"What ""magic words"" did Ali Baba use to enter the den of the forty thieves?"

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Once upon a time . . . in a distant Persian city lived two brothers called Ali Baba and Kasim. Ali Baba was terribly poor, and he lived with his wife in a mud hut. He picked up sticks in the woods and sold them in bundles at the market. Kasim, however, had a rich wife, and he lived in a big fine house and sold carpets. He became richer than ever. One day, as Ali Baba was gathering sticks in a wood some way from the city he heard a band of horsemen gallop towards him. Scared that he might be in trouble for stealing wood, he scrambled up a tree and hid amongst the foliage, seconds before the men, armed to the teeth, rode underneath. They were robbers, no doubt about that. Ali could tell by their evil looks, rough beards and bad language. But what made it perfectly clear to him was the booty they unloaded from their horses, obviously plundered in a raid. Their leader was a grim wicked-looking man. Followed by his men, he strode towards a rocky mountain nearby. Throwing wide his arms suddenly shouted: "Open sesame!" Ali Baba could hardly believe his eyes. For at the robber's words, the rock face swung open to become the entrance to a deep, dark cave. The robbers trooped inside, dragging their sacks. Ali Baba was struck dumb by this amazing sight, and he crouched in his tree, without moving a muscle. He could hear the robbers' voices echo in the cave, then out they came. Again opening his arms, the leader exclaimed loudly: "Close sesame!" And the rock swung tightly shut, as they leapt onto their horses and galloped away. Trembling with fear, Ali Baba climbed down the tree. He had just had the biggest shock of his life. Hardly aware of what he was doing, he muttered: "Open sesame," But the mountain stood still. Ali Baba said the words again, but this time he shouted them. Suddenly, the rock began to move. Ali Baba lit a flare and entered the cave. In front of his bulging eyes lay vast piles of treasure: pots of silver gold, precious vases, weapons studded with rubies and emeralds, diamonds, carved plates and carpets, all heaped together. The poverty-stricken stick-gatherer rubbed his eyes in disbelief. His hand was shaking like a leaf, as he picked up a gold coin. "It's real!" he said in awe. Jabbering with excitement and stunned at the sight of such untold wealth, he told himself: "I'll take some coins. Nobody will ever know!" And he filled four bags full. The second he reached home, Ali Baba locked the door and emptied the sacks in front of his astounded wife. "Count them," he ordered her triumphantly, before telling her what had happened. But there were far too many coins for these poor people to count. "We can't count them all. Run to my brother's house and ask him for a corn measure. We'll use that," said Ali Baba. When Kasim's wife heard this strange request, her curiosity was aroused. "I wonder what they want to measure. It can't be corn, they're far too poor." And she quickly brushed a touch of tar across the bottom of the measuring pail. And when she got the pail back there was something stuck to it - as the clever woman had known there would be. It was a gold coin. "A gold coin. Where did that come from? They're the poorest of the poor!" And she rushed off to tell her husband. Kasim was most annoyed. "How dare my brother have gold coins without telling me about it," he snapped. And off he marched to ask Ali Baba for an explanation. Ali Baba innocently told Kasim his strange story, but asked him to keep it a secret. Of course, Kasim promised, but he quickly told his wife about it and ordered the servants to saddle ten sturdy mules for next morning. "I'll be richer than ever. Incredibly rich!" he said to himself as he went to bed. But he didn't sleep a wink for thinking of the treasure. It was still dark when Kasim and his mule train set out. When he reached the mountain, beyond the forest, he pronounced the magic words and entered the cave. With a beating heart, he crammed as much as he could into the saddle bags. But Kasim's greed led to his downfall, for


What instant messaging service did Facebook purchase for $19 billion in 2014?

Why Facebook Just Spent $19 Billion on a Messaging App - The Atlantic The Atlantic See our Newsletters > Why Facebook Just Spent $19 Billion on a Messaging App Facebook wants to dominate in the three areas WhatsApp excels in: apps, messaging, and usage in the developing world. Reuters Text Size Updated, Thursday 2:30 p.m. Late Wednesday, Facebook announced its purchase of WhatsApp for $16 billion. $4 billion in cash and $12 billion in Facebook stock were granted to the company, with an additional $3 billion worth of Facebook stock to come.  WhatsApp makes a glorified texting app. It lets you send text and pictures to another WhatsApp user’s phone. Free to use for the first year, it costs $1 annually after that.  Why, you may be wondering, would Facebook spend $19 billion on it? Courtesy “Nick,” who—seriously, yes— did screenshot this and text it to me. To answer, it helps to tell a story about two of my friends. They’re dating. Last year, one of them—we’ll call him Nick—lived in the small African nation of Lesotho. The other—we’ll call her Julie—lived in Chicago. This year, they switched. Nick lives in New York City. Julie lives in Mumbai. On the home screen of Nick’s iPhone (at right), there aren’t many apps. There’s Google Maps, Gmail, a camera. There are three social networks—Twitter, Facebook, Instagram—of which Facebook owns two. And there’s WhatsApp. WhatsApp lets Nick and Julie text and send pictures across international borders, skirting international SMS fees and only paying for the cost of data. They both use it daily. They aren’t the only ones. In December, WhatsApp  announced it had reached 400 million active monthly users, with 100 million of them having joined since just September. It’s now up to 450 million monthly active users.  According to Facebook’s Wednesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , 70 percent of those people are active on a single day, and 1 million people download WhatsApp every day. That’s 315 million people using WhatsApp every day. In the same filing, Facebook claims that the amount of data that passes through WhatsApp rivals “the entire global telecom SMS volume.” (For reference, by the way, Facebook said it had 945 million monthly active users for its own, non-WhatsApp mobile* services in January.) depending on how you count whatsapp is the fastest growing messaging/social app ever pic.twitter.com/a9sGvgzF6p — Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) February 19, 2014 But is it worth $19 billion? No one’s really sure. But as John Herrman writes at Buzzfeed , WhatsApp was “one of the only services that could plausibly claim to be cannibalizing Facebook on a large scale, and one of a small few that pose it an existential threat.” What’s more, buying WhatsApp fits into a pattern that’s emerged from Facebook. For me, there are three clear reasons why Facebook spent crazy money on the new messaging giant.  1. Facebook wants to dominate among mobile apps. Facebook has a history  of simply up and buying mobile apps when they start to dominate. It bought Instagram in April 2012 for $1 billion. It tried to buy Snapchat for $3 billion. And— as Herrman has reported —it spent $100 million last fall to buy the best mobile app analytics usage firm. If an app has tons of mobile users, Facebook knows, perhaps before almost anyone else. It’s this same, mobile app-focused strategy that led it to release Paper early this month . Paper is a newsreading app, but it’s also simply a better mobile version of Facebook. It’s Facebook content through a new, designified lens— and it heralds a new “multi-app strategy,” wherein Facebook lets many different kinds of apps spring from its walled garden. Facebook has a history of buying successful mobile apps, especially those with a social component. WhatsApp is a bananas successful mobile app. Ergo… 2. Facebook wants to dominate in messaging apps. It’s not yet a sure thing that Facebook users will keep wanting to, er, Facebook: to engage in the daily exchange of pictures, status updates, and wall posts that keep the social network feeling fertile. (That


What organization was led by Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan?

Boutros Boutros-Ghali and the US: Recollections of a One-Term Secretary-General | IPI Global Observatory Boutros Boutros-Ghali and the US: Recollections of a One-Term Secretary-General by John L. Hirsch Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali meets with French peacekeeping command in Somalia. Baidoa, Somalia, October 22, 1993. (F. Ribere/UN Photo) January 3, 1993: United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia, with his senior staff in two small airplanes. He was there to assess the ongoing civil war and associated famine, as 13,000 UN Peacekeepers sought to restore order to the country. Warlord Mohammed Farah Aideed, in control of much of the city, had not forgotten that Boutros-Ghali—who died yesterday at the age of 93—had been a senior Egyptian government official under Presidents Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak, during which time he had given strong support to ousted Somali President Siad Barre, whom Aideed’s Somali National Alliance (SNA) militia had helped drive from power. The SNA mounted a peaceful protest outside UN headquarters, located in a narrow cul-de-sac, while Boutros-Ghali and I (at that time the senior American representative in the country) visited a refugee center on the outskirts of the city. Given the situation, we went to the headquarters of the US-led UN mission in Somalia, UNITAF, where Lieutenant-General Robert B. Johnston turned down the Secretary-General’s request to use UNITAF forces, mostly Marines, to end the demonstration. He instead persuaded Boutros-Ghali to proceed directly to Addis Ababa, at which point the demonstration would disperse peacefully. On the way back to the airport, Boutros-Ghali told me that the situation was very bad for the UN, although he played down its significance with the press. It was a humiliation he would not forget. Five months later, after the murder of 42 Pakistani UN peacekeepers by SNA fighters and several unsuccessful efforts to capture Aideed, the Secretary-General asked Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Colin Powell to authorize a separate US force of Delta rangers to capture the warlord. This led to the events of October 3-4 1993 known as “Black Hawk Down,” in which 18 American Marines were killed and 78 more were wounded in a bitter nighttime fight, leading President Bill Clinton—under strong Congressional pressure—to announce the withdrawal of US forces from Somalia. By April 1995 the entire UN military operation in Somalia was withdrawn. The collapse of the Somali state and the ensuing violence continued for the next 17 years, until the Transitional Federal Government was set up in Mogadishu. Boutros-Ghali was a controversial but in some ways prescient secretary-general. Early on, he identified the weaknesses in UN peacekeeping, and later put forth an important set of reforms in his revised Agenda for Peace of 1995 . This was a transformative analysis laying out the fundamentals of post-Cold War peacekeeping. Released in the immediate aftermath of the Rwandan massacre, it contained a four-part agenda: prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and post-conflict peacebuilding. This is very much the framework of the current UN peace operations reform agenda. At the same time, his controlling personality alienated many in the UN Secretariat and, most significantly, his relations with the US continued to deteriorate. Strong differences with President Clinton and US Ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright over his overall management led to the US in 1996, for the first and only time, denying a serving secretary-general a second term. Boutros-Ghali’s downfall led to the appointment of Kofi Annan as the seventh UN secretary-general. Annan served two terms and took on a major leadership role, denouncing the international failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda and also the UN’s passive role in Srebrenica during the Bosnian war. He called for a new, more resolute UN role in preventing similar events in the future, championing enhanced peacekeeping in Kosovo and East Timor, and ultimately the adoption of the principle


What island did Captain Cook discover, before being killed by the people who already lived there?

Captain Cook killed in Hawaii - Feb 14, 1779 - HISTORY.com Captain Cook killed in Hawaii Share this: Captain Cook killed in Hawaii Author Captain Cook killed in Hawaii URL Publisher A+E Networks On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, is murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the Pacific island group. In 1768, Cook, a surveyor in the Royal Navy, was commissioned a lieutenant in command of the HMS Endeavor and led an expedition that took scientists to Tahiti to chart the course of the planet Venus. In 1771, he returned to England, having explored the coast of New Zealand and Australia and circumnavigated the globe. Beginning in 1772, he commanded a major mission to the South Pacific and during the next three years explored the Antarctic region, charted the New Hebrides, and discovered New Caledonia. In 1776, Cook sailed from England again as commander of the HMS Resolution and Discovery, and in January 1778 he made his first visit to the Hawaiian Islands. He may have been the first European to ever visit the island group, which he named the Sandwich Islands in honor of one of his patrons, John Montague, the Earl of Sandwich. Cook and his crew were welcomed by the Hawaiians, who were fascinated by the Europeans’ ships and their use of iron. Cook provisioned his ships by trading the metal, and his sailors traded iron nails for sex. The ships then made a brief stop at Ni’ihau and headed north to look for the western end of a northwest passage from the North Atlantic to the Pacific. Almost one year later, Cook’s two ships returned to the Hawaiian Islands and found a safe harbor in Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay. It is suspected that the Hawaiians attached religious significance to the first stay of the Europeans on their islands. In Cook’s second visit, there was no question of this phenomenon. Kealakekua Bay was considered the sacred harbor of Lono, the fertility god of the Hawaiians, and at the time of Cook’s arrival the locals were engaged in a festival dedicated to Lono. Cook and his compatriots were welcomed as gods and for the next month exploited the Hawaiians’ good will. After one of the crewmen died, exposing the Europeans as mere mortals, relations became strained. On February 4, 1779, the British ships sailed from Kealakekua Bay, but rough seas damaged the foremast of the Resolution, and after only a week at sea the expedition was forced to return to Hawaii. The Hawaiians greeted Cook and his men by hurling rocks; they then stole a small cutter vessel from the Discovery. Negotiations with King Kalaniopuu for the return of the cutter collapsed after a lesser Hawaiian chief was shot to death and a mob of Hawaiians descended on Cook’s party. The captain and his men fired on the angry Hawaiians, but they were soon overwhelmed, and only a few managed to escape to the safety of the Resolution. Captain Cook himself was killed by the mob. A few days later, the Englishmen retaliated by firing their cannons and muskets at the shore, killing some 30 Hawaiians. The Resolution and Discovery eventually returned to England. Related Videos


What was famously built in 1961 and demolished in 1989?

Berlin Wall - Cold War - HISTORY.com Berlin Wall A+E Networks Introduction On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin. The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West. The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night, ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall. Some crossed freely into West Berlin, while others brought hammers and picks and began to chip away at the wall itself. To this day, the Berlin Wall remains one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of the Cold War. Google The Berlin Wall: The Partitioning of Berlin As World War II came to an end in 1945, a pair of Allied peace conferences at Yalta and Potsdam determined the fate of Germany’s territories. They split the defeated nation into four “allied occupation zones”: The eastern part of the country went to the Soviet Union, while the western part went to the United States, Great Britain and (eventually) France. Did You Know? On October 22, 1961, a quarrel between an East German border guard and an American official on his way to the opera in East Berlin very nearly led to what one observer called "a nuclear-age equivalent of the Wild West Showdown at the O.K. Corral." That day, American and Soviet tanks faced off at Checkpoint Charlie for 16 hours. Photographs of the confrontation are some of the most familiar and memorable images of the Cold War. Even though Berlin was located entirely within the Soviet part of the country (it sat about 100 miles from the border between the eastern and western occupation zones), the Yalta and Potsdam agreements split the city into similar sectors. The Soviets took the eastern half, while the other Allies took the western. This four-way occupation of Berlin began in June 1945. The Berlin Wall: Blockade and Crisis The existence of West Berlin, a conspicuously capitalist city deep within communist East Germany, “stuck like a bone in the Soviet throat,” as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev put it. The Russians began maneuvering to drive the United States, Britain and France out of the city for good. In 1948, a Soviet blockade of West Berlin aimed to starve the western Allies out of the city. Instead of retreating, however, the United States and its allies supplied their sectors of the city from the air. This effort, known as the Berlin Airlift , lasted for more than a year and delivered more than 2.3 million tons of food, fuel and other goods to West Berlin. The Soviets called off the blockade in 1949. After a decade of relative calm, tensions flared again in 1958. For the next three years, the Soviets–emboldened by the successful launch of the Sputnik satellite the year before and embarrassed by the seemingly endless flow of refugees from east to west (nearly 3 million since the end of the blockade, many of them young skilled workers such as doctors, teachers and engineers)–blustered and made threats, while the Allies resisted. Summits, conferences and other negotiations came and went without resolution. Meanwhile, the flood of refugees continued. In June 1961, some 19,000 people left the GDR through Berlin. The following month, 30,000 fled. In the first 11 days of August, 16,000 East Germans crossed the border into West Berlin, and on August 12 some 2,400 followed—the largest number of defectors ever to leave East Germany in a single day. The Berlin Wall: Building the Wall That night, Premier Khrushchev gave the East German government permission to stop the flow of emigrants by closing its border for good. In just two weeks, the East German army, police force and volunteer construction workers had completed a makeshift barbed wire and concrete bl


What company purchased the rights to the Star Wars franchise in 2012?

Disney to buy Lucasfilm for $4 billion - Oct. 30, 2012 Disney to buy Lucasfilm for $4 billion by Stacy Cowley   @StacyCowley October 31, 2012: 5:08 AM ET Lucasfilm founder George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, is selling his company to Disney for $4 billion. The Walt Disney Company agreed Tuesday to buy Lucasfilm in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $4 billion. The deal will make Lucasfilm owner George Lucas a significant shareholder in Disney, which will pay for the film company with $2 billion cash and around 40 million shares of its stock. The takeover will give Disney ( DIS ) control of Lucasfilm's blockbuster Star Wars franchise, which encompasses both filmed productions and a massive merchandising operation. Disney will also absorb Lucasfilm's special-effects production business, Industrial Light and Magic, and its Skywalker Sound audio production studio. "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers," George Lucas said in a written statement. "I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime." Lucas said he will work as a creative consultant on Star Wars Episode 7, the first of a planned new trilogy of live-action Star Wars movies. It is targeted for release in 2015, Disney said. "The film is in what I'll call early-stage development right now," Disney CEO Bob Iger said on a conference call with analysts. Lucas did not join him on the call. Disney hopes to essentially relaunch the Star Wars film franchise, which had its last installment in 2005 with Revenge of the Sith. Following the three planned sequels, the company envisions releasing even more Star Wars movies at a rate of a new film every two to three years. Future movies may not be sequels but movies that focus on fringe characters. Disney also believes there is potential for a television series. "Disney respects and understands -- perhaps better than anyone else -- the importance of iconic characters," Iger said. Disney's Lucasfilm purchase is the culmination of transition plans Lucas began forming several years ago as he "began contemplating a form of retirement," Iger said. "He and I started talking about a year and half ago but only decided pretty recently that this is something we both wanted to do." Disney executives repeatedly drew parallels between the Lucasfilm deal and the company's 2009 acquisition of Marvel Entertainment , which also cost $4 billion. Both studios operate entertainment franchises that can support a steady series of tentpole movies and fuel ancillary merchandising, theme park and other revenue streams, executives said. They also cited the past precedent of Pixar, which Disney purchased in 2006 . Apple ( AAPL ) co-founder Steve Jobs, Pixar's creator, became Disney's largest shareholder, with a stake that dwarfs Lucas' planned share. Steve Jobs' family trust now controls his nearly 8% share of the company. For sale: Disney-inspired fairy tale manor In valuing Lucasfilm, Disney focused almost entirely on the Star Wars franchise, company executives said. "We didn't ascribe any value to the Indiana Jones franchise because of the encumbrances that exist," Iger said, referring to Paramount Pictures' ongoing stake in the series it has distributed. News Corp. ( NWS ) unit 20th Century Fox has been Star Wars' distributor until now. It retains some rights to past films but has no stake in Disney's planned future installments, company executives said. Kathleen Kennedy, current co-chairman of Lucasfilm, will become president of Lucasfilm, reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Lucasfilm employees will remain based at the company's San Francisco headquarters. How active will Lucas be involved in shaping future Star Wars films? Iger's answer to that question: "It's his intent to retire." That will come as a relief to some of the fans who flocked to sites like Twitter, where #DisneyStarWars quickly became a trending topic. One analyst on Disney's conference call shared their mixed emotions. "I can say, Bob, that you're riski


"What is another name for Rome's ""Flavian Amphitheatre""?"

History of the Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater is one of the most well-known of the ancient Roman structures because so much of it still remains. Meaning: Amphitheater comes from the Greek amphi ~ on both sides and theatron ~ semicircular viewing place or theater. An Improvement Over the Existing Design The Circus The Colosseum in Rome is an amphitheater. It was developed as an improvement over the differently shaped but similarly used Circus Maximus , for gladiatorial combats, wild beast fights (venationes), and mock naval battles (naumachiae). Spine: Elliptical in shape, the circus had a fixed central divider called a spina down the middle, which was useful in chariot races , but got in the way during fights. Viewing: In addition, the spectators' view was limited in the circus. The amphitheater put spectators on all sides of the action. Flimsy Early Amphitheaters In 50 B.C., C. Scribonius Curio built the first amphitheater in Rome to stage his father's funeral games. continue reading below our video 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know Curio's amphitheater and the next one, built in 46 B.C., by Julius Caesar , were made of wood. The weight of the spectators was at times too great for the wooden structure and, of course, the wood was easily destroyed by fire. Stable Amphitheater The Emperor Augustus designed a more substantial amphitheater to stage venationes, but it wasn't until the Flavian emperors, Vespasian and Titus, that the enduring, limestone, brick, and marble Amphitheatrum Flavium (aka Vespasian's Amphitheater) was built. "The construction utilized a careful combination of types: concrete for the foundations, travertine for the piers and arcades, tufa infill between piers for the walls of the lower two levels, and brick-faced concrete used for the upper levels and for most of the vaults." Great Buildings Online - Roman Colosseum The amphitheater was dedicated in A.D. 80, in a ceremony lasting a hundred days, with the slaughter of 5000 sacrificial animals. The amphitheater may not have been finished, however, until the reign of Titus' brother Domitian. Lightning damaged the amphitheater, but later emperors repaired and maintained it until the games were ended in the sixth century. Source of the Name Colosseum The medieval historian Bede applied the name Colosseum (Colyseus) to the Amphitheatrum Flavium, possibly because the amphitheater -- which had taken back the pond on the land Nero had devoted to his extravagant golden palace ( domus aurea ) -- stood beside a colossal statue of Nero. This etymology is disputed. Size of the Flavian Amphitheater The tallest Roman structure , the colosseum was about 160 feet high and covered about six acres. Its long axis is 188m and its short, 156m. Construction used 100,000 cu. meters of travertine (like the cella of the Temple of Hercules Victor ), and 300 tons of iron for clamps, according to Filippo Coarelli in Rome and Environs. Although all the seats are gone, at the end of the 19th century , the seating potential was calculated and the figures are generally accepted. There were likely 87,000 seats in 45-50 rows inside the colosseum. Coarelli says social standing determined seating, so those rows closest to the action were reserved for the senatorial classes, whose special seats were inscribed with their names and made of marble. Women were separated at public events from the time of the earliest emperor, Augustus. The Romans probably held mock sea battles in the Flavian Amphitheater. Vomitoria There were 64 numbered doors to let spectators in and out that were called vomitoria. N.B.: Vomitoria were exits, not places spectators regurgitated the contents of their stomachs to facilitate binge eating and drinking. People vomited forth, so to speak, from the exits. Other Noteworthy Aspects of the Colosseum There were substructures under the fighting area that may have been animal dens or channels for water for or from the mock naval battles. It is hard to determine how the Romans produced venationes and naumachiae on the sam


What Australian soap opera has aired for since 1985 and once starred Kylie Minogue?

Neighbours information and Neighbours spoilers at SoapForum.co.uk   Hollyoaks   Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera that enjoys considerable success in the UK . It originally aired on the Seven Network in Australia in 1985; however, they cancelled the series later that year. The series was immediately picked-up by rival Network Ten. It began screening on that channel in early 1986 and has remained popular with its core teenage audience ever since. Neighbours was first aired in the UK in 1986. In the late 1980s it regularly had a UK audience in the tens of millions and was sometimes watched by more people than the population of Australia at that time. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the fictional Ramsay Street, Erinsborough (an anagram of 'Our Neighbours') and includes the usual soap staples of births, deaths, and marriages. The soap is filmed in Melbourne, and for street scenes uses Pin Oak Court in Vermont South, a suburb in eastern Melbourne. Many successful Australian actors and singers had some of their earliest work on Neighbours, including Kylie Minogue, Jesse Spencer, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe (brief extra appearance), Natalie Imbruglia, Jason Donovan, Holly Valance, Mark Little, Radha Mitchell, Delta Goodrem and Natalie Bassingthwaighte of the band Rogue Traders. Actor Alan Dale who had previously starred in The Young Doctors, played the central character of Jim Robinson for the show's first seven years and is now a recognisable star in US series such as 24 and The O.C.. One of the most enduring characters currently on the show is Harold Bishop, played by actor Ian Smith who has also written many of the scripts for the show. The show initially gained notoriety for its depiction of the teenage romance of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell. Their Romeo and Juliet style romance culminated in a wedding was keenly anticipated by viewers and is still fondly regarded today as being one of the high points of the series. Until recently, both the Ramsays and the Robinsons had been written out of the series, with the sole exception of the Bishop family (who are related to the Ramsays through the marriage of Harold Bishop to the late Madge Ramsay). However, one of the original characters, Paul Robinson, made a return to the show in the final episode of 2004 and became a regular character in early 2005. Go to the Neighbours Forum now for news, spoilers and Neighbours chat!   ï¿½ 2013 SoapForum.co.uk. All Rights Reserved. Read our Community Building Blog . This site is brought to you in assocation with Just Chat - the online community for adults.


What aquatic animal can live to be 100 years old in the wild, but usually dies before age 30 in captivity?

Help Save Aquatic Animals - World Animal Foundation About Help Save Aquatic Animals Over 70 percent of the surface of our world is covered by oceans. Oceans play a critical role in sustaining biodiversity and regulating climate and weather.    Because of destructive human activity, the health of our oceans and the animals that inhabit them is in serious jeopardy. Fish quantities are plummeting in almost every ocean worldwide. Seabirds, turtles and marine mammals suffer terrible deaths by irresponsible fishing practices every day. Commercial whaling has severely depleted whale populations, driving some species to the brink of extinction.    Coral reefs have existed on our planet for over 50 million years, but recently we have lost over 20% of the world's reefs in just the last 20 years.  Up to 70% of the reefs may be destroyed by humans in the next few decades if we don't take immediate action.   Many animals are being affected by declining fish populations. Overfishing and destructive fishing techniques are killing entire ocean ecosystems. Hundreds of tons of unwanted fish and other marine animals are wasted yearly. Factory trawlers, gigantic ships with on-board fish processing factories, trap as many as 400 tons of fish in one sweep and haul in huge amounts of unwanted sea life. They then abandon depleted areas for fertile fishing waters elsewhere, leaving behind a ravaged ecosystem.   Each year thousands of seals are killed in Canada. The seals suffer painful and lingering deaths. The weapon used is a club, the brutal hakapik. Sometimes the seals are skinned alive. Sealers often use sharpened steel hooks to drag the creatures on board their vessels. Seal-clubbing is justified by the Canadian government because its victims are adversely affecting the profits of the Newfoundland fishing industry.     Coral Reefs Coral reefs, rainforest of the sea, are one of nature's most remarkable creations - teaming with thousands of unique and valuable plants and animals. More than one-quarter of all marine species depend on coral reefs for their survival. Humans depend on the survival of coral reefs too. Coral reefs provide a natural wave barrier which protects beaches and coastlines from storms and floods.   Coral reefs have existed on our planet for over 50 million years, but recently we have lost over 20% of the world's reefs in just the last 20 years.  Up to 70% of the reefs may be destroyed by humans in the next few decades if we don't take immediate action.   The biologists have seen the future, and their message could not be clearer: Living coral reefs are the foundation of marine life, yet all over the world they are dead or dying because people are destroying them, killing them at a catastrophic rate. Already 10 percent are lost, and scientists say 70 percent of all corals on the planet will be destroyed in 20 to 40 years unless people stop doing what they're doing: pollution, sewage, erosion, cyanide fishing, clumsy tourism, and get serious about saving the coral reefs now. There's hope yet: Reefs are resilient and they bounce back quickly when protected.    Protection is the real solution and it's ordinary people who are making it happen. Government efforts in much of the world have been frankly pathetic: late, weak, underfunded, unenforced. Persian Gulf oil states pass useless pollution laws then ignore them. Indian Ocean poachers outwit and outnumber British Royal Navy patrols. Ecuador stalls for decades while tourism explodes in the delicate Galapagos, only to enact a plan that makes it worse. The status quo scarcely wavers: relentless destruction of coral reefs. In those bright spots where people are changing the way they treat the reefs, you'll find students, divers, biologists, concerned citizens of all stripes transformed into activists and volunteers, taking matters into their own hands to protect the coral reefs that are dear to them and vital to us all.   Wetlands   Wetland conservation is aimed at protecting and preserving areas where water exists at or near the Earth's surface, such as swamps, marshes and bogs


If something is simian, what type of animal does it resemble?

simian - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com Random Word simian As a noun, a simian is a monkey or ape. Something monkey- or ape-like can be described using the adjective simian. So: something can be simian without being a simian. Got it? The first syllable in simian rhymes with dim and gets the accent: "SIM-ee-an." This is a case in which the adjective form came before the noun. How? Simian comes from the Greek word simos, meaning "snub-nosed, bent upward." It wasn't until the late nineteenth century that this description became the label for those animals whose noses simian describes.


What U.S. state is most strongly associated with Bourbon whiskey?

Bourbon at Max Liquor buy Online Kentucky Straight Boubon Whiskey.     Bourbon's legal definition varies somewhat from country to country, but many trade agreements require the name bourbon to be reserved for products made in the United States. The U.S. regulations for labeling and advertising bourbon apply only to products made for consumption within the United States; they do not apply to distilled spirits made for export. Canadian law requires products labeled bourbon to be made in the United States and to also conform to the requirements that apply within the United States. But in countries other than the United States and Canada, products labeled bourbon may not adhere to the same standards. European Union regulations require bourbon-labeled products to be made in the United States, but do not require them to conform to all of the requirements that apply within the United State. Various Brands of Bourbon like Jim Beam, IW Harper, Old Grand Dad, Wild Turkey, and etc. are available in our Bourbon Whiskey collection. It may be made anywhere in the United States, it is strongly associated with the American South in general, and Kentucky in particular. The Federal Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits state that bourbon made for U.S. consumption must be: made from a grain mixture that is at least 51% corn; aged in new, charred-oak barrels; distilled to no more than 160 (U.S.) proof (80% alcohol by volume); entered into the barrel for aging at no more than 125 proof (62.5% alcohol by volume) and be bottled (like other whiskeys) at 80 proof or more (40% alcohol by volume). Bourbon has no minimum specified duration for its aging period. Products aged for as little as three months are sold as bourbon. Bourbon that meets the above requirements, has been aged for a minimum of two years, and does not have added coloring, flavoring, or other spirits may (but is not required to) be called straight bourbon. Bourbon that is labeled as straight that has been aged under four years must be labeled with the duration of its aging. Bourbon that has an age stated on its label must be labeled with the age of the youngest whiskey in the bottle (not counting the age of any added neutral grain spirits in a bourbon that is labeled as blended, as neutral-grain spirits are not considered whiskey under the regulations and are not required to be aged at all). Bourbon that is labeled blended or as ‘a blend’ may contain added coloring, flavoring, and other spirits such as un-aged neutral grain spirits; but at least 51% of the product must be straight bourbon. The typical grain mixture for bourbon, known as the mash bill, is 70% corn—with the remainder being wheat, rye, and/or malted barley. A mash bill that contains wheat instead of rye produces what is known as a wheated bourbon. The grain is ground and mixed with water. Usually, though not always, mash from a previous distillation is added to ensure a consistent pH across batches—and a mash produced in that manner is referred to as a sour mash. Finally, yeast is added and the mash is fermented. The fermented mash, referred to as the wash, is then distilled to (typically) between 65% and 80% alcohol. Distillation was historically performed using an alembic or pot still, although in modern production, the use of a continuous still is much more common. The resulting clear spirit is placed in charred-oak barrels for aging, during which it gains color and flavor from the caramelized sugars in the charred wood. Changes to the spirit also occur due to evaporation and chemical processes such as oxidation. Bourbons gain more color and flavor the longer they mature. Maturity, not a particular age, is the goal. Bourbon can age too long and become woody and unbalanced. After maturing, bourbon is withdrawn from the barrel, usually diluted with water, and bottled to at least 80 US proof (40% abv). Most bourbon whiskey is sold at 80 US proof. Other common proofs are 86, 90, 94, 100, and 107, and whiskeys of up to 151 proof have been sold. Some higher-proof bottlings are marketed as "barrel proof", meaning


What insecticide caused a major reduction in bald eagle populations until 1972?

USFWS: pdf       version   A North American species with a historic range from Alaska and Canada to northern Mexico, the bald eagle is an Endangered Species Act success story.   Forty years ago, our national symbol was in danger of extinction throughout most of its range. Habitat destruction and degradation, illegal shooting, and the contamination of its food source, largely as a consequence of DDT , decimated the eagle population. Habitat protection afforded by the Endangered Species Act, the federal government’s banning of DDT, and conservation actions taken by the American public have helped bald eagles make a remarkable recovery.   Bald Eagle Biology Distinguished by a white head and white tail feathers, bald eagles are powerful, brown birds that may weigh 14 pounds and have a wingspan of 8 feet. Male eagles are smaller, weighing as much as 10 pounds and have a wingspan of 6 feet. Sometimes confused with golden eagles, bald eagles are mostly dark brown until they are four to five years old and acquire their characteristic coloring. There is a distinction between the two species, though, even during the early years. Only the tops of the bald eagle’s legs have feathers. The legs of golden eagles are feathered all the way down.   Bald eagles live near rivers, lakes, and marshes where they can find fish, their staple food. Bald eagles will also feed on waterfowl, turtles, rabbits, snakes, and other small animals and carrion.   Bald eagles require a good food base, perching areas, and nesting sites. Their habitat includes estuaries, large lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and some seacoasts. In winter, the birds congregate near open water in tall trees for spotting prey and night roosts for sheltering.   Eagles mate for life, choosing the tops of large trees to build nests, which they typically use and enlarge each year. Nests may reach 10 feet across and weigh a half ton. They may also have one or more alternate nests within their breeding territory. In treeless regions, they may also nest in cliffs or on the ground. The birds travel great distances but usually return to breeding grounds within 100 miles of the place where they were raised. Bald eagles may live 15 to 25 years in the wild, longer in captivity. Breeding bald eagles typically lay one to three eggs once a year, and they hatch after about 35 days. The young eagles are flying within three months and are on their own about a month later. However, disease, lack of food, bad weather, or human interference can kill many eaglets. Recent studies show that approximately 70 percent survive their first year of life.   The Plight of the Bald Eagle When America adopted the bald eagle as the national symbol in 1782, the country may have had as many as 100,000 nesting eagles. The first major decline of the species probably began in the mid to late 1800’s, coinciding with the decline of waterfowl, shorebirds, and other prey.   Although they primarily eat fish and carrion, bald eagles used to be considered marauders that preyed on chickens, lambs, and domestic livestock. Consequently, the large raptors were shot in an effort to eliminate a perceived threat. Coupled with the loss of nesting habitat, bald eagle populations declined.   In 1940, noting that the species was “threatened with extinction,” Congress passed the Bald Eagle Protection Act, which prohibited killing, selling, or possessing the species. A 1962 amendment added the golden eagle, and the law became the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.   Shortly after World War II, DDT was hailed as a new pesticide to control mosquitoes and other insects. However, DDT and its residues washed into nearby waterways, where aquatic plants and fish absorbed it. Bald eagles, in turn, were poisoned with DDT when they ate the contaminated fish. The chemical interfered with the ability of the birds to produce strong eggshells. As a result, their eggs had shells so thin that they often broke during incubation or otherwise failed to hatch. DDT also affected other species such as peregrine falcons and brown pelicans.   In addition to


Millennium Falcon | Wookieepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia ― Han Solo to Lando Calrissian [src] The Falcon leads the starfighter attack during the Battle of Endor . During the Battle of Endor , Lando and Sullustan copilot Nien Nunb flew the Falcon as Gold Leader. After the planetary shield protecting the second Death Star was destroyed, the Falcon and several Alliance fighters entered the battle station through a conduit port and headed towards the reactor core. Space was limited in the conduit tunnels leading to the core and the relatively large Falcon lost its sensor dish when the ship clipped a conduit in the tunnel. Lando was able to pilot the craft into the energy core housing the main reactor, fired upon the reactor, and headed for the exhaust port. The Falcon barely succeeded in outrunning the massive explosion that destroyed the powerful battlestation. Soon afterwards, the Imperial fleet retreated and the galaxy celebrated the death of the Emperor. [10] New Republic Edit On the day after the Battle of Endor, Han Solo and the rebel pilot Shara Bey flew the Millennium Falcon during an attack on an Imperial outpost on the far side of Endor . [14] Several months later, Han Solo and Chewbacca traveled through space on the Millennium Falcon. After receiving intelligence from Imra that the Empire had reduced their presence on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk due to the advances of the New Republic , Solo and Chewie traveled to Warrin Station to rally smugglers and Wookiee exiles for a campaign to liberate Kashyyyk. [11] However, this information turned out to be a trap set by the Empire. Chewie was captured but Han managed to escape on the Falcon. A year later , Solo corresponded with his wife Princess Leia via hologram on the edge of Wild Space . During the conversation, the Falcon came under attack and communication was lost with Leia. In response, Leia dispatched the New Republic starfighter pilot Norra Wexley to rescue her husband. Norra was joined by her son Temmin Wexley , the B1 battle droid Mister Bones , the former Imperial Sinjir Rath Velus , the Devaronian bounty hunter Jas Emari , and the New Republic Special Forces soldier Jom Barell . [15] Norra and her team managed to find Solo and the Falcon on the planet Irudiru . After interrogating the Siniteen prison builder Golas Aram , Solo and his rebel allies traveled on the Falcon and Emari's ship Halo to the Kashyyyk system . They managed to bluff their way through the Imperial blockade by posing as repair crew working at Ashmead's Lock , an automated prison on the far side of Kashyyyk. There, they managed to free Chewbacca and a hundred other prisoners including Norra's husband Brentin Lore Wexley . Norra, Temmin, and the prisoners except Chewbacca then used the Falcon to travel back to the New Republic capital of Chandrila . [15] After learning that the Wookiee uprising was underway and that the Empire was orbitally bombarding Kashyyyk, Leia convinced the Alderaanian pilot Evaan Verlaine to fly her on the Millennium Falcon into the Kashyyyk system to aid her husband and Chewie. Later, she contacted the New Republic Captain Wedge Antilles and convinced him to send his Phantom Squadron there. Wedge contacted Chancellor Mon Mothma who dispatched Admiral Ackbar and his ship Home One to defeat the Imperial fleet. [15] During the brief space skirmish, Leia and Evaan flew circles around the Imperial Star Destroyers. After the Imperials capitulated, Leia landed the Falcon in the hangar of the Star Destroyer Dominion , which her husband Han had captured. Leia used the ship's laser cannons to blast several stormtroopers who were still putting up a fight. After reuniting with her husband, Leia and Solo took the Falcon to Kashyyyk. There, they parted company with Chewbacca before returning to Chandrila. [15] Reappearance


"Who famously designed the ""little black dress""?"

Who Invented the Little Black Dress? | Mental Floss Who Invented the Little Black Dress? ThinkStock Like us on Facebook The “little black dress,” quintessential staple of any woman’s wardrobe, isn’t as timeless as most people think. An LBD is a classic in that it’s neither a trend nor is it ever out of fashion, but its history is a surprisingly short one, dating back only about a century to the early 1900s. While history tends to credit French designer Coco Chanel with popularizing the design, the question of who came up with the little black dress first is a little more complicated than that.  As hard as it is to believe today—when black clothing is the neutral, flattering norm, and the latest fashion is credited as “the new black”—dark-colored garments were hardly a stylish society woman’s first choice years ago. Through the 1800s, black clothing was associated with mourning dress; in previous centuries, it was a symbol of luxury, as only the wealthy could afford costly black dye for their garments. Public perception gradually changed as history’s fashionistas realized that black was not only a practical choice that did not show stains or spills, but also a stylish one that offset their expensive accessories to good advantage. By the time Coco Chanel came into the equation in the 1920s, black dresses of all shapes and sizes were already quite popular all on their own. The specific little black dress so famously associated with Chanel appeared in a 1926 issue of Vogue, a simple, calf-length design shown with a plain string of pearls that was distinct in its contrast to the heavily embellished flapper styles that were popular at the time. The magazine called it “Chanel’s Ford”—referring to Henry Ford’s Model T car, the standard for all automobiles to come—and predicted its role as “a sort of uniform for all women of taste.” A 1930 issue of Vogue later featured another black Chanel dress, made of sheer black lace with a matching capelet, which served to double down on the public perception of Coco Chanel having invented the fashion. However, designers like Edward Molyneux were simultaneously promoting their own, similar fashions, just without Vogue’s endorsement. Perhaps the most iconic little black dress of all is a work of the 1960s: Audrey Hepburn famously wore a little black Givenchy dress as Holly Golightly in the opening scene of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the movie that spawned a million Halloween costumes. That level of exposure may have truly cemented the little black dress as a cultural touchstone, so much so that we’ve turned it into an acronym: LBD, which has been included in the official Oxford Dictionary of English since 2010.


What is the name of both a U.S. state and a country in Asia?

Asia Map / Map of Asia - Maps, Facts and Geography of Asia - Worldatlas.com Asia Photographs Description Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world, sharing borders with Europe and Africa to its West, Oceania to its South, and North America to its East. Its North helps form part of the Arctic alongside North America and Europe. Though most of its continental borders are clearly defined, there are gray areas. Europe and Asia are technically located on the same overall landmass, and combined the two are referred to as Eurasia. As a result of its porous land border, some countries on Asia’s western border have been at times referred to as part of Europe’s East. Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Georgia are sometimes referred to as Asian and other times as European. Russia and Turkey tend to be cut into regions. Russia is generally split along the Ural Mountains, with its western half called “European Russia” and its East as simply “Russia.” The land between Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, and its direct borders with Bulgaria and Greece is at times referred to as a part of Europe called “Thrace,” while the rest of its territory is called “Anatolia” and is part of Asia. On the other side of the continent, the islands which separate Asia from Oceania can also be difficult to delineate. Indonesia and parts of the Philippines are sometimes categorized as part of Oceania rather than as Asian. This being said, it is important to note that these divided regions do not constitute separate countries or autonomous regions claiming sovereignty (such as the cases of Hong Kong or Palestine). “European Russia” and “Russia” are both simply Russia, and the “Thrace” and “Anatolia” parts of Turkey are both undisputedly part of Turkey, but sometimes the regions are shaded differently on maps in order to help delineate the borders between Asia and Europe. Asia is often divided into culturally and geographically similar regions. Although definitions, names, and borders can vary, generally the regions of Asia include West Asia (which is part of the Middle East), the Caucasus (sometimes also considered as part of the Middle East), Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia (also called the India n Subcontinent), and Southeast Asia. West Asia is sometimes referred to as the Middle East, with is actually a misnomer since the cultural region we define as the Middle East often included countries outside of Asia, such as Egypt in Africa and Cyprus in Europe. West Asia specifically includes the countries within the region of Asia bordered by the Mediterranean and Red Seas to the West and the Persian Gulf, the Gulfs of Aden and Oman , and the Arabian Sea to the South. Countries within West Asia include Afghanistan , Bahrain , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Oman, Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates , and Yemen . Just northeast of Turkey lies the Caucasus, a mountainous region wedged between the Black Sea to the West and the Caspian Sea to the East. The Caucasus includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Russia. Central Asia is located just north of Iran and Afghanistan and south of Russia, consisting of Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , and Uzbekistan . East Asia defines the region between Central Asia, Russia, and the Pacific Ocean roughly up to the beginning of the Tropic of Cancer. The countries of East Asia include China , Japan , North Korea , South Korea , and Mongolia (as well as Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan ). South Asia is also referred to as the Indian Subcontinent, separated from East Asia by the Himalayan Mountains between China and India and defined largely by the Indian Tectonic Plate on which its countries largely rest. South Asian countries include Bangladesh , Bhutan , India, Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka . Lastly, the Southeast Asian region defines the tropical and equatorial countries between South and East Asia to the North and Oceania to the South. The countries of Southeast Asia include Brunei, Cambodia , Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia , Myanmar


What creature lived at the center of the labyrinth?

MINOTAUR (Minotauros) - Bull-Headed Man of Greek Mythology Bull of Minos Theseus and the Minotaur, Athenian black-figure kylix C6th B.C., Toledo Museum of Art THE MINOTAUROS (Minotaur) was a bull-headed monster born to Queen Pasiphae of Krete (Crete) after she coupled with a bull. The creature resided in the twisting maze of the labyrinth where it was offfered a regular sacrifice of youths and maidens to satisfy its cannibalistic hunger. The beast was eventually slain by the hero Theseus. The Minotauros' proper name Asterion, "the starry one," suggests he might have been associated with the constellation Tauros. FAMILY OF THE MINOTAUR PARENTS THE KRETAN BULL & PASIPHAE (Apollodorus 3.8, Callimachus Hymn 4.311, Diodorus Siculus 4.77.1, Philostratus Elder 1.16, Hyginus Fab. 40, Ovid Metamorphoses 8.130, Virgil Aeneid 6.24, Suidas) ENCYCLOPEDIA MINOTAURUS (Minôtauros), a monster with a human body and a bull's head, or, according to others, with the body of an ox and a human head; is said to have been the offspring of the intercourse of Pasiphaë with the bull sent from the sea to Minos, who shut him up in the Cnossian labyrinth, and fed him with the bodies of the youths and maidens whom the Athenians at fixed times were obliged to send to Minos as tribute. The monster was slain by Theseus. It was often represented by ancient artists either alone in the labyrinth, or engaged in the struggle with Theseus. (Paus. i. 24. § 2, 27, in fin. iii. 18. § 7; Apollod. iii. 1. § 4, 15. § 8.) Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. ALTERNATE NAMES Theseus and the Minotaur, Athenian red-figure kylix C6th B.C., Musée du Louvre Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 8 - 11 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Minos aspired to the throne [of Krete (Crete)], but was rebuffed. He claimed, however, that he had received the sovereignty from the gods, and to prove it he said that whatever he prayed for would come about. So while sacrificing to Poseidon, he prayed for a bull to appear from the depths of the sea, and promised to sacrifice it upon its appearance. And Poseidon did send up to him a splendid bull. Thus Minos received the rule, but he sent the bull to his herds and sacrificed another . . . Poseidon was angry that the bull was not sacrificed, and turned it wild. He also devised that Pasiphae should develop a lust for it. In her passion for the bull she took on as her accomplice an architect named Daidalos (Daedalus) . . . He built a woden cow on wheels, . . . skinned a real cow, and sewed the contraption into the skin, and then, after placing Pasiphae inside, set it in a meadow where the bull normally grazed. The bull came up and had intercourse with it, as if with a real cow. Pasiphae gave birth to Asterios (Asterius), who was called Minotauros (Minotaur). He had the face of a bull, but was otherwise human. Minos, following certain oracular instructions, kept him confined and under guard in the labyrinth. This labyrinth, which Daidalos built, was a ‘cage with convoluted flextions that disorders debouchment.’" Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 213 : "The god [i.e. the oracle of Delphoi (Delphi)] told them [the Athenians] to give Minos [king of Krete (Crete)] whatever retribution he should chose . . . He ordered them to send seven young men and seven girls, unarmed, to be served as food to the Minotauros (Minotaur). The Minotauros was kept in a labyrinth, from which there was no escape after one entered, for it closed off its imperceivable exit with convoluted flexions. It had been constructed by Daidalos (Daedalus)." Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca E1. 7 - 1. 9 : "Theseus was on the list of the third tribute to the Minotauros (Minotaur)--some day he volunteered--. . . [Ariadne] pleaded with Daidalos (Daedalus) to tell her the way out of the labyrinth. Following his instructions, she gave Theseus a ball of thread as he entered. He fastened this to the door and let it trail behind him as he went in. He came across the Minotauros in the furthest section of the labyrinth, killed him with jabs of his fist, and


court martial - Wiktionary court martial See also: courtmartial and court-martial Contents Bulgarian: военен съд (voenen sǎd) Chinese: court martial (third-person singular simple present court martials , present participle (US) court martialing or (UK) court martialling , simple past and past participle (US) court martialed or (UK) court martialled ) To bring court martial proceedings against someone. to bring to court martial Chinese:


"What model/rapper had a #1 hit in 2014 with her song ""Fancy""?"

Iggy Azalea Tops Hot 100 With 'Fancy,' Matches Beatles' Historic Mark | Billboard Iggy Azalea Tops Hot 100 With 'Fancy,' Matches Beatles' Historic Mark COMMENTS Ethan Miller/Getty Images Charli XCX and Iggy Azalea perform onstage during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 18, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. As the Australian rapper rises 2-1 with 'Fancy' and 3-2 as a guest on Ariana Grande's 'Problem,' Azalea joins the Beatles as the only artists to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits It's a fab week for Iggy Azalea, who earns a chart honor not achieved since the Beatles swarmed the U.S. in early 1964. The Australian rapper crowns the Billboard Hot 100 with her debut hit "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX (2-1). As Azalea also rises 3-2 as the featured artist on Ariana Grande's "Problem," Azalea joins the Beatles as the only acts to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 hits. Action abounds on this week's Hot 100, including climbs into the top 10 for Nico & Vinz and Jason Derulo, while "Fancy" additionally takes over atop the Digital Songs chart, so let's dive into our weekly look at the numbers behind the Hot 100's top 10 and more.  Azalea adds a chapter to the Hot 100's record book by achieving a feat that the Beatles last earned on the Feb. 22, 1964, chart. That week, the Fab Four's debut pop culture-changing smash "I Want to Hold Your Hand" held at No. 1 and "She Loves You" lifted 3-2. The songs had debuted the weeks of Jan. 18 and 25, 1964, respectively, and soared to the chart's top two spots after the band made its landmark appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964. (Incredibly, "Hand" and "Loves" would hold the top two rungs for six weeks, with "Hand" on top for four frames before they swapped spots. On April 4, 1964, "Loves" fell 1-3 and "Hand," 2-4, so, that week, the Beatles would have to settle for a consolation prize: the group locked up the April 4 list's entire top five , the only time an act has monopolized the region in the Hot 100's 55-year history.)  Iggy Azalea vs Jennifer Lopez: Both Wear Burgundy at 2014 Billboard Music Awards Flash-forward 50 years to March 22, 2014, when Azalea's "Fancy" bowed at No. 88. On the May 17 tally, Azalea launched her second entry, as Grande's "Problem" roared in at No. 3. (The same week, Azalea's "Work" entered at No. 88; the cut climbs 77-63 this week.) Expanding beyond only artists' first two Hot 100 hits placing up at Nos. 1 and 2 in the same week, Azalea is the 15th act to double up at those ranks with any two titles. She's the first since Pharrell Williams did so for five weeks last year as featured on Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" (also featuring T.I.) and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." She's just the third woman to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 concurrently, following Mariah Carey (Sept. 10, 2005) and Ashanti (five weeks, 2002). Azalea additionally becomes only the fourth solo female rapper ever to top the Hot 100. Lauryn Hill was the first, having taken her debut solo hit "Doo Wop (That Thing)" to No. 1 for two weeks in November 1998. (She had first made her mark with the Fugees.) In 2001, Lil' Kim led for five weeks with Christina Aguilera, Mya and P!nk on "Lady Marmalade," while Shawnna assisted Ludacris on "Stand Up," which topped the Dec. 6, 2003, chart. Notably, a pair of other prominent female rappers have yet to reach the Hot 100's summit. Among her nine top 10s, Missy Elliott climbed to No. 2 twice: for 10 weeks in 2002 with "Work It" and for seven frames in 2005 as a guest on Ciara's "1, 2 Step." Nicki Minaj has also tallied nine top 10s, reaching No. 3 twice, both in 2011: as featured on Britney Spears' "Till the World Ends" and with her own "Super Bass." This week, Minaj debuts at No. 47 on the Hot 100 with her new single "Pills N Potions." (Honorable mention to Blondie, who, led by frontwoman Debbie Harry, is widely regarded as scoring the Hot 100's first rap No. 1, "Rapture," in 1981.) Not to be lost in the celebration of Azalea's new Hot 100 leader, Charli XCX likewise


What kooky movie character, portrayed by Johnny Depp, was skilled at topiary?

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"What does the Indian word ""raja"" mean in English?"

What does raja mean? type genus of the family Rajidae Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: raja(Noun) Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Raja(noun) Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Raja Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna. The female form, the word for "queen", mainly used for a raja's wife, is rani, from Sanskrit राज्ञी rājñī, or ratu, dato, datuk, or datu in Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, being attested from the Rigveda, where a rājan- is a ruler, see for example the, the "battle of ten kings". The numerical value of raja in Chaldean Numerology is: 5 Pythagorean Numerology


"What ""be"" word refers to men's clothing that is custom-made by a tailor?"

Bespoke tailoring is the latest word in menswear - The Boston Globe Bespoke tailoring is the latest word in menswear Craig Sullivan, left, realigns buttons on Geoffrey Nathan's 150s & cashmere herringbone suit jacket at the Custom Fit in Boston. By Vanessa E. Jones, Globe Staff  |  August 3, 2006 Most people think of a tailor as the one to see when they need a hem raised, a waistband tightened, or other small alterations. But for a growing number of discerning men, the tailor has become the one they look to for handmade suits, shirts, and coats cut to fit their body's unique peccadillo e s. Younger men are inspired by hip- hop moguls such as Jay-Z and P. Diddy, whom the paparazzi often capture wearing dapper, high-end suits. It also doesn't hurt that a new NBA rule pushed basketball players out of street gear and into business wear. Older men embrace the look because it wears well and hangs better than off-the-rack suits. Now it's not unusual to see the members of the punk groups Green Day or AFI sport the occasional suit. ``The House of Boateng ," a documentary currently airing on Thursdays at 9 p.m. on the Sundance cable channel, follows London designer Ozwald Boateng  as he struggles to bring his candy-colored, tailored suits to an American market that seems poised to embrace them. The move toward upscale clothing, say local tailors, is a direct response to the ``casual Fridays" trend that started a few years ago and unleashed such sloppy dressing among workers that some corporations offered sessions to teach their employees how to dress casually. Although no official national statistics exist, Davide Cotugno , a Cleveland tailor and publicity chairman for the Custom Tailors & Designers Association , believes the popularity of custom- made or bespoke suits -- defined as suits handmade from clothing patterns cut specifically for one person -- is rising and now accounts for 15 to 20 percent of all suit sales nationally. The more popular, and less expensive, made- to- measure suits are hand- or machine- sewn from standard suit patterns. Custom and made- to- measure suits are becoming more palatable to Boston men as well. ``It's more (popular in) New York, but we'll catch up later," says Raymond Buckley , 60 , the London-born owner of Raymond Personal Tailor in the Financial District, who learned his suit-making skills as a teenager in the 1960s when he dropped out of school and took a job on London's Savile Row, a street internationally renown ed for its bespoke suits. Stores such as Brooks Brothers picked up on the increasing demand by offering made- to- measure suits to their customers. Local private tailors include newcomer Astor & Black , which is based in Columbus, Ohio , and represented locally by Aaron Greenberg in Brookline, and institutions such as Alan Rouleau Couture on Newbury Street. ``I grew up here my whole life," says Craig P. Sullivan , 43, owner of The Custom Fit , a 10-year-old made- to- measure establishment on Newbury Street , explaining why Boston has been slow to embrace the handmade suit trend. ``It's more of a conservative town for spending money." Sullivan says, ``The old money will not spend money for a custom suit." The clientele for custom and made- to- measure suits will come from a new group of ``sophisticated, successful young guys," he says, who are in their 20s and 30s. ``They're just starting to look at what quality is all about." Geoffrey Nathan , 47, already knows the importance of quality. As a defense lawyer, he wants to impress in the courtroom; as an on-air commentator for the Court TV and Fox News cable channels, he needs to look presentable. For a while, suits made by Lands' End worked for him. But, according to Nathan, the company changed its manufacturer and the suits no longer fit him. At that point, Nathan began ``snooping around," he says, for a tailor. Unfortunately, he found it difficult to locate a department store suitmaker who could fulfill his demands. A made- to- measure suit he bought in New York had one pants leg an inch longer than the othe


On what would you find a field, motto, crest, and escutcheon?

Fields Family Crest / Fields Coat of Arms Family Crest Gifts Page Last Updated: July 13th, 2016 A coat of arms / family crest is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and/or to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement which consists of shield, supporters, crest and motto. The design is a symbol unique to an individual person, and to his family, corporation, or state. Such displays are commonly called armorial bearings, armorial devices, heraldic devices, or simply armorials or arms. Note: A Coat of Arms is sometimes referred to as a FAMILY SHIELD, CODE OF ARMS, FAMILY SEAL OR FAMILY CREST Find your coat of arms / family crest here for free


Leeward Synonyms, Leeward Antonyms | Thesaurus.com Inauguration Word Origin & History leeward 1660s, "situated away from the wind," on the opposite of the weather side of the ship; from lee + -ward. Example Sentences for leeward As she came up to the wind, the fore-topmast went over to leeward, being carried away at the cap. She is bound to come to leeward now; she cannot help herself. On the leeward side the negative pressure is uniform except near the edges, and its value depends on the form of the plate. The moon remained hidden, and to leeward nothing could be seen. It was the beginning of the end—another roll to the leeward like the last and the Pacific would come aboard. I guess the poor thing's got swept to leeward by the current. However, there he was dead enough, and in the mean time the ship had worked down to leeward of us, and was close at hand. They can only be approached from the leeward, as their smell is extremely acute. There was not a breath of wind, even to leeward, for the bise had blown itself out of breath. When dusk descended, the whale was still in sight to leeward.


What is the name for a clay monster of Jewish folklore?

Clay monster of Jewish folklore • Mordo Crosswords - Crossword Puzzle Answers Answers, Clues and Solutions for all the Puzzles We think that knowledge should pass freely. This time, we got the following crossword puzzle clue: Clay monster of Jewish folklore that also known as Clay monster of Jewish folklore dictionary.  First, we gonna look for more hints to the Clay monster of Jewish folklore crossword puzzle. Then we will collect all the required information and for solving Clay monster of Jewish folklore crossword .  In the final, we get all the possible answers for this crossword puzzle definition. Sponsored Links Here are more similar Crossword Clues: Jewish folklore creature; Artificial human of Jewish folklore; Clay being of Jewish lore; Try this 5 letters Solution : GOLEM Do you have other crossword puzzle solution? Please write us in the comment box. Did we help you ? Please click Like and Share.


What color, starting with M, is also referred to as fuchsia?

How Pantone Works What is Pantone and How Does it Work? What is Pantone? Pantone is a standardized color matching system, utilizing the Pantone numbering system for identifying colors. By standardizing the colors, different manufacturers in different locations can all reference a Pantone numbered color, making sure colors match without direct contact with one another. The most commonly referenced colors are in the Pantone solids palette. The Pantone Solid palette consists of 1,114 colors, identified by three or four digit numbers, followed by a C, U, Or M suffix.. Originally designed for the graphics industry, the pantone solids palette is now used by a wide range of industries, and is the most commonly used palette. For example, Pantone 199 Red can be identified as Pantone 199C (C= Coated Paper), Pantone 199U (U= Uncoated Paper) or Pantone 199M (M=Matte Paper).   Other Pantone Palettes Pantone also has a Process palette, which consists of more than 3,000 color variations digitally created with CMYK process printing. Process printing requires the use of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black ink.Work printed using CMYK is also referred to as 4 Color Process Printing. All colors in this palette start with DS and contain hypenated numbers, from DS-1-1 thru DS- 334-9 and may be followed by a C (coated) or U (uncoated). These guides are only suitable for four-color process printing, and are used to design color build using CMYK, in various combinations.The Pantone Color Bridge can be used to convert Solid Colors into CMYK percentages. Process guides can be found on the 4-Color Process and Color Bridge page. Pantone also has a Textile palette, which consists of 1,925 Pantone for Fashion and Home colors, identified by two digits, followed by a hyphen, four digits, and then a suffix. They also have a name, as a secondary identifier.The Fashion and Home colors are used by fashion, textile, and apparel designers and manufacturers worldwide. For example Pantone 19-2430 could be identified as Pantone 19-2430 TPX Purple Potion (Printed on Paper)  or 19-2430 TCPurple Potion (Dyed on Cotton) .Textile guides and books can be found on the Fashion and Home Textile page. Pantone also has a Plastics palette, which consists of 735 transparent and 1,005 opaque plastic color chips. The plastics palette is used primarily by industrial designers and manfacturers worldwide to specify colors for molded and fabricated plastics. These chips are conveniently arranged in three ring binders, and each chip has three levels of thickness, to display different levels of transparency. Plastic selectors are offered in either opaque (Q) or transparent (T) . An example of an opaque color would be Q200-2-4. The transparent colors begin with a T. Plastic chip books can be found on the Plastic Chips page. Finally, Pantone has the Goe Palette, which contains 2,058 chromatically-arranged solid colors, and should not be confused with the Pantone Solids Palette. This system is relatively new. . History Pantone developed the first color matching system in 1963, which consisted of a large number of small cardboard sheets, printed on one side with a series of related color swatches and then bound into a small "fan deck". This system was referred to as the Pantone Matching System, or the PMS system. It's goal was to allow designers to 'color match' specific colors when a design enters production. This system was widely adopted by graphic designers and reproduction and printing houses and is still used today to specify colors for a wide range of industries. How Does Pantone Work? The Pantone Solid Colors Palette, with over 1100 unique, numbered colors, was originally devised to help printers and designers specify and control colors for print projects. This is the most widely used Pantone palette, with colors sometimes referred to as 'PMS' (for Pantone Matching System) or 'spot colors', and is used in the graphics, print, and publishing, industries. How Pantone             works A graphic designer is designing an identity package. She            l


SermonSuite click here for printer-friendly version T. E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, brought with him several Arab chieftains to the Paris Peace Conference after World War I. The Arab leaders underwent a kind of cultural shock observing the technological innovations of western civilization. One of the most amazing novelties was running water in their hotel rooms. They knew from their experiences in the desert how precious water was, and yet here they could obtain water by simply turning on the faucet. When the Arab chieftains were about to leave for home, one day Lawrence came upon them trying to dismantle the faucets so that they might take them to the desert where they would have an endless supply of water. Their friend tried to tell them that huge reservoirs of water really provided the water; the faucets were only instruments bringing the water from the reservoirs. The Arabs were not convinced; they insisted that the faucets would give them an inexhaustible supply of water. In... This Sermon Illustration T. E. Lawrence, better known... is based on Wisdom 9:13-18 and relates to Proper 18 | Ordinary Time 23 of Cycle C of the lectionary. This Sermon Illustration on Wisdom 9:13-18 is just one of over 15,000 Sermon Illustrations at SermonSuite.com. SermonSuite also offers online sermons and professionally published sermons, lectionary sermons, non-lectionary sermons, sermon illustrations, worship resources, preaching resources, sermons on prayer, prayers, Christian drama, lectionary worship, lectionary workbooks and homilies. ... If you are getting this message, you are either not logged in, your subscription has expired, or you do not have a subscription. If you're interested in subscribing to SermonSuite, click here for either a Free 30-day trial or one of our paid options! If need more information please fill out our contact form or call us at 1-800-537-1030.


"What has been given the nickname ""La Ville-Lumière""?"

Paris (La Ville-Lumière) - The Culinary Chase Paris (La Ville-Lumière) By The Culinary Chase on June 7, 2016 in cappuccino , eat , food & wine , Paris , travel Mr. S and I recently returned home from a trip to Paris.  La Ville-Lumière (city of light) was the center of education and ideas during the Age of Enlightenment .  In 1828, Paris began lighting the Champs-Elysées with gas lamps and earned the nickname “La Ville–Lumière”.  Paris is a walkable city and you’ll see far more on foot than in a car.  When making plans for what to do and see, I’m the research queen – a nickname fondly given to me by my husband.  I look for the top 10 attractions and then look for places to eat.  From there I’ll do up a rough schedule as to when we’ll see the attractions; this is not cast in stone (it usually changes) but used as a guide – you need to start somewhere! We love a good cappuccino or espresso and as I was doing my Paris research, I found some really cool-looking spots.  Thinking that Paris had the same coffee culture we have here I was shocked to learn that it’s only been in the last few years that coffee devotees have a place to savor good java.  It was the expatriates who showed Parisians the indie coffeehouse concept instead of over-roasted industrial espresso.  You might think we’re nuts to actively search out coffee shops while on vacation but hear me out.  Planning a route to incorporate a coffee shop leading to an attraction works out pretty darn well.  It allows us to see new neighborhoods and in return feel more like a local than a tourist.  TimeOut has an amazing list of the best coffee in Paris and we visited seven from it.  The neighborhoods we walked through enabled us to find hidden gems along the way. Le Coutume Café The seven coffee shops we visited were:  Cullier, Le Peloton Café, Honor, Fondation Café, Da Zavola, Le Coutume Café, and KBCaféshop.  My personal favorites were Cuiller and Le Coutume Café.  Lunch and cappuccino (as well as dessert) at Le Coutume Café was hands down THE best!  We did enjoy lunch at Da Zavola but a glass of prosecco trumped the cappuccino. Cuillier Abbesses 19 Rue Yvonne le Tac On one of the walks from the hotel en route to a coffee shop (then onward to a tourist attraction), we stumbled upon a lovely area,  Rue Montorgueil , located in the 1st arrondissement and 2nd arrondissement.  It’s a place for Parisians to socialize and do their shopping (cafés, bakeries, cheese shops, wine shops, produce stands, fish stores, flower shops).  We decided to come back for dinner and happy we did.  We found a place to have a drink outside and watched the locals go by. drinks outside on rue montorgueil Deciding on where to eat wasn’t easy but a hostess standing on the street corner handing out bite-size pizzas caught our eye.  Grab a piece, see if you like it, then head up the narrow street to Cuori Italiani .  Clever idea and where to eat was solved although we did not order pizza. Honor outdoor coffee shop From what I’ve written thus far, you might think we only ate Italian but such was not the case.  We visited Le Marais (between 3rd and 4th arrondissements).  According to A Paris Guide, Le Marais is the closest you will get to the feel of medieval Paris and has more pre-revolutionary buildings and streets left intact than any other area in Paris.  Before Napoleon showed up the Marais is what most of Paris looked like – a labyrinth of cobblestone alleys. The rest of Paris was razed by Napoleon and Haussmann who wanted to build huge avenues and gigantic squares such as the Place Concorde.  David Lebovitz’s list of 10 Insanely Delicious Things You Shouldn’t Miss in Paris rates L’As du Falafel as number 2 for Paris’s most famous falafel joint.  I think it should be number one.  Another day we ventured down to Forum des Halles (largest underground shopping mall in Paris) and had a yummy waffle stuffed with cheese, basil, and bacon.  Waffles, as well as crepes, are everywhere in Paris but a stuffed waffle was new to me. Our first dinner was at Boullion Chartier Restaurant (est 1896).  No reservation


What is the last name of Donatella, Gianni, and Allegra ?

Allegra Versace: On Her Own Terms | Allegra Versace Bio Newsletter Headlines Allegra Versace: On Her Own Terms The Versace name is definitely part of the fashion lexicon if not the world’s. Founded by Gianni Versace , the company changed the landscape of fashion with the use of daring styles and materials and creating the previously unknown concept of the supermodel. Fashion became the world of the entourage and the rich and famous. After Gianni’s untimely death, his sister Donatella Versace took over, growing the company into a multi-billion dollar brand that it is a booming powerhouse. Imagine you have the last name Versace. Before you even enter the room, there’s already an elephant munching on peanuts awaiting your arrival. It takes a strong personality to handle the limelight, gossip and life in the glare of that sizzling spotlight. Donatella thrives on this attention. She was made for it; her daughter Allegra Versace was not. Allegra With Uncle Gianni Versace Allegra With Mom Donatella Allegra is the child of Donatella Versace and ex-fashion model Paul Beck, who are divorced. Although her name is Allegra Beck, because of her connection to the Versace empire, she’s referred to as Allegra Versace. While it might seem a blessing to wear the Versace name for all the power and influence it carries, Allegra sees it as a burden. You might not have even known Donatella has a daughter (and a son Daniel), and that is just the way Allegra likes it. A quiet and academic girl, Allegra would prefer to fly under the radar. She went to the prestigious schools Sir James Henderson in Milan and Brown University in the United States. She also studied French, art history and theater at UCLA . Allegra With Brother Daniel, Mom Donatella and Dad Paul Beck But with the last name Versace, dodging the paparazzi and keeping her life private hasn’t been entirely possible, especially since she became one of the richest people in the world when she inherited from Uncle Gianni a 50% stake in Gianni Versace S.p.A on her 18th birthday, making her a billionaire and giving her a seat on the board of directors. She couldn’t escape being Versace. The pressure of the press and the assumptions about her unsettled Allegra and made her very unhappy. Though Allegra doesn’t like to discuss it, she admitted to a bout with bulimia, which she has now overcome. In an interview with La Repubblica , she called this period in her life one of absence and not being able to confront reality. All she wanted was to be no one, not recognized or hunted down. On the Red Carpet at the Met Ball 2013 Allegra and Donatella Allegra always wanted to be seen as an individual, someone who made her own mark with her own achievements separate from the weight of the Versace name. She sought out jobs that enabled her to take a less conspicuous role, such as a scene dresser for a play, and earn her own money. Recovered from her dark times, Allegra is now learning the family trade but in a more anonymous way, which suits her. She spends time in designers’ studios, and worked in one that wasn’t Italian where she organized the fashion shows, did some advertising and helped with some creative aspects. Allegra By Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2014 Street Style Photo Shoot In the publication La Repubblica, she told Natalia Aspesi that “the great part about this work is that I am no one! They pay me, also, of course, for now not enough to live without worries, but I think you can get used to everything, if you feel free, if you are yourself and not what others want you to be, if you don’t see a photographer around every corner, if you do not bury yourself in cruel gossip that does so much harm.” At the behest of her mother Donatella, Allegra is getting more involved in the family business. She purportedly has a great designer’s eye — and why wouldn’t she? She just needs the freedom and space to develop her own talent separate from the fashion giftedness and grand personalities of her mother and uncle. She will definitely prevail and it will be interesting to see what mark she puts on the Versace


Highest Mountain - Nature - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan Kids Web Japan Q. What is the highest mountain in Japan? Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest peak at 3,776 meters. A. Three-fourths of Japan is covered by mountains, and tall mountain ranges run roughly through the center of the Japanese archipelago like a spine. In central Honshu, Japan's main island, rises the majestic Japan Alps, a chain of mountains reaching 3,000 meters (approximately 9,800 feet) high. Between the Japan Alps and Tokyo lies Mt. Fuji, a beautiful, conical peak that is the country's tallest mountain at 3,776 meters (12,390 feet). It slopes very gently toward the foot, however, and the entire area around the base is a national park. In the summer many people climb to the top of Mt. Fuji. Even in July and August, temperatures at the mountaintop reach only around 5 to 6 degrees Celsius (41 to 43 degrees Fahrenheit). In 2013, Mt. Fuji "Fujisan" was inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List for its significant influence on culture and art, not only in Japan but also throughout the world.


What well-known dance form originated in Argentina and Uruguay?

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What is the tallest waterfall in the world?

What's the Largest Waterfall in the World? What's the Largest Waterfall in the World? By Molika Ashford, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor | June 13, 2016 04:19pm ET MORE Angel Falls is the loftiest falls on land. Buckle up! Credit: Alice Nerr / Shutterstock.com The tallest waterfall in the world is Venezuela's Angel Falls, which plunges 3,212 feet (979 meters), according to the National Geographic Society. The falls descend over the edge of Auyán-Tepuí, which means Devil's Mountain, a flat-topped elevated area of land with sheer cliff sides located in Canaima National Park in the Bolivar State of Venezuela. Angel Falls is named after an American explorer and bush pilot, Jimmy Angel, who crashed his plane on Auyán-Tepuí in 1937. The waterfall is fed by the Churún River, which spills over the edge of the mountain, barely touching the cliff face. The height of the fall is so great that the stream of water  atomizes into a cloud of mist , then trickles back together at the bottom of the plunge and continues on through a cascading run of rapids. Angel Falls' total height, which is more than a half-mile (almost 1 kilometer), includes both the free-falling plunge and a stretch of steep rapids at its base. But even discounting these rapids, the falls' long uninterrupted drop of 2,648 feet (807 m) is still a record breaker and is around 15 times the height of North America's Niagara Falls, according to the World Waterfall Database, a website maintained by waterfall enthusiasts. [ See Stunning 360-Degree Views of Spectacular Victoria Falls (Video) ] However, Angel Falls is only the tallest waterfall on land. Technically, the largest known waterfall lies underwater, between Greenland and Iceland. The Denmark Strait cataract is more than three times the height of Angel Falls, dropping water a whopping 11,500 feet (3,505 m). Niagara Falls span the border between the United States and Canada. Though remarkably wide, Niagara is not the tallest or highest-volume waterfall in the world. Credit: Sayran Dreamstime The underwater waterfall is formed by the temperature difference between the water on each side of the Denmark Strait. When the colder, denser water from the east meets the warmer, lighter water from the west, the cold water flows down and underneath the warm water. The Denmark Strait cataract is also the the top waterfall in terms of volume, carrying 175 million cubic feet (5.0 million cubic meters) of water. Back on land, pinpointing the largest waterfall is a little trickier because there is no universal standard for designating what counts as a waterfall, according to the World Waterfalls Database . Some waterfalls consist of a single, sheer drop; others include a gentler cascade over rapids; and still others involve a combination of the two (like Angel Falls). The World Waterfalls Database lists Inga Falls, an area of rapids on the Congo River, as the waterfall with the largest volume. More than 11 million gallons (46 million liters) of water flow through Inga Falls each second. However, without a significant vertical drop, Inga Falls may not count as a waterfall under other classifications. Of waterfalls that do include a vertical drop, the waterfall with the greatest volume is the 45-foot-tall (14 meters) Khone Falls, on the border between Laos and Cambodia. Spilling 2.5 million gallons (9.5 million liters) of the Mekong River every second, Khone Falls' flow is nearly double the volume of Niagara Falls. This article was first published on Aug. 10, 2010. Live Science writer Kacey Deamer contributed to an update of this article.