The unstressed vowel sound 'uh' usually represented by 'a' or 'e' (in 'ago', and 'a cat' or 'open') is called a?

CONTACT US (800) 457-4255 CONTACT US (800) 457-4255 Pronunciation Once you have thoroughly studied intonation and word connections, you can begin to address the sounds of English. The three most important vowels are [æ], [ä], and [ ]. This last symbol, called the schwa, is represented with an upside down e, and is the most common sound in the English language. These are the vowels found in cat, caught and cut. The three most distinctive consonants are R, the American middle T, and the Th sound. The R i s a consonant, but it acts more like a vowel, because the tip of the tongue doesn't touch anywhere in the mouth. The middle T is what makes a word like meeting sound like meeding. As the most commonly used word in English is the word the, the Th is very important. Here are some very high-frequency TH words: the, these, those, they, them, there, they're, their, this, that and then. If these and those are pronounced with a D instead of a TH, it sounds like dese and dose, which is considered lower class in America. The American R The American R is like a vowel because it does not touch anywhere in the mouth. In Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Greek and many other languages, the R is a consonant because it touches behind the teeth. The American R is produced deep in the throat. Like the French R and the German R, the American R is in the throat, but unlike those two consonant sounds, it doesn't touch. Let's contrast two similar sounds: [ä] and [r]. Hold your hand out in front of you, with your palm up, like you are holding a tray on it. Slightly drop your hand down, and say ah, like you want the doctor to see your throat. Now, curl your fingers up slightly, and say [r]. Your tongue should feel in about the same position as your hand. æ Let's start with the [æ] sound. Although it's not a common sound, [æ] is very distinctive to the ear, and is typically American. In the practice paragraph vowel chart, this sound occurs 5 times. As its phonetic symbol indicates, [æ] is a combination of [ä] + [e]. To pronounce it, drop your jaw down as if you were going to say [ä]; then from that position, try to say eh. The f inal sound is not two separate vowels, but rather the end result of the combination. It is very close to the sound that a goat makes: ma-a-a-a! If you find yourself getting too nasal with [æ], pinch your nose as you say it. Go to the practice paragraph and find the 5 æ sounds, including [æu] as in down or out. ä The [ä] sound is a more common sound than [æ]; you will find 10 such sounds in the practice paragraph. To pronounce [ä], relax your tongue and drop your jaw as far down as it will go. As a matter of fact, put your hand under your chin and say [mä], [pä], [tä], [sä]. Your hand should be pushed down by your jaw as it opens. Remember, it's the sound that you make when the doctor wants to see your throat. uh Last is the schwa, the most common sound in American English. When you work on the practice paragraph, depending on how fast you speak, how smoothly you make liaisons, how strong your into nation is, how much you relax your sounds, you will find from 50 to 75 schwas. Spelling doesn't help identify it, because it can appear as any one of the vowels, or a combination of them. It is a neutral vowel sound, uh. It is usually in an unstressed syllable, though it can be stressed as well. Whenever you find a vowel that can be crossed out and its absence wouldn't change the pronunciation of the word, you have probably found a schwa: photography [f'tägr'fee] (the two apostrophes show the location of the neutral vowel sounds). Because it is so common, however, the wrong pronunciation of this one little sound can leave your speech strongly accented, even if you Americanize everything else. Remember, some dictionaries use two different written characters, the upside down e & [^] for the neutral uh sound, but for simplicity, we are only going to use the first one. Silent or Neutral? A schwa is neutral, but it is not silent. By comparison, the silent E at the end of a word is a signal for pronunciation, but it is not pronounce


According to the rainbow/light spectrum mnemonic (memory aid), Richard Of York Gave (What?) In Vain?

Using Mnemonics to Improve Your Memory - Memory Psychology - Psychologist World Using Mnemonics to Improve Your Memory Using Mnemonics to Improve Your Memory Remember better using the sounds of words. Posted in Memory Psychology First things first - what are Mnemonics? A Mnemonic is something which we can use to remember things much easier. As is often the case, it could be a phrase, a short song, or something that is quite easily remembered, that we use to remember something that would otherwise be difficult to remember. For example, we may use a phrase to remember a series of numbers, such as the mathematical Pi sequence (3.14159 etc) or an ordered list whose numbers or items are not easily memorized. Mnemonics are a way of remembering using association - associating easy to remember things with data. Popular & Useful Mnemonics Colors of the rainbow/spectrum A number of mnemonic devices have been made to help people to remember the order of the colors of the spectrum, proving the power of mnemonics in revising for exams: Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain This phrase, easily remembered when thought about for a few seconds, borrows the first letter of colors in the spectrum as the first letters of each of its words (e.g. R in Richard represents red, Y in York helps us to remember Yellow, etc) Sing a Rainbow Song Many readers will recall singing the 'I can sing a rainbow' song in school in order to remember the colors of the rainbow. This song is useful in remembering easily in that it uses a tune that's easy to memorize, so that we associate the list of colors as we think of the tune. Beginning music students trying to memorize the notes of the staff use the mnemonics "Every Good Boy Does Fine" and "FACE" for the lines and spaces of the Treble Clef respectively. The Bass Clef equivalents are "Good Boys Do Fine Always" and "All Cows Eat Grass". The acronym HOMES is also a mnemonic aid that can be used to remember the names of the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior). The famous mnemonic for approximating the digits of pi: "May I have a large container of coffee?" Counting the letters in each word yields the sequence 3,1,4,1,5,9,2,6. A longer version is: "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!" Another notable (but shorter) version is "How I wish I could recollect pi". A famous mnemonic used by medical students to remember the cranial nerves is "On Old Olympus' Tiny Top A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops" (with variations; some say "terraced tops," some say "towering top," and "view some hops" is sometimes rendered as "vaulted a hedge"). A mnemonic used by physics students to remember the Maxwell relations in thermodynamics is "Good Physicists Have Studied Under Very Fine Teachers", which helps them remember the order of the variables in the square, in clockwise direction. Another mnemonic used here is "Valid Facts and Theoretical Understanding Generate Solutions to Hard Problems", which gives the letter in the normal left to right writing direction. A mnemonic for remembering the number of days in the months of the year, practically a cultural universal in the United States, is "Thirty days hath September/April, June and November." (Although this is only part of a longer rhyme, this is the only part that most people remember, so they commonly complete it with words similar to "... except February, which has twenty-eight, or twenty-nine in a leap year." The full mnemonic is "Thirty days hath September/April, June and November/All the rest have thirty-one/except February alone/which has eight and a score/until leap year gives it one day more.") Another mnemonic for the days of the months is not a rhyme or a jingle, but a gestalt. Whereas the traditional mnemonic simply associates the name of the month with the number of days, this one emphasizes the sequence. The 31 and less-than-31-day months would be easy to remember if they simply alternated, but this pattern was broken in 27 B.C. by the decision to rename the month of Sextilis to Augustus and t


Formed 1950 and dissolved 1990, the Stasi was the secret police of?

Stasi...the secret police... - Google Groups Stasi...the secret police... 12/26/15 12:46 AM Stasi This article is about the secret police of East Germany. For its other common meaning, see Stasi Commission. For the regular police in East Germany, see Volkspolizei. Ministry for State Security Seal of the Ministry of State Security of the GDR Agency overview Dissolved        3 October 1990 (end of GDR) Headquarters        East Berlin, Germany Erich Mielke (1957–1989) Wolfgang Schwanitz (1989–1990) The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (IPA: [ˈʃtaːziː]) (abbreviation German: Staatssicherheit, literally State Security), also State Security Service (German Staatssicherheitsdienst, SSD), was the official state security service of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), colloquially known as East Germany. It has been described as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies to have ever existed.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The Stasi was headquartered in East Berlin, with an extensive complex in Berlin-Lichtenberg and several smaller facilities throughout the city. The Stasi motto was "Schild und Schwert der Partei" (Shield and Sword of the Party), referring to the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). One of its main tasks was spying on the population, mainly through a vast network of citizens turned informants, and fighting any opposition by overt and covert measures, including hidden psychological destruction of dissidents (Zersetzung, literally meaning decomposition). Its Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (German: Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung) was responsible for both espionage and for conducting covert operations in foreign countries. Under its long-time head Markus Wolf, it gained a reputation as one of the most effective intelligence agencies of the Cold War. Numerous Stasi officials were prosecuted for their crimes after 1990. After German reunification, the surveillance files that the Stasi had maintained on millions of East Germans were laid open, so that any citizen could inspect their personal file on request; these files are now maintained by the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records. Creation        Edit The Stasi was founded on 8 February 1950.[8] Wilhelm Zaisser was the first Minister of State Security of the GDR, and Erich Mielke was his deputy. Zaisser tried to depose SED General Secretary Walter Ulbricht after the June 1953 uprising,[9] but was instead removed by Ulbricht and replaced with Ernst Wollweber thereafter. Wollweber resigned in 1957 after clashes with Ulbricht and Erich Honecker, and was succeeded by his deputy, Erich Mielke. In 1957, Markus Wolf became head of the Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung (HVA) (Main Reconnaissance Administration), the foreign intelligence section of the Stasi. As intelligence chief, Wolf achieved great success in penetrating the government, political and business circles of West Germany with spies. The most influential case was that of Günter Guillaume, which led to the downfall of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in May 1974. In 1986, Wolf retired and was succeeded by Werner Grossmann. Relationship with the KGB        Edit See also: Eastern Bloc politics, Eastern Bloc information dissemination and Active measures Although Mielke's Stasi was superficially granted independence in 1957, until 1990 the KGB continued to maintain liaison officers in all eight main Stasi directorates, each with his own office inside the Stasi's Berlin compound, and in each of the fifteen Stasi district headquarters around East Germany.[10] Collaboration was so close that the KGB invited the Stasi to establish operational bases in Moscow and Leningrad to monitor visiting East German tourists and Mielke referred to the Stasi officers as "Chekists of the Soviet Union".[10] In 1978, Mielke formally granted KGB officers in East Germany the same rights and powers that they enjoyed in the Soviet Union.[10] Organization        Edit The Ministry for State Sec


Sepals and Tepals are decorative protective elements of many old?

Garden Vocabulary: Sepal | A Gardener's Notebook A Gardener's Notebook Come and join me in my garden!  By Douglas E. Welch on June 26th, 2013 To paraphrase Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, “The naming of plant (parts) is a difficult matter. In this edition of Garden Vocabulary, we focus on the part of plant that most people ignore, even though is can be a large part of the decorative aspect of a flower. It can take quite a bit of investigation and close observation to tell the difference between sepals and petals in some flowers. In this picture of a Passiflora flower, the long white structures all look to be petals, but according to my research, they are both sepals and petals interspersed around the plant. Of course, we need not know everything about every plant perfectly but it can be interesting and fun to investigate new plants and flowers and see what you can learn. What can you share about this Garden Vocabulary entry? Help educate us all in the comments! Garden Vocabulary: Sepal “A sepal (/ˈsɛpᵊl/ or /ˈsiːpᵊl/)[1][2][3] is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Collectively the sepals are called the calyx (plural calyces),[4] the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower. The word calyx adopted from the Latin calyx,[5] not to be confused with calix, a cup or goblet.[6] Calyx derived from the Greek καλυξ a bud, a calyx, a husk or wrapping, from Sanskrit kalika, a bud.[7] Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom.[8] After flowering, most plants have no more use for the calyx which withers or becomes vestigial, however, some plants retain a thorny calyx, either dried or live, as protection for the fruit or seeds. Examples include species of Acaena, some of the Solanaceae, and the water caltrop, Trapa natans. In some species the calyx not only persists after flowering, but instead of withering, begins to grow actively until it forms a bladder-like enclosure around the fruit. This is an effective protection against some kinds of birds and insects, for example in Hibiscus trionum and the Cape gooseberry.” — Wikipedia


What human organ makes four new words when prefixing Head, Diver, Flint and Tight?

The Last Star by Rick Yancey excerpt by Penguin Teen - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ G. P. P UTN AM’S SONS an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 Copyright © 2016 by Rick Yancey. Penguin supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin to continue to publish books for every reader. G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a registered trademark of Penguin Random House LLC. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN 978-0-399-16243-5 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Design by Ryan Thomann. Text set in Sabon. Cassiopeia photo copyright © iStockphoto.com/Manfred_Konrad. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. S R L For Sandy “The world ends. The world begins again.” S R L TheLastStar_final_int.indd 5 2/1/16 10:51 AM Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear. 窶認riedrich Schiller S R L TheLastStar_final_int.indd 7 2/1/16 10:51 AM THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY MANY YEARS AGO, when he was ten, her father had ridden a big yellow bus to the planetarium. There the ceiling above him exploded into a million glimmering shards of light. His mouth dropped open. His small fingers clamped down on the edge of the wooden bench upon which he sat. Over his head, pinpricks of white fire spun, pure as the day the Earth emerged as a blackened, pockmarked rock, an average planet orbiting an average star at the edge of an average galaxy in a limitless universe. The Big Dipper. Orion. Ursa Major. The droning monotone of the astronomer’s voice. The children’s faces lifted up, open mouths, unblinking eyes. And the boy feeling infinitesimally small beneath the immensity of that artificial sky. He would not forget that day. Years later, when his daughter was very young, she would run to him, pudgy toddler legs wobbling, solid little arms lifted up, eyes burning with anticipation and joy, crying, Daddy, Daddy, stubby fingers spread wide, reaching for him, reaching for the sky. And she would leap, a fearless launch into empty space, because he wasn’t just her father—he was Daddy. He would catch her; he would not let her fall. Crying: Fly, Daddy, fly! And up she would go, rocketing toward the immensity of S the unbounded sky, arms open to embrace the infinite, her head R L TheLastStar_final_int.indd 9 2/1/16 10:51 AM thrown back, rushing to that place where terror and wonder meet, her squeals the distilled hilarity of being weightless and free, of being safe in his arms, of being alive. Cassiopeia. From that day at the planetarium, when her life lay fifteen years in the future, there was no doubt what name he would give her. S R L TheLastStar_final_int.indd 11 2/1/16 10:51 AM 1 “I WILL SIT WITH YOU” THIS IS MY BODY. In the cave’s lowermost chamber, the priest raises the last wafer—his supply has been exhausted—toward the formations that remind him of a dragon’s mouth frozen in mid-roar, the growths like teeth glistening red and yellow in the lamplight. The catastrophe of the divine sacrifice by his hands. Take this, all of you, and eat of it . . . Then the chalice containing the final drops of wine. Take this, all of you, and drink from it . . . Midnight in late November. In the caves below, the small band of survivors will remain warm and hidden with enough supplies to last until spring. No one has died of the plague in months. The worst appears to be over. They are safe here, perfectly safe. With faith in your love and mercy, I eat your body and drink your blood . . . His whispers echo in the de


Aurizon, VicTrack, Brookfield and John Holland are/were major railway operators of?

List of Australian railway companies - Wikipedia, Photos and Videos List of Australian railway companies NEXT GO TO RESULTS [51 .. 100] WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE Jump to: navigation , search While railways in some states were briefly operated as private companies, railways of Australia have historically operated as Government instrumentalities. The earlier form of a single state government railway department in each state no longer exists - with complex relationships developed by state and federal government corporations operating in multiple locations and across borders between states. They are further divided into 'above' and 'below' rail companies - track owners, and train operators. Some companies are both. Contents


A plantar wart or myrmecia is better known as a?

About: Plantar wart About: Plantar wart An Entity of Type : disease ,   from Named Graph : http://dbpedia.org ,   within Data Space : dbpedia.org A plantar wart also known as veruca, myrmecia and veruca plantaris:405 is a wart caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) occurring on the sole (Latin planta) or toes of the foot. HPV infections in other locations are not plantar; see human papillomavirus. Plantar warts are usually self-limiting, but treatment is generally recommended to lessen symptoms (which may include pain), decrease duration, and reduce transmission. Infection occurs in an estimated 7–10% of the US population, and genetics plays an important role in determining susceptibility. Property abstract Las verrugas plantares (verruca pedis; VP) son verrugas causadas por el virus del papiloma humano (VPH). Son lesiones pequeñas que aparecen en las plantas de los pies, tienen la apariencia de una coliflor y pueden tener pequeñas manchas negras en su superficie. Debido a la presión que ejerce el cuerpo sobre las plantas de los pies, puede formarse un endurecimiento de la piel encima de la verruga. Las verrugas pueden ser dolorosas o no serlo, según su tamaño, tiempo de evolución, localización y subtipo de virus del papiloma humano. Esta clase de verrugas suele crecer hacia adentro del pie. Poseen unas raíces que a medida que más tiempo pasan, más se implantan en la piel, y más dolor causa, por eso es importante tratarlas lo más rápido posible. Se transmiten comúnmente en baños y piscinas públicas, al compartir zapatos, etcétera. Hay diversas opciones para eliminar las verrugas plantares. Se pueden encontrar en las farmacias tratamientos basados en fórmulas de mediana acidez para eliminar el tejido de la verruga con varias aplicaciones, pero siempre resulta indicado acudir a un especialista (podólogo, dermatólogo, etc). Para tratar verrugas resistentes existen otras opciones, que incluyen el tratamiento por congelación (criocirugía), quemarlas por corriente eléctrica (electrocirugía), quemarlas con ácidos más fuertes, cirugía láser y extirpación quirúrgica. Las VP se diferencian a menudo de los helomas al observar las huellas podales. Cuando se presentan verrugas plantares, las estrías rodean la lesión; cuando ésta no es por verruca pedis, el ADN celular no se altera y las estrías continúan por encima de ella. Además, las verrugas plantares tienden a causar dolor al aplicar presión a los lados de la lesión más que directamente; los helomas tienden a hacerlo de manera opuesta y duelen al presionarlos directamente y no por las orillas.ru:Бородавки (es) Les verrues plantaires sont des verrues qui ont leur siège au niveau des points d'appui du pied. Les verrues disparaissent souvent toutes seules, mais le traitement abrège la période douloureuse et diminue le risque de contagion pour l'entourage. Ce sont des tumeurs bénignes mais contagieuses, qui résultent d'une prolifération de cellules de l'épiderme. L'agent causal est un papillomavirus de type 1, 2, 4, 7 ou 63 (ces types sont classés sur la base des symptômes clinique visibles). Elles sont plus rares chez les adultes car leur immunité acquiert une capacité de défense contre ces virus. On suppose que le virus pénètre la peau via de minuscules coupures ou écorchures dans la couche cornée de la peau du pied. Les verrues ne deviennent visibles que plusieurs semaines ou plusieurs mois après l'infection. En raison de la pression sur la plante des pieds, la verrue est repoussée vers l'intérieur et peut être recouverte d'une couche de peau dure. Une verrue plantaire peut devenir très douloureuse si elle n'est pas traitée. (fr) A plantar wart also known as veruca, myrmecia and veruca plantaris:405 is a wart caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) occurring on the sole (Latin planta) or toes of the foot. HPV infections in other locations are not plantar; see human papillomavirus. Plantar warts are usually self-limiting, but treatment is generally recommended to lessen symptoms (which may include pain), decrease duration, and reduce transmission. Infection occurs in an es


The Fountain of Neptune, Bologna, Italy, inspired which famous sports car logo?

Maserati Logo Symbol Automobiles > Auto      Companies > Famous      Car Makers > Automobile      Logos > Maserati      Italy > Italian Car Makers Logo Maserati The      Maserati auto company is an Italian      car maker that was founded in 1914. Maserati is a division of the      Italian car company Fiat S.p.A. which also has the famous Ferrari sports      car company under its control. The company has a small range of high      powered sports car types including the sedan, coupe and convertible      models. Maserati cars headquarters is in Modena, Italy. If you know      of an excellent Maserati Website online or own a good Maserati Resource,      please add it to our auto directory by filling in the form on our Submit      Car Url page . Featured      Maserati Symbol Cars Website If you would like      to have your Maserati luxury automobile website featured here, above      all the other listings below, visit our auto      advertising page. Sponsored Links The Maserati logo consists of an upright standing oval containing         a red trident and the word Maserati in it. The Maserati logo refers         to the city of Bologna where the auto maker was founded. The trident         symbol used in the logo is a common site in the city with the         statue of Neptune holding a trident being a major centerpiece.         The Fountain of Neptune or Fontana di Nettuno is a monumental         statue in the Piazza Nettuno square in Bologna, Italy. It is believed         that Mario Maserati, the artist of the family designed the first         Maserati logo. Promotional image of the luxury car makers Maserati automobile         logo, showing the trident symbol and the stylized Maserati text. Detail         of the Fountain of Neptune statue with the male nude figure holding         a trident. A trident is a three pronged spear used as a military         weapon or for spear fishing. Close up view of the trident logo of the Maserati Quattroporte         on the front grill, Maserati symbol logo. Maserati badge and trident symbol on the grille of a 2009 Maserati         Quattroporte car. Another view of the famous Maserati symbol from the Italian luxury         car makers. An old version of the Maserati logo with the red trident symbol. Auto Dealer US does not own the copyright of the Maserati logos         and trident symbols used on this page. These images are used for         educational purposes only. Contact the Italian auto maker for         more details on using the image. Auto      Companies


Pyongyang is the capital of which controversial nation?

Tourist's pics capture a different side of Pyongyang - CNN.com Tourist's pics capture a different side of Pyongyang By CNN Staff Updated 9:04 AM ET, Wed March 16, 2016 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. JUST WATCHED Photographer smuggles photos out of North Korea 04:23 (CNN) One of the biggest complaints among tourists visiting North Korea is their inability to get out and explore. Tourism is highly restricted, so booking a guided tour with one of the dozen or so companies endorsed by the state-run Korea International Travel Company is the only way in -- even for those flying solo. Outside the hotel, a guide accompanies visitors at all times and every tour is carefully choreographed. There are strict guidelines in place dictating what tourists can and cannot do in North Korea -- and that includes photography. London-based tourist and amateur photographer, Michal Huniewicz, discovered just that while on a recent visit to the reclusive country. Read More Though many of his photos were acceptable, he admits others were taken against the wishes of his minders. MORE: See inside an ancient North Korean passenger plane 'Nothing controversial' The photographs show different sides of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, and pose a stark contrast to the tightly controlled image the government attempts to project both within and outside the border. "All of the pictures I took are North Korea seen through my eyes," Huniewicz tells CNN. On smuggling -- and publishing -- the photos, Huniewicz says he's "a little bit concerned" on whether that might mean trouble for the government minders. "I don't really know whether they're [under] any real threat, because there's nothing highly controversial in those pictures," he adds. Click on the below gallery below to see some of his North Korea snapshots. Photos: Unseen in Pyongyang "Like a stage" – London-based amateur photographer Michal Huniewicz recently visited North Korea as a tourist. He snapped dozens of images during his trip -- some permitted, others not. Huniewicz took this photo from the window of a train as he pulled into Pyongyang from Dandong. "It looked like something you would see in a theater," he says. "It's a bit too perfect." Hide Caption 1 of 14 Photos: Unseen in Pyongyang Candid moments – Huniewicz says this is just one of two photos in which he was able to capture a candid smile from local residents. Hide Caption 2 of 14 Photos: Unseen in Pyongyang Pyongyang Metro – North Koreans head down to the Pyongyang Metro. It's 100 meters underground thus riding the escalator down to the station takes a couple of minutes. Hide Caption 3 of 14 Photos: Unseen in Pyongyang Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum – "Who's American here?" the museum guide asks. "Grab the flowers, go to the monument, bow, and lay the flowers there." Huniewicz says North Koreans told him they single-handedly defeated the U.S. in the Korean War. Hide Caption 4 of 14 Photos: Unseen in Pyongyang Wish you were here – A woman sells postcards, stamps and posters, many featuring themes focused on defeating the U.S. and destroying the White House. Huniewicz says he did sent one such postcard from North Korea to the U.S. and it arrived with no problems. Hide Caption 5 of 14 Photos: Unseen in Pyongyang Speeding past slums? – These settlements, captured from a speeding van, appear to be slums outside of Pyongyang, according to Huniewicz. He speculates that the tourist transport vans slow down when passing what the authorities are proud of showing and speed past less desirable sights. Hide Caption 6 of 14 Photos: Unseen in Pyongyang A helping hand – This may look like an ordinary scene in any country, Huniewicz explains, but in North Korea, he feels it challenges a local song about no mother's love being greater than that of the Communist Party. Hide Caption


A popular old English idiom refers to a suspicious or dubious situation being?

CatStuff: Cat-Related Idioms / Phrases and their Origin Cat-related          idioms,          their          meanings,          and          histories Researched and          compiled by          Glenda          Moore Please          do          not          copy          or          distribute          this          article. The              English word cat dates from before 900A.D. -              comes from the Old English words: catt (male)              and catte (female). The              word comes from Old High-German / Old Norse              words. A bag of cats - A               bad-tempered person, such as: "She's a               real bag of cats this afternoon!" A                cat in gloves catches no mice - Sometimes                you can't accomplish                a                goal by being careful and polite. An               idiom attributed to Ben               Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac All                cats are gray in the dark - All                persons are undistinguished                until                they have made a name. English               proverb Alley                cat - A stray or homeless cat. The               "alley" portion probably               refers to prostitutes, who at one point               literally carried a mattress               around               with them.  The "cat" probably alludes               to the mating habits of               female               cats. Another                breed of cat - something different                from anything else As much chance as               a wax cat in hell - There is               no chance at all. As                nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking                chairs - Someone with                frayed nerves; jumpy The               allusion, of course,               is to the fact that cats don't like having               their tails tromped               upon.  Where the phrase originated is unknown. Busier than a               one-eyed cat watching two               mouse holes - Very busy,               almost to the point of being frantic Busier              than              a              three              legged              cat in a dry sand box - Very               busy, almost to the point of being               frantic Cat-and-dog                - Resembling or                having the character of the proverbial                antagonism between cats and dogs. Cat                around - To live an aimless,                immoral life Cat                burglar - A nimble, silent, sneaky                thief Refers               to the way cats are               able to sneak up and steal their prey Catcalls                - Booing bad acting The               expression goes back               to the theatre of Shakespear's time, when               men criticized the acting by               making noises that sounded like a fence full               of cats. Caterwauling - Making harsh                noises or cries Probably


What common typographical symbol's name is taken from Greek 'little star'?

12 Signs and Symbols You Should Know 12 Signs and Symbols You Should Know By Mark Nichol What is the origin of various symbols used in English, and when is the use of each appropriate? Here’s a guide to twelve common signs, including how they developed and in which contexts they are used or avoided. 1. & (Ampersand) The ampersand was, at least until well into the nineteenth century, treated as the twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet, but its star has fallen, so that now it is used only informally except in registered names of businesses (“Ay, Bee & See Inc.”), which should be written as rendered; a comma preceding it is extraneous. The symbol comes from the cursive formation of the Latin word et (“and”), and the name is a slurring contraction of “and per se and,” which used to terminate schoolroom recitals of the alphabet: The phrase means “and by itself and”; instead of reciting, “. . . W, X, Y, Z, and,” children said, “. . . W, X, Y, Z, and per se and” to clarify that “and” referred to a list item rather than serving as a conjunction for an item that was left unuttered. The symbol is also seen in &c. (“et cetera”), an alternate form of etc. American Psychological Association (APA) style allows the ampersand to link author names in an in-text citation (“Laurel & Hardy, 1921”), but other style guides call for using the word and. 2. * (Asterisk) The asterisk is used to call out a footnote or to refer to an annotation of special terms or conditions, to substitute for letters in profanity (“Oh, s***!”) or a name rendered anonymous (“the subject, M***”), to serve as a low-tech alternative to a typographical bullet , or provide emphasis in place of boldface (“Do *not* go there — the food is awful.”). It also has many specialized technical usages. Its name is derived from the Greek term asteriskos, meaning “little star,” and it was originally applied to distinguish date of birth from other references to years. 3. @ (At Sign) Until the age of e-mail, the at sign was restricted mostly to commercial use, in purchase orders and the like, to mean “at the rate of” (“Order 1K widgets @ $2.50 per.”). It’s also used in displays of schedules for competitive sports to identify the event venue. Now it’s ubiquitous in email addresses and in social-networking usage, as well as computer protocols, but outside of those contexts, it is considered inappropriate for all but the most informal writing. 4. ¢ (Cent) This symbol for cent (from the Latin word centum, meaning “hundred”), unlike its cousin the dollar sign — it’s also used in many monetary systems other than that of US currency — is rare except in informal usage or for price tags. When it does appear, unlike the dollar sign, it follows rather than precedes the numeral, though as in the case of the dollar sign, no space intervenes. The equivalent usage in a context where dollar signs are employed is to treat the amount as a decimal portion of a dollar (“$0.99”); for clarity, a zero should always be inserted between the dollar sign and the decimal point. The sign probably originated to distinguish an ordinary c from one denoting a monetary amount. 5. ° (Degree Sign) The sign for degrees of arc or degrees of temperature, which started out as a superscripted zero, was chosen for consistency with use of the minute (′) and second marks (″) employed in geometry and geography; those symbols originally stood for the Latin numerals I and II. The degree sign appears in technical contexts, but in general-interest publications, the word degree is generally used. In references to temperature, the symbol (and the designation of the temperature scale) immediately follows the associated numerical figure (“45°C”). This style is true of many publishing companies, though the US Government and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures prescribe a space between the number and the symbol (“45 °C”), while other publications omit the first letter space but insert another between the symbol and the abbreviation (“45° C”). 6. ” (Ditto Sign) The ditto sign, first attested three thousand years ago, signals


The iconic symbol of Kathmandu is in Nepal; Iraq; France; or the Lord of the Rings?

Man and His House in The Himalayas (Ecology of Nepal) Man and His House in The Himalayas (Ecology of Nepal) Preface to the Second Edition The study of Himalayan traditional architecture This book was first published in French in 1981 by CNRS, National Centre for Scientific Research (France), under the title L'Homme et la maison en Himalaya. It was subsequently published in English in 1991 by Sterling Publishers, in New Delhi. It seems to us-the author and the publisher-that the earthquakes that struck Nepal in April and May 2015 might be an appropriate opportunity, for obvious reasons, to republish it. These massive seismic events, along with the ineluctable effect of modernity and globalization, will no doubt sound the death knell for a large part of Nepalese vernacular architecture in the affected areas. In fact, this vernacular regional architecture, mostly farmhouses constructed by local builders with locally available materials, without using the services of a professional architect, is likely to gradually disappear. The building designs and their associate socio-religious representations described in the volume will therefore bear witness to traditional Nepali rural and urban housing. They deserve special attention from local people, architects, researchers and planners. One of the main points of interest in the volume is that it covers a wide range of vernacular architectures, representative of Nepal's different ecological zones, from the Tarai, to the mountains. In addition, it illustrates house types, methods of construction and the lifestyles of a large number of populations in Nepal, not only various Janajati ethnic groups, but also Parbatiya caste people. One chapter is even devoted to a low-caste group (Po de). One other section deals with the monumental buildings of the Kathmandu Valley. The volume thus captures the biological as well as the cultural diversity and richness of Nepal and of the Himalayas beyond. Man and his house in the Himalayas particularly highlights the symbolic dimensions of the house in this region of Asia. Beyond their physical contours, the dwellings and settlements of the Himalayan range embody a number of social and religious implicit meanings. They reverberate ideas and representations about the cosmos, the relations of power within family or village, the opposition between the sacred and the profane, as well as the dichotomy between sexes. In the major languages spoken in Nepal, for instance, house terms convey interesting parallels with the human body. Several examples are given in the book. These parallels are not mere coincidences. They transform dwellings in meaningful spaces for their inhabitants. Through these complex processes of symbolization, the materiality of constructions is transfigured. The house is metamorphosed in a symbolic space, a matrix of ideologies, rituals and mental images, which must be explored thoroughly. For those who are interested, I must mention that the French edition of the current book was followed by the publication in 1987 of a second volume (also in French) which I edited with Denis Blamont, a geographer. This book was published by Editions du CNRS under the tile: Architecture, milieu et societe en Himalaya. It deepens the themes explored in the first work. Unfortunately, up to now, it has not been translated to English. I am including in this Preface two texts that I recently wrote. The first is a scholarly presentation of traditional building techniques in the Himalayas and some of the current changes affecting them. It was written in association with Joelle Smadja, a geographer at CNRS, for a British Encyclopedia of architecture which has not yet been published. The   second text appeared in The Kathmandu Post, on 10th May 2015. It shall be reproduced with some additions and revisions. These two essays throw light directly on our subject and on the rapid change affecting traditional architecture in this region of the world. Fragile vernacular architecture The great earth


Haemophilia is the human tendency for prolonged?

hemophilia - Genetics Home Reference hemophilia Description Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that slows the blood clotting process . People with this condition experience prolonged bleeding or oozing following an injury, surgery, or having a tooth pulled. In severe cases of hemophilia, continuous bleeding occurs after minor trauma or even in the absence of injury (spontaneous bleeding). Serious complications can result from bleeding into the joints, muscles, brain, or other internal organs. Milder forms of hemophilia do not necessarily involve spontaneous bleeding, and the condition may not become apparent until abnormal bleeding occurs following surgery or a serious injury. The major types of this condition are hemophilia A (also known as classic hemophilia or factor VIII deficiency) and hemophilia B (also known as Christmas disease or factor IX deficiency). Although the two types have very similar signs and symptoms, they are caused by mutations in different genes. People with an unusual form of hemophilia B, known as hemophilia B Leyden, experience episodes of excessive bleeding in childhood but have few bleeding problems after puberty. Frequency The two major forms of hemophilia occur much more commonly in males than in females. Hemophilia A is the most common type of the condition; 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 5,000 males worldwide are born with this disorder. Hemophilia B occurs in approximately 1 in 20,000 newborn males worldwide. Related Information Genetic Changes Changes in the F8 gene are responsible for hemophilia A, while mutations in the F9 gene cause hemophilia B. The F8 gene provides instructions for making a protein called coagulation factor VIII. A related protein, coagulation factor IX, is produced from the F9 gene. Coagulation factors are proteins that work together in the blood clotting process . After an injury, blood clots protect the body by sealing off damaged blood vessels and preventing excessive blood loss. Mutations in the F8 or F9 gene lead to the production of an abnormal version of coagulation factor VIII or coagulation factor IX, or reduce the amount of one of these proteins. The altered or missing protein cannot participate effectively in the blood clotting process . As a result, blood clots cannot form properly in response to injury. These problems with blood clotting lead to continuous bleeding that can be difficult to control. The mutations that cause severe hemophilia almost completely eliminate the activity of coagulation factor VIII or coagulation factor IX. The mutations responsible for mild and moderate hemophilia reduce but do not eliminate the activity of one of these proteins. Another form of the disorder, known as acquired hemophilia, is not caused by inherited gene mutations. This rare condition is characterized by abnormal bleeding into the skin, muscles, or other soft tissues, usually beginning in adulthood. Acquired hemophilia results when the body makes specialized proteins called autoantibodies that attack and disable coagulation factor VIII. The production of autoantibodies is sometimes associated with pregnancy, immune system disorders, cancer, or allergic reactions to certain drugs. In about half of cases, the cause of acquired hemophilia is unknown. Inheritance Pattern Hemophilia A and hemophilia B are inherited in an X-linked recessive pattern . The genes associated with these conditions are located on the X chromosome , which is one of the two sex chromosomes . In males (who have only one X chromosome), one altered copy of the gene in each cell is sufficient to cause the condition. In females (who have two X chromosomes), a mutation would have to occur in both copies of the gene to cause the disorder. Because it is unlikely that females will have two altered copies of this gene, it is very rare for females to have hemophilia. A characteristic of X-linked inheritance is that fathers cannot pass X-linked traits to their sons. In X-linked recessive inheritance, a female with one altered copy of the gene in each cell is called a carrier. Carrier females have about half the u


Teutonic generally historically refers to people of which characteristic?

Germanic People - Tribes and Races The History of The Term Germanic Various etymologies for     Latin Germani are possible. As an adjective, germani is simply the plural     of the adjective germanus (from germen, "seed" or "offshoot"), which has the sense of "related" or "kindred" or "authentic". According to Strabo, the Romans introduced the name Germani, because the Germanic tribes were the authentic Celts (γνησίους Γαλάτας;     gnisíous Galátas). Alternatively, it may refer from this     use based on Roman experience of the Germanic tribes as allies of the Celts.   The ethnonym seems to be attested in the Fasti Capitolini inscription for the year 222,  DE GALLEIS INSVBRIBVS ET GERM(aneis),     where it may simply refer to "related" peoples, namely related to the Gauls. Furthermore, since the inscriptions     were erected only in 17 to 18 BCE, the word may be a later addition to the text. Another early mentioning of the     name, this time by Poseidonios (writing around 80 BCE), is also dubious, as it only survives in a quotation by Athenaios     (writing around 190 CE); the mention of Germani in this context was more likely inserted by Athenaios rather than     by Poseidonios himself. The writer who apparently introduced the name "Germani" into the corpus of classical     literature is Julius Caesar. He uses Germani in two slightly differing ways: one to describe any non-gaulic peoples of     Germania, and one to denote the Germani Cisrhenani, a somewhat diffuse group of peoples in north-eastern Gaul, who     cannot clearly be identified as either Celtic or Germanic.  In this sense, Germani may be a loan from a Celtic exonym applied to the Germanic tribes, based on a word for "neighbour". Tacitus suggests that it might be from a tribe which changed its name after the Romans adapted     it, but there is no evidence for this. The suggestion deriving the name from Gaulish term for "neighbour" invokes Old Irish gair, Welsh ger, "near", Irish gearr, "cut, short" (a short distance), from a Proto-Celtic     root *gerso-s, further related to ancient Greek chereion, "inferior" and English gash. The Proto-Indo-European     root could be of the form *khar-, *kher-, *ghar-, *gher-, "cut", from which also Hittite kar-, "cut",     whence also Greek character. Apparently, the Germanic tribes     did not have a self-designation ("endonym") that included all Germanic-speaking people but excluded all non-Germanic     people. Non- Germanic peoples (primarily Celtic, Roman, Greek, the citizens of the Roman Empire), on the other     hand, were called *walha- (this word lives forth in names such as Wales, Welsh, Cornwall, Walloons, Vlachs etc.). Yet,     the name of the Suebi - which designated a larger group of tribes and was used almost indiscriminately with Germani     in Caesar - was possibly a Germanic equivalent of the Latin name (*swē-ba- "authentic"). The Term of Teutonic or Deutsch Trying to identify a contemporary vernacular term and the associated     nation with a classical name, Latin writers from the 10th century onwards used the learnèd adjective teutonicus     (originally derived from the Teutones) to refer to East Francia ("Regnum Teutonicum") and its inhabitants.     This usage is still partly present in modern English; hence the English use of "Teutons" in reference     to the Germanic peoples in general besides the specific tribe of the Teutons defeated at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae     in 102 BCE. The generic *þiuda- "people" occurs in many personal names such as Thiud-reks and also in the ethnonym of the Swedes from a cognate of Old English     Sweo-ðēod and Old Norse: Sui-þióð (see e.g. Sö Fv1948;289). Additionally, þiuda-     appears in Angel-ðēod ("Anglo-Saxon people") and Gut-þiuda ("Gothic people"). The adjective derived from this noun, *þiudiskaz, "popular", was later used with reference to the language     of the people in contrast to the Latin language (earliest rec


In the Russian alphabet and Cyrillic script the 'English' 3 symbol equates to?

Learn Russian Alphabet in Two Hours Russian Business Seminars. Issue #SE-03   [13Feb06] LEARN RUSSIAN ALPHABET IN TWO HOURS      The first step in learning something about Russia and Russians is to learn their alphabet. Alphabet is not difficult and many letters are already familiar to an English speaking person. Russian alphabet can be easily learned in one hour.      Russian alphabet is actually a subset of Cyrillic alphabet which was created by two Greek brothers, monks, St.Cyril and Methodius, missionaries to the Slavs. They devised the alphabet for the use by Slavic peoples. At present, basic Cyrillic alphabet is used by several languages. Each language also has some letters which are specific to that particular language. Cyrillic alphabet ia used by following Slavic nations: Russians, Byelorussians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians and Serbians. Many languages that are spoken by non-slavic peoples, who live close to the Russians, also use Cyrillic alphabet, eg. Mongols.      Russian alphabet is phonetic, or nearly phonetic. This means that every SOUND in Russian language has a corresponding LETTER in the alphabet. In most of the languages the writing is phonetic, the exception is English.      This means that once we learn how to pronounce Russian letters we can read all Russian. We might not understand, but we will be able to read. If we can read, we can understand already a lot. First they use a lot of foreign words and by being able to read it, we will be able to understand what are they talking about. There is no subject called "spelling", there is no need for it. Children start reading very early.      As it was said above, Russian alphabet is not difficult and many letters are already familiar to an English speaking person. In Russian alphabet there are 33 letters and in English 26. Upon examination of Russian alphabet, we will notice that the letters can be divided in 4 groups: Group 1: 5 Letters are same as English,      Group 2: 6 Letters are similar to Greek,      Group 3: 6 Letters are same as English,           but pronounced differently,      Group 4: 16 Letters are distinctly Russian.          33 Letters total.      This means that there are only 16 (group 4) completely new letters to be learned and 6 (group 3) letters to learn new pronounciation. This is not too difficult and one can learn this in one hour. FOUR GROUPS OF LETTERS    Group 1: 5 Letters are same as English      01 пїЅ пїЅ - A (America)      12 пїЅ пїЅ - K (Ken)      14 пїЅ пїЅ - M (Mary)      16 пїЅ пїЅ - O (Olga)      20 пїЅ пїЅ - T (Tom)    Group 2: 6 Letters are similar to Greek      04 пїЅ пїЅ - G (Gloria)      05 пїЅ пїЅ - D (Don)      09 пїЅ пїЅ - Z (Zebra)      13 пїЅ пїЅ - L (Linda)      17 пїЅ пїЅ - P (Peter)      22 пїЅ пїЅ - F (Fred)      Group 3: 6 Letters are same as English,        but pronounced differently      03 пїЅ пїЅ - V (Victor)      06 пїЅ пїЅ - YE (Yeah)      15 пїЅ пїЅ - N (Nancy)      18 пїЅ пїЅ - R (Russ)      19 пїЅ пїЅ - S (Sam)      23 пїЅ пїЅ - H (Herb)    Group 4: 16 Letters are distinctly Russian      02 пїЅ пїЅ - B (Ben)      07 пїЅ пїЅ - YO (Yolk)      08 пїЅ пїЅ - ZH (Vision)      10 пїЅ пїЅ - I (Italy)      11 пїЅ пїЅ - Y (Boy) (Short I)      21 пїЅ пїЅ - U (Moon)      24 пїЅ пїЅ - TS (Science)      25 пїЅ пїЅ - CH (Charles)      26 пїЅ пїЅ - SH (Short)      27 пїЅ пїЅ - SHCH (SH + CH)      28 пїЅ пїЅ - Hard sign      29 пїЅ пїЅ - Hard I      30 пїЅ пїЅ - Soft sign      31 пїЅ пїЅ - E (Emma)      32 пїЅ пїЅ - YU (Yukon)      33 пїЅ пїЅ - YA (Yard) RUSSIAN ALPHABET      Below is given Russian alphabet in the order that it occurs in disctionaries and other places. 01 пїЅ пїЅ - A (America)   21 пїЅ пїЅ - U (Moon) 02 пїЅ пїЅ - B (Ben)     22 пїЅ пїЅ - F (Fred)  03 пїЅ пїЅ - V (Victor)


Flared trousers were originated in the early 1800s by?

The Never-Ending Style of Bell Bottoms | Lifescript.com This article has been written by an outside contributor. It has not been reviewed by the LifeScript editorial staff for accuracy. The Never-Ending Style of Bell Bottoms A Historical Look at the Ever-Popular Bell Bottoms By Elizabeth Harrell Internet Dating Advice To Consider Look in your closet. How many pairs of pants do you own? How many of them are boot cut, flared or bell bottom? Until recently, such a revelation would have dated you as someone who either loves retro clothes or someone who doesn’t ever get rid of clothes. Now, several types of wide-legged pants are in style with the only limitation being your imagination. History of Wide-Legged Trousers When most women think of flared jeans, they may imagine a 1960s hippie or maybe even a 1970s disco queen. In reality, the first flared trousers were worn in the early 1800s by members of the United States Navy. The wide legged pants allowed the sailors to remove them easily if they went overboard. As well, the wide bottom could simply be folded up over the thigh when working, especially in the hot sun on a boat deck. At that time, many sailors didn’t bother to wear shoes, so the flared trouser bottoms also protected their feet. Later, when shoes did become part of the uniform, the wide bottomed pants slipped off easily over the shoes. United States sailors continued to wear wide-legged pants as part of their uniform until about ten years ago. By the late 1800s, the sailor uniform became a hit for well-dressed children. Queen Victoria often presented her children in public dressed as little sailors. Sometimes the children’s pants were short, but for the longer pant version of the outfit, they were typically flared just like the sailors. Although Marlene Dietrich, film star of the 1930s, appeared in flared trousers in her movie, Morocco, for most women, bell bottoms didn’t appear on the scene until the 1960s counterculture movement. Initially, the flare was less noticeable, similar to today’s boot cut jean, but by the 1970s, wide-bottomed pants took their name literally! The jeans would sit low on the hips, start out very tight at the knees and then flare out in a variety of proportions to the bottom, thus receiving the name hip hugger. Tie dying and embroidery were popular additions to the standard denim material.  Although denim and corduroy are the most common flared pant choice for women today, the 1970s introduced the disco bellbottom pant mass-produced from polyester. Bellbottoms became so famous in the 1970s that it wasn’t only the teenager and hip adults wearing them. Business suits for both men and women with wide bell bottoms became very popular. Suits were made in wild colors such as bright greens and oranges and crazy patterns, from florals to plaids. Fabrics, including crepe, wool, and polyester, allowed for even more diversity in the clothing industry. Although flared pants went out of style briefly during the 1980s, toward the end of the decade retro rave clubs developed and bell bottoms returned as party clothes. By the middle of the 1990s, they made a huge comeback. By the beginning of the 21st century, flared jeans of various assortments became standard dress among women again. Since then, some version of flared jeans has remained in vogue, with different styles coming and going each year. Today, jeans continue to be the most flared pant, but trousers and pants made from almost any fabric from leather to lace to wool to linen to velvet can be found. Wide-Bottomed Types The three most common types of wide-bottomed pants are boot cut, flared and bell bottom. Boot cut jeans are the more moderate of the two offering a wide cut at the bottom to allow the pants to fit comfortably over boots. They tend to run longer than regular jeans, since boots often have heels. One major difference between boot cut and other wide-bottomed pants is where the width begins. With boot cut jeans, the width does not typically start as high up toward the knee as the other types. As well, boot cut pants are most often found


The Soviet Union dissolution of 1991 created how many independent states?

Fall of the Soviet Union - Cold War - HISTORY.com Fall of the Soviet Union Fall of the Soviet Union Author Fall of the Soviet Union URL A+E Networks Introduction On Christmas Day 1991, the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time. A few days earlier, representatives from 11 Soviet republics (Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) met in the Kazakh city of Alma-Ata and announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. Instead, they declared they would establish a Commonwealth of Independent States. Because the three Baltic republics (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) had already declared their independence from the USSR, only one of its 15 republics, Georgia, remained. The once-mighty Soviet Union had fallen, largely due to the great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR. However, Gorbachev was disappointed in the dissolution of his nation and resigned from his job on December 25. It was a peaceful end to a long, terrifying and sometimes bloody epoch in world history. Google The Origins and Evolution of the Soviet State The Soviet state was born in 1917. That year, the revolutionary Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian czar and established a socialist state in the territory that had once belonged to the Russian empire. In 1922, Russia proper joined its far-flung republics in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The first leader of this Soviet state was the Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin . Did You Know? In 1988, Time magazine selected Mikhail Gorbachev to be its “Man of the Year” for his work toward ending the Cold War. The next year, it named him its “Man of the Decade.” In 1990, Gorbachev won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Soviet Union was supposed to be “a society of true democracy,” but in many ways it was no less repressive than the czarist autocracy that preceded it. It was ruled by a single party–the Communist Party–that demanded the allegiance of every Russian citizen. After 1924, when the dictator Joseph Stalin came to power, the state exercised totalitarian control over the economy, administering all industrial activity and establishing collective farms. It also controlled every aspect of political and social life. People who argued against Stalin’s policies were arrested and sent to labor camps or executed. After Stalin’s death in 1953, Soviet leaders denounced his brutal policies but maintained the Community Party’s power. They focused in particular on the Cold War with Western powers, engaging in a costly and destructive “arms race” with the United States while exercising military force to suppress anticommunism and extend its hegemony in Eastern Europe. Mikhail Gorbachev’s Glasnost and Perestroika In March 1985, a longtime Communist Party politician named Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the leadership of the USSR He inherited a stagnant economy and a political structure that made reform all but impossible. Gorbachev introduced two sets of policies that he hoped would help the USSR become a more prosperous, productive nation. The first of these was known as glasnost, or political openness. Glasnost eliminated traces of Stalinist repression, like the banning of books and the omnipresent secret police, and gave new freedoms to Soviet citizens. Political prisoners were released. Newspapers could print criticisms of the government. For the first time, parties other than the Communist Party could participate in elections. The second set of reforms was known as perestroika, or economic restructuring. The best way to revive the Soviet economy, Gorbachev thought, was to loosen the government’s grip on it. He believed that private initiative would lead to innovation, so individuals and cooperatives were allowed to own businesses for the first time since the 1920s. Workers were given the right to strike for better wages and conditions. Gorbachev also encouraged foreign investment in Soviet enterprises. How


Dividing fractions: 3/5 ÷ 1/2 (video) | Khan Academy Dividing fractions Video transcript Divide and write the answer as a mixed number. And we have 3/5 divided by 1/2. Now, whenever you're dividing any fractions, you just have to remember that dividing by a fraction is the same thing as multiplying by its reciprocal. So this thing right here is the same thing as 3/5 times-- so this is our 3/5 right here, and instead of a division sign, you want a multiplication sign, and instead of a 1/2, you want to take the reciprocal of 1/2, which would be 2/1-- so times 2/1. So dividing by 1/2 is the exact same thing as multiplying by 2/1. And we just do this as a straightforward multiplication problem now. 3 times 2 is 6, so our new numerator is 6. 5 times 1 is 5. So 3/5 divided by 1/2 as an improper fraction is 6/5. Now, they want us to write it as at mixed number. So we divide the 5 into the 6, figure out how many times it goes. That'll be the whole number part of the mixed number. And then whatever's left over will be the remaining numerator over 5. So what we'll do is take 5 into 6. 5 goes into 6 one time. 1 times 5 is 5. Subtract. You have a remainder of 1. So 6/5 is equal to one whole, or 5/5, and 1/5. This 1 comes from whatever is left over. And now we're done! 3/5 divided by 1/2 is 1 and 1/5. Now, the one thing that's not obvious is why did this work? Why is dividing by 1/2 the same thing as multiplying essentially by 2. 2/1 is the same thing as 2. And to do that, I'll do a little side-- fairly simple-- example, but hopefully, it gets the point across. Let me take four objects. So we have four objects: one, two, three, four. So I have four objects, and if I were to divide into groups of two, so I want to divide it into groups of two. So that is one group of two and then that is another group of two, how many groups do I have? Well, 4 divided by 2, I have two groups of two, so that is equal to 2. Now, what if I took those same four objects: one, two, three, four. So I'm taking those same four objects. Instead of dividing them into groups of two, I want to divide them into groups of 1/2, which means each group will have half of an object in it. So let's say that would be one group right there. That is a second group. That is a third group. I think you see each group has half of a circle in it. That is the fourth. That's the fifth. That's the sixth. That's the seventh, and then that's the eighth. You have eight groups of 1/2, so this is equal to 8. And notice, now each of the objects became two groups. So you could say how many groups do you have? Well, you have four objects and each of them became two groups. I'm looking for a different color. Each of them became two groups, and so you also have eight. So dividing by 1/2 is the same thing as multiplying by 2. And you could think about it with other numbers, but hopefully, that gives you a little bit of an intuition.


Where are found the Seas of Tranquility, Cleverness, Nectar, and Moisture?

Moon Map (Lunar Map) with the names and locations of the Maria and major craters * On the far side of the Moon   Interactive Moon Map This Lunar map emphasizes the major features on the near side of the Moon such as the Lunar Maria and large craters. Place the cursor over the image of the Moon or over the names of the craters and maria to highlight the corresponding areas. For a tablet or mobile device, touch an area of interest for about one second. Selenography is the study of the physical features on the surface of the Moon. The first complete maps of the Moon were produced from images obtained by orbiting spacecraft toward the end of the twentieth century. Illustrations of the surface of the Moon have been found dating before 3000 BCE, but the first true map of the Moon was produced by Michel Florent van Langren in 1645. This map portrayed lunar maria, craters, and mountain peaks. Latin names of seas and oceans were associated with the maria, and minor craters were named after astronomers, mathematicians, and scientists. The lunar nomenclature in use today was devised by Giambattista Riccioli and illustrated by Francesco Maria Grimaldi. Their work, Almagestum Novum, was published in 1651. Moon Map Reference Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), Lunar Maria:


Pitcairn Islands, home to several 1790 'Mutiny on the Bounty' mutineers, are in the Southern?

The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants April 28 marks the anniversary of the world's most famous mutiny by Borgna Brunner Phrases in the Pitcairnese Dialect I starten. – I'm going. Bou yo gwen? – Where are you going? I gwen down Farder's morla. – I'm going down to Father's place tomorrow. Bou yo bin? – Where have you been? I gwen out yenna fer porpay. – I'm going out yonder for red guavas. Foot yawly come yah? – Why did you come here? Up a side, Tom'sa roll. – Up at that place, Tom fell down. Source: Ray and Eileen Young, New Zealand residents descended from Midshipmen Edward Young of the Bounty. Courtesy of the Pitcairn Island Web site. It is not surprising that the most famous of all mutinies , that of the British HMS Bounty , has become ideal fodder for popular history and legend. The mutiny has generated five films (who can think of Fletcher Christian without picturing Marlon Brando ?) as well as countless books (including a historical novel by Mark Twain , The Great Revolution in Pitcairn). Set in the paradisiacal islands of the South Seas, the mutiny involved a host of colorful characters, including the tyrannical Captain Bligh , the aristocratic Fletcher Christian (a distant relation of William Wordsworth's ), numerous uninhibited Tahitian women, and a pack of sailors made up of cockney orphans and ruffian adverturers. Anglo-Tahitian Culture Preserved What has also helped to perpetuate the romantic fascination with the mutiny is the existence of a small community on Pitcairn Island directly descended from the mutineers and their Tahitian wives. Living on a 1.75 square mile volcanic speck in the South Pacific that is surely one of the most isolated places on Earth, the contemporary Pitcairn Islanders still bear the surnames of the eighteenth century mutineers (Tom Christian, for example, is the great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher). The islanders speak a dialect that is a hybrid of Tahitian and eighteenth-century English. It is as if history had been preserved in a petri dish (another admittedly romantic notion about an already widely romanticized past). Paradise The Bounty left England on Dec. 23, 1787, and reached Tahiti in 1788. It was sent to collect a cargo of breadfruit saplings, which was then to be transported to Jamaica where the breadfruit would serve as food for slaves working on the plantations. After sailing 27,000 miles over ten months, the crew spent a sybaritic idyll on Tahiti, where they reveled in the subtropical climate, lush surroundings, and overwhelming warmth and hospitality of the Tahitians. A scientist of the time, gladly abandoning reason for passion, claimed that the Tahitians knew "no other god but love; every day is consecrated to it, the whole island is its temple, all the women are its idols, all the men its worshippers." Many of the men found Tahitian companions, and Fletcher Christian and a Tahitian named Maimiti fell deeply in love and later married. For Christian, Maimiti had the face that launched one mutinous ship. Breadfruit Bligh On April 4, 1789, the Bounty embarked on the second leg of its journey with a cargo of a thousand breadfruit saplings aboard. A little more than three weeks later, near the island of Tonga , the crew, led by first mate Fletcher Christian, staged a mutiny against Captain William Bligh, under whom they claimed to suffer inhuman treatment. Bligh and eighteen loyal sailors were set adrift in a 23-foot open boat. According to Captain Bligh's diary, the mutineers threw breadfruit after him as he was forced off the Bounty, and yelled, "There goes the Bounty bastard, breadfruit Bligh!" Miraculously, Bligh and his loyalists survived the seven-week, 3,600-mile voyage in the cramped boat, finally reaching the island of Timor . Discovering Pitcairn Pitcairn's coordinates are 25 04 S, 130 06 W. After the mutiny, Christian and his sailors returned to Tahiti, where sixteen of the twenty-five men decided to remain for good. Christian, along with eight others, their women,


Piscina definition, Illustrated Dictionary of British Churches, History and Architecture Illustrated Dictionary of British Churches History and Architecture BY DAVID ROSS , EDITOR A stone basin used for washing holy vessels used during Mass or Communion services. Piscinas are usually set into a niche in the church wall near the altar (usually to the south side of the sanctuary or chancel). Infrequently, piscinas could be free-standing, on a column of stone. There is a drain hole at the bottom of the piscina to allow water to escape. Very infrequently you may see a pair of side by side piscinas in one niche. These so-called double piscinas are rare but not unheard of. The term piscina is frequently, and erroneously, applied to a similar recess for holy water placed near the main door of the church. These are more correctly called a holy water stoup, and were used for washing hands by worshippers entering or leaving the church, whereas a true piscina is used for washing vessels used during services.


Blepharoplasty refers to a common cosmetic surgery on?

Blepharoplasty Treatment | Bergman Folkers Plastic Surgery Bergman Folkers Plastic Surgery > Blepharoplasty Treatment Blepharoplasty Treatment Blepharoplasty refers to cosmetic surgery of the eyelids and related areas. Many people turn to blepharoplasty to correct a number of common issues, either with the appearance or the function of their eyelids. If you’re considering blepharoplasty, our Iowa cosmetic surgery team at  Bergman Folkers Plastic Surgery will be happy to answer all of your questions regarding this eyelid procedure. Reasons for Blepharoplasty Our eyes are our key to seeing the world and all it has to offer, so any problems with your eyelids that inhibit your ability to see can be especially frustrating. Fortunately, blepharoplasty exists to help us see things the way they were meant to be seen, and can also help others see our eyes their beauty as well. Blepharoplasty can help with: Eyelid disfiguration, deformation


Zephyr, Sirocco, Mistral, and Chinook are names of?

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The most common material used in lightning protection is (What?) and its alloys?

Copper Facts Copper Facts Copper the Metal Copper Fact 1 Copper is a mineral and an element essential to our everyday lives. It is a major industrial metal because of its high ductility, malleability, thermal and electrical conductivity and resistance to corrosion. It is an essential nutrient in our daily diet. And, its antimicrobial property is becoming increasingly important to the prevention of infection. It ranks third after iron and aluminum in terms of quantities consumed in the USA. Copper Fact 2 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that every American born in 2008 will use 1,309 pounds of copper during their lifetime for necessities, lifestyles and health. Copper Fact 3 Known land-based resources of copper are estimated to be 1.6 billion metric tons of copper (USGS, 2004). United States copper production largely comes from deposits in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada and Montana. Twenty mines account for about 99% of production. Copper Fact 4 Copper is element number 29 on the Periodic Table of Elements. It is considered a semi-precious, nonferrous, malleable metal with many hundreds of applications in the areas of electricity and electronics, plumbing, building construction and architecture, industry, transportation, and consumer and health products. Copper Fact 5 Pure copper's melting point is 1,981°F (1,083°C, 1356°K). Its most important properties include superior heat transfer, electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance. Copper Fact 6 Copper is easily alloyed with other metals. Currently, there are more than 570 copper alloys listed with the American Society for Testing and Materials International. They are identified by numbers preceded by a "C" and are assigned and reviewed by the Copper Development Association for ASTM. More than 350 of them have been acknowledged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as antimicrobial.* * U.S. EPA registration is based on independent laboratory tests showing that, when cleaned regularly, copper, brass and bronze kill greater than 99.9% of the following bacteria within 2 hours of exposure: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE), Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and E. coli O157:H7. Copper Fact 7 Brasses and Bronzes are probably the most well-known families of copper-base alloys. Brasses are mainly copper and zinc. Bronzes are mainly copper along with alloying elements such as tin, aluminum, silicon or beryllium. Copper Fact 8 A leaded yellow brass, C36000, also known as Copper Alloy 360 is so easy to machine, it is the benchmark standard for metals machinability. Copper Fact 9 Because of its ease of manufacture, machining and corrosion resistance, brass became the standard alloy from which were made all accurate instruments such as clocks, watches and navigational aids. Rust-free brass pins used in wool making were an early and a very important product, as was the manufacture of gold-colored decorative products. Copper Fact 10 Bronze is harder than pure iron and far more resistant to corrosion. Bronze is also harder than pure copper, so the Egyptians used it for weapons, armor, tools and, most famously, sculptures. It is particularly well suited for sculpture because it expands when heated (filling the nooks and crannies of a mold), then contracts as it cools so the sculpture is easy to remove from the mold. Copper Fact 11 Bell metal, which sounds so beautiful when struck, is a bronze containing about 20-25 percent tin. Statuary bronze is technically a brass with a tin content of less than 10 percent and an admixture of zinc and lead. Copper Fact 12 Other copper alloy families include copper-nickels and copper-nickel-zincs, often referred to as nickel silvers, along with many other specialty alloys. Copper in History Copper Fact 1 Copper is man's oldest metal, dating back more than 10,000 years. A copper pendant discovered in what is now northern Iraq goes back to about 8700 B.C. Copper Fact 2 Copper is believed to have been used first by Neolithic man as


The Poaceae or Gramineae family of organisms is better known as?

27.1 · Northwest A & F University Show more authors Abstract odon usage patterns of 23 Poaceae chloroplast genomes were analysed in this study. Neutrality analysis indicated that the codon usage patterns have significant correlations with GC12 and GC3 and also showed strong bias towards a high representation of NNA and NNT codons. The Nc-plot showed that although a large proportion of points follow the parabolic line of trajectory, several genes with low ENc values lie below the expected curve, suggesting that mutational bias played a major role in the codon biology of the Poaceae chloroplast genome. Parity Rule 2 plot analysis showed that T was used more frequently than A in all the genomes. Correspondence analysis of relative synonymous codon usage indicated that the first axis explained only a partial amount of variation of codon usage. Furthermore, the gene length and expression level were also found to drive codon usage variation. These findings revealed that besides natural selection, other factors might also exert some influences in shaping the codon usage bias in Poaceae chloroplast genomes. The optimal codons of these 23 genomes were also identified in this study. Discover the world's research A,B,C,F A State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China. College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China. C Yangling Branch of China Wheat Improvement Centre, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China. College of Animal Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China. E These authors contributed equally to this work. F Corresponding author. Email: sweining2002@yahoo.com Abstract. Codon usage patterns of 23 Poaceae chloroplast genomes were analysed in this study. Neutrality analysis indicated that the codon usage patterns have signiﬁcant correlations with GC 12 3 and also showed strong bias towards a high representation of NNA and NNT codons. The Nc-plot showed that although a large proportion of points follow the parabolic line of trajectory, several genes with low ENc values lie below the expected curve, suggesting that mutational bias played a major role in the codon biology of the Poaceae chloroplast genome. Parity Rule 2 plot analysis showed that T was used more frequently than A in all the genomes. Correspondence analysis of relative synonymous codon usage indicated that the ﬁrst axis explained only a partial amount of variation of codon usage. Furthermore, the gene length and expression level were also found to drive codon usage variation. These ﬁndings revealed that besides natural selection, other factors might also exert some inﬂuences in shaping the codon usage bias in Poaceae chloroplast genomes. The optimal codons of these 23 genomes were also identiﬁed in this study. Additional keywords: mutational bias, optimal codon. Received 27 March 2012, accepted 26 May 2012, published online 13 August 2012 Introduction The genetic code is the set of rules by which information encoded in genetic material (DNA or mRNA sequences) is translated into proteins (amino acid sequences) and there are 64 codons coding 20 different amino acids. With the exception of Met and Trp that are encoded by unique codons, other amino acids are encoded by two to six synonymous codons. Even though synonymous codons encode the same amino acids, coding sequences in DNA do not use synonymous codons with equal frequencies within and between organisms (Grantham et al. 1980). It is well known that synonymous codon bias is non- random and species-speciﬁc (Grantham et al.1981). Analysis of the codon usage bias will provide helpful information for understanding the molecular evolution and adaptation of living organisms. A large number of studies have been reported on the synonymous codon usage bias of the nuclear genomes of many plant species (Jia and Xue 2009;Leet al.2011). However, the signiﬁcance of the synonymous codon usage bias of organellar genomes like chloroplast and mitochondria have not been well understood


The City of London financial district is known traditionally as The Square?

London's Finance Industry Driving in London London's Finance Industry London has been the financial hub of the United Kingdom and a major trade and business centre since the Middle Ages. Today the city competes with New York City for the status of the world's major financial centre. Other emerging financial centres of the world such as Hong Kong and Shanghai gain ground, but cannot hope to displace London as the world's premier financial city in the near future. English trust laws and strong libel laws attract foreign business. Along with this, the city enjoys a strong advantage thanks to a well-entrenched commercial culture. Businesses may leverage the city's strong networking base and financiers. Business Districts Much of London's finance industry is located at the "Square Mile" or the "City," the long standing business hub of London. The other major financial district is the Canary Wharf area, about four kilometres east of the City. Both these financial districts experience growth but restrictive planning policies within the City make Canary Wharf the first choice for most new firms. It is estimated that the financial services sector employs about 315,200 people within the City. Major Activities Apart from traditional banking activities and insurance, London also thrives as a centre for foreign exchange and bond trading. The city teems with many trading facilities and trading hubs in foreign exchange, futures, global insurance and bonds.  The foreign exchange market has a daily global turnover of about 2.5 trillion GBP. London accounts for about 0.73 trillion or 36.5 percent of the pie. The Bank for International Settlements estimates that London generates 0.88 trillion or 46 percent of daily global revenue in the interest-rate derivative market. Major Institutions London has always been the seat of many multinational financial organisations. Some of the major financial institutions currently having their headquarters in London are: Bank of England The Bank of England is the UK's central bank. Established in 1694, this is the second oldest central bank in the world and the model on which central banks of other countries base themselves on. The bank was initially privately owned but nationalised in 1946. The bank sets UK's monetary policy, issues bank notes in England and Wales and regulates the issue of bank notes by commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland. London Stock Exchange Established in 1801, the London Stock Exchange today enjoys a market capitalization of almost US$4 trillion. This makes it the largest stock exchange in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. The Alternative Investment Market, a subset of the London Stock Exchange, is a stock exchange for small firms. This exchange is relatively less regulated and has no requirements for capitalisation or number of shares issued, providing flexibility to small firms. Established in 1995, this exchange has raised about £24 billion for over 2,200 companies. London Bullion Market The London bullion market run by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) under the overview of the Bank of England is the world's largest market for the wholesale trading in gold and silver. It finds patronage from almost all major international banks, bullion dealers and refiners all over the world. The average daily turnover is about 18.3 million ounces of gold and 107.6 million ounces of silver. Lloyd's of London Lloyds Banking Group is a financial conglomerate traditionally known for its insurance services but also offer retail banking, pensions, insurances and other private services. It has revenues of about £43.5 billion. HSBC The London headquarters of HSBC controls its sprawling network of 7500 strong offices spread across 87 countries. The bank offers personal financial services, commercial banking and private banking on a global scale. The present entity was established in 1991 but its roots trace to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation established in 1865. Barclays Barclays ranks in the list of top ten financial institution of the world. It offe


What in the world is at Zero Degrees Latitude and Zero Degrees Longitude?

What is at Zero Degrees Latitude and Zero Degrees Longitude? - Geolounge What is at Zero Degrees Latitude and Zero Degrees Longitude? September 17, 2015 254 Total Shares Zero degrees latitude is the line designating the Equator and divides the Earth into two equal hemispheres (north and south).  Zero degrees longitude is an imaginary line known as the Prime Meridian.  Therefore, we are looking for what exists at the location where the Equator and the Prime Meridian cross each other. Ad: If you look at the intersection of 0 degrees  latitude  (known as the Equator) and 0 degrees longitude (known as the Prime Meridian) on a map, you will see that the confluence falls in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of western Africa. Therefore, the open ocean lies at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude, marked by a weather observation buoy , part of the Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Atlantic, also known as PIRATA. There is a fictional island known as null island at zero latitude and zero longitude that can be found in the public domain Natural Earth GIS data.  This one square meter area island is used for troubleshooting purposes for flagging geocoding failures . Map of Zero Degrees Latitude and Zero Degrees Longitude The map below shows in dashed red the lines of zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude. Share this article:


The first most popular book of seven from CS Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-56) is The Lion, The Witch and the?

The Chronicles of Narnia - Complete Set of 7 Books: Amazon.co.uk: C.S. Lewis: 9783200330283: Books The Chronicles of Narnia - Complete Set of 7 Books Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Paperback Â£7.99 Amazon Prime Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Apple To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. or Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Product details Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 11.4 x 8.6 cm Average Customer Review:  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images ? Product Description C. S. Lewis tells his remarkable tales of the magical land of Narnia and its immortal inhabitants including Aslan the Lion, Mr Tumnus the Faun and the evil White Witch. Presented in their own slipcase, this glorious paperback collection features the seven novels that together make up the complete Chronicles of Narnia. Each book is an exciting and magical stand-alone story but put together they form a very special library so that the adventures of Aslan and his friends can be read and enjoyed over and over again. What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item? By A Customer on 22 April 2002 Format: Paperback I first read the Chronicles of Narnia as a youth and loved them. Having sadly lost my collection of the seven books I was pleased to find this all-in-one edition at a very reasonable price on Amazon. Surely most people are already familiar with the content of this series but as a review is a review I will elaborate into what I find to be so fantastic about these magical books. Narnia is almost tangible after having read these books, and anyone with a shred of child-like imagination in them can not help but enjoy the tales of magic, witchcraft, truth & beauty, with goodness triumphing over evil as it always should. My favourite two within the seven chronicles are "The Magicians Nephew", and "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe". Between thse two we are introduced to what I would consider to be the main characters of the series being Digory, Polly, Edmund, Lucy, Susan, and Peter. I can't go on much further with this review as it is difficult to review one book let alone seven-in-one. Needless to say I recommend that any parent introduce this book to their child at an early age and help instill a sense of values, and yet also the ability to imagine and be open minded to the unknown. Top scores!! 69 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again By Null on 1 Jun. 2003 Format: Paperback Verified Purchase It may be a kids book, but I'm 22 and loved every word of it. This contains all seven Narnia books, including the Lion Witch Wardrobe book (which is brilliant, but not the best here, in my opinion). For those of you who have only read LionWitchWardrobe, then this is a must, as it becomes a very deep and symbolic book, which you didnt stand a chance at understanding when you were six. It's also brilliant for reading to your kids, they'll love it even more than you will. And then they'll also get the joy of redescovering it when they're grown up. 5 stars. Comment 78 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again By E. A Solinas HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on 24 Nov. 2005 Format: Paperback Many decades ago, two drinking buddies wrote vastly different fantasy series, which set the groundwork for the fantasy genre. One was J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the classic "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit." And the other was C.S. Lew


Under normal Earth sea-level conditions water boils at how many degrees centigrade?

PressureBoilingPoint How does the level of atmospheric pressure affect the boiling point of water? Consider the process of boiling water over a stove.  The average kinetic energy of the water molecules inside of the pot increases as the flames warm the metallic pot.  Once the water reaches its boiling point the most energetic molecules within the water are the first to undergo a physical change.  These molecules assume the form of a gas, and thus escape from the liquid as bubbles of water vapor. In normal atmospheric pressure (1 atm), the boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).  At higher pressures, such as in a tea kettle or a pressure cooker, water vapor will accumulate within the airtight container and the contents will become highly pressurized. At such high pressure the water can be heated to temperatures higher than 100 degrees Celsius and the water still will not begin to boil.   At high pressures the boiling point of water can be many degrees higher than the sea level boiling point. On the other hand, at higher altitudes the air is thinner, and there is less atmospheric pressure than there is at sea level.  Because the atmosphere is not as dense the temperature required to make water boil is lower.  This is why the preparation instructions on foods that require boiling water tell you to cook the food for longer if you are at a high altitude. -The water will never reach 100 degrees Celsius, and so the food must be cooked for longer at a lower temperature to be edible.  The higher the altitude, the lower the boiling point. In Denver (1700 m above sea level), the boiling point of water is around 95 degrees Celsius (203 degrees Fahrenheit). At the top of Mt. Everest (9500 m above sea level), water boils at 75 degrees Celsius (167 degrees Fahrenheit). At extreme altitudes, and in the vacuum of space, water will boil at room temperature.  If you place a beaker of cool water into a vacuum flask, and then you suck all of the air out of the flask the water will immediately begin to boil away even though its actual temperature remains close to room temperature.   Organization for the Advancement of    Interdisciplinary Learning


The term 'histrionics', referring to excessive emotion, is Latin 'histrion', meaning?

Histrionic | Definition of Histrionic by Merriam-Webster Examples of histrionic in a sentence <a penchant for dish throwing, door slamming, and other histrionic displays of temper> <we never tired of his histrionic reenactment of how he found money under the floorboards of a house he was renovating> Did You Know? The term "histrionic" developed from "histrio," Latin for actor. Something that is "histrionic" tends to remind one of the high drama of stage and screen and is often stagy and over-the-top. It especially calls to mind the theatrical form known as the "melodrama," where plot and physical action, not characterization, are emphasized. But something that is "histrionic" isn't always overdone; the word might simply refer to an actor or something related to the theater. In that sense, it becomes a synonym of "thespian." Origin and Etymology of histrionic Late Latin histrionicus, from Latin histrion-, histrio actor First Known Use: 1648 nondramatic , nontheatrical , unaffected , underplayed , unpretentious ; muted , restrained , subdued , toned (down); conservative , discreet , inconspicuous ; modest , plain , quiet , simple Synonym Discussion of histrionic dramatic , theatrical , histrionic , melodramatic mean having a character or an effect like that of acted plays. dramatic applies to situations in life and literature that stir the imagination and emotions deeply <a dramatic meeting of world leaders>. theatrical implies a crude appeal through artificiality or exaggeration in gesture or vocal expression <a theatrical oration>. histrionic applies to tones, gestures, and motions and suggests a deliberate affectation or staginess <a histrionic show of grief>. melodramatic suggests an exaggerated emotionalism or an inappropriate theatricalism <made a melodramatic plea>. Other Performing Arts Terms