Which among the noble gases is the most abundant in the atmosphere?

The origin of the terrestrial noble-gas signature : Nature : Nature Research The origin of the terrestrial noble-gas signature Article metrics In the atmospheres of Earth and Mars, xenon is strongly depleted relative to argon, when compared to the abundances in chondritic meteorites 1 , 2 . The origin of this depletion is poorly understood 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 . Here we show that more than one weight per cent of argon may be dissolved in MgSiO3 perovskite, the most abundant phase of Earth’s lower mantle, whereas the xenon solubility in MgSiO3 perovskite is orders of magnitude lower. We therefore suggest that crystallization of perovskite from a magma ocean in the very early stages of Earth’s history concentrated argon in the lower mantle. After most of the primordial atmosphere had been lost, degassing of the lower mantle replenished argon and krypton, but not xenon, in the atmosphere. Our model implies that the depletion of xenon relative to argon indicates that perovskite crystallized from a magma ocean in the early history of Earth and perhaps also Mars. Subject terms: View all figures Figure 1: Scanning electron microscope images of MgSiO3 perovskite samples saturated with noble gases. a, Perovskite crystallized in the presence of excess xenon. The bright spots in the image are xenon-filled bubbles in perovskite below the sample surface. However, in those parts of the perovskite crystals that are far away from bubbles, no xenon can be detected, implying very low xenon solubility (<100 p.p.m.). b, Argon-saturated sample with perovskite (Pv, arrows) coexisting with MgSiO3 majorite (garnet structure, Maj). Dark spots are holes previously filled by argon gas. No argon can be detected in majorite (detection limit 150 p.p.m.), but the perovskite contains 3,000 p.p.m. of argon. c, Another sample, containing perovskite (lighter areas) coexisting with Mg2SiO4 ringwoodite (Rw, dark) and MgSiO3 ilmenite (Ilm, dark). d, X-ray map of argon distribution in the same sample as shown in c. Argon is only found in the perovskite phase. The concentration scale shown corresponds to the range from 0 (blue) to approximately 0.8 wt% (green) of Ar. View in article Figure 2: A lattice-strain model 29 of noble-gas solubility in MgSiO3 perovskite. The fit is based on Ar, Kr and Xe solubility data for 25 GPa at 1,600 °C to 1,800 °C. Estimated values for the solubilities of He and Ne are also shown. Fit parameters are the effective Young’s modulus Em = 35 GPa; radius of the oxygen site ri = 1.4 Å, and strain-free solubility c0 = 1.53 wt%. Noble-gas radii are from ref. 22 . Error bars are one standard deviation. For further details, see Supplementary Information . View in article Figure 3: A sample containing phase X (phX) coexisting with MgSiO3 ilmenite (Ilm), SiO2 stishovite (St) and K2CO3 carbonate. a, Scanning electron microscope image. b, X-ray map of argon distribution; argon is only present in phase X. The concentration scale shown corresponds to the range from 0 (blue) to approximately 1 wt% (red) of Ar. Supplementary information The relative abundance of noble gases in Earth’s atmosphere is largely controlled by the early evolution of our planet. Most of the argon in Earth’s atmosphere is the isotope 40Ar, which is a radioactive decay product of 40K. However, the abundances of ‘primordial’ (non-radiogenic) noble-gas isotopes also differ among the Sun, the terrestrial planets and chondritic meteorites 1 , 2 . Both chondritic meteorites and terrestrial planets are strongly depleted in the light noble gases helium and neon compared to the Sun. This feature can readily be explained by the loss of light noble gases to space in a relatively weak gravitational field. However, compared to chondrites, which are believed to be similar to the material from which the terrestrial planets formed, xenon is strongly depleted on Earth and Mars relative to argon and krypton. This depletion cannot be explained by loss to space, because xenon, the heaviest of all noble gases, should be least affected by this process. Therefore, a n


‘What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?’ is the opening line of which poem?

Anthem for Doomed Youth - popular First World War poem Anthem for Doomed Youth   an often quoted poem of the First World War (with explanatory notes) What passing-bells2 for these who die as cattle?  Only the monstrous anger of the guns.  Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle  Can patter out3 their hasty orisons.4 No mockeries5 now for them; no prayers nor bells;  Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, – The shrill, demented6 choirs of wailing shells;  And bugles7 calling for them from sad shires.8 What candles9 may be held to speed them all?  Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes  Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.  The pallor10 of girls' brows shall be their pall;  Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,  And each slow dusk11 a drawing-down of blinds.12 A September - October, 1917 Notes for students 1 Anthem  -  perhaps best known in the expression "The National Anthem;" also, an important religious song (often expressing joy); here, perhaps, a solemn song of celebration  2 passing-bells - a bell tolled after someone's death to announce the death to the world  3 patter out - rapidly speak  4 orisons  -   prayers, here funeral prayers  5 mockeries  -  ceremonies which are insults. Here Owen seems to be suggesting that the Christian religion, with its loving God, can have nothing to do with the deaths of so many thousands of men  6 demented -   raving mad  7 bugles  -  a bugle is played at military funerals (sounding the last post)  8 shires  -   English counties and countryside from which so many of the soldiers came  9 candles  -   church candles, or the candles lit in the room where a body lies in a coffin  10 pallor -   paleness  11 dusk has a symbolic significance here  12 drawing-down of blinds - normally a preparation for night, but also, here, the tradition of drawing the blinds in a room where a dead person lies, as a sign to the world and as a mark of respect. The coming of night is like the drawing down of blinds.  Notes from Out in the Dark - Poetry of the First World War in Context edited by David Roberts. Copyright © David Roberts 1998. Free use by individual students for personal use only. Links


Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent, was the mother of which king of England?

Joan of Kent: About More than Just Controversial Marriages By Jone Johnson Lewis Updated August 31, 2015. Known for: Joan of Kent was known for her relationships with several important royal figures of medieval England, and for her impetuous clandestine marriages, and for her beauty. She's less well known for her military leadership in Aquitaine in her husband's absence, and for her involvement with the religious movement, the Lollards. Dates: September 29 , 1328 - August 7 , 1385 Titles: Countess of Kent (1352); Princess of Aquitaine Also known as: "The Fair Maid of Kent" -- apparently a literary invention from long after she lived, not a title she was known by in her lifetime. Family & Background: Father: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (half-brother to King Edward II of England) Paternal Grandfather: Edward I of England Paternal Grandmother: Marguerite of France Mother: Margaret Wake Maternal Grandfather: John Wake, Baron Wake of Liddell (descended from the Welsh king, Llywelyn the Great) Maternal Grandmother: Joan de Fiennes (cousin of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March) continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Marriage, Descendants: Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent William de Montacute (or Montagu), 2nd Earl of Salisbury Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales (known as The Black Prince). Their son was Richard II of England. Royal families were quite intermarried; descendants of Joan of Kent included many notables. See: Joan of Kent - Her Descendants Key Events in the Life of Joan of Kent: Joan of Kent was only two when her father, Edmund of Woodstock, was executed for treason. Edmund had supported his older half-brother, Edward II, against Edward's Queen, Isabella of France, and Roger Mortimer. (Roger was a cousin of Joan of Kent's maternal grandmother.) Joan's mother and her four children, of whom Joan of Kent was the youngest, were placed under house arrest in Arundel Castle after Edmund's execution. Edward III (son of Edward II of England and Isabella of France ) became King. When Edward III became old enough to reject the regency of Isabella and Roger Mortimer, he and his Queen, Philippa of Hainault, brought Joan to court, where she grew up among her royal cousins. One of these was Edward and Philippa's third son, Edward, known as Edward of Woodstock or the Black Prince, who was almost two years younger than Joan. Joan's guardian was Catherine, wife of the Earl of Salisbury, William Montacute (or Montagu). Thomas Holland and William Montacute: At age 12, Joan made a secret marriage contract with Thomas Holland. As part of the royal family, she was expected to gain permission for such a marriage; to fail to gain such permission could result in a charge of treason and in execution. To complicate matters, Thomas Holland went overseas to serve in the military, and at that time, her family married Joan to the son of Catherine and William Montacute, also named William. When Thomas Holland returned to England, he appealed to the King and to the Pope to have Joan returned to him. The Montacutes imprisoned Joan when they discovered Joan's agreement to the first marriage and her hope to return to Thomas Holland. During that time, Joan's mother died of the plague. When Joan was 21, the pope decided to annul Joan's marriage to William Montacute and allow her to return to Thomas Holland. Before Thomas Holland died eleven years later, he and Joan had four children. Edward the Black Prince: Joan's slightly-younger cousin, Edward the Black Prince, had apparently been interested in Joan for many years. Now that she was widowed, Joan and Edward began a relationship. Knowing that Edward's mother, who had once considered Joan a favorite, now opposed their relationship, Joan and Edward decided to get secretly married -- again, without the required consent. Their blood relationship also was closer than allowed without special dispensation. Edward III arranged to have their secret marriage annulled by the Pope, but also to have the Pope grant the necessary special dispensation. They were married in October


Which Australian hard-rock band was formed by Angus and Malcolm Young?

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The ‘two-minute hate’ is featured in which novel of the twentieth century?

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Who was the nemesis of farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean?

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Which is the only minor key signature that has no sharps or flats?

Minor Key Signatures Minor Key Signatures To change a major key signature to a minor key signature, add 3 flats or subtract 3 sharps. (Memorize G and D.)


By what name is Delores Haze known in the title of a controversial book of 1955?

Ten Of The Most Controversial Books! Ten Of The Most Controversial Books written by admin November 28, 2008 Some books attract a lot of controversy and even calls for banning the book from members of the public or those in religious or political organizations. Some qualities common in the most controversial books include religious degradation or slurs, foul language, violence, racism, extreme political views, and vivid or graphic sexual descriptions. Here are some of the most controversial books that have fueled the flames of controversy ever since they were published. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain (1884) A controversial book for years, Twain’s novel shows a contrast between indulgent childhood dreams and blatant cruel realities, bringing out the themes of equality, justice and human rights. In this book, Huck fakes his own death to run away to the river. There he meets an escaped slave named Jim. Together, they seek liberation and their journey tests them at every turn. While Huck looks forward to returning to a freewheeling life, Jim looks for the personal freedom he has never known. With the entry of Tom Sawyer, Huck faces a dilemma of whether to return home or risk his life to help Jim achieve freedom. Because the word “nigger” appears more than 200 times in the book and it was perceived as racial, it initially caused a lot of controversy, especially in the 20th century. This book was also criticized for its coarse language. Earnest Hemingway, however, called it “the best book we’ve had.” Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (1932) Published in 1932, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is his most popular novel, although it might not have been his most important. It was frequently challenged with banning attempts, and is still considered controversial. The reader is swept into Huxley’s vision of a future based on science and technology. The novel depicts drugs, sexuality, and suicide and reveals Huxley’s disdain for the culture of the United States. A group of parents attempted to get the book banned because they felt there was an overemphasis on negativity. Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell (1949) Written in 1949 by George Orwell while he was dying of tuberculosis, the book brings to light the sad state and future of a society that is robbed of privacy, truth, or free will. This book forces us to re-examine our lives, lifestyles, and how our governments work. It offers a fresh perspective on many topics; totalitarianism, torture, mind control, the United States, the Soviet Union, privacy, technology, power, human emotions, organized religion, censorship, sex, and more. It was a controversial book right from publication and remains so today. Many people claim that the work is unnatural and intense because it was written by a man choked with a subconscious death-wish. Many American reviewers also assumed that the book represented a repudiation of his democratic socialism. The Catcher In The Rye – J.D. Salinger (1951) This novel was topping the New York Times best-seller list almost immediately upon release in 1951. Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye is an account of three days in a 16-year-old boy’s life. It was originally meant for adults but eventually became a part of the curriculum in many high schools and colleges. It was also translated into many languages. There were several controversies for several reasons, such as the portrayal of sexuality and teenage angst, the use of profanity, the anti-white sentiment, and the excessive violence. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, became an icon for defiance and rebellion. In fact Mark David Chapman, who shot John Lennon in 1980, cited the book as his reason for doing it. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov (1955) Nabokov’s Lolita caused a storm of controversy when it was published in 1955 in France, and those controversies have shadowed the book ever since. This novel explores the mind of a pedophile named Humbert Humbert, who narrates his life and obsession for nymphets like the 12-year-old Dolores Haze. It was banned in France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Afri


How is Anne Catherick referred to in the title of a book by Wilkie Collins?

THE WOMAN IN WHITE THE WOMAN IN WHITE 'This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure and what a Man's  resolution can achieve.' 1st edition by Sampson     Low in three volumes, August 1860 1st US edition by Harpers     in paper wrappers, August 1860   Published in 1860, one of the two novels (with The  Moonstone ) for  which Collins is most famous.  It  firmly established his reputation with the reading public and helped raise the  circulation of All the Year Round.  As Smith, Elder found to their cost, 'everyone was raving about it.'  S. M. Ellis described how The Woman in White was so popular that  'every possible commodity was labelled "Woman in White".  There were "Woman in White" cloaks and bonnets, "Woman  in White" perfumes and all manner of toilet requisites, "Woman in  White" Waltzes and Quadrilles.'  It  was parodied in Punch and even such a critical reviewer as Mrs Oliphant,  was unusually favourable.  Edward  Fitzgerald read it several times and considered naming a sailing boat after  the determined Marian Halcombe.  Prince  Albert read the book and approved.  Thackeray  was engrossed from morning to sunset, and Gladstone found the story so  absorbing that he missed a visit to the theatre.  The Woman in White has never been out of print since its first  publication.  In the twentieth  century there have been theatre, film, television and musical adaptations and  even a comic-strip version.   The Woman in White is  generally regarded as the first Sensation Novel and inspired numerous  imitations, most notably from Mary Braddon.  The story is in part based on an eighteenth century case of abduction  and wrongful imprisonment, taken from Mejan's Recueil des Causes Celebres.  It uses the theme of substituted identity, a favourite with Collins, and also  attacks the misuse of lunatic asylums.   The  story can be considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero,  Walter Hartright, employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private  detectives.  The use of multiple  narratives draws on Collins's legal training and as he points out in his  Preamble: 'the story here presented will be told by more than one pen, as the  story of an offence against the laws is told in Court by more than one  witness'.  Collins described his  method of the writing The Woman in White in 'Mr Wilkie Collins in Gloucester Place', Number 81 in 'Celebrities at  Home', The World, 26 December 1877; and in 'How I Write my Books', The  Globe, 26 November 1887.   John  Gilbert frontispiece to the 1861 one volume Sampson Low edition   Walter Hartright, a young drawing master, has secured a position in Cumberland on the recommendation of his old friend Professor Pesca, a  political refugee from Italy.  While  walking home from Hampstead on his last evening in London, Hartright meets a  mysterious woman dressed in white, apparently in deep distress.  He helps her on her way but later learns that she has escaped from an  asylum.  The next day he travels  north to Limmeridge House.  The  household comprises Mr Frederick Fairlie, a reclusive valetudinarian; Laura  Fairlie, his niece; and Marian Halcombe, her devoted half-sister.  Hartright finds that Laura bears an astonishing resemblance to the  woman in white, called Anne Catherick.  The  simple-minded Anne had lived for a time in Cumberland as a child and was  devoted to Laura's mother, who first dressed her in white.   Hartright and Laura fall in love.  Laura,  however, has promised her late father that she will marry Sir Percival Glyde,  and Marian advises Walter to leave Limmeridge.  Anne Catherick, after sending a letter to Laura warning her against  Glyde, meets Hartright who is convinced that Glyde was responsible for  shutting her in the asylum.  Laura  and Glyde marry in December 1849 and travel to Italy.  Hartright also leaves England, joining an expedition to Honduras. After their honeymoon, Sir Percival and Lady Glyde return the following June  to his family estate in Hampshire, Blackwater Park.  They a


Who played consultant surgeon Mr Gordon Thorpe in Only When I Laugh?

Only When I Laugh | TVmaze Only When I Laugh Gallery (5) Follow "Only When I Laugh" is a British television sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It aired between 29 October 1979 and 16 December 1982 and was set in the ward of an NHS hospital. The title is in response to the question, "Does it hurt?" It starred James Bolam, Peter Bowles, and Christopher Strauli as patients Roy Figgis, Archie Glover, and Norman Binns. Mr. Gordon Thorpe, their consultant surgeon, was played by Richard Wilson; and Gupte, the staff nurse from Delhi, was played by Derrick Branche. The show was one of many successes for writer Eric Chappell, and has been repeated onI TV3 since 2007. Roy, Archie and Norman are long-term patients in a British hospital ward. Though they don't seem terribly ill, neither do they seem to be getting better and going home. So they pass their days side by side in the hospital ward, chatting and occasionally getting on one another's nerves. Share this on:


Who played Raquel’s former husband, ex-policeman Roy Slater in Only Fools and Horses?

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Who played the mad legless Captain Rum in the second series of Blackadder?

"Black-Adder II" Potato (TV Episode 1986) - IMDb (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Potato is another great Series 2 episode - Tom Baker appears in this, and his role as Captain Redbeard Rum is absolutely hilarious. The humour is once again strong, Baldrick is once again on stupid form (he is much funnier this way), and there are more endlessly quotable lines to be found in this. From the start to the end - Potato is an absolutely cracking episode. Yes, the budget is still remarkably cheap for this episode - there should have at least been some fancy visuals on Blackadder's boat. However, Tom Baker's legs were hidden quite well during this episode (he is meant to be a legless captain, after all) and the effects aren't to be snorted at. Blackadder 1 may have had a higher budget than this, but this is Blackadder at its very best - clever, cheap, and cheerful. Potato is the last 10/10 episode of this series - the others are good, but they just can't recapture its heights. On the whole, Potato is a great Blackadder episode - not to be skipped! 10/10 4 of 6 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


Lieutenant Pinkerton is a character in which opera by Puccini?

Pamina's Opera House » Character Study Corner: Lt. B.F. Pinkerton Character Study Corner: Lt. B.F. Pinkerton     In honor of the 4th of July, I’d like to discuss the most famous American character in opera, Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton from Madama Butterfly.   There are two ways of interpreting Pinkerton’s character… no, make that three. He can either be (A) a completely loathsome cad, (B) a reckless and irresponsible yet well-meaning man who doesn’t realize the depth of Butterfly’s devotion until it’s too late, or (C) a tenor who just parks and barks. So far, believe it or not, I’ve never seen Interpretation A in an actual performance. Every Pinkerton I’ve seen so far has either been a B or a C; either tried to make the character sympathetic or done nothing except sing nicely. I’ve read reviews of A Pinkertons, but have yet to see one. But which interpretation is the dominant one in the minds of the masses? A! A! A! I doubt any character in the standard operatic repertoire is more universally despised than Pinkerton. I don’t think I’ve read half as much venom directed toward any other operatic villain: not even Iago or Scarpia. Audiences love to hate them, but they just hate Pinkerton.   I have two questions. This is the first one: Why? As far as villains go, he could be worse! Does every cad in opera, or in real life, eventually feel remorse? I don’t think so! Yes, I know people tend to disdain him for running away from his guilt instead of facing Butterfly and apologizing, but better remorseful and cowardly than completely unrepentant! Besides, Butterfly is his only conquest that we know of and all he does is abandon her, nothing worse. (Honestly, why are people more willing to forgive serial womanizers and rapists like Don Giovanni or the Duke of Mantua?) And it’s not entirely his fault that she waits for three years as her money dwindles away to nothing. Yes, he lies that he’ll come back when the robins nest again, but is it fair to blame him for her still waiting long after the robins nest, instead of realizing she was duped? Nor can we blame him for her being disowned by her family – the decision to convert to Christianity was hers alone. (Yes, I’ve read John Luther Long’s novella – I know that in the book, he actively “Americanizes” her, isolates her from her family, and never expresses any remorse. But that’s the book. We can’t hate the opera character for details that the libretto changes!) And while I know some people consider his wanting to take his child from Butterfly the pinnacle of cruelty, at least he shows interest in the child by doing so! A complete monster would have denied the boy was his and left him to rot in poverty. He’s better than the majority of Vietnam veterans, who did nothing for their half-Asian offspring!   Maybe my viewpoint is skewed because my introduction to the Butterfly story was the musical Miss Saigon, which makes the Pinkerton-equivalent Chris much more sympathetic. But I’ve never hated Pinkerton. I don’t love him, far from it, but I’ve always been open to Interpretation B as well as Interpretation A. I even prefer it slightly, because it makes the whole scenario more complex and less of a black-and-white melodrama. (And because I’m American and don’t like to see my country completely savaged – it’s possible to criticize the imperialist attitudes of that era without completely vilifying us!) But not many critics agree with me! Again and again I’ve read reviews of the opera, either praising A Pinkertons or disdaining B ones, insisting that to make Pinkerton the least bit sympathetic dilutes the drama beyond repair. They seem to think we can only cry for Butterfly if Pinkerton is the world’s most repulsive excuse for a human being.   Which brings me to my second question: Why does it matter? The opera is called Madama Butterfly, not Lt. B.F. Pinkerton! She’s the one whose emotional journey we follow, who has dimensions and grows as a character, who almost never leaves the stage after her entrance, who sings three gorgeous powerhouse arias, two ravishing duets and much more, and whos


The Bridal Chorus AKA ‘Here comes the Bride’ appears in which opera by Wagner?

Wagner : Bridal Chorus - Here Comes The Bride - YouTube Wagner : Bridal Chorus - Here Comes The Bride Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Apr 25, 2012 Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) : Bridal Chorus - Wedding March - Here Comes The Bride - From Lohengrin Arrangement for organ (manuals only) or piano by Sheetmusic2print.com Pdf sheet music download


On which of London’s tube lines do trains reach the greatest speeds?

speeds of Underground lines | District Dave's London Underground Site District Dave's London Underground Site The Administration team are: Chris W, Dstock7080, londonstuff, rincew1nd, and seaeagle The Moderator team are: antharro, DistrictSOM, Dom K, metman, MoreToJack, Rich32, superteacher, tut and whistlekiller2000 speeds of Underground lines Back to Top Post by on May 2, 2011 18:38:53 GMT Does anybody know which is the fastest underground line, i would say the fastest ones are Jubilee, Central and victoria line and the slowest i would say is the Northern line and the Sub suface lines exept the Metropolitan line which used to travel up to 70mph however they rearly go over 50 mph these days. I dont know the offical fastest line could anybody help please? Post by cj on May 2, 2011 19:04:42 GMT Rarely go over 50? LOL. I'd say the Jubilee Jubilee is fastest, the Met coming in second. I've clocked an A stock doing 65 up the Met and from experience my GPS is very accurate with speed if not reading slightly under... but they aren't supposed to do that. The Jubilee is blazingly fast through some of the JLE sections when under TBTC. Last Edit: May 2, 2011 19:08:25 GMT by cj Back to Top Post by on May 2, 2011 19:13:45 GMT Yes, the Jubilee line will be the fastest as it can do speeds of 62mph and now its in ATO all trains will be quicker. However when the Jubilee line was in manual i still thought they were pritty quick. The S stock is limited to 50mph am sure. It must be pritty terrifying traveling at 70mph on a A stock! Back to Top Post by metman on May 2, 2011 19:17:35 GMT The S stock design speed is 62mph but it is capped to enable safe working within the current signalling system... see earlier thread...... May 2, 2011 19:13:45 GMT @jardine01 said: Yes, the Jubilee line will be the fastest as it can do speeds of 62mph and now its in ATO all trains will be quicker. However when the Jubilee line was in manual i still thought they were pritty quick. The S stock is limited to 50mph am sure. It must be pritty terrifying traveling at 70mph on a A stock! ATO itself doesn't make it quicker. The new signalling system allows the trains to work at their full potential rather than to a fixed signalling system designed for the performance curves of something like 72ts or on the north end of the line probably older on the old signals! TBTC has a constant calculation of overlap based on the speed. That means that a train going slower can come closer to the train ahead, and also means that they can reach fast speeds without having to worry about compromised overlaps or signal placement. That's the beauty of moving-block signalling, and will most certainly benefit the S stock when it is installed on the SSL - hopefully much better than the current crawl that is the SSL in the central area! May 2, 2011 19:13:45 GMT @jardine01 said: Yes, the Jubilee line will be the fastest as it can do speeds of 62mph and now its in ATO all trains will be quicker. However when the Jubilee line was in manual i still thought they were pritty quick. The S stock is limited to 50mph am sure. It must be pritty terrifying traveling at 70mph on a A stock! 96ts is rated for a top speed of 75mph not 62mph like the 92ts or the S Stock. However that doesn't mean they will ever do 75mph or there is any benefit from having a higher top speed, especially on a line which doesn't run out far like the Central or Metropolitan where top speed would be more beneficial. Trains running at a lower speed are allowed closer to the train in front. In todays world it's about the frequency and not the top speed.


Which saint lived on a small platform at the top of a pillar in Aleppo for 37 years?

Ecumenical Buddhism, Daoism, & Confucianism: The Stylites Ecumenical Buddhism, Daoism, & Confucianism Buddhism is the successor of the tribal Hindu faith. LaoZi is the greatest prophet of the Dao. Siddhartha Gautama is Saint Ioasaph in the Orthodox & Catholic Christian Churches. Jesus Christ can, in truth, be called a Buddha. He is the Eternal Dao, who is also One with the Father & Holy Spirit in the Holy Trinity. Apostolic Christianity is the successor of not only the tribal Jewish religion but also the 3 in 1 San Jiao He Yi faith of Buddhism, Daoism & Confucianism combined. 22 August 2010 The Stylites Stylites (from Greek stylos, "pillar") or Pillar-Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying. They believed that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure the salvation of their souls. The first stylite was probably Simeon Stylites the Elder who climbed on a pillar in Syria in 423 and remained there until his death 37 years later. Palladius of Galatia tells us of a hermit in Palestine who dwelt in a cave on the top of a mountain and who for the space of twenty-five years never turned his face to the west so that the sun never set on his face. St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Patrologia Graeca 37, 1456) speaks of a solitary who stood upright for many years together, absorbed in contemplation, without ever lying down. Theodoret assures us that he had seen a hermit who had passed ten years in a tub suspended in midair from poles (Philotheus, chapter 28). Palladius of Galatia was bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia, and a devoted disciple of Saint John Chrysostom. He is best remembered for his work, the Lausiac History; he was also, in all probability, the author of the Dialogue on the Life of Chrysostom. Palladius was born in Galatia in 363 or 364, and dedicated himself to the monastic life in 386 or a little later. He travelled to Egypt to meet the prototypical Christian monks, the Desert Fathers, for himself. In 388 he arrived in Alexandria and about 390 he passed on to Nitria, and a year later to a district in the desert known as Cellia, from the multitude of its cells, where he spent nine years, first with Macarius of Alexandria and then with Evagrius Ponticus. At the end of the time, his health having broken down, he went to Palestine in search of a cooler climate. In 400 he was ordained bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia, and soon became involved in the controversies which centred round St. John Chrysostom. The year 405 found him in Rome, whither he had gone to plead the cause of Chrysostom, his fidelity to whom resulted in his exile in the following year to Syene and the Thebaid, where he gained first-hand knowledge of another part of Egypt. In 412–413 he was restored, after a sojourn among the monks of the Mount of Olives. His great work was written in 419–420 and was called the Lausiac History, being composed for Lausus, chamberlain at the court of Theodosius II. He died some time in the decade 420–430. There seems no reason to doubt that it was the ascetic spirit manifested in such examples as these which spurred men on to devise new and more ingenious forms of self-crucifixion and which in 423 led Simeon Stylites the Elder first of all to take up his abode on the top of a pillar. Critics have recalled a passage in Lucian (De Syria Dea, chapters 28 and 29) which speaks of a high column at Hierapolis Bambyce to the top of which a man ascended twice a year and spent a week in converse with the gods, but the Catholic Encyclopedia argues that it is unlikely that Simeon had derived any suggestion from this pagan custom. In any case Simeon had a continuous series of imitators, particularly in Syria and Palestine. Daniel the Stylite may have been the first of these, for he had been a disciple of Simeon and began his rigorous way of life shortly after his master died. Saint Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي mār semʕān l-ʕamūdī; Greek: Ἅγιος Συμεὼν Στυλίτης Hagios Symeon Stylites) (c. 390 – 2 September 45


Officially, what is Canada’s national summer sport?

National Sports of Canada Act National Sports of Canada Act S.C. 1994, c. 16 Assented to 1994-05-12 An Act to recognize hockey and lacrosse as the national sports of Canada Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: Short Title National Sports of Canada Marginal note:Hockey and lacrosse to be national sports 2  The game commonly known as ice hockey is hereby recognized and declared to be the national winter sport of Canada and the game commonly known as lacrosse is hereby recognized and declared to be the national summer sport of Canada.


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Which 1985 treaty led to the abolition of border controls in much of Europe?

schengen agreement - 必应 Sign in Schengen Agreement The Schengen Agreement (English pronunciation: /ˈʃɛŋən/) is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's borderless Schengen Area. It was signed on 14 June 1985 by five of the ten member states of the then European Economic Community near the town of Schengen, Luxembourg. It proposed the gradual abolition of border checks at the signatories' common borders. Measures proposed included reduced speed vehicle checks which allowed vehicles to cross borders without stopping, allowing residents in border areas freedom to cross borders a ... (展开) way from fixed checkpoints and the harmonisation of visa policies. In 1990 the Agreement was supplemented by the Schengen Convention which proposed the abolition of internal border controls and a common visa policy. The Schengen Area operates very much like a single state for international travel purposes with external border controls for travellers entering and exiting the area, and common visas, but with no internal border controls. It currently consists of 26 European countries covering a population of over 400 million people and an area of 4,312,099 square kilometres (1,664,911 sq mi). Originally, the Schengen treaties and the rules adopted under them operated independently from the European Union. However, in 1999 they were incorporated into European Union law by the Amsterdam Treaty, while providing opt-outs for the only two EU member states which had remained outside the Area: Ireland and the United Kingdom. Schengen is now a core part of EU law and all EU member states without an opt-out which have not already joined the Schengen Area are legally obliged to do so when technical requirements have been met. Several non-EU countries are included in the area.[citation needed] The Schengen Agreement (English pronunciation: / ˈ ʃ ɛ ŋ ən /) is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement The Schengen Agreement was signed on 14 June 1985 by five of the ten EEC member states in the town of Schengen, Luxembourg. The Schengen Area was ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area Schengen cooperation enhances this freedom by enabling citizens to cross internal borders without being ... 14/06/2016 - 31st anniversary of the Schengen Agreement ... https://ec.europa.eu/.../policies/borders-and-visas/schengen_en The Schengen area and cooperation. The Schengen area and cooperation are founded on the Schengen Agreement of 1985. The Schengen area represents a territory where the ... eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:l33020 Despite that Schengen Agreement – including treaties and rules were established, the real implementation of the Schengen Area finally started on 26 March 1995 ... schengenvisainfo.com/schenge


Who played Cilla Black in the 2014 ITV drama series Cilla?

Cilla (TV Mini-Series 2014) - IMDb (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews I have left one point off as, being from Liverpool, I can spot a dud Liverpool accent a mile off, and while the lead actors accents were very good, some of the "cough and spit" actors did not get the sixties accent correctly. The accent seems to have become more rough around the edges than in those days when BBC English ruled the airwaves. Other than that the series was a joy. I loved hearing Sheridan Smith's versions of 60s classics. I especially enjoyed the revival of "Love of the Loved" as I liked this song on its first release and thought it should have been a much bigger hit. As an 11 year old I was glued to the TV screen whenever Merseybeat stars appeared. I remember Cilla Black being interviewed and saying that she was more excited about that song getting to number 35 than she did about her next release getting to number 1. Watching this I had to sympathise with Cilla as I enjoyed the scenes of her singing in the Liverpool clubs better than her later more middle of the road studio recording, but that is an ageing Liverpool music fan for you! I also enjoyed seeing the remnants of 60s Liverpool in this show, looking as dingy as I remembered the street back cracks of the time. And my, didn't the place look a treat when it was dressed up as New York using Civic Buildings also still around from that60s era. People I have chatted to have proudly told me that they were served hot-dogs and Coke by Cilla at the Cavern, so it seems to have tapped a wave of warm affection from older inhabitants of Modern Liverpooltowards Cilla. There is surely scope for a series two as there are several big Cilla hits from the late 60s and 70s such as "Surround Yourself With Sorrow" "Conversations" and the recently revived "Something tells me Something's going to Happen Tonight" still to come plus some emotionally charged episodes in the life of Cilla. But as it stands anyone who is still in thrall to the music of this period,with specific reference to lovers of Lennon and McCartney songs should watch this to get another take on the Beatles story as it delivers new information on Brian Epstein's managing abilities. I also loved hearing "Bad To me" by Billy J Kramer(One of the "lost" Beatles compositions like "Love of the Loved"? Well done to all concerned. It really,truly left me wanting more. A feature it shared with its subject, the legendary Cilla Black 4 of 4 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? Yes


What is the term for any playing card which can assume the value of another?

Playing card - definition of playing card by The Free Dictionary Playing card - definition of playing card by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/playing+card Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . play·ing card (plā′ĭng) n. A card marked with its rank and suit and belonging to any of several decks used in playing various games. playing card n (Card Games) one of a pack of 52 rectangular stiff cards, used for playing a variety of games, each card having one or more symbols of the same kind (diamonds, hearts, clubs, or spades) on the face, but an identical design on the reverse. See also suit 4 play′ing card` n. one of a set of cards used in playing various games, esp. one of a set of 52 numbered or ranked cards of four suits (diamonds, clubs, hearts, and spades). [1535–45] playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games crib - the cards discarded by players at cribbage ace - one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face card - one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys" club - a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps" two , deuce - one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots diamond - a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were trumps" draw - a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; "he got a pair of kings in the draw" face - the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" court card , face card , picture card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face gaming card - one of a set of cards used in gambling games heart - a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it; "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts were trumps" hole card - (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown joker - a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester singleton - the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt spade - a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it; "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps" spot - a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot" stopper - (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump" suit - playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?" three , trey - one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips trump , trump card - a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; "the ace of trumps is a sure winner" wild card - a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it pip , spot - a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)


What is the dominant colour of New York’s Staten Island Ferries?

Pleasant Trip Tips Lost and Found Information The Staten Island Ferry is one of the last remaining vestiges of an entire ferry system in New York City that transported people between Manhattan and its future boroughs long before any bridges were built. In Staten Island,             the northern shores were spiked in piers, competing ferry operators braved the busy waters of New York harbor.             Today the Staten Island Ferry provides 22 million people a year (70,000 passengers a day not including weekend days)             with ferry service between St. George on Staten Island and Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan. The ferry is the only             non-vehicular mode of transportation between Staten Island and Manhattan. NYC DOT operates and maintains the nine vessel             fleet as well as the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island, Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Manhattan, the City             Island and Hart Island Facilities, The Battery Maritime Building and all floating dock building equipment. The Staten Island Ferry             is run by the City of New York for one pragmatic reason: To transport Staten Islanders to and from Manhattan. Yet, the 5 mile, 25 minute ride also provides a majestic view of New York Harbor and a no-hassle, even romantic, boat ride, for free! One guide book             calls it "One of the world's greatest (and shortest) water voyages." From the deck of the ferry you will have a perfect view of The Statue of Liberty and             Ellis Island. You'll see the skyscrapers and bridges of Lower Manhattan receding as you pull away and coming into focus again as you return. A typical weekday             schedule involves the use of five boats to transport approximately 70,000 passengers daily (109 daily trips). During the day, between rush hours, boats             are regularly fueled and maintenance work is performed. Terminals are cleaned around the clock and routine terminal maintenance is performed on the day shift.             On weekends, four boats are used (88 trips each Saturday and 82 trips each Sunday). About 37,180 trips are made annually. History In The Beginning In the 18th century, ferry service between Staten Island and the city of New York was conducted by private individuals with "periaugers", shallow-draft, twin-mast sailboats used for local traffic in New York harbor. In the early 19th century, Vice President (and former New York governor) Daniel D. Tompkins secured a charter for the Richmond Turnpike Company, as part of his efforts to develop the village of Tompkinsville. All though this was intended to build a highway across Staten Island, the company also received the right to run a ferry to New York. The Richmond Turnpike Company is the direct ancestor of the current municipal ferry, the Staten Island Ferry.                 In 1817 the Richmond Turnpike Company began to run the first mechanically powered ferry between New York and Staten Island, the steam-powered Nautilus. It was commanded by Captain John De Forest, the brother-in-law of a young man named Cornelius Vanderbilt. In 1838 Vanderbilt, who had grown wealthy in the steamboat business in New York waters, bought control of the company. Except for a brief period in the 1850s, he would remain the dominant figure in the ferry service until the Civil War, when he sold it to the Staten Island Railway, led by his brother Jacob Vanderbilt.                 During the 1850s, Staten Island developed rapidly, and the ferry accordingly grew in importance. But the poor condition of the boats became a source of chronic complaint, as did the limited schedule. The opening of the Staten Island Railway in 1860 increased traffic further and newer boats were acquired, named after the towns of Richmond County which covered the whole of Staten Island. One of these ferries, the Westfield, came to grief when its boiler exploded while sitting in its


Which body and its moons were visited and studied by the New Horizons probe in July?

NASA Probe Captures Images of Pluto and Its Moon Charon [Video] - Scientific American Scientific American NASA Probe Captures Images of Pluto and Its Moon Charon [Video] The New Horizons spacecraft is set to make the first flyby of Pluto this July  By Mike Wall , LiveScience on February 13, 2015 Share on Facebook Advertisement | Report Ad A NASA spacecraft speeding toward an epic Pluto encounter this summer has captured a new movie of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon. The new Pluto-Charon video was shot by NASA's New Horizons probe, which will make the first-ever flyby of Pluto on July 14. The time-lapse movie consists of a series of images taken by New Horizons' long-range camera from Jan. 25 to Jan. 31. That's just long enough to cover one day on these icy, distant worlds; Pluto and Charon both rotate once every 6.4 Earth days. The two objects also complete one orbit around their common center of mass, or barycenter, in the same amount of time. (Pluto and Charon are tidally locked to each other, with one body always showing the other the same face.) [ Photos from NASA's New Horizons Pluto Probe ] "These images allow the New Horizons navigators to refine the positions of Pluto and Charon, and they have the additional benefit of allowing the mission scientists to study the variations in brightness of Pluto and Charon as they rotate, providing a preview of what to expect during the close encounter in July," New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, said in a statement . Pluto has five known moons, but aside from Charon, the four others are too small and faint to show up in the new photos, which were taken when New Horizons was about 125 million miles (201 million kilometers) from the Pluto system. Charon is 750 miles (1,207 km) in diameter — about half as wide as Pluto itself. The $700 million New Horizons mission launched in January 2006 to give researchers their first up-close look at Pluto, which has remained largely mysterious since its 1930 discovery because it is relatively small and lies so far away. On average, Pluto lies 39 times farther from the sun than Earth does and takes nearly 248 years to complete one orbit around the star. New Horizons began the six-month "encounter phase" of its Pluto mission last month. By sometime in May, the probe's images should be the best ever taken of the dwarf planet, surpassing those captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. And then, on July 14, New Horizons will zoom through the Pluto system, coming within 8,500 miles (13,600 km) of Pluto's frigid surface. The spacecraft's observations should help scientists better understand how Pluto, Charon and other bodies in the distant Kuiper Belt formed and evolved, mission team members have said. Stern and his team also want to send New Horizons on to study another Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto. If NASA approves and funds an extended mission, this second flyby would take place in 2019.   Copyright 2015 SPACE.com, a Purch company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Advertisement |


What is the name of the mother craft of Philae, the probe currently sitting on Comet 67P?

Philae comet probe may have bounced after landing - CNN.com 1 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Philae is wedged in a dark corner of Rosetta – "We are so happy to have finally imaged Philae, and to see it in such amazing detail," says Cecilia Tubiana of the OSIRIS camera team. She was the first person to see the images when they were downlinked from the Rosetta probe, according to the European Space Agency. Hide Caption 2 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Philae found using images from Rosetta – The image is detailed enough that viewers can pick out features of Philae's 3-foot-wide (1 meter) body. Even two of its three legs can be seen. Hide Caption 3 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser One of the primary objectives of the Rosetta mission was to drop the Philae lander onto the comet. The probe was successfully deployed in November 2014, becoming the first probe to land on a comet. But Philae failed to grab onto the comet and bounced around. It fell silent a few days later. Then on June 13, 2015, Philae came out of hibernation and "spoke" to mission managers at the European Space Agency for 85 seconds. This photo above was taken by the lander's mothership, the Rosetta orbiter, after the lander started its descent to the comet. Hide Caption 4 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser The Rosetta spacecraft captured this image of a jet of white debris spraying from Comet 67P/Churyumov--Gerasimenko on July 29, 2015. Mission scientists said this was the brightest jet seen to date in the mission. The debris is mostly of ice coated with dark organic material. Hide Caption 5 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser This image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta on July 8, 2015 as the spacecraft and comet headed toward their closest approach to the sun. Rosetta was about 125 miles (201 kilometers) from the comet when it took this image. Hide Caption 6 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Philae wakes up! Mission managers posted this cartoon of the lander yawning after it came out of hibernation on June 13, 2015. They also sent a series of tweets between the lander and its mothership, Rosetta. Hide Caption 7 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is a Jupiter-family comet. Its 6.5 year journey around the Sun takes it from just beyond the orbit of Jupiter at its most distant, to between the orbits of Earth and Mars at its closest. The comet hails from the Kuiper Belt, but gravitational perturbations knocked it towards the Sun where interactions with Jupiter's gravity set it on its present-day orbit. Hide Caption 8 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser This image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta on June 5, 2015, while the spacecraft was about 129 miles (208 kilometers) from the comet's center. Hide Caption Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Rosetta's navigation camera took this image of the comet on June 1, 2015. Hide Caption 10 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser The Rosetta Mission is tracking Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on its orbit around the sun. This image was taken on May 3, 2015 at a distance of about 84 miles (135 km) from the comet's center. Hide Caption Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser This image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on April 15, 2015. Hide Caption 12 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser Rosetta snapped this wide-angle view of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in September 2014. Rosetta was about 107 million miles (172 million kilometers) from Earth and about 92 million miles (148 million kilometers) from the sun when the photo was released. Hide Caption 13 of 39 Photos: Rosetta: The comet chaser A camera on Rosetta took this picture of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 22, 2014, from a distance of about 19 miles (31 kilometers). The nucleus is deliberately overexposed to reveal jets of material spewing from the comet. The 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer) comet has shown a big increase in the amount of water its releasing, according to NASA. The space agency says about 40 ounces (1.2 liters)


Guaranteeing $50 million, whose basic contract is the most lucrative in Formula 1?

Formula One's Benign Despot Formula One's Benign Despot Doron Levin January 01, 2012 To fans imbued with the sacred traditions of baseball or football, Formula One motor racing is an exercise in organized high-speed chaos. Each race car is custom-built under technical rules that change constantly. The young, glamorous drivers are employed at fabulous salaries, yet are prone to switch allegiance at a pace matched only by the buying and selling of teams and shuffling of sponsors. At the end of an eight-month Grand Prix race season, the team with the most successful car wins the Constructor’s Title. Confusingly, the champion driver doesn’t necessarily represent the top team. If casual spectators are stymied by the blur of names, alliances and prizes, they can clearly see and comprehend the opulent air of wealth and prestige that enshrouds Grand Prix races. But unlike most other sports that evolved through the accomplishments of many, the emergence of Formula One — commonly known as F1 — as one of the world’s most lucrative sports marketing platforms is traceable to the ideas, actions and leadership of a single mastermind. Before Bernard Charles Ecclestone, known ubiquitously as Bernie, F1 was a weekend sport for well-to-do self-financed amateurs. Television hadn’t discovered it, and sponsorships were irrelevant. He was the first to recognize the sport’s commercial possibilities and, just as important, proved he could bring them to fruition. He realized that tobacco companies and automakers — and later Hugo Boss, Red Bull, Tag Heuer, Vodafone and others — could and would pay enormous sums to build increasingly sophisticated vehicles to carry and televise their logos and that they would compete in spectacular races in exotic locations like Monte Carlo and Shanghai. A race team owner himself, Ecclestone was the first in his peer group to see that bargaining collectively would be far more lucrative than negotiating appearance fees separately with race promoters, the practice in the 1970s. Likewise, his instincts about how he could attain optimal value from large-scale television contracts, as opposed to multiple local deals, were prescient. There has been buzz throughout the 2011 season about the possible sale of F1’s valuable commercial rights to a group led by the chief executive of the News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, another renowned negotiator. But before anybody buys anything, Ecclestone’s opinion looms large. His family trust, which he amassed in part from fees that he earned by negotiating on behalf the teams, owns a valuable chunk of F1’s commercial rights. The majority owner of the rights is the private equity firm CVC Capital Management, which employs Ecclestone to run the sport as chief executive. Could Ecclestone and Murdoch, whose mutual enmity is barely disguised, coexist under the News Corporation’s ownership? Since the late 1970s, Ecclestone’s strategies and operating style have become as critical to the sport’s financial success as technologies like turbocharging are to winning races. Now 80 years old, he began competing in minor-league racing while still a teenager. Before buying a team, he managed the F1 champion driver Jochen Rindt until Rindt died in a crash. But Ecclestone discovered early that the excitement of deals and high-stakes negotiations was every bit as alluring as the danger of passing on a high-speed curve — which is why a pastime of wealthy weekend enthusiasts, designers and mechanics has morphed into a business valued at billions, with a fan base similar to that of the Olympics or World Cup. “Bernie has created a great, sustainable product; he understands the brand, continuously improves it and deals with all the adversity,’’ said Herb Fishel, retired head of General Motors’ motor sports programs. ``His actions require risk, and he has demonstrated frequently that he is not averse. He knows the selling power of the Formula One starting grid and uses it often.” Susan Watkins, a Canadian journalist and friend of Eccle-stone who wrote a 2010 biography, described her subject as “absolutely fear


Part of the Pope’s regalia, what is the more common name for the Piscatory Ring?

The Pope's ring - Vatican Articles The Pope's ring 21/05/2013 by Vatican.com The Pope’s ring The Pope's ring is also called the Piscatory Ring or Annulus Piscatoris. The ring is part of the Pope's regalia.The Pope’s ring is also commonly referred to as the Ring of the Fisherman. The Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church and the successor of Saint Peter who used to be a fisherman before he became Christ's disciple. The ring used to depict a bas-relief of Peter fishing on a boat It is a special ring that is worn by the pope who is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, Saint Peter was a fisherman but later became a “fisher of Men” bringing the word of Christ to the people. All the apostles were named “fishers of men"(Mark 1:17). Originally, the Fisherman’s Ring was a signet which was used to seal official documents signed by the pope. The private correspondences of the pope were sealed by the use of the Fisherman’s Ring while the public documents were sealed by stamping a different papal seal onto the lead that was attached to the respective document. During the 15th century, the use of the Fisherman’s Ring changed and it started to be used for sealing official documents referred to as papal briefs. This practice ended in 1842, when the lead sealing was replaced with wax. The Pope’s ring is normally given to the newly elected pope during the inauguration mass. It is the Dean of the College of Cardinals who slips the ring on the third finger of the newly elected Pope’s right hand. The newly elected pope chooses which design of the Fisherman's ring to wear. Mostly, the Fisherman’s Ring is made of silver or gold. The ring is worn on the right hand of the pope and it depicts a bearded St. Peter holding a pair of keys. One key is a representation of the power in heaven while the other key shows the spiritual authority of the papacy on earth. The Pope’s ring indicates the role of the pope as a “fisher of men”. According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, the pope’s ring is supposed to be smashed with a specially designed silver hammer once the pope leaves office. This is because the Vatican states that “Objects strictly tied to the ministry of St. Peter must be destroyed”. However, this is no longer enacted and most of the Pope’s rings are either kept in the Vatican museum for posterity or they are worn by the pope’s successors. The ring was used in the past as a seal for the pope’s private documents, yet currently it remains a symbol of the papal authority and responsibility. Since it is no longer used as a seal there is no longer a need to have it destroyed upon the pope’s resignation or death. The Pope’s ring symbolizes the pope’s authority over the Catholic Church's community. Also it represents the shepherd’s mission of placing the lost, sick or weak sheep on his shoulder. When a pope is elected, a new ring is cast for him. However, some popes have defied using the new ring designed specifically for them and instead opted to use the ring used by their predecessor. Through the centuries it has become traditional to kneel in front of the Pope and kiss his ring thus showing respect and acknowledging him as the successor of St. Peter. What do you think about this tradition? Would you like to kiss the Pope's ring? Tell us what you think about this topic


Also a band, what is the vanilla-flavoured, chocolate-free equivalent of a brownie?

Blondie (comic strip) - iSnare Free Encyclopedia Blondie (comic strip) Humor, Gag-a-day Blondie is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Chic Young . Distributed by King Features Syndicate , the strip has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930. [1] The success of the strip, which features the eponymous blonde and her sandwich-loving husband, led to the long-running Blondie film series (1938–1950) and the popular Blondie radio program (1939–1950). Chic Young drew Blondie until his death in 1973, when creative control passed to his son Dean Young , who continues to write the strip. Young has collaborated with a number of artists on Blondie, including Jim Raymond , Mike Gersher , Stan Drake , Denis Lebrun , and John Marshall . Through these changes, Blondie has remained popular, appearing in more than 2,000 newspapers in 47 countries and has been translated into 35 languages. Since 2006, Blondie has also been available via email through King Features' DailyINK service. [2] Contents 8 External links Overview Originally designed to follow in the footsteps of Young's earlier "pretty girl" creations Beautiful Bab and Dumb Dora, Blondie focused on the adventures of Blondie Boopadoop—a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls along with her boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead , heir to a railroad fortune. The name "Boopadoop" derives from the scat singing lyric that was popularized by Helen Kane 's 1928 song "I Wanna Be Loved by You." Marriage On February 17, 1933, after much fanfare and build-up, Blondie and Dagwood were married after a month-and-a-half-long hunger strike by Dagwood to get his parents' blessing, but they strongly disapprove of his marrying beneath his class, and disinherit him. Left only with a check to pay their honeymoon, the Bumsteads are forced to become a middle-class suburban family. The marriage was a significant media event, given the comic strip's popularity. [3] The catalog for the University of Florida's 2005 exhibition, "75 Years of Blondie, 1930–2005", notes: Blondie's marriage marked the beginning of a change in her personality. From that point forward, she gradually assumed her position as the sensible head of the Bumstead household. And Dagwood, who previously had been cast in the role of straight man to Blondie's comic antics, took over as the comic strip's clown. [4] Setting "Dagwood Bumstead and family, including Daisy and the pups, live in the suburbs of Joplin, Missouri ," according to the August 1946 issue of The Joplin Globe , citing Chic Young. [5] Cast of characters Blondie Bumstead (née Boopadoop): The eponymous leading lady of the comic strip. Blondie is a smart, sweet, and responsible woman. She can be stressed at times when raising her family and because of Dagwood's antics, and despite being usually laid-back and patient, Blondie does get upset sometimes. She is also extremely beautiful with gold hair, gentle curls, and a shapely figure. A friend once told Dagwood that Blondie looked like a 'million bucks'. In 1991, she began a catering business with her neighbor, Tootsie. Dagwood Bumstead : Blondie's husband. A kind and loving yet clumsy, naïve and lazy man whose cartoonish antics are the basis for the strip. He is a big fan of sports (primarily football and baseball) and has a large, insatiable appetite for food (but he remains slender). Dagwood is especially fond of making and eating the mile-high Dagwood sandwich . He celebrates even the most insignificant holidays, and approaches Thanksgiving (a holiday known for lavish dinners) with the same reverence most people reserve for Christmas. His continuous antagonistic and comical confrontations with his boss Mr. Dithers, for numerous reasons including Dagwood's laziness and silly mistakes, is a subplot that gets considerable attention in the strip. His klutziness is also a fundamental part of his encounters with Mr. Beasley the mailman. Another subplot deals with Dagwood and his neighbor Herb. He can also often be seen napping on his couch. Alexander Bumstead: the elder child of Blondie and Dagwood who i


Which physical quantity is calculated by multiplying a body’s mass by its velocity?

Scalars and Vectors To better understand the science of propulsion it is necessary to use some mathematical ideas from vector analysis. Most people are introduced to vectors in high school or college, but for the elementary and middle school students, or the mathematically-challenged: DON'T PANIC!. There are many complex parts to vector analysis and we aren't going there. We are going to limit ourselves to the very basics. Vectors allow us to look at complex, multi-dimensional problems as a simpler group of one-dimensional problems. We will be concerned mostly with definitions The words are a bit strange, but the ideas are very powerful as you will see. If you want to find out a lot more about vectors you can download this report on vector analysis . Math and science were invented by humans to describe and understand the world around us. We live in a (at least) four-dimensional world governed by the passing of time and three space dimensions; up and down, left and right, and back and forth. We observe that there are some quantities and processes in our world that depend on the direction in which they occur, and there are some quantities that do not depend on direction. For example, the volume of an object, the three-dimensional space that an object occupies, does not depend on direction. If we have a 5 cubic foot block of iron and we move it up and down and then left and right, we still have a 5 cubic foot block of iron. On the other hand, the location , of an object does depend on direction. If we move the 5 cubic foot block 5 miles to the north, the resulting location is very different than if we moved it 5 miles to the east. Mathematicians and scientists call a quantity which depends on direction a vector quantity. A quantity which does not depend on direction is called a scalar quantity. Vector quantities have two characteristics, a magnitude and a direction. Scalar quantities have only a magnitude. When comparing two vector quantities of the same type, you have to compare both the magnitude and the direction. For scalars, you only have to compare the magnitude. When doing any mathematical operation on a vector quantity (like adding, subtracting, multiplying ..) you have to consider both the magnitude and the direction. This makes dealing with vector quantities a little more complicated than scalars. On the slide we list some of the physical quantities discussed in the Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics and group them into either vector or scalar quantities. Of particular interest, the forces which operate on a flying aircraft, the weight , thrust , and aerodynmaic forces , are all vector quantities. The resulting motion of the aircraft in terms of displacement, velocity, and acceleration are also vector quantities. These quantities can be determined by application of Newton's laws for vectors. The scalar quantities include most of the thermodynamic state variables involved with the propulsion system, such as the density , pressure , and temperature of the propellants. The energy , work , and entropy associated with the engines are also scalar quantities. Vectors have magnitude and direction, scalars only have magnitude. The fact that magnitude occurs for both scalars and vectors can lead to some confusion. There are some quantities, like speed, which have very special definitions for scientists. By definition, speed is the scalar magnitude of a velocity vector. A car going down the road has a speed of 50 mph. Its velocity is 50 mph in the northeast direction. It can get very confusing when the terms are used interchangeably! Another example is mass and weight. Weight is a force which is a vector and has a magnitude and direction. Mass is a scalar. Weight and mass are related to one another, but they are not the same quantity.` While Newton's laws describe the resulting motion of a solid, there are special equations which describe the motion of fluids, gases and liquids . For any physical system, the mass , momentum , and energy of the system must be conserved. Mass and energy are scalar quantities, while momentum is a


From which S.E. London open space do participants start the London Marathon?

London Marathon, instructions for race day 1 REGISTRATION FORM AND           RUNNING NUMBER   Please read          these instructions very carefully; and you will find all the          information you need to have a trouble-free Race Day. We will do our utmost to look after you all the          way through each of the 26.2 miles. All you need to do is          follow the few simple guidelines here. You will have received your registration form which shows your          running number. DO NOT LOSE THIS FORM. You will need it to          collect your running number and kitbag when you register at          the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. The acceptance slip sent to you          in December is not valid. If you do lose or mislay your          registration form please go to the help desk at registration          and remember to bring a form of identification with you. On the reverse of the registration form you will find a          Charity Survey questionnaire, please complete this section          before you arrive at Registration. There are also instructions          for you to register for your Race Day photos. While preferring you to register in person, we recognise that          in some cases this may be impossible. You can nominate someone          to collect your number for you. The person you nominate must          have the following: a letter written and signed by you,          authorising that person - by name - to collect your number.          You must also sign your registration form before handing it to          them. Your signature will be checked against your original          entry form. The person collecting your running number should          have suitable identification with them. Failure to comply with          the above instructions may lead to your running number not          being issued. Please note, an individual can only pick up one          running number in addition to their own. Finally, take care of your running number and fill in the          medical information on the reverse side. Do not tamper with your number in any way, note that duplicate          numbers cannot be issued under any circumstances. You must          register and collect your number before Race Day. Registration          is at the Flora London Marathon Exhibition held at ExCeL, 1          Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL and is          open at the following times: Wednesday 22nd April 11am-8pm. Friday 24th April, 10am-8pm. Saturday 25th April 9am-5pm. You will be asked to sign the declaration on your Registration          Form in front of the Registration Clerk. You may be asked for          personal identification. With your number and kitbag you will          also be given a set of final instructions. Please read them          carefully. 4 GETTING TO ExCeL ExCeL is connected to the Jubilee line at Canning Town via a          3-minute DLR journey (Docklands Light Railway) to ExCeLï¿½s          dedicated station Custom House for the west entrance. (Prince          Regent station for the east entrance). ExCeL is also connected          directly to the Central, Northern, Circle, District and          Waterloo & City lines at Bank and the Circle and District          lines at Tower Hill via the DLR. ExCeL is in London          Underground Zone 3. We strongly advise that you purchase a          return or travelcard as ticket purchasing facilities are          limited at ExCeL. All valid London Underground tickets are          accepted on Docklands Light Railway (DLR). Custom House DLR          station is adjacent to the ExCeL centre entrance. PLEASE NOTE: DUR


Which five word title is engraved on the letter box at 10 Downing Street?

What Is Engraved On The 10 Downing St Door? - LBC LBC What Is Engraved On The 10 Downing St Door? Mystery Hour Question What is engraved on the letterbox of the door of 10 Downing Street? Lindy, Letchworth Name: John, Marylebone Qualification: Occasional visitor to 10 Downing Street Answer: The title of the Prime Minister, before he was called Prime Minister, was the First Lord of the Treasury. And that is what is written on the letterbox of 10 Downing Street. Interestingly, they have two doors, which are changed every six months, so that they can be cleaned and re-decorated in private. Latest on LBC


Who led the ill-fated expedition which set sail in 1845 in HMS Erebus and HMS Terror?

Parks Canada - The Franklin Expedition - The Franklin Expedition The Franklin Expedition The Franklin Expedition In 1845, explorer Sir John Franklin set sail from England with two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, in search of a Northwest Passage across what is now Canada's Arctic. The ships and crews vanished and dozens of search expeditions set sail to try to find them. A breakthrough was made in September 2014 when an expedition led by Parks Canada discovered the wreck of HMS Erebus, in the south of Victoria Island in Nunavut. A second breakthrough happened in September 2016, when HMS Terror was found in Terror Bay, further north. These expeditions brought together the Government of Canada as well as public, private and non-profit organizations. The use of state-of-the-art technology, Inuit knowledge and oral testimony made these historic discoveries possible. Explore this section to learn about Sir John Franklin’s 1845 Expedition. Follow the ongoing work of Parks Canada and our partners as we explore the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. Follow us on Twitter @PCArchaeology Searches and finds Get the inside scoop on Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Team's searches and finds surrounding Sir John Franklin's historical expedition in the heart of the Canadian Arctic. Visit the Searches and finds section .  Explore: photos and videos Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Team and partners have recorded every step of their missions in the Arctic in the search for Sir John Franklin’s expedition. Take a look:


Which is the only species of penguin likely to be seen in the wild north of the Equator?

Penguin | Species | WWF Penguin Donateh Overview Penguins are a family of 17 to 19 species of birds that live primarily in the Southern Hemisphere. They include the tiny blue penguins of Australia and New Zealand, the majestic emperor penguins of Antarctica and king penguins found on many sub- Antarctic islands, the endangered African penguin and the Galápagos penguin—the only penguin to be found north of the equator. b Scientific Name 15 inches to 3 ½ feet d Weight 2 pounds to 80 pounds e Habitats Oceans, Coasts Though they are birds, penguins have flippers instead of wings. They cannot fly and on land they waddle walking upright—though when snow conditions are right they will slide on their bellies. In the water they are expert swimmers and divers, and some species can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour. The penguin’s distinctive coloring—black body with white belly—helps camouflage the bird in the water as it searches for meals of small shrimp, fish, crabs and squid. The Antarctic Peninsula, where half of the world’s emperor penguins and 70% of the Adelie penguins can be found, is heating up faster than the global average and melting the sea ice that the penguins depend on for places to breed and access to food.


Which religious group calls its places of worship Kingdom Hall?

Kingdom hall - definition of kingdom hall by The Free Dictionary Kingdom hall - definition of kingdom hall by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kingdom+hall Related to kingdom hall: Jehovah witness kingdom hall n. A building or place of worship and religious instruction for Jehovah's Witnesses. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Write what you mean clearly and correctly. References in periodicals archive ? School officials recognised the achievements of the kindergarten children during a special ceremony held in their Kingdom Hall. FLAP OVER TRAFFIC SETTLED CITY APPROVES NEW PRESCHOOL The property is approached from Castle Walk, with St Mary's Steps leading down to Old Kingdom Hall. Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.


What is the memorable common name for the flower myosotis?

Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) Scientific Name: Myosotis scorpioides Family: Forget-me-not (Boraginaceae) Other Common Names: True Forget-me-not, Scorpion Weed, Love-me, Marsh Scorpion Grass, Mouse-Ear Scorpion Grass, Snake Grass Flower Color: Light blue with yellow center Habitat: Wet soils, near lakes and rivers and sometimes in shallow water General Bloom Dates: May - September General Characteristics: The Forget-me-not flower has five, bright blue, regular petals that surround a yellow center. The flower is 1/2" wide. The flowers grow near the end of the stem, each having its own short stalk off of the main stem. When the plant first emerges the stem is curled at the end; when the flowers begin to bloom the stem uncurls. The stem grows 6"-12" high. The simple leaves grow in an alternate pattern along the stem.  Leaves are lance-shaped and are 1-2" long. Both the leaves and stem are covered in fine hair. Forget-me-nots grow in mats with a widespread root system. Plant Lore: There are four species of Forget-me-nots in Minnesota. There are both native and non-native species, but the Myosotis scorpioides is from Europe. It escaped from gardens and found suitable habitat. The plant's scientific name and common name have several interesting theories on their origin. The scientific name, Myosotis, means mouse ear, which describes the size and shape of the petal. Its species name, scorpiodes, and the common name "Scorpion Weed", are from the coiled plant stem that resembles a scorpion tail. This appearance led people to believe this flower was a remedy for scorpion stings; however, this claim has never been validated. The common name may have originated from an unpleasant edible experience that was hard to forget (these plants taste bad), or may have a more heartfelt meaning.  It's said that whomever wore this flower wouldn't be forgotten by his or her lover. There are two stories that illustrate the flower's significance among lovers and explain the common name, although both have tragic endings. In the first story, a suitor was picking this flower for his love and saw the perfect specimen. It was close to the cliff's edge but he reached for it anyway. Losing his balance, the man plummeted over the cliff, shouting, "Forget me not!" as he fell. The second story originates in Germany. A knight and his lovely lady were walking along a riverbank. He was picking this flower for her when he tripped and fell into the river. Before he went under he threw the small bouquet to her and shouted "vergiss mein nicht", the German name of the flower. Modern Uses of this Plant: The Forget-me-not is used today in gardens and along walkways.