"To be precise, which musical term of Italian origin translates into English as ""pinched""?"

American Italian: Dictionary | American Italian American Italian aduzipach!/aduzipazz! – you’re crazy! (ma tu sei pazzo!) [aa-DOO-zee-PAACH]/[aa-DOO-zee-PAATS] afanabola!/vafanabola!/a fa napule! – go to hell! (a fa Napoli!) [aa-faa-NAA-boe-laa] agita – heartburn/indigestion (aciditá) [AA-jih-tuh] ammonini! – let’s go! (andiamo!) [aa-moe-NEE-nee] andosh!/andosc’ – let’s go! (andiamo) [aan-DOESH] aunda/awunda? – where? (awundi?) [aa-WOON-duh] aunda ciunca/awunda chunka? – where does it hurt? (awundi ciunca?) [aa-WOON-duh CHOON-kuh?] assai – a lot (molto) [aah-SYE] bacous’/bacouz – bathroom (backhouse) [buh-KOWZ] basanagol/basanicol’ – basil (basilico) [baa-zaa-naa-GOAL] bada bing! – bam!; Note: Popularized in the 1970s by The Godfather character Santino Corleone biangolin’ – bleach (bianco lino) [byaan-GO-leen] bicciuridu – my little boy/my little baby (piccolo bambino) [BEECH-oo-REE-doo] bisgott’ – cookie (biscotti) [beesh-GAWT] boombots – nickname for an idiot (u’ pazzo); Note: As in “Vinnie Boombots” [boom-BAATS] boxugeddu – box (box per oggetti) [baax-oo-JED-oo] braggiol’ – meat and sauce/male anatomy (bracciole) [BRAAJH-oel] brosciutt’/prosciutt’ – italian ham (prosciutto) [BRAAJH-oot]/[PRAAJH-oot] buttagots/butta’ gazz’ – annoying idiot (buttana u’ cazzo) [boo-taa-GAATS] buttann’/puttann’ – b_tch/whore (putanna); Note: more mild than “sciaquadell” [boo-TAAN] calabres’ – Calabrian (calabrese); Note: can refer to people, objects, customs, etc. [caal-uh-BRAYZ] calamad – fried squid (calamari) [caal-uh-MAAD] capidan/capitan’ – captain (capitano/capitan) [caap-ee-DAAN] cendann’/cent’ ann’ – a hundred years (cento anni); Note: said before a toast [chen-DAAN] che cozz’? – what the f— are you doing? (che cazzo fai?) [KAY-kaatz] chefai? – what are you doing? (che cosa fai?) [ke-FYE] chepreca! – what a shame! (che peccato!) [kay-preh-KAA] chiove – raining (fa piove) [KYOH-vay] chiove tropp’assai – it’s raining very hard (fa piove molto) [KYOH-vay-TROAP-aa-SAI] chooch – jackass (ciuccio) [CHOOCH] cing-u-bezz/cing’ u’ bezz’ – five dollars apiece (cinque un pezzo) [cheeng-oo-BETZ] ciuri – flowers (fiori) [CHOO-ree] colghioni/cogliones/gulgliones – male anatomy (colghioni) [coal-YOANZ]/[gool-YOANZ] cornuto – husband whose wife is unfaithful (cornuto) [coar-NOO-toe] cuore stuppau – heart stopped (cuore stopped) [KWOAW-ray-staa-POW] ddojefacc/duyavatch – two faced (due facce) [doo-ya-FAATCH] disgraziat’ – dirtball (disgraziato) [dees-graats-ee-AAT] dzapp’ – gardening hoe (zappa) [DZAAP] edi-conosc’? – do you know me?/do you know who I am? (e mi conosci?) [EE-dee-GAA-noesh] facciabrutt’ – ugly face (faccia brutta) [FA-chuh-broot] faccia di katzo – ball face (faccia di cazzo) [FAA-chaa-dee-KAA-tsoe] facciadu/faccia du’ – two faced (facce due) [faatch-aa-DOO] facciu fridda – it’s cold (fa freddo) [FAA-choo-FREE-daa] fugeddaboudit – forget about it (forget about it) fanabola!/vanabola! – shit! (a fa Napoli) [faa-NAA-boe-laa] fatti gatti due!/vatoli vatoli due! – mind your own f—ing business! (fa ti cazzi tuoi) [FAA-tee-GAA-tee-doo-yay] fattu napiridu – I farted [FAA-too-naa-pee-REE-doo] (ho fatto napiridu) ‘ffangul’! – go f— yourself! (vai a fare in culo) – [faan-GOOL] fraggiol’ – beans (fraggiole) [FRAA-joal] frittat’/fritad – fried egg dish (frittata) [frə-TAAD] fugazi – fake (falso OR fake) fuidi dogu! – get down from there! [FWEE-dee-DOW-goo] gab’ – head (capo) [GAAB] gabbadost’/gab’ a’ tost’ – hardhead (capa dura/capa tosta) gabbagul/gabbagool – type of meat/food/idiot/fool (capicola/capocollo/capacolla) [gaa-baa-GOOL] gabbaruss’/gab’ a’ russ’ – redhead (capo rosso) [gaa-baa-ROOS] gabbadeegats/capa di cazz’ – ball face (capo di cazzo) [gaa-baa-dee-GATS] gabish?/capish?/gabisc’? – (do you) understand? (capisci?) [gaa-PEESH] gaguzz’ – muscles/idiot/money/squash (cucuzza) [gaa-GOOTS] gaguzzalonga – big muscles (cucuzza lunga) [ga-GOOTS-aa-LOWN-gaa] gambarell’/gambanell’ – (door)bell (campanello) [GAMBA-rell] gandin’ – basement (cantina) [gaan-DEEN] gavadeel’ – italian pasta (cavatelli) [gaa-vaa-DEEL] gavone – gluttonous eater (cafone


Which company made The Comet, the world’s first passenger jet airliner?

Comet - The World's First Jet Airliner Comet - The World's First Jet Airliner Comet - The World's First Jet Airliner Comet - The First Jet Airliner Between 1930 and 1950 military aircraft design advanced from propeller driven biplanes to jet powered monoplanes. Civil aviation remained dominated by large propeller driven aircraft until 1949 when de Havilland introduced the world to the age of the jet airliner. Sir Geoffrey de Havilland conceived the idea of the DH106 'Comet' in 1943 and design work began in September 1946. The prototype first flew on 27 July 1949.


The famous ‘Route 66’ in America connected Los Angeles to which other city?

Route 66 History Page | Route 66 World Share U.S. Route 66 (also known as the Will Rogers Highway, “Main Street of America” or the “Mother Road”) was a highway in the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 (US Highway 66), was established on November 11, 1926. However, road signs did not go up until the following year. The famous highway originally started from Chicago, Illinois, and ran through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles, encompassing a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). It was recognized in popular culture by both a hit song (written by Bobby Troup and performed by the Nat King Cole Trio and The Rolling Stones, among others) and the Route 66 television show in the 1960s. Route 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, changing its path and overall length. Many of the realignments gave travelers faster and safer routes, or detoured around city congestion. One realignment moved the western endpoint farther west from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. Route 66 was a major path of the migrants who went west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and supported the economies of the communities through which the road passed through. People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, and those same people later fought to keep the highway alive even with the growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System. US 66 (Route 66) was officially removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985 after it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been designated a National Scenic Byway of the name “Historic Route 66”. It has begun to return to maps in this form. Some portions of the road in southern California have been redesignated “State Route 66” and others bear “Historic Route 66” signs and relevant historic information. Route description Over the years, U.S. Route 66 received many nicknames. Right after Route 66 was commissioned, it was known as “The Great Diagonal Way” because the Chicago-to-Oklahoma City stretch ran northeast to southwest. Later, Route 66 was advertised by the U.S. Highway 66 Association as “The Main Street of America”. The title had also been claimed by supporters of U.S. Route 40, but the Route 66 group was more successful. In the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath, the highway is called “The Mother Road”, its prevailing title today. Lastly, Route 66 was unofficially named “The Will Rogers Highway” by the U.S. Highway 66 Association in 1952, although a sign along the road with that name appeared in the John Ford film, The Grapes of Wrath, which was released in 1940, twelve years before the association gave the road that name. A plaque dedicating the highway to Will Rogers is still located in Santa Monica, California. There are more plaques like this; one can be found in Galena, Kansas. It was originally located on the Kansas-Missouri state line, but moved to the Howard Litch Memorial Park in 2001. Before the U.S. Highway system In 1857, Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a Naval officer in the service of the U.S. Army Topographical Corps, was ordered by the War Department to build a government-funded wagon road across the 35th Parallel. His secondary orders were to test the feasibility of the use of camels as pack animals in the southwestern desert. This road became part of U.S. Route 66. Before a nationwide network of numbered highways was adopted by the states, named auto trails were marked by private organizations. The route that would become Route 66 was covered by three highways. The Lone Star Route passed through St. Louis on its way from Chicago to Cameron, Louisiana, though US 66 would take a shorter route through Bloomington rather than Peoria. The transcontinental National Old Trails Road led via St. Louis to Los Angeles, but was not follow


Which Irish band provided the music for Harry’s Game and Robin of Sherwood?

CLANNAD-Theme from Harry's Game - YouTube CLANNAD-Theme from Harry's Game 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. Uploaded on Nov 21, 2009 CLANNAD-were signed up to RCA Records when they were approached and asked if they would be interested in doing a song for a fictional drama on british TV depicting the troubles in Northern Ireland. Clannad got together and wrote the now-Legendary song "Theme from Harry's Game" entering the british charts at number 5 it remains the only hit single in the uk ever to be sung entirely in Irish Gaelic Category


Which anti-arthritis drug was withdrawn in Britain in 1982 because of its side effects?

7 Drugs That Big Pharma Withdrew and Hopes You’ve Forgotten About | Alternet Personal Health 7 Drugs That Big Pharma Withdrew and Hopes You’ve Forgotten About The cozy relationship between the FDA and pharmaceutical companies is resulting in fast-track approval of some dangerous meds. Comments Photo Credit: Crystal Home / Shutterstock Do you remember the drugs Vioxx, Bextra, Baycol, Trovan, Meridia, Seldane, Hismanal, Darvon, Raxar and Redux? Pharma hopes not. How about Mylotarg, Lotronex, Propulsid, phenylpropanolamine (PPA), Prexige, phenacetin, Oraflex, Omniflox, Posicor, Serzone and Duract? After deaths and serious side effects surfaced, these meds went from wonder drugs to wonder-why-they-were-approved drugs and were withdrawn. In some cases, there is little evidence the drugs were ever used or widely marketed or that anyone was injured. In certain cases, the withdrawn drugs were on the market for less than a year before things went “terribly wrong.” In other cases, the drugs were in wide use for decades despite well-recognized risks and pleas from public health figures to pull them. In almost all cases, Pharma companies maintained the drugs were safe and stuck to their story for as long as they could—not just to protect the company image and stock price but also to avoid adding fuel to injury lawsuits. ("The drug was so unsafe it was pulled” does not look great in court.) When it comes to drug approvals, there is a basic tension between Pharma and regulators. The quicker a drug is approved, the more dangerous a drug potentially is but also the more quickly Pharma makes money. Since passage of the 1992 Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), which lets Pharma pay the cash-strapped and underfunded FDA to “expedite” drug approvals, the scales have tipped toward Pharma and the time to get a new drug to market has decreased. While Pharma and the FDA have always been too collegial (and, with 23 industry links, the new FDA Commissioner Robert Califf essentially works for Pharma), PDUFA allowed drug companies to pay for approval and for safety to be “bought.” It should be noted that drugs expedited under PDUFA are not intended for serious and fatal conditions—separate FDA programs cover those. PDUFA is not the only reason for quicker approvals. Clinical trials, which have to be approved by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) to ensure ethical treatment of human subjects, used to occur in hospital and academic settings and take years. Now trials are conducted by for-profit groups called contract research organizations (CROs), which are owned and operated by Pharma. The trials themselves are increasingly conducted  overseas . The IRBs themselves have also become for-profit. “The problem is that commercial IRBs are paid in full by the very companies conducting the research,” said a Public Library of Science (PLOS) article. “Anyone who can bring together five people, including a community representative, a physician, a lawyer and an ‘ethicist,’ can set up” an IRB. Because of for-profit CROs and IRBs and the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, drugs are rushed to market with “post-marketing surveillance” replacing the lengthy human trials that used to be the norm—meaning a drug is literally presumed safe until it’s proved otherwise so Pharma can start making money. Why should patients have to wait for another “treatment option,” says Pharma, pretending to be selfless. Needless to say, the “market first/assess safety second” approach results in many deaths and injuries and Pharma simply builds injury settlements into its high costs. For example, Merck set aside $950 million to pay for Vioxx injuries—a mere fraction of the $3.4 billion a quarter it was earning. Most people remember the withdrawal of Vioxx and the Bayer statin Baycol, but here are other drug withdrawals Pharma hopes you have forgotten about. This list of seven is far from complete... and it continues to grow. 1. Oraflex Eli Lilly’s new pain reliever Oraflex (an NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) introduced in 1982 might have had the shortest life span of any a


The murder of which paperboy in September sparked a massive Police manhunt?

What was the name of the paperboy whose 1978 murder sparked a massive manhunt by British police? View the step-by-step solution to: What was the name of the paperboy whose 1978 murder sparked a massive manhunt by British police? This question was answered on May 17, 2016. View the Answer What was the name of the paperboy whose 1978 murder sparked a massive manhunt by British police? RandalNeilsen                                                   posted a question · May 17, 2016 at 7:23am Top Answer Chrisjoel answered the question · May 17, 2016 at 7:24am Other Answers The way to answer this question is ... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(29573342) ]} Here is the solution... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(29573349) ]} Here is the answer... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(29573350) ]} Let me explain the... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(29573364) ]} {[ getNetScore(29573372) ]} Wilsonimbira20 answered the question · May 17, 2016 at 7:26am The Bridgewater Four was the collective name given to the quartet of men who were tried and... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(29573413) ]} peterkivuva61 answered the question · May 17, 2016 at 7:28am    Carl Bridgewate r     (January 2, 1965 - September 19, 1978) was shot dead at Yew Tree Farm on the A449 in Stafford... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(29573531) ]} The way to approach this... View the full answer {[ getNetScore(29573560) ]} View Full Answer or ask a new question Related Questions During this second great era of empire-building (the first taking place in the Western Hemisphere between 1500 and 1700), how were the Europeans able to Recently Asked Questions Need a World History tutor? kritak 8 World History experts found online! Average reply time is                       less than an hour Get Homework Help Why Join Course Hero? Course Hero has all the homework and study help you need to succeed! We’ve got course-specific notes, study guides, and practice tests along with expert tutors and customizable flashcards—available anywhere, anytime. - - Study Documents Find the best study resources around, tagged to your specific courses. Share your own to gain free Course Hero access or to earn money with our Marketplace. 890,990,898 Question & Answers Get one-on-one homework help from our expert tutors—available online 24/7. Ask your own questions or browse existing Q&A threads. Satisfaction guaranteed! 890,990,898 Flashcards Browse existing sets or create your own using our digital flashcard system. A simple yet effective studying tool to help you earn the grade that you want!


Which pioneering British photographer famously recorded the Crimean War?

War photographers, where it all began - the Crimean War SHARE: Facebook Twitter Roger Fenton  was a pioneering British photographer, one of the first war photographers.It is likely that in autumn 1854, as the Crimean War grabbed the attention of the British public, that some powerful friends and patrons – among them Prince Albert and Duke of Newcastle,Secretary of State for War – urged Fenton to go the Crimea to record the happenings. He set off aboard HMS Hecla in February, landed at Balaklava on 8 March and remained there until 22 June. The resulting photographs may have been intended to offset the general unpopularity of the war among the British people, and to counteract the occasionally critical reporting of correspondent William Howard Russell of The Times. The photographs were to be converted into woodblocks and published in the less critical Illustrated London News. Fenton took Marcus Sparling as his photographic assistant, a servant known as William and a large horse-drawn van of equipment.   A merchant seaman riding a camel in the port of Balaklava.   A view of Balaklava and the harbor from an encampment on Guard’s Hill.   A view of the lines of Balaclava from Guard’s Hill, with Canrobert’s Hill in the distance.   Allied encampments on the plateau before Sevastopol.   British Commander Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse.   British Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell.   British Lieutenant General Sir George de Lacy Evans.   Captain Charles August Drake Halford of the 5th Dragoon Guards.   Captain Thomas Longworth Dames of the British Royal Artillery.   French general Maréchal Pélissier.   Hungarian general György Kmety, serving in the Ottoman Army under the name Ismail Pacha, is handed his pipe by a servant. Due to the size and cumbersome nature of his photographic equipment, Fenton was limited in his choice of motifs. Because the photographic material of his time needed long exposures, he was only able to produce pictures of stationary objects, mostly posed pictures; he avoided making pictures of dead, injured or mutilated soldiers. But he also photographed the landscape, including an area near to where the Charge of the Light Brigade – made famous in Tennyson’s poem – took place. In letters home soldiers had called the original valley “The Valley of Death”, and Tennyson’s poem used the same phrase, so when in September 1855 Thomas Agnew put the picture on show, as one of a series of eleven collectively titled Panorama of the Plateau of Sebastopol in Eleven Parts in a London exhibition, he took the troops’—and Tennyson’s—epithet, expanded it as The Valley of the Shadow of Death with its deliberate evocation of Psalm 23, and assigned it to the piece; it is not the location of the famous charge, which took place in a long, broad valley several miles to the south-east.  Continue to page 2


Where is the largest tropical forest in Africa?

The Biggest Forests in Africa | USA Today The Biggest Forests in Africa The Congolese rainforest is the second-largest on Earth. (Photo: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images ) Famous Deserts in Africa About 22 percent of Africa is forest and woodland, and only a small percentage of this acreage is protected. Incredibly important from a human standpoint because of their timber and water resources, these tree-dominated ecological landscapes are also reservoirs of outstanding biological diversity. From the sprawling, steaming rainforests of the Congo Basin to the sizzling, sepia-toned woodlands of the Tanzania-Zimbabwe frontier, these are some of the most game-rich forests in the world. Congolese Forest The Congo Basin is Africa’s largest contiguous forest and the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world. Covering about 695,000 square miles, this swamp-struck tropical forest covers portions of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Exceeded in size only by the Amazon, the Congo Basin rainforest supports some 10,000 kinds of plants and a huge variety of animals, including big mammals like African forest elephants, forest buffalo, chimpanzees, bonobos and a number of subspecies of gorilla. It also shelters more than 100 different human cultures. Gravely maligned by wide-scale logging and the bushmeat trade, these great, waterlogged forests remain a bastion for African wilderness. Important reserves include the Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas in southwestern Central African Republic and Moukalaba-Doudou National Park in Gabon. Other Big Forests The Upper Guinea Forests of southern Guinea, eastern Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and western Toga represent the other major tract of lowland rainforest in Africa. BirdLife International quotes a 1991 report listing their remaining extent at less than 31,000 square miles. Half the ecosystem’s plants and nearly a third of its animals are found nowhere else on the planet. The most extensive protected area in the Upper Guinea Forests is Côte d’Ivoire’s 1,275-square-mile Tai National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From its towering old-growth stands rear massive isolated rock domes called inselbergs. Another major swath of timber in Africa is the Nyungwe Forest of Rwanda, which the Wildlife Conservation Society calls “the largest block of high-altitude montane forest in East and Central Africa.” Sprawling along the divide between the Congo and Nile basins, the 378-square-mile Nyungwe Forest conceals a diverse assemblage of primates and close to 300 species of birds. Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda and Kibira National Park in Burundi form a critical international reserve in this area. Dry Forests Collectively, dry forests account for the majority of Africa’s timbered acreage; African dry forests are some of the most extensive in the world. Open woodlands and savannas cover vast swaths of the continent, as sun-filled and sprawling as the tropical rainforests are shadowy and hemmed-in. The miombo woodland, dominated by Brachystegia trees, blankets over a million square miles of the Central and East African plateaus, commencing south of the Congolese forests and the East African acacia savannas. A particularly biologically diverse form of miombo woodland covers much of the 19,300-square-mile Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania, one of Africa’s wildernesses and among the world’s biggest wildlife preserves. Visitors here glimpse a fairly intact wild landscape of rugged woods, grasslands and riverine forests, a complex protecting a huge variety of ungulates – including major herds of elephant, buffalo and hippopotamus – as well as an impressive suite of carnivores, such as painted hunting dogs and lions. Mangrove Forests It’s easy to overlook the mangrove swamps of tropical Africa’s coastlines when considering the continent’s forests, but these communities – founded by a number of species of mangrove, which are shrub-trees uniquely adapted to brackish estuaries and nearshore mar


In 1975, which British band became the first to receive royalties for record sales in the USSR?

Band Facts Band Facts 3 DOORS DOWN's video for "Krytonite" didnt go all to good when the neon sign behind drummer Richard Liles started an electrical fire and almost burned down the bar. AALIYAH'S name in Swahili means 'most exalted one'. AALIYAH was only 14 when she released her first album, Age Ain't Nothing But A Number, in 1994. She married singer R. Kelly and released a second record in 1996. She released her third record in 2001, and she was starting an acting career, having co-starred in "Romeo Must Die", and nabbing parts in the two "Matrix" sequels. On August 26, 2001, on a return trip from shooting a music video, the plane she was on crashed, killing her at the age of 22. ACE FREHLEY The first lead guitarist with KISS. KISS auditioned over 60 lead players. Ace quit KISS after making the "I Love It Loud" video. His face appears on the "Creatures of the Night" album cover, but he did not play on it. Ace rejoined KISS in February of 1996. ALICE COOPER was the master of shock-rock. Nowadays he spends his time working on his golf game and raising money for his favourite charities. Has recorded with Eric Singer from KISS. AMERICAN HI-FI'S Stacy Jones was the drummer for Veruca Salt. AXL ROSE also once known by the name of Bill Bailey. Bailey being his stepfathers name. He took the name of Rose when he found out when he found out it was his real father's name. He is the charasmatic and unpredictable lead singer with heavy metal band Guns'N Roses. Married to Erin Everly, the inspiration for "Sweet Child O' Mine", but they divorced after less than a year. He has also dated model Stephanie Seymour, his bride in "November Rain". BABYFACE was responsible for the success of Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Toni Braxton and TLC due to his ability to pen memorable melodies that suit the artist's styles. BARBARA STREISAND, One of the biggest stars of our time. Multi talented Ms Streisand is well known for her aversion to performing in public. Probably better known for her singing. Refused to have the nose job studio bosses thought would further her career, it seems that her decision may have paid off. Starred with Kris Kristofferson in "A Star is Born". Previously married to Elliot Gould, now married to actor James Brolin. BBMAK first met in northwest England, When Mark was in college working his way to become a firefighter. BBMAK's Mark Berry has been playing bag pipes since the age of 10 and was a 4-time English Champion. BIG BOPPER was most frequently remembered for his untimely death with Richie Valens and Buddy Holly in a plane crash. It was his creative energy that drove the early days of rock and roll. BIG PUNISHER weighed in at 450 - 700 pounds, and died of a heart attack at the age of 28. BLINK 182'S Tom Delonge's first instrument was the trumpet. BLINK 182'S first drummer was Scott Raynor BLACK CROWES' Chris Robinson and his wife both have a facination with skulls. BOB DYLAN -No other single music artist has had a more profound impact on popular music, and yet over the last 20 years he has only made two quality albums. His album "Time Out of Mind" won a fistful of Grammys. He also appears on a soundtrack to the TV show "The Sopranos". BON SCOTT briefly became a member of The Spektors, and recorded an album with pop group The Valentines and another with rock band Fraternity. He became AC/DC's second lead vocalist (after Dave Evans) in September of 1974. He went on to record and co-write six albums with AC/DC, including the huge international hit "Highway to Hell" in 1979 with producer Mutt Lange. Bon Scott died on February 19, 1980 in London from choking on his own vomit, left unconscious in a friend's car after drinking heavily. BOOBONIC AND MR MAN from the rap duo, PHILLY'S MOST WANTED, have been best friends since they were 8 years old. BRIAN From BSB has 2 chihuahuas named Tyke and Litty BRITNEY SPEARS is and excellent dart player. BRITNEY SPEARS' song "Dont let me be the last to know" was written by Shania Twain. BSB's Howie Dorough and NSYNC'S Chris Kirkpatrick sang in the Valencia Community College Chior Together BUS


Who had a 1974 UK No 1 hit with Ms Grace?

The UK Number Ones : 1975-1979 Week Ending ACT + Links TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT 18 Jan 1975 Status Quo Down Down 1 Only No 1 This famous band of head bangers had 22 Top 10s out of 52 hits   between 1968 and 1996, but only this No 1. 25 Jan 1975 Tymes Ms Grace 1 Only No 1 US group that first charted in 1963.  They had only two other   hits before this No 1. 1 Feb 1975 Pilot January 3 Only No 1 British group whose two follow-ups failed even make the Top 30. 22 Feb 1975 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 2 Only No 1 They had two Top 10s before this. Harley went solo in 1976 but   never made the big time. 8 Mar 1975 Telly Savalas If 2 Only No 1 Actor who starred in the tv cop show "Kojak".  He   spoke his way through this song by David Gates from    Bread.   22 Mar 1975 Bay City Rollers Bye Bye Baby 6 1st No 1 Scottish band that dressed in tartan and built up a fanatical teen   following.  Best-selling single of 1975. 3 May 1975 Mud Oh Boy 2 3rd & last No 1 Buddy Holly hit from 1958.  They had a further 4 Top 10 hits   by the end of 1976. 17 May 1975 Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man 3 Only No 1 Legendary US country music singer for whom this song became a trade   mark. 7 Jun 1975 Windsor Davies & Don Estelle Whispering Grass 3 Only No 1 Spin-off from the BBC sitcom " It Ain't Half Hot Mum ".   This pair were the stars. 28 Jun 1975 10 CC I'm Not In Love 2 2nd No 1 Classic love song and radio play list favourite.  They were   major stars of the 1970s. 12 Jul 1975 Johnny Nash Tears On My Pillow 1 Only No 1 Texan who specialised in soft reggae arrangements, and had much   success in the UK. 19 Jul 1975 Bay City Rollers Give A Little Love 3 2nd & last No 1 "Rollermania" had been coined by this time, but by   mid-77, it was all over. 9 Aug 1975 Typically Tropical Barbados 1 Only No 1 Two recording engineers created this reggae dance hit, but became   One-hit Wonders.  The song, with new words and title made No 1 again in 1999. 16 Aug 1975 Stylistics Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) 3 Only No 1 Philadelphian satin soul group who charmed the UK with a succession   of smooth ballads. 6 Sep 1975 Rod Stewart Sailing 4 3rd No 1 One of his classic anthems, which returned to No 3 the following   year, after use in a tv documentary series. 4 Oct 1975 David Essex Hold Me Close 3 2nd & last No 1 He was at the height of his popularity at this time.  In the   1980s he concentrated on stage musicals. 25 Oct 1975 Art Garfunkel I Only Have Eyes For You 2 1st No 1 Having separated from Paul Simon, he recorded mostly MOR standards. 8 Nov 1975 David Bowie Space Oddity 2 1st No 1 He made No 5 with this in 1969.  Rick Wakeman provides synthesiser backing. 22 Nov 1975 Billy   Connolly D.I.V.O.R.C.E. 1 Only No 1 Scottish comedian who made this parody of a Tammy Wynette hit. 29 Nov 1975 Xmas No 1 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 9 1st No 1 All-time classic which was accompanied by a video, and was the   first No 1 to benefit from tv exposure.  In 1991, the record was back at No 1. 31 Jan 1976 Abba Mamma Mia 2 2nd No 1 Two years after their first No 1 they were back, and their careers   took off. 14 Feb 1976 Slik Forever And Ever 1 Only No 1 Scots band led by Midge Ure .  He went on to groups Visage and Ultravox , but his next No 1 was solo in   1985. 21 Feb 1976 Four Seasons December '63 2 Only No 1 Major 60s act, with falsetto vocalist, Frankie Valli,  who   made a strong return in the 70s with the band and solo. 6 Mar 1976 Tina Charles I Love To Love 3 Only No 1 She once recorded budget cover versions and was in band 5000 Volts.   Solo, she had two other Top 10 hits. 27 Mar 1976 Brotherhood Of Man Save Your Kisses For Me 6 1st No 1 UK Eurovision winner, which shot them to stardom for a couple of   years.  Best-selling single of 1976. 8 May 1976 Abba Fernando 4 3rd No 1 The momentum was now picking up - Abbamania began. 5 Jun 1976 J J Barrie No Charge 1 Only No 1 Slushy, sentimentality from the Canadian.  Female vocals are   by Vicky Brown, late wife of 60s' rocker Joe Brown . 12 Jun


"From the Greek for ""lazy"", what property is an object’s resistance to change in its state of motion?"

Galileo, Aristotle, and Inertia | Gary Garber's Blog Gary Garber's Blog z Galileo, Aristotle, and Inertia If you ask an elementary school student what Galileo discovered, they might tell you that Galileo discovered gravity. In truth, gravity was discovered by a gentleman by the name of Ug, who lived in a cave in northern Europe approximately 30,000 years ago. Common legend also has it that Galileo proved that gravity pulls on all objects equally. He proved this by dropping two objects of the same size but different weights, such as a lead ball and a wooden ball. Most historical records indicate that Galileo himself probably never performed this experiment, although he discussed the ideas. Of course, actually performing this experiment with accuracy in the year 1600 would have been difficult due to air resistance and the technology of the times.  Simon Stevinus is reported to have actually performed this experiment among others.  In modern times, to eliminate air resistance, David Scott performed this experiment during the Apollo 15 mission to the moon. Another great myth is that Galileo invented the Scientific Method.  The Scientific Method is taught widely in science classroom and is often used from local science fairs to NASA educational demonstration.  The idea of the Scientific Method is that a student develops a hypothesis, designs an experiment, gathers data, analyzes the data and make conclusions.  Although a nice idea in theory, scientists do NOT actually use the Scientific Method.  In fact,   it should be noted that the National Academy of Science in their Next Generation Science Standards clearly states that there is not one method for doing science.  Scientists use a combination of planned experimentation, modeling, trial and error, and pure exploratory research.  There is a nice article of further reading in Student Science (for which I was interviewed). To emphasize this myth I quote Harmon Craig, the 1998 winner of Balzan prize (equivalent of Nobel in natural science). “I’m being damned by reviewers who write that I don’t use the scientific method – that is, going in with some nice, carefully outlined hypothesis in which you pretty much know in advance what you’re going to find out and what you’re going to do with the information after you find it. Well, the scientific method is what you learned in My Weekly Reader when you were in grammar school, but no first-rate scientist uses it.  I say, if I knew what I was going to find out, I wouldn’t do that study: I would do something else.” So where did this idea come from? The Scientific Method was developed in 1934 by Karl Popper. Another interesting myth is that Galileo invented experimentation.  Again, he was beaten to the punch by Ug the Caveman, who invented the wheel.  Galileo did promote the use of experimentation, and popularized the used of experimentation in developing arguments. Instead of tall towers, most of Galileo’s experiments were with inclined planes. If a ball rolls down a hill, when it reaches the level part of the hill, eventually the ball will come to a stop. Galileo’s explanation of what is happening to the ball revolutionized our ideas of how objects move. In his great text, Physica, Aristotle provides an explanation of  motion.  Objects have a natural place which they seek.  For instance, objects made of wood, rock, and metal tend to seek out the Earth as that is their natural place to be.  Objects made from air seek out the heavens and will tend to rise.  This is natural motion.  Violent motion would be something we do against an objects nature. So an exerted force will cause an object to move. Thus consider a ball rolling across the ground.  It eventually comes to rest.  Aristotle would have said since we are no longer rolling the ball, we are no longer exerting a violent action on it.  Thus its natural place is to come to rest. Given this logic, one might expect the world to behave in the same way awhen a coyote runs off a cliff , and once he is self-aware of his situation, he suddenly plummets to the canyon below. However, that is not


Who won the Australian Open Men’s Tennis Championship?

The Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2016 | Tournament Details The Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2016 | Tournament Details Australian Open Tournament 2016 While tennis may not be the first sport thought of by many sport event goers, for tennis fanatics there is nothing better than the four Grand Slams – Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. While to some tennis may seem like an easy sport, it takes years of dedication and hard work to master and perfect the technique to correctly play the sport. When it comes to watching tennis there is lots of excitement and sometimes even tension in the air. Tennis tournaments are just like many other sport tournaments where players compete against each other to try to make it to the final match. Every year the Australian Open brings many fans to Melbourne Park to watch and enjoy a sport that has been raved about for many years. While enjoying the breathtaking atmosphere, fans are holding their breath while watching their favourite players every shot.   The 2016 Australian Open is promising to be even greater than previous years as the top tennis champions are set to compete against each other making the run for the title closer than ever. So if you want to be in the crowd while the tennis champs take on each other get in early and get your tickets at http://www.queenoftickets.com/sports-tickets/australian-open before they sell out and you miss out. 2016 Australian Open – players to watch As mentioned above, the 2016 Australian Open has many players to watch and keep your eye on. If you are already a tennis fan, you may already know who you are looking forward to seeing play at the tournament. Some players that all tennis fans may want to keep their eyes on include Stanislas Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal and Dominika Cibulkova. If you are interested in the Australian Open these are definitely some of the players to watch out for. Check out more information on these awesome players here .  When is the Australian Open 2016 Tennis Tournament? Like any tennis tournament, the Australian Open is made up of seven rounds (round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4, Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and the Finals). As the players’ advances through each round, the competition gets tougher and tougher and for the fans this means more excitement and more sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see who will win this prestigious tournament in 2016. If you have been to any of the previous Australian Open Tournaments then you know exactly what this means.   The 2016 schedule for the Australian Open looks like this: Round 1 • Monday, January 18, 2015: 11:00 AM - Day Session • Monday, January 18, 2015: 7:00 PM – Night Session • Tuesday, January 19, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Tuesday, January 19, 2015: 7:00 PM –Night Session Round 2 • Wednesday, January 20, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Wednesday, January 20, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session • Thursday, January 21, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Thursday, January 21, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session Round 3 • Friday, January 22, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Friday, January 22, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session • Saturday, January 23, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Saturday, January 23, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session Round 4 • Sunday, January 24, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Sunday, January 24, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session • Monday, January 25, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Monday, January 25, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session Quarter Finals • Tuesday, January 26, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Tuesday, January 26, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session • Wednesday, January 27, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Wednesday, January 27, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session Semi Finals • Thursday, January 28, 2015: 11:00 AM Women’s Semi Finals • Thursday, January 28, 2015: 7:00 PM- Men’s Semi Final 1 • Friday, January 29, 2015: 4:00 PM- Men’s Semi Final 2 Finals • Saturday, January 30, 2015: 1:00 PM- Women’s Final • Sunday, February 31, 2015: 4:00 PM- Men’s Final   The 2016 Australian Open is bound to bring a lot of fans together to watch their favourite players compete for a sport in the


Which metal with an atomic number of 31, melts at 30 degrees Centigrade?

melting point Archives - Awesci - Science Everyday Atomic number: 31 Symbol: Ga At first what seems like an uninteresting material, Gallium, in truth has, much more to it than meets the eye. Gallium’s melting point Like most other metals, Gallium is solid at room temperature (or liquid if it is too hot in your room). But, if it is held [in hands] for long enough, it melts in your hands, and doesn’t poison you like Mercury would. This is because of its unusually low melting point of (~29 degree Centigrade). It can melt by drawing heat from a human body which is normally at around 37 degrees. Buy Gallium: This property, and the affordable price of  $24 for 15 grams , probably makes it an appropriate gift for science geeks. They will love making mirrors at home by sticking it onto plain glass sheets. Talking about a classic prank, it is advised to beware of the scientists who would offer spoons made out of Gallium to unsuspecting guests at a tea party. These spoons melt in hot tea and make it a potentially harmful concoction to ingest. Since it isn’t poisonous like Mercury, Gallium is often mixed with Indium to further lower its melting point to -19 degrees. This makes it a safer option for us to use in thermometers instead of Mercury. Interesting uses and compounds Dilute sulphuric acid changes the surface properties of Gallium due to the formation of Gallium Sulfide on the surface. It no longer sticks that badly to glass, gets pulled up into a ball and starts beating like a heart when dichromate is added. 98% of the world’s Gallium metal is used as Gallium Arsenide and Gallium Nitride, used in the electronic industry for making semiconductors, LEDs and high-speed circuits. In fact the laser in your Blu-Ray player is also made using Gallium. Probably the most amount of Gallium used in a single place is at a Neutrino observatory in Russia . It houses around 57 tons of liquid Gallium. With Silicon, Graphite and Molybdenum, Gallium is also used in ski wax to make skis more slippery. Finally, nothing beats a metal that melts in your hands.


In which town in Ceredigion will you find the world's biggest Camera Obscura?

Cliff Railway Camera Obscura Aberystwyth 19th January 2017 Cliff Railway & Camera Obscura Constitution Hill Aberystwyth home of the longest   Cliff Railway in Britain and the biggest Camera Obscura in the World You must visit this fascinating   attraction and sample the delightful atmosphere of a Victorian pleasure park.   Constitution Hill rises dramatically 430 feet from the north end of Aberystwyth   promenade.The views from the top are spectacular. On a clear day you can   see 26 Welsh mountain peaks including Snowdon, whilst the view of Cardigan   Bay from the Llyn Peninsula to Strumble head extends for 60 miles. Aberystwyth Cliff Railway The Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway is the longest in Britain and   the only one in Wales. Its 778 feet undulating track and tilted carriages   are the unique work of Victorian engineer G. Croyden Marks. It opened in   1896 operating on the water balance system but since 1921 a powerful electric   motor and 2 high tensile steel cables have hauled the carriages at a stately   4 miles an hour. This gives you time to enjoy the panoramic views as you   climb to the summit station and marvel at the Victorians ingenuity. 'Safe?' Of course   it is! Four independent braking systems maintained to the highest standards   will give you peace of mind. The Camera Obscura On the summit is the biggest Camera Obscura in the world.   The huge 14 inch lens takes a birds eye view of more than 1000 square miles   of land and seascape in a 360 degree sweep around Aberystwyth, a view reflected   onto the circular screen in the darkened viewing gallery below. Souvenir        Guide:The guide details the fascinating history of Constitution        Hill from its early development into the focal point of Mid Wales'        leisure activities to its current status as a 'must see' attraction        to all visitors to Wales. Y Consti Restaurant: Our       restaurant 'Y Consti' provides a breathtaking       setting for visitors to enjoy a range of refreshments. The restaurant       was designed as a replica of the former Summerhouse Tearooms cafe       and funded by a European Union Objective 1 grant. With a team of experienced waiting staff and respected       chefs 'Y Consti' is rapidly gaining a reputation for excellence.       Whether you simply wish to keep hunger at bay with a freshly made       sandwich, or to cool down on a hot summer day with a creamy Welsh       ice cream, we can provide a range of snacks and drinks to suit all       tastes. For the more hungry visitors the restaurant offers a menu       of home-cooked meals at very reasonable prices, with mouth-watering   daily specials giving an even greater selection We are open 7 days a week from mid-March until early November 10am      – 5pm. We also open 5 days a week (Wednesday-Sunday) from November       to March from 10am. If in doubt please contact         us to check opening hours. Trains run every few minutes and there is a £1 admission charge for the Camera Obscura and the 10 pin bowling, pool table etc. are coin operated Cliff Railway House, Cliff Terrace, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2DN, UK Tel: 01970 617642


Masai, Reticulated, and Angolan are all species of which African mammal?

Reticulated Giraffe - Safari WestSafari West Reticulated Giraffe Species     G. camelopardalis Species status: Least Concern * Safari West has two sub-species of giraffe; Masai giraffe, G. c. tippelschircki and reticulated giraffe,G. c. reticulata. Key Facts Height:         14-20 ft (~4.3-6 m) Weight:        1800-3500 lb (~815-1590 kg) Physical Description Giraffe are the world’s tallest mammal. At birth calves are up to about 6.5 ft (2 m) tall and weigh 110-200 lb (50-90 kg). Both males and female have a spotted coat with varying patterns and colors depending on the sub-species. The pattern for an individual giraffe is constant throughout their life but the coat color may change depending on age and health. The giraffe’s incredibly long neck contains seven elongated vertebrae, the same number as in a human neck.  An adult will have on average an 18 in (45 cm) black to purple prehensile tongue that grasps prickly food from the very tops of trees. Being very tall animals, giraffe have incredibley high blood pressure, averaging 260/160, which aids in the circulation of blood. One-way valves and elastic blood vessels in the neck control blood pressure in the head when the giraffe is bent over, without these the giraffe would lose consciousness.  Giraffe have long, sturdy legs, with their front legs longer than their back legs, and horn structures, called ossicones. Female ossicones are thin and tufted; male giraffe ossicones are thick but the hair is often missing on the top due to sparring. Social Life Giraffe are social animals, but do not form stable, long term herds. Herds can include all female, all male, female with young calves, or mixed gender and usually contain 10-20 individuals, although herds of up to 70 have been observed. Individual giraffes join and leave the herd at will. Female giraffes, with their young, are often found together while immature males form bachelor herds, and then become more solitary as they mature. Adult male giraffes establish dominance by “necking”, when two giraffes stand next to each other and swing their heads at the other giraffe.  Giraffe feed and drink during the morning and evening and rest at night while standing up. Habitat and Range Giraffe inhabit arid, dry land with Acacia trees and are found in savannas, grasslands, or open woodlands. Because they only occasionally drink, giraffes can be found away from a water source. Giraffes have disappeared from most of western Africa, except a residual population in Niger and have been reintroduced in South Africa to game reserves. *Masai giraffe are found in Tanzania and Kenya in East Africa *Reticulated giraffe are found in Ethiopia and Somalia in North Africa Diet Giraffe are browsers that feed on leaves, flowers, seed pods, and fruit, with the majority of their diet composed of the leaves of the Acacia trees.  In areas where the savannah is salty or full of minerals, they eat soil as well. Giraffes browse by taking the branches in their mouths and pulling away their head to tear away the leaves. Female giraffe are more selective when feeding and choose foliage with the highest nutritional value. Lifespan In the wild giraffe live for 15-20 years and 25-30 years in captivity. Predators Adult giraffe are well able to defend themselves and thus have few predators. They run up to 35 mph (56 kph) and can deliver deadly blows with their hooves. Most predators, such as lions, crocodiles, leopards and hyenas target young, sick, or elderly giraffe. Reproduction Sexual maturity: Male, 4-5 years, Female: 3-4 years Mating Season: May to August Birth Season:    June to November, typically giving birth every 20-30 months Gestation:          400-468 days (13-15 months) No. of Young:     1 Conservation The IUCN Red List describes Giraffa camelopardalis as a species of Least Concern, with a total population of 80-100,000 individuals. Some sub-species in east and southern Africa remain stable but others in north and west Africa are declining and may well be threatened. Main threats to giraffe are habitat loss and poaching. There are believed to be nin


Which US author wrote the books on which The Hunger Games series of films are based?

The Hunger Games: Who is author Suzanne Collins? - Telegraph Film news The Hunger Games: Who is author Suzanne Collins? Suzanne Collins, writer of the hit book and film The Hunger Games, was  inspired by Edgar Allan Poe - and her father's tales of the Vietnam War.   Image 1 of 4 Suzanne Collins at the world premiere of "The Hunger Games" on Monday March 12, 2012 in Los Angeles Photo: AP   Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games    Image 1 of 4 Jennifer Lawrence was 'eating a ton' during the filming for 'The Hunger Games' Photo: REUTERS/Phil McCarten   Nude pictures of Jennifer Lawrence were reportedly extracted from her iCloud account Photo: Getty 7:00AM GMT 23 Mar 2012 The Hunger Games is based on the first of three novels by Suzanne Collins, the film is a post-apocalyptic story in which 21-year-old American actress Jennifer Lawrence plays heroine Katniss Everdeen who volunteers to take her sister's place in a televised fight-to-the-death battle. This is what we know about Collins: Her background: She was born in Connecticut in 1962, the youngest of the family with two older sisters and one older brother. She joked once: "I hold them largely responsible for the trouble I got into growing up. I believe as the youngest child, that is my right." Her high school was the Alabama School of Fine Arts, where she was a Thaetre Arts major. She graduated from Indiana University with a double major in Drama and Telecommunications. She went on to earn her MFA. from New York University in Dramatic Writing. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children. Her literary tastes: Collins has praised her junior school English teacher Miss Vance for introducing her to Edgar Allan Poe stories. She recalled: "I remember all of us sitting around just wide-eyed as she read The Telltale Heart or The Mask of the Red Death. She didn't think we were too young to hear it. And we were riveted. That made a huge impression on me." Her father's Vietnam experiences: Collins was in the American Air Force and a Vietnam veteran. He was also a doctor of political science. Collins said: "He talked about war with us from very early on. When I was a kid, he was gone for a year in Vietnam. It was very important to him that we understood about certain aspects of life. So, it wasn’t enough to visit a battlefield, we needed to know why the battle occurred, how it played out, and the consequences. Fortunately, he had a gift for presenting history as a fascinating story. He also seemed to have a good sense of exactly how much a child could handle, which is quite a bit. If you went to a battlefield with him you didn't just stand there. You would hear what led up to this war and to this particular battle, what transpired there, and what the fallout was. It wasn't like, there's a field. It would be, here's a story." Television background: She moved to New York at the age of 25 and worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. For pre-school viewers, she wrote multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days,and a freelancer on Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! It was children’s author James Proimos who talked her into giving children’s books a try. Related Articles


An island group in the Pacific; which country administers the Chonos Archipelago?

The Pacific Islands Figure 13.2 The Region of Melanesia Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea is the largest country in the Pacific realm and therefore the largest in Melanesia. It is diverse in both physical terrain and human geography. The high mountains of the interior reach 14,793 feet. Snow has been known to fall in the higher elevations even though they are located near the equator. Many local groups inhabit the island, and more than seven hundred separate languages are spoken, more than in any other country in the world. Indigenous traditions create strong centripetal forces. Many islands of Melanesia are recently independent of their European controllers; Papua New Guinea received independence in 1975 and is working toward fitting into the global community. Papua New Guinea is a diverse country that still has many mysteries to be revealed in its little-explored interior. The country’s large physical area provides greater opportunities for the exploitation of natural resources for economic gain. The interior of the island has large areas that have not been exploited by large-scale development projects. In the past few decades, oil was discovered and makes up its largest export item. Gold, copper, silver, and other minerals are being extracted in extensive mining operations, often by outside multinational corporations. Subsistence agriculture is the main economic activity of most of the people. Coffee and cocoa are examples of agricultural exports. A number of islands off Papua New Guinea’s eastern coast—including Bougainville—have valuable mineral deposits. Bougainville and the islands under its jurisdiction are physically a part of the Solomon Island archipelago but are politically an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea. Volcanic vents deep under the sea continue to bring hot magma and minerals to the surface of the ocean floor, creating valuable exploitable resources. Papua New Guinea has laid claim to these islands and the underwater resources within their maritime boundaries. Rebel movements have pushed for the independence of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville but have been unsuccessful. The islands remain under the government of Papua New Guinea. Solomon Islands To the east of the island of Guinea are the Solomon Islands, a group of more than one thousand islands. About eighty of them hold most of the population of more than a half a million. The island of Guadalcanal was the site of some of the fiercest fighting in World War II between Japan and the United States. Honiara, the capital city, is on Guadalcanal. The Solomon Islands were a colony of Great Britain but gained independence in 1978. Colonialism, World War II, and ethnic conflict on the islands created serious centrifugal cultural forces, divisions, and political tensions over the past few decades. In 2003, military and police troops from other islands and Australia intervened to restore order after ethnic tension erupted into civil unrest. Figure 13.3 Malaitan Chief on the Solomon Islands The heritage and history of these islands includes local cultures complete with isolated traditions and ethnic organization. Source: Photo courtesy of Jim Lounsbury, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Malaitan_Chief.jpg . Shifting tectonic plates are the source of environmental problems. Active seismic activity has created earthquakes and tsunami conditions that have brought devastation to the region. An earthquake of 8.1 magnitude hit the Solomon Islands in 2007, bringing high waves and many aftershocks. The tsunami killed at least fifty-two people, and as many as one thousand homes were destroyed. The islands contain several active and dormant volcanoes. Tropical rain forests cover a number of the islands and are home to rare orchids and other organisms. There is concern that these resources might be harmed by deforestation and the exploitation of resources for economic gain. Vanuatu Figure 13.4 Saint Joseph’s Bay on the Isles of Pines, New Caledonia These remote islands have moderate climates and beautiful coastal settings. Many have been unduly romanticized by


The poisonous toadstool fly agaric usually has a cap of red and what other colour?

Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) | Plants & Fungi At Kew Discover plants and fungi Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) One of the most iconic and distinctive of British fungi, fly agaric, with its red cap and white spots, is renowned for its toxicity and hallucinogenic properties. Amanita muscaria (Photo: Geoffrey Kibby) Species information Not considered to be of conservation concern. Widespread, and frequent to common throughout its range. Habitat:  In woodland, or beside isolated trees. Ectomycorrhizal (forming a relationship with tree roots) especially with species of Betula (birch) and Pinus (pine), and occasionally with other tree species. Key Uses:  Religious and recreational uses related to its hallucinogenic properties. Insect pest control. Medicinal uses. Forms a food source for some fly larvae. Known hazards:  Contains small amounts of the toxin muscarine, which causes sweat-inducing poisoning. Also contains the alkaloids muscimol, ibotenic acid and muscazone, causing psychotropic poisoning, which may be severe in some cases, although deaths are very rare. Taxonomy Genus: Amanita About this species Fly agaric was first described by Carl Linnaeus (Swedish botanist and the father of modern taxonomy) in 1753, as Agaricus muscarius, the epithet deriving from the Latin ‘musca’, or ‘fly’, apparently referring to its use in parts of Europe as an insecticide, crushed in milk for attracting and killing flies. It is amongst the most iconic of the toadstools, commonly depicted in children’s books and on Christmas cards around the world. It is highly distinctive and, at least when fresh and in good condition, can hardly be confused with any other species. Its hallucinogenic properties have been well-known for centuries and the species has a long history of use in religious and shamanistic rituals, especially in Siberia. It is a common and widespread fungus, native to much of the north-temperate world, and an important ectomycorrhizal associate of various broadleaved and coniferous trees. Its fruitbodies are also utilised by a wide variety of flies (Diptera) and by some beetles (Coleoptera) as breeding sites. Synonym:  Agaricus imperialis, Agaricus nobilis, Amanitaria muscaria Genus:  Discover more Geography and distribution Widespread in north-temperate regions, throughout Europe, Iceland, northern Asia - including Siberia and Korea - North Africa, and western North America. Inadvertently introduced with forestry into South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In some places where introduced it is considered a pest species in native forests where it forms mycorrhizas with native trees, including species of Nothofagus, and adversely affects native fungi. Description Cap: The cap is at first hemispherical, covered by a universal veil which is whitish and somewhat warty, and expands gradually to measure 7-15 cm across. The mature cap is convex to flat, red or scarlet, more rarely orange to orange-red or fading to orange-yellow with age or in wet weather. It is striate (grooved) at the margin, and bears white, fluffy, scale-like patches of the universal veil, which may be lost with age or wash off in wet weather. Gills: The gills are free, white or whitish and closely spaced. Stipe: The stipe (stalk) is 10-18 x 1-2 cm, white, cylindrical, usually slightly felty-scaly, with a well-developed, white or yellow-edged ring or annulus, and a bulbous base bearing scale-like remains of the volva. Spores: The spore deposit is white. The spores are broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, smooth, not amyloid (not darkening in iodine), and 8-12 x 6-9 µm in size. Two named varieties occur in Britain: Amanita muscaria var. aureola which has an orange-yellow cap, and A. muscaria var. formosa, which is a rather rare brown or yellow-brown form with a slightly tinted veil. Mycorrhizas and host trees Like most Amanita species, as well as a wide range of other fungi, A. muscaria is ectomycorrhizal, forming an intimate, mutually beneficial relationship with the roots of its host trees. In its native range in the temperate northern hemisphere, its hosts include birc


Three Scottish kings, three Russian tsars and eight popes have all shared what name?

Famous Kings in History - A Knowledge Archive You are here: Home Famous Famous Kings in History Famous Kings in History Posted on May 22, 2012 by DE | 0 Comments Both kings and dictators are autocrats- the domineering persons invested with absolute authority, but there is a subtle difference between them. Dictators usually snatch power by force without legal, social, religious or moral backing, whereas kings have a strong backing in all these factors. Therefore, kings are generally bound to behave and act in the best interest of their people. Some of the great historical empires are the Roman, Mongol, Russian, British, Hans, Byzantine, Umayyad and Ottoman Empires. The British Empire was probably the greatest as it covered more than a 13,000,000 square mile area, which is almost a quarter of the planet Earth. 1. Hammurabi Hammurabi Hammurabi was born in Babylon in 1792 BC and died in Babylon in 1750. After the abandonment of his father Sin-Muballit, Hammurabi became the 6th king of the first dynasty of Babylonia which prevailed from 1792 BC to 1750 BC. He reigned over 42 years from 1792-1750 BC. He fought and won many wars with neighboring countries and extended Babylonian control all over Mesopotamia, but his successors could not retain it. He is best known for the set of laws, known as Hammurabi’s Code. They are one of the first written laws in recorded history. These laws were written on stelae or the stone tablets standing 2.4 meters or about eight feet. They were discovered in Persia in 1901 and have gained renown all over the world during recent times. The code consists of 282 laws relating to inheritance, divorce, paternity, matters of contract. It also deals with the wages of for example, of  an ox driver or a surgeon and the liability of builder for a house that collapses or a property that is damaged when left in someone’s custody. 2. Tutankhamen Tutankhamen Tutankhamen was born to Akhenaton and his wife ‘The younger Lady’ in 1341 BC and died 1323 BC at the age of 18 years. The younger Lady is an informal name given to the mummy discovered in the valley of Kings by the archaeologist Victor Loret in 1898. It has been identified as the mother of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, through recent DNA tests and has been designated as KV35YL; YL standing for ‘Young Lady’. Commonly known as ‘King Tut’ this Pharaoh (King) of Egypt inherited the kingdom from his predecessor Smenkhare and was succeeded by Ay. He belonged to the 18th dynasty and became the king at the age of 9. He reigned from 1332 to 1323 BC. Howard Carter and 5th Earl of Carnaryon; George Herbert discovered the almost intact tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. The king’s burial mask is a popular symbol present in the Egyptian museum and the artifacts from his tomb has been exhibited all over the world. 3. James VI and I  James VI and I James VI and I was born to Henry Stuart; Lord Darnley and Mary; Queen of Scots in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland on June 19, 1566. He died in Theobalds House, England on March 27, 1625 at the age of 58. ‘James VI and I’ was King of Scots from July24, 1567 and King of England and Ireland from March 24, 1603 until his death. England and Scotland were separate sovereign states but both were ruled by James. He became the king at the age of 13. During his minority till 1578 four regents governed the state. In 1603 he succeeded the last Tudor Monarch of England and in Ireland; Queen Elizabeth ÃŽâ„¢, who died without leaving any issue. He reigned from March 24, 1603 to March 27, 1625. This period of 22 years is known a Jacobean era which was an extension of the Golden Age of Elizabethan literature. Great writers like William Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben Johnson and Sir Francis Bacon contributed to a flourishing literary culture. 4. Alexander the Great Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great was born in Pella, Macedon and died in Babylon on June 11,323 BC at the age of 32.He reigned from 336 to 323 BC. He was tutored by Aristotle until 16 years old. Alexander succeeded his Father King Philip II of Macedon. As Ki


Which Radio 4 programme calls itself ‘the antidote to panel games’?

BBC Radio 4 Comedy // Top Fives @islayblog ) Some people say radio is dead. I disagree. I think it is very much alive. I still listen to it a lot and there are quite a few programmes I wouldn’t want to miss. Here are some of my favourite comedy programmes on BBC Radio 4: 5. Down the Line Don’t we all love call in shows, with various nutters talking about their pet hates? Even the Guardian likes it , so Down the Line with Gary Bellamy must be good. Unfortunately it’s off air as I’m writing this, I hope it will be back soon with another series. 4. The Lawrence Sweeney Mix The Lawrence Sweeney Mix is improvisation at its best. The audience suggests a topic and they talk about it. The most recent series seems to have finished this week, so go to the listen again page while you can. And hope for it to come back. 3. I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue how to describe this programme. It calls itself the antidote to panel games. And is really good. 2. Just a minute! A classic. 35 (!) years old and still going strong. Just a Minute . The rules: Talk about a given topic for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Just brilliant. And with Nicholas Parsons. And Paul Merton. 1. The Now Show I think they call The Now Show topical comedy. Comedy about current affairs. Very funny. Unfortunately also off air at the moment, but I’m confident it will be back at some point. And thanks to the internet you don’t even have to live in the UK to listen to them, most of them are available online, either as a stream or some even as a podcast. Or if they are currently off air you might still be able to listen to the last show via listen again. matze am 09.03.2008   #3 actually, never maybe is the wrong word. but most times, radio comedy just isn’t funny. or probably just not my cup of tea…… Zetter am 14.05.2008   #4 Radio comedy programmes are somewhat popular in the UK. However, there are a lot of shows that I don’t find particularly funny, but isn’t this also true for most of the comedy programmes on tv? I wouldn’t make a distinction between radio and tv shows in terms of “being funny” or not. Radio programmes can be as funny as tv programmes sometimes even funnier. “The Goon Show” for example, was Monty Python’s source of inspiration – and it is without a doubt the funniest and smartest thing there is. And it’s a radio programme! adam maq am 16.05.2008   #5 The BBC radio comedies are outstanding. Think about hitchikers guide to the galaxy; old harry’s game . They’re so dangerous that if you’re listening in the car they may be quite distracting. Other bbc gems include mark steel and the jeremy hardy show. They can be better then TV in many ways – actually so much good tv started on radio. Kommentar hinterlassen


Which 80s sitcom starred Penelope Wilton as Ann Bryce and Peter Egan as Paul Ryman?

Ever Decreasing Circles (TV Series 1984–1989) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Martin is a committee man. He has numerous schemes and committees organised around the neighbourhood. He is so obsessive about every detail of everything he does he is driving his long ... See full summary  » Stars: Everything looks rosy, despite the big changes. 9.1 The friends rent a country cottage. Martin shines with his practical knowledge. But then he gets a bit stuck. 9.1 Ann is in hospital leaving martin to manage at home by himself. He plans everything down to the finest detail, but the best laid plans. 8.9 a list of 65 titles created 09 Jun 2014 a list of 23 titles created 31 Jul 2014 a list of 22 titles created 8 months ago a list of 42 titles created 7 months ago a list of 46 titles created 5 months ago Title: Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Ria, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age where she feels as if life is passing her by. Being taken for granted by her butterfly collecting dentist husband doesn't help. So... See full summary  » Stars: Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Bruce Montague The series followed the wavering relationship between two ex-lovers, Penny Warrender, a secretary for an advertising firm, and Vincent Pinner, an ex ice cream salesman turned turf ... See full summary  » Stars: Paul Nicholas, Jan Francis, Sylvia Kay A rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff. Stars: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli Wolfie Smith is an unemployed dreamer from Tooting London, a self proclaimed Urban Guerilla who aspires to be like his hero Che Guevara. Leading a small group called the Tooting Popular ... See full summary  » Stars: Robert Lindsay, Mike Grady, Hilda Braid The perils of "escaping the rat race" and dropping out of society - to start a farm in Surbiton (and to drive Margo nuts). Stars: Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is sad when her husband dies but is shocked when she realises that she has to leave Grantleigh Manor where her family has lived forever. The new owner is Richard De ... See full summary  » Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne Comic goings on in this series set in an English holiday camp called Maplins. The title comes from the camp's greeting, which the staff are meant to say with enthusiasm but all too often ... See full summary  » Stars: Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland Bless This House centres on life in Birch Avenue, Putney, where travelling stationery salesman Sid Abbott (Sidney James) and his wife Jean (Diana Coupland) live with their teenagers: Mike (... See full summary  » Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson The Liverpool-based Boswell family are experts at exploiting the system to get by in life. Despite the fact that none of the Boswells are officially employed, they manage to live a fairly ... See full summary  » Stars: Jean Boht, Nick Conway, Jonathon Morris BBC Television comedy detailing the fortunes of Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own ... See full summary  » Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron Jacko is a house painter who "appreciates" women, he sees the best in each one of them and they in turn, like him. Will he find true love ? Will he settle down as he gets older ? Stars: Karl Howman, Mike Walling, Jackie Lye The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining


What corrosive liquid makes up about 38% of the electrolyte in a car battery?

Battery Acid Battery Acid Battery Acid Battery acid is sulfuric acid that has been diluted with water to attain a 37% concentration level. This particular type of acid is used in sealed lead acid batteries, however, concentration levels differenciate with some brands. These batteries use a combination of lead plates and an electrolyte consisting of a diluted sulphuric acid to convert electrical energy into potential chemical energy and back again. Although this acid allows us to have portable power in the form of SLA batteries , the actual acid can be extremely dangerous. It's corrosive nature literally melts any bodily tissue it comes in contact with. When it comes in contact with soil it will actually contaminate it for an extended period of time depending on the concentration of the acid. This could potentially be harmful to humans, animals and the environment. Because of this, SLA batteries must be recycled. It is illegal to dispose of these batteries in the garbage. Here at Atbatt.com we offer a battery recycling service for your convenience as well as the general cleanliness of our planet. Sulfuric acid, also known as "oil of vitriol", has a chemical formula of H2SO4 in H2O. The emergency overview label on this chemical reads: 'POISON! DANGER! CORROSIVE. LIQUID AND MIST CAUSE SEVERE BURNS TO ALL BODY TISSUE. MAY BE FATAL IF SWALLOWED OR CONTACTED WITH SKIN. HARMFUL IF INHALED. AFFECTS TEETH. WATER REACTIVE. CANCER HAZARD. STRONG INORGANIC ACID MISTS CONTAINING SULFURIC ACID CAN CAUSE CANCER. Risk of cancer depends on duration and level of exposure.' Safety Data Ratings Health Rating: 4 - Extreme (Poison) Flammability Rating: 0 - None Contact Rating: 4 - Extreme (Corrosive) Lab Protective Equip: GOGGLES & SHIELD; LAB COAT & APRON; VENT HOOD; PROPER GLOVES Storage Color Code: White (Corrosive) Potential Health Effects Inhalation: produces damaging effects on the mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract. Symptoms may include irritation of the nose and throat, and labored breathing. May cause lung edema, a medical emergency. Ingestion: Corrosive. Swallowing can cause severe burns of the mouth, throat, and stomach, leading to death. Can cause sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea. Circulatory collapse with clammy skin, weak and rapid pulse, shallow respirations, and scanty urine may follow ingestion or skin contact. Circulatory shock is often the immediate cause of death. Skin Contact: Corrosive. Symptoms of redness, pain, and severe burn can occur. Circulatory collapse with clammy skin, weak and rapid pulse, shallow respirations, and scanty urine may follow skin contact or ingestion. Circulatory shock is often the immediate cause of death. Eye Contact: Corrosive. Contact can cause blurred vision, redness, pain and severe tissue burns. Can cause blindness. Chronic Exposure: Long-term exposure to mist or vapors may cause damage to teeth. Chronic exposure to mists containing sulfuric acid is a cancer hazard. First-Aid Measures Fire: Concentrated material is a strong dehydrating agent. Reacts with organic materials and may cause ignition of finely divided materials on contact. Explosion: Contact with most metals causes formation of flammable and explosive hydrogen gas. Fire Extinguishing Media: Dry chemical, foam or carbon dioxide. Do not use water on material. However, water spray may be used to keep fire exposed containers cool. Special Information: In the event of a fire, wear full protective clothing and NIOSH-approved self-contained breathing apparatus with full facepiece operated in the pressure demand or other positive pressure mode. Structural firefighter's protective clothing is ineffective for fires involving this material. Stay away from sealed containers. Accidental Release Measures Ventilate area of leak or spill. Wear appropriate personal protective equipment as specified in Section 8. Isolate hazard area. Keep unnecessary and unprotected personnel from entering. Contain and recover liquid when possible. Neutralize with alkaline material (soda ash, lime), then absorb with an inert material (e. g., vermiculite,


In which British city can you find the Roman temple dedicated to Sulis Minerva?

Sulis Minerva - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Sulis Minerva   Wikis Sulis Minerva: Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Sul" redirects here. For other uses, see SUL . Gilt bronze head from the cult statue of Sulis Minerva from the Temple at Bath, found in Stall Street in 1727 and now displayed at the Roman Baths (Bath) . In localised Celtic polytheism practiced in Britain, Sul or Sulis [1] was a deity worshipped at the thermal spring of Bath (now in Somerset ). She was worshipped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva , whose votive objects and inscribed lead tablets suggest that she was conceived of both as a nourishing, life-giving mother goddess and as an effective agent of curses wished by her votaries. [2] The tablets were often written in code, by means of letters or words being written backwards; word order may be reversed and lines may be written in alternating directions, from left to right and then right to left. While most texts from Roman Britain are in Latin, occasional texts may be in a Celtic language. Typically, the text on the tablets offered to Sulis relates to theft; for example, of small amounts of money or clothing from the bath-house. In formulaic, often legalistic, language tablets appeal to the deity, Sulis, to punish the known or unknown perpetrators of the crime until reparation be made. Sulis is typically requested to impair the physical and mental well being of the perpetrator, by the denial of sleep, by causing normal bodily functions to cease or even by death. These afflictions are to cease only when the property is returned to the owner or disposed of as the owner wishes, often by its being dedicated to the deity. [3] One message found on a tablet in the Temple at Bath (once decoded) reads: "Dodimedis has lost two gloves. He asks that the person who has stolen them should lose his mind and eyes in the temple where she appoint." [4] Contents 4 References Etymology Suil in Old Irish is 'eye' or 'gap'. Did her name "Sulis" suggest, in Brittonic , the 'orifice or gap' through which the healing waters ran? At Delphi the omphalos or navel was an opening into the other world. The usual etymology is that Sulis means 'sun', however, as this is the original form of Welsh haul 'sun' and Old Irish suil (from Indo-European *sawel-); cf. Latin sol 'sun'. Cult at Bath The Roman baths at Bath. Sulis was the local goddess of the thermal springs that still feed the spa baths at Bath , which the Romans called Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis"). [5] Her name appears on inscriptions at Bath, but nowhere else. This is not surprising, as Celtic deities often preserved their archaic localisation. They remained to the end associated with a specific place, often a cleft in the earth, a spring, pool or well. The Greeks referred to the similarly local pre-Hellenic deities in the local epithets that they assigned, associated with the cult of their Olympian pantheon at certain places (Zeus Molossos only at Dodona , for example). The Romans tended to lose sight of these specific locations, except in a few Etruscan cult inheritances and ideas like the genius loci , the guardian spirit of a place. The gilt bronze cult statue of Sulis Minerva "appears to have been deliberately damaged" sometime in later Antiquity, perhaps by barbarian raiders, Christian zealots, or some other forces. [6] ‘Minerva’ At Bath, the Roman temple is dedicated to Sulis Minerva, as the primary deity of the temple spa. Through the Roman Minerva syncresis , later mythographers have inferred that Sulis was also a goddess of wisdom and decisions. Sulis was not the only goddess exhibiting syncretism with Minerva . Senua 's name appears on votive plaques bearing Minerva's image, while Brigantia also shares many traits associated with Minerva. The identification of multiple Celtic gods with the same Roman


Ace of Base, The Cardigans and Roxette are all bands from which country?

Swedish music phenomenon | Visit Sweden Swedish music phenomenon Swedish music Sweden rocks – literally – around the world, with acts of yesteryear ABBA, the Cardigans, Ace of Base and Roxette (sorry, Roxette just reformed) still big-time popular. And as ‘Swedish’ as meatballs and IKEA. The ‘second wave’ of Swedish musical acts like Robyn, Lykke Li, Swedish House Mafia, the Knife and many others are proving that the Swedish music phenomenon is no flash in the pan. Thank you for the music Sweden produces musical artists that sell squillions of CDs and downloads worldwide and sell-out New York’s Madison Square Gardens in hours – like Swedish House Mafia did.  Or, like Robyn be profiled on the Daily Show and have no.1 hits around the world. Do they put something in the water here? Who knows, who cares? Come to Sweden and see your favourite Swedish act on their home turf. Swedish bands and singers ABBA was a supertrouper supergroup from Sweden in the 1970s and early 1980s. And they are probably as famous now as they were back then. Now you can go on the ABBA City Walk arranged by Stockholms Stadsmuseum and visit ABBA-related sites of interest.  You never know, in a couple of decades’ time you might be able to go on city walks where you can walk in the footsteps of Robyn, Swedish House Mafia and Lykke Li in Stockholm. Or the Soundtrack of our Lives walk in Gothenburg. Or maybe even the ‘Cardigans walk’ in Malmö.  Live venues Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö are Sweden’s three big cities and between them they cater for all types of live music and scenes. If you want to catch your favourite Swedish musicians live in Sweden go to songkick.com for tour dates.


A smooth hill shaped by moving ice made up of glacial drift is known as a what?

Glacial Landforms and Features - The shape of the land, Forces and changes, Spotlight on famous forms, For More Information Glacial Landforms and Features Glacial landforms and features Photo by: pablo_hernan During the last Ice Age, which ended approximately 10,000 years ago, 32 percent    of Earth's land area was covered with glaciers. At present,    glaciers cover roughly 10 percent of the land area. A vast majority of    that glacial ice overlies much of the continent of Antarctica. Most of the    rest covers a great portion of Greenland; a small percentage is found in    places such as Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, Patagonia, New Zealand, the    Himalayan Mountains, and the Alps. Glaciers are not landforms. The action of glaciers, however, creates    landforms. It is a process known as glaciation. Glacial ice is an active    agent of erosion, which is the gradual wearing away of Earth surfaces    through the action of wind and water. Glaciers move, and as they do, they    scour the landscape, "carving" out landforms. They also    deposit rocky material they have picked up, creating even more features.    The work of present-day glaciers, however, is slow and confined to certain    areas of the planet. Less obvious but far more reaching has been the work    of Ice Age glaciers. Many of the distinctive features of the northern    landscapes of North America and Europe were formed by glaciers that once    covered almost one-third of the planet's land surface. The shape of the land A glacier is a large body of ice that formed on land from the compaction    and recrystallization of snow, survives year to year, and shows some sign    of movement downhill due to gravity. Two types of glaciers exist:    relatively small glaciers that form in high elevations near the tops of    mountains are called alpine or mountain glaciers; glaciers that form over    large areas of continents close to the poles (the North and South Poles;    the extreme northernmost and southernmost points on the globe) are called    continental glaciers or ice sheets. Two continental glaciers are found on    Earth: one covers 85 percent of Greenland in the Northern    Hemisphere and the other covers more than 95 percent of Antarctica in the    Southern Hemisphere. Glacial landforms and features: Words to Know Ablation zone: The area of a glacier where mass is lost through melting or      evaporation at a greater rate than snow and ice accumulate. Accumulation zone: The area of a glacier where mass is increased through snowfall at a      greater rate than snow and ice is lost through ablation. Alpine glacier: A random mixture of finely crushed rock, sand, pebbles, and boulders      deposited by a glacier. Valley glacier: An alpine glacier flowing downward through a preexisting stream      valley. Both types of glaciers create landforms through erosion. These erosional    features may be as large as the Great Lakes of North America or as small    as scratches left in pebbles. As a glacier moves, it scours away material    underneath it, plucking up rocks, some of which may be house-sized    boulders. This material then becomes embedded in the ice at the base of a    glacier. As the glacier continues to move, the embedded material abrades    or scrapes the rock underneath. The slow scraping and grinding produces a    fine-grained material known as rock flour. It also produces long parallel    scratches and grooves known as striations in the underlying rocks. Because    they are aligned parallel    to the direction of ice flow, glacial striations help geologists    determine the flow path of former glaciers. Another small-scale erosional    feature is glacial polish. This is a smooth and shiny surface produced on    rocks underneath a glacier when material encased in the ice abrades the    rocks like fine sandpaper. Moving ice sculpts a variety of landforms out of the landscape.    Larger-scale erosional features inc


Under what pseudonym did Theodor Geisel write over sixty books for children?

9 Things You May Not Know About Dr. Seuss - History in the Headlines 9 Things You May Not Know About Dr. Seuss March 1, 2012 By Christopher Klein Share this: 9 Things You May Not Know About Dr. Seuss Author 9 Things You May Not Know About Dr. Seuss URL Google The classic Dr. Seuss fable “The Lorax” hits movie theaters tomorrow, which also happens to be the 108th anniversary of the birth of the famed children’s author and illustrator. To celebrate, here are a few surprising facts about the wildly imaginative man who penned some of the best-selling children’s books of all time. 1. Dr. Seuss’ real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. A grandson of German immigrants, Theodor (without an “e”) was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904. Seuss was his mother’s maiden name. While the actual German pronunciation of “Seuss” rhymed with “voice,” the American pronunciation, rhyming with “juice,” stuck. 2. Teddy Roosevelt left Dr. Seuss with a permanent case of stage fright. Affirming the loyalties of his German-American family during World War I, 14-year-old Ted Geisel was one of Springfield’s top sellers of war bonds. Before an audience of thousands, Ted was to be the last of 10 Boy Scouts to receive a personal award for his efforts from former president Theodore Roosevelt. The president, however, was only given nine medals, and when he reached Geisel, Roosevelt gruffly bellowed, “What’s this little boy doing here?” Honor quickly turned to humiliation as the flustered scoutmaster whisked Ted off the stage. The event so scarred Dr. Seuss that he dreaded public appearances for the rest of his life. 3. Bootleg gin was responsible for the Dr. Seuss pseudonym. It certainly wasn’t a scene out of “Animal House,” but on the night before Easter in 1925, the local police chief caught Dartmouth College senior Ted Geisel partying with his friends and a pint of bootleg gin. The dean ousted Geisel as editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth humor magazine, but in what he called a “corny subterfuge,” Ted continued to ink cartoons under several pen names, including “Seuss” and “T. Seuss.” Geisel added the “Dr.” title a few years later. 4. Dr. Seuss was a “mad man.” Dr. Seuss achieved early success writing and illustrating humorous advertisements for Flit, a bug spray manufactured by Standard Oil. (“Quick, Henry, the Flit!” became one of the most memorable catchphrases of its time.) He also created advertising campaigns for a diverse range of clients including Ford Motor Company, NBC and Narragansett Brewing Company. Even in his commercial work, Dr. Seuss employed a madcap menagerie of beasts, such as the “Moto-raspus” and “Karbo-nockus” who appeared in Essolube motor oil ads. 5. A chance sidewalk encounter led to Dr. Seuss’ first children’s book. After a 27th publisher rejected his first manuscript, Dr. Seuss walked dejectedly along the sidewalks of New York, planning to burn the book in his apartment incinerator. On Madison Avenue, however, he bumped into Dartmouth friend Mike McClintock, who that very morning had started a job as an editor in the Vanguard Press children’s section. Within hours, the men signed a contract, and in 1937 Vanguard Press published “And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” which launched the extraordinary literary career of Dr. Seuss. “If I had been going down the other side of Madison Avenue, I’d be in the dry-cleaning business today,” he later said. 6. Dr. Seuss drew political cartoons for a left-leaning newspaper. As the Nazi tanks rolled into Paris in 1940, Dr. Seuss felt compelled to express his opposition to American isolationists, particularly aviation hero Charles Lindbergh. “I found that I could no longer keep my mind on drawing pictures of Horton The Elephant. I found myself drawing pictures of Lindbergh The Ostrich,” he said. Between 1940 and 1942, Geisel drew over 400 editorial cartoons skewering isolationists at home and the Axis abroad for the liberal newspaper “PM.” These included stereotypical and inflammatory depictions of Japanese leaders and xenophobic cartoons portraying Japanese Americans as


The Frasch process is used to extract what chemical element from underground deposits?

Learn More About Sulphur - Introduction | The Sulphur Institute Learn More About Sulphur Member Benefits Left Navigation Link #4 An Introduction to Sulphur Sulphur is a non-metallic chemical element identified by the letter S. For a list of sulphur's chemical properties, please click here . Sulphur is a valuable commodity and integral component of the world economy used to manufacture numerous products including fertilizers and other chemicals. For a list of sulphur uses click here . Sulphur also is a vital nutrient for crops, animals and people. Sulphur occurs naturally in the environment and is the thirteenth most abundant element in the earth's crust. It can be mined in its elemental form, though this production has reduced significantly in recent years. Since early in the 20th Century, the Frasch process has been used as a method to extract sulphur from underground deposits, when it displaced traditional mining principally in Sicily. Most of the world's sulphur was obtained this way until the late 20th century, when sulphur's recovery from petroleum and gas sources (recovered sulphur) became more commonplace. As of 2011, the only operating Frasch mines worldwide are in Poland and since 2010 in Mexico. The last mine operating in the United States closed in 2000. A Frasch mine in Iraq closed in 2003. Sulphur that is mined or recovered from oil and gas production is known as brimstone, or elemental sulphur. Sulphur produced as a by-product of ferrous and non-ferrous metal smelting is produced in the form of sulphuric acid . A smaller volume is produced as sulphur dioxide , which is also emitted from petroleum products used in vehicles and at some power plants. Plants absorb sulphur from the soil in sulphate form. Elemental sulphur is produced all over the world. Largest production occurs where sour (meaning sulphur-rich) gas and oil is processed and refined: United States, Canada, the Former Soviet Union, and West Asia. Over half of elemental sulphur production is traded internationally. China is the world's largest importer, followed by Morocco and the United States. Canada is the largest exporter, followed by Russia and Saudi Arabia. Well over half of global sulphuric acid production comes from burning elemental sulphur at points of consumption, with most of the remainder produced at non-ferrous metals smelters and pyrites mines. East Asia, led by China, is the largest overall acid producer, stemming largely from rapid growth. It is followed by North America, Africa, and Latin America. Practically all traded acid is from smelters. Western Europe is the largest acid trading region, followed by East Asia and North America. Sulphur is the primary source to produce sulphuric acid, the world's most used chemical and a versatile mineral acid used as an essential intermediate in many processes in the chemical and manufacturing industries. Sulphuric acid is used by the fertilizer industry to manufacture primarily phosphates, and also nitrogen, potassium, and sulphate fertilizers. Sulphur is also used in many other industries including non-ferrous metals, pigments, fibers, hydrofluoric acid, carbon disulphide, pharmaceuticals, agricultural pesticides, personal care products, cosmetics, synthetic rubber vulcanization, water treatment, and steel pickling. Like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, sulphur is one of the essential plant nutrients . It contributes to an increase in crop yields in three different ways: 1) it provides a direct nutritive value, 2) it provides indirect nutritive value as soil amendment, especially for calcareous and saline alkali soils, and 3) it improves the use efficiency of other essential plant nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus. In general, sulphur has similar functions in plant growth and nutrition as nitrogen. The incidence of soil sulphur deficiency has rapidly increased in recent years. Three major factors are responsible for increased sulphur deficiency: a) intensified cropping systems worldwide demand higher sulphur nutrient availability; b) increased use of high-ana


With what type of transport would you associate the term ‘bow collector’?

Logistics terms, Logistics industry, Freight terms definitions, Transportation terms See Cost and Freight C&F Terms of Sale, or INCOTERMS Obsolete, albeit heavily used, term of sale meaning "cargo and freight" whereby Seller pays for cost of goods and freight charges up to destination port.             In July, 1990 the International Chamber of Commerce replaced C&F with CFR. Cabotage Water transportation term applicable to shipments between ports of a nation; commonly refers to coast-wise or inter-coastal navigation or trade. Many             nations, including the United States, have cabotage laws which require national flag vessels to provide domestic interport service. A federal law that requires coastal             and intercoastal traffic to be carried in U.S.-built and registered ships. CAD See Cash Against Documents. CAF Abbreviation for "Currency Adjustment Factor." A charge, expressed as a percentage of a base rate, that is applied to compensate ocean carriers of currency             fluctuations. See Currency Adjustment Factor. Cage (1) A secure enclosed area for storing highly valuable items, (2) a pallet-sized platform with sides that can be secured to the tines of a forklift and in             which a person may ride to inventory items stored well above the warehouse floor. Campus A site where multiple distribution centres share resources, such as employees and transport, to maximise time and cost efficiencies. See also shared-user. Cantilever Rack Racking system in which the shelving supports are connected to vertical supports at the rear of the rack. There are no vertical supports on the face of the rack             allowing for storage of very long pieces of material such as piping and lumber. Also see Racking Pics Page. Capacity requirements planning Process for determining the amount of machine and labor resources required to meet production. Capital The resources, or money, available for investing in assets that produce output. CAPSTAN Computer-Aided Planned Stowage and Networking system. Captain's Protest A document prepared by the captain of a vessel on arriving at port; shows conditions encountered during voyage, generally for the purpose of relieving ship owner of             any loss to cargo and shifting responsibility for reimbursement to the insurance company. Car Pooling Use of individual carrier/rail equipment through a central agency for the benefit of carriers and shippers. Car Seal Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes. CARAT Cargo Agents Reservation Air Waybill Issuance and Tracking. Carfloat A barge equipped with tracks on which up to about 12 railroad cars are moved in harbors or inland waterways. Cargo Freight loaded into a ship. Merchandise carried by a means of transportation. Cargo Manifest A manifest that lists all cargo carried on a specific vessel voyage. Cargo NOS Cargo Not Otherwise Specified. Usually the rate entry in a tariff that can apply to commodities not covered under a specific             item or sub_item in the applicable tariff. Cargo Preference Cargo reserved by a Nation's laws for transportation only on vessels registered in that Nation. Typically the cargo is moving             due to a direct or indirect support or activity of the Government. Cargo Tonnage Most ocean freight is billed on the basis of weight or measurement tons (W/M). Weight tons can be expressed in short tons of 2000             pounds, long tons of 2240 pounds or metric tons of 1000 kilos (2204.62 pounds). Measurement tons are usually expressed as cargo measurement of 40 cubic feet             (1.12 meters) or cubic meters (35.3 cubic feet.) Carload Rate A rate applicable to a carload of goods. Carmack Amendment An Interstate Commerce Act amendment that delineates the liability of common carriers and the bill of lading provisions. Carnet A Customs document permitting the holder