Which Shinto shrine located in Tokyo is dedicated to those who died fighting for the Emperor of Japan and is a source of considerable controversy?

Yasukuni Shrine | OpenBuildings Yasukuni Shrine Our community will feel euphoric joy. References Wikipedia , licensed under the GFDL Suggestions View original size Report Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社 or 靖國神社, Yasukuni Jinja?) is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is dedicated to the soldiers and others who died fighting on behalf of the Emperor of Japan. Currently, its Symbolic Registry of Divinities lists the names of over 2,466,000 enshrined men and women whose lives were dedicated to the service of Imperial Japan, particularly to those killed in wartime. It also houses one of the few Japanese war museums dedicated to World War II. There are also commemorative statues to mothers and animals who sacrificed in the war. Yasukuni is a shrine to house the actual souls of the dead as kami, or "spirits/souls" as loosely defined in English. It is believed that all negative or evil acts committed are absolved when enshrinement occurs. This activity is strictly a religious matter since the separation of State Shinto and the Japanese government in 1945. The priesthood at the shrine has complete religious autonomy to decide to whom and how enshrinement may occur. They believe that enshrinement is permanent and irreversible. According to Shinto beliefs, by enshrining kami, Yasukuni Shrine provides a permanent residence for the spirits of those who have fought on behalf of the emperor. Yasukuni has all enshrined kami occupying the same single seat. The shrine is dedicated to give peace and rest to all those enshrined there. It was the only place to which the Emperor of Japan bowed. History The site for the Yasukuni Shrine, originally named Tōkyō Shōkonsha (東京招魂社?) was chosen by order of the Meiji Emperor. This shrine was to commemorate the soldiers of the Boshin War who fought and died to bring about the Meiji Restoration. It was one of several dozen war memorial shrines built throughout Japan at that time as part of the government-directed State Shinto program. In 1879, the shrine was renamed Yasukuni Jinja. It became one of State Shinto's principal shrines, as well as the primary national shrine for commemorating Japan's war dead. The name Yasukuni, quoted from the phrase 「吾以靖国也」 in the classical-era Chinese text Zuo Zhuan (Scroll 6, 23rd Year of Duke Xi), literally means "Pacifying the Nation" and was chosen by the Meiji Emperor. The name is formally written as 靖國神社, using obsolete (pre-war) kyūjitai character forms. After World War II, the US-led Occupation Authorities issued the Shinto Directive. This directive ordered the separation of church and state and effectively put an end to State Shinto. Yasukuni Shrine was forced to become either a secular government institution or a religious institution independent from the Japanese government. People decided that the shrine would become a privately funded religious institution. Since that decision in 1946, Yasukuni Shrine has continued to be privately funded and operated. Shinto rites are performed at the shrine, which, according to Shinto belief, houses the kami, or spirits, of all Japanese, former colonial subjects (Korean and Taiwanese) and civilians who died in service of the emperor while participating (forced or willing) in the nation's conflicts prior to 1951. Annual celebrations January 1: Shinnensai (New Year's Festival) February 11: Kenkoku Kinensai (National Foundation Day)—Anniversary of the day on which Japan's first Emperor, Emperor Jimmu, is said to have founded the Japanese nation. February 17: Kinensai (Spring Festival for Harvest) April 21–23: Shunki Reitaisai (Annual Spring Festival) April 29: Showasai (Showa Festival)—Emperor Showa's birthday June 29: Gosoritsu Kinenbisai (Founding Day) Commemoration of the founding of Yasukuni Jinja July 13–16: Mitama Matsuri—A mid-summer celebration of the spirits of the ancestors. The entry walk is decorated with 40 foot high walls of 29000 or more lanterns, and thousands of visitors come to pay respects to their lost relatives and friends. October 17–20: Shuki Reitaisai (Annual Autumn Festival) November 3: Meijis


Literally 'Practice of the Wheel of Law' in Chinese, what system of mind and body cultivation has been the focus of international attention since the Chinese government began a crackdown on it?

Li Hongzhi - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I Love to read n write about Interesting People Li Hongzhi Known for  Founder of Falun Gong Spouse  Li Rui Parents  Li Dan, Lu Shuzhen Born  13 May 1951 (age 64) (according to Li Hongzhi) 27 July 1952 or 7 July 1952 (age 63) (according to Chinese government) (1951-05-131952-07-07) Gongzhuling, Jilin, China People also search for  Jiang Zemin, Li Meige, Bo Xilai Books  China falun gong =, Essentials for Further Advance, Zhuan Falun: (English, Falun Gong, Falun Buddha Fa: Lectures i Teacher li hongzhi falun gong is not a threat to the chinese government Sponsored Links Li Hongzhi (Chinese: 李洪志; pinyin: Li Hongzhi) is the founder and spiritual leader of Falun Gong (or Falun Dafa), a "system of mind-body cultivation" in the qigong tradition. Li Hongzhi began his public teachings of Falun Gong on 13 May 1992 in Changchun, and subsequently gave lectures and taught Falun Gong exercises across China. In 1995 Li began teaching Falun Gong abroad, and in 1998 he settled as a permanent resident in the United States. Li's Falun Gong movement gained significant popularity in the 1990s, including in government and qigong circles, but was suppressed by the Chinese government in 1999. Conferencia falun dafa espa ol sr li hongzhi Early life There are competing accounts of Li's life that surfaced before and after the suppression of Falun Gong began in July 1999, and there is very little authoritative information on his early life. Accounts between Li’s supporters and detractors diverge significantly, and as a result, can be understood within the context of the political and spiritual purposes for which different narratives were developed. Hagiography An unofficial biography appeared in the first of Li’s major publications, Zhongguo Falun Gong, and was authored by journalist Zhu Huiguang. A second, official spiritual biography appeared in early editions of Falun Gong’s primary text, Zhuan Falun, and was authored by the Falun Dafa Research Society. These biographies placed emphasis on Li’s spiritual development, with minimal details on Li’s ordinary work or family life. The style and content of these biographies is consistent with the "centuries-old tradition of religious biography in China". As Benjamin Penny writes, "as with its precursors [in Chinese history], this biography seeks to establish a genealogy of the figure whose life is recorded and to buttress the orthodoxy of his doctrine." Both biographies were omitted from later printings of Falun Gong books, as Li explained that he did not want people to focus their attention on his own history or circumstances. These biographies state that Li was born on 13 May 1951, in the town of Gongzhuling, Jilin Province. The first account, by Zhu Huiguang, stated that Li’s family lived amidst poverty, with his mother earning a wage of only 30 yuan. In this edition, Li was described as developing a "spirit of bearing hardships and tolerating hard work" as he helped care for his younger siblings. The second, official version of his biography emphasized Li’s average social background, stating that he belonged to "ordinary intellectual’s family". Both biographies ascribe to Li innate virtues of compassion and discipline. The official biography focuses mainly on the lineage of Daoist and Buddhist masters who he says provided Li with instruction from an early age. At four, he was trained by Quan Jue, the Tenth Heir to the Great Law of the Buddha School. By age eight, he had acquired "the superb great law with supernatural powers", which was supposed to include invisibility, levitation, etc. Master Quan left him at age twelve, to be replaced by Taoist master Baji Zhenren, who provided instruction in martial arts and physical skills. A third Master arrived in 1972 from the Great Way School. Zhendaozi (literally, "True Taoist"), came from the Changbai Mountains near the North Korean border. Unlike Li’s other spiritual tutors, the True Taoist wore ordinary attire, and taught Li the way of inner cultivation through Qigong, stressing xinxing (i.e. "mind or


In 1994, Bill Gates bought The Codex Hammer at an auction for $30.8 million, making it the most expensive book ever. Whose writings does it contain?

16 Highest Selling Items in Auction History - Weird Worm Weird Worm 16 Highest Selling Items in Auction History August 18, 2010 Image Sources Subscribe to our newsletter In 1674, the first auction house was opened in Sweden. It was named Stockholms Auktionsverk. In modern times, thousands of precious antiques and historical artifacts are auctioned off every year. Some of the most popular hobbies in the world include collecting cars, coins, stamps, paintings, sculptures, and a number of other high quality items. The most valuable collectables are famous pieces of art, either paintings or sculptures, but many other items have raised millions of dollars at auction. This article will be documenting 16 of the highest selling items in auction history. It is organized by category and will be exploring fifteen separate types of collectables. 1. Highest Selling U.S. Government Auction U.S. Wireless Spectrum Sale If you live in the United States (and aren’t a total lush) then you remember the government advertising campaign that was launched in 2008 to inform the public about the U.S. digital television transition. On June 12, 2009, all full power TV stations in the U.S. ceased analog broadcasting. Before the change, the analog TV broadcasting spectrum was the accepted method used for transmitting television signals for free over-the-air TV programming. On January 24, 2008, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened an auction and accepted bids on a United States 700 MHz FCC wireless spectrum. It was officially known as Auction 73. The event sparked major controversy between some of the largest telecommunication companies in the world, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Google Inc. The 700 MHz spectrum that was being sold was previously used for analog television broadcasting, specifically UHF channels 52 through 69. After the change to digital television was announced, the FCC ruled that these TV frequencies were no longer necessary for broadcasters. The auction divided the UHF spectrum into 5 blocks. The most highly publicized block was the open access C-Block, which was sold to Verizon for $4.74 billion. In all, Auction 73 raised an astounding $19.59 billion. 2. Highest Selling Painting Jackson Pollock - No. 5, 1948 Jackson Pollock was an influential American painter and major figure in the abstract expressionist movement of art. He had a volatile personality and struggled with alcoholism during his lifetime. In 1956, Jackson Pollock died in a single-vehicle car crash. He was only 44-years-old. No. 5, 1948 is a famous painting by Jackson Pollock. The portrait was completed on an 8 foot (243.84 cm) by 4 foot (121.92 cm) sheet of fiberboard. It contains a thick amount of brown and yellow paint, forming a nest-like appearance. Jackson Pollock used his signature style of splattered paint when creating the masterpiece. No. 5, 1948 was originally owned by Samuel Irving Newhouse and displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, but in 2006 it was sold. According to numerous press releases, the painting was sold by David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records, to David Martinez, who is the managing partner of Fintech Advisory Ltd. The sale was reportedly brokered by Sotheby’s auctioneer Tobias Meyer and the painting was purchased for the price of $140 million. This makes Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948 the highest selling painting in auction history. Despite evidence that the artwork was sold for $140 million dollars, David Martinez has released a statement saying that he does not own the painting. No. 5, 1948 will continue to rise in value, as very few Jackson Pollock paintings remain. A different painting by Pollock named Blue Poles is thought to be more valuable then No. 5, 1948. Blue Poles is owned by the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. 3. Highest Selling Sculpture Alberto Giacometti - L'Homme qui marche I Alberto Giacometti is a famous Swiss sculptor and painter. He was a key member of the Surrealist Movement and created hundreds of pieces of art during his lifetime. His works are featured in museums all over the worl


Don't swear if you get this wrong. According to an experiment conducted in 2002 by psychologists at a UK university, what animal attracts the most humor and silliness in all cultures?

The Cost of Our Silence | Christian The Cost of Our Silence View More There are consequences when God’s people take the path of least resistance and back out of culture. One only needs to look at our society to see we are living with those consequences today.  • Why do you think so many Christians pursue comfort over commitment to Christ?  • Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the darkness and moral decline in society today and wonder what happened to the salt and light?  • How have we reached a point where Christians who do preach the gospel and speak up about sin are called hateful, intolerant, or judgmental?  Christian in name only, America has become an epicenter for the culture war as too many of us keep ducking the issue of sin. Due to decades of Christians being silent, failing to preach the gospel and speak the truth in love, we’ve reached a tipping point in which political correctness refuses to coexist with religious freedom. Why do you think Christians who defend God’s Word are often called hateful, intolerant, or judgmental? There are consequences in this life and for eternity, when Christians take the path of least resistance. We cannot reverse the moral decline, but we can choose to stand for righteousness as we pray for revival and be the salt and light Jesus called us to be while we’re still here.  Hide the light of Christ and retreat, or let it shine and expose the darkness; live an inconsequential life, or bear fruit that will last. If most Christians remain silent, fewer people will be saved, society will collapse, and we will continue to be part of the problem. Dietrich Bonhoeffer said it best: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless...” Copyright: © All Rights Reserved   Devnd Cn`rez` fes ek ukg`jpr`jnsnkm, ferd-fnttnkm wrntnkm styih `vhr﬌`w- nkm wntf g`jpessn`k `r eii ph`pih, ekd fns phrsphgtnvh ns s`ukdiy leshd up`k tfh trutf ` M`d„s ]`rd. Fns shksh ` urmhkgy t` werk tfh gfurgf el`ut `ur snihkgh gekk`t lh `vhrstethd. Fh ns `kh ` jy j`st ertnguieth redn` muhsts. N g`ksndhr fnj `kh ` tfh lhst ’wetgfjhk `k tfh weii‚ s`ukdnkm eierjs t`dey. Oek Jerbhii C`ukdhr `c @invh Trhh Jnknstrnhs Th G`st ` @ur Wnihkgh sf`uid lh rhqunrhd rhednkm `r fnmf sgf``i ekd g`iihmh studhkts, pr`hssnkm Gfrnstneks, ekd phrfeps j`st njp`rtektiy, `ur pest`rs ekd gfurgf ihedhrs. Tns l``b wnii `phk ph`pih„s hyhs ekd j`tnveth tfhj t` egtn`k. \`l Quh ]nsg`ksnk Gfrnstnek Khws Devnd Cn`rez` ns ek hi`quhkt ekd hxghiihkt wrnthr, gfeiihkmnkm Gfrnstneks t` spheb `ut ekd tebh egtn`k emenkst tfh mr`wnkm shguier guiturh nkﬅitretnkm `ur ketn`k. Fns khw l``b, Th G`st ` @ur Wnihkgh , lunids t` e p`whrui g`kgiusn`k ekd ns e giern`k geii t` eii tf`sh g`kghrkhd el`ut tfh dnrhgtn`k ` `ur ketn`k es whii es tfh gfurgf nk Ejhrnge. Jnbh IhJey  Wtekd Xp c`r tfh Trutf N epprhgneth Devnd Cn`rez`„s tf`umftui ekd pessn`keth ekeiysns g`kghrknkm tfh j`rei ekd spnrntuei dhginkh egnkm lhinhvhrs t`dey. ]fnih jeky nk tfh gfurgf wevhr ukdhr tfh prhssurhs ` shguiernsj ekd uklnlingei tfnkbnkm, Devnd ns g`ukthd ej`km tfh giher v`nghs, hkukgnetnkm M`d„s trutf nk tfhsh tr`ulinkm tnjhs. Hrng Lermhr Tebh E Wtekd Jnknstrnhs ]h invh nk derb tnjhs dnsmunshd es hkinmfthkjhkt. Devnd Cn`rez` k`t `kiy ndhktnﬅhs tfh rheinty ` tfh ukdhriynkm pr`lihj, fh eis` mnvhs fns eudnhkgh rhei f`ph nk e w`rid ﬅiihd wntf eish f`phs. Devnd ns e j`dhrk dey ’v`ngh nk tfh wnidhrkhss.‚ Dr. Oejhs Iekmtheu Dnrhgt`r `c WH Esne, ]yginﬁh Ess`gneths Devnd Cn`rez` invhs fns entf. Fns khw l``b g`jjukngeths lnlingei trutf wntf ek ukg`jpr`jnsnkm pessn`k ekd tebhs enj et tfh jeky ’pr`hssnkm‚ Gfrnstneks wf` rhush t` egbk`wihdmh `r `pp`sh tfh hvnis revemnkm s`gnhty ‗ ekd tfh gfurgf ‗ nk Ejhrnge t`dey. E JXW \HED. Eiek Wgf`ii Hxhgutnvh Dnrhgt`r, Crhhd`j Qr`ohgt Hdugetn`k Devnd Cn`rez` ns e rerh ekd rhrhsfnkm v`ngh `r trutf nk ek emh ` ep`stesy ekd dhghnt. O`h Wgfnjjhi


The Thomas Jefferson Building, The John Adams Building and The James Madison Memorial Building in Washington DC together make up what seminal institution?

THE THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING - On These Walls: Inscriptions and Quotations in the Buildings of the Library of Congress -- the John Adams Building THE THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING The Southwest Pavilion - First Floor The Library of Congress was established in 1800 when the American      government moved from Philadelphia to the new capital of Washington      on the Potomac River. For 97 years the Library was housed in various      locations within the Capitol Building. The first separate Library of      Congress Building, known today as the Thomas Jefferson Building, was      suggested by Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Rand Spofford in 1871,      authorized in 1886, and finally completed in 1897. The       grandiose entrance stairs and facade of the west side of the Jefferson       Building reflect the nationalistic ambitions of the Library's       planners, architects, and builders. (Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith) When its doors were opened to the public on November 1, 1897, the      new Library of Congress building was an unparalleled national achievement;      its 23-carat gold-plated dome capped the "largest, costliest, and safest" library      building in the world. Its elaborately decorated facade and interior,      for which more than forty American painters and sculptors produced      commissioned works of art, were designed to show how the United States      could surpass European libraries in grandeur and devotion to classical      culture and to inspire optimism about America's future. A contemporary      guidebook boasted: "America is justly proud of this gorgeous and palatial      monument to its National sympathy and appreciation of Literature, Science,      and Art. It has been designed and executed solely by American art and      American labor (and is) a fitting tribute for the great thoughts of      generations past, present, and to be." This new national Temple of      the Arts immediately met with overwhelming approval from the American      public. Known as the Library of Congress (or Main) Building until June 13,      1980, when it was named for Thomas Jefferson, the Library's principal      founder, the structure was built specifically to serve as the American      national library, and its architecture and decoration express and enhance      that grand purpose. The elaborate entrance pavilion and Great Hall      gradually lead to the central reading room where, properly prepared,      the user can take full advantage of the Library's vast resources of      knowledge and information. A national library for the United States      was the dream and goal of Librarian Spofford; the new building was      a crucial step in his achievement. It was a functional, state-of-the-art      structure as well as a monument to American cultural nationalism, for      it used and celebrated the latest technology to demonstrate the new      role of the library as an efficient workshop. Pompeiian     panels depicting FORTITUDE and JUSTICE flank the window at the east     end of the Great Hall's second-floor North Corridor. The artist is George     Maynard. The early years of planning and construction were filled with controversy      and delay. After two design competitions and a decade of debate about      design and location, in 1886 Congress finally chose a plan in the Italian      Renaissance style submitted by Washington architects John L. Smithmeyer      and Paul J. Pelz. Structurally the architects followed the basic idea      proposed by Librarian Spofford: a circular, domed reading room at the      Library's center, surrounded by ample space for the Library's various      departments. In the final Smithmeyer & Pelz plan, the reading room      was enclosed by rectangular exterior walls, which divided the open      space into four courtyards. The corner pavilions were devoted to t


What type of work is 99 Cent II Diptychon by Andreas Gursky which was sold for USD 3.3 million in 2007 and holds the record for the highest price paid for an artifact in that field?

99 Cent II Diptychon 99 Cent II Diptychon C-print mounted to acrylic glass Dimensions 207 cm × 307 cm (81 in × 121 in) The artwork 99 Cent II Diptychon from 2001 is a two-part photograph made by Andreas Gursky probably in 1999, as the work is sometimes called “99 cent.1999″. The work depicts an interior of a supermarket with numerous aisles depicting goods resulting in a colorful work. The work is digitally altered to reduce perspective. The photograph is a chromogenic color print or c-print . It is a two-part work, also called a diptych . There were 6 sets made and mounted on acrylic glass . The photographs have a size of 2.07 by 3.37 metres (6.8 ft × 11.1 ft). Record sale prices The work became famous as being the most expensive photograph in the world when it was auctioned at Sotheby’s on February 7, 2007 for a price of US$3.34 million. Another auction in New York in May 2006 fetched $2.25 million for a second print, and a third print sold for $2.48 million in November 2006 at a New York gallery. [1] These would be the fourth and sixth-most costly photographs sold, as of 2011. On May 12, 2011 Cindy Sherman’s Untitled #96 from 1981 was sold for $3.89 million. References Beyst, Stefan. “ Essays on contemporary artists – Andreas Gursky “. Retrieved on July 22, 2008 External links


Who once described Tarzan as a major influence on her childhood and said that she would be a much better spouse for him than his fictional wife, Jane? Naturally, she spent time around apes like him!

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Edgar     Rice Burrough's photo portrait     Edgar Rice Burroughs     (ERB) was born on September the 1st 1875. He died on March the 19th     1950. Edgar was an American writer, best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan     (our favourite) and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.   Burroughs, the son of a wealthy businessman, was educated at private schools in Chicago, at the prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts (from which he was expelled), and at Michigan Military Academy, where he subsequently taught briefly. He spent the years 1897 to 1911 in numerous unsuccessful jobs and business ventures in Chicago and Idaho. Eventually he settled in Chicago with a wife and three     children when he began writing advertising copy and then turned to fiction. The story ï¿½"Under the Moons of Mars"ï¿½ appeared in serial form in the adventure magazine The All-Story in 1912 and was so successful that Burroughs turned to writing full-time.    MINI     BIO   Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois (he later lived for many years in the suburb of Oak Park), the fourth son of businessman and Civil War veteran Major George Tyler Burroughs (1833ï¿½1913) and his wife Mary Evaline (Zieger) Burroughs (1840ï¿½1920). His middle name is from his paternal grandmother, Mary Rice Burroughs (1802ï¿½ca. 70). Burroughs was educated at a number of local schools, and during the Chicago influenza epidemic in 1891, he spent a half year at his brother's ranch on the Raft River in Idaho. He then attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and then the Michigan Military Academy. Graduating in 1895, and failing the entrance exam for the United States Military Academy (West Point), he ended up as an enlisted soldier with the 7th U.S. Cavalry in Fort Grant, Arizona Territory.     He was discharged in 1897 after he was diagnosed with a heart problem     that made him ineligible to serve.     POST MILITARY DISCHARGE After his discharge, Burroughs worked a number of different jobs. He drifted and worked on a ranch in Idaho. Then, Burroughs found work at his father's firm in 1899. He married his childhood sweetheart Emma Hulbert (1876-1944) in January 1900. In 1904, he left his job and worked less regularly, first in Idaho, then in Chicago. By 1911, after seven years of low wages, he was working as a pencil sharpener wholesaler and began to write fiction. By this time, Burroughs and Emma had two children, Joan (1908ï¿½72), who would later marry Tarzan film actor James Pierce, and Hulbert (1909ï¿½91). During this period, he had copious spare time and he began reading many pulp fiction magazines. In 1929 he recalled thinking that: "...if people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of those magazines, that I could write stories just as rotten. As a matter of fact, although I had never written a story, I knew absolutely that I could write stories just as entertaining and probably a whole lot more so than any I chanced to read in those magazines." Burroughs divorced Emma in 1934, and in 1935 he married former actress Florence Gilbert Dearholt, the former wife of his friend, Ashton Dearholt. Burroughs adopting the Dearholts' two children. He and Florence divorced in 1942. Burroughs was in his late 60s and a resident of Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl     Harbor . Despite his age, he applied for and received permission to become a war correspondent, becoming one of the oldest U.S. war correspondents during World War II . This period of his life is mentioned in William Brinkley's bestselling novel Don't Go Near the Water. After the war ended, Burroughs moved back to Encino, California , where, after many health problems, he died of a heart attack on March 19, 1950, having written almost 80 novels.     The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Burroughs in 2003. American film director Wes Anderson is Burroughs' great-grandson.     LITERARY CAREER Aiming his work at the pulps,


If screw-driven steamships generally carry the prefix 'SS' before their names, what type of steamers carry the prefix 'PS'?

The Steamships of Jacksonville | Metro Jacksonville The Steamships of Jacksonville Metro Jacksonville takes a look at an industry that once gave downtown Jacksonville's waterfront an international and cosmopolitan flair: The Steamships of Jacksonville. What is a Steamship? A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term steamboat is usually used to refer to smaller steam-powered boats working on lakes and rivers, particularly riverboats; steamship generally refers to larger steam-powered ships which are usually ocean-going. The term steamwheeler is archaic and rarely used. Steamships gradually replaced sailing ships for commercial shipping through the 19th century and in turn were overtaken by diesel-driven ships in the second half of the twentieth century. Most warships used steam propulsion until the advent of the gas turbine. Today, nuclear-powered warships and submarines use steam to drive turbines, but are not referred to as steamships or steamboats. Screw-driven steamships generally carry the ship prefix "SS" before their names, meaning 'Steam Ship' (or Screw Steamer, or 'screw-driven steamship'), paddle steamers usually carry the prefix "PS" and steamships powered by steam turbine may be prefixed "TS" (turbine ship). The term steamer is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for diesel motor-driven vessels, prefixed "MV". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat The St. Johns River Steamboats From Savannah, the George Washington became the first steamboat to visit Jacksonville in 1827. Over the next seventy years, steamboats would transform the St. Johns River and Jacksonville into an epicenter for the distribution of goods, people and supplies throughout the east coast. At the height of the steamboat era, there were 38 stops along the St. Johns between Jacksonville and Enterprise, FL. The steamship Fred & Debary on the St. Johns River.  This steamer was operated by the DeBary-Baya Merchants' Line in the late 19th century. 1829 - 1835 Early beginnings - sporadic communication 1835 - 1842 Second Indian War lasted seven years 1842 - 1850 Regular service - Savannah - boat building 1860 - 1865 Civil War - invasion from the north - cessation of travel 1865 - 1875 Reconstruction - re-establish old travel patterns 1875 - 1887 Golden age - river steamboat service 1884 - 1885 The first railroad connecting Florida from the northeast is completed and extended to Titusville. 1887 - 1920 Gradual decline of steamboats because of railroads and freezes The Steamer "Magnolia" on the St. Johns River by the Acosta Bridge in 1917. The "City of Jacksonville" moored at a Northbank dock in 1912. 160 feet in length, the City of Jacksonville steamboat was built in 1882 in Wilmington, DE. Workers unload a shipment of bananas in Jacksonville at the Caribbean Fruit and Steamship Company's terminal.


Awarded to applicants annually since 1902, the Rhodes Scholarships are for study at what institution?

Old Haleians Association - Scholars Scholars     The Rhodes Scholarship, named after Cecil John Rhodes, is an international postgraduate award for study at Oxford University. Rhodes Scholarships have been awarded to applicants annually since 1902 on the basis of academic achievement and strength of character. Thirteen Hale School students have won the award, four of whom have had the honour of having Junior School Houses (Turnbull, Davy, Rosier and Walker) named after them and one Senior School House (Riley). The editor of the Cygnet in March 1908, when writing about the School’s disappointment that H.N. Walker had not won the scholarship that year, pointed out that the Rhodes selectors had to take into consideration not only scholarship but also proficiency in games, character, capacity for leadership, and personality generally.


What is the name of the military tactic that involves destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while advancing through or withdrawing from an area?

Domestic Violence Fighting and the Scorched Earth Strategy at Home and in Divorce Court at Home and in Divorce Court   by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. �Scorched earth� refers to a military strategy, which involves destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while advancing through or withdrawing from an area. (Wikipedia) The first time I heard this term was 17 years ago in divorce court while entangled in legal stalking with a court-documented child and spouse abuser. At the time I didn�t really understand the concept, but counsel kept referring to it as the opposition�s strategy. Scorched Earth in Domestic Violence Divorce One by one, my world was under attack. Four years of relentless pleadings threatening custody removal from me to a person who was not even a legal candidate for custody. But that, of course, doesn�t mean one cannot pursue child custody and taunt their opposition with the threat of custody litigation. Then, the back-up Beta-tape of my entire professional business (securely locked in storage) mysteriously walks away from my locked office on the 37th floor of a high security professional building in Chicago. No mystery in that! From my three children to my professional business, scorched earth was the name of the strategy�and then to my own personal safety. Reaching for the umbrella in my car, I pull out a sack of soaked gasoline-kerosene socks. There is only one person who would have had the motivation to put that in my car. Guess who? And that is just a small fraction of the nightmare I lived going through the Cook County legal charred of domestic violence divorce. If you are in divorce court with a batterer, I trust you know this strategy. Why Scorched Earth for Domestic Abuse Survivors Fast forward a decade plus... In my work with domestic violence treatment for couples in abusive relationships, I have come to understand the term scorched earth with a different kind of clarity. Batterers reveal their desire for scorched earth tactics when they believe that they have lost the ability to engage their partners either in love or in war. It is as though they are saying to themselves, �I�ll prevent you from enjoying that which brings you pleasure because you have denied me of that which I want...� In some cases, I see the term scorched earth referenced when the abuser seeks vicious revenge. They want to do whatever they can do to insure that they have marred or, in some cases, destroyed that which their partner loves. It�s as though they convince themselves that in doing this they are destroying the love in their partner�s life. My sense is they are seeking to get even because, from where they stand, their partner has destroyed the love in their life. If you are entangled in a destructive relationship with someone who uses scorched earth strategy to deal with their hurt, pain and losses relative to you...seek to build a counter survival strategy. Your world is not crumbling down; rather your opposition is simply employing scorched earth in their battle with you. For more information about legal domestic abuse , visit http:///www.enddomesticabuse.org/legal_domestic_abuse.php and claim Free Instant Access to Survivor Success eInsights. Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. helps people nationwide recognize, end and heal from legal domestic abuse. � Jeanne King, Ph.D. � Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention Dr. Jeanne King is a licensed psychologist and domestic abuse consultant. Feel free to contact us if you need help with physical and/or emotional pain, stress-related illnesses, or relationship abuse issues at home or in court. Contact Us to reach Dr. King. eInsights


'Janjaweed', an Arabic word that literally translates to 'devil on a horse' has achieved infamy by its association with a dubious group in which current day crisis in Sudan?

Blog Annotation Blog Annotation You are presented with a set of blogs. Your goal is to determine whether a blog in question is related to computer science, mathematics or statistics and is a research blog or not. (Sometimes you may also get blogs that are not in English: you should mark these as such.) For each blog, you should select "NotEng" if it is not English, "NotCS" if it is not a CS/math/stats blog, and "CS" if it is a CS/math/stats blog. If you click on the blog title, it will expand out the page in the table. If, for some reason, this is not enough, click on [View Page] to view the actual page in a new windows. Name: Afghanistanica [View Page] Posts:[Afghanistanica joins group blog], [List of Afghanistan Blogs], [The End of Afghanistanica], [Afghanistanica Retraction #986], [Afghan Communism: Made in America], [Afghans Defeat Wahhabism By Worshipping Wahhabis], [The Pentagon’s “Pashtunwali” Payments], [New Afghanistan Bibliography Download], [Colonel Antonenko: A COIN No-Star in Afghanistan], [Go West, Young Durand Line, Go West] Afghanistanica An exploration of Afghanistan from a safe distance.     Afghanistanica joins group blog I, Afghanistanica, have joined a group blog titled Exploring the Heart of Asia. The blog is a new creation and consists of myself, long time Afghanistan blogger Safrang and the super Afghanistan femme blogger Home in Kabul. So that is where you will find all my blogging these days. However, the amount of blogging at Exploring the Heart of Asia that I dedicate to conflict issues is going to be small. If you are looking for Afghanistan conflict/war/military-related issues I suggest these blogs: Registan So please, visit Exploring the Heart of Asia and check out my new home. Published in: on March 30, 2008 at 7:08 pm Comments (1) List of Afghanistan Blogs Many people have contacted me and asked for suggestions for other Afghanistan blogs to read. There is a comprehensive list of Afghanistan-related blogs at:  http://afghanistan-analyst.org/blogs.aspx OK, this is definitely the last post ever. Published in: on March 16, 2008 at 10:45 pm Comments (1) The End of Afghanistanica March 11, 2008. Did you know that blogging is time consuming? It really is. Especially when you need to cite sources to back up your arguments and find pictures to make your bog entries interesting. So, since I’m now too busy to maintain this blog regularly, I’m ceasing to blog as of today. But I would not rule out seeing my stuff under a different name on certain group blogs elsewhere (but not a lot). If you link to me, go ahead and remove Afghanistanica from your blogroll. Nobody likes inactive links. Send any final mail to this address, I’ll check it for another few weeks or so: Published in: on March 11, 2008 at 12:08 am Comments (2) Afghanistanica Retraction #986 March 7, 2008. When you’re wrong, you’re wrong. Back in September I wrote about the firing of governor Murad of Kapisa, which the BBC wrote was in retaliation for his criticism of the central government. Apparently there is much more to the story and no journalists picked that up (in English at least). I should quit parroting journalists. There is a lot about the inner workings of the Afghan government that never makes it out into the press. The full story on governor Murad is one of those things. Read the original article with retraction here. So technically speaking, I was wrong. Published in: on March 7, 2008 at 6:29 am Comments (0) Afghan Communism: Made in America March 6, 2008. All those Afghan communists were educated in the Soviet Union, right? Nope. Wrong answer. Actually, many of them were indoctrinated in the United States. Louis Dupree noted back in 1979 that, of the 14 civilians in the first Afghan communist government cabinet, exactly zero had been educated in the Soviet Union. Where were they educated? Here’s a breakdown: Egypt: 2 Afghanistan: 4 United States: 10 Martin Ewans wondered aloud whether the policies of these cabinet members would have been different if they “had the privilege of an education at Lumumba University in the


What paleontological hoax takes its name from a place in East Sussex, England where in 1912, discovered bone fragments were thought to be the remains of an unknown form of early man?

Top 10 Famous Hoaxes - Listverse Top 10 Famous Hoaxes Jamie Frater August 30, 2007 Throughout the years many people have perpetrated hoaxes – often for publicity, and sometimes just for the hell of it. Of all the hoaxes through history, the ten in this list are the most famous. In at least two cases (the Book of Mormon, and the Priory of Sion) millions of people have been fooled – or continue to be fooled! In no particular order, here they are: 1. The Book of Mormon 1830 The Book of Mormon is considered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to be a divinely inspired book of equal value to the Bible. Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion, claimed that he was directed by an Angel to a hill near his home in which he found golden tablets containing the full text of the book. With the books he found two objects called the Urim and Thummim which he described as a pair of crystals joined in the form of a large pair of spectacles. Unfortunately, after Smith finished his translation, he had to return the tablets to the Angel, so there is no physical evidence that they ever existed. The book refers to a group of Jews that moved to and settled in America where Jesus visited them. Some segments of the Book of Mormon contain sections copied directly from the King James version of the Bible – the Bible that was most popular at the time and used by Joseph Smith. One example is Mark 16:15-18 which is quoted nearly word-for-word in Mormon 9:22-24. In addition, the book mimics the literary and linguistic style of the King James Bible. Linguistic experts have stated that the entire book is written by one man, and is not written by a combination of authors (the prophets as claimed by Smith). Additionally, the book refers to animals and crops that did not exist in America until Columbus arrived: ass, bull, calf, cattle, cow, domestic goat, horse, ox, domestic sheep, sow, swine, elephants, wheat, and barley. The most compelling proof that Joseph Smith was perpetuating a fraud is the Book of Abraham. In 1835 Smith was able to use his Urim and Thummim to translate some Egyptian scrolls that he was given access to (at that time no one could read hieroglyphics). Upon inspection, Smith declared that they contained the Book of Abraham. He promptly translated the lot and it was accepted as scripture by the church. The scrolls vanished and everyone thought the story would end there. But it didn’t – in 1966 the original scrolls were found in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The scrolls turned out to be a standard Egyptian text that was often buried with the dead. To this day the Book of Abraham is a source of discomfort for the Mormon religion. Read it for yourself! Buy The Book of Mormon at Amazon.com! 2. The Cottingley Fairies 1917 The Cottingley Fairies are a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, two young cousins living in Cottingley, near Bradford, England, depicting the two in various activities with supposed fairies. Elsie was the daughter of Arthur Wright, one of the earliest qualified electrical engineers. She borrowed her father’s quarter plate camera and took photos in the beck behind the family house. When Mr. Wright, upon developing the plates, saw fairies in the pictures, he considered them fake. After the taking of the second picture, he banned Elsie from using the camera again. Her mother, Polly, however was convinced of their authenticity. In the summer of 1919, the matter became public and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author of Sherlock Holmes) wrote an article for a leading magazine claiming that they were authentic. Not everyone was taken in by the fraud, as this statement from a leading Doctor at the time attests: “On the evidence I have no hesitation in saying that these photographs could have been `faked’. I criticise the attitude of those who declared there is something supernatural in the circumstances attending to the taking of these pictures because, as a medical man, I believe that the inculcation of such absurd ideas into the minds of children will result in later li


What agency of the US government is the operator of the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the world?

Gm588 Project Paper - Term Paper Gm588 Project Paper Open Document INTRODUCTION The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing mail service in the United States. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution. Within the United States, it is commonly referred to as the "Post Office", "Postal Service", or "U.S. Mail". Employing 656,000 workers and 260,000 vehicles, it is the second-largest civilian employer in the United States and the operator of the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the world. The USPS is obligated to serve all Americans, regardless of geography, at uniform price and quality. Conversely, it has exclusive access to U.S. mail boxes and non-urgent letters. It receives competition from email and package delivery services. For 36 years, the Postal Service’s business model, established by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 (PRA), worked very well for customers, employees, and the nation. The Postal Service was able to charge affordable prices and use the revenues from those prices to provide mail service to all areas of the country, charging the same prices regardless of cost of delivery. It was able to cut costs, improve service, provide innovative work-share options, and continually improve productivity. The OCI revealed at the USPS could benefit from cultural change of holding back it employees who excel in their area. These plays on power cause others employ not step up and do more. This also discourages the good employee from continuing to do more. There is nothing worse than going above and beyond duty and not being appreciated. Rewarding those who deserve it in this case create future leaders. Safety and attendance rewards encourage people to show up to work and be conscious of their actions. The USPS can also benefit from creating some other competition category within the...


Deviating from standard practice, the US patent office has a policy of refusing to grant a patent without a working model for what type of device?

General information concerning patents | USPTO General information concerning patents UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE October 2015   Functions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office T he United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The role of the USPTO is to grant patents for the protection of inventions and to register trademarks. It serves the interests of inventors and businesses with respect to their inventions and corporate products, and service identifications. It also advises and assists the President of the United States, the Secretary of Commerce, the bureaus and offices of the Department of Commerce, and other agencies of the government in matters involving all domestic and global aspects of “intellectual property.” Through the preservation, classification, and dissemination of patent information, the Office promotes the industrial and technological progress of the nation and strengthens the economy. In discharging its patent related duties, the USPTO examines applications and grants patents on inventions when applicants are entitled to them; it publishes and disseminates patent information, records assignments of patents, maintains search files of U.S. and foreign patents, and maintains a search room for public use in examining issued patents and records. The Office supplies copies of patents and official records to the public. It provides training to practitioners as to requirements of the patent statutes and regulations, and it publishes the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure to elucidate these. Similar functions are performed relating to trademarks. By protecting intellectual endeavors and encouraging technological progress, the USPTO seeks to preserve the United States’ technological edge, which is key to our current and future competitiveness. The USPTO also disseminates patent and trademark information that promotes an understanding of intellectual property protection and facilitates the development and sharing of new technologies worldwide. What Are Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights? Some people confuse patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Although there may be some similarities among these kinds of intellectual property protection, they are different and serve different purposes. What is a Patent? A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Generally, the term of a new patent is 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States or, in special cases, from the date an earlier related application was filed, subject to the payment of maintenance fees. U.S. patent grants are effective only within the United States, U.S. territories, and U.S. possessions. Under certain circumstances, patent term extensions or adjustments may be available. The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” the invention in the United States or “importing” the invention into the United States. What is granted is not the right to make, use, offer for sale, sell or import, but the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention. Once a patent is issued, the patentee must enforce the patent without aid of the USPTO. There are three types of patents: 1) Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof; 2) Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture; and 3) Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant. What Is a Trademark or Servicemark? A trademark is a word, name, symbol, or device that is used in trade with goods to indica


Sharbat Gula, an Afghan woman of Pashtun ethnicity achieved world wide fame when her photograph was featured on the cover of which magazine in 1985?

International Women's Day. Sharbat Gula. International Women's Day. Sharbat Gula. Prochain SlideShare Afficher les SlideShares associés à la fin Code abrégé pour WordPress International Women's Day. Sharbat Gula. 3 180 vues From our BLOG. Published in March 2012. ... Are you sure you want to Yes No Your message goes here Soyez le premier à commenter Soyez le premier à aimer ceci Aucun téléchargement Aucune remarque pour cette diapositive International Women's Day. Sharbat Gula. 1.   International Womens DayUnintended Beauty, her story…Sharbat Gula         (Pashto:  ,هلګ تبرشliterally "Flower Sharbat") (pronounced  ʃ[ˈ aɾ bat]) (born ca. 1972) is an  Afghan woman       who was the subject of a famousphotograph by journalist Steve McCurry. Gula was living as a refugee in Pakistan, during the timeof the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan when she was photographed. The image brought herrecognition when it was featured on the cover of the June 1985 issue of National GeographicMagazine, at a time when she was approximately 12 years old. Gula was known throughout theworld simply as "the Afghan Girl" until she was formally identified in early 2002.An Afghan (Pashtun) by ethnicity, Gula was orphaned during the Soviet Unions bombing ofAfghanistan and sent to the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in Pakistan in 1984. Her village was attackedby Soviet helicopter gunships sometime in the early 1980s. The Soviet strike killed her parents—forcing her, her siblings and grandmother to hike over the mountains to the Nasir Bagh refugeecamp in neighboring Pakistan. She married Rahmat Gul in the late 1980s and returned toAfghanistan in 1992. Gula had three daughters: Robina, Zahida, and Alia. A fourth daughter diedin infancy. Gula has expressed the hope that her girls will receive the education she was never ableto complete.     1984 photograph, “Afghan Girl” 2. At the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in 1984, Gulas photograph was taken by National  Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. Gula was one of the students in an  informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to  photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image.  Although her name was not known, her picture, titled "Afghan Girl", appeared on  the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. The image of her face, with a red scarf  draped loosely over her head and with her piercing sea-green eyes staring directly  into the camera, became a symbol both of the 1980s Afghan conflict and of the  refugee situation worldwide. The image itself was named "the most recognized  photograph" in the history of the magazine.  Search for the Afghan Girl                   The identity of the  Afghan Girl remained unknown for over 17 years; Afghanistan remained  largely closed to Western media until after the removal of the Taliban government  in 2001. Although McCurry made several attempts during the 1990s to locate her,  he was unsuccessful. In January 2002, a National Geographic team traveled to  Afghanistan to locate the subject of the now-famous photograph. McCurry, upon  learning that the Nasir Bagh refugee camp was soon to close, inquired of its  remaining residents, one of whom knew Gulas brother and was able to send word  to her hometown. However, there were a number of women who came forward  and identified themselves erroneously as the famous Afghan Girl. In addition, after  being shown the 1985 photo, a handful of young men falsely claimed Gula as their  wife. The team finally located Gula, then around the age of 30, in a remote region of  Afghanistan; she had returned to her native country from the refugee camp in 1992. Her  identity was confirmed using biometric technology, which matched her iris patterns to  those of the photograph with almost full certainty. She vividly recalled being  photographed—she had been photographed on only three occasions: in 1984 and  during the search for her when a National Geographic producer took the  identifying pictures that


George Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923) was an English aristocrat best known as the financier for the excavation of what?

Lord Carnarvon, Excavation Tutankhamun - Timeline Index Timeline Index Lord Carnarvon, Excavation Tutankhamun George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon was an English aristocrat best known as the financier of the excavation of the Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. The 5th Earl was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles tombs in Deir el-Bahari (Thebes). Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations in 1909. It is now established that it is Maspero, then Director of the Antiquities Department, who proposed Carter to Lord Carnavon. Lord Carnarvon received in 1914 the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, in replacement of Theodore Davies who had resigned. It was in 1922 that they together opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology. Several months later, on April 5, 1923, Carnarvon died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This led to the story of the "Curse of Tutankhamun", the "Mummy's Curse." More on this Website


Which US agency has primary jurisdiction over the protection of the President, Vice President and other high ranking government officials?

FAQs FAQs Proposed White House Fence Designs Presentation to the Commission of Fine Arts National Special Security Events Credentialing What is a National Special Security Event (NSSE) and who determines which events are deemed a NSSE? The Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for designating events as NSSEs. Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-5) grants the Secretary this authority. The Secretary is assisted in the NSSE designation process by the NSSE Working Group, comprised of interagency subject matter experts and co-chaired by the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The NSSE Working Group is responsible for conducting an assessment of each event being considered for NSSE designation. Who authorizes the credentialing at NSSEs? Following the NSSE designation by the Secretary, the USSS assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan. Title 18 USC 3056 (e) and Presidential Policy Directive 22 (2013) designate the USSS with the responsibility and authority as the lead agency for planning, coordinating, and implementing security operations at NSSEs. Credentialing is a critical element in the coordination and implementation of the security operations for a NSSE. Although the USSS issues credentials for NSSE venues, the process begins with vetting by an event’s host committee, which approves the participants from a particular group or organization, such as media or service industries. Once the host committee approves the participants from a particular group or organization to attend the event, the USSS begins its background checks. Why does the USSS issue credentials at each event? Operational security plans must be developed for each individual event regardless of whether they appear to be similar in nature or if participants were credentialed for previous NSSEs. The USSS operational security plan is developed in partnership with event stakeholders including federal, state and local law enforcement, public safety agencies, as well as municipal, venue, and host representatives. Each participating agency is tasked based on its jurisdiction and particular area of expertise. This is accomplished through the formation of subcommittees whose collective responsibility is to plan for every possible security matter. For example, every NSSE has an established Transportation and Traffic subcommittee with the responsibility of developing and executing vehicular access control to all necessary personnel. How does the USSS determine who has to apply for and receive a credential to attend a NSSE event? Only those participants, who have a role, responsibility, and/or function within the NSSE, will be afforded a USSS credential application. All other invited guests, who do not require access to USSS protectees or USSS innermost perimeters and zones, will be offered an invitation/ticket by the respective host committee for that particular NSSE event or venue. The USSS works in collaboration with the host committee responsible to develop the framework of the event. The event purpose and program type will impact the credentialing plan for each NSSE. The USSS, in conjunction with the host committee will develop the innermost secure perimeters that will be designated as credentialing zones. Often times, these zones are designated by colors such as red and blue and those designations determine levels of access. The credentialing for most NSSEs involves participants, who might require access into the innermost USSS secure zones. The determination for those requiring access into these zones is directly related to the participant’s role, responsibility, and function at the event. Typically, the host committee (organizers/staff), host city (organizers/staff), volunteers, vendors, media, service industries, and law enforcement/emergency responders are issued credentials for NSSE events. Who conducts the background checks for individuals seeking credentialing for a NSSE? Background ch


A form of government called by the Greek term 'thalassocracy' refers to a state with power in what realm?

SparkNotes: The Republic: Important Terms Important Terms Overview Philosophical Themes, Arguments & Ideas Aporia -  Aporia is the Greek term for the state of helplessness—the inability to proceed—that ends all of Plato’s early dialogues. Through his pointed questioning, Socrates succeeds in showing that his interlocutors have no appropriate definition for the topic under consideration (be that topic piety, love, courage, justice, or whatever else), but nor is he able to supply one himself. In Book I of The Republic Socrates brings his friends to a state of aporia on the topic of justice, but then in the next nine books he manages to move beyond the aporia and give an actual answer to the question at hand. Appetite -  Appetite is the largest aspect of our tripartite soul. It is the seat of all our various desires for food, drink, sexual gratification, and other such pleasures. It contains both necessary desires, which should be indulged (such as the desire to eat enough to stay alive), unnecessary desires, which should be limited (such as the desire to eat a ten pound sirloin steak at every meal), and unlawful desires, which should be suppressed at all costs (such as the desire to eat one’s children). Though the appetite lusts after many things, Plato dubs it “money-loving,” since money is required for satisfying most of these desires. In a just man, the appetite is strictly controlled by reason and reason’s henchman, spirit. Auxiliary -  Plato divides his just society into three classes: the producers, the auxiliaries, and the guardians. The auxiliaries are the warriors, responsible for defending the city from invaders, and for keeping the peace at home. They must enforce the convictions of the guardians, and ensure that the producers obey. Belief -  Belief is the second lowest grade of cognitive activity. The object of belief is the visible realm rather than the intelligible realm. A man in a state of belief does not have any access to the Forms, but instead takes sensible particulars as the most real things. Elenchus -  Elenchus is the Greek term for Socrates’s method of questioning his interlocutors. In an elenchus he attempts to show that their own beliefs are contradictory, and thus to prove that they do not have knowledge about some topic about which they thought they had knowledge. Empirical -  When something is an empirical question, that means that the question can only be settled by going out into the world and investigating. The question, “What percentage of the population of the United States likes ice cream” is an example of an empirical question, which can only be answered through empirical investigation. The question “What is the square root of two,” on the other hand, is not an empirical question. In order to answer this question all you have to do is think about the mathematics involved; you do not have investigate evidence in the world. Epistemology -  The branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge, belief, and thought. Epistemological questions include: What is knowledge? How do we form beliefs based on evidence? Can we know anything? Form -  According to Plato’s metaphysical theory, there is an aspect of reality beyond the one which we can see, an aspect of reality even more real than the one we see. This aspect of reality, the intelligible realm, is comprised of unchanging, eternal, absolute entities, which are called “Forms.” These absolute entities—such as Goodness, Beauty, Redness, Sourness, and so on—are the cause of all the objects we experience around us in the visible realm. An apple is red and sweet, for instance, because it participates in the Form of Redness and the Form of Sweetness. A woman is beautiful because she participates in the Form of Beauty. Only the Forms can be objects of knowledge (that is, Forms are the only things we can know about). Form of the Good -  Among the Forms, one stands out as most important. This is the Form of the Good. Plato is unable to tell us exactly what the Form of The Good is, but he does tell us that it is the source of intelligibility and of our


What paradox states that an entirely rational ass placed between two stacks of hay of equal quality will starve as it cannot make any rational decision to start eating one rather than the other?

Decision Making and Buridan’s Ass - Essay - Victor Decision Making and Buridan’s Ass By: Victor   •  Essay  •  710 Words  •  February 27, 2010  •  333 Views Page 1 of 3 Join now to read essay Decision Making and Buridan’s Ass Decision Making and Buridan's Ass Buridan's ass is the common name for the paradox which states that an entirely rational ass, placed exactly in the middle between two stacks of hay of equal size and quality, will starve since it cannot make any rational decision to start eating one rather than the other. The paradox is named after the 14th century French philosopher Jean Buridan. (wikipedia.org. 2006.) I love the idea of a decision making model where everything sucks. I enjoy the thought of making decisions based on the simple idea of which options sucks less than the others. How many times in life have we as humans been PARALYZED with an inability to act because we weren't sure if we were getting the BEST deal possible? Why do people let themselves completely miss an opportunity and wind up empty handed instead of take it for all that it is worth and focus on the next success? All rhetorical questions, but all equally thought provoking. I was recently faced with a large decision in my professional life. I was working in the best job I ever had; NASA. I worked with my best friend in the middle of nowhere. I had my own house and lots of delinquent friends to share it with. I also had a wonderful girl who lived a very long ways away. I had interviewed for and received several job offers. Some paid quite well, while others offered great benefits. I was beset with great things left and right and was unsure of what step to take, so I based my decision on which options were least desirable. Now I work for the Apollo Group, Inc. Buridan's Ass decision model is one of many popular methods for coming to a decision about something. Other types of popular methods include the T-chart: pro vs. con, and PMI: plus, minus, and interesting. (Harris, 2003) The Buridan's Ass method is generally see as a follow-up to either of these decision models as it is generally used when trying to decide between two or more equally positive options. This implies that one has already identified the positives of any choices at hand, and been unable to make a decision based on the merits of any given choice. Correctly utilizing this decision making model is surprisingly easy. One simply needs a discerning eye for the negative. The first step is deciding what your options are. Second, what are the drawbacks of each option? Third, which one is the lesser of the evils? Human beings are surprisingly naturally talented in picking out the negative in any given situation. Continue for 2 more pages »   •  Join now to read essay Decision Making and Buridan’s Ass and other term papers or research documents Q2. Explain the rational decision making model is there any other alternative to rational decision model if so explain them. Ans: The ability to make 459 Words  |  2 Pages Being the new hire with this organization, I was asked to sit in on a meeting to observe my co-worker and a salesman that 410 Words  |  2 Pages Change is a part of every beings existence; however, change also represents the definition of stress, which obviously could lead to human resistance. No one 531 Words  |  3 Pages 1. Main concepts addressed in the Report There are several types of decisions that we need to make daily and the importance and complexity of 3,945 Words  |  16 Pages


In 1991, two men in England named Doug Bower and Dave Chorley revealed that they had been making these 'Signs' using planks, rope, hats and wire and thus exposed what hitherto unexplained phenomenon as a hoax?

Mysterious Phenomena - Haunted Yorkshire Haunted Yorkshire Weeping Statue Auras As living, energy-emitting, spiritual creatures, there is essentially no doubt that we all have a personal aura that can be seen and possibly photographed.  Religious photographs depicting a supernatural  glow around the subject are classic examples of the existence and the importance of our own personal auras, and every life form has an aura - be it human, animal, or plant.  Each person's aura is uniquely individual, much like a fingerprint, and interpretation of the fluctuations in intensity and color can give us meaningful insight into the thoughts, feelings, and even the health of ourselves or those around us.   Though most of us can't see the auras of ourselves or others, some people apparently can, and their reports are what we must depend on to understand the significance of the colour of the aura, how far the aura emanates out from the body, and how we can use this data to reveal more about ourselves or others. Unlike the religious pictures mentioned above, which usually portray the subject with a white or golden aura, auras actually cover the spectrum of colour, and the colours and intensity of the aura change constantly along with our moods, thoughts, and levels of energy.  Science has not embraced the concept of auras, though they do acknowledge that each living creature emits gasses, radiation, and energy.  Scientific testing has been inconclusive, as would be expected when trying to test an ever-changing, highly variable phenomena such as auras, but photography techniques are being tried all the time in an effort to produce consistent results, and as technology advances, it is almost a certainty that someone will stumble upon a way to get consistent photographs depicting auras. Despite the scientific scepticism of auras, this concept has been around since the beginning of time, and there is a lot of data pertaining to them from all over the world that is in basic agreement on the meanings of the colours, the intensity of individual auras, and ways to become more sensitive to their existence.  It is this data that we will compile and use in this section to try to give an accurate depiction of auras and how they can be used as a vehicle by which we can understand our thoughts, moods, and even our very existences more clearly. Astral Projection Astral projection (also astral travel or AP for short) refers to a supernatural interpretation of episodes of out-of-body experiences which posits the existence of an astral body that separates from the physical body and travels to one or more astral planes or the physical world. Astral projection is experienced as being "out of the body".Unlike dreaming or near death experiences, astral projection may also be practiced deliberately. Descriptions of such experiences are found in major religious and accounts of the afterlife, with the soul's travels being described in such terms as an 'out-of-body experience' where the spiritual traveler leaves the physical body and travels with his/her spirit body (or astral body) into ‘other’ realms. Modern psychology has identified a neural basis for some aspects of out-of-body experience, reducing the need for supernatural explanations of it. Although there have been a limited number of paranormal investigations directly examining the validity of the astral projection hypothesis and the perception during it, more typically reports of such experiences are problematically subjective and anecdotal, and the more quantitative of such studies not reproducible by independent investigation. Nevertheless, the belief that one has had an out-of-body experience, whether spoken of as "astral projection" or not, is common. Surveys have reported percentages ranging from 8% (as much as 50% in certain groups of respondents) who state they have had such an experience. Beliefs Astral projection or travel denotes the astral body or double leaving the physical body to travel in the astral plane. According to classical, medieval, renaissance Neo-Platonist, later Theosophist and


The name of what versatile product was coined by US soldiers as they couldn't pronounce its original name, 'Offiziersmesser'?

For The First Time (or the last time): 2005: Swiss Army knife makers stop fighting For The First Time (or the last time) when things changed in society and technology Monday, May 21, 2007 2005: Swiss Army knife makers stop fighting A Swiss Army knife is a multi-function pocket tool with a knife blade and other tools, such as screwdriver, tweezers and can opener. It originated in Switzerland in 1897, but the term is not a government-protected designation of origin, and any knife can claim to be a Swiss army knife. The term "Swiss Army knife" was coined by US soldiers after World War II, as they couldn't pronounce its original name, "Offiziersmesser". The most common tools featured are, in addition to the main blade, a smaller second blade, tweezers, toothpick, corkscrew, can opener, bottle opener, phillips-head screwdriver, nail file, scissors, saw, file, hook, magnifying glass, ballpoint pen, fish scaler, pliers and key chain. Recent technological features include USB flash drives, digital clock, digital altimeter, LED light, laser pointer, and MP3 player. The official army model also contains a brass spacer, which allows the knife, with the screwdriver and the reamer extended at the same time, to be used to assemble the Swiss Army assault rifles. In 1891, Karl Elsener, then owner of a company that made surgical equipment, discovered to his dismay that the pocket knives supplied to the Swiss Army were made in Germany. Upset, he founded the Association of Swiss Master Cutlers to produce Swiss knives for the Swiss Army. The original had a wooden handle and featured a blade, a screwdriver, a can opener, and a punch. This knife was sold to the Swiss army, but Elsener was not satisfied. In 1896, he managed to put blades on both sides of the handle using a special spring mechanism. This allowed Elsener to put twice as many features on the knife, and he added a second blade and a corkscrew. Elsener, through his company Victorinox, managed to corner the market until 1893, when the second industrial cutlery firm, Paul Boechat & Cie, started selling a similar product. This company was later acquired by its general manager, Theodore Wenger and renamed the Wenger Company. In 1908 the Swiss government, wanting to prevent an issue over regional favoritism, but perhaps wanting a bit of competition in hopes of lowering prices, split the contract with Victorinox and Wenger each getting half of the orders placed. By mutual agreement, Wenger advertises as the Genuine Swiss Army Knife and Victorinox uses the slogan the Original Swiss Army Knife. In 2005, Victorinox acquired Wenger, thus once again becoming the sole supplier of knives to the Swiss Army. Victorinox has stated that it intends to keep using both brands for consumer products. In 2006, Victorinox produced a knife with 85 devices and 110 functions, to commemorate Wenger's 100th anniversary in the Swiss Army knife business. The Giant is a novelty collector's item that is nearly 9 inches wide, and retails for about $1200 The Swiss Army Knife was an important part of the American TV show MacGyver (1985 - 1992), where MacGyver often improvised equipment needed to solve problems. He often used his knife to help build mechanisms out of common items, which led to sayings such as "making a rocket out of a matchbox and a paper clip." (info from Wikipedia) Posted by


"""There was a footpath leading across fields to New Southgate, and I used to go there alone to watch the sunset and contemplate suicide. I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics."" Which 20th century philosopher-mathematician wrote this in his autobiography?"

Book Review by Akio Hasegawa, MD, PhD, �ｿｽ�ｿｽ�ｿｽJ�ｿｽ�ｿｽﾍ雄 [Abstract] (Personal Memorandum, for translation of the original non-English text in Latin, French or German quoted in the book, I reasoned the context using Google Translate, feel free to refer to its result ) Preface: The modern trend toward eliminating the concept of force from the conceptual scheme of physical science is notified to me. (Up till the present, I have accepted the concept of force rather a priori without any suspicion) Chapter 1, entitled "The formation of scientific concepts": A conceptual apparatus of objective science consists of two parts, according to the author (1) a hypothetico-deductive system, consisting of concepts, definitions, axioms and theorems, e.g., mathematics by Euclidean geometry (2) using data of sensory experience and "rules of interpretation" or "epistemic correlation", an association between observation and predictive or explanatory power is set up. The concept of force has been constantly revised, that is originally in analogy to human will power, or muscular effort, transforming to a power dwelling in physical things, related to "mass" and "momentum". In ancient Indian philosophy, there is no concept of force. They explained the physical phenomenon without a dynamic agent as force. In the 19th century, the nomenclature of force became more ambiguous when force was used to denote our present-day notion of "energy" and "work". Among the Kantian school, "force" was considered the physical formulation of "cause" and causality. To liberate from the bondage of casuality, some thought faction seeks total elimination of the concept of force from physics. The purpose of this book to critically analyze the development of the concept of force. Chapter 2, entitled "The conceptions of force in ancient thought": The abstract concept of force as a notion of divinity can be traced back in ancient Egypt to the nineteenth dynasty. Judaism transformed the idea of force into the notion of an ethical power. The Biblical God too is frequently associated with "might", "power", "strength", "vigor", mostly by the expression "dynamis" and "omnipotens". The ancient Persian or Iranian concept of god is that of great force of nature. Thus the concept of force is closely related to religious ideas, an expression of the world soul. (Lately I occasionally heard people saying about Tohoku earthquake and ensuing tsunami "The force of nature is tremendous!", which is one example of personification of force of nature) Chapter 3, entitled "The development of the concept of force in Greek science": The early cosmologists such as Thales conceived nature as a living being. According to Heraclitus's doctrine, nature is opposing tensions, the battlefields of antagonistic forces. Empedocles assumed force as a regulative agent in nature as love and strife, which he explained as the cause of motion. He interpreted the world as a breathing organism, love as the binding power and strife as driving love to the center (contraction of love), so to speak the cosmic systole and diastole as derived from the physiology of the body. For Plato nature has an immortal living soul, and all motion is spontaneous motion, the principle of life and soul. The ultimate origin of all forces in nature lies in the hidden world-soul. The motion of force is linked again with the divine conception. Aristotles reached radical dichotomy of physical phenomena into celestial and terrestrial processes, that was long afterward discarded with Newton's theory of universal attraction. Aristotles recognized only two kinds of forces, that is force inherent in matter "nature" (natural inherent tendency, e.g., a stone moves downwards on the slope. We may call it energy today, and he does not say that it happens by force!) and force as an emanation from substance, the force of push and pull in constant and direct contact (compulsory motion, e.g., a stone moved upwards by force contrary to inherent tendency. He calls this movement by force!). For the latter, he describes "In all cases of local move


What word that is synonymous with African tourism is from the Swahili for 'journey'?

Victoria Safaris Canada | Unforgettable Memories Victoria Safaris Canada Home Welcome to East Africa – Land of Unparalleled Beauty Victoria Safaris welcomes you to East Africa. East Africa is synonymous with the word “Safari”, which in Swahili means “to journey”. through this land of abundant wildlife, beautiful scenery, diverse cultures and friendly people. Join us on Safari in Africa and make your dream come true. The richness of the African wilderness is unsurpassed and this continues to draw the people of various nations to the countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Wildlife Safaris in Kenya and Tanzania has never been more exciting; similarly Gorilla Tracking adventures in Uganda, hiking on Mount Kenya, climbing Mt Kilimanjaro and beach holidays on the Indian Ocean Islands of Mombasa, Lamu and Zanzibar are just as fascinating, all drawing the traveler to this holiday pardise. Vehicle safaris Apart from the regular safaris we have a new range of tours that involve home stays around Lake Victoria. These Lake Victoria safaris take the traveler to culturally rich regions of Lake Victoria and include cultural immersions, study tours, eco tourism safaris, folklore and Lake Victoria fishing trips. Other tours include trips to the Ancestral Home of the father of US President Barack Obama and Cultural tours among the Luo and Luhyia of Western Kenya. One of the core activities of Victoria Safaris is eco tourism in Kenya, with particular concentration in Central and Western Kenya. The purpose of these safaris is to ensure that our clientele interact with the local people in the areas they visit even as these indigenous peoples earn directly from these tours even as they embrace earth-friendly environmental practices. The aim of Victoria Safaris is to enable participation from the local community in the development and operations of tourism with their consent and support. Another important feature is that a reasonable share of the revenues are enjoyed by the local communities in places where we undertake these tours. This type of tourism also maintains and respects the local culture, heritage and traditions.


"Alexander Pope wrote this epitaph for Sir Isaac Newton: ""Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night; God said 'Let Newton be' and all was light."" To the above, Sir John Collings Squire added: ""It did not last: the devil, shouting 'Ho. Let ___ be' restored the status quo."" Whom did the devil add?"

Quotes from the Mathematical Quotations Server Collected by Mark R. Woodard Furman University Adams, Douglas (1952 - 2001) Bistromathics itself is simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behavior of numbers. Just as Einstein observed that space was not an absolute but depended on the observer's movement in space, and that time was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in time, so it is now realized that numbers are not absolute, but depend on the observer's movement in restaurants. Life, the Universe and Everything. New York: Harmony Books, 1982. Adams, Douglas (1952 - 2001) The first nonabsolute number is the number of people for whom the table is reserved. This will vary during the course of the first three telephone calls to the restaurant, and then bear no apparent relation to the number of people who actually turn up, or to the number of people who subsequently join them after the show/match/party/gig, or to the number of people who leave when they see who else has turned up. The second nonabsolute number is the given time of arrival, which is now known to be one of the most bizarre of mathematical concepts, a recipriversexcluson, a number whose existence can only be defined as being anything other than itself. In other words, the given time of arrival is the one moment of time at which it is impossible that any member of the party will arrive. Recipriversexclusons now play a vital part in many branches of math, including statistics and accountancy and also form the basic equations used to engineer the Somebody Else's Problem field. The third and most mysterious piece of nonabsoluteness of all lies in the relationship between the number of items on the bill, the cost of each item, the number of people at the table and what they are each prepared to pay for. (The number of people who have actually brought any money is only a subphenomenon of this field.) Life, the Universe and Everything. New York: Harmony Books, 1982. Adams, Douglas (1952 - 2001) Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe. This single statement took the scientific world by storm. It completely revolutionized it. So many mathematical conferences got held in such good restaurants that many of the finest minds of a generation died of obesity and heart failure and the science of math was put back by years. Life, the Universe and Everything. New York: Harmony Books, 1982. Adams, John (1735 - 1826) I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain. Letter to Abigail Adams, May 12, 1780. Aiken, Conrad ...the music's pure algebra of enchantment. Anglin, W.S. Mathematics is not a careful march down a well-cleared highway, but a journey into a strange wilderness, where the explorers often get lost. Rigour should be a signal to the historian that the maps have been made, and the real explorers have gone elsewhere. "Mathematics and History", Mathematical Intelligencer, v. 4, no. 4. Anonymous If thou art able, O stranger, to find out all these things and gather them together in your mind, giving all the relations, thou shalt depart crowned with glory and knowing that thou hast been adjudged perfect in this species of wisdom. In Ivor Thomas "Greek Mathematics" in J. R. Newman (ed.) The World of Mathematics, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. Anonymous Defendit numerus: There is safety in numbers. In J. R. Newman (ed.) The World of Mathematics, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956, p. 1452. Anonymous Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge. [An old Indian saying. Also, "Like the Crest of a Peacock" is the title of a book by G.G. Joseph] Anonymous Refer


What institution in New Jersey best known as the academic home of Albert Einstein and John von Neumann was established to foster research without the complications of teaching or funding or sponsorship?

Einstein at Work and Relaxing A table a chair a bowl of - BIOLOGY - 190a Einstein at Work and Relaxing A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? —Albert Einstein This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full                             Document Einstein’s Humorous Side You see, wire telegraph is a kind of very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. —Einstein Einstein Becomes a Cultural Icon This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. Einstein Sculpture West Portal Riverside Church, New York This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. Einstein On the Cover of Time Magazine 1929 Einstein On the Cover of Time Magazine 1946 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. Einstein On the Cover of Time Magazine 1979 Google Lecture Questions How did Time Magazine honor Einstein? Why did Time choose him for this honor? This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full                             Document Einstein as Time Magazine’s Person of the Century 1925- Age 46 Einstein Spends the Last Thirty Years of His Life Working On His “Unified Field Theory” In an Attempt to Unite Gravity & Electromagnetism ************ He Fails in His Attempt This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full                             Document Princeton Years 1933-1955 Age 54-76 Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, New Jersey Einstein’s Home 112 Mercer Street Princeton, New Jersey 1933- Age 44 Einstein and Elsa leave Germany for the United States. They settle in Princeton, New Jersey, where Einstein assumes a post at the Institute for Advanced Study. (Elsa dies in 1936.) This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full                             Document Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)- Princeton The INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (IAS) is a private institution in Princeton, New Jersey (and although closely associated with is not part of Princeton University). It was designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the agendas of sponsorship. It is perhaps best known as the academic home of Albert Einstein after his immigration to the United States. The Institute has been home to some of the most renowned thinkers in the world, including Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel, J. Robert Oppenheimer, John Von Neumann, and Freeman Dyson. Edward Witten, arguably the successor to Einstein and the leading string theorist in the world is current a member. Fuld Hall (IAS) Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)- Princeton Wolfensonn Hall IAS Pond Edward Witten Simonyi Hall J Robert Oppenheimer This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. Einstein’s Office at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. (Sign Hanging in Einstein’s Office at the Institute for Advanced Study) Einstein with Kurt Godel Einstein at Princeton This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version.


In a journal entry of the 19th century, French naturalist Henri Mouhot who explored Southeast Asia compared what site to the pyramids?

quincunx photos on Flickr | Flickr Buy this photo on Getty: Getty Images   The cloister   Due to the nature of the Mont Saint Michel and the way that the abbey has needed to be constructed, the cloister is on top of the rest of the abbey buildings and not at the centre of the complex. Despite this, the cloister has maintained the form and functions of other cloisters found in all other monasteries with just a few subtle differences which set it apart, turning it into a symbolic representation of an ideal monastic life. Its function was purely spiritual: to bring the monks to meditate.   Three arches of the cloister are opened to the sea or to the outside. Those openings were the entryway to the chapter house that was never built. The columns, arranged in quincunx, were originally made of limestone from England but were later restored using puddingstone from Lucerne.   The cloister has in the middle a medieval garden recreated in 1966 by brother Bruno de Senneville, a Benedict monk. The center is made of box tree surrounded by 13 Damascus roses. The squares of medicinal plants, aromatic herbs and flowers symbolize the daily needs of Middle age monks. In the middle of the box trees were monsters to remind that in the middle of any marvel evil could still be there.   Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city.   Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple mountain and the later galleried temples. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the gods in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 km (2.2 miles) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west; scholars are divided as to the significance of this. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls...... 75 Taken from the Herb Garden. We had a pleasant afternoon here yesterday at the Herts Flower show & sale, it was very windy so not many flowers shots The home of the Lytton family since 1490, when Thomas Bourchier sold the reversion of the manor to Sir Robert Lytton, Knebworth House was originally a red-brick Late Gothic manor house, built round a central court as an open square. In 1813-16 the house was reduced to its west wing,[2] which was remodelled in a Tudor Gothic style by John Biagio Rebecca for Mrs Bulwer-Lytton,[3] and then was transformed in 1843-45 by Henry Edward Kendall Jr. into the present Tudor Gothic structure.[4] In 1913-1914 it was leased for ₤3,000 per year by Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia and his morganatic wife Natalia Brasova.[5] Its most famous resident was Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the Victorian author, dramatist and statesman, who embellished the gardens in a formal Italianate fashion. Much of the interior was redesigned by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who simplified the main parterre. A herb garden, with an interlaced quincunx design, was drawn by Gertrude Jekyll in 1907, although not planted until 1982.   Please visit my Cambodia set.   Please also visit my Thailand set.   From Wikepedia...   Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat), a World Heritage Site, is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation—first Hindu, dedicated to Vishnu, then Buddhist. The temple is the epitome of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.   Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple mountain and the later galleried temple. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the gods in Hindu mythology: within a moat and a


In the 2014 movie Godzilla, one of the two MUTOs, the creatures that feed on nuclear radiation, is shown to emerge from what Nevada location?

M.U.T.O. | Wikizilla | Fandom powered by Wikia [ show ] Development The M.U.T.O.s are known to have been developed from Rokmutul and Pterodactyl , two early monsters from the development of Godzilla. In the Comic-Con 2012 teaser trailer for the film, an unnamed, tardigrade-like, multi-legged monster was created to confirm that Godzilla would be fighting another monster in Legendary Pictures ' Godzilla . According to witnesses of the Godzilla trailer shown in Comic-Con 2013, the M.U.T.O. originally were spider-like creatures with long, thin limbs and scythes. This changed in the actual movie. One of the original screenplays of Godzilla had the male M.U.T.O. emerge from its chrysalis in Hokkaido , Japan , instead of the fictional city of Janjira . The female M.U.T.O. still appeared in Nevada, however. [3] The M.U.T.O.s went through several dozen concepts before Legendary settled on their final designs. Some concepts had the male M.U.T.O. with four wings, [4] and others had him with only six total appendages (including wings). [5] Name The M.U.T.O.'s name is an acronym for "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism." [6] According to Godzilla: Awakening , this is a designation Monarch gives to all giant monsters as a sort of placeholder name. In this comic, both Godzilla and Shinomura were known as M.U.T.O.s before being given their own individual names. In one of the original screenplays for Godzilla , the M.U.T.O.s were called "Hokmuto" and "Femuto," which were short for "Hokkaido M.U.T.O." and "Female M.U.T.O.," respectively. [3] Appearance The M.U.T.O.'s bodies are grayish-black and red (although depicted as grayish-black and white in the film when exposed to certain levels of light, like from fire) they have orange-red eyes in a slash like shape. The shape of their head is reminiscent of Gyaos , and they have triangular jaws, with the male M.U.T.O. having two 'mandibles' in his chin while the female only has one. The female M.U.T.O. has two pairs of forelimbs and a smaller pair on its chest, and is much bigger than the male M.U.T.O., being just smaller than Godzilla. The male M.U.T.O. is morphologically identical except that one of the two forelimb pairs is modified into his wings.  Both M.U.T.O. have red eyes and two hind legs, and the species is capable of long-range echolocation. Personality As individuals, the M.U.T.O.s aren't given much character construction. Being prehistoric parasites, their sole goals revolve around consuming radiation and reproduction. The male, being the first member to be encountered, is described as young, growing, looking for food before meeting with the female, so he consumes radiation to gain strength. When he encounters Godzilla for the first time, he reacts with hostility and becomes defensive, attacking him whenever an opportunity becomes available and evading when possible. The M.U.T.O.s display courtship The female, once the male had matured enough, awakened from her dormancy and traversed through Las Vegas and other environments to meet with the male, who brought with him a nuclear warhead as a sign of courtship for their eggs to feed upon. She seemed to exhibit pain when laying her eggs in the M.U.T.O. nest in San Francisco, and became hostile and defensive when Godzilla appeared and fought with him alongside the male M.U.T.O. to defend their nest. As a team, they are powerful and able to best Godzilla with their combined strength. If nothing had distracted them from fighting Godzilla in San Francisco, they may have killed him. When they noticed their nest had been destroyed, the female exhibited a sense of loss over the demise of her eggs and then anger, but how much of this sense of loss is debatable, as she became angry and looked at Ford Brody, possibly marking him as the one responsible, but was unable to take action when Godzilla used his atomic breath on her, knocking her out. The male attacked Godzilla just before he could attack the female again, showing a protectiveness for her, even willing to risk his own life for her until she recovered. Origins The M.U.T.O. are anci