When Marilyn Monroe sang 'Happy Birthday' to US president John Kennedy what age was he celebrating?

President John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe: The Story Behind the Image - ABC News ABC News JFK and Marilyn Monroe: The Story Behind the Image By JOHN BERMAN WATCH JFK and Marilyn Monroe Snapped Together 0 Shares Email It was one of the most famous performances in American history -- Marilyn Monroe's version of "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy at a democratic fundraiser on May 19, 1962. But it was a moment after Monroe sang at Madison Square Garden in honor of the president's 45th birthday that is attracting attention. Play John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Marilyn Monroe Photograph Revealed A black and white image, which is now up for sale, is the only known photograph of Kennedy and Monroe together, perhaps because of the rumors of an affair that have swirled for 50 years. In the photo Monroe, wearing the same dress she performed in, is speaking to President Kennedy, whose head is tilted slightly and looking down while listening to her. His brother, Robert Kennedy, is standing next to the pair looking on. Singer Harry Belafonte is in the background and historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who served as an advisor in the Kennedy White House, is standing off to the side smiling. The photo was snapped at a private party at the Manhattan home of Arthur and Mathilde Krim, according to filmmaker Keya Morgan who owns the print. He said the existence of the image was kept a secret for decades. "The Secret Service had specific instructions not to photograph President Kennedy and Marilyn together because it would have been a national scandal," Morgan said. The only photographer that was allowed into the party was Cecil Stoughton, the White House photographer and the person who snapped the photo. Stoughton took several photos at the party, but once President Kennedy saw the camera, he turned his head towards the wall, Morgan said. Later the Secret Service asked Stoughton to give them all of his photos of Kennedy and Monroe. Secret Service Asks For All of the Photographs "He handed over all those negatives and photos. There [were] multiple ones," Morgan said. "And the only one that survived, ever, was that one that was in the dryer, you know, where they were drying the negative, and he kept it a secret for decades, decades and decades." Morgan said he believes Stoughton kept the image a secret for all those years out of politeness for Jackie Kennedy, the president's wife. "He was very close with Jackie and he said he did not want to do anything to really hurt her and upset her," Morgan said. The filmmaker bought the photo and dozens of other lesser known images from Stoughton for approximately $50,000 for a documentary about Monroe sometime in the early 2000s. The image of the Kennedy brothers and Monroe is only one of 10 prints that exists from the negative. Morgan is now selling it for $23,000. He will also sell one of Monroe's rings and her watch, which was made from three types of gold, for $275,000. "You know, Marilyn died within months. President Kennedy died the next year and Bobby a few years from that. So what a haunting photograph, and it's the only one of any of them together," Morgan said.


Sapphire is the birthstone relating to which month of the year?

September Birthstone - Sapphire - Birth Stones by Months You are here: Home Birthstones by Month September Birthstone – Sapphire September Birthstone – Sapphire September Birthstone Sapphire The Sapphire is the birthstone for the month of September. The deep blue color is most associated with this stone and was one of the most popular among Christians in earlier biblical times. This mysterious, abyssal depth of blue symbolizes heavenly grace and ancient Persian civilizations thought of the world set in front of a giant sapphire during the night sky. The word sapphire is derived from the Greek word, “sapheiros”, “means “precious stone”. It is a reflection of constancy, and blesses its owner with clairvoyance, interpretation and insight. In earlier times it was also used to increase the power from Venus, banishing evil thoughts. Kings and priests favored this gemstone the most and saw in the sapphire a token for wisdom and purity. According to the bible, it is believed that the Ten Commandments were written on tablets of sapphire. There are many healing properties of the sapphire from lowering fevers, and curing hearing problems. It can relieve pain from cancer and also burns. It can be found in Burma, Australia, Kenya, Tanzania, Kasmir, Cambodia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka(once a part of India), where it was mined for as early as the seventh century BC. There are a variety of colors they can be found in other than blue, but include pink, yellow and white as well. These are referred to as “fancy sapphires”. The blue color is given by very small amounts of oxide, iron and titanium within the stone. India boasts having found the most famous and largest of sapphires, weighing in at 563-carats. Its home resides in the American Museum of Natural History. As it is in the same family of the ruby, like the ruby, it is also second to the diamond in hardness, making it an ideal gemstone for jewelry. It is a traditional gift for the fifth wedding anniversary, and has been given in place of a diamond for an engagement ring. Princess Diana had an engagement ring given to her by Prince Charles, and is also the engagement ring of Princess Anne. When wearing a sapphire, it is believed that it will give to its owner anything their heart desires; wealth, longevity, happiness and health. It also can restore lost property and wealth, alleviating long-term misfortune. Each month and its season month throughout the year brings in a new cycle. It does not need to be stated that each of these seasons have a renewed energy, and a new meaning. Specific gemstones throughout many centuries have been designated to symbolize our birth-month. These stones are in accordance with the Gregorian or Western Calendar. Earlier civilizations of India and Babylonia viewed gemstones as magical, mystical symbols. They believed that each one possessed a magical attribute or property that connected their significance aligning with the Zodiac calendar. Other interesting facts about the September Birthstone Sapphire: -It is said that it must be set in silver or white metal and worn on the middle finger for any therapeutic purposes. -Suspicions of ancient India state that the gem should be kept close to one’s skin or under the pillow while sleeping for at least one week before the final purchase is made. -It is one of the navagraha stones, that represent each of the nine planets. Standing for Saturn it is related to duty and salvation. Other September symbols:


UCAS, the organization which manages student applications for virtually all UK degree courses, is fully known as what?

The Oxford University Alternative Prospectus by Oxford University Student Union - issuu issuu Oxford University The Alternative Prospectus 2012-2014 Acknowledgements The Admissions Office, The OUSU sabbatical team, Imogen Richardson, Hannah Cusworth, Jonny Medland, college representatives and JCR presidents. Project Manager Imogen Richardson Design Taylor Leonard Print Stephens & George The Alternative Prospectus 2012-2014 Published by Oxford University Student Union. Copyright 2012 Oxford University Student Union. Oxford University Student Union 2 Worcester Sreet, Oxford OX1 2BX T (01865) 288 452, F (01865) 288 453 www.ousu.org publisher@ousu.org All information is believed to be correct at the time of going to print (February 2012). Although every effort has been made to verify details, most of the content has been supplied by individual students and we cannot guarantee its accuracy. Foreword W elcome to Oxford’s Alternative Prospectus 2012-2014. Since you’ve picked it up and are flicking through it, you’re probably wondering whether you ought to apply to Oxford this year (or next, or sometime in the future). Well, take it from me, it’s definitely worth thinking about. Personally, I can’t imagine a better place to live and study. For a start, Oxford city is a student’s dream location. Full of parks, shops, restaurants, amazing little coffee shops and cafes, enchanting attractions and a few secret hide-aways - in term time, students rule the streets and medieval alleys. By the second week of your first term you’ll feel right at home. Then there’s the actual university itself. Yes, yes, it’s one of the best in the world, is terribly famous and incredibly old and everything, but the point is that you get fantastic libraries, world experts to teach you and the opportunity to explore your passion for whatever subject(s) you want to study. The chance to grow intellectually here is second to none and it doesn’t matter one bit what part of the country, or indeed the world, you come from, or what colour your skin is, or what school you’ve been to, or how rich or poor you are - Oxford will accept or reject you based on one crucial criterion: your ability to think. And that’s something which only you can determine, through your enthusiasm for a given subject and your intellectual ambition. Oxford allowed me to do things that I never imagined doing before I arrived here. I have shaken hands with the Prime Minister and debated with members of the cabinet; worked for an HIV/Aids charity in South Africa and given speeches to a room of academics. If you had told me when I was little that I would do any of those things I would have laughed you out the room. Next year I’m joining the Teach First graduate scheme, so from September I’ll be a secondary school teacher in one of London’s most disadvantaged and challenging schools. Being here has made me realised how education can open up opportunities to people from backgrounds where there aren’t that many. So, put away any prejudice you might have, and get reading this prospectus. It’s written entirely by students and you’ll soon see from their candid accounts of colleges, courses, student life and diversity that Oxford is one hell of a place to live and learn. Hannah Cusworth VP Access and Academic Affairs Oxford University Student Union Intro Colleges Intro Why Oxford? Access Oxford: A View from the Inside Myths Visiting Oxford Applying Interviews Finance & Fees Cost of Living Careers 6 8 11 11 14 16 18 22 24 26 The Collegiate System PPHs Explained 34 Colleges A-Z Balliol Brasenose Christ Church Corpus Christi Exeter Harris Manchester Hertford Jesus Keble Lady Margaret Hall Lincoln Magdalen Mansfield Merton New Oriel Pembroke Queen’s Regent’s Park St Anne’s St Benet’s St Catherine’s St Edmund Hall St Hilda’s St Hugh’s St John’s St Peter’s Somerville Trinity University Wadham Worcester Blackfriars St Stephen’s House Wycliffe Hall 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 100 100 Contents Student Life Courses Which Course? 104 Course


During which battle of 1876 did the Sioux Indians massacre George Custer's Seventh Cavalry Regiment?

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876 The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876 Custer's Last Stand Battle of the Greasy Grass   June 25 – June 26, 1876 Location Near the Little Bighorn River, Big Horn County, Montana Result Commanded By: Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, with 949 lodges (probably 900 - 1,800 warriors) U.S. Commanders: George A. Custer, Marcus Reno, Frederick Benteen, James Calhoun with 31 officers, 566  troopers, 15 armed civilians, 35-40 scouts of the 7th Cavalry Major Marcus Albert Reno, engaged in Little Bighorn on June 25- 26, 1876, and set up a hospital during the hilltop    fight to care for wounded. Col. Frederick Benteen Seventh Cavalry, in uniform. Calhoun was killed at Little Big Horn, 1876.   Picture from the Library of Congress Casualties Nat. American: Believed to be at least 36 killed, 168 wounded (according to Sitting Bull); or 136 killed, 160 wounded (according to Red Horse) U.S.: 268 killed (16 officers, 242 troopers, 10 civilians/scouts), 55 wounded [between 1880 and 1900?] Four Native Americans (Crow) who served as scouts for George Custer stand around grave markers that memorialize the battle of the Little Bighorn. One of the markers is a wooden cross, the others are stone arches. Two of the scouts hold rifles. [Pictures from the Library of Congress]   First Account of The Custer Massacre Source: "Tribune Extra", Bismark, D. T., July 6, 1876 [Transcribed for Genealogy Trails by : Cathy Ritter] Massacred...Gen. Custer And 261 Men The Victims. No Officer or Man of 5 Companies Left To Tell The Tale. 3 Days Desperate Fighting by Maj. Reno and the Remainder of the Seventh. Full Details of the Battle. List of Killed And Wounded. The Bismark Tribune's Special Correspondent Slain. Squaws Mutilate and Rob the Dead. Victims Captured Alive Tortured in a Most Fiendish Manner. What Will Congress Do About It? Shall This Be the Beginning of The End?   It will be remembered the the Bismark Tribune sent a special correspondent with Gen. Terry, who was the only professional correspondent with the expedition. Kellogg's last words to the writer were: "We leave the Rosebud tomorrow and by the time this reaches you we will have met and Pocahe?? the red devils, with what results remain to be seen. I go with Custer and will be at the death.How true; On the morning of the 22d Gen. Custer took up the line of march for the trail of the Indians, reported by Reno on the Rosebud. Gen. Terry apprehending danger urged Custer to take additional men but Custer having full confidence in his men and in their ability to cope with the Indians in whatever force he might meet them, declined the proffered assistance and marched with his regiment alone. He was instructed to strike the trail of the Indians, to follow it until he discovered their position and report by courier to Gen. Terry who would reach the mouth of Little Horn by the evening of the 26th. Custer scouts reported the location of a village recently deserted, whereupon Custer went in to camp, marching again at 11 p. m. continuing the march until daylight, when he again went into camp for coffee. Custer was then fifteen miles from the village located on the Little Horn, one of the branches of the Big Horn, twenty miles above its mouth, w__ch ___ld lie seen from the top of ___and___ ___ General Custer pushed on. The Indians by this time had discovered his approach and soon were seen mounting in great haste, riding here and there. It was presumed in full retreat. This idea was strengthened by finding a freshly abandoged Indian camp with a deserted tepee, in which one of their dead had been left, about six miles from where the battle took place. Custer with his usual vigor pushed on making seventy-eight miles without sleep and attacked the village near its foot with companies C, E, F, L, and I., of the Seventh Cavalry, Reno having in the mean time attacked it at its head with three companies of cavalry which being surrounded, after a desperate hand to hand conflict, in which many were killed and wounded, cut their way to a bluff about three hundred feet high, where the


The Folketing is the parliament of which European country?

Folketing - definition of Folketing by The Free Dictionary Folketing - definition of Folketing by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Folketing Also found in: Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Folketing (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the unicameral Danish parliament [Danish, from folk the people, folk + Old Norse thing assembly] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Write what you mean clearly and correctly. References in periodicals archive ? In the Folketing administration, a number of employees who must wear specific clothing or uniform in accordance with specific rules. QUIZ OF THE DAY A letter was addressed to all Members of the Folketing (Danish Parliament) and signed by 660 Israeli public figures calling upon them to vote in favor of Denmark recognizing the State of Palestine, not for the sake of Palestine, but for the sake of Israeli future and security. Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.


The eldest son of Queen Victoria became which king?

PBS : Empires : Queen Victoria : Her Majesty : Her Children Royal Society Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise (1840-1901) She married Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia in 1858. Friedrich became the emperor of Germany, but died after only three months. Their eldest son became Wilhelm II of Germany (also known as Kaiser Bill of World War I). This obviously caused friction within the Royal Family -- it is claimed that Queen Victoria's favorite grandson was Wilhelm. Princess Victoria had eight children in total. Her daughter Sophie went on to marry a Greek Prince and later became Queen of Greece. Princess Victoria died August 5th, 1901, only eight months after the death of Queen Victoria. Prince Albert Edward Wettin (1841-1910) Prince Albert became King Edward VII in 1901. He took the family name of his father, Prince Albert, and hence on his coronation the monarchy moved from the House of Hanover to the House of Wettin. In 1917 his son, George V, in an outburst of anti-German feelings engendered by the First World War, changed the name of his house and family from Wettin to Windsor. Victoria and Albert imposed a strict regime upon Edward; this had the opposite effort than the one Victoria and Albert had hoped for, and he rebelled constantly with indulgence in food, drink, women, gambling and sport. He married at the age of 22 to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. She turned a blind eye to his extramarital activities, which continued well into his sixties, despite the fact he was implicated in several divorce cases. He had six children in total -- Albert, George, Louise, Victoria, Maude and John. Maude went onto marry into the Norwegian royal family and became the Queen Consort of Norway. Princess Alice Maude Mary (1843-1878) When she was 17, Queen Victoria decided it was time for Princess Alice to marry. She personally chose Prince Ludwig and Hesse as an ideal choice for her third daughter. Ludwig went on to become the Grand Duke Louis XIV. Within six months of arranging the introduction, they were married. Unfortunately, the marriage began in the shadow of Prince Albert's death (he had died shortly after arranging the introduction between Alice and Ludwig). Alice went onto to have seven children -- Victoria, Elizabeth, Ernst-Ludwig, Irene, Friedrich Wilheim (Frittie), Alix and Marie. Again, tragedy was to strike with the accidental death of her son Frittie. Alice saw her toddler run to the window. To her horror, she found out too late that the window was not locked. The toddler fell 20 feet and landed on his head. Frittie was dead within a few hours. This lost weighed deeply on Alice and she went through a great depression. She mourned the loss until her own death, and always talked about being reunited with Frittie in heaven. Her daughter Alix married Nicholas II the last Russian tzar. Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (1844-1900) Prince Alfred married the Grand Duchess Marie, daughter of Tzar Alexander II of Russia. He became the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. His eldest daughter Marie married the crown Prince of Romania, who later became King Ferdinand I. Alfred was probably the most widely travelled of all his brothers and sisters. In fact, he was the first member of the Royal family to visit Australia. Unfortunately, during his in 1868, there was an attempt on his life in Sydney. An Irishman made the attempted assassination, and when it emerged that the would be assassin was a Catholic, it only helped harden bigotry towards the Irish Catholics. Alfred's mother was to outlive him by a year -- his death in 1900 was due to cancer of the throat. Princess Helena Augusta Victoria (1846-1923) Princess Helena was also known as "Lenchen." She was born a "blue baby," possibly because her mother was at the height of anxiety over the loss of her first trusted Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel. In 1866, she married Prince Frederick Christain of Schleswig-Holstein. Her name lives on in today's royal family -- one of Princess Eugenia's middle names is Helena. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939) Although it's not unusual


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Which common material was invented by Marc Chavannes and Alfred Fielding in 1957 initially as textured wallpaper?

How was bubble wrap invented? the unlikely stories of the brainwaves we all take for granted | Daily Mail Online How was bubble wrap invented? The unlikely stories of the brainwaves we all take for granted By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 21:04 EST, 9 November 2011 comments Forget the spaceship, the satnav or the iPad. The best inventions are so seamlessly absorbed into our lives that we forget how clever they are. Yesterday, the Science Museum launched a new exhibition devoted to the everyday innovations we couldn't live without. Here's a selection ... BUBBLE WRAP Engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes came up the idea for bubble wrap while working on a new type of textured wallpaper in 1957. By sealing two shower curtains together, they trapped a layer of bubbles. It didn't work as wallpaper, but Chavannes had something of a eureka moment during a flight when it seemed to him for a moment as though his plane's descent was being cushioned by clouds. It planted a seed of an idea that his bubbly wallpaper could actually be used for something very different. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share So it was that his shower curtain prototype was refined and marketed instead as protective packaging. The appealing popping sound made by bursting the air pockets has led to a worldwide Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, which falls on the last Monday in January. The event celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. Pop! STICKING PLASTER The plaster was invented in 1920 by Earle Dickson, who worked for the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey. Dickson was inspired by his wife, Josephine, who often burnt or cut herself in the kitchen. An invention of love? Earle Dickson invented the plaster as a solution for his wife, Josephine, who often burnt or cut herself in the kitchen There had been bandages before, but none with the same adhesive, and easy to apply, qualities - meaning they usually had to be put on by someone else. With the sticking plaster, Mrs Dickson could treat herself. In 1938, a completely sterile plaster was patented and by 1942, Johnson & Johnson were shipping millions of their Band-Aids to the medics treating wounded soldiers. TIN CAN We have the war-mongering Napoleon Bonaparte to thank for events which led to the invention of the tin can. In 1809, Napoleon's troops were embroiled in the Peninsular War in Spain. Anxious about how to feed his army on long campaigns, Napoleon launched a competition to find a solution. War food: We have Napoleon Bonaparte to thank for the humble tin can, it is now used for soft drinks and food French chef Nicolas Appert devised a means of preserving food in glass jars sterilised with boiling water (and won himself 12,000 francs). A year later, Britsh manufacturer Peter Durand dreamt up an improved design. He replaced the breakable glass with thin sheets of iron coated with tin. The early cans, however, were soldered airtight with lead, which caused lead poisoning. The most famous example of this came in an 1845 when members of the Arctic expedition team headed by explorer Sir John Franklin suffered fatal lead poisoning after three years of eating canned food. ELASTIC BAND London businessman Stephen Perry patented the elastic band in 1845, to hold letters together. London businessman Stephen Perry patented the elastic band in 1845, to hold letters together. His company, Messrs Perry and Co Rubber Manufacturers of London, produced all sorts of goods, but the elastic band was their real moneyspinner, formed by slicing a long rubber tube into thousands of wafer-thin loops. The Royal Mail is now the biggest consumer of rubber bands in the UK, using up to 342 million of them every year. In 2004, the colour was changed to red to encourage postmen to pick them up. TEA BAG Convenient: Thomas Sullivan, from New York, became the first commercial tea salesman to have the bright idea of putting tea in bags, initially as samples but customers soon caught onto the idea Until the first teabags were introduced in 1903, tea was always sold loose and had to be strained during pourin


Welsh singer Michael Barratt is better known by which name?

Shakin Stevens - [34 Chansons]  [ 3 Disques ] Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948) better known by his stage name Shakin' Stevens is a platinum-selling Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter who was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. ...  Plus Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948) better known by his stage name Shakin' Stevens is a platinum-selling Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter who was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that he saw commercial success in his native land. In the UK alone, Stevens has charted 33 Top 40 hit singles. Cacher


What is half of a sphere called? | Reference.com What is half of a sphere called? A: Quick Answer Half a sphere is defined as a hemisphere. The term hemisphere is derived from the Greek word "hemi," which means "half" and the Latin word "shaera," meaning "globe." Full Answer Hemispheres are everywhere. The Earth is the common example of a hemisphere. As a cylindrical body, the Earth is sectioned into four separate hemispheres – North and South and East and West. The human brain is often broken down into the cerebral hemispheres. The Earth’s hemispheres naturally divide into seasonal opposites. The Northern Hemisphere, due to the tilt toward the sun, experiences summer from June through September and the Southern Hemisphere is in summer from December through March.


Which British comedienne's autobiography is entitled 'Look Back In Hunger'?

Look Back In Hunger - The Autobiography: Jo Brand | Books | Entertainment | Daily Express BOOKS Look Back In Hunger - The Autobiography: Jo Brand IF JO BRAND has ever met a sane, civilised man, none merits a mention in Look Back in Hunger, her bumptious autobiography. 00:00, Fri, Oct 30, 2009 COURAGE: A stint as a psychiatric nurse primed Jo for comedy [] Everywhere she goes she is assailed by “downright pervy” men, from slavering old gym teachers to the landlord of her rented villa in Crete. He kept trying to burst into her room so she pushed all the furniture against the door – night after night. As a teenager Jo joined in a game of hide and seek. A “pervy man” grabbed her from behind the curtains, “tearing at my clothes and slobbering on my neck”. Later he returned for more. From such a litany we can deduce that Jo is no romantic and the men who heckle her stand-up act only intensify her belief that blokes are basically beasts, who get “stranger and scarier” all the time. Her short hair and stocky frame seem to be an issue. She piled on the stones as a side-effect of taking the Pill, “so that proved to be a very effective contraceptive,” she remarks drily. Even the security men at her gigs hurl unprintable insults at her about her appearance – Jo seems to attract people with the mentality of the Yorkshire Ripper. The paradox is that Brand has always wanted to ape masculine characteristics. As she puts it, she has wanted “a bit more of a grasp on the testicles of life”. Born in 1957 Jo hated what her mother’s generation were expected to tolerate. She saw how these post-war women were “longing for just a little break from the daily grind of housework, swings and shops”. Not that she went about doing a lot to avert such a fate. Raised in Kent and Hastings, Jo was a mediocre scholar who later drifted between dead-end jobs. We are thrown a few details of her early years – fond memories of jam roly-poly are interspersed with comments about dire school food. But Jo’s life really got interesting when her manic - depressive dad made a bonfire of her clothes, kicked her record player to pieces and punched her boyfriend Dave in the jaw. Jo moved herself to a bedsit in Tunbridge Wells, which went up in flames when a candle rolled under the mattress. As odd things always happened around Jo – ghosts materialise, coat hangers fly out of the wardrobe, pet tortoises attempt suicide – it was a short step for her to decide to train as a psychiatric nurse. She became a sister at the Maudsley in 1982, helping to administer the ECT pincers. Jo found she had a gift for keeping her cool around the most violent of patients. We also discover that Jo had phenomenal levels of courage. Though she never quite tells us why she had a hankering for doing stand-up comedy, we can see how she thrived in its aggressive atmosphere. Heckling mobs are unlikely to disconcert a woman capable of pacifying seven-foot tall psychopaths by sitting on their heads. Her recollections of the comedy circuit in the Eighties are to be cherished. Eddie Izzard was “absolutely terrible when he started” and “I had Frank Skinner down as a no-hoper”. Jo always pulled a good crowd because her patients would turn up, often stark naked. Life on the road is hellishly depicted. There is a lot of driving at night and unhealthy snacking on Ginsters pies and fizzy drinks. She’ll arrive at a provincial hotel and be told, “You’ve got to be back at 11 or we’ll lock you out”. But her world-weary, soothing baritone was to be her fortune; she’s rightful heir to the comic mantle of Beryl Reid, Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques. Though chunky, what’s largest about Jo is her heart, her humanity. I love her. Headline, £20


In ancient Greek legend, soldier Pheidippedes collapsed and died after running over twenty-five miles to Athens to give news of which battle?

Phidippides or Pheidippides (or Philippides) and the Marathon Phidippides or Pheidippides (or Philippides) and the Marathon Michael Lahanas Φειδιππίδης And first, before they left the city, the generals sent off to Sparta a herald, one Pheidippides, who was by birth an Athenian, and by profession and practice a trained runner. . . Herodotus, The Persian Wars, VI, 106. Isolated Figure from a Panathenaic Black-figure amphora, Berlin Painter, 480-470 BC, showing a middle-distance race "hippios" Phidippides or Pheidippides (or Philippides according to a text around 600 years later of Lucian) was send by the Athenians to Sparta as fast as possible he can to ask for help. The Spartans said that they will help after the moon was full (probably in order to let the Athenians alone with the Persians and not only for religious reasons). Phidippides came back running the 147 miles distance with the disappointing news for the Athenians. Phidippides then returned to Marathon in time to fight in the battle. He was ordered to run to Athens to bring the news of victory. In one week he had to run more than 300 miles. Luc-Olivier Merson, 1869 When he reached the agora, he gasped: nenikikamen, "We have won" and dropped exhausted dead. The modern Marathon race commemorates his feat. Historians assumed that the Marathon battle date was 12 September 490 BC. New studies suggest that it was probably one month earlier. Interesting is that the temperature in August is usually higher than in September and this could be also more exhausting for Phidippides. Phidippides with an important message for the Athenians and for all Hellenes: Nenikikamen Why did Phidippides not use a horse? Probably because for the large distance for a runner and considering the terrain (mountains, rivers, etc) it was much better not to use a horse. But did Phidippides really exist and if yes did he really die? Was the story invented by Herodotus? Nobody knows! Some other “Marathon” men Ageus, or Argeus (according to Robert in Hermes 1900 p. 154 Aegeus) a day-runner from Argos, was victor in Olympia in 328 B.C. the dolichos, and immediately left Olympia "And in Argos, on the very same day announced his victory (Euseb. Edition Schöne. I. p. 206). It should be noted that Olympia is about 100 kilometres distant direct from Argos. Another athlete, Euchidas , went from Plataea to Delphi and returned within the same day, before sunset, in order to bring the pure flame of the altar of Apollon, that is to say he covered a distance of 180 kilometres. He did not survive it, however, for after he handed over the flame, he fell down and breathed his last. (Kleanthis Palaiologos) Astronomers revise likely date of Marathon run The marathon was scheduled as the last event on the Olympic program in Athens 1896, and no Greek athlete had yet taken a gold. George Averoff, a Greek financier had made an offer of 100000 Drachmas and his daughter’s hand in marriage to any Greek who won the marathon. A Greek, Spiridon Louis, prepared for the race by praying for two days and fasting for one. When Louis entered the stadium first, the Greek crowd went wild. Louis did not accept the marriage offered but he did accept free meals for one year and free shoe polishing for life. He also accepted a field. Told by the Greek king he could have anything he wanted, he asked for a horse and a cart so he would not have to chase his mule anymore. Some say that he won because he wanted to marry Helena, but her parents were against him but they changed their mind after the victory of Spiridon. See also: The Olympic Games. Not for money, but for honor Yannis Kouros The “Superman of Ultra-Distance Running” and the successor of Phidippides There is a interesting story of distance running: In 404 BC Lasthenes a Olympian Champion wins a race against a horse over a distance of 30 kilometers (a story that is too amazing to be true, an American athlete, Shawn Crawford, was not so successful in a competition against a Zebra) Challenge - Runner Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com Herodotus , The Persian Wars, VI And first, be


Named by writer Jerry B Harvey after a west Texas city and metropolitan area, a group decision that no individual in the group wants is described as the 'what?' Paradox?

Learning Activities | College Thesis Writing Help | Custom Dissertation Writing Services | Research Paper Writers Assignments Forum Posting . Each post should contain a minimum of information from 2 peer reviewed article or professional organization          (American Nurses Association, National League for Nursing); information may be taken from their website. (Wikipedia & WebMD are not acceptable resources). Articles may not be an article included in the modules.Postings should be one page. The Forum Grading Rubric is attached. Topics for Module C Forum • If faced with a health care decision discussed in “Your Genetic Crystal Ball” what would you do? What is your thought process for making this decision? How can you educate your patient facing a similar decision without biasing them to your personal preferences? • Is noncompliance an acceptable diagnosis? Discuss one of the concepts discussed in “Factors of Learning” you feel has an impact on patient learning outcomes and/or compliance of a prescribed medication or lifestyle modifications. What can you do as the nurse to affect change related to the factor of learning you selected? READING MATERIALS View the short video “Your Genetic Crystal Ball” by clicking on the link http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50136239n “FACTORS OF LEARNING” AND “THEORETICAL BASIS FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING” ARE ATTACHED ON A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. Factors involved in learning Motivation – the desire to learn. How quickly and how much a person learns depends on an important factor: the desire to learn. Adults need to know why they need to learn something – it should be applicable to their lives. Just because a nurse thinks a patient needs to learn something doesn’t mean the desire is present in the patient. Sometimes it’s best to provide supporting information before the patient can see the need, such as teaching the harmful effects of smoking before learning the need to stop smoking. Readiness – the behavior that reflects motivation at a specific time. Readiness involves the patient’s willingness and ability to learn. A huge part of the nurse’s role is to assess the patient’s readiness to learn. The patient often gives clues that she is ready to learn, such as asking questions or intently watching a procedure that will have been done by the patient after discharge. Active involvement – makes learning more meaningful. Learners, especially adults, need to be actively involved in planning their learning. Adults learn best when they feel accepted and not judged, and they need to have feelings of success. As their self-confidence increases their learning abilities will increase. Feedback – must be meaningful to the learner. Feedback is especially important in the practice of psychomotor skills. Feedback should be positive, with use of praise and suggestions of alternative ways of doing steps of the skill. Simple to Complex – logically organizes the material helps the learner to comprehend new information, assimilate it with previous learning, and form new understandings. The individual patient should be assessed to determine the level for “simple”. What is simple for one person may not be simple for another. Repetition – helps learners retain new information. Repetition of psychomotor skills is especially important. Information can be repeated by stating it in different ways. Repetition of new information helps learners retain that information. Learners can retain new information better when repetition is used! Timing – is very important in teaching. Learners retain new information and skills better if the time between learning and use is short. If a newly diagnosed diabetic is taught to give her insulin immediately after diagnosis, she may not have had time to assimilate her new situation. If she is taught to give her insulin an hour before she is discharged home, she won’t have time to practice and have her questions answered. Educators refer to the “teachable moment” as when patients ask questions about their care, or waiting until pain has subsided to teach the patient. Environment – sets t


Why Golf Courses Have 18 Holes : snopes.com Claim:   Golf courses have eighteen holes because a bottle of Scotch contains eighteen shots. FALSE Example:   [Collected via e-mail, 2002] Why do full-length golf courses have 18 holes, and not 20, or 10 or an even dozen? How many of you golfers know the answer to this one? During a discussion among the club's membership board at St. Andrews in 1858, one of the members pointed out that it takes exactly 18 shots to polish off a fifth of Scotch. By limiting himself to only one shot of Scotch per hole, the Scot figured a round of golf was finished when the Scotch ran out. Now you know. I'll drink to that.   Origins:   Although this bit of lore about soused Scots limiting themselves to one slurp at the flask per hole has its charm, it does not have history on its side. The number of holes comprising a standard golf course was not determined by the amount of Scotch in a bottle. Games similar to golf have been around since Roman times, and golf was being played at Scotland's famed Old Course at St. Andrews, the oldest extant golf course in the world, at least as far back at 1552. (Early Scottish versions of the game were called "golf" even though the game itself was not at that time all it would finally become.) However, golf wasn't always as regulated as it is now: Prior to standardization, early courses typically had any number of holes from five to twenty-four, and only over a long period of time did the game evolve to the point that eighteen became the standard number of holes for courses all over the world. But couldn't that number still be tied to a hip flask, you say? Not unless the bottle shrank. Originally, the Old Course at St. Andrews 12 holes, 10 of which were played over the same set of fairways both out and back, for a grand total of 22 holes per round. (That is, two of the holes were played once per round, while the other ten holes were each played twice per round, for a total of 22 holes per round.)  In 1764, the Old Course's first four holes were combined into two holes, and from then on a round of golf at St. Andrews consisted of playing the now-standard total of 18 holes. So there you have it — no drunken Scots at all. Barbara "holey unimaginable" Mikkelson Last updated:   28 July 2015 Sources:


The MS Windows computer operating system version that succeeded Vista?

Which Windows operating system am I running? - Windows Help Which Windows operating system am I running? Check for operating system information in Windows 10 Go to Start , enter About your PC, and then select About your PC.  Look under PC for Edition to find out which version and edition of Windows that your PC is running.  Look under PC for System type to see if you're running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows.  Check for operating system info in Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings. (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)  Tap or click PC and devices, and then tap or click PC info.  Look under Windows for the version and edition of Windows that your PC is running. Look under PC for System type to see if you're running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows. The Start screen can also help you know which operating system you're using. Here's what it might look like in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1. You might see a search button in the upper-right corner. Check for operating system information in Windows 7 Click the Start button  , enter Computer in the search box, right-click Computer, and then click Properties. Look under Windows edition for the version and edition of Windows that your PC is running. The Start menu can also help you know the operating system. Here's what it might look like in Windows 7. Properties


Probabilities for Rolling Two Dice By Courtney Taylor Updated April 20, 2016. One popular probability problem is to roll a die . A standard die has six sides with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. If the die is fair (and we will assume that all of them are), then each of these outcomes are equally likely. Since there are six possible outcomes, the probability of obtaining any side of the die is 1/6. Thus the probability of rolling a 1 is 1/6, the probability of rolling a 2 is 1/6 and so on for 3, 4, 5 and 6. But what happens if we add another die? What are the probabilities for rolling two dice? What Not to Do To correctly determine the probability of an event we need to know two things.  First, how often the event occurs.  Then second divide the number of outcomes in the event by the total number of outcomes in the sample space . Where most go wrong is to miscalculate the sample space. Their reasoning runs something like this: “We know that each die has six sides. We have rolled two dice , and so the total number of possible outcomes must be 6 + 6 = 12.” continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Although this explanation was straightforward, it is unfortunately incorrect. It’s plausible that going from one die to two should cause us to add six to itself and get 12, but this comes from not thinking carefully about the problem. A Second Attempt Rolling two fair dice more than doubles the difficulty of calculating probabilities. This is because rolling one die is independent of rolling a second one. One roll has no effect on the other one. When dealing with independent events we use the multiplication rule . The use of a tree diagram demonstrates that there are really 6 x 6 =36 outcomes from rolling two dice. To think about this, suppose that the first die we roll comes up as a 1. The other die could be either a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Now suppose that the first die is a 2. The other die again could be either a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. We have already found 12 potential outcomes, and have yet to exhaust all of the possibilities of the first die. A table of all 36 of the outcomes are in the table below. Sample Problems With this knowledge we can calculate all sorts of two dice probability problems. A few follow: Two fair six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the two dice is seven? Two fair six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the two dice is three? Two fair six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the numbers on the dice are different? Three (Or More) Dice The same principle applies if we are working on problems involving three dice . We multiply and see that there are 6 x 6 x 6 = 216 outcomes. As it gets cumbersome to write the repeated multiplication, we can use exponents to simplify our work. For two dice there are 62 outcomes. For three dice there are 63 outcomes. In general, if we roll n dice, then there are a total of 6n outcomes. Outcomes for Two Dice


Total of the sides on a pentagon and a heptagon?

Diagonals in a polygon Diagonals in a polygon Tennille Rushin   A diagonal is a line segment that connects non-adjacent vertices in a polygon. Consider the number of diagonals in a triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, and octagon. What pattern do you notice? Use this pattern to predict the number of diagonals in a dodecagon (12-sided polygon).       First create a triangle.   Since you are looking for diagonals you must go from vertex to vertex, but they cannot be adjacent to each other.  Therefore a triangle has no diagonals.       Next create a quadrilateral.  Create segments from vertex to vertex.  A quadrilateral has two diagonals that are not adjacent to each other.             Construct a pentagon.  Once all the diagonals have been connected you will have 5 possible diagonals.        Once you’ve created a hexagon, create diagonals from each vertex.  You will see that there are 9 diagonals.   Create a heptagon to figure out a pattern.  There are 14 diagonals in the heptagon.       As I looked at each polygon I tried to find a relationship between the number of vertices and diagonals in the polygon.  At first I compared sides and diagonals and made a tentative conjecture.  When I finished the hexagon, (which had 8 diagonals), I saw a pattern and thought the next polygon would have 11 sides.  Well the heptagon ended up having 12, so I knew that wasn’t right.  I started looking at the number of vertices and comparing it to the diagonals.  The heptagon has 7 vertices and 4 diagonals coming from each.  This means 28 diagonals when you multiply them together, but you have to account for the overlapping.  So you take half of the total, meaning 14 diagonals.  I checked to make sure this process worked with the other polygons.  The hexagon had 6 vertices with 3 diagonals which gives you 18 divided by 2 equals 9 diagonals.  I tested the others and this method worked.  I also noticed a pattern between the number of sides and how many diagonals came from each vertex.  The pentagon had 2, hexagon 3, heptagon 4, and if the pattern continues the octagon has 5.   With further thought and conversation with other colleagues I developed a formula that can be used at all times.  This formula lets you calculate how many diagonals you would have for any polygon.   Without constructing a dodecagon we can calculate the number of diagonals, 54.


Days of the average human menstrual cycle?

Menstruation and the menstrual cycle | womenshealth.gov Menstruation and the menstrual cycle Menstruation and the menstrual cycle To receive Publications email updates Enter email Submit Menstruation and the menstrual cycle Menstruation is a woman's monthly bleeding. When you menstruate, your body sheds the lining of the uterus (womb). Learn how the menstrual cycle works and what to do if you have painful or irregular periods. Expand all Collapse all What is menstruation? Menstruation (men-STRAY-shuhn) is a woman's monthly bleeding. When you menstruate, your body sheds the lining of the uterus (womb). Menstrual blood flows from the uterus through the small opening in the cervix and passes out of the body through the vagina ( see how the menstrual cycle works below ). Most menstrual periods last from 3 to 5 days. What is the menstrual cycle? When periods (menstruations) come regularly, this is called the menstrual cycle. Having regular menstrual cycles is a sign that important parts of your body are working normally. The menstrual cycle provides important body chemicals, called hormones, to keep you healthy. It also prepares your body for pregnancy each month. A cycle is counted from the first day of 1 period to the first day of the next period. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days long. Cycles can range anywhere from 21 to 35 days in adults and from 21 to 45 days in young teens. The rise and fall of levels of hormones during the month control the menstrual cycle. What happens during the menstrual cycle? In the first half of the cycle, levels of estrogen (the "female hormone") start to rise. Estrogen plays an important role in keeping you healthy, especially by helping you to build strong bones and to help keep them strong as you get older. Estrogen also makes the lining of the uterus (womb) grow and thicken. This lining of the womb is a place that will nourish the embryo if a pregnancy occurs. At the same time the lining of the womb is growing, an egg, or ovum, in one of the ovaries starts to mature. At about day 14 of an average 28-day cycle, the egg leaves the ovary. This is called ovulation. After the egg has left the ovary, it travels through the fallopian tube to the uterus. Hormone levels rise and help prepare the uterine lining for pregnancy. A woman is most likely to get pregnant during the 3 days before or on the day of ovulation. Keep in mind, women with cycles that are shorter or longer than average may ovulate before or after day 14. A woman becomes pregnant if the egg is fertilized by a man's sperm cell and attaches to the uterine wall. If the egg is not fertilized, it will break apart. Then, hormone levels drop, and the thickened lining of the uterus is shed during the menstrual period. See how the menstrual cycle works. What is a typical menstrual period like? During your period, you shed the thickened uterine lining and extra blood through the vagina. Your period may not be the same every month. It may also be different than other women's periods. Periods can be light, moderate, or heavy in terms of how much blood comes out of the vagina. This is called menstrual flow. The length of the period also varies. Most periods last from 3 to 5 days. But, anywhere from 2 to 7 days is normal. For the first few years after menstruation begins, longer cycles are common. A woman's cycle tends to shorten and become more regular with age. Most of the time, periods will be in the range of 21 to 35 days apart. What kinds of problems do women have with their periods? Women can have a range of problems with their periods, including pain, heavy bleeding, and skipped periods. Amenorrhea (ay-men-uh-REE-uh) — the lack of a menstrual period. This term is used to describe the absence of a period in: Young women who haven't started menstruating by age 15 Women and girls who haven't had a period for 90 days, even if they haven't been menstruating for long Causes can include: Stress Serious medical conditions in need of treatment As above, when your menstrual cycles come regularly, this means that important parts of your body are


SparkNotes: Shakespeare’s Sonnets: The Sonnet Form The Sonnet Form Context Themes, Motifs & Symbols A sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem, traditionally written in iambic pentameter—that is, in lines ten syllables long, with accents falling on every second syllable, as in: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” The sonnet form first became popular during the Italian Renaissance, when the poet Petrarch published a sequence of love sonnets addressed to an idealized woman named Laura. Taking firm hold among Italian poets, the sonnet spread throughout Europe to England, where, after its initial Renaissance, “Petrarchan” incarnation faded, the form enjoyed a number of revivals and periods of renewed interest. In Elizabethan England—the era during which Shakespeare’s sonnets were written—the sonnet was the form of choice for lyric poets, particularly lyric poets seeking to engage with traditional themes of love and romance. (In addition to Shakespeare’s monumental sequence, the Astrophel and Stella sequence by Sir Philip Sydney stands as one of the most important sonnet sequences of this period.) Sonnets were also written during the height of classical English verse, by Dryden and Pope, among others, and written again during the heyday of English Romanticism, when Wordsworth, Shelley, and particularly John Keats created wonderful sonnets. Today, the sonnet remains the most influential and important verse form in the history of English poetry. Two kinds of sonnets have been most common in English poetry, and they take their names from the greatest poets to utilize them: the Petrarchan sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet. The Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two main parts, called the octave and the sestet. The octave is eight lines long, and typically follows a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA, or ABBACDDC. The sestet occupies the remaining six lines of the poem, and typically follows a rhyme scheme of CDCDCD, or CDECDE. The octave and the sestet are usually contrasted in some key way: for example, the octave may ask a question to which the sestet offers an answer. In the following Petrarchan sonnet, John Keats’s “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” the octave describes past events—the speaker’s previous, unsatisfying examinations of the “realms of gold,” Homer’s poems—while the sestet describes the present—the speaker’s sense of discovery upon finding Chapman’s translations: Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold,    And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;    Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse have I been told    That deep-brow’d Homer ruled as his demesne;    Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies    When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes    He star’d at the Pacific—and all his men Look’d at each other with a wild surmise—    Silent, upon a peak in Darien. The Shakespearean sonnet, the form of sonnet utilized throughout Shakespeare’s sequence, is divided into four parts. The first three parts are each four lines long, and are known as quatrains, rhymed ABAB; the fourth part is called the couplet, and is rhymed CC. The Shakespearean sonnet is often used to develop a sequence of metaphors or ideas, one in each quatrain, while the couplet offers either a summary or a new take on the preceding images or ideas. In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 147, for instance, the speaker’s love is compared to a disease. In the first quatrain, the speaker characterizes the disease; in the second, he describes the relationship of his love-disease to its “physician,” his reason; in the third, he describes the consequences of his abandonment of reason; and in the couplet, he explains the source of his mad, diseased love—his lover’s betrayal of his faith: My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease, Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, The uncertain sickly appetite to please. My reason, the physician to my love, An


Whole miles in a marathon running event?

Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend | Official Site | runDisney Registration is now open for the 2017 Walt Disney World® Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna. Register Today! THE EVENT Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Walt Disney World® Half Marathon! It's the 20th Anniversary of the Walt Disney World® Half Marathon presented by Cigna and we're celebrating with a spectacular weekend of amazing runs and endless fun in the most magical place on Earth. Perfect for the whole family, this memory-making weekend is chock full of fantastic runs including the Walt Disney World® Marathon, 20th Anniversary Half Marathon, Dopey Challenge, Goofy's Race and a Half Challenge, 10K, 5K and runDisney Kids Races. Plus, there'll be plenty of Disney entertainment, your favorite Disney characters, 20th Anniversary Half Marathon tee-shirts and finisher medals, and much, much more! It's all part of the 20th Anniversary celebration of the Walt Disney World® Half Marathon! Don't miss out! Register today! Weekend events will include: Start/Finish: Epcot® The most magical race on earth! You're a runner who loves adventure! Your priority in a race is the course. And now you're about to head out on the most magical course on earth during the final race of the weekend -- a 26.2 mile run that'll take you through four Walt Disney World® theme parks and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. From the Magic Kingdom® Park, home of Mickey, Minnie and the whole Disney gang and the wild adventure of Disney's Animal Kingdom® Park, to the show biz excitement of Disney's Hollywood Studios, and incredible Epcot®, your Marathon adventure is unlike any other anywhere on earth. You must register for Goofy's Race and a Half Challenge or Dopey Challenge to receive the challenge medals upon completion of all races within the pacing requirements. Walt Disney World® Marathon Highlights 26.2-mile course through all four Walt Disney World® Theme Parks and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Disney Characters and Entertainment on-course Event Weekend Transportation for Walt Disney World® Resort guests Family Reunion Area with live entertainment and characters Walt Disney World® Marathon Participants Receive Champion® Long-Sleeved Tech Shirt in Women's or Men's Cut* - View Size Chart Commemorative Mickey Mouse Finisher Medal* Official Event Guide* ChronoTrack B-tag timed race with live runner tracking sign up for friends and family Personalized results website Dates, times, prices and inclusions subject to change. All races are subject to capacity limits and may close at any time before the percentage can be updated. Registration fees are non-refundable. *Participants must attend Packet Pick-up at the runDisney Health & Fitness Expo to receive their race packet, bib, and t-shirt. Finisher medallions will be distributed to finishers after the race. None of these items will be mailed to registrants that did not participate. Disney reserves the right to refuse the entry into, and/or revoke any registration for, any race for any reason in its sole discretion with refund of any applicable registration fees being the sole remedy of any such refusal and/or revocation. Start/Finish:Epcot® Join the celebration with a thrilling 13.1 run through Magic Kingdom® Park and Epcot® It's the 20th Anniversary of the Walt Disney World® Half Marathon presented by Cigna and you're invited to join the celebration with a spectacular run on a 13.1-mile course through the magic, wonder, and charm of Magic Kingdom® Park and Epcot®, home of international World Showcase and Future World. Along the way, there'll be lots of 20th Anniversary surprises, Disney entertainment, and your favorite Disney characters to cheer you on. Runners receive special 20th Anniversary tee-shirts and commemorative finisher medals as part of the celebration. The race concludes with a spectacular finish in the shadow of Spaceship Earth. You must register for Goofy's Race and a Half Challenge or Dopey Challenge to receive the challenge medals upon completion of all races within the pacing requirements. 20th Annivers


The number followed by .14159, fully known as pi, used to calculate the circumference and area of a circle?

Pi To help you remember just draw this diagram.   Draw a circle, or use something circular like a plate. Measure around the edge (the circumference): I got 82 cm Measure across the circle (the diameter): I got 26 cm 82 cm / 26 cm = 3.1538... That is pretty close to π. Maybe if I measured more accurately?   In fact π is approximately equal to: 3.14159265358979323846 The digits go on and on with no pattern. π has been calculated to over two quadrillion decimal places and still there is no pattern to the digits Example: You walk around a circle which has a diameter of 100m, how far have you walked? Distance walked = Circumference = π × 100m = 314.159...m = 314m (to the nearest m) Approximation A quick and easy approximation for π is 22/7 22/7 = 3.1428571... But as you can see, 22/7 is not exactly right. In fact π is not equal to the ratio of any two numbers, which makes it an irrational number . A better approximation (but still not exact) is: 355/113 = 3.1415929... (think "113355", then divide the "355" by the "113") Remembering I usually just remember "3.14159", but you can also count the letters of: "May I have a large container of butter today" 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 To 100 Decimal Places Here is π with the first 100 decimal places: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288


"""The Lord is My Shepherd..."" psalm number?"

Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd | PurposeCity Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd 2 10 There is a famous psalm written by David that, if written in today, would be Christian music’s number one hit – a multi-platinum recording. It is Psalm 23 and perhaps you have heard of it’s lyrics? There can be no question that this song beautifully expresses the goodness of trusting in a personal shepherd. But, I understand that a shepherd probably holds very little weight for those of us in a busy city or even a quiet suburban town. So, let’s modernize this reference that David, and later Jesus, used. Instead of calling the main character a good shepherd, lets exchange it for the word ‘bodyguard.’ The idea of a constant protector is what David was communicating and David, a once shepherd-boy turned mighty king, understood the importance in taking care of helpless animals. David also knew that the Lord was faithful in providing and watching over him. Can we echo this response when we find ourselves running or hiding in metaphorical caves? Can we echo this when we feel forgotten or lost? Hopefully, we aren’t only proclaiming the following words found in Psalm 23 when life is working in our favor. For the truth is, these words can produce the most power in our lives when we feel the very weakest. Let’s take a look at each well chosen lyric to further understand David’s words to God: The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord There is truly so much wisdom to be gained from these verses, especially when we attempt to discover God in our lowest of moments, calling Him our forever Lord. Below, let’s look at just the first half of verse one, dissecting what David felt: THE Notice that David begins by saying that the Lord is His shepherd. He is emphasizing the word “THE” because He is well aware that there is no one else but God who can protect him from life’s snares and pitfalls. Do we truly live this way? Do we camouflage this protection with other things that bring about a false sense of security? Truly, God is THE only thing that can bring about comfort and peace. Can we call Him the one and only thing that we need? LORD Next, David chooses the title for God Almighty as “LORD,” which means master or owner. While David could have chosen many adjectives to describe the God he knew intimately, he chose to call Him Master. I immediately think of a subject serving a King when I hear this title and I truly believe that this was the reverence and honor that David was broadcasting in this opening line. How can we make God our Lord? While we often call Him Savior and Lord, Savior implies that we can do nothing but admit He saved us undeservingly from our sins, but Lord requires action on our behalf. We must place God in the highest position of our lives at all times, surrendering to Him as Lord like David did. How can we begin to make God our Lord each and every day? IS David didn’t stop there. David continues by clearly communicating that THE one and only LORD, master and owner of his soul, IS. This word IS implies a present tense. David is not saying he remembers God was his provider when he felt God’s direction more clearly. Instead, the Lord IS, which means currently. God is always present and personally with us just like a bodyguard protecting a celebrity from crazy fans. Sometimes we may feel like we need a constant hand to hold when life is pulling us in a thousand directions, while other times we may feel invisible, looking for His hand to grasp us tightly. David was vocal in the moments when he felt forsaken by God, yet He never ceased to praise an ever present Lord… even when He couldn’t feel God’s presence. David believed God was always there. How can we acknowledge God’s presence in our lives regardless of our circumstances or emotions? MY The next word is MY, which is very personal. MY house, or MY children, implies it is yours to cl


American Presidents assassinated in office?

Question - Number of Presidents Who Were Assassinated All four of them were killed by shooting. Interestingly enough, they were also all victims of Tecumseh's Curse . Learn More:


Old Chinese method of counting on one hand, up to this number, using the thumb to touch the tip and three joints of each finger?

List of gestures - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on List of gestures   Wikis List of gestures: Wikis    Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Further information: Gesture People often use gestures during heated or tense arguments , such as at this political demonstration . Gestures are a form on nonverbal communication in which visible bodily actions are used to communicate particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words. [1] Gestures include movement of the hands , face , or other parts of the body . Physical non-verbal communication such as purely expressive displays, proxemics , or displays of joint attention differ from gestures, which communicate specific messages. [1] Gestures are culture-specific and can convey very different meanings in different social or cultural settings. [2] Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one place to another, most gestures do not have invariable or universal meanings but connote specific meanings in particular cultures. A single emblematic gesture can have very different significance in different cultural contexts, ranging from complimentary to highly offensive. [3] This list includes links to Wikipedia pages that discuss particular gestures, as well as short descriptions of some gestures that do not have their own page. Contents 5 See also Single hand gestures A-ok or Okay , made by connecting the thumb and forefinger in to a circle and holding the other fingers straight, may signal the word okay . The same gesture is offensive in parts of middle and southern Europe . Abhayamudra is a Hindu Mudra or gesture of reassurance and safety. Beckoning sign. In North America or Northern Europe a beckoning sign is made with the index finger sticking out of the clenched fist, palm facing the gesturer. The finger moves repeatedly towards the gesturer (in a hook) as to draw something nearer. It has the general meaning of "come here." [4] In Northern Africa (Maghreb), calling someone is done using the full hand. [5] In several Asian and European countries, a beckoning sign is made with a scratching motion with all four fingers and with the palm down. [6] In Japan the palm faces the recipient with the hand at head's height. [7] Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme . Pollice verso was a gesture used in Ancient Rome to pass judgment on gladiators by raising or lowering one's thumb. Raised fist is a salute and logo most often used by leftist activists. Roman salute is a salute made by a small group of people holding their arms outward with finger tips touching. It was adopted by the Italian Facist part and likely inspired the Hitler salute. Salute refers to a number of gestures used to display respect, especially among armed forces . Scout handshake is a left-handed handshake used as a greeting among members of various Scouting organizations. Shaka sign consists of extending the thumb and pinky finger upward. It is used as a gesture of friendship in Hawaii . Shocker is a hand gesture with a sexual connotation. The ring finger and thumb are curled or bent down while the other fingers are extended. Sic 'em Bears is the yell and hand gesture used to support Baylor University athletics. The gesture is made by raising both hands and curling the fingers to resemble a bear 's claws. Sign of the horns is a hand gesture with a vulgar meaning in some Mediterranean countries, made by extending the index and pinky finger straight upward. Talk to the hand is an English language slang expression of contempt popular during the 1990s. The associated hand gesture consists of extending a palm toward the person insulted. Telephone . Thumb and pinky outstretched, other fingers tight against palm. Thumb to ear and pinky to mouth as though they were a telephone receiver. Used to say, "I'll call you," or may be used to request a future telephone conve


'The curse of Scotland' diamonds playing card?

BBC - Scotland - The Curse of Scotland The Curse of Scotland By Paul Adams Why is the nine of diamonds referred to in card games as “The Curse of Scotland”? The nine of diamonds: just another ordinary playing card? Some of the most popular reasons relate to two of Scotland's most infamous massacres. The Battle of Culloden The first story goes that on the eve of the Battle of Culloden the Duke of Cumberland was playing cards with his senior staff. The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to download the Adobe Flash player . A young officer arrived wanting to know the Duke's orders for the battle. The Duke allegedly ordered "no quarter" to the Jacobites. Fearing the bloodbath to come the young officer wisely asked for the order to be written down. In annoyance the Duke grabbed a playing card and wrote the order down. That card was supposed to be the nine of diamonds. A great story but unlikely to be true since the first mention of the Curse of Scotland dates back to 1708: 38 years before the battle. The Glencoe Massacre The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to download the Adobe Flash player . The second story dates back to the ruthless massacre at Glencoe where Sir John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, ordered the massacre of the Glencoe MacDonalds. The massacre caused an outcry across Britain and since the Stair coat of arms bears a striking resemblance to the nine of diamonds the card was forever to become known as the Curse of Scotland by association. Many other theories exist ranging from the theft of Mary Queen of Scots' diamonds to a card game where the nine of diamonds was called the Pope – for devout 18th century Presbyterians a curse indeed. As for the truth? The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang sums it up perfectly: “the various theories are as interesting as they are unconvincing”. Explanations for The Curse of Scotland elsewhere online


The age that Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Kobain all died?

27: A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse: Howard Sounes: 9780306823688: Amazon.com: Books From Booklist Rolling Stones cofounder Brian Jones drowned in his swimming pool; Jimi Hendrix overdosed and choked on his own vomit in a London hotel; Janis Joplin overdosed on heroin; Jim Morrison died of heart failure while in the bathtub of a Paris hotel room; Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself; Amy Winehouse drank herself to death. All are members of the notorious 27 Club: they all died prematurely young at the age of 27. Their stories are fascinating pieces of music trivia, but Sounes (Fab, 2010) is interested in why they behaved the way they did. What specifically made them so self-destructive? (Sounes includes an appendix of an additional 44 members of the 27 Club, including the bluesman Robert Johnson.) Although only Cobain deliberately committed suicide, Sounes argues that all six killed themselves. All were intelligent and talented, he maintains, but most had personality problems of some sort, such as depression or bipolar disorder; in addition, many were the children of divorced parents and had low self-esteem. Fans of these musicians will be intrigued and saddened by this fascinating and tragic account. --June Sawyers              --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. Review Praise for 27 This fine study looks at the tragic history of the 27 Club. Much of the book's power lies in its refusal to pander to the romantic-melancholy notion of the tortured young artist who lives fast and dies young. Instead the squalor and chaos of their everyday existence is exposed in uncompromising detail. This book is not about more rock star mythologizing. It's about skewering the mystery of the 27-connection, by exposing its all-too-tragic reality.”Sunday Times (UK) In a multi-stranded biography, Howard Sounes has set himself the task of finding a link between the lives and deaths of these six rock stars. Sounes's masterstroke is to unearth forensic levels of detail on his subjects. He has pulled off what could have been a tasteless project with sensitivity.”The Times (UK) This book is the first time that these committee members, as it were, of the 27 Club have been buried together under the same covera gruesomely enjoyable read.”The Spectator (UK) The 27 Club is the exclusive members-only society that music stars don't want to join. Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Brian Jones all died aged 27 and the biographer Howard Sounes uses this unhappy coincidence [to look] at the rock-star trajectory that brought them all to a premature end. Recommend[ed].”New Statesman (UK) Sounes mixes biography with investigative journalism, social science, and rock history into a work that is as engrossing as it is depressingThough he doesn't pull any punches when it comes to sensitive information about his subjects, he does write with a care that is refreshing for a topic that could easily devolve into ambulance chasing. Sounes, a true crime writer, is especially incisive when it comes to dispatching conspiracy theories built around many of these deaths. He captures the sad truth behind a club for which a youthful death is the only entrée.”Publishers Weekly, 9/23/13 If you like reading about brilliant young people destroying themselves, this is your bookHard living started early will take its toll, and it's not a complete coincidence they all died when they did, but it's not a mystic number either, and Sounes disposes easily with the conspiracy theories that have collected around the dead stars.”The Age (Australia), 9/21/13 [Sounes] is a tenacious researcher[He] painstakingly demolishes conspiracy theories and other forms of magical thinking.”The Observer (UK), 8/17/13 Sounes offers a stern corrective to the adage that it's better to burn out than to fade away. The author takes a refreshingly skeptical view of the belief that a conspiracy accounts for the deaths of


A Nebuchadnezzar wine/champagne bottle equates to how many normal bottles?

Guide to Wine Bottle Sizes | Wine Folly Articles , Beginner , Favorite , Handling Wine , Wine Basics , Wine Storage Meaning of Wine Bottle Sizes Curiously, the historic convention for naming wine bottle sizes is based on the names of biblical kings. As with many parts of the aesthetics of wine, nomenclature for wine bottle formats reconnects us to the structures of wine culture. Wine has long been a living part of our history and day-to-day lives, and so unsurprisingly the bottle names are connected to one of our oldest documents. To be fair, no one really knows how this convention started for sure. If you know, we’d love to be enlightened. We could do some “research” and see if the answer can be found at the bottom of six liter? I bet you we’d discover something. Below is a list of wine bottle sizes and their names. Wine Bottle Size Chart 187.5 ml Piccolo or Split: Typically used for a single serving of Champagne. 375 ml Demi or Half: Holds one-half of the standard 750 ml size. 750 ml Standard: Common bottle size for most distributed wine. 1.5 L Magnum: Equivalent to two standard 750 ml bottles. 3.0 L Double Magnum: Equivalent to two Magnums or four standard 750 ml bottles. 4.5 L Jeroboam (still wine): Equivalent to six standard 750 ml bottles. 6.0 L Imperial: Equivalent to eight standard 750 ml bottles or two Double Magnums. 9.0 L Salmanazar: Equivalent to twelve standard 750 ml bottles or a full case of wine! 12.0 L Balthazar: Equivalent to sixteen standard 750 ml bottles or two Imperials. 15.0 L Nebuchadnezzar: Equivalent to twenty standard 750 ml bottles. The original box wine is 3 liters aka a double magnum Facts about wine bottle sizes Box wine is commonly 3 liters or a double magnum size Rehoboam in terms of Champagne Bottles is only 4.5 litres or 6 bottles. Methuselah is the same size as an Imperial (6 litres) but the name is usually used for sparkling wines in a Burgundy-shaped bottle Save it for later! What if I can’t drink all that wine? LIKE WINE FOLLY TO GET OUR TOP STORIES Do you like this post?


The average age of a US combat soldier in the Vietnam war (also a 1985 Paul Hardcastle No1 hit song)?

Paul Hardcastle Paul Hardcastle A little something about Paul Hardcastle Paul Hardcastle has put together an impressive career as a producer with his own Fast Forward record label, and as a composer scoring video and film works. He also enjoyed a brief period of pop fame, when in 1985 he had a surprise number 1 hit (UK) with "19."  "19" was an interesting combination of preachy spoken word, testimonials, looping news reports, synths and heavy beats, concerning a subject that dominated music two decades earlier: the Vietnam War. The number nineteen was significant in the song as the reported "average age" of the combat soldier during the conflict.  While those of us who were of high school age (or there-abouts) at the time were not terribly concerned with the political fallout that surrounded the Vietnam war, there was so little popular music with socio-political messages in 1985 that we really latched on to it. Plus for some reason it felt really cool to repeat the line "I wasn't really sure what was going on." 19 In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war, but it wasn't. It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting. In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26... In Vietnam he was 19. In inininininin Vietnam he was 19. (TV announcer's voice) The shooting and fighting of the past two weeks continued today 25 miles west of Saigon I really wasn't sure what was going on (Vet's Voice) Nininini Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19 19,19,19,19 In Vietnam the combat soldier typically served a twelve month tour of duty but was exposed to hostile fire almost everyday Ninininininininininin 19 nininininninin 19 Hundreds of Thousands of men who saw heavy combat in Vietnam were arrestedsince dischargeTheir arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same age. There are no accurate figures of how many of these men have been incarcerated. But, a Veterans Administration study concludes that the greater of Vets exposure to combat could more likely affect his chances of being arrested orconvicted. This is one legacy of the Vietnam War (Singing Girls) All those who remember the war They won't forget what they've seen.. Destruction of men in their prime whose average was 19 After World War II the Men came home together on troop ships, but the Vietnam Vet often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combat Perhaps the most dramatic difference between World War II and Vietnam was coming home.. .none of them received a hero's welcome None of them received a heroes welcome, none of them, none of them Nenene Nenene None of them, none of them, none of them (etc...) None of them received a hero's welcome None of them received a hero's welcome According to a Veteran's Administration study Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what Psychiatrists call Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt Some succumb to suicidal thoughts Eight to Ten years after coming home almost eight-hundred-thousand men are still fighting the Vietnam War (Singing Girls) Nininininininininin Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19 19,19,19,19 Nininininininininin Nineteen, 19, Ni-nineteen 19 19,19,19,19 When we came back it was different.. Everybody wants to know "How'd it happened to those guys over there There's gotta be something wrong somewhere We did what we had to do There's gotta be something wrong somewhere People wanted us to be ashamed of what it made us Dad had no idea what he went to fight and he is now All we want to do is come home All we want to do is come home What did we do it for All we want to do is come home Was it worth it?


Red balls on a snooker table at the start of a frame (traditional full game version)?

Game mode:Snooker - Pool Live Pro - 337 Game mode:Snooker 2014-06-11 18:18:46 Snooker is a cue sport that is typically played on a table covered with a green cloth or baize, with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular full-size table measures 11 ft 81⁄2 in × 5 ft 10 in (3569 mm x 1778 mm), commonly referred to as 12 × 6 ft. The game is played using a cue and 22 snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours: yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6) and black (7).The red balls are initially placed in a triangular formation, and the other coloured balls on marked positions on the table known as "spots". Players execute shots by striking the cue ball with the cue, causing the cue ball to hit a red or coloured ball. Points are scored by potting the red and coloured balls (that is, knocking them into the pockets) in the correct sequence. A player receives additional points if the opponent commits a foul. A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s). A player wins a match when a predetermined number of frames have been won. Snooker, generally regarded as having been invented in India by British Army officers, is popular in many of the English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, with top professional players attaining multi-million-pound career earnings from the game. The sport is now increasingly popular in China. Touring professional players compete regularly around the world, the premier tournament being the World Championship, held annually in Sheffield, England. History of snooker Illustration of a game of three ball pocket billiards in early 19th-century Tübingen, Germany Snooker in its modern form originated in the latter half of the 19th century.Billiards had been a popular activity amongst British Army officers stationed in India, and variations on the more traditional billiard games were devised. One variation, devised in the officers' mess in Jabalpur during 1874 or 1875, was to add coloured balls in addition to the reds and black which were used for pyramid pool and life pool.[8] The rules were formally finalised in 1884 by Sir Neville Chamberlain at Ootacamund.[citation needed] The word snooker also has military origins, being a slang term for first-year cadets or inexperienced personnel.One version of events states that Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain of the Devonshire regiment (not the later Prime Minister of the same name) was playing this new game when his opponent failed to pot a ball and Chamberlain called him a snooker. It thus became attached to the billiards game now bearing its name as inexperienced players were labelled as snookers. Snooker grew in popularity in England but generally it was still a game for the gentry, and many well established gentleman clubs which had a billiards table would not allow nonmembers inside to play. To accommodate the popularity of the game, smaller and more open snooker-specific clubs started to be formed. The game of snooker grew in the later half of the 19th century and the early 20th century, and by 1927 the first World Snooker Championship had been organised by Joe Davis who, as a professional English billiards and snooker player, moved the game from a pastime activity into a more professional sphere.[10] Joe Davis won every world championship until 1946 when he retired. The game went into a decline through the 1950s and 1960s with little interest generated outside of those who played. In 1959, Davis introduced a variation of the game, known as snooker plus, to try to improve the game's popularity by adding two extra colours. However, it never caught on. A major advance occurred in 1969, when David Attenborough commissioned the snooker tournament Pot Black to demonstrate the potential of colour television, with the green table and multi-coloured balls being ideal for showing off the advantages of colour broadcasting.The TV series became a ratings success and was for a time t


The dog Timmy made how many in Enid Blyton's 'Famous...' series of children's adventure books?

Enid Blyton - The Famous Five Meet the characters Article by Keith Robinson (March 15, 2006) The Famous Five are four decidedly upper-class children with a mongrel dog who solve mysteries and get tangled up with smugglers and other criminals. They want nothing more than to have a great time strolling about the countryside and having picnics, but these adventures just keep coming along and getting in the way. Unlike the Secret Seven and the Five Find-Outers, the Famous Five get about a bit—usually to the moors, the countryside, Cornish villages and the like. The most remarkable thing about them is possibly that they're allowed to go all the country on their own despite being aged between eleven and thirteen! The eldest of the gang is Julian, with George and Dick next, and then Anne. Julian's twelve in Five on a Treasure Island, the first in the series, and when talking about George he says, "So she's eleven—a year younger than I am—same age as you, Dick—and a year older than you, Anne." Nice of him to point that out so clearly. In the third book, Five Run Away Together, it's noted that they're all a year older since their last adventure on Kirrin Island, a year before. Beyond that, as far as I am aware their ages are inexplicably frozen in time—otherwise they'd be well into their twenties before the end of the series. Julian is a strange character, someone that young readers seem to aspire to, and one that older readers think is a pompous ass. There are is a strong element of a 1940s-style chivalry in his character, which today is seen simply as condescending. For example, in Five on a Hike Together they're all arguing about where to sleep for the night. George insists she'll be fine in a barn with the boys, but Julian won't have it. "You know quite well," he says, "that if you ever go against the orders of the chief—that's me, my girl, in case you didn't know it—you won't come out with us again. You may look like a boy and behave like a boy, but you're a girl all the same. And like it or not, girls have got to be taken care of." He frequently tells the girls they can't do something simply on the basis that they're girls. Of course, Anne accepts his orders readily, being the sort of girl that Julian believes all girls should be like! And that's Julian all over—demanding, domineering, always in charge... True, he is the eldest of the group, but only by a year. Yet he acts as though he's at least three or four years older than the rest, and certainly older than the young age of thirteen as he's supposed to be throughout the series. Indeed, he acts so stern and grown-up that nasty adult characters are frequently struck speechless. The Stick Family in Five Run Away Together are a prime example of this; Julian's clever tongue leaves Ma and Pa Stick bewildered and a little afraid of the tall boy with the determined face... Dick was actually my favorite character when I was younger, perhaps because he seemed more my age at the time. (Julian seemed years older, despite being only a year older than Dick.) In the first book, Dick pretty much takes a back seat for the most part, letting the more interesting characters of Julian and George develop, and Anne—the weedy one—to be teased. But in later books Dick takes a more active role, constantly jumping in and backing up Julian like any good younger brother should! He shows himself to be unafraid of anything that comes along, no matter how scary the situation. I particularly remember Five on a Hike Together when he sleeps in a barn overnight, alone, with a storm lashing the windows. Then a hard-looking face appears at the window and whispers an urgent message. I remember being creeped out by the whole situation and admired Dick for holding it together so well. He's also the character most likely to joke around and tease the others—particuarly George over her being a boy. George, or Georgina, is arguably the most interesting character of the four, and certainly the most popular as far as fans are concerned. She's feisty, obstinate, brave, strong-willed as well as strong physically, an


The Boeing Superfortress B-'what'-type of American aircraft that dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?

Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan Tail #2-24638 identifies this as a Block B-29-40-BW, probably assigned to 497th, 498th, or 497th BG. B-29s in flight over desert group of people by B-29 Superfortress, mountains in background Boeing B-29 Superfortress 3,895 planes produced, entered service 1944. B-29 specs: top speed 365 MPH, 12 machine guns, max. bomb load 20,000 lbs. By Stephen Sherman , Sept. 2002. Updated April 20, 2012. What was the most expensive military project of World War Two? ... It wasn't the atom bomb (the Manhattan Project). It was the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Cost? $3 billion, the most expensive weapon of World War II. Only used in the Pacific, to rain both conventional and atomic destruction on Japan's cities, the B-29 surely justified the cost of its development. Development As early as 1934, Boeing began working on several prototypes (Model 322, 333A, 333B, 334A, and 341) with features that ultimately came together in the B-29, among them: a pressurized cabin, tricycle landing gear, long range under heavy bomb loads, etc.. As the war in Europe boiled, the Army issued a specification for the Very Long Range (VLR) "super-bomber" in January 1940. It called for a speed of 400 MPH, a 5333 mile range, and a bomb load of 2000 pounds delivered at 2666 miles. With the work it had been doing, Boeing was at an advantage over the other competitors: Consolidated, Douglas, and Lockheed. Even before the prototype was built, the Army ordered a second one, and then in the wake of Pearl Harbor, ordered a thousand more. Boeing dedicated its Renton factory to the B-29; the Glenn Martin Company started production in Omaha. Model 345 To meet the specs of the VLR bomber noted above, Boeing designed the Model 345 - a four engine bomber with tricycle landing gear (folding into the huge engine nacelles), five gun turrets, and weighing almost 100,000 pounds. Submitted in May, 1940, the Model 345 won an Army to develop it into the XB-29 prototype. . By August, Douglas and Lockheed had dropped out, and the Army issued a contract to Consolidated for the XB-32, as a backup to Boeing's favored XB-29. During 1941, the Army increased its order, from three prototypes, to fourteen, then 250, and then (after Pearl Harbor) 1500. All before the first prototype had flown! With the country on a wartime footing, three other factories were drawn into B-29 production (in addition to Boeing's own Wichita, Kansas plant): Bell Aircraft's factory in Marietta, Georgia; Glenn Martin in Omaha; Boeing-Renton, and GM's Fisher Body plant in Cleveland. XB-29 Prototype The XB-29 had wings that were as small as possible, with large radial engines outside them. While crew space fore and aft had to be pressurized, the bomb bays (with their huge doors) could not be. To deal with this problem, Boeing linked the front and rear pressurized sections with a sealed tunnel. The relatively small wings meant low drag but also very high wing-loading, double the desirable limit of 1940. Four Wright Cyclone 3350 engines with two turbo-superchargers each were able to handle the challenge. Problems like preventing guns and propeller mechanisms from freezing at high altitudes abounded. A very strong ring section connected the two wings and separated the two bomb bays. At altitudes of 30,000 feet, manned gun turrets were impractical and Sperry developed retractable, periscopically directed, electrically powered turrets for the B-29. The normal crew of twelve included a pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, navigator, flight engineer, radio operator, radar operator, and five gunners. The first seven guys occupied the forward pressurized cabin. Four gunners were in the rear cabin, and the poor tail gunner was trapped in his own little pressurized pocket in the tail for the duration of the flight. Boeing test pilot Edmund T. "Eddie" Allen made the first XB-29 flight in September, 1942. In the next few months, the engines' tendency to catch fire severely limited test flight time. In 23 test flights, they went through 16 engines, in only 27 hours of flight time.