A pugilist is a competitor in which sport?

Competition - definition of competition by The Free Dictionary Competition - definition of competition by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/competition 1. The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry. 2. A test of skill or ability; a contest: a skating competition. 3. Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market. 4. A competitor: The competition has cornered the market. 5. Ecology The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for a limited environmental resource, such as nutrients, living space, or light. competition 1. the act of competing; rivalry 2. a contest in which a winner is selected from among two or more entrants 3. a series of games, sports events, etc 4. the opposition offered by a competitor or competitors 5. a competitor or competitors offering opposition 6. (Environmental Science) ecology the struggle between individuals of the same or different species for food, space, light, etc, when these are inadequate to supply the needs of all com•pe•ti•tion 1. the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize, etc.: competition between two teams. 2. a contest for some prize, honor, or advantage: to enter a competition. 3. the rivalry offered by a competitor: small businesses getting competition from the chain stores. 4. a competitor or competitors. 5. the struggle among organisms, both of the same and of different species, for food, space, and other vital requirements. [1595–1605; < Late Latin competītiō=competī-, variant s. of competere to meet, come together (see compete ) + -tiō -tion ; sense influenced by competitor ] Competition See Also: BUSINESS , SPORTS As competitive as two dogs after a bitch in heat —Anon Asking him to compete fairly is like asking a hungry lion to leave the lambs alone —Mike Sommer Competition is like sugar sprinkled on cobbler pie —Elmer Kelton A non-competitive businessman is like an honest crook —Elyse Sommer Playing tennis without keeping score is like apple pie sans la mode —Anon Competition   the Devil take the hindmost Every man for himself; survival of the fittest; similar to the more current phrase the last one in is a rotten egg, popular among children. This expression is said to have derived from an old legend concerning the Devil’s school at Toledo where students were instructed in the art of black magic. Each year, as a sort of test, the graduating class was made to run through an underground hall. The last one, if caught by the Devil, would then become his servant. The phrase was used as early as 1611. give [someone] a run for [his] money To provide keen and tough competition, thereby inciting one’s opponent to go all out, to “give it all he’s got” to win. Dating from the 19th century, this expression was originally racing slang. The then current have a run for one’s money was suggestive of a determined struggle and subsequent victory or payoff. Today to give [someone] a run for his money means to make that person work for what would otherwise have been an easy victory. jockey for position To maneuver or compete within the ranks for an advantageous position; to manipulate or pull strings to gain a more favorable position. The allusion is to horse racing and the jockeys’ skillful maneuvering. The expression is now frequently applied to any kind of competitive maneuvering although it has been used in reference to sports since the early part of this century. In Alberta when there was no jury, congestion was caused by lawyers jockeying for position in order to appear before the right judge. (The Times, July, 1955) keeping up with the Joneses Trying to maintain the social standing of one’s neighbors; creating the impression that one is on an equal social or economic stratum as one’s neighbors. This expression was coined in 1913 by Arthur “Pop” Momand, a cartoonist for the New York Globe, who satirized his own social pretensions in his long-running comic strip. The surname Jones was undoubtedly picked to represent the average American of Anglo-Saxon descent. Why … does John Doe choose to speculate on margin? …


Cobol, Basic and Fortran are types of what?

terminology - Are Fortran, Cobol, Basic and Forth high level programming languages? - Stack Overflow Are Fortran, Cobol, Basic and Forth high level programming languages? Are Fortran, Cobol, Basic and Forth high level programming languages? And if not, what where the first high level programming languages? Which were the first object-oriented languages? 5   What are your definitions of high-level and object-oriented programming languages? Without definitions a valid answer to this question cannot be given. Take a look at c2.com/cgi/wiki?HighLevelLanguage as an example of why definition matters. –  Wildcat Jun 6 '10 at 17:21      @kermisto: I think Aaron is actually asking for SO's definition of the term. –  intuited Jun 7 '10 at 2:30 High-level isn't a binary value. There are a whole range of languages in a spectrum from low-level to high-level. The languages you named are higher level than assembly, but lower level than Lisp. According to Wikipedia : The first high-level programming language to be designed for a computer was Plankalkül , created by Konrad Zuse.      Plankalkül was designed but never implemented until the year 2000. That makes it a bit of a Johnny-come-lately. –  JUST MY correct OPINION Jun 6 '10 at 14:35 Fortran - first high level programming language. Simula - first object-oriented language. 4   up vote 2 down vote "High-level" can have different meanings -- some languages are at higher-levels than others, abstracting farther away from the machine. The original FORTRAN was delivered in 1957 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran ) and was, AFAIK, the first implemented language at a higher level than assembly.  Other languages since then can be classified as higher-level. For example, the current Fortran standard, Fortran 2003, has a much higher level of abstraction than the original FORTRAN, providing array operations, some OO features, etc. up vote 2 down vote COBOL and FORTRAN (as they are now) as higher level than C. The abstraction of underlying machine is greater. One should expect a COBOL program - even of considerable complexity - to compile on Windows or *Nix without alteration. The same is true of Fortran (though my knowledge is more out of date here). The latest versions of COBOL are very high level - see managed cobol here: http://knol.google.com/k/alex-turner/micro-focus-managed-cobol/2246polgkyjfl/4# Please note - I work for a COBOL company - Micro Focus. This might mean my input is biased :) 2   Simula-67, not just Simula. Simula-I was not OOP. –  JUST MY correct OPINION Jun 6 '10 at 14:34 1   He said Simula not Simula-I. Simula is common name for both Simula I and Simula 67. And even language creators said that: "SIMULA I (1962-65) and Simula 67 (1967) are the two first object-oriented languages." From heim.ifi.uio.no/~kristen/FORSKNINGSDOK_MAPPE/F_OO_start.html –  Wildcat Jun 6 '10 at 17:12 As for your last question: Among the first object oriented programming languages was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simula The first more or less popular object-oriented language was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk They do since they hide computer hardware abstraction, so they can be considered as high-level. The first object-oriented language was SmallTalk , according to Wikipedia. 4   Wikipedia is wrong. Simula-67, as you can guess by the name, was made in 1967. Smalltalk was made in the '70s. –  JUST MY correct OPINION Jun 6 '10 at 14:34      He's oversimplifying. Wikipedia actually says "The Simula programming language was the first to introduce the concepts underlying object-oriented programming" while "Smalltalk was the first programming language to be called 'object-oriented'". –  Ken Jun 7 '10 at 2:02 2   @Ken: Smalltalk may have been called object-oriented, but Simula was object-oriented, and introduced the "class" concept. –  John Saunders Jun 7 '10 at 2:10      Simula-67 had been around for a few years when Dahl got around to writing his section of "Structured Programming" (Dahl, Dijkstra, & Hoare, Academic Press, 1972), which laid out the basic concepts of object-oriented pr


In 1891, Paul Gaugin left France to live where?

Paul Gauguin Biography Contact Paul Gauguin Biography Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. His bold experimentation with coloring led directly to the Synthetist style of modern art while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral. He was also an influential exponent of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms. Life Self Portrait With Palette Paul Gauguin was born in Paris, France to journalist Clovis Gauguin and half-Peruvian Aline Maria Chazal, the daughter of proto-socialist leader Flora Tristan. In 1851 the family left Paris for Peru, motivated by the political climate of the period. Clovis died on the voyage, leaving three-year old Paul, his mother and his sister to fend for themselves. They lived for four years in Lima, Peru with Paul's uncle and his family. The imagery of Peru would later influence Paul in his art. At the age of seven, Paul and his family returned to France. They moved to Orléans, France to live with his grandfather. He soon learned French and excelled in his studies. At seventeen, Gauguin signed on as a pilot's assistant in the merchant marine to fulfill his required military service. Three years later, he joined the navy where he stayed for two years. In 1871, Gauguin returned to Paris where he secured a job as a stockbroker. In 1873, he married a Danish woman, Mette Sophie Gad. Over the next ten years, they would have five children. Gauguin had been interested in art since his childhood. In his free time, he began painting. He also visited galleries frequently and purchased work by emerging artists. Gauguin formed a friendship with artist Camille Pissarro, who introduced him to various other artists. As he progressed in his art, Gauguin rented a studio, and showed paintings in Impressionist exhibitions held in 1881 and 1882. Over two summer vacations, he painted with Pissarro and occasionally Paul Cézanne. By 1884 Gauguin had moved with his family to Copenhagen, where he pursued a business career as a stockbroker. Driven to paint full-time, he returned to Paris in 1885, leaving his family in Denmark. Without adequate subsistence, his wife (Mette Sophie Gadd) and their five children returned to her family. Gauguin outlived two of his children. Yellow Christ Like his friend Vincent Van Gogh, with whom in 1888 he spent nine weeks painting in Arles, Paul Gauguin experienced bouts of depression and at one time attempted suicide. Disappointed with Impressionism, he felt that traditional European painting had become too imitative and lacked symbolic depth. By contrast, the art of Africa and Asia seemed to him full of mystic symbolism and vigour. There was a vogue in Europe at the time for the art of other cultures, especially that of Japan (Japonisme). He was invited to participate in the 1889 exhibition organized by Les XX. Under the influence of folk art and Japanese prints, Gauguin evolved towards Cloisonnism, a style given its name by the critic Édouard Dujardin in response to Emile Bernard's cloisonne enamelling technique. Gauguin was very appreciative of Bernard's art and of his daring with the employment of a style which suited Gauguin in his quest to express the essence of the objects in his art. In The Yellow Christ (1889), often cited as a quintessential Cloisonnist work, the image was reduced to areas of pure colour separated by heavy black outlines. In such works Gauguin paid little attention to classical perspective and boldly eliminated subtle gradations of colour, thereby dispensing with the two most characteristic principles of post-Renaissance painting. His painting later evolved towards Synthetism in which neither form nor colour predominate but each has an equal role. Fatata Te Miti Aka By The Sea In 1891, Gauguin, frustrated by lack of recognition at home and financially destitute, sailed to the tropics to escape European civilization and "everything that is artificial and conventional." (Bef


"The longest-running speech radio show in the world (58 years) that was discontinued in March 2004, was Alistair Cooke's ""Letter from ..."" where?"

Alistair Cooke - Biography - IMDb Alistair Cooke Jump to: Overview  (3) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (2) | Trivia  (14) | Personal Quotes  (9) Overview (3) Alfred Alistair Cooke Mini Bio (1) British-born American journalist and broadcaster. Cooke was born in Salford, Manchester: his father was an iron-fitter and Methodist lay-preacher. He grew up in Blackpool where his parents ran a guest house. Here he first came into contact with Americans, in the form of GIs on their way to fight in World War One. He won a scholarship to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he studied English. A fellowship from the Commonwealth Fund subsequently enabled him to study theatre at Yale and Harvard for two years. In 1934 he got his first broadcasting job, as a film critic for the BBC, but soon returned to the States and in 1941 became a US citizen. For a time he worked as a freelance journalist for The Times, reporting from New York. Then in 1945 he joined The Guardian as its US correspondent, a position he held until 1972. His first job was to cover the creation of the United Nations. In March 1946 he began a radio programme for the BBC called "American Letter". This was a series of 15-minute broadcasts in which he tried to give an impression of life in America. Cooke was warned by the producer that this would last no longer than 26 weeks: in the event, as "Letter from America", it lasted for 58 years, becoming the world's longest-running speech radio programme. Cooke made in total 2869 broadcasts, mostly from his 15th-floor flat on Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park. Memorable broadcasts included his eyewitness account of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. He also broadcast on American TV, presenting "Omnibus" in the 1950s and from 1971 to 1993 presenting British programmes to American viewers for PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" series. A much-respected figure on both sides of the Atlantic, he was granted an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973, and addressed Congress as part of the bicentennial celebrations. At the age of 95, having been forced to miss a broadcast due to his increasing ill-health, Cooke decided to end "Letter from America" (having in the past made 16 broadcasts from a hospital bed). The last programme was transmitted on 2nd March 2004 and he died less than a month later. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Peter Brynmor Roberts Spouse (2) ( 30 April  1946      - 30 March  2004) (his death) (1 child) Ruth Emerson ( 24 August  1934      - 1944) (divorced) (1 child) Trivia (14) His "Letter From America" radio broadcast to the UK (and the world via the BBC World Service) ran from 1946-2004 making it the world's longest running speech radio show (58 years). Became a U.S. Citizen in 1941. He retired at the age of 95 years in 2004 due to failing health. A naturalised US citizen, he was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1973. His "Letter from America" began its thirteen week run on 24 March 1946. It ended after 2869 letters in March 2004, weeks before Cooke's death. Cooke worked as a personal assistant to Charlie Chaplin (the Little Tramp) on a projected film about the life of Napoleon. Chaplin had been invited to be Best Man at Cooke's wedding to Ruth Emerson, but the bride's mother objected to the film star's living in sin with actress Paulette Goddard. His first wife, Ruth Emerson, was a model and a great-grandniece of Ralph Waldo Emerson . Their son, John Byrne Cooke , was Janis Joplin 's road manager from 1967 until her death. His second wife, Jane White Hawkes, was a painter and the widow of the son of U.S. Senator Albert W. Hawkes. Their daughter, Susan Cooke Kittredge , is an ordained minister. A memorial service was held for him at London's Westminster Abbey on 15th October 2004. Shortly after his death it was discovered that some of his bones had been removed before his body was passed to his family for cremation. Police investigating an illegal trade in bones, used for transplants and sold for thousands of dollars, found that his body was one of many which had been desecrated in the mortuary. His ashes wer


The Yangtze River is on which continent?

Longest River in Asia - Yangtze River Facts and Figures Australia Longest River in Asia - Yangtze River Facts and Figures Asia is home to some of the world’s longest rivers. A number of long waterways flow through the continent and provide its inhabitants with water for drinking, irrigation and the generation of hydroelectric power. In addition, many rivers serve as important transportation routes while others offer their rich resources of aquatic life and minerals. Several ancient civilizations thrived at the banks of important Asian Rivers. The most important and longest river in Asia is the Yangtze river. The following discussion provides information about this mighty water body of Asia. Yangtze River – An Overview The longest river of Asia and third longest river on the planet, the Yangtze measures 6,300 kilometers in length. It is the most important waterway of China, serving the country since its ancient history. It emerges from the Geladaindong Peak of the Tanggula Mountains in Qinghai. The source of the river is located at an elevation of 5,042 meters. From there begins the river’s long, adventurous journey which comes to an end near Shanghai and Jiangsu where its water joins the East China Sea. Around one-fifth of the region of the People’s Republic of China comes under the river. Its huge river basin covers 1,808,500 square kilometers of area and houses one-third of the entire population of the country. The Yangtze delta is one of the most prosperous regions of China, contributing over twenty percent to the country’s overall GDP. The river provides water for irrigation to help the agricultural sector thrive while the world’s largest hydroelectric power station generates enormous amount of electricity. It also serves as a route for transport of vessels. Indeed, the mighty Yangtze is a matter of pride for China. The magnificent water body offers scenic beauty to foreign tourists while the locals harness its power and use its resources to build a thriving nation. Sections of the River The Yangtze River is known by many other names. In fact, these names have been used by Chinese to identify different sections of the river when its source had not been determined. The most popular names of the river are listed below along with a brief description of the section defined by each name. Chang Jiang The river’s most common name in the country is Chang Jiang which means “Long River”. This name defines the region of the river which extends from its confluence with one of its tributaries, River Min, towards its mouth located at Shanghai. This is the lower course of Yangtze which is 2,884 kilometers long. Chang Jiang is further classified into sub-sections which have been given different names by the locals. These include Chuan Jiang, Jing Jiang, Wan Jiang and Yangzi Jiang. Jinsha Jiang In the Chinese language, Jinsha Jiang means “gold sanded river”. This name defines the section of the river from Yibin to where it is joined by its tributary, River Batang. This confluence occurs in Qinghai. The section of the river defined by Jinsha Jiang is 2,308 kilometers long. Tuotuo River The headstream of Yangtze, flowing up to 358 kilometers from its source is known as the Tuotuo River. The name means “tearful river”. In the Mongolian language, this section is named as “Ulan Moron” which means the Red River. Tongtian River This name has been taken from fable: Journey to the West. It means “river passing through heaven”. Tongtian defines the section which flows from Yushu up to the river’s meeting point with River Dangqu. It was also known as the Yak River or the Winding Stream. Importance of Yangtze in the World The Chinese take pride in the fact that the longest river of Asia runs through their country. In fact, the Yangtze has earned several places on the list of world records. The reasons why it is famous the world over are listed below. After Nile and Amazon, the Yangtze River is the longest waterway flowing on earth. It ranks as the longest river to pass through a single country. The entire length of the Yangtze River - beginning


What fishing method involves pulling a large fishing net through the water behind one or more boats?

Fisherman's Game: Sea Turtles and the Quest to Nest: WaterLife Trawlers Trawler with TED (Turtle excluding device) In REAL Life - Use turtle excluder device (TED) or other technological solutions to reduce turtle deaths.  Do not fish within time and area closures. Trawling is a method of fishing that involves pulling a large fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. The net used for trawling is called a trawl. Bottom trawling is towing the trawl along or close to the sea floor and targets both bottom-dwelling fish and fish such as cod, squid, halibut, and rockfish.  Because they must surface periodically to breathe, turtles tangled in trawls may drown. Trawler without TED (Turtle excluding device) They can also suffer serious injuries to their flippers from being entangled by the lines or ropes. Commercial fisheries operations are among the most significant threats to loggerhead turtles.


"What Latin phrase means means ""my fault"", literally ""my blow""?"

Mia culpa - definition of Mia culpa by The Free Dictionary Mia culpa - definition of Mia culpa by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Mia+culpa Also found in: Thesaurus , Wikipedia . me·a cul·pa (mā′ə ko͝ol′pə, kŭl′-, mē′ə) n. An acknowledgment of a personal error or fault: The authors issued a mea culpa after their plagiarism was revealed. interj. Used to express guilt for a personal error or fault. [Latin meā culpā, through my fault : meā, feminine ablative of meus, my + culpā, ablative of culpa, fault.] mea culpa


What was Shoemaker-Levy 9, that crashed into Jupiter in 1994?

Comet Shoemaker-Levy Homepage (JPL) Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter July 16, 2014 Update: 20 years later Twenty years ago, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) impacted Jupiter. I created this website in June 1994 on a voluntary basis, and it was my first public website. I was immensely interested in this unique comet since its discovery in 1993 - a comet that was not only captured into Jupiter orbit, but had broken up into several pieces which were about to hit Jupiter in July 1994. There were a lot of speculation about how the impacts would appear on Jupiter, and this website documents each impact as they occurred. Also note: back in 1994, websites were relatively unknown and somewhat of a novelty.  This website became the first big Web event, and was key in raising the awareness of websites to the mainstream public, which we now take for granted today. Here's a good summary of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 events published the "JPL Universe" on January 13, 1995.


"In England, what is commonly known as ""The Old Bailey""?"

Historical Background - History of The Old Bailey Courthouse - Central Criminal Court History of The Old Bailey Courthouse London's Central Criminal Court, 1673-1913 The Old Bailey, also known as Justice Hall, the Sessions House, and the Central Criminal Court, was named after the street in which it was located, just off Newgate Street and next to Newgate Prison, in the western part of the City of London. Over the centuries the building has been periodically remodelled and rebuilt in ways which both reflected and influenced the changing ways trials were carried out and reported. Contents of this Article Introductory Reading Location The Old Bailey is located about 200 yards northwest of St Paul's Cathedral, just outside the former western wall of the City of London. It is named after the street on which it is located, which itself follows the line of the original fortified wall, or "bailey", of the City. The initial location of the courthouse close to Newgate Prison allowed prisoners to be conveniently brought to the courtroom for their trials. More generally, its position between the City of London and Westminster meant it was a suitable location for trials involving people from all over the metropolis, north of the river Thames. Introductory Reading The Courtroom Although the Old Bailey courthouse was rebuilt several times between 1674 and 1913, the basic design of the courtrooms remained the same. They were arranged so as to emphasise the contest between the accused and the rest of the court. The accused stood at “the bar” (or in “the dock”), directly facing the witness box (where prosecution and defence witnesses testified) and the judges seated on the other side of the room. Before the introduction of gas lighting in the early nineteenth century a mirrored reflector was placed above the bar, in order to reflect light from the windows onto the faces of the accused. This allowed the court to examine their facial expressions assess the validity of their testimony. In addition, a sounding board was placed over their heads in order to amplify their voices. Early in the period the jurors sat on the sides of the courtroom to both the left and the right of the accused, but from 1737 they were brought together in stalls on the defendant's right, sufficiently close together to be able to consult each other and arrive at verdicts without leaving the room. Seated at a table below where the judges sat were clerks, lawyers, and the writers who took the shorthand notes which formed the basis of the Proceedings. Introductory Reading 1673 Open Air Building The medieval courthouse was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. In 1673 the Old Bailey was rebuilt as a three storey Italianate brick building, described by John Strype in 1720 as "a fair and stately building". In front of the courthouse was the Sessions House Yard, a place where litigants, witnesses, and court personnel could gather. The area inside the wall, where prisoners awaited trial, was called the bail dock. They were separated from the street by a brick wall with spikes on top to keep them from escaping. A surprising feature was that the ground floor of the building, where the courtroom was located, was open on one side to the weather; the upper stories were held up by doric columns. A wall had been left out in order to increase the supply of fresh air to reduce the risk that prisoners suffering from gaol fever (typhus) would infect others in court. On the first floor there was a "stately dining room" for the justices. Inside the courtroom there was a bench for judges at the far end, and, on both sides, partitioned spaces for jurors and balconies for court officers and privileged observers. Other spectators crowded into the yard. The trials attracted a mixed audience of London's more and less respectable inhabitants, and it was alleged that criminals attended in order to devise strategies for defending themselves should they find themselves on trial. The crowd's presence could influence or intimidate the jurors sitting inside. Introductory Reading 1737 Refronti


How old was Tiger Woods when he won the US Masters in 1997?

Tiger Woods Wins the 1997 Masters by 12 Shots | Golf.com Tiger Woods Wins the 1997 Masters by 12 Shots Tiger Woods celebrates on the 18th green after winning the 1997 Masters. AP News Posted: Wed Nov. 9, 2011 Updated: Fri Jan. 13, 2017 Install App This story on Tiger Woods' win at the 1997 Masters first appeared in the April 21, 1997 issue of Sports Illustrated. Short and pudgy, he pushed through the crowd, elbowing and worming his way, not stopping for any of the cries of "heyyy, watchit!" as he went. At last he popped through to the front and craned his neck down the line, wide-eyed, hoping to see what he had come for. As Tiger Woods strode past, Jack Nicholson slapped him on the back and grinned, same as everybody else. It didn't matter who you were; if you were there the week everything changed in golf, you just had to reach out and touch a piece of history. Almost 50 years to the day after Jackie Robinson broke major league baseball's color barrier, at Augusta National, a club that no black man was allowed to join until six years ago, at the tournament whose founder, Clifford Roberts, once said, "As long as I'm alive, golfers will be white, and caddies will be black," a 21-year-old black man delivered the greatest performance ever seen in a golf major. Someday Eldrick (Tiger) Woods, a mixed-race kid with a middle-class background who grew up on a municipal course in the sprawl of Los Angeles, may be hailed as the greatest golfer who ever lived, but it is likely that his finest day will always be the overcast Sunday in Augusta when he humiliated the world's best golfers, shot 18-under-par 70-66-65-69-270 (the lowest score in tournament history) and won the Masters by a preposterous 12 shots. It was the soundest whipping in a major this century and second only to Old Tom Morris's 13-shot triumph in the 1862 British Open. When Tiger finally slipped into his green champion's jacket, his 64-year-old father, Earl, drank in a long look and said, "Green and black go well together, don't they?" So golf is trying to get used to the fact that the man who will rule the game for the next 20 years shaves twice a week and has been drinking legally for almost three months now. "He's more dominant over the guys he's playing against than I ever was over the ones I played against," marveled no less an authority than Jack Nicklaus, whose 17-under Masters record of 271 had held up for 32 years. "He's so long, he reduces the course to nothing. Absolutely nothing." It was something to see the way a 6'2", 155-pounder with a 30-inch waist crumbled one of golf's masterpieces into bite-sized pieces. The longest club he hit into a par-4 all week was a seven-iron. On each of the first two days he hit a wedge into the 500-yard par-5 15th hole -- for his second shot. Honey, he shrunk the course. Last Saturday his seven birdies were set up by his nine-iron, pitching wedge, sand wedge, putter, nine-iron, putter and sand wedge. Meanwhile, the rest of the field was trying to catch him with five-irons and three-woods and rosary beads. When Nicklaus said last year that Woods would win 10 green jackets, everybody figured he was way off. We just never thought his number was low. Said Jesper Parnevik, who finished 19 shots back, "Unless they build Tiger tees about 50 yards back, he's going to win the next 20 of these." (Memo to former Masters winners: Get ready for a whole lot of Tuesday-night champions' dinners you can supersize.) Woods's performance was the most outstanding in Augusta National history, and that figured, because he stood out all week. He stood out because of the color of his skin against the mostly white crowds. He stood out because of his youth in a field that averaged 38 years. He stood out because of the flabbergasting length of his drives -- 323 yards on average, 25 yards longer than the next player on the chart. He stood out for the steeliness in his eyes and for the unshakable purpose in his step. "He may be 21," said Mike (Fluff) Cowan, his woolly caddie, "but he ain't no 21 inside those ropes." Said Paul Azinger, who played with


Which poison is also an element on the periodic table?

Each one has a story. Aug. 4 2010 7:29 AM Blogging the Periodic Table By Sam Kean   Bismuth sits in a funny spot on the periodic table, at the turning point of what I call "poisoner's corridor." It cleaves the periodic table into two sets of dangerous elements. To the left of and above bismuth sit the conventional, retching-and-deep-pain poisons familiar to mystery buffs and EPA officials—the likes of arsenic, lead, and mercury. Especially deadly is the element two doors down from bismuth, Element 81, thallium. It's sometimes called the "poisoner's poison," the poison used by people who get an almost aesthetic pleasure from using chemistry to kill. The notorious British serial killer Graham Frederick Young got his start by poisoning his family and friends with bismuth's neighbor to the north, antimony , but by the time he was in his midteens, Young had graduated to lacing meals and tea with thallium. Thallium does its dastardly work, in part, by unstitching the bonds that hold proteins together, and it does so quickly and efficiently. Advertisement Saddam Hussein employed thallium, too. In fact, two children of Iraqi fighter pilots died in early 2008 after eating a birthday cake laced with thallium, presumably poisoned (though no one knows for sure) by former Baath Party members. Russian soldiers working at an old Cold War weapons depot in 1994 found a canister of white powder laced with this element. Despite not knowing what it was, they powdered their feet with it and blended it with their tobacco. A few reportedly even snorted it. On the other side of bismuth begins a new type of poison in poisoner's corridor—the scorching radioactive poisons. The most notable examples here are radon and (if you think about the periodic table wrapping around and continuing on the far left side) radium , which have each killed scores of people. The radioactive element right next to bismuth, polonium, has killed far fewer. But what polonium lacks in numbers it makes up for in infamy. Polonium is frankly pretty useless, and no country in the world except Russia bothered to refine it by the late 2000s. That's why it was awfully suspicious when an ex-KGB official named Alexander Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning in late 2006. The story started when Litvinenko—who became a writer after leaving the KGB and accused the Kremlin of ordering people's executions—ate lunch at a sushi restaurant one day in London and began to feel ill. At the hospital, doctors assumed he'd been given a lethal dose of thallium. This was partly because the symptoms matched thallium poisoning (including losing his hair, even his eyebrows). But also because no one thought to search for polonium—toxicologists had simply never heard of anyone using it as a murder weapon. But after Litvinenko's death, the autopsy revealed staggeringly high levels of Element 84. The polonium hit remains a one-off crime so far but has already taken its place as one of the most notorious murders in the annals of the periodic table. And finally, what of bismuth itself, the turning point of poisoner's corridor? Is it a retching-and-deep-pain poison or a newfangled nuclear one—possibly both? Actually, it's neither. Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the "bis" in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.


BBC SPORT | Football | FA Cup | Portsmouth 1-0 Cardiff Portsmouth 1-0 Cardiff By Phil McNulty Kanu's first-half goal won the FA Cup for Portsmouth against Cardiff City in a low-key final at Wembley. The Nigerian scrambled home the winner at the near post eight minutes before half-time after Cardiff keeper Peter Enckelman fumbled John Utaka's cross. Cardiff enjoyed possession but rarely posed a serious threat, although Glenn Loovens had a goal ruled out for handball in first-half injury time. And Portsmouth held on to claim the trophy for the first time since 1939. It was a personal triumph for emotional Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp as he claimed his first major trophy in a management and coaching career stretching back 25 years. He raced on to the pitch afterwards to celebrate as Portsmouth's win earned them a place in next season's Uefa Cup - their first European adventure. The final was given a magnificent backdrop by both clubs' noisy and colourful fans who clearly wanted to make the most of their moment in the limelight. Redknapp dedicates the FA Cup win to his family after a difficult year off the pitch Underdogs Cardiff, who were trying to become the first team from outside the top flight to win the Cup since West Ham United beat Arsenal in 1980, played with spirit, but did not have the quality to seriously disturb the Pompey defence, in which Campbell and Sylvain Distin were outstanding. Cardiff boss Dave Jones did not gamble on Robbie Fowler, even as a substitute, after four months out with a hip problem - and his side did not feel his absence in a lively start. Joe Ledley played in Paul Parry in the 12th minute but Portsmouth keeper David James made a crucial block to deny Cardiff the lead. Kanu posted the warning signals for Cardiff as early as the 21st minute when he took a pass from Sulley Muntari in his stride and danced around keeper Enckelman, only to send his effort against the outside of the post with the goal unguarded. He made no mistake eight minutes before the interval when Enckelman could only push out Utaka's whipped cross from the right flank and Kanu pounced to score. Dave Jones is proud of the Cardiff City players Cardiff had more than held their own and almost provided an instant response when Parry raced clear down the left, but his cross stretched Kevin McNaughton as he arrived at the far post and the chance was gone. And Bluebirds had a goal ruled out in first-half injury time when Pompey keeper James - who has form for high-profile mistakes in FA Cup finals - missed a corner, but Loovens handled before sending a looping finish into the net. Loovens came to Cardiff's rescue after 52 minutes when Utaka set up Kanu again and he was forced to block a goal-bound shot with his chest. Cardiff failed to apply consistent pressure to Portsmouth and boss Jones made a change after 61 minutes, sending on gifted 17-year-old prodigy Aaron Ramsey for Peter Whittingham. It had been a desperately disappointing afternoon for the veteran Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, so it was no surprise when he was also hauled off with 20 minutes left and time running out for a Cardiff response. David Nugent had come on as replacement for Utaka, and he forced Enckelman into a smart near-post save from a rising drive as Portsmouth attempted to kill the final off. Loovens had proved to be a danger man for Cardiff at set-pieces and he sent a header bouncing just over the bar from Ramsey's corner after 79 minutes. David James is full of praise for manager Harry Redknapp Cardiff's desire to push forward for an equaliser left them open to a counter-attack and Distin almost punished them with a run from the half-way line that was only halted by a fine tackle from Roger Johnson. But it was Portsmouth's day as for once the favourites justified their tag in this season's unpredictable FA Cup. To their credit, many Cardiff supporters stayed inside the stadium to see Pompey lift the Cup before they melted away to contemplate their sorrows. Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka (Nugent 69), Pedro Mendes (Diop 78),


Who first popularised the story of Dr Faustus in England?

Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus or browse other Shmoopers' Questions In A Nutshell This one's got it all, folks: devils, damsels, and dastardly deeds. Doctor Faustus is the story of a great scholar who decides a little magical mojo will cure his ennui . The catch? He has to sign his soul over to the devil in order to get that mojo workin' . The legend of Faustus was already well-known in Europe by the time Christopher Marlowe turned it into a play in 1594. It had been making the rounds as a folktale in Germany since the early 1500s, and was translated into English and published in England in the 1590s as a chapbook (that's the Renaissance version of a pulp paperback) entitled "The Historie of the Damnable Life, and Deserved Death, of Doctor Iohn Faustus." So Marlowe had all kinds of sources to draw from when it came to bringing the devil to life. And boy did he ever bring him to life. We know Doctor Faustus was immediately popular with audiences because it was actually published in 1604. That's something that only happened if people were really clamoring for a printed version of their favorite play. Apparently Doctor Faustus struck a chord or two in the hearts and minds of its renaissance audience.     That might have something to do with its uniqueness. Doctor Faustus stood out from the crowd by combining things we associate with medieval drama (like allegory) to explore what we now think of as modern questions: What form should knowledge take? What is the nature of true power? Should we believe in fate or free will? At the time that Marlowe was writing, a Protestant church reformer named John Calvin had developed a theory about human salvation called Predestination. This theory said that each human being was fated from the beginning of his or her life to be damned or saved. It raised questions about exactly how much control a person had over his or her own salvation. Faustus grapples with this same question at the beginning of the play, and eventually arrives at the shaky conclusion that he's damned no matter what he does. The way he handles this belief is the subject of the rest of the play. All along characters like the Good Angel and the Old Man try to convince Faustus that he does have a choice; they insist that he can repent and turn to God again. Are they right? That's a question only you can answer, because Marlowe is annoyingly coy. So dig in to Doctor Faustus, and tackle the big questions. Then get back to Shmoop to give us the skinny.   Why Should I Care? John Faustus, an elite scholar who has already reached the limits of human knowledge in the traditional academic disciplines, longs to "ransack the ocean for orient pearl, / And search all corners of the new-found world," to probe "strange philosophy" and "the secrets of all foreign kings" (1.1.81-82, 84-85). That all sounds like a grand ol' time, right? Right. There's just one problem. In order to ransack, search, and discover all that awesome knowledge, Faustus has to make a deal with the devil. And we know those never end well. Now, a modern person like you might say that knowledge is always a good thing, and that seems to be what Faustus believes, too. But what Marlowe's Doctor Faustus forces us to consider is that knowledge almost always comes at a price. Sure, we don't usually get (spoiler alert) torn limb from limb (like Faustus does) when we learn something we shouldn't. And we don't get handed a one-way ticket to the underworld like the one the not-so good doctor receives from his buddy Lucifer. So the price of knowledge in Doctor Faustus might seem exaggeratedly steep. But the price itself might be beside the point. The point of Doctor Faustus seems to be that knowledge can be so seductive, so desirable, that we often don't consider the cost—whatever it may be—until it's too late. So really, it's the question that matters most: how far are you willing to go to know what you want to know?


"What phrase means means ""a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature"", literally ""blow of mercy""?"

EN ESPAÑOL E PORTUGUÊS   We are in the Joy of the Lord Right? Now let us open the door of “Celebration” as we move into “Jubilation”! Here is a link to one of our songs that go with today’s focus! Dance Dance Dance Chuck D. Pierce        The next step for the body of Christ is to go from praise to celebration to jubilation. What does this mean? Haven’t we done enough by praising? Haven’t we connected with God, changed the atmosphere, and determined the perspective? If we have done these things, then we have done a lot, but there is one more step that we must take—the coup de grâce. This phrase means “the blow of mercy” in French and is used to describe “a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. It is often used figuratively to describe the last of a series of events that brings about the end of some entity.”        That entity for us is the devil’s kingdom and his power over us. Our praise is awesome and powerful, but when we take that up a notch to celebration and then to jubilation, our sound becomes a deathblow to the enemy’s plans for us. I love the words celebration and jubilation. In the Bible, celebrate is from the Hebrew word hagag, which denotes a wild action like the behavior of a drunken person, used in the context of rejoicing. You know how we get sometimes when we’ve just won the big game—we shout, scream, jump up and down, and hug everyone (while jumping up and down). Someone could easily think we are drunk, except no one is watching each other—we are all caught up in the spirit of celebration and victory. The emotion of the moment has overtaken the atmosphere. The rapturous spirit has overcome the environment.        The word hagag was used to depict the dancing and rejoicing that was done when there was a victory over the enemy in battle, as in 1 Samuel 30:16 (niv) when David came upon the Amalekites who had plundered his city of Ziklag: “There they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken” (emphasis added). The word reveling in this passage is the Hebrew word hagag. The Amalekites were celebrating their victory. Their actions were wild and appeared hedonistic. We will discuss situations like this in a later chapter. This was how David made it through every narrow transition.        When David was rebuked by his wife Michal for his dancing and celebration in the streets before the ark, David told his wife, “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” (2 Sam. 6:22, author’s paraphrase). This must be our attitude, because invariably there will be those who want us to tone down our celebration before the Lord to show respect for a religious kingdom that is in place. However, we must remember that the kingdom of God is ever changing. Every time glory comes into our worship in a new way, the manner in which we demonstrate and administrate the power of God changes.


The wreck of which warship, one of the largest in the English navy of King Henry VIII in the first half of the 16th century, was rediscovered in 1971 and salvaged in October 1982?

1000+ images about Mary Rose warship on Pinterest | Coins, Museums and England Forward This brass syringe, found on the orlop deck towards the stern of the Mary Rose, is not like the urethral syringes that usually get more attention. The “needle”, rather than being long, thin and somewhat cylindrical, this is shorter and sharper. Rather than for administering fluids internally, it’s likely that this was used for draining infected wounds of pus, or for administering wine to fresh wounds to wash out dirt that would cause it to become infected. Image © Mary Rose Trust See More


"What is the name of the coffee shop that was a regular set for the US TV series ""Friends""?"

Central Perk | Friends Central | Fandom powered by Wikia Central Perk is a coffee house in New York on NBC sitcom Friends . Contents [ show ] About The six main protagonists frequently visited Central Perk throughout the series. It is situated in New York City's Greenwich Village, near Monica's apartment . It was where they spent much of their free time conversing. Staff Rachel Green Rachel works as a waitress at Central Perk from autumn 1994 till winter 1996/1997 . Being pretty much a spoiled, self-centered individual throughout this period of her life, Rachel clearly shows ineptitude at work, mixing up orders, neglecting her waitressing duties, and showing little care about where everything goes and how it should be done. Ironically, in The One With The Flashback , it is revealed that prior to getting this job, while out with her friends one night, she had responded to a waiter getting their drinks mixed up by remarking: "how hard is it to get a couple of drinks?". When Joey starts working at Central Perk, Rachel mentions that she would sneeze on the food of any customers who were rude to her. It quickly becomes clear that Rachel does not care for her job at Central Perk, only for her financial income. However, she does try for other job opportunities in fashion (mostly during Season 1 ), with little success. In Season 3 , she decides to pursue the fashion business again after Gunther assigns her to re-training, quitting her waitressing job to work with Fortunata Fashions, then moving on to Bloomingdale's. Joey Tribbiani Jr. Joey becomes a waiter at the coffee shop half-way through Season 6 . His acting career being at a standstill, Joey is tight on money, so much that he can't afford paying for coffee. Gunther decides to let him work there. Like Rachel, Joey shows ineptitude at the job. Unlike Rachel, however, this is mostly due to his immaturity coinciding with the house's policies. However, later in the season, Joey's acting career takes a step forward when he gets the lead role in Mac & C.H.E.E.S.E. . This makes him quit his waitering job, which he does without mentioning anything to Gunther. Gunther, however, points this out to him in The One With The Ring , and that he was going to fire Joey anyway. Entertainment Phoebe Buffay was also a regular fixture in Central Perk, and played songs such as Smelly Cat to often bemused audiences. Phoebe was, at one point, replaced by Stephanie Schiffer , a professional who was hired by Terry. Layout The interior of the famous Central Perk Throughout the coffee shop are small tables with chairs that extras on the show usually occupy. These, from the main camera angle, are behind the large orange sofa in the middle of the shop. The green chair on the right, the coffee table and the table and chair on the left are nearly always used as the main setting for any scenes in Central Perk. In the earlier episodes, irrespective of how busy the coffee shop became, those seats were always available. The writers turned this into a joke and, in the first episode of season three , the six main characters arrive in the shop to find their seats taken, apparently by Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, the show's creators. They then look at each other, dejected, and walk out. The artwork in the back of Central Perk was changed every three episodes (including images of King Kong and Uncle Sam), but the layout of the furniture remained largely unchanged for the entire series. The Orange Couch The most prominent fixture of Central Perk is the large orange couch that the characters usually sit on. It usually seats four of the Friends at one time. One of the others then occupies the green chair on the right and, if all six are present, there is a table with one chair to the left that sits the last person. Rarely is anyone else ever seen on the couch and the guys consider it their own. In one instance, Chandler is seen sitting reading, when a young man comes in and goes to sit down on the green chair, only for Chandler to promptly usher him away. Another example is when Rachel complains abou


7 Facts about the Spanish Steps | Rome Guide - The Spanish Steps | 7 Facts about the Spanish Steps 7 Facts about the Spanish Steps With its irregular butterfly design, the beautiful “Scalina Spagna”, or Spanish Steps are just one of these must see places when in Rome and a great example of Roman Baroque Style. It’s a great place to just sit down and enjoy the atmosphere and views of the Eternal City. The steps are a wide irregular gathering place consisted of 138 steps placed in a mix of curves, straight flights, vistas and terraces. They connect the lower Piazza di Spagna with the upper piazza Trinita dei Monti, with its beautiful twin tower church dominating the skyline. 7 facts about the Spanish Steps: 1 The Spanish steps were built in 1723-1725 by a design of the rather little known architect Francesco de Sanctis and were financed by French diplomat Étienne Gueffier’s bequeathed. It was built in order to link the the Trinità dei Monti church that was under the patronage of the king of France, with the Spanish square below. The long, triangular Spanish square is named after the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See. In the 17th century, the area around the embassy was even considered Spanish territory. The idea of connecting the church with the square below originates from the 17th century, when the French also planned a statue of King Louis XIV of France at the top of the staircase. This plan was never executed, due to the refusal of the Pope. 2 The Spanish steps unique design and elegance has made it a popular place for artists, painters and poets who were attracted to the place which inspired them in return. The artist’s presence attracted many beautiful women to the area, hoping to taken as models. This in turn, attracted rich Romans and travelers. After a short time, the steps were crowded with people of all kinds of backgrounds. This tradition, of the Spanish Steps as a meeting place, has lived on ever since. The Spanish Steps are the widest stairway in Europe The Fountain of the old boat. though to be the first work of young Gian Lorenzo Bernini who helped his father building it Don't eat while youre sitting on the Steps! its not allowed. The Beautiful Spanish Steps 3 At the lower end of the stairs you can find an early baroque fountain called Fontana della Barcaccia, or “Fountain of the Old Boat”. It is credited Pietro Bernini; a member of the renowned artist family Bernini and father of famous Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fountain has the form of a sinking ship and it is said to be based upon a folk legend. The legend tells that a fishing boat was carried all the way to this exact spot during a massive flood of the Tiber River in the 16th century. The design with the sinking boat also helped Bernini to overcome a technical problem, due to low water pressure. 4 On the 13th June, 2007, a drunken young man attempted to drive a Toyota Celica down the Spanish Steps. Luckily no one was hurt, but several of the 200-year-old steps were chipped and scuffed. The driver was arrested. 5 At the corner on the right as one begins to climb the steps, is the house where English poet John Keats lived and died in 1821; it is now a museum dedicated to his memory, full of memorabilia of the English Romantic generation. 6 On the 20th March, 1986, the first McDonalds restaurant in Italy was opened near the Spanish Steps. Protests there against fast food led to Carlo Petrini founding the international Slow Food movement three years later. Even today, almost 2000 years after its construction, the breathtaking pantheon is a remarkable building to see. The spectacular design, proportions, elegance and harmony are a striking reminder of the architecture of the great Roman Empire… Continue Reading…   Rome’s most popular monument was built between 72-80 A.D. The Colosseum is still the largest amphitheater in the world, and stands as an iconic symbol of Rome and the great Roman architecture. Continue Reading…   10 Facts about Piazza Navona Dominitian’s ancient stadium, now Rome’s most beautiful Piazza, is adorned with fine Renaissanc


"""Historia Naturalis"" was a major work by whom?"

Portentous fantasies : Pliny's representation of the Magi in the Historia Naturalis - UBC Library Open Collections Portentous fantasies : Pliny's representation of the Magi in the Historia Naturalis Creator 2007 Description This study examines Pliny the Elder's representation of the Magi in the Historia Naturalis. It seeks to determine not only who the Magi were in Pliny's estimation but also how they were construed in the Roman popular imagination. The pronounced antagonism that Pliny demonstrates toward these occult practitioners is rooted in the fact that the whole notion of magic, as it was understood in the ancient world, was embedded in a negative labelling-system, and that the identity of the magician existed primarily in the imagination of those who were doing the labelling (i.e., branding others as "magicians"). In the HN, Pliny's Magi are therefore represented as the proverbial "other" - outsiders who are perceived as engaging in foreign (and thus loathsome and abhorrent) practices. Pliny's representation of and attitude toward the Magi therefore exemplify how magic-workers have commonly been regarded as individuals who engage in ritual or religious activity that is not endorsed by the dominant social institutions of the cultures in which they operate. Genre Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library Rights For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use . DOI 831-1.0100728.ris Full Text Portentous Fantasies Pliny's Representation of the Magi in the Historia Naturalis by Sarah Sophia Dykstra A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in The Faculty of Graduate Studies (Religious Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA October 2007 © Sarah Sophia Dykstra, 2007 ABSTRACT This study examines Pliny the Elder's representation of the Magi in the Historia Naturalis. It seeks to determine not only who the Magi were in Pliny's estimation but also how they were construed in the Roman popular imagination. The pronounced antagonism that Pliny demonstrates toward these occult practitioners is rooted in the fact that the whole notion of magic, as it was understood in the ancient world, was embedded in a negative labelling-system, and that the identity of the magician existed primarily in the imagination of those who were doing the labelling (i.e., branding others as "magicians"). In the HN, Pliny's Magi are therefore represented as the proverbial "other" - outsiders who are perceived as engaging in foreign (and thus loathsome and abhorrent) practices. Pliny's representation of and attitude toward the Magi therefore exemplify how magic-workers have commonly been regarded as individuals who engage in ritual or religious activity that is not endorsed by the dominant social institutions of the cultures in which they operate. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ii Table of Contents ii1. Introduction 1 2. The "Utopian" Worldview of Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Magus 7 3. Pliny and the Historia Naturalis 10 4. The Identity of the Magicians in the Historia Naturalis: Who Were Pliny's Magi? 16 5. The Lore of the Magi: The Magician as Expert in Healing and Occult Remedies 33 6. Ritual and Sympathy: Decoding the Lore of the Magi... 57. Locating the Magus in the Healing Arts of Imperial Rome 68 8. Beyond Pliny: Uncovering the Identity of the Historical Magi 96 9. Conclusion 10Bibliography 110 1. Introduction In recent years, the scholarly examination of the cross-cultural phenomenon of magic (a term with an extensive history of debate which has generated a voluminous body of scholarly discourse, from fields as diverse as anthropology, sociology, history, classics and religious studies) has enjoyed a significant resurgence of academic interest. Not least among the studies that constitute such a resurgence have been those which seek to examine the various facets of magic in the ancient world. 1 But situating such studies within the broader study of magic


The annual RAF Airshow at Hendon was established in 1920 by the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, and grew into a major international event with exhibitors from all over the world. It is now held in mid-July in even-numbered years. Where has it been held since 1949?

Aviation Features – Page 7 – Wings over Kansas August 10, 2008 Carl Chance 0 Military aviation is the use of aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling warfare, including national airlift (cargo) capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a theater or along a front. […] August 10, 2008 Carl Chance 0 The Boeing KC-767 is an early 21st century military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200. […] August 3, 2008 Carl Chance 0 The Iraqi Air Force or IQAF is the military branch in Iraq responsible for aerial operations. The IQAF also acts as a support force for the Iraqi Navy and the Iraqi Army. […] July 13, 2008 Carl Chance 0 The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace business which is held biennially in England. […] June 8, 2008 Carl Chance 0 The story of the atomic bomb started around the turn of the century when a small number of physicists began to think about, discuss, and publish papers about the phenomenon of radioactivity, the behavior of alpha particles, and the properties of various materials when irradiated. […] June 8, 2008 Carl Chance 0 The technology of “sport” skydiving has come a long way since it’s beginnings after World War II. […] May 18, 2008 Carl Chance 0 Wingsuit flying is the art of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, that shapes the human body into an airfoil which can create lift. […] April 27, 2008 Carl Chance 0 The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet traces its direct ancestry to the Northrop Cobra, a twin engine multimission fighter design developed for the export market in the late 1960s. […] April 13, 2008 Carl Chance 0 The B-1 evolved from a series of studies in the 1960s into a long-range conventional multi-role bomber that operates with precision and persistence. […] April 6, 2008 Carl Chance 0 Boeing Phantom Works Technology Projects in Australia […]


What is the name of the vinegar made from Trebbiano grapes?

Balsamic vinegar is made of white Trebbiano grape juice. How does it get the dark, inky color? | Ask Dr. Vinny | Wine Spectator Do you have a question for Dr. Vinny? Ask it here... Dear Dr. Vinny, Balsamic vinegar is made of white Trebbiano grape juice. How does it get the dark, inky color? —Koorosh, Renton, Wash. Dear Koorosh, If it's real Balsamic, it's all in the aging process. Balsamic vinegar is made from syrup (not wine) that comes from the juice of white grapes (typically Trebbiano, as you mention). This syrup is then fermented and aged slowly in barrels so its flavors become sweet, viscous and concentrated. The oxidation, evaporation, aging and exposure to barrels also turns the color that wonderfully glossy dark brown, and gives it a rich, sweet, pungent flavor. While balsamic ages (and gradually evaporates), the liquid is transferred to successively smaller casks, becoming more concentrated with each transfer. Sometimes a variety of wood barrels are used so the vinegar can absorb the different flavors. Oak, mulberry, chestnut, cherry, juniper, ash and acacia are the most common. There are many quality levels of balsamic. The highest is labeled "tradizionale," and is very expensive, sold in tiny bottles and, because it's so concentrated, used in very small amounts (and a little bit goes a long way). The most inexpensive varieties may not be aged in wood at all, being nothing more than ordinary wine vinegar with caramel for coloring and sugar added to mimic the sweetness of better ones. Legally these are not allowed to be called "traditional" or "tradizionale," even if they still say "Aceto Balsamico di Modena". —Dr. Vinny


Reynald Temarii, president of the Oceania Football Confederation, was banned from soccer administration by FIFA because it was alleged that he had said that his vote for the election of hosts of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup could be influenced through the construction of a sports academy. Where was it to be built?

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What US television series (the format for which is now syndicated world-wide) involves a chief executive spending time as a trainee in his or her own firm?

CBS Announces Its 2016-2017 Prime-Time Lineup | TVWeek CBS Announces Its 2016-2017 Prime-Time Lineup May 18, 2016  •  Post A Comment CBS TELEVISION NETWORK (N=New, RTP=Regular Time Period, NTP=New Time Period) All Times ET/PT 8:00-8:30 PM — THE BIG BANG THEORY 8:30-9:00 PM — KEVIN CAN WAIT (N) 8:00-8:30 PM — KEVIN CAN WAIT (RTP) (Starting in October) 8:30-9:00 PM — MAN WITH A PLAN (N) (Starting in October) 9:00-9:30 PM — 2 BROKE GIRLS (NTP) 9:30-10:00 PM — THE ODD COUPLE (NTP) 10:00-11:00 PM  — SCORPION (NTP) 10:00-11:00 PM — NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (NTP) WEDNESDAY 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/5:00-8:00 PM, PT — NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (Premieres Sept. 15) 8:00-8:30 PM — THE BIG BANG THEORY (RTP) (Starting Oct. 27) 8:30-9:00 PM — THE GREAT INDOORS (N) (Starting Oct. 27) 9:00-9:30 PM — MOM (Starting Oct. 27) 9:30-10:00 PM — LIFE IN PIECES (NTP) (Starting Oct. 27) 10:00-11:00 PM — PURE GENIUS (N) (Starting Oct. 27) FRIDAY 8:00-9:00 PM — NCIS: LOS ANGELES (NTP) 9:00-10:00 PM — MADAM SECRETARY (NTP) 10:00-11:00 PM — ELEMENTARY Press release from CBS, May 18, 2016: CBS today unveiled its 2016-2017 primetime lineup, featuring three new comedies, five new dramas and 21 returning series. The new series will join a lineup that will finish the current season as America’s most-watched network in viewers for the 13th time in 14 years, including the last eight years straight. The Network will also finish #1 in adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. In 2016-2017, CBS will expand its comedy lineup, increasing the number of comedies from four to eight, compared to last fall, and programming two two-hour blocks on Mondays and Thursdays. The Network’s new series will feature stars in comedy and drama such as Kevin James, Matt LeBlanc, Joel McHale, Michael Weatherly, Katherine Heigl, Dermot Mulroney, Laverne Cox, Dulé Hill and Bill Paxton. The new fall comedies are: KEVIN CAN WAIT, starring Kevin James as a newly retired police officer who faces tougher challenges at home with his wife and three kids than he ever did on the streets; MAN WITH A PLAN, starring Golden Globe Award winner Matt LeBlanc as a contractor who starts spending more time with his kids when his wife goes back to work and discovers the truth every parent eventually realizes: his little angels are maniacs; and THE GREAT INDOORS, starring Joel McHale as a renowned adventure reporter for an outdoor magazine who becomes the desk-bound boss to a group of eager millennials in the publication’s digital edition. The new fall dramas are: BULL, starring Michael Weatherly as a brilliant and charming trial consultant; the action-adventure drama MACGYVER, an origin story of the classic series starring Lucas Till and George Eads; and PURE GENIUS, starring Dermot Mulroney and Augustus Prew in a medical drama about a Silicon Valley billionaire superstar who enlists the world’s best medical minds to work in his state-of-the-art hospital. Two new series also set to premiere in 2016-2017 are: TRAINING DAY, a crime drama that begins 15 years after the events of the successful feature film, starring Bill Paxton as a hardened, morally ambiguous detective for the LAPD, and Justin Cornwell as a young, idealistic officer tapped to go undercover as his trainee to spy on him; and the legal drama DOUBT, starring Katherine Heigl, Steven Pasquale, Dulé Hill and Laverne Cox, about an attorney who begins to fall for her charismatic client accused of murdering his girlfriend. The 21 returning shows for the 2016-2017 season are dramas NCIS, television’s #1 drama for seven consecutive seasons; BLUE BLOODS and MADAM SECRETARY, the #1 broadcast dramas on Friday and Sunday, respectively; time-period winners CODE BLACK, CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS, ELEMENTARY, HAWAII FIVE-0, NCIS: LOS ANGELES and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS; Monday night’s most-watched drama, SCORPION; and CRIMINAL MINDS. The comedies are THE BIG BANG THEORY, television’s #1 comedy for the past six years; LIFE IN PIECES, this season’s #1 new comedy; the critically acclaimed MOM, THE ODD COUPLE and 2 BROKE GIRLS. The returning reality series are the Emmy Award-winning


The St Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to what other country?

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The French horse race called the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is run at which race course?

Talking Horses: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe day live in daily horse racing blog | Sport | The Guardian Talking Horses Talking Horses: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe day live in daily horse racing blog All the highlights from the Longchamp meeting featuring Europe’s premier horse race plus best bets and latest news Frankie Dettori celebrates on board Golden Horn after winning the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. Photograph: Michel Euler/AP Sunday 4 October 2015 06.14 EDT Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 08.06 EDT Close 6pm Make Believe returns to wining ways in Foret French 2000 Guineas hero Make Believe returned to winning ways in the Qatar Prix de la Foret at Longchamp. Andre Fabre’s colt was an impressive winner of the Classic back in May, but ran no sort of race behind Gleneagles in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot and had not been seen since. Olivier Peslier kept the 9-2 chance handy and he quickened up well to take the lead in the straight. Henry Candy’s even-money favourite Limato was immediately on the back foot after missing the start and although he made up good late ground, despite hanging, he was unable to catch Make Believe. The Richard Hannon-trained Toormore was third. Mille Et Mille later dominated from start to finish in the Qatar Prix du Cadra. Carlos Lerner’s five-year-old was sent straight to the front by Thierry Thulliez his rivals seemed content to let him have it his own way. Mille Et Mille turned for home with a clear advantage and the rest never looked like landing a blow as he galloped all the way to the line for an emphatic success. Kicky Blue filled the runner-up spot ahead of Hughie Morrison’s Fun Mac in third. Willie Mullins’ pair of Irish raiders, Clondaw Warrior and Simenon, never threatened. Lerner, who jointly trains the winner with his son, Yan, said: “Yan has done so much of the work with the horse and deserves to take the credit. “The horse had a dirty nose after the Gladiateur but had worked well subsequently, to make us confident he would run well today.” 5pm Goldream speeds to Abbaye win for Cowell Royal Ascot winner Goldream lunged late to land the Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp. Robert Cowell’s King’s Stand hero, subsequently fifth in the Nunthorpe, encountered his favoured fast ground in Paris and was always moving powerfully in midfield. Last year’s runner-up Rangali committed for home in the final furlong, but Goldream weaved his way through under Martin Harley to get up and claim another Group One prize. The William Haggas-trained Muthmir was third, with last year’s winner Move In Time, trained by David O’Meara, not far behind. Cowell said: “That’s outstanding - absolutely brilliant. I know he’s good, but to win two Group Ones in one year is pretty outstanding stuff. All year he’s been working brilliantly and just looks a different horse altogether this year. “We worked him about 12 days ago in Newmarket with a horse called Speed Hawk, who was beaten a neck in a Listed race at Ascot on Saturday, and he just absolutely hacked all over him. He’ll go to Dubai now. He was going to go to the sales, but we didn’t enter him and the owners decided to keep him. “We brought him here for the trial but the weather wasn’t right and he didn’t run, but it’s paid off. I’m looking forward to taking him to Dubai.” PA 3.25pm Dettori wins Arc on Derby winner Golden Horn Golden Horn and Frankie Dettori clinched a brilliant victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. John Gosden’s Derby hero and subsequent winner of the Coral-Eclipse and Irish Champion Stakes had a wide draw to overcome, but Dettori gradually angled his way across the track and into an ideal position, tracking the pacemaking Shahah. Golden Horn came under pressure early in the straight and the packed grandstand erupted as Criquette Head-Maarek’s wonder mare Treve , bidding to become the first horse in history to win the Arc three times, arrived on the outside seemingly full of running. However, her trademark late burst failed to materialise once push came to shove and Golden Horn galloped all the way to the


What name was given to an uprising of rural workers in the south and east of England in 1830 who wanted to stop reductions in their wages and protest against the new threshing machines?

Rural Unrest in the 1830s: the "Swing" riots The Peel Web I am happy that you are using  this web site and hope that you found it useful. Unfortunately, the cost of  making this material freely available is increasing, so if you have  found the site useful and would like to contribute towards its continuation,  I would greatly appreciate it. Click the button to go to Paypal and make a donation. Rural Unrest in the 1830s: the "Swing" riots In the mid-1820s, William Cobbett toured  southern England on horseback, reporting on its cultivation, the standard of  living of its labourers, and the decline of its traditional practices such as living-in . He claimed that new money and new urban  styles were upsetting the placid stable rural economy. In 1830 the rural workers  of the arable south and east of England rose in the Swing riots. They demanded higher wages and an end to the threshing  machine which destroyed their winter employment. They reinforced their demands  with rick-burning, the destruction of the threshing machines and cattle-maiming  among other things. "The home of the rick burner" - Punch 1844 Though the local gentry were often sympathetic, the  government 's Special Commissions were savage and hanged nine men and transported  nearly 500 others. Cobbett insisted that Swing had its roots deep  in hunger and oppression which would be remedied only by parliamentary  reform . The agricultural revolution, especially enclosure, upset traditional rural  society. There was a shift from the self sufficient, open field villages to  farms rented by tenant farmers employing labourers. Hiring was on a casual basis  and no payment was given if no work was done. After enclosure it became more  common for labourers to be paid by the day or week or by results, and  to be employed for short periods for harvesting, hedging, ditching, threshing,  and so on. 'Living in' disappeared. Farmhands were transformed into casual labourers  with no guarantee of work. Pay declined because of the surplus of labour. There  was a permanent surplus of agricultural labour following changes in agriculture,  the boom during the French Wars and  deflation after 1815 because of the failure of non-agricultural employment to increase inability of surplus population to migrate development of agricultural technology and machinery The social and financial gulf between farmer and labourer widened. Hiring for  less than a year meant the unemployed could not claim on the Poor  Rates . The Speenhamland System of 1795  attempted to redress the balance but became part of the framework of the labourer's  life instead of a safety net in hard times. The system encouraged low pay, and  discouraged labourers from working hard. Productivity fell, so poor relief was  cut as a deterrent - the attempt to cut it further was one of the causes of  the Swing Riots of 1830. After 1815 the labourers'  struggle became a crisis because the boom turned into an acute and prolonged  recession. The rural labour market was swamped by demobilised servicemen. The  Speenhamland System only gave relief and guaranteed a minimum wage, so labourers  had no protection. There was no security because of short contracts and money  wages. A  contemporary etching of a Swing riot Labourers had several methods of protest/self-defence against landowners: they  could protest against wage cuts and/or demand higher wages. This was the method   used by the Tolpuddle Martyrs in 1834;   it had little chance of success, given the high levels of unemployment. claim the right to poor relief turn to crime such as poaching turn to terrorism turn to machine breaking Under-employment appears to have been a constant problem in rural  areas, and unemployment increased after 1815 although there are no reliable  statistics, and there was much regional variation. A  labourer's cottage: contemporary illustration The problem of pauperism was worst in the 'Swing' counties of Sussex, Hampshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Berkshire, Wiltshire, O


What 2005 film, directed by Ang Lee, was based on a short story by Annie Proulx?

Users say Time Out says Ang Lee’s adaptation of an Annie Proulx short story arrives amid much chatter from awards-season soothsayers and pundits who have slapped the easy tag of ‘gay cowboy movie’ on this sensitive, intelligent and pleasingly traditional film. Certainly its two male protagonists, Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger), two free-and-easy 19-year-olds, tend sheep together in rural Wyoming. They favour denim, live close to the land and enjoy – briefly – a loving, sexual relationship. But there’s little in this film to excite either John Wayne fans or devotees of Warhol’s ‘Lonesome Cowboys’. Instead, the film’s themes of forbidden love, lost opportunity, marital deception and romantic honesty are quite accessible, mainstream even. The revolution is all off-screen: what ultimately makes ‘Brokeback Mountain’ a radical project is that it’s set to become the first bona fide, well-made and commercially successful gay weepie to emerge from Hollywood.  Jack and Ennis meet on a Wyoming mountainside one summer when both are employed to watch over the flock of a local farm baron (Randy Quaid). Lee indulges wide shots of flowing rivers, travelling sheep, wispy clouds and mountain vistas to canonise the pair’s experience on Brokeback Mountain. He threatens to over-sweeten us with the shallow beauty of a Marlboro commercial or Wrangler advert until, one night on the mountain, a drunken Ennis spits on his hand, turns Jack over and lights the fuse on an on-off love affair that will stretch painfully over two decades but never escape the macho strictures of the rural worlds to which they belong. Both marry; both have kids; both meet occasionally over 20 years for the odd tryst disguised as a fishing trip. For Jack and Ennis, Brokeback Mountain is more than a place; it’s a symbol of what could have been, a state of mind, an unattainable nirvana.  ‘Brokeback got us good,’ sighs Jack to Ennis as their strained friendship floats through the years, forever secret, barely defined, hardly spoken. Always taking his cue from Proulx’s original story (a marvel of epic economy), Lee and his screenwriters Larry McMurty (‘The Last Picture Show’) and Diana Ossana present just enough of the pair’s married, post-Brokeback lives to remind us of the conservative and traditional nature of their domestic lives.  But what makes ‘Brokeback Mountain’ more interesting than a well-meaning time capsule of period values are the subtle differences in character that Lee carves between Jack and Ennis. Jack is more exuberant, more romantic, a dreamer who rides the rodeo and hatches impossible plans for him and Ennis to live together. Ennis is a puritan, unadventurous and afraid of himself; he takes solace in violence, holds back emotionally and creates excuses for the stagnation that defines his life. The film is Ennis’s tragedy; it becomes painfully obvious that he left his soul on Brokeback Mountain. It’s a tough act to witness and one that Heath Ledger handles superbly, delivering an increasingly sad, mumbling and desperate performance that smacks of loneliness and alienation. And all because the boy loves the boy but barely knows what such love means, let alone possesses the tools with which to act on it. What we have here is acutely calibrated storytelling. Nothing is wasted. The pacing is calm, the mood sombre, and the adaptation is both respectful and imaginative. Lee retains the taut ease of Proulx’s prose, allowing him to cover a long period of time (about 20 years) without lessening the tragedy at the heart of the tale or offering episodic biographies. Very little is added to Proulx’s story; the film’s screenwriters take smart inspiration from a line here or a comment there, spinning them into well-placed new scenes.  ‘Brokeback Mountain’ deserves all the awards and acclaim that it’s bound to gather in the next couple of months. It’s painful stuff, moving and intelligent. Lee has taken a story of gay love and placed it where it should be – in the mainstream. He’s delivered a beautifully crafted film to boot. By: Dave Calho


According to the Bible, who was freed by Pontius Pilate, thus condemning Jesus Christ to crucifixion?

Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate was the Roman official who gave the final order for the crucifixion. According to the gospels, he actually believed that Jesus was innocent, and wanted to save him, but was pressured into ordering his death by the Jewish religious leaders and a disorderly crowd of spectators. Why did Pilate give in to the pressure even though he believed that Jesus was innocent? To try to answer this question, we first need to examine his previous life and how it may have affected his attitudes and his character. Some evidence suggests that Pilate had served as an officer in the Roman army before he was sent to Judea. If so, he probably came from the equestrian (knightly) class of Romans, one step down from the senatorial class. But he may have gained some additional status through marriage, because one source says that his wife, Claudia Procula, was a niece of Emperor Tiberius. He was appointed to his position in Judea in 26 AD, and held it for about ten years. His official title, Praefect, is usually translated as "governor". His two main duties were to keep order in the country and to make sure that all imperial tax revenues were collected and sent to Rome. The Jewish historians Josephus and Philo describe Pontius Pilate as a stubborn, inflexible, and cruel man who had no respect for the Jewish people. Perhaps because of his military background, he may have sometimes used force when it wasn't necessary. On one occasion he told his soldiers to disguise themselves in civilian clothes, with their swords hidden under their cloaks, and mingle with a crowd of demonstrators. After they were in position, he signaled for them to pull out their weapons and attack. In the ensuing bloodbath, hundreds of people were killed. But Pilate may not have been any more brutal than other governors of Judea, because harsh measures were often necessary to keep the province under control. Most of the population felt an intense hatred for the Romans, and any small dispute could quickly develop into a riot or uprising. Trouble was especially likely during the annual Passover festival, when people from all over the country gathered in Jerusalem. For that reason, Roman governors always made it a point to be in the city at that time. It was during one such Passover festival that Jesus was brought before Pilate. The governor was apparently irritated at having to deal with the case, perhaps because it was brought to him quite early in the morning. The early start was prompted by the Jewish religious leaders, who evidently wanted quick action on the case. Some scholars have suggested that they pushed for quick action in order to allow less time for the followers of Jesus to organize a protest in his support. Because he was very popular among the common people, such a protest could have attracted large crowds and possibly even developed into a riot. Actually, most of the people in Jerusalem probably didn't even know that Jesus was in custody, because he had been arrested very late the previous night. A group of armed men, aided by the traitor Judas Iscariot, had seized him and brought him to the Jewish leaders. These leaders wanted to get rid of Jesus because many people believed that he was the Messiah, and this made him a threat to their religious authority. But they didn't want the general public to blame them for his death, so when morning arrived they took him to Pilate and accused him of claiming to be a king. Under Roman law, this was equivalent to rebelling against the emperor, an offense punishable by death. The gospels make it clear that Pilate didn't want to give a death sentence, and repeatedly tried to find ways to avoid it. For example, when he was reminded that it was customary to free a prisoner during the festival, he tried to use this as an excuse to release Jesus. But an unruly crowd in the courtyard shouted for the freedom of a prisoner named Barabbas instead. Some scholars think that the Jewish leaders "packed" this crowd with their servants and henchmen, and thus were able to control it. In any case, P


"In the alphabet, how many consonants are there between the letters ""I"" and ""U""?"

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Sherpas & Gurkhas are native to which country ? - Quizonaire - General Knowledge - 14 - YouTube Sherpas & Gurkhas are native to which country ? - Quizonaire - General Knowledge - 14 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 May 6, 2012 Skip to next question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqRjt... Sherpas & Gurkhas are native to which country ? A. Nepal Go to previous question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBWCif... Category When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Up next The Gurkhas - Full Documentry - Duration: 58:47. Seagame Kohking 865,992 views 58:47 Indian Army Hell March 2017 ((Must Watch)) - Duration: 3:46. Herron Wask 3,039,116 views 3:46 Loksewa Nepal Lession General Knowledge (GK) Short Cut Tricks To Remember - Duration: 12:35. LokSewa Nepal [GK IQ] 22,629 views 12:35


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