The Superclsico is contested between Boca Juniors and River Plate in Buenos Aires, in what sport?

Superclasico: Boca-River derby one for the ages - Sportsnet.ca Presented by: Superclasico: Boca-River derby one for the ages A Boca Juniors fan cheers for his team on top of a fence at La Bombonera stadium before the start of a match between Boca Juniors and River Plate in Buenos Aires. (Victor R. Caivano/AP) March 29, 2014, 1:00 PM John Molinaro   March 29, 2014, 1:00 PM NOTE: This story originally appeared on Sportsnet.ca on Oct. 4, 2013. There is nothing like El Superclásico in world soccer. Nothing. The Buenos Aires derby between eternal rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors has all other derbies beat when it comes to intensity, fan atmosphere and visceral emotion. It’s Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, only on steroids. It’s Rangers vs. Celtic, only with, you know, two quality teams. It’s Inter vs. Milan, only with 10 times the hatred. Sunday programming alert: Watch Boca Juniors vs. River Plate in El Superclásico live on Sportsnet World. Coverage begins at 5 pm ET/2 pm PT. You can also watch live on Sportsnet World Online | TV schedule Think this is just hype and hyperbole? Well, consider that the Guardian put El Superclásico at the top of its list of 50 sporting things you must do before you die. “Derby day in Buenos Aires makes the Old Firm game look like a primary school kick-about,” the Guardian said in a 2004 feature article . The BBC once described this derby as “a sea of colourful flowing banners, screams and roars, chanting, dancing and never-ending fireworks.” Still don’t believe it’s a frenzied and fierce affair contested between two sets of blood-thirsty fans? Maybe this will change your mind: Why is there so much animosity between Boca and River? Well, the rivalry dates back more than a century to their first meeting in a friendly played on Aug. 2, 1908, so there’s plenty of history. But there are also socio-economic factors at play here. Boca and River have their origins in La Boca, the working class barrio of Buenos Aires where both clubs were founded in 1901 and 1905, respectively. However, hostilities were heightened in 1925 when River moved to the affluent district of Núñez in the north of the city. Ever since, Boca has been the club of “working class” folks, while River Plate is seen as the team of the upper-class, and has been dubbed Los Millonarios. Boca fans call River supporters gallinas (chickens), suggesting that River players lack guts. River fans refer to their Boca counterparts as los chanchitos (little pigs) because they claim La Bombonera, Boca’s home stadium, is located in a smelly part of town. It’s interesting to note that both clubs draw fans from all social classes, but why let that disrupt the nifty narrative, right?


What is the name of the small village near Calcutta where the first hollow-nosed rifle bullets were made? What is the name of the small village near Calcutta where the first hollow-nosed rifle bullets were made? 0 votes posted Sep 28, 2015 by Atif Share this question   Your comment on this question: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 2 Answers +1 vote During the 19th century the area was home to a British Royal Artillery armoury, where, in the early 1890s, Captain Neville Bertie-Clay developed a bullet with the jacket cut away at the tip to reveal its soft lead core (see hollow-point bullet), known informally as a dum-dum or more correctly as an expanding bullet. The previous name of Dumdum was "Domdoma". Dum Dum village near north Kolkata, West Bengal. answer Sep 29, 2015 by Abhinav Gangwar Your comment on this answer: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . +1 vote Dum Dum village near north Kolkata, West Bengal.During the 19th century the area was home to a British Royal Artillery armoury, where, in the early 1890s, Captain Neville Bertie-Clay developed a bullet with the jacket cut away at the tip to reveal its soft lead core (see hollow-point bullet), known informally as a dum-dum or more correctly as an expanding bullet. The previous name of Dumdum was "Domdoma". answer Oct 7, 2015 by anonymous Your comment on this answer: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification:


Late in July 2009, what phenomenon affected the daily lives of people in the cities of Chengdu, Chongquing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, China?

China; | Article about China; by The Free Dictionary China; | Article about China; by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/China%3b See also: Chinese Dynasties (table) Chinese Dynasties Dynasty Characteristics and History Hsia c.1994–c.1523 B.C. Semilegendary Emperor Yu built irrigation channels, reclaimed land. Bronze weapons, chariots, domestic animals used. Wheat, millet cultivated. First use of written symbols. ..... Click the link for more information. China, Mandarin Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo [central glorious people's united country; i.e., people's republic], officially People's Republic of China, country (2010 pop. 1,339,724,852), 3,691,502 sq mi (9,561,000 sq km), E Asia. The most populous country in the world, China has a 4,000-mi (6,400-km) coast that fronts on the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. It is elsewhere bounded on the east by Russia and North Korea, on the north by Russia and Mongolia, on the west by Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and on the south by India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. China's capital is Beijing Beijing or Peking , city and independent municipality (2010 pop. 19,612,368), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov., but constitutes an independent unit (6,564 sq mi/17,000 sq km) administered directly by the national government. ..... Click the link for more information. ; Shanghai Shanghai , city and municipality (2010 pop. 23,019,148), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. ..... Click the link for more information.  is its largest city. See also the entries on Chinese architecture Chinese architecture, the buildings and other structures created in China from prehistoric times to the present day. Early Architecture As a result of wars and invasions, there are few existing buildings in China predating the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). ..... Click the link for more information. , Chinese art Chinese art, works of art produced in the vast geographical region of China. It the oldest art in the world and has its origins in remote antiquity. (For the history of Chinese civilization, see China. ..... Click the link for more information. , Chinese literature Chinese literature, the literature of ancient and modern China. Early Writing and Literature It is not known when the current system of writing Chinese first developed. The oldest written records date from about 1400 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. , and Chinese music Chinese music, the classical music forms of China. Origins and Characteristics Chinese music can be traced back as far as the third millennium B.C. Manuscripts and instruments from the early periods of its history are not extant, however, because in 212 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information.  for aspects of Chinese culture that are not treated in this article. Land China may be divided into the following geographic regions: the 12,000-ft-high (3,660-m) Tibetan plateau, bounded in the N by the Kunlun mountain system; the Tarim and Dzungarian basins of Xinjiang, separated by the Tian Shan; the vast Inner Mongolian tableland; the eastern highlands and central plain of Manchuria; and what has been traditionally called China proper. This last region, which contains some four fifths of the country's population, falls into three divisions. North China, which coincides with the Huang He (Yellow River) basin and is bounded in the S by the Qingling Mts., includes the loess plateau of the northwest, the N China plain, and the mountains of the Shandong peninsula. Central China, watered by the Chang (Yangtze) River, includes the basin of Sichuan, the central Chang lowlands, and the Chang delta. South China includes the plateau of Yunnan and Guizhou and the valleys of the Xi and Pearl rivers. To the extent that a general statement about the climate of such a large country can be made, China may be described as wet in the summer and dry in the winter. Region


What is the first name of the British fashion designer Westwood?

Vivienne Westwood - Fashion Designer | Designers | The FMD Vivienne Westwood A word from the EIC Partnerships / Cooperations Become a fashion editor on FMD Content / Usage Questions Why am I listed on FMD? How can I submit content? Credifair (credit for your work) DMCA + Content MGMT the pure fashion news agency January 12th Meet Ify Jones, our January 2017 Model of the Month Priyanka Chopra is the new face of Pantene Gigi Hadid strips down for Stuart Weitzman Spring Campaign DKNY pulls out of New York Fashion Week Bulgari: Create a History with Jewels January 2017 About the designers Vievienne Westwood, born Vivienne Isabel Swire in Tintwhistele, was born on April 8, 1941. Her father was a shoemaker and her mother a cotton weaver. She is an English fashion designer largely responsible for modern punk and New Wave music new wave fashions. Linked with the Sex Pistols via Malcolm McLaren & their ï¿½Sexï¿½ boutique on Kingï¿½s Road, in London during the 1970s. When she was seventeen, her parents bought a post office and moved to London. There Vivienne went to a teacher training college and then taught at a primary school in North London. She met her first husband Derek Westwood in 1962 and married him. They had a son Ben. Their marriage lasted three years before she met Malcolm McLaren who became her partner in fashion as well as live, later known for being the manager for punk band The Sex Pistols. Westwood and McLaren had a son named Joseph, and Vievienne continued to teach until 1971, when Malcolm decided to open a shop, ï¿½Sexï¿½, and this is where Vivienne began to sell her outrageous designs. Another shop was open in the same year together with McLaren, she started up a shop called ï¿½Let it Rockï¿½ on Londonï¿½s trendy Kings Road. She spent all nicht stitching rock-inspired clothes, visiting punk clubs and grunge bars. During this period, Westwood, McLaren, and Jamie Reid were influenced by the Situationists. The punk style came to life when the Sex Pistols wore clothes form Westwood and McLarenï¿½s shop at their first gig. The ï¿½punk styleï¿½ included BDSM fashion, bondage gear, safety pins, razor blades, bicycle or lavatory chains on clothing and spiked dog collars that were used as jewellery as well as the outrageous make-up and hair. Together, Vivienne and McLaren revolutionised fashion and the impact is still felt today. In 1980 there was a change of name to ï¿½Worldï¿½s Endï¿½ and Vivienne introduced her Pirate collection, including frilly shirts and romantic swashbuckling styles. Vivienneï¿½s first runway show was the Pirate collection in London, March 1981. Her design style had evolved so that her main interests included not only the youth and street culture but also tradition and technique. Vivienne worked historical factors into her collection by using historical 17th-18th century original cutting principles and modernising them. This collection was all about 'gold and treasure, adventure and exploration'. 1982 She introduced the first collection in her own name which proved very popular. Her collections were called Buffalo, Savage, and Punkature. 1983 She gave a fashion show in Paris, the first British designer to do so since Mary Quant in the 60's. People remember it as one of the best shows ever, but chic Parisiennes were horrified by the riotous behaviour and punky London garments. The collection was called "Punkature". Her relationship with McLaren ended and her shops closed but her talent could not be kept down. She opened a studio in London's Camden area, a 19 km bicycle ride from her modest apartment in South London. 1984 Her collection was called Hypnos, the first sports collection with fluorescent fabrics on the catwalk. 1985 Vivienne Westwood based her collection on Clint Eastwood, the film star. 1985 She launched her "mini-crini" a very short crinoline design, which took off like a rocket. 1992 She was awarded an O.B.E. and went to receive it from the Queen in a see-through blouse, and a skirt which when swirled around displayed her lack of underwear. She shocked the world. 2000 Vivienne Westwo


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Of the 37 venues used to host events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, how many new ones were constructed for use at the Games?

2008 Summer Olympics - 必应 Sign in 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese: 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会; pinyin: Dì Èrshíjiǔ Jiè Xiàjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China , from 8 to 24 August 2008.[a] A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games). China became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games. It was the thir ... (展开) rd time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia , after Tokyo , Japan , in 1964 and Seoul , South Korea, in 1988. This was the second time the Summer Olympic Games were staged in a socialist country, after the 1980 Olympics in the Soviet Union. The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong, making it the third time the events of the same Olympics were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs[b], while sailing was contested in Qingdao, and football events took place in several different cities. Beijing was awarded the Games over four competitors on July 13, 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds of voting. The Government of the People's Republic of China promoted the Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transportation systems. A total of 37 venues were used to host the events, including 12 constructed specifically for use at the Games. The official logo of these Olympic Games, titled "Dancing Beijing", refers to the host city by featuring a stylized calligraphic character jīng (京, meaning capital). The Games were the most watched Olympics in history, attracting 4.7 billion viewers worldwide. Some politicians and non-governmental organizations criticized the choice of China as Olympic host because of the country's human rights record, and protests by pro-Tibetan independence activists and critics of China 's human rights record marred the international portion of the Olympic torch relay. There were 43 world records and 132 Olympic records set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games. Chinese athletes won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether, while the United States had the most total medals with 110. The final medal tally was led by host China , followed by the United States and Russia. Though there were several controversies, the games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of competition amongst nations across the world. 本结果选自664项相关网络资源 Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The opening ceremony officially began at 8:00 pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on August 8, 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture, and here it was a triple eight for the date... The 2008 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony___at the Bird's NestA.HAPPENEDB.HELDC.TOOK PLACEd.were held 答 Bid Main article: Bids for the 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing was elected as the host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics on 13 July 2001, during the 112th IOC Session in Moscow, defeating bids from Toronto, Paris, Istanbul, and Osaka. Prior to the session, five other cities (Bangkok, Cairo, Havana, Kuala Lumpur, and Seville) had submitted bids to the IOC, but failed to make the short list chosen by the IOC Executive Committee in 2000. After the first round of voting, Beijing held a significant lead over the other four candidates. Osaka received only six votes and was eliminated. In the second round, Beijing was supported by a majority of voters, eliminating the need for subsequent rounds. Toronto's bid was their 5th failure since 1960 (failed bid for 1960, 1964, 1976 and 1996 games). Members of the IOC did not disclose their votes, but news reports speculated that broad international support led to China's selection, especially from developing nati


What does the The River Ganges empty into?

Geography of the Ganges River By  Amanda Briney Updated August 03, 2015. The Ganges River, also called Ganga, is a river located in northern India that flows toward the border with Bangladesh ( map ). It is the longest river in India and flows for around 1,569 miles (2,525 km) from the Himalayan Mountains to the Bay of Bengal. The river has the second greatest water discharge in the world and its basin is the most heavily populated in the world with over 400 million people living in the basin. The Ganges River is extremely important to the people of India as most of the people living on its banks use it for daily needs such as bathing and fishing. It is also significant to Hindus as they consider it their most sacred river. Course of the Ganges River The headwaters of the Ganges River begin high in the Himalayan Mountains where the Bhagirathi River flows out of the Gangotri Glacier in India's Uttarakhand state. The glacier sits at an elevation of 12,769 feet (3,892 m). The Ganges River proper begins farther downstream where the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers join. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance As the Ganges flows out of the Himalayas it creates a narrow, rugged canyon. The Ganges River emerges from the Himalayas at the town of Rishikesh where it begins to flow onto the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This area, also called the North Indian River Plain, is a very large, relatively flat, fertile plain that makes up most of the northern and eastern parts of India as well as parts of Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh . In addition to entering the Indo-Gangetic Plain at this area, part of the Ganges River is also diverted toward the Ganges Canal for irrigation in the Uttar Pradesh state. As the Ganges River then flows farther downstream it changes its direction several times and is joined by many other tributary rivers such as the Ramganga, Tamsa and Gandaki rivers to name a few. There are also several cities and towns that the Ganges River passes through on its way downstream. Some of these include Chunar, Kolkata, Mirzapur, and Varanasi. Many Hindus visit the Ganges River in Varanasi as that city is considered the holiest of cities. As such, the city's culture is also closely tied into the river as it is the most sacred river in Hinduism. Once the Ganges River flows out of India and into Bangladesh its main branch is known as the Padma River. The Padma River is joined downstream by large rivers like the Jamuna and Meghna rivers. After joining the Meghna it takes on that name before flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Prior to entering the Bay of Bengal however, the river creates the world's largest delta, Ganges Delta. This region is a highly fertile sediment laden area that covers 23,000 square miles (59,000 sq km). It should be noted that the course of the Ganges River described in the above paragraphs is a general description of the river's route from its source where the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers join to its outlet at the Bay of Bengal. The Ganges has a very complicated hydrology and there are several different descriptions of its overall length and the size of its drainage basin based on what tributary rivers are included. The most widely accepted length of the Ganges River is 1,569 miles (2,525 km) and its drainage basin is estimated to be about 416,990 square miles (1,080,000 sq km). Population of the Ganges River The Ganges River basin has been inhabited by humans since ancient times. The first people in the region were of the Harappan civilization. They moved into the Ganges River basin from the Indus River basin around the 2nd millennium B.C.E. Later the Gangetic Plain became the center of the Maurya Empire and then the Mughal Empire. The first European to discuss the Ganges River was Megasthenes in his work Indica. In modern times the Ganges River has become a source of life for the nearly 400 million people living in its basin. They rely on the river for their daily needs such as drinking water supplies and food and for irrigation and manufacturing. Today the Ganges River basin is t


By the time his Olympic career ended in 1960, who had won more Olympic medals than any other fencer?

Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fencer, Dies at 93 - Won Six Gold Medals in Olympic Games - Obituary (Obit); Biography - NYTimes.com Published: May 28, 2012 CORRECTION APPENDED Edoardo Mangiarotti, who won more Olympic medals and world championships than any fencer, starting with the Berlin Games in 1936, died on Friday at his home in Milan. He was 93. The Italian Fencing Federation announced the death. News reports said the cause was probably a heart attack. In 2003, the International Olympic Committee gave Mangiarotti its Platinum Wreath, saying, ''Edoardo Mangiarotti's total of 39 gold, silver and bronze medals in Olympics and World Fencing Championships not only earns him the distinction of being the greatest fencer in sports history, but also distinguishes him as the most decorated athlete in all Olympic sports in the history of the Olympics.'' Mangiarotti, who came from a family of fencers, competed in five Olympics from 1936 to 1960 and won 13 medals: six gold medals in individual and team events, five silver and two bronze. Over the same period, Aladar Gerevich, a Hungarian, won the second-most medals of any fencer, 10, seven of which were gold, the most of any fencer. Mangiarotti won his last Olympic medal in Rome in 1960, surpassing the previous record, 12, held by the Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi. Edoardo Mangiarotti was born on April 7, 1919, in Renate, Italy. His father, Giuseppe, was a fencing instructor who was a 17-time national champion who participated in the London Olympics of 1908 and who was known for bringing variations of the French approach to fencing to Italy. He encouraged Edoardo and his two other sons, Dario and Mario, to learn to fence as children. Giuseppe emphasized the importance of physical training like swimming, running and cycling. He encouraged Edoardo, who was naturally right-handed, to fence with his left in order to confuse opponents. Mario dropped out of the sport to become a cardiologist, but Dario became a champion, winning three Olympic medals and seven medals in world championships. He often competed in team events with Edoardo. Dario died in 2010. Edoardo Mangiarotti's daughter, Carola, fenced in the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Edoardo's first victory came at 14 when he won an event with the ?e, a light sword that became his favorite weapon, along with the foil. He was 17 when he competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning a gold medal as part of the Italian epee team. The Olympic Games were canceled during World War II, when Mangiarotti was drafted into the Italian Army. He was made an attack instructor, allowing him to keep practicing his sport. When he returned to competition after the war, he honed a strategy of striking early to get points, then dueling defensively the rest of the match. Mangiarotti wrote about fencing for an Italian sports magazine and served on his national federation's management committee. He carried the Italian flag in the Olympic opening ceremonies in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956 and in Rome in 1960. Mangiarotti's total of 13 Olympic medals matches those of Boris Shakhlin, a Soviet gymnast, and Takashi Ono, a Japanese gymnast. Those athletes trail Larisa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast, who won 18 Olympic medals; Michael Phelps, an American swimmer, who has 16; and Nikolai Andrianov, a Soviet gymnast, with 15. Mangiarotti won 26 medals in world fencing championships, 13 of them gold. The International Fencing Federation runs the world championships in the years when there are no Olympics. Information on survivors was unavailable. Mangiarotti went to 17 Olympics altogether, as an athlete, administrator or spectator. He was determined to make it to the 2008 Games in Beijing even though he had a stroke five months before, leaving him temporarily unable to speak. ''While I'm still alive, I will go to the Olympic Games,'' he vowed. He was there. PHOTO: Edoardo Mangiarotti at a festival in Milan in October. He won 13 Olympic medals in his career, the most by an Italian. (PHOTOGRAPH BY JACOPO RAULE/GETTY IMAGES) Correction: May 31, 2012, Thursday This article has been


"Who wrote the tale ""The Princess and the Pea""?"

Short Stories: The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen The Princess and the Pea Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.      One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.      It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.      Well, we'll soon find that out, thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.      On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.      "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"      Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.


The Giant's Causeway is a rock formation found where?

Giant’s Causeway Facts | Primary Facts Giant’s Causeway Facts by James • 12 Comments Here are some facts about the Giant’s Causeway. The Giant’s Causeway is a natural rock formation. It is located on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, in the county of Antrim, a few miles from the town of Bushmills. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland and was voted as the 4th best natural wonder in the UK. In 1986, UNESCO declared the rock formation a World Heritage Site, the only one in Northern Ireland. The formation consists of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, most of which are hexagonal. The columns form huge stepping stones, some as high as 39 feet, which slope down to the sea. Some of the columns have four, seven or eight sides. Weathering of the rock formation has also created circular structures, which the locals call ‘giant’s eyes’. Many of the columns fit together so closely that it is impossible to insert a knife blade between them. When viewed from above, the causeway looks like a man made street. A local legend says that the Giant’s Causeway was built by Finn McCool, a magical giant. One of the rock formations resembles a giant boot. Finn supposedly built the causeway so that he could reach Scotland without getting his feet wet. There is a similar rock formation 75 miles away across the sea, at Fingal’s Cave, in Scotland. The Giant’s Causeway was actually formed by intense volcanic activity about 50 million years ago. As the lava rapidly cooled , it contracted into the distinctive shapes. The rocky coastline around the Giant’s Causeway has caused many shipwrecks. In 1588, over 1,000 men were killed when a Spanish ship sank and today, the rocks are known as Spaniard Rock. The Causeway is an excellent place to spot sea birds, including razorbills, cormorants and petrels. Some rare plants also thrive in the rock formation, including sea spleenwort.


The Czechoslovakian composer Anton Dvork was most proficient in which instrument?

Antonin Dvorak Antonin Dvorak Click to preview or download this music Symphony No. 9 "From                   the New World" In Nature's Realm Carnival Anton Dvorak was a Czechoslovakian composer with an American heart, expressed in his collection                   of American folk songs entitled Symphony From The New World. One of the most familiar folk songs on this CD is the African                   American spiritual, "Going Home." Although he loved his native land, and wrote many works inspired by                   folk tunes of Czechoslovakia, he lived for several years in America, and was equally fascinated by the beauty and grandeur of the country. His greatest tribute                   to America was Symphony No. 9, entitled "The New World," which is one of the most popular of all orchestral works. Symphony No. 9 "From theNew World" In Nature's Realm Carnival Anton Dvorak was a Czechoslovakian composer with an American heart, expressed in his collection of                   American folk songs entitled Symphony From The New World. One of the most familiar folk songs on this CD is the African American                   spiritual, "Going Home."  Although he loved his native land, and wrote many                   works inspired by folk tunes of Czechoslovakia, he lived for several years in America, and was equally fascinated by the beauty                   and grandeur of the country. His greatest tribute to America was Symphony No. 9, entitled "The New World," which is one of the most popular of all orchestral works.   1.     Symphony No. 9 From the New World I Adagio 2.     Symphony No. 9 From the New World II Largo 3.     Symphony No. 9 From the New World III Molto vivace 4.     Symphony No. 9 From the New World IV con fuoco 5.     In Nature's Realm    7.     Dvorak and the Nationalist Movement  8.     Dvorak in America    9.     Listener's Guide: Discussion of Harmonic Development 10.   Listener's Guide: New World Symphony Movement II 11.   Listener's Guide: New World Symphony Movement III 12.   Listener's Guide: New World Movement IV  13.   Listener's Guide: In Nature's Realm  14.   Listener's Guide: Carnival       Dvorak's MUSIC AND NATIONALISM  During the nineteenth                   century, composers in a number of countries placed their art in the service of patriotic sentiments. By evoking the idiom                   of their nations' folk music, and sometimes by quoting authentic folk melodies, they brought national or ethnic pride                   into the concert hall. At the same time, they enlivened their work with vibrant melodies, strong rhythms and colorful instrumentation                   that folk music inspired. Nationalism, as this new musical development                   is generally called, was especially strong in those countries with strong folk-music traditions and whose people were subject                   to foreign political domination. Nowhere was this more true than in Bohemia, the land that constitutes most of what is                   now the Czech Republic. Long part of the empire  ruled  by Austria's Hapsburg dynasty, Bohemiahad for centuries been subjugated by its powerful neighbor to the                   south. But it had managed to retain its language and traditional culture, and the latter began increasingly to assert itself                   in music after the middle of the nineteenth century. The composer Bedřich Smetana established a school of Bohemiannationalist                   composition with tone poems, operas and piano pieces that employed rhythms and melodies derived from Czech folk music. But                   the great genius of Bohemian music would prove to be a younger composer, Antonín Dvořák. In much


What name is given to the period of British history between 1901 and 1910?

King Edward VII | Britroyals Born: November 9, 1841 at Buckingham Palace Parents: Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Relation to Elizabeth II: great-grandfather House of: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Ascended to the throne: January 22, 1901 aged 59 years Crowned: August 9, 1902 at Westminster Abbey Married: Alexandra, daughter of Christian of Denmark Children: Three sons including George V, and three daughters Died: May 6, 1910 at Buckingham Palace, aged 68 years, 5 months, and 24 days Buried at: Windsor Reigned for: 9 years, 3 months, and 12 days Succeeded by: his son George V He was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and known to his family as �Bertie�. As Prince of Wales he did not meet his parent�s expectations of duty and during his mother�s long reign devoted himself to being self-indulgent. He was likeable, sociable and outgoing but became known as a playboy interested in horse racing, shooting, eating, drinking and other men�s wives. In 1863 he married Alexandra of Denmark and the marriage was a reasonably happy producing 6 children. Alexandra tolerated his succession of mistresses who included Lille Langtry (actress), Lady Churchill (mother of Winston Churchill), Sarah Bernhardt (actress) and Alice Keppel (great-grandmother of Camilla wife of Charles the current Prince of Wales). Having mistresses was at the time not uncommon amongst the aristocracy, but his mother despaired of him and kept him away from taking an active part in politics even after Albert's death and she was elderly and retired to Balmoral and Osborne. In 1871 Edward survived a serious illness of typhoid which had killed his father. His eldest son Albert who was engaged to Mary of Teck died of pneumonia. Edward was well received abroad and as heir-apparent toured India in 1875. When he finally became King Edward VII on the death of his mother in 1901, he frequently made trips to Europe including France where he contributed to the Anglo-French �Entente Cordiale� signed in 1904, to Russia and the Triple Entente between Britain, Russia and France which a few years later would play an important role in affairs on the outbreak of World War I. He supported reform of the army following the Boer War, and Admiral Fisher�s expansion of the Royal Navy including building the new Dreadnought battleships. The Edwardian period was seen as golden age for the upper class in Europe and America, but society was changing � socialism, women suffragettes, the Labour party and trade unions were becoming powerful and the founding of Britain�s Welfare State. �We are all socialists now� he is reported to have remarked. In an increasing democratic society Edward saw the importance of displaying the mystique of pomp and circumstance of the monarchy, and seeing and being seen by the people. A role he and his successors took to well. He died of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace in 1910 and was succeeded by his second son George V. King Edward VII's Signature Quotes: �I never can, or shall, look at him without a shudder� � Queen Victoria (who had a low opinion of her eldest son Edward) �Because a man has a black face and a different religion from our own, there is no reason why he should be treated as a brute.� - Edward (complaining to his mother about British treatment of native Indians) �We are all socialists now� - King Edward VII (observing changes in society) �I believe the emperor of Germany hates me� - King Edward VII (on rising tensions with his nephew Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany). Timeline for King Edward VII Year


Which of the Great Lakes is the furthest east?

Which of the five Great Lakes is farthest east? | Reference.com Which of the five Great Lakes is farthest east? A: Quick Answer According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Lake Ontario is the farthest east of all the Great Lakes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration identifies Ontario as the smallest of those five lakes, just behind its next-door neighbor, Lake Erie. Full Answer Lake Ontario has a surface area of 9,910 square miles, while Lake Erie's is more than twice that amount. However, the EPA points out that Lake Ontario has a greater volume than Lake Erie. NOAA states that Ontario has a volume of 393 cubic miles, while Erie's is just 116 cubic miles. The average depth of Lake Ontario is 283 feet, and it extends 802 feet down at its deepest point.


In April 2009 citizens of the Swiss canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes in the Alps voted overwhelmingly to pass legislation banning what?

Voters in Switzerland Ban Nude Hiking Voters in Switzerland Ban Nude Hiking Posted on 04/26/2009 5:06:46 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA APPENZELL, Switzerland  Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps on Sunday passed legislation banning nude hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region. By a show of hands citizens of the tiny state of Appenzell Inner Rhodes voted overwhelmingly at their traditional open-air annual assembly to impose a $176 fine on violators. Only a scattering of people on Sunday opposed the ban on the back-to-nature activity that took off last autumn when naked hikers  primarily Germans  started showing up in eastern Switzerland. (Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ... To: Slings and Arrows Damn.... 2 posted on 04/26/2009 5:07:25 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist") To: Red in Blue PA Oh, rats, this was on to do list. 3 posted on 04/26/2009 5:09:17 PM PDT by razorback-bert (We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ] To: Red in Blue PA The weather in the Switzerland mountains gets very cold. One would think that would keep men from hiking in the nude. 4 posted on 04/26/2009 5:09:50 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Being condemned for corruption by Mexico is like being lectured on morals by the adult film industry) To: Red in Blue PA So now there’s a sausage ban in Switzerland? 5 posted on 04/26/2009 5:10:21 PM PDT by Beaten Valve One would think that would keep men from hiking in the nude. Not all of us {;^) 6 posted on 04/26/2009 5:11:49 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (I'd rather the world hate us then laugh at us) The Deutche schwimbas are where to be. 7 posted on 04/26/2009 5:11:50 PM PDT by NewRomeTacitus To: Red in Blue PA 8 posted on 04/26/2009 5:11:52 PM PDT by GSP.FAN To: Red in Blue PA Please, NO pictures! To: Red in Blue PA Germans. From the beaches of St. Lucia and Koh Samui to the trails of Bryce Canyon and the Swiss Alps, they are always anxious to go nude. What is their major malfunction? 11 posted on 04/26/2009 5:13:34 PM PDT by angkor [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ] To: Clintonfatigued 13 posted on 04/26/2009 5:14:43 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (I'd rather the world hate us then laugh at us) To: Red in Blue PA Jaaa! Nothing like a good yodel in the nude in the Swiss Alps, I always say. linking earlier post.. To: al baby Hey, your is bigger than mine, lol 15 posted on 04/26/2009 5:15:44 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (I'd rather the world hate us then laugh at us) To: Red in Blue PA Those most likely to hike nude are least likely to look good while hiking nude. 16 posted on 04/26/2009 5:16:19 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (ESPN MNF: 3 Putzes talking about football on TV while I'm trying to watch a game.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ] To: al baby All nudity stuff aside, I can’t imagine that carrying a backpack on a bare back is very comfortable, LOL. 18 posted on 04/26/2009 5:17:17 PM PDT by KJC1 Comment #19 Removed by Moderator To: Clintonfatigued I just hope they don't meet any girls might be embarassing. 20 posted on 04/26/2009 5:18:59 PM PDT by GSP.FAN Is that Bareback Mountain???? < /humor > 21 posted on 04/26/2009 5:19:33 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave ("Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican." - Ronald Reagan) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies ] To: Keith in Iowa Got that right. Ventured by mistake onto the nude beach at our resort in Jamaica once - all it took. I was pretty sure Moby Dick had beached “herself” and Moby was the only one on the beach. I think she was lying on a lounge chair but, gee, everything hung over the sides to the ground. We ran, not walked, from the nude beach. We didn’t even know it was the nude beach until we saw the sign while running away! 22 posted on 04/26/2009 5:22:39 PM PDT by RonInNaples last time i posted that i got a 24 hour vacation 23 posted on 04/26/2009 5:23:35 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To


St. David's Day -- Dydd Dewi Sant -- March 1 Advanced Search St. David’s Day — Dydd Dewi Sant St. David, Dewi Sant, is the patron saint of the Welsh, and March 1, his feast day, is celebrated as a patriotic and cultural festival by the Welsh in Wales and around the world. Dewi Sant was a Celtic monk of the sixth century. His mother was Non. The ruins of a small chapel dedicated to her memory may be seen near St. David’s Cathedral. Its ruins remain there now. His father was Sant, a son of Ceredig, King of Cardigan. Little is known for certain about Dewi Sant, but he founded several religious centers in Wales and western England, was consecrated archbishop during a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and led an ascetic life. An account of his life was written towards the end of the 11th century by Rhygyfarch, a monk at Llanbadarn Fawr near Aberystwyth. Many prophesies were said to have preceded the birth of Dewi Sant, and many miracles were attributed to him. One miracle often recounted is that once when Dewi was preaching to a crowd at Llandewi Brefi those on the outer edges could not hear, so he spread a handkerchief on the ground, and stood on it to preach, whereupon the ground swelled up beneath him, and all could hear. A short account of Dewi Sant has been given by Nona Rees in St. David of Dewisland. March 1, the date given by Rhygyfarch for the death of Dewi Sant, was celebrated as a religious festival up until the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. In the 18th century it became a national festival among the Welsh, and continues as such to this day. The celebration usually entails singing and eating, which may mean a meal followed by singing, or much singing followed by a Te Bach, tea with teisen bach and bara brith. Y Ddraig Goch , the Red Dragon, is flown as a flag or worn as a pin or pendant, and leeks are worn, and sometimes eaten. In schools in Wales the boys take leeks to school, status being given to those who bring the biggest leeks, and eat them earliest in the day. The heraldic emblem of Wales is Y Ddraig Goch, the Red Dragon. The emblem of Wales is the leek, arising from an occasion when a troop of Welsh were able to distinguish each other from a troop of English enemy dressed in similar fashion by wearing leeks. An alternative emblem developed in recent years is the daffodil, used and preferred over the leek by the English government as it lacks the overtones of patriotic defiance associated with the leek. St. David’s Day meetings are not boisterous celebrations of democracy and freedom in Wales, but rather the subdued remembrance allowed a captive nation under colonial rule. For more information …


Which international soccer team plays in shirts with blue and white vertical stripes?

World Cup Jerseys In Photos: The uniforms at this summer's competition | SI.com World Cup Jerseys In Photos: The uniforms at this summer's competition Share Tim Newcomb Wednesday May 7th, 2014 Sauntering onto the world’s biggest soccer stage encourages countries to find what visually defines them as nations and translate that to a shirt. Of the 32 teams slated for this summer's World Cup in Brazil, some do so boldly (here’s looking at you, Iran), while others take a more French-like sophisticated approach. Here’s a rundown of the aesthetic choices, both home and away, of the nations competing in colorful Brazil (except for Bosnia-Herzegovina, whose jerseys are not due out until June): Algeria World Cup Jerseys In Photos: The uniforms at this summer's competition 1 31 ALGERIA Green/white A gentle green. That best describes Alergia’s away design that flies in the face of the wild colors we’ll see from other nations in Brazil. The nearly all-green kit in the same green as the nation’s flag and comes with subtle white stripes on the sleeves and collar with the federation badge and national emblem both on the chest. The home look reverses the away, with an all-white shirt featuring just a hint of green. ARGENTINA Blue/black There’s no deviation from Argentina’s famed sky blue vertical stripes on its home uniform, but a new reflective pattern gives it a visual effect meant to simulate a flag waving in the wind. The team’s crest gets a gold outline to set it apart. White shorts and white socks, also with sky-blue stripes, complete the look. The hallmark blue of Argentina stays in the away kit, if you don’t mind it minced together with tons of black. The differing tones of blue used in the away kit prove the same as in the alternative jersey of the national team in previous World Cups. The black uniform pairs with blue shorts and socks. AUSTRALIA Yellow/blue Inspired by the 1974 kit, the year the team made the World Cup for the first time, the new Australian home jersey features a yellow top with a green collar and green shorts. The Johnny collar joins a new shield that replicates the shape of the crest worn in 1974. The all-blue away kit has some slight touches of yellow. BELGIUM Red/black The Belgium crest gets blown up on the home red with the crown from the emblem enlarged into a watermark on the front of the uniform. Yellow and black, taken from the country’s flag, serve as accents. The black away kit features a sash-like red and yellow stripe that includes black lines BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Blue/white While not officially released until early June, leaked images of the Bosnia and Herzegovina kits show a home white with blue accents and an away blue with white accents. BRAZIL Blue/yellow Color is part of Brazil’s tradition, a feature we get treated to more in 2014 with a home yellow and away blue. The blue features tonal stripes and tiny geometric circles and diamonds taken from the country’s flag. Blue gradients of the stripes add to the look, while blue in general is meant to symbolize the county’s beautiful ocean coastline. Blue socks pair with white shorts to finish off a look that also features a custom font derived from street posters. The traditional home yellow shirt and green shorts joins a first-time ever third kit for Brazil, an all-green—almost black it is so dark—look meant to pay homage to both the nightlife and lush landscape of the country. CAMEROON Yellow/green That black graphic print overlaid across the entire Cameroon home green comes from the national team's nickname, the Indomitable Lions. The print features a lion, the country shape of Cameroon, stars from the country’s flag and a football field graphic. While not as wild, the away kit isn’t exactly subtle, a fully yellow shirt with red accents and a roaring green lion emblem. CHILE Red/white With a collar inspired by classic Chilean uniforms, the home red gets all patriotic when paired with blue shorts and blue and white accents. The Chilean national flag also finds its way on the nape of the shirt. The away kit offers a white base with long, vertica


What is the oldest city of European origin, established in 1565 by Pedro Menedesto, that still exists in what is now the USA?

What are the Oldest Cities in America? - United States Hotels & Travel Guide Click here to bookmark this site: What are the Oldest Cities in America? North American Indians were on the North American continent from as early as 11,000 BC. But these early colonizers did not live in permanent settlements and left little in the way of permanent buildings. The Anasazi built towns such as Chetro Ketl, and the great complex of abandoned towns in Chaco Canyon, in what is now New Mexico. Mesa Verde is another ancient city that is over a thousand years old and was built by the Pueblo Indians. However, almost all of these ancient pueblos were abandoned and now stand as ruins rather than vibrant cities. The one exception being Acoma listed below. Mexico City is probably the oldest city in North America, as a continuation of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, founded in about 1325. St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada was settled in 1528, and claims to be the oldest European-settled city in North America. St. John's earned its name when the explorer John Cabot became the first European to sail into its harbor on the Feast of St. John, June 24, 1497. It's also the easternmost city on the North American continent. The oldest continuously occupied cities in the United States: Acoma, New Mexico: Forty minutes drive east of Grants, New Mexico, lies the Pueblo (village) of Acoma, built on a sandstone mesa 367-feet above a valley and approximately 7,000 feet above sea level. The pueblo was built on a mesa for defensive purposes, keeping rival raiding tribes at bay. Native verbal history says Acoma was first inhabited about 700 AD although modern archeological evidence suggests it has been continuously occupied from 1150, making it America's oldest continually inhabited city. It is presently inhabited by a small population of Keresan-speaking Native Americans. St. Augustine, Florida: Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the United States. Twenty-one years before the first English Settlement at Roanoke, Virginia and 42 years before the foundation of Jamestown, the Spanish established St. Augustine. Spanish explorer Don Juan Ponce de Leon had landed in mainland America in 1513 and claimed the land for Spain and named it La Florida, meaning "Land of Flowers". Between 1513 and 1563 the Spanish tried to settle Florida but all their settlements failed. Finally, in 1565, the Spanish destroyed a French garrison on the St. Johns River, Florida and defeated the French fleet. Near the destroyed French fort, San Agustín was founded by the Spanish admiral, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, on August 28, 1565, the feast day of St. Augustine of Hippo. Parts of the original Spanish colonial settlement from the late sixteenth century remain today in St. Augustine in the layout of the town and in the narrow streets and balconied houses. Thirty-six buildings of colonial origin remain and another 40 that are reconstructed models of colonial buildings also contribute to the atmosphere of the town. Jamestown, Virginia: In May 1607, English explorers with the Virginia Company landed on Jamestown Island, 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Almost immediately the colonists were attacked by Algonquian natives, who would continue with their attacks for years, and the newcomers were forced to build a wooden fort. Endemic corruption in the Virginia Company in England convinced King James 1 that he should revoke the company's charter and the Jamestown fort became a crown colony in 1624. The fort remained intact until the 1620s, but disappeared as a town sprang up around the old wooden battlements. Jamestown was named the capital of Virginia until the statehouse burned down in 1698 and the capital moved to Williamsburg. The town effectively became a ghost town with only a few occupants until a military post was located at Jamestown during the American Revolution, and in 1861 the island was occupied by Confederate soldiers who built an earth fort impede a Union advance up the James River. Little further attention was paid


A peace camp was established at which RAF base in Berkshire, England from 1981 to 2000 to protest at nuclear weapons being sited there?

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in Greenham, United Kingdom (Google Maps) - Virtual Globetrotting Greenham , United Kingdom (GB) Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a peace camp established to protest at nuclear weapons being sited at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began in September 1981 after a Welsh group, Women for Life on Earth, arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the British government to allow cruise missiles to be based there. The first blockade of the base occurred in May 1982 with 250 women protesting, during which 34 arrests were made. A Commemorative & Historic Site on the site of the old camp was inaugurated on 5 October 2002 which features a circle of seven standing stones encircling the 'Flame' sculpture which represents a camp fire. Google Maps


What is used to find the pitch of a note?

Pitch and Frequency Sound Waves and Music - Lesson 2 - Sound Properties and Their Perception Pitch and Frequency The Human Ear A sound wave, like any other wave, is introduced into a medium by a vibrating object. The vibrating object is the source of the disturbance that moves through the medium. The vibrating object that creates the disturbance could be the vocal cords of a person, the vibrating string and sound board of a guitar or violin, the vibrating tines of a tuning fork, or the vibrating diaphragm of a radio speaker. Regardless of what vibrating object is creating the sound wave, the particles of the medium through which the sound moves is vibrating in a back and forth motion at a given frequency. The frequency of a wave refers to how often the particles of the medium vibrate when a wave passes through the medium. The frequency of a wave is measured as the number of complete back-and-forth vibrations of a particle of the medium per unit of time. If a particle of air undergoes 1000 longitudinal vibrations in 2 seconds, then the frequency of the wave would be 500 vibrations per second. A commonly used unit for frequency is the Hertz (abbreviated Hz), where 1 Hertz = 1 vibration/second As a sound wave moves through a medium, each particle of the medium vibrates at the same frequency. This is sensible since each particle vibrates due to the motion of its nearest neighbor. The first particle of the medium begins vibrating, at say 500 Hz, and begins to set the second particle into vibrational motion at the same frequency of 500 Hz. The second particle begins vibrating at 500 Hz and thus sets the third particle of the medium into vibrational motion at 500 Hz. The process continues throughout the medium; each particle vibrates at the same frequency. And of course the frequency at which each particle vibrates is the same as the frequency of the original source of the sound wave. Subsequently, a guitar string vibrating at 500 Hz will set the air particles in the room vibrating at the same frequency of 500 Hz, which carries a sound signal to the ear of a listener, which is detected as a 500 Hz sound wave. The back-and-forth vibrational motion of the particles of the medium would not be the only observable phenomenon occurring at a given frequency. Since a sound wave is a pressure wave , a detector could be used to detect oscillations in pressure from a high pressure to a low pressure and back to a high pressure. As the compressions (high pressure) and rarefactions (low pressure) move through the medium, they would reach the detector at a given frequency. For example, a compression would reach the detector 500 times per second if the frequency of the wave were 500 Hz. Similarly, a rarefaction would reach the detector 500 times per second if the frequency of the wave were 500 Hz. The frequency of a sound wave not only refers to the number of back-and-forth vibrations of the particles per unit of time, but also refers to the number of compressions or rarefactions that pass a given point per unit of time. A detector could be used to detect the frequency of these pressure oscillations over a given period of time. The typical output provided by such a detector is a pressure-time plot as shown below. Since a pressure-time plot shows the fluctuations in pressure over time, the period of the sound wave can be found by measuring the time between successive high pressure points (corresponding to the compressions) or the time between successive low pressure points (corresponding to the rarefactions). As discussed in an earlier unit , the frequency is simply the reciprocal of the period. For this reason, a sound wave with a high frequency would correspond to a pressure time plot with a small period - that is, a plot corresponding to a small amount of time between successive high pressure points. Conversely, a sound wave with a low frequency would correspond to a pressure time plot with a large period - that is, a plot corresponding to a large amount of time between successive high pressure points. The diagram below shows two pressure-ti


What is the relationship between Ukrainians Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko, who have dominated the IBF, WBO, WBC and IBO world heavyweight championships since 1999?

Wladimir Klitschko | Boxing Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Reach: 206 cm Boxing career information Wladimir Klitschko [1] ( Ukrainian : Володи́мир Володи́мирович Кличко́ [Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko]; born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian heavyweight professional boxer . Klitschko is the WBA (Super) , IBF , WBO , IBO and The Ring Heavyweight Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the WBC Heavyweight Champion as of 2013. Klitschko is the longest reigning IBF, WBO & IBO Heavyweight Champion in history with the most title defenses for those organizations. Overall, he is the 4th longest reigning Heavyweight Champion of all time with the 3rd most consecutive title defenses at 14. As of December 2012, Boxrec rates Klitschko as the number 3 pound-for-pound in the world. Ring Magazine currently rates Klitschko as the number seven pound-for-pound boxer in the world. Since 2005, Klitschko has been the dominant force in the heavyweight division, defeating a majority of the top heavyweights in the rankings. When Klitschko won the IBF title against Chris Byrd there were four separate Heavyweight Champions. Since then, he has unified the IBF, IBO, WBO & WBA belts and defeated the WBA Champion in recess. Following his win over Ruslan Chagaev , Klitschko was awarded the vacant Ring Magazine Heavyweight title. Contents Edit Klitschko was born in Semipalatinsk , Kazakh SSR (now Semey, Kazakhstan ). [2] [3] [4] Though a celebrity in his former adopted home of Germany , he moved with his older brother Vitali to Beverly Hills , California , USA , in 2004. Their father, Vladimir Rodionovich Klitschko (1947–2011), was a Soviet Air Force major general and a military attaché of Ukraine in Germany. He was also one of the commanders in charge of cleaning up the effects of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and was afterward diagnosed with cancer. Their mother is Nadezhda Ulyanovna. [5] In the summer of 1996, Klitschko finished Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky Pedagogical Institute (Ukraine) and was accepted in the postgraduate study program of Kiev University . On 18 January 2001, in a conference hall of Kyiv University of physical science and sports, Klitschko presented his doctoral dissertation and was awarded a PhD in Sports Science . Klitschko speaks four languages: Ukrainian , Russian, German and English. At the beginning of his professional career, he began using the German transliteration of his name, Wladimir.[ citation needed ] Amateur career Edit In the early 1990s, Klitschko was coached in Poland 's Gwardia Warszawa boxing club, where, according to Jerzy Kulej , "He and his brother used to demolish our boys." [6] In 1993, Klitschko won the Junior European Championships as a heavyweight . In 1994, he received 2nd place at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey . In 1995, he won the gold medal at the Military Championships in Ariccia , Italy , defeating Luan Krasniqi , who he had lost to in the third round of the World Championships in Berlin, Germany earlier that year. In 1996, he captured 2nd place as a Super Heavyweight at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmark . He had an amateur record of 134–6. Known as "The Steel Hammer," Klitschko first achieved world attention at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia. He defeated Paea Wolfgramm to win the Super-Heavyweight gold medal . He is now announced as "Dr. Steel Hammer," a name more in the vein of his brother, Vitali, who goes by "Dr. Ironfist." Professional career Edit Klitschko turned professional with Universum Box-Promotion in Hamburg under the tutelage of Fritz Sdunek . After building an undefeated record of 24–0, he suffered his first loss to journeyman Ross Puritty , who entered the bout with a record of 24–13–1. Wladimir Klitschko's coach, Fritz Sdunek, jumped into the ring and stopped the fight. On 18 March 2000, Wladimir fought Paea Wolfgramm , whom he fought previously in the 1996 Super Heavyweight Olympic Finals. In their professional rematch, Klitschko knocked Wolfgramm out in the first round. Klitschko vs. Byrd Edit On 14 October 2000, in Cologne , Germ


What is Chicago known for? - Quora Quora Chicago-style pizza - Deep dish pizza Draw bridges, which are about 37 in number. Most number for any city.  Great Chicago Fire Willis Tower (once sears tower) is famous as it stood as tallest building in the world for more than a couple of decades. Largest office space in whole world - Merchandise Mart is located in Chicago. This building had its own zipcode until recently. Architecture of Chicago Called Windy City (nickname) - not for the wind, but politically At-least 33 companies in Chicago area are in the fortune 500 list. (4rd in USA after NY,TX,CA) - List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area Written Nov 13 Chicago is famous for its history, food, culture, sports teams and climate. Chicago is the third-most populous city in the United States, though in the past, it was referred to as "The Second City." A more common nickname for Chicago is "The Windy City." Chicago is a city rich in history. Chicago was the site of The Great Chicago Fire in 1871. The cause of the fire was never determined, and it caused over 300 deaths and the destruction of over 17,000 structures. Chicago rebuilt quickly and hosted the 1893 World's Fair. Chicago was also home to one of the most notorious organized crime bosses in history, Al Capone. Chicago is also famous for its food. The Chicago deep dish pizza and the Chicago-style hot dog are both unique to the city. Chicago has a wonderful cultural scene as well. The city is the home of the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry . Chicago also has many beautiful sculptures in its parks throughout the city, including the fountain at Grant Park and the Cloud Gate , commonly known as "The Bean," at Millennium Park . The sports teams of Chicago are other well-known attractions of the city. Chicago is home to the NFL franchise the Chicago Bears , two MLB teams, the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox , the NBA's Chicago Bulls and the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks . Hog Butcher for the World,    Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,    Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;    Stormy, husky, brawling,   City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness,    Bareheaded, Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people,                    Laughing! Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation. The FBI and the American Gangster, 1924-1938 The “war to end all wars” was over, but a new one was just beginning—on the streets of America. It wasn’t much of a fight, really—at least at the start. On the one side was a rising tide of professional criminals, made richer and bolder by Prohibition, which had turned the nation “dry” in 1920. In one big city alone— Chicago—an estimated 1,300 gangs had spread like a deadly virus by the mid-1920s. Al “Scarface” Capone in a 1929 mug shot There was no easy cure. With wallets bursting from bootlegging profits,


Who is the mother of Pax, Knox, Vivienne, Zahara, Shiloh and Maddox?

Pax Jolie Pitt News, Photos, and Videos | Just Jared Angelina Jolie & Her Kids Celebrated the Holidays in Colorado! Angelina Jolie reportedly spent Christmas and New Year’s with her kids in Colorado! The 41-year-old actress had her six children by her side while celebrating the holidays in the snowy town of Crested Butte. Brad Pitt was not sighted with the family, but Angie had a blast with Maddox , 15, Pax , 13, Zahara , 11, Shiloh , 10, and twins Knox and Vivienne , 8, according to People . Angelina and her ex Brad are currently in a custody battle over the six children and he recently filed a motion to protect the privacy of the kids.


Which team won the inaugural tournament for the FIFA World Cup (Soccer) in 1930? Which team won the inaugural tournament for the FIFA World Cup (Soccer) in 1930? +2 votes posted Dec 10, 2015 by Ankur Athari Share this question   Your comment on this question: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 1 Answer 0 votes The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution, and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics. All matches were played in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, the majority at the Estadio Centenario, which was built for the tournament. Thirteen teams (seven from South America, four from Europe, and two from North America) entered the tournament. Few European teams chose to participate because of the difficulty of travelling to South America. The teams were divided into four groups, with the winner of each group progressing to the semi-finals. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously, and were won by France and the United States, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0, respectively. Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal in World Cup history, while American goalkeeper Jimmy Douglas posted the first official "clean sheet" in the tournament. Argentina, Uruguay, the United States and Yugoslavia each won their respective groups to qualify for the semi-finals. In the final, hosts and pre-tournament favourites Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people, and became the first nation to win the World Cup.


"The word ""vascular"" is associated with what?"

What does vascular mean? Definitions for vascularˈvæs kyə lər This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word vascular Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: vascular(adj) of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids "vascular constriction"; "a vascular bundle" Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: vascular(Adjective) Of, pertaining to, or containing vessels that conduct or circulate fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant. Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Vascular(adj) consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap Vascular(adj) operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc Vascular(adj) of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions Vascular(adj) of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, the phaenogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only Origin: [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See Vase, and cf. Vessel.] Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Vascular vas′kū-lar, adj. of or relating to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies.—n.pl. Vasculā′res, a division of the vegetable kingdom embracing plants with vessels or ducts.—v.t. Vas′cularise.—n. Vascular′ity.—adv. Vas′cularly.—adjs. Vasculif′erous; Vas′culiform.—ns. Vas′culose, the substance, closely allied to cellulose, that makes up the greater part of the vessels of plants; Vas′culum, a botanist's specimen-box. [Fr. vasculaire—L. vasculum, dim. of vas, a vessel.] Numerology The numerical value of vascular in Chaldean Numerology is: 7 Pythagorean Numerology


According to legend, what did St Patrick drive out of Ireland?

Did St. Patrick Really Drive Snakes Out of Ireland? Did St. Patrick Really Drive Snakes Out of Ireland? It's the stuff of legend: The reptiles never existed on the Emerald Isle. View Images According to tradition, St. Patrick chased Ireland's snakes into the sea. PHOTOGRAPH BY CORBIS St. Patrick's Day, which is celebrated worldwide on March 17, honors St. Patrick, the Christian missionary who supposedly rid Ireland of snakes during the fifth century A.D. Related Content Watch Superdeadly Snake Swallow Another Snake Whole According to legend, the patron saint of Ireland chased the slithering reptiles into the sea after they began attacking him during a 40-day fast he undertook on top of a hill. (Related: "St. Patrick's Day: Facts, Myths, and Traditions .") It's admittedly an unlikely tale. Ireland is one of only a handful of places worldwide—including New Zealand, Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica—that Indiana Jones and other snake-averse humans can visit without fear. But snakes were certainly not chased out of Ireland by St. Patrick, who had nothing to do with Ireland's snake-free status, Nigel Monaghan , keeper of natural history at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, told National Geographic. Monaghan, who has trawled through vast collections of fossil and other records of Irish animals, has found no evidence of snakes ever existing in Ireland. "At no time has there ever been any suggestion of snakes in Ireland. [There was] nothing for St. Patrick to banish," Monaghan said. ( Read about the top ten St. Patrick's Day celebrations .) So what did happen? Snakes likely couldn't reach Ireland. Most scientists point to the most recent Ice Age, which kept the island too cold for reptiles until it ended 10,000 years ago. After the Ice Age, surrounding seas may have kept snakes from colonizing the Emerald Isle. No Leg to Stand On Once the ice caps and woolly mammoths retreated northward, snakes returned to northern and western Europe, spreading as far as the Arctic Circle. But snakes have not existed in Ireland for thousands of years. Britain, which had a land bridge to mainland Europe until about 6,500 years ago, was colonized by three snake species: the venomous adder, the grass snake, and the smooth snake. But Ireland's land link to Britain was cut some 2,000 years earlier by seas swollen by the melting glaciers, Monaghan noted. Animals that reached Ireland before the sea became an impassable barrier included brown bears , wild boars, and lynx —but "snakes never made it," he said. "Snake populations are slow to colonize new areas," Monaghan added. Mark Ryan , director of the Louisiana Poison Center at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, said in 2008 that the timing wasn't right for the sensitive, cold-blooded reptiles to expand their range. "There are no snakes in Ireland for the simple reason they couldn't get there because the climate wasn't favorable for them to be there," he said. Other reptiles didn't make it either, except for one: the common or viviparous lizard. Ireland's only native reptile, the species must have arrived within the last 10,000 years, according to Monaghan. Pagans: The Metaphorical Snakes So unless St. Patrick couldn't tell a snake from a lizard, where does the legend come from? Scholars suggest the tale is allegorical. Serpents are symbols of evil in the Judeo-Christian tradition—the Bible, for example, portrays a snake as the hissing agent of Adam and Eve's fall from grace. (How much do you know about St. Patrick's Day? Take our quiz .) The animals were also linked to heathen practices—so St. Patrick's dramatic act of snake eradication can be seen as a metaphor for his Christianizing influence. "Fake" Snake Anyone in Ireland looking for serpents to exile would probably have to settle for the slow worm, a non-native species of legless lizard that is often mistaken for a small snake. (Also see " Blind, Legless Lizard Discovered—New Species .") First recorded in the early 1970s, the species is thought to have been deliberately introduced in western Ireland in t


Actress Nicole Kidman married which country singer in 2006?

Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman Marriage: Country Star & Actress Wife Head Into Uncharted Territory That Has Them 'Flipping' Their Days [VIDEO] : Celebrities : Enstarz Nicole Kidman Dishes On Marriage To Keith Urban Unfortunately, not everyone in the household is handling Sunday's absence quite as well. The pair's youngest daughter Faith, now three, has become impatient to catch up. "Faith is anxious now to join big sis because she's been left behind now for a beat," said Urban, who as a younger brother himself could relate to the sentiment from when he was a kid. The country star is known for taking the whole family out on the road with him when he tours and Kidman isn't filming, but now that Sunday is in school they've alerted the schedule so that the girls only go out on the weekends. "For me, it's just turning my clock around," Urban admitted. "Nic and I both get up at 6 o'clock in the morning with the kids and get them settled and taken off to school. Then I try and come back and catch another half an hour of sleep because I'm so on the tour schedule. It's a funny thing, flipping that around from day to day." Married in 2006, Urban and Kidman have two children together. They continue to live in Nashville, Tenn. © 2017 Enstarz, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.


Who, at the end of her Olympic career in 1964, held the record for winning the most Olympic medals at 18 and the record for most individual medals (14 outside of team events) in Olympic history?

Famous Olympians Famous Olympians Olympians ‧ since 1850 ‧ Birthday-Anniversaries Top Surnames This project is a place to list famous and "historic" Olympians and perhaps connect them to Geni profiles. Youngest Olympic Champions in History The youngest athlete to participate at the Modern Olympics was Dimitrios Loundras of Greece who was 10 years, 216 days old when he competed in men's team parallel bars gymnastics at the 1896 Games in Athens. Inge Sørensen of Denmark was 12 yrs, 24 days old when she won a bronze medal in the 200m Breaststroke in 1936. The youngest athlete to win a gold Marjorie Gestring of the United States who was 13 years, 267 days old when she won the women's springboard diving event at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin. Barbara Pearl Jones won gold at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. At 15 years old, she is still the youngest track and field gold medalist in history. Marjorie Gestring won gold for the United States diving team in the 1936 Berlin Games when she was only 13 years old. Due to the war, she was unable to defend her title. Nadia Elena Comaneci was the first gymnast to get a perfect score at the Olympics, she was also the youngest to win the all-around title at only 14 years old during the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Bob Mathias was able to overcome his inexperience to win the Decathlon at the 1948 London Games easily at just 17-years old, and without knowing many of the rules of the event. Eleanor Simmonds is the youngest Paralympic Champion, winning gold in the 100 and 400-meters swimming competition for England at only 13 years old. Simmonds continues to train in her hometown of Swansea. Fu Minxia Olympic diver - winning a gold medal award while in her teens. She won gold in Barcelona 1992 at just 14 years old. The youngest runner to win the Olympic marathon, as well as the four major marathons, Sammy Wanjiru was only 22 years old when he won in Beijing 2008. He died two years later in an apparent suicide. Tara Lipinksi, figure skater, won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Games when she was only 15 years old. She is still the youngest gold medalist in the Winter Olympic Game history. Henry Cejudo the youngest ever American wrestling champion (21) at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. He is expected to defend his title in 2012 despite a short lived retirement. Dmitry Nelyubin is the youngest cycler to ever win a gold medal at 17 in Seoul 1988. Unfortunately, Nelybuin would be killed in a street fight in 2005. His attackers were charged with murder. Oldest Olympic Champions in History Oscar Swahn won a gold medal for shooting at the 1912 Olympics, when he was 64 years and 280 days old. At the time of his win, Swahn was 9 months older than Galen Spencer had been when he won his gold medal in 1904. The oldest ever Olympian is Oscar Swahn of Sweden. He was 72 years, 281 days old when he competed at the 1920 Olympics in shooting. He also qualified for the 1924 Olympics but withdrew without competing. Arthur von Pongracz of Austria competed at age 72 in Dressage in 1936, becoming one of the oldest ever competitors at the Olympics. He was born June 25, 1864 and competed on August 12-13, 1936, - 72 years and 49 days old. Hiroshi Hoketsu equestrian rider became the oldest Japanese Olympic representative at age 67in Beijing 2008. Hoketsu first took part in the Olympics in 1964, and he has also made the team for the 2012 Olympics, where he will be 71 years old. Louis, Count du Douet de Graville (69 years, 95 days) competed in Equestrian at the 1900 Olympics. He was born February 27, 1831, competed June 2, 1900. Galen Carter Spencer was an American who competed in archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the team competition. He was born September 19, 1840, and competed on September 19, 1904, which means he competed on his 64th birthday. Jerry Millner (born July 5, 1847) was a British shooter who represented Great Britain and Ireland at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the Free rifle at 1000 yards. At the time he was 61 years and 4 days old. Lorna Johnstone was the oldest wom


"Where was nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale (""the lady with the lamp"") born?"

Florence Nightingale - Nursing Pioneer Home  >  Articles and Resources  > Florence Nightingale - Nursing Pioneer Florence Nightingale - Nursing Pioneer Sep 30, 2010 Florence Nightingale spent her life in service to the sick and the wounded. Born into an affluent family, she rejected the usual path that upper class Victorian women took at that time and followed her own heart. Along the way, she reinvented the role of nurses in society and brought to light necessary changes toward the organization of a successful army hospital. Florence Nightingale led a life of significance, but not without enduring a war and sufferings of her own. In the year 1820, Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy. In fact, according to, The Life of Florence Nightingale , she was named after the city. During her childhood, she was able to travel and receive a well-rounded education due to the wealth of her family. The aforementioned article goes on to reveal that Florence realized early on that she would not be satisfied in the expected role of a wife in upper class society. She longed for more fulfilling pursuits. Visit Nurse Florence Nightingale and you'll learn that against her family's advice, she made the decision to become a nurse. Nurses were not particularly valued at that time in history, but Florence persisted. She travelled to Germany and studied nursing at the Kaiserworth School. The article goes on to describe how her time spent as superintendent of an institution for women stirred her interest in hospital management. The more experience she garnered in hospitals, the more the ideas swirled around in her mind as to how to improve the care given to patients. For further information on Florence Nightingale's history as a nurse, visit: The Story of Florence Nightingale : A summary of the events of Florence Nightingale's life can be found here. Significant Figures in the Life of Florence Nightingale : Here you will find several famous names who figured into the life and accomplishments of Florence Nightingale. A Hero in Florence Nightingale : Read here about how Florence Nightingale influenced the creation of the Red Cross. A Unique Perspective on Florence Nightingale : Florence Nightingale's history as a nurse is detailed here. In 1854, Florence Nightingale saw an opportunity to be of service to the British soldiers in the Crimean War. She gathered together a large group of nurses and travelled to the hospital in Scutari, Turkey. At The Accomplishments of Florence Nightingale , you'll discover that the conditions faced by the wounded soldiers at the hospital in Scutari were deplorable. There were too few beds for the number of soldiers, and the environment was so unsanitary that rats ran freely through the hospital. The article describes the efforts of Florence Nightingale to set a high standard of cleanliness and efficiency within the hospital. The history, found at Florence Nightingale's Life Spent in Service , reveals that Florence Nightingale sometimes worked twenty-four hours a day caring for the soldiers in the hospital at Scutari. In fact, the soldiers referred to her as, "The Lady of the Lamp," because they would often see her walking through the dark rooms of the hospital at night, checking on patients. After Florence Nightingale left Scutari and returned home, she had a lot of ideas to share with the government of Great Britain concerning vital improvements to the army medical facilities. According to Florence Nightingale's Fight for Hospital Improvements , she prepared a several hundred page report for the "Royal Commission on the Health of the Army" that contained her thorough data and observations. She believed in striving for the most sanitary conditions possible for the wounded British soldiers. In later years, Florence Nightingale continued her work to make nursing a respected and valued profession for women. Visit The Significant Work of Florence Nightingale , and you'll learn that she wrote several works on the subject of improving the efficiency of nurses. She also founded the Nightingale School of Nursing in


Which country that achieved independence in 1962 has had leaders named Milton Obote and Idi Amin Dada?

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Who is the only member of the current membership of Fleetwood Mac who does not play an instrument regularly on stage?

The Blue Letter Archives Contemporary Keyboard (10/1980), Christine McVie < Main Page Contemporary Keyboard (10/1980), Christine McVie Contemporary Keyboard, October 1980 Christine McVie by Bob Doerschuk Finally the dust has settled, but it took a long time. Already it's hard to believe that there was such a stir a year ago, when what many had hoped to see as the musical millenium of Top Fortydom was ushered in with the release of Tusk. The balloon-budgeted double album that Fleetwood Mac fans had been anticipating for nearly three years set off a field day for rock critics. Words like "daring," "eccentric," "svelte," "compelling," "adventurous," even "a safe, enjoyable buy," were bandied across newspaper and music magazine pages for a couple of weeks. Interviews were granted, press conferences staged, concerts announced. The City of Los Angeles joined in the fun, proclaiming October 10, 1979 -- the day of the LP's unveiling -- Fleetwood Mac Day, and immortalizing them even with a gold star in front of Frederick's on Hollywood Boulevard. Expectations were running high. After all, the band's previous, and much less expensive, endeavor, Rumours, had jarred the industry by appropriating the Number One slot in the charts for six months back in '77, selling well over 12 million copies, chalking up a Grammy award, and finally catapulting the long-lived group into the semi-legendary status reserved for those select few in rock who can captivate the public imagination without resorting to martyrdom. But the peculiar thing was that, for all of its polish and craftsmanship, Rumours was hardly a musical milestone. It was no Sgt. Pepper, no Highway 61, no Tommy. Lyrically, it made no profound statements. If it blazed any new trails, there were mellow, placid pathways rather than exciting new avenues. With Rumours, the era of the armchair rocker seemed truly at hand. In truth, the essence of the FM legend lay more in the whispered stories of Fleetwood Mac's private lives -- the rumours -- than in the music. For some reason, gossip about who was married to whom among the band's personnel and alumni, who had split up, who had lost his mind, who had become a religious cult zombie, seemed to intrigue many people more than the music. Clearly, if they were to build artistic reputations equal in magnitude to their commercial success, they had to come out with a killer album. And so came Tusk, elaborately packaged, digitally mixed, augmented by the 112-piece USC Trojan Marching Band, all to the tune of more than a million dollars. We can look back on all the hoopla now, one year later, and the judgment from this longer perspective must be mixed. On the one hand, the album was undoubtedly a hit; within four weeks of its appearance it had clambered up to Number Two on the Cashbox list, and to date it has sold more than four million copies. But when measured against the long shadow of Rumours, these figures pale a bit. By June 1980, Tusk was off the Top 200 tabulations in Billboard, but only two months earlier, more than two years after its release, Rumours was still being listed. Indeed, nearly a year after Rumours hit the stores, it was still selling about 200,000 copies each week. If there are any morals to be drawn from this, one might be: You Can't Win "Em All, At Least With Equal Impact. But perhaps the grander lesson is: You Can't Measure The Stature Of The Band By Sales Alone, or maybe even by the music it makes. If drummer Mick Fleetwood, bassist John McVie, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, singer Stevie Nicks, and keyboardist/singer Christine McVie are massive figures on the rock horizon, there is a reason for it, and at least in the case of Fleetwood Mac, it doesn't boil down to mere hype. There is a chemistry, a sense of history and dedication, and complicated intermingling of talents that helped make this band the great success it is today. Christine McVie has not been with the group from the beginning but, along with Fleetwood and ex-husband John McVie, she is an important part of the foundation from which the present character of th


"""The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."" This is known as what?"

olympics - sbpslibraryweblinks sbpslibraryweblinks olympics Olympics "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,  just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle.  The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." Olympic Creed  The Olympics 2012 will be held in the capital of England- LONDON  The Summer Olympics from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008 will be the XXIX Olympic Games. 2012 mascots We have now revealed  where it  went, when and  who was carrying it . This animated video shows some of the highlights of the route the Flame will take around the UK.                                   The Torch is made up of an inner and an outer aluminium alloy skin, held in place by a cast top piece and base, perforated by 8,000 circles. History of the torch The Olympic Flame, Torch and Relay draw on a history going back to the ancient Olympic Games in Greece. Summer Olympic Cities Write a biography of an athlete  attending the games ICLT activity Olympics Data Handling Project The project took place during the 2000 Olympics fortnight but can be adapted for the 2012 Olympics. Details of past winners were taken from the database of track and field events , published by the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching at Exeter University. The data was entered into a spreadsheet, then graphed to show trends in performance over the years. Graphs were also used to predict this year's results. Classes in Years 4, 5 and 6 used an Excel workbook, with sheets for different events.   Questions  to answer about the data (Kent NGfL) Paper plane folding and throwing Hoopla Simple gymnastics displays Outdoor Games: Throw the bean bag or sock (push a tennis ball into the toe of a sock and tie the other end) - have competitions to see who can throw it the furthest. Of course you could throw practically anything - including wellies! Basket ball Running races or all sorts, including distance races, three legged races, egg and spoon races, sack races and relay races! Obstacle course High jump and/or long jump Simple gymnastics displays  download from Promethean Use this fun quiz to test your students' knowledge of both the ancient and modern Olympic Games. GEOGAMES -National Geographic This work is licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License . Created using Google Page Creator then converted to Google Sites Various clip art images courtesy of  Microsoft Clipart and   Discovery School  Permission granted for use of up to 20 ARG! GIFs on non-commercial Web pages with a  link to artie.   Images listed here should be either in the  public domain * or covered by a  free license .  Online Reading graphic from  ARG! Cartoon Animation Studio initiated 2008 Audrey Nay, Teacher Librarian,  Sandy Beach Public School, NSW Please  contact me   if any links are broken. Last updated  25.11.12  Sandy Beach Public School is not responsible  for anything inappropriate that may appear on any site to which this page is linked. DISCLAIMER: The views expressed are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. * Public domain: The term indicates that these materials are therefore "public property", and available for anyone to use for any purpose.The term indicates that these materials are therefore "public property", and available for anyone to use for any purpose.