Who became the head of the UK's Lawn Tennis Association in 2006?

Lawn Tennis Association 'rewards failure', claim Roger Draper critics - Telegraph Tennis Lawn Tennis Association 'rewards failure', claim Roger Draper critics Three of the Lawn Tennis Association's critics have urged the All-Party Parliamentary Tennis Group to examine whether the governing body has paid substantial bonuses to its employees, with suggestions that the LTA has been "rewarding failure". Failure: Britain's Davis Cup team were defeated by Lithuania Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Mark Hodgkinson 10:59PM GMT 16 Mar 2010 The critics would like the panel of peers and MPs to examine how much has been paid in bonuses to staff in the four years since Roger Draper became the chief executive. Adrian Rattenbury, the president of the European Registry of Tennis Professionals, which represents coaches in Britain, was one of those who addressed the All-Party Group at the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday, and afterwards he suggested that the LTA had been "rewarding failure and non-achievement". "I don't understand why the LTA's employees are being rewarded for failure. Why should you be paid extra if you haven't done your job and met your targets, never mind surpassed them? This is rewarding and funding failure, funding non-achievement, and it doesn't make sense," Rattenbury said. "The All-Party Group should ask the LTA how much they have paid in bonuses since Draper became the chief executive in 2006. They haven't met their targets, so why should they be paid extra? Anyone who is passionate about British tennis won't be happy about the bonuses that have been paid by the LTA. These bonuses are taking money out of the game. I don't think the LTA should receive a penny of public money." Mark Petchey, Andy Murray's former coach, and a former head of men's national training at the LTA, agreed. "When you consider the state of British tennis, I think it's unacceptable that bonuses have been paid. People are receiving bonuses for not achieving." Related Articles


The USA won the most medals at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Out of these countries, which one won the most?

2000 Sydney Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 2000 Sydney Summer Games Host City: Sydney, Australia (September 13, 2000 to October 1, 2000) Opening Ceremony: September 15, 2000 (opened by Governor-General William Deane) Lighter of the Olympic Flame: Cathy Freeman Taker of the Olympic Oath: Rechelle Hawkes (athlete) Closing Ceremony: October 1, 2000 Events: 300 in 34 sports Participants: 10,648 (6,579 men and 4,068 women) from 200 countries Youngest Participant:   Fatima Abdul Majeed (12 years, 181 days) Oldest Participant:   Bruce Meredith (63 years, 156 days) Most Medals (Athlete): United States (93 medals) Overview In September 1993, when the IOC voted on the host city for the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney won. And in early October 2000, at the close of the Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Sydney had won again. The Australian city demonstrated to the world how to conduct an Olympic Games. At the Closing Ceremony, President [Juan Antonio Samaranch] declared the Sydney Olympics the )best ever), and nobody disagreed. » Click to show/hide rest of overview The 2000 Olympic Games were not without their troubles, but most of these preceded those glorious two weeks in September. In late November 1998, the Olympic Bribery Scandal hit, when it was revealed that the Salt Lake City Bid Committee for the [2002 Olympic Winter Games] had paid college tuition for the children of certain IOC members, in an effort to buy their votes. As the scandal escalated, all Olympic groups began to have some problems with fund raising, and the Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) was not spared. But most of the venues were already built, and SOCOG overcame the problem. As the reverberations from the Scandal lessened in early 2000, Sydney was able to meet its budget. The only other significant problem at Sydney was the recurring difficulty with drugs and doping. Prior to the Games, 28 Chinese Olympic athletes were withdrawn when the Chinese Olympic Committee reported that they had tested positive for drugs. Several athletes were disqualified and lost medals, but the most publicity for a doping positive went to an athlete not even competing in Sydney. [C. J. Hunter], the American shot putter, and husband of sprint star, [Marion Jones], had qualified for the 2000 Olympics but withdrew after surgery on his knee. But it was revealed in mid-Olympics that he had tested positive for drugs at meets earlier in the summer. The press, hungry for controversies midst an otherwise almost perfect Olympics, reported this finding with a vengeance, and brought up the other, much less publicized, doping positives. The Games began with an Opening Ceremony in which the Olympic Flame was lit by [Cathy Freeman], a native aboriginal 400 metres runner. It was to a certain degree a political choice, as the Australians are only now admitting their previous poor treatment of aboriginal peoples, and attempting to address the problems this has created. Freeman was probably the single biggest hero to the Australian nation, as she won the [400 metres] gold medal, the only final torch bearer to ever win a gold medal at the same Olympics. Marion Jones was one of the big stories of the Olympics. Prior to the Olympics, she announced plans to attempt to win five gold medals – the [100 metres], [200 metres], [long jump], and both relays. She failed, but hers was still a wondrous Olympics – three gold medals in the sprints and [4×400 metres relay], and bronzes in the long jump and [4×100 relay]. It was the most medals ever won in track & field at a single Olympics by a woman. Sadly, in 2007, she confessed to steroid usage during the period of the 2000 Olympics, and all of her medals and results were annulled. The Australians focused on swimming, almost their national sport. Their big pre-Games hero was [Ian Thorpe], the 17-year-old wunderkind, who had set multiple world records in the past year. Thorpe opened the Olympics by winning the [400 metres freestyle] in world record time on the first night of competition. The Australians expecte


In Greek mythology, who rode Pegasus, the flying horse?

PEGASUS (Pegasos) - Winged Horse of Greek Mythology Of the Spring (pêgê) Pegasus at the spring, Apulian red-figure vase C4th B.C., Tampa Museum of Art PEGASOS (Pegasus) was an immortal, winged horse which sprang from the neck of the beheaded Gorgon Medousa (Medusa). It was tamed by Bellerophon who rode it into battle against the fire-breathing monster known as the Khimaira (Chimera) . Later the hero attempted to fly to heaven but Zeus caused the horse to buck throwing him back down to earth in disgrace. Pegasos winged his way on to Olympos where he became the thunderbolt-bearer of Zeus. Pegasos was commemorated amongst the stars as the constellation of the same name. Its rising marks the arrival of spring and, in Greece, of seasonal thunderstorms. Pegasos' name means either "of the spring" from the Greek word pêgê, or "sprung forth" from the word pêgazô. The first alludes to the steed's connection with various springs, and the latter to its birth from the Gorgon's neck. FAMILY OF PEGASUS PARENTS [1.1] POSEIDON & MEDOUSA (Hesiod Theogony 278, Apollodorus 2.32 & 2.42, Hyginus Fabulae 151 & Astronomica 2.18, Ovid Metamorphoses 4.781 & 6.119) [1.2] MEDOUSA (Pindar Olympian Ode, Nonnus Dionysiaca 24.270) ENCYCLOPEDIA PE′GASUS (Pêgasos). The famous winged horse, whose origin is thus related. When Perseus struck off the head of Medusa, with whom Poseidon had had intercourse in the form of a horse or a bird, there sprang forth from her Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus. The latter obtained the name Pegasus because he was believed to have made his appearance near the sources (pêgai) of Oceanus. Pegasus rose up to the seats of the immortals, and afterwards lived in the palace of Zeus, for whom he carried thunder and lightning (IIes. Theog. 281, &c.; Apollod. ii. 3. § 2, 4. § 2 ; Schol. ad Aristoph. Pac. 722; comp. Ov. Met. iv. 781, &c. vi. 119). According to this view, which is apparently the most ancient, Pegasus was the thundering horse of Zeus; but later writers describe him as the horse of Eos (Schol. ad Hom. Il. vi. 155; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 17), and place him among the stars as the heavenly horse (Arat. Phaen. 205, &c.; Hygin. Poet. Astr. ii. 18 Ov. Fast. iii. 457, &c.). Pegasus also acts a prominent part in the fight of Bellerophon against the Chimaera (Hes. Theog. 325; Apollod. ii. 3. § 2). After Bellerophon had tried and suffered much to obtain possession of Pegasus for his fight against the Chimaera, he consuited the soothsayer Polyidus at Corinth. The latter advised him to spend a night in the temple of Athena, and, as Bellerophon was sleeping, the goddess appeared to him in a dream, commanding him to sacrifice to Poseidon, and gave him a golden bridle. When he awoke he found the bridle, offered the sacrifice, and caught Pegasus, who was drinking at the well Peirene (Pind. Ol. xiii. 90, &c. with the Schol.; Strab. viii. p. 379). According to some Athena herself tamed and bridled Pegasus, and surrendered him to Bellerophon (Paus. ii. 4. § 1), or Bellerophon received Pegasus from his own father Poseidon (Schol. ad Hom. Il. vi. 155). After he had conquered the Chimaera (Pindar says that he also conquered the Amazons and the Solymi, Ol. xiii. 125), he endeavoured to rise up to heaven with his winged horse, but fell down upon the earth, either from fear or from giddiness, or being thrown off by Pegasus, who was rendered furious by a gad-fly which Zeus had sent. But Pegasus continued his flight (Hygin. Poet. Astr. ii. 18 ; Pind. Isthm. vii. 6; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 17; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 636). Whether Hesiod considered Pegasus as a winged horse, cannot be inferred with certainty from the word apoptamenose; but Pindar, Euripides, and the other later writers, expressly mention his wings. Pegasus lastly was also regarded as the horse of the Muses, and in this capacity he is more celebrated in modern times than he ever was in antiquity ; for with the ancients he had no connection with the Muses, except that by his hoof he called forth the inspiring well Hippocrene. The story about this well runs as follows. When the nine Muses engaged in a con


What country has the most Catholics in the population?

Most Catholic Countries Worldwide, Increase Seen In Global South | The Huffington Post Most Catholic Countries Worldwide, Increase Seen In Global South 02/25/2013 07:29 am ET Jahnabi Barooah Assistant Editor, Religion Click through the slideshow to see the top 10 countries with the largest number of Catholics: 10 Countries with Largest Number of Catholics 10 Countries with Largest Number of Catholics 1 10 Brazil Estimated 2010 Catholic population: 126,750,000 Percentage of population that is Catholic, 2010: 65 Percentage of world Catholic population: 11.7 Pew Research Center, “The Global Catholic Population" Original photo here . Share this slide: Wikimedia Commons / Valter Campanato/ABr A recent analytical report by Pew Research Center, " The Global Catholic Population ," indicates the countries with the highest Catholic population today, and how the global face of Catholicism has changed in the last century. The study, which surveyed 232 countries and territories, finds that as of 2010 the Catholic Church had 1.1 billion adherents worldwide. The Catholic Church is the body of churches that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome. This includes the Roman Catholic Church and 22 Eastern Catholic Churches. This study defines adherents as those who self-identify as Catholics. This includes those whose religious views might be deemed unorthodox, and those who seldom pray or attend church. With close to 127 million Catholics, Brazil has more Catholics than any other country, and 11.7 percent of the world's Catholic population. Brazil is followed by Mexico (96 million), Philippines (76 million), United States (75 million), Italy (49 million), Colombia (38 million), France (38 million), Poland (35 million), Spain (35 million) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (31 million). Together, these 10 countries account for 55.6 percent of the Catholic population worldwide. For some perspective, Brazil alone has more Catholics than Italy, France and Poland, the top three European countries on the list, combined. According to Pew's report , over the past century the number of Catholics around the world has tripled from an estimated 291 million in 1910 to around 1.1 billion in 2010. Still, the percentage of Catholics in world population has remained relatively stable; in 1910 Catholics comprised 17 percent of the world's population, and in 2010, Catholics comprised 16 percent of the world's population. As the chart above shows, in 1910, 65 percent of the world's Catholics lived in Europe; European Catholics constituted a clear majority in world Catholic population. Over the last 100 years, there has been rapid growth in Catholic population in Sub-Saharan African and Asia-Pacific regions. The growth in North America and Latin America-Caribbean regions has been slower, while Europe's share has decreased sharply (from 65 percent to 24 percent) and there has been negligible change in Middle East and North Africa. As the Pew Research Center analysis notes, this change is partially affected by rates of overall population growth, which has for instance, decreased significantly in Europe, but increased in Latin America and the Caribbean. Examining the Catholic share of the population in each geographic region in 1910 and 2010 affirms earlier conclusions. There is dramatic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, and slow but steady growth in Asia-Pacific and North America. Interestingly, the percentage of Catholics in Latin America-Caribbean region decreases from 90 percent to 72 percent of the population, even as the region overtakes Europe as the most Catholic with approximately 426 million Catholics compared to Europe's 257 million. For a more comprehensive take on how the world Catholic population has changed in the past century, check out Pew Research Center's report . Charts republished from the Pew Research Center, “ The Global Catholic Population ,” © 2011, Pew Research Center. Also on HuffPost:


Bob Geldolf was lead singer for which band?

Live Aid founder Bob Geldof was the lead singer of what Irish punk band? A.  The Clash  B.  U2  C.  The Ramones  D.  The Boomtown Rats You have new items in your feed. Click to view. Question and answer Live Aid founder Bob Geldof was the lead singer of what Irish punk band? A.  The Clash  B.  U2  C.  The Ramones  D.  The Boomtown Rats Bob Geldof was leader singer of D. The Boomtown Rats Live Aid founder Bob Geldof was the lead singer of what Irish punk band? A. The Clash B. U2 C. The Ramones D. The Boomtown Rats New answers Log in or sign up first. Questions asked by the same visitor What was the first video ever played on MTV? A.  "Money For Nothing"  B.  "Thriller"  C.  "I Can See For Miles"  D.  "Video Killed The Radio Star" Weegy: D. "Video Killed The Radio Star"   On August 1, 1981 the first video ever played on MTV was by the group "The Buggles" it was appropriately titled "Video Killed The Radio Star". [ You can find more information here: ] User: The success of MTV, and the popularity of music videos in the 1980s, meant that artists had to pay more attention to their image. This had a profound effect on the music industry, and is an example of which kind of trend? A.  artistic  B.  social  C.  technological  D.  visual Weegy: This had a profound effect on the music industry, and is an example of VISUAL TREND User: In America, the New Wave movement began in which city? A.  New York  B.  Los Angeles  C.  Athens  D.  Pittsburgh Weegy: New Wave movement began in A. New York User: Which of the following is not an example of an American new wave group? A.  Blondie  B.  Television  C.  Talking Heads  D.  Journey Weegy: D. Journey is not an example of an American new wave group User: U2 formed in which of the following cities? A.  London  B.  Dublin  C.  Belfast  D.  Manchester Weegy: U2 formed in Dublin. User: What is the real name of U2's lead singer, Bono? A.  David Evans  B.  Paul Evans  C.  Paul Hewson  D.  David Bonovich Weegy: Bono's real name is Paul Hewson. User: Which of the following is considered U2's breakthrough album? A.  War  B.  October  C.  The Joshua Tree  D.  The Unforgettable Fire Weegy: The Joshua Tree is considered U2's breakthrough album. User: Which of the following is the best-selling album of all time? A.  The Joshua Tree  B.  Off the Wall  C.  Thriller  D.  Bad Weegy: Michael Jackson's Thriller, with 51 - 65 million copies sold worldwide User: Madonna left Michigan for New York to pursue a career as a singer. A.  true  B.  false Weegy: Madonna left Michigan for New York to pursue a career as a singer. ... (More) Question Asked 3/9/2014 10:25:01 AM 0 Answers/Comments


"What is the title of a detective crime novel by Robert B. Parker, written as an authorised sequel to ""The Big Sleep"" by Raymond Chandler?"

Perchance to Dream: Sequel to Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep: Robert B. Parker: 9780517130049: Amazon.com: Books By Tomeleck on December 8, 2013 Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase This novel seems to be only cursorily written by Robert Parker. It includes copious quotes borrowed from Chandler's original, THE BIG SLEEP. Regrettably, the direct contrast between these two writers this engenders only serves to illustrate just how lacking Parker's approach to Chandler's characters is. It is easy to imagine that the publishers hoped to capitalize on Chandler and Phillip Marlow's name recognition, and Parker (a much better writer than this volume demonstrates) was willing to prostitute his art by spending a few days writing this novel in return for some ready cash. At times, the novel reads like Parker is only grudgingly involved in the story. It seems hardly worth the effort for him or the reader to finish the novel. It's an uphill climb. In PERCHANCE TO DREAM, Parker contends with the same dilemma Chandler faced in POODLE SPRINGS. Chandler's first four chapters of POODLE SPRINGS somewhat resolves this issue by having Marlow, now married to money in the form of Linda Loring, live a stubbornly independent life. Faced with continuing POODLE SPRINGS from there, Parker unintentionally writes himself into a corner. He had not anticipated subsequently writing, PERCHANCE TO DREAM. POODLE SPRINGS is a successful novel because Parker not only writes a very good mystery story, he also resolves the domestic dilemma Chandler originally created by allowing Phillip Marlow to marry Linda Loring in PLAYBACK. One of the big problems with PERCHANCE TO DREAM is that Parker has Marlow refuse to marry Vivian Regan. That is essentially the same dilemma Chandler's Marlow will later face with Linda Loring in Chandler's PLAYBACK. In PERCHANCE..., Parker's Marlow ducks the issue simply by explaining his dilemma to Vivian. Read more ›


Which suit is the most powerful, i.e. apart from no trumps, in Contract Bridge?

How to Play Contract Bridge How to Play Contract Bridge Scoring Contract Bridge is an auction and trick-taking card game for four players. The aim of the game is to earn points by winning as many tricks as possible. The players are divided into two teams of two. Each player is designated a compass direction, with partners sitting opposite each other (i.e. East-West will play against North-South). The game is played with a single standard 52-card deck, although having two decks available can move the game along more quickly. Bridge is played over a series of hands. Each hand consists of two parts: the auction, where the partnerships bid against each other based on how strong they think their cards are; and the play, where teams try to win enough tricks to make or defeat the contract reached in the auction. Points are awarded depending on success or failure, and then another hand begins. Winning enough points earns a partnership a game. Winning two games makes a rubber (except in Duplicate Bridge, where each hand is treated independently). The Deal One player is designated the dealer. He shuffles the deck and deals them all out clockwise, starting with the player to his left. Each player takes their 13 cards, looks at them and then sorts them. Cards are divided by suit and ordered by rank, with ace being the highest and 2 the lowest. The difference between the suits is important for the auction and scoring, but not for play. Once the hand is completed, the player to the dealer's left becomes the new dealer and a new hand begins. If you're playing with two decks, the deck not being used for the hand can be shuffled and placed ready for the next dealer to make the game flow more quickly. Bridge is a trick-taking game. If you know how to play other popular games like Whist, Hearts or Spades then you'll find that the cardplay of Bridge is very similar. Although the auction comes first (see below), it's easier to understand once you know the basics of play. All you need to know for now is that the auction will determine the contract for the hand. The contract will specify a number of tricks and a suit for trumps (although there may be No Trumps). The team that bids the highest is the declaring side. The other team is the defending side. The declaring side will try to win the number of tricks bid, while the defending side will try to stop them. A trick is a set of four cards, one from each player. The player to the left of the declarer (see below) leads the first card of the hand and play proceeds clockwise until all four players have played. The first card of each trick determines the suit. If possible, players must follow suit by playing a card of the same suit from their hand. If no such card is available, then another card may be discarded, but it cannot contribute to the trick unless it's a trump (see below). The player who contributed the highest ranking card wins the trick for their team and gets to start the next trick. Once all thirteen tricks have been played, each pair counts up how many they've won. If the declaring side has made their bid (or higher) then the contract was successful. If not, the contract was defeated and the defending team will score penalty points. Trumps If the auction (see below) resulted in a suit contract, then than suit will be trumps for the entire hand. Players must still follow suit if they can, but if they've run out of the chosen suit they may play a card from the trump suit instead. This is known as ruffing. A trump beats cards from all other suits, so ruffing is a very powerful technique. If two or more trumps are played in the same hand, then the highest trump wins the trick. Dummy The dummy separates Bridge from most other trick-taking games. Every hand, one member of the declaring side sits out as the dummy. Their entire hand is placed faced up on the table for all players to see. Although the order of play doesn't change, the declarer decides which cards to play from both his hand and dummy's. Once the contract has been decided, the pairs are split into the declaring and defending


Edward the Confessor became King of England in which century?

Edward the Confessor, King of England « The Freelance History Writer July 29, 2012 By Susan Abernethy in Anglo-Saxon History , Medieval History Tags: Earl Godwin of Wessex , Edith of Wessex , Edward the Confessor , Emma of Normandy , Harold Godwinson , Harold Harefoot , King Cnut , King Harthacnut , King of England , Westminster Abbey 9 Comments Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor was the last Anglo-Saxon king who could trace his ancestry back to King Alfred the Great and King Cerdic of Wessex. He was the great-great-great grandson of Alfred and he died childless, leaving England open to conquest from overseas. Edward’s father was Aethelred the Unready , the hapless king who was besieged by the Vikings on all coasts. In 1002, he was widowed and contracted a marriage with Emma of Normandy , the sister of Richard, Duke of Normandy. Edward was born at Islip in Oxfordshire within the first two years of his parents wedding. Edward’s mother was a formidable woman but his father was not someone he could look up to and he may even have been ashamed of him. Aethelred was in an impossible situation with all the attacks and when Edward was about ten, his father was deposed and the whole family had to go into exile under the protection of Edward’s uncle in Normandy. Aethelred was restored to the throne of England in 1014 and Edward was given a chance to serve his future subjects. Instead of appearing in England himself, Aethelred sent Edward to represent him at great risk to Edward’s life. Edward carried out the mission well and the Witan (council) banned any future Danish kings due to his model behavior. But two years later, Aethelred had died and Edward and his brother Alfred were back in Normandy. Their half brother, Edmund Ironside was fighting to keep the throne from the Danish King Cnut . By the end of 1016, Edmund was dead and Cnut convinced the Witan to elect him King of England. In order to keep her place of power, Edward’s mother Emma married King Cnut. Emma made Cnut swear no sons by any other wife or mistress could inherit the throne other than her sons, in essence abandoning Edward and Alfred. She was to have a son Harthacnut in 1018 who was to become her favorite. Edward and Alfred were in exile and in limbo and the only one keeping them from possible assassination was their mother. Edward and Alfred grew to manhood in the custody of their uncle who didn’t want to risk sponsoring their return to the throne. Cnut died in 1035 and their prospects turned a little brighter. Cnut’s illegitimate son, Harold Harefoot had seized the throne but Emma was fighting to get her son Harthacnut on the throne. Harthacnut was in Denmark and was taking his time coming back. In 1036, Edward and Alfred both returned with forces to England. Edward turned back realizing he was outnumbered. Alfred landed with larger forces but was greeted by Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Godwine was the most powerful earl in the kingdom and an alliance between the sons of Aethelred and King Harold Harefoot was a threat to his position. Godwin attacked and decimated Alfred’s forces and took custody of Alfred. He had Alfred’s eyes gouged out, unmercifully mutilating him. Alfred was taken to the monks at Ely and left to die of his gruesome wounds. This may have deterred Edward from trying again to gain the throne and he may have felt guilty about the death of his brother. One thing is certain, he never forgave Godwin for murdering his brother. The English soon grew tired of the antics of Harthacnut and Harold Harefoot. Harthacnut had finally prevailed and ruled as King from March 1040 until his death at a drunken wedding celebration in June 1042. Edward was in Normandy when he got the news. He returned to England and the Witan elected him King. He was enthroned at Canterbury and later crowned at the Old Minster at Winchester on April 3, 1043. Edward needed Godwin of Wessex and his power base to shore up his own power. Godwin had escaped being punished for Alfred’s death by giving gifts to Harthacnut and insisting that Harold Harefoot had made him do it. At the v


What is the name of the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China, one of the few petaFLOP-level supercomputers in the world, that in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, performing at peak computing rate of 2.507 petaflops?

China makes world's fastest supercomputer as US asks to shrink its demand China makes world's fastest supercomputer as US asks to shrink its demand TOP NEWS ^ | 10/29/2010 | Ethan Oliveira Posted on 10/29/2010 9:09:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind A research lab in China has made the fastest supercomputer in the world. With this, it has been able to replace US in having the hold on this segment of technology. But as China is trying to realize its dream of becoming the best in hi-tech, US has asked it to control its demand in rare earth elements. These elements are used in many a high-technology applications and have been in great demand by China. To be able to get hold of these, China has been flexing its muscles for the last few months and has attracted attention especially from US. And to be able to resolve the same, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is expected to talk to the Chinese leaders about the issue. She is likely to raise the point of serious decrease of the rare earth elements and may ask China to control its hunger. A press release from the Clinton's offices has said that the rare earth elements are critical to industrial production in US and Japan. But the Chinese office has refused to bargain on the same issue. [ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ] To: SeekAndFind maybe instead of controlling demand, we should be looking for ways to increase supply...like I dunno...maybe eliminating government barriers to production??? 2 posted on 10/29/2010 9:11:19 AM PDT by stefanbatory (Insert witty tagline here) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ] To: SeekAndFind We use the E55xx procs in our ProLiant servers. They’re def. workhorses. I can’t imagine the heat from this equipment. We use cold aisle containment and heat baffling up to our plenum, and we still have to keep our DC at 76. Oh... and 98 TB of RAM? GTFO! 3 posted on 10/29/2010 9:11:58 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.) To: rarestia I definitely like the E55xx series (Nehalem) from Intel. They can crank up the work pretty quickly. 5 posted on 10/29/2010 9:14:17 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack) To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ... 6 posted on 10/29/2010 9:15:05 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ] To: ShadowAce I was skeptical about Nehalem, but I’ve been proven wrong in every way possible. I’m so happy they figured a way around the bottleneck of the FSB and proc caching. I’ve got a Nehalem board with an i7 proc in my home gaming rig, and it SCREAMS! So far nothing I’ve thrown at it makes it blink. I had 2 VMs running Win7, Battlefield Bad Company 2, MS Outlook, and Firefox running, and I was barely touching 50C on the proc temp. Way to go Intel! 7 posted on 10/29/2010 9:16:36 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ] To: SeekAndFind Wonder how long the global warmists will take to get their hands on one of these to further fudge data in climate science. 8 posted on 10/29/2010 9:17:11 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ] To: SeekAndFind You beat me to it, I was about to post a similar news, but here’s the one I wanted to post China Beats US In Supercomputer Race [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ] To: rarestia I’m glad they solved the problems - but what if they cut a few corners by using dangerously unstable proto-matter? 11 posted on 10/29/2010 9:23:35 AM PDT by agere_contra (...what if we won't eat the dog food?) To: agere_contra Does it mean faster and cooler processors? Absolutely! At present, the biggest challenges to higher processing speeds are transistor size and heat. They’re getting pretty damn small on the transistors, but the heat is still high. I had to spend a few hundred bucks on liquid cooling for my home rig, but it was worth it. Directed cooling by fans isn’t effective


What was the first name of the first First Lady of the USA?

Names of Presidents and First Ladies President's and First Ladies' Names Alphabetically Presidents' First Names Presidents' Middle Names Presidents' Last Names First Ladies' First Names First Ladies' Maiden names Abraham Abram Adams x 2 Abigail Appleton Andrew Alan Arthur Anna x 3 Bouvier Andrew Baines Buchanan Barbara Carow Benjamin Birchard Bush x 2 Caroline Childress Calvin Clark Carter Claudia "Lady Bird" Custis Chester David Cleveland Dolly Davis Dwight Delano Clinton Edith x 2 Dent Franklin x 2 Earl Coolidge Eleanor x 2 deWolf George x 3 Fitzgerald Eisenhower Eliza Doud Gerald Gamaliel Fillmore Elizabeth "Bess" Fulsom Grover Henry Ford Elizabeth "Betty" Galt Harry Herbert Walker Garfield Elizabeth "Eliza" Gardiner Herbert Howard Grant Ellen Goodhew James x 5 Jefferson Harding Florence Henry John x 4 Knox Harrison x 2 Frances Herndon Lyndon Milhous Hayes Hannah Herron Martin Quincy Hoover Helen Hoes Millard Rudolph Jackson Hillary Johnson Richard S Jefferson Ida Kortright Ronald Simpson Johnson x 2 Jacqueline McCardle Rutherford Walker Kennedy Jane Pierce Theodore Wilson Lincoln Julia x 2 Powers Thomas Madison Laura Robards Ulysses McKinley Lou Rodham Warren Monroe Louisa Roosevelt William x 4 Nixon Lucretia Rudolph Woodrow Pierce Lucy Ryan Zachary Polk Margaret Saxton Reagan Martha x 2 Scott Roosevelt x 2 Mary Skelton Taft Mary "Mamie" Smith x 3 Taylor Nancy Symmes Truman Rachel Taylor Tyler Rosalynn Todd x 2 VanBuren Sarah Wallace Washington Thelma "Patricia" Warren Wilson Webb Welch


Fox Squirrel Fox Squirrel Walnut trees O nly one   species of tree squirrel makes a living on the Great Plains, and that is the Fox Squirrel.   It is named for its rufous-colored fur.  Its range covers the eastern half of   the United States except New England.  Introduced populations also exist in   California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. In the eastern, more forested parts of the Great Plains, you may also find its cousin   the Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis .  Gray Squirrels are smaller   and have white bellies, while Fox Squirrels have reddish-orange bellies.   Fox   Squirrels seem to be more comfortable with habitat where the trees are farther apart, and   so are better adapted for the prairie.  Squirrels are members of the highly   successful rodent family, which includes members ranging in size from tiny mice to the   South American Capabara, which is as big as a large dog. All squirrels like nuts such as walnuts, acorns and pecans.  When nuts are   available, squirrels will busily harvest as many as they can and hide them by burying them   in the ground.  Later, when they are hungry, they will return and dig them up for a   meal.  They locate the nuts with their sense of smell.  Many of the nuts are not   found and this is a very significant source of new trees.  After picking the spot, a   hole is quickly dug with the front paws and the nut is poked into it.  Then, with a   motion that would remind you of someone working the shell game at a carnival, it will   deftly cover up its prize.  They are very good at this.  Watch a squirrel bury a   nut some time and then try to find it afterwards! Nuts are not always available however, so squirrels will take a variety of other   vegetative food such as buds, flowers and young leaves.  Squirrels are also fond of   the seeds found in the fruit of Osage Orange trees.   Sometimes carnivorous, they will eat insects on occasion and rob eggs from bird nests as   well!  Fox Squirrels weigh around 3 pounds.  Their length from nose to tail is about 10   inches and the tail is about equally long.  Colorwise, they all look the same on the   Great Plains, but in other parts of its range the Fox Squirrel has some distinct   variations. A dark-headed and grey-backed version lives in the southeastern part of its range. A silvery-gray version may be found in the eastern part of its range. Just as in other species, individuals are born occasionally with unusual colors.   They may be much darker, much lighter or even albinos.  In northeast Kansas the town   of Marysville is   famous for a local population of black squirrels.  Other towns have a predominance of   black or white squirrels, and take great pride in them.  Look for information about   these towns here . Squirrels make a limited range of sounds.  The most common is the raspy barking   they make when alarmed.  Often this will happen when they are surprised by a person   coming into their territory.  This is accompanied with a lot of tail-swishing and   quick sprints up, down and around whatever tree they happen to be in.  Sometimes they   will be so upset that they will ease down the side of the tree, barking all the while, to   make sure their adversary knows just exactly how little the squirrel thinks of them.  If this happens to you, try mimicking their barks back at them.  If you can do a good   squirrel bark, you will see the rodent equivalent of a "double-take".  You   will really hear some bad rodent grammar then! February is an important time for squirrels.  That is when they begin raising   their first brood of young.  Breeding occurs in January, with much chasing around in   the treetops as males try to woo the females.  The female will prepare a nest of dry   leaves, typically in a hollow tree.  From one to six (average three) pups are born   naked and blind.  They do not venture out of the nest until they are two months old,   and accompany their mother for another three months after that.  The siblings are   often seen


In 1965, who became the first person to summit Mount Kennedy, at the time the highest mountain in Canada that had not yet been climbed, that had been named in honour of John F Kennedy after his assassination?

LBJ vs. RFK: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade (1998) - YouTube LBJ vs. RFK: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade (1998) 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 Feb 27, 2014 Nine months after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Robert Kennedy left the Cabinet to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate, representing New York. About the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039... President Johnson and Bobby were often at severe odds with each other, both politically and personally, yet Johnson gave considerable support to Bobby's campaign, as he was later to recall in his memoir of the White House years. His opponent in the 1964 race was Republican incumbent Kenneth Keating, who attempted to portray Kennedy as an arrogant carpetbagger. Kennedy emerged victorious in the November election, helped in part by Johnson's huge victory margin in New York. During the campaign he visited the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, seeking his blessing and endorsement.[78] In 1965, Bobby became the first person to summit Mount Kennedy.[42] At the time it was the highest mountain in Canada that had not yet been climbed. It was named in honor of his brother Jack after his assassination. In June 1966, Kennedy visited apartheid-era South Africa accompanied by his wife, Ethel Kennedy, and a small number of aides. At the University of Cape Town he delivered the Annual Day of Affirmation speech. A quote from this address appears on his memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. ("Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope ...") During his years as a senator, Kennedy also helped to start a successful redevelopment project in poverty-stricken Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in New York City, visited the Mississippi Delta as a member of the Senate committee reviewing the effectiveness of 'War on Poverty' programs and, reversing his prior stance, called for a halt in further escalation of the Vietnam War. As Senator, Kennedy endeared himself to African Americans, and other minorities such as Native Americans and immigrant groups. He spoke forcefully in favor of what he called the "disaffected", the impoverished, and "the excluded", thereby aligning himself with leaders of the civil rights struggle and social justice campaigners, leading the Democratic party in a pursuit of a more aggressive agenda to eliminate perceived discrimination on all levels. Kennedy supported desegregation busing, integration of all public facilities, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and anti-poverty social programs to increase education, offer opportunities for employment, and provide health care for African Americans. The administration of President Kennedy had backed U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia and other parts of the world in the frame of the Cold War. While Robert Kennedy vigorously supported President Kennedy's earlier efforts, like his brother he never publicly advocated commitment of ground troops. Senator Kennedy had cautioned President Johnson against commitment of U.S. ground troops as early as 1965, but Lyndon Johnson chose to commit ground troops on recommendation of the rest of President Kennedy's still intact staff of advisers. Robert Kennedy did not strongly advocate withdrawal from Vietnam until 1967, within a week of Martin Luther King taking the same public stand. Consistent with President Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, Robert Kennedy placed increasing emphasis on human rights as a central focus of U.S. foreign policy. In 1968, President Johnson began to run for reelection. In January 1968, faced with what was widely considered an unrealistic race against an incumbent President, Senator Kennedy stated he would not seek the presidency.[80] Afte


Who commanded the Spartan fleet in the Hellespont, which defeated the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC?

Battle of Aegospotami, 405 BC Battle of Aegospotami, 405 BC Tweet The battle of Aegospotami (405 BC) was a crushing Athenian defeat that effectively ended the Great Peloponnesian War , leaving the city vulnerable to a siege and naval blockade. The previous year had ended with a major Athenian victory at the battle of the Arginusae Islands, but in the aftermath of this battle six of the eight Athenian generals had been executed for failing to rescue the survivors from twenty-five ships sunk during the battle, and the remaining two had gone into exile. They were replaced by Conon , Adeimantus and Philocles. The Spartans also needed a new commander, Callicratidas, the admiral for 406, having been killed during the battle of the Arginusae Islands . At this time it was against Spartan custom to appoint someone to the same post twice, so Lysander , the popular commander of 405, was officially appointed as second in command to Aracus, but in reality it was Lysander who commanded the fleet. The two sides spent part of the year improving the quality of their fleets, but eventually Lysander decided to move into the Hellespont, partly to try and regain control of a number of cities lost in recent years and partly to try and block the Athenian food supply from the Black Sea. His first success came at Lampsacus, on the Asian shore, which was taken by storm. When the Athenians discovered that Lysander had moved to the Hellespont, they followed with a fleet of 180 ships. They sailed up the Hellespont, and took up a position at Aegospotami, opposite Lampsacus.  On the next morning the Athenians put out to sea and formed up in line of battle outside Lampsacus. Lysander refused to come out and fight, and after some time the Athenians returned to their base on the beach at Aegospotami. Lysander sent some of his fastest ships to follow the Athenians and discover their routine. The same pattern was repeated on the next three days. This worried Alcibiades, an Athenian commander in exile for the second time, and he attempted to convince the current Athenian generals to move up the coast to the city of Sestos, where they would have a more secure position. On the fifth day Lysander made his move. Our two sources disagree on the start of the disaster. In Diodorus Siculus the Athenian commander for the day, Philocles, put to sea with thirty triremes, and ordered the rest of his fleet to follow. Some deserters told Lysander, and he decided to take advantage of the split Athenian fleet. The entire Peloponnesian fleet put to sea, defeated Philocles and then attacked the unprepared Athenian fleet. While Lysander was attempting to capture Athenian ships by dragging them out to sea, a Peloponnesian army was landed on the European shore and captured the Athenian fleet. In Xenophon Lysander took advantage of Athenian complacency. The Athenians were forced to travel some way to find food, and had got into the habit of dispersing from their ships at the end of each day's sailing. On this day Lysander sent out his fast ships as normal, but this time prepared the entire fleet for battle. When the scouts saw that the Athenians were beginning to disperse they raised a shield as a symbol. Lysander crossed the Hellespont and fell on the disorganised Athenians. At this point our sources come back together. Conon and nine ships managed to escape from the disaster, but the remaining 170 Athenian ships were all captured. Conon realised that he had lost the war, and sailed into exile on Cyprus.  In the aftermath of this disaster the Athenian position crumbled. Byzantium and Chalcedon were the first of a series of Athenian-held cities to surrender to Lysander, and in each case he allowed the garrisons to return to Athens. News of the defeat was carried to Athens on the state trireme 'Paralus'. With their last fleet gone, the Athenians realised that they were about to be besieged by land and sea, and that they might not expect much mercy if they surrendered. The city was soon surrounded by two Peloponnesian armies


Drummer Rick Allen lost an arm in an accident but continued to perform with which band?

Def Leppard News - 29 Years Ago Rick Allen Loses His Left Arm 29 Years Ago Rick Allen Loses His Left Arm Tuesday, 31st December 2013 Screenshot by DefDazz/Darren Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a near fatal car crash 29 years ago today in 1984. Rick, who turned 50 this year, was driving back from the Ladybower Reservoir outside of Sheffield, England on the A57 road with girlfriend Miriam Barendsen when he was involved in an accident. Rick lost control of his left hand drive Corvette and hit a wall. His seatbelt came undone and took off his left arm as he was thrown through the sunroof. Luckily a local nurse and a policeman passing by stopped to help. According to Phil Collen in 2013 the pair later married each other (they both appeared in the 1998 Behind The Music show). Surgeons managed to reattach the arm but sadly on 4th January 1985 it had to be amputated. Rick managed to recover to play drums again within 3 months of his accident and has continued to be the drummer with Def Leppard to the present day. Shown below is a thank you note written by Rick to fans in the Spring or Summer 1985 fan club newsletter after he returned to the band. Earlier this month marked exactly 35 years since since Rick's first show with the band and in late November it was also 35 years since he joined. 2013 Photo Gallery - Rick Allen aka Camp Out Rick Allen Thank you note - From 1985 Fan Club Newsletter "Hello there, Firstly I would like to say a big thank you to the many people who wrote to me whilst in hospital, I must say that the letters & cards were a great comfort to me, and made my stay in hospital much more bearable. As for the future Def Leppard will carry on as before, and when the next album is complete we shall be back on the road ASAP. I've recently been working with my new drum kit, and so far everything is going really well, thanks for all your support, and I'll look forward to seeing you in the near future. Sincerely, Rick Allen."


What device, invented by Peter Cooper Hewitt in 1902 and obsolete by 1975 with the introduction of devices such as the silicon diode and thyristor, converts alternating current to direct current by means of putting electricity through vapor?

Technology Technology Thursday, 16 April 2009 Satellite phone A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites . Depending on the architecture of a particular system, coverage may include the entire Earth , or only specific regions. The mobile equipment, also known as a terminal, varies widely. Early satellite phone handsets had a size and weight comparable to that of a late 1980s or early 1990s mobile phone , but usually with a large retractable antenna . More recent satellite phones are similar in size to a regular mobile phone while some prototype satellite phones have no distinguishable difference from an ordinary smartphone . Satphones are popular on expeditions into remote areas where terrestrial cellular service is unavailable. A fixed installation, such as used shipboard, may include large, rugged, rack-mounted electronics, and a steerable microwave antenna on the mast that automatically tracks the overhead satellites. Satellite phones have notoriously poor reception indoors, though it may be possible to get a consistent signal near a window or in the top floor of a building if the roof is sufficiently thin. The phones have connectors for external antennas that are often installed in vehicles and buildings. Some systems also allow for the use of repeaters, much like terrestrial mobile phone systems. In some countries ruled by oppressive regimes , such as Burma , possession of a satellite phone is illegal as their signals will usually bypass local telecoms systems, hindering censorship and wiretapping attempts. In Australia , residents of remote areas may apply for a government subsidy for a satellite phone. Satellite phone networks Geosynchronous services Some satellite phones use satellites in geosynchronous orbit . These systems can maintain near-continuous global coverage with only three or four satellites, reducing the launch costs. However the satellites used for these systems are very heavy (approx. 5000kg) and therefore very expensive to build and launch. The satellites sit at an altitude of about 22,000 miles (35,000 km); a noticeable delay is present while making a phone call or using data services. The amount of bandwidth available on these systems is substantially higher than that of the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems; all three active systems provide portable satellite internet using laptop-sized terminals with speeds ranging from 60 kbits to 512 kbits. Another disadvantage of geostationary satellite systems is that in many areas—even where a large amount of open sky is present—the line-of-sight between the phone and the satellite is broken by obstacles such as steep hills and forest. The user will need to find an area with line-of-sight before being able to use the phone. This is not the case with LEO services: even if the signal is blocked by an obstacle, one can wait a few minutes until another satellite passes overhead. ACeS : This small regional operator provides voice and data services in East Asia using a single satellite. Inmarsat : The oldest satellite phone operator, founded in 1979. It originally provided large fixed installations intended for use on ships , but has only recently started to enter the market of hand-held phones in a joint venture with ACeS. The company operates eleven satellites with another planned for launch in 2008. Coverage is available on most of the earth's surface, notably excepting polar regions. Thuraya : A system based in the UAE which—until recently—operated a single satellite. Three satellites are currently in active service that provide coverage to the most of Eurasia , Africa and Australia . There is some degree of coverage overlap between adjacent satellites within the network. MSAT / Mobile Satellite Ventures : An American satellite phone company which uses equipment similar to INMARSAT , but plans to launch a service using hand-held devices in the Americas similar to Thuraya's . Low Earth orbit LEO telephones utilizes LEO (low Earth orbit ) satellite technology


La Plata is the capital city of which province of Argentina?

La Plata – Buenos Aires’ Second City You are here: Home / Destinations / La Plata — Buenos Aires’ Little Sister La Plata — Buenos Aires’ Little Sister La Plata is not the first place on a traveler’s Argentina itinerary but it’s worth the one-hour trip south of Buenos Aires to experience stunning architecture, lovely green spaces and a vibrant university scene. Often thought of as a baby sister to Buenos Aires, La Plata is the capital of Buenos Aires province and a very important city in the history and development of Argentina. Billing itself as the ‘city for everyone,’ La Plata’s nearly 600,000 residents are proud of their heritage and are quick to remind tourists that they do not share the hurried, unfriendly stereotype of their Porteño (Buenos Aires) neighbors. photo: José Maria Nuñez Home to three universities, students can be seen cycling all over La Plata, creating a youthful city reminiscent of Oxford or Princeton, with a South American twist. The city’s many plazas are flanked with bars and restaurants and — in true Argentine style — most are open 24 hours a day. History When it was announced in 1882 that La Plata would be the capital of the Buenos Aires province, the city — looking to Paris for design cues — constructed a geometrically perfect grid system crossed by diagonal avenues. While it can be confusing to navigate at times, the adventurous logic behind the layout goes hand in hand with La Plata’s development as a new, forward-looking provincial capital. Walking along the streets and avenues, the real beauty of La Plata is that there is a plaza every six blocks, creating an open ambiance and providing the city with a huge amount of green space. The ‘City of Diagonals’ is easily navigated on foot, with the main sights being located along Avenidas 51 and 53. Plaza Moreno, a huge and perfectly maintained square, is the geographical center of the city. The city’s two most important sites are located at opposite ends of this plaza. The first of these is the neo-Gothic La Plata Cathedral, one of South America’s largest houses of worship. Construction began in 1885 but the enormous cathedral wasn’t consecrated until 1932. On the opposite side is the impressive German Renaissance style, Palacio Municipal (City Hall). These opposing sites portray what people and the government most cared about at the time of the city’s development: religion and politics. Sights of Interest in La Plata Conspiracy theorists could have a field day with La Plata's pentagram-shaped city center. — photo: Rafael Estrella Heading down Avenida 51, one passes Teatro Argentino, Argentina’s second most important lyric opera house after Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón. Originally a classic Italian opera house, the building was destroyed in a fire in 1977 and rebuilt with an ugly, concrete modern design, but it retains excellent acoustics. Carrying on a few more blocks, one reaches Plaza San Martin, the governmental center of the city. The square is flanked on one side by the Palacio de la Legislatura (Provincial Legislature), also in German Renaissance style, while on the other side is the Flemish Renaissance Casa de Gobierno (Government House). Arriving at the end of Avenida 51, one is treated to another highlight of La Plata: Paseo del Bosque (Forest Path), the city’s largest green space. It hosts a zoo, botanical gardens, open-air theatre and an observatory. Located within the park is Museo de La Plata (La Plata Museum) with its beautiful 1888 neoclassical design. It is viewed by many as a highlight of La Plata, and is globally regarded as one of the world’s most important natural history and science museums. Those interested in architecture may want to check out Casa Curutchet, the former home of Dr. Pedro Curutchet, noted for its interesting design accommodating a tree that goes from the first floor garden to the terrace. It was declared a National Historic Monument in 1987 and today houses the Province of Buenos Aires’ Association of Architects. La Plata’s circa 1951 theme park, La República de los Ñinos (City of Children) a little west of th


"Which group in a TV series were on the run for ""a crime they didn't commit""?"

Stephen J Cannell obituary | Television & radio | The Guardian Stephen J Cannell obituary Prolific TV writer and producer behind the hit show The A-Team The A-Team was one of Cannell's biggest hits, gaining a huge worldwide audience. Photograph: Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis Tuesday 19 October 2010 13.17 EDT First published on Tuesday 19 October 2010 13.17 EDT Share on Messenger Close Television is an insatiable beast that requires sustenance 24 hours a day. The prolific TV writer and producer Stephen J Cannell, who has died aged 69 from complications associated with melanoma, was just the man to help feed it. Looking back at the beginning of his career, he declared: "I thought, television, my God! There's a thousand episodes of this written each year. I ought to be able to get in there, and if I grin – I was a good salesman – I ought to be able to pick off one or two assignments. It was the only way I figured I could afford a family." Most of his work was unapologetically formulaic, but Cannell managed to find enough variations to keep series such as The Rockford Files (1974-79) and The A-Team (1983-87) going for some years and please a vast public. Born in Los Angeles, Cannell went through years of education with undiagnosed dyslexia. Despite poor marks in English, he announced at an early age that he was going to be a writer, and graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism. While working in one of his parent's furniture stores in Pasadena, California, he began to write television scripts and come up with story ideas. In 1970, two scripts of his were accepted by NBC for the series Ironside, starring Raymond Burr as the wheel-chair-using detective. From then on, there seemed hardly an action series that did not have Cannell's name on it, either as writer or producer, or both. He first established himself by writing 15 episodes of the police series Adam-12 (1971-73) which, based on real case histories, followed two likable cops going about their work, without arbitrary drama. This put Cannell into a position to become a producer of his own work. The first series for his own company was Toma (1973-74), about a real-life narcotics detective, Dave Toma (Tony Musante), who had made a name for himself by using unorthodox techniques to get the goods on criminals. The series re-emerged as Baretta (1975-78), revolving around the maverick detective (Robert Blake) of the title. Less conventional was The Rockford Files, whose hero was a down-at-heel ex-con private eye, James Scott Rockford (played by James Garner), who lives in a trailer, tries to avoid trouble and rarely carries a gun. In contrast were the macho characters in the equally successful The A-Team, dreamed up by Cannell, who wrote most of the 97 episodes. The action adventure television series, about a group of Vietnam veterans who work as mercenaries while being on the run from the military for a "crime they didn't commit", epitomised, for some critics, the worst of mindless 80s American television, with its one-dimensional characters, constant explosions, car chases and fist fights. However, The A-Team gained a huge audience worldwide, proving that it appealed to a broader spectrum than adolescent males. "All hits are basically mistakes," Cannell remarked. "Everyone starts out desperately trying to make a hit, but some people are just more mistake-prone than others. I happened to be fairly mistake-prone. Of the 40 shows I made, I'd say 10 were hits, which is a pretty good average." Among the hits were Wiseguy (1987-90), an innovative undercover thriller about an FBI agent penetrating criminal gangs, which carried a story arc over as many episodes as needed; 21 Jump Street (1987-91), featuring Johnny Depp as a baby-faced cop and aimed at a teenage audience, with the idea that crime prevention is better than cure; and The Commish (1991-96), which followed the activities of a police commissioner in a small town. Not content with contributing scripts to scores of TV series, Cannell, still active at the time of his death, wrote around 14 crime novels. The


The Bombay duck or bummalo is what type of creature?

Bombay Duck, Deep Sea fish, Sea fishes, Underwater Explorations, Deep Sea animals, Creatures Deep Sea Animals What kind of fish is a "Bombay Duck"? What kind of fish is a "Bombay Duck"? Also called bummalo, Bombay Duck is a marine lizardfish from southern Asia, particularly abundant in the Ganges Delta and the Arabian Sea of western India. The ordinarily small fish is split, boned, and sun-dried, and used as a condiment. Deep Sea Animals


What contest takes place when two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope?

Newton's Third Law of Motion Homework Chapter 5; Newton's Third Law of Motion Homework: Ex 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 28, 32; Pb 1, 2, 3,  6 | Back to 3050's Home Page | Back to Calendar | ToC, Ch 5 | Ch  6, Momentum | Ex 5.6 When you drop a rubber ball on the floor it bounces almost  to its original height. What causes the ball to bounce? The floor exerts an upward force on the ball -- that stops   the ball and gives it an acceleration upward. This upward force from the floor will cause the ball to deform or change   shape while it is in contact with the floor. Ex 5.8 Two 100-N weights are attached to a spring scale as shown.  Does the scale read zero, 100 N, or 200 N -- or some other reading? The scale reads the tension in the string. The tension in   the string is 100 N. This is the force the string must exert up on either of the 100-N weights at either end of the string. Nothing is moving, nothing is accelerating, so the net force on the spring is zero. Likewise, the net force on either   of the 100-N weights is also zero. But that is another question. The spring   scale does not measure the net force. The spring scale simply   measures the tension, the magnitude of the   force exerted by the string. Ex 5.11 Why can you exert greater force on the pedals of a bicycle  if you pull up on the handlebars? The handlebars then pull down on you, somewhat as if someone   were pushing down on your shoulders. This lets you exert   a greater downward force on the pedals Ex 5.12 Does a baseball bat slow down when it hits a ball? Of course. When the bat exerts a force on the baseball, the baseball also   exerts a force on the bat -- in the opposite direction. Ex 5.13 Why does a rope climber pull downward on the rope to move  upward? As the climber pulls down on the rope, the rope pulls up on the climber. This is another good example of Newton's Third Law or the   Law of Action and Reaction. Ex 5.14 You push a heavy car by hand. The car, in turn, pushes back  with an opposite but equal force on you. Doesn't this mean the forces cancle  one another, making acceleration impossible? To "cancel one another", two forces would have to act on the same object. The action-reaction forces we talk about with Newton's Third Law --   or the forces in this question -- act on different objects. Ex 5.17 Suppose two carts, one twice as massive as the other, fly  apart when the compressed spring that joins them is released. How fast does  the heavier cart roll compared to the lighter cart? According to Newton's Third Law, the forces on these two masses must be equal   (and in opposite directions). According to Newton's Second Law, F = m a, we find a = F / m. That means the acceleration of the twice-as-massive   cart will be one-half the acceleration of the other. Ex 5.19 If a Mack truck and Honda Civic have a head-on collision,  upon which vehicle is the impact force greater? Which vehicle experiences the  greater acceleration? The force will be the same on the two vehicles,   according to Newton's Third Law. That means the Civic, with   far less mass, will experience a much greater acceleration,   according to Newton's Second Law. Ex 5.23 Consider a tug-of-war on a smooth floor between boys wearing  socks and girls wearing rubber soled shoes. Why do the girls win? The girls can exert a greater force with their rubber soled shoes so they   will win. Ex 5.24 Two people of equal mass attempt a tug-of-war with a 12-m  rope while standing on frictionless ice. When they pull on the rope, they each  slide toward each other. How do their accelerations compare and how far does  each person slide before they meet? The force on each will be the same so they will always have the same acceleration   -- and, because of that, the same velocity and they will move the same distance.   Thus they will meet in the middle so each will have to move 6 m. Ex 5.28 When two vectors sum to zero, how must they be related? They must be equal in magnitude and exactly oppos


Which cocktail has scotch whisky and vermouth as a base?

The best whisky cocktail recipes The best whisky cocktail recipes It's a dram slam: whisky cocktails Credit: Thorben Maier / Alamy Kay Plunkett-Hogge 20 May 2016 • 11:14am When one thinks of a whisky cocktail, odds are one thinks of a drink made with rye or bourbon. But the whiskies of the British Isles work just as brilliantly. While I’d usually use a blended spirit, many barsmiths will mix with single malts, and they are very specific about their choices. Most of us, however, don’t have the room for every bottle ever made so, while I am occasionally specific below, you should use the whisky you prefer. Here, to mark World Whisky Day on Saturday 21 May, are my favourite recipes. The Whisky Sour The classic whisky sour Credit: Alamy The trick to getting a sour just right is balancing the sugar and the lemon to achieve the perfect, lip-puckering result. Back in the day, down at the beach in Thailand, we used to make them with equal quantities of lime and orange juice. A couple of those and I would be belting out a song or two with the band… Fill a cocktail shaker with plenty of ice. Pour in 50ml blended whisky , 20ml lemon juice and 20ml sugar syrup. Shake, shake, shake. Strain into a glass and garnish with a slice of lemon and a maraschino cherry. To make a Boston Sour, add 1 egg white to the liquids in the shaker WITHOUT ice. Shake to emulsify. Add ice and shake again. Strain and serve. The Green Gimlet This bright, light recipe comes via Michel Dozois, barsmith supreme and MD of Névé Ice in Los Angeles — he made all the ice cubes for Mad Men. Oh, yes he did. Pop 3–4 basil leaves into a shaker. Pour in 60ml Scotch whisky , 30ml lime juice and 20ml sugar syrup and muddle them together. Add ice and shake vigorously until its very cold. Strain into a tumbler over a large ice cube and serve garnished with a basil leaf. The Blood & Sand 'Like a silent movie sunset': Blood and Sand Credit: Alamy Cloaked in the mists of time, we think this was created in the 1920s to celebrate the Rudolph Valentino epic of the same name. Or for the version starring Rita Hayworth and Tyrone Power. Whichever it was, the drink is delicious and looks like a silent movie sunset… Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add 30ml Scotch whisky , 20ml Peter Heering Cherry Heering (NOT cherry brandy, please!), 20ml red vermouth and 20ml orange juice. Shake hard until cold. Strain into a glass and garnish with a strip of orange peel. World's best whisky bars The Pickleback This drink originated in the hipster Brooklyn bar scene (a far cry from when I lived there in the mid 9O’s - a good night out then was a large plate of linguine vongole and a carafe of house white at Sam’s Chop House) and may sound odd at first. But it is very refreshing and is a perfect pre-dinner palate tickler… follow it up with some dirty rice and pulled pork. Fill a shot glass with whiskey — I like the oiliness of Irish for this. Fill a second shot glass with the chilled juice from a jar of GOOD pickled cucumbers (I like the Beit Hashita brand sold in Sainsbury’s. Or make your own). Down the whiskey. Follow up with the pickle juice. Slam the table and shout ONE MORE! You know you want to. The Bryn Collins I love a Collins of any sort. It’s just a lovely, long, summery drink. This one uses Welsh whisky and so, since the Collins’ nomenclature is a strange and arbitrary thing, I’ve decided to name this one for my old chum and ace chef Bryn Williams of Odette’s Restaurant. Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour in 50ml Penderyn whisky , 25ml lemon juice and 10 ml sugar syrup. Stir well to combine and top up with soda water. Garnish with a slice of lemon and serve. The Bryn Collins is a 'lovely, summer drink' Credit: Alamy The Irish Royale If you replace the brandy in a champagne cocktail with scotch whisky, you make a Scotch Royale. If you replace the scotch with Irish whiskey, I figure that makes it an Irish Royal. Slainte. Place a sugar cube in the bottom of a champagne flute and douse it with a good couple of dashes of Angostura bitters . Add 45ml Jameson’s Irish whiskey , and top up with cold,


In 300 BC, the country now known as Spain was part of which empire?

Celtic History Celtic History   General Celtic Info The Celts dominated Mid and Western Europe for a thousand years. But it is only recently that the importance of Celtic influence on the cultural, linguistic and artistic development of Europe. The Celts as an identifiable race or ethnic group have long since disappeared, except in places such as Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. The Celts transmitted their culture orally, never writing down history or facts. This accounts for the extreme lack of knowledge about them prior to their contact with the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome. They were generally well educated, particularly on topics such as religion, philosophy, geography and astronomy. The Romans often employed Celtic tutors for their sons. The bravery of the Celts in battle is legendary. They often spurned body armor, going naked into battle. Celtic society was typically more equal in terms of gender roles. Women were on more or less equal footing as men, being accomplished warriors, merchants and rulers. This page is quite lengthy so here are some jump points: Early Europe The first human settlers in Europe were paleolithic hunter/gatherer tribes. At the end of the last ice age (some 10000 years ago) they began adopting an agrarian lifestyle. This occurred over 2500 years during the mesolithic era. These agricultural societies began making clay pots around the year 5000 BC, the beginning of the neolithic period. The neolithic lasts until about 2500 BC. During this time we have no knowledge of the race or language of these early Europeans. It is not known if they spoke an indoeuropean language or still the pre-indoeuropean tongues. Little is known of the bronze age (2500 - 800 BC) either, the race character of the people is unknown, but since the first Greek migration occured in 1800 BC at least some of the people now spoke an indoeuropean language. It is not known if this was motivated by indoeuropean migrations out of Russia, or if Europe as a whole under went cultural evolution at the same time to become indoeuropean. Whatever the make up of the bronze age population, they formed the basis of the early iron age cultures. The first of these was the Hallstatt Culture.   The Hallstatt Culture This was the first of the iron age cultures. The western regions of this culture, between France and west Germany, already spoke a Celtic language. Around the year 600 BC the Greek geographer Herodotus writes of the Celts dwelling beyond "the pillars of Hercules" (ie Spain) and the Upper Danube. The name "Celt" probably came from the dominant tribe of the Halstatt, and became a unifying concept for the whole culture. "Celt" is what the people called themselves, they referred to themselves when talking to the Greeks as the "Keltoi".   The classic Celtic culture, the La Tene is named after Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland where a large amount of weaponry from this culture was found last century. This culture began around 450 BC   The Celtic Homelands The original Celtic homeland was an area of Austria, near southern Germany. From here they expanded over much of continental Europe and Britain. The map below shows the extent of the Celtic settlements. At their peak, the Celts ranged from Ireland and Spain to Turkey. A brief rundown on some of the regions is given now:   England, Scotland and Ireland The name Britain derives from Celtic. The Greek author Pytheas called   them the "Pretanic Isles" which derived from the inhabitants name   for themselves, Pritani. This was mistranslated into Latin as "Brittania" or "Brittani". The Celts migrated to Ireland from Europe,   conquering the original inhabitants. In clashes with the Romans around the   River Clyde a tribe called the "Scotti" came to prominence. Later   the Scotti moved from Northern Island to establish the Kingdom of Dalriada   in Argyll, on the West coast of Scotland. From here the Scots expanded and   supplanted the Picts, an Celtic people who arrived in Scotland earlier.   Ireland was never invaded by the Romans and retains what is probably the


Chris Martin is the singer for which band?

Chris Martin —   Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm This page covers four artists. The first is Chris Martin, lead singer of the band Coldplay. While studying at University College London, Martin met Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman. In 1997, they formed the rock band Coldplay. The band has had internationally recognized fame and success since their debut album, Parachutes, in 2000. Since then, they have released four further albums: A Rush of Blood to the Head, X&Y, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends… read more


Bear Grylls is the only person to appear in what TV series?

Bear Grylls - IMDb IMDb Producer | Actor Bear Grylls was born on June 7, 1974 in Isle of Wight, England as Edward Michael Bear Grylls. He is a producer and actor, known for Man vs. Wild (2006), The Island with Bear Grylls (2014) and Bear Grylls: Surviving the Island (2014). He has been married to Shara Cannings-Knight since 2000. They have three children. See full bio » Born: a list of 25 people created 21 May 2012 a list of 30 people created 23 Jun 2012 a list of 26 people created 04 Apr 2013 a list of 42 people created 25 Apr 2013 a list of 42 people created 07 Oct 2014 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Bear Grylls's work have you seen? User Polls Man vs. Wild Himself / Himself - Presenter (2006-2011)  2016 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls (TV Series) (executive producer - 1 episode) - Arrival (2016) ... (executive producer) - A Turkey Hunt (2016) ... Himself - Host - Mutiny (2016) ... Himself - Presenter - Celebrity Survival School (2016) ... Himself - Host - Arrival (2016) ... Himself - Presenter  2016 Access Hollywood Live (TV Series) Himself  2010-2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself  2016 Top Gear (TV Series) Himself - Special Guest  2016 Flat TV (TV Mini-Series) Himself  2014-2015 Wimbledon 2day (TV Series) Himself - Spectator  2015 This Morning (TV Series) Himself  2014 Bear Grylls: Surviving the Island (TV Special documentary) Himself  2014 Short Poppies (TV Series) Himself  2009-2013 Loose Women (TV Series) Himself  2013 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Himself  2012 Fine Dining with Bear Grylls (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Host  2012 Rachael Ray (TV Series) Himself  2007-2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) Himself  2011 The One Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest  2006-2011 Man vs. Wild (TV Series) Himself / Himself - Presenter  2011 Wall of Fame (TV Series) Himself - Guest Panellist  2011 Sunday Night (TV Series) Himself  2010 Worst Case Scenario (TV Movie) Himself  2010 Worst-Case Scenario (TV Series) Himself / Himself - Host  2009 TV Burp (TV Series) Himself  2007 Richard & Judy (TV Series) Himself  2005 Escape to the Legion (TV Series documentary) Himself  2002 Through the Keyhole (TV Series) Himself  2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself  2016 Too Much TV (TV Series) Himself - Presenter, Bear Grylls: Mission Survive - Episode #1.25 (2016) ... Himself - Presenter, Bear Grylls: Mission Survive - Episode #1.4 (2016) ... Himself - Presenter, Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Himself - Carrying Olympic Torch on Zipline / Himself - Episode #20.162 (2012) ... Himself - Carrying Olympic Torch on Zipline Release of his book, "Mud, Sweat and Tears: The Autobiography". See more » Publicity Listings: 1 Print Biography | 3 Interviews | 4 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Official Sites: Did You Know? Personal Quote: I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it. See more » Trivia: Broke his back in three places on a parachuting jump over Southern Africa. See more » Star Sign:


Where was the capital of the Roman Empire in 400 AD?

Roman Timeline of the 5th Century AD Alaric and the Visigoths invade Italy, capturing much of the peninsula     in the south 401 AD Vandals led by King Radagaisus invade Noricum and Raetia.    Birth of emperor Theodosius II. 402 AD Vandal auxiliary general Flavius Stilicho defeats Alaric at    Pollentia. 403 AD Stilicho defeats the army of Alaric in the battle of Verona,    forcing Alaric to retire. Honorius moves the capital of the Western Empire    to Ravenna. 405 AD Stilicho repels a barbarian invasion of Italy under Radagaisus.    Martyrdom of the monk Telemachus, who is stoned to death trying to break    up an arenar event, closes the colosseum and officially ends gladiatorial    combat in Rome. 406 AD The last legion in Britain, Legio II Augusta, is withdrawn,    and the province abandoned. 408 AD Murder of Stilicho by Honorius. Death of the eastern emperor    Arcadius. Replaced by Theodosius II at age 7. 409 AD Vandals, Suevi and Alans invade Spain, forever removing it    from Roman control. Alaric, after besieging Rome, decalres Attalus as emperor. 410 AD Alaric sacks Rome, the first external capture of Rome in 800    years, and deposes Attalus. Alaric dies shortly after. He is succeeded by    Athaulf as the new king of the Visigoths. 412 - 413 AD Constantius III drives Alaric and the Visigoths from Italy    into Gaul. 413 AD Revolt of Heraclius in Africa put down. 417 AD Visigoths settle in Aquitania, Gaul. 419 AD Birth of the Emperor Valentinian III. 420 AD Ostrogoths settle in Pannonia. Death of the Christian writer    St. Jerome. 421 AD Theodosius publishes a code clarifying Roman law. 439 AD Geiseric of the Vandals takes Carthage. 440 AD Geiseric invades Sicily, but is bribed to leave. 441 AD Attila the Hun invades Thracia. 442 AD Britain falls to Saxon invaders, despite continuing pleas    for help to Aetius. 443 AD Attila comes to terms with Theodosius and the eastern empire,    focusing instead on the west. 447 AD Attila invades Moesia. 450 AD Justin I, future Byzantine emperor, is born in Illyria. Marcian    succeeds Theodosius II and stops paying tribute to the Huns. 451 AD Attila invades Gaul devastating as he goes. The huns are eventually    defeated by Aetius and Theodoric I the Visigoth, though Theodoric is killed    and replaced by Theodoric II. 452 AD Undeterred by defeat, Attila invades Italy but decides to    spare Rome and retires. 453 AD Death of Attila the Hun. 454 AD Revolts, internal power struggles and enemy attacks collapse    the Hunnic empire. With the threat of the Huns gone, Valentinian has Aetius    murdered for fear of his power. The Alemmani invade across the Danube. 455 AD Valentinian III murdered by supporters of Aetius. Maximus    proclaimed emperor. At the request of Valentinian's widow Eudoxia, Geiseric    of the Vandals invades and sacks Rome from Africa. He carries off Eudoxia    and her daughters, leaving a power vacuum in the west. The Visigoths proclaim    the former general of Aetius, Avitus as new emperor in the west. 456 AD 'Master of Soldiers' Ricimer launches a fleet against widescale    naval attacks of the Vandals. 457 AD Majorian is proclaimed as emperor in the West and is recognized    by the Eastern Emperor Leo, who had previously replaced Marcian. 460 AD Destruction of Majorian's fleet by the Vandals off Cartagena. 461 AD Death of Majorian. Libius Severus emperor. 463 AD The Goths are prevented from crossing the Loire River by the    Roman general Aegidius. 465 AD Libius Severus dies. Ricimer rules as patrician under Leo    in Constantinople. 466 AD Euric, King of the Visigoths, begins conquest of Spain. 467 AD Eastern Emperor Leo appoints the Roman general to emperor    of the Western Empire. 468 AD Leo sends Basiliscus to crush Geiseric in Africa, but his    army is destroyed. 472 AD Ricimer deposes Anthemius and installs Olybrius as western    emperor, however both die shortly after of illnesses. 473 AD Glycerius set up as


What name is given to sympathetic pregnancy?

Couvade syndrome (sympathetic pregnancy) | BabyCenter Couvade syndrome (sympathetic pregnancy) Reviewed by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board A pregnant woman may have to contend with mood swings, cravings, irritability, nausea, and a long list of other pregnancy ailments. If all that weren't enough to deal with, imagine if your partner started experiencing those symptoms too. Interestingly, more than a few dads-to-be go through what's commonly called "sympathetic pregnancy." It's also known as couvade syndrome (the word comes from the French word couver, which means "to incubate"). The symptoms tend to appear in men during the third month of their partner's pregnancy, as well as toward the final weeks before birth. A 2007 study by Arthur Brennan, a senior lecturer at St. George's, University of London, followed 282 future dads. It showed that some men whose partners were pregnant develop their own pregnancy symptoms, such as nausea, dizziness, hormonal fluctuations, back pain, cramps, irritability, and even cravings. Hormones, love, or anxiety? There's no clear explanation for the symptoms of couvade syndrome. Indeed, despite its prevalence, it isn't even formally recognized as a medical condition. Some studies have focused on the hormonal changes in pregnant women and compared them with the hormone levels of fathers-to-be. A 1991 study by Canadian investigators indicates that changes in a woman's hormone levels (particularly prolactin and cortisol) are also found among some men during their partner's pregnancy. The study suggests that these changes would produce pregnancy symptoms in a man, simultaneously creating an emotional connection with his pregnant wife. The findings also discovered high levels of prolactin in men during the weeks after the baby's birth. Depending on the study, the percentage of men with couvade syndrome ranges widely – from 10 to 65 percent. The exact number of men who undergo these changes may never be determined because although many men develop minor pregnancy symptoms, few develop the most extreme ones, prompting only a small percentage to seek medical attention. Couvade syndrome elsewhere Anthropologists and other scientists have long taken an interest in the rituals surrounding birth and new parenthood in cultures around the world. According to Leopoldo Villela, a San Francisco psychologist who specializes in family therapy, "Psychological studies done in Toluca, Mexico, in the 1960s revealed that in some indigenous communities, several men would care for the expectant father by performing a ritual in which he was covered in his wife's skirts, then soothed and rocked while he behaved like a baby. The ceremony would end with a dinner, after which the man would feel cured from this illness." Villela says he has shared this information with future Latino dads who have mentioned feeling those symptoms. They claim this knowledge made them feel better and that eventually the symptoms disappeared. Common symptoms of couvade syndrome These are some of the physical symptoms that men who experience couvade syndrome feel early in their partner's pregnancy: • Vomiting • Feelings of jealousy and anxiety • Stress over the baby's future • Mood swings Treatment for couvade syndrome Doctors and psychologists agree that couples should speak frequently about their baby's future to soothe any fears men feel over becoming a parent. They encourage men to take an active role during the pregnancy. Salvadoran psychologist Melisa Villeda says, "Communication between couples is key. Each one must express how they're living the experience of becoming parents, since this will inevitably change their lives and they must learn to deal with it as well as possible. If psychological or medical help is necessary because a patient's symptoms are overwhelming, each case must be evaluated and treated with either therapy or medication to alleviate the discomfort.” Experts agree that the most effective treatment is to make the man feel he is an active and vital part of the process, whether by participating in childbirth clas


Cerro Aconcagua in the Andes, the highest mountain in the Americas and the highest mountain outside Asia, is 112 km (70 miles) from which closest city?

Trip Information-Aconcagua Trip Information Summit Aconcagua Trip Information Argentina is the second largest country in South America and the eighth  largest in the world. Argentina occupies a continental surface area of  1,068,302 sq miles between the Andes mountain range in the west and the  southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. It is bordered by  Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast,  and Chile in the west and south. Argentina also claims 374,312 sq miles  of Antarctica, known as Argentine Antarctica. The climate of Argentina  is classified as temperate. Mendoza Mendoza is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a  region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes.  As of 2001 Mendoza's population was 110,993. The metropolitan population  was 848,660 in 2001, making Greater Mendoza the fourth largest census  metropolitan area in the country. Mendoza was founded in 1561 by Pedro  del Castillo. Before this time it was populated by three tribes, the  Huarpes, the Puelches, and the Incas. The Huarpes devised a system of  irrigation that was later developed by the Spanish. This allowed for an  increase in population that might not have otherwise occurred. The  system is still evident today in the wide trenches that run parallel to  the city streets. It is estimated that less than 80 Spanish settlers  lived in the area before 1600, but later prosperity increased due to the  use of indigenous and slave labor. The temperature in December and  January ranges from highs of 90 to lows of 64. The Mountain Cerro Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas, and the highest  mountain outside Asia. It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the  Argentine province of Mendoza. The summit is located about 5 kilometers  from San Juan Province and 15 kilometers from the international border  with Chile. It lies 112 km (70 mi) west by north of the city of Mendoza.  Aconcagua is bounded by the Valle de las Vacas to the north and east and  the Valle de los Horcones Inferior to the West and South. The mountain  has a number of glaciers. The most substantial are the north-eastern or  Polish Glacier and the eastern or English Glacier. The origin of the  name is contested, it is either from the Arauca Aconca-Hue, which refers  to the Aconcagua River and means 'comes from the other side' or the  Quechua Ackon Cahuak, meaning 'Sentinel of Stone'. The mountain has two summits - North (22,841 ft. 6962 meters) and South  (22,736 ft. 6930 meters), joined by a ridge (Cresta del Guanaco),  pictured to the right, approximately one kilometer long. Various ridges  radiate from each summit and the whole massif is isolated from other  high peaks. Only to the northwest is it connected by a high snow ridge  with the surrounding mountain systems. The usual approach is from the  south up the Quebrada de los Horcones, which circles the western flanks  of the peak, to the Plaza de Mulas base camp. From here 3 routes start:  the Normal, will be the route we are taking, via the Horcones Glacier  Superior and north ridge, the West Buttress route, and the South-West  route. Climbing History The first ascent of Aconcagua was led by the English alpinist Edward  Fitz Gerald, during the summer of 1897. Fitz Gerald's group acceded to  the stony slope of the Northwest side of the mountain after following  upstream the Horcones River. After several tries, the Swiss teammate  Mathias Zurbriggen reached the summit alone on the 14th of January,  1897. This was followed a few days later by Nicholas Lanti and Stuart  Vines, members of the same expedition, made the second climb following  the same route. The youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcagua was  Jordan Romero of Big Bear Lake, California. He was 11 years old when he  reached the summit on December 30, 2007. Geology The height of Aconcagua is not a result of active volcanoes such as Mt.  Tupungato, rather the elevation is caus


What country was divided at the 38th parallel in 1945?

What Country Was Divided at the 38th Parallel in 1945? | The Classroom | Synonym What Country Was Divided at the 38th Parallel in 1945? by Angela Ryczkowski The Korean War was the first conflict sanctioned by the United Nations. Related Articles Japanese Imperialism During the 1930s Following World War II, countries that had been occupied by the losing Axis powers were restored or occupied by the Allied powers. The Soviet Union, following the war, strategically pushed for control of much of the territory that Japan and Germany had occupied, hoping to expand communist power. One of the countries that the Allied powers divided, destined to host the first conflict of the Cold War, was Korea. A Territory Divided Korea was part of the Japanese Empire for most of the first half of the 20th century, until it was liberated at the end of World War II. Following the war's conclusion, the United States and the Soviet Union jointly occupied Korea, planning to temporarily divide the country along the 38th parallel before reunifying the country after elections for a new government could take place. Both of these former allies sought to create a unified Korea that would support their interests. Thus a unified Korea failed to materialize, solidifying the border between North and South Korea. The United States and the Soviet Union both exited Korea. When the North Koreans, with Soviet support, invaded South Korea in 1950, the United States and their allies, under the banner of the United Nations, launched a counterattack and sent the North Koreans back across the parallel. References


"What was the name of the character played by George Clooney in the ""Oceans"" film series released from 19 to 19?"

Ocean's Eleven (2001) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Danny Ocean and his eleven accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV a list of 21 titles created 14 Oct 2010 a list of 28 titles created 10 Mar 2013 a list of 36 titles created 07 Jun 2013 a list of 48 titles created 08 Aug 2013 a list of 37 titles created 9 months ago Search for " Ocean's Eleven " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 4 wins & 20 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's 11. Director: Steven Soderbergh Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist, after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff. Director: Steven Soderbergh A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. Director: Doug Liman An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. Director: Wolfgang Petersen Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Director: Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. Director: Guy Ritchie A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and regain his memory. Director: Doug Liman King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Director: Zack Snyder Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. Director: David Fincher A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth. Director: Barry Sonnenfeld After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally. Director: F. Gary Gray When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive. Director: Paul Greengrass Edit Storyline Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven member team, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million. Written by Film_Fan 3 Casinos. 11 Guys. 150 Million Bucks. Ready To Win Big? See more  » Genres: Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual content | See all certifications  » Parents Guide: 7 December 2001 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: $38,107,822        (USA) (7 December 2001) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia With the exception of the title character "Danny Ocean", none of the principal characters have the same names as their counterparts in the 1960 version of the film. See more » Goofs At the beginning of the transportation scene the car salesman has two pens in his jacket pocket, then he only has one in the next scene. He then shakes Frank Catton's hand and they again show him having two pens. After he makes a deal for $16,000 they show him with only one pen. (not visible in widescreen version) See more » Quotes Danny : [sitting alone directly in front of the parole board] Morning. Woman's Voice: Please state your name for the record. Danny : [sitting alone directly in front of the parole board] Daniel Ocean. See more » Crazy Credits In the original DVD re


"""Die Fledermaus"" is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II. What is a ""fledermaus""?"

Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus Overture - YouTube Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus Overture Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Aug 17, 2008 Title : Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus Overture From Wikipedia, Die Fledermaus (in English: The Bat;' in French: La Chauve-souris') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée. The original source for Die Fledermaus is a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix (1811--1873), Das Gefängnis (The Prison). Another source is a French vaudeville play, Le réveillon, by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. This was first translated by Carl Haffner into a non-musical play to be produced in Vienna. However, the peculiarly French custom of the réveillon (a midnight supper party) caused problems, which were solved by the decision to adapt the play as a libretto for Johann Strauss, with the réveillon replaced by a Viennese ball. At this point Haffner's translation was handed over for adaptation to Richard Genée, who subsequently claimed not only that he had made a fresh translation from scratch but that he had never even met Haffner. The operetta premièred on April 5, 1874 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria and has been part of the regular operetta repertoire ever since. It currently appears as number 19 on Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operatic works in North America. Category