandishing of the republican idiom. Adherents of French republicanism  profess an allegiance to the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity; separation of church and state; and liberal democracy and the rule of law. Conventional wisdom in France has long posited an unbridgeable divide between the French Republic and the National Front — its populism, dubious commitment to democracy, and racism putting it beyond the bounds of political respectability. Marine has set out to prove them wrong. At her inaugural presidential speech, to the evident discomfort of some in the audience, she proclaimed the FN “a great republican political pa


Sabatier, Victorinox and Füritechnics are leading makers of Kitchen?

Sabatier Knives Review « knives-review.com 2)  Deglon Sabatier knives . Sabatier Deglon 4″ stainless steel knife These knives are produced by the Deglon company registered in 1921 and located in Thiers, France. Sabatier DEG is one of the diverse ranges of Deglon knives. Sabatier Deg knives have forged stainless steel blades, black three-riveted thermoplastic handles and round bolster, which forms the Sabatier shape. Three rivets mean that knives have a traditional full tang with sturdy mounting. What concerns prices for Sabatier Deg knives, they are a little bit more expensive than the relevant knives of other manufacturers presented on Amazon, i.e. K Sabatier and Stellar Sabatier. See, e.g., Sabatier Deg cooks 4’’ knife with the list price of about $42. Other Deglon knives ranges usually have one to four-riveted, both POM and wooden handles, e.g. bubinga and beechwood. Two rivets mean a half tang and 4 rivets mean a compromise of a long tang instead of the full one. The overall design of Deglon knives is quite unusual and modern. 3)  Stellar Sabatier knives . Stellar Sabatier 3.5” X50CrMoV15 steel paring knife Stellar is a brand name of Horwood Homewares Ltd., the UK company established in 1896 in Bristol. Stellar Sabatier is one of the Stellar ranges of knives, and Stellar Sabatier knives are made under license from Rousselon Frères who owns the famous Mexeur Lion Sabatier. The Horwood Homewares Ltd. company also owns another brand called Sabatier Judge. Stellar Sabatier knives are forged, made from High Carbon Molybdenum Vanadium steel X50CrMoV15 and have three riveted black handles. They are less expensive as compared with K Sabatier and Deglon Sabatier brands. See, e.g., Stellar Sabatier 3.5” paring knife for the $28.  Use caution how the logo looks like on the blade – it can look different on the Amazon results page. The official logo of Stellar Sabatier knives is shown in the picture of the paring knife. 4) Other Sabatier knives. We intentionally will not discuss cheap versions for $5 to $10 in this Sabatier knives review. You can compare a cheap Sabatier 8” chef’s knife of other manufacturers which is claimed to be forged for less than $10 with other brands reviewed here if you like. But you will not see sufficient information about cheap knives on the relevant Amazon pages, as well as the number of customer reviews would be rather limited to make reliable conclusions. Along with this Sabatier knives review, see other reviews of different Western and Eastern manufacturers, in particular   Wusthof ,  Victorinox , and Shun .


Cryogenics is the study of materials in extreme?

What is Cyrogenics ? | Technotif Home » Article » Tech Article » What is Cyrogenics ? What is Cyrogenics ? In physics, cryogenics is the study of the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures (below −150 °C, −238 °F or 123 K). Cryogenics is the science of extreme cold. Research in this field aims to understand how to produce and maintain temperatures below 123 degrees Kelvin, or minus-150 degrees Celsius (minus-238 degrees Fahrenheit), and to study the effects of these freezing environments on various different physical, chemical and biological processes. Heat is generated by the random movement of molecules, and as the temperature drops they start to slow down. According to the laws of thermodynamics this cannot continue indefinitely – there must be a bottom, a point at which molecular motion stops completely. This point, the coldest possible temperature, is known as absolute zero, or zero degrees Kelvin (minus-273.15 degrees Celsius / minus-459.67 degrees Fahrenheit). As materials’ temperature approaches absolute zero, their behaviour changes dramatically. When permanent gases such as nitrogen and oxygen reach temperatures in the tens of Kelvins, they can be turned into liquids, which can be used as fuel for spacecraft, to rapidly cool food for preservation, or even for the surgical removal of damaged cells in the body. When niobium alloys drop close to absolute zero, they completely lose their electrical resistance, and become superconductors, capable of producing powerful electromagnets that can accelerate subatomic particles to almost the speed of light. And when the temperature reaches 2.19 degrees Kelvin or lower, helium loses its viscosity and becomes a superfl uid that can, amazingly enough, crawl up the sides of glass beakers. (Source : How-It-Works Magz)


Sugar melted to its hottest confectionery stage naturally produces?

Curious Cook: sugar Curious Cook Caramelization: new science, new possibilities For me, the epitome of stovetop alchemy is  making caramel from table sugar. You start with refined sucrose, pure crystalline sweetness, put it in a pan by itself, and turn on the heat. When the sugar rises above 320°F/160°C, the solid crystals begin to melt together into a colorless syrup. Then another 10 or 20 degrees above that, the syrup begins to turn brown, emits a rich, mouth-watering aroma, and adds tart and savory and bitter to its original sweetness. That's the magic of cooking front and center: from one odorless, colorless, simply sweet molecule, heat creates hundreds of different molecules, some aromatic and some tasty and some colored. How does heat turn sugar into caramel? Heat is a kind of energy that makes atoms and molecules move faster. In room-temperature table sugar, the sucrose molecules  are jittery but standing in place, held still by the forces of attraction to their neighbors. As the sugar heats up in the pan, its molecules get more and more jittery, to the point that their jitters overcome the attractive forces and they can jump from one set of neighbors to another. The solid crystals thus become a free-flowing liquid. Then, as the temperature of the sugar molecules continues to rise, the force of their jittering and  jumping becomes stronger than the forces holding their own atoms together. The molecules break apart into fragments, and the fragments slam into each other hard enough to form new molecules. That's what I've thought for many years, along with most cooks and confectioners and carbohydrate chemists: heat melts sugar, and then begins to break it apart and create the delicious mixture we call caramel. And we've all been wrong. It turns out that, strictly speaking, sugar doesn't actually melt.  And it can caramelize while it's still solid. So proved chemist Shelly Schmidt and her colleagues at the University of Illinois in studies published last year. It's dismaying to think that so many could be so wrong for so long about such a basic ingredient and process! But it's also a rare opportunity to rethink the possibilities of the basic. Here's a plateful of possibilities; scroll down for more. Professor Schmidt's group made their discovery when they tried to nail down the precise melting point of sucrose. The figures reported in the technical literature vary widely, and it wasn't clear why. The melting point of a substance is the temperature at which it turns from a solid into a liquid while maintaining its chemical identity. When solid ice turns into liquid water, for example, the molecules of H2O move fast enough to escape the attractive forces of their neighbors, but they're still H2O. And it doesn't matter how fast the substance heats up: the melting point is the same. Ice melts at 32°F/0°C. Always. After careful analysis, Professor Schmidt found that whenever sugar gets hot enough to turn from a solid into a liquid, some of its molecules are also breaking apart. So sucrose doesn't have a true melting point. Instead it has a range of temperatures in which its molecules are energetic enough to shake loose from their neighbors, and a range in which the molecules jitter themselves apart and form new ones. And these two ranges overlap. Whenever sugar gets hot enough to liquefy, it's also breaking down and turning into caramel. But it starts to break down even before it starts to liquefy. And the more that sugar breaks down while it's still solid, the lower the temperature at which it will liquefy. When we make caramel standing at the stove, we use high heat to liquefy and then brown the sugar in a few minutes, and the liquefying temperature can be upwards of 380°F/190°C. But Professor Schmidt's group found that when they ramped up the heat slowly, over the course of an hour, so that significant chemical breakdown takes place before the solid structure gives way, the sugar liquefied at 290°F/145°C.  I made the caramelized sugars in these photos by putting crystals and cubes in my gas oven at around 250°F/125°C,


Taisho (1st World War), and Heisei (late 1900s/early 2000 - 'the lost decade') are periods of which nation's history?

Japan, 1900 A.D.–present | Chronology | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Heisei period, 1989–present Overview The twentieth century is a turbulent time in Japan, as the country vacillates between unprecedented heights of power and wealth and the depths of poverty and devastation. After the dramatic efforts to modernize politically, socially, economically, and culturally during the Meiji Restoration, Japan seeks to win control over neighboring countries, competing with Western imperialist ambitions. Finally, Japan participates in World War I, fighting on the side of the Allies. Despite dramatic industrial and financial expansion during the war years, along with the rest of the world, Japan is plunged into economic crisis in the 1920s, accompanied by social upheaval caused by the stresses of unemployment, an expanding population, and rapid urban growth. Continuing an imperialist agenda and buttressed by a strong sense of nationalism, Japan, allied with Germany and Italy, enters World War II hoping to gain control of strategic territory and natural resources in East and Southeast Asia. Despite initial successes, Japan is ultimately defeated by the United States, ending with the horrific detonation of two atomic bombs. Japan’s postwar period is marked by a miraculous revival, culminating within a few decades in the nation’s emergence as one of the world’s wealthiest democracies. Culturally, Japanese art parallels the country’s historical experience during this century. On one hand, interest in traditional art forms, including woodblock prints, kabuki theater, ceramics, and native crafts, continues and is sometimes coupled with nationalistic motivations and identification. On the other hand, not only do Japanese artists and the public continue to study and be influenced by foreign art techniques, forms, and trends, such as oil painting, sculpture, psychologically probing novels, modern dance, and Western-style architecture, but many Japanese artists gain worldwide renown. Japanese artists also master and use expressively and innovatively such new art forms as cinema, animation, photography, and fashion. Key Events 1905 The Treaty of Portsmouth ends the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5) and gives Japan full control of Korea, the southern Sakhalin Islands, and China’s southern Liaodong Peninsula. Manchuria is returned to China and Japan agrees to pay Russia for its lost territory. 1910 Japan officially annexes Korea, which remains a Japanese colony until 1945. 1912 Emperor Meiji dies and his third son Yoshihito (Emperor Taisho, 1879–1926) is coronated. 1914 On August 23, Japan declares war against Germany, entering World War I on the side of the allies Great Britain, France, and Russia. Japan is primarily motivated by a desire to expand its territorial interests, especially in China and the Pacific Islands. Although the Treaty of Versailles, which ends the war in 1919, focuses on European concerns, Japan maintains economic influence in China’s Shandong Peninsula, gains control over Pacific islands formerly dominated by Germany, and joins the League of Nations. 1916 The first animated film is made in Japan, beginning an art form that will grow throughout the century to gain worldwide fame. Ofuji Noburo (1900–1961), who creates animated movies using cutout silhouettes, is the first Japanese filmmaker in this field to gain global recognition. 1918 Hara Takashi (1856–1921), head of the Seiyukai political party—the opposition of the Rikken Doshikai party (later called Kenseikai)—is named prime minister and forms what is considered Japan’s first party cabinet. Although nonpartisan senior ministers succeed in appointing a nonparty successor to Hara after he is assassinated in 1921, this important step in the development of a two-party political system in Japan eventually has lasting results. 1923 A major earthquake, followed by firestorms, devastates the greater Tokyo region. After the resulting social uprisings and disorder are quelled, there is an enormous need for new archi


Founded c1940 by art historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, and still expanding, Pevsner Guides are major reference for British?

Local History News Number 117 Autumn 2015 | British Association For Local History (BALH) British Association For Local History (BALH) Local History News Number 117 Autumn 2015 Availability: In Stock 1. Keeping societies going Show more ￫ Show less ￬ Alan Crosby In her book Zen and the art of local history, which I considered in a review article in the April 2015 issue of The Local Historian, Carol Kammen provides a most interesting analysis (written in 2004) of local history societies in the United States. It is clear that much of their experience has been paralleled in the British Isles. The great growth period was the 1970s and 1980s though in the US, as in Britain, a substantial number of societies are much older. Carol observes, however, that lately the momentum has slackened. In her county in New York State there were two societies in 1976 and seven in 2004, but ‘one of those seven ... seems to have run out of steam’. She identifies some of the underlying factors, which are familiar to many of us. In the 1980s ‘there was great interest in preserving and celebrating the town’s history [but] the organizing people – who were not young then – are now twenty-some years older’. They haven’t the energy, she suggests, to keep the society going and they have ‘not been replaced or supplemented by younger folks’. Even with money in the treasury and a full programme, ‘few of the members turn out for them (especially if a meeting is at night)’. She itemises other factors which many of us know from our own experience: the cost of buildings and room hire; the question of insurance (though in Britain BALH offers an outstandingly good insurance package tailor-made for societies); a lack of community interest and identity; and the multitude of electronic distractions and diversions which make a hard seat in a draughty hall on a wet November night seem unappealing. With her usual ability to turn a pithy phrase, Carol notes that ‘many of these organizations are finding that beginning a society is more fun than running one’, and that in the case of campaigning societies ‘there is energy and enthusiasm for saving something but ... money is harder to come by for ongoing maintenance’. She draws a parallel with the decline in the number of churches and chapels, a phenomenon typical of America as of Britain: ‘we have a number of weak institutions, and too little money to support them all’, implying that amalgamation and rationalisation of societies might be a gathering trend. We’ve seen this in action in the British Association for Local History itself: in the past decade we have amalgamated with the Association of Local History Tutors and the Conference on Regional and Local History because neither of the latter organisations foresaw a long-term future. Consolidation has taken place, and has brought some exceptionally able and well-qualified people into BALH, enriching and reinforcing our own role. But Carol also warns about the dangers – especially the risk which is posed to collections of artefacts, printed works and documents – and, if an organisation owns property, the knotty legal issues which can be raised by the ‘death of an organization’. It’s easy to generalise. My own city, Preston, has a local history society which twenty years ago was comatose but which now regularly has audiences of over 200, runs a stimulating and lively website, has a campaigning role and an enviably good links with local media. In contrast, the more overtly historic city of Lancaster, twenty miles up the road, doesn’t even have a society – it went into liquidation about twenty years ago. So much, in the end, depends on people -  their enthusiasm, imagination and innovative thinking, organisational flair and talent for promotion and publicity. As Carol Kammen concludes, ‘we all need to be protective about the health of our local institutions’.  2. Not Least in the Crusade: Medical Caregiving in First World War Britain Show more ￫ Show less ￬ Jessica Meyer The military medical history of the First World War is a surprisingly under-researched field.  While cult


Which popular BBC children's TV characters ate 'blue string pudding', The... ?

The 10 best children's TV characters | Culture | The Guardian The 10 best children's TV characters The 10 best children's TV characters Share on Messenger Close From cult figures guaranteed to generate nostalgia in grownups to today's kids' heroes, here are our favourite children's TV characters Who else should have made the list? Have your say in the comments and your contribution could be featured in our alternative readers' 10 best next week Saturday 14 December 2013 11.30 EST First published on Saturday 14 December 2013 11.30 EST Bagpuss “An old, saggy cloth cat. Baggy and a bit loose at the seams, but Emily loved him.” Thus was the star of Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate’s 1974 stop-motion classic introduced. Emily (played by Firmin’s daughter Emily) would bring broken things back to her shop and leave them in front of her sleepy pink-and-white-striped stuffed cat. He’d wake up, his friends would come to life and the object would be magically fixed. Only 13 episodes were made but it regularly tops polls of the best children’s programme ever. Bagpuss himself has retired to the Canterbury Heritage Museum Photograph: Creations of Oliver Postgate Pinterest Danger Mouse This animated 80s spy parody from Cosgrove Hall (makers of Chorlton and the Wheelies, Jamie and the Magic Torch and Danger Mouse spin-off Count Duckula) saw the titular rodent and his bumbling hamster sidekick, Penfold, fighting to save the world from the villainous likes of wheezy toad Baron Silas Greenback and his Italian crow henchman, Stiletto Mafiosa. The one-eyed “white wonder” spoke 34 languages, practised seventh-level yoga, mastered the ancient martial art of kung moggy and lived in a pillarbox. David Jason and Terry Scott provided the voices, and the show became the first British cartoon to crack the US market. Crumbs, chief! Penfold, shush! Photograph: FremantleMedia /Rex Features Pinterest Tucker Jenkins Cue a cartoon sausage on a fork. Phil Redmond’s gritty school drama Grange Hill lasted an impressive three decades, starting in 1978 and ringing the final bell five years ago . Every viewer had their own favourite pupil, depending on age – Zammo Maguire, Gripper Stebson, Trisha Yates, Danny Kendall, Pogo Patterson, Stewpot Stewart, Roly Browning, Ziggy Greaves, Imelda Davis, Gonch Gardner – but the original anti-hero was mop-topped tearaway Tucker, played by Todd Carty. Along with mates Alan, Benny and Tommy, Tucker was always bunking off and getting into scrapes, but had a heart of gold underneath. He later had his own spin-off, Tucker’s Luck, and returned to Grange Hill for the last ever episode. Flippin’ ’eck, Tucker! Leg it! Photograph: PR Pinterest Hong Kong Phooey Another cult classic of surprisingly short duration, there were just 16 episodes of this 1974 Hanna-Barbera kung fu parody. Voiced by Scatman Crothers, hero Penry Pooch was a “mild-mannered janitor” at a police station who jumped into a filing cabinet to transform into high-kicking crime-fighter Hong Kong Phooey. Who is actually pretty useless until his world-weary cat Spot (who was striped, obviously) rolls his eyes and intervenes. The duo rode in the Phooeymobile, which could be transformed into any vehicle with a bang of a gong. A film remake is currently in production, voiced by Eddie Murphy. Fanriffic! Hiiii-ya! Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features Pinterest Scooby-Doo “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t been for you meddling kids!” This Hanna-Barbera cartoon saw four teenagers (Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy) and their talking great dane travel around in a psychedelic van (the Mystery Machine), cracking supposedly supernatural cases – which invariably ended up being the work of a flesh-and-blood villain in a mask. The cowardly, permanently hungry mutt was originally called Too Much, but renamed after a Frank Sinatra scat. The franchise started in 1969 and is still going strong . Quality-wise, however, it all went horribly downhill when Scoob’s deeply annoying nephew Scrappy-Doo joined in 1980 Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar Pinterest The Cl


Invented in 1656, what was the most reliable time-keeping technology until the 1930s?

A Brief History Of... | the simple things in life the simple things in life Standard Imagine dipping your hands into a home made concoction for two to four hours in the hope that your nails might resemble a different shade. That’s what the Ancient Chinese did in 3000 BC. They made a mixture of egg whites, bee’s wax, gelatin and gum arabic, with roses or other flower petals added to give the desired colour. At the same time, in Egypt, women were dying their nails using strawberries or henna among other things. The richness of nail colour signified social status, and the lower classes were only permitted to colour their nails in pale shades. The wealthy and higher classes had more choice. Cleopatra usually painted her nails in a dark red shade. In 600AD, the tradition of colour selection for class continued. In China during this century people of the highest classes and royalty painted their nails silver and gold, which were the royal colours. The lower classes were not allowed to paint their nails at all, and if an individual was discovered with painted nails, this violation would result in punishment in the form of death. At the beginning of the 19th century, nails were buffed with a chamois cloth and tinted with scented red oils. The idea of smooth, shiny nails became more favourable than simply painted nails during this century and people would additionally rub scented and tinted powders into their nails after polishing them. The first modern nail polish was developed to coincide with the progress of paint used for cars. This relationship was important as it accounted for factors previously not considered such as the moving and changing of the nail shape as it grows. The paint for cars was also being designed not to crack or flake under extreme circumstances, and if you think about what you put your nails through every day, well, you can see the logic. Psychiatrists once considered nail polish to be unhealthy and a form of self-mutilation . This theory was disproved in the end – it would be very concerning if it wasn’t as there would be a lot of people out their getting their nails ‘mutilated’ with friends each day. Standard Pearls are the oldest of all gems found on earth and are a cultural representative femininity, beauty and power which has made them ideal wedding gifts over thousands of years. Unlike all other gems, an animal – the oyster, makes pearls and no two pears are the same as the Latin word describes them to be ‘unique’. If you were to travel to the Louvre in Paris, you would find the oldest fragment of a pear known to mankind. It was found in the sarcophagus of a Persian princess who lived died in 520 BC. Pearls were thought to harbour special magical powers capable of curing illness and warding off evil spirits. They were also selected as a special gem that could only be worn by the rich, decorated and powerful. In classical Rome, only people of a certain rank were permitted to wear pearls. As early as 3500 BC pearls were thought to have been worn by civilised Asian and Middle Eastern societies. A society’s love of all things pearly reached its height during the Roman era. While a single pearl could fund a General’s entire political campaign at the time, women were adorned will pearls woven into their clothing and constructed into jewellery. It is said that Cleopatra dissolved a single pearl in a glass of wine before drinking it to prove in a wager that with Mark Antony that she could consume the wealth of an entire nation in a single meal. During the dark ages, European knights reportedly wore pearls into battle for their spiritual properties and their resemblance to the powerful moon. During the expansion into the New World of the Americas, the pearl industry flourished. This was relatively short lived however, as by the late 17th century pearls in American waters became so scarce that the industry failed. The introduction of fake pearls to the market aided the decline of the industry as well as the discovery of diamonds in Brazil. Pearl diving was a very dangerous exercise with the depths of the ocea


Michael Ibsen, descendent and 2012 DNA match-proof for English King Richard III, was also (What?) at Richard III's reinterment in 2015?

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Approximately how many litres of water is required to produce a kilo of grain-fed beef?

Beef And Water: The Efficiency Equation Beef And Water: The Efficiency Equation The National Meat Association debunks myths about beef production. National Meat Association | Mar 12, 2012 In an ad last week in the Wall Street Journal, Fidelity Investments made the claim that “It takes 635 gals. of water to make one hamburger.” The source of their claim is Global Water Partnership.   Global Water Partnership doesn’t say exactly how it arrived at this estimate and one should question the accuracy of any estimate that purports to tell you how much water you need to produce a hamburger without actually telling you the size of the burger. And were they including the bun and condiments?   Elsewhere on its website, Global Water Partnership cite FAO Water statistics that it takes 13,000-15,000 liters of water to produce 1 kilo of grain-fed beef (1 kilo is about 2.2 lbs.). But these global figures do not apply to beef produced in the U.S., where production is highly efficient at creating more food with fewer inputs such as water and feed.   In fact, back in 1993 UC Davis did a peer-reviewed study on water use by the U.S. cattle industry. The result was the determination that about it takes 110 gals. to produce one quarter pounder (not including the bun and all that). Water use by the beef industry has only improved since then.   There is plenty of research that the amount of water used in our industry is far less than it used to be and that we are reducing our carbon footprint! A study by Washington State University in 2007 found that today’s farmers and ranchers raise 13% more beef from 13% fewer cattle. When compared with beef production in 1977, each pound of beef produced today:   • Produces 18% fewer carbon emissions, • Takes 30% less land, and • Requires 14% less water.


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What medieaval English word for 'expensive food' (due to a famine), came to mean 'a scarcity' (of anything)?

Revelation 6:5 Commentaries: When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (5, 6) When He had opened.—Better, When he opened. The words “and see” are to be omitted here, as in the other seals. And I saw, and behold a horse, black, and he that sat on him having a balance in his hand. And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living beings, saying, A choenix of wheat for a denarius (penny), and three choenixes of barley for a denarius (penny), and the oil and the wine do thou not hurt. “Balance:” There is scarcely a doubt that a balance, or pair of scales, is intended (the Greek word also means a yoke); but the whole imagery of the seal harmonises with the balance, and the passage from Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 45:10 ), cited by Alford, in which there is a “righteous balance” (the LXX. using the same Greek word as here) seems conclusive. It is the emblem of scarcity: food is not weighed out thus in times of abundance. (Comp. Ezekiel 4:16 , “Behold I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight and with care.”) The choenix (“measure” in English version) was the amount of food sufficient to support a man for a day. “A choenix is the daily maintenance” (Suidas, quoted by Alford). The denarius (“penny” of English version, here and in Matthew 18:28 , and Mark 12:37 ) amounted to between sixpence and sevenpence of our money, and was the usual daily pay of the labourer, and of the soldier. (See especially Note on Matthew 20:2 .) It is difficult to speak of this as other than terribly high prices for food. The whole of a man’s pay goes for food, and even the coarser bread is so expensive that it takes a whole day’s wages to supply food for three adults. It has been thought that the voice calls to the rider to check his devastations, lest the growing famine should exterminate the whole human race. This may be, but the check is at a point which has already wrought the highest misery. The extent of the misery may be imagined by imagining what wretchedness would be entailed were a man obliged to pay three or four shillings for bread sufficient to keep him nourished for a day. Or we may measure it by the estimate of the disciples ( Mark 6:37 ) that two hundred pennyworth of bread would give a short meal to upwards of five thousand people. At the price in this seal, the cost of bread would have so risen that the two hundred pennyworth of bread would not suffice to feed one thousand. But what is meant by the words, “the oil and wine do not thou hurt”? They were not, like the bread, necessary to life, but among its luxuries and superfluities. There is a kind of irony in times of straitness, when the necessaries are scarcely to be had, and the luxuries remain comparatively low in price. The splendours and comforts of life are held cheap, when hunger is showing that the life is more than the dainty meat, and the body than raiment. The seal then tells the seer that in the ages the Church of Christ must expect to see famines and distress in the world, and luxuries abounding in the midst of straitness. Is it not true that the contrast, which is so ugly, between pampered opulence and indolent, pauperism, is the result of the prevalence of world-principles? Wealth, self-indulgent and heartless, and poverty, reckless and self-willed, are sure tokens that the golden rule of Christ is not understood and obeyed. There is a similar experience in the history of the Church. The red horse of controversy is followed by the black horse of spiritual starvation. In the heat of polemical pride and passion for theological conquest is developed that love of barren dogmatics which forgets the milk of the word and the bread of life, which are the needed food of souls. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 6:1-8 Christ, the Lamb, opens the first seal: observe what appeared. A rider on a white horse. By the going forth of this white horse, a time of peace, or the


What discipline is practised according to Vaganova/Russian, French, and Cecchetti methods?

Ballet Methods: What Are They? | TutuTix May 9, 2016 Dance Life Mollie Durbin Ballet Methods: What Are They? If you need to get a lively conversation going at a party full of dancers and dance teachers, ask them which ballet method they think is the best. Ballet methods are different teaching styles or schools of ballet that have developed around the world since ballet’s inception in the 15th century. Each method has unique characteristics that define it and special characteristics in the manner it’s taught to students. Read on to learn about the main methods of ballet – and to make sure you can hold your own in that dinner party conversation. Balanchine Method The Balanchine method is also known as the American method. It was invented by George Balanchine, an esteemed choreographer who immigrated to the U.S. from Russia in the 1930s, Juliette Dupre of the blog Ballet Scoop explained. Together with Lincoln Kirstein, Balanchine opened the School of American Ballet in 1934. Younger in age than the other main ballet methods, Balanchine’s style is full of energy and vitality. While Balanchine took initial inspiration from the traditional Russian method, he rejected classical stiffness for jazzy, athletic movements, breathtaking speed and dizzying height. Every movement is pointed, emphatic and performed with the utmost expression and force. As Dupre wrote: “Even a simple port de corp devant was not to be considered a stretch but a fully artistic movement where the aesthetic of the body’s journey through space was the most important thing.” Consequently, the Balanchine method is considered neoclassical ballet. The modern and fresh approach to movement in the Balanchine method is expressed in other aspects of ballet performance as well. It rejects flouncy and frilly costumes for clean leotards, and scrapped fancy sets for simple backgrounds so that the focus is on the dancers , Ballet In You explained. The French School Where the Balanchine method is modern, the French School goes back. Way back – to the courts of Louis XIV in the late 16th century. In 1713, the Ecole de Danse de l’Opera was opened and was the teaching grounds of some of ballet’s greatest masters , according to the American Ballet Theatre. While the French school traces its influences back centuries, it came into its own under the leadership of Rudolf Nureyev, who was director of the Paris Opera Ballet in the 80s. The French School is a classical ballet style that emphasizes elegant lines, fluidity and graceful dancing along with technical precision. The French school’s true trademark is the petite batterie – a prime example of the method’s emphasis on quick, precise footwork, according to DanceSpirit magazine. Cecchetti Method Created by Italian Enrico Cecchetti, the Cecchetti method was invented as a way to teach ballet to new generations, ABT explained. Cecchitti meant business – his teaching method involves eight intense stages of training and includes strict repetition and routines. The rigid and regimented teaching style is a result of Cecchetti’s scientific attitude toward ballet and the idea that jetes and arabesques don’t just involve one part of the body, but the body as a whole, according to Ballet In You. Technical skill is tantamount, and Cecchetti dancers must practice the same movements over and over again daily. The goal is that heavy repetition, dedicated focus and steady discipline will create dancers that can withstand – and thrive in the face of – the harsh demands of ballet. English Style The English Style is also known as the Royal Academy of Dance. It was pioneered in 1920 and is a blend of the French, Italian, Danish and Russian methods, explained Dance Informa magazine. The Royal Academy of Dance is also an international dance examination standard. For English-Style-dancers, the focus is on the details and getting each and every movement exactly, with an emphasis on perfecting the basics. Progress is ultimately slow for dancers taught in the RAD method, and it takes countless hours of practicing even the smallest movement to be able to


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korea a maiden love: gifts tells the cultural story of korea this blog is your opened window to discover with me in the dream the land of the dreams korea the country of the bright morning all waht i can say to you korea this poems of love and loyality vendredi 28 août 2009 gifts tells the cultural story of korea Here are some gifts sent to me by the English and the French as the German and the Arabic service of the kbs world radio from seoul the soul of aisa You know look at this traditional gifts they were as pearls of the Korean handmade arts They tell me more than a story And they show more than a picture of the traditions of korea the land of the bright sun and the blissful morning Wow this ornament gives the felling if am in the heaven where a Korean nymph seat nearby me and tell me the story of Korean ancestors The chopsticks makes me feel that a day a will be there in korea and surly I will eat the delightful kimchi And this and that and many many gifts tell me in every time and in every season that korea is so pure and unique a world of wonders that I must see it by my Owen eyes See by your eyes and feel the perfume of hangkok Posted by bindaetteok Bindaetteok Bindaetteok first appears under the name binjatteok in the Eumsik dimibang , a cooking encyclopedia written in the 1670s by Mrs. Jang, the wife of a public officer. The dish was originally prepared by frying a mixture of water-soaked and ground mung beans, pork, bracken fern , mung bean sprouts, and cabbage kimchi. This food uses honey for seasoning, and meat was put on the bindaetteok. Rich people ate meat and poor people ate bindaetteok. Therefore, this dish was called bindaebyeong (貧乏 餅 ; literally "poor person's pancake"). the ingredients are 1/2 cup mung beans, soaked overnight 1 large egg 1/4 cup cabbage kimchi 1/2 tbsp toasted sesame oil 1/4 tsp salt Meat, usually beef, can also be added as an ingredient. In Korean restaurants, this dish is served with a small side serving of dipping sauce made of soy sauce , minced green onions , chili pepper flakes and some vinegar. sanjo sanjo Sanjo is a style of traditional Korean music , involving an instrumental solo accompanied by drumming on the janggu , an hourglass-shaped drum . Sanjo was first developed around 1890 by Kim Chang-jo (1865-1920), for the gayageum . Thereafter, it was expanded to other traditional Korean instruments, including the geomungo and Korean flutes . Its early development was informed by other genres of traditional music, including pansori , sinawi , and the performances of Korean shamanism . Daegeum sanjo, played on the daegeum (a traditional Korean transverse flute ) was developed in the 1920s. It has since become one of the most popular forms of sanjo. Its leading practitioner today is Yi Saenggang . Sanjo is traditionally identified as a form of minsogak , or folk music. korean Fish and seafood korean Fish and seafood dishes A bowl of gejang , marinated crabs in soy sauce and plates of various banchan (small side dishes). Fish and shellfish have always been a major part of Korean cuisine because of the oceans bordering the peninsula. Evidence from the 12th century illustrates that commoners consumed a diet mostly of fish and shellfish such as shrimp , clams , oysters , abalone , and loach , while sheep and hogs were reserved for the upper class. Both fresh and saltwater fish are popular and are served raw, grilled, broiled, dried, and served in soups and stews. Common grilled fish include mackerel , hairtail , croaker , and Pacific herring . Smaller fish, shrimps, squid, mollusks and countless other seafood can be salted as Jeotgal . Fish can also be grilled either whole or in fillets as banchan . Fish is often dried naturally in order to prolong storing periods and enable shipping over long distances. Fish commonly dried include yellow corvina , anchovies (myeolchi) and croaker . Dried anchovies along with kelp form the basis of common soup stocks. Shellfish is widely eaten in all different types of preparation. They can be used to prepare broth , eaten raw with chogochujang wh


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Prince Charles' private letters to government ministers, made public by the UK Supreme Court in 2015, are known as the '(What?) memos', due to his handwriting style?

Supreme court to rule on Prince Charles letters | UK news | The Guardian Prince Charles letters Supreme court to rule on Prince Charles letters Judgment due on whether government illegally blocked publication of letters to ministers in which prince sought to change policies What are Prince Charles’s ‘black spider’ memos? Friday 20 March 2015 07.46 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 19 July 2016 09.58 EDT Close This article is 1 year old The supreme court’s judgment on whether the government unlawfully blocked the publication of a series of secret letters written by Prince Charles is due to be made public on Thursday next week, court officials have announced . For 10 years, the government, with the support of Charles, has been resisting a freedom of information request by the Guardian to see the letters sent by the prince to ministers in which he sought to change policies. Thursday’s ruling appears to be the final stage of the dispute. A defeat for the government would clear the way for the publication of the correspondence, which, according to ministers, contains the prince’s “most deeply held personal views and beliefs”. The supreme court’s website lists the case as due for ruling on Thursday 26 March in courtroom one at 9.45am . The proposed bench for the ruling is Lord Neuberger – the court’s president – Lady Hale and Lord Mance. The lengthy legal battle reached the highest court in the land in November when seven judges in the supreme court started examining whether the government had the legal power to veto the publication of the letters. Dominic Grieve , the then attorney general, had overridden a court and issued the veto in 2012 because he believed that disclosure of the letters would “seriously damage” Charles’s future role as king if they were made public. The heir to the throne has for many years been accused of “meddling” in government affairs. He is reputed to have sent frequent letters to ministers on a range of issues that concern him, but their contents have rarely leaked into the public domain. These letters are known informally as the “black spider memos” because of Charles’s scrawled handwriting. Backed by the cabinet, Grieve argued that disclosing the letters could create constitutional problems as the public could come to think that the prince had disagreed with government policies. Grieve said it was crucial that, under the British constitution, the monarch was not seen to be biased towards any political party, or to become entangled in political controversies. He maintained that the prince’s ability to carry out his duties as monarch would be undermined if the letters were made public because he would not be able to recover his position of political neutrality. Ministers have spent at least £275,000 on hiring lawyers to prevent the exposure of the letters, which, according to Grieve, “were in many cases particularly frank”. What kind of King will Charles III be? | Robert Booth Read more The legal battle started in 2005 when the Guardian submitted a freedom of information request for copies of the prince’s correspondence with ministers between September 2004 and April 2005. During those months, the prince exchanged 27 pieces of correspondence with ministers in seven Whitehall departments – and it is these letters that would be published if the Guardian succeeds at the supreme court. The prince insists he wants to “promote and protect what is good about Britain and its people”, and that this entails him “acting personally as a catalyst to facilitate change, to generate debate, or to raise overlooked issues”. Issues that have concerned him have included genetically modified crops, planning and the environment. However, Charles insists that he does not stray into party political matters. The Guardian reported last year that the prince is preparing to reshape the monarch’s role if he becomes king and make “heartfelt interventions” in national life , in contrast to the Queen’s longstanding public silence. An unauthorised biography of the prince by journalist Catherine Mayer , published in February, said Charle


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The areca nut (often with betel leaf), a popular stimulant in Asia, is traditionally prepared for?

Traditional Drugs Abroad: Trying Betel Nut in Sulawesi - myWanderlist Traditional Drugs Abroad: Trying Betel Nut in Sulawesi 10th November 2013 / 15 comments Traditional drugs abroad: Chewing Betel nut in Sulawesi, Indonesia One shocking thing you will notice in the rural areas of Sulawesi is everyone smiling proudly, showing off their purple-stained slivers of teeth and a thick, bloody liquid oozing from their mouths.  I was immediately curious what is driving the popularity of chewing this degenerative substance that makes them spit blood on the sidewalk.  In the name of research (of course) I had to try it.   Widespread Abuse Betel nut is an increasingly popular drug cocktail using a combination of locally-grown narcotic plants common to Southeast Asia.  It is the 4th most used drug in the world behind caffeine, alcohol and nicotine.  It is sold on the street corners of most small towns.  In Sulawesi, these gifts are presented in sacred silver boxes at funerals as a symbol of friendship as ancient as their bizarre customs.  Betel is the perfect gift for any local homestay in Tana Toraja. What is Betel Nut? Betel nut goes by various names in each country but typically consists of and areca nut is wrapped in betel pepper leaves with mineral lime and sometimes includes spices to mask the bitter flavor of the areca nut.  Tobacco leaves are often added, increasing addictiveness substantially.  In Sulawesi, betel is also prepared with a mustard stick dipped in lime.  Copius amounts of these ingredients can be bought for around US40 cents. These piles of innocent areca nuts adorning the sidewalk stands pack a punch A Hillbilly Drug Cocktail This homegrown concoction of medicinal plants contains a variety of drugs that creates a melody of effects on the body.  Betel leaf is a mild stimulant, creates a warming sensation and creates a sense of alertness.  Areca nut, which grows on a palm tree, contains arecoline, a powerful muscarinic that can rapidly cross the blood-brain barrier and increase alertness, stamina, and euphoria.  Mustard stick is a stimulant used to suppress hunger, reduce stress and increase focus. For the newbies, pre-made clods of betel nut are available A Cure for Everything Betel nut is prescribed by local witch doctors to kill worms, remove phlegm, improve breath, aid in digestion, incite passion, reduce stress and even to control schizophrenia. Believe it or not, this deformative substance was once marketed as a high-end toothpaste in the iconic Harrod’s Department Store in London. What could be so compelling about a debilitating drug that someone would proudly display their betel teeth in public? My notes from a night chewing betel nut with locals in Sulawesi, Indonesia Step 1: Cut open the areca nut to reveal the spotted center.  I wrap it in leaves from the betel pepper plant.   I chew it for a few minutes into a mushy consistency and form the contents into plug and place it between my gums and cheek.   “The nut is soft with a strong, sour and bitter flavor and the spicy betel leaf mellows out the taste.  It has a gritty consistency.  After a few seconds my whole head and face is burning and flushed red.   My heart starts beating wildly.” The bitter meat of the areca nut creates intense feelings of euphoria   Step 2: Dip the bean-shaped mustard fruit into a bag of white powder that made from crushed snail shells.  The lime in this powder activates the chemicals in the areca nut.  Bite the mustard seed directly into the wad. Caustic mineral lime made from snail shells activates powerful narcotics within these natural ingredients   “The mustard fruit has an intense, face-warping bitter flavor that immediately makes me cringe.  Despite creating a drying feeling in my mouth, I’m salivating like crazy, and it is a very gritty consistency.  As I spit into a cup, my saliva is a deep orange red color like blood.  I feel euphoric, dizzy and my legs are wobbly.  I’m a bit high, but focused and energized.”   Step 3: Add some raw tobacco to the mix and begin chewing…   Spittling blood into a glass at dinner would c


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The eponymous cannabis brand launched in 2015 by a famous country music singer is?

Will Popular Marijuana Strains Become Like Fine Wines? Will Popular Marijuana Strains Become Like Fine Wines? By Steven Maxwell I’m a recreational cannabis refugee. I moved to the Pacific Northwest to avoid the potential of being thrown in a cage for smoking a flower that makes my life better. I’m old enough to remember when good marijuana was rare and called “kine buds.” Kine comes from Hawaiian pigeon speak for “the good kind.” Since Hawaii has had a long love affair with potent pakalolo (crazy smoke), with strains like Maui Waui becoming world famous, kine became universal slang for “the good weed” even for a teenager like me in the 1990s in Connecticut. Brick weed of unknown origin was much more common in those days. As the legalization of cannabis expands, so does the knowledge of the best strains and their effects. Today brick weed is all but extinct in the United States while genetic strains of cannabis are becoming very sophisticated. Crowd sourcing experiences may prove more accurate than clinical studies could ever be. Sites like Leafly and others have curated thousands of experiences about how different strains and doses of cannabis affect people. Although marijuana effects seem to be unique for each individual, much like various alcohol drinks are, some common traits are identifiable. In a previous article, I described the general  differences between sativa and indica strains . Sativa has a more energetic, heady and creative effect, while indica is more pain-relieving and sleep-inducing. But like fine wines, there are subtleties to consider. Some strains are bred to maximize output of flowers with compounds like tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the primary mind-altering ingredient in cannabis. While other strains are bred to limit the THC and emphasize other beneficial compounds to help children cope with debilitating illnesses. Charlotte’s Web is a notable low-THC strain produced to reduce seizures in kids without getting them high. Watch this brief clip of CNN’s special Weed about the people behind Charlotte’s web: There are 5 major cannabinoids THC, CBD, CBN, CBC and CBG. Each strain of marijuana has a different composition of these cannabinoids in order to achieve different effects. Clever botanists then deliberately breed strains to optimize certain traits and features. Original genetic strains of cannabis are called Landraces. They are the Holy Grail for strain hunters and breeders who will go to great lengths to acquire them. The short film below follows cannabis breeding legend, Arjan Roskam, and his crew of strain hunters in Colombia to look for three of the country’s rarest types of weed, strains that have remained genetically pure for decades. Landraces have been bred together to create some world-renowned strains like  White Widow  which is 60% South Indian indica and 40% Brazilian sativa and boasts 20-22% THC. The name White Widow refers to how the strain’s huge colas become snow covered with white crystal trichomes towards the end of their flowering period. White Widow has since spawned many other popular strains like White Russian, White Rhino, and Blue Widow. Highly tailored cannabis strains are beginning to resemble fine wine whereby the richness is found in the varying scents, flavors, sensations, origin stories and growing method. Even name brands are beginning to take shape with celebrity brands leading the charge. Music legend and longtime defender of marijuana, Willie Nelson, has launched a premium quality brand called Willie’s Reserve which sells multiple strains in elegant packaging. Will Willie’s Reserve White Widow become comparable to Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon? Blunt-smoking Snoop Dogg has gotten into the action with his brand  Leafs By Snoop . Singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge  launched a cannabis-infused wine tincture “Private Reserve.” What’s more, the day job of the current Libertarian presidential candidate, Gary Johnson, who’s polling in double-digits against Clinton and Trump, is the president and CEO of Cannabis Sativa Inc . The publicly traded company fo


Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, who first appeared in Detective Comics No27 in May 1939?

Is Batman DC or Marvel? - Quora Quora Update Cancel Answer Wiki Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). Originally named "the Bat-Man", the character is also referred to by such epithets as "the Caped Crusader", "the Dark Knight", and "the World's Greatest Detective". 14 Answers Written Sep 16, 2015 Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). Originally named "the Bat-Man", the character is also referred to by such epithets as the "Caped Crusader", the "Dark Knight", and the "World's Greatest Detective". Written Sep 6, 2015 DC. Batman was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Just appreciate how long ago that was, in the year that World War II broke out. Batman has gone on to become one of the most recognizable and arguably most popular superheroes of all time. Batman has spawned a massive legacy of graphic novels, television, video game and movie franchises as well as tons of merchandise. Hope this answers your question. :) DC. Here’s a list to help you distinguish DC and Marvel characters: DC: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Shazam, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman and Green Arrow. Marvel: Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, Wolverine and Ant-Man, such teams as the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and the Inhumans, with antagonists such as Doctor Doom, Red Skull, Green Goblin, Ultron, Doctor Octopus, Thanos, Magneto and Loki. Btw if you like DC I recommend you one place to find DC Comics fanarts. You can also communicate with DC lovers here.


What is the area of an isosceles right-angled triangle whose short sides are 2 metres each?

Shortcut and Formulas of Mensuration (Triangle) Shortcut and Formulas of Mensuration (Triangle) Nov 17 Shortcut and Formulas of Mensuration (Triangle) Today we are covering Shortcuts and formulas for how to solve Triangle problem in Mensuration. Before moving ahead with formulas of Triangle, let us first understand basics of Mensuration. MENSURATION-I (Area & Perimeter) AREA The area of any figure is the amount of surface enclosed within its bounding lines. Area is always expressed in square units. UNITS OF MEASURING AREA 100 sq Millimeters = 1sq centimeter 100 sq centimeter = 1sq decimeter 100 sq decimeters = 1sq meter 100 sq meters = 1sq decameter or arc 10,000 sq meters =1 hectare 1,000,000 sq meters = 100 hectares = 1 sq kilometer Perimeter The perimeter of a geometrical figure is the total length of the sides enclosing the figure. Triangles and their formulas A triangle is a closed figure bounded by three sides. ABC is a triangle. The sides A         B, BC and AC are respectively denoted by c, a and b. Area of a triangle (A) (a) A 1/2 (base x  height)=  (1/2) a x h (b)  where formula is known as Hero’s formula. Perimeter (P) = a +b +c =2s. Right Angled Triangle A triangle having one of its angles equal to 90° is called a right-angled triangle. The side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotenuse. In a right angled triangle, (Hypotenuse)2 = sum of squares of sides i.e h^2 = a^2 + b^2 Area (a)= 1/2(product of the sides containing the right angle) i.e. A = (1/2) ab A triangle whose all sides are equal is called an equilateral triangle. Example: Height of an equilateral triangle is 4 3 cm. Find its area. Sol: Area of equilateral triangle Isosceles Triangle A triangle whose two sides are equal is an isosceles triangle. Isosceles Right-angled Triangle An isosceles right-angled triangle has two sides equal with equal sides making 90° to each other. If the perimeter of an isosceles triangle is P and the base is b, then the length of the equal sides is ( pb/2) If the perimeter of an isosceles triangle is P and the length of the sides is a, then base is (P−2a). Example: If the base of an isosceles triangle is 10 cm and the length of equal sides is 13 cm, find its area. Sol: Area of the isosceles triangle Here's a short quiz based on the above facts for practicing.


The Ryman Auditorium (also called the Union Gospel Tabernacle) is the home of what major music institution?

Ryman Auditorium Ryman Auditorium “The Mother Church of Country Music” “The Carnegie Hall of the South” “The Ryman” Ryman Auditorium, facing Nashville’s Fifth Avenue North Former names Union Gospel Tabernacle (1892–1904) Grand Ole Opry House (1963–1974) Location US$100,000 (equivalent to $2,638,148 in 2015) Website .com Ryman Auditorium (formerly Grand Ole Opry House and Union Gospel Tabernacle) is a 2,362-seat live performance venue, located at 116 5th Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee and is best known as the home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. It is owned and operated by Ryman Hospitality Properties , Inc. Ryman Auditorium was included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was further designated a National Historic Landmark on June 25, 2001. [1] [2] Contents History Union Gospel Tabernacle The auditorium opened as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in 1892. Its construction was spearheaded by Thomas Ryman (1843–1904), a Nashville businessman who owned several saloons and a fleet of riverboats . Ryman conceived of the auditorium as a tabernacle for the influential revivalist Samuel Porter Jones . [3] Ryman had attended one of Jones’ 1885 tent revivals with the intent to heckle, but was instead converted into a devout Christian, and soon after pledged to build the tabernacle so the people of Nashville could attend a large-scale revival indoors. It took seven years to complete and cost US$100,000 (equivalent to $2,638,148 in 2015). [4] However, Jones held his first revival at the site on May 25, 1890, with only the building’s foundation and six-foot walls standing. [5] Architect Hugh Cathcart Thompson designed the structure. Exceeding its construction budget, the tabernacle opened US$20,000 (equivalent to $527,630 in 2015) in debt. Jones sought to name the tabernacle in Ryman’s honor, but Ryman denied the request several times. When Ryman died in 1904, his memorial service was held at the tabernacle. During the service, Jones proposed the building be renamed Ryman Auditorium, which was met with the overwhelming approval of the attendees. [4] Jones died less than two years later, in 1906. The building was originally designed to contain a balcony, but a lack of funds delayed its completion. The balcony was eventually built and opened in time for the 1897 gathering of the United Confederate Veterans , with funds provided by members of the group. As such, the balcony was named the Confederate Gallery. [5] Upon the completion of the balcony, the Ryman’s capacity rose to 6,000. A stage was added in 1901 that reduced the capacity to just over 3,000. Statue of Thomas Ryman, outside the entrance to the auditorium which bears his name. Under the leadership of Lula C. Naff Though the building was designed to be a house of worship, a purpose it continued to serve throughout most of its early existence, it was often leased to promoters for non-religious events in an effort to pay off its debts and remain open. In 1904, Lula C. Naff, a widow and mother who was working as a stenographer for the DeLong Rice Lyceum Bureau, began to book and promote speaking engagements, concerts, boxing matches, and other attractions at the Ryman. In 1914, her employer went out of business, and Naff was free to spend more of her time booking events. She eventually transitioned into a role as the Ryman’s full-time manager by 1920. [6] [7] She preferred to go by the name “L.C. Naff” in an attempt to avoid initial prejudices as a female executive in a male-dominated industry. Naff gained a reputation for battling local censorship groups, who had threatened to ban various performances deemed too risqué. In 1939, Naff won a landmark lawsuit against the Nashville Board of Censors, which was planning to arrest the star of the play Tobacco Road due to its provocative nature. The court declared the law creating the censors invalid. [5] Naff’s ability to book stage shows and world-renowned entertainers in the city’s largest indoor gathering place kept the Ryman at the forefront of Nashville’s conscience and enhanced the city’s reputation


The position of the Arctic Circle was/is determined by?


The word marmalade is from Portuguese 'marmelo', meaning?

Marmalade | Define Marmalade at Dictionary.com marmalade [mahr-muh-leyd, mahr-muh-leyd] /ˈmɑr məˌleɪd, ˌmɑr məˈleɪd/ Spell noun 1. a jellylike preserve in which small pieces of fruit and fruit rind, as of oranges or lemons, are suspended. Origin of marmalade Greek 1515-1525 1515-25; < Portuguese marmelada quince jam, derivative of marmelo quince < Latin melimēlum a kind of apple < Greek melímēlon (méli honey + mêlon a fruit); see -ade 1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for marmalade Expand Historical Examples Fill them two thirds with apple, peach, or any other marmalade preferred, and send them to a hot oven twelve minutes. The Green Carnation Robert Smythe Hichens Charlie took out a chunk of bread, dabbed a spoonful of marmalade on top of it, and gave it to the lad. Lady Bountiful George A. Birmingham And I want my own tea and bread and butter and marmalade, and Susan's hot little made-overs. Dear Enemy Jean Webster Cover it, and let it stew slowly till it is soft enough to mash to a marmalade. In Africa John T. McCutcheon For five weeks that unopened jar of marmalade traveled with us, and the Englishman was content. Camp and Trail Stewart Edward White Any kind of fruit may be used instead of strawberries, as may also jelly or marmalade. British Dictionary definitions for marmalade Expand noun 1. a preserve made by boiling the pulp and rind of citrus fruits, esp oranges, with sugar adjective (of cats) streaked orange or yellow and brown Word Origin C16: via French from Portuguese marmelada, from marmelo quince, from Latin, from Greek melimēlon, from meli honey + mēlon apple Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for marmalade Expand n. late 15c., from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada "quince jelly, marmalade," from marmelo "quince," by dissimilation from Latin melimelum "sweet apple," originally "fruit of an apple tree grafted onto quince," from Greek melimelon, from meli "honey" (see Melissa ) + melon "apple" (see malic ). Extended 17c. to "preserve made from citrus fruit." Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Slang definitions & phrases for marmalade Expand


Commonly used in batteries, what is the lightest metal and least dense solid element?

What Is the Lightest Metal? What Is the Lightest Metal? What Is the Lightest Metal? Metal That Floats on Water Updated October 22, 2015. Question: What Is the Lightest Metal? You may think of metals as heavy or dense. This is true of most metals, but there are some that are lighter than water and even some that are nearly as light as air. Here's a look at the world's lightest metal . Answer: The lightest or least dense metal that is a pure element is lithium , which has a density of 0.534 g/cm3. This makes lithium nearly half as dense as water, so if lithium was not so reactive, a chunk of the metal would float on water. Two other metallic elements are less dense than water. Potassium has a density of 0.862 g/cm3 while sodium has a density of 0.971 g/cm3. Although the elemental metals may be lighter than water, they are heavier than some alloys. The lightest metal is a lattice of nickel phosphorous tubes that was developed by researchers at the University of California Irvine. This metallic micro-lattice is 100x lighter than a piece of polystyrene foam (e.g., Styrofoam). One famous photograph shows the lattice resting on top of a dandelion that has gone to seed. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World Learn More