In which US state can you find the popular Daytona Beach ?

Your Ultimate Destination for Florida Beaches | VISITFLORIDA.com See Answer A: Here’s a quick primer on Florida beaches to help you choose. Start by choosing your general location and the time of year you want to visit. Gulf of Mexico Beaches will tend to have white sand and calmer waters (which is great for really young children or for those timid about the water). Atlantic Beaches tend to have golden brown sand and waves (which are great fun if you like to surf, skim board, etc). The Florida Keys are great fun, but not renowned for their beaches, with the exception of beautiful Bahia Honda. Many of the Florida Keys’ beaches are manmade, or are just a layer of sand over a sliver of limestone. (If you want superb scuba diving and snorkeling, you cannot beat the Keys.) The north is almost always cooler than south, something to remember in both summer and winter. To find out the average temperature of a destination, just scroll to the bottom of VISIT FLORIDA’s home page . You’ll find a place to enter the city’s name plus the month. Next, you should figure out the general vibe you’re looking for. Do you want a big city? A charming little town with shopping and cafes? A beach where you see almost nobody else? Someplace upscale? Someplace old-fashioned? Do you like miniature golf and T-shirt shops, or do you hate them? Florida features beaches on both coasts in all these varieties. A few articles you may find helpful: See Answer A: Cocoa Beach would be the closest to Orlando. It’s on the Atlantic side and only about 55 minutes away. It's also home to the Kennedy Space Center. Daytona Beach or New Smyrna would be about a 75-minute drive. If you seek Gulf coast beaches, head to St. Petersburg/Clearwater Beach (less than two hours). The beaches are beautiful and there is plenty to do for families – we love Pier 60 in Clearwater. Q: Where can I find discounted theme park tickets? See Answer A: Most theme parks run their own specials, so before your visit, log on to the park's website and click "specials" or "offers." Often, you'll also find special rates for Florida residents on the theme parks' websites. If you live in Florida, be sure to buy your tickets online for SeaWorld , Universal Orlando Resort and Walt Disney World Resorts. If you're an out-of-state visitor, check ticket brokers. Mousesavers offers various discounts for military, GE, Hilton, Costco and AAA. Speaking of AAA, members can get discounts through AAAsouth.com . Another reliable source is the Official Ticket Center , which offers discount tickets for all the Orlando theme parks, plus dinner shows and other attractions. Also try UnderCover Tourist ,  Orlando Fun Tickets  and Reserve Orlando .  It may take some digging, but you CAN score a deal on theme park tickets, leaving more money for snacks and souvenirs. Q: How do I get my fishing license to fish in Florida? See Answer A: Florida is probably the most convenient place in America to buy a fishing license. You can do it over the phone or online. To learn more, go to http://www.myfwc.com/license/ . Q: Where and when can I see manatees? See Answer A: Check out my blog post, “ Five Great Places to See Florida Manatees ” for some recommendations on where to go, what time of year is best, and how to interact responsibly with Florida’s gentle giants. Q: Where would I find scenic drives in Florida? See Answer A: Great back road drives are all over the state and a book that’s recommended often is Jan Godown Annino's Scenic Driving Florida. Also, check out  VISITFLORIDA.com/driving_tours , which offers articles, videos, blogs and photos on roads, attractions, parks and museums. Until then, a few of my favorites are: Route 399 southeast of downtown Pensacola, which is a 15-mile seaside drive through the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Heading east, Highway 98 hugs the Gulf coast past Fort Walton Beach and Destin before Highway 30A follows the water way all the way to Panama City Beach, and then hooks back into 98 well beyond Apalachicola. It’s hard to believe that Northwest Florida’s rural Highway 90 parallels busy Int


In which US state can you find the popular Waikiki Beach ?

Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu | Hotel Rates & Reviews in Orbitz See details Located in Waikiki, Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel is within a 10-minute walk of popular sights such as Honolulu Zoo and Waikiki Aquarium. This 3.5-star hotel has 645 rooms and welcomes guests with 2 restaurants, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center. On the beach, it's also near Diamond Head and University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dining Enjoy dining at Tiki s Grill and Bar, one of 2 onsite restaurants. Entertain your taste buds with a beverage at the bar/lounge or 2 coffee shops/cafés. For your convenience, a cooked-to-order breakfast is served for a fee each morning from 7 AM to 10:30 AM. Rooms Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel's 645 air-conditioned rooms provide lanais, refrigerators, and safes. Guests can expect to find WiFi, wired Internet, and 32-inch flat-screen TVs with pay movies and video-game consoles. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Ironing boards are also available. Property features Guests of Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel have access to an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and free WiFi in public areas. Valet parking is available for USD 32.00 per day. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, tours or tickets, and securing valuables. Other amenities at this beach hotel include 2 meeting rooms, conference space, and a business center. Highlights Walking distance to Honolulu Zoo and Waikiki Aquarium Free WiFi in public areas Onsite dining Select to view moreAbout the Hotel Tab 1 of 2 selected Select to viewGuest Reviews Tab 2 of 2 Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel Hotel Amenities Room Amenities Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel offers 645 air-conditioned accommodations with video-game consoles and safes. Rooms open to lanais. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with pay movies. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Honolulu hotel provides wired and wireless high-speed Internet access for a surcharge. Housekeeping is provided daily. Video-game console  In-room climate control (air conditioning)  Air conditioning


Which science fiction novel of 1957 by John Wyndham tells the story of a mysterious object whcih appears in a village and then disappears again leaving all the women of the village pregnant ?

Full text of "Starlog Photo Guidebook: Science Fiction Aliens" See other formats PREFACE:   If you want to see an irrational bully fall apart, put him In the same room with a man of calm self-confidence. If you want to see a woman of high moral standards at her best, give her a roommate who is jealous, evil and plotting. If you want to uncover a man's soul, bring him face to face with someone he admires or despises.  Fiction writers have known and used these tricks for centuries. They know there is no better way to underscore, examine or challenge a character's motives and values than to bring him smack up against another character of stark contrast or unique similarity.  When astronomers looked into the heavens and the concept of space travel evolved, the doors of imagination were flung open for writers. Not only did settings and props become unlimited in their design, but the perfect fiction foil was born: the alien from another world.  He can be friendly or hostile— brilliant or beastly. He can bring out our hidden fears or our highest dreams. He can show us how small we are or let us see our own greatness.  He can be created from scratch and custom-tailored to the writers' thematic needs. He can be molded to any purpose — possessing precisely those physical and mental characteristics required to   dramatize the author's statement on human nature. He can emphasize differences or likenesses between himself and his human contacts. As a fiction tool— a device to make concrete abstract themes of psycho- logy or philosophy— an alien from another world is hard to beat.  Of course, the alien can be a cheap rubber monster, and the theme a simple case of "what Man is capable of in the face of fear." But if the writing is really good, the alien can broaden our minds, force us to accept something totally differ- ent, bring out our deepest doubts and longings and show us about ourselves, our capacities, our problems and our potentials. And this marvelous literary device is the exclusive property of the science fiction world!  While helping us in our present lives to appreciate and enjoy the differences among the peoples of our planet and to see and better understand our own minds and values, the aliens of science fiction movies and TV are also preparing us for the mind-boggling experience of actual future contact, Perhaps it will be due to some of the creations shown in this book that we will be ready for our first real alien meeting and will face it with less fear and more intellect.  That is our hope . . . and our dedication.   KOQ '77   n    8G  0      Id   w  ^^JjfUUOff photo guidebook   Compiled and written by Ed Naha  Editors: Jon-Michael Reed, Howard Zimmerman  Art Director: Howard Cruse  Contributors: Wade Williams, Jeff Sillifant, Scot Holton, Bob SI<otak, Rita Eisenstein  Art Staff: Laura O'Brien, Ted Enik Produced under ttie supervision of tlie staff of STARLOG magazine  witl-i special contributions by Kerry O'Quinn and Norman Jacobs (publistiers]  and David Hutchison (product manager),   INDEX:   MOTION PICTURES   On The Front Cover  Clockwise from upper left; the Metalunan mutant from This Island Earth; Star Wars' Wookie-in-residence, Chewbacca; Klaatu, the bringer of peace In The Day The Earth Stood Still; the first aliens to make an appearance in Star Trek's pilot episode, "The Cage;" Space: 1999's alien of a thousand faces, Maya, with two of her alter-egos and the glass encased Martian ruler from the 50's classic Invader From Mars.  On The Back Cover  Rare alien scenes of Star Wars' classic cantina sequence; an intergalactic watering hole for creatures of all shapes and sizes.   STARLOG Magazine  O'Quinn Studios, Inc. Norman Jacobs/ Kerry O'Quinn 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016   Entire contents of Science Fiction Aliens is copyrighted ® 1977 by O'Quinn Studios, Inc. Reprinting or reproduction in part or in whole, without written permission of the publishers, is strictly forbidden.   A


Which American tennis player won his only Wimbledon singles title in 1992 ?

American winners of Wimbledon during the Open Era | Sporting News View Fullscreen Close American winners of Wimbledon during the Open Era When she steps on the grass, Serena Williams might feel she has a bull's-eye painted on her back. After all, she is the No. 1 seed at Wimbledon; she has won the past three grand slam tournaments; and she seeking her fourth title at the legendary grounds in England. She also has a mission: complete her Serena slam and push ahead of sister Venus in single titles. Serena already has legendary company in Americans to win at Wimbledon. (Getty Images) 2 View Fullscreen Close Billie Jean King King won six times, including twice before professional players were officially allowed into Wimbledon competition. Here titles included a three-peat (1966, 1967, 1968), a repeat (1972, 1973) and a grand finale in 1975. (Getty Images) 3 View Fullscreen Close Stan Smith Smith became the first American to win the men's title in the open era when his beat Ilie Nastase in the 1972 finals. He was runner-up to John Newcombe a year earlier. (AP Photo) 4 View Fullscreen Close Jimmy Connors The bad-boy era arrived when Connors and Nastase won the doubles title in 1973, and hit full rant when the "Belleville Brat" won the singles title in '74. He would win again in 1982. (Getty Images) 5 View Fullscreen Close Chris Evert It was billed as the love match: Evert, the new queen of women's tennis, and Connors were an item when they both won 1974 singles titles. Evert would win twice more, in 1976 and 1981, in her celebrated career. (Getty Images) 6 View Fullscreen Close Arthur Ashe Ashe would fall one short of a grand slam, failing to win the French Open, in becoming the first great black male tennis player. He retired in 1980 and died in 1983 of AIDS, having contracted the disease from tainted blood during a heart transplant. He won Wimbledon in his ninth try, supplanting Connors. (AP Photo) 7 View Fullscreen Close John McEnroe Yes, we can be serious: McEnroe stands among the best American men's tennis players. But he made a mockery of the Wimbledon term "gentleman" with argumentative responses. He even outstripped Connors in brattish attitude. He won three times, 1981, 1983 and '84. (AP Photo) 8 View Fullscreen Close Martina Navratilova When she turned pro in 1975, Czechoslovakia stripped Navratilova of her citizenship (she was too American), so she applied for asylum in the United States. She became an American citizen in 1981. In the process, she would become the most dominant women in Wimbledon history, with nine titles — 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1990. She would finish her career with more than 1,400 titles. King calls Navratilova is the greatest player of all time. (Steve Powell/Allsport) 9 View Fullscreen Close Andre Agassi The Agassi era was just beginning with the kid from Las Vegas won his only Wimbledon title in 1992. Agassi was the harbinger of a new class of American tennis stars, and he would become a grand slam winner as well as a constant championship contender. (Getty Images) 10 View Fullscreen Close Lindsay Davenport Davenport towered over most opponents at 6-2, and she chose tennis over volleyball, which her parents played. She missed a chance to be a grand slam player with six losses in the Australian Open final, and 1999 would be her only Wimbledon title. She played with baseline with the best of them and combined range and power to make up for a lack of speed and agility. (Getty Images) 12 View Fullscreen Close Venus Williams The greatest sister act in tennis began in 2000 when Venus won the first of two consecutive titles. She enters 2015 with five Wimbledon crowns, including 2005 and a double in '07 and '08. Like Davenport, she is tall and strong on the baseline. She also was among the biggest servers in her heyday and could get to the net. The ball exploded off her racquet, especially on the backhand. Venus remains a threat at age 35. (Getty Images) 13


"""The Potato Eaters"" in 1885, ""The White Orchard"" in 1888 and ""Sheaves of Wheat"" in 1890 are all works by which famous artist ?"

Portrait of Artist's Mother Arles October 1888 Famous Van Gogh paintings  shown described in detail The Starry Night Sunflowers The Potato Eaters vincent  van gogh posters house van gogh reproduction van gogh cafe poster terrace van  gogh posters flowers Van Gogh Marguerite Gachet at the Piano Van Gogh's inimitable  fusion of form and content is powerful;  dramatic, lyrically rhythmic, imaginative, and  emotional, for the artist was completely  absorbed in the effort to explain either his  struggle against madness or his comprehension of  the spiritual essence of man and nature.   Vincent van Gogh's  Self-Portraits and Portraits This exhibition,  organized on the occasion of Van Gogh’s 150th  birthday, brings together 60 self-portraits and  portraits of van Gogh. On 30th March 1853  Vincent van Gogh was born in a borough named  Groot Zundert in the North Brabant region of  Holland. In an exhibition organized in  remembrance of the 150th year of his birth,  bringing together 60 self-portraits and  portraits of van Gogh. These works have been  realized between the spring of 1886 and end of  June of 1890, in a duration of approximately  four years in Paris, Sainte – Remy and Auvers – sur – Oise. These paintings were dispersed in  important museums and private collections, and  we can say that it was almost impossible to  assemble them in a really important exhibition  in our country. This works reflect also the influence of  Japanese prints (1) which had an impact on  almost all of the impressionists and also reveal  traces of Vincent van Gogh‘s relation with the  impressionist artists and the effects of their  works. If we compare the exhibition‘s first  self-portrait with the others which followed it  we notice on the artist‘s colour palette and his  strokes‘ style a striking difference. In the  exhibition there are 33 self-portraits; 6 works  whose subjects are the Postman Roulin and the  members of his family, the artists materials  salesman Pere Tanguy‘s 3 portraits, Dr. Gachet‘s  two and one of his his wife’s. Among the other  15 portraits; Algerian soldiers and their  commander, one shepherd, the painter’s mother,  the owner of a bar, an artist and various young  women and girls are the models who have accepted  to pause for the artist. The self-portraits and portraits which have been  selected from the artist ‘s life’s last four  years express his psychological condition and  are at the same time like mirrors of the limited  social relations he had achieved with the  persons in his surrounding. Through the  intermediary of the self-portraits the artist  painted, we can also observe the artist‘s  self-analysis, and from the portraits of other  persons he had done, keep track of his limited  social circle. We know that his most important  attachment in life was painting but the second  important one was his relation with his brother  Theo and his spiritual and financial aid; and to  him he wrote 668 letters. During his stay at  Arles the postman of the region Roulin and his  family became familiar, thanks to this traffic  of letters, and they have been the subjects of  the 6 paintings you can see at the exhibition.  The painter’s attitude, his reason for painting  repeatedly with different motifs and harmony the  postman’s, his wife ‘s and the hostess of bar  Madame Ginoux ‘s back ground can only be  explained by his desire to make his works more  attractive and his longing for love and respect.  It would not be wrong to say that he painted his  doctors and members of their family with the  same intentions. The four paintings of young  women and teenagers he painted before he put an  end to his life, bring to mind the period when  he was twenty years old and madly in love twice  and was turned down in both episodes, and his  pride was wounded; these paintings can be seen  as a passionate person ‘s journey to his  romantic youth. As if with looking at oneself in mirrors, the  artist tries to settle the accounts of his life  up to that momen


What is the more common eight letter name of the common human condition known as Seborrheic Dermatitus ?

Types of Eczema: Atopic Dermatitis, Seborrheic Dermatitis, and More Eczema is a common problem that causes the skin to become inflamed. People often also call it dermatitis . Eczema comes in many forms. But the different types of eczema tend to cause these symptoms: Itching . The itching can be intense. The damage to the skin during eczema is often due to scratching. Scaling. The surface of the skin can flake off, giving the skin a rough, scaly appearance. Redness. The affected skin may bleed and appear blotchy. Fluid-filled blisters . These can ooze and form crusts. Cracking. Severely affected skin may develop painful, deep cracks, also called fissures. Depending on the cause, eczema may flare up and cause severe symptoms. But it can also become a chronic problem with less intense symptoms. Here's a look at the types of eczema and their treatments. Atopic Dermatitis The hands are especially vulnerable to developing contact dermatitis. People can develop contact dermatitis even if they don't have atopic dermatitis. Treatments for irritant contact dermatitis include: Moisturizers for the skin Steroid medications Treatments for contact dermatitis from allergic triggers also include steroid drugs. These are rubbed on the skin or taken as a pill. For either type of contact dermatitis, antibiotics may be necessary. Avoiding future contact with the irritant or allergy trigger is also important. Wearing gloves can help protect the skin on the hands, which are often affected. Dyshidrotic Dermatitis This type of eczema affects the hands and feet. The cause is unknown. The first symptom may be severe itching. Blisters may then appear, which give way a few weeks later to scaly patches. Sometimes deep cracks can appear on the hands or fingers. This type of eczema may become chronic and painful. Treatments include: Steroid drugs that are rubbed onto the skin or taken by mouth Psoralen combined with ultraviolet A therapy Nummular Dermatitis This type of eczema more often affects men than women. Men usually don't get their first outbreak before their mid-50s. Women tend to get it in their teen years or early adulthood. Nummular dermatitis causes coin-shaped red marks. The marks appear most often on the: Legs Inside and behind the ear People may scratch affected areas during the day without realizing it. They may also scratch while asleep. Usually, neurodermatitis causes a skin outbreak that doesn't get any bigger. But the irritated skin can grow thick and deeply wrinkled. Infections may also develop in the irritated areas. The main treatment for this type of eczema is to stop scratching it. In the meantime, steroid medicines that are rubbed onto the skin can help treat symptoms. When neurodermatitis affects the scalp, it can be harder to treat. In these cases, it may require the steroid medication prednisone , which is taken by mouth . Seborrheic Dermatitis This type of eczema is better known as dandruff . In infants, it affects the scalp. In adults, it also often affects these areas: Eyebrows Groin Center of chest Seborrheic dermatitis causes skin to fall off in flakes. The condition may be due to an overgrowth of a type of yeast that normally lives in these areas, as well as an overgrowth and rapid shedding of cells on the scalp. It may be especially hard to treat in people whose immune systems aren't working properly, including people with AIDS . Treatments vary between infants and people with the condition later in life. The treatments include: Shampoo containing salicylic acid , selenium sulfide, zinc pyrithione, or coal tar Antifungal treatments or steroid lotions that are rubbed onto affected areas Steroid lotions Stasis Dermatitis This type of eczema can develop in people when the veins in their lower legs don't properly return blood to their heart . Stasis dermatitis can arise quickly, causing weeping and crusting of the skin. Over time, this type of eczema can cause the skin to develop brown stains. Treatments include:


Which American businesswoman, who died in 2002, is probably best remembered for her role in the creation of the popular toy Barbie doll in 1959 ?

Famous Colorado People Coloradans Colorado Biographies   Tim Allen (1953 - ) Actor,       His films include The Santa       Clause (1994) and the voice of       Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story (1995); born in Denver. Tim Allen, star of the hit sitcom Home Improvement, takes on quantum philosophy, intergender relationships, and the male midlife crisis in a joke-filled (but ultimately serious) "weekend in the life" narrative. It's an odd combination, shifting from enthusiastic gushing over restored sports cars to earnest elaborations upon Deepak Chopra and Fritjof Capra, but Allen manages to pull it off. If you're expecting a standard unchallenging celebrity-penned "book," or a fluff-filled "memoir," you're going to be quite surprised.  � Tim Allen Books       � Tim Allen Movies   Scott Carpenter (1925 - )       One of the original seven U.S.       astronauts and second American to       orbit the earth; born in Boulder I purchased the paperback version of this best-seller when I was eleven years old and read it so much that it fell apart! There have been more recent and certainly more revealing books written by and about the original seven American astronauts and those they worked with, both in and out of the space program. Yet this book, written at the time of the Mercury orbital flights, takes you right inside the Mercury capsule (yes, it was a capsule then) and makes you feel as if you were riding in space with the Astronauts, or training alongside them, whether it be in a simulator in their training headquarters, in a classroom learning cutting-edge (then) astrophysics, in a survival course on the desert or in the jungle, or on a trip to a meeting with the contractors who built the hardware for the space program. Each astronaut reveals his motivation for joining the space program and his idea of how to go about his assignments; this alone disproves the notion that these men were all white male military test-pilot "peas in a pod". It's as if they were guests in your living room. With all due respect to Tom Wolfe, this is where you find the real "right stuff!"  � Scott Carpenter Books   Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933 - ) First Native American to       serve in the U.S. Senate (1992)Campbell overcame a childhood ravaged by the illnesses of a tubercular mother and an alcoholic father to become a Colorado Democratic state legislator, a representative in congress and, in 1992, a U.S. Senator. He first came to wide attention as a member of the four-man 1964 Olympic judo team. The 1960s also marked his increasing interest in his father's Native American ancestry (Apache, Pueblo and Cheyenne). A horse breeder and jewelry designer, Campbell turned to politics in the early '80s. Flamboyant and individualistic, he has taken controversial stands, including casting a vote against Operation Desert Storm. Viola ( Diplomats in Buckskin ) wrote this biography at Campbell's request, and his overly sympathetic attitude towards his subject is a serious detraction from a book that is further marred by poor organization and stilted prose that ill serve the subject's interesting life. Photos not seen by PW. � Ben Nighthorse Campbell Books   Adolph       Coors (1847-1919) Founder of the       Adolph Coors Company in Golden Name by Jonathon Yardly of the Washington Post as one of the best books of 2000, Citizen Coors combines a monumental business story with a heartrending tale of family strife and a sweeping vista of American politics in the last half of the twentieth century. From the moment when the dsitute Prussian Adolph Coors stows away to America in 1868, through the creation of the Heritage Foundation, to the global expansion of the billion-dollar Coors Brewing Company, the Coors family triumphed by iron-willed commitment to its own values -- values that ironically prove the family's undoing on both the business and political fronts. Acclaimed writer Dan Baum captures it all, from Adolph's Prohibition-provoked suicide to the banishment of an heir-apparent for marrying without permi


Which analgesic drug, first isolated in 1804, was named after the Greek god of dreams ?

The Beauty of Poppies, the Allure of Opium | Opioids: Medications or Main Street? The Beauty of Poppies, the Allure of Opium Opioids: Medications or Main Street? Module 1 The Beauty of Poppies, the Allure of Opium Opium is extracted from the juice of poppies, and it contains a complex mixture of chemicals that are related to morphine, named for Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams. It has been used medicinally and socially for thousands of years to produce euphoria, analgesia, and sleep, and to prevent diarrhea. Papaver somnifera Source: Wikimedia Commons. The poppy plant Papaver somniferum and its effects were known to the Persian, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian cultures. Poppy plants were first mentioned in Sumerian writing around 4000 B.C., where they were referred to as “plants of joy.” A significant advance in opium processing occurred in the sixteenth century when it was discovered that the alkaloids found in opium are significantly more soluble in alcohol than in water. Paracelsus (1490–1541) produced “laudanum” by extracting opium into brandy, creating a tincture of morphine. By the nineteenth century, vials of laudanum and raw opium were freely available in English pharmacies and grocery stores. In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, opium was taken orally as a tincture of laudanum, and addiction to it was a sign of social status. British opium imports more than tripled from 45 tons in 1830 to 140 tons by 1860, and despite extensive British control of Indian production, imports of Turkish opium proved to have greater morphine content (A Brief History of Opium, 1999). Opium was also well known in ancient China, where people ate parts of the flower or drank liquid extracts. By the seventh century, Turkish and Islamic cultures of western Asia discovered that the smoking of opium was more powerful. Widespread use of opium in China escalated after pipes for smoking were delivered by Dutch traders in the 1600s. Indians usually ate opium, whereas the Chinese smoked it, with and without tobacco. By the late 1700s, the British East India Company controlled the prime Indian poppy-growing areas and dominated the Asian opium trade and, though demand already existed, they had a created a monopoly and could control both supply and prices. Opium was already a heavily used recreational drug in China; seeing this as detrimental to the people, the Imperial court banned its importation and use—but smuggling continued. In 1839 the Qing Emperor ordered his ministers to act, initiating the First Opium War with the British. The Chinese were defeated and forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, whereby the British opium trade was to continue, and the Chinese had to pay a large settlement, open five new ports to foreign trade, and cede Hong Kong to Britain. After 14 years, the Second Opium War started over Western demands to increase the opium trade. China was defeated again by 1860 and opium importation to China was formally legalized, leading to even greater use. By 1900 an estimated 25% of adult male Chinese were addicted (A Brief History, 1999). * * * Morphine was first isolated from opium in 1805 by a German pharmacist. Doctors had searched for alternatives to oral administration of drugs, and opium in particular caused unpleasant gastric problems. With the invention of the hypodermic syringe in the mid-nineteenth century, injection of purified morphine was even more potent and rapid acting than opium itself. Morphine addiction became widespread in the United States following its extensive use by maimed soldiers on both sides of the Civil War. Opiates were cheap, legal and prevalent in the United States of the late 1800s. It was mistakenly believed that injecting morphine was not addictive, whereas ending habitual opium use caused flu-like symptoms and depression that morphine could easily alleviate.   From a calendar of 1886. Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine, NIH.   A powerful non-addictive alternative to opium and morphine would be ideal. In 1874 an English pharmacist boiled morphine and acetic acid (vinegar), acet


What is the morecommon three word name of the human condition that is known as Spastic Colon ?

Colon | definition of colon by Medical dictionary Colon | definition of colon by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/colon colon  [ko´lon] the part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum; it is divided as follows: the ascending colon passes upward from the cecum to the lower edge of the liver, where it bends and becomes the transverse colon; the transverse colon crosses the abdominal cavity from right to left below the stomach and then bends downward to become the descending colon; the descending colon then extends downward along the left side of the abdomen, and at the brim of the pelvis it becomes the sigmoid colon, an S-shaped curve leading down to the sacrum where it becomes the rectum . See also digestive system and see color plates. adj., adj colon´ic. irritable colon (nervous colon) (spastic colon) terms formerly used for irritable bowel syndrome . co·lon (kō'lon), [TA] In medical dictation, the phrase colon mark is customarily used to identify the punctuation mark (:) when there is any possibility of confusion with the anatomic word. The large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum. [G. kolon] colon /co·lon/ (ko´lon) [L.] the part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum. ascending colon  the portion of the colon passing cephalad from the cecum to the right colic flexure. congenital pouch colon  a congenital malformation in which part or all of it is replaced by a dilated pouch and there is anorectal malformation with a fistula between the colon and the genitourinary tract. descending colon  the portion of the colon passing caudad from the left colic flexure to the sigmoid colon. iliac colon  the part of the descending colon lying in the left iliac fossa and continuous with the sigmoid colon. An elevated 'tumor' mass, which is usually epithelial, and often neoplastic; polyps are common in the colon, ♀ genital tract, nasopharynx, stomach See Bladder polyp , Cervical polyp , Colon polyp , Hairy polyp , Inflammatory polyp , Inflammatory fibroid polyp, Juvenile polyp , Pseudopolyp , Retention polyp . Polyps Colon Colonic polyps are usually epithelial, and are acquired or hereditary Acquired polyps Adenomatous (tubular or villous) in morphology, ↑ frequency with age; although often asymptomatic, larger polyps are often announced by bleeding, or changed bowel habits; if really large, APs may form a leading 'front' of an intussusception; distinction between adenomatous polyps ('tight' round glands) and villous adenomas (finger-like fronds of elongated glands) has little practical importance–both have malignant potential; periodic colonoscopy and polypectomy yields a 3-fold ↓ in subsequent cancer; hyperplastic polyps are also acquired but are non-neoplastic Hereditary polyps are epithelial and may overlap with each other • Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) A premalignant, AD MIM 175100 condition presenting in early adulthood with 100s to 1000s of colonic polyps, related to a loss of the normal repression of DNA synthesis in the entire colonic epithelium; adenocarcinoma occurs in 70–100% of Pts, prevented by prophylactic colectomy • Gardner syndrome A rare AD MIM 175100 condition with premalignant polyps of the entire GI tract, which is identical to FAP, but has, in addition, extraintestinal tumors; most Pts develop colon carcinoma; other neoplasms in GS Pts include bile duct carcinoma, osteomas of the mandible, skull, and long bones, soft tissue tumors (fibromas, lipomas), sebaceous cysts, and rarely, thyroid and adrenal gland cancers • Turcott syndrome A rare AR MIM 276300 condition associated with brain tumors, eg medulloblastoma, glioblastoma • Other colon polyps Hamartomas, hyperplastic polyps, juvenile and retention polyps–little neoplastic potential • Turcott syndrome A non-hereditary condition characterized by diffuse GI polyposis, accompanied by alopecia, nail atrophy, cutaneous hyperpigmentation, weight loss, protein-losing enteropathy, electrolyte imbalance and malnutrition • Peutz-Jeghers syndrome An AD MIM 175200 condition


Which American tennis player won his only Wimbledon Singles title in 1975 ?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 5 | 1975: Ashe's Wimbledon win makes history 1975: Ashe's Wimbledon win makes history American tennis player Arthur Ashe has become the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles' championship. New Yorker Althea Gibson was the first black woman to take the Wimbledon title in 1958. Ashe beat defending champion Jimmy Connors three sets to one on Centre Court. Speaking after the game Ashe said: "I always thought I would win because I was playing so well and was so confident." Everything he did was good Jimmy Connors Although Ashe won the US Open in 1968 his 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 victory today - at the age of 31- surprised many at the All England Club. The son of a policeman from Richmond, Virginia, Ashe was reluctant to discuss his tactics, as he expects to meet Connors again. Connors, 22, admitted: "I couldn't find an opening. Whether I served wide balls, or kicks he was there. Everything he did was good: fine returns, short and long, and hard serves and volleys." The older man won his first service game to love and quickly broke his opponent's serve in the first set. The pressure on Connors began to show - causing derision in the crowd - as he angrily threw his towel under the umpire's chair and released a chain of expletives. Ashe took the first set in just 19 minutes and secured a second 6-1 rout almost as quickly. Tension mounted in the third set as Connors found his rhythm to recover a 6-5 lead - after trailing 3-1 - before winning the set. His friend and Wimbledon semi-finalist Ile Nastase watched anxiously from the players' stand, along with his mother Gloria and manager Bill Riordan. Ashe kept his cool and broke Connors' serve in the ninth game of what was to be the final set. The match ended swiftly as Ashe reached 40-15 with his service game and punched home a winning volley after a weak two-handed return by Connors.


Which curry flavoured soup of Anglo-Indian origin has many variations on its recipe and takes its name from the Tamil for 'Fire Water' ?

Mulligatawny Mulligatawny Mulligatawny is a curry-flavoured soup of Anglo-Indian origin. Translated literally from Tamil, "Mulligatawny" means "pepper water" ("Millagu" மிளகு means pepper and "Thanni" தண்ணீர் means water). Despite the name, however, pepper itself is not a vital ingredient. Rice and noodles are commonly served in the soup; the real dish the Anglo-Indians call "pepper water" is actually closer to Tamilian ரசம்-rasam (pronounced Russ-um) than "mulligatawny". There are many variations on the recipe for mulligatawny. Sometimes, the soup has a turmeric -like yellow colour and is garnished with parsley and chicken meat, or lamb meat, and is more soupy, which takes on its Anglo-Indian adaptation to be a thick, spicy meat soup. (Wikipedia)


Which poisonous chemical compund was named after the Greek for blue, having been first identified during the production of the dye 'Prussian Blue' in the early 18th century ?

Colour Pigments: Types, History of Fine Art Colours Champs de Ble and Restaurant at Bougival (1905-6) Musee d'Orsay, Paris. By the great colourist Maurice de Vlaminck. See below for an A-Z List of the best-known     artist-colours, lakes and glazes. It includes traditional pigments used     by prehistoric cave painters and artists from Ancient Antiquity, as well     as colours which appeared in palettes of the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo     and Impressionist periods. Since the late-19th century, the majority of     pigments employed by most painters are improved synthetic variants of     older colours. Nowadays, most natural colourants are obsolete, an exception     being the costly Ultramarine, made from the precious Lapis Lazuli.     Modern artificial colours tend to be more lightfast, more permanent, more     intense and considerably cheaper and safer to use. It's amazing how many     of the older pigments (both natural and early synthetic variants) were     highly toxic compounds containing lead, mercury, chrome, arsenic - even     cyanide. Given the workaholic nature of many Old Masters and modern-era     painters, one wonders how many of them were adversely affected by constant     contact with such unhealthy chemical colourants. Alizarin Crimson Alizarin Crimson is the synthetic version of the pigment found in Madder     plants. It was first synthesized in 1868 by the German chemists, Grabe     and Lieberman, as a more lightfast substitute to Rose Madder. Madder lakes,     which were produced in a variety of shades of red, from brownish to purplish     to bluish, made good glazing colours that spread well in oil, and were     also prepared in a form for use in watercolour painting. However, some     painters found that the synthetic variety was less saturated and brilliant     than natural Madder. Moreover, late 20th-century tests revealed that Alizarin     Crimson pigment was much less lightfast than its natural parent. Antimony Vermilion A brightly coloured, lightfast pigment whose reputation suffered in the     mid-19th century as it reacts with lead pigments and turns black. Now     obsolete. Antwerp Blue A variant of Prussian Blue, containing 75 percent extender. Not a reliable     pigment. Now obsolete. Asphaltum Asphaltum comprises a solution of asphalt in oil or turpentine, which     has been employed since Antiquity, if not earlier, as a protective coating.     Rembrandt, for instance, is said to have used Asphaltum successfully in     a number of his paintings. It was later used to give an "Old Master" look to canvases. Unfortunately, in some cases it caused noticeable darkening     and cracking. It persisted as a pigment until the end of the 19th century.     Now obsolete. Atramentum (Atramentum Librarium) An old generic type of term referring to the colour of ink - mainly blacks,     but also reds, greens, and violets which were the traditional colours     used by classical artists and calligraphers. Aureolin Also known as Cobalt Yellow, Aureolin superceded Gamboge, an earlier pigment     which was an Asian yellow gum in used until the 19th century. Aureolin     - an intense medium yellow pigment - was synthesized in 1848 by N.W. Fischer     in Germany, and was employed in oil and watercolour     painting until the late 19th century, when less expensive, and more     lightfast pigments (eg. the Cadmiums) were introduced. Azurite A greenish blue pigment named after the Persian word "lazhward" meaning "blue", it is chemically close to the green colourant     malachite. Azurite was known from Ancient times and became extremely popular     during the Middle Ages and Renaissance era, as Egyptian Blue declined.     Used in oil painting , it performed best     as a water-based pigment and was often employed in Tempera paint under     an oil glaze. Superceded by Prussian blue in the early 18th century,


Which famous number one hit of 1968 featured several people such as Brother Tony, Mr Freers and Jennifer Eccles who all took a remedy called Medicinal Compound ?

Astrology: Lydia Pinkham, date of birth: 1819/02/09, Horoscope, Astrological Portrait, Dominant Planets, Birth Data, Biography 1st Fire sign - 1st Cardinal sign (spring equinox) - Masculine In analogy with Mars, his ruler, and the 1st House Aries governs the head. His colour is red, his stone is the heliotrope, his day is Tuesday, and his professions are businessman, policeman, sportsman, surgeon... If your sign is Aries or your Ascendant is Aries: you are courageous, frank, enthusiastic, dynamic, fast, bold, expansive, warm, impulsive, adventurous, intrepid, warlike, competitive, but also naive, domineering, self-centred, impatient, rash, thoughtless, blundering, childish, quick-tempered, daring or primitive. Some traditional associations with Aries: Countries: England, France, Germany, Denmark. Cities: Marseille, Florence, Naples, Birmingham, Wroclaw, Leicester, Capua, Verona. Animals: Rams and sheeps. Food: Leeks, hops, onions, shallots, spices. Herbs and aromatics: mustard, capers, Cayenne pepper, chilli peppers. Flowers and plants: thistles, mint, bryonies, honeysuckles. Trees: hawthorns, thorny trees and bushes. Stones, Metals and Salts: diamonds, iron, potassium phosphate. Signs: Taurus 1st Earth sign - 1st Fixed sign - Feminine In analogy with Venus, his ruler, and the 2nd House Taurus governs the neck and the throat. Her colour is green or brown, her stone is the emerald, her day is Friday, her professions are cook, artist, estate agent, banker, singer... If your sign is Taurus or your Ascendant is Taurus: you are faithful, constant, sturdy, patient, tough, persevering, strong, focused, sensual, stable, concrete, realistic, steady, loyal, robust, constructive, tenacious. You need security, but you are also stubborn, rigid, possessive, spiteful, materialistic, fixed or slow. Some traditional associations with Taurus: Countries: Switzerland, Greek islands, Ireland, Cyprus, Iran. Cities: Dublin, Palermo, Parma, Luzern, Mantua, Leipzig, Saint Louis, Ischia, Capri. Animals: bovines. Food: apples, pears, berries, corn and other cereals, grapes, artichokes, asparagus, beans. Herbs and aromatics: sorrels, spearmint, cloves. Flowers and plants: poppies, roses, digitales, violets, primroses, aquilegia, daisies. Trees: apple trees, pear trees, fig-trees, cypresses, ash trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: copper, calcium and potassium sulphate, emeralds. Signs: Gemini 1st Air sign - 1st Mutable sign - Masculine In analogy with Mercury, his ruler, and the 3rd House Gemini governs the arms, the lungs and the thorax. His colour is green or silver, his stone is the crystal, his day is Wednesday, his professions are journalist, lawyer, presenter, dancer, salesman, travel agent, teacher... If your sign is Gemini or if your Ascendant is Gemini: you are expressive, lively, adaptable, quick-witted, humorous, sparkling, playful, sociable, clever, curious, whimsical, independent, polyvalent, brainy, flexible, ingenious, imaginative, charming, fanciful but also capricious, scattered, moody, shallow, inquisitive, opportunistic, unconcerned, selfish, fragile, ironical or changeable. Some traditional associations with Gemini: Countries: Belgium, Wales, United-States, Lower Egypt, Sardinia, Armenia. Cities: London, Plymouth, Cardiff, Melbourne, San Francisco, Nuremberg, Bruges, Versailles. Animals: monkeys, butterflies, parrots, budgerigars. Food: dried fruits, chestnuts, ground-level vegetables: peas, broad beans, etc. Herbs and aromatics: aniseed, marjoram, lemon balm, cumin. Flowers and plants: lilies of the valley, lavenders, myrtle, ferns, Venus-hair-ferns, bittersweets. Trees: nut trees such as chestnut trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: agates, mercury, silicas and potashes. Signs: Cancer 1st Water sign - 2nd Cardinal sign (summer solstice) - Feminine In analogy with the Moon, her ruler, and the 4th House Cancer governs the stomach and the breast. Her colour is white or black, her stone is the moonstone, her day is Monday, her professions are catering, the hotel trade, property, antique dealer, archaeologist... If your sign is Cancer


Which Hungarian bon inventor, who diedin 2003, had the nickname 'The Father of the Hydrogen Bomb'?

Atomic John - The New Yorker Atomic John A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs. By David Samuels John Coster-Mullen conducted a decade of research to build the first accurate replica of the Hiroshima bomb.CreditIllustration by John Ritter The single, blinding release of pure energy over Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, marked a startling and permanent break with our prior understandings of the visible world. Yet for more than sixty years the technology behind the explosion has remained a state secret. The United States government has never divulged the engineering specifications of the first atomic bombs, not even after other countries have produced generations of ever more powerful nuclear weapons. In the decades since the Second World War, dozens of historians have attempted to divine the precise mechanics of the Hiroshima bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, and of the bomb that fell three days later on Nagasaki, known as Fat Man. The most prominent is Richard Rhodes, who won a Pulitzer Prize, in 1988, for his dazzling and meticulous book “The Making of the Atomic Bomb.” But the most accurate account of the bomb’s inner workings—an unnervingly detailed reconstruction, based on old photographs and documents—has been written by a sixty-one-year-old truck driver from Waukesha, Wisconsin, named John Coster-Mullen, who was once a commercial photographer, and has never received a college degree. I first came across Coster-Mullen’s name in January of 2004, after I attended an exhibit by the artist Jim Sanborn, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C. The show, called “Critical Assembly,” included what appeared to be spookily exact replicas of the interior mechanism of the first atomic bomb, which Sanborn had manufactured according to Coster-Mullen’s specifications. A year later, I read an article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that mentioned a six-hundred-mile trip Coster-Mullen had taken across the Midwest with a full-scale model of the Hiroshima bomb in the back of a Penske rental truck. He had built the replica with the help of his son, Jason, in his garage, basing it, in part, on his analysis of sixty-year-old screws, bolts, and fragments of machined steel that had been stored in rural basements and attics. The mention of Coster-Mullen’s journey led me back to the November/December, 2004, issue of the Bulletin, which included a review of a book by Coster-Mullen titled “Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of Little Boy and Fat Man.” The review, written by the eminent atomic historian Robert S. Norris, began, “For many years, Coster-Mullen has been printing his manuscript at Kinko’s (adding to and revising it along the way) and selling spiral-bound copies at conferences or over the Internet.” Norris clearly considered Coster-Mullen’s understanding of the bomb superior to his own. It was known that Little Boy and Fat Man brought together two masses of fissile material inside a bomb casing, forming a critical mass that set off a nuclear explosion. Little Boy shot one mass of highly enriched uranium into the other with a gunlike mechanism; Fat Man used explosives to squeeze together two hemispheres of plutonium. But the exact details of how these devices worked were unknown. Norris said of Coster-Mullen’s work, “Nothing else in the Manhattan Project literature comes close to his exacting breakdown of the bomb’s parts. Coster-Mullen describes the size, weight, and composition of many of Little Boy’s components, including the nose section and its target case; the uranium-235 target rings and tamper; the arming and fuzing system; the forged steel 6.5-inch-in-diameter gun barrel through which the uranium-235 projectile was fired at the target rings; and the tail section—to cite just a few.” My own copy of “Atom Bombs” soon arrived in the mail, along with a sheet of testimonials from Harold Agnew, the former director of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, who was aboard the Enola Gay when it annihilated Hiroshima (a “most amazing document”); Philip Morrison, one of the physicists who h


Which five letter astronomical word is derived from the Greek for 'long tailed'?

Naming of Astronomical Objects | IAU Naming of Astronomical Objects Naming of Astronomical Objects Naming of Astronomical Objects Celestial nomenclature has long been a controversial topic. At its inaugural meeting in 1922 in Rome, the IAU standardized the constellation names and abbreviations . More recently IAU Committees or Working Groups have certified the names of astronomical objects and features. In the following links you can find further information on how different objects and features are named. Quick links:   Spelling of Names Questions have been asked about the proper English spelling of names of astronomical objects, especially as regards capitalization of such names. The IAU formally recommends that the initial letters of the names of individual astronomical objects should be printed as capitals (see the IAU Style Manual, Trans. Int. Astron. Union, volume 20B, 1989; Chapter 8, page S30 – PDF file ); e.g., Earth, Sun, Moon, etc. "The Earth's equator" and "Earth is a planet in the Solar System" are examples of correct spelling according to these rules. It is emphasized, however, that language conventions are the responsibility of individual nations or groups of nations. While the IAU is willing to help to achieve a minimum degree of orthographic consistency as regards astronomical terms, it cannot undertake to do so for all languages, nor is it in the power of the IAU to enforce the application of any such conventions. Naming of Solar System Objects and Features The IAU has been the arbiter of planetary and satellite nomenclature since its inception in 1919. The various IAU Working Groups normally handle this process, and their decisions primarily affect the professional astronomers. But from time to time the IAU takes decisions and makes recommendations on issues concerning astronomical matters affecting other sciences or the public. Such decisions and recommendations are not enforceable by any national or international law; rather they establish conventions that are meant to help our understanding of astronomical objects and processes. Hence, IAU recommendations should rest on well-established scientific facts and have a broad consensus in the community concerned. Major Planets and the Moon The eight major planets in our Solar System and Earth's satellite have official IAU names. The names of the major planets were already in common use when the IAU formed in 1919 (e.g. scientifically, in professional and amateur astronomy literature, in nautical almanacs, etc.). However, the names of the planets have been included in wording for IAU resolutions multiple times since the IAU's founding and these names can be considered formally adopted by the IAU membership. While there are cultural names for the planets and Earth's satellite in other languages, there are classic names for the major planets and Moon which appear in English language IAU resolutions and the IAU Style Manual (which was approved by an IAU resolution in 1988). What follows is a partial list of instances of use of these planet names, but it is by no means exhaustive. This compilation demonstrates, however, that the names of the planets and Moon have appeared in IAU resolutions (or in wording of documents approved by IAU resolution) approved by IAU General Assemblies multiple times, and continue to be in ubiquitous use. 1976: The names of the then major planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) and the Earth's satellite (Moon) appear in IAU Resolution No. 10, which was approved by the XVIth General Assembly of the IAU in Grenoble, France in 1976. 1988: The IAU XXth General Assembly — which met in Baltimore in 1988 — approved IAU Resolution A3 on the Improvement of Publications, which recognized "the importance of identifying astronomical objects by clear and unambiguous designations" and recommended "that the authors and editors of the astronomical literature adopt the recommendations in the IAU Style Manual". The "IAU Style Manual (1989): The Preparation of Astronomical Papers and Reports" by George A. Wilkins


Which six letter astronomical word is derived from the Greek for 'milk'?

Search Detail for astronomy - BeingSearch.com Being Search helps find more words for games such as Combination,Permutation,Scrabble and Word With Friends, astronomy.See more. Search Detail for astronomy 1 : A treatise on, or text-book of, the science. 2 : The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena. 3 : Astrology. 4 : The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. (4) words is found which contain astronomy in our database For astronomy word found data is following.... 2 : Astronomy n. The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena. The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. This word astronomy uses (9) total characters with white space This word astronomy uses (9) total characters with white out space This word astronomy uses 8 unique characters: A M N O R S T Y Number of all permutations npr for astronomy word is (40320) Number of all combination ncr for astronomy word is (40320) Similar matching soundex word for astronomy This article is about the scientific study of celestial objects. For other uses, see Astronomy (disambiguation). A star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, an irregular galaxy. A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It applies mathematics, physics, and chemistry, in an effort to explain the origin of those objects and phenomena and their evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, galaxies, and comets; while the phenomena include supernovae explosions, gamma ray bursts, and cosmic microwave background radiation. More generally, all astronomical phenomena that originate outside Earth's atmosphere are within the purview of astronomy. A related but distinct subject, physical cosmology, is concerned with the study of the Universe as a whole.[1] Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences. The early civilizations in recorded history, such as the Babylonians, Greeks, Indians, Egyptians, Nubians, Iranians, Chinese, and Maya performed methodical observations of the night sky. Historically, astronomy has included disciplines as diverse as astrometry, celestial navigation, observational astronomy and the making of calendars, but professional astronomy is now often considered to be synonymous with astrophysics.[2] During the 20th century, the field of professional astronomy split into observational and theoretical branches. Observational astronomy is focused on acquiring data from observations of astronomical objects, which is then analyzed using basic principles of physics. Theoretical astronomy is oriented toward the development of computer or analytical models to describe astronomical objects and phenomena. The two fields complement each other, with theoretical astronomy seeking to explain the observational results and observations being used to confirm theoretical results. Astronomy is one of the few sciences where amateurs can still play an active role, especially in the discovery and observation of transient phenomena. Amateur astronomers have made and contributed to many important astronomical discoveries, such as finding new comets. ^ Unsöld, Albrecht; Baschek, Bodo (2001). Classical Astronomy and the Solar System - Introduction. p. 1.   Unsöld, Albrecht; Baschek, Bodo (2001). Classical Astronomy and the Solar System. pp. 6–9.   Rhymes: -ɒnəmi Etymology[edit] Borrowing from Old French astronomie, from Latin astronomia, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομία (astronomía), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”) + νόμος (nómos, “arranging, regulating”), related to νέμω (némō, “I deal out”). Surface analysis astro- + -nomy. Noun[edit] astronomy (usually uncountable, plural astronomies) The st


Which children's TV series, first shown in 1960, featured a town sheriff named Tex Tucker ?

FOUR FEATHER FALLS | A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW   FOUR FEATHER FALLS (1960) Whilst working on Roberta Leigh’s 'Torchy the Battery Boy', Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis of AP Films, decided that they wanted to branch out and produce a puppet series of their own creation. With £6,000 in the bank and an idea given to them by their music composer, Barry Gray, they set about making a pilot episode for a western called 'Four Feather Falls.' However, fearing that Leigh would find out and cancel their contract for 'Torchy' and withhold payment, they began creating the puppets and sets for their new series under the utmost secrecy. At this time, the owners of Islet Park, the mansion that AP Films rented to use as their film studios, offered to sell them the property for £16,500. Realising that this was a fantastic asking price from a buyer’s point of view, Anderson would have readily accepted. But Provis thought it too much of a gamble and wouldn’t agree to the purchase. Anderson was understandably frustrated at Provis’ reluctance to expand the company and eventually the pair decided to part company. In the event, they broke without acrimony, and Provis later joined forces with Roberta Leigh and together they produced another children’s puppet series called Space Patrol. The pilot episode of Four Feather Falls was "in the can" by April 1959. Set in Kansas at the end of the 19th Century where pioneers of the West have settled into the frontier town of Four Feather Falls near Silver City, the series was intended to be a Western with certain fantasy elements. Tex Tucker is crossing the desert in company with his faithful dog, Dusty, and preparing to ride into town on his trusty steed, Rocky, when the trio come across a small lost Indian boy, Makooya –the son of a powerful chief called Kallamakooya. After rescuing the boy they arrive at a watering hole only to discover that it has run dry. But Kallamakooya appears to them in a cloud of smoke and uses his mystical powers to replenish the waterfall before rewarding Tex for saving his sons life by presenting him with four magic feathers. The first two feathers give both Dusty and Rocky the power of speech (although only Tex can understand them), whilst the second two feathers bring Tex’s guns to life, enabling them to swivel and shoot of their own accord whenever danger threatened. Tex arrives at Four Feather Falls to take up the post of Sheriff, using his unique abilities to protect the townsfolk from rustlers, robbers and swindlers –especially two desperate Mexican bandits called Pedro and Fernando. Meanwhile, our hero becomes a firm favourite with the law-abiding citizens of Four Feather Falls who include Grandpa Twink and his grandson Little Jake, saloon owner Slim Jim, telegraph operator Dan Morse, bank manager Marvin Jackson, store owner Ma Jones and Doc Haggerty –all of whom are happy to take time out to listen to one of Tex’s songs. Four Feather Falls was AP Films’ most ambitious project to date, with much more detailed sets than used in The Adventures of Twizzle or Torchy the Battery Boy. The puppets became more sophisticated, too. The heads were now made from fibreglass, which was stronger and lighter than previous materials. This in itself caused more work because of the distribution of weight. If the puppets were too heavy they would require a thicker wire to operate them, which would make them more visible on screen. But Anderson was attempting to make his shows more realistic so this wasn’t really an option. Conversely, if the puppets were too light a thinner wire could be used but they wouldn’t respond to control. Anderson and his team had also experimented with electronics to match the puppets mouth movements to the dialogue. The head of the puppet was fitted with a solenoid connected to a tungsten wire 1/5,000th of an inch thick and pulses were fed down it from a tape recording of the actors’ voices. When each shot was ready, a switch was thrown and the pulses of direct current went out onto the stage, up the bridge and into power lines running in front of the puppete


"About which controversial Irish individual did Margaret Thatcher say, in 1981, ""crime is crime, it is not political"" shortly before his death ?"

Margaret Thatcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running!     Margaret Thatcher Thatcher redirects here. For other meanings see Thatcher (disambiguation) . The Rt Hon. Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS Sir Denis Thatcher, Bt. Signature Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG , OM , PC , FRS (born 13 October 1925 ) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. Thatcher was the longest-serving British Prime Minister since William Gladstone , and had the longest continuous period in office since Lord Liverpool in the early nineteenth century. She is also the only woman to have served as Prime Minister, one of only two women to have led a major political party in the UK, and one of only two to have held any of the four great offices of state (the second being Margaret Beckett ). Undoubtedly one of the most significant British politicians in recent political history, she is also one of the most divisive, being loved and loathed on different sides of the political spectrum. Contents 12 External links [ edit ] Early life and education Thatcher was born Margaret Hilda Roberts in the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire , England . Her father was Alfred Roberts , who owned a grocer's shop in the town, was active in local politics (serving as an Alderman ), and was a Methodist lay preacher . Roberts came from a Liberal family but stood—as was then customary in local government—as an Independent. He lost his post as Alderman in 1952 after the Labour Party won its first majority on Grantham Council in 1950. Her mother was Beatrice Roberts née Stephenson, and she had one sister, Muriel (1921-2004). Thatcher was brought up a devout Methodist and has remained a Christian throughout her life. [1] Thatcher performed well academically, attending Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School and subsequently going up to Somerville College , Oxford in 1944 to study Chemistry . She became President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1946, the third woman to hold the post. She graduated with a second-class degree and worked as a research chemist for British Xylonite and then J. Lyons and Co. , where she helped develop methods for preserving ice cream . She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream. She was also a member of the Association of Scientific Workers . [ edit ] Political career between 1950 and 1970 At the 1950 and 1951 elections, Margaret Roberts fought the safe Labour seat of Dartford , and was at the time the youngest ever female Conservative candidate for office. While active in the Conservative Party in Kent , she met Denis Thatcher , whom she married in 1951. Denis was a wealthy businessman and he funded his wife's studies for the Bar . She qualified as a barrister in 1953, the same year that her twin children Carol and Mark were born. As a lawyer she specialised in tax law. Thatcher then began to look for a safe Conservative seat and was narrowly rejected as candidate for Orpington in 1954. She had several other rejections before being selected for Finchley in April 1958. She won the seat easily in the 1959 election and took her seat in the House of Commons . Unusually, her maiden speech was in support of her Private Member's Bill ( Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 ) to force local councils to hold meetings in public, which was successful. In 1961 she went against her party's line by voting for the restoration of birching . She was given early promotion to the front bench as Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance in September 1961, retaining the post until the Conservatives lost power in the 1964 election . When Sir Alec Douglas-Home stepped down Thatcher voted for Edward Heath in the leadership election over Reginald Maudling , and was rewarded with the job of Conservative spokesman on Housing and Land. Shrewdly she adopted the policy of selling Council Houses to their tenants that had been developed by her colleague James Allason : it would prove popular in succeeding election


Which town in Suffolk is the most easterly point in England ?

Things to do in Suffolk | Days Out | Places to Visit You are here:  Counties -> Things to do in Suffolk Things to do in Suffolk Page Contents Places to visit in Suffolk The County of Suffolk is a combination of gently rolling woodland, river valleys and estuaries, home to busy market towns and pretty timber-framed villages. The forty miles of coastline is largely unspoilt, with steep shingle terraces and low crumbling cliffs, a sign of constant battle with the sea. Suffolk is famous for its vast skies, stunning coastline and delightful countryside. Whatever your interests there is much to enjoy in Suffolk all year round There are many attractive towns around the coastline, now designated a world heritage site of 'outstanding beauty'. A distinctive feature of the Suffolk coast is its many shingle beaches, which are a haven for a fascinating mix of wildlife and plants. Fishing boats can be seen resting on the raked banks of pebbles or out at sea trawling the waves and fresh fish can be purchased from the fishermen's huts on the beaches. The Edwardian resort of Felixstowe has retained much of its original charm, with beautiful south facing gardens, pier, theatre, four miles of beach, historic fort and nature reserve. The historic town of Aldeburgh situated on the site of a medieval fishing and shipbuilding centre is host to the International Aldeburgh Festival of music and the arts at Snape Maltings Concert Hall. The High Street has many attractive Georgian buildings. Historic buildings include the Moot Hall (c. 1520) and the 15th century church. Southwold lies in the centre of the Heritage Coast, the River Blyth to the south and the Buss Creek to the north form the town boundaries, virtually making Southwold an island, limiting development and helping to retain Southwold�s old world charm. The Suffolk Tourist Information Centre is in the High Street. Lowestoft is Britain's most easterly town, famous for its maritime connections and award winning beaches. An important piece of Lowestoft's history has been recently revived in the shape of Lowestoft Porcelain. In production from 1757-1801, original examples are highly prized by collectors around the world. The new factory and gallery are open to the public. Ipswich is the County town and England's oldest continuously settled town since Anglo Saxon times, with medieval streets and architectural gems. The tourist information centre is in St. Stephens Church. The Heart of Suffolk is an ideal base for exploring the peaceful countryside and historic towns like Stowmarket in the Gipping valley, home to the Museum of East Anglian Life . Bury St.Edmunds grew up around the powerful Abbey of St Edmund in medieval times. For five centuries it was visited by pilgrims who worshiped at the shrine of St Edmund, the martyred King of East Anglia. Lavenham is one of several wool towns in Suffolk and is one of the best preserved medieval towns in the country, its appearance remains relatively untouched by time. In the west of the County an area of rural hideaways include Thetford forest and countryside treats in peaceful surroundings. Newmarket, famous as the headquarters of British racing, is a thriving town with excellent shopping facilities. Sudbury, in the south of Suffolk, is the birthplace of the painter Thomas Gainsborough, and a fine collection of his works can be seen at Gainsborough's House . Constable Country offers the chance to explore Dedham Vale and the Stour Valley where John Constable, one of England's most celebrated painters, found his inspiration. Walking in his footsteps offers visitors a chance to experience rural England at its most peaceful. Days out in Suffolk


In which month of 1941 did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour ?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 7 | 1941: Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor Search ON THIS DAY by date   About This Site | Text Only 1941: Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor Japan has launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and has declared war on Britain and the United States. The US president, Franklin D Roosevelt, has mobilised all his forces and is poised to declare war on Japan. Details of the attack in Hawaii are scarce but initial reports say Japanese bombers and torpedo-carrying planes targeted warships, aircraft and military installations in Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, the third largest and chief island of Hawaii. News of the daring raid has shocked members of Congress at a time when Japanese officials in Washington were still negotiating with US Secretary of State Cordell Hull on lifting US sanctions imposed after continuing Japanese aggression against China. He remembered that moment [Pearl Harbor] in later years as the end of one existence and the beginning of another At 0755 local time the first wave of between 50 and 150 planes struck the naval base for 35 minutes causing several fires and "untold damage" to the Pacific Fleet. The Japanese squadrons dropped high-explosive and incendiary bombs. A second strike followed at about 0900 when a force of at least 100 planes pounded the base for an hour. At least two Japanese airplanes have been shot down but it is reported that at least 350 men were killed by one single bomb at the Hickam Army Air Field, an Air Corps post on Oahu. Officials announced a further 104 Army personnel were killed and 300 were wounded in the raid. It is believed the attack was launched from two aircraft carriers. One radio report says US forces downed six Japanese planes and sunk four submarines. There are reports the Hawaiian capital Honolulu was also bombed as well as the Pacific island of Guam and the capital of the Philippines, Manila. A British gunboat, the Peterel, has also been sunk at Shanghai in China. Reports from Singapore suggest a build-up of Japanese warships in the South China Sea and seem to be headed for the Gulf of Siam, towards Bangkok. President Roosevelt is working on a message to Congress tomorrow in which he is expected to ask for a declaration of war with Japan. The Times newspaper's Washington correspondent says the US Government expects Germany and Italy to declare war on the US within hours. Although the attack has shocked the American people there is little doubt that it had been brewing for some years. Relations with the United States have deteriorated since 1931 when Japan occupied Manchuria in northern China. Over the last decade conflict has intensified into a full-scale war between Japan and China. Last year, the US imposed trade sanctions on Japan. Then in September 1940 Japan signed a Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. It became a formal member of the Axis alliance fighting the European war but continued to negotiate with America for trade concessions until today. Japan's fury over the embargoes and allied support for China prompted a declaration of war.


In which month of 1945 did the USA drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?

BBC ON THIS DAY | 6 | 1945: US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima Search ON THIS DAY by date   About This Site | Text Only 1945: US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima The first atomic bomb has been dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. President Harry S Truman, announcing the news from the cruiser, USS Augusta, in the mid-Atlantic, said the device was more than 2,000 times more powerful than the largest bomb used to date. An accurate assessment of the damage caused has so far been impossible due to a huge cloud of impenetrable dust covering the target. Hiroshima is one of the chief supply depots for the Japanese army. The bomb was dropped from an American B-29 Superfortress, known as Enola Gay, at 0815 local time. The plane's crew say they saw a column of smoke rising and intense fires springing up. We found the Japanese in our locality were not eager to befriend us - after all, they had not long ago had the most fearful weapon of all time dropped on their doorstep People's War memories » The President said the atomic bomb heralded the "harnessing of the basic power of the universe". It also marked a victory over the Germans in the race to be first to develop a weapon using atomic energy. President Truman went on to warn the Japanese the Allies would completely destroy their capacity to make war. The Potsdam declaration issued 10 days ago, which called for the unconditional surrender of Japan, was a last chance for the country to avoid utter destruction, the President said. "If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on Earth. Behind this air attack will follow by sea and land forces in such number and power as they have not yet seen, but with fighting skill of which they are already aware." The British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, who has replaced Winston Churchill at Number 10, read out a statement prepared by his predecessor to MPs in the Commons. It said the atomic project had such great potential the government felt it was right to pursue the research and to pool information with atomic scientists in the US. As Britain was considered within easy reach of Germany and its bombers, the decision was made to set up the bomb-making plants in the US. The statement continued: "By God's mercy, Britain and American science outpaced all German efforts. These were on a considerable scale, but far behind. The possession of these powers by the Germans at any time might have altered the result of the war." Mr Churchill's statement said considerable efforts had been made to disrupt German progress - including attacks on plants making constituent parts of the bomb. He ended: "We must indeed pray that these awful agencies will be made to conduce peace among the nations and that instead of wreaking measureless havoc upon the entire globe they become a perennial fountain of world prosperity."


Which British Prime Minister, who was born in Portsmouth in March 1912, died on March 26th 2005 aged 92 ?

James Callaghan - Biography - IMDb James Callaghan Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (1) | Trivia  (14) | Personal Quotes  (9) Overview (5) 26 March 2005 ,  Ringmer, East Sussex, England, UK  (lobar pneumonia, cardiac failure, and kidney failure) Birth Name 6' 1" (1.86 m) Mini Bio (1) Jim Callaghan was born on 27th March 1912 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to a Catholic father and Baptist mother. He was the only son and younger of 2 children. His father was a Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer of Irish ancestry, who died when Callaghan was aged 9. His father died when he was 9, plunging the family into poverty. They received no pension until Labour came into office in 1931 and paid the Callaghans a weekly pension of 10 shillings (then worth about $2). He had an unspectacular education at Portsmouth Northern Secondary School, and left at 16 to work as a clerk for the Inland Revenue and became involved with the union (Staff Federation). He later met Harold Laski, the Chair of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee. Laski encouraged him to stand for Parliament. Callaghan served in the Royal Navy Patrol Service in World War II from 1943, but while on leave he was able to get selected as a Parliamentary candidate for Cardiff South, later Cardiff South East. He won the seat in the 1945 UK general election. He rose steadily through the party in Opposition, and stood for the leadership after Gaitskell's death in 1963. In 1964 as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he decided not to devalue the pound, which proved to be a disastrous decision. He was forced to do so three years later and felt obliged to resign as Chancellor and became Home Secretary, where he was able to partially restore his reputation. During this time there was worsening violence in Northern Ireland and in 1969 he sent troops to the province, initially to protect the Catholic minority. In Opposition Callaghan became Shadow Foreign Secretary, and in government after 1974 it was his job to renegotiate the terms of Britains EC membership. When Harold Wilson resigned unexpectedly, Callaghan was not the favourite to win the leadership, being the oldest candidate at 64. However, he was the least divisive candidate, and won the vote. He was Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979. As a PM he presided over a sterling crisis, which led to negotiations with the IMF for a rescue package. However, problems became more difficult when Labour lost its overall small majority in 1977, following a succession of by-election defeats. They became dependent on the support of the Liberals to survive. However, Callaghan persevered in office even when this pact broke down. During the 'Winter of Discontent' in 1978, industrial action over pay policy severely damaged the governments authority. Following a loss of a confidence motion on 28 March 1979 by just one vote, Callaghan was obliged to hold a general election, which was won by Margaret Thatcher 's Conservative Party. He resigned as leader of the Labour party in September 1980, shortly after the 1980 party conference. In 1983, he became Father of the House as the longest continuously serving member of the Commons and one of only two survivors of the 1945 general election. The other one was Michael Foot , who, however, had been out of the House from 1955 to 1960. Callaghan remained an MP until the 1987 general election when he retired after forty-two years as a member of the Commons. The same year, he was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Callaghan of Cardiff. In 1988 his wife Audrey spotted a letter to a newspaper which pointed out that the copyright of Peter Pan was about to expire. Callaghan moved an amendment to the Copyright Bill then under consideration in the Lords to extend it permanently, and this was accepted by the government. (Royalties from Peter Pan go to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital) He was married for 67 years to Audrey Elizabeth Moulton. They had a son and two daughters. Margaret, born in 1940, became Baroness Jay of Paddington and was Leader of the House of Lords from 1998 to 2001. Julia was bo


In which famous tale of 1697 does an animal help a miller's son achieve his fortune as the Marquis of Carabas ?

Puss in Boots | Open Access articles | Open Access journals | Conference Proceedings | Editors | Authors | Reviewers | scientific events Published in English 1729 "Master Cat; or, The Booted Cat" ( Italian : Il gatto con gli stivali; French : Le Maître Chat, ou Le Chat Botté; Polish : Kot w butach); commonly known in English as "Puss in Boots", is a European literary fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master. The oldest record of written history dates from Italian author Giovanni Francesco Straparola , who included it in his The Facetious Nights of Straparola (c. 1550-53) in XIV-XV. Another version was published in 1634 by Giambattista Basile with the title Cagliuso. The tale was written in French at the close of the seventeenth century by Charles Perrault (1628–1703), a retired civil servant and member of the Académie française . [1] The tale appeared in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript two years before its 1697 publication by Barbin in a collection of eight fairy tales by Perrault called Histoires ou contes du temps passé . [2] [3] The book was an instant success and remains popular. [1] Perrault's Histoires has had considerable impact on world culture. The original Italian title of the first edition was Costantino Fortunato, but was later known as Il gatto con gli stivali (lit. The cat with the boots); the French title was "Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités" with the subtitle "Les Contes de ma mère l'Oye" ("Stories or Fairy Tales from Past Times with Morals", subtitled " Mother Goose Tales "). The frontispiece to the earliest English editions depicts an old woman telling tales to a group of children beneath a placard inscribed "MOTHER GOOSE'S TALES" and is credited with launching the Mother Goose legend in the English-speaking world. [2] "Puss in Boots" has provided inspiration for composers, choreographers, and other artists over the centuries. The cat appears in the third act pas de caractère of Tchaikovsky 's ballet The Sleeping Beauty , for example, [4] and makes appearances in other media. Puss in Boots is a popular pantomime in the UK. Contents 8 External links Plot The tale opens with the third and youngest son of a miller receiving his inheritance —a cat . At first, the youngest son laments, as the eldest brother gains the mill, and the middle brother gets the mules . The feline is no ordinary cat, however, but one who requests and receives a pair of boots. Determined to make his master's fortune, the cat bags a rabbit in the forest and presents it to the king as a gift from his master, the fictional Marquis of Carabas. The cat continues making gifts of game to the king for several months. File:Lechatbotte4.jpg Puss meets the ogre in a nineteenth-century illustration by Gustave Doré One day, the king decided that he wanted his daughter to marry the cat's master. The cat persuades his master to remove his clothes and enter the river. The cat disposes of his master's clothing beneath a rock. As the royal coach nears, the cat begins calling for help in great distress. When the king stops to investigate, the cat tells him that his master the Marquis has been bathing in the river and robbed of his clothing. The king has the young man brought from the river, dressed in a splendid suit of clothes, and seated in the coach with his daughter, who falls in love with him at once. The cat hurries ahead of the coach, ordering the country folk along the road to tell the king that the land belongs to the "Marquis of Carabas", saying that if they do not he will cut them into mincemeat. The cat then happens upon a castle inhabited by an ogre who is capable of transforming himself into a number of creatures. The ogre displays his ability by changing into a lion , frightening the cat, who then tricks the ogre into changing into a mouse . The cat then pounces upon the mouse and devours it. The king arrives at the castle that formerly belonged to the ogre, and, impressed with the bogus Marquis


Which popular card game takes its name from the Spanish for 'Basket' ?

Card Games | Britannica.com Card Games game played for pleasure or gambling (or both) with one or more decks of playing cards. Displaying Featured Card Games Articles Pokémon 20th- and 21st-century Japanese fantasy-based cartoon creatures that spawned a video- and card-game franchise. In the Pokémon —or “Pocket Monsters”—video-game series, players were able to explore the game’s fictional world by looking for wild Pokémon creatures to capture and tame. As Pokémon trainers, they readied the small monsters to compete in battle... blackjack gambling card game popular in casinos throughout the world. Its origin is disputed, but it is certainly related to several French and Italian gambling games. In Britain since World War I, the informal game has been called pontoon. Players hope to get a total card value of 21 or to come closer to it, without going over, than the dealer, against whom... tarot any of a set of cards used in tarot games and in fortune-telling. Tarot decks were invented in Italy in the 1430s by adding to the existing four-suited pack a fifth suit of 21 specially illustrated cards called trionfi (“triumphs”) and an odd card called il matto (“the fool”). (The fool is not the origin of the modern joker, which was invented in the... euchre card game popular in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Great Britain, especially in Cornwall and the West Country of England. It derives from a 19th-century Alsatian game called juckerspiel from the fact that its two top trumps are Jucker, meaning “ jack.” This word may also have influenced the choice of the term joker for the extra card... solitaire family of card games played by one person. Solitaire was originally called (in various spellings) either patience, as it still is in England, Poland, and Germany, or cabale, as it still is in Scandinavian countries. The terms patience and solitaire have been applied to indicate any one-player card-related activity, including building card houses, flipping... cribbage card game in which the object is to form counting combinations that traditionally are scored by moving pegs on a special cribbage board. The appeal of the game, usually played by two but with a popular variant played by four or occasionally by three, is evident from two facts: few changes have been made in the original rules, and it remains one of... hanafuda (Japanese: “flower cards”), deck of 48 cards divided into 12 suits of four cards. Each suit is named for a month of the year and pictures a flower identified with that month. The cards are tiny, only 2 1 8 by 1 1 4 inches (5.4 by 3.2 cm), but about three times thicker than Western cards. Hanafuda evolved after the Portuguese took Western cards to Japan... whist trick-taking card game developed in England. The English national card game has passed through many phases of development, being first recorded as trump (1529), then ruff, ruff and honours, whisk and swabbers, whisk, and finally whist in the 18th century. In the 19th century whist became the premier intellectual card game of the Western world, but... piquet card game, known since the 15th century in France. For centuries piquet has been regarded as one of the greatest two-player card games. In 1534 François Rabelais listed it as a favorite pastime of his fictional hero Gargantua, and in 1892 the delegates to a card congress in Vienna voted it the most “classic” of all card games. Perhaps because it was... Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese manga (comic book) of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that features an ordinary high-school student, Yugi Mutou (Yugi Moto), who assumes mystical powers when playing a mysterious card game. When blond, spiky-haired Yugi, a weak and unassuming teenager, solves the mysterious Millennium Puzzle, he is granted special powers that are activated... poker card game played in various forms throughout the world. Its popularity is greatest in North America, where it originated. It is played in private homes, in poker clubs, in casinos, and over the Internet. Poker has been called the national card game of the United States, and its


Now called the Willis Tower and standing 442 m in height, what was this building's previous name ? It was opened in 1973 and stands in the city of Chicago.

José Miguel Hernández Hernández: Sears Tower (Willis Tower), Chicago, IL, USA, 1970-1974 Sears Tower (Willis Tower), Chicago, IL, USA, 1970-1974 ESPAÑOL Arquitecto: Bruce Graham, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, SOM Ingeniero Estructural: Fazlur Khan, SOM Ingeniería Categoría: Rascacielos (Supertall) +300 metros Altura Arquitectónica: 442 metros Uso: Mixto, Oficinas, mirador de observación (Skydeck) y Restaurante Dirección: 233 South Wacker Drive Nombre anterior: Sears Tower (Torre Sears) Estilo Arquitectónico: Estilo Internacional Fotografías: © Varios autores Localizada en el distrito financiero de la ciudad de Chicago, la famosa Torre Sears, —hoy en día llamada Willis Tower debido a la compra del edificio por parte de la Compañía Willis Group Holdings—, con sus 442 metros de altura arquitectónica le arrebató el título de rascacielos más alto del mundo a las Torres Gemelas del World Trade Center de Nueva York, que habían sido inauguradas el año anterior, en 1973. La prestigiosa firma de arquitectos Skidmore, Owings & Merril LLP, SOM, a través del arquitecto Bruce Graham y el prestigioso ingeniero estructural Fazlur Khan, diseñaban una estructura sobrecogedora de acero gracias al llamado "Mega-módulo". Éste, está compuesto por nueve módulos de planta cuadrada con unas dimensiones de 22.86 metros de lado cada uno. Sin duda la obra ha aportado gran modernidad y progreso a la ciudad, convirtiéndose en uno de los iconos arquitectónicos por excelencia a finales del siglo 20. El diseño de Fazlur Khan mediante la gigantesca megaestructura formada por estos nueve módulos, convierten a este moderno edificio de oficinas en todo un referente en el mundo de los rascacielos por excelencia; abajo, sorprendente imagen cenital de una de las cajas de vidrio que sobresalen hacia el exterior, desde la que se siente verdadero vértigo cuando se mira hacia la calle. / The design of Fazlur Khan by gigantic megastructure formed by these nine modules, makes this modern office building a benchmark in the world of skyscrapers par excellence down, striking Aerial image of one of the glass boxes that protrude abroad, from which feels true vertigo when looking toward the street. Para la distribución de la enorme fachada —muro cortina— de aluminio anodizado que acoge en su interior plantas destinadas a oficinas en su totalidad, se diseñaron dos módulos de 50 plantas de alto, otros dos de 66, tres de 90, y otros dos, los de mayor altura, de 108 plantas respectivamente. En el año 2000, con la llegada de la televisión de alta definición, un helicóptero ayudaría también a colocar las dos enormes antenas, que juntas, coronan este rascacielos de diseño vanguardista e innovador. Las dos antenas de telecomunicaciones cuentan en la parte superior con un sistema de amortiguación para contrarrestar la fuerza que ejerce sobre ellas el fuerte viento que azota la ciudad de Chicago gran parte del año. arriba, plantas tipo de la torre a distintos niveles. El equipo formado por el arquitecto Bruce Graham y el ingeniero estructural Fazlur Khan de la firma SOM ya habían diseñado el John Hancock Center de Chicago, su vecino en la misma ciudad, en el que hicieron el empleo de una super-estructura con riostras exteriores diagrid (en carga diagonales), con las que no sólo se crearon espacios totalmente diáfanos en el interior del edificio, sino que además, redujeron considerablemente el coste final de la obra. / above, the tower type plants at different levels. The team of architect Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur Khan of SOM firm had designed the John Hancock Center in Chicago, his neighbor in the same city, which made the use of a super-structure with external struts diagrid (charging diagonal), with which not only completely open plan spaces were created inside the building, but also significantly reduced the final cost of the work. arriba, preciosa imagen de la famosa Torre Sears al atardecer. El edificio posee un sello distintivo y es totalmente visible desde numerosos puntos de la ciudad de Chicago debido a su gran altura; abajo, gráfico de los módulos


Appointed in April 2012, what is the name of the current manager of Barcelona Football Club ?

Coaches - FC Barcelona FC BARCELONA Luis Enrique Martínez (2014-) Born in Gijón on May 8, 1970, Luis Enrique arrived at the Club as coach in May 2014 after leaving Celta Vigo to take up the post that had been left vacant by the departure of 'Tata' Martino. Lucho won the treble in his very first season in the job Gerardo 'Tata' Martino (2013-14) Gerardo 'Tata' Martino took control of the first team at FC Barcelona during preseason in 2013/14 as result of the unexpected departure of Tito Vilanova who was unable to combine his duties as coach with the medical treatment he was undergoing at the time Josep Guardiola (2008 - 2012) Josep Guardiola was born in Santpedor, Catalonia on 18 January, 1971. After a successful spell at the Club as a player and as coach of Barça B, Guardiola won 14 of a possible 19 trophies in four seasons in charge of the first team Frank Rijkaard (2003-2008) Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard, born on 30 September 1962 in Amsterdam (Holland), became FC Barcelona manager in the summer of 2003 to replace Radomir Antic. In his five seasons at the club, Rijkaard won two league titles and a Champions League, the second in the Club's history Radomir Antic (2003) Radomir Antic was born in Zitiste (Serbia) on 22 November 1948. He joined FC Barcelona in January 2003 to take over from Louis van Gaal. In his short stay in charge, he managed to guide the team to UEFA Cup qualification by finishing sixth in the league Carles Rexach (1988, 1991, 1996 & 2001-02) 'The Boy from Pedralbes' hung up his boots in 1979, but immediately returned to the world of football, taking charge of the Barça U19 team in the youth football set up. Rexach was first team coach at four different points in the Club's history Louis van Gaal (1997-00 / 2002-03) Louis van Gaal was born on 8 August 1951 in Amsterdam (Holland), very close to the old De Meer stadium, the team where he would learn his apprenticeship in football. Van Gaal managed the team for 201 games during his two periods at the Club Bobby Robson (1996-97) This English gentleman, born in Sacriston in the north east of England (18 February 1933-31 July 2009) came to Barcelona with the difficult task of substituting Johan Cruyff. He won the Copa del Rey and the European Cup Winners' Cup in his only season as coach Johan Cruyff (1988-96) After having appeared for the club as a player, “El Flaco (The Skinny One)” returned to FC Barcelona for the 1988-89 season, this time to take up his new role as coach of the first team. Under the Dutchman, the 'Dream Team' was born and the Club claimed their first European Cup Luis Aragonés (1987-88) This globetrotter of Spanish football, better known as “el Sabio de Hortaleza” (the wise man from Hortaleza) coached different teams all over the country. At Barça he had Charly Rexach as his assistant. He died of leukemia on 1 February 2014 Terry Venables (1984-87) Terry Venables came to Barça with the difficult task of replacing César Menotti, a manager who, despite not winning any important trophies with the team, had created an attractive and colourful style of football. Venables claimed the league title in his first season in the job César Luis Menotti (1983-84) The arrival of César Luis Menotti (Rosario, Argentina, 5 November 1938) supposed a shake up of the first team squad who had shown signs of their quality but had not made the most of it under previous coach, the German Udo Lattek. Under Menotti Barça won the Copa del Rey and the League Cup Udo Lattek (1981-83) Udo Lattek (16 January 1935-31 January 2015) arrived at the Club with exceptional credentials after successes with Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach. With the German as coach Barça won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1982, beating Standard Liége 2-1 in the final Joaquim Rifé (1979-1980) On 18 April 1979 Barça were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Valencia. The defeat was a cause for great concern at the Club and the Board decided to act, bringing in the duo of Rifé-Torres to replace coach Lucien Müller. Under Rifé, Barça claimed their first ever European title Lucien Müller (1