Which Impressionist artist painted a series of pictures in the 1890's, depicting haystacks?

Impressionism Movement, Artists and Major Works | The Art Story "There are no lines in nature, only areas of color, one against another." Édouard Manet "You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real." Édouard Manet "If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous." Pierre-Auguste Renoir "If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color." Mary Cassatt "It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory." Edgar Degas "Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression." Camille Pissarro "I am following Nature without being able to grasp her; I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers." Claude Monet "After 1918, as we know, enlightened public - as well as critical - esteem went decidedly to Cézanne, Renoir and Degas, and to Van Gogh, Gauguin and Seurat. The 'unorthodox' Impressionists - Monet, Pissarro, Sisley - fell under a shadow. It was then that the 'amorphousness' of Impressionism became an accepted idea; and it was forgotten that Cézanne himself had belonged to, and with, Impressionism as he had to nothing else." Clement Greenberg, from essay "The Later Monet" KEY ARTISTS Like The Art Story on Facebook Beginnings Gustave Courbet and The Challange to Official Art The Realist movement, championed by Gustave Courbet, first confronted the official Parisian art establishment in the middle of the nineteenth century. Courbet was an anarchist that thought the art of his time closed it eyes on realities of life. The French were ruled by oppressive regime and much of the public was in in the throes of poverty. Instead of depicting such scenes, the artists of the time concentrated on idealized nudes and glorious depictions of nature. In his protest, Courbet financed an exhibition of his work right opposite the Universal Exposition in Paris of 1855, a bold act that led to the emergence of future artists that would challange the status quo. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Exhibitions in Paris and The Salon des Refusés In 1863, at the official yearly art salon, the all-important event of the French art world, a large number of artists were not allowed to participate, leading to public outcry. The same year, the Salon des Refusés ("Salon of the Refused") was formed in response to allow the exhibition of works by artists who had previously been refused entrance to the official salon. Some of the exhibitors were Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, James Whistler, and the early iconoclast Édouard Manet. Although promoted by authorities and sanctioned by Emperor Napoleon III, the 1863 exhibition caused a scandal, due largely to the unconventional themes and styles of works such as Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863), which featured clothed men and naked women enjoying an afternoon picnic (the women were not classical depictions of a nude, but rather women that took off their clothes). Édouard Manet and the Painting Revolution Édouard Manet was among the first and most important innovators to emerge in the public exhibition scene in Paris. Although he grew up in admiration of the Old Masters, he began to incorporate an innovative, looser painting style and brighter palette in the early 1860s. He also started to focus on images of everyday life, such as scenes in cafes, boudoirs, and out in the street. His anti-academic style and quintessentially modern subject matter soon attracted the attention of artists on the fringes and influenced a new


With which part of the body is the medicinal science of orthodontics concerned?

The changing face of orthodontics | www.scienceinschool.org The changing face of orthodontics Sophie Rozencweig, Georges Rozencweig Many of us have had our teeth straightened with braces. Few people know, however, that orthodontics involves a great deal of fundamental science and fast-moving technology. Image courtesy of Jenn and Tony Bot; image source: Flickr Most of us are familiar with orthodontics as a kind of mechanical engineering inside the mouth – all those metal braces, plates and wires. But how many of us are aware of the different sciences involved in this area of dentistry? Today’s orthodontists have to understand and apply a good deal of specialist science – everything from genetics to metallurgy. What is orthodontics? Image courtesy of US National Archives and Records Administration; image source: Wikimedia Commons Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with diagnosing and correcting irregularities of the teeth and jaws. It is used for far more than achieving a perfect Hollywood smile: our jaws and teeth are used for talking as well as chewing, so orthodontics is concerned with how facial anatomy affects these functions, as well as with cosmetic improvements. As orthodontists, we are always seeking the latest insights and techniques from relevant scientific fields and applying them to our work. Some examples are in table 1. In this article, we will look at several of these areas in more detail.   Table 1: Examples of how the latest insights and techniques from relevant scientific fields can be applied to orthodontics Genetics We need to be able to diagnose whether a problem has a genetic cause, so we can treat it effectively. Growth and development Faces change as they mature and age, due to alterations in body tissues. Understanding these processes allows us to positively influence them. Physiology Everyone is different in precisely how they breathe, chew, swallow and speak. Function and form are closely related, so these processes form part of each patient’s diagnosis and treatment plan ( figure 1 ). Microbiology By teaching our patients about oral health and plaque removal, we help prevent tooth decay and gum disease. Biomechanics We apply the laws of mechanics to adjust the position of teeth. We need to ensure that the forces resulting from our work produce only the movements that are needed. Metallurgy and materials science As well as metals, we use alginates and silicones for taking impressions, composites and glass ionomer cements for sealing and sticking, plaster for making casts, and resins for creating removable appliances. We need to understand each material’s physical and chemical properties to use them in the best way for each patient. Physics Many orthodontic resins can be cured (polymerised) using light. Four main types of polymerising light source are available: halogen bulbs, plasma arc lamps, argon ion lasers, and light-emitting diodes. Radiology Radiographs help us to diagnosis complex problems. We use many different types of radiographs, to provide views from different angles (frontal, profile or panoramic) or exploit different imaging techniques (scanners, magnetic resonance imaging and cone beam computed tomography). Genetics and molecular biology in orthodontics Some of the problems that orthodontists deal with are genetic in origin ( figure 2 ). Although most of these are minor, others result from genetic abnormalities in the way that the head and face develop before birthw1 . In the embryo, the development of facial structures begins with neural crest cells forming at the site of the brain. These cells then migrate to form a tissue that differentiates into cells called osteoblasts, chondroblasts and odontogenetic cells. These then develop to form the hard tissues of the head and neck – the bones, cartilage and teeth. Figure 1: These state-of-the-art braces are almost invisible, even when the wearer smiles, because they are hidden on the inside of the teeth. In this technique, called lingual orthodontics, every brace is custom-made to fit the teeth using computer and robot


For refusing to obey the unjust laws of which King, was Daniel thrown into the lion's den?

Daniel In The Den Of Lions Bible Story Summary Daniel In The Den Of Lions Bible Story Summary Tweet One of the most loved stories from the Old Testament is the story of Daniel in the Lion’s Den. The whole story of Daniel starts when he was just a young boy. However, by the time Daniel was cast into the lion’s den he was an old man. Many things happened in Daniel’s life, but he continued to trust and serve God even though he was forced to work for wicked people. The main part of the story is in Daniel 6. But you can read the first 5 chapters of the book of Daniel to read about everything that happened to him. There may be times in your life when people try to get you to disobey God. You should take encouragement from the story of Daniel and trust God to take care of you. Slaves Daniel was a little boy when the Babylonian army came to fight Israel. God allowed some of the people of Israel to be carried off as slaves. Daniel and three of his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were taken. They were very smart. The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, wanted them to work for him because they were so smart. The four boys made it clear to the king that they would obey God first of all. Even though they were in prison and were probably just little children (maybe 8 to 12 years old) they only ate food that God said was clean. They knew God’s laws and wanted to please Him. To the surprise of everyone around them they were stronger and healthier than the other prisoners who ate the king’s food. Daniel’s Friends Maybe you know Daniel’s three friends by different names. They are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These are the three who were put into a fiery furnace because they would not bow down to the idol that King Nebuchadnezzar made. Daniel’s friends wanted to obey God as much as Daniel did and they trusted God to save them. And He did! We don’t know why Daniel was not put into the furnace. The Bible does not even mention he was there when the people were supposed to worship the idol. We know that Daniel and his friends were adults by this time and they were also important men in the government. Maybe Daniel had been sent to another city to work during that time. After Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego got out of the furnace the king began to worship God. Eventually he turned away from God again and another king took his place. Daniel and his friends worked for the new government until they were old men. Daniel’s Enemies Even though there was a new king, Daniel was still an important person in the government. Daniel also had enemies. His enemies were men who were jealous of Daniel’s wisdom and power. The new king, Darius, really liked Daniel. Though he did not always agree with Daniel and his God, Darius allowed Daniel to worship God as he pleased. The Law Daniel’s enemies thought up a plan to get rid of Daniel. They could not find anything that Daniel did that was wrong. He never broke any laws. They decided to make a new law that they knew he could not obey. But first they needed to convince the king to sign the new law. They went to King Darius and talked very nicely to him. Then they proposed a new law that said people could only pray to or ask things from the king for 30 days. If the king would sign the new law, then they would make sure that people obeyed it. King Darius thought this was a good idea. He wanted the people in the kingdom to worship and obey him. He agreed to the new law and signed the papers. The Punishment Whoever broke the new law would be punished by being thrown into a lion’s den. This was a cave in the ground where lions were trapped. Maybe it was a normal type punishment for people who broke really important laws there. Certainly anyone put into a cave full of lions would not live very long. Arrest Daniel knew about the new law, but he continued to pray to God. The Bible says that he went to his window three times every day to pray. He opened the window and knelt down before the Lord. This was not something he did just so he could break the new law. He prayed like this all the time and his enemies knew it.


Yerba Buena, was the original Spanish name of which Major American City?

San Francisco History - Yerba Buena Walk Yerba Buena Walk The Town that existed for eleven years, seven months and five days, then became San Francisco by Douglas S. Watson Obliterate all that is familiar, do away in imagination with the streets, buildings and people in that area of downtown San Francisco bounded by Pine street on the south, Broadway on the north, Leidesdorff street on the east and Stockton street on the west; cover its uneven terrain with lupin, sagebrush and wild mintï¿½the plant the Mexicans called Yerba Buenaï¿½and you would have the prospect Captain William Antonio Richardson had before him on the afternoon of June 25, 1835, when, with his wife, Maria Antonia Martinez, and their three children, he unloaded his pack animals on the slope of the hills rising from the cove that nestled at the base of Loma Altaï¿½the height we call today, Telegraph Hill. Armed with a map of the projected settlement and the approval of Governor Figueroa, Richardson's first concern was to shelter his family, and this he did by erecting a tent fashioned from an old sail. The town-founder knew the climate, for, following his arrival in San Francisco bay as mate of the British whaler "Orion" in 1822, and his marriage with the daughter of Lieutenant Ignacio Martinez in 1825, he had lived a number of years at the Presidio. To protect his household from the storms of winter the tent was insufficient, and in October he built a rough board shack to take the place of his first habitation. It was this crude building that Richard Henry Dana, Jr., saw and described in "Two Years Before the Mast," the epic of California's pastoral era. Richardson laid out a one-street town, calling its thoroughfare, "Calle de la Fundacion,"ï¿½Founding streetï¿½an angling road which joined the trail to the Mission near today's crossing of Kearny and California streets, and that leading to the Presidio near the junction of Pacific and Stockton streets. For a whole year Richardson's family lived in lonesome seclusion, but in July, 1836, the town's second settlerï¿½Jacob Primer Leeseï¿½made his appearance, put up a board shack on the lot adjoining on the south, and celebrated the occasion by inviting the whole countryside to a glorious Fourth of July party at which the guests ate, danced and drank for three days while both the Mexican national emblem and the Stars and Stripes floated overhead. We have set the scene. Let it serve as a background while we direct our steps through the busy streets of the San Francisco of today, stopping from time to time to call on, in fancy, the more prominent personages who created the town from which our city grew. Our walk begins at the southwest corner of Montgomery and California streets where the Clunie Building now stands. Here in early 1840's a cockney by the name of Robert Ridley built a cottage. Ridley could have qualified for membership in any liars' clubï¿½he was a teller of tall tales, besides being Yerba Buena's champion two-fisted drinker. One morning, meeting William Heath Davis, he casually asked the merchant known far and wide as "Kanaka" Davisï¿½the nickname was due to his partial Polynesian ancestryï¿½how many "London Docks" he imagined the speaker had downed before breakfast that day. Davis hazarded, "Five or six." Such a small quantity was an insult; it challenged Ridley's capacity. "Why, I've gotten away with twenty-three, and I think I'll take another before I eat just to whet my appetite." Ridley had married Presentacion Miranda, the daughter of the famous Juana Briones Miranda who kept cows and lived on her small ranch at Powell and Filbert streets at North Beach. Thomes, who wrote of his experiences under the title of "On Land and Sea," tells of Juana and her milk and the difficulty of finding a receptacle in which to carry some back to the Ship.  Juana solved the problem but shocked the lad serving before the mast, for, assuring him that she had just washed it thoroughly and demanding that it be returned muy pronto, she poured fresh milk into a white china utensil, the only one in the house, which


"""The Red Badge of Courage"", a novel by Stephen Crane is set during which war?"

Crane's Realsitic Treatment of War in "The Red Badge of Courage" Crane's Realsitic Treatment of War in "The Red Badge of Courage" ACAD-113 English Study Center The notion that war is an exciting, romantic endeavor full of glory and heroism has existed for centuries and continues to some extent today. One hundred years ago, however, Stephen Crane set out to destroy these myths through his novel The Red Badge of Courage, which traces the experiences of a young soldier in the American Civil War. Crane shows the true nature of war by contrasting Henry Fleming's romantic expectations with the reality that he encounters. This contrast between romantic vision and cold reality can be seen early in the novel, with Henry's departure from home. Driven to a "prolonged ecstasy of excitement" by the rejoicing crowd, Henry enlists in the army and says good-bye to his mother with a "light of excitement and expectancy in his eyes" (709). He anticipates a romantic, sentimental send-off reminiscent of Spartan times and even goes as far as preparing remarks in advance which he hopes to use "with touching effect" to create "a beautiful scene" (710). However, Crane presents a more realistic view. At the news of Henry's enlistment, his mother simply says "The Lord's will be done" and continues milking the cow, having previously urged Henry not to be "a fool" by enlisting (709). She then destroys his hopes by offering sensible, practical advice in her good-bye speech. Her send-off is so different from what Henry expects that he is irritated and "impatient under the ordeal" of the speech (710). The contrast is again evident in Henry's army experiences before going into battle. His treatment before leaving town only serves to increase his romantic expectations as his former classmates "[throng] about him with wonder and admiration" (710). Henry's regiment is then treated so well on its journey to Washington that he is led to believe "that he must be a hero" with "the strength to do mighty deeds of arms" (711). In keeping with his romantic beliefs, Henry imagines that his regiment will be involved in "a series of death struggles with small time in between for sleep and meals" (711). Yet again, Crane presents a more realistic view in Henry's actual experiences. Instead of "automatically" being a hero, as he had anticipated, Henry faces uncertainty and "a little panic-fear" as to his own ability to withstand battle (712). Filled with self-doubt, Henry dreams of "a thousand-tongued fear that [will] babble at his back and cause him to flee" (718). In addition, Henry must put up with "months of monotonous life in a camp," not the constant action he anticipated (711). Even when his regiment does move out, it moves "from place to place with apparent aimlessness," leaving a frustrated Henry to feel that he is merely one part of a "vast blue demonstration" (722). It is in the scenes of battle and death, however, that the contrast between Henry's romantic expectations and his actual experiences is most striking. All his life, Henry has dreamed of and longed to see battles, those "great affairs of the earth" (708), where men attain glory and perform "breathless deeds" (709). Yet even during his periods of self-doubt, Henry looks forward to the opportunity to experience the "blaze, blood, and danger" of battle (714). He is envious of the wounded, believing that they are somehow "peculiarly happy," and wishes to have a "red badge of courage" himself (739). As for death, Henry views it merely as an end to his troubles. Again, Crane presents a stark contrast when Henry actually experiences battle. Instead of the "vague and bloody conflicts" which he longed to see (709), Henry encounters the "foul atmosphere" of war, with its choking smoke and deafening noise (729). The first round of fighting suffocates Henry and leaves him "reeling from exhaustion" (731). Contrary to his romantic visions, he discovers that in real battle there is "a singular absence of heroic poses" (728). Henry also discovers that being wounded is not something to be envied. He witnesses the "


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, studied for which profession, before becoming a successful author?

Memories and Adventures - Arthur Conan Doyle - Google Books Memories and Adventures 0 Reviews https://books.google.com/books/about/Memories_and_Adventures.html?id=LKusgEu5uvUC Known as 'the great northern diver' to his crewmates, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) fell into the Arctic Ocean on three occasions during his voyage as doctor on a whaler, before becoming part of the harpooning crew. This adventure sets the scene for the remarkable variety of his later life. In his autobiography, first published in 1923, he details everything from that first voyage to his literary success, his collaboration with playwright J. M. Barrie (whose Sherlock Holmes parody is included), and his involvement in the setting up of volunteer groups during the First World War. He describes how the methods of Sherlock Holmes helped him solve several real-life mysteries and, in a touching counterpoint to this scientific approach, closes with a chapter on his belief in spiritualism. Characteristically astute and entertaining, this book will appeal to students of early twentieth-century history, Holmes fans and the curious general reader alike.   What people are saying -  Write a review We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Selected pages REcoL1 EcT1oNs or A STUDENT 22 WHALING IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN 34 MY VoYAeE To WEsT AFRICA 47 MY Fmsr EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE 57 THE START FOR SOUTH AFRICA 152 FINAL EXPERIENCES IN Sourn AFRICA 178 AN APPEAL TO THE WoE1 ns Ormron 189 cnAr PAGE XXI TEE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS 210 THE YEAns BETWEEN TEE WARS contd 228 ON THE EDGE or A Sronm 134 To TEE Rocxv MouNrAINs IN 1914 294 EXPERIENCES oN TEE BRITISH FRONT 843 361 BREAKING THE HINDENBURG LINE 881 381 Snippet view - 1924 Common terms and phrases adventure Africa afterwards army Arthur Conan Doyle asked Bloemfontein Boer Brandfort Brigadier Gerard British bullet certainly Charles Gibbs Colonel cricket Cullingworth curious Davos difﬁculty Doyle Edinburgh England experience eyes face fact ﬁeld ﬁerce ﬁfty ﬁght ﬁghting ﬁgure ﬁlled ﬁnally ﬁnd ﬁne ﬁnished ﬁre ﬁrst ﬁve ﬂag ﬂying French front gave George Edalji German guns hand head heard Henry Irving Hindhead horse huge inﬂuence knew lady Langman letter literary lived London look Lord man’s matter miles mind morning never night ofﬁcers oﬁicers oﬂicer once one’s passed played psychic remarkable remember riﬂe round seemed seen shell Sherlock Holmes side soldier South Africa Southsea sport story strange sure talk thing thought tion told took town turn veldt Wady Halfa walked whole wife wonderful wrote yards young About the author (2012) The most famous fictional detective in the world is Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was, at best, ambivalent about his immensely successful literary creation and, at worst, resentful that his more "serious" fiction was relatively ignored. Born in Edinburgh, Doyle studied medicine from 1876 to 1881 and received his M.D. in 1885. He worked as a military physician in South Africa during the Boer War and was knighted in 1902 for his exceptional service. Doyle was drawn to writing at an early age. Although he attempted to enter private practice in Southsea, Portsmouth, in 1882, he soon turned to writing in his spare time; it eventually became his profession. As a Liberal Unionist, Doyle ran, unsuccessfully, for Parliament in 1903. During his later years, Doyle became an avowed spiritualist. Doyle sold his first story, "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley," to Chambers' Journal in 1879. When Doyle published the novel, A Study in Scarlet in 1887, Sherlock Holmes was introduced to an avid public. Doyle is reputed to have used one of his medical professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, as a model for Holmes's character. Eventually, Doyle wrote three additional Holmes novels and five collections of Holmes short stories. A brilliant, though somewhat eccentric, detective, Holmes employs scientific methods of observation and deduction to solve the mysteries that he investigates. Although an "amateur" private detective, he is frequently called upon by Scotland Yard for assistance. Holmes'


What was the Christian name of Sherlock Holmes partner Dr. Watson?

Sherlock Holmes - Movies & TV on Google Play Sherlock Holmes Item added to wishlist. Item removed from wishlist. You will receive an email when your movie becomes available. You will not be charged until it is released. ( 26,744) Synopsis When a string of brutal murders terrorizes London, it doesn't take long for legendary detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his crime-solving partner, Dr. Watson (Jude Law), to find the killer, Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). A devotee of the dark arts, Blackwood has a bigger scheme in mind, and his execution plays right into his plans. The game is afoot when Blackwood seems to rise from the grave, plunging Holmes and Watson into the world of the occult and strange technologies. My review 1 965 Jonathan F. Richards Despite a few laggard moments of slow going, Ritchie has pulled off an entertaining coup in giving us a Holmes for the 21st century by digging back to the 19th century original and adding a few bells and whistles. Peter Rainer What was the thinking behind all this? Lisa Kennedy It's all knotted together, then unraveled with brio, by Holmes and Watson. There are fisticuffs galore, fiery combustion aplenty, and, yes, my dear reader, clever deduction. J. R. Jones The very idea of handing him over to professional lad Guy Ritchie, to be played as a punch-throwing quipster by Robert Downey Jr., is so profoundly stupid one can only step back in dismay. Ty Burr Downey never winks -- heâ(TM)s too much of a pro for that -- but like the man heâ(TM)s playing, heâ(TM)s much, much smarter than the movie heâ(TM)s in. David Edelstein By now we've seen so many good, bad, and indifferent Sherlocks that it's almost a relief to get something different, however wrongheaded. And there's no such thing as too much Downey. Critic reviews Jonathan F. Richards Despite a few laggard moments of slow going, Ritchie has pulled off an entertaining coup in giving us a Holmes for the 21st century by digging back to the 19th century original and adding a few bells and whistles. Full Review Lisa Kennedy It's all knotted together, then unraveled with brio, by Holmes and Watson. There are fisticuffs galore, fiery combustion aplenty, and, yes, my dear reader, clever deduction. Full Review J. R. Jones The very idea of handing him over to professional lad Guy Ritchie, to be played as a punch-throwing quipster by Robert Downey Jr., is so profoundly stupid one can only step back in dismay. Full Review Ty Burr Downey never winks -- heâ(TM)s too much of a pro for that -- but like the man heâ(TM)s playing, heâ(TM)s much, much smarter than the movie heâ(TM)s in. Full Review David Edelstein By now we've seen so many good, bad, and indifferent Sherlocks that it's almost a relief to get something different, however wrongheaded. And there's no such thing as too much Downey. Amy Nicholson Downey Jr. plays the brainiac detective like an overheating machine -- what cools him off is a puzzle. User reviews Robert Leather December 19, 2014 Everything you might imagine would make it terrible makes it outstanding For a start, I've never rated Guy Ritchie. It's been a delivery of diminishing returns leading to Revolver. Robert Downey Jr has had more career ups and downs than most successful actors of his generation and Jude Law has had a reputation of playing the same character, relying on good looks. From the announcement of this movie it looks like a disaster waiting to happen.  But something magical happened instead.  Ritchie's quirks and idioms found purpose in Holmes' pre-planned fights and flashbacks. Law's deadpan straight man found a target in the intelligent, adept and useful Watson. Even the supporting cast offer great performances.  Given the expectation of something more like "Lock, Stock and Two Elementary" what turned up was a revelation and I can only think the number of 5 star reviews (this included) are based upon that very "above and beyond expectation" reaction most people gave. :) Truly entertaining movie. Full Review Roberto Perdoni December 18, 2014 *Promoti


In which 1970 film, did Dustin Hoffman play the part of a hundred year old survivor of the Battle of The Little Big Horn?

Little Big Man (1970) - 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 Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer. Director: a list of 44 titles created 22 Mar 2012 a list of 38 titles created 26 Apr 2012 a list of 33 titles created 07 Jan 2013 a list of 46 titles created 18 May 2014 a list of 26 titles created 1 week ago Title: Little Big Man (1970) 7.6/10 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. Nominated for     1     Oscar. Another 5 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards  » Photos Edit Storyline Jack Crabb is 121 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. He recounts being captured and raised by indians, becoming a gunslinger, marrying an indian, watching her killed by General George Armstrong Custer, and becoming a scout for him at Little Big Horn. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net> See All (108)  » Taglines: Little Big Man Was Either The Most Neglected Hero In History Or A Liar Of Insane Proportion! See more  » Genres: Rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences and some sexual content | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 23 December 1970 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Pequeño gran hombre See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The main tune played when the the 7th Cavalry were attacking on the Washita River and during the Battle of Little Big Horn is an Irish jig titled "Garry Owen". This song was the official song of the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S. Army - Lt. Col. Custer's cavalry. However, the music is actually a medley which consists of The Garry Owen and St. Patrick's Day. See more » Goofs During the Civil War, Custer was brevetted at various times to the ranks of Major General and Brigadier General. However, by the time of the Battle of Little Big Horn (well after the end of the Civil War), Custer's rank was reduced to Lt. Colonel. In the film, his uniform does not reflect this and the men incorrectly refer to him as "General Custer" prior to and during the battle. See more » Quotes [first lines] Jack Crabb : I am, beyond a doubt, the last of the old-timers. My name is Jack Crabb. And I am the sole white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, uh, uh, popularly known as Custer's Last Stand.


Peter Stuyvesant, born in Holland, became Governor of which American city in 1647?

Peter Stuyvesant | Dutch colonial governor | Britannica.com Dutch colonial governor Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Petrus Stuyvesant (born c. 1592, Scherpenzeel, Friesland , Netherlands —died February 1672, near New York , New York [U.S.]), Dutch colonial governor who tried to resist the English seizure of New York. Peter Stuyvesant. The Print Collector/Heritage-Images Stuyvesant was the son of a Calvinist minister. He began his career in the Dutch West India Company about 1632, and in 1643 he became director in the company’s colonies of Curaçao , Aruba, and Bonaire. During an expedition against the Portuguese island of Saint Martin , his right leg was severely injured and had to be amputated. Thereafter he wore a wooden leg. In 1645 he became director general of all Dutch possessions in North America and the Caribbean. Almost immediately upon his arrival in New Amsterdam (later New York City ) in 1647, his conflict with the burghers began. They were alienated by his despotic methods and his devotion to the interest of the company. In response to their demands for self-government, he and the council in 1647 appointed an advisory board of nine, and in 1653 there was established the first municipal government for the city of New Amsterdam, modeled after the cities of Holland. Those concessions proved hollow, for Stuyvesant never ceased to dominate the government. In 1650 he sacrificed a large amount of territory in a settlement of the boundary between New Netherland and Connecticut. But he succeeded in dislodging the Swedes from their settlement in Dutch territory along the Delaware River and in establishing peace with the Indians there. In August 1664, when the burghers refused to aid him, Stuyvesant was forced to surrender New Netherland to the British. According to some historians, the West India Company made him the scapegoat for what actually were defects in company policies. He spent the remainder of his life on his farm, “the Bouwerie” (from which New York City’s Bowery takes its name). Learn More in these related articles:


In which region of Israel, is the village of Cana, where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine?

Wedding at Cana: The Site of Jesus' First Miracle By Cynthia Astle Updated February 19, 2016. Archaeologists insist that their specialty can't "prove" that the Bible is factually true, and they're right. However, the work of archaeologists lends considerable weight to the probability that New Testament biblical history is rooted in the actual lives of people who lived at the time attributed to Jesus. Such is the case with the search for Cana, the place where the New Testament says Jesus performed his first miracle. Jesus Turned Water into Wine at Cana Christians know Cana as the place where Jesus performed his first earthly miracle during a wedding by turning large jars of water into wine, according to John 2:1-11. In the story, Jesus attended a wedding along with his disciples and Mary, his mother. When the wine ran short at the feast, Mary told Jesus to do something about it. Jesus balked at her request, saying it wasn't yet time for him to perform miracles. Undeterred, Mary went to the household servants and told them to do whatever Jesus instructed. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Jesus then complied with Mary's request, asking the servants to bring six large jars estimated to hold 20 to 30 gallons each that were used to store water for Jewish purification rituals. Jesus had the servants fill the jars with water, and then told them to have the steward taste the contents. The steward was astonished at the quality of the wine, and commended the host for apparently saving the best wine for last. The Bible calls this miracle the first sign that Jesus is the Messiah promised to the Jews.  Two Sites Considered for Cana's Location According to archaeologist Jonathan L. Reed, author of The Harper Collins Visual Guide to the New Testament, there are two sites in the Galilee region of Israel thought to be the location of biblical Cana. One is known in Arabic as Kafr Cana ("village of Cana"), a site four miles northeast of Nazareth. The other is Khirbet Cana ("ruins of Cana"), nine miles north of Nazareth. Khirbet Cana is often called Cana of Galilee, so as not to confuse it with a similarly named town in Lebanon. Tradition holds Kafr Cana to be the site of the wedding at Cana, based on the location of a small Franciscan church built to commemorate the miracle. However, archaeologists have been able to date this site only as far back as the Byzantine era , roughly A.D. fourth to seventh centuries. There have been no artifacts dating to the era of Jesus or the Roman Empire found in the strata below the church. The other site, Khirbet Cana, has become more favored among archaeologists. Many artifacts dating to Jesus' time have been dug up there, including a few fragments of stone vessels that resemble the stone jars of the wedding at Cana story. A Third Location Has Been Excavated However, there's a third possible site for the wedding at Cana at a place called Kerem al-Ras. This site is located on the outskirts of the traditional site at Kafr Cana. Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority have found evidence of a large settlement in this location, including artifacts that more closely resemble the large stone jars described in John 2:6. Ultimately there may be no way to tell which if these sites, if any, was the setting for the story of the wedding at Cana. Their value lies in the fact that uncovering A.D. first-century stone containers at these excavations shows they were a key part of Jewish life. What's more, vessels of this kind usually were found only in wealthy homes. Thus, their link to the wedding at Cana provides two important clues to the biblical story: 1) Jews practiced water purification; and 2) If such jars were present during the wedding at Cana, then most likely the wedding party was an upper-class celebration. The search for the location of the wedding at Cana shows that biblical archaeology is important for more than finding holy sites. It's also valuable for learning the history of how people lived during Jesus' time more fully. Wedding in Cana Resources Reed,


Which particular part of the body helps one to keep ones balance?

How to Control Your Balance | Sales Contacts in the United States How to Control Your Balance Balance is vital to normal every day life activities such as getting out of a chair and walking, bending over to put your shoes on, washing your hair, driving a car or going grocery shopping. Just about everything you do in your daily life, whether for work or leisure requires balance control, and most of the time you don’t have to think about it. If balance problems develop, though, they can cause profound disruptions in your daily life. In addition to increased risk for falls, balance disorders can shorten your attention span, disrupt normal sleep patterns, and/or cause excessive fatigue. The balance control process Ability to maintain balance is a complex process that depends on three major components: (1) your sensory systems for accurate information about your body’s position relative to your environment; (2) your brain’s ability to process this information; and (3) your muscles and joints for coordinating the movements required to maintain balance. The sensory systems include your sense of touch (feet, ankles, joints), your vision and your inner ear motion sensors. For example, we rely on our feet and joints to tell us if the surface we are standing on is uneven or moving. We rely on our eyes to tell us if the environment around us is moving or still. And we rely on our inner ears to tell us if we are upright or leaning, or standing still or moving. Balance SensorsNormally, balance control is accomplished “automatically” without requiring our conscious attention. When our balance “auto pilot” is disrupted, we have to exert intense conscious effort to try to overcome the abnormal sensations and maintain control of our balance. This intense effort, in turn, is what leads to the common secondary symptoms such as shortened attention span and fatigue. Loss of balance control In a normal healthy individual our senses of touch (feet, ankles, joints), sight (eyes) and inner ear motion sensors work together in harmony with the brain. A person with a balance disorder, however, may have a problem in any one of these systems, or in multiple systems. In some individuals, one or more of the senses are missing and the person does not realize they are losing their balance. In other people, the brain gets confused and creates an inaccurate sense of falling when in fact the person is in balance. The risk of developing one or more of these problems increases with age as our senses or brain centers are exposed to degenerative or infectious diseases, or the effects of injuries accumulated over a lifetime. Inevitable? Is a loss of balance control an inevitable consequence of aging? No. The natural aging process produces changes in our bodies as we grow older, but these changes do not necessarily result in a loss of balance control or mobility. Healthy seniors are quite able to perform daily life activities normally with few physical limitations. In fact, recent studies have indicated that, elderly fallers are different from their healthy, age-matched counterparts1, 2, 3. Dizziness among older adults can also be caused by a collection of subtle degenerative or infectious processes or injuries that in combination result in a balance problem4. Some individuals experiencing balance problems have an obvious medical diagnosis such as diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, or even a stroke that are primary sources of the problem. In other individuals with balance difficulties, the cause can even be subtle undetected forms of these diseases. However, diseases are not the only reason our senses and movements may be compromised. A history of injuries, such as concussions, ear infections, or serious sprains or fractures, may contribute to a loss of balance control over time. In addition, various combinations of medications, both prescription and over the counter, can be detrimental to our senses or brain and cause either temporary or permanent damage. Identifying and treating balance disorders Because of the complexity of balance control, not all balance problems


""" Venus at her Mirror"" is probably the most well known work by which 17th century artist?"

Rokeby Venus - 必应 Sign in Rokeby Venus The Rokeby Venus (/ˈroʊkbi/; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid, or La Venus del espejo) is a painting by Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age. Completed between 1647 and 1651, and probably painted during the artist's visit to Italy, the work depicts the goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed and looking into a mirror held by the Roman god of physical love, her son Cupid. The painting is in the National Gallery, London. Numerous works, from the ... (展开) ancient to the baroque, have been cited as sources of inspiration for Velázquez. The nude Venuses of the Italian painters, such as Giorgione's Sleeping Venus (c. 1510) and Titian's Venus of Urbino (1538), were the main precedents. In this work, Velázquez combined two established poses for Venus: recumbent on a couch or a bed, and gazing at a mirror. She is often described as looking at herself on the mirror, although this is physically impossible since viewers can see her face reflected in their direction. This phenomenon is known as the Venus effect. In a number of ways the painting represents a pictorial departure, through its central use of a mirror, and because it shows the body of Venus turned away from the observer of the painting. The Rokeby Venus is the only surviving female nude by Velázquez. Nudes were extremely rare in seventeenth-century Spanish art, which was policed actively by members of the Spanish Inquisition. Despite this, nudes by foreign artists were keenly collected by the court circle, and this painting was hung in the houses of Spanish courtiers until 1813, when it was brought to England to hang in Rokeby Park, Yorkshire. In 1906, the painting was purchased by National Art Collections Fund for the National Gallery, London. Although it was attacked and badly damaged in 1914 by the suffragette Mary Richardson, it soon was fully restored and returned to display. Description See also: Venus effect The Rokeby Venus depicts the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility reclining languidly on her bed, her back to the viewer—in Antiquity, portrayal of Venus from a back view was a common visual and literary erotic motif—and her knees tucked. She is shown without the mythological paraphernalia normally included in depictions of the scene; jewellery, roses, and myrtle are all absent. Unlike most earlier portrayals of the goddess, which show her with blond hair, Velázquez's Venus is a brunette. The female figure can be identified as Venus because of the presence of her son, Cupid. Venus gazes into a mirror held by Cupid, who is without his usual bow and arrows. When the work was first inventoried, it was described as "a nude woman", probably owing to its controversial nature. Venus looks outward at the viewer of the painting through her reflected image in the mirror. However, the image is blurred and reveals only a vague reflection of her facial characteristics; the reflected image of the head is much larger than it would be in reality. The critic Natasha Wallace has speculated that Venus's indistinct face may be the key to the underlying meaning of the painting, in that "it is not intended as a specific female nude, nor even as a portrayal of Venus, but as an image of self-absorbed beauty." According to Wallace, "There is nothing spiritual about face or picture. The classical setting is an excuse for a very material aesthetic sexuality—not sex, as such, but an appreciation of the beauty that accompanies attraction." Intertwining pink silk ribbons are draped over the mirror and curl over its frame. The ribbon's function has been the subject of much debate by art historians; suggestions include an allusion to the fetters used by Cupid to bind lovers, that it was used to hang the mirror, and that it was used to blindfold Venus moments before. The critic Julián Gallego found Cupid's facial expression to be so melancholy that he interprets the ribbons as fetters binding the god to the image of Beauty, and gave the painting the title "Amor co


Which South American country has borders with Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina?

Which countries border Brazil? | Reference.com Which countries border Brazil? A: Quick Answer Ten countries border Brazil, including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. The only countries in South America that do not border Brazil are Ecuador and Chile. Full Answer Brazil is the largest country on the continent of South America. It has the third-longest distance of international land borders, totaling 16,885 kilometers, which is equivalent to 10,492 miles. The only countries that have longer international land borders are China and Russia. China borders 14 sovereign states along a border of 22,117 kilometers, while Russia borders 16 sovereign states, with a land border length of 20,241 kilometers. The longest land border that Brazil shares is with Bolivia at 3,400 kilometers. The second-longest border it shares is with Venezuela, measuring to 2,200 kilometers. The border between Colombia and Brazil is a shared 1,643 kilometers. Peru comes in fourth with a 1,560-kilometer border. Paraguay shares 1,290 kilometers. Brazil's border with Argentina is 1,224 kilometers, and the border between Brazil and Guyana is 1,119 kilometers. Uruguay's border runs 1,068 kilometers along Brazil, and French Guiana shares 730 kilometers with Brazil. The shortest shared border is with Suriname, measuring out to 597 kilometers. Brazil's longest border is its coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, covering 7,491 kilometers.


"In which 1950 film musical did Howard Keel and Betty Hutton argue in song, that each of them could ""Do Anything Better Than You""?"

Annie Get Your Gun (1950) - IMDb IMDb 27 December 2016 8:44 AM, UTC NEWS 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 Annie Get Your Gun ( 1950 ) Passed | The story of the great sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, who rises to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler. Directors: Guide to the Globes Related News a list of 23 titles created 16 May 2014 a list of 39 titles created 7 months ago a list of 24 titles created 2 months ago a list of 25 titles created 2 months ago a list of 26 titles created 2 days ago Title: Annie Get Your Gun (1950) 7/10 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. Won     1     Oscar. Another    2 wins & 6 nominations. See more awards  » Photos The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok. Director: David Butler Fred and Lilly are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great ... See full summary  » Director: George Sidney In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too. Director: Stanley Donen In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love. Director: Fred Zinnemann     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X   Billy Bigelow has been dead for fifteen years, and now outside the pearly gates, he long waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. But he has heard that there is a problem with his ... See full summary  » Director: Henry King On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission. Director: Joshua Logan A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children. Director: Walter Lang Farm family Frake, with discontented daughter Margy, head for the Iowa State Fair. On the first day, both Margy and brother Wayne meet attractive new flames; so does father's prize hog, ... See full summary  » Director: Walter Lang A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star. Director: Charles Walters     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X   Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past. Director: Vincente Minnelli Harold Hill poses as a boys' band leader to con naive Iowa townsfolk. Director: Morton DaCosta On a train trip West to become a mail order bride Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a " Harvey House " restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide ... See full summary  » Director: George Sidney Edit Storyline A story very loosely based on the love story of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler who meet at a shooting match. Fabulous music although the lead characters have virtually nothing to do with the actual historical figures. Annie joins Frank Butler in Col. Cody's Wild West Show. They tour the world performing before Royalty as well as the public at large. Hear 10 Irving Berlin Songs! See more  » Genres: 17 May 1950 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Annie, la reine du cirque See more  » Filming Locations: Mono (Western Electric Sound System) Color: Rights to the Broadway show cost $650,000, a record at the time. See more » Goofs The real Annie Oakley was a brunette. See more » Quotes Annie Oakley : [calling after Frank as he's walking away] Hey, mister...? Don't you like girls? Frank Butler : [not comprehendeding the quest


"Who succeeded Carol Vorderman on the TV quiz show, ""Countdown"" in 2009?"

Countdown - UKGameshows Countdown Nick Hewer (2012-) Co-hosts Hostesses: Denise McFarland-Cruikshanks (Calendar Countdown), Robena Sharp (Calendar Countdown), Kathy Hytner (Calendar Countdown and Countdown series 1-14), Beverley Isherwood (series 1-2), Karen Loughlin (series 14-16), Lucy Summers (series 17), Carol Vorderman (series 18-59), Rachel Riley (series 60-) "Vital statisticians": Angela Garbut (Calendar Countdown), Dr Linda Barrett (series 1-3), Carol Vorderman (series 1-59), Rachel Riley (Series 60- ) Lexicologists: Susie Dent (current, since series 24). Others with over 100 appearances include Catherine Clarke, Damian Eadie, Mark Nyman , Richard Samson, Julia Swannel, Della Thompson, Freda Thornton Broadcast as Calendar Countdown Yorkshire Television (regional), 19 April to 7 June 1982 (8 episodes in 1 series) Yorkshire Television (Granada from 1 November 2004 to 8 May 2009 and ITV Studios from 11 May 2009 to present) for Channel 4, 2 November 1982 to present as Countdown Masters (insert in The Channel 4 Daily) 3 April 1989 to 29 March 1991 (97 games aired + 1 partially aired + 6 unaired) as Celebrity Countdown (primetime) 23 April to 18 June 1998 (8 episodes in 1 series) Synopsis "I'll have a consonant, a vowel, another vowel, a consonant, another consonant. Another consonant, a vowel, a consonant and a final consonant please." That might sound boring to you, but this show - together with Fifteen-to-One until its demise, and nowadays Deal or No Deal - props up Channel 4's afternoon schedule and still draws in shed loads of pensioners, students and other people with nothing better to do at 3.30pm than watch it. Countdown was based on a French show ("Des Chiffres et Des Lettres" - or "Numbers and Letters") and the format has proved popular throughout much of the world. It could be argued that the Brit version is the more lively interpretation of the format. The first British incarnation of the show was a Yorkshire TV regional filler for eight weeks in the spring of 1982. Richard Whiteley hosted, and it's probably fair to say that the show did not immediately distinguish itself. Luckily, at around the same time Channel 4 were looking for a game show for their launch line-up, and happened upon the French format Des chiffres et des lettres. Since Yorkshire was already making a British version, they pretty much just transferred the show to Channel 4. Whiteley stayed on, a number of young ladies were brought in to do all the odd jobs around the studio - mainly sticking magnetic tiles in a frame - and the rest is history. How it all started - the pilot for Calendar Countdown How the pilot looked (though obviously it didn't have that modern bug in the corner). This snazzy minimalist clock was replaced with something more like the familiar clock face for the series proper. The idea is as simple as can be: Two players duel in a battle of vocabulary knowledge and numerical agility. Eleven (originally six) rounds are letters games, where the players try and make the longest word they can from nine pseudo-randomly selected letters. Each player takes turns at selecting the make-up of vowels and consonants in that nine. After thirty seconds of thinking time, to which we're treated to the famous Countdown think music, the players declare the words that they have. One point per letter is awarded to the contestant that has the longest word. In the case of ties, both players get the points. A letters game in progress - what's the longest word you can find? (answer below) After each game, we go across to another corner of the studio where a guest celebrity (whom Richard Whiteley used to refer to as the Guardian of the Dictionaries) plus an oh-so-handily placed lexicographer from the Oxford English Dictionary tell us about any longer words that they have found. (Such are the demands of rapid recording, the production team sometimes prime the celeb with words found manually via an earpiece - but contrary to what some people believe, they don't use electronic wordfinders or any of that malarkey.) Three (originally two) numbers games


"Which John Masefield poem begins, ""Quinquereme of Nineveh, from distant Ophir""?"

Cargoes a poem written by John Masefield - YouTube Cargoes a poem written by John Masefield Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 2, 2013 Cargoes Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine. Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus, Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores, With a cargo of diamonds, Emeralds, amethysts, Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores. Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, Butting through the Channel in the mad March days, With a cargo of Tyne coal, Road-rail, pig-lead, Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays. Read by Jean Aked


Pula and Rijeka are two cities in which country?

Around Europe by Train: Part 3 (Pula & Rijeka) | Romania Experience Around Europe by Train: Part 3 (Pula & Rijeka) Tweet on Twitter It’s time for part 3 of 4 in the mini-series that covers our Vacation this year around Europe. After we did enjoy some great time in Germany and Italy , it was time for Croatia to be checked off the list of countries that we have visited – and we went for Pula & Rijeka (alongside Zagreb which will be covered later on). These are not the most popular destinations in Croatia, but we mainly chose them because of their proximity to each other and the other cities we had on our list. So how was it? Read on to find out, if you will! Pula It was fun to choose to visit this city because its name is a really nasty word in Romania. I just couldn’t help get my friends “I love Pula” magnets and t-shirts and use all the puns in the world to describe how enjoyable Pula actually is. But really, jokes aside – it’s really beautiful and the way to getting there was absolutely spectacular: Sea on both sides. You don’t get to see that often… Yes, we did choose to travel by bus through Croatia because during my research, I found out that it’s faster than by train. And it sure looks great – just as our little apartment does: one that was filled with toys by our AirBnb host who knew we were bringing a 2 year old with us. We also had a really nice garden just for us Again, we were pretty unlucky weather-wise in Pula, but we still made it to the beach one day. It was not that hot and pretty windy, but not that bad either. It was our only day at the beach during the stay. There might also be better beaches in Pula, but we chose the one that was closest to us and it was spectacular. Apart from the beach and a really nice central area filled with pubs and shops for tourists, Pula doesn’t have a lot to offer. It has a beautiful Amphitheater near the beach – Pula Arena – where concerts and big events are held. It’s extremely impressive because it’s so well preserved – it’s actually the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers and with all three Roman architectural orders entirely preserved (according to Wikipedia ). There is also a nice castle that offers a great view over the city. The castle was built in the 1630s and it’s also well preserved. There’s also a museum in there, one that sends you back in time and shows how the pharmacies looked back in the days. View of the Amphitheater from the Castle A visit to the drug store certainly felt different back in the days… “Do you want some cough syrup? I’ll prepare it right away!” During our stay in Pula, we had the wackiest selection of sweets ever (it was mostly jelly, shaped as fried eggs, croissants, frogs and so on). Insanely sweet and not as great as you’d expect them to be, flavor-wise, but it was fun to try out each shape and find its flavor. We also had a really unwanted visitor during our stay there, and we found it in our room hours after arriving there: It was tiny, at most 2 cm, but it was still a scorpion. Yup, that is a real scorpion and we were shocked and scared when we found it. After doing some research, though, and talking to our host, we learned that they are actually pretty common in Croatia and they are not dangerous, even though if you get stung, you’ll have some pain. Despite all that, we slept all nights with the lights on and thoroughly inspected the room when we got back after a walk. All in all, I was expecting Pula to be way cheaper than it actually was. It seems that being a touristy place does bring the prices up – they are definitely higher than prices by the beach in Romania and similar to what we had in Italy or Germany. Rijeka Apparently, near Rijeka, there’s a beach that keeps getting awards in Croatia. Guess who didn’t visit it because of the craptacular weather? Yup… we were again unlucky with bad weather which kept us indoors and within the city limits. At least we stayed at the 4th floor in an old building, right in the city center, so there were no worries for Scorpions. No elevator, either… A nice view from our ro


In the popular song, what did the old lady swallow, after she swallowed a fly?

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | Nursery Rhymes & Kids' Songs | BusSongs.com There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Song Video There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly, I guess she'll die. There was an old lady who swallowed a spider, that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. I guess she'll die. There was an old lady who swallowed a bird. How absurd to swallow a bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. I guess she'll die. There was an old lady who swallowed a cat. Imagine that, she swallowed a cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. I guess she'll die. There was an old lady who swallowed a dog. My what a hog, to swallow a dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat, to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. I guess she'll die. There was an old lady who swallowed a goat. Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat! She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ... She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ... She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly Perhaps she'll die. There was an old lady who swallowed a cow. I don't know how she swallowed a cow! She swallowed the cow to catch the goat... She swallowed the goat to catch the dog... She swallowed the dog to catch the cat... She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ... She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly Perhaps she'll die. There was an old lady who swallowed a horse - She's dead, of course. This song was originally posted at: http://bussongs.com/songs/there-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-fly.php Here is another fun version There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't now why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a spider that wriggled and wiggled and wriggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed a spider to catch the fly. I don't now why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a bird. How absurd to swallow a bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a cat. Fancy that to swallow a cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a dog. What a hog to swallow a dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a cow. I don't know how she swallowed a cow. She swallowed the cow to catch the dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a horse... She's dead, of course!


In football, what is the Italian equivalent to the English Premier League?

Premier League emerges as best in the world following Sportsmail's in-depth study of global football | Daily Mail Online Premier League emerges as best in the world following Sportsmail's in-depth study of global football Premier League tops Bundesliga in Sportsmail's in-depth study Study of global football considers 34 leagues across the world Range of factors taken into account, including wages and attendances Points were assigned to every league for every category Premier League wages dwarf those around Europe... Click here to read more from Sportsmail's Nick Harris about Premier League wages, attendances and star quality Which is the best football league in the world? Best not just for the fans but for the players, and the clubs, and the national game in each country? That is a question that The Mail on Sunday have tried to answer using objective measurements of a wide range of factors as part of the most in-depth study of global football ever conducted. We have considered 34 leagues around the world, from England to Australia and back via Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. We have looked at each league’s income and wages paid out, goals, ticket prices and attendance, ‘stardust’ and talent production, managers, trophies, competitive balance and contribution to the national game. Manchester City are the Premier League champions, but is the English league the best in the world? Points were assigned to every league for every category — and added up to see who comes out on top. The Premier League emerges top by the tiniest margin over the Bundesliga, a debate-provoking result if ever there was one.   TROPHIES While fans of the Bundesliga wax lyrical about the brilliance of Bayern and the wonders of cheap tickets and beer on the terraces, Germany's top division hasn't pulled up many trees in the past decade in Europe, winning the Champions League once and the Uefa Cup / Europa League not at all. Two major leagues have dominated Europe over the past decade when it comes to sticking major continental silverware in the trophy room: Spain and the Premier League. La Liga teams have won the Champions League four times, had a further runners-up slot, won the Uefa Cup five times and been runners-up in that twice. Premier League teams have won three Champions League finals over the past 10 years - one apiece for Liverpool, Man United and Chelsea - and had another five as runners-up: Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man Utd twice. Chelsea have also won the Europa League while Premier League middle-rankers (at that time) Middlesbrough and Fulham have been runners-up. Taking into account continental trophy wins over a decade around the world, Spain and England's top divisions are well ahead of any other leagues, with Bundesliga in third place just ahead of Italy's Serie A in second, then Brazil's top division (dominant in Copa Lib.), then Mexico, Portugal, Argentina, Russia, Ukraine and Japan. See table for details. MANAGERS Only one football league in the world in 2014 could boast a club manager who has won both the World Cup and the Champions League among his career honours - and it's not the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A or Ligue 1. The league in question is the Chinese Super League (CSL), the manager is Marcello Lippi, and the CSL's collection of leading bosses does not stop with the Italian. Lippi has just retired as the boss at Guangzhou Evergrande, the CSL champions and 2013 Asian club champions. Sven Goran Eriksson, former Serie A winner and European Cup-Winners’ Cup winner (as well as former England manager) is also working in the CSL, at Guangzhou, and there is former winning manager of the South America’s Champions League equivalent, the Copa Libertadores in the CSL - that’s Cuca of Brazil. The former Argentina manager Sergio Batista is also there. The CSL is therefore one of four leagues in the world who in 2014 have collectively employed most of the world’s best managers between them - the other three being the Premier League, the Bundesliga and La Liga. ‘Best' in this case is not just a subjective tag.


In which children's book would you find the Oompa-Loompas?

Home > Fact > Ouch Q&A: Oompa-Loompas Ouch Q&A: Oompa-Loompas by Ouch Team 25th July 2005 Everything you ever wanted to know about the ultimate 'little people'(or people of restricted growth) - the Oompa-Loompas from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Q: What is an Oompa-Loompa? A: Oompa-Loompas are the 'little people' - characters of restricted growth, if you like - featured in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the classic childrens' book by Roald Dahl. They live and work in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, making all the candy delights: marshmallows that taste of violets, caramels that change colour every ten seconds, and chewing gum that never loses its taste. Q: Why are we talking about them now? A: Because they're back again thanks to the cinema release of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie re-make, directed by Tim Burton. It goes on general release on Friday 29 July across the UK, and stars Johnny Depp. Q: These characters work in the factory, you say? A: Yes. But no one knows about them. You see, Willy Wonka had this issue. It was well recognised by rival candy companies - like those run by Mr Prodnose and Mr Slugworth - that Wonka made the best sweets in the whole world. So they sent spies in as workers to steal the secrets and improve their own products. Well, when Mr Wonka discovered this, he had no option but to shut the factory down. Everyone was sad at the closure and they were very surprised a few months later when, without warning, the factory started up again. But no workers went in and none ever came out! Who was running the factory now? At the beginning of the story, Charlie's Grandpa Joe explains: "... that is one of the great mysteries of the chocolate-making world. We know only one thing about them. They are very small. The faint shadows that sometimes appear behind the windows, especially late at night when the lights are on, are those of tiny people, people no taller than my knee." Q: So where did they come from? A: They came from Loompaland, of course. Willy Wonka describes Loompaland as: "Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world - hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles." Wangdoodles, it seems, would eat 10 Oompa-Loompas for breakfast and then come back for more. So you can kind of see why Wonka described the place as "terrible". Willy offered the Oompa-Loompas a home and, in return, they work for him. "When I went out there, I found the little Oompa-Loompas living in tree houses. They had to live in tree houses to escape from the whangdoodles and the hornswogglers and the snozzwangers. And they were living on green caterpillars, and the caterpillars tasted revolting ..." The Oompa-Loompas loved the cacao bean most of all and, being a chocolate factory, Wonka had loads of these and the deal was struck. Q: Do we know anything else about Oompa-Loompas? A: Roald Dahl wrote that the male Oompa-Loompas wear deer skins, the females wear leaves, and the children wear nothing at all. We know that they're a happy folk, though possibly with a dark edge. In the book, Wonka explains to one of the golden ticket winners, Violet Beauregarde, that: "They're always laughing! They think everything's a colossal joke!" It seems that Wonka is a little unethical with the little folk and uses them to test new products out on. Butterscotch and Buttergin is their favourite tipple, and they're probably best known for their rather dark rhymes and songs that they sing as each of the golden ticket winners exits the story thanks to their own greedy confectionary-based misadventures. Can you sing: "Oompa Loompa loompety loo?" The original film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), starring Gene Wilder, portrayed them as rather dour looking, a bit orange too - a mysteriously intense and jowelly tribal folk. You pays your money, you takes your choice. In the new 2005 film, though, the Oompa-Loompas are a bit more space-age, dressed in modern factory wear, with colourful dungarees and slicked-back hair. Q: So who plays the Oompa-Loom


Which battle of the American Civil war took place in Tennessee on the 6th/7th April 1862?

Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service) Civil War Timeline (Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War)   November 6, 1860- Abraham Lincoln is elected sixteenth president of the United States, the first Republican president in the nation who represents a party that opposes the spread of slavery in the territories of the United States. December 17, 1860- The first Secession Convention meets in Columbia, South Carolina. December 20, 1860- South Carolina secedes from the Union. January 1861 - Six additional southern states secede from the Union. February 8-9, 1861 - The southern states that seceded create a government at Montgomery, Alabama, and the Confederate States of America are formed. February 18, 1861- Jefferson Davis is appointed the first President of the Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Alabama, a position he will hold until elections can be arranged. March 4, 1861- Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the sixteenth president of the United States in Washington, DC. April 12, 1861- Southern forces fire upon Fort Sumter, South Carolina . The Civil War has formally begun. April 15, 1861- President Lincoln issues a public declaration that an insurrection exists and calls for 75,000 militia to stop the rebellion. As a result of this call for volunteers, four additional southern states secede from the Union in the following weeks. Lincoln will respond on May 3 with an additional call for 43,000+ volunteers to serve for three years, expanding the size of the Regular Army. May 24, 1861- Union forces cross the Potomac River and occupy Arlington Heights, the home of future Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It is during the occupation of nearby Alexandria that Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, commander of the 11th New York Infantry and a close friend of the Lincolns, is shot dead by the owner of the Marshall House just after removing a Confederate flag from its roof. June 3, 1861- A skirmish near Philippi in western Virginia, is the first clash of Union and Confederate forces in the east. June 10, 1861- Battle of Big Bethel, the first land battle of the war in Virginia. June 20, 1861-At the culmination of the Wheeling Convention, the region that composed the northwestern counties of Virginia broke away from that state to form West Virginia, officially designated and accepted as the thirty fifth state of the Union on June 20, 1863. July 21, 1861- The Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas), is fought near Manassas, Virginia. The Union Army under General Irwin McDowell initially succeeds in driving back Confederate forces under General Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard, but the arrival of troops under General Joseph E. Johnston initates a series of reverses that sends McDowell's army in a panicked retreat to the defenses of Washington. It is here that Thomas Jonathan Jackson, a professor at VMI, will receive everlasting fame as "Stonewall" Jackson. July 1861-To thwart the Confederate threat in northern Virginia, a series of earthworks and forts are engineered to surround the City of Washington , adding to protection already offered by active posts such as Fort Washington on the Potomac River. August 10, 1861- Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri. The Union Army under General Nathaniel Lyon, attack Confederate troops and state militia southwest of Springfield, Missouri, and after a disastrous day that included the death of Lyon, are thrown back. The Confederate victory emphasizes the strong southern presence west of the Mississippi River. August 28-29, 1861- Fort Hatteras at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, falls to Union naval forces. This begins the first Union efforts to close southern ports along the Carolina coast. September 20, 1861- Lexington, Missouri falls to Confederate forces under Sterling Price. October 21, 1861- Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia. Colonel Edward D. Baker, senator from Oregon and a friend of President Lincoln, led troops across the Potomac River only to be forced back to the river's edge where he was killed. The ensuing Union withdrawal turned into a rout wi


Where in Arizona is London Bridge located?

Arizona Attractions-London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, AZ 2/17/17-2/19/17 (see description for times) Arizona Attractions - The Iconic London Bridge The London Bridge today - An Arizona attraction with a fascinating story to tell History of the London Bridge - An unusual narrative for Arizona attractions The London Bridge spanning the River Thames in England How did the world-famous London Bridge come to make its unusual home in Arizona and become a top destination among Arizona attractions ? The tale of how the bridge came to Lake Havasu City began over 5,400 miles away in London, England. The bridge’s storied past includes previous structures that spanned the same section of the Thames River before the current bridge was built. The old London Bridge of nursery-rhyme fame was built by Peter of Colechurch between 1176 and 1209, replacing an earlier timber bridge. Due to uneven construction, the bridge required frequent repair. The bridge survived more than 600 years. One of the more grisly periods of the bridge’s history was at the southern gateway between 1305 and 1660, when it was customary to display the severed heads of traitors, impaled on pikes and dipped in tar to preserve them against the elements. The head of William Wallace was the first to appear on the gate. Other famous heads on pikes included those of Jack Cade in 1450, Sir Thomas More and Bishop John Fisher in 1535, and Thomas Cromwell in 1540. A German visitor to London in 1598 counted over 30 heads on the bridge. The practice was finally stopped in 1660, following the Restoration of King Charles II. Reconstruction of the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, 1970 By the end of the 18th century, it was apparent that the old London Bridge needed to be replaced. It was narrow and decrepit, and blocked river traffic. Designed in 1799 by Scottish engineer John Rennie, the new London Bridge was completed in 1831. As time passed, the new bridge began sinking at the rate of an inch (3 cm) every eight years. By 1924, the east side of the bridge was some three to four inches (102 mm) lower than the west side. The bridge had not been designed to withstand 20th century automotive traffic. The London Bridge - Lake Havasu City’s Claim to Fame The London Bridge Lake Havasu City, present day In 1967, the Common Council of the City of London began to look for potential buyers for the London Bridge. Lake Havasu City founder and entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch placed the winning bid of $2,460,000 on April 18, 1968. McCulloch came by this figure by doubling the estimated cost of dismantling the structure, which was $1.2 million, bringing the price to $2.4 million. He then added on $60,000 – a thousand dollars for each year of his age at the time he estimated the bridge would be reconstructed in Arizona. Each block was meticulously numbered before the bridge was disassembled. The blocks were then shipped overseas through the Panama Canal to California and trucked from Long Beach to Arizona. Following reconstruction of the London Bridge, Lake Havasu City rededicated it in a ceremony on October 10, 1971. Since then, it has consistently remained a favorite among Arizona attractions, drawing in visitors from around the globe. In addition to its popularity as an Arizona attraction , it's also a popular stroll for people on romantic getaways in Arizona . The Lake Havasu City Visitor Center conducts a 90-minute walking tour of the London Bridge. Arizona tourists can see the strafing scars from WWII that mar the bridge’s granite surface and stroll over sparkling Bridgewater Channel. The bridge is also a popular hangout for the Arizona boating crowd. You’ll see all kinds of boats anchored in the shadow of this piece of history and icon among Arizona attractions. CLICK HERE FOR LONDON BRIDGE FUN FACTS! Call the Visitors Center to schedule your tour at 928-855-5655. The tour is just $10 for adults and free for children 12 and under. Even if you've explored many other Arizona attractions in the past, you'll soon discover that the London Bridge has a fascinating story unlike any other!


20000-NAMES.COM: Female Hindi Names, page 1 of 2--meaning, origin, etymology, Indian, Hindu ABHA (आभा): Hindi name meaning "light,     shining." ABHILASHA (अभिलाषा): Hindi name meaning "desire." ADITI (अदिती): Hindi name meaning "boundless" or "free, secure." In mythology, this is the name               of a mother goddess. AHSAN (আহসান):               Hindi form of Persian unisex Ehsan , meaning "compassion." AISHWARYA (ऐश्वर्या): Hindi name meaning "wealth." AKANKSHA (आकाङ्क्षा):     Hindi unisex name meaning "desire; wish." AMALA (अमला): Hindi name meaning "clean; pure." Compare with another form of Amala . AMITA (अमिता):               Feminine form of Hindi Amit ,                                       meaning "infinite; immeasurable." Compare with               another form of Amita . AMRITA (अमृता): Feminine form of Hindi Amrit ,                                       meaning "immortal." In mythology, this is the               name of the nectar that the gods drink for immortality. ANANDA (आनन्दा): Feminine form of Hindi Anand , meaning "happiness." ANILA (अनिला): Feminine form of Hindi Anil , meaning "air; wind." ANIMA (अणिमा):     Hindi name meaning "minuteness." Compare with another form of Anima . ANJALI (অঞ্জলি): Hindi name meaning "offering." ANKITA (अंकिता): Hindi name meaning "marked." ANOUSHKA (अनुष्का):               Hindi name derived from the Sanskrit word anoushka,               meaning "one who fulfills their dreams and               aspirations."  ANUJA (अनुजा): Feminine form of Hindi Anuj ,                                       meaning "born after; younger." ARCHANA (अर्चना): Hindi name meaning "dedication." ARUNDHATI (अरुंधती): Hindi name meaning "unrestrained." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of the night, the                             sky, and the stars. She was the wife of the sage Vasistha , and is                             identified with the morning star. ASHA (आशा): Hindi name meaning "hope." AVANI (अवनी): Hindi name meaning "earth." AVANTI (अवन्ती): Hindi name meaning "modest." BALA (बल): Hindi unisex name meaning "young." BHARAT (भरत): Hindi name meaning "India," from Bharat Mata ("mother     India"). In mythology she was the personification of India, and                             more recently considered a goddess of fertility. She is usually depicted                             wearing a saree and holding a flag. CHANDA (चण्डा):               Hindi name meaning "bright" or "fierce." In Hindu mythology, this is the name of               a monster destroyed by Chamunda Devi. CHANDANA (चन्दना):               Unisex form of Hindi Chandan ,                                       meaning "sandalwood." CHANDRA (চন্দ্র):               Hindi unisex name meaning "moon." In               mythology, this is the name of a lunar and fertility god. CHANDRAKANTA (चन्द्रकान्ता): Feminine form of Hindi Chandrakant ,                                       meaning "loved by the moon." CHETANA (चेतना): Hindi name meaning "alert." DAMAYANTI (दमयंती): Hindi name meaning "subduing." In mythology, this is the name of a princess who fell in love with Nala (who                                       was addicted to gambling) simply from hearing about his                                       wonderful virtues and accomplishments. DARSHANA (दर्शना): Feminine form of Hindi Darshan ,               meaning "sight."  DEEPALI (दीपाली): Variant spelling of Hindi Dipali , meaning "row of lamps." DEEPTI


"Which ""battle"" took place in South Dakota on 29th December 1890?"

The Wounded Knee Massacre - December 1890 Wovoka - Paiute Holy Man Arapaho Ghost Dance    Together with Short Bull, another Miniconjou mystic, they gave another interpretation, choosing to disregard Wovoka's anti-violence and emphasizing the possible elimination of the whites. Special Ghost Dance Shirts, they claimed, would protect them against the white man's bullets Ghost Dance Shirt The Wounded Knee Massacre White officials became alarmed at the religious fervor and in December 1890 banned the Ghost Dance on Lakota reservations.When the rites continued, officials called in troops to Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota. The military, led by veteran General Nelson Miles, geared itself for another campaign.  The presence of the troops exacerbated the situation. Short Bull and Kicking Bear led their followers to the northwest corner of the Pine Ridge reservation, to a sheltered escarpment known as the Stronghold. The dancers sent word to Sitting Bull of the Hunkpapas to join them. Before he could set out from the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, however, he was arrested by Indian police. A scuffle ensued in which Sitting Bull and seven of his warriors were slain. Six of the policemen were killed. General Miles had also ordered the arrest of Big Foot, who had been known to live along the Cheyenne River in South Dakota. But, Big Foot and his followers had already departed south to Pine Ridge, asked there by Red Cloud and other supporters of the whites, in an effort to bring tranquility. Miles sent out the infamous Seventh Cavalry led by Major Whitside to locate the renegades. They scoured the Badlands and finally found the Miniconjou dancers on Porcupine Creek, 30 miles east of Pine Ridge. The Indians offered no resistance. Big Foot, ill with pneumonia, rode in a wagon. The soldiers ordered the Indians to set up camp five miles westward, at Wounded Knee Creek. Colonel James Forsyth arrived to take command and ordered his guards to place four Hotchkiss cannons in position around the camp. The soldiers now numbered around 500; the Indians 350, all but 120 of these women and children. The following morning, December 29, 1890, the soldiers entered the camp demanding the all Indian firearms be relinquished. A medicine man named Yellow Bird advocated resistance, claiming the Ghost Shirts would protect them. One of the soldiers tried to disarm a deaf Indian named Black Coyote. A scuffle ensued and the firearm discharged. The silence of the morning was broken and soon other guns echoed in the river bed. At first, the struggle was fought at close quarters, but when the Indians ran to take cover, the Hotchkiss artillery opened up on them, cutting down men, women, children alike, the sick Big Foot among them. By the end of this brutal, unnecessary violence, which lasted less than an hour, at least 150 Indians had been killed and 50 wounded. In comparison, army casualties were 25 killed and 39 wounded. Forsyth was later charged with killing the innocents, but exonerated. An Army officer looking at the dead Wounded Knee became a catch phrase for all the wrongs inflicted on Native Americans by the descendants of Europeans. In 1973 Indian activist drawing on the courage of their ancestors would stage another confrontation there. THE GHOST DANCE


Presbyopia is a degeneration in vision as a result of what?

Presbyopia | MD-Health.com Presbyopia Presbyopia Presbyopia is reported quite frequently with physiologic aging process. There are many management options that help in correction of presbyopia to restore optimal near vision. Read more to learn more about different options. Presbyopia suggests an impairment of near vision that interferes with activities like sewing, reading or any other activity that requires focus of ocular muscles. Presbyopia is a result of normal age related degeneration in the visual apparatus that usually begins after the age 40 in most cases. Presbyopia is a common problem that is also reported in individuals who never experienced any difficulty with near vision. Research data and statistics indicate that the median age of survival has significantly increased in the past few years suggesting a large population is at risk of developing visual impairment or presbyopia as part of aging process. This has a significant impact on the productivity and overall medical expenses in the cosmetic visual surgeries, eye-care products, prescription glasses and contact lenses. Symptoms of presbyopia Generally presbyopia is an easy to diagnose condition and most people begin to suspect it when they develop blurring of vision and an inability to develop clear visual image while reading a book, magazine or doing a detailed work that require maximum convergence or visual focus. Classic symptoms include: A progressive difficulty in performing tasks that require near vision or focus. If you wear spectacles for distant vision, you will experience a better visual quality for near vision after removing spectacles. Pain, discomfort and watering from eyes after prolonged visual activity requiring near vision Frequent episodes of headaches that aggravate after reading, sewing, knitting or other similar activities. Research report of WHO suggest that millions of people all over the world do not have the facility to afford prescription reading glasses or contact lenses that leads to high morbidity and loss of productivity all the world. Causes of presbyopia As part of the age related wear and tear process, the muscles and proteinous tissues of the body undergoes degenerative changes that results in loss of flexibility or elasticity of certain elements like lens. As part of the visual activities, the lens alters their shape, width and form to converge the pupils in order to produce quality image. However, with less flexible or elastic lens, the visual activities are greatly compromised. In addition, with advancing age, the muscles that support, strengthen and control the activity of lens also suffer significant denaturation and degeneration resulting in an overall less flexible and functional visual apparatus. What increases your risk of developing presbyopia? There are a number of risk factors that are associated with development of pre-mature thickening of lens. Besides advancing age, other relevant risk factors include: Chronic metabolic disorders like uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension Progressive debilitating muscle disorders like multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Certain medications or prescription drugs that interfere with the activity or strength of visual muscles like anti- histamines, anti-depressants or diuretic medications. The diagnostic process is fairly easy and requires some basic eye tests. Make sure to discuss your personal, family, medical and drug history with your eye-doctor. According to the recommendations of American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), every individual requires a complete and thorough eye examination at the age of 40 (regardless of any risk factors). Eyewear for presbyopia Despite the fact that presbyopia is a progressive condition, there are a number of factors that greatly determine a positive outcome and management of symptoms in presbyopia patients. 1.   Progressive addition lenses (PALs) spectacles Spectacles or eye-wear that have bi-focal lens are helpful in the management of presbyopia and is a great choice in individual who require prescription glasses for distant


Which African capital lies closest to the Greenwich Meridian?

Africa Latitude and Longitude and Relative Locations Print this map Latitude: (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels. Longitude: (shown as a vertical line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian. Lines of longitude are often referred to as meridians. Africa Latitude and Longitude examples: (see map) Accra, Ghana:


Which architect, with various partners, designed London's Millennium Bridge?

Millenium Bridge - Architecture of the World - WikiArquitectura 7 Photos WikiArquitectura Introduction The Millennium Bridge arises from a creative collaboration between architecture, art and engineering. Developed jointly by Norman Foster , with sculptor Anthony Caro and engineers Arup, the order was the result of an international competition. This is the only pedestrian bridge in London and the first new crossing in this area of the River Thames in over a century. In 1996, the Financial Times an international competition held in conjunction with the London Borough of Southwark and the Royal Institute of British Architects to design a pedestrian bridge across the Thames between Southwark and Blackfriars. It emerged a unique collaboration, architect, artist and engineer, the proposal won the competition, minimalist design that gives superb views of pedestrians London , free of traffic and a certain height above the Thames. Situation The Millennium Bridge linking the City of London and St Paul's Cathedral on the north by the Globe Theatre and the Tate Modern Gallery , on Bankside. This district of London , England is part of Southwark, is located on the south bank of the Thames, 4.4km east of Charing Cross, extending a little west of Blackfriars Bridge and close to London Bridge, on the docks St Mary Overie the east. It is part of an upgrade and expansion of the business district known as Better Bankside. Concept "... The bridge is a combination of technology and style. Not the cheapest way to cross a river. It is a balance between efficiency, cost and beauty. That balance is emotional, not rational ..." Tony Fitzpatrick , Arup, cited in Building Disign, March 31, 2000 The winning entry of the competition is a pedestrian walkway in the center of the city, which took into account not only the people but also the environment, it is a piece of public architecture. When considering the link between Tate Modern and the Cathedral of St Paul appears another vital element in its design, the pure sense of the physical form that drives a sculptor. The Millennium Bridge with its long span extending to cross the Thames, is a pure expression of structural engineering. The bridge is a very shallow suspension bridge, with highly tensioned cables, sinking 2.3m on the central span of 144m, with a ratio of 63: 1, six times shallower than that of a conventional suspension bridge. The four wires on each side of the cover are attached to respective pillars and underpinned by two supports in the river. The light cover passes between these wires and is supported by cross-arms which hold the cables on each side at intervals of 8m. Structure Structurally, the bridge used to limit technological advances. With a main span of 144 meters, it is a very shallow suspension bridge. Eight wires that run along the sides of the cover 4m wide, four on each side, are anchored in each pillar shaped and which are introduced into the river, while arms of transverse steel cords with 8m intervals support the roof itself. Height above the river at high tide: 10.8m Handrail Height: 1.2m This innovative structure means that the cables never rise more than 2.3m above the deck, allowing those who cross the bridge uninterrupted panoramic views, preserving the sightlines of surrounding buildings. As a result, the bridge has only a slim profile, forming a slender arc across the water, a slender steel tape during the day, which is illuminated to form a shimmering sheet of light at night. Placing dampers The bridge was opened on June 10, 2000 and 100,000 people crossed during the first weekend. Under the heavy traffic the bridge showed more lateral movement than expected, so it was temporarily closed. Extensive research revealed that this movement was caused by the synchronized footsteps of pedestrians, a phenomenon about which little was previously known in the world of engineering. The solution was slightly fit with viscous fluid 37, (energy dissipation) under the deck to mitigate horizontal movement and mass dampers 52 (inertial) to control vertical movement. This solu