What type of bread is served on Jewish holidays?

Jewish Food Cheat Sheet - InterfaithFamily Jewish Food Cheat Sheet By InterfaithFamily If you are new to a Jewish family, you may be offered ethnic food that is special to that family. We thought it would be nice to have a basic guide to some of the foods you might see, and to terminology. We recognize this can't possibly be comprehensive, and we're anticipating a lot of comments. If you want to contribute more information or recipes, we welcome that! Looking for interesting recipes to add to your table? Visit our food blog . For a short explanation of why Jewish food is the way it is, read Understanding Jewish Food Traditions . A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Apple kuchen What's that mean? Kuchen is German for cake. It usually means a coffee cake. In my family, it was always apple cake. What's in it? The version I grew up with was a yeasted coffee cake with apple filling and streusel topping. When do you eat it? For dessert with tea. What's it like? Yeasted coffee cake is a delicious, satisfying sweet. Since kuchen just means "cake," other people might have another supernal example of cake in mind when they say this, like a plum torte or an apricot cake. Do not hesitate to comment and share yours. Babka Chocolate babka with streusel topping. Photo: Wikimedia/Hanina . What's that mean? It means grandmother in Polish, probably because the Polish version of the cake looks like a tall hat that someone associated with their grandmother. What's in it? The Jewish version is a yeasted cake with chocolate or cinnamon-sugar filling swirled through it. Why/when do you eat it? You can't have too many kinds of yummy cake to have with hot drinks. On the TV situation comedy Seinfeld, there was a famous sketch about buying babka to bring to a dinner party . What's it like? It's a very sweet cake with a breadlike crumb. Bagels What's that mean? Bagel comes from a Yiddish word meaning ring. What's in it? Bagels are hard rolls with a hole in the middle. To get them properly hard and chewy, bakers make them with high-gluten wheat flour and boil them in water before baking. Traditionally, bagels were flavored with onions, garlic or seeds on the outside of the bread. The raisin, blueberry and (horrors) chocolate chip versions may be tasty, but they are not traditional. When do you eat it? Bagels are not associated with any holidays. Many North American Jews have a tradition of eating bagels on Sunday mornings as part of brunch. A bagel with a schmear is a bagel with cream cheese. A bagel with lox usually has cream cheese too. Bagels are also good with hummus. What's it like? Authentic bagels are crusty, hard and chewy bread. Bialys What's that mean? Bialy is short for Bialystoker kuchen, Yiddish for Bialystok cakes or rolls. (Bialystok is a city in contemporary Poland, on the border with Belarus.) What's in it? A soft yeasted bread dough similar to pizza, baked in small rolls with onion and poppy seeds in the center. When do you eat it? Not associated with any holiday, bialys are a special regional bread. You can eat them when you'd have a bagel or any bread. Bialys from Kossar's Bialys in New York. Photo: Flickr/Xeyedblonde . What's it like? A softer bite than a bagel, bialys are fragrant and oniony. Mimi Sheraton wrote a book about them, The Bialy Eaters, that tells their history and how to make them. Blintzes What's that mean? The Yiddish word blintzeh comes from a Slavic word (in Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, etc.) for a thin pancake. What's in it? Blintzes are usually thin pancakes made with wheat flour, eggs and milk that are fried on one side, filled with fruit, cheese or potato filling, and then fried again once filled. Unlike Russian blini, Jewish blintzes are not usually made with yeast. When do you eat it? Because they are fried, some Jews like to eat them on Hanukkah . Because they are usually dairy, some eat them on Shavuot . Because they are yummy, you can have them any time! In the 1970s there was a fad for making blintz soufflé--cheese or fruit blintzes, bound together in a casserole with a sweet custard, a


What 19th century tycoon donated enough money to build over 2,500 libraries?

American Experience . The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie . People & Events | Andrew Carnegie  | PBS People & Events Andrew Carnegie One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American steel industry, a process that turned a poor young man into one of the richest entrepreneurs of his age. Later in his life, Carnegie sold his steel business and systematically gave his collected fortune away to cultural, educational and scientific institutions for "the improvement of mankind." Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, the medieval capital of Scotland, in 1835. The town was a center of the linen industry, and Andrew's father was a weaver, a profession the young Carnegie was expected to follow. But the industrial revolution that would later make Carnegie the richest man in the world, destroyed the weavers' craft. When the steam-powered looms came to Dunfermline in 1847 hundreds of hand loom weavers became expendable. Andrew's mother went to work to support the family, opening a small grocery shop and mending shoes. "I began to learn what poverty meant," Andrew would later write. "It was burnt into my heart then that my father had to beg for work. And then and there came the resolve that I would cure that when I got to be a man." An ambition for riches would mark Carnegie's path in life. However, a belief in political egalitarianism was another ambition he inherited from his family. Andrew's father, his grandfather Tom Morrison and his uncle Tom Jr. were all Scottish radicals who fought to do away with inherited privilege and to bring about the rights of common workers. But Andrew's mother, fearing for the survival of her family, pushed the family to leave the poverty of Scotland for the possibilities in America. She borrowed 20 pounds she needed to pay the fare for the Atlantic passage and in 1848 the Carnegies joined two of Margaret's sisters in Pittsburgh, then a sooty city that was the iron-manufacturing center of the country. William Carnegie secured work in a cotton factory and his son Andrew took work in the same building as a bobbin boy for $1.20 a week. Later, Carnegie worked as a messenger boy in the city's telegraph office. He did each job to the best of his ability and seized every opportunity to take on new responsibilities. For example, he memorized Pittsburgh's street lay-out as well as the important names and addresses of those he delivered to. Carnegie often was asked to deliver messages to the theater. He arranged to make these deliveries at night--and stayed on to watch plays by Shakespeare and other great playwrights. In what would be a life-long pursuit of knowledge, Carnegie also took advantage of a small library that a local benefactor made available to working boys. One of the men Carnegie met at the telegraph office was Thomas A. Scott, then beginning his impressive career at Pennsylvania Railroad. Scott was taken by the young worker and referred to him as "my boy Andy," hiring him as his private secretary and personal telegrapher at $35 a month. "I couldn't imagine," Carnegie said many years later. "what I could ever do with so much money." Ever eager to take on new responsibilities, Carnegie worked his way up the ladder in Pennsylvania Railroad and succeeded Scott as superintendent of the Pittsburgh Division. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Scott was hired to supervise military transportation for the North and Carnegie worked as his right hand man. The Civil War fueled the iron industry, and by the time the war was over, Carnegie saw the potential in the field and resigned from Pennsylvania Railroad. It was one of many bold moves that would typify Carnegie's life in industry and earn him his fortune. He then turned his attention to the Keystone Bridge Company, which worked to replace wooden bridges with stronger iron ones. In three years he had an annual income of $50,000. However, Andrew expressed his uneasiness with the businessman's life. In a letter to himself at age 33, he wrote: "To continue much longer overwhelmed by business car


What, according to cliche, are the 3 most important things in real estate?

Location, Location, Location - The New York Times The New York Times Photo Credit David Pearson You think newspaper journalists don’t check their facts as assiduously as in the Old Days? You say we are unduly influenced by blogospherics, willing to put out whatever comes in? Let me disabuse you. “I’m working on a wedding announcement,” e-mails my Times colleague Rosalie Radomsky, “and have come across a groom, Albert Naggar, who said his grandfather, the late Lord Harold Samuel, a real estate tycoon in Britain, coined the expression: ‘There are three things that matter in property: location, location, location.’ I thought it would be a great piece of information to include in the announcement, but Bob Woletz, my editor, thinks there might be readers claiming someone else came up with the ubiquitous real estate saying.” She attached 1987 obituaries of Lord Samuel from Britain’s Sunday Times and Financial Times and a 2007 reference in The Daily Telegraph, all identifying him as the reputed coiner. This suggests a British origin. Rosalie added, “Bob also said, in a kidding-around sort of way, ‘This would be a job for William Safire.’ ” Whaddaya mean “kidding around”? I take my phrasedick assignments seriously. First stops were the indexes of the best-known quotation books: Bartlett’s and Oxford. No soap. On to The Yale Book of Quotations, which often breaks fresh ground, to find an American source: The Van Nuys (Calif.) News said the three most important things about real estate were location, location, location in its issue of June 10, 1956. Continue reading the main story Fortuitously, my British-born wife’s eldest sister, who lives in London, is Coral Samuel. Her late husband, Basil Samuel, was Lord Samuel’s cousin and had also been active in real estate. I phoned my sister-in-law, a lifelong lover of language, who agreed to check with family and friends of the man to whom the memorable double-repetition was attributed. After speaking with one of Lord Samuel’s close associates of long ago, Coral reported: “He’s 90 percent certain Harold used those words but cannot confirm his first use, so you would have to say it’s apocryphal.” (That word means “of questionable authenticity.”) Advertisement Continue reading the main story Since the first written citation in Yale’s compendium was in 1956, that means that Lord Samuel, who died in 1987 at age 75, would have had to coin the aphorism before age 44. That’s possible, and Coral’s cautionary conclusion, on top of three British newspaper accounts, did not rule it out. I was inclined to advise The Times’s Weddings and Celebrations pages to use the fuzzy cop-out — that the quotation was “attributed to” Lord Samuel — but I gave my assignment one final shot: a call to Fred Shapiro, editor of The Yale Book of Quotations. Hey, Fred, anything new on this triple-word “rule” since your 2006 publication? Without a beat, he replied: “I remember one. Should be here on my computer.” Moments later: “Here it is, from a 1926 real estate classified ad in the Chicago Tribune: ‘Attention salesmen, sales managers: location, location, location, close to Rogers Park.’ ” Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy That usage appeared when Harold Samuel was 14 years old in London, too young to make deals. The context of the 1926 ad suggests it was already a familiar aphorism in Chicago; phrasal etymologists are not yet finished with this challenge, and the Lexicographic Irregulars are invited to weigh in. (The announcement of the wedding of Nicole Natoli to Albert Naggar appeared in The Times, pristine and unencumbered by any fuzzy attribution — or worse, misattribution — of the phrase to the bridegroom’s grandfather.) THE ESTABLISHMENT There is another way — besides “attributed to” — of getting around admitting flat-out that you don’t know who coined a famous phrase. Take the “Establishment,” a British term modified by Americans as the “Eastern Establishment.” In my political dictionar


Omnivore, Herbivore, Carnivore. What's the Difference? Omnivore, Herbivore, Carnivore. What's the Difference? What Fish Eat Updated October 12, 2016. What's the Difference Between Omnivores, Herbivores and Carnivores? A fish owner asked the question, "I was told that for my community tank I should get fish that are omnivores. What are omnivores, herbivores and carnivores, and what is the difference?" You've posed an excellent question that all too few people concern themselves with. Not all fish require the same diet . Like other organisms, a fish is designed with a mouth, teeth, and a digestive tract that is intended for certain types of food. It's important to keep in mind that any living creature will eat virtually anything if they are hungry enough. In other words, don't make broad assumptions about the dietary needs of a fish based on observation alone. Do your homework and find out what the fish needs to eat to remain healthy. There are three basic categories that fish can be classified in, based on their dietary needs. Those are carnivore, herbivore and omnivore. Carnivores are meat eaters, generally requiring live foods . They have a large mouth with sharp pointed teeth that allow them to grasp their prey and tear off large chunks of flesh, which is swallowed whole rather than ground or chewed first. Carnivores have a short intestinal tract, and a relatively large stomach designed to hold an entire fish. Their digestive system lacks the ability to digest vegetable matter, so even though they might eat plants, they cannot derive nutrients from them as other types of fish do. Because they will chase down and eat other fish in the aquarium, carnivores are not suitable for a community tank. Herbivores are on the opposite end of the dietary food chain from carnivores. Although herbivores can sometimes be seen eating live foods, the proper diet for an herbivore consists of plants, algae, and fruits. They have no true stomach; instead, they possess a specialized intestine that is capable of breaking down plant matter. Their teeth are flat, which allows them to grind food before swallowing it. Because they lack a stomach for holding large volumes of food, the herbivore must eat frequently - at least several times per day. Because herbivores require frequent feedings of vegetables and fruits, they are often not the best choice for a community tank. Omnivores eat a variety of meat and vegetable matter. Although omnivores can and will eat vegetable matter, they cannot digest some types of grains and plants. Their teeth and digestive tract possess some of the traits of both the carnivore and the herbivore. Omnivores are the easiest of all fish to feed, as they eat flake foods as well as live foods, and everything in between. For that reason, omnivores are an excellent choice for a community tank. As you can see, it's important to feed your fish the proper diet, as their bodies are designed for certain types of food. If you aren't sure what type of food your fish needs, use the dietary type chart.


1 Samuel 17:4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. Amos 2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the … six cubits According to Bp. Cumberland's calculation, the height of Goliath was about eleven feet ten inches; but Parkhurst estimating the ordinary cubit at seventeen inches and a half, calculates that he was nine feet six inches high. Few instances can be produced of men who can be compared with him. Pliny says, `The tallest man that hath been seen in our days was one name Gabara, who, in the days of Claudius, the late Emperor, was brought out of Arabia: he was nine feet nine inches.' Josephus mentions a Jew, named Eleazar, whom Vitellius sent to Rome, who was seven cubits, or ten feet two inches high. Becanaus saw a man near ten feet, and a woman that was a full ten feet. And, to mention no more, a man of the name of John Middleton, born at Hale, near Warrington, in Lancashire, in the reign of James the First, was more than nine feet high. Dr. Plott, in his history of Staffordshire, says, that `his hand, from the carpus to the end of the middle finger, was seventeen inches, his palms eight inches and a half broad, and his whole height was nine feet three inches; wanting but six inches of the height of Goliath of Gath.' Jump to Previous


For what activity is it common to wear jodphurs?

Jodhpur Culture - Culture of Jodhpur Rajasthan - Lifestyle in   Jodhpur India Jodhpur : Jodhpur Culture Jodhpur Culture Jodhpur is set at the edge of the Thar Desert. This     imperial city echoes with tales of antiquity in the emptiness of the     desert. In the past, it was the capital of the Marwar state, founded in     1459 A.D. by Rao Jodha - the chief of the Rathore clan of Rajputs. A     high wall -10 km long with 8 gates and innumerable bastions encompasses     the city. It was once a major trade center. Jodhpur is now the second     largest city of Rajasthan. Regarding the Jodhpur culture, the Jodhpuri people are amongst the most     hospitable people of India. They have a typical Marwari accent. The     lifestyle in Jodhpur, India is quite fascinating. The folks there wear     nice and lovely multihued costumes. The women folk wear wide gathered     skirts and a hip length jacket, with three quarter length sleeves,     covering the front and back. Women are also love to wear jewelry on many     parts of their body. They particularly like to wear specific type of     jewelry like the ones worn on the feet, head, forehead, ear, nose, neck,     arms, wrist, fingers, waist, etc. Another one of the unique features of     the culture of Jodhpur, Rajasthan is the colorful turbans worn by men.     The popular tight, horse riding trousers, 'Jodhpurs', took their name     from this city only. The main languages spoken here are Hindi, Marwari     and Rajasthani. The graceful palaces, forts and temples strewn throughout the city bring     alive the historic grandeur of this city. Lending a romantic aura to     Jodhpur, are its exquisite handicrafts, folk dances, folk music and the     brightly attired people. The desert people are quite affable. With their     sweet smiles and warm hospitality, they win the hearts of the tourists.     The famous Marwar festival brings out the festive spirits of the people     of this city. The bazaars of Jodhpur have a range of items from tie & dye textiles, embroidered leather shoes, lacquerware, antiques, carpets     and puppets to the exquisite Rajasthani textiles, clay figurines,     miniature camels and elephants, marble inlay work and classic silver     jewellery. Planning India tour?Enquire Now Get in touch with our Tour Planner Arrival*:


"What type of animals were the subject of the movie ""Happy Feet""?"

List of Species in Happy Feet movie series | Happy Feet Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia List of Species in Happy Feet movie series List of Species in Happy Feet movie series 41pages on This article is about all species from Happy Feet movie series . From Happy Feet to Happy Feet Two movie. Species in Happy Feet Emperor Penguin, is the penguin with gold-stripes around its neck. In Happy Feet, fictional characters who apppeared as the Emperor Penguin are Mumble , Gloria , Memphis , Norma Jean , Noah The Elder , Miss Viola , and Mrs. Astrakhan . Adelie Penguin, is the penguin who known collect pebbles to build a nest. In Happy Feet, fictional characters who appeared as the Adelie Penguins are The Amigos (Ramon, Nestor, Lombardo, Rinaldo and Raul) The Rockhopper Penguin, In Happy Feet, only Lovelace who appeared as a Rockhopper. Elephant Seals, in the movie, Trev, Nev, Kev, and Barry are the elephant seal. Skuas, in the movie, Boss Skua is the skua birds. The Leopard seal.


What by any other name would smell as sweet?

'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet' - the meaning and origin of this phrase Famous Last Words Browse phrases beginning with: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet more like this... What matters is what something is, not what it is called. Origin From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600: JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself. A story, much favoured by tour guides and as such highly suspect, is that in this line Shakespeare was also making a joke at the expense of the Rose Theatre. The Rose was a local rival to his Globe Theatre and is reputed to have had less than effective sanitary arrangements. The story goes that this was a coy joke about the smell. This certainly has the whiff of folk etymology about it, but it might just be true.


Who is the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom?

Mushroom King - Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia Mushroom King Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the king of the Mushroom Kingdom. For information about the king of Dinohattan who transformed into a widespread fungus, see King (film character) . Mushroom King The Mushroom King, as he appears in the comics. Full name —Mushroom King, Cloud Burst The Mushroom King is a seldom-seen ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom , and the father of Princess Toadstool . Although he is said to rule alongside the princess, he is a figure that is absent in the video game series. However, he does make somewhat notable appearances in other early media such as the Nintendo Comics System and Nintendo Adventure Books , and the character is mentioned on Princess Toadstool's profile in a 1993 character guide produced by Nintendo of America . Contents History[ edit ] Super Mario Bros.[ edit ] In the NES instruction booklet of Super Mario Bros. , the Mushroom King is briefly mentioned in passing. [1] With few exceptions such as Super Mario Bros. Deluxe , [2] this is generally not included in subsequent releases. This is likely because the Japanese manual does not mention him. [3] Nintendo Comics System[ edit ] In the Nintendo Comics System , the Mushroom King is the de jure leader of the Mushroom Kingdom. However, he is depicted as scatterbrained and dimwitted, so his responsible daughter often performs his royal duties as de facto ruler in his stead. Wooster , one of his subjects, is occasionally at odds with him due to his intelligence. Based on his role, it is likely that he was based off the kings from Super Mario Bros. 3 as he plays a similar role in the comic strips (having a magic wand that is often taken by Bowser's forces and being transformed into various animals). One story also implied that he is frequently kidnapped by Wart . How to Win at Super Mario Bros. (1987) Korean Artwork


What Canadian dish is made with french fries, gravy, and cheese curds?

Fries, cheese curds and brown gravy? A French-Canadian fave is U.S.-bound — JSCMS images and text-only story Poutine is often ordered as a side dish, as shown here alongside a hot dog and soft drink, at Canadian restaurants. ***Please note small file size: 1600 pixels by 1200 pixels***   (Courtesy of Gary Steele) Chef Andy Bennett of The Inn in Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district salts some poutine fries fresh out of the fryer.   (Amanda Rivkin/CNS) Chef Andy Bennett prepares poutine, a French Canadian dish made of french fries, cheese curds and a special gravy sauce at The Inn in Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district.   (Amanda Rivkin/CNS) Chef Andy Bennett prepares poutine, a French Canadian dish made of french fries, cheese curds and a special gravy sauce at The Inn in Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district.   (Amanda Rivkin/CNS) Poutine, a popular Canadian dish made of french fries, cheese curds and a special gravy sauce.   (Amanda Rivkin/CNS) The best poutines contain what some diners call a hidden layer of cheese curds. ***Please note small file size: 1600 pixels by 1200 pixels***   (Courtesy of Gary Steele) Restaurateur Martin Beaudoin wanted to try something different with the menu at Red Dot when it opened last year in Milwaukee. So the Quebec native offered his customers a treat from back home: poutine, pronounced “poo-teen,” a dish of French fries and cheese curds smothered in brown gravy. Some called it a gamble. But Beaudoin thought selling the dish at $4.25 was a risk worth taking. “It’s been getting fantastic results,” he said. “There are actually three or four restaurants in town that have copied it. They just saw we were getting publicity with it and it was selling well, and they put it on their menus.” They aren’t the only ones. As poutine turns 50 this year, a smattering of restaurants across the United States have added the comfort food to their menus. It’s being served in small towns in New Jersey and North Carolina and in major cities like New York and San Francisco. It’s been offered as an appetizer, side dish and main course, with the gravy either spread on top or left on the side. Sometimes it's served in a bowl and other times on a plate. The lone constants are the rave reviews. Few would have predicted the popularity of a high-calorie dish at a time when more and more Americans are adopting healthier diets. But culinary experts say poutine is winning fans because it capitalizes on an American favorite, French fries, while adding ingredients that make it much more flavorful. Poutine might even become the snack of choice for future generations. Andy Ford, a food trend analyst for an American marketing firm, calls it a perfect fit for American chain restaurants like Applebee’s, Chili’s and T.G.I. Friday’s. “I see it as something that has real legs in this country,” said Ford, who works for the Missouri-based Noble agency, which offers menu advice to Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and other major chains. “This is one of those products that is simple enough in its execution and dynamic enough to have a long-lasting effect.” Not bad for a dish created by accident. Canadian legend traces poutine to Quebec restaurateur Fernand Lachance. In 1957, a trucker asked Lachance to mix French fries with some cheese curds he spotted on a nearby counter. Lachance warned the mix would make a mess, or “poutine” in French slang, but he took the order anyway. The trucker liked the dish, so Lachance put it on the menu. Within a few months, poutine had become a regional hit. Lachance added gravy to the recipe in 1964 to help melt the curds. Oddly enough, poutine did not spread much beyond Quebec until a few years ago. Fans tie its emergence as a Canadian national dish to a historic American event: President Bush’s first run for the White House in 2000. On the campaign trail, a comedian posing as a journalist convinced Bush that the Canadian prime minister’s name was Jean Poutine, and that he was endorsing Bush’s candidacy. The prank aired on a popular Canadian sketch show and pushed poutine permanently into th


What is the north Pacific equivalent of a hurricane?

What is the difference between a typhoon and a hurricane? | Cornell Climate Change Contact What is the difference between a typhoon and a hurricane? Question: What is the difference between a typhoon and a hurricane?  Will they be affected differently by climate change? Typhoon Haiyan (NASA photo) Jonathan Comstock, research support specialist in the Department of Horticulture, replies: ‘Typhoon’ and ‘hurricane’ are regional names for the same kind of storm.  They are both special names given to tropical cyclones (large regional storm systems forming over warm tropical ocean water and rotating around a central eye) that have grown strong enough to have very damaging effects.  If you were somewhere bordering the Western North Pacific Ocean, that is, in the Philippines, the coast of China or Japan, and experiencing such a tropical storm with sustained winds over 74 mph, you would be in a typhoon that has moved off the Pacific ocean and hit land. If you were having a similar experience in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean (Hawaii to the Mexican coast) or in the North Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and east coast of North America), you would be in a hurricane.  A ‘Super Typhoon’ is the equivalent of a very strong category 4 or a category 5 Hurricane. Despite being the same as individual storms, there are also some important differences for the people living in these different regions.  Because of the very large expanse of warm, tropical ocean in the western Pacific and other global atmospheric patterns, typhoons are more common than hurricanes.  On average, there are 25 to 30 storms that rise to the status of a named typhoon every year, and only 6-10 that become named hurricanes.  The likelihood of a storm gaining strength to become either kind of named storm depends in part on large-scale atmospheric patterns as well as ocean temperatures.  These atmospheric patterns are so large that when conditions are good in the western North Pacific for forming typhoons, they aren’t so good in the North Atlantic for forming hurricanes, and vice versa.  For this reason it is not common to hear about major storms occurring in both regions at once. Even though they don’t often happen at the exact same time, both hurricanes and typhoons are most common in the months of June through November.  Around the North Atlantic basin, this period is often referred to as ‘Hurricane season’, and it is relatively unheard of to experience a hurricane mid-winter. Only 4 winter hurricanes have been recorded since 1886.  In contrast, although typhoons have the same peak season, they can occur in mid-winter as well and on average there are two winter-month typhoons every year. Is climate change making typhoons and hurricanes worse?  This is an area of intensifying study by climate scientists.  Because storm systems are so complex, with many interrelated factors affecting their formation and strength, climate scientists are not yet certain about the impact of climate change.  Some argue that warming oceans will feed more powerful storms, but others counter that the required atmospheric conditions might be affected by climate change in a way that actually inhibits storm development.  The changing balance of all these factors is not yet clear, and could even turn out to be different in different ocean basins. The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that for Atlantic hurricanes, at least, there was a likelihood that climate change might increase the intensity of the biggest storms while the total number of storms could actually decrease.


"Who is the most-hated character in the ""Star Wars"" universe?"

stumbleupon Email Comment Lord of the Rings fans are called Ringers, and Star Trek fans are called Trekkies. But why isn’t there a name for Star Wars fans? There is. They are called human beings. It’s true that pretty much everyone loves Star Wars, but not everything about Star Wars is universally praised. There are some things, especially things from the prequels, which people absolutely hate. While the story and special effects are among the most universally loved aspects of the series, the dialogue is one of those areas in which George Lucas  and company left a lot to be desired. The prequels had some cringe-worthy exchanges between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, along with the use of the word “younglings”, and the original trilogy had its fair share of terrible lines. Apart from the dialogue, characters have always been divisive among fans. Everyone loves Han Solo, Chewbacca, Yoda and iconic villains like Darth Vader and Boba Fett. However, there are many characters that almost every fan hates with an undying passion. Just about every Star Wars fan above the age of five hates these characters. Most fans wish these characters didn’t exist, and some are hated so much that fans want to see the characters brought back just to be killed off in horrible ways. Here’s a look at the 15 most hated characters in the Star Wars universe. Do you like any of these characters? Which character do you hate the most? 15. C-3PO via www.starwars.com Everyone loves R2-D2, but the same can’t be said about his somewhat irritating sidekick C-3PO. This protocol droid brings much needed comedic relief to the original trilogy, and he certainly isn’t as bad as many of the characters in the prequel films. However, he is certainly not as well loved as most of the other characters from the original film series. The worst thing we can really say about old 3PO is that the concerned shouting and consistent terror in which he lives made him very irritating. He makes this list simply because he does have a fair amount of detractors despite having just as many fans. 14. Anakin Skywalker via www.fanpop.com Most people would agree that Episode I is the worst Star Wars movie, but there are a large number of people who think Episode II is worse. Whichever one you hate more usually comes down to how much you dislike Hayden Christensen . His poor acting combined with cheesy dialogue make Episode II as much of a stinker as The Phantom Menace in many people’s eyes. The excruciating lack of chemistry between Christensen and Natalie Portman ’s Padme (as we commented on earlier) make the film practically unwatchable. He became slightly more tolerable in Revenge of the Sith, but it was too little too late. Fans came to hate this whiny Jedi who would eventually become Darth Vader. 13. Ewoks via www.starwars.com Some people love the Ewoks, but a lot of others can’t stand these miniature anthropomorphic bear-like creatures. Despite their primitive nature, they somehow managed to help take down the Empire armed with nothing more than sticks and rocks. Perhaps this ridiculous David vs. Goliath like feat is why they are hated so much. Return of the Jedi is universally considered the worst film of the original Star Wars trilogy, and the Ewoks are one of the reasons why. Many fans hate the Ewoks no matter how cute Warwick Davis ’ Wicket was. At least they are not as hated as the Gungans from Episode I. 12. Sy Snootles via www.starwars.wikia.com George Lucas just couldn’t leave the original trilogy alone. In the 90s, he had to go back and update the special effects of the films to make the special editions. One of the most blasphemous and frightening changes he made was the addition of this creepy and oddly sexualized CGI alien to the Jabba’s Palace scene in Return of the Jedi. The bad CGI, her annoying voice and general creepiness make Snootles extremely unlikable. Plus, she epitomizes everything that’s wrong with the special editions. There were enough cool looking creatures in Jabba’s Palace to begin with. The CGI version of this character didn’t need to be added. 11


What unit of distance is approximately 6 trillion miles?

How far is a light-year? | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky Astronomy Essentials Fill out my Wufoo form! 238,048 subscribers and counting ... How far is a light-year? By Bruce McClure in Astronomy Essentials | Space | July 11, 2016 How can we comprehend the distances to the stars? This post brings the scale of light-years down to the scale of miles and kilometers. The large yellow shell depicts a light-year; the smaller yellow shell depicts a light-month. Read more about this image at Wikimedia Commons . Stars other than our sun are so far distant that astronomers speak of their distances not in terms of kilometers or miles – but in light-years. Light is the fastest-moving stuff in the universe. If we simply express light-years as miles and kilometers, we end up with impossibly huge numbers. But the 20th century astronomer Robert Burnham Jr. – author of Burnham’s Celestial Handbook – devised an ingenious way to portray the distance of one light-year and ultimately of expressing the distance scale of the universe, in understandable terms. He did this by relating the light-year to the Astronomical Unit – the Earth-sun distance. One Astronomical Unit, or AU, equals about 93 million miles (150 million km). Another way of looking at it: the Astronomical Unit is a bit more than 8 light-minutes in distance. A light beam takes 8 minutes to travel the 93 million miles (150 million km) from the sun to the Earth. Image via Brews OHare on Wikimedia Commons . Robert Burnham noticed that, quite by coincidence, the number of astronomical units in one light-year and the number of inches in one mile are virtually the same. For general reference, there are 63,000 astronomical units in one light-year, and 63,000 inches (160,000 cm) in one mile (1.6 km). This wonderful coincidence enables us to bring the light-year down to Earth. If we scale the astronomical unit – the Earth-sun distance – at one inch, then the light-year on this scale represents one mile (1.6 km). The closest star to Earth, other than the sun, is Alpha Centauri at some 4.4 light-years away. Scaling the Earth-sun distance at one inch places this star at 4.4 miles (7 km) distant. The red star in the center of this picture is Proxima Centauri, our sun's nearest neighbor among the stars. A beam of light from this star takes about 4 years to travel to Earth. Image via hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu Scaling the Astronomical Unit at one inch (2.5 cm), here are distances to various bright stars, star clusters and galaxies: Alpha Centauri: 4 miles (6.4 km) Sirius: 9 miles (14.5 km) Vega: 25 miles (40 km) Fomalhaut: 25 miles (40 km) Arcturus: 37 miles (60 km) Antares: 600 miles (966 km) Pleiades open star cluster: 440 miles (708 km) Hercules globular star cluster (M13): 24,000 miles (38,600 km) Center of Milky Way galaxy: 27,000 miles (43,500 km) Great Andromeda galaxy (M31): 2,300,000 miles (3,700,000 km) Whirlpool galaxy (M51): 37,000,000 miles (60,000,000 km) Sombrero galaxy (M104): 65,000,000 miles (105,000,000 km) There are 33 stars within 12.5 light years of our sun. Image via Atlas of the Universe . Light is the fastest-moving stuff in the universe. It travels at an incredible 186,000 miles (300,000 km) per second. That’s very fast. If you could travel at the speed of light, you would be able to circle the Earth’s equator about 7.5 times in just one second! A light-second is the distance light travels in one second, or 7.5 times the distance around Earth’s equator. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year. How far is that? Multiply the number of seconds in one year by the number of miles or kilometers that light travels in one second, and there you have it: one light-year. It’s about 5.88 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km). This scale starts close to home but takes us all the way out to the Andromeda Galaxy, the most distant object most people can see with the unaided eye. Image via Bob King / Skyandtelescope.com . Bottom line: The scale of light-years expressed as miles and kilometers.


In what city would you find Notting Hill?

Notting Hill - visitlondon.com Notting Hill Email Facebook Twitter Google+ Cosmopolitan Notting Hill captivates visitors with its unique charm. Millions flock here every August for the Notting Hill Carnival, but there's plenty to do all year round. Notting Hill is one of London's most desirable areas. You can find everything from world-famous events and restaurants , to cutting-edge galleries and theatres in Notting Hill. Perhaps you'll even meet a film star in a travel book shop. Travel to Notting Hill Notting Hill Gate is the main Tube station in the area and is served by the Central line, the District line and the Circle line. Alternatively, use Westbourne Park station or Ladbroke Grove station on the Hammersmith and City line and Circle line, then walk along Portobello Road towards Notting Hill Gate. There are also a number of London bus routes servicing Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill Gate. Download a free London travel map and plan your journey in advance. If you're going to be in London for more than a day, it's worth buying a Visitor Oyster Card before you arrive. The Visitor Oyster Card is delivered to your home and is one of the easiest ways to get around London . If you do not have a Visitor Oyster Card, but still plan to travel around London for more than a day, buy an Oyster card at the Tube station. Learn more about Oyster Cards . The Notting Hill Carnival Every August Bank Holiday millions of people celebrate Europe's biggest street festival - the Notting Hill Carnival . The Notting Hill Carnival has a Caribbean festival theme, bringing a welcome splash of colour to West London. A huge parade of floats and performers runs along the Notting Hill Carnival route, filling the streets with intricate costumes, steel bands, marching bands, Calypso music and a variety of mouth-watering food.  It is recommended that you prepare yourself properly for the festivities as the Notting Hill Carnival covers a wide area. Some stations are closed and some are disrupted during the carnival weekend so plan your journey in advance. Make sure you have a map of the carnival route, plus information about public toilets, bars, sound systems and medical centres. It's worth checking the London weather forecast ahead of the carnival too. Carry a pair of sunglasses, an umbrella and a bottle of water so you'll always be ready. Portobello Market The popular Notting Hill market is known as Portobello Market , so called because it runs along Portobello Road. Pay a visit to one of the best markets in London and you'll discover something interesting to take home with you.  The main market days are Friday and Saturday, although a smaller market takes place from Monday to Thursday. On weekdays, locals buy fresh fruit and vegetables here. Second-hand goods are included on Friday but Saturday is the busiest market day when all the antiques market stalls are in position and the bargain hunters arrive. There are also some great clothing stalls to find along the way. Nearly a kilometre long, this bustling West London market offers an endless variety of merchandise – dive in and you're sure to find a unique souvenir.  Notting Hill Movie The Notting Hill movie, directed by Richard Curtis, was released in 1999. The romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant was a box office hit and Notting Hill became a popular place to visit as much of the film was shot in and around the area. Notting Hill has become one of the Top 10 movie locations in London for film fans, especially those who want to recapture the magic between the lead characters, William Thacker and Anna Scott.  Take the Notting Hill Film Tour and see some of the famous locations that were integral to the film, as well as learn about the history of the area. Things to see and do in Notting Hill Find more than 12,000 items that chart the evolution of consumer culture at The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising , one of London's quirkier museums . Notting Hill is also a fantastic place to find small, independent art galleries such as Salon Contemporary and Graffik – a gallery de


What beverage was originally flavored with sassafras?

‘Pop’ Culture: Patent Medicines Become Soda Drinks - CSI Skeptic Authors Steven Salzberg and Joe Nickell to Receive Balles Prize in Critical Thinking June 14, 2013 Forbes columnist Steven Salzberg and author-investigator Joe Nickell will each be awarded the 2012 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, to be presented by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry at the CFI Summit in October. ‘Pop’ Culture: Patent Medicines Become Soda Drinks Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.1, January/February 2011 Mineral water, including naturally carbonated water, has long been promoted as a curative for various ailments. The soda fountains of yesteryear-a particularly American phenomenon-were in drug stores for a reason. Introduced in pharmacies at the end of the eighteenth century and increasing in the 1830s, they were an effective means of dispensing medications: adding a small amount of flavoring along with some seltzer (effervescent water) made medicine more palatable (New Orleans, n.d.; Mariani 1994, 291). As part of my studies of snake oil and other cure-alls (Nickell 1998, 2005, 2006)-which ranged over several years and included collecting antique bottles and ephemera and visiting such sites as the Coca-Cola museum-I was struck by the fact that several famous soft drinks had originated as patent medicines, which in turn had their origin in herbal and other folk remedies (see figure 1). Pharmacists claimed the added ingredients “made medicines taste so good, people wanted them, whether they needed them or not, and that's how soft drinks evolved” (New Orleans, n.d.). Figure 1 Advent of Soda ‘Pop' Mineral water, including naturally carbonated water (figure 2), has long been promoted as a curative for various ailments. As early as the beginning of the sixteenth century, scientists tried to duplicate nature's carbonation process. It fell to Dr. Joseph Priestley (discoverer of oxygen) to advance the first practical process in 1772, thus helping to launch the soda-water industry. In time, flavored soda waters caught on. Figure 2 Some early soda bottles, such as those for English ginger ale, had rounded bottoms, so they could not be stood upright. This prevented their corks from drying out and shrinking, which kept the gas pressure from causing them to “pop.”1 Later “pop” bottles had patented stoppers (again, see figure 2), including the familiar one from 1891 still used today, called the crown cork (a crimped metal cap with a cork liner) (Munsey 1970, 101–10). Root Beer and Sarsaparilla Two plant roots particularly, sarsaparilla and sassafras (figure 1), were early recognized for their potent flavor and presumed medicinal properties. In 1830, in his treatise on medical botany, Constantine Rafinesque described the American sassafras tree (an aromatic member of the laurel family) and its qualities, noting that “Indians use a strong decoction to purge and clear the body in the spring.” Sassafras has long been used as a tea and “home-remedy spring tonic and blood purifier” (Rafinesque 1830). (I dug the root as a boy in Kentucky, seemingly coming by my interest naturally: my great, great grandparents, Harry and Martha Murphy, were Appalachian herbalists and folk doctors.) Sassafras was an original, major ingredient in many recipes for root beer, which was brewed in the eighteenth century as a mildly alcoholic beverage. Reportedly, in 1870 an unknown pharmacist created a formula that he billed as a cure-all and offered to the public. However, it was not actually marketed until Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires produced a liquid concentrate in small bottles (see figure 3), introducing it at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. By 1893 the Hires family was selling bottled versions of their carbonated drink, thus securing a place in soft drink history (“History” 2010; “Root beer” 2010). One slogan was “Join Health and Cheer/Drink Hires Rootbeer [sic]” (Munsey 1970, 274). Figure 3 Ironically, in time, root beer's healthfulness was seriously questioned after safrol (a substance in s


German Numbers and Counting (0-20) German Numbers and Counting (1) Die Zahlen und zählen (0-20) The numbers and counting in German  are not difficult to learn, but... true mastery of numbers, in any language, takes time. It is fairly easy to learn to rattle off the numbers - "eins, zwei, drei..." and so forth. However, most of the time numbers are used in more practical ways: in telephone numbers, in math problems, in prices, for addresses, etc. Also, because you have already internalized the numbers in English or another first language, there can be the same kind of interference that happens with other vocabulary. So, do learn to say the numbers, but also try our exercises to see if you really know how to deal with them. If someone tells you a phone number in German, can you write it down? Can you do simple addition or subtraction in German?  Die Zahlen 0-10


What terrifying insect kills about 30 people per year in Japan?

Massive killer hornets on deadly rampage heading to America | Roadtrippers Your guide to all places other‑worldly, haunted, and just plain weird. Massive killer hornets on deadly rampage heading to America Tatiana Danger 23 April, 2014 In not-so-awesome news, when you head to the RV park with the family you may have some not-so-cool camping guests, because...MASSIVE KILLER HORNETS ARE KILLING PEOPLE! Yes,  it's true . First it was testicle-eating fish invading American lakes, then it was ginormous spider crabs stalking our beaches. Now, it's MASSIVE KILLER HORNETS KILLING PEOPLE!  The Asian Giant Hornets kill about 40 people each year in Japan. It's considered the deadliest of the hornet species. It's as thick as a thumb, and it's gang-like behavior makes it a ruthless predator. Basically, after a Giant Hornet goes on a honey scouting expedition, it goes to its nest grabs a bunch of other hornets and attacks the honey hive.  A video by National Geographic has captured such an attack. About 30 hornets are known to kill about 30,000 bees in their bee hive in about three hours. The goal of the Asian Giant Hornet is to attack the larvae of the bees, which are used as feed for their own nests. If that's not nightmare-fuel enducing, try this on for size: "In Japan, the Asian Giant Hornets kill the bees by splitting them in half with their mandibles." They literally tear bees apart with their jaws! Illinois'  Arlington Cardinal reports  that a lone Japanese Giant Hornet was spotted flying in Arlington Heights on Sunday, July 29, 2012.  Sunday, an Asian Giant Hornet or Japanese Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia) was spotted at a residence west of St. Viator High School. The insect was at least two inches long and as thick as a human thumb. It had a wide orange-yellow head with large eyes, and distinct yellow-orange and brownish-black bands on its body — like a bee. The Asian Giant Hornet patrolled around a house in the front yard — occasionally hovering and landing on shrubbery. The Asian Giant Hornet studied a yellow-jacket nest that was recently destroyed with Raid wasp spray on the property. Yes, the giant hornets attack Yellow Jacket nests. Asian Giant Hornets  have appeared in  Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.  Most recently,  CNN reports that  Giant Asian Hornets are responsible for the deaths of dozens of people in China, with over 1,500 wounded by "their powerful venomous sting." Her scientific name is Vespa mandarinia and her venom is so deadly it annihilates your red blood cells, which can cause kidney failure, and in some extreme cases, death.  But perhaps a bigger problem than the toxicity of the venom is allergy, Schmidt says. Some people are naturally more allergic to stinging insects than others; a sting can trigger a deadly anaphylactic reaction, which may involve airway closure or cardiac arrest. Since July, hornet attacks have killed 42 people and injured 1,675 people in three cities in Shaanxi province, according to the local government. Among those attacked, 206 are receiving treatment in hospitals. Killer hornets are also  on the move ... Now experts have warned that they could now be headed to the South of England. The warning is contained in the latest House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report on invasive non-native species. The British Beekeepers Association says it is "likely" that the Giant Asian hornets are heading this way. Their toxic sting can cause death through anaphylactic shock and kidney failure. The Asian Giant Hornet measures between 3.5 to 3.9 cm in length (which is 1.4 to 1.5 inches). It's black tooth is "used for burrowing" and a queen can grow up to 2 inches in length!  During breeding season a Giant Asian Hornet can produce between 1,000 and 2,000 offspring! Here's the fun part: "The giant hornets are attracted to human sweat, alcohol and sweet flavors and smells. They are especially sensitive


If someone is masticating, what are they doing?

Masticating vs Centrifugal Juicers – Discover Which Are The Best Buys See Why Masticating Juicers Outperform Centrifugal Juicers In Every Category But One 88 Share On facebook Pin It Tweet It The “Cliff Notes” – updated November 4, 2016 Masticating juicers yield more juice and extract more nutrients than centrifugal machines. They cost more but the 8006 from Omega is an insane value at this price and easily delivers the best bang for your buck. There are all a lot of myths and misinformation surrounding the topic of juicers and it’s time to get them cleared up. There are various types of juicers available on the market but the most common by far are the centrifugal and masticating juicers. These are the types of juicers that we’re going to take a closer look at in order to show you why masticating juicers outperform the other type and why they are worth paying a bit extra for. Defining the 2 juicer types The word “masticate” means to knead, grind or chew a substance into a pulp. When you chew you are masticating your food and this pulls some of the juice from the food. With a masticating juicer, this type of chewing action is done at a very low speed and there is no type of spinning action involved. It’s an efficient way of extracting the juice from food. Centrifugal, on the other hand, means directing or moving away from the center or the axis of an object. With a centrifugal juicing machine there is a high-speed spinning action occurring that grinds the food into pulp and then the juice is poured into a cup for your enjoyment. Centrifugal juicers These are the type of juicers that you’re going to see advertised on TV and being promoted in the department stores at an affordable price. You can pick one up for about $40 at a local store or on the Internet but you’ll want to be looking at the models that range in price from $100 to $250 to make sure that you end up with a decent juicer sitting on your counter at the end of the day. Some centrifugal juicers can cost a lot more but if you’re seriously considering paying a lot of money for a juicer, for example $400 or more, you’re much better off looking at a masticating juicer instead. Masticating juicers These are higher-end juicers and it will be extremely difficult to find a good one that’s priced less than $250 and many units sell for $500 or more. There really is quite a price jump when it comes to masticating juicers and the centrifugal juice machines. You’ll want to be certain that you are making the right choice before laying out the extra money for the masticating type that will cost, on average, significantly more. The best masticating juicers The top 20 best-selling juicers in this category according are the: 1. Omega J8006 Nutrition Center  – You’ll get super dry pulp which means your getting maximum nutrition in every glass. The plastic parts easily breakdown into four parts that fit right into the dishwasher. 4.6/5 stars Omega J8005 Nutrition Center 4.4/5 stars LEXEN Why should I pay more for a masticating juicer? It all comes down to nutrition and taste. The goal and the ultimate reason behind purchasing a new juicer is to give your body the vitamins, minerals and enzymes that it desperately requires on a day-to-day basis for maximum performance. Like a car, the better you maintain your body the better performance you will see from it. With a vehicle, bad maintenance can leave it sitting at the side of the road waiting for a tow truck. With a body, lack of nutrition can leave you sitting on the couch wanting to get up and move but just not having the energy to get into motion. You need a lot of nutrition to keep that body rolling and the best way to get it is through juicing. More flavorful juices Taste also plays a very important part in your juicing offers. If you don’t like the drinks that you are juicing, there’s a good chance that you simply won’t put in the effort to make your juices every day. The combination of a nutritious drink with one that tastes wonderful is the end goal when you’re searching around for a juicing product. With a masticating juice


What country was Nubia's northern neighbor?

Egypt: Nubia in Modern and Ancient times Contact Us About us Tour Egypt aims to offer the ultimate Egyptian adventure and intimate knowledge about the country. We offer this unique experience in two ways, the first one is by organizing a tour and coming to Egypt for a visit, whether alone or in a group, and living it firsthand. The second way to experience Egypt is from the comfort of your own home: online. Egypt: Nubia in Modern and Ancient times Nubia Nubia is located in today's southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The modern inhabitants of southern Egypt and Sudan still refer to themselves as Nubians. They speak the Nubian language as well as Arabic. Thousands of Nubians from the north were forced to relocate from their endangered homelands to be resettled in Egypt and Sudan. This land has one of the harshest climates in the world. The temperatures are high throughout most of the year, and rainfall is infrequent. The banks of the Nile are narrow in much of Nubia, making farming difficult. Yet, in antiquity, Nubia was a land of great natural wealth, of gold mines, ebony, ivory and incense which was always prized by her neighbors. Nubia is the homeland of Africa's earliest black culture with a history which can be traced from 3100 BC onward through Nubian monuments and artifacts, as well as written records from Egypt and Rome. The land of Nubia is a desert divided by the river Nile. For want of water and rich soil, most of Nubia has never been able to support a large population for long periods. However, some of Africa's greatest civilizations emerged here, centers of achievement whose existence was based on industry and trade. Because they did not write their own languages until very late in ancient times, we know these centers and their people largely through their archaeology and what the Egyptians and Greeks said about them. To the ancient Mediterranean world, the land south of Egypt was a territory of mystery and legend. Wealth and exotic products came from there. It was the home of the Ethiopians, whom Homer called blameless and stories about its great achievements endured to tantalize the modern world. This land is one of enormous distances, and its exploration was long impeded by problems of transport and political unrest. In the last hundred years, Nubia has slowly yielded its secrets, its vanished peoples, abandoned cities and lost kingdoms brought to light by the excavator and analysis of inscriptions. This exhibit is a selection of objects recovered over twenty years ago by the Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition in the effort to rescue archaeology from the rising water behind the Aswan Dam. In the 1960's, a dam was constructed at Aswan, Egypt. It created a 500 mile long lake which permanently flooded ancient temples and tombs as well as hundreds of modern villages in Nubia. While the dam was under construction, hundreds of archaeologists worked in Egypt and Sudan to excavate as many ancient sites as possible. The Oriental Institute worked in Nubia from 1960 until 68. Today, the 5000 Nubian objects in the collection of The Oriental Institute Museum and thousands of objects in other museums are our sole resource for recovering the rich civilization of northern Nubia, for the sites themselves now lie beneath the waters of Lake Nasser. In contrast, expeditions from many countries are working in southern Nubia. Information in Detail


What are El Niño and La Niña? Home Ocean Facts What are El Niño and La Niña? What are El Niño and La Niña? El Niño and La Niña are complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Warmer or colder than average ocean temperatures in one part of the world can influence weather around the globe. Watch this Ocean Today video to see how this works. El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of what is known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. The ENSO cycle is a scientific term that describes the fluctuations in temperature between the ocean and atmosphere in the east-central Equatorial Pacific (approximately between the International Date Line and 120 degrees West). La Niña is sometimes referred to as the cold phase of ENSO and El Niño as the warm phase of ENSO. These deviations from normal surface temperatures can have large-scale impacts not only on ocean processes, but also on global weather and climate . El Niño and La Niña episodes typically last nine to 12 months, but some prolonged events may last for years. While their frequency can be quite irregular, El Niño and La Niña events occur on average every two to seven years. Typically, El Niño occurs more frequently than La Niña. El Niño El Niño means The Little Boy, or Christ Child in Spanish. El Niño was originally recognized by fishermen off the coast of South America in the 1600s, with the appearance of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean. The name was chosen based on the time of year (around December) during which these warm waters events tended to occur. The term El Niño refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked to a periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific. Typical El Niño effects are likely to develop over North America during the upcoming winter season. Those include warmer-than-average temperatures over western and central Canada, and over the western and northern United       States. Wetter-than-average conditions are likely over portions of the       U.S. Gulf Coast and Florida, while drier-than-average conditions can       be expected in the Ohio Valley and the Pacific Northwest. The presence of El Niño can significantly influence weather patterns, ocean conditions, and marine fisheries across large portions of the globe for an extended period of time. La Niña La Niña means The Little Girl in Spanish. La Niña is also sometimes called El Viejo, anti-El Niño, or simply "a cold event." La Niña episodes represent periods of below-average sea surface temperatures across the east-central Equatorial Pacific. Global climate La Niña impacts tend to be opposite those of El       Niño impacts. In the tropics, ocean temperature variations       in La       Niña also tend to be opposite those of El       Niño. During a La Niña year, winter temperatures are warmer than normal in the Southeast and cooler than normal in the Northwest. Search Our Facts


Mr. Miyagi (Character) - Quotes Mr. Miyagi (Character) Daniel :  Yeah, but it wasn't like the problem I have, right? Miyagi :  Why? Fighting fighting. Same same. Daniel :  Yeah, but you knew karate. Miyagi :  Someone always know more. Daniel :  You mean there were times when you were scared to fight? Miyagi :  Always scare. Miyagi hate fighting. Daniel :  Yeah, but you like karate. Daniel :  So, karate's fighting. You train to fight. Miyagi :  That what you think? Daniel : [thinks] So I won't have to fight. Miyagi : [laughs] Miyagi have hope for you. Miyagi :  Your friend, all karate student, eh? Daniel :  Friend? Oh, yeah, those guys. Daniel :  No the problem is, I'm getting my ass kicked every other day, that's the problem. Miyagi :  Hai, because boys have bad attitude. Karate for defense only. Daniel :  That's not what these guys are taught. Miyagi :  Hai - can see. No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do. Daniel :  Oh, great, that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher, no problem. Miyagi :  Now use head for something other than target. [Miyagi karate-chops the tops off three beer bottles] Daniel :  How did you do that? How did you do that? Miyagi :  Don't know. First time. Daniel :  Yeah, I guess so. Miyagi : [sighs] Daniel-san, must talk. [they both kneel] Miyagi :  Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later [makes squish gesture] Miyagi :  get squish just like grape. Here, karate, same thing. Either you karate do "yes" or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," [makes squish gesture] Daniel : [starts hopping around a bit] Pretty good, eh? Look at this! [mockingly punches Miyagi while continuing to bunny-hop] Miyagi : [trying to stop him] Hai! Wait! Hai! Wait, Daniel-san! Daniel : [dancing around very quickly and still playfully punching Miyagi] What do you think, Mr. Miyagi? Miyagi : [knocks Daniel down] I tell you what Miyagi think! I think you *dance around* too much! I think you *talk* too much! I think you not concentrate enough! Lots of work to be done! Tournament just around corner! Miyagi : [Daniel has just gotten his driver's license and Miyagi has given him a car for his birthday] Just remember, license never replace eye, ear, and brain. [notices Daniel has suddenly gotten quiet] Miyagi :  Number two present. [leads Daniel outside] Daniel : [walking and talking] Number two present? You don't have to give me anything. You've given me enough already. [Miyagi keeps walking, silently] Daniel :  No really, I'm serious. Miyagi : [stops and points to his fleet of antique cars] Choose. Daniel : [surprised and hesitant] Oh, no... Miyagi :  Hai! Hurt old man feeling. [points again] Miyagi :  Choose. Daniel :  When do I learn how to punch? Miyagi :  Better learn balance. Balance is key. Balance good, karate good. Everything good. Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand? Kreese : [at the Cobra Kai dojo] Class, we have visitors. Fall in behind me. Hai! [approaches Daniel and Miyagi, then speaks to Miyagi] Kreese :  I hear you jumped some of my students last night. Miyagi :  Afraid facts mixed up. Kreese :  You calling Mr. Lawrence a liar? Miyagi :  No call no one nothing. Kreese :  What are you here for, old man? Miyagi :  Come ask leave boy alone. Kreese :  What's the matter, the boy can't take care of his own problems? Miyagi :  One to one problem, yes. FIVE to one problem, too much ask anyone. Kreese :  Is that what's bothering you? The odds? Well, we can fix that. Feel like matching, Mr. Lawrence? Miyagi :  Ask one more small request. Kreese :  Make it fast. Miyagi :  Ask leave boy alone to train. Kreese :  You're a pushy little bastard, ain't ya? But I like that. I like that! All right. No one touches the prima donna until the tournament. Is that understood? [class responds with "YES SENSEI!"] Kreese :  But if you don't show, it's open season on him... and you. [they nod at each other] Miyagi : [Daniel walks in


"Who wrote the violin concertos ""The Four Seasons""?"

Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - YouTube Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Apr 23, 2012 Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons Full HD (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi Full Concert. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. For example, "Winter" is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas "Summer" evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement, which is why the movement is often dubbed "Storm." The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi's Op. 8, entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention). The first four concertos were designated Le quattro stagioni, each being named after a season. Each one is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. At the time of writing The Four Seasons, the modern solo form of the concerto had not yet been defined (typically a solo instrument and accompanying orchestra). Vivaldi's original arrangement for solo violin with string quartet and basso continuo helped to define the form. Die Vier Jahreszeite, Les Quatre Saisons compléter completare all movements English Chamber Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 1 RV 269-1 - Allegro - Spring Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 1 RV 269-2 - Largo - Spring Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 1 RV 269-3 - Allegro - Spring Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 2 RV 315-1 - Allegro Non Molto - Allegro - Summer Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 2 RV 315-2 - Adagio - Summer Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 2 RV 315-3 - Presto - Summer Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 3 RV 293-1 - Allegro - Autumn Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 3 RV 293-2 - Molto Adagio - Autumn Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 3 RV 293-3 - Allegro - Autumn Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 4 RV 297-1 - Allegro Non Molto - Winter Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 4 RV 297-2 - Largo - Winter Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 4 RV 297-3 - Allegro - Winter Le quattro stagioni The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) Die Vier Jahreszeiten Las Cuatro Estaciones Classical Music compléter ganze Konzert von Vivaldi Full Concert Complete Music all movements greatest hits Category


What is the name of a type of whale and also a type of sturgeon?

Facts About Beluga Whales Facts About Beluga Whales By Alina Bradford, Live Science Contributor | July 19, 2016 08:45pm ET MORE Credit: CampCrazy Photography , Shutterstock Beluga whales, also called white whales, have white skin that is adapted to its habitat in the Arctic. The word "beluga" comes from the Russian word for "white." They aren't the same kind of white whale in "Moby-Dick," however. That was a white sperm whale. They also are not related to the sturgeon of the same name, which is the source of a type of caviar. Belugas are related to another type of white whale — the "unicorn" whale known as the narwhal. However, instead of a large horn on its forehead, like the narwhal has, the beluga has a round bump called a melon. The melon is used to make many different communication sounds and facial expressions. It also aids in echolocation. Size Beluga whales are among the smallest species of whales. Adult males range from 13 to 20 feet (4 to 6.1 meters) in length and weigh 2,000 to 3,000 lbs. (907 to 1,361 kilograms), according to National Geographic . Females are slightly smaller. Around 40 percent of the white whale’s body weight is blubber, which keeps them warm and stores energy, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Belugas have thick, muscular bodies that taper at both ends. Their round heads have a small beak, and their necks are narrower than other whales. Unlike other whales, their neck vertebrae are not fused, allowing them to move their heads up and down and from side to side, according to the American Cetacean Society . They don’t have a back (dorsal) fin. This allows them to swim under ice with ease. Their flippers are short and resemble paddles. Habitat These whales like it cold and are mostly found in the Arctic Ocean. They can live in water that beluga whales live in can be as cold as 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius).When the ocean starts to freeze, many migrate south to slightly warmer waters, according to National Geographic.  Habits White whales are very social. Groups are called pods , which may have hundreds to thousands of whales, according to the Animal Diversity Web (ADW). They communicate with one another with sounds like clicks, moos, whistles and clangs. They can also mimic the sounds they hear around them, including human speech . Belugas are known as the "canaries of the sea" because the vast range of sounds they produce, according to the NOAA. Cook Inlet beluga whales swimming as seen from a scientific survey plane at 800 feet. August 10. 2011. Credit: NOAA Diet Beluga whales are carnivores, which means they eat meat. Typically, your average beluga whale isn’t a picky eater, according to the American Cetacean Society . They make meals of snails, salmon, eulachon, crabs, shrimp, clams, octopus, squid, mussels, sandworms, cod and flounder.  They also eat a lot — 50 to 60 lbs. (22.7 to 27 kg) of food a day. All of this food is swallowed whole. Their teeth are just used for grabbing and holding prey, according to the American Cetacean Society. Offspring Beluga whales usually mate when the water is warmer, in March or April. After a gestation of 14 to 15 months, females give birth to babies called calves. Calves are born gray, but will turn white as they mature. They are 4 to 6 feet (1.2 to 1.8 m) long and weigh 110 to 130 lbs. (50 to 60 kg). When they get their teeth, at 12 to 18 months, calves will start eating small sea creatures. Calves will continue to nurse, though, and aren’t weaned until they are a year- to year-and-a-half-old.  Female belugas become mature at around 4 to 7 years and males become mature at 7 to 9 years. Scientists are unsure of how long beluga whales live. Some think they may live 35 to 50 years. Others believe they live 60 to 70 years based on how many teeth they lose per year, according to the NOAA.  Classification/taxonomy  Here is the classification of beluga whales, according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Kingdom: Animalia Genus: Delphinapterus Species: Delphinapterus leucas The 2-month-old b


"What book's sequel was subtitled ""The Edge of Reason""?"

Download movie Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Watch Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason online. Download Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in HD, DVD, Divx and ipod quality. Download free movie Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason preview. Movie Berry 11November 2009 «Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason» is a 2004 romantic comedy. This sequel to the hit movie Bridget Jones's Diary begins four weeks after the final events of the first film, with the formerly single Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) discovering that life with her new beau, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Jacinda Barrett co-stars as a beautiful attorney who makes Bridget nervous, with Hugh Grant reprising his role as selfish cad Daniel Cleaver. «Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason» directed by Beeban Kidron. You can download «Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason» right here! Heather


"What organization owned a ship called ""The Rainbow Warrior"" that protested nuclear testing?"

Copyright � 1986 The Harvard Law Review Association. Harvard Law Review NOTE: EXCLUSION OF SHIPS FROM NONTERRITORIAL WEAPONS TESTING ZONES. MARCH, 1986 99 Harv. L. Rev. 1040 Excerpt On July 10, 1985, two bombs exploded in Auckland Harbor, New Zealand. The blasts sank the Rainbow Warrior, a ship owned by the international organization Greenpeace, and killed a Portuguese photographer on board. Greenpeace had been preparing the Rainbow Warrior to lead a protest flotilla to the French nuclear testing site at Mururoa incident, French officials admitted their government's responsibility for destroying the Rainbow Warrior. 1 Officials of the United States also were concerned about the Rainbow Warrior's presence in the Pacific: Greenpeace had protested against American missile testing in Canada less than six months earlier, 2 and the United States conducts a major missile testing program at the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The Marshall Islands tests, while not currently involving nuclear explosions, still present serious hazards for ships navigating near missile targets. Frequently, these hazards extend into ocean areas outside United States territorial waters. If a vessel like the Rainbow Warrior entered such waters at the time of a planned test, the United States would probably have to postpone the test -- at considerable cost 3 -- or remove the ship, an action that might violate international law. This Note addresses this potential dilemma and explores the conflict between two policies of the United States: acceptance of the international principle of freedom of the seas and use of those seas for exclusive purposes. The aggressive political activities of organizations such as Greenpeace suggest that this conflict may have more than academic import. The principle of ...


What car company was founded by Elon Musk?

Elon Musk co-founded this hot new tech stock - Jul. 20, 2015 Elon Musk co-founded this hot new tech stock by Paul R. La Monica   @lamonicabuzz July 20, 2015: 5:36 PM ET PayPal CEO: Our advantage is independence A company co-founded by Elon Musk got off to a great start Monday. Tesla? ( TSLA ) No. Although the electric carmaker's stock was up nearly 3%. We're talking about PayPal ( PYPLV ) -- the online payment service that was spun off from eBay ( EBAY ) on Monday. PayPal shares rose 5% on their first day of trading as a separate company. It is now worth nearly $50 billion. The old eBay was up about 2.5%. Its market value is $35 billion without PayPal. Musk was one of several co-founders of what is now known as PayPal. His online banking site X.com merged with PayPal creator Confinity in 2000. The combined company was later renamed PayPal, went public in 2002 and was bought by eBay for $1.5 billion shortly after the IPO. Musk made about $165 million from the sale. He is no longer involved with PayPal. But PayPal has done just fine while Musk has been focusing on electric cars and his SpaceX rocket company. Related: Tech stocks are on fire lately eBay reported last week that sales from PayPal were up 16% in the quarter, while revenues at eBay's core marketplace unit fell 3%. PayPal is also expecting revenue growth of 15% to 18% this year -- compared to just 3% to 5% for what's left of eBay. That was the last report with PayPal as a subsidiary. Several Wall Street analysts started coverage of PayPal with favorable ratings Monday. PayPal returns to Wall Street. It traded as PYPL briefly in 2002 -- before eBay bought it for $1.5 billion. Related: PayPal replaces eBay in CNNMoney's Tech30 index But PayPal faces threats from larger tech companies though. Amazon ( AMZN , Tech30 ), Apple ( AAPL , Tech30 ) and Google ( GOOGL , Tech30 ) are all trying to make waves in the digital payments business. PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said in an interview with CNNI's Maggie Lake Monday morning that competition is growing. But he thinks PayPal stands out because it truly is an independent middleman. Unlike Amazon, Apple or Google, it's not part of some larger entity. "Probably the biggest advantage we have is we're truly a neutral third party," Schulman said. "We can work with any merchant, any platforms -- whether that be iOS, Android or Windows -- and provide a seamless, consistent experience for consumers and merchants." Schulman added that he thinks PayPal stands to benefit as more and more consumers use their mobile phones to pay for things in actual stores -- in addition to using the PayPal online site or app for mobile purchases. "Last year, we did over 1 billion mobile payment transactions," he said. Still, there's also a hot private startup called Stripe that PayPal and its investors will have to watch closely. Stripe is backed by PayPal co-founders Max Levchin and Peter Thiel -- as well as Musk. So it's telling that Musk and these other PayPal veterans are investing in something that competes against the company they started. CNNMoney (New York) First published July 20, 2015: 12:25 PM ET


What type of bombshell were Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe?

Jean Harlow - Biography - IMDb Jean Harlow Biography Showing all 68 items Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (3) | Trade Mark  (1) | Trivia  (49) | Personal Quotes  (3) | Salary  (5) Overview (5) 7 June 1937 ,  Los Angeles, California, USA  (uremic poisoning brought on by acute nephritis) Birth Name 5' 1½" (1.56 m) Mini Bio (2) Harlean Carpenter, who later became Jean Harlow, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911. She was the daughter of a successful dentist and his wife. In 1927, at the age of 16, she ran away from home to marry a young businessman named Charles McGrew, who was 23. The couple pulled up stakes and moved to Los Angeles, not long after they were married, and it was there Jean found work as an extra in films, landing a bit part in Moran of the Marines (1928). From that point on she would go to casting calls whenever she could. In 1929 she had bit parts in no less than 11 movies, playing everything from a passing woman on the street to a winged ballerina. Her marriage to McGrew turned out to be a disaster--it lasted barely two years--and they divorced. The divorce enabled her to put more of her efforts into finding roles in the movie business. Although she was having trouble finding roles in feature movies, she had more luck in film shorts. She had a fairly prominent role in Hal Roach 's Double Whoopee (1929). Her big break came in 1930, when she landed a role in Howard Hughes ' World War I epic Hell's Angels (1930), which turned out to be a smash hit. Not long after the film's debut, Hughes sold her contract to MGM for $60,000, and it was there where her career shot to unprecedented heights. Her appearance in Platinum Blonde (1931) cemented her role as America's new sex symbol. The next year saw her paired with Clark Gable in John Ford 's Red Dust (1932), the second of six films she would make with Gable. It was while filming this picture (which took 44 days to complete at a cost of $408,000) that she received word that her new husband, MGM producer Paul Bern , had committed suicide. His death threatened to halt production of the film, and MGM chief Louis B. Mayer had even contacted Tallulah Bankhead to replace Harlow if she were unable to continue, a step that proved to be unnecessary. The film was released late in 1932 and was an instant hit. She was becoming a superstar. In MGM's glittering all-star Dinner at Eight (1933) Jean was at her comedic best as the wife of a ruthless tycoon ( Wallace Beery ) trying to take over another man's ( Lionel Barrymore ) failing business. Later that year she played the part of Lola Burns in director Victor Fleming 's hit Bombshell (1933). It was a Hollywood parody loosely based on Clara Bow 's and Harlow's real-life experiences, right down to the latter's greedy stepfather, nine-room Georgian-style home with mostly-white interiors, her numerous pet dogs - right down to having her re-shoot scenes from the Gable and Harlow hit, Red Dust (1932) here! In 1933 Jean married cinematographer Harold Rosson , a union that would only last eight months (although Rosson lived another 53 years, he never remarried). In 1935 she was again teamed with Gable in another rugged adventure, China Seas (1935) (her remaining two pictures with Gable would be Wife vs. Secretary (1936) and Saratoga (1937)). It was her films with Gable that created her lasting legacy in the film world. Unfortunately, during the filming of Saratoga (1937), she was hospitalized with uremic poisoning. On June 7, 1937, she died from the ailment. She was only 26. The film had to be finished by long angle shots using a double. Gable said he felt like he was in the arms of a ghost during the final touches of the film. Because of her death, the film was a hit. Record numbers of fans poured into America's movie theaters to see the film. Other sex symbols/blonde bombshells have followed, but it is Jean Harlow who all others are measured against. Often played the wisecracking platinum blonde Trivia (49) Was the godmother of Millicent Siegel, daughter of the notorious mobster Benjamin Bugsy Siegel .


What's the term for the first episode of a TV series?

What is a pilot episode? What is a pilot episode? What is a pilot episode? What is a pilot episode?.  Credit: Getty Images / Andy MacGregor By Nancy Basile Updated January 30, 2016. A TV pilot or pilot episode of a TV show is a standalone episode that a creator or producer will create to show to network executives in Hollywood. Most of the time a network foots the bill for a pilot episode based on the creator's pitch, or description of what the TV show will be like. A pilot episode is used to try to sell an entire series to that network. Sometimes, based on just the pilot episode, networks buy just a handful of episodes. Sometimes a network buys a full season of a TV show, which is usually 22 episodes. Many times the later episodes of a series will be very different from the TV pilot, with new cast members or characters or locales. If there are no major changes, the pilot episode becomes the first episode of the series. Pilot Season Pilot season in Hollywood is generally considered to be January through sometime in the spring. After networks accept pitches in the fall, TV pilot episodes are cast and recorded beginning in approximately January. continue reading below our video Profile of The Simpsons Generally they wrap-up in March or April and the networks decide which ones will get the greenlight to continue producing episodes. Around May, networks hold upfronts and presnt their new series to the press and ad agencies. South Park Spirit of Christmas  was sort of a pilot episode for South Park . Spirit of Christmas was sent around Hollywood as a holiday card. After executives at Comedy Central saw it, they approached Matt Stone and Trey Parker about developing a full series, based on that animated short. The Simpsons " Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire " is the unofficial pilot episode for  The Simpsons . FOX waited to see how the full episode would do in the ratings, compared to the animated shorts of The Simpsons on The Tracey Ullman Show . Adventure Time The pilot episode for  Adventure Time  was an animated short that starred Pen and Jake, rather than Finn and Jake. (Pen, after the show's creator, Pendleton Ward.) In the pilot, Pen and Jake rescue Princess Bubblegum from the Ice King. As an example of a change in cast, John Kassir ( Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness ) voiced Ice King in the pilot, but Tom Kenny ( SpongeBob SquarePants ) took over the role for the rest of the series. Invader Zim The pilot episode of Nickelodeon's  Invader Zim  starred veteran voice-over actor Billy West as Zim. But creator Jhonen Vasquez felt his voice was too recognizable from his role as Fry on  Futurama , and recast the role with actor Richard Horvitz, who played Billy on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. American Dad! Seth MacFarlane and Matt Weitzman dreamt up  American Dad!  after the 2000 election. Originally  Family Guy  was cancelled and MacFarlane was able to be hands on, but when it was revived, he passed American Dad! off to Weitzman and Mike Barker.


What weapon/tool is stereotypically carried by angry mobs?

Scythe | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 7. Snath or snaith 8. Grips A scythe consists of a wooden shaft about 170 centimetres (67 in) long called a snaith, snath, snathe or sned (modern versions are sometimes made from metal or plastic). The snaith may be straight, or with an "S" curve, but the more sophisticated versions are curved in three dimensions, allowing the mower to stand more upright. The snaith has either one or two short handles at right angles to it – usually one near the upper end and always another roughly in the middle. A long, curved blade about 60 to 90 centimetres (24 to 35 in)) long is mounted at the lower end, perpendicular to the snaith. Scythes always have the blade projecting from the left side of the snaith when in use, with the edge towards the mower. In principle a left-handed scythe could be made, but it could not be used together with right-handed scythes in a team of mowers, as the left-handed mower would be mowing in the opposite direction. A scythe blade is made by peening the leading edge of the blade. In some uses, such as for mowing grass, the blade-edge is made almost as thin as paper. After peening, the edge is finished and subsequently maintained by very frequent stropping or honing with a whetstone or rubber (fine-grained for grass, coarser for cereal crops), and peened again as necessary to recover the fineness of the edge. The "American" scythe blade is not usually peened as part of sharpening, being made using a stamping process that produces a harder blade than other styles of scythe blade. The harder blade holds an edge longer and requires less frequent sharpening. Rather than being maintained through peening, the edge of the American pattern of blade is traditionally reshaped after heavy use by grinding on a large diameter grindstone. Joseph Jenckes was awarded on March 6, 1646 the first patent in North America by the General Court of Massachusetts, for making scythes. This basic scythe design remained in use for over 300 years. Use Edit Using a scythe Using a scythe is called mowing, or often scything, to distinguish it from mowing with more complex machinery. Mowing is done by holding the top handle in the left hand and the central one in the right, with the arms straight, the blade parallel to the ground and very close to it, and the body twisted to the right. The body is then twisted steadily to the left, moving the scythe blade along its length in a long arc from right to left, ending in front of the mower, thus depositing the cut grass to the left. Mowing proceeds with a steady rhythm, stopping at frequent intervals to sharpen the blade. The correct technique has a slicing action on the grass, cutting a narrow strip with each stroke – a common beginner's error is to chop or hack at the grass, with the blade length at right angles to it, thus trying to cut too wide a strip of grass at once. This is much harder work, and is ineffective. Cutting too close to the ground can contaminate the blade with soil, rapidly blunting it. Much of the skill is in keeping the blade close to the ground and the cuts even. Mowing is normally done cutting out of the uncut grass, the mower moving along the mowing-edge with the uncut grass to his right. The cut grass is laid in a neat row to the left, on the previously-mown land. Each strip of ground mown by a scythe is called a swathe (pronounced / ˈ s w eɪ ð / : rhymes with "bathe") or swath ( / ˈ s w ɒ θ / : rhymes with "Goth"). Mowing may be done by a team of mowers, usually starting at the edges of a meadow then proceeding clockwise and finishing in the middle. Mowing grass is easier when it is damp, and so hay-making traditionally began at dawn and often stopped early, the heat of the day being spent raking and carting the hay cut on previous days. Mowing with a scythe is a skilled task, performed with relative ease by experienced mowers, but often poorly and with very great effort by beginners. Long-bladed traditional scythes with double-curved wooden snaiths are harder to use at first, but once mastered are mor


In what country were 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram?

Missing Nigeria Schoolgirls - NBC News Missing Nigeria Schoolgirls The kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Nigeria by Islamist extremists Boko Haram has sparked global outrage and an online campaign, Bring Back Our Girls. Related Serah Luka told officials she had been at the boarding school in Chibok just over two months when she was captured by Islamist militants in early 2014. Photo International aid reached the island of Koulfoua in Chad this week. NBC News accompanied the multi-agency mission to assess the refugees' needs. EXCLUSIVE Exactly one year after #BringBackOurGirls became an international rallying cry, where are the kidnapped girls? And is Nigeria any safer? Video It’s been a year since 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Nigeria. As the anniversary arrives, more than 200 are still missing. SPECIAL REPORT Daniel Eyre painted a disturbing picture of the rules of conduct 'brutally enforced' by Boko Haram on men and women under its control in Nigeria. Video African officials make no secret of their desire to find and kill Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Video Boko Haram has rounded up hundreds of women and children and imprisoned them in a school following what appears to be the group’s deadliest attack. Photo The group's leader Abubakar Shekau released a video mocking the hashtag supported by Michelle Obama and others. Video More than two months have passed since the Islamic militant group kidnapped the girls from their school. Video U.S. military assistance to Nigeria in hunt for kidnapped schoolgirls apparently fuels terror group's leader's desire to strike back. Video First lady Michelle Obama talks about the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls and the need to push for equality for women around the world. Photo The White House plans to tell Congress that the 80 Chad to oversee drone operations in the search for the 276 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls. Video The U.S. has deployed an unmanned predator drone over eastern Nigeria to search for the missing girls. The terrorists who kidnapped the girls have reportedly split them up into small groups and scattered them throughout the jungle. Video A heat map on how #bringbackourgirls took over the globe. Video


What ancient society built the city of Chichen Itza?

Chichen Itza | ancient city, Mexico | Britannica.com ancient city, Mexico list of presidents of Mexico Chichén Itzá, ruined ancient Maya city occupying an area of 4 square miles (10 square km) in south-central Yucatán state, Mexico . It is located some 90 miles (150 km) east-northeast of Uxmal and 75 miles (120 km) east-southeast of the modern city of Mérida . The only source of water in the arid region around the site is from wells (cenotes) formed by sinkholes in limestone formations. Two big cenotes on the site made it a suitable place for the city and gave it its name, from chi (“mouths”), chen (“wells”), and Itzá, the name of the Maya tribe that settled there. Chichén Itzá was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988. The Casa de las Monjas (“Nunnery”), one of the earliest structures built at … © lunamarina/Fotolia Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mex., designated a World Heritage site in 1988. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Overview of Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Chichén was founded about the 6th century ce, presumably by Maya peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula who had occupied the region since the Pre-Classic, or Formative, Period (1500 bce–300 ce). The principal early buildings are in an architectural style known as Puuc , which shows a number of divergences from the styles of the southern lowlands. These earliest structures are to the south of the Main Plaza and include the Akabtzib (“House of the Dark Writing”), the Chichanchob (“Red House”), the Iglesia (“Church”), the Casa de las Monjas (“Nunnery”), and the observatory El Caracol (“The Snail”). There is evidence that, in the 10th century, after the collapse of the Maya cities of the southern lowlands, Chichén was invaded by foreigners, probably Maya speakers who had been strongly influenced by—and perhaps were under the direction of—the Toltec of central Mexico. These invaders may have been the Itzá for whom the site is named; some authorities, however, believe the Itzá arrived 200 to 300 years later. Chac Mool sculpture at Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. © Comstock Images/Jupiterimages El Caracol (“The Snail”), an observatory at Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, … © Ron Gatepain (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Similar Topics Mitla In any event, the invaders were responsible for the construction of such major buildings as El Castillo (“The Castle”), a pyramid that rises 79 feet (24 metres) above the Main Plaza. El Castillo has four sides, each with 91 stairs and facing a cardinal direction; including the step on the top platform, these combine for a total of 365 steps—the number of days in the solar year. During the spring and autumnal equinoxes, shadows cast by the setting sun give the appearance of a snake undulating down the stairways. A carving of a plumed serpent at the top of the pyramid is symbolic of Quetzalcóatl (known to the Maya as Kukulcán), one of the major deities of the ancient Mesoamerican pantheon. Excavations within the nine-platform pyramid revealed another, earlier structure containing a red jaguar throne studded with jade. El Castillo (“The Castle”), Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. © Graham S. Klotz/Shutterstock.com El Castillo (“The Castle”), Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. © Ron Gatepain (A Britannica Publishing Partner) pre-Columbian civilizations: Major sites The ball court (for playing the game tlachtli [Mayan: pok-ta-pok]) is 545 feet (166 metres) long and 223 feet (68 metres) wide, the largest such court in the Americas. Six sculpted reliefs run the length of the walls of the court, apparently depicting the victors of the game holding the severed head of a member of the losing team. On the upper platform at one end of the court stands the Temple of the Jaguars, inside of which is a mural showing warriors laying siege to a village. Standing on the platform of the temple to the north of the court, it is possible to hear a whisper from 150 feet (46 metres) away. The tlachtli (Mayan: pok-ta-pok) ball court at Chichén … Nataliya Hora—Hemera/Thinkstock Jaguar throne in the entrance to the lower chamber of the Tem